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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
LILLIAN RUSSELL
film IS BILLED
Picture Story Of Life Oh
Famed Actress To Show
AT Royal Wednesday

Her name in lights, in the head
lines on thousands of lips; men
offered fortunes just to be seen in
her company! And even Kings ac-
claimed her. That was Lillian Rus
sell first and greatest of the CLAM
u girls, whose life and loves are
depicted and the song hits of whose
era as well as some of the new
mes are sung in Daryl F. Ia
nuck's production of Lillian Rus
sell" which comes to the Royal
Wednesday for a one day return
engagement with Alice Faye, Don
Ameche and Henry Fonda in the
top featured roles.
Zanuck has done it again, so to
speak, for this film on the life of
the famous Lillian has proved it.
self one Of the outstanding box Of
flee attractions in the past several
months and Wilmingtonians W h o
are DESTROYS of seeing it again are
fortunate in the present booking as
are those who missed it on its
first Wilmington showing.
AS portrayed by lovely, blonde
Alice Faye, Lillian Russell be-
comes one of the most colorful fig
ures ever to face the cameras.
Don Ameche as Edward Solomon,
her composer husband, and Henry
Fonda, as Alexander Moore. the
Pittsburgh publisher, both turn in
grand acting jobs, as do Edward
Arnold, as Diamond Jim Brady,
Warren William and Leo Carrillo.
Others who do outstanding work
are Helen Wesley, Dorothy Peter
son, Ernest Truck, Nigel Bruce,
Claude Allister, Lynn Bari, Weber
and Fields, Eddie Foy, Jr., Una
O'Connor and Joseph Cawthorn. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
Gable, Tracy, Colbert And La.
MARI Are Stars OF Ex-
citing Picture

The biggest parcel OF exciting.
thrilling action, p aged by the
greatest cast delivered to a the.
atre audience in many a year,
will begin its local engagement to.
morrow at the Carolina Theatre.
The picture is Boom Town." and
the action booms from beginning to
end. Some of the most amazing
scenes the screen has ever exhib.
tied r seen in this picture which
IS sure-fire, recommended enter.
talnment for everyone.
Not only does Boom Town.
give audiences fast action, but it
parades a cast which is almost I'm
believable in popularity. Stars of
the picture are Clark Gable, Spen-
Ger Tracy. Claudette Colbert and
Hedy Lamar. And as though that
were not enough there are Frank
Morgan, Lionel AtwiIl, Chill Wills,
Marion Martin, Minna Gombell.
and a few more, ending with wee
tailla.
To review the work of the stars
would be a hollow effort for any
reviewer. Suffice it to say, none OF
the four stars was ever better cast.
This picture will add new fame
to every player in the star-studded
cast. Producer Sam Zimbalist, Di-
rector Jack Conway and writer
John Lee Mahin, who a d apted
from James Edward Grants story
set out to give fast action, intense
drama, thrills and startling scenes
coupled with a gripping human
interest story. They succeeded.
The story cannot be told briefly,
but it is the story of two pals who
battle together, become enemies,
are reunited and arrive at a pull
sating climax when one of them
must take a long gamble to send
his friend away from a siren back
to his wife-the girl they both love.
Through the story speeds n piece
Of action after another. The two
pals fight three husky bruisers,
bring in water geyser, strike a
gusher that will lift you out Of
your seats, battle a blazing well
in one of the most dynamic scenes
ever filmed, do a hilarious scene
in diving head-first into a sea Of
mud and follow it up with a scream
ing scene in long underwear"
The scene in which Gable and
Tracy fight it out wit, bare fists
in a swanky office is nothing short
of sensational. Through all of this
there are lovely girls, two of the
loveliest and m o.s talented of
which are Miss Colbert and Miss
Lamar, as the wife and the siren.
When this is served up with a
plentiful dash of comedy by Frank
Morgan and Chill Wills, it all adds
up to the best entertainment of the
year.
Boom Tow n" will not be road
shown at the Carolina, as was
the case with "Gone With The
Wind, but will be shown at only
slightly increased admission prices.
Performances will be continuous. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
POWER IS STAR
OF BIJ0U film
Johnny Apollo Co-Stars
Actor With Dorothy
LamOur Monday

Not since "Jesse James" has
Tyrone Power had a role like that
of Johnny Apollo" in the Goth
Centruy-Fox drama Of that title
which co-stars him with Dorothy
Lamour at the Bijou theatre on
Mon. and Tues.
Johnny Apollo" is the alias of
a young college man, a bankers
son, who turns mobster when the
father he idolozed is sent to prison
and his wealthy friends turf
against him.
Dorothy Lamour is more allur-
ing than ever as "Luck" Dubarry,
the hard-boiled night club enter
tainer who understands and loves
the boy, no matter what he does.
Production Chief Daryl F. Fan
uck carefully selected the impos-
ing supporting cast. Edward Ar
noldis seen as the banker father;
Lloyd Nolan plays Mickey Dwyer,
the gangster whose mob Johnny
joins. Charley Grapewin is
cast as a tipping ex-judge turned
underworld lawyer, and Lionel At
will is seen as the bankers lawyer,
to whom Johnny appeals in vain
for aid for his father.
Highlighting the story are two
special new song hits, sung by
Dorothy Lamour, Dancing for
Nickels and Dimes" by Lionel
Newman and Frank Loesser and
This is the Beginning of the End"
by Mack Gordon.
Screen Snapshots" and the lat
est Paramount News complete our
program. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
BROTHER ORCHID
SHOWS AT ROYAL
Edward G. Robinson Star Of
Theatres Offering For
Tomorrow

Edward G. Robinson has word
tor the underworld grapevine. It's
news they'll all be glad to get,
rom the big boss down to the
ordinary roscoe. { A roscoe, as ev-
ervbody knows, is a gentleman,
who carries a gat or a rod, i.e., a
torpedo.)
The word from Robinson is that
he is going to take the pressure
off the boys. Little Caesar is TAX
ing himself for a ride. He does it
in his new picture Brother Or
child. opening tomorrow at the
ROYAL theatre.
It seems that several years back
they were taken rather unawares
when he created the tiny rajah
of the rackets.
They knew they were just ordin-
airy mugs, but here right before
their eyes they were seing thir
profession graced with glamour.
and tradition.
When critic after critic wrote,
1--WE don't know the big shot gang
sters personally, but if they're not
like Eddie Robinson they ought to
be-
1t was a mark for them to shoot
at.
And they appreciated it, to O..
Robinson always gets nice letters
from the GEOGRAPHICALLY when
they're up at the Big House in
stir and have a little more leisure
on their hands.
But it was too much for them,
though even their severest detrac-
tors will concede their earnest ef-
forts to live up to the example
he set for them.
They went to see his movies,
six and eight times, diligently stu
dying the way he threw his thumb
over his shoulder, his well-round-
ed technique in numbering tn
Kings English, and the way he
smoked a stogie. That was another
thing. Some of them liked to smoke
cigarettes, but Little Caesar never
used 'em, so they couldn't very
well, either.
So Robinson finally is relenting
as Brother Orchid. And he is do
ing it very ingeniously, too.
His scheme is to pass off Little
Caesar as a complete phoney. A
fake and a sap who let's himself
be taken in by his own hench-
men, and winds, up, of all places,
in the sanctuary of a monastery,
his whole life devoted borrowing
tulip bulbs.
All of which will make it a great
deal easier for the reaElfe gang
sters. They won't have to be gla-
any more. They can 60
back to being plain mugs. The
heat is off! 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
Boom Tour, Opens Run OF Unusual Films At Carolina

pany. Subsequently he went to bet
ter parts in the East, then headed
for Los Angeles to the old Morosco
stock company.
Dix soon became its leading
man. He finally took a screen flier
in Not Guilty." followed this pic
ture with a fat part in Goldwyn's
1.-The Christian and by 1929 he
found himself a star. His biggest
early hit was "Cimarron" with
Irene Dunno.
Currently Dix is co-featured with
Kent Taylor, Edmund Lowe and
Wendy Barrie in Men Against the
Sky" stirring drama of modern
aviation which comes to the Royal
theatre Friday and Saturday. 4
The leper colony on the island Of
MoloEai is tho 1orooS+ IN tho world
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29

The leper colony on the island Of
Molokai is the largest in the world.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
CMTC Plans For Next
Summer Are Suspended

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.- Up -
The War department has an
nounced that Citizens Military
Training Camps which annually
have trained about 5000 young
men, will be suspended next sum-
mer.
Supplies and equipment are
needed for the Army's own inten-
sive training program, it was ex-
planned. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09

of their contests. Margaret
Trexler, coach of the team, feels
that BeuIaville is due for the
county championship this year.
They won it in 1888.
The BeulaviIle boys have a
high scoring machine in Grover
Byrd, who tops the squad with
147 points. w. b. Harris. with
81, j. c. Nethercutt, with 81 and
Bonnie Thomas, with AZ. And
In their LIZ contests the Iaas
have chalked up 466 points to
their opponents 246.
Coached by Rommie Madison.
the boys are at present tied for
honors in the Duplin county
play-offs. The boys squad con-.
sists OF: Forwards, j. c. Meth
circuit, Bonnie Thomas. Mike
Thomas, Wilton Thigpen: cen.
tiers, Grover Byrd, Frank Quinn
and w. j.. Harris; guards AL
wood Thigpen. Brown Aeunedv.
Ches'ey T:igpen and Gr4ham
Quinn.
The Beuisville cagers arc ex.
pected to return to tho St.r-
News-Y. M. c. A. basketha,I
tournament, which will he held
March $3.50. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09
Southeastern n. c.. Basketball
Beulaville

"A basketball fan could really
get enthusiastic about the record
that the BeulavilIe high school
cagers have compiled this sea-
son, for a glance at the winters
slate shows:
Beulaville girls - Played IL
games and won IL.
Beulaville boys - Played 10
games and won 16.
And UP in Duplin. county
where the high schools place a
lot Of emphasis on basketball,
the two clubs are betting on win
ming the county championship in
the tournament which will be
played at Chinquapin on Febru-
airy 20, March 1-2.3-4.
The Beulaville sextet boasts
two of the highest scoring play
ers in this section. Joyce Hol-
lingsworth has personally ac-
counted for a total of 27O points
and dot" Bostic has aided the
cause with 40 markers. Mary
E. Rogers and Josephine Thig-
pen are considered the leading
guards.
The girls have eight games
more on their slate and are CIV
en- more than an even chance Of
breaking even on the remainder
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09
'LEN0IR BALL CLUB
DRAWS HEAVY fine
Roper And Six Officials De.
clared Ineligible By Judge
Bramham For Violations

DURHAM, Feb. s. R G
Bramham, president Of the Nationa
Association of (Minor) Professional
Baseball Leagues, announced today
that six officials and a former man.
ager Of the Lenoir IN. c. club OF
the Tar Heel league had been placed
upon the ineligible list and the club
fined $40 as results of contract
discrepancies in 1899.
Bramham said an investigation
revealed that players were signed
to contracts which were never re.
corded in the association offices
here. Instead, he said, other con.
tracts were made out, calling for
salaries far less than those shown
in originals, and were received at
minor league headquarters for pro
mitigation.
Bramham quoted Clarence Roper
former Lenoir manager, as saying
he explained to club directors how
they could evade the salary limit
rule by submitting low figures, and
that directors made out urauthor-
lied contracts. Bramham said G.
c. Courtney, former club president
and the directors denied issuing
these contracts, asserting Roper
handled all contractural citations
with players.
Courtney testified, Bramham said
that he and directors learned six
weeks after the season opened that
the salary limit was being exceeded
and that they decided to continue
the policy rather than surrender
the franchise.
Bramham said in his decision it
impossible to determine who
filled out the second set of con-
tracts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09
SIMMONS PLANNING
ON COMEBACK TRY
Old Time Slugger Feels That
He Will Be Back Home
With Athletics

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Feb. 8
l-CP-Al Simmons, one of basebalrs
great sluggers in his day, is goins
back home" to Connie Mack's Ath
letics this season and he thinks it
may mean a comeback for him.
"Of course I'm enthused about
playing with the Athletics again."
said Simmons today. Il had my best
years when I played under Mack.
T always liked Shibe park. I think
it's the best park in the major
leauges for hitters.
IT'S all green inside. No sign.
boards to make a confusing back
ground when you're standing UP
there trying to keep your eyes glued
on that ball coming up to the plate.
Now that I'm going back there, I've
got an idea that park will be a tonic
to me-"
AL has been training like a Trojan
since Mack offered him a contract
after he'd been released by the Reds.
He bowled and played handball for
a while in Milwaukee, then came
here for daily rounds of golf until
time to head west toward the Ath-
letics' spring training camp in cali
fornia.
Il don't know how much I'll play
with the AS said Simmons. Con
MES got a pretty good outfield with
Bob Johnson, Moses and Chapman.
But I expect to get in quite a few
games and when 1 do, I may sur.
prise some of those fellows. I'm only
SO years old, you know"
Simmons, who played with the
White Sox, Detroit and Washing
ton before moving to the Bees and
Reds last year, said he felt that he
never belonged" in the National
league.
1.-THE National league puts too
much stress on defensive Skill" said
AL. "Why, most of the inficlds in
the league r built up so that the
turf slows down a bouncing ball.
In the American league the dia.
monds are hard and a bail scoots
when it hits. American league fans
like fellows who can hit the ball.
They don't go for all that fancy
dan stuff"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09
Auker Sold By Boston
To Browns In Cash Deal

BOSTON, Feb. S-LR-The Boston
Red Sox announced the outright sale
tonight of Eden Auker, right hand
ed pitcher, to the St. Louis Browns
for an undisc1osed amount of cash.
Auker, chiefly famed for his sub
marine delivery, came to the SoE
last seaso in a trade with Detroit.
He won nine games and lost ten for
Boston in 1889.
The Sox management also an.
nounced receipt of the sighed con.
tract of Jim Bagby, Jr., another
right-handed hurler. Bagby, a sen
sational freshman, a into the
second-year jinx last season and was
sent down to Little Rock, returning
to Boston in September. He broke
even on his Boston record last year,
winning five and losing five.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09

AhJ
Swami to Repeat
Most of the local teams backer'
feel that Jimmy Swami will com
through again this year and tina
Henry Gilliken is sure-stuff thl!
season. But what has really start
ed the fans talking is the showing
of Wilmington's dark-horse light
heavy candidate, Fred Barnhill
who, with only a few fights under
his belt and no previous Colder
Gloves experience, walked through
the finals with ease.
And while you are looking over
the boxers don't overlook Tiny
Taylor, the heavyweight who ex-
ceeds six feet by several inches anc
who tips the beams at around 23(
pounds. Taylor is only II years Of
age and looks like one of the most
promising heavyweights in amateur
ranks in the state. And here's q
tip: Watch for him on the New
Hanover high school football team
next fall.
Cats as Cagers
The New Hanover Wildcats have
been showing some good cage form
in the past few weeks and for this
reason we feel that they are about
due to break into the Eastern Class
A win column tonight when they
go against the Rocky Mount Black
birds.
T~x1s.- ~ fho GOO Cnn tho IN2fG
were u~p-and-down, clicking one
night and being a little off the
next. but in recent weeks Coach
Nat Pepper has drilled his lads
into a very good offensive machine.
The Blackbirds nosed out the
locals in Rocky Mount several days
ago., but on their own court, the
Cats feel that they will be better.
Last year Rocky Mount o there
and the Wildcats won here. And
history repeats, so they say.
Bits and Briefs
Louis Evans, of the Robesonian,
saws that Lumberton's new armory,
which will seat between $500 n
5000. will be opened about April
and the town is really planning
some big sports events for the
building In today's issue we
are presenting the first of a series
of articles about Southeastern
North Carolina basketball teams. -.
Tomorrow we shall review the sea-
sons record of the Bladenboro
+o,nr durham high school will
send it's champion basketball team
here for a game against the Wild
oats Tuesday night. . Durham,
which has developed about the best
in cage teams in the south, has
won SIS consecutive games, beating
all corners including t%op-notch col
lege freshmen quints. Maybe
they'll arm Arturo Godoy, the
Chilean fisherman, with graphing
hooks tonight when he fights Joe
Louis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09
FIGHT DOPE

(By the Associated Press)
The principals - Joe Louis,
Detroit, VS.. Arturo Godoy,
Chile.
The bout For the world
heavy W Ell g championship;
scheduled Is rounds.
The place - Madison Square
Garden.
The time - Main bout, 10
p. m. (E.S.T.); first prelimi-
nary $3.50 p. m.
Estimated crowd and gate
$4,000 10000 fans; $1,000 O
The fighters estimated share
Louis (4O per cent? $4,000;
Godoy Q7h per cent) $17,50O.
Betting odds-Louis 1 to Z
to win; Godoy even money to
last five rounds, 2 to l to last
ten and 4 to 1 to stay Is.
Officials To be selected by
the N. Y. state athletic COM
mission.
Weigh-in-12 noon (E.S.T.)
Friday at Madison Square Gar
den.
Broadcast - WPZ-NBC Blue
network starting at 10 p. m.
for United States; WRCA-
WNBI in Spanish for South
America.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09
American Legion Announces
Plans That It Will Promote
All Future Matches

Jimmy Braddock, former world
heavyweight champion boxer, viii
be the chief feature on next Tues
day nights wrestling card at Legion
stadium, although Braddock will
only be the referee.
The American Legion in announc-
ing Braddock's appearance here
next week stated that effective i'm
mediately it is taking over entire
charge Of the wrestling programs.
The Legion together with Mike Mil
Ter, former Legion wrestling cham
pion, has been presenting the week
ly mat programs for several months.
Tuesdays card will pit Dick
Lever, the Tennessee Terror, against
Chief Little Beaver in the main
bout, an Johnny Marrs against Jack
Hader in the opening match.
Lever is noted here for his rough
ness and for his general disregard
for the instructions of the referee.
Braddock, knowing of Levers
reputation, has announced that If
the Tennessee Terror doesn't stay
in line in his match Tuesday night
| with Chief Little Beaver and cleave
only to the rules as laid down in the
rule book, there will be some action
between the referee and the Ten
nessee Terror.
Lever, it seems, has heard Of
Braddock's intentions, but his sole
comment is, Maybe"
Jack Hader, who meets Mars, is
also noted as being a rough and
tumble artist and indications are
there will be plenty of action when
the gong rings Tuesday night.
Lever is to fight at 240 Id. and
Little Beaver at 23O, while Mars
weight is given as 21S and Hader's
as 230.
Braddock's appearance in the ring
Tuesday night is expected to be a
highlight of the evenings entertain
ment. The former champ has a host
of admirers among sports fans be-
cause Of his game comeback from
the time when he was a WPA work.
er and finally won out in big time
only to lose later to Joe Louis, the
Brown Bomber.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09
Mrs. Page, Mrs. Duckett
Wins Pinehurst Tourney

PINEHURST, Feb. S.-LP-Mrs.
Estelle Lawson Page, of Chapel
Hill, former women's national
champion, and Mrs. Alfred Duckett
of Durham, won the st. Valentines
golf tournament for women today
with a net care Of 1855 over
the No. 1 course
Mrs. Page was slightly lame
from a fall yesterday.
Runners-up were Miss Frances
Coe and Mrs. J.. A. Ruggles Of
Pinehurst, who finished with 35-
36-71. Mrs. A. C. Aborn of Mont
clair, N. j., and Mrs. G.. T. Dun
lap, ST., of East Orange, N. j.,
were third with 39-33-72.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09
BraddOck Referee Nj
Clashes Here Next Wed
GG Boxers Asked To d
Release Blanks Tod

All Golden Gloves champl
in Wilmington are requestedN
meet with Phil Buchheit in the
Star-News offices today and get
their Southeastern United States
tournament release blanks and
have them signed Immediately.
The Wilmington Golden Gloves
team will leave for Atlanta, Ca,
Sunday morning for participa-
ton in the meet the first three
days of the week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09
Amory, Hicks To Meet
In Golf Finals Toda,

PALM BEACH, Fla, Feb. SIP
Two favorites were eliminated to-
day from the Palm Beach Women's
Golf tournament, making way for a
finals match between Grace .Amory
OF Palm Beach and Elizabeth Hicks
OF Long Beach, Calf.
1t took a heart-breaking, five.
~extra-hole match to put the National
"omen's champion, Betty Jameson
OF San Antonio, Texas, out of the
running, at the hands of Miss Hicks
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09
Dunkelberger Moves Into
Semi-Finals Of Golf Meet

oRMoND BEACH, Fla, Feb. s.
R-Medalist Bobby Dunkelberger of
High Point, N. c., defeated h. A.
Melgard of Lake Mahopac, N. Y, 2
and / today in the quarter-fina]
found of the annual golf tournament.
G.. M. Nilsson of Deland, Fla.
runner-up for medal honors, elimi
mated D. E. Reigeluth of Bronxville
N. Y, 6 and 5 and will play Dun
kelberger tomorrow in the semi
finals,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09
SMOKE RINGS
Fighters All
By SAM Raglan

Wilmington's Golden Gloves are over and street-corner
comment yesterday was lauding the tournament as the
best ever staged here. And we felt right good about it
when one veteran fight fan said, "You were playing the
Golden Gloves down a bit when last week you were say
ing it would be the fastest and best. Why this is what
call a real Golden Gloves"
And it hardly needs saying that the team which Will
mington will send to Atlanta next week is about the best
that the city has thrust into the fight picture in many a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09

Many of our desert animals OBJ.
tain necessary liquids by means of
a chemical action in their diges.
tive tracts, which changes some
of the starchy portions Of their food
to water.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09

Justice Thomas Todd of the u. s..
Supreme Court and Lucy Payne
Washington were the first to be
married in the White House, on
March II, 1911.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09
v RELATIONS

Mike Miller, wrestling promoter,
stated in an announcement last
night that he will continue to pro.
mote sports events in Wilmington,
even though he and the American
Legion have severed relations.
1.-THE card which the Legion plans
to offer is the wrestling card I had
planned for next week. I am still
promoting regardless of what or
where" he said.
Miller stated that he will
MS plans for the future within a
few days.
He stated that the split with the
Legion grew out of a disagreement
over bringing Jim Braddock, former
world heavyweight champion, here
next tuesday as referee. Braddock
wanted 40 per cent of the gross gate
and Il felt that it was too much"
he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09

Vice-President Garner walked to
and from a school house three miles
from his home when he was a
barefoot boy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09

Brevard, N. C., is the site of the
flrst cigaret-paper manufacturing
plant in the United States.