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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1932)
The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning:. March 6. 1932 bmes to OTlirii ible or bmediari MS'TO OPHI TODftY AT CAPITOL Wife; Claims it's Powell's Queer Human Beings Appear In Fantastic Picture' With Murder Plot Best and she Ought to - : h Know; Is Comedy PAGE -TWO locai i neaire itBetooV' r " I : ) ;r. . I - -.: -1 - ; si Xf-. - . - " ; Carole Lombard. Tho. In.addl- : tiota: to Ibeiar "William .Powell's bridev b bit severest ! critic, be lieves hl portrayal ot Gar Grans, blaeiky atoek promoter in "High Pressore! "second Warner Eros, and Vitaphone starring hlele; which comes to toe Elslnore tod ar. to be far the best of his J'eareer. p ' ' - -' . Mr. Powell and Miss Lombard ere narrled several months ago. "immediately following the comple tion; of his "The Road . to Singa pore. Tne lovely screen actress was on the Warner-First National ' lot' las ah Interested on-looker. whenevejr absence from her own se was possible. She I especially likes her husband's role in 'High Pressnre. because it gives scope; for his genius for comedy, unlike . . i i i ice majority oi ms previous roies, lich hire stressed the meloara- matlc Powell, himself is rather inclined to beliere that she Is right. Critics who previewed the I picture are sure she is. iThose Iwho support "the star In this breath-taking travesty on the gentle art of bueketeering are 1 Evelyn Brent.- George Sidney, John Wray. Guy KIbbee, Evalyn Knapp, Polly Walters. Frank Mc-! , Hugh, Lata Alberal. Ben Alexan ' der. Harold Waldrldge and an ar my of extra characters. The In spired direction 1s by Mervyn Le Roy.i who! recently did "Little , and ?FtveiStar Final. ' i I : : , . 'J I HI N s Ft y.vX:Vi-'',K,''p'J:::w'- '- 91- - yv - Eddie "Quillan and Marion Nixon in a scene from "Sweep stakes" which will bethe feature at the Grand Friday. William Powell and Evalyn Knapp in the new type of pic i tore for Powell, a comedy, "High Pressure' which is the Sunday feature aL Warner Bros. Elsinore. PATRIOTIC PRDERfWl Hi BY HELPERS BRUSH COLLEGE. March 5 An Impressive ceremony and pa triotic program was given by the! Brush College Helpers when they planted the cork elm tree, dedi cated to th memory of Washing ton, in the community park at Brush College" Thursday, preced ing; the usual meeting., The tree was i donated by Mrs. Paul Wal lace and the ground prepared and. - tree; placed by Ferdinand Singer. Mrs. Charles McCarter and Mrs. A. R. Ewlng were in charge of program arrangements. "America" was sung as an open ing number, the president, Mrs. Oliver Whitney thanked the com mittees for excellent work and Mrs; Paul Wallace for the sttt of the tree, in behalf of the Brush College Helpers. Mrs. Esther Oli ver read the first psala followed by a short i address by Mrs. Paul Wallace, on; Washington, stressing the important part trees played in his lite.! Mrs. Marie F. McCall F7' 7?0: 1 t i t n , - j , . i ' .vi Lv:j I i, 4 I 7 i ' "; "r " Henry Vktor and Olga Badanora as they appear in the fea tore 'Freaks" today's feature at Warner Bros. CapitoL BUCK DISCUSSES TAX f WORKS BRUSH COLLEGE. March 6 Between 19 and 90 members and guests were in attendance at the meeting ot the Brush College grange held at the local school house Friday. March 4. One of the main features .of the evening's program, which was ot vital in terest to the grange group, was the 15 minute talk on "Road As sessments." given by Hugh Black of Dallas. led in prayer. . w i. .hnn to Mit n,. ..i -t v. 1 reduction In taxes this year ana the graceful elm tree, each D1"-1 , Aa.tmi1 ,Ka Folowing the play Mrs. C. L. Dark entertained at her homo with refreshments, honoring those ia the cast. They were Mrs. Marie Southwick, Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. William Smith, Adrian Withers and Ralph Wilson. Additional guests were Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Henningsen, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Tantiss. Mr. and Mrs. Guy McDowell, Miss Lots Ver non of Greenwood, Roy McDowell and Milton Southwick. ing a shovel full of earth around the footsMrs. C. L. Blodgett gave an ! effectiYo reading "Ode to trees." The 27 women ; and chil dren present then adjourned to the home of Mrs. Fred , Olsen for the usual session. Interesting re ports were; given by each of the 11 members who attended the fed eration of rural women's clubs of Polk county held at Oak Grove !arch 25. i Mrs. Karl Harritt gave a review of the second chapter ot the book on Christian religions which the Helpers have taken up i as a pro ject. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Marie F. McCall.! Mrs. John i Schlndler and: Mrs. Louis Himmel were ap pointed as program committee. Assisting the hostess serve dainty refreshments were Mrs. Victor Ol sen, and Mrs. Frank Olsen. explained In detail the difference in assessments of this year ana the past year. Mr. Black stated that though the wage scale is low er this year as much work should be done on the Polk county roads al rjual. He took his statistics trut road districts 4 and -18. Other-numbers on the program were banjo and guitar selections and group ot popular songs play ed and sung by Curtis Ferguson and hia Willamette Valley boys and an Interesting black board stunt. Mrs. Elmer Cook, Brush College grange lecturer, was in charge of program arrangements Elmer Cook, grange master, pre sided at the short business see sion hearing reports ot various committees. The 6:30 supper which preceded the program and meeting was ia charge of Mrs Cash Roberts, chairman. Mrs Ronald Lewis. Mrs. Frank Rivet and Mrs. Bissoif. Hi. IS THY FOR STOCKED Bl i DALLAS. March 5 Funeral services for Wlllard J. Stocker, 14. who died here March 4, win be held Sunday at S o'clock at the sponsored by the West Salem Ep- First va&geucai cnurcn nere, i worth league. Mrs. Dark Entertains Leaguers' Play Cast WEST SALEM, March 6. A fair sized crowd attended ana heartilr apolauded the three-act comedy. That's One on Bill." giv en Friday night In the community I hall. The play was given by home talent ot the Summit district ana Farmers' Union to ' Meet Monday Eve; Teacher -is Rehired ram IS AT HDLLYWDDD The Call Board By OLIVE M. DO AX ELSINORE Today William Powell la "High Pressure." Wednesday James Dunn and Sally Eilers in "Dance Team." CAPITOL Today Wallace Ford and Leila Hyame la "Freaks." Wednesday John Gilbert la "West of Broadway." Joan Crawford Is supported by an Interesting pair of leading man in her newest M-Q-M screen pro duction "Possessed," now play ing at the Hollywood theatre. The first. Clark Gable, needs no introduction to film-goers. He is the sensation of the hour in pictures. One year ago he was un known. Today he gets more tan- mail than any male player In Hol lywood. He caught on with a ven geance in such pictures as "Dance Fools, Dance" and "The Secret Six" and has recently scored In Norma Shearer's "A Free Soul" and Greta Garbo'a "Susan Lenox." The other, Wallace Ford, ia new to pictures, but for a number ot years has been one of the most popular leading men on Broad' way. Ford has the reputation ot having played in more long-run hits than any other actor on Broadway. He did two years as the condemned soldier in "Abra ham Lincoln": two years in "Broadway": two years in "Pigs and ft year in "Abie'a Irish Rose, Clarence Brown, director of "Pos sessed." who induced Ford to leave the stage for the screen. prophesies a great talkie future for him. M im , A. - M . the Edgar. Selwyn play "The Mir- (jliOeTt "lCtllTe age", ana teus tne aramaue aiory of a girl whose relationship with a young politician Imperil his candidacy for governorship. Oth ers in the cast include the comic Skeets Gallaher, Frank Conroy, Marjorle White, John Miljan and Olara Blandick. GRAND Today Thomas Meighan In "Skyline." Wednesday Warner Baxter in "The Cisco Kid." Friday Eddie Qulllaa in "Sweepstakes." ' now being Clark Gable and Joan Crawford in ''Possession1 featured at the Hollywood. PURGHASE OF H IE MED Would be Used by Hughes In air Circus Premiere of 'Sky Devils' Film on a skyscraper. Fieldsaccustom-, ed to have his brutal and domin eering will obeyed nnquestioning- ly. objects, and the battle is on. Five stars of the film firma ment, Thomas Meighan, Albright, Maureen o'Sulllvah, Myrna Loy and Donald Dillaway portray the featured roles in "Skyline," which is based on Felix Relsenberg's highly successful novel, "East Side, West Side," and was direct ed by Sam Taylor, long famous for his Mary Pickford and Harold Lloyd productions. It is ft gripping drama ot human lives and depicts the struggles of a HOLLYWOOD tional flying ever caught by a Today Joan Crawford and f camera. In some of its sequences hundreds of airplanes were pic- Clark Gable Jn "Possessed Wednesday Kay Francis and LilyaaTashman la "Girls About Town." Friday Bill Cody In "The Montana Kid." At Capitol Soon DANCE Ml BETHEL, March 5. The regu lar monthly meeting ot the Bethel local of the Farmers' Union will be held Monday night. Slides have been received from Oregon State college and will be shown at the meeting. "Livestock on the Farm ' is the subject. Refreshments will be served. Mrs. Carmalite Weddle has been engaged to teach Bethel school next year. This will be her fifth year in this district. The pupils and patrons all seem pleased that she Is continuing in the school. Mrs. A. R. Darr Is in Salem at the home of her son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Os- trin (nee Frances Darr). They are the parents of a fine new boy. Ill E I Ever since Mr. and Mrs.4Ternon Castle blazed across the terpsl- ehorean firmament as the coun try's foremost ballroom dancers, thousands of young couples have dreamed of attaining similar fame on the polished floor. A few have succeeded in some measure; most of them have fallen by the way side. The experiences of one of these ambitious pairs, their troubles and heartaches and struggle and ro mance, form the basis ot "Dance Team," James Dunn's and Sally Eilers' latest vehicle for Fox Films which comes to the screen of the Rlalnnr CTftrineariav With the Open House of Post realism and simplicity and emo- Girl," the new production brings added honors to its leading play ers, according to advance reports. Nora Lane. Edward cranaau. Harry Beresford, Ralph Morgan One thousand disabled veterans and former doughboys were en gaged to stage the troopship, re turn celebration In "Westv of Broadway", John Gilbert's new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring ve hicle which will open Wednesday at the CapitoL At Gilbert's request; as many ot the veterans who- played with him ia "The Big Parade" as could be located were engaged for the new picture and the staging of the scenes resembled an A. E. F. re union In many ways. "House For Sale," Elissa Lan- di's first novel to be published in America will be on sale at the bookstores, March 10. This is the star'a third novel. Her two previous literary efforts, "Neil- son" and "The Helmers" were published in London. Apprised of the government's geles. Howard Hughes. Producer (h ,- ,n(, n,r. places, both literally and figure tlvely. Meighan enacts the role of Gor don McClellan. a dynamic and vlg orous contractor. Albright appears, as the boy and Miss O'Sulllvan portrays the part of his sweet heart. The ast includes Stanley Fields, Jack Kennedy, Alice Ward of "Hell's Angels" and other air pictures, opened negotiations with the navy department for the pur chase of the dirigible.'' In making his offer, Hughes ex plained that he desires posses sion of the Los Angeles for a huge air circus to be held in New York and other cities of the country in conjunction with the premiere of and Dorothy Peterson. Sky Devils." his latest aviation picture, which will have Its New York opening in about a month. Hughes, himself a licensed pi lot, is the acknowledged leader in the production of aviation stor ies upon the screen. His first. Hell's Angels." was one of the most spectacular films ever made. revealing as it did the most sense tured in dog-tights over he front lines in France, and tt lao in cluded a dirigible in its actmtie. Cock ot the Air," now at the Rialto. also has flying sequences, but the most , ambitious picture made by Hughes is "Sky Devils." hia latest. This one, handled In comie vein, has received unstinted praise from all who have preview ed it Thomas Meighan is off for his annual winter vacation. After nutting the finishing touches on his latest Fox film. "Cheaters at Play", scheduled tor Immediate release, he set out for New York, en route to Florida, accompanied by Mrs. Meighan. They will open their winter home at Port Richey, Florida, af ter Melthan has had a few weeks of golf at Miami Beach with his cronies Gene Saraten and George Ade. "Freaks," a picture said to be as strange and fantastic as the armless and legless wonders who have a prominent share in its cast, will ops today at the Capitol theatre as the latest directors! effort of Tod Brownine. creator of the mystery hits "Dracula" and "The Unholy Three." While the cast is headed by such well-known film names as Wallace Ford. Leila Hyams, Olga Baelanova and Roscoe Ates, it is the appearance ot such unusual persons as Johnny Eck. the boy with half a torso: Randian. the Living Torso: Scblitcle and the Snow Twins, white Uiti Heads: Pete Robinson, the Living Skele ton; and Koo Coo, the Girl Girl. n an engrossing drama built di rectly upon the intimate lives of these freaks of nature, that gives this picture the reputation ot be ing the most unusual ever seen on either silent or talkie screen. The strange plot, based on Tod Robblns' story, "Spurs," con cerns the romance of Harry Earles. the midget who scored in "The Unholy Three." and Olga Baelanova, in the role of a tra peze -Artist. Miss Baelanova is seen as an unprincipled woman who marries the midget only for his money and takes the first opportunity to realise on her in vestment by an attempt to poison him. The midget, however, dis covers the plan and with the help of his loyal fellow-freaks inflicts the most fiendish and horrible revenge on his scheming wife yet devised for a screen plot. This thrilllngly gruesome tale is given a pleasanter aspect in the depic tion ot the love affair between Ford and Miss Hysms which comes to a pleasanter conclusion. Elissa Landl will soon be at work on her next Fox picture. "The Woman in Room It," screen version of the play by Sam nel Shlpman and Max Maeln. Gay Bolton is adapting It to the cin ema. Two new leading roles await James Dunn when he arrives at the Fox studios in Hollywood from his vaudeville tour of the eastern cities. The first of these Js in "Little Teacher," with Marian Nixon, who acted opposite Charles Farrell in "After Tomorrow," soon to be re leased. Following "Little Teacher." Dunn wfll act In "Society Girl ' from the play by John Larkin. Jr. It will be produced by Sidney Lan fleld. who directed Dunn and Sally Eilers in their current romance, "Dance Team." COMES E' TO GRAND TODAY Both former boxers, Hardle Al bright as an amateur in college, and Stanley Fields, a professional for many years, furnish one ot the most realistic rough-and-tumble fights ever transferred to the screen In "Skyline," the Fox pic ture coming to the Grand today. The battle takes place on an old river barge ot which Fields Is captain and on which Albright has been reared, when the boy learns that the captain is not his father and decides to leave the. barge and satisfy hjs urge to work 300 Persons Attend C2? DALLAS. March 5. Three hun dred people attended the open house meeting of Carl B. Fenton nost. American Legion, and its auxiliary Thursday night at the lama-other celebrities are In the armory. A covered dish supper supporting cast of the picture. was served to approximately 100 which waa directed by Sidney Lam- members of the Legion and aux- field. Edwin Burke wrote the illary with their guests from Sa- screen play from Sarah Addlng- lem. ton s original novel. The program for the meeting was presented by a group ot prom inent Scots from Salem. Following thtf program both the Lecion and the auxiliary held business meetings. Today at 2 P. M. with interment Monday at Foster. Wlllard, adopted when an m- VI. V 1,4 m . 1as. land where his father. Rev. J. Stocker. was pastor of the First Evangelical chnrch. Four years were spent at Taeoraa. one year at Olympla, Wash., and four at Dal- 1.. k. . .1 M. ' TT wa ti-Mfcman In TWIlu I AS DOWeCTul high school. His death followed I ind throbbing lege of pneumonia. For almost tour years he. was ft student in pi ano. He was liked tor; hia jovial disposition, He leaves his parents. Rev. and Mrs. J. Stocker, and nn adopted brother, Allen. t . A HOME-OWNED THESTRE as New York itself ) Receipts From Play j At Community Meet Total Nearly $25 LABISTI CENTER. Mr. good, sited crowd witnessed the presentation of the community club i plajf - "Yimmlei Yonson's Yob," Friday night. I . Receipts amounted to about XS. Preceding the play Dick John son and Kathryn Taylor of Oak- ridge sang, accompanied by Mrs. :C. A, Johnson, and between acts an accordion trio from Meridian played. I . , -1:- . jniB . &nu. uornsennen was rushed to j Salem the! middle ot the week l vshere an I Murrtimt iappendicttli operation was per-l .-irk LvU 1 01 UAH DID r f J ' yK AlDniCHT ! f; x j y uvRNA Loy i- 'ifK S Sunday : 5 rw JS - Monday-Tuesday - - - . - A HOME-OWNED THEATRE Home of tSe Tatties Today, Monday & Tuesday - Coattnaofts rerformance Today 9 te 11 P. M. Out-Thrills her greatest hits the beautiful star you adore in a great film kissed by the screen's most fascinating aaaa : CLARK GABLE . with Wallace Ford Skeets Gallagher .' : ' " Also - Laurel & Hardy : The greatest of comedy teams ia "HELPMATES' 0 "We'll Make Her One Of Us V . . ! ! " From the gibbering mouths of these weird creatures came this fren zied cry no wonder she cringed in horror this , beautiful woman who dared toy with the love of one of them! o The strongest most startling human story ever screened! with LEILA HYAMS BACLANOVA Wallace Ford - - - it 'frC I ADDED K. D. Kennedy in "BON VOYAGE A Biotoas Cootedy - 'Self Condemned" A Kick Harris Mystery Carteon . Pictorial TODAY yrtnyK TODAY AT AT 2 P. M. Sii(ilFii 2 P' M- ill IN H i 1 III A ff i O ) III W hWsWv: ' f I - .Km I rte Mi I VyO- I HI : fi : , ifd7j vk. y iirui'm'U(i(ms T yT-ALSO (.j.n.n J rt VKb ' , iSTJBWAT 8TMPHOJrr " YtTv," AM . 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