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Alex Is Back
On State Card
Tyrone Power and Don
Ameche Run Through
j Berlin Saga
"Alexander's Ragtime Band" la
greater than they said it was.
Periodically Hollywood. , pro
duces a picture that stands out as
a beacon along the highroad of
motion picture progress and
such a picture is Darryl .F. Za
nlck'a production of IrrLng Ber
lin's great saga of three decades
in the march of America. U
Add story to cast and direction
and the 20th Century-Fox film at
the ' State treatre amounts to a
picture that for1 years to come will
be remembered as a turning joint
a new trend the utilization of
memorable melodies in a dramat
ic story of the screen's mightiest
moment.
In the bewildering brilliance of
"Alexander" one remembers that
Tyrone Power starts with a small
Land in a hongy-tonk. Don Ame
ihe writes-the tunes which Alice
1 aye sings. Lore smolders, flares,
cools, blows up and is rekindled
over the years for i Tyrone and
Alice, History moves before the
i yes with the - reminiscent ; melo
dies of Berlin as a gentle . guide
through the plot.
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Dramatic scene from "Angels With Dirty Faces' starring James Cae
mey and Pat O'Brien is showing at the Klsinnr theatre tnw r
the same bill is "The Declaration of Independence," filmed In tech
nicolor. - " - ., ... .
Mick Rooney Film
Billed at Capitol
A new First National drama
.aling with the sport of kings,
;own the Stretch," "opens af the
( jpitol theater today, with Mick-
y Rooney, Patricia Ellis and Den
i Moore in the leading roles.
The story is built around a boy
v iio Is unable to get a Job with
ivy stable because his father, a
jamou Jockey, had thrown a race,
is finally taken under the
t...?3 of a woman owner of a fam
l j Kentucky racing stable. .
Even then he is given no oppor-
trnity to rid because of- the pre
: ? ilce of the trainer. He has made
l .:;nds with a colt considered bad
L.t pleads in vain to race it. -
.... -But when the horse depended
c i to win the Derby has been in
jured, a chance is taken on the
jcjthful jockey and the horse as
1J3 last chance. The two streak
t rier-the wire to win, upholding
1.. 3 traditions of the stables for
v.uich they run. -
Also showing at the capitol to
. "Torchy Gets Her Man," with
i ..naa arrell and Barton Mac-
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"Alexander's Ragtime Band" starrimj Alice Paye, Tyrone Power and
" "1 w"w uway at tne state theatre- The picture h"
been rated as one of the finest of the year.
debate Title Won
By Dallas Frosh
. DALLAS In the last of a
s-;es of lnterrclass-debates bld
1 Dallas high school- Thursday
r ht the freshmen won a 3-0 de
i: Ion oTer the seniors, thus also
v.amng. tne: school ehampion-
The senior team . was Evelyn
i -ea ana uruce Ferry and the
snman. team, Caroline s Brock
v . j and. Dorothy Wiebe. ;
Elvin Van Santen presided and
j. jgea. were Mts. William
- uHg, xracy Savery . and Eu
L ae Hayter. '
L -w Deverieks Named
Chairman as Benefit
Group la Reorganized
SILVERTON L e w Derericks Modem Liehtillll
. -a eieciea chairman of the Silver
I ills) Mutual Benefit association
a reorganization meeting Thurs
c ry night at the IEU hall. Second
-;d third chairmen elected were
r.:4ke Hannan and Roscoe Reeves.
L-nU Loe and A. B. Anderson were
i- :med on the executive board and
xi. incuuuough was elected
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i T T n "na tarJ t ten the world to go Jnmp Into
lake in their latest charring effort, "Holiday," a brare, gay story
lJT8 Veople in IoTe w,th 'e and each other. The film to
featured today at the Hollywood theatre.
b cretarq-treasurer.
By-laws will be drawn up at
a later meeting. 1
Iloble Community Qub
Plans Holiday Progra
m
Is Tuesday Topic
GRAND ISLAND Miss Joan
Patterson extension specialist In
home furnishings at Oregon State
college, will be present at a
meeting to be held at the school
house Tuesday night, December
. She will talk on the subject,
"Effective Home Lighting" and
by the use of lights will .illus
trate her various points. t
The meeting is open to both'
men and women and all who are
interested in this subject art
urged to atterfd.
. SCOTTS MILLS The Noble
community club win ,a ...
Mrs. Hugh Magee left Wednes
day for - Oakland. Calif.; where
ehe was called by the critical 111
i;ess of her brother, Leo Schauf-
in Homes at Aumsville
Continuous Performance
Today 2 to 11 P. L . .
tVERY
DAY'S A
HOLIDAY
VJ DAY'S A
; holiday
nEFBURU) GItAIIT
nAttt kiNt I J I Cui a vncff . bpiia ;
I ' IYERETT HORTON HENIIY KOIKE!
AUMSVILLE Several cases of
scarlet fever have developed in
this community resulting in chil
dren being excluded from the
school. The children f the Nich
ola family are recovering from
it and the children of Mr. and
Mrs. Kiilinger have just been
taken ill with it.
Xx- sfCk F rv Tl"
fKenneth H. Black!
Flying in South
OAK POINT;- Aviation rdet
Kenneth H. Black, who is taking
night training at the naval air
station in Pensacola, Fla., states
he has 31 hours of flying
to his credit in a letter to his
mother", Mrs. M. R. Black. He
says the weather is very cold,
with" the thermometer register
ing from 28 to 30 moat of the
time and wind blowing from" i0
to 25 miles an hour with high
humidity. U
A. large crowd attended t:.e
card party at the schoolhouse
Wednesday night, with 500 and
pinochle being played. Mrs. J.
Fontaine and Walter Brown re
ceived high score, and Mrs. Sher
man Foster and T. J. Primus
low score for pinochle. Miss
Florence Fouchek and Ellis Lau
terback received high, score and
Mrs. Orley Brown and Hugh
sogers iow score for 50.
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Francis Ma
Having Operation
ht. LOUIS Francis Manning
is con nnea to St. Vincent's hos
pital after having an operation
periormed on his leg.
ne is me youngest son of :ir.
and Mrs. Alex Manning of St
Louis. . . " , 1
iur. Auenne . Kennedy.- re-.
turned to-her home in Portland
after spending three weeks vis
iting, her brother, Mr. and Mrs.
Alex Manning and family of St
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On at Elsinore
Jamef Cagney, Pat O'Brien I
Leads in "Angels With
Dirty Faces"
Acclaimed by audiences who
witnessed the opening of "Angels
with Dirty Faces", this intensely
moving melodrama is bringing
record crowds of movie-goers into
the Elsinore theater.
A powerful cast which includes
James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, the
"Dead End" kida, Humphrey Bo-
gart, Ann SherldEta, and George
Bancroft brings the vivid story to
the screen. Set jn the slum district
of a great city, it deals with the
problem of saving its youth" from
lives or crime. On the side of good
citizenship Is a priest (played by
Pat O'Brien) who devotes his life
to helping the boys go straight;
and on the side of the nnderworld
s his boyhood friend, a big-shot j
gangster (played by Cagney), who
is a hero to the boys. The story
builds to a climax when the killer
eomes over to the priest's side Ih
the last minute of his life.
On the same-bill all in color Is
The Declaration of Independ
ence," a thrilling story of the I
signing of this historical docu
ment.
Jean Hersholt Scores Again Dionne OmntS
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"Five of a Kind- Stars
Famous Children for
Third Time
The Dionne quintuplets were re
vealed as real entertainers on the
screen of the Grand theatre last
night in their third and best 20 th
Century-Fox itarrl n g picture,
"Five of a Kind."
The quints are the big high
light of the picture with tin amaz
tng portrayal of their newly ac
quired versatility, a well knit and
actionful story, the plot of which
sweeps from the small Canadian
Tillage to the throbbing turmoil
Of metropolitan New York.
The action starts when Romero
causes Claire to lose her .'ob
through the planting of a phony
story. She makes a new bid for
success by trying to sign up the
Quins for a series of broadcasts
after seeing them in a news-reel
Jean Hersholt, a he appears In the Dionne qulntnplete third 20th a",81 25ifcem lD tn?w Te?-Ctury-Fox
picture, "FiTe Of A Kind" In JSSroEK Trevor nd lAiJV11:
Cesar Romero are featured today at the Grand theatre.
Sunshine Sewing Club
Sets Christmas Party
for Middle of Month
HAZEL GREEN The Sunshine
Sewing club was entertained at
the A. T. Van Cleave home Wed
nesday afternoon. Mrs. Van Cleave
was assisted by her daughter-in-
law, Mrs. Alan Van Cleave.
Mrs. Ralph Worden. Mrs. Mel-
Tin 'Van Cleave and Mrs. La Roy
Van Cleave will be joint hostesses
for the Christmas party at the
Worden home December 14.
Gall Board
GRAND .
Tndav Tha TMnnna Onlntiin-
lets In "Five of a ind"
with Jean Hersholt and
Slim Summerville.
Wednesday The Jones Fam-
11v In "Down n n tha
Farm."
Saturday "Submarine Pa-
. trol" with Richard Greene
and Nancy Kelley.
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As Hollywood Bill
Kay Hepburn Cast as Girl
Stifled by Position
of Family
Katharine Hepburn, co-starred
with Cary Grant, comes to the
Hollywood theatre today in "Holi
day, Columbia screen Tersion of
the Philip Barry stage success. In
the cast supporting the stars are
Jiiawaru Everett Horton, Binnie
uarnes, Doris Nolan. Lew Avrps
jean Dixon and Henry Kolker,
ib me siory or a
young debutante, stifled by wealth
and family position, contused by
me crowaea and meanineless a-
P. "de7 5. - the lady botlfnl of the rac xalJT?
wiu me neroic Jocaev. mrmr in "nnm . ' mm a
cations develop as she goes to
uanaua to sign ud the Quins and
is. thrown into jail as an Impos
tor as the result of a plot by Mo-
mero to snare the contract for
himself. Claire finally persuades
the quins' guardian to let then
come to New ToTk for a big
broadcast . in a Broadway audi
torinm. :
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r HOLLYWOOD
Today Katherine Hepburn
and Cary Grant in "Hbli
. day." . . ..'
Wednesday Family night,
. double bill, Jack Holt In
; ; .might Into Nowhere".
. with Jacqueline Wells, and
"Young . Fugitives''- With
, Robert Wilcox, Dorothea
; Kent and Larry Blake. . '
Friday "Yellow Jack", with
Robert Montgomery, Vir
ginia Bruce and Lewis
Stone. Beginning new se
rial; "Flaming Frontiers"
with Johnny Mack Brown.
tng today at the Capitol theatre. On the same bill Is Glenda Famll
" un Awcny ueta ntr Man.
Broadway Nighta
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By AXEL STORM
sense of humor and a sense of pro
portion. He thinks there is more
to life than the accumulating of
money for the sake ofaccumulat
ing money, and he intends to con
tinue his career no lonr than
he has to. He wants to retlre while
ne is young and can still eninv
life. '
i r elsinore
. , Today "Angels with Dirty
Faces" with Pat O'Brien
; and James Cagney, and
"The Declaration of Inde
pendence" with John Litel
and Ted Osborne.
Wednesday "The Great
Walts" with Luise Rainer
and Fernand Oravet.
CAPITOL
Today Double bill, "Torchy
Gets Her Man" with Glen
da Farrell and Barton
MacLane, and "Down the
Stretch" with Mickey Roo
ney and Patricia Ellis;
chapter six of Dick Tracy
aerial.
Wednesday Double bill,
"The Storm" with Tom
BroWn and Nan Grey, and
"Under Suspicion" with
Jack Holt and Katherine
DeMille.
STATE
Today Alice Faye, Tyrone
Power and Don Ameche in
"Alexanders Ragtime
Band." -
Thursday- "Dead End" and
Robert Young, Lew Ayres,
and Guy Kibbee in "Rich
Man, Poor Girl."
NEW YORK Highbrows have
a lot to say about little Jimmy
8a vo. They'd point out, aa they
anaouDieaiy nave numerous
times, the stark drama underly
ing the little man a miming the
tears and sorrows . beneath the
Duskln of the buffoon. Prohahiv
they are right, but laughter Is
first, tears a long way behind
when Jimmy gavo walks on the
stage dressed In the circus-tent
clothes which nearly smother
him. There Is, Teally, a sense of
lnaennaoie sadness which over
comes the spectator as Jimmy
struggles with fate when asud
den seizure makes one lee ahnrt'-
er than the other when a recal
citrant sleeve engulfs his arm
and hand. But the great surprise
comes when the little man opens
nis mouth. The little gray mouse
becomes a roaring lion. Out of
that meager and modest mug
comes such a voice as one might
expect irom an enraged Victor
MacLaglen. There are no tears
dear highbrows, in that voice
Stentor himself might well . en
vy it.
Another Musical
Al this is introductory to the
ract that Jimmy opened in
play called "The Boys From Syr
acuse another musical, durn
it, at the Alvin. This promises
better than most, being based bv
Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
and George Abbott on Shakes
peare's "Comedy of ErrorB"
Dipk and Larry the music, Ab
bott the book. It's a different
Syracuse than lies near New
York's lovely Cherry valley. It
ought to be good, because with
Jimmy is Eddie Albert, who
made such a hullabaloo recently
in the movies after doing a fine,
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Salem's
Greatest
Show
Value
Miss Nolan is Been si nnth
worgmannge job oa the stag In raemoer or the wealthy Seton fam
crouier jtar.-. wy. Lew Ayres is th in.hrio
occurs to na ran mirht it. I jounger orotner of Misa Henhnn.
interested in the plays which and MlM Nolan,, a boy who finds
hare run longest on Broadway. a'coho1 ' Pleasant substitute for
iops is "Tonacco Road," still I uie pleasure life snould have riven
" pacaea nouses after I man t.
,izo . performances. Mvirt
Regina," with loyelr Helen Ha.
l Tirgm Queen, Has passed
the 900 mark. "Yon Can't t.v.
11 mm xou" Holds the boarrf
despite the Screen VArainn mt
t h tlCth performance. The
English comedy, "Bachelor Born"
350 performances, and "What a
Elks Charity
Show to Open
Laughs Are Plentiful in
NoeJ Coward Comedy
"Hay Fever"
Shelburn Peonlft
At Allen Funeral
OTTT1T - ' av
a ,uue some time ago. of MrSCJ.ra a7 Alien.- 78, "a
MfMix Muua i aiwu xast Miuraay.
Am tri mnsiia). am . I if- ' . "
w utuaicaiM. fin a n A I ill r. . flnn u ia r ft a
ttt6".'., lfmi7 neftrs the 500 reared their large famUy of n ne
"k' J. Mrie " Angel" 1. children in the Devaney neUh!
-wracajng me zsoth perform- Dorhood. Two of the pallbearers
ance la rood shape. Over the 70 Guy Johnston and Tim Kelly'
You New Know" nd were former schoolmatea of the
"Hells a PODDin." "T.flv If AUm rhllAr. " l0e
Me" hasn't had a chanm tn I Mr. AiUn aLa n ?
going yet, but it's gathering the Of the 12 children hnr V
aina ot momentum which win and Mrs. Allen mnA n
Pile up the figures Into a very they are; Maurice! Merlin, Clah-'
Imposing number Indeed. Give it Glen, Marlon, Elsie. Do dr e
time. Keith ta v-M ' ""
Now that the statist iral vnrV I
n' tWeatrTr"; ?.?or Victor.; but
Jimmy Savo naturallv Z1 r""u" res, pens them,
subject to viotn, w,bv-.m you are
v." uevjiuse a new world, sunn
K"e.Jim.my 18 klckd around pleasant and hannv: Ah' n,!?
about f" 6 1 8' n?ve such resiliency in the "face
Poor fellow i,.'. . .. r . misiortunei And
TMn- . l nesiaes, nes an actor. It's hard
itrceiving ena of a aane. AnA tn ., .- " ":..-
that babv tr .-r ... 1 ... ' . ""k lu uy oiners
credulity at the unkindness of
humanity and the fearful inse
curity of one's ego is tragic in-
deed. Life suddenly becomes too,
without turning the word into m
epithet. No epithet for Victor
Moore. It's an accolade. He's
Casper Milquetoast-in bright and
sinning armor.
. There's a "laugh a minute" and
every now and then a whole min
ute of continuous laughter in
"Hay Fever" which will be pre
sented as the feature of the Elk's
Charity show in the Elks audi
torium Tuesday, . Wednesday and
Thursday nights. This promise
with relation to the play's com
edy "wallop" Is not based on spec
ulation in any sense, for although
the show doesn't open until Tues
day, it has already received the
stamp of approval of one audience
the patients at the state tuber
culosis hospital, who were priv
ileged to witness It Friday night
Acting Well Done
Noel Coward's lines have ex
tracted howls of delight from
America's most sophisticated au
diences but they call for clever
acting, and that's where the Sa
lem Civic Players, who are stag
ing the Elks' show for the third
straight year, come in. The com
edy's, nine striking roles are en
acted with both the finesse and
the boldness that they require.
bhakespeare utilized the "Elav
within a play" but Coward intro
duces In this one a new variation.
His main character is an actress
who is always acting :. creating
dramatic situations out of what
ever real life material turns up.
This exacting role has been en
trusted .to Ruth Versteeg and she
makes the most of it.
Whimsical Husband
Other members of the Bliss
family around whose home the
action centers are the retired ac
tress whimsical novelist husband.
played convincingly by Winston
Williams, and their two self-will
ed and outspoken children, played
by ClaraBelle Burnside and Guv
Tucker. Looking out for their ma
terial comforts is Clara, the maid.
whose attitude toward life is as
carefree, as that of her employers.
ine audience is accorded a
glimpse of this charming but un
predictable family on a week end
when four oddly assorted guests
turn up, each Invited by one mem
ber of the family unknown to the
rest. Bill Dyer plays an athletic
but socially awkward vouth. El
sie Holman an emntv-hfadAit
flapper, Herbert Rick a philosoph
ically minded middle-aged diplo
mat, and June Lockridge an in
tense young woman who dotes on
celebrities.
It seems that there was a cer
tain amount of romantic interest
involved in each of the invitations,
but when these eight Deonle ret
together the romances becoma
badly snarled and the play speeds
up to a series of uproarious cli
maxes.
Special between-acta numbera
ave been arranged for each night
iae Eit i snow. Tickets niv
be obtained from any member of
the lodge or at the Elks temple.
Munkers School
Offers Carnival
SHELBURN The Munkers
school under the direction ot
the teacher, . Mrs. Gertrude
Schneider, will giye a program
and carnival at the schoolhouse
on Friday evening, December 9.
On Wednesday afternoon at
1:30 at the IOOF hall in Scio.
the local committee for 1939
conservation program, will be
elected.. AH Interested In (his
program are urged to attend
the meeting.
Guests on Island
GRAND ISLAND Mr. and Mrs.
George Whittiker. and little son
of Winloek, Wash, were guests
recently in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Will and familv. Mr
Whittiker was the former Wilma
O'Keef and was the primary :n-
siructor in the school over 10
years ago. They were accompan
ied by Mrs. Whlttiker's aunt.
Mrs. Minnie Hansard of MrMinn-
vllle.
2 to 11
Today - Mon. - Tues.
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"...THAT AMERICA'S
DIRTY-FACED KIDS
MAY NOT GROW UP
WITH DIRTY SOULS!"
... We hopefully dedicate
" this picture to the thou
sands of. boys who to
day must choose be
; tween crime and honesty!
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