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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-16

Again my nurse waiting with hypo that
brought relief. 1 thought nothing of it. had
been told the injections l was taking were to
normalize me.
1 didn't know that had been given up as
incurable by the doctors, that they were pamper-
ing my wishes to continue my screen work. No
one was to blame. I felt that had to carry on
while my talents were in demand.
At night, when days work was over, went
back to the hospital which was my home for nearly
two years.
Few knew my whereabouts or my condition.
At the end, when my doctors had given up
hope of my eventual recovery, was discharged
from the hospital and their care. They had done
all they could was thought to be suffering from
an inoperable cancer
was able to walk again without crutches, but
/ still was in constant pain. l was given but
months, or at most, few years of life.
The day left the hospital the most damning
words person can hear were uttered to me-
Miss Nolan was told, there is something
you must know Your condition and the painful
nature of your injury and the treatment has
quired the use of heavy dosages of morphine The
pain YOU suffer will require continuation of it's USE"
They didn't tell me had only short time
to live.
was dope addict, but I didn't realize the
significance of those fatal words then. AS mat
ter Of fact laughed at the idea.
had known others but it was silly to think
that was hopelessly caught in the merciless grip.
1 thought dope was taken only for thrill, that
most of the addicts were poor unfortunates who
just didn't know better.
Me an addict? 1 laughed at them.
But didn't know how soon / was to invade
that fantastic half-world of tful dreams and ago
nizing torture. ~
kept a nurse with me and moved into home
in Beverly Hills. The first night was there I
took the nurses hypodermic kit while she was
out of the room broke the needles, smashed the
syringe and threw them away.
They were crazy to imagine had to depend on
Continued on Page 49,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-16

Hidden on her person and sewed in the hens of
her dresses were narcotics worth $1,000. Hounded
by the fear of being deprived of the one thing that
gave her surcease from her lonely agony, she was
trying to flee from she knew not what.
/ believe the saddest moment of my life was
the day stood beside her casket and looked down
at her marble-lke hands. She always was beauti-
full to me, too lovely for the harsh realities she
found in the world, and remember her as more
beautiful in death than she had been in life
DISASTER stalked into my life again, too, at
- a time when l thought my mistakes were
behind me- my screen career assured, and happi-
ness safely mine.
Yes, it came in the person of man, man
who was everything wanted.
Why men and misfortune have gone hand in
hand through my life don't know, but they have.
And / can say it without in my heart.
Some day hope to know why some men will be
kind and sweet to one woman and so cruel and
mean TO others. l seem to attract that kind and
I'm always the one who gets kicked around.
They recall the lines of Oscar Wilde:
"And all men kill the thing they love,
BY all let this be heard
Some do it with bitter look,
Some with flattering word
The coward does it with kiss
The brave man with sword!
I've known too many towards.
l don't believe ever have been truly in love,
but the feeling had for this man was close to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-16

leave my chair or discard
my crutches to go through
my part before the camera
when the director called:
"Action!"
A nurse was with me con-
stantly. I had been given
hypodermics to ease my ex-
cruciating pain in the hospi-
tai. The nurse always was
at hand to give me a reliev-
ing shot when the torture
became unbearable after /
had finished a scene.
/ seemed to forget myself
and my agony when !
stepped into character be-
fore the camera. / think it
must have been the same
mental process that makes
fright obliterate pain.
In the last scene / made in
Carnival Girl" l was sup
posed to commit suicide by
jumping from a high plat
form. My double had per-
formed the more dangerous
episodes, but / had to do this
one, a closeup, myself.
/ leaped off. The hidden
net was only a few feet be-
low me, but that short fall
wrenched my injuries and
almost killed me. / was in a
state of collapse when l was
taken down.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-16
c0iver S0~r/eR

it, probably as close as it
ever will be. He fascinated
me, but he had a dual per-
sonaGty as m ost men
have. One 1 loved. The
other 1 hated. l endured
one to held the other.
There were times when
no one could have been
sweeter to me. Flowers,
lovely orchids, came every
day, always with a note
expressing some senti-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-16

A WorId-Fomou Beaufy's Intimate
und Wide-Open Confessions Of Her
Rise From Obscurity to Sudden
Fame. Her Tragic Comic Serviiude
AS a Greet Comedians Love Slave
-ond Of Her Desperate Fight to
Recreote Herself From the Drug
Shattered Wreckage Of
Her Career
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-16

at these affairs, but the
world never knew the
real reason. When she
was arrested the public
scoffed and simply put
Evening star., 1941-09-09
2l4 Enroll in Class
At ArIindton Comp

A class of 200 officers and IA en-
listed men enrolled in the ninth
course at the Adjutant Generals
School, Arlington Cantonment, to-
day began an intensive period of
study and training that will con-
tinue until October "a.
Reservists are included in the
class for the first time. Also, under
new policy, officer students have
been admitted from other branches
of the Army: OF the students en-
rolled in the new class, 1873 will take
the course in general administration
and so will specialize in classifica-
ton. The remaining II officers and
Il enlisted men will study machine
records.
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Gateway ayAssoeiation
Plans 10 Hold Down
Budget Requests
Street Improvements
And Schools Among
Desired Projects

The National Gateway Citizens
Association last night decided to
limit its 1943 District budget re-
quests to minimum and, on a mo-
tion by J. E. Chrisman, decided to
send written requests to the hear
ings next Monday and Tuesday in
stead of a spokesman.
Alvin Minetree, conducting his
first meeting as new president of
the association, called a meeting of
the Executive Committee for later
this week to narrow down the list
of budget objectiveS.
Paving to Be Sought.
Broadly, the association hopes to
obtain the following benefits in the
Northeast section
Street paving - Twenty eighth
street from Bladensburg road to
Franklin street, Douglas street from
Bladensburg road to Twenty eighth
street, Twenty-fourth street from
Douglas to Charming streets,
Twenty-fourth street from r to S
streets, Vista street from Twenty
sixth street to South Dakota ave-
nue., Bryant street from Seventeenth
street to Queens Chapel Road
Bridge, Queens Chapel road from
Twenty-second to Evarts streets,
widening and paving of Edwin street
and of Lawrence avenue (when
Twentieth street is opened from
Evarts street to Charming street,
Evarts street from Twenty fourth
to Twenty-SiXth streets, Twenty
second street from r to S streets,
Thirtleth street from Central ave-
nue. to South Dakota avenue and
Central avenue from Thirtieth street
to Bladensburg road.
Also to be sought are opening of
seaton place, eastward from Bladens-
burg road to Hickey road; extension
OF New York avenue to the Defense
highway or some other highway In
Maryland and connection of this
highway from South Dakota avenue
and construction of bridge across
the Pennsylvania railroad tracks in
line with South Dakota avenue.
Schools Wanted.
Other requests which will be con-
sldered by the Executive Committee
are:
new junior high school and q
new elementary grade school on
BladenSburg road; additional fire
boxes in the area: more 250-candle-
power lights to replace existing 60
candlepower lights; additional mail
boxes where necessary; erection of a
f1eldhouSe and lights at the Lang
don Park and development of a
park east of Bladensburg road and
further development of Loomis
Park; bus route through the area
which will provide crosstown serv-
Ice and direct bus route to the
downtown area via New York
avenue.
Storm and sanitary sewers on
Thirty third street from South Da-
kota to New York avenues; a sani-
tary sewer on Seaton place from
Bladensburg road to the Northeast
1nterceptor, and storm sewers on
Bryant street from Seventeenth
street to the Queens Chapel Road
Bridge and on Charming street from
Twentieth street to Queens Chapel
road
William P. Thomas, jr., was elected
financial secretary of the associa-
ton, which officer will henceforth
be paid Is cents for each 81 COL
lected as annual dues from mem
bers of the group.
Four new members were admitted
to the group. H. Jones, Sam
Lloyd, j. P. Milburn and j. S.
IumSon.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
D. G.. Defense
Effect to Be
Weighed
Monthly Meeting
Of Trade Board
Slated Thursday

The general membership of the
Board of Trade will hear a review of
the probable effects of the national
defense program on the Washington
Metropolitan area at the organiza-
tion's monthly meeting Thursday at
8 pm. at the Mayflower Hotel.
Principal speaker will be Frank
Bane, director of the Division of
State and Local Cooperation of the
National Defense Advisory Commits
sion. Committee chairmen of the
District Defense Council and mem
berS of the Senate and House SUBJ
committees on District Appropria-
tlons have been invited to attend.
Another feature of the meeting
will be the presentation of the an
nual policemen and firemen who
have performed outstanding services
during the past year.
Members of the District Defense
Council also will address the meet
ing. discussing briefly the principal
problems with which they are now
faced.
In his present post Mr.. Bane has
the responsibility of co-ordinating
the activities of State, county and
municipal governments with the de-
tense program. He is considered
well qualified to tell members of the
local trade organization how defense
activities are affecting other cities.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Recreation May Spur u. S.
Workers on DC. Affairs
Edwards Insists
Federal Employees
Should Aid
By JOHN w. THOMPSON, Jr.

BY JOHN w. IHOMPSON, Jr.
Probably no civic leader in the
city can claim as many good tele-
phone numbers as Archie Edwards,
president of North Randle Commu-
nifty Citizens Association.
For Mr.. Edwards is the man who,
as chairman of the District Defense
Councils Subcommittee on Govern
ment Employees, has the list of reg
istered dancers to make Army post
dances little brighter for draftees
and life little less lonesome for
some Government girls.
The Defense Council work is just
another of the volunteer jobs this
40-year-old civil service statistics
chief has assumed to practice his
preachings that Federal employees
should do their bit in trying to make
the city better place in which to
live.
Effect of Recreation.
Recreation. he says, can easily be
the entering wedge for creating Fed
eral employe interest in this COM
munity.
You should see the theme of lone
liness that runs through the numer-
GUS letters I have received since the
establishment of this dancing pro-
gram" he explained. I'VE have got
to look for some program of activities
that will fill their leisure hours and
not keep them thinking about going
some place else whenever they get a
chance"
The only thing wrong with Wash
ington now is the climate, he OBJ
served, and conditioning is i'm
proving that.
AS president of his association for
two years, Mr.. Edwards is interested
primarily in three pressing prob
lems-pushing through the appro-
priation for a new school at Min
nesota avenue and Ely place Sc,
getting new streets cut through the
North Randle area and adequate de-
velopment of Fort Dupont Park as a
recreation center. In addition, he is
deeply interested in new bridge
over the Anacostia River either at
Massachusetts, avenue or East Cap
itol street.
And there should eventually be
one at both places" he added.
Drafted" for Civic Work.
Mr.. Edwards, who says he was
"sort of drafted" into civic work,
wants one point made clear. He
thinks the District government does
fine job of cooperating with the
requests of civic units in many little
details that officials in other cities
would not give a second thought.
He does believe, however, that the
long-range planning of the city
leaders could be improved.
A native of the State of Washing
ton, Mr.. Edwards came here in 1929
with the Department of Agriculture
and has been with the Civil Service
Commission for about three years
now. He is chairman of the Federal
Employees Council, an interdepart-
Evening star., 1941-03-16

getfulness when they came back to
find tickets inserted under their
windshield wipers. This number COM
pares with 372 given tickets during
the previous month.
Similar increases were reported for
motorists parking abreast. with BAL
last month as compared with 274 In
January; violators of the no parking
at any time regulation with 3O5
arrests as compared with 252 during
the previous month and drivers who
parked at bus stops with 153 arrests
or 80 more than the number given
tickets in January.
incidentally. it's traffic violation
to drive a car without front
bumper, as three motorists learned
when stopped by police last month.
Nor is it permissible for two persons
to ride on bicycle. Two bicyclists
were arrested for this violation.
Greatest increase in traffic arrests
was turned in by the Traffic Division
with $50 more than in January. The
harbor precinct kept its record clear
and reported no arrests, just as in
January.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Traffic Record for February
BY J. B. ZATMAN.

for exceeding the speed limit o4 drivers who
hard wachful February
compared with 842 given tickets during the previous
total 9944 traffic
the 9274 nabbed
reQuai
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Two Conventions
Slated This Week

Two national organizations will
hold annual conventions in WASH
ington this week, according to an
announcement by Russell Schneider,
manager of the Convention Bureau
of the Greater National Capital
Committee.
The American Industrial Develop
ment Council will open a two-dav
conclave tomorrow at the Mayfower
Hotel. About 100 delegates are ex-
pected.
Another 200 visitors are expected
to attend the two-day convention of
the American Federation of Arts,
opening Tuesday at the Willard
Hotel
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Business GROUPS
Nine Associations
Slated to Meet

The following nine businessmen's
associations are scheduled to hold
meetings this week:
Tuesday, March 18.
Columbia Heights. - Luncheon.
Sholl's Cafe, 3o27 Fourteenth street
NV, 1918 pm.
Connecticut Avenue - Regular
meeting, Mayf1ower Hotel, Con-
necticut avenue and De Sales street
NV, $50 pm.
Georgia avenue-Regular meet
ing, Washington Realty Co., 1920
Georgia avenue NV, $3.50 pm.
Northern Seventh Street-Regu-
lar meeting. Kaufman's Department
Store, 1916 Seventh street NV,
$3.50 pm.
Wednesday. March 10.
HardWare-Regular meeting. May
flower Hotel. Connecticut avenue
and De Sales street NV, $50 pm.
New Center Market-Regular
meeting, New Center Market, Fifth
and K streets NV, 2 pm.
Thursday, March 20.
Federation - Regular meeting,
Hay-Adams House. Sixteenth and
H streets NV, $50 pm.
Central-Regular meeting and
luncheon, Hamilton Hotel, Four
teenth and K streets NV, 1918
pm.
Northeast - Luncheon, Weber's
Cafe, 4o2 H street NE, 1915 to
lis pm.
CALENDAR NOTES.
The New Center Market Board
of Directors will meet Thursday at
2 pm. New Center Market, Fifth
and K streets NV.
The Petroleum Board of Directors
will meet Thursday at 1915 pm.
Raleigh Hotel, Twelfth street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV.
The meeting of the Connecticut
Avenue group regularly scheduled
for last Tuesday was postponed
until the 18th because of the An
nual Style Show of the association
held Friday. The Board of Direc-
tors wanted to meet following this
event.
The Southeast body has urged
that a portion of the Capitol and
Library of Congress grounds be
transferred to the District of Co.
lumbia for "the very necessary
widening of Pennsylvania avenue
between First street S.W. and Sec
ond street Sc. to eliminate the
"bottleneck" caused by traffic
flowing east on Independence ave-
nue. or west from Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. The narrowness here is called
a menace by the businessmen to
the many thousands who use this
main approach" to the Southeast
area from downtown and vice versa.
This improvement was urged i'm
mediately because of the fact that
Independence avenue has been
widened west of the Vapitol to carry
the heavy trafiic and Pennsylvania
avenue Sc. rs q broad arterial high.
way"
Evening star., 1941-03-16

Follow Miller's Orders.
In concentrating their attention on
speeding violations, police were fol-
lowing instructions issued by In
spector Arthur E. Miller, acting head
of the Traffic Division and chief Of
the accident prevention unit of the
Police Department.
Emphasizing that he favored good,
consistent enforcement" rather than
a temporary drive on this type of
violation, Inspector Miller explained
yesterday that he frequently at
tended rill calls of motorcycle
policemen last month to urge them
to watch particularly for speeders.
II noticed that most of the speed
ing violations occurred on through
streets" he said, land so I issued
list OF these streets to motorcycle
officers in order to obtain selective
enforcement of the speeding regula-
ton"
These thoroughfares, he pointed
out, are Rhode Island avenue, Ben
ming road. Pennsylvania avenue,
Wisconsin avenue, Sixteenth street,
Connecticut avenue and Good Hope
road.
Meanwhile. increases also were
noted last month in arrests of motor
lists passing red lights and stop signs.
In the first classification, 200 arrests
were made as compared with l72 in
January. while 236 drivers who
neglected to observe stop signs were
promptly halted. as compared with
l99 during the previous month.
Deaths Drop to Three.
The "crack- down" on moving
traffic violators apparently paid divi-
dends in terms of lives saved since
only three persons were killed last
month-a sharp decrease from the
tragic figure Of 13 during January.
Driving on the wrong side of the
street brought tickets for 1l3 drivers
-26 more than the number arrested
for this violation in January. And
failure to give a hand signal when
turning or pulling from the curb
proved to be mistake as far as l04
motorists were concerned or more
than the 96 nabbed during the
previous month.
The high mark set by police in
January for pedestrian arrests
l60-apparently had its effect as
only 121 persons who violated the
pedestrian control regulation were
arrested last month.
Defective vehicles also came in
for their share Of attention as 100
motorists were ticketed for operating
an unapproved automobile. This
represents 76 per cent increase
over the 68 drivers nabbed in jan
uary for this violation.
Parking Violations.
Parking violations, however. were
not at all neglected The sharpest
increase in this type of violation
came in arrests of motorists who
parked less than so feet from the
intersection and less than 20 feet
from the building line.
Five hundred and thirty-siX drivers
who forgot to measure the distance
to the corner when parking their
cars had reason to regret their for
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Is one of II meetings scheduled for
this coming week.

this coming week.
A panel discussion by students Of
the Woodrow Wilson High School on
THE Responsibility of the Citizen
to the Community" will feature a
meeting of the Chevy Chase Citi-
zens' Association Wednesday eve
ming. George E. Dieffenbach, sec
retary, said the association would
take up the question of fiscal rela-
tions in the District as the prin-
cipal business.
The Overton-H Hunter fiscal rela-
tions bill, sales tax for the Dis
trict and a bill to provide a public
defender in Washington are items
to be discussed by the Dahlgren
Terrace Citizens Association We'd
nesday night. it was announced by
President John Cahill.
The Lincoln Park Citizens Asso-
ciation, in keeping with its policy
to alternate its meeting place in
the Southeast and Northeast Sec
tions Of the city due to the bound
aries of the group overlapping both
areas, will hold its meeting tomor-
row night in the Kingsman School,
Fourteenth and E streets NE, AL
fred D. Calvert, president, an
nounced.
The usual dinner meeting of the
Interfederation Conference will be
held at 6:15 pm. tomorrow in the
Y. w. C. A., Seventeenth and K
streets NV, E. L. Bennett, Sec
retary, said.
Following is the complete sched-
ule of the u citizens associations
meeting this week:
Monday.
Interfederation Conference-Y. w.
c. A., Seventeenth and K streets
NV, 6:15 pm.
Lincoln Park-Kingsman School,
Fourteenth and E streets NE, pm.
Sixteenth Street Heights-A. R.
Shepherd School, Fourteenth and
Kalmia streets NV, 8 pm.
Tuesday.
Cathedral Heights Cleveland Park
Parish hall, st. Adams Church,
Wisconsin and Massachusetts ave-
nues NV, 8 pm.
Citizens Forum Of Columbia
Heights-Powell Junior High School,
Hiatt place and Lamont street NV,
8 pm.
Petworth-Petworth Branch Pub
lie Library, Kansas and Georgia
avenues NV, 8 pm.
Wednesday.
Chevy Chase-E. v. Brown School,
Connecticut avenue and Mckinley
street NV, 8 pm.
Dahlgren Terrace-Crosby S. Noyes
School, Tenth and Franklin streets
NE, 8 pm.
Sixteenth Street Highlands -
Brightwood School, Thirteenth and
Nicholson streets NV, 8 pm.
Southwest-Jefferson Junior High
School, Seventh and H streets S.W.,
8 pm.
Friday.
Glover Park - Industrial Home
School, 2453 Wisconsin avenue NV,
8 pm.
Takoma Park ID. C.-Md)-Tako-
ma Park Branch Public Library,
Fifth and Cedar streets NV, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Three Trade Board
Units to Meet

Three, committee meetings are
listed on the Board of Trade calen-
dar for this week. The schedule
follows:
Executive Committee, tomorrow at
noon, in the boards Offices in The
Star Building; Fred A. Smith, chair
man.
Membership, Tuesday at 12:40
pm, in the boards headquarters;
Henry S. Owens. chairman.
Public schools, wednesday at
1915 pm, at Harvey's Restaurant;
George E. Keneipp, chairman.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Color Film to Be Shown

A three-reel color film, From
Cape Town to Bombay" will be
shown tomorrow night during a
meeting Of the Washington Society
of Amateur Cinematographers, be-
ginning at 8 O'Clock in the Mount
Pleasant Branch Library, Sixteenth
and Lamont streets NV.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
To Address Dry Forces

Representatives Guyer. Repub-
hcan, OF Kansas, and BrySon. Demo-
crat, of South Carolina will be prin-
clpal speakers next Sunday at
mass meeting sponsored by the
United Dry Forces of the District
of Columbia. The meeting will be-
gin at pm. in the National City
Christian Church, Thomas Circle.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
d. 6. Business
Four Request
Liquor Permits

Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
Applications: Eliot Pharmacy,
1900 D street NE. off-sale wine
and beer; Zee and Zee Restaurant,
l215-17 Seventh street NV, on-sale
beer and wine: Red and Black Cafe,
629 New Jersey avenue NV. on
sale beer and wine; Railway Lunch,
1916 Fourth street NE, on-sale beer
and wine.