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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06


the County Board and also upon
the county auditor Of such county,
copy whereof, with proof Of serv-
ice shall be filed in the office Of
the clerk Of the district court of
the proper county, within twenty
days after the adoption Of such
special assessment, appeal from
such special assessment to
the district court aforesaid and
such appeal shall be disposed Of
in summary manner by the court.
And at the trial OF such appeal no
pleadings shall be required, but
the party appealing shall in his
notice Of the appeal specify and
enumerate the particular grounds
Of his objection to such special as
sessment and shall not be entitled
to have considered on such appeal
any grounds Of objections other
than those specified in such notice,
and no question shall be tried
on such appeal as to any fact which
may have arisen or existed prior to
the letting of the contract or con-
tracts for the improvement; and
a copy Of the assessment roll in
question and Of the resolution of
the County Board confirming or
adopting the same, certified by the
auditor Of the county, or the orig
inals thereof, shall be prima facie
evidence of the facts therein stated
or denoted, and that such assess
ment was regular, just and made
in conformity to law, and the judy
ment Of the court on tho deter
mination Of such appeal shall be
final. Such appeal shall be entered
and brought on for hearing and
be governed by the same rules so
far as applicable as in appeals from
justices Of the peace in civil ac-
lions. and like bonds shall be given
to tho county by the person appeal
ing - are required In tho appeals
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Andrew R. Kelley

hasn't paid for luncheon IN 80
months. There is Frank Morgan
at another table and Nelson
Eddy blows in for look around.
Ray Bolger and Eleanor Powell
are probably talking about dane
ing.
At Twentieth C entury-Fox, new
est and ritziest of the lots, you
break into the luncheon lime
light with Milton Howe. You are
liable to see anybody from Wal
ter Winchell to Shirley Temple
pop in for a quick bite. Never
saw place where they serve
and eat so many salads. Girls on
a diet. The studios are real
w. C. T. U lands. In all my
rambles I didn't see anybody
take drink, nor was I offered
one. Insides the gates it's a
bone-dry land.
2 TO $3.50 P.M.-Wandering
around the sound stages. You
watch big City" or "Hurri-
cane" or The Great Garrick"
coming to life under the direc-
tors magic. I brought back from
Hollywood the fixed opinion
that ace cameramen earn their
$500 to $500 week, and some
more. They are, I think, almost
as important as actors and
writers and I never again will
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not have the sinecure of a casual
traveller. Here is an example Of
a typical day:
$3.50 TO $3.50 A. M.-Arise and
take a shower. Order your
honeydew melon, ham an, sent
up to the room. These chores
finished, get at the typewriter,
for there is a yawning space
waiting to be filled back home.
10 A. M.-The studio car calls
to take you to Culver City, or
Burbank, or Hollywood, depend
ing upon the sets to be visited.
1880 TO 1-Strolling around
the sets. That doesn't mean
just visiting the sound stages on
which movies are in the process
of production. There is the
makeup department to visit and
study, the costume department,
the publicity headquarters, the
camera and portrait depart
ment, the back lots where many
of the famous pictures have
been screened, the prop depart
ment. etc.
Up. M.-Luncheon in the studio
commissary. This is one of the
most fascinating nterludes in
the Hollywood hop-around. If
it's in Warner Bros. Green
Room you are liable to meet Pat
O'Brien, Glenda Farrell, Bette
Davis, Kay Francis or Enroll
Flynn, with their faces all
Smeared up with yellow make
up paste, but relaxed. You may
have a shake hands and a little
talk.
At M-G-M, Spencer Tracy sits
at the directors table. This long
commissary .adornment has 30
seats and they play chuck-aluck
to see who picks up the check
daily. Low score pays the en-
tire freight. One lucky stiff
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CONTINUED from Cover Page

gram with slight variations next
day. Not exactly a dogs life,
but a busy one.
Nobody believes me, but the
most interesting thing I found
in my travels was the study Of
makeup, the details of process
or "montage" shots, and the
fact that most of Hollywood'S
reigning girl stars are Scrawny.
I really would like to go back to
the land of make believe for a
fortnight, and spend it all in the
makeup department. They work
miracles there with a set of fea-
lures.
Call it a vacation if you like,
but it still comes under the head
ing of acquiring essential back
ground information about your
job.
Having said this, I bow out for
a fortnight and I trust the
weather is cool, for touring. Au
Revoir. e..
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GoIdwyn Gets
Met Tenor

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. IA.
Charles Kullmann, Metropoli-
tan Opera tenor, who will play
one of the leads in Samuel
Goldwyn's forthcoming color
musical, THE Goldwyn Fol
lies" left New York for the
Coast Thursday ABOARD the
Commodore Vanderbilt. Upon
arrival, Kullman will go di-
rectly to the Goldwyn lot where
the production is now before
the cameras under the baton
of George Marshall.
The singer joins an imposing
cast of principals which in
cludes Helen Jepson, Edgar
Bergen and his dummy,
Charlie Mccarthy; Phil
Baker, zorina, Bobby Clark.
Virginia Verrill, Adolphe Men
jou and the Ritz Brothers.
The picture will also feature
the balletic art of the Balan.
chine Ballet and the stream
lined rhythms of the famous
GoldWyn Girls. United Artists
will release the production.
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ter, where Jeanette Macdonald
the enthusiasm of its first
night audience echoed the pre-
view reaction and presaged an
indefinite run for the picture.
1.-THE FREELY to my mind,
is the best of the series in
which M.-G.-M. has set a high
standard.
Miss Macdonald, appearing
without her usual teammate,
Nelson Eddy, brilliantly JUST.
fies the studios faith in her.
Her beauty was never more
radiant, her voice never more
compelling, and in THE Fire.
fly" she displays a dancing
ability that gives new evidence
of her versatility as an enter
tainer.
Nina Maria, the Spanish
singer and dancer, has real fire,
too. This is by all odds the stars
best performance on the screen.
Metro oldwyn-Mayer has dis.
played double wisdom in re-writ-
ing the story Of the operetta and
in retaining most of the Friml
favorites in the score.
Present are Love Is Like a
FREELY" "A Woman's Kiss"
"Giannina Mia" Sympathy"
and when a Maid Comes
knocking At Your Heart"
One of the new numbers,
"Donkey's Serenade," has a Tilt.
ing gayety that is irresistible.
Photographed with rare in
genuity. it ranks with the mem.
orable passages in motion pic
ture operettas and, indeed, in
pictures of any kind.
Sharing credit with the star
in the musical excellence of the
film is Allan Jones, who will be
catapulted toward stardom by
his portrayal of the French in
telligence officer in 'The Fire
fly"
It is a dashing role and Jones
not only sings it to the hilt, but
acts it convincingly, too.
The story of the picture IS
laid in France and Spain dur.
ing the Napoleonic period. Miss
Macdonald is a spy in the serv-
ice of King Ferdinand and Jones
is one of Napoleon's secret serv-
ice officers assigned to expose
her and to bring about her cap
ture.
Somewhat faulty in construe'
ton.
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less than six able writer's to
Scribble out what found its way
onto the celluloid, Artists and
Models" is a hodge-podge Of
headline acts remember vaude-
ville?) made perhaps a little
gayer by the No. l Radio Comic,
Jack Benny. T. requires consid-
cradle footage for Mr.. Benny to
get started, but then his flip
cracks flow with amazing speed
and remarkable results.
Musically, the film has the
capable personality of Andre
Kostelanetz and his popular
orchestra. Connie Boswell, who
has few if any equals, lends
her vocal enchantment to this
particular sequence. OF the
better tunes, only whispers in
the Dark" by Leo Robin and
Frederick Hollander, and "Stop!
You're Breaking My Heart"
by Ted Koehler and Burton
Lane give the impression OF
possessing hit qualities.
The especially spotted Martha
Raye and Louis Armstrong
number, Public Melody Num-
Der One" lacked that necessary
u1nph! to send it over with an
expected bang.
The Yacht Club Boys. al
though seen but briefly, add
an extra zest at the beginning
and later on with a spirit that
should have been used through
out. Ben Blue and Judy
Canova are the outstanding
hits of the piece.
Gail Patrick, always lovely
to look at, has little else to
do. Some day, we hope she
really gets a break. Ida Lupino
muffs the heroine role by act
ing with all of her face
muscles.
Considering that Raoul Walsh
had more talent than he had
time to use, he did as neat a
directorial job as was possible
under the circumstances.
ARTISTS and Models" will
adequately entertain the less
particular.
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blame them for asking screen
credit.
P.M.-Back at the hotel to
dress for dinner. In the evening
to the Pasadena Community
Playhouse, to a sneak preview Of
a new picture, perhaps a dinner
at the Cocoanut Grove, q fancy
opening of a Grade A feature,
or q visit to the Tropics or the
Turf and Field Club.
IL M. OR WHEREABOUTS
Back for a little shut eye, with
the prospect Of the same pro-
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ence doesn't mean a thing to
these feline entertainers.
AS soon as the show is over,
they crawl into their boxes and
calmly fall asleep.
TRICKY WEATHER
Some hardy looking fellows
are visible, on Stage Ten, at
Paramount, where a piece of
old San Francisco has been built
for Frank Lloyd's wells Fargo"
Don't let anyone tell you the
old '49er breed is extinct. Holly
wood is full of them, and Lloyd
has taken his pick of huskies
to wreck a brick express office
in less than 10 minutes.
They toll with vigor and en-
thusiaSm, and appear sorry the
job wasn't a harder one. All
are nearly seven feet ta1I, talk
ing with a Missouri accent,
stamping about in high boots,
and looking so tough that you
assume they must shave them
selves with a blow-torch or
broken glass.
The assistant director, Will
liam TUNNEL, is in charge of
this gang. He must feel he is
lucky. The stage is cooled by
air that gets pumped in over
ice-cakes. AS for Lloyd himself,
he is out on the desert near
Bakersfield, where the air is like
a gust from a blast-furnace.
Nobody has yet written on the
physical stamina of directors.
It is remarkable. They have to
stand the gaff of long hours,
awful climates, responsibility and
nervous strain. Lloyd finds it
easy. He enjoys comfort, of
course, but he can stand the
extreme of discomfort, for he
has the build of a Peary-cold
and snow meaning nothing to
him, and the heat of the Mojave
desert still less.
The temperature rose to lis
degrees the other day, and actors
toppled right and left and had
to be rushed away for treatment,
with ice packs on their heads.
And to think that only six
months ago, Reuben Mamou-
lian's troupe in High, Wide and
Handsome" worked almost on
the same spot and almost got
frozen stiff.
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MUCH EXCITEMENT
The fight is about to start
now in one corner of the hall.
We stand behind Director
Henry King and the three cam
eras, two silent, one sound, that
will photograph the scene.
Andy Devine and Paul Hurst,
two of Powers men, have been
rehearsed in their fake fight
that starts things going.
The cameras are now turning.
Devine and Hurst bump into
each other, then Andy grabs
Hurst's arm, knocking a stein
of beer into the face of a man
dancing by.
He takes offense and, with one
bump of his stomach, Devine
knocks him head over heels over
a table. People sitting at the
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m i 6 h t be
proud, jean
cite MacDon-
aid is very
fortunate in
her solo star
ring picture,
THE Fire
fly"
This latest
o p ere t t a
from Metro
G. old W y n
Mayer W a S
prenniered at
t h e F ur
S t ar Thea
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Cute and Smart

Whoever said that beauty and
brains don't mix didn't know
Louise Campbell, brunette beau
ty who plays the feminine lead
in Paramount's Bulldog Drum
mond Comes Back" For all her
loneliness, Louise was a star stu
dent at Northwestern and De
Paul universities.
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W 18th o u t.
S t a n d in g
tuneful cine
mas. Artists
and Models"
comes nearer
to hitting the
current vogue
of happy-go-
lu ky a n d
highly enter
t a / n i n g
singles a n d
dancies.
Using lit
tie or no plot,
although it
rnn1Iirad no
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All Joints Double

Mabel Todd, blond singing
and dancing comedienne now at
Warner Bros, is double jointed.
A complete set Of double-acting
bearings throughout, even to
jaw-bones. And she says that's
a comedy asset!
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Brief Appearance

Lucien Littlefield plays one of
the more important character
rolls in Frank Lloyd's new Para,
mount picture, wells Fargo"
yet works only one day. He's
San Francisco postmaster dur
ing the gold rush in '49.
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Got Tooether

George Burns and Oracle
Allen were born at opposite
points of the United States.
Burns birthplace is New York
city, while Oracle bundled from
heaven in San Francisco.
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Jimmy Cogney's New Picture
Will Have Boxing Cats
As Exciting Novelty

HOLLYWOOD Aug. 14-Out at Goth Century-Fo a
whole stage is being used to film political rally and beer
bust of the seventies.
The picture "n Old Chicago and this is the part of
the story where Tyrone Powers henchmen braw and
get all of Brian Donevys political eutenants thrown in
=. 49, lnn dariS
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New Movie Previous
HArFiSfs and ModeIS"$ The FiYefIV''
Rating: Splendid

Surrounded by a lavish pro.
duction, given beautiful melo.
dies to sing and supported by
a cast of which any actress
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Rating: Good

Aside from its annual big
Broadcast" musical, Paramount
has long missed being up front
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Sentiment in Stone

O6nTIn1EnT IN OTOnG
A childless couple in the San
Fernando Valley has asked Pat
O'Brien, Warner Bros. star. to
permit his children to place
their footprints in the cement
walk leading to the door Of
their new home.
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table scramble up, a beer mug
is thrown. In a few seconds, the
whole mob is mixing it and beer
stems are flying all over the
place.
Devine gets hit on the end of
the nose with one, but it's a
breakaway and doesn't hurt
him.
Some of the women get hit
and pushed around, too.
When Director King yells
cut" and the fracas miracu-
lousy subsidies, you get a better
look at the feminine combatants
and recognize two of them.
FRITZ Brunette and Helen
Holmes, one-time stars who got
their training and learned to
take 1t in the days when doubles
weren't so common in the
movies.
CAGNEY'S LATEST
The big attraction on the set
where James Cagney is making
Something to Sing About" is
not the star, but a pair of box
ing cats that will be used in
the picture.
Their trainer, a man named
Nelson, puts on a special bout
for us when we visit the set.
Nelson never starts training a
cat until it is a year old. The
pair he uses in his present act
are four and three years old.
He ties little gloves on their
front feet and sits them on
stools in a small ring. Then he
rings a bell.
The cats, a big brown and a
smaller white, come out into the
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ring on their hind feet and start
giving each other rights and
lefts. It is amazing the swift
ness Of their blows. They get
mad, too, yowling and kissing.
Occasionally, they forget the
Marquis Of Queensbury rules and
slip in bite.
BY the end of the fourth
round, Cagney is rehearsing I'M
noticed and everybody is gath.
cred around the cats.
But the applause of the audi.
Evening star., 1937-04-02
MEMBER TRADING
REPORTED BY C.
Operations for Own Accounts
Reach 21.39 Per Cent of
Exchange Volume.
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
The Securities Commission said to-
day transactions by members of the
New York Stock Exchange for their
own accounts amounted to 2l.39 per
cent of total exchange transactions
during the week ended March 6.
Member trading on the New York
Curb Exchange amounted to 1885 per
cent.
The stock exchange members spon-
sored $50 per cent Of the transac-
tions initiated on the floor and 586
per cent of the transactions initiated
OF the floor, while specialists trading
for their own accounts accounted for
8.64 per cent Of the total
The commission said the round-lot
volume for the week was 16,5l3,920
shares, or 1l2 per cent larger than
reported on the ticker, and the curb
exchange volume was $685. ,635 shares.
or IA per cent larger than the ticker
report.
Evening star., 1937-04-02
DIVIDEND RESUMED
|BY AMERICAN CAR
Distribution of 81 Ordered
on 7 Per Cent Preferred
Shares.
Ey the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, April 2.-American
Car & Foundry Co., announced today
resumption Of dividends on the per
cent non-cumulative preferred stock,
with a distribution Of 81, payable
April 20 to stock OF record April l3. 1t
was the first disbursement since June,
1882, when SITS was paid.
Company's principal plants are at
Berwick, Pa; Buffalo, N. Y; Detroit,
st. Louis and Chicago.
Niagara Hudson.
A special dividend of $500 on
Niagara Hudson Corp. second pre-
ferred per cent series B shares was
announced today. 1t was ordered, the
corporation stated, in accordance with
terms Of certificates of consolidation
forming the new Niagara Hudson
Power Corp. 1t makes final provision
for payment in full of all accumu-
lated unpaid dividends on second pre-
ferred shares of Mohawk Hudson
Power Corp to date of consolidation,
February !, 1887.
The corporation also declared initial
dividends Of $l.25 each on first pre-
ferred S per cent series; second pre-
ferred series A and second preferred
series B shares All the dividends are
payable May / to stock OF record
April is.
Evening star., 1937-04-02
BANKS PURCHASES
Of BONDS DROP
Buying of Federal Issues
Declines to 5 Millions /
During Week.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board reported
sharp curtailment In purchases OF
Government bonds by reserve banks
during the week ended March 81.
Acquisitions by reserve institutions
for the week totaled only $4,000 900,
compared with $4,000, 900 in the pre-
vious week and $4,000 900 In the
week ended March IT,
Bonds acquired during the week
ended March 81 brought these hold
ings to $636,890 900, or 1871 900, 900
over the same week year ago.
The reserve banks also increased
their holdings of Treasury bills by
100000, pushing these holdings to
S574, 4,494 900.
The bond and bill acquisitions were
matched by a $4,000 900 decrease in
holdings Of Treasury notes, leaving
the reserve banks sl,213,843 900 OF
the latter obligations. During the last
three weeks the banks have acquired
bonds in amounts equal to dispositions
OF other Government securities.
The statement showed excess MEM
Der bank reserves climbed $4,000 900
during the week to sl,400, 900 900, pre-
sumably because of banks efforts to
build up reserve balances in anticipa-
ton Of 1928 per cent increase in
reserve requirements May /.
Gold stock increased $4,000 900
during the week to s11,574, 900 900, a
new all-time peak.
The boards statement said:
During the week ended March 81
member bank reserve balances in
creased s61,000,000. Additions 10
member bank reserves arose from in
creases of s33,0oO,O0O in gold stock
and $5,O0o,oo0 in Treasury currency
and decrease Of $92, ,0O0, 900 in non
member deposits and other Federal
Reserve accounts, offset in part bv
increases Of 100000 in money in
circulation, s29,000,0O0 in Treasury
cash and s32,000,0OO in Treasury de-
posts with Federal Reserve Banks,
and decrease Of s5,O0O,0Oo in Re
serve Bank credit. Excess reserves of
member banks on March 81 were esti-
mated to be approximately sl,4OO,-
100000, an increase OF $4,000 900
for the week. Inactive gold included
In the gold stock and in Treasury cash
amounted to s343,O0O,0 on March
81, an increase of s33,0ooooo for the
week.
Principal changes in holdings of
bills and securities were increases of
s4,o00,000 in discounted bills, s5,ooO.-
600 in United States bonds and ST.
100000 in United States Treasury
bills, and decrease of $4,000, 900 In
United States Treasury notes"
Evening star., 1937-04-02

CHICAGO. April . up UNITED States
Department of Agriculture) HOES, 5000,
including 5000 direct; market around
steady with Thursdays average: strictly
good and choice hogs scarce: BULK good
and choice. 2O0-320 pound averages, 8 99Oa
10.15; early top. 1920: few choice. 15O-
100 pounds, 9.5Oa10.15; packing sows
fully steady: bulk good kinds 925a9.6
Cattle. 1000. calves. 500; strictly good
and choice beef steers absent; few loads
and small lots medium and low good light
weights, 8.25a1O. 90; practically nothing
above II 90; market slow. around steady:
heifers steady: scattered lots. 7.25as.50;
heifery kinds. 7.25; cutter grades mostly
downward from 5.35; bulls weak: prac-
s.O0ae so; only few selected. 1000.
Sheep 5000. including 700 direct fat
lamb supply around 75 per cent from
Colorado: practically no early trading; oc-
casional bids. on strictly choice kinds
around steady asking unevenly higher.
Fat sheep slow. steady
Evening star., 1937-04-02
NEW YORK SUGAR.

NEW YORK. April LP.-Raw sugar
was unchanged early today for spots At
$50, but later shipments were easier, with
sales confirmed 100000 bags of Philip
pines for May-June shipment at 34s.
No. 4 futures contract declined under
increased realizing and liquidation and
continued hecee selling prompted by the
setback at London. No. 3 showed minor
losses and little activity
July No declined from 1882 to
3212 and September from l .35 to 1.34. or
? points net lower at midday. when No
3 was ! point lower: with July at 2.53
and September at 254
Refined was unchanged at 4 80 for fine
granulated. with a good increase OF prompt
shipments reported