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Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
200 Million Borrowed for Bui|dinu
In United States Durinq Last Year

Housing Act, were employed
There was, however, substantial
increase in loans used for the con-
struction of certain types of small
dwellings then permitted under Ii
tie I, with 10,8l9 loans insured in
the amount of SOS, ,464 1863, constitut-
Ing IL per cent of the years total
volume of $232 ,547,583. This COM
pareS with 5,845 in the amount of
$12,466365 insured during 1888. or
73 per cent of the total volume
of Sl71,718626.
In the current year many more
homes are expected to be financed
under the provisions of Title I as
result of changes in this section
OF the act and active promotion by
private industry of residential build
ing in the $500 class.
Three out of four loans for prop
erty improvement and moderniza-
tlon insured during 1889 were on
one to four-family dwellings, with
the remainder affecting multi-fam-
ny dwellings,, commercial and in
dustrial buildings, farm homes and
buildings, etc. TWo-thirdS of the
dollar amount of loans were on one
70 tour-family dwellings, l76 per
cent on multi-family dwellings. 7.6
per cent on commercial and indus
trlal buildings, and a per cent on
farm homes and buildings.
Property improvement loans on
homes accounted for a slightly
higher proportion of the number
and amount of loans insured dur
ing the year, as compared with
1888. Major uses for Title I loans
included additions and alterations
to buildings, exterior and interior
painting and finishing. heating.
roofing, and plumbing.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
BUILDING SECTION
Building Activity in &C.
Passes 100000 Mark

A $4,000 high school and
junior college building job
Saturday brought the 194O
building permit total to
S112,728, two thousand dol
lars above the building total on the
same date one year ago, and brought
with it predictions that new con-
StructionS records would be set in
the city this year.
Construction of a new $4,000 ju-
nior college building was started
turing the week and a $4,000 addi-
tion to Douglass high school was
begun.
Other building permits included
two for construction of new homes
in the city.
Rise of the building activity total
to $4,000 marked the first time
since January that the 1910 pace
has exceeded that of one year ago
and brought hopes that the build
ing industry would hit squirt SIM
lar to that of 1899.
Permits issued during the week
H. L. Bush, sr., $4,000, construc-
ton of residence at 78O Hamilton
Wolford Drye, 5000, for addition at
1854 Olive; w. T. Bill, $lO0 for re-
pairs at 452 Main; E. E. Miles, 1927
So 7th, SIS for construction of tool
house; John Brunner, $50 for con-
struction of garage; H. S. Harris
$500 for construction of residence
on $50 Brighton.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
Timing Effects
In SfuCCo Work
10 Be Demonstrates

Actual demonstrations of the ap-
plication of stipple and tinting ef-
fects gained in plaster and stucco
work will be made before the pub
lie attending the Southern Cali
fornia Home Show in the Pan
Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles
from May % to June G. Lat
est developments and artistic blend
ing OF cooring for both interior
and exterior home decorations will
1t the object of the display
Men on platforms and working
Under natural conditions will al
fora the show visitors one of the
FIRST attempts to display this work
in progress, according to F.. d. NC
Donald, jr., and Grover Mcdonald.
managing directors of the show
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 90.
ALI types of industry in the hous-
ing field shared in the more than
5000, 100000 spent by borrowers dur
ing 1889 under the Federal Hous-
ing Administrations property i'm
provement and modernization pro-
grams, FILA figures reveal.
Despite a large gain over 1898
in the volume of loans, there were
only minor variations in the types
of improvements for which the pro-
ceeds of modernization loans, insur-
ed under Title l of the National
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
Wage Theft Trial
Scheduled Again

Moses Aquino, Filipino labor con-
tractor, was scheduled for re-trial
April 3 on a charge of stealing a
$626 payroll, the jury which heard
the first trial failing to reach a YER
dict Friday
Judge Vaughn NJ Thompson dis
otissed the jury shortly after noon
because its members failed to agree
after deliberating "a hours.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
DIVORCE ASKED
BECAUSE OF CRUELTY

Josephine Gonzalez of Westmor-
land Friday asked the court to
grant her divorce from Alfonso
Gonzalez on the grounds of extreme
cruelty. She listed as community
property a ranch and residence near
WeStmorland. and a dance hall on
Fifth street, Westmorland They
married in Yuma March 81, 1885
and separated March 20, 1910.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
MARRIAGE ANNULLED

The marriage of Jackie Vaquero of
FL Centro and Jewell Vaquero of
Los Angeles was annulled late this
week, coast news dispatches said,
They were married a year ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-24
10 OR. p l. A N

There fresh this cottage which constructed
with Federal Housing Administration construction
and location standards The mortgage the
of 81 900 be repaid period of rs by monthly
of about exclusive of local and hazard nsu
complete unit for mOderate-sized family the home
contains bedrooms BATH Kitchen dining and living
Evening star., 1940-09-14
Presidents Talk
At the Trans.Lux

Highlights of President Roose-
velts recent message to the Nations
labor are in the lead" position on
the new pictorial report on the news
OF the day at the TranS-LuX Along
with these shots are further reports
on the defense program, Knudsen
looking in on the Glenn L. Martin
plant in Baltimore new fighting
planes nearing completion. rifle ex-
perts at Camp Perry preparing to
instruct conscriptees. The turmoil
of the world brings us views of
young British children reaching safe
haven after their refugee ship was
torpedoed, of Chunking bombed, of
Japanese closing the Indo- China
trade routes. On the sports scene
football practice begins and Don
McNeill wins the National Singles
crown.
Shorts cover variety, wide
variety, this week. One has the Ma
tional Philharmonic Orchestra, con-
Quoted by Frederick Feher, in the
Trlumphal March of Verdis Aida"
Another, "Streamlined," brings the
romance of railroading up to date:
still another is Hurdle Hoppers."
which has crack riders of the
cavalry going through their PAGES
at Fort Riley, and the cartoon is
Tangled Television." H. M.
Evening star., 1940-09-14

Olivia de Havilland needs a rest
Director Mike Curtiz was kidding
her on the "Sante Fe Trail set.
But Olivia couldn't take it. She
seems unhappy these days. Is it
because Jimmy Stewart is out of
town? The Great McGinty."
which cost $3.50 900, is expected to
bring back million dollars to Para
mount . After seeing Mickey
Rooney and Judy Garland do the
"conga" in Strike Up the Band"
the whole town, including this COL
umnist is taking lessons. The dance
as performed by Mickey and Judy
is so contagious you have TO be
practically strapped into your chair
to refrain from joining in.
The Basil Rathbones have an
English butler. An urgent tele-
phone call came for Basil the other
evening, and the butler informed
the caller, m sorry. Mr. and Mrs
Rathbone are dining out"
"Where?' demanded the voice.
They are dining at the Horton
Drugstore in Beverly Hills" replied
the butler.
tReleased BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance, IncJ
Evening star., 1940-09-14
The Sea Hawk
At MetrOpOlitan

The Sea Hawk" the best op-
portunity Warner Bros. have pre-
sented to Enrol Flynn for swash-
buckling purposes in at least two
years, returned yesterday to the
Metropolitan. Those who missed it
during its fortnight's run at the
Earle will find it virtually a perfect
vehicle for the tall, slim Irishman
whose specially is more derring- do
than acting AS Godfrey Thorne.
the perfect symbol of the privateers
who created the tradition of the
British Navy, Flynn is the central
figure in script which emphasizes
the fact that movies which move
are the best kind of movies.
Elaborately produced, The Sea
Hawk" employs one of the most
lavish casts within the possibilities
of Warmers roster. Its one weak
ness, not serious one, is that
at its best, it cannot make the
political passages in the script seem
really important. J.C.
Evening star., 1940-09-14

rick Henry, Thomas jefferson and
a number of other fiery patriots
who wrote some of the most bril-
liant oratorical passages in Buch-
mans script. They are all brought
in in proper guise without the
slightest scriptural difficulty.
Good as are many of the court
ship, House of Burgess, battlefield
and other passages of Lloyd's pic
ture. this departments choice as the
most affecting scene is that in
which aging, weary Matt discovers
that he has been completely wrong
in his judgment of his two sons,
that the one he thought so thor
oughly Peyton was the true in
heritor of the Howards' love of lib
erty. 1t is a splendidly dramatic
moment, fine piece of acting by
Grant and an inspired directoral
touch on the part of Lloyd.
In addition to its dramatic vir-
tues, The Howards of Virginia" is
one of the prettiest pictures of the
year, fine demonstration of what
'photogenic State lies Just the
other side of the Potomac.
Fittingly enough, the stage show
at the Earle this week is colonial
in costume if not altogether in
theme. Best items on it, this cor
ner insists. are the Roxyettes' vari-
Gus numbers, one which finds them
in crinoline. another in which they
don war paint and feathers to play
Indian. To the bill June Forrest
some beguiling vocaliz-
ations, Bob Hall his rhyming humor,
the Dolores dancers some intricate,
skillfully handled rhythms.
Evening star., 1940-09-14
Stage Flop
Does Not
Spell Doom
Nor Does It Leave
Every Actor
Embittered
BY ROBIN COONS.
HOLLYWOOD.

I1ohb w VII.
1t Is a favorite generality around
here that one stage flop necessarily
embitters an actor against the foot
lights, but John Garfield is at least
one exception
Young Garfield Knew his share of
stage flops before he became a movie
star. In that light his flop In
Heavenly Express his latest stage
venture, had little more significance
to him than flop of pre-movie
DAYS.
That goes for all the movie lights
who have returned ito the stage
for Fredric March who picked a
bad one before he picked a good
one in The American Way"
for Frances Farmer who did all
right in Golden Boy" but not so
we'll in Thunder Rock" for Kath-
arine Hepburn who took a merciless
roasting for The Lake but made
her critics eat their words when
she picked philadelphia Story" 1t
goes. too, for the catastrophe
Romeo and Juliet" of Vivien Leigh
and Laurence Olivier.
All Broadway flop means for a
movie star-aside from the hurt
and temporary loss of prestige-is
that the particular star in the par
ticular play he selected was not ac-
ceptable 1t does not follow that the
star is doomed to failure forever.
nor that he must be cured" (as if
a real ham could ever be curedD
for all time
Another conclusion to which we
often jump is that Hollywood al
ways is stupid because so many po-
tential stars are passed up here and
later grabbed because of their Broad
way fame. This happens time and
again, and who am I to say that
Hollywood is exempt from stupidity?
But WREN you regard Broadway as
a showcase and a training school,
YOU can see that Hollywood has its
reasons for suddenly awakening" to
the hitherto neglected charms of a
Mary Martin or a Betty Cradle.
No housewife ever bought a can
of soup that wasn't advertised and
displayed on the shelves. No house
wife ever bought soup twice that
was canned prematurely, minus sea-
soning and full flavor And Holly
wood passes up talent that is half
baked, unprotected, inexpertly dis
played.
Why not try it here first then?
Hollywood ddoes-sometimes. For the
rest, Director John Cromwell has
the answer:
THE screen doesn't always give
girl a chance to prove her worth.
She too often is typed after single
success. On the stage she can round
out her experience with varied
types. Hollywood's instructors are
competent but can't give SUFFICIENT
time to any individual"
Director George Cukor tells it on
himself that he passed up Bette
Davis in her early stage days be-
cause she couldn't act. The truth
probably is that the Bette of that
era really couldn't act. That is true
of many another player who failed"
in Hollywood and later was wooed
to return after stage hit.
Evening star., 1940-09-14

other two are Northwest Mounted
Police" and The WesternerD. And
they'll all come to the public with
a rush. To do another right away
would be OVERRIDING it. Besides, he
adds, the leaves are beginning to
fall which means huntin' and
shootin' days are here. And I need
a vacation anyway
Then We talk about our forth
coming flying trip to Texas for The
Westerner" premiere for which, by
the way, Bob Hope has promised to
join Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris
Davenport. Fay Wray, Jon Hall,
Frances Langford, etc.. Gary SOL
emnly informs me that I am to
ride a Western pony at the head Of
the parade l hope he's kidding be-
cause the last time I attempted to
sit on a horse, the horse said
"No!"-with dire results-for me.
And now for gossip and chit-chat
of the town Marlene Dietrich
has thumbed down more stills" on
her current Seven Sinners than
ever before. According to studio
rumor, this is her final picture for
Universal -. They tell me that the
role Geraldine Fitzgerald is playing
in South of Suez' is heavier than
the one Bette Davis had in "Of
Human Bondage Strange how
all the glamour girls want to be
meanies-in their pictures -. Vic
tor McLaglen's son, Andrew, and
Olympic Bradna are supposed to be
romanclng. BY strange coincl-
dence the happy couple both employ
the same press agent {. Mrs. Ty-
rome Power (Annabella) has by no
means, according to Tyrone, aban-
doned her film career. To improve
her English, they have given up
talking French in the Power menage.
Miriam Hopkins, says Del Monte
photographer, made two appoint
ments with him for some publicity
photographs. and when he finally
caught up with her he was told to
go away because she was sun bath
ing. Little incidents like this can
destroy a gals popularity with the
people who can do them good q.
Paulette Goddard has the longest
fingernails in Hollywood-but not
to scratch with, she assures me >. {.
Evening star., 1940-09-14
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Earle-"The Howards of Virginia, "
film adaptation of Tree of Liberty:
1890 am, 1:20. 4:10, and 9:55 pm.
Stage shows: 1885, 1925, $40 and
9:10 pm.
Keith's-"Dance. Girl. Dance. "
musical tale of life backstage: 11:45
am, Las, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and Gas
pm.
MetrOpOlitan-"The Sea Eawk, 4"
Buccaneer Enrol Flynn cn the
bounding main: 11:3O am, 2, 4:35,
ITO and $40 pm.
CapitOl-"Dr. Kildare Goes Home, :"
new adventure Of the cinemas S No
l inferno: IL am, 1:45, 4:3O. tbs
and 10 p.m. Stage shows: 12:45,
$3.50. 6:15 and pm.
Palace-"Boom Town" excite
ment in the oil fields, with Gable,
Tracy, Colbert and Lamar: HOS
am, 1:45, 4:20, and $40 pm.
Columbia-"I Love You Again."
Myrna 10y and William Powell in
gay romantic comedy: II am.
los, $40, $40, 7:25 and 9:35 pm.
Little-"Mayerling," Boyer meets
Darrieux: II am, ITO, 3:20, $50,
7:35 and 9:45 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts;
continuous from 10 am.
In the Country.
CROSSROADS "Smilin' Through" :"
revival of the well-known senti-
mental play: $40 pm.
Roadside-"East Lynne" the pop
ular melodrama group in rare and
notable tear-jerker: $40 pm.
Evening star., 1940-09-14


sages where politics obscure the per-
sonalities involved. Not even Lloyd,
with his remarkable humanizing
touch, can get suitable suspense
into the Stamp Act riots and that
tea party whose results have be-
come pretty well known by this
time.
The essential drama of The
Howards of Virginia is that which
flows from the romance between
rough, right, primitive Matt Howard
and dainty, cioistered Jane Peyton.
The picture is at its best when it
deals with Matt's stormy court
ship, his conquest of the naughty
Peytons. the efforts of his cour-
sgeous young wife and himself to
carve home in the wilderness. 1t
all has been told before, even In
technicolor. but the thoroughness
with which Lloyd captures the
human values implicit in the situa-
ton gives the whole thing a fresh
ness and charm which are among
the pictures brightest assets.
WHICH ~ IllONCS ouO vi lIlC tOulllIN
into the city, the picture goes to
Williamsburg, first capital of Vir-
ginia. In making that journey.
Lloyd had the wisdom TO use the
authentic Williamsburg, a choice
that enhances the pictorial excel
lence of his screen drama.
Heretofore best known for his
comedy antics, Grant undertakes a
lusty dramatic role in the character
of the founding Howard, a st ,rmy,
Scotch accented disciple of liberty,
whose way with a maid could be as
tender as his way with an enemy
was ruthless. 1t is testing i'm
personation, a thing of quick and
subtle changes, but Grant succeeds
admirably in keeping out of it
those tricks which heretofore have
identified him primarily as a come
disn.
Miss Scott, the Gees Corner MOI
girl who is indisputably the Holly
wood discovery of the year gives
an intelligent and mature perform
ance in the role of the patrician,
positive Jane PeytOn, girl VINO
could count luxury we'll lost for the
love of a man like Matt Howard.
Sidney Buchmans adaptation of the
novel leaves Jane frequently on the
artificial side, but Miss Scott keeps
that defect from becoming too ap-
parent.
Villain of Lloyd's piece is the
highly skilled Sir Cedric Hard
wicke (what a lot of Englishmen
are good American rebels in that
picture) as Fleetwood Peyton. the
sensitive, crippled, proud and scorn-
full aristocrat
Necessarily a number of histori-
cal figures participate in THE How
ards of Virginia" among them Pat
Evening star., 1940-09-14
Boom Town Stavs
A Third Week

Boom Town. that boisterous
tale of spouting oil, yesterday be-
came the rare kind of picture which
stays third week at Loew's Palace.
The distinction of third week
derives from a gusty story gustily
acted by a cast headed by Spencer
Tracy, Clark Gable, Claudette Col
bert and Hedy Lamar. 1t all goes
to show that stars and a lot of ac-
ton still constitute a foolproof
formula for entertainment. J.C.
Evening star., 1940-09-14

two brightest stars, Maureen - nara
and Lucille Ball.
The Misses OHara and Ball,
though certainly the busiest of the
lot, are not the only people you
will find in this little drama with
music. Dance, Girl, Dance" is a
Vicki Baum story and her version
of Grand Hotel" here encountered
requires many and varied characters
for its many and varied plots and
counter-plots. There Is, for in
stance, Louis Hayward, who usually
reminds one of a wastrel named
Barry, this time something of a
wastrel named Jimmy. There Is Vir-
ginia Field. who divorces Jimmy, re-
marries, then obtains an annul-
ment that she may be around when
Jimmy needs her She is busy, too.
The nice, ambitious dancer, who
is going to become a ballerina and
you never doubt it, and the equally
ambitious (but skip the other ad-
jective) dancer, who is going to be a
success in her own way you can be
sure. also run across such folk as
Ralph Bellamy, Maria Ouspenskaya,
Mary Carlisle. Katharine Alexander
and any number of others in their
travels from cabaret to burlesque to
night court. The picture does get
around.
For all the fact that you can
be fairly certain always that the
lass who so deserves will end up
in the successful young producers
arms. Dance, Girl, Dance" still is
principally drama of the trials
faced by those girls who consider
the chance to beat their feet to bits
for $25 a week golden opportunity
1t manages to be poignant about
them at times. too; when 1t finds a
troupe stranded in Akron and-strag-
Cling back to New York as best the
girls can manage. when group of
dancers trying to maintain some ar
tistic standards-cant get bookings
because night club owners want
"oomph."
The greatest trials are those
suffered by Miss OHara's ballerina,
she being the talented one of the
lot, the young lady destined for
better things. She is so thwarted
artistically that she finds herself
in burlesque, where her serious
ballet dancing provides comedy re-
lief for Miss Balls strip-tease. She
is thwarted romantically when she
finds the young man of ner choice
still in love with his e&~w'ife. And
through it all Miss OHara. a
talented young lady and mighty
handsome one. maintains a fiery
Irish spirit, gives us a sympathetic
portrait of the lass. In fact. it is
Miss O'Hara who makes Dance,
Girl, Dance" something to touch
the heart in those moments when
Vicki Baum did not quite make it
that.
Miss Ball. on the other hand. Is
here, not for dramatic effect, but
rather to provide that wanted
"oomph" mentioned above. She has
many bright moment. portraying
the familiar tough show girlwith-
the -heart-o of gold, contributing what
amounts to wonderful portrait in
satire of burlesque queen. She's
sort of a Gable to Miss O'Hara's
Tracy throughout. winding up with
a black eye when Maureen's temper
finally explodes at the thought of
burlesque audiences laughing at her
Evening star., 1940-09-14

dancing. Their battle is a honey
Vivien Fay, the trim little ballet
dancer. and Dance Director Ernst
Matray are two others concerned
with Dance, Girl, Dance" who
make one Of its brief moments a
nigh point. This is a ballet in
depreciation of modern city life,
starring Miss Fay, and it is rec
commended both to balletomanes
who don't know the movies and to
movie fans not excited by mention
of the ballet.
And 1t would be highly unfair
not to remind you that there's a
Sheila Barrett short on the Keith s
program-this her mad portrait of
a woman not buying a hat.
Evening star., 1940-09-14
Columbia Holds i
IOV.POWelI Film

The picture that can be called
witty comes along too infrequently
in this world. When it does. it is
likely to be Il Love You Again"
which stars Myrna Loy and William
Powell. and which the Columbia
decided yesterday should remain for
a second week. Not since the orig
inal Thin Man" have the stars of
the film had such piquant material
to work with; nor, for that matter.
has Director w. S. Van Dyke. I'd.
Better see it, if you did not during
its fortnight at the Palace. Or.
even if you did. J.C.
Evening star., 1940-09-14

good suits too.
In fact. I'm still
wearing one of
them!"
I ask Gary
about his next
picture at War
ner's-"S Sergeant
York" and he
tells me he isn't
quite sure yet
that he'll do it.
AT the end of
this one, Meet
John Doe I'll
h We finished
three unreleaSed
pictllreS THE
Evening star., 1940-09-14
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JENE'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT, 1907 De
Sales ST., opposite Mayhower Hotel. Spe-
cializing in ravioli and spashetti. Phone
Sterling $685.
MADRILLON RESTAURANT, Washington
Building, 18th and New York Ave. The
favorite place to dine, the popular place
to dance.
SHOREHAM TERRACE, Conn. at Calvert.
Dining and dancing. Two shows, $40 and
80. Dinner Saturday So %, including
cover. Supper cover, 81, plus tax. AID. 07O0.
THE NIGHTINGALE, Richmond Hwy.
3ia Mi. south of Alex. Dancing $40 to 1
nightly including Sunday. Sweet swing by
Radd RafIel's Orchestra. Temple 1910.
RAINBOW ROOM. Hamilton Hotel, 14th
at X. Cocktail and dinner dancing, So;
supper dancing to Milt Davis Orchestra,
10-1. Min. Saturday only 81. DI. 1880.
MARYLAND CLUB GARDENS. on MARI
boro Pike. Featuring Nadine and her coed
band. De luxe dinner. Sl.25. Dancing
until o'clock. Phone Hillside $500.
HAY adams HOUSE-OverIookins white
House at 18th and n sn. Dining in an
atmosphere of charm. dignity and sen
tility. Luncheon. s5c; dinner from S1.25.
OraRn music nightly during dinner.
Evening star., 1940-09-14

and human mar
rative out of the
birth of liberty
in what is now
Its last fortress.
The HoWards
of Virgi n i a,
based upon Eliz-
q b e tn Pages
1T h e Tre e of
Liberty" Is not
as long as the
book by several
hundred p a G e S
but it still is a
long picture, no.
ticeably so only
Il
Evening star., 1940-09-14
Swan Song Sail

Leap Year Night" meaning men
escorted by ladies will be admitted
free, will mark the final cruise of
the S. S. Potomac tonight. Joe
Cochran's Band will provide the
theme songs and dance music.