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PAGE SEVEN Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard In Mystery Thriller On Craterian Screen PAUL LIAS AND WILLIE BEST IN "Boys From Syracuse" Coming To Craterian Brilliant Cast In Rialto Film On Roxy Bill CRATERIAN FANS u " .1 'vw J .S MEDFORD MAIL TRTBUNT. MEDFORD. PRECOX, SUNDAY. JULY 2?. 1040. FT- - tttt?- h When Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard are teamed, it's a sure sign of wisecracks and perki ness Bob for the funny busi ness and Paulette adding her pert personality and "plus" fig ure to the goings-on. In "The Ghost Breakers", opening a three day run today at the Cra terian Theatre, these ingredi ents, with an added dash of mystery-thrills, result in a howling successor to last sea son's "Cat and the Canary". Also featured in the cast are Richard Carlson. Paul Lukas, and the colored comedian, Wil lie Best. The story has Paulette inheri ting a haunted castle on an island off Cuba. When she leaves 'to claim her inheritance, she discovers Bob hiding out in her trunk the only place he could -think of to get away from a couple of big-shot gangsters out to get him for saying things out of turn. So Paulette accepts the situation and invites Bob to come along and exterminate a few ghosts in her castle. Zombies, spooks, ghosts and ghouls all take a hand in the proceedings in an effort to scare off the ghost breakers, resulting, in some wildly exciting adven tures to say nothing of ideal sit uations for Hope's consistent wisecracking, even with a Zom bie on his neck, or Bob on Paulette's neck, or vice versa. And when it's all over and the mystery is solved, they discover they can't get along without each other and Bob wins Paul ette again (he did it in "The Cat and the Canary" too, ire member?) the lucky stiff. .-i. '-." v.- : ft L:.-..,'al . ..J W4? ft - ;. i George Brent and Virginia starred in "The Man Who Talk- When "The Boys from Syra cuse comes to the screen 01 tne Craterian Theatre Wednesday for a four day showing, audi ences will see the film adapta tion of the biggest musical hit, worth. Martha Rayc, Irene Her Broadway has had in years, vcy, Eric Blore and Allan Jones. Boasting an outstanding cast of There are hundreds of glamor stars including (left to right) ous dancing girls in addition. Alan Mowbray, Joe Penner, as well as seven Rodgers and Rosemary Lane, Charles Butter- Hart song hits. Bruce bring to the Rialto the atre for Tuesday and Wednes day only, one of the most mov ing stories ever written of the underworld and their crooked mouthpieces the story of "The Man Who Talked Too Much." Brent is ca.t as a brilliant at torney who is disillusioned with his job when he learns too late that he has sent an innocent man to the gallows. Others Servant Troubles Bother Blondie In Comedy At Rialto Leave It to the Bumsteads to show you how to be gay In spite of yourself! and that's just what they'll do in their newest outbreak of adventures in "Blondie Has Servant Trou ble," which heads the double bill opening for today and to morrow only at the Rialto the atre. To prove that life doesn't have to be complicated to be come slightly hectic', this start ling array of hilarity begins simply when Blondie insists on a maid for the household. If necessary, Dag wood must get a raise to pay her salary. While this Is easily decided by Blondie, the so-called head of the popular Chic Young comic strip clan, Dagwood's boss is not so easily convinced. Ac cordingly, the Bumsteads are dispatched to a huge estate by the boss for some ulterior mot ive of his own. In typical style the Bumsteads discover that the house is haunted and that the servants are afflicted with the "boogies" and to top it off the familiar postman, that al ways seems to get In Dagwood's way, is transferred to the same community and as usual, meets the Inevitable fate. In this sixth of the "Blondie" series, all the family are back with the top-notch performances which have made them the most popular family in pictures. Ar- tur Lake lives his part of Dag wood, the happy pappy. Penny Singletons returns as beautiful and suspecting Blondie and lit-1 tie Larry Simms again portrays i Baby Dumpling. Also in the ' cast is Daisy, the family pooch. I "Manhattan Heartbeat," ro- mantic, dramatic story of twoi swell kids who couldn't see their way clear to get married , ntil foirv 0nr1mntVi(.r in th ! person of comedienne Joan Davis, flew into their lives and showed them how to laugh their way back to the top, will play as the companion feature with "B'ondie Has Servant Trouble. I Robert Sterling and Virginia I Gilmore have the romantic ! roles. I And added enjoyment and en-1 tertainment will be supplied by ! Sandy, the little girl bear cub without a name, in the lobby of the theatre. The management i of the theatre is asking all the little girls and boys to mail in a name for her ana tne re ward for finding a name will be as follows: the name and the little girl's or boy's name who sent In the suggestion will be printed on a placard and posted on the cage so that everyone can see who had the honor of naming the little cub bear. Kiddies Entering Names For Rialto Cub Bear Contest Much concern is being given to the little girl cub bear at the Rialto Theatre. The little lady is beginning to eat the staff out of house and home. For break fast, and she'll eat just as soon as the janitor arrives in the morning to do the cleaning, she has one half a head of cabbage, a good sized head of lettuce and a bunch of carrots. For lunch she has a light meal of about a half pound of dog biscuits and for dinner in the evening she indulges in two boxes of berries, preferably blackberries. Three or four times through out the day she has a "snack" made up of condensed cream and water mixed half-and-half which she drinks out of a soda water bottle. She also has cook ies and oranges several times a day. Her favorite pastime is going swimming with her keeper, I Frankie Clark. Frankie takes her to the park and immediate ly she dives in the little pool by the statue of the boy with a dog. Every morning she has a bath in a tub at the theatre. Incidently boys and girls, there are only a couple of days more to send in your entry for a name for the little girl cub bear. Some very amusing names have been sent in but the thea tre is waiting for everyone to have a chance at naming her. The name of the little boy or girl and the name chosen for the cub will be printed on a placard and posted on the cage in the lobby of the theatre. ILL SI. SELLERS, ed Too Much are Richafd Barthelmess. Brenda Marshall. William Lundigan and Henry Armetta. John Litel and Clarence Kolb also have roles. "Torpedoed," a thrilling story of our navy and starring H. B. Warner, Richard Cromwell, Noah Beery and Robert Doug las, is scheduled to play as the companion feature with the George Brent-Virginia Bruce opus. The Dalles, July 27. 'P) The automobile of J. P. Maier, Walla Walla, plunged over an embankment east of here yes terday seriously cutting Mrs Maier. Neither Maier, who blamed the accident on a blow out, nor any of the four chil dren was injured. New York, July 27. W) Buyers were shy and sellers equally timid in today's stock market, with the net result a large-sized goose-egg so far as real trends were concerned. Traders in most commission houses could be counted on the fingers of one hand. A persis tent heat wave and general speculative apathy drove the majority of customers to the country. Numerous pivotal stocks failed to register on the ticker tape and the volume was around 100.000 shares, the smallest for any Saturday since Aug. 3, 1918. U. S. Steel was resistant as talk was heard of directors voting another SI dividend on the common at next Tuesday's meeting. Rails kept their balance as early statements pointed to the probability class I roads in June attained a breakeven point against a loss of $1,685,000 in the same month a year ago. Holding fairly well through out were Youngstown Sheet, Bethlehem, General Motors, Chrysler, Sears - Roebuck and Glenn Martin. Heppner Area Drenched Heppner, July 27. (P) Heppner and surrounding coun try got a mid summer dousing esterday as a downpour, start ing at 3 p. m., lasted two hours. Pine Orders Drop Portland. Ore., July 27. 'Pi Reports from 113 Western Pine association mills showed last week's new business totaled 80.768.000 board feet of lum ber compared with 81,863,000 the previous week. pvM ANOTHER SIDE-SPLITTIKG hfEXM BUMSTEAD RAMPAGE! MrftiS?.j-fif' jrfiSivjjfe : They move Into a haunted hcusa to save fji "-J..-rwi "$' "rent so Blondie can have a servant . . . and . rQ ,n ,un ' terrific that even Daisy, the X? VTj family pooch, faints with exciUmiintlll B cm trt crwtW rf We Tawf, sJM7-" 7) with THE BUMSTEADS U'flT 0, Slft A V Penny SINGLETON tw,. fv 7 Q Qp!J Artur LAKE ... oo9wood f t)i 0 Ay i Larry SIMMS tobr Dumpim9 1e 'e A- Tt? j -- L ' Kiddies! See 0ur MfflTir" l N Cub Bear WJt V"6! Vl"" II l IM THE LOBBY T!L . Tf l& v'w 7rW-w M ll -If "X ' name for hr? I'i C lumn """ kl,u MjB f''i - y RwMlnn" h tearhlnt thmi ho to f . ' ' ' I f:f ImiKll Ihrlr it out :? trouble! ' Irtl 1 I ' rrft 'J V J AS-fm "MANHATTAN HEARTBEAT" , JJ 9Tr.RI.INn - VIRfilMA OII.MOKF. f ' "BI.OMIIF." plan tfwtay t:M S:n 7:JD-I1: 'Manhattan" plat a ItMlajr at l Mo-t:.VI JAPANESE FORCE U Sonja Henie. the beautiful and graceful skattr,! star who has endeared herself to mil lions, opens a three day run today at the Roxy theatre in her latest starring vehicle. "Everything Happens at Night," in which she is supported by two male romantic leads Ray Milland and Robert Cummings. Internathinal Intrigue and a hideout in the 'Alps are high lights in the exciting picture which features Sonja in new skating routines and at the same time gives her a chance to show her skill on skis. "Bad Little Angel," starring Virginia Weidlcr and Guy Kib bee, plays as the companion feature with "Everything Hap pens at Night." The experiment of war newa on the screen of the Craterian Theatre, inaugurated Wednes day, came to an end last night and starting today, newsreela will be shown "as is" from the film can. When the experiment wit started, it was felt that theatre audiences did not care to have their entertainment mixed with topical news pictures of the cur rent war in Europe. But, al- though there were many who complimented the management upon the decision, they were far outnumbered by those who wanted to keep up with things as they happened. And so, war scenes will again be shown whenever they are Included In the newsreels at the Craterian. Hongkong, July 27. (JP) Japanese bluejackets, operating under cover of a bombardment from warships, landed today in Honghai bay, Chinese territory 70 miles northeast of this Brit ish crown colony, Japanese navy officials announced. This landing followed earlier mining of coastal waters, bom bardments and troop landings along the Chinese coast south I from Shanghai for the an nounced purpose of blocking all potential avenues of supply of war materials for Lhlna. The Japanese previously had landed in Bias bay, which lies between Hongkong and Hong hai bay. At the same time Japanese army officials announced their units, meeting little opposition, had pushed northwestward In Chinese territory along the bor der of French Indo-China in further efforts to close that route of supply. ' Informed sources said Japan-' ese army reinforcements last nleht were landed at the mouth of Pearl river to strengthen the garrisons near the Hongkong border which three days ago beut off a strong Chinese attack. WhT stand ovfr a hot cook ttart wtt'n you can buy a conditioned electric rnnse tor aa Utile aa twenty dollara at Copco. CORN BELT RAIN NETS CENT DROP Chicago, July 27. (P) A drop of more than a cent bushel in corn prices today measured the grain market'i reaction to receipt of good rains in the heart of major producing belt. With heaviest moisture ap parently in Iowa but spreading also through surrounding big production areas as well as into much of the spring wheat zone, grain prices were under modest selling pressure from the open ing bell. More precipitation was promised. Wheat, however. found support in mill buying. Hard Winter Warren, Pa., July 27. P) A brave at the Cornplanter In dian reservation had unseason able news today for the million suffering from the heat there'a a hard winter ahead. He predicted the winter wilt be long and cold because "I never saw so many crabs in the river in my life.' f 'J J." EVF.MNO TOIIIY J:W-9:IJ JLi m V DEI Mtnsrrs TOIitV l:4S- IS .f. aJs it 1 It you re a ahost ilien ! want io be ) Illicit yvwm iv we s ; f if liaunted! 'm)--,r,Y vr -v. "i . . TODAY, tt.CUmirl'ClCIlE' A Ai I h tlHsA! 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