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Evening star., 1941-05-25

Oh career TeIldlSSdIlCe lIldG pTODl-
iseS to make her headline figure on
the Nations screens before this year
is out.
In Miss Langford's case it was a
tonsilectomy, in Lakeland, Fla. Be-
fore the operation she had fair So
prano. with only local reputation.
After leaving the hospital, she tiled
her voice one day in the usual key.
Nothing happened. 1t wasn't there
She thought she'd lost her singing
voice. Stricken, she tried again,
finally discovering that she still had
her voice, but that it was .ontralto.
She took the new voice to Tampa
radio show, where 2 vacationing
Rudy Vallee heard it. The next week
she was on Vallee's program. After
that she never slipped from radios
big time Today she is playing and
singing one of the top roles in Uni
versals Radio Revels Of 1912"
After that she goes to three other
major studios, just as rapidly as she
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Toduy's Film Schedules

CAPITOL-Po O. Gold" radio show might be born 430
7:15 and 10 m. Stage shows $40 625 and 9:10
COLUMBIA-ziegfeld musical story of three of them las
4:20 and Gas pm.
EARLEMee John Doe Capra the plight of the little
shows; afternoon and
Kane" Welles first film, distinguished
2:30 and $3.50 pm.
LITTLEThe News another of those deft and daft
British meodramas O. $50, 5:45, 7:35 and GAS
METROPOLITAN-The lead meodra
matte lives g. 1856 5:55 7:55 and 9:55 pm.
the much discussed Disney with music by
Stokowsk: 8 and $50
PALACETha Hamilton Womn" story of her affair with Lord
Nelson afternoon evening
shorts: continuous from o'clock
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Senate Was Chief Villain
In Directors Last Picture.

The United States Senate however principal
in his heart to forgive the picture its nydous
that in fourth
the action somewhat on the hay side more than implied
in Capras John
represents aou assault the institution OF
only boys and the lad who sells the paper
rom implication of chcanery.
Chief of publisher who to take the
Government and be the peoples ueer He pictured as fully prepared
for day. dtaste for the and
with troopers to put them out Of the way at the
Mr. denies not only freedom
nu power 10 & e press ire m Ill dpold m not tstta on the evil one
his by copyreader with
Next in rank although necessarily the
wicked ones is the managing paper Mr. Cs picture He
chap believe Meet John Doe who lnStucs
stand in front of veteran employees and sweep nnger
across decaptated SO M as the
concerned What MI C. does not realize that While managing
humanity have Wored their way INTO e cai
any possibilities would been nhed in some poce press
room The of John Doe is uIther
painted as terrific that he totally blind
the meaning boss troopers he also Is eo" VINO
Mr. pra on the ground perhaps also drink
spite That to say drinking recognizable ny
occupatlona disease OF neVsapen
spite Honywood valiant efforts prove otherwise
Even Pictures Pretty Heroine
Ia Darkness in Her Soul
Where MI c. far for the good Of hp
picte as slab of treatment of its heroine
In respects retouch the portrait created by Barbara
stanwyck Rather ant-hearedy and amoS quicker uia 'n
he pictured her mother Oher"se
she was pretty the much worse kind when you
biology of lice who was mouVateo o None @ -
complete betrayal of the man she loved oeSpeae
whole association with John Doe noeeo was ~ - savs hasn
his feeling for her made you think the name must nave ~
Dope msspeled , , ... -,
lncredloe the enone III "lICl WIZ W.
living to marry
should choose the latter , -
Of prejudice against neVspapermen Is an
speculation 1t might POSSIBLY nave oeen o
natural squeamshness the violence OF the 'front.' pages Oh
California To one only acquainted
prediction for tales OF women over
cifs-a criucsmmigh imply the things MI C. ap
parently believes.
reading might help him 1t might even
help pictures look petuou in the character
O villains; perhaps in theme
would be bad for Mr. be
hates newspapermen who really
outside of his pictures
Evening star., 1941-05-25

Buck play, Flight to China" which
never reached New York, and mads
/ her Manhattan debut last year In
bit part in The World We Make"
But Miss Webster had not for.
gotten her. When Uta Hagen left
the Lunts she sold them the idea Of
Thelna, sight unseen. Thelma
learned her role on the overnight
train jump to Detroit where she
joined the distinguished pair and
became their protege
No snow has ever drifted across
Thelma's counterpart. Her
father is A. c. Schnee. a wealthy
real estate broker .. But to fulfill
her ambitions she covered by taxi
miles of New York concrete trying
| to get job.
She was never broke. but her
heart was many times. says Thelma.
1t wasn't easy getting into The
Corn Is Green" either. She had
tried to meet its producer, Herbert
Shumlin, two years ago, and had
struck up an acquaintanceShip with
the doorman of his New York apart
ment
But She Was In"
When she called him and secured
an appointment, saying they had a
mutual friend, she was forced to
admit 1t was his doorman. Shumlin
broke into laughter.
But I was in" Thelma comments.
He doubted that the soft-spoken
Miss Schnee would be convincing in
the role Of q girl who gives birth 10
an illegitimate child,
Thelma telephoned him one day
and said. this is Toots Schnee
speaking" and gave him a perfect
imitation Of trollop
The part was hers.
Although New York drama
critics, who have no reputation for
being sentimental, hurried to their
typewriters after the opening last
fall and wrote as one man that one
youngster. Thelma Schnee. was ter
rife. she still studies acting. Twice
week she goes to school to Lee
Strasberg, a disciple Of the great
Stanislavski of the Moscow Theater.
She's been having fun, too, ex-
ploring New York.
High point in Thelma's few years
so far was at her first rehearsal with
Ethel Barrymore, whom she had
never met before. She played few
scenes. The great actress walked
over to her and said
MY dear, that was lovely"
Thelma's brother Charles, who
studied law at Yale, is now inter-
ested in writing for the theater. Her
father keeps scrapbook of her
press clippings. Her sister Betty. 10,
| is studying to be a doctor.
Evening star., 1941-05-25

can make the rounds. Miss Lang
ford says the surgeons knife so far
has carved out approximately s125,-
900 worth of movie work for her.
Bing Can't Help 1t.
There are many important names
among other members of the Bless
ings-i Disguise Club. Bing Crosby,
Andy Devine. Bette Davis, Mischa
Auer, Walter Brennan. Martha
Rave, John Carradine-to name a
few.
All have one thing in common--a
presumed disaster turned out for
them to be the vehicle TO fame and
fortune.
Take Crosby's case: It's harm
less polyp in his throat that causes
the momentary break in his voice
rated as multi-million-dollar asset.
Crosby thanks his stars for that
growth, which is not malignant eX-
(See HEFFERNAN, Page F-3D
Evening star., 1941-05-25

sense Of dress. But she proved she
could act the bonnets off nearly all
the other leading ladies in Holly
wood in her first film opportunity
"Of Human Bondage"
Veronica Lake will owe whatever
success she has in the near future
to the way she dressed her hair and
to her low, clear voice reminiscent
of Myrna 10y in Il Wanted Wings"
Stirling Hayden's difficulty in
making his lower lip follow the line
of his smile in Virginia is moving
the girls down all over the country
with the result that Paramount is
starring him in ''Dildo Cay"
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Mr.. Shaw Makes an Exit
With a Moving Scene
Tears Get in the Way of Seeing
The End of His Prologue
To Major Barbara
By Ira Woltert.

In his latest appearance during which
speaks
Major part
who is preparing die
That makes playing
Broadway He supposed to have written The Doctors Dilemma
currently being offered with great by Katharine Cornell
order that he had the
heart with dying But this last he has
himself is infinitely superior.
What people
best in the Norldhs
waves US avav That is ALL have % cot to % b @ Az d e 50 ea @ ne
we'll" and lifts old hand his In salute
He has been fighter all his life The salute exactly
his exit gesture He holds the salute and the holds
hard him the last played
crowded desk English home with
head making the peculiar grunng gobbng
scap one of the most remarkable pieces of drama the the has
offered IN long time perhaps in our century Tears get in the of
Old man '"sS " from all s'osS TO S'''0" up the
He
Has Lived.
He is obviously tired admits nothing
left to be lived Yet he not old sitting stuck somewhere
them the consolation
and marking up intensely victory from the
instead ne continues vigorously to be useful pointing out to the soldiers
who that he has fighting stupidity
made from them guide books tactics
consulted as such and finally ralying us to the fight
The certainty of imminent
such practical ordinarily of the mavont enemies
human mind have this
OGPU failed
know they die help from the living
manning in control Of their minds up to that time
pieves Each facing capital punishment
prved
every convicted man can feel some hope up to the moment when the
electrodes is r
He Could Hope Each Time
And Hope to the End
tell about the OGPU through friend
there
belt
bullets would
He
that because like to die we'll something they feel
they to the life they have lived.
called friend several they called all the others
him his belt
behind walked
cooked revolver his hand At moment the revolver
might have been friends fired but he couldn't be
point He just being taken to office for question:
was a end o
around him was this same walk toward an office and pistol sh0 en- route
his mind He has
able had to rely himself keep
comca gesture to tighten the
will testament he farewell forever the only
he believes
y
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Capra Sticks to His Thesis
Only Newspapermen Are
Villains and Vice Versa
Latest Picture, Meet John Doe Stacked
With Evil.Doers Smeared Darkly With
Printers Ink and Dastardly Aims
Br Jaw CarmOdy.

Capras passion the little right TO freedom
admirable thing that 1t doubles the
questioning thinking But newspaper
conviction that there's
publisher must wonder now and then
phobia literature and do IND
rave Of the rights Of and the
His must be stained with
blackness printers ink only.
Away Deeds the swarhy little genius OF the
Lost Horizon and
he limited by the fact that the ready
contained such dpraved characters
scripts the first Of which was MI
the lapse swinging
his the Journalistic chin considerable
nun 10
Evening star., 1941-05-25

! to two words: He has sex appeal" i"
And he is tough with the ladies'
which perhaps, is saying the same
thing twice
Dorothy Lamour is not overly
looking. Her personality is no
stronger than that of the next
girls. Her acting is only fair. Dotty
owes her swift rise in FINLAND to the
press agent who publicized her ply
sique via the revealing sarong, plus
her singing voice and provocatively
sulky face,
Doesn't Have to Act.
If Enrol Flynn's first picture had
shown him IN modern clothes and
in a modern story, he would now be
free to seek the adventure out of
films he says he Graves. But luckily
for Enrol, the period and place of
Captain Blood" clothed him with
enough glamour to hide his defects
as an actor.
Gary Cooper doesn't have to act
in his films. His simplicity is the
beacon that led him to and main
tains his starring status. I did not
see him in THE Winning of Barbara
Worth" but those who did say they
spotted him Immediately for star
dom. Loretta Young's fresh
beauty was the key to her successful
start in pictures. Since then she has
consolidated her position with con-
f1dence and improved acting ability.
George Raft is far from hand
some, and I don't like his acting
much. But as personality he is
hard to overlook. He seems tough,
but is good-natured. And they still
talk about his film emergence in
"Scarface."
Cary Grant is one of the few ex-
ceptions to the rule of potential or
proved stardom in the first film. He
went many years before striking film
tsee GRAHAM Page Fed
Evening star., 1941-05-25
She's Having the Time of Her Life Being Somebody

to her read a part, patted her on the
shoulder and predicted that she
would see her name in bright lights
some day.
1t was two years before Thelma
heard from her again.
In the meantime she played in
summer stock in Cohasset, Me, took
the role of Chinese girl in Pearl
Evening star., 1941-05-25

where she studied at the London
School of Speech and Drama.
Matriculating at Wellesley she quit
after a year because no drama course
was offered and went to Carnegie
Tech in Pittsburgh, being graduated
at l9. Her instructor there gave
her letter to Shakespearean Direc-
tor Margaret Webster, who listened
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Success Comes Quickly
And Sometimes
Their First Picture Opportunities
Pointed Many of Those on Top
Toward Those Heights
Bv Sheiiah Graham.
By Skeilah Graham.


makes this girl grade-A right and that
small pictures should catch
his first picture and another toll through dozens Of films before getting
mediocre ability
beauty personality luck" publicity campaign Let's
the big-shots became their present size
makeup poor
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Blessing>in Disguise Club
Boasts Many Members
There Are Plenty of Picture Stars
Who Wouldn't Be but For
Some Physical Misfortune
By Harold Hefernan.

Funny greatest
have their physical them-and
proitably.
Club?
tt the
member Langford
Nogales international. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1926-1979, 1941-10-03
"Clerk Board of
Visiting Here
From Russian
Riuer Country

Visiting here from the Russian
'ver country in northern California
here their folks we're 'ers, Lee
Eenefee of Cazadero and Albert S.
Menefee of Fontana, prominent
ranchers, arrived Tuesday and are
guests Of their brother, Crayton H.
Menefee, and wife.
The three brothers, pioneers CT
the Golden State, were bern on the
the Russian river and their ances-
tors came West from Missouri and
Kentucky during the gold rush in
the 40's.
In Kentucky the Menefees lived in
Menefee county, adjoining bloody
Breathitt county.
The three Menefee brothers are
"dyedin-t the WOOL Democrats and
are very interesting folks to- talk to.
Nogales international. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1926-1979, 1941-10-03
Bill Underwood
To Take Exam
For Annapolis

Bill Underwood, second son OF
Mrs. Ellen Underwood, will take an
examination tomorrow for us. Sen
-ator Carl Hayden's appointment to
Annapolis.
A sergeant IN the air corps. sta
toned at Jackson, Miss, young IN
.derwood arrived here Monday night
to visit his mother. He will leave
Sunday on the return trip to jack
son and from there will go to Bos-
ton, Mass, and thence to Jackson
vile, Florida for the winter.
Bern in NogaleS 20 years ago, a
son of the late -Irve Underwood,
Noga9es merchant Bill grew mp here
and graduated from Nogales High
School He is brother of John and
Robert Underwood, both now with
the Mountain States Telephone &
Telegraph Company at Tucson, and
Allen and Gerald Underwood, who
are attending Nogales High School.
Nogales international. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1926-1979, 1941-10-03
Hotel AT
Patagonia
Changes Hands

Mrs William Anderson, ST., a
visitor here Friday from Patagonia,
announced that she and Mrs. Kitty
Glover, have taken over Patagonia's
hotel, formerly known as The Com
mercial, and until recently under
the management of Mrs. Martha
Roesner.
The change in management went
into effect October l. The hotel is
owned by the Richardson Estate
and was built by the late 0Dl. R. R.
Richardson, one of the earliest pi-
oneers of the Patagonia district.
Name of the hotel has been
changed to "The Patagonia Inn"
and slogan is Designers Of Good
Foods
The hotel is to be remodeled and
the dining room will be open to the
public for meals Special dinners
will be one of the main features.
eft will be truly western inn,
Mrs. Anderson said
Mrs Kitty Glover will continue
to operate The Beanery, popular
cafe in Patagonia, in addition to
taking part in the management OF
"The Patagonia Inn"
Nogales international. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1926-1979, 1941-10-03

Plans for the installation in
the near future of an entirely
new water system in Nogales,
Sonora, were discussed yesterday
at meeting of a committee of
business men which will super
wise the project.
Gonzalo Armada, president of the
Noga1es, Sonora, Chamber of Com
merce, is supervising the work as
vice president of a special commit
tee appointed recently by President
Manuel Avila Camacho of Mexico
Armada is in charge of the program
in the absence of Miguel Bazurto,
president of the committee.
The Sonora committee recently re-
turned from Mexico City where
President Camacho promised them
800 900 pesos of federal money fol
the project. An additional 100000
pesos will be put up by border
bank, and taxpayers of Nogales
Sonora, are expected to put up the
balance necessary.
Under present plans the commit
tee will have wells dug near the
Santa Cruz river where specla
pumps will be installed.
All details for the operation O.
Nogales international. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1926-1979, 1941-10-03

II couldn't believe my eyes
when drove into Nogales Fri
day and noted the many i'm
prOvements in 16 years." said
Frank E. Sullivan, former
Standard Oil Company man.
ager here.
It was his first visit to Nogales
since he left in June 1925 and those
days we're before Nogales had paved
streets, before Rancho Grande was
built, before Lincoln and Roosevelt
schools were erected, and before
many other Improvements which
transformed Nogales from a small
frontier appearing town to that of
a modern city.
Sullivan was accompanied by his
wife (Nina Townsend and they
were en- a vacation trip from his
duties as branch manager, sales
department, of the Standard Oil
Company at Ventura, California.
Sullivan twice lived in Nogales
He joined the army here in 1917 and
his second time as a resident here
was from 1921 to 1925. Leaving here
he was with the Standard Oil in
Mexico and later in Oregon, Wash
ington, and ten years at Bakers
field.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sullivan's only child,
daughter, Mozelle, now 81, is to
be married on Thanksgiving evening
at the Episcopal church in Bakers
field to Rue Pollak, connected with
the Douglas Aircraft Corporation at
Ell Segundo, California. He is a
graduate of Stanford and she has
been attending University of Cali
fornia at Berkeley.
The Sullivans lived in Casa
Grande before moving here in 1921.
Mrs. Sullivan is an alumni of the
State Teachers College at Flag
staff.
Sullivan told the NOgales In
ternational there is much inter
Nogales international. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1926-1979, 1941-10-03
Death Claims
We'll Known
Nogales Man

In poor health two years, critical
1y i'll ten days, A. L. Lewis, TT, well
known -NogaIes man, died Saturday
morning at his home, 504 Crawford
street, where he had lived about Is
years. Death was attributed to
Bright's disease.
Carrying out his wish that he be
buried from his home, funeral serv-
ices we're held at the Lewis residence
Sunday afternoon, Rev. George C.
Wadsworth, vicar of st. Andrews
Episcopal Church, Officiating.
Burial was in the Nogales GENE
terry and 'pallbearerS we're John
Davidson, former British consul at
Guayras; Otto Herold, H. M. Clag-
EFT, j. A. Jackson, j. E. Wise and
E. K Cumming.
Surviving relatives include his
widow, a daughter, Mrs William c..
Taylor, Jr., Nogales: a sister, Mrs.
Walter S. Keenan,, Pelham Manor.
NY; a brother, Cyrus B. Lewis,
Los Angeles; and a grandson, John
c. Maui, Jr., who flew here for the
funeral from San Diego where he is
Craftsman for Consolidated Air
craft Corporation.
Mr.. Lewis went to Mexico City in
1897 and ten years later settled in
Hermosillo. For many years he was
an ere buyer in Mexico fer the Amer
lean Smelling 81 Refining Company
and was one of the founders of an
old Mexican firm known as 1.-The
Lewis Company" which 1ater be-
came National Metals Company, -
with headquarters in Mexico City.
He was an Alpha Delta Phi at
University of Michigan in Ann Ar
Dor and a buother-in-law Of the late
w. C. Vinegar of this city.
Nogales international. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1926-1979, 1941-10-03
II Drown In
Carlsbad Flood
Says Local Man

Fourteen persons were drowned
and Is or 20 tourist courts destroyed
by Pecos river flood waters sweeping
Carlsbad, NM, a week ago last
night, according to information
given Mac j. Hall of this city who
arrived in Carlsbad Friday enroute
home from trip to Healdton, Okla.
Hall also ran into floods at Lords
burg and Wilcox. He arrived at
Lordsburg Sunday noon and his car
v2G one of 300 tied up there by high
water until Monday.
He drove through one foot of
water at Wilcox.
Nogales international. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1926-1979, 1941-10-03
ARCHBISHOP J. ]. CANTWELL
WILL LEAD PILGRIMAGE TO
MEXICO STARTING OCT. 9Th
One Of Largest Pilgrimages Ever Made From United
States Leaving Los Angeles To Take Part
In Mexico City Celebration
tons there on Oct. IL and IL.

tions there on Oct. IL and IL.
The purpose of the pilgrimage is
to join with the Mexican hierarchy
in a solemn supplication for the
preservation of peace in the western
world and to take part in the cele-
bration of American Day pre-
pared by the Archbishop of Mexico
City for Oct. IL.
HONOR FOR ARCHBISHOP
On that day, Archbishop Can't
well will celebrate a solemn poTtifi-
cal high mass in the famous BaSilica
of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Mt.
Tepeyac, near the Mexican capital.
Attending the mass will be scores
of visiting prelates of North, Cen
trail and South America, the whole
Mexican hierarchy, the Diplomatic
Corps and a large concourse of Pan
American Catholics.
It will be the first time any mem
Der of the American hierarchy has
pontificated in enc of the many
churches in Mexico City. Ten years
ago the Golden Rose of Tepeyac was
presented to Archbishop Cantwell
by Archbishop Luis M. Martinez of
Mexico for his work in helping to
restore the basilica raised in honor
Fof Our Lady of Guadalupe en- Oct.
IL, 1895.
COLORFUL CEREMONIES
The day also will commemorate
the anniversary Of the discovery of
America in 1892. Seventeen men,
bers Of the American hierarchy will
join with their brethren of South
America in the celebration of the
two anniversaries.
fCo4orful ceremonies will take place
ron the afternoon of Oct. IL in the
patio Of the basilica when members
of the Diplomatic Corps will raise
the flags of their countries.
Josephus Daniels, United States
cCTurn' toTPage Three)
Nogales international. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1926-1979, 1941-10-03
Bill Petersen
Mentioned For
2 High Posts

Corporation Commissioner Will
liam (BilD Petersen, who was a
visitg' here Saturday from Phoenix,
is mentioned for two high posts at
next years election.
Some say he is going to seek the
Democratic nomination for Cover
nor, others that he will try for a
seat in the lower house of Congress.
"Are you running fer GOVERNOR"
he was asked by the Nogales Inter-
national.
"Not to be quoted as saying mo-, !"
he replied. This might be an impli-
cation he'll be candidate.
"How about Congress" he was
asked. His answer to that, too, was
somewhat evasive.
II have one job to perform" he
replied. He meant that Of Corpora
ton Commissioner.
Petersen, we believe, feels that
the matter of running for any Of
flee is in the hands of his friends
to decide,
Here in Santa Cruz County some
friends are urging him to run for
Governor and others want him to
run for Congress although Petersen
seems cCntented with his duties as
a member of the Corporation Com
mission, to which he was elected
for a six year term last November.
Nogales international. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1926-1979, 1941-10-03
cummings Back
From 10000
Mile Journey

We're glad to get back, us great
to be home again, back where the
climate is unsurpassed and people
really friendly said c. D. Cum
mings, visitor here yesterday from
P1ta,- 01lta
Cummings and wife have just re-
turned from 10000 mile trip to
Texas, Oklahoma and the Pacific
Northwest. They were gone four
months.
They spent IA days IN Yellowstone
National Park. Among places visit
ed was Bill Cody's outfit east of
Yellowstone in wyoming" Cum
mingS said.
LAS a result of our "Trip we think
more of this country than ever be-
FORE" he added.