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Evening star., 1941-05-11
Mr.. Sherwood Makes 1t Three
Pulitzer Prize Committee Follows Playwright
Along His Thought Path Toward War

Inns Christian Front and West
brook Pegler with equal passion
called him "warmonger" for writing
There Shall Be No Night" Other
isolationists took up the brickbat
when his pro-war work for the
William Allen White Committee
won national prominence in a wider
arena than a playwright normally
occupies.
I don't believe Mr.. Sherwood
would care to deny that he has been
selling a war to the people of the
United States pretty steadily How
ever, in fairness to MIN, and in the
interests OF accuracy, the phrase
might be expanded little. Num-
tions manufacturers sell a war to
people, just as the Nazis in the
United States are trying to sell a
peace, but Mr.. Sherwood isn't in
the same business. He is not out
to make their kind of profit. He
has been selling war as the only
way out of enslavement to Fascism.
In Touch With Its Time.
In a remarkably interesting preface
to the published version of There
Shall Be No Night" Mr.. Sherwood
examines the development of his
own thinking from hatred of war
to a conviction that war against the
Fascists is the only way out avail
able to our generation. The impor-
tant thing to note is that Mr.. Sher-
wood has not been thinking in a
vacuum or thinking thoughts pc
culiar to himself or even especially
profound.
Persons like Anne Lindbergh, who
have been describing the bloody
eruption Of the Nazis Is . wave
(See WOLfERT. Page F-29
Evening star., 1941-05-11

career on the stage. There were
five lean years of apprenticeship in
stock companies in Detroit and
Dennis, Mass. the Shakespearean
company at the San Diego fair, and
looking for job.
Then. with $3.50 saved, Martha
set out to conquer New York. After
many disappointments playing in
shows that folded after a week or
two. she was chosen for the role
of Emily in "Our Town" The rest
is history.
Champions the Underdog.
AS Martha relates this in
matter-of fact tone, you're looking
into a pair of big brown eyes with
perhaps the most remarkable eye
lashes in Hollywood. 1t doesn't
seem possible that girl with those
eyelashes and her gentle voice would
have the stamina to endure such
a long, hard pull. But you're over
looking the Scott chin. 1t explains
everything.
There's nothing gentle about
Martha's outSpoken Indignation
when she hears a story of racial
intolerance and prejudice. She fair
ly leaps to champion the underdog.
1t isn't probable that Martha
herself ever will be the underdog
Some one warned her that when
news got around about her new
swimming pool she might be swamp
ed with friends" dropping in for
a dip. Such friends" vanish with
the end of the swimming season.
That won't happen to mel"
There was an edge in Martha's
voice which meant business. Il
don't swamp easily"
Martha met her husband. who
produces radio shows, when she ap-
peared in serial he directed in
New York. They were married last
September. Later on, Martha says,
there may be children.
On their 8-acre ranch Martha
and Carl have plenty of room for
two baby goats, Great Dane, an
impudent Scottie and saddle horse
won in rattle last Christmas.
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Todoy's Film Schedule

CAPITOL-Washngton Melodrama" barely
scandal 4:25, 7:1o and 955 pm. Stage $780,
pm.
Rio" musical
7:50 and 955
Yours" Merle Oberon romantic
and 955 Stage shows: g. 4:20 Gas and
905
KEITHS-The Cheyenne" Loretta Young the
g. 355 $50 7:50 and GAS
LITTLE-The another Of those de and daft
British thrIlers: O. $50 5:45 7:35 and GAS pm.
METROPOLITAN-"Si Hopkins" comedy with music
2:40, S, 1920 and $40
Zanzibar Crosby Hope and Lamo the loose
again: 25o $685. 720 and 9:35 m.
TRANS Lux-News shorts continuous from o'clock.
Evening star., 1941-05-11

wives who would 60 to so much dis
comfort to help mate through a
trying period? I don't either. And
yet when the then 47-year-old actor
eloped with the 21-year-old Miss
Lewis, there wasn't a gambler in
town who would have given odds on
the lasting quality of the marriage.
Now, a year and a half later, they
are even more in love with each
other. The title of Powell's current
film-"Love Crazy"-sums up the
sentiments of the couple, who at this
moment are enjoying their first pro-
tracted vacation together since their
marriage.
They'll Do the Town.
Before they left for New York. I
saw Diana for a moment, and she
was like a kid of 10 in her eagerness
and anticipation for the trip that
serves in the nature of a honeymoon
for them. At the time of their mar
riage, Diana was working in Forty
Little Mothers" so they could not
get away. And ever since, either
Bill or she has been in a picture.
This is the first time that both
work horizons have been clear.
Il haven't been in New York for
eight years." cried Diana. It'll be
wonderful to see my married sister
and my niece and the shows and the
shops"
Bill said, It'll be like never hav-
ing been in New York before. I'm
going to show her the town in a big
way" They plan to return here by
boat in June.
When I first met Powell in 1886,
he was determined on two things:
A, Never to get married again-he
was previously married to Eileen
Wilson and Carole Lombard-and
B, if he did marry, the woman would
not be an actress.
There Have Been Changes.
when a film actor marries a
film actress, they talk about the
movie industry until both have to
scream" he said then. Not only
did he marry a Aim actress and
talks movies with her. but he Is
(see GRAHAM. faSs I'D
Evening star., 1941-05-11
By Ira WoIfert.
NEW YORK.


Eugene Gladstone O.Neill, the re-
tired sailor, now has company on
his lonely throne-not yet a mate,
but at least company.
Since 1928 when Strange Inter-
iude" won him his third Pulitzer
prize, Mr.. O'Neill has been recog-
nized publicly as the presiding
genius among the playwrights of
our day. This week Robert Emmett
Sherwood's There Shall Be No
Night" was selected-his third Pu-
liter Prize play. Thus Mr.. O'Neill
acquires domestic equal in the
public eye. However, in the inter-
national field where he won the
1886 Nobel Prize, Mr.. ONeill is still
$4,000 worth of ermine and purple
ahead of the field.
In adding up the amount of do
mestic recognition, the playgoing
public which buys the tickets might
be considered, too. Just as the
folks made Shakespeare and G. Ber-
nard Shaw rich so have they made
Mr.. ONeill and Mrs Sherwood rich.
However, Mr.. O'Neill is regarded as
more of an in-and-outer at the
box Office. The public has refused
to have anything to do with five
of his plays while only two of Mr..
Sherwoods were neglected. And
one of these two Broadway failures
was Waterloo Bridge" which has
been made and remade with sub
stantial success in Hollywood.
Pacifist to Warmonger.
IN following Mr.. Sherwood along
his thought path, strewing laurels
as they went, the Pulitzer Commit
tee has been travelling down road
Evening star., 1941-05-11

casting her out in the Hollywood
rains.
Mothers In Charge.
On the contrary, mothers as rule
do quite all right. Many keep
house for sons and daughters, act
as their counselors in matters per-
tanning to careers and social contacts
and generally get around to have a
lot of fun out of life.
It's estimated that 80 per cent of
the unmarried stars. male and fe-
male. are occupying homes with
their mothers in charge. Marriage
has made some difference in the
relationship, but only in point of
geography. The mother has often
been installed in house few PAGES
away
The two outstanding mother
(see HEFFERNAN, Page F-2)
Evening star., 1941-05-11

is now furtively fattening up to her
normal weight.
Do you know of any other young
Evening star., 1941-05-11

town and townsfolks literally tied
to the apron strings of mothers.
We know Of certain stars who are
not as close to their mothers as they
might be. Some, we understand,
have been known to talk back to
them. A few have gone into court
to get freedom from parental ties
they felt were cramping social ambi-
tions. But these are isolated cases.
You can no more judge the mother
offspring status of Hollywood by a
couple of remote family rows than
you can the same relationship in
Kankakee or Kalamazoo or Kekomo.
With all honesty we can say this
much: In our six years residence
among the hard-working, high
strung personalities of movietown.
not once have we found proof Of Q
movie star beating up mother or
Evening star., 1941-05-11

a large part of his audience. II
believe they were driven to come" "
he said, but once in the theater,
where they had expected to be
bored, they become enthused and
stimulated.
Readers Lose.
BY the end of the week they were
returning, bringing mothers and
fathers, to see what wonders they
had discovered"
Asked if it was likely that audi
ences were coming to see Helen
Hayes, his co-star. and himself
rather than a play by Shakespeare,
Evans said:
Its combination of the two,
(See ARIMOND. Page F-2)
Evening star., 1941-05-11

to war. In 1896 they honored the
authors idiots Delight" in 1889
his ABE Lincoln in ILLINOIS" and
both these plays expressed hatred,
a courage and resolve that found
its inevitable expression in the last
of the anointed trio-"There Shall
Be No Night"
Mr.. Sherwood started his career
as a playwright by winning a repu-
tation as a 'pacif1st" and has spent
the last year weathering the epithet
"warmonger." The Communist news
paper Daily Worker, Father Cough
Evening star., 1941-05-11

(See ARIMOND, Page F-2)
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Tied to the Apron Strings
Mothers Have Helped Many Stars
To Fame Both Now Enjoy
By Harold Hefernan.
HOLLYWOOD

The merchants florists confecioners telegraph companies have
all
Mothers the ong-rgh that something
should be done about it. Something real nice.
We think the Hollywood correspondent
commemorate the to write fatterng about about
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Scoffers Are Confounded
Marriage of the William Powells
Turns Out One of the Happiest
By SheiIah Graham.
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
William Powell getting little you must Diet said his
doctor. Bills face heightened enjoys his food
I'll tell what" both
go diet, and then won't be hard for YOU
Powell weighed 08 few weeks
Bill pounds lighter 95 pounds She
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Not Work, but Her Ranch
Occupies Martha Scott
Never Worried Over Her Last Film,
Recently Wed Actress Does Have
Her Problems, Nevertheless
By Mary Barnsleu
Associated Press STAFF Writer.
HOLLYWOOD.

uered these making decisions Not
you'd from who startled Hollywood
strength first
Our Town"
her her
questions arising since
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30

People called each other
dopes (they still do) with
the same friendliness they
once used in hailing each
other as guys and goofs. The
dope was even immortalized
by Walt Disney. Doing the
Dopey" capitalized the cur
rent craze. 1t had its day,
like the Charleston, the Indy
Hop and the Black Bottom.
Eventually, it passed into
oblivion.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30
GOING TO TOWN

Doing the Draft-Away"
catches, as its name implies,
a currently important Ameri-
can phase Of life. The theme,
according to Detroit's
dancing master, is the
Selective Service Act,
with draftees entering
the army for a year.
Obviously. dance master Ber-
dun has 70 show how his dance
IL performed. Therefore. boy
meets girl. Or. TO be more
specific. Art Walsh meets Janey
Hilkey Ia swell name for any
girl In the groove. Incidentally {.
And do they go TO town. a.
these accompanying photographs
showi
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30
HAVE YOU GOT RHYTHM?

The addition of "Away" lends zng and
rhythm. And it's rhythm the boys are after.
Rhythm makes the dance bands blow hot Rh5t tim
sets paunchy dodgers capering sets toes to tap
ping heels to kicking torsos to twisting. If you
amt got rhythm, you amt got nothin these days.
A few years ago Cecil originated a dance
called "Doing the Dopey." He was keeping true,
even them to the spirit of the time. 1t was
period when to be dopey was to be fashionable.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30
WheW! WheW! Here's
HE NEWEST
| WAR DANCE

Dance masters are losing no time getting
ready for the draft.
II you spell time as tempo you'll find them
prepared for any emergency. 1t has always
been so.
Inventive fellows, the dance mastersi Try
ing to outwit their rivals in keeping America
in the groove, defense program Notwithstanding,
they are everlastingly at the hot and bothered
business of thinking up new steps for those who
worship at the shrine of st. Vitus.
Take Cecil Berdun as a shining example!
This dance instructor apparently believes there is
nothing like timeliness in the quest of public
favor. Waddeyuh suppose! Cecil in the waxy
privacy of his salon in the worlds most motorized
city, has gone and created dance called "Doing
the Draft Away" Not just "Doing the Draft"
But "Doing the Draft hyphen Away"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30
Here's What
It's ALI About

r1-This Is big moment in the new
Il dance, the "Draft-away." 1t repre-
sents the actual moment of departure
OF Mr.. Draftee for Uncle Sans train
ing camp. No wonder they say parting
can be such sweet sorrow.
O--Maybe his Top Sergeant will not
~ recognize the maneuver, but this is
supposed to symbolic soldier march,
ing to music. Total Warfare has spread
to the ballrOomsl
O-YOu're not kidding, Mr.. Draftee.
= You'll hear that bugle blowing
many's the morning. And you may not
have zip enough to strike posture like
this one. Yes. only that panied look
may prove authentic.
N-Their expressions are the tipOff on
II what this step signalizes. Yep
the lads on leave, and the happy couple
are cutting touch with nice, snappy
routine. The Draft-Away, men, is here
to stay.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26
BEE EARNS HER PAY
CHAPTER XI

That afternoon 80 long ago,
when she had slipped out OF
her car to the subway, Beatrice
had been frightened at the swift
approach of her marriage to
Clarence. She had wanted to es-
cape.
But now, her interest in this
store that Grandfather had
founded was lending point and
direction to the madcap mas
querade. She felt strongly that
she could be useful here. There
were 50 many things about the
store she was sure Grandfather
would not have approved, II ne
could now! She wanted to
change the store, better 1t. Now
she was learning 1t from the
very bottom. in the most init
mate and revealing manner.
Still, often, in the days that
followed, Beatrice was tempted
to throw up the sponge. This life
was tough!
Waking up to the shrill cry OF
the alarm clock. drinking her
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26
Monitor Writer Tastes Peril
Of Night Trip of English Coast

flashed that shaded light. He
merely said, quietly, Stand by
TO lay mines."
There was less tension now.
Every man had . job to do. The
six who had been standing along
the unrailed stern, while the
captain was picking . passage
through the mine fields, had
melted into the darkness.
One Of them, just Z smudge ut
the rear OF the boat, was stand.
ing ready at the release lever
Then the mines began to move
from eout Of the dark cavern.
amidship. In slow procession
they trundled on = moving belt
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26
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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26

arcs over the whole ares. Some
times one would fasten on the
boat, but the captain. would
quickly change course and lose
the light. Twenty minutes Of this
lodging, which seemed . lie
time a the shells kept coming
closer. and the Job was done.
LAYING THE
MINE FIELDS
The thirty minutes were up
now. The captain dashed .
shaded light and you knew the
ship was over the spot which,
with luck, woulc be turned into
Z British mine held.
He didn't shout when he
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26

Cssssusaasn1 .ae NJ
SOMEWHERE orr the ENGLlsfi coAsTHn thirty min,
utes II will b hour Up On the bridge TIE copton OF tn:
mine ioyer trying to steer mine fields. old
two nights before
In thirty minutes Re will be the spot where operations
are to take ploce this night @ @
is do ond you stond pressed close to the unroed
10 the crew Of this boot you feel tension IN the DIR u thot
navigator up the BRIDGE toko bearings from fixed SEQ
ork by the did oeor WIRE rokes miscolcuotion this
bobbino boat will be no more
hfty-year-od seaman next TO me says IT anything
touches won't have time for deep breath
For stretching the into long, dark Is
DEATH rowswo the starbcard side two on the
port side. Each mine weighs one half ton.
GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK
Early In the aftsroen shore depot they had loaded
these mines They HID like oafeal which
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26

to the stern, two men to . mine
to keep them from shaking or
moving too fast.
A each mine reached the
point where Il was poised. ready
for the plunge, the sailor et the
release lever pulled the gear and
II slid into the water. head first.
But II always quickly disap-
reared below the surface % the
heavy sinker drew the mine to
the sea bottom. But YOU knew.
watching this process, that the
deadly explosive would quickly
come to within ave feet Of the
top a. the wire attached to the
sinker gradually played out.
Then the last two half-ton
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26

+. N. T., with ammonia nitrate,
and q the mixture was. poured
into the hollow drum Il had the
appearance Of golden honey.
Then, only one hour before,
the angular Welshman they call
the gunner had passed down
between these rows, adjusting
the primer and the detonator
which turned this golden honey
into q deadly explosive. Occa-
sionally he would stop and slip
the side of one mine, just miss
ing those wicked looking horns
and say, This ones for old
nasty 'imself."
Then another seaman, along
the stern. said everytime they
approached the zero hour it. re-
minded him of the trip they
made three weeks ago. That
was when they mined q large
harbor on the German-French
coast. The Germans knew they
were there, but were afraid to
send out E-boats because their
mine sweepers were up the
coast. "
SO they tried sweeping the
harbor with searchlights from
the shore, so land batteries could
draw q bead on the little British
boat. It was game of hide and
seek, this sailor said, trying to
dodge the stabbing. fingers Of
light which swept in circlins
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26

and the easements the end of
the trail!"
She sighed. "Getzie really was
good, up there in the women's
dresses before they ritzed it up
and called it the Clubwoman's
Corner. She had q lot of old girls
she'd been waiting on since be-
fore they wore size AZ. Some of
them come here once ir a while,
but they don't buy much. They
don't wear 1898 numbers. The
store really ought to pension
Getz off, that's the truth. She's
not we'll. Ever see her h n \ s
shaker"
"Yes, noticed"
twenty-five of the best years
of her life, handed over to Hunt
ington's! And you know what
they'll give her instead of a pen
sion? A testimonial dinner when
she retires."
One reason why Miss Getz
didn't make her quota was that
she stressed the durability OF a
number rather than its style.
Another reason was that the
high-heeled, generously lipstick-
ed customers nearly always
avoided her, hurrying off to
Toby or Miss Ryan or even Bea-
trice when they saw Getz COM
ing. Miss Getz would then pain
fully pretend she had advanced
to straighten a dress on
hanger.
"Getz has a sick sister to sup
port. Poor thing. She quivers
every time Mr.. Bradley looks at
her" t
"She called him a floorwalker
once. I thought he'd have a fit.
He thinks he's in training to be
p merchandise man, and being
section manager is just temper
airy. Getz has forgotten m o e
about ready-to-wear than he'll
ever learn. But he's kinda cute"
Gutter"
Mr.. Bradley was 50 tall he
stood out like beacon among
the groups of customers. He had
shoulders rather more sugges-
tive of football than Of Budget
Fashions. For q man so undeni-
ably masculine, his work SEEM
ed q little silly.
Mr.. Bradley ironed out COM
plants and Misunderstanding,
saw to il that no customer re-
NAMED unattended for longer
than five seconds, o. KID checks
and charges, found out what had
become of undelivered p q C X
ages, supervised the sales girls.
kept his eye on appearance OF
displays and stock. and, In gen.
eral, managed Budget Fashions
a first lieutenant to Miss Dane,
the buyer.
Learning to be q merchan-
disc mani" snorted Toby. That's
the line they hand EN-. Start
from the bottom, work your way
up. It's bunk. When they need .
merchandise man, I've always
noticed, they hire . big shot
away from some other store.
'sBut Bradley's not . bad egg.
When he first came, oil the girls
took . shot At fascinating him.
No Co."
, She erinned suddenly, Say
Bee. it's your turn now. How
would you like to drag Q date
out Of Bradley"
(Te Bs Csatiaued)
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26

breakfast black, battling for a
seat on the subway, wasnot fun.
It was not fun, either to take
what Toby called Miss Danes
lip" II was not fun to be snub-
bed by customers whose gram
mar was incredible and whose
manners were worse. Not fun to
stand on her feet Ill day, endur-
ing the agony Of burning soles
and aching arches while her lips
held the smile which Hunting
tons insisted on.
And It was frightening to dis
cover that she wasn't half so
beautiful as she used - be.
Without the customary tn r e
visits q week to the beauty sa-
lon, her hair had lost the sweet,
clean upward sweep off her fore
head. It's bright gold had dark
ened. "Or do I only imagine it?
These curls roll up myself on
those wire gadgets are awful!'
She saw her own hands grow
ing grubby, As Toby's had been
that day on the subway. She did
her own nails ut night, and mutt
lated her cuticle. Without bath
salts and massage, her very skin
seemed to her suddenly leathery.
The morning that Toby look
ed scornfully at q picture on the
Society page Of the paper and
sneered. Beautiful young debu-
tante, my eye! Who couldn't be
b e autiful with plenty of
money!" Beatrice understood as
she could not have done q month
ago.
But everytime she playe d
with the notion Of going back
home, she t h ught of Miss
Danes hard, enameled face and
brusque voice. She remembered
the voice of that beast in Mr..
Weemins's office. She looked at
Mr.. Bradley's straight, bro a d
back, and Toby's vivid, heart
shaped face. "They can't quit. If
they can take it, I cant"
Actually, It had been hardest
during the first week when she
sat on the edge Of the bathtub
every night with her feet soak
ing in hot water and the small of
her back threatening to break in
two. Her first pay envelope fix
ed that. What q thrill it had
been!
my own money! Money I
worked for! Every penny of 1t
Is my own"
She had torn the envelope
open eagerly, counted the bills
with an citation she had never
experienced before. Almost, she
had gloated over that pay en-
velope. The small sum seemed
more important. suddenly, than
all the Thousands Of dollars the
paying tellers It the trust COM
pany had handed her through
their little wickets.
This pay envelope was q sym.
Dol Of achievement. A reward Of
valor.
IL did stick with Il, this whole
week. This money II for my
hurting feet: for smiling ct Gus
toners, for letting Miss Dane In
sult me. This money means I'm
worth something 70 Hunting
tons" She thought, too. when
I spend one Of these dollars. I'll
be actually buying for The first
time In my lne." :