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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1937)
I i u 1 ! 1 Tka OREGON. STATESMAN. Saleta, Oregon, Friday Mornln, December 21, 193? fAGE FIVE Oilitsttandin Events' of Week' Are Portrayed in News "Photos 't .-I j Son jit llenie a r , ; v - - -v V'cN . . ; Vi , , - ? . -) fr-fiM) 1.-(7? WA p .- ; pi o( View of mala fcoapltoT ST l , jf4 - V - ' v $ j",' "i w- ' w ft " v-i - v - tin , fc . - -r " .ftCUtre Manner shopplyVUi JJi Shlriey Temple : . XiTtfiyL''''' t1'w ,.. ,.rHL L Edward Hin Sr.' I vvw I Disabled vetennM II 1T s 'V" UK v i u Here are four of Hollywood's most successful stars during 1937. two of them newcomers to the screen. Each was featured in two box-office hits which were among the 20 best pictures f the year. Irene Donne came through with superb performances in two clever comedies, Theodora Goes Wild" and The Awful Truth". Paul Muni has to his credit two of the finest productions in Hollywood history. The Good Earth- and The life of Emile Zola". Deanna Durbin was the sensation of the year. This 15-year-old singing prodigy proved herself no "flash! in the pan" by coming back with her triumphal: "100 Men and a -Girl" after playiner to packed I houses in Three Smart Girls". Sonja Henie. world figure skating champion, won laurels with "One In, a Million", and then scored again in Thin Ice". , ' Completion of another year of service by the huge Edward Hlnes. , Jr., hospital in Chicago calls attention to the outstanding record of this Institution devoted to caring for disabled American veterans. It waa dedicated in 1921 in honor of Edward Hines, Jr., a lieutenant killed in action and the son of a prominent Chicago Industrialist whose generosity made the project possible. The outlay is now valued in excess of $15,000,000 and comprises 28 buildings wit) accommodation for 1,750 patients. ( I f-M: &k Vi.- ? : : ,kVv; Marie Wilson thanks SanU' Hollywood may be devoid of snow and its chimneys offer quite a problem to portly Santa, but the' Christmas spirit reigns there Just .the same. Here are some of the film colony celebs as they took part in the gala holiday doings. Claire Manners seems to be having trouble selecting a present, but 1 1 "I Ann Rutherford and Prlscilla Lawsonj Ann Rutherford and Prlscilla Lawson are loaded down with gifts. Shirley Temple is carrying out ancient traditions by peering up the chimney fat Santa, while Marie Wilson anticipated his visit bj going up on the roof and then thanking him foi r her rtmembrtnc. , I J&J?- . 1! This recent photo shows Juliet I i , V"J' - ' '. I I, ' " A --x- , f 1 1 i i W' iwOtuflfcfec' . ; LiT M 1 View of skyscraper cross sV;. isliiMSsMnaKaMMBsVBlBMB a aa m - a a. s a aa a This recent photo shows Juliet Stuart Poyntz, known s one of the ten principal leaders of the Com munist Party in the United States. Her disappearance from her New fork apartment strangely parallels the disappearance of "Mr. and Mrs. Donald Robinson" in Russia. " 21 Villiam Dodd, Jr. ml Despite protests of Vice Consul K. Fukushina. left, of the Japanese consulate in New York, William Dodd. Jr., center, son of the U. S. ambassador to Germany, took the lead in staging a sitdown demon- j tration and parade in protest against Japanese invasion of China. Mrs. Katherine Hughes Here is Mrs. Katherine Hughes, wife of Lieutenant Commander J. J. Hughes of the U. S. gunboat Panay. sunk by Japanese bombs Cheryl Walker i - f v' s ' IT. 11 r,' , An impressive double-barred cross, 300 feet high and 120 feet wide formed by a special lighting pattern in the windows of a Chicago skyscraper, aids in the sale of Christmas seals which finance, the campaign against tuberculosis.. in the Yangtze rtver, as she anx- In competition with a score of other beauties from all parts of Cali- lously awaits further word from ; fornia. Cheryl Walker, stunning blond, was selected queen of the her husband whose leg was annual Tournament of Roses and will reign supreme at the celebra broken in the melee. tion at Pasadena on New Year's Day. '-V iy( ! -; ., : i 'J, ' xi f At his desk I f ' VWVMtrr4V" -! k - a v ; -7rJ I s- LMand Mrs. KennedyJaJ . A V v Looking down on the fort-topped peninsular city of San Juaa, Puerto , Rico's capital ..: if . . - . . ? i r lAlbert L. Cobb (above) , attorney of; Sylvania, Ga, tinder indictment in; connection with slaying of Charles' Daughtry. wealthy farmer, charges; the indictments part of "scheme1' to deny part of $200,000 estate to Daughtry's daughter, Marie, wanted for complicity. . ' V j " .ri ,r J s-"ev x s -.y siv. .y.' ; v '.'. Advance landing party Japanese occupation of the vast territory in central China they now hold was made directly possible when attack units landed on the south bank of the Yangtze river, above, 45 miles from Shanghai and turned the flank of the Chinese defense position, resulting in the fall of Soochow. Vr , ' v -I I Kerent portrait I" Negotiation of a trade treaty favorable fo United States commerce is the principal duty confront ing Joseph C Kennedy when he takes over the post of ambassador to Great Britain in January. Ken nedy's new appointment is further indication of the strategic place he holds as "trouble shooter" for tha New Deal. He was first chairman of the securi Jties and exchange commission, then took over the job of. straightening out the maritime commission, and now goes to the Court of SL James. Kennedy is the son of a wealthy Boston Irish politician and business man. and is himself a. millionaire several times over. ; Although only 46 he rates as one of the shrewdest minds linked with the administration. He is married to the daughter of a former Boston' mayor and has nine children. : A general view of the street of La Perla la one of the worst slum . areas In San Juaa ', , - i . i .;. Long held in the grip of the depression. Puerto Rico apparently is finding its way back to a more balanced economy as a result of a reconstruction program instituted by the United States government. The program of the1 Puerto Rico reconstruction administration is aimed at checking certain economic tendencies which are said to have created widespread poverty among the 1.800.000 citizens. Chief trends which the government is combatting are: Concentration of land in too few hands, concentration of population in urban areas, absentee ownership of key properties, one-crop farming aad poor sanitary conditions. , '' g . - s A v J Dean V. E. Klvlla coafers with stndenU One of the most9 unusual educational projects In United States Is now In the midst of Its sixth and best season, the Farm Folk school at University of Wisconsin. This branch of the state Institution is' devoted to training young fanners to be the agri cultural leaders of the future. It operates for four saonths, from November to March, and enables those In Wisconsin rural districts to obtain ad-! vanced training in various fields at a term cost of. only $97, Including board, room and tuition. Mod-? eled on the folk schools of Denmark, it ts headed by. Dean V. E. Klvlla and has. an enrollment of more than. 300 students, some of whom have only been to grade school, others college men.