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Evening star., 1939-06-06


Both are enameled in white and
weighted with pearl necklaces -
Elizabeth did this to hide her age
Bette does it to hide her youth.
After this picture, I'm going
away for two whole wonderful
months-I'm going to have a real
rest Bette declares The real
rest is a jaunt to her native New
England-'to see some stock plays"
Which sounds like a busmans holi-
day to me-
Essex-Errol Flynn-arrives at this
point, says Hello and adds that
he and Lii celebrate their fourth
wedding anniversary June 10. Il
bet that's surprise to all you COL
umnistS," he grins land here's
another. I fully expect to celebrate
another four-year anniversary in
another four years time" Enrol
then tells me that his wife is swell,
intelligent. trustworthy, and I could
do whole lot worse"
Joel McCrea. on the Career Man"
set, tells me how and why he ter
minated his job with Goldwyn. MY
contract was up in September. but
GoldWyn had an option for another
year. I didn't want to stay with
him because of the poor roles he has
given me. Luckily for me. my con-
trac. with GoldWyn stipulated that
1 had to make three pictures year
with him. So far this year there
has been Music School only and
there was little chance that I'd do
two others between now and Sep
tember. We both called in our law
yers-and was proved right Gold
Wyn gave in, but asked me to say
was leaving not because I wanted to.
but because he hadn't taken up my
option! l told him I'd tell the truth
and advised him to do likewise
or my lawyer would pay him an
other visit"
X
Thunder Ahoat' Virginia
Grey and Lister Lorraine, her stand
in, discuss life and its problems on
the realistic quay-side on Metros
back lot. Lorraine assures me she
prefers to be the Stand-in to the
star. If she means it she is an eX-
ceedingly different sort of girl. After
all the stand-in has a much harder
job than the star, standing most of
the day under hot lights. receiving
maximum of $35 a Week-and no
glory.
The camera crew and director are
strapped to raft surrounded by
water and ships . Our boat has
sunk 8 inches" Wallace Beery COM
plains to the technical department.
adding glumly: In another half,
hour We'll all be under the water"
Chester Morris gives me the plot.
"Wally and I are very heroic-we
save the United States Navy" He
adds that this is his fifth sea pic
ture. I've also had 500 hours in
the air-on stage No. 9 at R-K-O."
X X X X
On the set of Stronger Than De-
sire" Virginia Bruce names the No.
l vamp of the future-the 6-year-
old daughter of Virginia and the
late John Gilbert. when Susan
heard that Gary Crosby (son of
Bing) had cried because he couldn't
come to her party Con account of
the kidnapping scarce, she was de-
lighted! And you ought to see how
she makes Gary and Hickey Arlen
(son of Dick fight over her. I'm
afraid she's got 'it'-thank heaven!"
X X X \
Mickey Rooney is losing his sense
OF humor. Some one called him the
next Clark Gable, and Mickey's
anger was really something +.
Bette Davis outside Warmers
sound stage, taking the air, but
protecting her head with a parasol
-. Make Rosenbloom, eating Sum
day breakfast at the Brown Derby
and looking at his portrait in q
local papAr aayS Sadlv "The troli.
Evening star., 1939-06-06
Famed Bette Davis Facade
Is Completely Altered
Actress Has Nary an Old Eyebrow and
Very Little Hair of Her Own in
Role of Elizabeth the Queen
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.


Elizabeth and Essex Director Mike Curt cherries
from the plate OF Elizabeth the
hang people for thaD almost
queen sweeps on the SET I hardly recognized you
i m delighted she You're
Her makeup positively
Evening star., 1939-06-06

BILE with me is that no photographer
ever does me justice"
Jimmy Stewart in his plane over
Santa Monica practicing sky-Writ-
ing When he comes down. he says,
Not bad. but find it difficult to
dot my is George Bancroft,
who used to be a star and now is
glad to play feature roles. tells me.
in the Paramount Cafe. I've learned
to be philosophical. I've learned to
control my temper. save money, COL
lect friends and not take things too
seriously"
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Evening star., 1939-06-06

head has been
S h a v e d tw q
inches around
the hairline. Il
! ook a sig h t
without my red
wig says Bette.
but I'd sooner
do it this way
than have a
built-up fore
head and phonev
nose. That would
upset my acting.
The hardest part
of all" she con-
tinues. "is my
q,
Evening star., 1939-06-06
Astrid Allwyn Cast

Astrid AllWyn, blond screen favor
lite, has joined the cast of Are Hus-
bands NeceSsary?' at Paramount in
the role of fortune teller. Miss
AllWyn is the fourth woman to re-
ceive an important role, the others
being Madeleine Carroll, Osa Mas
sen and Helen Broderick.
Evening star., 1939-06-06

""f1 q yoOIO"o NdII UI IIItIII pIUCktU
out, ouch). A couple of false ones
have been painted OH a half inch
above the normal line. Miss Davis
Evening star., 1939-06-06
De>Oomphing Oomph Girl
Latest Hollywood Feat
That Sultry.Eyed Girl Character
Taken From Ann Sheridan
In Picture for Wan9er
By JAY CARMODY,

the confused
don't be disturbed Hollywood
nea descendant of the ' situation
have completely control
knows Time not mind little fching
quoted
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31
THE MORE IT CHANGES
christian Science Monitor)

A French epigram to the effect that
1.-The more it changes the more it remains
the same thing has particular applica-
tion to the revived Ham and Eggs pro-
posal now agitating California. Whether
it is the Miracle of Schwanenkirchen"
in Bavaria or an anticipated reversal of
economic laws in California, it is and
remains stamped scrip.
This stamped scrip has curious his
tory. 1t is the invention of Silvio Gesell,
French-born German who made for
tune in the Argentine and spent his re-
tired years studying economics in the
Alps. He believed non-hoardable mon
ey would solve the worlds economic ills.
Obviously the way to discourage hoard
ing money is to attach a penalty to its
pOsseSSion-Scrip.
On the surface the proponents of a
tax on idle money have a valid argument
in their claim that stamped scrip, be-
cause of its tendency to increase the
velocity of circulation of the medium of
exchange, is a stimulant to business
This, however, is the equivalent of at
tempting cure of disease through
changing the symptoms. The degree of
velocity of circulation of money is a
measure of the state of business and not
a cause.
Most business today is conducted with
out money as such. Credit is the key to
prosperity and this is based on intan-
gible elements such as character, repu-
tation, and confidence Experience has
shown that fiscal experiments which
ignore such fundamentals destroy the
very elements of credit which are neces-
sary for stable business and government.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31
Willis Thorntons Editorial on:
Conoress Must Make a Decision

Americans may just as well be
prepared to face the fact that
there will probably be more Incl
dents similar to the German in
Perception of the U. S. government
owned S. S. City of Flint. This is
war, no matter how you look at it.
And war is never quite as polite as
a quiet game of backgammon.
Distinctive features of the City
of Flint case are that the steamer
is the first U. S. ship to be de-
tanned. and the ship and cargo are
the first under the American flag to
be waylaid by Germany. The boats
cargo was not the first American
cargo taken during the present en-
gagement. For carrying alleged con-
traband. England has already
seized the contents of several Amer
ican vessels since the war began.
So there is no reason to become
unduly alarmed. There is small
likelihood that any of the crew on
the City of Flint was harmed, al
though the American seamen may
probably be held temporarily. The
vessel was not sent to the bottom
of the sea. American lives were
not lost.
Argument over the detention re-
wolves chiefly around the nature
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31
LIGHT IN THE
DARK CORNERS
(WaIl Street JournaI)

There should not be much doubt now
in Congress concerning the wisdom of
continuing the Dies committee and pro-
Viding it with the funds it needs Grant
ed that, like many other congressional
committees of investigation, it has lis
tened to wild and whirling charges and
counter-charges, it has uncovered enough
facts to show that a good many termite
groups have been active amongst us, bor-
ing at the foundations of our social struc-
ture, and has demonstrated the necessity
for the full uncoyering of all of these
to the public eye. Disorderly as may at
times seem the methods of all such pro-
ceedlngs, they are apparently the quick
est way of getting at the truth where it
is a question of covering a considerable
territory, in which existing laws and due
process of law are not yet actually at
work
Even We're there no war in progress. it
would be necessary to probe the termite
colonies, whether of the right or the left,
but the need is sharply increased by the
fact of war, for reasons that need no
recapitulation. Furthermore, the unholy
alliance of right and left termite groups
resulting from the Hitler-Stalin COM
panionate marriage adds a new feature
to that need These are times in which
a general turning of stones is desirable
to find out what species of chronological
creatures lie beneath them To affect
to dismiss the whole process as mere
"witch-hunting' is no longer even effec-
tive dialectics, much less a true charac-
terization of its nature and appraisal of
its utility.
Democratic machinery never works
with all its bearings COOL "hot-boXes'
are the price we pay for liberty, and the
fuel efficiency of the motor is none too
great for the same reason. The price,
however, is none too high for what we
get
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31
IF THERE IS A STRIKE
IN IMPERIAL VALLEY

Migratory workers are beginning to
arrive in large numbers for the fall pea
harvest, and with them come pessimistic
reports that the same persons who agi-
tated trouble in the San Joaquin cotton
harvest may attempt to stir up strike
in Imperial Valley.
If they do, they will find a united
community opposed to them.
If there is a strike in Imperial Valley,
and it is legitimate strike, the farmers
and everyone connected with them will
do their utmost to reach a peaceful, fair
conclusion. The valley does not want
trouble. 1t does not want to make slaves
of its harvest workers.
Neither, however, does the valley in
tend to allow radical agitators to fright
en- harvest workers off of the jobs they
would like to keep, if they We're not
afraid.
If the workers themselves quit their
jobs to demand higher wages, their voices
should be listened to, their grievances
studied and every effort made to satisfy
them.
1t is the right of any man to strike if
he wishes. But SO is it the right of any
man to work if he wishes. Imperial VAL
ley intends to protect b o t h rights,
through her duly constituted law en-
forcement agencies backed up 100 per
cent by united community.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

when it was first offered. On a
voice vote, it lost by III votes TO
112.
Fish and Vorys, however, had
a notion that when the vote was
as close as that the fight ought
to be carried little farther Thay
demanded a teller vote-in which
the members pass down the aisle
on yea and nay division and are
counted individually, although their
names are not recorded.
On the teller vote, the embargo
cause picked up strenth. The Vorys
amendment was adopted by two
vote margin-159 to 157.
The administration forces de-
manded a roll-call and sent their
whips out to round up absentees.
VoryS' colleagues took it for
granted this effort would beat the
amendment. They gathered around
the bold first termer and congra-
tulated him for having made a
game fight in losing cause.
The roll-call had surprise re-
suits: for the amendment, 214,
against, 173. Forty members were
paired. and one-Sabath of Illinois,
who was paired with Minority Lea
der Martin. who had left the floor
voted present.
The administration in the pres
ent battle thus finds itself with a
House which is formally on rec
ord in favor of the embargo And
Mr.. Vorys has shed the cloak of
obscurity which almost always
mantles a first term Congressman.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31
NOTHING NEW FOR THE
RABBLE ROUSERS

There is scarcely anyone who will deny
that Legislative and economic reforms
IN the last 100 years have improved the
status of the average person immensely,
broadened distribution Of wealth and
given the poor man a better chance to
rise from his economic station.
Yet there are those today-for instance
the promoters Of the Ham-and- Eggs pen
sion scheme-who base their arguments
almost solely upon the recent break
down of banking financial practices
and corporate proceedings. They would
have you believe that changing times
make necessary the approval of their pet
scheme.
Times do change but the promoters
who play upon misery and suffering do
not. On March y, 1S3S-one hundred
and one years ago-the great Daniel
Webster said to the United States SEN
ate:
There are persons who constantly
clamor. They complain of oppression,
speculation and pernicious influence of
accumulated wealth. They cry out loud
ly against all banks and corporations,
and all means by which small capitalists
become united to produce important and
beneficial results They carry on mad
hostility against all established institu-
tions. They would choke the fountain
of industry and dry all streams.
I'm a country of unbounded liberty,
they clamor against oppression. In a
country of perfect equality they would
move heaven and earth against privilege
and monopoly. In country where prop
erty is more evenly divided than any
where else, they rend the air shouting
agrarian doctrines. In country where
wages of labor are high beyond parallel,
they would teach the laborer he is but an
oppressed slave.
''Sir, what can such men want? What
do they mean? They can want nothing
sir, but to enjoy the fruits of other mems
labor. They can mean nothing but dis
turbance and disorder, the diffusion of
corrupt principles and the destruction of
the moral sentiments and moral habits
of society"
So spoke Daniel Webster in 1888
So might Daniel Webster have spoken
today. had he lived today, and he would
have been equally right.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31

of the vessels cargo Was it carry
ing absolute contraband or condi-
tional contraband? Absolute con-
traband comprises such commo-
dities as are specifically classified
under the terms of international
law.
Conditional contraband includes
goods listed by individual belliger-
ents and not necessarily synony-
nous with those on the interna-
tional ban.
The City of Flint was repeatedly
carrying tractors, wax, grain, and
other goods not classified as alb
solute contraband, Some of the
ships cargo was on the conditional
contraband list published by Ger
many. And most of the items men,
toned in the conditional lists be-
come absolute contraband if in
tended directly for the armed forces
of belligerent
All of this is pretty confusing,
even if it might be assumed that
international law is to be adhered
to strictly. The fact is, interna-
tional law is still a theoretical code
of ethics, and one that is obeyed
by belligerents only when it is
convenient to do so.
The incident, whatever its final
outcome, is almost certain 70 have
some bearing on the neutrality de-
bate now before Congress.
What if the vessel HAD been
sunk? What if American seamen
HAD been killed?
1t is time to decide now what
Americas policy on the high seas
will be during the war. It may not
be long before there is another I'm
cident," more serious than the case
of the City of Flint.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31

WASHINGTON A minority
freshman congressman, who re-
fused To be squelehed by cold
hlooded tradition that keeps first
termers tongue tied. is responsible
for one of the biggest obstacles
facing the administration neutral
ity bill in the House.
The first t-termer responsible is
Congressman John Vorys of Ohio,
who slipped into last summers
Bloom bill-someWhat to the sur
prise of everyone concerned, in
cluding himself an amendment
prohibiting the sale of arms and
munitions to belligerents.
II the Bloom bill had not car
ried that clause, the administra-
tons task in getting the embargo
repealed would be considerably
simpler. Not only does the clause
complieate the parliamentary sit
uation a bit, but it drew into be-
ing a surprise pro-embargo ma
ioritv in the House and now makes
the creation of repeal majority
an uphill fight
As a freshman. Vorys was as
signed last winter TO the House
foreign affairs committee. He was
neither more nor less vocal than
the other pro-embargo members
when the Bloom bill was before the
committee.
Because he studied the question
thoroughly, and had gained cin
the Ohio legislature some skill
at drafting bills. the minority on
the committee turned TO him to
draft its thoughts and put them
into shape for submission to a
vote.
Congressman Hamilton Fish of
New York, as ranking minority
member on the committee, led the
fight for an embargo amendment
to the Bloom bill. But he was
glad to have Voltys draft the
amendment. When the committee
voted it down he encouraged Vorys
to offer it from the floor of the
House.
So what the House got was the
Vorys amendment one bearing
the name of a supposedly obscure
freshman-and from force of cir
cumstances the young congress
man took a more and more ac-
tive part in the fight for his crea-
ton.
The Amendment was beaten
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31

to a former Slg0-pdlnler. beCduSe
he hit on an idea that made him a
millionaire. Just one idea. But
sometimes that is all it takes.
He was a sign-painter in North
Carolina. but there came a lull i'll
his business. and he couldn't get
any signs TO paint; SO he took a
lob in a cafeteria in a department
store in Charlotte. He knew no
more than the average person about
cafeterias. but he said that since he
had to work in one he was going to
learn what made it a success. That
decision changed his life.
He asked two or three persons
why they thought this particular
cafeteria had become a success
They said good management" ;"
"successful buying and selling
But he wanted. to know what con-
stituted good management. Not only
wanted to know, but determined
to know. So he roamed over the
country. working first in one chain
restaurant or cafeteria, then in
another, studing their methods.
At last he discovered what he
considered was their secret Here it
is in six words. Make the people
feel at home.
Ha, SO now he knew what COM
petition he had to meet. The home |!
He decided to bring home atmo-
sphere into the restaurant. Now
that he has hit on this idea, he was
ready to gamble on it.
He sought a partner who had
some money, and the two decided
TO try out the idea. In 1920 with
s3,40O, they opened their first IS.
& w" cafeteria in Charlotte.
They served good food, and they
treated their employees right; but
their main objective was to make
the people feel at home. Mr.. Sher-
rills partner retired a few years
ago, SO management of the res
taurants came into Mr.. Sherrill's
hands. Has it paid? Well, in nine
teen years it has made him a mil
lionaire. It has made so much
money for him that he owns an en-
tire island off the coast of North
Carolina, near the mouth of Cape
Fear River. An island of 1900
acres.
This ex-sign painter became SO
important in the restaurant world
that in 1886 he was elected presi-
dent of the National Restaurant
Association and was rendered the
banquet in Los Angeles.
He has never fired a manager.
Some have left to go into business
for themselves, but he has never
let a manager out.
But this is beside the point
the biggest factor in his success
lay in finding basic idea, and put
ting it into operation.
Look around in the business you
are in. and try TO find out what
principles make it a success. and
apply them It's the very bedrock
OF business success.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31
Barbs-

The feet of persons coming to
live in California are said to grow
about a size larger after few
months of residence in the Sun
shine State. The Chamber of Com
merce is not expected to issue any
glowing circulars on the subject.
Resourceful Parisians have put
on the market types of makeup
designed to bring out madames
finer points during blackout per-
iods. Preparations aare now COM
plete for the continuation of the
war.
The idea of the ricksha in Japan
is now said to have been conceived
by a United States marine. After
all, the japanese can't be blamed
for all the horrors of the Orient.
Correspondents tell of roaming
around the Western Front in taxi
cabs. A reward is being offered to
the first one who finds the war.
National Guardsmen in Georgia
have been requested to take off
excess weight from their midsec-
tions. What was that Napoleon
said about an army moving on its
stomach?
Mrs. Huntington, who put up bail
for Earl BroWder, says she expects
to be dropped from the social re-
gister. Democracy sometimes de-
mands great sacrifices.
A London firm which formerly
manufactured ladies silk undergar-
ments is now making sandbags.
Lace -edged burlap sacks would give
the war that genteel touch.
Tt has been noticed that many
bandits recently have shown more
courtesy toward their victims. The
result of sound home training.
Masks similar to those used by
European civilians may soon be
used in this country by hay fever
victims Americans have got to keep
up with the Joneses.
An electrician lost $25 on roul-
cite wheel after he was paid $25
for wiring the wheel. Like any true
craftsman, he wanted to test his
handiwork under actual conditions.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31

Hollywood cho-
rus girls, with
harnesses to rep
resent ponies,
ame pranclng
n dragging be-
hind them an
Immense cake.
His name was
Frank O. Sher-
rill.
Let me tell
ou why they
ave this mag
nificent banquet
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31
TOday's Horoscope

Today's Horoscope
Today's birthday children will
gain in the next year through
clergymen, lawyers and elders
They should have a care, how
ever, in dealing with strangers
The child born on this date will
BIZ clever, diplomatic, enterpris-
ing, courageous and generally sue
cessful, but rather self -centered.
He would succeed as a detective
or military man.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31
Dale
n M II n
CARNEGIE

A few years ago a man who had
once been a sign painter, was hon.
ored by the biggest banquet ever
given in Los Angeles up to that
time. The doors swung open and
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31
One Minute Test Answers

One Minute Test Answers
l. Tyrone Power.
2. The time when the center of
the sun crosses the equator, be-
ginning autumn for the northern
hemisphere.
3. A guerilla fighter, such as a
civilian who may have taken up
arms against his country's enc
mics.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31
Grab Bag

One Minute Test
/. What popular moving picture
actor is the third of his family to
bear the name?
2. What is the autumnal equl-
noX?
3. What does the term franc
tireur." seen in the war news,
mean?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31
Hints on Etiquette

Hints on Etiquette
It is not enough for the bride
to telephone her intimate friends
and thank them for wedding pres
ents. They should also receive a
warm personal note of thanks,
mentioning the particular present
with the brides first name. Use
plain white note paper for such
notes.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31
You re Telling Me-

As though there wasn't enough
trouble in the world someone now
wants to stage a nationwide most
beautiful baby contest.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31
Words of Wisdom

Words of Wisdom
Whenever you buy or sell, let
or hire, make a definite bargain
and never trust to the flattering
lie, I'VE shan't disagree about
trifles. &C. Macdonald.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31

Germans are limited to one egg
apiece-cabled dispatch. This should
make life a bit brighter for ham
vaudeville artists in Berlin.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31

No president of the United States
has ever lived to be 100 years old.
The average presidential span, how
ever, is relatively high-68.3 years.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-31

London reports a shortage of
snails. but the British are bearing
up very bravely under this hard
ship.