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Bette Davis In Modern Story, "The Great Lie" Opening At Craterian
MEDFORD MATL TRTBUXE. MEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY, JUKE 15, 1941
ACADEMY WINNER
IN UNUSUAL ROLE
AS NORMAL GIRL
The new Bette Davis picture.
"The Great Lie," opens a three
day run today at the Craterian
theatre, with the two-time Aca
demy award winner again mak
ing a bid for top honors of the
year, according to all advance
reports.
A modern story of a woman
very much In love and willing
to fight all odds to keep the man
she loves. "The Great Lie" has
George Brent, Mary Astor, Lu
rile Watson, Hattie McDanlel,
Russell Hicks, Thurston Hall and
Jerome Cowan In the principal
supporting roles.
In the picture, Bette Davis
does a right-about-face from the
roles she has been playing re
cently. There isn't a trace of
meanness about her. She is a
perfectly normal American girl,
a gay and usually happy person
who chooses to lead a simple
life on her farm in Maryland
All the feminine skullduggery
which enters the plot is carried
on by Mary Astor. who returns
to the screen to give the year's
surprise performance. She is
a very sophisticated woman of
the world, a concert pianist who
rides the top crest of cafe so
ciety. Brent plays an aviator
and explorer, In love with Bette
but attracted to Mary during
his inebriated moments. It is
during one of these moments
that he marries Mary, and thus
starts the drama to startling de
velopments which wind up in a
thrilling climax.
Special Bill Craterian Wednesday
FINISH ADD!
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Diamond Lake, June 14.
(Spl.) Work on the second story
of Diamond lake lodge terminat
ed last week. The addition cost
approximately $10,000.
The new story facilitates ac
commodating of people in the
lodge building. The ten new
rooms are of knotty pine finish
and furnished with the latest in
Oregon Trail furniture.
Fishing at the lake has been
good the last week with limit
catches being taken every day.
Largest fish recorded to date
was a 10-pound rainbow taken
on cluster eggs.
As the added screen attraction
on the Craterian theatre pro
gram Wednesday only, Robert
Cummings, Ruth Hussey and
Nigel Bruce are featured In
"Free and Easy," the romantic
comedy of a couple of luxury
loving crooks who are caught
in their own meshes. Judith
Anderson and C. Aubrey Smith
are also in the cast.
Topping the program will be
"Rhapsody In Rhythm" on the
stage with a cast of 20 people,
including singers, dancers, nov
elty acts and beautiful chorines
bringing to Medford the first
"in the flesh" entertainment
shown here for a long time.
The program will show one
day only, matinee and evening,
at no raise In prices.
"Sign of the Wolf"
Has Two Dog Stars
In Leading Roles
Two outstanding dog stars of
Hollywood have leading roles in
the punch-packed Jack London
story, "Sign of the Wolf," play
ing today and Monday at the
Rialto theatre. Both dogs are
descendants of the famous
Strongheart.
Based on the popular author's
That Spot," the film Is a story
of the fox fur industry of the
Canadian wilds. Two prize
winning Alsatian shepherds are
loosed in the backwoods when
the plane carrying their mistress
and her colored servant crashes
in a raging blizzard. One of
the dogs. Smoky, deserts the
stricken plane, and roams the
woods until he is taken by a
pair of renegade trappers, who
train him to rob valuable pelts
from nearby fur farms. The
other dog. Shadow, although in
jured, hobbles for miles to the
cabin of Michael Whalen and
young Darryl Hickman to obtain
relief for his stricken mistress
and her servant Grace Bradley
and Mantan Moreland.
Whalen revives the girl and a
romance soon develops between
the two, which is threatened
with destruction when Shadow
is accused of a series of fur
thefts actually committed by
Smoky under the direction of
the renegades.
The story rushes toward a
climax in typical Jack London
fashion, with several ' unusual
twists contributing to the novel
ending.
Defense Bond Sales
Washington, June 14. (Pi
The treasury reported today that
$73,009,000 of defense savings
bonds were sold during the first
week of June, bringing to $513,-
239,000 the total tales since the
program was begun May 1.
Sacramento, June 14. (P)
Butter-fat first grade 40 Vi; sec
ond grade, 3814.
Tom Sawyer Re-Issue Coming
'The Adventures of Tom Saw
yer," the all-technicolor picturi
zation of the Mark Twain classic
of boyhood which was such a
great hit a few years ago, will
be back at the Rialto theatre
for three days starting Tuesday,
as the latest of their "re-issue"
hits of yesterday.
Tommy Kelly portrays the
part of Tom, with Jackie Moran
as Huckleberry Finn. Others in
the cast include Walter Brennan
as Muff Potter, May Robson as
Aunt Polly, Victor Jory an In
jun Joe, Ann Gillis as Becky
Thatcher.
AUTO PIE INCREASE1
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10 Great Stars!
2 Love Stories!
1,000 THRILLS!
The Greatest of All the
Great Picture! DeMUU
Has Brought to the
Screen!
t Starts Today
GARY COOPER MADELEINE CARROLL
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MOUNTED POLICE"
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Washington, June 14. UP)
Leon Henderson, price adminis
trator, asked five automobile
manufacturers yesterday to
withdraw immediately recently
announced price increases.
They were asked to cancel the
advances "to aid in resisting in
flation." The request was made In tele
grams to the presidents of the
Ford Motor company, the Chrys
ler corporation, the Nash-Kelvi-nator
corporation, the Studcbak
er corporation and the Hudson
Motor car company.
"Recent price advances," Hen
derson said, "are inconsistent
with favorable earnings position
of the industry as a whole dur
ing recent periods."
Henderson gave assurances,
however, that in "event of spe
cific hardship prompt adjust
ment of this request will be
made.
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JOIN FREE GROUP
Cairo, Egypt, June 14. (ffV
Officers and men from French
warships interned In Alexandria
harbor are Joining the free
French in increasing numbers,
Texas Ranger
A. 1
Gary Cooper, as the Texas
Ranger who follows a fugitive
to Canada, and Madeleine Car
roll, as the girl with whom he
falls in love, head one of the
greatest all-star cast ever as
sembled in Cecil B. DeMille's
all-technicolor hit, "Northwest
Mounted Police." opening a
three-day run today at the Roxy
theatre.
Also featured are Paulette
Goddard, Preston Foster, Robert
Preston, Akim Tamlroff, Lynne
Overman, George Bancroft, Lon
Chaney, Jr., and Walter Hamp
den. The picture is single-billed.
observers said today, and Syrian
developments may bring a defi
nite showdown on the status of
the fighting vessels demobolized
last July after the French-German
armistice.
The allied advance into Syria
is known to have had strong re
percussions among the crews re
maining on the French battle
ship Lorraine, four cruisers,
three destroyers and one sub
marine at Alexandria,
ROARING SAGA OF THE
LAWLESS NORTH!
Trie Canadian wilderness, where reckless men gamble
their lives for a fortune in furs and fight for a smile
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No Settlement
Washington, June 14. P)
Defense mediation board of
ficials said today that a board
panel had failed to obtain an
agreement for settlement of the
dispute between the Bethlehem
Steel company's shipbuilding
division and the Bay Cities
Metal Trades council (AFL.)
IE TO BE
I HOME
Jacksonville, June 14. (Spl.)
The fine old two-story brick
mansion on Third street, built
In 1870 by the Orth family and
which also served as the home
of the late Judge George A.
Gardner and his family two
decades ago, is being trans
formed into a convalescent
home. Mrs. Florence Truax.
graduate nurse from the east
with years of experience, has
acquired the property. Including
half block of land, and plans
modernization to make the Insti
tution capable of handling all
cases except deep surgery and
X-ray.
Although structural design of
the building will not be changed.
It Is planned to Install steam
heat, an upstairs bathroom, run
ning water in each room and
enclosed sun porches with east
and west exposures. A first aid
dressing room will be equipped
as will utility rooms.
In a couple of months Mrs.
Truax expects to have the build
ing equipped to 12-bed capacity
with two extra nurses to assist
her.
An Interesting patient now at
the home Is Mrs. Tilda Sullivan,
85, of Medford vicinity, affec
tionately known as "Grandma."
Mrs. Sullivan and her family
resided in Jacksonville 40 years
ago.
BLY RANCHER'S BODY
IS TAKEN FROM LAKE
Klamath Falla .Tuna 11 in
The body of Arthur "Shorty"
morgan. 42, rancher at Bly, was
recovered from Lake E wanna
today.
Morgan had been missing
since Sunday when a service
station ooerator told nollra ha
had seen a man climb down to
me edge of Link river at tht)
Main street bridge and disap
pear.
Ward Complaints Filed
Portland, Ore., June 14. (IP)
Spokesmen for a dozen Ore
gon trucking firms said today
they had been notified of com
plaints filed against them by
Montgomery Ward St Co.
Wednesday Only
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