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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01

Small farmers in Japan are being
forced to sell their land for NUM-
tons factory sites.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01
Senator Ellender to Speak.

A large crowd was expected to
attend meeting at pm. today of
the Women's National Democratic
Club at its headquarters, 1926 New
Hampshire avenue NV. Senator
Ellender of Louisiana will speak at
the meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01
Hear WiIlkie Speak.

Approximately 100 persons last
night listened to the radio broad
cast of the Detroit address Of Presi-
Dental Candidate Wendell Willkie
at the headquarters of the Willkie
Washington Committee, 727 Fiji
tenth street NV. Arrangements
have been made at the headquar-
tiers also to have guests for the
radio broadcasts of the G. o. P.
candidates Cleveland speech at $50
pm. tomorrow and his Pittsburgh
speech at 8 pm. Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01
Owen and Lusk to Speak.

Claude w. Owen, director of the
Speakers Bureau of the Willkie-
McNary Campaign Club, and Rufus
Lusk, a member of the bureau, will
speak tonight at BIS o'clock at a
meeting of the bureau members at
the headquarters of the Repub-
lican Women's Club, 1901 Seven
tenth street NV.
Evening star., 1940-12-17
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage.
National-"Flight to the West" "
new adventure drama by Elmer Rice,
with Betty Field in the leading role:
$3.50 pm.
Palace-"Tin Pan Alley" Betty
Cradle, Alice Faye and some famil-
lar hit tunes: II am, los, 3:15,
5:25, 7:35 and 9:45 pm.
Earle-"East of the River" sturdy
drama with John Garfield: II am,
lao, 4:3O, 7:15 and 1905 pm. Stage
shows: 1880, 3:35, 6:25 and 9:10 pm.
Capitol Want a Divorce"
marital comedy with Mr.. and Mrs.
Dick Powell Joan BlondelD: II
am, lao and 425 pm. Stage shows:
1855 and $40 pm. Flight Com
mand" premiere: 8:45 pm.
Keith's-"Trail of the Vigilantes," :"
Franchot Tone invades the Wild
West: 1155 am, 1:55, 3:55, 5:55,
7:55 and 9:55 pm.
The Letter" Bette
Davis in the Somerset Vaughan
story: II am, los, 3:15, $40, 7:30
and $40 pm.
Columbia - "Bittersweet," with
Jeanette Macdonald and Nelson
Eddy: 11:20 am, 1:25, $50, $50,
7:35 and 9:40 pm.
Little-"The Bakers Wife" who
runs away and causes crisis in this
bright French film: II am, 1:10,
3:20, $50, TAO and $50 pm.
Trans-Lux News and shorts:
continuous from 10 am.
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asked to change her dark locks back
to blond for her role in "A Girls
Best Friend Is Wall Street" 1t
seems the boys of Wall Street do
not 60 for brunettes.
There are about 20 different stills
of Mrs. William Powell in the win
dow of Beverly Hills newspaper
Office. She is shown in play suits,
swim suits, and in a velvet eve
ming gown on the edge of the desert.
The photographs were taken by
John SWope for a national maga-
zine. There is caption UNDER
meath some of the stills to the effect
that they have been killed" by the
Hays office. The most constant
visitor before the window where the
photographs are exhibited is a smil-
ing William Powell.
Joan Fontaine is a sick girl again.
Her doctor has ordered three months
OF absolute rest. And there may be
another operation. I hope not.
Peter LORE was being interviewed
by tan magazine writer. She was
asking him embarrassing questions.
Mr.. LORE decided to end the inter-
view. He suddenly put his head
on her lap, and rolled his eyes until
only the whites showed. The gal
screamed-and fled.
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his Nazis, whose ideas he finds so
repulsive, have their human quail
Ties, or remnants of them. And his
poor innocent wrecks from the
debris of Europe, for whom he has
such profound pity, are not I'M
recognizably retouched SO as to be
free of human weaknesses.
His despicab]e symbol of Nazi
theology, who remains completely
unmoved when his life is saved by
the American lad of fine Jewish
blood, is not above a kindly lecture
on butterflies to the little Belgian
girl manned by a German bomb.
1t is dramatic trick which serves
Rice's burning indignation hand
somely, without being melodramatic.
In the clasht of the passions
aboard the Clipper, the playwright
has found small opportunity to in
sert comedy passages in the never
ending argument. He has tried hard
to do SO in the persons of the sar-
donic writing female and Texas
OIL tycoon of Fascist tinge, but they
offer small relief from the essential
fury of the flight. When arguing
against racial intolerance, which he
does over considerable area of his
play, or for the eventual triumph
of democratic man, he cannot think
OF a way of making his points
mlrthfully and somehow it is a for
givable lapse. 1t is something about
which 1t is impossible to feel funny.
X X X X
The Playwrights' usual fine Job of
casting is visible through the new
ness of Flight to the West" In
the role of the confused young
American bride, whose life as the
daughter of a diplomat has been an
endless flight from war. Betty Field
is excellent. AS her husband, equally
confused in his shift from adolescent
pacifism to burning anger against
Nazl barbarism, Hugh MarloWe also
is effective. Two others of the prin-
clpals who carry their polysyllabic
theological burdens capably are Paul
Hernreld, as the villain of the piece,
and Arnold Moss as the confused
liberal author who might easily have
been Mr.. Rice himself-or perhaps
Robert Sherwood. The others sue
ceed quite admirably in being the
people the author had in mind.
While he is improving his play
from the standpoint of succinctness
in writing, Mr., Rice also has some
unfinished business as to direction
to attend to.
He won't have to worry, however,
about 10 Mielziner's single set, that
Clipper salon, which wins applause
for the play before any one in it can
say a word.
Evening star., 1940-12-17
Actor Wins Role

Because Of conflicting film COM
mitments, Warner Bros has with
drawn Wayne Morris from the cast
of Knockout" Arthur Kennedy,
New York Group Theater actor, will
play the leading role in place of the
popular young Morris. Olympic
Bradna, Virginia Field. Cornell
Wilde and Anthony Quinn complete
the cast of principals. Kennedy
made his motion picture debut in
"City for Conquest" and was signed
to a Warner contract at that time.
William Clemens is directing
'KNockout."
Evening star., 1940-12-17

action, but through a fascinating
assortment of characters he pre-
sentS a stormy world of clashing
ideas. A tWo-day journey in this
stratospheric grand hotel was high
adventure in more ways than one
to Mr.. Rice last summer ard he has
passed it on dramatically within the
limits of his locale. And, of course,
there always are Western movies and
plays about Hollywood for the
lovers Of non-cerebral action.
\ r. =; <
The slipstream of Rice'S Clipper,
plus 40-mile headWind, is not
enough to blow the poison of
Europe out of the minds of those
in the salon of that Westbound
plane Even the young American
husband and wife are violently af-
fected by the passions Of Europe's
catastrophe Through them, he
states his difficult case that there
is no escape from, nor defeat in,
settlement of the issue whether
man shall live free as a man or
revert to the darkness.
Flight to the West" finds its
story in the interrelation of those
aboard the plane, truly inspired
passenger list. The lot includes, in
addition to the young Americans.
he. Jew. an almost dehumanized
Nazi diplomat, confused liberal
author, an unconfused (although
somewhat alcOhOlic) and acidulouS
female war correspondent a pitt
able Belgian wife and her afro
ciously mutilated family, a Nazi
stool pigeon masquerading as a
White Russian intellectual, the
tragic Jewish wife of an eXiled art
dealer, and snappy and thoroughly
Yankee Clipper crew. TIE collec-
tion might seem bit arbitrary in
normal times, but these are abnor-
NAL, and Mr. Rice had the wisdom
and courage to make none of them
either too black or white. Even
Evening star., 1940-12-17

sweater girl"-to something re-
sembling capable actress. To show
it's confidence, M-G-M already has
pencilled Lana in for heroine roles
opposite Spencer Tracy and Clark
Gable in two forthcoming pictures.
On the set of THE Sea Wolf" at
Warmers, Barry Fitzgerald, the
strutting little Irish actor, opens a
cabin portfolio and water rushes in
to soak him. At the same time John
Garfield shakes Gene Lockhart
roughly to sober him and Edward
G. Robinson (the wolff walks in and
gives Lockhart good beating. Three
separate bits of action in the same
frame.
Nine times something occurred
to necessitate a retake
So, nine times Fitzgerald had to
change clothes and get himself
soaked again.
And nine times Lockhart was
shaken roughly and then beaten up.
Also, nine times, Ida Lupino stood
on the sidelines and laughed gaily
at the actors discontinue.
This is my revenge" she called
to them, "for the way you rough
necks treat me on this voyage"
Miss Lupino Is the lone woman
among % constituencies men aboard
the terror ship in a streamlined
version OF the old Jack London story.
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sation, he is not happy I'm about
to start my sixth picture this year"
he says. And if I don't get vaca-
tlcn soon, I'll go nuts
Jimmy Cagney is a friend in need.
He is fighting for Ann Sheridans
return to the Warner studio. He is
insisting on having her for his next
picture, and this, more than any
thing else, may terminate AIMS
suspension. Nice going, James E.
Dorothy Lamour is going tempera-
mental on her Paramount studio
admirers. She is in state of con-
tinual grumbling over the publicity
chores she used to perform so
willingly. I have a hunch the gal
is overtired. She hasn't had any
kind of rest for the past six months
The police were so busy guard
ing Errol Flynn during his Cleve-
land visit they forgot to watch his
hat, which was purloined from his
cal
Bette Davis eX-husband, Harmon
nelson, Will JOIN ner 1dI1llIy DOdrd
for Christmas dinner. And Holly
wood is hoping for reconciliation
and remarriage. Metro eXecu-
tives are trying to keep this quiet,
but Garbo's forthcoming picture
with William Powell is a remake of
the old German film titled The
Twin Sisters" In it Garbo plays
both halves of the twin combina-
ton. Mrs. Howard Tierney looks
at photograph of daughter Gene
as Ellie Mae" in Tobacco Road"
and exclaims, Il can't believe this
is my daughter" It's a little hard
to find the ex-debutante underneath
the dirt and rags. >. Talking about
disguises, Joan Bennett has been
Evening star., 1940-12-17


Great Lie" George was to kneel and
put them on for her. Instead, he
was tickling the bottom of her feet
and driving Bette to the verge OF
laughing Mysteries.
It didn't look like an auspicious
start for a tenderly dramatic scene,
and Director Goulding told Brent so
in plain language. But when Could
ing went back to the dolly and said
camera" both stars showed their
real mettle. They stopped kidding
and went in for 16-carat trouping.
Interesting, too. Listen:
Remember" says Brent tender!y,
as he slips the shoes on Bette's
tootsies with nary a tickle, "the
first time I ever saw you?"
cat the football game" replies
Bette. softly reminiscent. (No trace
of giggle).
And you had lost your shoes"
And you had to carry me out"
And when you clutched me around
the neck-I said to myself-'Pete,
old boy-you're hooked!"
And Pete, old boy" Bette's voice
was husky with feeling as she
leaned forward and wrapped her
arms about Brent's shoulders-"you
are!"
cut" said Goulding. THAT was
a charming scene"
Well" Brent grinned, "at least it
started off with a lot of kick"
X X X X
I'm "Ziegfeld Girl" Lana Turner
appears to be emerging from her
early rating-that of an eye-filling
Evening star., 1940-12-17
Two Promoted

In a move surprising even to
Hollywood, Warner Bros has given
two young girls the chance for which
all Hollywood aspirants work. The
pair are Joan Leslie and Mildred
Coles.
Joan Leslie, new to movie-goers,
Is now deemed sufficiently accom-
plished as an actress to merit the
leading role opposite Eddie Albert
in Warmers production, Stuff of
Heroes" Mildred Coles native of
Hollywood, has been given stardom
in Here Comes Happiness" which
will go into production Immediately.
Evening star., 1940-12-17
Horton In Sunny

Edward Everett Horton has been
signed for a feature role in Anna
Neagle's next starring vehicle "Sun-
n.y." film version of the Broadway
success which Herbert Wilcox will
produce and direct for R-K-O
Radio.
Horton, currently working in "The
ziegfeld Girl" recently completed
an important part in You're the
One" Previously he spent go weeks
on the road with his own company
in "Springtime for Henry" Last
year he was in Kay Kysers
first picture "ThatS Right, You're
Wrong"
Also in the cast of Sunny" will
be Ray Bolger and Paul and Grace
Hartman
Evening star., 1940-12-17
Flight Command
Premiere Tonight

LoeWs Capitol will present
the hemisphere premiere OF
Robert Taylor in Flight Com
mand" tonight at o'clock. The
presentation of the photoplay
will follow a banquet at the
Carlton. Seats for the premiere
are on sale at the box Office.
Il Want a Divorce" will be
presented today through 4:25,
when the last feature begins.
At its conclusion the theater
will close in preparation for the
premiere.
Walter Pidgeon, who is fea-
tured in Flight Command" is
now in Washington and will be
present at the banquet and ap-
pear at the theater. In addi-
ton, a special stage prologue
will be presented.
Il Want a Divorce" will re-
sumo its showings Wednesday,
the final day of its engagement.
Flight Command" will begin it's
regular showings on Deem
Der 81.
Evening star., 1940-12-17
on Script

Ben Hecht will do the script for
Tonight Is Ours" the forthcoming
Paramount version of the best
selling novel, "Ballerine." Hecht's
screenplay will be based on Lady
Eleanor Furneaux Smiths story of
the romantic ballet dancer and serve
as new kind of acting vehicle for
Lorette Young, who was signed for
the role few months ago
Evening star., 1940-12-17

She has a ter
rife amount of
sex appeal" He
describes h i S
kissing see n e
with her in
"P h ! a d elphia
Story" as, WON
derful! It's the
first real love
S c e n e they've
given me. Up
until now, I've
only been al
lowed to talk
about love" In
spite of Stewart S
nlnurinn nnnNar-
Evening star., 1940-12-17

IuIIlDleS Dy d cast
which is latently
fine could not
conceal the fact
t h a t h e h a S
something i'm
portant to say
which democ-
racy can hear
with hope and
inspiration.
In the linn
tied space of a
trans = Atlantic
Clipper salon,
Mr.. Rice has
found little room
Evening star., 1940-12-17

Profile and His Ex>Mate
Dispute About a Tree
Stewart.De Havilland Romance Fades;
J. Cagney Goes to Bat for Ann
On Contract Row With Studio
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.
HOLLYWOOD.


unless he Immediately the
spirators uprooed from few nights John
tree and he'll fight the through in the country
what he cheer
them back cent oWef they'll wait 80
Stewart bid farewell
Havlland of Katharine
Evening star., 1940-12-17
Cards, These Movie Stars,
But They're Troupers, Too
Bette Davis and George Brent Clown
During Rehearsal, but Filming
Of Scene Finds Them Working
By HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
EnTIvuH0n

laughed nervouy She giggled historically Then sud-
denly eaped from the divan with wild Shrek Quiet yelled
Director Edmund Goudng.
villain case? George George tickling Bette
Evening star., 1940-12-17
Rice's New Play Repeats
Democracy Must Win
High Eloquence of Flight to the West
Makes One Forget Its Wordiness
And Slowness of Movement
BY JAY CARMODY.

Night blacky
Sherwood There Shall Night" Elmer Rice
member of the PayWrgh that thought Plight
the west which opened last night at the National Because he does
eloquent
hope disposed to forgive his dscuvness forget
lacks movement, ignore the pursts'
likely complaint that I,u ,,-
Evening star., 1940-12-17

plailt that it is jour-
IN a first nights natural
Evening star., 1940-12-17

Hepburn, Il can't understand why
people thought her personality cold.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Economic Defense

Strong arguments for the necessity
of making economic unity of the
American nations a vital part of any
defense program against attempts of
Europe's totalitarian conquerors to
extend their sway to this hemisphere
have come from Assistant Secretary
Of State A. A. Berle, jr., and the
American Council on Public Affairs.
Mr.. Berle's address to the University
of Virginia Institute of Public Affairs
Saturday night served to emphasize
the urgent need for promptly putting
into effect this Governments pro-
posal for a giant inter American
trading corporation to handle the
exports from all the American re-
publics, forming a powerful monop-
oily to deal on equal terms with the
dictators' monopoly. The council
made public Monday a report of its
Committee on Economic Defense, on
which President Roosevelt is re-
ported to have based his trading
cartel plan. The council suggests
much more extensive measures, how
ever, including the development of
sources in South America for all the
strategic materials we now import
from other parts Of the world and .
scheme for distribution Of surplus
Evening star., 1940-06-25

standard twenty -one-inch type used
by the Navy, and 1t will put a strain
on our already overloaded produc-
tion facilities to begin manufacture
of the smaller projectiles. Moreover,
the larger torpedoes have a longer
range and greater explosive power.
The proposed transfer of the boats
to Great Britain, by way of the man
ufacturer, differed in no way from
the principle followed In releasing
warplares to the Allies. But in the
case of the boats it has been found
that 1917 statute specifically for
bids such deal when ships are in
volved. OF course, the Navy might
have saved itself this embarrassment
If 1t had taken the Naval Affairs
Committees of Congress into it's con-
fidence on the planned transaction,
for 1t was at the Capitol that legal
aspects of the matter first were ex-
plored. And while attention is
focused on the old law, it might be
well to consider whether it should
not be modified so that the hands of
the administration will not be tied
in just such situation as now con-
fronts the Government. For it is
imperative, in our own interests, that
continuing aid be sent to England
as rapidly as our available resources
permit, provided, of course, that
nothing is released that is essential
to our own protection.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Recalls Words
OF Gen. Lee.

Recalls Words
OF Gen. Lee.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Marshal Petain said in his broadcast:
"Since our victory (22 years ago. the
spirit of enjoyment took precedence Of
the spirit of sacrifice. We thought more
of personal claims than of personal serv-
ice. Our desire was to avoid effort. To-
day we face misfortune"
Yesterday at Harvard commencement
I heard Carl Sandburg say that Freeman
well chose this incident for the last
paragraph of his four-volume biography
of Robert E. Lee:
"a woman whose husband had been a
soldier in the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia brought in baby, boy child. for
Lees blessing. He took the child in his
arms and spoke these sacred words as
he handed him back to her: Teach him
to deny himself"
And Theodore Roosevelt taught by
deed and by word the need of the
strenuous life both for the individual
and for the Nation.
DELCEvARE KING.
quincy, Mass,
June Il.
Evening star., 1940-06-25

out" conscript wealth and men, recess
all unnecessary activities, bend every
effort toward building an American Jug
gernaught. and, in the meanwhile. rem
der all possible aid to Britain (the best
we could do would probably be to con-
voy food, supplies and arms across the
Atlantic). This plan involves the risk of
retaliation by Hitler, but its preaching
benefits appear to discount this risk. At
the head of the list of benefits is the
sheer psychological effect upon the peo-
pie who are already defending freedom
as we know it-France would fight on,
Turkey would keep her pledge and other
smaller nations would join as they did
in the. first World War. A second benefit
would be the opposite psychological ef-
feet upon the aggressorS-the active
opposition of nation with immense re-
sources. A third would be the DELAY
to the conquerors, thus giving us more
time to prepare before engaging in ma
ior warfare-this is an axiom of tactics.
A fourth benefit is the invaluable train
ing afforded our forces in the convoying
operations; the knowledge gained by
Hitler's forces in Poland and NORWAY
was major factor of their smashing
success in the Low Countries and France
no amount of peacetime training is equal
to the smallest amount of actual combat.
To me, the last two benefits standing
alone outweigh whatever risk is in
volved. Unaided, far-fiung vulnerable
Britain may be conquered within a few
months. Should this happen we will
stand alone, the small nations will be
afraid to support us even as Turkey now
hesitates to support Britain, and we
will not even approach the preparedness
of the aggressor.
The other course is that now beins
pursued, aid for Britain (steps short of
armed add and preparation for national
defense, superimposed upon our regular
peacetime activities. The single adj
vantage of this plan Is the lesser risk
OF retaliation by Hitler. It's disadvan-
tages are many the worst of which Is
that years instead Of months will be
required to reach any substantial degree
OF preparedness. In failing to insure a
how OF war materials into Britain by
the use OF armed conveys, we simply
advance the date when we will have to
face the full fury Of Hitler. Capitulation
by Britain involving the possible ac-
QUESTION Of her fleet by Hitler would
practically render us impotent and
defenseless.
JOHN ALLEN MATTHEWS.
June al.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
This Month of Roses

No other June can ever mean SO much
To us, for while fulhllment claims its
own as
With every opening rose. We hear the
OF tortured souls, see age fleeing on
From lovely, old-world gardens where
beauty such
As Keats once Joined to truth when he,
alone,
Pointed the way Of life, holds all they've
known
From other Junes and dies with Hitlers
touch.
This month of roses in a distant land
Yields only thorns for their fulflllment
time
But roots Of gallantry no war lords ouell.
We have the faith that they will vet
:. Withstand
The turmoil of peoples final climb
To wales Of peace where children safely
dwell.
EVELYN NORCRoss sHERRuL.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Mosquito Boots

In view of the ruling of Attorney
General Robert Jackson that it would
be illegal to release to Great Britain
the Navy's new experimental mos
quito" boats, President Roosevelt had
no alternative but to cancel the
transaction. But there is no justifi-
cation for the belief, expressed in
some quarters at the Capitol yester-
day, that this is an indication that
the administration is backing down"
on its policy of giving material aid to
the Allies.
AS retiring Secretary of the Navy
Charles Edison pointed out yester-
day, the present boats, built from
British blueprints, have eighteen
inch torpedo tubes instead of the