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Show PRO VO (UTAH) EVENING HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24.193 0, PAGE SEVEN Hard WoA Brings Fame By NEA f. oice z NEVVV YORK, Jan. 24. Rudy Valle! Sure, you know the fellow. Tou think he's a gooi-lookln chap, plentifully endowed with "sex appeai" and "It,'' who captivate3 young women with his croonin voice and "8fcf3 nothing but direct a jazz band for a, living. But did you know that he works harder than probably 50 per cent of the radio audience that listens to hiro; his name isn't Rudy it's Hubert Hu-bert Prior; that he's inttlligent enough to be 'master of language Spanish especially; and thit a drum, and not a saxophone, gave him his start? V You'll probably believs &:i tnese statements but the first, and , to convince you that he 'is. "a hard working young chap, , let's follow him - through hi work-a-day ou-tine: ou-tine: - -.- Z "V; - " He's up every morning -before 8, and at 9:30 "begins -reiaear5al. Af-tr" Af-tr" he arrived the "Connecticut Yankees,- his band,., group around hlmfor Instructions and orchestration orchestra-tion of new pieces to -play.-Then the curly-haired Rudy picks up his "sax," one that has been with him since he started his!' rise to fame ; several years ago. and leads the boys" through their capers unui noon. ' " " ' ' : Half Hour for Lunch' . if Rudv is sublect to Indigestion. hell succumb to its attacks -one or these day3. For during the inter val of between 12 and 12:30 he must erab his luncheon, devour it hastil and appear for his first four s,tage appearances at 12:30. Between each of these shows the band and its hard-working leader practice sev eral more hours. Jts"after his stage performances, or during an interval between, that h finds time to Journey to a radio itndio and lead his band tnrougn its catchy tunes for the, benefit of 'he radio audience. Here ne .taxes Mm'aand effort to croon, a few :unes even thoi'gh he has . sung leveral times during the day on Jie sUge. - v . Then to the Villa Valle for his neaeement there and - so - h con tinues playing, leading and singing jntil nearly dawn. The. next day the routine continues with perhaps per-haps a fraternity dance or a social function to play for. As to the drum episode in Rudy's life. That happened way back when he was only 5. in AVestbrooke. Me. His parents bought him one for a gift, and he created such a disturb ance in the -neighborhood with his :inftrthlv Doundine on the stretch ed skin that his father regretted the purchase and mashe-i it to bits ! 'Rudy- Teaches "iway, .The vouthly, Valle sorrowed over the loss of the drum but notfor long. He got out a mall order catalog cat-alog and ordered himself a saxophone. saxo-phone. The reigning saxophonist at that time was the still-popular Rudy Wiedoeft. Rudy wrote him and arranged ar-ranged for a' correspondence course of saxophone lessons.-. And because Wiedoeft started him on his road to fame. Hubert Prior Vallee adopted the name of "Rudy." Hence his present nom-deiplume. - - He got to playing in a neighborhood neighbor-hood orchestra, and while working work-ing as manager of the local "movie-jot "movie-jot an insight into all jazz and many classical selections. About the time he was ready for ;ollege, his father- deckled to send nim to the University of Maine. Kl ter one year . there, Rudy de decided to go to Yale. So away he went to New Haven, 1 packing hia saxophone with him. His "sax served him in good stead while at Yale, for it enabled him to earn about $1500 a year playing for school functions and dances around town -another Instance In-stance of his eagerness to work, and not shun the "difficulties of life. Went "Barnstorming" When his band, then termed the Yale Collegians," got going good, be dropped out of a school for a year and-made a tour of easterK vaudeville houses. The same year ne took his band over to . London. He took staid London by storm and while at the, Savoy hotel played for the Prince ctf Wales. Oddly enough, U was in London Jiat he made his first radio performance. per-formance. It was. at the famous LO. a station that has been heard J n the United States frequently. Back to the states he came, to Wb men T h c m s e I yes S a y f i "Our recipes v actually turn out better with Drifted Snow". . . say housewives. This special quality in Drifteil Snow that women like has made it the West's largest selling flour. 1 : v ' : ws: X'C A' ' J s' -i - - - . ! I s , i ; ; t-- ' - . v . , , J . . ' i, ". ...-.:-;:: ' ? V :-::X::x::'.-; W. : M j "Smiling" Rudy Vallee, shown In ' inset, was christened Hubert Prior. But Rudy Wiedoeft taught him his saxophone, so Va!!ee adopted the name 'of his tutor. Thj two "Rudy" are 3hown examining a saxophone. ivork-harder and finish his educa- j tlon with excellent marks in his specialized subject., languages. In his last year at Yale he was' the official band leader at football games and other athletic functions.- After college, his road to success was the road of any dance band that has 'climbed to the peak; of Broadway prosperity. It, was hard work and more of it as his band became be-came more popular. He played throughout the east before he tackled exacting New York and its host of night clubs. But he finally settled down "at the Heigh-Ho club. And here his struggles were rewarded. re-warded. Right away people began to take notice of : this young and good-looking leader with th- croon-in croon-in voice. He changed the name of his -band - to the "Connecticut Yankees" and settled down at the Villa Vallee, a night club namea for him. He had "arrived." . Signa With NBC At this time Vallee had signed a contract to feature his band exclusively ex-clusively "for NBc7ah3""'tHeh the" radio audience, especially the young women, "fell" for his captivating capti-vating personality. . Two of Rudy's . old classmates have stuck with him during his rise to fame. ' They are Cliff Burwell and Lester Banker. The. former, a pianist, began playing with Rudv at fraternity dances at New Haven. Banker, also a pianist, joined Rudy shortly after his graduation from New York university. It is doubtful whether this youth f ul exponent of jazz Is open to the manv matrimonial proposals ne gets. He waa married once, eev eral years aeo, but an annulrnt or something-llkett broke up the af fair. :: ' LET V' : HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS v ANSWER YOUR RENTAL PROBLEMS 7scdjbrCbi(tjks over 50 yean DEPENDABLE .. Sold Evryihmrm r. Ji.. . jL mm I ! .Vail lie likes baked ..sweet potatoes, lives in an apartment In song Island Isl-and City and drives a popular car. Proof of his popularity is shown in the hundreds of letters, he receives, re-ceives, boxes of candy, flowers, telephone tele-phone calls, and pies and cakes each day. And the man was a $C0-a-week. saxophone player only a short time ago! ' ' ' - 1 . ... ( , . . : '-. : -V 'k;;;"Vi' ''" With a crushing overload of Merchandise Merchan-dise consisting: of wearing apparel for Tte '.entire family. We are x unloading at prices unequalled. ; ' 1 Union Suits Sheet Blankets For Men; ' CI 40 Large, heavy, double Part Wool : V1'"" Blankets; , . Ol 1Q Extra heavy, 50 per, cent $2.50 values for V iHO wool; $4.00 . QO HQ ' ' . values for . . ... v"0 " v. ...... .. .mt. r r j -Sweaters; . Flannel Shirts HeavyrShaker Knit, part For Men ; fancy 01 wool Sweaters for Men plaids ; $2 values V or. Boys, 1 Q9 AQ One lot values 01 Q0 $4.00 .vafii'es . . to $4.00 ....... QliSU " ' i V b Bloomers J L. D. S. Garments T . . Heavyweight, old or new For Ldies and Children style, some double back ; f ood e0U;n ah Values to $1.00;, A Q n 0:. SI .1,9 p"ly,aFair.....;.4aC Ladies' Fancy on nn Rubbers? " Rayon Pajamas. QLtVv for Ladies, Boys Cflp . T ', " t . : and Girls, only ... ull U Mens or Boys Ohp ' '' " Winteiv Caps . r; ,---,. Children's Bloom- iCp Extra Special! GrS' allsiZ6S ' " ' M Men's or Ladies' heavy' ,Era-T,Tr.j . Wool Sweaters, shaker Outingr Flannel Knit; $G.5o . OA on 36 mchea :'" 1 Cn values, for - VT,ua wide, yard U " 1 1 xrTr::rr-7-Trn Boys. and Girls' - ICp Ladies' Galoshes Hose, only . ... . ... Ub -Fancy ?1 fld One" lot or Ladies' and Buckle ..... I UU Misgcs, 1 - ,TW-irTi f Brassieres luC Bath Robes Men's or Ladies heavy - --, Hosef. JJsacon Rqbea ; valued to p nc Q f $6.50; M.nC A Your Choice . . . 0.03 . - .; 7Z.T2-.- 1 llose We 15C .n-OOvalues 79C $24.00 values for S9.95 Misses' Oxfords C1-- One lot of Girls' Oxfords, Blankets the season's latest styles. Part wool, large size, 72 S'zes : v; CO OH by 80 double, fancy plaid 8oto 11 , CtL3 satin bound; a Q0 Aft Sizes ; QO ilC real $( value for ?JrrJ W to 2 . . : :. . OrtJ j 368 WEST CENTER PROVO .......... . , . , . i ' 1 T SALT LAKE PRODUCE " MARKET t - Light; to moderate offerings of local produce, fairly good buying demand in nearly , all lines. . Apples Utah, boxes and bushels, orchard run. culls out, Deliciouv med, 1.75-2.00; few best large 2.25- 7 2.50; "Rome Beauties, med.. 1.35- 1.50; large 1.50-2.00; small 90-1.00; Stayman '1 Winesaps, med., 1.40; med., 1.75. ' . - . 1 Ce'ery Utah 4 crt3 med. sizes 2.00-2.25 ; celery ' hearts, : d o z. bunches 80-1.00. Onionsfdry) Utab-100-lb. scks., yellow V2denca type, ptly. graded, mod. : to large, 7-1.00; wholesalers to retailers. IT. S. Uo. 1, large to very large, 1.50. - ' Pears-Utah, bxs., jind " bus., An-ri-, wholesalers to retailers, 3.50-3.75. 3.50-3.75. Potatoes Utah, skd., cwt., U. S. No. 1, ptly. graded, Russets, -1.90-2.00; Idaho, skd., cwt, U. S. No.l, Russets, 2.75; 25-lb bags 75 v , , ' " ' PROGRESS HADE AT NAVY MEET LONDON, Jan. 24. U.P)VProgress of the naval conference vhas been very satisfactory and encouraging, Secretary Henry L. Stlmson an-uamcect an-uamcect today. ' Everything dene by the delegates 3f the five powers who have been 'n almost continual private sessions In' addition to one business meeting, meet-ing, seemed to' meet with general approval of all delegations, Stira son t6ld the press at a conference at St. James palace. " The American chief delegate conferred con-ferred all morning with his asso ciates and wi'l. see Dino Grandi, th. Italian forelgnx minister, at 2:30 p. m. for another private conversation conversa-tion to smooth the way of the conference. con-ference. . .The French and Italian delegates paid separate visits to - the residence resi-dence of '.Prime Minister MacDon-ald MacDon-ald at No.' 10 Downing street to continue their conversations ;with the British delegation BOULDER MEET IS ITWTAfff RENO, Nev., Jan. 24. (U.E National Na-tional importance of the confer" ence here between the , states of the Pacific southwest . regarding equitable distribution of the proposed pro-posed Boulder dam's" water and power was emphasized by William J. Donovan the "itinerant chair- haan,1 today.- ."The conference has resolved into three phases as well as between the throe states it was primarily called for. - . -'- 1 Inaugural efforts have' been entirely en-tirely to reach an agreement on the distribution of . water, Donovan revealed. re-vealed. Consequently the observers from the "upper basin" states-Wyoming, states-Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico and Colorado have relaxed. They are interested only in .the power issues and are not concerned ar to how the water is allocated to the '.'lower .basin" states. . Donovan gained the title of "itinerant "itin-erant chairman" when he split the opening days of the conference into three sections "and has been hastening hasten-ing back and fourth between the delegations of California, Arizona and Nevada. : Preliminary work by Donovan, who is personal representative from Secretary of Interior Ray Lyman Ly-man Wilbur, . has centered about the California and Arizona- representations repre-sentations with Nevada being advised ad-vised of every move. " . -, Rites For Infant Dusenbetry Set Funeral services for Fred Dusen-berry.i Dusen-berry.i infan-son of Vernon and Vanza Thurgood Dusenberry, will be held Saturday at 2 p. m. at the residence v of 'Mr. and Mrs. James 1 C. Snow, 125 s South . Sixth Cast street. Friends may view the body at the Snow residence prior to the services. Interment will be in the Provo city cemetery- ' The baby, a twin, died this -morn-' ing at the home 4 of the grandparents, grandpar-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dusenberry, Dusen-berry, 525 East First South street. The babies were born shortly after 4 o'clock , Thursday afternoon, and the brother, Ned, is doing nicely. - Mrs. Dusenberry is the -daughter of Fred Thurgood, Provo." . I mm t A famous v , productsof 'Zt I " . --r.-: "'-..". , . ...... u 1 News From Pro I Junior High ' GIRLS ORGANIZE The final election for the git 1b organization of " the Junior bign was held last Friday Maurine Murdock was elected president tnd Ida Bell ,Thomp3on.vice president. . SCHOOL PROJECTS The studentbody council of. the Junior hishniet Monday after-neon after-neon and "Voted on the school project. pro-ject. Themajority voted to enlarge our present library. This plan will be followed out as the books, can be easily divided between Ue two new Junior high schools next year. JUNIOfS DANCE An enjoyable time was -had by all who attended the Junior high dance which was held Friday toisht in the Senior high gymnasium. The gills' organization sold home-made candy while the student body sold punch and ice cream MARGARET STARTUP Reporter. MATH CLASSES At present in our mathematics class we are reviewing the different processes' of finding areas.. We are learning to find the areas of trapezoids, rectangles, parallelo grams, and triangles. We find thi work very interesting. AUDREY RASMUSSON. Reporter. "THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS" Mr. Buttle's advisory section have been having a fine time during advisory ad-visory period. Mr. Buttle reads us a story named "The - Family Upstairs". Up-stairs". The story is interesting as well as comical. , ine cnaraciers are as ioiiows:j Willie, Annabelle, Lewis and Mr; and Mrs. Hellar. The family is just the ordinary type and they are always al-ways quarreling which makes the story very 'funny.- '. TtALPH De MOISY. ' , . . A Reporter. JUNIOR HIGH BAND Our Junior high band is progressing pro-gressing very v rapidly this year. There are thirty-five enrolled members. mem-bers. We are on the seventh lesson and at the close of the tenth we P WDLL General Motors' lowesr-pricecl eight. The car with superior performance. A new eight created by engineers with sixteen six-teen years' experience in designing fine eight-cylinder cars. K "k IV 1 IT name, a finer car improvements. A six which carries on, the Pontiac tradition of giving the public a better automobile year after year.' A7 a.ctpo n n r vo City Schopls 'We invite all members, to attend practice on Monday; Wednesday, Thursday and FMday. CLAIR HARMON. Band Manager . HISTORY CLASSES . , The v history classes are now reviewing re-viewing the term's work. We have been studying about the Revolutionary Revolu-tionary war and : . its causes, We have also studied about its heroei and their accomplishments.. We are expecting a history examination ex-amination the end of this week. : Last week Section E-6 studying history, under Mr." Buttle had a debate. de-bate. The Revolutionary- war wa discussed both from thd English and the colonist's point of view. ' v RICHARD CLARK, ' - IlistoryRepoiter. LEARN NEW DANCE On Mondays and Fridays the girls" from Sections B-6, B-8, B-4 and B-2 take play, in the Third .vard gymnasium. Last Monday we learned a dance called the "eights." We found it be very much fun. On. Wednesday we take gym in the Senior high gymnasium. We now" have trapeze swings which provide very much fun. We take, turns playingvon. the swings and playing Nine -Cord Basketball. EDITH RUSSELL, Physical Ed Reporter. . ENGLISH TERM TESTS ine n:ngnsn classes are now re ceiving the term tests. This jterm the work has been received and done with greater pleasure than any other term. Students Stu-dents have completed more work in less time than any term before. Some fine, booklets illustrating student hobbies are ready for display dis-play m the Connell and Fechser classes. v'-.: The Glazier classes are doing some very fine work. Student groups are assigned each week. They work up some dramatization and entertain the class. Students enjoy this work in oral speech. , 'The English classes are explain ing, the various clubs to be organized organ-ized that students may know which ones to join. . MAXINE CONNELL, ii.ug4isnHcpu.er.. SEE TE3 EM offering many importan! Pool Hall Petition Granted At Orem A petition was granted to Harold Calder and Albert Stubbs of Orcm to operate a pool hall in that town . by the members of. th town council coun-cil at their regular meeting held, Thursday night, three of the mem- Jber8 voting in favor of granting.thc petition.. According to President J. W. Gill-, man, rules and ordinances for regulating regu-lating the. pool hair will be drawn up by A. 11. Christensen, attorney , for the town. ROUGHAGE IS ESSENTIAL If! REDUCING DIETS Kellofirg's ALL-BRAN Is Ideal Roughage It. Tnn nrn nllrtwlnt n i-o?iiln( diet, it take a regular amount of roughage into tne system daily. MosJ reducing reduc-ing diets do not contain a eullkient amount of roughage. The result in constipation thief of both health1 and beauty. , v Kellogg's ALL-B RAN is recommended recom-mended by many doctors, and dietitians die-titians because it contains the bulk necessary to. insure proper elimination. elimina-tion. '''.;.;'-;: . .- Also, because it contains the iron needed to help . prevent anemia another danger In reducing, diets.- ALL-BRAN is not fattening. Its bulk sweeps the system clean of poisonous wastes helping to pro- ' mote glorious health and beauty. A popular way to eat Kellogg's ALL-BRAN is nnnVpH in fruit ini.o Try.it ! It is delicious with milk or cream. Sprinkle itover cereals, salads and soups. It adds flavor to cooked foods and is equally directive. direc-tive. Your crrocer has KelWn-' ALL-BRAN. It is served in restaurants, restau-rants, hotels by KeUogg in Battle Creek. . WW ALL-BRAN 1 ! A - MB J i id y I' I 1 . ' Q" 0 s L ... I ' 'V, i "' c it' it-. i f J ; . '' ? : |