The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-04-23

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JOHNNY WEISMULLER
Ter and Maureen O'Sullivan. In it
Tarzan buys himself a wardrobe
and has exciting adventures away
from his jungle home.
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Tom Mcclure is now selling news
papers inside Grand Central station,
for good pay. Forty-eight years ago
he sold them outside the station, for
pennies. The reason is that then he
was a newsboy, just over from Ire
land-now he's an actor, in "The
Major and the Minor"
When Les Newkirk, manager of
the West theater at Trinidad, Colo,
opened an air-maik package from
Hollywood he was sort of stumped.
1t contained a record Of greetings
from Hollywood to the town, to
be reproduced through the theater's
loud speaker when 'Two Yanks in
Trinidad was first shown-and it
was in little pieces. Newkirk called
Hollywood, the pictures star, on To-
cation with the "He's My Old Man"
troupe, and O'Brien talked directly
to the audience.
Which scenes do you remember
best from "Gone With the Wind?
A survey reveals that most people
recall (1) Atlanta burning; (2) the
thousands of wounded soldiers lying
at the depot; (3) Scarlett's fall down.
stairs; (4) Scarlet shooting the Yam
kee soldier; (4) Rhett Buffers say
ing 81 don't give a damn" It's
drawing crowds for the third time
in New York; seems as if it will
60 on forever.
Kate Smith has begun her fifth
year of broadcasting "Kate Smith
Speaks" her daily commentator
program. It's originated from ho-
tells, theaters, restaurants, railroad
whistle stops, wherever she hap
pened to be-once, lately, from her
mothers living room.
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Shep Fields and his new orches-
ira have just completed a musical
short subject for Columbia Pictures;
titled Lightning Strikes Twice." it
traces his rise as a bandIeader, and
his switch to brasSless band and
new success. His wife and his baby
daughter, two-year-Old 10 Ann, have
prominent roles in the film, which
will be released nationally soon.
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Soldiers and sailors are sure to
have chance to win that $64 on the
"Take It or Leave It" broadcasts;
Quizmaster Phil Baker has added a
third glass bowl of numbers to the
one for men and the one for wom-
en-, just for them, and contestants
numbers are drawn from each in
turn. This was one of the first ma
jor programs to set aside a block
of seats for service men.
ODDS AND ENDS-"Flying Blonde"
the story Of i0on,an test pilot, is sched-
uIed for Lana Turner Marjorie Main
,UiH ioear pink satin dancing costume,
complete ,oith sequins, in the Wallace
Beery "Jackass Maip /. :. EdtUard ArnOlfs
stand-in, William Hoover, has Joined the
Marines; he's lost As pounds and doesn's
look so much like Arnold any more
Shirley Temples CrossIey rating sith
"Junior Miss" for March is more than
t,Uice as high as the average rating scored
BY newcomers to the air during the past
ttoo years And by the same rating
Jack Benny scored first place, for the same
month; he's making a habit of it.
The u. S. Naval academy's humor
magazine took poll to see with
whom the middies would like to be
marooned on a desert island. The
choice of the future admirals was
Lana Turner, who won by tre-
mendous margin.
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Bea Vain is baking Victory cakes
and sending them to the boys in
army camps and naval stations
throughout the country. We wouldn't
know just when the songstress finds
time to do the baking she's so busy
with her singing and her war work.