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PAGE NINE OmttstandMiiw Mniical Bright dim Theatre . ProgFamg The -OREGON STATESMAN, Salexa. Oregon, Sunday Morning, October 18, 1936 Comedy "Saving Time" Popular Here Aslaire and Rogers Draw Crowds . to Elsinore in New Music Hit With their newest vehicle, "Swing Tim." which opened Fri day at the Elsinore theatre, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers deliver the most tuneful and captivating filmusical of their career. In story, songs, .dances, comedy situations, supporting cast, and production, "Swing Time" tops its predeces sors. The noted duo present a spectacular fast.moving double triangle romantic travesty that holds the" audience nntil the final fade-out. The two stars again offer their amazing dancing, with the intrigu ing "The Walts in Swing Time" taking rank with their previous "Carioca" and "Continental." Jer ome Kern's haunting melodies,. Dorothy Fields sprightly lyrics.1 the gorgeous "Bojangles" scenic creation by John Harkrider, the notable efforts of a well-chosen cast and George Stevens' adroit direction.'" all combine to make ItKO Radio's "Swing Time" an en tertainment of the finest kind.. The story deals with Astaire'B arrival in New York as an impec unious free-lance sport, bent upon making enough money to return to his home town and marry his fiancee. Betty Furness. But his ardor for this program fades when 'he encounters Miss Rogers, a xeacner in a aancing acauemy. The plot is further complicated by the attentions showered on Miss Rogers by George Me tax a, an orchestra leader, and- by the well-meaning but nearly fatal ef. forts of Victor Moore and Helen Broderick to smooth out the path of true love. - ; All in, all. "Swing Time" Is Just about perfect. Be, sure, to put it on" your list of "must see" at tractions, the big production num ber belng"Bojangles of Harlem," an ensemble led by Astaire in burnt cork. Clinks Arranged For Coming Week Tf School clinics will be conducted In Detroit, Silverton and - Salem this,-week , by j the county health department. The full schedule of clinics Is as' follows: V Monday Lesle junior high school, all day; Salem high, girls, morning; inilkhandlers. after noon, health offices; , Tuesday Silverton, all day; Leslie Junior ad the serlbr high,; morning; Wednesday School clinic , at health offices, afternoon; Thurs day School and immunization clinic, Detroit, all day; Saturday Immunization clinic at health offices, 8:30 to 10 a.m. Car Heavily Damaged A heavy sedan driven by John Bel ton, 1615 South Capitol street, was heavily damaged when it col lided at 12th and Mission streets at 10:30 o'clock Friday night with a car driven by F. R. Fortune, 265 South Commercial. None of the occupants of either machine was injured. Damage to Fortune's machine was slight. The Call Board - -' . ELS LX ORE Today Astaire and Rogers in "Swing Time". Wednesday Victor McLag- len in "The Magnificent Brute". Saturday Double Bill, Gary Cooper in "T h e General Died at Dawn," and Mar ion Talley in "Follow Tour Heart". - CAPITOL Today Double bill, "Isle of Fury" with Humphrey Bo gart and Johnny Mack ---Brown In "Crossed Streets.": Tuesday Double bill, Mar gret Lindsay in, "The Law in Her Mands'' and "Sky bound," with an. all star cast. Thursday Double bill, "Girl on the Front Page" and "Tango" with Marion Nixon. HOLLYWOOD - Today Robert Taylor and Loretta Young in "Private Number". Wednesday Two features, "Moonlight Murder" -with Chester Morris, Madge Br ans and Leo Carrillo. Friday Double bill, "Three Wise Guys" "with Robert Young and Betty Furness and John Wayne in "The Lonely Trail.'" STATE? Today W. C; Fields In "Poppy". Wednesday Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy la ?"To Mary, with Love". Saturday Alice Faye In "Sing Baby sing f . Back wta a bag of new tricks! I iff I The Screen's - ; '( C- 'T - : '' :.. . ? "", . I i:: : All w t f i r ; t , 1 ! I ' ! s i rred Astaire teamed again with his famous dance partner Ginger Rog ers in "Swing Time" now featured at the Elsinore theatre. - , W. C. Fields is a carnival medicine man and the guardian of 18-year-old "Poppy", Rochelle Hudson, in the Fields film by that name now at the State theatre. Broad roadwav niqnts Copyright, 1036, Kinf By CLARK NEW YORK. Oct. 17. My con freres in Broadway bantering are still qualifying with "it is said" and "it is rumored" and "it is re ported" in their references to the Rockefeller as "angels" of last week's most important new theat rical offering, "White Horse Inn". NowTBJd then a Broadway rumor is fact, and lit is fact that the Rockefellers put up most of the quarter million or more that was expended on the monumental ex travaganza before it was unveil ed, as was revealed here exclus ively several weeks ago. Some of my confreres also ap pear to be unaware that this new "must" show for New York vis itors which grossed $12,000,000 in its six years of European pre sentations, was based by its auth or, Hans Mueller, on "At the White Horse Inn", a comedy orig inally produced in this country in 189 with Leo Dietrlchstein and Amelia Bingham as the stars, and that it is perfectly natural for its jokes to be that old. ' Spectacle Lacks ' Humor "White Horse Inn" is the nn funnlest musical show the New York stag has had since , "The High Hatters", the opus in which Robert Montgomery of screen fame, made his debut; but it is a gorgeous spectacle speckled like rice pudding, with raisins, with steamboats, buses, donkeys, cows, yodelers. merry-go-rounds, table trains, three-story settings, rain and everything iti seems, except Ben Hot chariots oh treadmills. It suffers, it seems to the writ er, from the heavy continental hand laid upon it by the Euro pean director, Erik Charell, who couldn't have been expected to be able to wield his baton at the American pace,' and the antiquat ed book which Radio Gagster Da vid Freedman ; attempted to en liven, but its good qualities' so outweigh its faults as to make it a mandatory selection for the amasement-seeker." The angel who has lost the most feathers this season Is A. Shapiro, owner of the Casino. Two of hit efforts, "So Proudly We Hail" and "Stork Mad", clos ed within a week. "StorJc Mad" didn't quite achieve the reputa m n-n7imrar ha Dancing Ace v'liV . - im ' Ml v ' : o-. I $ - i 1 ? r Kl. I - teaturet Hyndiet, inc. KINNAIRD- tion of being the season' worst play, because it had been preced ed by "Timber House", which had a run of one night, and "fflim! Scheller". , . Everything Is arriving by twos on Broadway now. Two plays ex posing military schools are fol lowed by two psychological stu dies of murder and two ''Ham lets". "Night Must Fall", the English closeup of one of those murderers the -women become courtroom mobs to see, was hur ried into town two weeks ahead of schedule so it would open one night ahead of "Love From' a Stranger," another British play with the same theme. The Big Town Crier Nino Martini admitted to your correspondent this week that he gets a thrill out of reading his fan mail, more of which : comes from his movie optiences than ra dio and operatic audiences. . . Robert E. Sherwood can't write plays anywhere except New York. . . . Most beautiful woman seen at a first night: Mrs. New bold Ryan (divorced wife of Al lan A." Ryan, Jr.) who was es corted to "Night Must Fall" by William Rhinelander Stewart. The D'Oyly Carte , company has been forced by genuine popular demand to extend its engagement eight more weeks, which means that the road will not see Its Gil bert and Sullivan repertory until December. ... The road won't see Helen Hayes "Victoria Re gina" at all this season. S. R. O. audiences indicate that It will stay on Broadway until spring.- Anne Nichols,, who has made all the critical predictions look silly by keeping her "Pre-Hon-eymoon" on Broadway for four months. Is reviving "Abie's Irish Rose" here.. . . Opening night tickets for the debut of Ra. quel Meller In New York cost $16 each, but she has filed a petition in bankruptcy. ; . In Nursing Home ' KINGWOOD, OcL 17. Mf . Mary Bearer who hat been ill a long time Is now in a nursing home In Salem. Her condition Is but slightly Improved. . - , "Isle of Eury" Is At Capitol Today Maugham Novel lias Lively Action and Unusual ; Plot; Well Cast - For stark drama, wild adven ture and unique romance set In a weirdly glamorous background, few pictures can compete with the Warner Bros, production, "Isle of Fury, which is being shown to enthusiastic audiences at the Cap itol theatre today for the first time locally. - The picture, based on the Som erset Vfaugham novel. "Three In Eden," is packed with thrills from start to finish. Including the res cue of men washed into the sea from a ship smashed on a Jagged coral reef In a terrific storm battles with knife and gun be tween outlawed white men, half castes and natives and greatest of all, a titanic struggle to the death of two men caught In the snakelike tentacles of an octopus at the bottom of the ocean. Underneath it all, there is seething passion In the hearts of a man and a beautiful girl, both of whom fight desperately to con. trol their love because the girl Is the bride of the master of the island. The sterling cast Is headed by Humphrey Bogart, Margaret Lind say and Donald Woods, the three who are ensnared by a triangular romance. Bogart, a killer and gangster of many pictures, por trays the role of. a rough but courageous pearl hunter, who has hidden on the uncharted Island be cause sought for a murder he is unable to prove he did not com mit. He gives a fine performance as the rugged and ruthless driver of native pearl divers, who fears nothing but fear. Strike Deplored By Wheat League Will Back Any Action by Governor to . Prevent Tie-up, Announces The eastern Oregon wheat league is squarely behind Govern or Martin In any action he may take to avert a maritime strike at this , time, E. H. Miller, president of the organisation, advised the executive Friday. "Our hoard feels," the letter read, "that we hare no special quarrel with labor- organizations and hold no brief for employers gToups. But we do hare a vital and legitimate Interest In the pro tection of all producers from dis astrous losses that would result should a maritime strike become general. "In anticipation of such a con dition wheat shipments have been refused from several eastern Ore gon points and the present price offered at our local shipping points reflects this possible sit uation. We feel that ample ma chinery already exists for a fair and equitable adjustment of dif ferences between employers and employees. ; ' - "As American citizens, we de-' plore mere agitation for the sole purpose of stirring np unrest and feel that the present maritime sit uation could he smoothly adjusted If both aides to the controversy were sincere In their desire for a peaceful settlement. "Strong, unequiTOcal and de cisive action on the part of the state would - have a salutary ef fect In encouraging peaceful set tlement of future differences be tween groups of employers and employees." Miller said the league had gone on record expressing confidence in Governor Martin and anything he may do to protect the Interest of Oregon citizens In event of strike difficulties. Permits Slack Of f But Total 29 During Week With Values of $5600 Building permits declined in number and total worth in Salem last' week as compared with pre vious recent weeks. Nevertheless there were 29 permits Issued tor work to cost 15600. Of the six permits for new construction, two were for houses costing together 13200 and four for private garages costing $300. Safe Is Found Open City police were rushed to the Shipley clothing store. Court street, at 10:30 on Friday night when U. O. Shipley, proprietor, reported finding his safe, includ ing the, money chamber, wide open. Investigation, however. In dicated, employes merely had. for gotten to lock the strong box be fore closing np, for the night Shipley had been away at closing time. , ' '.'.'I ' IKiOLieVlVOOU Sunday - Monday - Tuesday Contlnnons Performance swraay TAYioa you;;g HTSY KELLY cx:il catc:::e The Devil-Fish Donald Woods (left). Humphrey Bogart and Margaret Lindsay In the thrilling romance of the South Seas, "Isle of Fury",1 now playing as tne capitoi cneatre. X 4 bp"- a:""-Tr5ssjBi Handsome Robert Taylor and lovely Loretta Young form a new screen love-team in the Fox romantic hit, "Private Number" now playing at the Hollywood theatre. - ' ' . Nearly Half of S. H. Students Take Part in - All-Club Day 1 Program; 26 Hobby Groups Active For This Term NEARLY one-half the Salem high school student body dropped books and chalk long: enough Friday afternoon to hold the first all-club day of the semester. Twenty six separate hobby groups met to plan the reorganization of the clubs for the coming year. Overseen by a combination student and faculty commit- 573 Employed by WPA, This County Employment on WPA projects in Marlon ; county reached 573 persons last week and 1457 In the district for which Salem is head quarters. Twenty-one of the 74 projects in the district were oper ating In Marlon county. Projects and number of employes In other counties were as follows: Polk, 4 projects, 65 workers; Linn, S projects, 182 workers; Benton. 6 projects, 147 workers; Lane, 18 projects, 263 workers; Lincoln, 3 projects, 37 workers; Yamhill, 8 projects, 88 workers; Tillamook, projects, 101 work ers.: v , - '- Largest Ga'soline Tax Check Comes The state department received on Saturday the largest Individ ual check for gasoline taxes In the history of the Oregon fuels tax law. It was in the amount of 9302,428, and brought the year's total gasoline tax collec tions to $8,010,014. The increaso for the first nine months of this year- over the same period a year ago was 81, 152,402, the state department re ported. Gasoline consumde in that time was 160.200,529 gal lons. - y . ; -' September saw consumption of 22.069,040 gallons. Tax collected for the month was $1,103,452. ingto as Sw . EASY TERMS ' LIBERAL TRADE-IXS Central Radio , Service 227 X. High Phone S747 " Service Specialists Lurks Below! V: J m ri rifimVlie' rT Otee, the special Interest club pro gram established last Tear is In tended to provide the students with an opportunity to express their own Initiative in the field of their interests, according to R. W. Tavenner, assistant princi pal. To fire the students a chance to expand their club programs, the frequency of meeting days has this year been Increased from every three to every two weeks. Most popular clubs are those dealing with photography, motion picture making, fencing and ra dio. Preliminary membership ap plications have been so numerous for these four groups that addi tional units will have to be form ed or some of the would-be members shifted to other organi zations. Tavenner said. , The committee which wiU meet each Thursday morning half an hour before class time to handle problems in connection with, the club . program consists of Otto Skopil, Jere Simmons. Maxine Ol sen, Billy Evans and Martha Daye Wodaege, student representa tives: C. A. Guderian, Mrs. Ag nes D e r r y and Mrs. Claudine Gerth Elbert, faculty representa tives. In addition to the four largest clubs thero are the math, science, social science, French, German, Latin, -civics, commercial, home economics,' cartoon, dramatic, tra vel, archery, etiquette, journal ism, music, book lovers, stamp, entertaining, model making, chess and fishing clubs. - inn NOW PLATING Everyone agrees It's their greatest picture ' KOPTOURSflF TSJ KXmXESS! mm MM ! ,i4 Orch. 5eV VC V Kiddle k "Private NllIllbe,' Is at'HoIIyivood Loretta Young and Robert J Taylor Are Starred in i Romantic Picture A new screen romantic team has soared to popularity in the combination of Robert Taylor and Loretta Tonng appearing in "Pri vate Number" opening at the Hoi ly wood today. This is the pair's first co-starring Fox production. Taylor and Miss Toung certain ly seem the perfect love-team. His dark handsomeness and youthful banter are perfect complements for Loretta's wide-eyed beauty and appeal. And to top it off, "Pri vate Number" is the outstanding romantic hit of the year. The picture opens with Taylor, a young millionaire's son." mistak ing Loretta, a maid in the house hold, for a guest. He refuses to let the amused girl explain. The romance blossoms Into full bloom when Loretta accompanies the family to their home In Maine and one moonlit night, while Tay lor and Loretta are cruising on the lake, they decide to get married. As Taylor still has another year of college, Loretta insists that the wedding be kept a secret and Bob goes back to school while she re mains as a servant in the house hold: ' ' ' -' . Basil Rathbone has ideas about Loretta himself and is furious when he is repulsed. He accident ally discovers that she Is going- to have a baby and communicates the news to Mrs. Winfield. Loretta re mains silent about her husband but Irrepressible Patsy Kelly blurts out that Taylor and Loretta are married. - The picture moves romantical ly! and dramatically towards a stirring conclusion and the fade- oat finds the two youngsters hap pily together with Taylor proudly gating upon his son for the first time. Robison Given 90 Days For Larceny Justice of the Peace Miller B. Hayden yesterday sentenced Wil bur Robison to 90 days in the county jail for larceny. Robison. arrested for theft of a number of articles of clothing, a camera and other things from .Raymond S. Washburn of route two. Turner, pleaded guilty when brought be fore the Judge. Included In Robison's loot were a knife, towels, wash rag. crib bage board, cards, razor and oth er sharing equipment, shirt, socks, other clothes, camera, groceries, knives, forks, spoons, trousers and a suit case. - State Cost Small In Bandon Relief The state's participation In first aid work to sufferers in the recent Bandon fire cost approxi mately $3250, Governor Martin announced Saturday. The governor said the small cost of the work was a favorable reflection upon the efficiency of the emergency organisation. The emergency work was carried on under the direction of Brigadier General Rilea of the Oregon na tional uard. ' Salaries of regular state offic ials were not charged against the relief fund. - YES! THE NEW 1937 IS HERE SEE IT Salem Automobile Co. Home of Chrysler & Plymouth in Salem 435N. ComT Phone 4673 The dramatic story of Sowth, Sea Paradise f live twrnd Into ' : seething And 2nd Hit it ICn Y' ' JolrnnT Mack Brown Historic Picture 1 Coming to j Stale "Nine Days a Queen" Will Be Shown in November; Is Widely Praised "Nine Days a Queen," the story of Lady Jane prey, produced jy uB and coming rsovember iz-14 to the State jtbeatre. i has been widely acclaimed as a great pic ture. . In London, the world premiere was attended py a glittering as semblage, including many direct descendants of famous Tudor families. Among these ; were tbe Duke and Du&ess of, Somerset and their son. Lord Seymour, lin eal descendants of Jtwo of the cen tral figures represented in. the film. I In Hollywood, stars and produ cers saw it. IfTing Thalberg, pro duction genius of MGM. said it was "beautifully done in every respect. My congratulations to ail who produced this picture." Joan Crawford said it was "one of the most beautiful productions I hare eyer seen," while Fredric March and his wife, Florence Eldridge. ' said it was "a truly magnificent picture." Even Greta Garbo came out of -seclusion to attend the Hollywood preview. I "Nine Days a Queen" was di rected by Robert Stevenson. Feat ured in support of Cedrlc Hard- wicke and Nova Pilbeam, the sen sational star of "Little Friend", are John Mills, Desmond Tester and Sybil Thorndike. Reserved seats will be sold in advance for each showing, matinee and night. Skelton Recovers From Bad Wounds Virling K. Skelton. ship's ste ward who was shot by Dr. F. C Jones here the night of August 31 as Skelton was prowling about Jones dental office, is getting along nicely and, barring set backs, will be able to walk about the hospital In 10 days or two weeks; Deputy Sheriff B. G. Hon eycutt reported, yesterday after a visit to Skelton. ' i iikciiuu is in ue jjeacuness hospital. As soon' as he is able to walk about a guard will be placed over him, as he is under $1000 bail on two counts growing out of the August 31 episode. One charge is burglary not In a dwell ing and the other attempted burg lary. I Hockley to Talk, Chamber Monday Oregon's new state Capitol end other projects of Interest will be discussed at the chamber of com merce luncheon Monday noon by C. C. Hockley, of Portland, -public works administrator of Oregon. Hockley will dwell largely on the proposed capital structure and will: give details of particular in terest In the capital city. Roosevelt-Garner Rally At Silverton Draws 108 i- SILVERTON, Oct. 17. One hundred and eight members of the Roosevelt - Garner club Friday night listened to speakers of the rally. Speakers Included Avery Thompson, A. C. Frlesen, J. I. Ul rica, H. M. Potter and Delmore Ltssard. ; AT THE TODAY & MON. KUMSWKIY aoOAKT DON WOODS SAAJtSAJtrr UNS PMM. ACT! . QPOW HA1 t.t.l OONALO SAT cuvt in "Cross Streets' t " i