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Evening star., 1941-10-19
By Vern Haueland,
Associated Press staf Writer.
HOLLYWOOD

4AoAL w OOD'
Picture Carol Bruce, in slacks, her
sandal-clad feet propped up on a
table, her eyes flashing and her black
name shaking now and then in en-
phasis as she talks about marriage
and careers. Her speaking voice is
husky, hypnotic, as it is when she
sings.
There are two men of especial i'm
portance in her life.
She was In love with one; the
other helped make her something
of a success. They aren't actors, SO
from her point of view neither is
eligible for marriage.
On the surface, this may be con-
fusing Carol took almost an hour
to clear it up for me. She felt like
talking and I felt like listening.
This is her story:
II was S25-a-week clothing
model in a Brooklyn wholesale house,
going to school nights and trying to
get job as singer with an orchestra.
II was completely unknown, had
no pull and could get nowhere. My
father had a lodge brother who was
sort of a big shot in the theater
business, so against Dads wishes,
finally, I went to see him.
"He said he had young friend a
lawyer, who had a desire to manage
an actors career. I met the lawyer,
Michael Spector. We talked things
over for a couple of weeks and
finally we drew up a contract max
ing him my business manager.
HE had never tried anything like
this before, but he had hunch we
could win out-and I certainly
needed some one to manage my
career if I was going to have one"
Spector, aggressive where Carol
had been timid, obtained additions
for her and finally job with Lloyd
Huntley's band at Montreal.
For a time" Carol says, Mike
kept up his law practice, at the same
time guiding my career through a
series of dance band jobs, until we
both thought had enough poise and
experience for harder work and then
into night club singing jobs"
From night clubs Carol went into
Broadway shows, most of them
short-nved, and finally clicked in
Louisiana Purchase"
Then came several movie offers
and we took this one from Uni
versal. They gave. me the lead in
This Woman Is Mine now I'm in
the Abbott-C Costello aviation COM
edy and they've taken up my option
for a year."
Her film debut was in straight
dramatic role, bit difficult for a
songstress. The reviews on the
picture were unflattering but, to
Carol, not disheartening-"I didn't
look for much praise--if I got any
at all it would be more than I ex-
pected. I told myself"
Spector wasn't disappointed.
either. They agreed that Carol
wasn't the best actress In the world,
but that she was learning and that
Evening star., 1941-10-19

Wookey" come from recordings
taken during some of the worst
raids on London. TT was much
noisier on the first night" Gwenn
tells me, but what with having
The Corn Is Green on our left and
Claudia on our right we had to
eliminate some of the bangs or we
would ruin their best scenes
released BY the North American News
In /
Evening star., 1941-10-19
There Are Two Men in Her Life, but They're Ineligible
lBuceDec to Marry an Actor
An Under of the Dficuties sol

we have to do and the way we
have to live" sighs Carol.
Il really cared a lot for this
man, but when I was with him I
was always on the defensive, always
explaining.
I'm young enough yet so that I
can afford to concentrate for few
years on career. But if I'm not
going to be an old maid it begins
to look like. eventually, III have to
marry an actor"
Evening star., 1941-10-19

with hers in gossip columns. He
wouldn't stand for that and the
whole thing was off.
Recently he came to Hollywood
and took her out. 1t appeared that
the romance was starting over again,
until they were seen together in a
night club and mentioned again
and again the gentleman was dis
turbed.
Its hard for people outside the
theater to understand the things
Evening star., 1941-10-19
Frank Capra Forsakes
That Message Of Old
By Hubbard KeavJ
Associated Press staff Writer.

Pictures directs always have message John DOE
Smith made clear that young man VINO
principle eight reels eventually Will get on ne oe soe
Of the eight win the girl to boot .
which has message pohCs
drinking edeberry spiked with arsenic
Evening star., 1941-10-05

FAT POET. This story is about man
who must be nameless. He tips the
scales at 240. One day, he phoned Pan
American Airways to ask if there was
any chance of seat on the China Clip
per leaving the next day. He explained
that he was poet, and that he wanted
to get to the Orient in hurry. Pan
American said they could manage one
more if his baggage followed by boat.
But when he reached the airport, his
elation turned to dis1nay. The ship
would be overweight if it took you,"
the officials said. after one look at him.
I'VE said there'd be place for you be-
cause we thought all poets were thin
little fellows!"
But the story has a happy ending.
Touched by his disappointment. two
fellow travellers, newlyweds. offered to
let their baggage follow too. Our TO
tund poet and his two good Samaritans
Landed with nothing much in the way of
baggage but three toothbrushes.
BIRD BATH. During the first months
of the war submarine warfare brought
death to thousands of gulls in the
waters around England. Every time
depth bomb exploded, hundreds of fish
were blown up to the surface. Immedi-
ately. the gulls would swoop down upon
the water to gorge themselves - for
Evening star., 1941-10-05

THREE YEARS AGO this month. a
beautiful black-haired young lady was
sitting at a manicurists table. The tall
man stopped beside her on his way out
Young lady, do you know you have
the most beautiful hands l have ever
seen? What's your name?"
She said: Florence Pearsall."
We'll, Miss Pearsall, I'd like to pay
you for picture of your hands"
START. That was the beginning of the
career of Florence Pearsall's hands. The
man was nail-polish-oompany execu-
tive who had been searching vainly for
a pair of beautiful hands to use in an
advertisement. Today. they earn be-
tween $500 and S4OO every week for her
just by letting photographers take pic
lures of them.
They are 50 valuable that they're
insured for $4,000. The policy sternly
forbids Florence to dial phone, play
golf or tennis, or do anything else
which could possibly damage her pre-
cious manual extremities.
Florence's business overhead is high
Expenses include the cost of 35 pairs of
gloves and private manicurist, paid
$50 a week. She wears gloves all the
time. Even when she cooks. The mani
curist carries a kit with Is different
nail-polish shades, changes the color of
her employers nails five and six times
day. She keeps her hands in perfect
condition by exercise, too. She's gained
such perfect control over the movement
of each finger that she's now able to
balance an egg on one fingertip.
HAND-lN. On occasion she has been
the hands of Joan Crawford, Claudette
Colbert, Merle Oberon, Barbara STAN
wyck. For advertisements showing
them holding something. the clever
photographers used the face and bodies
of the movie gals but pasted Florence's
hands onto the pictures.
Just the other day, she turned down
a Hollywood offer of $4,000 year to
use her hands in close-ups. She'd rather
wait until they want her face, too.
JERRY MASON
Evening star., 1941-10-05
BETTER Than MONEY
bv Donald Culxoss Peaftie

WoRTY years ago a friend of mine was
studying music in Germany when his
u funds suddenly gave out In those days
European diploma was indispensable for the
success of an American musician even in his
own country. This young mans promising
career seemed about to come to an end, just
on the eve of finishing his long studies. Then
Jan Ignace Paderewski heard my friend per
form, and lent him the money necessary to
complete his training.
Years later, my friend, now successful
artist himself, walked into Paderewski's dress
ing room in Boston, after big concert. In his
hand he had every cent he had borrowed, to
repay the great Polish pianist Paderewslds
hair was white by this time. He may well have
realized that the days of his great earning
power were numbered.
But he waved away the repayment of the
loan 81 don't need it." he said in his pure
English, his wonderfully bell-ike voice. And
you don't, now. But somewhere there is some
other young musician who does - someone
who stands in the shoes you wore that day In
Berlin. Go find him. Pass the help on. Only
that way can it be kept alive, instead of
becoming dead transaction"
And that is exactly what my friend did
with his money. In fact he has done it, hap
pen to know, over and over. He has given
musical education to several promising boys
- and it has cost him far more than the
original debt he owed to the titan who
recently died. He calls that interest" on the
original loan.
The pleasures of philanthropy are not per-
mitted to all of us. Only few can know the
fun of writing check to some fellow who
really needs it, and waving away repayment.
Many of us have quite enough to do to meet
the irksome monthly accounts of the milkman
and the landlord. But even that rare soul
who settles all his bills by the tenth of the
month may not have paid all his debts. For
it is my belief that every good thing that
ever came to us out of the human heart, every
piece of kindness, of encouragement, of help
full friendliness, is debt that we ought to pay
back, when and where we can.
LIVERY day the economics of dollars and
cents get more tangled, but human kindness
is one kind of coin that never goes off the
gold standard. 1t has way of keeping us all
ahoat in the worst of our financial disasters.
So it is up to us all to keep it in circulation.
Every purse has bottom, but there need be
no end to any mans good will and we borrow
on this daily. True, we can seldom repay the
kindness of benefactor, but we can pass it
along TO somebody else - pay it back, in
short, into the great common fund of human
helpfulness.
A young job-hunting designer know got
letter of introduction to one of the biggest
engineers in New York City, not expecting
much more than to be passed along from one
secretary to another. But the engineer took
an hour from his crowded day to make con-
Evening star., 1941-10-05

nections for the young man that ended in the
offer of position. The young man was as
puzzled as he was grateful.
II don't know why you should have taken
50 much trouble" he said, as he thanked him.
Well" asked the big man, smiling quiz
zically, how do you suppose got my first
job?"
It's not very likely that my friend the
designer will ever be able to be of service to
that important New York engineer. But the
next time the younger man sees chance to
lend hand to someone who really needs it,
he's going out of his way to do it. He's eager
to pay that debt.
I'm NOT recommending sentimental attl-
tude toward spongers. But even such people
sometimes can, and ought, to be helped to
help themselves. Just the other night l
received visit from hysterical woman l
had never heard of before who demanded the
loan of two hundred dollars on the strength
of liking for my books Now. am grateful
for appreciation, but l didn't really feel l
owed two hundred dollars worth to this lady
or anybody else. Yet could remember plenty
of times when was in difficulties and needed
- and 50 often found - someone with the
patience and kindness to talk my troubles
out with me.
An hour of discussion with my weeping
caller proved that it was counsel she needed
more than money, for she was being threat
ened by creditors who had no legal hold over
her.
put her in touch with my lawyer, who
assured her that if she suggested to the brow
beating collector that they 60 round to the
District Attorney together to settle the mat
ter, her troubles would be over. And she
returned, much relieved, to her home. had
refused loan could not afford to make, but
l had repaid little of the help have been
lucky enough to receive.
For as look back upon very fortunate
life, see how great and shining are my
obligations. We are all proud of anything we
accomplish alone, unaided. But tell me, just
what single thing can we do nn0ided'
We owe our successes in as many directions
as an actress owes dress bills. According to
statistics it took about $4,000 to get me to
the point of college graduation and my first
job - a free gift from parents and the state
and society. Nor am expected to repay
them for my food, housing, clothing, doctors,
education and recreation. am only asked to
do as we'll for my own children.
But something else went with the material
sum that has been invested in each of us. A
wonderful fund of good will, of belief in us,
of encouragement wise counsel given at the
right moment, of high ideals taught US, of
self-oonhdence given us, and the boon of
hope. These. which it costs us nothing to pass
on, are precious beyond price. Indebted for
them to the past, we can only make promis-
sorry covenant to deposit them in the great
bank of the future.
Evening star., 1941-10-05
kloek Sos

getting completely about the oil slick
left by a blown-to- bits sub. As they
ate, the oil penetrated their protective
feathers. Helpless. they drowned.
But now, regular bird de-oiling sta
tions have been set up along the Eng
lish coast. AS soon as the coastal patrol
reports a sunken sub, small boats come
out from shore, pick up the oil-soaked
birds and give them Turkish bath!
It's got so that the de-oilers can tell
the number of Nazi subs sunk by the
number of gulls brought in each week.
TRICK. During one of the morning exer-
else periods at the Army's Fort Dix,
in New Jersey, a new private had a
little trouble following instructions.
Mixed up, he raised his right leg in
stead of his left - which brought it
close to the raised leg of the next man.
The sergeant in charge yelled,
promptly. belligerently:
Who's the guy holding up both
legs?" NJ.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-04
ETERNAL VIGILANCE

Much talk is afloat. in the air, the
ether, on newsprint about the
value OF democracy. II Is said TO
be worth dying for; 1t Is also worth
living for. 1t has its price: eternal
vigilance.
Not all OF the states OF our Union
have certain opportunities for the
exercise of power possessed by
the people OF Michigan, the right OF
initiative and referendum. These
powers, written into the constitu-
ton at the time OF its last general
revision, in 1908, have been used
with moderation. There has been
no general stampede to engage N
wholesale revision of our funda-
mental law. The people have
shown an obvious willingness 10
let legislation take its usual chan
nels through our elected represen.
tatives, resorting to popular vote
only when general interests have
been repeatedly thwarted.
Two proposed amendments to the
constitution aretoSbe placed before
the voters at the coming April cleo
ton Their general purport Is TO
make more difficult the exercise II
the popular will through initiative
and referendum. They contain a
provision requiring that all signers
Of the petitions necessary to place
a proposal on the ballot should ne
not only qualified electors. as IS
now provided. but actually on the
registration lists. II can be argued
that unless citizen is sufficiently
interested in public affairs to take
the trouble TO register and keep
his name on the lists by exercising
his right to vote he does not de-
serve the right to petition On the
other hand, the exercise of the lat
ter right may rouse his interest
sufficiently to lead to his registrl-
ton. 1t is by using what strength
we have that we gain more to
carry out our will. In fact, stu
dents of government feel that one
of the best results of the initiative
in Michigan has been the stimula-
ton of general interest in public
affairs.
Now well-organized machine
can easily overcome the difficulties
these proposals on our spring ballot
seek to impose. 1t is not so easy
for the ordinary circulator Of peti.
tions to do so, and mistakes would
lead to throwing out many names,
The wary citizen shifts the air.
Whence come these proposals just
now, when we are posing as the
greatest, most democratic nation
in the world? To make the world
safe for democracy We unjust keep
Michigan in the hands OF the peo-
pie. 1t is possible that these peo-
pie Of Michigan have by recent
changes in their fundamental law
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-04
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-04
S. Z. Augusta

s. E. Augusta, Mich, Apr. 4 -
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Faullbeaum,
Flat Rock. spent Saturday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Koss.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cox, Milan,
spent Saturday afternoon with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs julius Oelke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Ford. Pc
ter Rodok, and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Rodok. Milan, We're Sunday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Elka and
Charles.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Fred Schechter
and family were Monday evening
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Herbst,
Maybee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Koss spent
Tuesday evening at the George
Koss home. Carleton
Mrs. John Oelke, Flat. Rock, was
a Friday dinner guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Elka and Doris.
Mrs William Freskick. Rawson-
Vile Rd.. visited Mrs. Edward Elka,
Wednesday afternoon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-04
WE LOSE AGAIN


II the United States engages IN
retaliatory iconfiscstion Of property
with Germany and Italy VIC may be-
on the losing side. American assets
In Germany total approximately
$432,00000o, including S22SOOO00i
in direct investments such as fsc.
togies; Sl65.000,O00 IN German
bonds and about $50 $50 900 In short
term credits
German assets In the United
States total approximately s10s
10000, OF which about 100000 900
Is In direct investments and the
remainder in short term credits.
American assets I'm Italy total
approximately sl4j.000O00 inc'ud.
ing sTe,6te,e66 direct INVESTMENTS
sl3'OOo,00O in Italian bonds and
about 100000 in short term
credits.
Italian assets in the United
States total approximately $4,000
BOO. including 100000 direct I'm.
vestments. s22.0O0,000 misceIape.
Gus real estate and mortgage hold.
lngs. and s17,s0400O short term
credits.
Speculation on the financial loss
that would be suffered by ta.s
country in event Germany conGs.
Gated American holdings In tho
Reich may be tempered with the
realization that such holdings -ha %
been under complete control Of the
Nazis for years.
The balance is largely In favor
Of Germany and Italy.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-04
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-04

vidual in a number of ways. 1t is
not very frequent disease and
when an epidemic does occur it is
probably spread largely by direct
contact or cough droplets or in the
breath. or in the air of a badly
ventilated room.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-04
FAILING HAY

W nile klIS Itlt4t uos A"4'A %
lueoslayia and his newly formed
anu-AXis cabinet SIT behind closed
doors poudering decisions that may
alter the course OF the war, the
spotlight OF the news swings TO
Italy as Mussolinis Fascist empire
receives three swift blows in rapid
succession.
The blows by land. by sea and on
the diplomatic front, adds lis bit TO
the weight Of the warload under
which the Duces new Roman I'm
pire has been sinking.
BY an irony OF fate, while the
blows were taking shape, ninety
five Of Mussolinis original COM
rades met in a bomb-shelter in
Milan TO celebrate the birth OF
Fascism twenty.three years ago.
The stroke that holds perhaps
the greatest interest for Americans
occurred in United States waters
Coast Guardsmen went aboard
twenty-eight Italian ships interned
in United States harbors. Two Nazi
hips were also boarded. Evidence
had been obtained that the Italian
ships we're being Systematically
sabotaged by their crews. Some
were in danger Of sinking. thus OBJ
structing docks and channels.
Ultimate fate OF these vessels Is
not indicated, but an estimated total
of more than half a million tons OF
Axis and Axis-controlled shipping
is tied up in American ports. These
would be a godsend to hsrd-pressed
Britain II a way could be found 10
make them available.
More spectacular than American
action was the blow struck by Brit
aims far-ranging eastern Mediter-
ranean fleet under the command OF
Admiral Sir Andrew Browne-Cun-
bingham. British accounts, still far
from complete, indicate that great
sea battle was fought. described as
the .Jutland OF the Mediterranean. "
London dispatches state that four
of Italy's seven 10,000-ton cruisers
and three destroyers were sunk.
While Mussolinis navy was thus
being chiseled down to vest pocket
size, British land forces were chop
ping away al the hard-won Fascist
empire in Africa
Following the fall OF Cheren. fort
ress-key to Eritrea British infantry
and mechanical forces reported
that they had almost completed the
mopping up o. that province Italy's
oldest foot-old in Africa.
A more southern British force,
cutting the railroad line from Adds
Ababa, Ethiopian capital 10 the
coast. leaves the Fascist Ethiopian
army isolated and hemmed in By
British troops and native rebels
The Imperial Army OF the Nile
hopes TO complete the hopping up
Of Halle Selassles former kingdom
before the beginning OF the rainy
season next month
OF Italy's former million-square-
mile empire IN Africa Italian Som.
Httiaud, ErItTea, and Ethiopia seem
to be gone with the wind Marshals
Badoglio and Graziani who con.
quered them are retired in dis
grace. Only the western portion Of
Libya Is left under Fascist control
History has witnessed few specta.
rles TO equal the sudden deflation
Of the Duce and his pretensions to
military might.
We will not be surprised al the
- v ttt-ss-ef-itais fitt4fss the
lack OF fighting power shown BY her
navy and air force seem unaccouut
able, unless IL is due 70 the little
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-04

RM.:-"Is the frequent use Of
paregoric to induce longer maps
injurious to child of two years?"
Alphabetically yes. Pare
goric is a specially prepared tine
ture Of opium and its use is likely
TO induce the opium habit. A child
Of two years certainly does not
need anything TO induce longer
maps unless there is something
very much the matter with it, in
which case paregoric simply
masks the real symptoms.