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PACE NINE "The General Died At Dawn 'Opening Feature Today At Gaterian rF.DFOKT) MATT. TfiTBtmR W.DFORD. OTIEflON. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 11, WW , GARY COOPER STAR E OF hat Not since "Shanghai Express' .the screen had a motion picture deal ing with the ad vent urea of modern unina. starting a three-day run to- I day at the Craterlan theater. Gary Cooper and Madeline Carroll are starred in "The - General Died at Dawn." the exciting adventures of a ' reckless soldier of fortune pitting his , wits against the wily war lords of the ' .tiinysterlous Orient. Miss Carroll plays the part of the beautiful woman who Is out to lead the adventurer to cap ture only to fall In love with the man. i The story Is based on the struggle between modern China and the pred atory war lords who are laying the country waste. On the one side' Is General Yang, ambitious war lord In tent upon crushing China under his iron heel. On the other side Is a growing people's movement. Cooper ; . Is In the ranks of this movement. i Sent to Shanghai with money with which to buy arms, Cooper Is lured aboard a train by Miss Carroll, daug- . ter of a crooked International agent. ! ' The train is held up and Cooper cap-! tured. Then, when it appears that i he Is to be put to death, he escapes and the excitement really start particularly when both he and the girl learn of their love for one an other. Playing the part of 'he war lord is Aklm Tamlroff, whose character ization of the role Is said to be one of the high spots of the film. ' Others In the cast Include William Frawlcy, . Dudley Dlgges, Porter Hall and J. M. Kerrigan. ' A new Bcreen team, Joan Bennett and Joel McCrea, refreshing In their new comedy and delightful In their romantic momenta, will be starred In "Two In a Crowd" at the Craterlan theater Wednesday only. When the story opens, the two halves of a torn thousand dollar bill bring the pair together. Their esca pades on New Year's Eve lead to fur- . ther hilarious developments that plumb the depths of humor. "China Clipper" Coming Thursday .' " y fan W'-i Aviation particularly mat orand man's latest conquest of the air, and that attempts the hazards of trans oceanic crossings has been much in the public eye during the past few years. Latest, and biggest, of cross- ocean flying is unquestionablv the Inauguration of a regular passenger and mail service across the Atlantic to the Fur East. China Clipper," which comes Thursday to the Craterlan theater with Pat O'Brien and Beverly Roberto in the leading roles, is the storv of was actually filmed at Alameda, land ing base for the Clipper ships that are now engaged in this exciting true life adventure. O'Brien Is the flyer who visions huge flying boats making regular crossings, and the story follows- his una and downs before he sees his dreams come true. Ross Alexander, Humphrey Bogart and Marie Wilson alar hove featured roles in the picture. VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Oct. 10.-(p)-1 stevedores walked out In protest ovor a snipping strike today paralyzed payments to the shipowners' asso- coastai servlco from Mexican Dorts t elation, which they demanded be on the Atlantic coast. Checkers and 1 abolished. Race Mystery at Rialto Wednesday Above is shown a scene from the and beautiful sweetheart. The ple tleman From Louisiana." whicn plays at the Rio 1 to theater Wednesday and Thursday with "Don't Turn Em Loose," featuring Lewis Stono, Bruce Cobot, James . G lea son and Betty Grable. Eddie Qulllan, Charlotte Henry, Charles ('Chic ") gale and Marjorle Gateson are shown in a happy mood, probably Eddie has won the race. Don't Turn 'Em Loose" is story involving a yOung criminal WnO brings disgrace to his honored family and baeuttful sweetheart. The pic ture hits directly at the parole boards and their wrongdoing in paroling dangerous criminals to prey upon the taxpayers' money. The theme is, when you get 'em there, "Don't Turn 'Em Loose.' TouVelle Going To Highway Meet SALEM. Oct. 10. (AP) Chairman Henry F. Cabell of the Btate highway commission and Commissioner F L. TouVelle of Medford will attend the meeting of the Redwoord Highway insrvlRtlon at Crescent City tomorrow and will confer at the same time with California highway officials. G. 3. Paxson, bridge engineer, and K, D. Lytle, division highway engi neer at Roseburg wllL accompany the commissioners, Dashiell Hammett Story On Rialto Two Feature Bill Bette Davis nnd Warren William star In "Satan Met a Lady," whlob heads tha double bill program start ing a three-day run at the Rialto theater today. The other feature on the program la "Kelly the Second." featuring Patsy Kelly, Charlie Chaw, Oulnn ('Big Boy') Williams and Pert Kelton. Others In the cast of "Satan Met a Lady" Include Alison Sklpworth, Ar thur Treacher. Marie Wilson and Winifred Shaw. The picture la based on a novel by the famous writer of fiction, Dashiell (Thin Man) 'Ham mctt, which Is one of the best the author has turned out. The story Is woven about the search by a band of crooks for a legendary Ivory trumpet, supposed to contain a fabulous fortune In Jewels. Bette Davis again plays the part of a "bad girl," In this Instance using her lov trs to help her in obtaining the Jewels, and polishing them off In one way or another, even by murder, when they cease to be of further use to her. The Inimitable comedienne. Patsy Kelly, makes her first appearance as the star of a feature-length comedy production In "Kelly tha Second, In which she has the riotous role of trainer to an ex-truck driver who be comes a boxing champion. "Big Boy" Williams plays the champ and comi cal Charlie Chase plays the small town promoter. Others In the cast are Edward Brophy and Harold Hu-ber. SCOTTISH RITE Stated meeting Lodge and Chapter, 7:30 p.m., Oct. 13th. L. 8. Williams, Sccty. Easier" "Pay Less FlTrntMe Mkt, and Park Open Sunday. at mm 0?1 WT1 cratnui Today & Monday! THEY FOUGHT BY DAY AND LOVED AT NIGHT! Faith Bald win's popular story of Idi otic young lore . . . with sere enland's SULtlVAH X V witlt S HCNRYyF0ND I. BlnTEffWORTH, Shows today 1:30-3:111 r ft n.l.t-n:l)a vr VAL80 I SELECTED I SHORTS! I HBBBBBV-SVll'tS "TSk&Bt. t T II v lu- starts Today for 3 days! " . the rook al 5r W"h oto" mokM Vou loo,, r"!". ..,0 make Mir H's ml ' K f, ISttt 111 r plusfeature no. 2 Pack Up Your Trou And Get Set to How Patsy as a fight trainer . . . Charlie as the nit-wit manager ... in the laugh wallop of a lifetime I One round of fun .iftcr another in this new full-length screamie ETTE DAVIS mill 1 1 linn arren pillihwi ALISON SKIPWORTH 'ARTHUR TREACHER ' VTX Wlnl Shaw Marie Wilson Porter Hall Olln . iHowlond "SATAN MET A I.ADV" at U - " "" i R i iiwiw 111 ii ipiii 1 1 mill ludii i i o . . a. ji 'sr. urn hmMWm nt 3:85 10:05 1 9g -f 6:45 ' 915 I alAl,.ilnJli.i?..i.li.Mil Vs iGUinn WBIG BOY" WILLIAMS VJ"tow PERT KELTON MaU . . 25c Eves . . . 36c Kiddies , 0c Bo in correctly corseted an Artist Model by Ethelwvn B Hoffmann At Roxy Today ?v,y Margaret SuHnvnn battles Henry Fonda All the way ncroes a conttueut in "Th Moon 'a Our Home,!' the corned jr-romanc which plays a re turn engagement at the Roxy tlieaUr today and tomorrow. The film' la bnsed upon Faith Baldwin's famous Cosmopolitan magazine aerial. Others In the cast are ctmrles ButterMiOxth, Beulah Bondl, Henrietta Crosmsn and Walter Brennan, Aviators ltPHCurd PORT DARWIN. Australia, Oct. 10. --(AP) Four British aviators, at tempting a flight from Australia to England, wore rescued today from a lonely coral reef In the Timor Bea. A wireless message said a fishing boat discovered the plane after the filers had been on the reef two days. The airliner was abandoned. Use Mail frlbune want sis. SUNFLOWER PRIZE WINNERS LISTED Checks will bo mailed out Monday to winners In the sunflower contest conducted at the Jackson county Republican headquarters here. It was announced Saturday by Joe E. Wood, secretary. Several hundred sunflow ers were received at the headquarters, fome of them real giants of the field flr.wer species adopted as emblematic of the Republicans' presidential can didate, Gov. Alf-M. Landon of Kan s as. The contost, which was announced two weeks ago. offered prizes totaling $10 In four divisions. Reward for the tallest sunflower, brought in to the headquarters by a registered Repub lican man, will go to A. L Cummlngs who submitted a flower measuring 14 feet 1 Inch. Mrs. R. E. Ncnlon, garnered first prize offered the Re publican woman submitting the sun flower with the 1 nicest blossom. Mrs. Nealon, known throughout vnl loy Orange qlrcles for her singing, proved she could qualify as a real Granger by producing a blossom measuring 10 Inches In diameter. Prizes In the same classifications, offered to men and women registered as Democrats, went to one family- Mr. and Mrs. J. Fenton, of Talent winning with sunflowers measuring 14 feet, six Inches and seventeen Inches in diameter respectively. LANDON. CLAIMS KNOX NEW YORK. Oct. 10. (API Col. Frank Knox, Republican vice-presidential candidate, declared In a press conference today that 'In Minnesota we are going to get the vote of every orthodox Democrat." "And," he added, "we are going to carry the state." Knox, completing a la-mlle cam paign tour of the country, attacked the administration as having "scrapped the whole Democratic party" in Minnesota. Oregon Tourist Record Broken SALEM. Ore., Oct. 10. (AP) Non resident tourists In Oregon broke all previous year records the first nine months of 1030, Secretary of Stat Earl Bnell reported. Total for th first three-quarters was 120,434 compared to 100,303 for all of 10.15, September's registration was 15.696. Every month of the year showed more out-of-state tourist than corresponding months the year before. Tune In KSL every evening. day thru Friday, 8 p.m. Mon- ILamiJ.iJUilJ'iKtJitW.Tii n A bold man loves her . . tells a beautiful woman he A Chinese warlord threatens death to them both. ..an ancient Chinese junk sails into Shanghai harbor ...two cutthroats meet on the Bund and plan a little trickery . . . but . . . we can't tell the whole story. . . you've got to see it, thrill to it in the most exciting drama to come out of China since "Shanghai Express"..,. GARY COOPER MADELEINE CARROLL A Paramount Picture with William Frawley Dudley Digges Akim Tamiroff Porter Hall J. M. Kerrigan Directed by Lewit Milestone 3 i .r ?'v. f ft a ' f"'r 'a - ' f f ' S V wii,ait fiat "ifciiasiM Lm Screen play by Clifford Odets, From itory by Charles G. Booth. Musical Bock ground by Werner Januen. Starts Today Shows Today Bt l;45-3:15-6:46-9:00 i Biu I .imaiiiim. I 411H11 1 m I i isi iiii I l For 3 Days! Mats 25o Eves 35o Kiddies 10c Anytime
