Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 30, 1939, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page ten Winnipeg free press thursday november 30, 1939 amusement Page Charlie Mccarthy gets goo goo eyes Hollywood nov. 30. Cortez once one of Hollywood s leading movie villains and now a director said to Day that he and mrs. Cortez had separated. Mrs. Cortez the former Christine Coniff Lee prefers to live in new York and my work keeps to Cortez said adding thai to have no yet Rone into the matter a divorce Man jailed forgery charges pleading guilty to two charges of forgery Mike Nowakowski Mel Ose Man., was sent to jail for nine months by magistrate a. C. Camp Iell in provincial police court wednesday. Nowakowski the evidence show a had forged a Purchase agreement or a Ford automobile and after wards had signed the name of the Eal owner of the car in an application for Transfer of the License plates. Elcanor Star of to contended today her Uto children Are safer m school in France at a distance from the than attempting to Cross the Atlantic to America. She made this allegation in affidavits filed with the Superior court in lighting the Effort of her former husband. Director King Vidor to Obligin final custody of Antonia 12, and Belinda Vidar. 9. Charlie Mccarthy had another operation and today he can Roll his big Lustrous Brown eyes. Heretofore Charlie could move his head but not his eyes and his master. Edgar Bergen wanted him 1n be Able to Roll his eyes in love with actress Constance Moore for his next picture. Trian by Frank Morriss which will open us engagement in Winnipeg on Fri Day is one of the season s Superior poignant variation of the Triangle theme Ortance from. A visit of the West Kildonan Branch of the Canadian legion to Stonewall Man., to have been made on Friday night dec. 1. Has been postponed to Friday night. Dec. Fit was announced wednesday night. 1r. Smith James Stewart Jean Arthur 12 to 2 2 to 6 eve. 20c 25e 3 be unequalled show value it gains added in presence of Grid Bergman a Young swedish actress who should become one of Hollywood s brightest stars. The Story of the husband the wife and the other woman has 3een told countless times before which is not surprising when there Are supposed to be Only seven Basic plots in the world. But this particular Case the plot is acted so smoothly and plausibly and the characterization is so excellent that any threadbare spots Are not apparent. Then too the acting of miss Bergman. Leslie Howard Edna Best John Halliday and others is far above the aver age. The adroit use of some magnificent Grieg music including the surging first movement of his piano concerto is Woven into the Narra Tive and heightens the mood of the drama considerably. The other miss Bergman plays the other woman a role that Calls for considerable finesse. It would have been quite easy for an actress to make the role superficial but she gives warmth and a human touch to everything she does. She i not the conventional Glamour Gir Type and conforms to no particular Beauty pattern but there individuality in her work and keen imagination. She played in swedish version of intermezzo Anc her work was seen by David o Selznick. He persuaded her to come to Hollywood for the presen film and now she has been signed to a Long term contract. Leslie Howard always a Sensi Tive performer does wonders with the role of the erring violinist. In those moments of the film tha come dangerously near the Border of banality them along 2 All Star big acts plus of luxe screen hits to Jeanette Macoonald a Lew Ayres Frank Morgan Broadway serenade also John Wray adult with George Houston what Price safety erection of Fence around Cenotaph urged by legion erection of a Low ornamental Chain Fence around the Cenotaph Mot on memorial Boulevard was urged in a Resolution passed at a eneral meeting of the Winnipeg District command of the Canadian Region b.e.s.l., in fort Rouge Branch wednesday night. A delegation will wait upon the City Council on this matter. It s held that the surroundings at the Cenotaph were unsightly that he is Able to can to safer Waters. He gets admirable support from Edna Best As the wife. Miss Best one of the finest English actresses a never been properly appreciated in films but her role in this Par tickler Case May be the one tha will bring her wider popularity the always dependable John Hal Liday is a Tower of strength smaller part. To you remember Enid Bennett starred in the silents shas Halliday s wife Buou la have to watch carefully of ice since she is generally in Thi . R _. Adults to g . 4 a s War saturdays to 5 . Rialto 5c Charles butter Ortii thanks for the memory Gail Treston disbarred adult Bob Hope Shirley Boss Ito Bay doors open 5.30 . I stare show at 7.30 9.ho . Hubb headlined by Kbahr s3tes lunatics of the dance the Reddington Dot Dave Workman Paul Cadeaux Siemon Archie Wesley Whitehouse company Don weight and his playhouse stage band on the screen Miracle Money selected Short subjects prices evenings matinee i main fir. 35o a scats 25o 100 Balcony children i seats any Elmo 15o 200 loge seats reserved 95 os5. Free parking starting next saturday to addition to our regular vaudeville show we take pleasure in presenting in person a3. Plunkett front line Star of the Nal Dumbe Jis improvement ind the War was Long Monument overdue deserved Reater consideration than it had received. Protests were made by several delegates against University Stu dents playing boo Ball on the rounds. That ground is sacred to us and the football playing should be slopped said one Delegate. Others said the whole Cenotaph area including the grass should be fenced off. It was decided to Send a letter of condolence to major arid mrs e. A. Deacon on the loss of their son in the present War. Major Deacon is r member of the provincial executive of the legion. Special Grants to save hospitals urged by George warning Manitoba s hospitals night have to close j. A George k.c., in an address to the convention the Union of Manitoba municipal ies in the auditorium wednesday afternoon urged that the solution of the Hospital debt problem Lay in special Grants either municipal or provincial to hospitals for extras such As drugs dressings operating room a Ray and Labora Ory services. It was these extra services which were Given to Public As Well As private Ward patients but not provided for in the municipal and provincial per diem Grants that were running the hospitals into the red he explained. Or. George who is chairman of the committee on Hospital costs and administration of Manitoba Hospital association stated that at the Hist annual report 25 out of the 42 Public hospitals in the province showed a deficit and that their total deficit amounted to while the total surplus of running a 650 bed Hospital one loss of hospitals on Public Ward patients in the year 1937-1938 totalled or the equivalent of running a 650 Ber Hospital one whole year free he said. Major Ernest Flexman Genera manager of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind outlined the work the Institute was doing in training Young Blind people Foi employment prevention of Blind Ness in Border line cases and pro Viding books for the Blind free of they d need boats exceeds objective three Are injured in two accidents three persons were admitted to Winnipeg hospitals wednesday evening following two traffic Acci dents. Most seriously injured is John Heppenstal 40, of 483 Maryland Street who is in Winnipeg general Hospital with a fractured Skull. According to police reports the Man was Riding a bicycle North on Maryland Street at Sargent ave nue when he collided with the Side of an Auto travelling West on Sargent Avenue. James Johnston 433 Lipton Street was Driver of the Auto police said. Max sold off 71, and his son Oscar 32, of 78 Derby Street were admitted to Victoria Hospital about 7.30 ., following a Highway cadent near St. Adolph Man. Their condition is fair. According to r.c.m.p., they were passengers in an Auto driven by Fred Winegratsky 420 Stella ave nue Winnipeg along with s. Blank 124 Robinson Street. The Auto turned Over on a curve near St. Adolph. Or. Blank also was injured slightly. German possible collapse Montreal nov. 30. Up one military Victory by the allies might bring the end of Germany s present government prof. Moritz j. Bonn German economist and one time adviser to the German government said tuesday night in an interview. Prof. Bonn new on the staff of the London school of economics said he did not believe however hat Germany s leaders would Ever wait for the blockade to smash hat country. They would act before that he said. Old games recalled in bylaw review at a committee meeting of West Kildonan Council wednesday eve Ning a licensing bylaw passed in 1914 was reviewed with a View to bringing it up to Date. In those Days men were fond of Mississippi Pigeon Hole and Bagatelle the by a revealed. Some of the councillors never eard of the games and the chief f police advised them that vere once popular features of Bil card Parlours but said they had t Een played Here for at least 25 ears. An. Amendment to the bylaw moved by councillor a. Collicutt will reduce the License fee on poo Ables from for the first table and for each additional table o for the first and for Ach additional. Councillors j. Pearce and a. S. Urness were instructed to report n the condition of sidewalks Anc suggest an estimate for their re air next year. French artillery begins barrage Paris nov. 30. Bup French military despatches said today French artillery opened a systematic harassing fire Between the Moselle and Nied Rivers. The artillery blasts were aimed at Ger Man mass movements behind the line s. It was reported that the French fire caused a regrouping of divisions and frustrated German plans for a possible offensive in the Moselle Nied salient. Continued bad weather hampered Aerial operations on both sides. German patrols despatches said attempted to reconnoitre into the French lines on the Vosges front. The germans were repulsed Leav ing dead and wounded on French soil it was reported. Case to be appealed Edmonton nov. 30 of or. Justice a. Of Ewing dismiss ing a motion to quash Combine charges against 42 tobacco jobbers wholesalers and dealers May be referred to the Alberta court of Appeal the Jurist ruled in Alberta supreme court Here yesterday. The Appeal court will Deal Vith the matter at a special session dec. 11 Maurice Colbourne Barry Jones their London co. In Bernard Shaw s comedy Bombshell tomorrow night at 8.30 at. Mat. Eve. Charles King eve 50c to mat., sat 25c to new Westminster b.c., nov 30 up collections in new West Minster and District for the Cana Dian hed Cross society War fun have exceeded a objective by Sim pain committee officials announced yesterday. Floods cover Large areas of allies Western front by sir Philip Gibbs. With the British forces in , nov. 30. By wireless Adolf Hitler and his army chiefs1 were to order an. Attack on the Western front at the present Tiline his troops would have to swim for it. There Are sectors on the Franco British line where the mud itself has disappeared beneath the flood the Waters Mak ing very Large lakes. I get Uji the hundreds of tons of Cement Day needed for this particular Job and the vast quantities of steel rails for reinforcement of the Concrete that he pours into the framework of his bloc houses. We have a great company of adventurers out Here with the in for Romance and adventure did not end with d Artagnan. Not Long ago some of them were in Spain on one Side or other of the civil War. Some of them were in Ethiopia. One of our officers commanded the police in Albania. Score of men out Here know Simla Lakhoi e and que Tia. The spirit of Somra Desbin which kept As being in the last War is not missing now. Lit has some magic in it Muhich. Compensates for exile discomfort Monotony. Copyright 1939, by the my Nati Glit Syndicate inc French farmsteads haystacks barns and cow Sheds Are surrounded by these stretches of water. I have just been in one of those regions where our men have a line of bloc houses beyond the Field guns and the heavy artillery. I went that Way with a sapper major who wanted to show me the Job of work he was. Doing. Across the Road nothing but a boat could pass. For Miles there was a flooded area. Then we walked and i thanked my stars i or my gumboots. It is so difficult to Drain this said the sapper who is very knowledgeable about that sort of thing. We tried to do a bit of draining but we were stopped by the French Farmers into whose Fields the water went. He told me a humorous Story which has kept me amused Ever since. A party from a scottish Bat Talion was doing a bit of trenching in this water logged soil when a general happened along. Address ing the officer in the cheery Way generals have he said every thing going according to plan yes said the officer but from the ditch came a voice of deep sarcasm of so there is a blinking plan the general saw the ii mor. There is a plan in this part of the line and it is being carried out by the sapper major. He is the master architect of the bloc houses. He gets them built with incredible Speed owing to careful organization and Fine teamwork. Organization required it takes a lot of organization to War May Stop air mine services Canadian civil aviation companies would be unable to maintain their services to the mines if their pilots were requisitioned for the Royal Canadian air Force r. W. Sarratt Hudson ont president of Sarratt airways said when he arrived in Over Canadian National lines wednesday. It was for the government to de cide whether it needed the pilots of the companies More than the ser vices which the companies were operating he said. Proceeds of dance going to red Cross Over 400 attended the Anglo hellenic educational progressive association s dance wednesday eve Ning in the Marlborough hotel the proceeds of which Are to been tirely turned Over to the hed Cross. George Ganas president presided while William Theodoris was chair Man of entertainment. Alleged to have obtained by Means of a worthless Cheque Lawrence j. Gardiner was committed for jury trial on a charge of forgery and uttering a forged document in City police court wednesday morning. The preliminary hearing was held tuesday. Steady morale need stressed London nov. 29. From prime minister in which he said that of strangest of wars we must set it that Public morale s sustgw1. Was published today by the is Mittee for National defence Public interest. People Are sometimes Apt to a Little the letter a when As they put in bos happens. So i Welcome time luncheons you Are a at which members of the Merit and other leading will is a woman right in sacrificing her Jove to avoid breaking up her Home ifs Star Brex actin Day adult soc ton i Pace Park a onus Power Oral added Bonita Granville John Litel Nancy Drew reporter i starting tomorrow i thle Story of a Ruffa the world in gave up his heart to the fresh youth of a girl a. Ail too interlude stolen jewish auxiliary president mrs. H. Fogelman was re elected president of the ladies auxiliary of the Chesed Shel Ermes the wish burial society at the annual meeting in the talmud torah Vagnus Avenue and Andrews Street wednesday evening. Appreciation of the work a com a a listed during the past year by he auxiliary was voiced by a. Cohen president of the Board of directors who noted it had raised other officers elected were Vive president mrs. B. Cramer mrs. S. Stullberg mrs. A. Sood and mrs. S. Diamond treasurer Virs. Babir recording Secretary mrs. A. Dobbs financial Secretary t Rosen. great pleasure in presenting f tip p t t e d Ujj 1 i e Jitt t a r o f p y g m a l a 2 restrictions decided on Apple exports Ottawa nov. 30. Ions on Apple exports from British Columbia and Ontario to the United kingdom have been decided on by the National Apple advisory committee it was announced last night by col. R. L. Wheeler assist ant director of marketing Domin Ion department of agriculture and chairman of the committee. Restrictions will not be applied to exports from the maritime pending a meeting of the commit tee in january. Exports from British Columbia Are to be confined to proven firm sales prior to nov. 20." exports from Ontario will be restricted to varieties and grades recommended by the Ontario fruit Export association and under proof of firm labor s wish Defeated nov. 30 up the House of commons yesterday approved 213 to 115, a proposal to restrict introduction of Bills to government measures defeating labor counter proposal. A similar Rule was adopted during the last War. O d u c e by d a v i introducing s Eli z n i c k r l screen i s c q v e r y w it h c Lea n Tim a t i o n s o f q r e a t n. S Ingrid Berg Moln supporting cast Edna Best John Holliday Bennett Cecil Ann Todd m z la Bem Rush quasi a thru United a. It 157 5 ;