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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09
NEW PRICE SCALE

AL seats are TO be increased So
cents over the regular season
price, Of which 5 cents is federal
amusement tax. Only exception Is
a portion OF the balcony, which
VIII be advanced 80 cents. The
increase also will stand for the
finals, should they be reached by
Jack Adams team.
Under the playoff scale the
boxes and center promenade seats
will 60 at S3.25, the first six rows
of the arena at $275. end prone
made and balance of. arena 500,
lCenter balcony S165 and the bal
lanCe of the balcony $l.25. All
seats are reserved.
/ Charles EScoe. the box office
manager, has ANNOUNCED that all
season reservation holders will be
given consideration for their regu-
lar seats provided they pick them
up by as hours before game time.
lOtherwlSe they will be sold 10 the
general public. Escoe sand that
mail orders would be accepted at
once.
The photo finish between To
'ronto, Chicago and Montreal for
the last two playoff positions has
made the announcement OF dates
beyond the first two games i'm
possible at present. according TO
manager Jack Adams.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09
~. =. CANNON

Dear Mr.. Cannon. The writer
didn't have a pencil and paper
along but he did enjoy Johnny
Mowers sixth shuiout Of the
season ~ the expense of the
BlackhaWkS Saturday night.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09
8 Detroit is Inn Victory Meet

Club. Jack Sharkey's Twentieth
Century is Battle Creeks hope.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09

were picked up by a Vichy
French patrol boat.
From Tunis they were sent 70
the Vichy internment camp at
Laghout. The feeble diet and
the inervating heat left no
energy for sports. But the prlS-
oners did work shifts perform
ing an engineering feat--a 500
foot tunnel through which %
made a brief escape into the
Sahara.
HEARD WORLD SERIES
The prisoners had one ace in
the hole-a radio sent by the
United States consul 10 the first
Americans informed.
Everyone once In n while
the Vichy guards would lug
out what they thought was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09

The national all-star Examinations,
won by Connie Schwoegler OF
Madison, Wis, opened the place.
All proceeds of this event were
turned over to the maintenance of
these alleys. So will those from
his Victory meet. which is six
games across II alleys. total pins
TO count To make sure of the
proper talent a 500 entry fee,
assuring a $4,000 melon was nee
essary. Second place will be $1,000
with the balance running down to
500 for tenth.
ATTRACTS BEST .
This inducement has attracted
leading teams from Milwaukee,
Madison, Wis; ST. Louis, Cleve-
land, indianapolis, Philadelphia,
Tulsa. Okla; Peoria, H.; Column
bus. O., and Battle Creek in addi-
ton to Detroit and Chicago's best
Detroit'S entries are Joe Norris
Stroh, Johnny Crimmins' Paris
clean, George Holmes Fife. Joey
Paulus' Chene-Trombly, II a r o d
Aliens Mincralites, Len Dettloff' S
Aircraft. Louis Burr'S De Luxe
and Carl Parsons Detroit Athletic
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09
Would Switch En-

1.-THE most goals scored on
Detroit have been on break
always and that's when the
goalies must be at their best,
80 10 Mr.. Spotek or yourself,
the next time you go TO the
Olympia I would suggest that
YOU take a pencil and sheet
of paper and score the shots on
goal with the amount scored
and take a percentage. j have
watched Mowers as an amateur
and with the Wings and he just
isn't in the same league with
Brimsek.
ITO prove my point j would
like To switch gOalies some
night with Boston and let the
Red Wings play any team IN
hockey and they could play for
hours and never score "a goal.
Also give Brimsek credit. he is
an American playing Cana
dian's game and he really has
taught all of them how the
goal should he tended.
"E = CANNON"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09
Tiger Manager,
7 Hur|ers Off =
To Camp Today
BY LEO MACDONALD

While he recognizes deep holes
left by the loss of Joe DiMaggio.
Phil Rizzuto and other Yankee
stars in service, Steve O'Neill n
not impressed with the probable
collapse Of the New York club.
'The Yankees will still be
power to contend with In tho
American League pennant race.
make no mistake about that"
O'Neill predicted here today as
he prepared to leave tonight for
the Tigers spring training camp
at Evansville.
With O'Neill In the vanguard
that heads for the Detroit clubs
new camp in Indiana will be two
Tigers-Paul Dizzy Trout and
Harold Newhouser. The Tiger
pitchers had planned to go to Hot
Springs for preliminary workouts
but were unable 10 obtain hotel
accommodations in the crowded
Arkansas spa.
EGAN. BERRY IN PARTY
Also going TO Evansville tonight
will be Wish Egan. veteran Tiger
scout; Clair Berry. the clubs
travelling secretary. and newspaper
scribes. The Tiger squad as a
whole does not have 10 be at camp
until March Is. when they will
launch into an intensive months
workout that will include exhibi-
tion games as well as routins
spring drill.
yes" ONeill added. eth
Yankees should be very much
the race. They will again have
fine pitching and a supporting
lineup that will include Joe Cor
don. Charley Keller and other
outstanding performers. IL 10 too
early 20 start weeping over tho
Yankees or any other club. The
Red Sox have been hit harder
than the Yankees but may also
come up with a strong aggrega-
ton In this years field, which
generally has been hard hit by
the war"
- NEIL sees t0P DTOWDS anu III
dams as probable pennant con-
tenders despite Cleveland's plight
at first base.
As for the Tigers. only time
will tell" O'Neill animated that
he would~be pleased to be able TO
pilot the Tigers back into the first
division.
While there are other weak
spots. O'Neill said he considered
catching his No. problem. The
| Tigers. ne fears, will miss Birdie
| Tebbetts. With Tebbetts gone,
| O'NeilI has for his catching staff
Dixie Parsons, Paul Richards and
Al Unser.
"If Parsons arm In okay I am
confident he can do good Job
behind the plate" ONeill ex-
planned. "He hurt his arm In
Buffalo and wasn't right when
he came 10 the Tigers. Dixie
underwent hernia operation
this winter that may clear up
some of the trouble"
Richards is the veteran playing
manager who led Atlanta TO a
couple Of championships in the
Southern League. Unser Is back
from Winston-Salem. which he
ploted in the Piedmont League for
tho Tigers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09

Fifteenth Precinct Is clutching
doggedly 10 its one-game margin
over Administration in the Detroit
Police. each winning two games
from the Thirteenth and Eighth,
respectively. Frank Wrobleskis
247 and William Bars 232-227 in
620 went for HIGHS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09

Joe Schultz 1ras on striking
spree lohen he ratified of 267-225-
25S for rs IN the Wolverine
Assembly at Palace.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09

Latest triplicdte goes 70 Dale Oil
bert of the Faith Lutheran league
Nth three 1865 at Whittier Recred-
fiOu.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09

Barbara Smith stole the show as
three records went by the boards
in the Kings a Queens Classic
when she combined 199-195-2ll for
a neat COS and a new high three
Team No. a hit 1855 for another,
while Team No IL followed into
second with 2557. Elizabeth Hills
and Lillian Provencial'S zoos also
stood ont
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09

ed" Pugia nailed 262 In the
Palace House where
proprietor Paul Mobley teaches
more women how To bowl correctly
than any one else I'm the city.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09

Totals IS y ~ Totals
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Inviting Person, This Venus
By J. NJ. Kendyick

and lost her In life; the comical
Paula Lawrence, his secretary:
Teddy Hart and Harry Clark. de-
tectives, and Ruth Bond, whose ro-
nance with Baker is wrecked. not to
mention dozens Of others.
Miss Bond offers staunch oppo-
sition. but with a snap of her finger
Venus dispatches her on an un-
wanted trip to the moon and wins
her man. One wonders how Mr.,
Baker manages to hold out SO long.
In the end, Venus returns to stone,
but comes back as another indi-
vidual to carry on life with Baker.
the barber. in Ozone Heights. Life
Is so simple!
There are numerous tuneful songs,
The best are Speak Low" That s
Him" The Trouble With Women"
DR.. Crippen" and West Wind"
Miss Martin is excellent in all her
numbers and especially so in sing
ing That's Him" Mr.. Boles. Mr.
Baker, Mr.. Clark and Mr.. Hart
almost stop the show with the hu-
morous The Trouble With Women. !"
Festivity on Ice.
Agnes de Mile, who is RESPONSE
BILE for the lovely ballets Of okla
homa,' again demonstrates her
versatility in the dances she has
created for "One Touch of Venus"
Her Venus in Ozone Heights"
which comes near the close of the
play. is one of the most striking and
(See KENDRICK, Page C-9D
Evening star., 1943-10-10

NEW YORK.
Seldom has show come into New
York with better advance reports
than One Touch of Venus" the
musical comedy which opened
Thursday night at the Imperial
Theater.
That is dangerous thing. for 1t
obviously leads one sometimes to
expect too much. And for a while
in the opening scene I thought this
would prove true with the S. j..
Perelman, Ogden Nash and Kurt
WE'LL show. The action is slow. the
lines dull and the music lacking in
melody.
But a few moments later, with
Mary Martins entrance, the pace
changes, the humor crackles and the
magic, original music of WE'LL
catches the ear. From there on.
One Touch of Venus" is a grand
show. And it belongs mostly to Miss
Martin, beautiful, graceful and in
excellent voice, and Sono Osato. the
premiere danseuse. who comes from
the Metropolitan Ballet and the Bal
let Russo de Monte Carlo to make
her first appearance In a musical
comedy. She gives lot of zest and
laughter to the play.
Life for Venus.
1 hardly need tell you that Miss
Martin is Venus who comes to life
from her statute to fall in love with
Kenny Baker, the barber, and to
contribute both CONSERVATION and
excitement to John Boles, the art
collector who owned her in stone
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Old.Timer Faction
Much in Evidence
For Three Cheers

HOLLYWOOD.
On the set of Three Cheers for
the Boys" there are so many old
timers that there is bound to be a
o-you-remember session every time
Director Eddie Sutherland calls
time Sophie Tucker, Ted Lewis.
Charles Grapewin, augmented by
more modern old-timers like Mar
lene Dietrich, jeanette Macdonald,
Sutherland himself, tell many tales.
Sophie Tucker is among those who
claim the honor Of playing on the
last bill that closed the famous Pal
ace vaudeville house in New York,
but judging from rival claims report
ed, that closing bill must have had
as many members as the Floradora
Sextet, which supplied wives to hum
dreds of men. Bill Robinson was au.
thenticated as one of that closing
bill. however.
Sutherland's when story
concerns an instance from the Pc
riod when he worked as assistant to
Charlie Chaplin, noted procrasti-
nator on his film ventures. One day,
when things had been going badly
for some time between the two and
Charlie had stewed over a scene for
two days, Eddie decided to quit and
went to New York for six weeks. On
his return he stopped in for visit.
found Charlie eager to tell him how
the scene should be made He
hadn't noticed his assistants alb
Sence
Evening star., 1943-10-10
NEW YORK.

NEW o1th.
Accumulated facts concerning the
current dramatic season to date
warrant the pessimism that has
been creeping into critique and com
mentarv. Evidence in hand would
bllwark even louder ululations OF
gloom that have yet been heard,
Personally. our intention was to JOIN
in the doleful chorus, adding volume
and tempo until the contribution
from this quarter stood out as
veritable banshee howl.
But ere voice was raised came
the saving thought that since al
most anything is never as bad as IT
seems, it would be we'll to read the
Broadway horoscope before writing
the name of doom over the portals
of the metropolitan drama. In con-
sequence, what was to have been
screed of defeat is herewith trans
lated into a message of good nope.
For the stars are favorable.
Broadway will be saved. This Is
q definite prophecy, For gifted ORA
matists are neither dead nor sleep
ing and time is approaching when
YOU will see the fruits OF their
waking hours.
Max, the White Hope.
First there is the Maxwell An
derson play, written mainly In the
North African war theater, Storm
Operation, title suggested by Gen,
Dwight D. Eisenhower. Shortly to
go into rehearsal the piece will shine
as bright light through clouds at
present lowering. So those who
have read the play affirm. 1t is very
realistic. More so than The Eve
of St. Mark" whose dream sequence
has not been repeated in the new
opus
S. N. Behrman is hard at work
on new offering which is very like
ly to be seen before theatergoers
get tired of winter, and Philip Barry
also is pounding his typewriter with
all the verve of high inspiration.
Finally, that J. B. Priestly play,
They Came to a City," dealing
with the postwar period, currently
uteeIllls Will ioildol dppi iONdl, 40
now in this town, in script form,
and is being considered for produc-
ton here Then, too, road reports
have it that Shakespeare will by
no means turn over in his grave
when "Othello' is presented here
October 49,
So, all in all, ! hope, nay expect,
that all will yet be well.
Plague of Easy Money.
Concerning the season thus far.
one of the troubles is the availability
Of cash for almost any enterprise,
Including dubious threatrical ven
lures. Money, indeed, has been so
3iuid as to enable aspiring drama
lists to raise money suflcient to pro-
Evening star., 1943-10-10
NEM YOPK

NEW 1otIh.
Sammy Lambert, state manager OF
the Cole Porter musical. Something
for the Boys" made his way into
the dim backstage recesses Of the
Alvin Theater at 8 o'clock. A tall
man, very thin, hawklike face and a
shock of black hair, he was feeling
| the heat.
"On night like this" he said.
! shedding his coat and necktie, you
! are apt to get absentees." He went
/ to the call board, glancing down the
list of sign-ins Principals all
here" he sighed with relief, all eX-
cept Madeleine Give. She comes on
late, so has permission to report in
at $50. If she arrives on the dot
This night she did arrive on the
dot and she got the kiss
! We went to the control desk in
the second wing from the footlights.
From here he runs the show. Here
he has signal and voice communica-
ton with the chief electrician sta
toned on tall platform backstage.
with the eight flymen high up on
the fly floor; with the operator of
the sound effects across stage from
him; with the spotlight booth under
the rear roof where it is so hot that
the three operators work without a
stitch of clothing.
Parade Begins to Pass.
He began to push buttons, testing
all signals. A girl of the chorus
interrupted. She did not feel we'll
Could she have a couple of aspirins
Lambert leaned down, opened
compartment containing a medical
chest. He gave the girl the tablets
and resumed his tests. But not for
long. A chorus boy brought him a
soldier suit to examine. Lambert
had reprimanded him for having it
spotted the previous evening The
cleaner had removed all but one spot
He can't get that one out" the
boy said "All right. hold it to that
one, hereafter Lambert said.
A male principal approached. He
wanted Lambert to keep some money
for him. Others wanted things done
but now Lambert had no more time
His signal tests must be completed.
He must make sure the 40 stage
hands were ready for action. He
must go to the different dressing
rooms and check up on the state of
readiness Of chorus men, chorus
girls, singers. dancers. There were
few absenteeSall due to illness.
But not enough to do any harm.
When he returned to the control
desk an atmosphere OF tenseness
prevailed, that backstage tenseness
which Is pretty nearly as marked
on 248th night as on a first night.
From the front you could hear the
low sounds of a gathering, expectant
audience. Through the voice box
came little snatches of jovial con-
versation up in the flies and up in
the spotlight booth.
Patriot With an Excuse.
Lambert darted from his place
across stage to make sure the music
director was on his way to the pit.
He was. Now into the sound box, to
the electrician: What time is it?"
Comes the muff1ed answer, Eight
forty-three." He presses a button.
Up goes the asbestos curtain. Then
the house curtain, leaving only the
folds Of the contour curtain between
the audience and backstage mys-
terry. House lights dark. Flash
red on musical director. Two SPOT
Evening star., 1943-10-10
NEW YORK.


"'Claudia' was golden egg al
ready laid" said Jack of the theater
trade-and master of them all-Ed-
mund Goulding, as he talks about
his newest picture.
First, it was a good story. Sec
ond. it was success on Broadway.
Third. they liked 1t on the radio.
So and Mr.. Goulding smiles. "it
was Hollywood's duty to make it
into picture.
Script upon script was written.
At last we had 10 days left before
the shooting was to start. I read
three pretty scripts. They took you
into expensive sets. They were per-
tectly lovely. but-none of them
was Claudia
AT last we changed our plans
and took the play. The result. I
believe, is good. You see,' and Ed
Goulding smiled teasingly, "just for
once Hollywood didn't lay paw on
it, and was smart enough not to
paint the lily.
The picture Is something very
different. Because the flow OF dla-
logue won't stand cutting, we simply
started at the beginning and car
ried all the way through. There
are scenes as long as $50 feet, or
about 10 minutes on the screen,
without one cut.
Then there was the problem Of
Dorothy Mcclure. She had never
made a picture before. There was
no time to confuse her by teaching
her how to be a movie actress. So
I was able to catch exactly what
Dorothy was on the stage"
What is the ideal way OF making
pictures?" I inquired.
Publicists Are Derelict.
THAT would be to have sufficient
money, good idea and to paint 1t
right on the cameras with your
actors" said Mr.. Goulding. But 1t
costs five times as much and there
aren't many around to do the writ
ing and directing.
Strange as it may seem to you,
Evening star., 1943-10-10
AMainstay's sNightly Routine

lights" (They illumine two Amer
ican flags at either corner Of the
stage.)
Eight forty-five-"The Star Span
gled Banner" Lambert does not
stand at attention. Is the chorus
ready in appointed spots? Are the
principals ready for the prologue? ?
To find out, Lambert is dashing
here and there like an unleashed
whippet. Yes, everything is set. He
Is painting now, perspiring.
Now the overture. Lambert listens
Cor the last l6 lines everything he
does is based on bars of music, upon
spoken lines. Poised. he counts
the l6 bars. On the final note he
leans forward. Contour curtain
up The show is on.
He has time now to make hur-
ried tour backstage He finds two
chorus girls seated upon a fight of
steps. Dirty steps. Bad for cos
TUNES. He gives them the devil
They pout. But they rise from those
steps.
Now, with the prologue over and
stagehands-alWays working in the
dark-operating the traveller, the
first scene is revealed. Allen Jenkins
tSee ROUTINE, Page CO
Evening star., 1943-10-10
temperament Discardedin Victory's Interest
BY Harold Hefernan.

ing. The production turned into
one Of the widest battles Hollywood
has ever known. Which of the two
stars won the most footage the
most close-ups, the most lines,
readily will be recalled by all who
saw the picture.
Before the Davis Hopkins.
However, the Davis Hopkins clash,
hardly ever mentioned during their
partnership on old Acquaintance"
was love feast compared to some
of the dillies that exploded when
Hollywood was younger. Historic
are the gigantics that rocked the
business offices when the film in
dustry was getting off to its feeble
start The Warner Bros, Lewis J.
Selznick, Adolph Zukor and Samuel
Goldwyn pulled no punches and
asked no quarter.
Most famous of all the early
player feuds. one still talked about
when Hollywoodites reminisce, rat
tied merrily along in the early l920s.
when Pola Negri came to Paramount
to challenge Gloria Swanson's po-
sition as pampered star of the lot.
1t reached its height when Swan
son, learning that the volcanic Pol
ish actress was highly superstitious
about cats, superstition that
amounted to phobia. acted accord
ingly. Gloria had loyal property
man collect 20 of the beasts. She
fed them regularly just outside
Pola's dressing room until that lady
was ready to commit murder or at
least scratch out an eye. That
phase of their constant battle ended
when the studio began to be over
run by cats and yowling kittens,
and Zukor himself stepped in to
have them removed
Dressing Room Battles.
Then there was the dressing room
war between Clara Bow and Bebe
Daniels, a fight that never was
brought out into the open. but
which ragged around the office of
the studio manager until the cause
of it was cooled. Its beginning was
as simple as its ending. Bebe, good
natured and even-tempered, was one
of the most contented stars in
town-until suddenly Pola Negri
moved out of dressing room No l
and Clara Bow moved in. Bebe was
Evening star., 1943-10-10

annoyed, then mad. The row was
settled by building Bebe a new and
fancy apartment clear over on the
opposite corner of the lot.
Among the men, George Raft is by
far the champion squabbler, records
show. He's even gone to the ex-
treme where blows were struck. The
punch he threw at Edward G. Rob-
lnSon when both were making
"Manpower" at Warmers was no
stuntmans fake. 1t whistled. And
in later picture, when Raft slugged
diminutive Peter LORE. the punch
carried Rats full weight. But since
the war Raft, as well as all the
others, have quit their nonsense
One Hollywood feud that has
never been forgiven by one combat
ant, but which undoubtedly has
been forgotten by the other. is the
epic and rather one-sided struggle
between w. c. Fields and Baby
LIE Roy enfant terrible. whose mem
ory sends Fields screaming at even
this late date.
The babe chucked a bottle over
board.
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Today's Theater Schedules


NATIONThe Army Play Play John Golden
show: 2:30 and $50 pm
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES with
and l0:l5 pm. Stage shows lis, T. 645 $50 pm
COLUMBIA-"SWng Shift Maise the goes
4:20, 6, 7:45 and $50 pm.
EAFE-A Lady Takes Chance" Jean Arthur wartime
535 7:45 and e55 Stage shows 23o, 455.
KE1THs"Hi the Ice" Abbott skates: 2 43o
615 sos and $50 pm.
L1TILEIhe Lady vanishe" Alfred
725 and 1905 pm
Lucky Stars" the parade Ia on
125 4o $50 and 9:35 pm
PALACE-"For Bersmans
1O5 $50 6:35 and e25 pm
P1x-Reap the Wild Wind" in the DeMle l:lo,
735 and 9:25 pm
TRANS-LUx-News and shorts: continuous from pm
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Patience, for There Is Hope
Bv La,vrence Perry.

duce their own plays, as in the case
Of MY Dear Public" Land of
Fame and other presentations,
some of which are still extant but
more have come and gone. When
money is easy the theater suffers, a
fact that had been demonstrated
time and again over the years With
conditions thus there is nothing
certain type of affluent citizen seems
to enjoy more than donning an
angels robe and affiliating himself
with the stage.
While waiting for good things to
come it is interesting to note that
the beacon lights of Broadway
The Merry Widow" The Two Mrs.
CAROLS" and Early to Bed" ex-
cepted-emanate from season dead
and gone. just as In the night skies
we see the light of stars first shed in
the high ether a thousand years ago.
"Oklahoma," JAMIE" kiss and
Tell The Doughgirls.' Some
thing for the Boys" "Rosalinda,"
Harriet" Tomorrow the World"
that ancient, but by no means rick
ETY.. comedy, Life With Father;
not forgetting Star and Garter" of
ancient vintage-all these should
hold you until the season of 1943 at
long last begins to be significant.
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