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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Tap Dancer
Powell in
Comeback
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BY DOROTHY MANNERS
special 4. rnK DETROIT TINES


HOLLYWOOD. March Is.
A YEAR away from the screen
"A has done something terrific
for Eleanor Powell-and I mean
terrific. Frankly. I'd never
thought Eleanor was any great
shakes as an exciting personal.
ity. She was a nice. friendly
girl who could tap dance like
nothing In this world. But that
was just the trouble-she was
just a nice gal.
At least that Is the way she
seemed before she suffered q
back injury and had to take
Dutch leave for II months. Il
seems strange that an enforced
vacation could have such an cleo
trifying effect on any one-but
whatever she has been doing or
thinking or feeling during the
past year has given the little
Powell girl verve she never
had before.
Yearns to Return
T think that's because I've
been aching to get back. is her
own explanation. She looked
like a stunning oomph girl in the
black and gold gown she was
wearing on the set Of Lady Be
Good" that fitted her like the
paper on the wall. Also, sgd
ney Guilaroff has done some
thing to her hair that lends
plenty of sophistication to Hol-
lywood's former nice girl" It's
piled high in tight little curls
and 1t definitely gives Eleanor
a new personality.
Like every one else who
works too long and too hard I
was convinced ! was . little tired
of IL ALL" went on Eleanor. II
used 10 sigh about how wonder
full It would be to have time to
read and 60 to the concerts and
have whole days 10 shop and
buy hats.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

ED WYNN, the tre
chief, wiH bring his new-
est revue, Boys and
Girls Together" to the,
Cdss stage for one Week
beginning Monday eve-
ming, March 81.
Farm. He said when he came
out TO Essanay studio to make
A picture he couldn't get cent
of salary because the boss was
in New York. He never saw the
boss until he had finished the
comedy. which he made in ex-
actly eight days and which was
sensational.
/ was then scenario editor and
my Job was to find a story for
Chaplin. He took one look AT
my choice and said:
81 write my wn, thank YOU"
He also took one look at
Gloria Swanson, who was on the
lot - and promptly put Edna
Purviance into the lead. Later
he and Gloria became great
friends and often laughed over
those days.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
One on Enrol Flynn

Enrol Flynn tells this one on
himself: When he few down to
Texas for the Bundles for Brit-
ain annual benefit. he was
having the time of his life
shaking hands with the fans in
the hotel lobby and posing for
pictures when he overheard two
plump matrons in the back
ground discussing him:
Hes my fsvorite actor" said
plump lady No. 1.
What's his name ." inquired
the other.
Bruce Cabot" sighed the
original. Don't you remember.
we saw him In God and
Sussn'!s
"Guess l can stand IT," laughed
Enrol. eff Rachael Crothers,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

ONA MUNSON as she
appears In the role of
Belle Waiting in Gone
With the Wind" at the
United Artists Theater.
New York to do q play Just
before Britain became actively
engaged. That's the way IL had
always been, but now I want TO
settle down in Hollywood
And as long as she's a terrific
actress, and since her departure
from a country always seems a
prelude TO catastrophe. long live
Sara Allgood-in Hollywood.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Fears to Be Typed

She said:
mo, 1 am going to play Our
Wife for John Stahl when / re-
turn to Columbia. l do not want
to be typed. That's the reason
why I was glad to go to Warn
ers for the Annie Sheridan role"
I couldn't help but think that
when Annie Sheridan and Warn
ers clashed it resulted in BRING
ing this girl. who heretofore had
received only scant notice, into
prominence. Returning TO Twen-
tieth Century-Fox is really in
the way of a triumph for her. In
the old days when she was Rita
Cansino. the little dancer. she
had her heart set on playing
"Romona" for she's of Spanish
ancestry and she loved the story.
So you can imagine her disap-
pointment when II was decided
CONTINUED on Next Page)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Carmen Miranda Cheers
at Her vi VI vi W Hit
on Coast Film

who wrote Susan and Cod
can take tn
There's a very interesting
scene in Hold Back the Dawn"
that should give you fans a kick.
Charles Boyer, playing a foreign
refugee. presents himself at the
Paramount studio and asks for
a job in the movies.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Just DANCING

well. got that wish for q
whole year--and suddenly I real
i1ed I was reading nothing but
books about dancing technique
and magazines about movies.
When I went shopping I found
myself selecting clothes by the
way they would photograph.
Even the luxury Of lying In bed
late became y bore. I sctuaily
yearned tn hear an alarm clock
20 off ut q. m.
The whole secret 10 that once
this career excitement gets IN
your blood nothing else win
take its place. I hsven't o
thought In my head now except
work. work and more work"
What about uatrimony7- I
asked. remembering the oft-rs-
peated rlumor that she would
become Mrs. Merrill Pye In June.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Delays Marriage

I'm not engaged. = she replied.
@tn spite Of reports 70 the con-
trary. Honestly, I've always
felt that careers and marriage
are ingredients which refuse -
mix. A I ssid before. I'm lust
rediscovering my career and ere
Job at a time y plenty"
II Is true. however. that abe
Is planning q dance tour through
South America sonetime lats In
the Summer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
1911 Siren Role Goes
To Rita HayWOrth

death and takes him away from
the lovely heroine, in this case
played by Linda Darnell.
'Why," l asked. when you
could have played dozen other
roles:"
81 naturally am very shy"
Rita told me. land I suffer from
an inferiority complex. When 1
play a woman like Dona Sol,
who IL conniving d shrewd
and who traps men but never
falls I'm love with them, | forget
myself. I liked the girl in
strawberry Blonde who was
cold. calculating and who got
. what she wanted"
"But Rita" ! said, you're not
going to continue to he siren
on the screen, are YOU:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Chaplin Aaeedo'e

I've never known Charlie
Chaplin TO be rs entertaining as
he was last Sunday at MarsonS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18

Oh, you could put all the good adjectives in the world in a hat, shake them up, and anything you pulled out would suit Philip.
 Furthermore, he was depend- able. He was steadfast, devoted, reliable. He had a sense of humor and a fortune. He would always provide beefsteak for his table and leggings for his children.
 And Sandy was gone. Sandy who used his plane as a jitney, first for one heart, then another. Sandy, who was bringing Peg through. Her smooth cheeks deep ened their color as she remem- bered she had proffered @ love Sandy no longer needed.
 Philips eyes had not strayed since he had asked his question. Philips voice was as gentle as before when he repeated his ques- ton.
 With a quick determination Judy swung the door shut on the compartment in her heart marked Sandy. silently she flung men tai key out of a great glass win dow into the budding leaves of the park.
 Sandy had been infatuation, youth that never quite left you. Philip was love. Security. Un- failing devotion. Roots.
 In the fraction of a moment while she thought she made her decision. Her face was white now, but her eyes deepened their purple shadows as she smiled at Philip. .
 I'd love ,uarrying you, Philip she answered quietly.
 She saw new radiancy in her eyes and felt a swifter beat in her own pulse. Oh. surely you couldn't be in love with two peo- pie at once. You might love two men at once. But to be in love with both of them-ah, that was different. Maybe a man could carry a double devotion. A woman couldn't.
 She laugned softly when Philip, who was asking the waiter to bring the check, looked at her in uuiringly. She gave him foolish answer. She was thinking that she should have known long ago that Sandy was only Pierrot or Harle- quin, adding moments of gaiety as he flew against the wind,
 Philip was the husband every woman wanted. Suddenly she wanted his arms around her, his lips against hers. Somehow, with out words she must let him know she loved him, that the past and Sandy would not cross the Rockies so far as she was concerned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18
COPYRIGHT. SeAI, NkA SERVICE. INes

Philip matched her mood. He had his long, swift roadster parked downtown. They took a taxicab to its address, climbed into the car and followed the Hudson river along the Speedway to the George Wash- ington bridge that swung in silver mist against the rainy night. They crossed the bridge and rode far up the Palisades.
 When Philip swung the car around to start home, Judy sighed happily and sleepily. The mood stayed with her until she had undressed, be led, given her russet curls one hundred upward, outward strokes and flung her windows to the darkness and the rain.
 People forgot things, all things, she murmured, slipping between soft white sheets. Tn time, no memory mattered. Sometimes you forgot where the hurt had been why 1t had been.
 Now she need not face the em- barrassment that would come when people learned that she fol- lowed Sandy, only to discover he and another girl were winging their way to the western coast.
 She felt relaxed and protected when she fell asleep.
 It was around o'clock that tn low ringing of her telephone wakened her. She stirred, hear ing 1t from great distance at first As sleep left her the sound increased in volume. Slipping into rose mules and flowing rose negli- gee, she started toward the tele- phone. With her hand on 1t, she paused. It would be Sandy and she had closed the gates of her heart to him. She must not aIl- swer, must not let him win her again.
 And yet The bell rang with o last desperate appeal
 (To Be Contlnued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18

Philip and Judy were seated at candle-lighted table for two in the egg-shaped dining room of hotel across from Central Park. The din" ing room was on the highest floor The table to which the head waiter directed them was near the glassed enclosure at the front of the room. Outside the rain still flung silver magic and the lights of the park swung in the mist like distant yellow balloons.
 Judy looked steadily at Philip as he said: Darling, I've been trying to explain for five minutes that I want to marry you. love you, if that helps any"
 If that helps any ..
 or course it did. Especially when someone whose tall, lean strength was a Gibraltar in the midst of storm said the three words which every girl wanted to hear
 But how could she forget eyes that spanned mountains and bright hair that defied hats and helmetsP How could she slide one mans pie ture out of the frame in her heart to let another's inP
 She liked Philip and had known him for so long She had been expecting this question and knew that life would be safer, more serene, and lead to happier land ings in the end. Judy knew her answer.
 But first she had question to ask. "Sara?" ...
 Sara is of no importance to us, Judy" he answered My plans with her didn't amount to a row of beans. It was you wanted to see when l came up town at noon"
 About what?' She slipped some cold tomato juice, for the tea hour had slipped Into the dinner hour while they fingered
 "The book has gone to press, carrying her by-line over your story. You can object or pass up the incident. Your editor doesn ' know about 1t. Your own cor rectea proof sheets came in too late for her reading. But that other question, Judy dear? The one about marrying meP"
 A stream of old songs had been floating softly from & string or- chestra in the corner. Just now someone was grooming unfamiliar words.
 Breeze that blew my gal
 away,
 "I've had the blues all day;
 Since early morn"
 The words had been wistful and nostalgic when Judy was around 10 years old wearing her curls tied up with a bright blue ribbon. Yet something in the revival Of the old song was perennially new and sad.
 She looked into Philips eyes, her own grave and a little wet Phil was splendid. Yes splendid. Dark, tall, young, cor rectly handsome in a virile way wealthy, popular, yet not quite as wide shouldered never as slouching, or as swift, as another man who so short time ago had said, T love you"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18
3 STAMP NEWS

"A DESCRIPTION of United
 X States Postage Stamps" the Post Office Departments pamphlet containing pictures and informa- ton on all stamps issued from l847 through June, 1889, Is being revised. The new booklet will be published early in l942. All postage stamps issued during the calendar year 194l will be in- cluded.
 Hungary announces a new series of stamps commemorating the l50th anniversary of the birth of Count Stefan Szechenyi (l792. l860). A new series for the air corps fund is also planned.
 
 The Post Office Departments Philatelic Truck will be in Minne- sota, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas during the month of September. '
 Japan has issued a new postal savings stamp on special postage savings cards. Valid for l0-sen postage, they are printed in rosy vermilion. Kinjiro Ninomiya (1787-1856), a noted thrift and savings economist, is pictured on this stamp.
 Great Britain is conserving val uable dyestuffs by re-issuing the 12d, Id, 1hd, 2d, 2l2d and 36 values of the current set in lighter colors. It is believed, however, 4 there will be a sufficient color dif-l ference to mark these as new is-l sues. -.-..--.---.-.--->. 1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18
CR RAMglJM CRACK FRS
SPORT NICKNAMES

Fighters, baseball players and oth- CT characters in the worlr of sport carry many queer handles beside their regular name How many of these nicknamed sports figures do you know7
 l. What boxer is known as Bunny. and what does he do when not boxing?
 2. What tennis star is known as Pinky2, and what golf star as Perky?
 3. What former ring champ is known as Slapsie Maxie, and what does he do for a living now?
 4. What former football player named Whizzer was recently re- jected by the Marines because he was color blind?
 5. Who are Slammin' Sammy and and Sweetwater Lou, and what are their fields?
 Answers on Back Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18
9 SERIAL STORY

THE STORY: Aviator Sandy Zimmerman tries to explain by long distance to associate maga- zine editor Judy Allen that there is no truth to newspaper stories linking him romantically with heiress Peg GOrdan. Judy, wOund- cd, pretends she does not care, even though she told airline Offi- clals that she was Sandy's fiancee when she sought information after he had disappeared. She keeps an engagement with Philip Rogers, handsome, devoted young attorney, who obviously has 3 question to ask her.
 
 OFFER OF MARRIAGE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18
Sport QUESTIONS Answered

Have you sports question you want answered? Write your ques- ton clearly, sign your name and address and mail your query to Sports Fan Question Mah, Sports Service Bureau, The Waterbury Democrat, 1913 18th street, Wash ingtOn, ID. C., enclosing a 3-cent postage stamp for personal reply.
 O. What are some of the longest drives made in golf?
 A. At Colorado Springs, James Gullane drove a ball 470 years, claimed to be world record. R. c. Bliss is credited with a 445 yard drive in August, 1913, at Herne Bay, Eng, and Craig Wood made a 430 yard drive at St. Andrews, Scotland, in the 1883 British Open.
 @. How many strikeouls were credited to Robert Gefty) Grove in his first game in organized baseball?
 A. Ten. He pitched his first prof essional game for Martinsburg against Hagerstown, in the old Blue Ridge League. on May 21, 1920.
 c. What was Sam Snead's score in the recent Canadian Open golf tournament, and how many times has he won 1t?
 4. He had a 72-hole total Of 274, two better than his closest competi- tor, Bobby Gray. Snead has won the Canadian Open three times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18
SIDE CHANGES

Answers on Back Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18
CHAPTER x

OFFER OF MARRIAGE
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28

including $780, 900 less in sales tax
receipts because of food exemp-
tions, $226, 900 less in beverage tax
collections, $4,000 less in gift tax
es and $550,500 less in intangible
taxes because of h e increased
share to the local governments;
and $2,203,907 originally estimated
as a transfer the second year from
the highway fund.
Subtracting the decreases from
the increases made a net boost
in anticipated revenues of $780,
ZIG in 1941-43, Bryant said. The
raises made by the appropriations
committee in the spending bill to-
tai $3,859,O0O. 1
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
PROBE OF JONES
DEATH SET TODAY
Dies in James Walker Memoir
al Hospital After Being
Beat Over the Head

An inquest into the death of Aaron
Jones, middle aged Wilmington
negro, who died early yesterday
morning at James Walker Memorial
hospital after being beat over the
head last Sunday night, will be held
in the grand jury room at the court.
house this morning at 10 O'Clock,
Corone: Asa w. Allen announced last
night.
Coroner Allen said that he will i'm.
panel tn jury at the hospital this
morning. at $3.50 o'clock.
Members of the jury are: H. w.
Turrentine, O. S. Brown, P. E.
Moody, Sam Zeigler, C. P. Marler,
and W. c Riggs.
Jones died without ever regaining
consciousness. He was struck on the
head with some blunt instrument
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
Migration of Labor Is
Assailed by Knudsen

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-(R-
William S. Knudsen said today that
employment practices of S m e
firms had caused unnecessary mi
grafton of labor and other waste
full and inefficient practices which
the nation cannot afford when ev-
cry effort must be bent toward
full and efficient utilization of our
resources
The director of the office of pro-
duction mana cement wrote e all
holders of defense contracts call
ing attention to previous recon-
mendation of the defense commits
sion that workers be recruited
through local offices of the United
States employment service. He
said:
Some employers have observed
the commission recommended
tons; others, instead Of fully util-
izing the local labor supply through
the medium of their local public
employment office, have engaged
in labor scouting and nationwide
advertising, and have needlessly
duplicated existing recruitment and
placement facilities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
BIDS ON CAMPS
GARBAGE SOUGHT
Invitation for Proposals Issued
BY Quartermaster Corps
Office Here

An invitation for bids on the
purchase and disposal of garbage
at Camp Davis was issued yester-
day by the Quartermaster corps
of the War department here.
The bids are to cover the period
beginning April l and continuing
to June 30.
The garbage is to be divided in
to that which is suitable for animal
consumption and that unfit for ami
NAL consumption. The contractor
is to collect all garbage suitable
for animal consumption from the
battery messes, hospital mess and
any other garbage producing ac-
tivities of the post. The garbage
is to be collected from each mess
daily.
In inviting the bids the Quarter
master corps asked for a bid price
for garbage per man per month
and stated that should, during the
contract period. the garrison be in
creased or decreased at the post,
that it will be understood that the
successful bidder will collect and
dispose of garbage as conditions
develop.
Bids should be submitted on the
basis of the number of men living
in barracks and the following
schedule of arrival of troops was
given:
April l, $500; May l, 2,4O0; May
s, 2,400; May Is, 2.400; May %, O.
400; May 20. 2,400: June S. 2,4OO;
June IL. 2.400; June II. 2.7OO.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
ESTIMATES OF NC.
INCOME INCREASED
Boost of S1,SO6,716 Leaves
Budget $2,OOO,OOO Out
Of Balance

RALEIGH, Feb. 27.-lRHEsti-
mates of net biennium's state in.
come were raised by $1,806, ZIG to-
day-but even that increase left
the budget $2,0O0,0OO out of bal
ance.
Senate Chairman Lunpkin of
Franklin served notice on the joint
appropriations committee to whet
its pruning knife for little cut
ting on the boosts made to pro-
vide a 18th grade, a ninth teacher
pay increment and additional funds
for state institutions and agencies.
However, Lumpkin said he
thought the group would report the
spending bill out by next Tuesday
despite the $4,000, 1000 gap between
revenue estimates and general
fund appropriations.
General fund receipts will be
$94. 289, 387 during the coming BIZ
ennium instead of the $92, 482. .671
estimated by the budget commits.
sion four months ago, Represen.
tatlve Bryant of Durham told the
committee.
The chief increases in revenue
anticipated are: $1,304, 1875 more ir
the surplus at the end of the pres
ent fiscal year, $4,000 more from
franchise taxes, 81, ,233, 1913 more ii
income taxes and $4,000 more il
non-tax revenues.
Against these increases Bryan
set figures for losses in revenue
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
ITALIANS DEFEAT
BRITISH COLUMN
Troops Attempting to Enter
Ethiopia from Sudan Are
Driven Back

ROME, Feb. 27.-LR)-One of the
few italian land victories of conse-
quence to be reported here in weeks
from the African front-the enforced
Withdrawal of a British column at.
tempting to enter Ethiopia from the
Sudan-Was announced today by the
high command.
Beaten in fighting in the zone of
Zilmami, the official communioue re-.
ported, the British have withdrawn
across the Sudanese frontier to Bonn.
ba, leaving numerous dead and
much war material on the field"
Italian troops in Somaliland were
officially acknowledged to be fight
ing retreating action.
The days military bulletin dwelt
on the German and Italian joint air
forces in meeting the British chal-
lenge in the Mediterranean.
NaZi dive bombers flanked by Ger
man and Italian fighter planes, the
high command declared, carried out
mass bombing of British airports
on the Mediterranean island of NAL
ia, leaving pitted runways, ten Brit
ish planes burning on the ground,
and numerous others damaged.
sHour British planes were said to have
)een shot down by German pilots and
two by Italians. (The British said
seven raiders were shot down and
two others damaged.)
The Italian command reported Ger
man planes also had hit a British de.
stroyer with heavy-caliber bombs off
Tobruk, Libya-this on Feb. 25-and
sank 5,00O-ton steamer in the west.
ern Mediterranean.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
Declaration of National
Emergency is Suggested

NEW YORK, Feb. 27.--CP-The
immediate declaration of national
emergency was advocated tonight
by William C. Bullitt. former ambas-
sador to France and Soviet Russia
unless production is stepped up to
war speed by other means.
I'VE could double our planned out
put of airplanes and tanks and mer.
chant ships and guns in 1912 j. we
would buckle to the task" Bullitt
said in a speech prepared for the
Overseas Press Club of America.