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A 'ine O.U.GO.J hl'Alo-lAlJ, Lalta, Orejcn, Sunday I.lorriirs, !.lay 21, PAGE SEVEN Keatres Hardy Family f : Elsinore now Popular Group in Sixth Comedy . Here, Family Still the Same Tin Hardy Family of mOTle fame, now filming- their sixth i picture as a. group, bare arrived "Tat a definite formula for a hap py home after two years of con centrated research. Participating in such a - con ference for "The Hardya Rid ' High," now playing at the Elsi nore theatre, ; were the . writers of the screen play, Agnes Chris tine Johnston, Kay Van Riper . and William Ludwig together with George B. Seitz, the dlrec- tor , and principals in the cast. t Out of .the meeting came cer tain decisions regarding what the" Hardy family may or may ! not do in - order to maintain ; their traditional happy home. - i Here: is . the formula under which Lewis Stone - presides as r Judge Hardy, with Mickey Roo- iney as his son, Andy; Fay Hol den as Mrs. Hardy," Cecelia Par ker as the daughter and Sara ! Haden as the maiden aunt, Milly. ' - - Family Rales Give - . ! Under . no - circumstance will the judge and Mrs. Hardy go i into debt. 'They pay cash as they go and operate on a strict budget.' The Judge and Ma Hardy -max disagree violently : bujt they i never' argue" in the presence of the children. ' '-'i-C - Mickey" Rooney; as Andy, may i tease hie sister, disagree with i her and; Tib her . unmercifully. but woe to "the boy , who fails to 1 treat her with ; proper respect. : Both Andy and "Marian have ; equal rights - with their parents " and' .Aunt Milly in discussions i but; never are. they to . become i disrespectful or interrupt' vhen another Is speaking. - Benefits - and privileges , are ; distributed equally in the. Hardy family with a justice which the judge practices abroad - and at 1 home. - Marian is permitted to : .-; have ' boy, friends but . they are .. ; expected to ' leave at a respect able hour. ' Andy is expected to i "stay out of the living room when his sister is entertaining. t Tom Saivyer Tale At the Hollywood A story guaranteed to charm every adult ..and thrill the heart of every kid is told In "Tom Sawyer, Detective," Paramount's screen version of Mark Twain's .great novel, which opens today at the Hollywood theatre. With two of Hollywood's foremost boy stars, Billy Cook and Donald O'Connor, bringing "Tom Saw yer" and his pal. "Huckleberry Finn" to vivid UXarthla is aa outstanding picture of the sea- Son. " i. -' "Tom sawyer. Detective re j lates the adventures " of . "Tom" I and "Huck" when they. travel : from Missouri to -Arkansas, on f a -vacation, and "run smack up i against 'a murder mystery ln- ! . volving i Tom's "Uncle ; Silas.' t Realizing that . they are the only - people who can go to work on i the case' without arousing sus r picion, the" boyi set "out to solve the mystery and clear Tom's relatives. - ri t-:XCVZy I a . series . oi lyptcaiir m juark Twain aitnationa . n t V kiH are bound to delight the fans of the great writer, ' followV" Amo.Ig them ' are ' a meeting V. with . two Mississippi river steamboat i har pers, a struggle , . to arouse a younc lawyer -i who would, rather p fish i than . go to . work, the, ; dia S;'eovery of a twin of the murdered i . Baa and a- harrowin g - search . for , ; clues r la", a ."haunted", "graveyard: 4 at midnight. .; The affair la cap pad by an exciting .murder - tflal. i ia the middleofwhlclr;rTom r .and. Huck" amaxe tne commun ity with their jevelationsr ; SILVERTON Only a few com - plaints against,, snverton's. new. parallel parking system are being heard la comparison to the large aamher ef favorable commentslo - I eal officers say. , .v : ii-iJ.are , evereome. .There appears, to CfJyr-.a f : TUESDAY, .riAY 23 Ut--LwUl 111 ifiiviw8' ax.wl ti- JO wJ THE WsTnEiiG w- r APT. v w r" ii Hardy Family in e j ' - ' y Lewis Htone and Mickey. Rooney in playing at the Klslaore theatre. Mayer" with cicada Farren and - t - f - i , Before their chaaapionsbJp wrestllag match Joe K. "The Gladiator' Browa aad Maa Movatala Dean now featured at the Hollywood ald CTConaor aad Billy Cook fa I it k ' ' .' L. ' . l vary urant, iacK uane ana rreane r .-. .taiv.aaiiav . awwv triwm va.ioe muk, bui ia im HaBapbrey Bogart. Copyright. 19SI, King Broadway :.BylvE(STjO; 0vuaiwwi m-x A aaw AiiMi m . .v Anatol, " the aix leading female characters " never, - m e e t , each other. That makes it an ideal play for 'the 'altra-ambitipus actress."- - There.- never was'; one that didn't want to lay all six 1 parts. So who are' - we to ' raise I aa eyebrow when we hear that I Ruth Chatterton will essay all six roles when the difficulties of 1 staging the' play on " Broadway - .w5r nllO DAi- . t . w--- Dbort? Madison - Popular Film I "The Hardys Ride High", bow The second hit is "Torchy Rnae for Barton MacLane. 1 - 1 I - 1 shake baads. "The GladUtor" la theatre aad oa the same bill Is Don "Tom Sawyer, Detective." 1 '" . .' - uarrn a a aramatic scene front wuvvfaHf a sam VfiiVS tumagr I mm un aww wim nvaer wico Ftatures SrBdicate, Inc. ' v, ' eronelV ?vfod2!!' ..T.' 'ttTitk . v V t4v V vt a,urwp,!' Another In th wav nf Kill -nntH- ficatioa jot the stage in' Austria (that;was) and Germany,- there will probably ' be anything but mooth kalllnr bfor th Imii aspects of the production are sandpapered ' to - fit' a New York showing.; - Miss Chatterton. by. the -way. wm proauce ana star, in Mar- garet Webster's arrangement, to a : m . aaaw aaa aeiveti , wuif Vl X Salten's "Royal Highness." That ought to keep her .busy for a wruie. . But Miss Chatterton definitely intends to play all six parte - in "Anatol'.' . and "it - and when she does shell go a famous Canadian quintette one : better. ;. Max Gordon will hnst - a hot- tle'' or mlnerai-Srater-'bver the prow of the Dorothy Pafker-Alan Campbell- adapunoa '.The Happiest Mkn," when he1 launches' bisseasoa ! bn ', Broadway fat the rail. : The adapUUon should, be .happy one . indeed j coming from '- the pen of the wisecrack ing .Miss Parker,, Nemesis of dul lards and slow-wits. Mir. Camp-' bell, as you doubtless -know. is her - husband. No offense is in tended In this sequltur.; . , 1 jrslPta Skkaesa "v' " IIUIT tit nu 1 will 1nnKtlte' remember the . late i Clarence Day's gently humorous ' reminis cences of "Life with Father" la one of the , smarter slick weeklies.- They were - compiled In a fcay has adapted it for the stage. and Oscar Berlin will, all.thingsj oeing equal produce it this sum mer at Skowhegan, Maine. Yoall also ; recall that we mentioned last week the revival ' of Anita Ioos ; ''Gentlemen ..Prefer Blondes.! We neglected to tell yoa that that, too, was to - have a curtain raised on it In v the country at Rldgefield, .Conn, r .The theatre has been attacked, for the - week, by a ' form of sleeping ? sickness.' -You Ight even. if ' you : weren't " particular. .- jar. Night ean itst.e arte lethaTica, . that f K-i:.fi.M. Vmimm 1 wisecraek-ibeing "neither 'too ae-J;.l. , - - - aurd nortoo pointed.- Many at. t M A?U ) L k -. play bow holding the 1 rJU UU weatures Eastern Frontier Inspires 'Western' Early " Maryland la Scene of Outdoor Drama at ;s State Shonrhouse t The western cornea into Its own in a . brand new locale In 'Stand Up and Fight," with Wal lace. Beery and' Robert Taylor teamed for -the .first time as pro tagonists of a new type of out door action drama which bids fair, to set a precedent in film cycles. - . . The . picture now " playing at the: State theatre, presents to filmgoers western Maryland in the : 1850's, with ' the bitter struggle ..between 'the railroad and stage coach lines forming the theme of a stirring story which combines all the elements of the best of the always-popular westerns with an authentic his torical background. Moving at breathless pace, with hand-to-hand battles, gun fights," wagon wrecks, jail dyna- mitlnga . and saloon brow Is stud ding the action. "Stand Up and Fight ' lives up to the vigorous connotation of, its: title. Beery and Taylor are in fine fettle. Beery typical in a i made-to-order role as the hardbbiled manager of the stage coach line, . and Taylor : combining the romantic and the two-fisted. A new leading lady for Tay lor, Florence Rice, proves her self once . and for all a ' most charming and able actress in this, her finest opportunity to date. The : dry . wit of Helen Broderick and villainy of Charles Blckford . and ' Barton MacLane add notable, flavor. ey Bogart Iii ";.&me. Story Capitol Theatre Screens Storyj Written About Sing Sing Prison inere is probably no man alive today who is better quali fied to write about prison than warden Lewis K. Lawes of Sing Sing penitentiary, from which Warner Bros, made the motion picture "You Can't Get Away. With Murder" with Hum phrey Bogart, Billy Halop, Gale Page and Henry Travers in the cast, which opens today at the capnoi tneatre. Lawes has been dolnc what he describes as "society's dirty work" for more than 36 rears. He began his career in penology as a guard at Clinton prison. so-called Siberia of America, in In ISO 6 Lawes was trans. r erred to Aahnra. Later the same year he moved to New York state reformatory 'at El- mlra. He remained at Blmira as guard, chief gaard and chief record clerk until 1114. Then the commissioner of correction or New York City prevailed upon him to take charge of the ew york City reformatory on nan s island. He had been en - that Job aoout six years when Alfred E smith, newly elected governor caned Lawes to an interview. The result was that Lawes be came warden of Sing Sing; one ox me world's most notorious priBOllS. OH J KUTlalTT 1. 19Z0 Re8trainiiig Order On Fishers Held PORTLAND, May. SO-iJIV-With a trial expected to start next week, a temporary restraia- iag order against, the Pacific I Coast Fishermen's anion. I j The Columbia River Packers' ""'"t wuwu onwuo me J1!!.-4 ?ek Permanent in- JnetIoa, alleged that the union demanded it deal only with union I members. The packers claim this I "ould be a violation of federal I ws concerning restraint ef trade. irr . w -i I LJiarCe - IS rO 111618 I - VT fj A -m vim Dat AttacK PENDLETON, Ore.. May 19-OPi -Two brothers, Earl and Robert Marra, were bound over, to the grand Jury here today oa charges of assault with dangerous wea pon. Ball was set at IJeoe each, r v. roiice . cniei . ;naries Lemons -aid: the brotherr were: arrested afe.r an altereatioa ia which G. A. Smithand Vernon MUles were in jured.' Smith was struck with baseball bat as he stepped to the porch of a resideaee to aid Miller, who was stabbed six times. Neither man was critically la JUred. KjtM .'t'TttfefM . I would pat a less hardy theatre goer thaa how inhabits' the Ri al to to- sleep," dreaming perhaps ol a better day, when plays were puys.and actors actors. By the' way. whoa the theatre people think of radio it is with a decided shudder. Yet Michael Todd, whose "Hot Mikado", cast did a wireless stint the other day, swears that a surprising number of seats were bought by persons who had tuned in, heard the excerpts, then .decided to the play, lust goes to show yoa how cockeyed stage people eea be.- sat maybe yoa knew ..that all along. . - r' . ":-i 1 r '. . e . ... Hiimphr Tand Offero : Musical Film Alice Faye, Tyrone Power Joined by Al Jolson in v Famous Songs " Tyrone Power, and ; Alice Faye, the romantic stars of "Alexander's Ragtime Baad," are joined by the InimiUble 'TAl 'Jolson singing again the songs he made great in ".Rose of -'Washington; Square," one of the grandest films' that has come to the screen in years and now' featured, at the- Grand the atre, ;j -: , -' -' ?Zi The, beloved hit tunes of the past have been used to tell the story of a woman' who " loved as seme -women, can in this magnifi cently : entertaining X Oth Century- Fox film with Darryl F- Zanuck-ta charge of production.' - - YouH hear all your old favor ites again in a list that includes "My Man," r tToot Toot Tootsle, Goodbye,'? Tni Sorry I Made Ton Cry," "Ja-Da," "April Showers,' Mammy, "Rose of Warfhington Square," the James F.'Hanley and Ballard MacDonald number which gives the film its name: ."I'm Al ways Chasing' Rainbows," "I'm Just WIM About Harry." "Cali fornia Here I Come" and Ava lon", -and you'll find a new favor- it ia -"I Never Knew Heaven Could Speak," by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel. Gregory Ratoff directed the film from a screen play by Associ ate Producer Nunnally Johnson. Stabilizatioii Sum WASHINGTON, May 19.-UPV- President. Roosevelt put his loot down today ' on' any plan to use money from the 3, 000,000.009 stabilising fund in a new lending- spending program. Without committing himself aa to the desirability, of additional pending, the chief execitive said at his press conference that he waa opposed to monkeying with lha .tahlllc&ttAn fnnd. ' 1 There had been authoritative reports that some administration followers ia congress and else where were preparing to submit for his approval a program for pending $1,100,000,000 ol the 12,- 000,000,000. The stabilisation fund la by the treasury in secret opera- StTkKl latloa to foreign currencies. It was created from the profit the government reaHied on its geld holdings when it devalued the dot lar In 1934. Pewdleton Leader Dies PENDLETON, May -0-tfVVk- Um ef heart disease. Lawreaee G. Frasier, 71, director of grounds a?A- i- Jt mm mm A aa aII Van j-aavaa busiaesa man, died in the office of his book store today. Call Board BTATB today Robert Taylor, .Wal- lace Beery aad Florence Rice in ".tana up ana Fight," and Dick Powell, 01iva DeHavtlland ia "Hard ? to Get". . Thursday Doable bill, Doro- thy Larnour, Ray MMJaadln . vner .aaaia i-ove," aau ..- "I Aa A Crimiaal," with John Carroll. GRAND . Today "Rose of Washington with Tyroae Power. ? - Alice rmjm ana aijvimvu. - Saturday Jane . Withers la "The Boy Friead." . ' . ' " " - ' ' VtATKiVftV. Today Doable bill, "The Har- dys Ride High," with Mick- ey Rooney aad Lewis Stone and Toreby Runs tor May- or" with Glehda Farrell and Barton' MacLane. "'''... Wedneadav D o n b 1 e bill "Love Affair' with Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne and "Sweepstakes Winner" with Marie Wilson and Johnnie Davis. CAPITOL, -v . Today Doable bin, ."Yoa Can't Get Away with Mnt der" with Humphrey Bo- gart; aad' Gale Page aad "The Eagle aad the Hawk" &ii2iLi Cary Great and "The Lone Ranger. - Wednesday Double bill, "Sorority House" with Ann ' Shirley and James Elllsba : and James Cagney in "The v. v - 5 nniTVwnnn Today Double bill, Joe S. Brown la ."The Gladiator 'U with' Maa MounUin " Dean i aad Jaae. Travis aad "Tom , ; ; Sawyer Detective".; with : Donald O'Connor and Bill . -"COOk.''. ' - -r - Wednesday Double bill, Ed- lth Vallowa la "The IJttla Adventuress" and. "Adven- t tare la Sahara" with Paul i Kelly and Henry Gordon, i . Trlday Double- bill, Mickey i '. . Rooney aad Wallace Beery . - ia "SUblematea" aad "Ride T A Crooked Mile" with Akin ' Tamlreff and Frances - Farmeri-.v'''-"- -4 ; e . . ' . - 1UiAY ;-" i wTfijRs ' i i i i ' '- 'i . '-45: . ' . ".V i -: - -v v.-x:- ::'.-::.-. --:.,. ." v ''---..: ...:,': " . v. :. . v ... f y;"..-) ,-:-- x - . y .s-.. ' :'- -' : " Y-:.'"": , " ' " ' A '. V " JHe's Her maa! Tyrone. Poarer "Roue of Washington Square, Al Jolsoa helps them sing back dayvr ', . -:.r :iv':CMsm- - llia ; : ,.,-; ' ' ' . ..':''. V . . - . - i. Wallace Beery, Floreace Rice and Joyoas sceae ia "Stand Up aad theatre. Oa the sane bin Is Dick Ta Get." ' Runaway Girls - Found in Dallas DALLAS Peggy Lee Zorn, 10. aad Yfes-n-a httttiaa. 1C. who fa Jest tikeir hes ia Oregon 2Jt a eeavle f days ago, were He OMRer Neu4eld Friday awteneea. K A aadersteod that v7,i .-t fi t wiA i>imi. m7r tkaiA. Thu- aad stent friday ia I I "1 - Their paraajs were aoMfiee aad easts fer tie girls late Fri day, afteraeea. CaiJs Qnm&ab FroamNYFa JEJmSON Mies Louise Looser, who is vierttag the New York world's lair, was thrilled. aa well as her raadmother. Mrs. Fred Loooey , I a t a r d a y when Loaise talked to her by telephone I from New . York.-Louise jwoh in telephftne veahlbit,' entitling ssr to a tree caH anywhere in the United aiates. She ; chose t6 call her pareala, Mr. and Mrs.. Herbert Looaey, bat, tAey were V not "at home, so she ealHd : her . grand- parcts leme.' ; The eaH waj was the first made to o,.--- fair. Mission Dottom Grwut Feted MISSION BOTTOM The 1 un ion af the Oregon School of Beau ty Culture of Salem were hostes ses for the Jaae graduatioa class at Mission Bottom school ground Thursday .night at a picnic The honor gwests . were Ellen Boock, Gene Hoffman, V e r e a a Eastmaa," Shirley Keen, Adeline Pade, Dorothy N,ewawanger, Miss Addy. r,. . ... i---,- ; - ". . Salmon Bake June 4 IROSEBURG, May td.-(JPy-Th Roseburg Rod aad Gua club set This wni be Ue lOta'ant nirersary of the event CLUBBERS HAVE PICNIC . SUBLIMITY Members' of Ue 4H sewing dab of the Sublimity school escorted by their teacherx. Kiss' Marie Zorn, held aa all-day. pkalc recently at Silver Creek parar. : :i feu .vN'' i i m mi i i.i TODAY -M0N;; TUES. T!wo :K Fe-itnres 15c . , Coatinaous Today rft te iiJtf.: . X4 .i-l' 'in ll.. iM And 2ad Featare v. j: i iCJULw-WU y Also Cailoe'aad7tewa EI aad. Alice Faye are stars agata la now playing at the Grand theatre. the' song bits of today aad yeeter- - 'v4.-,-- ' Robert Taylor are pteSeed from a Fight openiag today at the State Powell aad Olivia Deavillaad la Relipoiu School To Start Monday ST. LOUIS A two weeks' re ligious summer school will start here Mob day, May 22, taught by the sisters of St. Mary's, Beaver- toa. School closed here Wednesday with aa all-day picnic on the school grounds. In the afternoon- a sau game was enjoyed, also a i If. health program. The program: Song, piano, Theresa Manning: reading. Leona Newcomer; number, first and sec ond grades; song, fourth and fifth grade girls; "Simon the Pieman," Intermediate grades; song, sev enth grade boys; chalk talk, Allen Newcomer aad Ivan Rotfge; health numbers by Buddy Rush, Shirley Ronge and Videll Kholer; guitar music, Allen Newcomer. Rlission Unit Meets ." WOODBURN The Presbyte, rian Mieeionary society - met' In the church Wedaesday af teraooh wna Mrs. Olive Smith' preaiding. Taking - part ia the' -- program were Mrs. Burt Byewr Mrs. rg Tbv Zollinger1 and . Mrs." Jane Mack., CONTEfUOUS TODAY TO 11 NOW SHOWING i 2 ; MALN FEATURES Mfcsey's free Sfefsf "TUt it AROy 8 HIDE fffGf!" uatsirrnz sHayttnn Pies 2nd Featare a araaaBB ....-- -t "f a y lifi .-.. ?- 'c i a-Mw-aNapaa-a -'' f ) ; It .. : . . . VMM WHBw w Goal Yisioned - s- In Art Drive Art Center Subscriptions Reach $1&43; Goal of : j $25W Ir Needed New members of each mem bership class were' reported - at a recent meeting of the boird of directors of the Salem Art Cen-' ter. j I The current membership drive marks, the end of the first ' year's j work Ff or the Art Center and 'will provide funds i for its continuance during another year. V. E.l. Kuhn, president of tbe board, and Val Clear, director bt the center, announce that ton' tal 'subscriptions to date - amount to S1845.84. i P The laat report' shows that nearly all of last year's contrib utors have renewed their pledce and many new persons have joined. In the class of sponsors.' who contribute $20 or more a year, are three new members Mrs.' Russel Catlin. Lenore J. Weller and the Salem Women's club. Sustaining members pay 810 a year and new .members in. this class are: Mrs. Clifford Brown, Dr. W. B. Morse, Mrs. Burton A. Myers and W. C". Winslow. . . W Contributing members u b- scribe f 5 a year. The most re cent contributors axe: Col. C. A. Robertson,- Clough-Barrick com pany, Yeater A Rush, Mr. F. W. Durbin, Grace A. Gilliam, Columbia Food store, Bruno Art Studio, Elliott Printing house and Mrs. Chester Cox. ' " -Many Annual - Members i A large group of new annual members is reported. Tbeee memberships cost 12 and tbe liat Includes: Mrs. R. P. Boise, Dr. W. W. Baum, Daphne C. Baum, Albert Gille, Mrs. Law rence Maves, Mrs.' Charles Kin-ser,- Mrs. R. E. Mything, Mrs. Saul Janx, Mrs. H. E. Jorhim sen, Mrs. M. C; Findley, Mrs. F. H. Thompson, Russel. Varney Murdock, J. Lyman Steed, Mrs. Mary Bayne, Joseph B. Felton,1" Mrs. William Hamilton. John H. Pomeroy, Nathalie E. Panek, Dr.!; Marion Follls, Margaret Kelly,' J. R. Devers, Dr. Louis B. : Schoel, Dr. A. W. Woodmansee, Merrill D. Ohling. Gevurtz Furn iture company. Dr. Conrad A. Loehner, Dwight Lear, J. Vinton Scott, M. B. Fidler, Feltelsen Brothers and J. M. Clifford. Subsrlbers are those who con tribute less than $2. The, most recent additions to this list are: Frieda Tredun and T. Harold Tomlinson. Unique among th subsrlbers are two little girls who ran ex citedly into the Art Center one afteraooa saying. "We want to join the Art Center. We heard the Art Center aeeded money, so we had a doll .how and raised f 1.7S. Mere it U." Otto Paulas, first vice presi dent, states that though the contributions are . coming in slowly he feels certain that the necessary auota of S250S dol lars will be reached. . coNTTxrors today a to n TODAY - MON.1- TUES. : Two Bijr Futures' k Vitsi it I U 1.-LT aAUf i.-4 Ui.. a.t-aaa-Paaasaat-w:. - .FIXS tXD HIT Plas Serial INEllAKGErtRnJES rVAGAnr, "?-y L-, ' .... No waiter what - the scales1 snmstiliarrWe-rtVCif 1 EVGLE ' DAW . aaWsnWHsa'BnTfjBB-P u i. ... i in. i - 1 i . ... ,wwnwMiriT 8 ftuase oi "iaic-uf . . ! . in of r or 'puttinf on therVs --' one iif e rule fFoIlawno fad if - w.v adept. n-Cdiet.r ahdybore Cfl. r. tsJcelBO edid r . ? j .weif hti p r o b; I e m i isWoften V a 1 weighty one' j Individuals vary ; . ;- greatly in - their - needs.:- What! ?; , - , r 5worked "like a charm'' for yourjt . . t-v neighbormay be jdefinltely "dan-1.'' . ; . '. gerous for yQu; Take no chances.; ... t o n s n 1 1 a t mecucauy-trainewl : health authorityT-and bring his prescription here ;for precise, : prompt compoun(iiit?. - v . -., T7T1 f f "IMQ V sraawaaa-a a mmf. l -i a v-K .V It ?5- o ft 'J . .. " ' f. . jtjTi' . '1 .k .... 'f f- :. ' ' ; nv" -..i Wi." V i . '. i .TV i I 1 aV-. :- ' .:--H : ..i-:-';'-'a'': 7 -rfttt.. -.;f V. , ' ', , y . ', -'':''''.,:?, ; -. ..'f ': I .-til -. , J' W:' ;- . i V-T'i'-:;'" .' ; r-'-i'-'.'