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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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
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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
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