Walkerton Independent, Volume 72, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 25 September 1947 — Page 2

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la — — —.— — — — — — ■ Rialto Theatre a-■ Double Feature I’hilo Vjince, that suave an 1 ~u>o, h sleuth, is suaver an 1 ।mother than ever in his latest dventure, “Philo Vance’s Gamble", Inch come- to the P ialto'l heat re, n’dav and Saturday. Il is an exiGn;.r story that mixes- up a jewel .ndicate, a pricele s emerald and tree muni -rs into a mystery film n.'t is top erte-tainment. Ihe new Phi'o Vam e, very dap* or and 'cry sophisticated, g-ets in* hod w'»h -i dangerom brunette 1 a ghum.-roi;* blond" when the - i I o*' a j<''.vel syndira’e. who has , " I Van <• to guni d the -tot e, ■ irdi re I. 1 1 • killit g . all / tin m i igl.t ui d* VaiuC nose, jd' it- tilt sleuth ."i’h the poliet ■ that Ie h: t > solve the murders ■ g * himself Ollt of hot Watvl. Co-Hit Jt ■ of th< roaring colmful era I early California conies one <>f n mo"! thrilling romantic stories •• put on the screen. Republic’s illion-dollar action romam •, "In »ld Saeramento.” Starring William ibiott ami Constance .Moore, the i'm comes Friday and Saturday to •e Rialt< Theatie, Tn C)i«t Sacramento” introduces a .eV. type of love to the screen, a eve that blazes through spine- • igling adventure and soul-stirring ‘The Farmer’s Daughter” am unusual romance, ’aid against r e exciting setting of a c< ngiese rial election, is the inspiration for tk • Radio’s sparkling new comedy curia, “The Fanner’s Daughter” t.uring Loretta Young and Joseph ot’on and Ethel Barrymore, at the hallo Su'idm , Monday and Tues th i

I KL - SAT., SEPT. 26-27—DOUBLE FEAT! RE Action and Adventure! be Screen’s Ace “IN 01 I) Slueth in Action SACRAMENTO” “I’HILO VANCE’S (.AMBLE” William Elliott A j an Curtis Constance Moore Terry Austin " KI »- • Till RS.. OCT. 1-2 ’T^ONJA HE NI E • JOHN PAYNE GLENN MILLER and his Orchestra SunValfey^ Serenade C 0 M ING S 0 0 N “I I ESI A with Esther Williams, in Technicolor ( LARK (.ABLE in "HIE HV( ESTERS” “Miracle on 31th Street”—“Dear Ruth”—“Boomerang” ।

i 1 Miss Young as a young farm i i girl, disappointed in a career, takes 'a job as maid in the home of a voting congressman (l otion) and iiis mother (Mi. - Barrymore), the latter a power in the political life I of the city. j I Miss Young's employers- nomi-/ mite a candidate for a vac ant con- , , gressional seat and are stunned [ . when their maid gets up at a public I; rally and denounces him as unfit | I for miblic office. The opposition 1 1 I invite her to run, and after a hot i and exciting campaign, she wins the 1 ■ seat, hut her congressman-employ-y • er win her for a wife. Principal supporting players aie । • ( h iiie Bickford, Rose Hobart, and • Tom Power' l . 11. Potter direc - ed tin Dore Schary p’odm ti< m , “>un \ alley Serenade ’ I At the Rialto Theatre, W< dm - , da; ami Thursday, i- “Sun Vail Serenade ” It is a gay, romantic I 1 mu i al -et in America’.- most fab- 1 ! luloii-- winter playland. Tin happy comedy -tints when John Paym ,-, i p ane player for Glenn Miller’s I F Orches’ru, find.- that the “little” I ; refugee he has offeree! to care for 1 ; it really Sonja Henie, He tries- tor i duck out of the agreement, but , i Sonja keeps after him to his dis- ' • comfort and to the annoyance of > 1 his fiance, Lynn Bari. I Highlighted with exciting skat- ( Jing and skiing spectacles, with i I Sonja Henie at her brilliant Iwst, 'the film, produced by Milton Sper- ; ; 1 ling and directed by H. Bruce Hum- . j berstone, contains u wore of some iof the most memorable song hits ever written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren. In the life of a nation one mis- ’ | take may be the end of power, i wealth, civilization, culture and lih- • ertv. . । _ I Re; d th< ( -aBS fied Ads.

DEATH RECORD b, — — ——— — —.—. — ■ Monroe Steiner Monroe Steiner, 86, widely known auctioneer, died in the Austin Nursing Home, Plymouth at 4:15 o’clock, Sept. 18. He had been ill lor the past 18 months. Born in St. Joseph County, June 16, 1861, he had lived in Plymouth for the past 15 years. He served as postmaster of Plymouth in 1910 and was elected sheriff in 1905, serving through 1905 and 1906. He had been an auctioneer for 52 years, gaining noteworthy reputation in his field throughout a wide area ol hoithern Indiana as well as his local area. He was the soli of Daniel and Elizabeth Steiner and married Genevieve Neddo in Ixaß, He later married Elizabeth Schrader who survives. Also uutviving is a son, Harold, also an auctioneer, t,f Ply mouth. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Methodist church, Plymouth, with Rev. C. A. Sickafoose officiating. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery. The national forest system now embraces land jn 40 states and in Alaska and Puerto Rico, with a net area of about 179 million acres.

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Legion To Assist War Dead Burials I Returned Indiana heroic World War II dead will total as much as 11,000 bodies, Colonel Charles A. , Merkle, who has Iteen assigned as Repatriation Office) of the armed ! forces told a meeting of District Chaplains of The American Legion, ' held in Indianapolis, Rev. Phillip C. Dermond, of I Greentown, pastor of the New Salem Friends- Church and State I Chaplain of the Indiana Legion reported that the 173 American Le- । gion posts in the state are working । out plans to give every assistance . i possible.

I 1 ___ 'LI •■■■■■■ ■ I ■■■■■■■■■■ : Night Baseball J B PLACE PARK • ARGOS vs. WALKERTON Z Friday at 8 P. M. | 1 " FINAL CAME OF THE SEASON ■ ■ * cWSlllKiiiKiißii,* ■ ' »>

September 25, 1947

It was brought out at the Legion conference of all District Chaplains ; that the first of the returned Indiana hero dead will arrive during ' the month of October. Colonel Merkle told the lx*gion that th** distribution center for returned Indiana war dead had been changed • from Chicago to Columbus, Ohio. Harold E. Morris, of Gary, State ’ Legion Commander, has set Legion assistance in paying full honor to the returned hero dead at the top of the Legion agenda. Tn its war on rats, London has , learned that if undisturbed one pair . of the rodents can produce 1,2<>0 progeny in a year.