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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10
GAIN HOLD
ACROSS THE. BAY
Continued From Page One)

the following pointed reference t
the approaching March Is anniver
sarv of the German occupation o
Bohemia-Moravia, heart of the for
mer Czecho-Slovak republic.
ITO the eyes of the world wa
/ offered the tragic drama Of a ma
ton which was carried from on,
surrender to another"
Meanwhile the situation at tn,
| front continued virtually the same
except for the Soviet gain in the
Viipuri Bay sector, where severa
islands were captured by the Rus.
slams in addition to the positions
on the mainland.
Towns Occupied
(The Russian army in it's COM
munique on activities of last Mon
day reported occupation of the towns
of Hejnlahti, Muholahti and Vilajoki
on the Bay of Viipuri about Is miles
west of Viipuri. Subsequent com
muniques, however, failed to men
ton further Russian progress in this
direction.)
The communique pictured the Rus
sian drive across Viipuri Bay in it's
statement that the Finnish air force
"again bombed and fired on enemy
troops and columns of ~lorries,
sledges and tanks picking their way
across the island-dotted ice, scene
for days of sanguinary battle.
The Russians failed to gain else
where on the 1sthmus of Karelia
and suffered large losses both there
and northeast of Lake Ladoga, where
heavy fighting has been going on
for days, according to the Finns.
"AnnihiIated"
The communique said that an an
envy detachment of undisclosed size
had been completely annihilated at
Lava Lake and that a fierce battle
continued along the Kollaa River,
where thousands Of Russians we're
Killed earlier in the week.
The past few days have been
marked by a lull in Soviet bombing
attacks on cities and towns outside
the war zone. There has been con-
siderable activity, however, on the
isthmus and along the southern
coast between Kotka and Viipuri
Bay, where the Russians are at
tempting to establish bases.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10
UNFAIR"

PHILADELPHIA, March 9.-(P
An executive committee action
placing the Cooperative Hancock
Hosiery Mills on the unfair list"
was upheld today at a meeting of
Branch 1, American Federation of
Hosiery Workers (CIO).
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10
IS D. c. Of Worlds
Population At War
(By the Associated Press)

NDy JIG ffBSS
Approximately IS per cent of
the estimated world population
of 2,126,52O,000 is now at war,
declared or undeclared.
Countries engaged in hostiIi.
ties are the British Empire,
French Empire. Germany, the
U. S. S. r., Finland, Poland,
China and the Japenese Empire
"a total population of 1882.
874 0
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
Noted Broadway Plays
Being Made Into Films

Many famous stage properties will
reach the screen in the group of
Metro-G releases card
ed for the summer months, starting
with Susan and God"
Both Susan and God" in which
Gertrude Lawrence starred on
Broadway for a year, and "Old Lady
81" which has been made into a new
film under the title 1.-The Captain
is a. Lady," are from the pen of
Rachel Crothers, foremost American
woman playwright.
"New Moon" which will carry on
the Jeanette Macdonald : Nelson
Eddy vein of captivating musical en-
tertainment, launched with such
films as "Maytime' and Naughty
Marietta" was one of the most popu-
lar operettas W presented on
Broadway.
=, pride and Prejudice" another
M-G-M summer production, is based
Helen Jerome's Broadway stage
success, which in turn was derived
from the Jane Austen novel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
MY Con, My Son? Opens
At The Carolina Monday
photograph the set was designed,
built and decorated.

photograph the set was designed,
built and decorated.
Among the other spectacular sets
constructed for the film are includ.
ed a massive beach home known
as "Heronwater" and 1.-The
Beeches," representing the country
home of William and Nellie Essex
after the former becomes a famous
novels. In addition to these mas
sive sets, which required the SER
vices of hundreds of skilled work.
men, Art Director Schulze built
nearly 40 other sets representing
workshops, living rooms, bedrooms
a theatre and auditorium :reaches
as they were known to English
To Tommies of 1914 to 1918, a cha
teau in France, Victoria Station
in London and numerous other
places.
Inc STORY OF MY Son, MY Son"
revolves around the dreams of
two men who are lifelong friends.
The novelist William Essex, play
ed by Brian Aherne, and the fur
niture designer Dermot O'Rorden
played by Henry Hull, get married
while they r still poor and un-
known. When each has a son, they
make their plans for their children.
Essex plans a glorious future for
his son. O'Riorden, an enthusiastic
Irish patriot, looks forward to the
day when his son will return to
Ireland.
How these plans are carried
through amid changing times and
unexpected drama carries the
story of MY Son, My Son"
through many exciting scenes. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
Pals Of Siluer Sage
Scheduled At Biiou

One of the largest ranches in
California was used for b a C k il.
grounds in the thrilling Tex Ritter
musical western, pals of the Sill
yer Sage due to show Friday and
Saturday at the Bijou theatre.
That ranch is the famous TETON,
estimated at more than $50, 900
acres Situated approximately six
ty miles from Los Angeles, the
ranch is regarded as the oldest
in California and the west.
1t was first settled by the old
Spanish dons. Every now some of
the coWhands r related to the
first employees of the ranch, and
have never yet learned to speak
English. An approximate estimate
of cattle is said to be close to the
thousands although an exact num-
Der has eve been reached.
An Edgar Kennedy comedy,
Kennedy The Great" and the
current chapter of Flash Cor
don Conquers the Universe" COM
plete the program. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
Jamaica Inn To Show
At The Bijou Thursday

Charles Laughton brings a new
and fascinating character to the gal
lery of lively portraits that include
Captain Bigh, Ruggles of Red Gas,
the dangerous Nero, Henry VII and
the Beachcomber. 1t is the fastidious
dandified, eccentric Sir Humphrey
PengaIlan, perhaps the screens most
perfectly portrayed william in the
new Paramount release. Jamaica
H." which Thursday to the
Bijou theatre.
Drawing on Daphne duLaurier's
exciting story of Cornish coast and
the wreckers of the last country,
Laughton has accomplished a mas
terful portrait of a Regency blade
in Jamaica Inn," a man whose in
stincts and training make him die
as he has leaved 31-magnificently.
A Vitaphone musical hor and
parounts latest News completes the
program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
PENNER PICTURE
WILL SHOW HERE
Millionaire Playboy' Will
Open At The Royal On
Friday

Manufactured for the inimitable
talents of Joe Penner, popular film
and radio comedian, millionaire
which will soon have
its initial showing here Friday and
Saturday at the Royal theater,
promises to hit a new hilarity high
in Penner comedies.
Penner is cast in the role of a
young man who has never exper-
fenced the thrill of love because
ever since his cradle, girls kisses
have made him hiccup violently.
Joe wants desperately to be cured,
and his friend takes him to a re-
sort hotel that is full of oomph
girls-all Of them eager to kiss the
lad who, they have been told is a
playboy millionaire.
The friend, going on the theory
that, if more of the hair of the
dog that bit you is a cure for a
hangover, girls and more girls
should be a cure for girl-shyness
But the hotel is also the scene OIL
intrigue on the part of Joe's rich
father, who having failed to pur.
chase the hotel for a certain mon
ey-making scheme, has hired thugs
to make life at the hotel so terri.
flying that its lovely young owner,
played by Linda Hayes, will be
forced to sell out.
Completing the program r a
Terrytoon Hitch Hiker," l a t e S I
chapter of '"The Shadow" serial
and latest news events. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
XA1I n NlT1 ~ UAVIUNG nan HNuuu1 VV1u1u1u NEWS
ANA u w IL * Vl0 Ill Wy EEN SCHEDULES
NEWS
SCHEDULES
ROMANTIC COMEDY
BILLED AT BIJOU
DAYTIME Wife Stars Tyrone
Power And Lovely Linda
Darnell

The seasons smartest get-together
of romance and revelry with a top
comedy cast in a story that's as
modern as the world the day after
tomorrow is scheduled for the Bijou
theatre on Monday when Daytime
Wife" will open. This goth Century.
Fox film stars romantic Tyrone
Power with lovely Linda Darnell'
the new find who has o TOP
billing with her second screen ap.
%pearance.
Screen fans will delight in seeing
Tyrone in the type of light comedy
role in which he excels. He's a per-
fectly swell guy, married to a peach
Of a wife. but he's in trouble up to
his neck because there's something
about a secretary! Tyrone smashes
cross the gayest, most intriguing
performance of his career in portray
ing the hilarious goings-on of a hus-
band who goes whistling under the
wrong balcony.
Brilliantly directed by Gregory
Ratoff and smartly written by Art
Arthur and Robert Harari, the film
gives Linda Darnell the opportunity
to create a real sensation and pre-.
viewers agree that she does so.
She's that little ~dark-eyed lovely
who was the hit Of "Hotel For
Women"
Featured in the cast of Daytime
| Wife are Warren Williams, Bin
ME Barnes, Wendy Barrie and Joan
Davis-all Of whom are just about
tops for this type of gay story.
The program also includes a Vita.
phone Variety "Crawfords at Home"
A Floyd Gibbons True Adventure
"Three Minute Fuse and the latest
News Events.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
Film Stars Brian Aherne,
Madeleine Carroll, Louis
Hayward, Others

Heased by a cast of superlative
players and starring Brian Aherne,
Madeleine Carroll, Louis Hayward,
Henry Hull, Josephine Hutchinson,
Sophie Stewart and Laraine Day,
Edward Small's film production of
Howard Spring International best
seller, "My Son. My Son!" is
scheduled for it's premiere showing
at the Carolina Theatre Whining
ton tomorrow. Directed by Charles
Vidor from the screenplay writ
ten by Lenore Coffee, MY Son,
My Son" is being released through
United Artists.
Due to the fact that the story
of my Son, My Son" travels
through several cities and country
sections of England and covers a
period of more than Is years, Mr..
Small called in John Ducasse
Schulze, in turn, put a corps of re-
search workers to work to pre-
serve the accuracy of every little
detail of set construction and deco
cation. The result is that audiences
will see the cast performing in
settings that are infinitely pat
termed after places which actually
exist in England.
Among the many sets construct
ed for the production, one of the
outstanding shows the slums of
Manchester in the latter part of
the nineteenth century. Schulze un-
earthed an old photograph showing
just such a street and from this
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
Cheers For Irish
Plays At Bijou Tuesday

What this world needs is a good
laugh. And the Bijou Theatre is
going to oblige next Tuesday by
presenting one of the funniest
comedies to come out of Holly
wood. In Three Cheers For The
Irish", Warner Bros. has assemb-
led a cast one hundred percent
Irish, headed by Pricilla Lane,
Dennis Morgan, Alan Hale and
Thomas Mitchell.
With the story taking place in
New York City, Mitchell plays the
role of a member of New York's
Finest, the Police Department.
Forced to resign from the force
because of his age, Mitchell's fami-
ly of three daughters decides that
he should run for alderman. The
daughters, played by Priscilla
Lane, Irene Hervey and Virginia
Grey, all pitch in and work their
heads off to get their pop elected.
A Vitaphone Color Parade Me
chanix Illustrated No. 2 precedes
the feature on the program. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
Vas An Adventures
h Scheduled At Royal

Messing sufficient beauty and
Ew to make her an inter-
Enslly celebrated personality,
f. startles one a little by the
b and variety of her accomp-
F-antS.
Firing made her mark as one
Re greatest ballet stars of all
F she proceeded to prove her
| very def comedienn as
in the New York stage hit,
|Aarried An Angel" Now, be-
Eie world has had a chance to
from it's surprise, this
lovely young wom-
atonish US all over again by
that she is also a dramatic
of rare ability.
lis in Il Was An Adventures"
''nantic drama, opening Wed
asy at the Royal Theatre, in
~ she is starred, that Zorina
lays this latest accomplish
opposite the handsome and
Richard Greene, she turns
I tlaWless performance in the
Of an exquisite enchantess
. gldes from one European
to another, captivating
business men, while her
L played by Erich Won
aelm and Peter LORE, fleece
Of huge sums of money.
.eclal shorts include a color
ne jamaica Eddie De-
>se short and a technicolor
>sl Romance in Color" 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
CURRENT
ATTRACTIONS
}HE Blue BIRD
KILLED AT ROYAL
,~,,boicoIor Film, With Cast
NJ Many Hollywood Fav-
orites. Opens Monday

cv.ctlv 30 years after the Amer
y stage premiere of Maurice
p ,rI;nck's The Blue B i d."
Y reutury-Fox filmed the last
u nj its magnificent screen ver-
Y If the immortal story, in the
T. Technicolor, which opens Mon
L At the Royal theatre with a
l,;snt cast headed by a score of
E1iTwood favorite.
Wy Blue Bird made its Amer
:. debut at the New Theatre in
Y. York City in 1910. For it's
t%or it mean worldwide &C.
Dm-for he had given the world
F.r' has been called the most
| ..@"tiflll and human story ever
-,s original presentations of the
II in America, in Moscow and
F;s Haymarket Theatre in Lon
|, contained everything lavish in
|, reslm of production values,
F. elaborate ballet interludes to
M score by Humperdinck. But
!. nation picture version, filmed
/ mp new Technicolor, not only
|; IN overwhelming advantage in
[,trical aspects, such as were
rsnted by the cat and dog"
/ tree that come alive and the
fas depicting the Flaming For
| Trecking vegance; the Land
En- Past. where loved ones live
bin. the Land of the Future,
[ring the Children Yet to Be-"
| hurricane: the Palace floating
| ridair and the Mystic Lakes,
T. t is said that it also exceeds
PREVIOUS productions from the
EndpOint of charm and faithful
[herence to the essential elements
the story.
poiuction Chief Daryl F. Fan
\ elected a score of Hollywood
g-tes to bring the story of life,
Eping Shirley Temple. Spring
Eagton, Nigel Bruce, Gale Son.
caard, Eddie Collins, Sybil ia.
Jessie Ralph, Helen Ericsson.
my Russell, Laura Hope Crews
zsll Hicks, Cecilia Lotus, Al
lin and Gene Reynolds. Walter
i: vas chosen to direct the film
4 a screen play by Ernest Pas
With Gene Marley acting as
zdate producer. Additional dia-
Il vas written by Walter Bull
.ased attractions include mo
Goose in Swingtime," Screen
lsAots'', and latest Fox news. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
LILLIAN RUSSELL
SHOWS HERE SOON
Of Life OF Famous
Actress Will Open At The
Carolina Thursday

Americas first and, to this day,
the greatest glamor girl of them
all-Lillian Russell-lived in ma
iestic splendor. Her fabulous life
was one of success pyramided upon
success. From her first appearance
on the stage in 1879 until her
death in 1922 she never knew the
meaning of failure.
Daryl +. Zanuck, production
chief of 10th Century-Fox, was the
first to realize that the amazing
life and loves of Lillian Russell,
her romantic era and the popular
song hits of that time would pro-
vide a wealth of material for a
motion picture. That was two years
ago.
He determined than to revive
the songs and to draw from the
years between 1880 and 1910 such
real. life characters as Diamond
Jim Brady, man of fortune who
once offered Lillian So, 900, 900 to
marry him; Gilbert and Sullivan,
playwrights, who discharged her
in a moment of pique; Weber and
Fields who starred her in their
Music Hall; Tony Pastor; Eddie
Foy and others whose names are
bound to the gay period by a halo
of glamorous tradition.
The story of Lillian Russel's
life is etched in American folklore.
Unheralded she arrived in New
York, with her father, mother and
%siters, from her birthplace in Clin-
ton, Iowa. Pastor, the Flo Ziefeld
of that time, discovered" her
there and almost overnight she
was catapulted into fame. She be-
came the rage of the country and
her beauty a legend. The great
and near great attended her where
ever she went. Merely to be seen
with her was to acquire promi-
hence.
In Daryl F. Zanuck's production
of Lillian RUSSELL" which is COM
ing Thursday to the Carolina Thea
ire, all the splendor and glory that
was Lillian's is said to be faithfully
reproduced. Her loneliness, her
loves, her life, made headlines for
the press of her day and now
afford an ideal role for beautiful
and talented Alice Faye.
Boosting a sensational cast, this
goth C~entury-Fox picture features
Don Ameche as Edward Solomon,
Lillian's first husband; Henry Fon-
da as Alexander Moore, the Pitts
burgh publisher who was Lillian's
last husband; and Edward Arnold
as the renowned Diamond Jim
Brady. Warren William, Leo Car
rillo and many others also are
featured in the cast.
Producer Zanuck further indi-
Gated the high regard he holds for
Lillian Russell" as a motion pic
ture, when he assigned the oil
.rection Of the film to Irving Cum
mings, whose meticulous care and
expert ability assured the public
that the famous beauty would re-
ceive the attention her career so
richly deerves. Cummings was
Lillian Russell's last leading man
and consequently was able to lend
an authentic touch to the picture.
The belle of the nineties, La
Russell, was the envy of women
througout the country and the most
copied woman of three decades.
Her figure was fascinating (she
enclosed it in a $1,000 corset) and
her clothes the last word in fash
ion z
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-12

beverages per year, or more than FIVE AND ONE-HALF that spent by Washingtonians.
 If the State of Washington re- ceived $240 for every $1106 of liquor sold then on the same basis Alaska would have a revenue of. $l3.37 for each $61.64 worth of liquor sold in the Territory instead of the $3.67 as was the case. Figure it out for your self. To argue that the Territory would receive less revenue under Territorial stores than at present is like arguing that part is greater than the whole.
 T do not think that the financial part of this question should be too seriously considered. The financial aspect is far overshadowed by the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-12
c0NMUMlfATI0N
JUNEAU, Alaska, Juiy 12-Editor Alaska Daily Empire:

JUNEAU, Alaska, Juiy 12.-Editor Alaska Daily Empire:
 T wish to offer a few thoughts regarding the liquor statistics as of fered by Mir. Schoettler at the Le zion Dugout last Tuesday night and as reviewed by The Empire the next evening.
 We were informed that the total receipts from sale of alcoholic bev erages by the state liquor stores in Washington was $17,298 188.81 This no doubt is based on official figures for recerft year We were also in- formed that the net profit to the state was $40 per capita of popula- ton. We were told that in Alaska the total yearly sales of liquor were $4 500, ,00000. This is only an esti- mate but is probably a close ap- proximation The yearly revenue to the Territory per capita was given at $367. It was argued from this that Alaska was getting more pro- portionate revenue from the liquor traffic than the state of Washington with it's state controlled stores.
 This is an entirely false conclu- sion as an analysis of the statistics will show.
 The population of the state of Washington in 1880 wes 1,563, ,396. It has increased considerably since but to give the opponents of state liquor stores the advantage we will use this figure. S17,298, 183.31 divided by l. 563 .396 gives per capita of ELEVEN DOLLARS SIX AND ONE-HALF CENTS spent by Washingtonians for alcoholic beverages.
 The census returns for Alaska are not quite complete for this year but the population will be at least 72,000 but unless there are unlocked for increases in the unreported parts it will not reach 73,000. Again giving the opponents of Territorial liquor stores the advantage we will use the latter figure and not 59,278 which was the population of Alaska ten years ago. $4,5000 00000 divided by 73.0OO gives $G164 as the average spent by Alaskans on intoxicating
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-12

 Tractors in
 GM( Service

NEW YORK, July 12.-Sixteen new Trunk Line oractors-engineer- ed to meet the most exacting de- mands of tractor trailer operators and ranging in gross combina tion weight from 32.000 to 50,000 pounds have been announced as part of the comprehensive 1940 General Motors Truck line
 Offered in both conventional and cab-over-engine design, with either gasoline or diesel power, these new GMC models are designed to provide brand of performance that will establish new standards in heavy highway hauling.
 Featuring high horse power with low chassis weight. these units offer as standard equipment the next size larger power-plant than cor responding standard models. and dual performance axels throughout.
 In announcing these new GMC models, J. P. Little, vice president directing sales of General Motors Truck and Coach Division, said:
 They offer features unmatched in this field-features that operat- ors will want-GMC Super rDuty engines that will outpull all others, engine for engine, size for size; easy-shifting transmissions; fric- tion-free ball-bearing steering; dual performance axles with ten speeds forward with gear spacings that make it easy for drivers to get heavily loaded equipment up to top speed
 These are but a few of the many features that establish these units as tractors of value"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-12
SEATTLE IN
 VICTORY IN
 JENNINGS
Pitcher Wi|kie Gets Back at Seals Who Earlier
 Discarded Him
(By ASSOCIATED PREs~)

Alden Wilkie pitched Seattle to a victory over the San Francisco Seals last night after two extra in- nings and turning in his eighth straight victory since joining the Rainiers after being cast aside by the Seals He has been undefeated so far. Al Eimiec's fourth single with the bases loaded scored the winning ru- in the eleventh inning.
 Pitcher Forrest Orrell held Hol- lywood to six scattered hits last night to score victory for Port land, their third straight.
 Oakland scored the third straight win over Sacramento last night on Mike Christoff's homer in the tenth inning.
 A ninth inning homer by Lou Mo- vikoff with two on bases. gave Los Angeles victory over San Diego last night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-12
STEP INTO FRAY
 IN BAPTIST
Islanders Score Six Errors as Lodgemen Romp
 Around Bases

Douglas booted the ball around for six errors last night in a wild game with the Eks, in which the Elks won easily 10 to 5, their fifth game in row.
 Elks scored their first run in the last of the first frame, Douglas coming back in the first of the second with another run to tie when Klovdahl lofted one over the fence in center.
 However, that is what started the Elks off and put Jensen tenn porarily out of the box. Before the Elks half of the second was ended. four hits had been slapped out and five runs had come in.
 In the next inning, when it was mt even much interesting anymore, the Elks scored three more runs.
 Pitchers got a switching around last night. Jensen started for Douglas, pitched 1 1-3 innings, was relieved by Miller, who in turn pitched 1 1-3 innings and was re- lioved again by Jensen.
 Koski started for the Elks, but after Douglas had knicked him for three hits and four runs in one inning, the fourth, he stepped down in favor of Big Bill Ramsey who shut the Islanders out from there on.
 Box score and summary is as
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-12

question of public welfare. The most damning indictment of our present method of handling the liquor traf- fic is the fact that more than five and cne-half times as much money per capita is spent for liquor in Alaska as in Washington. No won der we have excessive drunkenness. large relief rolls, and the debauchery of the native races. If by the es-' tablishment of Territorial liquor stores we could cut liquor sales in half we would still have nearly twice the revenue we have at present and the morals of large proportion of the people would be greatly i'm proved.
 "(Signed) J. P. ANDERSON