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Oshawa Daily Times, 28 Jun 1930, p. 7

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THE OSHAWA ------ 'DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1930 PAGE SEVEN 7 J A pr Who's Who & What's What in the Amuse ment World Interesting Pen Impres. sions of the Coming Attractions on ... THE LOCAL SCREEN tage. Stars Sing in "Lord Byron of B'dway" i Two well-known stage stars. will Boe their sereen debut when "Lord yton of Broadway," Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayer's allalking comery with | Music opens today at the Regent Theatre, The stars are Charles Kaley, Broadway juvenile, recently of "Earl Carroll's Vanities," and Ether lind Terry, for three yours; star oi Zegleld's, "Rio Rita," Also featured in the production are Marion Shilling of "Wise Girly)" Cliff Edwards, bet- ter known as "Ukulele Ike," Gwen Lee and Benny Ruby, The story, adapted from the novel hy Nell Martin, was directed under the joint supervision of William Nigh und Harry Beaumont, Nigh, who Chine 10 tue prouuetiun divedt irom #4 succession of Lon Chaney vehicles, Kept mis' eye on the plot vilues of the film, while Beaumont, whose lust picture was the successful "Broad. wiy Melody," luid stress on the musi cal features, Crane Wilbur and Wil. lard Mack collaborated on the dia- logue and continuity, Following the popular trend of such pictures as "The Hollywood Revue," "Devil May Care" and "It's u Great Life," the production cone tains a variety of catchy tunes writ- ten by Nacio Merb Brown and Ar- thu Freed, composers of "Singin' in the Rain," "Wedding of the Painted Doll," and other hits, I'he new num- bers include "Should 17" "A Bundle of Old Love Letters," "The Woman in the Shoe" and "Only Love is Real" GIRL OF TWO YEARS | SWIMS 200 YARDS Detroit, June + 26,~Braviuk choppy seas off . 5 Point Vil Inge, recrention docks, Little' Mar Jorie Best, two y'ars old, set » distance swimming record for children under three, Diving ofi the docks after u pose that would have done credit to Annette Kel- ferman, the child swam more thay 200 yards behind wu row boat pl Joted by her father, Jack Best, swimming instructor at the Coun try Club, It was the first time Marjork had heén In the open water and she appeared to enjoy diving through the waves, Her father pulled her into the host at the end of thé second 100 yards, but she was still fresh ang pleaded to ge back into the whiter, The child was the feature of the outdoor program of the River. Clee KBdwards, Marion Shilling, "Lord Byvon of Broadway" st A Charles Kaley asd Bid Flynn in Hogent Theatr, f SA 1: SA side Kiwanis Club, Charles Kaley jn "Lord Byron of Broadway" at Regent' Theatre, DOG HERD AMONG DISASTER VICTINS Had, Just Been Awarded Medal for Rescuing One of Crew Last Spring Brockville, June 28.--"King" A large police dog that was the pet MODEL TOWNSITE NEAR PRESCOTT Syndicate Planning Develop- ment of 800 Acres Near New Elevators (By Canadian Press Leased Wire), 28, ="Tributnry | . v nnd | Alice White and Marshall Neila join Columbia's array of promin ul ent names this week, when shooting stats on a model townsite which) will eventually represent $2,500,000 ONG SHOTS AND CLOSE UPS | A GENERAL REVIEW OF SCREEN ARTIVITIES Pallette 1 » » Western with music, originally mate of Lon Chaney under Neilan's direction, with M In his | ' FLICKERS FROM PILMDOM AND GOSIP OF THE ECREEN | "I'he Sea God," George Abbott's second direglorial undertaking for Paramount, has gone nto production on an island In the Pacific Ocean Richard Arlen hab the steller role, supported by Fay Wray and Fugene Lee Moran, featured comedian came me of the few remaining special productions on the company's current season program, Al Christie ' is being planned on B00 acres of ' " in "Pardon My California a Gun," new Pathe the dapce team ' ¥ "Sweethearts on Parade," White heading a prominent cast is producing ' overy Important part of the Empire, TELEPHONE SERVICE, ENGLAND TO INDIA London, Eng.==It will soon be possible to telephone from England to India, "It was sated by the Post Office Department that, if the negotiations now under way are successful, the operation of the ser. vice in this country would be simi- lar to that with Australis, with a transmitting station at Rughy and the yecelving station st Baldock, Hertfordshire, This will megs the connection hy telephone of dlmost i of the system in high school entrance and lower Achool have been good, The committee which recom: mends the new departure was ap: pointed In 1028 ald consists of roprésentatives of the Department of Fducation, the universities of the provinee, and the high schon) Tr Western Thrillers "Enjoy Renewed Popular Appeal The advent of sound in motion ples but th tures has given an entively new ini petus to that old favorite==the West~ ern melodrama, ideal for the screen becanse of the splendid opportunity it gives for ple« turecque outdoor camera work, had up to the appearance of the talkies fallen on evil days iy waning popularity was much the fact that this type of pig: ture had lost its hold on the publige t there was so little novelty in the plots used, the stories featured wild riding cow boy humor exclusively=-and falled to piress that clement=romance, This type of story The reason for not se I'hen, too, most of "Call of the West," Columbia's all talking outdogs to play at the New Martin Theatre to-day is an excellent example of the new type of Western that has capture romance scheduled prineipi ls ed the public fancy at the present time, While the virile spirit gf outdoor life, which Is the greatest charm of the "Westerns" has been fully pres served, it is used as wu background for an unusually dramatic and appeal ing story, An element of contrast Is introduced by the fact that the out. and falls in the matriculation test| door scenes vie with glimpses of vivid there is possibility of considera: | Wight club life, on the Gay White tion helng given to him, Way If this plan goes Into effect Popular Matt Meare plays the there will atl be the matriculs: | virile Westerner and dainty Dorothy tion examinations for Upper Behool | Revier plays the heroine, Among the and for those who have failed to| well-known cowboy favorites who obtain the required 66 per cent. |eontribute realism to the outdoor necessary for recommendation, The | background are Buff Jones, Tom examinations for correspondence | O'Brien, Nick De Ruig, Ford West, sehonls and some private schools | und Vie Potel, Albert Ray directed will still he held, Students apply AL present, sithough the candi dates for matriculation write ex. aminations, 'there is a "confiden tial report" sent in b, the teacher to the Department of Education If the student obtains high stand ing during the course at schon) FERRI INET ARAN Et Ra iN Rea nb eel LE LE GR Riva SALVAGING OF BIG WATERPOWER TUBE: VERY UNCERTAIN: Scientist Tried " Harness! Gulf Stream, But Experi = ment Failed ' am ES ry Havana, Cuba, June 28~Doubt is5 expressed that the $1,000,000 tubes which hroke its moorings and sanks 'to the hotiom of the ocean off Miat+% anes could he salvaged, y The tube, built hy Professors Georges Claude, French scientist, ins an effort to revolutionize Industry hv putting the Gulf Stream to work, wisp a mile long and large encugh for a young hoy to walk through ereet . When the valves on the compressed alr tanks at the extreme end of the tube were opened the dead weight of th huge contraption of corrugnt+2 ed steel snapped the ineh-thick cables holding it to the share and the tube sank in nearly 4,000 feet of water . ingineers sald the tube would® hreak (nto its component parts if ans attempt were made to bring it tal the surface again, ing for province-wide scholarships will also have to write the exami nations, The report of the committee in. eludes (he following suggestions: v Universal will resmake "Merry Go Round" as a musical drama, star ring John Boles with Jeanette Loft, The first musical composition, en s. An Ottawa firm of architeets| titled "Merry Go Round," has been composed by Lau Handman with are reported to have heen given| words by Bernla Grossman Four ether songs will he interpolated the task of supervising all plaas EPR ' Ld land purchased hy a private syn dieate four miley east of Prescott "In order to give efféct to the nhove recommendations, the com mittee beg to suggest the follow: ing divections to principals and of the crew of the drill boat J, B. King, and that was only this week awarded 4 gold medal under tlantic City i is always SP. | t'in season" There's never 3. dul ~apor y= 190 hrm I bY gy Aim Hi cL {| TIN mn One of rhe Finest Holels In Atlantic City u work or 8 week-ond enjoy t wry LT SA " ~ SYanLBING THE OCEAN i ev Hpratt's dog hero award for her olsm displayed oft the Government breakwater at Brockville last Spring, Ia numbered among the victims of the disaster off Cock- burn Island, As the drill. boat was under: going repairs off the breakwater here one day last Spring when fee conditions were treacherous, Jagk Wylle, of Broekville, one of her crew, went through the {ce as mig'hinery was being moved across It from the shore, "King", who was playing about the cralt and who was as devoled to the crew As they were to him, immediately Jumped Into the fey water aud heroically brought Wylle to the surface after he had become un conscious and was nbout to drown Hin exploit was given widespread publicity at the time with the re. sult that word reached a local newspaper office only Thursday of the award to him of the gold med. for structures to be erected with In the townsite and they ara al ready drawing plans for a large garage. Already 200 necres of the 80v Acquired have heen sub-divided into building lots with streets marked out and In some places already cut through, It in esti mated that at least 100 housos will be put up on the townsite In due course, along with commer cial buildings, churches and other | Aructures co' mon to a self-con | tuined community, | The new townsite has already] been given the name of Port Pres. | cott, | |] hah made a fortune, out of tinned beet, Bully! : A writer' on sugeess says that people should notice the little things In life. Forgers, of course, "Right back where 1 started, from," veyed the clothes he wears in Maver Hobart Bosworth has been signed by of "Z«Four,' an inventor, in "Just Imagine,' by DeSviva, Brown and Henderson bertson will provide the love interest in the new DeSylva, Brown and Henderson picture to be directed hy David Butler, . . add Rube Goldberg quit funning long enough ta give serious considera ton to finding a juvenile, lead for "Soup to Nuts," his original screen choice was Stanley Smith, the tall, blue eyed, Nght e who played opposite Naney Carroll in "Sweetie" and he seen soon in "Queen High" one of the leading singing and dancing juveniles of the audible screen since his debut in "Sophomore : tory His final haired juver "Honey" and will Margaret Adams, one of Carl Laemmle, Jr.'s discoveries on his last trip east, resigned from "Three Little Girls" Saturday and entrained for She has a gorgeous voice, a heautiful face and figure and # limitless future on the screen, in the apinion of her discoverer, Universal City for his tramp sailor role with John Gilbert Way for a Sailor," being directed by Sam Wood for Metro-Gotdwyn It is the author's first acting job hb Ari Adal observed Jim Tully as he sur Fox Films to portray the role "a musical romance writtén Maureen O'Sullivan and Frank Al Stanley has hecome - -- al for a display of "unusual canine intelligence.' often pick up a plece of paper and make a note of it, STERN CONTROL OFEMOTIONS 1S HARD ON HEART Accounts for Much Heart Disease, Says Famo 's Datroit, June 88~Clvilised men, through the stern control they exert over thely emotions, probably throw extra 'wiress on their hearts, thus accounting for their physical deteriorations, Dr, W, J. Mayo, of the famous Mayu Clinle at Rochester, Minn, sald at the annual convention of the American Medieal Association, As a cake In point, Dr, Mayo mentioned the number ol surjmons who die of heart disease, Lhe men, he sald, being compelled Dr, Mayo, one of the Ww most famous specialists, paid tribe ute to the part general practition- ors play in the advance of surgery and the development of new methods and ideas, Chrofife rheumatism was classed as the most widespread of all chronic digenses, and the most fn: portant cause of social and indus. frinl handicaps hy hh Robert WB, Osgood, Dodton, orthopedic sur geon, Uso of heat lamps, friction and other forms of heat on cancer wus denounced by Dr, Albert Helland, Application of heat or massage directed to a slowly growing eans cer on the surface, where all the patient's protective mechanism is working to destroy the Invading cancer, cells, promotes leoal oir culatton, thus stimulating the abe normal cells and scattering them onto recesses of the body {o form oxtonslons of the original cancer, Dr, Bolland sald, 'Metals, serumas and" a host of other agent have clamored tor recognition 'and have heen found wanting," he said, "while through gradual Improvement of the tech: nfo of surgery and radiation the peroentage of cancer oases whieh have romained "euved" for as long an flve years without o recurrence han hoon raised from 10 to 40 per osnt, in the past 40 years," Reports that the rm whidh causes the commo't eold had been discovered and fsolafed by Dy, J, A, Phettter, of the Maryland Medi: OAl school, were scouted Ly Mv 'Morris. Fishbein, editor of the Journal of the association, MATRICULATION ON YEAR'S WORK, NOT EXAMINATIONS Premier Predicts Change in| High School and Col. | | legiate Tests Toronto, June 28. The time 1s not far dlstant when students ut Ontario high schools and collegl- ates will not have to write malrl. culation examinations, according to Premier G, Howard Ferguson, who is also Minister of Hdueation, A aystem of recommendations hy teachars, hased on the entire year's work, is being considered by a special committee, with the approval of the Minister of Bdus ohtion, and they not only have reported in favor of such a. scheme for the pupils obtaining 64 per cont, during the examinations of the school year, hut thelr report is vecelving favorable considera tion by the printipals of (he #chools toncerned, "It Will necessarily take a little time," the Premier said, "for it concerns not one university but RIL universities In the province, It 1s not being rushed, but is being carefully considered, and 1 see no reason why it should not he an actuality," ' Careful Investigation The Department of Kduoatioy has carefully gone into the facts congerning the arrangement of recommendation, The schemes sug: geated in somewhat simflar to the Arrangement now in farce for high schools entrance and lower schoo! ecommendation, The present plan to include middie school exami Nationa, the equivalent of pass matriculation, The plan has been suggested not only to save money to the prove Ince, the Department of Kduoa: | Hon hn Keats, but will save the In placed upon studonty by writing examinations, Tests conducted by the depart: ment showed that in an average YOAY, an lant year, the teachers' "oonfidentinl reports' would have enabled 80 per cent, of those writ Ing the examinations to pass with: out trying martioulation papers. It wag Also stated that stand: ards would not he lowered if this went inte effeqt, fivat yoar of n or in the normal The teachers themgelves it {4 stated, have never objected to making these reports, and the eof teachers as well r= to candidates; "1, At the end of April each candidate for middie school stand Ing shall £11 out his application as heretofore, "2, Not earlier than June #, ann not Iater than June 12, the prin. cipal shall notify candidate of the paper or papérs on which he has obtained an average of at least 64 per cent "3, There shall he no anneal tn the Deparimart ot! 1 against the decision of the prime cipal and stal ju oe ) student. who has not obtained an average of at least 68 per cent, 4, A candidate who falls te obtain 66 per cent. shall take Lhe departmental examinations," \ A ll RA J IN Wii. ISO} Avenue 0 : A Hotel Distinctively Different' ORES COMPLETED IN UNEX TLANTIC CELLED COLONI BLA ; Now Ready for pa (CRIN i» All TALKIN{ ------ Tuesday and Wednesday |] 4 JL HA Wapitor® NCSA nent HE WROTE HIS BIGGEST SONG HITS -- out of Broken hearts The true story of Tin-Pan Alley has never been told before! Beneath its melodies lie the tense drama dnd romance of those whose lives make the nation's songs. Here is the tale spiced with song hits, made beautiful with gorgeous Technicolor. with CHARLES KALEY, ETHELIND TERRY ~ CLIFF EDWARDS, MARION SHILLING TONIGHT WEDNESDAY 7 A Ganiinuity A fl 0 Mesto hy Wil: {hn Ugh and arry Heaumont, "POLLY MORAN AND MAUZ DREISLER in E x 'CAUGHT RA ---------- SHORT' won I a ------

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