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Evening star., 1940-06-02

CAPITOL-Earthbound" the ghost can't west: 430 7:20
pm Stage $3.50 $40 and 905
Benny Rides Again and makes the wild West
wilder: 2. a. 8 and 10 pm
Angels story the hoesses: 425 tbs
1905 pm Stage shows: 3:25, 6:l5 and 9:05 pm.
KEITHSIrene film version of the popular musical with Anna
Neagle: 2, $50 545 and 9:35 pm.
LITTLE-Grand Illusion, illusion being that
away 2:35, 7:25 and 9:55 pm
the elements Dorothy
"a 8 and 10 pm.
PALACE-waterloo Bridge" Leigh in poignant romance
2:20, 4:45, ITO and $40 pm.
TRANs-LUx-News o'clock
Evening star., 1940-06-02
By Bette Davis.
HOLLYWOOD.


I suppose I was always a problem
child. My mother tells me that
when was less than 20 months old
she brought my baby sister home
from the hospital, put her into my
crib and called me in to admire her
AS soon as her back was turned for
a moment, I grabbed Barbara and
lugged her awkwardly to the bigger
bed in the room. There I deposited
her with thud and lisped instruc-
tions to stay there"
know that must have made
life miserable for Barbara many
times. I was always leading her
into trouble and then deserting the
fort while she got the blame. ~
would chase her with caterpillars
or beetles or bugs of one kind or
another, which she feared, but which
I liked to hold in my hands. At Z
I left home. The neighbors brought
me back Once I led poor Barbara
to our grape arbor, which I had
been warned not to do, and both OF
us feasted on green grapes. All OF
this happened in Lowell. Mass.
where I was born and where lived
with the family as long as the
family was together.
Mother went to New York ts
learn portrait photography. We
were put into school in the Berk-
shire Hills. 1t was there I got toe
close to a Christmas tree candle
and had my face so badly burned
that mother feared my childish
beauty" was ruined forever.
Had to Make Good.
At IA I was entered in Gushing
Academy. I worked in school the
atricals there and finally became
conscience stricken because my
mother was working so hard to pay
my way through Cushing. So ]
wrote to her, offering to wait on
Evening star., 1940-06-02
March.

March.
Clifford Odet's Might Music" is
wonderful in every detail but the
writing. Ruth Chatterton returns to
Broadway after Is years and gets a
chilly welcome-play trouble. created
by John Van Druten. Dorothy
Thompson writes play with Fritz
Kortner and it's not good enough
Ernest Hemingway's "The Fifth
Column" starts doing a nice busi-
ness. "Liliom" is revived beautifully
and Ladies in Retirement, after a
long time of making London's black
outs terrifying. survives the trans
Atlantic voyage nicely.
April.
Ethel Barrymore is exciting In
"An International Incident" by Vim
cent Sheean, but nothing else is.
Pauline Lord can't rescue Suspect -
Rogers and Hart have another hit
in Higher and Higher" and Prof.
Wolfert didn't like this one either.
Albert Bein's Heavenly Express"
gets those who like it all excited be-
cause the majority do not.
May.
The first play about the second
World War is Robert E. Sherwood's s
There Shall Be No Night" Alfred
Lunt and Lynn Fontanne help get
it into the big money. william
Saroyans second play Of the year,
Loves Old Sweet Song" is let of
gently. Laurence Olivier and Vivien
Leigh in Romeo and Juliet" are
kicked around by the critics just as
though they were ordinary actors.
Jimmy Durante in Keep on the
Grass" and Victor Moore, william
Gaxton and Vera Zorina in Irving
Berlin's Louisiana Purchase" are
new hits.
War Checkup.
Four plays were what they were
because Of war. Maxwell Anderson
and Ernest Hemingway wrote Of the
Spanish War. The present war was
Robert e. Sherwood's theme and the
present war blew Frederick Lonsdale
out of the drawing room he has in
habited for so long. Mr.. Lonsdale
was the only serious casualty. Prov
ing what? Proving audiences want
and audiences will get flood Of wsr
plays next season-if there Is
season or audiences or plays.
Released By the North American News
paper Allianes.)
Evening star., 1940-06-02
BY Ira Wolferf.
NEW YORK

NEW YORK.
As far as the theater is concerned,
the first season under the second
World War ends today. Was it
good? Was it bad? Well, here is
the history of it, very nearly play
by-play, certainly hit-by-hit. Roll
your own opinions.
Summer, 1899.
Mornings worn for the Federal
Theater Project, killed by Congress
and for Sidney Howard. killed by his
own tractor as an overture to first
act in Europe-Allies killed by their
own Nazis :, The Worlds Fair
Midway features Billy Rose making
million out of "a tiny little wet
bathing suit" inhabited by his future
bride, Eleanor Holm -. Lew Browns
"Yokel Boy" starts out as a head
ache, but it gets enough customers
for aspirin War has the pro-
ducers not knowing which way to
blow up.
September.
The world revives 1914. B'way re-
wives Journeys End It's a flop
and people in Washington call the
business in Europe "a phony war" !"
George Abbott is in a familiar vein
with "See My Lawyer" but not in
the groove.
October.
"The Straw Hat Revue" has feel
ing, but is not felt-at least not
enough for the autumn trade. "The
Man Who Came to Dinner" is the
seasons first big hit. ct has nothing
to do for, against or with the war)
Ben Hecht, Charles Macarthur and
Helen Hayes utter Ladies and Cen
tlemen," but no one pays attention.
Gertrude Lawrence finds a conven-
tional vehicle to carry her through
the season in "Skylark."
November.
George M. Cohan and the. Play
wrights company abandon the late
Sidney Howard's last play Madame,
Will You Walk" out Of town as
being likely to hurt his memory.
TOO Many Girls" by Rodgers and
Hart finds too many customers.
Anyway. Mr.. Wolfert reported that
the orchestra played the score so
loud 1t seemed to be trying to keep
up Its courage. william Saroyan
Evening star., 1940-06-02
Cinema Stars
Want Own
Olynpics
Some of Them Might
Even Compete
AS Athletes
By Harold Hefernan.
By Harold Hefernan.
HOLLYWOOD,

|
Fantastic are some of the schemes
Matched up these midnights around
Hollywood's night haunts, but here's
one that really sounds like a dilly:
This sports-minded community,
goaded by such athletically inclined
leaders as William Frawley, Johnny
Weissmuller and Bing Crosby, is now
excitedly discussing the feasibility
of an "All-Western Hemisphere
Olympics," to be held in Los Angeles
during the summer Of 194l!
A European locale or world wide
participation for the historic Olym-
pic Games obviously being out of the
question (probably for a good many
years., Frawley and his cohorts pose
this interesting query:
| What's the matter with the good
old U. S. A. holding its own Olym-
pics?
Under plans sketched over an ash
smeared tablecloth at the Beverly
Brown Derby one recent night, every
republic on this half of the globe
would be invited and urged to send
a representative team of its most
expert athletes here to contest for
trophies against the best the United
States could produce.
To Link the Americas.
The motion picture industry
struggling as it Is right now to
make something out of the South
American market, would be asked
to get behind the project in a
sturdy financial way.
Such a gathering Of sinews, it is
pointed out, not only would develop
into an eye-filling spectacle and
probably work up keen competition
in many events-but (what appears
most important at this time) it
would tend to help link the Americas
together along a solid thought and
preparedness front.
Hollywood's sport leaders say they
won't quibble If some other city on
the continent proved itself better
suited to hold the meet. They're
merely interested in getting the plan
into action at once.
I'VE mention Los Angeles as the
gathering place." said Weissmuller,
who would be expected to swim his
way to victory in some of the water
events, because ideal climatic con-
ditions prevail here in the summer.
Also, We have two giant athletic
bowls, either seating 100000 persons.
But II interested sponsors in
other municipalities can show it
would be more advantageous to hold
the event in another setting. then
1t would be all right with us. Our
active support would still 60 behind
1t, and, to the best of my knowl-
edge, so would that of the entire
film business"
Hollywood Has Athletes.
Incidentally, If and when the New
World Olympics are held, the pic
ture industry might put into the
field quite few athletes to chal-
lenge the skill and Drawn of all
corresponding, of course, the
Games Committee would overlook
any charges of professionalism
Here's hasty roundup of the town s
sport front:
Striving for top honors in polo
would be team comprising Spencer
Tracy, Daryl Zanuck, Frank Bor-
saze, Big Boy Williams, Jack and
Tim Holt and Walter Wanger.
Equestrian honors would be con-
tended for by troop including Ray
Milland, Irene Hervey, Allan Jones,
Tim Holt, George O'Brien and Dick
Foran. Bob Baker and other West
ern stars-even the aging Tom
Mix-could easily defend the trick
(See HEFFERNAN, Page F-2)
Evening star., 1940-10-31
Many Truinees to Get
Wrong Jobs, Expert So,
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated freSS.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31.-Queric
concerning occupations in draf
questionnaires are unfair to man
selectees, in the opinion of DR.. Keiti
Van Allyn. vocational psychologist
and director of the National Inst
tute of Vocational Research, Inc.
AN effort is being made to a. o
sign men to work in the Army SIM q
lar to their past experience, h
said in an institute lecture. "Bu
three out of five men are workinc
at jobs for which they are not suited
The fact that a man has been
in the wrong work for several years
is no reason that he should be
given the same type of work in the
Army"
DR.. Van Allyn recommended a vo-
cational examination for selectees
which might enable each man to
gain experience and aid him TO
lead a happier and more success
ful life upon his return to civilian
status"
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-07-19
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ed him into parole pardon might this
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The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-07-19

The Convention of the Holbrooks
Benevolent Association will open strict
ly at 9:A.M Monday, July 18th. All
Presidents are urged to be present at
the opening of the Convention. We
AVE much business to att md to and
it will be necessary that we open up
an hour earlier. All financial reports
are to be taken in the first two hours
of the Convention. Several committees
will be appointed to assist the secretary
in taking in financial reports In order
that this part of the business may be
finished by HOO o'clock, so that we
may proceed to other business. Quite
4 bit of new and important business
Is to be transacted in this Convention
and an urgent request is made on each
president to be present or to send
proxy.
II b. A. RECORDS
All presidents are requested tn bring
their Secretary Records of the various
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-07-19

the Convention to come prepared 20
have your individual pictures made
We have arranged for you to have
some nice pictures made for less than
s1.Oo. There is a splendid young man
in our city in the person of Mr.. c.
Randolph Darden who is making quite
reputation as a young photographer.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-07-19
Use fun.ovs NudinoIu to
BLEACH YOUR SKIN
lighter IoveIier, too

Many women who once had dark, coarse,
rough skin. now have smoother, lighter,
c,earet con.plexions, thanks to NADINOLA
BLEACHING CREAM Its medicated in
gtedieut, act 70 aiesch the skin to lighter,
10, eie- h-"e help Loosen b,ackheads Be sure
to ask FOR genuine NADiNOLA; full treat
fr~t,, eniv soc >'.eh money hack guarantee.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-07-19
H.B.A. Convention Il
Convene Monday
and Tuesday July
1890 In Ii. b. A. Audi orium

lotal lodges for special inspection ~
committees that will be appointed 10
examine the records of the local lodges
S2750 GIVEN AWAY IN Pr ZES
We will award $3.50 in cash prizes
for the ten best recirds as kept by
local lodge secretaries. II your HB.A.
record needs sharpening" you should
hurry up. We want to see the ten best
records as kept by the secretaries q
the various local lodges and we would
also like to have the picture of the
local presidents together with those
cords. The prizes to be offered are a.
follows:
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-07-19

Come on to Meridian and first of all
nave your picture made; second en-
courage this young man who is trying
70 DO something for himself and his
race.
! All persons present at roll call will
be given free ticket to the big HBA-
Banquet that will be staged Tuesday
evening at 700 o'clock. We plan fol
i this to be the biggest banquet in the
history of the Association After the
roll is called and the presidents an
swer to their names the tickets will be
gwen them if, however they are not
present they will have to purchase a
! ticket to the banquet.
! Preparations are now being made for
! rs or 100 chickens which will only Se
a starter in this great banquet
/ All trustees of the H B. A. are urged
to be present. The devotional exercises
are to be conducted at $3.50 by the Chap
lain, Rev. J. E. Grace At 900 am.
we proceed to call the roll
The opening sermon will be preachsd
at 12:Oo M. by the Rev e. A. Wilson,
pa2tor of one of our Methodist churches
at Ellisville, Mississippi. Rev. Wilson
is presiding Elder of the Hattiesburg
District He is an outstanding mini
ster of the Methodist Church.
LARGEST NUMBER OF MEMBERS
PRESENT
The local lodges that have the three
highest numbers of members present
above Is on Tuesday, the second day
of the Convention, will be given three
prizes, namely; 1st prize check in the
amount of $3.50; End prize a gallon and
a pint of Fielder & Brooks ice cream;
Srd prize gallon of Palace Drug Store
Ice cream Many other interesting fea-
lures will take place in the Convention
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-07-19
70 HAVE PICTURES MADE

We want all of our presidents, offic RS
,rd member who are going to attend
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20

The Red Sea is remarkable for its coral reefs which extend gen. erally in long strips parallel with the shore.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20
FBI WORKS,
 NEW ANGLE
 OF DEFENSE
German Bund Members Have Been or Are in
 US. Armed Forces

CHICAGO, Dec. 20-Working in strict secrecy. agents of the Fed eral Bureau of Investigation today studied records to determine wheth-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20
MORE SHIPS
 TO BRITAIN
 ARE NEEDED
Many Enemy Graft Tied Up in America May Be
 Given to Service

LONDON. Dec. 20--Great Brit aims Minister of Shipping has cast what he called a "covetous eye on a certain number of enemy ships in the United States and declared the assignment of these and U s. ships to British service. Are the only ways I can see for replenish- ments of any consequences.
 Minister Ronald Kross declared Britains real struggle with Ger many will come in l94l.
 The statements came in an inter- view with the American press.
 Germany has two vessels tied up in the United States. Italy 27. and Denmark. 37.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20

CT or not the German Bund has members in the United States arm- cd forces.
 Some records have been seized in raid on the Chicago headquarters of the Bund. Among the records, according to an investigator for the States Attorney, was a loose leaf book indica ting that 1,50O to 2,000 members of the Bund are in the Army, the Navy, the Air Force or the Marines.
 Federal agents are reported check ing the names in the record against naval and military lists to ascertain whether or not the men listed are now active in the armed forces or have completed service.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20
SHORTEST DAY TO BE
 SATURDAY

The winter solstice will occur at Juneau tomorrow, Saturday, De- cember 21, at 3:55 pm, Pacific Standard Time, when the sun will have reached g degrees and 27 minutes south, the most distant point from the celestial equator.
 The time of sunrise on Saturday will be 9:45 a.m., PSF and the time of sunset at 4:07 p.m., PSF, giving a total possible amount of sunshine for the day of GA hours For sev- eral days there will be apparently slight pause before the sun re- turns on it's no inward journey. During this period. tie times Of sunrise and sunset will change slightly, but beginning with the end of December and continuing 1l:34 a.m., PSF, June 21, 1941, the amount of daylight will increase as the sun creeps along its orbit | from the southern point in the celestial sphere.
 The time of sunrise on Decem- Der 21 at Fairbanks is 9:58 a.m., 150th meridian time, and the time of sunset l:38 p.m., 150th meridian time, giving a total possible amount of sunshine of hours and 40 min- utes at the latitude of GA degrees, 5l minutes north.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20
EARTHQUAKE SHAKING UP
 LARGE AREA
Severe Shock Centers in New England Stdtes-
 Thousands in Panic

BOSTON, Mass, Dec. 20. An earthquake, centering in the New England States and felt in New Jersey in the south and in Mon treal in the north at approximately 2:27 o'clock this morning, shook buildings, causing slight damage but threw thousands of persons in- to a panic.
 Professor Don Leet, of Harvard Observatory, said the earthquake appeared to be the strongest just south Of Lake Ossippee in New Hampshire.
 The movement, strong and vio- lent one, lasted in some sections for half a minute.
 Subsequent shocks have been re- ported all during today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20
ISLAND HOME
 RAzED BY FIRE
Juneau Fire Truck Crosses Bridge to Save Neigh-
 boring Residence

Fire last night destroyed the home of Doc" Taylor on Douglas Island near the end of the bridge, while the arrival of a Juneau fire truck on the scene saved the adjoining residence owned by Taylors brother Tom.
 Cause of the fire is unknown, but 1t was believed to have started about T o'clock last evening. Although a group of Juneau firemen went across the bridge with truck and pumped water from Cowee Creek, the house burned to the ground.
 Neighbors of the Taylors said the arrival of firemen saved the other Taylor home without a doubt"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20

Try a classified ad in The Empire,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20

Try classified ad in The Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20
poIi(eChief 0fFairbanks
 Shoofs Self
George CIondeau Suicides During Night-0Idtimer
 Also Ends Life

FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Dec. 20.-- George Clondeau, 48, Chief of Po- lice of Fairbanks, committed suicide late last night by sending a bullet from his revolver into his head while sitting alone in his office.
 Clondeau had been in port health recently and was very Respondent.
 He is survived by his widow. father by the same name, and son. He had long been a resident of the Fairbanks and Circle districts.
 Another Blow Out
 James s. Huntington, 65, long a resident of interior Alaska, recently residing at Nulato, killed himself by sending a bullet into his brain while on his sick bed.
 Huntington recently came here from the lower Yukon. He is sur vived by two daughters and two sons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20
Axis Powers
 Broaden Fri
 Nation Pad
Commissions Are Now 10 Be Set Up for Military
 Collaboration

BERLIN, Dec. 20. Germany, Italy and Japan have agreed to the appointment of various commissions envisaged in their pact for military collaboration against any new en- emy, in European or Asiatic wars. The action made the pact ''liv- ing organism" declared informed quarters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20
BOOKS AUDITED

Annual audit of the accounts of the Admiralty District Rangers Of- flee is being made this week by Regional Fiscal Officer Ray Ward, Fred Ball and Forrest Fennessy of the Forest Service.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20

Seven percent of the total area under cultivation in Finland will
 be used for rapid colonization of people transferred from areas ceded to Russia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20

The Swiss are so short of fodder this winter that French army horses crossing the border with the defeated soldiers have been turned into sausages.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20
DIVORCE CASE

Suit for divorce has been filed in District Court here by Andree Wierenga, also known as Mrs. Lou Wierenga on grounds of non- support.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20
PAA Liner
 From South

PAA'S Douglas airliner came in from Seattle today with a load of Christmas mail and is scheduled to return southbound tomorrow morning
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-20
MARRIAGE LICENSE

A marriage license has been iS- sued by U. s. Commissioner Felix Gray to Felix Laymon House and Henrietta May White.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-15
Hundred Miles
OF Scenery
Ohonopecosh Road
Opens Sunday

Fer a hundred miles Of awe
inspiring scenery, the new round
the-mountain highway to be off
clally opened June 16. Is recon-
mended. OF all the scenic drives
provided through the cooperation
Of national agencies. this is the
most enhancing Those who have
Travelled extensively in this coun-
try and Europe are agreed that
there are few drives more beau
tiful.
The route includes a portion Of
the mountain highway from Ia
coma and vecrs off through the
fertile Big Bottom country, one
Of the most productive areas in
the Northwest. All along the seen
cry changes from green fields and
rugged bluffs and peaks and back
again. Passing through Morton.
Randle and Packwood there is an
uninterrupted panorama of the
finest scenery
From point on the highway
near Randle. Mount Adams will be
seen on clear day. A little
farther on and the rugged outlines
Of the upper foothills will be seen
for Just moment.
At the Ohanapecosh entrance to
Rainier National park registration
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-15

Sol Due no, Springs. tho heolih
ord pleasure resort. Is situated IN TIE
Olympic nountoins, 40 miles south
OF Port Angeles. Wosh. Here - o
spot where you con fish 10 your
heou', content and come boes 20
bottle in the feifesh,noY heolthiul
voters OF bot springs. There IS olso
hiking, tennis. riding. climbing. hunt.
mo ord doneino. A. the top IS
shown the lodge ord eohin,. There
ore 80 Housekeeping collins with so
OF them modern Dining room
service ord doncino nightly Is oVod-
oble in the lodge In the center
photo is pictured one of fhs Two big
pools. where swimming ~ ooosionflY
ehonoino voter noy be enjoyed, On
eoeh SIDE OF pool Is q both house ~ih
on oiiendant IN charge 70 he left
- the Sol Due 'oIls IN the Sol Due
fNsf. one OF noiUfs'a beouiy spois IN
tho Olympic mouniein,,