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develop. She got busy then. which
was last summer, with stock COM
panies. Again her success was in
stantaneouS. Her press representa-
tives could have gone so far as to
say it was sensational-Which Is
what they did say-without making
themselves sound ridiculous.
That is the way it always has been
with Miss Carlisle. That is the way
1t probably always will be, which
ought to be very encouraging to a
following that will have chance to
hear Miss Carlisle sing at LoeWs
Capitol on Friday.
X X X
Even a Presidents Birthday Ball
cannot bring as many Hollywood
stars to Washington as can Cecil
B. De Mile. On the train with
Paramount's master megaphonist
when it arrives here tomorrow at
pm. will be, just listen, George Raft,
Warren William, Glenda Farrell,
Marsha Hunt (that almost local
girD, Robert Preston. Brian Donlevy,
Lynn Overman, Patricia Morrison,
William Henry, Sheila Darcy, Judith
King, Evelyn Venable (who is q
cousin of Louise NoonAn Miller un-
less we have our Venables mixed :,
Luana Walters, Anthony Quinn and
Evelyn Luckey.
Eight hours all these pretty and
otherwise people will be in town.
So will the train upon which they
are riding, a train that is being
puffed around the country by "Old
58," one of the ancient wood burn
ing engines which the Union Pacific
used in the 70s.
The entire group of celebrities will
make an appearance on the stage
of the Earle at pm.
Lucky scribes are invited to meet
the train in Baltimore, meet all the
passengers, and ride back to WASH
ington at IS miles an hour behind
"Old 58."
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is nothing else to write with eclat.
But today there is something else.
1t is about a girl who went from
riches to riches. To stop all this
lollygagging and come to the point,
it is about Kitty Carlisle.
Miss Carlisle's success story goes
all the way back to her cradle days.
The parents destiny bestowed upon
her provided a very nice cradle, or
it's more modern equivalent. And
after Miss Carlisle outgrew those
early needs, the subsequent ones
were equally we'll met by the same
competent parents. Never for her
was there a tale of haunting man
ayers Offices, of walking home with
aching feet and breaking heart.
Going ON the stage, In fact, never
was one of her early ambitions. She
was content to do what other girls
in her social set did, teas, parties,
balls, etc.
AS so often happens, however,
there came an end to contentment
and one day Miss Carlisle enrolled
at the Royal Academy of Dramatic
Art in London. That settled that.
She was fired with an ambition to
act and sing professionally, in the
case of the latter talent to use it for
profit as she long had used 1t for
pleasure.
Her course completed. Miss Car
Isle returned to New York. They
were condensing Rio Rita" at the
time, turning it into a one-hour
tabloid musical, and they needed
pretty girl to sing the lead. Pretty
girls who thought they could sing
were so commonplace at the time
that 500 dropped around to be audi
toned. The other 499 just wasted
their time. Octogenarians and
many persons much younger may re-
member that the show opened In
Washington at the Capitol and that
Miss Carlisle, in her first profess
sional appearance, belonged on the
stage.
Eight months the musical and Miss
Carlisle toured the country. both
making hit wherever they went.
Dwight Deere Wiman give Miss
Carlisle her next job. the lead in
champagne Sec" That was in
1888. Then, as it almost invariably
happens when girls are talented and
beautiful and held in high repute
by legitimate producers, came a call
from Hollywood. Miss Carlisle heard
and needed it. She sang. acted i'm
pressively and looked lovely in the
movies for several years. Then she
returned to New York, starred in
White Horse Inn" and, after that,
in Three Waltzes," which was the
last production in which she ap-
peared here.
Along about the middle of the last
waltz, Miss Carlisle remembered that
she always wanted to do straight
dramatic roles; that singing was fine
and all that but an actress had to
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1nuTSQay ulglJS. Inc impression
gained is that the Pierce Hall Play
ers are positive they have the one
actress in Washington with the
beauty. talent. poise and personality
required by the role. which maybe is
the impression the Pierce Hall Play
ers wish to register.
What with a local girl (We're not
crazy enough to mention names
being one of our four favorite ac-
tresses in all the world, we might
be inclined to argue that point with
Director Howard Wentworth and his
associates. But there does seem to
be some merit. perhaps consider
able, in the Pierce Hall estimate of
Miss Frances Dewey. She has been
in the movies. even. She was not
quite starred, of course, but she did
play the long-shot scenes taken
here for Judge Hardy's Children"
doubling for the little French girl
who temporarily stole Andy Hardy's
heart.
Other and more extensive roles
have been played by Miss Dewey on
local stages. Two summers she was
Ttania in the Washington Players
production of "A Midsummer
Nights Dream she's played in
Quality Street" and Tommy" and
last year acted in and directed the
Wilson Teachers College production
of Three Men and Girl"
And, just to clinch the argument,
across the bottom of this note anent
Miss Dewey there is penciled this
message: mo kidding-youll hear
more from this girl some day."
Two plays in two consecutive
weeks close the season at the King
Smith Studio Playhouse. First, set
for May 18 and 10, will be the mod
ern sophisticated Spanish comedy,
Take Two From One" by Sierra.
It's about a bride who disappears
in fire aboard an ocean liner,
turns up two years later to find her
husband with new wife. The
leading role will be played by Mar
gerry Benson, the studios young Ca
madam actress, who has just re-
turned from a years study at the
Chekov School in England.
The other play is Lawrence Riley's
comedy about the motion picture
star, Personal Appearance, to be
presented May % and "a. Martha
Nash, last seen in angels of War;"
plays Carole Arden. the glamour
girl Leslie O'Pace will be the me-
chanic upon whom Caroles eye
falls when she stops at wayside
garage to get her car fixed, and
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BywOrd Of Movie Makers
Still the Plays the Thing
The Script Problem Is One Reason
Producers Pay More for Drama
Than for Best.Sellers
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.

/
Put good stage play and equally promising
the showcase and Howoods shopping
Producers will always the gladly
Why? Because a manuscript pretty
complete outline of his producer
buying novel still has
Evening star., 1939-05-08
Children to Stage
Amateur Show

The fourth annual amateur show
of the Blessed Sacrament School
arranged by Willard Nails, jr.;
Blaine Fitzgerald and Joe DUNCAN
will be staged this Saturday night
at the grand ballroom of the Will
lard Hotel
Three hundred children, from 5
to 16 years of age. will take part
Forney Reese is directing. with the
assistance of Mrs. Katharine Reute-
mann. Kathryn Dengler is direct
ing the dancing; Katharine Carl
Mrs. Paul Shepherd and Arthur
Manville are arranging the music
and Mrs. Louis Crismond is In
charge of costumes.
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New Chapter
Of 'Bl0ndie'
At the Met
Difficulty Again
Enters Lives of
Bumpsteads

Blonde Meets the Boss" the sec
ond chapter in the cinema saga Of
Chic Young's comic strip Dagwood
Bumpsteads. is also the second film
of the current season that falls into
that good light summer entertain
ment" category. Sometimes the
new picture at the Metropolitan is
downright hilarious; sometimes it is
downright boring.
The major fault which Director
Frank R. Strayer and Scenarist
Richard Flournoy have encountered
Tor perhaps produced is better
word is repetition. The last laugh
by this time has been squeezed out
of that morning dash Of Dagwood's S,
Daisy'S trip after the morning paper,
those multiple decker sandwiches
and couple of other things.
On the other hand, Mr.. Flournoy
has contrived some bright farcical
moments in his tale of Dagwood' S
resigning his job and of Blondes S
getting 1t back for him by going to
work in his place. And Mr.. Strayer
has paced it all briskly, making the
quota of laughs high enough that
you don't mind the duller spots so
much. He COR some one with a
whimsical mind has. in fact. con-
trived one mad Photographic gag
which should merit some sort of a
minor academy award. 1t can't be
funny on paper, but the depletion
of Blondes jealous mind by mon
tage of neWsreel shots of explosion
and wreckage is one of those roll
'em-in- -the-ais laughs that is prac-
tically worth the price of admission.
Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake
again are the Blonde and Dagwood
naturally, and they are very much
in the groove as they battle compli-
cations that could enter no other
lives. Forgive the repetition and
the more artificial moments and
Blonde Meets the Boss" becomes
really a pleasant trif1e. H. M.
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There Are Many Cinderellas
But None Is Miss Carlisle
She Is One Star Who Just Stepped
From Riches to Riches on Stage;
Train Brings Star Cargo
By JAY CARMODY.

When the material out Of which columns s
Cinderella Always delicious
riches
thing about the of
a beautiful
writes with eca concedng
Evening star., 1939-05-08

dio has just finished Clifford Gold
smiths Broadway smash, What a
Life" and brought Betty Field out
from the big street to do the same
role she played there.
Columbia is filming Clifford Odets'
Golden Boy" with Barbara STAN
wyck and William Holden doing the
roles handled by Frances Farmer
and Luther Adler on Broadway.
Lionel Barrymore, at M-G-M, is
being starred in "On Borrowed
Time" Bette Davis and Miriam
Hopkins are co-starred in THE Old
Maid at Warmers. And Para
mount has sent Ray Milland and
Ellen Drew to England to do a
picturizat ton of the Jacques Duval
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play, French without Tears
which recently celebrated It's 1,0O0th
performance on the stage OF tte
British capital.
It's an odd mixture OF old and
new stage products that's predomi-
nant on current movie programs
proving once again that "the plays
the thing"
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
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Another for Bower

Charles Boyer has been signed by
Universal to co-star with Irene
Dunno in "The Modern Cinderella" !"
which John M. Stahl will place into
production soon, under his personal
direction.
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II MILLIONS
|NWAR ORDERS
France and Britain
Get Planes, Parts
From the u. S.

WASHINGTON-Great Britain
and France obtained export L.
censes for more than ST. 900 600
worth OF American sirplanes and
parts during the first two months
Of this year the arms control d.
vision Of the state department
disclosed today The licenses re-
Elected the first part of the large
military orders placed by the two
countries.
France obtained export licenses
covering S5.5e4 42s worth of air
planes. motors and parts or this
sum s5.0O0.0 900 covered military
sirplanes in export licenses issued
during February.
Great Britain obtained licenses
during the two months covering
SI1.711 .030 worth of war materi-
ais, of which s11.l15. 500 went for
military airplanes and sSls,s66
for commercial airplanes,
The licenses to France and
Britain accounted for more than
three-quarters of the total war
materials licensed for export to
all parts of the world during the
first so days Of this year. Total
export licenses issued during jan
uary and February covered s22,-
5l3.917 worth of materials
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DEBATE MEET
NEARS CLOSE
Linfield Leads Way
Into Final Rounds
of Tournament

Linfieid college Of McNinnville.
Ore. in strong bid for honors
in the College Of Puget Sounds
fifth annual junior college forensics
tournament, led the way into the
finals of two events Saturday aft
ernoon as the two-day competition
drew near its close
OF the 10 finalists in extern
poraneous speaking and oratory.
nine represented Linfield-three in
each of the mems and women's d.
visions of extempore and three in
oratory.
Finals in the third event. debate.
will not be held until Z o'clock to-
night. Quarter and semi-finals
were scheduled for late this after
noon.
To Present Trophies
At $50, contestants will gather
In room ia, where awards will
be presented. Gold trophies will
20 10 winners of first sndCMF
20 to winners. They will be pre-
scented by Charles Shireman, tour
nament chairman.
In this afternoons finals. c. p.
s. had four representatives Law
renee Henderson and Pomla Nor
mand were TO compete in extern
poraneous speaking, and Kenneth
Sulston and Margarita Irle in ora
tory.
Other finalists were:
Extempore Mems division:
Bruce Painter, Richard Berger and
Roger Barrett, all of Linfield;
Haldame Duff. Seattle Pacific col
lege, and Thomas Klink. Pacific
university. Women's division: Jua-
nita Gillian, Elaine Haslop and
Norma Justin. of Linfield, and Al
nora Pierce and Jean Dewitt. both
of Oregon State college.
$50 Students Here
Richard Berger. Ran
dali Ruechelle and Roger Barrett,
of Linfield; Paul Norigi. Seattle
college, and Clark Ends. Oregon
State college.
The tournament drew approx
mately $50 first and second-year
students from Is schools of WASH
ington. Oregon. Idaho, and British
Columbia, composing the largest
number of entrants in the history
of the competition.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-11
CHIEF SUBMITS
YEARLY REPORT

The 50th annual report Of the
Tacoma fire department, attrac-
lively bound in gold covers which
bear the Golden Jubilee design,
was submitted to Public Safety
Commissioner Holmes Eastwood
Saturday by Fire Chief Emory
Whitaker.
Chief Whitaker's report, cover
ing all activities of the fire depart
ment during 1888, showed the
citv's total fire loss for the year
was s24e.591.75, or 1925 per
capita.
Considering the highly inflam-
mable type of construction OF
practically all of our industrial
plants and homes. and considering
the fact that we had two major
fires during the year, our loss was
nominal" Whitaker wrote.
The department answered 2,25o
alarms. 357 of which resulted in
loss. The average cost per alarm,
for operating expenses only, was
s1s5.64. The average fire loss per
actual fire was S696.62. Largest
fire of the year occurred June D,
when the Tacoma Sash & Door CO
burned with a loss Of Ss3, 63s.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-11
GIN MARRIAGE
LAW ENACTED

OLYMPIA - bill passed by
both houses of the Washington
legislature that would require a
three-day notice before a marriage
license could be issued awaited the
signature of Gov Martin today.
Under provisions of the measure,
a nonresident of the state may
obtain by mail from the county
auditor of the county where he
intends to be married an applica-
ton for license and have it exc
cuted before a notary public. then
returned. The license would be
granted three days after the
no rized application was received.
The bill resulted from confer
ences between Washington sena-
tors and representatives and legis-
lators from oregon. where more
rigid marriage law already is in
effect.
Oregon wanted Washington to
pass a similar law so many Oregon
couples would not cross the state
line and be married in Washington,
which has had no notice period.
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Weather Forecast

Occasional rain tonight and
Sunday; SHOWS over mountains;
little change in temperature; in
creasing southerly winds over
Sound. straits and coast.
At Tacoma a. m. wind south,
IA miles per hour. Barometer
90 SIS. rising slowly.
Rain last "a hours 10 of an inch:
since March !, 81 of an inch; since
Jan. /. 11o4 inches. a deficiency
of 10l inch.
Weather outlook for the week.
far western states: Generally un-
settled weather. with frequent
rains. SHOWS in mountains and
over plateau: colder latter part of
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SATURDAY. MARCH IL

SATURDAY, MARCH IL
\. l. Raw. 45le No. Cove ~.
Dorothy Plummer, Puyaliup.
n. y. Nyman. 54sl So. h st.
II. A. Briggs, Fircrest.
Benjamin Grimes. 1928 West
blvd. Day Island.
Mrs. &. Cusato, sos 50. Oake>.
David Cusato. sos SO. oakes.
Dorothy kroll, 1850 So. Cush-
man ave.
SUNDAY. MARCH IL
Mrs. Hildur Mertens, S4lS 30.
Durango II.
Mrs. l. 4. Noungberg. 1909
So. 18th II.
Jonas T. Rasmussen. S725 SO.
ID II.
Elspeth Andrak, Lincoln and
4 SIS.
Dolores PAYNE. 1l9 Ia. saith ~.
Daleria Marcelja, 56lt No.
Seayiew drive.
Jean Enstrom. SOl2 Ia. Z IT.
Weldon kaeser. $3.50 So. haki-
ma ave.
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SPEAKERS TO CLOSE
SERIES AT CHURCH

DR.. Paul Rood, head of the
Worlds Christian Fundamentals
association, will meet at 7 o'clock
Saturday evening at First Pres
byterian church with ministers and
laymen interested in organization
of a state convention of this as
sociation.
DIR. Rood. who comes from Los
Angeles, and his associate, DR.. Dan
Gilbert of San Diego. will con-
clude Saturday evening the series
of talks on economic. social and
religious trends and dangers of
today. The meeting will be in the
main auditorium of First Presby-
terrain church at s.
At the close of the service, n
group of young people will meet
in Middleton parlor for brief con-
ference with DIR. Gilbert,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-11
ARREST One DRIVER
IN THREE-CAR CRASH

A three-car collision Friday
night at SD and South Tacoma
way Friday night resulted in the
arrest of Murrell II. Trosper, 26.
of 1887 So. Alder ST.
Prowl Car Officers J s. Lyons
and Gene Adair reported Trosper's
car struck an auto driven by r. l..
Sem, 56o6 So. Cedar ST. The inn
pact forced Senn's auto forward
into the rear of car driven by
James NJ. Young. $50 So. Monroe
St. who had stopped nj traffic
light.
The officers said Trosper ad-
mitted drinking a quart of home
brew" prior TO the collision.
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Thieves Revisit
Pair of GARAGES

Thieves paid return engage
ments" at the garages of two Ia
coma residents Friday night. police
were informed Saturday. Mel F.
Pugh. 34ll No. 18th st. and John
Petrich. 371l No. 21st st. said their
garages were ransacked. but moth
ing stolen. The owners said both
buildings had been entered by
thieves on previous occasions.
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Her name is being changed to
the nlinoian. and it is expected the
change will be completed before
her scheduled arrival here Mar II.
Tacoma agents said the name
change was probably made to avoid
confusion with the Isthmian
Steamship Co, which is not con-
nected with the American
Hawaiian firm.
Goes to Puerto Rico
The Illinoian, one of the larger
vessels in the All. fleet, was for
merry the Willkeno of the Williams
line. Before that. she was known
as the Eastern Light. She oper-
ates 10 Puerto Rico and the south
Atlantic coast, calling at Tacoma
frequently.
Tacoma docks continued work
at a brisk pace Saturday, with 10
active ships in port Advance
schedules for next week. as shown
by the tentative listings of Har-
bormaster Frank Sherman, indi-
Gated considerable volume Of
off-shore work IN sleht.
Among the vessels slated to ar
rive here next week for foreign
ports are the Hakubasan Maru,
Two Maru and HE Maru. for the
Orient: the knute Nelson. Par
thenia, Pacific President. Oakland,
John Bake. Edda and Damster-
dyk. for Europe. and the Charcas,
for the west coast of South
America
Mitsui Boat Due
The Hakubasan Maru. a Mitsui
ship, loaded freight at Shaffer No,
last Thursday. Her return call,
scheduled for Monday, will be at
Port piers Another Mitsui liner
is the Uyo Maru. down for arrival
at Port piers on Tuesday
Preparing for entry into the
Alaska trade for Alaska Trans
portation Co. the small freishter
Ormes is expected TO reach Puget
Sound next week from New Or
leans. She is coming north under
charter to Luckenbach line. with a
portion OF her cargo already dis
charged at Los Angeles.
Ormes 10 Drydock
The Ormes is tentatively listed
for arrival at Port piers Tuesday
for discharging. but II was be-
lievei her Tacoma freight would
be trans-shipped from Seattle.
After unloading. she viii be dry
locked for reconditioning.
Expected 10 remain here until
Monday. the San Bernardino of
the Quaker line berthed at the st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-11
STEELES FIGHTERS TO SHOW

card, Matchmaker Will Maylon an
nounced today.
Tommy Burns. who once held
the worlds heavyweight crown,
will also have his pupils on dis
play on the Thursday program.
Burns is now instructor at the
Renton Athletic club and will bring
a squad of youthful mittmen here
for team match with Tacoma
hnNe~S
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Regis dock Friday night TO load
pulp. She will shift to Shaffer No.
l on Monday
SHIPS N PORT
San Bernardino. st. Regis dock.
Point Chico. Dickman mill. Argentina
and Robert Luckenbach. Port piers:
Lake Frances. Shaffer No. l Coast
Trader. Sperry dock. Wallingford. Nc
Cormick dock: jacksonville. Defiance
mill: James Grlffiths. Centennial
mills: Standard Service, Standard
SHIPS DUE NEXT WEEK
Port piers-Hakubasan Maru and
Knute Nelson Monday, Uyo Maru,
Parthenia and Ormes. Tuesday HE
Maru and Charcas. Wednesday; Paci-
fic President and Oakland. THURSDAY,
John Bake Friday: Edda and Paul
Luckenbach, Saturday.
Baker dock ~ Chllllwack, sunday,
Panaman. Friday, nlinoian. Saturday
Mccormick dock-H. +. Mccormick,
Thursday.
Shaffer No. Coast Miller and
North Coast. Tuesday.
>haffer No. | 49, San Bernardino
Monday. Cadaretta. Thursday.
Spcrr, dock-Knute Nelson Mon
dsy: Damsterdyk. Tuesday, Charcas
Thursday. San Clemente. SATURDAY.
Milwaukee No. San Angelo, Wed =
nesday
>melter-Coast Miller. Tuesday
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BOND MARKET
NEW YORK-Late profit taking

NEW YORk-Late profit taking
erased all of an early moderate
improvement in domestic corporate
bonds today and scaled an advance
To new 1889 highs in Brazilian dol
lar funds
South American bonds were rels-
lively active. while European issues
edged upward in quiet deals.
U. s. government issues met
scattered support after an early
decline and a few issues crossed
their previous closing levels to new
record highs.
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SWAYZE TO ATTEND
Cities CONFERENCE

CITY Controller Tom Swayze VIII
leave Sunday afternoon for Eugene
Ore. to attend joint conference
of tho executive committee, Asso-
citation of Washington Cities, with
the Oregon association.
Swayze said he had been desig-
mated to represent Mayor Siegle
who is still i'll. The conference VIII
be held Monday and Tuesday.