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PAGE SEVEN "Joy Of Living" Opens Craterian Showing, Irene Dunne Heads Cast MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, BEDFORD, OREOON. SUNDAY. .TUNE 12. 1938 FAIRBANKS, ALICE BRADY, GUY KIBBEE SUPPORTING ROLES With a sparkling cast headed by Irene Dunne and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., "Joy of Living." which opens a three-day run today at the Craterlan theatre, presents a brand-new theme (or comedy with music. A light-hearted treatment of the pursuit of happiness Is the theme of the picture. A musical comedy star who. thsnks to the demands of her selfish family, Is constantly In debt, and fortrlght sort of playboy are the principals. Certain that her family loves her In spite of their expensive habits, the star indignantly quarrels with the young man when he urges her to let the relatives shut for them selves, and learn how to have a good time before It's too late. -On this basis the story moves along a unique path marked by arguments and reconciliations and romance, as the confident young man endeavors to convince the girl that his reeson. tag la sound. Bis rescue of her from a mob of autograph-hunters, a police court episode when the star has him arrested for annoying her, a hectic marriage, and the young man's ef forts to persuade her to go to the South Seas with him on his tramp schooner yacht, are part of the many lively features In the picture. But, Judging from all reviews where the picture hss shown, the two most outstanding parts of 'the picture and most likely to bring out the most laughs are the Tyrolean beer garden sequence and skating scene where Inhibitions are cast to the four winds and the star reBlly "lets her hair down and has a good time." The supporting cast boasts of such players as Alice Brady, Guy Klbbee, Lucille Ball, Eric Blore, Jean Dixon, Warren Hymer and Franklin Pang born. Jerome Kern has tour new tunes Introduced in the picture, all sung by Miss Dunne. Gary Cooper In Marco Polo Role Latest Picture In Rialto's Adventure Drama Xv C llanaiimi i i aml i 1 1 m if irli-W'.'jiasa . V In a gay, out-of-doors mood, Sonja LHenle la co-starred opposite Tyrone Power In the magnificent musical, "Thin Ice," which opens a three-day run today at the Roxy theatre. Arthur . Treacher. Raymond Wal burn and Joan Davis are cast with the romantic team. One of the most startling stories Cosmopolitan Magazine over printed becomes an amazing screen adven ture In "Four Men and a Prayer." which heeds the double bill opening a three-day run at the Rlalto thea tre Tuesday. Loretta Young and Richard Greene (lower left), new star discovery, head the cast Including George Sanders. William Henry end David rllven. As the fur sons who ti'Avcl the world over to clear their father's name of treason, the quartet of lead' lng men are supported by a large cast Including 0. Aubrey smith, who plays the father, J. Edward Bromberg, Reginald Denny. Alan Hale and Ber ton Churchill. "Air DovllB," starring Larry Blake and Dick Purccll, Is scheduled to play as the companion feature with the Loretta Young opus. SEATTLE. June 11. (AP) Wash ington state Republicans met In an harmonious five-hour state conven tion today and laid groundwork tor a vigorous fall campaign, decrying the Democratic administration as one In which "danger signals are flying from the mastheads of all Amerlcsn Institutions." William F. Knowland, Oakland. Calif., publisher and national com mitteeman, was the keynote speaker. Joseph M. Tewlnkel, Spokane school teacher, served as temporary and permanent chairman. Tewlnkel gave a rousing speech which raised the delegates to en tbuslssm. "The Republican party are the shock troops In the last ditch," he shouted. "If we give up, the fight. America will follow the lines of Greece and Rome. "In a time of distress, the American people chose the New Deal, a pig In the poke. They were hypnotised by a radio personality. They were fas cinated. They never stopped to think the price the might pay. "What superbly breezy solutions of our nation's problems havs come from such leaders as Assistant Presi dent James Rooseveltl" LAST RUES HELD Funeral services were held In Grants Pass last Mondsy tor Frank H. In gram. Jr., son of Mrs. Edith Ingram of the Big Rock Lodge. Medford. He was killed in an automobile accident nesr Sacramento. Cel., June 3. Inter ment was msde In the HUIcrest Me morial park. Young Ingram, 30-year-old student st Sacramento Junior college, was killed when his car plunged over s 35-foot embankment about 30 min utes after he had left Sacramento for Medford. He was to have met hH mother here and taken her to com mencement exercises the same even ing at Grants Psss high school, from which he hsd been graduated exactly a year from the day he met his death The accident happened about 4 a. m Frank had bought the car only a week before, especially for the trip home. The youth was a freshman at the college. He made the varsity track team the first year and had made an excellent record as a Javelin and discus thrower. He was born In Grants Pass March 33, 1918. The Chengtu plain in Szechwan province, China, Is irrigated by a system which has been In continuous operation for 3,000 years. Whitman Sampler Free Pharmacists. In their day's work, use many large and unususl words thst look fsntastle to the layman. Long medical terms do not Impress them but Hesth's Drug Store recently filled a prescription for, "ACBTYLAM ItlOHTDROXPHTKYLARaONIC ACID WITH BORIC ACID AND OLYCOLYZ ED CARBOHYDRATES." After being temporarily stumped they filled It In 10 minutes. Hesth's wlU glT pound box of Whitman Sampler Chocolates to the first person who comes In snd tells them the name of this product HEATH'S DRUG STORE The death struggle between Gary Cooper as Marco Polo and Basil Rathbone as Ahmed the Saracen, Is one of the highlights of the exciting drama, "The Adventures of Marco Polo," coming Wednesday to the Craterlan theatre for a four-day run The production glvea Cooper one of his most Important roles aa the swashbuckling adventurer who was the world's first traveling salesman and opened the first important trade route between Europe and Asia dur ing the colorful reign of the great Chinese emperor, Kublal Khan, fight' lng and loving as he went. IS JAIL SUICIDE CASCADE, Idaho. Juno U. (AP) Sheriff Robert L. Wilson reported to night that "a suspect' In the Charles Mattaon kldnap-slaying hanged him self in the Valley county Jail today. The officer identified the suicide aa Thomas F. Lannon, 63, of Reno, Nev. The Mattson boy. 10-year-old son of Dr. W. W. Mattson of Tacoma. was kidnaped Dec. 27, 1036, and his body was found Jan. 11 , 1937. A $28,000 ransom was asked. Wilson said Lannon was arrested here May 15 on a morals charge, "After his fingerprints were exam ined," the sheriff said, "the federal bureau of Investigation agents at Butte, Mont., Instructed me to hold him on suspicion of being involved in the Mattson case." Coroner W. C. Hurd termed the case a suicide and said no inquest would be conducted. Sheriff Wilson said Lannon. a World war veteran, had been In Cody, Wyo., recently, a social security card showed. Lusk Optimistic In Marythurst Address PORTLAND, Ore., June 11. (AP) America has .weathered worse storms than the present one and is still the land where Industry, intelligence and talent have their Just reward, Associate Justice Hall S. Lusk of the state supreme court told the Maryl hurst college graduating class In a commencement address today. Chinese consider that foreigners, in celebrating Easter, are following an old Chinese custom by honoring their ancestors. During the corres ponding period In spring, Chinese annually "sweep the tombs'' of their ancestors. FIVE DIE IN CRASH Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads is 1:30 p. m. WORLAND. Wyo., June 11. (AP) Four men and a woman were killed today when a plane piloted by Wil liam O. Bashaw, 34. Seattle, crashed on a root cellar of a farm near Worland, in north central Wyoming. The dead, tn addition to Bashaw, were: Miss Helen Brattus. Renton, Wash., who was traveling with Ba shaw; Lloyd Parts, 28, Worland pilot; Wesley Bard, 28, Spokane; W. B. Bledsoe, Valley Falls. Kan. Sheriff John Nicola said reporto from witnesses indicated the plane's motor failed and caused It to go Into a nose dive and crash onto the cellar on the farm of Charles Cava naugh at the edge of Worland about 4 p. m. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1:30 p. m. : LAUGH WITH THE M ALLOYS! Two seasoned Broadway Hams HI WW IT- who quit vaudeville . . . bought 4 run-down hotel to settle-down in and went broke in a BIO WAY TODAY and MONDAY WIWBWII'.'.' T 7" ,M,i's,wiiM NEW UNIVERSAL presents QODBY ALICE BRflDy CHARLES UJIimillGER TOM BROWN FRANK JENKS - DOROTHEA KENT and ' RADIO'S NEWEST COMEDY SENSATION . X Tnmmn dip. cqk . I U III III 3 II I UU0 ? K 7 III PLUS HIT NUMBER TWO A lone girl battles A mystery of the year! Robert Paige 5 'MAIN EVENT' mm V 7 -i r ' f if - (v:v SET W t High Education Board To Discuss Budget PORTLAND, June 11. (AP) The state board of higher education scheduled a meeting for next Monday and Tuesday here to discuss the biennial budget, which will be sub mitted later to the governor and the next legislature, and a committee report on the recommendations of Dr. William J. Kerr. Dr. Kerr, 'chancellor emeritus, re cently completed his work aa director of production and marketing and recommended a program to carry It out.- The Swiss flag Is one of the oldest in Europe, ' having been used ai early as 1330. 4 SCOTTISH RITE Stated meeting. 7:30 p. m. June 13, Lodge and Chap ter, L. E. Williams, Secy. Returns To Roxy DEMOCRAT PARTY mrrv WASHINGTON, June 11. (AP) The Democratic national committee reported to congress today that it was $33,000 "In the red." A report filed with the house clerk showed the committee had to sup plement Its Income from cash dona tions and victory and Jackson day dinners with a $25,000 bank loan. This financial- plcturo was a change from last March 1 when the com mltteo was out of debt. The Republicans are better off. Their national committee told the house clerk yesterday It still had 14.546 of $353,103 contributed to It since January 1 and had pledges of $68,615 more for this year's election wars. 4 Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads is 1:30 p. m. Charles Winninger Alice Brady Shown In Rialto Picture Loaded to the hilt with the great est collection of funsters, scene stealers and giggle-grabbers ever assembled Into one picture, "Good bye Broadway," heads the big three star program playing today and to tomorrow only at the Rialto theatre. The prize line-up starts off with Alice Brady, fluttery favorite of a million laughs who has become the talk of the country after her sensa tional role In "In Old Chlcngo," for which she won the Motion Picture academy award. Co-starred with her Is Charles Winninger, "Show Boat's one and only "Oap'n Henry." Then along comes handsome Tommy Rlgg and his Betty Lou of Rudy Vallee'i radio program, the moat talked-about comedy feature In radio today. There are Tom Brown, Prank Jenks. Dorothea Kent, Donald Meek. Jed Prouty, Willie Best and Madame Plfl, a trained aca Hon who heads a spe cial cast of all-assorted performing anlmoli. "Goodbye Broadway" talces the Malloys (Ml&s Brady and Winninger). one-time Broadway head liners, to the little town of Hamilton, Conn., to put on their act. When a fresh hotel clerk Insults Pa Malloy, he buys the place Just to fire the guy. That leaves the Ma Hoys broke, but when the bills begin to mount and some of their old vaudeville pall turn the hotel iQto a rehearsal hall,, the fun really starts. "The Main Event," -which features the exploits of Robert Paige and Jacqueline Wells in tracking down a gang of racketeers attempting to chisel In on big-time sports events. Is scheduled as the added, feature with "Goodbye Broadway." The third attraction on the pro gram is the authentic, exclusive mo tion pictures of the Henry Armstrong versus Barney Ross welterweight championship fight filmed, at the ringside of the Madison Square Gar den bowl at Long Island and which, In fight circles, baa been termed M the "Battle of the Little Giants. -AND HIT NUMBER THREE! Exclusive, authentic ring side pictures of the ''Bat tle of the Little Gianta"! v ARMSTRONG v y. TV - nnor I rv? versus nuoo FIGHT PICTURES OOODBVE B'DWAT . t:00 4: S:.W 11:1 Arnitruii(-to light I'lrMir at 3: 1 '- : ln-fl :r. MAIN EVENT t 1:M 1M 10:10 Hats off to irene. SHE'S DONE IT AGAIN! A rampage of riotous gaiety and wild hilarity with serene Irene ... the girl who oouldn't manage on ten thousand a week . . . until dashin? Doug shows her how on a dollar eighty-five 1 I REN E DUNNE if TODAY A i vJ 3 DAYS ONLY ' ' . . : J A " , r . i p : ill. 4 Jl? .L-jZ"- 7 V DOUGLAS FAttEBMlS 0 0 with & GUY KIBBEE LUCILLE BALL . WARREN HYMER JEAN DIXON . ERIC BLORE r ADDED TREATS Pete Smith's "Came the Brawn SCENIC IN COLOR NEWS EVENTS v True love took the count the night the fell and broke her promise. Shows Today 1:45 3:30 7:00 9:15 t lH aTifTW W TT TT, Mats 30o Eves Wc : Kiddies 10c
