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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-02
FRESH FINGER WAVES
 DELAY SAILING OF
 ALASKA 25 MINUTES

Sailing of the steamer Alaska for Sitka, was delayed 25 min utes this afternoon when it was discovered that neither Mrs. c. Semple or Miss M. Casey were aboard. Both are round trip tour ists from San Francisco and It was not until the gangway was in and the steamer about to leave the Juneau Lumber Mill dock, that MT. Semple declared that his wife was not on the ship,
 Whistles were blown and MT. Semple, embarrassedly red of face, scanned the crowd, searching in vain for his wife and her friend
 At 1925 a cheer went up from passengers and those. on the dock as the two women, freshly finger waved, ran across the dock and boarded the steamer as the gang way was hastily placed at the bow of the ship. Both had ob- viously rushed from the hairdres- CTS and hid their consternation surprisingly. well. s..
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-02
RUN AWAY FROM
 HOME I TIMES,I STARTS CAREER.
Margaret Sullavan Closes Tonight in Only Yes
 terday' at Capitol

After Margaret Sullavan had run away from home seven times in three years to go on the stage, her father decided that she really want ed to become an actress and stopped coming up to New York to drag her home to Norfolk, Virginia, where she was born.
 This all happened about three years ago. The fact htat Margaret turned 21 about that time had something to do with it, too. She and her father had decided previ- ously that she could do as she pleased when she reached her 21st birthday. She pleased to go on the stage.
 Although Miss Sullavan's initial appearance as a professional wH in the road company of Strictly Dishonorable," she previously had a varied and intensive experience behind other footlights. While in preparatory school at Chatham Episcopal Institute and later at Sullins College she was keenly in terested in the drama and actively participated in student productions
 Miss Sullavan's first picture is "Only Yesterday" closing tonight at the Capitol Theatre, and her work in it led to her being given a part in the Universal picture, Lit tie Man, What Now?"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-02
SCANDINAVIAN
 COMEDIAN ON
 AT COLISEUM
Fl Brendel Opens Tomor- row Night Chance at
 Heaven Closes Tonight

Fl Brendel, movie star, is right back where he started. In hls newest Fox Film vehicle, "Olsen's Big Moment" he plays the part of head janitor in ritzy apart ment house.
 My first part on the stage was that of a janitor in a school yard" he said. T entered sweep ing things around but very soon was sitting on a bench making love to the teacher. An, it's a difficult life being an actor!'
 Walter Catlett, Barbara Weeks, Susan Fleming and John Arledge are among the featured support ing players in "Olsen's Big Mo- ment," coming to the Coliseum Thatr tomorrow.
 Chance at Heaven" with Joel McCrea, Ginger Rogers, Marian Nixon and Andy Devine, is showH- ing for the last times tonight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-02

Shop in Juneau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-02
MRS. THEODORE E. CHANDLER AND DAUGHTER, LEAVE TODAY ACCOMPANIED BY J. MORGAN

Mrs. Theodore E.. Chandler, wife of Lieutenant Commander Chand- Ter, commanding officer of the U. s. s. Buchanan, and their daugh- ter, Miss Teddy Chandler, left to- day on the steamer Alaska for Sitka after spending two days here. They will remain in Sitka during the time the destroyers are in that city, and continue south on the steamer Northwestern.
 Miss Jean Morgan, daughter of Lieutenant and Mrs. H. E. Morgan, accompanied Mrs. Chandler and Teddy to Sitka and will remain there until Thursday when she will return to Juneau by plane.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-02
FINN HORSE CONTEST
 BE ADDED FEATURE
 ON FOURTH OF JULY

An a d d ed attraction for the Fourth of July celebration will be a Finn horse elimination contest in which entrance will be limited to about 10 men. A prize of $10 will be awarded to the man suc- cessful in holding his place on the Finn horse the longest This con- test, which is bound to be most amusing, is fought with pillows and will take place near Triangle Corner immediately following the boat races scheduled for 7:30 p. m., according to Waino Hend- rickson, Post Commander.
 Plenty of prizes are on hand for children appearing in the parade in costume and for those winning the races to take place on Front Street, unless there is a heavy rain, in which case they will be held in the Fair Building.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-02
JUNE WAS NOT so HOT; MONTH
 DRY, SUNLESS

The past month was compara- lively cold with about the average amount of precipitation and slight ly less than the normal amount of sunshine, according to the monthly weather report issued today by R. c. Mize.
 The mean temperature was 52.6', or 1.5' below the normal. The warmest June of record was that of 1913 with mean of 580', and the coldest was that of 1904 with mean of 50.6'. The highest tenn perature was 750 on the 5th and the lowest was 40' on the 18th. Previous extremes were 870 and 31', respectively, The greatest daily range was 28' on the 4th and least B on the 22nd
 The total rainfall was 391 inch es, or or above the normal. The wettest June of record was that of 1904 with total of l150 inches and the driest was that of 1913 with a total of 072 inch. The greatest rainfall in any 24-hour period was 1.06 inches on the 19th-20th. Measureable quantities fell on 15 days, from the 9th to 11th and 14th to 21, inclusive, and on the 27th.
 The mean relative humidity was 88 per cent at 4 am, 62 per cent at noon, and 62 per cent at pm. The prevailing wind direction was from the south and the aver age velocity 6.5 miles per hour, The maximum velocity was 27 miles per hours from the southeast on the 10th.
 There were clear days, 2 with 100 per cent sunshine, partly cloudy and 23 cloudy days.
 The sun shone 197 hours dur ing the month, or 36 per cent of the possible amount.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-02

NOTICE
 Our grocery and meat stock is as complete as is possible under strike conditions and we trust we may be of service to you.
 UNITED FOOD COMPANY,
 Your Home Owned Grocery adv. and Market"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-02
MORE THAN 300 ARE
 PRESENT AT MOOSE
 PICNIC YESTERDAY

About 50 families and nearly 200 children were in attendance at the Moose picnic held yesterday at Salmon Creek. In addition to these there were several sailors from the destroyers.
 A good time was reported by those present, who spent the day in various games and sports. More than 20 gallons of ice cream were consumed by the children, and there was a quantity remaining at the end of the day
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-02
JUNEAU RALLIES
 IN SEVENTH TO
 WIN FROM ROTC
Comes from Be hin d to Take 6-5 Decision After
 Two Out in Last Frame

After having trailed for the en- tire game, Juneau rallied with two men down in the last inning Saturday evening to score two runs and defeat the ROTC stars by. a score of to 5. Ersklne's s homer tied the count at three all and a single by Manning, a dou- ble by Andrews and a single by Novel; showed Manning over with the winning run.
 Big Mac MacSpadden started for the locals and was benched in the third after the bases were filled with none down. McAllister succeeded him and hurled good ball.
 The three runs scored off him in the third were made possible by loose playing in the infield. With the right kind of support none of them would have been made. The same teams will play again tonight at 6:30 p. m.
 Butterfield heaved the first two innings for the Navy. He was re- placed by Barrett who got by nicely until the seventh inning rally.
 Barrett is football star and for several years has made all Navy fullback. The Navy short- stop is Bobby Galer, University of Washington basketball and track star. He broke all Pacific Coast Conference records last season with 175 points. He was elected cap tain of the 1885 cage squad.
 Dawes, who plays third, is the first string catcher for the Husky baseball team. Fowles, catcher, is the smoothest working backstor to show here in a lot of moons He caught for the Hollywood stars in the Coast League last year. He broke a leg last year, whic h kept him out this year, but he plans to be back on the job next season. The entire team is classy and the locals will have to hustle tonight to repeat Saturday nights victory.
 The score bV inninps.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-02

Batterles - Butterfleld, Barnett and Fowles; MacSpadden, McAl- lister and Coughlin.
 UmDires-Regele and Botelho.
 WOOD FOR SALE Block wood and klindlir-g. Phone 358. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-02
NOTICE

NOTICE Our grocery and meat stock is as complete as is possible under strike conditions and we trust we may be of service to you.
 UNITED FOOD COMPANY, "Your Home Owned Grocery adv. and Market"
 Shop iIl uneau
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
BIue-BIooded Actress

Katherine DeMille is one of the
few Hollywood players whose
names appear in the Southern
California Blue Book as a society
figure,
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
All
In a
Day
BY
MARK
.ELLINCER
Grins and Bitters

For several years, the
rival mobs of Bill and
Mickey had been giving each
other plenty of trouble. They
were always muscling in on
each others territories, leav-
ing lads tied up in sacks,
firing from roofs-and do
ing in general all the pretty
little things that happen
when rival mobs detest each
other.
It was a mutual friend who
finally accomplished the SEEM
ingly impossible. After much dis
cusSion, a days truce was de-
clared. And Mickey, Bill and
the mutual friend met in the
rear of a swanky restaurant in
order to discuss the end of this
great war.
In the beginning, the friend
did most of the talking.
"Fellers," he pointed out, tits
about time that you both came
to your senses. You've been
knocking each others men off
for so long that nobody's getting
anywhere.
II don't suppose you fellers
will ever be real friends, no mat
ter what kind of a deal you
make. But you oughta do the
best you can to get along.
Things are tough and dough is
short. And if you guys keep up
this war, you'll both wind up
broke in the long run"
Well, the discussion went on
and on for at least an hour.
And at the end of that time,
Bill and Mickey agreed that
peace might be the best idea
under the circumstances,
That's great" cried the
friend. I'm tickled to death to
arrange this. Now, Bill, here's
what we'll do: You write out
the terms that are satisfactory
to you. Then We'll see if they're
satisfactory to Mickey"
Now that would have oecn
very nice-but Bill, unfortun-
ately, had never taken the
trouble to learn how to write.
Could he permit a heel like
Mickey to know that? He
certainly couldn't! So, with a
flourish, Bill picked up a pen
and wrote a considerable
amount of scrawlS that meant
absolutely nothing.
With much dignity and i'm
portance, Mickey accepted the
PAPER. He gazed at the paper
for a moment, then folded and
placed it carefully in his
pocket.
"All right, bill" he grunted.
1--WE now got peace. But don't
you forget that you gotta live
up to every word on that piece
of paper-or there'll be war
again right aWay!".
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
WarnerStudios
at Top Speed

Six features are currently before
the camera at the Warner Bros.
First National studios, Burbank,
Cal, and eleven are being pre-.
pared for early production.
The six in work include: Living
on Velvet" a Frank Borzage pro-
duction starring Kay Francis with
George Brent and Warren Will
liam.
North Shore" starring Bar.
bara Stanwyck. with Gene Ray
mond and GeneVieve Tobin and di.
rected by Robert Florey.
BLACK Fury" formerly BLACK
Hell"), with Paul MUM, Karen
Morley, William Gargan, Tully
Marshall and Mae Marsh; Mi.
chael Curtiz, director.
Devil Dogs of the Air" with
James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Mar
garet Lindsay and Frank McHugh;
Lloyd Bacon, director.
Sweet Music" (first completely
starring Rudy Vallee with Ann
Dvorak, Ned Sparks, Helen Nor.
gan, Allen Jenkins; Alfred E.
Green, director.
Gold Diggers of 1885" starring
Dick Powell with Gloria Stuart,
Adolphe Menjou, Glenda Farrell,
Frank McHugh, and Hugh Her.
bert; Busby Berkeley, director.
The films in preparation at this
time are: "A Midsummer Nights
Dream" Shakespeares class ic
with the original MendelSsohn mu
sic, arranged by Eric Wolfgane
Korngold; directed by Mac Rein.
hardt, assisted by William Dieterle
Go into Your Dance" starring
Al Jolson and Ruby Wheeler
with Helen Morgan and Glenda
Farrell. directed by Archie Mayo
Money Man." starring Edward
G. Robinson in Dashiell Ham
NETT story.
"Earthworm Tractor" starring
Joe E. Brown.
"A Present from Margate,"
starring Kay Francis.
The Green Cat" with Bette
Davis.
"Alibi Ike" by Ring Lardner;
starring Joe E. Brown.
The Goose and the Gander,"
with Veree Teasdale and an all
star cast.
Oil for the Lamps of China"
with Josephine Hutchinson and
an all-star cast; from the story
by Alice Tisdale Hobart; directed
by Mervyn Leroy.
while the Patient Slept"
with Aline MacMahon and Guy
Kibbee.
Women Are Bum Newspaper
Men, with Glenda Farrell.
These new productions will be
shown locally within the next
few months at Warner Bros.
Earle and Metropolitan theaterS.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07

destination, for no good rea-
son, was the small watch
tower on the very peak of
the mountain.
After five hours, they finally
made it. Exhausted, they sank
into a couple of chairs in front
of the tower. Whereupon the
caretaker appeared on the
scene and insisted that they
have a drink or two to revive
them.
While he was gone for the
liquor both writers fell to talk.
ing about him.
Must be a story in that guy"
muSed the first. Living here all
alone like this must be terrible
existence. He probably took the
job because of a broken heart,
or something along those lines"
The second author shrugged.
The caretaker returned with
the drinks, and the three men
chatteerd for a while. The first
writer permitted his curiosity
to get the better of him.
1--WE were talking about you
while you were gone" he smiled.
And if you don't mind, I'd like
to ask you a question. This is
very lonesome job you have.
Did you always live in this
vicinity?"
The caretaker snorted.
Hell, no." was the amazing
reply. I'm from New York. I
used to be the house detective
in the Hotel Breslin!"
The Washington times., 1934-12-07

"A ASW Va 10 WCLlG uO"ll w
start the little place off-and
perhaps, too, to listen to Hall
johnson and his choir-the
first time on record, as far as 1
know, that this famous group
has sung in night club. That
was Tuesday night, and I have
never mingled with as diversi-
lied a group of patrons in all
my years on Broadway.
For instance, there was Chris
tOpher Morley land only a few
hours previous at an auction of
the Sargent collection of rare
books l saw one of MOrley'S
earlier works, a first edition,
sell for $19-a high price for
contemporary author James
Montgomery Flagg was present,
Tony Sarg hOvered near the
bar, Nine. Alma Clayburgh,
Lanny Ross, Reginald Marsh,
Morris Gest, Lee SimOnsOn,
Samson RaphaelSOn, Publisher
T. r. Smith, MurdOck Pember-
ton, E. E. Cummings, Auerback
Levy, CObina Wright, Enid
Markey, Gil Patten, Harry
Woods, Lee Chumley, Leane
ZugSmith, Helen FOrd-a diff.
ferent crowd entirely than the
customary night club opening
nighterS-and the conversation
was slightly different and
lOftier. Perhaps, the effect of
the Hall johnson SpiritualS.
I lured RlphdelSon and Dor
othys WegmGn, his 1Oite, oUer
to my home and there Raphael
son recounted his early Strug-
giles as a playwright - the
almost unanimous rejection by
producers of his "JGzs Singer >
his fear that young LoUe"
1Uould not meet 1Uith the pub
lies approval lit UGS one OF
the seasons successes, and his
great faith in "The Wooden
Slipper" until the reUie1OS came
out and branded it as the sea-
sons lUorSt.
Now, Raphaelson works nine
months a year as highly paid
slave for the film people and
three months a year he takes
off to write a play and has it
produced. This year it is some
thing, tentatively titled odd
Love" (although he tells me the
tag will be changed because he
doesn't like it, and Crosby
Gaige will sponsor it. His
wife, Dorothy Wegman, once
one of Ziegfeld's chief beauties,
caught the literary fever after
marrying him and wrote a book
called "Glorified" with very
pretty covers. She hasn't tried
writing since.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
Good Salesman

Over in one of the better
mems wear shops on Fifth
Avenue, there has been sales
man popular with many of US
because of the great SOlicitude
he seemed to manifest in our
SartOrial welfare. l have never
encountered a smoother gentle
man in my life-disastrOusly
SmOOth-fOr where you would
enter with the intention of
cOnfining your purchase to a
Cravat, you would find your
self leaving, indebted (if you
had a charge accOunt) for
half f-dOzen shirts, a dozen ties,
a couple of hats, etc. He had
that way with him.
For the past te1U weeks, ho1O-
eDer, the persuasive salesman
no longer greetS you. and gentle
inquiry induces only Udgue in
formation that he 1OGS absent.
Yesterday, I learned the cause
OF his lan1entable absence. He
Is in training to be a missionary
for the Episcopal church! IN
cidentdlly, his name is B. Ruff!
After years of laboring on
newspapers, James Cain de.
cided that life meant nothing
unless he could write that novel
which rumbled around in his
creative souls innardS, so he
chucked his job and starved
for months out in Burbank,
Cal, until 10 and behold. one
day the book was published,
"The Postman Always Rings
Twice." and became an over
night best selling sensation.
The movie people beckoned to
him with an inviting finger
and he needed the call. He
was to draw $1,000 a week for
10 weeks, working on a scropt
that had something to do with
the gold fields in Nevada.
Honest craftsman, instead of
sitting around the office. work
ing on cross word puzzles, Gain
hied over to Nevada to study
the locale and after two weeks
decided it was not the kind of
story to which his special tai
ents could be applied.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
Warner Baxter Has
Invented New Gun

Warner Baxter, at present ap-
pearing in FoX's Hell In The
Heavens, was able to find time
between scenes to invent a new
revolver for night shooting. which
is under consideration by the Los
Angeles police department.
The gun is equipped with
small searchlight which throws a
small beam on the target and it
is devised in such a way that the
small cross of light shows exactly
where the muzzle is pointing.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
Triple Play

you've wriggled out of many
a spot" writes Ray Forni, "by
twisting situations to suit your
self. But this time I have you,
my dear Mark, I've caught
you definitely and completely.
In your column the other
day-the story of Smyth VS..
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
Air-Minded Cast

Three members of the cast of
Father Brown, Detective," are
aViators. Paul LukaS, who was
Hungarian ace during the war,
now owns his own plane. Robert
Lorraine flew for the British army
during the war, while Gertrude
Michael will soon be eligible for
her pilots license.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
aCk

Mark Hellinger threw a party
the other night at Radio City
Music Hall as a lure to the re-
luctant to inspect his picture,
broadway Bill" After cock
tails, we all trouped down to a
reserved section in the Mezza-
nine, found the picture SUI
perbly entertaining, and after
duly congratulating the towns
best liked columniSt, rushed for
the elevator to take us back to
the refreshments. Joe Penner,
Ted Husing, Herbert ~Bayard
SWope, Lynn Farnol, Leo Michel,
Sam Harris and a few others
of us crowded in. But Jack
Pearl refused to enter and no
persuasion aVailed.
I learned then that in addi-
tiOn to other pet superStitiOnS of
the comedian, he refused to
enter an elevator that has more
than five people. ut ScareS me
to DEATH" he confessed. II
imagine all sorts of things.
Maybe I'll choke to death or
maybe the walls will cave in or
the ceiling will fall. 1 can't
help it-that'S the way 1 am"
Other phObias of Pearl are
fairly well known. For instance,
if you touch the lobe of his ear,
he will chase you until he
catches you and touches your
ear. They tried it on a stage
one night, and in the midst of
his scene, he halted and pur.
sued his annOyer. Pearl also
carries coin in every pocket
a guard against poverty.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
THE VOICE OF
BrOadWay ay
BY Louis SObOI
A Little O This, a Little O That!

The late Joseph Urban's genteel scenery which
the late Florenz Zegfeld hired him to create for
Show Boat" is now decorating the walls, rear and
front, of quaint little night spot in the Village
"Sully's Show Boat" Cleon Throckmorton dug it
out of warehouse refurbished it and set it up
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
Giving Money Back

He cOnfided to a close friend
his intention of returning the
$4,000 he had received for the
two weeks on the job because
he could not go through with
his contract. "YOu are crazy"
stOrmed the friend. Don't you
The Washington times., 1934-12-07

Smyth-you stated that the
girl was out of show business
on an unaSsiSted triple play,
Shubert to White to Carroll.
I'm very much interested in
baseball, and I'm certain that
many of your other readers are
too. So if you'll kindly explain
how there could be an unas-
sisted triple play among three
men, we'll all be obliged.
Caught you this time, eh
Mark?"
Not at all, sir. The explana.
ton is very simple. You see,
there were already two out ..
The two men stood on the
corner of Fiftieth Street and
Broadway. Shifty eyes. Shifty
manners.
I'm tellin' you. George" the
first one grumbled. that things
is gettin' worse all the time.
It's four months since 1 picked
guys pockct-and then I
got ninety. That's what l got.
Just ninety
"Yeah?" returned the other.
well. l don't see what you're
beefin' about. Ninety bucks
amt so bad these days"
The first man tossed his
friend a disgusted look.
Who said anythin' about
ninety dollars?" he growled.
What I got was ninety days."
House Detective
A few months ago, two
friends of mine-both writer's
took a short vacation in the
Adirondack Mountains. At
dawn one morning, they started
out to climb the highest noun
tain in the vicinity. And their
The Washington times., 1934-12-07

know this is a corporation? 1t
isn't as if you're handing 1t
back to an individual. They'll
appreciate your honesty In quit
ting now instead of holding
them to the 10 weeks contract,
and drawing your money with
out giving them value" Never
theleSS, Honest Jim Cain
couldn't rest until he had re-
turned the $2,OOO-which he
did.
But the mOUie company has
proved far from GppreciatiUe.
1t appears that in all its in
UolUed bookkeeping system, no
proUiSion eUer has been made
for money returned By an au-
thor. In other words, they
don't kno1U What to do 1Oith
that $1,000 and. as things
stand no1U, there is a strong
possibility that Cain 1Otl be
forced to take back the money!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-02-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Murawski entertain
ed Mr.. and Mrs. w. III. Liebel Of the
Highlands at dinner Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. s. Mcclure enter
tanned the adult Bible class at par
ty Thursday evening.
Mrs. A. w. Wallin entertained the
community club Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Davis gave an instructive talk
on the buying Of groceries, in order
to get the most for your money.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sid Cochran and
daughter, Colleen, Of Kennewick vis-
tied in Hover Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. C. Ashby enter
tanned Miss. Genave Tucker and Mr..
and Mrs. C. B. Ashby and Victor at a
birthday dinner in honor Of their
daughter, Margaret on Sunday.