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Made it very plain. In fact, hes
talking about going abroad. But
you will be able to find him at
the office or at Mr.. Harrison's
house. He's still staying there"
Judge Castle fumbled his mas
sive watch from his waistcoat
pocket. II can make the nine-for-
ty Quinn, will you phone Mrs
Castle that I have been called
away? She will hear from me this
evening"
Victor Quinn put in disquiet-
ing two days during Judge Cas-
ties absence, unable to overcome
a vague foreboding that made
him as restless as a Gagged animal
This last turn of affairs might af-
feet his future almost as much
as Jeffrey's.
It was a queer thing. His affec-
ton for Jeffrey was genuine; he
believed that he had proved it
Jeff had said that he would not
return to Parville under any cir
cumstances, but that was before
he had seen his father. BY this
time the two Castles would have
had their encounter. The Judge
would bring great pressure tc
bear on Jeffrey in order to in:
duce that young man to come
back. He just might succeed. And
then what?
The answer seemed rather OBJ
vious. OF course Jeff would be
taken into the firm. He should
be. But the practice would not
warrant the addition and both
young men would be subsisting
on Judge Castles charity to some
extent. In time it would be ap-
parent that Victor was the odd
man in the combination.
Ito Be COntinue6
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-19
Cranberry News

Mr.. Dick Phipps is suffering
from a light stroke of paralysis.
Miss Irene Hall is sick at this
writing.
Mrs. H. 1. Jones and Mrs. Mag
gle Nuckolls took Mr.. Jones
daughter Betty, to the hospital to
have her tonsils removed.
Mr.. Junior Shepherd, who has
been suffering from a serious cut
on the hand, is better.
Mr.. Junior Atwood is at Ra-
leigh taking an electrical weld
ing course.
Mr.. w. F. Shepherd is holding
a position at Fayetteville.
Mrs. Jennie Mcmillan and Mrs.
E. B. Shepherd went to West JEFF
ferson Friday.
Mrs. E. B. and Mr.. w. F. Shep-
herd spent Wednesday with Mrs.
Jennie Mcmillan.
Mrs. John G. Atwood and Mrs.
Junior Atwood visited Mrs. Jen-
ME Mcmillan Sunday.
Mr.. James Robert Sturgill and
family spent Sunday with Mrs.
Rhebea Hall.
The Scottville B. T. U. will pre-
sent a Christmas program Satur-
day night $50 at Scottville Bap-
tist church. Everyone is invited.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-19
NETTLE KNOB NEWS

Mrs. L. G. Tomilson visited her
sister. Mrs. Minnie Johnson, of
Othello, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Wilcox
went to Winston-Salem, to visit
his mother who is in the Baptist
hospital, very sick.
Mr.. Hamp Walters visited his
daughter, Mrs. lisa Phillips, last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Phillips
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Jordan Nc
Neill, of Othello, Sunday.
Mrs. j. A. Goodman has been
sick, but is improving.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-19

Jeffrey drained the last OF his
ale and sat staring in deep preoc-
cupation at the empty glass.
ION one condition" was the fl
nal judgment. Exactly one, Vic. .
"Say on"
"That you don't pull any fine
gesture on your own account
about easing out of the picture
and that rot"
Maybe he'll ease me out.
Hardly. You can make II
plain that I'm not coming home
to stay, now or in the future.
should like to feel free to visit
on my mothers account, you
know. And in your diplomatic
fashion, you might drop a gentle
hint that the first move is up tt
him."
20. K"
II have your word for it,"
my word Of honor"
Victor had attended to the one
errand he had in the city ano
daylight found him on the road tc
Parville. He stopped en- route fol
a hasty breakfast and was in the
office five minutes after Judge
Castle arrived.
He walked into the latter:
room, closed the door after him
and plunged itno a situation thai
he had been attempting to re-
hearse as he drove. Good morn
ing, Judge. I have some informa'
ton that I believe I should share
with you. I have just driver
down from the city after spending
an evening with jeffrey"
The Judge tugged off his spec
tacles and frowned. "Well?" he
demanded harshly.
Jeffrey looks fine beer
working hard. He is with the
Harrison office and by all &C.
counts is doing we'll"
"Humph! And did he ask you
to submit that report?"
sHe did not ask me to tell yoU
anything. Not even that Mrs. Cas-
tie is residing in Reno at the pre-
sent time"
The Judge sat back weakly II
his chair. "Good God!" he ejacu'
lated. "She's divorcing him
When will he be here?"
Hes not coming back, sir
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mot necessary, old man. It's
decent Of you. Just what ! would
expect. But that's out. No matter
what you do. For the present, I'm
staying away from Parville. At
ter it all blows over, that will be
some else. I have no plans. But,
believe it or not, this experience
with Harrison's has given me a
lot of confidence in myself"
Look here. jeff, we seem to
have the cards mostly face up.
Why did you call me last night?
Did you merely want to spill? Or
are you willing to have me help
you if ! CAM"
"Guess it was partly habit, VIC.
I was beginning to feel pretty
ragged and thought maybe you
could brace up the old morale a
bit. You have"
"What about your father get
ting in on this?"
"I don't know. I've never told
anybody about our last session.
He practically threw me out,
even if it was done with a fine
gesture"
'Let me tell your father. He's
going to find out sooner or later.
I believe 1T will give him big
lift"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-19

Argentine hides now have their
largest market in this country,
the United States taking about so
percent of the total produced by
the South American republic.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-19

Experts now believe that Ma
tiona1 defense orders awarded up
to November / will result in the
employment of 100000 persons
in this country by the middle Of
1o41. 'f!@9'
Evening star., 1940-06-29
Republicans Steal
News Spotlight

The Republican convention this
week steals the Trans-Lux spotlight
There are sundry views of activity
on the floor at the convention hall,
several of the nominating speeches
Mr.. Willkie discussing the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Willkie.
There also are, to be sure, camera
reports on the war in Europe-Nazi
bombers shot down in British coastal
towns, Australian troops arrive, the
King decorates heroes of battle, the
Queen visits heroes in hospitals,
children are sent to Canada. War
news on this side of the Atlantic
looks at guarding of the Panama
Canal, to the Army's recruiting
drive, to fighting planes maneuver-
ing in the Pacific, to new Diesel
engine for aircraft, to a new para
chute that's easily removable, to
civilian pilot training.
Short subjects on the new Trans
Lux program include "Parlor Buck
aroos," visit to dude ranches in the
Montana mountains; Unusual Oc-
cupations," which demonstrates how
Gene Autry, the singing cowboy.
trains his horses; "Sky Game"
about duck shooting in Louisiana,
and THE Ugly Dino" the weeks
cartoon novelty. HIM
Evening star., 1940-06-29

Several people of some repute in
the cinema world have been in
volved in The Man Who Talked
Too Much among them Virginia
Bruce, George Brent and Richard
Barthelmess. They seem, and who
can blame them, to have been
thinking about something else they
would rather have been doing that
day. Some bright comic moments
are contributed by George Tobias
punch-drunk ex-f1ghter, and now
and then we have a glimpse of a
very pretty girl named Brenda Mar
shall, whose fan club we are pre-
pared to join with only slightly more
provocation.
The Earle's stage show, aptlv en-
titled "Biff Bang Boom" is a lively
affair, certainly with never what YOU
would call dull moment. ending
on a patriotic note appropriate to
these times and the week which
welcomes July T. Major hero of the
enterprise Mr.. Harry Anger has
cooked up is the Find of the
Month"; Garfield Swift, the young
baritone, who certainly must be
headed for brilliant concert career.
A medley of Show Boat" tunes and
several other items are vehicles for
voice of a caliber you won't he
Evening star., 1940-06-29

hdS "lltCSH uluCH more cohesive
piece. Her Susan, as played by Miss
Crawford, may be a pretty para
phrase of Miss Lawrence in timing,
infection and general demeanor.
but the fact remains that she is a
more consistent, understandable
character than the original scatter
brain who opened her career in
Washington.
Susan and God" one of the bet
ter screen comedies, has the ad-
vantage of coming to the movies
as a farce. AS a stage play. it was
anything but. Indeed, it was
criticized AS a play mainly because
Its author apparently did not quite
know what to make of Susan, In
the first act, she made her a but
terf1y, pure and simple, while in
the latter two, Susan was merely
one more woman who turned very
serious when she saw her marriage
collapsing from her own dead
weight.
To make the Capitols program
one OF the more sophisticated things
OF the season, the management has
collected an aggregation of stage
stars which is headlined by Sheila
Barrett and Harriet Hoctor, the
former the best mimic Washington
ever produced, the latter the best
dancer who ever lent her talents
to vaudeville.
In adapting Susan and God" to
Evening star., 1940-06-29

into rather shoddy but emlnently
successful ways until he dramatically
learns the difference between right
and wrong, here it is again.
The man mentioned in the title,
the one who talks too much, seems
to be the brother of this attorney
who finds being the mouthpiece for
the mob so lucrative. The kid
brother brings ethics into the firm
when he graduates from law school,
finally becomes so fed up that he
turns over to the F. B. l.. some very
fine evidence of income tax evasion
against the firms major client, a
genteel racketeer in the slot machine
and protection business.
This breach of ethics quite natu-
rally makes the racketeer unhappy,
whereupon he frames the kid with
a murder rap and the kid is so near
the hot seat his pants are smoking
before his big brother manages to
spring him. Director Vincent Sher-
man is the real hero of this piece
concocted by Walter De Leon and
Tom Reed from a play by Frank J.
Collins Originally, no doubt, by one
of the ancient Greeks. Mr.. Sher-
man manages to inject little sus-
pense into that one about the last
minute call by the governor-sus-
pense even as you could be sitting
there growing, "Aw, let him fry"
Evening star., 1940-06-29
Edison the Man
At the Columbia

The second chapter of M-G-M's
two-part biography of Thomas Alva
Edison, Edison the Man" returns
now to F street for week at Loew' S
Columbia. With Spencer Tracy fol-
lowing in the boyhood footsteps of
Mickey Rooney to complete the por-
trait OF our greatest inventor, this
is the more distinguished of the two
photoplays about him, a worthy ad-
dition to the library of film bio
graphical legend.
And legend rather than fact is
what considerable of Edison the
Man is, though this is no point to
bubble over. Edison's career was a
notable one, surely, and his contri-
buttons to our fuller life many, but
he neglected to live life that would
turn out to be highly dramatic
cinema material. So the script writ
ers can be forgiven, even thanked,
for inventing certain fictions which
enliven the film, make it entertain
ing as well as interesting. Even if
the exact circumstance of the in
vention of the electric light and the
talking machine were somewhat
different than those reported here
the makers of the picture have given
us a character portrait of Edison
worthy of the man and that per-
haps is the important thing.
Edison the Man" is another
H.
can be proud, and so, for that mat
ter, can Director Clarence Brown.
Tracys resemblance to Edison is
even an external one. And Mr..
Brown is so adept that he contrives
to steal a scene from his leading
actor with that first brave electric
light. HIM,
Evening star., 1940-06-29

eXcelled when it comes to being.
romantic. To lovers of romance,
the picture will be another "Naugh-
ty Marietta or 'Maytime" and the
cavil of the reviewer that it all
seems pretty silly will prove COM
pietely unimportant.
Against the charm of Miss Mac
Donalds voice, and that of Mr..
Eddy, there is the further and
unimportant no doubt, complaint,
to be made that the picture is
much too long.
There has been an obvious effort
to stick closely to the story as it
originally was told in 1880 with
Grace Moore and Lawrence Tib-
bett. There has been no addi-
tions, or subtractions even, from
the original set of tunes which
made the Romberg operetta so
popular. Lover Come Back to
Me" "One Kiss" and Wanting
YOU all of them staged with sur
passing care and rendered with
a vocal excellence that is beyond
question are part of the latest
version of the operetta.
The single change in the latest
adaptation of New Moon" has to
do with the story. Similar to the
stage narrative, and nostalgically
as charming, is the account of the
socially conscious nobleman who
identifies himself with the struggles
of the Louisiana bondslnen of the
late 18th century.
The bondsman (Mr. Eddy) falls
into the hands of Miss Macdonald.
plantation owner. and what fol-
lows is the more interesting if the
spectator bothers not at all to ask
questions.
Should a question be asked. Mr..
Eddy might not look as bright
as he should be as the rebellious
young nobleman who leads the
bondsmen in revolt. Nor should the
French revolution look like such a
ready solution for all the problems
that arise to make life so discom-
fitting for the young couple.
Far more effective when she sings,
Miss Macdonald mars the new YER
sion of New Moon" by overacting
when she is supposed to be coy
young miss out to land her man.
Never did she look more like
singer than when she is supposed to
be the love of Mr.. Eddys heart. The
latter, incidentally, is considerably
more of an actor than he has been
in the past without being any less
of singer.
Together with superlative costly
cast, the principals are up against
one of the most difficult script writ
ing jobs that Hollywood has under
taken in the last year. Try as they
will, they cannot keep the thing
from looking synthetic.
They are helped, naturally, by one
OF the most thoroughgoing produc-
ton jobs in months. They are not
helped enough, however, that the
presence of H. B. Warner, Mary Bo-
land, Grant Mitchell and a host of
other well-known players can con-
ceal the fact that New Moon" is a
dated project. J.C.
Evening star., 1940-06-29

the screen, Miss Loos adhered close
ly to the original, by which process,
incidentally, she gave Miss Crawford
the best role she has had in years.
Her story, an ironic thing, is that
OF feather-brained society mother
who is so concerned with arranging
the lives of her friends that it never
occurs to her that those of her hus-
band and daughter are by far the
more important. Wacky on q new
religious cult, BuchmAnism to be
blunt about it, the wife and mother
throws every one out of line until
circumstances brings her to the
realization that it is her own home
life that needs correction.
1t is one of the weaknesses of
the picture, though not a serious
one from the standpoint of It's
compulsion, that the wife is a less
sympathetic character than the
woman the husband might have
married. The latter, played by Ruth
Hussey, is quite more than "the
other woman" although it Is ap-
parent throughout that such was
not the intention of Miss Crothers,
Miss Loos or George Cukor. who
directed the picture with such un-
derstanding.
With reference to Mr.. Cukor's
direction, let it be said that its
greatest achievement is in restrain
ing the performance of Mr.. March
from running away with his pic
ture.
Sympathy of the audience should
be constantly with the husband, but
so engaging is the feather-brained
Susan that she manages to more
than hold her own throughout the
picture.
AS Susan, Miss Crawford not
only gets her greatest role in wears,
but she also acquires a daughter
played by Rita Quigley. Under the
direction of Cukor, the latter has
profound tendency to make one
forget the excellent performances
OF Nancy Kelly in the role as pre-
sented here when Miss Crothers'
play opened. Other performances
winch make the screen version
notable are those of John Carroll as
Clyde, the young actor; Miss Hussev
as Charlotte, Rose Hobart as the
hardened Irene, Nigel Bruce as the
neutrality-suspicious. "Hutchie: Mar
Jorie Main as the sardonic servant of
Susan, and Constance Collier as
the famous Lady Wagstaff, whose
inspiration Susan shared.
Altogether, Susan and Cod is
one of the better things that has
come out of Hollywood recently.
X X X X
Beyond Miss Barrett and Miss
Hoctor, the stage show of the Capt.
tol this week offers the acroba tics
Of Emil and Evelyn, the merriment
of Arthur Robey, the Rhythm Rock
cts helping Miss Hoctor, and those
talkative musical personalities, Art
Brown and Sam Jack kaufman.
Take it all in all, a good show.
Evening star., 1940-06-29
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Palace-"NeW Moon" with jean
cite Macdonald and Nelson Eddy:
11:55 am, 2:20, 4:45, ITO and 9::35
pm.
Earle-"The Man Who Talked
Too Much" but he's a fascinating
rogue: II am, lao, 4:25, 7:IO and
10 pm. Stage shows: 12:45, $50,
6:15 and 9 pm.
Capitol-"Susan and God" Joan
Crawford finds the better life:
1890 am, 1:20, Ais, 7:05 and 10
pm. Stage shows: 12:40, $3.50,
6:25 and 800 pm.
Edison, the Man." i'm
personated by Spencer Tracy: HAS
am, 2:l5, 4:40, 7:l0 and 9:35 pm.
Metropolitan - Brother orchid"
Edward G. Robinson in a gayish rib
on rackets: IL am, LOS, 3:15, 5:25,
7:35 and 9:45 pm.
Keith's -" MY Favorite Wife,"
Irene Dunno is Cary Grants: 11:35,
am, 1875, $40, $40, 7:45 and $50
pm. March of Time: 11:45 am,
Ills, 3:20, 500, 7:25 and $50 pm.
Little-"Algiers," with Charles
Boyer and Hedy Lamar: 1920 am,
1:25, $3.50, $50, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Trans-Lux News and shorts;
continuous from 10 am.
In the Country.
Cross Meet the Wife,"
comedy with a touch of bigamy:
$40 pm.
Roadside-"Black Sheep" mellow
melodrama, ft $40 pm.
Evening star., 1940-06-29
Break for Bette

Bette Davis got her first leading
role because her mother thought
that somebody might fall down and
break leg.
The play was broadway" and
was playing in Rochester. Bette
had two Gnes-to begin with.
Il took the part, small as it was
because mother had a hunch," ex-
planned the Warner Bros. star.
Mother said oh, go on. take it,
and learn the lead, too. I bet the
leading lady falls down and breaks
leg before the shows a week old.
She did, too, only it was her
ankle.
so knew her part and I got it."
The show closed after its Roches-
ter engagement and Bette was in
something else by the time Broad
way went to Broadway.
Evening star., 1940-06-29

hearing equalled often on vaude-
vile stage.
Heroines of the show are 16-the
Roxyettes. this week engaged, among
other things, with precision and a
strenuous rumba, or whatever 1t Is
one would do with maracas to
Begin the Beguine." Also there
are the Four Franks, who play sun
dry musical instruments and dance
nimbly in the swing manner; Clyde
Hager, with that DAFT pitch man"
impersonation, and John Gallus,
who balances a rubber ball on a
clarinet whSe playing the clarinet,
If that excites you beyond belief.
Sing SoEg With MIKE" is still a
popular Earle attraction, too, with
the engaging Miss Eileen Ritter
charming vocal efforts out of any
customer who dares.
Evening star., 1940-06-29
Original Title

They Knew What They Wanted"
original title of the late Sidney
Howard's Pulitzer Prize play, has
been selected as the final title of
R-K-O Radios screen version star
ring Carole Lombard and Charles
Laughton.
Now before the cameras with
Erich Pommer producing and Gar
son Kanin directing, the picture
features in the supporting cast Will
liam Gargan, Frank Fay, Harry
Carey, Joe Bernard, Janet Fox and
host of other notable names.
Evening star., 1940-06-29

L IL y
the kids we'll over s27 900. To which
you must add a four-figure weekly
radio price tag, plus $500 per
stage appearance.
It's very good racket" says La
Verne dreamily. Yeah" says Max
enc. Particularly" continues Pat
ty when you consider that two
years ago we were asking 5000 a
week in vaudeville for the three of
U.S." And took $780," interrupts
La Verne. When we could get it, y
concludes Maxene. For their cur
rent film chore the sisters are re-
ceiving something like $1,000 week.
And they love it-even though they
have to make love to the Ritz
brothers!
Il hope we don't have to kiss
them" says Maxene. Its like this, ="
says Patty, we're boy crazy, but
the Ritz Brothers can't see us
And we won't do our stuff" says
La Verne, unless the Ritz brothers
give us a little attention. TN the
movie reminds MaXene.
Acting for the MOVIES says
La Verne. "is like playing house
when you were child. It's make
believe fun" Except the part
where you have to get up at $50
in the morning" says Maxene.
The sisters were born in Min
neapolis Mother was Norwegian" !"
says Patty. Dads family was
Greek" says Maxene, The girls
have been singing, acting and dane
ing since they were four. But until
two years ago. it was small-time
stuff. Now they're up with Bing
Crosby in record sales. They sing
four songs in the movie-including
"Rhumboogie." Did I say sing! I
should have said swing And how
they swing it!
To tea with Robert Taylor And
we talk about politics, golf, real
estate, and his wife, Barbara STAN
wyck. She's a very stubborn GAL"
says Bob, referring to Barbara's
recent snagging of the most sought
after picture role in Hollywood-in
Frank Capra's Life of John Doe" )"
For the past six months she's been
reading piles of scripts, but wouldn't
have any of 'em. She wanted some
thing good. You see, 1t pays to
wait" Of you can afford itO
Whenever I see Bob, I usually
ask him, ANY luck in selling your
ranch?" The answer is still mo"
but this time he adds something
new, that he doesn't really want
to seIl it, But I can't afford two
houses-one in the country and one
in town" And here I've been
thinking that a movie star could
afford anything his heart desired!
An economy wave-due to the
worldwide unsettled state-is cur
rently flooding Hollywood. There
is a glut of movie mansions on the
market.
AS for golf. Mr.. Taylor is going
back to tennis! THE day I Joined
the golf club, I threw eway my
clubs. I'll never be any good" says
Bob bitterly. We turn to the
gloomier subject of conditions in
Europe. After which Robert says
sadly, "If I were President of the
United States" "Why don't you
run?'' I ask him. 81 couldn't beat
Oracle Allen" ne says. I bet he
could
The sight of the week. Freddie
March practicing on this columnist
for a lifting job he has to do on
Betty Fdd In Victory" I'm
Evening star., 1940-06-29

afraid they'll have to reverse Jobs
now-Betty will have to carry Fred
die
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1940-06-29

we were paid
$25 (for the
three of them
TO record Bel
Mir Bist Du
Schoen.' " Last
year" says Max
enc. % and bru-
nette, We sold
one and a half
million records. ="
I'VE were paid" !"
says La Verne,
25, also brunette,
two cents a rec
ord above the
first 0, 0 0 O."
IT | hro,lpht.
Evening star., 1940-06-29

oVTCcII ucUuU Upp71SIUe I1It ftItl IUC1I-
ers in Argentine Nights"
Hollywood is used to success
stories, but the Andrews trio is
success story to top all success
stories. Two years ago" says Patty,
the youngeSt-she 20 and blond
Evening star., 1940-06-29
Conedv's Finale

Lynn Starling's comedy, Meet the
Wife" will be played for the last
time at the Cross Roads Theater
tonight. Catharine Ryan is starred
in the hayloft's version. Curtain is
at $40.
Evening star., 1940-06-29
'New Moon" " at the Palace,
Stars Favorite Couple
But Not Even MacDonald.Eddy
Team Can Conceal the Fact
That Operetta Is Dated

those people who ask not where they long
they will
Donald
look it, they will
tenous
the the picture
Evening star., 1940-06-29
Screens "Susan and God"
Has Greater Consistency
CapitoPs Picture, Starring Joan Crawford,
Has Quality Lacking When Play
Was First Presented Here
BY JAY CARMODY.

- sea as stars of Susan and God which opened yesterday
loWS capitol Crawford
tracing from the work of either there
oeh OF Anita Loo who adapted Rachel Coers
Where MISS Crohers seemed
trd Lawrence world Miss Ios