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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-17
THREE HVES TAKE
PART In TRIO OF
GAMES THIS WEEK
PANDORA AND ARMY MEET
TWICE; STUDENTS ACTIVE
TONIGHT LAST TIME BE-
FORE ROAD TRIP THURSDAY

Three clubs o. the Island City
Basketball League will see ac-
ton on every night games are
scheduled this week. The busy
teams will be C.G.C. Pandora, idle
last week; US. Army and US.
Marines. Lions drew a bye.
Tonight
High Schol cagers, who slipped
into the leadership Friday night,
will play their last league contest
tonight before going on their sec
ond road trip of the season Thurs
day. Leathernecks will furnish
the opposition. A victory for the
Students will put them in good
stead to hold the lead until they
return to action Monday of next
week. However, the varsity
boys are in for a tough battle.
Devil Dogs dominated the first
half with their nine7game win
ming streak and were out to dup
licate the feat this half when the
Lions upset their plans Friday
night. Coach c. F. Spakes claims
the loss is only a temporary halt
in the Leathernecks' drive and
that they will resume their push
tonight. Making no prediction as
to the outcome, Johnny Offutt,
School mentor, simply says his
boys will do the best they can. . F.
Army Red Devils and Pandora
Bears will stage their first meet
ing of the week in the afterpiece.
Soldiers will endeavor to break
into the victory column for the
first time this half and the Bears
are anxious to rise to the top
with the Marines should the lat
ter basketeers defeat the Stu
dents.
Wednesday Night
A rough and tumble fight will
develop in the opening game
Wednesday night when the Devil
Dogs take on the Coast Guards
men. The fur will fly thick and
fast should both clubs emerge
victorious in their contests Mon
day night. Bottom teams Of the
league get together in the second
battle of the twin bill, Airmen,
who play as a unit, will meet the
Doughboys, who have performed
Individually in their past four
games this half. Aviators fea-
lure lightning-fast passes in at
tempts to get the ball to their
while any member of
the Army's first team may try
for field goals.
Friday Night
Second battle of the week be-
tween the Angels of Mercy and
the Marching Men will occur in
the curtain-raiser of the double
header Friday night. Marines
and VP33 will tangle in the
week-ending contest.
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LOPEZ SETS new
GOLFINC RECORD
NOTED AMATEUR TOURED
LOCAL COURSE IN
SUB-PAR Ga

Joseph Lopez, local golfing
amateur, set a new course record
yesterday morning by scoring a
sensational sub par 81.
Lopez carded two identical
rounds of 32's and was over par
on only one hole, the par-three
seventh, when he fell victim to a
bogie four.
To make up for his lone error,
the pride of the Key West Coun-
try Club shot seven brides,
three on the first nine and four
on the second round.
Two of Lopez finest shots were
on the last nine holes. On num-
Der two. par four, his second
shot, two iron. travelled nearly
two hundred yards, straight to
the pin. This seat allowed him
just a short putt for a birdie
three. On number six, his tee
shot fell into the dense rough to
the right OF the fairway. but
Lopez, cool and deliberate. stud
led the predicament, pulled q
number nine iron out of his bag,
placed the ball from out of the
rough right on the green and
two-putted for par four.
Other members of the foursome
playing with Lopez were DIR. Viii
liam Demeritt, G.. c. Snowden
and Norman Artman.
The previous course record, 66,
was also held by Lopez.
Following is the ecord-break-
ing scores:
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LAYTON CAPTURED
LARGE SAILFISH

c. S. Lawton of ST. Louis.
Mo. who was out fishing We'd
nesdaY with Miss E. Greca. sue
ceeded in landing a 7h-foot sail
fish after battle of twenty
five minutes.
This is Mr.. Lawton's second
winter In Key West. and he
was more than delighted with
his excellent catch. He says he
hopes to do more fishing while
here. He will remain in Key
West until the first part of
April.
Mr.. Lawton and Miss Greca
are guests at La Concha hotel.
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STANDINGS

Island City Basketball League
(Sa,,and Half
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BOXING
TOMORROW NIGHT

Opening card at Key West
Boxing Arena, corner Simonton
and Front streets, featuring JUS
to Jiminez and Bobby Sylvester
in the main event. Excellent
supporting bouts.
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SPORTS CALENDAR
BASKETBALL
High School Gym. 1880 p. m.)

High School Gym. 1880 p. m.)
TONIGHT
First Game-U.S. Marines VS..
High School.
Second Game-U.S. Army VS..
IC.G.C. Pandora.
A WEDNESDAY NIGHT
First Game-U.S. Marines VS..
|C.G.C. Pandora.
Second Game-U.S. Army VS..
|VP33.
FRIDAY NIGHT
First Game-U.S. Army VS..
.C.G.C. Pandora.
Second Game-U.S. Marines
VS.. VP33.
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ANGLERS HAVE
MUCH SUCCESS
LARGE SAILFISH LANDED BY
ST. LOUIS VISITOR: MEAS
URED OVER SEVEN FEET

Those with the experience say
it's nice to wait at the head of
the Casa Marina pier for the fish
ing fleet to come in after a few
inactive days Fishing was re-
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Cornnody
Continued From First Page

isn't there hangs wait for
pair of tickets Then all approaching
from another a carefully.
Once the Arr
They're Happy to Talk.
press agent could have done easily down the smallest detail
proposition
a column might be fabricated But that groundwork
You know how really the country eater the
until checking airnla
formation is laid
You take for granted wondering how obtained quite
as if the human mind had nothing do with it,
Go the information yourself
urgency of it to merely nnshes the impression of the casual local
postal
subject home that only
been ruined.
In office the properly
having couple
bridge Mass downright chaotic You have neither envelopes
stamps The office although the armal still
still neither
where would fountain
that problem with the finding parking and
thing something will the
ing hour and a half spent.
But through knowing that absence from them
heart fonder of agents And boys but especially
press agentsi
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Macarthur
Continued From First PageD

of whatever theme he feels will gain the attention
profitable his
usually interested in and what he usually
tries
Made Solely
Propaganda
pictures which admitted called
Only
department adap-
limiting way Others though even an
isolationist would to that.
Hall" the story of with from
this purpose the
spreading that the teachings more likely
crueies of nhism so Ends
Night decencv of
man fighting survival Sergeant York. personal story this
his life in the Tennessee mountains when
for him to be hero And Man certainly
exciting that doesn't a the
exciting today because
that good film will attract
the superiority Of way
good old boy girl with bright approach
will nepty done phooplay fall whether it attacks
whomver is personally would like to attack
pedium of speeches of Charles A. Iindbergh
incidentally might
concaon and to what they persecution
ought
gentlemen the Hill will lay OF if Hollywood
to treat lawmakers did Washing
tan" and Adventure Ia Warrington"
Evening star., 1941-08-17
By Hubbard Keavy,
Associated Press StaH Writer.

noLLf WOOD.
Victor Mature, strapping fellow
regarded in precincts where the
male vote is light as handsome be-
cause of his coal black hair, big
brown eyes and pearly teeth, is a
super-salesman for, an engaging
enthusiast about and bombastic
booster of--Mature.
He got a terrific buildup in New
York, while appearing in a play
with Gertrude Lawrence, as double
chocolate sundae glamour boy with
some extraordinary appeal not ap-
parent in any man since Eve beheld
Adam, if then.
In the eyes of the feminine fans,
some of whom beseeched me to look
up this top hat Tarzan to find out
what he is like in the flesh, he has
become something special with the
qualities of Gable, Adonis and per-
haps Pasteur.
To this glamour boy business,
suspicious and perhaps envious
male population says merits" and
quickly turns to the sports section.
In degree, Mature agrees with his
fellows.
He's Objective.
II know, that glamour boy stuff
makes me look like drip" Mature
admitted with disarming candor.
But what did it do for me? I'll tell
you, don't guess, it made me the
hottest thing in pictures"
The thing about Mature that i'm
pressed me most is the entirely OBJ
jective way he discussed himself as
"the hottest thing in pictures" I
was prepared to dislike him i'm
mensely, but after sitting around
his dressing room for couple Of
hours, listening to Mature peddle
Mature, I began to. feel two people
were talking: Mature, the actor, and
Mature. the actors agent.
You know what that buildup did
for me?" he asked. "It made me
somebody. Supposing no one had
paid any attention to me, hadn't
written or said thing about me?
Where would be now-back in a
tent perhaps, living on so cents
a day.
I'D rather be where I am today,
and be regarded as jerk, than to
have been ignored"
The buildup got Mature back to
Evening star., 1941-08-17

Their comedy antics are based on
the Oldest and most obvious ma
terlal imaginable. They rattle off
puns that wore boards in Hostetter's
Almanac. They stick fingers in each
others eyes. They toss pies and they
take falls by the dozens. But they're
terrific! The box Office says So
and who can argue with that!
Abbott and Costello write one OF
the most amazing chapters in movie
hlstory-and that's going some, if
you recall how Hollywood is per-
petually pulling personalities out of
hats, and old hats, at that. Even
before A. and C. teamed up nine
years ago, each was holding out
bait, hopeful Of bagging an offer
from Hollywood. But without re-
suits. They tried crashing filmtovn
later as a partnership. but no go,
In 1888 they were playing bur-
leSque theaters at a Joint salary Of
Sl00 a week Today their income
is approximately 100000 a year-
and Universal is kept busy tearing
up old contracts and fixing up new
and better ones as company audi
tors report word of the teams in
creasing conquests.
Only One Worry.
With the coin rolling into their
individual treasures, Abbott and
Costello have only one worry. Well
let Bud, the business member of
the duo, tell you about that.
Both Lou and 1 know what hum
ger is. We've had our share of it.
We know now what a bank account
means. We're saving our none,
I've heard 1t said we're living il,
Hollywood mansions. 1 live in A
slx-room house, Lou has seven
rooms. Sure. we built swimming
pools at both places. But that's
our only extravaganza. We don't
enjoy parties or night clubs, but
we do enjoy the water"
Come Saturday night and YOU:
find anybody who is anybody IN
Hollywood elbowing his and her
way Into Ciro's fancy night club.
It's quite essential for an actor or
an aspiring actor to be seen" there.
But not Messrs. A. and c. The
make a beeline for Los Angele5'
main street, with its tawdry shops
and crowds-and the Follies bur-
lesque house. It's not nostalgia.
but insurance, they'll tell yor.
against lifting their soles too far
of terra firma.
TT would be pretty easy for
couple of ginks like Bud and MY
self to lose our heads" said Cos
tello sagely. We came into the
money suddenly. But when we see
those comics at the hurley houses
doing five and six shows a day for
$40 to $50 a week, we begin to real
lze the value of our coin. We don't
want to 60 back to it."
(Relessed by the North American News
paper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Outdoor Amusements

GLEN ECHO PARK-The
Capitals popular free-admis-
sion amusement resort boasts
more than so attractions among
its Midway diversions and re-
sort devices. There is dancing
nightly. except Sundays. in the
Spanish Garden Ballroom, with
music by Paul Kain's Orchestra.
There also is swimming daily
in the Crystal Pool.
WILSON LINE-There is
dancing nightly on the moon
light cruise" down the Potomac
to music by Davey MacWil-
liams' Orchestra. The S. S.
Mount Vernon sails at $50
O'Clock, in addition to making
two daily trips to Mount Yer
non at 10 am. and pm.
POTOMAC RIVER LINE
The S. S. Potomac sails nightly
at 8:45 o'clock for moonlight
dancing on the river. Ralph
Hawkins Orchestra provides
music on the boat.
Evening star., 1941-08-17

sequence, Lloyd seized on it and
wanted more. Ryan was "in."
He's done much of that sort of
thing since. varying it occasionally
with more serious interpretations,
such as in "Our Town"
Recently he worked on "She Knew
All the Answers" at Columbia, a
comedy starring Franchot Tone and
Joan Bennett.
In his on-the-set activity Ryan
works like the old-time Hollywood
gagman. except that when he gets
an idea, instead of telling it en-
Enthusiastically to Director Richard
Wallace, he roughs it out in a few
strokes on paper.
The funniest laughs" Ryan ex-
plains, "are visual laughs, the ones
you can see. Movies were funny
long before sound was hooked up.
80 I sit here, looking for a situa-
ton that can be expressed in a
cartoon-or maybe a series When
the idea comes, I put it on paper.
Whether it's good or bad can be told
at glance.
Il believe in the saying about a
picture being worth 10000 words. So
I don't worry much about dialogue.
In fact, I try to picture a scene so
it won't need any words.
Il guess Id just be called an
artistic gagman.'
He hauls out gag sketch of the
kind he turns out in less than
minute-an idea for little routine
with spoons-as an exercise for eyes
which one can do at the dinner
table.
For an average length screen play
Ryan may draw as many as 300
sketches. For a single sequence in
Professor Beware" he made AZ
closely connected drawings.
Evening star., 1941-08-17

Hollywood, where he Is playing a
virtual starring role in Hot Spot, -
a movie based on the novel Il Wake
Up Screaming" George Raft wanted
the part and Cesar Romero would
have played it for nothing.
Not in so many words, of course,
Vic said he hopes he can correct
the misimpreSSions about himself.
Those here who have known him
for years say he is regular.
The reference to the tent and the
four bits a day was no figure Of
speech. When he came here about
six years ago, aged 20, from st. Louis,
Mature made up his mind that he
wanted to be an actor. He was
scared to tackle the movies, so he
went to the Pasadena Community
Evening star., 1941-08-17

Playhouse, a emi-professional or
ganization, and tried out.
He got part and, during the next
five years, played 140 roles for the
playhouse. But he didn't get paid.
He polished floors at the Y. M. c. A.
for his meals. And for an average
income of so cents a day, he cut
lawns and polished autos.
Mature tells about these difficult
times with good humor, laughing
about it now as though it were
Heaven-sent trial to prepare him for
the easy going of today.
For most of the five years he lived
in a shack back of the theater. 1t
was a piano box, enlarged, and COW
cred with canvas, which made it
look like a tent. He insists this was
Evening star., 1941-08-17
He's the Hottest Thing in Pictures Today, He Agrees
Which Victor Mature With Candor of Victor Mature
And Points Out What the GlamourBoy Buidup Has Meant

no publicity stunt-"I did it so I
wouldn't have to pay rent"
Mature finally got a small movie
part and that led to another. the
lead in 1000 B. c." His third pic
ture was Captain Caution" Both
were dull and badly made, but they
rated Mature some attention.
enough to encourage him to go to
New York to try to get in a play.
Mature must, as he hints, have
something that came through in
these movies because, as he says,
Broadway producers fell all over
him. He had the choice of four or
five plays and took the Lawrence
offer, because of the prestige Of her
name.
He Went After It,"
The ball started rolling and Vic
helped it along. He shouts and
swears and laughs telling about it.
He did three or four or five night
clubs a night and was seen, when
ever possible, which was often. with
the glamour girls who make news.
Il knew this was going to hap
pen," he said. Il just knew it. I
went after 1t and I got it."
He didn't know he was going to get
married, but he fell in love with
Hal Kemp's widow and married her
But that's fine, because shes help
ing me settle down to normalcy."
You have to give Mature credit
for determination. I did, and he
acted very pleased.
The hottest thing in pictures un-
wound himself from two chairs to
answer the phone.
Its Daryl" he said, hanging up.
"You know, zanuck. I'm going to
call him Daryl from now on. I
used to mister these big shots, but
why should now?"
Evening star., 1941-08-17

stands ready to cut the wire should
the telephone ring.
Miss Lawrence, too. is anxious to
preserve her health. During the run
of the show, she was in the habit of
arriving at the theater at $50, al
though the curtain did not rise until
8:35. From $50 to 7:30, Miss Law
renee relaxed. One theory is by
counting sheep. The sheep wore
rubber heels on their hooves to keep
from disturbing her as they leaped.
At about 7:30 Miss Lawrence leis-
urely began to make up, with the
assistance of Carrie, her colored
maid
Jack Potter, her manager, is not
credited with an assist during this
hour, although he always took up a
post near the door to guard her
from intrusion by any one
From 835 to about II, all the
health Miss Lawrence, her lawyer,
her managers and the management
have been conserving so carefully is
just shot the bejabers out of on
stage. But that's life, eh, kid?
Evening star., 1941-08-17

tlOIlIS, dlOIlS WIN IlSt tluSOdllCl,
Richard Aldrich. from the ardors of
her role in Lady in the Dark"
These ardors, as you may have
heard, are more arduous than any
role in modern theater history. In
addition to demanding her presence
on stage during practically the whole
performance, the part requires her
to sing, dance and do reserved sort
of bumps" She must not only act
her past, present and future, but
must act her libido as we'll and act it
in a on-ectoplasmatic way. In be-
tween, she must spend her time
being either distracting or dis
traught.
The way Miss Lawrence did all
this, meaning the bumps" too, dur
irg the first installment of the run
O. Lady in the Dark" proved not
oalv her versatility, but her great
quality as an actress-a fact which
was duly recorded in these faithful
dispatches.
Then Cape Cod Can Rest.
When Miss Lawrence trotted off
fNr two-month vacation, Incl
dantally causing Lady in the Dark
10 take one, too everybody around
here said Poor girl, she needs it
end earH it" So now we have
authoritative word on how she's
spending it.
Part of the wore. comes from Miss
Lawrence herself, who writes that
she's spending just millions of hours
In the sun. the water and the air,
absorbing vitamins and so forth by
the billion Another part comes from
Frank Scullv who has been studying
her carefully. He says, She keeps
spinning like a top all the time while
looking cool as a cucumber. And
the people around Cape Cod are
saying they'll be glad when her vaca-
ton is over and they can get some
rest"
Starting tomorrow night and for
the balance of the week Miss Law
renee will rest on the stage of her
husbands Cape playhouse at Dennis,
Mass, in John Van Druten's Be
hold, We Live" Mr. Van Druten
may have had the gals vacation in
mind when titling his play, but We
think not, because it's something
Miss Lawrence acted in in London
while back.
But That's Life.
The reason Miss Lawrence will be
glad to get back to work is that her
lawyer is down here and also the
Lady in the Dark" management.
Her lawyer, anxious to preserve Miss
Lavrence's health. tucked her away
in Doctors Hospital during the nom
working hours and the management,
anxious to do likewise, looked after
her working hours as follows:
Two dressing rooms are provided,
one right off the stage. A guard
equipped with bayonets keeps all
callers and vexations away and an
other man, equipped with scissors,
Evening star., 1941-08-17

IHOTn TnlIlR.
"Yeh, maybe" said the tough gate
man. But this pass amt counter
signed, see? Wait minute"
The cop turned to his nearby
booth, picked up the phone and
called the sound stage where a
modest "B" picture titled "One Night
In the Tropics" was getting under
way. He talked moment with the
company manager.
The cop hung up the receiver,
grunted an "okay, buddy" swung
open the gate and without second
glance let the two men inside.
This describes the entrance into
motion pictures of two men who
today Qess than a year later, let's
again remind YOU are the hottest
box Office bets in the whole business
Mickey Rooney, Clark Gable, ct
al, Notwithstanding!
Much Can Happen.
If the tall, thin man had screamed,
"we're Abbott and Costello" the
gateman wouldn't have been i'm
pressed. Neither would we. Neither
would HaA md neither would
Universal.
That was year agO-and a lot
of things can and do happen to
Hollywood unknowns in the short
space of II months.
Abbott and Costello walked
through the gate that morning and
played small comedy part in "One
Night In the Tropics" The picture
was a flop, but for some reason the
fans began raving about the funny
antics of those two unknowns.
Then an executive at Universal
got million dollar idea. Taking
advantage of all the draft talk and
action, Abbott and Costello were
showed into a cheap little comedy
about a pair of numb-skulls shunted
into the new Army. 1t was titled
Buck Privates"
What happened? Nothing except
Buck Privates," costing approx
mately s125,000 tabout one-ffth the
price of the average, feature, went
out to gross S1,650,000.
Next came In the Navy" an
other cheapy, which returned more
than 100000.
But, if movie figures don't mean
anything to you, let's put it this
way:
It's Just Corn.
The Abbott and Costello pictures
are playing to more business than
the Deanna Durbinsl Now do you
believe in Santa Claus?
Their current release is Hold
That Ghost" which promises to
pass both its predecessors. And an
other, Ride En-. Cowboy" is al
ready before the cameras. Universal
is letting no grass grow under Alb
bott and Costello!
Strangest slant of all on the
Abbott and Costello success story is
the means the two have used to
scamper to the top of the popularity
ladder.
It's described in one four-letter
word: "Corn."
While Iowa's farmers continue to
shout that there's no profit in corn,
these celluloid zanies. entirely lack
ing in knowledge of things agri-
cultural, are waxing wealthy dis
pensing that very product.
They're the wackiest duo ever
to zoom to silversheet stardom.
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Coming Attractions

PALACEShepherd of the Hills the popular Harold Bell Wright
story techncoo film version with Harry Carey Betty
Field and John Wayne in leading roles, opens Thursday
EARLE-"Here Jordan"
poach starring Bob Montgomery and featuring Claude Rains
Edward
Friday. Seller will headline
CAPITOL-Dr Kidares Wedding Day" cinemas
medico continues medicine
altar starts Thursday The usual people in -Lew
Larane Day. Red Shelton again, Lionel
others. There will be variety bill
KEITH Kane the distinguished phooplay
returns for its popular engagement following
Abbott and Costello picture, Hold That Ghost"
Cavalcade" summary pictures of
OF Frank Bucks exciting
the top from Bring
Fang and Claw plus hitherto pictures
Friday.
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Ryan

Continued From First Page J
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Silent Star Signs

James Kirkwood. noted star of
silent days, has been signed by
Paramount for mo Hands on the
Clock the detective drama to be
produced by William Pine and Will
liam Thomas.
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Miss Lawrence Will Return
To That Exacting Role
She Will Be Glad, Says the Rumor,
When Her Vacation Is Over and
Lady in the Dark Reopens
By Ira Woiferf.


We informed
will be glad when her vacation and she be working girl
again which she will be next month. Dec volente.
high
queaky dudgeon all Cape
Evening star., 1941-08-17
They Don't Want to Go Back
To Days They Remember
So It's Insurance and Not Nostalgia
When Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
Visit Burlesque Shows
By Harold Hefernan.
HOLLYWOOD,


September than
members Holly woods vast at the
Of
opposition the studio
Were working picture here insisted the
Signed yesterday supposed