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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-09
u. S. CONCERN BUILDING
IA PLANES FOR SWEDEN

LOS ANGELES - vultee Air
craft company today began work
on a $1,000 900 order for LA
swift intercepter pursuit planes
for the Swedish army.
Nine hundred extra men are be-
ing employed to augment the COM
pany's 1900 employees, as result
of the order, it was revealed.
The swift vultees, capable Of a
top speed of $50 miles an hour,
are designed for combat use
against heavy bombers of the type
used by the Soviets in their raids
against Finland. The ships are
armed with machine-guns. a %
millimeter cannon and light bombs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-09
Destroyer Wilson
Leaves NaUy Yard

BREMERTON - The destroyer
u. S. S. Wilson, built in the Puget
Sound navy yard here, sailed We'd
nesday for the destroyer base at
San Diego. Calf, to start active
service with the fleet. The Wilson
was launched last April II and
commissioned July 5. She made
a 10,000-mi shakedown cruise to
South America last summer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-09

1uas anu Sneiis are flowing III
increasing numbers from factorie,
throughout the British Isles. Air.
plane production has been stepped
up steadily. Merchant ships to
bring food and warships to convoy
them are gliding down slipways
Each day finds more men and
more women in uniform. And that
Is only the beginning.
To a foreigner who has lived
with the British through the past
troubled year 1t seems there has
been in recent weeks a quickening
of the national pulse. Not that
there is anything like the crusading
spirit which swept the British en-
pire and the allies to victory 20
years ago. But the British appear
to be finding themselves now after
the first bewildering months of
this bore war"
moral Issue" Emerging
They appear to be warming up
10 a moral issue" such as always
has evoked response in this nation.
Their political and religious lead
ers and King George VI himself
have told them they are fighting
"for Christian civilization" and
against wickedness." This "cru-
SADIE" will be accelerated in the
months to come.
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
lain's spare, unbending figure has
dominated parliament, although he
is now under fire due to dismissal
of War Minister Leslie Hore-
Belisha.
Less than six months ago Cham
berlain still hoped to be remem-
bered as the great prime minister
of peace" Now his answering
aim is to crush Nazi Germany.
This has made it possible for him
to work in apparent harmony with
Winston Churchill, first lord of the
admiralty who formerly was Cham
berlain's most severe critic and
most dangerous rival. Churchill
has been warning the nation
against Germany for years. His
presence in the government is re-
garded as a guarantee that the
war will be waged without respite.
Another apparent guarantee is
Viscount Halifax, the austere and
deeply religious foreign secretary
who obtained a firm grip on Bril-
fish foreign policy after the Mu-
mich conference and has not swerv-
cd from his purpose, though war
doomed ahead.
Led by Chamberlain, the entire
war cabinet is starting speaking
campaign to arouse the "crusad-
ing spirit" which helped win the
World war.
Sunday In September
Such spirit was entirely lacking
that Sunday morning last Septem-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-09
BRITISH WAR HERO
NOW U. 5. CITIZEN

AKRON, O. - A British World
War veteran who was for time
chauffeur and interpreter to Gen.
eral John J. Pershing. is now a
naturalized citizen. Frank Ellis.
entitled to three wound chevrons
and holder of the coveted Victoria
cross, took the oath Of allegiance
before Judge Ray b. Waters.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-09
Vast British Empire
Hitting War Stride
People Didn't Have the Old Spirit
AT First, But Now They're Getting Il
BY WALLACE CARROLL

LONDON-Ihe British empire is hitting its stride
quotation has been changed to say that this
the empire which the back out" ends but
theees the fighting forces of the empire-Austraa New
battle zone.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-29
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Glass Helps
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Find Architectural Service
In Building Is Real Economy
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No Longer 10 Be Regarded o Luxury

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Evening star., 1940-07-01
Athlete Nears
His Goal of
|StardOm
By the Associated Press,

6y tne AS6OCldteu freSS.
HOLLYWOOD.
Herman Brix, TIE famous athlete,
finally has become Bruce Bennett,
the movie leading man-almost
within sight Of his goal of film star
dom.
It's taken MIN eight years, twice
the time he spent in achieving COL
legiate fame in football, crew,
hockey, swimming and track.
..'It's good thing I learned to take
1t, in sports competition, or might
have given up by now," Bennett OBJ
served.
A star athlete at the University
of Washington, Brix broke records
in the javeline throw and shotput,
competed in the 1928 Olympic
Games, and played with his football
team in the Pasadena Rose Bowl.
After graduating, he sold M-G-M.
the idea Of athletic film shorts. Para
mount saw him in these and put him
In a football picture. Then some
one decided he'd be the ideal Tarzan.
At this point, Brix broke his
shoulder. BY the time 1t was healed,
Evening star., 1940-07-01

date-declded he could make a
scene requiring the atmospheric
presence of large number of dogs
without going near the dog rental
agencies that ordinarily supply such
animals at set fee. The Los An
geles dog pound was to be the
answer. He dispatched helper to
the pound and arrangements were
quickly made to take out so mon
grels. The first blow came when it
was found necessary to buy licenses
for each of the strays. That was
bad, yet the studio figured it still
was ahead of the old system.
But when the scene was finished
and the pups were to be taken back
to their old shelter, it was discovered
that city ordinance forbade the
reception of licensed dogs. The
studio had bought tags for the en-
tire lot and was now the legal
owner. A representative of the
humane society was there, also, to
point out that the film people prom
ised to take care of the dogs and
make certain they had good homes.
So, the pooches were loaded on a
truck and taken to the movie lot,
where provision was hastily made
for their keep. The production de-
partment then had $500 letters
mimeographed and distributed to
studio employees, urging them to ac-
cept one or more of the dogs as
home pets. There was practically
no response. The mongrels are still
being sheltered and fed at studio
expense.
X n X X
Orson Welles, the boy wonder
who was expected to revolutionize
the whole movie-making map, con-
tinues to make tests" His most
recent sally in this direction re-
quired his presence before the cam
era smoking a long, perfumed Gig
arctic. Except for the scent there is
cigarette on the market that could
almost meet the Welles require
ment. But it wouldn't do. The test
must be correct down to the slight
est detail. So the studio had Gig
arettes handmade to order. The bill
was $50.
X X X X
R-K-O appears to have hit on a
bright idea for trimming costs. The
Tim Holt series of western pic
lures, which will replace the George
O'Brien features at that studio. will
be shot two at a crack. Wagon
Train" and an untitled successor
are to be put into production at the
same time on nearby locations, and
young Mr.. Holt and the cast will
move from one set to another, with
the same crew and cameras at
tached.
X
That Jack Benny-Fred Allen
radio "feud" will get an amusing
introduction in the picture the two
comedians start soon for Para
mount. The opening title will be
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Returns for Film

Joy Hodges. who tossed aside a
promising film career, temporarily
for marriage, has returned to the
Universal home lot for a featured
role in "Margie," now in production
with Tom Brown and Nan Grey.
Joy, who became the bride, six
months ago, of Gilbert Doorly,
Omaha newspaperman. will sing
the title song. "Margie," in the
picture, fifth of Universals popular
series of films clarifying revived
song hits.
Also joining the cast, which al
ready includes Mischa Auer, are
Edgard Kennedy, Allen Jenkins,
Eddie Quillan and Wally Vernon.
"Margie." based on a screen play
by Scott Darling and Erna Lazarus,
is being co-directed by Otis Garrett
and Paul Gerard Smith, with Joseph
G. Sanford functioning as associate
producer.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Famous Father

When Patricia Peters made her
debut in pictures at Universal, she
was given sendof by her once
famous father, House Peters.
First generation moviegoers will
remember House Peters as dash
ing hero of silent films. One of the
first Britishers-he was a native of
South Africa-to come to Holly
wood, Peters was a contemporary
at Universal, of such luminaries as
Lon CLANCY, Herbert Rawlinson
Eileen Percy, Colleen Moore, Will
liam Desmond, Frank Mayo and
Laura La Plante.
Peters came to prominence in 1922
with his work in Human Hearts. u
Other notable films in which he
starred include The Storm Raj
fles," Counsel for the Defense"
Combat" and Prisoners of the
Storm"
Daughter Patricia gets her start
in Junior G-Men," which stars the
Dead End Kids and the Little Tough
Guys.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Lives This Time

The Cagneys, O'Briens, Bogarts,
Robinsons and Rats are celebrated
as the toughest men in Hollywood,
but they can't hold a candle to the
sinister career of a smiling, self
effacing little japanese namd Tetsu
Komai.
For the past 18 years, in pictures
too numerous to count, Tetsu has
been an Oriental menace. There
have been many Oriental menaces
in Hollywood. Tetsu has been most
Of them.
In Bette Davis new Warner Bros
picture, "The Letter." he is the head
house boy, a thoroughly bad egg
But he reported for work blander
and happier than usual.
my little boy, he - year old. He
like to see his daddy in all pictures
but in end I always am kill. Little
boy cry. But now little boy will be
happy. I am bad man in this pic
ture, but, for first time, I am not
get kill"
Evening star., 1940-07-01

bounding trolley" in the first act
of the current "A Black Sheep" was
designed by j. Gordon Dahlem, the
Roadside's electrical wizard To
prove he's a wizard, the drink-bear
ing contraption has not once
hesitated-yet.
Education Department: The Blue
Ridge Y. MY. w. C. A. Graduate
College has engaged Irene Fussler,
of the faculty of the Carolina Play
makers Workshop of North Carolina
University, to head six-week
drama course for summer vaca-
TONERS. On the cool mountain
campus near Asheville, on the edge
of Smoky Mountain Park, you who
are interested can mix swimming,
hiking, riding and sundry other
sports with instruction in acting,
directing, staging, speech, makeup
and play writing. The course runs
from July % to August 80 and
Louise Proctor Engle, 1921 North
Abingdon street, Arlington, Va,
can tell you more about it.
Incidental notes:
Roadside reports 1t is getting
repeat customers for "A Black
Sheep" The repeaters arrive to
catch the last act, just to hear
"Bibby" Osterwald sing Il Don't
Care"
That question about the signifi-
canoe OF the M. in M. Forney Reese's
name did get results, but not from
Forney. A friend lunched with a
woman who knows Forney's mother.
He returned with the report that
the M. is for Meredith.
Evening star., 1940-07-01

Johnny Weissmuller had appropri.
ated the loin-cloth.
Obtaining a contract with Colum-
bia studio, Brix changed his name
but not his luck. All he could get
were bit roles. But at last he's
been made leading man, in March
of Crime"
Sports Writer Grantland Rice once
called Brix Americas greatest ath-
lete. Now the actor is playing love
scenes with the journalists daugh-
ter, Florence Rice.
Any romantic possibilities there?
Hardly. Both Bennett and Miss Rice
are married-and not to each other.