Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1930, Page 7

CLARA BOW DENIES LA AGHINST HER Nevada Resort Proprietor ; Tries to Collect $13,900 on | Checks Laid to Actress. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 24— Waving issued a statement denying any one had a “rightful claim” against her, Clara Bow, film actress, remained resort proprietor today sought to collect alleged gambling debts totaling $13,900 which they said were incurred by a s&:wl&h flaming red hair who had introduced as the “it” girl of the Bttorneys for James McKay, operator ©f & gambling resort on the Nevada shore oérdth: h:“hémé‘ble ""‘,f, ‘Tahoe, announ y_had appealed to B. P.; Schulberg, production manager of studio employing the actress. Checks Are Stopped. McKay said the girl, gave four checks | for losses at roulette and other games last week and that the checks had been nmmed" to him marked “payment e checks were said to have been amounts of $6,000, $7,300 and two for $300 each, drawn on a Hollywood The actress, after hearing of Mc- Kay's statement gave out the following statement yesterday: “If any one in the world feels he has & rightful claim against me for any sum of money whatsoever, which I deny, I wili gladly accept service of any legal documents. -1 always pay every honest fwlebt promptly.” - . ot to Be Found. 50 Gin Tmmediately afterward she was not $0 be found, and no elaboration of the statement was obtainable. Schulberg said yesterday he had \received no communication from Me- Kay's attorneys. It was pointed out, however, that the letter probably had mot yet reached Los Angeles. Certain forms of gambling are legal in Nevada, but attorneys asserted checks given in games of chance could not be collected by court action. LIBERALS IN SWEDEN LOSE IN ELECTIONS sllent while attorneys for a Lake Tahoe | screen. Miss Bow issued the statement after | Denies Gambling Debt | | CLARA BOW. BID FOR RE-ELECTION OF THOMPSON SEEN Supporters,. However, Deny Con- ference Was Inaugural of Fourth Campaign. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 24—A con- ference ycsierday of the city hall legal staff was hailed by Chicago newspa- pers as the inaugural of a bid by Mayor William Hale Thompson for a fourth term. The reports were followed by de)mflls from the mayor and his coun- selors. The conference was presided over by John G. Drennan, assistant corporation counsel. “All of yon,” he was quoted as say- ing, “are working for the city. That means you are working for Mayor Thompson and for his renomination in February.” . Asked to confirm the quotation, Drennan said that “somebody lied.” The mayor, when consulted, made reference to the November election and added: “one election at a time.” Mayor Thompson's health had for a time been thought a barrier to his en- trance into active campaigning, and he had appeared seldom in public during recent months. his return from 2 Summer vacation at Nantucket yes- terday, however, he declared he had not Weavy Reverses Noted With Corre- sponding Gains for Union Labor Socialist Party. By the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, September 24.—Heavy Josses for the Liberal Government party and corresponding gains for the Union Many free traders supported the So- elal-Democrats, who demanded lower tariffs, at least on foodstuffs, while the Conservatives proposed increases. The Liberals took & middle course. The farm it was expressed in 20 new pro- mandates for the Agricultural felt better in many months. Samuel Ettelson, closest adviser of the mayor, was pressed by reporters as to whethér he would support Thompson for renomination. The corporation counsel remarked that the February primary was still far away, but when questioned again was quoted: “I once saw a play called ‘Loyalty’ and it made & deep impression on me.” PRINCE OF WALES LISTED TO SERVE AS GODFATHER May Officiate at Christening of Daughter of Duke and Duchess of York. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 2¢—The Prince of Wales probably will be one of the god-fathers at the christening of the infant princess, Margaret Rose, daughter of the Duke and Dutchess of York Unofficial reports murdny said the archbishop of Canterbury probably will perform the ceremony which will be Union, but they are so scattered that | Private. i t?mnewsemhunvmbethe The party situation is such that no e in government is their gains the Social-Demo- in the Riks- mfi?mm}"? is the Sec 3 e situation e pe ond Chamber is not affected by the re- sults this year. The next national elec- tion is due in 1932 and a special vote s not now Hkely. HEAD OF THEATER CHAIN ON WEST COAST RESIGNS Harold B. Franklin Quits Post as President of Fox Houses in Pacific Territory. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 24 —Harold B. Franklin, president of the Fox West Coast chain of 513 motion picture thea- ters, told the Associated Press yesterday he had resigned from his post, effective upon his return to Los Angeles. He had been president of the West theaters for about three years, heading a Fox corporation which owned or controlled motion picture houses 8dn Diego, Calif., to Canada and from _the Pacific Coast Eastward to Western Illinois. Franklin said his relations with Har- ley, L. Clarke, who purchased the con: interests of William Fox in the Fox enterprifes last Spring, had been | “most pleasant” and that he had made *a very satisfactory settlement” of his Contract as president of the West Coast | still had two years and | & half to run. ! Franklin _is & New York theater executive who before he became presi- dent of the Fox chain was vice presi- dent of the Publix Theaters Corpora- | tion. He sald he planned to take a four or five month vacation and then | %o “get back into the game.” | EXISTENCE IS CONTINUOUS | OLIVER LODGE BELIEVES Bpiritist in Radio Talk Predicts Bclence Will Recognize Spirit- ual World, By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, September 24.—Scien- tists are bound in time to recognize the existence of a spiritual world, Sir Oliver Lodge, British spiritist, sald Bunday in an address broadcast from Landon over the Columbia broadcasting mnetwork. “The region of matter and the re- gion of religion are both important; the physical and the spiritual are in- terlocked,” he said. “We entertain the ambitious hope of the two bodles together and raising, as it were, a Jacob’s ladder be- tween the two worlds, extending the methods of sclence into another di- & break in its continuity, but a mere sloughing off of the material body.” ! COW INVITED TO FETE By the Associated Press. 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