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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1927)
51 O E U l G'HTS we Elslnore Theater Clara Bow comes to the Elslnore theater "for May; 13-HK and the Oregon theater; May 1 5-1 I In what .critics ' acclaim . as one of the beat comedies 'that has"- been released in, many. - a - moon. ; "It. : Those t who are .up. .on . thelrjcon- tetnporary reading won t bare to be Cold that "If 'islha theory of aex magnetism which: Elinor Glyn . has expounded, popularized and made a topic of national promin ence! ; Wherever people gather we . . . . . . k . 1 near-: me eternal, r yu uu wajr Roe s so popular 4 ou um MtVThose who've listened and wondered what it was all about rill be enlightened on seeing Miss Bow's ; first Paramount starring production. . In -If Madame Glyn has ex plained her idea. Tia the medium of the screen. She baa taken two characters one, a youthful shop girl; the other, her wealthy em ployer. Then. .Investing the pow er of "It" in the flapper we are shown exactly how much power can-be wielded by a lady -who has "It.!? Needless to say. Miss Bow wins" the man of her heart but it Is only after an exciting wreck and ' rescue at sea that she and "he" are blissfully united in the Joys of osculation, (technical terms, meaning "to kiss.") :greem about to go Into war. A burial at sea intensifies the actions Capitol Theater The "entire stage space of one of the" largest structures at the Metro-Gold wyn-Mayer studio was re- auired for the huge ballroom scene In "The Taxi Dancer." the Harry Miilarde production of Robert Terry Shannon's novel that will show at the . Capitol May 13-14. i Light enough to illuminate a city of fire thousand people was concentrated on this one space. that measured from the camera to the farthest corner of the setting. one-bundred-seventy-five feet. At the extreme end of the ballroom. the camera lens took in a space that measured a width of ninety feet. - . The ballroom was a background for a delightful bit of terpsichor ean art executed by Joan Craw ford, who plays the title role in the production, and Douglas Gil- more. Botn nave .naa aancing ex perience on the stage, and Joan is known as the foremost dancer in the film colony. r 1 Others appearing in the scene were Owen Moore,. Marc MacDer- mott, Gertrude Astor and Rock- liffe Fellowes. Oregon Theater 4 . v Headed by. George Q'BrieiTand &n all-star cast, "The Blue Eagle," FoxlFilms gripping screen version of Gerald Beaumont's romantic story of land rand sea, will show "at the Oregon theater May 13-14. Janet Baynor plays the leading feminine role. .;" Directed by John Ford, who wielded the, megaphone during the filming of "The Iron Horse," this story mores rapidly to a smashing climax. It. hinres upon the lore of a glrl,r both George D'Arcy (George O'Brien) and Big . Tim Ryan (Wflllam Russell) battling for her band, and it runs the gamut of emotions when the World War cuts a temporary stop to gang hostHitles in which, D'Arcy and Big Tim are Involved. , Father Joe. a great-hearted parish arbiter who has not time to worry about his own troubles because he is too busy adjusting those of others, plays a prominent part in the-story; Both D'Arcy and Big Tim love noM. Coooer (Miss Gay nor) but Father Joe, in a diplomatic ar rangement, profN to both fight ers hat only on can bve Rose Thousands or American "goos urn iiHPd In the battleship se quences which "were filmed by Di rector Ford in the Pacific. There are many actual scenes ot tiaval practice as the big guns are 'Sum Malcom's rise Sale Of TIRES Here's a Surprise 1 You've , been expecting tire prices to go higher instead, they've dropped at MALCOM'S. T These are REAL' values! We - br in carload lots from the biggest factories, that's why. 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Without knowledge then that the flight was In progress, each of these have reported hearing "Sounds like an airplane" passing overhead in the vicinity of Harbor Grace between 9 and 10 o'clock in Jhe morning. The list of "wit nesses" Include: Mrs. Hinto, wife of the manager of the Imperial Cable company.. Mrs, R. S. Munn. Peter O'Brien. John StaplPton and; a man named- jforiarity, field workers. , A woman living north of the town. 50c wa . V roadway and lavl BUroets r . -, Conrsercial and Cccrt' Streets : PIONEER WOMAN DIES AT HER HOME IN SALEM (Con timed from pge 1.) pull out for Oregon. "I was born near Sk Louis, Mo., March 20, 1848. My father's name was Lewis Jones. My Mother's maiden, name was Mary McAlpine. When we reached the Willamette valley father took up a donation, land claim in the Wal do Hills, not far from the present town of Sublimity. Father did well, and within a few years bought a farm near Jefferson, so we children could go to school at Jefferson Institute. Before that he had hired Mrs. C. H. Ma toon. whose husband was one of the famous BaDtlst exhorters of the early days, to serve as our nurse and governess, as there were 14 of us children. Later I went to school to Mr. Matoon. He was the author of 'Matoon's -Arithmetic,' and also of a history of the pio neer Baptist Ministers of the West. He was a mathematical genius and a man of strong con yictions and a powerful and con vincing revival exhorter. "On October 14, 1866. I was married to G. W. Johnson, who had come to-. Oregon in 1841. My husband enlisted toward the close of the Civil war, but the War end ed before he saw any service. We lived in Jefferson till 1870. when we moved east of the mountains and ran stock on a ranch near Mitchell for the next five years We moved back to Jefferson and from there to Scio, and in 1883 we came to Salem and my bus band went into a men's furnishing store with J. H. Lunn. We had six children. Our first child was a boy, Oscar Marion. Our next child. Rose, married Willis Mc- Elroy. sOn of E. B. McElroy, state superintendent of public instruc tion. Lulu Belle, our next child married Frank Baker, a letter car rier here in Salem. George, Clyde and Paul are in business hefe in Salem. "Yes, I have lots of relatives here in Salem and In Marion conn ty. I was the seventh child in a family of 14 children,, so you can ma that the Johnson tribe has grown to pretty good dimensions by now. My oldest brother was Daniel McClaln Jones. Then came Henry, .Maxwell, Clna, Elizabeth, who married! John Morely of Sil verton; then John, Wesley, Thorn- as. Alexander, uavia, w uavu Mary Parthena (which is I), Amanda Savannah, who married H. A. Johnson and who lives here in Salem; Missouri Catherine, who married Dr. William Smith, and now lives at Albany; Cynthia Jane, whd married-John A'. Conser, who had a 1200 acre ranch near Al bany, at which city Cynthia now lives; ; Cinderella, r who married John Ohmart of Salem. - My sister Sarah lives in Salem, while "Jay a we called I my brother Salem Jefferson. , lives j at Portland Clara Bell was the fourteenth and last child.. ;. Hope Not Abandoned PARIS. May 12. (AP) Al though a majority of the French public have all but given up hope for Captain Charles Nungesser and Major (Francois Coli. a few of their air brothers-in-arms, know ing at first hand the war time courage and endurance oi me trans-Atlantic fliers, refuse to be lieve that even the mighty ocean has conquered them '.J Sadi Lecointe, who was Major Coil's partner in a Mediterranean flight in 1920. was one. of those still clinging stubbornly to hope that the aviators were safe. "Francois sky science, his cool ness and clear sighted ness have al ways pulled him out of trouble in the gravest hours," Lecointe said. "Moreover he was with the most courageous and most ener getic of men Nungesser. Ican- not believe that the White Bird wil not be found. I am still hope ful despite everything." With hope all abandoned in many quarters, the eye of. all France today turned towards New Foundland in vague belief that a clue to the mysterious disappear ance of the F,rench airmen would be, found there in the report that the motor of an airplane had been heard early Monday morning. . A dispatch received in Paris at 6 o'clock tonight from St. John's, New Foundland. stated that sev eral persons who claim to have heard the airplane had told stor ies that- agreed fundamentally. Now that search of the English channel and along the Irish coast has been fruitless, the St. John's report is being followed closely. cave rise to rumors tbjat the Paris flight, might, be a three cornered race, but this belief was shattered when it was recalled that Byrd's financial backers had' formally an nounced last nlgHt that the Fok ker would not take .off for Paris until the fate of Captain Nunges-1 ser : and - ; Major Coll, missing French fliers, had been, deter? mined. "" : ' Lindbergh flew In his single seater from California to St. Louis yesterday and 5 from St. - Louis here today, making the hop of 950 miles in an average speed of 1,20 miles an homr. Because of his apparent hurry in coming from, thte west it was thought in "many quarters that he would . hop qff tor, France after only a minimum rest. But shorkly after landing the, young air mail pilot announc ed that he would leave neither to night nor tomorrow. The time of my departure,' he eaid, "is not contingent in any way on the actions of others," GIGANTIC SHOtW MAY 20 FLOOD RELIEF BENEFIT (Continued from page 1,) STORMS CAUSE FLIGHT TO BE DELAYED A DAY (Continued from pago 1.) to attempting the long hop. By Saturday Charles Lindbergh who arrived today from St. Louis in a single seater will be rested from tils two day flight across the country and the attempt - for the 825,000 Orteig prize may -very likely develop into a race between the two monoplanes. Because of the speed with which he had flown across the country in two giant hops In his Ryan single seater monoplane, enthusiasts had believed that he would let no other entrant get away ahead of him. With the Bellanca at Mitchell field tonight and the ,Ryan at Roosevelt field the Fokker mono plane built for Commander Rich ard Byrd at Hasbrouck Heights was unexpectedly started on a flight to Roosevelt v field with Byrd following in another plane. Byrd Not to 'Leave ; Announcement of the move st'nt tragedy has' thrown its pall over the nation. More than half a rafjlion Americana today are wi th ose homes, destitute and depend ent upon the great hearts of their fellow citizens for the means of bar existence. They could not raise crops this year even if the floodSs were to subside tomorrow. They 'have no homes, no money to buy food andv clothing, no stock wherewith to'Atill their fields. Their rehabilitation is the tas of all America. , In the stridden area the Ameri can Legion hats turned out and worked desperately and untiring ly to fight the, floods, to save crumbling leveeB, to rescue the marooned and in every other way to carry their snare of the load as Legionnaires are wont to do. Feeling that tibe Legion in Ore gon ought to darry on in this great cause of hnmanity the mem bers of Salem's Post have hit up on this flood benefit plan as a happy solution of the problem. Bligh to- Cooperate Frank Bligh, owner of the new Cajitol theater, when wafted upon by a committee of the Legion, met the proposition with enthusiasm and generously donated the use of taJs theater, with its orchestra and complete personnel. The plan is to place the sale of tickets in the hands of the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army of ficials and to dispose of all tickets at one price, probably $1.00 each. There will be no seat reservations "first come first served" being the slogan. Definite hours for the two performances of Fri- AIRPLANE SEEN, HOPE FOR, FLIERS RENEWED (Continued from Fs 1.1 plane was following a course slm liar to that of the-British dirigible Your Car Deserves ' . . ; SEIBERLINGS -s ; v America's tneet Tire - ZOS EL'S shop 19' S. Commercial jj Tet? 4T1 ELECTRIC nOTORS - . Kevroiiad and Impaired ' New or. Used Motors ; . 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For fifty years genuine "Phillips Milk of Magnesia" has been pre scribed by physicians because It overcomes three times as much acid in the stomach as a satur ated solution ot bicarbonate of soda, leaving the stomach sweet and tree from all gases. - It neu tralizes acid fermentations in the bowels and gently irges the sour ing waste from the system with out purging. Besides, it is more pleasant to take than soda.' Insist upon "Phillips." Twenty-five cent and fifty cent bottles, any drag' store. "Milk of Magnesia" has been the U. S. Registered Trade Mark of The Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co. and its predecessor Charles H. Phillips since 18T5. Adv. -v : day 'night.- May 20, will be ?an nounced. later bat in all probabil ity will' be at 7 and 9 p. m. - Under the plans as already formulated a vigorous campaign of publicity will be Inaugurated simultaneously with the placing on sale of the tickets, so that there will .be; no -excuse forany person in Salem falling to contribute to the" relief of the "stricken victims Of America's most stupendous tragedy. . ( NEW CREVASSE LEAVES 65,000 FOLK HOMELESS (Continuoo rrom page 1.) lower valley to guard against stages previously forecast. Croat Moves Slowly The crest ot the flood still was in the Tensas basin today moving slowly southward. It' remained stationary at Allulah.' but rising at Winnsboro. Waterproof and Ferri day as it moved on the ramparts protecting the south central por tion of the state .below Bayou Des Glaizs. Authorities said that the break probably would not affect a large area and that most of the inhabi tants and livestock already had been removed. 'Different opinions were expres sed as to the course the ' water would lake. Engineers said the natural drainage systems should take care of it and that its ef fect would be local, only Cotton port and other communities in that immediate -vicinity being affected. They believed a portion . of it would flow iato Indian Bayou, re turn to Bayou Rouge-and then flow down the Atchafalaya basin tnto the Gulf of Mexico. The crevasse was said to be 500 feet wide. , ' F DUE 15 Try a Classified Want Ad 2005 N. Capitol Phone 520 Friday Last Time Tonight , . LOX CHAXET ia "Tell It To The Marines" First Time at These Prices Always 25c Children 10c .Coming Sunday Rudolph Val entino in "Son of A Shiek" 0 LAST TIMES TODAY v-Le ,tle Taxi Dancer whirl fycra through the mazes of the most , thrilling screen play in a long time 1 -With- Joan Crawford and Owen Moore NEW Nv NOTE jr.';:. . ' I GOlLTYiWIftY flPPEflL Tom Edwards, culinary worker in a local restaurant, late yester day afternoon -was convicted in Justice court on a charge of un lawful sale of liquor. The man will be sentenced this morning tby Judge Brazier Small.! 1 The arrest ofJSdwards came about yesterday noon when Arthur Jones, held op a liquor possession charge, informed officers that the waiter had sold him a pint of liquor in an- alley back of the D. A. White;! feed store on State street. Jones was - picked up by state prohibition agents about 8:30 yesterdiy evening when "the bottle of liquor was found in his car, and thej-implication of Ed wards followed, ' ; Edwards on the stand main tained his 'Innocence of the crime charge, but admitted that he had sold liquor Jn various occasions before, and a few years ago was convicted on a similiar charge.He also admitted that he had sold Jones some ''liquor on a previous occasion. Jones just as stoutly maintained that Edwards was the man from whom he had secured the fluid. j Counsel for the defense inti mated that the case would be ap pealed to a higher court. TOMORROW : 6 BIG n ACTS 0 VAUDEVILLE AHOY, Sail with George O'Brien over the bounding main! See a great battle fleet in action. Witness the soul stirring episodes when a monster of the sea is at tacked by a submarine. ,It's a vital, stirring story of the big city and the high seas. ; " : r. Another Triumph by the Director of : Jf ? "The Iron Horse, - Presents "03 d -Today Tomorrow THE OREGON "THE! FIRE BRIGADE" Is Coming Soon! NEXT r, OlM) rS5?IFFEfNT THE SHOW TMA a tmi at IJfriZiiUJ Cr COLD IOSO PtOPll , lNCLUtMNtt -THE CHINESE BEAUTY 1XLA LEE CHONO THE CHINESE CHANT rwr itranrT Llti YU CHINO THE HUMAN BKY9CBAK KinxntlK EQUESTRIAN MIDGETS m tmv iiomtwoi raw eavabia BIGGEST TRAVELING ZOO ON EARTH TWO PERFORMANCES DAILY a AND 8 PM.-RAIN OR SHINE , IN All THE wooto wo oocus Lm AL. O.BARNES m Added Attractions i JAS. J. Q THOS.- E 1 Grandstand Chair Seats on Sale Wednesday at t : rATTO'S BOOK STORE EL SI NO RE Wed., May 1? A Notable Theatrical Event - Not a iMotion Picture First appearance here of the popular American star since "The Man from Home." fl Sir. Lee; Shubert presents : - n n r" mm. : IN HIS GREAT tAUGHING SUXESS j3htJU55!5i:u$:A::D The Comedy Triumph of NeW York, Chicago and Boston with the New York cast and production intact. ' MAIL 'ORDERS NOW Please enclose self-addressed envelope to Insure safe and prompt return of tickets.. Seats Now Selling at" Box Office Send In Mail Orders Nowl . Orders will be filled "in the se quence In ! which they are re ceired.' Please enclose: self addressed i envelope to . insure safe and prompt Metarn ot tickets. Box office sale opens Tnurs.. May 12th. Prices in cluding tax: Main 'floor, first 7, rows. $1.65; alauco lower floor, 12.20; tuezzanine, $2.75; balcony., first 2 rows. $1.65; next 8 rows, $1.10; last 7 rows. ciarabg;7- !. ... . . .r s ; ACTS' of W estern Association TODAY SCHEFS (Say Shays) STRAWS S PANAMAS 6 6 Gentlemen Prefer Blends . "- . ! In Dressing for the Occasion " SEE .. IT has always been part of our keen est interest and desire in working out, the : right -lLEND for each outfit our customers wear. . IT - 1. will likewise be for you. iiVPyy the complete outfit, suit, hat, II ; shoes and furnishings may bp purchased on our " TEN PAYMENT PLAN Straws and Panamas They're They're IT v Cash and Charge Prices Are Exactly - the Same Straw Hat Day Friday, May 13th - Parade 1 1 :30 a. m. HE 9n 344 State Street r. ' .. . .. ' Use Our Ten Payment PInn