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Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21
Bitter Cold Grips
Eastern Seaboard
As Trains Stalled
1S Below Temperature
Reported ir. N. Y. as
Other Areas Freeze
BY UNITED PRESS

Most Of the eastern half
Of the United States suffered
Monday in an intense cold
WaNrn which extended we'll in
to the micdlewest and southWard
beyond Washington, with temper
atures ranging down to 45 below
zero in upstate New York.
Snow covered large part of the
area.
Railroad traffic, as we'll as high
way travel, was hampered by the
severe cold. Trains were delayed
also by Christmas mail, which piled
up at stations on main routes, and
heav= passenger and freight busi-
ness.
Weather forecasts indicated that
the cold, which was at its lowest
in the east Sunday morning, was
diminishing. Official temperatures
ranged from 18 below zero at AL
bany, NJ Y, to one above at Wash
ington, the lowest December tenn
rerature for the nations capital
since 1889. New York City recorde i
low OF three below at 10 am. Sun
day but the lowest temperature
Monday was one below.
New Englanders rushed to ration
boards for supplemental fuel oil
allotmentS as the temperature
touched an official four below Mon
day after Sundays minus II
Through trains from Canada wert
running foar to five hours late.
Deaths were reported throughout
the area.
The As below temperature wa
reg stored unofiicially at Owls Head
N. Y, and Lake Placid N. Y, was
only one degree warmer.
Official temperatures in the aref
included: Buffalo, below; Cincin.
natl 8 below; Duluth S below; Phil.
aCclpllia l above; Pittsburgh zero.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21
Yuma Police Jail
Bond Jumper

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2l.-U.PD
Capt. William j. Penprase of the
sheriff'S bureau of investigation
said today that Yuma. Ariz., police
have arrested Maxwell P. OXman,
Chicago promoter, who jumped a
$4,000 bond here following his ar
rest as fugitive from Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa.
Penprase sent deputies to bring
OXman to Los Angeles.
OXman, business associate of John
Jake the Barber" Factor, was ar
rested here, won release on $4,000
bail and went east.
Later he notified local authori-
ties from Palm Springs, Calf, that
ne would be unable TO arrive in
time for arraignment because air.
plane schedules were DELAYING him.
Municipal Judge Odo Faulcorer or
dered bench warrant for him.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21
Australia Told
Danger Continues

MELBOURNE, Dec. 21.-U.PD-
Amy minister Francis NJ. Forde
warned today that the japanese,
although checked in their south
ward drive, MAJ make another at
tempt to invade OF isolate Aus
tralia.
Forde said that the Australian
army was being "ovefhauled AND
improved" wherever possible and
that actio nWaS being taken to re-
move "ditherine, muddiing" Off
ceGs. He observed thai some weak
Eesses were inevitable in a force
built up since 1888
He disclosed that the war is cost
ing Australia $540,0C0000 year and
that the cost lis still rising"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21

CNCIS live CllllUIell Ill LOS hilBtleS
comes from a home in which par
ents have been separated by divorce.
BY contrast, he said. in Greater
New York, only one child in 20 has
divorced parents.
San Francisco and Los Angeles
are tied with the largest proportion
OF dlVorceS-4.l per cent of the
white males and So per cent of the
females over l5-the institute direc-
tor reported.
Fewest divorced men and women
are found in Philadelphia. where
the ratio is less than one per cent.
Washington, d. c., is the only other
large city with a percentage ap-
preaching the high mark of Cali
fornia's two leading cities, DR.. Po-
pence said
He added that while one half of
the divorced men re-marry, only
one third of the women find new
mates. This, he said, was because
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21
Rules frightened
In Eastern Area

NEW YORK, Dec. 21-CUPl Lit.
Gen. Hugh Drum commanding
general of the eastern defense COM
mand, has ordered the establish
ment of new restricted and prohib-
lied zones along the eastern sea-
board from Massachusetts to Flor
ida.
Gen. Drums proclamation. issued
Yesterday, also tightened regula-
tions for persons living o: employed
IN restricted zones. They were
forbidden to POSSESS explosives. ra-
clio transnitters, pictures, drawings
OF maps of military installations
and codes and ciphers.
In both prohibited and restricted
areas, civilian action will be regu-
lated by military officials to safe
guard war installations.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21

dirty to be recognized by their par
ents.
Those who made the trip were
Scoutmaster Dave Goddard and his
ass istant, John Mclaughlin, Senior
Patrol Leader Earl Moroni, Junior
i"out'raster Charles Nails, Quar-
termaster Jack Burke, Ray Hughes,
Fred Brown, Duane Wells, Clyde
Utle%, T. j. MuSgrove, Bob Hale,
and Joe Stll.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21
REDS ON VERGE OF SMASHING VICTORY
HoIidayers Jam Trains

lines were able to accommodate all
passengers
In Salt Lake City. railroads were
handling nearly twice last years
load but SO far were taking care
of all travellers Some trains were
reported nine hours late
Travelling space in Portland and
Seattle was at a premium and in
some cases lines were booked
through January 6
Bus lines alone were accommo-
dating all passengers, but as the
load grew heavier, officials express
ed concern that they. too, will have
to turn away travellers
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21
BY UNITED PRESS

Holiday-bound service men and
civilians took every available seat
on trains, busses and planes Mon
day, leaving other thousands to be
turned away for lack of accommo-
dationS.
Record crowds, apparently disre-
garding pleas of the Office of De-
fenSe Transportation, poured
through the nations important rail-
road terminals where trains were
running hours late. All standing
room was gone and platforms were
filled with disappointed passengers.
Air reservations were sold out
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21

SiXty-nine trains were added to
the 800 normally operating daily
out of the Chicago Union station,
but requests still exceeded accom-
modations.
Denver railroad officials said it
was the worst rush and tieup in
history" Trains were running a
minimum of three hours late and
some were over eight hours behind.
To facilitate movement of home
ward bound service men, furlough
tickets were honored on all rail-
road lines. Air lines were booked
through January l, and only as
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21

through the holiday season and one
air line, reporting the heaviest
backlog OF reservations in years,
said requests for reservations ex-
ceeded three or four times our
capacity"
San Francisco reported railroads
there were devoting their facilities
primarily to service men and trains
were running two to six hours late.
Detroit railroads, handling traf-
fic immensely over normal, were
far behind schedules. Buffalo, NY,
also reported trains running late.
In New York City, trains, bEjses
and planes were booked to capacity.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21
u AMBl'Ne
~ EpoR1ER
lie Might Try

Several deputy sheriffs were nav
ing breakfast in the county Jail
one morning. They were bein9
served by Arizona Blanchard. Ne
gro. one Of the largest prisoners
ever books at the county Jail.
It's dark this morning. isn't it, -
one of The deputies remarked. An
other remarked that the sun wasn't
up and it was so dark at breakfast
time because all these things came
4 daV later this year.
Who was that man who turned
the sun back that time?" one of
the officers asked.
Il don't rightly know, Mister, '
said Arizona. with Il froWn, wasn't
it the preSiCcnt?"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21
TWO FIRE ALARMS
SOUNDED IN E. c.

Two fire alarms disturbed the
Stiffness of Ell Centro's weekend.
The first one. at l0:30 pm Sat
urday. proved to be false. 1t was
turned in at Fourth and Holt by
unidentified parties
The second was turned in when
small wood stove converted into
an oil burner flared up at Sis Broad
way. No damage was done to the
building of which Charles Smith is
part owner The alarm sounded at
/ Has am. Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21
What Are They

Earl Sides carried huge bor-
quet of gladioli into the city hall
Mondav morning and gave them to
Mary Weiss to arrange for the Of
flee.
just then Pat Patton walked in.
He demanded gladloli also and rais
ed such a fuss that Sides told him
TO take some from his truck parked
outside. Pat selected a huge bou-
quet and carried it into his office.
What do yov want with those
flowers when YOU, wife is out OF
toWn?" demanded Chief Of Police
Ronnie VOyleS.
I'm gCing 10 bribe RR with
Them Snarled Pat
Well, where are they? We haven't
Continued on Tagc 8, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21

WASHINGTON, Dec. Il.
(UP) - Economic StabiliZa-
ton Director James f.
Byrncs reported today after
Il conference with officials
in charge of the government petrol
cum program that there is mo hope
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21

5 am. for sleeping purposes. They
used burned cork and grease paint
for night camouflage purposes. One
Atlanta.
Leaders devised the rules and
secret orders. Zero hour was at 3
pm Saturday and they called the
whole -ning off at 6 pm. Sunday
They reached home with their
clothing in shredS and almost too
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21
Scouts Play Commando in
Hike Under War Orders

Scouts of troop II of FL Centro
prepared for war during the week
end bv taking 24-hour commando
hike intersperSed with a series of
cross countl% games and seven
mile bicycle ride.
They rode the seven miles from
their Scout hut to their battle
ground, each scout taking bedding
and iron rations for three meals.
They had two teams for the serious
business of battle but declared a
four hour truce between ! am. and
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21
Jurists Approve
Reno Divorces

her political power enforce her own
marriage policy-an institution
more basic in our civilization than
any her'-society also has an in
terest in the avoidance of polyga-
nous marriages and III the protec-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21

two thirds of the divorced women
were over 30 years of age and their
chances of remarriage drop sharply
after 25.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21
L. A., s. F. Lead in
Divorces in u. s.

LOS ANGELES Dec. 21. (UP)-San Francisco ana
Los Angeles lead the nation for homes broken by divorce
Dr Paul Dopenoe director Of the American Institute of
Family Relations, said today.
Dr. Dopenoe released figures showing that one out of
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21
Soldier. Boy Die
In 2 Accid ents
Army Man Killed Testing Jeep. Youth
Crushe d Under Wheels of Big Truck as
Playmate Steps on Starter in Cab

soldier and eight-year-old boy died in traffic
accidents in Imperial county during the weekend.
Wford C. kelly "a soldier stationed at Camp Seeley,
killed Sunday afternoon when iecp he testing
went of control the San Felipe bridge "a miles
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21
Decision Sought
At Rail Junction
On Rostov Line
Romme Re+reatins IS Miles Per Day
In Africa; American Planes Score
Smashing Triumph Over Europe
. By UNITED PRES.

Russia's fve-day-od central Don offensive appeared
on the verge of it's first great victory Monday as ed army
toops drove forward around Merovo strategic rail juno
tiOn on the VOrOnazh- ROStOv line.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-21
WEATHER

Maximum Sunday 78, minimum
Monday 81; 5 am. Monday 40, hu-
midity IS; noon Monday 65, humid
ity So; s pm. Sun. &C. humidity "A.
RANK DEBTS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
Watch Out, Girl.

Perhaps Bette Davis hasn't
gone quite so wholesale for ths
new hair-do's and fascinating
fingernailS, but when you see her
in that black velvet gown in
The Little Foxes" you've got
10 admit she's something to
look at.
SO far as We can see Gary
Cooper's closest rival for an
oscar" this year is going 10 be
Walter Pidgeon, whose Doctor
Gruffyd in How Green Was My
Valley" which has moved over
10 the Adams Theater after
three smash weeks at the Fox,
is an award performance.
Pidgeon also turns up at the
Michigan this week in a neat
little comedy called Design for
Scandal" with Rosalind Russell.
This is entirely different Of
course from the Welsh portrayal
but II does prove Pigeons YER
Satility and how much he has
c ON pl is h d since MGM
dragged him out TO do that
second-rate Nick Garter series
OF detective yarns.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
Had Tiny Apartment

"We had n tiny little apart
nlent about the size of a -Sardine
can for two reasons: First, we
didn't want any guests because
we really wanted 10 work on
our act. Second, I wanted tn do
all the homework and the cook
ing and n big place would have
been too much for me To handle.
sits too bad people can't live
like that i'm Hollywood - II
they're i'm the movies. Actors
are supposed to put on a show
out here for interviewers and
photographers and n you don't
live up TO almost every nickel
YOU make they think you're
stingy.
\ AT first I thought I would
have To put on a typical movie
1star act i'm New York. But Desi
said: What the heck-you're
not n movie star nOw-you're
vaudevillian""
He wasn't. as the saying goes,
I kidding. Where most movie
queens come out on the stage
and give the audience a set
glamour girl smile for their two
bits admission. Lucille sang.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 81.

HOLLNNO GOD, Jan. 81.
IElIEN DeSi Arnaz went East
W last fall there were rumorS
Ahe and his bride, Lucille Ball,
Mere sQuabblinG. When Lucille
followed him within a few weeks
everyone said il was 10 talk
about a divorce. The next thing
Hollywood heard was the bat
tin Arnazes were knocking
Fasteners cold in a personal
appearance act that was riot.
Through all the hubbub Luz
ellie and DeSi said nothing. But
if they were having trouble they
found a perfect recipe for fight
ing il: Hard ork-and more
hard work doing three shows a
day.
When these two flew back TO
Hollywood last week you
couldn't have found a happier
couple.
1--WE lived just like Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Doakes in New York"
said Lucille happily rs She tried
out a newly decorated dIvan on
the sun porch of their valley
home
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
ChapIin's Shoes

DERHAPS the most illustrious
Il pair of shoes belong to
Charlie Chaplin
He has used them ever since
1902. when Fred Karno, the Lon
don producer. hired him for the
pantomime troupe which first
brought the wistful mustache
TO these shores.
They aren't as serviceable as
they once were and in the
greater portion of any film,
Chaplin usually uses doubles"
But in at least one sequence.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01

yGarls, Gentry
Louisiana Purchase
Stays White Cargo
Opening at Lafayette

THAT musical Mardi Gras,
Il Louisiana Purchase" which
kids the striped trousers off of
politicians. starts its second
week at the Cass Theater, while
the Lafayette turns up the
footlights on a revival Of white
Cargo" with Ann Corio in the
role Of the exotic Tandaleyo.
Louisiana Purchase" turns
out to be the best of the recent
Buddy De Sylvia productions and
il has the same cast which kept
Broadway bowling for so long.
Timid Victor Moore and slick
Billy Gaxton are up TO their
usual hilarious tricks, this time
Gaxton being the sly guy who
is trying to sell part of the state
down the Mississippi River while
Moore is the investigating sena-
tor who is trying TO dam the
whole flood Of graft.
Decorating all this political hi
links is the graceful and lovely
Zorina, who dances off with the
feminine honors with a personal
radiance which Is dazzling.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
Garbo Gives All

On the other hand-meaning
the United Artists Theater-
there is Carlo throwing disere-
ton and reserved syllables to
the winds TO show she can take
men away from Connie Bennett.
In Two Faced Woman"
which is staying for a second
week, the great Greta rumbas.
skis. guzzles champagne and
even let's herself be seen in a
bathing suit.
This is revolutionary for thu
reticent Swede who has been the
last lady TO hold out for acting
alone, so you can figure that
glamour is here 10 stay and that
Bernhardt isn't coming back.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
Bakers Claim


Sid Silvers was a song pMgger
who wanted Baker to feature a
new number in his act at the
Palace.
Phil agreed and Sid sang il
from a box at the theater-
adding a few lines of comedy
ad lib.
1t brought the house down
and Baker hired him-his first
Stooge. The song was Baby
Shoes
II is Bakers opinion. in
cidentally. that no entertainer
can work we'll until he is COM
fortably shod.
In his own case, he never
makes a theater, radio or night
club appearance in shoes which
have had less than six months
wear - and are therefore thor
oughly broken in.
OF course, there are a few mil
lion gentlemen who have nothing
10 do with the stage--who are
nightly concerned with their
footwear.
1 am referring to the boys Of
the army. The old bromide
about marching on a stomach
is applesauce. they'll tell you.
Shoes are still the great COM
fOrterS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
Stars Scheduled

Cornelia Otis Skinner will ar
rive here Immediately after Cor
nell 10 present "Theater," a
dramatization Of the Somerset
Vaughan novel which she did
in New York this winter. The
play originally opened in Chi
CagO.
on March 2. Helen Hayes
comes in the third Theater Guild
Offering, Candle in the Wind
This play about an escape from
a Nazl concentration camp was
written by Maxwell Anderson
and directed by Alfred Lunt.
Tony Selwart appears az Miss
Hayes leading man in this pro-
duction.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
Actors FinickY

THOUSANDS of years back in
l. the B. c. era. actors in the
theaters of Greece and Rome
were finicky enough to wear
different footwear for tragedy
and for comedy.
The term Sock and Buskin
originated. in fact. from the
practice of wearing a light, heel
less shoe called a sock when play
ing comedy-a laced, half-boot
the buskin-when emoting trag-
ically.
Nowadays. the folks Of the
theater no longer depend upon
foot coverings 10 distinguish be-
tween comedy and tragedy-al-
though there are instances when
it would help as far as the au-
diences are concerned.
Nevertheless, the shoe has
been an article Of Importance to
many a famous entertainer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
Lucille and DeSi ArnaZ
Fool Divorce MOngers
nv DOROTHY MANNERS

hoofcd and battered" in three
changes Of costume and the
shows came 50 close together
that they frequently didn't get
out for meals.
That's whore Lucille'S talent
for cooking came IN handy
again.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01

the original pair is worn-for
good luck.
Ed Wynn has A widely publ
cized pair He has used them
ever since he ran away from his
Philadelphia home 10 enter the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
Take, for Instance,
Chaplin S, Astaire's
and Ed Wynn's
BY LOUIS SOBOL

4 BOUT shoes: Thus far-well,
at any rate while this is
being written there is no
freezing of shoes.
You need an act Of Congress
almost 10 buy a tire, an emer-
gency bill TO trade in your old
car for a new one-and there
isn't a golf ball TO be had in all
Manhattan.
But as long as the cows and
the buffalo, the moose and the
antelope roam-there will be no
shortage of shoes.
Having gotten this far in this
weighty treatise, 1 find that il
is merely predatory TO a series
Of rambling thoughts on foot
gear and what it has meant to
the sons and daughters of the
theater.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01

theater-but, unlike Chaplin, he
refuses 10 wear any but the
originals in his stage appear
ances.
He estimates he has spent
about 5000 IN patchIng them-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
Intensity on Shelf

Bergner, always the tiny,
dark-eyed, intense actress, now
becomes a glamour girl. a sort Of
small edition Dietrich and while
her admirers may not like the
change, one has to admit that
she doesn't look much like the
little Viennes gamin who
scampered over the architecture
in Escape Me Never" or visit
fully sighed through the role Of
Rosalind in "AS You Like It"
No. Miss Bergner has come
out OF the House of Westmore a
changed character and while she
still has a lot of that child-like
appeal. she's got Randy Scott
around for more than just pro-
factiOn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
Heavy Drama Stars
Turning on Glamour
for Local Screens

TIVE screens leading actresses
l. are telling the glamour girls
TO shove over and make room.
The "oomph" set is getting
some strong competition from
the Don't Take Me Chee-ild"
crowd and if you don't believe
it just take a look at the local
screens and see what's happen
ing TO some Of the ladies who
used to subordinate sex to act
ing.
Elizabeth Bergner, among the
foremost Of European actresses
who can crumble a crust and
make you cry, steps out at the
Fox Theater in her first Amer
ican-made film, Paris Calling"
and gives il that slow glance
while exhaling from a two-foot
ciParet holder.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
Needs so Pairs

ENRED ASTAIRE has about so
Il pairs which he uses only for
his work. They range from clog
gers to those suitable for ball
room routines.
Slim Cover Champion, of the
youthful team of Cover and
Jeanne, manufactures his own
using a cork process which he
claims makes them the lightest,
softest dancing shoes in the
world.
A photograph Of w. c. Fields,
made about 40 years ago when
he was a tramp juggler, reveals
him wearing high. black pull-ons
with rubber inserts.
1 noticed in his last film he
was wearing similar - perhaps
the identical shoes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
Louis SObOl'S New York CaValCade:
Shoes Play an Important Role in Theater
In Ancient Times
They Differentiated
Comedy and Tragedy

so that actually, scarcely a shred
of the original leather or rub
Der remains.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
VeIoz and Yolanda Cancel

Veloz and Yolanda. the famous
dance team originally scheduled
TO follow Louisiana Purchase"
into the Cass February 8, have
been cancelled.
They were 10 have presented
a week OF various ballroom rou-
tines, but evidently the pro-
grams didn't work out so we'll
on the initial try-outs.
This leaves the CaSs dark
until February Is when Kath-
airline Cornell arrives in her new
play, Rose Burke" by the
French dramatist, Henri Bern
stein.
Although the play opened last
week in San Francisco, little has
been heard about il, but il Is
scheduled for New York follow
ing the Detroit week.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
Ann Corio in Lead

Sunday night White Cargo"
the South Sea melodrama which
has more punch than a zombie,
gives out at the Lafayette with
Ann Corio, a beauty who has
tentatively deserted the bur-
lesque take-off to take on the
drama in the star role.
With Miss Corio in the Leon
Gordon beachcomber play will
be Hayden Rorke, Edgar Kent,
Richard Bowler, Arthur Finn,
Damn Malloy, Edward Harvey,
Don McHenry, Ernest Adderly
and Arthur Gilmore.
Rorke is one of the producers
OF this revival along with Bill
Adds. who previous TO this
worked with Harold Kennedy
presenting Ruth Chatterton in
"Pygnalion," here last year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01

EVIEW - February 4, 1912