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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
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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.
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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.
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hfEXM BUMSTEAD RAMPAGE!
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X? VTj family pooch, faints with exciUmiintlll
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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.'
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