The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 29, 1940, Page 2

# Mae West Screen Player Mae West 2crz to court in Los Angeles as defendant in a $1,000,000 suit brought by Mark Linder, veteran actor, who as co-author and co-owner with the actress of the stage claims he play, cording to Linder, Wanted to ‘Scare 'Em Donald Rogers Questioned by Los Angeles nolice in connection with the accidental death of Marilyn Bunicer, 11, and che wounding of gnother child Donald Rogers, 17, abo was juoted as ving he fired bullet ifter bullet o a group of fright- aned children to “sca m.” . Po ice quoted the boy as g that ‘when they waved a white fi [ thought they were k. I shot more.’ Demion Fire POTTER, K: , Feb. 29.—When jarold Rice, who's away on a visit, returns te his farm home| he's going to find his wife chopped | a couple of holes in the house, but Tuck tll has a house. | R a blaze on| ed across icy of water ! sroke out again, coming| roof > chonpzd rl hole, carried another bucket of! 7] it out d fime it c e through; taivs floor and she had to} out more timber to pour| er. i FUTURE CORSAGES de Rains grows rare orchids hothouse. Pwo hours after M pdering on East River Drive, n T. Geery (right) oth men were und .defrauding clic Diamond Lil,” from which a West picture was made. the picture netted Miss West $2,000,000. He says he is entitled to half. | I Helen Hayes Grand, Says Homefolks Actress and Husband Play- wright Thought Well of at Nyack By GEORGE TUCKER W YORK, TFeb. 20— The rades-people in Nyack, New York, hink Helen Hayes and Tharles MacArthur are strictly topdrawer: to do business with. They see a ide of this actress and this play- wright which you and I never see— the home sige, the fireside and slippers side. The man who brings the milk and the man who leaves the butter and the eggs knows a Helen Hayes who has freckles on her nose. . . . The man who cuts the grass and waters the flowers knows a Char- lie MacArthur who waddles about the yards sometimes in slacks that; are rumpled and slippers without socks. The maid who made Charlie’s bed this morning knows how many cigarettes he smoked last night while he worked at that great table, under a mountain high shelf of books, in his own room In other words, they know Mr. and Mrs. Charles MacArthur, of Nyack. . . The people you and I know are merely the actress and | the writer, pleasant, fascinating people. But when the last page is read, or the last curtain drops, | that shuts off our view. That ends it. We go home then, or go out to some game and sit there and talk about how she read those lines, and the way her voice sometimes makes you want to cry. NE g, Ac- 1 Eskimos Go Strong For Teas Feb. But in Nyack, where the butcher and the caretaker and their fel- low tradesmen come in contact with | the MacArthurs daily, the picture is different. They know a lot of things and they look forward to a lot of} hings, and one of the things that! |they plan for and anticipate thc: most is perhaps the annual party | Eskimos that the servants give every year. 3,000 mitives at It happens like this. Everyone ) of the Yukon, are heavy who has served the MacArthurs tops the list of in any capacity all year is invited.' 29 1E, Alaska 1y the call for when Helen and Charlie arrange this as rounds each carefully as they do any of their own entertainments, But, for that i, a trader, re- day, the servants themselves are tea in the list of host and hostess. All the good| flour, sugar, things to eat that you can imag-| rms ine are laid by. One presumes that come and fires d h the cimos is still plenty of cooling beverages are mainly on a bart pasis, although laid by too, for this party is always trading ranging in value given in summer, when the stars from cents to §5 are also in hang white and low over the Hud- se. The Esktmos buy almost no son, and thirsts run high. | ined goods. Then Helen and Chariie go away | Boyd said the na‘ives on ‘*he for the day. As they depart, the Yukon are among the most suests begin to arrive. The whole primitive in Alaska. house, which means the library P > and the music room, the upstairs and the downstalrs, the kitchen TRA(K IHIEF and the cellars, are turnied over Yo them. ‘They have a picnic. They have a feast. They have ham and ;T turkey and salads and cheéses ana | EBLO, Col, Feb. 2. — The peer and winie and fruits and ices W » stole 14 hens and two gang everything that one cotild pos- 1 from Mary Terlin's 200D giply want. ceathered his trail instead of his f there was a sound of revelry nest and so police caugil up Wil py night on the eve of Waterloo, him. Officers said the chickens jt is no less true at Nyack, The de such a fuss as the raider party may last ten hours or 23 ried them away that feathers hours, There are no rules. The ere scattered from the coop to only thing hard and fast is that house where the thief dis- his house-party takes place with- ed of his loot. The officers easily oyt fail every year. lowed the trail and eventually aptured the guilty man. ) Last summer as usual, after all 7 TP o preparations were made, Helen and 1 Charlie went away for the day. (9 They went somewhere on a yacht. daddl It was three o'clock in the morn- STILLYATER, Okla, Feb, 29— g When they returned. As the Among the campus rules when Ok- Yacht neared the dock they could Jahoma A & M. College was es. Se¢ the couples dancing and hear “blished ih 1891 was one that re. the music from the river, quired the students to “check” anl They could hear the far laughter Meir firearms with the president, and see the brilliantly lit windows, e and they had no intentions of in- PING-PONG truding at a high festive moment & MONTANA INSECT N . THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, FEB. 29, 1940. NATURE W Wharf theater at Provincetewn, Mass., | RITES AN ENDIN G _iee-filled seas so battered supports of above historie that it slid into waves. It's oldest summer theater in 11 & EDUCATION CHANGE IS SUGGESTED Feb. 29.—Dr Paraguay Dictator Undle Sam | Files Suit For Islands HONOLULU, Feb. 29.—The Fed-| yvernment has filed suit for| of the Palmyra Islands,’ of 54 tropical atolls which |4 i WACO, Tex., Ira! Cox Gardner of the Baylor Univer- sity psychology department thinks | public schools teach English courses “backward.” bed as a movie Students are taught the language g ! by writing but she says the great- Defending ownership of the st use to which they put it is in | group Mr. and Mrs, Leslie Ful- | speech. lard-Leo, who bought them for “The same accusation applies to woout $10,000 in 1922 the oral teaching of spelling,” she The Navy W the islands to! ads. “Although tHe only time stabli $1,100.000 naval base, one has cccasion to spell is in writ- and nds t the government ng, most spelling lessons are given (4 16 group in absolute orally.” ce. The Hawaii Land Court has | gnized the Fullard-Leos’ ttle| |and the latter have been paying ! General Betigarritis taxes of about $80 a year Because of their wild tropic beau- ! ty the Palmyras have achieved home celebrity, though they are far off regular steamer routes. The Fullard-Leos have turned down of-| fers from a nudist colony and from 1g casino promoter. Russ Flag Run Up At Kansas Schoo! HAYS, Kans., Feb. 29.—City offi- jals have offered $100 reward for nformaticn leading to arrest and onviction of whoever was respor ble for lowering the Stars and Stripes from the High School flag- pole and raising the Communist flag instead. The hammer and sickle of Sovie Russia was painted on a tcwel w an encircling inscription: “May the rivers run red with Erg- lish blood.” Pheasant President General Jose Felix Esti- garribia, 51, former minister to the United States, now rules Paraguay as a virtual dictator. General Estigarribia issued a for- mal decree assuming “all political powers” in order to save the re- public “from anarchy,” as he Fascisis Are Pianist’s Tuck is In the Bag . | — The bicycle to NEW YORK, Feb. 29. continues have a om? growth, The restriction on private mo- " ap! he rives on toring and th 1 price of gaso-| ln(lde“‘ r cne of her)line—S$1 a ¢ n—is making 1.hou-i recit v one false sands of rsons ride bicycles for an old crocodile hand the first time in their lives. | Imost to the point of beir Private automobiles have been GREELY, Col, Feb. 20.—A Pas- gigreputable. But that handbag|Stored In garages or sold to peo-| senger train, traveling 80 miles &N paq gone to every recital with hor Ple Who can afford to buy gaso hour, collided head-on with a pheas- gne she made her first public line. | ant hen flying the opposite di- ,pnearance in Vienna, tw The ministry of public works| rection at about 20 per. The hen | ago. She believi i 195,000 more ycles came | cm:hjed thr:ugh L:))e headllght 1ens, o Jucke because it v ation in Italy during | nd jammzd into the con heediog to her just before her debut ver and October, 1939. lamp so tightly that it was damaged Murning.J .atlv)! oon qur d;vtl-‘mua Bicycles prices usually run from almost beyond repair. the bag's there though Madame 200 lire ($10) to 600 lire ($30), i Dorfmann admits it is unsuitable lependent upon whether they are| FAlsE IEETH AND for evening attire w or second-hand. Bicycles arel “I take the best possible care rented for two lire (10 cents) per of it,” she says, “so that it will last hour. through many more years of my career—and I hope my career will last forever.” | KERCHNERS HAVE { DAY IN COURT MONEY RECOVERED SA NANTONIO, Tex.. Feb. 29.— Frank Randles jumped out of a window when his house caught fire, forgetting his wallet and his false teeth. Firemen found the wallet in'a shirt which had burned except | around the pocket containing the billfold. The false teeth, in a bowl, were not harmed, either - - Man Wanled Police (ap CHICAGO, Feb. 25.—The Kerch-| ner family have had their day in} court i When William Kerchner, twenty- | cne, drew a $10 fine in a Justice !Court on a disorderly conduct| ¢ x i charge, he phoned his father, John| DES MOINES, Ia, Feb. 29. —'; g0 the money. | W'hen Highway Patroiman N. B. On the way to court the elder| Wilson came to the station wearing a | girehner was arrested on a reckless | DRIVE IS SJ((ESS | derby hat while a man with him W8S | qriving charge. Mrs. Kerchner com- w’ wearing the patrolman’s uniform cap | . " | | pleted the family scene by rushing BOZEMAN, Mont. Feb. 29, — Other officers were perplexed. |to court with h{rr husband’s driv- such as this. . . . They eased the yacht away from the home dock, @nd moved down to the next dock, where theéy tied up and went ashore. . .. Thén they went to a hotel and registerdd Ping-pong Expert Rosemary Lane s developed a much more dif- ficult game by covering her table A mirror ss—two ping-pong llets come you. Montana farmers and ranchers| Explanation disclosed the civil-|gpg jicense, a prerequisite for his I'were told today that their campaign | 20 ha dbeen arrested for driving|yejease. against grasshoppers saved | - e — FRIEND OR FOE | them | While intoxicated and had flatly re-| |seeven million’ dollars this g year, | fused to go to the station unless Pa- |Dr. Harlow B. Mills, state entomol- | trolman Wilson would agree to ogist, smid the widespread and co- | Change hats with him. | In Attack-Suicide Mystery 8 ' abtacied him ar they rode in @ car lion B. Logan (left), wealthy art dealer, was found New York, his head battered, his as- iled himself in his Garden {iity. I indictment and free in $0.000 bail, = of §65,000, Logan s: L. L, an_‘“‘unknown driven by Geery. [for’ the night and remained till operative insect control program | — |the next day, so that all the|the past year, conducted at a cost! guests might stay and have fun,lof $35000 in state funds, was the| WAR HYSIERI A as long as they liked. most successful in the past three| That's Mr, and Mrs. C. MacAr-|years and saved farmers and ranch- | — ” thur, of Nyack. ers seven million dolla 1 VIENNA, Feb. 29.—Hoarding rugs {and carpets is the latest war-time [hy»‘\erzd cn the part of customers. e - wmn Is a | Off Is stopped it with an order PAY-DAY MOVE UP b A Drunk! 9 COVINGTON, Ky. Feb. 29, — Newly-elected Police Judge Eugene Benzinger has declared persons ad-| | judged guilty of drur driving will be dealt with * " but, |at the same time, he warned police officials evidence against such| persons must be conclusive E He directed police to take sus-| tal 4 ent of Basels veiu- I Her reason — the check arrived pected drunks to a physician B e e {on the 13th of each month. Oblig- examination and present the phy- |ing Judge Hofheinz arfanged for | sielan’s certificate in court | her to receive it on the 12th. S . 5. carenEET PITCH AND PUTT PENNY FOOLISH Wayne Morris is building a pitch S Gale Page cashes in her penny and putt golf course in his spacio\lsg‘ Domestic money orders in the | collection at the end of each year backyard, including one green with United States were first issued on I“to buy something foolish.” lflve different approaches. November 1, 1864. carpets during an; sold in the correspending HOUSTON, Tex., Feb. 20. — A weman wrote County Judge Roy He\einz asking him to make arrangements to have a $50 gov« ernment compensation check deliv- ered to her a day earlier. | The money is mafled her by a trust company acting as empo- rary guardian, under 'appoint- ment by the Harris County Court, for her husband, who is in a Vir- ginia veterans’ homme. month BASEL, Switzer! Feb. 29— The rationing of gasoline and the requisitioning of private automo- boon to Swiss bicycle makers. The !uumber of bicycles in Basel has |leaped from 33,000 to 60,000 since |war began. - -—— | forbidding a retailer to sell more| month than he biles an dtrucks for army use has| for|cles off its streets. but has been a | VERMILLION, S. D, Feb. 29— County Judge Raymond L .Collar deesn't know whether his garage |man is friend or foe. In 15 below zero weather, lmech:mic gave the judge’s car a good push, and it started. Happily, the judge drove around the block. He saw a car approaching in the |icy ruts, Both drivers slammed on | their brakes, and there was a gen-| | tle head-on collision. 1 | Slightly irritated, Judge Collar poked his head out the window. | Yep. The other drive was the helpful garage man. the CHALK ON SHOES " BRINGS DIVORCE MILWAUKEE, Feb, 29. — Mrs. | Arthur Poelke told Family Judge | William Shaughnessy that her hus- | band secretly put chalk on the soles | of her shoes so he could tell wheth- er she left the house in his absence. The judge granted her a divorce on the grounds of cruelty. (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) beginning at lowest tempe Forecast for Juneau and vicinit Cloudy, warmer tonight and about 16 degrees; gentle sout winds. Forecast for Southeast Ala Norihern portion — cloudy and warmer tonight and Friday, mode:ate southeasterly wind except fresh nort over Lynn Cana thern pcr cloudy and warmer tonight, Friday light r rate southeasterly wind. Forecast of winas aleng the ¢ of the Gulf of Alaska. From Dixon Entrance to Cape Hin_ hinbrook moderate to fresh east and southeasterly, and from Cape Hinchinbrook to Kodiak, moder- ate to fresh southeasterly winds. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer 1emp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 3:30 p.m. yest'y 29.65 14 41 NE 15 3:30 am. today 57 15 28 SE 1 Noon today .45 24 32 SE 0 | RADIO REPORTS | TODAY | Max. tempt. | Lowest 3:30a.m. Precip. Station last 24 hours temp, 24 hours he Atka 35 24 0 Clear Achorage 19 1 0 Cloudy Barrow -12 20 0 Cle Nome 21 3 0 Bethel 17 7 0 Fairbanks 14 5 0 St. Paul 29 04 Dutch Harbor .. 40 | 46 Kcdiak 36 18 Cordova 30 3 22 Juneau 24 0 Sitka 31 0 Ketchikan 2 | 20 0 Cle Seattle 52 6 51 68 Rai Portland 53 T 48 38 Pt. Cldy WEATHER SYNOPSIS The disturbance that was moving northward up the coast of Or gon yesterday morning has decreased in intensity and the center is lccated this morning about 10) miies west of Langara High winds with moderate to heavy rain persisted from southern Cali- fornia to Vancouver Island, while the cloud 3 i north as Dixon Entrance. The intense we: come more widespread, with the lowest pressure. about 400 miles south of Dutch Harbor this morning. Cloudy wea- ther with snow or rain prevailed from the utians to Prino William Sound. The weather coniinued cold clear to p y clcudy skies over t remainder of A Juneau, March ‘1.—Sunrise 6:57 a.v nset 4:21 par ing and the word got around lose her stand PG Letters can in from Governor HOUSTON, Tex., Feb. 20.—Miss W. Lee Railroad Com- Maida McLeod, and her f 1 before her, had operated ¢ shine shop for 27 years in the old city hall. A bus company leased the build- OFTEN—Wear Longer! Send YOUR GARMENTS to i i Please You. S PHONE - MODES of the MOMENT. by Adelaide Kerr Lots of the new spring coats are designed with fitted waistlines and flared skirts. This one is made of navy blue twill—one of the sea-- son’s favorite fabrics. It's worn with a flower chapeau capped with deep rose and garnet-hued roses.