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Jimmy Durante in Craterian Musical Comedy Opening Showing Today
Hilarious Hit
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That wild-eyed clown, Jimmy Du-
! rante, caroms madly through the
musical comedy, "Start Cheering,"
. which plays today and Monday only
at the Craterian theatre. Also fea
tured, and sharing in the ( fun that
', race throughout the film, are the
S Stooges, Walter Connolly, Joan
Perry, Charles Starrett. Gertrude
Nlesen, Raymond Walburn and Brod
erlck Crawford among those who are
well known on the screen. -
To this imposing list has been
added from radio an d stage such
stars as Prof. Quiz, Hal LeRoy. Ern
est Truex, Virginia Dale, Cbas. Chase
and two famous bands, those of
Louis Prima and Johnny Qreen.
The story deals with a reigning
movie hero who suddenly gets fed up
with the screen and decided to go
back to college. His managers are
horror-stricken. In an effort to forco
him to return to Hollywood, they
disclose his true Identity to the col
lege faculty. The dean, who has a
huge football stadium and a terrible
football team on his hands, does just
the opposite of what he Is expected
to do, Js overjoyed at the arrival of
the movie hero and loses no time
; in capitalizing on his drawing power.
And, although the star has never
played a game of football in his
life, he Is given a berth on the team.
Such a situotion turns the school
topsy-turvy, and there are no end of
comedy situations, to say nothing of
V the several new hit tunes and teppy
dance routines that are brought Into
the story.
McLaglen Tops Cast
Legionnaire Hit On
Program At Rialto
Not since Mademoiselle from Ar
mentieres was a mere slip of a girl,
and not since "What Price Glory"
and "The Cockeyed World" haa there
been such heck-ralslng on the screen
as In "Battle of Broadway," opening
a three-day run today at the Rialto
theatre. Victor McLaglen and Brian
Donlevy have two of the starring
roles In the riotous, rollicking story
of the American Legion's visit to
New York.
Both McLaglen end Donlevy are
leather-tough veterans of the World
War , . . both of them lied about
their ages to join the services of
their country . . . both of them were
case-hardened soldiers at 14 . . . in
other words, they are perfectly cast
as the two Legionnaires who fall
bead over heels In love with Louise
Hovick, as fair a damsel as ever hit
the Gay White Way.
Miss Hovick, known to Broadway
aa Gypsy Lee Rose, has the third
leading role In the hilarious hit.
Fans are promised some real "slap
ping around" in "Battle of Broad
way" and several new song hits are
Introduced by Miss Hovick. Other
members of the cast include Ray
mond Walburn, Lyn Barl, Jane Dar
well and Robert Kellard.
"Arson Racket Squad," starring
Bob Livingston, Rosalind Keith and
Jack La Rue. will play as the added
feature on today's program at the
Rialto. "Arson Racket Squad" Is the
exciting story of a young fire de
partment .captain who gets ftlmself
In end out of all kinds of difficulties
In an attempt to trace down a gan
of arsonists who have caused the
death of his battalion chief. Living-
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A complete city Is destroyed to
bring to the screen one of the most
thrilling spectacles ever filmed, In
the 3 ,000 ,000 production, "in Old
Chicago. which opens a five-day citing cllmax In the re-enactment of
run Tuesday at the Craterian thea- the holocaust that wrote "finis" to
tre, A heart-warming story of the the boisterous Chicago of yesteryear.
OXeary family la brought to its ex- The cast of thousands features Brian
Donlevy. Alice Brady, Tyrono Power.
Alice Paye, Don Ameche, Phyllis
Brooks, Andy Devine, Tom Brown
and June Storey among others.
ston has the role of the captain and
LaRue is seen In the role of the
gang leader.
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FAITH TO FRANCE
ANKARA, Turkey, May 28. (API-
Turkey hits charged France with
"acts of flagrant bad faith." de
manding an explanation of "maneu
vering" in the state of -Alexandre tta,
where an election campaign la In
progress. It was disclosed .today at
the national assemly.
The French government replied
with assurances, It was said.
The campaign for the elections
July 25 Is "proceeding under pres
sure of all kinds and the gravity of
the situation is evident," the foreign
minister sold.
Syria, Including Alexandretta and
Lebanon, Is supervised by France un
der League of Nations mandate. The
elections will determine whether
Alexandretta Is to be Turkish
Arab. Disorders and bloodshed have
marked the campaign.
CRICKET ARMY SCALES
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SHERIDAN, Wyo., May aa. (AP)
A crawling army of Mormon crickets
Invaded the city of Sheridan today,
climbing over tin wall barriers and
moving relentlessly ahead through
pAlson barrages.
A mile-long horde of the crickets
a menace to the west since the
days of early Mormon settlers
moved toward the town from the
northwest.
A score of workers were hastily
mobilized when the crickets only an
inch and a half long and wingless
managed to cross the gleaming tin
"wall" erected to protect the city.
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ALLEGED ATTACK
PORTLAND, Ore.. May 28: (AP)
Coe C. White, suing the Pacific Tele
phone & Telegraph Co. and H. A
Hansley. chief special agent, for 50,
000 damages, testified In federal
court that he was slugged uncon
scious while being questioned sev
eral days after the 45,700 robbery of
the company on January 0, 1937.
White was charged with partici
pation In the robbery but was later
exonerated by the grand Jury. At
the time of the holdup he was a com
pany engineer.
Taken to police 1 headquarters.
White claimed Hansley suddenly
leaned over and struck him on
either side of the head. The next
thing White said he remembered was
seeing a nurse feeding him at a
hospital. His wife testified she heard
a threat at the police station to the
effect that "they were going to give
him the wqrks."
Counsel for the defendants Indi
cated they would deny White's
charges,
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the 13th century and was adapted
by English poets In the 16th century.
RED IN PICTURE
LOS ANGELES, May 28. (AP)
The superior court Jury trying Willy
Pogany's suit to collect $3,600 from
Constance Bennett for a life-sized
portrait had a lesson in portrait paint
ing to ponder over the week end.
Pogany testified he worked nearly
six months on the portrait end while
Miss Bennett sat for him but twice.
he used five professional models in
her stead. Then the actress said It
didn't look like her.
Even after the painting was com
pleted in August, 1036, Pogany said.
Miss Bennett requested alterations,
one of which was to make the finger
nails red.
He said: "I refused to put one
spot of red on that painting. It
would look fantastic on the greenish
white background."
Power Line Broken
Near Rogue River
GRANTS PASS, May 28. (AP)
strong wind which blew trees against
the California Oregon Power oompany
transmission lines near Rogue River
last night caused break in power
service for three hours in Josephine
county.
The broken wires set the trees
afire, Copco employes said
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EPHEMERAL M EFFECT
DEL MONTE, Calif.. May 28. (AP
The California Bankers' association
recorded officially Its opposition to
national "pump priming" in the
principal resolution adopted today at
the closing session of the organiza
tion's convention.
The resolution said the association
was convinced pump priming pro
moted only "ephemeral recovery,
and expressed the belief "we cannot
spend ourselves Into economic and
social well being by unrestrained use
of borrowed money."
Deficits were called "disastrous" by
the resolution, and manipulation of
the money market by the government
"unsound, and destructive." The
resolution also criticized "unnatural
Interest rates on government obliga
tions' and recommended retirement
of government from control over can
tral banking functions of the coun
try, and advocated return to the gold
standard.
The resolution, entitled "pump
priming and other matters", carried
the association's main attack on cer
tain government policies. The con
vention took the customary care to
refrain from partisan politics, con
demning only policies and practices
not of any party.
I The "SEZ YOU" Boys Have Taken Over I
and Have the Situation Well in Hand!
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Mom and Dad (Spring Bylngton
and Jed Prouty) have been waiting
for 28 years for a "Trip to Paris,"
the latest of the Jones Family's ad
ventures coming to the Rialto thea
tre for Wednesday and Thursday as
the companion feature with "Sailing
Along," starring Jessie Mathews.
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The Jones Family cuts loose on
the European plan, and Dad discovers
that he Rue de la Pais means pay
and PAY In the newest of the hi
larious series. Other members of the
Jones Family Include Russell CM ca
non, Shirley Dcane, Kenneth Howell.
Qoorge Earnest tnd Harold Huber.
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BONNERS FERRY, Idaho, May 28.
(AP) A thousand men fought a
losing battle today against the roar
ing, rising Kootenai river.
Four thousand acres were flooded
In the fertile Kootenai valley this
morning and Mayor Frank Lenhart,
directing the flood workers, said
dikes guarding district No. 4, down
river from Bonners Ferry, would go
out "any time."
Early this morning a dike protect
lng district No. 2 gave way and flood
ed an additional 1,200 acres of crops
without appreciably reducing tho
pressure from the steadily rising crest.
Nearly the entire flood area was
In crop, mostly In garden and grain,
all expected to ba entirely ruined.
Closing time (or loo Late to Clas
sify Adt la 1:30 p. m.
SHERIDAN. Wyo., May 28. (API
Embattled residents of three north
ern Wyoming communities called
upon every means at their command
Alice Paye and Don Ameche ro
mance to Cordon and Revel melodta
in "You Can't Have Everything,"
playing at the Roxy theatre today
and tomorrow only. Other personali
ties in the hilarious musical are the
Rita Bros., Tony Martin, Charlea
Wlnnlnger, Rublnoff and hta violin,
and Arthur Treacher.
today to keep millions of advancing
Mormon crickets from their doors.
One official at Sheridan said
hastily moouized workers would
"circle the whole town with a steel
fence If it Is necessary" to keep the
crawling Insect pests out.
A "ring of steel that townspeople
had erected near Sheridan failed to
halt the hoards of black, wingless
orlckets yesterday.
Parkman and Ranchesoer, oattle
towns north of here, also were
threatened by the Invasion.
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Start Tonite at Medford Theatres
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Jimmy sticks his schnozzola into
college life . . . and the 3 Stooges
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dly co-eds burn up with rhythml
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