davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-12-28
AJTATOS HIv0K
T0LT0TTEk MEG
A TEMpLOM0KAT
ZsufOlasig t0mve voltak a ma.
gyar egyhazak a karacsonyi is.
tentiszteleteken. Meg soha
ennyien mem vOltak

Youngstown es kornyekenek
magyarsaga a templomokba
vandorolt a katholikus temp
lomok ejfeli miseit6l kezdve
minden istentiszteleten at ka-
racsony scent iinnepen.
Egyhazaink lelkeszei egybe-.
hangzoan jelentik, hogy meg
soha ennyi nep mem jott ossze
a templomokba. Egy templom
sem volt eleg Macy. Csaknem
mindeniitt szekeket kellett fell
allitani es meg ICY is egyes
templomokban szazan is allva
adoztak a beke kiralyanak szii-
letesnapi evfordulojan.
Az oreg Scent Istvan temp
loniban, ahol ejfeli mise elott
ajtatos kormenetet rendeztek
a gyermekek es leanyok, meg
az utcara is szorultak a hivok-
Dol, pedig ugyancsak csip6s
hidegre fordult az lido.
Az oreg reformatus temp
lomban karacsony napjan mem
fert ell a nep, dacara a ktilon
behelyezett szekeknek. A Ma
gyarok Nagyasszonya temp
lomba es a Scent Gyorgy temp
lomba is alig lehetett beferni.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-12-28
Ell MEG MAES
A vASKALAP

A regi idokben vaskalapos-
sagnak mondtak a hivatalnokl
esq rovidlatasat es az emberek
AIT hittek, hogy ez mar regen
elmult.
Egy richmond eset azon-
ban AIT mutatja, hogy a vas
kalap ma is el es vigan ural-
kodik az emberek felett, akik
hatalma .alatt vannak.
Richmond varosa, Virginia
allamban egy villamos darut
akart vasarolni olyan munka
reszere, amelynek koltsegeit
hetvenot szazalekban a PWA
fizeti. Arlejtest hirdettek, a
melyre a legolcsobb ajanlatot
Duluth varosbol, Minnesota
allambol a Clydelron Works
kuldte, amely a daruert 44,994
dollart kert, tehat tobb, mint
haromezer dollarral keveseb-
bet, mint bark mas.
Az ajanlatok felbontasa elott
a gyar taviratban ertesitette a
varost, hogy meg 1,1O8 dol
lart enged es meg is kapta a
megrendelest. Ekkor azonban
kozbelepett az Atlanta varos-
ban szekelo PWA igazgato es
elrendelte, hogy az 1,108 dol
lar engedmenyt a varos ne
fogadja ell, hanem fizesse meg
az irott ajanlatban levo osz-
szeget, inert a beadott ajanla-
tot megvaltoztatni mem lehet.
Ez a vaskalapossag Rich
mond varosanak tobb, mint
1000 dollarjaba kerul, de a
PWA igazgatonak meyer
ennyit az, hogy a vaskalapot
tovabbra is hordhasSa.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-12-28
SzOMORU UNNEp
Ket halOttja van a karacsOny
elotti nagy auto forgalomnak

Az unnepek elotti kozleke-
deSi forgalomnak eddig mar
ket halottja es tobb sebesiiltje
van a kornyeken. Miss Blanch
Seller 33 ewes warrei no, aki
IL evig fogorvosi teendoket
vegZett a warreni iskolaban,
eletet vesztette szombaton este
Fremonthoz k0zel egy auto
osszeiitkozesben.
Harold Partridge 80 ewes
1857 Hamilton St.-i warreni
lakos, autoja szombaton kora
delutani orakban a Leavitts-
burgi jeges uton megcsuszva,
felborult es a mely arokba
esett. Partridge sulyos sebesii-
lese kovetkezteben korhazba
valo szallitas kozben halt meg,
novere a, keen es testen szen-
vedett k0nnyebb zuzodasokat,
mig Russell A. Thomas, Bel
mont St.-i lakos, a gep vezetoje
csak konnyebben seriilt meg.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-12-28

BorsiKerekes Gyorgy, aki egy
id0ben lapunk mu71katdrso
volt, meg fogja dHani a helyet.
L0puok mar hat eve Hinales
Marion nyomddjdbam kessal,
10 mas magyar hetaappaz
egyItt. Ha mem lett volnu
Hina1er Marion, a mi lapunk
es/ Dal6ssinuleg a t0bbi lapoe
is naegsslmtek Uol11a, inert
mem birtdk vol7aa a nyonada
k0ltseget.
Hinaler Marion mint q Sec
bodsdg nyonadaOdIlalat igaSga-
toja talpra togja dlIitani a na-
gyon is lejdratott lapot gasdo-
sdgilag Is.
AZ uj eO az nj kesdet xii
ssOben gratuldlunk a Ssnbad-
dg7a1k, meg B0rSi-Kerekes
GyWgy7aek es HimJer Mdrton-
7aak es s0k ssereacset ktud,,unE
nau'akdjukhoz.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-12-28
NIT TANIT IA SZELLEMTAN?

A templomba jaro emberek
legnagyobb resze epp ugy,
mint a spiritiszta szeancokat
latogatok egy resze is abban q
tevhitben van, hogy ezen la
togatasaikkal mar el is vegez-
TEX osszes kotelessegiket sa-
jat SZellemiikkel Szemben.
E no 31-en delutan 8 oral
kezdettel a 323 w. La Clede
Avenue alatti templomban in
gyen eloadas lesz, hogy mikep
kell a szellemtant S ezzel a sa-
jat szellemiinket szolgalni a
nyilvanos eloadasokon es a
mindennapi eletben. Az er-
dekl6d0ket szeretettel meg
hivja
a Rendes0seg
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-12-28
POLGARI KOR
TISZTUJIT0 GYULESE

A West Sidei Polgari Kor
tisztujito gyilest tart deem
Der 30-an, szombaton este 7::3O
oratol a West Sidei Magyar
Hazban Kerjuk a Kor tag
jait, hogy lehetoleg pontos
idoben es teljes szamban jelen-
jenek meg, hogy tobb fontos
ugy megtargyalasaban reszt
vegyenek es a jovo eyre az vi
tisztviseloket megvalasszak.
Kerjiik az ellenoroket: Kond
rath Janos, Csolenszky Ferenc
es Bakos Janost a gyules meg
kezdese elott korabban meg
jelenni a k0nyvek felilvizs-
galasa vegett.
E, gytilesen lesz elintezve a
Magyar Haz ugye is.
Gyules utan fogjuk megven.,
degelni mindazon magyarokat,
akik q West Sidei Magyar Nap
Sikereert faradoztak.
Szeretettel meghivjuk nem-
csak a Kor tagjait, de min
den erdeklodot is.
Boldog ujevet kivanok min
denkinek.
len mol p6fp,. oI77Gk
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-12-28
MECJOTTEK MAR
AZ VI NAPTARAK
ElsOsorban lapunk el6fizet0i
kapjak. - A 80 ewes Amerikai
Magyar Hirlap k0sz0nt0je

Megjottek az 1940-es nap
tarak. Az vi naptart az 1910
ben 80 ewes Amerikai Magyar
Hirlap szeretettel kinalja else
sorban is hi elofizet0inek.
A naptart minek dicserjik.
Mindenki latni fogia, hogy XII
allitasban gazdag, tartalom-
ban dus. Minden magyar ha2
buszke lehet raja.
A naptar ara Is cent (pos-
tan megkuldve 35 cent?.
A naptar atveheto a 4O6 E.
Federal st. alatti foirodank-
ban, Engel zsigmond irodaja-
ban az E. Boardman Streeten
es kollektorainktol.
A naptarra csak az jogosult,
akinek elofizetese legalabb az
rilis 1-ig rendezve van.
Videki el0fizetoink irjanak
lapunk szerkesztosegebe al nap
tarert a, naptar arat mellekel-
hetik az elofizetes arahoz vagy
ha avval rendben vannak be-
lyegekben is elkiildhetik.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-12-28
A DEMOKRATAK
EvI CYULESE

Tisztelettel eresitjiik tagtar-
sainNat, hogy evzaro es tiszt-
viselo valaszto gyiilesiinket
most penteken, december no
29-en este 8 oratol tartjuk a
West Sidei Magyar Hazban.
Kell, hogy tagtarsaink erdek-
lodeset teljesen lek0sse ez az
esemeny es ICY elvarjuk, hogy
evi gyiilesiinkon minden tag
kivetel nelkul megjelenjek. =
Mindenkinek sajat erdeke ez,
inert mindig a tisztikar helyes
megvalasztasatol flgg elso sor
ban a Kor mtikodese.
Felkerjuk a tagtarsainkat,
akik hatralekban vannak a tag
sagi dijaikkal, hogy AIT e gyii-
lessen rendezzek, inert csak
azok valaZthatok, akilnek a
lagsagi dijuk rendezve van.
A penteld evzaro gyiiesun-
kon tobb egyeb fontos ugy is
kerul targyalas ala es terme-
szetesen vi tagokat is vesziink
fel. Ismetelten kerjtik a tag
tarsainkat, hogy e gyiilesen tel
jes szamban jelenjenek meg.
RESS JOSEF, titkdr
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-12-28
R0v|D HEREk

Szombaton ejjel al Sharon,
Pal tuzoltok ugyancsak er6-
sen dolgoztak Harold Simkins
Griswold utcai otthonaban ke-
letkezett tiiz lokalizalaSan, a
mely ICY is 1000 dollaros kart
okozott. A tiiz a tulfit0tt
kemeny kovetkezteben tamadt.
A tiizoltoknak sikerult meg
akadalyozni a ttz touaterjede-
set, amely elpusztitassal fe-
nyegette a szomszed lakohaza-
kat is.
Az vi esztendo elejen
Beaver Butler es Lawrence
megyekben megkezdik a nep-
szamlalast, amelynek a koz-
ponti irodaja North Mercer,
Pa.-Dan leSZ.
Jacob Venger, Beaver Falls
Dol van kinevezve supervizer-
mex, es Mrs. j. Frank Stevens.
New Castle-bol helyettesnek.
Thomas j. Morgan, 130
Wayne Avei lakosok kellemet-
len meglepetesben reszesultek
keso Szombat este, anikor a
hazuk el6tt tortent auto 0ssze-
u.kozes larnajara kiakartak
nezni a szobajuk ajtajan, de
maid elajultak a latvanytol,
amikor egy autot pillantottak
meg az otthonuk ponchana a
mely hat lab magas domb-
oldalon kapaszkodott fel, mi
elott a porchra feljutott. a
gep hajtoja elmenekult. Most
a rendorok az engedelyszam
alapjan akarjak a gep tulai-
donosat megkeresni.
A Sharon, Pai-i Buhl kor-
hazat megnagyobbitottak, a
teljesen berendezett 80 ui
szoba februar 1-tol kozhasz-
nalatnak lesz atadva. A korhaz
atalakitasanak koltsegeire, a
Buhl vagyon kezeloi, a ket
evvel ezelott elhalt Mrs. Buhl
yegrendelkezese ertelmeben 100
ezer dollart utaltak XII, mig az
vi szobak felepitesehez szlikse-
ges osszeget a Shenango VOL
gyi lakosok kozott meginditott
campaign alapjan akarjak
osszegyujteni.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-12-28
ELTUNT AJANDEKOK

Norman Hoover, New Castle,
Pal lakosnak minden Okla
meg van ARA, hogy AIT az
egyent, aki szombat este fell
torte' az autojat Youngstown
egyik utcajan es a karacsonyra
bevasarolt ajandekokat elemel-
te, a vilag leglelketlenebb en-
,erenek neveZze.
Edgar Mahar, Misletoe es
William Foltz, Wilda Avenuei
lakosok ugyancsak feljelentest
tettek ismeretlen tettesek ell
len, akik feltorve az autot, ell.
loptak a bevasarolt dolgokat
es ertekes ajandekokat is.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-12-28
.ESEMENYEK

LIZ - Iva - AN Il - ~
BOldog vi esste7,d6t kivd-
71u71k az Anaerikai Magyar Hr-
nap derek olDds6i1a1k es dlta-
ldbdn mirade7, naGgyar7aak.
e g e
Egg vi esstend6, az Ur
194O-ik esstendejenek - xii
.Ss0ben dLlu7,E.
AZ vi esstend6t a uea Eu-
r6pa nyugati es essatkeleti re-
seen egynadssal farkasssemet
n<s6 hadseregek udv0slic, mig
mi lit a fatal Amerikdban
bekeben es Dalomelyes joliet
ben vdrjuk az nj eDet.
A hdrcbdn 7aena dLl6 eur6pai
pepek, - k0stdk sseretett ssG-
l6hasdnk Magyarorssdg is -
rettegesben vdrjdk NIT hoe az
NJ esstend6.
Eddig meg tudtdk 6risai
SenalegeSseguket - ki tudja
igy leSs-e 194O-be1a is.
A tesver finn nemset h6sies
elIe7adIldSd a D0rOs muSska
6ridsSdl ssenben asonban re-
naenyt ayujt ARA, hogy taldn
Oross ressr0l nem Iess a ma
gyar 1aSp tdn1addsnaE kiteve.
Nenaet ressr6l nadr mem le-
hetlnk annyira nyugodtdk. A
ndsik ssers6dest kOt0ttek Ro-
nadaaidDal, eladua egg par eser
kocsi oldjert nekit Erdelyt.
Vagyis bistositottdk Romdnia
jelenlegi hotdra5t.
A magyar 7aep igassdga tu-
datdban sOTa sem fog Erdely-
rot lemO71daai es a 7en1et ga
TGncid taldn mem is sokat er.
Vissont a ssovetseges Anglia
es Franci0orssdg elismertek
ujra CsehssIoy1kidt. Ugyoa-
:. - . ~
csdA Tesen keH zen1ai a magyar
'a1k hogy ne osstossanak isnoet
a b6ren a sunyi csehek.
Veget ere a hdboru 1910
ben2
Aligha. Ha sgen akkor a
beke hirtelenal fog j0nni es a
ndsi uralom Deget jelenti Ne
metorssdgban. Ha ige1a, akkor
actin k0s0S eroUel lessdnaol1ak
a kelet fel0l tenyeget0 U0r0S
renamel egysser es ni1den-
kOrT1.
g g -
A Youngstown es E0rnyeki
n11gyarsdg1oak nevesetes ese-
me1ye less q j0D0 eDben, u
Nagybisottsdg alapitdsdnak 25-
sk eDforduloja es Iapunk, az
Anaerikai Magyar Hulap meg
i0ditdsdnak 3O-ik evtordul6ja.
Remeljak, hogy naagyarsd-
gu'sk a Nagybdsottsdgbaa kife-
jesesre juto 0sssetartdst mel
toan togja megunnepelni. Est
nnegtehetd nadr assM is, hogy
q jubileunai evben tevekeny,
eros tisstikart vdIasst.
Val6ssina esenaenye less
l940-nek a Magyarok Nagy-
Gsssonya Hitk0sseg vdrhato
templom epitese es annak fel-
ssentelese.
A Scent Istvdn Egyhds is
1940-ben eri meg 80 eves ev-
tOrdul6jdt.
Youngstown es k0rnyekenek
10 magyar nepe a jelek sserint
eleg 10 kereSeti vissonyoknaI;
nee elebe.
e = e
AZ ameritai naagyarsdg leg
nGgyobb es legto1atosabb ese-
naSnye az nj esstend6be1 O
"Ssdbadsdg" tu1ajdondban es
SserkeSstessben t0rte7,6 pdlto-
eds less.
Borsy-Kerekes Gytngy0t mem
Il LII L
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-12-28

HA AIT AKARJA, hogy Ia
punk minel tobb helybeli
esemenyr6l adjon szamot, ugy
a fontoSabb es nevezetesebb
esemenyekr6l ertesitsen min
ket.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-05
NO CRIME TO KNOW FOES

Now that the L. s. Senate Civil Liber-
ties Committee, otherwise known as the
LaFollette committee, has the famous
'red file" of the Associated Farmers,
you may expect any day a furious blast
from the committee criticizing the farm
organization for "intimidating" or ''co-
ercing" or "blacklisting" what the COM
mittee will undoubtedly describe as agri-
cultural laborers, or union organizers.
The truth is that this list, carefully
compiled from a history of disastrous,
uncalled for labor troubles on California
farms, bears the names of known and
suspected communists and extreme radi-
Gals, whose business is the stirring up of
discord in agricultural labor. By means
of the list, farmers in any part of the
states are able to spot radical trouble
makers who come into their communi
ties for the sole purpose of starting
strike, even in no legitimate worker wants
to strike.
1t will be we'll to remember, when the
leftist LaFollette committee turns loose
its blast, that the list provides the farm
ers with their only way of knowing their
enemies. Certainly it is no crime to keep
a list of those who want to ruin your
business. The radicals need no such list,
because all farmers are their enemies.
The farmers need it badly. because with
out it they are in the position of a man
who may be harboring an intended muir
derer whose designs are on the life of
his benefactor.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-05
NO DOUBLE.B E.BUDGETING
(Wall Street Journal)

1t will not make the national budget
problem one whit easier to "differen-
tiate' between additional and ordinary
defense expenditures or between arma-
ment costs and other government expen-
ditures. The budget will be itemized, as
it always is; the several classes of out
lay will be plainly identified or at
least as plainly as heretofore. Two bud
gets or any entering wedge for double
budgeting is dangerous thing.
To its credit, the present administra-
tion has resisted the pressure which some
of its friends exerted during President
Roosevelt's first term in behalf of a two
budget system of Treasury accounting.
The plan has been tried by other govern
ments, never with beneficial results and
often with the only result of concealing
the governments financial position from
all citizens outside the inner official cir
cle Of course, no one intends that any
such window-dressing shall be permitted
in this country Neither should any de-
vice be adopted which takes the first
step in the direction of budget complica-
ton which can be the prologue to budget
deception, and lead finally to deep budget
obscurity.
Let us hew to the fiscal line, let the ap-
preparations cuts or Treasury deficits
fall where they may.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-05
LET THERE BE LIGHT

Light! Is there grander word in any
language?
We speak Of the Saviour bringing light
to the world, we hear of the dawn of civil
ization, we cherish the dying words of
famous man who strained upward from
his death bed TO murmur, Light Give
me light"
Ignorance is darkness, light is knowl-
edge The most inspiring of all natures
works is a radiant sunrise-the coming
of light to the world after a night of dark
ness.
Is it any wonder, then, that in the
Holy season now at hand, when the
world forgets hatreds and iealousies to
celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, we
turn to light as the greatest symbol of
spiritual happiness?
This year as in other recent years, El
Centre joins the celebration of the Christ
mas season in wholehearted manner,
demonstrated not only by the city Off
cials, but by hundreds of homeowners
and renters. And this year as never be-
fore, Ell Centre should present residence
sections solid with lights, twinkling their
message of good cheer to all who can
see.
Whether it shows one light or scores
of them, every El Centre home this year
should join in the festival of lights, the
celebration that makes this truly a Christ
mas city.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-05
LABOR RACKETEERING
(0roville Mercury-Register)

Labor unions, and any other organiza-
ton for that matter, do themselves con-
siderable harm by toerating leaders of
dubious reputation.
Union strength depends upon the 10y
atty of its members. Also it must have
the goodwill of the public if it is to sur
vive.
Members of the alliance of theatrical
stage employees who have resented the
browbeating methods of Willie Bioff
president of the union, themselves re-
quested an investigation that led to the
disclosure that Bioff II years ago was
sentenced to six months in jail for pan
dering and that he never did serve the
sentence.
Bioff has admitted the charges and
asserts that his past record was dug up
to embarrasS him at time when his
union was demanding a 10 per cent in
crease in salary upon the threat of clos
ing all the theatres in the country
Rather than being plot to embarrass
Bioff, it appears that there has been
plot for these many years to keep him
from serving sentence, and one on
vile charge too.
Racketeering in labor unions must be
thrown out forcibly. Honest labor will
not stand for such a situation long,
where thousands of workers take dicta-
tion from a handful of men who are ad-
vancing their own selfish purposes.
Even the threat of bodily harm cannot
keep the rank and file subservient and
this has been demonstrated in the case
of Bioff There is no place in the lead
ership of fortnight labor for racketeers
and radicals.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-05
Bruce Cation in Washington
Dissects the News

and South America has fallen off
badly; even the coastwlde steam
ship trade between American ports
has been affected.
What has happened, apparently
is that the travelling public has got
the filters.
The United States Travel Bu-
reau. an offspring of the Interior
Department, has received many let
tiers from steamship companies and
from hotel and resort operators IN
the Caribbean Islands and in South
America. expressing alarm over the
falling off in their anticipated VIM
ter business.
With travel to Europe naturally
cut to the bare bone, it was eX-
pected that the southern group
would get an extra share of the
business; on the contrary, many
cancellations in booked cruises have
been reported, new space is not
being sold at the normal rate.
Travel agencies are hopeful that
by the time the winter season
really begins the public will have
changed its mind. Two of the Of
ficerS contracted here said that the
scare took place in the off season,
and that it would be another month
before it would be known definitely
whether the winter trade would
be badly hit. A third agency, how
ever, said that bookings for winter
travel normally begin TO pick up in
volume by Thanksgiving and that
that pickup was not yet in evidence.
One material factor in the slumps
is the fact that large percentage
of cruise ships heretofore were OF
British, French or German regis
try Most of these have been with
drawn, and while requirements have
been obtained the Withdrawals have
caused a natural dislocation.
For the most part, though, it is
the publics jitters that is blamed;
and that is considered by some to
be traceable directly to the en-
phasis which the administration
some time ago put upon reports
that submarines we're cruising close
to American waters.
However, one insurance company
which sells travel policies is now
refusing to sell such policies for any
Atlantic ocean ripS-although, as
u. S Maritime Commission people
point out, there is no actuarial basis
for any fear that travel policies
sold on tickets to the Caribbean or
South America would cause any loss.
AS matter of fact, one of the
primary reasons for the recent
conference on travel to Latin Amer
lea was this submarine scare. There
was good deal of sentiment at
the conference in favor of a di-
rect, behind -the-scenes appeal to
the White House for public pro-
nouncement that travel to Latin
America is perfectly safe. SO far,
nothing has come of it.
The official of one travel agency
here says that the change in public
feeling is evident in the types OF
queries that are received. Ordinarily,
a customer of the agency comes in
at this time of year and says. "Well,
I want to take southern cruise this
winter; what have you got?" Now
he says, "Hmmm .. do you think /
ought to take a southern cruise this
Jear.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-05

did her father or mother. This Is
the way a quiet home-lovlng CIR.
was plucked out of crowd anc
thrown on movie screens all over
the world:
Her father was a machinlst IN
Canada and if his health hadn't
failed. Deanna would not be on the
screen today. The doctor told him
he would have to move to a softer
climate, SO he packed his family
moved to Los Angeles, and settled
in a little bungalow.
Her name then wasn't Deanna
Edna Mae it was. Edna Macs older
sister got a job teaching school in
Los Angeles and decided to take
some of her money and send Edna
Mae TO a singing school.
A studio was going to screen the
life Of Madame Schumann-H -Heink,
the famous opera singer. and need
ed a little girl to play the part as
a child. No suitable child singer
could be found. One day an agent
called up the school which Edna
Mae was attending and asked a
routine question: Have you got a
young girl there who can sing?"
Imagine little Edna Macs aston
ishment when they told her they
wanted her to take a screen test.
An executive heard her: and called
in another. They decided that Louis
B. Mayer, the boss, should hear her
He did-iby long distance telephone.
That night Edna Mae was on the
payroll at SIPS a week.
Madame Schumann-Hein died,
and the picture idea was dropped.
So was Deanna (the name the stu
do gave herr. Deanna gave up all
thought of a screen career, and got
2 job singing in Hollywood res
taurant.
Eddie Cantor came there TO eat.
He plucked up his ears. What
Who's that girl? "Oh, she's just a
girl from the Baptist church choir, +"
he was told.
He put her on his radio program,
and in a month she was famous
Signed by Universal, she made an
instantaneous hit. She now is paid
in one week as much as her father
is paid in a year. The exact sum is
1,750. She gets this whether she
works or not. Every time she fin
ishes a picture, check for $4,000
extra is put into her hands.
Ten dress goods companies are
licensed TO make Deanna Durbin
dresses. This year those licenses
will make her $4,000.
The day she is old enough to
vote, she will have earned S1,600,O00.
Not bad for girl who never tried
to get into the movies Her career
shows what hairline there is be-
tween success and failure in Holly
wood.
All luck. you think? No. not all
luck. If Deanna had not had those
prize requisites for success, in ma
tural ability and willingness TO
work she would not have graeped
hef opportunity when it came,