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The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-05
HANDKERCHIEF SALE AND
 SILVER TEA

Next Sa,urca9, December 7th, at the Electric Light and Power Con- panys display room, the Guild of Holy Trinity Cathedral will hold their annual Christmas sale. There will be a splendid assortment of handkerchiefs suitable for Christi mas gifts; and also nice assortment of home cooked foods. Tea will be served during the afternoon. adv.
 Dell E. Sher1u, JIneau's plano
 uner. Hotel GaStineau. --adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-05
RETURNS TO KETCHIKAN

Miss Rita Robertson who has been visiting Mrs. John Mills for the past four months left on the Queen for Ketchikan.
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20
Objected to Knitting
 in London Go. Council

Knitting needles may not click m Accompaniment to the debates in the London county council.
 This unwritten law was laid down with emphasis by an irate masculine obiector when Dame Beatrice Lynll. member for Eas, Pullman, produced pair during an all-nlght session and proceeded 10 click on interminable hours of debate with as many inches of warm woalen sock.
 No woman has yet had the hardl- hood Co produce knitting needles in the house Of commons. but in the past men NJ. Ps haye done SO
 The most famous knitter in parlla- menlary annals was one of the Wason brothers. who were well known to a former generation at Westminster. They were such big men that they were prominent figures wherever they appeared. and the spectacle of one of them. a man six feet tall and propor- tionately hefty, plying his knitting needles throughout debates fin the house must have been incongruous. Ills fellow M p.'s apparently thought nothing of fl. however. for there are no chronieIed objections in parlla naes.- tary archives
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20
Black Ants Valuable
 to Worry Coco Louse

Without Black Ants No Coco" reads sign posted at the entrance If great plantation in central Java.
 IL does not go unheeded, for the na- tiyes hand in some four million nests Of these little creatures every year, and receive payment In return. These black ants live only upon trees lnfest- ed by the white coco louse.
 Neither the Iouse nor the ants in. lure the trees The real erpmy is a certain beetle whose name Is HeIopel- lis. which also attacks the ten plant. lt hns been found that when the black ants are present the Ilelopeltls falls to injure the trees Apparently this sap-sucking pest Is disturbed by the activity of the ants. for the hitter do not attack the beetla
 This Is why the hlack ants are pro tected. Food Is provided for them by picking fha white coco Nee from the shells Of the fruit. where they congre- gate. and placing them on the coco trees to attract the ants and disturb the beetles.
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20
East Woodstock
Meet .t Welf Den

Saturday. June fifteenth, Alan Up- ham and Miss Ethel Upham at- tended a field-meeting of the Connee- ticut Botanical Society at Pomfret Wolf Den.
 Because of the unpleasant weather, and the distance many had to travel, only a moderate number of more than one hundred members were present.
 A short excursion in the vicinity of the Den was made. Then after lunch a more extended exploration was made in the woods and the swampy ground at the foot of the hill.
 During the day several interesting plants were discovered. One especial ly, the small whorled pogonia (pogo- mia affinis) had never previously been recorded from the eastern part of the state, and is also rare in the western section.
 C. A. Weatherby, the leader of the field-meeting, who is connected with the Gray Hebarium, Harvard University, is just completing, with the collaboration of other authorities on cur fora, the addenda to the State of Connecticut Catalogue of Towering Plants and Ferns, Bulletin Number Fourteen" Needless to say, Mir. Weatherby welcomed the discov- cry of this rare flower.
 Incidentally, another species, rare in these regions, False Mitrewort, or foam flower, (tiarella cordifolia) was handed in at this meeting. This was collected recently by Herman Mar cy. and identified by Mr. Upham. This will also be included in the ad- denda. The foam flower was added to the collections of Master Presley Wetherell, who won the recent flower contest at the East Woodstock school.
 Another interesting find at Pom fret, although outside the Botanical Society's scope, was the nest of the Louisiana water thrush. This bird rarely breeds in northern Connect!= cut.
 After a rather warm, but pleasant and successful day, the members left the Wolf Den region, feeling that they would be glad to visit it again sometime in the future.
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20
Pee. a Pleasant Companion

Matthew Green, an English poet who was born In lG98 and died in l737. proved himself witty and pleasant companion for hls friends aud his em- ployers. While working fin the GUS toms house and wishing to supply with milk the cats which were kept there, Green wrote a successful peti- ton in their name
 At another time when water man insulted him as he was bathing by calling out. -Onaker" and friend asked how his sect could be detected when he was wearing no clothes Green replied, By my swimming up stream"
 In many of his writings bis humor Is apparent. especially ln Spleen" a poem published posthumousy.
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20
ioraI Fox Terrier

A Delightful little story d the faith fulness of fox terrier is told in a Budapest tIJungaryl newspaper. The little dog was gree. friend uf q street flower seller One day he missed her from her place and moped The next day sine was still absent He rushed into the restaurant where he belonged and made such disturb ance thsf The walters set to work to discover what li was all nbIui They made inquiries about the flower seller. and learned that she had been run over. A collection for her was made fin the restaurant as tribute to the dog Perfectly true. says the news paper.
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20
MARRIED

LACHAPELLE-SENEY-In North Grosvenordale, June IT, by Rev. J. C. Mathieu, Miss Henrietta Seney and George Lachapelle. WILCOX -SEEKINS-In Salem, Ohio, June 10, Miss Cora Seekins and Walter F. Wilcox of Long Island City, N. r., both formerly of Put nam.
 GOETZ-POTTER-In Elmhurst, l., l., June 8, by Rev. Fr. Scully, Miss Louise Goetz of Pomfret and Elm hurst and Edward Goetz. BRIERE- -LAPOINTE -- In Putnam June 17th, by Rev. Joseph Casey, Miss Blanche Lapointe and Wil- fred Briere.
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20
NEW HAYNES FILM PROVES HILARIOUS MINGLING
 OF GOOD THINGS

"The Duke Steps Out" Lucian Cary's Saturday Evening Post tale, himed with dialogue and talking se- quences and with William Haines as The Duke" is the attraction Sun day and Monday at the Bradley Thea Ire
 This new Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer feature is a hilarious comedy of ring ana campus. Haines plays prize nghter who, to please his sweetheart, goes to college. His efforts to hide us profession in the classroom, and stlli defend his title on the outside, rve rise to a score of hilariously funny situations.
 Joan Crawford, who played oppo- Ute Haines in "West Point 'and who
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20
Color of Planets

Venus. Jupiter and Mars are of diff ferem c0i0rs Venus Is silvery white. Jupifer Is yelluwlsh md Mars Is red The hue of planets represents their true col0rs. while the color of stars is caused by ihe temperatures of their surfaces Observed through a telescope. Venus ls seen to Ice cov- cred with brilliant white clouds. while line clouds Of Jupiter are saffron. Mars Is not 0bscured by clouds. how evar. and through telescope It's sur face can be observed. This shows vide expanses of what has been described as red desert. possibly red sand or rock.
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20
An Arithmetic of i6zs

in the Garcia library of ihe unlver- sity of Texas Is the oldest arithmetic Tn America. Upon touching It's yellum covers and back skin thongs your memory may go back to that proud hut unweleomed day when your own scio1ling arrived at the portal page of -Fractions" With awe one discov- CTS that pupils of 16i9 had to wade through seven chapters of mathe- matical qulcksands. The pioneers evidently desired to obtain strength of mind in their children for it wns a stern age. Another chapter was de- voted to the formation of military companies in squares, hexagonal units and other strange geometrical forms. Otherwise the book shows pupils struggled with the same problems that perplex modern youngsters.
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20

the New York critics at it's Broad way premiere.
 Unanimity of opinion prevailed that Mary Dugan" represents the outstanding all-talking film of it's kind. ''The most expert piece of work that has been delivered to the talking screen" commented the Morning Telegraph, and other papers
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20
DIED

TAWYER-In Putnam, at the Day Kimball Hospital, Virginia H. Taw- yer of Danielson, aged years. GILIe-In Hampton, June 13, Mrs. Mabel Bundy Gill. D0NAIS-In North Grosvenordale, June 16, Moses Donais, aged 73 years.
 COMEAU-In Putnam, June IS, Mrs. John Comeau, aged 76 years. CARPENTER-fn Norwich, June IT, Urban Carpenter of Eastford, aged 39 years.
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20
Ex.reise and Health

Valuable as it is. exercise can be carried to extremes. It is principally dangerous to the heart If the heart k healthy there Is DO danger. but If it has been affected by some infectious disease such as diphtheria. rheuma' tism or scarlet fever. one must beware of abnormal exercise, warns pr. James o. Nall in Hygeia. the health maGa- zine of the American Medical associa' tl0n.
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20
BORN

GRACE-In Putnam, at the Day Kim. ball Hospital, June IT, son to MT. and Mrs. Antonio Grace of Gros- venordale.
 BRUNELLE-fn Willimantic, June 10, a daughter, Evelyn Cecile Bru- nelle, to Mir. and Mrs. Walter Bru- nclle of Putnam.
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20

ard Veiller. author of the stage play "The Trial of Mary Dugan." In structure and method of narration, the all-dialogue film adhered closely to the play, which ran for a full sea son on Broadway, and is now being played here and abroad by eighteen road compaies.
 Special praise was voiced by re-
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20
KEsJhTEEATRESdasaTT IEW MOVIES 4Q
Laugh for the Bride

n must ne hard for bride 10 keep from laughing rlghI out loud during the ceremony when she thinks now she has lei the groom believe he has mad to drag her up to the altar when he didn't have any more chance than a rahblt of getting away Cincinnati Enquirer.
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20
Pw., Effective subw.rips

The Confederate Hundley wus true diving craft On February l7, lSo4' she blew up the United States steam shin Uousafanie. The HnnGsss went down with her victim This was the first success of Q submarines action with a warship aud the only one unui ti.a World war
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20

assoSently scored a sensational hit in nooil 0gf Dancing Daughters" plays op- ts.a tss..e nm in the new picture, and the ths All X. love story that runs through ira is thrills and comedy is an attract "s rs variant in the plot.
 ine east includes Karl Dane, Ten ns,no noitz, Eddie Nugent, Delmer 1ses, ra.. Luke Cosgrove and others of a The elaborate fight scenes, stag sr, n tne Hollywood Legion stadium, tSs among the spectacular thrills of ss. produetion, with Haines pitted falnst Jack Roper, heavyweight pro- e '1'Onai and championship contend
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20
THEY SAY

] THAT
 We hope the council will sign up for new street signs. ! THAT
 If you want waterworks improve ments say so with ballots. ] THAT
 Jimmy and the fire chief were abe sent Tuesday evening. ! THAT
 A quorum and hot weather don't go together. THAT
 No citizen should take job if he doesn't want it. l THAT
 The same applies if he doesn't want to attend to it. THAT
 As an addenda to the encyclopedia typographical errata: l THAT
 A Worcester paper one day last week said that ten cows and half were burned to death. THAT Further perusal divulged that ten cows and calf met death by fire. l THAT
 There are a lot of typo. errors, but this was an exceptionally hot one. ! THAT
 Joe says his waist line isn't what it used to be. ] THAT
 The optomists are telling us that before we know it it will be Christ mas. l THAT
 We don't hear the ice man kicking THAT Macdonald and Dawes were heard around the world. 1 THAT
 Perhaps they can devise a plan 10 reduce armament on the border. THAT It's rum go at best. ! THAT
 Somehow the controllers will have to be controlled. THAT
 The Inn Is out. 1 THAT
 It certainly is hot--Good night
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20
MsowI

The Homely One--l dread ths thought of advancing age.
 The Catfy One-Oh. well. you nave ane consolation. you have no good looks to lose. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20

inc musical. "The Broadway Mel odv.D M-G-M's new dialogue smash,
 aThe Trial of Mary Dugan, playing at the Bradley Theatre, on tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday reaped equally as enthusiastic reviews rom
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20

expressed a similar opinion with equal force.
 The new picture, which had been heralded as a triumphant achieve ment at a Hollywood preview some weeks earlier, was directed by Bay
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20

viewers for Norma Shearer's splen- did recording voice and for the ster- ling work of Lewis Stone, Fl. B. Warner and Raymond Hackett. The last named player appeared in New York in the original stage play.
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20
IN MEMoRIAM

In loving memory of our dear ss@ and brother, Adrien Lucier, who &ssz June goth, 1926. Today recalls the memory Of dear one gone to rest. We who miss you most today. Are the ones who love you best
 MOTHER
 SISTER PRISCILLA 2b BROTHER ALFIERI
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20
TRAIL OF MARY DUCAN"
 IS DRAMATIC SENSATION
New York Film Critics Unanimously
 Praise M-G-M Tslkie

Duplicating in melodramatic guise the smashing success of the all-talk-
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20

THAT
 Like it or not, Putnam is now up- to-date. THAT
 We got into the headlines through hold-up. THAT
 It was really more of tie-up. THAT
 The boy bandits in effect swapped their neckties for steel bracelets. THAT
 The cops hated to see that Chrysler go. THAT
 Something should be done to get it back. THAT
 It would make a good police jitney between the city court and Brooklyn jail. THAT
 They shot up and went boom, up in Pomfret. THAT
 Alex will bet there were thousand cars on Pomfret street THAT
 Yes, it's hot enough for us. THAT
 The stockingless days are in our midst. THAT
 One after another items of wearing apparel are dropping. THAT
 There was a time when we thought | the drop stitched kind were q bit bold. THAT
 Later, quite some later, came the | flesh colored sox. THAT
 Now they leave even the color off and go barefooted down to their feet. THAT
 The carnival Is over. THAT
 Many nickels and dimes make a sub stantial sum. THAT
 The youngsters enjoyed the mat inee. THAT
 Getting a place on the merry-go- round was the arrival of the Attest. THAT
 Might call the ten the boys paid the city a license fee for their half round bout. THAT
 The drunken sailor spent money that he didn't like. THAT
 With only two glasses of grog he couldn't manage the helm. THAT
 There isn't much left of the City
  Hotel except the old bar room. THAT
 If you don't remember, bar room was A counter with a brass rail in front and behind it stood a man in a white apron who kept saying Whats yours?" 1 THAT
 "What's all the shootin' for?" is what they are asking down in Wash ington. THAT
 Next week taxi driver will be missing. THAT
 zito is going across the big pond. THAT
 He hasn't decided to take his golf clubs. THAT
 Perhaps he'll do some fishing on the way over. THAT
 If the grads can stand this heat they will make their way in the world. THAT
 There is only one place any hotter. THAT
 We don't have to worry about that
The Washington times., 1929-01-19
CAMERAS SHOT
ON THE FLY
In WINGS

Director and author faced =
handicap when they started plans
for the production Of Wings, "
the Loew's Columbia Thester fea.
ture. Paramount's famous story
dedicated 10 the American war
aces !
There's only one reason why
airplane stuff usually fails TO fur
nish the interest it Is intended to
give" William A. Wellman, di.
rector OF the picture. said, z and
that is it has no BACKGROUND. :
With the cameras on the earth
the airplanes are usually 90 dis
tant that the speed is lost on the
screen. With the cameras in q
balloon. Or on a high tower, the
range Of activity Is necessarily
limited. With the camera in an
other airpIane. both must travel
at the same speed to photograph
close shots and thus almost all
sense OF movement and speed Is
lost.
We fixed electrically controlled
cameras on the rims of the cock
pits, pointing backward, 5 right into
the fliers' faces. We Fehearsed
the scenes on the ground and
then we sent the. boys up alone
and, when the right altitude had
been reached, the actors pressed q
switch. the camera started grind
Ing and the actor played the. scene
himself. without direction
The Washington times., 1929-01-19
PRISON CAMP
In RUSSIA
FILMED

One Of the most striking scenes
ever portrayed for any screen IL
q sequence Of THE Red Dance"
the Raoul Walsh production for
Fox Films which shows q Russian
prison camp called 1.-THE Valley
OF the Living Dead"
For this particular scene Walsh
obtained moro than 400 men to
portray the beaten, starved, fam
ished and desperate prisoners
working in the salt mines and
forced to wade into water to their
waists and madly turn big water
wheels.
A tribute to the realism OF the
scene lies IN the fact that not one
bit Of makeup was used during
the many days the scene was
being enacted and even the stereo-
typed method OF using glycerine
to portray perspiration was dis
pensed with, great beads OF sweat
rolling down the cheeks OF the
men, sweat made by actual hard
work in the confinement Of the
prison dungeons where they
worked.
THE Red Dance" has been
hailed by critics as the screen
aensa ton of 1928.
Dolores Del Rio in the stellar
role, Charles Farrell in the mascu-
line romantic lead, and Ivan
Lindw as a Red general are sup
ported by a strong cast in this
production which il coming to
the Fox Theater today.
The Washington times., 1929-01-19
Submarine Scenes Were
Really Made Under Water

BY means of special camera at
tachments and lights invented at
the Columbia Pictures studios in
Hollywood, 1t was possible to film
all the underwater action in Sub
Marine" the De Luxe Special pro-
duction now on the Earle theater
screen, under water. A highly
sensitive lens enables the film TO
register objects moving at depth
OF I50 feet under the surface OF
the sea.
The nature OF Submarine"
made It impossible to use nina
lures or do the work in q tank.
One OF the big thrills shows the
sinking OF a submarine and the
futile attempt on the part of sew
eral divers to go down to 1t. Jack
Holt not only succeeds in reach
ing the depth but attaches oxygen
lines to the disabled ship. An
other sequence shows Holt attach
ing death bombs and buoys to q
sunken craft in a tropical port.
Dorothy Revier and Ralph Graves
are featured in support Of Holt.
The Washington times., 1929-01-19
''Red Dance" ReprOduces
Famous Russia Mansion

An exterior set. which IL an
exact reproduction Of the present
mansion Of Prince Gagarine, OF
Moscow, il used in an important
sequence Of THE Red Dance" the.
current feature at the Fox
Theater, which co-stars Dolores
Del Rio and Charles Farrell
The home is said to be one Of
the most stately and beautiful In
Russia and its reproduction is q
tribute to the artisans Of the Fox
studio.
The mansion Il reported to have.
remained untouched following the
revolution which resulted in the.
passing 81 10 many of the beauti.
full palaces Of the Russian larger
cities.
The Washington times., 1929-01-19
TAKES
UP MOVIES AS
STUDY
Rr HARRY BERGMAN


HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Jan. -.
u.N.s.).-The moves are growing
up, they are, in fact getting
"high-brow"
Vanishing are the good old
rip-roaring. two-gun days Of Bill
Hart, "Bitting-the-dust" redskins,
the leering villain, the innocent
heroine and Game the Dawn"
Patrons are demanding more
substance ana less sIapstick. The
naive thriller is being supplanted
by the intricate subleties Of an
Adolphe Menjou, the delicate
sensitiveness OF Lillian Gish, the
meticulous polish of an Ernst
Lubitsch.
The movies are becoming cul-
tured.
Such at least is the deduction
drawn by the notable leaders of
the announcement that the Uni
yersity of Southern California, in
coordination with the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sci.
ences. is about to institute a
course in ''photoplay apprecia-
ton" as a. regular unit in the
university's curriculum and as
the beginning of what is in
tended to be a nationwide move
ment to elevate the movies to the
cultural real.
With the inauguration of this
new college course, scheduled
for the beginning of the spring
term on February S, the world
will witness for the first time the
unique phenomenon of famous
silversheet actors and actresses
occupying chairs in the halls of
learning as regular academic lee
turers.
Some OF the most eminent of
HollyWood's celebrities are sehed-
uled to deliver lectures as part OF
the course.
Douglas Fairbanks, president of
the Motion Picture Academy of
Arts and Sciences. will lecture on
the general outlines of the sub.
ject.
]. Stuart Blackton and David
Wark Griffith, two noted direct
ing producers, will speak ON the
early history OF the nation pic-
ture and its growth and develop
ment.
Ernst Lubitsch will discuss the
silent photoplay.
The sound picture will be the
province * BENJAMIN Glazer,
talking picture director, play.
wright and scenarist. while Irving
Thalherg. vice president OF the
Metros oldwyn-Mayer Corpora.
ton. will lecture on the modern
photoplay.
The screen story will be the
subject of Clara Reranger. we'll
known scenario writer.
Milton Stills will hold forth on
the actors art.
The course will be concluded
by 4 lecture. TO he delivered nv
William DeMille. prominent direc-
tor and playwright, who win
speak on the future OF the photo
play.
The Washington times., 1929-01-19
SHOW
IS LURE FOR
DANCERS

The midnight floor show on Sat.
urday night at the swanee enlists
the best Of Capital talent and
clever out-of-town entertainers.
The Dave MeWilliams Orchestra
continues nightly to serve up
dance music Of the very finest
sort. Captivating rhythms and
clever harmonizinE are the two
factors that make up the McWil.
liams success IN dance music The
resultant compound Of melody and
Jazz Is Ideally suited to the de.
mands Of the dance loving sons
and daughters Of the younger gem
GRAFTON.
The Washington times., 1929-01-19
FISH ANNOYED
BY MOVIE
CAMERAS

Large schools of Jewish, bara-
cuda and tuna fish made the
filming of Submarine the screen
feature now at the Earle Theater,
a difficult task. The scenes were
made off the coast Of California
at a point sufficiently near shore
to avoid, il possible, the hordes
of fish that were running at the
time.
Much of the action was filmed
under water. Jack Holt in the
role OF a diver does some Of his
most daring feats at the bottom
of the sea, During the filming of
one sequence a rope became en-
tangled around his ankle. He
plunged headlong, but the buoy
ancy Of the water prevented him
from failing his full length.
II tried to RISE" said Holt re-
iating his adventure, which was
verified by the film record Sc
cured by the camera. Suddenly
/ was swatted on the head by
something blunt. For a moment
/ fancied I had struck some
wreckage. looked about and be-
held myself entirely surrounded
by a. school OF tuna. They walled
me in. l fought them off but it
seemed like an impossible fight
against such odds. They kept
humping into me from every, side.
gave the signal to be hauled
aloft. 1t seemed hours before
reached the surface, all but ex-.
hausted from the strenuous work
of keeping clear Of the fish. I"
The weight Of . California tuna
ranges from $50 to 500 pounds
and it is no easy task to fight
with one in the water. To be
caught in q school is an adven-
ture fraught with real danger.
Submarine ID full OF adven.
lures as exciting and periIous 90
the one Holt experienced with
the fish. It Il an authentic rec.
ord of life In that portion OF naval
service which dredges harbors
and salvages wreckage. Dorothy
Revier and Ralph Graves are
featured in support Of Holt,
Frank CapFa directed.