The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 30, 1939, Page 5

DEC. 30, 1939 By CLIFF STERRETT % e POLLY AND HER PALS | TH' ONE WOT READ, Sweeps Winner Aids Ot'h_e_rsA _._F___—_—_-—d— I THOUGHT You D'JA MAIL " IN COMPLIANCE WITH / THAT LETTER OUR'PHONE TALK, WE SAID " HOOKED! T' SMITH AND HAVE BCOKED You SONS AND SONS FOR 100 ORDERS’ 2 AND SONS?2 " o X L) 3 e - | tertainment features. The public is E v i sty No. One Ism Hunfer—— } Tonight there are two dances| ‘ on the schedule, the usual satm-i Al H H Dl [ | day night public dance given by| Jlnks New | the Elks, starting at 10 o'clock| | o and ending at 1 am. Sunday, and " e Winner of a $150,000 prize in a sweepstakes drawing, Mr. and " the dance, the first public one ’ Mrs. Benjamin Mason of Philadelphia will put a large part of thefr 1Y to be given by the management winnings into building model apartment houses for other Negroes in the slums district from which they came. The Mason family is of the Baranof Hotel in the Go'd Year's Eve Annual Event Will Be Giv- en Tomorrow Night- . Dances on Tonight e Elks High Jinks, an an- Room. Dancing is to start at 10 o'clock tonight, terminating at 2 a.m. Sunday. Also tonight, is the Christmas party dance to be given by the Sons of Norway in the Odd Fellows Hall, Tomorrow night, besides the Elks High Jinks, a New Year's celebra- tion will also be given in Union Hall and favors and noisemakers will be distributed. ALEXANDER PAUL PADGETT: " DUDLEY BERT: ALICE LEE JEM- MAJOR - GeN. MOSELEY: talked P. GIL- shown in their new, but modest, $3,000 home they purchased, ALASKA MUSEUM VISITED DURING New Record Set - Displays VANCES MAKING VACATION RIP FOR TWO MONTHS r. and Mrs. H, Vance are leaving on the Princess Norah for a (wo months’ vacation in California. YEAR BY 11,385 ( nual event, will be the highllght‘ 4. T A 3 ‘1 he had tried to buy TRACHTEN- reported on Span- ISON: saw reds expected g The Vances will visit with the of New Ycar's Eve, tomorrow night, AUTOMOBILE OWNERS ‘ battleships for BERG: told of a ish Loyalist re- among the Red- civil war in U, 8. about plot to over- A"rad Double CI'Y s | Doctor's folks in Ontario, near Los to bid old year 1939 farewell and TAKE NOTICE | Russia. communist “angel.” cruiting. skins this winter. throw government. | P I r :\,nueles._ ansdn wlrl:r rnh‘auves of Mrs, goodbye and extend a joyous wel- | R . g ulation ance in San Francisco. i it B risw: Yo, 1AL The law provides a penalty for These were among the scores of witnesses the Dies Committee heard. - During thelr sbsence, Dr. Vances Dancing will start at 11 o'clock, | automobiles appearing on the i g | offices here will be closed. to the strains of Stan Cox and |streets after January 1, without —— s - o BT 0 TR LA"‘;IXI;B‘;“" ‘:‘:"'d ;‘]“";""zn"f 1‘9’;;‘ e g - his orchestra. There will be favors the 1940 License Plates. Buy same The Dies Committee has |episode, wherein Witness J. B. 10 percent of its members are Com- | ‘w"fst-he -M;B:(: ;lsca)r.:cnluermeum‘ Empi ":2 " lflis \?flr{z_reflsuhjfi distributed and then just before | early this week, and takeadvantage been producing a show unpar- | Matthews, former national chair-| muaisis, and Communist Earl DARK HORSEMEN and Livwin CHr & P Kiehe- | hd the change of years, noisemakers of the service we can give you alleled in recent times for &man of the American League for Browder agrees the Communists | varort rep:}r't,ed i 3 (P — ziven out. During the dance, which prior to the last minute rush. bitter controversy and hilari- |Peace and Democracy, testified | consider the League a “transmis- | A“D DolpHINS Phd 1030 taat & 13;6 RSB EI‘ om TOdBY! will end New Year's morning at H. J. TURNER, ous comedy. Now it’s preparing | Communistic organs were using fa- | sion belt” for its ideas. | |that for 1938, the previous record | 2 o'clock, there will be special en-'adv. City Clerk. its report to Congress, conven- |mous people as decoys. Among| At any rate when the names Lo 3 T T = e ing January 3, which must de- | these, he said, was Shirley Temple.| appeared, there was a flurry of in- | GEI VI(IOR|ES Niimber of visitors to the museum cide whether the committee “They've found dangerous Com- | dignation among government em- is roughly double the population of ;‘li-l“" b‘;" ‘:"fl:‘:’sllkdm Who “lfl munists in Hollywood, led by little | ployees. | srszve ey Juneau. . 2 es? at commit- Shirley Temple,” guffawed Sec-| i " f .| On the Elks alleys last night, Edi- -—-—-o—— H o I Iyw°°d Slgh“ A”d So”"d! tee done? Where's he going? |retary Ickes. ‘den%orndmxd esgx”c.edure, e o | tors took two lickings out of three HEADS CORDOVA C. OF C. " ) &5 Kbk Casas. ::zse lmp;l::n';n e I:Ie::m: Sr;‘Plerhsp:sr it was fortunate that| Laughs and Shrugs saTe;‘from the Dark H‘orsefs and ::e G. Earl Means has been re-elected | = " e of | Shirley ‘emple was born an| pDjes went right ahead insist- Iphins won a palr from € as President of the Cordova Cham- ¢ fobix e aler W e S A 0—Fiashsbacks. .., A New Years three articles, of which this |American," tee-heed Madame Sec- | ing the sl s e ST ber of Commerce for the ensuing| TRY THE eve that ushered in this waning decade. . . . is the last. retary Perkins. ought to “quit stalling” and i,,e] Dark Horse roller Claude Carnegie | year. M. P. Roark was also con- ... But the Christmas trees on Santa Claus B g a BIVe| s high man for the night with 527. | tinued in office as Secremryfix‘rmsAi Hollywood is low. Lane are real, green trees. . . . They haven't yet thought of metal By MORGAN M. BEATTY “They're trylng to ham-string| him help for work he thinks is im- | {and discredit the investigation,” | portant. Still, the help is not forth- Scores were as follows: ; urer. | ROYAL CAFE painted cones with bulbs. . . . There is glow there, not merely AP Feature Serveze Writer yelled Dies. But there does seem | coming, Editors | glitter. . Santa Claus and his cornflake snow have been put | to be generaly agreement now that| Ask Dies about the politics in & Epot 3 35 35— 105 It I yReTee ; WASHINGTON—It's as plain on| the committec's early work Was| his investigation, and he laughs| SInaoors el B cow T HioNoha 1 Tt T Dot 108" oo ibhe daatvs over. | the record as the nose on your l?rgtty :hoddy. Dies himself con- | and' shrugs his shoulders. lumn il 1M 10 W Bp Eddie Cantor is starting again from scratch. .. Collen Moore mfflce :hl:l :‘ ai::sr; gm dam'iz i :;sse;[w?re“lxps;m:; i w".: L ey R U T RS Scol T'SH R' TE is collecting her “gild-edge” securities to make an ornamental st o A b ¢ A IRMORS ownr shat i Oonegees)” ha 1| giny 464 437 4681369 : Miss Hollywood is fondling last year's mink cancelling’ | “eme Fons b ore the November elec: says’“And who says a fellow hasn't Dark Horses ‘_y» S : “ : The head of the committee on|tions of 1938, Dies swung the spot-|got a right to do that?” ID. Kaufl 153 137 153 443 PT 1‘1‘. order for Hlmported cavifir, gh(mg up .the diamond tiara. un-American _activity has been|light of his investigation west- ‘Whisper has it he's a C""d’d“‘e‘s:',e Mtl 155 175 ”“ m RECE '0N “It's the crash” is everybody’s alibi—including people who hadn't dubbed an outstanding zany by the Wward, and the testimony began to! ; Stewart 147— g8 v Dy - for Senator, Governor of Te’“'s'icamegle 163 226 138— 427 ) anything to crash. . . Administration’s Secretary of In-| Singe New Dealers fighting hard|even President or Vice-President.| They've made some pictures this year, though. .. Arliss has [ terior, Harold L. Ickes. Dies has|for re-election. “He's better than lots of presiden-| motals a1 538 4381447 M n f made “Disraeli,” supported by a blonde kid named Joan Ben- accused Administration favorites| Puts Heat on Murphy tial nominees I've seen in the last Dolphins | 4 NUABY l, 1940 nett. . . And people are still raving over “Broadway Melody” of harboring Communists and try-| When Dies let a witness or two 20 years,” said the late Rep. J. Will Spot. 57 51 57— M 1 and its big stars—Charles King, Bessie Love, Anita Page. .. Re- [ in8 to laugh him into the dunce’s| “;lm f‘he heat on Governor Mur-| Taylor of Tennessee, “and I don't|Mys Overby ... 101 130 125— 346 member? Ruth Chatterton has revived “Madame X.” and Bebe 50;"}*:1'- ; l‘;o:’m°r‘:<‘>(tsst03‘pin$dmnt sn-lmem Hoover.” | Mrs. Duckworth 102 113 108— 323 2—5 P. “. Danicls has discovered her singing voice for “Rio Rita” with SR 0 S el M ent him-| Martin Dies is pretty thick-| Mr. Dickworth. 167 164 166— 497 $ Washington that Dies is out to get|Self stepped into the fray. He said|skinned about it all. RSN i John Boles, and a new team from Broadway—Wheeler and the N 1 |1 committe { Woolsey . . “Gold Diggers of Broadway” (all in color!) has ¥ D) o6 6" least the sl 5 AP0 - WRS nUN-ARierien | JHE “yee ho MYy, (Dve.mnade) rpuls 437 545 4561337/ F 11 M f what d Y - d g . called left-wingers in it, which, if| for letting witnesses say things to|mistakes. Who could get hold of Butchers | or a. asons o1 whalever adegree and them in the aisles. .. “Bulldog Drummond” has proved that true, would undoubtedly do no|besmirch a candidate just before| i . . . . ad y |a bearcat like this without making| Herb McLean. 121 156 107— 384 fll l d 1 d h Ronald Colman can talk! ..And Warner Baxter, all wash harm to his friend Mr. Garner's| election time. That, he said, was|mistakes? And I expect controver-|Wes Overby .. 126 162 98— 386 elr laaies, inciuding members of the ( up, has come back with “In Old Arizona.” . . McLaglen and Lowe campaign for the presidential nom- | influencing elections, sy. But everything's on the record.| Lou Hudson 151 179 141— 471 0 d f E S 1 in “The Cock-Eyed World” and Norma Shearer in “The Last ination. | “The President hasn't read the|I've proved all these ‘ism’ fellows| S o e sl raer O astern tar: Order 0‘ De of Mrs. Cheyney.” .. King Vidor making an “artistic triumph” Trouble Over Money |record,” retorted Dies. “He's mis-|are violating a law. I've conducted| Totals 308 497 346—1241 | H H % The trouble started with the| informed.” But anyway, a sizeable|a non-partisan investigation. I've - | MOIaY and Ralnbow Glrls' in “Hallelujah. . The Great Cinemogul, Willlam Fox, has celebrated his 25th anniversary in show business. . . prior to being eased out. .. There has been a flurry of interest in the “wide screen,” quick- ly forgotten. . . Pickford and Fairbanks are still the “happiest movie couple” but they’'vé made “The Taming of the Shrew.” . . Garbo is still making silent pictures—not till next year will the first Congressional resolution au- thorizing Dies to give the country $25,000 worth of subversive ma- terial. “Not enough money,” said Dies, which was quite true. Witnesses alone cost $5 a day and transporta- tion, not to mention the lawyers,! section of the Democratic party accused Dies of helping his own party lose 70 seats in Congress in 1938, as well as the governorship| of Michigan. More recently, Dies witnesses testified that Communist “front or- ganizations” were using the nnmes‘ never consulted Mr. Garner about this investigation, and 90 percent| of the American people outside the cities want me to go ahead. It's all up to Congress.” And it is. e CiviL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS The United States Civil Service Commission: has announced open Informal Visiting Members of These Orders | billboards cry: “Garbo Talks!” .. An 8-months-old infant is investigators, statisticians, stenog-|Of the President and Mrs. W'GABBY'S TAKE | competitive examinations for the i 4 sleeping at home in Santa Monica, this New Year's Eve, not even | raphers and secretaries required| Velt to affect an aura of respecta- positions listed below. Applications | Especially Invited e for a complete survey of any bility to influence wavering pros- must be on file in the commlsuton'st NOW given subject. | Aware it was handing Dies chicken feed, Congress requested the Roosevelt Administration to| supply experts from the govern- pects. Both the President and Mrs. Roosevelt considered the accusa- tions unfit for comment, although Mrs. Roosevelt indicated her will- ingness to appear before the Dies ‘GROCERS WITH MURA'S TOTAL office at Washington, D, C,, not la- ter than February 22, 1940. Special Agent, $3800 a year, As- sistant Special Agént, $3,200 a year, Civil Aeronautics Authority. Ex- ment departments. But none was! committee “in the interest Of| . of Gabby's pin trio in the|CCP¢ for the partial substitution of A Ge”erul EUeCtl“c r‘\‘f forthcoming. | truth.” Commercial League, finished up,wllege training, applicants must s the reception AI The Justice and Labor depart-| Not long ago, the committee| o 4io0re powlin at the Bruns.|Dave bad extensive business, pro- charming hostessess give 3 ments and the WPA had nothing read into the record 565 names i " fessional or governmental exper- thoughtful guests who .. Joan Crawford is on her way up, with “Our Modern Maidens"” ancther hit. . . A guy with big ears has given up, returned to the stage. . . Next year hell be a heavy in “The Painted Desert,” and pretty soon—Clark Gable. . . Carole Lombard is doing in- . Clara Bow, the “It” girl, is bowing out. . . Enter Sylvia Frank Fay is starring in a western, and Barbara Stanwyck can't get a job. .. Arlington Brugh has never heard of Bob Banking by Mail Department The B. M. Behrends of government employees on the {born last night at St. Ann's Hos- |scales at birth at 8 pounds 12 wick last night with a 220 score e B SRS S PROUD PARENTS Mr. and Mrs. F. Thiemlyer are the proud parents of a baby boy.{ pital. The new arrival tipped the ounces. ience; for the Special Agent grade, Juneauites planning to attend the Jackson Day dinner here on January 8 are urged to purchase their tick- ets early, as the capacity of the Bar~ anof Hotel dining room is 270. Any | overflow will be accommodated at| the Gastineau Cafe or Percy's Cafe| with radio connections for the pro-| gram. CLEANER but polite excuses to offer this bri, ift s % 4 that hi Tt 1 th v;nngugn C:n:‘x.e::“flmo Pere ,s friend of “Cactus Jack” Garner's.|mailing list of the American Lh:ee ::x;is’ am;n mgshstor Tl’me evef a part of it must have been in an Bttanticns make gou & In fact, Dies said the only offer of | League for Peace and Democracy.|nine administrative, executive or super- " GE vAcum ch“n "must come" guest. Try itl help he got came from the LaFol- There was no intimation that Ga’hbys beat Home Grocers three visory capacity. In addition appli- ew PRESH exclusivel lette Civil Liberties Committee,| ihese people had anything to do|.r ronr inclusive of total cants must have had extensive ex- an e brande at an effort to wi ommunism, although Dies e air-transportation | . " Y d he branded that an effort to with C ism, althoug | “There are mo games over tne|Perionce In the alr-tr : $ 3 9 9 5 fl ” ”y sabotage his committee’s work. f‘hnrges the League is a front for|georend Bowling resumes Tuesday ::"I::S:fy l:\;‘ln governmental agen- ° CHOCOLATES Then came the Shirley Temple Communism. The League admits night. sk ii‘;j?‘suym Lhe'zllr tmnspoatn-l = $59.95 Val ) . , Or Wi aeronautica) lar 2 lue VAN DUYN CHOCOLATE SHOPS l&z?res last night were as fol-|omanizations or assoclations for oqul 1 i | lows; i Eromotmg and improviug the air EFFICIENT—DURABLE—ECONOMICAL ransportation industry. A, aware that her name is Shirley Jane Temple. .. Gary Cooper De Vera ... 136 191 178— 505 muszp;o', i pnssreyd thzfruc;;r': SEE THEM TODAY AT and Dick Arlen have made “The Virginian,” and a red-haired 0me t B k i Mura 102 164 220— 576 pirthday, 4 s girl from New York has come out to do “The Love Parade” S @G, n Paulino 171 144 182— 497| pull information may be obtained Alaska El¢ctric nglll&l'ower Co. with a Frenchman named Chevalier . . Jeannette MacDonald (Handicap) 20 20 20— 60|at Room 311 Federal Building. g ¢ is tops . . —_——— — ———— 1 Jolecn. . teve A'usk“ Totals . 519 519 600—1638 GET JACKSON DAY Howard Hughes is still worrying at “Hell's Angels.” and he Honale Home S’; Eug’ 145— 467 has a new girl, unknown, in the feminine lead. . . Jean Harlow. r'—-— - l ] Thibodeau 160 146 168— 478 "(KETS PROMP".Y, . Lewis Milestone is making an epic with & kid from a band. . . voimmercia avmg's H Koski 208 170 179— 851 Lew Ayres is “All Quiet on the Western Front.” . . A vital young- - ber i AR R S R (OMM“TEE URGES G. E. CLEANERS ster named Bette Davis has just hit town—but nobody knows it. Saie Depomt Totals 535 465 492—1496 Priced from $20.00 UP Taylor—nor has anyone else. . . Bill Powell has made “The - i1 Tickets may be obtained at any d Canary Murder Case.” a talker; Zanuck has made “Noah's Ark,” Bank NOTICE P e ol o e viet D sl a terrible thing to do to the Bible, and Myrna Loy is still a Business meeting of Juneau —>~}:’-00 . . . Marl Dietrich is making a movie in Berlin. . . And Women'’s Club at 2 pm., Jan. 2; 'TICE m vamp. Tt g Juneau, Alaska pent house of Alaska Electric Light| Visiting days at the Minfield ¢ Emil Jannings, top character star, is about to flee from talkies in English. . . Thus Hollywood, at the dawn of the Terrible Thirtles. . . and Power Co. MRS. C. C. RULAFORD, adv. Secretary. Home will be on Sundays only, from now on. adv, MINNIF FIELD. 1