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Evening star., 1940-04-15

German troops guarding the door But immediately
knew it too late tipo woman empoye who
had always addressed perfect English spoke in German
tried to refuse special
card But her chief had already dispatch
o'clock Finally she reluctantly together with s64
worth OF Norwegian which paid Then
she told me in German that must Fauen
morning would be accepted course my
own and all other dispatches for the
The Germans had closed all the telephone
the outside world.
German Soldiers in Parliament.
The next day. Wednesday, unbelievable of
April had been German guard Para
ment the university the city hall and public My
first shock early in the morning passed Stong
Parllament. Twoscoe German soldiers open
on the third floor of the building, singing Justify while one
pumped oyfuy at his watching and
listening the closely but so far as
could see they were simply curious and somewhat
AS the occupation the ctys cafes
were filled in almost normal fashion young
lolng in them thing regular
Norwegian ready to offer resistance invader
miles north OF the capital Wherever went of
people clustered guard Some
them chaed pleasantly with the soldiers
rifles and machine and asked questions Many
young girls gazed admirngy the in edgray
Outside the telegraph building open
half dozen hardened German gun
mounted laughed joked with the SOL
diers apparently hafnoxcaed shouted Deutschland
soldiers laughed The chief of the
machinegun looked upon
scribable smile He proudly conqueng
Roman legion who realized that he had the right do 50
Such from infrequent,
Oslo Friday that time however young Norwegans
had disappeared from the capital
great went after the Germans landed troops
Osos Thursday afternoon This sight
from the daze which they had Many
however still remained capital Frdayseemngly large
part of the
Received Courteously at Naz legation
On Wednesday evening, We discovered that the Qusng
ernment had been formed 430 of the Continental
went there about matter which said
Premiers personal decision Three Clothes
and one Norwegian in 430 After waiting
Quislng briefly but he turned for advice
German who introduced himself Rechsamteer
Reicsamteiter decided the matter while
in giving further directions From there
German legation where courteous
that the German military censorship completely organ
lied and nothing could be
dispatches until the
Nevertheless made another call at the building
The public hall deserted when passing
man guards inside two German privates standing
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-09-27
Savannah Senior
HadaSSah Started
Season Tuesday

Important business m a tt e s
were brought up at the first fall
meeting of the Savannah Chapter
of Senior Hadassah held Tuesday
afternoon at 3:45 o'clock at the
Jewish Educational Alliance. Mrs.
Fred Rotkow, chairman, outlined
the years program of entertain
ment, the budget was presented
and delegates to the national con-
vention in Cincinnati, October 28-
81, elected. Mrs. Joseph Lesser,
incoming president, spoke and a
musical program was arranged.
TIL meeting officially opened
the membership drive of the chap
ter and the membership chairman,
Mrs. Alec Meddin, was in charge
and addressed the meeting. All
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LIE Err BOX
B'NAI BIRTH
1908 K Street, N. w.
Wa shin oton n q

B'NAI BIRTH
1908 K Street, N. w.
Washington, D. C.
September "a, 1910
Mr.. Isadore Moscovitz, Editor
Southern Jewish Weekly
Jacksonville, Fla.
My dear Mr.. Moscovitz:
To all engaged in the vital task
of disseminating news of the Jew
ish world, the fast ebbing year has
been a narrowing one. But true
to the tradition of journalism, the
Jewish press of America has met
it's responsibilities courageously
and even heroically.
AS the reflector of the Jewish
scene, the Jewish press has been
the proper means Of conveying to
the Jewish communities of Ameri-
ca the significance of what has
happened and still is happening
to our co-religionists abroad.
AS one who once labored in the
field of Jewish journalism, I know
the past year has been an exceed
ingly heavy one for you-yet you
have met your responsibilities with
undiminished fervor and vigor.
Your cooperation in conveying
to the Jewish reading public news
of the activities of B'nai Birth has
been exceedingly helpful and val
liable.
At this season of the year,
want to extend to you and to all
of the members of your staff my
very best wishes for a New Year
rich in news colored with hope
and productive of good will to all.
Cordially,
Bernard Postal,
Director of Publicity, B'nai Birth
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Magazine Charges
Ford, DUP Onts, and
Weir in Fascist Aid

NEW YORK (JTA) - Henry
Ford, the DuPonts and E. T. Weir,
president of tn e Weirton Steel
Company, are among those who
have aided the spread of anti
Semitic and Fascist activities in
the United States, the illustrated
weekly Friday charges in an arti-
Gle entitled American Merchants
of Hate"
The article, written by Michael
Sayers and A. E. Kahn, is accom-
panied by the purported facsimile
of a letter written by Walter J.
Cameron, Fords right-hand man,
on stationery of the anti-Semitic
Society of America, to Fritz Kuhn,
former leader of the German
American Bund, in May, 1887, ad-
vising that Ford executives were
cooperating in keeping from the
American press Kuhn's relation
ship with the Ford Company,
which had employed him as
chemist.
The article also charges that
Senator Edward Burke, co-author
of the Burke-Wa ellsworth Conscrip-
ton bill, was a one-time dues pay
ing member of the Fascist Khaki
Shirts, now the American Ma
tionalists. Various anti-Semitic or
CARNATIONS, including the Senti-
nels of the Republic, the Crusa-
ders and the Minute M en- and
Women of Today, have received
financial support from Weir, the
DUPONT combine, Alfred p. Sloan,
Jr., chairman of General Motors
Corporation, and A. Atwater Kent,
president of the A. Atwater Kent
Manufacturing Company, the arti-
Gle says.
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members and prospective members
were invited to attend.
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SAVANNAH
Miss Goodman to
Wed Mr.. ROsenthal

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Goodman Of
Wilmington, N. c., announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Betty Goodman, to Mires Rosen-
thai of Alexandria, La.
Miss Goodman attended North
Carolina State College for Won-
en- and Mr.. Rosenthal is a gradu-
ate civil engineer of Louisiana
State University. Miss Goodman
has visited here often with her
aunts, Mrs. A. ]. Cohen and Mrs.
George Solomon. Miss Goodman's
mother, formerly Miss Melanie
Kahn, made her home in Savan-
nah with DR.. and Mrs. George
Solomon and attended Savannah
High School.
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This is the eighth consecutive
year in which your editor ex-
presses his whOlehearted appreci-
aticn to the thousands of Jews and
Gentiles throughout this territory
who have helped in publishing The
Southern Jewish Weekly.
We hope to merit your contin-
ued support as we embark on a
New Year, carrying on this week
Iy newspaper in a dignified, clean,
a nd thoroughly honest manner,
and playing fair with our entire
public = Jewish and nOn-Jewish
alike.
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HUI p1uNC NAAAAs
When he told me his name was
Reginald K. Smithers I knew he
was lying. guess these six years
of experience as personnel mana
ger have given me an extra sense
in judging people. Still, we needed
men for turning out mechanical
tools and the supply of skilled Ia
Dor was none too free, so hired
the big fellow-and regretted it
almost at once.
When I got home and told my
wife about Mr.. Smithers, she told
me to forget it, but it was not so
easy. This doubt of whether or
not I knew the extra worker wor-
ried me. was leery of him, and
didn't know why. But I found out
soon enough.
I was sitting in the plant res
taurant having lunch with Lou
he's the plant superintendent and
along comes this Smithers guy and
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ELRY STONE

ELRY SIONE
President of the Florida Fedora
tion of B'nai Birth Lodges
Miami, Florida
September 16, 1910
Mr. Isadore Moscovitz, Editor
Southern Jewish Weekly
P. o. Box SOB
Jacksonville, Fla.
Dear Mr.. Moscovitz:
It is with great pleasure that I
extend to you an invitation to
serve as co-chairman Of our pub
licity committee for the State Fed
Grafton of B'nai Birth lodges, and
I sincerely hope you can see your
way clear to accept this response
bility.
Your life work and your inter-
est in Jewish affairs make you
particularly well qualified for
these duties.
am asking each Of the states
lodges to name one delegate to
serve on your committee and will
submit these names when I shall
have received them.
Sincerely and fraternally,
Elry Stone
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sits down right across from our
table. He said something to the
waiter which I could not quite
make out. A few minutes later he
was served a large portion Of
roast-HAM. Virginia potted roast
ham!
Yes, sir! knew there was some
thing about him that wasn't kosh-
err!
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A Mysterious Bit of Fiction
By Dupont GOLDBERG

detected most familiar mannerism in this new ma
chnst who take the place of John LacrOe who
found dead in the shop yesterday. seemed that
where had that thick pudgy face that flat brO
and that puzzng grim YET for the life of could
Evening star., 1940-11-10

Englander. There is no reason why
a woman can't become just as good
a motion picture director as a man,
providing she's got what it takes.
"Once a woman can prove that
she has confidence and the ability,
the studio. players and sound stage
workers will give her just as much
assistance as they would man.
Sometimes they will go even farther
out of their way to cooperate with
a woman than they would for a
man."
Miss Rousseau recalled that re-
Gently in Midwest city, where she
was making a newsreel short at a
municipal ZOO, her cameraman asked
permission to take panorama pic
ture from a position high above but
was denied. So she went to the
Mayor. told him her problem and
was given use of a fire department
hook and ladder truck, which hoist
ed the cameraman aloft for his
picture.
An accomplished swimmer who
plays a trombone for a hobby. Miss
Rousseau expects to remain for a
while in the newsreel field, which
she says is giving her much valu-
able experience. Then she feels she
will be qualified to be an assistant
director, later to be on her own.
Born in Provincetown, Mass, Miss
Evening star., 1940-11-10

air and on occasion even goes 50 far
as to stand on his head.
Geraldine Fitzgerald has meth
cd all her own. She just cuts of
in the midle of a line with quiet
I'm sorry"
What gives the director high blood
pressure is the fact that there's no
faltering prelude to the soft-spoken
I'm sorry" to give warning of an
impending breakdown. The words
come when Miss Fitzgerald. who
apparently never really forgets a
line, feels the scene isn't going right.
The Irish star said them four
times in as many tries at a recent
difficult scene for Invitation TO a
Murder Director Vincent Sher-
man took the first three I'm sorrys"
without visible evidence of impeno-
ing apoplexy.
The fourth time the scene seemed
to be flowing to a successful con-
clusion when suddenly Miss Fitz-
gerald said I'm sorry!"
You're sorryl" exploded Sherman.
What do you think I am? Lady,
that was perfect until you stopped"
1t was as nice Hollywood blow
up as you could hope to see and
hear.
Evening star., 1940-11-10

Rousseau completed high school in
Dallas, entered Texas University
engineering school and later trans
ferred to Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology, where she majored ii
metallurgy. She did all right at
it, too despite the professors fear.
She then became secretary to the
manager of a New York City thea
ter, where in two years she was
buying newsreel subjects and plan
ming the programs.
Finally she joined a newSreel
company and assisted in the max
ing of shorts. From then on her
life became one jump after another
as she dashed around the country
on picture-making assignments.
When she made an automobile rae
ing picture she drove in front of
the speeding cars directing the
cameramen, and when she made an
airplane picture she learned to fly
Two years ago Miss Rousseau en-
tered the movie short business for
herself, although she still keeps a
connection with the newsreel COM
pany in New York. She flies back
there every six weeks to help direct
the filming of one of the better
known radio quiz programs. She
currently is making a series of two
reelers about screen celebrities.
Evening star., 1940-11-10
The Secret Garden
Is Children's Next

The Secret Garden" second in
popularity only to the same authors
Little Lord Fauntleroy," will be
presented at the National Theater
the morning of Saturday, November
%, by the Childen's Theater of New
York.
When the Children's Theater
presents the dramatic version of the
Frances Hodgson Burnett story at
the National, it will be its second
appearance in the nine local seasons
of the group. THE Secret Garden"
was staged five years ago and
greeted enthusiastically.
Tickets for the play and for plays
to follow in the series are on sale
now between noon and o'clock at
the local Children's Theater Office,
1874 F street NV.
Evening star., 1940-11-10


That Failed" Brenda raised her
voice and demanded to be cast in
EAST of the River"
There are, as she knows, two sure
fire ways for a young player to win
quick acclaim. First is the dying
act. This is always reliable. Charles
Bower can excite an audience of
women merely by f1uttering his Won
derful eyelashes, but it is his death
scenes that have established him in
the sympathies of those millions OF
theatergoers. After all, immortal
ity was never achieved by anybody
save by dying. The second way,
applying to girls more specifically
than to men, is to play tough.
Ida Lupino, as aforementioned,
called attention to herself, after
distressingly long layoff. in THE
Light That Failed" but she was
compared with Bette Davis when
she performed her mad scene in
"They Drive by Night"
Bette herself was getting nowhere
in Hollywood when she wore pink
foppy hats and performed as a
sweet-girl ingenue. That's how she
started in pictures, as most persons
who recall her famous hardboiled
parts in Marked Woman" "Jeze-
bel" and "Of Human Bondage" have
forgotten. Pictures like that made
her a star.
Merle Oberon suffered as Anne
Boleyn in THE Private Lives of
Henry VIII" and went to the top
of the heap. Barbara Stanwyck,
now in Frank Capra's Meet John
Doe" struck her pace when she
suffered in Stella Dallas" Barbara
ONeil was a half-crazy psychopath
in "All This, and Heaven Too" and
a prosecuted wife in Tower of Lon
don"
Ginger Rogers was securely IA
nous as a dancing star before
Primrose Path" Now, as a re-
suit of having been fortnight and
tough, she's an actress.
Katherine Hepburn, Ruth Chat
terton, Jane Bryan and yivien
Leigh are others who marked going
up points in their careers with roles
in which they were hard-bitten or
long-suffering.
Helen Hayes won the Academy
Award for The Sin of Madelon
Claudet." She was not a good wom-
an in that picture.
Brenda Marshall's Aims have been
Evening star., 1940-11-10
Heffernun
Continued From First Page)

are barking in her case, too-is
Michele Morgan of Paris. She's an
unknown quantity here, but has
been popular abroad. Both ladies
speak English, but whether well
enough to be accepted by American
audiences none knows as yet.
Stack up the tall number of Euro
pean dazzlers to filter into this
country since pictures began against
those who have actually made good
in big way and you discover Holly
wood has tossed away plenty of
money on the gamble. Nine of every
ten invaders have splashed red ink
all over their employers.
One of the earliest was the bonn
bastic Pola Negri. Pola did all right
in silents, even though she drove
Paramount workers almost daffy.
But once sound pictures arrived
Pola's career was hushed. Emil
Jannings, the Brooklyn-born Ger
man, was another who scored SIM
liar success, only to crash the mo-
ment voice became essential.
OF course, the most woeful flop
of all was Anna Sten, whose mighty
publicity buildup ran through half
a million Sam Goldwyn dollars.
Although she couldn't act at the
time, Goldwyn starred her in
fiashy epic called Mana" Even
when fandom turned Anna down
cold in that first picture, Goldwyn
renewed his efforts and reopened
his money bags in an effort to
put her over. 1t took three pic
lures to convince Sam that the
public didn't want Anna-not as a
star, anyway.
After Many Years.
Luise Rainer burst over Holly
wood like a bomb. She won the
Academy Award for best actress in
two successive years c'The Great
Ziegfeld" and THE Good Earth")
but in an unbelievably short time
after those brilliant efforts she
was dropped off the M-G-M pay
roll.
Then there was Lula Deste, vi
ennese baroness. Three years here,
she's still attempting to approach
her European success II and no
takers. And Dolly Haas. She was
sensation in the English Broken
Blossoms. The first boat couldn't
get her here fast enough. Four
years have passed, and Dolly still
I, G,e% H111ryryNnd r.i1tftro
The list seems to go on endlessly,
but we'll pick out few case his
tories OF the more prominent. For
instance, Jacqueline Laurent, Tilly
Losch, Della Lind, Lya Lys, DAN
ielle Darrieux, Simone Simon, to
name few. Then there were Marie
Korda, Ilona Massey and Rose
Stradner, who arrived on the same
boat, bound for M-G-M. They hung
Evening star., 1940-11-10

of almonds with milk and half
banana. It's marvellous"
Your next picture, Joan, Is to
be?
"I don't know. Think of people
with false teeth, mammas who can't
get their babies to eat spinich.
Warts"
Joan, pul-leeze!
"Yes, warts. There was boy who
was covered with warts and he
drank vegetables and now the warts
are all gone. Honest!"
But you ought to make picture,
Joan, between vitimin crusades?
Sure. I'm going to, when I get
something good. Say, I have an idea
for another invention. You know
how people are always out of
matches, or their lighters are emp
ty? What do you think of big
ring, the kind women wear, with a
little lever on it. You lift up this
lever and you get a light, right on
your finger. -
While the ring plays a tune, Joan?
well. you can't blame me for
trying, can you? They laughed at
Edison, din't they?"
Evening star., 1940-11-10

winter as she danced in number
of musicals. Then Universal gave
her a stock contract and her real
age had to be told. When she
announced she was only Il the
school officials laughed.
Age Was a Drawback.
why pretend you're so much
younger than you are3" they asked.
So Martha sent to Tulsa for her
birth record. She showed them.
When the School Board filled out
her work permit for minors they
wrote above her age: "Okay-have
seen birth certificate"
my age hampered me because
I had to drag a teacher around
on the SET" Martha continued, "and
studios naturally wanted to avoid
that expense. So they hired real
18-year-old dancers. Then 7 be-
came a still photo girl. I spent
all my time posing for holiday pic
lures, greeting fotball teams, doing
exercises and the like. But during
my free time I was on sets, watch
ing stars act and directors direct.
I learned something, anyway"
When her contract expired Martha
went back to finish high school
and continued to play film roles.
Once graduated cat ID she had
clear sailing. In 1899 she had
boom year, with featured roles in
''The Secret of DR.. Kildare" Judge
Hardy and Son." Forty Little
Mothers" and a flock of others.
Only recently she finished three
lead roles at R-K-O. best of which
was as Daisy Mae in Lii Abner."
She's had no end of fun since
reporting for work at Paramount.
Every one has something to say
about her age and her appearance.
LIE Roy Prinz. dance director, passed
her, then halted.
why, Martha" he wagged, you
get younger-looking every day. You
still don't look day over 18."
Martha said, Thank YOU" and
let it go at that.
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exploding is pretty much the same.
Bette Davis, for example, stamps
her foot and says forceful word
not in the script. Or she may stop
dead silent. say two forceful words
and break into bitter laughter.
Enrol Flynn is pretty self-con-
tanned over minor lapses, but real
word jam causes him to throw his
hands high in the air and swing
into a floor pacing routine that
would do an irate sea captain credit.
Eddie Albert whistles through his
teeth and, If the aggravation is
severe enough. nearly chokes. jim
my Cagney, like Flynn, is silent
sufferer through the first mishaps
but yells like Comanche at the
third or fourth.
Thomas Mitchell, who's currently
appearing with the precedent-shat-
tering Miss Fitzgerald at Warner
Bros. in a picture called Invitation
to a Murder" is little less con-
ventional.
When Mitchell gets stymied, which
isn't often, he stalks off the set,
whips off his coat. lights a Gig
arctic and cools off while he smokes.
Jeffrey Lynn, who's also in 'Invi-
tation to a Murder" with Miss Fitz-
gerald, makes wild passes at the
Evening star., 1940-11-10

Orson Welles-Dolores Del Rio duo.
But this, I think, is cooling. :. :.
Ilona Massey will soon be Mrs. Alan
Curtis. Mary Beth Hughes is
gazing into the blue eyes of Robert
Stack. j.. Marlene Dietrich still has
her regular stand-bys-Erich Re-
marque and Won Sternberg. :. And
then, of course, there's George Brent
and Ann Sheridan. And what a
torrent of publicity has followed
them.
George Raft is on the loose since
his break with Norma Shearer. And
if Norma is in love with any one
else, she is keeping it a secret from
the columnists.
Well, there you have the romantic
lineup in Hellywood--as of this
writing. 1t may be quite different
on reading.
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Newspaper Alliance, Incl
Evening star., 1940-11-10

WYNN dllu otAA1
she's IS years old.
Truth is that Martha was only
Is last March 4. Furthermore, she
looks 10, no more, no less. Yet, the
dancing girls who worked with her
in 1885 swear she must be a 23-
year-oid beauty who appears to be
only 18.
The discrepancy forms an anus
ing tale, as told by the tall, blond
girl as she sits on the set In sleek
black maids outfit which empha-
sizes the charm of her face and
figure. Listen to Martha and maybe
learn how to remain 18 for gve
years.
"I was a dancing student in
Phoenix, Ariz., with an overwhem-
ing desire to become an actress,
she began. That was in 1885.
When school was over that sum-
mer I talked mother into going to
Hollywood for vacation. l wanted
to see if I couldn't get chance
in musicals.
She Made Good.
"At that time was only 13 years
old. But I was big for my age. I
looked 18. I was born in Oklahoma
and you know they grow them
husky down there. Well, we got
to Hollywood and I received try
out for the chorus in Collegiate.
When they asked my age I replied
18.' No one batted an eye. I
looked it."
That fib carried her through the
summer of 1885, when she was not
required to go to schol anyway.
But Martha had made good and
was offered a chance to dance in
big Broadcast of 1896"
up popped trouble" she said
IT felt I was getting somewhere
with a career--but there was school
was two years ahead of my age
in school, so mother went back TO
Phoenix and talked with the princi-
pal. He said staying out a year
wouldn't hurt. He gave us an Of
fetal leave from school and I went
on dancing"
Miss ODriscoll remained 18 that