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1 iTD'FOTm unr; tttrttnt:. "Nrr,,n'FOT?T. rm-Ettoy. sTTsmxr, nrmmBB 11. inns pxoK irons Y Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr In "Algiers" On Craterian Screen Today IMPORTANT ROLE IN Hsndsome Charles Boyer hu his moat romantic role u a lovable fu gitive In Walter Warner's "Algiers."' the colorful adventurous romance that- stars him opposite Hollywood's two most glamorous newcomers Hedy Lamarr and Sigrld Ourle at the Craterian theater for three days be ginning today. ."Algiers" oasts the dark-eyed screen lover as Pepe le Moko, devil-may-care International Jewel theif. who takes refuge from the French police by living In the Casbah. the mysterious native quarter of Algid 3 where the law darn not intrude. Here Pepe le Moko rules os king. " idol of the strange, exatlc women of '.the quarter, commander of the men, and beloved by everyone for his handsome, smiling face and high ad venturous heart. Sigrld Gurie, who made a trium phant film debut in "The Adventures of Marco Polo," Is seen as lues, his beautiful and wildly Jealous native sweetheart. t Then one day there strolls Into the Casbah, a beautiful Parisian tourist, named Gaby played by the alluring new discovery, Hedy Lamarr. This Is the day for which SUmanc. suave provincial detective, has been patiently waiting. For he knows that U nothing else can lure the great lover out of the Casbah and into the hands of the law, perhaps a women can. Pepe and Gaby fall madly in love and after a series of exciting and romantic adventures, in the course! "of which the Jealous native sweet-1 heart betrays Pepe to the police, the Btory ends on a breath-taking sur prise climax. "Valley of the Giants" Coming .... f"jjrj Kay Francis In Tuesday Show '-si, if Er j - k attic . SL- ffiMs&lcl E FREE PRESS WILL BE ST. LOOTS, Dec. 10. (P) President Roosevelt asserts In a Utter to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that a tree press Is primarily a responsibility ot the newspapers. The president, writing for the six tieth anniversary section of the papor tomorrow, also expressed the hope that freedom of the preBS to criticize the administration would "ever pie- vailthroughout this administration and throughout every administration In all the years to come." 1 "It Is not my purpose primarily to deliver a lecture on the athlca of Journalism," wrote President Roos evelt. "But our newspapers are so essentially public institutions that they are subject to the closest scru tiny of their readers. Since it la the readers who make possible by their patronage the publication of all of our papers, perhaps the readers are entitled to b heard on the age-old question of a free press. "But more forcible than any cri ticism from without la the self searching inquiry of those within editorial sanctums and the newspaper counting rooms as to what consti tutes their obligation to the readers of American newspapers." Romance In the Redwoods deep In the heart of Cn'lforntn's magnificent forests, Wayne Morris and Claire Trevor find love In "Valley of the Giants," the technicolor version of Peter B. Kyne's famous n;vel. which is coming to the CBiterian theoter Wednesday for a four-day run. The climax of the great picture la the clash between Morris and Charles Blckford over ten thousand acres of tlmberlflnd ."nd a woman. Miss Tre vor. Other members of the large enpt include Alan Hair, Frank Mc HuRh, Dona'.:! Crisp. .Tack LaRue. John Lltel, El Brendel and Dick Purcell. Walt Disney's Already famous car ton "Fordlnad the Bull," will share honors with "Valley of the Giants" on the all-technicolor program. k1 3 Kny Francis and George Brent have the romantic lends In "The Secrets of an Actress," a picture giving in timate behind-the-scenes glimpses of typical Broadway celebrities, which comes to the Rial to theater for Tuefidny and Wednesday only. Inn Hunter. Gloria Dickson and Penny Singleton have supporting roles with the two stars. The lovable Gombinis return In a new sports adventure, "Roed Demon," which will play as the second feature with the Kay Francis opus. Henry Armctta, Henry Arthur. Jean Vnlerlo and 6111 Robinson haul the cast of the new thriller. Funniest Role r I v I$lJ Mickey Rooney, fast becoming one of the screen's most important stars, has his funniest rolo to dite in "Judge Hardy's Children." playing today and tomorrow only at the Roxy theater. Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker and Fay Holden make tip tho other members of the cast of the famous Judge Hardy family aeries. THREE MEN SLAIN P I STATE COLLECTS TAX OF E PORTLAND, Dec. 10 flj The long arm of the income tax law reached j thein, testing" when confronted by stte tax Oi-cnts. Among them, he said, was Al E. Rcsser, rx-A. F. L. teamster chief lor Oregon who is under a 12-year sen tence for arson. These incomes, Martin said, "did not show In tho tax records ind when officers went to the men there was no fuss. They paid for the 'gravy' they had gotten." Several others of the 19 besides Roser were taken in the anti-terrorism campnign conducted in Oregon j this year. The governor did not name "a prominent northwest labor leader." The governor named the man The governor also struck out at "that damned Infernal labor board and that secretary of labor," blaming the cenrd and secretnry together with union leaders for the waterfront strike In 1934. 4 dHnninn out and extracted stiff sums of money from labor union chiefs on incomes they did not declare in their tax reports, Gov. Charles H. Martin disclosed Friday nit?ht in a talk before a Joint convention of sheriffs and district attorneys. In a speech that bristled with invectives, the governor revealed that 19 men he called "labor , gangsters" had "dug up checks without pro- Martln said that "when the papers of Roaser were examined we discov ered there were 19 of these union gangsters getting some oi the gravy." He said an Investigation conducted by Rnlph Moody, special prosecutor during the drive, showed thflt Rns ser's income for one year had been $222,000. . j He continued that Rosser's tax bUl topped 2,000 which was paid by E' UPSET SOUTHWEST EL PASO. Texas, Dec. 10. (JP) A horror play recently broadcast over a Juarez, Mexico, radio station woe blamed today for widespread rumors that a "vampire man" was at large in the southwest. Lester Farber, president of the In ternational Broadcasting Co., said Juarez residents woro UUking nbout the "little girl who was killed by a vampire in El Paso." "A three-act play called 'The Vam pire' that wc prosented recently mny have caused the disturbance." he said. "We are presenting a spor-lal program tonight to show that the rumor ls unfounded." 'An El Paso school" teach told police that her pupils were "greatly , upset by tale of the 'vampire man'." More "Jtilce" Sold SALEM, Dec. 10. (APt Sales of electrical energy for September this year exceed e those of the correspond ing month ft year aco by approxi mately .05 per cent, state utility cor poration Commissioner Wallace re ported today. 4 Nurses On ay SALEM, Dec. 10. fAP) Eight murrels to be Installed in the ro tunda of the new 92.500,000 state capltol building here will arrive In Salem Tuesday or Wednesday, the capltol reconstruction commission an nounced today. 4 Ose Mall Tribune Want Ads. Show Maginot Line In March of Time Film At Craterian "Inside the- Malnot Line," the first motion pictures ever taken be hind France's 125-mile line of in genious defense works, obtained ex clusively by March of Time In the mcst complete "scoop" since their Iwic on "Inside Knrl Germany 1038." will play on today's program at the Craterlin theater with "Algiers." The extraordinary privilege or film ing these gigantic, hitherto secret fortifications, by which France hopes to stem any ottnek from the East, was granted March of Time's editors by the French war ministry. In view of the military significance and Im portance of the Maginot Line in a Europe Jealously guarding Its defense plans, this permission was unique. The film shows every conceivable phaxe of these fortifications and life led by the 300 000 troops who are en trusted with this section of French defense. LAS VEGAS. N.M., Dee. 10. (AP) Three men were shot and killed to rt oy at Murphy's canyon, a rugged and remote region northwest of Mom. N.M., In what one survivor said was the outgrowth of an argument over ownership of a goat. Mora county Sheriff Isaac Costlllo listed the dead as: Fidel Trujlllo. 40: Montclo Flores. 38: his son. Maurlot Flore, IS. Frank Martinea, 88, the long sur vivor of the shooting, waa held by Costlllo. Sheriff Costlllo quoted Martlnea as saying he had gone to the Trujlllo place to fruy a goat. Tha goat herd, he told the sheriff, was owned by Flores, who doubted TruJUto'a claim that one of the animals was his. Martlnea told the sheriff he laid hta rifle against a tree and that Flores and his son came up behind as he and Trujlllo were Inspecting the herd. Then, he continued, Flores grabbed tho rifle and shot Trujlllo. In three-way scuffle for the gun, the boy was shot and then, wrestling the rifle awvy, Martlnec told the sheriff, he shot the elder Flores three times as he was reaching for a pistol. Sheriff Costlllo said hla Investiga tion showed all the participants were heavily armed, Martluas told him he was carrying a rifle because ha waa on the lookout for cattle rustlers, 4 Gale Hit flvtlnev SYDNEY. Australia. Deo. 10. (AP) A 73-mlle an hour gale crippled Syd ney and other cities today and fanned dangerous bush fles In outlying areas, 4 Vaudeville Honors . BAKER. Dec. 10. (AP) First place in the amateur vaudeville coo test conducted by the Civilian Con servatlon Corps here Friday night waa won by camps 3376, Pollack, near Rig gins, Idaho. Jack Oakie, Lucille Ball Star in Comic Picture At Rialto Flavored with high-speed humor and side-split ting situations, Th Affairs of Annabel" cornea te the Ri alto theater today with Jack Oakie and Lucille Ball co-starred. "The Affairs of Annabel" revolve around the unexpected results of a series of Imaginative exploits con trlvtd by Oakie In his role of a rash press agent to publicise the studio's foremost star, played by Mlsa Ball. Unfortunately these stunts hare a habit of backfiring. To attract t tentton to a prison picture, Oakie has Lucille Jailed under an alias, promis ing reams of publicity upon her rs lease a few days later. But real prison terms loom for the pair If the scheme Is learned: and Lucille haa to serve out her time for fear of ex posure. Although enraged, Lucille again falls for Oakie's persuasive tongue) and goes to work as a housemaid, as a publicity build-up for her new pie ture, "A Maid and a Man." How ever two kidnappers fleeing the O men involve the principals in a fast ajd furious mix-up. Renfrew of the Royal Mounted In "On the Great White Trail," newest of Renfrew's adventures In the land of the froeen north, plays as the companion feature with "Annabel at the Rialto 1 today and Mond&y only. James Newtll and Terry Walk er have the leading roles with Stive King, the wonder dog, In support. Oats Price Better PORTLAND, Dec. 10. (AP) En couraging firmness appeared In Paci fic northwest oats markets la the) week ending December 8, with prices advancing 5 cents per 100 pounds here on No. 2. White oats and re celpts reaching IS carlots in fairly active trading. Thirling Sea Rescue BOSTON. Dec. 10. (AP) In a dramatic Cape Cod rescue In a pelt lng rainstorm two hours bofora dawn, seven men were taken off tha grounded Boston trawler Andover by breeches buoy today, white a pound lng surf threatened to break up tha leaking, heavily-loaded vessel. 4 Use Mall Tribune Want Ada. 52 OFPE TRENTON. V. J. Dec. 10 V Protesting tho dlsmlsssl of persons over 85 from WPA Jobs. Governor Moore wrote President Roosevelt to day tht If such ft practice were car ried fvirther by the federal govern ment "wc would have to scrap such splendid, able and helpful men as Jack Oarner. Cordoll Hull, Hiram Johnson. Justice HURhes, Carter Glass and a host of others." Tha president had notified Moore that WPA officials considered their first responslnMltv was "toward those employed persona who cannot qualify for assistance under other federal programs." Declaring that the WPA action was "unjustified." Moore replied "It l not consistent with your own or my own viewa of what la fair play or humanitarian treatment." Tha governor proposed that WPA tolls be cut by leaving vacancies un filled. He said there were more than 350.000 persona In New Jersey over 6S and to enslon them would cost tha state more than 90.000.000 annually. DRUG STORES GO MODERN There ha been a distinct change In SuHneM methods during the last few years. Ten years ago If anyone hd ald that drug stores were going into the installment bUAlna they would have been laughed out of tha pro .rwlon. However tun change has come and Irte ethical Heath's Drug Store Is now rolling electric shavera on time one dollar down and the balane fifty oenta a ween. Heath's are offering all of the better popular rr.agea on this easy payment plan. Com In and get a tree shave on our sterllUed daouaatraton. . . MEET ALLURING ANNABEL... She's Kissability Mixed With Dynamite!. . 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