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pleasant piece Of screen drama was
expected to be a sort of routine
number, nice but no great shakes
with the public. Such an expecta-
ton turned out to be altogether too
modest. The public fairly clamored
for it, to such an extent locally that
it almost set something of q new
attendance record at Loew's Capitol.
Incidentally, that theater will be
the scene of the first hemisphere
premiere next month.
x*x
There are limits to the success
Of the technique Of being strong,
silent man in the movies. 1t takes
a man long time to get to the top
that way. A nice case to illustrate
it is that of John Wayne.
Wayne, a sort of Gary Cooper,
finally is coming along in public
recognition. The job he did in
"Stage Coach" last year, his recent
one in "The Long Voyage Home" "
have made the fans aware of the
fact that he is an actor. Directors
have known him as such for long
time, one of them being John Ford,
who is as near to the top as man
can get without danger of being
pushed over the edge. To be ad-
mired and hired by Ford is just
about the finest tribute an actor
can be paid, although others get
more money.
In his next picture to be shown
locally, Seven Sinners" Wayne is
working for another director whose
admiration is a profound implica-
ton of ability. The director in this
case is Tay Garnett, who, incidental
ly, is one of Ford's intimate friends,
another member of that little cir
Gle which is far removed from the
highly publicized life of the glamour
people.
Seven Sinners" with Marlene
Dietrich as its star, ought to serve
to attract further attention to
Wayne
. He deserves it.
For One Lovely Moment" that
melodious number in this weeks
Earle stage show-the one Joan
Ritter sings offstage-is the COM
position of local woman. Spe-
cifically, it was written by Lucille
Ferguson, concert pianist and COM
poser, who lives at los West Bradley
lane, Chevy Chase.
Miss Ferguson's composition, her
first in popular mood to receive such
popular reception, was introduced
nationally by Lanny Ross in a radio
broadcast. The Earle's presentation
is its first on the local scene.
Underwood College, in Missouri,
provided Miss Ferguson with her
musical background to the extent
of masters degree in music. After
that she was pupil of Rudolph
CAM, pianist and conductor. She
has appeared as soloist with
number of symphony orchestras.
Writing popular music is one of
her favorite diversions.
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flight of heavier -than-air machine.
1t will also be Pan-American Avi-
alton Day, set aside by joint reso-
luton of Congress.
X X
DR.. Leo S. Rowe, director general
of the PAN American Union, and not
the movies themselves, is the author
of the broad idea of the hemisphere
premiere. With the day of celebra-
ton coming up, it occurred to him
that the movies might have an ap-
propriate picture which could be
shown for the first time
Metro Goldwyn Mayer turned out
to have the picture in Flight Com
mand." Its background is perfect,
no less a thing than naval aviation.
Author of the script is Comdr
Harvey Haislip. No novice at screen
writing is Comdr. Haislip. He will
be remembered as the chap who did
the writing job on Navy Blue and
Gold" several years ago. That
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productions, Mary Finnerty ("She
Stoops to Conquer" Far Oh Hills" :"
The Miser'O, Kay Knockey (Amer-
ican U. and Roadside Theater) =,
Constance Haug c'She Stoops to
Conquer'C and Albert Sigafoose
cCalidore").
The Blackfriars Guild has opened
downtown Cor almost) ticket Of
fee at st. Matthews Book Stall,
1754 M street NV, and seats now
are on sale for Courtenay Savage's
Safe Crossing" to be staged De-
cember 3, 4 and at ST. Pauls
Auditorium. The cast has had sew
eral scares lately, but every one
seems to be healthy again, or at
least on the road to recovery now
1t developed that Nell Fleming did
not have pneumonia after all and
she will be able to play her i'm
portant role in safe Crossing"
Then Edith Reynolds foot injury
turned out to be a sprain, not a
break. And Eleanore Mitchell has
licked laryngitis, at least she can
talk.
4 \
With their production date less
than two weeks away-it's Decem-
ber THE Montgomery Players are
warming into that "home stretch"
spirit in their rehearsals for Farm
of Three Echoes" their second play
of the season, to be presented at
Leland Junior High School. Emily
Curtis Wall is playing the matriarch
Ethel Barrymore played in the orig
inal stage production of the play
about the Boer Gerarts, who had
such a knack for making their
women folk unhappy that their
women folk just up and did away
with them. Others in the cast are
Jane Plummer Rice, Jack Ferguson,
Cliff Whyte, Susan Cooper, Shirley
Lynne, Edward Wilkinson, George
Mathews and Dave Wol1haupter.
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sA'AeAsASAAf w ~ "a sSAAAoANs
at 8 o'clock at Madison School in
Falls Church. Inspired by Alberti-
nelli's painting, The Visitation, N
the play is described as "a timely,
moving plea for world peace" Its
characters include group of refu-
gee women and children on hill
overlooking Jerusalem during the
total world war. 1t does not sound
like escape drama.
Visitation" is being directed by
Mrs. Percy S. Crewe and Kathleen
McGinnis is playing the leading role.
Others in the cast are Mrs. Louise
S. Proctor, Marjorie Webb. Elizabeth
Young, Mary Baker, Martha Bowen,
Florence Woodland, Ruth Walters,
Anne Stoutenburgh, Marie Formand,
Louise Perkins, Michael Rowan.
Julita Chambliss, Eleanor Freeman
and Roland Geddes.
The jury which will select the
best of these original plays is COM
posed of Bess Davis Schreiner,
George Harrington, John M. Kline,
jr.; Mrs. william Girvan and Ralph
S. Fowler. Best examples of stage
design, costuming and lighting will
be judged, as well as individual and
group acting and the script itself.
The three plays to follow 'Visita-
ton" in the contest are now sched-
uled for presentation the fourth
MONDAYS of January, March and
May.
A further bulletin from Catholic
University, where it already has
been announced that Isabel Molloy
will play the coveted role of Mary
Todd Lincoln when Edith Mirick's
new drama about her life, Storm" !"
is staged by the Harlequins Decem-
ber IL through December IS, brings
additional news of the cast. An
other of the players Is Concetta
Alonzi, one-time classmate Of Miss
Molloy's at Chicago's Madelein Col
lege, where Isabel received her
bachelors degree. Miss Alonzi's the
ater experience before coming to
Catholic U. included the founding
of the Children's Theater at Kenil-
worth, Ill.
Others with experience both at
other schools and in previous C. U.
plays will be busy with important
roles in Storm" AS Abe Lincoln
there will be Hugh Franklin North
westerly and the cast also includes
Elyse Michel Wassar and Chicago
Junior League plays, AL Loritch
(Notre Dame and three Harlequin
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head of current movie star mamas.
Norma Shearer, Joan Blondell and
Joan Bennett also have two children.
Alice Faye has already made her
New Year resolutions. The chief one
TN never going to any OF my
previews. can't stand the
anguish" She put the rule into
effect a little ahead of time-and
stayed away from Tin Pan Alley"
This is the first time Alice has re-
Trained from being among those
present" She made q mistake in
not going. She and Betty Cradle
are co-starred. But as far as this
writer Is concerned, there was only
Alice in the picture. Betty is pretty
enough, but will have to lose q dis
agreeable expression and a hardness
of personality If she wants to remain
in the big-movie time.
Overheard-Vivien Leigh discuss
ing Laurence Olivier on the set Of
their picture: when you're in love,
what's the point of living without
the man you lover" John Barry
more-at Chasen's-to the mother
of Elaine Barrie, Fantastic. Fan
tastic-waiter, drink" This Is
not a softening of Johns resolve to
be divorced from Elaine. The meet
ing was to settle financial details
Of the impending divorce. :. Says
Enrol Flynn, I'm going in for the
wallaby fur business. I have two
wallabies-Lili and Fleen. shall
import some more from Australia
and raise>enough fur to start new
industry in this country" I'll still
take mink-or sable.
4 Il \ r
Here's a typical Hollywood story
of girl, a publicity campaign,
heartbreak-and sudden success.
The heroine is Virginia Gilmore,
who 18 months ago won CD the
title - "Girl-with- the best -legs-in-
Hollywood" As a result of this
victory she was supposed to receive
contract from Samuel Goldwyn
But I learn differently when I talk
with Virginia.
"I was already under contract to
Goldwyn," she tells me, land had
been for two years before that awful
publicity stunt about my legs. It
almost ruined me. Serious pro-
ducers would have nothing to do
with me because Of that legs title.
"It's all right to give some one
like Ann Sheridan an 'oomph' title
that's what people go to see her
for" continues Virginia. "But I
have to get by on my acting"
Virginia was to have made her
screen debut in THE Westerner," f"
and actually worked couple of days
in it before she was yanked out for
Doris Davenport. TT looked as
though I'd served years for Goldwyn
without making a single picture.
But nine months ago things sud-
denly started happening. RK.O.
borrowed me for Iaddie.' Then
Zanuck gave me two b pictures,
followed by the leading girl part
in Western Union Now I'm doing
Tall, Dark, and Handsome In my
next play Bette Davis daughter in
The Little Foxes Isn't that WON
derful?"
That's Hollywood nothing for
two years-then five pictures In nine
months. But what Virginia omitted
to tell me was that Goldwyn signed
her from photograph. (She was
doing Little Theater stuff in San
FranciscoO Then it was discovered
that she spoke with a lsp-and
when she smiled, her teeth were
over prominent. The lisp has gone
the teeth have been f1xed-and
it's all clear ahead for Virginia.
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Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
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Rita Fits the Role

Rita Hayworth has not only step
ped into Ann Sheridans shoes in
Warner Bros strawberry Blonde"
but she is wearing all II elaborate
costumes designed for Ann by Orry-
Kelly. And she didn't need as much
as single fitting.
The heavens fell for Kelly when
he learned that Ann had decided to
take q vacation, wouldn't be in
strawberry Blonde" as scheduled.
The costumes were ready. 1t meant
doing every stitch all over again for
another girl.
But Orry came up smiling. He
studied the measurements Of the
Evening star., 1940-11-25
Gyroscopic Mount
Gets the Effect
Of Rolling Ship

HOLLYWOOD.
Cameraman Sol Polito has de-
signed a new camera mounting-a
gyroscope stand permitting move
ment of the camera in any plane.
Its particular purpose, he says, is
to provide the effect, through steady
swinging and rolling, of a ships
movements. He is using it to give
realistic motion to stationary inter-
ior scenes in The Sea Wolf"
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Wendy Signs

R-K-O Radio Pictures has exer-
cised its option on the contract of
Wendy Barrie, popular leading lady
for another year.
Long a favorite with film fans,
Miss Barrie has just completed the
feminine lead opposite George San
ders in 'The Saint in Palm Springs
Her other recent R-K-O Radio pic
lures included Men Against the
Sky" Gross Country Romance" and
1.-THE Saint Takes Over"
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Faith in Himself

Launching a trend which may
have far-reaching effects, Fred
Astaire acquired a share in the own
ership of his current picture.
The picture is Second Chorus" /"
which Boris Morros, independent
producer, is producing for Para
mount release. The Astaire contract,
in addition to giving him share in
the ownership, also provides that he
is associate producer of the picture.
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Bette to Drawl

Bette Davis will speak with a
modified southern accent in Far
Horizon" her new picture for
Warner Bros. She plays a South
Carolinian.
There will be no exaggeration or
heavy stressing of the accent. The
girl Miss Davis portrays has spent
a good deal of time away from her
Carolina plantation.
Evening star., 1940-11-25
Hit Musical Show
At the National

"Dubarry Was a Lady," the
B. G. De Sylvia musical, with
score by Cole Porter, which has
just chalked up q 50-week hit
run on Broadway, opens at the
National Theater tomorrow
night at the start Of a road
tour.
Bert Lahr is the star of the
frolic and the cast includes
Frances Williams, Ruth Bond
and numerous others of the
New York company.
Evening star., 1940-11-25

Toronto, Mexico
City and Havana
will share the
distinction of in
Producing tn e
new type pre-
n,iere to the uni
verse. The oc-
casion will be
the showing in
the four cities of
eli h t Com
mand," the date
chosen, Decem-
ber II.
That date will
be the anniver-
sary of the first
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two girls and announced . minor
miracle.
Rita Hayworth and Ann Sheridan
have precisely the same measure
ments. They are twins so far as .
designer Is concerned.
Evening star., 1940-11-25
Local Drama Groups
Falls Church Theater to Stage
Own Play Contest
Bv HARRY MACARTHUR.

District which
engaging the talents eater folk hereabus The Falls Church
Community competition select
during coming months the best four original plays written
by members of the group.
judges
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the n,orning-at
$3.50 instead Of
7:3o. I leave the
h o use at Z, SO
I wouldn't see
them anyway in
the morning."
Sundays, dur
ing picture-mak-
ing, are devoted
entirely to the
two Miss Hay
wards. The new
est s ullav q n
baby arriv e 8
earlv in 1941.
This will put
HH.~--HoA ~ Aka
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Margaret Sullivan Likes
Her Role as a Mother
Her Private.Life Role, That Is,
In Which Her Two Daughters Get
All Her Available Time
BY EHEILAH GRAHAM.

Margaret SULLIVAN swell mother well nne actress She
combines both method might well copied
parents Margares working unit.
o'clock 630 In the ordinary
daughters would bed asleep
"Whne working until 730-h q
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Hemisphere Latest Thing
In Premieres of Movies
First of It's Type Will Be Held Here
And in Three Other Capitals Dec. II;
Mr.. Wayne's Career Goes Along
By Jay CARMODY.

obvious
particularly perhaps in their sudden,
with South
development than that however, namely the hemisphere premiere
heppheric mysed its possible
thing involves nothing than
simultaneous opening of
several important capitals ,. ,... -. u.. su -
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says mIoo 0u1uVdII,
the hour Of sleep
one hour later In
Smyrna times., 1940-06-27
HOSPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Smyrna Gives S103-$1,236.O7 To.
tai Collection of Annual Drive

Smyrna residents interest in the
annual membership drive of the
Kent General Hospital Women's
Auxiliary is shown by a report of
the contributions received. The
sum of $103 was contributed from
this town. Mrs. w. c. Deakyne
was in charge. The following
amounts were received from the
various other districts: Camden,
$3.50; Wyoming, $7.75; Woodside,
81; Willow Grove, Sc; Little Creek,
$4.25; Magnolia, Sd; Leipsic, SO;
Kits Hammock Road, $13; Ken
ton, $12; Brenford, S2.25; Amish
Mennonite Churches, S30.02; From
Silver Lake to Welfare Home,
$3.50; Clayton, SAB; Hazletville
and Marydel Districts, S32.25;
Hartly, S3.25; Cheswold, S12.75;
Dover and vicinity, s893.55. Total
S1,236. OF.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-27
EXPERIMENTAL
TOMATO PLOTS
Growers Invited to Rising
Sun Meeting to Learn I'm
proved Cultural Practices
EXPERIMENTAL FARMS

Tomato growers in Kent county
who are interested in learning
more about improved cultural
practices with reference to this
important canning crop are invited
to attend a field meeting which
will be held at 1.3G o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon, July 2, on the
farm of Frank w. Richardson, near
Rising Sun, where experimental
work is being carried on this year
by the Delaware experiment sta
ton in cooperation with the Wy
oming plant of Libby, McNeill &
Libby. These experimental toma-
to plots, including different fer
tilizer combinations, use of starter
and methods of setting
plants, were planned by Claude E.
Phillips, assistant agronomist at
the University of Delaware, who
will be present to explain these
plots to the visiting farmers. In
all probability this field meeting
will be attended also by DR.. K. ].
Kadow, plant pathologist for the
University of Delaware and the
Continued on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1940-06-27
GOVERNORS AT PARK TODAY
Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Del
aware Governors Attend Races

With unusually successful re-
newals of the Kent and New Cas-
tie Handicaps, both $4,000 events,
passed into racing history, Della
ware Park looks forward this week
to a race which may prove to be
the high point of the meeting,
both from a competitive and a
spectacle standpoint. This test
will come to-day, Thursday, which
is Governors Day-the only three
ply Governors Day of any race
track in this country Your
Chance is practically certain
starter in that days feature the
Diamond State Stakes. Last year
George Widener's Eight Thirty
was the Diamond State Stakes
winner, which from now on always
will be run as the Governors Day
feature. And this year, Your
Chance, who carries the silks of
Mrs. George D. Widener, is being
pointed for the $1,000 added test
which, in time, will exceed in value
the three $4,000 features which
now are the richest at Delaware
Park. Richard C. McMullen, Gov
ernor of Delaware, will present to
the winner the massive silver
trophy which goes with the VIC
tory.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-27
MAN KILLED IN DEBT FIGHT
CLAYTON Resident Fatally Injured
by Douglas Williams

State police said that Douglas
Williams, 38, of Clayton, formerly
of Crisfeld, Md, shot and fatally
injured Mervin Wood, 40 on Sun
day evening. The shooting took
place in front of the workers
houses at Wheatley's cannery at
CLAYTON. The two men were in
Smyrna when Wood is said to have
borrowed money from Williams
and promised to pay him back
when they reached home. After
they reached home, police said,
Wood told Williams he would pay
him the money next week. An
is said to have followed
during which Williams is alleged
to have secured a single barreled
shot gun and shot Wood. VIII
liams was arrested by Railroad De-
tective Harvey Cole.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-27
FREE LIBRARY IN SMYRNA FOR
CITIZENS EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST

Denning, Robert H. Cummins and
DR.. ]. C. Clawson, as managers.
In 1917, the Association was left
$1,000 by Charles w. Katz. The
principal and the interest on this
sum now totals, S1,759. Mrs. Ber-
nice M. Hammond, Librarian of the
State Library Commission, is su-
pervisor of the cataloging and ar
ranging of the books. The Smyr-
ma Library has long been credited
as the best reference library South
of Wilmington, with. over 5000
books on the shelves. Under the
directions of the State Library
Commission, new books will be
added from time to time according
to popular demand. The library
will be opened to the public Tues
day and Friday evenings from $50
p. m. to p. m. and it is hoped
everyone in this community will
take advantage of the splendid OPP
portunity offered at this time to
use the many good books.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-27
RED CROSS CONTRIBUTORS
Names of Those Who Have Given
to Help Swell Local War Chest


Miss Anna B. Beckett, chairman
of the Smyrna Chapter of the
American Red Cross submits
names of contributors to the cur
rent drive: Miss Julia Griffith,
Richard C. Price, Mrs. Ernest
Slaughter, John w. Palmer, Homer
Goldsborough, A Friend, Eunice B.
Anthony, A. R. Wallis, Jr., H. c.
Jones, c. r. Leinberger, K. j.
Smithers, Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Cart
er, Mrs. Creadick Ennis, c. E.
Speakman, Jr., Mrs. Charles A.
Burrous, Mrs. Blanche Messick,
Mrs. Diacumakos, Mrs. Harry Man
love, Mrs. Helen Huxley, Mrs.
Badur, Veronica Hartnet, Eleanora
Wilson, George w. Boehmler, AS
bury Methodist Sunday School,
Twentieth Century Club of SmyT-
ma, American Legion Auxiliary,
American Legion Auxiliary Jun
iors, Daughters of America, Girl
Scouts, Margaret Collins, Ernest
Slaughter, Anna B. Beckett, Ellen
Wallace, DR.. r. B. Jones, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Wilson, Mrs.
E. S. Dwight, Mrs. w. B. Cullen,
Louis Gaulke, Ralph G. FAIRIES,
John ]. Hurd, Harvey McNatt,
Mrs. Thomas Wrench, DR.. and Mrs.
Continued on Page Fve)
Smyrna times., 1940-06-27

CLUB OFFICERS
New Rotary Heads Installed
Tonight; Lloyd Jones Gives
Address on DictatOrS
CHALLENGE DEMOCRACY

Thursday evening, June 27, the
installation of officers takes place
at the Smyrna Rotary Club. Dis
trict Governor William E. Mat
thews, Jr., will install the officers
elect George R. Miller is the pres
ident-elect. Lloyd Jones, a local
Smyrna boy, graduate of Smyr-
ma High School and now student
at the University of Delaware, ad-
dressed the Smyrna Rotary Club
on the subject of 'Dictators." Mr..
Jones traced from the early origin
the various types of relationships
periods when dictatorship was
eliminated, due to education. The
systems used by monarchs to pre-
serve law and order in their king
doms were described. The history
of France was given as an illustra-
ton of the difference between a.
Monarch and Dictator The war
of 1314-17, a war to decide be-
tween democracy and totalitarian
governments was waged. Democ-
racy triumphed only to be chal-
lenged in 1889 The outcome now
is uncertain. Mr.. Jones urged his
hearers to face the future with
courage. Harvey c. Jones was
chairman of the evening program.
c. w. Hall, president of the club,
presided. William E. Matthews,
Jr., responded to Mr.. Jones' ad-
dress. The club voted rising vote
of thanks. Visitors: Morris Simon,
Emanuel Barriss, G. Leslie Gooden,
j. Allan Frear, Dover.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-27
GROUP
COMMITTEES
Placed in Charge of Barbecue
Entertainment to Promote
Community Singing
NAME CASTING GROUP

At the second meeting held in
st. Peters Parish House on Mon
day evening, those interested in
dramatics named the group the
Smyrna Little Theatre. At this
meeting, with Cummins E. Speak
man, Jr., as chairman, plans for
the entertainment of the American
Legion Red Cross barbecue were
discussed and a committee to ar
range for the entertainment. Mrs.
Laurette Niles was placed in
charge of the committee appointed
to promote community singing
which will be given its first trial
at the barbecue. Other members
of the committee are: Mrs. Henry
@. Webb, Mrs. G. L. Harmonson,
Mrs. John Fearon, Mrs. William
Wroten, George Thawley, Stimson
Carrow and Edward Everhart. The
of the VeStry of
the church on the proposed use of
the parish house by the league was
read but no action will be taken OF
the report until a query is made
concerning the use of the Smyrna
2Oth Century Club House. A cast
ing committee was named with
Mrs. c. E. Speakman, Sr., as chair
man. Others on that committee
include: Glenn S. King, Mrs. Rich
ard Comegys, Miss Elizabeth Phil
lips, and Mrs. G. A. Burslem. A
one-act play, Spreading the
News" by Lady Gregory, was sug-
gested, will be read by this COM
mittee and report on it will be
given at the next meeting on
Monday night at the Parish House.
Of the 26 members present at the
last meeting, 9 attended for the
first time but are still eligible for
charter membership. They are:
Eleanor Pierce, Wilma Blendt, Es-
telle Edmondson, Mrs. Neva Mid
dleton, Mrs. William Wroten, Mrs.
Laurette Niles, Mrs. Richard Corn
eggs, Elizabeth Thornley,, and
Stimson Carrow. Mrs. Middleton
was appointed secretary.