MYSTERY, TILLS
IN DRAMATIC HIT
CRATERJANT 0 DAY
"Gaslight" Stars Bergman,
Boyer, Cotton; "Meet the
People," Rialto Hit.
Gaslight," beginning today
at the Craterlan theater, Is one
of the most exciting and drama
tic stories ever to reach the
screen. Featured by outstanding
performances by the star-studded
cast headed by Charles Bover,
Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cot
ten, "Gaslight" will keep you
on ine edge of your seat as it re
lates the story of the beautiful
young singer, portrayed by Miss
Bergman, who marries her ac
companist (Charles Boyer) and
wun mm sets up home in the
London house where Paula's
aunt, a famous singer, was mur
dered.
Deliberately, Boyer sets out
to drive his wife mad just why,
and through what ingenious
methods, it would be unfair to
relate. The entrance upon the
scene of a Scotland Yard man
. played by Joseph Cottcn,
brings the picture to a tense and
highly thrilling climax.
Lucille Ball and Dick Powell
top the cast in "Meet the Peo
ple," which heads a twin-bill on
the Rialto's screen today. Spike
Jones and the City Slickers are
featured In this show. On the
same bill is the tuneful "Slight
ly Terrific," with Leon Errol,
Anne Rooney and Eddie Quillan.
Don O'Conner in Wednesday Picture
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Donald O'Connor is funnier
than ever in "This Is the Life."
with Susanna Foster, Patric
Knowles and Louise Allbritton.
Playing as the companion thrill
hit which starts Wednesday at
the Rialto is 'Sonora Stage
coach," starring Bob Steele and
'Hoot' Gibson.
T
REACH BAY CITY
San Francisco, Aug.,ia U.R
While a military band blared
out the stately strains of "Here
Comes the Bride," 295 Austral
Ian war brides marched off a
battle-grey luxury liner today
onto United States soil, where
Red Cross nurses had thought
fully arranged a lineup of baby
carriages for the 74 babies who
accompanied their mothers.
Everyone seemed happy, and
their thoughts were concerned
chiefly (1) with their husbands
and (2) a "good American steaK,
for which the girls were willing
to Day $3.
For the first time since the
start of the war, the press went
out to board the ship as It en
tered the Golden Gate.
Wives and babies lined the
railings, seeking a glimpse of
San Francisco bay. Most of them
had set their alarm clocks in the
early dawn hours, but returned
to be disappointedly when
high fog shrouded the ship.
At times the ship listed heav
ily to port and starboard as the
war brides moved from one side
of the vessel to the other.
The brides guessed that "about
75 more" war babies were on
the way in this particular con
tingent of Australian brides,
third to reach the United States.
1 Seven Australians were accom
panied by their husbands.
Talent Graduate
Among Marines In
Picture Gung Ho
Earl Jones, a graduate of Tal
ent high school now serving in
the marine corps, is pictured in
one scene of the movie. "Gung
Ho," which played at the Cra
terian theater Wednesday
through Saturday of last week,
according to word received by
hois parents. Mr. and Mrs. W.
D. Hunter, former residents of
Talent now living in Gold Hill.
Jones appears in one scene of
the picture where a group of
marines are shown with the star,
Randolph Scott, his mother re
ports. At the time the film was
made, Jones was a corporal, sta
tioned at the San Diego Marine
bae. He Is now In Seattle,
Wah.. attending officer's train
ing school at the University of
Washington.
CAMPAIGN OPENS
Sacramento, Aug. 12 U.ra
The California campaign for re
election of President Roosevelt
was officially under way tonight,
based on claims the national
Democratic administration Is re
sponsible for war and produc
tion successes.
IOWA PICNIC
Long Beach, Cal., Aug. 12
U.P. More than 20.000 former
Iowa residents attended the 39th
annual midsummer Iowa picnic
today, with Lt. Gov. Frederick
Hauser delivering the main address.
The "Uninvited" Wednesday Hit
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Opening Wednesday at the night, this thriller stars Rav Mil
Craterian is "The Uninvited." land, Ruth Hussey, Gail Russell
As startling as a scream in the and Donald Crisp.
MASSACRE TRY OF
NAZIS REPORTED
London, Sunday, Aug. 13
U.R The British Broadcasting
Corporation, In a special an
nouncement in French beamed
to the continent early today, said
that gestapo officers were tak
ing 1500 political prisoners from
Paris to Metzhand. It is doubt
ful whether they will arrive at
their destination."
"We believe it is the inten
tion of these officers to massacre
them en route," the BBC said.
"The names of these officers are
known and they will eventually
be brought to justice for their
crimes."
NORTHWEST UNITY
AIM OE GOVERNOR
Portland, Ore., Aug. 12 UF!
Gov. C. A. Bottolfsen of Idaho,
chairman of the two-day confer
ence of governors here, said to
day that the strength of the five
states of the northwest became
much greater when working to
gether because of the similarity
of problems.
The combined efforts of Mon
tana. Idaho and Wyoming In po
litical directions is especially
important since each state is
planning post-war development
and the initial funds from such
work would come from the fed
eral government, he said.
MILITARY DRILL
AS HEALTH STEP
Sacramento, Aug. 12 (U.Rl
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey.
national director of selective
service, today advocated univer
sal military training of 18-year-old
men as a means of improving
national health standards, point
ing out that the number of men
rejected for military service in
this war as unfit exceeds the
total army mobilized for World
War I.
Hershey said universal mili
tary training would also tend
to alleviate possible unemploy
ment to the extent of 1.000,000
men annually. He emphasized
that his views with respect to
universal service were his own
and that congress will frame the
national policy.
In California on an inspection
tour of the selective service or
ganization in 10 western states,
Hershey reported that Califor
nia, Oregon and Washington
have apparently made greater
progress than the other states
in the formation of new veterans
service committees, one of whose
duties is to attempt to locate re
turning veterans in jobs.
He added, "There is no use
ducking the fact that your prob
lem in the west is a tremendous
one."
Hershey said he expected the
selective service act to be ex
tended by congressional action
late this year. Except for a pro
vision making his organization
responsible for assisting veterans
in getting their pre-service jobs
back. The act. expires next May.
Camp. Commissary
Closing Monday To
Individual Buyers
Due to reduction in personnel,
the Camp White commissary
store will discontinue sales to
individuals after Monday, Aug.
14, according to A.T. Kenyon,
sales store supervisor.
Although the store has been
open to individuals in the armed
services and their dependents in
this vicinity, the supervisor ex
plained that a personnel reduc
tion order will permit sales only
to officers messes and other
group organizations on the post
after Monday.
FANS THREAT OF
Newhall, Cal., Aug. 12 (UP.)
Smoldering brush and ruins to
night kept alive the threat of ex
plosion from a 10,000-barrel tank
of casinghead gas as the oil-fed
fire resulting from explosion of
naphtha gasoline at the New.
hall refinery early today slowly
burned itself out.
James Breckenrldge, 31-year-old
stillman who attempted to
close valves after the first ex
plosion, died of biu-ns inflicted
by flaming gasoline, while Wil
liam Taylor,, 29, suffered second
and third degroe burns in pulling
Breckenridge from the flames.
State highway patrol officers
said they were unable to verify
a report that a woman perished
in a stream of blazing oil Into
which she dashed in search of
her husband.
A laboratory bunsen burner
ignited fumes from a burst
naphtha line about midnight and
seconds later a 10.000-gallon tank
of naphtha blew up sending
rockets of flame hundreds of
feet into the air.
Flames and hent from the roar
ing tank spread and one by one
tanks in the 10-acre area began
blowing up.
In the first few minutes, six
tanks blew up and at one time,
16 of 25 tanks spotted over the
area were burning.
Fires lighted the midnight sky
brightly enough for papers to
be read in Newhall, blacked out
when power 1 1 n e a burned
through.
NOTICE
Thou. J. Fuboii hs moved hl In
Mirnnc office to Boom 6. Dvi
Bulldlm. over Western Thrift Cut
Rate Drue Btore. former law offtos
of Herbert ly Hanna.
PETER HANSEN
Grants Pass, Aug. 12 Peter
Hansen, 63, of Grants Pass, died
August 11 at a hospital in Sa
lem. Survivors include his moth
er, Mrs. Marie Olson, and two
sisters, M'ss Teckla Olsen and
Mrs. Ray Pence of Medford.
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Sunday. August 13, 1944 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEH
GETS BOMB BLITZ
Allied Headquarters, South
west Pacific, Sunday, August 13
U,R) Medium Mitchell bomb-i
ers, in a blitz bombing of the:
Japanese-held Island of Hnlmah
era, sank a 1,000-ton freighter,
seriously damaged another of
3,000 tons, five coastal vessels ,
and 28 barges, Gen. Douglas i
MacArthur announced today.
The Allied air force also sank
10 seaplanes and hit 31 parked
Japanese planes, MacArthur's
communique added. j
Boston bombers, sweeping the 1
Vogelkop peninsula on Dutch
New Guinea, sank three 1,000
ton freighters, seriously dam
aged another and destroyed or
damaged five coastal vessels and
eight barges, the communique
said. 1
A single Liberator bombed the
Davao waterfront on the Philip
pine Island of Mindanao Friday
night. i
Forces In the Altape area on
New Guinea reported an addi
tional 1057 Japanese have been
killed and 18 captured in a final
mopping up. This made a total ,
of 8064 enemy killed and 95'
captured In operations on that!
sector through Friday, the com-
munique added.
50 YEARS WITH W. U.
Grants Pass, Aug. 12 W. E.
Newcombe, manager of the
Western Union office here since
1920, was honor guest at a din
ner Thursday at which he was
congratulated on bis 50 years of
service with the company, Mr;
Newcombe who will retire soon,
served from 1909 to 1914
exiled government here said rov-
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