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T.1GZ TET7 The OrjGOn CTATCn.tAI7f Cc!su Ortccs Ctsnfay KersSic, February IX ICH WSSSJpwffojrSW1S',M'JBBejB ' , - A . . " - - f. . ; - ; - - " ' ' . ' ' ! - ' " ' j - -: r - . f v . ' ' W :- V;J .-ftT-r' --r.;- ; - f ; - - ' '.-sr' " - 1 - I " o . . I ' , . 4 ) re hcopinc it up oat west! Dorothy Lamoar, Dick Powell and Victor Moore re co-starred In the Elslnore theatre's technicolor western musical feature opening- on today's prorranv "Ridinj: Hixh with Gil Lamb, Cass Daley and Milt Britton and his band. Seven hit tones, Incladinr "Yoa're the Rainbow," beantifol girls, and a rip-roarinc plot make this a great fan-film for Salem fans." Co-featured is thrilling action romance, "Minesweeper" with Richard Arlen, Jean Parker and Russell HaydenJ "Upbeat f Music," new March of Time completes the program. ; j ' - - y . I : ' v . ' .' ?,! . .r : : ..J . 'V - itaa. y . . x . . i . - i .. ! r-iTimi ' 'iim.M.i ,,, Sasan Hay ward and Michael O'Shea as Jack London and bis wife, Charman, la the thrilling plctBrisa Uon of the life of the rreatest aathor-adyenturer, "Jack ' London" starting tomorrow at the Grand theatre. i s 4 A Dale JUvans and George Byron are two of the many radio favorites - seen in "Hoosler Holiday," RepvbUes gay musical that has every thing. The second hit is Joan Leslie and Fred Astalre in an exciting new musical comedy, The Sky's the limit" Both are showing new - at the Hollywood theatre. ' V Giburn Finds Glamor at 60 Charles Coburn has discovered that glamour begins at 60. It all happened when Coburri, currently appearing in Warner Brothers "Princess O'Rourke, a 11 m a m . . : now at uie apiioi ineatre, re ceived a fan letter from a woman In Ohio who described herself as fat, fortyish and. available." She referred to her screen idol (C. Coburn, that is) as "a glorious Apollo of a man." She also coyly pointed out that It would be all right if Coburn sent her a photon "because I'm a lilTllLUI. :HMIIKS - JACK ' -CH T JIT 1 I ill L.Jk.1 Companion Attraction i . . ... widow, and I know you're a wi dower." ; Coburn is modest about it, though. "It's not my big brown eyes," he said. "It's just that all the young men are in the army. "By next year at this .time. expect to be playing juvenile leads again." Hubbs Hunts Road Supplies ?V" J? A. Asphalt and' road on ' supplies for Marion county during the coming summer will hinge on war demands and transportation fa cilities, report County Engineer N. C Hubbs ! after he and the county court had conferred Fri day with road oil dealers In Port land. Mliera definitely will be no as phalt for new construction proj ects, Hubbs said, but supplies will be available j f o r maintenance patching and resealing work. v" Oil men emphasized that no light oil for dust laying purposes would be on hand, and probably would not be obtainable until aft er the war. j? Matter of I transportation is a big item. Last summer the coun ty used 22 cars and estimates are that about 3ft cars will be needed this summers Availability of cars depends largely on conditions of rail travel pertaining to the move ments of troops and supplies. Beverages Lead Profit Malters Among Light Products in 1942 PHILADELPHIA, Feb.- 19.P-Greatest profits' among 261 manufacturers of "light? products such as soft drinks, textiles shoes,! floor coverings, cigarettes and. groceries were made by beverage and chewing gum and candy companies in 1942, the first of a series of securities and exchange commission studies of American corporations listed on US stock exchanges disclosed to- 1 . Leading the list was the Pan ama Coca-Cola Bottling company with 234 per cent profit on its in vestment, after six deductions, the seven-year study of profits and operations among 1106 corpora tions : in 75 Industry groups dis closes.; , . 1 The 'American Chicle company. Hershey Chocolate corporation, Dr. Pepper company and D. L. Qark j company reported! profits ranging from 24 to 53 per cent. - More than half of America' manufacturers are Included in the complete study, to be- released within; nine weeks, i "I ' - The task of compiling ? opera tional; 1 data from 1936 through 1942 was undertaken at the re quest of the army, navy and war production board p r i c e 1 adjust ment boards, the treasury, marl' time commission and Reconstruc tion Finance corporation, to form a basis for war contract negotia tion. - .; Annual reports required under the securities exchange act of 1934 and the securities act of 1933 were the source of Information Ion net bales, expenses, maintenance costs, depreciation, amortization. postwar reserves and profits. "JWj poini m the seven-year period was 1938, the study shows. Profits; began dropping late in 1M7, frequently were replaced by losses in 1938, and climbed rapid ly dujring 1940 and 1941 f to the 1942 boom level. ) rroiu xigures zor 1942 among the manufacturers of "light" pro ducts disclose: . Eight of 15 non-alcoholic bev erage manufacturers showed prof its of 1 40.2 to 134 per cent on in vestments before tax reductions, with the Industry average at 57.2. Tax i reduction cut the average to 27.2; per cent with clear; profits to the Coa-Cola Bottling com pany of New York of 19Jj; Coca- toia t Bottling company of St. uisj 335.6; the Coca-Cola com pany za; ur. repper company, 53; Nehi corporation, 26.2 and epsi-Cola company, 53.5. Two of the 26 breweries show ed the only losses listed for 1942, the Standard Brewing company of Scrari ton's 1.2 per cent profit sank to .2 loss after tax payments and the Wolverine Brewing company reported a 10.5 per cent loss be fore taxes. - ; jj j : High profit-making breweries were? the Fort Pitt Brewing com pany, anarpsDurg, ra 23.3 per cent I tax-clear; Peter Pox Brew ing company, Chicago, 28.4; and Hyde Park Breweries association. Inc., St. Louis, 27 J2. I Among 11 chewing gum and candy companies, the D. L. Clark .company, Pittsburgh, reported a 92.9 I per cent profit, shrunk by taxes to 29.2; American : Chicle, 4.2-25.2; Hershey Chocolate, 49.7-24.0; and Life Savers corpor ation. Port Chester, NY, 62.6- 23.7.1 i; Other high profit percentages or 1942 were reported by: Cream- eriesf of America, Inc Los Angel es;' ' 65.5-20.1; Franklin county (Kyi i Distilling company. Inc. 68J-52J; Stokely Brothers & Co., Ina,; Indianapolis, 63.7-26J, and Cream' of Wheat corporation, Min- neaoblis, 56.5-25.6. ; ; The cigarette companies' 1942 tax-clear profit averaged 11.3 per cent; cigars, 12; dairy products. 9.9; distilleries, 13.7; floor cover ings and miscellaneous textiles, .1; food canning and preserving, 0.2;; grain bill products, 8: groc ery Specialties, and miscellaneous food products, 10.4; apparel, 10.8; biscuits and crackers, 8.7; bread and 1 ciake. 9.3: breweries. 12.4: Theatre Chief . ) ". , ; V. P. Byrne, above, ' came to Sa lem recently as manage of War ner Brothers' two theatres here, the Elslnore and Capital. He has engaged in theatre operation for a number of years; most recent ly In Las Crnces, NM, and before that in several Colorado cities and in Cheyenne, Wye. Mr. and Mrs. Byrne and their small daughter are making their home In Salem. Ho succeeded Carl A. Porter as manager here when Porter became northwest district manager for Warner Brothers theatres Kennell-EUls photo. Time, Navy, Comedy Bill Offered With "Riding High," new tech nicolor musical hit starring Dick Powell, Dorothy Lamour and Vic tor Moore as it's top attraction, the Elsinore theatre today opens a program of wide interest to Sa lem moviegoers. Included on the bill is an action story of; the men of the navy who keep Our con voys going through, titled "Mine sweeper." Starred in this thrill ing romance of the high seas are Richard Arlen, Jean Parker and Russell Hayden. It's navy blue, through and through j Short in length but long In en tertainment Is the newest issue of the March of Time, dealing this time in America's wartime "Up beat in Music In this mighty featuretto are starred nearly all the satellites of the music world, from Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller to Deems Taylor, and Sam uel Barber. Posthumously appear ing is George Gershwin, and, in; a eopard-skin robe Duke Ellington! "Riding High" tells the hilar ious story of Victor Moore, a coun terfeiter, who tries to elude Sher iff Gu Lamb and play cupid to Dottie and Dick Powell at the same time. Dottie has the role, of an ex-burlesque queen , who l turns to Arizona because her fath er has become part owner of a sil ver mine. Dick is the other owner, but the mine hasn't been able to operate without money. That's where Moore and his counterfeit lettuce come in, l "Riding High1 Is said to be in the spirit of recent big-time musi cal comedies such as. "Star Span gled Rhythm', "Happy Go Lucky". and the famous , "road" pictures which will be welcome news : to Salem patrons of the Elsinore. hosiery, 10; leather tanning, 11.2; meat packing, 8.4; r rayon yarn, 8.2; shoes, 8.8: snuff and tobacco products, 9; raw cane sugar, 13.8; textile fabrics, 10.9. 3 NOW SHOWING . -V V ilas Co-Feature "HOOSIER HOLIDAY George Byron - Dale Evans - gJXECTED EH02TS 1 M pp1 $ i 1 .J YnI all to aMst" to J fm mm" f 1 i m' " --tl j (i . 1 tMlb Brittoo ndld I I CO-FEATTJKg I 4- Latest News Events - March Cf Time "Upbeat - ef ZlnsleT. Thrills . . . Romance . . They . . Keep the Convoys Going ' ?T3in!3UEEI?2!l"v " . with ' ; Ciclutrd Arlen . . Jean Parker and ! Rr3ell Gay den v Araiy (Plans To Eliminate ASTP Gourses - WASHINGTON, Feb. IMrV The jarmy announced plans Fri day to eliminate most of its spe cialized military training program in colleges, and an education lead er predicted i"a very serious ef fect" on schools already hard hit by the war. r ; . Some 110,000 specialized train ing troops will be; transferred from college ; campuses to 'combat fields, the i war department said, because draft boards have failed to meet the army's manpower re quirements to the full. Dr. George F. Zook,. president of the American council on edu cation, who i made the . remark about the seriousness of the ac tion from an educational stand point, said it would naturally bear hardest on those colleges which have no women students and no navy contracts. J f Z " ' ; Except for advanced coursed In medicine, dentistry and engineer- mg, the entiie ASTP (army spe cial training program) will be eliminated.; f - " The decision was reached be cause the army is 200,000 men short of its goals. The high com mand wanted . 7,700,000 men in uniform by the' end of 1943. It got 7,500,000, Athe war r department said. S- - ; : ; - This shortage immediately rais ed .the prospect for another belt tightening for the draft boards, re-combing files of deferred and perhaps more emphasis on speedy induction " of fathers heretofore deferred for dependency reasons alone a reason no longer suffi cient under draft procedure.' , r - The ASTPj. was Organized - by the army December 17, 1942. Soldiers who had gone through basic training and showed special aptitudes in! technical subjects were enrolled. , v : , It is planned to remove 110,0001 men from; the ; colleges before April 1 and reassign them to com bat ; service, leaving; 35,000 stu- Fighting SXkhael O'Shea tells the Japs of 1904 a few choice words abont freedom; of the press In . the thrilling film biography, "Jack London. with.; lovely Susan Hayward as Charmlan London, now showing at, the! Gran(7.:vl X::'"--t ;i !',- . ,:..- Standley ir Is Appointed , TURNER The Turner city council appointed! H. R. Feetz to take care of the; j street lights at the regular ; session held -in the council rooms. Earl Standley. is the -new councilman selected to replace Forest ' Bouchie who re cently, took office as mayor to fill the unexpired term of the late J. S. McKinney. i : Recorder G. F. Standley report ed that the League of Oregon Ci ties is forwarding! forms for Tur ner to obtain certain funds from the state. Bills paid included pre miums on the recorder and trea surer's bonds arid meter equip ment and repairs! All members of the council were; present for the monthly session, j j- . " -v - ' ' Kg WM f W4 'k "IT fl- dents. -The latter figure includes (AAA 1 M i J 1 . mm ' ww ure-iaaucuon siuaenis. xae 17-year-olds wHlj pot be affected. . Thrill lojthe Deeds el ;ilen ol Ilighi! - "The Fighling Seabees" J i I70T7! r jContlnaoos from 1 P. HV HRST flWERW PRISOK OF THE JAPS! i i terror tJ a Nippon prison! 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