DAVIS ARRESTED I
IN NUMBERS CASE
jj^ro Taken In Florence And
Returned Here To Face
Lottery Charges
\0rman Davis, 35, colored, of 413
* qol,,h seventh street, last night
;g bcjIlg held in New Hanover
untJ, -jail under ?1,000 bond for
, . in recorder's court on
trial uu<*
liargcs of violating the lottery laws,
-beriff's deputies reported.
Davis, who has been at large since
of raids on the numbers
3 r-et Was conducted here Decem
ral , was arrested late Wednesday
15vht’ in Florence, S. C„ and return
"fhere early yesterday morning by
Deputy Sheriff Sam Yopp.
meanwhile, H. Winfield Smith.
ounty solicitor, said another war
f V liad been sworn out against
ia"ies Davis, colored, charging an
additional count of violating the lot
tery laws.
The defendant. Solicitor Smith said
been held in jail here in default
f q ooo fine since Friday when he
tvas convicted in recorder’s court on
a similar charge.
Movie Revues
..SCATTERBRAIN” IS OFFERED
at the royal today
Judy Canova. the screen’s Num
ber One hillbilly, now starred in
"Scatterbrain,” is a hillbilly by
adoption! She was born in the
northern part of Florida, where
there isn’t a hill in sight, but she
‘pent much of her early life
around her father’s cotton gin lis
tening to the talk of North Florida
crackers,” who speak just like
Georgia hillbillies.
Leaving their native Jackson
ville. the Canovas came to New
York to try their fortunes in the
bis city, and it was a fortunate
move, for in Manhattan’s own
Greenwich Village they received
a tremendous ovation which re
sulted in a long term vaudeville
contract, and a Broadway show.
In "Scatterbrain,” Miss Cano
va’s first starring movie, which
comes today to the Royal theatre
lor a two-day run, Judy enacts a
true-to-life role of cosmopolitan
Hollywood. She outrages every
sacred cow in the film industry
and provides hilarious fun at the
expense of distraut producers, di
rectors and publicity men.
Supporting the madcap comedi
enne are Eddie Foy, Jr., Alan
Mowbray. Luis Alberni, Ruth Don
nelly. Wallace Ford, Billy Gilbert,
Jimmy Starr and a host of other
film luminaries.
Dead End Kids and Little Tough
Guys present ‘‘The Plunge of
Peril" this week. There is also
the latest Lowell Thomas Movie
tone News. 1
RIDERS OF BLACK RIVER”
IS OFFERED AT BIJOU
In a role said to be ideally fitted
to his two-fisted and hard-riding
abilities as an outdoor action star,
Charles Starrett returns to the Bi
jou theatre today in Columbia’s
'Riders of Black River,” with
lovely Iris Meredith as the roman
tic interest and the singing Sons
of the Pioneers providing range
tunes to augment the swiftly-paced
narrative.
The hard-riding cowboy star’s
flying fists, gun-slinging and dar
wg courage, which have brought
terror to numerous screen he«vies, j
are called upon once more as he .
'‘•ages a single . handed battle :
against a band of rustlers who S
threaten the peace of a secluded ;
'alley and the happiness of its in- ]
habitants. j
Starrett plays the heroic role of ]
an adventurous young cowboy who «
arrives at home, after serving with j
e Texas Ranger, just as his j
Mother is murdered by a rustler j
sang which has been terrorizing ;
'he countryside. 1
^hapter eight of "The Green {
Hornet Strikes Again” and an Ed
gar Kennedy coniedy, “Sunk by a
Census,” complete this program.
WESTERNER” IS OFFERED
AT CAROLINA THEATRE
Against the colorful and adven
ture-filled background of the Old
West, in the days when justice
was administered at the point oi
a gun and roistering Judge Roy
Bean loomed as the “Law West oi
Pecos,” Samuel Goldwyn’s
The Westerner,” with Gary Coop
er in the title role, opened yester
day at the Carolina theatre for a
three-day run.
“The Westerner” features in the
cast which supports Cooper such
notable players as Walter Bren
nan, Fred Stone, Doris Davenport,
Lilian Bond, Forrest Tucker and
Paul Hurst. The setting of the
story is Vinegarroon, Texas, in the
roaring days of the ’80’s when
there raged a bitter and long pro
tracted battle between the cattle
men originai settlers of the land,
and the homesteaders, who sought
to till the land which they home
steaded under the law.
The program includes a Merrie
Melody cartoon, "Wild Hare” and
the latest news events.
HERSHEV CONFIRMED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. — m _
The senate continued today President
Roosevelt’s nomination of Brigadier
General Lewis B. Hershey to be depu
ty dyector of selective service.
Star Of New Bailey’s Opening Feature
Judy Garland’s first starring picture, “Little Nellie Kelly,” very ap
propriately has been selected as the feature screen attraction of the
Bailey theatres grand opening program on Monday, December 23.
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Special Service Slated
At Temple Of Israel
The Temple of Israel will hold
a special service tonight at 8
o’clock in honor of the 80th birth
day of Mrs. Henrietta Szold, gen
erally recognized as the “first lady
in Israel,” on Saturday, December
21.
Mrs. Herbert Bluethenthal, ac
tive and prominent in the work
of the Hadassah organization, of
which Mrs. Szold is the founder
and honorary president, will speak
on the life of this woman.
The choir will sing “My Creed”
and Rabbi M. M. Thurman will
have charge of the services. The
public is invited to attend."
Saturday morning at 11 o’clock,
Rabbi Thurman will continue his
discussion of the Book of Genesis.
Currently under consideration is
the Abraham cycle. 5
Army Recruiting Unit 1
Begins Tour Of Area "
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A mobile unit of the U. S.army I
recruiting service yesterday began 1
another tour of Southeastern North
Carolina counties seeking, addi
tional voluntary enlistments for
three years of service, Sergeant 1
S. W. D. Bennett reported. !
The unit, in cha *-;e of Sergeants
Lake M. Byers and Wilfred J.
Cartwright, today will tour Pender
and Duplin counties and tomorrow
-olumbus and Brunswick counties.
Young men are urged to contact
the unit as it tours their respective
counties and learn of the vacancies
now existing at Fort Benning, Ga.,
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’ort McClellan, Ala., and Fot1
ackson, S. C.
Applicants accepted for openings
t Fort Benning will have th<
rivilege of learning diesel motors,
adio, and communications work.!
GRANTED DIVORCE
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19—UP>~
lowboy Actor Dick Foran wa:
[ranted a divorce today from so
cially active Ruth Piper Hollings
worth Foran. He testified she spent
too much money, including “a $10,
000 legacy from her grandmother
and $2,000 besides, all in six or
eight weeks.”
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