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Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10

WASHINGTON, July 10. CUP)-
The treasury department today de-
MED that it has changed its policy
of favoring voluntary purchases of
war bonds, despite a statement by
one of its assistant secretaries that
compulsory savings are on the way.
Assistant Secretary John l.. Sui
Ivan said in Boston yesterday that
failure of the present voluntary plan,
which has set monthly quota Of
81 900, 100000, would mean I'VE shall
be forced to resort to compulsory
savings"
But Undersecretary Daniel w.
Bell reiterated the treasury's stand
that no consideration be given to
forced sales until the voluntary
plan has had a fair trial. July /,
he said, was set as the original date
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10
Boy Scouts Hold
Quiz Contest Here

El Centro Boy Scout troop II
held a special quiz contest on
Scouting at their regular business
and social meeting in the hut
Thursday night.
Clarence Nichols, tenderfoot,
outshOne his brother Scouts in the
contest and was adjudged winner
by Tom Finney, committeeman in
charge.
The Scouts welcomed new jun
ior assistant Scoutmaster, George
Durringer. who came TO FL Centro
from Missouri recently. Durringer
Is life Scout.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10

yesterday.
TRIED IN CIVIL COURT
Hoover was unable to state when
the names of the contact people"
and persons who harbored the eight
saboteurS during their brief period
of freedom, would be made public.
These persons, known to be con-
siderable in number, will be tried
in the civil courts, possibly ON
charges of treason.
AS the trial continued in its
third day the mother of an Ameri-
can battle hero was expected to
testify against one of the defend
ants.
The prospective witness is Mrs
Agnes Jordan o: Chicago, mother of
Larry Jordan, wounded and reported
missing while serving as a tank bat
talon sergeant on Bataan.
She volunteered to testify against
% year old Herbert Hars Haupt
former Chicagoan who went to Ger
many to master the art Of sabotage
under Gestapo tutelag and then
W JlilS diu
submarine, to practice his treacher-
Gus craft.
Mrs. Jordan's son, it was disclosed
once gave Haupt a beating because
Hans was a NaZi'.
The third session of the trial
with the defendants lives at stake
brought no rift in the veil of secrecy
which has shrouded the entire pro-
ceedings from the start.
Despite efforts of Elmer Davis
director of the office of war infor-
nation, to obtain censored reports
of the trials progress, the military
commission of seven generals headed
by Maj. Gen. Frank X. Mccoy is
sued no "commuhique".
Mccoy was not expected to issue
any statement today until the enc
of the session. In one of two ISSUED
yesterday he explained that the
trial was secret because the teSti-
mony involved the security of the
United States and the lives of its
soldiers, sailors and citizens"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10
ProfiIe's Grandson
Joins U.S.. Army

ST. LOUIS, July 10 (UP) = The
great grandson of the American
nickel's Indian chief profile was in
framing for modern warfare at
jefferson barracks today. He is
Private Gilbert Eagle Feather,
Rosebud, S. D.
Eagle Feathers great grand
father was Chief Hollow Horn Bear
whose profile was put on the
buffalo" nickel. The young In
dian, a full-blooded Sioux. chose
the air crops when he was sworn
into the ARM and now shares a
tent with Private Benjamin Car
rier, an Arapaho Indian.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10
Dog opuIotion
Down in Valley

Imperial county's dog populatio
dropped 1902 in the last year but
rot from natural causes. . County
Pound Master Harold Schweitzer
destroyed them in the anti-rabies
campaign.
These dogs all were taken in the
rural areas of the county and were
either strays or their owners failed
to have them vaccinated against
rabies, SchweitZer said.
Last year he vaccinated 1870
dogs in the rural areas. There were
only three cases of rabies in the
unincorporated areas. none of the
vaccinated dogs suffering from the
dread ailment. Last year no live
stock suffered from rabies while
the year before IL head of livestock
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10

cessful actions against the enemy
in the Coral sea in May, 1912, and
off Midway island in June, 1912
was characterized by unfailing
judgment and sound decision, COUP
led with skill and vigor. His exer-
else of command on all occasions
left nothing to be desired"
Admiral Nimitz responded:
In accepting this honor I do so
with the distinct knowledge it was
made possible by the devoted SER
vice of the officers and men under
my command and the loyal service
of the staffs and the rank and file
of the army and marine corps who
made up the task forces participat-
ing in the action"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10

had rabies.
1T was not necessary for physi-
clans at the county hospital to
give Pasteur treatment TO anyone, y
Schweitzer said. The year before
a total of $50 single Pasteur shots
were given at the county hospital"
A veterinarian will vaccinate dogs
against rabies at the Imperial city
hall between pm. and $50 pm.
July "a.
The rabies eradication campaign
was started by the county board OF
supervisors at the request OF far
mers who became alarmed because
of the increase of rabies among
their livestock and the number OF
stray dogs found to have the dis
ease.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10
FLAMING GASOLINE
FATAL TO TWO MEN

CHICO. Cal. July l0-UP) -
Leroy Taggert 22, civilian employe
at Chico air base, and Private
Ernest j. Pristavec, "a, Thermopolis,
Wyo, died yesterday of injuries suf-
fered when gasoline burst into
flame while being transferred from
tank car to a truck The men
died before they could be given
transfusions from blood plasma
flown by an army plane from San
Francisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10
Latest German Spy
Suspect Charged
With -Four Crimes

Continued from Page II
passengers were moi permitted to
disembark until they had been
questioned at great length about
their activities III Europe.
Once detected, Bahr talked as
freely as the eight Nazi spies who
arrived recently by submarine and
now are on trial in Washington
Federal agents expected to make
quick work of his trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10
Floods Recede
BY UNITED PRESS

Flood waters receded Friday
along small streams in Illinois,
Kentucky, Virginia and Missouri
where a series Of flash floods re-
suited in heavy property damage
and cause at least six deaths.
The stricken areas embraced COM
munities in southwestern Virginia
and eastern Kentucky and in Illi-
nois and Missouri near the st. Louis
metropolitan area.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10
HfTCHHIkER JAILED
FO RABUSlNG MOTORISTS

Jesse Cole, &c. was serving the
first of eight days in the FL Cen
tro city Jail Friday because. police
said. he cursed motorists obScenely
when they failed TO stop and pick
him up as he sought to hitchhike
a ride on Imperial avenue late
Thursday. The charge was disturb
ing the peace.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10
DON'T ABUSE TIRES

WASHINGTON, July 10 UP) -
The office of price administration
today warned that LEGAL rationing
boards may refuse to issue new
tires to eligible motorists if they
have abused the ones they already
own.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10
Scanningl.v |. v.
News Horizon
SUES EOR DIVORCE

Suit for divorce was filed in I'M
perial county superior court Thurs
day by Oleta Alma Mitchell against
Robert Mitchell. She accused him
of extreme cruelty. They were mar
ried in Yuma Nov. ,, 1910 and sep
arated in Holtville last May 80.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10
DECREE GRANTED

An interlocutory divorce decree
was granted Thursday to James H.
Phillips in his suit against Phoebe
Ellen Phillips.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10
Spies to Have Job
Entering Country

Continued from Page l
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14

York cabarets. Jack'de SaulIes would see to that
When | explained to Bob, he promised to hel
me, help Rudy.
l called Rudy over long distance. Come RICH
out here" l told him, land we'll plan something.
Murray" he said, bless you This showe'
Rudy that believed in him and it showed every
one that Hollywood believed in Rudy when he be
came my leading man.
In my picture, Rudy ,ook the part of the play
boy son of an Irish contractor. The part brough
him to the attention Of those in power, and he wa
very good He made so good, in fact that he wa
eventually, as we all know started his brillian
career, beginning with his part in THE Fou
Horsemen"
But in the midst Of his success Rudy carrie
the mark Of Blanca. Nothing, not even fame an
fortune through his own talent erased the clou
she had cast over his heart. He could not under
stand why she had refused to see him after hi
trouble, why she had not been grateful 1t wa
hard for him to accept the fact that when sh
realized she could not use him to gain her owl
ends, she no longer had any interest in him. Will
the world sought him, and acclaimed him as
great lover Blanca de Saulles, the unhappy, I'm
desired wife Of playboy, did not want him! Thi
hurt his heart not his ego, his heart.
There was the time when Rudy with heartbreal
in his eyes and voice told me this terrible news:
Blanca had shot and killed Jack!
The newspapers headlined the facts-Blancs
the little convent-bred girl heiress to milliS,s
niece of a one-time President of Chile, who &
married Jack de Saues, of Social Register an,
Yale football fame, shot and killed her husban,
when he would not let her have their child.
Rudy tried to reach Blanca then. He followe,
every account of her. I'll never forget how h
grieved for the woman he loved while she was he'll,
on a charge of first degree murder Througl
the ten days of her trial he was like trappe'
animal. He would come and sit with me beside
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14

to make home life very nearly like the fairy tales
l acted in at the studio l set my heart on doing
this-and / did a good job. The house spread
gracefully in the midst of lawns and trees and
blooming gardens. / had staff Of servants and
gardeners. My furnishings were coorful and
unusual and l carried magnificence into the finest
detail. For instance had satin sheets on every
bed and a gold dinner service.
One huge room held only my many clothes and
a maid did nothing but keep them in perfect con-
dtion In fairy tales there is always mistress of
the wardrobe And l myself the princess
in fairy tale You see, although had been in
pictures a short time my earnings would afford
everything my heart desired.
Everything l wore was specially designed for
me. had dozens of everything, even my cobweb
lace pantes were made to order.
Bob and took our places in Hollywood life
and entertained frequently-and were entertained
In various homes where the celebrities gathered
and were amused by each other.
Charlie Chaplin would fetch a kettle and
napkin from the kitchen and do pantomime of
Salome, holding us spellbound with his art.
Now l was about to make Delicious Little
Devil" and the world which Bob and l shared
Rudolph Valentino was in serious trouble and
needed help.
Jack de Saulles had learned that Rudy would
be Blanca de Saules witness in her divorce from
him. So, Jack, to discredit Rudys testimony, and
through his influence of position and money, had
been able to have Rudy held on false charge.
But Rudy able to prove within few days he
was innocent of that charge and was freed.
knew the anguish in Rudys heart knew
that he realized he could do nothing more to help
the woman he loved and that Jack was deter
mined not to let her have her way in the divorce
which meant taking the child with her to Chile.
Rudy would now be unable to get work in New
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14

where the judge lives, let's go find him and
explain what actually happened
/ remember how hopefully walked into the
judges house little later. The Judge, a kind
eyed man, listened calmly as 1 went through my
"You should have spoken up before the cere-
mony, he said, unimpressed.
"But can't you help? Take it off the records?
1t wasn't real marriage"
1T was real marriage, he said. I'm not
the one to help you now. You'll have to see
lawyer.
=. Bob and l came away feeling more depressed
than ever-and l looked furtively at every pass
ing car
Jay would try his best to find and force me to
come with him that night. He would never rest
when he thought of himself as being out-smarted
by me-and laughed at by his friends because his
bride had run out on him
There seemed no place l could go and feel safe.
Bob and l drove for hours feeling too licked to
talk
"Mr de Mille!" I cried suddenly Hes helped
me before-let's tell him what has happened"
Bob agreed that was good idea, and said we
would need the help of the entire personnel of the
studio, now that Jay had legal hold over me, if
/ were to stay away from him.
When we told Cecil de Mile about it that very
night he and other executives of the studio worked
out plan for my safety.
l was sent to a ranch, few miles outside Los
Angeles and owned by one of the studio heads.
was guarded there throughout every hour for
IIle lOllOWllS i've udyS-uuTlnS winch StuQlO OIL
Gals succeeded in making clear to Jay what I had
tried long in vain to do. He must go on his
way and leave me. So, Jay eventually con-
vnced and left for New York his honeymoon
alone But even then man was sent unknown
to him, to watch him route to New York Had
Jay attempted to turn back to Hollywood, he
would have been stopped
1t took some time to free me from this peculiar
union. Bob Leonard was attentive and patient,
and great comfort to me; during this waiting his
final decree arrived and we made careful plans
for our future together
Eventually Bob and were married It seemed
the most natural thing in the world for me to
become his wife, and he treated me as though l
were some precious jewel entrusted to his care
Life seemed quite complete, peaceful and satisfy
ing Just as had expected it would be with him.
BY this time had large house on Franklin
Avenue, in Hollywood. / had jumped into big
money after my second picture and l was able
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14
CHAPTER ".

1912 by American Weekly Rights Reserved
TELL1NG Bob Leonard that I had married
someone else was the hardest thing ever
tried to do.
have never seen such hurt and disbelief in a
humans eyes as when we stood in his office that
night, barely an hour after my marriage to Jay
OBrien, and l struggled to put into words what
actually had happened
I've just gone through the wedding ceremony,
Bob" 1 said, holding his hands. II couldn't help
it-he would have shot me! I'll never be his wife,
Bob-never let him even come near me-"
"You did that? How could you!"
Il couldn't help it! Jay kept his gun in nay
side"
He wouldn't have shot you No man could
kill anything so lovely-Td rather you'd let him
shoot you than"
I'll never live with him, promise YOU. It's
you l am going to marry! And if l hadn't gone
through the ceremony with Jay-he said he would
have shot you-or me. 1t would have been one
OF us, Bob-or both"
went over and over the story to him. over
and over, because it was beyond Bobs magma
ton, beyond his belief that the thing he feared
most had actually happened
had gone to call Bob as soon as Jays friends
had taken us TO the hotel in Los Angeles where
wedding banquet had been prepared / saw my
chance to get away in the midst of the first burst
OF congratulations and excitement and champagne.
lodged behind hedge of palms, then ran out
side entrance of the hotel climbed into a taxi
and when l was certain no one had followed me I
got out and phoned Bob. Knowing that l would
be protected from Jay best at the studio told
Bob to meet me there in his office
"Oh, dearest-dearest!" Bobs face twitched
with pain. Il knew shouldn't have let you out
of my sight"
II hope you never do again." He held me close
and II seemed that cried out of my heart all the
anguish and anxiety had ever known because of
uh I bnca 70 fool
better Bob, maybe it wasn't a real marriage
ceremony"
How could it have been! think l remember
June IL 1912
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14
BY MAE MURRAY,

Famous Dancing Star of THE Merry Widow" and Other
Film Successes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14

June If, 1912
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
Lanes Doing All Right

Another quartet of girls from
one family are doing all right
for themselves. The Lanes are
all baSking in the limelight of
public approval.
Priscille is one OF the best
ingenue bets on the Warner lot.
while Rosemary is at present
winning Broadway smiles with
her work in Best Foot For
ward but she's a cinch TO re-
turn to the screen shortly. Lola
makes and directs movies, while
Leota has taken TO operatic
work.
OF course, the most famous
sisters today are Joan Fontaine
and Olivia de Havilland. For
while il looked like Olivia would
he the only one we would hear
from, but after her performance
in "Rebecca" and her Academy
Award portrayal in the current
Suspicion" Joan has passed
her lovely sister in the race for
fame.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22

out OF kid roles and playing
grown-up romantic leads.
For her current assignment
as Mrs. George M. Conan in
Yankee Doodle Dandy she has
TO age from Is TO so in the
course of the picture.
Joan lives with her parents,
Agnes and John Brodell, in Il
North Hollywood home which
she recently bought and decided
TO them.
Brodell, bank teller for
years, is now public accountant.
Mary, now married. is still
on the Warner contract list.
Betty, who shares the new
Brodell home, is working in the
orus of Yankee Doodle
Dandy"
All three Brodell girls are
pretty and talented. but Joan,
the baby. is the only one who
has received the nod from fame.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
Macbeth Scheduled

Following the second week of
Panama Hattie" the widely dis
cussed Theater Guild production
of Macbeth" with Maurice
Evans and Judith Anderson is
due TO arrive. That's for April
6 and on the following Monday,
April 13, Ethel Barrymore will
appear in the currently success
full THE Corn Is Green"
This is the last play Emelyn
Might Must FALL Williams
wrote before joining the British
air force. 1t enjoyed great
popularity in England during
1889 and later was produced
with the same success in New
York, This is its first trip out
on the road.
On April q. watch on the
Rhine" the Lillian Hellman
play starring Paul Lukas. Luz
ellie Watkins and Mady Chris
tianS will be the Cass occupant.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
Had to Be Pushed

And II their lucky stars shine
as brightly as they have for
previous sister acts, Olivia and
Joan have a brilliant future
ahead of them.
Joan is really the most amaz-
ing. Quiet and retiring, she had
to be pushed into the fray be-
fore she would show what she
could do. Olivia is much more
aggressive and finally she took
a hand in her sisters affairs.
She brought Joan's work in
smaller roles to the attention of
Alfred Hitchcock and the Eng
lish director had to admit that
she was the kind of actress he
had been looking for. although
he believed her too inexpe-
rienced for "Rebecca." Joan
had experience, but she failed
TO show it or. as is the Holly
wood custom, to brag of it.
Olivia and Joan'S husband in
sisted that she make a test, and
that settled it.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
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MOVIE FARE

MICHIGAN - Suspicion"
starring Joan Fontaine and
Cary Grant; Law of the
Tropics" starring Constance
Bennett and Jeffrey Lynn.
FOX-"Ride EN- Cowboy"
starring Bud Abbott and Lou
Costello.
UNITED lists
Woman of the Year" starring
Spencer Tracy and Katharine
Hepburn; Joe Smith. Ameri-
can" starring Robert Young
and Marsha Hunt.
ADAMS-"Ball of Fire"
starring Barbara Stanwyck
and Gary Cooper; Mexican
Spitfire at Sea-" starring
Lupe Velez and Leon Enrol.
PALMS STATE - THE
Fleets H." starring Dorothy
Lamour, William Holden,
Betty Hutton and Eddie
Bracken: Il n tern a [ onal
Lady" starring Iona Massey
and George Brent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
Stage and SCRe an Z
by Gark,Gsn
Sister Acts Are
Few but Famous
in Movie Circles
OYSTERS in the cinema are
~ relatively few and famous.

OYSTERS in the cinema are
- relatively few and famous.
While many actors have taken
after their fathers and many an
actress daughter has stepped
into her mothers silver screen
slippers, there are not many
sisters who have won fame at
the same time, but when they
do they last,
The first to become really inn
portant screen stars were the
Gish sisters. While Dorothy
gained distinction as a come
dienne, her sister, Lillian, swept
audiences away with fearful
performances in d. w. Griffith
spectacleS. Both are still inn
portant actresses.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
De+roit-Borh Joan Leslie Star at II;
Critics Say She VIII Rank With Greatest
BY HARRIET PARSONS
Special TO THE DETROIT TIMES
HOLLYWOOD, March q.

HOLLYWOOD, March Il.
AT II Joan Leslie has been
"A a full-fledged star for more
than a year.
In that time she has played
opposite Humphrey Bogart in
High Sierra" Gary Cooper in
Sergeant York" and Henry
Fonda in THE Male Animal
and is currently portraying
Jimmy Cagney's wife in Yankee
Doodle Dandy"
She has received reams of
publicity, sacks of fan mail.
knowing critics have predicted
that she will become one Of
Hollywood's great names.
In view of all this and con-
sidering her youth, one might
expect Joan 10 have a pretty
high opinion of herself 10
indulge in a few stellar whimS
and attitudes but she hasn't
time for the trim m ing OF
StardOm.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
The Three TaImadqes

The Talmadges were another
pair and, while they have re-
tired, most film fans remember
the madcap Constance, the
beautiful Norma and the ca
PRECIOUS Natalie.
The BENEFITS are still going
strong. Barbara has retired in
favor of domestic life. but Joan
is still considered one of the
most attractive gals in FINLAND
and Constance is currently on
view at the Michigan in Law of
tho TronicS"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
Hussey Heroine
In Pierre of Plains

RUTH HUSSEY has won a
role unlike any in her career.
She will play rough-and-ready
woman of the Canadian plains
as Daisy, heroine of Pierre of
the Plains" opposite John Car
roll. The role is in striking con-
trast TO her Characterization in
H. M. Pulham. Esq" and other
pictures. She will ride a horse
and tote a gun as the owner of
an inn in the Northwest.
In the story she figures as the
great love in the life of the sem
timental Pierre. He halts her
marriage 10 a rival, and later
takes the blame for a murder in
saving her brother from prison.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
4 Hours School a Day

She's too busy learning 10 b.
an actress. Besides she still has
to go to school four hours day.
On the set between scenes she
retires 10 her dressing room and
studies with her teacher.
In her spare time she takes
dancing, singing and plan o
lessons. Her schedule calls for
work. and more work.
Unlike the rest of Hollywood's
younger set. she has no social
life outside her family.
She doesn't go 10 night clubs
or parties. Active sports provide
her sole means of relaxation,
and even those serve a purpose
by keeping her fit
Sounds like a dull life for a
pretty 17-year-old girl, doeSn'tit?
But 10 Joan the business OF
being an actress is the most
fascinating paStime IN life
She has been in show business
since she was baby, and she
loves il.
Born Joan BrOdcll in Detroit,
Jan. 70. 1926. she attended
Catholic schools there and IN
Toronto and Montreal. between
vaudeville engagement
She broke into vaudeville al
the age Of 2 along with her Older
sisters, Betty and Mary.
The trio later played vaude-
vile houses and night clubs from
Quebec 10 Miami.