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SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1948 THE D AILY TIMES-GAZETTE | Eire Short Story |. cc, Objective FIFTY GRAND A YEAR BRR By Frederick Medlin gid still wonder why Johnson went mad so suddenly after "he got out ot stir. . That Is, all 'but Leo, the fence. Johnson remembered it all as "he strode feverishly through the hot, breathless might. Thc black curtain of darkness that pressed upon every side could not hide 'those things that had gone be- fore. Even their memory in- creased his furious pace, and it . was an effort not to cast a fur- tive glance over nis shoulder as he drew near the spot on which the great oak should stana. 'f ten years ago that he had stolen the Alsmeyer jewels. It haa been a desperate thing to do, and he § had half expected to be caught. i His mind's-eye saw himself crawling up those precarious tracers of ivy on the nigh pack ~ wall of the Alsmeyer mansion, He recalled how cautiously he had opened the window with a glass-cutter and a file, how care- fully he had placed the charge of explosive against the cleverly- concealed wall safe, how fever- ishly he had hurried through the acrid smoke to the battered door after the muffled explosion, and yet how methodically careful he had been in emptying one box | after another into his overcoat pockets, Half a million dollars, the * newspapers had said they were worth. Then down that sweep of ivy, again to the ground and over the wall and along the hard road as | the uproar. behind him steadily | He remembered the night of | moved about quickly with the flashlight until he found the peculiar root that curved out- ward and looped upward slightly, just as it had so long ago. He dug back through t. loose earth under it; his fingers tingled as they touched rotten leather, and there were the jewels spread, out. They were dull--but they were the Alsmeyer jewels. An hou: "later they were shim- mering on velvet in Leo's back rgom tha. he used for business | of. secrecy; and Johnson was trembling with excitement. Leo grunted and seated himself be- hind the small counter. Slowly he extracted a jeweler"s eye-glass from the drawer and adjusted it, visibly unimpressed by the fabu- ious gems clustered before him in their tarnished mountings. He pawed them over ponderously, selected one, and' began to exam- ine it. had half expected to be caught. grew . . . the car with the fin- | gering searchlight darung down the. road . . . his dogg across the field to the mbmen- tary haven of the huge cak . . . His finger» trembled convulsively again as they had when. he had tumbled the jewels quickiy into the leather bag and buried it flight | Johnson paced the floor. "Five hundred grand!" he gloated. "That's fifty grand a year in the big house, and still they say | crime don't pay. Why, Leo, I | knew lots of big guys that don't i make fifty grand 'a year." Leo grunted again and tried Unity of Action For Wage Raises Ottawa, Jan. 3 (CP).--As the first step toward co-ordination of action by Canadian Congress of Labor unions to obtain wage increases in 1948, a survey is being made of the plans of individual unions, Pat Conroy, secretary-treasurer of the congress, announced Friday. In a circular letter to unions affiliated with and chartered by the congress, which has a membership of 360,000, information is being asked on the specific demands to be made and oh the dates on which contracts come up for renewal. At a recent meeting, the CCL executive council decided to con-' stitute a national wage co-ordinat- ing committee and the first meet- ing will be held within the next few weeks, following compilation Carry Grant, of information provided by the CCL unions. "Failure of both the government and management to check price increases has left us with no alter- native to seeking substantial wage ihcreases during 1948," Mr. Conroy said. "Prices now have reached a point at which most workers find everyday necessities to which their it practically impossible to buy the families are entitled. If prices are not coming down, then wages will have to go up." Fee On Containers Is Effective Now Toronto, Jan. 3 (CP).--A fee of one per cent of the gross price of each container will be levied on new containers produced by fruit and vegetable growers in Ontario, it was announced yesterday at Queen's Park. Authority for collection of the fee, effective yesterday, is contained in the Farm Products Containers Act. The money will be collected at the point of sale by the vendor and remitted to either the Ontario Vegetable Growers' Association or the Ontario Fruit Growers' Aso- ciation. Revenue will be used by the associ- ations to finance their operations. It cannot be applied to retail or Myrna Loy and Shirly Temple co-star in "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer,' comedy about a tenn-ager's crush on a handsome stag, and a lady judge's determination infatuation. I¢ turns out that Miss Loy falls in love too. Starts Monday at the Regent. KO Radio's riotous cure her of her MARKS DEANNA DURBIN IN HER LATEST HIT AT THE MARKS STARTING WEDNESDAY Gally showcasing the most lavish musical score ever offered in a Deanna Durbin film, Unilversal-International's "Something In the Wind," comes to | the Marks starting Wednesday. Deanna and her co-stars, Donald O'Connor and John Dall, present a rol- licking round. of lyrical and musical enter t in the fast ing story of a girl disc jockey who gets involved in a multi-mililonaire family's scramble for snooty respectability. The singing star ' and clpwing . O'Connor knock the stuffing out of tHe family's stuffiness with their hilarious routines and catchy songs. Personable Interpretation Dall, making his reappearance on the screen for the first time since his memorable characterization in 'The' Corn is Green," gives a warm and ble interpr nm The songs in this production are a highlight delight. Producer Joseph Sistrom topped his inspired innova- tions with his assignment of Johnny Green, noted composer and musical director, and Leo Robin, ace lyricist, to the musical' chores. The team has turned out six sure-fire song numbers, among them the popular bounce hit, "The Turntable Song," and the ballad favorite, 'Something in the Wind." The top vocal and visual Surprises are registered with Deanna's singin, hil three-day pees "You Wanna Keep Your Baby Right" and Donald's whirlwind song | and dance interpretation of the com- edy ditty, "I Love a Mystery." Duets: With Jan Peerce $ BILTMORE--Alan Ladd and June iy share some tense moments is n "Cal cutta" smash Inysiesy- thriller coming to the Odeon-Biltmore Monday for a ail , Il and William Bendix are co-starred. For the first time on any ot screen, J. Arthur Rank presents on the same program "The Royal Wedding" in gorgeous Technicolor, this featurette runs over half 'an hour giving you the thrilling event from start to finish. In a show-stopping sequence, Dean- na duets with Jan Peerce, Metropoli- MARKS! Deanna Durbin and Donald © O'Connor are co-starred in "uSom in the Wind," which comes to the Marks on Wednesday. Johm Dall also s leading role in this rollicking musical film, RACHEL FIELD, author of "All This and Heaven, Too" create her most vivid VERT ROBERT alRIY ELLA RAINES A DARING and THRILLING MYSTERY HIT! ... ROBERT SIODMAK, director of "The Dark Mirror "and "The Killers,' brings new excitement fo the screen! wholesale distribution of the. pro- duct or its processing. the program being offered the frst safely, far back under the up- | another. He 'tried several more; three days of next week, curled root. He heard again the | then he gave it up ana cleaned deep - throated baying of the | them. He readjusted his glass this method, Ladd's buddy is done in, and Alan and Bendix go into action to find the killer. They are a pair of adventurous devil- may-care pilots who fly the dangerous tan Opera Star, in a rich presenta tion of an aria from "Il Trovatore." | Irving Pichel chalks up a credit for | his breezy megaphoning of this, his | first musical romance, which was | hounds, growing always closer, » as he haa heard it that night, hour after hour, twisting and dodging and hoping, knowing in his own heart that he would be caught. And that capture! The quick shots . . . the rapia whine of the bullets . . the huge dogs dragging him down, , , But they had never found the jewels. He had hidden them well, and for that he had been grateful for ten years. He had hired a smart attorney and taken the rap, not a bad one at all for half .a million dollars--only ten i years, thanks to his lawyer. But only the thought that he was making fifty thousand dollars a year in prison sustained him dur- ing .those incredible years. ! He hurried. on through the close darkness of the midsummer night, and he thrust aside, as he had done so often lately, the quick panic that assailed him at the thought that soraeone else might have found the jewels, or that he couldn't find the tree. For Leo was waiting for them™ tonight, and Johnson would never have to worry about money He came quite suddenly upon the clump of trees. They seemed in the thick darkn'ss to oe the same stand of ten years ago. He | and once more began his exami- nation. Johnson fidgeteu. Leo grunted a number of times before he finished his appraisal. Then very slowly he laid down his glass and starea speculatively at John- son. "You know what these are worth?" "Yeah. Sure I do. So do you." Perhaps he only wanted to pare gain. Some of the dread died in Johnson's heart. "Ain't you the best fence in the East? That's why I came to you." "You know that I'm honest?" Leo's query was very grave and very earnest. "Sure. You always have been. How much d'you think-_they'll bring when you've reworked 'em?" "The Alsmeyer jewels," said Leo slowly, almost sadly, "are just imitations. They might be worth five hundred dollars." They still wonder why Johnson went mad so shortly after he got out of stir, that is, all but Leo, ~of course, Leo would know, for he is a very shrewd judge of human psychology -- and jewels. It is saia, by those who know, that Leo made almost hal! a mil- lion dollars out of the Alsmeyer jewels, (Copyright) Christmas Guests At Prince Albert F. E. SMITH Correspondent Prince Albert, Dec. 20.--Miss M. Murphy of Weston, spent Christ- mas with Mr, and Mrs, Albert Harper. Mr. and Mrs. John Munroe, To- ronto, were at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hodgins for a few days during Christmas. Miss Molly Lunn and Mr. Murray Luke, Toronto, home during the Joliays with Mr, and Mrs, George e. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reyner of Oshawa, were with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Reyner on Christmas Day, and on Friday, Mr. and Mrs. E. Rora. beck and son, Don, Oshawa, were guests at the Reyner home, Mr. William Bonnell and daugh- ter, Mabel, of Toronto, and Miss Irene of Oshawa, were home with Mrs. Bonnell and family during the holidays. Mr, Charles Granger and his grandfather, Mr. Granger of Rich- mond Hill, were at the Gr home on Christmas day and Friday. Guests at the home ¢f Mr. and Mrs. Ken Fralick for Christmas and the week-end were Mrs. Perry and sons, Douglas and Kenneth, Mrs. S. Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Jackson and family, Mr. Elwood Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. J. Butler and Liquor Bill $373,276,000 For Canadians During 1947 Ottawa, Jan. 3 (CP). --Exhibiting a callous and official' indifference towards New Year's hangovers, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics today drew in cold, bleak figures the story of Canada's 1946-47 drinking spree. In krief, the bureau reported that during the 12 months ended March 31, 1947, Canadians gulped 6,543,000 proof gallons of spirits, quaffed 146,- 981,000 gallons of beer and sipped at 5584000 gallons of native and imported wines. Purely for the basis of compari- son, the bureau also said that drink- ing in the preceding 12 months had been slightly lower, with 5,864,000 proof gallons of spirits, 130,086,000 gallons of beer and 4,576,000 gallons of wines going down Canadian throats. this year-long party cost The bureau reported with a dig at the place where it hurts most, this year-long party cost the Ca- nadian pocket book $373,276,000 against $298,085,000 in the previous fiscal year. Excise and import duties, valida- tion fees and licenses on spirits collected by the federal government came to $78,377,156 against $70,- 399,161 while similar charges on malt and malt products totalled $56,825,575 against $48,228,671. Rev- enues from sales of wine were $3,- 310,378 compared with $2,607,232. Production of spirits during the cal year declined, falling to 21, 571,074 proof gallons from 34,625,339 in the preceding year, while output of beer jumped to 155,800,830 gallons from 138,941,170. Production of fer- mented 'wines for 1045, latest year for which statistics are available, totalled 4,133,735 gallons compared with' 4,231,550. daugh Betty, Ruth Watson, all of Toronto. Fifteen young people were enter. tained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. Smith for their daughter, Lor- " yey pleasant evening was had by t 4 REGENT THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY- SOXER" STARS ROMP AIROLGH RioTOUS COMEDY ROMAN Cary Loy ony ip IB ag "inact G: Com cations Aris! from an Adolescent's Crush on a "Stag With Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and Shirley Temple in the steliar roles, Dore Schary's roduction for REO 0, "The Bachelor and the Bobby- Soxer, " is offered as a delighful ro- mantic comedy of an artist who be- comes involved in romantic complica~ tions with a woman jurist an bobby-sox sister. The young girl becomes infatuated with the artist in a big way when he delivers a lecture at her high school, and decides 8 Tring } herself to his at- tention by oie 10 apartment, where she Farts asleep. The artist finds her there at two a.m. and is just about to take her home whem the fudge bounces in on the trail of her kid Das. and completely misunder- her Churchill's Wife, Doctor Fly To Ailing Statesman Marrakech, French Morocco, Jan. 8 (AP).--The condition of Winston Churchill, suffering from a cold, was reported to be "slightly aggra- ,'ated momentarily," but a physician attending him said the illness is | not serious, Mrs. Churchill and Lord Moran, the wartime Prime Minister's per- songl physician, arrived here. from London by plane last night. Churchill, 73, arrived here Dec. 13 for a winter holiday. The French doctor attending him said he had recommended that Churchill stay Indoors because of his age, "recent pneumonia and a weak heart." Churchill's secretary said no more sulletins will be issued on the for- ner Prime Minister's health. Mrs. Churchill and Lord Moran pme from London in a chartered ane and made a brief stop a 'Madrid en route. - Lady Moran came also and it was 1aderstood that the visit of the joree had been arranged some time | ago and that it did not indicate anything serious in Churchill's con- dition. Doctors attending Churchill are | sald to want to move him from Marrakech. They believe that a | to night temperature would not be so sharp would be better for the statesman, who has had pneumonia three times, POLICE HOLDING FOUR Toronto, Jan, last night arrested four men on 'charges of carrying an unregister- | ed revolver and having an offen- | sive weapon. Morality officers re- ported discovery in a' car of a.revol- ver, several rounds of ammunition and a dagger. The men gave their names as William D. Pero, 21, Og- densbyrg, N.Y.; Allan Durant, 24, Brockki]le; George R. Petry, 23, Ot- tawa, and Omer Beauchamp, Tor- | orto. | place where the changes from day | 3--(CP)--Police | She is all for sending the artist to the penitentiary, but co chiatrist points out that the Iatuavion can bi es enoug! artist, to avold 'prosecution, if forced to take the bobby-soxer to ail sorts of student functions. While this makes the girl's boy-friend jealous, it also results in the artist becoming intrigu- ed with the pretty judge, and the en- suing complications keep the roman- tic pot boiling merrily. Grant has one of his most sparkling roles as the hapless artist, and Miss Loy portrays a very human judge, with | Shirley ideally cast as the enthusiastic teen-ager. Rudy Vallee is in the cast As an assistant district attorney and ! and Harry Davenport are a pair of | elderly uncles. Johnny Sands Shirley's schoolboy pal. Don Beddoe, Lillian Randolph, Veda Ann Borg, Darr! Tobin and Charles Halton have other Rels ected the offering, roles Irving | and Sidney Sheldon wrbte the original story and screenplay. CHARGED AT CORNWALL Cornwall, . Jan. 3--(CP)--Polite said last night that Jack St, Thom- as is being held on' a charge of shooting a revolver with intent to commit. grievous bodily harm to his estranged wife, Winnie. He will be arraigned in police court Jan. 7. St. Thomas i3.alleged to have fired Both missed the young mother, : » raine, on Saturday evening- and a | an admirer of the judge, Ray Coliins | two shots at his wife last Dec, 20.9 scripted by Harry Kurnitz and William | Bowers from a story by Fritz Rotter and Charles O'Neal. Milton Krasner's photography is excellent. Featured players Charles Winninger, | Jacqueline de Wit, Helena Carter and Margaret Wycherly make admirable contributions to the picture's festive and dramatic events. BILTMORE "ROYAL WEDDING" IN CHNI- COLOR AND ALAN LADD MYSTERY THRILLER SHARE HONORS STARTING MONDAY "hump Whitney his with jewel club owner, In an unusual and exciting ag with his enemies more sinister and much deadlier than ever before, Alan Ladd is, at his fighting best in his | latest 'love 'em, 'em"" thriller "Calcutta." Gall Russell, | for romance, and William Bendix, for laughs, the film arrives at the Odeon- Biltmore, Monday, for a three-day en- emen "Calcutta" places Ladd in India, where he finds murder added to that country's much vaunted lures of amour and mystery. Pitted against the uner- T accuracy and telling effect of his bullets and fists are the devious meth- ods of the Orient, such as the first' murder weapon, a strangler's noose. By directed Mast" and ally Farrow realism. insides en Wedding" dian merchant, and in scraps, romances i Fog the lovely Miss Russell, even though he susp Before the unpredictable and stirring climax. is unfolded, there are more | murders and many thrill-packed epis- odes. June Duprez, as a in love with Ladd, he: ne cast which also features Gilmore and Edith King. John Farrow "Calcutta", worthy successor to his recent hits, "California," "Two Years Before the "Blaze of Noon," and ty) from Calcutta to China. John , & pugnacious pilot, makes up the third of this happy, scrappy trio, and when he suddenly announces -his impending marriage to Galil Ladd and Bendix are flabbergasted. On the eve of the wedding, however, death overtakes Whitne; strangled. His two buddies, impatient with slow police methods, set out after murderer, Russell, , who is found They. become involved smugglers, a suave n! id an nsidlous-looking Do cwean ects her. lem up singer 8 support- Powell reported to be a lc- in ite thrilling and violent Added Attraction Thirty thrill-packed minutes of high- lights including exclusive pictures tak- Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace, the Biltmore man- Spe brings you for the first time Oshawa screen photographed Technicolor as the added attraction on "The Royal in gorgeous n 3» STARTING MON DAY LAD ture. with FIRST MEETS MURDER IN THE MYSTERIOUS ORIENT! You'll sit on the edge of your seat as Ladd takes you through this thrill-laden mystery advene JUNE DUPREZ fe! s matching Y fists with murderous strangers... matching wits with two gorgeous ' OSHAWA SHOWING Re) | [| = : ~TECHNICOLOR {| . || Thirty THRILL-PACKED minutes of highlights including exclusive pictures taken INSIDE Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace! You can see it, gomplete in every detail, in ail it wondrous color--hundreds of camera eyes are yours, bringing you close- ups from a hundred vantage points. Toy O° Outstanding Sufifosting Feature J. ARTHUR RANK Presents ML OF 4 Urey, | . An. EAGLE-LION RELEASE I a, FAVORITE BRUNETTE" = Bob Hope "MAN FROM RAINBOW VALLEY" [color] £y (4 | o-- " | OF HEATRE 1 iL Biltmore -- "My Favorite Bru- nette" shown at 12:42, 3:13, 5:44, 8:15 and 10:17 p.m. "Man from Rainbow Valley" (Color) at 2:06, 4:37, 7:08 and 9:10 p.m, Last complete show at 9:10 Marks -- "Last of the Redmen" 2.35, 5.05, 7.40, 10.20. "That's My Gal" 1.25, 3.55, 6.35, 9.15. Last complete show at 9.00 p.m. Regent -- "Variety Girl" 1.30, 3.30, 5.30, 7.30, 9.30, Last com- plete show 9 p.m, 'TODAY Starring WILLIAM MARSHALL RICARDD CORTEZ ADELE MARA ONLY! Adult Entertainment Program MONDAY $ TUESDAY VARIETY PROGRAM IN COLOR! "Last of the Redmen" . . , "That's My Gal" THE FUN STARTS MONDAY! Sestons aia 32 Cosy ine DOUBLE JAM! When an amorous bobby-soxer latches ontoa bashful bach- elor, her glamorous big sister, a lady judge, fixes things in court... and does she fix things! ~- Last Day Bing CROSBY Bob HOPE "VARIETY GIRL" CARY " MYRNA SHIRLEY GRANT LOY: TEMPLE ° A FAMOUS PLAYERS THEATRE CONTINUOUS «DAILY FROM Bobby Sm 1.30" P.M ': a DONALD DUCK Color Cartoon Wide Open Spaces NEWS OF THE DAY