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Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01
Thoughts for the Day

Yc shall not fear them. for the Lord youJ God II
shall fight for you-Deuteronomy 3.22
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01

Radio is quite confusing these
days. it being difficult to deter
mine whether the comedians show
is sponsored by tooth paste or Il
forthcoming film
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01

One neutral VIC all would like
TO see definitely declare herself is
spring. And it's high time she
proved herself definitely pro sum
ller.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01

Jadr r. ono Oi the toughest stone
known.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE or CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
SAN DIECO

In the Matter of the Estate %
MARY A. SCOTT also known d
MRS. D. b. SCOTT, Deceased,
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03
Old Rival Cast in
Lillian Russell

Lillian Russelrs one-time stage
rival. Joseph Cawthorn. has the
role Of her music teacher. Leopold
Damrosch, in Daryl F. Zanuck's
production of Lillian Russell. .
built around her life and loves and
the songs Of her era.
Cawthorn, as a matinee idol.
once completed with her on Broad
way but. although rivals in their
profession, they were the best OF
friends Several props used In the
picture are gifts from Lillian Rus
sell to Cswthorn's wife.
The 2Oth Century-Fox picture
featuring Alice Faye. Don Ameche.
Henry Fonda. Edward Arnold.
Warren William. Leo Carrillo and
others Is now playing at the
Music Box theater.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03
Canaries Sinq
Close Harmony
Birds Hove Role
In Roxy Film

A quintette Of canaries. called
on to sing close-harmony for a
scene in Two Girls on Broadway
surprised both cast and trainer
by doing just that.
In the new film. playing at the
Roxy theater, George Murphy
supposedly crashes radio pro-
gram with his close-harmony
canaries. When the birds refuse
to sing. Murphy takes the OPP
portunity to plug his own song.
But the birds. to everyone's
amazement, actually sang spelling
the take"
While Director S. Sylvan Simon
sent out for a set of less talented
canaries, the birds trainer took
them outside and endeavored to
coax them to repeat the perform
ance. But it never happened again.
Two Girls on Broadway" a
dramatic story with musical
background features cast headed
by Lana Turner, Joan Blondell
and Murphy.
Hailed as "streamlined must
CAL" the story presents the adven-
lures of trio of smalltown hooters
who try to crash the Big Time
New songs heard in the picture in
clude MY Wonderful One Let's
Dance" and "Broadway's Still
Broadway"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03
New Bill at the
Beverly Today
Too MonY Hus-
bonds" Feature
Attraction

''Two's company and three's a
crowd. except At the Beverly
theater where Columoia's Too
Many Husbands u heetieslly,
hilariously proving that rtwo's
company and thrce's a comedy
Jean Arthur. Fred MaoMurray and
MELVIN Douglas are starred in the
film. one OF the merricst. msddest
marital mix-ups ever brought 10
the screen!
Based upon W. Somerset Maug-
hams sensational stage success,
brought TO the screen by Wesley
Ruggles from Claude Rinyon's
adoption. with = supporting cast
which includes Harry Davenport.
Melville Cooper. Dorothy Peterson,
Mary Treen and Tom Dugan. Too
Many Husbands" would inevitably
belong among the seasons more
memorable films. but the excellent
artistry of its cast, the swift sure
tempo of its direction and the sly,
sparkling character OF Its writing
makes the new film an important
contender for top ten" honors.
The companion picture Is titled.
'"The Big Guy" and features Vic
tor McIsaglen and Jackie Cooper.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03

II required y electricians 10
light up the huge cell scene in
Monographs "Mutiny In tho Hlx
HOUSE. nav playing 81 the shell
thester Charles Hiekford and
nsrton Mac Lane are teamed In
tho starring roles In this exciting
drama n a prisan riot. which vas
suggested Ivy the famed csnnn
city, Colorado. revolt In ipsp
William Nigh directed from
Robert u Andrews sefsenplsy,
Martin Mooney wrote the original
story.
On the same bill will he seen
"Ec.tsuy.s starring itedy LAMAR.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03

and starred. II the hfisrioua hsp-
pv account % . xif wns writes
lxsuks 10 pral~s az spsn~serhocd
ana saeses whe n<iieses al wn-
msn are ~ssl. nat rsessou pr.
hsps but fairly cloves Ia "a. IN arstsv
10 continue their careers. thss p>r-
fscsly matched pair II nstsrn are
fnsusa ny circumstances ts~y.aA
their cantrnl insa pretending -
nestle felicity. rn-v ssil and ece
In public. they HATH. and clash in
rsivats.
r,mc,,e.s,rx m. ,,ves ~ fhss
~ ala A.. Nexjuaid
Gardiner. - Ms~s ypurs's sous-
what eccentric publisher. ~hs
doesn't want 10 tase his gavcvsss
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03
Enrol Tells EN-!

Speaking over the government
radio station in Rio de Janeiro
after an audience with President
Getulio Vargas, Enrol Flynn, War
ner Bros. star, forgot Hollywood
and its motion pictures to ask for
further strengthening of the links
between North and South America.
F'lynns comments follow:
81 like to feel that my visit
down here has helped in a very
small way to forge one more link
in the great chain that binds
South America and North America.
I'm these days, when the
world is resounding TO the
tramp of the aggressor, 1t
seems TO me, in my humble but
sincere opinion, that perhaps
the very hope of the worlds
future may lie in Pan Ameri-
canism.
when North and South Amer
lea stand united. strongly bound
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03

And why not Lovely f.areits
Youns. in her fsrs, ali comedy role.
i. obviously ia-s what the doctor
ordered. ev~n though the dsesoT
in the ea.e most emrhstleally 49,
agrees 80. for that matter. does
Miss Young and that's why the
hectic new comedy which comes
10 IN. Rlslso rhss,es o. weane.-
day Ia. been hailed a. nns ~
columhla'. hrsghte~s IN a SEASON
which has xtven ~ ~ich auistsnd.
ing hit. .. Mr.. smith does 10
Washington" III. Glri Friday
and TOO Many husbands
The Doctor Takes = wife. =
with Loretta Young and Ray Nh.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03
Donald Barry an
All-American

An early ambition TO be an ALI
American football player seems TO
be an early indication Of screen
fame. Added to the already large
list of film stars who cherished
such ambitions TO be All-American
is Donald Barry. Republic featured
PLAYER who appears currently with
Roy Rogers in Saga Of Death
Valley" which is now the feature
attraction at the Riviera theater.
When 1t appeared that his
college career would be cut short
Barry decided that the stage was
the easiest way Of making a
living. and he bluffed his way into
a part in Tobacco Road. :" the
production which established a
record for longevity on Broadway
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03

OF the United states in behalf Of
Jim. the postmsn. who lost his
Job because he destroyed a regis
tered letter which would have re.
vrsied 20 a widow on her d.sthbcd
that her son had been killed In =
prison break.
Others In tho cas-, are Tom Neal.
James Bush. Don Costello. Mufiei
Hutchinson. Jack Norton, Louis
Jean Hcydt and Ann Tcemsn.
Robert Sinclair. who mad. "wo-
man Again Woman and Ora
matte school, was IN. director.
Edgar selsyn produced.
Sharing the screen In Star
Dust" with Linda parncli and
John Payne in the lead roles
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03

Either Artie is kidding some
body or else he doesn't know the
music. because Lana has even gone
so far as to give reasons for leav-
ing their Beverly Hills home and
taking an apartment.
Certainly the reasons are not
new -. "incompatibility' and
fighting" the first mean
ne you can't get along with
your mate and the second that
you are constantly trying to
do something about II.
The matrimonial symphony is a
hard score to play correctly and
sometimes it seems more sour notes
come from the pit" than harmony.
Then, too, a lot of people join the
orchestra who either can't or
won't play the music as it is writ
ten
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03
,Teun's Problem!

ton for Arizona" she adopted a
little baby burro named Lazarus
Ward" Now Jean is back in Hol-
lywood and so is Lazarus.
Building restrictions in Jeans
neighborhood will not permit of
horses or stables on the premises.
However, Jean contends Lazarus
isn't a horse and that the home
she is building for him mo larger
than a dog kenneD isn't stable.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03

suNsET-Bing Crosby and Bob Hope
In The Road To Singaporr. also
Jean Hersholt IN Courageous Dr.
Christian"
TENPIE-Linds Darnell and John
PAYNE in star Dust also Ann
Sothern ana William uafgan IN
Joe and Ethel Tairp Call on the
President"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03
NEW But FORCEFUL
CHARACTERIZATION

Although she begun on me
professional stage. in San Fran
cisco In 1901. Miss Rsmbeau is
not quite 81 and even In makeup
Is a good deal more attractive
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03
"Daisu's" a Father!

You remember Daisy" the
little dog of the Blonde"
family: Well, shes a father
with a family of seven pups.
You see. Daisy really isn't a
Daisy at all he's a daddy
but he's a Daisy of a
daddy, you'll have to admit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03
ACTRESS, GLOBE TRoTTER

Wendy Barrie, currently co-star-
ring with Gene Raymond in
RKO Radios Gross Country Ro-
nance" has Travelled around the
world seven times and lived at
times in Hongkong. Singapore.
Rangoon, Calcutta. Msras and the
Indian hill country.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03
Marjorie Rambeau to Create New Tugboat
Annie: Will Not Initiate Marie Dressler

locking than the public coneep-
ton OF Tugboat Annie. Simmer,
too. But quite AS brisk and forth
right. and maybe somewhat
more sympathetic character be-
cause Of irreprcssible fluttcrings Of
femininity.
She began her movie carer In
1916, and resumed IL in 1880. But
most OF her life has been spent
on stages. from Broadway TO
Juneau, Alaska. Once when she
was playing in stock in Tacoma,
Miss Rambeau knew the original
Tugboat Annie, a well-lovsd fig
ure OF the northwest whose ex-
ploits were the basis for the tales
written by Norman Reilly Raine.
She also has known Raine for sew
eral years.
MISS MBEAU'S
BEEN AROUND
The author, incidentally iE head
scenarist Mt the Warner studio,
but when the company purchased
the movie rights To the stories
from Metro, they wers turned
over 10 another writer for adap-
tation.
asked Miss Rambeau II she
were a good sailor. and she said
yes, and that she also knows the
northwest coast. When she was
IL she went TO Alaska with her
mother, who was opening a hos
pital. And once they went on the
ordinarily brief voyage across the
strait 10 Siberia and were away
30 days. storm bound with an
open whaling boat Mise Rambeau
was the first white child Ia travel
up the Snake river. she said
Years later she went back with
stock company and played in
towns where no theatrical per-
Torrance ever had been seen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03

together by sense Of right. per
haps this union viii show light
that will shine like a blazing bea-
con to guide back the rest of man
kind towards the principles OF our
continents. l persanlly would not
want TO live in world ruled by
other principles than these. Bra
zilians, please forgive me for being
so serious. Perhaps another time
l shall be able to tell you about our
country in the North. of Hollywood
and what we are doing in the pic
ture world"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03
Ray Milland and Loretta
Young Co-Siar in Comedy
New Proqrum Also Includes Out
West With the Peppers"

Torrid temperature embarrassing pulse terrific
blood pressure is plain Of heart TROUBLED And IL
isn't until Doctor Takes wifs" that he really knows
what's wrong with himaelff
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03

Damon Runyon's famous char
acters from Flathush. BROOKLYN,
appear in the persons Of Ann
sothern and William Gargan In
their most celebrated enterprise
wherein they visit tina President
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03
Ann Soihern Again on Star List Of
New Bill at Temple Theaier Today

Joe and Ethel Turp Call the President opening today
at the Temple theaer. brings old ficonal friends TO
the screen-Joe and Ethel Turp.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03
RY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

NEA Service starr Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD Tugboat Annie
and the trusty Narcissus soon Will
sail again. With toot and
boot at her cherished enemy. cap'n
Bullwinkle of the Salamander,
Skipper Annie Brennan is going to
try to salvage motion picture
series that has been too long
aground.
Marie Dressler died almost ex-
actly six years ago, and the Tug
boat Annie stories bought for her
by Metro began TO gather DUST.
For a while it was said that no
other actress would replace her
in the salty Characterization. but
the studio began looking around
for successor about the time
Grauman's Chinese theater
moved its boxoffice onto the ce-
ment slab containing Miss Dress
ler's footprints.
Then began procession oil
doughty old dolls who either
didn't quite look the part or
couldn't act it. Metro sold the
MOVIE rights to Warner Brothers,
and the search continued. Not
long ago it almost eliminated in
the selection of Elsa Maxwell.
But the new Tugboat Annie Is
Marjorie Rambeau.
WON'T INITIATE
MARIE DRESSLER
Hollywood thinks she's good
choice. Seeing and hearing her
on the set, you'd be sure OF II.
Miss Rambeau is a colorful and
lusty character in her own right
Shes a sort of feminine John
Barrymore; there have been lot
of dips and peaks in her career;
il she has missed theatrical i'm
mortality it's because she has been
too busy having fun, but when
ever she sets her mind TO 1t she
can do a bang-up job OF acting.
I'm not like DRESSER, and II
they had wanted me to initiate
her ! wouldn't have taken the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03
Wen Miss Ben!

The passing OF ben lurpiu
marks the final fadeout of one
Of the truly great veterans Of
the screen a man VINO,
years ago, was a familiar per-
sonality in the Keystone come
dies. He capitalized on a ply
steal infirmity which would
have relocated you and me to
a life of misery and despair.
Perhaps there NAV be those who
will wonder why l call him a
great" veteran when, by the Hol'
lywood yardstick, he never got
very far.
Well >. 1t all depends on your
sense of values upon what
characteristics in a man you con-
slider great"
To me, there is no higher
calling than to make folks
laugh to be able to bring
shouts of glee from the threats
of little children to help
the weary and sick at heart
forget for few moments
their cares and tribulatiOns -.
to throw ray of sunshine
across horizons darkened with
the clouds of life.
guess, if one were to apply
the accepted standards of great
ness to Ben Turpin. he was wash
out. but as l see it, he was one Of
whom we may all be proud
4 man who has left the worlc
a better place than he found it
Truly, such an accomplishment
justifies the use of the wore
great when speaking of the lit
tie cross-eyed comedian of movie
land.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03
NOW PLAYING At
LOCAL THEATERS
FIRST SHOWING

Music BoN-Alcs Fsys and nnn
Ameche in Lillian Russell" II %.
Z 70. ITO. 10 90. also Merle Oeeron
in over the Moon i.SS. s.1s.
pIs.
RIAITo-M Carroll and
Douglas Fairbanks. Jr. IN ~ssfaFl.
II 50. 400. AS. T2s. 1910. also
the Weaver Brothers and Elviry IN
Grand Ole Cpry.~ lass. $40.
625. 9.o5.
RINIFRt-Roy Rogers and Pauline
Moore in Days OF Jesse James
Il 80. ans, 500, 7.a5. 1890. The
HlEginS Family in Covered Trail
er." II SO ass. Gao. a.0a; also
Raiders over England l.SS. 4 20,
7.25. 1910.
RoNN--wallaee Beerv and leo Car
rillo In 40 Mule Team lass. S;sa.
100. Jos. also Lana turner and nnda
George Murphy In Two Girls On
Broadway" Il 40. 2.4s. 5 40. s IS.
also The March OF Time 22o,
$40, s2S.
RETURN SHOWING
BF,FRf Y-Iean Arthur and Pred
MaeMurray In Too Many Hus-
bands" also Victor MeiAElen and
Jackie Cooper IN The Big GUY"
COMM NITY--Jane withers and Joe
Brown Jr in High School also
The Jones Family IN As Young As
You Feel"
NAY sTREET-Wallaoe Berry and
Dolores Del Rio In The Man Prom
Dakota" also Penny Singleton and
Arthur Lake in Blonde on A
Budget"
IAKTWOOD-Jame Cagney and Pat
OBrien in The Fighting osth.
also Sidney Toler In Charlie Chan
On Treasure Island
PARK-Alice Faye and Fred Mac
Murray in Little Old New York
also Jimmy Lydon in Two Thor
oughbreds."
REAIART-Henry Fonda. Jane Oar
we'll and John Csrradine IN The
Grapes OF Wrath"
REN-Fred MacMurray and Alice
Faye IN Little Old New York also
Charles starrett IN Two Fisted
Law"
SHrLI.-HedY LAMAR IN ECSTASY.
also Barton MacLane and Charles
Biokford in "Mutiny in the Big
House
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03

part" she said. Il can do my own
Characterization. and / certainly
do feel In character with these
old seagoing clothes and this
makeup No. they haven't
tried to age me just to make me
look weatherbeaten
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-03
Somebody's Wrong! :

Her husband answers inquiries with I'VE were out to-
gether last night. There just isn't any truth to these
reports.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15

The troublesome British minis
try of information has been
taken by Sir John Reith, above,
who succeeds Lord Mcmillan in
cabinet revision. He directed
British Broadcasting Corpora
ton and Imperial Always.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15

The modern age of feminine
ascendancy reached its climax
when Mrs. Ethel Wolfson, 26,
was convicted in Wheeling, w.
Va, on charges of beating her
husband. She is shown in jail
where she will spend the next
On DAYS
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15

Count Galeazzo Cano Qeft), Mussoinis soninlaw and italian foreign
minister. and Count Stephan Csaky, Hungarian minister of foreign af7
fairs, meeting in Venice, are reported putting their heads together on
ways and means to resist German economic aggression against Hungary
Hitler seeks Hungary's rich agricultural, coal and iron supplies. Italy
~s seeks to keeptee Balkans free Of Nazi domination ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15

Things looked dark for Fred Apostoli, on his hands and knees, when
he went down for the third time in as many rounds IN his hght-
heavyweight scrap with Meio Bettina, but the former mlddleWelght
championship claimant got up again and went on to drop the Beacon,
N. Y, southpaw and win a split 12-round decision at Madison Square
Garden. The referee is Johnny McAvoy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15

0"Hte" " 1efeftoIuooH
Pictured on bridge of the flag
ship U.S.S. Pennsylvania, Admiral
James O. Richardson is the new
commander-in-chief of the combined
United States fleet. He succeeds
Admiral Claude C. Bloch, who as
sumes command of Pearl Harbor
Navy Base, Hawaii.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15

Following an argument with her
husband, Mrs. Gladys H%ulslander,
50, of New York, fed insect poison
to her two children, Paul, s, and
Theodore, Jr. (right), II, then took
a large quantity herself. Only
Theodore survived.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15

Just two short of the National Hockey League. record for consecu-
tive games without a defeat, the mighty New York Rangers hockey
team blasted the New York Americans. Oft the Maalson square ane
without defeat to Is. Above, a player pne-up as the Rangeas mss
a goal try. Top to bottom are Pike, Rangers; MacDonald, rangers
Robertson, Americans goalie; Conacher, Americans, and smith,
Rangers.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-08-22
MalcOnta Garden Club

The Malconta Garden club held
their August meeting on the 18th
at the country home of Miss Catha
Johnson, where picnic supper was
served to the members and their
guests at small tables set around the
lawn Later the business meeting
was held and the officers for the
ensuing year were installed, as fol-
lows: Mrs. e. C.. Jones, Unity Farm
president; Mrs. Fred Coulson, vice
president: Mrs. Caro- Carroll. sec'y;
Mrs. c. B. Smith, treas; Mrs. Ben
Richardson, publicity; Mrs. Albert
Barkhurst, contact; Mrs. Joseph
Cowan, hospitality; Mrs. Chas.
Whitaker and Mrs. M. NJ. McDon
aid, program; Mrs. Fred Coulson,
Mrs. Mark Strahl, Mrs. Robert Por
ter and Mrs. Haven Hammond grape
vine, Mrs. j. L. Maier; junior gar
den clubs, Mrs. c. b. Frisbie, Malta,
Mrs Nellie Baker. McConnelsville.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-08-22
TriaS e1phia

Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Nelson recently
Visited at Wooster Mrs. Jasper
Steward of New Lexington is spend
ing some time at the home Of her
daughter, Mrs. Earl Carpenter.
MN. G. l. Porter and son Charles
Porter and family of Columbus,
spent few days last week with
relatives in Kentucky.--W We had a
fine rain Sunday afternoon, which
was very much needed Mr.. and
Mrs. G. w. Appleman of GAINESVILLE
spent Friday night with Lyle Mar
tin and family Il. A. Torbert and
family of near Glenford, spent Sun
day with his sisters, the Misses Mil
dred and Margaret Torbert.- Miss
Belva Bryon, near Renrock, spent
the week end with Miss Betty Mar
tin.--B. j. Appleman and wife and
daughter of Bloomfield were Sun
day visitors at the Lyle Martin
home. Mrs. Mary Pond of Dayton
and Mr.. and Mrs. b. F. Whitaker of
New Lexington called on H. w.
Whitaker, Saturday--Mr and Mrs.
E. R. Woodward, Mr.. and Mrs.
Luther Woodward and Mrs. Kate
Ford enjoyed a motor trip to Lam
caster, Sunday afternoon. Mrs.
Mary Savage and little son, of Nc
Connelsville, are visiting her par
ents, Mr., and Mrs. Harry Maxwell
Miss Joyce Torbert of Philo and
Donald Torbert of Glenford are
spending this week with their
aunts, the Misses Mildred and Mar
garet Torbert. Donald Lacy of
Roseville is spending a few days at
the Victor Duff home--Mr. and
Mrs. p. E. Carpenter spent Sunday
with their son, Lyle Carpenter, and
family of Blue Rock.