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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
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, a musician. One year ago. Myra,
freshman in high school, came to
Bryon d. Blumentl1al, her present
instructor. for lessons. He tested
her voice and accepted her. Weekly
he would have her run the scales
and he found gradually her voice
could follow higher and higher.
Three months ago she reached
two octaves above high c.
Myra hopes some day to become
an opera singer. She Is studying
French and Italian along with her
other subjects.
Invariably when people hear me
sing such high notes they ask if it
doesn't hurt my throat" she said.
TT doesn't. and feels no different
than singing lower tones"
Myra speaks In a low voice and
sings without effort a range Of five
octaveS on the piano. In the cper-
attic world, highest vocal note is F
sharp, above high C, which is
reached by Lily Pons.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24

went places not frequented by the
flicker colony's know-it-alls.
One evening, driving along.
Shaw said, wOnderingIy, 'You may
think it's funny, but I'm I'm love-.
':NOw that yOu mention Il" said
Miss Turner, II am tool"
They went into . drug stoEe and
telephoned for an airpIane to take
them to Yuma.
The rumor specialists were build
ing up a torrid romance between
Bill Powell and Loretta Young when
he married Miss Lewis. dane Bryan
prominent In her newly-won star
dom, was supposed to be In love
with a fellow Warneri.e. Eddie Al
bert, when she staggered Hollywood
with a wire that, as Jane Dart. she
intended to give up her career.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
STRAND

Ending this evening at the popu-
lar Warner Brothers Strand theater
is Charles Laughton in 1.-THE
Hunchback of Notre Dame: also
City Of Chance" with Lynn Bari
and G. Aubrey Smith is the feat
ured roles.
And then starting tomorrow
afternoon for an engagement OF
three days the Strand management
will present theatergoers with the
stirring story of Stephen Fosters
life when the technicolor production
!, "Swanee River" flashes across the
y SCI cen at the theater.
Starred in the leading roles are
Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds and AL
Jolson and in the supporting roles
!, are Felix Bressart, Chick Chandler,
Russell Hicks, George Reed and the
:, Hall johnson Choir whose render
mHs of the Foster songs are men,
or&ble indeed.
Those who view the offering will
. leave the theater with ears ringing
with the melodies that seem to eX-
press the very heart of America
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River, "Old Black Joe," my Old
= Kentucky Home" "De Cainpton
" Races" "Jeanie With the Light
Brown HAIR" "Ring, Ring de Ban
TO-" and ooh! Susanna
= Don Ameche plays Foster just as
,. he was-sweet and tender, head
strong, inspired and emot:onally un-
:, stable. AS Jane, his sweetheart and
later his wife, Andrea Leeds is q
proper inspiration for some Of our
great music, AL Jolson puts the role
of Christy, the blackface minstrel
) with humor and vigor unparalleled
In his long career.
" Included on the same program as
V the co-feature is an excellent en-
! PERTAINING film Heaven With A
RBarbed Wire Fence" which con-
%.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24

By NEA Service
Pittsburgh = The elderly man
swung around on the piano stool. He
smiled and his fingers touched the
keys, running the scales.
The little girl beside him hesi-
tated, opened her mouth and sang.
Lightly she followed the tones Of
the keys. Higher and higher she
followed until his fingers reached
the last note on the keyboard, two
octaves above high c. Her voice
matched the key.
That's a regular performance for
Myra Weiner, 14-year-old Pitts
burgh girl who is astounding musi-
clans.
John Fielder, a former member
of the Pittsburgh symphony and
well-known flute teacher of Pitts
burgh for 20 years, declared:
TITS amazing. have never heard
anything like this. Her voice has
piccolo range"
Myra Is he daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Nathan Weiner. Neither is
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
Movies Playing
Today


Ending tonight at the Warner
Bros. State theater Is Rudyard Kip
lingis The Light That Failed; also
Zane oreyis knights Of the Range"
with Russell Hayden and Jean Par
ker IN the leading roles.
Machine Is your time for the laff-
time Of q lifetime and tomorrow
win be the righttime to see Mae
West two-tiEne w. c. Fields in the
hilarious film hit MY Little Chick
adee" which headlines the grand
double hit show opening q four day
engagement at the State.
X0u'n howl with hilarity and
scream with excitement as Mae and
Bill, together for the first time ON
the screen, display their highly col
Ogful and distinctive personalities
in what Is unquestionably one OF
the most riotous entertainments to
come out Of Hollywood in some time.
In clevefly cOncocted story set
against the picturesque background
Of the 1850 frontier, the curvaceous
Mae and the Bulbous-nosed Fields
cover themselves with new glory in
roles custozn-tailored to their re-
Spective talents.
Mae is seen as glamorous big
city belle who stirs up q mess Of
trouble when the boys Of the wild
and woolly frontier start to vie for
her affections. Among ''the boys"
is Fields, medicine man and card
sharp, who Is completely captivated
by Mae and strives throughout the
film to claim her for his very own.
One Of the strongest supporting
casts Of the year was assembled for
the production. A partial list of
players includes such favorites as
Joseph Calleia, Dick Foran, Donald
Meek. Gene Austin with Candy and
Coco, Anne Nagel, Margaret Hamil-
ton and Ruth Donnelly.
AL In all here is grand entertain
nent for every member of the fam
lily and with the screens two bril-
.ial-; stars forming the greatest
team Of all time. Don't miss it at
tho State starting tomorrow.
60, On the same show is THE Big
Guy" with Jackie Cooper and Victor
McLaglen.
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Germs story of hitch-hike girl
and boy on the road. Jean Rog-
ers and Raymond Walburn are feat
ured. .4..
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
COLBERT MARRIAGE
WAS BIGGEST JOLT

The marriage or engagements Of
June Gale Ito Oscar Levant), Wayne
Morris, Joy Hodges, Jean Parker
Madse Evans Ito Sidney Kingsley
were complete surprises to Holly
wood. Judith Barrett and Lynn
Howard may make an announce
ment any day.
But nothing is likely to top the
establishment created by Claudette
Colbert's marriage to DR.. Joel Press
man. All Hollywood, and movie fans
everywhere, had been so gullihle re-
garding the rumor of a secret mar
rage to Norman Foster that her
studio felt obliged to invent an
equally false Mexican divorce!
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and battered. back 10 safety. The
result 3 the greatest physical drAma
ever filmed.
Ruth Hussey and Isabel Jewel
handle the feminine roles perfectly
On the same program Is the Jones
Family IN their fifteenth and fun
niest hit Young As You Feel".
Wednesday Loewis Poll win pre-
sent another outstanding all-stal
Broadway vaudeville show, featur-
ing the biggest comedians, dancers
novelty acts. singers, etc. Of the day
And ON Thursday there will be
Movie Party, the game of skin and
memory which IS becoming lncFeas-
mgly popular every week with Loew
Poll patrons. Every member Of the
audience is invited to participate.
for 1t incurs no obligation on the
part Of the player, ami every single
person has the very same chance
to win one of the many big cash
awards, these awards totalling $1OO
every week. IS be sure to be here
this Thursday night and Join in the
fun and fortune.
Watch fer the grand lineup of
sensational hits on the way to this
| theater. Next week is another out
standing show, Daryl F. Zanuck's
production of the soul-stirring
Grapes of Wrath" with Henry
Fonda. Jane Darwell, John Cara
dine and big cast of favorites.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
Ry PAUL HARRISON

BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service STAFF Correspondent
Hollywood Recovering from its
establishment at the elopement Of
Lana Turner and Artie Shaw, most
of Hollywood is tickled by this latest
of a series of incidents which have
been making such chumps Of the
gossip-mongers.
William Powell and Diana Lewis
weren't even known to be acquainted
until they were married In Las
Vegas few weeks ago. And Movie
town hadn't heard of Justin Dart,
q drug company executive, when the
news bounded in that he and Jane
Bryan had taken out license.
There have been several other
surprises, each tending to prove:
(a) That marriages are not made
in publicity departments; (b) That
romance, locally, is neither dead
nor docile; (c) That with reason
able prudence, all the people can
be fooled most of the time.
Miss Turner, 10, red-headed, and
locally famed for her precocious
curves and the way she losses them
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24

Hitler Youth members viii give
"a cents a week to the new Nazi
loan.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
LIE The Local
TheGteYS
POll'S

BY far the most absorbineiy
thrilling story Of adventure ever
attempted en- the screen Is North
west Passage" which has its OPEN
ing this afternoon at the L0eE
Poll Theater.
Filmed entirely in Technicolor
against Idaho location backgrounds
which almost surpass belief, North
west Passage" presents Spencer
Tracy with his most viffle role and
with an outstanding opportunity Of
winning his third consecutive acad-
envy Award. Robert Young achieves
starcom as a result Of his work
while Walter Brennan, twice vim
ner of supporting role honors n
Hollywood, should land o. top again
for his Hunk Mariner role.
The picture follows Kenneth Rob
erts' best-sslling novel with sur
prising fai:hfulness. Topped are
Roberts amazing descriptions In
picturizing such thrilling scenes as
the Rangers carrying huge whale
boats over a mountain top. hurting
themselves through miles Of swamps.
crossing a river torrent by forming
a human chain, wiping out an Ind
ian village by surprise attack and
then battling their way, starving
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24

around in a rhumba. was engaged
in casual Hollywood faclion to the
gregarious Gregory Eautzsr, a
courtly attorney who could hang out
his single at a dozen Hollywood
night clubs.
LOVE HIT THEM
JUST LIKE THAT
Art;e Shaw, who recently re-
nounced his jitterbug band-leader-
ship, also knew a glamorous con-
tour when he saw one. He was ear
marked by and for Betty Cradle,
but got his first good look at Lana
Turner when he worked with her
in Dancing Coed" at Metro several
months ago.
Back in Hollywood a few weeks
ago, Shaw patiently began wangling
dates on the few evenings not mon
opolized by the busy Bautzer. They
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15
COLISEUM DOUBLE BILL H ON TONIGHT,
 ALSO TOMORROW

With Jack Randall in Trigger Smith" a thrilling Westerner fea- turing the round up of a gang of bank robbers and Nancy Drew, Reporter, the Coliseum double bill opening tonight and running through Saturday promises to be entertaining and interesting.
 In "Nancy Drew, Reporter sec- ond picture in the Warner Bros. series based upon the. exploits of the resourceful and courageous heroine of Carolyn Keen's im- mensely popular Nancy Drew stor- ies, Bonita Granville again plays the title role.
 AS the title of the picture prom lses, Nancy Drew works on a newspaper during this episode. When she wins journalism con- test sponsored by a local paper and IS gwen a one-month job as re- porter, she is handed an inconse- quential assignment, but instead she goes to coroner's inquest into
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15
LATEST HARLAN
 FILM SHOWING
 NOW AT CAPITOL
Maureen Sullivan, John- ny WeissmuIIer Have
 Leading Roles

Bringing with them a "Tarzan Junior Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan come tonight to the Capitol Theater in "Tarzan Finds a Son" fourth of the fa- nous jungle adventure romances based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs characters.
 In the new story they find a wrecked plane in the jungle, and rear the baby which is the only survivor. The role is played by five year-ol Johnny Sheffield, Ameri- cas- most amazing boy athlete, who played the child in On Borrowed Time" on the New York stage. A safari reaches the jungle man and his mate. seeking traces of the plane, and the child becomes the center Of a plot over a legacy due him. Tarzan refuses to give the boy up and Miss O'Sullivan is forced to trick her mate to send him back to civilization. A native tribe captures the party, Weiss muller rides to the rescue with an army of apes mounted on elephants, and a dramatic twist works out the problem.
 Thrills include the routing of a torture orgy of savages by the ape cavalry, amazing underwater swim ming and the rescue of the baby from a rhino.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15
National Forest Timber
 for Sale

Sealed bids will be received by the Regional Forester. Juneau, Alaska, up to and including March 30 for all the merchantable dead timber, standing or down, and all the live timber, marked or desig- mated for cutting, on two areas designated as A and B. comprising 32 acres and Is acres, respectively
 on the north shore of Hoonah Sound approximately 5 miles west of Broad Island, Tongass Nation- al Forest, Alaska, estimated to be a total of 884 ,280 feet, BM. more or less of Sitka spruce, western hemlock and red cedar saWtimber on the combined two areas, and 3,080 linear feet, more CT less, of piling. No bid of less than $150 per M feet BM for spruce and cedar saWtimber, $l00 per M feet B. M for hemlock saWtimber and 1c per linear foot for piling up to and including 95 feet in length, and LEG per linear foot for piling over 95 feet in length, will be con- sidered $50000 must be deposited with each bid, to be applied on the purchase price, refunded, or retained in part as liquidated dam ages, according to the conditions of sale. Primary manufacture out side of the Territory of Alaska of any part of the timber is subject to the consent of the Regional For ester. The right. is reserved to re- ject any or all bids received. Be- fore bids are submitted, full infor- nation concerning the timber, the conditions of sale, and the submis- sion of bids should be obtained from the District Ranger or the Regional Forester, Juneau, Alaska. Publication dates, Mar. Ills, 1940.
 adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15
DaiIyCrOss,uOrd PuzsIe

Solution to Yesterdays Puzzle
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15
Black EyeIs
 First Injury

$ WINTER HAVEN, Fla, March 15. tBabe) Young, the rookie from Knoxville whom Bill Terry is grooming for the New York Giants first base job was one of the first spring casualties.
 A grounder hit him in the eye practice drill and he re- ported next day with a sinner.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15
'0LD MAN CONTROL

TAMPA, Fla. March Is. Paul Derringer has really earned his reputation for control. In the past five years he has walked only 230 men in 1890 innings, an average
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15
AT GASTINEAU

M. R. Margach, mining man, and his wife, are Gastineau Hotel guests, arriving on the Princess Louise. They will fly to Fair banks with PAA.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15
HERE FOR TULSEQUAH

c. H. King and E. J Marshall arrived on the Princess Louise and will go to Tulsequah for employment in the Polaris-Taku mine They h ve been on a vacation in the south.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15

of one free trip every 6.04 innings. Last year he gave only 35 walks in 30l innings, an average of one every 86 innings.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15

teria service. More than 70 per cent of all public schools, rural as we'll as urban provide 5- cent lunch for pupils.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15

In the Swiss Alps there are no fewer than 50 peaks 15,000 feet high or more.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15

the death by poison of a rich old woman, and from then on the plot races.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15
5-CENT LUNCHES

HONOLULU.-Hawaii ranks high in comparison with all mainland school system in it's school cafe
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15

Bobby Genes, the grand slam" golfer. won his first tournament when he was eight years old.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15

Empire classitieds pay.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-01
Elizabethtown

ELIZABETHTOWN, Feb. 29-Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Blair and sons spent
Sunday with relatives in Marshville.
Mrs. w. f. Williamson was guest
Of Mrs. ]. S. Brewer in Roseboro
last week, when she entertained her
club. Mrs. Williamson was a char
ter member of the club. Miss Zeta
Tolson, who is attending school in
Raleigh, was guest of Miss Rachel
Hurst during the past weekend at
the home of Mrs. S. E. Ewell.
Mrs. Rodney Smith and daughter.
Beveley, were dinner guests of Mrs.
w. e. Hall Tuesday. Mrs. l.. E,
Squires and Mrs. Rex Squires, of
Council, were visitors in town Tues
day. Miss Catharine Layton. of
Washington, D.. c., visited her par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. D. Kicks, a
few days last week. d. S. Fortner.
James Fortner, Mrs. W. H. Jessup
and Mrs. S. E.. Ewell attended a
funeral near Kinston Tuesday. -
Mrs. D.. L. Blue, Jr., returned to her
home in Richmond, Va, Monday
after visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George H. Hall for several
days. j. H. Clark spent last Fri
day in Raleigh. Mr.. and Mrs. Con-
rad Clark and children, Eric and
Anne. visited relatives in Little
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-01
Lake Waccamaw

LAKE WACCAMAW, Feb. 90
Miss Catherine Thompson, of Dur
ham, is visiting her brother, the
Rev. Earl Thompson and Mrs.
Thompson. - Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph
Johnson, of Knoxville, Tenn, spent
the weekend here with Mrs. John
sons parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S.. C.
Chauncey. Mr.. and Mrs. w. E.
Stone, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard E.
Stone and DR.. and Mrs. w. Ross
Davis spent Sunday in Timmons-
vile, S. c., with relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Chauncey,
Miss Pauline and Miss Louelle
Chauncey visited Mr.. and Mrs. A. l..
Butler near Whiteville Sunday. -
John D. Carroll, of Salisbury, spent
the weekend here with friends.
David Thomson has returned to
his home here after spending sew
eral weeks in Georgia and Tennes-
see visiting his brothers, Randolph
and Fred Thomson and their fami-
lies. - Mrs. Johnnie l.. Moore and
Mrs. Annie Belle Hall spent Mon
day in Southport with friends. -
Mrs. W. E. Stone was a visitor in
Wilmington Tuesday. - Mrs. j. W.
Brinkley and Mrs. T. M. Mckenzie
were in Wilmington to see Gone
With the Wind"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-01

depend less upon shooting than
upon suspense and twists of plot.
O'Brien, as a retired marshal, is
enroute to his ranch in the south
eastern part of the state. He visits
the small frontier community of
Mesa City, and is pressed into
service as marshal when the towns
marshal is killed by an outlaw.
Single handed he undertakes to
purge the town. After his first
victory with the enemy, the town
rallies to O'Brien's support. Even
a notorious killer helps him frus-
trate the crooked sheriff's efforts
to halt the cleanup, and O'Brien
appoints him deputy marshal.
A young and attractive school
teacher is involved in the scheme
Of things, which further heightens
the bitterness between O'Brien and
the sheriff. On a trumped up
charge, O'Brien and his deputy are
jailed. Their escape from the burn
ing Jail, which results in a decisive
fracas between the rival forces,
brings the film to its dramatic
climax.
Latest News, a cartoon. and Sc
rial complete the program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-01
GONE WITH THE WIND
CONTINUES AL CAROLINA

Filming of "Gone With the Wind
now on the Carolina screen, es-
tablished an all-time record for en-
ployment of Hollywood extra pay
ers.
Twelve thousand days of EN-.
rloyment e given to bit tlay-
ers and extras during filming of
Gone With the Wind" The larg-
est number to appear in a single
scene was 1890, who represented
the residents of Atlanta and sol
diers of the Union and Confederate
armies IN the sectacular destruction
Of many parts of Atlanta ut the
time of burning Of the arsenal.
Eric Stacey, assistant to Director
Victor Fleming, was in charge of
the extras. He originated an elab.
crate chart system by which to
establish their positions so that
each player would be able to re-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-01
Movie Revues
'WESTBOUND STAGE" is
FEATURED AT THE BIJOU

If it's red-blooded action, COM
bined with suspense and set to
music, you're looking for, Tex Rit-
ters new picture, "Westbound
Stage opening today at the BiJou
theatre is your answer.
"Westbound Stage is the story of
a gang of desperadoes who terroriZe
the early west, defying the United
States army. Tex is ser as an
army scout who sets out to lick the
desperadoes and avenge the death of
his younger brother, an army cap
tain.
He boards the westbound stage.
carrying a cargo of gold to lure
the bandits, and the picture covers
the hazardous day by day adven-
lures of the stage passengers, each
of whom is on his own pilgrimage.
There is Lane, who deserted from
the army when Tex's brother was
killed, and is hunting gang leader
Greer. Another passenger is Joan
Hale, the colonel's daughter, hurry
ing to the bedside of her sick faith
er. A member of the Greer gang;
a Chinese laundryman, and a talka-
tive lawyer planning to carve him.
self a career in the west are the
remaining travellers.
Suspense mounts as the passen-
gers wait for Greer to strike. An
exciting climax bursts upon the
screen when the desperate traps
the stage, and its occupants whose
only hope of salvation lies in Tex's
getting through to the army post.
Included on the program for your
entertainment is a Stooge comedy,
Flat Foot S%tooges," and the cur
rent chapter of overland With
Kit Carson
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-01
Bow Scout Troop Holds
Parents Night Program

ROCKY POINT, Feb. 90 - Mem
bers~o of the Boy Scout troop No. 81
of Rocky Point held a Parents
Night" program here last night.
The program included flag rails.
ing ceremonies, interpretations of
the scout law, knot tying contest
between the scouts and their faith.
ers, demonstrations on first aid and
the proper handling of the knife
and Ratchet.
Several parents and troop com.
mittee members made short talks.
David L. Lilies, of Wilmington,
scout executive, displayed motion
pictures of the scout camp at Sing.
letary Lake and urged people of the
community to continue their sup.
port of scouting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-01
IRIS JOHN MATHIS,
RECENT BRIDE, FETED
WEDNESDAY

Mrs. Clyde Getaway delightfully."-
entertained Wednesday evening at
a linen shower, honoring Mrs. John
L. Mathis, who prior to her recent
marriage was Miss Mildred Joyner.
The home was attractively de.
corated with cut flowers, the color
scheme of pink and white being
used throughout. On entering Mrs.
Mathis was presented with a lovely
corsage and a brides book.
A delicious ice course was served.
The guests included: Mrs. John
L. Mathis, honoree, Miss Edna Lee
Schulken, Miss Doris Barnes, Miss
Allean Powell, Miss Kitty Bass, Miss
Leola Edwards, Mrs. Carolyn
Mathis, Mrs. Ruth Getaway an6
Mrs. Clyde Getaway.