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manding general Of the 9Th Corps
Area, headquarters in Chicago, to
attend the funeral services for the
Governor.
Will Inspect Arsenal.
En- route to Saratoga, some 80
miles up the river from the Roose-
welt family home, the President also
was scheduled to inspect Watervliet
Arsenal-now turning out Army
guns of every caliber from 81 MILL
meters to Is inches. Founded in
1912. the arsenal now employs about
2.700 civilians and is an important
element in the defense picture.
Travelling from Hyde Park to
Albany by train, the Chief Executive
was to cover the rest of the days
itinerary, in what is normally Re-
publican territory, by automobile.
An overnight return trip to Wash
ington was planned.
Mrs. Roosevelt's Birthday.
Yesterday the President spent a
quiet and restful Sunday, ending
with a family birthday party for
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. Although
the anniversary, the seth for Mrs.
Roosevelt, actually does not come
until Friday, the travelling plans of
both Mr.. and Mrs. Roosevelt pro-
hibit any observance at that time,
the President expecting to be on
and Mrs Roosevelt MANNING IN he
on her way West for a visit with
John and Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
in Seattle.
Consequently, with nearly a score
of family members and friends on
hand, the party was held at Hyde
Park house last night.
Earlier in the day. Mr. and Mrs
Roosevelt and the Presidents
mother attended church services
and took communion at the nearby
St. James Episcopal Church.
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turn Mr.. Jackson's informal ruling.
Republican colleagues backed him,
but there was no indication whether
majority support could be lined up
for such action.
The House was expected to give
quick approval during the day to a
compromise version of the Ramspeck
civil service bill and send it to the
President. The measure would per-
NIT the President to extend civil
service rating to 100000 employees
of so-called temporary Government
agencies. after they had taken nom
competitive examinations.
Frozen Accounts Measure.
The Senate had up for consid-
Grafton House-approved measure
outlining procedure for handling of
frozen" accounts of conquered Eu-
ropean nations.
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of
Montana said he also would attempt
to obtain an investigation of alleged
connections between German COM
panies and some American firms
now manufacturing defense equip
ment.
Administration leaders were re-
ported to be discussing the posi-
bilities of enacting egislation-after
the recess-to permit loans to South
American countries for the building
up of their military forces for joint
defense of the Western Hemisphere.
George Sees Possibility.
Senator George, Democrat, Of
Georgia told newspapermen he
thought there was a distinct pos
sibilitv" that Congress might soon
be called on to consider the matter.
He said another question Con-
gress might be asked to consider
after the recess was whether credit
should be extended to Great Britain
for armament purchases.
1t was pointed out that such an
extension OF credit would necessitate
revision of the Neutrality Act which
prohibits credits to belligerents and
the johnson Act which bars loans
to nations in default on loans OBJ
tanned from the United States dur
ing the World War.
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Dispute Over Ruling
OF jackson Is Latest
Threat 10 Recess
Royburn Will Offer
Proposal to Quit
Until November 18
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Congress met today hopeful of
reaching some decision on whether
to take a recess until after election.
Speaker Rayburn said he would
offer a resolution for a recess until
November 10, and Senate leaders
said that if the House so voted, they
believed the Senate would quickly
concur.
The temper of the House was I'M
certain, however, and some thought
long recess might be defeated in
favor of a series of three-day re-
cesses under an agreement that no
business be transacted on the days
Congress reconvened to extend the
recess another three days.
The latest threat to the elusive
recess was the controversy which
has developed over the informal rul-
ing of Attorney General Jackson
that decisions of the National Labor
Relations Board were binding and
conclusive" on all Government de-
partments.
Taber Wants Action.
Critics charged such a rule might
mean that firms convicted of violat-
ing the Wagner Act would be denied
defense contracts, to the detriment
of the rearmament program. Mr..
jackson replied he had not ruled on
whether violators should be denied
contracts, nor had any such opinion
been requested.
Representative Taber. Republican.
Of New York said, however, he
thought Congress should act to over
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-07
Fresh Gain Reported
In Business Loans
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 7.-Business
loans of weekly reporting Federal
Reserve member banks in New York
City rose S14000,000 last week, the
fourth successive increase.
Business loans now total $1,767,-
100000, the largest volume since
the last week of December, 1887
Last weeks rise, bankers said
was traceable to number of small
and medium sized commercial loans.
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'Bock-to-SchooI' Niqht

The Gordon Junior High Parent
Teacher Association will hold a
back to school" night at 7:45 o'clock
Wednesday. The school band will
play before the business session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-07
PIT. A. Will Meet

The Anacostia Junior Senior High
School Parent Teacher Association
will meet October % at 8 pm. in the
school auditorium.
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Wartime restrictions have forced
an American oil company to move
its Far Eastern headquarters from
Singapore to Manila.
Evening star., 1940-09-15

The second Of these. "Ghost Guns"
now is before the camera.
Many Have Graduated.
Trained livestock men provide the
animals used In westerns. An aver
age Of $50 horses, 500 cows, scores
Of Indians and thousands of rounds
Of ammunition are used in this
typical outdoor drama, in addition
to varied assortment of curios
covering the entire range of Western
life. Guns, saddles. ancient prairie
schooners and saloon bars are other
necessary equipment,
Many Of the leading stars today
were graduated from the western
ranks. They include Gary Cooper,
Jean Arthur. Warner Baxter, Rita
Hayworth. Joel McCrea and Wayne
Morris. And, whenever Wallace
Beery's star has shown signs Of
waning, his popularity has been
revived by a western role.
Each Of the major studios owns
Its ranch where a section is devoted
to western streets"-false- -fronted
buildings giving the semblance of
q pioneer town of the 70s. Few
scenes are shot indoors and those
that are usually are ranch house
interiors and saloons.
Western stars live their roles both
on and OF the screen, dressing the
part, living on ranches, jangling
spurs when they walk and generally
keeping up to their screen charac-
terizations. They get more fan mail
than any other type Of movie player
from youngsters.
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about your pa. He thinks the world
of you"
Hedy snaps, MY father does not
think. He has the mind of a child.
Please take a seat"
Thereupon, Hedy begins changing
the bell and shouting ahead: Ell!
Siezhais Rels." which means, "Hey.
get off the tracks"
That is all the actual sound re-
cordlng for the scene. Now Hedy
steps into the little cupola and puts
her hand on the starting crank.
Remember, Hedy all of us are in
your hands" Vidor calls from the
camera platform.
The crew laughs. There's no ner-
vousness. Everyone knows nothing
can happen. The last 100 feet OF
that trolley line is dead"
The car moves forward and the
scene is over. Miss Lamar leaves
the set
Come back after lunch," she in
vlteS, turning into her dressing
quarters. ITS going to be much
better. We go into a romantic scene
and I kiss Clark four times in less
than two minutes And If you're
around tomorrow it II be better still.
We're going to get married."
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$4,000 each and can be run OF
on an eight-day production basis.
And, despite the years they have
been produced, they still comprise
released.
fully one-fourth of all the pictures
Oddly enough, westerns are more
popular in cattle country than In
any other section. Most cowboys
seen is such films are actual range
riders who have gravitated to Holly
wood because they could make more
money riding for the movies.
But westerns not only must be
devoid of anachronisms and be au-
thentic in every detail, with action.
romance, thrills and good humor,
but they also must continue to run
true to type.
For instance, the hero seldom is
permitted to kill the villian-because
capture is considered the more
technique. And all Williams must be
Of the deep-dyed moustachio-twist- =
ing type-the kind you love to hiss.
No Torrid Love.
Westerners invariably are kind
to old ladies and children. and AMI
mails must never be mistreated. The
horse must be cared for before the
man.
Too. cowboy heroes nearly always
abstain from any torrid love scenes.
That's because juvenile fans are not
particularly interested in kissing.
And the heroes are not permitted
to drink on the screen. They can
order liquor in a saloon, but 1t
must never reach their lips.
Western stars are in a class by
themselves. Restricted to boot and
saddle drama. their ranks include
Gene Autry, George O'Brien. Bill
Elliot, Charles Starrett, William
Boyd, Roy Rogers. Jack Randall,
Tex Ritter, Bob Steele and Tim
Mccoy.
So popular have these western
films proved that Columbia Studio
has just started a new group of
eight Wild Bill Hickok pictures with
Bill Elliott playing the title role.
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to exhibit pictures for the enjoy
ment Of his friends.
Rosalind Russell however, is a
regular movie-going fan. She sees
from II to Is pictures month. and
If she likes or dislikes the players
performance she writes a fan let
ter-but doesn't sign her real name.
Some Don't Go.
In contrast to this, there are some
actors and actresses who seldom or
never go to the movies. Boris Kar-
loft. the man who chills and thrills
millions, says he has seen only one
of his own "Frankenstein'
and Loretta Young, although a
good film fan. says she seldom sees
pictures in which she appears.
Oddly enough, however, the men
who depend upon comedy for their
livelihood seldom see comedy films.
The Marx Brothers will travel 500
miles to see good stage show. but
restrict their movie-going to their
own pictures. while the Three
Stooges, as Zany as their rival
comedians, never miss a melodrama
or tragedy. Garbo is the Stooges
favorite actress. a-d they still are
writing her letters of remonstra-
ton because she turned comedienne
in 'Ninotchka."
Likes European Films.
Spencer Tracy and Paul MUM,
paradoxically. prefer comedies, and
Eleanor Powell never misses a pic
ture in which someone dances.
Ginger Rogers won't see pictures in
which other women dance, fearful,
she says, that the contrast to her
own terpsichorean studies will re-
feet in her work.
Brian Aherne, the British actor,
avoids all English-made films. He
says he is trying to speak as Amer
leans do and feels that every time
he sees a British film he renews his
acquaintance with the Oxfordian
accent. Thomas Mitchell, however,
has a penchant for European pic
lures and says that watching such
actors as Raimu and Conrad Veidt
on the screen helps him to improve
his own work.
Lana Turner says she sees at least
five films a week to improve her
acting. and Jean Arthur views every
outstanding picture in her own pri-
vate theater at home. Penny Sin
gleton and Arthur Lake see their
own pictures at least q half dozen
times each.
Evening star., 1940-09-15

Constance Benefits ventures have
been accidents.
Il had no idea of becoming a
movie actress" she went on. Then,
when I was Is. and still in school,
Samuel Goldwyn offered me a part
in a picture, 'Cytharea.' I took 1t
just for fun. Next thing I knew I
was in another and had a five-year
contract with Pathe. I've been what
you call an actress ever since.
Takes Personal Interest.
Real estate investments? Well, I
guess they are really my own idea.
Maybe it's the gambling instinct
in me"
Miss Bennett personally manages
all of her extra curricular business
interests.
Jewell Hill is her cosmetic busi-
ness representative, although the
actress passes on all important mat
ters Often she leaves moonlit
love scene on the set to pick up a
phone for an excursion into the
hard old business world. Constance
10 OiC UCoGy dUOuI lllOSe SlOTleS
that she's difficult to get along with.
And her record as an employer does
sound pretty good.
Il gather about me persons who
have a pride in their jobs and those
are the ones upon whom one can
depend" she said. That is my one
rule in business. Get men and
women who like their jobs and
you'll almost always find they're effi-
cient.
Il carry that policy even into my
own home. A maid, who died re-
Gently, was with me IA years. My
last butler, who left to get married,
was with me six I have had my
present secretary, Gladys Young, II
years.
I'm a little proud of that record
in view of the reputation I seem
to have acquired in Hollywood for
being temperamental."
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gambling the works that it can make
a flrst-class comedienne out of Hedy,
and none is more enthused about
that prospect than the actress
herself.
In "Comrade x" Hedy plays the
role Of a lady motorman on the
Moscow street railway system. She
is costumed in regulation uniform.
The coat is mannish and military.
Her cap is a cross between a police
mans helmet and an army off,
GERS bonnet.
It's cover set: studio craftsmen
have rigged up an overhead trolley
and set Of tracks over which jolts
one Of the strangest looking street
cars you ever saw. Not just because
Hedy Lamar is driving it. but be-
cause one side of the vehicle is re-
moved to permit camera platform
to run along with it. the car would
tangle traffic on any thoroughfare
On the platform Director King
Vidor rides with Cameraman Joe
Ruttenberg and his crew.
All for Comedy.
Clark Gable, the hero, plays an
American newspaper correspondent
posing as a Communist. He is not
in this scene, yet he stands within
mike range to feed" Hedy a few
lines.
The two-block progress of the
Moscow special is merely a re-
hearsal. and after a dozen testing
trips the two stars climb down.
Stand-ins take their places while
camera adjustments are being made.
"Its the first time I've been a
reporter since 1T Happened One
Night" Gable says. And this one
Is all for comedy, too. Some pretty
wild things happen in it. OF course,
there was a lot of fun in Boom
Town. but this one gets pretty close
to the Mack Sennett variety"
Now the Moscow Street Railway
Co. is ready to start functioning in
earnest. Clark and Hedy take their
places, run through their lines once
more, and Director Vidor signals for
q "take."
Out Of camera range, Gable asks
the beautiful car custodian: Say,
what's the idea Of not stopping for
q signal?"
"You were with my father" Hedy
replies in her best businesslike man.
ner.
"We're In Your Hands,"
That's right-he's a great friend
of mine"
He thinks because I'm running
q street car he can ride free-he
and his friends. You will have to
pay. Twenty kopecks. please. Put
it In here" She indica tes q leather
purse ut her side.
I'm sorry" says Gable, deposit
Ing . coin, That you feel that way
Evening star., 1940-09-15

was easy to look upon, and her
subjects paid great homage.
Then came the crash, turmoil,
revolution in art and life. Mans
thought processes we're no longer
uniform. They shot out in despera-
ton. Some of this thinking was
good, and yet it wasn't at all like
other sound thinking. But all good
thinking made its impression.
"Out of this varied and con-
structive new culture of life-it
wasn't blend. mind you-emerged
various conceptions of beauty. We
have them with us today. And it's
good thing.
Two Russian Types.
or the dozen Eastern girls in
the film treatment of Carols wine
ambulance palace, no two can be
said to have the same characters
tics.
Leda Nicova, for instance, is a
distinctive type of Russian beauty
of the pre-Morris Gest school of
Muscovite culture, Carol illustrated.
Tall, dark, regal, she is a COM
plete contrast to another expatriate
OF the Steppes, Jean Walasek. a
girl Of extremely light complexion,
whose eyes reflect the taciturn
vigor of Russia.
Kicking up between these two
girls is Jean Francis, who holds the
distinction of having been chosen
as "Chicago's most beautiful man
nikin." She is decidedly American
and brunette.
Wide-eyed and stamped with
delicacy is Muriel Barr, a beauty
of cameo sharpness. She was chosen
by Carroll because she had the most
lustrous eyes of several hundreds
OF girls who passed before him In
review during recent addition.
Dorothy Gill is a Scot with as
pronounced Highland charm as is
the burr of her tongue.
"All-American" Group.
Beryl Wallace is one of quiet dig
nifty, yet there Is hint Of the siren
in her centrally parted coiffeur. in
her long, slender hands, and her
Du Barry smile.
Marjorie Deanne Is shorter than
the rest, all of whom graduate from
Sandra Jolley, S feet 1917 inches
to Miss Deanne, feet 3l2 inches.
Maxine Gregory is vivacious, A
product of commercial advertise
ment pages in national magazines.
Millions Of readers have seen her
enjoying this cigarette or that COM
modify. She seems to fit into all
sorts Of -talk-the sort of girl
who keeps America spending.
Virginia Courson is the Paulette
Goddard mold-tall. slender. ami
mate, and topped with loose head
dress of auburn.
Jetsy Parker, another Of the taller
girls, is as blond as a Viking. ana
naturally so. Like the others. there
is about her a special attraction.
calculated to please those in all
audience who find some certain
charm missing In the remainder
that line up alongside.
BY their variety Of types. char
acter, figure. height and complex
ion, Carroll contends he has the
true "All-American' group which in
the aggregate reflects the haphaz-
ard tenor Of our time.
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Coming Attractions

KEITHS-Hed Wife" comedy involving Rosalind Russell
Virginia Bruce Aherne and Robert Benchey In
marital affairs is next the schedule following
Girl, Dance"
proaring Western adventure with Wallace
Beery Garlic, Thursday That's
Thursday already cced with red number OF
the date Of Mickey Rooneys arrival for
week of personal appearances.
involving and people who
horses principally OSuvan Robert Young and
Friday Glenn Mlers famed orchestra will
provide the show.
PALACE-The with Henry Fonda taking
left OH, starts
Thursday Gene Teney plays the feminine lead and Jackie
Cooper about in this tale of bandtry the loose
METROPOLTANH Stayed for Breakfast romantic comedy
which Loretta Young and Men Douglas merry rib Com
here Friday for a second downtown week.
COLUMBIA-Mysey Raider timely action drama of ad-
high starts Friday Adventures the high
seas will be Henry Wlcoxen Carole Landis
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any one else. Most Of the time
they dress in street clothes, but for
big previews and the customary gay
parties that follow, their attire is
strictly formal
Douglas Fairbanks, jr., has one
Of the most elaborate private film
rooms in Hollywood. The stage is
concealed behind beautiful panels
in his living room, which slide back
when he presses a button, revealing
the screen.
And Ronyald Colman and his
partner, AL Weingand, own one of
the few outdoor private projection
stages in California. The little
theater is built on their ranch near
Santa Barbara, where Colman likes
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blond elder Bennett sister doeSn' t
deny this.
up to now" she said, my film
career has been foremost in i'm
portance, but the more experience
I get with outside interests the
better I like them. I intend to
enter the commercial field ex-
cluslvely just as soon as my organi-
zation starts functioning up to ex-
pectations.'
The tempestuous Bennett, Inherit
ing from her famous father, Rich
ard, a flair for speaking her mind,
is already up to her neck in side
lines. One in particular, an Or
ganiziation marketing her own
beauty preparations, is doing a
handsome business. Also, she owns
two Office buildings in Beverly Hills
and various parcels of Los Angeles
real estate which she buys and sells
on speculation.
The cosmetics business was really
an accident" Constance said. 1T all
started in a personal selfish way
to find creams that would counter
act the effect of makeup on my
own face. Leaving it on for hours
a day, it naturally clogged the pores
of my skin and impaired my COM
pleXion.
Friends Tried 1t.
II went to a dermatologist, who
suggested that 60 to a chemist and
turn myself into human guinea
pig. I was between pictures, and
thought it would be interesting, per-
haps beneficial. If I did go into the
thing thoroughly. My skin seemed
to be allergic to certain ingredients
in facial cream. The chemist and I
evolved a formula through which
the skin could breathe.
Some of my friends in Holly
wood tried it and liked it. Someone
suggested that put it on the mar
ket. Now, I'm in the cosmetic busi-
ness"
AS matter of record, most of
Evening star., 1940-09-15
Two Swing 1t

Kent Taylor and Jean Rogers have
been signed for the chief romantic
leads in ''Malvina Swings It." which
Lee Marcus, executive producer, will
send before cameras some time this
month. -
Borrowed from Twentieth Cen
tury-Fox, where she is under con-
tract, Miss Rogers has scored heavily
in Brigham Young" "Viva Cisco
Kid"