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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
ALLIANCE HEAD HITS WPA
CUTS IN NORTH

Washington, August (CNA) =
David LASER, president of the
Workers Alliance, this week asked
Col. G. C. Harrington, WPA Ad-
ministrator, to review cuts of SO to
50 a month in the wages of I'M
skilled project workers in num-
Der of large cities including New
York, Detroit, Cleveland, and Chi
cago.
LASER said that the Alliance
viewed this new WPA wage scale
with a mixed feeling" because it
was heartily in favor of increases
made in the South and in small
towns, and at the same time con-
demned the cuts in large urban
centers.
He announced that demand for
resembling of the cuts would be in
cluded in the mass Labor Day meet
ings and the National Job Hunt"
which will be held throughout the
country on Monday, September IL.
The Alliance head urged Har-
rington not to make new discharges
as a result of the increased labor
cost established by the new wage
scale.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
MethOdists
Convene In Minneapolis
In Early September

st. Peter A. M. E. Church, Min
neapolis, will be host to the 10th
session of the Northwestern An
nual Conference and the Woman's
Missionary Convention, which con-
venes September 9Th, and continues
through September 10th. The con-
ference is presided over by Bishop
J. A. Gregg, and is the third of the
series of six conferences which
comprise the Fourth district of the
A. M. E. Church. The other con-
ferences are the Ontario, Michigan,
Chicago, Indiana, and Illinois.
This session of the conference
will be unusually interesting be-
cause it is the last of the quadren-
mum and will witness the electing
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
Loses His
Crown on
Foul Blows

New York, N. Y, Aug. o.
Hurricane Henry Armstrong lost
his lightweight crown here tonight
in one of the most thrilling prize
fights seen in the Yankee Stadium
in years.
Armstrong, forcing the fight all
the way, lost the fight when FIVE
rounds were taken away from him
for low blows. His whirlwind style
of throwing punches from all
angles was his undoing.
This style won him three worlds
championships and gained him the
reputation of being the fightingest
man of his size in the ring.
Ringside sport critics say Arm
strong would have won easily if
the rounds had not been taken from
him for his low blows. Eddie
Meade, Henry's manager, was loud
and bitter over the decision claim
ing that all through the fight Am
bers had heeled Armstrong in the
eyes with his open gloves.
The title at stake here tonight
was Armstrong; lightweight
crown. Articles are already signed
for a match for the welterweight
between the two some time this
Fall.
That Armstrong lost his own
fight was attested by such authori-
ties as the Associated Press score
sheet which showed Ambers actual
ly winning only four rounds by his
fighting and five rounds going to
him because "Hammering Hank"
didn't keep up his punches.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
WRITER'S HIT DECISION

Tuesday before the fight Joe
Williams, syndicate sports writer,
said in the MINNEAPOLIS
TIMES-TRIBUNE that the fight
was in the bag for Ambers. He
said Armstrong; title would go to
Lou Ambers whether he won it or
not. After the fight Henry Nc
Lemore, crack United Press sports
editor, criticised Arthur Donovan
for penalizing Armstrong for fouls
when McLemore claims Ambers
was as guilty of fouls as Henry.
McLemore says Ambers con-
stantly hit with his elbows and
butted Armstrong all through the
fight. McLemore said: Armstrong
was guilty of fouls, yes. But so
was Ambers.
GAS for the actual fighting, minus
fouls, there was no comparison be-
tween the two men. Armstrong
beat the daylights out of his pinch
faced opponent. Three times he
had him rubber-legged and ready
to go down and perhaps could have
finished him off if his hands had
been the hands of the Armstrong
of two years ago.
"Ambers was game, fast, and a
sharper hitter than when he lost
his title to Armstrong last year,
but he threw only one punch
against 10 and simply isn't in the
class of the Negro boy as fight
err"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
Pastors Join to
Help Wayman A.
NJ. E. Raise Funds

The following churches will have
services for the benefit of Wayman
A. M. E. Church to assist them in
their financial difficulties, relative
to the Annual Conference that
meets here Sept. 5.
Rev. H. W. Bolts will have ser
vices at his church (Zion Baptist
church, Wednesday night, August
80, at 8 p. m, at which time he will
be the speaker and his choir will
sing.
Rev. C. F. Stewart will have SER
vices at his church, st. Peters A.
M. E., Thursday, August 81, 8 p. m.
Rev. A. W. Wilson will hold ser
vices at his church, Monday, Sept.
4, 8 p. m. He will preach and his
choir will sing.
Rev. E. A. London, pastor of
Wayman, asks public support.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
Aaron McGaVOck
Fined On Drunk
Driving Charge

Aaron McGavock, funeral direc-
tor, and president of the McGav-
ock Funeral Home, Inc, 697 Rondo
St., st. Paul, received a sentence
of 500 or 10 days for drunken
driving.
He paid a 500 fine assessed by
Judge J. w. Finehout after enter
ing plea of guilty.
McGavock was arrested Saturday
following a collision at Dale and
Selby Ave. Three white motorists
who pied guilty at the same time
were also fined.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25

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"of drinking and conduct unbecom-
ing an officer" were not substan-
tiated by Hackert's letter of sus-
pension which was produced by
Mitchell. The letter made no men
ton of drinking or conduct I'M
becoming an officer"
In his letter to Chief Hackert re-
signing Mitchell wrote in part:
"On the 18th day of August
1889, another citizen complain
ed to you, accusing me of mis-
conduct, this 1 do deny, but
due to the publicity attached
thereto, I fear that l will lose
the confidence of the citizens
of st. Paul, which l have so
long enjoyed. Even though /
should eventually be exon
Grated may l request of you to
be retired on pension.
an conclusion l wish to
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
Mrs. Fannie P.
Lewis HOnOred
By Warden Utecht

On Wednesday, August 16, Mrs.
Frances P. Lewis, 1924 Fourth
Ave. &c., observed her oath ami
versary as a Christian worker at
the State Prison at Saltwater,
MINI.
Among those at a luncheon ar
ranged by Warden L. F. Utecht at
the prison were Mrs. Ethel Bliss
Baker, State President of the w.
C. T. u; Mrs. C. Mortified, State
Vice President, and Mrs. Dora
Dean johnson of Minneapolis.
A large cake inscribed with Mrs.
Lewis name and number of years
work at the prison was presented
to her by the warden.
Mrs. Baker presented her with
handkerchiefs and a picture of
Frances Willard, founder of the
W. C. T. U.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
Packing Company
Rehires Union
Men It Fired

CONGRATULATIONS &
Co., giant meat packing firm, this
week bowed to union strength and
rehired Is suddenly discharged
members of the Packinghous Work
ers Organizing Committee, avert
ing a strike of the company's sew
eral thousand Negro and white en-
ployees.
: Discharge of the Is men occurred
while they were attempting to take
up a grievance with the manage
ment. After several days of refusal
TO rehire the grievance committee,
mass meeting of 1000 workers
demanded action.
Developments in the situation
arising out of Armour's refusal to
negotiate a contract with the
PWOC meanwhile remained at the
boiling point.
van "A. blCCner, PWOC chairman,
announced that the unions Nation
al Policy Committee will be called
to Washington in the next few days
to lay their grievances before gov
eminent officials.
The unions national officers re-
vealed also that charges of unfair
labor practices in Armour's Chi
cago, Oklahoma City and Peoria,
ILL.,, plants have been filed with the
National Labor Relations Board.
To date, Armour officials have
refused to open negotiations with
the union.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25

of delegates to the General confer
ence which meets in Detroit in May,
1910.
Many outstanding leaders of the
connection will be present among
whom will be DR.. L. L. Berry, Sec
rotary of Missions with headquart-
ers in New York and who recently
returned from a tour of the mis-
sionary field in West Africa. Also
in attendance will be Rev. C. S.
Spivey, dean of Payne Theological
Seminary at Wilberforce, Ohio,
which is supported by the general
church, as we'll as the president Of
Wherefore University, the oldest
college for colored students in the
United States.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25

state that during the twenty
two years of my service / have
worked under twelve chiefs of
police including yourself and
during their tenure of office up
to February Is, my personal
conduct and conduct as an Of
ficer among the citizens of st.
Paul have always been beyond
reproach, a circumstance in
which I take pride"
Mitchell's resignation just as his
came like a bombshell
in st. Paul, however, his friends
pointed out that he was past the
retirement age and that his long
service had earned him a rest.
1t is not known whether Chief
Hackert will allow Mr.. Mitchell to
resign or not but his long honor
able record will probably figure in
any decision which is made.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
wIGINGTON INSPECTS CITY
HALL

To C. W. Wigington, 679 St. An
thony avenue, senior architectural
craftsman in the city architects
office, was assigned the task of
inspecting the leaky City Hall.
After a survey from the eight
eenth to the tenth floor, Wigington
reported that most of the leaks
were in and around windows. Wig
ington said caulking and felt
around the windows was gone in
one or more windows on every
floor. He also reported that the
window locks were inefficient.
Mayor Fallon announced that he
will recommend work to make the
windows water tight.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
ISABELLE BOYD DIES

Mrs. Isabelle Boyd, 77S Rondo
street, died Friday, August 10, at
Ills a. m. at Ancker Hospital fol-
lowing a months illness.
Born II years ago in Indian
apolis, Indiana, Mrs. Boyd came to
st. Paul to make her home twelve
years ago. She was a member of
st. James A. M. E. Church, from
where funeral services were held
Monday, August 81, at 4 p. m,
with Rev. Gerald L. Hayden offici-
ating.
Survivors include her children,
Mrs. Lenora Blair, Mrs. Bertha
Hill, Maurice, Lester, Raymond, St.
Paul; Charles Of Chicago, Jessie
of Sioux City; a sister, Mrs. Han
nah Johnson, Grand Island, Ne
braska.
Interment was in Grand Island,
Nebraska.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
Minnesota Boys
Fail to Place
i'm Golf Meet

Minnesota golfers did not get
into the big prizes in the Central
States Golf tournament at St..
Louis, Sunday and Monday. Meth
er the defending champ, Tommy
Donaldson, of Minneapolis or jim
my Lee of st. Paul, 1889 runner
up, finished among the tournament
leaders.
A Kansas City man, ]. Gray,
with a total score Of 1853 won the
title. Saunders Mason of St. Louis
was runner-up.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
Mrs. SearleS'
Sister Dies

Mrs. Alice Searles, 683 Rondo
St., was called to Detroit Wednes-
day, August 16, because of the
serious illness of her sister, Mrs.
Pauline Gilmore. Before Mrs.
Searles could reach her bedside the
sick woman died.
Burial was in Columbia, Mo.
Many Twin City friends of the
Searles sent flowers and messages
of coincidence to the bereaved.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
John r. Hawkins,
A. M. E. Official,
Dies in 18th Year

Washington, D. c., Aug. 3d.
John R. Hawkins, distinguished A.
M. E. Church financial officer and
bank president, died here yester-
day.
Born TT years ago in Warrenton,
N. c., DR.. Hawkins had a long ca
reer, he was educator, businessman,
and leading layman in the A. M.
E. Church.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
GETS SUSPENDED SENTENCE

Dan Taylor, 452 Rondo street,
pleaded guilty to petty larceny and
received 40-day suspended work.
house sentence. He was accused
of taking three electric razors
from the Hotel Lowry barber shop,
where he has been employed.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
KANSAS RECTOR HERE

Rev. Edward Barrow, rector of
the Church of the Ascension of
Kansas City, Kansas, is visiting in
st. Paul. He is the house guest of
Rev. and Mrs. Victor Emanuel
Holly and family, 465 Mackubin
street.
Sunday, August 20, Rev. Barrow
was the guest rector at st. Philips
Episcopal Church, of which Rev.
Holly is rector.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
JOS. B. Levy
Seriously Ill

Jos. B. Levy, we'll known Mime
sotan, was stricken i'll last Thurs
day night and removed from a
train to a hospital at Eau Claire,
Wis. Confined to the Sacred Heart
Hospital there he recovered suffi-
GENTLY to enable his removal to
Minneapolis.
He is confined to his home at
1896 Fourth Ave. So, and his
physician says his condition is
improving.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25

she died from an illegal operation.
DR.. Brown was to face arraignment
in municipal court Thursday on a
charge Of performing an illegal op-
Grafton. The Hennepin county at
torney's office said Wednesday that
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
Atkins Band
in Jam Session
Sunday Night

Boyd Atkins and his orchestra
are playing a "Jim Jam 1--WE Ses-
sion," Sunday, August 81, at the
newly decorated Clef Club, 6S5
Sixth Ave. North. All the Musi-
clans and entertainers from the
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
Detective James A. Mitchell
Resigns From St. Paul
Police Force Under Fire

Detective Mitchell for member of the St Paul
police force resigned Monday letter to Chief Clinton Hacker
Mches resignation followed his suspension by Hackert last week.
pending further investigation relative the charges of S. Woods
Mitchell had threatened him with revolver August &c. at his
(Woods) home
Newspaper reports said Mitchell suspended charges
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25

the case would be referred to the =
grand jury which meets next Tues
day.
Charged with DIR. Brown, is
Martin Schmidt, 40, white, 80
Twelfth st. So.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
DIR. r. J. C. Brown Faces
Serious Charges AS
Young Woman Dies

Dr. R. c. Brown As, sos East Fourteenth St. Minneapolis is
free 5000 bond after being arrested last Wednesday connection
the condition Theresa Sol Cornell Wis.,
seriously i'll at the Minneapolis General Hospital
Wednesday this died
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
Annual Honor Banquet
At Mount Olive Baptist
Church, Labor Day
SIOUX FALLS MINISTER TO ADDRESS
ANNUAL SUNDAY SCHOOL-B. Y. P. U.


Principal speaker at the fourth annual Mt Ovet Baptist Church
Honor Banquet Labor Day night September will be Rev. William
Smith of Sioux Falls the brilliant speakers
section of the country.
The sponsored jointly Sunday
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
NEW ADVERTISER

A new advertiser in the Record
er this week is Ben Niemanns Gro
Gerry at 10th and St. Peter.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25
Rev. J. BOthic
Will Preach His
Farewell Sermon

Rev. ]. C. Bothic of Mt. Oivet
Baptist Church, West Central and
Mackubin St., st. Paul, will preach
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25

Father" Hines is coming Sep
TENDER l1Il!-Advt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-25

Father" Hines Is coming Sep
TENDER 11I!!-Advt.
Evening star., 1939-08-02

. w PhA.J
Gladys George wears a wig of
yellow curls-and tells me, I'm so
tired of peroxiding my hair for
pictures. She is working in two
pictures at the same time-as Rich
ard Greene's dignified old society
mother in Here I Am a Stranger"
and as Jimmy Cagney's hey-hey
girl in this. "One of these days"
she says, 'I1l forget and give
Greene the hey-hey, and The
Roaring Twenties' the dignified
mother stuff"
The private life of Miss George
is anything but "hey-hey" Every
one in my family is SICK she tells
me. Her mother is blind, her father
partly paralyzed, and her husband,
Leonard Penn. sick since January,
has had two operations recently,
and will be in the hospital another
two months. The nursing and doc
toring professions have good
friend in Miss George. There are
five nurses and two doctors on her
pay roll.
Il
Every one is tired on the "Dia-
monds Are Dangerous" set-except
Isa Miranda. Leading Man George
Brent has made three pictures in
row without a break. Leading
Character Actor Nigel Bruce fin
ished Sherlock Holmes" on Satur-
day, did retakes of The Rains
Came" on Sunday, and started this
picture on Monday. The camera
man is also tired.-tired of expert
menting with makeup and camera
angles for the fair Miranda.
Evening star., 1939-08-02

field for the sprouting of picture
career ideas in the juvenile mind.
The CRADLES, after those several
years of immunity, finally got the
idea and Betty landed a job in the
Fox studio dancing chorus. That
lasted seven months, enough of an
interval to permanently mark the
child for cinema career. Her next
association was with Samuel Gold
wyn. That lasted a year and after
ward Betty landed job with
R-K-O in the long since forgotten
Wheeler-Woolsey comedy, Hold
En- JAIL the chief distinction of
which was that it still stands as one
OF the worst pun titles in movie his
tory. Free lancing occupied Betty
for time after that, but when a
chance came to sing with Ted Flo
Rlto'S Orchestra, she gave up free
lancing. There was another orches-
ira engagement after that, but 1T
lasted only until a Hollywood talent
scout saw Betty and began to wonder
where she had been all of the
cinema's life. She went back to pic
lures then and has been in them
ever since.
Several other facts about Miss
Cradle which have been brought
dutifully to this departments atten-
ton are that she is feet 31a inches
tall, weighs LOG pounds, and has
blond hair and bright blue eyes. The
last report on her possession of the
most beautiful legs in Hollywood was
an equivocal thing indicative of the
press agents lack of confidence
either in his subject or himself. He
merely wrote: She possesses prob
ably the most beautiful figure in
Hollywood"
That probably indicates, perhaps,
a judicial mind At any rate, the
public will have chance to decide
for itself when Miss Cradle appears
at the Earle starting Friday.
X X X X
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever"
will linger a second week at LoeWs
Palace. =. It's eventual successor,
Stanley and Livingstone" starring
Spencer Tracy, will be screened to-
night at the Columbia after the last
showing of "Undercover Doctor"
&. Any one on the seventh floor of
The Star building who would like to
see what newspapering was like in
the days of Stanley and Livingstone
might try to get in touch with this
department. But not every one
on the seventh floor, remember.
Law and order, truth, beauty, right
and those other nicer things of life
look little bit safer at this moment.
-. That's because their once bitter
enemies, the Dead End kids, have
gone over to their side Evil,
hoodlumiSm, etc, will have to get
along without the kids hereafter. .
1t starts with "Hells Kitchen" at
the Metropolitan Friday. The
public which got little weary of
the youngsters in these old destruc-
tive roles demanded a new script for
them. And finally got it.
They will be good, even if kind of
rough, in their next picture, too. -.
A date has been set for the seventh
Going Native" revue, set Just in
time to make this column before it
comes out of the typewriter. =. 1t
is August l8. When & movie press
agent goes on vacation, he stops be-
ing ingenious. . At least that is
this departments deduction from
the circumstance that Dan Terrell
of Warmers used his vacation to
grow mustache. A two-week
type.
Evening star., 1939-08-02
GLADYS George Set
For Casnev Film

Warner Bros. announce the sign
ing Of Gladys George for the i'm
portant role of kansas" Smith in
THE Roaring Twenties," James Gag
ney's latest starring vehicle, because
of her first work on the lot In "A
Child Is Born
Miss George will portray a queen
of the night club hostesses during
the prohibition years, time of THE
Roaring Twenties' action.
Also appearing at Goth Century
Fox in Her Am I, a Stranger" )"
Miss Georges schedule has been ad-
Justed so that she may work in both
pictures simultaneously.
Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart
and Jeffrey Lynn have other major
roles in THE Roaring Twenties,' -
which is based on an original story
by Mark Hellinger.
Raoul Walsh, mentor on What
Price Glory?" The Cock-Eyed
World and similar lusty hits of
recent years, will direct THE Roar
ing TWenties."
Evening star., 1939-08-02

legs in Hollywood. But there is more
to almost anybody than just those
two things, especially a girl who, at
the age of %, is motion picture
veteran.
Miss Cradle has the distinction, in
addition to the ones mentioned, of
having achieved a Hollywood career
without having won beauty con-
test In fact. she came to the cinema
center in the most prosaic of all
fashions-on a sightseeing trip.
That was when she was II years old
and it was the direct result OF her
fathers passion to have his family
see America first.
Cradle pere, a st. Louis broker,
was perfect setup for the promoters
of the idea that America was the
greatest of all countries for sight
seeing. Every year the CRADLES went
somewhere, a perfectly understand
able thing to any one vaguely famil-
lar with the heat in st. Louis. When
l929-remember that year?-rolled
around, the agenda called for South
ern California and there went the
CRADLES.
AS so many people do in the fable
written by the Los Angeles Chamber
of Commerce, mother and daughter
Cradle fell madly in love with the
climate. They decided to settle there
for while, but without single
thought of the movies in their minds
They settled and remained for sew
eral years, Betty getting an educa-
ton in the meantime. Part of her
education was earned at the Ernest
Belcher dancing school, a fine, rich
Evening star., 1939-08-02
American language falls way below
that of Marlenes.

American language falls way below
that of Marlene's.
Brent is in slightly bitter mood
today. His two pet peeves are pro-
ducers and women. "All you can do
IN this business is to save as much
as you can after paying taxes, ana
then tell 'em (producers) what you
really think of EN-"
About women" George is less
specific. You can't tell a thing
about a Woman-until you marry
her. You can know her for years,
then you marry her and-bang! You
see her for what she is" And from
the tone of Brent's voice, the revela-
ton is not pretty sight.
II admit" I say cautiously, that
one woman in five hundred is pretty
terrible, but"
But interrupts George, you're
being much too generous to your
sex" The bitterness behind the
actors comments was born as a re-
suit of his brief second marriage. 1t
may take third marriage-to some
one like Bette Davis-to put the sex
right with Mr.. Brent, I hope.
tReleased by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1939-08-02
Two Sign Anew

Two Warner Bros. players, Donald
Crisp and Dennis Morgan, have been
given new contracts as a result of
recent roles.
Crisp, whose latest role is in THE
Lady and the Knight" co-starring
Bette Davis and Enrol Flynn, also
draws an important figure assign
ment with Flynn in Capt. Horatio
HornbloWer.
Evening star., 1939-08-02
Comes Wedlock

Michael Curtiz, director Of -Four
Daughters" and the current 'Daugh-
tiers Courageous" will direct -Four
Wives" in which Priscilla, Rose
mary and Lola Lane; Gale Page,
John Garfield, Claude Rains, Dick
Foran, May Robson and Donald
Crisp will carry on their screen
lives together.