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Interesting Pen Impres- sions of the Coming Attractions on ... - Who's Who & What's What in the Amuse ment World TM ------------ Broadway SHccess "Follow Thru" New Show At Regent . "Follow Thru" 'has come to the au- screen. This widely acclaimed Mandel musical which played oes for ity four weeks on Broadway is at the Regent today and Monday, with two of Paramount's most popular Charles Rogers and Nancy Carroll in the leading roles. Also prominent- ly cast in the roles they made fam- on the New York stage, are ¢lma O'Neal, the "Button Up Your ( t" girl, and Jack , her youthful and peppy partner in fun, ... Follow Thee is frat rate er, tainment. story is romantic gay. The comedy is often hilarious, and the songs, some of them hits from the origin! show, some of them brand new, are the kind that keep oudiences in a whistling humor, The entire production, photograph- ed throughout in Technicolor, is: smart and diverting, for which credit must be given Lawrence hwab of Schwab and Mandel, pro- gaa of the origi show, journeyed to Hollywood to lend his al aid to the efforts of director Bley Corrigan. : «The song hits of the original show je featured in the screen version of ollow Thru" They are "Button Pp Your Overcoat," sung by that ert Irish Miss, Zelma O'Neal, and ooh Haley, and "I Want to Be Bad," which is joyfully put over by the ementioned Zelma. The new songs include "A Peach of a Pair," sung by Charles T'ogers and Nancy Carroll, "It Must Be You" and "Then I'll Have Time For You." The Rogers-Carroll number "A Peach of a Pair" is a particularly tuneful song that should prove one of the new season's outstanding hits. In support of the leading players afe Thelma Todd, that stunning ly character roles; and Margaret Lee and Don Tomkins, whole of the empire. members of the original stage com- remember any conference such significance and such possibill- try for good," he said, pany. AF allow Thru®.is the first co-star- ring picture for Nancy Carroll and ALharles Rogers since "Illusion." It s"an auspicious new beginning for a t "Our Blushing Brides," SMUTS ENTHUSED Opportunity For Great Bri- General Jan Christian Smuts, for- mer prime minister and now leader of the opposition, blond beauty of the screen; Fugene' meeting described the present Im- llette, creator of innumerable com- perial Conference as Albert (iran, thing that had happened in the Canada and New Zealand are de- pressed," General Smuts sald. "This series of co-starring pictures which Paramount plans to produce for these two youngsters, he same programme with this t Ratyie is. a gollicking hays as well as nfeuding Ao broadcast. With Joan Crawford At Regent on Tuesday Beaumont, who filed the orig] "Onn Dancing Daughters," picture, directed the talkie companion to it, "Our Blushing Brides," which will come Tuesday to the Regent Theatre with Joan Crawford starred and Anita Page and "Dorothy Sebas- tian again sharing feminine honors. Robert Montgomery. is the leading man and the supporting cast includes who | Ra: in pa ymond Hackett, Hedda Hopper, John Miljan, Gwen Lee and Mary Doran, OVER CONFERENCE tain and Colonies to De- velop Mutual Trade Pretoria, South Africa, Oct. 25-- at a political the biggest He did not "with "England today is very deep in rouble and South Africa, Australia, t a [2 |e Jk t good for the British Empire that no other conference ever had and I result in securing a deal would give Great Britain an in- MOTHER OF TWO Cote sent her. two young children out to play and then, alone in her home, drank a large quantity of paris green poisoning. r Pp her writhing in pain floor when he came home from work. He advances no reason for the rash '| act of his wife, ence has a chance for doing hink it would be a first-class cal- mity if this conference does not which reased market in the dominions nd the dominions increased mar- ets in Great Britain." » a TAKES OWN LIFE Hull, Que., Oct. 25~Mrs. Emelien after d found died Her h on the kitchen soon hy She The surviving children are aged McNamee, newsreel | PHONE SERVICE T0 New Circuit Longest in Reg- ular Use--Cost $15 Per Minute AUSTRALIA STARTS, 'ONG SHOTS AND CLOSE UPS FLICKERS FROM FILMDOM AND GOSSIP OF THE SCREEN A GENERAL REVIEW OF SCREEN ACTIVITIES ------ New. York, Oct. 26.~~The Ambri- can Telephone and Telegraph Com- pany anpounced yesterday that fit will inaugurate regular commercial telepbone service between North America and Australia next Monday. established for regular commercial telephony, consists principally of two radio links, one across the At- lantic and the other between Eng- land and Australia. With the wire lines Involved, the circuit between' New York and Sydney is more than , 14,000 miles long. The service was arranged in co- operation with the British and Aus- tralian Post Offices and the Aus tralian Amalgamated Wireless Com- ny. In Australia the service will cov. er Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoris and the City of Ade- laide. The cost of a call between New York and any Australian point will be $45 for the first three minutes and $15 per each additional min- ute. The entire program of Pathe features for 1929 and the current year have been sold for Roumanian distribution to Victor Telescou, of Buch- arest, Among the pictures included in the deal are "Holiday," "Her Man," and "Swing igh" of Pathe's 1930 nit program, Mr. Telescou sailed this week for Roumania to start the exploitation of the product, The title, "Fast and Loose," has been chosen for the Paramount pic- The new circuit, the longest ever, (ure tentatively called "The Best People," from the Broadway stage suc- cess of that name by Avery Hopwood, In the cast are Carol Lombard, Frank Moran, Miriam Hopkins and Charles Starrett. * Ld Irvin Cobb, noted author, humorist and sportsman gives some angling philosophy to Grantland Rice in the Pathe Sportlight "Cobb Goes Fishing, produced by Van Beurcn Corporation, Ld * Going to sea in a 150-foot schooner, with a full staff, camera ani sound en and ship's crew, but without a single "actor, is John Ford's method of commencing his story of neath," for Fox Movietone, wartime submarines, "The Seas' Be- The schooner will be at sea three weeks during the making of the picture, Warner Bros. will shortly release A * "River's End," based upon James Oli ver Curwood's most popular novel of the Great Northwest, and rated among the finest romances ever written about the Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Charles Bickford is the mountie who gets his man and the other man's woman, CHINA REFUSES T0 BE RESPONSIBLE Warned Missionaries Leave Bandit-Infested Areas (By Cangdian Press Leased Wire) Shanghal, Oct. 25. -- The Na- tionalist Government has moves again to crush the bloody Com- munist war on Christians in China, as pew reports of outrages against foreigners were reported. Foreign Minister Wang an- nounced the Government will throw "its full strength {nto crush: ing the Reds," who recently mas sacred thousands of persons and plundered foreign missions as a part of a campaign of wholesale murder, robbery and incendiarism in Kiangsi Province, The minister, insisted, however, the Government could not be held responsible for safety of forelgn- ers who persisted In remaining in dangerous areas. Informed missionaries were formed to flee from Jaochow, Kingtechen and Kian to save their lives from Reds waging bitter war- fare upon foreign and Chinese Christians, Wang sald: "Communism," he sald, "at present is an abstract problem in the United States and other na- tions. It has become an active menace in China, therefore the Government, plans to throw its ful) to wo and three years. strength into crushing the Reds." Ra Fad Meet The Happiness Foursome of AAA 4 TARR mes a A Paramount Musical Comedy + + FILMED ENTIRELY IN TECHNICOLOR i 2s 8k i » : "4 Mehwad & Mandel ' © Production -- With -- harles Rogers Nancy Carroll EUGENE PALLETTE = THELMA TODD NANCY and Buddy proving that golf is the world's most romantic game! In the musical comedy hit that played 54 weeks on Broadway! 'Zelma O'Neal, the "Button Up Your Overcoat' girl is 'also hilariously cast in the .role she made famous on the New York stage! JACK HALEY Other Enjoyment Arranged For You MACK SENNETT TALKING COMEDY 's Girl" featuring ANDY CLYDE SOVIET PLAN 15 BEHIND SCHEDULE Yet Paper Predicts Industrial Scheme Wi Succeed (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Moscow, Russia, Oct. 25.--~lzvestia, organ of the central executive com- mittee of the Communist party, has admitted that the Soviet five year industrialization plan finished its second year October 1 five per cent below schedule, yet in an editorial the paper claims a great victory all along the line for Communist gov- ernment, The biggest deficiency was shown in the light industries which showed only an eleven per cent increase against the 23 per cent planned. The newspaper calls attention to a 381 per cent increase in industries to which the government devoted great. est attention this being only 26 per cent under the increase expected. The paper is jubilant especially at what it terms the great success of collective farming, and it claims dur- ing the year a total of 128700000 hectares were cultivated of which 38,000,000 were cultivated in collec- tivist fashion, The figures were claimed to exceed the five year plan by 23,000,000 hectares ' Izvestia also calls attention to 12, 000 tractors and 40,000,000 roubles (about $240,000,000) worth of machin- ery distributed during the year. Fai- lure of the light industries to achieve the schedule figures is laid to Jack of raw materials, a lack which it is expected to overcome during the third year of the plan, Attention is called to an increase of 60 per cent in the 1930 cotton crop and of 150 per cent in the sugar beet erop. "Fhe national income for 1930 is 33,000,000,000 roubles," (about $19, 800,000,000) the paper said, "of which two-thirds are in the hands of socia- lized sectors. Conditions. necessary for a wide Socialist advance on all fronts are fully ripe. The Bolshevik five year plan is achieving great vie- tories. It could and must be carried out in four years." COLUMBJA GIVEN T0 NOTED FLIRS Boyd and Connor Agree to Defer Return Flight Until Spring (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Oct. 25--~Capt. Errol Boyd and Lieutenant Corinor have yielded to pressure and will not make their return flight to Canada until Spring. When the airmen eventually make the flight they will do as owners of | the Columbia, for Sherwin Cotting- ham, aviation enthusiast, formerly of Montreal, has bought the veteran plane from Charles A. Levine and presented it to Boyd and Connor on condition that they do not fly the At- lantic again this ear. don Business Man Montreal, Oct. 25.--Sherwin Cot- tingham, mentioned in a London de. spatch as having presented the monoplane Columbia te Captain Er- rol Boyd and Lieut, Harry P. Connor the two men who recently flew it across the Atlantic, is a former resi- dent of Montreal, now in business in London. He is vice-chairman of Lewis Berger and Sous, Limited paint manufacturers, °* Mr. Cottingham is the son of the late Walter HI, (Bttingham, chairman of the Sherwin-Williams Paint and Varnish Company of this city. His brother. W. C. Cottingham, is assist- ant to the president of that firm, and Sherwin Cottingham is a director. He has lived a great part of his life in the United States and was at one time attached to the United States Air Force. ¥ BRITAIN WOULD NOT PUT WREATHS i ON SOLDIER TOMBS Suggests That Practice Dur- ing Official Visits be Discontinued (By Canadian Prom Leased Wire) London, Oct. 25.--~The British Foreign Office, wishing to discour- age the perpetuation of memories of wartime aptagonisms, has pro- posed to all European Govern- ments that henceforth memorial wreaths should 'not be laid on cenotaphs or tombs of unknown soldiers during official visits, The Labor Government bas Is sued no formal anvouncement of the step, but it fs confirmed by the department officials, The Govern- ment feels that in normal interna tional intercourse the less em- phasis on war the better, Place No Wreaths The suggestion implies that for- eign visitors refrain from placing wreaths on the London Cenotaph, and that British representatives observe the same convention abroad. The Foreign Office fee's that at this late hour there is little use in reviving war memories In this fashion, Moreover, British of- ficlals believe that ceremonies of this kind cause in the public mind a nenewal, however slight, of the wartime bitterness between the former allies and their former enemies, It is remarked that the placing of wreaths on the symbol! of the nation's war dead is scarcely suit. able for a mechanical part in the Youtine of official visits, Received Donbtfully The Laborite proposal was ap- nlauded by the Daily Herald, bu! the Conservative Dally Telegraph strongly disapproved of it. In an editorial entitled "An Act of Offensive Folly," the Telegraph says that such a decision would seem indecent as well as foolish to the generation that knew the war, ANITA PAGE Who will be seen on , the Regent screen next Tuesday and Wednes- day with Joan Crawford, Dorothy Sebastian and Robert Montgomery in "Our Blushing Brides." a rt woo FARM LAND AREA FOUND IN NORTH Will Make Good Agricultur- al District When It Is Opened Up " (By Canadian Press Leased' Wire) Toronto, Oct. 25.--~In Northern Untario along the Manitobs boun- dary there is level, open country that might in time make good agricultural land, Duncan R. Derry of the Ontario department of minse and an official of the Mani- toba aepartment, found when they journeyed to northern Ontario with a party of the Dominion typo- graphical survey under J. W. Plerce. The survey had gone to this out-of-the-way territory to cut out and survey the Inter- provincial boundary line between Ontario and Manitoba on the twelfth base line and latitude 652 degree 40 feet. CANNOT LOCATE CLAIMANTS FOR WAR REPARATIONS Hearings in Toronto District Fixed for November 4and 5 Ottawa, Oct, 26,---Difficulty in locating a number of claimants for war reparations in Ontario and Quebec, Is handicapping the work of the Reparations Commis- sion. The commissioner, Errol M MeDougall, K.C,, has just com- pleted ! gs in Maritime Prov- inces aud, beginning October 31, will consider cases in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Some 12 persons who have made claims for damages arising out of illegal acts of warfare, cannot be located, For this reason they can not be notified of the time and place of the hearings. Most of the persons who can- not be found claim damages In connection with - the torpedoing of ships at sea. Some complain of the loss of relatives, of Joss of property and some of bodily in. Jury from the activities of Ger- man submarines in the Atlantfe. One or two of the cases arise out of the sinking of the Lusitania. The persons sought by the commission are Mrs. Emilia C. Davie, Toronto; Elizabeth Jones, Bradford, Ont,; Mrs, Jessie Ren- nle, Toronto; John O'Sullivan, To- ronto; George H. Fowler, Mont- real; Mrs, Mary Alexander, Queensville, Ont.; Mrs. Elizabeth Robertson, Toronto; Thomas 8. Boulton, Montreal; Stanley A. Abbott, Montreal; Charles Edgar Leslie, Montreal; Mrs. Elizabeth C. Gardner, Toronto, A. C. Barnes: Torontd; Samuel Cranston and A N. McKinnon, on whose behalf the Great War Veterans Association of Toronto entered a claim. The hearings in Ontario have heen fixed as follows: Ottawa and district, Oct. 31%: Belleville and district, Nov. 1: Toronto and dis- sriet, Nov. . St. Catharines and et, Nov, 3; Wi i Fi By ndsor and dis- BROKER GUILTY OF $250,000 THEFT Head of Quebec and Ontario Firm May Appeal Decision Montreal, Oct, 25.--~Maurice J. Bouliane, former head of the brok- erage firm bearing his name, with branches in Quebec and Ontario, was found guilty yesterday of theft of approximately $250,000 moneys entrusted to him by clients. It was intimated by counsel for the de- fense that the verdict would be ap- pealed. Sentence will be passed Monday. The jury was out 40 minutes, Mr. Justice Wilson, in his charge to the jury, observed that the accused was the sole owner of the busi- ness bearing his name and it was up to the jury to believe or disbelieve Boullane's contention that he did not know what was going on in his branch office. His Lordship said Boullane knew he was making a lot of money and that it would be strange for a man of his age and experience not to know from what source it came, | TRADE MEN FAVOR TARIFF PREFERENCE (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Wellington, N. Z, Oct, 25.--The Associated Chambers of Commerce of New Zealand yesterday decided to cable to' Premier G. W. Forbes, now | attending the imperial Conference in B London, express appreciation of his efforts to secure a system of im- perial tariff preference. The message will -say they will ladly- give Great Britain arift pre- erence but they view with some mis- giving the suggested scheme of insti: Ken Maynard Here Ken Maynard flashed onto the screen of the New Martin Theatre Saturday in one of the.strongest and most gripping of one of his famous action pictures, "Song of the Cab- allero," produced for Universal, is a stirring romance of early California, remarkable boil for the ty of its background and the thrilling quality of its action, Maynard portrays a Robin Hood of old California, who preys only on one great family of the region, reason for this comes to light in & thrilling climax. A pleasing ro» mance runs through the cture, Doris Hill enacting 'the part of a beautiful daughter of an old Spanish family. Tenseness of the action is reliev- ed by comedy of excellent lity, The charm of the production is con- BUSINESS SHOWS TREND UPWARD Fisher Body and Other Firms Resume Fulltime Operation (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New York, Oct. 26..--A series of items of business cptimism sang across the wires of the nation yes- terday--the first anniversary of the stock market crash, They told of several thousand men being called back to full-time jobs, of plants preparing to resume normal operations and, in one in- stance, of an increase in wages. President Hoover's committee on unemployment began funection- ing at Washington, and municipal agencies made definite movements for the relief of local conditions, None would minimize the ser- fousness of the present situation, but there was an undercurrent of increasing optimism {n the day's news, From Detroit eame announce- ment that the ten plants of the Fisher Body Corporation outside 'etroit would = resume fNgl-time operation Monday. Between 6,000 and 7,000 men who have been working only three days a week will benefit. The plants are situ- ated In every area of the country. The Yellow Cab Company of Chicago, reporting a steady in- crease in business since Septem- ber, made public plans to ada 1.000 men to its present force. Business leaders ' of major in- dustries, in conference at Chicago expressed the opinion' that the "turning point" had heen reached. One speaker, George M. Verity. president of the American Rolling Mills Company, pointed out that production of steel ingots and castings had' increase 14,000,000 toins to 56.000,000 tons. and he predicted still further increase in the next decade. Canada Pulp Manager, Former Editor, Dies Montreal, Que. Oct, 25, -- The death occurred here Thursday morn- ing of Edward Beck, manager of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Associa- tion, following an operation a week ago for an appendicitis. Mr, Beck was 63 years of age and was born in Hertfordshire, England. In New Thrill Film siderably enhanced by its musical sequences, three songs having been written especially for the picture. Maynard is at his adventurous best his hair-raising riding stunts and dare-devil sword fighting being high lights, Doris Hill makes a charm- ing heroine, both as to beauty and acting ability, All bers of the supporting cast turn in capable performances. Francis Ford, Gino Corrado, Evelyn Sherman, Josef Swickard and Joyzelle give ex- cellent characterizations, Frank Rice and William Irving handle their comedy roles with exceptions! abil ity. . Tarzan Maynard's famous train ed horse, again has an important part, greatly to the interest of the children in the audience. Harry J. Brown directs Maynard and his company, and is to be great ly recommended for. his work Song of the Caballero," holds interest at all times and builds increasingly in sus pense up to the smashing conclusion, EMPIRE TRADE IS ELECTION ISSUE Empire Party Candidate Issues Manifesto In Paddington -- London, Eng, Oct. 25~On Thurs- day next, while the Imperial Confer- ence is still in session, overseas prime ministers will have a first-hand opportunity of witnessing a British constituency voting on the issue of Empire Free, Trade and on the Con- servative party - platform. ( Paddington electors go to' the polls Oct. 30 to elect a successor to the late Commodore H. D, King, Con- servative who was returned by accla- mation in 1924 'and' 1929. In an electoral manifesto Vice Admiral E. A. Taylor, supported by Lord Beaverbrook and Lord Rother- mere, expressed. a. firm belief in Em- pire Free Trade, which he defines as a policy of Imperial tariff preference proposed by the Dominion premiers. "This policy has as its basis' the tax- ation of foreign foodstuffs," he says, thus making a clear eut definition 'of the present Lord Beaverbrook stand. , "The dominions are again extend. ing to us the hand of friendship and a real solution of our difficulties by offering us assured markets for a far greater volume of our goods, and in return ask that we take a greater volume of their produce in prefer- ence to that of the foreigner. For the last time this' offer is open te us. Are we going to turn it dows or accept it with open arms in the spirit in which it is made for the mutual benefit of every, individual unit of the Empire." The admiral advocates Empire de- velopment as a solution. of unemploy- ment and stresses the necessity for national economy. Firmness in deal- ing with the unrest in India, main. tenance of British rights in Egypt and breaking off of ar Ln rela- tions with Russia. The Conservative candidate .is Sir Herbert Lidiard, while Miss Dorothy Evans, Labor, and Mrs. Neil Stewart- Richardson, United Empire Party, are also in the field. The reason given by Lord Rothermere, head of the United Empire Party, for his ac- tion in supporting Vice-Admiral Ta; lor in place of Mrs. Stewart-Rich- ardson, is that he. was advised s woman. candidate would have no chance of winning the seat, NEW i MARTIN | Days | Saturday Monday KEN MAYNARD "Song Of The Caballero" A Feast of Fast Action--Riotus Riding--Fun and Froliow With a Beautiful Love Story WHEN SALLY SMITHERS GOT "HIGH-TONED" The Whole Town Tried to Follow Suit--but Oh! My Next Saturday is the tution of a bulk purchase method by "Roof Garden Revue" FAST MOVING DANUCING--=SINGING WITH INTERLUDRK BIG BEAUTY CHORUS "THE LIGHTNING EXPRESS" starting of & new Serial