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PAGE "NTKE Claudette Colbert And Gary Cooper In Sparkling Craterian Comedy MEPFORD MAIL TRIBUTE, arEDFOKP, OREGON, SUSP AY. MAY 15, 1338 SUPPORTING STARS IT SET A screen partnership that should bring Joy to the many admirers of . both stars, teams Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper In "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife," opening a three-day run today at the New Craterian theatre. A new comedy of life among Europe's smart set. the picture was directed by Ernst Lubttsch. famous rfor clever comedy. Supporting the two stars are dozen well known Hollywood players, Including Edward Everett Horton and David Niven. The story concerns a young American multl -millionaire playboy de luxe whose talent for meeting and marrying and getting rid of comely young ladies knows no re straint. After marrying and divorc ing seven wives, the modern type of Bluebeard marries an eighth who succeeds In taming and bringing him love for the first time. Miss Colbert, In the role of a penniless French rarlatocrat who marries him for his money, accomplishes the miracle of letting him understand she la the one woman he cannot wrap around his finger. Her weapons of coolness, Indifference and stubbornness work wonders, but to make sure there will be no slips, she gives him "the works' with directly opposite tactics, Includ ing tying hubby to a chair to make ' him stay home nights and matching blow for blow when things get v bit rough. f Some of Europe's most glamorous f pleasure spots figure prominently In the story. The meeting and wedding of the couple takes place along the shores of the Riviera, while their madcap honeymoon takes them to such gay resorts as Venice, the Tyrol, Vienna, Switzerland and Paris. To make these scenes authentic, the meticulous Lubltsch sent camera men to the capitals of Europe, from which they returned with over 30,000 feet of film. FROM 15 MILLION TO RELIEF ROLL IT ST. LOUIS (UP) Mrs. Samuel H. Leethe, 75 and white-haired, saw a fortune estimated at 1S,000.000 t dwindle away In 30 yearl and learn r 'ed one cardinal rule trom the exper ience. She passed the rule along to any other rich person whose money might take the same downward path as hers. "Ho matter how much money you have, put some of It aside tor future needs," she said. Mrs. Leathe admitted she learned that lesson too late. Thirty years ago she was reputed to be one of the richest women In Missouri. To day she Is living on $5.93 a month which the relief administration al lows her for food. ' The decline of her fortune U writ ten on page alter page of court rec ords In the files of law firms and accountants over the country. Most of her money was In large blocks of real estate In St. Louis and southwest Missouri. Her husband died In 1907 at the age of 84. He was a real estate man and an art collector. He left his entire estate to his widow, but there were 10 law aulta pending against It. Leathe asked Mrs. Leathe on his deathbed to settle all the lawsuits. She lost one In the "Missouri supreme court which forced her to pay a claimant (350.000; she lost another for (100,000; another for 30,000, and about 10 others for various amounts. Settlements and payments took at least $670,000 and she paid a num ber of large legacies and other claims against her husband's estate. All of this, she said, was paid out of her personal fortune of more than $2,000,000 on the assurance of the court she would be reimbursed when her husband's estate was settled. With Interest and other dleburae - ments she claimed credit for (2.918. 802. Mrs. Leathe said she made her own money in business. She has kept old newspaper clippings with her state ment that she realised a profit of (800.000 on a 65-mlle railroad which she once built on a main rlght-of-wey from Venice. 111., to Chicago. Every complication which could beset the administration of the es . tate occurred, she said. As a result of all of It the estate la still un settled. Cases were appealed from one court to another. Records In volving some of them vanished from the Hies of the Snpreme court In Jefferson city. Mo. Some of the real estate, she asserted, has never been accounted for. She has an absorbing Interest In the prosecution of her affairs, whlc1; she said, kept her young beyond her years. She stands erect, her eyes are bine and she still uses a Judicious srnnmt of makeup. Ose Mall Tribune Want Ads 10 OFFfor CASH (see page 2 Medford's House of Kuppenheimer Comedy Hit Coming To Craterian 'Site -1 L .V' sfWiSe?.''-- f ! X.., . Mr, and Mrs. Thin Man's first and only screen rivalsl That Is the way Joan Blondell and Melvyn Douglas have been termed since the release of "There's Always a Woman." the cockeyed comedy hit coming Wednes day to the New Craterian theatre. A thin thread of mystery weaves through the story of "There's Always a Woman." The plot, briefly, con cerns the mad antics of a bewilder ing young blonde wife who starts out to prove to her detective-husband that she, too, can be a Sherlocklan MORE LAST YEAR WASHINGTON, May 14. (AP) American motorists paid $761,998,000 in gasoline taxes and inspection fees to the states In 1937 compared with $691,430,000 In 1936, the bureau of public roads reported today. Gaso line consumption totaled 119,318,- 121,000 gallons, a 7.6 percent In crease over 1936. New 'Change Head Vtstts Washington WASHINGTON, May 13. ( AP) William McChesney Martin, youthful head of the New York stock ex change, said today that conversa tions at the White House and else where In Washington had convinced him "if we can get together we can make the stock exchange the na tional public Institution it ought to be." Martin referred to talks with I SOME WOMEN ARE polyjnor . . . other women inspire storieB u great ... as frank ... as daring ... as sensational as this! JOAN BENNETT FONDA starts -T ifftll TODAY "IIOLLYSim FOR 3 DAYS jmjOl l I pa tjlt asnali i I mmlimmmmmmmmmmmmmmilKim Phows nun. 1:4 - .1:1.1 "411 - ":3I1 MET LOVB AGAIN t:l0 - 4:4.1 ) - 10:4S sleuth. 'This situation arises when Douglas bequeaths his defunct pri vate detective agency to his spirited wife and returns to his former post with the district attorney. Soon afterwards a murder occurs In which husband and wife find themselves on opposite sides, the wife representing the accused. Things reach a pretty state of affairs which culminate In the husband discover ing he must obtain a warrant to search his own home for some in criminating evidence. President Roosevelt and with Chair man William O. Douglas of the secu rities commission, who took him to the White House. 4 CAPITALIST PLANS TO MARRY LOS ANGELES, May 14. (AP) Harold F. McCormick, Chicago capi talist, is on the brink of a third marital venture this time with Miss Adah Wilson, a nurse. Miss Wilson nursed McCormick through an illness In 1930 and Is serving In the same capacity during the Chlcagoan'a current sickness. McCormick has been married twice, to the late Edith Rockefeller McCor mick, daughter of John D. Rocke feller, and to Mme. Ganna Walska, opera singer. Closing time for Too Late to Claa slty Ads Is 1 :30 p. m. Dae Mail Tribune Want Ada HENRY in - - in - -1 , I U!TAnT I Singing Irishman In Rialto Film Phil Regan, popular singing Irish man, proves that he can turn a medieval castle into a successful "hamburger Joint," and then develop a famoua night club from the com bination in "Outside of Paradise." coming to the Rialto theatre for Wednesday and Thursday. Regan is WIPE'S JEALOUSY MIAMI, Fla.. May 14. (AP) Dr. Julio J. De Poo charged in a divorce suit on file today that his wife's Jealous nagging made him "a men ace to the safety of the public" when he drove an automobile. Dr. De Poo, a physician, charged his wife "har turned the rear view mirror upward lest the plaintiff see woman on the street reflected in the mirror and has constantly har assed the plaintiff If he cast his eyes toward the curb while driving, resulting in the plaintiff being so emotionally disturbed that his oper ation of a motor vehicle does actu ally constitute a menace . to the safety of the public." Dr. De Poo also charged that he was forced to hlda his face from fe male entertainers at night shows to prevent her from harassing him "to his great humiliation." Great Northern Seeks Loan WASHINGTON, May 14. (AP) The Great Northern railway com pany told the Interstate commerce commission today it expects to bor row (7,000.000 to $10,000,000 to meet Its cash requirements during the current year. with Alan Marshall .Mala ... sac Eves . . . 3V KlrtcIlM . . lor TAD! lf MYSTERY at 3:33 7:0fl - !:40 i O-'AibL supported In the hilarious film by Penny Singleton and Bert Gordon, the mad Russian of Eddie Cantor's radio program. "Small Town Boy." starring Stuart Erwln in a comedy role made-to-order, is billed as the companion feature with the Regan musical. Semi-Invalid Hurt In Quenching Fire DALLAS, Ore., May 14. (AP) Lenthal Johnston, 16, Is in a crit ical condition at the hospltnl here from burns received when he at tempted to put out a fire shortly be fore noon. The youth, a seml-lnvaild, noticed the fire beneath the apart ment occupied by Miss Margaret Johnston, county health nurse, and In an effort to extinguish the blase his clothing caught fire and was nearly burned from his body. Neigh bors put out the fire. Romantically Risque... Delightfully Daring I THE BOUDOIR BATTLE OF THE CENTURY ...... Ui- msmosi I I HI , T. V""". Ilx, Gary and Olaudette Trade ,Kx Ml 111 Sik I-'m'Vv ll f VV Wallop Over a Pair of C"' W jA' 1 ' Complete Show Today Matinee 30c 1:45 and 3:30 N. fX "tf" r"""c v i Evening! . . . . 40o 6:45 and 9:00 JwigpJ, ninjW? m fiiMl Kiddie a Dima On Roxy Screen Two midshipmen and a girl pro vide the romantic complications In "Navy Blue and Gold, colorful and thrilling story of football life at Annapolis Naval academy, which plays at the Roxy theatre today and tomorrow. Robert Young, Florence Rice and James Stewart have the leads with Lionel Barry more, Blllle Burke and Tom Brown. PACIFIST CHASED L OF N. HALL GENEVA, May 14. ()- A large. red-benrded man stood in the public gallery of the League of Nations council room today and, as members filed In for a public meeting, shout ed: "Long live the peace of Europe! You're doing nothing to save it!" He accompanied his yelling with a shower of postcards on the confer ence table postcards portraying Chrlat preaching to Roman soldiers. It took four husky Swiss policemen to tfrag the demonstrator to a police station where he was Identified as a Swiss citizen. -4 Use Mall Tribune Want Ada. Joan Bennett and Henry Fonda Star In Rialto Picture Joan Bennett and Henry Fonda open a three day run today at the Rialto theatre In a picture that Is termed as "good old fashioned ro mance" but "don in a modern way," The picture Is "I Met My Love Again," thrilling romantic drama of two young lovers and the man that came between. The producers have surrounded the stars with a great supporting cast of stars, headed by Alan Marshall, Dame May Whltty. Alan Baxter and Tim Holt. The popular story haa Miss Ben nett as a headstrong young lady of the jaez and flapper era of the early 30's and Fonda as the studious young New Knglander to whom ahe Is en gaged. The romantic girl meets sud den adventure In the person of hand some Alan Marshall, playing an ir responsible. Bohemian writer. Joan is swept off her feet by this world ly fellow and the pair elope to Paris. Joan finds her life In the Bohe mian Colony of Paris very disillusion ing, particularly when even the birth of their daughter fall to awaken her husband to hia responsibilities. How ever, she is too proud to retun. to Vermont to face her kindly Aunt William and the boy ahe Jilted, until Marshall is killed in a duel fought over the merits of a worthless paint ing. Then she comes home, realizing that she still loves Fonda, who has become a successful young professor: i but It la not until after a series of dramatic developments that she wins him back. ! Other prominent! In the cast are I Dorothy Lake, the screen's fastest talker, and Dorothy Stick nay. "Hollywood Stadium Mystery," starring Nell Hamilton and Evelyn Venable. plays as the added feature on today's program. Set against the exciting background of Hollywood night life, the fast-moving story deals with circumstances arising from the murder of a champion prise fighter in the ring of the famoua Hollywood Stadium. LA FOLLETTE MOVE IRKS SOCIALISTS CHICAGO, May 14. (AP) Tha national action committee of the soclullst party jharged In a state ment today that the new La Pol let te -led National Progressives of America, Inc., "moves toward fas cism." Got. Phil La Pollette. the state ment added, is "Intensively ambi tious to become president," and launched his new party "not In the American democratic tradition." The program of the national pro gressives, the committee contended, la "a shocking disappointment. It offers the workers and farmers no more than the Republicans, leas than the new deal, nothing that would help them win the economic security that la their right." 4 Polish Plnne Lands MEXICO CITY, May 14. 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