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may nave his pre1udlceS against this
and that, but he certainly has not per-
mitted his cameramen or commenta-
tors to Overstep the bounds of uncom-
mon courtesy in talking about the
Nazis. The reel seeks clearly to DEM
onstate that democracies must expect
to deal with countries loaded with
regimentation. propaganda and lies,
and it derives no authorities from the
imagination. Some Of its facts are too
rough to be ignored.
Somehow it seems to be a difficult
task to get down to the feature picture
at Keith's this week because there is
to be seen not only the most in
formative foreign service newSreel
OF our time, but new. giddy issue of
Walt Disney's Donald Duck" series
James Thurber states that in good
form Donald Duck is solid grounds
for divorce. in case the better half
chances not to like the COOP, and in
his current state the Disney squawker
is more than that. He would be worth
any hours you might spend around
the film house.
All Of which leads us to picture
called Wise Girl" Despite a def
nitely stupid title, and some adver-
tising which shows Miss Miriam
Hopkins taking bites out of Mr.. Ray
Milland, this is commendable enter
tainment, not to be confused with
great or solid drama, but unquestion-
ably good fun. In it Miss Hopkins
is horrid rich girl with heart of
platinum, and Mr.. Milland is a young
artist who has more wit than money.
II any substance accrues to the story
during the course of an evening, it
comes from couple of young ladies
(names unknown on our cast sheet
and Quinn big Boy" Williams. The
rest is light, easy to take, and, if
you'll only take that mo questions
asked" attitude, a fair dish of giggles.
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Seminary Singers
Here Tomorrow.

THE Seminary Singers, famous
choral group from Boston Univer-
sity's School of Theology, and the
only chorus in the world composed of
student ministers, will present a con-
cert Of sacred and secular music to-
morrow evening at the Takoma Park
Baptist Church, under the direction of
DR.. James R. Houghton, interna-
tionally known baritone. The Sem
mary Singers. composed of 36 men
studying for the Christian ministry,
journeyed more than 5000 miles last
year. Tentative plans are also being
made for concert trip to Europe this
summer
The 36 members of the chorus come
from II different States and one for
eign country, Germany, and are grad
yates of % different colleges and uni
versities from which they received
their undergraduate degrees.
In the singing of the sacred music,
which is cappella, or unaccompAnied,
the Seminary Singers give one an
unmistakable thrill. In the secular
groups are found Russian folk songs.
cowboy songs, Negro songs. The pro-
gram ends with the Pilgrims
Chorus" from "Tannhauser." The
Seminary Singers will be assisted by
DR.. Houghton and Ruth Tinship Is
soloists. and Catherine Carver, pianist.
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when every one OF its numerous reels
Is peppered with dizzy comedy and
lifting music.
We don't intend to complain either
when considerable of all this footage
Of celluloid is devoted to Rosemary
Lane, but that Is something else again
and will be taken up later. The point
at the moment is that the Warner
Bros formula for musical pictures
still works, too. This formula as
differing from the Zanuck Vaudeville
Theorem, consists of first putting q
script team to work on a fairly solid
yarn tailored to Dick Powell's measure,
surrounding Mr.. Powell with the love-
liest lass on the lot at the moment and
a number of members Of the Warner
stock comedy company. and then
getting good bands to play couple
OF hit tunes.
In Hollywood Hotel' the story the
writer's turned out could easily have
been another "Stand-In," gay and
satirical jab at the movie making in
dustry, had the Warner boys wanted
to stick to straight comedy without
music. 1t presents Mr.. Powell as q
young saxophone player with a movie
contract. who on his first day in
Hollywood is assigned by the studio
the task of taking its top star to a
premiere. Only it ISN'T the star, but
her double. the star having gone off in
seclusion to have tantrum. Next
day when she sees what apparently
is her picture in the paper she has
another tantrum and Dick is paid off
Then the only thing he can use his
voice for is a doubling job for ham"
star, until finally all is lovely in the
orchid room, as lavish a set as Holly
wood has turned out since Universal
wasted million dollars worth of
rhinestones on that picture.
THIS all is played with the utmost
zest by every one concerned Dick
Powell is gracious as always and is in
fine voice and Rosemary Lane is just
the girl to whom any one with a
voice like Dicks should sing. Sister
Lola Lane turns in a top-notch per-
formance as the pyrotechnic, ego
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Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

Earle Hollywood Hotel" Dick
Powell's big new musical: 1890 am,
1:20, 4:10. 7O5 and 9:55 pm. Stage
shows: 1925, 3:20, $40 and 9:05
pm.
Capitol Thoroughbreds Don't Cry"
youngsters in human adventure
drama: IL am, lao. 4:25, 7:20 and
1905 pm. Stage shows: 1910, 1928,
$40 and pm.
MetrOpolitan-"Wel Fargo" trans
portation pushes frontiers westward: :
10:45 am, 1880, 3, $40, 7:2o and
9:35 pm.
Columbia-"The Last Gangster,"
the fall of Public Enemy No. /:
HAS, am, las. 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and
9:45 pm.
Palace-"Mannequin," Joan Craw-
ford and role that's right down her
alley: 11:05 am, ITO, 3:15, $40,
7:25 and 9:35 pm.
Keith's-"Wise Girl" romance in
the slightly slapstick comedy vein:
ll:25 am, l, $50, 4:35, 6:25, 8:l5
and 10 pm
Trans-Lux-News and shorts. Con-
tinuous from 10 am. to midnight.
Little Imitation of Life" screen
version of the Fannie Hurst novel:
1l:40 am, 2:10, 4:40, 7:1O and $40
pm.
AmbasSad0r-"Back in Circulation" {"
through newspaperland with camera
and script-writer: 2, 3:55, $50, 7:45
and 9:40 pm.
Penn-"Sh! The Octopus" wacky
piece starring Hugh Herbert: 2:l0,
4:20, 6:25, BIS and 1905 pm
Sheridan-"45 Fathers" Jane With
ers in comedy: 1885, 3:45, 5:55, 7:50
and GAS pm.
Tivoli-"Submarine d." exciting
drama under the bounding main: l,
500, 5:35, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Uptown-"The Barrier" new screen
version of the Rex Beach yarn: 1:45,
$50, 5:55, 7:45 and 9:35 pm.
Notwithstanding DIP: 1915,
2:55, 5:25, 7:55 and 1925 pm. Stage
shows: lao, 4:l0, $40 and 9:10 pm.
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Dance GrOup
Brilliant in
Technique
Martha Graham
Inspires Art
Mystery.
By ROBERT b. PHILLIPS, Jr.

AoI nl2hts performance by
Martha Graham and her dance
group raised the Question-is
- the modern dance an l. O. test
or prediction of emotions which
will some day be shared by all Ameri-
cans? To the audience which packed
the Rialto Theater last evening, vir-
tually every number that the Graham
dancers performed seemed thoroughly
satisfying
Yet one wondered whether the most
positive Of American dancers had
welded upon crowd the impact of
all she had to say. Her American
Lyric" was solid. controlled, brilliant
in the Graham fashion, yet we think it
missed its point.
Frontier" a solo number. had a
more direct approach to the human
heart and the spirit of America, which
Miss Graham avowed she will revive
in the dance, and Act of Piety" and
Act OF Judgment" were comprehen-
sible If not lucid. But whence there
after? Is Miss Graham attempting to
~NNol> oAA thAiiNAiSdIl udllIe lOIIu dS
rigid as the Balinese and the Hinduo
Does she seek to release emotion
through her ensemble and solo worko
To be trite about the matter, is it art
or artiness that witnesses get from
her?
No technical fault may be found
with any one of the performers or the
numbers in which they appear. All are
perfectly handled as to timing control
and rhythm. But what does that
mean? A street car, in the hands OF a
smart motorman. has the same char
acteristics. The difference is that the
tram has more of narrative to its
course.
Miss Graham spurns the narrative
in her dancing She claims to offer
an theology, derived from American
roots, which should elevate, or amuse,
or amaze all of us. Perhaps so. At
least her performance for the benefit
of the Smith College Club scholarship
fund last night brought people and
cash. That's more than We expect
from the majority Of contemporary
arts.
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tawdriness Of it all, and since she can
not seize the moon, she seizes the
young man (Alan Curtis, a newcomer).
That turns out to be mistake which
Is obvious to every one in the world
except Miss Crawford. A dozen times
in the course of the subsequent action,
she has opportunity to tell the young
man what heel he really is in COM
parison with Mr.. Tracy's genuine ro-
mantle urge for her, but heroines ap-
parently are made of more stupid
stuff than audiences. She tries to stick
to the young man in spite of the pull
OF Tracy's honesty, wealth and love-
sufficiently drawn-out process to
make picture which Crawford fans
are bound to like in spite of its chal-
lenge to credulity. In the end, how
ever, heel turns out to be q heel and
Mr.. Tracy gets Mr. Curtis girl and
every one who deserves it is very
happy, indeed.
AS John Hennessy, the old Hester
street boy who stuck by life's simpler
virtues and became a big success,
Tracy is introduced to the picture pub
lie In a guise that is destined to make
MIN more popular figure with
women audiences. While he gives q
convincing portrayal of a part some
what too simple for his undeniable
talents, he also demonstrates that
he-men can wear dinner jackets with
out changing their essential character.
Next to Tracy, if you are not blinded
by Miss Crawfords portrayal of the
tenement gal who eventually made
good, you will like the performance of
the Gorcey lad who was such terrible
mug in Dead End" For downright
tendencies toward juvenile delin-
Quency, Gorcey is the best snatch
Hollywood has made from Broadway
in many a year. A few more vicious
kid roles and he will be ready to step
into any shoes which happen to be
left empty by those established adult
villains of Hollywood, Humphrey Bo-
gart and John Carradine.
The Palace has bulwarked Name
quin" with the first number of new
type short subject under the title
What Do You Think" To cover it
briefly, which is less than it deserves.
We think M-G-M has got something.
The series definitely should be worth
watching.
Evening star., 1938-01-22
"The Last Gangster"
At the Columbia.

FULL of prison melodramatics and
tough yeggs, "The Last Gangster"
now has moved down to the Columbia
to take up again its F street run. Prin-
cipally notable for his characterized
ton, "The Last Gangster" presents
Mr.. Edward G. Robinson as the Ed
ward G. Robinson gunman to end all
Edward G. Robinson gunner, which
probably would be good idea no mat
ter how well Mr.. Robinson plays
gangster roles. There is no denying,
OF course, that it is the sort OF thing
he does to perfection and at which he
has no peers, so it is satisfying ex-
perience to find him just once more
with his teeth in role, snarling at the
law.
In THE Last Gangster" Mr.. Robin
son. the toughest of tough guys, finds
himself committed to Alcatraz for a
slight matter of neglect concerning
business with his Government, and
you, too, remember that March IS is
on the way. On his release he sets out
TO f1nd his ex-Wife and their son,
being imbued to the teeth with the
idea that he should hand his trade
down to his offspring. He is such
broken man when he finally reaches
the conclusion it will be just as well
for the boy to be brought up by fine
father like Jimmy Stewart and a
mother like Rose Stradner, an i'm
portation who probably will earn what
ever salary M-G-M pays her, that you
almost hate to see him get shot to die
IN gutter, mugg that he is.
All this is pretty heavy dose of
melodrama. but Mr.. Robinson is so
enthusiastically mean that it becomes
believable and sometimes even packs
a sturdy punch. At any rate it is a
pleasure to see Mr.. Robinson bare his
fangs and snarl at the forces of right
as only he can. H. M.
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members with pleasure two natural
deaths-in Silver Dollar" and Il
Loved Woman
Clark Gable expired of heart at
tack in Parnell' $50 did the picture). J..
He was electrocuted in Manhattan
Melodrama." Found a war death in
Italy for The White Sister" and was
rubbed out by gangsters in Dance
Fools Dance
Gary Cooper has done his share of
screen dying-shot by Porter Hall in
"The Plainsmen' Gary had already
evened matters by shooting Hall in
THE General Died at DAWN. His
plane crashed in Wings" In Lives
of Bengal Lancer" Mr.. Cooper sac
rificed his life blowing up an ammu-
milton tower
William Powell's worst movie death
was in the silent Beau Geste," when
he was riddled with bullets in his role
Of coward.
Norma Shearer has suffered two of
the longest death scenes in screen his
tory-in "Smilin' Through" and
Romeo and Juliet" when she man.
aged to get IN several reels of emoting
before sliding into the sleep from
which there is no awakening Except
in the movies.
Franchot Tone has been on the
other side several screen times-in
To-day We Live" he and Robert Young
rammed a gunboat into an enemy
ship to prevent Gary Cooper, loved
by Joan Crawford, from doing it. (Self-
sacrificing. these picture husbands,
aren't they?) Franchot also ended it
all in They Gave Him a Gun"-by
running into Oman firing line.
Leslie Howard is probably the most
graceful expirer in the business-see
Berkeley Square," Romeo and
Juliet" and "Petrified Forest"
Spencer Tracy knows how to die
like a man for sweet pictures sake
Captains Courageous saw him across
the borderlipe, pinned meath mast.
In "The Power and the Glory" Spen-
Ger shot himself after wife Colleen
Moore leaped in front of a car.
Greta Carlo has lived to see her
self die of consumption in Camille, /"
court-martialed and shot in "Mata
Hari," and crushed by train in Anna
Karenina"
In "The Wedding Night" Anna Stem
fell down flight of stairs. Loretta
Young died in childbirth in Life Be-
gins"
Lionel Barrymore suffered more than
Rasputin in the film of that name be-
cause the hand that slew him belonged
to his own brother, John. The younger
and more romantic of the Barrymores
got his in Grand Hotel" and Dim
ner at Eight"
\ X X +
Warner Baxter died two deaths in
six Hours to Live" He was dead at
the beginning of the film, then re-
vived for six hours only.
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Bride Wore Red" that it makes Miss
Crawford at least one-two shot for
recovery instead of the one-five that
she was before they remembered her
as the old, if not the original, Gin
derella girl
Two encouraging items in Name
quin" which should prove encouraging
to the last-ditch Crawford fans are
Spencer Tracy's acting and Frank Bor-
zages direction. Mr.. Tracy distinctly
Is more limited in the part of a tycoon
who began with nothing than he was
In Captains Courageous" but he
comes through with sincere per-
formance that convinces you, even
while you are suspecting that it did
not convince him. That is acting. AS
Tor Mr.. BorZage. he injects some neat
symbolic ideas into the beginning of
the picture which you remember after
the picture has turned out quite as you
knew it would.
AS director of "Mannequin," it is
Mr.. Borzages first duty to make Jessie
Cassidy's miss CrawfordD Hester street
surroundings something terrible to con-
template. He does it with such SIM
plicities as squawling baby, light
bulb that burns f1tfully in the tene-
ment hail. and an array of garbage
cans in the hall which give her life
an effect you have not seen since
dead End" 1t is a combination of
extremely effective touches, much bet
ter than those which one encounters
when the story moves over into its
penthouse area. After that develop
ment, the direction tends toward the
elaborate which has so long been the
pattern that it can hardly be fascinat-
Ing. Not even good character por-
trayal by every one involved, plus nice
dialogue, can lift the picture there
after out Of the established groove.
MANNEQUIN," if one insists upon
examining the title in relation
to the story is hardly the right name
for the latest Crawford achievement.
Miss Crawford's Jessie Cassidy never
even approaches being mannequin.
Instead, she is girl employed in
sweat shop who lives in a tenement
and who has ambitions which tran
scend the ordinariness and drudgery
Of both. The moon and young man
who is more than handsome seem to
offer her the chance to escape from the
Evening star., 1938-01-22
Don Ameche Cast
In Crosby Film.

ION AMECHE will be co-starred
with Bing Crosby in Crosbys next
Paramount picture. Harmony for
Three"
The picture will be directed by Wes-
ley Ruggles from a screenplay by
Claude Binyon, the director-writer
combination which gave Paramount
two recent highly successful films.
True Confession" and Il Met Him In
Paris"
Harmony for Three" which will
give Crosby a new-type Of screen
Characterization in a story involving
three brothers who become minstrels
to finance their race track guesses,
Is scheduled to 60 into production
February %.
Evening star., 1938-01-22

lures "B u ii e t S
and Ballots" shot
by H u m p h e Y
B og art; Little
Caesar shot by
p Ollie e; IT h e
Hatchet M a n"
rival G h i n e S e
t or 6 m e n got
him Two Sec
onds." in t h e
electric c h a ir;;
"Tigar S h a r k"
pulled overheard
and d r o W n e d,
THE Last Gang
eter," " by a gang
ster. Eddie re-
Evening star., 1938-01-22
New "March of Time"
Discusses Naziism
Much.Discussed Reel Released
At Keith's -"Wise GirP'
Stars Miriam Hopkins.

that of
newsree of the 1898
kept its integrity presented currently
There
ISM th has converted Germany from licked nation into military
Mr. and
Evening star., 1938-01-22
Cinderella Legend Revived
In Crawford Film
"Mannequin" at Palace Shows Joan
In Role She Portrays Best.
Spencer Tracy Excellent.
BY JAY CARMODY.

ME Cinderella legend which she has lived unless her bograph have
which Palace
picture seeking
Evening star., 1938-01-22
Entertainment Plentiful
In Hollywood Hotel"
New Dick Powell Musical BRINGS
Much Gayety to the Earle.
Benny Baker on Stage.
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

Warner have been lavish unto prodgaiy with the
anment with which
hmusca at the Earle There sufficient two
musicals and one sap-happy romantic comedy
couple
course could find with HOLLYWOOD Hotel h m
Evening star., 1938-01-22
Even the INCEST Stars
Die in Screen Fiction
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

7 OLLYWOOD, Jan. % (NANA)-Death
- they die for dear old eulod the biggest Hollywood
Alan MoWbray,
film demis include death from poisoning a high
guoine
Deaths
Gods"
Evening star., 1938-01-22

dom or G-Dom was in "Ceiling:
D." when he passed out in a plane
h. Robinson's death record fea-
Evening star., 1938-01-22

Warner Baxter died two deaths in
Six Hours to Live" He was dead at
the beginning of the Aim, then re-
vived for six hours only.
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Newspaper Alliance. Ine.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-04
2 TEAMS ARE
 TIED AT TOP,
 COAST LEAG.
Good Pit.c hin g Perform ances Are Recorded
 Seattle-Po ortland Split
lRy Associated Pressl

Two good pitching performances nioved Sacramento into a tie with Los Angeles for first place in the Pacific Coast League and boosted San Francisco into third place.
 Sacramento's Tony Freitas regis tered his 18th victory and barely missed a shutout as he limited San Diego to six scattered hits.
 Lou Koupal pitched real ball in pinches as the Seals trimmed the Angels.
 Taking advantage of five Oakland errors, Hollywood beat the cellar champs.
 Seattle and Portland divided a twin contest, Seattle winning the opener with the air of homers by Art Hunt and Freddie Muller. In the second game the Beavers staged four-run revolt in the seventh.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-04
Lode and pracer location notices for sale at The Empire Office.
SUMMONS


 IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA DIVISION NUMBER ONE, AT JUNEAU
 Emma Bertelsen, Plaintiff, vs Peter Bertelsen, Defendant.
 The President of the United States of America, to the above named defendant: Greeting.
 You are hereby required to ap- pear in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Division Num- Der one. at Juneau, within thirty days after the last publication of this summons, namely within thirty days after the first day of Sep tember. 1888, in case this summons is published, or within forty days after the date of it's service upon you. in case this summons is served upon you personally, and answer the complaint of the above named plaintiff on file in said court in the above entitled action.
 Plaintiff in said action demands the following relief:
 Dissolution of the bonds of matri- mony now and heretofore existing between plaintiff and defendant; custody of the minor children of plaintiff and defendant and $250O per month for the support of. said children and her costs in this ac- ton.
 And in the event you fail so to appear and answer, plaintiff will take judgment against you for want thereof and will apply to the Court for the relief demanded and as hereinbefore stated.
 Witness the Honorable George F.. Alexander, judge of said court and the seal of said court hereto af- fixed this 3rd day of August, 1933.
 ROBEtT E. COUGHLIN,
 Clerk Court SeaD
 First publication, Aug. 4, 1883. Last publication, Aug. 25, l958. HENRY RIDDEN
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-04
HOSTAk THROWS HARDEST UNCH SINCE MITCHELL
Frisco Chronicle Sports Editor Says New Champ
 Can Take Apostoli
By GARDNER SOULE.

] This new middleweight boxing champion Al Hostak, who recently put Freddie Steele on the discard shelf in one round, is a hell of a good boy" according to Harry B Smith, a dean among boxing com mentators who is fisticuffs scribe and Sports Editor for the San Francisco Chronicle.
 Smith passed through Juneau last night on the Prince Robert making the round trip for vaca- ton. He is still talking about the mild hammered "comer" Hostak who knocked out Freddie Steele to climb into a disputed championship chair
 Commenting on the New York fight between Steele and Fred Apostoli, Smith said. "Apostoli was decidedly the better man in that fight. Steele didn't have what it takes"
 And as to who is the champion between Apostolic and Flo s ta k, Smith, who writes his column in Apostolis home field, said "Hostak hits harder, I believe, than any man since Stanley Ketchell, back in 1908-and I think he hits too hard for Apostoli, although he fights wide open"
 Eddie Marine, Hostak s little man. ager, told Smith the punch that actually precipitated the end of the Steele fight was a right to the body just before the dynamiting left hook that sports writers con- caded had "done the trick"
 T didn't see the body blow" ;" Smith said. q was in the second row and could easily have missed it, but Marine said Hostak had been drilled on the blow before entering the ring.
 At any rate, Steele is through. Like Schmeling, his legs don't an- swer the way they used to-and when fighters legs go back on him, he can't get away"
 As for MT. Joseph Louis, the Brown omber king of heavy weights, Smith said, T don't think Louis is a great fighter, but he is better than anything floating around today: I think the only thing that will beat Joe Louis is old Father Time"
 Smith has seen Tony Galento, who fights the bottle and fistic opponents the same night, and says Irony was only a build up. Sports writers had nothing much to do, and one night Tony threw them a big party in his barn like beer parlor. When the sports writers in the East finished writing up the fleshy meester Galento, that Ital- ian bartender was a popular name in New Yorks fightdom.
 Tony wouldn't last long with Joe Louis, thinks Smith, but he would draw a big crowd.
 Smith is hoping that when he gets back to his rowing fight scrib- ing this time, he will see some fights that last at least a few rounds.
 Its getting so I might as well