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The Kusko times., 1937-07-23
COLD MINING FUTURE
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Of interest te mine-mnded Aaskans the recent utuerance of President Francis A. Thompson of tae Montana School of Mines, regarding the future Of goe mining. Ir part, the noted edHcator sad:
 "A careful search of the history of the pnce of gold shows record of steady increases of price indeed. but of intermittent spasmodic price increases without a single significant recession.
 'sProphecs Is dangerous bul unless history IS tts bunk Henry Ford said and has since, se2post regretted this probably geld wiA Yc hack to the ol6 S2067 price-
 thus, 1t seems reasonable that the basis rst of history, and. important, of world economic interest the price of gold win be fixed, and fxec for considerable period. provided there is world at price somewhere between s35 4niniHau,a arc 54I34 as d naxInfum.T
The Kusko times., 1937-07-23

Drs. Carter and Fishburne, who went to Candle Sunday, returned in their launch to this place Tuesday evening
The Kusko times., 1937-07-23
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sons baked by reason of not being able to y tht nearest hospital or have doctor their aid, all through lack of advices and people marooned in floods and unable to report ter plight call for aid from afa know ., well what t have dependabh IT ans oe communication.
 The situation is so glarng to need little detailf ar-rden The ponit now to press home the necess ts of thoroughly up-to-theninute teIepnche service for rse interior tsyghch vital in the economic development 5f Alaska the land that IS contributing en of rniens of dollars of wealth the nation annuai and deserpes the best the nation provide
The Kusko times., 1937-07-23

Dawson & Keller are busy hydTaul- icing their ground on Moore Creek
 Smith, Collins & Hard are open cutting on their ground and expect 8 good seasons results.
 Drs. Carter and Fishburne, who went to Candle Sunday. returned in their launch to this place Tuesday evening.
 Robert Henderson, weIl-knovn old timer, arrived on the Tana this morning. He will make a trip to Nixon, after which he will return here and continue on down the river to his home at Sleitmute.
 EASHINGTON-Alaska and the State of Washington, during the past fiscal year, paid Uncle Sam in come and other Federal taxes am bunting to $27-S0 for every member of their population, according to fig ures just announced by the Treasury Department
 E. Nj. Whelan, from Nixon, in com pany with Arthur Berry. arrived here Sunday from Berry Landing, Mr. Whelan coming down to get medical attention for Mrs. Whelan, who was seriously il They returned up river immediately, Dr. Green accompany ing them
 Senator E. B. Collins, of Fairbanks, states that the wheat growth in the Panama Valley is equal to any pro duced in the world. He Is confident that as soon as the railroad Is com pleted. Fairbanks will be in Q posi- ton 10 export wheat to the Outside as well as supply the Interior of AL aska with flour
 Frank Cioli, who left here some weeks ago for Flat, returned here this morning. He left Flat for Crook ed River, hoping to be in time to catch sn up-r7ver boat Mr. Coli re- ports fish in abundance all along the river. Fredericks, at Georgetown, caught over 4,000 in three days, mostly chums, or dog salmon.
The Kusko times., 1937-07-23

Pete Carlson and Sam Hounan are about due from Holy Cross with X load Of supplies for their Ophir Store Dick Mcclure has charge of the store during their absence.
The Kusko times., 1937-07-23

The very new mot0rist drove rigtt on past a sign which said, Stop
 Cant you read?" the policeman called after him
 @Yes.7 replied the moterist, "bu1 I can't stop
The Kusko times., 1937-07-23

Those whom the gods would destroy they first make foolish enough to feht the churches-Ne1s York Sun.
The Kusko times., 1937-07-23

Bsbhie Lowrie left Takotna few days age for IGitarOd, accompanied by Tom Jasper and Charles Stand ford
The Kusko times., 1937-07-23
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Del Thompson has gone over to Moore Greek to represent some ground there.
The Kusko times., 1937-07-23

Dawson & Keller are busy hydraul- icing their ground on Moore Creek
Evening star., 1937-02-21

cessful he, too, must enter upon a
destroy his foes, including his father,
and will suppress all the human
rights and human liberties he had
come to the throne to protect.
LIE SEES himself coming to be the
ruthless, merciless tyrant that his
father was, while old Franz Josef,
without the scourge Of power to drive
him into cruelty and mercilessness,
can become once more the upright
and rather heroic gentleman his nat
ural instincts had always tended to
make him. 1t is this knowledge that
he would become the thing he
loathed, another helpless instrument
of the heady tyranny of power, which,
even more than the knowledge that
his little baroness had come to him
originally as spy. drives Rudolph to
abdication and suicide.
1t is this bitterly pessimistic picture
Of the inherent despotism of govern
mental power that is the point Of the
playwright's brooding and the latest
proof Of his increasingly defeatist
gloom. Obviously his outlook on So
cial matters and political concerns
is that of the tired liberal. He por-
trays just such liberal in the Crown
Prince Rudolph. and then he presents
the utter hopelessness Of his plight.
Mr.. Anderson seems to see no way
out Of the political mess that man
kind has got itself in, since the only
method Of escape carries in its heart
and brain the seeds of its own de-
struction.
zach time that I write about Mr..
Anderson I 60 once more into the
increasing items in his pessimistic
credo. Let me cover some Of the
ground again. In "Winterset" he de-
SPARED of human justice. In THE
Wingless Victory he despaired of
tolerance and saw in the issue so cruel
and irresistible force that it could de-
Evening star., 1937-02-21
Fate Made a Musician.

THE vagaries Of fate are varied and
- strange. If they weren't, Morris
Stoloff, who supervised the music for
Grace Moore's new Columbia picture,
when You're in Love-" might never
have become a musician. 1t all came
about because his brother. Ben Stoloff.
now a noted director, tried to slide into
third base head first.
'We lived in Philadelphia when we
were kids" related Morris between
scenes of a Schubert serenade ex-
travaganza. MY father, who had q
great passion for music, was deter
mined that some one in the family
would become a great musician.
Benny, who preferred base ball and
later became a professional with the
Pacific Coast League, was selected
to carry the musical torch of the
Stoloffs because he was the eldest.
Father, who was definitely the boss
of the family, bought a violin, en-
gagged teacher and set a time for
the first lesson. He warned Benny to
be on time, because music lessons cost
dollar an hour.
Benny showed up on the dot-with
his right arm done up in splints. He
had broken it sliding into third base
in base ball game on the corner
lot. Dad was furious. There was the
violin and there was the teacher, both
paid for. Some one had to take the
music lesson and was the only one
around. And that, believe it or not,
is how became musician"
Evening star., 1937-02-21

most artistic minds the latter ever
had, is evident in scores of ways The
reduction in the number Of class B
films Is just one of the ideas being
whispered in the night by the new
corners which cinema magnates have
had the money and the wisdom to
employ.
The art-for- -art's-sake group would
be poWerless to seduce the industry
to its ways of thinking if it were forced
to depend entirely upon the eloquence
of its own words. So say the more
articulate of the ambassadors from
FINLAND who pass through Washing
ton. Financial statements, they ex-
plain, are more eloquent than any
artist who ever invaded Hollywood.
In the current era of better pictures
statements have spoken with emphasis
of those which are better, too, from
the commercial angle.
X x X
TAKE, for example, such a film as
Romeo and Juliet" 1t hardly
seems the kind of thing that would
financially outstrip THE Great Zieg-
feld," but that probably will be the
case when the last dollar is counted.
Cinema magnates who never found
much to laugh at in world full Of
stockholders are smiling more broadly
than Joe E. Brown when they con-
template the earnings of these, among
their better works
On the whole, it looks as If critics
might have still harder time work.
ing themselves up to a good whole
some snarl in the future. Unless, of
course, they want to snarl at Holly
wood for absorbing so much of the
talent of the legitimate theater that
it leaves the latter crippled.
There is justification for a fine dis
play of anger in that situation. The
time may come, as matter of fact,
when Hollywood will be praised on
Friday when the new pictures open
and denounced on Tuesday when the
living drama comes up for review.
X X X X
IF THE New York critics are right,
and they are men and women of
discriminating judgment. B. F. Schulz
berg was right when he snatched John
Trent from the controls of an air
transport and converted him into a
motion picture actor. Trent's first
picture, "A Doctors Diary" drew more
happy comment for the work of its
star than for that of its author or
director.
Evening star., 1937-02-21
Take 1t Straight.

BECAUSE it has ar unpleasant, oily
flavor, motion picture "fog" is
generally favored. But Warner Bax-
ter and Wallace Beery are taking the
fog "as is" during the filming of slave
Ship" at Twentieth Century-Fox stu
dos.
Tis said they couldn't agree on a
flavor, Baxter favoring peppermint,
while Beery wanted licorice.
Evening star., 1937-02-21
CRITICAL JEST AT PICTURES QUALITY CONTAINED TRUTH

stroy even romantic love, which hith.
erto had been the playwright's one
dramatic solace. In High Tor" de.
spite its hearty humorousness, he
seemed to reach q new point In his
personal pessimisn, since he gave up
the hope Of romantic escape and cried
out that nothing is made by men
but makes, in the end, good ruins"
1t was useless both to escape from
reality and to flee to it.
Now, In THE Mascue Of Kings" he
gives up all hope Of progress through
political or economic change, since
these changes must be brought about
through political means and are there
fore doomed to be merely the breeding
ground for new and more dangerous
tyrants. A new batch Of devil faces"
Is due TO follow the old despots. II
leave the world to them" cries Ru-
dolph before he dies, and they'll
possess it like so many skulls grinning
on piles Of bones"
Evening star., 1937-02-21
De Rita at Gayety.

Joe De Rita, diminutive roly-poly
comedian, headlines the new Gayety
show which begins weeks engage
ment today. In addition to De Rita,
one of the Independent Circuits most
popular funny men, Col. Jimmy Lake,
presents Harry Meyers as auxiliary
comic, with platinum blond Mae
Brown, Chicago's pride, furnishing
the principal feminine interest.
Evening star., 1937-02-21
Stokowski and Films.

T EOPOLD STOKOWSKI, conductor
of the Philadelphia Symphony
Orchestra, has signed a deal with
Paramount and Boris Morros, head Of
the studio music department, where
by he will appear in the company's
next big Broadcast" that of 1898,
and also do special musical work for
the studio.
This work, to consist Of composing
and special orchestrating, will be &C.
complished upon the noted musicians
return from a concert engagement in
the East.
Evening star., 1937-02-21
Today's Film Schedule

WARMERS EARLE Green
Light" at 2, ABS, 7:20 and
10 pm. Stage shows at $50,
$50 and 9:15 pm.
LOEW'S CAPITOL-"Love Is
News at 2, ABS, 7:2o and
1910 pm. Stage shows at
3:45, $50 and 9:15 pm.
PALACE-"Lloyds of London"
at 2, 4:30. Z and $50 pm.
R-K-O KEITH'S-"Sea Devils"
at las, 3:46, SAT, 7:48 and
9::49 pm.
METROPOLITAN - "Penrod
and Sam" at 2:4o, 4::30, 6:15,
. 8 and $50 pm.
COLUMBIA-"The Plainsman,"
at 2, 4:30, 7 and $50 pm.
LITTLE - "A Tale of Two
Cities" at 2::21, 4:43, 7:05 and
9:27 pm.
RIALTO-"Duck Soup" at 2::19,
SIS and 8::37 pm. The
Amateur Gentleman" at $3.50,
6:42 and 9::54 pm.
Evening star., 1937-02-21

washington move houses anu GIlOSe,
who patronize them than it was to
Hollywood.
The cinema center really has not
lost its knack of producing bad pic
lures. 1t still nourishes almost as
many tomatoes" artistically speak
ing, as ever. Washington simply does
not get chance to see them.
OF the 600 pictures produced in
California every II months, probably
not more than one-third of them find
their way into the National Capital.
The other 400 are diverted elsewhere
These latter include most of those in
which the story and dialogue are
geared to taste far less discern
ing that that which Washington has
demonstrated This city, of course, is
not entirely exempted from pictures
so class B that the letter "B" itself
Is embarrassed. 1t gets quite a few
Of them in the course of II months,
but it escapes some of the more
atrocious boy-meetS-girl and cowboy
and-Indian things which fall to the
lot Of other centers of population.
MOREOVER, the National Capital
never misses a really good pic
ture That helps, too, to pull the
average to higher level. The Rem
brandt that would get simple
who's hep" in many places comes to
Washington because there are enough
thousands to see it to justify bring
ing it here. 1t breaks no house rec
ords. but it drifts along to reward the
faithful who like artistic pictures.
The same thing applies to films such
as "Winterset" and others of that
class.
Truth to tell, it is places like WASH
ington which keep the makers of some
of the more adult pictures from throw
ing up their hands and giving the
business back to the IndianS-and the
cowboys, of course. The town is no
Paradise for films tagged with the
name of Maxwell Anderson. There
is no such town, for the masses are
not the intellectual pals of men who
write winged words Washington hap
pens, however, to be closer to that
ideal than most other cities.
II there only were more Wash
ingtons, perhaps couple of dozen
of them, Hollywood might be en-
couraged in its current plan to re-
duce the number of class B pictures
1t turns out.
The presence there today of so much
Of the stages old talent, some of the
Evening star., 1937-02-21
Coming Attractions
Hit Plays on Local
Legitimate
Scene.

"MULATTO," the play which
N reused considerable discussion
during its run Of almost year in New
York, comes to Washington today.
opening tonight at the Belasco Thea
ter. The cast will include virtually all
of those who were in the play during
its New York engagement, with lead
ing roles in the hands Of Stuart
Beebe. Miriam Battista, Abbie Mitch
ell. Richard s. Bishop. Hurst Amyx,
Edwin Forsberg, Harry Hanlon and
John Marriott. It's been reported,
too. that Dick Midgley, former local
actor, who played in "Mulatto" in
New York. was to return from Seattle
to rejoin the company here.
Max Gordon's production Of Pride
and Prejudice" which was presented
here last season before going on to
Broadway and success, comes back to
town tomorrow to the National Thea
ter. opening at special matinee per-
formance. The company to perform
the Helen Jerome dramatization Of
Jane Austen's novel includes a num-
Der of well known stage players. Low
ell Gilmore, with Helen Hayes in
Mary of Scotland" and Philip Meri-
vale in Valley Forge: David Orrick.
who has played The Christus in 1.-THE
Great European Passion Play" and
appeared in Romeo and Juliet" and
Saint Joan" with Katherine Cornell;
Robert Conness, Helen Strickland,
Esther Mitchell, j. Plumpton Wilson.
Molly Pearson and Muriel Kirkland
will be seen in leading roles.
storm Over Patsy" which just
completed years run in London,
comes to the National the week of
March l. presented by the Theater
Guild. It will be the sixth and last
play Of the Theater Guild-American
Theater Society subscription season.
The play is the work Of Bruno Frank,
a German, and has been adapted to
the English stage by James Bride.
Claudia Morgan is to be released
from "The Masque of Kings" to play
an important role and the cast will
include three who played in Storm
Over Patsy" in London, Sara Allgood,
Roger Livesay and Ian MacLean.
"Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm" the
fifth presentation here this season by
the Children's Theater of New York,
comes 10 the National Theater Satur-
day morning, March 4 6. at 1890
O'Clock. "Rebecca" was well among
the first six last year when the totals
were counted in the vote among Chill
dren's Theater audiences in more
than q hundred cities in the East to
select the favorites Of 20 plays.
Evening star., 1937-02-21


miserably and only William Shake
speare and George S. kaufman have
striven manfully in our behalf The
man who could bring US "The Wing
less Victory" High Tor" and now
THE Masque OF Kings" all in one sea-
son, has assuredly not been neglecting
us. Each one Of them Is play Of i'm
portance and distinction, filled with
high beauty, rich emotion and a poets
vaulting imagination. Even their
faults are those that are to be found
only when the authors aspirations are
soaring and his artistic ideals are
heroic.
The Masque Of Kings" which, I
think. is finer play than The Wing
less Victory" and less fascinating
conception than High Tor" is, on
the surface, merely the poignant re-
counting of a tragic love story: OF the
Inflated romance Of the Crown Prince
Rudolph of Hapsburg, the son Of luck
less old Franz Josef, who was found
dead in the hunting lodge at Mayer
ling that day SO many years ago, near
the lifeless body of his young sweet
heart, the Baroness Vetsera.
1t Is, OF course, one Of the most
picturesque and enthralling stories in
the dark and murky annals Of the ILL
fated ruling house of Austria and as
such it makes for excellent dramatic
fare. Yet for the stage there is a Ger
tain rocco air about it; that discon-
certing suggestion of The Prisoner
| Of Zenda" that inescapably accom-
panies romantic tales, where iluzzars
click their heels and bow stif1y from
the waist before drawing their swords,
and beautiful ladies become spies and
informers at the bidding Of grim old
chancellors. Even some of Mr.. Ander-
sons loveliest poetry could not have
concealed completely this aura of out
moded romance, had The Masque OF
Kings" been merely the love story it
is on the surface.
A S IN the case of most Of his plays,
however, it is the philosophical
brooding, as well as the lyric beauty of
its romanticism. that supplies the dis
tinction Of the third of the Anderson
| dramas. In The Masque of Kings"
it is the human and spiritual degrada-
| ton that follows in the wake of power
which interests the playwright. Let
us see briefly how he makes his point.
| His Crown Prince Rudolph is a
| liberal humanitarian, who loathes his
fathers bloody and reactionary ideas,
and who leads a palace revolution
! against him. in part for the love of
! his little baroness, but chiefly be-
cause he wclld substitute a rule of
benevolence and progress for his
fathers rule of death and iron. Franz
Josef, on the other hand, is a ruth
less slave to his own sense Of duty,
who governs with an iron hand not
because there is anything inherently
vicious in him but because it is the
only method by which power can be
welded on behalf of his own con-
ceptions of upright government.
The palace revolt is momentarily
successful; Rudolph is in power and
old Franz Josef is a prisoner in the
hands of his son. Then, to the Crown
Princes horror, he realizes that to
make his revolution and his rule sue
Evening star., 1937-02-21
Talk on Alaska.
THE Glacier Priest" Rev. Bernard

THE Glacier Priest" Rev. Bernard
r. Hubbard, S. j., will give an
illustrated lecture at Constitution
Hall, March 3, at $50 pm. telling Of
his latest Alaskan adventures and
showing the film record of his excit-
ing experiences last Summer amid the
grandeur of Alaskan scenery.
High lights of the new show are:
On the Trail of the Big Bear-track-
ing down an ancient Indian legend
OF mammoth footprints in stone;
Climbing to the Spirits Home tthe
Indian name for the Taku Ice Cap)-
the motion picture marking the COM
pletion of Father Hubbard's 10 years
study of Alaskan glaciers; Alaska's
Silver Millions-the dramatic story Of
the salmon canning industry, and
Pioneers of l936-Uncle Sans Colo
nists in the Matanuska Valley, show
ing the progress made after one year
of clearing the wilderness to build
their homes.
Evening star., 1937-02-21
"Jazz Singer"
~THE JAZZ SINGER" will be pre-.

"HE JAZZ SINGER" will be pre-
sented jointly by the Adas Israel
Sisterhood and the Young Peoples
League Of the Adas Israel Congrega-
ton, at the Community Center, Sum-
day, February %, at pm.
The characters for this play have
been selected from the Y P L. and
those taking the principal parts are
Herbert Rosendorf, Ben Michaelson,
Estelle Tabb, Leo Schloss, Miriam
Gif1n, Irving Livshin and Martin
Meyers. Mrs. I. E. Levinson is direct
ing the play.
Evening star., 1937-02-21
Cinema a Houses
Book Films for
Next Week.
YOAN CRAWFORD becomes a fe-

YOAN CRAWFORD becomes a fe-
male "Raffies" in The Last of
Mrs. Cheyney," which comes to
~ Loew's Palace next Friday. It
is, of course, Frederick Lonsdales S
familiar tale of the young lady who is
ostensibly wealthy widow, but who
in reality is light-fngered lass who
passes the time by robbing the British
rich, only to find herself falling in
| love with one of her victims. William
Powell and Robert Montgomery share
starring honors with Miss Crawford
and the supporting cat includes
Frank Morgan, Bonita Hume and
Ralph Forbes.
Ready, Willing and Able" a new
musical joyride, on the screen, and
Eddy Duchin and his Orchestra on
| the stage, will provide the Earle S
new entertainment bill, beginning
Friday. Ruby Keeler and Lee Dixon
! Che tap-danced in "Golddiggers Of
1879 are teamed in the starring spot
in Ready, Willing and Able" and
| others contributing to the fun are
Louise Fazenda, Allen jenkins, Wini
Shaw, Carol Hughes and Teddy Hart.
Duchin, in addition to his famed or
chestra, will introduce revue OF
singing and dancing stars.
The tale Of man who married one
woman to spite another will occupy
the screen at Loew's Capitol starting
Friday. It is John Meade's Woman, -
new Edward Arnold starring vehicle,
in which John Trent, who recently
made a personal appearance here,
makes his screen debut. Francine
Larrimore, George Bancroft and Gail
Patrick are the principal members of
the supporting cast. Fats" Waller,
master of hot rhythm, and his popu-
lar radio and recording orchestra, will
provide the entertainment in the
| headline spot of the stage show.
Melvyn Douglas and Virginia Bruce
are co-starred in the new Columbia
film detailing the adventures Of q
wealthy young artist and the night
club star he hires as model. The
picture is Women of Glamour" and
it opens Friday at Warmers Metro
politan Theater. Reginald Denny has
prominent role, too.
Jane Withers appears as the wild
cat of naval air base in "The Holy
Terror" her latest comedy, which is
slated to open Friday at Loew's Co
lumbia Theater. Anthony Martin,
Joan Davis and El Brendel are fea-
tured in support of the child star.
"The Amateur Gentleman" Jeffrey
Farnol's tale of the adventures Of q
young man in Regency England
comes to the Rialto today for its first
local engagement. Doug Fairbanks
jr., and ELISA Landi are the stars
The Rialto's program also includes
the Marx Brothers comedy, Duck
Soup"
Evening star., 1937-02-21
Third Anderson Play
Is Beauty in Disaster
Theater Guild Hits Its Stride Again With
Drama of Franz Josef, Royal Romance
and Liberal Defeat in an Empire.
By Richard Watts, Jr.

AT least one way the dramatic season already has come an end All
Maxwell scheduled
Of drama something
look forward TO- 1t invariably promise OF something eloquent
agnave adventurous that disappointed
have particularly needed
Evening star., 1937-02-21
Local Audiences Escape
Tomatoes" in Film Crop
See Only Better Products Among 600 Turned
Out Yearly in Hollywood-Capital on
List for All Artistic Screen Creations.
By jay CQrnOdv.

ONE 10 days ago. in spirit Of JEST this department averred that the
quality becoming high that critics
to like agents Men with the gift malice
denied the right because Hollywood give
o malicious
its backhanded column compliment