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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-26

West opened the ten of hearts,
and South thought carefully before
winning the trick. He had four
sure tricks in the majors, and sue
cessful diamond finesse would bring
in five more. But if the diamond
f1nesse lost, a heart return would
knock out his last stopper, and an
attempt to set up the ninth trick
in clubs would allow the opponents
to take the club ace and cash three
heart tricks at once.
There was less danger in attack
ing the clubs instead of the dia-
monds. For then he needed only
three-two break in clubs to estab-
lick four tricks in the suit, with
six top cards in the other suits
There was, of course, danger of a
four-one split in clubs, but South
decided to take care of that in an
other way.
He therefore won the first trick
with dummy's king of hearts and
returned low club. East naturally
played low and South won with the
club jack. But now there was no
longer any risk in switching to
diamonds, and there was considera-
BILE risk of a bad club break if he
stuck to clubs. So South cashed
the diamond ace and returned to
dummy with the spade king to lead
the jack. of diamonds for finesse
West took the diamond queen and
led another heart, but South was
able to take nine tricks before CIV
ing up the lead again.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-26
Contract
By THE EQIIR ACES.

David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D.
Maier. Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen-
ken, worlds leading team-of-four. in
ventors Of the system that has beaten
every other system in existence.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-26
Don't Take NV
Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.

Vase
Noun. An ornamental pessel
for holding foDerS.
In the United States there ap-
parently is feeling that If vase
comes from the e-and-ten 1t is
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23

men from the Los Angeles police
department, so studio firemen
and 200 studio firemen and 200
studio helpers stood ready
throughout the filming Of this Sc
quence in case the fire should
get out of hand. Three 5000gal-
lon water tanks were used to
quench the flames after the shoot
ing. To have filmed every page
of the book with the actual con-
versation and action would have
required nearly million feet of
film, which would take a solid
week to show with the protector
running "a hours a Day. Never
theless, the producers believe and
hope that every well-renembered
scene of the book has been in
cluded, either in faithful trans
cription of the original or in
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23

keeping within the exact spirit OF
Miss Mitcheils work. Cost ac-
countants estimate that in the
preparation Of the film, before
single foot was shot, there were
100000 man hours devoted to pre-
paration. In actual production
there were 100000 man hours.
Seven bales of cotton went into
the $500 costumes worn by the
feminine characters. Ths clean
production-since the State In
du@trial Board requires studios to
clean all wardrobes 9fter each US
age-slightly exceeds $4,000
Thirty-four different carpet de-
signs were used; SO wall paper
designs were hand-painted for the
picture. The American Institute
of Public Opinion known as tha
Gallup POLL" estimates that S.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23
Outstanding Facts
About This Great
Picture Are Given
S5O,OOO For Movie Rights OF
Famous Book Paid. Cost
Lot To Produce.

David 0. Selznick bought the
motion picture rights of "Gone
with the Wind" on July 30, 1886,
for $4,000, the highest price ever
paid for a first novel. The title
is a quotation from Ernest Dow
sons poem about Cynara. The
book, which consists of 1887 pag-
es, had surpassed fifty thousand
copies on the first day of sale,
shattering all existing fiction re-
cords. 1t was begun by Margaret
Mitchell in 1926. Most of the book
had been completed by 1929. In
the succeeding years until its
publication in 1886 much addi-
tlonal work was done in filling in
missing chapters, rewriting GER
tain others and checking the
thousands of historical and other
factual statements for accuracy.
It has now been translated into
Is foreign languages and has sold
around two million copies of
which one and three-quarter mil
lions were sold in the United
States. Of established stars men
toned for the part of Scarlet
O'Hara, Bette Davis, Katherine
Hepburn, Margaret Sullavin, Mir
lam Hopkins, Norma Shearer,
.Carole Lombard and Paulette
Goddard were most prominent.
Oscar Serlin, Maxwell Arrow and
S'Charles Morrison, talent scouts,
conducted national search for a
girl to play the part. Their re-
cords show that 1,400 candidates
were interviewed; 80 screen-tes-
ted; $4,000 feet of black and
white film and $4,000 feet of
Technicolor shot in these tests.
The cost Of the search has been
computed by studio accountants
at $4,000, of which about two
thirds represents cost of the
screen tests. Magnitude of this
figure is apparent by comparison
with the cost of casting the 9TH
er So principal characters, which
totaled 'only" $4,000.
WHEN LEIGH CAST
The burning of the military
supplies of Atlanta, one of the
major spectacular scenes in the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23
Gone The Wnd The Greatest Color Motion Picture Produced

100000 people in this country
alone are waiting to see the pic
ture-the largest potential audi
ence any motion picture has ever
had. A total world audience of
100,000,000 is calculated on the
basis of world returns of pre-
vious Selznick and Metro-Gold-
Wyn-Mayer pictures.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23

picture, was filmed on the night
of December IS, 1888, at which
time David 0. Selznick met Wv
len Leigh, a spectator, who had
William Cameron Menzies, Lyle
Wheeler and the art department
prepared more than 5000 sketch
es, visualizing in full color all the
principal scenes in the picture.
More than $500 separate items of
wardrobe were required to be de-
signed by Walter Plunkett, for
which he had to draw more than
400 sketches. His task was COM
plicated by the historic fact that
during the eleven years covered
by the eevnts described in the
book, mems and women's fash
ions underwent three complete
changes. He thus had to re-cre-
ate not only the fashions of the
hoopskirt era before the war, but
the makeshift models of the pow
erty stricken war years and the
hustle modes of the RECONSTRUCT
ton" period.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23

accompanied his brother Myron,
the well-known talent represen-
tative, to the studio. Struck by
her physical resemblance to the
Scarlet described by Miss Nit
chell, in that she has the green
eyes, narrow waist and pert fea-
lures, he suggested a test. It was
made and on January 16, 1889,
he signed her for the role. To in
sure her mastery of the Southern
accent, Selznick engaged Will A..
Price of McComb, Mississippi, an
expert in Southern dialects, and
Susan Myrick of Macon, Geor-
gia, known as the Emily Post OF
the South to assist her in her
cultivation of it. Miss Myrick was
also entrusted with the job Of
technical adviser in the matter of
Southern customs and manners.
To authenticate all details of the
production historically, Wilbur
C. Kurtz of Atlanta, distinguished
historian and artist of the South,
was added to the staff. Other no
ted individuals to whom credit
must go for exacting chores in
the production are William Cam
eron Menzies, who was given the
unparalleled assignment of pro
duction Designer; Lyle Wheeler.
head of the Selznick Internatio-
nal art department.; Joseph B.
Plat, one of the nations fore
most industrial designers and
head of one of the nations larg-
est designing firms, who created
interiors for the picture; Walter
Plunkett, one of Hollywood's
foremost stylists, who designed
the costumes.
5000 SKETCHES MADE
Sidney Howard worked with
Selznick for almost a year on the
script but died in tragic acct
dent on his Connecticut farm be-
fore he had ever seen a shot of it
on the screen. Even such we'll
known established artists as Les
lie Howard, who plays ASHLEY
Wilkes" and Olivia de Havilland,
who is seen as 'Melanie,"" were
tested before being definitely as
signed the parts. Clark Gable,
borrowed by Selznick from Me-
neutrality-suspicious. also made
costume and makeup tests,
though rarely in the history of
pictures has an actor been such
a unanimous choice of public and
press as Gable was for the role
of ''Rhett Butler" While no ex-
act percentage has been mea-
sured, the dialogue in the picture
is predominantly from the book.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23
FLEMING DIRECTED

Production of the long awaited
film was officially begun on jan
uary 26, 1889. Victor Fleming, the
director, made the final shot on
November II, 1889, the anniver-
sary of Armistice Day.
It is fair to say that this has
been the most important direc-
orial assignment of all time.
Fleming's outstanding skill in pi-
loting large casts through fast
moving plots has been gained
during the motion picture career
that began in 1910. While his di-
rectorial talent was we'll recog-
nized in such productions as "The
Wizard of o." ''Test Pilot, !"
"Captains Courageous" Treas
ure Island" and many others,
nevertheless he will be remem-
bered for Gone with the Wind"
as far and away the most distin-
guished directorial job in screen
annals.
449,512 FEET OF FILM
Approximately 1882 feet of
film were shot, of which 100000
feet were printed. From this
length, most of it repetitive, the
finally edited film has been cut
to 10000 feet. Fifteen hundred set
sketches were drawn; 200 de-
signed and 80 constructed. The
recreated "City of Atlanta is the
largest set ever built, consisting
of So full-size buildings and 1000
feet of streets. The reconstructed
'Peachtree Street" alone is 5000
feet long. :. The amount of lum-
Der that when into the 80 sets is
roughly estimated at a million
feet. Eleven hundred horses, 375
assorted other animals (dogs,
mules, oxen, cows, pigs, etc.,, $50
vehicles wagons, gun-cassons,
ambulances, etc.,, were used. In
addition to the So members of the
cast, there were over $4,000 days
of employment given to over 240O
extra and bit people. The fact
that Technicolor requires expos
ure of three separate strips of
film simultaneously means that
1850 feet of film ran through the
cameras to provide a color foot
age of 100000 feet; Vivien Leigh
worked in the picture for %
weeks with only four days off in
that entire time, making her
had more than forty costume
role the longest in history. She
changes, the largest wardrobe
any player has ever had in one
production. At the "Charity Ba-
zaar" 10000 articles of home
manufacture, most of them gen
timely antique, were offered for
sale. Twenty-Five rare canoes
were bought in the United States
and Europe to be used on Scar
let's dresses.
2 TECHNICOLOR CAMERAS
Seven Technicolor cameras
were used to film the fires of At
lanta in duplicate of the actual
scene of rs years ago. Flames 500 !
feet high leaped from set that |
covered 40 acres. Ten pieces of
fire equipment from the Los An
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23

Truck crops in New Hanover
County, especially beans and Gu
cumbers were badly damaged by
cold weather this spring and are,
not expected to be of as good
quality as usual.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23

The number of American farm
ers participating in tie AAA
farm program increased from 3d.,
100000 in 1884 to approximately
100000 in 1889, a 100 percent
increase.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23

Better quality chicks, as well
as better feeding and manage
'''ont' practices, have enabled Lee
noir county farmers to raise a
higher percentage of their chicks
this year.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23

Because of low poultry and egg
prices, farmers Of Richmond
County are finding it advisable
to Gull their flocks closely.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-23
WHEN LEIGH CAST

The burning of the military
supplies of Atlanta, one of the
major spectacular scenes in the
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-03-07
There Is Some Good In Them
After All

all the bitter criticism that eveed the
States chalk another victory
fight for decency clean The
machine Louisiana has been smashed
that the credit They have lead the
that been waged during the months To
Uncle Sans officers must the credit
tells the interesting
would those good the
would make the world day read what the
of Louisiana have accomplished The
NEW ORLEANS March Sam Jones the govenorship of
Louisiana but he share with Uncle
ering credit smashing United first
ship.
The trinity for reform actually all the by the
uproong the invncb dynasty
the outstanding journalistic
cades.
Using publicity other instruments
finally
machine and planning to finish the job"
Earl X Long defeated standard
and brother OF the slain Huey recognized the his chief
throughout the long, bitter that
ernorhp the he devoted
what he always called the n newspapers than he did
The didn't stop editorial
and thorough Investigations turned leading
subsequent grand jury indictments federal trials
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-03-07
A Dis-United States of America?

these about state trade barriers Most of
feeling
that tariffs and the rest don't bear down
very directly very heavily.
following might happen
this type of carried ogaor rather il
logical extreme
York State of cigarettes
Jersey. through New York City his
which well outside the city limits He by
brought charged with cigarettes
on paid
explains smoke the
city only week anyway besides that
carton out of the for his wife
matter the defendant might end
up by smoking cigarettes City he
doesn't there should be state tax stamps them
On that basis the is held for trial
Fanciful these will be carried that
Well of fact the description of
actual recently brought New York City And
citizen if
the tendency states erect barriers each other
from the mind lightly that they
signals warning Of the coming the nosodistan
when the of this through ooshy
against change
of America"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-03-07
Next President Should Be Liberal and
of Sound Business Judgment

To trends correctly there
of the United States most
assredy their And that is
provided these liberal tendencies are administered
by judgment liberalism in government works
toward progress S all of want
difference between liberalism founded on
judgment iendne both business and labor and
and
y brings and out of
ploymen standard of living and eventual
enough.
people democracy will have
privilege choosing shall head the nation for
years Regardless of that thing
fall will favor liberal policies
who think they turn the nation
doomed disappointment
and defeat Things not turn out that
magnificent opportunity
inc service the of
prosperity greatly desired result needs
of the liberal but who also
judgment With that type OF
head of the nation and with that will with
this would disappear and there would
be employment everyone who wants to work.
evidently change taking the thinking OF the
Republicans by that Stranger
they
they looking that
foolishly their blindness
away little has made The
Republicans they
outstanding of liberal tendencies and colorfu dy
personality again surely that the
will rise tomorrow morning
people of nation thinking of change but
win reacionary That is the plain
writing the wall
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-03-07
THINK IT OVER
FALSE WITNESS.

Among the denominations outlined
by Solomon in the Proverbs is. "A
false witness that speaketh lies and
he that soweth discord among
brethren" GIG.
The politician who "soWeth dis
cord among brethren" uses one OF
the oldest, most despicable-yet
most successful tricks in his roper
tory. In a certain Latin American
country where toy revolutions &C.
cur regularly (Which the writer was
able to observe while spending Q
winter there), this age-old trick al
ways came in handy. A minority
leader would spread stories. scan
dalous and untrue, about leaders Of
the majority parties. The friction
which resulted between prominent
leaders of the majority as well a.
among the people who couldn't tel
what was true and what was false
gave a small rebellious army-per
haps backed by funds from foreign
countries-the chance to ride rough
shod into power.
Today, in our own America, WI
1naVe plague OF tneSe aDOmlnd
tons. Back of each of them is ;
scoundrel who hopes to ride init
power while we brethren are fight
| ing each other. This abominatior
has reached the stage where thu
most Shiny and treacherous meth
DDS of smearing and name-callinl
are being used in an attempt to SOW
discord among us.
The reasons for these false wit
nesses" to speak their lies are nov
clear. We are entering a politica
campaign with issues more vital t
our country than any in the mem
DRY of those living. The determine
ton of the issues to be decided viii
Influence the lives of our children
long after we are gone.
The false witnesses" who are at
tempting to muddy the clear stream
of our national thinking by inject
ling the poisonous chemicals of hat
red, scorn and spleen, hope to be
fog the real issues facing us. In thi
way, they expect to creep into pow
er by befuddling the people
The use of half-truths and in
nuendoes in an election is intende
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-03-07
Says Contributions
Are Much Appreciated

This newspaper is in receipt of
a note from John G. Brown of Hell
|ena, chairman in charge OF collect
ing contributions for Finnish re-
lief, in Montana. He acknowledges
receipt of our remittance and says:
This will acknowledge yours OF
recent date, enclosing checks total
ing S57.45, as contributions to the
Finnish Relief Fund from your COM
munity. Let me, on behalf Of these
unfortunate people, and Mr.. Hoo
yer, thank you and the good citizens
of your community, for their help
fitness. 1t surely is appreciated.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-03-07
BY r. r. STEVENS

to divide the nation. Let us not be
deceived by these false witnesses"
who will hurl accusations about at
random in their sinister attempts
to turn one faction against the 9TH
er, one group against the other. Let
us analyze the significant issues, be
they economic or political, without
recourse to distracting rumors
about irrelevant factors.
But let these false witnesses"
not forget that we are living in a
Democracy composed of millions Of
sensible, hard working men and
women whose traditions of Free
dom will not permit them to be de-
ceived by the hawkers OF lies and
calnmnyl We brethren will stay
united as we always have-ready to
cast out the sewers of discord and
the speakers of lies. Public issues
will be decided on hard facts!
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-03-07
Will Help Make Out
Income Tax Returns

The internal revenue service an
nounces that Frank A. Nolan, dep
uty collector, will be in Kalispell
from March 4 to 8 inclusive, to as
sist taxpayers in filing their federal
income tax returns.
All taxpayers when soliciting help
from a revenue officer, are request
ed to bring with them the blanks
they receive through the mail. And
if each taxpayer will write or print
his name and address plainly at the
head Of the blank in the space pro-
vided for that purpose, it will save
the deputies great deal of time
and be of considerable assistance
in expediting the preparation of the
return.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-03-07
Keeping an Eye on the Ball

hubbub plus the
of aside far important issues WV
all time another this state of affairs IN
operation
likely be the with the National Labor Relations
judgment
keeps eye periodic of the
Act the principal matters relating to it,
aren necessary from time
Here the these matters stand nowadays
appointed the House of Representatives
Board been granted
continue its Investigations Testimony before this Com
number of bias the part of its
amners Qualification of the Wagner Act
fair play for all parties concerned
Meanwhile public opinion throughout the country as shown IN
strongly favor of either
repeating revising the Act
Designed employer and employee the
bterest of industrial
The public we'll
groups economy registered its desire that the Act
this minimum The Smith Commit
whole matter pointing the
to sensible changes.
ordinary them the who
industry country firmly back the
the Wagner Act with close attention
Only through this all Others America
be the public will is not ignored thwared
where clear thinking the part OF the average
of that the fundamentals of
of
the freedoms maintained
Under the
like to the whole American of life strapped
from Irwin Cobb wise American
writer great ut should
temple of oehers merely
to a cockroaches in the basement
Genuine Cobbs statement worth
boring.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-03-07
THE WESTERN NEWS, LIBBY, MONTANA

ended practically all the metropolitan
ing the machine for graft and cynical corruption
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-03-07

II jazz is dying, it is certainly
flinging a wicked last note.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-05
Davies Might
Also Report

When the new semester opens at
the College of Puget Sound. Feb
ruary /. three new hoop players
will enter the Logger school. Two
of these, Bill Mclaughlin and Don
williams are former letter winners
in basketball at Puget Sound,
while Bob Davies. former Stadium
high and University of Washington
athlete has announced his inten-
ton of enrolling.
Bill Mclaughlin, older
brother of Bert who has been
the current sensation at the
Logger school. has been out Of
sports since last summer when
he was laid up with Illness.
Bill was one of the most ag-
gressive players on last years
squad and his fight and shoot
ing are expected to add to the
Puget Sound attack.
Williams was center on last
seasons team, but failed to enroll
in the fall semester and so was
ineligible. Don has been playing
city league ball with Chilla's and
is expected to give Norm Walker
plenty of competition for the
center post.
FINE ADDITION
Davies would be a great addi-
ton to the Logger hoop forces for
the former Tiger star is both a
good shot and a fine defensive
star. There are two factors, how
ever, that may cause him not to
report for the hoop team.
The first is the eligibility re-
quirements of the Northwest Con-
ference which may make him in
eligible because of participation in
athletics at the University of
Washington. The second is that
he has after school work in the
afternoon and may not give up his
job to play the hoop sport.
Friday afternoon the Logger
freshmen will again tangle
with Bellarmine high school
and they will attempt to again
start on another winning
streak. In the first meeting
of the two teams the Loggers
won so to 27, but since then
Bellarmine has begun to move
and the Lions are expected to
give the Logger green boys .
close fight.
Coach Lou Grant is attempting
to arrange a practice game fol
hid varsity in preparation for theil
Northwest conference opening
against Pacific University Janu
airy IL, but nothing definite hal
been decided.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-05
Van Fleet Bumps
Into Court Trouble

eEATTLE-Dwight Red" Van
Fleet. former pitcher for the Seattle
Rainier Baseball club, was knocked
out OF the box yesterday by Police
Judge William Devin.
Van Fleet was fined $25 on .
negligent-driving charge growing
out Of 4 traffic accident Dec. IA
and on failure to pay was COM
mittcd to the city Jail today.
Judge Devin ssid he would stay
there five days unless the fine
were paid.
The pitcher recently signed with
Chattanooga.