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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23
Treat EN- Rough

"It's true-we all love action,
and our boys crave speed, air
planes, fast racing cars and
motorcycles. Still, do you think
IL IL necessary to show . fine
actress like MarleDe Dietrich
being slapped by George Raft?
after my son saw Man
Power he said: That's the way
to treat them-rough. Then
they love you In the end and
marry you"
The woman who writes and
says she does not like Fred
MacMurray as well since he
slapped Madeleine Carroll, is
being extremely unfair.
Fred is one OF the best hus-
bands and one of the gentlest
men / know. Still her point, !
suppose, is well taken in that
young boys might be influenced.
However, / think / am safe in
saying there will be no more
socks" on the screen.
The producers who have
stayed within the letter of the
law on censorship have no wish
10 start an agitation of women
beating which, after all. is never
necessary to add either action or
dramatic flavor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23
Disney Acts
FOrChildren
InArgentine
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. q.
. orc L n ~ tho roopfipa

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. q.
DOS K d in the Argentine
L town of Mendoza, just before
an air hop over the Andes into
Chile, Walt Disney set other
Hollywoodites an example In
showmanship.
In his personal appearance
before audiences of children in
South America, Disney usually
gave a chalk talk" with Walt
and a few of the boys drawing
upon the stage.
in Mendoza they found
themselves wit bout paper,
easles, chalk or anything, and
out on the stage of big thea
ter with a couple of thousand
kids in the audience.
Disney couldn't speak their
language. Through an inter-
prefer he told the children of
his predicament. Under the cir
eumstances, he said. the only
thing he could do for them was
TO stand on his head.
Which he did.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23
Affair

create an honest-to-goodness rhumba
n. Well, the eolorful creation is now
With the little stars most cherished
!, remembering the glorious night, Ida
btful wish that she might have occasion
|go Latin again.
} highlights of the party, Ida recalls
menu featured tropical feast OF the
j variety, and that everybody got a
bort. There were awards for the best
lost novel get-up the best rhumba. he
hga and tango. There was even p-ize
guest who wore the greatest number OF
It's.
|ndered how far we'd 60 in our scouting
parties of notable HollywooditeS before
bne who remembered ono OF Eddie Ev-
celebrated parties as his or her most
bcial event. And it happened when we
~ Lynn.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23
Bine Crosby Of Day

To quote at random:
II was such a beautiful baby.
My parents had me kidnapped
twice a week just so they could
see my picture In the papers.
I used to cry 80 hard they had
TO diaper me at both ends. My
father was the proud father OF
seven boys. In fact, he was the
Bling Crosby Of his day."
or his school days he writes:
"All the schools I'm Cleveland
drew straws for me and Fair
mont lost and there I went. I
made the only spit-balls that
were ever approved by Good
housekeeping"
Several chapters arc devoted
10 work and how he avoided it.
To his fathers hint that he
make his own living, Bob re-
piled:
"Pape, I don't want 10 work
and become famous. don't want
my life dramatized by Don
Ameche."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23
Hope Book
Gets Laugh
From Sara
BY SARA HAMILTON
,u.rIaT 10 THE DETROIT TINES

HOLLYWOOD. Nov. %.
HOPELESS HOPE. the cutup
IL of Paramount, has taken his
pen. plus his gag writers. in
hand and written himself q
book. They Got Me Covered"
Bob's book is different from
most authors. There's q wait
after every sentence for the
laughs. Between chapters you
can hear the station identified
tons.
Bob must have written the
book while hanging upside down
from a tree. The gags roll out
of his pockets like nuts-and we
do mean acorns.
Crack each shell and you get
Colonna. Brenda and Cobina,
Skinny Ennis, a half dozen Hope
brothers. 10 tubes of tooth paste
and Bing Crosby's horses.
1t begins with a Bing and
ends with a bang. Crosby writes
the introduction. as if Scoop
Chin Hope needs an introduc-
ton.
Bob begins by saying:
There was great deal Of
excitement at the little house
next door 10 the Barrels OF
WImpole street. My best friend
was having n baby. Me. Lon
don and my father were very
fOggy that night"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23
BY DOROTHY MANNERS
Special N THE DETROIT TIMEs

HOLLYWOOD. Nov. %.
T'HE only thing harder than
l. writing a story about an &C
tor you don't know well is doing
a little essay on one you do
know we'll. For instance, take
my friend, Brian Donlevy.
According to studio blurbs,
Donlevy has played more card
sharping gamblers on the screen
than any other actor. And yet
I know from bitter experience
that Brian doesn't know the
deuce OF clubs from the ace of
spades in private life. Il drew
him in a rattle for a bridge
game, once.t
Before he made THE Great
McGinty" he was known as a
No. ! movie menace and man
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23
Fighting Years

Then comes his experiences as
a boxer and fighter known to
the booing multitudes as
"Packey East"
OF his boxing feats Bob says:
"Some fighters have to be
carried back to their dressing
rooms. hut not me. was the
only fighter In Cleveland that
had 10 be carried both ways.
IL finally decided to give up
fighting. ! wasn't making hos
vital cNncnSPS."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23
Mary Martin
Gets Her Wish
HOLLYWOOD. Nov. %.

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. %.
NICE THAT Mary Martin got
her wish-a baby girl. The star
had decorated the nursery in
pink but, after both Veronica
Lake and Constance Moore had
given birth to girls, Mary was
sure her youngster would be a
boy.
Her mother says she went
into the nursery and had a good
cry about il. Then she drove
TO Beverly Hills and bought one
blue nightshirt-so. IL the baby
was a boy he would start out
with at least one garment Of the
proper color.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23
Tschaikowsky Fifth
Is Ormandy's Latest

Dorsey who socks Somebody
Loves Me" right at you as his
latest groove hors d'ouvre. This
swingaroo gets together with a
scorch-torch slugged "violets
For Your Furs."
Suave swing is offered by
Barry Wood in This Is No
Laughing Matter" while Wayne
King waltzes of with a hill
billy sweetie called Time
Changes Everything. &C. G.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23
HOLLYWOOD u.
O. % arson
Flood of Mail RACES
AtFilm Stars Who Beat
Women in Make=Believe
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 81.

WOODi 4NUV
ERE is tip to movie heroes Don't kick your women
III around. That old wheeze "A woman, dog and wal
tree they beat the better they be- is not
so far the fans concerned The chivary for
womanhood fashionable today it when Sir Walter
Raleigh Queen Elizabeth her dainty
would touch the mud.
preeby Marlene Dietrich well deserved the slap George
gave in the movie Man Power" but the theaer
goers still writing letters and the blow that Fred Mac
Murray gave Madeleine Carroll in Honeymoon in BALI
another point with the fans who insist Fred
stepped out Of character.
The film companies know that in the future
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23
Maureen O'Hara
Loses Is Pounds
HONEYMOON. Nov. %

HOLLYWOOD. Nov. %.
BETWEEN HER illness, oper-
alton and a subsequent diet,
Maureen O'Hara has dropped
IS pounds and aims 10 lose an
other five. The Irish star told
friends at R-K-O last week that
her mother will not return to
this country until the war is
over.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23
Cards Floor Movie Gambler Brian Donleyy

he'd rather be on a movie set
than any place else. He doesn't
care what role 1t IL as long as il
has some intestinal fortitude.
Hates Love Scenes
There have been stories that
I'm holding out lately for moth
Ing but sympathetic roles" he
said. THAT isn't true. Before
McGinty' I think I played too
many heavies and I staged .
one-man campaign to get away
from nothing but meanies- But
I'm not the type for straight
heroes, either. For one thing,
I hate love scenes"
'Tn the movies, Of course"
put in Mrs. Donlevy.
"Of course" said Mr.. d.
His private life romance with
Marjorie Lane Donlevy began
about five years ago when he
met her when she was singing
at the Trocadero.
He thought she was one Of the
prettiest girls he had ever seen
and she Is. And no matter
what you think Of his antics in
"A Great Mans Lady" white
Slave" and the current Birth
Of the Blues" Mrs. Donlevy
doesn't think he's bit tough!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23

about town. Privately. Mrs. D.
can't get him near a night club
and il makes him sick to smoke
eigaril In "Union Pacific he
had TO smoke stogie and vio-
lently exude smoke. He finished
the scene and the cigar finished
him. The big panty-waist had
TO lay off for the rest of the
day!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23
A New DonIevy

On the screen he's usually
portrayed as being slightly con-
ceited-or al least full of self
confidence. But when he read a
review of himself as "A New
Donlevy in The Great McGinty' "
he merely ehuekled:
That's not half as good as
being a Renewed Donlevy.'"
In a movie, he's always telling
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23
Not Americans

81 was taught In my girlhood
days" says another letter writer.
that n man who strikes a
woman IL a coward. The only
men that struck their women
were foreigners where the man,
head of the house. Is presented
with q horsewhip for q wedding
gift to beat his wife II she does
not behave. In certain mining
districts today men beat their
wives, but not American men,"
"My reason for writing you."
another letter read, 'is that we,
who have girls and boys In
grade and high school. allow our
children to attend the movies
each Friday night and Saturday
afternoon. OF course they have
their favorite actors and ac-
tresses-sometimes going so far
as to try and initiate their dress.
their makeup and their behavior
I'm the picture.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23
And Cigar Smoking Makes Him Sick

somebody off. of the screen he's
a worrier and a champion advice
getter. Somebody even sold him
a gold mine-and believe 1t or
not there's gold in IL!
The fact Hollywood changed
his personality around is not
particularly surprising to Bryan
any more.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23

Jimmy Cagney, the ideal of
many boys, was criticized in
Ills country and in South
America when he socked
Bette Davis in the comedy,
THE Bride Came c. o. D."
and Ann Sheridan in "Torrid
Zone"
The critics who put Jimmy
down to being a ruffian failed
to take into consideration he
only did what he was told and
the sock he gave Bette and
Ann couldn't have hurt a fly.
The last thing Irish Jimmy
Cagney would do in real life
is hit any woman.
Butzthese scenes seem so real
to the fans they classify the
actors as woman-beaters once
they strike a blow on the screen.
\ have had innumerable let
tiers. many of them from mothers
who object TO having their
screen heroes push women
around.
A mother from Evanston, Ill,
writes:
eff George Raft, Fred Mac
Murray and Jimmy Cagney can
push their women around. our
boys think It's tho thing to do
and we can not teach and instill
respect and love for womanhood
I'm the hearts of our boys"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23
Light Comedy Once

when I frst came here" he
told me in the playroom-den of
his new home In Brentwood,
"they put me In heavy roles
when everything 1 had done
previously on the stage was light
comedy!
"Once, Leydendecker, the art
list, asked me to pose for . profile
for him. When the picture came
QUIT was Cleopatra!
Before that, when I went 10
Annapolis to train for o naval
career they put mo to work
acting In and staging academy
plays. After those experiences
nothing surprises me much"
He had rather make pictures
than eat-and next to putting in
brick walls and walks, mixing
cement and digging around the
grounds of his two-acre estate,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23

must not be slapped no mat
ter how much she deserves
such primitive chastisement.
Not in Real Life
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23

Ar, REVIEW - .Norcmber ID. 1911
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-27
Costly Guard

The war department has spent
large sums of money to maintain
guards at the graves of Presidents
and ex-Presidents until their maui
soleums were completed and civil
ian watchmen provided by a me-
mortal association, says Golfers.
The military guard, consisting of
one officer and twenty-five enlist
ed men, that watched over the
temporary tomb of the late Presi-
dent Harding for almost five
years, cost the government near
ly $135,000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-27

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package is now making its appear
ance in the windows and on the
counters of local dealers. It is the
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full, Christmas wrapper-complete
and ready to give even to the gift
card printed on the wrapper. Cam
els also are featured in an at
tractive gift of four "fiat fifties"-
200 cigarettes = packaged in a
snow-covered Christmas house. An
ideal gift for all smokers-includ-
ing the men in the service with
whom Camels are the outstanding
favorite
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CAPITAL CHAFF


Capt. Jules James, commandant
of the U. S. naval base at Bermuda,
is a nephew of Secretary of War
Stimson.
White House has received bar
rage of letters and kilograms urg-
ing Maury Maverick as ambassador
to Mexico.
Madame Maxim Litvinov was
born Ivy Low, daughter of British
historian Sidney Low, and niece Of
Sir A. Maurice Low, who was Wash
ington correspondent of London's
Morning Post.
Carlos Davila, one-time president
of Chile and ambassador to Wash
ington, has been appointed adviser
to Chile's development commission,
New York Office.
In the first two years of war, the
United Kingdom spent, for all pur-
poses, billion pounds, of which
Sc billions went for war.
When war began, Germany's pub
lie debt was 81 billion marks. Now
it is 101 billion.
OF the total lend-lease supplies
actually delivered to Britain, more
than one-half is food.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-18

whom they had never injured, people with whom they wanted no trouble? By no right, clearly and yet they came.
 This is no plea for taking the world as we find it. As we find it, it isn't good enough. Our job is to make it better. But it is as we find it. and it will not be made better by a sullen resentment which shoulders and glows, consuming fruit lessly energy and constructive spirit, un- til the heart is ashes and all driving force is gone. The world will be made better only by resolute determination to stand up against "a sea of troubles, and by op- posing, end them" never by an inert and breeding resentment against 'the SlingS and arrows of outrageous fortune"
 Resentment against an existing Situa- tion is barren and fruitleSs emotion. Nothing was ever changed for the better simply by reSenting it. We have beau tiful, spacious, free land to preserve, de- fend and improve. Our clear duty and advantage is to bend resolutely to those tasks with minds and hearts uncluttered by resentment and self-pity. Only so can we hope for world in which there will be less to resent in the future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-18
Justified, But Unfruitful

If there is one keynote in the way Americans are thinking these days, it is probably resentment. It is pretty late in the day for that, but it seems to finger deeply in the American mind. We resent the fact that Europe and Asia went to war at all, disturbing the peace of the world. We resent the fact that it should be necessary for Americans to do mili- tary service; resent the fact that now it seems necessary for them to do more of it than was at first hoped. We resent higher taxes and priorities, and the in- ability to buy silk stockings We resent not being able to burn all the gasoline we would like to burn, and we resent being called upon to give up this or that little convenience. We resent being disturbed; after all we want only to be let alone. Why does the world insist on intruding upon us?
 All that is natural and human, not merely American, but it is getting very late for us to indulge in it. The more we sit back and allow ourselves to stew in this resentful mood, the more we blind ourselves to reality. The Norwegians, and the Dutch, and the Danes and Chi nese and Greeks didn't want anything hOm anybody, either. Many, many of kheir people were resentful, too By what right did these turbulent rufflans come pouring over their borders = people
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-18
Reward of Appeasement

Russia must be industriously kicking itself these days. In the IS months just before Germany turned on the friend who had tried to appease her, Russia sent Ger many million tons of oil, including lu- bricants and aviation gasoline. That is a British estimate, and though Germany never got as much oil from Russia as she that she got that much.
 Now that same aviation gasoline, or it's equivalent, is being used to bomb Moscow; those same lubricants, or their equivalent, smooth the way for the panzer divisions in their drive on Kiev and Leningrad. By the way, how are our own oil shipments to Japan going?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-18

twelve years have been preserved, and people in recent years have had the inspiring experience of looking on this ancient relic and pondering the. fact that iron-stud- ded doors cannot imprison free soul. While he was behind these same doors, Bunyan wrote several books which have become models of English style, in addition to their being the spiritual inspiration of millions of people.
 It is only a faithful and resolute soul who, as he passes through iron-studded doors, can declare himself and to them that he car- ries the peace of God along with him. There are people who have lain for years on invaiid's beds yet who have revealed by word and act thta they had carried the peace of God behind the prison doors of pain. People have made mistakes in life and have had to pass through dark doors because of them. Some have been brave enough to carry te peace of God with them. Iron doors cannot imprison men and women whose souls are really free.
 All Rights Reserved
 Babson Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-18
The Cost

Tax collections by federal, state, and local governments for the fiscal year 1940-41 will be the highest in the coun- try's history, we'll above the $14,800,000,- 900 of the previous year, the Federation of Tax Administrators estimates.
 We usually think most consciously of federal taxes Yet despite 40 per cent increase in these taxes to $7,754 100000 up to June 30, it is clear that federal taxa yet much more than half of the taxes Americans pay.
 A tax burden of $15 1000 100000 a year begins to approach 20 per cent of the na- tional income, but it is not even then comparable to the percentages of national income being burned up by nations at war on war expenses alone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-18

After 15O years the people of northeast ern Vermont are about to meet the people of northwestern Vermont. That may sound kind of strange, but the fact re- mains that there never has been means of communication between these two sec- tions despite the fact that Vermont isn't overly wide at this point In order to travel from east to west or vice-versa travellers had to take a route which car ried them 13 miles into Canada. Now there's brand new All-American route from Jay to Richford and probably for few weeks people with cars will be just driving back and forth along this route to see the countryside and to meet friends they haven't seen in years. Of course, they'll have to watch the gas or Mr. Ickes will get them. The basis of the new route is an old mountain highway first laid out in 1895> Sounds scenic and pie turesque enough to attract motorists from far and wide
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-18
Good Management

To be sure it's not quite so difficult to guide the ship of state through peace full waters as it is through the storm, but nevertheless operation of Waterbury'S city government this year, as last, shows continued interest in the taxpayer. The administration of Mayor Vincent A. Scully can take considerable pride in the latest financial figures showing the city'S expenditures for the first seven months of 1941. They indicate that the various de- partments are going to complete the year well within their budgets.
 This was accomplished last year, too, and so successfully that an actual bal ance of over $400,000 was realized. There were one or more technical reasons for this cash balance in 1940 of course, but there were actual savings by various de- partments which will be duplicated again in 1941. On the surface and just judg- ing by what has been spent to date we'd say the city could again boast $400,- 900 cash balance next January. Savings of over three-quarterS of million dol lars in two years are something to be proud of and we sincerely hope the ad- ministration will be on hand next Janu- ary to share in the merited applause.
 In times like these people respond to demands for taxes. Delinquent tax lists always go down when people are working full time Consequently this must be talk en into consideration when evaluating municipal finances. Mayor Scully has been quick to recognize this fact and so far as we know has given first credit for Waterburys good showing to the taxpay- CTS But with money so plentiful many a municipal official is tempted to be- come extravagant. That's not the case here. It seems to be just the opposite, which also can be carried too far. How ever, we anticipate an evening-up process this fall when new budget is prepared. There will be application of these ample funds to various demands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-18
Current Comment

I cannot just stand and pray while that brutal gangster, Hitler, and his associates, are attacking free men. I must fight and pray and I believe Christian can do both. Bishop Henry Wise Hobson, Pro- testant Episcopal Church.
 This emergency we. now are in is so great and so grave that we as a nation are required to make the greatest united effort we can pos- sibly make. We have not yet made that effort. G. Donald Nelson, purchasing head of OPM.
 
 Along with honestly free speech goes life honestly free for the inc dividui. life on his own ground, life iu his own house, all in his own way and yet in no mans way. Prank Floyd Wright, architect
 on postwar rebuilding.