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Evening star., 1940-03-24
Say Good>by
Broadway
For Nancy
Show Girl Finds
Life Is Happier
In Hollywood
BY the Associated Press.

HOLLYWOOD.
Miss Nancy Preston is not an
agent of the Chamber of Commerce.
Mss Preston, as pretty as her name,
is a dancer.
But the Chamber of Commerce
could have done no better by this
sunkist cline than did Nancy, q
Warner cutie transplanted from a
Broadway chorus, citing few rea-
sons why life is happier out West
at least for show girl. Says she.
"It's a leap year. so consider
matrimony first. In New York the
only men you meet are soda jerkers
in the corner drug store and brokers
with enlarged middles and bald
heads who act like Rover boys on
the loose.
I'm Hollywood? Gosh, girls, take
your pick.
GAS for career, here you have
a chance to do more than a few
high kicks, and you have to have
more than a few curves in the right
places. You must look right for the
cameras, and you must show some
acting ability. They aren't always
looking at your legs. As result,
there's always chance for a swell
break.
"On Broadway you can stay in
the line until you're a grandmother,
for all the good it'll do. That is,
when you work-which averages
about one week to every five between
shows. And the hours. Here you
get that sunkist complexion, there
you tear your hair over night club
pallor.
"Our hearts go out to those poor
dears."
Come in, New York.
Evening star., 1940-03-24

ton in Texas, went to New York and
clicked in musical comedy on Broad
way. Il came to Hollywood to
escape being a dancer" she told me
while making her last dancing pic
ture with Pred Astaire. She ap-
peared in lot of bad Bs until
Flying Down to Rio" in which she
was billed with Astaire below Gene
Raymond and Dolores Del Rio.
Clothes Don't Interest Her.
Miss Rogers is probably the least
interested in clothes of any fem
inine star in Hollywood. Her ia
vorite uniform consists of slacks and
fluffy sweater. She seldom uses
makeup off screen, except when
she steps out. which is as seldom
as possible. She detests night clubs
but enjoys premieres, for which she
dresses to the hilt. She is by nc
means the life of the party and
would rather listen than talk to her
guests or solo companion, although
she has been known to act-up at
a party and do some juggling with
a couple of forks.
She Is an exquisite ballroom
dancer-my authority for this is
Billy Bakewell, who is the best
friend of both Ginger and Lew
Ayres.
At the moment Hollywood is tying
Ginger romantically with Howard
Hughes and Walter Plunkett. To
date her romance with Hughes con-
sists of a couple of dinners and a
luncheon. AS for Dress Designer
Plunkett, he supplies Ginger's need
OF an escort to premieres. I have
been told on good authority that
Ginger's attitude toward her mas
culine escorts is sisterly or daugh-
terly, according to the age of the
man.
Hiding Is Fun, Too.
Ginger lives in good style. She
employs colored personal maid,
cook and a chauffeur gardener
She owns large limousine, but
prefers to drive around in a station
wagon. She contrives to bank a
large part of her $4,000 weekly
salary. She confines her feminine
friendships to the studio makeup
girl, her hairdresser and standlin.
Between pictures Ginger likes to
play at hide and seek with her
studio. She keeps her whereabouts
a secret and it is only when she
comes back from Honolulu, Lake
Arrowhead or Mexico that her
bosses know where they could have
found her. Sometimes they could
have found her at home-if they
had but known.
It's quite something to hear Lew
Ayres discuss the new" Ginger
He admires and respects her. He
talks about her as though she were
in his life, not of it. He enjoys his
present bachelor status, but regrets
the What-might-h been.
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usually only week or 50 between
pictures-but she doesn't mind.
"On my last trip I was in a train
wreck in Canada and had my
clothes stolen in Washington" she
says. with everything I want
right here at home, why should I
travel?"
Deanna says she sees her own
completed movies only twice-at a
special showing, usually with her
parents, and at the pre-view with
Paul and her older sister and Sc
verest critic, Mrs. Edith Hickman.
II get a kick out of the pre-
view crowds and excitement" she
says.
But have to have a special
showing first so that, at the pre-
view, I'll know just when to slide
way down in my seat.
Evening star., 1940-03-24

1CdI1lulk dUOuL AlUCIL 0ChASI, u
young fellow who made the mistake
of acting.
This, as everybody knows, is
fatal error. Just about the time the
talent scouts have a stage actor
pegged as one type, they get discon-
certed when he bobs up as another,
entirely different character. They
get SO confused about It all that
they skip the whole thing.
That was Dekker's faux pas. When
he left Bowdoin College in Maine,
intending to continue in medical
courses and become a psychiatrist,
he was sidetracked into the theater
by a friend and a fellow alumnus
who wrote to Alfred Lunt. That
was because the friend, New York
Broker L. Brooks Leavitt, had seen
Decker in college dramatics. Lunt
sent the aspirant to Stuart Walker
in Cincinnati, and from that time
on he was an actor.
When he was 81 he was playing
four roles-a 40-year -old Chinese, q
50-year-old Persian. a 60-year-old
Chinese, and an 80-year-old italian
priest-in the New York Theater
Guilds Marco Millions"
But LIE Roy Forgot.
He is "a now, and he has played
Albert Dekker-straight-only once,
and that on the stage in the short
lived BLUE Widow"
"I kept waiting for Hollywood to
make an offer" he says frankly,
''but when it came finally, while
was doing a roadshow of 'Parnell' at
the Ann Arbor festival, wasn't
satisfied got bids from all but
one studio, at salaries probably good
enough for an actor who had never
been a startling success, but I
figured I'd wait for the real thing.
Game time when I was broke
and Hollywood agent advanced me
$500 to come to Hollywood, to stay
three weeks and see what happened.
Nothing happened. We stayed an
other week, and I got my first film
part-a fencer in The Great Gar
rick That was in 1887. Mervyn
Le' Roy was going to discover me
then, but he left Warmers for
M.-G.-M.
And I suppose he forgot. I got
into Marie Antoinette' at M.-G.-M
and worked for eight weeks, big
part with 10 costume changes. ]
think I was on the screen a few
seconds-by wife saw the picture
and wasn't sure. And after that
nine months with no work.
Mrs. Decker, pretty brunette
who was Esther Theresa Guerini OF
Evening star., 1940-03-24
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Evening star., 1940-03-24
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Evening star., 1940-03-24
Coming Attractions

PALACE-"Grapes Daryl translation
of the John Senbeck novel about the share croppers driven
from their land to nomadic poverty
Friday. In will find Henry Fonda Darwel
John Carradne and sundry others "Oakes"
EARLE-Road Singapore" with Bng
couple of happy seafarng lads who do not like worlds
until they meet Dorothy will Friday
the will
Roxyettes and Fred Ropers Worlds Fair Lillputians
CAPITOL-"The House Bay Bennett
awaits the end of George Acatraz, despite
the of Walter Pidgeon Gladys Friday
There will be the Capitol stage accompany
the Walter Wanger film.
METROPOLITAN
pair
Leigh and Charles Laughton scheduled Friday
will be Harrison
the
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play opposite Mickey Rooney If she
dared.
Now and Then She Worries.
'It would be quite a risk" she
admits. when Mickey's in pic
ture you don't see much of any one
else, do you? The only way to
work with him would be to under
act, as Spencer Tracy does"
Like other girls, Deanna has to
do some worrying now and then
about her complexion. At the time
Of this interview she was bit dis
tressed over a pimple on her right
cheek and was contemplating new
exercise and diet.
Deanna gets few vacations
Evening star., 1940-03-24

Since July, 1884. the motion picture
has been trying to find some one
fitted to take her place. There
never was a chance.
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Evening star., 1940-03-24
Made the Fatal Error,
The Mistake Of Acting
And So When the Talent Scouts
Couldn't Peg Albert Dekker,
They Ignored Him
AN y 8 e M e N r s.
BY Robin Coons,
Associated Press stan Writer.


The nice thing about the movies Albert Dkker
work week live monhwh practically worries
where next meal after that is coming from
For the three the learning Holly
wood the hard All of sudden
tastc picture about mad scientist Cyclop HOLLYWOOD
Evening star., 1940-05-24
Allied Medical Journals
Report Cleaner Wounds

~ the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 24.-British and
French medical journals received
here recently report wounds suf-
fered by allied troops are cleaner
and infections fewer than in the
World War, Dean Irving s. Cutter
OF Northwestern University Medical
School said today.
Summarizing the journals state
ments. DR.. Cutter said:
It is reported that the wounds
from German missiles are cleaner
and 60 clear through the body, car
rying fewer particles of tissue with
them. Perhaps the velocity of the
missiles is greater, and they sterilize
themselves by friction in the air and
the heat of the discharge.
= Tar less infections are being re-
ported than in the last war, al
though the physicians making these
reports qualify their statements by
saying that it is perhaps too early
to draw any definite conclusions.
It Is suggested that perhaps the
wounded were less fatigued and had
more resistant power"
The journals reports were pre-
pared prior to the intensive fight
ting now in progress on the western
front.
Evening star., 1940-05-24
Berlin S Giant Air Raid
System Underground
Nears Completion
Huge Cellars Constructed
And Linked to Subwoys
To Serve 1000, 900
BY WALLACE r. DEUEL.,


chicago Daily News Foreirn Correspondent.
BERLIN, May 24-A gigantic,
bombproof underground city, able
to accommodate Berlin's entire
population of more than 4,000,0 900
persons and hold them almost in
definitely in case of mass air raids
Is now nearing completion.
Enormous air raid cellars, able to
resist even direct hits by the heavi-
est bombs, have been built at stra-
tegic points all over the city and
connected with the Berlin subway
system and with each other by a
labyrinth Of bombproof passages so
extensive that it is already possible
10 reach almost any part of the city
from any other part underground.
Clinics Underground.
Special air raid clinics have been
built under many hospitals and pro-
vided with operating rooms and
equipment and special ambulance
and stretcher facilities.
The underground Berlin" also has
Its own radio and telephone system,
electric generating plants, lighting
system, water supply, garages and
vast stores of foodstuffs and gas
masks.
Cellars Are Connected.
At the same time air raid cellars
In separate homes and other smaller
buildings are being connected by
underground passages with each
other and with the new system of
shelters, so that people can move
more easily from one shelter to an
other and from one part of the
city to another-away from con-
gested downtown districts into the
outskirts, for example-and can be
more easily rescued than was the
case before.
The Nazis, in other words, are
ready for massed air attacks on
Berlin which might destroy most of
the city. The most obvious single
reason for their wanting to be ready
for such attacks would appear to
Be that they think something of
the sort may be happening to enemy
cities In the relatively near future.
(copyright. 1910, by the Chicago
Daily News, Inc.)
Evening star., 1940-05-24
Woodbridge Garden Club
To Give Show Monduy

. The spring show of the Wood
ridge Garden Club will be open to
the public from 8 to 10 pm. Monday
IN Sherwood Church Hall, Twenty
second street and Rhode Island
avenue NE, it was announced to-
day by Mrs. Mathilde Bartlett, chair
man.
Flower exhibits may be entered
by any one, but must be brought to
the hall between 2:30 and Z pm.
Among the awards will be prize
for the competitor who can make the
best flower arrangement during the
show from flowers furnished by the
earden club:
Judges will be DIR. A. S. Thurston
Of the University of Maryland and
Mrs. Dion s. Birney
Evening star., 1940-05-24
WohIthut Is Commissur
Of Dutch Bonkinq
By the Associated Press,

~ the Associated Press.
BERLIN, May 24.-Dr. Helmuth
Wohlthat, Field Marshal Goering's
troubleshooter in the Na1 four-ye
economic self-sufnciency program,
yesterday was named commissar for
the Netherlands Bank and the bank
ing business in German-occupied
Holland.
DNB, the oficial news agency, said
the appointment was made by Col.-
Gen. Walther Won Brauchitsch, COM
mander In chief OF the German
Army. DR. Wphlthat was assigned to
work In cooperation with the Ger
man military administration In
Holland.
Evening star., 1940-05-24

known, was
carrier for The Star for four years.
During his training period at the
naval base, he was designated
honor man" Of his platoon. He
enlisted as a seaman In June, 1888,
Immediately after his graduation
from high school.
Six feet three inches tall and
Weighing 211 pounds, Caldwell OK
poets to be q candidate for the
academy football team.
Evening star., 1940-05-24

"dlSn B Z I z Z y,
Chevy Ch a S e,
has passed ex-
aminations for
entrance in t o
the Unit e d
States Ma va l
Academy as 4
graduate of the
Naval Omcers'
Training School
at Portsmouth,
Va, and will en-
roll at the Acad-
my July l.
Mike" Cald-
well, as he is
Evening star., 1940-05-24
Nike Caldwell 10 Enter
Naval Academy july |

Warren Lee Caldwell, 20-year-old
graduate of Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School and son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alban B. Caldwell of 4527
Evening star., 1940-05-24

Goes to Town in these 194O's!
Lighter colors going and business this Summer
Tans blues greens-and whtes-Coors formerly pre-.
scrbed exclusively for sports and wear are
in directors meetings and Offices Hgh.powered
tves, dienied professionals setting the younger
abouown Ancient and unreasonable taboos are
disappearing More day looking feeling as
cool in town they do the beach.
If you haven't discovered the difference color can make in
your appearance and let show you l94s Palm
Beach Suits.
Evening star., 1940-05-24

Ounces lighter in weight, alwool cool comfortable
and they equally well your yearround Commander
Patterns distinctive the coors this newest
shades Every suit sleeve lined for better m Trousers with
Talon closure Regulars shorts longs souts long stout short
stout We can fit every man.
Men Store seeond Floor,
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Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Belair accom-
panied by their house guests, Mrs.
Ida Barker of Granville, N. D.
and Mr.. and Mrs. D. C. Hansen of
Tacoma, motored to Yakima the
first of the week, where they are
visiting with relatives.
MIR. and Mrs. Martin Kitten and
small daughter have returned to
their. home in California after
spending the summer months Wis
iting with his grandmother, Mrs
Caroline Kitten. Mr.. Kitten has
been managing the local cannery
while here.
The annual Mother-Daughter
banquet was held this evening at
the Methodist church. An impress
i've feature of the evening was the
candle lighting ceremony honor
ing the mothers and their daugh-
tiers. After the banquet short
play was presented by nine girls
entitled, From Self to Service" 1t
was directed by Mrs. T. w. Payne.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Eisenzimmer,
operators of the Columbia Roller
rink here, attended the fall open
ing of a big rink in Portland over
the weekend, a feature of which
was an interesting floor show. On
the Portland program the youngest
performer was little girl only 20
months old, while the Oldest per-
former was 81. The EisenzimmerS
plan something of the sort for the
opening of their rink this fall.
Alma chapter O.ES. will meet
Tuesday, September II at the Ma
sonic hall. Following the regular
business meeting a social hour will
be enjoyed with all members and
visitors being welcome. Plans will
be made for visitation trips to Alki
chapter in Walla Walla September
10 for their friendship night and to
the reception in Yakima on Octo-
Der 5, honoring Brother John
Priesner, worthy grand patron of
the grand chapter of Washington.
Mrs. Emma Stricken of Spokane
was an overnight guest of her Sis
ter, Mrs. I. N Mueller, Friday and
Saturday nights. Mrs. Stricken
and Mrs. Mueller accompanied Mr..
and Mrs. C. c. Williams and A. G.
Anon to Seattle Friday to attend
the golden wedding anniversary
celebration of Mr.. and Mrs. James
R. Anon. Open house was held on
Saturday at which time there were
$50 guests present. Mr.. Anon is
brother of Mrs. Stricken, Mrs. Muel-
Ter, Mrs. Williams and A. G. Anon.
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Former Highland Lad Is
Ship Radio Operator

HlGHLANDS-Mr. and Mrs. Basil
Shields went to Wenatchee and
Chelan on business last Friday and
returned Sunday evening. While
there they met Percy Combellic, a
former Highland resident. Friends
Of Don Combelic will be glad to
know he is a radio operator on a
U. S. Steamship somewhere in the
Orient.
Mr.. and Mrs. Basil Shields ac-
companied the Forrest Gragg fam
lily to ToppeniSh Thursday on bus
ineSS.
Viola and Phillip Foraker accom-
panied by Grace Miller and Trula
Selph were business visitors in Pull
man Monday.
Kenneth and Aaron Foraker,
Bergman Giles and Lindley LEVEL
lyn left Monday for Pateros to work
in the apples.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Watkins and
family visited in Umapine Sunday.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hoem and
daughters, Eleanor and Margaret of
Snohornish, accompanied by Miss
Eloise Buck of Salem, Oregon were
overnight guests at the home of
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Asbury Tues
day.
About Is golfrs from Kennewick
and Pasco went to Walla Walla
Sunday to play in a four-city tourn-
ament. The local golfers didn't do
so well-in fact, took the poorest
count-but the occasion was an en-
joyable one.
The fourth division of the Metho-
dist aid will meet with Mrs. Carl
Elliott Thursday, September 10,
with Mrs. G. H. Blackman and Mrs.
w. E. Johns as assisting hostesses.
Members are urged to come and
notice the change in date.
Mr.. and Mrs. Penney" Terrell,
Mr.. and Mrs. Late Reavis, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. 3. Walker, Mr.. and Mrs. b.
j. Campbell and Mr.. and Mrs. F., S.
Mcclure were the Kennewiekers
attending the Missouri picnic Sun
day at Woodland Park in Walla
Walla.
Mrs. Harry Snively was hostess
to the Kennewick bridge club at
her home in Richland Wednesday
afternoon. Following the luncheon
three tables of bridge were in play
with Mrs. j. K. Bockius receiving
high score. The house was cleverly
decorated with beautiful fall
flowers. The next meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. M. M.
Moulton on September Is.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles johnson
and son, Billy of Corvallis, were
overnight guests Tuesday Of. Mrs.
Leigh Beamer. The Johnsons were
on their vacation and she will be
remembered as the former Miss
Genevieve Quigley, who lived here
a number of years ago.
DR. r. M. debit motored to Walla
Walla Friday to bring back Mrs.
debit, who had spent the past
week vacationing in California. Mrs.
debit motored to Oakland with
Mrs Ed Crooks. She also visited
in Los Angeles and made the return
trip by plane from that city.
The Escolentes club met this
afternoon with Mrs. Joe Stradling
for the first meeting of the year.
Mrs. r. E. Reed gave a report of
her trip to the Middle West states
as the program for the afternoon.
The club voted to change the time
of meetings to 7:30 on Thursday
evenings. The next regular meet
ing will be held on September 26 at
the home of Mrs. jess Vinson.
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Wyoming Boy Visits
Father After Accident
HIGHLANDS

Cleo Keller, eldest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jim Keller of Torrington, Wy
oming has been visiting here since
his fathers accident.
Mrs. Jim Keller accompanied Mr..
Murphy to Ellensburg Saturday,
where they both received medical
care.
The Highlands Mems Club held its
regular meeting Friday night. A
Booster dance committee was ap-
pointed, consisting of Lemer For
aker, Tony Mayer, Ed Ray, Basil
Shields and Ralph Soper. The 4
H clubs on the Highlands have
charge of the selling of Booster
Buttons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Nagley arriv-
ed Monday night from Endicott and
visited at the G.. A. Nagley home.
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New books on the rental shelf this
week are: 1.-The WALL" Mary Rob-
ertS Rinehart, Behind That Cur
tain," by Earl Biggers, Hotel
Hostess" by Faith Baldwin, Lamp
in the Valley" by Arthur Stringer,
Case of the Perjured Parrot" and
case of the Shoplifter's Shoe" by
Erie Stanley Gardner, THE Cut
ters," by BesS Streeter Aldrich.
American White Paper" by Al
sop and Kintner, IT Married Ad-
venture by Osa johnson and
Stars on The Sea-" by F. Van wyck
Mason.
For the Junior Readers there are
three Of the Mark Todd Series by
Clarence Buddington Kelland-
Mark Tidd," Mark Tidd. Editor"
and MARK Tidd in Business"
These books were purchased with
funds received from the rental
shelf.
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'LITTLE STORIES OF THE WEEK

Miss Helen Rogers of Pullman is
a guest this week at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Edgar Gilbert.
The Christian ladies aid will hold
regular meeting with Mrs. j. A.
Pine at Burbank Wednesday. Mrs
Nelson Lewis will be the assisting
hostess.
MIR. and Mrs: Floyd Hutchins at
tended the graduation ceremony of
the nurses of Our Lady of Lourdes
hospital in Pasco Wednesday eve
ming.
The Royal Neighbor club will hold
meeting Friday evening, Septem-
Der 10 at the home of Mrs. A. v.
Lewis with Miss Pearl Dague as
sisting.
Mrs. G. w. Sherk returned home
Friday from -Seaview, where she
spent the past three months visiting
with her son and family, MIR. and
Mrs. Everett Sherk.
MIR. and Mrs. Herbert Dickson of
Hoodsport were guests at the H. E.
Huntington home today. They are
old friends of the Huntingtons and
were enroute to New York.
Friends here have received word
that Mrs. H. E. Owens of Salem,
Oregon underwent a major opera
ton Thursday morning. Mrs. Owens
is former Kennewick resident.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Coonley were
weekend guests at the L H. Ray
mond home enroute to their home
at Troy, Idaho. The Coonleys had
been ON a vacation trip to Canada.
Miss Anna Marie Mueller left
this afternoon for Spokane, where
she will resume her duties as stu
dent nurse in the Deaconess hos
pital after a months vacation at
her home here.
Mrs. Floyd Hutchins was the
honor guest of birthday party
given at the M. Hille home Tues
day evening. There were twelve
guests present and a social eve
ming was enjoyed.
Mrs. Cecil Anderson was hostess
to the Wednesday bridge club at
her home this week. Honors for the
afternoon were received by Mrs.
Leigh Beamer, Mrs. Walt Knowles
and Mrs. John Vibber.
MIR. and Mrs. Paul Richmond &C
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
johnson left Sunday for a two
weeks vacation trip to Portland and
California cities. They plan to at
tend the San Francisco fair as one
of the highlights of the trip.
The Baptist circle will meet on
Thursday, September 10 with Mrs.
Russell Elliott. This will be a white
cross meeting. Mrs. j. H. Sieg-
fried is chairman of the transpor-
tation committee for this meeting. =
MIR. and Mrs. Waldo Gerards re-
turned Monday night from a weeks
vacation trip which was spent In
Seattle and other coast cities.
While there Mr.. Gerards competed
in the Salmon derby at Port Gam
h1e