The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 8, 1940, Page 3

THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES | | Nvow! THEATRE E OF JUNEAU DW PLAC in a slory of a foster mother...in a fast romance! EXTRA! 5" onm= EXTRAS News of the Day Grapefruit Grind——— EVEN ROOKIES CAN GET SOME SLEEP IN TODAY'S ..BUT THESE DAYS THEY PUT UP AT, STUFF ARE NOW TABOO! snakes or gators in their turtles or baby This is the last in a series of beds at night, steries by Dillon Graham paint- ing a picture of baseball spring training camps. In this story Graham contrasts camps of to- day with those of the old era. ran riot and the hazing of rool was a constant sport P]mus come too high. ers ! might talent. There's And own- endanger their By DIiLLON GRAHAM Sperts Editor, AP Feature Service another reason, too. TAMPA. — Baseball plavers on had many * training trips no longer players are college to worry about finding don’t get quite the men. fun They out | WHO'LL PAY for the DAMAGES Can YOU pay for the damage? Can you afford the cost of a prolonged law suit with its attendant risks of even more expense? Why take a chance? Drive carefully, and carry liability and property insurance. We would be glad to help you. In- quire about these policies today. SHATTUCK AGENCY office—New York Life Telephone 249 ORDERLY SPRING CAMPS alli- In the old days practical jokers But not now. frown on any horseplay that valuable ¢ A quarter of a century ago baseball rowdies.” Today most | when the of THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1940. (GAY COMEDY HiT. PLAYING NOW AT LOCAL THEATRE Capflol Picture ""Bachelor Mother”” Stars Gin- aer Rogers The mirth-; mdklne talents which Ginger Rogers exhibited so effec- tively in her previous hits are de- | veloped to new hilarious heights in the Capitol Theatre's current of- fering, “Bachelor Mother { Miss Rogers enacts the role of a department store salesgirl who sud- denly becomes a synthetic mother. She finds an abandoned baby. and despite her frantic denials, the who'e world believes she is the tot's mama {When she plans to abandon the baby herself, her boss informs her that ke will so ostracize her in the ibusiness world that she will never have a chance of earning her live- |lihood—and all because she refuses | to fulfill her duty to society: raising “her” baby! ‘ Hopelessly Ginger accepts the " |task. When a romance springs from her boss’ constant meetings with her under the guise of assisting her in bringing up baby, Ginger's self- appointed jealous boy friend appris- es her boss’ father that his son is ally the infant's father. The : father demands that his son marry Ginger so that he can right- fully assert his role as grandfather | to the baby, and the story assumes hilarious, side-splitting proportions Matching Ginger's splendid por- trayal is that of her co-star David Niven, seen as the bess. With Charles Coburn as the frustrated grandfather, Frank Albertson as Ginger’s green-eyed admirer, E, E Clive as an acidulous butler, Ferike Boros and Ernest Truex in the fea- tured cast. “Bachelor Mothe: Soast C superb acting rester those young old tricks and the rookies won't fall jokes that trapped the country rubes, Rookies now smart for the dumb are received in friendly fashion. Veterans often g0 out of their way to give point- ers to youngsters who some day may take their jobs. Years ago the regulars resented the new- comers. They made a rookie's life miserable. A youngster then lit- erally had to fight his way into the lineup. Nothing but the Best At one time many hotels re- fused to cater to the rough hous- ers who made the personnel of the teams. But now the clubs stop at the best hotels. Some years ago John Ringling, the circus owner, persuaded his friend. John McGraw, Giants to Sarasota for spring train- ing. McGraw agreed and asked Ringling to take care of reserva- tions. The players rolled South in puii- mans to Sarasota and hopped into busses expecting to be transported |{to a handsome resort hostelry. cars pulled up in fronc of a seedy, wooden establishment | the players squealed like stuck pigs. McGraw went to Ringling and protested. “That’s where my circus men |stop and if it's good enough for | them it's good enough for your ;ball players,” Ringling answered. | Big Business Now But baseball is a bigger busi- |ness now. The players are higher- | type men, they cost more and are paid larger salaries. And the clubs }m style. | The first couple of weeks | spring training are spent in con- ditioning activities. Then ;Lhe exhibition games. It requiges | only a week or two. for the mana- ‘rookxes arem’t ready. Others are | exhibitions. A few make the grade |and stick in the majors. Except for the occasional efforts | of some sore-armed star to make a comeback, the most interesting | features of the spring drills are! the battles betweéen the rookies trying to win a big league job and the leg-weary veterans striving |to hold them off for another year or two. BV o0 Suftons Enterfain For 0. 5. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sutton en- tertained Saturday. evening at their | | residence on Nelson Street with a 4surprise birthday party for Mr. O | S. Sullivan. Cards were played during the af- | fair and a buffet supper was served. A huge birthday cake was cut by the honoree and he was the recip-| {ient of many gift packages. Honors for cards were won by Mrs. Guila Chappell and Howard Stabler, first, and Mrs. Glenn Oaks\ and Harry G. Watson, second. i Asked for the occasion were Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Hawkesworth, Mr. and Mrs. Howard D. Stabler, | | Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Oakes, Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Watson, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Heisel, Mrs. Guila Chappell | and the guest of honor and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan. | For Want and ror Sale Empire classifieds bring results, | | figure it is good business to travel| of | come | \;,ers to decide that some ‘of menri kept all spring and played in the | Daily Crossword Puzzle 10. Crescent. ACROSS Solution of Saturday’s Fuzzle ot L Balk figure b g 11 Small barrels 12, Cavity 17. B eritke 13 Delay action animal T Diae 19. Control 15. Dillsee 3 pees g 16. Coming tn L F ”«'nl' B It;v‘,; 18] Stanza bl 21, Demolishes T L 21" Do without 22, Printe 5 Derli stana (A meature Kindled G 21. Accept i 21 Greek Al - mount Fruits of the S L ain P o reh 34. Proper condi- reh tion: collog. |E. [ogles, (b \Hl'\durned C cl\\;.lll(‘!‘! | 35 Not busy ‘:l; H 38 Fun H orations 11 (] 41 Compound 7 ether 47 49 fluence 51. Type measures .‘: ;]‘ tof weight ‘Jl"”‘:l ¢ derived from 5§ |mpetuous 8 Hostng ot of a 51 Deedr O™ 59 Princely Mal- 4 Measure o 45 Outer coating 4. Sal fan family ¢ _ . of cere als 65 ding 5. 46 Fish g ghis DOWN G i Bit together o ! 50 The herb eve S ChIgt AT 2wl ke 8 2 Make lace Memehis of India 9. Flower Prounoun A%E W/ll i Hospital. HosriTaL NotES fashioned kind, wore a Celt shooter on either hip and always gave a sucker a break, tock up a lot of James Cag- ney’s spare time for many weeks before he began work in his latest Warner Bros. starring picture, “The Oklahoma Kid,” which is playing now at the Coliseum Theatre The red-head, by his own con- fession, had to start at scratch for the art of outlawry, 1893 style, has very little in common with the technique of modern gangsters In “The Oklahoma Kid" Jim is a gangster, an outlaw n. But instead of riding a high-powered, bullet-proof lomousine, he straddles a horse. And instead of dressing in finely tailored, choice fabric clothes, he wears rough frontier out- fits. D TOURNEY CROWN IS PRIZE HERE OF ELKS’ PIN FEST Tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the Elks bowling alleys. the Dark Horses and the Amazons roll off the winter bowling crown The Dark Horses, Dolly Kauf- mann, Dr. A, W, Stewart and Claude Carnegie, won the second half, while the Amazons, Mr. and Mr Bob Hurley and H. R. Van- derLeest, won the first half of the tourne With higher averages, the Dark Horses will have to spot the Ama- zons more than fifty pins to even the race MEETING OR THE OLD, NEW COUNCILS: TONIGHT Tonight is the regular meeting of the City Council but more than that, it the last time for the present organized Council to meet, is Frank Hennessey and her principal objective being to turn on were dismissed from St.|over business affairs of the town . Hospital today and are atito a new Council. The latter will E. C. Jameson was admitted o' their home in the Evergreen Apart- | consist of three members of the St. Ann's Hospital this morning and ment |old body, Sante Degan, E. E is receiving medical attention strom and E. Hachmeister, a - | Mary Willis was admitted to the| three newly-elect, A. J. Bal Mrs. G missed from St lis- | Edward Knight was ¢ Ann’s Hospital this | ical care. sovernment Hospital today for med- | Gair Jr. Admitted to w:e Government Hos- | of Dougla: and L. W. Kilburn. | Last mentioned is present Mayor | an office to which no| morning after receiving surgicalipiga) oday, Phyllis Kunz is receiv- successor was elected by reason of| caxe, {ing medical attnetion a tie vote for the mayorality candi- TV — - dates, Robert Bonner and A. E. After receiving medical supervis- Goetz. Whether Mr. Kilburn must ion, Tom Stanford of Douglas wa (AGNEY STARS AI retain his office as Mayor until dismissed today from St Ani | a succesor is chosen, and the old pital | (ollsEuM SHow IN Council decide the mayorship is-| e | sue or he vacates it to be sworn Mrs. Jennie Mercado missed from surgical care was dis- today alJ Mastering outlawry of the to bring the _ by Adelaide Kerr Here’s u\other version of lhe wll dressmaker suit combin jacket. It comes in wool of a grayed green shade called “aquaplane” and is worn with brown hat and accessories. The top of the dress is designed of. jersey to match the wool and is draped in a soft jabot effeet, "OKLAHOMA KID"" old- | Council to dispose of the issue, re MODES of the MOMENT. | | in as Councilman, leaving the new mains to be seen. It is understood, | | however, that there is a city ordi nance covering the situation. e A é TESTS FOR PUPILS From 9 to 10:30 o'clock tmor- row morning the administering of tuberculin tests will be the princi- School. School children and preschool children of the commun- ity needing the tests will be treat- ed, At the ionclusion of their work there, Dr. B. L. Zinnamon and Miss the native children. Intelligence tests will tinued at the public school week, according to Supt. Pool. be con- this 3 DOUGLAS-Coliseum “ Tuesday and Wednesday | “BULLDOG. DRUMMOND'S SECRET POLICE” At night, the whole fam- ily enjoys THE EMPIRE'S many featuezs. THE EM- PIRE is an indispensable part of Juneau life — it amuses, educates, in- forms, it's the best value in’ the world! Become a subscriber. phone 374, pal activity of the Dooglas Public| all| Oygard will go to the Government | School and repeat the tests among | 3 the kind where men )t ) ] ) ") ) " ) ] Juneau’s Greatest Show Value ) i [} ’ i NOW! ! | JAMES CAGNEY as the | i “Olcilchoma Kid” : HUMPHREY BOGART————ROSEMARY LANE MUSICA TOR ALS!J Escape Ban, Wed in Vitginia Peggy Ann Kent, 22, daughter of Sidney R. Kent, film executive, and ‘Ern Westmore, Hollywood makeup man, apply in New York for a mar- riage license. Each divorced twice, they were told a New York law forbids remarriage for three years of any person divorced for misconduct, so the counle were wed in Warrenton. Va. "||||||||||||||||||H|||IIHIHI"I"""II"III|||m"l"||||||||"|mmmll"l"lllllml Hollywood Sights And Sounds By Robbin Coons. April 8.-—Paulette Goddard was making color tests in the bright sunshine of an outdoor set . She was getting ready to play a half-breed hell-cat in “North West Mount- ed Police,” and about a hundred spectators, mostly male, and work- ers were in the audience After the first test, a change of costume was in order. Tt was a long way to the wardrobe and dressing rooms. A wardrobe ! woman borrowed Gary Cooper’s leather jacket, tied it about Paul- ette’s waist, slipped off her skirt under it and slipped on another. Then she repeated the routine with the coat tied about Paulette’s shoulders while the blouse was changed. | The lookers looked. Pauleite smiled | had met, bowed and gone on serenely. { John Carroll would have you believe he was happier being Monogram’s Clark Gable than Metro's Gable No. 2. And John Carroll can spin other amusing varns, Loo. HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Modesty and efficiency Gene Towne and Graham Baker, who as writers used o keep Joe Breen on the alert, have been making only standard, in- nocuous subjects (“Swiss Family Robinson,” “Tom Brown's School " ete.) since they became producers. And when Frank Capra worked for Columbia, he never would consider more than one at a time. Now that he is working for himself he is pre- story /n\!r: reception Hat charming hostessess give thougmaful guests who bring gifts of delicious Van Duyn Candies. Little 9 sttentions make you & P “"must come" guest. Try it? erc s rRESH - @” y " exclusively a” CHOCOLATES VAN DUYN CHOCOLATE SHOPS paring Lwo stories for future production besides “The Life of John Doe"—on his one-picture Warner deal. (Or maybe Capra merely didn’t talk about the others he was thinking of.) “I Married Adventure,” Osa Johnson's fine new book, is already in film—release awaiting announcement of the tome’s selection by one of the national book-a-month clubs Bob Hope, unable to borrow Jack Benny's Rochester for his own “The Ghost-Breakers,” is using Willie Best—and dubbing him Syracuse. Accustomed as we are to exploitation’s Colossals, Gigantics and Supers, we here know but little of what is Stupendous. I quote an ad from an India periodical: “Fatigued with feverish fury of excitement when forsaked by her husband. She threw her bashful cloak of modesty and ran after him See how they the thickest and yet most comical moment in ‘Lazmi, Laxmi,’ Circo’s greatest festival of the year!” Great moments in contemporary history, from a publicity | bulletin: “Before a group including Mr. Paul of Charles of the ! Ritz, Pierre of Antoine’s and other hair stylists, Monsieu Andre | of Paris demor ted at his Salon in Sunset Plaza Square a new revolutionary method of permanent finger-waving without machine or machine-less pads.” And to think I met in and the e missed it! of a which sprang into the limelight with a shoet- . . Most Gower Gulch ing—was practically deserted shortly after the affair. . of the cowhboys had answered a mass movie call to play rough- neck convicts, and the others were dodging the news cameras. . . Jean Parker is after shedding that little-girl stuff and grab- bing sophiicated assignmments—and with only one divorce to her name! IIIII|||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIII||lllllIlIIIIIIlIllIHIllIIIIIMHIIIIII!IIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIJ Thueismsuhsfiwhioxuewspapaw