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Evening star., 1938-03-13

spread used in High, Wide and Hand
some?'"
Does Clark Gable have to shave
twice daily?"
Parents who are certain they have
little darlings just as talented as Shir-
ley Temple and amateur authors with
questionable scripts to market are
other letter-writers whose problems
clutter up movie editors desk.
Mothers invariably inclose snapshots
Of their promising little ones-and
want them returned-while the au-
thors often send along bulky manu.
scripts which they'd like perused.
Much as they'd wish to do a favor.
the editors are helpless in both in
stances. The Hollywood Chamber of
Commerce often takes advertising
space to urge mothers of movie hope
fuls to remain away from the screen
capital. while those who send unso-
licited story manuscripts to the studios
get them back by return mail. un-
opened and unread.
MOST significant of all the ques-
tions pouring in today. however,
are those pertaining to music on the
screen. Ever since sound came in 10
years ago. fans have been displaying
an increasing interest in music and
a desire to know all about the har-
mony they hear through theater loud
speakers.
They want to know the names of
songs heard in various pictures. Even
brief stretches of background music,
some of it unpublished and composed
only for atmospheric effect, does not
escape their curiosity. Others want
to know the names of composers
Still others ask numerous questions
about instruments used in studio
orchestras
For instance, soon after Captains
Courageous" was released, fans began
writing in to ask about the instrument
Spencer Tracy played in it. 1t was
just a plain old-fashioned hurdy-
gurdy, but few recognized it. The
same thing occurred after the first
showings Of THE Bride Wore Red"
Many wanted to know if Franchot
Tone really played the flute they saw
him finger in the picture.
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Evening star., 1938-03-13

Swanson for two years but
the girl on his arm these days
is New York Model Lee Russell
started wage-earning life as a clerk
in London accounting firm . served
in the British Army and was severely
wounded then joined a stock COM
pany. dividing his time between the
Broadway and London stages. His
first picture was silent with Pauline
Frederick. First talkie. The Letter.
with Jeanne Eagles. Despite physical
handicap, plays tennis and is one of
Hollywood's most ardent dancers. Also
drives his own car. The b" in the
middle Of his name stands for
Brought" gets the fat salary OF
$4,000 a week and is probably
the most popular male finite in Hol-
lywood.
Arthur Treacher the tallest
movie butler-6 feet 4. Emerged from
the World War a captain of heavy
artillery very heavy. he says. Dis
covered by Charles B. Cochran
Migrated to New York in 1926
He has appeared in so films since his
arrival in Hollywood in 1933-mostly
butler roles Is a bachelor
Enjoys letting down his hair for q
jolly old romp-dont-you-know
Marcia Mae Jones :. =. First film role
at the age of l, doubling for Dolores
Costello in "Mannequin" Born in
Los Angeles -. :. feet IL inches tall
weighs 80 pounds . . Did some out
standing screaming in These Three
Ambition-to be an actress when
she grows up
Helen Parish :. Aged is. born in
Columbus, Ga. One of the screens
earliest ''meanies." she has been work.
ing consistently since her second BIRTH
day She plays the piano, dances and
sings.
Jackie Moran Switched from
Huckleberry Finn in THE Adventures
of Tom Sawyer" to cute, well be-
haved cadet in Mad About Music
without turning curl. He is IL years
old-born in Chicago. Mary Pickford
saw him there and urged his concert
singer mother to bring him to Holly
wood. Best performance to date in
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie"
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Evening star., 1938-03-13
Todoy's Film Schedule

EARLEA
downright funny: 250 515 pm.
4:25, $50 and $40 m.
METROPOLTTAN-"Bg w.
Thanks for the Memory: $780, 5:45. TAO and 9:35
KETTFIs-snow White the Dwarfs-se $780, $50
7:50 and $50 "untupland": $50
LTT1EPeter the First Soviet film biography
1855, 540 7:35 and $50 pm.
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts: Continuous from pm.
CAPTToI-errily dafy q dany family
4:30 tbs and 10 Stage shows 345, $50 and s:15
PAACEappy Landing" Sonia skates 2a5
7:15 and 935 pm
coLuMBA Yank Oxford" presenting the new Robert Taylor
2:40, s. 7:20 o:45 PM
Evening star., 1938-03-13

bungalow. VINO was the architect
Where can get the blueprints?"
These and thousands of other posers
are thrown at motion picture editors
of newspapers throughout the country
every day. Over the phone and
through the mails they arrive in an
unending stream.
Life for the movie editor isn't what
it used to be. A few years back the
average fan was content to deal in
trivialities. Does Joan Crawford eat
cereal for breakfast" What color
does Spencer Tracy prefer in neck
ties?" Or will Carlo answer my let
ter personally If I write her?" Such
silly queries were, not long ago. pre-
dominant In the movie editors mail
bag
But most of that nonsense is thing
OF the past. The representative movie
fan of today seems to be a grown-up
intelligent person. Most of those who
write letters to the editors have pro-
found questions they want answered
This is an excellent sign for the mo-
ton picture industry. 1t demonstrates
that the mentality of the movie ticket
buyer has taken long strides in the
last few years.
In the course of year and halfs
stay in Hollywood this writer has been
called on to answer hundreds of uues-
tions about the industry and it's peo-
pie, and, in conservative mood, he
would estimate that 80 per cent of the
queries were soundly constructed.
HERE are some odd and not 50 odd
queries of recent date:
What is Freddie Bartholomew
ambition?"
rs any star in Hollywood doing re-
search on black widow tarantula
serum"
What can be done about the prob
lem of prolonged double bills?"
DO the stars use their screen or
real name when signing important
papers?"
Can you tell me the ingredients
that make up grease paint?"
What happens to films after they've
been used in all the theaters?"
Has Garbo's wealth ever started a
run on bank?"
What was the pattern Of the bed
Evening star., 1938-03-13
Signs New Contract.

EL1zABETH PATTERSON, popular
character actress, who recently
completed featured role in the Err
nest Lubitsch production. "Bluebeard's
Eighth Wife" co-starring Gary Cooper
and Claudette Colbert, was awarded a
new term contract at Paramount Stu
dio. She is scheduled for important
roles In the forthcoming Bing Crosby
production, Harmony for Three" and
"ak Louis Blues"
Evening star., 1938-03-13

-"io lTUWLeu wien tlley saw Joe
name on the contract list
Joe was awarded the least important
"B' picture on the lot-guaranteed to
finish his contract and career at one
and the same time That picture was
Three Smart Girls" with cheap
cast, headed by unknown. adolescent
Deanna Durbin. You know what hap
pened to that picture. And to his
next. "One Hundred Men and a Girl"
again with Deanna Durbin in the
lead And now-"Mad About Music, -
which puts the final seal on his pro-
ducing genius.
Pasternak migrated to America from
Europe shortly after the wa His
first job was punching holes in leather
belts-salary, 6 cents per l40 belts
His next was busboy in a New York
cafeteria-salary. sl2 a week. A SIM
liar position in Paramount's Long Is
land studio brought him SIS a week.
In 1923. Allan Dwan, then directing
Gloria Swanson. hired him as his as
sistant. His salary rose to s45 week
and Paramount's Long Island studio
closed.
Joe came to Hollywood-and did
nothing for long time except wonder
how to eat on nothing week. Finally,
Wesley Ruggles took him on BY
1928, Pasternak was convinced that
Hollywood held nothing for him
worked in Europe, returned here in
l936-and waited for Universal to do
right by him. Which-in a round
about way-it certainly did!
NIRECIOR NORMAN TAUROG
Born in Chicago. At the age of
8 appeared with Mary Pickford in
The Good Little Devil" Came to
Hollywood in 1916, saw himself on the
screen and swore he would never again
look camera in the face. From
property boy to assistant director. then
director, with Larry Semon his star.
For eight years Taurog megaphoned
quick-moving, pie-throwing comedies
and then he made "Skippy," which
won the Academy Award and brought
overnight fame to Jackie Copper.
Taurog Is Hollywoods best director of
children, with Baby lie Roy, Tommy
Kelly and Ann Gillis outstanding dis
coveries to his credit. He is fat,
swarthy and gentle, but effective with
his infant prodiges
Deanna Durbin Same screen his
tory as Producer Pasternak-"Three
Smart Girls" "One Hundred Men and
a Girl" and Mad About Music" Is
Is years old. Was born in Winni-
peg, Canada lives with parents
in a $600-a-month mansion with
swimming pool n everything. Was
fired from an M-G-M salary of $3.50.
Now earns about 100000 year {. . +.
Father Durbin was a blacksmith be-
fore daughter made good. He now
dabbles in real estate her IA
vorite male actor-Herbert Marshall
her current absorption-clothes
her current mission-carrying
Universal on her slim shoulders.
HERBERT MARSHALL Born in
England more than 40 years
ago .. owns the most sex-appealing
voice in Hollywood married to
British Actress Edna Best, from whom
he has been separated five years :.
British Actress Edna Best, from whom
romantically interested in Gloria
Evening star., 1938-03-13

HERBERT MARSHALL Born in
England more than 40 years
ago .. owns the most sex-appealing
voice in Hollywood married to
British Actress Edna Best, from whom
he has been separated five years t.
British Actress Edna Best, from whom
romantically interested in Gloria
Evening star., 1938-03-13
Oscars Are Awarded
To the Right People
For Acting Honors
For Luise Rainer and Spencer Tracy
Deserve All the Praise That Has
Been Lavished on Them.
BY Jay Carm0dv.


but nothing Academys
premiere awards for acting
choices Even those who held out to the bitter end for snotb. @
will
highly deserving selections
an interesting though probably
standing performances smaie
Tacys Manuel fisherman simplest
characters Nations motion picture houses
on the peasant the
simple heart genius
similar
Perhaps way proving it, there turks
the selections an intmon that
knows there primary appeal
movies that they satisfy yearnng the
himself into gmoous ulo
Maybe it is maybe invariably were
on and Manuel
Millions who would not think Ue no o
the recognize the essen
tia greatness of the
In winning her achievement than
Tracy There nothing particular
to be no more than themselves sv.t ] ~ @ an sy were required
nominations Carlos Camille
Barbara stanwycks Stella Dallas number
spirited Interpretation the mad divorce
Truth"
Good those other performances but Of them seemed
year for the ladies Hollywood
girls.
magnificent come through over
such performances Montgomery
Night Must Fall" Frederic
Conquest
this departments second choice
oy MONTGOMERY had the weakness from
ton Of being played
With only
Academy membership correspondent
Leeds failure to win the for
M e ays osse Do Ahce 6raoy was the AcaoemS noi the
wisdom which would know nothing
shown
Tomorrow
have
FOR actress who
Ethel Barrymore
second local
part 50 different than she has played before that startling
piquancy sister the famous
brothers Barrymore
fortunes that family
in The Ghost of Yankee Doodle
terrific accomplishments penddy by
Barrymore And compliment
Another interesting intelligence O
Whteoak
among the
Mazo to
world her novels did
minds
several
LII that excitement Washington
caused by
play being presented because friend of sck
the best of the lot speaking afternoon
Forum at the Washington Hotel
undertaken
10 settings and complete
hard work than the Civic undertook before
Evening star., 1938-03-13
New Picture
Tells Story
OF Music
Ragtime Band Goes
Into History
OF Swing.
BY Douglas Churchill.
HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD.
N INTERESTING review of a
\ quarter century of American
\ music is being filmed by
= TWentiefh Cenfl1ruEnx u,hara
Evening star., 1938-03-13
Increasing Intelligence
Shown by Fan Queries
Nonsense a Thing of the Past
And Profound Questions
Replace Trivialities.
By Harold Hefern0n.


ME phone rings and
/ would like to find what
her last picture the YOU
. tell me. where can l get the nformaton?"
Or maybe It's such stcker a
want to build house similar to the little
Evening star., 1938-03-13
hollywood Would Have
Fired Him-But
Joe Pasternak Turned in "Three
Smart Girls" and Now
"Mad About Music"
By Sheilah Graham.
ANDREA LEEDS,
By SheiIah Graham.
HOLLYWOOD.
best picture to date

REsENING some of the personalities the
| J Mad About Music"
Producer Joe Pasternak Mr.
miracle Mr. Pasternak
getting
wood Carl Laemme
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-30

Mr.. G. B. Price made a combined
business and pleasure trip to Wash
ington, D. c., this week. He is ex-
pected to return today.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-30
Last Session OF Post Cooking
School To Be Held This p. vi.

The final session of The Skyland
Post motion picture cooking school,
"Star In My Kitchen, will be held
this Afternoon at 2:3O o'clock at the
Parkway Theatre and The Post
again takes pleasure in extending a
cordial invitation to every home
maker in Ashe county to attend this
unique, entertaining and instructive
school.
In addition to the long list of
daily prizes that will be awarded
Immediately after the school is over,
the award of grand prizes will be
made. There are a total Of 8 grand
prizes to be given away, including
a new radio given by the Central
Radio Company.
Everyone who has attended any
session Of the school will participate
in the grand prize drawing and it
is not necessary for the winners to
be present this afternoon in order
to get the prize.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-30

Due to an unavoidable delay in
receiving the film, the school was
postponed one day. Tuesday and
yesterday afternoon the theatre was
packed with housewives from all
parts of the county. Many Of them
declared that the school was one of
the most enjoyable they had ever
attended.
The prize winners Tuesday were
as follows: Mrs. Bruce Thompson,
Grassy Creek; Mrs. J. T. Thomas,
Grassy Creek; Mrs. Thomas Hart
zog, Idlewild; Billie Elliott, Smeth-
port; Mrs. Grant Dollar, West JEFF
iferson; Mrs. Dora Phillips, Fleet
wood; Mrs. J. G. Gambill, West JEFF
ferson; Mrs. Avery Price. West JEFF
ferson; Mrs. Laura Goss, West JEFF
ferson; Mrs. T. S. Maxwell, West
Jefferson; Mrs. Glenn Little, Jeffer-
son; Mrs. Price Goodman, West JEFF
ferson; Mrs. P. E. Watts, West JET
Continued on Page Eighty
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-30
Part OF Stolen
Goods Is Found
Robbers Broke Into E. E. Jones
Store Here. Goods Found
In High School Bldg.

About half of the merchandise
stolen from the E. E. Jones store
here last Wednesday night was
found Tuesday in the home econom-
les room of the West Jefferson high
school by Mr.. Jones and Chief Char
lie Mcmillan.
One or more persons, including a
small child, broke into the store late
last Wednesday night and escaped
with around $50 worth of cigarettes
and mems underwear. Entry was
made through a window in the back
of the store and officers stated that
a small child helped with the rob-
berry as it would be impossible for
an adult person to climb through
the narrow bars fastened across the
window. The glass was broken out
and foot prints could be plainly seen
last Thursday morning.
Following a tip, Mr.. Jones and Nc
MILAN went over to the high school
building and found that someone
had broken the lock to the front
door as well as the back window. In
the home economics room they
found 20 packages Of cigarettes and
several suits of the underwear. Sew
eral are being suspected, but no ar
rests have been made as yet.
Last week robbers tried to break
into the Jefferson Service Station
which is operated by Tom Dent.
Mrs. Badger, who lives across the
street, heard them break a large
glass window and frightened them
away.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-30
Goodman Lands In
Jail For Refusing
To Pay Bill Tues.
Miller, His Companion, Gets
Away From Officers After
Merry Chase.

After q lively little chase, Deputy
Sheriffs Walter Stringer and c. o.
Parsons caught and placed "Eukie"
Goodman, of Othello in the county
Jail Tuesday night for buying beer
and wine at Carl Harden's place
near West jefferson and refusing
to pay for same.
Goodman's companion, Ance Mill
er, escaped the hands of the law,
but in SO doing he nearly drowned
in Beaver Creek, Officer Stringer
said. ~
In response to a call, the two Of
ficers went out to Harden's estab-
lishment, but by the time they ar
rived, the two men had departed.
They drove on up the road and
spotted the boys on Wake Good
mans front porch, officers said.
when they recognized us, they ran
and we jumped out and ran after
them. We caught Goodman, butt
Miller got away by jumping into
Beaver Creek. His feet evidently
got tangled in some wire and from
the noise he made, it sounded as
thought he was about to drown,
Stringer said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-30
First Carload Of
Loaf Cheese Left
Here Last Friday
Large Shipment Goes To BaIti-
more, Md. Pimento Cheese
Also Made Here Now.

The first car load of Kraft Amer
lean process loaf cheese ever made
in the local plant of the Kraft
Phenix Cheese corporation left here
last Friday afternoon.
This large shipment, consisting Of
$4,000 pounds Of Kraft Amera
cheese in two and FIVE pound 1oafs
and several thousand pounds of pi-
mento cheese made up in five-pound
loafs, was shipped to Baltimore,
Md, Levern Johnson, popular man.
ager who has increased the produc-
ton of this plant considerably in
the past four years, stated.
Mr.. Johnson not only had splen-
did success in making his first ord
er of process loaf cheese, but also
was most successful in making pi-
mento cheese here for the first time.
The supply of milk dropped off
a little last week due to wet wealth
err.
The manufacture of process
cheese here is quite boost for the
local plant as well as big compli-
ment to Mr.. Johnson and his staff.
Most of Kraft's finished products
are made in the large regional
plants and not in the production
plants, of which this has been one in
the past.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-30
Wright Is Awarded Trophy For |
Distinguished Legion Service
Local Man Receives High Honor
AT State Convention. Ashe
Post Also Wins.

Ali eyes at the Goth. annual con;
vention of the North Carolina De
partment of the American Legion
were focused Tuesday upon p. G
Wright, of West Jefferson, COM
mander of the fifteenth district and
Ed Barr, commander of the Ashe
county post.
District Commander Wright re-
ceived one of the highest honors
conferred upon any Legionnaire in
North Carolina, when State Com
mander Hector c. Blackwell pre-
sented the Bryce P. Beard trophy
for the most, distinguished service
as commander of all districts in the
state to Mr.. Wright.
There are 20 districts in North
Carolina and Mr.. Wright's achieve
ments in the fifteenth district were
chosen by the awards committee as
being the most outstanding of all
others. The handsome silver trophy
portrays wing victory. Command
er Wright also won a district mem
bership prize.
The Ashe county post won a
trophy for having the highest per-
centage of increase in membership
of any post in the state in class c.
This is the second time that the To-
cal post has won this cup.
In the fifteenth district the States
vile post also won a cup. This was
for "early enrollments in class 'sB".
All three of these trophies are
now on display in The Skyland
Posts window and The Post wish
es to take this opportunity of us
ing a little editorial comment in
the news columns by extending its
hearty congratulations to District
Commander Wright, of the fifteenth
Continued on Page Eight)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-30
County Teacher
Allotment Here
R cen Received
Ashe To Have Same Number OF
High School Teachers But 5
Less Elementary.
APPOINTMENTS SOON

Next year Ashe county will have
the same number Of high school
teachers that it had last year and
and five less elementary teachers
than in 1898, Supt. J. B. Hash
announced yesterday after receiv-
ing the county's teacher allotment
for the ensuing school year from the
state department of public instruc-
ton.
The teacher-allotment by districts
is as follows: Jefferson district 4
high school teachers and IA elemen-
tary; Newriver district, 3 high and
10 elementary; Lansing, 5 high and
81 elementary; Hefton. 5 elemen-
tary; VIC 4 high and 10 elementary,
Healing Springs, 8 high and 10 ele-
mentary, Nathan's Greek, high
and is elementary, West Jefferson,
4 high and II elemntary, Fleetwood,
4 high and elementary; Elkland, 3
high and 9 elementary, Green Val
ley, z elementary. This makes a to-
tai of "a teachers in the high schools
and 1856 in the elementary.
Jefferson, Nathan's Greek, West
Jefferson, Fleetwood and Green Val
ley districts lost one ELEMENTARY
teacher each, Supt Hash stated. This
loss, he said, was due to slight de-
cline in attendance. The allotment
of teachers in the different districts
is left up to the district authorities,
he stated.
The appointment of teachers is
expected to be made in the near
future.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-30
FuH-Tin1e Health
Department N OW
Assured For Ashe
Campaign Brought To Close
Monday. Report To Be Made
To Boards Monday.
STAFFORD PLEASED

The campaign for contributions to
establish full-time health depart
ment in Ashe county next month
came to a close Monday and Rev.
G. r. Stafford, chairman of the spe-
cial solicitation committee, stated
that he felt sure that enough money
to meet Ashe county's part is in
sight.
II believe that when all pledges
have been paid and all prospective
contributions secured, that there
will be enough in hand to cover
Ashe county's part which is $2400,"
Mr. Stafford said.
Those in charge of the campaign
are assuming the responsibility of
pushing the collections to a success
full conclusion. All who have made
pledges are asked to pay them as
soon as possible to the person who
solicited them or to w. II. Worth,
treasurer, Jefferson. w
A detailed financial report will be
made to the county board of health,
composed of Mr.. Scott, Dr. B. E.
Reeves, Supt. j. B. Hash and the
mayors of the Jeeffrsons, Warrens-
vile and Lansing, which will meet
either Monday or Tuesday and to
the county board of commissioners.
It will be published as soon as all
reports are in.
# the plan is approved, the Dis
trict Health Department will be es-
tabHshed by July IS, Miss Pearl
Weaver stated yesterday. DR.. Rob-
ert King, of Boone, who has been in
charge of the district health work
there has been recommended as the
health officer for this proposed dis