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PAGE SEVEN Ginger Rogers, David Niven in "Bachelor Mother" Now at Craterian Rosalind Russell and Paulette Goddard Tangle in Wednesday Show McLaglen Coming to Rialto " ... - ; "J STARS IN COMEDY ON TODAY'S BILL MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1939 A A - Paired for the first' time. Ginger Jtogers and David Ntven are co starred In "Bachelor Mother," open ing today for a three -day showing at the Craterian theatre. Weaving a unique and clever love ; story into Its hilarious plot, "Bach elor Mother" has Ginger as a sales girl In a metropolitan department . store, in which Niven Is the store's efficient and business-like executive son of the owner, played by Charles ' Coburn. Passing by an orphanage during her lunch .. hour. Ginger spies a . woman leaving a baby on the steps and rushing away. She goes to pick up the child .and Is seen by one of : the Institution's matrons, who assumes that Ginger is the baby's mother. Her denials merely make matters worse, and an investigator is sent to the department store to check up. This brings Ginger to Nlven's at- L; tentlon,' who magnanimously gives her a raise If she will be a good "mother" and take proper car of . her baby. Ginger goes berserk and ' desperately endeavors to make the orphanage take the child. Falling, ah tries to wish it on to Niven. Horrified, Niven lectures her on her Inhuman conduct and using her job as a threat, forces her to rear the youngster. The consequent asso ciation between Ginger and Niven arouses the Jealousy of her self appointed b6y friend, who . anony- '.. moualy informs Coburn that Niven la the father of Ginger's child. This leads to the hilarious climax of the picture, when Coburn tries to make Niven marry the girl so that he may claim the Infant as his grandson. "Sherlock Holmes" Adventure Shown On Rial to' s Bill The strange case of the Chinchilla ftotlch; the Traitor's aate: the tlend toh Instrument that strangles, crushes and vanishes; the Star of Delhi; the albatross of doom; with a woman In lore the victim and the 115,000.000 Britten crown Jewels the loot this la the thrilling story unraveled In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's masterpiece of mystery, "The Adventures of Sher , look Holmes," In which the master leteotlve la pitted against his arch enemy, the master-criminal Morlarty. : "The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes' Beads the double bill opening for today and tomorrow only at the New Rialto theatre. Basil Rathbone,' who scored such a triumph aa Sherlook Holmes In "The Hound Of The Baskervllles, again has the title role of the no tional sleuth. Nigel Bruce la aeen In the role of Dr. Watson, congenial aid to Holmes. Others In the all-star east Include Ida Luplno, Alan, Mar shall, Terry Xllburn, Henry Stephen son and E. E. Cllve. The contest between Sherlock Holmes and Morlarty, a battle of eoursge and wits. Is the first tlms this version of the populaV aeries haa been shown on the screen. George Buoco, veteran character actor, por trays the master-criminal. "She Married A Cop," starring Phil it 0w- The most realistic as wen as tne most amusing battle between women ever to take place on a movie set Is the fight between Rosalind Russell and Paulette Goddard which fur nishes one of the comedy highlights or "The Women," mmization or tne sensational Clare Booth stage suc cess, which comes to the Craterian theatre Wednesday for a four-day run. The battle starts when Russell discovers inat Goaaara is tne "otner woman" In her husband's life and starts the .attack, unmoved by the restraining arms of Norma Shearer, pressed Into the bout as an unwill ing referee. Next, having broken away from Shearer, Russell leaps In for the start of the second round. Round three: Goddard pushes Rus sell's hat Into her face which means the end of the hat, tf not of Russell; Round four: They're upl They're down I And all rules of fair play are1 out- Round five: Russell's down and the battle's over, with Goddard the wlnnahl Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Mary Boland are among the. 136 women in "The Women," with not a man In - the cast but with the story, nonetheless, all about men. Battle of Wits Radio's battle of the century comes to the screen of the Roxy theatre for today and tomorrow only In "You Cant Cheat An Honest Man," when W. C. Fields and Charlie McCarthy clash for the first time before the cameras. Edgar Bergen Is starred wjth the two famous comics and other members of the fun cast include "Mortimer" Bergen's new dummy, a dude from the country Constance Moore, Princess Baba, Eddie (Roches ter) Anderson and Edward Brophy. Regan (the singing Irishman) and Jean Parker, plays as the companion feature with "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes." The story of a singing cop who gets Into the movies with the help of his adoring wife and a pet pig, "She Married A Cop"1 also features Jerome Cowan. Benny Baker and Dorothea Kent In sup porting roles. Regan sings "I Can't Imagine," "Til Remember," "Here's To Love" and several Irish folk songs in the new musical comedy . 796 VOLUMES LOANED BY J'VILLE LIBRARY JACKSONVILLE. Sept. IS (SpD The Jacksonville library reports total of 798 volumes loaned during August. Of ths total, fiction for adults comprised 230 volumes; adult non-flctlon 387; children's fiction 110 and children's non-flctlon 61 1 KNIGHTS or PYTHIAS Will convene Monday, September 18th. All members are requested to attend. l-v In The Day's 'News' By FRANK JENKINS rODAY'S scrap of NEW news (or rumor) : Japan and Russia, negotiating in Moscow, are reported to have reached agreement for an armistice on the Manchoukuo - Outer Mongolia frontier. Informed sources" In Moscow are said to believe that this may lead to the signing of a Jao-Kut& non- aggression treatv. (As a general rule, take this "Informed with a grain of salt. It Is wise to source" stuff An "informed source" turns out rather often to be somebody Intent on spreading a little poison.) D ONT be surprised, however, at anything Japan and Russia may do. Both are utterly cold-blooded (as are nations generally.) Each has an eye out for any unprotected bits of property the big fighters may leave lying around loose. Neither would be heart-broken if ALL the other great nations of the earth should fight themselves to a state of helpless weakness. REMEMBER always, In these first weeks of the war, that the cards haven't all been dealt. Nobody, as yet, knows who will be on whose side before it Is over. Fear, trreed. hate, Jealousy, ambi tion all these will have a hand In the shifting of alignments that are yet to take place. Such is a world war. r A o you don't want to get too far off the track, don't rely too heavily on the officially announced versions of the fighting on the western front. Not that they are a pack of lies. That isn't the point. The point Is that military commanders don't an nounce to the world (Including the enemy) Just where they are planning to hit hardest when they get ready to hit. The prize fighter who telegraphs his punches usually winds up on the canvas with the referee standing over him and counting. The same prin ciple holds good in war. . .. , f The French may be foolish. In peace-time, but in war they've always been hard-headed. Don't look' for them to telegraph their big punches. AT the moment. It looks a If the British and the French are sit ting down to starve Hitler out rather than paying a terrible price In lives to BLAST him out. A WILL RESUME DRILLS Company A of the National Guard will resume regular drills Tuesday at 7:45 p. m. In the armory, according to official notice issued to members Friday by Captain O. Y. Tengwald. The notice ending the vacation pe riod, for guardsmen also stated tha$ during the balance of September there' will -be an extra drill on Thurs day nights to make up drill attend ance for the balance of the quarter. Captain Tengwald stated that the Once winner of the Motion Picture Academy award for the year's finest acting and lauded for his great char acterizations for the screen, Victor McLaglen cornea to the New Rialto theatre for Tuesday and Wednesday only In the most down-to-earth role of his brilliant career, as an ex-prize fighter In "Kx-Champ," the story of a former heavyweight champion who staged a comeback to save his son from certain doom. Tom Brown, Nan Grey, William Frawley and Donald BrtgRs have supporting roles with McLaglen. "Trapped In The Sky," starring Jack Holt, will play as the added feature with "Ex -Champ." new Oarand semi-automatic rifles are being supplied and other new Issue will Include slacks. Changes Instituted by recent army orders will bring about a number of vacancies in non -commissioned offi cer grades In the company and these vacancies are to be filled as rapidly as possible from men In the company. A few more recruits are needed at present, the captain stated, and In view of the possibility of having to Increase the enlisted strength In the near future, it Is desired to fill the vacancies as soon as possible, 1 There are approximately 300,000 safety signs on Kansas highways, erected at a cost of about 18 each. 4- Om MaU Tribune want ads. Halve Hole In One LONDON (UP) A world golfing record was created by two brothers. K. B. Vaughan and O. Vaughan, on their home course at Crlchel Park, near WImbome, when they halved a hole In one. Both brothers are retired middle-aged business men and ardent golfers. Use Msll Tribune want ads. Card Readings and CRYSTAL by SWISS PSYCHIC Honest, reliable, with best' of references. READINGS $1.00 713 Sherman St.. Phons MS .lice yu gutter, to beat" TODAY f and MONDAY 1 ssw'wiyApjws sasr" jv .iwmWWwuii "Bachelor Mother" SURPRISE? The greatest surprise comedy hit we've screened in many seasonsl Unheralded un touted and then suddenly, all over Hollywood, rumors, 'phone calls, Brown Derby gos sip about this uproarious show. 0- "ew. An KKO-Kodle ffcturt wfth CHARLES COBURN FRANK ALBERTSON E. E. CLIVE MNDR0 S- lMAN IN CHARGE Of PRODUCTION Directed by Garton Kanin, Produced by B. G. DeSylva Umn Play by Norman Kraina .... Story by Pollx Jackson R K O rT--r T-.-. ITI V '
