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I MTCDFOnn MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREfiQN, SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER tS, 1938 PAGE SIX Sensational Musical Show Shatters Precedent With Full Weeks Run M BAND OPENS . CRATER1AN TODAY Breaking all record! wherever It has been ahown; admittedly the greatest musical show ever produced, "Alex ander's Ragtime Band" comes to the Craterlan theatre today for a lull week's engagement, thus being the only picture with the exception of "Snow White" that has ever bad the distinction of a seven-day show ing In Medford. Never before In motion picture his tory has any picture received such tremendous response from the theatre-going publlo as has been accorded "Alexander's Ragtime Band." Box- offico records that have stood for years have been toppled, and ex tended playing time lias become the rulo wherevor the picture Is shown. With such sensational success greet ing It everywhere, It la small wonder that precedent has been set to one jdde, and the picture given s full week's booking for the Craterlan theatre. With Tyrone Power, Alice Faye and Don Ameche heading the cast, and Ethel Merman, Jack Haley, Jean Her- sholt, Helen Westley, Wally eVrnon, Ruth Terry, John Carradlne, Douglas Powley, Chick Chandler and a host of other favorltos, "Alexander's Rag time Band" waa given a good start. With 28 Irving Berlin song num bers. Including .' hits of yesterday and two new numbers especially written for this picture, the picture boasts a musical background that has never been even remotely ap proached. But cast and muslo are not what make great entertainment alone. There must be a story. And from the story of Irving Berlin's life came the story of "Alexander's Ragtime Band." Romance it must be, great with the power to stir the hearts of everyone, rich in the memories of three decades enriched by Irving Berlin's melodies. There rose a poignant love story of an obscure young musician whoso ragtime brought fame the girl he loved and lost and won again. But the work had Just started. An army of thousands of artists, ar tisans, 1 craftsmen and technicians . erected sctsl reproduced old land marks; coached dances arranged muslo and orchestrations; manufac tured long-forgotten articles of fur niture clothing and Jewelry; taught old-fashioned dances to new-fashioned dancers. The piano upon which Berlin wrote "Alexander's Ragtime Band" was brought acroEs the country to appear In the film; Son Francisco's old Cliff House waa rebuilt; the old Barbery coast loomed again; the World war coiinonadcd; Oreenwlch Village, Lon don. Carnegie hall grew under the craftsmen's hands; months spent In preparation before a camera was started. Small wonder. Indeed, that with such a rich background of one of the most colorful stories In American history, such a strong cast, such stirring melodies and so many pains to create again heart-tugging scenes familiar to .thousands, that "Alex ander's Ragtime Band" has become known throughout the country as one of the greatest motion pictures ever produced. BY RUSS FLYJNG HELSINOFORS. Sept. 17. iff) The Finnish foreign office today ordered It Moscow legation to register a protest orb Inst "gross violation" of Finland's frontier yesterday by Soviet planes. The foreign office said the plane crowd the Karelian Isthmus, a neck of land In the southeast corner of Finland directly north of Leningrad Use Mill rrlbune Want Ads. JSINUS Fa'- r ""' ' M Accord I ng to Clilnrsr Theories, sinus trouble Is atlrlb V'iif -j utftlile to the following raises: fli Hd. W ...The nose U the cavity of Hie lung.-- If a cohl Is rnntrai'ted, the heat (fever) renter In the head nml lungs S... The mouth It the cavity to the stomach.. It a nerMtn either ruts too frequently or If he eats ton tmirh M-tr, fried, ki'"v or rich food, there u II I he a certain amount of lndli;eMtmi In the Monmrh. and the hloml there will become heated... Naturally, at the lilmul circulate and the air iaet out and upward from the lung and the stomach, the sinus Is liable to become alfrrted. If the kIimis Is nHltidil and the mucin 1 thhk. vrlhmMi liriiHU and If dry discharges rome from the nor. It Imllrutc that one hn heated hi mid In the lunj and perhaps more or lc I munition. It lo Indicate that there l too much of the fire clement In the hlood. If the nui rou s dUr harmed through Ihe nne In clenr. thin and abun dant, and If the dltcharges are sometime m-compuitirii l pjtln, a seme chronic cold has settled In the head and hn enncoinriit'-d In the si mil. When a person has chronic slim trouble. liU limit h I often Impaired and there It an unpleaMint odor ahnut hi nc or mouth. The entire tystem It j-omethnr polonrd, and. In terrrc crte of tlnu trouble the no knells p.tlntultv, treatise of the Thine method of heal I us ulth herb, manv nprr :itluu hae been ainlded. Thcrr are (no method of i nmiioumllnx herbs for slnut trouble. One Is to ue herd to purify the hlood ol the fctomurh and lungs and to dlrl Ihe heat, combined nlth herho In Improve the digestion and In open the p;s.iitr nv rltle of (he fcinu. The othrr method It to nr herb to iie:ir nut the odd and In restore the hlood strength, so (hu( rcllrf ni.n he permanent. If a teron I weak and Ihe lnu trouble i of lung Maudlin, a 4-ouldrnihlr length of lime may he required. If yon suffer from flnu Trouble come in and let u pror thai joii run obtain permanent relief. A I mi remedies for rhetimatUm. female (roubte, arthrilK Mont.ich Irotihle chronic cough, a'thma, piles, prostate trouble, lnus tmuhlc, ulcer, hlnml, kidney, urinary disorders, high hhhid pressure or appen dicitis, nervousness, headache. Free connMntlon. CHAN 6c CHAN CHINESE MEDICINE CO. 0en tl.iily 10 A.m, to 12; 1 p.m. to 0. 2.15 E. Main St. Romance of Turf Here Tuesday Michael Whalen and Lynn Barl romance under the approving eyas of young Marvin (Jones Family) Stephens, who rides to a thrilling victory In "Speed To Burn." colorful racehorse picture coming to the Rlalto theatre .'or Tuesday and Wednesday. Henry Armctt and Sid L Fl CHICAGO. Sept. 17 m The Amer ican Medical association today upset tradition by adopting revisions In Its policy on health and welfare which some members of Ita house of dele gates termed "progressive and almost revolutionary." The delegates, meeting In a special session hero for the past two days, approved with few dissenting votes or objections five recommendations which agreed In most major prin ciples with the nntlonnl health pro gram outlined two months ago by President Roosevelt's Interdepart mental committee on health and welfare. That committee had declared that the heatth of the people was a direct concern of the federal government. The Medical association agreed today that, the health of Impoverished per sons should be protected with the use of state and federal funds when necessary. The president's committee urged establishment of a federal depart ment of health, the secretary of which would be a member of the cabinet. The association agreed with the provision that "he must be a physician." 1 On the expansion of public health and maternal and child welfare serv ices the association agreed with the committee completely. The delegates backed the commit tee In Its endorsement of better use of existing hospital facilities but oppoard the building of additional hospltats where they are not needed They also endorsed plans for hospital service Insurance and cash indem nity Insurance policies which remu nerate n person during prolonged illness. They opposed vigorously, however, any plan of compulsory health Insur ance, contending it would be "a com plicated, bureaucratic system which has no place in a democratic state" because It would lend itself "to po litical control and manipulation." BIRTHS Born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter E 8 tram at their home at Spring and Wabash streets Friday morning a baby girl welching 7 pounds. She ha;; been named Judith Sharlene, TROUBLE J C ney Black mer have roles In support of the trio. "The Missing Guest,'" featuring Paul Kelly and Constance Moore, will play as the companion feature with "Speed To Burn." Both pictures are $250,000.00 Movie Quiz contest pictures. RAIN. WIND SWEPT LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17. (UP) A cloudburst. c:uplcd with high winds and electrical storms, darken ed the Imperial and Coachclla val leys of southern California, tonight, wiping out telephone and power lines and causing extensive damage. Duo to lack of communication It was Impossible to learn If there hod been any loss of life. Only direct word from the district came f rom telephone company linemen who Rata water was so high In the district west of Nlland that they would he unablo to make repairs until morn ing. Damage apparently was widely scat 'tered. In addition to the cloudburst, which occurred where another severe storm broke Just a year ago, light ning demolished transformers of tue California-Nevada Power company all through the valley, from Coachclla smith almost to El Centro, a distance of nearly 70 miles. JOB ClflONS IN LAND BETTER WASHINGTON. Sept. 17. (API- employment conditions Improvod throughout the country In August. Secretary of Labor Perkins announced today. Reporting on operations of the United states employment service last month, she said: "Placements reached the highest point of the year. 263.975 Jobs being filled, of which two-thirds were with private employers. "This Is the first time In the history of tho present employment service that private placements In August exceeded those In May. thf usual seasonal peak." T HOT 8PRINOS. Ark., Sept. 17. IUPI Marvin Smith, 33. who alloit lly kidnaped and robbrd ihrro mrn lrnvlng two of them niuie on high ways, will bo takpn to Little Rock next wit for hrarlng on a federal kidnaping charpe. N. H. McCabe, h federal ngent, said tonight. The federal charge of kldnaplm; filed before XI. S. Commissioner Julian (Hover and was based on tho abduction of Lawrence w. Pholyaw Bowler City. Ln.. taxi driver. Tho charge acciwd Smith of leaving Ihe driver beside the highway after strip ping htm. Pnpiil Amllence CASTEL OANDO,VO. Sept 17. (UP) Pope Plus todfly received In private audience Monsl,tnor Jean Condor), apostolic vicar of the Yu kon and Prlno Rupert. Cnada. ano M.-nsignor Oabrlel Dreyanl. nposlollc vlonr of MaoKonrle. Canada. Panama Plane Kails BALBOA. C. Z . Sept. 17. ri Six piw-rngers were Injured, one fatally, inday In the crash of a Panamanian owned transport plane after a take off from )he Nallonal airport for David, Panama, Ihe passenger who died alter the accident was llellodom Vllamll. Use Mall TTIbun. Want" Ada INSTALL YOUR . . . MONTAG FURNAS and OIL BURNER NOW I No Payments Until November 1st Leonard Electric Co, Phone l:, so Hist Mill." Vocal Favorites a mm Jeanette MacDoiu'.iU a ad Ncbui Eddy, tho screen's twee th certs ol sonii. open a thrre-dav run todav at tho Roxy theatre In. "The Girl of the I Golden West." Other members of the Important cast are Walter Pidgcon, Buddy Eb sen, Leo Carrlllo and Cliff Edwards. JAPANESE FORCES TAKE HWANGCHAN SHANGHAI. Sept. 17. (p) Japan ese forces driving westward north of the Yangtze river toward Hankow reported tonight thay had captured Hwangchwan, in Honan province- and continued to within 50 miles of the Important Pel ping-Hankow railway. The Japanese are aiming at Sln yang. on the rail line, from which It Is only 100 miles due smith alonj the railway to Hankow. They said they captured Hwangchwan after a five-hour attack which was reported to have driven the Chinese Into re treat near Loshan. A second Japanese column operat ing westward south of the Yangtze reported It hid reached a point about 50 miles southwest of KUklang, Yang tze river base cf naval operations against Inkow. AT F ALIENS LOS ANGELES. Cal., Sept. 17. fAP) The American Legion Is op posed to any kind of asylum hill which would make the United States a dumping ground for all political, class and religious refugees through out the world, declared Stephen H. Chadwlck of Seattle, Wash., chairman of the National Americanism Com mission of the American Legion, In his annual report made public to day. Chadwlck. completing his ' second consecuttve term as National Amer icanism chairman, Is regarded as one of the principal candidates for the post of national commander. The report also favored, a reduction of at least 00 percent In the Immi gration quotas. Nted Dead SOUTH ORANGE. N. J.. Sept. 17.. ( UP) Edward D. Duff leld. presi dent of the Prudential Insurance Co. of America, died tonight . after a stmke. The stroke followed an nttock of acute Indigestion which Duffleld suf fered yesterday in his office. t -r ""Si : nn '1 l MtJ&fc$Pr, t YY V 2 (2SO0OO.0O 111 k WTIOTSl s; i w-s:n v.: I LVLtTV.l v-r k i r -!:" Mil Irving Berlin In Current He never took a lesson In his life, j But music was In him . . . always I part of him . . and whether he got the formal equipment to work with ' It, It wo s bound to come out. ! So Irving Berlin wrote 600 Oiigs, !cst coning the road down to yester day, lighting life like a gay high way for a distance of 30 years. Twenty-eight Berlin favorite-- stir I ihe most memorable melodies and the mightiest moments In the march of America in Irving Berlin's "Alex ander's Ragtime Band," starring Ty rone Power. Alice Faye and Don Ameche, opening today at the Crat erlan theatre. Taught l(iiiielf He taught himself to sing and he taught himself to play the piano . . true, It was only In one key, the key to which his musical ear and voice were attuned. Oddly enough this was F sharp, the black keys, and tho devil of a key' for nearly any trained pianist to play In. But young Irving bought a piano with a hundred dollars of carefully saved, hard-earned cash, and as soon as he could, he had a transposing keybord fitted to the Instrument. You pulled a lever which moved the keys over the strings . . . and Irving play ed In F sharp . . . while the music came in C or any key desired. But that is getting ahead of the story of the author of "Alexander's Ragtime Band." and 599 other hits. Although he Is considered a genius of melody, Berlin's process of writ ing always starts with the words. He generally begins by catching a phrase, sometimes an obscure remark heard in a throng. It is no Idle guess that he could produce a song hits from a street car sign bearing the. legend. "No Smoking." For a Berlin production years ago in New York bore the title "Watch Your Step" which had been the chant of the subway guards until he put it to music. netting Titles A friend's chance remark. "My Wife's Gone to the Country" ... a confu sed clubmatc's plaintive. "What'll I Do?" , . . "All Alone." The key to his tremendous success as a writer of the nation's songs has been his quick ability for phrases which need but to be brought be fore your eyes to strike a familiar note on your oar. Berlin got his first taste for music from his father. The future song writer was four years old when the family moved to America. Huddled In the steerage of a ship .they dreamed, of tho land of golden opportunity. But things wore not so golden when they arrived. They settled in a tene ment In New York's lower east side. Tho first chance the youngster had to display his talents came when he was six. His father made him a mem ber of his choir. This continued until his father died when he was 13 years old. Out side of two years of public school, the boy was busy helping out the family by selling newspapers. On the death of his father he had to re double his money-making activities, so looked around for a more lucra tive profession. Boys and men with any entertain ment ability sang and danced in one Bowery barroom after another for whatever the customers would throw them. Beside singing the popular son. of the day. he made up his own par odies of many other songs. Favorites Craterian Hit First Big Hit It was not long before he wrote his first Instantaneous hit, "My Wife's Gone To the Country." But he touched off the spark when h wrnt-f "Alpxiinder'n R Ji.r 1 1 m r Rand" in 1911. Popular music was revolu-'" " snow-piece, uoooy Breen e i lionized overnight. Ragtime became Mt and fftr m09t Pretentious plc- the rage. Success, fame, wealth and an unflagging ability to create were all his. In 1915 he first allied himself with ,n Broadway production when he wrote the songs for the musical show, "Watch Your Step." Later he also did "St: p. Iiook and Listen," nncl three Elegfeld follies. , Kong For Theatre In partnership with Sam H. Harrt6 and Joseph M. Schenck, they built the Music Box theater in New York. It was more or less as a theme song for this theater that Berlin wrote the song. "Say It With Music.' The entire musical scores for four of the Buslc Box revues were Irving Berlin's work. Success attended everyone of his efforts on Broadway, as well as his career In Hollywood. "No matter what name you give modern music," he Insists. "It is still ragtime and ragtime will always be with us." He Is truly the man who does not care who writes the country's laws as long as he can write Its songs. Travel Table AIKI'I.ANKH Northbitund. Leave Malls Close 1:17 p.m. 12:32 p.m. 4:46 a.m. .4:01 am Southbound. Leave Malls Close 12:11 a.m. 11:26 pjn. TRAINS Northbound. Leave. Malls Close 9:30 am 8:3o am 3r05 p m 7:05 p.m Southbound. Leave. Malls Close 8:30 am 7:30 am 6:23 p. m 6:23 p m HUSKS ' North. South 2:40 a.m. 12:15 am 7:60 a m 6:1b a m. 9:25 a.m 8:30 am 1:40 pm 9 :.b a m 1 :45 pjn 5 :30 p.m 8:46 p.m 6:56 pm 10i50pm. 9:50 p.m Tii Kin moth fulls. 9:45 a m and 6:40 p m. ' To Grants Pass only. 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Featuring the world's youngest Ice figure -skater, Irene Dare, and Charlie Ruggles and Dolores Costello, at the head of a supporting cast of bril liant names, the film takes rank easily as Bobby Breen's most Im portant vehicle. Bobby himself, whose glorious sing ing voice has enriched four previous pictures, emerges In "Breaking the Ice" as an entirely different screen personality. "Men Are Such Fools," starring Wayne Morris, Prlscilla Lane, Humph rey Bogart, Hugh Herbert and John ny Davis, plays as the second feature on today's star-studded double bill program. Too Late to Classify SALESMAN with sewing machine, magazine or roofing experience needed. Give age, qualifications, address and phone In letter. Must have answer by noon Monday. Box 2809. Tribune. FOR SALE Hay, $10 Young. Beall lane. ton. Harvey FOR SALE- Peaches, lc and 2c, while they last. V. Bursell. FOR SALE Brood sows and large weaner pigs. Arnold lane. Call 1051 or 523-R-l. FOR RENT Modern three-room fur nished .house. 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