Evening star., 1943-01-14

the war. The hair over one eye
was the way she expressed her
pre-war play-girl behavior. Today
she dresses her hair simply. She
has shed temperament and exhibi-
tionism. She is just nice, matter
of-fact girl. And I hope her fans,
who like to see Veronica as an exotic
siren, will not hold it against her.
Plans to Fly Planes.
II am planning to enlist as q ferry
pilot just as soon as I can," the
erstwhile incendiary blond tells me
during lunch in the Paramount Cafe
shortly before her sudden attack of
appendicitis. "Just before Pearl
Harbor," she continues, Il began the
groundwork Of learning to fly a
plane. want to do something more
useful for the war effort than just
making pictures. I understand they
need women as ferry pilots. and
directly they get this branch of
service organized shall offer myself
for training"
Veronica has Just returned from
a bond-selling tour during which
she disposed of $4,000, 900 worth of
bonds. Not enough" she states
emphatically. She lost II pounds
during the tour that took her south
to Florida and east to Detroit and
New York. She now weighs mere
SO pounds, which is too little by 10
pounds at least.
Wants to Tour Abroad.
1t was during her bond tour that
Veronica put her famous tresses to
patriotic use. To bedazzled gen.
tleman in Jacksonville, Fla, she gave
a clip of golden hair from the lock
that used to cover her eyeD on con-
dition that he purchase a $4,000
War bond. And he did.
when the picture I am now max
ing Is finished CSC Proudly We
Hail) I want to take a trip to the
camps" says Veronica. Il want to
go up through Alaska, across TO
Siberia (the Russians would love her
new hair-do) and take in Africa
and India before coming back to
the United States. I want to 60
where they don't see women or
movie stars. A friend Of mine
wrote from the Solomons that he
hadn't seen a woman for six
months. We should go to those
places, not to the camps near
Hollywood where they see stars
(and women-so many womenD all
the time"
It looks like a busy 1943 for
Veronica. In addition to her plans
for ferry plotting, bond tours and
entertainment tours, there is the
matter Of her 16-months- Elaine
Eyes, she's a blonde) and her hus-
band, Capt. John Detlie, who natu-
rally is anxious to see his wife and
daughter every once in a while.
He wants me to bring the baby
back to Seattle-and myself after
I finish the picture. He's an engi-
neer, stationed there. although he
used to be an art director at Metro
before the war. We met at Metro
when I had q bit part in Forty
Little Mothers My name then
was Constance Keane."
Tends for Stability.
Arthur Hornblow. who at that
time was In the throes Of marital
separation from Myrna 10y, was
sufficiently interested In Miss Lake
to sign her to q Paramount con-
tract and to change her name-the
Veronica is after her mother, the
Lake is for Lake Placid, where she
was born 70 years ago.
Concerning the change in her
character from playgirl to serious
young woman, Veronica charges a
lot Of it to the fact that she is
a mother. She tells me she looks
forward very much to seeing what
motherhood does for Lana Turner.
IT know 1t will do her good; 1t will
settle her down-just as 1t did
me-"
From personal experience I think
veronica's got something there.