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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15
Jon Hall Swims
In Page Pago"

Jon Halls training in Tahiti as
a swimmer came to good use dur
ing location shooting on South
of Pago Page" the Edward Small
production now at the Music Box
theater, when he swan to the
rescue of pretty little Olympic
Bradna after she had tainted fol-
lowing a long swim from shore to
the side of the big sailing vessel,
La Dessa.
Jon and Olympic play the roles
of young natives of a South Seas
isle. AS the La Dessa drops an
Choir in Manoa Lagoon, the natives
swarm out to meet it, some SWIM
ming, others padding their out
rigger canoes. 1t was necessary
to make three takes" of the big
scene and on the third try, Olympic
became exhausted and tainted. Di-
rector Alfred E. Green realized
Immediately what was happening
and shouted to Hall, who, without
seconds hesitation. plunged back
into the water and carried Olympic
to the boat.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15
my Back" Main Attraction At The Roxy TO-DAY
NOW PLAYING At
LOCAL THEATERS

tfMef EmoWtN0
MUSIC BOX-vic1or McLaGlen and
Frances Farmer IN South Of Pago
Pago.~ II 80. ass. $40. 2 "a: also
Tzlked TOO Much 80. ass. SIS
RIALTO-Brian Donlevy and Muriel
Anselus IN The Great McGints."
efa = 80 see -
Richard Arlen ana Andy Devine IN
Legion OF Lost fiisrs," lilo. $50.
$50. e.io
RIFIERA-Leon Ames IN Panama
Patrol" 20. 20. TAO. 1910. also
Bela Lugosl IN The Human Non
stsr. IL so. 2.50. $50. $50.
RoxY-oiivia DeHsvfiland and jeff
rev Lynn IN MY Love Came Back. !"
soS. o sc. 1 .os w poS M ss9 YIN IN
Plight Angela I1:t5. 2:4s. s.ss.
as.
RETURN SHOWING
BETERLY-Bing Crosby and Gloria
Jean in II I Had Ny Way; also
Charles Winninger and Jean Parker
In Beyond Tomorrow"
coMMUNITY-Ginger Rogers and
joel McCrea IN The Primrose
Path: also sir cedric Hardwicke
and Nan Grey IN The Invisible
Man Returns
KAY STREET-Maior Coley and Al
bert Decker IN DR.. Cyclops-. also
Tom Brown IN oh Johnny How
You Can Love"
LAKEwOOD-shirley Temple and Ed
die Collins in The Bluebird". also
Cesar Romero In Lucky Cisco Kid
PARK - Albert Decker and Major
Coley IN Or. Cyclops'': also Lupino
Lane and Sally Grey IN The
Lambeth walk
PR0CToR-Tyrone Power and Doro-
thy Lamour IN JOHNNY Apollo:
also Lupe Velez and Donald Woods
IN Mexican Spitfire"
REALART - Tyrone Power. Dorothy
Lamour and Edward Arnold In
Johnny Apollo"
HEx-Jack Benny and Rochester in
Buck BENNY Rides Again: also
Barton MacLane and Beverly Rob-
erts in II Was q Convict"
sHELL-Spencer Tracy and Richard
Greene in Stanley And Living
stone: also James Stephenson and
Edward Hrophy in Calling Philo
Vance"
SuNsET-Mae West and W. c. Fields
IN MY Little Chickadee": also
Charles Bickford and Barton Mac
Lane in 'Mutiny In The Big
House"
TEMPLE-Deanna Durbin and Rob-
ert Stack in First Love-; also Bing
Crosby and Martha Raye in Wal
XXI Wedding"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15

their makeup and off the set,
tty mild hammered lot.
woods most enthusiastic art coll
lectors.
Then there's George Raft, a
dancer himself, who'd rather take
In the ballet than the Friday night
boxing tournaments.
And take ]. Carol Naish, a real
screen meanie. who writes bedtime
stories In his off moments for his
daughter, and who brings his wife
a bunch Of roses every time he
kills" a man on a movie set.
Humphrey Bogart's hobby is
painting. He is the son of Maude
Bogart, noted artist. He has a
weakness for still life off the set.
And Brian Donlevy - well,
there's a lad credited with more
cinematic killings by actual count
than any other actor, yet he loves
to putter around in his garden.
Between his work and his horti-
culture, he finds time to dash off
little poetry now and then. He'll
hunt with nothing but a camera.
Butterflies, yet.
Brian is now starring at the
Rialto theater in Paramount
The Great McGinty," comedy
drama Of corrupt politics. which
was written and directed by Pres
ton Sturges. Akin Tamiroff and
Muriel Angelus are also featured.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15
Bid Farewell TO
Trixie Friqanza

With one final fling in the
bright lights of the show world.
Trixie Friganza has retired to a
life Of peace and quiet.
Trixie, grand old lady of the
theater. trouped her farewell scene
when she played herself with Bing
Crosby and Gloria Jean In Uni
verssl's IF Had My Way" which
is now the feature attraction at
the Beverly theater.
Trixie thought she had retired q
couple of years ago. She was liv-
ing at Palm Springs. Calf. when
Universal traced her and, after
much Establishment, persuaded her
to do Just one more part"
But this is the last one. Posi-
lively. And I do mean positively"
said the white-haired, 7o-year-old
veteran. I'm finished. through
and retired for keeps"
Miss Friganza was born Della
O'Callahan, in Grenola, kansas,
Nov. 20. 1870. Her parents were
Cornelius o'Callahan and Mar
garet Friganza. non-professionals.
When Della went on the stage
she coined Trixie for her first
name and adopted her mothers
maiden name.
Trixie was a musical comedy
and vaudeville headliner for years.
She retired from the stage and to
the quiet life but the movies in
sisted on hiring her.
They kept digging me up" she
says with a chuckle. Every time
told them it would be my last
appearance, but they didn't be-
lieve me. This time it's for good. I"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15

NEW YORK-It cost the Brook
lyn club $4,000 to obtain Harold
Reese from Louisville after the
Red Sox made the mistake Of not
taking him.
The Dodgers today wouldn't
have to coax any one Of several
owners to take Pee Wee Reese
for 100000.
Just before the season opened,
with Reese yet to play in a major
league game, Branch Hickey Of
the Cardinals offered Larry Mac
Phail the contract of Joe Medwick
even up fer the shortstop.
Reese attains the age of 81 with
what seems destined to be long
and successful career ahead of
him. He is one Of the prize re-
cruits of the year. In his fresh
man year with the Dodgers he
made a bench manager Of Leo
Durocher. More than ordinary
skill was required to become Du-
rocher's successor.
1t was said he would not have
to hit more than $50 to become
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15

OLYMPIA - Jesse L. Leverich,
Olympia liquor store manager,
was notified today his name had
been submitted to the postoffice
department at Washington by
Rep. Martin F. Smith for appoint
ment as Olympia's postmaster.
Leverich was third man in the
list of candidates certified recently
by the civil service commission.
The other two were Republicans.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15
Reaching Remote. Rock Strewn Valley, Studio
Truck Brings Full Load Properly Rocks

rocks. Big rocks. little rocks. but
plaster BY the prop department in
Hollywood. Ihsy wanted To De
sure we'd have Just exactly the
right shape and size"
Yo-Yo BETTER
THAN $3.50
Virginia weidler plays a hell
child In philadelphia Story" All
through the picture she turks
around. innoeently cosxing . yo-yo
top.
It's not only on the screen that
Miss Weidler win prove : nuisance
to Katharine Hepburn. Cary Grant
and Jimmy Stewart She's worry
ing them on the set. too. Other
day. between shots. Grant warned
them about H. He said: Katie,
you're jumping around and max
ing faces. and Jimmy's on his heels
with his hands in his pockets. and
I'm always Strengthening my tie
with lot OF extra motions, and
we think we're stealing scenes.
But you know who's really getting
away with the scenes. don't you
Weidler. Before we're through,
III bet she has neon lights on that
COMPOUNDED yo-yo."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15
Jack Hayes Has
Cataract on Eye

CHICAGO-Jack Hayes has n
cataract on his right eye. This
is the final diagnosis of the all
ment which beset the White Sox
second basement In spring train
ing, and which has kept him out
of the lineup most of the time
since. The trouble can be cured
surgically after awhile.
Hayes believes he can play in
the meantime says he can
see muia Oh better since doctors
stopped dilating the eye with
medicine.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15
Reese. Who Cost Dodgers $4,000,
Couldn'i Be Bought for 100000 Now

an everyday performer. His mark
Is well above that.
When Pee Wee Reese was felled
by a pitched ball on June 1 and
suffered a brain conclusion, it was
feared the effect would be harm
full, but he has hammered the ball
harder than ever since recovering.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15
SEA-GONG STAFF

More than so former sailors to-
day were employed on Paramount's
Mystery Sea Raider" featuring
Henry Wilcoxon, Carole Lands
and onslow Stevens. The men
were selected from more than
1000 regular Paramount employees
after Producer Eugene Zukor
asked department heads to inves-
tigate backgrounds Of the work.
ers. Complicated ship apparatus
necessitated the unusual order.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15
Eats so

The letter ~" is prominently
displayed on James Gleasons
dressing room table on the Meet
John Doe" set because he thinks
1t brings him luck. A printer
suggested using the letter instead
of the usual spelling of that" in
rs Eat So" Gleason's biggest
stage success.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15
MANY SCHOOLING

Joan Brodell, Warmers 16-year-
old newcomer. has attended school
in Detroit, Toronto, Montreal, New
York, Los Angeles and Hollywood.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15

According to the authorities, an
automobile burns more gas per
mile in cold weather than in the
warmer months.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15
RUBBER, ON OFFENSIVE
AND DEFENSIVE

Susanna Foster, my favorite I'M
inhibited brat. and Allan Jones
have been having a feud II has
been fostered. so to speak. by her
persistence in popping him in a
sensitive area with rubber bands
the noted tenor being especially
vulnerable these days because he
has been wearing a skin-tight
Faust costume for There's Magic
in Music" Mr.. Jones pointed out
TO Miss Foster that eventually
they'd reach a page in the script
where he would turn her over his
knee and spank her. This punish
ment, he kept assuring her, would
be very thorough. She put on a
sponge-ruhber hustle for the occa-
sion. After one swat he called the
director: Il can't play the scene
this way: it isn't realistic. Miss
Foster is padded"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15
BY PAUL HARRISON

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD - All over the
lot; Half in appreciation and half
for fun. Director Mitchell Lessen
has had flowers delivered 70
Clsudette Colbert each morning
on the set Of Arise Nv Love. {"
He says ne wants to sustain her
happy mood.
Just now. though. her mood
seems to be pretty much In the
hands. or arms. OF Ray Minand.
The two players have been doing
love scenes. At the end Of a day,
Lessen directed them in a linger-
ing kiss. Wen pick il up to-
morrow" he said. And Ray
how about you sending Miss Col
bert the flowers? You're having
all the fun
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15
YEA TEAM

Meet John Doe" is the 18th
picture on which Frank Capra and
Robert Rislin have been associ-
ated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15

II you're not using il, sell il with
q Fast Action Times Want Al.
Phone Main 1851.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15

SuSonno roster =. proDoDly
inventino new devilment to
plooue Allan Jones.
peeled and is working in Charter
Pilot" But she's still talking
about that expedition-of the heat
and the sand, and of the wind that
blew words from her mouth so fast
that not even the leading man
could tell whether she was saying
Il love you" or please pass the
frijoies."
we went to Monument Valley,
in Arizona" the actress said.
THE first morning we got to
location we found 1t was mostly
rocks. Big rocks. little rocks. but
millions of rocks. Pretty soon the
first studio truck arrived. You
know what was in it? Rocks
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15
ROCKY ROAD
TO HOLLYWOOD

Lynn Bari, back from a location
trip and her stint with the Kit
Carson" company. has paled and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15
By Wiley Padan

New York, N Y.-"ITS TRUE what Robert Young looked
like when he fifteen and what he might look like the
of forty-ve both shown his Goodwin
Mayer picture Sporting Blood The revelations possible
through huge paintings made the studio His character
is young who his vacated house after
years On wall is painting made from actual photograph
of Young the age Of fifteen Alongside of painting Of his
departed father whom he supposedly resembles That
painting entirely guess Robert Young
says Wiley Psdan.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15
Olivia DeHavilland and
Jeffrey Lynn Star In Comedy
flight Angels" With Virginio Bruce
And Dennis Norge, Shores The SScc-ee,

running chain of comedy situations make up the fast
paced Warner musical My Love Came Back starring
Olivia desviand and Jeffrey Lynn, which opens at the
Roxy theater today
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15

was arranged IN Jitterbug-time BY
Ray Heindorf and Max Rabino-
witsch.
Flight Angels" with Virginia
Bruce and Dennis Morgan. shares
the screen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15
Screens Bad Men Are Not So Tough
AS They Are Cast in Motion Pictures

They look and act mean, brutal and unrefined but
don't let that fool you Out of their makeup and off the set
the celuloid TOUCHES pretty mild hammered lot
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15

Robinson. He's an accomplished
pianist and plays nothing but the
classics and he's one of Holly
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-23

regular appropriations and most of
the money which Mr.. Roosevelt
asked for that service and it's air
corps. The measure now goes back
to the house for action on senate
changes.
90 The senate appropriations
committee approved and thus
made ready for immediate senate
consideration a 81, 458, 600, 900 meas
ure covering regular naval appro-
prlations and emergency re-
quests as well.
CD The house naval committee
approved a bill authorizing h e
navy to increase its total on air.
planes from 1880 to 10, 1000 and the
number of pilots from 5000 to 49,
600. The measure also empowers
the navy to spend $144, 600, 900 for
air bases.
The big navy piD. DIS approved
by the senate appropriations COM
mittee, contained funds to cover,
among other things, an increase of
25, 1000 in the navy's enlisted
strength, bringing in up to ITO, 900.
Although emphasizing at several
points republican support for the
general proposition of arming the
country to meet any outcome of
the present European situation,
Landon made it plain that republi-
can participation in a coalition
cabinet or direction of such a pro-
gram a a different matter I'm
der existing circumstances.
The country must be armed, he
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-23
ROTTERDAM RUINED

ROTTERDAM, May 22-R-Rot,
terdam, proud home of the Dutch
merchant fleet, is only a scar of a
city-its, main business and fnanc.
ial district a pile of bricks and nor.
tar serving as headstones for hun.
dreds dead.
The historic harbor, the smoke of
wal rising above it, is a silent testi.
monial to the awful destruction
which German Stukas (dive bombsr)
work when the word is given.
Block after block of piled bricks,
acres of desolation broken here and
there by occasional blackened walls
or twisted webs of girders, show
how heavy a hand was laid on the
land Of the tulips and wooden shoes.
Authoritative German sources say
the district had been largely emptied
of civilians before the terrifying
Stukas began diving, and it was de-
termined officially that there were
only 1854 casualties. Some other I'M
official estimates have ranged as
high as 10, 900.
Some of the biggest banks are
nothing but heaps of mortar and
twisted girders. Old fiancial in
situations, historic business houses,
lie in dust. The stately liner Staten
dam, grimy and smoke-stained,
shoulders at it's wharf.
How many bodies are buried I'M
der the ruined district is a question
on which there is wide disagreement.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-23
RULING ON BREACH
OF PROMISE GIVEN
Continued from Page One)

lowed a motion for nonsuit and the
plaintiff appealed.
1T seems to be the rule -. that
a diseased condition of the body of
one of the parties to an agreement
to marry, such as would entail
serious injury to the offspring if
the contract were carried out,
would release the other party from
liability for failure to consummate
the agreement to marry" Devin
wrote. 60. While marriage is in
essential respects a civil contract,
1t is something more. From it re-
suits a status, of profound import
ance not only to the parties, but
also to society and to the state.
Upon it largely depends the pro-
creation of succeeding generations
and public policy is concerned with
the preservation of the purity and
virility of the race"
In one of II other opinions the
court ruled five to two that the
state might tax at one rate a vend-
ing machine for the sale of soft
drinks, and at another rate a de-
vice for the sale of other types of
merchandise.
E. R. Snyder had brought suit
in Wake county against Revenue
Commissioner A. j. Maxwell to
collect $50 paid under protest as
the yearly tax on a soft drink vend-
ing machine. Snyder commended the
tax was unconstitutional and vas
discriminatory, inasmuch as ma
chimes returning soft drinks for a
coin in a slot wer taxed $40, while
machines selling other things were
taxed 81 and persons selling drinks
al a "stand'' had to pay only S..
The superior court decided
against Snyder.
In the controlling opinion, Asso-
ciate Justice A. A. F. Seawell
pointed out that other types of
selling were taxed according to the
type of business, the kind OF mer-
chandise and the volume of sales.
The list of opinions follows:
Elyutl Va. 4ldA"Cll3 ant dAAll
Herndon VS.. Massey, ct al, Mecklen-
burg, affirmed.
Gardner VS.. Black, Mecklenburg, re,
versed.
Wilson VS.. Bus Lines, M~ecklenburg,
no error.
State VS.. Smith, stanly, no error.
Gibson VS.. Life ms. Society, Moore
reversed.
Rose VS.. Bank Of Wadesboro, Arson.
affirmed.
Rivenbark VS.. Shell Union Oil Co.
ct ais, New Hanover, affirmed.
Winders VS.. overs, Pender, at.
firmed.
State VS.. Hodges. Cumberland, re
versed.
State VS.. Dowless, Robson, reversed.
State VS.. Rodgers, ct al, Robson, ap-
peal dismissed.
Crabtree VS.. Chevrolet Sales Co., ct
ais, Guilford, affirmed.
D'Armour VS.. Hardware Co., Gull
ford, affirmed.
schwingle VS.. Kellenberger, Guilford.
affirmed.
Bank of Blowing Rock ct al, VS.. Nc
liver, ct al, Guilford, no error.
Wright Co., VS.. Blythe Bros
Co., ct ais, Guilford, affirmed.
~Broadhurst, ct al, VS.. Blythe Bros
Co., ct ais, Guilford, affirmed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-23
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-23

said, and it also should be equip
ped with a national council con-
sisting of a small group of lead.
ers and experts in their own fields
the members of which are not
merely administration satellites . .
to head the defense program"
But unfortunately for the coun-
try" he added Immediately, 1.-The
leadership is in the hands of a man
who has not eliminated himself as
a candidate for an indefinite term
as president, who at the moment
has pledged to him m o thar
enough delegates to take the dem
ocratic nomination if he wants it
political implications conse'
ouently are inescapable."
He followed this with his asser.
ton that no republican could par
tlcipate at present without becom'
ing a party to the third term move,
inent and continued:
IF President Roosevelt is equal
ly interested in unselfsh service,
he should publicly and forthwith
eliminate himself as a third tern
candidate.
INSTEAD of weakening his posi-
ton, this action would strengthen
it. The president would become
the leader of the nation, instead o.
the head of a party.
IF he does. eliminate himself as
a candidate, republicans car ano
will participate. :.
ITO suggest that President
Roosevelt is the only man in the
nation to carry on, or that the ma.
tional elections should be cancelled
or allowed to go by default, is to
use the same argument the Nazis
use in behalf of Hitler.
IF democracy is important and
is in peril, there is a particular
necessity to preserve all its basic
principles, including that of two
presidential terms.
fortunately, under u tradi-
ton and usages, stepping out Of
the White House does not mean
that the nation is deprived of a
presidents experience d abil'
ity."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-23
War Interpretive
Continued from Page One)

Holland, Belgium and France. And
that political action, unprecedent-
ed in British history, lessened the
gloom that shrouded tn Allied
cause wen more than did cheering
word from the battle fronts in
France.
Delineation of the exact line
which the Nazi | e 6 i o S surglng
westward toward the Channel have
gained is as yet impossible. 1t is
clear, however, that what Chur-
chill dubbed the Battle OF the
Bulge in France has become a
Battle of the Boot"
The crushing heel of that Nazi
boot rests along the Aisne river
valley between scissors and
Reims. It's vast toe juts westward
north of the Somme river toward
the Channel. The 200-mile east.
west stretch of the Somme-Aisne
front is Frances new life line.
Along it she is mastering her all,
with bridge crossings already de-
stroyed along the Somme to halt
any further German incursions
southwark.
Yet where the German boot con-
fguration maps a narrow lnstep
between the heel and toe, there is
a weak spot at which the whole
German toe might be pinched off.
From the Cambria region at the
top of the instep to the sector
southwest of St. Quentin between
the heel and toe bulges is a span
less than 80 miles wide. It was
through this narrow gap that the
German advance thrusts to
Amiens, Arras and Abbeville
speared their way.
Recapture of Arras by the
French, and the routing of German
light forces from Abbeville, have
bruised the German boot-toe. If
those towns can be held, IS well
as the Somme-Aisne f t, the
whole German westward push
from the heel bulge is jeopardized.
It could be cut off completely by
slashing Allied flank attacks from
10th north and south.
Even more important than
French recapture of Arras, how
ever, is the evidence it gives that
heavy French forces north of the
German boot-toe are reacting eff
fectively. They took Arras. The
disintegration of the French ninth
army, whatever its scope, has not
yet involved French troops to the
north, threatened with German en-
circ]ement.
In any event, the Allied re-en-
trant salient north of the instep of
the German boot and roughly de-
fined by the INSTRUMENTATION
ciennes-Tournai line appears to be
the certain target of the next Ger
man major lunge aimed at widen
ing the road to the Channel. It
also is a natural spring-board for
a Franco-Belgian stroke southwark
to cut off the whole German boot
toe.