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THc UILL'GON STATESMAN Salem; . Oregon, Sunday llarnins, January 24. 1337 I My steiry TtoilleFg Mg&M (Comedy alt TO PAGE TWO Music Comedy Is at Elsinore College Holiday" Brings ,J Notable t S tar ; Jack" Benny Featured A half-dozen of the screen' nntKt&ndinr comedians, aided by - east of Hollywood's most charm ing young players, . contriTe 10 make of "College Holiday." which opened at the Elsinore theatre last !night, one of the funniest, gayest .and most hilarious comedies with 'music to reach the screen this see- son; ' A A A". . .' ;A . . With a madcap story from the pen of J. P. McEvoy to work upon. Jack Benny, George Bums and Grade- Allen, - Mary . Boland and Martha Raye go through their paces in one continuous howl of . laughter. Marsha Hunt, Eleanore Whitney, Leif Erlkson. Johnny Downs. Olympe Bradna. Louis Da Pron. Ben Blue and Etienne Glr- ardot. are in charge of the ro mance and gayety. --. "College Holiday" deals with a bankrupt hotel and the efforts of Benny, Its press agent, to save it. When he-runs Into Miss -Boland and Girardot, a couple of Scatter brains who believe In scientific mating, .his troubles are solved. Jle gets them to take It over, os tensibly to try out their theories. Benny brings a number of college hoys and girls to the place and the fun' begins. Grade Allen, as Girar dot'e daughter; who Is ever more scatter-brained than her Pop, has a way telling who will make the ideal mate for whom, and she 'proceeds ' to put her notions Into practice. ' Martha Raye, as one of the col- Jege girls upon whom the experi ment Is tred, outdoes herself with the .type of . comedy which has made her-. famous. George Burns ls.theca aa the usual "fall guy" for Grade's inanities. Marie Prevost Is Discovered Dead HOLLYWOOD, Calif.. Jan. 2 S-(JP- Marie Prevost, 36,"who grad uated from the famous Mae Sen nett bathing beauties to become a leading actress of the screen, was found dead In her apartment today. - . ' A ' DetectlTe . Lieutenants - LeRoy Sanderson and Joseph Fllkas said death apparently was due to nat ural causes Discovery of the body was made when ' attention was attracted by the mournful - howls, of a dog which was shut In the room with Miss Prevost'a body. She had been dead for two or three days, the officers said. Miss PreTost,. the former wife of Kenneth Harlan, film actor, recently had been 111. Shortly af ter signing a Warner Brothers' contract she suffered a break down. She had been dieting, her friends said, in an effort to re duce her weight. : She was born In Sarnla, Can ada.' ' ' - Miss Prevost gained her great est recognition in the silent days of the films, tut had important roles in talking pictures. The Call Board - ELSIXORB Today-Jack Benny and Martha Raye in "College . Holiday- and March of "! ' ; Time.- . Wednesday "Dangerous . Number with Robert Young and Ann Sothern. Thursday "Tarxen Escapes" with Johnny Welsmuller. ' GRAM) Today Warner Oland and Boris Karloff in "Charlie Chan At The Opeaa." Wednesday Jack Holt in "North of Nome." Saturday Special return en- gagement; will Rogers in ""Doctor BulL" o HOLLYWOOD Today Victor McLaglen in "The Magnificent Brute" with Blnnie Barnes. On the stage, NBC radio stars "The Hollywood Hill BH1- les." Wednesday Double 'bill, V - John Wayne in "The Sea . Spoilers' and "Abdul The Damned" with Nils Asther . and Adrienne Ames. Friday Two features, John ny Mack Brown in "Un der Cover Man" and "Sit--ting On The Moon" with - Roger Pryor and Grace Bradley. , . CAPITOL Today Double bill. Donald Wood In' "Once A Doctor" and "She's Dangerous" with an star cast. Tuesday Doable bill. Reb ert Taylor in "Hia Bro ther's Wife" and Myrna - Loy in "Petticoat Fever." Thursday Double bill, "We Who Are About To Die" - with Preston Foster and Gene Autry in "Round Up Time in Texas." - ' - - STATE ' '. Today 1 William Powell - In 1 "Man of the World" and. Char lea Bugles in "Wives Never Know." ? Wednesday D o n b 1 bill, Claodetta Colbert In "Torek Singer" and Wheeler and Woolsey in "Mummy's Boys." r - Friday On stage, Eastern Circuit vaudeville and Jane Withers in Can This Be Dixie T J. Appear in All y X j .-v .':: It's act Grade Allen, bat the two Beany and George Bane appearing in "College Holiday, tne all-star comedy whicli Is sow playing at the Etetaore theatre. A v"t , -3raA ' Heary Ke4ker. Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer la "Romeo and Juliet." road show Shakespeare play coming to the Elsinore screea one day only,, Thursday. February 11. ! A -v V f A ""',.. f Heruiem of his own dancer, risking who mined him. Donald Woods (in the breeches-buoy) bravee the terror of the sea la "Once A Doctor" featured at the Capitol the atre on a doable bllL Broken Ribs From Horse Kick Mend TURNER, Jan. 23 S. A. Rich es is recovering from broken Tibs received a few days ago when kick ed in the chest by one of his hors es.: . Men have been at work for some time on the Salem-Stayton - pipe line, which crosses the hill nortfi of town. At i present part of the crew and equipment hare been transferred to Stayton. Neal Dow,' former garage man, has organized a WPA Diesel en gineering class. L. W. Robertson has a full WPA class in instru mental music. Miss Helen Peetx has been sub stituting at the Aumsrille postof flce during the week. Vernon Wilcox on Play Cast at Brigham Young U.; Majors in Speech Vernon D. Wilcox of Salem has been selected for the cast of "The Admirable Crlchton," to . be pre sented in College hall, Brigham Young university at Provo, Utah, February 11 and 12. Selection for the cast of this play ; brings , also the opportun ity to compete for the gold watch offered annually by Edmunds Ev ans, graduate of the speech de partment,: for the best sustained character in the . annual compet itive; play.. J:r- Mr. Wilcox Is a sophomore, majoring in speech. He' is a mem ber of T h e t a Alpha Phi. the Mask club and the Tiking so cial Halt, , !' , ; ; Pendleton WonH ' Seek ; Share of Gasoline Tax PENDLETON. Ore.. Jan tt-UPi -The Pendleton city council, with oniy one oissenung vote, rescina- ef its previous action favoring the League of Oregon Cities' pro posal to divert up to 74 per cent of the gasoline tax revenue of the Star Comedy : .- ''' :; ... . .;. J .... ...vl- cento in the picture with her. Jack bis life to save that of the sua Home Ec .Bulletins Are Now Available : . . ' A - : r... . A complete supply of home eco nomics extension service bulletins and circulars published by Oregon State college, is now available at the county agent's office on the second floor of the postoffice building, . according to : County Agent Harry Riches. Valuable menu and recipe book lets, diet charts, and guides for marketing may be had there up on request. One bulletin found to Je particularly useful at this time of the year is Extension Bulletin 492 entitled "The School Lunch." by Lucy A. Case, ! extension ' spe cialist in foods and nutrition. This bulletin stresses the importance of an adequate school lunch to the health and well-being of every child, and gives suggestions for the carried lunch, the hot lunch dish and suggestions for serving, and various recipes for. hot school lunch dishes. 1 Elkhorn's School J Reopened The little Elkhorn school, above Mehama on the Little North Fork of the Santlam river, has reopened arter being closed be cause enow conditions prevented pupils' attending classes, 'Mary L. Fulkerson, county school super intendent, ' reported yesterday. The school has been in session only four days since Christmas. It has eighth pupils. 5 Both - the,! Hullt and Crooked Finger schools were dosed on ac count of snow last week. The lat ter may be opened this week since County Engineer-Hubbs said late yesterday he hoped to have the Crooked Finger road oened Its entire length by Monday night. 'The El dn edge school has been closed because of influents. - - Receives Hand, tnjurjr -AURORA. Jan. 23 Fred Den tal's hand was seriously injured in a corn-shelter machine. He is having .medical care, every day and - his physician, reports he Is doing well. - - Finally 6Charlie Chan' Way Grahm- at At Opera This Time; Boris : Karloff. Has Central Role of Mystery A - How are your nerves? If they can stand thrills occur ring with staccato speed, excite ment that rises like a tidal wave; and suspense that will have your spine artingls you'll like "Charlie Chan at the Opera, the Twen tieth Century-Fox picture that op ened yesterday at the Grand theatre. . - . . With Warner Oland as Charlie Chan, the arch-enemy of crime, coming face to face with Boris Karloff. the king of terror, the picture is the hlghspot of the wily Chinese -sleuth's career. : The film, which features Kaye Luke, Charlotte Henry. Thomas Beck and Margaret Irving In the supporting cast, opens with the murder of an insane asylum guard by Karloff, an inmate, whose warped mind recognises a picture of his wife in a newspaper. i. Bent on -vengeance, Karloff completes his escape and goes to the theatre where his wife is ap pearing in "Faust. Attacking the baritone, Karloff dona his Mephls topheles costume and usurps his role on the stage, disguised by the costume and mask. Charlie Chan, hot on the trail, appears backstage at the opera but is unable to prevent two more murders. When the madman's reign of terror strikes at two young lovers, Chan craftily appre hends him and. In a surprise de nouement, unmasks the real killer. McLaglen Stars, Hollywood Show "The Magnificent Brute Offered; Steel Mill Is Background "The Magnificent Brute, star ring victor McLaglen. .Academy award winner, introduces the age of steel to the cinema at the Hol lywood theatre. This is the first time that the awe Inspiring back ground of a steel, mill has been used for a feature screen produc tion. Fantastic Dame effects, the glow of molten metal, the burst ing showers of ateel sparks ana grotesque shadows are shown in marvelous photographic treat- ment, which heightens the dra ma enacted by the interesting characters in the tale of primitive men and prime beauties. Victor McLaglen in the title role is cast as a modern swash buckler with a roving eye. : i The central figure la a tremen dous giant of a fellow who towers above most men and is torn be tween two blondes. Blnnie Barnes gives a splendid characterization as a girl who delights in causing men to fight over her. She is at tractive' enough to make the fighting worth while. William Hall, a tall, well-built newcomer to the screen, gives glorious bat tie to Victor McLaglen In a titan ic conflict that is a classic , Interesting as the struggle Is between the men, there is a striv ing for conquest between Blnnie Barnes and Jean Dixon which re veals new highlights in feminine nature. . . Registration High For Winter Term OREGON STATE COLLEGE. Corvallis, Jan. 23. Total regis tration at Oregon State college for tne winter term nas reached the high point of S721 students. according to the most recent re port Issued by Registrar E. B- Lemon. This figure. IS per cent above the 19 3 5-3 winter term enrollment, is only 24 below the record attendance of last term. The sophomores now boast the largest class enrollment, having 1375 students on their raster. They are closely followed by the rooks wit 1307 registered stu dents. Juniors rank third with 459 while only 392 students are in the senior class. There are 141 signed np in the graduate school. New students, attending O.S.C. for the first time this term, total led 110. Engineering tops the schools with 742 enrolled, agriculture is second with 578, home economics third with 622 and forestry fourth with 494. Snow Heavy at Gates But School Is Open GATES, Jan. 23 The ground which baa been eovered with snow since January 4. was found to be under four lneb.es more snow by residents here .when they awak ened Friday morning. Warm sun shine during the day Was thawing snow and Ice. v -A. . Although bus drivers have been having plenty of difficulties the school has kept np with good at tendance excepting in the primary room which has been affected by the- whooping cough epidemic since before Christmas. , In New Chan Thriller .' -''A- " f . ' . . " .' Toa'Il chill with fright and thrill appears la "Charlie Chaa" at A QhC? ' Viator McLaalea. star of Uatversal'a "The Magnificent Brute", la strongly attracted to the blonde sow playing aft the Hollywood 03 rDadIway Crvriekt. IMS, By Clark NEW YORK, Jan. 23. There have been "A Midsummer Night's Dream, "As Ton Like It" and "Romeo and Juliet' on its screens and two "Hamlets and an "Oth ello" upon its stages, and still Broadway's Shakespeare season is not done. Verily, it is again the. heyday of the Bard. For come February 1, and Jtfaurlce Evans, who was so recently Napoleon in Mr. Max Gordon's "St. Helena, will be reliving the life of an equally frustrated ruler, in "Rich ard n". In making the announcement, Mr. Richard Maney, who writes better than most of the play wrights whose shows he exploits, remarked to the Broadway re porter? "Ton will recall, I hope, that in that tragedy a young English king, garrulous, indecisive and procrastinating, banishes one of his nobles, Bollingbroke, seizes the revenues of his deceased fa ther that he may carry on a for ay into Ireland, and on his return finds the exile entrenched in Eng land, most of his own followers deserted. Bollingbroke , delivers the ultimatum that unless his banishment Is Tevoked and his es tates restored he, shall seize the crown. The two meeting, Richard temporises, equivocates, strikes penitent attitudes and sprays his opponent with rhetoric. In the end friendless, alone his wife has been forced to take refuge in France he gives up the crown (abdication is the word. I be lieve) to the resolute Bolling broke, concluding in this fashion; "God save King Harry, un king'd Richard says. And- aend him many years of sunshine days. "Why ft seems only yesterday that " something similar was boil ing In Britain." Aherne a Iago Excellent Mr. Maney promises that Messrs. Eddie Dowling and Rob inson Smith, the producers, win do right, handsomely by the bard, and they must, it they are to sup port him Jn the style to which Shakespearean fans hare become accustomed this season. It Is difficult to visualize a more satisfactory production of "Othello", than that provided by Professor Gordon, assisted by Dr. Robert Edmond Jones, with Mr. Walter Huston as the . Moor and Mr. Brian Aherne as Iago. It Is likely that the Aherne Iago will become to be recognised as a standard for future Iago. much as Mr. John - Glgelgud's Dane is PAY OHO VEEEULTr ' t For . 8 Weeks or 175.00 Cash . Aad Tow Can Leara . 'SQ UINT - A complete coarse to 1st sola flight tacladiag fall This Offer: Is Oafy Opea to V The First " Flfteea Applicants Leo Arany - Instructor Salem Flying . Service ; Salem Airport 4 Tel. 909 v with excitement as Boris Karloff the Grand theatre today. widow, portrayed by Jeaa Dixon tneatre. , Of! BultS Fcwv Sacst. , Kinnaird now the star for Hamlets to steer by. . For this reviewer, the Gordon "Othello" provided a more enjoy able evening than even the Giel- gud "Hamlet". The Jonea seta and costumes : fill the eye with beauty, and the Jones direction the ears with thrills and Joy, for this production comes close to making Master Shakespeare s lm plausible story plausible.. It must be said that Mr. Aherne who is presently disporting him self on the nation's screens with Merle Oberoa in the highly satis factory but equally implausible "Beloved Enemy," - rather steals the show from Mr. Huston, but a conscientiously staged Othello al ways makes the Moor something of a stooge to the villainous Iago. The Aherne . characterization is a Joy to watch, and induces the con clusion that Mr. Aherne could easily become the No. 1 matinee idol of Broadway If given-such a show window as "Richard of Bor deaux. Spectacle Impressire What the season lacked, a great dramatic spectacle comparable to Prof. Max Reinhardt's production of 'The Miracle", has been sup plied by Prof. Reinhardt's pro duction of "The Eternal Road", which came to the reconstructed Manhattan - opera house after year of delay and an Investment of $500,000. It represents the highest achievement in stagecraft that Broadway has to offer. masterpiece of mechanics and ef fects for which Norman Bel Ged des obviously deserves equal cre dit with Herr Dr. Relnhardt. ,: Visitor Is HI SILVERTON HILLS, Jan. 23 Charles Nelson of Chicago la re ported as quite ill at the home of his brothers, Ed and Frank Nel son here. - The : visitor arrived some time ago to spend some time with his brothers. STARTING TODAY! vlLLIABI , POWELL v - ' ; . and - CAROLE LOMBARD in ttMan, of ; tKe Worlds Pos CHAR1LES RUGGLES 'T7IVES NEVER A KNOW" ' ' ' . with A a MARY BOLAND Fa Romeo and Juliet At Elsinore Soon One Day Only in Februarys : Ancient - Instruments : Play Old Klusic Medieval music- -and-instra-1 ments stilled by -the weight of I centuries have been given voice again In the musical score for "Romeo and . Juliet.' .which cornea . to tne Eisinora tneatre for one day only, February 11. Melodies seldom heard by mod ern -ear are reproduced on such venerable Instruments as the vlr- j glnal, the viola dl gamba, the lute, the serpent and the lyre and bells. Herbert Btothart, MetroGold- wyn-Msyer composer, and con ductor, carried out the ambi tious undertaking. It was another step in assuring . an authentic framework for the production of the Shakespearean classic, which stars Norma Shearer and Leslie uowara. ' - A A ... "This meant. Stothart said. "a wide search for these in- strumenU, only a few of which have been preserved. Fortunately, tne fascinating ana auuncuio mualo of the early centuries has been made the subject of deep study' and great research by Ar- nold Dolmetscn and nis lamuy in isngiana. rmca year, me w metsches stage a festival of med - leval and renaissance mnslc, which was a great assistance. "For the most part a standard orchestration waa appropriate, but for the balcony scene, the Capulet ball, the tomb scene and other passages of Inspiring po- etic beauty, the 'instruments of the period best expressed the mood." For the ballroom scene. Sto-1 thart assembled an entire or chestra of fifteenth , century in struments. In the supporting cast . of Romeo and Juliet'-' are John Barrymore, -Edna May Oliver, Basil Rathbone, Reginald Denny, Violet Kemhle Cooper, Henry Kolker. Maurice M u r p h y, C. Aubrey Smith. Ralph - Forbes, Ian Wolfe, Andy .Devlne, Conway Tearle and Katherine DeMille. Blocked Road to Be Reopened Soon M. UV VI UV. VIM 'UfiOl . WWU, uwn traVel throughout IU length by lUAnAftv If rvlan at IT wMtsirnav a County Engineer N. C. Hubbs materialize. After driving to within a mile Of the crooked Finger , school on an inspection, trip, Hubbs announ ced he had directed William King, road patrolman; to move, to that road today with his crawler grader and push the snow oft the right of way sufficiently to make resumption of motor traffic pos sible. He had a tractor and grader at work there yesterday. Mail has been dellrered in the Crooked Finger district by horse back since the heary snow fell. Hubbs found the snow to be around SO Inches deep. Social Club Meets, I KINGWOOD, Jan. 23 De spite inclement weather and a small attendance, matrons of the Laurel Soeial Four club enjoyed a pleasant social afternoon Tues day at the home of Mrs. Eugene Krebs. A pleasing program of games, readings and music was Riven. Mrs. J. M. Six will be hostess February 1. , , :AA." JiTn!olw!?ned,TlIcare Coatiaaoaa Perfi Today a to 11 P. fEEELGvEE BATTLE CP TEE CENTC3T i y ns WW jiJkGjvFe? b?f A A " A linn hues jui bixoi Added JTews, Cartoon Comedy and Comedy; "Home on the Range SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION . OX OtJB STAGE Monday & Tuesday - - HOLLYWOOD HILL BILLIES NBC Radio Stars Fratorlng Finkey Barnes . World Champion Trick Roper :. With SKEKTER-ACK 1 SPRIOGKXS TLASH . "RUSTY J-SPADE .DETJCB SFItlGGEXS - Aad Many Others The Greatest Hillbilly Act Ever s-reseateq la Aay Tbeater we ouaranteS m Special Tune la on Radio sta tion KSLM this Monday and Tuesday, t p. m.. to hear our raaia program. ; ... , , ' SPECIAIi PRICES For This Attraction ap- Klddlea a Adalta aUC TAa, - " "Once a Doctor7 Capitol Feature Jean BInir, Donald 7oods Play Leads; Tangled Plot I Unfolded "Once A Doctor a First Ns- tlonal picture, featuring Jean Mulr and Donald Woods is sched uled to open at the Capitol theatre today. i Woods plays a young physic ian who la the adopted son of Joseph King, a middle-aged prac titioner of considerable tame. lng another son who's a doctor a ne'er-do-well, portray ed by Gordon Oliver. f This lad la engaged to Jean Mnir, who Is the daughter of still another physlclana great brain surgeon. Dr. Nordland, played by Henry - Kolker. This not only seems like a lot of phys-. I trf ana It la Aa a miHr nf trt 1iin9 doctors are portrayed in the I pj Donald -Woods worships Jean but d0ft,B iet bmT know it. . - The great Dr. Nordland, whose bran Bnrgery Woods hss been gtndying. gets a parole for him wd uendt him to Cuba to work 1 tn . ,ti,n,nil,rr. He sft forth on a freighter. During ' the height of a great 8torm, wireless word comes to i (the freighter that Dr. Brace, his 1 benefactor, hasi sufered a brain , frctnrtt on his yacht. Courage- on sir. Woods transfers from the f-ei-hter to the racht across rag- tof. Beag and on the tossing boat I n,. nTMratinn -he has jearned from Nordland. He saves Dr Brace's Ufe of course, win- ninr the ilove of Miss "Ioir, who by this l time has learned that her fiance, Oliver, is' a rascal. Assistance Increase Granted At few-dollar Increase in Marlon county's fund for old age assistance has been granted by the state relief committee, accord ing to Information received here yesterday. A total federal, state and county expenditure or sis. - 128.S4 has been approved for tne current month as against 119.- 708.74. Of -.the new allotment. S4982.1S each will be con t rib. uted by the county and -the state and twice this sum by the zederai I . - j,, , . Pensions included $938.51 admin i isviauiv vvow The county's bill for assistance to ' the blind 1 in January is lls8.B2A a '!: -. - Today - Monday - Tuesday inula aw nonuiHV vn Grand Spree . . . With the World's Fire Funniest Comics! isatfwlVr r nam f SractoAUEsf L la tW null Maaf wa OlCcAVrhrffllUO Today and Monday 2 IHTOIIES i-::3Lin:z i ' 0 7jJ3-D a of . And IUt No. I ft Sartt-SyftK ESu state highway department. . - i : ' . . . - -vr: