The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 27, 1939, Page 3

THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU STARTS TONIGHT THEATRE Skoris n Streamlined Swing " Snapshots | ] Romancing Along n e Latest News TROY'S PAJAMAS BLAZE:HOUSEBOY HERO BURNS SEL SKA, Revised and | Rularged, Now On Sale: $1.00. Former Gov. John W. Troy was saved from serious injury this morning by the quick action of his | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, "BLIND ALLEY" IS FEATURED AT CAPITOL SHOW, Crime FiImeéns Tonight for Two-Day Run at Local Theatre A thrillingly dramatic story of 1 psychiatrist who matched his wits wgainst a murderer’s blazing gun, Columbia's “Blind Alley” of to- night at the Capitol Theatre to brove a virtual bombshell of highly=- harged realism. One of the most junusual crime films ever made, ‘Blind Alley” is brilliantly written, sxcellently directed and splendidly | Alley” swings into tense n from its initial scenes when | he summer home of a professor of | psychology is invaded by an v.\-; :aped prisoner whose record of kill- | f the estate all members of househcld and several guests subjected to a reign of terror. One »f the compelling features of this Ceolumbia picture is the revelation of what makes the criminal. Al-| though his life is in danger, the| professor asks questions. The killer | answers, and in this verbal battle| the dark story of a criminal is bared | Flawless performances are turned in by Ralph Bellamy and Chester | Morris. The former, always to be relied upon for portrayals of a warm, human quality, exceeds previ- ous efforts in delineating the char- acter of the professor. Morris’ role, sharply defined, is keyed to a high emotional pitch. Tt is a vivid, bril- | liant piece of work, endowed with exceptional artistry. | Rose Stradner's beauty and | ity give charm to the role of the pro- |fessor’s wife. Joan Perry is impres- |sive as one of the week-end guests |and Ann Dvorak blazes through the | film in a dramatic impersonation of the gangster's sweetheart. Scotty | Beckett, Marc Lawrence, Melville | Cooper and John Eldridge are others abil- flof the well-chosen cast. - COMMUNICATION JUNEAU, Dec. 25.—Editor, Daily |Alaska Empire: The undersigned would thank you if you would pub- lish the following communication: An advertising sheet, which we Isometimes find at our door-steps, in \an article headed: “Juneau Taxpay- ers Are Paying for a White Ele- ‘phnnt," launched a vicious attack ion the swimming pool, a WPA proj- |ect planned and sponsored by the City of Juneau, on which construc- tion was begun last Monday. This was done, however, only after an urgent request by Governor Gruen- i \ Filipino house boy, George Ocjanas, | when his pajama leg suddenly burst into flame in the living room of his residence in the Seatter Tract. | Troy, a match e Gmaley | while sitting 1. The Right Flavor | it s 2. The Right Lightness tiian: 8. The Right Strength | Ocjanas saw the flame suddenly 4. The Right Price | take his employer's pajama leg, |the cotton snow at the foot of | the Christmas tree, and the tree { itself, | With bare hands he extinguished | the pajama leg fire and aided his | employer to a davenport across the room, then threw the burning |tree and cotton into the fireplace | and called the fire department. Firemen found the- blaze out when they arrived, hero houseboy | George nursing a burned hand, and former Governor Troy ruefully examining a slightly burned paja- Light-Bodied RED LABEL . 74 it is believed had dropped after lighting his pipe in an arm chair family Christmas ma 4 Lamage in addition to the pa- jamas included scorched walls, a burned Christmas tree and a ruined living room rug. Also in the house at the time of the fire were the former Gov- ernor’s daughters, Mrs. George Lingo and Mrs. Robert Bender, and granddaughter Joan Lingo. | - MONS ANDERSON IS RETURNING TO CITY Mons Anderscn, Loop Road fur | farmer who has been south on busi- { ness for several weeks, is returning | h aboard the steamer Tongass. - Today's Mews Todav—Empire. $%gratnil. peutral spirits—Copr. 1 aley | Distillers Corporation, New York City | Biaillcos: Cacporation, New Yare City nort THRIFT C0-OP SPECIALS! PHONE 767 WE DELIVER PHONE 767 WALNUTS—FILBERTS 2 1bs. 42¢ EGGS—Grade A - - - - 2 doz. 6% BUTTER—Sweet Cream 2 Ibs. 75¢ GRAPEFRUIT, Arizena - 3 for 33c Tomato Soup, Campbell’s - 4 for 34c STANDBY FANCY BLUE ROSE RICE - 2 1b. pkg. 1% SUNBRIGHT CLEANSER 4 for 23 ing (we shall mention names) after \a committee of the unemployed had |informed him of the desperate plight in which nearly 200 residents of Ju- |neau find themselves — jobless and penniless—living either on the scant 'rations of grudgingly given public relief or are on the verge of applying for it. | 4s the project was undertaken for { the benefit of the unemployed, it be- /hooves us to say a few words in de- |fense of it. i The writer of the article could see |80 little good in the proposed pool that he was even at a loss “for what kind of a pool to call it.” Well, let’s call it the “Old Swimming Hole” in honor of the pools, all very cimilar in size to the one proposed, in which, since time immemorial, boys have learned to swim. , Then follow some gibes about means of heating the water. How- ever, there is no immediate need of a heating plant. Cool as our sum- mers may be, we always have a suf- |ficient number of warm days for kids to learn to swim and gain the confidence to take care of them- selves in the water. Alaska's boys ‘must learn to brace themselves for the shock of falling into the cold Alaskan water. Is it worth the $2,500 the City of Juneau has to contribute? Ask the | people who have lost dear ones by idrowning, because they could not |swim a few feet, the anxious moth- |ers who know their boys to be out (on the water in small boats, the \numerous men in ‘Alaska who have had hair-breadth escapes from {drowning, and who needed no “div- ing-board” to get into the water. Ask all these to put'a price on a swim- ming pool where their and others’ youngsters can learn to swim. i . About the merit of such project? Ask the 300 Juneau citizens who will ‘be on some kind of relief work | similar to' this project, before the winter is over. Work, either in rain and mud, or in snow and ice, for 44 {cents &n hour, in order to earn—if lucky—$56.00 2 month to ‘pay their grocery ‘hill, their rent, their coall bill; and their clothing bill. It would /be just ‘teo bad for them if big- 'hearted Uncle Sam would not come | - to the rescue; too bad; also, for Al-| ‘aska Welfare Bureau with its in- sufficient allowance. | Lastly: Who are the taxpayers, ‘anyway? All of us in the last an- alysis | Your very truly, JUNEAU UNEMPLOYED LEAGUE, JULIUS HEINENAN, . Chairman, ABEL ANDERSON, ROY ENIGHT. et Siagee . NOTICE Visiting days at the Minfield Home will be on Sundays only, from now on. adv, MINNIE FIELD. 12¢-a-Week Flier Turns Hero | ngs is formidable. With his seizure | His wife and ten-month-old son, John, appear mighty pleased with Flying the | Officer Reginald C. Graveley, Britain’s latest war hero. His plane shot are! down in flames by an enemy fighter, G | dragged his wounded observer and gunner to safety. He was awarded the | 0.B.E. for heroism. A former transport worker, he learned to fly in the aveley although badly wounded Busmen’s Flying Club for sixpence (12 cents) a week. The prospect of becoming a father in about a month set Wayne Morris of the films to thinking about some of th: problem he’s going to face, with the result that 15-months-old Peter B. Good became the vietim while Morris went through a diaper practice at a Hollywood studio. Although the diaper somehow wound around Peter’s neck, the little fellow seems able to take it. and their chil ohn Boettiger, RET ING WESTWARD ev- for his Harry Lundell is leaving thi ening on the Mount McKinley Anchorage after a visit with parents here for the holidays. B DR. STEVXY, CHIROPODIS Makes Areh Appiiances to measure- pifice. 10 Valentins Ridg. Phone 644 ~ Enroute to See Grandpa FDR A hed ite House-bound Christmas visitors enjoys % lorm mfin}vtain stopover at Aberdeen, South Dakota. party eonsists of the daughter and son-in-law of President Roosevelt Seattle, W ’l,dl'r‘::t.“!sl;:{?e” and “Buzzie” Dall, and baby John Roosevelt Boettiger. o jol% ash. They are Mr. and Mrs. | THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE was | for years without a standing army until in 1330 one was made up of forced levies of Christian children. The troops became known as Jan- | - - | THE ENGLISH Ilanguage has only 26 letters to represent 40 or more sounds. et LUBRICATION *T | | | IT'STIME TO CHANGE YOUR THINNED - OUT LUBRICANTS! CONNORS MOTOR COMPANY ol s R SRS S S LR | | next Saturday evening at the home ! DEC. 27, 1939; "UP THE RIVER" NEW COLISEUM HIT OPENING TONIGHT If you're in the mood for an eve- of uproarious screw-ball com- dy Up the River,” the new 20th | Century-Fox picture which opens tonight at the Coliseum Theatre, is just about the funniest ccmbination of music, broad comic situatio razzle-dazzle football in many ning The story focuses on & group of | happy inmates in a mythical prison which boasts a radio in every oll, gates that are ctically re- volving doors, and the best football team in the “Big Pen Conference.” | “Preston Foster is complet [heme in his first light come and the elongated Arthur Treacher, |as Foster's partner in crime and | footbanl, gives his most polished | performance. Tony Martin and | Phyll's Brooks are excellent in the | rcmantic leads and the other fea- i players include Slim Sum- ille, Bill Robinson, Alan Dine- Eddie Collins, Jane Darwell |and Sidney Toler R | pouGLas | NEWS | Sponsored by the Eagles of Doug- t Ladies Auxiliary, F.O.E. arranged for a free show to be given at the Douglas Coliseum to- morrow evening and everyone in town is invited. Bags of ndy and fruits will be distributed to the children, The Jones Family on a Trip to will be the feature picture CLUB ME The Four-H Club girls, five oi them, met this morning at the home of Patsy Fleek for their weskly bus- iness meeting, Plans for next year's ies were outlines to them by leader Hilja Bolyan party was then planned for of Betty Bonnet, entertainment for that evening is in the hands of Patsy Fleek and Peggy Cochrane. | - MRS. KIRKHAM'S RELATIVES ACROSS SEAS ARE ACTIVE Letters from her folks in England, received in yesterday’s mail, gave Mrs. Glen Kirkham news for which she has been anxiously awaiting during the past months of “the war over there A younger brother, not yet 20 years old, is in France semewhere with the Royal Army Medical Corps. Another older bro- ther is an officer in the English navy on duty in the Mediterranean Sea. One brother, John, died last year only three days out from Liv- erpool enroute for military duty in Palestine. He was buried at sea. Mrs. Kirkham also has two nices in wartime service, one in the wo- men’s territorial work and the other a warden in the air-raid protection service Leslie J. Mor, | I state | VU NEAU QWNEG AND OPERATED # 3 Y WSRO Juneau's Greatest Show Value! STARTING TONIGHT ’ ’ BIRTHDAY —This is a re- cent photo of Egypt's girlish queen, Farida, shown with her baby, Princess Ferial, whose first birthday was observed by the roval household Nov. 17. BIG DRAGLINE BUCKET GOING INTO INTERIOR On the deck of the steamer Mount McKinley today is a 12 yard drag- line bucket, believed to be the larg- est such mining accessory in Al- TRUE ADVENTURES COMEDY —NEWS The big bucket is gned to the United States Smeiting, Refining and Mining Company (Fairbanks Exploration Co.) at Fairbanks. Un- doubtedly it will be taken to the Ege ter Creek operations of the company where an eight yard bucket has been employed in stripping opera- tions. The bucket is approximately feet long, six feet wide, and feet deep. - They to north in June, Neéxt fall, Mr. o g will builld a home in Anchoraj and reside permanently in Alasks after having spent the past 34 years in the Territory, proving that the Northland looks good to the two sourdoughs. — - e — A WOMAN ruled the Byzantine empire for 10 years, beginning in 780 AD. Her name was Irene and ; } MARSH AND WIFE | I-EAVE Fok SIATES ‘ Mx};h v:]as S;mn:lu:'l dn tgocnr Greek of Leo 1IV. expect rew 10 five and Mrs. George Marsh, hall, on the Lower Yukon who have spent the past s in Juneau, as guests at the Baranof, left for the south this morning aboard the steamer Yu-| kon. He has been mining open cut| work at Marshall. They admit they spent a most happy Christmas in Juneau and will remain longer on return. They will spend weeks in Seattle, Francisco to visit relatives and friends. From' there the couple will travel around the country. | Eat Out Today! two or three then go to San e THE ONLY island resor repe which is uninhabited Scottish Island of Staffa. sands visit it annually but lives there. in Bu- is the ‘Thou- no qnv} * BECAUSE MOTHS fly at night and are usually not seen, few peo- ple realize that there are nine times as many moth species as but- | terflis IT COSTS SO LITTLE TO DRESS SMARTLY DEVLIN'S YOUR BAVINGS ARE INSURED, ARE INSTANTLY AVAJLABLE AND EARN GREAT- ER RETURNS WITH THE ALASKA FEDERAL Savings and Loan Assa. of Juneau TELEPHONE 3 & MEETING OF RETAIL CLERKS UNION WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27 1:30 P. M. Election of Officers ABOUT WHAT'S INSIDE? Fire never destroys a house without buraing up what's inside of it. Fire insurance pro- tects the building. To protect your household possessions against loss or damage by fire, you need Residence Contents Insurance. It costs surprisingly little. ° SHATTUCK AGENCY TELEPHONE 249 Office—New York Life