Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-16
LaCara Pens
Story for Dunno
Parsons Visit S
Home Wn
Friends
By LoUELLA o. PARSONS

BY LOUELLA q. PARSONS
DIXON. H.. Sept. 16-Well
here l am in the home toWn--thC
picturesque little city on Rock
River where l went 10 school and
held my first newspaper Job We
used 70 call our Rock River the
Hudson Of the West that was be-
fore l lived in the real West The
town Is crowded with so many
faces Of old friends girls and boys
! knew in school Many people
from the surrounding towns are
here from Freeport, where l was
born; Amboy. Polo Oregon, Sub
lette and other nearby towns.
Ronald Regan's picture Inter
national Squadron, - is playing at
the Dixon Theater and his recep-
ton is the thing every one must
dream about and hope TO some day
achieve. Dutch as they call him
was once a life guard and the
whole town wants 10 shake his
hand and say hello
REAL LIFE STORY
Just before left for Dixon
I lunched with Gregory LacaVa.
Greg has been living at Mallbu
summing himself on the beach lie
forgot work long enough 10 put
on his city clothes and come TO
town 10 lunch with me and be in
terviewed for a Sunday story. He
saws he * writing q story called
Tho Sheltered Side with Irene
Dunno IN mind
The girl IN the story is rich
born 10 everything. and every one
Is kind 10 her The poor also
love her and when she loses her.
money il is a great shock 10 dis
cover that people who went out of
their way 10 be nice 10 her are no
ionger interested.
'Tis a page out of real life as
are all of his stories. He hopes this
will be his next and / reckon
Irene hopes so too.
USO GIFT
The Night Before Christmas. "
Eddie G.. Rohinson's next picture
is rightly named for il is really
a Christmas gift 10 the USO. The
100000 he was to receive has
already been donated. That's the
salary Warmers pay him.
The movie is from the play nv
Laura and s. J. Perelman and will
he produced bv Jerry Wald and
Jack Saper. II is all about the
Christmas spirit and Robinson's
seeing the light. don't think
Eddie has TO see the light he has
been so charitable.
BEwMDERED BEBE
can understand how bewild-
cred Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon
have become over the screen.
stage. radio and personal appear
ance contracts totaling $500 600
offered since they arrived in New
York.
/ only had a chance 10 talk with
them in Dixon but ] do know that
Bebe and Ben, who have become
heroine and hero 10 millions
throughout the British Empire
during the war are returning to
London on the clipper Oceober 9.
Ben said:
I'VE are very grateful for all
the offers, but we started
Job in London and we want to
see II through. However. we are
looking forward To coming back
e. our own country some day
when this was II over"
Their many friends in Los An
relcS will be interested 60 hear
that they arrive by stratoliner next
Thursday morning
OFF THE RECORD
Those who might have thought
that Robert Montgomery was more
in danger Of publicity bulbs flash
ing in his face than ne was Of
bombs when he was driving an
ambulance in France listen TO
this Just before he left for Eng
land 10 assume his duties as a
lieutenant in Uncle Sam navy
he very quietly had an opera.
tion with the implicit order that
no word Of publicity get out about
il. A piece of Shrapnel was re-
moved from his shoulder. an in
Jury that took place last year
when he was in active service in
France.
II isn't fair 10 say how ] heard
tins story bur ! DO think IL is
only fair 10 Bob 10 toll il in Wow
% the attitude of ali the doubling
ThomdSes
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