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The Kusko times., 1928-08-25

we saw dog teams on the ice. We then started for Barrow, and in a lit- tie while saw two men on the ice. We flew log and signaled to the men, who seemed all in. We circled around and found sand spit and made landing. The men proved to be Robertson and Clark Robertson had packed Clark for two days, although the latter was much the larger man. They had trav- eled from May 22to June 1 without snowshoes and with very little food. Robertson had lost half 2 dozen toe nails from freezing his toes, and Clark's tendons had broken down so he could not walk. They were 45 or 50 miles from Barrow when we found them.
 "I dumped the Q ergency stuff out of the plane and left Heyser on the beach and took off for Point Barrow, where Robertson and Clark were given immediate attention at the hos pital
 Returning to the beach, I picked up Heyser and our emergency SUD- plies and reached Barrow again at ' o'clock in the evening I began ser vicing. the plane preparatory to an other search for Merrill, whom I was sure by this time must have been close to the coast.
 Shortly after 2 o'clock Wien came in reporting that he had found four dog teams on the lake two miles from where the two planes had been forced
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could see nothing better in the way of landing place because of the heavy fog and decided to land, which he did successfully.
 They shoveled and picked all that night to make. place from which they could take off. Wien finally got away and went to Barrow, about 15O miles distant. The fog was bad all the way and made landing danger ous, but Wien landed without mishap. Wien made preparations to return the next day to Merrilps plane with show els to dig out runway, but Mondayy, the 14th, the weather was so bad he could not take off. The fog had been so thick when Wien flew into. Barrow that he could not pick up any land marks by which he could return to Merrill's plane, and when the weather finally broke so he could fly he searched in vain for the lake. where Merrill went down. Knowing his comrades were out there only a hun dred miles, Wien suffered untold agonies because he could not locate them. He flew for 25 hours in his searching trips, covering distances of approximately 2,5OO miles. Gasoline was supplied by the government hos pital at Barrow, a common low-grade of commercial gas.
 "As soon as Wien and Hart landed at Barrow, Hart dispatched eleven dog teams to search for Merrill, Rob- ertson and Clark. Wien found two old skis that had been left by Wilkins. They were badly damaged, but he finally succeeded in repairing them, and put them on his plane, making landing much easier.
 | When Heyser and landed at Bar row on the 18th, Wien had been out scouting for two days, and there was fear that something had happened to his plane. He finally returned to Barrow +on the 27th, after having been down for four days at a reindeer camp because of the heavy fog. The weather continued bad on the 18th, but late that day it cleared a little and l. took off on wheels. The fog suddenly thickened again and I had to return and land.
 "We could do nothing until June 1, when the weatoher became wonder ful. Wien and Hart took off, and Hart accompanied me. We had agreed on signals, and, Wien, because of his slower plane, and left control, stayed to the right, and as my plane has right control kept to the left and kbehind Wien.
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THE ALASKA PIONEER.

Sometime, when the North has it's Epics And hidden pages unfold The records of argonauts seeking,
 Ever, their feeces of gold, Therell be tales of adventure and daring, Tales full of struggle and strife That break through the crust of the surface And deal with the bedrock of Life And these stories will rank with the greatest For waiting that mag icalpen
 Is empire of untold riches,
 DDeDveloped by unknknown men, Men who are un-sung heroes
 Who have blazed there an endless trail That death no longer may lie in wait For those who falter and fail. There ae men who have shot the rapids, Who have sealed the mountain peak; Cut inch by inch through icy pass, Then gave of their strength to the weak; Who have staggered with heat in summer, Who have. frozen in winter snow; Who have faced the menace of breast-high drift, Or treacherous overflow. Who have driven their foot-sore huskes, Patient yet wild-wolf wise Straight to the end of the trackless waste Where a haven of safety lies. Such the true Alaskans-
 The who have fared them forth To make State of Wilderness,
 To conquer the untrod North. And, think, the Trail is ending,
 Flo each weary Pioneer, His hardships will count virtues
 When he crosses the Last Frontier.
 Esther Birdsall Darln
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Showing visible effects of the i. strain to which he had been subjected for many days, but relating his story with unassuming modesty, Matt Nie- , minen, pilot of plane No. ? of the An
 chorage Air Transport, which was
 sent to Point Barrow from Fairbanks
 May 24 to search. for the long miss i ing Fox Film -partt ssse two-hour in-
 terview last night with the Times,
 told fthe efforts to find and rescue . the missing men and of the final suc-
 cess of the undertaking.
 Weather conditions were most un- i favorable for flying from the time
 Nieminen and Heyser, the radio oper- ator taken along from Fairbanks, left i Kotzebue for Point Barrow on May
 25, the fog. at times being so dense that flying was impossible.
 Reaching Barrow, Nieminen found | that Wien and hK plane, carrying , Hart, one of tha Fix Film party, had ! reached their deA-ation May IA, and [ that up to May 25 nothing had been l heard from Merrill, Robertson and { Clark, who had been forced to remain ( on lake 150 miles from Barrow , when Wien finally got away on his l long tires from the deep snow.
 Nieminen gives Wien the highest ! praise for the heroism displayed in 1 the search for his missing comrades, :. the Nome pilot having spent 25 hours i in the air in the fercest kind of ' weather. At one time Wien was i forced down by snow and fog at a ! reindeer camp and had to remain | there for four days, having been ab- : sent from Barrow when Nieminen ar- ! rived there.
 ''We left Fairbanks with a radio set i, weighing over 300 pounds" said Nie- minen in telling the experiences of his | trip. q had taken every precaution possible to make sure the set would work satisfactorily both in sending i: and receiving messages. Part of the ( equipment was a 27-foot mast, which was necessary because of the lack of
The Kusko times., 1928-08-25
Takotna, Alaska, August 9, 1928.
l NARROWING EXPERIENCES
 OF POINT BARROW PARTY
 RELATED BY RELIEF PILOT

In the years to come, when tales ( of pioneer aviation in Alaska are re- called, recounted and retold, one of l the outstanding ones in thrilling ex- periences will be shat telling of the
 Fox Film party expedition in the vii ( cinity of Point Barrow The story is ;. graphically told by the Anchorage ' Times. as follows:
The Kusko times., 1928-08-25

Esther Birdsall Darling.
Evening star., 1928-06-10
Billy Is Going Up.
\ W. GRIFFITH has prophesi,

IN w. GRIFFITH has prophesied a
A~' great future for William Bakewell
who is now playing the role of Johnny
opposite Sally O'Neil III 1.-THE Battle of
the Sexes" Griffith's all-star production
| for United Artists
billy" as he is popularity called was
graduated from the Los Angeles Har-
ward Military School In 1925, and was
president Of the Dramatic Club OF the
school. Just two weeks after leaving
the academy he got his first work In
the movies, to carry Raymond Griffiths
royal train In Hes Prince" He did
this so successfully that he was given
the role of Donovan. the oiler boy, in
Emory Johnson's THE Last Edition. .
Then came four Fox Failure, y
Hold Everything" Madame Dufreene's
Modiste" and Elsie of New York"
After playing in odd Ironsides, "
whispering Wives" and Bertha, the
Sewing Machine Girl" Bakewell got his
first big chance as the son in Mother. -
In which Belle Bennett was starred for
F. B. 0. This soon led to bigger and
better things"
Among his more recent pictures were
"The Heart Thief" with joseph Schild-
kraut and Lya de Putti; "The Magic
Flame" THE Arms of the Law" his
role Of Tex in West Point" that of
Bud in "Cloaks and Suits" followed by
The Devils Trade Mark" with Belle
Bennett and his Percival In Harold
Teen" 1t was at Miss Benefits sug-
gestion that Griffith first interviewed
him for his part in 1.-THE Battle of the
Sexes"
Griffith was so favorably impressed
with Billy's spontaneous rehearsal of the
role OF Johnny that he has prophesied
a great future for William Blackwell
Evening star., 1928-06-10
High Praise From High
Places.

A NY one who has ever seen an
American film has seen the cryptic
words, Passed by the National Board
of Review"
According to the Motion Picture
Guild, few people know what that sem
tence really means. Instead Of pre-
saying, for instance, that the particu-
lar production has been censored, 1t
means that the film has been given the
National Boards stamp against being
censored. For this organization, so
powerful in the industry, and so little
known by the public. Is simply a great
group of expert film analyzers who
''select" one film from another, boost
ing only the exceptionally good ones,
and ignoring those that are banal, rub
ber stamped or that add nothing to
movie history or technique.
Among the films thus recommended
by the board, for instance, are "Po-
temkin." Crime and Punishment y
The Street" "The Circus" etc. The
latest production to be chosen. as an
exceptional photoplay" Is Gear Ivan
the Terrible" which Washington is
seeing for a second week at the Little
Theater, beginning today.
How the National Board of Review
works may be judged from It's report
on Gear Ivan" Under certain head
ings 1t classes the attributes of a film
About Gear Ivan," the Sovkino pro
duction which deals with the reign of
Russia's famous ruler, it says: Enter
tainment value. unusual; dramatic
interest OF story, "excelling'; technical
handling, "a distinct advance" and
that the consensus of opinion of the
National Board Of Review is that Gear
Ivan" Is the most remarkable the screen
has so far afforded, and the acting of
Leonidoh and the cast has seldom. If
ever, been equaled in motion pictures. y
Evening star., 1928-06-10

IT think" continued Mr.. Brooke, at
would be willing to bet weeks salary
that what the American likes best in his
theater fare is melodrama mixed with
bit OF mystery" He holds that this
week should tell the story.
Mr.. Cochran Is more positive. Look
ing back over the records, with the
books of former seasons ever at hand,
the astute business manager of the Ma
tional Theater in the Winter and the
out-and-out manager of the National
Theater Players in the Summer says:
The records here show that mystery
is what pulls m into the theater. bar
ring. OF course, those plays that have
such beautiful love stores that every
one wants TO see them. For, after all,
you can't get away from the fact that
all the world loves lover and the
world wants to see love stories rampant
on the stage or In the pages of novels"
Well, "The Thirteenth Chair" scores
on that point, too. Aside from its ele-
ment OF mystery, 1t has the universal
appeal of love. While Mrs Addie Hib-
bard is revelling in what the actors call
"a fat roll"--she will be the medium at
a Seance, where murder Is committed
Leneta Lane, the leading lady, and
Stanley Ridges, the leading man, viii
carry the minds and imaginations of
their patrons through the mazes Of as
sweet love story as the stage has seen
In some time.
There Is little bit of everything in
THE Thirteenth Chair" and Manager
Cochran and Director Brooke are tust
wondering If 1t won't be necessary to
pull out the old sign that sometimes
hangs in front Of the theater, Special
Matinee Today"
Evening star., 1928-06-10
Thrills in the Newsreel
WHAT is a thrill?

WHAT Is a thrill?
Webster describes It as a "shiver-
Ing. tingling or exquisite sensation
through the whole body
Some of Hollywood's celebrities might
classify 1t as something that comes 10
them when they sign a,starrine con-
tract or that grips them when they
attend the world premiere of one OF
their own pictures.
Bebe Daniels. however, defines a thrill
as something that affects her 90 per
cent of the time when making a picture
of the type she is working on at the
present time. The remaining per cent
she says, Is spent In adjusting her make
up.
When the Paramount star set forth
to make Hot News" under Clarence
Badgers direction, she admits that she
considered herself out-thrilled.
During the last few years she has
gone through hundreds of thrilling
scenes In her pictures, and has had a
mishap or two in each. She imagined
that the cinema couldn't offer very
much more in the thrill line. And then
"Hot News" began.
Bebe became brand-new character
in the films. She plays the role of a
newsreel girl who Is constantly on the
trail Of spectacular news events for her
trusty camera. She does not have to
seek very far. Clarence Badger, her
Evening star., 1928-06-10
Sistrom General Manager.

WILLIAM SISTROM. announced as
general manager of the studios for
Pathe, has been acting In q similar ca
paclty for the Cecil b. De Mile studios
Sistrom was born in the fen country
OF Lincolnshire. England, in 1884, and
was brought to the United States when
boy. His earlier business years were
spent In the employ of the Western
In 1914 he came under the notice of
Carl Laemmle, then building his Fort
Lee studio, and was engaged to slIner-
wise the construction. On its compIe-
ton Sistrom was placed in charge, and
a1terward went to Universal CITY as
production manager. After some wears
at Universal he became production chief
Tor William Randolph Hearst's Cosmo-
poiltan production, and personally SUI
pervised Frank Borzage's "Humoresoue {"
Later he became general manager of
the Hollywood studios where the Chris
ties and the Producers Distributing Cor
poratlon formerly made their produc-
tionS. These studios eventually became
the Metropolitan studios. With the af-
niiation OF De Mile, Mr.. Sistrom as
Sumed general managerial charge ~
both the Metropolitan and De MilIe
studios. and later had charge of pro-
duction also P'
Evening star., 1928-06-10

director, sees to It that "hot news"
jumps out at her with alarming fire.
quency.
Her first adventure, paradoxically.
comes while she is covering" baby
show. She is just about to give up dis
gruntled, because OF the tameness of the
assignment, when 800 mothers and their
cooling offspring descend on her to have
their pictures taken. Bebe Is almost
trampled to death in the rush. Her
clothes are torn to shreds and she barely
escapes from the pursuing mob after a
wild chase through a city park.
This episode starts things off with
bang. From then on life Is just one
thrill after another. A hectic session
with an ardent young man In a racing
automobile one day, thrilling ride in a
breeches buoy to stranded ship the
next Hanging on to the eyelashes OF
the Statue OF Liberty with one hand
and cranking her camera with the other
Is put one Of the many other things
that come Bebes way.
I've never had so many thrills, so
much excitement In my life" Miss Dan
lels declares. "If I ever tire Of being
an actress and want to go forth in
search OF adventure, I'll apply at the
flrst newsreel Office I come to. I recon-
mend this for any one Who has become
bored with life and who seeks something
new in thrills"
Evening star., 1928-06-10
Connubial Felicity.

WITH the announcement of the first
Washington screen appearance of
Estele Taylor since she became Mrs.
JACK Dempsey, the question of combin-
ing The roles of artist and wife attracts
attention.
Miss Taylor is quoted as stating that
IL is possible for woman to have in
terests outside her home and still be a
good wife; and 1t is stated, Miss Taylor
pointing to her own life as proof of
this contention.
"Of course, husbands temperament
must always fit that of his wife" saws
Miss Taylor. "but that is true of all
happy marriages whether in professional
life or not. I can see no reason why a
woman engaged in motion picture acting
should not make as good a wife as, say,
one engaged in stenographic work, pro-
vided, Of course, her husband Is In favor
OF her career. If not, it is foolish for
any actress to marry, because in this
day woman with potential fame never
Will be. content in lesser pursuits"
Evening star., 1928-06-10
Pathe Wabbling?

" A LII motion pictures do not neces.
sarily have to be made for in
| fants and adolescents," according tC
Terry Ramsaye. the new editor OF
! Pathe Review. so the Review is enter
! ing upon new policy of relating itself
| to the grown-up and somewhat sophis-
! ticated portion OF the public which has
/ interests more complex than mere birds
and bees and the night life of the eve
/ ming primrose.
/ 1T Is time to break with the traditions
and to let an idea pertaining to inter-
ests north of the pituitary gland get
on the screen now and then. Thee q
tremendous resistance of inertia arr
amusing timidity in the movie world
against such movement and neces-
sartly 1t must put its foot in the door
for attention an inch at a time. This
Will have TO be done or the motion pic
ture will escape from the theater and
find important audiences elsewhere.
There Is an extreme probability that
the patronage Of the major theaters
will not only accept but approve a re-
lease that Is not edited down to the
monosyllabic kindergarten standard.
And this does not imply that the Re-
view or its editor has the blazing urge
OF an educational mission. II the audi
ence ever gets any education in the
theater. it is accidental and uninten-
tional on both sides of the screen. The
word educational, or any such implica-
ton, sets the audience looking for
exits.
Now it happens that the vast ma
jority Is interested markedly in sex.
After exhaustive research this has been
found IN f1a orf hot
many people belong to some one OF the
sexes, two Of which are in good stand
ing. For that reason most pictures will
always have to be sold on sex interest,
or until sex Is abolished by the next
constitutional amendment.
But after sex comes a number of
other interests, held by those who do
not buy all their love life at the box
Office. While the movies have been
ignoring these interests In the compe-
titions OF Hollywood. the publishers and
purveyors OF the printed word have
been taking profits from the millions
or this audience. Some amazing indiceS
Of these more sophisticated interests
held by vast audiences are afforded in
the world of books.
Lecturers, many of them equipped
with motion pictures which have at
least the rudimentS OF some intellectual
interest. are finding growing audiences.
These audiences are in direct compe-
tition with the motion picture theater
and they are taking patrons from the
theater screens into other auditoriums
A large and Importantly influential
fraction Of the public is giving en-
couraGement to this development sheery
because their interests have not been
Importantly and consistently recognized
by the rulers Of the status quo in the
theaters
1T Is fitting that such a departure
In policy should be made in Pathe Re-
view, since Pathe has already made
some outstanding demonstrations of the
possibility of reaching audiences of in
Evening star., 1928-06-10
Solving Public Taste

MAN and boy. Clifford Brooke
director of the National Theatei
Players. has been around the theater TO,
some 80 years His companion In the
art Of serving the American public with
theater pabulum, Manager s. e. Cochran,
has seen almost a quarter of century
pass over his head the while he studied
theater tastes--and Steve" Cochran Is
still young man.
At any rate, both these gentlemen,
who are intimately associated In the
business of finding out what the public
wants, know thing or two about the
theater
Asked the other day just what he be-
lieves holds the honors when 1t comes to
satisfying public appeal. what kind Of a
play the American people like best, Mr..
mystery!"
At the same question Mr.. Brooke hesi-
tated, but finally admitted that good
old-fashioned melodrama goes long
way toward satisfying the wants of the
average theatergoer.
"They-the American people" he
said. like to see the villain get a good
licking; like to see the hero and the
heroine come out all right in the end,
get married and live happily ever
after. And they also like mystery"
Just to see If their guess is right, the
two stalwarts, the manager and the
director, are offering the public this
week a combination Of both mystery
play and melodrama that set New York
afire when 1t was first produced there.
"The Thirteenth Chair" is described
as Ted-hot mystery, asbestos burning
melodrama."
Evening star., 1928-06-10
A Mountain Story.
John GREENLEAF WHITTIi

JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER's
classic poem "The Barefoot Boy
might well have been written about
Richard Barthelmess. who plays Chad
the Kentucky mountain boy, In the
First National perturbation Of John
Fox, Jrs, great story.
Eartheimesg in the opening sequences
of THE Little Shepherd OF Kingdom
Come" appears as barefoot boy Of
IA; Molly O'Day, his leading lady, who
is actually only II years old, IL bare
foot girl in the opening scenes, also.
THE Little Shepherd OF Kingdom
Come" is an intensely human story Of
the kentucky molintaineers in Civil War
days. II has dramatic punch, and
continued suspense, and provides one Of
the finest screen stories In which this
popular star has ever appeared.
Evening star., 1928-06-10
Girls of Today Nice as Ever.
MODERN girls axe inst as nice as th

MODERN girls are just as nice as the
girls Of years ago, declares George
Fitzmaurice. director of Rose of the
Golden West"
Rose Of the Golden West" is a story
OF California In the days Of the mis-
sions and the dons. and features Mary
Astor and Gilbert Roland.
rose by any name is just as sweet. y
says F4tzmaurice. "In other words. a
lovely, sweet girl is just as fine O crea-
ture today as she was rs years ago.
Clothes may make the man, but they
don't change the woman essentially. y
And, as FitZmaurice Is known as the
director who knows more about love
and love scenes than any other mega
phone wielder In Hollywood, perhaps
there is something In what he says.
Evening star., 1928-06-10
Film Songs Seldom Hits.

OMY twice In the history OF the
movies have film songs attained
the hit stage.
Ten years ago Mack Sennett publish
ed a song called Mickey" to go out
with Mabel Normand's picture OF that
title. Since that time, hundreds Of
songs have been written with a movie
as the background, but, II Is claimed,
10 was not until "Romona" burst upon
the musical horizon that the success of
Mickey" was repeated
The publishers of Ramona" claim for
1t bigger success than was the waltz
song, Three O'Clock In the Morning. 4"
Which Is going some.
Evening star., 1928-06-10
To Star in The Love Song.

/ UPE VELEZ, the Mexican actress
whose rise In the film ranks he's
taken less than years time, will make
her first star appearance for United
Artists In 'The Love Song" a picture
musically inspired by Irving Berlin.
Originally entitled La paiva.. the
change to The Love Song was made
TO better fit the musical theme for fine
picture. on which Berlin has been work
ing for the past few months.
new song. Loves Melody" has
been dedicated to Miss Velez by Berlir
and will be used as a t1ematic back
ground throughout the picture.
Playing opposite Miss VeIez will be
Wiillam Boyd, who was loaned from the
De Mile studios for the purpose.
Evening star., 1928-06-10
Six Months at Palace.

a task to direct an orchestra. Introduce
other acts and keep an audience inter
ested. but Eddy seems to be equipped
for 1t.
Wesley Eddy has given approximately
72O performances since he came to
Loew's Palace to introduce the stage
band policy. He has record of never
having been late, although he has had
several close calls. No audience has
ever missed his congenial, contagious
smile. His experience as band leader
In vaudeville, pictures. and as a night
club entertainer has given him a fine
background for his present work. And
ne has far from exhausted his bag Of
tricks.
So he can cut his six-month ami
versary cake with the feeling of,having
performed his task well. What say
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