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Evening star., 1937-06-27
by jim TULLY

At that time many film celebrities made foot
prints in the new cement in front of the theater.
The famous Snowman, Grammar. decided
that he wanted the footprint of an unknown
girl" Myrna 10y was chosen.
A leading photographer had "hunch.
The red-haired girl with the freckled face and
the slender body might make an excellent
character study He obtained permission to
make a series of Photographic studies "on
speculation" The photographs were placed
on exhibition, but made no impression.
The photographer was ready to retire"
them, but decided to hold them over another
day, as new series of unusual girl studies"
was not yet ready.
Upon such small peg is destiny hung in
Hollywood. Bored, between pictures" a
famous actor went through the photographer
studio. A time dancer himself, he noted
the graceful pose of Myrna 10y. The photog-
rapher revealed her identity. Il will see her
tonight" said the actor.
Unusual in Hollywood, it was the first time
on record that man admired by millions
of women went to see an unknown girl
dance in a prologue.
The dance ended and word was
I sent to the center girl" that
Rudolph Valentino would like to
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speak to her. Miss 10y would
have been no more surprised
had the heavens opened.
At first she was f1ustered
but his words calmed her: II
too am dancer" he said.
The king had admitted that
he also was human. With him
was his wife, Natascha O'Shaugh-
messy Rambova - one of the Utah
- O'Shaughnessys. She soon became
l~ Miss Loy's most understanding woman
friend"
1t was truly dramatic and never to be for
gotten meeting. Valentino, the one-time
restaurant flunky who conceived of every
thing in terms of the exotic, had the girl
reared on a ranch cast in an Oriental role.
Evening star., 1937-06-27

~HE is the only woman IN the cinema
world who has never been recognized
off the screen.
~ She recently won bet with Louis
B. Mayer that she would not be identified
"by stranger" in days shopping tour. As
the most difficult city in America for the un-
dertaking, Hollywood was selected. Myrna
10y won.
Tall and willowy, she is the girl around the
corner with freckles and red hair.
Success in Hollywood came sparingly for
her . at first an unknown dancer, then an
Oriental film siren, then later in full bloom
with William Powell and The Thin Man.
Born Myrna Williams, on a Montana
ranch, she was more or less carefree hoyden
who rode with cowboys on the range and
lived much in the open. After her father died
of influenza during the World War, she came
to California with her mother.
Upon entering high school she took part
in spring dances and amateur performances.
A teacher of sculpture decided to make an
allegorical group to grace the campus. Miss
10y was chosen to pose as the spiritual
member of the group. The 1.-THE marble figure
can still be seen.
She studied dancing during this period.
She left school when poverty became more
acute, but her mother insisted that she use
some of the remaining money to have dozen
photographs taken.
Thus equipped, she went from one studio
Evening star., 1937-06-27

players. lnOuSn IneIc Was no
necessity of her doing so, she
changed her name from Williams
to 10y, and thus by sheer acci-
dent gave it an Oriental tinge.
She eventually secured an en-
gagement as a dancer in the
stage prologue to Chaplin's
Gold Rush." which was given
its premiere at Grauman's Egyp-
tian Theater in Hollywood. She
was the center girl" a dancing
elf garbed in shimmering silver
to represent The Spirit of the
Northern Ice." Just what the
prologue had to do with Charlie
Chapln's adventures in Alaska
neither Grammar nor the public
stopped to consider.
For months she danced twice
daily. Beyond small salary at
the end of each week, she re-
ceived no other recognition.
At last a dubious honor came.
Evening star., 1937-06-27

sary had already been selected. The crushed,
nearly penniess girl went YEARLY home.
Several months passed. All was gone but
determination. Her hopes rose when she was
given the role of the Madonna in Ben Hur."
They remained aloft but short time - for
the role was taken from her and given to
Betty Bronson.
1t was at period when words of one syl-
liable were popular as the names of cinema
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to the other. The crude
photographs did not bring
out the alluring wistful-
ness and grace that were
later to make her famous.
Casting directors, or more
generally their assistants,
looked askance at them.
She gave up in despair and
opened a small dancing
school near a big studio in
Culver City. This was
fourteen years ago.
No pupils came. Money
dwindled with hope. Clos
ing the door of her tiny
dance emporium early one
morning in May, she went
to the casting Office of the
studio, where a dancing
film" was in progress.
After waiting severalho
she was told that all the
dancers and extras neces-
Evening star., 1937-03-18
Workers

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Evening star., 1937-03-18
Judiciary

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Evening star., 1937-03-18

mantle posted at principal points
carrying the strike declaration.
Union officials declared the strike
was complete"
AS the morning wore on there was
some agitation along the boulevards
and other central places, including
North Station. These disturbances
were dispersed quickly by police.
At the Bourse, workers demonstrated
against the 10 O'Clock market opening
and several arrests were made.
Flying squads of strikers swept along
| the boulevards, laying picket lines at
| cafes opened for business and stop
ping clients.
Union headquarters ordered trans
portation workers to take their posts
at IL am. to facilitate general re-
sumption Of work in the afternoon and
called on government employees for
short manifestations at places oi
work"
Necessary services we're continued
through the demonstration period. Gas
electricity, water, telephone and tele.
graph continued to function. Tht
strike also did not apply to hospitals
or newspapers.
Government employees halted mo-
mentarily on their way to their office
as a symbol of their solidarity with
the strike which was TO be followed
by huge mass meetings of socialist
and communists tonight.
At the same time the Strike Com
mittee announced the government hat
banned "all public meetings of Fascis
parties which were to take place II
the Paris region"
Platoons of blue-clad, steel~helmetet
mobile guards, rifles slung over thei
Evening star., 1937-03-18
MELLON ART BILL
RETURNS TO HOUSE
Senate's Few Amendments
Are Not Expected to Bar
Approval.

The resolution for acceptance by
the Government of Andrew w, Mel
Ions art gifts is back before the House
again for action on a few Senate
amendments, which are not expected
to interfere with final approval.
Both House and Senate have ap-
proved the proposal, but in slightly
different forms. Senator Connally
Democrat, of Texas cleared the legls-
lative track for the measure late yes
terday by having the Senate consider
the House resolution and add to it the
changes the Senate previously had
adopted.
The House can either accept the
Senate amendments. which would
send the measure to the White House,
or ask for a conference with the Sen
ate. For the House the question is in
the hands Of Representative Keller of
Illinois.
The main amendment is intended to
permit temporary exhibits in the pro-
posed National Gallery Of Art, which
Mr.. Mellon has offered to build on
Constitution avenue. while inSurlng
that any additions to the permanent
collection would be of similar high
standard to the art works being given
by the donor. A series of other amend
ments which it was thought might
cause withdrawal of the offer were
defeated In the Senate several days
ago
Evening star., 1937-03-18

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the exposition grounds and only the
head offices of banks were exempted
from the closure.
Several thousand strikers attended
meeting in front of the Clichy
town hall, scene of the deadly dis
orders, to protest the killings An
other Communist mass meeting was
called for the Winter Sports Palace
tonight.
Debate Held Unlikely.
The likelihood of debate on the
riots, in the Chamber of Deputies,
Waned after a conference of popular
front representatives with Premier
Leon Blum.
After the meeting, the coalition
ministry issued a communioue an
nouncing that in the absence of inter
pellations-all of which have been
withdrawn 50 far-the government
might confine itself to an official
statement to Parliament.
At the Bourse, a crowd behind the
iron grill sang the French anthem,
"The Marseillaise," and gave the
rightist salute while a crowd of Com
munists outside countered with the
Communist clinched fist salute and
the international"
A squad of police broke up the
| demonstration when fist fights de-
veloped. The battle appeared to be
| getting out of hand until the reap
| pearance of traffic in the streets
| signalled the end of the protest.
Many Disturbances Trivial.
In most disturbances, of which
many were trivial, the police remained
out Of sight, interfering only when
trouble threatened
Several red flags appeared, some on
| the grounds of the exposition border
| ing the Seine, where workers hoisted
| them over buildings.
One group of 100 strikers was dis
| persed when they took up a threaten
ing attitude before a business house
that had not closed.
The police were cheered by quick
ly-gathering crowd of apparently we'll
to-do persons.
Many workers did not know they
were on strike until they left their
homes for work and saw the front
page OF the Communist paper L'Hu-
Evening star., 1937-03-18
lders. moved on the capital during

shoulders, moved on the capital during
the night.
Silently the troopers marched in
units of 33 men to strategic centers
throughout the city, establishing
strong Gordon to protect government
buildings from possible clashes be-
tween workers and their political foes.
They were ordered to hold their
posts on side streets and stay out OF
sight of the demonstrators and
strikers on the main boulevards, but
to be ready for instant action.
Although the workers firmly svowed
allegiance to the government OF Pre-
mier Blum, (which must remain in
power" the men Blum termed new
revolutionareS' precipitated cruel
crisis for his popular-front cabinet.
The premier. saddened by Tuesdays
roting, in which he saw government
troops attack his own supporters to
protect his political enemies. received
continuous procession of political
leaders in his apartments.
Evening star., 1937-03-18

said. Personally I think we need
such an institution at the heart of our
political order. 1t is great stabiiizer
in times Of stress"
The witness said, however. that the
court must not be permitted to i'm
pair its own influence In the affections
of the people by adhering to course
OF State and national administration
to meet the needs of the country with
in the Constitution.
Green insisted that the great ma
1ority of the opponents of the Presi-
dents bill are those who do not want
New Deal legislation to become effec-
tive.
Before today's hearing, senatorial
opponents Of the judiciary bill de-
clared 1t would be entirely proper for
members Of the Supreme Court to
express their views at the Senate
hearings
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Mon
tana, who contends constitutional
amendment is the only way to limit
the courts powers, said:
The President and others have
quoted from Chief Justice Hughes
as we'll as Justices Brandeis and Stone
but, of course, they have picked out
only sentiments to suit their purpose
Why shouldn't the country have
the benefit of their opinions from the
justices themselves about the prob
lens confronting us and how they
should be metz"
Declaring his views have beer
| almost entirely in line with those OF
the liberal group on the court
Wheeler said he believed the Senate
Judiciary Committee should hear both
from conservative and liberal justices
Opponents, it was learned, have ap.
preached at least three justices or
the question of testifying.
Evening star., 1937-03-18
ANTI-NAzI CONTROVERSY
STIRS HOUSE MEMBERS

Representative Dies, Democrat, of
Texas asserted today that there is a
"well-planned effort to transfer all
the quarrels and feuds OF Europe to
our shores"
He made the statement before the
House Rules Committee At the time
Chairman Dickstein, of tie Immigra-
ton Committee, was asking the COM
mittee to approve a House investiga-
ton Of propaganda directed at the
American form of government.
What we need" interjected Repre-
sentative Driver, Democrat, of Ar
kansas. ''are few local firing
squads"
From Representative Greenwood,
Democrat, Of Indiana, came a sugges-
ton that treason" be redefined to
cover groups that are training in this
country in foreign uniforms.
Evening star., 1937-03-18

in the gasoline tax. Jacobs suggested
that the gasoline tax should be in
creased only to a point nee sary to
maintain agencies charged with traf-
fic control, but that the cost of street
lighting and traffic control should be
charged to highway and street lighting
funds.
All revenue from the gasoline tax,
McAneny declared, should be placed in
the general revenue fund
Jacobs entered the discussion by
denouncing the Federal payment to-
ward District expenses as a 'gra-
tuity." AS long as Washington main
tains its favorable position among
the municipalities of the country" he
declared. the idea of continuing a
gratulty of this kind is absolutely
without excuse. Certain definite
things ought to be done, forever to
erase this recurring controversy, which
has held the District back in many
respects"
Jacobs argued, however, that the
people of the District should be given
some form of suffrage and right t
control the city, even though they
might spend more
Jacobs also argued that Fedora,
control of the District has resulted ir
five distinct benefits, which he recitec
as follows:
l. That Washington has single
iyctaa6 oF ~ =
and State administration
2, That it enjoys a pay-as-you-g &
| operation.
3. That it is not obligated TO sup
| port rural roads.
4. That the Budget Bureau control
! the size Of its budget
S. That Congress has appropriated
Federal funds toward the support ant
maintenance of the city.
Evening star., 1937-03-18

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very hot room I submit that my
present view is the correct one"
Burke then asked the witness if
he believed the Supreme Court should
be subjected to political control
THE courts" Green replied. are a
part of the Government. I can't
think Of them not being subject to
political control"
How, then" Burke continued,
"can we entertain in one small head
Evening star., 1937-03-18
Fiscal

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
Victor Herbert

Victor Herbert was born in Dub
lin, Ireland, February l, 1859. He
began his musical education in Ger
many at the age of seven, with the
cello as his instrument. Some years
later he became principal cellist in
the court orchestra and appeared
in many concerts throughout Eu-
rope. In 1886 he married the prima
donna, Therese Forster, and in the
same year came to this country.
He played in and conducted many
orchestras, serving for a time as
bandmaster of the 22nd Regiment
Band of New. York. From 1898 to
1904 he conducted the Pittsburgh
Symphony orchestra and after that
date Victor Herbert's New Yorh
orchestra. His compositions covef
many fields of music, but he is best
known for his comic operas. He
died in New York city, May g.
1924.
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SYNOPSIS

Jack Hammond, gold prospector, returns
to Prince Rupert after a spree in Seattle
and learns that gold rush is starting as
q result of some careless remarks he had
dropped at a party concerning a gold dis
covery. He finds that his partner McKen-
zie Joe Britten, has gone on north to protect
their claims. Besieged, Hammond decides
to tell the would-be prospectors how to
reach the new gold fields. Around the World
Annie, a frontier dance hall proprietor. has
assembled a troupe of girls and is bent on
starting dance hall at the new camp. Jack
muses. about Kay Joyce, the girl in Seattle
whom he loves and to whom he confded the
secret of his gold strike. Going to his law
yer's Office, he passes a young girl on the
stairs. Jack asks Barstow the lawyer about
the girl and learns that she is volunteer
client. Jack tells him about Kay. Jimmy
Moon, mutual acquaintance, had brought
them together. Kay was chilly at first but
when she saw some of his gold nuggets
they got along beautifully. He had met her
mother and friend of the family. Bruce
Kenning, geologist. Sergeant Terry of the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police joins the
sold-seekers on their trip north. Jack en-
counters the girl, Jeanne Towers, and she
asks him to lend her a team of dogs and
supplies. He consents. The next day the
trek to the new bonanza begins. Later,
on the trail, Jeanne is lost and Hammond
saves her. The gold seekers arrive and the
new camp is soon in full swing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
Clothes of Paper May
Rival Those of Linen

Boston.-Paper clothes, woven of
yarn spun under water from wood
fiber, soon may compete with linen
fnery.
The new yarn proved in tests to
be stronger wet than dry, and neith-
er stretched nor shrank with laun-
dering or dry cleaning, according
to bulletin IF Arthur D. Little,
Inc, industrial chemists.
In appearance it most closely ap-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29

proximates linen, and this property
has been principal factor in its
present uses in shoe coverings,
handbags and the newer sports
suits Continued improvement may
make this paper product signifi-
cant addition to the present range
of textile fibers, it is believed.
The fibers are less than three
hundredths of an inch long, as COM
pared with individual cotton fibers
which may be an inch long and wool,
linen and silk, which may be much
longer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
Location of Megiddo

Megiddo, or Armageddon, as it is
known in Bible, song, and legend,
lies at the strategic crossroads be-
tween Asia Minor and Egypt, not
far from Nazareth in northern Pal
estine. From time immemorial it
has been the site of critical battles,
the last one during the World war.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
Saltless Diet Painful

London. = Medical students Of
London university have completed
a saltless diet test. For II days
they ate no salt in their food. They
suffered cramp, exhaustion, loss of
appetite and occasional periods of
Inconsistencies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
so, 900 Cattle Lost in Day

Kansas ranchers lost $4,000 cattle
in the famous New Year day biz
Zard of 1886. Dead cattle were
piled so thick along the railroad
tracks they had to be cleared off
before trains could go through.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
utt .
S.(11oobib
Nuvlb1 about
A Yes-Man's Paradise.

"A ACS-NAdu diduiSCs
CANTA MONICA, CALIF.-If,
~ as, and when the President
puts over his scheme for recon-
structing the Supreme court
nearer to his hearts desire, the
question arises-in fact, has al
ready arisen-as to where he's
going to find members who will
keep step with the New Deals
march of triumph.
Might this earnest well-wisher
make a suggestion? Let the Presi-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29

dent look Hollywood
over before making
his selections, for
this is yes-man's
land. Some of the
studios out here are
so crowded with
yes-men that big
yes-men have to
tote little yes-men
in their arms.
There's only one
or two drawbacks
to this plan, as I see
II It's ooino fo he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29

Thus, to make the short fibers of
the paper product into strong yarn
requires special methods and ma
chinery, and it is actually spun un-
der water.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29

hard to wean the local appointees
from wearing polo shirts along with
those long silken robes. And they'll
insist in a preview for each deci-
sion
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
Made First Coming Presses

England made the first coming
presses used in the United States
mint building established in Phila-
delphia in 1892.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
Near-Centenarian
Prefers Corn-Cob

Mrs. Abigail Leffingwell, of Los
Angeles, ninety-eight years young,
as she appeared in her latest perma-
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-09-17
Kdo Zapachal2

V Chicago Larry Radkewitz
byl zatcen, re jel opily a pred
veden soudci Braudemu. w.
povedel policista soudci:
"To YAM byl zapach, Re 81
jej nedovedete pTedstaviti. By
10 to, jake snad ten nejhorsf
m~Gnsajn, kombinace fistronu s
umelym hnojivem a ia nev1m
co jeste. Musel jsem 81 zacpat
d1rky u nosu. Kdyz jsem OBJ
zalovanemu Tekl, re pachne,
tax ukazal palcem do zadu, a
fekl:
"To ia ne, to Albeta." Po-
d1val jsem Sc do zadu a tam
sedel kozel, kteremu obzalo-
vany, nev1m z jakych pTfcin
rfka Alzbeta, ackoliv to jest
neZvratne on"
Soudce Sc obratil k obzalo-
vanemu s otazkou, CO to r1ka a
ten pravil: "Zrovna jak jsem
rekl policistovi, tax to feknu i
yam. To ia nesmrdel, to ALI
beta. Vzdyt ia nemohl byt o.
PLY, ponevadz jsem snedl send
vic S cesnekem a vypil malou
sklenicku piva. Ale Alzbeta
smrdi stale, at Pile nebo ne a
jestli tomu never1te, ia il nam
pred soudnf budovou v auto
mobilu, mGzete 81 k nj pricich-
nouti."
Soudce podekoval "a tento
dGkaz, odmftl a pravil:
"V1te co, pane Radkewitz,
udelame to takto: Ponevadz
nenf rozhodnuto kdo vlastne
a kozel konecne "a
to nem6ze, re nevoni, tax vas
pokutovat nebudu, ale nebu-
dete pill roku jezdit v automo-
at w S Alzbetou nebo bez
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-09-17
Otec zabil zenicha dcerv.

We Wink, Texas, Elmer L.
Grouse, 45lety mrzacek, byl
pc navratu re svatebnf cesty Sc
svou 17letou manzelkou zastre
len temef We chv1li, kdy Sc vra-
til domG. Jeho manzelku, BY
valou Emily Newchurch, odve-
Eli do nemocnice sc strelnou
ranou mad srdcem.
A ably tato tragedie byla do
vrsena, V holfrne, pfilehajfcf k
obydli, V nemz Sc osudna stfel-
ba odehrala, nalezli otce mia
de nevesty umfrajfcfho s pod
fezanym hrdlem. Otcem jejfm
je 59lety V. c.. Newchurch.
Newchurch, povolanim no.
lie a otec jeste trf dalsfch d.
vek krone jmenovane Emily,
byl pojat zuTivostf, kdyz spolu
utekli, ably Sc dali oddati.
Bob Lewis, zamestnanec PEI
trolejarske sp~olecnosti a New
church1v zakazn1k pravil, re
kdyz mu Newchurch minulou
sobotu stf1hal vlasy, re pravil,
re Grouse zabije. Byl pry roz-
hofcen mad tim, re dcera 81
vzala tax stareho muze a jeste
mrZaka.
Newchurchova manzelka zem-
fela jiz pred n6kolika lety a
cd te DOLBY musil Sc Newchurch
o vychovu svych deer starati
sam. Zastreleny Grouse zho-
tovoval nadrzkove vozy ma pc
trolej.
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$4,000 zen ma konvenci.

American Legion Auxiliary
neJvets1 organizace zen We svG-
te, skladajlc1 Sc re 100000
clenkyn = pomocnic americ-
kych legionarG- kona pffpra-
Wy ku vyrocnf konvenci Anne
rlcke legie We dnech FL, 20. a
70. zaf1 V New Yorku.
GWendolyn Mcdowell z IN
dlanapolis, narodnf tajemnice
pomocnic legionafd, Dude ge-
neraln1 riditelkou.
Ocekava Sc, re mesto navstf-
vi vice nez $4,000 zen, z nichz
1900 budou 1fednf delegatky.