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:stery, "The, Maltes: be at the Broadwa Friday and Saturc and 20Cth, brings | seazon‘s most a‘j)le season‘ s â€" Im Based on a t#those "Thi kncwn to s: Falcon" is i yomance in fashion. As In the role of phrey Bogart c0:; of law and grace, and his pe boiled â€" private weakness for wor of his career. It which required t because it hits a hero and heel, an jJob to perfectiot given him by Ma in the cass. most able armc} a hard time pu murderer : befor does., Bogart â€"has â€" uCc tough guys in his in Peter Lorre, th merchant of menas est adversatry. WLif the resulting excite watching.: Others picture include i1 blonde widow wi‘th the males, Lee knowing secretary, and Elisha Cook, J [ ible villains, and various other wellâ€" Bogart and Mary _ pases _ # + | *The Maltese Falcon" Oof the title is AStOl’ Score n Hlt ‘a small black porcelain statuetts, ‘of | fabulous worth, and the story centres MYStery Pl(‘ture \atout the various attempts that are f I made to get possession of it, and the k C j murder and Aintrigue involved. The Fast Movmg‘ :m(l I’acked intricate plot is masterfully woven to e ienancga is * maintain suspense up to the very end with Su.\‘p(,n.w CR t The John Huston who adapted Hamâ€" Maltese I“d](‘(m. mett‘s novel for the screen and also w directed the production, has done exâ€" A fastâ€"movinz, suspenseâ€"packed myâ€" | tremely well at both jobs, with the reâ€" "erv. "The Maltese Palcon" which will |sult that ‘"The Maltese Falcon" be at the Broadway theatre Thursday, | emerges as swell entertainment â€"for Pridav and Saturdavy TIree I1i8th. 10th |the whole family. Fast: Moving and Packed with ~Suspense is "The Maltese Faleon." T onight is "Thin Toâ€"d After Midnight Sunday 1205 a.m., Monday to Woednesday 0R79 TWO FEATURE ATTRACTION®S ROBERT YOUNG and RUTH HUSSEY in and lion. Ma1 Added Action and Thrill Hit! aseâ€"packed myâ€" con" which will eatre Thursday, Dese. 18th, 19h her one of the s in one of the finge een a V , ne of the pictures. Hammett, are well b k CCA , _ NMUV but wily l giris she was big boned, broad shoulderâ€" s his ap1. | ed and husky voiced. She excelled in wa clash, | SWimming, basketball, tennis and of ell worth all thingsâ€"football. st of the Riding isn‘t menticned as one of her rge, as a | favourite pastimes because riding was x eve for | one cf thoss natural things to her. sart‘s allâ€" , She was almost born in the saddle, she reenstroet | said. . Little did she dream that in the ily plausâ€" saddle she would find the key to the i1limitable even the will have r on the detective nendable a hardâ€" with â€" a ‘TiZAtI0N andlinmz, between Friday Midnight and Saturday Humâ€" > éSide ind but «t lA ’o"fl“o~~"'~o'ooo41 Ann Sheridan Rode a Horse to Fame at Hollywood Starring Now in "N Blues," at the Palace. Ann Sheridan, Warner Bros.‘ ‘comph‘ girl like Lady Godiva, rode to fame on a horse! Ann rode the spectacular avenues of Burbank, Calif, clothed in glamour. Ann had ambition to be a movie star. Her horse carried her along the path which eventually led to fame and forâ€" tune. Ann Sheridan, who appears in Warâ€" ner Bros.‘ new comedy feature, "Navy Blues," at the Palace Theatre, Dec. 18 h to 20th, was born and bred in Denton, Texas. Her name then was Clara Lou. Typical of so many Texas ©‘100 For Someone‘s Photo aVvyV gates of fame and fortune pened this way: pened this way : While a student at North Texas State Teachers‘ College in Denton she won a trip to Hollywcod and a movie screen test. Her ambitions to gain recognition in the movies soared and when she was asked to rids in Western pictures Cartier Theatre Friday and Saturday, December 19th and 20th > l KNEW ALL THE ANSWERS" Wednesday and Thursday, December 24th and 2 25th "TEXAS RANGERS RIDE AGAIN" Toâ€"Night, Midnight Toâ€"night, Friday and Saturday, December 18th, 19th and 20th TELEPHONE 560 THREE SHOWS DAILY at 2.30, 7.00 and 9.00 p.m. SHORTâ€"Coloured Cartoon SPECIAL NEWS RELEASE! JAPS vs. U.S. AT WAR! â€" Savagely and without warning the Japs attack U.S. Pacific outpost with severe loss of life and property.â€"F.D.R. asks for a War Declaration. SEE ALL THIS IX THE NEWS, AND MORE. Sunday Midnigcht, Monday, Tnesday and Wednesday December 21st, 22nd. 23rd and 24th JEFFREY LYNN and CONsTANCE BENNETT in Thursday, Thursday, Midnight, Friday and Saturday War Clouds in the Pacific Coloured Cartoon There will be Continuous shows on CHRISTMAS cpening at 2.09 p.m. and shows starting at 2.35; ul h ds _A Bd x e _1 c .cs stt EDGAR BERGAN, CH \Rlll‘ \lc( ARTHY, FIBBER McGEE and MOLLY in "LOOK WHO‘S LÂ¥A UGHING" «HORT s Monday and Tuesday, December 22nd and 23rd "TIME OUT FOR RHYTHM" December 25th. 26th and 27th YOUR CHRISTMAS DAY ATTRACTION Showingz Toâ€"Nightâ€"Thursday, December 18th "BLONDIE IN SOCIETY" p _# # # ?‘0 # 3 b :0 # ; # .. + ##17" BORCUOPINE ADVANCE, TiMMINS, ONTARIO _ 2Ind Hitâ€""PHANTOM SUBMARINE TWO BIG HITS ommunity Prices" Every Day of Week \hrrmgâ€"â€"l()ll\' HOWARD and AKIM T‘\\IlR()l EF Cartoon f Latest War News "MARCH OF TIME" Titled "THUMBS® UP TEXAS" e 1+ SA Adih * ce mt \tarrmgâ€"lOA\ BENNETT and FRANCHOT TONE Starringâ€"ANITA LOUISE and BRUCE BENNETT SHORTâ€""Jai Alai" Starringâ€"BASL RATHBONE and ELLEN DREW SERIALâ€""Green Hornet Strikes Again"â€"No. 12 Starringâ€"PENNY SINGLETON and ARl LAKl 2nd Hitâ€""TILLIE THE TOILER" Starringâ€"KAY HARRIS and WM. TRACY SERIALâ€" "Green Hornet Strikes Again‘"‘â€"No. 13 2nd Hitâ€""THE MAD DOCTOR" Sihffingâ€"RlCHARl) DIX and VICTOR JORY SHORT: The Lone Mountie . 2nd Hitâ€""CHEROKEE STRIP" ANN MILLER and RUDY VALLEE and ORCHESTRA Telephone 2400 ANN SHERIDAN and JACK OAKIE in It all hapâ€" "NAVY BLUES" News of the World 00000..0000000000000000~0 DAQOAOOA“.O0.”.“.“.“.“.“.“.“.“.“.‘0.00.00 0..“.“.00.00.0 0.00. .+. + .% 4 4* _g* ##.. *4 % * * ®HORTS riding and little acting. One day she quit, got an agent and free lanced. She played in stock comâ€" ‘ panies, »acquired experience in acting, ;dialcgue and singing, and then she for recognition .until Warner ~Bros. took notice of her possibilities. ; Hex"lcap to the pot of gold at the end Oof the movie rainbow happened after Warner Bros. tagged her its ADULTS CHILDREN EVENINGS DAY ONLY with doors 1.38, 6.40 and 8.42 p.m ~ % % Coloured Cartoon ~ *»9 18¢ milky way along In "Navy Blues Her now uniform see it. That som uniform wearer â€" detract Blues." ByYUs,": / Mic mil Palace Theat midnight, Fric 19th and 20th Algonquins Make Appeal for More Recruits at Once Lt.â€"Col. K. A. Mahaffy, commanding officer of the Second (Reserve) Batâ€" talion of the Algonquin Regiment, isâ€" sued an appeal for recruits, last week, to bring the regiment up to their full wartime strength. _ The commanding officer asked for every ableâ€"bodied man available, assorting that the day when "it can‘t happen here" is past and that at this time it is important that every ableâ€"bodied man should learn the eleâ€" ments of selfâ€"defence. It was pointed out that every ableâ€" bodied men, between the ages of 18 and 50 years, should start now to preâ€" pare himself to defend his home and London in the Blackout Amazingly Black, Quiet! Thi= is the fourth of a series of artiâ€" cles zhout conditions in Great Britain and other countries visited by a group of Canadian rewspaper editors. It was written for the weekly newspapers of Canada by their own representative on the tour, Hugsh Templin, of the Fergus Newsâ€"Record. Canadian Weekly Newspaperman Tells of His Impresâ€" sions of the Nazi Bombing. Furious at the Wanton Destruction of Homes and Churches. Little Damage Done to Military Objectives. First impressions may not be accurâ€" ate, but they are always interesting. The first thing that any visitor to England wants to see is the damage done by the bombs. I was no excepâ€" tion. The airport where our plane had dropped us down on British soil was interesting in its way. but much like a dozen others I had vis¢ted in Canada. There were only two apparent differâ€" ences: the planes were of different types, though there were a few familiar Avro Ansons, and the buildings were protected against the blasts from bombs dropping nearby. ompany to be Raised to Full Wartime Strength. Men Between 18 and 50 Taken. The first blitzed house stood on a corner. «Or it had stoqd on the corner, for not a thing was left except a pile of bricks in the bas>ment. The houses on either side seemed undamaged, exâ€" cept for a few boardedâ€"upâ€" windows, but the corner one was gone as cleanly as though it had been carved out with a big knife. I thought to myself: "This is exactly As our car entered the city, we all looked around curiously for signs of damage. Rumours in Canada said that this ancient port was practically deâ€" stroyved. German versions said that the dock area was rendered useless. As we crosssed a bridge over the river, I looked at the shipping and saw no sign of damage to the docks. been hit. 1 stroyed. O up‘ it ~at 11 fireplaces v bit of heat floor of ons air.â€" with a what I C like the ; wanton Obviou: girl. She didn‘t like the name ut admitted that i; had the ouch and flung her into the ay along with the other stars. vy Blues" Ann joins the Navy. uniform is a delight to all who [hat some will hardly note the on account of watching the s a fact all right, but will n#t from the happiness of "Navy This new comedy of Warner Navy Blues," will be at the Theatre: Thursday, Thursday t. Friday and Saturday, 18th, 3€¢ 12e N1 AIT irche egulat 1ich I block, another house had wasn‘t as thoroughly deâ€" side wall remained, and rular intervals were the ch had once supplied a _its rooms. ‘Part of the pstairs room hung in the was that feeling that what I had expected. It e we drove down a long dozen houses missing at regular intervals After ings began to change. is the ruined churches. m had nothing left but .. On the main business tores were without winâ€" yere hollow shells. angry before long. This ze seemed so s»nseless. litary targets had not ey had been repaired so he effect was slight. It s that had suffered most 1Lo1 1 was crowded, a compartment This is exactly : it looks just country and added that there is a place in the resorve army for ever, man not on active sorvice. With the battalion now on a war establishment, there is pay provided tor its full wartime strength of 799 officers and men, and there is room for about half of that strength at the present time. ‘There is no reason why more than that amount of men couldn‘t be trained if they are available. The appeal was particularly adâ€" dressed to. Northern Ontario men as the Algonquin Regiment is the only Northern Ontario regiment in the army. ‘The headquarters company of the regiment is at Kirkland Lake and the other four companies are at Haileyâ€" bury, North Bay, Huntsville and Timâ€" mins. More equipment has been distributed to the regiment steadily, the latest being the addition of two new Bren Guns. Training will be stepped up to two nights each week after Christmas and in the summer each recruit will be required to spend two weeks at a miliâ€" tary camyp» in Southern Ontario. In "D" Company of the Regiment, which is located in Timmins, there is room for about fifty recruits to bring the regiment up to its full strength. Mr. McPherson gave some advice to his wife when they were expecting friends to tea. “Just mind, Jeannie," he said, "to put the suggarâ€"tongs in the basin, an‘ not a spoon." § L. m Lo e t C 20 C "But we have no lump sugar in the hoose," she expostulated. . "We have only granulated." "I was mindin‘ that!‘ said McPherson. tailed map of the railway line. I thought of the girl in the censpr‘s office and my map. But I never saw another one on a British train. Most of the railway stations have had the names obliterated or the signs torn down in the hope that invaders might get lost. London in the Blackout The train was about halfâ€"way to London when blackout time arrived at about halfâ€"past six. The guard came in and pulled down heavy blinds over all the windows and doors. Even the door out into the corridor had a blind on it. It was the first hint that there is nothing halfâ€"hearted about the British blackout. It‘s black. Inside the railway carriage, two dim lights kept the compartment in 4 state of somiâ€"darkness. One was a white light, set high up in a deep funnel in the roof. The other light, more exposed, was blue and did not give enough light to make it possible to read a newspaper. Of all the first impressions, none is more vivid than that of my arrival in London in the blackout. There was some doubt about whether the train had reached Paddington station or not but everybody seemed to be getâ€" ting out. One of the editors opened a door. There wasn‘t a thing to be seen except three scattered blue bulbs in a ceiling. high overhead.. Moving shapes came past: the door ; aflt one of ~themm answered ‘the ‘question * Ts this Padâ€" dington?" with a short, ‘"Yes, sir. Nobody who hasm‘t been there will ever believe how dark London can be in the blackout at the time of the new moon. Three blue bulbs really give no light at all: they just intensify the darkness. And London was not only dark, but quiet as well. This didn‘t seem like a railway station. Outside, not a light allowed in the city. Ssomehow, our hosts from the British Council found us, and they knew what to do. In a few moments, they had a porter hunting for a taxicab. Where he went, I‘ll never know, but he came back with two, and in the light of later experience, that was something of an achievement. Our staxi driver was old and his cab was ancient. Four persons and their luggage seemed like tco much of a load, but we entrussed ourselves to him, hoping he knew what to do. The only outdoor lights in London are traffic signals and the shelter signs. Even the traffic lights are covâ€" ered, except a tiny cross in the centre. The shelter signs have only a dim "S" showing on them. An Uncanny Quielness The feeling persisted that this could not possibly be the world‘s largest city. Sometimes the taxi would stop and a bus or some more taxis would go across the intersection. Each had one dim headlight, fitted with shutters so that it threw a circle of semiâ€"darkâ€" ness on the pavement. The windows of the buses were covered. They were just dim outlines as they passed. The tiny red cross at the corner would disappear and be replaced by a green one and the driver would start up again. some of the editors familiar with London in the past, asked him questions about the localities, Only‘once, at the corner of Hyde Park, did one of them guess correctly. I am told that London in normal HOLLAND BROS.â€"Pronrietors 143 COMMERCIAL AVENUE 2A RO Ss$ SUPERIOR FUELS HIGHEST QUALITY COAL OBTAINABLE â€"Edinburgh Scotsman Indications point to a coal shortage this Winter. Don‘t take chances while we can still fill your order! times is no‘sy at nignt, thorgh not 0 bad as New Yors. In the blackout, it is quiet. There seem to be no priva ® cars. Taxi and bus drivers must their way largely by instinet. The cab stopped under some kind of roof. A man with a tiny pocket flashlight helped us out and called 1 someone to take the bags. We passe one by one through a revolying j and emerged suddenly into‘ the th light of a holel lobby. There was something familiar about the place. ‘The feeling persisted e after 1 had been taken to my room and had looked into the bathroom with its Roman bath and Roval Doulton fixâ€" tures, reminders of past splendor. Then I remembered. I had seen this famous hotel in moving plctures long ago. Bomb Damage in London The next morning, I saw London for the first time.. Our hosts from the British Council came around in an old car and drove us around the centra@l part of the city, particularly that paft of Old London which had been deâ€" troyed by the Great Fire in 1666 and rebuilt better than it had been. NO\\ it has been destroyed again. EFast of St. Paul‘s Cathedral and north of Fleet Street, there is an area of almost a square mile with hardly a building standing. Perhaps you hawe seen _ that remarkable photograph which shows the great dome of St, Paul‘s standing up above a mass of smoke and flames, which in the foreâ€" ground the walls of ruined houses are silhouetted against the fire. I had wondered sometimes if that photograph was not faked. In a room of the Press Club in London, I saw the original, Walking through the ruins of the old City of London, it is still easy to p!c~ ture that terrible night. Many of the walls which stood . up in thatâ€"blackened area since the big Many of the walls which stood tp in thatâ€"blackened area since the big blitz last December have been torn down by demolition squads. Where there are basements, they have been cemented and turned into water reâ€" servoirs for fighting future fires, This was an area of office buildings and publishing houses, with a numbet of fine old churches and some of the most famous eA4ministrative buildings. It was burned in a concentrated blitz one weekâ€"end before the Londoners had learned how to fight the incendiary bomb. I don‘t think it could ever hapâ€" pen again. A large bombing plane might carry a thousand of them. They are showered down by hundreds and are just heavy enough to go through a slate rcof. It is two minutes or so fore they burst into flame. Every secâ€" ond counts. The incendiary bomb can be conquered in the first two or three minutes. After that, it takes the fire brigade to do anything about it. Strangely enough, the things that touch the heart of the obss»rver ‘in desolate areas like this are the small things. In ruined houses, it is dolls or other toys lyving around; in former office buildings, it is battered typeâ€" wxitexs piled up, a dozen or 50‘ toâ€" gethm or some other evidence of the normal life that was once carried on there. Yet even in the midst of this desolâ€" ation, I had the feeling that the Gerâ€" man bombers had failed. They had not even tried to hit military targets. It is thought that they tried to wipe out the whole of London‘s fire fighting apparatus. They didn‘t succeed. The fire brigades were massed in that small area and more bombers came over, dropping high explosive bombs. Sudâ€" denly they stopped coming. It is said that a mist arose back over the Chanâ€" nel and it was feared they could not return safely. Whether that was the reason or not, London‘s fire fighters escaped to fight another day. Seeing other parts of London later, T â€"félt / again and again that the Gerâ€" man bombers had failed. They deâ€" stroyed thousands of houses and stores and offices and dozens of churches. They did get many factories along the Thames. But they not only failed to frighten the British people: they also missed many Oof the most temptinig targets, American Anthracite Canmore Briquettes Rosedaleâ€"Big Horn Canadian and Grenadier Stoker For instance, every ‘bridge over the Thames is in operation. It is said not one has been hit though thousands‘ of boembs have gone into the water in an attempt to cut traffic. There are temâ€" porary bridges which can be quickly finished if any bridge is destroyed. They have never been needed. I wandered through the dock area near Tower Bridge one day. The little houses in the East End have taken a bad punishment. In two places, I saw vacant lots piled high with bricks that must have come from hundredg; of houses. But the docks were still in cperation as usual with convoys going out the Thames. It was obvious thit Tower Bridge its>lf had never been hit. The Tower of London has lost only a corner of one small bastion. There hasn‘t been any bombing in London lately. It is now five months since the last bombs have fallen on the capital. Only once while T Was in London did an enemy plane ever come near the city. From the roof‘ of a newspaper office, I watched the llashes of the antiâ€"aircraft guns AWaV to the east, The German never got There was bombing going on all that time, but it was around the coasts of Britain. I came through a bombâ€" inz one night in Bournemouth, and will tell of it in a later story. But conâ€" ditions have cbviously changed. The Germans no longer have superiority in the air. Defences are It doesm‘t seem likely that the British will be "blitzed" again as they were last winter:; ackual invasion seems im WIit ble PAGE PITYB TIMMINS