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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-22
Fair Officials
InspectShows
AtGlenwood
Well Pleased With Gould
Company-A Combination
Stage Show And Circus
GOOD ACTS AND SHOWS
Various High Class Rides :
Trained Animals
AcrObats

Members Of the Fair Board were
guests Of Jay Gould, veteran
Snowman, at Glenwood Monday
evening. They were checking Mr..
Gould's shows. which were show
ing In the Pope County seat Mon
day and Tuesday Of this week.
Gould's Million Dollar Shows, a
combination circus, stage and car
nival performance, have been
booked to show at the Stearns
County Fair August 18th and 10th.
The local men were highly pleased
with the performance and can
now recommend these shows to
the public.
Sank Centre people, who attend
ed the Gould shows in Glenwood,
and saw the long row Of carnival
booths on the pike, are advised
that these are not part Of the
show booked for the fair and they
can rest assured that nothing will
be allowed on the grounds which
is not up to standard or Of a
clean, moral nature.
The Gould shows consist of sew
en- shows, seven rides and circus
and stage show performance.
Among the seven shows will be
found a midget troupe, model
farm, a meteor show, a fun house,
the purported body of John Wilkes
Booth, slayer Of Lincoln, and 9TH
ers. All are interesting exhibitions.
The rides include merry-go-
round, Ferris Wheel, miniature
steam train, kiddy rides, and two
large swings.
The afternoon show before the
grandstand consists Of circus acts,
with clowns, ponies, elephant, ac-
robats, etc., in an array of con-
tinuous entertainment. The even
ing show, stage performance, is
complete in every detail. An ex-
cellent loudspeaking system, col
orful lighting effects, and beauti-
full costumes provide a special set
ting for this event. Among the
outstanding acts are the military
ponies and the trained elephant.
Other acts of more than ordinary
merit are included.
During the past week fair books
were sent out to large number
Of prospective exhibitors. Fair Of
ficials expect banner fair, with
increased exhibits owing to the
more favorable crop prospect. A
better fair in all departments is
being planned for August 18th and
10th, and with good weather rec
ord breaking crowds are anticipat-
ed. Entry day Is August 18th.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-22
Donald Kinsella
Writes of Trip
Enjoyed Time Visiting Sights In
New York and Niagara
Falls

Mrs. Cecilia Kinsella and her
son, Donald, returned Friday
night from a trip to the East,
where they enjoyed splendid
time since July 10th, when they
commenced their journey. Donald
won the trip for work accomplish
ed on his paper route. The follow
ing is an account of their sojourn
in the East as written by Donald:
We left Sank Centre at $3.50 P. M.
Saturday, July 10, and arrived in
st. Paul about 6:45. We went dir
ectly to the Union Depot where a
Dispatch-Pioneer Press representa-
tive distributed meal ticket books,
badges and baggage checks. After
everyone had been checked in we
boarded the train and after posing
for several pictures were on our
way. We went to bed Immediately
and awoke the next morning to
find the train pulling into Chica-
go. We boarded buses and were
driven through the Chicago loop
and then to the Michigan Central
depot where we again boarded an
Continued on Page TO-, Col. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-22
County Editors
To Picnic Friday
Herald Office VIII Be Closed All
Day While Bosses and Crew
Enjoy Vacation

Members of the Herald staff and
their families will enjoy their year
ly one-day vacation Friday when
they attend the annual picnic Of
the Stearns County Editors at Cold
Spring. On that day the represen-
tatives Of the various newspapers
Of the county will be the guests Of
Editor Homer, Of Cold Springs.
The Herald office VIII be closed all
day so that every member Of the
gang may attend.
This picnic includes a visit to
the Cold Spring Granite Works
and trip through the brewery
with q most enjoyable time being
anticipated. The menu will In
clude fish, rye bread, pickles and
tea This event will be held In the
Highway Park at Cold Springs
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-22
Baseball School
Opened July q
Free Instruction To Boys s Years
Old And Over Under Recre-
ati0nal Setup

Going to school in summer is q
little bit out Of line with the cur
rent thoughts Of school students
but it's not bad fun when the
school teaches baseball, agreed a
number of youthful baseballers
last evening when they hoped
aboard the baseball school special
for a daily training course.
The baseball school, organized
with the cooperation Of the Robert
Swift Post American Legion under
the Municipal Recreational pro-
gram, was launched last evening
and will run daily during the re-
mainder of the season. Conducting
the school will be Verne Soltau,
manager of the Legion Junior
team, and Clarence Dickson, WPA
leader and one of the supervisors
in the city's recreational program.
TITS a school that Is open free
of charge to all boys 8 yaers old
and over, and we want as many
out as we can get" supervisors
said Wednesday. The school Is to
be conducted each evening at 6
o'clock at the Fair grounds diam
ond.
Baseball hit a new high this sea-
son in numbers playing for besides
the regular team Of the Junior Lee
gion there are four teams Of Jun
ior Midgets, who have been work
ing out several times a week. The
boys have been enjoying a round
robin tournament play. Those in
charge Of this new venture are
anxious that all these lads get out
to take advantage Of the instruc-
ton. In several places these
schools have been conducted with
outstanding results, and the en-
thusiasm runs high.
Tonight Is the second night of
the school, and those Of you who
weren't out last evening still have
time to be in on the setup. Work In
pitching, fielding, taking cuts at
the ball, ground work, all will be
taken up In the curriculum. II you
fellows want to be Babe Ruths, or
Lou Gehrigs. or even a DiMaggio,
hop on for the first lap Of the
long baseball trip.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-22

Sauk Centre On Post
office Eligible List
Community Showing Greatest
Need For Federal Building
VIII BE Selected

In letter dated July 18th, Con-
gresham Harold Knutson said:
'On yesterday during a confer
ence with Post Office Department
officials I was advised that the
following communities are on the
eligible list for Post Office build
ings:
"Aitkin, Buffalo, Cass Lake,
Crosby, Elk River, Milaca, Mora,
Park Rapids, Pine City, Princeton,
Sank Centre, Staples, and Walker.
THE item for buildings is still in
the House Appropriations Commit
tee and will be incorporated in the
Third Deficiency bill which has
not yet been reported out. At the
present time it is impossible to
foresee how much money the Com
mittee will give the Post Office
Department for new buildings but
the indications are that the appro-
priation will at most provide for
but one building in any Congress
sional District and the community
showing the greatest need for a
federal building will be selected
from the eligible list"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-22
Jacob B0tz
DiedLastNight
Funeral Service For Aged Pioneer
VIII Be Held Saturday
Morning

SPECIALIZING. Jacob B0tz,
one Of the early residents OF
this community, died Wednes-
day night at Is minutes 10
twelve. Death came at her
home at 528 Birch Street. Mrs.
BOtx had been Iii for some
time, and death was not unex-
pected. Funeral services will
be held Saturday morning at
nine o'clock at St Paul's
Church. Obituary win be print
ed next week.
The Washington times., 1937-11-29
ED SULLIVAN
7I0ll XEz0yQI
A CoIun1nist's Clock
HOLLYWOOD Nov 90

Hollywood,
"A M-Theres a air. Joan Bondeu suggests
bit Of Cleveland" says II
got off Albuquerque and walked the station
thinking of another visit there We had arrived the
dirty and tired the baggage was tied to the running board and
Los Angeles the roads bad the tires kept popping
yver vcanze the inner tubes Two Jumps or thu threeP You're
Tine store r.. had we were back vaudeville
Dad cung to the thought that show business was unstable and
we'd vaudeville" -, -
1918 A. M"Iets There Shop that he
trinket store in LeesvlIe, La
1O:SOA MAnother cup2 When Bill Grady signed Jim cagney
and and myself from Penny Arcade for pictures and Travelled
and all of had played America over
Snt again The ane Ezf WITH m i
my first birthday was in Germany the second France the third
Just as we going onstage in Melbourne Australia almost
coming him He'd get certain look in his eyes
hsV but @ @ ceu m and
IL NOONHarry Cohn in his office Columbia Pictures
cohn man looks me square in the eye You said WeS make
profit Of ST. so on Lost Horizon he thundered TITS e Wen
kid in home town. Elnira, "" Pm
grOcers chewing tobacco to the
m and took tn the Ss{ hs tine M
in the world: So until the
grocer's truck out every day."
P M-Davd Nven telling Edmund Golding and crowd of
us about his trip to ENGLAND He'd been for five and
he rushed to his London club to see his old friends monoed
admiral chair the library entered:
Hello Niven haven't two Been away
shooting?" Nven, hurt said: away years sir"
The admiral turned back to his "You don't say
hadn't missed you until last week." -
MZDinner at Dorothy Di FEassOs Francis Lille.
Donald Ogden Stewart and host of others. -,
IL p MThe Ozzie Nelson opening HugO
Steinberg beaming The whole
would rather talk about Broadway: "he closed"
he THAT will help Joe Moss and
into the Paradise tell left
Adphia Hotel at PhIy that
No matter Ster
by NeWa INCL
The Washington times., 1937-11-29
Veteran Who Knows His Stuff

Though still young in years,
William McGarn, director of the
Cosmopolitan-W arner Bros.
melodrama "Alcatraz Island"
now at the Metropolitan The
ater, crashed an extensive and
colorful career in motion pic
lures.
Born in Pittsburgh, McGann
was educated at LaSalle Acade-
my and at the University Of
California at Berkeley.
McGann's first directorial as
signment was on the dog Rim
Tin.Tin in ION the Border" He
made the first Vitaphone shorts
and directed Douglas Fairbanks,
jr., and Loretta Young in Il
Like Your Nerve"
With Irving Asher he opened
g. Warner Bros. studio in Eng
land and directed Murder on
the First Floor" by Frank Vos-
per, the first picture to be made
on that lot. During a year and
one.haH in England he directed
Pat Patterson, B enita Hume,
Margo Graham and others.
He is married to a nonprofeS.
sional. McGann likes to dig in
The Washington times., 1937-11-29
KELLEYGRAMS

"I'll Give a Million" one of the
studios GAP pictures Larry
Beatus, first manager of Loew's
Palace Theater, now a division
executive in New York, was a
Saturday visitor to F. Street. He
found jeanette Macdonald in
The FREELY" giving his ia
vorite house the best gross since
her own "Maytime," which holds
the 1887 record If you've
been wondering what happened
to Robert Taylor in England
read Hollywood-on-Parade next
Saturday. He writes about his
adventures in a most interest
ing letter to this department.
ONE That FAILED
"TO Be Continued" gave the
National Theater its first dose
of red ink for the 1898 sea-
son. 1t moves into the Ritz The
ater in New York on Friday
night of this week. New name
of the play is Love In My Fash
iOn," which I imagine will stop
a lOtta critics from making OBJ
viOuS wisecracks. Or will it?
RECORD RECEIPTS
Radio City Music Hall, with
$21,309 as gross receipts on
Thanksgiving Day, realized the
world record for a single day.
-. This sum is more than 81
per cent of the worlds theaters
reach in week of business.
Picture was Nothing Sacred"
with Lombard-March. Comes to
the Palace within a fortnight.
... Ann Corio, burlesque's queen
now at the Gayety, will per-
sonally thank Major Browns
alert sleuths for recovering a
silver fox set stolen when she
played her last engagement on
Ninth Street Woman's Ma
tional Press Club, which in
cludes a number of Richard
II" enthusiasts, is after Maurice
Evans as its luncheon speaker
this week Margaret Web
ster, who staged Richard II"
is a daughter of Dame May
Whitty, famed English charac-
ter actress now busy in Holly
wood.
PLAY AT ARTS CLUB
Fresh Fields" new English
comedy by Ivor Novello, which
was selected last year by Day
Tuttle as a starring vehicle for
Maude Howell Smith and Anne
Ives, is to be given instead by
the Arts Club dramatic group
November 80, December l and 3,
with special performance Fri.
DAY. December 3, for the benefit
Of the schools.
A cast of local favorites has
been selected to support Mrs.
Smith and Miss Ives, including
Elizabeth Sypher, Ruth Blaine,
wilma a wright Flood, Ben
Smart, Herman ReiSs, Dorothy
Wlnchcole and Paul Murphy.
Miss Marie E. Walcott is di-
recting the comedy.
The Washington times., 1937-11-29
Myrno 10y Oil Pointing, Cash,
In New Jingle Contest
A dippy youngdapdy named PoWeJ
Made IoOe that made the gals howell
But he really found Jog,
In the arms of Miss Log r. -.-.

And thus we leave you
stranded, POLITICALLY. For yours
is the job to concoct a humorous
last line to this jingle and per-
haps if it's the kind that will
provoke great laughter among
the judges, you'll find yourself
the winner of handsome prize.
For today the Washington
Times, in cooperation with the
Loew'S Capitol management,
launches q brand new and
stimulating contest. It's in
spired by the grand fun that
runs wild in Double Wedding"
the new comedy romance COM
ing on Friday with William
Powell and Myrna 10y as it's
very bright stars.
The management of the Cap
itol recently commissioned an
artist to paint an oil portrait
of the lovely Miss 10y. And
this painting, to be priced by
everyone, will be awarded as
first prize in this jingle contest
tu the person submitting either
the clevereSt last line for the
above couplet or who originates
a clever jingle.
You have a choice of either.
But make either your last line
or your own jingle clever and
witty and filled with a chuckle.
For Double Wedding" is a pic
ture that has a double dose of
everything you've ever wanted
in modern picture.
The reason we've had a paint
ing done Of Miss 10y is that
Powell, in this movie, is a
rather daffy artist, but a good
one. who paints a beautiful
The Washington times., 1937-11-29
Agriculture Actors
In One-Act Plays

The Agriculture Players will
present the second program OF
the fall season with three one
act plays on December l and 2
at 8:15 p. m. in the Agriculture
Auditorium, with the Agricul-
ture Orchestra assisting.
An original one-act play has
been written expressly for this
performance by Mrs. Elizabeth
Whitfield Bullion, who will di-
rect and also take part in the
cast. ..--
George AIDES comedy, "The
Mayor and the Manicure" VIII
be directed by Mabel Hunt and
will feature Jack Selby as the
mayor and Beatrice Sands as
the manicurist.
Viola Randolph is directing
the satire, East Of Eden," by
Christopher Morley, with Jewel
George and John SchulthelS as
Eve and Adam. n
No admission charge Is made
but a free-will offering will be
taken to help defray expenses Of
production.
The Washington times., 1937-11-29
Ann COrio
AtCoyety

Ann Corio returns to the
Gayety this week as featured
artist with a new show labeled
Pirate Bellies" Ann might we'll
be one of these Pirate LaSsies,"
for she does some plain and
fancy show stealing with a novel
act in which she donates SOU
veniors to those fortunate folks
who happen her way.
All past raves concerning
wardrobes are hereby recanted,
for with the coming of THE
Corio," such a collection of
gowns has never been witnessed
at this bright spot since Ann
was here last.
It is a pleasure to see her
work with SO much ease and
assurance, and then go off after
a reluctant release of the
audience. It shows that Ann is
still the ranking lady of bur.
leSque, and the more of her,
the better we like it.
Headlining the comedy side is
Jack Diamond, who rates as one
of burlesque's cleverest come
dians. He never let's you down.
But just goes on "mugging"
throughout his lively sketches
without hitch.
Two of the most laugh pro-
voking skits ever noted are THE
African Dodger" and "Floogle
Street." The latter never seems
to grow old. One reason is, that
it is Jack Diamond who does
the work, and another is Chick
Hunter, his straight man, who
has one of the niftiest lines OF
chatter that has ever graced the
stage of the Gayety.
The chorus, a Frank Bryan
product, are a colorful gather.
ing of female pulchritude, with
considerable talent. It pro.
duces an excellent little speciality
dancer in the form of Tinnie
Daune. r. H. S.
The Washington times., 1937-11-29

mind, and was later committed
to an institution. Some years
after the incident an attempt
was made to liberate Gray, but
Booth opposed it, on the ground
that his life would be menaced
should Gray'S hOmicidal mania
return.
Booth retrieved the bullet,
which was imbedded in the
scenery, and carried it as a
watch charm until his death.
my recollection of the Booth
performance is slightly clOuded
after half a century, but 1 would
hardly niche it with the greatest
of his characterizatiOns. / look
forward" adds Mr.. Hardy, with
the greatest of anticipation to
the Maurice Evans performance,
chiefly because of his memorable
portrait of Napoleon in 'St.
Helena a season ago. That I
consider one of the greatest
pieces of acting / have ever wit
messed, although the cold records
entered this Max Gordon pro-
ductiOn as a failure"
QUEEN WAS CHILD BRIDE
Shakespeare, by the way, took
the usual playwright'S license in
dealing with history and fact, to
suit his poetical parpose. For
instance, Richards queen is
represented in the play es a
grown woman. She was actually
only 8 years old at the time of
her marriage, and II years old
at the time of her appearance
in the drama.
Richard II was the first Eng
lish king to abdicate. There was
no parallel to the momentous
events in the England of 1887.
Abdication was forced upon him
by Lord Bolingbroke's coup. and
the latter nobleman, upon as
cending the throne, diabolically
plotted the death of Richard,
which ends the play.
The Washington times., 1937-11-29

BULLET STOPS SHOW
Both Maurice Evans and John
Gielgud played the King in en-
gagementS at the Old Vic The
ater in London, with highly sue.
cessful artistic and box office re-
suits.
Since king Richard II" will
strut on the National Theater
stage this week it seems an ap-
propriate time to revive the
memory of the most dramatic
performance of the play in
America.
This was at McVicker's The
ater in Chicago in 1883, with
Edwin Booth as the pleasure
loving monarch. That veteran
actor and Shakespearian Schol-
ar, Theodore Hardy, now resi-.
cent in the neighboring River
dale. Md, was present that
night and the memory Of it is
1ndellbly etChed IN MS treasured
footlights recollections.
AS Mr.. Hardy tells it:
"The performance fixed itself
in my mind because, in one of
the highly charged moments of
the play, a spectator in the gal
lery fired a shot at the actor
upon the stage.
Booth had just begun the
Fifth act speech:
"'FOr Gods sake let us sit
upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the
death of kings ,
"The pistol shot threw the
theater into confusion, but
Booth, who was playing down
front, recognized the man in the
balcony who had fired the pistol.
He stepped out of character to
point the aSSailant out to the
ater attendants, who seized him.
ut developed that the bullet
was fired by one Mark Gray,
who was found to be of unSOund
The Washington times., 1937-11-29
MOVIE
CLOCK

R.K.O. KEITH'S - Katherine
Hepburn, Ginger Rogers,
stage Door," 11:15 a. M,
1:21, 1927, 5:33, 1889, 9:4S
p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Ann Sheri.
dan, "Alcatraz Island" 11:55
a. M. 2, 4, 5:55, 1855. $3.50
p. m.
EARLE-Grace Moore, Melvyn
Douglas, ''I'll Take Romance"
II a. m, 1:40, 4:25, 7:10. 9:55
p. m. Stage, l. S:45. $780,
9:15 p. m.
CAPITOL-Loretta Young, Ty'
rome Power. Second Honey
moon," 11:05 a. M, 1:45, 4:3O,
7:15, 9:55 p. m. Stage, Dave
Apollon, 1850, $40, $685.
9:05 p. m.
PALACE-Jeanette Macdonald,
Allan Jones, "The FREELY" II
a.. J.. 1885, Ais, sos, 9:55
p. III.
COLUMBTA-Eddie Cantor, "An
Baba Goes to Town." 11:55
a. M, 1855, 1855, 7:55. 9:55
p m.
LIT TILE Gorki's Lower
Depths" AT 1885, 1887, 1888,
5:39, TAO and 9:4S p. m.
TRANS LUX - NewsreeI and
Shorts at 10 and 1l:45 q. M,
1880. 1:45. 8. AIS. $3.50.
6:45, 8. s:15 and 10:45 p. m
HOWARD-Boris Karloff, "West
of Shanghai" 1880, 3:55, 7:05,
1910 p. m. Stage: 2:3o, $780,
9:10 p. m.
The Washington times., 1937-11-29
Rejects Role

Capt. Charles Arey of the
schooner Golden Gate is prob
ably telling the deepwater men
around the Frisco waterfront
that he could have been a movie
actor if he'd wanted to! The
78-year-old skipper of the ship
which Paramount used in film
ing Egg Tide" was such a
picturesque character that Di-
rector James Hogan offered him
a small part in the technicolor
sea saga. Captain Arey turned it
down as being undignified for
the master Of a ship!
The Washington times., 1937-11-29

the earth for relaxation and is
an expert. on the growing Of
orchids and cyclamen. He has
two dogs, a smooth-haired fox
terrier and a Doberman-G Great
Dane.
His recent pictures include
"Polo Joe," "Penrod and SAM"
Marry the Girl" Brides Are
Like That" and "Alcatraz
Island"
The Washington times., 1937-11-29
SHAKESPEARE WITH BULLETS
Gleanings
and
Screenings
By Andrew R. Kelley

Until Maurice Evans brought out his elaborate production
of Rcard II" in York last season. that Shakespearean
tragedy had been snguay neglected by the great of the
stage.
Mr. Evans tells us that Edward Kean played the role in
1920 and again in 1926 His son. Charles Kean, appeared
as the starred Pantagenet King in New York in 1856,
and Edwin Booth gave four performances of the play in 1874
another three years later
There were short engagements Chicago 1883, when
Booth offered two performances and the
company included it the bards repertoire in several Amer
The Washington times., 1937-11-29

Ginger Rogers is reported to
have burned up when she dis
covered that Katharine Hep
burns contract calls for a per
centage of the profits on pic
lures in which she appears :.
Since Katharine costarred with
Ginger in stage Door," the lat.
ter thought she was entitled to
a similar concession, in addi.
tion to her $2,500 per week con-
tract. Will probably get it,
for Ginger is needed for the
next Fred Astaire picture
First place that William Powell
visited after arriving back in
California was the crypt at
Woodlawn Cemetery where Jean
Harlow's body rests. He spent
an hour there alone "Alca-
traz Island" has been a sensa-
tional surprise for Warner Bros.
1t has been packing in custo-
mers in all key cities, is rolling
up a grand week for Maynard
Madden's Metropolitan Theater.
The picture will unequestion.
ably gross several times as much
nationally as many of the pic
lures considered more "impor-
tant," and costing three times
as much to produce. John Lii
tel's reward for his excellent
work in "Alcatraz Island" is a
new contract with upped wages.
TALL MILLINERY
If the new millinery gets any
closer to the skies, theaters will
be forced to dust off the antique
slide, Ladies Will Please Re
move Their Hats. On a re-
cent Monday night at the Ma
tional Theater, a fair patron
seated directly behind one of
those Bunker Hill monStrosi-
ties politely asked the queen
of fashion to remove it, that
she might have an unobstructed
view of the stage. The lady re-
fused.
That would have been all
there was to the Story-juSt
an exhibition of bad manners
and Selfishness-except as the
patron behind was leaving, and
the overture was being played,
she ACCIDENTALLY switched
the umbrella under her arm and
strange to say it struck the col
orful top piece and knocked it
into the dust. Such looks, such
sulphurous glanceS, as polite
apology was rendered. If this
keeps up, Eddie Plohn will have
to engage a referee.
MARJORIE PROMOTED
Watch that youngster, Mar
jorie Weaver, in Second Honey.
moon" at the Capitol. . She
hits like a million in the pic
ture, and her hobby now is saw
ing the critical raves about her
work AS a matter of fact
all actors have same same
hobby. so Marjorie needn't feel
embarrassed. Daryl zanuck re-
warded her last Friday with the
lead opposite Warner Baxter in