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A hundred boxes of dynamite
teach containing one hundred
half sticks t the explosive, two
thousand dynamite caps, and six
ty -fire round; of ammunition
were exploded during" the screen
ing of the First National picture,
"Black Fury." which with Paul
Muni in the stellar role will open
at the Elsinore theatre today, yet
so one was injured. ,
, Roland Berschied, powder man
on the First National lot, admits
that with the exception of war
films, "Black Fury" was the
toughest-assignment he had ever
encountered. '
Berschied has been blowing np
things, around Hollywood for
more' .than fifteen years and is
one of the outstanding firearms
authorities of the country. He has
never suffered an Injury or caus
ed an Injury to another in spite
of the fact that he dally handles
enough dynamite to blow a city
to bits.
Muni is supported by thirty-five
film favorites who have import
ant . sp jaking roles in "Black
Fury," as -Tell as hundreds of
extras. The drama is based on an
original storr. "Jan Volkanik" by
Judge M. A. Musmanno, and the
play "Bohunk' by Harry R. Irv
ing, with Michael Curtis direct
ing. .
Allen and Hunt
Firms Purchase -'Anne'
Cherries
The Royal Anne cherry buying
field has been, entered by the
Allen Fruit company, following
the Hunt Brothers Packing com
pany Both firms are said to be
working on an open contract bas
is. -
Although W. G. Allen, head of
the company bearing his name,
has not revealed the extent of
his contemplated operations this
year, it is expected he will han
dle a heavy cherry tonnage. He
says he is not greatly worried by
the reported shortage of barrels
as a considerable quantity is
available and means may be
devised to meet any serious
shortage.
- Earl Pearcy and Andrey Ver
cler are both reported to be in
the field buying for Allen.
Distribution of
Relief Foods to
Start on Monday
Distribution of commodities for
May to Salem families cared for
by the county relief committee
will start "Monday. Requisitions
ean be secured at the relief ware
house. Families will report for
commodities on the following
days assigned to their particular
caseworker:
Monday Gec-ge Bin-ell, Es
ther Wood. Tuesday Brenda
Savage, Gwendolyn Hunt. Wed
nesdayFrances Keene. 'ihurs
day Lois Wilkes. Friday Janet
Weil. I
Commodities to be given out
are chiefly foodstujffs provided
by the federal government.
Woodburn Chapter
Of Daughters Will
Take Duty at Park
WOODBURN, May 18. Belle
Pass! chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, met at the
home of the regent, Mrs. W. J.
Wilson, Thursday afternoon. A
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Today Paul Man! in "Black
Fury". '
Thursday "Stolen Harmony"
. with George Raft.
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Today Shirley Temple In
. "Our Uttle Girl". .
. Saturday '"Caring Tobbj'
" Man with James Dunn.. .;
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Today Hyrn&Loy In 'Wings
- In th Dark: '--. - ;
Wednesday only -George Ar-
lies in "The House of
Rothschild". ,
Thursday only Double bill,
"Father Brown, Detective'
with ,Walter Connoly and
Ellssa Land! in "Enter Ma-
. dame".
Friday First run, Buck
' Jones in "Stone of Silver
Creek".
CAPITOI
Today Double bill, "China-
town Squad? with Lyle tal-
v bot and Buck Jones in "The
Avenger".
Tuesday Double bill, Irene
Dunne in "Sweet Adeline"
and all color feature "Mys-
tery of the Wax Museum".
Thursday Double bill, "The
Mark of the Vampire" with
Lionel Barrymore and Rich-
rd Barthelmess in "Cabin
in the Cotton".
"Vi ' r'
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Today William Powell In
rEvelyn Prentice".
Wednesday "Sequoia" with
Jean Parker. - -
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of Seriousness Runs Through Current Movie Offerings
Picture Laid
Paul Muni and Karen Morley appear in the vital drama of the coal
mines, "Black Fury", now at the Elsinore.
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A romance of the clouds with many thrilling air sequences Is "Wings
In the Dark" now at the State: with Myraa Loy, Cary Grant and
Roscoe Karns.
program in charge of Mrs. D. J.
Gillanders was given. An invi
tation to act as hostesses at the
Memorial cabin at Champoeg,
Sunday, June 23, was accepted.
The following guests were
present: Mrs. Hattie Taylor
White and Mrs. Drexel White of
near Monitor, and Mrs. Carl En
gelman of Hubbard.
Special Meeting
Called to Consider
Celebration Fourth
WOODBURN, May 18. The
Woodburn Businessmen's club
has called a special meeting to
be held at the city hall Monday
night to consider the sponsor
ing of a Fourth of July cele
bration in Woodburn this year.
The meeting will start at 7:30
o'clock and anyone interested is
urged to be present.
The Federated Women of the
Methodist church will hold their
regular meeting at the home of
Mrs. L. C. Buchner on Second
street Tuesday afternoon. May
21, at 2:30 o'clock. The pro
gram-will be in charge of the
Foreign Missionary society. As
sisting hostesses will be Mrs. J.
Melvin Ringo, Mrs. A. E. Aus
tin, Mrs. P. M. Hammond and
Mrs. Sidney Hansen. Friends
and members of the federation
are cordially invited to attend.
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Radio
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KOAC COEVALLIS 550 Ke.
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9:00 Home Economici Obterrcr.
10:00 Maude Pratt Lewis, dramatic
reader.
11:15 Science Stories.
12:00 Noon Farm Hour.
1:15 KOAC School of the Air.
3:15 Oregon Cities: Then and Now.
8:00 "Wayne and Jane."
5:00 Componers in Cameo "Kicolaa
Rimfiky Korsakev."
:00 Br. M. N. Nelton, baritone.
6:30 Evening Farm Hour.
7:30 4-H Club program.
SERA Project
At Fairgrounds
Given Approval
The state relief committee yes
terday Informed Glenn C. Niles,
Marion county relief administra
tor, that it had apprced an
SERA project for repairing the
agricultural pavilion at the state
fairgrounds which architects re
cently condemned as unsafe.
Niles said a crew of 15 men
would go to work there Tuesday
morning.
TODAY
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FEATURES
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.BUCK JONES in
TTHE AVENGER"
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SHE IT STATE
"Wings In the Dark" With
Myrna Loy, Cary Grant
In Real Thriller
For Paramount's stirring pic
ture of adventure and romance
above the clouds, "Wings in the
Dark," coming today to the State
theatre, Myrna Loy and Cary
Grant have been cast as flying
sweethearts in the co - starring
roles.
Miss Loy plays a head - line
hunting, thrill seekinr aviatrix,
while Grant acts the role of a
scientist of the air. His life work
is the perfection of blind-flying
and piloting devices that will
make flight absolutely safe.
Just as Grant is convinced that
his experiments are reaching their
climax he loses his plane because
he lacks funds. As a last des
perate gesture, Miss Loy under
takes a Moscow-New York flight
for the $25,000 offered which will
enable him to complete his work.
The flight is completed safely,
but only through Grant's last
minute heroic efforts, during
which he confess as his love.
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San Francisco's Chinatown is
the scene of "Chinatown Squad,"
the Universal mystery drama
which comes to the Capitol the
atre today. A murder starts the
story on its way, and the picture
goes Into the mysterious byways
of the country's largest Chinatown
with Orientals and Americans
matching wits in a comedy-drama
of absorbing Interest.
An exceptional cast is seen in
"Chinatown Squad," including
Lyle Talbot, Valerie Hobson,
Hugh O'Connell and Andy Devine.
The story concerns the murder
of an agent for a revolutionary
government in China, caught
stealing funds which he has col
lected from Americanized Chinese
and false clues lead the police
over a tortuous trail until the
killer is finally apprehended
through the efforts of the driver
of a sightseeing bus, bringing to
a climax his romance with a beau
tiful girl.
PROFIT TAKING IS
NOTED 1 STREET
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NEW YORK, May 18.-P)-An-other
mild gust of profit-taking
swept across the stock market to
day bringing lower prices and
scattering into the background
the Inflationary clouds which had
gathered earlier in the week.
Measured by the Associated
Press average of 60 stocks the
market sagged .4 to 41.8. The
hourly rate of trading was some
what less than on Friday. To
tal transactions amounted to 600,
460 shares, against 1,821,600 in
the preceding session.
Among stocks which retreated
were Allied Chemical, off 1 to
147; American Can, down a point
to 124; Chrysler, off 1 to
47; General Motors off 1 at
31; and International Harvest
er off 1 at 41.
Columbia Pictures swam up
stream against the main current
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Bat it Took a Shanty town Female to Put Him There!
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'Our Little Girl" now at the Grand.
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Valerie Hobson, Lyle Talbot and Hugh O'Connell carry important
roles in the mystery drama, "Chinatown Squad" at the Capitol.
for a gain of 4, aided by an
earnings report which Bhowed net
profit for the nine months at
$8.62 a share, about twice as
much as in the like preceding pe
riod. Losses of 1 to 2 points or more
were suffered by a large scat
tering of preferred shares which
included American Metal, Associ
ated Dry Goods, Bethlehem Steel,
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Hawking milk In the streets is
to be banned in the TransvaaL
Georges Carpentler, former
European heavyweight boxing
champion, has Just opened his
cocktail bar in the Etoile quarter
of Paris.
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Shirley Temple, whose natural
art is second to none, and who
has, In the words of Irvln S. Cobb,
"made more people happy and
made "more children laugh than
any child your age in the iistory
of the world," is here again.
Her new Fox film picture. "Our
Little Girl," continues its engage
ment today at the Grand theatre.
This is said to be Shirley's most
touching picture. She plunges in
to an emotional adventure that
sings in the heart as she bravely
meets a bewildering crisis while
those who are nearest and dearest
to her grope in the shadows of
misunderstanding.
Shirley's brave smile revives a
waning love, when she pleads for
her mother to return, and runs
away from home to reunite her
parents.
A fitting cast has been assem
bled around the Screen sensation.
Rosemary Ames plays the mother,
and Joel McCrea the father. Oth
ers are Lyle Talbot as "the other
man," Erin O'Brien-Moore, Jack
Donohue, Poodles Hanneford, Gus
Van, Margaret Armstrong, Rita
Owin, Leonard Carey, J. Farrell
McDonald and Jack Baxley. -
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waited below . . . Could she make it?
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Jewev Bull Sale
Held in Hop Bowl
.INDEPENDENCE, May 18.
The Independence show of Polk
coanty Jersey cattle will be held
Tuesday, May 28, in the new hop
bowl. It has been announced
that nine purebred Jersey bulls
belonging to herds of W. H, Me
Kee, Harry Illif, H. N. Matti
son, M. N. Tibbies, W. O. Mor
row and I. Loughany will be of
fered for auction that .day. Also
about 70 head of fine cattle will
be exhibited. The Independence
chamber of commerce is helping
arrange for the show and for
the noon lunch. Many Jersey
breeders and buyers from outside
states. are expected for the Jer
sey show. Many cattle will be
judged during the day.
Mrs. George Pratt of Okona
gon. Wash., is - visiting at the
home of her brother. Dale Pom
eroy for a week. She especially
made the trip to see her sister,
Mrs. Hugh Hanna, who has been
very 111, and just recently re
turned from St. Vincent's hospi
tal in Portland. Mrs. MacCrea
day, from Cle Elum, Wash., is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Hanna,
this week, too.
, Until this year Babe Rath had
only one time at bat in Baker
Bowl, Philadelphia, famed for its
super-short right field fence. His
one shot waa as a pinch-hitter for
the Boston Red Sox in the world
series of 1915.
The grueling grind of a trans
atlantic flight ... a fog -locked
field . . . enough gas for 15 more
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Today, Monday
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Edwird Brophy
Cora Sue Collins
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