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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-06
Studios Now Tone Down Export Versions
To Save South American Exhibitors

actor I'D been working steadily
fer several years md had depoz-
it'd quite = lot q cash. Yet. when
ne began : picture IN another iot
the other day. Re had 70 borrow
eating money fer he week And
h xife's family are weaithyl
ONE ron
JEANETTE
JEANETTE MCDONALD and
- Nelson Eddy are oo-ztarring IN
"Bittersweet. Recording : song
for the picture. Eddy Eargled =
couple Of notes and spoiled = take.
Where's Allan Jones = asked
". 5. Van Dyke. the director. Is
he busy right now :"
Maybe We could get him said
Miss Macdonald. But how about
Lawrence Tibhett I'm SURE
Now you've got something"
exclaimed Eddy. snhbett and
Grace Moore - the perfect team
for this PICTURE"
THERE'S a strong indication Of
1 the new order Of practical
pieture-makine IN move BY
Warner Brothers which viii be n
local sensation: The studio II
going to fire Paul NUM- and Dr.
rector William Dieterle. This Is
not mere refusal TO renew con-
facts. The stellar actor and diree-
tor are being ousted before their
contracts have expired and will be
given settlements.
Both men were regarded as too
doggoned srty and argumentative
and temperamental. Mum always
raised Cain about his scripts and
has insisted on changes which
hurt his pictures at the box office.
Currently he has been making
trouble about High Sierra" Stat
ed for his next flicker. Dieterie
has refused to direct numerous
stories, and in turn has fought
for stories which the studio didn't
like.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-06

prominent actor whose wife re-
Gently left him with the intention
of suing for divorce. With the
breaking up Of their home. says
the actor. his mother-in-law agreed
to take care of the details of clos
ing the house and paying off the
servants. So he gave her a signed
check with the amount blank
and she took his entire bank
account.
Until recently, when he went
off contract at one studio, the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-06
Irene Dunno and Cary Grant
Star al Beverly Tuesday
MY Fovoriie Wife" Tops New Bill
- Rorovic's Broadway House

Irene Dunn md Cary Grant. Who made their first %
starring appearance n The Awful Truth. Their
sfrans talents for ne sophisticated marital
edy Nv Favorte Wife, which opens return engagement
Tuesday
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-06
When the Cannibals Arrive,
The Honeymoon Is Over
: Dinner Time Brings Bad News to
Fomous Explorer and His Bride

The bride normally expects her honeymoon to be a
memorable one but pretty 0sa Johnson anticipated
anything like the harbreadth escape from death which
hghlghted her own honeymoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-06

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-06
BROKE HOME
AND BANK

TINE colony is chuckling at the
L frankly told difficulties of a
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12

ROME, Dec. IL. (UP)-Italy is
throwing huge reserves of troops
and arms from Libya into the
fighting in the Egyptian desert, it
was reported today as the high com-
mand announced that fighting of
the fiercest sort was going on west
of Sidi Barrani.
Tanks, artillery, picked desert
units, have been thrown into the
battle on the Italian side, according
to dispatches from Benghazi, in an
attempt to re-eStablish communi-
cations between Bugbug and Sidi
Barrani which the British had cut
in their drive. Italian airplanes
were reported to have cooperated
with artillery in aiding Italian
counter-attacks against the British
advanced units.
Regulars, Italian Blackshirt Fas-
cist militiamen and native Libyan
troops are among reinforcements
sent to the front, it was reported,
to challenge the British in the Bug
bug region.
Special desert squads among the
reinforcement are motorized contin-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12

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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12
Berlin Announces
Submarine Victory

BERLIN, Dec. II. UP)-One sub
marine has sunk four merchant
ships totaling 10000 tons from a
British convoy and the remainder of
the convoy was dispersed, the high
command said in a communique
today.
Yesterday and last night German
planes successfully" attacked towns
in South England and the Midlands.
The official German news agency
reported that the raiders set great
fires in oil tanks at the mouth OF
the Thames.
The high command said British
planes last night attacked German
occupied territory and towns in
southwestern Germany, causing
fire in the boiler room of a small
factory. A Frenchman and Belgian
were killed and several persons were
wounded in occupied territory, the
communique said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12
British Believe $4,000 Italians in
Eqyptian Military Trap Captured

LONDON, Dec. II. (UPo-British
military quarters said today that
the greater part of two italian divi-
sions-28,OOO to $4,000 men-were
believed to have been bottled up
and captured" near Sidi Barrani.
The admiralty said the British
Mediterranean fleet was shelling
italians fleeing from Egypt into
Libya.
IF our hope proves we'll founded
a big stock of Italian war material
which has been accumulated at Sidi
Barrani since Sept. 18 becomes a
gift, an ample gift even if not freely
offered to our forces" the military
quarters said.
Three Italian generals captured
by the British in taking Sidi Bar
rani were identified as Sebastiano
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12
Germans Pick Out Great
industrial City for Raid

LONDON, Dec. II. CUP)IGerman
planes rained incendiary and ex-
plosive bombs and flaming oil con-
tafners on Birmingham, in the heart
OF the industrial Midlands, hour
after hour during the night in a
resumption of their total-destruc-
ton raids.
It was the second Blitzkrieg raid
for the great Midlands city. The
first was on Nov. 10, five days after
the bombing of Coventry had in
augurated the new method of war;
fare.
A big force of heavy bombing
planes attacked Birmingham and
the surrounding area for hours last
night and again, on a smaller scale,
in the early hours of this morning.
Damage was severe in Birming-
ham city and other places in the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12

Gallna, a corps commander, ana
Amanda Pescatore and Gen. Mez-
zari, divisional commanders.
The admiralty in its communique
said:
THE Royal navy continues to play
it's part in disorganizing the Italian
retreat in North Africa. Both heavy
and light units of the Mediterran-
can fleet continually are harassing
Italian communications. Our ships
have heavily bombarded the focal
points of the italian retreat at Sol
lum, near the Egypt-Libyan from
tier, and at Bardia on the Libyan
coast"
"a marked feature of the western
desert operations has been the
close cooperation of the army, the
navy and the air force military
quarters said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12

area. Churches, schools, homes and
business buildings were blasted. Cas-
ualties were heavy. But it was indi-
Gated that the raid at no time ap-
preached the fury of some others,
or gave any sign that Hitler had
decided to make good his threat
that Britain would now get harder
and harder blows each night.
The early raiding waves started
fires with showers of incendiary
and oil bombs. Succeeding waves
dropped explosive bombs. All fires
were put out before midnight, how
ever, and it was indicated that no
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12
Italy Throws Huge Reserve Corps
Into Desert Fighting Against British

gents, using armored cars mounted
on four balloon tired wheels and
equipped with rapid fire machine
guns for the crews of two men each.
(The high command admission
that fighting was going on west OF
Sidi Barrani, and the Benghazi re-
ports that reinforcements would at
tempt to restore communications,
seemed to imply that Sid had fall
en-, as the British announced We'd
neSdayO
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12

serious fires were started when the
raid was resumed this morning.
Townspeople were trapped in
wreckage in at least four places in
the Birmingham area, but the cas-
ualty list was believed relatively
small considering the scale of the
raid.
An east Midlands town reported
the heaviest raid which that area
had endured in some months, but
here, it was said, though the Ger
mans attacked for hours, most of
the bombs dropped in ploughed
fields
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12

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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12
INDUSTRIALfST BUYS
PHOENIX PROPERTY

PHOENIX, Dec. II. UP)-Pur-
chase by Ebert H. Neese, Belt,
Wis, industrialist, of 40 acres cf
farm land near Phoenix was an
nounced today Neese said he would
use the property as ranch 10
raise Tennessee walking horses.
The transaction was reported to
have involved $4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12
MORGENTHAU DENIES
LOAN TO SPAIN

WASHINGTON, Dec. ~. CUP)-
Secretary of Treasury Henry Nor
genthau, jr., today said he had
never heard about proposals that
a $l00,000,000 loan be made to the
Spanish government and did not
expect to.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-12
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Evening star., 1940-12-22

stations, and for them to have to
pay fees in respect of this small
share was unfair"
GAS a result" Mr.. Buck continued,
"a. S. C. A. P. determined that when
it came time for renewal of agree
ments, this situation would be
remedied by placing the burden
where it really belonged-'at the
source'-and we determined to be
no longer impressed by specious
arguments that radio was an infant
industry and needed special con-
cessions from the song writer's
Under the proposed new con-
tracts, according to Mr.. Buck, the
radio stations would pay s1,600, 900
less than in 1899, with the smaller
stations in particular benefting
THE howls are coming from the big
networks, who for the first time
are asked to give us small share
of the profits they make from our
music" said Mr.. Buck.
Broadcast Music, Inc, was or
ganized by the broadcasters when
it became apparent that settle
ment of contract differences with
A. S. c. A. P. by January l was
highly improbable. B. M. rs pur-
pose, of course, is to create a sepa-
rate, and non-A. S. c. A. P, music
library for the broadcasters. This
is being done in three ways: Cd pub
fishing songs by Independent au-
thors and composers, particularly
songs Of the popular type heretofore
published by A. S. G. A. p. pub
fishers; ca buying catalogues of es-
Evening star., 1940-12-22

these contracts individual radio sta
tions, instead of paying blanket S
per cent of gross income as at pres
ent, would pay a percentage based
on volume of income; stations which
gross under $4,000 a year would
pay per cent, those crossing more
than $4,000 and less than $150,000
would pay per cent and those
crossing in excess Of $150,000 would
pay the present per cent.
And more radical still, from the
standpoint of the chain broadcast
ers, is the new contract A. S. C. A. P.
proposed for networks, which, as
networks, are not now required to
pay for A. S. c. A. P. music-the
payments being made entirely
through individual stations. A. s.
c. A. P. suggested that, beginning
January l, the networks pay 712 per
cent of their gross incomes for use
of A. S. c. A. P. music. The broad
casters charge that the objective of
the new A. S. c. A. P. contracts is
to create rift in the ranks of the
broadcasters by Turing the smaller
stations away from BMI through
reduced rates.
In reply, A. S. C. A. P. maintains
that its proposal to collect the high
er percentage from the networks
or "at the source" is the result OF
criticism that has been leveled at
A. S. c. A. P. by independent sta
tions throughout the country.
The independent stations, accord
ing to Mr.. Buck, pointed out thai
at the source a fee of say, $10,'
900 was collected by the network, but
of this only a very small amount
! was apportioned to the independent
Evening star., 1940-12-22

They may even appear as single
star.
Nativity Recalled.
The proximity of these two bright
planets is part of triple conjuga-
ton that last took place 258 years
ago. The great astronomer Kepler
was so impressed by conjugation
of the two planets in 1904 that he
figured back and found that in the
year generally accepted as that OF
the Nativity these two planets not
only were close together as at pres
,ent, but had been joined by the
planet Mars to form an extraordi-
nary sight in the sky.
Throughout history comets have
been among the most terror -inspir-
ing objects known to man and have
been associated with all sorts of
tragic events.
The most celebrated of all is Hal
ley's comet, the visitor of 1910, named
for the English astronomer and
friend of Sir Isaac Newton who cal
culated its orbit and predicted its
return. It has appeared Is times
since IL BE-, when it was first re-
corded. The last visit was in 1910,
when its tail actually brushed the
earth. Even then the event stirred
much apprehension and there were
many predictions that the end OF
the world was at hand.
Throughout history the return OF
this comet has aroused terror. Thus
1t was described in 1928 by the
French surgeon, Ambrose Pare, one
of the most learned men Of his gen.
Grafton: "This comet was so hor-
rible and it produced such terror
in the vulgar that some died OF feaI
and others fell sick. 1t appeared to
be of excessive length and was o1
the color of blood. At the summit
of it was seen the figure of a bent
arm, holding in its hand a great
sword as if about to strike. At the
end of the point there were three
stars. On both sides of the rays o1
this comet were seen q great num-
ber Of axes, knives, blood colorec
swords, among which were q great
number of hideous human faces
! with boards and bristling hair"
Evening star., 1940-12-22

has dominated the music publishing
field since. It is described by Mr..
Buck as an unincorporated, entirely
voluntary, non-prof1t association Of
composers, authors and publishers OF
copyrighted musical works. It's
chief functions, according to Mr..
Buck, are to protect the legal rights
of its members, who as individuals
might be helpless to protect them
selves from piracy of their works,
and to license non-dramatic per-
formance rights under musical copy
rights of the members of the society.
Prior to the advent of radio, prin-
cipal purchasers of licenses to play
A. S. G. A. P.-music were motion
picture companies, restaurants. no.
tells, theaters, dance halls, etc. Song
writer's and publishers obtain in
come, too, from sales of sheet music
and phonograph records, but these
outlets can be handled independ-
emily of A. S. c. A. P.
Incidentally, A. S. c. A. p charges
that radio playing of music caused
a great decrease in sales of sheet
music and phonograph records. The
broadcasters counter by declaring
that, on the contrary, radio has
served to stimulate the music busi-
ness. This disagreement is of little
consequence in the present con-
troversy, save as background fac
tor to the broadcasters' allegation
that A. S. G. A. p obtains too large
proportion Of its income from
radio.
The broadcasters point out that in
1881 they paid A. S. c. A. P. $939 500
only about $275,000 more than did
motion picture companies. In 1899
Evening star., 1940-12-22

Some time earlier, it is related by
the French astronomer Amedee
Guillemin, "the Mussulmans with
Mohammed at their head were be-
sieging Belgrade, which was de-
Tended by Huniades, so-called 'ex-
terminator of the Turks Halley's
comet appeared and the two armies
were alike seized with fear. Pope
Calixtus III, himself struck with
the general terror, ordered public
prayers to be offered up and
launched an anathema against the
comet and the enemies of Christen-
dom. The Franciscans brought 40,-
900 defenders to Belgrade. The bat
tie lasted two days without inter-
mission. The F'ranciscans, without
arms, crucifixes in hand, appeared
in the foremost ranks of the de-
tenders, invoking the exorcism Of
the Pope against the comet"
The same comet was considered a
good omen by William the Con-
queror when he invaded England.
When this comet appeared in
1852 the English astronomer HALEY,
friend of Newton, calculated that it
was identical with the great comets
which had appeared in 1856, 1928
and 1907. Since the intervals be-
tween these periods had been about
rs years, HALEY concluded that this
was the time of the objects revo-
luton in its orbit and predicted that
it would again return about the
year 1758.
As this was the first comet whose
return had been predicted. when the
time for its expected appearance
approached there was much specu-
| lation. It arrived about 80 days
late, but the discrepancy was ac-
counted for because of the attrac-
tions of Jupiter and Saturn, which
were pulling it slightly out Of its
orbit. It has appeared at approx
| mately 76-year intervals ever since
and is due to make its next visit in
| 1886.
One by one the various supersti-
tions associated with comets have
disappeared. Some still remained
to be cleared up-such as the world
wide fog Of 1888 which accompanied
the coming Of naked-eye comet.
Evening star., 1940-12-22

Executives of A. S. c. A. P. have
consistently refused to deal with us
on a per program basis of pay
ment when music is played" said
Mr.. Miller. They insist that
broadcasters pay percentage OF
their entire revenue, including that
which they receive from the sale
of time for news, dramatics, sports
and other non-musical programs.
A. S. c. A. P. has virtual monopoly
on radio music, and its leaders want
to continue this domination. Fur
thermore, they demanded higher
percentage payments that would
cost broadcasters about $4,000,000
more in 1941."
Gene Buck, president of A. S.
c. A. P, views the matter another
way. The sole ISSUE" he said, "is
whether the radio chains will be
permitted to complete their monop-
oily of the air by getting control OF
music. They already own the
artists bureaus, concert bureaus,
lecture bureaus, recording compa-
nies, transcription companies, tele-
vision and principal radio stations.
All they need is music. To forge
this final link, they have organized
their own publishing firm, Broad
cast Music, Inc, and starting New
Year Day, the only musical COM
positions to be heard on the net
works will be the tunes put out by
this B. M. I. along with music that
is more than Sc years old and thus
can be had free
The expiring A. S. c. A. Pm. A. B.
contract, dating back to 1885, is
an extension of an agreement
reached in 1882 under which the
broadcasters agreed to pay a. fixed
fee for use of music on sustaining
programs, plus a fiat percentage
rate on their gross receipts from sale
of time. A 5 per cent rate has
prevailed since 1885.
Founded in 1914 by Victor Herbert
and a group OF his contemporary
writer's and publishers, A. S. c. A. p.
Evening star., 1940-12-22

This great fog of 1888 commenced,
according to contemporary records
collected go years later by the direc-
tor of the Paris observatory, on the
same day simultaneously over most
of the earth.
"It extended" he records, from
the northern coast of Africa to
Sweden and was observed over most
of North America. 1t continued for
more than a month. The air, at
least in the low regions, did not
appear to be its vehicle, for at cer-
tain points the fog came with the
north wind and at others with the
east and south winds. Travellers
found it on the highest points Of
the Alps. The abundant rains which
fell in June and July and the strong
est winds did not dissipate it. It
was accompanied by disagreeable
smell. The most distinguishing prop
erty which it had from other fogs,
which are generally very damp, was,
from all reports, its dryness. FL
nally it seemed to be endowed with
a short of phosphorus virtue, an
inherent light of its own. I find in
the narratives of observers that
it shed even at midnight a light
which compared with that of the
moon at full and was sufficient to
show objects distinctly $50 feet
away"
The astronomer, M. Arago, did not
himself believe that this strange fog
was due to comet. Earlier that
same year." he says, there were
frightful earthquakes in Italy,
which entirely turned the country
inside out and buried above 10000
inhabitants under the fragments of
| fallen mountains Later that same
year Mount Hecla in Iceland expert
enced one of the greatest eruptions
recorded in history. New volcanoes
were even seen to arise from the sea
at considerable distance from the
island.
Is it then very astonishing that
amidst such disorders of the ele-
ments gaseous vapors of an un-
known nature should have pro-
ceeded from the bowels Of the
J earth?"
Evening star., 1940-12-22
By Thomas X. Henry.

This Is the year OF the comet.
Shortly after Christmas the
strange celestial visitor will be Wis
ible in the western sky near sunset.
For the first time in 80 years it will
be possible to witness such an OBJ
ject, still considered over most OF
the earth as an omen of evil, with
the naked eye.
1t is likely, in fact, that its Co.
000, ,000-m -mile-long tail actually will
swish the earth. This grotesque
monster OF the heavens was de-
tected first three months ago by
Leland E. Cunningham, graduate
student at Harvard University, more
than 2O0,0O0,000 miles away, but ap-
preaching at terrific speed. On
January 13 it will pass very nearly
between the earth and the sun. The
nearest actual approach to the
earth will be about SIS ,000, 900 miles
Just within the range Of the great
stream of dust and gas which con-
stitutes its tail.
Even a half century ago this
might be considered as threat OF
doomsday. Now, astronomers are
confident, nobody on earth will ever
know the difference. This tail is
so tenuous, compared to the earth's
atmosphere, that it cannot possibly
make any change in the chemical
composition of the latter.
Just such an object at this time
of the year, says Prof. William H
Barton of the American Museum o1
Natural History, may have been the
Star Of Bethlehem.
1.-THE appearance Of a comet ir
the sky" he says, always has stirred
the imaginations of men. In 4 BIC
there was a comet recorded by the
Chinese to have been visible for II
days and this may well have beer
the "star of the wise men,"
On the other hand, says Prof
Barton, there is another celestia
phenomenon visible this month
which can be interpreted equally
well as the bright star which restee
over the manger at Bethlehem. Jus
now in the southeastern sky shortly
after dark the planets Jupiter ant
Saturn are shining close together