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Veronica Lake, Preston Foster In Thrill Packed Drama At Craterian
LAIRD CREGAR IN
Tarzan Visits New York In Wednesday Thriller
Murder Mystery On Holly's Bill!
Crossroads"
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WITH ALAN LADD
Tully Marshall, Marc Law
rence in Cast "March
of Time" Shown.
Back to the screen comes
Veronica Lake, a vivacious
blonde bomber, in the adventure-thriller,
"This Gun For
Hire," which opens a three-day
run today at the Craterian the
atre. She is co-starred with
Preston Foster with a first-class
supporting list headed by Laird
Cregar and Alan Ladd, a new
comer for whom the Hollywood
bigwigs are planning a great
future.
"This Gun For Hire" is the
sensational story of a killer with
a "gun for hire" to those who
can pay the price. Preview wit
nesses are reporting that Alan
Ladd s portrayal of a cold
blooded killer has seldom been
matched.
Veronica Lake, who was last
seen in the comedy "Sullivan's
Travels" is said to turn in a
role of power and sympathy as
the girl forced to accompany the
killer on his marrow-chilling
sorties, who in the end effects
redemption of sorts.
Preston plays a detective on
the blood-stained trail of the
killer who ha so feelings until
a girl's kindness arouses in him
the first sparks of human emo
tions. Laird Cregar, who amazes
film-goers with his unusual
characterizations In all sorts of
pictures, can be depended upon
to turn in another striking per
formance as a man who orders
killings for a fifth-column ring
but who is revulsed by violence
his weakness being blondes.
From all reports, "This Gun
For Hire" is bound to be rated
as the top thrill picture of the
year. Others in the cast Include
Tully Marshall and Marc Lawrence.
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The "royal family of the
jungle" pays a visit to civiliza
tion in "Tarzan's New York ad
venture", which bring Johnny
Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sulli-
Kansas City, July 18. (P)
Eight hundred employes of seven
flour mills struck today and
then settled down to clavine
games as both sides agreed the
wage controversy simply was a
matter for the government
labor conciliation department to
decide.
Cm Mall Tribuna want ada.
Buy War Bonds Day and Night
van and little Johnny Sheffield
to the Cool Craterian Theatre
Wednesday for a four-day run.
Tarzan runs into all sorts of
trouble which causes many an
Preston Foster, Patricia Mor
rison and Albert Dekker have
leading roles in the triple
threat murder mystery, "Night
in New Orleans", which comes
to the 'Holly Theatre for Wed
nesday and Thursday night with
"The Man Who Wouldn't Die",
featuring Lloyd Nolan, as the
added mystery hit.
exciting moment including
daring leap from the Brooklyn
Bridge. YdUng Sheffield made
an appearance here last month
in behalf of war bonds and
stamps.
Gene Tierney And 1
Victor Mature In
Shanghai Picture
One of the screen's most
eagerly Iooked-forward-to pic
tures, 'The Shanghai Gesture,"
opens a three-day run today at
the Holly theatre. The film has
a remarkable stellar cast headed
by Gene Tierney, Victor Ma
ture, Walter Huston, Ona Mun
son, Phyllis Brooks, Albert Bas
serman, Maria Ouspenskaya and
Eric Blore.
The exciting story centers
around the gambling casino of
Mother Gin Sling, fascinating,
dangerous ruler of Shanghai's
underworld, who runs a busi
ness of trading women for gold.
T lis role is played by Ona Mun
son who will be remembered
for her role of Belle Watling
in "Gone With the Wind." Vic
tor Mature portrays Dr. Omar,
a smooth Arab mystic, and Miss
Tierney is seen as Poppy, a girl
who falls into the clutches of
Mother Gin Sling. Walter Hus
ton plays Sir Guy Charteris,
manager of a large trading com
pany who comes into Shanghai
to rid the city of Mother Gin
Sling and her underground ma
chine. She discovers that he is
a part of her ' past" and uses
this as a weapon to destroy him
and his company.
Out of this strange gathering
of wanton human beings comes
one of the most exciting stories
ever brought to the screen.
"The Man With Two Lives,"
starring Edward Norris, plays
as the added feature with "The
Shanghai Gesture."
March Of Time On
Craterian 'Screen;
India Is Feature
Playing today at the Crater
ian theatre on the same program
with 'This Gun For Hire" is
the latest March of Time sub
ject: "India at War". About two
months ago March of Time film
ed the first of this two-part sub
ject which played at the popu
lar Central Street theatre under
the title of 'India In Criss".
The first covered the complicat
ed political and -social back
ground while this issue, "India
at War", shows the effort now
being made to protect India
from invasion.
. The highlights of the subject
are the many exclusive scenes
of India's vast war potential be
ing geared for all-out effort.
How effectively this is being
done is shown in exclusive
scenes of Indian shipyards, her
industries, and the rush on the
part of Indian youth to swell
the ranks of the Royal Indian
navy and Royal Indian flying
force.
WHEAT PRICE NERVOUS
Chicago, July 18 IP) Trad
ing in the wheat pit today ex
hihttvri n nervous undertone and
rininff Tirices were off fraction
ally from the preceamg session.
Other grains followed the bread
cereal lower.
PAIR TO DIE IN
BORROWED CHAIR
Huron, S. D., July 18. IP)
Two men, condemned for murd
er, will be executed in South
Dakota in a borrowed electric
chair.
The South Dakota board of
Charities and Corrections dis
closed yesterday that arrange
ments had been completed to
borrow the electric chair at the
Illinois state prison at Joliet,
and that the executions, sched
uled for the week of August 9
and November IS, would be car
ried out.
The necessity of borrowing a
chair arose when the South Da
kota legislature re-enacted capi
tal punishment in 1939, after a
25 year absence, but made no
provision for a chair. Warden
G. Nortch Jameson of the state
prison at Sioux Falls, tried un
successfully to borrow chairs in
Indiana and Vermont, before ar
ranging for the one at Joliet.
Cluing Urn tor ClaaaHled Ms
a. m. Too lata to ClasaUr 13 M
p. m.
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READER
Everything strictly ronndentlal
728 Sherman.
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Washington, July 18. UP)
The FBI announced today the
arrest of a song-composing team
at Los Angeles on charges of try
ing to extort $250,000 from
Louis B. Mayer, motion picture
executive.
It named the pair as Meyer
Philip Grace, former prize fight
er turned lyricist, and Channing
Drexel Llpton, ex-filling station
employe with a talent for music.
The Justice department said sev-
William Powell provides the
mystery and Hedy Lamarr the
glamour for the grandest hit of
the year and their first co-starring
picture together, 'Cross
roads," playing currently to ca
pacity crowds at the Rialto
Theatre where it will show
through Thursday. The local
showing marks the world prem
iere of the picture. Others in
the cast are Basil Rathbone,
Claire Trevor, Felix Bressart
and Sig Ruman.
eral of their songs have been
published.
Grace, 39, was said by the
FBI to have fought some years
ago under the name of "Young
Jack Dempsey." Lipton is 25.
CANCEL CONTRACT
Washington, July 18. (P)
The Maritime commission an
nounced today that it had can
celled a contract with the Hig
gins Industries, Inc., of New
Orleans, for a huge merchant
shipbuilding plant in order to
divert all available steel into
the construction of ships at
plants already in existence.
Golden-voiced Frances Lang
ford heads a cast of radio fun
sters in "Swing It Soldier",
which plays today and tomor
row night only at the Roxy
Theatre with "Bedtime Story",
co-starring Fredrie March and
Loretta Young.
Ken Murray, Don Wilson,
Brenda and Cobina and Skirt
ney Ennis and his band have
roles with Miss Langford.
NAVY REJECTS YACHT
Seattle, July 18 The
million-dollar Fantome, owned
by A. E. Guiness, London brew
ery magnate, is still riding at
anchor here apparently rejected
by the navy as a possible auxil
iary ship.
NEW PORTLAND COACHES
Portland, July 18 (JP) John
R. Lewis and Mason McCoy, for
mer University of Oregon ath
letes, will become coaches at
Roosevelt high school here next
fall.
The first successful American !
beet sugar factory was estab
lished by E. H. Dyer In Alvar
ado, Calif., in 1879. I
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