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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-25
him right away. He said if she
would he'd reform"

him right away. He said if she
would he'd reform"
BaX shook his head.
II wouldn't like to see Cholly
marry Terry. Not now, anyway.
He's TOO Indispensable. She de-
serves a better break. Someone
who'd help her take care Of her
mother and brothers and sisters"
On that point we certainly
agree" Romany assured him. II
took Cholly out on a double date
last night. I'd give anything I've
got to break up her and Terry"
BaX raised on an elbow.
You might try taking him away
from her." he smiled. II imagine
you could just about break up any,
body's romance if you made up
your mind"
Don't fatter mel" Romany de-
MED she had any such charm.
But it was an idea. If Terry
would show an interest in another
girl, Cholly's pride would certainly
cause her to break their engage
ment at once. And nothing would
ever make her change her mind.
Bax wanted to hear more about
the double date. He grinned Whim-
sically.
Did you say something about a
double date last night? I suppose
you We're getting yourself in the
gossip columns again"
When Romany told him she and
Cholly had been on the Hayworth
yacht with the syrup heir and Brent
Nelson he raised his broWs.
We'll, now that puts you prac-
tically in the Blue Book. You won't
be speaking to the likes Of me very
long"
You're still my favorite author"
Romany's green eyes laughed at
him. That reminds me. Do you
bring some scripts?"
Il did. The first four scripts OF
Paradise"
Il want to read Sylvia" Romany
decided. Lets go up and "4i% lhe
ice box. Then you can coach me.
It was Romany's chance g help
Bax save the price of dinrHr' ana
she was afraid he'd ask her III: ana
waste a couple Of dollars. sac
tipped into one Of Aunt CisSie
taffeta housecoats while Baxter
took a shower and changed back
into his street clothes in the guest
bathroom. cans,
When he joined her at a littie
table in the kitchen there vas coid
fried chicken, lettuce and tomato
salad and a variety of chec3cS an"
odds and ends. Coffee perked on the
stove. Bax ate with relish, ana
Romany had the uncomfortanie
feeling that perhaps he nam |
eaten his lunch. 9
Afterward in the living room,
Bax read the part of the lawyer
of Paradise" while Roma7y reao
sylvia. 1t was amazing, BaX
thought, how quickly sic had
caught on to the things ne had tco
her the day of her addition:
you ARE Sylvia" he SAID "heh
she had finished. I'm never be sa''
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-25
USED
TO PICKET BOSS

New York, Jan. 25.-(AP)-A I'M
ion Of office workers decided to
picket the boss-by telephone.
After police limited the number
Of picIlets on the street to six, =
local OF the united office and Pro-
ressional Workers &C. |. o. which
is on strike against the Credit House
mailed out several thousand posters.
Keep calling them and protest
ing" said the poster. Call them
now and have your friends call
The strike began a week ago
after negotiations fer renewal Oh
a contract broke down over wages.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-25
Dutch Reject
Views

lhe Hague, The Netherlands, Jan.
25.-(AP)-!i~prcslnta1iveS Of all
.'aftic" nave rejected, during 4
,oiCihh 9lia!FS uvoat" III the NcIher-
lands llrst chamber. the thesis Of
Winston Churchill that the collcc-
tive safety of Europcs small ncu-
trails lies IN united action'' with
Great Britain and France.
The British first lord of the ad-
miralty advanced this thesis in a
radio speech last Saturday night.
Dutch speakers voiced approval
Of the neutral foreign policy of Ed
ward Van kleflcns, Netherlands
foreign minister, who will close the
debate today. Churchilrs speech
WAS aSSailcd vigorously and un-
SWerNinS ncu,ranly was appluuded
Us the only course lor lioLand.
"Holland has moral right to
neutrality anu mas nothing to do
with cndeavOrS like those Of
Churchill to draw us into battles for
which We have not Il single reSpon-
Sibility," declared Professor b. De
SavOrmm Lehman, member OF the
Christian historical party Of Pre-
mier Derell Jan De Gecr.
Britain and France, not the ncu-
trails, have Killed collective Sec
urity," said Lehman. He suggest
ed also, that The Netherlands stay
aloOl from Soviet Russia and the
League Of Nations alike.
Members OF the Catholic party
asked why Churchill had addressed
himself to small European neutrals
instead OF . the United States. Italy
and Japan.
One speaker contended that men,
berShip in the League Of Nations
was not dangerous to Dutch neu-
trality but declared ncutrals, en-
bloc. should refuse 10 cooperate in
any projected international Organ
ization for settlement Of European
problems after hostilitics cease.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-25

isfied with the way anyone else
does it."
DO you mean it," she asked un-
believingly.
He got up and walked over to the
window, and his lean intelligent
face was grave.
"Of course I mean it." He turned
from her, looking out over the wa
ter. mo one will ever be Sylvia to
me but you"
Romany was silent because she
did not feel like making light OF it.
Bax had paid her wonderful COM
pliment, and he was not IN the
habit of saying things for effect.
In the dropping of his tall frame
lined against the window, Romany
could see that he was not happy.
Her heart went out to him in SYM
pathy.
ooh, Bax," she pleaded then,
don't be discouraged because
you're having trouble selling Para
disc Is Here That's radio. Brent
Nelson says it has taken a year
or two to sell all the good shows.
It's the same way with plays"
Bax turned, coming back to sit
near her in the big chair.
81 know" he nodded YEARLY.
could stand the waiting, if they'd
lust leave the show alone. It's got
everything! That isn't Dragging. I
know it. Don't tell me people aren't
fed I'D with most of the tripe being
dished up to them on the five-day-
a-week shows. I'd give Paradise to
a sponsor with the courage to try
something different"
.I know" Romany nodded I'M
derstandingly, lust how you feel.
If we just had the money so that
we could afford to wait, it wouldn't
be so bad. I'll just about go crazy
if don't get a call from Interstate
soon. I've got to have a job"
THAT" Bax sighed grimly, lis
inst nv trouble. I'm sick Of trying
to live on nothing"
ana, RO1llttIly llIoUSIls G!I4IdppllS,
Terry O'Rourllc owes you fifty dol,
lars you're probably counting on
and never will see. Just then the
phone rang. It was Brent Nelson.
Could Romany be at Interstate
at eight o'clock in the morning?
She was to be on a nine-thirty
broadcast. Brent had spoken to a
director friend Of his, Hal Trotter,
about helping her get a start. Trot-
ter had told Nelson to call her.
She almost kissed BaX in her eX-
citement when she hung up.
Imagine" she yelled happily.
Pm going to be on the air in the
morning. Murray! I'm an actress"
Bax smiled his crooked whimsi-
cal smile.
Brent Nelson certainly isn't
wasting much time in getting your
radio career launched, is he? He
must be a pretty swell egg"
Romany did happy little dance.
Hes marvellous" Her green eyes
sparkled. would you mind muir
dering Myra Noyes for me?"
Go Be Continuedl
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-25
SALES OF CARS AND
TRUCKS ADVANCING

Detroi,. Jan. 25-(AP)-T h e
Autumobiic Manufacturers associa-
ton announced that retail sales OF
new passenger cars and trucks in
the United States in 1889 totaled
3.24+.5&7 units. compared with p
34t.797 II 1888.
Las wears passenger car sales
We're 2.72Gu9t6 against 1878 in
TIE preceding yeur, Commercial We
njcle sales totalcd 320091 compared
with 3Gg 1871 in 1893.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-25
MERCURY SHIFTS

Wilmington, Del, Jan. 25.-(AP)
In tiny Delaware, the mercury
went up at the top yesterday and
down at the bottom.
In Wilmington, in the northern
half, temperatures rose from IS to
"a.
The mercury in the southern half
beset by Il storm, dropped from q
10 49,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-25
CHAPTER TWELVE

----F ~ Ir-,s, 80, -;,,., q. To
$500 >'
---,.- : -.,.E-i.a tie piano The next
afternoon. She dreaded going, Tor
- sic would meet Terry. There
....- ~, sca,a = he had baa,
80
- -'.~ Deer 6@H'e1. 9"e Was re-
.,vT-.. Wien the afternoon wore on
- lie u;G no. show up.
E...-r Tr., called on Romanv
49,, :, .,..,,,o, Dr.
--'''-.7 ''-- - 49, :" - '''>-'-7' -
So -..Aa see tIere was something
re- his mind.
.,..-,." .a. sn,,fs3 after Greet
49,. ....,-.,.. ao
- '----' 90 S'''--'''e ~ -
-.-".-.-- "..A.'
~. aa.e brought my bathing
49, il J.. k-C"u you'd lie here"
-s.r- C.ss.a Escrs 4 guest sup
-.- - hand, Sh. 20, uD. You
-. ...ss in IN. z.est bathroom. 4"
has q sitting late August day.
..-.. a swim they sat in the sand
~ r-%.s of m. recordings ~
-...,. a..... rna7 uniting on her
SIT ....s.. ~Dss he noyers that
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.-.-.' ..v admitted glumlv
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-25
CROSSING FREEZES

Washington Crossing, Pa, Jan. 25.
-(AF}---.. George Washington h%d
been alive today and tried to repeat
his Delaware river crossing, he
couldn't have used boat.
The river at Washington Crossing
State Park, where the revolutionary
war general made his memorable
Christmas eve mancWer in l776. was
famed with ice.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-25
Odd Stories
Follow In
WakeO Snow

Juneau, Alaska, Jan. 25.-(AP--
1t was warmer yesterday in Nome,
Alaska, than IL WAS IN Brownsville,
Tex.
nome reported 33 degrees. In
Brownsville, Ten. the temperature
dipped TO 20.
MANY Points in Alaska, Amer
icar icebOX mad comparatively hlSn
temperatures.
Al Cordova it was SO and reached
40 ut Ketchkan in the southeast. Al
Bethel, usual subZero spot, il was
~. Fairbanks, another usually cold
spot, had temperature Of 10 above
Barrow, northcmoSt point, reported
SubZcrO weather.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-25

III ihlS university known and hon
"r"d IN the world OF science and of
higher scholarship"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-25
CORK SINKS

Camden, n. j., Jan. 25.-(AP)-
Two hundred tons Of Cork failed 10
keep The lighter Atco aT!oat after ice
rlocs On The Delaware river stove in
the boats bow.
Il know cork is supposed 10 be
about the floatingcst staff in the
world" said William Keyser, plant
manager Of the Armstrong Corr;
company, owner Of the lighter
But this was so tightly baled that
il quickly became heavy with Water
and, with the weight Of the boat
added, sank
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-25

Market eggs twice weekly 70 IN
sure freshness, says G. :. Parrish
poultry specialist Of the State Gel
i...o F.:trnsisn Service
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-25
DOG WARNS FAMILY
OF FIRE IN HOME

New Bern, Jan. 25.-After bark
ing so necessarily that ]. F. Hill and
his family of 10 were awakened
and enabled to flee in safety from
their burning residence at Bridge
ton, Susie, a Spitz dog, died
heroine's death in the charred ruins
Of the home.
Whether the dog was overcome
bv smoke or whether she returned
to the burning structure after saw
ing the lives of the occupants is not
known.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-25

People Of no foresight are 10 be
accounted as among the foolish odds
and ends of humanity.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-25
NOTICE ST;"S5NG SIMMONS
RY PUBLICATION.
In The Superior Court.
North Carolina:
Vance County:
Gladys Moore Mercer.


Vance County:
Gladys Moore Mercer.
VS..
earnest Carlton Mercer.
THO defendant Earnest Carlton
7rT~cpr win take notice that an &C
ton entitled as above has been COM
n7cnccd in the Superior Court Of
Vance County, North Carolina,
aaairct him to secure Il divorce alb
SoImte on the ground OF two years
scnaration, and that said defendant
vii further take notice that he is re-
CURED to appear at the office of the
SIerE of the Superior Court of said
county in the courthouse III Hender-
con N. c., within twenty days after
the first day Of February 1910, and
anewer or demur to the complaint in
aid action, or the plaintiff will APP
NV to the court for the relief de-
handed in said complaint.
This January 10, 1910.
Z. o. FALKNER,
Clerk of the Superior Court of
Vance County.
Pittman, Bridgers & Hicks,
Attorneys for the Plaintiff.
ll-18-25-l
Evening star., 1940-02-09

1905 MODEL STAR-The closely resembles this
composite portrait OF four Holy0ood stars 1o be
selected BY the novie studio still photographers 1905 cinema
glamour g The choice 1cH be made in contest FEBRUARY
Dhich D conclude the lens picture exhibit hich
opened yesterday The portrait by Carl John Grouse studio
artist has the cheeks and OF Linda DarneH the OF
of Maureen OHard. "A. P. Wrephoto
Evening star., 1940-02-09
Finally Our Town
Gets Under Wav

1t took nine months to. write the
script.
1t took three months to find an
Emily.
And with these two problems
solved, the Sol Lesser production of
Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize
winning play, Our Town." got un-
der way.
Martha Scott, who originated the
role of Emily on the stage, finally
won the coveted part in the picture,
which is being directed by Sam
Wood. Miss Scott was l of the so
actresses tested by Lesser.
One of the most distinguished casts
ever assembled will be seen in Our
Town. which will be completed in
six weeks. The cast includes Will
liam Holden, Miss Scott, Fay Banter,
Beulah Bondi, Thomas Mitchell and
Guy Kibbie. Frank Craven, the
narrator on the stage, has the
same role in the film.
No radical changes have been
made in the Wilder play. The few
minor ones made have been ap-
proved by the author, who worked
by remote control" from New York
on the script.
Evening star., 1940-02-09
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

National-'The Little Foxes" the
Broadway hit with Tallulah Bank
head: $50 pm.
Earle-"His Girl Friday" Rosalind
Russell in a new version Of the mad
Front Page: II am, 1:40, 4:25,
ITO and 10 pm. Stage shows: 12:40,
1925, 6:l5 and 9 pm.
--Capitol-"Remember the Night" +"
romance in the manner daft: 10:45
am, 1:30, 4:15, 7:05 and $50 pm.
Stage shows: 1885, 3:20, 6:10 and
8:55 pm.
Palace-"Gone With the Wind"
mammoth screen version of the
novel: 9:45 am, 2:45 and 8 pm.
Keith's-'My Little Chickadee, ="
with Mae West and w. C. Fields:
11:l5. am, /, 2:45, 4:30, 6:15, 8:05
and $50 pm.
Columbia - 'Balalaika," Cossack
merriment and Ilona Massey: 11:55
am, 2:25, 4:50, Tbs and GAS pm.
Metropolitan Music in My
Heart" with the music by Tony
Martin: 1850 am, 1:50, $50, $50,
7:50 and $50 pm.
Little-"The End of Day." end of
an actors glamour: II am, 12:45,
2:35, 4:20. $40, 7:55 and 9:45 pm.
Trans-Lux-NewSa and shorts; con-
tinuous from 10 am.
Belasco-"Olympia," camera rec
ord of the last 01vnnic canoes. q
$50, $40, 7::30 and 9:l0 pm.
Evening star., 1940-02-09

husband, Jack Pepper. is working IN
Hollywood-aS q master Of cere-
monies in q night club. But he
doesn't get to see Ginger for the
simple reason she does rot visit
night clubs Cary Grants current
charmer-Margot Stevenson, late OF
the New York stage.
Joan Crawfords idea Of rehears-
ing three weeks before starting in
Susan and God" is q good one and
should be done more often in Holly
wood. It would save some Of the
At takes" that are sometimes neces-
sary for unrehearsed players. Joan's
reason for the rehearsals was to get
the feel of stage acting. She mi
CRATES to Broadway next season for
her long dreamed-of play. A
new word has been coined at Metro
to publicize the charms of Lana
Turner-"glex," q combination Of
glamour and sex. Sounded as unat-
tractive as "oomph" when I first
heard 1t. But I suppose we'u get
used to tin time.
4 4 \ +
Kay Francis is refusing to give
interviews-so I'm told by a reporter
who asked for one. Kay's reason
there's nothing to be interviewed
about. Well, she ought to know.
That recent disappearance"
of Clark Gable and Carole Lombard
was just about the phoniest stunt
I've ever heard Of. Clark and Carole
weren't to blame. They knew moth
ing about 1t until they read the
newspapers. But one of these days
film star will be really missing,
and no one will believe it-until it
Is too late. Regardless of whether
or not you like the story Of II Take
This Woman" think you will agree
with me that Hedy Lamar is i'm
proving as an actress. All she needs
now are some grade A movies to
place her firmly at the box ofi1ce.
Gene Raymond will join Wife
jeanette Macdonald for Easter, as
per last years schedule, on her con-
cert tour. I understand that Gene
was recently offered film contract
at R-K-O, but turned 1t down be-
cause the studio would not give him
the right to choose his pictures. ]
wonder is it better to risk making
pictures you don't ike-or to hold
out for pictures you want and be
idle? You'll be seeing Binnie
Barnes 5-carat diamond engage
ment ring in 1--WE Shall Meet Again. II
She was flashing 1t around on the
set until Director Edmund Gould
ing said: Keep 1t on, old girl, and
we'll find a way to give 1t a close
up!"
released BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance, IneJ
Evening star., 1940-02-09

best, a robust, merry affair whose
humor will have to be filed under
the heading "Rabelaisian." Their
meeting, quick courtship and mar
riage on the train is one such Sc
quence, the funnier for an inter-
ruption during an attack by Indians
in which Miss West picks off the
murderous redskins while Mr.. Fields
seeks to recruit an army of children
The whole thing makes an effective
prelude TO the bedroom scene that
is to come. When 1t does come, how
ever, 1t falls short of expectations,
resorting to buf1oonery and arch
dialogue which hardly seems up to
the skill of the principals.
AS Flower Belle Lee, the terror
of Greaseville and other points west,
Miss West is completely herself.
Her voice sounds like something
rising out of the middle of a heat
wave, she makes excellent and con-
slant use of the gestures upon which
she apparently has the copyright,
and her wardrobe is designed with
an emphatic absence of subtlety.
Mr.. Fields also plays himself,
a clustering stumblebum, tossing
naughty, defiant words in the face
OF world that always is just about
to trample, him to death. in the
course of the torrent of bombast, he
pulls out of the hat and his vaude-
vile past. series Of laugh provok-
ing skits which he makes consider
ably more funny in his solo moments
than Miss West manages in hers.
One OF the most successful of these
passages is that in which Fields
stakes himself to his 500 by cutting
cards with 'Greasetown's toughest
gambling hombre. Another is a
rbathtub scene in which his old
juggling skill manifests itself in the
adroit manipulation of a cake of
soap with his toes. A third of con-
siderable merit is that in which
Fields, forgetting he has been ap-
pointed sheriff, goes to bartending
again and engages in losing duel of
wits with drunken female midget.
What little story there is about
my Little Chickadee" has to do
with the appearance of the princi-
pals in a lawless town in the West.
BY way of a good joke and to dis
pose OF him quickly as a rival for
Flower Belle, the gambler boss of
the town names Fields as sheriff.
Flower Belle, herself, gets interested
in the better phases of municipal
affairs, not especially because she
is civic minded but because the
editor of the Greaseville paper is
one of those tall, dark and handsome
fellows.
One has little opportunity to be-
come conscious of other members of
the cast Of my Little Chickadee. j"
1t does include. however. such quail
ity cinema people as Joseph Calleia
as the gambler whose avocation is
being a masked bandit, Margaret
Hamilton as the community busy
body who is never too busy to make
a play for Fields, Dick Foran as the
young editor and a number of
others in conventional character
sketches.
But one song works its way into
the action Of the film. an insinuat-
ingly torrid little thing called will
lie OF the Valley" which Miss West
sings without bringing down the
house.
Edward Cline's direction strives to
give some continuity to the story
which Miss West and Mr.. Fields
wrote for themselves, but he is up
against the same proposition that
faced the Kings horses and men
When they went to work on
Humpty-D -Dumpty.
Evening star., 1940-02-09
Mae West>Fields Film
Is a Merry Affair
My Little Chickadee' Hardly Riot,
Although It's Skillful Principals
Act Better Than They Write
Nv JAY CARMODY.

settle than the funniest motion picture
which Kehs,
bargain starring Mae West W. c. Fields.
combination produce continuous
a illogical expectation in OF their worthy regulations will
thing Little Chickadee"
the weakness Miss West
Evening star., 1940-02-09
Garbo Asks for Olivier,
Who Declines Happily
It's Turn.About Tale, as Actress
Once Refused Him a Part;
Joan Crawford Rehearses
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

Alice has sings in
Russell the girls inch waist has been CONSTRUCTED into
good
breathing either wonder Russell when
had let herself song? Ill bet she managed without taking of
Olivier leading
picture, and Olivier is enjoying
Evening star., 1940-02-09
Joan Bennett Again
Cast With Harvard

Joan Bennett. who scored such
success playing opposite Louis
Hayward In Edward Smalls pro-
duction, 1.-THE Man in the Iron
Mask" has been signed by the same
producer to again star opposite Hay
ward, this time In the film version
Of Alexandra Dumas great story,
''The Son of Monte Cristo."
Reunion Of the team of Miss Ben
nett and Hayward Is in response
to requests which have poured into
Producer Small's studio from ex-
hibitors everywhere, based on the
reception rendered THE Man in the
Iron Mask" by the pictures going
public.
Rowland v. Lee, who directed
'"The Count of Monte Cristo" fol-
Producer Small several years ago
has been assigned to direct the Sec
ond Monte Cristo" picture. The
earlier production was the vehicle
in which Robert Donat scared to
stardom. Lee has already reported
to the studio and expects to put
Evening star., 1940-02-09

as SCrlpJ WrlCeTS TdlIler CIidIl dS
performers. Just as if some average
scrivener had produced the founda-
ton of their film, they have the
excuse they were not provided the
best of material, even though they
are not in position to use it.
Designed to show the many sided
ness of their respective skills in
humor, my Little Chickadee" is a
series of blackouts within the loose
framework of a story. 1t allows the
stars to work pretty much alone, he
in his way, she in hers, when the
two of them together in an un-
broken chain of sequences might
have been a truly great adventure
in comedy. In fact, such is the
separateness of the stars at moments
that some one undoubtedly will work
up pun about Fields is Fields and
West is West and never the twain
shall meet.
When the two are together, how
ever, MY Little Chickadee" is at its
Evening star., 1940-02-09

and was COM
paratively un-
known, Olivier
was up for a
part in a Carlo
movie; but then
it was Greta
who said, no"
T h e Britisher
was so discour-
aged he went
back to England,
swearing never
to set foot in
H O | ! y W o o d
again. But, as
you know, he
c h a n g e d h i S
Evening star., 1940-02-09

"The Son Of Monte Cristo" before
the cameras about March /. George
Bruce, who authored 1.-THE Man in
the Iron Mask" 'The Duke of West
Point" Navy Blue aid Gold" and
many other screen hits, is now fin
ishing the screen play.
Evening star., 1940-02-09

mind, appeared in "Wuthering
Heights" and now there isn't a
leading lady here who wouldn't give
several years of her life to get him
in her picture j.. .. Vivien Leigh, by
the way, is currently refurnishing
her bedroom Her new bed is large
affair, featuring a couple of painted
cupids. She and Olivier will occupy
her house after they are Mr.. and
Mrs.
X X X
Robert Taylor's new whiskers
didn't keep out the cold, and he is
currently a flu victim. So is Joan
Evening star., 1940-02-09

Blondell. So Is nearly every one
else in Hollywood John Garfield
says he may buy the Haywood Broun
Connecticut estate. That makes
two houses on Johns future prop
erty list Ginger Rogers first
Evening star., 1940-02-09

ing, no" Five or six years ago,
when he first came to HOLLYWOOD