The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 3, 1940, Page 3

» THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES 2nd and 3rd | BIG DAYS | The Show Pluce of Juneau - THE GREATEST OF CAPRA HITS! Columbia | Pictures GREATROMANTIC | HIT PLAYING AS LOCAL FEATURE | Frank Capra s Mr. Srrllh Gaoes fo Washington” Stars J. Stewart 1‘ ‘Mr. Smith ton,” playing Goes to Washing- now at the Capitol Theatre, written by -Sidney Buch- | man, from an original by L. R Foster, revolves around most amazing yet typical young man Jefferson Smith, a nall-town youth who is strongly imbued with American ideals, suddenly finds himself thrust into the seats of the mighty. Somewhat of a local hero, he is appointed to fill an unexpired term in the United States Senate. Jeff takes his ap- pointment with the greatest seri- ousness. He doesn't know that the state political machine, intent upon .a piece of corrupt legislation, is sending him to Washington be- cause they consider him their most likely dupe, Mr. Smith—Stewart— gradually learns how he is being used. Prcmpted by his own best instincts and Miss Arthur, his sec- retary, hé revolts. How, and with what exciting con- sequences, is the core of the story and events sweep to a climax no audience will ever forget { James Stewart, in the longest and most outstanding role in his career, is superb. No whit behind him is Miss Arthur as a cynical,| Washington-wise young lady who idnight Preview Tonighi——1:15 A. M. ALL SEATS: Prices 54c: CONTINUOUS SHOWING SUNDAY 3 Open 1:30 p.m.; first show 2 p.m.,; second 4:30 p.m. EVENING PRICES ALL DAY t'Dance Pioneersfo On Tonight MeefThursday rema 2 PR ~4x -y night dances will Le | Pioneers of Alaské, Tgioo No. 6.l at first scoffs at the young Sena- med by the tonight in | Will meet Tuesday evening at 8 0™-!tor and is antagonistic to him.| b The dance starts|ClocK in the Odd Fellows Hall. It|Glaude Rains, expertly cast as “Mr. | will be the regular monthly business | gmith's* sentor colleague, is ‘deeply clock snd will conclidsianq soclal meeting. The' Auxillary | Gisciich s v inan Woht “must: bone < tomorrow morning. will also meotoorilohe same night. promise his highest ideals. Them: nestra will Mitchell is seen as a newsp | Cox and nis ws y music as usual rge prom- PUEBLIC CARD rARTY Given by Women of Moose, LO.OF, Tan who has a strong, devetion for Miss Arthur, unexpressed Hall, Wednesday, Feb. 7, starting| "o, oo 0 Ve CearBationm C‘Ml at 8 pm. Bridge, whist, pinochle—|, o 0 e B OO et | admission 50 cents. Public invited.| ' louoc Eawar i e 3 M ol To i genial political . boss who _hardt-n\- when “Mr. Smith” lifts his voice - in protest against his unscrupulous | grafting; Beulah ' Bondi, as the r of the earnest young Sena- Eugene Pallette, as a political i g“% [w] ! 5y WOOd SI Q/I/.\ /l.:‘](/ S(J{Hh!} i | henchman; Guy Kibbee, Ruth Don- I by ! | nelly, H. B. Warner, Harry Carey . 8y Robbin Cooms —————-————" | ' and numerous other stellar person- | LLYWOOD, Cal BLE MAN RE alities | - e o ; Kurt Siedmak. Di- Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Cecil Kellaway, Alan Napier, b Screenplay by Leste 21 by.Joe May. Principals: John Sutton, Nan Gre; S(HOOl (ONCERT 1 IS TRIUMPH FOR | YOUNG MUSICIANS Latin-American Selections! Featured by Band and Orchestra Last Night ter Harvey. at s not here again. He's not here in a big way, and all because of the profits d by Universal’s version of H. G. Wells' fantastic story, ble Man,” in 1933. The present film carriers on as an tastic sequel. o of the first screen disappearing act was Claude Rains, whose experiments in a personal black-out led to mur- and ultimate destruction. Hero this time is tall, g Vincent Price, who appears (except for the brief final ) not even as the shadow of himself, although he worked h many of the scenes in which only his voice and his move- ity Combined age of these girl brides is 29! ward Muhs, 14, and right, Mrs. Francis § ing their marriage certificates at Salem ment to Stafford, Va. Both are first- New solicitor general of the 80! oath of office from Justice of the program by Girl Brides—Agus Mrs. Edward Muhs and Mrs, Francis Biddle and Jus n, now attorney general, F' ATURDAY, FEB. 3, 1940. Total 29! Francis Stoms i At the left is Mrs. Ed- yms, 15, proudly display- J., following their elop- r high school students. . e Frankfurter Jnited States, succeeding Robert Jack- ancis Felix Frankfurter of the United Stafes Biddle of Philadelphia takes the supreme court in a ceremonv in Washington. the school band Presented in true professional-|was the “Peanut Vender” by Moises ments reach the auditor. | like style, the musicians in Juneau|gimons and John Phillip Sous: With emphasis on the-macabre rather than on horror, the High School's band and orchestra“g] Capitan.” story relates the odd escape of a wrongfully condemned man | were applauded last evening for the (Price) on the morning of his hanging. The escape is discovered excellent portrayal of selections in| Making il QEbutia s 4 immediately after the farewell visit of the first Invisible Man’s the Latin-American mode, at the|stringed rhythm quartet, “The tist-brother (Sutton) and Scotland Yard at once, consulting Fixu? annusl Wisher contiis of‘ me'l(:im.)]:'f;‘ l‘.fl],r_)l(,’;:;(":)" :i:l‘l:’kxntlx\ its files, picks up the clue. Harried by the law and by the fear ‘"?:]“’22‘&‘;“‘]18‘&'8':“‘;“““gf(};‘:’é‘"i)‘v*er_ ic‘uil]V‘\L’n, i ot e of insanity, the fugitive uses his transparency (effective only | flowed the Girade .Bchool auditor-|der. when unclothed) to scare confession from the real murderer. Un- ium for the musical, second of its| Victor Herbert's “Pan Ameri- like his predecessor in in ', Hero Geoffrey returns to view— fl|kind to be given under the direc- | cana” was given expert rendition 2 - e | tion of C. Robert White, Surpassing|{by the school orchestra. The last year’s interpretation of “Deep,smaolhness of the Spanish serenaie Purple,” was the “Night in Cuba,”} ‘La Paloma” by Chevalier de Yra- | theme chosen for this winterg con-|dier, brought complimentary com- cert. A marked improvement in both the band and orchestra was noticeable as the youthful musi- cians played each selection with] THat's the reception charming hostessess giwve thoughtful guests who bring gifts of delicious ness. Opening the program was Er- Percy’s ments and Ernesto Lucuona's “Ma- laguena” was excellent Accompanied by developed certainty and smooth-|put added appeal in the number bers of the orchestra, a girls’ trio| popular “Ferdinand which fea- tured Joe Kennedy and LeRoy individual mem- Van Duyn Candles. Little nesto Lecuona’s, “Siboney,” which! Vestal in their respective front and| attentlons make you a number also concluded the musical.| rear parts of the shy little bull JEust coms!” gubst. Try it lusivel Without a doubt the most color-! “Mantilla® by Paul Yoder, and FRESH EXCIUSIVELY [ iul sclection of the evening, “Si-|the final playing of “Siboncy ’4 boney” was highlighted by the use:brought to a close one of the mos 7 [zu of fluovescent dyes on the tom-|entertaining and picturesque mu- cvocox.nna tom, maracas and claves, as well|sical concerts ever Lo be presented VAN RUYN CHOCCLATE SHOPS as the coat lapels of the musicians' beyond the portals of the Juneau alive—when a blood transfusion proves the antidote for the black- out drug. Director May handles the subject with imagination (except for the hackneyed opening scene of servants relating the story’s background) and in atmosphere, mood, pace and melodramatic action the film is excellent. Alan ™apier (a cousin of Neville Chamberlain whom he resembles) and Sir Cedric top the visible performers, but the real star is John F. Fulton, technician whose laboratory genius effected the film's remarkable trickery. ! “HE MARRIED HIS WIFE." Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Joel McCrea, Nancy Kelly, Mary Boland, Reland Young, Cesar Romero. | a watchful eye on their directors lighted baton. Also included —— This is what your local high school’s senior play would be ' lige if given the doubtful benefit of Hollywood production. In a flimsy yarn about a young divorced couple from the | horsey set and their final-sequence reunion, Joel McCrea plays ' Joel McCrea in a James Stewart or Bob Montgomery or any- body but Joel McCrea role, and the old master Roland Young (like a dramatic coach tolerantly taking a small role in the senior play) keeps discreetly in the background while others in the cast ! over-act themselves to exhaustion. Chief offender is Nancy Kelly, acceptable hitherto in more serious roles, but working too hard here and achieving the light- ness and sophistication of a bride’s first pancakes. Second is Miss Boland, who is, however, mainly responsible for what genuine laughs the film provokes. Apparently grooved into dizzy light comedy lines, the pitcure is off the track most of the way, and quickly buries any burgeon- ing promise of originality between the pages of Joe Miller's joke book. Loudest and in poorest taste sequence: the last, in which a horserace brodcast outshouts the sacred (to many) service of matrimony. Commercial | who ‘played them. Two cleffs and Public School musical notes in fluorescent light- was presented in costume and w ing provided a colorful background given without for the ‘band as each player kept tween The entire program the usual delay be- numbers heretofore notice- able in most school productions starting at 8 o’clock and final num- in the first part ber e ding at 8:45 o'clock Oldest Bank: in | Alaska Savings Safe Deposit Banking by Mail Department The B. M. Behrends - Bank Douglas Cia Services THRILLING DRAMA | film, B Sl B LB B Notices for this church must be received by The Empire not later than 10 o'ciock Saturday morning to guarantee change of sermon topics, etc. ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH | No service tomorrow. DOUGLAS (ATI 9:00 a.m.—Holy ALASKA EVANGELIZATION SOCIETY (Native Gospel Services) GEORGE H. LOVELESS Missionary-in-Charge 10:30 a.m.—Sun hool at| home of Mrs. Lee. 7:30 pm—Evening service at home of Mrs. Lizzie Jackson. Top- ic, “Separation.” John 17:16. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m Prayer | Meeting. Home of Mrs. Lizzie Jack- 5011, Thursday, Class. 3:30 p.m —Children’s RO S MINISTERS ARE T0 MEET NEXT MONDAY | The Juneau-Douglas Ministerial Association will meet Monday at 1 p. m. for a luncheon and busi-| ness meeting. The meeting will be| held in the dining room of Percy Cafe, according to the Rev. G. Ed- etary ELKS AND PAROCHIALS BOTH WIN FROM DOUGLAS SCHOOL Douglas High basketeers were od last night but just not quite good enough to wallop the Elks' -am of Juneau and an interesting zame for the spectators ended 32 vints for them and 39 for the vis- itors, As the game opened the scoring was a dual proposition until the tirst quarter ended before the High schoolers could match the Elks' last i CHURCH | column | | | | | tion will be given on the use of the Juneau's Greatest Show Value PREVUE TONIGHT 1:15 A. M. MATINEE SUNDAY 2:00 P. M. GPENS SUNDAY AT COLISEUM THEAT “Tail Spir g smashing melod e starring Alice Faye, Constance Ben- t and Nancy Kelly, will roar acress the sereen of the covseun | § TAKING THE GAMBLE THEY CAN LOSE ONLY ONCE! Theatre Sun enimg Chie Mbry ‘of. three courag- —but they're women first, ecus women who fly, their split- these three who fly! S nd cseapes and th art-throbs behind their spectatcular liv Tail | Spin” is the first attempt Hollywood has made to focus its cameras on the wemen of the sky. And what a magnificent job has been done! 1 Hollywood's ace harge of produc- Roy Del m from a ured cast ] Farrell Richmond, Valerie and Ei Joe Brown was as ate producer inding tongiht is the I'm From Missouri .o reen in are Jane \V.\ll\ Joan i Wyman, Kane Vernon, Joan Norris. Harry Bob Burns They've taken a man's game and made it their " YORE,' Feb: 3 = WREHE own...with all its thrills and quotation of American Can today S is 113', American Poy split-second escapes! But 4, Anaconda Alehem Ste the heart-thre f 73%, Commonwealth and Southern F of overy | 1%, Curtiss Wi 10%, General woman seekir >arebe- Motors ¢ International Harves hi : 2 | & Bmee ind # 354 ter 54, Kennecott 35'¢, New York d their specic uiar lives! Central 16 nited States Steel 5674, Pound $397 DOW, JONES AVERAG The Dow, Jones averages for to- day's short session of the New York Stock exchange are: industrials 14559, rails 3065, utilities 24.74 shot and it was 9 to 7 for the latter; then as each ensuing quarter fin- . ished the Elks lead gradually in- creased thusly at half 21-15; third quarter 28-22 High pointers of the game were Druliner of the Elks with 11 whije for Douglas High D. Wahto topped the list of scorers with 8 In the preliminary of the evening e the lads from the Parochial School hundred pounders to scoop up a 20 MAIN EVENT RECORD Douglas High School (32) JANE WYMAN H. Cashen, rf 020 I KANE RICHMOND F. Cashen, If T D. Wahto, If 8 WullyVernon « Joan Valerie J. Devon, c, 0 0 : G. Wahto, 1¢ gy Edward Norris E. Savikko, 1g B i G. Kirkham, rg (1Rl ADDED ATTRACTIONS R. Pleek, Ig 2.0 Clyde Lucas and Orchestra D. Fleek : 2.4 Vitaphone Variety Elks, (38 Cartoon News W. Rodenberg, rf... 2 0 Beck, f i ) Druliner, If. 1F " ‘p LAST TIMES TONIGHT Young 8 0 i A : BOB BURNS in Sedm g1 P frowm Missouri Referee—George Willey. ALSO—————Pictorial-Cartoon--News—————ALSO s e COUNCIL MEET asaplaod Next Monday the regular bi- H in nto the p\?("us of 4 monthly meeting of the Douglas Ihere wl" Be No relatives, and his own law and City Ceuncil will be held. | engineering firms that only enough N Insu" Debade in [was left to keep the debenture 0. E. BLDG. PLANS TO {haifers off tis feek & iail a S BUERERILN) IONOHT A G &E ls (la’m nany of those drains, The, re- Following a special meetnig of eivership court, in its discretion, Douglas Eagles last night to discuss cut any that may remain, {plans for building a new lodge hall X ),‘ 3 o5, fow drains, and | here a tentative report of the com- (Continued Zrom Page One) ‘ ik nihistrAtion. -tk e mittee appointed to devise ways of | —— e uf'; ol \"xll pa o (-jnmings that financing was received with ‘en-ino; repeated by Hopson. Insull bwill put new lfe into the oute mun“(-mmt for the project. An- h1d ,',N(] money by borrowing | sianding debentures and stocks, {curities of his operating compa- ' geventure payments - next, .-and | definite action on Llw matter 8| pies. When the depression hit and | payments fo stock investors third, xpashid Insull’s fower began to totter, the perhaps even ahead of all, earn- ST N {banks stcpped in and pulled thelings will be used to improve any FLAN gl;v N:‘w ,IlOM" 'woKEyy| PPOPS out from under it by fore- | weakened operating companies. N A, Ql NOKD B THOKETY 3 on the operating compa-|what's left, if any, may go teo The newest FHA house o be built| ies “rag left no source of xeve-| opson and. Mange intevests, Thels |in Douglas and now under way is 10| nue o support the supersfruc-| gwn WLUX1LA i N‘ & be a fourstrom icottage. with bath,|¢ e thousands of stockhold- || ; divided into living room, kitchen, o6 onev had. hesr. Gie two bedrooms and utility room. To | ® ¥o%¢ monesy A vested in the superstructure were FRENCH mm be plastered inside and shakes for| outside tinish. . Tt will: have: herds left with little but fond memories. | wood floors and cedar-lined closets, | HOPson's course was ditferent. u"l'm s The dwelling site is at the corner of | 1€ Kept his operating companies Fourth and D Streets. Charles‘fi""' of bank loans excepting| Tuckett is contractor and Don Abel|abOut $20000000, a trifling sum| FOR RELIEF ID is the carpenter in charge of con-|{0F Such a huge system. Instead| struction, {he pooled the controlling stooks g e LA Bl of the operating companies by an| _WASHINGTONv Feb. 3.—Appre- 4-H CLUB MEETING intricate network of holding com- | ciation for relief supplies sent to The 4-H Club met at 11 o'clock |Panies. A corporate mechanism as|ald evacuating French families was | this forenoon at the home of Al-|Ctomplicated as a terminal switeh- expressed in a letter received by |freda Fleek with all ten members|yard channeled all the control|the American Red Cross here from | present. Plans were made for a|into two main-line holding unm-"M‘fl'Q‘"b de Lillers, President of | visiting trip to Juneau to some in-|Panies. Thesc two then mu:Jllh‘ French Red Cross. | stitution, stocks and sccurities—but not to| The letter arrived following the Next Saturday evening the meet- | the bank They were floated | hipment of clothing, medicine and ing will be held at the home of Betty |among an cstimated 300,000 in-|Surgical dressings sent to be used Bonnett when the sewing Club will | vestors. it concentration points where | French families had gathered after | fleeing from danger zones, Red | Cross officials said. In acknowl- two' edging the shipments, Marquis de be judged for points. Also instruc- | RECHECKED were DING investors sewing machine., The entertain- ment committee for next meeting in will be Betty Kibby and Helen Is.|Classes. Some held $250,000,000 of Lillers thanked the people of the aak. debentures. These are securities not| United States for their assistance e e so binding as bonds but having|*“ . .. especially for our little chil- Aristotle wrote- about cheese in|Priority over stocks. In addition,|dren, many of whom are more un- 350 B.Q. about $250,000,0000 in stocks were happy than one ‘could imagine.” * R e | issued. B G B BB S RERTA Teday's News Today—Empire, The debentures were devised so| ATTENTION MASONS W4<—r.£i. __ |that as long as interest payments{ There will be a stated communi- * #|were continued, the investors|cation of Gastineaux Lodge No. 124, ;AI“RD‘mm [ could not step in ard take con-|F. and AM. Tuesday, Feb. 6, Ma- trol of the system away from}somc Temple, 7:30 pm. Work in C"LISE M Hopson. | MM. degree. Members are urged JANE Among the various charges di-{to attend. Visiting brethren wel- rected against Hopson by Con-|come. By order of W.M. "KEEP mum” gress and other official bodies is| (Signed) SAMUEL DEVON, adv. Secretary., SRR *lunc that he piped so many earn- N — e~