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Evening star., 1941-11-03

entertainment should be equally
honest
Chances are. however, that they
won't.
Society department: When the
Earle's Roxyettes were hostesses at
their own third birthday party Fri
day night. with critics as guests of
honor, Miss Eileen Ritter was
spokeswoman for the group.
In the briefest speech on record,
she looked at the guests Of honor
and said
Thanks"
The guests of honor, all old re-
porterS of much longer after-food
speeches, replied:
Thank you
Then, having had ice cream and
cake and coffee, every one went
home. 1t is an idea that other
party givers might copy.
Surprise department: Two pic
lures ago, The Bakers Wife" and
Queen of Destiny" the Little
Theater started an association with
the British-American Ambulance
Corps. The latter sponsored the
premieres of both pictures.
The Little Theater, as theaters
will, thought it was a fine idea,
assumed that whatever money was
derived therefrom was going into
general fund, assumed further
that it YVES great idea and should
be continued through the opening
of THE Stars Look Down" on
Wednesday night.
Beyond that, it assumed nothing.
When the premiere of The Stars
Look Down" was arranged, however,
the theater management was in
formed that it was wacky if it
thought for longer than q moment
that the funds derived were going
into a general contribution.
Instead, they we're ear-marked
Little Theater." held apart from
other funds collected for the same
purpose.
The result is that with the next
premiere, even if it is only mod
erately successful, will see the thea
ter having contributed an ambu-
lance to the organization.
1t will be more successful than
that. and the theater will be more
surprised than any theater in WASH
ington has been in months.
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department: From the program
notes of Catholic Universitys pro-
duction of Jim Dandy by William
SaroyanD Jim Dandy" is quite pos
sibly not the best play ever written,
Mr. Saroyan to the contrary. For
all We know. it may be the worst
1--WE don't think it is. thought. For
all we know, it may not even be a
play
"All we know is that, to our way
OF thinking, it contains at least two
of the most beautiful scenes we
have ever come across. 1t contains.
also, music and laughter and dance
and song and warmth and feeling
and sadness and joy and sorrow
and faith Maybe that's not enough
But that's why we are doing it.
That explains our part of the pro-
cess.
LAS for your part. maybe you
came tonight because you were tired
or sleepy or didn't have anywhere
else to spend the time. You know
how it is. AS an eminent critic has
said, the American theater is the
aspirin Of the middle classes
Maybe you needed some aspirin
Maybe you came because you
wanted to get inside out Of the
rain. -
Maybe the producers of other
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1amllldr mystery, CIllyA WAhohi'
"A Murder Has Been Arranged"
staging it Wednesday,, Thursday
and Friday nights at Pierce Hall.
Heading the cast will be Elaine
Berry, who spent the summer at
the Ivoryton Comm Playhouse, and
Hilda Schrieber, both of whom won
Cue and Curtain awards last sea-
son. James McKechnie and Jack
Salamanca. pair of Roadside
Theater villains, also have impor-
tant things to do in "A Murder Has
Been Arranged" And others in the
cast are Sally Lewis. Verna Gusack,
Agnes Rossbacher, Howard Vorder
Brregge and George Bishop.
Floyd Sparks is back at the dl-
rectorial helm of Cue and Curtain
this year.
Georgetowns Mask and Bauble
Club starts its season tomorrow
night, presenting program Of three
one-act plays at CASTOR Hall The
program includes Just Till Morn
ing" serious drama about pair OF
convicts in a prison cell: There's
One in Every COMPANY" farce about
the life military. and While the
Ship Goes Down" tragic tale of the
sea. Players in the three playlets
will be Jack Pinto president Of
Mask and Bauble). Harry Connors,
Jack Cudahy. Barney Schmidt,
Bruce Mclaughlin, James McSherry,
Eugene Principato, Grover Whalen,
jr: Ben Zintak, Frank Hartnett,
Ernst Kopf, Henry Davis, Bill Blum,
Martin Garvey and Bill Sullivan.
This also is the week when the
Washington Civic Theater opens its
second play of the season. This is
Robert Ardrey's Thunder Rock" to
be staged at the Wardman Park
Theater Wednesday, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday nights for the
next three weeks. AS you probably
know already. it is the story Of a
young newspaperman who fees TO
lonely lighthouse, sort of ivory
tower. to thresh out the problems
of life today. Lyrical and poignant
are pair of words which often
have been attached to the play.
Marvin Beers plays the leading
role in Thunder Rock" with Mary
10 Day. another Civic veteran, oppo-
site him. Others in the cast are T.
Alexander. Gail Benedict. Cort
Ctee,i Gepeya Helm Charles CbCG-
maker, Lawrence Beckerman and
Dudley Sadler.
Thunder Rock" has been di-
rected by Leon A kin. of course. The
Civic prediction also has been in
spected by Lee Strassberg. who di-
rected the original Group Theater
version in New York. He was in
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hard times and having to cut down
and fired Us Then. if We were
willing, he hired us back at lower
pay.
so now We go to all the good
will rallies and pep talks and sing
sings at the company picnics. But
what the hell, pal. what the hell"
Thus the boys and girls OF the
town keen cabling away among
themselves about the things that
interest them and don't care at all
about what the industry has been
up TO or is IN for, but persist in
remaining IN business for themselves
even while taking salary from a
studio
tReleased by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Incl
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Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage.
National-"Junior Miss" comedy
about the one in the Sally Benson
stories: $50 pm.
Screen.
Palace-"A Yank in the R. A. F.
Tyrone Power goes to Dunkerque:
10:45 am. 1855, sos, Sis. 7:25
and $40 pm.
Earle - The Maltese Falcon, "
mystery. plus some laughs: IL am,
40 4::2O, 7:O5 and $50 pm. Stage
shows: los, 3:45, $50 and 9:15
pm.
CapitOl-"Unholy Partners" tab
loid VS.. gangster: II am, Las. 4:30,
7:15 and 10 pm. Stage shows: l,
3:45, $50 and 9:15 pm.
Keith's - Unfinished Business,
Irene Dunno in romantic comedy:
11:15 am, 1:2O, 1926, $50, 7:35 and
$40 pm. March Of Time: l, sos,
$40, tbs and $40 pm.
Metropolitan Hold Back the
Dawn" poignant romance with
Charles Boyer: 1875 am, 2:05,
ABS, ITO and $40 pm.
Little-"Love Affair" with Charles
Boyer and Irene Dunno: IL am,
12:45, 2:3O, 4:20, 6:l0, 7:55 and
$50 pm.
Pix-"Quiet Wedding" with Mar
garet Lockwood as the bride: II
am. 1855, 2:45, ABS, 6:25, BIS and
1905 pm.
Columbia-"The Feminine Touch.
applied lightly by Rosalind Russell
1875 am, 1875, 3:35, 5:35, 7:35 and
9:35 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts; con-
tinuous from 10 am.
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director said, when a big studio
was reorganized into a bigger one
and 1 was working for it the studio
opened a bank around the corner.
This was swell. We took our pay
checks and walked around the
corner and got money for them and
almost everybody banked there. In
fact, if we didn't bank there We were
asked why
The head of the studio was boss
of the bank, too. We found out the
gimmick pretty soon. He was get
ting the latest dope on our bank
balances When our bank balances
got low enough he called us in and
gave us a song and dance about
Evening star., 1941-11-03
A M US EN- EN- T S.

night at the Guild Hall. 2ll5 FIJI.
teenth street NV, casting johnson
Over Jordan" The new j. B. Priest
ley play will be having its premiere
in this country when the BLACK
friars present it early in December.
The National City Players OF Ma
tional City Christian Church bring
rural melodrama into the city No
vember IA, staging ripsnorter
called Pure as the Driven Snow"
or "A Working Girls Secret" at
their auditorium, 1903 Vermont
avenue NV The play, presented
last year, is being repeated with the
same cast, headed by Mildred
Frazer. Ernie johnson and Don
Woodward.
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AMUSEMENTS. A
Evening star., 1941-11-03

Baltimore with his own opening OF
Clifford Odets' Clash by Night"
dropped over to check on GIVES
preparations because the Ardrey
play is a sort of pet of his.
AGdenda:
The Blackfriars' Guild is having
open tryoutS tonight and tomorrow
Evening star., 1941-11-03

6dSleTIldk.
Il think Dean
ma, if she could
find a way Of
saying graceful
ly, I'm sorry"
could call the
whole thing off,"
That IN oul l d
not be too diff
cult, and it prob
ably will be the
e n n & Of the
best strike story
Hollywood h a s
produced.
X X \ \
Evening star., 1941-11-03

IIIISIII Ue SeUlIeU very edSIIy.
AS Sheilah Graham reports Mr..
Evening star., 1941-11-03
Local Drama Groups
Two Universities, Civic Theater
Are Active This Week
Rv HARRY MACARTHUR.

universities become in
public dramatic
Catholic University with
production Of William SaIoyans
which through night and
their
Curtain Club at G. w. starts things off with that
Evening star., 1941-11-03
L'Affaire BrOwne>BiOff
Causes Little FurOr
Neither Revelation Nor RumOr
Changes Hollywood's Old
Pattern of Self.Interest
BY IRA WOLFERT.
HOLLYWOOD

The conversation around Hollywood these days and nights umbes
in the cakeeatng days of
change Dorothy
in
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-02
IMPERIAL VALLEY AND THE
HIGHWAY TO PANAMA

President Roosevelt's request for S20,-
100000 to complete an international
highway from the United States to the
Panama Canal zone should arouse new
interest here in Mexican plans for rail
road that eventually will link MeXicall
with Mexico City.
The Mexicali-Mexico City railroad
would have the effect of connecting Cal
ifornia, through Imperial Valley, direct
ly to the proposed highway to Panama.
The highway to Panama, onenlng up
a vast new territory fascinating both to
tourists and business men, would be an
asset to the entire North American con-
tinent It's benefits to Mexico and the
Central American republics through
which it would pass are obvious. Its
benefits to the United States would be
just as great-so great, in fact, that the
S20,000,000 expended upon it would prob
ably be returned many fold within few
years.
Aside from the defense aspects of the
proposed highway, which are so appar-
ent they need no elaboration, it would
be of inestimable value from the stand
point of Fastening complete development
of this continent, opening up new mar
kets for American goods, and carrying
civilization into the jungles of Central
America.
Progress follows highways. There is
much of Central America which is rich
in natural resources and population, yet
which is hundred years behind the time
in development and purchasing power.
Without adequate communications, the
region will remain dormant. Its resources
will not be satisfactorily exploited, and
its people will remain poor market for
the goods others produce. With good
transportation facilities, these things
will be overcome.
Friendship follows highways, too.
Where people travel, they get acquainted
with one another, and when friendship
grows there is more chance for interna-
tional cooperation and less chance for
serious misunderstanding. Now and in
the years to come there will be greater
need than ever before for understanding
between the peoples of the American ma
tions.
Construction of highway to Panama
would be a momentous forward step in
the cultural and economic development
of this continent.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-02
AMERICAN PLANES
BETTER

Nevada State JournaD
A German Messerschmitt fighter plane
shot down presumably -in England
landed in such condition that all vital
parts were intact, and was Immediately
shipped to the United States for exami
nation by aviation plant engineers.
The ship, a two-engine model, was dis
sected at the Vultee plant in California
and was found to be better than expected
but not as good as the machines of COM
parable type currently being turned out
by American factories. 1t was particu-
larly lacking in protection for pilots,
which may explain, at least to some eX-
tent, why British airmen shoot down so
many more German fighters than they
lose themselves.
While there is no radical difference
in design as compared to American planes
close scrutiny by Vultee engineers has
disclosed what they believe are some
points in which the German design speeds
mass production Parts are more inter-
changeable than in American planes, a
disadvantage of their product which Brit
ish and American manufacturers are now
rapidly eliminating.
The Messerschmitt has a range of five
or six hours and top speed Of 375 miles
per hour. The model examined was
equipped with a fine set of instruments,
a substantial radio set, five machine guns
and two cannon.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-02
by Peter Edson...
The Inside Track in WASHINGTON

best campaign orators into the
field to sell the country on its
policy. These orators will have to
do a better job than Hull and
Knox did in their last speeches
md Wendell WILKES proposed
speaking tour for the former Will
lam Allen White committee will
have to be good to be effective.
If the cause of non-participation
in the war was not lost with the
passage of the lease-lend bill, then
there are three last bitches on
which the issue can be fought in
congress again:
irst is Senator Tobey's resolution
TO ban conveys.
Second is the concurrent resolu-
ton backed by Senators Nye,
WHEELER, Capper. La Toilette. Clark
of Idaho, and Shipstead, calling
fer a national referendum on the
question: Shall the Congress un-
der existing conditions approve the
use of land, naval. and air forces
outside the western hemisphere or
the territorial possessions of the
United States and appropriate
funds necessary for such military
and naval operationS?"
Third is the Capper resolution,
proposing a constitutional amend
ment which shall provide for rec
laration of war by national ref
erendum only.
Congress can provide a much
better battle on any of those three
questions within the next months
than in could nave a month ago.
One of the most closely guarded
laboratories in Washington is the
Naval Testing Basin, where ship
models are given careful trials be-
fore the ships themselves are
built. The towing machine in this
laboratory is so delicate that when
a workman one day left his hand
kerchief on one of the rails, the
instruments were thrown all out of
line. The basin itself has a curved
roof which, through some queer re-
Election or optical illusion, makes
it appear that the tank is empty.
This worries the navy mascot
there. a springer spaniel which
has spent all its life running around
the edges of the tank, trying to
make up its mind whether to jump
in. Though some of the best engi-
neers in the country construct and
test the models in this laboratory
they can't make the air condition
ing unit work When new bat
tleship model was tested recently,
the President liked it SO well that
a duplicate was made for his COL
lection. Though it was one of the
navy's most closely guarded Sc
dents office for some time and the
rets, the model stood in the Presi-
best newspapermen in tn country
attending the White House press
conference, never thought to ask
what it was or to note its secret
ornaments.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-02
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.

No. 1923
SUM NJ NJ rs
Harry w. Horton & Geo. r. Kirk,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DIS
TRICT, Plaintiff.
VS..
A. c. BURCH, F. C.. MARTIN
AND ABBIE MARTIN, HUSBAND
AND WIFE, SECURITY TITLE
INSURANCE AND GUARANTEE
COMPANY, A CORPORATION, EFT
AL, Defendants.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA SEND GREET
INGS TO A. c. BURCH, F. C. MAR
TIN AND ABBIE MARTIN. Hus-
band and Wife, SECURITY TITLE
INSURANCE AND UARANTEE
COMPANY, a Corporation, as Trus-
tee, JOHN DOE, JANE DOE, RICH
ARD ROE, JOHN DOE COMPANY,
a Corporation, RICHARD ROE
COMPANY, a Co = Partnership, j.
DOE, as Administrator of the Es-
tate of r. ROE, Deceased, and j.
DOE, as Executor of the Estate of
r. ROE, Deceased, Defendants.
You Are Hereby Directed to APP
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State of
California, within ten days after
the service on you OF this Summons
if served within this county; OF
within thirty days If served else
where.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract OF
it will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the COM
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this Goth day of December
1910.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY G.. O. KENYON,
GSEAL) Deputy Clerk.
(A18-25; M2-9-l6-23-30; J6-13-20'
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-02

A few Americans are being led
down a mental one-way street thes9
days that leads smack up against
a brick wall. 1t runs about like
this:
Why not let Germany control all
of Europe, Russia all of east Europe
and west Asia, Japan all of east
Asia and the western Pacific? That
would still leave us the Western
Hemisphere. After all, what are
they doing in their parts of the
world that we're not doing with
the Monroe Doctrine in our own?
Why couldn't a pretty good world
order be worked out that way?
The answer is simple. There IS no
connection whatever between what
Germany is doing in Europe, Rus
sia in Europe and Asia, Japan III
Asia. and the Monroe Doctrine
Par American plan for the west
ern Hemisphere.
In the 118 years since the Mon
roe Doctrine, no American nation
has ever lost it's sovereignty because
of it. 1t has certainly preserved the
sovereignty of many.
Tho United States has never
claimed exclusive or special COM
mercial rights in any country. II
you think there is no difference
between that policy and those OF
the Germans and Japanese, try to
do a little business in Manchuria
today, or in Poland.
The United States does not in
terfere today with the way any
American country conducts its in
ternal affairs, and it has not done
so in the past except in few
cases where internal disorder was
real and where worse interference
from Europe was threatened.
To be acting in the German
Japanese new order style, the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-02
by Willis Thornton :.
Monroe and Mow-Down Doctrines

United States would already have
had to seize Mexico and all the
American countries south to the
Canal as we'll as Colombia ana |
Venezuela on the north coast OF
South America. 1t would have had
to infiltrate thousands of spies into
the rest of South America with a
view to creating stooge governments
ready to take over at a signal.
These things we have not done,
and do not propose to do. First,
we don't think that way, and don't
be lieve it is right. and second, we
do not have huge minorities OF
American residents in those coup-
tries sporting phony double citi-
zenship that gives them the pro-
lection of local laws while demand
ing their ultimate allegiance to
the U. S.
People fool themselves badly II
they think that the United States
could sit back serenely in its hem
iSphere if the rest of the world
were parceled out into three or four
packages. For the aggressors have
complete domination over their
areas, economic, political and mill
tary, which the United States does
not have and does not want in this
hemisphere With the rest of the
world closed against us except on
the terms of a handful of conquer
ors, our own hemisphere would be
left open on equal terms to all,
ripe for infiltration and covert con-
quest as a preliminary to actual
military subjection.
No. Our way will work only If
the seas and most of the rest of
the world are reasonably free. That
is why our whole future hangs on
keeping it free.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-02
A STEP IN WHICH VALLEY
PEOPLE HAVE A STAKE

Construction Of the highway to Pana-
ma would have an added Importance to
the people of Imperial Valley. over and
above its general significance to the en-
tire nation. The importance comes from
the efforts of the Mexican government
to complete its railroad from Mexico,
through Puerto Penasco, to Santa Ana
first and from there to Mexico City.
Once the railroad is proved feasible, it
is quite possible that a highway would
follow the same general route, giving
California a tourist outlet into Mexico,
Central America and Panama-and CIV
ing those places an outlet into California.
An immediate benefit would come
through the motor transport over the
highway of goods destined for the Pacific
coast, with direct rail connections avail
able on the last leg of the shipment. At
present any such goods must come by
ship from southern Mexico or Central
America, or else by a circuitous route
far inland before reaching California.
The possibilities, of course, depend
upon approval Of the Presidents request
for the Panama highway appropriation,
and-closer to home-upon encourage
ment to Mexico for quick completion of
the Mexical-Santa Ana Mexico City rail-
road In the former instance, Imperial
Valley will have little voice But we can
do much to encourage the railroad de-
velopment.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-02
LOWER
HOME TAXES
Riverside PreSS)

(Riverside PreSs)
There is a trend everywhere toward
invisible taxes such as sales tax, excise
taxes, ETC., and this should logically be
accompanied by reduction in taxes on
homes, according to many tax experts.
Real estate is being crucified on a
cross of taxes" says DR.. William H. Hus-
band member of the Federal Home Loan
Bank board, who made the following sug-
gestions for modernization of the "arch-
aic" tax systems which now exist:
l. Reasonable tax exemption for low
cost homes.
2. Establishment of fair ratio be,
tween the tax burden and income return
g. Provision for reasonable tax-servic-
ing facilities.
There are cases where the monthly tax
accrual exceeds the monthly installment
of principal and interest and others
where the assessed value exceeds many
times the current appraisal of the prop
erty.
In many fields of business it is star
Ting news when the taxes equal or exceed
the return upon the investment, and
when home taxes exceed annual payments
of principal and interest there is no
doubt but that the homeowner is being
crucified.
There is no doubt but that taxes on
property are too high when the services
offered by local government are consid-
cred. The property owner demands po-
lice, health and fire protection for his
property, but there are innumerable
other governmental services" which he
does not need and did not ask for
At this time, when our federal govern
ment is preparing to tax to the limit for
national defense, it is high time that
our local governments-city, county and
schools-should drastically reduce their
budgets.
The state government has made a move
toward reducing governmental costs, and
there is no reason in the world why the
local agencies should not follow the ex-
ample of the legislature.