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News-Pilot from San Pedro, California • 8

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4 PAGE EIGHT NEWS-PILOT SAN PEDRO CALIFORNIA MONDAY EVENING FEB 17 1930 ADDITIONAL WORLD SPORTS At the Theatres Dance of With Nancy Carroll in Featured Role Opens at Fox Strand BIG GUNS TO BOOM IN MIAMI Hollywood Most Dazzling Spectacle at Fox Cabrillo Petkiewicz to Meet Penn State Star in 5000 Meter Run New songs new dances by stars of screen and stage lots of and abundant laughs tuneful melodies and sparkling and forget the girls Hollywood Revue" a huge musical spectacle staged and screened by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer which opened a three-day engagement today at the Fox Cabrillo has them all It has everything It is a radical departure from the motion pictures to which we have become accustomed even in this talkie epoch NEW YORK Feb 17 number of track stars who were defeated earlier in the season will try to come back tonight at the New York A Games at Madison Square Garden Dr Paul Martin of Switzerland and Stanislau Petkiewicz of Poland the lone European invaders of the year were defeated recently in the Milrose meet and tonight they try conclusions with their conquerors Dance of Life" production made from the successful stage play comes to the Fox Strand theatre today tomorrow and Wednesday as the third of the attrac tions Hal Skelly who originated the role of Skid in the stage production continues in this part in the motion picture production Nancy Carroll red headed beauty of and Irish has the other featured role The cast includes such stage and screen favorites as Dorothy Revier Ralph Theador Charles Brown A1 St John and May Boley A spectacular revue scene with lavish costumes brilliant settings and eighty beautiful girls is shown entirely in color by the Technicolor process and sound and dialog are heard throughout the action The story takes behind the scenes in a burlesque theatre and follows the love affair of two interesting performers throughout a series of events which takes one of them to the Broadway circuit and the big revues Six original song hits were written for the production and many old-time and popular songs are heard throughout the Petkiewicz was defeated by Paul Rekers rising star of the Penn State mmc oiagea college track team at two miles will gorgeous settings 20 musical onnnmiio i numbers a hunfi riancirnr nhnrnc and It is a revue a huge vaudeville show for young and old alike staged encounter the numbers a huge dancing chorus and Love One of the hit songs of the show is Conrad Nagel makes his screen singing debut and is the interlocutor of a minstrel number Buster Keaton frozen faced come dian appears before the sound cam' era and microphone for the first time and does an Egyptian snake dance It's immense Marie Dressier and Polly Moran famous comediennes of screen and stage are teamed as funny women for the first time Charles King Broadway baritone who made his screen debut in Broadway (Cliff Edwards) famous revue star and recording artist the Brox Sisters sinking harmonists glorified by Ziegfeld in his New York productions Natacha Nattova startling adagio dancer in her exceptional act Jack Benny humorous as the master of ceremonies the Albertina Rasch ballet the Rounders and mBny others all add their talent to this huge spectacle making it the greatest collection of stage and screen artists ever assembled for one production Directed by Charles Relsner is a sound picture triumph and marks a new era in the development of the talkie It is the first great full length a galaxy of stars in the greatest cast ever assembled for one motion picture Marion Davies appears as a singer and dancer in a highly amusing sketch called "Tommy Atkins on Who knew before that she was an expert tap dancer? But she is rivaling the best that the musical comedy stage has to offer She is supported by a male chorus of six-footers John Gilbert and Norma Shearer do a romantic bit from Shakespeare and then jazz it up to modern tempo Bessie Love appears in her own singing and dancing as Bessie Earl Kimball Finishes First in Watasch Dog Race Gets $1200 OGDEN Utah Febt 17 Earl Kimball Lewiston Idaho was $1200 richer today as a result of record breaking triumph In the first annual Wasatch dog derby here yesterday and along with the other ten drivers who took part in the race he prepared to move on to Ashton Idaho to perform in the fifteenth annual derby there on February 22 Kimball representing Reno Nev made a new record for dog mushers when he covered the 504 mile course total in elapsed time of 3 hours 42 minutes and 10 seconds The Idaho dog driver also broke the record which he established Saturday for the 25 mile course His Saturday's mark was bettered by two other drivers yesterday but Kimball coming in later again lowered the time His Saturday day's mark was 1:53:08 and his new record for 252 miles was 1:49:11 The former record for 25 miles was 1:55:35 and was established by Bill Trade at Ashton in 1926 Thula Geelan McCall Idaho representing a San Francisco business house finished second in 3:52:14 to win $750 and Roy Stover McCall representing Sacramento Calif took third money $500 in 3:52:57 less than one minute behind the plucky McCall woman musher In the ski jumping events staged in connection with the dog derby Siguard Ulland of Westby Wis took first place with a leap of 140 feet He also won the preliminary event Saturday but his two jumps were under 120 feet due to the poor condition of the hill Alf Engen Norwegian ski jumpin champion placed second yesterday by leaping 137 feet while Anders Haugen Westby was third with 125 feet Nancy Carroll at Fox Strand In Dance of STAR OF WAS BATHING BEAUTY youngster again at the 5000-meter distance the favorite of the Polish runner Martin was beaten by a breadth in the Millrose half mile by Fred Veit former New York university runner He heads the field for the Brefney half mile tonight with Veit Phil Edwards former star now competing for the Hamilton Olympic club of Canada and Charles Thompson of the New York Central A A winner over Veit and Edwards at Boston Saturday as his leading rivals George Simpson of Ohio State who turned in the sensational 9 2-5 time for 100 yards last spring will be against Jimmy Daley of Holy Cross Sid Kieselhorst of Yale Ben Hand of Princeton and a number of other consistent indoor sprinters in a 60 -yard race A new contender for the pole vaulting honors hitherto monopolized by Fred Sturdy of Yale and the Los Angeles A and Barney Ber-linger of Penn appears in Tommy Warne of Northwestern Warne holds the indoor record from a dirt runway is co-holder of the National Collegiate A A title and was runner-up to Sturdy in the National A A championships vance from there to featured roles Appearing with her in her current production are Lloyd Hughes Sam Hardy Charles West and Charles Wilson In Long Long a western comedy-thriller also on the program Hoot Gibson the star could lick wild men and handle wild cattle but Cupid sent him down for the count Margaret Livingston the featured feminine player of the Columbia underworld drama show-ing again today and tomorrow on the double feature program is still another popular star who made her movie debut via the Mack Sennett bathing beauty route It did not take her very long to ad- Realtors Map Gigantic Advertising Campaign THE PACIFIC TAILORING COMPANY will be permanently located in their present 458 WEST SIXTH STREET For Real Tailored Suits See US EISKO CAMPOLO SCOTT WITH Jack Sharkey and Phil Scott going 15 rounds in the feature mill Vittorio Campolo and Johnny Risko Tommy Loughran and Pierre Charles and Jim Maloney and Moise Bouquillon clashing in ten-rounders the Miami Fla February 27 ring card takes on the aspects of a World war Scott is English Campolo a South American Charles a Belgian and Bouquillon a Frenchman VINES WINS TITLE LOS ANGELES Feb (UP) Ellsworth Vines of Pasadena who with Keith Gledhill holds the national junior doubles title yesterday won the singles championship in the fourth annual Los Angeles open tennis tournament He defeated Lester Stoffen with scores Of 3-6 9-7 6-7 2-6 6-2 If you appreciate a comfortable home-like room in a new hotel amidst a refined atmosphere you will select a room in the NEW HOTEL AMORY Simmons Beds Steam Heat Private Baths Showers in Each Room TRANSIENT RATES $100 A DAY UP Special Rates to Permanent Guests 354 Ninth Street Telephone 3703 MEET LEAGUE LEADERS HOLLYWOOD Feb Millionaires play the league-leading Oakland Sheiks tonight in what promises to be one of the hardest fought California hockey league games of the season here The Millionaires still have a chance to get in on the end-season money which will come to league champions with an East-West game and they are planning to make the most of it LCS ANGELES Feb 17 The Los Angeles realty board plans to launch immediately one of the largest advertising campaigns ever carried on by a similar organization according to announcement today by Harold Gerguson president The copy to be used will be purely educational in character and will have as its object a general stimulation of the real estate market by stressing the fact that real estate is the basis of all wealth a fact that has been lost sight of during the last two or three years WILL USE NEWSPAPERS While various mediums will be used the campaign will be concentrated in Los Angeles newspapers using only full pages and will continue for several months All indications point to a cycle of renewed activity real estate and it is believed that this can be brought nearer by bringing to the public fundamental principles underlying the ownership of real property Ferguson stated Mason Case past president of the board is chairman of the special committee which will handle the campaign Details were outlined at a meeting of the realty board last week by Case who announced the personell of several CHAIRMAN NAMED Copy will be handled by a committee composed of Walter Leimert George Coffin Jr Ransom and Ben Burton The contact committee consists of Avery McCarthy Woodruff Harrison Sayer Jr and Robert Chambers Finances will be in the hands of Lev Paul Deitrich Jay Lawyer Cordary and John West-rom Affiliated lines of business will be contacted by Fritz Burns A Hastings Metcalf Loftus and Read The local campaign will tie in with one of nationwide scope to be sponsored by the National Association of Real Estate Boards of which the Los Angeles board is the local member Newspapers all over the country magazines and other publications will be used ORIGINATED IN A This campaign is the direct outcome of suggestions made to the directors of the association by officers of the Los Angeles board at the midwinter meeting of the national body in Birmingham last year It also will feature the advantage of real estate as an investment as well as back up President Hoover's program of construction Jack MOSKOVITA 462 6th St Phone 519 Those Who Want the Expert Service on All Makes ot Radios hJUJIlliCI 518800 COMPLETE WELTERS BATTLE LOS ANGELES Feb Two promising welterweights will fight the feature event tonight when Matty Mario and Sammy Jackson enter the ring in the new Eastside arena Jackson has had excellent success as a semi-windup battler locally while Mario returns to the western canvas after gaining favor' able comment in the east Director Arthur A Dietz of Anderson Memorial will start this week to enroll boys who wish to enter the Junior Olympics Any boy who will not be 16 years of age by September 1 may sign up with Mr Dietz San Pedro last season sent two boys to Atlantic City where they won the first and second national championship places They were trained by Mr Dietz and he hopes this year to repeat Parents may be assured their boys will not be put to any undue test Cilife and ALHAMBRA Calif Feb (UP) A crack polo team which came up from the Argentine recently to win the Pacific Coast championship yesterday defeated a squad picked from Hurricanes and the Midwick Country club 11 to 7 The South American players rode into a strong finish to break a tie and clinch victory in the exhibition match The game had been closely contested up to the seventh chukker with the American team holding its own for a 6-6 score The pampas riders went into the lead when Juan Reynal scored twice and his fellow Argentine Manuel Andrada made a point Laddie Sanford scored once for the Mid-wick-Hurricanes In the eighth chukker Jose Reynal found the goal twice for victory The Argentine team will play another picked Hurricane-Midwick squad next Sunday READING Pa Feb Authorities today searched the ruins of a three-story brick building for the bodies of two men and a woman believed to have been buried when a still exploded yesterday causing the walls to collapse Two laborers were killed and several Injured when the still and an alcohol cooking plant blew up They were passing the building when the first of three explosions sent the walls crashing to the street Two other men and a young woman who were near the building at the time were not accounted for Four of the injured were said to have been employed at the plant All are under arrest on suspicion LATE WIRELESS San Pedro Lodga No 332 A meets Thursday 7 Masonic Temple John Swinford William Davis secretary 8 FEBRUARY 16 SIR KARL KNUTSEN Balboa 1100 south HUGENOT Balboa 1650 south NOON FEBRUARY 16 BENEDICT Rosario 1860 south PACIFIC SPRUCE Balboa 1850 south ODD TEMPLE Corner Gaffey and Tenth Street Ban Pedro Lodge No 138 meets every Wednesday 7'30 A Elliott Sessions Secretary 1008 South Gaffey A post card mailed in Moseley England in 1907 has Just been delivered to the addressee in Rhyl Ireland WIN SIX-DAY RACE CHICAGO Feb 17 (UP) The Belgian-American team of Gerard Debaets and Anthony Beckman had added additional laurels to its impressive record today as a result of victory in the twenty-third annual international six-day bicycle race here They were tied with Alfonso Zucchettie and Paul Brocardo the Spanish French combination In mileage and laps when the race ended Saturday night both garnered first honors by scoring 580 points in the sprints compared to the 165 hung up by Zucchetti and Brocardo TROJANS NEAR TITLE LOS ANGELES Feb The Trojan basketeers are expected to make it three straight for University of Southern California by seven full days before communication was established with them Lodge No 868 BPOE meets every Monday evening at Borne George Jamar exalted ruler Robert Snodgrass Secretary Visiting Elks cordially Invited ST ETIENNE France Feb (UP) After 67 hours imprisonment in a mine long days and nights relieved by champagne roast beef and betting on the chances of rescue 15 exhausted men crawled through the small hole made by picks yesterday and gave the little mining village of Lorette the most joyful Sunday in its history The men in darkness until lamps were lowered to them by ropes had forgotten to wind their watches and thought they had been below ground 1000 ENTER GAMES LOS ANGELES Feb With registrations rapidly piling up for the 1930 Junior Olympic games officials announced today that a schedule of meets would be released soon In less than a week over 1000 entries have been made More than 25000 are expected before the season closes winning from the UCLA team when they clash here next Saturday night Another victory after defeating the Bruins 42 to 30 last Saturday night would make the Trojans champions of the southern division of the Pacific Coast SPARTON AND CROSLEY RADIOS Pacific Radio Store Lodge IJlabrand Sons of Norway meets every second and fourth Thursday 8 pm at Odd hall Tenth and Gaffey streets Karm Nyhus secretary 735 21st St Phone 812 1103 Pacific Ave MONDAY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY Evening Show Starts at Matinee Daily at 2:00.

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