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later told an admiralty court, but because he knew he was the only man who could bring the life-boats safely through to land.
 There followed trial which is now epic among sea trials. Taylor was accused of manslaughter on the high seas not only by most of the survivors, but what hurt most, by his sweetheart, played by beau- tiful Frances Dee.
 This powerful picture lists in it's cast George Raft, who is superb as the hard-boiled mate of the vessel who would steal a kernel of corn from a hen but would follow his captain to the grave; Henry Will coxon, Harry Carey, Olympe Brad na, Robert Cummings, Porter Hall and a roster of supporting players culled from Hollywood's most noted feature players.
 "The Great Hospital Mystery" 1" and Harold Bell Wright's Western Gold" will be seen at the Coliseum for the last times tonight.
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Friday Contests
 Are Held, Bowl
About Fifty Boys and Girls Take Part in Var
 ious Events

In spite of rain, the second regll- lar Friday contests were held in Evergreen Bowl yesterday after noon, with nearly 50 boys and girls participating. Mary Thibodeau, six year-old contestant, was high point man with ten, and Patsy Shaffer and Betty Nordling tied for second with nine points each Basketball Contests
 The result of the contests are as follows: Tub basketball, girls 5-8- Mary Thibodean, Agnes Varness, Mary Varness.
 Tub baseball. boys, 5-8-Edward Stewart, Dan Krane, Bobby Krane. Freeze -out basketball, girls, 9-12- Patsy Shaffer, Betty Nordling, Bes- sic Dapcevich.
 Freeze out basketball, boys 9-12-- John Bavard, Rodney Nordling, Donald Hayes
 Freeze -out basketball, girls, 12- 15-Marian Dobson, Patsy Shaffer, Betty Nordling Freeze -out basketball, boys, 12-15 Eddie Nelson. Robert Shell, Don aid Murphy.
 DasheS
 50-yard dash, boys and girls, ST Mary Thibodeau, Mary Varness, Helen Dapceyich.
 50-yard dash, boys and girls, 8-10 Jackie Harrington, Bessie Dapce- vich, Jimmie TroaSt.
 Bicycle Races
 Bicycle race, girls 12-15-Betty Nordling, Marian Dobson, Patsy Shaffer.
 Bicycle race, boys, 11-15-Robert Shell, Rodney Nordling, Eddie Nell son.
 Prizes were furnished through the courtesy of the Juneau Chamber Of Commerce.
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SHEPARDS GO WEST

J. c. Shepard left for Anchorage aboard the Baranof, accompanied by Mrs. Shepard. They will return within a couple of weeks.
 Try The Empire classifieds for results.
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Try m Empire ad.
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SOULS AT SEA IS DR A M ATTIC
 THUNDERD0L7 !
Famous Sea Tragedy Lives Again in Gary Cooper
 Film at Coliseum

The long-heralded Souls at Sea" about which we have been hearing 10! these many months starts Sun day at the Coliseum Theatre, and we must rush into print at once with the tidings that this picture is even more than was ever claimed for it.
 Souls at Sea" is the motion pie
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by trailer. Miss Loy is seen as the owner of an ultra-fashionable gown shop who thinks she is too busy for love.
 Double Wedding" will redouble your laughter in every succeeding action. Remember the Capitol Theatre next Sunday. You can double and redouble in your bid for amusement that will trump any, thing on the screen this season.
 shown for the last times tonight is The League of Frightened Men, /" and "A Dangerous Adventure
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RAINBOW GIRLS
 MEET TONIGHT

Tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the Scottish Rite Temple, members of the Order of Rainbow for Girls will meet to discuss plans for housing and entertaining the grand officers who are scheduled to arrive here carly in July. Following the regu- lar business, a practice of initiation will be held, after which social and informal dance, to which mem bers of the order may invite guests, will be held.
 Tn charge of entertainment, and refreshments for the evening are the following: Miss Lazzette Shear CT, Miss Marjory Shell, and Miss Lahore Kaufman.
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NEW POWELL,
 JOY HIT NOW
 IS AT CAPITOL
Double Wedding Is Rol- licking Romance of Most
 Popular MT. .-and-Mrs.

Whether or not you're superstiti- ous seven brings you luck in this instance For the seventh time Will liam Powell and Myrna Loy have been co-starred in hit picture. This one is Double Wedding''-produced at Metro Goldwyn Mayer = and coming to the Capitol Theatre Sum- day night.
 You remember this incomparable pair in After the Thin Man" and other delicious comedies. Well, &C., cording to the word from Holly
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EXTENSION CLUB
 HOLDS LAST MEET

The University of Alaska Exten- sion Club of Aux Bay held its last meeting of the season Thursday eve- ming. at the home of Mrs. D. M. Di- shaw, on the Fritz Cove Road.
 Mrs. Florence Syverud, director of the club, gave an interesting dem- onstration of a form for use in home dressmaking.
 Those present at the meeting were Mrs. G. Banta, Mrs. T. Bareksten, Mrs. L. Iverson, Mrs. D. Willard, Mrs. J. Nattersted, Mrs. w. Taylor, Mrs. w. Triplette, Mrs. c. Ellis, Mrs. E. Jahnke, Mrs. D. Dishaw, Mrs. M. Meilke, and Mrs. J. Turner.
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FOR SOFTBALL IS
 MADE PUBLIC

Walter Peterson has announced the entrance of the Truckers into the Evergreen Bowl Softball League, making a total of five teams now playing for the city softball cham pionship.
 The makeup game between the Federals and A-J Miners was again postponed because of rain. The schedule for next week is as fol- lows:
 Monday: Allstars vs. Al Miners.
 Wednesday: Federals vs Rockets Business Men).
 Friday: Allstars vs. Truck Driy- CTS.
 Only one game has been played so far this season when the All stars beat the Rockets 1877 last Monday night. Games are sched- uled for 6:3O pm. in Evergreen Bowl.
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CLEVELAND IN
 ANOTHER WIN,
 PUSHING LEAD
Washington Splits Double header with Detroit
 Rally Is Nipped
(By Associated Press)

Johnny Allen had plenty of stuff to give Cleveland a win over the Athletics yesterday and put them a full game ahead of the Yankees who were rained out at St. Louis.
 Boston found Jack Knott for 10 hits to defeat Chicago yesterday.
 Washington took the first game of a doubleheader yesterday from Detroit, polling Is hits. Detroit copped the second game by thrott- ling a three-run rally of the Sena- tors in the ninth inning.
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MISS NESS EMPLOYED
 IN SEATTLE OFFICE

Miss Emma Ness, former Juneau High School graduate, who has been attending the Seattle Secretarial School for the past winter, is now m employee of the Aetna Insurance Company, with offices in the Dexter Horton Bank Building in Seattle.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Whisker SHORTAGE
Threatens Studios.

HOLLYWOOD is threatened today
with whisker shortage, If the
Spanish war doesn't stop!
The predicament of the studios is
indicated by Wally Westmore, head
Of the Paramount Studio makeup de-
partment, who has ordered all whiskers
filed" until the danger Of shortage
is past.
You take file like Akin Tami-
roff's," he said, which includes every
thing from four-day growth to a
long patriarchal spinach We have
to keep that. up on account of Tamf-
roff's characterizations,. which range
from gross brigands like Dominique
You in THE Buccaneer' TO smooth
gangsters, such as he plays in DAN
gerous to Know And it's all human
hair, imported from SPAIN"
No human hair grown in this
country can be used in the studios, 1t
seems, due to sanitary regulations, and
the makeup departments have been
importing it in long feathery punches
from Spanish brokers. They obtain il
from women in the Balkans who make
speciality of growing and selling that
commodity. The Spanish markets
have been closed so long now, however,
that all available surplus in Hollywood
has been used up. Which is why
whiskers which once were thrown
away after a few "wearings" are being
conserved, and the actors may yet
have to go back to straw wigs and
mustaches.
Evening star., 1938-03-19


did that at the first show yesterday
The lads and lassies who do all this,
under the spell of some hysteria, some
strange hypnotism waited from the
Dorsey trombones, trumpets, saxes and
drums, know the Dorsey music, too.
They've studied those records and
know what's coming when the band
breaks into the first strains of the
introduction. Marie" Is practically
greeted with huzzahs, which is as it
should be, for Mr.. Dorsey certainly
has brought the old gal back to life.
It's the same way with his doings
with "Liebestraum" ana Indian Love
Call" They're nothing to soothe the
soul of lover of the classics and there
no doubt are those persons who would
swoon over the things that are done,
for instance, to 'Liebestraum" But
the swing fans love it. The Dorsey
brand Of swing. you must know too,
Is not just lot of mad and brutal
noise that passes for up-to-the- min
ute music In some of the cabarets.
There's a mellowness about it and a
Subtlety and II you don't look out,
you too will be clapping your hands
in time.
This cheering on the part of the
customers reaches one of its crescendos
when Miss Edythe Wright steps out
from the wings to take the mike by
the horns for song or two. And
no one ever before made "Dipsy-
Doodle" sound that good. Then when
Mr.. Dorsey wants to give music a
rest for moment he calls upon Jay
and Lou Seller. a duo known about
town. but whose antics are none the
less diverting for being familiar. They
provide some hilarious moments, espe-
cially when they get on those hoops.
Yes, it's a top-notch hour of fun
Evening star., 1938-03-19

KNOCK WOOD adds Eddie G. Robin
son when We compliment him on his
successful radio script. Has your cam
paign against youthful racketeers
helped any?" We ask him. II hear the
jails are fuller than ever" replies Rob-
inson. "Well-thank God this isn't a
gangster film. I'm tired of them"
says Eddie while his dresser applies
powder to his face.
Water. water" he yells before fac
Ing the camera. He drinks deeply and
then demands: Was it boiled? Oh.
well, guess it's too late now" (South-
ern California tap water has been un-
der suspicion since the flooda)
Quiet" yells Assistant Director
Jack Sullivan, who makes the only
sound on the set, telling me, Anton
Lltvak's last picture, 'Tovarich,' was
three weeks behind schedule-he's
ahead two days on this" Umplying
that Sullivan had big something to
do with it, In 'Tovarich,'" con-
tinues Sullivan. "Litvak sometimes shot
40 takes Of the same scene. But I'm
Keeping him up to scratch in this pic
ture. Quiet!'
When were you born?" What
Is my line?" Asks Anna May Wong
OF her director. I'VE haven't got one
wait a minute" Five seconds later.
the missing sentence is supplied by
DR.. Manly Hall, numerologist expert.
We make it up as we go along" gig
giles the doc. He shows me his latest
and longest interview. Nearly a
column" he boasts. We're trying to
sell the public the idea this is a seri-
Gus picture" he adds.
Englishman Leonard Mudie-vou
saw him as the judge from the deep
South in They Won't Forget'-is
now playing top-hatted Chinaman.
His cane is decorated with a dragons
head In which is concealed a knife.
ITS an old Chinese CUSTOM" DR.. Hall
explains-adding, "or shall I tell the
truth to the press?" Didn't YOU pre-
dict the foods?" Some one asks him
Well" replies the doc modestly. II
did say We were going to have some
trouble at the end of February
Miss Wong complains that the
Chinese-Japanese war has deprived
her OF imported Chinese mushrooms.
She translates chop suey." 1T means
small pieces When I was in China
last year, the first sign I saw was
genuine American chop suey sold
here"
copyright. 1888. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Newsreels GRASP
World Tension.
relation, are can

INTERNATIONAL relations are cap.
turing all the principal headlines
these days, and it Is fitting, there
fore, that the newsreel side of the
Trans-Lux bill now being shown
should accord generous representation
to this phase Of activity deserving the
cameras attention. Secretary of
State Hulls address on the proper
attitude Of the United States toward
the tenseness In Europe, the activity
Of Britain In strengthening her ma
tional defense and shot Of the Gov
ernor of Austria under Hitler are
among the "clips" In addition, the
overseas items include view of former
President Hoover in Czechoslo,akia
and Anthony Eden enjoying his re-
lease from state responsibilities.
Presentation of the Oscars" awards
Of the Academy Of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences for achievement in
celluloid, leads the other items, and.
as usual, sports activity gets its full
share of footage. A novelty is the
introduction of a new bridge game
utilizing five suits just to complicate
matters. These shots and host of
others are complemented by a short
subject lineup, including two favor
ite releases, "The March Of Time"
and Popular Science" both in their
latest editions. Elmer Elephant" is
a sufficiently humorous color cartoon
in the Disney manner. c. A. NJ.
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hts multitudinous acts and actors from
the standpoint of a girl who has a
simple heart and a pretty canny mind
for what other simple hearts want
in this world. The act of Kenny
Baker is so swell that she not only
loves it, but also him. Others on
which she puts her stamp of ap-
proval are Helen Jepson's operatic
arias, zorina's dancing and the COM
edy of Mccarthy. With all of them,
we went right along, but we deserted
Miss Leeds when she made approval
such a habit that it included the
Ritz brothers.
In setting up his story to give Miss
Leeds, the country girl. the privilege
of telling the producer just where
he was wrong on about everything he
thought motion pictures should have,
Mr.. Hecht seized big opportunity
to be sardonic about a number of
Hollywood practices. Behind Miss
Leeds gentle, lovely face and soft,
sweet dialogue there turks an impish.
Waspish Hecht who is getting load
ol4 LID CIlcSI dS we'll as b ntllk Oh
gold in his pocket.
The music of the picture, some
times on the distinguished side, al
ways pleasant is combined product
OF the talents of the late George
Gershwyn and Vernon Duke. The
former was busy on the numbers
Baker sings when death overlook him.
They were finished by Duke, with Ira
GershWyn completing the lyrics for
both sets of melodies. Best music of
the "Follies" is that of Duke for the
ballets, most popular Of 1t the ballads
designed for the vocal chords of Baker.
Love Walked In" and Spring
Again are the pair of the latter of
which the picture makes the most.
For Miss Jepson's classic bit. the
producer turned to La Traviata,"
which she sings with a quality of not
merely voice but showmanship suffi-
cient to indicate that her debut is
not her last appearance in pictures.
Vastly heightening the entertain
ment effect of the whole thing, up to
the point where one begins to look
nervously at his watch to check the
length OF the picture, is the pho
Biography. The colors and settings are
some of the finest ever utilized in
Hollywood. at times in themselves
enough to justify the price of ticket.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

Observation-Disclosures" Ethel Bar
rymore returns to star in the Mazo de
la Roche drama: 2:30 and $50 pm.
Earle-"Thrill of a Lifetime" an
other screen musical comedy in the
swing manner: 1o:15 am, 1890, $50,
sos, 7:35 and 1905 pm. Stage
shows: 1885 am, 1:55, AIS, $50
and 9 pm.
Capitol-"Sally, Irene and Mary"
Alice Faye, Tony Martin. many other
people, many songs: 11:05 am, 1:45,
4:30, 7:15 and 10 pm. Stage shows:
1890, 3:35, $40 and pm.
Metropolitan-Wide Open Spaces" !"
Joe E. Brown again: 1880 am, 80,
1885, $40, 7:45 and $50 pm.
Columbia-"Love Is q Headache" {"
Gladys George finds it so, having to
choose between rich Frank Morgan,
poor Franchot Tone: IL, 2, 4, 5:55,
1855 and 9:55 pm.
Palace THE Goldwyn Follies,"
Charlie Mccarthy and umpteen play
ers in one Of the most pretentious
musicals: 11:10, LAS, 4:20, Z and
9:35 pm.
Keith's-"Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs," film history's greatest
sensation-that's all: 11:5l am, ISL,
1851, 5:5l, 7:51 and 9:51 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts. Con-
tinuous from 10 am. to midnight.
Little-"Peter the First" Soviet
screen biography of q vigorous czar,
with subtitles in English: IL am,
1:07, 3:14, 5:21, 1928 and 9:35 pm.
Belasco-"Mayerling," Charles Boy
er and Danielle Darrieux in the much
acclaimed French perturbation Of q
tragic royal romance: 1850 am, 1850,
$50, $50, 7:50 and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Hollywood Guns
Closely Watched.

THERE is to be no crime wave In
Hollywood If the studios can
help it.
All guns and revolvers used In
pictures must be checked into the
property departments gunroom each
night. There is no taking of these
properties home, to be returned the
next day.
and today. as the result of Lloyd
Nolan's walking home one night with
an automatic used in Crime Gives
Orders" in his clothes, Chief w. F.
Combe of the Paramount Studio police
force issued an order that Hollywood
police radio cars are to be notified If
there are any such instances in the
future. The police cruisers will pick
up the gun and return it to the studio
without waiting until It u brought
back in the morning.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Columbia Showing
Acceptable Film.

IT Owe is A HEADACHE" is the
name Of the motion picture
being shown at Loews Columbia The
ater this week. Yes, the title is un-
familiar, for, wonder Of wonders, the
film has not played either Loew's
Capitol or Loews Palace. In other
words, a picture is being shown first
run on F street between Eleventh and
Twelfth NV, which is a most un-
usual situation and one usually pro-
ductive Of perplexed mumbling among
those who keep track of such machi-
nations.
The picture, however, turns out to
be rather an entertaining coil of Gel
luloid, neither a powerful screen
drama" nor sparkling, smart COM
edy romance" but of adequate inter-
est to most customers. Two youngsters
capture such acting honors as there
are to be bestowed in connection with
this effort. They are Mickey Rooney
and Virginia Weidler, performing su-
perbly as the two orphans who be-
come pawns In little game which
has publicity as q very important
factor. Their faxed suicide is worth
two-thirds of the admission fee at
least.
Franchot Tone and Gladys George
are the stars of record. Miss George
obviously is miscast as the actress
who has hit. the skids, as they say in
the trade, and Mr.. Tone lacks force
fulness, acts as If he would like i'm
mensely to be somewhere other than
on the set playing role in this story.
which has him finder of homes for
unfortunate children. Ralph Morgan
contributes splendid bit as the
multimillionaire who considers Miss
George just the person to receive one
of his gift automobiles, complete with
chauffeur.
Love Is q Headache" everything
considered, Is worth a look It packs
pleasing quota of amusing moments,
among them to use of q pistol butt
In bringing Mr.. Tone to marriage
with Miss George. 6, A. NJ.
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to say, but somebody let them get
caught short on songs, humor and
direction, and without those handy
implements a musical film is Just plain
in a nell of hess.
Maybe it's all Mr. Zanuck's own
fault. He has been pointed out as the
boy wizard who swallowed vaudeville
but couldn't digest it, a mistake he
no doubt made because he did not
know the only thing in the world
tougher than getting work for a
vaudeville actor is keeping lot Of
vaudeville actors at work. The per-
formers he has charged with the task
of bringing to life the script of sally,
Irene and Mary" include several names
we'll known on the old zanuck time
Alice Faye, Louise Hovick, Gregory
Ratoff. Miss Faye is a canary of the
torch school. who works faithfully,
usually brilliantly. with her songs.
Miss Hovick is catalogued as statuesque
and beautiful. which Is a matter of
opinion. MIR. Ratoff is dialect come
dian. Here he demonstrates a rare
genius for overcoming weak material
and being funny, despite one of those
grand-duke-in-a-d -dither roles.
With these people appear Fred
Allen, our favorite dry wit of the dec
ade, somewhat bereft of wit in this
instance; Jimmy Durante, or where
have you been so long?:: Tony Martin.
lad with a nice voice who is still
taking acting lessons, and Marjorie
Weaver. Lifesaver for the whole
battalion is Joan Davis, a slender girl
comic who gets off to a slow start,
then gradually steals the show, wind
ing up as the only thoroughly like
able or attractive person in it.
The other high point Of the produc-
ton is rafting good dance routine
called "Minuet in jazz" played by
Raymond SCOTS swing quintet, writ
ten by Dr. Scott and danced by an ex-
cellent company. This, We think, is
rather what Paul Draper meant when
he spoke hopefully of tap ballet, and
it is startling to find it popping up in
a cinema that is otherwise too, too
familiar. Just as surprising is the
novel ,plot of the picture. Did you
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DC HlRQly unWlSe TO De QlVerCeQ from
seeing the gorgeous pageantry of the
picture, the dancing of Zorina, the
malicious quality of Ben Hecht's ten
uous book, the impudent comedy of
Charley Mccarthy, and other features
merely because the Ritz brothers come
into the picture now and then. But
they do come in and when they do
even the technicolor turns dull.
Mr.. Goldwyns show is an elaborate
blend of spectacle, comedy and tray
esty with quick interludes of opera, a
combination that does not lend itself
to ready hanging on the thread of a
story. But Ben Hecht, a dauntless
writer, essayed that task and came off
much better than you would think.
Even with the necessity of interpo-
lating dozens of unrelated features
especially the Ritz brothers as mer-
malds-he managed to write a piece
showing he thinks Hollywood a dopey
town.
The two items which would steal the
show, If the thing were not so big no
one could carry it away, are the dane
Ing OF Zorina and the brazen chatter
OF Charley Mccarthy, the dummy, who
stars Edgar Bergen as ventrilouuist.
The former, the ballerin4 recruited
from the Ballet Russo, not only turns
IN pair of beautiful ballet perform
ances. but discloses genuine talent as
an actress. OF the ballets. the screen
has had nothing like them for grace.
lavishness and intelligence. Charles
divine talent for heckling is something
Mr.. Goldwyn did not buy at $4,000
week for nothing. He is allowed to
use 1t on every one in the cast. to the
best advantage in the case OF Phil
Baker. who comes in for laughable
beating at the end with Americas
most expensive piece of lumber.
X X
"A NY one who is curious to know
what the "Goldwyn Follies' are
about can be told that the story run
ming through them, when 1t is not
run over by them. concerns a motion
picture producer whose work has gone
sour. The motion picture producer
Is Adolphe Menjou, who, to make life
sweet again, hires sweet Andrea Leeds
to tell him what is wrong with his
films. During the course of putting
together an extravaganza which is so
identical with the "Follies" that you
can't tell them apart, she looks over