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Evening star., 1942-02-08

Lake Hopatcong home he had the
place resembling a busting grand
central station as actors, play
wrights, novelists, Senators, news
papermen, baseball players, artists,
symphonic conductors and countless
others came there to play on his
completely mad golf course. Its
tees and fairways had all sorts OF
tricks including one hole where the
green was shaped like huge funnel
so it was impossible NOT to make q
hole in one.
Another Of his many talents is
that of a chef. His chile con carne
and barbecued steaks are famous
and no one else knows the recipes
because he locks himself alone in
the kitchen while he Is cooking them.
He has a piano in his house on
which all his guests have burned
their autographs, such guests as
Babe Ruth, Hudson Maxim, Percy
Hammond, Ring Lardner, Robert
Benchley and hundreds of other
notables.
Few people knew that Cook was
i'll. Broadway hopes about Cook S
retirement that. in the words of
George Gershwin, 1T amt neces-
sarily So"
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Running Kiss
Invented by
Cary Grant
Trick Developed
In Comedy of
Many Murders
Wide World News.
HOLLYWOOD.


In the filming Of that hilarious
story of the gentle art Of poisoning,
Arsenic and Old Lace" Cary
Grant stumbled onto the technique
of the running kiss" in order to get
Priscilla Lane out Of the House, a
variation of that ancient sport Of
''how to get rid Of woman"
In the movie version Of the story,
Cary, just after being married to
Priscilla, discovers that his two
sainted maiden aunts, whom he has
been revering for years, are in
reality pair Of borgiaS.
They love to lure old men into
their parlor, give them a supposedly
refreshing glass of elderberry wine
except that the wine has been laced
with arsenic-and then have their
mad brother bury the cropses in the
cellar.
So Cary wants to get Priscilla out
Of the house before she samples
some of the poisonous brew, but he
doesn't want to alarm her with the
information that she is within
hands reach of instant death. She,
his newly welded wife, is impatient
ly awaiting his arms.
So Cary invented the running
kiss"-really an osculatory brush
off.
The buss, mmm-m-m, started in
side the dangerous house, and by the
time it was finished Cary had his
bride outside on the porch in COM
parative safety.
Arsenic and Old Lace" still Is a
Broadway hit, having played to
$836,178 in its first year as stage
production. Warner Bros. bought
the film rights for $175,000.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Andy Was Heavy,
But Not of Wit
BY Wide World News.

HOLLYWOOD.
The stories about the difficulties
Andy Devine encounters because Of
his weight-he's down to 260 now
may be worth collecting some day.
Brod Crawford recalls the time
he and Andy were together in a
Western when the scene called for
Andy and a bunch of cowboys to
make a hasty exit from saloon to
chase the bandits.
Andy was weighing about 300 at
that time and he couldn't do much
leaping around" Brod tells. The
boys ran out. leaped into their sad
dies and were away-au except poor
Andy. He couldn't pull himself into
the saddle. The others were dis
appearing in a cloud of dust when
Andy. still struggling to get aboard,
yelled:
"'You fellows 60 on, Ill take the
short cut"
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Weary, a Comic Would End an Era
But Broadway Hopes the News of Joe Cooks
Retirement .Aint Necessarily So
By Mark Barron,
Wide World News.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
A quiet, Unconditional note came
In the mail to Broadway theatrical
and newspaper Offices the other
morning and 1t was statement that
world and marked the last per-
formance of a top flight star who
has a talent that is vastly amusing
and one impossible to initiate. The
man Is Joe Cook and he wrote,
Having been on the sick list for
quite a while now and feeling that
I can no longer do justice to my
work, I've decided to retire from
show business"
Cook, who is as fresh and seems
as young as Mickey Rooney, is 50
years old and now he must quit
his rigorous performances behind
the footlights because of complica-
tions from two attacks of influenza
suffered couple of years ago from
running around in the snow on his
fabulous estate, "Sleepless Hollow"
on a New Jersey lake.
Impossible to Initiate.
He is a comedian who earned his
first and lasting fame as a vaude-
vile star with an act called How
- Initiate Four Hawaiians," yet he
is probably the only outstanding
performer who has never had an
other actor try to initiate him.
1t was impossible to initiate him
unless one was combination COM
edian, actor, dancer, musician, tight
rope artist, sharpShooter, magician,
mechanic, acrobat and athlete. For
Cook is all of these as he so ably
demonstrated from the time when
he made his Broadway debut with
Raymond Hitchcock in "Hitchy
Koo" in 1919. through several edi-
tions of Earl CAROLS "Vanities"
and on into Rain or Shine" Fine
and Dandy" Fanfare" and Hold
Your Horses"
When he and his brother Leo left
their home in Evansville. Ind, to
20 into the show business he Is
now quitting, Cooks chief talent was
his brilliant imagination. He de-
cided to try for job as juggler
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Cormody
Continued From Page E-1)

it seems rather a fine feud fol-
watching.
"Plan M" Defies Tradition.
Next play to challenge the critics
not to mention a tradition Of the
theater, is Plan M" which will
come to the National tomorrow
night under the auspices of Richard
Aldrich and Richard Myers. The
tradition which plan M" disregards
is that which has it that war plays
are not likely to be successes during
wartime.
In addition to the Messrs. Aldrich
and Myers, a young man who thinks
differently is James Edward Grant
of Hollywood, who authored the
drama. which is concerned with q
plot to upset England's invasion
defenses. Not much else is being
revealed Of Mr.. Grants drama, but
its general flavor may be deduced
from the fact that he was one OF
the authors of "Boomtown," one OF
last years most tempestuous photo
plays.
The rest will be revealed tomor-
row night.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Dogs Go to Actor
But Not Until
He Is BacOnized
BY Wide World News.

HOLLYWOOD.
Because the dogs are fed up land
we're not kidding) on Frank Morgan,
Morgan is definitely fed up on dogs.
A movie sequence in "Tortilla
Flat called for Pirate Morgan to
sit in church and be jumped upon
by five CANNES. After two hours
spent trying to coax the quintet to
jump simultaneously, Director Victor
Fleming had an idea.
He hid bits of meat. fish and
other dehcacies in Morgans beard.
His neck was rubbed with bacon
grease.
How do you feel?" queried Flem-
ing, when 1t was over.
Like an automat," Morgan re-
torted.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Another Ruggles
Likes Directing
Wide World News.

Wide World NEWS.
HOLLYWOOD.
There's another director, Wesley
Ruggles, coming up for the future
Hollywood. Wes, jr., 9, visited the
set Of wildcat" to watch his mother,
Airline Judge, at work.
Director Frank Mcdonald let him
shout action" at the start Of each
scene, "Cut it" when it was over
Now young Yves has his career all
planned:
II want to be a director. But
none of this love stuff. I'll do West
erns."
Evening star., 1942-02-08
They Didn't Buy
Wide World News.

HOLLYWOOD.
1t wasn't just an urge to own a
race horse that sent George Brent
and Ann Sheridan to a Santa Anita
auction.
AS Ann put it:
Wed like to have some good
buggy horses on the ranch, too, just
in case"
P. S.: They didn't buy.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
SUNDAY

"A Yank IN the r. A
F." Never Give q
Sucker Even Break. "
Humphrey Bogart ano
Conrad Veidt in "All
Through the Night.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Donald Duck Also Paws
Popular Cartoon Star Shows
How to Battle Tax Form
cd
Dy 1 "a UHI,
Wide World. News.
HOLLYWOOD

has called dmunitve but also Donald
painful paying
Treasury Department prints technicoor
order of color produced showing
Walt Disney lectring
Evening star., 1942-02-08

out tax blanks before March IS
the films are to be distributed to
theaters throughout the country.
AS the film starts, Donald, who
also must pay a tax for the first
time this year to facilitate cal
culations procures a huge as
sortment of gadgets ranging from
adding machines, slide rules and T
squares to law books and a bottle
of aspirin in fact, he has such
tough struggle the Treasury De-
paftment comes to his assistance
it figures that Donald is un-
married but supports three
adopted minor nephews, for whose
maintenance he has legal and
moral obligation with an $500
allowable deduction, he must pay a
S13 tax on a $2,501 income. -.
That's what it says right there
on the back of his income tax
blank, so he concludes all his own
individual figuring isn't worth the
headaches he shows illustrated
instructions in the hope of making
the task less burdensome for the
rest of the country and at the
same time graphically showing how
taxes will keep Uncle Sans democ-
racy IN the march
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Rubber Gums the Works.

Short snort-How'd you like to
be q raindrop cracker? they've
got 'em in the movies they're
the chaps who, for rain sequences,
place fine wire screens just above
the floor, which crack up the arti-
fetal raindrops that fall from water
pipes and prevent them from max
Evening star., 1942-02-08

Dawn" and
Plying Cadets"
Blues in the Night"
and
Target for Tonight"
Bing Crosby and
Mary Martin in
Birth of the Blues"
Greta Garbo and
Melvyn Douglas in
'Two-Faced Woman y
Fibber MCGEE, Molly.
Edgar Bergen, Look
Who's Laughing"
Fibber MCGEE, Molly,
Edgar Bergan, Look
Who's Laughing"
RoSallnd russell anQ
Walter Pidgeon in
Design for Scandal. =
Hedy Lamar and
Robert Young in
II. M. Pulham, ESQ"
- - -
Charles Boyer. Mar
garet SULLIVAN. APP
pointment for Love. "
Merle Oberon and
Alan Marshall in
LYDIA"
Abbott and q. Costello
Keep I'm Flying"
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Photoplays in Washington Theaters This Week
SATURDAY

SATURDAY
Harmon of Michi-
gan" and
Wagon Train"
Marlene Dietrich and
Fred MacMurray in
The Lady's Willing. ="
Ruth Hussey and
Robert Young in
III. M. Pulham. Esq"
Riders of the Purple
Sage" and
Tight Shoes
Body Disappears"
and
I'VE Go Fast"
Johnny Weissmuller
in 'TarZan's Secret
Treasure "
Weaver Brothers
in
Tuxedo Junction. I"
Honolulu Lu"
and
"Spooks Run Wild"
Fred MacMurray and
Mary Martin in
New York Town"
Marry the Boss
Daughter" and
Honolulu Lu."
Man From Mon
tana" and Buy Me
That Town"
Walt Disney's
"n1Imho -
Walter Huston and
Walter Brennan in
Swamp Water"
Walt Disney's
"Dumbo."
Jane Withers and
Bruce Edwards in
"Sman Town Deb"
Big Boss"
and
I'm Old Colorado"
Target for Tonight"
and Date With the
Falcon"
Jimmy Durante and
Jane Wyman. You're
in the Army Now"
! George Murphy and
Linda Darnell in
Rise and Shine"
Burma Convoy" and
Secrets of the Lone
Wolf"
Smiling Ghost" and
Hurry. Charlie.
Hurry"
Gene Autry and
Smiley Burnette in
Cowboy Serenade."
Sunset in Wyoming"
and Down in San
Diego"
Bob Hone and Paul
cite Goddard. Moth
ing But the Truth"
Chocolate Soldier"
and Appointment
for Love.
Doug. Fairbanks, jr..
in The Corsican
Brothers"
Blonde From singa-
pore" and This
Woman Is Mine"
Niagara Falls"
and
Glamour Boy"
Cadets on Parade"
and
Roaring Frontiers" "
Don Ameche and
Joan Bennett in
Confirm or Deny"
South Of Tahiti"
and
Devil Pays on"
The Singing Hills"
and
King of Burlesoue." !"
Raimu
in
THE King"
west of Cimarron"
and Night Of Janu-
ary 10th.
Man From Chey-
enne" and Parachute
Battalion"
The B ody Dis
appears" and Don't
Get Personal"
Dick Foran and Leo
Carrillo in 1.-THE Kid
From Kansas"
Walt Disney's
"Dumbo."
"Our Wife" and
Time Out for
Rhythm"
Gary Cooper and
Walter Brennan in
Sergeant York"
Hedy Lamar and
Robert Young in
III. M. Pulham. Esq"
Cary Grant and
Joan Fontaine in
Suspicion"
Lone Rider and the
Bandit" and Duke
of the Navy"
Walter Brennan and
Walter Huston in
Swamp Water"
Johnny Weissmuller
m "Tarzan's Secret
Treasure"
Henry Aldrich for
President" Return
Of Daniel Boone"
Joan Crawford and
MELVIN Douglas in
''Two-Fsced Woman. :"
Confessions Of Bos-
ton Blackie," Lone
Star vigilantes.
Steel Against the
Sky" and
Man at Large"
Walt Disney's
"Dumbo."
Bette Davis and Monte
Woolley in The Man
Who Came to Dinner" +"
Small Town Deb"
and Buy Me That
Town."
DIR. Kildare's
Victory" and
Target for Tonight."
OUTLAWS of the
Desert" and
Flying Cadets"
Hedy Lamar and
Robert Young in =.
n. M. Pulham. Esq"
Gene Autry In
Down Mexico
way"
Evening star., 1942-02-08

WEEK or FEB. 8
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
HIS IS THE LET

~ IS go
i comes from our heart! It's to honor the
man who founded Sans MI, Sam 0snos)
who amid heartbreaking difficulties, As
s years ago, established the institution which
bears his name, Tie has lived % SEE Tire little
|: acorn planted quarter Of 4 century ago,
@ grow into giant oak the largest Gashand-
Garry stores in Afnerics,
Not only we, but thousands IS nlanufactur-
ers As well, join hands 70 make FOUNDERS
Sale our years greatest event:
Magnificent values await you'll Pfefit By them!
Buy everything you need fer winfe and
buy also for Christmas. twill pay you we'll
for Founders Sale prices are very sspecial'',
s9 aeN $3.50 - y2NA s%rH EM 1
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29
Sincerely.
J. GEORGE CONNER.
BOUQUET TO
ECONOMY BLOC
(SalinaS californian

(SallnaS Oall1Ofnlan)
Members of the legislatures economy
bloc can hope for no higher tribute to
their efforts in behalf of California tax
PAYERS than he present condition of the
state treasury The legislature made
four-year fight to block Governor Olsons
''spendthrift program A recent report
of Controller Harry B. Riley shows
surplus of more than S40,OOO,OOO which
Riley credits to "the simple eXpedlent OF
not spending all the stae's income"
Instead of the largest surplus IN the
states history California would be hope
lessly in the red today had rubber
stamp legislature bowed to Governor Oh
sons demands. The legislature turned
Governor Olson down on requests that
could have cost the taxpayers an addl-
tional $3.50, 100000, plus more than $780,
100000 in new taxes
1t is the height of hypocrisy if Cover
nor Olson claims the slightest credit for
CALIFORNIA; fine financial condition. 1t
has been accomplished by the legislatures
economy bloc in spite of Governor Olson
mot because of him. 1t is true that the
surplus is being built up by the tremend-
Gus business uptrend centering in Callfor-
MIA war industries but if Governor Olson
had his way he would find a quick way
TO spend those funds.
And finally lets not forget that the
true credit belongs to the people them
selves-the millions of little taxpayers
whose money that surplus really repre-
sentS.
Proof that the efforts of the economy
bloc were appreciated by the citizens OF
California is shown in the fact that
nearly all of its members were returned
to the legislature at the August primar-
les This evidence is further heightened
by the enormous vote given Earl Warren,
indicating the people want an economy
minded governor to work in harmony
with the legislature.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29
Red Drive Blasts Nazis

is heavy fighting. Soviet artillery
caused heavy losses to the enemy,
destroying eight tanks, silencing
three artillery and four trench NOR
tar batteries and dispensing 200
trucks.
A trench mortar battery COM
manded by Comrade Solodkov was
surrounded on a height by six Ger
man tanks and a company OF TOM
mygunners. The gallant command
er drew the fire on himself, then
his trench mortar battery fired a
salvo. The enemy tanks and over
30 Hitlerites were destroyed. Solod-
kov was not hurt.
Northwest of Stalingrad, first
line detachments somewhat advanc-
ed and destroyed a company OF Hit
lerites. Two of our detachments
penetrated an enemy fortified area,
captured several heights and gull
lies destroyed up to two companies
of infantry, captured 10 guns and
took prisoners d.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29
A DANGEROUS ATTITUDE
FOR DEMOCRACIES

More and more lately, perllouS optl-
mism has begun to prevail among the
people as a whole regarding the course
of the war this winter 1t is a further
reflection of the kind of SNUG self-satis-
faction under which we took so many
beatings in the first month of the war
and, unfortunately, it comes down from
the top, not up from the bottom.
Hitler makes speech to his young of
ficerS predicting that victory for Ger
many is inevitable. What is our reaction?
We discount his prediction, we overlook
the fact that the speech was made to
new crop of young officers about to take
the field for Germany, and we lay great
stress on the fact that Hitler is no long
er predicting the approximate month or
season in which he thinks the war will
end. That's one indication of our wish
full thinking.
Stalingrad is another The Russians
there are fighting a purely defensive
fight, attempting to hold their greatest
industrial city. We ignore the German
power which makes possible staggering
Nazi losses without cutting down the
German efficiency, and we adopt the at
titude that the war will he practically
won if the Russians win their DEFENS-
I'VE battle for Stalingrad.
In another theater of war, we have
closed our eyes to the fact that Japan
must be developing feverishly the vast
resources she has taken from the Allies,
and we allow ourselves to think only of
our victory in the Solomon 1slands-a
tiny segment of the Pacific battlefront
and at Midway and the Coral Sea. We
are inclined to view it as a victory that
the Japs have not yet reached Port
Moresby over the Owen Stanley noun
tains, and we make much of the fact that
ONE Jap landing attempt, at Milne bay,
resulted in defeat for the enemy.
We still have not looked at this war
realistically, perhaps because realistic
view would be extremely hard on our
self esteem.
We're still thinking in terms of a de-
fensive war Maybe we'll win in the end,
but before we even start to win, we've
got to begin planning how to hit the
enemy, not merely how to keep him from
hitting lis
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL
No. 1872 In Probate

No. 1912 In Probate
NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE
OF HEARING PETITION TO ES-
TABLISH BIRTH
IN THE MATTER OF ESTAB-
LISHING THE BIRTH OF MILD
RED HELEN GERKEN.
Notice is hereby given that
James p. Connor has filed in the
above entitled Court a petition pray
ing for an order establishing the
birth of Mildred Helen Gerken, ref
erence to said petition is hereby
made for further particulars.
And notice is hereby further
given that the hearing of said pc
tition has been fixed by the Clerk
of said Court for Friday the 18th
day of october, 1912, at 200 o'clock
P. M. of said day at the Court Room
of Department No. z of said Court,
at the Court House in the City of
Ell Centre, County of Imperial,
State of California, and all persons
interested are notified then and
there to appear and show cause, if
any they have, why an order should
not be made establishing the birth
of Mildred Helen Gerken.
Dated this 23rd day of Septem-
ber, 1912.
(SEAL) w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk
BY Citha Lams0n,
Deputy
mo. l9) (S25-O6)
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29

German consolidation of the height.
Soviet successes were reported on
both Caucasus fronts. Southeast
of Novorossisk, the Black sea naval
base abandoned to the Germans,
Russian forces not only have check
ed the Germans; in series of
counterattacks, they have wedged
into enemy positions and continued
to develop their thrusts, dispatches
said.
In the Mozdok area, powerful
new German offensive aimed at
the nearby Grozny oil fields was
reported meeting stonewall resist
ance. The Germans were said to
have been long pinned to the spot
and unable to make headway, de-
pite mounting losses. Two hun
dred German tanks attacked in one
area near Mozdok. They were cut
eff from the supporting infantry,
battered and beaten back.
OF fighting in the Stalingrad area,
the Soviet noon communique said:
In the Stalingrad region there
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29
THOSE PILES OF SCRAP

Every so often, you hear someone COM
plain:
''If the government wants scrap metal
so badly, why doesn't it collect all this
stuff we see piled up in big heaps
throughout the country?'
1t is a fair question. There is a good
answer.
Those big scrap piles are absolutely
essential to the continued, uninterrupted
operation of the American steel industry.
This scrap metal drive is not aimed mere
ly at furnishing the steel mills with scrap
for tomorrow and the next day. In order
to plan operations, the mills must have
a sufficient, readily available backlog.
Having enough scrap on hand for two
weeks or a month is not enough. They
must have enough piled up for all winter
and, if possible for a whole year.
The steel industry cannot operate at
full blast until all the available scrap is
used up, then close down for day or
week in order to go out on the farms and
into the cities and collect more scrap for
another couple of weeks. It's got to have
the scrap metal there, ready for the de-
mand when it comes.
The next time you see a big pile of
scrap which hasn't been moved for
while remember that it is Just another
form of the best insurance in the world
insurance for victory. You can help
pay the premiums by adding your scrap
metal to the piles.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29
Americans Down
~ Enemy Planes
Seventh seaplane shot down.

Seventh seaplane shot down.
Two submarines strafed
One transport (or cargo ship
bombed and fired last seen listed
and beached."
An estimated $50 japanese killed
or wounded.
Forty-two enemy aircraft de-
stroyed;! three others damaged.
One cruiser hit and left burning.
One large transport bombed and
fired probably sunk.
A bomb hit on another cruiser.
Enemy gun emplacements strafed.
There was no mention in the
Aleutians' communique of American
or Canadian losses but a dispatch
from a United Press correspond
ent at Alaskan defense command
headquarters reported that all the
American and Canadian planes re-
turned safely.
The Solomons' communique said
that all the enemy aircraft were
destroyed without combat loss OF
any U, S. plane"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29
British Denounce
German Claims of
Transport Sinking

LONDON, Sept. 29-CUP) - A
ministry of information communi-
que denounced as untrue today the
German claims to the submarine
sinking of three Allied troop trans
ports in the Atlantic.
1T may now be stated that enemy
claims to have sunk troop trans
ports in the Atlantic are quite un-
true" the communique said.
The denial of the German claim
came after the Berlin radio for a
full "a hours had broadcast again
and again. each time in more detail,
statements that enemy submarines
had sunk three big transports out
of a fast, protected convoy en- route
from North America to the British
Isles.
Had the German claim been true
a two-war Allied record of moving
troops across the Atlantic without
casualties would have been broken.
Berlin in iN claims even esti-
mated the number of troops the
alleged transports might have car
ried, putting it at 10000.
Less than an hour before the
ministry of information gave its
denial, the Berlin radio said that
the convoy attack meant the loss
of 10000 soldiers, equivalent to
battlefield defeat"
(Half an hour after the ministry
issued its denial, the Berlin radio
broadcast a complaint in a Stock
holm dispatch that neither Britain
nor America had made any COM
ment on the Allied debacle in the
North Atlantic.'O