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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-06-30
Slovenska policie objevila
spiknuti.

Patnact osob, pfevazne
CechG, bylo zatceno a uvezne-
no ma Slovensku We spojenf S
najezdem policie ma tajnou It's
karnu, v ktere pry Sc tiskli po-
burujlcl letaky, jimiz byli Cesi
a Slovaci vyzyvani k revoluci
prot NemcGm.
V techto letakach bylo take
oznamovano, re cesky general
Leo Prchala, kteremu sc poda-
Tilo uprchnouti "a hranice a ny
nj dli v Polsku, v brzku pry
vytrhne Sc svou armadou, ably
vyhnal Nemce a spoil opet
Cechy a Slovaky v jednom ne
odvislem state. Take v mem
bylo, re stoupenci byvaleho
presidenta Benese jsou cinni v
cizine.
Jak bylo dale zjisteno, ces-
ko-nemecka pohranicni delimi-
tacn1 komise, ktera upravovala
hranice mezi o~klestenou Ces-
ko-slovenskou Republican a
Reichem pc r1jnovem zaboru
sudetske 1zem1 MAJESTY, sejde
Sc opet v 1tery 27. cervna, ably
jeste vice utrhla Cd zbyvajic1-
no 1zem1 nynejs1ch Czech.
TAX obec Dobradova u Plz-
ne ma byti jeste pripojena k
Reichu, pravdepodobne proto,
jezto ma jej1m katastru Sc male
zajf cenne uhelne dolly. Take
liticka STANCE nedaleko vojen-
skeho letiSte ma Borech ma by
ii pripojena k nemecke r1si.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-06-30
Plukovnik Benes spachal
sebevrazdu.

44lety csl. plukovnik Bed
rich Benes, ktery Sc v Paf1zi
zabil padem S Eifelovy we've
z vysky 1876 stop, spachal Sc
be vrazdu, jak udava parizska
policie.
Stale Sc to We chvili, kdy re-
presentanti 1redniho diploma
tickeho a spolecenskeho zivota
v jidelne we've oslavovali so.
vyrocf jejiho postaven1. Pfl-
tomni byli vevoda a vevodkyne
z Windsoru. z ucastn1k1 ban
ketu jen nekolik osob videlo
BenesGv pad a vevoda S choti
pry sc o mem vybec nedovede-
Ii.
Plukovnik Benes byl jmeno-
van vojenskym atasem pfi ces-
koslovenskem vyslanectvl v Pa
Tfzi kratce pred tim, nezli Ces-
ko-slovenska republika byla
roztrhana a Nemecko obsadilo
Cechy a Moravou, coz sc stale
Is. brezna t. r. Benes mel svGj
Trad nastoupiti 1. dubna.
Nasledkem vymazanl sve
vlasti Ceskoslovenska S ma
py, plukovn1k Benes utrpel
nervovy otTes. Policie prav1,
re ma vez vystoupil, vylezl ma
.jejf zelezne pr1cky a schoval Sc
tam, protoze do we've nepTisel
S hosty ma vyrocni oslavu. Be-
mes pfi padu narazil dvakrat
ma vycnivajic1 konstrukci a roz
tTistil 81 lebku neil dopadl ma
zem.
S ohledem pT1jmenf Sc mysli
10, re zabity Bedrich Benes je
sprfznen S byvalym ceskoslo-
venskym presidentem DIR. Ed.
Benesem, ktery pr1tomne dl1 v
Americe. Teprve pozdeji Sc
zjistilo, re mezi mimi nen1 VII
bee zadnych prfbuzenskych
svaZku.
Plukovnik Benes slouzil v ra
kouske armade v svetove valce
a padl jake zajatec do rukou
italskych vojfnG. V Italii vstou-
pill do ceskoslovenske legie, S
nfz pax b~ojoval proti Rakous-
ku a Nemecku. Pc valce stu
doval ma valecne skole We Fran
eli a stall Sc profesorem ma csl.
delostfelecke skole a valecne
akademii Praze. ZGstala pc
mem manzelka, ktera je zde v
Parfzi.
Pluk. Vratislav Kalina, do
savadni vojensky atase Csl.
vyslanectv1 Parfzi, ktere z1-
stale neodvisle a dosud 1fadu-
je vzdor roztrhan1 Ceskoslo-
venske republiky, sdelil S poll
eli, re BeneS sc velice trapil
mad smutnym osudem sve Via
sti.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-06-30
Zahadna tragedie v lese.

Pr sluzebnf pochIzce We
statnlm lese INA svate" u Be-
rouna nalezl lesn1 kontrolOr A.
Marek mrtveho muze a zenu
a tezce zranene asi 16 lete
devce. Marek lined zalarmo-
val cetnictvo z Noveho Jachy-
nova, ktere zjistilo, re jde o
41leteho majitele autodopravy
J. Sefrnu z Lochovic a dale o
4Oletou E.. Timlovou a jej1 Gle
tou dceru, rovnez z Lochovic.
Poole vsech znamek zastrelil
sefrna nejprve Temlovou star
81, pax tezce zranil jej1 dceru
8 nakonec ~zastrelil sebe. Mad
81 Temlova byla S prostfelenou
hlavou dopravena lined do ne
mocnice v Beroune, kde zapasi
Sc smrti. Mrtvoly byly odve-
zeny do marnice obce Hudlic,
Poole vsech znamek jde O mi.
leneckou tragedii.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-06-30
Amnestie v cechach.

Tisfce osob bylo dnes dotce-
no dekretem, jimz Hitler ude-
lii amnestii vsem obyvatelGm
"protektoratu" "a vsechny poll
ticke zlociny proti Reichu mi
mo velezradu, vrazdu a dyna-
mitovani.
Tresty, ktere ulozily csl. stat
nj 1rady "a cinnost We pros
pech Sudetske strany Konrada
Henleina budou smazany.
Hitler1v dekret prichaz1 pc
rade incidentG v byvalem Ces-
koslovensku, jez vyvrcholily "a
vrazdenfm jednoho ceskeho a
jednoho nemeckeho policisty.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-06-30

do kterych Ales kreslival kras-
ne obrazky, platfval mt "a O.
brazek 3 nejvyS 5 zlatych.
- We snaze seznamit ces-
ky lid co nejdGverneji S Pra-
hou, byla usporadana akce
Tyden host1 v Praze. V mesici
cervnu prijelo do Prahy z VEN
kova ma $4,000 d6tf, pro KITE
re bylo usporadano i pTedsta-
vent v Narodn1m divadle.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-06-30
Byvaly senator a Glen csl. VIA
DIV Sc obesil.

Vaclav Johanis, 67lety, BY
valy socialne demokraticky Sc
nator a Glen ceskoslovenskeho
kabinetu, sc obesil.
Byl jednim z mnoha social
stu, kteTi mali byti postaveni
pred nazisticky soud.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-06-30

re bylo usporadano i predsta-
ven1 v Narodnfm divadle.
Z farnich uTadI " stare vlasti.
Prazske "Vecernf ceske slo-
vo" 81. kvetna 1889 otisklo ma
sledujfc1 l1cenf, pTfznacne pro
"arijskych sm6r" v sudetskem
1zem1: Liberecke "Zeit" uve-
fejnila v nedelnfm elsie sbfrku
dopisG, jez dnes dostavajf far
nj a matrikove Trad. z dopisd6
pryst1 bezdeky humor. Prostf
Tide 81 zejmena casio pletou
slova "Arier" (arijec), agra
rier' (agrarnfk), "arische Ca
rijska) a "arabische" (arab-
ska). PAX prystf z jejich do
pisG nechtene ~veself, jez - jak
f1ka "Zeit" - vnika jake stu
necnf paprsek do temnych
mlstnost1 archiv1.
TAX pfse devce z Vidn9, KITE
re ma pred snatkem: "Poslete
mi, mozno-li obratem, mou ba-
bicku "a 1celem uzavTenf snat-
ku v prilozen6 obalce. Mole
babicka byla, jak mi matka Wy
pravela, b~ezpodm1necne arab
skeho pGvodu. Pochazela z
Kraslic. Potvrdfte mi to? Mic
blizslho nev1m, nebot babicka
zemfela 1878 a zanechala mne
jake jediny svGj odkaz. Byla
pry velmi energicka a proto Sc
chci ted vdavat.
Zena vojaka Sc Ease dobre
nevyzna v rozdflu mezi slovy
"arisch" a "ararisch" (arijsky
a erarn1, statn1) "Mily pane
farari! Ke svemu erarnlmu pG-
vodu potTebuje muz dedecka
a babicku. Poslete je bro,
protoze jinak znemoznuji a O.
hrozuj1 budoucnost muzovu a
to je pro mne nepr1pustne'.
Tezko pry sc dalo vyhovet
tomuto pran1 z Czech: "Poslete
mi okamzite podklady (Unter-
lagen) me babicky. PotTebuji
je pro vseobecny prevrat'.
Jiny dopis prosf farare, ably
pomahal pTi porodu: "Prosfm
Q pratelskou zpravu z 1mrtnf
matriky, objevuje-li Sc S nj mo-
je zemrela babicka. ZemTela
Cd roku 1882 do 1859. Naro-
dill jsem sc We Vasem kostele a
proto Vas pros1m, abyste mi to
potvrdil. K tomu muslin Eel
poznamenat, re rodice docela
zapomneli dat Sc oddat. Proto
Sc jiz delsf dobu morfm Sc
svym narozen1m a zadam Vas
co nejzdvorileji, abyste mi byl
pri tom napomocen."
| N6kteff zadatele jsou ia
Ike znacne netrpelivi, jak do
kazuje tento dopis: "Tak chy-
tremu cloveku, jake jste Wy,
pane farafi, nem1ze pfece dat
mole babicka tolik prace
: Vsichni ostatnf farari pracuji
mnohem rychleji, proto hle-
dejte jeste jednou a uvidfte,z re
babicka je u Vas! Psal jsem
: Yam uz dvakrat. Poole wy
pravenf Sc narodila O jedne no.
| dine v noci. Byla pry tenkrat
velka bourka, pri ktere prisla
ma svet. Poslete mi il uz ko-
necne spesnym dopisem!"
Pro zadatele S cetnou rodi-
nou nenl casio starost o dedec-
ka malickost1: "Pane farari
: Ucet "a meho prapradedecka
byl pfece jen trochu vysoky,
Tolik "a neho nemohu dat,
: Jestli mi no nemGzete udelat
O neco lacin6ji, musel bych sc
/ no zr1ci docela. Nam totiz
, krone prapradedecka jeSte ia.
1 Ike sedm deti."
: Jak hral j. K. Tyl " Litomysli
Letos je tomu prave IS let
LLx1 :, Lx,X%o,, 7OEI hnS q TO11
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-06-30

Jak hral J. K. Tyl " Litomysli.
Letos je tomu prave 85 let,
kdy v kvetnu 1854 hral S Zoll-
nerovou spolecnostl v Litomy-
sli J. K. Tyl. Pr jednom pred
stavenf teto spolecnosti priho-
dila Sc Tylovi zajimava prlho-
da. Byla sehrana veselohra
''Vezenf" cd Benedixa a Tyl v
nj hral 1lohu doktora Hajka,
We kterezto 1loze a mnoha il
nych sve povaze primeTenych
neobycejne vynikal. Lee v lilo
re bylo neco, CO Tylovi vadilo:
kouTen1. Tyl nikdy nekoufil a
proto mu v 1lohach kouren1
pnsobilo nemale starosti. Take
vzdy lined, jakmile opustil
scenu, doutn1k nebo cigaretu
odkladal. TAX Sc stale i pr
tonic pTedstaven1, ale Tyl mad
scenou schoval v zamysleni no.
rfcf doutnlk do kapsy. Pfiro-
zene, re v satne sc nasledky
projevily a kabat zacal dout-
natl. Ia pomoci ostatn1ch her
ca byl cohen" uhasen a Tyl
povzdychl: "Je to veru nestle
stf, kdyz Sc clovek z mladf nj
cemu, ami kourenf nenaucil. ia
nemel ma to kdy." 0 rok poz-
deli v zarf hral Tyl S Zollnero-
YOU spolecnostf opet v Litomy-
sli a v rfjnu ma to odjela spo-
lecnost do Nemeckeho Brodu,
kde doslo k usmlrenf j. K. Ty-
la S Havlfckem Borovskym.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-12-01
THE FUR FARM

One of the best bits of spending
the Territorial Legislature ever did,
this newspaper believes, is when
that worthy body appropriated
money for the establishment of the
experimental fur farm, located on
the Mitkof Highway just out of Pc
tersburg.
There is the foundation of really
developing an Alaska industry, an
industry, by the way, which now
ranks third only to fishing and min
ing.
The work which already has been
done at the farm under the direction
of DR. Jules B. Lotus points in the
direction of marked success. Much
progress has been made in the study
of diseases, such as have been break
ing many a farmer on the fox is
lands. Pen breeding of marten is be-
ing undertaken, several varieties of
pheasants are being developed which
ultimately will be released for the
enjoyment of Alaskans, and various
other experiments are being carried
forward, all of which can be of in
estimable value to the fur and game
industry of the Territory.
On a recent visit there, this wri-
ter wasp shown five different specie
of pheasant Some of the varieties
officials have convinced themselves
will be adaptable to Alaska. The
five varieties now being experiment.
ed with are Kaleege. Monaghan,
Reeves, Cheer and cared Manchur-
ans. Other importations are being
planned for similar experiment.
Tedious and expensive years have
proven to fur farmers of Alaska that
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-12-01

hands on a plant by plant basis. the
result of which was very satisfac-
tory especially where the bargain
ing was done by the local group uu-
der the name of the ALASKA ZA-
TIVE BROTHERHOOD lSitka. YAK
utat. Haines and klukWan1 At Yak
utat, our group were able to defend
themselves against the threat Of
one union 10 make them "sit on
the beach" In the Chilkat district.
our group secured the ownership of
their nets for the first time At sit
ka. our group got a price agreement
that would have brought them Sc
per fish as against the district price
of &c if they had not modified II due
to outside pressure OF our own peo-
Pile Sifka also eliminated thirty
four nonresident Filipinos. and for
the first time in its history. the
Sitka plant was operated entirely by
local help The membership and in
come Of these Camps were greatly
increased by this activity.
81. Certain districts lend them
selves 10 alaska NATIVE BOTH
ERHOoD control due to the fact
that orr people are in an over
whelming majority namely. Yaku-
tat. Haines. Klukwan. Hoonah. Ten
exec, Hood Bay. Sitka. Klawock.
Hydaburg and Craig.
g.. Collective bargaining by plant
unit is The procedure established by
law whereas district bargaining is
not
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
that ii is the opinion of the Conven-
ton that the best interests of the
Native people of Alaska demand that
and il is hereby ordered that the
ALASKA NATIVE BROTHERHOOD
take over the collective bargaining
agencies named herein lYakutat,
Haines. Klukwan. Hoonah. Tenakee.
Hood Bay. Sitka. Craig, Klawock.
and Hydaburg), and that the details
of bargaining be handled through
the office of the Grand Secretary. it
being specially provided that the fl
nal contract shall be subject to rati-
fication by the local group affected
thereby.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-12-01

pen-raised fur is superior to that in
the wild. It has brought better prices
on the markets Of the world. An ex-
ample may be fouLd at the Yukon
Fur Farms. operated by Earl dinner
and Jess Aimes at Petersburg. After
twenty years Of effort, these men
have found that their pen raised
stock brings premium prices
throughout the world as against av-
erage and inferior prices for fur
taken in the wild Many other pen
farms are being started as a result
of these discoveries. The experiment
tai farm can ana is assisting in
helping these fur farmers with the
many problems connected with the
fur business
There doesn't seem to be any
sound reason why many districts Of
Southeast Alaska as well as other
parts of the Territory can not be
developed for fur along these lines.
Wrangel. like Petersburg. is ideal
" situated for such undertaking.
This region is adaptable to just such
enterprise Close 10 transportation.
we should see in the coming years a
building up of fur farms along all
the short highways which lead from
most of the Southeast Alaska towns.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-12-01
sEoRETARY's STATEMENT

William L. Paul, Grand Secretary
of the Alaska Native Brotherhood
was in WrangelI tor two days this
week on ANB business, coming down
from his home in Juneau and re-
turning on his brothers boat Wed
nesday evening accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Paddock.
While here, Mr.. Paul submitted
the following statement in connee-
ton with ANB and the controversy
waging around THE bargaining res
olution passed by the group at the
Sitka convention:
1.-The ANB welcomes discussion of
the bargaining agency what IS it.
how does it work, who is entitled
to it's protection, etc But a careful
reading of Frank Johnson's Article
in The Wrangell Sentinel's issue Of
Nov. 4, fails to show any discus
sion of the merits of the question.
THE first two paragraphs gives
the ANB a left handed compliment
possibly because this early period
was controlled by the same group
that is again in power.
There have been three periods
in ANB history-the 1st, it's form
alton under the leadership of the
sitka group. Under this leadership
now represented by the Executive
Committee of Past Grand Presidents,
the ANB reached it's greatest power.
We gained for the Indian ID his
right to vote; % free admission to
the public schools; 90 pensions for
our destitute widows and orphans
and "a the Wheeler-Howard Act
for Alaska
THE second period dates from
1886 when the johnson influence
surplanted the Paul group and an
Executive Committee was elected
from the floor of the convention, the
change being induced by the claim
that. the ANB would grow by leaps
and bounds Just as soon as you get
rid of the Paul brothers. In the
1887 convention cat Kake, John
sons home) only seven camps at
tended and by 1898 our paid mem
bership was down to 203 even
though the membership at Wrangell
and sitka increased, and the delin-
quent roll increased to over 100.
Curing this period the Wagner
Labor Law was enacted, Go and
AFL organizers swarmed our coun-
try telling our people they had to
join or sit on the beach. They ap-
pealed to F. G. johnson as their
Grand Sec Then as their Grand
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-12-01

President but he answered them
not, so our people Joined the AL
and Go paying in some cases $40
30 from a summers earnings of
$500 That is why the convention
of 1888 reversed itself, repudiated
Johnson's elective committee plan
and went back to the plan of using
an Executive Committee Of il Past
Grand Presidents. That plan work
ed the delegates said Thus began
the third era.
"4akutat put MS mp against the
gun. Are YOU going TO give rs a
union SO we can protect ourselves
against the threat of the CO or
eauizer To make DIS sit on the
beaeh.2 Johnson got out BY ignoring
the auestion-we had to answer it
even if only that one town bene=
fitted by it and even though all the
rest rejected it
Sc we explained the law TO Yak
utat and put our recommendations
in the form of the 1888 resolution.
This resolution carried Two proyiz
sions ~ that any group so desiring
i. might put the bargaining agency
into effect at once by a majority
yote-this suited Inkutat. g. that
other provision provided that the
plan would go into effect when two
thirds of the camps endorsed It
To our surprise sitka Camp also
adopted the plan as well as Haines
and Klukwan It worked sitka.
Klukwan. Hafnes and Yakutat are
satisfied. Who among us can kick
They did their own bargaining as
Indians have done before I was
born So What2
The sitka AM active member
ship jumped from e to almost 20o.
with proportional results elsewhere.
The money has come in and We feel
strong-sitka paid off a long stand
ing mortgage Haines and Klukwan
now own their gilnets for the first
time and they are free
while the subject is too large to
cover in one issue, we can rest at
this point by a statement of fact:
Mr.. Sukow challenged the ANB's
right TO be a bargaining agent on
the ground thai ii was fraternal
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WRANGELL's# Gee

A great many suggestions have
been made for projects in this com
munity which might serve as the
basis for the establishment OF a
white GCC camp here this winter.
Virtually all of chem have some
merit, some perhaps more than
others. In an effort TO get a lineup
on the major ones, all OF which are
essential, The Sentinel has gotten
in touch with various officials. or
CARNATIONS and citizens OF the com
munity and assembled the following
list OF projects which are generally
agreed upon as necessary. worth
while TO Wrangell and the Terri
tory:
1. Development of the airport or
landing field, vitally necessary for
facilitating air traffic to and from
the Interior.
2. Construction of a Scout cabin
and trail, to provide a needed reere-
alton spot for both Boy and Girl
Scouts.
Establishment of a rifle range,
especially important now with the
closing of the Wrangell highway
area to shooting.
4. Development of the Pats lake
area, one of the best potential re-
creation areas in Southeast Alaska.
5. Clearing OF a trail up Mount
Dewey, a natural step in recreation
al development in this district.
6. Clearing the ski trail, work al
ready authorized by District Ranger
S. S. Dennison of the Wrangell- Pc
tersburg district.
7. Repairing the float on Browns
Island and the hunting lodge on
Farm Island for the use of sports
men.
8. Building a rest cabin at the
mouth of the Stikine and repairing
the cabin at Shakes Greek
8. Constructing a swimming pool
in the vicinity of the power plant
with the use of water from that
plant.
There are doubtless other poten-
tial projects which might be sug-
gested in the community, but these
are the ones which appear at this
time to be at the head of the list.
No one expects that they will all be
done this winter, or anything like
1t, but they are worthy projects and
ones which could very well be I'M
dertaken whenever the Gee admin
istration sees fit to allocate the
money for the establishment of a
camp here.
Local officials last week outlined
them to the District Ranger, who
seemed favorably impressed. They al
SO will be presented to Regional
Forester B. F. Heintzleman at Ju-
neau, under whose department the
CCC functions. The Regional Fores-
ter has long been a moving spirit
in this sort of development work in
the Territory. II Is The Sentinel's
belief that he will not overlook
Wrangell this winter.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-12-01

society lexaetly as Johnson has
done and the National Labor Re
lations Board wrote a letter which
the Indian OFFICE IN Juneau has and
said. The workers have right 10
bargain through the ANB if they
wish it
WILLIAM L. PAUL.
Grand Sec. ANB
Evening star., 1939-01-22

you Can't Cheat an Honest Man.
in which he shares the limelight
with Edgar Bergen and Charlie
Mccarthy. Possibly the thing that
astounded them most was the fact
that the picture would involve a
smaller cash outlay than any major
production from the same lot This
Utopian condition has resulted from
the first extensive profit sharing
experiment in several years. Fields
Bergen and Lester Cowan. the pro-
ducer, will be paid out of the profits
They prepared the story and are
shooting 1t without interference
from Universal.
Fields refusal to adhere to set
dialogue, always a source of an
noyance to the director, has been
overcome by the use of two cam
eras. Both the medium shots and
the close-ups are photographed at
the same time, which obviates the
necessity of the comedian doing
the same thing twice. For instance
the scenario had Fields refer to q
messenger as boy" Three takes
were made and in one Fields called
him a messenger chappie" and in
another street gamin" and in a
third "urchin." One of the writers
on the picture explained that he
has never been on the set since the
cameras started to turn, for he
could not bear to see what was
being done to his dialogue. He
knows that Fields and Bergen i'm
prove his material, but profess
sionally he resents 1t.
Evening star., 1939-01-22
Deep Drama Taints
Hal Roach Studio

To Alice Brady has gone the dis
tinction of enacting the first deeply
dramatic scene that has ever been
made on the Hal Roach Studios
lot in it's 25-year history.
Since its inception a quarter
century ago the Roach Studios have
been Hollywood's premier strong
hold of comedies. Out-and out
drama has never tainted its sound
stages or cameras.
But in Its Spring Again" in
which Oliver Hardy and Harry
Langdon are starring. there is a
sequence in which Miss Brady must
renounce all the things she has
always held dear to retain the love
Of her son. The emotional conflict
through which she passes, and the
semi-tragedy which her ultimate
decision means to her, combine to
produce the most intense of dra-
matte scenes.
Good or bad" Alice said when
she finished, I've broken a 25-year
record. That's something for any
actress"
Evening star., 1939-01-22
Writer.Producer
Acts in Own Film

William K. Howard has made
an application for membership In
the Screen Actors Guild because
he plays role in Paramount's S
Back Door to Heaven" which he
wrote, directed and produced.
Howard appears in the picture
as the prosecuting attorney. He
tested four New York actors for
the part and none proved adequate,
so he stepped in and enacted the
role himself.
BY doing this, Howard established
what is probably a record. History
fails to reveal a case where any
one has written the story, directed
and produced the film as well as
portraying one of the roles.
The story deals with incidents
surrounding the early life of Howard
in st. Marys, Ohio, where he was
born and where he received his pre-
liminary education.
Evening star., 1939-01-22
Churchill
Continued From First Page.)

fetal written orders are known to
have been issued. Pressure has
been adroitly applied. A word from
Mr.. Hays at luncheon planted in the
ear of a New York executive has
been enough. The executive has
passed the information along to
Hollywood. This method averted
rebellion against the Hays Office, for
word from the parent company in
Manhattan is accepted as final; to
question it would be les majesty.
w. C. Fields Surprises
By Turning Amiable.
w. G. Fields has long been re-
garded by producers as the most
difficult gentlemen on the screen.
With that confidence in his own
Judgment which his career on the
stage has given him he refuses to
alter his conception of a story once
his mind is made up, no matter
how much studio pressure is ap-
piled. His attitude proved par
ticularly costly to Paramount when
that lot was fashioning ''Mr. Bum
pus Goes to London" Fields idea
conflicted with those of the execu-
tives, and the studio had to write
off a $500 900 investment when the
picture was abandoned; of this
Fields received SOC, 900 for his work
on the story.
1t was something Of a shock to
Universal then to find the comedian
50 amiable during the filming of