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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21

Eugene Lewis, who has been en-
ployed with the Standard Oil COM
pany here at the Main Street sta
ton, has been transferred to Steu-
benville and will leave here Sept. 1
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis and
sons Richard and James of Middle
dletown, are spending the week
with their parents, Mrs. Suda Lynn,
of Malta, and Mr. and Mrs. James
Lewis, north river road.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21

Miss Betty Frash, who holds a
position in the Bureau of Motor
Vehicles, Columbus. is spending a
weeks vacation at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. n. Frash
of Malta.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21

Mrs. c. E. Longley is visiting in
GAINESVILLE the guest of Mrs. Carl
Meisner, and family
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21

Jackie Matson of this place, who
was employed with the Frigidaire
company at Dayton. and returned 20
his home some days ago because of
illness, and later was removed to
Memorial hospital, Marietta, for
care and observation, is showing
some Improvement.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21

Miss Freda Perry who was en-
ployed at the local Red G White
store, is now clerking at the A. &
p. store here.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21

Mrs Dal Yarnell, of Westerville,
and Miss Helen Yarnell, of Colum-
bus, are guests this week at the B.
S. Harris home, in Malta.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21

Miss Bernice Bell, of Cleveland,
visited here recently with her
mother, Mrs. Minnie Bell, at the
Clarence Drury home.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21

Arthur Frash, of Malta, who is
suffering with paralysis, is showing
improvement, and is able to be up
and about
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21

A daughter was born Wednesday
to Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Hanson
MARY Muse) of Akron. Mr.. and
Mrs. L. j. Muse and Mr. and Mrs
Bernard Hanson of Windsor town
ship are grandparents
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21

G. E. Mcclure, proprietor of the
Clover Farm grocery, Malta, is off
duty, suffering with liver trouble.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21

Freddie and Austin Kraps of CO.
lumbus have been visiting their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. b.
Kraps, the past three weeks.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21

Mrs. Edith Welsh of Akron came
last evening for a visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Robert Lighthizer of
Neelyville.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Manly of Nal
ia visited over the week end with
their son, Richard Manly, and fam
lily, in Cincinnati.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21
Watch your subscription date.

A doctor was called early this
morning to see Willard Davis, of
Hook sburg.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21

DR.. E. G.. Rex, who is away on a
vacation, plans to be back at his Of
flee August 25.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21
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Miss Joan Phillips is the guest of
friends and relatives in Columbus.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21

Robert, son of Fred Davis, trus-
tee of Malta township, had his tom
sils removed at the Clinic building
GAINESVILLE, Friday, and yesterday
Mae, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bert Henery, near Stockport, had a
like operation at the same clinic.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21

Maurice Archer, of this place, has
been very i'll for a few days.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Webster Anderson
of Bristol had as guests Sunday, NJ.
B. Spencer and housekeeper. and Mr..
and Mrs A. G. Scott of this place;
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Benjamin and
daughter of Coolville, and Paul
Scott, wife and daughter Zanes-
vile.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21

Mr. and Mrs. w. 0. Workman, of
Bristol township, received word
Tuesday that their granddaughter,
Mrs Wilbur Myers (Myrna Combs)
is critically i'll in hospital at Mar
ian, Okla She formerly lived in
Center township.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-21

Helen, six year old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Ellison (Bernice
Rowland), near Reinersville, and
great granddaughter of Mrs. Loretta
Hastings of this place, had her ton
sils removed at Memorial hospital,
Marietta Monday.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Take My Word for 1t
By FRANK COLBY.
All for Short o

Several readers have Scotched me
OF late for using "ah" to represent
the sound of the short "o' IN such
words as from, of, honest. foreign,
orange, positive, connoisseur, etc.
One writes: You are deliberately
falsifying the facts in order to foster
q depraved and illiterate pronounce
alton of our language!"
Obviously, If this column is TO be
of any value to its readers it must
not dictate, but must report, accu-
rately and without prejudice, good
usage as it is found in the accepted
American dictionaries If we shall
turn to the pronunciation section OF
Websters New International Die
tionary. second edition, page Xviii,
we shall read this about the short
90: The rounded O." (closer to
the Jaw" sound as in soft, often)
"is not in general use in America.
1t is used by a considerable part OF
the inhabitants of Eastern New
England, by many IN New York
City and to a considerable extent
in the South. 1t is also used spo-
radically in occasional words, but not
as a stable speech sound in the
country as a whole. In the prevail
ing speech of the whole country,
words containing short o are pro-
nounced with an entirely unrounded
vowel identical with 'ah' in father"
Since my column is published by
more than ITO newspapers located
in all parts of the country, 1t Is
plain that local peculiarities of
speech cannot be recommended TO
my readers at large. AS the short
Evening star., 1941-08-12
UNCLE RAYS CORNER-Bd eoting Spider Largest of Tribe

The word spider" grew out OF
an old Anglo-SaXon word meaning
ITO spin" We may give the mean
ing as spinner" and that is good
way to describe this little animal.
Silk is spun by spiders, good SILK
which could be made into thread
and woven into cloth if enough OF
1t were obtained. Spiders do not
get along well together. and that is
why they are not kept in colonies
like silkwormS.
Some spiders never spin webs in
the open air. Yet they use silk in
preparing nests, and for other pur-
poses.
A person is apt to think of spiders
as insects. but men of science do
not class them as insects. They are
clsssed as "arachnids." They differ
In several ways from true insects.
A true insect has six legs, but a
spider has eight The body of a
true insect is divided into three
main parts, but the spiders body
has only two main parts.
Most kinds of insects have wings.
Certain insects, like ants, seldom
have them, but in the spider world
we find no wings at all. There are
hundreds of kinds of spiders but
none can spread wings and fly.
The nearest thing to q flying
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Answer 70 Yesterdays LETTER-OUT

Yesterdays LETTER OUT.
Letter-Out
F) FLUSTER-RUSILE tseaD
BRIGADE-jarbed dressed.
(G) BADGERS-BEARDS covernss).
HUNTER-TUNER a piano..
TRADED-ADDER to
Evening star., 1941-08-12

o" is clearly "ah" in ''the prevailing
speech of the whole country" /
must continue so to report it here.
But America is still land of free
speech, and my readers have the
sacred right to say the short O.
in the manner that best pleaseS
them, and. like Voltaire. Il will de-
fend to the death your right to
sau Ii v
Evening star., 1941-08-12

Colby, in care Of The Evening
Star. Ask fer Pronsuncing Test
Ne. !. It's free fer the askinE.
Evening star., 1941-08-12

ny lHE fO0h ACkS.
Good Joekeying
An alert player will sometimes
make an apparently pointless bid
Just to jockey his opponents out Of
position. For example:
South dealer.
East-West vulnerable.
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The bidding:
South West North East
- Dbl. "a Pass
"A Pass Pass Pass
North began the jockeying when
he bid two spades on his very weak
hand. The simple raise over take
out double is often made on sOch
weak hands for the purpose OF indl-
eating support and making 1t dim
cult for the doubler's partner to
enter the bidding. AS it happened.
East had close question as 10
whether or not to bid three hearts
over Norths spade raise. He de-
cided against it, however, thus CIV
ing South the opportunity 10 oo
some more jockeying.
South knew his partner had a
weak hand. He knew also that ne
himself had a minimum opening olo.
There was therefore no chance 10
make a game. so any further bid
might seem pointless at first glance.
But the very weakness of the North
South hands was what made another
bid such a good idea. 1t was quite
possible that East and West could
make a game on their cards, Tor II
the North-South cards were weak
the East-West cards had to be cor
respondingly strong. tAs a matter
of fact. as you can easily see. the
ANALYSIS was quite correct. East
West could have made game at
hearts. since they were quite as
strong as South feared.J
So South made the apparently
pointless invitation of three spades,
knowing his partner would not ac-
cept the game invitation-and not
ut all sure that three spades could
be made. West was thus scared out
of the bidding, whereas he would
have taken chance on bidding
hearts il he could have bid them
st the level of three. South actually
made three spades-a lot better than
letting the opponents take the game
and rubber at hearts.
Yesterday you were Howard
schenken's partner and. with neither
side vulnerable, you held:
81 KQ6
H5
4 A 1898
The bidding:
Jacoby You Maier Schenken
Pass CD
Answer-Bid one spade. That is
the normal logical bid of the longest
biddable suit in your hand when
your hand is strong enough for an
opening bid.
Score 100 per cent for one space.
nothing for any other bid.
Question No. sS6.
Today you hold the same hand
and the bidding continues:
Jacohy You Maier Schenken
Pass IA Pass "a
What do you bid? ANSWER tomor-
row.
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Announcement

In response to hundreds Of re-
quests 1 have reprinted my Pro-
nouncing Test No. ). If you
missed this test when Ii was first
offered, send for it today and
test your pronouncing l. @. and
that Of your family and friends.
Perhaps you are l in 10000 who
can make \ perfect score. Don't
delay. Send a stamped t3-cent),
self addressed envelope to Frank
Evening star., 1941-08-12

spider" is one which spins out silk,
and then sails through the air when
blown by a strong breeze. A little
aviator" Of this type may travel
miles before landing.
Many female spiders spin silken
cases in which TO place their eggs,
and then drag the egg-case after
them as they move about. When
the young spiders hatch, they may
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-27
Murray Challenges
Authority

CONTINUED From Page One)
Pittsburgh, asked Knox and
Knudsen by what powers" were
they 'authorized to issue ulti-
matums' when an executive ord
er of the President had provided
for the settlement of labor dis
putcs through the Cancellation
service and the national media
ton board. He also charged
that the company had refused to
accept a settlement proposed by
the OPM.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-27

1t is as easy to mend faults as 10
cover them.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-27

Continued From Page One)
Evening star., 1941-02-02
By Marx Barron,
Associated Press staff Writer.
z--rry xy~rrs

NEW L o4e4A.
Park avenue, to New York City
tolk, is the social register lane of
our town. 1t is naturally very dig
nifed and conservative in an ex-
pensive aura.
So it is rather an illogical scene
for a policeman to hear screams
and meanings so eXcruciating that,
as he ran to investigate on a recent
night. he mulled the truth Of that
observation in The Pirates of Pen
zance" that taking one considera-
ton with another, a policeman's
life is not happy one
The lady making all the Commo-
ton, however, was Grace Moore
rehearsing the strangulation scene
she does with the basso, Lazzeri, in
"The Love of Three Kings" which
they will perform for their first time
at the Metropolitan opera on Feb
ruary 7.
Miss Moore, who has a habit of
winning triumphs that a completely
LOGICAL person would think impossi-
BILE, explained to the policeman that
she thought her high-heamed draw
ing room. especially designed for
good acoustics. was a much wiser
choice to rehearse the strangulation
than those huge caverns composing
the backstage of the Metropolitan.
Also she explained, as she patted
her blond tresses into place after
,,o ~ r1y ro1oorco1 nf
the scene, there are any number
of other things which may not add
up to the usual conception of logic.
In a Church Choir.
For instance. the records have
it that was born in Jellico, Tenn, -
she said But I was really born
in Slsbtown, Tenn, which is near
Del Rio.
"I moved to Jellico at the age of
5. and I started my musical career
there when I sang in the church
choir. So that is really where life
began for me"
Another illogical happening in
her youth came at the Jacksboro
(Tenn) County Fair, where she
won first prize for her chocolate
cake and second prize in the SPELL
ing contest, but in the singing con-
test she barely edged in for third
prize.
Cooking and literature still are
two of her prime hobbies, and in
her large, luxurious country house
in Connecticut she has experiment.
ed with herbs and vegetables so
much that she has written book
Evening star., 1941-02-02
DANCING.

TEACH YOU TO DANCE
IN A FEW LESSONS
--'vate or class. Beginners from TO
30 pm; advanced and dance from $50
u II:3O pm. Rhumba and Conga.
MAE DAVIDSON, ID. A. M. of A.
1929 M & THOMAS CIRCLE NV.
PHONE NATIONAL 3341.
Evening star., 1941-02-02

begun under these conditions. with
Thurbers head under the umbrella
and his hind quarters protruding
into the golden sunshine. I usually
sat under a magnolia tree, which
I regard with certain degree of
affection, but my collaboration
seemed unable to work up much
enthusiasm for magnolias. oranges
or swimming pools. Red and pant
ing, he said very little about the
rigors of life on the Pacific slope,
but l could see the slow acid burn
ing through his veins. We got him
some new spectacles after a few
days, and he and Helen moved into
Mexican bungalow with thick
white walls. but during all of the
three months they remained he
longed for the cool green shade of
Connecticut and the smoky gloom
of Bleeck's, his favorite New York
oasis.
Then the Whirlwind.
This long suffering side of Thur
ber is what throws many people
off. Unstimulated. he is one of the
mildest of men,. I almost said one
Of the dullest, which at times he
is, not in the sense of saying dull
things or being boring. but when
cloud is over him he reacts to moth
ing, and I have seen strangers pok-
ing at him to find the gleam that
Is in his writing, the cackeyed twist
and humor of his drawings, and
getting nothing in response but con-
ventional monoSyllables muttered
politely or glumly, sometimes even
cheerfully. Even with friends he
is shy and reluctant to disagree
when in this mood of low vitality.
One may, if unwary, go blithely
along trampling upon his deepest
convictions, offending his taste or
his pride, without arousing more
than perhaps ia murmur of pro-
test But this, my friends, is SOW
-ing the wind.
The whirlwind comes later. 1t
may appear in the classical way,
beginning with that cloud no big
ger than a Thurber mans hand.
Of you remember the drawings, the
hands do not look much like hands;
It's that way with the clouds, too,
which hardly look like clouds9
Suddenly the mild, patient Thurber
| u gone like forgotten zephyr,
Evening star., 1941-02-02
That's What Benjamin Glazer Had for
So Finally 1t Will Come to the Screen

after it came out and induced Para
mount to buy it. Steinbeck. more
than somewhat in need of funds at
that moren-, sold the screen rights
for $4,000. Later. the movies paid
$4,000 for Mice" and $4,000 for
Grapes
Glazer wrote a screen lay, but
Paramount believcd it was too un-
conventional and that, moreover, it
contained many Objectionable ele-
ments. GlaZer offered to relieve
Paramount of the property and
gave the studio what it had paid
Steinbeck. Whereupon, Glazer took
the story and his treatment to
Metro -Goldwyn- Mayer.
Glazer will not say what M-G-M
paid him, but talk around town is
that the price was $65 GOO.
No chara cters have been added
in Glazer's scenario nor none de-
leted. He says some incidents have
been added.
Evening star., 1941-02-02

way. They said that unfortunately
teaching school is often laughed at"
Discounts Messages"
For message plays" Miss Barry
more has little use. The theater
cannot influence the times, she said
it must inevitably move with the
times, reflect them rather than
direct them.
Message plays almost invari-
ably fail to accomplish their aim
or to correct the wrong they seek
to right" she continued 1.-THE only
one I can think of off-hand that
was successful was one by Gals
worthy called Justice 1t was
really instrumental in bringing
about prison reform in England.
About all the stage can hope
to do is to portray things as they
are. You might call it sort Of
Journalism. If people want to make
something out of the play, let them.
But as for influencing people,
doubt that it does as a general rule T.
Basic trends?
There aren't any. I remember
seeing my grandmother play in The
Rivals I'm sure She and the play
would be as good today as they
were then. Art is always art, and
talent is always talent. A good play
is like a great novel. 1t will last
forever. A poor one is like cheap
wisecrack-and will last about as
long.
ITO say that there are trends in
the theater, that the old plays
wouldn't be good today, is to say
that Shakespeare would be no good,
or Aeschylus or Aristophanes. And
as for talent, I'm sure Joe Jefferson
or the Booths would fill the house as
we'll today as they did more than so
years ago"
Has Greeted Two Rivals.
In 40 years Miss Barrymore has
seen the rise of two rivals to the
stage-the movies and the radio
but she isn't worried about either OF
them
The movies, to one who loves the
stage, leave something lacking, the
Evening star., 1941-02-02
Odd Clauses
Stud MANY
.ACOntract
Special Requests
Are Granted
Top Stars
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Behind the Carole Lombards and
Fredric Marchs of Hollywood lie
hundreds Of odd contracts ana
agreements which keep corps Of
lawyers and notaries hard at it.
Realizing the Importance Of star
ring names, the film city legal minds
go out of their way to please their
top players. Special requests are
quickly granted.
Take, for instance, the unselfish
plea of Miss Lombard several years
ago. She wanted her studio to re-
tain for life an electrician who suf-
fered loss of a leg in an airplans
accident. AS result, his Job Ia
guaranteed permanently.
Depends on Fiction.
The same actress also has an
agreement that her personal stand
in be retained Most players accept
any stand-in chosen by their studios.
For the first time in Hollywood,
a starring contract was recently
signed under which its length is de-
termined by the lifetime of fcti-
tiouS character.
The contract was between William
Boyd, star, and Harry Sherman.
producer.
Under the contract, Boyd, who
plays Hopalong Cassidy in the Sher-
man series of that name for Para
mount, agrees to star in the title
role so long as Hopalong Cassidy
lives at the box Office.
Brings His Trailer.
From present indications, it is q
life contract for Boyd. In produc-
ton is Border Vigilantes," thirty
fourth picture of the series. The
total individual books of the first
"a recently passed the 246 900 mark.
Fredric March has a strange re-
quest. The studios grant him per-
mission to bring his trailer dressing
room onto the stages where he
works. The compact living room
on wheels was recently brought to
I al dAllOu4AC "LlCIl hhdIC1l WOlktu III
Victory" the Joseph Conrad pic
/ ture.
But topping all the peculiar legal
documents is the latest one in the
hands of studio attorneys. This is
a guarantee that various stars will
not be sent to work in English
studios.
This clause is good for duration
of the war.
Evening star., 1941-02-02
Enthusiasm Is All That's Necessary

eve have told the story in a
VIZ to dramatize certain incidents
with coed screcnplay technique" 8"
Gla-c ~ savs. I'VE believe we have
retained the Steinheck flavor with
out BEING bawdy by stressing its
pccic qualities"
Cclsors are very stubborn about
prctracted drinking scenes and they
simply will not tolerate drunken
ness in photoplays. Those who have
read "Tortilla Flat" know that
Pilon and Danny and their friends
do considerable drinking and some
times they get drunk.
How, Glazer was asked, does he
get around this?
I'VE don't show any drunken
ness" he says. but we do have
plenty of wine"
That will suit Pilon, who ex-
presses this hope: IF only it would
rain wine for day, now, and we
had a tank to catch it in"
Evening star., 1941-02-02

, on what she has discovered about
/ recipes. 1t is called. sensibly
enough, Il Have Sung for My Sup
per"
Although she has the blond beau
ty and big blue eyes which are
almost the first requisites of one
aspiring to be a glamour girl o1
Broadway musical comedies, as she
did when. she made her stage debut
in The Music Box Revue" she
chose a sensible and definite plan
for her career instead of being con-
tent to shuttle between jobs with
Flo ziegfeld, George White and Earl
Carroll.
Continued Her Triumphs.
Il not only wanted to do musical
comedy" she said. but I wanted
to go on and do opera. So 1 left a
very nice life on Broadway and
went to Europe to study and sing
in the opera companies there. After
that I wanted to go on to talking
pictures and radio, and I want to
go on to television and third di-
mension and whatever other prog
ress the future brings"
Since her Metropolitan Opera de-
but in La Boheme' she has re-
turned there season after season
for new triumphs, just as she has
returned regularly to Hollywood
since she made her first motion
picture in 1890.
Where she hopes to return-but
naturally it can only be wishful
thinking now in view of war con-
ditions-is to the several European
countries where she gave notable
opera performance. After her sing
ing of "Manon" in the Paris Opera
Comique she hurried across the
Evening star., 1941-02-02

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