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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-24

advantage Of heinr the same age
that Grace Williams was when
Alvin YORK eoarted her. IN strict
fact. Graess vas only Is when shs
and Alvin started Keeping com
pany. was barely turned ~ when
she became the war here's bride.
Because Of the number OF rial
life characters. among them such
famed personages as Secretary a
State Cordell Hun and General
John J. Pershlng. casting Of the
picture presented . major prob
lem altogether aside from sslec-
ton Of the sergeant and his sweet.
heart There are ~ major speak
ing parts In the drama. OF these,
some % represent real characters,
most stili living. . few. like the
late Marshal Foch. deceased.
n was necessary "a obtain
from the living characters
signed releases granting their
permission Ia be portrayed IN
the screen. To obtain these
signatures. Warner Bre.. s~nt
william Guthrie. studio lces-
ZION manager, % IN air. rail-
and automobile Journey Of
10000 miles. Guthrie's trip
waa In some respects . round
mp Of. occasionally . search
for. forgotten heroes.
Ten OF the privates and non
commissioned officers who parti-
cipated with York In the famed
Argonne exploit were still living.
II was the sergeant's wish. and
the studios. that those men re-
ceive credit for their share In the
engagement. II took him 10 many
states and out-of-the-way places,
but Location Manager Guthrie
found them all and secured their
releases. along with those Of Sec
rotary of State Hull. General
Pershing. Msjor General George
b. Duncan and other distinguished
public figures.
After all this preparation. the
picture Sergeant York was
placed In production on Feb. ].
194i. And as Actor Cooper re-
ported for his first day of work
he received three prized kilograms
OF congratulation and good wishes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-24
GIRLS CLAIM Army LACKS GLAMOUR
Macy Rejects Pretty Blonde. Brunette
so. NOW THEY'LL TRY The MARINES

DENVER - blonde Nay Golfer
and brunette Mariiyn Hardy. hath
10 and beautiful. sssd Thursday
they would try to toin the marines
since the navy doesn't want them.
but that they would ignore the
army because u lacks glamour. !"
Glamour is what they seeh.
They sell usca's clothing IN
Denver department. store sra
are . isttie tlr~d II the routine.
M they sssea 10 sstiss Ia ne
navy.
Their efforts met with confusion
among petty officers IN the re-
eruitinE office. They went from
pne amazed officer 10 another BE-
FORE they finally ended up b<fors
The mahogany desk II Commander
]. G. Thorn.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-24
Kind LadY"!

Working under the handicap Of
a very poor Little theater" We
hicle and severe production and
stage limitations. the Tacoma The
alter guild last night presented
kind Lady in weyerhaeuser hall
as the first Of the 1912 season
activities.
The play itself has little to
recommend II and offers most
difficult problems from the
casting viewpoint. particularly
for a director whose material
IL limited.
1t is the type Of a story which
holds little entertainment for the
audience other than the skill with
which the various characters are
portrayed and this condition works
a definite hardship on non-profes-
sional talent.
Several OF the roles were no
tieeably oyer-acted, with the
result that the characters a.
pictured by the author were
almost entirely lost 10 the
audience.
However. the action was well
sustained and all the players were
thoroughly familiar with their
lines.
Kind Lady" was directed by
Philburn Friedman and presented
by the following cast:
Georgene Drahold. Clyde Alton,
Virginia Shackelford. Edith Dan
iell. Portia Miller, Dolores O'Con-
nell, Marvin Shaw, Robert Craig.
Pearl Hughes, Charles Zedler.
Lawrence airline, Ruth Moline. La
Dona Richards and Don Burbank.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-24

Later war Hero 1ofk Vas 70
learn that he liked Screen Hero
Cooper as wei IN personal contact
As he did in pictures Inc ser
gesnt visited Los Angeles for q
Veterans Of Foreign Wars national
convention and paid a call to
Cooper AZ the lsttsr's home. The
two tall men. 30 strangely alike In
their taciturn conservation Of
words, Immediately found they
had a common interest IN guns
and hunting. Lasky, who had ar
ranged the meeting with some mis-
givings as 10 its conversational
possibilities. found II almost inn
possible 10 stem the flow OF shoot
ing talk long enough to talk bust
ness.
York's other suggestion to Las
ky in their Tennessee casting con-
versation was made In the form
OF a request. He didn't want any
cigarette smoking actress to por-
tray Oracle Williams. the noun
tain girl who became. and Is today.
his wife.
The producer may have done q
bit OF mental hedging about that
one. but as II happened. the SER
gesnt had his request fulfilled.
After a score or more OF actresses.
some of them top ranking stars.
had been tested for the role. 16-
year-old Joan Leslie was chosen as
Oracle.
Miss Leslie has long auburn
hair like Oracle Williams
York, q fsst-growing reputa-
ton a. an extraordinarily ca
pable actress that, aimee the
launching of Sergeant York."
has been recognized by her
promotion TO full-fledGed star
dom. Furthermore. shes never
smoked = cigarette In her life.
At l6. Miss Leslie also had the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-24

The names Of the cast may not
he 50 familiar as those Of our own
Hollywood stars but the portraysls
are such that you will not soon
forget them.
wendy Hitler Of "Pygmalion"
fame heads the cast with Rex Har-
rison, Robert Morley and Robert
Newton playing the more impor-
tant supporting roles. In fact IT is
Newtons work in this picture
which will catch your eye and
will, with the aid Of Miss Hitler
and Harrison. convince you that
here Is no ordinary picture.
The sfory-of gun powder
and salvation--need not have
carried the authors name. IL
Is at once distinguishable rs
the handiwork of man
whose outlook on life Is A. In
dividual as are his writings
and major Barbara" IL
George Bernard Shaw at his
hest.
Rejecting all the brilliant wit
and humor for which Shaw is so
famous, Major Barbara" goes
even further than that and reveals
1.-The authors contention that money
and gunpowder are as powerful
weapons for good as brass bands
and soul-saving.
II you would treat yourself to a
refreshing change in your screen
fare, see Major Barbara" and you
will experience that change.
On the same new bill Is
"Singapore Woman" with
Brenda Marshall and David
Bruce in the lead roles. Miss
Marshall gives an excellent
performance In picture
which unnecessarily drags Its
skirts in the gutter.
The entire bill is strictly adult
entertainment and will not be I'M
dersuood by younger minds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-24

They came FROM Secretary fIali,
General fershinK and Alvin Yofs.
Marty camera aass were re-
aaired te flfn ~ sssry that
"a. first wriff~n In hlced ard
hereie srtisn. later remaIs~a
= prcdaeer.. areAn fer mare
than two decades TIE fir~s.
81 main. company 20. IN pro-
daesiea exactly 70 aay. A
.ecend unit worked % DAYS.
filming ienE .hst. ~ sh> pre-
liminary HATTIE aetiee.
One hundred and twenty three
sets. q record number. provided
the background for the story's
unfolding. The. included repro
dnotions Of almost the entire VAL
ley Of the Three Forks 81 the Wolf
and an so-sere battlefield. which
did duty for the shsli.scarred
Mouse Arxonne.
The drama naturally divided
into two msjor phases One en-
hrsoed the Tennessee mountain
sequences. the other tina army life.
war and public figure scenes.
Each had its own individual cast.
with Cooper e. the emily player
who participated In both phase.
and knit them into . compact
whole.
Director Howard Hawke filmed
tho story a. nearly In chronological
sequence - possible. varying from
order only 10 completes the final
Tennessee scenes Of Sergeant
York's homecoming and reunion
with Oracle before launching upon
the war action.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-24
DRAMA SCHOOL GRADS

Veronica Lake. Robert Preston
and Alan Ladd, who have the three
top leads in Paramount's This
Gun For Hire" all are graduates
Of dramatic schools within the past
few years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-24

Vera Zorins. Victor Moore and
Irene Bordoni. who teamed with
Bob Hope In faramount's Techni-
color perturbation OF Louisiana
Purchase" returned 10 the read
with the stage version upon COM
pletion OF the picture.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-24
HE'S USED TO 1T

William Wright, who plays an
assistant director in Paramount's
Glamour Boy" should know his
role inside-out. He was once stage
manager for several Broadway
successes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-24
OCEAN suns roR euIx

The Pacific Ocean doubles for
Mexico's Gulf % California coast
In the scene OF Paramonnt's Hold
Back the Dawn" in which Olivia
de Havilland takes n dip In the
surf.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-24
b. BILL. RICE

Producer conferred casting
film thu
ments o borrow m
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-24
An Added Feature.

This evening at z when the first
nighters are filing into the Music
Box theater to see Sergeant
York" they will find the Drum and
Bugle atmosphere outside the the
alter supplied by Wild West Post 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-24

Of the Veterans OF Foreign Wars
This splendid organization IL
really going 10 put il on for = half
hour in honor Of the Hc~o OF the
Argonne.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-24
NAME GEM FOR STAR

The greatest emerald ever found
in Columbia has been named for
Paulette Goddard. she learned dur
ing the filming of Paramounts
Hold Back the Dawn"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-24
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-24
The Private Life Of a Motion Picture

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-27
Ford Dilkering
With Clio. Says
Union Leader

The UAW-CIO claimed today a
union committee has been in con-
ferences with representatives OF
the Ford Motor Company. discuss
ing return 10 work of several
hundred men and unauthorized
work stoppages in the plant.
Michael F. Widman Jr., head of
the unions Ford organizing drive,
said Harry Mack. of Ford sales
James Brady. of personnel; Hogan
De Plance, of transportation. and
Larry Doonan of the Ford Dear
born sales division had repre-
sented the company in the meet
ing.
He said the conferences have
been attended by James F. Dewey.
federal labor conciliator, and
Thomas Donahue and John Lynch
of the state labor mediation
bOaTd
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-27

fully told.
Royal figures of nature. they
actually are.
Their pedigree Is written in the
rocks and reaches back before the
birth Of time.
The ages have all hut extin-
guished the fires of their youth
and have whitened their heads and
shoulders with perpetual snow, but
years have only added to their
ma jestio dignity.
Long have these mountain ma
jestieS ruled the land.
Mere kings of men have come
and gone--the shaggy. leaders Of
the cave mems clans--the chiefs
of savage tribes--the kings of
almost equally savage civilizations
in fancied pOmp and power these
kings of men have crawied along
the surface of the plain for some
short hOurs-then crumpled up
and passed away.
What are the brief days Of a
human king, when these regal
mountains have looked down Sc
renely uncOncerned from under
meath their diadems of ice and
snow for many million years.
True enough, say you. but let
us climb down from high Par
naSsus.
The atmosphere Is getting rather
rarefied for an humble newspaper
columnist.
Let us now enter the beautiful
City of Mexico at whose gates we
stand.
We find 1t the Paris of the west
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-27

through which We slowly tread
our way, Is like the Rue de la Paix,
the select shopping street Of the
great French capital.
And the Paseo de Ia Reforma is
surely suggestive of the Champs
EIysees. ,/
And the park of Chapuitepec IL
reminiscent Of the Bots de Bou-
logne-although not so large as
the Bots.
And the people enjoy the park
in intimate and friendly fashion as
the French people enjoy the Bots.
Our parks in the United States
are too formal as a rule.
They are like a city,s dress suit
with a stiff white shirt, which
everybody wants to get out of
quickly.
But in Mexico the parks are like
the peoples every day apparel
just clean and comfortable and
made to be lived In and played in.
We note all this as we ride
along, and we like the city at
once exactly as we promptly like
the people.
They are so good lOoking-and
that counts for a lot.
And. they are so bright and gay,
and that makes you feel happy.
Then when you know them, they
are so hospitable and kind and that
makes you quite devoted to them.
Well, friends, here at last we
are at the hotel, and believe me
when 1 assure you that in Mexico
City you are going to have a
time.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-27
CLAIM 1000 REINsTATEp

About 1000 men whom the union
claims were dismissed for union
activities. have been reinstated
but several hundred are still TO
be taken back. Widman said.
More than half a dozen work
stoppages of the last week in the
Ford plant have not been author
lied by the UAW-CIO, Widman
said, adding:
They are not wildcat stop
pages. We prefer to call them
spontaneous.
On the UAW-CIO committee
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-27
ltcOntinued from Page One

l(Continued from Page One
derfui and you can traverse II
quickly. stopping only -@l-Ciodad
Victoria for luncheon. -
The Journey from WALES to
Mexico City on the following daS
is not quite 40 long ami i eten
The scenery Is spectacular.
The rivers are Kaleidoscope in
color-some green. some brown or
yellow, some blue.
When Xnlt- reach the great
River Panuoo, YOU can. II you
will, take a boat and float down
the stream through orchid GOV
cred tropical vegetsticH n the tine
port of Tampico.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-27
Map Membership Drive

The executive committee of tho
Women's Field Army of the Amer
lean Society for the Control OF
Cancer meets in New York tomor.
row to plan the annual member
ship campaign. Mrs. Fl. Wellington
Yates, field commander said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-27

which met with Ford representa-
tives and the conciliators were
Thomas Gaddes. Eugene Prato,
Arthur Mentally and Martin Jen-
sen. said Widman.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-27

For the Inside News" of
Washington, Follow Paul NAL
Ions Column In the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-27

but 20 be frank never Two on
a line.
You probably viii not stop and
float down the river, so on you
20 by the good road 20 Jacala,
dropping two thousand feet to
reach the town and climbing three
thousand feet again to get TO the
higher plateau of central Mexico.
This is the Maguey country.
Here are found vast fields of
the spiked plant from which the
national drink Of pulque is pre-
pared.
Pulque looks considerably like
soap suds and tastes Immeasurably
worse.
Beer Is supplanting it---and you
do not wonder.
Ar XMIQUILPAN-easier TO
n look at than TO pronounce
YOU cross grand old bridge,
built over three hundred and fifty
years ago.
II has withstOod storms and
earthquakes, tnvasiOns and revo-
buttons, and stiff stands, sturdily
defying the elements-and man.
AT Actopan you reach the high
est point ON the road-8.3OO feet.
You would not know it was so
high II YOU were not told about 1t.
but, being told, You can begin TO
gasp, of course, and to feel your
pulse.
What a wonderful thing the
imagination is.
You are only fifty miles from
Mexico City at this point and soon.
after leaving Colonia you may get
your first view of the two glorious
snow capped volcanoes, PopOcate-
petl and Htsccihuatl. which mark
the location of the Mexican cap
ital.
Spread along the level is the
great city.
Towering above the plain to the
height of approximately eighteen
thousand feet rise the two giant
which lifted their snowy
heights as lnscrutably above the
ancient city of the AZtecs as they
do above the Mexican city of
today.
There is a legend which imagi-
native man has thrown around
these grand old mountains.
IL is, in essence, merely a variant
of the sentimental tale of Romeo
and Juliet.
Still. the Aztec story antedates
the lives of Romeo and Juliet by
more than a thousand years.
A young king-so the legend
goes-loved a fair princess.
The king went TO war, as kings
will do-and other rulers too-tO
make for himself a brilliant record
and reputation.
He thought to come home and
lay his fame and his possessions at
the feet of his lady love.
A great battle was fought.
The king was reported killed.
The princess, when she heard
the direful news, slew herself in
sorrow and despair.
The king returned In safety,
only TO find his loved one dead.
He built a funeral pyre wide and
high for her.
He laid her tenderIy upon II.
He covered her young body with
white robe of eternal snow.
And there she lies, her long
hair streaming down the mountain
side-her face, her breasts, her
torso, her 1.-THE limbs, her tiny toes
ALI outlined beneath the white
pail OF the snow.
For himself, the young king
built another pyre and stands for
ever on 1t, wrapped in the white
mantle Of mourning and holding
the funeral torch for his beloved.
Even TO this day, from this
funeral torch flames and smoke
arise and, at times, scalding tears
course down the kings face I'M
restrained.
Even 10 this day. the young
king remains monument OF
fidelity and devotion.
A PRETTY story, no doubt, but
IA how much more wonderful
would the true story of these
mighty mountains be " IL could
only be accurately deciphered
from the geologic record and faith
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-27
IN THE NEWS

ern world.
The resemblance In many re-
spects is really striking.
The approach is through a broad
boulevard, lined with trees after
the manner of the roads In France
along the sides of which the great
Napoleon planted his long rows of
shimmering aspens.
These sensitiye trees always
seem so fiattefingly agitated at
ones arrival.
Perhaps they are expecting back
the great Napoleon and the Grand
Armee.
Alas! They suffer a succession
Of cruel Disappointment when we
little people arrive.
But, some day, the great Ma
pOleOn will come back. and the
victorious tread of marching feet
will sound along the roads again
20 drive the Germans out of
France-and the English toO-and
maybe the Americans as well, since
we are pOking our intrusive noses
into many situations where we do
not belong.
Then will the poplars truly
tremble with joy and wave their
arms in ecstasy on high.
Then viii The swelling rustic of
their leaves sound like a trium-
plant cheer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-27

A PRETTY story, no doubt, but
"A how much more wonderful
would the true story of these
mighty mountains be " II could
only be accurately deeiphered
from the geologic record and faith
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-27

VXTELL, to get off our high horse
w and down TO earth again, the
road into the City of Mexico Is
like a French road.
And the crowded Gale Madero,
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Parole Board Denies
Warning Application
For Second Time
Plea to Obtain Freedom
On Hobeos Corpus Writ
To Be Heard Tuesday

Enmitt r. Warning, former king.
pin of District numbers operators
who is serving Jail sentences in
Lorton Reformatory on charges oi
jury .sampering and income taS
fraud, was denied his freedom fol-
the second time yesterday by the
Board of Indeterminate Sentence
and Parole.
In turning down Warnings request
for parole, which was considered al
a hearing at Lorton Thursday, the
board said:
In view Of the fact that applicant
has forfeited 2l0 days good time
for violation of institutional rules
parole is denied without prejudice
to resubmit application for a re-
hearing if and when good time is
restored"
Warning, who has about five
months more to serve, will attempt
to obtain his freedom on a habeas
corpus writ at a hearing at 10 a m
Tuesday before District Court JUS
tice T. Alan Goldsborough. The writ
was issued Friday at the request of
Warnings counsel, who contends that
the contempt sentences violated the
indeterminate sentence law.
Warnings first plea for parole was
denied on February 9, 1910 AT that
time, the Parole Board decided that
his release would not be in the pub
lie interest" ...
Warning was sentenced to 2e
months in Jail on the jury, tampering
charge, and later received an addi-
tional sentence of from three to
nine months on an income tax fraud
charge. His brothers, Leo and
Charles CRags) Warning, paid fines
of $2,500 each in the income tax
cases.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
50 Work Overtime
Mailing Licenses
1oD.C. Motorists
Office Hopes to Make Up
Five-Doy Delay in
Sending Out Plates

Because of the increase in the
number Of automobile tag applica-
tions, the mailing of plates has fallen
slightly behind schedule and about
so employees of the Department of
Vehicles and Traffic will work over
time today in an effort to catch up
Traffic Director william A. Van
Duzer said yesterday.
The employees also worked yester-
day afternoon trying to take up
slack in the four or five days delay
in answering mailed applications.
Normally about three days inter-
vene between receipt of mailed ap-
phcations and the day the plates are
sent out, Mr.. Van Duzer said.
Some 5000 more tags have been
put out to date this year than dur
ing the corresponding period last
year, the traffic director said, A
total of $1,000 motorists had been
given tags at the close of business
yesterday, with about 74,O0O more
expected to get them before March
81. The total put out before the
deadline will be an increase of about
10000 over last year, Mr.. Van Duzer
estimated.
The traffic director urged motor
lists to mail applications not later
than March % if they want to
be certain to get their tags in time.
Last year some 1000 motorists were
without the new plates at the ex-
piration date.
Those calling in person at the
Ford Building for their tags should
come this week to avoid standing In
line, Mr.. Van Duzer said. During
the closing days, it sometimes takes
several hours to get licenses.