The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 24, 1941, Page 3

|CLASSIC STORY " 'ENDS TONIGHT AS LOCAL HiT '"Tom Brown’s School Days’ Playing Now at Capi- ‘, tol Theatre “Tom Browr 51 Days,” the classic story which has od millions of readers for almost a (| century, come: as a | eripping, vivid ng enter- ALSO: PREVIEW 1:]5 A. M. TONIGHT tainment for all, young and old i 5 oy : y i The picture, which ends tonight Selected Shorts Chump at Oxford at the Capitol, Theatre, spotlights “Love Before Break Church-Night Dinner %2 &, & the remarkable care toric Dr. The master of Er d’s School from to Cdd Fellows 'Hold Dinneri Initiation |ventor of the honor system t a school's first duty is i it |build character and manhood, not A dinner held at the I. O. O. F.| The Church-night dinner, '“!’C‘"'islurihv schalarship. Toft Brown's red monthly by the Women's 80-|g.io0 o of Christian Service and the ' tells in striking fash- ion the dramatic story of his be- liefs, his struggles nd his final | triumph through the eyes of Tom Brown, a young Rugby scholar, and his fellows, The adventures and ex ploits and troubles of the you sters, their battles with schoolytrs Hall was attended by members of‘ the local chapter of Odd Fellows | ciety { ‘.Kw l1( ) \n\:‘\ and friends. The | Methodist Men, was held last nig menu was prepared by Mrs. T. Hag- | in the Church social rooms. y and Mrs. Frank Olson Arrangements were made for the len wing dinner six candidatesdinner by Clyde Brown, chairman were initiated by T. Hagerup Noble | for the Methodist Men, assisted by and and Bernt Mork, Vice Grand. | Merle Wittmeyer. Jim Gibson was in, charge of the dining room. Com-, 1 jidates were Herry Young, A h 0 bullies and their awakening to the McCorkle, Elmer B. Benedict, |munity singing was enjoyed dur-ieqning of Dr. Arnold's rigid but A. Button, D. G. Daskalos and |ing the affair, led by Adjutant|penevolent ruie over them, all Melvin J. Martin. Stanley Jackson. make for an amazingly stirring Dinner arrangements were under | A business meeting after thej g, the. Sunervision. of James Larsen, |dinner:was held by members of the| A< the resolute Doctor, Sir Gedrlc Don Ekuse and Warren Callow. |Women's group, with Mrs. G. Bd-|uq dwicke gives what is unques- Charles W wter was toastmaster (ward Knight presiding in ll}t' 'l”‘nnnuhl_\ his finest performance ‘o for the aff sence of C. H. Grove. Theme| gop0 ‘The sensational boy star, ————————— of l:‘.(“ "?. ting was “Ministry of Jimmy Lydon, who play: Tom ‘Teaching. | Brown, and Freddie Bartholomew .o |in the role of Tom's friend, Harry East, are superb, and the rest of the featured cast, Josephine Hutch- inson, Billy Halop, Ernest Gale Storm and Hughie Green of- fer splendid port ls. Robert Stevenson directed this RKO Radio release produced by Gene Towne Mrs. Courtney Smith Enterfains Miss Pentz| As 2 compliment to Miss Deborah Pentz, Supervisor of Child Welfare Services of the Territorial Depart- ment of Public Welfare, a bon i e dinner was given last eve- T by Mrs, Courtney Smith at PERMIT ISSUED FOR NEW HOME FOR JIM ORME Building permit for-a $5,500 home | and Graham Baker, for Jim Orme was issued today by % I City Building Inspector Frank Met- SARBER LEAV calf to Don Abel. The home is to Cossart, i her residence on Calhoun Avenue. | he built at Tenth and D Streets. wildlife - Agent Hosea Sarber of Mus. Pentz will sail shortly for San | Other permits of the past few | ne Alaska Game Commission re- Francisco enroute to Puerto Ric0. |qays include one of $35.000 to Bover | ¢yned to his Petersburg headquart- Guests included Mrs. Warren Eve- | and Jensen for the Elks Club addi- on the patrol vessel land, Mrs. Stephen Ramsey, MIs. | {jon and one of $300 for a fuel oil Mary Keith-Cauthorne, Miss Gladys | {ank in the Shattuck Building. IEINPRR AR 1 Forrest, Miss Magnhild Oygard and By Miss Jane Alexander. & », Junior C. D. A. $2,000,000 Stonc p— . . CLOTHES that are CLE | Troops in Sodial Send YOUR GARMENTS s With members of troop 1 of the Junior Catholic Daughters of Am-| erica as hostesses, members of troop 2 were entertained with a| party last night in the gymnasium of the Parochial School. | Mrs. V. L. Hoke and Mrs. A, M. Geyer, councillors, were present 2s| chaperones. | Troop members attending were; Misses Pat and Gloria Gullufsen, Teresa and Rose Mary Doogan; Kay, Marilyn and Pat McAlister,| to Your appearance Is Assured When %o Have Them Cleaned Herel | Aileen and Colleen Hellan, Teresa ' | McGuire, Wanita Clarito, Aileen| | McDermott and Dorothy Thibo- deau. 3 — Subscrive 1or The Empire Kay Herman If you can take your eyes off Kay Herman for a moment, note the diamond she is holding. It's the world’s largest uncut gem, the Vargas diamond, and it's valued at $2,000,000. The stone will be lcut into 23 smaller ones which will range in size from five to 50 carats. Miss Herman wears & piece of the famous Jonkers dia- mond,. estimated _at $1,000,000, around her neck, The pictura was . taken in New York. WINDSOR ; A NATIONAL FAVORITE FOR THE PAST 7 YEARS! National Distillers Products Corporation, New York, N. Y. 90 Proof " Distributed by NATIONAL GROCERY COMPANY Seattle, Washington N-0-T-1-C-E! American Legion Tickets ‘ On Sale Until ‘ MIDNIGHT — APRIL 25 4 at > JUNEAU and DOUGLAS - Business Establishments = % i | | | | | [ | | | i i i * First Lady Attends Wedding of Niece Mrs, son James and nurse | remarked THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY; APRIL-24,-1941 GLAMOUR LADY When Folks Can Be Seated Near Mrs. McNuft They're Certain of Par[xjugg MRS, McNUTT Fair skinned, blue-eyed, gentle and witty. By SIGRID ARNE H “Kathleen's 'incorrigible.” | where her fath: was in They Tell This One | Spanish is s One remark did leak out during‘nubely — sir plajn, her is the neatest of last spring’s political ments. You remember when one knew who would inherit the Democratic. toga? Gossips had Mc~ Nutt in the lead. There was tea and talk at the McNutt apartment here. Close friends were worrying. Mrs, Me- Nutt looked up from her silyer tea urn, passed a cup of tea and{ with a mischievous “You know, Paul and the|#he President. And of a girl 'High-Commissioner’s nad to ask her to dance. it twice. predica- hecame in the ‘fler \a dance frock, one Avith huge sleeves. ber how , ident, Quezon, is. smile, she President remind me with a beau. He's told her he loves her, but he hasn't named the day.” That quip rattled around Wash- ington, she sighs. “And the men guests, “Say, if there's|logpk like a horse it's time to go| Mrs. Eiton: Engstrom entertained | | Thursday—Friday room, let. me sit next to Mrs, Mc- home. I suppose that's what I eMary D. Johnson, an aceident case,|at her home this afternoon with a' | ,, Nutt. should have done. After all Youlis recelving treatment at the Gov-|birthday party for Mrs. F. A. . | nehlm nf nodorx .There probably are two reason: can't ask a President to sit out alermment Hospital. Gallwas, pioneer resident of Doug- o g S Mzrs. Franklin D, Roosevelt, ‘wife of the President, attends the wedding of her pretty namesake-n fece, aanor. Roosevelt, to- Edward, Proctor Elliott, young English architect, in Dedham, Mass, At left is Mrs. i " : o . i “ Schpsider, sw il , theis . Bapriness: afles abe eramony (With | n Cutter, mather of the Tomerelt Gew 1 Californin toF the Bevecty Hikls woddlagp e +++ 18 e, the, orogs. Bowele, Thww Schnoide ve. nes Schncider (Fight). The romance began after Miss P cond nature—fortu- Mrs,” MeNutt at Chinese Chel!kfl'&lphy]lls Andrews, Jeanine Greiner, husband was But Mrs, the late campaign, and it probably|High-Commissioner to the Philip-|Nutt at table tennis, .So among description of any| in 1937-39 “Gracious Lady” na\*fié Islanders. That's what they ‘gallgd her when they ran her pic-| t Philippine papers. The native women gave| npative affairs of shimmering clot i Bhe chuckles over dancing there.| diminutive But he was| wife, “I felt twice as big as a horse”, you know out| Chuckles. And sudden re-| there the horses are so small that| agne, s Phillips is at ern it quests. to. dinper - hostesses from|they say when a horse gets mngpm i s [FLYNN-HOPKINS " TEAM STARRED -~ IN WESTERNER THURSDAY "Virginia CW Seen Now on Screen of 20th Cen- tury Theatre Here 8 There are thrills and excitement a-plenty at the 20th Century Thea- ALSO: " News Latest Edition ess i | | 3 tre where the stirring Warner Bros : Of S film, “Virginia City” is showing | The picture co-stars Errol Flynn and Miriam Hopkins whose conflicting [them on a hazardous across the Painted Desert. Frrol Flynn as a tough, two- ficted adventurer, is said to have surpassed even his success in as two people missions take, Jourpey . | “Dodge City,” and a hew, vivid 4 | Miriam Hopkins is revenled in § e part of a dancing, fighting epitfire “Virginia City” is an intriguing E y of gold-smuggling during the final stages of the Civil War, Errol | Flynn, a Union Intelligence officer, scapas from a Confederate prison and learns of a conspiracy tosmug- million dollars worth of of Virginia City to aid cuth, but he doesn't realize Miriam Hopkins, with whom he is deeply in love, is ene of the uphators. The situation becomes | even moye exciting when. Humphrey art, as a notorious bandit, at- | tacks the Union Garrison outside |of Virginia City and the gold cara- {van starts its mad dash during | the raid. | Humphrey Bogart, Frank Me- | Hugh, Alan Hale and Guinn “Big | Boy” Williams all give excellént performances in the supporting business.| mother’'s good looks.: Louise beats' carol Routsala, Anita Daniels, Douglas High School McNutt beats Mr. Mc- patsy Ann Balog, and May Cuth- | bert, | accompanied by their she| ©ookies, made by the ‘scouts; andsm-mm— Ladd, made a trip tea were served by them to- thé| Treadwell following guests:, Mis. J.Routsala, | to witness pouring of the |Mrs. N, Rustad, Miss Elizabeth Fraser, Miss Eleanor Warren, Mrs P. Campbell, Mrs. H. L. Cochrane, Mrs. W, Andrews, Mrs. A. E!’ | Goetz, Mr, and Mrs. Calvin Pool. the three of them, she says, to can keep her chin up. HOSPITAL NOTES of those, John McDonald was edmitted to- w48y for medical care at St. Ann’s ‘HospltnL news- | metal treatment. v - e e —— RIFLE SHOOT TOHORROW Tomorrow - evening at the FOE range, a rifle shoot will be ‘held under the auspices. of Douglas Parent-Teacher = Association,. Vari- After receiving medical attention, Paul Nightingale was dismissed from | St. Ann’s today. the| was the jured, a total of 5537, 8o he Only did | Admitted for medical observation, | Darrell Krajewski is a patient at|OUs prizes of merchandise will bhe | St. Ann's, awarded. Everyone is invited to g participate in the shoot, which is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. e MRS, GALLWAS HONORED tes. Due to an accident, not important, WEDSFORMER URSE 2o " ’h'-mhin, elvil service at Beverly Hills, Cal, James m;acvdg eldest son of the g Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt '(left), & Schnelder attended young Roosevelt as a nurse in 19 38, 5 e 72 [[l ‘r [/fl A Frilllanyalud_ay . e | for that request, though. Me-1Yoles. The orlginal screen story was AP Feature Seérvice Writer | Nutt is a startlir atiful | Written by Robert Buvknq and i woman. She's over feet tuu‘(”‘_’ by th |,up‘u]ur (hf:-.utur WASHINGTON--It was slim, fair-skinned, blue-cyed, gentle| ©f Many impressive films—Michael citing political rally. On the and’ witty, Take ‘thab combinktian,] CFHE ' form men were slugging verbally.| with the political lightning that| A Over the lot towered the white head | plays around her husband, and| dance.” and genial grin of Paul MecNuft,| you have a successful lady in{ She loved the Far She the Indiana Democrat, who still| Washington, |and McNutt managed a trip into stands in the shadow of the White| ghe teases reporters who come China. On uncertain trains, boats N House. to see her. swerming with people, on hol | D”UGLAS S his say. There Were\i® .ynare did’you go to school?» PAck, they tralled out -With crates| cheers and boos. He waved ~and “You mean before I met Paul?” | R S DI W tacOrate NEWS disappeared. Out ba stage, around | their apartment now. Mrs. Mc- —_ —— - e e the auditorium he hurried to a|TPis is incredulous. Nutt has made the perfect back- | THURSDAY—FRIDAY back seat next a pretty, blonde| “Why, er, yes." | ground for her treasures by dec- ELI NOW | "Tnz sm ‘" 3 wearing a doo-dad of a| and this with mock|prating in pale gold and green. TENDERFOOT TIATES ade of white flower surprise, “I thought the wives 'fll “Grand Traveler” \ Having successfully completed “Two guesses what I have for|prominent men never had lives| She has quite a collection of certain requirements qualifying|las, Sewing and visiting occupled e whispe before they ankled up the aisle {0 Chinese jewelry. Her favorites are them for the step, 11 girls Were|the interim preceding serving of -bats?” the church aitar. Really want to twin silver bracelets, five inches inducted into the tenderfoot ranks| yefreshments of the hostess. The me to you,” she whis-|know?” | deep, which fit like cuffs, The of Girl Scouts at a special meeting guest of honor was presented with pered. And Mr McNutt hauled| Even so, she’s sketchy. She points' McNutts plan to go back to China held in the Doug school 100ms|a number of dainty and appropri= out a cup of steaming coffee and'to an oil portrait of a pretty-tark-'at the first opportunity. 1last night. Impressively done the|ate gifts. a hot hot-dog haired woman which hangs over “She's a grand traveler,” h investive ceremonies were officiat-| Other guests included Mrs. gu,. “Mm-m-m-m, ftrying to buy the fireplace. | “Never complains. Never late. ed over by Scoutleader Miss Esther|ert Fraser, Mrs. J. R. Guefin, Mrs. me., rinned McNutt “That's my Grandmother Timo- They both play golf. But sep- Boyd. - W. E. Cahill, Mrs. Sam Devon, Mrs. Other wives of other speakers' !at’ she says everal greals|arately. “He - never invites me,”| Following the induction formali-|john Mills, Mrs. Alex Gair, Mrs. sat on the platform, orchids nod- b Grandfather Timolat was she says. He chuckles. He likes an ties the girls sang “America the|Guy L. Smith, Mrs. A. E. Goetz, ding on their shoulders. But Mrs, Irench. So when Lafayette visited occasional stag poker session. She Beautiful,” and Mrs. Frank Cemp-|Mrs, Arne Shudshift, Mrs. Charles McNuit can take her platforms or New York, he gave a banquet for|fixes the sandwiches and disap- pell gave a talk on “Intermediate| Fox, Mrs. W. R. Spain, Mrs. Ralph leave them. She has plenty to say|him.” ipears. They both like concerts Girl Scouts.” Scout pins werethen| Martin, Mrs. J. A, Williams, Mrs. about ther.. and close friends| Speaks Spanish and the theater. presented to the following: . Lucile| Harry Hanson, Mrs. Charles Sey chuckle for days about her quips. - athlegn McNutt lived half her| They have a college daughter, Goetz, Patsy Fleek, Helen Isaak|and Mrs. Burford Carmichael. They don't repeat them—just ex-fy@th in Texas. Half in Mexico, Louise, who ' has inherited her peggy Cochrane, Noreen Andrews,| —— S METALLURGY STUDIED class in chemistry, five boys and one girl, instructor to the Foundry this forenoon molten metal and study other features of — - ONE WAY OF FIGURING DENVER—There were 350 per= | sons killed in automobile accidents in Colorado in 1940, or ome more than the entire population of Hins- dale County, More persons were in- combined population of five coun= | COLISEUM-DOUGLAS