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Lawrence Tibet. the baritone,
Joined the Navy in the World
War.
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MARINE NEWS

I had hold Of Smitty's pantleg and
Denny had hold of his collar,
Then all at once big comber
broke over us and washed the body
out of our grip. The life belt was
still strapped to it, but 20 feet
from the raft we saw it jerked I'M
der the water. Then it bobbed UP,
only to be jerked under again. We
| could see the sharks battling for
a bite. There, within SO yards OF
where we drifted, Smitty's body
kept bobbing up and down until,
within few minutes, there was
nothing left but that empty life
belt floating on the water.
Late that afternoon we saw U.
S. destroyers, not far away We
guessed they were looking for sur
vivors. We yelled and waved as
best we could, but we couldn't at
tract their attention The most
discouraging thing in my memory
was sunset that night, with those
destroyers turning their sterns to
us and steaming away
Rescued
1T must have been some time
after midnight that night we saw
searchlight travelling in a circle
and coming close to us.
Wen drift ashore said Denny.
There's a lighthouse.
Il thought so too, then I heard
engines and knew it was a ship
Everytime the light got near us
we'd yell and wave, but the beam
never picked us up. We were about
hoarse when 1 remembered my
whistle. My officers whistle had
been in my hip pocket all the time
I got it out and every time that
searchlight got near us, I'd blow
in Morse code the words RITE
ON.
Il don't know how many times
blew that signal, but that was
the thing that turned the trick
1t was about 2 am Saturday
morning when we were picked up
by the destroyer Roper.
Couldn't Sleep
/ Aboard the boat, they got our
wet clothes off, gave us hot co.,
fee first, then pea soup, then warm
water. Then they sent us to hunks
Tired as l was, l couldn't sleep
much. I'd wake up and want to
put my feet on that steel deck to
be sure it was real. 1 got to think
ing about the way the wind blew
us and how the others would have
drifted and l gave the information
s to pharmacists mate who came
, through the quarters and asked
him to convey the message to the
commander.
Early that morning they got me
out to talk with the commander.
1 told him about the wind that
carried us and he told me that
we had drifted 80 miles from where
/ the Libby Maine went down in
those 40 hours. About the middle
of that morning we picked up some
more of the crew There were 10
of us rescued, out of the crew of
80.
4 We'll, the Roper transferred us
! to the Unalga, that used to be a
\ Coast Guard boat around South
east Alaska waters here, and she
took us to San Juan, Puerto Rico
Then we were taken to New York
for a hearing ON the sinking be-
fore the inspectors and we went
home from there.
THAT was all there was to it
and, Lord, ] hope I never have to
go through an experience like that
AGAIN
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somebody else was caving my chest
IN. I'm a good swimmer, but | had
to take a bitter mouthful of salt
water, then 1 had to take another
one. One more mouthful of water,
and I'll be a gone man. l remem-
Der thinking.
Then I started to shoot up.
When I reached the top, thought
I was going to keep right ON ira
Yelling. I'll bet l shot a good three
feet out of the water.
Sees Wreckage
Then l began swimming. |
looked around. but there wasn't a
sign of the Libby Maine just
mountains of water everywhere. l
was still watching for some piece
of wreckage l could grab, when
I saw the carpenter, swimming
along behind me- Then, in a few
minutes, 1 spotted a lifeboat, bot
tom up, with three men hanging
to it, and started swimming in that
direction. ef.s
over the crest of a sea, came
on piece of wreckage, part Of
the cabin it was, and perched on
it was Denny Moore. a wiper.
Where the HI do you think
you're going?' he yelled at me.
Trying to make the lifeboat,' I
told him.
You better climb on this and
be DIN glad it's handy he said.
when we both got our weight
on the piece of cabin, it sank al
most below the water. Then along
came Smitty, an elderly Alb. who
was so tired he just barely man
aged to grab the edge of the piece
of wreckage and hang on. worked
myself over until could get hold
of him and pull him onto the raft.
That added weight made it go al
most six inches below the sur
face.
Rain To Drink
1T blew all that day. That night
it rained, and that was our only
chance to get water to drink. We
had to put our heads back with
our mouths open and catch what
we could for a drink.
THE next day, Friday the sun
came out, but it was still windy.
There was a window casing in the
piece of cabin we were riding on
and we got old Smitty sitting on
one side of the window opening,
with his feet braced against the
opposite SILL We could look down
through that window opening and
see three sharks and a barracuda
swimming around beneath us. They
seemed to be following right along
wherever we drifted and with the
weight of our bodies weighing our
frail raft down below the water
line we were plenty nervous.
That afternoon, Smitty must
have gone to sleep. One of his feet
slipped off the window casing and
his leg dropped into the water fol
Just an instant That was all it
took. l don't know which of those
fish grabbed him, but they bit the
muscle right out of the calf of his
leg. You could look into the back
of that mans leg and see his shin
bone and his knee joint, with the
flesh ripped right away from it.
BIeeds to Death
Il ripped his shirt off and tried
to make tourniquet to stop the
blood flow above his knee. 1t was
not good, though. He died from
loss of blood When his pulse told
us the life had gone out of him,
we still hung onto the body We
had TO nang OHIO the raft too, be-
cause it was pitching badly, but
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TIDES

(Sun time, November 80
Low tide-3:39 am, 3.5 feet.
High tide-10:01 am, 100 feet.
Low tide-4:26 pm, l.9 feet.
High tide-10:4O pm, 1877 feet.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-11-28
STORM RESULTS

A wrecked gillnet boat, 26 footer
Eagle, belonging to Joseph Jimmy
of Haines was smashed by the high
wind last night and sunk at the
local floats as one of the results
Of the present storm. A tree about
6 inch diameter in Wakeman's yard
was blown down.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-31
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lost and Found

LOST In Utica Theatre, Thursday night,
red patent leather purse containing
pair Of spectacles Name inside case.
Mary Z. Grinneli 7A3i7. Finder please
leave at theatre or with Mrs. n. N.
Williams. Washington. Mich, and keep
purse as reward.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

word for him to return here-if he
wanted to be a picture star.
Greer Carson was in Hollywood
for more than a year. waiting and
begging for work from her studio.
But it wasn't until she went away
to England-and gave her unfor-
getable performance as Mrs. Chips"
that Hollywood acclaimed her She
is now starring for Metro in Bios
SONS in the Dust"
Started in London.
Rosalind Russell was getting no
where fast although she had made
quite a few pictures-until she
went to London for The Citadel"
Now she is among the first six-in-
demand actresses of Hollywood.
Jack Haley, who recently scored
with Shirley Ross in the stage musi-
cal Higher and Higher" could de-
scribe his film career as higher
and lower-and higher" His life
in Hollywood has resembled roller
coaster. Following low period,
he went up in wake Up and Live"
Then down in mediocre movies. SO
he left Hollywood for the stage
chore. And as a result has been
resigned by Fox for a leading part
in Miami" with Betty Cradle and
Don Ameche.
Mary Can Have the Studio.
Cobina Wright. jr.. sang for quite
a while at the Beverly Wiltshire Ho-
tel in Hollywood. But because she
was right under the collective noses
of the film producers, not one of
them bothered to sign her to con-
tract She returned East-and i'm
mediately had a picture offer. Her
first film is Murder Among Friends" )"
:. Shirley Ross made a wise move
when she thanked Hollywood "for
the memory" but memories were
not altogether satisfactory, and she
accepted a job on the New York
stage. And has now signed a con-
tract with Warner's-for Kisses for
Breakfast with Jane Wyatt and
Dennis Morgan. Talking about
Miss Wyatt, Jane started off here
with tremendous bang in Lost
Horizon" Topped, but didn't waste
too much time bemoaning her bad
luck. Like lots of others, she de-
parted for the stage, and like lots
of others, is now back in the Holly
wood swim.
The same story can be told of
Mary Martin, except that Mary
didn't start with any sort of whisper.
let alone a bang. She was merely
around testing for jobs that didn't
come off. Until she scored on
(See GRAHAM. Page F-2)
Evening star., 1941-02-16

est professional triumph of any
actress. stage or screen,
Of the five nominated by tbs
academy in the best actor" divi-
sion, it appeared that James Stew
art. for his brilliant performance
in The Philadelphia Story" would
win a statuette for the first time
in his career. Stewart would be a
popular choice, because he has been
fully deserving of special honorS
on several previous occasions. His
Mr.. Smith Goes to Washington
missed by inches. and if the voters
believe III making amends, this is
their chance Jimmy's rivals in
best actor department are Charles
Chaplin in The Great Dictator"
Henry Fonda in The Grapes Of
Wrath" Raymond Massey in Abe
Lincoln in Illinois" and Laurence
Olivier in "Rebecca." Fonda figures
in the runner-up role.
A small wager on "Rebecca' as
best picture of the year could be
placed right now with reasonable
assurance of cashing. Straw-votIng
players gave it slight lead over
Foreign Correspondent" Here
again the dark-horse upsetter fig
ures as The Philadelphia Story"
Two other pictures destined to poll
heavy votes are The Long Voyage
Home" and The Grapes of Wrath"
but not enough to disturb that top-
flight threesome.
What's II Worth?
Figure the best direction" of 1940
as race between John Ford and
George Cukor. Ford's The Grapes
of Wrath" and The Long Voyage
Home" and Cukor's The Philadel-
phia Story" are considered better
vote-getters in that niche than AL
fred Hitchcock's "Rebecca" and
Foreign Correspondent" - because
Ford and Cukor are HollywoodG
own boys and Hitchcock is an i'm
port from Britain. Hollywood has Q
habit OF standing by its own.
Frank Cappa once declared that
an academy award is worth 500 900
to an actor or director in cementing
his or her future in the Hollywood
merry -go-round Maybe so. but the
records show that statuette winners
rise and fall right along with tbs
rest of the leSs-honored pack. Lets
have look
The academy was started in 1927,
and the first awards given in 1923.
Here are the winners in the best
actress" division each year since
that first banquet:
Janet Gaynor C"Seventh Heaven
1929; Mary Pickford ("Coquette;'
1929; Norma Shearer CThe Di-
vorcee," l930 Marie Dressler
c'Min and Bill" 193D: Helen Hayes
1.-The Sin of Madelon Claudet."
1892; Katharine Hepburn C'Morn-
ing Glory 1889 Clsudette Colbert.
cit Happened One Night" I93D:
Bette Davis Dangerous" 1880:
Luise Rainer C'The Great Ziegfeld"
1885,; Luise Rainer 1.-THE Good
Earth" 193O; Better Davis ("Jese-
bel" 1889; Vivien Leigh ("Gons
With the Wind" 1882.
The Misses. Gaynor. Pickford
Rainer and Hayes are out of pie
lures. Miss Hepburn is just back
tsee HEFFTRNAN, Pass x-aJ
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Toduy's Film Schedules
(See GRAHAM, Page F-2

cAPrTOThe Monte Crsto carrying in the tradition
4:30 1905 pm. Stage shows: $40
$50 and 9:20 pm.
CoLUMBIA-Cione With the Wind" anniversary showing
535 and $50 pm.
Arthur wins the West plus stays shows
continuous afternoon and evening after O'Clock.
SULLIVAN and Charles Boyer IN
tragic 2. 1855, $50, 7:45 and s:40
rp-snorng British thriller g. 4, 5:55
745 and 9:40 pm
the South, technicolor, wins
Madeleine Carroll: tbs and 940 pm.
PALACE-The Philadelphia Katharine Hepburn and
wi y frolc: 2. 4:3O. 7:O5 and 2:40
TRANS -LUx-Neus shorts; continuous from o'clock
Evening star., 1941-02-16

wood with starring offers from David
Selznick. Metro and Universal. Jinx
was around here for years without
causing any splash in the Hollywood
pond. shes sweet girl" every one
said. And wonderful swimmer
and tennis player" But no one
would give her worthwhile chance
in pictures.
Jinx managed to get a Western
Song of the Buckaroo"-and part
in the Lone Ranger serial and some
Spanish language films for South
America She was too tall. they told
her, When she applied for more am
bilious roles. JinX is feet some
thing tall Well, she finally went
away. spagged a part with Al Jol-
son and Martha Rave in Hold Onto
Your Hats" corraled for herself an
all-time high in publicity. and as I
mentioned before, is back here to
be a HOLLYWOOD star Incidentally,
she is still S feet something tall.
Martha Gets Offers.
Oscar Levant gives out with that
coast-ot-coast giggle when you re-
mind him of the years in Hollywood
when he. couldn't get to first base
with the movie producers. I'm those
days" says Oscar. you couldn't sell
me with a package of tea" He ulti-
mately got wise to the refusals. went
to New York. and the Information
Please" program. And is now play
ing his second big picture role-in
kiss the Boys Goodbye" Oscar,
by the way. would have settled in
the prepopular days for a musical
Job in a studio Now he can have
almost anything.
Martha Rave is getting big picture
offers as result of leaving Holly
wood at a too-bright point in
her career. In the past year Martha
has toured America, letting the pub
lie see her for the fine comedienne
she is. She came to rest in New
York for Hold Onto Your Hats"
The next step is HOLLYWOOD.
Tony Martin has just completed
"Ziegfeld Girl and soon starts
Lady Be Good" with Ann Sothern
and Eleanor Powell-all because he
had the courage to leave Hollywood
two years ago and try his luck via
a personal appearance tour. He had
been under contract to Twentieth
Century-Fox, made some pictures
for them, including one with his
then wife, Alice Faye-"Sally, Irene
and Mary" Then the movie jobs
were fewer. He made one picture
for Columbia-and decided to for
get Hollywood for a spell. He was
singing at the Royal Palms in
Florida when Louis B. Mayer sent
Evening star., 1941-02-16

wringing his hands, had said, "Oh,
why do I love a girl like that?"
Then there was the case of a fell
low in on a pass who remained to
the end of the first act. 1t turned
out he had fallen asleep and he
higntailed out of there. searching
Indignantly for the practical joker
who hadn't awakened him in time
to leave earlier.
Well, my lands. it was very funny.
My goodness, you'd have died
laughing or, anyway, felt little
sick.
AS case in point-not the best
case because there was a moment
or two in the course of the l25
minutes when events bore a family
resemblance to the theater-there
was "Out of the Frying Pan" by
Francis Swami. presented by Will
liam Deering and Alexander Kirk
land (an actor with the assistance
of Arthur Hopkins and Metro
Goldwyn- Mayer.
All Had Vitality.
The story it told was of young
actors unable to get into the
theater and their desperate efforts
to accomplish same. 1t was acted
by young actors. most of whom
have been trying unsuccessfully for
several years to get a hearing on
Broadway So they put their
hearts into their work and most of
them were as good as they very
well might be.
Some of them seemed little on
the parlor- talent side, but they all
had vitality, and there was a Ha-
gerstown Md girl making her
debut on a professional stage, name
of Florence MacMichael. who man
ageds goodness knows how. to be
really funny. She's a spindly girl,
and she had a very skinny. very
tedious, very uninspired part, but
she managed to work it into laughs
with tricks of the trade, with twirls
of the voice and twists of the visage.
So, by gosh, she must be prac-
tically genius.
So there they all we're, a very
pretty girl named Louise Snyder,
whose sole previous appearance was
in another turkey; trio Of en-
gaging boys named Alfred Drake,
William w. Terry and Sellwyn My
ers; Norman Bel Geddes' daugh-
ter, Barbara; some veteran actors
for leavening, and an author. Oh,
yes, an auChor. y-~a
Plot Is Preposterous.
The author seems to have been
this kind. He remembers the Jokes
he's pulled in the course of years,
those spontaneous little buildings
that are such fun when given the
proper setting. those pithy little
brittle-cisms that convulse people
at cocktail parties when they are
offguard and delighted to have any,
body fill the pause that depresses-
that sort of thing. Well, he not only
has remembered them but he has
peppered his play with them.
This would be bad enough If he
did not persist in interrupting his
flow of wit with stoppages of reason.
That means a preposterous, ircredi-
(see WoLFERT, Pass T-O
Evening star., 1941-02-16


ponder the most deserving names
to inscribe on the ballots
The ballots, mailed last week
must be filled out and returned to
academy headquarters by February
25 There they are being received
by firm Of public accountants
just so there won't be any monkey
business-and not until the night of
the awards dinner-February 81. at
the Hotel Biltmore-Will the winning
contestants be made known.
Who will be voted best actor for
1910? Best actress? Best director?
What movie will be singled out as
the all-great Of the past year?
These and a dozen other minor
problems. such as best supporting
actor and actress. best short subject
and finest technical achievements
in various departments of film en-
deavor are to be threshed out by
the membership. They will be demo-
cratic choices. The opinion of the
lowliest extra or bit player will
weigh just as heavily as that of
Louis B. Mayer or Jack Warner.
studio heads who are also eligible
to fill out ballots.
Poll Provides Hints.
One thing appears certain about
the 1941 awards. They won't be
rubber stamped as they we're last
year. Into that session stepped
Gone With the Wind" Just under
the eligibility wire, to whisk away
practically every citation worth
shouting about. The Selznick super
triumph, it will be recalled made
the banquet nothing short of a
parade. capturing nine out of pos
Sible IL major awards.
In forecasting 1941 academy
winners. Hollywood is giving care
full reflection once again to results
chalked up in the North American
Newspaper Alliance annual Stars
Turn Critics" poll of last December.
That was croSS-Sectional sample
Of what several hundred actors and
actresses were thinking at the time.
In two preceding polls it proved an
accurate barometer of final results.
For best actress of 1910, Bette
Davis. in The Letter" took a COM
manding lead in the straw vote.
And for that reason Hollywood is
inclined to favor her as the logical
betting choice. 1t would be consid-
cred no great upset, however. if
Katharine Hepburn, for her per-
formance. IN "The Philadelphia
Story, "came up with a last-minute
rush to turn the tide.
The Hepburn film hadn't been
released when the poll was taken,
but, even so. many players who had
witnessed it in projection room
screenings gave her handsome
testimonial which indicated she is
definitely in the running.
Stewart's a Favorite.
However, when 10000 movie max
ers representing all divisions get
down to voting personal likes and
dislikes are apt to weigh heavily
Bette Davis is popular favorite
with her colleagues everywhere.
Katharine Hepburn is not. So. if
Hepburn forces Hollywood to swal-
low its aversion and elect her first
lady she VIII have scored the great
Evening star., 1941-02-16
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Remind Florida Visitor
Vacations Always End
It's Great While 1t Lasts All the Way
From Miami Premiere to Gargantua
And the Circus in Lazy Sarasota
By Jay Carmody.

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