The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 30, 1940, Page 3

SHOW PLACE;OF JUNEAY) Last Times Tonight ANOTHER || THINHAN PICTURE LATEST I\E\\S OF THE DAY The Amazing Mr. Williams POPULAR TEAM & W COMEDY AT CAPITOL SHOW Myrna Loy and William Powell Score in An- other Thin Man” Lul:m and Mdinight Preview screen for the last times tonight in “Another Thin Man" at the Capitol Theatre, with William Pow- | ell and Myina Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, the title roles they created in the first picture of the series. ‘The picture is a worthy successor | to the two preceding episodes of the “Thin Man” saga which set a| | high mark in entertainment value| and also a new style in mystery| pictures, It has the same witty flow of narrative, the same succession cf | thrills for the mystery addict, and| a murder puzzle which will be even Blending thrills and more perplexing to “Thin Man” mystery with mirth in their well- | - . |fans than th ce. | remembered and delightful fashion, | " N 2 The story is laid in New York the “Thin Man” pair are on the i with the murder of a millionaire| as its starting point. How shrewd Nick Charles solves the murder, between entertaining his family and rescuing Nora from a Broadway ESKIMG clip joint, makes for topnotch en- tertainment. It's one of the finest HANDICBAFT of all screen comedies, a truly must-see picture for the whole CARVED IVORY CURIOS family. MODELS—MOCCASINS As in the previous “Thin Man” MITTENS—MUEKLUKS pictures, Hunt Stromberg was the FUR JACKETS and producer and W, S, Van Dyke II directed. PARKAS We deal dumt with the Diomede e Islands Shismaret WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILE= Without Calomel—And You'll Jump Out o Bed iin the Morning Rarin’ to Go ‘The liver should pour out two pints of liquid bile into your bowels daily. If this bile is not flowing freely, your food may not digest. It may just decay in the bowels. Gas bloats up your stomach. You get consti- pated. You feel sour, sunk and the world looks punk. It takes those good, effective Carter's Little Liver Pills to get these two pints of bile flowing freely to make you feel “up and up.” Amazing in making bile flow freely. Ask for Carter’s Little Liver Pills by Stubbornly refuse anything else. Pric and Nome. Send for Our Calalog NOME Established .1900 e I xllIININIIIIIIIIIIHIllIIIIIIIIIIIlIIlIIIIIIIII|||III||II|||I|I|i|||||HIHIIII“IIllI“lIIllh Hollywood Sights And Sounds By Robbin Cooms HOLLYWOOD, Cal., July 30.—It's the little things that tell the tale. Like the last rose of summer, the robin in the snow, the look in the eye of a skid-row bum just before he empties the via. into the cuppa cawfee. Like the preview notice that came today It was a simple card, white, printed in black. It said such and such a picture would be shown at one of the picture houses and would I come? In the course of years in Hollywood you get hardened to preview notices. After a month or so, you take '‘em as they come, and never bat an eye. And how they used to come! Only a while ago this household decided what to do with the very elegant silk topper that arrived one day to tell us RKO was showing a picture. The title was “Top Hat.” Get it? Oh, it’s nothing. You get so you get it in a flash. “Top Hat"—and a top hat. Amazing! And nice too — only it presented a problem. Not that I've anything against top-hat-wearers, but I'm not one of 'em. Fact is, I don't know anybody who wears a top-hat if he can get out of it. That’s not counting movie stars, who are different. Wearing top hats is part of the price they pay. So there we were with a top hat. It felt sort of plushy to be “a top hat family,” like needing two garbage cans or throwing away a new car because it ran out of gas. We could use it as a flower container, or let the baby bouncé on it. or amasc our friends — but all the while it was usurping valuable storage space. PERCY’S CAFE OPEN ALL NIGHT STOP. at PERCY'S ANY TIME for Dinners or Light Lunches that ait Juneau is talking about.. TR¥ OUR FOUN- TAIN, TOO! So when a friend came to town from a top-hat-wearing country we took advantage of his good nature and now we no longer worry about it. . . . Once a preview notice came by airmail all the way from Culver City. To let us know that “Test Pilot” was coming up, M-G-M inaugurated a one-flight-only ‘“shortest airline in the world.” It made a nice stamp-collector's item. The “Robin Hood” notice was an illuminated scroll, delivered —as I recall it—by one of Robin’s merry men, in full costume, who amazed the neighbors no end. “Room Service” brought just that — the usual items glued to a tray. Skipping over the dozens of trinkets and gadgets (like a clover for “Three Cheers for the Irish” and a sack of borax for “20 Mule Team™ which have brightened our mail bag, we can turn to consideration of a bleak future in which gala premiere programs may be shorn of zip. There was a gold-paper affair for “All This, and Heaven Too,” but maybe never again will we have one like the masterpiece that heralded “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” — the carved-wood cover on which the Warner Brothers modestly shared credit with W. Shakespeare. So today’s preview card — simple, white, printed in black, and very sober — was a symbol. Hollwood is getting away from shenanigan days. Hollywood is sparing the gilt and concentrat- ing on the foundation, Hollywood is facing facts, and — if you ask me — it’s time. Washingfon Merry- Go-Round (Coniinuec TIe om Page One> The. British - cleaned out. all sus- pects long ago, and the British peo- ple are reported to be standing like a rock againss the invasien, Equally optimistic have been Brit- {ish bombing flights over Germany. These take place every night over | the Ruhr industrial areas and the Hamburg warehouses. Intelligence reports indicate that large stores of Nazi gasoline have been de- stroyed, and that at Essen workmen have become so restless over the nightly bombings that some of them have been arrested for a “defeatist” attitude. The effect of the British bombing has been to prevent night-time factory produc- tion, and also to keep workers from sleeping.” NOTE—Despite this optimistic re- port, the consensus of War De- partment opinion is that Great Britain faces the toughest battle in history, which may end in de- feat. However, the picture is bright- er than it was, KING MAKERS Two unknown newcomers staged the quiet behind-the-scenes drive which put over Henry Wallace, One was “Farmer” Eugene Casey, big Maryland dairyman; the other was bespectacled Dr. Luther Haar, business manager of The Philadel- phia Record and manager of Sen- ator Joe Guffey's recent success- ful primary campaign. While other Vice-Presidential hopefuls ters and electioneering parapher- nalia, Casey and Haar avoided these trappings and brought pressure to bear where it would count at the right moment. Each worked differ-, ent spheres. Haar exerted his persuasive tal- | ents on key leaders and labor chiefs, with whom he is intimate. Not re- vealed were the personal telegrams to Roosevelt from CIO’s Phil Mur- | ray, Tom Kennedy and John Owen, which helped clinch the decision on Wallace, Casey did his stulf among the inner circle and farm leaders. The pincers drive worked and the nod went to Wallace. He got the news at breakfast early Thursday morning. Grinning boyishly, he remarked to friends who came to congratulate him: “I found I didn't have a soft shm this morning so 1 had to wear this stiff one, And the only cuff links I had were these the President gave me. I didn't realize it at the time, but it was a lucky omen.” NOTE—Only shadow on . Wal- lace’s happiness was his inability to reach Jim Farley. The two have been good friends, and as soon as he got the word from Washington, Wallace telephoned Farley. But re- peated efforts brought no response and all messages went unanswered. PERTINAX PLIGHT One incident that nobody knew about at Chicago concerned the fall of France and the tragic plight of one of its most brilliant journal- ists, Pertinax. Pertinax, or Andre Geraud, which is his real name, is now a refugee in Halifax, where his wife is ill and he is almost penniless. He had come to Canada on a semi-official passport- which had been visaed by no less a person than Ambassador Bullitt and Ambassador Joe Ken- nedy, two of the most important members of our diplomatic seryice. But when Pertinax got to Can- ada, the new and super-meticuloas Immigration Bureau under Bob Jackson’s Justice Deépartment ques- tioned his right to hold this pass- port. The matter then went to the State Department. At this point Pertinax found that at one time in his life he had made a fatal mistake. During disarma- ment conferences several yearsago, Pertinax frequently had been eriti- cal of American diplomacy and had roused the ire of certain State De-~ partment career boys. So when his passport plight was called to the attention- -of these State Department gentlemen, they gleefully decided to let Pertinex, re-|. main. in Halifax, > , Ab. this, point, umom editress, of The, Y the Rnnhmanl in the the Fashion Group held a big pep meeting. Before an audience of leading Ddil’y Crossword Puzzle 1 8 D:.fi:.?l:. ‘.'! ers, optimistic speakérs hailed Am- | erica’s fashion future. They pooh- | % SK!,‘Jl e poohed the faint-hearted who can't see that New York is destined to be manufacaurrs, retailers and design- | | (IO, ARL Toward Peace Hillman's Firss. Move, - Defense Post, May Head t (Uuuunuea from rage One) “Fifth | breath, Columnist” in the same even though they don't actually charge he's a Communist.| For Hillman's on record as fight- ing Communism, barting it from leadership in the Amalgamated.' | Ben Gitlow, renegade red, in. his | “I Confess” calls Hillman two- | faced, opportunist. Seeks Labor Peace Sensing laber’s own struggle as | his No. 1 hurdle, Hillman has al- ready struck first—for peacel | | “I have asked a joint committee |of CIO, AFL, and .the mnmnd [ brotherhoods to advise me,” he says. “They will help with the | apprentice problem and other la- | bor difficulties They will work together. National defense comes first. They know it.. I know it A high official in AFL who | holds no brief for Hillmen tells| | me privately that the first bold | stroke might snowball into a drift toward permament peace between CIO and AFL, 'coLISEUm Sitting at Hillman's right hand | 3= Last Times Tonight .Akim Tamiroff Dorothy Lamour John Howard D .o iy PASSAGE” From Lloyd Douglas Famous COSMOPOLITAN NOVEL Coming 'BEAII (' BQTF ¥ MEN(M DRAMA ON (OLISEUM SCREEN EOR LAST SHOWING ' Digging deep, beneath the surface of human metives and emotions, had elaborate headquar-’ g el " %n the fashion capital of the world. 15. Obstruction v | “Ihe fall of Paris means oppor- . Rie | Ebd il..%fllfll.y | cunity, for Amerlcan fashion,” said | part ..%%fl. - / | vary Lewis, stylist J s ot m? V4 | “There's no reason this country | %"rc,p‘llr'll bira .da | shouldn’t take up where Paris leaves . Imprecation »tf. We have talent enough here. e And resourcefulness is bred in the Acts, American soul.” 5 Hintes pars | Madame Lyolene, French designer ticle who has her headquqgarters in New ol B York. agreed. “There are three big | 36. Rich man sources of inspiration for a designer | 5 OMy Dominten in this country,” she said. “First, | 9. Tidings 3 (ne excellent figure of he American | fi: fi:fnv:a m.:,rff. woman; second, the comparative 44 Avarice youth of the fashion industry; third, & Rndores e 7 a. the beauty of the country itself. It's of swine nonsense to think style can’t develop | 0 QUi e //én. %fl. here as well as in Paris.” gods /fl....%fl.- Oze of the biggest “butts” offered | i 8 Rripomre by thote who are dublous about Am- | | IsnEIaRe 67. Asiatic pen- G Musical fn- 30, Heavenly shion capabilities is the Solution of P insula strument 5 Grg:g;:- lu‘l\ (r expert craftsmanship. Where, Vesterday's Puzzle 5o Bbeontric ro- o Little child e Y they say, the skilled artisans— tating piece T+ Rounded con s7. Article of {ha buttonmakers, accessory creat- u%‘;};’""d;n 8. Peruse again 40. Rfic‘fi:‘v;“‘r‘:dl, cre ile designers willing to work Droop e & B o at up dozens of experimental fabrics TN ot raall pleces 45 Mals ducks for the cake of producing one perfect Firmament 10. Wander 47 Articte of food | pattern? 1. Period of time 49, Forced DOWN 19. Town in Penn- 51. Pleasantt In answer, Annette Simons of Pnbllc vehle = Co?);r":lgl;ly 5 Bra oy Caks Fifth Avenue, said, “There are H.\ndn mnrn Due cheese plenty of beautiful American em-l P8 ot necih ovide and B% Qlty ln Eyance broideries and laces available.” And IR Taste of ai- '3 Westorn state. ' dom Mus. Jean Earle of Bamberger's con- BES K RTMMSIE T IVIEIE) ;';;"'::! sol gl Soncus 3 w:;{'““é‘; tributed: “Rayon, silk and cotton miils in America are second to none | i R Py GRS B in Europe.” got Democratic Welles off the floor| All speakers agreed that Amer- | of the convention to tell him of u s SIYLE ican Iun:m:vbaboutu stvlLol was x; matter ol habit rather han o | Paxtinax's: plight,. Watles, Who beark, necessity, They advocated a new no grudges, is now cutting passpor t red tape. NOTE—Pertinax was placed on the black list by the new French | government, perhaps on orders from Berlin. His plight is similar tothat ' of other distinguished French jour- | including brilliant Count Roussy de Sales, American corres- pondent of Paris Soir, who has' been dropped because of his anti- Nazi writings. i | nalists, MUP MOUNTAIN DAM Army engineers have struck pay but the pay goes out instead of coming in, at an excess cost of abodt $2,000,000 to the U. S. gov- ernment. ! been made { A serious error has in plans for construction of the 'gigantic Mud Mountain Dam, a $5,000,000 White River flood con- trol project. The error was in fail- ‘ure to detect presence of a fine clay {in the earth of that area»«abo\n 50 miles from Seattle—which makes | it impossible to carry through the! | original plans for an earth fillj | dam. There are a lot of technical de- tails, but the point of special in- terest to the public is that revision of plans brings an increased cost| of $150 for every cubic yard of material in the dam. When engineers discovered that the soil contained “five percent grains of colloidal size"—call it fine clay—they were crossed up in their | plan to make the dam of earth fill, since this soil, in wet weather, bogged down all mechanical equip- ment working in it. Then came the dispute over two alternative courses. A board of con- sulting engineers outside the Army recommended that the earth be cleansed of the objectionable clay' by washing. This was approved by the District Engineer in Seattle, and was passed on, via the division en. gineer, to Washington. Here it struck the resistance of! Brigadier General Thomas M. Rob- ins, Assistant Chief of Engineers, whe had declared that the other| alternative was preferable, namely,’ the use of a rock fill. This is far| more _expensive, costing $1.80 a| cubic yard, as against 30 cents, for washed earth. Robins held out against the ad- plan is being revised, with the ex: pense of an unexpeeted $2,000,000. (Copyright, 1040, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) ————— MRS. PURDY IS DEAD Frank, Purdy, of Chicken, ERIA AT FLAT & has np-fle its appear- fllt., cases, hut under 7'Two"deaths resulted from | dirt in the State of Washington- -| the earth fill or 80 cents for the!] vice of the board, amd the entire [’ tal attitude, purposeful, hopeful. LEADERS IN it NEW ACTION IS They ArehWobilizing fo . Pick Up Where Paris Left Off ‘ By AMY PORTER AP Fashion Writer mer The Anterican fashion industry,| since the fall of Paris, has been like a child without its mama. Independence looked good at al | distance but close up it was fright- | ening. During the last few weeks, the industry has had a bad case of ,m.- ters. Big strong fashion leaders wniled | “What'll we do without Paris?”| “Where shall we turn for new fall designs” “Even if we had deslgns‘ we haven't any craftsmen. Amer- icans can’t do fine handwork. Am- ericans aren't creative.” To stop the general wailing and to put some spunk mm the industry, Justin R. Whiting (above) was elected President and a member of the board of the Commonwealth and Southern Corporation, at a meeting in Wilmington to succeed Wendell L. Willkie, Republican Presidential nominee. "Thia s how chubby little Judy Ham, one and a balf- yeas-old deughier of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ham, licked the hot weather problem in At- lanta, Ga. She highly recommends this back-to-nature treatment spiced with a bit of hlnln‘ and a cool [lz.s-slul of somethlnx as administrative assistant for h-’ bor supply is Floyd B. Reeves, of Paramount's “Dispifted Passage. the American Youth Commission,| will bring to the Coliseum Thei™e and deputy for the nation's most [or the last times tonight a thrill- | famous champion of youth—Owen/|ing screen version of Lloyd C. D. Young of General Electrie. Douglas’ best-selling novel. That's Hillman's and the Presi-| If you have read the book, you dent’s answer to Congressman will remember The story as a real- Cox, although the congressman istic exposition of the experience obviously considers it no answer of a young doctor—a story that at all, not even a pacifier, | ranks with “The Citadel” and “Men He Coordinates lin White" for shéer drama, power, “How do you propose to train and a realistic outlook. on life. All the nation’s youth?” is my next this has been faithfully transferred question. He's talking mpidly.‘m celluloid in “Disputed Passage,” against time. | by virtue of splendid acting, and “That is first a question for the| painstaking direction. President, the Cabinet, the Con-! To Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tam- gress to decide. Compulsory or|iroff, and John Howard go the ma- Ivolunl,ary, that is not my job.' jor dramatic honors of the new Once decided, . then it will be up|film, to the regular government agen- cies to train the youth—the Army, the Navy, the Civil Aeronautics Ad- ministration, the office of Edueca- tion’s vocational schools, CCC, Na- tional Youth Administration, | er pointing to the skies. Some one said “all in"—the signal for the press conferemce to start. pror', Before any of the eager scribes e Bk could get in a word, the Presi- | “The National Defense Commis-ldan suaiied: reqding .tk MR [ston will merely coordinate. ft| uoc rePort of the activities of the Wil 1iph be super-gobeinert My National Defense Commission. He read slowl; particular job is to find out "h"!packeds ozéestho%exve;“g? l: the demand for labor is, to SUPPIY|ueripe who wasn't squirming with | that demand through the Tegular| gororred anticipation !govemment departments and agen- 3 Came the end. A question was cles, and without duplicating ef-| " | fort.” |asked and he let 'em have it. | ! It's that simple. But not thatw:"&;’e 1‘;}‘;1:;,;'“1%111‘; or‘::_::;; ensy, @l Hillemn s | 16 more than 200 press conferences, 'Third Term Boom Is | ame “Thsik you, M. Roosevelt ' Slow lo Start, Then whieh is the sign for. the press Fuse Lighted, Bang conference to break up. It's a wonder somebedy wasn't killed (Conunued trom Page One) in that rush for telephones. Those who could lag behind heard the President laughiig up- roariously, pounding the arm of his chair with his hand. In theatrical circles, they would call him the greatest trouper ever to have lived at 1600 Pennsylvania {Avenue, And what performer. gould help being delighted when his per- formance came off like that? cided to let 'em have a shoe in the arm, so to &pealk: He greeted his prm confer- ence in shirt sleeves, cigaret hold- GLACIER HIGHWAY DELIVERY DAILY TRIPS COAL——W0O0D LUMBER—GROCERIES PHONE 374 ¥ 1 WELL-I'LL 60 UP- | STARS AN WORK - THE HARD V FIRST-I'LL TRY BA|