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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1944)
EDDIE BRACKEN'S LATEST HIT TOPS msm BILL Joel McCrea and Betty Field ' Head RIalto Cast With Beulah Bondi. Starting today at the Crater ian Eddie Bracken in "Hall the Conquering Hero." Audiences will laugh until they cry at the humor and then they'll cry ome more at the pathos that are alternately Jam packed Into this wholesome com edy about a medically discharg ed marine who is precipitated Into an unmerited hero's berth by as funny a set of circum stances as a screen writer ever conceived. The picture is triumph for Preston Sturges who wrote and directed ana it souaiy cements youthful Eddie Brack en's claim to ranking stardom. Other players in the cast are Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn and William Demarest. . At the Rialto is Joel McCrea and Betty Field in "The Great Moment." Also on tr i same bill is "She's a Soldier," with Beulah Bondl, Percy Kilbride. Nina Foch and Jess Barker. NEW GENERAL'S INSIGNIA Washington. Dec. 22. ttl.R) The new generals of the army will wear an insignia consisting . of five silver stars arranged in a circle, the" war department an nounced today. The insignia will be the same color and about the same size as a lieutenant colo nel's maple leaf, and at a dis tance the two might be con fused. Us Mall Tribune Want Ada. D'AHCE TOMORROW CHRISTMAS Night DREAMLAND A grand Christmas Dancing Party for All! . MODERN MUSIC Everyone Invited! IN STOCK NOW! READ? FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY f.o.b. Medford TRUCKS One Ton to Fortv F1t Tons (i 33 S. Riverside Dial 4980 ROCKET BOMBERS RAKE JAP SHIPS OFF BUN ISLES Morse Find Horses I To dd 10 4,19 trouble. Morse, morse r mas norses hls eldest daughter, and their Easter Housed Than horses, all en route to the cepi p r tal, were stalled In Aurora, 111., t canny in iapitaieaTly Friday when ey out of gas, Pacific Fleet Headquarters, Pearl Harbor, Dec, 24. (U.PJ Mitchell bombers, manned by marine pilots, attacked Japanese shipping with rocket projectiles in the Bonin and Volcano island groups Thursday in the ISth daily renewal of raids on the cljain of islets guarding the southern approaches to Japan, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced today. Pacific strategic air force Lib erators commanded by Lt. Gen. Millard F. Harmon joined the attack again, hitting Iwo island, 730 miles from Tokyo. Leatherneck airmen flew the swift Mitchells more than 700 miles to blast targets in the Islands which the enemy used as aerial staging bases. Results of the joint attacks were not announced in today's Paciflo fleet headquarters an nouncement. Harmon's B-24's bombed air strip installations at Iwo both Wednesday and Thursday. At the other end of Japan, 11th AAF Liberators bombed and strafed targets on Onneko- tan island in the Kurile chain, encountering only meager anti aircraft fire. All participating planes returned safely to their bases. Nimltz' ore-Christmas com munique reported marine fight ers bombed ana straiea suppiy rniH ammunition dumDS on Bal- ehthuap, largest enemy - held island in the Palau group, Wed nesday and Thursday. Til TO GET B!GBUDGET Salem, Ore., Dec. 23-U.F9 A budget calling for the expen diture of $195,816,426 during the next two years will be sub mitted to the 194S legislature in January, the budget division of the state announced today. The sum approved by the bud get division is $3,285,718 less than the total amount of re quests submitted, Governor Earl Snell, who is also chief budget officer, said. ADDroval was given for the exDendlture of $28,777,500 for the administration of state gov ernment and the operation of departments and institutions sup ported from the general fund. This amount was the result of trimming, the requested amount Of $30,038,541.42. EXPECT SHORTAGE OF SAWDUST FUEL Portland, Ore., Dee. 23 (U.R) A shortage of sawdust fuel ex pected to continue until January 15 or later may have far-reach- ins effects on planing mills when the emergency is over. George W. Curry, district OPA fuel rationing specialist, said representatives of more than 30 Portland sawdust dis tributors conferred with OPA of ficials today In an attempt to in- sure delivery to the neediest users. Reconversion of household furnaces to wood and coal was urged by the OPA, which ex plained that present wood and coal stocks are ample for Port land s needs. Washington, Dee. 23 Oh! To be a horse. At' least that's what the fam ily of Senator-elect Wayne Morse, Republican, Oregon, is beginning to sigh. Mrs. Morse has found home here for their two saddle horses. But none for the family. The family, awaiting arrival of Mr. Morse, has been taken in by friends. Mrs. Morse hopes they're en route again. For, after all, the horses do have a home awaiting them. But with bousing short ages being what they are in Washington, she's fearful some one might welcome a stall as shelter. Cloatng tlm (or Cuualflad Ada i. m Too Lata to CUaaU 1240 T JURIST IS DEAD . Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 23 (U.R) Federal District Judge Merrill E. Otis, the Jurist who sentenced the one-time Kansas City political ciar, T. J Pender gast, to prison, died today in Kansas Clt yhospital following a heart attack. He was 60 years old. HEW AIR COMMANDER London, Deo. 23 U.fD The U. S. strategic air force an nounced today that Brig. Gen. Clarence P. Kane, San Diego, Calif., has been appointed com mander of the air service com mand of the U. S. army in the European theater of operations. Sunday. Dee. 14, 1144 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUKE WOT ROLLING PIN WILL BE CLOSED DEC. 23 JAN. 2 FOR REMODELING GKATE TO -KITE and very nlte scpl Monday 7:43 to 10:13 Sat. ft Sun. Marine MEDFORD ICI ARENA 619S. Grapa Phon4S11 OS. E CHRIST FOR SOI AREAS Portland, Ore., Dec. 23 (U.R) Southwestern Oregon can expect light snowers for Christmas while the southeast part of the state may celebrate the holiday with snow, the Portland weather bureau said tonight. Two out of every three births in' the United States last year took place in hospitals, averag ing 21 every half hour. - weunas a We desire to extend to you Greeting of the Christmas Season and to express our sincere wishes for your prosperity In the coznln) year. May the cordial relation! existing between us continue. AKERCIAH LAUNDRY 132 So. Centf ' f k 0 la o the Countless Friends and Patrons Who Have Made Our Business Such a Pleasure Throughout 1 944 Our Sincere Wishes for a Very Merry Christmas Geo. A. Hunt Theatres, Ino. CRATERIAN RIALTO ROXY Edith R. Hunt, president. E. L. Childers, vlca-pres. W. H. Laveretta, taey-treat. ' STARTING TODA Y For 3 DA YS . . . Holiday Entertainment FOR ALU EDDIE BRACKEN in another PRESTON STURGES HIT! S .a miracle of laughter funnier than "Morgan's Creek"! It's tha Most Riotous Homecoming a Fallow Ivar spent . . At a Marina Ha'd Mike a Good Doormat! 1 l m) LA )&td m W Ho'""' t ' i!'Ti 1 DOHALD DUCK I i " " "1 l- ' ' in Walt Disney's . HI r&Ai JV-i'nald't Off Day" ' '' I t A ssss l' lr TECHNICOWR ' ' . II l! 3 H)(J V "Christmas Carols" Musical rHJjT ELLA RAINES HijTO WM. DEMAREST Franklin Pangborn l rTBJiiiti HiWiriiJ The sometimes hilarioussometimes sad story of a man whose ideals were a little too high! l rl M :- ij-L.'S.-.i McCREAmVw FOR ADDED LAUGHS: jf i ney ve uor i nar n . ' J li n - L poaraing nouia ncn rnar reacnes inro your JiesrtI BEULAH BONDI Percy Kilbride-Nina Fach and 'Betty " j FIELD 7 I nnnn 1 r. ': .. t : Hair Wttllua' " ''5,-vJ CAREY DEMAREST FranUln Portal PANGBORN '.HALL CONTINUOUS Today & Xmu Continuous Show Today & Xmaa DOORS OPEN AT 1:43 Dotty Goat Western in a Great Big Way I Dorothy LAMOUR DICK POWELL VICTOR MOORE In In Technl- COLO with OIL LAI CASS DALEY Milt Brltton at HIS BAND stLli mi i ijrritA ' 4
