The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 28, 1941, Page 3

THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU ~7 Last Times Tonight 2T /in CLARENCE BROWN'S grotuction EIIISIIM,MA* M. G.M. NII PREVIEW—1:15 A. M. TONIGHT "Two Girls on Broadway” SO: SMITH and ST NEWS These checked wool outfits for mother, daughter and son were modeled at the Children’s Fashion Show in New York City, held in connection with the National Retail Dry Goods Association convention. Pictured are Barbara Clark, Aline Harwood and David Anderson. HO”YWOQd Sights And Sounds By R0bbm Cooms—. HCLLYWOOD, Cal., Jan. 28.—Movie history will be made in 1941. Cecil B. DeMille, to supervis underwater scenes in “Reap the Wild Wind,” will don a diving helmet and submer - mark- ing the first time he has been frankly over his head. Basil Rathbone now knows where he stands v\nh (h' Hays office production code. Tyrone Power in “The Mark of Zorro” 5 permitted to run his wsord through the Rathbone heart (for one of the “shock” scenes of 1940) but Tyrone Power in “Blood and Stand” cannot be shown stabbing any bulls. . . . Cary Grant in the next Alfred Hitchcock picture, “Before the Fact,” will depart from type and play an unmitigated cad — be- fore and after the fact. Joan Fontaine, the girl of the piece, is working for the first time since she made her hit in Hitchcock’s “Rebecca.” Armor Marlowe is a prop-man with a specialty. He does all the usual jobs a head propper does, plus others. That's why you found him on such pictures as “Louis Pasteur” and “Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullett” and now on “Winged Victory.” Reason: Armor attended medical school, now “experts” on medical props for pictures of that background. . the dialogue director picture, Trving Rapper, making “Winged Vic- tory” as his first is happy about it even though his setup hasn't all the elements once promised him by a Russian agent whom he met in London. The gentleman from Moscow wanted him to go (huc and stage a play in the state theatre — for a fat salary, plus the PERCY’S CAFE STOP AT PERCY'S CAFE Breakiast, Dinner or Light Lunches ® DELICIOUS FOOD © FOUNTAIN SERVICE REFRESHMENTS surance that the actors and audience would be agreeable, or else. H apper declined and returned to the New York stage and Holy- wood, where for five years he kept various Warner stars speaking the English language instead of falling vietim to the influrnce of sueh as Michael Curtiz, among whose many talents English is not one. Lou Brock, the producer of “They Met in Argentina,” pid in for a niche in the Hall of Fame — as maker of the first movie with a South American locale that does NOT show a horse race. (But there is a horse race; even if you don't see it, you'll hear about it.) . .. has his directing “Las Vegas Nights,” had a street On the mgrauee was an ad for Murphy took a look, Ralph Murphy, set including a movie theatre. Murphy’s latest picture, “You're the One.” demanded extras, plenty of ‘em, quxck “They ean't do that to me,” he protested. “When my picture is playing in my picture, they're going to have peopie at the box- office!” v On the same set is an Indian curio store with a sign, “IMPORTED Blankets nad Pottery.” Murphy surveyed the sign. “Get me a couple of Indians,” he cried. Sometime later, two braves were picketing the store, signs on their backs r&dln‘, “Unfair to Tribe-37.” STIRRING DRAMA OF "EDISON" AT CAPITOL MOVIE Spencer Tr;;Plays Part of America’s Great Inventor A Dpicture that will make every American proud that he is | American where achievement | within the gr | severe, ends |C:11)|L01 Theatre. It is Man,” so inspirational i feels he is witnessing a great truth and yet so dramatic and exciting that the spectator wonders if this can be real life instead of fiction. It is real life, human drama such as America loves. It is a docu- ment in a success story. And loom- ing above everything else is a characterization that is in its perfection. That is the por- trayal of Spencer Tracy as Edison. Had he never appeared on the screen before, this one role have convinced the world that |is one of the greatest |all time in any field of histrionics. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has built a gripping and entertaining Events leave one breathless and the mere functioning of mechani- is the the this evening at “Edison, ne on the edge of his seat. To Di- rector Clarence Brown and Pro- ducer John W. Considine Jr. go all the praise in the world for a great picture that will live in the minus of the audience for years to come. | Although Tracy's performance stands forth like a beacon light, | the entire cast is superb with spec- {ial plaudits going to Rita John- | son, Lynne Overman, Charles Co- ‘burn. Gene Lockhart, Henry Tra- | vers, Felix Bressart and all of clever actors who play Edi- those | son’s loyal workmen, TRAFFIC MANAGER W. J. MANAHAN IS | W. J. Manahan jof the Northland Transportation |Company, is a passenger on the | North Coast. o Manahan is on a routine trip‘ | through Southeast Alaska and con- He intends to return on the several days. Sailing with Manahan | | to Sitka was Henry Green, Juneau agent for the Northland Transpor-| tation Company, REV. SOBOLEFF ON SITA TRIP The Rev. Walter A. Soboleff, pastor of the Memorial Presbyterian to Juneau from the Sheldon Jackson School and the Presbyterian Sitka, to assist in a series of church services and to also appear on the school campus chapel progrmm which is conducted every class day through the week. Accompanied by Mrs. Soboleff, the Rev. Soboleff returns as an alumnus of the Sheldon Jackson School. They are enroute to Sitka jon the North Coast., Hagmeler Returns From Sfaff Meefings John Hagmeier, executive secre- tary of the Alaska Tuberculosis ! Association, returned on the Princ- ess Norah from a month in the | {night were six men from Juneau, bound for Sitka and work on the Japonski Island Naval Air Station. Hired by personel agent R. L. Dyer, through the Alaska Territor- jal Employment Service, the men were: W. T. Atkinson, Stewart Neely, Kenneth Schmeckel, S. M. \tended ‘staff meetings. Hagmeler spent some time in New York City, Washington, D. C.. Portlana and Seattle. ’ —— e The Daily Alaska Emplre has tne largest paid circulntlon of any Al aska newspaper, | Aspens, V. M. Beauchamp and The l‘.‘u?' llmt an| p of all who per-| that one| startling | would | actors of| ory. | | cal items in the picture keeps one | ON ROUTINE TRIP , traffic mana‘:"r‘ tinued to Sitka on the North Coast. | vessel and remain here for| Church, has accepted an invitation | Church «at| ' that | ship within a few months, Brazi Hemisphere. The Mariz | reserves. President A sister ship of the de: ! in July, the Mariz e Barros | struction and strikin built in Brazil. Wil are of the fleet planned to assi the democracies. tons, and 45,000 h. p. engin giving her a speed of 35% mil per hour, the new destroyer four each. in her armament. Built wi | the cooperation of U. 8. experts and technicians, the ship demon- Left, some Brazilian sailors; Launching her eleventh war- leads the parade of South Am- erican nations in rapidly arm- ing for defense of the Western Barros, launched in the Marine Arsenal shipyards on the Isle of Snakes in Rio de Janeiro, | was greeted by wildest en- | thusiasm by cheering Brazilians, Americans and massed military Getulio Vargas officiated at the cere- monies, after which he laid the keels of four other war vessels to be rushed to completion in Brazil’s rearmament program to build 50 warships immediately. troyer, Marcilio Dias, launched of the Class A type, patterned after the U. S. destroyer Mahan and the most perfect in con- force ever the traw- | ler, Almirante Guilhem and the eight mine-layers recently built, the Mariz e Barros is the | eleventh warship to be launched by Brazil in recent months. All the U. S. Atlantic Fleet in pro- tecting the long coastline of | South America and making the Western Hemisphere safe for With a displacement of 1,500 armed with five 5-inch guns, four double anti-aircraft ma- chine guns, and carries 12 tor- | pedo tubes in three groups of Larger than the | other ships recently launched, by more than 100 tons, the new vessel also has one more cannon centre, the Mariz e Barros; strates the tregmendous im- portance of Brazil's great re- sources of raw materials avail- able for the U. S. armament industries, as 90 per cent of all materials used in the ship came originally from Brazil, Brazil is the most vulnerable of all American nations, be- cause of the proximity of her long coastline to possible ene- my bases in West Africa, for the bulk of Brazil juts out into the Atlantic far east of New York. Brazil has many excellent harbors and sites for naval bases which are being already strengthened against attack. And while the U. S. rushes’ construction of the chain of naval and oil bases which will bridge the long ocean gap between the two Amerizas, Brazil’s President is extending this arm of steel down the coastline of South America. Joint use of these naval bases to form a continual All-Ameri- can fortification against attack from warring Europe is part of the Pan-American defense plans. United States leased naval and air bases in British Guiana, for example, are very close to those of Northern Brazil, while Ar- gentina’s shorter shoreline to the south is also being fortified. All three of ABC nations of South America — Argentina, Brazil and Chile—are rearming at top speed. Expansion of Brazil's mer- chant marine is also under way as part of the defense program. While on his trip to the Amazon region, President Vargas visited the shipyards of Belem, where twenty-seven ships are under construction and repair, includ- ing many new vessels. Old- fashioned wood-burning river il is st es es is ith Brazil Speeds U p Iler Defense Program ; right, army aviators. placed by the newer oil-burning steamers, to speed transporta- tion of supplies, trade, and arms and fighting forces, in case of war. Brazil has increased her army to 300,000 men, backed by a Brazilian armament industry which is fast being augmented by factories and ingdustrial plants. Brazil's first airplane motor factory is now under con- struction, and two airplane fac- tories already are working at high speed, rushing completion on 100 new war planes ordered by President Vargas for im- mediate defense. Brazil's first parachute factory opened- this year. And at present, other* factories are being planned’ to make Brazil's armament indus. tries complete and self-suffi- cient In case of war or crisis. At present, Brazil has two battleships, two flotilla leaders, four submarines, flve destroy- ers, eight minelayers, six tor- pedo boats, and about twen- ty auxiliary ships. Air forces include about 215 planes, to which 100 more are being added as rapidly as they can be built, Importance of air defense deeply interests President Var- gas. Brazil is watching closely the developments of an “all plastic” airplane, now under ex- perimental tests in the U, 8., having in mind that future planes in Brazil may be made— at least in part—from coffee plastics which are among the strongest plastics known. The plants for making the coffee powder will be opened very soon, as U. 8. machinery is already being installed, ready for rapid experimental develop- ment of the “cafelite” industry, which may finally solve Brazil's boats long known in Amazon waters, are being rapidly re- MCLEAN NOTICES '~ BUSINESS BOOM 'Canadians Wear Look of Determination as Re- sult of Present War Returning from a three weeks' business trip to Seattle, Tacoma, and Vancouver, B. C., Hector Mc- Lean, local insurance man, said business conditions in the state of Washington were at a hoom stage with even housing facilities in Tacoma becoming scarce. Business was especially active Outside, he said, and commented i | ion Bremerton Navy yard workers commuting as far as Tacoma. “There are almost 8000 men working there,” he said, “and Bremerton cannot possibly house all of them. Many of them are living in Tacoma with thefr fami- lies.” The while in Vancouver, B. C., on his return to Juneau he saw notice- able reaction among the Canadians as a result of the war on Britain. People do not seem happy, he said, and wear not the gloom of despair but rather that of defermination. —_—— e —— BAND 70 PLAY: THURSDAY NGHT Will* Give ‘Selections Be- | fore First a‘h’&‘fiééond Shows — Benefit Priday evening me Juneau High | School band will bezln its “Uniiform ‘Campaign” when it 1ines gp on the e .. = __|stage of the Capitol theatre and plays previous to performances at the moving pictures. Y This campaign which {s. in line with the determination ‘of the logal school band not to solicit funds, thus they have “gone out and applied for o, |a job” at the Capitol theatre. Through this arrangement with Manager Charles Beale the school will work for their new uniforms in- & %flm “f-l sour, sunk Tt takes those good, effective Carter’s Little Liver Pills to get these two Dln" of s flwing (reey to make you fae"upand | up.” Amazing in makipg bile flow f Ask for Carter's Littie Liver Pills by name. Stuhbornly refuse anything else. Price : 35¢. Sailing on the North Coast last| l States during which time he at- town. The first show begins at 730 o'clock Friday, in which the band will appear and again at the second . [show at 9:30, playing before both | performances. The band will feature Gene Autry, in “South of The Bor- - ON OUTSIDE TRIP | insurance man said that stead of scliciting money in the | |der.” It must be remembered that | Autry placed 4th in the ten best stars | as drawing cards during 1940. This | with the appearance of the band | will rcund out a fine evening's enter- tainment for Gastineau Channel | moviegoers. | Band Instructor Robert White to- | | day, reported that this year's band | is the best group of students and he has been here. Due to the fact that the band is ‘nct sollciting and is not selling tick- | |ets to this concert, but appearing as an act in a show with a generous cut from the proceeds, is an assur- |ance that the students are serious in their efforts. It is a eivic enterprise that all Ju- | neau is urged to support, and one in which the city of Juneau will be | well repaid in new uniforms for the group of students this summer. This will be no concert but will be a program filled with peppy |music, with national, martial and popular music also to round out an evening of varied selections. over production as well as her defense problems. : JUST MADE A MISTAKE OKLAHOMA CITY, January 28.— the most talented he has had sm(p‘ The young infantryman who nocked on the door of Mrs. Ken- ncth S. Whittemore’s home told a tale of being stranded while en- | route to Cleveland from “my oyt- fit in El Paso.” ‘ “What is your outfit?” asked ‘Mrs ‘Whittemore, who had placed | a plate of food before him, “The Eighth m(antry " said her \ guest. “That’s strange,” replied Mrs. | Whittemore. “My husband is a Lieutenant Colonel and served sev- ‘ernl years with the Eighth. It hap- pens now to be between Savan- nah, Ga., and Charleston, 8. C, “Excuse me, young soldler. please” said the { i . Thrive | i | | 38, ltallan civer L 39. Beak ¢ 41. Vipers . 1dle talk 42. Street urchin 3. Prepare for 44 Emerald-green battle arsenate of 13. Dramatic mu- copper sical work 46 Steps for 14. Recline ‘crossing 18, Lick up a fence 16. Theme 41. Write 17. Poem 48. Specd contests | 18. Very col 50. Spirited 20. Ice ri ers horses 22. Tnko? agaln 63, Sacred Mo- 24. Fragment hammedan 3. Beasoning city Y 66. Kind of i 3“;:« nts 57, Cud » . Patl poin . Cux moving " * £ Hiver hottom SLIGININ Ladie we acording to 2 » some law 6L Arumlc symbol gs, pif N s o orasariation 82. Sword bandle of the faith- L o8 pol 3. 8 fu dead DOWN 5. it u. Ahcad oz Fo); 1. One of two o ish 4 equal parts 4 e Goddou of discord Speaic ill of the absent Part of the throat . Assistant Insects . West Indian clouds . Consldered . Having two feet Disposed to laugh | Robert Bonner, W, E, Cahill, Felix DOUGLAS NEWS SEMESTER HONOR ROLL INCLUDES FOUR BOYS oll during the first Douglas High School, it was an- 1ounced this morning. They are Glen Kronquist, Elmer Savikko, EAGLES AUXILIARY HAS INITIATION Initiation of new members fea- tured the regular meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary, Fraternal Order of Eagles, held here last evening. The newly initiated were Mrs. Jo- sephine Logan, Mrs, Charlotte Fleek and Mrs, Helmi Bach. Mrs. Jessle Fraser was appoint- ed chairman of a ways and means committee to prepare plans for a forthcoming social event to be given by the two lodges. Refreshments were served at the | close of the meeting. LACK OF QUORUM; NO COUNCIL MEET Regular meeting of Douglas Council planned for Ilast evemmz had to be postponed due to fail- | ure of four out of the six coun- cilmen to put on an appearance. Another night for the session, one without other attractions, will have to be selected for the session, Mayor Kilburn stat- ed this morning. S NIEMI RECOVERED John Niemi returned to his job at the Foundry after a week's illness due to the flu. D SEVEN | FAMILY OF Mr. and Mrs, W. C. Anderson and five children took up their residence in Douglas yesterday, moving over from Juneau, and are located in the Gray house, corner Fourth and I. streets. Mr. Ander- son is employed by the Juneau Lumber Mills, Ing. R RIFLE CLUB, ALSO HOME GUARD MEETINGS Tonight at 7 o'clock is regular time set for meeting of Douglas Home Guards to be held at the | Natatorium with Walter Andrews in charge. On Thursday night at the same hour a meeting of the Rifle Cluyb is scheduled to be held in the City Hall, All who have signed up for memership are expected to be there to assist in choosing a name for the organization and planning forthcoming activities. ARG SCOBEE RETURNS Mayo Scobee who has been living in Juneau for the past four or five months has returned to Doug- las and is making his home with Jake Korfus. - - BIRTHDAY BALL AIDES ARE ANNOUNCED TODAY Committees for the President’s Birthday Ball have been announced by Mrs. Calvin Pool, Douglas chair- man. s They include: tickets, * Mrs. Charles Tuckett; coin banks, Hugh Cochrane; coin cards, Calvin Pool and James Hobgood; tags, Betty Bonnett, Doris Balog, Patsy and Alfred Fleek; organization repre- sentatives, Eastern Star-Elizabeth Fraser; Woman's Club, Mrs. Mark Jensen; Eagles Auxiliary, Edwina Snethin; Chamber of Commerce, Thomas Cashen; publicity, Mrs. E, E. Engstrom and Guy Smith. Mrs. Dale Fleek heads the wom- en’s committee and her assistants include: Mrs. Robert Bonner, Mrs, L. A. Johnson, Mrs. Glen Kirkham, Mrs. Alfred Bonnet, Mrs. R. Fra- ser, Mrs, L. Carlson, Mrs. J: An- derson, Mrs. Dick McCormick, Mrs. Guy Smith, Mrs. Frank Campbell, Mrs. Tom Jensen, Mrs. Tauno Niemi, Mrs. Jack Guerin, Mrs. James Sey, Mrs. John Mills, Mrs: Henry Langfeldt, Mrs. Fred En-| dres, Mrs. Sadie Cashen, Miss Esther Boyd and - Miss ' Eleanor Warren. Chairman of the men's commit- tee is Albert E. Goetz, and assis- \tants are Arthur Ladd, Ernst Oberg, IMark Jensen, Jack Warner, Calvin Pool, Arne Shudshift, Elton E. Engstrom, Norman Rustad, Claude Erskine, Leonard Johnson, L. W. Kilburn, Guy L. Smith, A. J. Balog, Gray, William Fleek, Mike Pusich, John Marin, Tony S8imin, Thomas Cashen, Grant Logan, Charles Tuckett and Joe Reidi. P ST R ‘The noise of a big gun heard 50 miles away often can be neither heard nor felt at closer range. LN R B There are not more than two pounds of radium in the world. It is werth about $18,000,000. ———————— Try a classified ad in The Empire. DOUGLAS (OLISEUM Tonlqh and Wednesday Four boys only made the honor| semester at| Prank Cashen and Robert Fleek. | ! in TECHNICOLOR For the last six weeks' period of - the semester six names appear on Shicley Temple - Spring Byington the honor roll as follows: Glen Nigel Bruce + Gale Sondergased Kronquist, Elmer Savikko, Frank m"c'm""sfi’m'" ', ""'" Cashen, Robert Fleek, Dorothy Langseth and Alfreda Fleek. - e important counter | ADD TO POPULATION| BLUE BIRD "SM]. Look and Love” ALSO “Overland Mail” "THE BLUE BIRD" ONLOCAL SCREEN FOR LAST TIMES Mythical Tale at 20th Cen- tury Is Produced in Technicolor The legend of ‘The Blue Bird” which ends tonight at the 20th Century Theatre, is an old one. A simple tale from the province of Lorraine in France, it tells of a marvelous blue country far away, a land of heart’s desire. From that distant world, the Blue Bird some- times flies to visit this earth, and the fortunate soul who sights this bird on one of its rare appearances is assured of eternal happiness, This gentle tale, heard repeated- ly in his childhood, inspired Mau- rice Maeterlinck to write the most noted of his many plays, “The Blue Bird,” which 20th Century-Fox now brings to the screen in the new Technicolor, with a brilliant cast of Hollywood favorites including Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Eddie Collins, Sybil Jason nnd others. Great and universal though the power and popularity of Maeter- linck’s play has been, the present production is the first time it has been performed on the screen as a motion picture employing sound and color, Faithful to its tender and moving original in spirit, this film verson is nevertheless new. At Production Chief Darryl F. Zanuck’s suggestion a new score was written for the film by Alfred Newman. Scenic effects never be- fore attempted were incorporated in the picture. And, for the first time, an entirely new theory of the use of Technicolor, “color continuity,” was applied throughout. FRERRE R B LA RETURNS TO SITKA Returning to Sitka after a busi- ness trip to the States, Mrs. Connie Whittemore, Sitka women’s shop owner, is a passenger on the north- bound North Coast. ICE CREAM ; - A DAILY DELICACY [ Juneau Dairies Ice Cream is one dessert that remains ever popular — no matter how often served! Every- one enjoys the zestful flav- or—the pure richess. Serve JUNEAU DXIRIES’ tonight.