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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-11
Oakie's Way With a Startling
He Has Birds Eating From His Hand,
But Not So the Women, Says He

loyal fan following, George hasn't
made movie in six months. He's
we'll past 80 and still looks as hand
some as ever.
Remember Richard Travis, who
was one OF Bette Davis most
promising proteges? Bette got him
his job as her leading man in THE
Man Who Came to Dinner" Travis
scored heavily, too, but nothing
seemed to come of his success. Last
week, Travis quietly enlisted in the
Army and left town without a trace
of ballyhoo.
Anthony Quinn, who is about
one-quarter Mexican, was cast in
the role of Smoke" Regain for
Roger Touhy, Last of the Gang
sters." Regain is thief and dou-
ble-crosser. More than that, he is
yellow. Quinn went up front and
pointed out that it would not pop
ularize Hollywood with the Mexi-
cans to have a Mexican play such a
despicable character. The studio
agreed and Tony was shifted to
another role. He's still a desperate,
but not a coward.
Laura La Plante dining at the
Brown Derby with her two young
children, looks like the Laura of
silent days-bright, blond and love-
ly. She's still under contract to
MGM and is still a leading con-
tender to succeed Myrna 10y as
Bill Powell's wife when (and If
the Thin Man" series is resumed.
Ronald Reagan and George Muir
ply, playing son and father in
This Is the Army" are inseparable
pals off the set. Every noon they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-11

On occasion, he writes more like
O'Neill than O'Neill himself, most
recently and brilliantly demon
strated in The Long Voyage Home"
To that perfect first step, Mr..
Levey is struggling with a second
which is just as hopeful in its init
nations. That is to employ Charles
Laughton for the principal role,
that of the hairy ape about whose
social significance Mr.. ONeill felt
SO deeply and wrote to dramatically.
In those initial gestures Mr..
Levey indicates that he is up to
O'Neill. But it does not change the
fact that to leap from Olsen and
johnson and Abbott and Costello to
O'Neill is about the funniest darned
thing that ever happened, even in
Hollywood.
Addenda: Airline Judge, whose
career of ups and downs has kept
talented actress too long off the
stage and screen, will play one of
the principal roles in The Dough-
girls when it retarns to the Ma
tional for fortnight starting May
81. -. The company, a second,
is shaped to equal that of the group
which opened the play here in the
Autumn and is helping it to large
profits on Broadway George S.
kaufman, the man with THE tai
ent for that sort of comedy, is di-
recting the junior varsity group.
Just when she finally got a
role which was -sirenish for the
first time in her screen career, Gene
Tierney now goes into retirement.
1t is, however, only the tenn
porary one which actresses enter
as preface to motherhood.
Miss Tierney will return to her
career, thereafter. Other ad-
dresses in the Stork book Of Holly
wood include those of Joan Ben
nett, Mrs. Robert Young, Mrs. Van
Hef1in. Lana Turner and Mrs.
Franchot Tone. . Busy bird, isn't
it? Hardest working actor in
Hollywood easily could be Orson
Welles if he could take all the roles
that have been offered him since
the Army Aid him for a back in
jury. Welles, a discriminating
fellow, will choose something he
would like to do for arts sake, not
for the sake of any studios money.
.. 1t is the sagacious phase of his
genius. Soldiers who have
brass trouble at inspections no doubt
would like to have the war fought
entirely in technicolor when they
hear that brass band instruments
must be completely dulled before
they can be brought into the glare
Of high-powered color film lamps.
-. Bandsmen, on the other hand,
don't like it, which shows the diff
ference in points of view.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-11
Love Is the Note
Sounded Most
On Agents Pipes
And the Subject
OF a Film Matters
Not a Whit
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLY WOOD.
just about everything in the
movies these days-if you believe
the advertising about them-is
lovely.
Love is a great word, but lately
it has been overworked. All, there,
advertising boys, Cupid's gonna ge1
angry! Remember the billboards
telling about Young Mr.. Pitt?
Like Million Lovers Today, Their
Love Must Wait" and Must Love
Wait for WARP" Mr. Pitt" of course,
was the slow story of one of Eng
lands prime ministers and romance
was distinctly secondary. But not
to the boys who had to sell it.
Edge OF Darkness" billboards
tried to capitalize on the alleged
romance of Enrol Flynn and Ann
Sheridan by saying, breathlessly,
together now -. inspired. >"
The picture is good one, but 1t
is story about the Nazis and
people who refused to be subdued.
And then there was Air Force"
grand story about Bit and the
crew that went through a hell in
the Pacific with it. The Bit was
named the Mary Ann" And what
happens? 1t becomes THE story
of the men who loved Mary Ann"
Ridiculous, isn't 1t?
Some of the copy about "The
Moon Is Down." story having to
do with the Nazis in Norway, talked
about "a soldier hungry for love-"
Well, there was such an incident.
The public's growing antipathy
toward war stories is. of course, re-
sponsible for this love trend. The
studios are afraid to designate
war picture as such.
Connections Tenuous.
If you believe the billboards, you
likely will find your film fare dis
appointing For instance, "Hitler's
Children" had a big message, but
the posters screamed, See how
they breed babies for war" The
film did have a sterilization scene,
but the story was about the Nazi
educational system. 1t was not, as
was its advertising, hysterical.
The dossier on Flight for Free
dom" proves amusingly what infer
ence can do in selling picture. The
RKO advertising department was
forbidden to mention the name of
Amelia Earhart. Thus we find, did
woman flyer strike the first blow
at the Japs?" "A love secret a
military secret strangely linked
to the amazing career of this gallant
woman flyer" Secrets that couldn t
be told before Pearl Harbor."
Nowhere was Miss Earhart's
name used. YETI obviously, she is
the woman on whom the story-and
the advertising-were based.
Not that any of these pictures
necessarily are bad. However, If
you are thinking of descending on
your local NOON pitcher palace, read
the reviews (by all means!-ed.)
Or 60 because you like the stars and
the supporting players. You can't
always believe what you see on the
billboards!
Ever since Alan Ladd emerged
from obscurity in This Gun for
Hire" he has been the hottest box
office draw in Hollywood. With this
in mind, regardless of the fact that
he is now in the Army, the studios
for which he once played unimpor-
tant bits are now combing their
flles for old shots Of him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-11
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
HOLLYWOOD,


After her 12-year absence from
the screen, Pola Negri gets one of
the years best costume breaks in
Hi Diddle Diddle." AS Adolphe
Menjou's opera singer wife she dis
plays II Acknowledgment gowns
and her 1l2-pound figure can still
do them full justice. In one concert
scene Pola will wear the heroic trap
pings of Brunnehilde in The VAL
kyrie," complete with shield, spear
and long braids.
Sounds bit maudlin but it's true
nevertheless: We came upon big,
herman Jack Oakie feeding a Cali
fornia startling just off the winter
Time" stage. The bird was perched
on Jacks left hand and reached for
crumbs in his right. I'm a sucker
for boids," said Jack, a little abashed.
This ones so kinda used to me it
won't eat unless I feed i'm poisson
ally. Cute, amt it," Jack shrugged
and faraway look came to his eyes.
I'm no good with women" he said,
but I've always had way with
boids."
Those Latins-they start early,
no? A 3-year-old Mexican young
ster, one of 20 being used in a south
of-the-border sequence in Animal
Kingdom" was chucked under the
chin by Ann Sheridan. Hello,
young fellow" said Ann. Hello,
gorgeous" the youngster grinned
back.
Hollywood is wondering why
George Brent isn't being kept
buster. One of the best leading men
in the business, with long and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-11
and face wrinkles. They refer to
each other as Pops" and Junior"

eacn other as Pops and Junior"
Insiders are posting long-shot bets
that Jerry Austin, the dwarf, will
steal Saratoga Trunk" from the
two stars, Gary Cooper and Ingrid
Bergman. He has a voice that will
chase up and down your spine long
after you see the movie. Jerry plans
a national personal appearance tour
after he finishes the role.
One man in a million is Dennis
Morgan. The fellow can actually
tie bow tie! Before an awed audi
ence OF workers on the picture
Animal Kingdom" Morgan calmly
did it again and again for scene
in the film. And without a mirror.
Director Irving Rapper says prob
ably nobody will believe it when the
picture gets to the screen. They'll
think it's trick camera work again
Toxic radio says the Japanese have
selected motion pictures of their
sneak attack on Pearl Harbor as the
best film of 1912. Paramount should
find some way of sending the Japs
a print Of Wake Island
This seems to be Hollywood's year
to turn to Broadway. Iona Massey
and Arthur Preacher score in "Zieg-
field Follies." Mary Martins Dane
ing in the Streets" is being doctored
and will open shortly. Joan Craw-
ford is on Broadway trying to find
a suitable vehicle. Others are Paul
NUM-, Katharine Hepburn, Fredric
March, Joseph Schildkraut, Lucille
Watson, Virginia Field, Arleen Whe-
Ian, Billie Burke and Roland Young
(Released by the North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-11
Spring Overtakes
M.G-M Studio
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MGM is suddenly becoming a
marriage bureau. Maybe Joan
Crawford and Ruth Hussey started
it. The fact remains that the
studio streets are knee-deep in
orange blossoms.
In the last three months, Donna
Reed married Bill Tuttle, an MGM
makeup man, Pat Dane dashed off
to Las Vegas with Tommy Dorsey,
and Virginia O'Brien, Betty Jaynes
and Pamela Blake wed non-pro-
fessionals.
Lana Turner also did a bit of
alter-leaping. as you may remem-
Der, marrying Steve Crane for the
second time
With all this going on, the most
popular woman on the lot is Dame
Mae Witty. She's been a wife for
exactly so years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-11

uldllS llldG IllC IliCIlld ID SoiilS W
have another 60 at Eugene O'Neill
in the person, of al! possible persons.
of Jules Levey.
There is a pair of bedfellows to
make every human being resort to
the tightly laced sleeping bag from
now on.
None of this is to say that the
association may not produce in
The Hairy Ape" one of the MASTER
pieces of screencraft It is merely
that the closest followers of the
cinema, of the Messrs. ONeil and
Levey, could not have been more
unprepared for the announcement
Of their collaboration. That the
two ever even haG heard of each
other is as much of surprise as If
Dorothy Thompson were to pro-
claim Claire Boothe Luce as her
favorite playwright. or Mrs. Luce to
hail Miss Thompson as her favorite
columnist. 1t not only was not in
the cards that Mr.. Levey should
produce Mr. ONeil, it was not even
Al viz u. Y o. lllC lllOSG dSulC GA.
preston of the imagination.
Mr. Levey, however, has purchased
"The Hairy Ape" and will make it
his next production in Hollywood
If the play was even kin in es-
sence to its title, one might have
learned of the association or part
nership with less of a shock to the
credulity and the nervous system.
After all. MI. Levey did produce a
jungle thriller named "Jacare.'
From that to THE Hairy Ape"
would not have been such a far
cry were it not for the fact that the
latter is sharp. searching socio-
logical study. 1t is a very exciting
thing, or was back in 1925. when
1t was produced as a play. The ex-
element, however. just isn't the
kind that was in "Jacare' or in any
others OF Mr.. Levey's celluloid
doSsier.
The slapstick has been his major
interest in the past, a taste most
fervently expressed in Pardon MY
sarong.' starring those subtle fell
lows, Abbott and Costello, and Hell
zapoppin'." The latter was done
with the original werewolves of
comedy, Olsen and Johnson.
Clearly, this was an inspired mask
Tor any basic leaning Mr.. Levey
might have had toward the works
of Eugene ONeill.
Mr.. Levey is not merely exercis-
Ing the right of man with enough
money to buy an O'Neill play in
acquiring THE Hairy Ape" He is
doing a very canny job in hiring
Dudley Nichols to adapt the story
to the screen. Mr.. Nichols might
be ONeill's alter ego. the Holly
wood one, so far as skill in trans
lating the master is concerned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-11

Counting three to a family, more
than half a million people will read
this issue Of The Star. If you have
want" tell them through a Star
want Ad." Phone MA. 5000,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-11
Mr.. Levey Leaps, Jacare>Like,
Onto a Work of O'Neill
There's Chance for FEASIBILITY,
Since the Animal-Film Producer
Will Work With Congenial Title
By JAY CARMODY,

1t almost civic obligation in Washington to assume that the
sangest bedloWs those politics
talented Republicans working
dollar
be left unchalenged
along in the
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04
B, c Gas Coupons
Cut Half Gallon
First Step In New "TOngh" Program Set Up By
OPA Does Not Include "a" Books; NeUs OF
Cut Accepted PIGcidIy By Motorists.

Ions to service men on furlough,
and ruled against supplemental ra-
tiOns for applicants living within
reasonable walking distance" of
their wOfk, regardless of car pools
and lack of other means of trans
pOrtation. The only exceptions will
be made in cases of physical dis
ability, or to transport heavy
equipment such as tools.
May Extend Scope
The OPA chief disclosed that the
petroleum administration is study
ing the supply situation in the Car
Olinas, Georgia and Florida to de-
termine whether B and C coupons
should be reduced there. The value
of A coupons already has been re-
duced in line with the rest of the
East, but they are not affected by
the current ban on nOn-essential
driving in the northeastern states.
Tuesdays action left basic A
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Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04
Eastern States Will
Be AHOUed Bicycles
Quota Restrictions Are
Listed By OPA In
Gas Shortage Area

The eastern gasoline shortage
area may obtain more bicycles.
Under a ruling recently by the
Office of Price Administration ra-
tioning certificates will be issued
without regard to quotas in 5nne
in 16 Eastern States. West Vir-
ginia, the seventeenth state in the
area, still will operate under quota
limits because only eight counties
in that state are in the shortage
area.
In the past, each state had been
assigned to monthly rationing quo
tas. In the eastern shortage area,
bicycles may be obtained by any
one gainfully employed in any Oc-
cupation or doing work necessary
to the war program or public well
fare" II he can show a need for
a wheel" in connection with his
work. School pupils also are eli
gible for bicycles for transporta-
tion to and from school.
In the rest Of the country, ELI
gibility is more limited.
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04
More Acreage Needed
For Vital War Crops
Threatened POOd Crisis Again
Looms Up On The Horizon

When the Governments first re-
quest came through for growers to
contract for acreage covering vi
tally needed war crops. many
growers in this community re-
spOnded instantly. But there are
still some who are tagging behind
and there are still many who have
not contracted for acreage to the
limit of their capacity. AS a re-
suit, the threatened food crisis
again ~fOoms up on the horizon.
There are many little alibis,
many big excuses, which growers
can offer for not converting suffi-
ciently to war prOductiOn-but
this is not the year for alibis and
excuses. This is the year when
everyone must work and give. re-
gardless of the handicaps and hard
ships involved. It's not question
of letting George do it. Every
grower must assume a share of
the responsibility and must do all
within his power to produce the
foods that are needed for carrying
on the war.
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04
Rehoboth Art League
Opens Next Monday
DIR. Edgar H. Riley, Lehigh Uni
Versity, To Give Lecture

The summer season of the Re-
hoboth Art League will get under
way next Monday evening with a
lecture on poems of the sea by
Dr. Edgar II. Riley of the Depart
ment of Literature. Lehigh Uni
veristy.
DR.. Riley will address the mem
bers of the league at 1880 p. IN. at
the home of Miss Blanche dec
Weaveny, at her summer place
"The Thicket." 40 Columbia Road
Rehoboth Beach. The public is in
vited to attend for a small fee.
DR.. Riley will arrive at the re-
sort this week for short vacation
at his summer cottage on Columbia
avenue, accompanied by his wife
and Prof. and Mrs. Christensen OF
the Lehigh University staff.
The scheduled Evening of Light
Verse" is the first in the art leagues
three special events on various
forms of the arts, arranged for the
season. These events will include
Twilight Musicale" to be held
again this year at the summer
place of Mr.. and Mrs. Irenee du-
POnt in the Pines, through the
courtesy of the owners.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04
Ordnance Go.
Here Elects
New Officers
l. d. Short OF Milford Is
Elected President OF
Milford Ordnance Co.,
Inc; Plant To Expand,

At recent meeting of the board
of directors of the Milford Ord
nance Company. Inc, three new di-
rectors were elected to fill vacan-
cies caused by death and resigna-
tiOn. They are l. ID. Short and
James l.. Davis of Milford and
James NJ. Tunnel. Jr., of George
town. Following the election of
the new directors the following
officers were named: President. l.
d. Short; executive vice president,
James ]. DerYis; vice president,
William J. Cavanaugh: comptrOl-
Ter and treasurer. Felix Prior; sec
retary. l. d. Short. End. Mr.. Short,
Mr.. Dervin and Mr.. Cavanaugh are
local residents; Mr.. Prior resides
at Elkton. Md. and l. d. Short, End,
is a Georgetown resident
The newly-elected president. Mr.
Short. announced today that the
Milford Ordnance Company, Inc,
has purchased the Sussex Ord
nance Company and both plants
are now consolidated under the
one head.
According to Mr.. Short, con-
tracts have been secured that will
require the services of from two to
three hundred more employees
than are now on the payroll.
Following some physical changes
in the plant and buildings, the pres
ent output of the plant will be
greatly increased and many more
employees will be needed to carry
on the home front" job of pro-
ducing vital war materials for the
nations fighting forces.
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04

The Office of Price Administers
tiOn ordered a II per cent slash on
Tuesday of this week in the value
of B and G coupons in the North
east and took other drastic steps
which AdministratOr Prentiss nj.
Brown described as tough"
Beginning Tuesday at midnight,
these gasoline rations will be worth
21s instead of 3 gallons from Maine
to Virginia.
In most sections of the state
news of the cut was accepted pla-
cidly by motorists. While some fill
ed their tanks before the midnight
change in coupon values, there
was no rush, gasoline dealers re-
ported
Rationing boards were directed
by Mr.. Brown to deny applica-
tions for additional rations of gas
Oline to restore mileage lost as a
result of the reduction; revoked
provision allowing up to five gal
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04
w. w. Laird Spoke At
College Graduation
State Board OF Welfare Head Adj
dressed Delaware State Graduates

w. w. Laird, president of the
State Board of Welfare and dis
tinguished citizen of Wilmington
addressed the graduates of Della
ware State College at the 51st an
nual commencement on the theme
THE Man Who Gets the Most
Done is the Man Who Sees the
Most to Do" Said the speaker,
by the man who sees the most to
do l mean the one whose expert
ence, whose ability to reason in
short whose mental perspective
permits him, % to observe; (2)
to realize the need for action bas-
ed on that observation and then
(3) to do something about it,"
The speaker further contrasted
his experience as a graduate of
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology ten years ago with the
graduates of today challenging
them ito build a system to pre-
vent the recurrence of those con-
ditiOns which make war" He
said, you were born at the right
time to see the most to do. See
that you see it, see that you do it.
President Howard ID. Gregg con-
ferred 20 degrees, five of which
were conferred in absentia to mem
bers of the class now in the armed
forces of the country. Mrs. Ella
Weston Henson was awarded the
bachelors degree 40 years after
her graduation from the high
school department and II years
after completing the normal course
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Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04
d., NJ. And V. Railroad
Elects Directors
l. ID. Short, Of Milford, Is
Named At Annual
Meeting

The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Delaware
Maryland and Virginia Railroad
Company was held at Georgetown
on Thursday of last week. The fol
lowing directors were elected: DR.
Rowland G. Paynter of George
town, /. ID. Short of Milford. Geo
J. Adams and George H. Pabst. Jr.
of Philadelphia. G. w. Hardesty OF
Dover. Harry V. Lyons of Lewes
Charles Hopkins of Dover. Robert
d. Elliott of SeafOrd. Robert J.
Clendaniel of Glendale. William
A. SimOntOn of Wilmington. Cliff
ford +. Burton of Angola. Horace
j. Hickman of Frankford, Harry l..
Cannon of Bridgeville, Wilbur Z.
Jacobs of Harrington and Samuel
N. Culver of Delmar.
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04
Service Men HOnOred
1T Memorial Day
Service Last Sunday
PAY.GO TAX MEASURE
PASSED BY SENATE

Four months of bitter con-
gressiOnal battling ended We'd
nesday of this week as the
Senate stamped final approval
62 to 10, on a compromise pay
as-yOu-gO tax bill abating IS to
100 per cent of a years pay
ments.
Representing a compromise
between Democrats and Re-
publicans, the comparatively
brief but complicated measure
goes to President Roosevelt.
who is reported to have assured
congressional leaders that he
will let it become law, either
by signature or otherwise. If
he elects to veto it. these lead
ers cOncede the bill will die.
Approved by the House, 256
to ia. the revised measure
sped through the Senate with
an explanatory discussion by
Chairman George (D-Ga) of the
Senate finance committee and
some denunciatiOn by those
who have opposed any tax 'for-
giveness".
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04
Senator James NJ. Tun-
nell Guest Speaker;
Splendid Program Pre-
pared By Former May
or Harry J. PettyjOhn.

Unity in the war effort and faith
in victory for the United Nations
were stressed by U. S. Senator
James NJ Tunnel in an address
before 1900 persons in Plaza
Square last Sunday. A feature of
the program was unveiling of an
honor roll with the names of 494
men and women from Milford and
vicinity who are serving in the
armed forces. OF this number five
are listed as casualties.
The days celebration opened
with a special service at Avenue
Methodist Church with the Amer
ican Legion, it's auxiliary. and
Company c of the State Guard at
tending in a body. The Rev. DIR.
Frank HersOn, the pastor, was the
speaker. Captain ]. Holland Pret-
lyman and Lieutenants Lawrence
Lapetina and Jacob H. RoOsa head
ed the State Guard detachment.
Former Mayor Harry J. Petty
john presided at the Plaza Square
exercises. Mayor Z. c. Evans gave
the welcome address; the Rev. Ma
riOn Hungerford. pastor of Cal
vary Methodist Church, the invo-
cation; SState Senator Harry H.
Mulholland introduced Senator
Tunnel. The plaque was uneviled
by Mrs. Clarence Plummer and
Mrs. Lillian Bunting, each with
four sons in the service, and Mrs.
Frank J. Elton with three sons in
the service, and S. Willis Ham
mond, who has two daughters and
one son in the armed forces. The
Milford High School Band fur
nished music and traffic was di-
rected by the Boy Scouts. Augustus
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