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BEBE DANIELS RIALTO TOMORROW
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Bese Daniels -Jamrs hall in
. "The Fifty-FiFTY Oiw."i
Huny porHoiiD Imvo fuund Ihcm- f In llio play, MIhh iJanlelH pur
elves In difficult posltlonn throuKh !'"'' '' "f a Bid who is iillc
tt.Mr Inability to say "no" but Debe ! '' -un-ni-d men ami like- the
' ' world to believe that the modern
I'nniels In the lattwt to ct into a ,VOii,un can tc Into any xltuutlon
Iiaok of troulilo because she re-land compete to itouil imIvhiiIiikc
fll;ocl to say "Yes." I with the wearers of tho trousers.
r Tho star comes to tho Itiiilto I The men, particularly her lead
for a run of threo days In her Inif man, don't nereo with tho star
Intent release, "liie. Fifty-Fifty
Ulrl," tomorrow, and, althoiiKll the
mubborn Klrl runs Into a crc.it
deal of grief, she nt least provides
jliKlea galore for tlie audience.
"PATENT LATHER
The regeneration of an Kast Side
boxer, through tho traviiil of war
and tho lovo of a woman, Is the
graphic story of "The Patent
X-pii ther K id," coming to 1 i mil's
Oratcrlan Thursday for three days.
.tIt sturs Hlchard HartlKdmeNs.
and is un Ideal vehicle for the
artistry of (his young Hereon slur
Whoso work in "Tol'able Uuvid."
"llroken Blossoms" and "Way
IoWn Knst" will never be forgot-
Russia
WASHINGTON. . C.. June L'.
X? ycnr ago ItuwJu announced
thuL tho Union had 1 4ti.3u4,fl;t t In-j
? liunitHnts uccordiug to a new ecu- ,
i 8UH. Hut recently census enuiuor
? HtorK. browned by tho sun-swept '
futndj$ of tho Karu Kum Desert In
tho . TrauscHspitin region, upset
S these figures when they reported
j SSU.OU nomud Soviet subjects
Whlqh hnd not been counted.
"Although the Union of Socialist 1
? Soviet Hepuldlcs Is three (fines the
j area of tho United Stutes It has
I but ,20.000.000 mora Inhabitants," '
' Kaysiit bulletin from tho Wardiing- ;
t ton,? 1. C; headciuartei-H of the
National Georgraphic society.
V A(MU Allies AcroMi
" 'Kusslu. owne onoseventh of
I tho kind urea of tho world' has be
come a vtock phrase among the
Soviet orator. It Is the world's ,
largest continuous country and Is '
' aeeopd ouly to tho lhitlsh Kmplre
Htnong two world'H landholders. !
U'nllko tho llritlsh empire, bow-
rvor? Its iOHsessions are alt within ;
two continents i;urpo and Asia.
4 trip a cm km the Union when Its
western to Its eastern border would
Hourly equal a round trip from !
Ktiw York to San Francisco.
-, ''From tho borders of Poland 1
ami Humanla on tho west, the
Union stretches across half of
Kuropo and northern Asia to' the
onHtcnmtoMi point of Kamchatka,
which' extends Into the Pacific
uomui. Its .blcnk Islunds of the
north are neurer tho North1 Pole
than Spltzbergeti and Its southern
frokrflers are on the parallel of
Norfolk and San Francisco.
"To- tour the -Union a traveler
nocdfCa year round, wardrobe.'
contjnuea tho bulletin. "Tho gov-
comment- operates a radio station
mlles north of the Arctlo Cl
clo where i-the KsklmoM huddle
themselves". lu numerous layers of
fin. Alonff tho northern part of
ItUHSla and 'Slberlrt, Uho traveler
tes tho Samoyed, en u ply wrapped,
emerge from his hut or dugout,
nt raddle tho rtflndcer, which In his
his j
only transportation, and I r
iieroiwi a land of perpetual snow
The whole rongo of temperate cli
nmtcs ore encountered in tho mld
dlo region while in tho extreme ;
pout h, wbere other Soviet subjects,
nit cross-legged on camels, straw j
hats and numnier linen are even j
uncomfortable. '
Ilvkkft Into 8li HopublU ;
"politically the Union Is divided j
.iltWU constituent republic".. They:,
, iiuiuro corapi'ise more than thirty!
'btbnfltnoiis1 nnlta In many of
vhlcb the Jnhabltunts widely dif
land, In "The Kifty-l'lfty lilrl." It
takes seven reels of cinburruKHiiicnt
und chuckles to prove to the head
strong girt that her Ideas are
wrong.
KID" at CR ATERI AN
ten. in "The Patent Leather Kid"
Hurt holiness Is said to exceed even
his finest efforts In thoHo former
vehicles.
Ideal story material was offered
from the great epic of the U. 8.
i tank corns lv Hunert lluuhes.
I It ulso offers a new screen star,
'Molly O'Uay, who plays opposite
Har(helmess and win) has proved
a sereen find by her elever work in
this picture.
of Today
fer In rare, languages, customs,
costumes and rutturc.
"Tho KiiNstau Socialist Federat
ed Soviet Republic, the largest of
the republics, IncltiJes most of
Furopean Hussla and Siberia, tt
Is twice tho size of Canada with a
population nearly equal to that of
tho wljde French empire, which
counts Its possessions In both
hemisphere. h. The Turkoman So
viet Hepuhlbi and the Uxbek Soviet
Socialist Kepublic, lying between
tho Caspian Sea and the back door
of China are about six times as
laiKo as New York state but with
a populullon about equal to that of
New York City.
"The Tin nsea ucaslan Socia list
Federal Soviet Republic, which In
cludes Georgia, Azerbaijan und
Armenia, also has a population
nearly eiual to New York city and
A New Gish Role
rt
Mn, Mnude Gith, an aunt of
Lillian and Dorothy Gish, fllm
actresses, Vill bo ono of Okla
homa'! four women dctcgatei-at-ava
to tho Republican national
convention, Kansas City, Mo., in
June. Sho looked after her
nieces' wclfars when they wera
attending high school at Shaw
nee, Okla., her home. .
itu a rt a ia wllehtly lean than lu Jct J
that of tho state. Tho Ukrainian j
Soviet Socialist Republic, occupy I
liitf tho miulhwt'utcrn corner of
ltuHHia. 18 slightly Kiiiullcr thuu
California In urua with a pupulu
lion low than that of San Frun
cIhco. Tho White KunKfan Kovkt
Kui-iullwt Hi puhlic, which Ih Ihe I
Idiotic IhIudU' of tho conHtltucnt i
Itopuhllcs, in about 40 tlinc-M larger I
than tho New KriKluntl ntiiU' with!
twice the population of J'ruvl-j
'dunce.
j Txara KiUiml Kmpln j
j "The expansion of KuhhIu beirun ;
. more than a thouHand yearn ao. j
' Firm the country wan divided into i
iiumerouH independent princlp;ill
i ties and Kverned by princeH. In
j the fifteenth century when tho!
; twirn tmk the reinn of eovcrituieiit, f
a fc-vnt empire hcKitn to Hpread j
over the Kaslern lleiniKpiiere. Ivan
the Third wan the famouM Kound
Kainer on the Kumdnn gridiron
and earned the title 't! at here r of
lluxHlan Karth.' Peter tho (Jreut
Catherine tho Croat, Klcxandcr I
and Nicholan I, however, tdiould
ttharo the hdnors for extending tho
domain.
"The Union 1m not quite hh hirmi
tin It wus prior to 1117 under the
twaiH, for Kxthonia, Iatvla, J'o
land und Finland havo been grant
ed their freedom and ncHKarabla,
disputed territory between Hu
inanla and Ukraine, now Ih occu
pied by the KumanianM. TIicmc
at-cuti comptiHC 2H)J'JZ muaro
iiilleH with about 25,U0U,00U In
hubilaulN." Onco ngain demonstrating the
remarkable stamina, and power, was gained only by unusual teniici
of Durnnt-bullt motor curs, a JDIiS'ty, but tho savawo counter-attacks
Star Four coupe pounded and ordered by the Gorman high com
bucked the heavy and packed i mund availed nothing. The line
snow of the Sierras to gain the heid, and the world knew that tho
distinction of beinir tho first au- new ""' "d stood the tes.
tomobllc to reach placcrvUI Sum
it on its own power this year. .
According to a memmgo received
by Kormun do Viiux, general
munnger of tho pacific Coast Du
rant factory, from William Car
men, of the Division of Hlghwuys.
driver and owner of tho record
breaking Htar. the run was mad?
In the presence of witnesses und
without any previous preparation.
Carmen, who has been stationed
at camp pyramid. -10 miles above
Plucerville, states that he drove ; ticlpate and lack of reserves pre-! sl'i,c tlu' him1 trusts of the ene
his cur over tho summit at 8 : 10 j vented initiation of the project. the mounting list of dead, and
Friday morning, May 4th, pic- When tho signs pointed to the j"1' desperate hand to hand fight
vious to clearing tho road for the , abandonment of the plan General i,,t; in fuiitlgny, kept their morale
official opening Saturday. At thotKulhtrd proposed a"Turpri.so attack j H0Ilfmm'd veterans.
Mart the roadwuy was covered by the First division without! 11 ls known now Glut the Ger-
wlth slightly frozen snow, which
continually plied up under the
cur In such a manned us to oc-
Dcsplto tho fonder deep snow
und poor condition ut tho high
way, tho sturdy Star hammered
its way to within a uuurtor of a
mile of tho summit without
chains. This equipment was ad
ded and tho remainder of tho
el! nib was accompl-shed with
oast.
Carmen says: "Thursday night
the snow hud slightly frozen, and
early Friday morning accompan
ied by one of the other boys In
the road opening crew, l wus uble
to got within a uuurtor of a mllo
of the top without elm ins, but hud
to put them on to mako tho last
pitch just oppostto tho lCcho Iukc
Iloud. The only difficulty that
I encountered was tho snow pil
ing up underneath tho cross bar
that the clutch und brake pedals
are mounted on. This contin
uously threw out tho clutch."
A l!)iT Star similar to tho one
he drives was tho lust car to
buck Its way through tho snows
over the poor muds of plucerville
Summit last fall. j
New Inventions
For prinmrinK various kttuls of
ilrlnka mill oilier ri'fnwhniiMitit. nn
t'lcctiiciilly opiM'Htoil too Nhuver Join
Im'Oii lntrotui'0(l. It reduces waste,
wives Die time ot ono man and
reiulr'R inietli'ally no allentlon
onco It Ih Het In operation, as the
Mock of Ire In hold firmly against
llio shnvillR bladea until It Is used
un. Cm-rent is furnished from a
Hunting socket.
With an adjustublo toothbrush,
now on tho market, tho teeth may
be scrubbed with an U-nnd-down
movement as well as across, there
by reduchiB the likelihood of decay
and making tho cleaning task
somewhat easier. With n simple
twist, the head of the brush may
be set al any nuglo desired.
Old wnll paper Is easily and
quickly removed with a portable
steaming outfit now on tho mar
ket. The vapor Is applied through
u hoso and a wide concentrating
Plato which la held against the
wall. The steam Is generated in n
light-weight boiler which ono man
can easily carry and is cheap and
simple to operate.
So Hint Ihe nutomohlla driver
can raise and lower tho rear cur
t i ii himself to keep out tho glare
of headlights, a simple cord con
irol has been Introduced. It can
bo installed in any closed car in a
few moments, is durablo und cer
tain of operation.
Designed especially for hotels
and aparlment buildings In which
disappearing beds nro Installed, a
folding Ironing board may bo fas
tened to the bed spring or to any
convenient door or wall. It Is held
up out of placo by a spring catch
which ia released by pressure of
the finger when tho board is
wanted.
When tho golf ball drops into
Iho water hamrd, ll Is easily re
covered with Ihe aid of a collap
sible retriever now on the market.
Tins is simply an extension metal
bundle with a small net on the '
end. When not In use. It tele-1
scopes Into such length that It can !
be carried without difficulty in tile
caddy hag. It is fashioned aa one !
piece, adds but little to the weight I
of the equipment and Is always In '
icadliicsa lor luluut teivke.
Vaudeville, Wed.,
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Left to right: Jerry Carmen, Lucille Homan, Saddelle Carbone, Frank
Mazzone with DOLL DREAMS on next Wednesday program.
Ten Years Ago Last Week
CANTKlNY
nt nee. (fl) Acting
on Its
own the first time ,
American division hud participated
as a unit in un offensive- in tho
world war tho ' First division
swept out of Us trenches In I'icar
dy ten years ugo this morning and
wrested the platcuu of Cunligny
, from the eriirk Kighty-Hecond tlivi
'slon of the Imperial German army.
i- ourteen hundred A in erica n
doughboys were left to sleep eter
niilly on the slope in the first four
days of fighting, and the position1
Official records point out that
the Camigny operation watt more
or less local, hue ehat ie was ex
tremely important because of the
psychological effect of ;tho dis
tinctly American victory.
The First division, under Major
General lEobcrt L. Ituliard. had
moved into the vicinity of Montdi
dier April a I, in expectation of
participating with the French in
n oiteiisivu 'iitoveineiit. Prepara
tions wero 'begun for the action,
nut ,nilmiilv or ,h(, Hriti-h t,. .,..'
uwultlng tho combined oneratioiiK
then being studied. 'Tho request
was granted and. orders were Is-
was granted and orders were b-
liro. i
pare for an operation to capture
the heights of Cuntiunv without
assistance or French infantry.
, The French placed J 73 guns
under tho control of tho division
and planned to support the
Utaek
with nn ifnu.-il mimhi'p m tim
flunks Ah ft ti, .,t ..
of thc-e guns wero used, however
and most of them wcro available
only the first day.
Tho Twenty-eighth infant r y.
which had been designated -to
mako the assault May 2X, was !
drawn back to a rear area where !
tho details of the plan were re- j
hearsed. A battalion of French
tanks ami a detachment of French
flame-throwers wcro attached to
the regiment.
On the nights of May I'd and 7
the Twenty-eighth Infantry re
entered the line. Knrly the morn
inir of May 21. after intensive artil
lery prepunitltm. n strong Germnn
Now!
RIALTO
TODAY
ONLY
You've No Idea How Much Fun Can Be
Packed in One Picture Till You See
Matineaa
10 and 25
Evenings
10 and 35
3 DAYS
STARTS
Tomorrow 'I'
A 1 vSSjIjKCS I GOOD SHORT
Hunt's Craterian
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11 MM
I raiding party tried to penetrato tho
sector. The attack fulled complete
ly and most of tho Germans, in
cluding tho commanding officer,
were killed.
Ity 3:30 a. m. May 2 tho regi
ment was In position. The objec
tive had been set at a line one kilo
meter east of tho village of Can-tigny-
America's first off ens! vo blow
was struck In a mist. The artillery
preparation began ut 5:4 5 a. m.,
one hour before tho infantry went
over the top. The Americans mov
ed forward in good order, tho
tanks In the lead, behind a rolling
barrage. Tho terrific fire from the
French guns had blasted a way
and the suddenness of the move
ment took the Germans complete
ly by surprise. The Americans
overran tho hostile front lines and
by 7:115 it. m. they bad reached
their objective without much diffi
culty or loss, capturing more thttn
2Uil prisoners.
lint by noon tho Germans recov
ered from their surprise, beginning
a heavy bombardment and a series
of counter-attacks which continued
throughout tho next three days.
The doughboys succeeded in con-
soliilatlng their new lines and, de
1 111,1,1 division lost 1310 .casualties
"ween .May and 30.
! Tno Hghting at Cantigny
11,0 righting at Cuntigny con-
i JlIm'' "ut BHluully slowed, down
I "hen tho Americans came out
When tho
i of tho front linos they realized the
horror of wiiat they had been
through. On May 30 a funeral was
1 ,ltm lul ""ine oi me neati in a pic-
' lurestpic nine cemetery near tne
front.
kcii r rencn women aim nt
,lp cnil,llf stripped their gardens
of flowers to cover the graves of
tho American heroes.
Hospital Contract Ict I
SALK.M. Ore., June II. 7P The i
state board of control today award
ed to L. N. llulsc of Portland a
contract for the excavation and
foundation of tho new state tuber
culosis hospital at The Dalles.
His bid for the contract was
Xr.sMl. A total of ten bids was
submitted, tho highest being
$1 10.000. Hulse agrees to finish
tho work In 35 days.
Clasxlfjetl ndveriising gets results
Continuous
12:30 to
11 P. M.
NEW
THE SKY IS THE LIMIT
For laughs when these two bashful
barbers get up in it.
LATEST NEWS
EVEN.TS
BEBE DANIELS
In
"THE 50-50 GIRL"
MM AT RIALTO
If you're not afraid of becoinliiK
j hysterical from lauKhter, you
'shouldn't under any circuuitjtaiu-cn
i miss "FlyliiK Uumeos." ft jitur:n
'that Inimitable puir. (Jeoigo Sid
'ncy and Charlie .Murray, al the
j Itlallu today.
Svver have Kidney and Murray
been funnier Mince First National
wisely put them together us the
Hcreen's first comedy team.
If you can Imagine Geo rue. and
Churlle inadvertently becoming I
avlatoi-H when they don't know any
IllJiro nlwillt rltinir lli..n ll.r.f .1.. 1
' about the fourth dimension, uturt-
iiik un an airpiane iiignt to cnina
knows less about it than they do
and 4s somewhat off his head in
addition, you have one of the stu
ations Just one of them which
provokes comedy in this hilarious
ruree. j
MAXWELL COFFEE SOLD
TO POSTUM CEREAL GO.
NASHVILLi;, Tenn.. June 2.
.foci O. Check, president of the
Cheek Neal Coffee company, -manufacturers
of Maxwell House cof
fee today confirmed tho report
t hat the company had been sold
but expressed the desire that the
announcement coma from the pur
chasers, reported here to bo the
Postum Cereal company of Duttle
Creek, -Mich.
Mr. Cheek said his sons had
power of attorney to conclude tho
deal. Ho declined to name the
price received, which published
reports put at $4 S, 000. 000.
Planetary typo transmissions did i
not disappear with the Model T !
Ford, nfter all. The fact that one
is used as an auxiliary system on
the new Model A trucks means
that there Is kept alive a typo of
control that several million drivers
can "say they "learned on."
On the subject of light trucks
and commercial vehicles, ft is In
teresting to note that the automo
tive Industry ls seemingly deter
mined to drive the horse out of his
last f iclil of metropolitan useful
ness. Heretofore tho horse has
resisted all efforts to dislodge him
from preeminence where door-to-door
delivery of light products
such as milk and bread were con
cerned. Tho low-step-in truck
which is operated from a standing
position probably will change, tho
situation. Incidentally, Chevrolet,
is the latest with such a vehicle.
. KcLia rd less of the (h'siirioitinti
thfiin ti.-itlmi-ii'filn illunl'ivu liv itf.-li
ers In certain lines of cars attract
attention on a big scale. Yet. the
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Automobile Notes
am -n
by the Integrity
BUICK MOTOR COMPANY
FLINT, MICHIGAN DIVISION OF GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
MEDFORD AUTO CO.
38-40 No. Riverside Buick Dealers Phono 73
WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT . . , BUICK WILL BUILD THEM
i
j termlunlogy Ib intereatinff. In four
'buch expoaillooit held recently,
t three different terms have beeu
i ued. Cadillac and Lincoln h;ui
i "Maliins.
h'tue."
Chrysler held "opn
Buick called its rtNplny n
HURRY! HURRY! . B
It Will .Soon Be eaving ' ,
M yArTH AND COURAGE U
ifth Heaven g
' U V "?P1 Starring W
f'iPiMM JANET GAYNOR J
gj Vj 1 CHAS' FAKRELL M
with H
B'VJ Movietone
" Is stirring the hearts of all who see and M
Ka ' hear it jfij
I Never
j IH Have We f f ' ALS0 O
M S0H much U( Vitaphone xyi3
' LJ Praise J 31 ACTS 1 I
H p0,Any-(l( The Original Six 1 2 Vf
g Program l BfOWH BrOS. J)1
; fcj A Willard Mack's Comedy IS JA
g"T!E BOOK WORM" JJ)
Nffl Change in Time Schedule
Matinee. One Show Only, 1 l. M. Wliftv iLi
P iAcning, 2 shows, 0:15 ami U:I5 ' n. Bbh. 11
2 ADMISSION AnyTimo Vij
a USED GAR
of the Dealer
Your Buick dealer's high business standing
in his community his solid, long-established
reputation for fair dealing safeguard your
used car investment when you buy from him.
He offers you a wide choice of used cars
including practically all makes and models,
and covering practically all price classes.
He will give you an honest description of any
used car in stock. He wants you to be satis
fied with the car you buy for he wants to
keep you as a used or new car customer.
Judge the used car you purchase by the in
tegrity of the dealer who sells it to you. Go to
the Buick dealer. You can rely upon his word.
"tyte how." AH of wlilch eni
phaaizes tho fact that motor cur
merchandbinff U becoming more
and more artistic Why not? The
uaM of today certainly measure up
' ro the ad teetive.
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