The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 18, 1940, Page 3

SPECIAL NEWS MIDNIGHT PREVIEW THE BIG PICTURES and LATEST NEWS are at the CAPITOL GREAT WALTI" " with L LOUISE RAINER - FERDAND CRAVET MILIZA KORJUS - ? First Flight of the Alaska Clipper “Mutiny on the Bounty” SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU Last Times Tonight HUGH HERBERT ily Cruiser - New Galley Motive Lovlicst family crutser yacht to come into Juneau this summer, the Clareu II, of Seaftle, moored STRAUSS MUSIC HEARD AGAIN, | CAPITOL BILL "The Great Waltz' Will End Tonight as Local Theatre Feature | From the great score of Johann | Strauss music, choice of the most | popular of it all was one of the difficult musical assignments dur- ing the filming of “The Great Waltz,” drama of the life of the composer, ends tonight in the re- turn showing at the Capitol Thea- tre with a brilliant cast headed by Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravet and Miliza Korjus. “The Blue Danube” was unani- mously chosen by all concerned with the picture as Strauss’ best- | known work. Frcm then on var ous favorites were suggested. A poll was taken in the Metro-Goldwyn- yer music department and its results submitted to Bernard Hy- man, producer of the picture. The picture, dealing with the life and loves of Strauss, was di- rected by Julien Duvivier. The musical numbers, all composed by Strauss, are presented in lavi J IR HOLLYWOOD, Cal,, July 18—“TOM BROWN’'S SCHOOL Screenplay by Walter Ferris, Frank Cavett, Gene Directed by Robert Stevenson. DAYS.” Towne, Grahab Baker. cipals: Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Lydon, Josephine Hutchinson, Hughie Green, Ernest Cossart, Fulton, There’s an appealing Mr. Ch of Thomas Hughes' widely read the 1840's. The story is of Dr. Thomas then low standards prevalent in and cheating with the honor system and a sense of repsonsibility. It is an interesting yarn, weil told and well acted by Sir Cedric (as Arnold) and a group of boys who are mostly American but serve convincingly enough as little Britons. The boys of Rugby are wild firmly stressing his intonation to character. Tom Brown (Lydon, gagingly homely face and a telling sincerity of performance) becomes the focal point in the struggle. challenges the reign of the school bully (Halop, ex-Dead End Kid) and is solidly backed by the better element, led by East (Bartholomew), until it appears that Tom has violated a funda- mental tenet by “telling tales.” of disgrace and. finally justifies Al It's an interesting projection PERCY’ rivalries. Polly Moran, as_the inn-keeper who deals in Murphies (roast- ed potatoes), makes a welcome ret; “UNTAMED.” Tamiroff. Romance and melodrama in a wild snowstorm to Paramount’s trophes (latest of which was in “Typhoon™). clair Lewis's “Mantrap,” last filmed with Clara Bow, “Untamed” older, unromantic Easter (Tamiroff) and saved by the handsome doctor (Milland) who has gone north to forget. “CROSS COUNTRY ROMANCE.” Gene Raymond, Wendy Barrie, . If this seems familiar while you're laughing at it, it's mere- ly because the “It Happened One Night” formula has been put to use again. Raymond (back on the screen after a two-year absence) gives an amusing characterization of a young doctor whose trailer becomes thé refuge of a bride-blecl who has run out of her wedding. It's good comedy, played with considerable spirit, and suggsts a re-teaming of the principals. “THE CAPTAIN IS A LADY.” Charles Coburn, Beulah Bondi, Virginia Grey, Helen Broderick, Billie Burke. Coburn is & sailing man, husband of Angie (Bondi), eon- fined to an old lady’s home, Here he is known as “Old Lady 31" (just as in Rachel Crothers’ play of the same title) and the comedy is-based on his plight. Pretty fupny. stuff at times. ! sons, mother of Ernest Parsons,, Ty Hollywood Sights And, Sounds By Robbin Coens. OPEN ALL N toms, the “bullying” (of hazing, as we here call it) the inter-class Ray Milland, Patricia Morrison, Akim Electric broilers will clean easily | if you wipe them, inside and out, ! with a damp cloth before they are entirely cool. Dry them perfectly with another soft cloth. e Subscribe to The Daily Alaska| Empire—the paper with the largest | paid circulation, | Prin- Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Billy Halop, Polly Moran. Alec Craig, Gale Storm, Ian i hips-ish quality to this version novel of English school life in Arnold’s struggle to elevate the the schools — to replace lying ones when Arnold takes over, give Rugby a new and worthy a New Yorker with an en- ace, and Vienna woods sequences. Owner of the 48 fcot bridge deck infatuated. Players include Hugh Manuel Diaz who started Kctchi- Alma Kruger, Henry Hull, Sig Ru-|8ineer is George Dubail former Al- The Clareu, 48 feet long, has a Honoring Mrs. Mary Holbrook, knots and a cruising speed of 8% luncheon and bridge party we one of the most practical family > protests, got the radical feature in- | the Clareu has a chain locker, fuel Three spiral stairs give access | of a deep topboard makes steering a curtain to shut off the wheel- to do away with the worry of cor- | holstery seats that can, in a squeeze, and another toilet are just aft of |two on each side, and the upper A courageous lad, he to the twin vee-drive Chryslers, but e - at the hoat harbor, is the envy of Imperial Court, opera, casino, pal- all who have seen her. Miss Rainer, plays the faithful cruiser is R. J. Tarte, Transport wife, Gravet Is seen as Strauss, and Storage and Distributors head in Miss Korjus as the Vienna opera Scattle. His wife is the former Clara star with whom Strauss became| Diaz, daughter of Mr. and Mis. Herbert, Lionel Atwill, Curt Bois,|kan's first restaurant 25 years ago Leonid Kinsky. Al Shean, Minna| Also on board the Clareu are the Gombell, George Houston, Bert Tarte children, Lawrence, 17, Neil, Roach, Greta Meyer, Herman Bing, | 13, Mary Lou, 10, and Teresa, 8. En- mann_and Christian Rub. |aska Juneau employee who was a — .- popular member of the Juneau yaung folks set and left here in Mrs. Faulkner o beam of 12 feet 6 inches and draws HOS'eSS Toda | about 4 feet of water. She is driven y}by twin Chryslers of 97 horse power [— |each, giving a top speed of 13.7 Mrs. ©. E. Waldron and Mrs. H. F. 0 9 knots. Sheehy, house guests of Mrs. Well- Designed by Ed Monk and built man Holbrook; and Mrs, J. W, Par- by the Lakewood Boat ompany at a cost of close to $10,000, the Clareu given this afternoon by Mrs. H, \, Cruisers on the Pacific Coast, Faulkner. Mrs. Tarte demanded a galley on Sixteen guests called at the Faulk- | the deck when the plans were be- ner residence on Seventh Street, | iDB drawn up, and over architects’ cluded, a feature that since has been copied in the construction of a half dozen similar craft. Forward, under the raised deck, |tank for the stove, and toilet. Aft of that is the owner's quarters, a deep bunk above spacious lock- ers. “{to this cabin from the pilot house, | approximately fourteen feet long | with ample glass all around. Bendix | controls and a wheel amidships aft a ' comfort. Approximately five feet aft of {the wheel, a cable runner on the ' cabin roof nakes it possible to hang | house from the galley end. The stove is a gravity oil burner that also burns Presto logs. Not only to make it more attractive, but rosion, the chimney flue is of shin- ing stainless steel. | A table across from the stove and ! sink has wide blue leathered up- ' make up into a big double bed and | give the craft sleeping accommo- dations for ten. An_icebox, miscellaneous lockers the pilot house and galley with plenty of head room going down the stairs into the trunk cabin. In the trunk cabin are four bunks, bunks narrower than the bottom to give greater accessibility. Floorboards lift up in the spac- ious after cockpit to give access | nicest feature of the boat is the big storage space beneath the pilot house, gained by. simply lifting the floorboards _trap. Tom carries through his period roold’s faith. of school life—the Rugby cus- S CAFE IGHT E the week to confer with Cecil Wells, |return today. On his return the and other ports of call, using per- haps another month to see South- east Alaska, A few more days are looked for- ward to in Ketchikan where Mrs. | Tarte feels she yet hasn't mel all her girthood friends. - HERCULES FIRM TO BUILD POWDER « F}l@f’jfiéfiina for Sforage of ® urn to pictures. the great north country, adding catalogue of Technicolor catas- Adapted from Sin- is the story of the waif (Morrison) adopted and married by the A Jist of a1l individuals who have gone through voluntary bankruptcy proceedings here since 1831 has been prepared by the Juneau Chamber of Commerce for distribution to all local business houses, it was an- . |nounced today, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1940. FIND FAVOR WITH BRITISH _This fast torpedo boat, the PT-9, owned by the U. S. navy, is of the same type as the 20 U. S.-built torpedo hoats released for sale to Great Britain. The torpedo hoats can ga more than 50 miles an hour under full mili- tary load, carry four torpedo tubes on starboard and port sides, | outfit, This ship is shown after a test run in the Anacostia river. T Daily Crossword Puzzle as well as four machine guns mounted in pairs and a smoke-screen he boats are capable of much of the reconnaissauce work of destrovers. COLISEUM DRAMA HAS LAST SHOWING fun, if 1 never get a dime back— but I'm confident Il at least break even some day,” he says, Sold on California as a spot for ACROSS thoroughbreds, Crosby wants to 0" lO(Al S(REE“ i o breed as well as race them. “Didn’t poetic one of our homebreds, Sweepida, s o ; 13 Phettiveek & win the Santa Anita Derby? Didn't| A Dol ‘soregn m,m:.: l.l:L L])h 18. Roman. Lucky Baldwin send four or five really explosive, so loaded is it with 14 :-;flii?;.”x’:u.r Kentucky and American Derby win- | the dynamite of timeliness and 18, Oriental ners to the east? We'll do it again, | daring, opened last night at the potentat | . ki : 16 n.l arr“ o and I'd sure love to be the man Coliseum Theatre. It is Paramount’s 3, SIARAL Rlatal who does it.” “The Magnificent Fraud,” a pic- abbr. 3 :; 6 18, Thrice: prefix Del Mar—in which Pat O'Brien, | ture which tells the story of @& 10 AL Jon kL Fred Astaire, Gary Cooper, Charles| man who was brave enough to #1. Long narrow Bu'terworth and other movie lum-|double for a dictator! 23. 1.«?-7:‘:"52?;;“: inaries have a stake with Bing— Director vljiohvr! Florey ’I!m.s 23, That girl goes into its fourth meeting this|chosen his cast well. Akim Tam- o By g August iroff, fresh from his triumph in 28, ldeas When not busy with radio, “Union Pacific,” heads it. Master 32 Footless animal e S ) s = 5 383, Stock cer- movie, or racing activities, Bing of characterizations ranging from PR Y sponsors and plays host to one ot |a Greek gambler to a R}H&‘é; lhfia 35. Deface e the country’s most unusual golf K raider, Tamiroff adds to his stature 8. DiEaysae tournaments—the annual Rancho|in the role of a' dictator-actor ;;, Gol natructor santa Fe “open.” The purse is|Lloyd Nolan, as a reckless, roman- - Measure | small but the fun is large, with|tic American, the man behind the A ALY Stivene | barbecues, banquets, and “gags”|dictator, Mary Boland as an ex- 40. Mo\'ed\izh‘lllvl in abundance. Lawson Little, S8am-|darling of the dictator, le,; |;. and quickly {1 B e ; aret, Gene|Morison in a romantic role which 41. Flows coplously .n.u Sneed, Jimmy Demaret, (‘om‘} . or 0‘ \) 7 B S Aeciall Wi X 3 T R e Sarazen, Ky Laffoon, Ralph Gul-|really shows her talent, and Georg " Aflc,fmemu‘.' o m,’f;’m J&,.n. '{h, d,:. dahl and other leading golfers, pro|Zucco, as an honest statesman, P 3w a1, Child com~ jand amateur, have been annual complete the featured cast. Solution of & Note ot e ol Naron 20, Tonara the | COMPetitars. Meanwhile, m] san cmwlm;l: Yesterday's Puzzle o, scale ¥ money of sheltered side S eee— | things are really happening. While ) omm‘n s Adnflt;n;uunt 40. Swamp | Nolan is enjoying the attentions AR 382 BRRS Carolina 10, Brave man 42, Greek letter of hig favorite dancer, Steffi Duna, Rl Ic OAIGIAA! oo. Nenr ™ 5 B 43. Adde ) lan assassin’s bomb injures the di [LETRl HEREHRLIE) 50, Destroy utterly 22. Constallation & mw prefx ; tator fatally. Nolan immediatels eI+ peoimater 35 tation % :g ;l“nrr(’ly S A w OUISI FOR plunges into a daring conspiracy . Pronoun 26, Tibetan monks 49, Lower part o . . R roak 4 heats - 4 . Mark of a blow 57 Separate the leg with other govu‘nmvn’ 3 hL.I(IS 0 | . Cut of zca' 2. Metalliferous 51 On the ocean CONIRA(IOR FEE | have a famous actor—Tamiroff, of | DowW rocks . Make trim or R 5 . atort { . Card game 30, Nostril ‘smart | course—impersonate the dictator | .!l)olml-:llcate‘dl oulr;s“ho‘ 85. Ina;uu:eed‘%nnll‘ Nolan realizes the country won't . Telephon r! Partia ToC —— S . % b ROLRRaRe & fermented . B, Crushed wil Vi be able to get the loan unless the ! Large fsh &rape Juice uewain - | Percentage Not Paid on|dictator is beiieved o be aiive. The Naak actor, escaping from a murder { 20th Century Building | charse, is oniy too giad to compiy. | e e They Laughed When Croshy g, Race Horses | ) Work, Is Claim Contractor A. W. Quist today filed suit in District Court here against W. D. Gross to collect a fee al-| legedly due him for work performed on the 20th Century Theatre Build- | ing, Quist, who built the Baranof Hotel here, states in his complaint | that on July 11, 1939 he entered into an agreement with Gross to complete his building, Work was| begun on September 16, On Febru- ary 5 Gross notified him in writ- ing Quist says that the agreement was terminated. 'Dr. and Mrs. Buck Honored af Dinner Honoring Dr. Carl Buck, Field Director of the American Public Health Association, and Mrs. Buck, members of the Territorial Health Department entertained with a farewell dinner party last evening in the banquet room of Percy's Cafe. About twenty persons were included in the guest list. After making a survey of the Territory, Dr. and Mrs. Buck will | | | ~ A Paramount Picture with AKIM TAMIROFF LLOYD NOLAN MARY BOLAND PATRICIA MORISON EORGE ZUCCO Directed by Robert Florey Last Times Tonight 7 =~ 'Past Noble Grands Meeting Tomorrow All Past Noble Grands of Gas- tineau Channel are asked to be present at tomorrow evening’s meeting at 8 o'clock at the - cier Highway home of Mrs. Daul 1 Ross. | Mrs, Josephine Langseth, newly elected president, will preside al the business session and a social hour will follow. - Oregon has 400 miles of coast- line. 5 | Trespassing ON GEORGE BROS. FARM [l Dynamite Blasting Everyday! Be Careful! Tarte flew to Fairbanks early in | | motor dealer, and is expected to| Tartes will cruise leisurely to Sitka | | IN- COONS By ROBBI HOLLYWOOD.—It seems about five years ago Bing Crosby bought $5,000, for two-year-old Khayyam. Khayyam . never. set ~the track afire, but Khayyam was the little hef ing of a. great big thing— Bing Croshy, follower of the sport Qf kings. Bing was the first moyie star to own a homse. He was among . the fivst. to, subscribe for. Santa Anita stock. He was among the first to itake on. a chunk of Hollywood Park at Inglewood, and he is the only. movie. star who is. founder, organizer and President of his ‘own_racing club — the Del Mar Jogkey Club which operates a swpmer. meeting. south . of . here ‘where the turf meets the surf.” . Bing used to “follow the, horses” 'when he was one.of Paul White- man’s -Rhythm. - Boys. He used to splurge-. some on bets in those days.. Now. that be's an owner, he bets mostly for sentimental rea- | |sons. When his Fight On won at Santa Anita and paid about $169 for $2, Bing had only a deuce across the board. After he bought Kbayyam and Zombie, and a few more nags, Bing hired Albert Johnston, three- time Kentucky Derby winner, to Ibe his trainer, Johnston, like Bing, \Bing feeds carrots to Ligaroti of Howard-Crosby string. & horse. -1 seoms. he. paid about | hails from Spokane, Wash. They All Finjshed Last | tries unanimously ran last, which | air lanes the ‘still healthy torrent | of Crosby. horse. jokes. But now Bing has two strings | of horses not to be scorned. There are High Strike, Celer D'Or, Small | Fry, Dona. Osuna, Notdown, Decca Joe, Mighty Dave, and Rita Osuna. With Lin Howard he owns Don Mike, Ligaroti, Preceptor II, Olim- po, Etolia II, Suerto, Ra II, Comet 1I, Profundo and Golden Chance. Bing’s wife, Dixie Lee, and Bob Howard, Lin's brother, together have Ras Taffari. | At Rancho Sante Fe, near the ;Del Mar track, Bing has his own | breeding farm, a training track, a | dozen-odd mares, and a crop of foals and yearlings readying for| the races. In all Bing is estimated |to have invested between $150,- | 000 and $200,000 in thoroughbred |racing — much more than his | horses have won, but balancing this are his dividends from the three tracks, and the breeding farm is expected to pay off soon. Bing and Lin Howard were pio- neers in importing South Ameri- can thoroughbreds—among them Kayak II, Ligaroti, and Don Mike Bing laughs off the radio cracks of his contemporaries, Bob Hope, That frst year the Croshy en- | | unleasted from his fellows on the | {for a visit to the States on the Under the terms of the agree- ment, Quist is owed a 10 percent fee on $26,000 worth of work per- formed on the building while he was contractor, he claims, Quist filed a lien for $2,600 against the building with U. 8. Commissioner Felix Gray on March 4, The present suit seeks to col-| lect the lien, with interest at six percent from February 5, $260 at-| torney’s fees, $15 for making and! recording the claim- of lien, $2.80} for costs of recor and plain- | if’s costs and disbupsements. FISH PIRATES" | BOAT SURF IS " GIVEN RELEASE Two Arrive from Pelers- burg fo Take Qver Hullt Seiner The fish piracy boat Surf was re- leased by the Government today to' M. F. Ragner and William H. Mills, who arrived from Petersburg to take | over the boat. for Alford Hullt of | Ketchikan, its owner, Four youths caught robbing a trap at Hawk Inlet last week began serving a year in jail. They pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of petit| larceny. They are Robert A. Hulit,| James A. Simmons, Courtney H. Lyons and Francis Mills. ——————— { MRS. BURFORD LEAVES | Mrs. J. B. Burford, wife of a well known Juneau business man, sailed | North Sea. - e — COUNCIL TOMOBROW A regular meeting of the Ju- neau City Council will be held to-| morrow night at the City Hall ntl 8 o'clock. I | Bob ‘Burns, and Jack Benny. “I've had @ million dollars’ worth d} Try a classified ad in The finflu ' B = — H { [ legve tomorrow for the States. MAY WE TOoOT ? ? IN ALL OUR TOOTING WE HAVE SAID NOTHING SO FAR ABOUT PLUMBING However, we have so many installations in Juneau . . . in hotels, buildings, apart- ments, homes, etc., that we do not need to toot. RICE & AHLERS CO. Third and Franklin PHONE 34