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il, Bus Travel
Break All Records
SEATTLE M) Officials of
four major railroads serving Seat
tle said here this week the pres
ent transportation boom may set
a record In Christmas holiday
travel.
Stage line operators also re
ported a heavy increase in trav-
elers with the closing of many
schools and that a greater jump
In volume is expected this week
end. Some rail officials said if the
volume continues, it may equal
that of . 1945, when service men
broke all travel records here.
. G. W. Rodine, general passenger
agent of the Northern Pacific said
east-bound travel had jumped 30
per cent since Dec. 1. The line's
two transcontinental trains, the
Alaskan and North Coast Limited,
are carrying capacity loads.
Officials of Great Northern,
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To Wear or
Not To Wear
CAMDEN N. Y. (U.R The
question of whether Camden girls
should be allowed to wear slacks
to school will be aired at a special
meeting of the school board dur
ing the Christmas vacation.
The board promised a "full
hearing" for Thomas Delahunt,
whose 14-year-old daughter, Jean-
nette.was sent home from Central
School for wearing slacks.
Delahunt said the board had no
right to tell his daughter what
she could wear. The board said a
rule outlawing slacks had been
in effect several years because
some girls wore slacks which were
"not decent."
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UNFAITHFUL Ann Sheridan and Zachary Scott In a tense
moment from "The Unfaithful" at the State Theater here Tuesday,
co-billed with "Out Of This World."
LATHAM MAY RE-VOTE
ON BIG BOND ISSUE
LATHAM At the school bond
election, Dec. 17, 34 votes were
cast no, and 30 votes were cast yes.
It is thought another vote may be
taken soon as many people did not
understand the need for such a
large bond. Notice for a bond vote
must be posted for 15 days and the
budget for 20 days. The budget
has to be voted on in January ac
cording to the new law, instead of
in June as formerly.
WINDOW & DOOR
SCREENS
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BARRETT SCREEN SHOP
Forbes Wins
MGM Award
NEW YOR1- (U.B Esther
Forbes, Worcester, Mass., has been
named winner of the semi-annual
Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer novel
award of $150,000 for "The Run
ning of the Tide." '
MGM said the award carries the
possibility of another $250,000,
depending on sales. If the book, a
story about 19th century Salem,
Mass., should win a Pulitzer prize
Miss Forbes would receive an ad
ditional $25,000. She won a Pul
itzer prize for an earlier book,
"Paul Revere and the World He
Lived In."
Salaries Decline in Filmland,
Glutted Talent Market Blamed
By BOB THOMAS
HOLLYWOOD W) Notes and
comment on today's news In the
film capital:
Movie production is heading
steadily downward and with it go
actors' salaries, it is a Dau seasui.
tnr aeents since the glutted talent
market is pulling acting prices to
unsuspected lows. Nearly every
free-lance star has had a sharp
comedown in wage per picture
and the $200,000 and $150,000 stars
are becoming a thing of the past.
For that reason, many free-lancers
are heading for the haven oi ma
jor studio contracts.
Now that tne iroaucers Asso
ciation has banned all future
gangster movies, its interesting
to note a sidelight on a proposed
Al Capone biography. One of the
Movie Workers
Have Parties
Theater operators and em
ployes in Eugene and Springfield,
who work all year to maKe movie
entertainment available to others,
finally will get around to enter
taining themselves at Christmas
time.
Employes at the Heilig, May
flower and State Theaters will
have a banquet at a local res
taurant the night of Dec. 22, a
tentative date. They have invited
employes from he McGenzie and
Varsity in Springfield to join
them. The McDonald and Rex
staffs have slated a Christmas
party at the Eugene Hotel Sat
urday, Dec. 20.
But even their annual Christ
mas parties will be hampered
somewhat by the operation of the
theaters. The parties won't start
until after the last shows, at 11
p. m. or later.
What's in a
Name, Anyway?
HOLLYWOOD Philologists,
those people who study names
for hidden meanings, have come
up with some new ones pertain'
ing to the stars of "The Bishop's
Wife."
The stars, they say, are known
as The Great One From The For
est, The Small Wise Child, and
The Beloved Nephew. They're
really Cary Grant, Loretta Young,
and David Niven. Other Goldwyn
stars whose names have mean'
ings all their own are Dana An'
drews (the manly dane), Virginia
Mayo (the maidenly kinswoman)
and Danny Kaye (the exultant
prophet).
Stores Sponsor
Free Cartoon
Nine merchants located on Wil
lamette St. between Tenth and
Eleventh Aves. have purchased a
special movie and will Issue free
tickets to its customers on Mon'
day, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
The movie is an hour-long car
toon, and it will be shown at the
McDonald theater between the
hours of 12 and 5 p. m. Regular
admission prices will become ef
fective at 5 p. m. on those days.
Theater Programs
HEILIG
Sunday through Wednesday
"Ivy"
Thursday through Saturday
"Springtime in The Sierras"
"Rose of Santa Rose"
MCDONALD
Sunday through Tuesday
"Each Dawn I Die"
"Bad Men of Missouri"
Wednesday through Saturday
"Where There's Life"
"It's A Joke, Son"
MCKENZIE
Sunday and Monday
"Boomtown"
Tuesday and Wednesday
f "Carnegie Hall"
Thursday through Saturday
"Gunfighters"
VARSITY
"Untamed Fury"
Tuesday and Wednesday
"Dangerous Money"
"Wife Wanted"
Thursday through Saturday
"Rainbow Over The Rockies"
"Kilroy Was Here"
STATE
Sunday and Monday
"Homestretch"
"This Gun For Hire"
Tuesday and Wednesday
"The Unfaithful".
"Out Of This World"
Thursday through Saturday
"Thunder Mountain"
"Out Of This World"
MAYFLOWER
Sunday through Wednesday
"This Happy Breed"
Thursday through Saturday
"If I Had My Way"
"Shadow Of A Doubt''
While the nightshade nlant t
a deadly poison, all its relatives
are good, healthful eating: po
tatoes, eggplants, peppers and
tomatoes.
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main reasons it was turned down
was not because of its subject
matter, but because of its plot.
Self-imposed
The production code, self-im
posed by the movie makers, says
a screen character has to be pun
ished for his specific crime. Thus,
a film murderer cannot be acci
dentally run over by a train; he
has to suffer for the murder. The
Capone yarn failed to meet code
qualifications because tne moD
ster was punished not for his
crooked life, but for income tax
evasionl
Correction for Moscow. In a
recent blast against Hollywood,
Russian film leaders said San
Bernardino was the testing place
for films and berated the town as
the moral art council of the
American movie Industry: aC'
American movie industry; actu
ally Santa Barbara is the usual
Time was when producers loved
to get their pictures banned some'
where or blasted by someone. It
was said that the publicity did
wonders for the criticized films,
That viewpoint may now be al
tered. The Legion Of Decency
condemnation of "Forever to
ber" didn't help the film and Its
makers were happy to see the ban
lifted.
Too Much Fun
Recently an actor was discuss
ing the flop of one of his recent
pictures and offered an interest
ing viewpoint: "I guess we had
loo much fun making the picture;
we were just one big, happy fam
ily." I suggested maybe Sam
Goldwyn was right in saying that
people have to be unhappy to
make good pictures. "I wouldn't
go that far," was the answer, "but
he has a point."
This column is going to offer
an award to the comedy air show
that presents one broadcast with
out any references to the script.
Nearly every radio comic has
from one to ten lines in his show
about "the writers," the punctua
tion of the script, the loss of a
page, the reading of certain lines,
etc.t What are those boys going to
do when television comes and
their scripts are taken away from
them?
British Movie
At Mayflower
"This Happy Breed," an English-produced
film slated for the
Mayflower Theater in Eugene,
Dec. 21 through 24, is the story
of the rearing of an ordinary
British family.
Done in technicolor, it was
written and produced by Noel
Coward, and has been rated as
one of the best movies to come
out of Britain since the end of
the war. It covers the period from
1919, the end of the first World
War, to 1939 when the second
World War began. Stars are Celia
Johnson, John Mills and Robert
Newton, all of whom have become
recognized stars for American
movie fans.
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Now Thru Wednesday
The drama
of a
Woman
who
violates
very
law of
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Comedy . News - Oreh.
Now Thru Wednesday
An English Production . .
J. Arthur Rank
presents
ROBERT NEWTON
CELIA JOHNSON
"THIS HAPPY BREED"
Filmed In Technicolor
Also Cartoon - News
IRcKEIIZIEn
TODAY - MONDAY
Clark Gable, Spencer
Tracy, Claudette Colbert,
Hedy Lamar
"Boom Town"
Comedy - News
Today Monday Only
MAUREEN O'HARA
CORNEL WILDE
"HOMESTRETCH"
Alan Ladd-Veronica Lake
"THIS GUN FOR HIRE"
VARSITY
Today Monday Only
EDDIE DEAN
"TUMBLEWEED
TRAIL"
Plus
"UNTAMED FURY"
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stars Crooner Bin ri,.. $7.S Wnu ' .
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are importations. Among the few
natives are phlox, clarkias, ver
benas, galllardias and California
poppies.
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