The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 7, 1940, Page 3

THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES OPENS TONIGHT f 0 BIG TO HANDLE/ nTS She was a new kind of love from the South! ‘éfi’?&‘fi%fi%fi?‘fi’é” N EW ) MENTAL POISE Quiet Russell Hunter, 30, of Chaflin, Kan., a flour mill work- er and father of two children, is dead and an attempted bank rob- bery career at an end. Hunter shot to death after attempt- second bank robbery in y. City Marshal Frel a neighbor of the slaip man, fired the fatai shots. Sleuth’s Machine Is Stolen OMAHA, Neb.,, Feb. .7.—~IlL was a very indignant Detective - Douglas Arthur who raced into the automo- bile theft department to report his car stolen from in front of head- quarters. It wak'd vEry tedsfaced d,,lmwe\ A feature of the observance willl Arthur who left a few minutes later after learning his son, Jack, nine- teen, home from college for a visit, had taken the car for the evening Empire Wan’ Ads Bring Results. WHAT'S INSIDE? Large Program ls : Planned Here for World Prayer Day of Prayer, Friday, will be marked in Juneau by an all-day session in the Northern Light Presbyterian Church. Starting af 10:30 o'clock in the morning - the meeting will ba pre sided over by President Mrs. G. Ed—‘ Mrs. C. G. Bloxham is' the secretary this year. A .na- tional program, arranged by Murial and Doris Lester, will be followed. Murial Lester, known as the Jaane Adams of London, is known through out the world for her social service work. The morning program will be in charge of Mrs. Bruce Lesher, which is to feature music by the Native Memorial Presbyterian Church, the regular business matters, and the devetional. A noon lunchecn will be served in the [Parlors of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church in charge of Mrs. J. F. Worley. The several churches ward Knight. ute are asked to contact wives of the ministers of their individual church. The afternoon program will be divided into six parts, at which time all churches in the city will be rep- resented. Mrs, John Keyser will be the featured vocalist for the oc- casion and various projects will be presented for support by all denom- inations. BOY SCOUT WEEK 10 BE OBSERVED FEBRUARY 8 - 14 Broadcast Fnday Evening Planned as Parf of Juneau Program Boy Scout Week will be observed in Juneau from February 8 to 14 it was announced today by the lncnl | council. |be a half hour radio program over \stauun KINY on Friday evening. One :boy from, each Juneau troop, including the Sea Scouts and Auk Bay troop, will take part in a skit on the broadcast. - e Try an Empnrc ad. Fire never destroys a house without burning 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 Insurarice. It costs surprisingly little. » Pe SHATTUCK AGENCY TELEPHONE 249 Office—New York Life e rrrrrrrrrrrrreeas) THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNE 81 AY, FEB 7, |94O = [6- MAN STORY NOW JAMES ’EH.ISON STARRED HERE i “Tenobia’” “Opens Tonight| * as Capitol Theatre Fea- | ture for Two Days | ) JEAN PARKER, 1 A new era in entertainment be ushered in tonight when “Zeno- bia,” Hal Roach'’s latest offering, has | a gala premier at the Capitol The- | | atre for two nights. The era in this | case is 1870, and the setting Mis- sissippi in the carefree days after the Civil War. Combining costume | with comedy and farce with furbe- lo Roach has individual brands | f high humor. Hardy is cast as 2 small-town doctor, Langdon as the owner of a medicine show. The | eternal triangle is ih this ecase com-| pleted by Zenobia, Langdon's two- ten she-elephant, who forms a hea attachment for the doctor he unties an uncomfortable knot in her tail. The H. C. Bur 3 from which “Zencbia” is '\hmed was called “Zerobia's Infidelity,” which may give some clue to the plot | But this is not the only attrac-| tion of “Zenobia.” Billie Burke and | Alice Brady give rich comedy per- | formances in their respective roles [of the doctor’s wife and the small- town snob, and the romance is sup- vlied by Jean Parker, James Elli- | son and June Lang. Morcover, there are a host of supporting characters {who all (‘rnulbvte to the general | good fun. The ory cencerns th> efforts of the Tibbitt family to overcome ‘the social ostracism in which they have been placed by Zenobia's at- ‘enticns to the doctor. Jean Par- ker, the Tibbitt’s daughter, is mn love with James Ellison, but his mother, Alice Brady, opposes the match and uses the elephantine im- broglio to embarrass her sow’s fi- ancee. The climax of the picture comes when Zenobia crashes an ele- gant party given by Alice Brady for the Tibbitts, and it takes a lawsuit and a recital of the Declaration of ‘Indq)vndonrr\ to smooth out the difficulties ;md unite the. lovers, will SOVIETSHIPIS UNDER GUARD SAN FRANCISCO Feb. 7—The Soviet freighter Kim is surrounded by armed guards as she refueled Customs officials said guards were assigned to the craft at the request (of the Russian Consulate. No one is permitted to board the vessel. The Kim is enroute to Puget ingrad. She Russian th) to, enter San Francisco. since start of the war in E\uope is the first GRAND JURY RETURNS THREE mmcmms Three indictments, one of them secret, were returned by the Gxand Jury this morning. . Albert Tucker is accused of as-| sault with a dangerous weapon, as a result of an occurrence of several months- ago ‘'when he’ held three | | members of Juneau’s Russian. col- | ony at bay. Otville B. Chapman: s abcused of lnrceny in: a dwelling, specifically | ith stealing a-riflercartridges, tent, km!e and traps rrom !xprdgren of Petersburg. it ALASKA WAGE. " HEADO oW | AT SAN FRANCISCO, A few detalls of renmnjnmm of Lhe Wages and Hours Administra- \tion on 4 regional basis Have been learned here by Commissioner of Miges B. D. Stewart, ex officio Ad- ministrator of the: Act for:Alaska. Alaska is 0 pe part of Region 15, with headquarters at San Francisco and a branch- office at Seattle in charge of - 3 R. Dille, Acting SuperVié 3 m?émr | smlbmv FINNISH FUND For the benefit of the Finnish | Relief. Fund, a Scandinavian dance | will be held at the ©Odd Fellows’ Hall 8aturddy evening under mo’ auspices of the Viking Club. i Harry Kranes orchestra will pro- ic. iDsnTng 7ans at 9:30 BlIZlARD ARD BLOCKS ' ROADS WYOMING RAWLINS, Wyo l"‘h. 1—Snaw plows are operating along Highways | of Southern Wyoming after:a sud- lden heavy blizzard blocked them. More than 250 cars were ‘freed by the Stiow plow crews, after they were stalled in the Snow along the Lincoln Highway, one of the man transcontinental routes, SEAGRAVES FIRE | thick. |flags and lanterns MODES of the MOMENT, by Adelaide " ory when | § Mink, used so long for straight ceats, apy that makes fur history. A velvet belt GRAY K. Y. THIEF HAS HUMOR; s here in a new fitted line inches the middle. Design by TRUCK ORDERED BY CiTY COUNCIL New Equipment Is Coming from Ohio Factory at Cost of $7,350 Dealing the Jur i turned Sfolen Camera and Colored Films a cost of $6.600 1 It ‘i, e«lll!{dle(l it will cost an NEW YORK, Feb. ditional $750 to bring the truck here arop ‘of. thi on from Ohio, not without at least The Council also adopted a reso- 1" ¢ wirt of humor luuon accepting the R. J. Sommers . is based on a E < g thorized 3 2 A sewer prmor“ and ‘l,”' \‘(1. hap that befell rge Hlanlml., of ]a;’z o liguor: 11~ S int visit: to gense to Jr J.:Stocker Mr. Manvell is an e gag-man (Popeye) for SKA"NG 600D ON VG it cacicrs AUK LAKE; LARGE Uit of feet o coo CROWD LAST NIGHT Cicvzea” wasertron:. Good skating was enjoyed by Then he parked his large crowd last night on Auk Lake.| Well-bred Fifth Avenue Ice was safe and about six inc for an hour’s stroll was still there but wasn't, It and all the costly taken by Manvell had directly with City Council the factory last nig will bring various food Sound to load a cargo of wheat for authorized the purchase of a Sea diches and all planning to contrib- Viadivostok. Her home port is Len- graves fire truck i JRGE TUCKER e 7—The ent chance SMHIE York. artist the He bug, the the of of |dens and skyscrapers. among shops. When he got ‘The open water and thin ice near the outlet have been marked by red District Ranger ‘W.. A Chipperfield of the Forest Service, announced. A bonfire kept blazing last night by CCC rollees and will be kindled again tonight for the benefit of skaters , > - "roa fy% Mews Todav sick, but_ he about it except ish cut his xy, back to Miami I think it was Jlu lu' return AS lot go on grouge and en- a ten da packa about Empire. that REVEALS IT Arfist and Gag-Man Is Re- pres- Broadway one fellow This obser- mis- Manvell on and a Fleish- is also car on safe, and went the back his car his camera film been stolen ‘This made George Manvell pretty couldn’t do anything| fin sadly . it and | tor York he took hml"numbex one kitehen boy and then tilm of the| came out with this triumph; ice- gar- week it is the featured item on the gir)s at theatres Thursday evening.| FEATURED AS FILM AT COLISEUM SHOW The most bizarre record of modern have been formed i screen story in “P which op tonight at seum Theatre. The picture ch an actual case related in J gar Hoover's book, “P in ing. Although frem the criminals, the story exciting theme—the ence of beautiful young women who supply the brains and inspiration of and desperate With Lynne Morison, liam He pa Ar Hid- incidents dozen famous plugs a single terrible influ- made up of careers of a Patricia and W top roles, “Person uncovers the amazing ¢ t f a “queen of rackets, ; hair dresser whe elopes with a1 'nM'.u\h crim- inal in hopes of obtaining the lux- uries and thrills been denied her As the career of the couple, play- ed by Naish and M Morison, un- folds, one spectacular crime follows another, includir cross country from pursuing G-Men, a I nership with another of fugitites and the desperate kidnapping of an srly millionaire for a $200,000 ransom Overman ol Ng eld N. Y, wa nin; of dumped In it, was New York Film al- useless 10 instead of heaving vacant lot he had developed and politely sent i cn to Miami. A Manvell, he can cnly shake his head, and won- der, When | r Rachester n his de all that color that had been ready. used was the thief. But it into the fir ¢k onc m film tolen naturally for ) me to New York on visits you think of them far removed from the chores of home life, .Transien especially stay in hotels merely p and change clothes, Their are pretty well ordered That Johnson phone ¢ town [riends. o s days why the actress Bess can't get over a tele- from one of her out of This friend had just checked into the Sherry Nether- land, and when she called Be s delighted to learn of her ar- is have lunch,” cried sociably. ‘We must Miss Johnson ‘But 1 can't possibly get for lunch,” moaned her friend, ‘because I'm right in the middle of making some strawberry pre- serves.” away Chinese restaurants as a rule are/ successful because eating chop suey is a routine matter with a great many people, just as going to the movies once a week, or going to the barbership for a haircut Some time ago a wandering yellow man decided to set up his restaurant in a downtown neigh- borhood, and after he was under way with his plans he discovered that the neighborhood was, pre- dominantly Jewish. He thought that over for awhile and ascer- tained that pastrami is a famous Jewish dish. Remembering also that people go to Chinese restau- rants .because .they want to taste Chinese food, the canny. proprie- went into. a huddle with his| 'Pas- trami-Chow Mein. At least once a | menu—and always it is plastered, in white paint, on the downstairs bulletin board = which = announces “Today's Special.” There is a restaurant in.New | York known .as “The Splendid Hazard.” . That is sort of tempt- ing fate, if you ask this reporter. e Help furnish- Finnish women and | children with food and clothing. Contributions will be received by Bnldleu of The Netherlandc whose people have long been famed for their skfll oh ice skates, are shown carrying machine guns and rifles across the ice in an inundated area as a defense measure to preserve the small nation's neutrality,” The scene is “somewhere in Holland,” army any neisome barricads Their 3 Juneau’s Greatest Show Value STARTS TONIGHT RS i' N WNED_AND. OBiRATED. a7 S ., Ea’. l EUGAR HOOVER’S ’lrvm wity "mcu vy panese Cabinef Shakeups Caused; Conflict in (hma (Continued ."mx Page ©ne) Fifth: Civi authorities Sixth: Americans deny military necespi are abu. ich as M such sp purpose simply to humiliate f line with .the ultimate ridding China of the >oe C.D. A. Group fo Sew Tomorrow Mrs. Joe Kennedy will be hostess tomorrow to members of the Cath- olic Daughters of America sewing circle at her residence in the Capitol Apartments Dessert-luncheon will be served at 0 o'clock preceding the sewing Eession forced as vie s in purpose of MOTOR-MAN—_As owner of more than half a million shares’ of General . Mofors, Charles S. Mott (above), 64, mative of Newark, Ny Ju. of auto indusiry’s n;u&"’& Hollywood Sights And Sounds By Robbin Coons Feb. 7—There's a picture called It’s in the limelight, is in it, and John Garfield, both of whom até in any picture. But the reason this attention is the two young women who aren't playing HOLLYWOOD, Cal., ried, Pretty and Poor.” Anne Shirley to have “Mar- pleasant around picture wins in it Jane Bryan, fresh from a glowing triumph in “We Alone,” tock suspension rather than play in it suspension period and a Chicago drugstore executive, Justin W. Dart, must have taken a tip from Jane’s film title and decided being alone a waste of time. They were wed, which left Jane married, pretty, and rich. Olivia De Havilland from an equal su With the Wind,” tock suspension rather than play i not, however, get married Are Not In course of the Jane fresh in “Gone it. She did “Married, Pretty and Poor,” you must be a fore-ordained stinkerdo Then you recall that the new film is a re-make of “‘Saturday’s Children,” highly sful play and picture of eleven years back. Then you hear that Garfield, who is particular about his thinks the new script is highly satisfactory and that he’s happy about the whole thing. So is Anne Shirley. Barring the notion that it's salary ratier than the particular that the star-studio rifts, youre left with an ex- planation: every movie player's instan! suspicion of re-makes, Why this should be is easily seen. Say “re-make” to a player his first reaction is “B” or “quickie.” The run-of-the-mine make, in recent years, has been given a bad oder by the abandon This is all strange. naturally assume after all this, very of a movie. a suc roles, role caused rhfi/s“!’:: reception charming hostessess giv§ thoughtful guests who bring gifts of delicious Van. Duyn Candles. Little attertions make you & "must come" guest. Try it} VAN BUYN CHOCOLATE SHOPS Perey’s exclusively with. which producers, stuck fo ra script, have seized on old properties, refurbished them slightly, and run them through the mill to emerge as minor program filler More often than otherwise, the “epic” of yesterday is given slightly different plot twists—and a lower budget and lesser play- rs—for its second trip to the screen. The exceptions are the old “colossals” more ballyhoo than originally greeted them. They get top stars, top directors, top budgets, top drum-beating—and are as likely to flop as the untried originals, and even with a harder thud. These have not only the new audiences to gembat, but the memories of these audiences’ older members. undertaken with éven In cold fact, however, the age of the story has little to do with its success in re-make. Last year's “Beau Geste” won those critical snickers (although it was a popular success) not because it was but in its new presentation, it faifly year's “Hunchback of Notre Dame” is more im- than Lon Chaney’s great silent effort offered, veat in its handling of masses of humanity—but its ultimate depend on whether the paying masses care for that (Personally, I wish Laughton had worn a story Thi spectacle an old creaked pres: and success ive will sort of thing any more, veil) And if every re-make offered the intelligent approach, the freshness of spirit, that is apparent in “His Girl Prday” (the feminine version of “The Front Page”) it wouldn't be long before all the stars clamored for a new chance at old stuff.