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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1936)
PAGE kiot Good tore lof .LairigJis to be TEeatorei Pktroiis Today Lrive: J 11 OHEGON STATESMAN, Sakza. Oreson, Sandaj Mornln- Jlay 21, 193 Jbe Brcnvn atr Elsinore Now "Sons O' Guns" Is Laugh Featur; Based Upon Stage War Play ' Joe E. Brown, the awning lip ped comedian,, promises to bring aa unusually big package ot laughs in bis new Warner Bros. f limusieal : romance, ' "Sons . O Guns,"" which is scheduled to op en at the Elsinore theatre today. The "picture is based on the rollicking Broadway stag bit of World War days,, dealing only with, the bright and hilarious side of doughboy life in the A.E.F. Joe, who has three sweethearts in- the picture, has the role of a Broadway entertainer who Just can't get mad enough to enlist. Beverly Roberts has the role of Joe Si fiancee, while Winifred Shaw is the vixenish sweetheart from whom Joe flees Into the arms, first of the army, and later the arms of a civic French lassie, a part pjlayed by Joan Blondell Joe . gets into some hilarious mixups at the front, finally being arrested as a spy. Before he is gathered into the arms of the ; Grim Reaper, however, he stum bles Into a surprising situation which brings a riotous climax to a series of fan-laden incidents. Stars Felicitate Elsinore Theatre Joe and Joan Are Teamed -t . 1 -.. : .. ,: , i i , i. , ... i State Offers Fine Program "Ring Around, the Bloon, '. "Oty Park" and Also fSIarch of Time The gentleman with the hitch-hiker thtunb is Joe E. Brown explain ing things to Joan Blondell in "Sons O' Gobs", starting the 10th anniversary week at the Elsinore today. . j Congratulations from Jo Brown, star ot "Sons O Gnus' which opens today, and from Jan et Gaynor and Robert Taylor of "Small Town, Girl" which opens Thursday, on the tenth anniver sary recognition this week at the Elsinore theatre, were received by wire Saturday by Carl Porter, manage of the theatre. "Only my work at the studio keeps me from flying up to your city - and helping yon and my many friends there "help to cele brate the anniversary of the theatre which is bringing so much Joy to t'ae community," Brown's telegram said. "The fact that my picture 'Sons O' Guns' was chosen for anniversary , week makes me doubly sorry I cannot be with yon but my thoughts and good wishes are with you and the people of Salem," . . i "Xy little girl friend the 'Small Town Girl' Janet Gaynor joins me In sending greetings to you and the people of Salem on this anni " versa ry week of your theatre. We are ' happy that our co-starring picture la playing during the week and hop the people ef you-r com munity will be made, happy in see ing It. Congratulations," Taylor's wir$ said. Williams . Elected Chaplain oflOOF DAYTON, May 23. J. O. Wil liams of Dayton was elected grand chaplain of grand lodge of Oregon at the 'grand lodge at Roaebnrg this week. He was a delegate from the Dayton Odd Fellows lodge and also the Day ton encampment. W. H. Hibbert was the other Dayton Odd Fellow delegate. Theodore Rossner of Dayton and his brother, Ronald Rossner of Salem, attended the grand lodge Tuesday. Their mother, Mrs. L. A. Rossner accompanied them. Their father , the late 'L. A. Rossner was grand priest ; at the time of his death last Decern-1 ber. - Miss Madalene Dossner of Ray ton was elected state publicity chairman of the Rebekah lodge at the state convention held this week at Roseburg. She returned 'home Friday in company with Mrs. Theodocia Magness the dele gate from Naomi Rebekah. lodge of Dayton. -...' Mrs. Baxter Is Hostess - Mrs. Herbert Baxter delightf ul- ly, entertained the Past Matrons club f Electa chapter No. 19. Order of Taster Star at her home Tuesday with 11 members and two guests present Mrs. F. M Hord of Portland and Mrs. Nellie Spangle were the guests. Visit ing, games and fancy work were enjoyed. Mrs. Baxter served re freshments, j The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Har- ry Bond. .!,.-. ii HRjk Wli6teilil" ipiii;iiiiiiiip" : A truly outstanding program I I to be at the State theatre atarting I today.; With two first run features and the latest issue of "March of Time"; It has everything to be de sired by even the most dlscrimin ating movie fan. ! Heading the twin bill is the Vere Hobart novel, "Ring Around the Moon, starring Donald Cook and Erin O'Brien Moore. It is ai modern drama that has won ac claim from those! who hare seen it because of its unusual story and dramatic action. "CityfParkV the story of small town girl in the city stands beautiful Sally Blan, in one of her best characterizations. And to make the program com plete, the new issue of "March of Time.f brings out the story ot the news behind the; news of such thrilling subjects as the Veterans of Foture Wars, America's Num ber 11 Gun Dog. the New Florida canal tand Inside dope on the ar son. racket in big cities. Glib Sponsor For Clean-up of Town 1 ! Riot in Convict Camp t. . . . - , T : ; ; : - . I v" '' :-.! : i. :-r,.T -y -r ' '-.--v .v -J- I - . 1 " v ' - ' j ' y x v ) X k-:'y if: v" c Kim 1 V V J 'Vi l C S Vff J.r r i W v- - ; y ' I "- 4t- 1 4 1 A tense scene from th thriller "Road Gang," starring Donald Wood which jcomes to the Capitol today on a double bill. Raft and Bennett On at HoUywood "She Couldn't Take R'Mf Romantic Comedy With Kidnaping Thrill "She Couldn't Take It," Colum bia' widely acclaimed romantic comedy ce-starring George Raft and Joan j Bennett, will open at the Hollywood theatre today. Di rected by! Tay Garnett .from a story by Gene Towne and Gra ham Baker, "She Couldn't Take It" tells the tantalising tale of an ex-bootlegger who Is commis sioned to i tame the front-paging. escapading, socially, i prominent van Dykes. George Raft is seen as the re formed Ricardi, while j Joan Ben nett plays the madcap Carol. Their constant battling winds up in one of the most exciting cli maxes in: recent films, with an honest - to - goodness kidnapping thrown in for good measure. Supporting the two stars are Walter Connolly, Blllie Burke, Lloyd Nolan. Wallace Ford. Don ald Meek and James Blakely. Mr. Deeds'9 Stays Silverton High For Second Week Names Boyd Canoy Kelland Story With Gary To Head Student Body For George Raft and Joan Bennett set a merry pace in "She Couldn't Take It" at the Hollywood today. The Call Board 'Poad Gang' Comes . . . ... . - . . . ... . To Capitol -Today Today EXSIXOKE Joe E.) Brown in Progress Reports ' on Carnival Are Heard MONMOUTH, May 23. Clares C. Powell presided at a dinner giv en by the chamber of commerce last night at Monmouth hotel. About 35 members and guests at tendde, the . purpose being to as semble ana check on progress nude by committees toward the Goodwill Carnival scheduled for May 2S, 29 and 39. Favorable reports on the work were made and all plans for the event are well lined up. Ira Ray, Elkins farmer, who attended the Farmers' anion con vention at Mount Angel, reported that Monmouth will be .host to the Farmers onion convention In Sirs. J. D. Alexander Is Recovering From Illness "Sons O" Guns?. Today "Small Town Girl" with. Janet Gaynor. CAPITOL Today Double bm, "Road Gang" with Donald Woods and "Treachery Rides the Range." with Dick Foran. Tuesday: Double bill, "Times Square Playboy" with Warren William and "Guns for Hire" with Lane Chandler. i Thursday Double bill. Boris Karloff In "Walking Dead" and "Three on the Trail" with Bill Boyd. GRAND " Today "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town," with; Gary Cooper. Saturday "And So They Were Man-ied, with Mel vyn Douglas. ! ? HOLLYWOOD Today George Raft in "She Couldn't Take ! It." Wednesday' "Last of the Pagan3"with j Mala and. .Lotus. 1 "Friday Double bill, Bill Boyd in "Burning. Gold" and "Here Come Trouble" with Paul Kelly. STATE Today Double bill, Donald Cook in "Ring! Around the Moon" plus "City Park" with . Sally Blane. , Also March of Time. Wednesday . Double bill, Lupe Veiei in.VThe Morals ; of Marcus ' and .Preston Foster in "Muss 'Em Tin " Friday First run, "The i New Adventures of Tar- zan." j i Marshall Strawberries .1 Ready For Market; Loss Due to Rains Is Small Realistic Prison Picture Offered; Indian Story Is Second Feature A picture of raw, stark realism. said to bare the terrors prisoners are subjected to in a penal insti tution run by grafting politicians, eoimes to the Capitol theatre today under the title of "Road Gang." Besides its terrifying aspects which make it of vital Interest, there is a glowing romance ot a girl who sticks by her man even when he is convicted of a crime, and who battles for his release un til she eventually wins his free dom. ! The picture is set in the sombre background of a farm conducted by a county for convicts and a mine where incorrigible prisoners fcre shipped. One hundred different Indian tribes are represented among the Redmen ' playing in "Treachery Rides the Range," Warner Bros. hew western musifal which: is the' second feature at the Capitol the atre. - i -1. 1 . . The chief tribes represented are Iroquois, Blackfoot, Cherokee, Hopi, Navajo, : Apache. Delaware; Osage, Sac and Fox, Ottowa and Papago. i MILL CITY. May 23. Cleanup week is being sponsored by the Mill City Woman's club. This week a truck has been hired to haul away the trash. Mrs. Harry Carter is visiting la Pe Ell, Washington, at the home ot her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. N R. Harlan. M. J. Knerr Is attending the grand lodge . session ot the Odd Fellows in Roseburg and. Is also visiting at the home of hi daighter, Mrs. W. F. Chapman. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Crook have returned to Mill City to reside, Mr. Cook will operate the car rier for the new mill. : Birthday Club Meets The Birthday club met at the home of Mrs. Clarence Mason Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Frank! Blazek of Jefferson was the hon or guest, and was presented with several gifts. A delicious lunch was served by the hostess, Mrs. Mason. Two real estate deals yesterday were the purchase ot the compa ny house formerly occupied by A. Van; Dahls by Herbert Jenkins, and! the Smith house, by Fred Duffy. . - Mr. and Mrs. C. A; Bruder are the parents of a daughter, born at the Stayton hospital Thursday evening. i Meet with MrsHaynes The Happy Hour club held an all day meeting at the home of Mrs; Ed Haynes Thursday. Tie day was pleasantly spent in quilt ing with a dinner served at noon by the hostess. Those present were Mrs. D. Turpin, Mrs. C. Rog ers, Mrs. Raymond Berry, Mrs. W. Robinson, Mrs. Mary Hendric- soni Mrs. Chas. Sullivan, Mrs. H. Baltimore, Mrs. E. Bertram, Mrs. V. Lettelrier, Mrs. Otto Geertsen, Mrs. o. H. Newman, Miaa D. Hen dricson and the hostess. Mis Haynes. Cooper, Jean Arthur Proves Hit Here Mr. Deeds is still going to town in a large way at the Grand theatre and the picture will be held a second week. Frank Capra, that peer of di rectors, has taken -Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, -an excellent sap porting cast, a tine story by Clar ence Budington Kelland. and a live, intelligent screen play by Robert Rlskin and molded them all into a motion picture so supe rior that there ar few superla tives worthy of It, Its title is Mr. Deeds Goes to Town." , "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" has to do with a young man from a small town who falls Into a for tune of $20,000,000. He Is tak en to New York against his will to receive the money. Gratters bun around him like bees around honey, i Newspapers give him the works, label him the "Cinderella Man. The town goes wild. On ef the reporters, a aob sis ter, anonymously strikes up his acquaintance to get exclusive stor ies, and remains to fall in love with him and, unconsciously, causes him so much woe that he attempts to give hla fortune away, This move succeeds in getting him arrested for insanity. Coming Term; Arbnckle New Vice-President specifically mentioned as having assisted Herman Kramer, princi pal of the senior high school at all times. Others receiving pins for assisting were Lois Gay Frank Vaughn, Mary Jane Not sker, Jean Bowman, June Bow man, Bill Tomison. Lyle Specht and Glen Briedwell were awarded pins for 'both this year and last year. - , Maxine Taylor Is 111 i at Auinsville HAZEL GREEN, May 23 r- Marshall strawberries are being sold to the storesj It will.be a week or more before the picking for 1 canneries starts. Not many berries have been spoiled by the continued rain. Carl Johnson has set 10 acres to Etterburgs No. St. Some report prospect of a small prune crop. Carl I Johnson has larges than usual prune crop set. often a great quantity fall during the season. The lake land Is too wet to weed the onions. ! Peter Woelke, who, has the largest cherry orchard in the dis trict, reports a smaller crop than usnaL . ATJMSV1LLE: May 23.4-M I s s Maxine Taylor, who is a freshman in the local high school. Is ill at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C D, Boone with 'ait attack ot measles. Her father came here from Leb anon, Friday, to be with her. Mrs. Anna Downing of Seattle is here visiting at the homo of her daughter. -Mrs. Selmer Brown. Miss Virgie Bradley, who was a student In the nurses' .training school at St.. Vincent's hospital In Portland, is employed at the Stay- ton hospital. f - ! . Many at Convention ZEXAl May 23 Those from Spring Valley Farmers' anion No. 212, who attended the 26th an nual state convention, held at ML Angel this week were L. E S wen wold, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Van Buskirk. Owen Williams, Chris Tana-en and.W. N. Craw ford. : , ' ' R03EDALE, M a y . 2J. Mrs. J. D. Alexander, who has been very ill, is improving to the satis faction of her friends. She Is now able to sit up in bed a little and Merrill Smith Begins As Lebanon Postmaster 1 ... g Displacing MacMillan LEBANON. May! 23 Merrill D. Smith was installed as'Leban on " postmaster ' on Tuesday, May It. He is the son. or. Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Smith bf Albany. T. R. MacMillan, postmaster for about nine years, has a half interest in the Lebanon Express and has assumed his share in the duties ot its management. -The new . building ot S. " C. Meyer on Main street has been to receive callers. Mr n tv Need ham Is at home from local hospital and slowly completed and win be occupied Improving. . . aiay i( oy x-ete uuenoaco. rr ! ri Royal Neighbor Hold District Convention SILVERTON, May 23 Boyd Canoy will steer the student body affairs as its president next term, according to selection made this week by the senior high school group. Other officers se lected were: Vice President, Ver mont Arbnckle; secretary, Doro thy Huddles ton; treasurer, Jean Tomison and sergeant-at-arms. Don Christensea. At an assembly Friday awards were made to a group ot students who had been particularly loyal in assisting. Warner Chilberg was Parsonage Ready HAZEL GREEN, May 23 The new parsonage has been fin ished on the Japanese church property. It la a modem build ing and has four rooms, study. bedroom, -eitting room and kitch en. A telephone and electricity has been Installed. Wednesday Rev. H. Haahemoto moved to the new parsonage from, near James isaa s piace. You arc Invited to Inspect The New York Auto Show Chassis of the GRAHAM Supercharger Now on Display at Our Show Rooms LODER BROS. 445 Center St. Phone 61S3 Pot Seven Years Your Graham Sales and -Service for Marion and Folk Counties Home of Good Used Cars School Picnic Monday. FRUrfLAND. May 23. In the county spelling contest the Fruit- land school ranked as follows among the two room schools Fifth grade first: eighth grade second; Seventh grade, fifth; sixth grade, seventh. Relative of Silverton.... -: Families Dies in East SILVERTON, May 23. T. . Arestad and son. Homer, Mrs. R. H. Lima and Miss Margaret Wormdahl were called to Sacred Heart." Minn., this j Week by the - death of a, relative IHans Helge- on. The SHvertqn: party is mak ing the trip by automobile and ex pect to be gone two.weeks Mrs. Bolme Better SILVERTON. May! 23 Mrs. George Bolme, who has been cri tically 111 from a heart ailment the past two weeks is reported as - being somewhat unproved, Mrs.,. Bolme Is at her home on N. J James avenue. l? : .. ',- UF TO DATE DENTISTRY .j',"i''',iL. " I 15 Years Practice Dr. HIGGINS Dentist x Over 3. C Penney Store Telephone 6834 j 1 WRM il dj STARTS TODAY A LAUGH SENSATION! LEBANON, May 23. The Linn - Benton district convention of the Royal Neighbors of Amer ica met Tuesday at Crawfords- ville. Mrs. Irene Martin, oracle, ore- sided at the opening session, Irma B. Kibler, state supervisor ot Oregon and Idahot presided at the school of instruction.. A special drill was given by-Hamblen camp. 1991, Lebanon. Draping ot the charter and the. password drill was given by Laurel camp, 1744, Albany. In troduction of visitors was given by Rustle camp. 3802. Crawforda- vilie. Memorial services were in charge of Beaver camp; 3182, Cor- vallis. 1 Corvallis extended an invitation to meet there tor the next con vention, and this was accepted. New officers; elected for the 13 th Linn-Benton convention were: District oracle, Hattie Graves, Corvallis; vice Oracle. Eve Childs, Albany; secretary -treasurer, Katherine Paulson, ot Corvallis; chancellor, Alice El liott.; Lebanon; advisory board' Anna StraneyJ Albany; Vertia. Wagner, Corvallis; Flora Chlldsj Lebanon; Maggie Kelley. Craw fordsville. Cammack At Conference! ! ROSED ALE, ! May 2 3-P a t Cammack, who! Is superintendent of! the Friend's Christian En deavor societies of the northwest; was i in Taeoma this weekend where he attended a C. E. ban quet : and also Taeoma quarterly MA HoB05d Theater P OE.E.YVOQ1 j Noio Playing i l ... flTi-.. am' HI im-mmmmmi r. ... 4: .It 1 l! BIG 1TRST RUN v I DOUBLE BILL SHOWl f ' J una Ci,y "4 TH2 I ' moon- Q VERC iOBART ;v ft .ixx-l--- A V DONALD COOK f. ( V- . ERIN O'BRIEN MOORE . ! y ALAN EDWARDS i ' - Y r Y ANN DORAN I JOHN OUAtEN I . OiwcM by eEOftGE LAMONT UlMMHillii in -1 n i- ill' i i - unJfc WHIM' II ;:-:"' jr.rlirt Tt Second Dig. featm'BU v El EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION 1 1 1 "MARCH of TIME'i 1 : 'vi- i ' 1 .fit1' . 'ri-Sra9t f, y. : ' devecly r.::mTS ERIC BL0RE I'nilFRED SUAW CRAIG REYIIOLDS JOSEPH Id UG ROBERT DARRAT tkHtitf UXIt IKiJ NMlltilnliMi Ct slanecs! pmioratf BOO :'. SEATS 25c TODAY 3HON. TWO THRILLING HITS rnf vllX V RTEIY0TS3S 9P JLi T5S37DB : . . The screen's new shoot ing star scores ! his 'third straight hit. ! I;. : i-, - Wft4t sN. v - m. fnHSTOXE