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PAGE NINE f "Racket Busters " is New Movie Quiz Picture Opening at Craterian Today MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. BEDFORD OREGON. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 9. 193ft. 5 f I ) OF CITY RACKETEERS IN EXCITING CRIME FILM t With newspapers full of accounts of the special rackets prosecution drive against racketeering In New York City, "Racket Busters.' the new Movie Quia picture opening a three day run today at the Craterian thea ter, Is of special significance. Based on actual court records of New York's racket drive, the film has Humphrey Bogart, George Brent, Gloria Dickson, Allen Jenkins and Walter Abel In the leading roles. While the city In which the plot of "Racket Busters" unfolds 1s ob- fviously New York, the film treats of a condition which is common to vir tually every large American city. And it is not so much the story of what any one man has done or can do to radicate the manifold evils of rack eteering as It Is the story of what an aroused citizenry can do to put an 'end to this civic cancer. It deptcta the ruthless methods .employed by a sinister racketeer, played by Bogart, to exact tribute from the trucking business of a great city. It tells of the effort of a 'special prosecutor, played by Abel, to end the racket. Med ford People To Witness Making Of Movies Next Week (very year, thousand of people trom all over the world visit south ra California, with the one thought uppermost In their minds of visiting the motion picture studios. A great percentage of these thousands re turn to their homes with only an Imaginative remembrance of their Tlslt to Hollywood. Movie enthusiasts who have never Been movies In the making, make the rounds of the ztudlos each day in the hopes of "getting on the Inside," only to be disappointed. The all-Medford movie. "Bunnln' Wild," will be filmed under entirely different circumstances and the gen awl public la Invited to witness the Baking of this local "epic." All during this week, scenes will be filmed on the streets of Medford, Too Late to Classify MAN with new equipment wants Job plowing or disking. Tel. 571-R-3. JOB RENT Clean, attractive 2-room furnished apt. Continuous hot wawr. Aauits only. 3M a. central. TOR RENT 4-room partly furnish ed house. Thomas road across from Dark's Grocery,- v- TOR BALE Good gentle team mules. Price $230 with harness. Hungate, Vi mile west Talent school. 137 CHEVROLET' 4 - door Sedan; looks and rune like new: spotlight, heater and many extras. Guaran teed throughout. Only 58S; low bank terms. Save two waya by buying your car from PIERCE ALLEN MOTOR CO. Dodge & Plymouth Distributor. SMALL furnished apt., private bath, close In. hot water furnished. Adults only. 305 E. Jackson. 5-ROOM modern house, hen house, garage, a A. clover; 3 miles from Medford. Write B. J. Palmer, p. o. vua, Aaearora. AApp East side home, paved hZuuU "treet. 5 rooms and bath, w www hardwood floors, laun dry room, double garage; all In ex cellent condition; S600 will handle. Also !)- 6 14 acres. Irrigated. amall Sf)h house, garage: good clo w ver and garden land; ' close In. v THE REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE No. 7 N. Bartlett St. 38 PLYMOUTH DE LUXE 4-DOOR SEDAN Beige color; heater. Priced for quick sale. Private owner. Phone 1290-R Sunday and Monday. , FOR SALE Dining room set. buffet, table and chairs, double bed, springs. 1005 N. Central. ONE of the best retail dairies In the Medford district, stocked and equip ped, and priced to sell. Investigate this. 160 A., 40 A. Irrigated, free water, 60 A. more can be cultivated; 7 room modern house, large bam and other outbuildings; year around stream; 75 head of stock. 100 head sheep. Cletrac tractor and full set of farm Implements; 9S.0O0; good terms on balance, or will take in a small acreage. GOFF Shs BLOOD. 122 North Central. FOR RENT Modern furnished 6 room house. Call 148-Y. Z FOR RENT Modern 6 -room hoiuw. 8 lots. 917.80, wster paid. Call at 1034 W. Oth or 115 8. Ho.lv. FOR SALE Team burros, harness and wagon; also 3 plows, park and work. Ed Flesher, Jacksonville, Sterling Route. EXPERIENCED GARDENER, capable of laying lawns, shrubs. Any kind of job considered. 307 Bessie. Tel. 1310. TRADE Wood stove for a cord of hardwood. -FOR RENT Housekeeping rooms. 838 Austin. FOR SALE OR TRADE Team of horses. C. V. In low. East Main. Ashland. FOR SALE 4 (rood young cows. Just been Wted and free from T.B. and abortion. H. A. Slrr. turn left off Midway road beyond Forest Patrol, then turn right, drive ft mile to white house. WILL OIVF good home, board, neces sities to man out of work, handy with tools and painting. 31 Haeel St. near Pine Cone. M. S. Ruff. A CHOICE dairy ranch, 19 acres, all Irritated, in tadino clover: 4-room houne. eood furniture, cooler, hay shed, barn: fenced, eroai-fenced 5 milk cowa calrw. 4 plfs. Price 93000; lUW rh halanct terms h TJPF A- RINOOEN 403 last Mala. Local V ar.- ': : '-H ' . "i.'; X 'Sv;v,;; it Never In the history of theatrical presentation In Medford has there been such a great array of motion picture and sound equipment em ployed by a local theater to produce a novelty attraction for their pat and next Saturday will find the entire local cast in screen makeup, performing before the lens of the camera. Many of the scenes pext Saturday will be filmed in the busi ness district, affording out-of-town shoppers and visitors a chance to see how real movies are made. This coming Tuesday and Wednes day nights, at the Rialto theatre, the public will have an opportunity of seeing some of the best dramatic and musical talent of this trade territory appearing before the re cording microphone. These people will all have their chance to take part In the first sound motion pic ture ever produced here, and Judg ing from the tremendous amount of interest being shown, the audience will be given an unusual treat dur ing the recording of the auditions. So many registrations have been made for auditions the past week that it Is feared that some of the applicants may not have been in formed that they should be at the Rialto theatre Tuesday afternoon, not later than 4:30 for volume tests. The electrical transcriptions, how ever, will not be made until the 9:00 T V' " I STARTING 1 1 rn 11 1 11 r . ti i i 1 Movie Equipment at rons as is being employed by the Rialto theater for the filming of the all-local movie, "Runntn Wild." In the lobby of the theater, pat rons may see, for the next few days, motion picture equipment . which o'clock show Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Since this attraction Is being pro duced wholly as an idea of fun for everyone concerned, the invitation is again extended to all talented peo ple whether they sing, dance, play a musical instrument, etc., to take advantage of this opportunity to have their talents recorded and then hear the results played from the screen. Roy Gardner Will Tell Experiences At Rialto Today A triple-treat program, that In cludes Roy Gardner, appearing In parson on the stage, and two Movie Quiz pictures on the screen, opens a two-day engagement at the Rialto theater today. Garnder, whose exploits were head line copy back in 1918-20, when he kept government agents busy on his trail aa he robbed one mall car after another, was captured, escaped, was captured again, escaped again four Rialto heretofore has been Inaccessible to the general public. It Is Just a part of the film and recording parapher nalia to be used in the making of the local film, And will remain on display for a few days only. times In and out and finally sent up for good, will tell of his experi ences as an Inmate of five govern ment prisons. Including the much fenred "Alcatraz Island." Now a free man after serving 17 years of his sentence one of the few men to walk out of Alcatrax alive Gardner's experiences form a topical message for American youth. proving once again that "crime doesn't pay," but that the criminal does. In his case, it was better than 17 years for robberies that to taled over a quarter of a million dollars, but of which he was able to retain only a paltry 9100 or so. He will also answer any question, within limit .that the audience might nsk of him. On the screen, making a fitting film complement to Gardner's ap pearance, will be "King of Alcatraz." featuring Lloyd Nolan, J. Carroll Nalsh, Gall Patrick and Harry Carey In a story of "The Rock," and a crime king who succeeded In "crash ing out," only to find himself pit ted against the angry law of the sea "Under the Big Top," with Mai- ' ! "Boy Meets Girl" Here Soon a"s"aa""a"ja"vjfaw'ip to "r... K n, -'"! V,, 4 'J0Z ) s a ; Three tireless trumpeteers give the big producer, Ralph Bellamy, a taste of tootling while Jimmy Cagney and Pat O'Brien lead the barrage, in a scene from "Boy Meets Girl," the riotlus screen-play moving into the Jorle Main, Anne Neagle, Jack La Rue and Betty Compson in a story of circus life, Is the second feature. 1 Famed BERLIN, Oct. 1 mann Koehl, 50. e sat -west tranS' 1928 with Col. Irish flier, and Huenefeld. died nich hospital. Flier Dead J. (AP) Capt. Her- who made the first Atlantic flight In James PI tzmaurlce. Baron Gunther von yesterday In a Mu- Man! How They've Packed ACTION Into This Blazing Hit! Thrills piled on thrills! Excitement to tear you out of your seat! Smashing drama as a racket weary public turns on gangland's yellow rats . . . and runs them behind the bars for keeps! TODAY 3 Days Only Craterian theater Wednesday for a four-day run. Note Susie, the wait ress played by Marie Wilson, look ing on in awe. Dick Foran Prank McHugh and Bruce Lester are also featured in the film. VANCOUVER, Oct. 8. (AP) Body of Mrs. Hnnna, wife of Dr. R. S. Hannn, was found on a beach here todry after police had been asked to search for her. It was belioved the woman had drowned. Scnttlsli Rite. Stated meeting 7:30 p. m., October 10th, Lodge and Chapter. L. E. Williams. Secy. fit with HUMPHREY BOGART Geo. Brent Gloria Dickson Allen Jenkins Walter Abel O'Neill scores Now at Roxy Little Shirley Temple Is a cheerful little earful in "Rebecca of Sunny brook Farm," the streamlined, mod orn, musical version of the old fav orite, opening a three-day run to day at the Roxy theater. Surrounded with one of the greatest casts ever assembled for any Shirley Temple picture, "Rebecca" gives Shirley every chance to show off the talents that have made her the country's num ber one star. TO EYE WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. pi Rep. Dough ton (D.-N.C.) gave assurance today that a wide variety of pension plans, including one for t200-a-moiith payments, would get congressional at tention next session. He said the house waya and means committee, of which he Is chairman, would begin exploring the whole field of social security legislation shortly after congress meets In Janu ary. "Advocates of the Townsend and so-called general welfare plans will have an opportunity to be heard fully, along with other persons pro posing changes in the social secur ity act," he said. Closing time for Too Late to clas sify Ads la 1:30 p. m. There'll ...And ...And ...And Henry of others 1 MaU KM Em 40c Klddl tor 2 FEDERAL HOUSING READY-FOR WINTER PROGRAM TO OPEN Announcement was made tn the office of Jamteaon Parker, Oregon state director of the Federal Housing Administration, that the national the "Ready for Winter" program, be carried out In every community within the state. The prime objectives of the "Redy for Winter' program, Mr. Parker stated, are to offset the usual sharp seasonal decline in building construc tion as winter approaches, to en courngo repair and Improvements to property, which will Incidentally aid autumn and wtnter employment and to furnish a lead-In to a winter pro gram of new construction and mod ernisation in this state. Mr. Parker announced at the same time that Jcseph A. Nance, contract representative of the Federal Hous ing Administration office, would be In Medford, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week to explain and give out Information relative to the "Ready for Winterr" program. Persons desiring to contact Mr. Nanc should communicate with him at the H:tcl Medford these days. HIGHS FOR YEAR NEW YORK, Oct. 8(AP) Stocks shot upward again today In a short session of brisk trading that carried many Issues to new 1938 highs. Gains among the leaders ranged from a few cents to 92 or more a share. Steels, rails and assorted special ties ve in demand as 1,113,190 sharer were traded In the short two- hour session. be t few gayt paiW troHfl maybe tome pretty nut? 'icciiesto'l tone uexplainable explosion I " ' a few things we won't talk abortl 5 W
