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The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-03-17
LOST and FOUND

FOUND = Hippo cigarette lighter with Army emblem. Call at Elm pire.
Evening star., 1943-10-22
IrODAY'S NEIGHBORHOOD MOVIES
Buy War Bonds and Stamps at Any Local Theater

All Time Schedules Given In Warner
Bros Ads Indicate Time Feature Is
Presented
Evening star., 1943-10-22

lures were merely exciting and it is
agreeable to find the other added
qualities in Johnny Come Lately" :"
1t speaks very we'll for his taste in
literature.
Johnny Come Lately" which Is
a turn-of- -the-century sort of title,
also illustrates that the little man
with the block-buster fists also has
other good ideas beyond story selec-
ton. One of his best is the selection
of Grace George as his heroine
Miss George, of course. is one of
the great ladies of the theater play
ing her first movie role after all
these decades. She invests the pic
ture with quality of charm that is
highly agreeable, not to mention
surprising in Cagney opus. The
rest of the cast also is chosen with
pretty sort of competence which
speaks hopefully for Cagney as an
independent producer.
4 X X
Johnny Come Lately" is from the
pen Of that able purveyor Of Ameri-
cana, Louis Bromfeld. It's original
title was 'McLeods Folly" and it
dealth with a vagabondish young
Evening star., 1943-10-22

reporter who finds himself asso-
ciated with an elderly woman pub
Usher in breaking political ring
in a small town. The time of the
story is 1906, but political rings were
pretty bad at the time, robbing
widows, orphans and others and not
cavilling to wipe out its enemies
with well-aimed bullets.
If the period was robust and vio-
lent, it also was sentimental and
luSty with humor. Johnny Come
Lately is careful to get them all in
their proper proportions.
Cagney as the explosive young re-
porter carrying out the reform edi-
torial policies of the gentlewoman
publisher is serious young man.
He manages, however, to illustrate
that small-toWn life was pretty hu-
morous even in the midst of its most
solemn affairs.
His sessions with the tyrannical
politician are alternately violent and
Evening star., 1943-10-22
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
ond Time of Showing

Stage.
National-"Oklahomaw The mu-
sical sensation: Tonight at $50.
Screen.
Capitol-"I Dood It." phrase in
action: IL am, 1:40, 4:25, tbs and
9:55 pm. Stage shows: 1885, 3:45,
$50 and 9:10 pm.
Columbia-"For Whom the Bell
Tolls life and death in Spain:
1890 am, ITO, 3:55, 6:35 and e:2O
pm.
Sahara" Mr.. Bogart with
Gen. Montgomery: II am, 1:4O
4:25, ITO and 9:55 pm. Stage shows:
LOS, $50, 6:35 and 9:20 pm.
Keith's-"The Sky's the Limit"
Astaire and new partner: HAS am,
1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and GAS pm.
Little-"El Rancho Grande," in
Spanish with Tito Guizar: 11:25
am, 1:25, $3.50, $50, 7:35 and $40
pm.
Metropolitan The City That
Stopped Hitler" document on Stall
ingrad: IL am, 1:20, 3:35, 5:45, 8
and 1910 pm.
Palace Johnny Come Lately
Jimmy Cagney on his own: IL, 2:25,
4:5O, 7:lo and s9:4o pm.
Pix-''Two Tickets to London"
with Michele Morgan: 1925, 5:55,
1886 and 1910 pm.
Trans-Lux News and shorts
Continuous from 10 am,
Evening star., 1943-10-22
Props as a Relief Pitcher

men said this would be a simple
thing to shoot.
1t was necessary, Of course, for
the camera to show Fitzgerald's
drive, then show the ball flying onto
the green and rolling into the cup
Prop man Tommy Plews tried
thread wire and variety Of gags
and gadgets to get that ball to roll
into the cup. But all looked me-
chanical through the camera lens.
Crosby then came up with simple
idea. He stood out of camera range
and attempted to pitch the ball into
the cup. Not for nothing is Bing
the champion Of Lakeside. He sue
Iceeded on his third pitch.
~
Cecil B. DeMille's war is raging
for The Story OF Dr. Wassell." The
set, representing a hospital ward on
the island of Java during a Jap
bombing raid, lurches from side to
side on a huge rocker while Just
out OF camera range charges of
dynamite detonate with deafening
racket. Suddenly an explosion blows
in the French doors of the set, and
the scene is obscured by a swirl of
dust and smoke.
CUT" says DeMille, happily.
Out from under one of the beds
climbs Melvin Francis. He is the
young man who was actually one of
the wounded charges of Comdr.
Corydon M. Wassell Navy cross
winning country doctor from Ar
kansas, during the raid now being
re-enacted. He was signed to por-
tray himself in the picture after
being invalided out of the Navy.
(Reeased by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Incl
Evening star., 1943-10-22
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
HOLLYWOOD.
Make-helieYerS at work.

/ t'4oNN DNi4NfSio az WI n.
Diana Lynn said she felt like the
duck in a shooting gallery. All
day long on the set of Our Hearts
We're Young and Gay she had to
stand in doorway and let an
irate old gentleman in a bathtub
hurl soggy sponge at her face.
Scene called for Diana to burst
accidentally into the bathroom on
Lionel Braham as he's partaking
of soapy soak. In apoplectic rage
he hurls the nearest missile at
hand. Mr. Braham, a dignified
Britisher, didn't like his job; not a
little bit. He apologized all over
the place to Miss Lynn and then
when action was called proceeded to
bawl up everything by his erratic
aim.
They tried at least a dozen takes
before lunch-all no good. Il just
can't" said Braham weakly, and
still I know must"
After lunch it was Just as bad, or
worse. The Britisher couldn't even
come close. Director Lewis Allen
decided it was time he took firm
hand in the crisis.
II believe" said Allen, that to
save Paramount some overhead.
we'll have to get more accurate
pitcher. Well shoot a closeup of
Braham with the sponge raised.
Then cut to Diana receiving it."
Mr.. Allen looked around and nod
ded to an eager young man, Mickey
the prop man.
You will take the mound" he
instructed. Nov let her have it
plenty"
Mickey let go-right in Miss
Lynns face. The first try, too.
Everybody rushed to congratulate
him, including Diana, who said it
was a great relief to ges the mushy
sponge in the face after standing
around expecting it on every try all
day.
Il guess I'm just company man"
explained Mickey the prop man to
his admirers. Actors feelings just
don't mean thing to me-"
X X X
Special effects men pride them
selves on accomplishing anything.
They almost never fail This, how
ever, was one of their moments to
blush.
A Paramount troupe filming
Going My Way?" went out to the
Riviera Country Club when the
script required Barry Fitzgerald to
perform hole-in-one while play
ing in a threesome with Bing Cros-
by and Frank McHugh. The miracle
Evening star., 1943-10-22

funny things. They are never so
funny, however, as those between
himself and the towns Belle Wat
ling, an honorable woman in a dis
honorable profession and very
strange one to be found on the
side of the reform element. The
role is natural for Marjorie Main,
stormy petrol of woman who
makes not merely fine comedy
character, but an entirely plausible
one in this strange setup.
Other laughable participants In
the story are a small-town news
paper general manager, a harridan
of a woman, her reporter brother
who has spent his IS years on the
staff of The Shield and Banner
imbibing from an omnipresent
bottle, and Hattie Mcdaniel as a
genial family servant who is we'll
informed of the local political pol
luton.
They constitute an agreeable set
Of companions for Cagney in his
eventually successful effort to drive
the corrupt local boss into retire
ment.
Reminiscent of Cagney's old days
when he was not an independent
producer are only two sequences in
Johnny Come Lately One is a
fight which is staged in a spring
wagon-unless some one knows that
it is not a spring wagon-and the
other -to-man battle in which
the young reporter gives the boss
son a much-needed cutting.
The romantic element of Johnny
Come Lately" is subordinated to the
more dramatic affection between
the trampish young reporter and
the elderly woman publisher. 1t
makes a refreshing kind Of love
story, a pretty and wistful thing
which Cagney and Miss George
develop in just about the finest
moments of acting in the picture.
1t is not at all difficult to recon-
mend Johnny Come Lately" as
you will find entirely
agreea BILE.
Evening star., 1943-10-22
BickfOrd Produces
For Armed Forces
HOLLYWOOD

HULL WOOD.
Few actors have made more di-
versified investments than Charles
Bickford Although some of them,
such as his copra-producing island
in the South Pacific and his gold
mine in Northern California, have
been liquidated by the war, condi-
tions brought about by the global
conflict have more than balanced
the ledger for him.
Very definitely on the profit side
Is his 120-acre farm in Massachu-
sets, on which he now has $50 heads
Of hogs.
Bickford has patterned its opera
ton after the methods employed
by the Walker Gordon scientific
farming syndicate, which has been
so successful in New England, and
sells all the pork he can raise to
the Government for the armed
forces.
Evening star., 1943-10-22
Weight Vanishes
At Harvest Time
IOI,T,VWOOT

w
Start of Goth Century, -Fox's TAM
pico" was delayed several days due
to Victor McLaglen's loss of weight.
The burly Vic, who had Just re-
turned from his 1,000-acre ranch
at Fresno, Calf, in time to start
work in the film with Lynn Bari and
Edward G. Robinson. has lost % of
his former 240 pounds.
A shortage of help plus extra heavy
crops in his ranch had McLaglen
doing the work of seven men.
McLaglen's poundage reduction
meant that the Navy uniforms the
studio wardrobe department made
according to his measurements of a
few months ago-when he appeared
in Roger Touhy-Gangster"- have
to be entirely remade for his new
role.
Evening star., 1943-10-22

cious, sizzling steak-full screen sizss
and IN technicolor-followed by q
title reading, Three minutes inter.
mission for drooling."
Evening star., 1943-10-22
Schooling in Signs
For Linguist McCrea
HOLLYWOOD.

1OLLI WOOU.
Joel McCrea is learning the sign
language from deaf man, Joe De-
Yong. But Joe isn't teaching the
actor the language Of the deaf. He
doesn't know it. He speaks and reads
lips himself.
He is instructing McCrea in the
American Indian sign language so
the actor can parley with the Indians
properly in his scenes in Buffalo
Bill" Goth Century-Fox studios.
Evening star., 1943-10-22

Johnny Come Lately" James Cagney
production released through United Artists,
starring Cagney and Miss Grace George.
directed by William K Howard based
upon the, novel "McLeod's Folly" by Louis
Bromf1eld. At Loew's Palace
The Cast:
rom Rlchards James Cagney
winnie Mcleod ---------- Grace George
GashouSe Mary Marjorie Main
Jane McLeon Marjorie Lord
Dougherty Ed McNamara
Aida Hattie MCDANIEL
Evening star., 1943-10-22
A Tart Criticism
BY the Profile
Py the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD,

HOLLYWOOD.
Echoes of the late John Barry
more's own brand of dramatic tute-
lage sounded when Anne Baxter and
William Eythe began swapping
stories on what and who taught
them the most about acting.
Anne recalled that she played a
scene with "the great profile in
which as young writer, she begged
him to read her story She gave
the scene everything she had, in
cluding a good deal of handpower.
After the scene, Barrymore turned
to the director and said, caustically:
Does she have to sWim?'
Evening star., 1943-10-22
Teresa ASSIGNED

Samuel GoldWyn announces that
he will present Teresa Wright and
Dana Andrews in Those Endearing
Young Charms" the Edward Chodo-
rov play whose screen rights he re-
Gently acquired Those Endearing
Young Charms" will take precedence
over Bid for Happiness" the We
hicle previously announced for Miss
Wright's return to the screen.
Evening star., 1943-10-22
That's All!

" Seats for the two extra per-
formances Of "Oklahoma," Sum-
day night and a matinee
Thursday of next week, were
entirely sold within five hours
after being put on sale yes
terday morning.
Evening star., 1943-10-22
|Cagney Film at Palace
"A Pleasant, Quaint Affair
BY JAY CARMODY.

surprising to run across James cagney in quaint old
motion picture But it pleasantly surprising
Come Lately which
picture producersar Cagney buggy
melodama which
MANAGEMENT Cagneys pic
The Valley settler., 1943-01-01

anchorage, We ought to be eble to
make & good thing out Of growing
this stuff here.
The Dairy Producers have made a
1000 record this winter FIR in
spite Of some drawbacks. We under-
stand that mi TX prooucti On is octu-
ally increasing and that there
should be consi derable more this
IS ulmmer than last year. The smaller
dairymen are the ones who hcve made
the most gain.
The cutting Of wood fer fuel would
Insure war pri ces but not very much
is available because CT the lcOor
Shortage. There should be {. e.0od
ice crop this year, unless abnormal
c on6i tt ons take place later en-.
Pork and beef has been received in
c ons derable quantities an6 the
quality IS much better than in form
er years. + temporary shorto5e Of
OUTSIDE meat last fall enabled the
Meat department to make a pr I'll table
cleanup.
Sc far, there has not been any ser
4 Gus shortage Of any staple fooes
that ould not be substi tuted. How
ever, the coming year may Fl nc us
having to subs titute fer sew 3ral
popular articles. Repairs tor mach
fnery are hard to get and tn ere are
many transportation cliff culties.
Supplies Of seed fer the spring
planting are still the unknown guam
tity. Where it is possible, -
WOULD be advisable to utilize home
grown seeds. There will unC ,btedly
be plenty Of gasoline an6 Gil fer
power machinery this spring, but Co
sha let ses see t hhexoorn'rs got '""y' you
The Valley settler., 1943-01-01

o.'e'r,eooo' VII was the heoei1
large table was Furnished In the
Ladies Lounge Ct the Recreation
Hall and fine elmer served fam
lily style to the regular patrons Q:
the Cooperative Lunch ano Fountain
On Chris tmas Eve, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mulaney were hosts to q large num-
Der Of the children and young
people # the Valley. We have al
ways wondered who Santa Claus real
ly Is, and, viii lie we are not going
t. tell, we now believe we can put
cur finger IN him If we wish &c &
Sc.
There have been some contag Gus
diseases making the rounds in the
Valley Of late, and it WOULD be
we'll t. be careful where children
are concerned.
sLAsHINGs BY A. sTUMPDoDGR.
We have arguments about the MIC
est time Of the year in the Valley
and, usually to our satisfacti ion,
win the point that winter Is the
best Of all. We win by enume ra t Inc
the beautiful shining mountains in
the stiffness Of the winter night.
Those who have seen the sunrise
over the Crane Canyon, or the SUM-
mer quiet on the des ert at midnight
when SC many stars shine that it
locks like a grand scheme # illum-
nation that is limi less In size,
have truly seen a beautiful sight.
But anyone who has studied the
beauties Of the mocnshine, and we
cent ean EhS daia an pa eng s. either
The Valley settler., 1943-01-01

GAINS.
The past year has
Is cen cons iderable I'M
pr ov ement in the mar
|ket conditions in tn e
|Matanuska alley,
larg G ~ on account Of
heavy buying by the
Army. Potot oes and
" e. etables have been
burned into cash al
ready and there could
|und oubtedly rave been
much more solo if it
ha6 been produced.
Several carloads Of
p otatoes anC vege
t ables were shipped
to anchorage ever the
Il 1aska Railroad this
fall, and If it is
pr Of liable to ship
from here and pay R.R
fret 5ht cherg es to
The Valley settler., 1943-01-01
MATANUSKA XMAS.

Chri s tmas was OBJ
serv co in the regu-
lar style Of all
Ameri ca, in the VAL
ley. There were
many eelici Gus Gin
ners at the vari Gus
home Throughout the
valley where Xmas
Spiri is reigne6.
Ev erything needed
for the Chri S tme s
dinner was avail liable
ct the Tracing Post
and ether stores anG
there was no rat i on
Ing either.
The resi6ents IF
the Dermi t ry hao g
nice Chri S tmas tree
On Chris tMes eve anc
many nice pres ents
were exchanged. On
Chri St.mas DIV.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
FIREMEN CHECK
RUBBISH BLAZE

A small rubbish fire required the
assistance of the fire department
this morning at 80 Willow street,
Nothing serious" said the fire Of
ficials, just some burning rubbish
fell through the sidewalk CRATE Sit
uated over cellar. Truck l and
a booster eXtinguished the flames.
A one-story wood garage also
caught fire this morning as the re-
suit of wild sparks from a bonfire
at 88 Hanover street, Waterville.
Fire officials said that there was no
serious damage. The garage belongs
to Allison Craw. Russell Hoyt, &C.
cupant in the garage at the time Of
fire, sent in the alarm.
A blaze in the cellar of the home
of Mrs. John O'Brien, of 224 Bank
street was put out by firemen last
night. A spark from a power oil
burner blazed pool of surplus oil.
Fire officials said that damage was
restricted TO the burner unit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
DRIVER FINED ON
TWO COMPLAINTS
Alteration With Plain
clothes Officer Brings
Serious Consequences

James Brown, alias Willie, 25, col.
ored, of SO Spark street, charged
with violating motor vehicle Law
of operating without license, and
breach Of the peace, was fined 500
and costs on the first count and $40
on the second. The accused together
with his companion, Frank Roy,
90, colored, of South street. Middle
bury, we're arrested by Officer VIM
cent Begg at Vine and Wood streets
Officer Begg was in plainclothes,
minus his badge when he made the
arrest. said the officer, but the two
men resisted because they didn't be-
lieve he was an officer. However
the two accused ran off in the car
when Officer Begg entered a build
ing nearby to telephone for assist
ance from the police department.
Officer Begg said that Brown was
drunk. but the latter denied it and
pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The whole argument was summed
up In Attorney Henry Weisman's
NOluo do SIdl tlllS ONCl wiz iIdu Vic
right of way at Vine and Wood
streets" Foy was fined $40 and costs
on the charge of breach of the
peace.
The case Of James J. Lying, 40, of
Sc Tracy avenue. charged with
reckless driving, was continued to
June 8.
Absolute nolles we're granted to
Luigi Biancardi, 40, OF SO River
street charged with breach of the
peace and intoxication.
Nolled upon payment of $25, the
case of John j. PetrauskaS, 40, of
prospect, was discharged. He was
charged with violation of motor ve-
hicle law, reckless driving.
A continuance was granted to
John Wabuda, SO, of 149 South
Main street, charged with breach Of
the peace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
PLAN INSPECTIONS
OF RAID SHELTERS
Waterbury Included in Of
fetal State List; Is COM
munities Mentioned

Public air raid shelters in 10 cities
and towns in Connecticut will be
inspected soon, State Police Com
missioner Edward J. Hickey, acting
state war council administrator, said
today.
The inspections will be conducted
by the members Of the recently-ap-
pointed shelter committees attached
to the local war councils. The men,
bership of each committee includes
an architect, the fire chief, the
building inspector, real estate man
and an insurance man.
The air raid shelters will be given
ratings on the basis of specifica-
tons drawn up by Prof. Theodore
Crane of Yale university, chairman
of the Connecticut War Council
shelter committee, and a joint tech
nical committee comprised of en-
cheering representatives of the
Office of Civilian Defense and other
New England War councils. DR..
Crane, professor of architectural
engineering, recently prepared for
the Connecticut War council a man
ual entitled shelter Against Aerial
Bombardment," an authoritative
work on the subject.
Frank Loughlin, director Of Plant
Protection for the War Council
asserted that the findings of the
local shelter committees will be for
Warded to the state headquarters
where arrangements will be made to
replace existing shelters that do not
meet minimum safety requirements.
The cities and towns where the
shelters will be inspected include
Bridgeport, Bristol, East Hartford,
East Haven, Fairfield, Hamden,
Hartford, Meriden, Middletown,
New Britain, New Haven, New Lon
don, Norwich, Stamford, Stratford,
Torrington, Waterbury, West Hart
ford and West Haven.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
WATERBURY BILLS
FACE TEST TODAY
Tote Looms on Charter
Amendments, Fire, PO-
lice Salaries

The following Waterbury bills are
expected to be voted upon this aft
ernoon by the senate and the house
AL have received favorable reports
from the cities and boroughs COM
ynittee.
The sentae Is expected to vote
on the bills to raise the salaries of
the policemen and firemen; estab-
fish a commission to study the pen
sion laws affecting Waterbury city
employees and make suggestions for
improvements; provide pension of
$1,000 for Mrs. Mary d. Scully,
widow OF the late Mayor Vincent A.
Scully, and provide reinstatement
Of city employees who are in the
armed forces.
The house is expected to vote on
the bill which freezes into Office
for life the present nurses of the
Waterbury health department. The
bill changing the arrangement of the
assessors office and the bill freezing
Purchasing Director Martin Sweeney
into office for life, already passed
by the senate, is chartered for pas
sage by the house tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11

king restricts himself to the regu-
lation five inches Of bath water,
economies on lights and fuel for
his fireplace, never uses the royal
cars except for official trips and
limits himself to ordinary food.
The king rises early and gener-
ally is in his Office by 9 a. m, deal
ing with official papers until lunch
time. A member Of the regal staff
said the king has lunch at least
once week with (prime minister
Churchill
Walks For Recreation
The king, now Al years old and
In excellent he TIL, gets much of
his recreation w walking two miles
daily in the palace gardens with
the queen Like SO many English
men, he spends most week ends III
his country place where his daugh-
tiers, Princess Margaret and Eliza
beth, live.
TIL king occasionally does some
shooting in the country, but his
shoots now are Small-scale affairs.
FOLLOWING the same kind of aus
terity living which goes on else
where in Britain" one Of the king s
secretaries said, "the king usually
gets into tweeds when in the coun-
try. Otherwise his clothes are lin
tied to uniforms of the air force,
army and navy, depending on the
occasion The kings use of petrol,
even including official trips, is now
cut so per cent from peacetime
The king remains an ardent Gin
ema-goer, usually seeing movies
each Saturday night in the coun-
try. He still adheres to his code Of
moderation in personal habits,
drinking little, smoking few Gig
arettes and occasionally a pipe. He
has no pets, excepting possible the
welsh Corgi" dogs which usually
are considered as belonging to his
daughters.
BUY WAR BONDS. STAMPS