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PAGE TWELVE Tha OREGON 5TATE2IAN, Calara, Oregon. Sunday Morning. January S3. 1844 Hopkins, Davis Team Again Stage Success Is Tale of Two Authoresses . - Old Acquaintance," Warner Brothers powerful drama of a woman's steadfast loyalty for her faHi friend, starring Bette Da vis and Miriam Hopkins, opens at the Elsinore theatre today., The picture which is based upon the Broadway success of the same name, features Gig Young, John ' Loder and Dolores Moran. ' Bette Davis, ; as Kit Marlowe, . successful young novelist, visits . her- home : town as 1 guest of her childhood friend. Millie Drake (Miriam - Hopkins), selfish, vixin Jsh young matron. Although hap pily married and an expectant mother she is nevertheless envious of Kit's success and strives to f emulate her. f Snurred on by jealousy and avid for money,- she writes a series of superficial novels that "catch on" and "enjoys a huge suc cess. Rich and famous, Millie sets out to enjoy life in the only way she knows how: by spending mon ey lavishly on herself and her family. Alienates Husband Her domineering attitude, how ever, alienates both her husband, Preston, who has fallen in love with Kit, and her daughter, Deir dre. In a heated quarrel in which Preston suggests that Millie get him a dog-collar encrusted with diamonds and inscribed "property of Mildred Preston Drake, he packs up and leaves, but not be jfore he has professed his love for Kit and asked her to leave with him. Though loving him. Kit, gen erous and loyal to Millie .and the child, refuses; and Preston .goes away. Their next meeting is many years later. Kit has become a successful playwright, and Millie's daughter, Deirdre,has grown to woman hood. Millie, still complaining that she is a deserted, misunderstood woman, continues to write her no vels and live in lavish style. When they meet again Millie ' tries to win Preston back and when she discovers that he regards her with contempt, takes out her spite on Kit, accusing her of stealing her husband many years ago, and of playing' around with Rudd Ken dall (Gig Young), ten years her junior. j Rudd, in love with Kit, but held off by her because , of the great - difference in age, falls in love with Deirdre just as Kit has decided to f marry him. In the end Kit is left alone, heartsick and .weary. It is at this moment that the ubiquit ous Millie . breezes in, repentant and humble, recovered from her tantrum. Kit's sense of honor which has never failed her in her management of the childish Millie serves her in good stead as the two old friends facing middle aged loneliness drink to "old ac quaintance." - ; - . - Directed by .Vincent Sherman, -Old Acquaintance" is based upon the screen play! by John .Van Dru ten and Lenore Coffee which, in turn, is taken from Mr. Van Dru ten's successful stage play-' which was produced j by Dwight Deere Winman. Included in the support ing cast of the picture are Philip Reed, Roscoe Karns, Anne Re vere, Esther Dale, Joseph Crehan and Marjorie Hosheile. Another hilarious Henry Aldrich comedy "Henry Aldrich Haunts a House," starring Jimmy Lydonis the companion' feature at the El sinore. - i Turner School Boost Bond Total TURNER : ' Turner and com munity underl the chairmanship of Eddie Ahrens is raising the quo ta of $25,000 in the fourth war loan. Active , participation by the schools in the' drive is observed. Turner grade school pledged $130 for the purchase of two para chutes, and has sold over $450 in bonds and stamps. ? - This week the high school held a special meeting and pledged $200 "for the drive, under the chairmanship of Elaine Wood, one of the students. Assisting Chair man Eddie Ahrens with the drive axe committee solicitors in Tur uerand the "neighboring districts. FuneralvServicc Held For 24 Day Old Child ; SILVERTON Funeral serv- - ices' were held- Saturday afternoon - at the - Memorial ' chapel of the Ekman funeral home for Larry Eprague, "' 24-day-old . son of Mr. and Mrs.- Eldred Sprague, Wood burn, who died at the SUverton hospital Friday morning. : Besides his parents, survivors Include ten brothers and sisters, Audrey, Vir ginia, Verna, Mariene, Arlene, Ecbby, Roger, James, Gerald and Harold," all at home. f' l Interment was at the Silverton cemetery.' ":. '. " i-f-f '-J'.:: c ri n'cnls i w Vizil; Relatives " jrrrrrTOrr I'rs. carie Roi- -A tzi I :r trother. Grant Shu r r: t-ending the week in -I :.a ..;kIr.5 at the home of lT:r trcll-er A. J. Ehumaker. C. I. GIean';; left for 1 TL'ursday for " several :--3"...:t, i:r. c::r.-.r.n la cnr A' "'I Full? aware of the fact that they were expendable, a small grodp of allied soldiers bravely withstood the attack of a superior German force on the Libyan desert so that -their eomrades-ln-arms might;' live to fight another day. The epic story of these gallant men Is magnificently brought to the screen in Co lombia's -Sahara," now playing at th Capitol theatre with Humphrey Bogart starred In the ro!4 of Sit. Gonn, American tank commander. "Above Suspicion," starring Joan Crawford and Fred McMnr ray. the story of a bridal couple on honeymoon In Germany, ijls the second" top hit at the Capitol r. I . " i . ' ' I i - - V r- J- r-w - I i'" :A ' 1 t J- ' 1 " s'' . ."''! . -- - y . ; . s '- ' , ' v ! ; . Gig Young and Bette Davis are cast quaintance" the Warner Bros, picture opening today at the Eul ore. "Henry Aldrich Haonts Hoosef Is the second f eataro on the program. r '"AA vj vl ;-: i7 - I iV'i BssssTT ssmTr"rnissrnr 1 mil- 'm ' Y - 'f " j Don Barry (who ont-Cagneys Cagney) In a scene from "West Side Kid," with Dale Evans, Henry Hull; and Nana Bryant. The second f eatare is Mabel Paige and Harry Shannon in "Someone to" Remem ber," s story of eeurmce and sentiment, with John Craven and Dor thy Morris. Both are showing today at the Hollywood. Teacher ' Recovers, School Reopens McALPIN M. M. Gilmour is improved after a recent illness. McAlpin school resumed Wed nesday ; with perfect attendance after a 'weeks recess because the teacher, Mrs. Lang had influenza. F. A. Boyington of Boyington's Hatchery, Four Corners, finished testing laying flocks in this vicin ity this week. C Morley received word of the death of his brother-in-law, Lloyd Carter, Wednesday at a Santa Ana, Calif., hospital. Death was due to complications following in fluenza. Mrs. Morley and Charles Carter, ! sister, and brother, of the deceased left earlier in the week to bo at his bedside. v ' .t Bergesch Resigns , PORTLAND, Oxe Jan. 29-(flV? J. Fred Bergesch resigned here as war production board district manager for Oregon to return to private business. , - Paul Hirsch, Portland business I Starting Today . ; Continuous from I P. M. S N ; plus 2nd urn T7crl Elds Eiis Doa Barry - Dale Evans Selected Shorts A, '''20 i opposite each other In "Old Ac man recently on the WPB Seattle staff, will succeed Bergesch Feb ruary 1, ; with! the .title of deputy regional director for the Oregon district- , ; ;v : Vl c i Buy A Bond Again Today 1 1 v-i TiAT" - ConUnnons from l.P. M IIow I Playing! DOUBLE THRBLLS! A Sekriag Tao of a CrTs Mad Infatuation! ! i - , " i CO-FEATURE - j IT!S DYtlAniTE! Krvrs 5! i 1ST "V- 1 Acting Was Spontaneous ante - ciuea ior aunan uop klns to be In a dither of i an noyances. She was to jompl In--to her ear, grind the-gears i ex- eltedly and back violently into! a parkedtnicBu ; 4 Jf ,, I The results w ere" neatly! achieved; a erateful of doves; broke open, - the birds Joyfully! taking to the heavens. Several ctns f milk and ; assorted! pieces of Jnggage . went flylnrj int Uw fatter. A pair f fen- den turned ' into aceordionsJ Miss Hopkins wtr draped acrossj -the steering wheeL - ;:j : Director Vtneent - Sherman; -lamped , to ' his feet shouting, r Perfect! And on the first taker Miss Hopkins stepped ont and leaned heavily against the icarl door. T never drove a ear be- fore," she said. "It was a eineb to ran into something.' ' Shower Honors Turner Woman TURNER Mrs. Roger DeLorm was given a gift shower Fridajy at the home of her mother, Mrs. W. R. Hogsed, with a", group ot friends enjoying an informal gath-ering.:--!:!.. r ;;,j-jr;- jT: Refreshments were served fo the guests, including Mrs. DeLorm, Mrs. Fannie Ball,' Mr&. Bernice Wipper, Mrs. Marjorie Mitchell, Mrs.' 'Guy Chapman, Mrs. Leo Klokstad and daughtern Erlyn, Mrs. J.! O. RusselL Mrs. Joe Holt, Mrs. ; Thelma Snider,' Mrs. Mar garet Riches, Mrs. Ruby Mertle, Mrs. Roy Hatfield, Mrs. Mary Ball, Mrs.- Bernice Johnson, Mrs. Eliza beth Ball of Turner, Mrs. Paul KitzmHler and! daughters Pauline and-wnma of Dallas, Home Loans for Veto J. ' WASHJNGTQN, " Jan. 2-9P)-Legislationj authorizing govern ment loans to veterans of the pres ent war to be used for buying homes, ' farms or businesses was introduced Friday by Sens. Mc Farland (D, Ariz) and Maybank (D, SC). . ;i f. t - HELD 0VEH! TTmOUGII II0IIDA7 Continuous Shows from 1 P.M. U's Sinply i Sinrle 1 Feature . 'Shows: -1:15 10:23 P.M. Kolro 0m oil. Awric . , . m4 71 I Vilict owys I V.Ticf guts ! V.Ticta victory I ... mpzrm i to teiBTujna to Join the 3Iarch of v Dines" O Erads Bogart Stars In War Film Tank -Commander Leads Allies Through Desert - A mighty, epic of war in the des ert, filled with .hearty t i r r i n g splendor,, an d - dynamite -thrills; opened yesterday at the Capitol theatre. ; It is Columbia's "Saha ra," starrhig' Humphrey Bogart, and in his portrayal of a twcHfist ed Yank "tank commander in the Libyan desert, he gives a' perform ance that is a sensational follow up to his memorable work in "Cas ablanca" and "Actionin the North Atlantic? Here, indeed, is an epic drama of this war -a story that can be told now that the allied fighters have emergend victorious In the North African campaign. Bogart is Sgt. Gunn, a fearless. hardhitting American fighter who finds himself and his charge, .the 28-ton tank Lulubelle, stranded in the treacherous wastes of the des ert. With, him are only two of his buddies, "Waco" Hoyt, tank me chanic, (Bruce Bennett), and Jim my Doyle, radio operator (Dan Duryea). The shoulder-to-should er loyalty of these three as they struggle to survive the scorching sand and merciless sun -.with a dwindling supply of rations and just a few mouthfuls of water is heart-stirring. I I Still they : go on, lightening the load for each other with typical American wisecracks, each secret ly praying that they will somehow stumble on water and shelter, but never giving vent to the hopeless ness they feeL Along the way they run into another group of lost al lied fighters three Tommies, a South African, , a British officer. and. a Fighting Frenchman. They all put themselves in the hands of Gunn and his beloved Lulubelle. Further on they add a Sudanese sergeant ' and an - Italian prisoner. and a nazl aviator. Their life and death struggle brings the picture to a dramatic climax: that is breath-taking. The picture -I was 'superbly di rected by Zoltan Korda. In addi tion to Bruce Bennett and Lloyd Bridges, there are, fine perform ances by such players as Louis T. Mercier, J. Carrol Naish and Rex Ingram. , Joan Crawford -and Fred Mac- Murray co-star in their, latest tri umph, "Above Suspicion. The picture is packed with suspense and action throughout, . an ideal picture' to complete' the&ouble bill at the Capitol. Kainily Parties t Held for Larsons SILVERTON Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Legard entertained Friday night fbr Mrs. Legard's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Larson, who are visiting here from Yakima. Invited were Mr. and Mrs. John Larson, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Lar son, Mrs. Richard Larson, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Benson, Mr. and Mrs. Miles Tobias, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nelson, Mrl and Mrs. Ralph Lar son and Frank' Nelson. Sunday at dinner Mr. and 'Mrs. W. C Larson will entertain with those present Including the John Larsons, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Le gard, ' Denny and Harold Legard, Harold Larson and Mr. and Mrs. W. C Larson, f Terrific! i ? ' y s " TAXI m -m HOOKMAIONS Hh MM ioit ivt . . mm y MmI -r - - Z' Added: 'These Are the Men" "' Latest News Flashes! : Away! For VIctroy la '4 M-m-m-m, Betty Grable! William ' Fox's filming of Richard Tregaskls "Gaadalcanal Diary," takes time ont from worrying Japs for a refreshing glimpse of America's No. 1 v pln-np girL" Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte and An v thony Quinn are also featured in the' p let ore which is now playing ' at the Grand. - I ' 100-Year Dam Building Plan Along Columbia WUl Keep Salmon Run Alive, Army Says PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 27.-(ff-United States army engin eers, embarking onj a 100-year navigation, ; irrigation and power program for the Patific northwest, pledged their efforts today to keep alive the Columbia river salmon, run.!-' . Col. Ralph A. Tudor, district hearing on the long been proposed for Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho to i take care of future expansion. ; The engineers are" correlating the program, he said, estimating it would require a century lor construction. j ' First on ' schedule, i Tudor said, are the $50,000,000 ijhnatilla dam across the Columbii river near Umatilla, Ore.; thei Dorena and Detroit dams in Oregon's Willa mette valley, and fouir dams on the Snake river between Pasco, Wash and Lewiston, Idaho. All probably will be started .. imme diately after the war, Tudor said. . Representatives of the fiih in dustry said they feared this pro gram means the end of the sal mon runs. Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams already have choked off part of the runs, Jthey said. " Tudor : assured delegates . from Oregon, Washington Idaho ; and Montana, that the army engineers would study all means to preserve the runs, i either by discovering ways for the fish to I, by-pass high dams or by propagating fish be low the dams. - . ; . Tudor said t other,, meetings woud be called to consider power and -navigation as well as fishing problems. : . In answer to questions . on the Umatilla dam, the engineers dis closed a height off 340 feet was probable" for the structure. This would flood seven miles of high way between Umatilla and Wal lula gap. The benefits from the high dam would outweigh cost of relocating the roadj they said. "' Two other disclosures - were made under questioning: 1. That the trapping and haul ing of fish from the Rock Island j Bay A Bond For Victory In 44 Ufflt Wtt4 m Ut T fctrrfsn na Coatinaoos from 1 T. M. IIot7 Shoninri It's tha screen's -nctv boiling point! t;V PETER LOAREerenda lUanloS CO-FEATURE! V IT AN Bendfac as "Tazf in 20th Centary- army engineer, announced in a range program that more than 100 dams tad dam in the Columbia to hatcher ies n e a r Leavenworth, ' Waslt, would be discontinued this year. Fred ' J.' Foster, director of the Washington department of fishef- ies. said; the fish run. was well es tablished below Grand Coulee and that hauling of fish, to new spawning j grounds 'at Leaven worth no longer was necessary. ' -: ;"Tnah everal objectionable features have been discovered at the site of the proposed Wil- . lamette valltey dam near Oak ridge. Surveys are being made downstream and the Oakrldre j site may 1 bo abandoned. Tudor : : said. : j.- r:"? v:,"':r"T -'H Tudor said he believed the fish problems in the Willamette valley project could be overcome. He' cited the Detroit dam, a structure 370 feet highpn the North ' San tiam river. jt ' ' 1 "I understand the Oregon state department of fisheries wyinta!ns racks in the river near the mouth' GIG YOUNG of the I f r. V.. 5j hidden ft . , woman Ox' jf m iiiinfiii iiiiiiiiftv; pt'- Avmm Arm av jt 1 :miJWAmrr? - . 1 JOHNlOOEft DOLORES MORAM - ; Plus! This Great Companion . Hit Show! '01 welrdesl " EXTRA!- - - -4'.;, . -' - j -. In Technicolor .' . Mirth-' ful . . . Salty Seafaring . j "Cczrcd. lis ! 2il:r" It's a Merritf Melody Cartoon Doors Open 12:45 P M. - Contlnnous Shows froca 1 r. TX 6. of the Breitenbush river wher they trap the adult salmon , and propagate the eggs in a hatchery nearby. Possibly all that will be required here will be rebuilding of the present hatchery and tho construction of facilities for trap ping the adult fish, although I un derstand there is : somewhaf of problem as to how the fingerlinga should best be released,' he said. PEO Guest Meeting To Be February 24 ' WOODBURN Memebers of chapter' J, PEO sisterhood met Thursday at the : home of Mrs. Paul Mills. In. the absence of tho president, Mrs, Clair Nibler, the vice president, Mrs. Carl Huber conducted the business . meeting. Plans were made for the holding of a gues meeting at the home of Mrs. O. L. Withers, February, 24. The program of the evening, in charge of Mrs. J. Melvin Ringo, was an impressive candle lighting cer omnila "ediaeetcdtodETAOIN ceremonial dedicated to the sev en founders tf the sisterhood. Those sharing in the dedication were Mrs. E.. J. Allen, Miss Zoa Lowthian, Mrs, H. F. Butterfield, Mrs. Carl Huber, Mrs. Paul Mills, Mrs. O. L. Withers and Mrs. J. Melvin Ringo. Dainty refreshments were serv ed by the hostess, assisted by Miss Lowthian. i : The program for the February 10 meeting will be a book review by Mrs. IL F. Butterfield. Now! 2 Great Shows MM 2nd Ace Feature! Extra! Ov Gang in Ben Franklin, Jr. tllECTED IT VIXCEXT jrilAJI Prafieil It liirwtistki !: edvtnfursl . in the NEJ7S Cava Dv;c!!:r3 fa Ildy! Nation's Dotlars ea the March la War Loan Campaign! . Fredrie March wilh a Ilessare "Jrcn the HzjV 'L 1 in weWett odvtnrursl . '