The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 11, 1941, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, AUG. | , 1941, S — — r—— THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES Bul It Turned Out to be a Case of Poison Oak! Tylya MARCH of TIME BINNIE BARNES " Featuring ALLYN JOSLYN GLORIA DICKSON VEWS € Men in Action! 1 Helen Morgan, famous night club singer, is shown as she wed Lloyd Johnson, Los Angeles automobile dealer, in Miami Beach, Fla. The ccremony was performed at the edge of a hotel swimming pool with Justice of the Peace Ralph C. Poole tying the nuptial knot. Matron of honor was Mrs. Rny Norton (right with flowers). There isno sunsmute for Newsnaper Adverhsmn o T VR % LARGE IRONING SURFACE S HEAT CONTROE % NO OILING % FLOATING SHOE % CONVENIENT KNEE CONTROL s IRONS AND PRESSES ALL MATERIALS Yes! Shortenlyour ironing time withthe GeneralElectricRotary Ironer. Sit down, relax and do your ironing easily, economlcully and quickly. 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WARNER CO. 0000800 (lEVEIl COMEDY OF MARRIAGE IS | NOW AT CAPITOL Roiland Russell and Mel vlyn Douglas Star in Hilarious Hit “This Thing Called Love” is something wondeiful! i One of the merriest, maddest, | | outrageously howlarious comedies' of the scason, the film which opened | | yesterday at the Capitol Theatre | is in splendid keeping with so de- | lightful a galaxy of Columbia hit “The Awful Truth,” “It Hap- | pened One Night,” “The Dncmx" | Takes a Wife,” ete. | Starring Rosalind Russell and | \M»lun Douglas as newlyweds with | ideas—she wants their marriage to |be a platonic one until they get used to each other; he simply has | ideas!—"This Thing Called anc"i joyfully moves from one luu(_‘]} situation to another, accompanied |by a wealth of delightful dialogue ! and an abuhdance of comedy | characterizations. The film was di- | | rected by Alexander Hall. Under! | his expert guidance, Douglas and | Miss Russell comport themselves | | with a suave surety, so that their | performances top anything they A new and exciting aspect of the | work of the Federal Bureau of In- | vestigation is revealed in the dra- | | matic sequences of the latest March | |of Time film, “Men of the FBI.'I | which is also being shown. In a comprehensive picture of the training and work of the FBI's| staff of laboratory experts and its | 2,000 special agents, the March of | | Time shows how this famed Bu- | reau is today preventing and nghv»i ing espionage and sabotage in Am- | erica's defense industries, and fis| thus proving itself a vital arm of | national defense. e TWOPLACESTO | BE REMODELED Two bulldlng penmt uppucatiom | which will total $1,720 in construc- tion costs, have been filed at the | City Hall by C. C. Rulaford, con- tractor. | Largest of the jobs calls for re- modeling at the Frank M. Kardan- | off residence, 319 Sixth Street, with | raising of the height of the roof and | addition of two rooms and a stair- | way estimated at $850, installation |of a toilet and bath at $400 and new wiring, $50 The second job entails moving of | partitions and installing two rad- | iators at the property of R. J. Som- | mers, 124 S. Seward Street, at an estimated total cost of $420. il i 1 - HOSPITAL NOTES | Earl Lacombe from the Polaris-| | Taku Mine, was dismissed yesterday |from St. Ann’s hospital after under- going a tonsilectomy. | | | | Delbert Butcher underwent an| ‘fi))pendecmmy Saturday evening at SI. Ann’s Hospital. Mrs. Olaf W. Holte was dismissed with her small son, Olaf Walter, Jr., from St. Ann’s hospital Saturday afternoon. | Mrs. Sam Paul who recently un- derwent a major operation, was| dismissed from St. Ann’s hospital Saturday. Mrs. Elizabeth Osborne is the mother of a five pound eight ounce baby daughter born this morning | at 9:20 o‘clock at St. Ann’s hospital. Elizabeth Peters was dismissed Sunday from the Government hos- pital after receiving medical at- tention. William Johnson, of Hoonah, left the Government hospital ycsterday after receiving medical treatment. Ralph Miller was admitted to the Government hospital to receive med- ical attention on Saturday. Nancy and Elvird Berggren un- aerwent tonsilectomys at the Jun- eau Medical and Surgical clinic this forenoon. ——————— ! The Daily Alaska Emplre has the largest paid circulation of any A)- aska uwewspaper. "ROTECT ou'r Healih' | have ever before given the screen.| | glamour mamas | “I den’t, unless, | ping lunch, How Movie Glamour Mothers Slay Ihal Way JOAN BENNETT and daughters. rigrously to bring her weight back to nor- Now she weighs 111 pounds. mal ATHLETICS school she was the captain of th of the favorite sports of this mot By ROBBIN COONS AP Feature Service Writer HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Aug. 11. Have you ever wondered how the of Hollywood keep | their figures? They have to do it, because any who sacrifice figures to motherhood sacrifice their screen careers at the same time—but this is not a story of sacrif e. for Some — Marlene Dietrich, xample—have no secrets for | post-maternity figure upkeep. Die- trich, 38; and the mother of a 16- year-old daughter, has a figure best described by an ecstatic studio de- signer who said, “She's the only star T know who never wears a girdle—and doesn't have to.” Exercises bore Dietrich. And diet? ou count my ,skxp-‘ 8! says. | Of those actress-mothers who have figure problems—and solution: —most -are quite willing to pass along their “secrets.” There's Joan Blondell (Mrs. Dick Powell), who's the mother of two Joan's' a non-dieter but she goe: for exércise. “I eat food combina- tions which dietitians consider bota easy and natural for the system to handle, ‘and good food,” she says. For ' Joan, there are no la quantities of proteins and carbo- hydrates at the same meal, Meat or potatoes with' vegetables, but never meat and potatoes for; bread) ‘with vegetables. She ea's| as much as she wants. | A Game With Cards Mary Martin, expecting her sl'f‘»l ond child, makes no claims to ath- letic prowess but enjoys dancing and swimming. Her favorite waist- line-trimmer: “Sprinkie a deck of cards onh the floor, then pick up| one at a time witheut bendin your knees.” Jane Wyman (Mrs. Ronald Rea-| gan) went swimming six weeks after Maurcen Elizabeth Reagan don’t come too strenuous for Joar: Blondell. !'way,” says Ellen. She dieted In high ¢ gym team. Badminton is one her of two. FILM OF FAMED NEWSMANIS AT 20TH (ENTURY Edward G. Robmson S'ars with Edna Best in "Dis- | patch from Reuter's” ‘ A picture as timely and exciting | as' the latest news bulletin opened |at the 20th Century Theatre yes- terday when Wamer Bros. “A Dis- patch from Reuter's,” staring i:d-‘ ward G. Robinson, started its local run. The screen has brought to the front the stories of many famous people but never before has it re- vealed the tale of a perion so wide ly heard of, but so little known. ! | Robinson plays the part of Julius) | Reuter, whose speedy dis) z‘ln..‘ held within them the fate of em-| pires and who did more to form the ethical credo of news gather- ing than any man in history. He [ first had the idea of finding some way to speed up the traveling of |news when he was a child. Never | forgetting his childhood ambition | he and his friend, played by Eddie ‘Albert, open a news agency and |use pigeons to carry the news be- |tween towns which have no tele | graph. As years go on the Reuter" News Agency becomes more and more associated with dramatic and | | far-reaching events despile at- |tempts to place obstacles in his | path. | Bdna Best portrays hi | thetic wife who drives {lesson that the duty of a reporto NG, says Marlene Diet- h of exercises. Diet? She sn't, except to regain pounds loct during a filming. sym| I ot to his paper. Others in the cast |include Albert Basserman, Gene | Lockhart, Otto Kruger, Nigel Bruce, | Montagu Love. | rector John Brahm's sclution: the scene stayed in, so did the bed. but only one of the players was in it al a time. . . . | Note on progress: after the hattic scenes of “Sergeant York,” the loen- tlon area was as thoroughly de- | ! vastated as if the warfare had boen | | reel. Only living thing left after | the two weeks of movie war, a sen- timentalist observed, was & single ;brlght poppy. ’ An Academy Oscar is supposed to mean that the winner thereof is tops | in the line. Luise Rainer, tops twice | by that verdict, is still among Holly- | wood’s unemployed—unless her test |for Marfa in “For Whom the Bell "rom" gets her the job. Is there |is first to his people and secondly |« Where the Betier Big Pictures Play LEATURY NOW PLAYING EDWARD G \&DNA BEAT “EDQIZ ALBERE 2 Editions World News W'! M 'lomom- LN winning talent 8 so speedily shelv- ed? .. “ Inspired movie title, for a Powell- Loy movie at least. is “That Was No Lady.’ But who chunged a solid, | bedrock title like “Mun with a Shov- el’ into the vapid “Accent on Love” -~auggesting u continental boudoir romatce instcad of an Amerjean yarn with & W. P. A, background? . ——— (1SS BUNNELL THROUGH Jean Bunpell, daughter of Dr. harles E. Bunnell, President of the Unfversity of Alaska, was a outhbourd passenger on the stoamer Aleutian when the yessel stopped here yesterday. Miss Bun- nell s retmriing to her home in {Los Angeles alter a short summer visit with her father. — .. - AUDITOR HERE Mr. and Mrs. Fied Soper arrived in Juneau from the South Saturday on the northbound steamer North Const, and are staying at the Gas- tineau Hotel. Soper it & govern- ment auditor on an annual trip to the Territory. BUY DEFENSE BONDS gg, YOUR EARS ll mnfi% §_carminatives to o any other industry whanm prln Brenda BOWLING helped Marshall regain her figure after birth of her daughter. stretching stomach muscles. In standing position drop clowly to squatting position and wrise to count of ten Geraldine Fitzgerald, mother of Michael Edward Lindsay - Hogg, recommends deep breathing for 15 minutes, morning, noon and night, before an open window. Miss Fitzgerald is a stretching| ‘enthusiast. The Fitzgerald post- -maternity | diet was similar to Jane Wyman's -exeept that Geraldin includ- ed one day on milk and orange juice, rather than salads. Ellen Drew took a few tips from Jim Davies, the studio ath- letic instructor and expert mas- seur, who has to keep watch on all contract “figures,” maternal and otherwise. “Never put on shoes the easiest “Sit erect on a chair and, pulling the leg close to the body, slip the shoe on. It’s a definite waist-slimmer. And when applying make-up, try not to slouch over the dressing table. In- stead, sit erect and stretch legs well forward. Apply powder, turn the body to left and right, holding the hand mirror far away. May not sound like exercise, but it is—and a game of badminton helps, too.” Joan Bennett, mother of Diana and Melinda Markey, doesn’t diet any more, and her exercise has been limited to mind - forms be- cause of an old mjury during a movie—she fell off a hotse. She gardens, however, swims, and plays golf. “I' 'was 'way off form after the | children were born,” she says,“and had to'diet rigorously to get back in shape.” . Bowling Gets Credit Brenda Marshall (mother of 4-year-gld Virginia - Gaines) - cred- its Hér return to a normal figure mainly to an enthusiasm for bowl- ing: Diet: lean meats, vegetables cises be taken only if your doctor approves.” i | Dorothy Comingore, only recently | | a mother, recommends “a snug gir- dle” as well as doctor- lecommended< exercises. And she sums up the opinions of most of Hollywood's glamour | mothers when she says: “Mother- | hood isn’'t as likely to ruin a wo- | man’s figure as is laziness and too | mucn 1ood"' ' In Hollywood By ROBBIN COONS | HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 11.—Custer’s | 1ast stand won’t be his last by any ‘ means—the general is to be in three | places at once these next few weeks. ' Errol Flynn does him in “They Died ‘With Their Boots On,” Gary Cooper in “Seventh Cavalry,” and he’s also | a prominent figure in “Badlands of Dakota,” the Miriam Hopkins-Brod | Crawford film. Custer-fanciers can take their pick. . Hollywood is where they do things up right. Like engagements. Brenda Marshall and Willlam Holden are fHE SUN vir uitra i S ull M # VITAMIN D: Essential for uorm-l growth and Vhlmln D'a Rreatest stronghold is in the fish liver DRBRRD Goon: | s AeMe 'L SN m( Wi uu; 7] BN & Sl [P 1Y really engaged now, diamond and s weut wind !Jf!fifl [PI5| m all. The other announcement, & I:; months back, was a sort of preview [ ¢ o, o o g AE —in connection with a Marshall i ¢ bl (b:n vb?:'!?’ ! n%nmnmflg g%srfl movie preview—and lacked only one | 11 I R s Dl 80, Extent from MmACCG GU6En little item to make it official, the . Foamy end o end SkElsl flfl R [E]w] ]f‘l consent of the parties most nearly "‘éfi'm'nm o e aiger . concerned. . . . B6. Turkish Tut " | “There's one double-Bill fn Holly- | 3¢ &mal {.n‘ §1. Tortile spot 2 lo‘u on Of "flvfd:;:’:m | wood that ought to get kind words . I i % from exhib:;.‘:-a: \hfl':!'l prod:omz B Sratag: A A-::::’:::: o: & Bent again : :llkm‘m‘-. | team of Bill Thomas and Bill Pine, B Siote: toot a':&'é'.‘u, o = Théy're the boys behind the recent m |air films starring Richard Arien, latest of which is “Forced Landing.” They don’t have colossal budgets, so . the exhibitor doesn’t have to mort- | gage his theatre to give a show, but the films do have those movie fun- damentals, pace and action. “Forced Landing” has a dilly of an air duel, !with the heavy’s plane firing ma- chine guns, the hero’s unarmed ex- // ////, W 4. Abundance 5. Ge 6. Altitude: abbe, M 1 chare hips, and kend back slowly. as far meh“hfi was born. Played goM, too. Her doc- | (including a head of 1sttuce daily, tor-ordered exercises: (1) Begin no desserts except fresh or stewed each day with a walk before break- | [:ulty one baked potato ‘a week, fast, swinging legs and arms and melba toast, a daily cocktail of breathing deeply. (2) In late after- | orange Juice, beaten raw egg with | noon, hefore a beauty map, lie flat|a spoonful of wheat' germ oil. She {on back, feet close together, and stayed on this norishing, strength- pull up slewly without bending| ening, but, streamlining diet for a knees, Touch 'toes, refurn slowly to, month after the baby was bom. count of ten. (3) Lie on back with Amne Shirley, knees drawn slightly up. Pull body Anne Payne aged 11 months, says up, allowing head to fall back eas- | 5V g brought her figure back ily. Keep arms straight in front. [0 before-baby measurements more return slowly to position. (4) Stand quickly' than any other) exercise mother of Julie cept for a couple of iron spikes. It's Eva Gabor's Hollywood debut, she | being the lissome blonde from Hun- gary. . . . | The role Humphrey Bogart plays in “The Maltese Falcon” is the same that George Raft turned down, same being a role that calls for acting. ... There’s a double bed in “Wild Geese Calling,’ and there was a scene in which Joan Bennett and Henry Fonda, as man and wife, were to be jasleep in it. The movie code ad-| {ministration frowns on double bed straight with feet apart, hands on |she took. “But it's important,” she, scenes, prefers twin bheds—not yet "um w luch exer- | evolved at the period concerned, Dl-