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* BILLIE DOVE IS NOW
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Billie Dove, is proving more sure
ly ’ with every picture that she
makes, that she is more than the
"screen’s most beautiful woman."
If “Her Private Life" doesn’t estab
lish her as one of thf screen's most
capable actress, this critic misses
his guess.
Reading the bill at the Palace
Theatre, “Her Private Life” pre
septs Miss Dove in a highly dra
matic plot. Its atmosphere of re
fined. aristocratic life is a relief,
especially in a talking picture, from
the "£how girl” type of film, with
its "dese, dem and dose" slanguage.
If you didn’t see Billie in "Ca
rejjfsl?* her initial talking picture
fop First National, you’ll be glad
toSearn that her voice in the new
4 minium is as beautiful as her
scijfen presence. It fits her, too. And
in, "Her Private Life” either the re
prt*duction is even better than be
fo^T^or she has improved With
"talkie” practice.
Walter Pidgeon, her leading man,
charms as much by his voice as by
his handsome and striking screen
personality. Ideally fitted for the
part of a gentlemanly, sporting
young American who visits in Eng
land and wins the heart of the
English girl, then loses her for his
sister's honor, Pidgeon wins new
laurels in the film.
Holmes Herbert turns in a mas
terly “talkie” performance as usual.
Montague Love, Thelma Todd, Mary
Forbes, Brandon Hurst. Zasu Pitts
and Roland Young, principals of
the supporting cast, are also uni
formly excellent.
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| * •‘ftOMANCC OF THE RIO f
,j 4 GRANDE” AT COLISEUM |
K sound and dialogue is the an
s\j£r to the excellence of such pic
tuges as "Romance of the Rio
GAnde.” an all talking Fox movie
tone with music, Coliseum Theatre
patrons will cast a unanimous vote
fojf talking entertainment. This,
at? least, is the conclusion after
viAving this Fox Movietone pro
diction at the opening show last
ni>ht and witnessing an audience
en|ranced for more than an hour
with the stirring picture which un
folded before it.
^Romance of Rio Grande” is a
st<$ry of the west in pioneer times
revolving around the opposing
fq|*es seeking to conquer the plains,
and especially one particularly vast
estate below the Rio Grande bor
dgjk It is an adaptation of Kather
ine Gerould’s stirring novel of the j
Sjfanish conquistadors, titled "Con- |
quistador," and in its conversion .
tonhe talking screen, Alfred Santell,
th? director, has done a masterful ,
job in retaining the poignant beau
tyjof locale and pulsating romance
which predominates the story. ,
Clever casting is mainly responsi- ]
big for this grand production which
Fiic has turned out. Warner Baxter,
a-^striking personality in romantic |
rotes, and Mary Duncan, raven ,
Girl Swimmer Needs Only Five World Marks
For Sweep from 100 Yards to 1500 Meters
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Helene Madison, 17-year-old Seattle high school girl, this year has captured 11 world’s swimming records for women,
distances from 100 yards to 1,500 meters, she needs only five intermediate marks for a closed monopoly within the range.
Competing at
haired beauty who has been scoring
repeatedly in stellar performances
enact the two principal roles.
Baxter's performance stamps him
as the ace delineator of romantic
Caballeros, his work even surpass
ing his brilliant characterization in
•In Old Arizona.”
TWO JUNEAU
ACTORS TALK
ON REFORMS
Performers in Elks’ Show
“The Hoodoo” Dis
cuss Long Dresses
Modern styles of dress were
roundly scored by Tom Gardner
Juneau’s matinee idol, and Martin
Jorgenson, debonair exponent of
histrionic ability, when members of
fhe press were favored with an in
terview between rehearsals for the
Elks comedy mystery show. ‘The
Hoodoo,” which will be presented at
the Coliseum theatre on Monday
ind Tuesday evenings of next week.
Gardner believes that longer
Iresses will not be here much long
er. He readily- agrees that they
should be the same as the speech
proposed by the man at the ban
quet, who announced he would talk
png enough to cover the subject,
put short enough to be interesting.
‘‘And think of the poor janitors,”
says Jorgenson, leading man of
the show, “widows, old men and
flappers, who toil day and night
sweeping. How can they earn a liv
ing if long skirts sweep up all the
cigarette ashes. Think of them cry
ing for food, starving on fashion’s
account.”
As these philanthropists, who so
richly deserve the fruits of their
sndeavors for “reform” seemed
about to break down and weep like
strong men will once in a lifetime,
we silently stole away.
As we slipped out the door Har
ry Sperling and Merv Sides stopped
as and promised an interview the
last of the week. They will dis
:uss “The Care of the Baby.” -
POLICE POST CLOSED
DOWN AT TULSEQUAH
The post maintained since early
last Spring at Tulsequah by the
British Columbia provincial police
Pas been closed down, and Cor
poral C. G. Barber is here enroute
:o Prince Rupert. He went to the
raku district last April and has
jeen in charge since that time.
While the district is quiet, there
s considerable prospecting in pro
cess, many men combing the hills
for new prospects, he said. He
will leave here tonight on the
steamer Prince Henry for Prince
Itupert.
NORTHLAND SAILS SOUTH
Returning here from Haines at
1 o'clock yesterday morning, the
notorship Northland remained
ibout an hour in port, and then
sontinued her voyage to Seattle by
way of Wrangell. Charles Pemmer
was a passenger bound for the
States.
Exports from Arkansas in 1929
•/ere valued at $32,170,607. cotn
>ared with $24,744,473 in 1926.
About one-third of the popula
ion of Durant, Okla., attends Sun
lay school regularly.
Sr.M.
GIRL THIS YEAR SET
11 SWIMMING RECORD?
SEATTLE, Aug. 4.—At the finish
of the National Outdoor Swimming
tournament in Los Angeles, Helene
Madison, local 17-year-old high
school girl, this year had established
11 new world’s records in feminine
competition.
Her marks, set in Florida, Cali
fornia and Washington, follow:
100 yards 1:00.8
150 yards . 1:40.4
100 meters . 1:08.2
200 yards . 2:20.6
220 yards . 2:35
300 yards . 3:41.6
300 meters . 3:59.5
440 yards . 5:39
1500 yards . 6:16.4
,880 yards .11:41.2
Mile .24:34.2
SEATTLE, July 30.—Five more
records and Helene Madison will
hold all the world's swimming
I marks for women from 100 yards to
1,500 meters.
The 17-year-old high school girl
who is being hailed as the greatest
woman swimmer of all time, has
only to shatter the 500-yard, 500
meter, 1.000-yard, 1.000-meter and
j 1,500-meter figures to clami 16 rec
! ognized records.
In competition this year, Helene
has collected 11 world's marks from
100 yards to a mile. Four of the
I five she ~has not yet garnered lie
i intermediate between her sprint
j speed and her mile endurance drive.
( Consequently it is regarded as
highly probably that when she
turns her attention toward them,
they too will go her way.
The Seattle mermaid clipped 14.8
seconds off the mile mark at the
National Outdoor Swimming tour
nament in Los Angeles in July and
she should have no trouble signing
up the 1,500 meter record when she
goes after it.
In past record swimming a sprint
performer was one thing and a dis
t a n c e swimmer another. With
Helene one distance seems to look
the same as another.
To prove her right to the title of
the greatest woman swimmer of
all time, she has not only broken
II records but has defeated the
record holders with ease in compe
I tition.
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BAHRT NEW CLERK
AT ZYNDA HOTEL
H. L. Bahrl, who was associated
with W. P. Mills at Sitka for a
long time and who afterwards was
purser on the motorship Margnita,
ir now desk clerk at the Zynda
Hotel. He has taken the place of
Fied Huntress, who has been clerk
at the Zynda Hotel eleven months.
The latter left on the steamship
Yukon for Seattle. From there,
he will go to Portland, Ore.
Mr. Bahrt is well known in
Southeast Alaska.
Editor oi American
Mercury to Wed Soon
BALTIMORE. Maryland, Aug. 4.
—Announcement of the engagement
of Sara Powell Haardt, popular
magazine writer, to Henry L Menc
ken, of the American Mercury, is
made by Mrs. John Anton Haardt.
of Montgomery, Alabama, her
mother. The wedding will take place
j September 3.
CULBURRA BRINGS COAL
j Bringing a shipment of coal for
the Pacific Coast Coal Company,
the Admiral Line freighter Cul
burr% reached here at 10:30 o'clock
Sunday night and departed at 2
o'clock this morning. On her re
turn voyage to Seattle, she will
service canneries in Chatham
Straits.
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175 MILES HOUR
MADE BY NEW
PLANEHERE NOW
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Petersburg Makes Quick
Time in its Flight
from Ketchikan
Piloted by Robert E. Ellis and
serviced by Chandler Hicks, me
chanic, the new seaplane Peters
burg of the A 1 a s k a-Washingto 1
j A i r w a y s arrived in Juneau
| Sunday morning from Ketchikan.
| The aerial craft came by way of
I Wrangell, and gave residents of
that town a brief exhibition of!
flying. The plane made the Ke* •
chikan-Juneau flight in about two
hours, averaging 175 miles an hoir
for a while. The Petersburg will
be based here.
Yesterday afternoon the Peters
burg took officers off the British
cruiser Dauntless for flights ovr
jTaku and Mendenhall glaciers, and
j last evening it was occupied with
j 15-minute hops with passengers off j
j the steamship Dorothy Alexander,
i This morning the plane took pas
singers to Tulsequah.
To Go on Inspection Trip
After its return here, it was
scheduled to go to Funter Bay,
pick up Gilbert Skinner, President!
of the Alaska-Pacific Salmon Cor-1
poration, and take him on an in
spection trip of traps and canner
ies. It is expected to come back i
to Juneau this evening.
The seaplane Sitka made two
flights to Funter Bay yesterday to
bring to Juneau passengers off th?
Dorothy Alexander, while she was
in port there. Among those who
j flew from the vessel was A. 3. |
Hayes, district manager of the Air
ways, who had come north on the
vessel from Ketchikan.
Flights Over Glacier
Yesterday afternoon, the Sitki
went to Funter Bay and thence tc
Kake on cannery business. When
it returned here in the evening it
made flights with Dorothy Alexan
der passengers over Mendenhall
Glacier.
The Sitka, with Pliot E. A. Mey-'
jring and Mechanic Frank Hatcher
left here at 5:30 o’clock this morn
ing for* Ketchikan. There it will
get John Gilbert, production man
ager of the Alaska-Pacific Salmon
Corporation, and bring him hem.
stopping at canneries cnroute. It
ir expected in Juneau this evenin ■
Fatally Injured in
Dupont Powder Plant
ARLINGTON, New Jersey, Au.
4—Fred Kutcher, aged 50 year
was fatally injured in the Du-Por.
Viscoloid Company plant here late
last Saturday night by an explosion,
the cause of which has not been
determined. The plant was in a j
three story brick building.
L. D. ROBERTS RESIGNS AND
LEAVES SUNDAY FOR SOI Til
L. D. (Shorty! Roberts, employee :
for several years at the Alaska i
Meat Company, has resigned an
left Sunday morning on the steam- :
er Prince Rupert for Seattle where
he will remain for the present.]:
Mr. Roberts was a member of the ;
Juneau Fire Department, and play- 1
ed ball in the City League on a
number of teams during his res;- i
dence here.
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Summer White
House Is Now
“Honeymoon Retreat”
ORANGE, Virginia, Aug. 4.—
The summer White House in
the Virginia mountains, is be
coming known as the “Honey
moon Retreat.”
On each of the last three
weekends, President Hoover has
had newly-weds as his guests.
They included Senator Reed
Smoot and his bride, Senator
Baird, of New Jersey and his
bride, and last Saturday, Mr.
and Mrs. William E. Hill, of
Binghampton, New York.
dancetSht
WILL BE GIVEN
FOR DAUNTLESS
Crew of British Cruiser to
Be Guests of City at
Elks Hall Dance
Juneau tonight will be host to
i he members of the crew of H. M.
S. Dauntless at a dance given in
Elk:* Hall under the auspices of the
Chamber of Commerce. The public
ls urged to be present and assist in
the entertainment of the visitors.
Dancing will start at 9:30 p.m.
Music will be furnished by the Ser
enaders. There will be no admis
sion charge.
This afternoon from 3:30 to 6
o'clock, officers of the Dauntless en
tertained a large number of invited
quests aboard the cruiser, 100 people
being invited.
Sunday and today practically all
nt 'the officers and men visited the
Alaska Juneau gold mill. In parties
of 20 the men were taken through
iie big plant, being shown through
by officers of the company.
STEVE PACCIOFF IS
ORDERED DEPORTED;
TAKEN SOUTH TODAY
After completing a sentence in
he local Federal jail, Steve Pac
ioff, an alien, was today held for
leportation to Bulgaria, by an
rder signed by Judge E. Coke
Hill, of the Federal District Court
of tfle Third Division. Judge Hill
■vas here while the steamer Yukon
vas in port, enroute to the States
ind held a hearing in the absence
of Judge Justin W. Harding.
Paccioff _was turned over by
United States Marshal Albert White
o Chjef Deputy Al. Dowling >f
he Third Division, who is taking
>ut a party of prisoners on the
/ukon. At Seattle Paccioff will
oe turned over to Federal immi
ration authorities and sent back
o Bulgaria.
7aulknerVon trip
TO SOU. CALIFORNIA
Enroute to Seattle and California
ioints, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Fault
ier and their two children, Jean
nd Malcolm, left Sunday on the
t earner Dorothy Alexander for Se
ittle. They will be absent about
0 days.
After spending a few days in
eattle on business, they will go by
utomobile to San Francisco and
.iter to Los Angeles and other
California cities. They shipped
heir car to Seattle on the vessel
n which they are traveling.
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BIG MISSOURI
IS INSTALLING
250-TON PLANT
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Canadian Consolidated Er-1
ecting New Mill in
Portland Canal
Installation of a 250-ton daily '
capacity mill on the Big Missouri
group in the Portland Canal dis
trict is now under way, according i
to F. A. Metcalf, local civil'engi-1
neer, who returned here today after j
several weeks absence. The property ;
is in the same district as the Pre-,
mier mine and, like it, is on the j
British Columbia side of the inter- \
national boundary.
The Big Missouri is held by the |
Canadian Consolidated which is
erecting the mill plant. Supplies and
material are now on the ground
and it is expected to push the
plant to completion and put it into
operation as soon as possible, Mr.
Metcalf said.
Additional men are being em
ployed by the Inspiration mine and
at the Porter Idaho. Both of these,
. properties are served by an aerial1
1; tram over which high grade ore is
! | landed at tidewater and shipped
; from there couth for treatment. j
!! Hyder and Stewart are both,
■ quiet, due mainly to the fact that;
j most of the residents are in the
11 hills for the summer. There is
i; abundant work there for unskilled
labor. Prospecting and mining ex-j
plorations are about at their nor
mal stage, and the outlook is as
bright as ever for the development
of some good mines in the district.
Mr. Metcalf said.
Hyder and the entire Portland
Canal district have had an abnor
mal summer, and the season is vir
tually six weeks later than usual
There was 65 feet of snowfall in
the district last winter, and snow
was still on the ground at the
11-mile post on the highway several,
days ago.
Mr. Metcalf spent sometime on
the west coast and in the Ketchi- r
kan district doing some mineral j
surveying.
GUNNAR BLOMGREN
OFF FOR SEATTLE'
Gunnar Blomgren, proprietor of
the Sanitary Grocery, left on the
Dorothy Alexander to attend the
Merchants’ Convention in Seattle.
He expects to be absent about
three weeks and v.hen he returns,
his family, In the States for the
summer, will accompany him back
to Juneau.
I WHO’S W HO
AND W HERE
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A. B. Anderson, of Anderson
Bros., Boat Shop, Wrangell, arrived
I here late last week on his own boat;
jon a combined business and vaca-1
, tion trip. He will return to Wran
gell Wednesday or Thursday.
R. A. Zeller, Supervisor of Ton
gass National Forest, arrived here
Sunday from his Ketchikan head-'
quarters to confer with local offi-1
cersof the United States Forest
Service.
Walter T. Herman, an official of
the Dollar Steamship Lines, was a
round trip passenger on the Doro
thy Alexander, which called here
last evening en route to Seattle. He
is accompanied by Mrs. Herman
ahd their two children.
Mrs. Belle Dermody, mother of
Mrs. J. E. Stanyer, wellknown local
resident, arrived Sunday from Se
attle on the steamer Prince Henry
for a visit with her daughter and
family.
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RE SURE AND SEE THIS ONE
COLISEUM
TONIGHT AT 7:30 or 9:30
H here Sound Sounds Best
“ROMANCE OF THE
RIO GRANDE”
With WARNER BAXTER, MARY DUNCAN
ami ANTONIO MORENO
All All-Talking Fox Movietone Production
and with Music Too
VITA PHONE ACTS and PATHE AUDIO
REVIEW
FUR TRIMMED COATS
FOR GIRLS
Sizes 10 to 14
IN TWEEDS
NOVELTIES
CAMEL HAIR
NEW COLORINGS
CARE and THROW EFFECTS
AN UNUSUAL PRICE FOR COATS
OF SUCH VALUE
$12.75 to $15.00
look atlfour Shoes
SHOE PACS, RUBBER
BOOTS and ZIPPERS
RE-SOLED and
HEELEIX
WORK GUARANTEED
Out of town patrons given
prompt attention by mail.
BILL’S SHOE SHOP
Opposite Britt’s, Seward
Street P. 0. Box 1275
Juneau, Alaska
□Id Papers for sale at Empire Office
Crepe De Chine and Satin Combinations
Values to $3.50, Extra Special for a few days only—$2.25
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