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Evening star., 1941-12-27

ly things go before a band scales
the heights. OF profound advantage
to the story. which is not as new as
your Christmas ties, is the excellence
with which it has been cast. In
elusive of Priscilla Lane, Betty Field,
Richard Whorf, Lloyd Nolan, Eli
Kazan, it gives you the impression
that Warner Bros. told themselves
they had better get some good play
ers busy on the story written by
Robert Rossen.
The picture marks the screen de-
but of Whorf whose name will be
unfamiliar only If you have not been
keeping up with the Lunts during
the last few years. Otherwise you
will recognize him Immediately as
that brilliant young fellow who
acted with the Lunts as confidently
as II they had been Wallace Beery
and Dorothy Lamour. He acts Just
as skillfully in Blues in the Night
and the studio has no reason to
question its investment in him as
an actor -writer-director. A big as
set. he, in the role of the zestful.
sore beset Jigger Pine, whose band
has more troubles than it has tunes.
Xxx
You get the notion that blues in
the Night" is going to be a musical
melodrama right from the first name
on the cast list. 1t is girl named, of
all things, Character" just as you
might have been named Bill or
Mary. After Character come the
more conveftionally, but rather
vividly, designated Jigger, Kay, Del,
Nickie, Brad, Pete, Peppi, Barney,
Drunk, Blond, etc. You can get a
lot of disaster and violence into the
lives of people with names like those
and if Blues in the Night" misses
q trick we missed it.
The inspiration of the blues in this
instance is, as always, a colored
chap. The larkist, high-spirited
Jigger and two college companions
meet the fellow when all four of
them are sharing a common Jail,
the latter three merely as over
exuberant pranksters. In Jail, hear
ing Pete sing, they decide that blue
music is for them and that they
will form a band as soon as So
ciety's wrath against them has worn
off.
Life thereafter becomes a long
freight-train ride, an association
with some people whose mothers
would be ashamed of them and a
series of romantic misalliances that
are sufficiently volcanic to prevent
dull moments from creeping into
the lives of those involved. 1t is not
too energetic, however, that no time
is given to the development of char
acter, not the girl named Character,
but the miscellany of others in the
plot. The most impressively acted
are those of the band leader, played
by Whorf. and the bad, bad girl i'm
personated (once more by Betty
Field. Miss Fields wicked wench is
one of the better things she has
done since she was the girl who met
those mishaps in "Of Mice and
Men, Miss Lane, who is the good
girl but terribly imposed upon, also
creates convincing portrait.
Being cross between that story
which John Garfield usually appears
Evening star., 1941-12-27
At the Trans.Lux

The newsreel cameras are re-
porting also on this weeks major
news item in Washington, the high
ly important visit to the White
House of Prime Minister Winston
Churchill. At the Trans-Lux, on the
new newsreel program, you also will
find some recent shots from the
African war theater, showing the
Axis forces on the run before British
tanks. Other items include sundry
further reports on the news Of the
world. plus the weeks "Kaltenborn
Edits the News" and March of Time S
Norway in Revolt"
Evening star., 1941-12-27

and that other one which used to
star Dick Powell when he worked
for Warmers, Blues in the Night"
must lay some stress on It's music.
1t involved, and effectively. too, not
merely the voice of Miss Lane, but
the band of Jimmy Lunceford and
also that of Will Osborne.
The musical interludes make
quite pleasant ornaments to the
story which ends with all the good
characters. including Character, liv-
ing happily ever after.
1t is pretty dramatic, even II not
fresh.
Evening star., 1941-12-27
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

Not long ago there was being
banded about considerable of that
movie-town hullabaloo about the
return to the fold of Miss Gloria
Swanson, the queen Of all the
glammer girls. whose throne has
never known a true successor. But
the boys apparently have concen-
trated more on the ballyhoo than
on the vehicle of Miss Swanson's S
return, for Father Takes a Wife"
the new attraction at the Pix, seems
singularly lackadaisical and pedes-
trian affair for something that is
supposed to be a madcap comedy
There are ingredients here which
indicate that something more lively
should have resulted. Miss Swanson
appears on the scene as a glamorous
actress, which Is as apt a definition
Of type-casting as you will ever
find. Adolphe Menjou. who can sat
irize a character he is impersonat-
ing better than l9 out of 20 other
Hollywood players, turns up as the
successful head of a steamship firm,
Evening star., 1941-12-27

The tune that Ray Milland, Betty
Field and 200 lesser players dance
to In the country club sequence Of
Paramounts Mr. and Mrs. Cugat"
must be replaced by some other
melody with q less martial title.
The tune is Kiss the Boys Good
bye"
Newspaper Alliance, Ine.)
Evening star., 1941-12-27

and d e S p a / 7,
The heart that
makes your mu-
sic. hot or sweet,
Is a pretty bat
tered instrument
If YOU only knew.
You can find
out just how it
has been at the
M e t r o politan
this week. There,
in Blues in the
Night" Warner
b 7 o S. are re-
c ou n tin G in
pretty dramatic
fo Shi0n hou, cod
Evening star., 1941-12-27
GarbO Film Back

"Two-Faced Woman" the much
discussed Garbo film, has moved now
to the Columbia for third week on
F street. Garbo plays a dual role,
which ought to be one of the best
breaks Melvyn Douglas ever had.
He's her leading man in the comedy.
Evening star., 1941-12-27
"Dumbo" Remains

"Dumbo," the new Walt Disney
feature, in which the master of the
cartoon has returned to his Snow
White mood, continues at R-K-O
Keith's. It's hero is little elephant
who endures a deal of ridicule di-
rected at his oversize ears, until he
learns to fly with them, which is
more than many elephants can do.
Evening star., 1941-12-27
Studio Loses, Too,
AS Treasure Hunt
Loser Pays Off
Wide World News.
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Actor Glenn Ford was called from
work to answer a New York tele-
phone call, supposedly from his
mother.
The caller, Ford said, then identi-
fled herself as Dorothy Manning.
She was playing treasure hunt
game. she said, and her penalty"
was to telephone Ford.
Irate studio officials estimated
that the l5-minute conversation
held up production on Martin
Eden" TO the tune of SABA.
Evening star., 1941-12-27
Debutuntes Honor Hero

Debutantes at Royal Australian
Air Force ball in Sydney laid bou-
quets at the foot of the Unknown
Soldier Cenotaph as their airmen
escorts looked on.
Evening star., 1941-12-27
Rooney's Name Means
Most Cash at Box Office
Mickey Becomes Three.Time Winner
OF Annual Poll of Exhibitors;
Gable in Top 10 Again
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
HOLLYWOOD.

That mighty mite of the movies 21yarod Mickey
revealed yesterday
hono-hat of leading making the
annually which are
accepted generally this industry
Evening star., 1941-12-27
SATURDAY
Queen Back
InCOnedy
At the Pix
Gloria Swanson Is
Star of "Father
Takes a Wife"

"FATHER TAKES WIFE" an R-K-O
and Adolphe Menjou produced by Lee
Marcus; directed by Jack Hively screen
play by Dorothy and Herbert Fields. At
the Pix.
Evening star., 1941-12-27
Nets Picture Proves Bands
Have Hard Row to Blow
"Blues in the Nig ght" Is Melodrama
With Big Dash of Music
And Some Handsome Acting
BY JAY CARMODY.

What with band leaders making much takes Govern
men to know what to do with it, Hollywood off of
us those fellows the hard Not for the will
have know life paamas
sulate the hors On the contrary hchng
freight trains of being picked exploited
Evening star., 1941-12-27

BLUES IN THE NIGHT" Warner Bros ;
production. starring Priscilla Lane and
Richard Whorf. produced by Hal B. Wallis,
directed by Anatole Litvak. story by Robert
Rossen At the Metropolitan.
h. C~s
Evening star., 1941-12-27

WITH A BOW TOWARD THE CLASSICS-Whether not
Lee has operaic ambitions least call herself
Peggy the pocal adornments OF Benny
Orchestra hh appears in joint concert NTH the
Symphony Orchestra at Constitution Hall the evening
of January Is. Seats 90 sale Monday.
Evening star., 1941-12-27

us UtIWttH tApIUIId :
otional liaisons which
IN than not to tragedy
Evening star., 1941-12-27
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GO FAST AZ ".55. 5.45, $50.
Iron Claw" No. s Cartoon
Evening star., 1941-12-27
Theaters Having Matinees

All Time Schedules Given in Warner
Bros. Ads Indicate Time Feature At
traction Is Presented.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24

the United States would be invaded
by the inhabitants of the not well
known but very bellicose planet
Mars who will descend from the
starry spaces upon an imaginable
flying fortress than. by Axis SOL
diers."
The words recalled to Mussoli-
mis- listeners the Orson Welles
broadcast of an adaptation of H.
G. Wells 1.-THE War of the Worlds
which caused mass hysteria in Oc-
The audience roared with laugh
ter.
1.-THE events of these months ex-
asperate our will and contribute
and heighten u cold conscious
implacable hate against the enemy
"a hatred radiating in every heart
diffused in every home and which
is an indispensable element of vic
tory" he said.
ItaIy's plan for a war on Greece
was presented by the high COM
mand in Albania and was ''unani-
mously approved without any res
ervations," he said. l
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STIRLING ARRIVES
FOR LECTURE HERE
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his first public appearance here
this morning at II o'clock when he
will speak at the High school. He
will be received at the school with
military honors by the ROTC unit,
under the command of Lieut-Col.
William VanDyke Ochs.
At 1875 o'clock he will be en-
tertained at the Cape Fear club
and at 1915 o'clock he will go to
Orion plantation, visiting old St.
Phillips church during his visit in
Brunswick county.
The program for his lecture ap-
pearance tonight will be as follows:
Thomas W. Davis, representing the
American Legion, presiding; Ma
tional Anthem. by ROTC band;
presentation of O. F. Cooper, lieut.
enant-commander, retired, U. S.
Navy, by Mr.. Davis; and introduce
ton of Admiral Stirling by Lieut.
Commander Cooper.
Honor guests will be: Col. Craw-
ford, Lieut.-Col. Brown, Lieut.. Col.
Johnson, Lieut.-Col Owens, Major
Glasgow, Col. Earl I. Brown, Fred
erick Todd, English vice-consul;
Lieut.. Col. W. V. D. Ochs, Lieut.
Commander Cooper, and Thomas
w. Davis, representing the Legion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
Brooks Says Censorship
To Fouow British Bill

CHICAGO, Feb. 23.- Up -
Senator C.. Wayland Brooks
(R-Ill) declared today that 1.-The
minute" the Lease-Lend bill is
finally passed Il predict some
form of censorship will be adopt
ed in America in the name Of
national defense - and that is
the beginning of the end of free
dom of speech"
"Unless checked" he said in
an address over the Mutual
BrOadcasting SYSTEM" the Presi.
dent intends to transform this
whole nation into a battle of
wartime production of imple-
ments of war, and then go out to
guarantee freedom to every man
in the world.
"And to do that, we have cot
to engage in not one, but every
foreign war now in progress in
the world"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
ALFONSO BETTER.
LISTENS TO DUCE
Former Spanish Ruler Chides
Those Who Had Despaired
Of His Life

ROME, Feb. 23-R- Former
King Alfonso XIII of Spain, who
had been given little chance to see
the dawn, still was propped up in
an arm chair tonight in his hotel
room where he had listened to the
broadcast speech by Premier Mus
solini.
His weakness and the condition
of his heart were such that his
physicians still did not dare move
him to his bed, but Alfonso chided
those who had despaired of his life.
To a Spanish Nun who gave the
alarm last night when the last
ministered, Alfonso jokingly said:
You wanted me to die last night
but as you see I am still up"
To Count De Los Moreno, chief
of the royal house and former fl
nance minister when Alfonso was
on the Spanish throne, he said:
LAS soon as I feel better I will
settle with you for your set-up
last night"
The ex-monarch referred to the
summoning of his sons, Prince Juan,
designated heir, and Prince Jaime,
and daughter Princess Beatrice.
They entered the sickroom weep
ing in front of their father.
The three children and their
mother Victoria again were with
Alfonso tonight, and another daugh-
ter, Cristina, still had not arrived
in Rome from Turin.
Alfonso, upon Tearing that Pre-.
mier Mussolini was going to make
a speech, said:
"Why can't I listen. Turn on
the radio"
He listened to the entire speech.
Among the visitors today were
the Prince of Piedmont, Duke of
Bergamo, Duke of Pistoia, and
Cardinal Maglioni, vatican secre
rary Of state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
Joint Appropriations Group
May Be Able to Report on
Spending Bill Soon

RALEIGH, Feb. 23.-(P-Legis-
lative committees this week will
tackle at least three controversial
matters standing between the gen.
eral assembly and final adjourn
ment. thought possible about
March 8.
In addition, The joint. appropri-
atoms committee may be able to
report out the spending bill late
in the week. but before doing so
must approve funds for most OF
the charitable and correctional in
stitutionS.
If the measure does reach the
floors Thursday or Friday. as ex-
pected. the legislators might not
begin debate on it until the follow
ing week. The revenue bill,
amending the continuing act OF
1889, was enacted last week.
The legislative week will be
broken by a trip to Elizabeth City,
Wednesday.
The three potentially controver-
sial items before committees this
week are proposed legislation on
wages and hours, a liquor %referen-
dunn and reapportionment of the
general assembly.
Possibly the first grand scale
hearings, with many gathered to
express their sentiments. will be
held on the first two subjects.
Beginning Tuesday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock, the joint committee
on manufacturing, labor and COM
merce will hear the views of scores
of business leaders and labor Of
ficials on three proposed wage
hour bills-one to make N r t h
Cardinals laws conform to federal
legislation on the subject; another,
backed by the administration, to
remove many exemptions to the
present law, which provides a So
hour week for men and a 48-hour
week for women; and a third to
lower the weekly hours maximum
and provide a minimum wage.
A bill providing a liquor refer
endum, introduced last week, will
get its first airing Thursday after
noon at 2:30, when the commit
tee On propositions and grievances
will meet in the hall Of the house.
Many opponents and proponents of
the proposal are expected.
1t was not indicated how long
the hearing will continue, and fur
Their delay to the bill may result
because it may have to reach the
floor by way Of the finance COM
mittee. Liquor taxes have been
looked to for about S., 600, 900 next
biennium.
Reapportionment of the senate
faces two obstacles b efore the
measure reaches the floor-it must
go through both a subcommittee
and the general committee. The
house has already passed a meas
ure Reproducing its member
ship, but this has not come up to1
action in the senate. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24

the making of airplane engines and
other defense orders, out as 6
whole they expect that their bust
ness will be a good healthy jump
ahead of 1910 at that.
Wider employment and fatter
pay envelopes in the various de.
tense projects provides the basis
for the predictions of increased
buying in 1941.
Merchants interviewed pointed
out that the construction cost OF
Camp Davis is more than $40, 000,-
900, the payroll there once the
20, 900 soldiers move in will be ire
mendous - probably three-quar-
tiers of a million dollars a month,
the shipyards are being construct
ed at a cost of S., 600, 900 and their
payroll will be big, the marine
base in Onslow and its vicinity will
be built at something like $45, 600,
900.
These are definite figures as far
as business is concerned. A large
part of that will go into payroll
checks and payroll checks invari-
ably find themselves into stores
of some description. And that's
where the buying starts.
Every indication is that Whining.
ton. which had a retail business
in 1910 of approximately $50, 000,-
900, will 60 over the 500, DOC, OO(
mark in 1871. The merchants are
conservative in their estimates, but
their opinions we're in accord in
the belief that the increase will
be a healthy one and will last
through the year, at least. 1
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
GERMAN OFFICER
THROWS BOTTLE
AT u. S. ENVOY
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and demanded that the song be
stopped. The frightened manager
complied. The orchestra swung in
to a German waltz.
This brought Kisses and booes
from those favoring ''Tipperary.'
Then the bottle throwing began.
The barrage lifted from all cor
ners of the restaurant.
Women vh,ieked and na
cursed. The women dived under
the tables. o t h e r S fled to the
kitchen.
One bottle flying through the air
struck Earle on the arm, cutting
him.
Another was seen to strike the
German major full on the fore
head. He fell to the floor uncon-
scious.
Ten men in heavy boots rushed
across the floor toward Earle's
table. A man described as a Bull
garian shoemaker and a group OF
male dancers interviewed, as did
restaurant attendants.
Finally Bulgarian army officers
and c police emergency S u a d
stormed into the restaurant, took
the wounded German officer to a
hospital and shooed all customers
out into the dawn. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
LABOR SHORTAGE
FORECAST IN U. S.
Is Anticipated Because of Ad-
ditiOnal Federal Defense
Appropriations

NEW YORK. Feb. 23.-LP-The
Twentieth Century fund forecast to-
day a labor shortage would arse De-
cause of additional federal defense
appropriations;
The fund is a research organlza'
ton founded by Edward A. F1lene'
Boston merchant.
A research staff headed by DR..
Lloyd G. Reynolds of the Johns Hop
kins university, previously had esti-
mated present labor reserves were
eouat under the original SIS bill
lion defense program. Since then,
it was noted, President Roosevelt
has asked for additional defense ap-
preparations of almost $11 billion
plus an underlined amount for ship
ment of wal materials to some bel
ligerents.
Basing it's calculations ON an estl-
mate by the national industrial con-
ference board that unemployment
totaled ?,217, 600 workers in Nov,
1910, the fund put the number OF
idle workers available for employ
ment in the near future at close to
1000, 900. This figure was after de-
Quoting workers estimated to be on
government projects, those on tenn
porary layoff, and those likely to be
affected by the draft.
ON the basis of 1910 approprl-
ations," said the fund. sit seemed
reasonable to predict an increase Ill
employment of around 100000 be-
tween the fall Of 1910 and the tall
of 1912. Under the expanded pro
gram one al say merely that
barring an early peace-the increase
will be larger than this"
Declaring that there may be one
or two million unemployed even at
the peak of armament production
because of shortages in certain indus
tries and areas and large surpluses
elsewhere, the fund continued:
Under the original program the
staff concluded that the peak IF pro-
duction and employment would be
reached in 1912, but under the en-
larged program the staff believes h
rising trend of employment will con-
tinue beyond 1912 and reach a higher
peak at SINE later date
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
IMPORTS UPPED

NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-R-The
United States defense program
stepped up imports of industrial
diamonds to an all-time high of
1,676 pounds during 1910, statistics
released by the industry disclosed
today. The stones, ranging from
yellow to black and useful for cut.
ting precision tools and as a GRIND.
ing substance, were valued at &c..
1885,, 1854. The 1910 imports were ap
increase of more than $50 per cent
over the years preceding the war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
rs PER CENT BOOST
In BUSINESS SEEN
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we'll say that there will be at least
a % per cent increase"
Managers of two large department
stores forecast a buying increase of
something like Is per cent, with pos
sibly this figure mounting to 20 per
cent as the year grows.
An automobile dealer saw a rise of
IS per cent under present conditions.
Above Nation
Consequently, taking the estimates
of these business leaders as a good
gauge of what is to happen in 1871,
it appears that Wilmington's buying
increase will be above that of the
nation, which was placed as between
u and 90 per cent during 1941 over
1910.
Most of those interviewed eX-
pressed a belief that prices on a
number of commodities may go up,
but the general belief of all was that
the price increase will not be as
great as many consumers fear.
For example, the hardware dealer
said there is a scarcity in several
types of hardware, such as alumni
mum, brass, copper, zinc and tools.
Such minerals r being used almost
exclusively by the government in its
defense preparations, he said.
And unless there's a defense or
der in some way connected with
it, it's almost impossible to get in
a large supply of tools for any
trade.
In this case, the scarcity of such
articles will cause a rise in prices,
but here again the government is
taking a hand and for fear of pros
ecution, manufacturers are not
raising their prices.
The grocer said that he a not
expecting ANY great increase in
food prices" However, such arti-
cles as meats have been raised
in price in recent weeks and con
sequently the consumer is having
to pay more. But at this time,
butter and eggs are cheaper and
in general one food is lower in
price and another is higher Thus
one offsets the other.
Steady Increase
I'VE are expecting a steady in
rease in business, which will not
be noticeable to a great extent at
any one time" he said.
The department store managers
felt that if sales go for the rest
Of the year as they are going now
that there will be a steady in
crease in money spent in retail
buying circles throughout the year.
The furniture dealer said that
he is mot looking for any big adj
vance in prices but that there
will be a slight increase, due to
the old law of supply and demand
being put into practice.
No increase in drug and rela-
tive commodities is expected by
the druggists and they do not see
where the scarcity of materials
Will cause a price hike.
The automobile dealers may face
a curtailed source, due to the fact
that many of the manufacturers
are turning their plants over to
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
legislative Committees
To Tackle Three Issues
OUADRUPLETS

LEITCHF1ELD, KY, Feb. %.
R-Dr. J. C. Tucker said
quadruplets-three girls and ole
bOy-were born today to Mrs.
Porter Lasley, AZ, wife of a
farmer.
DR.. Tucker said the babies all
were very good except the boy.
The mother is getting along
nicely"
The births were unexpected
and the first baby, born at $3.50
a. m., arrived 80 minutes before
the physician appeared.
The second girl was born at
1890, the boy at 1915 p. m. and
the third girl at 1890.
DIR. Tucker said the babies
would be taken to a Louisville
hospital this afternoon.
The Lasleys have had 10 other
children. Eight are living. The
oldest is 90 and the youngest
three.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
Steel Nets Constructed
To Defend u. S. Harbors

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23.-R-
New type steel mesh nets to defend
American harbors from submarine
and mosquito boat attack are being
constructed and tested by the U. S.
Navy in a d%eepwater owe on San
Francisco Bay.
Newsmen, permitted to visit the
station yesterday, were told by
Comdr. S. M. Haight that nets still
were considered the best harbor de-
Tense.
Cutters now being placed on sub
marines" he explained, can cut
through the old style net cables like
match sticks. That's why we have
to make nets of very fine mesh to
hold them"