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Detroit evening times., 1943-01-03

telling how much our audiences
had enjoyed the comedy sketches
we had presented.
'Tt occurred IN me we In
Hollywood have a job TO do IS
much as the soldier or defense
worker.
"Our job is that of offering
n little relaxation to tired people
everywhere 10 help keep them
from going stale on their jobs.
yet I realize, after the FIRST
year of war, that ours is a
double duty.
There II more 10 our task
than just making people laugh.
Motion pictures are the
greatest medium of education
and propaganda ever devised.
I'VE are now putting over tho
message of our country In seri-
Gus war features and shorts 80
educate the public TO the tre-
mendous Job that lies ahead.
II decided recently that II J
were going tO do my job well |
would have 70 divide my time
between these two types OF ca
preston" -
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-03
HOLLYWOOD, Jan ?.


RANDOM THOUGHTS Of the
week Happy New Year-a
couple Of days late, but meant
AZ sincerely as if we were Just
ringing II IN today, l think
very one feels in his heart that
the black clouds Of 1912 are lift
ing and that We are beginning
10 see clearly our way 10 the
victory road IN 1913. For this
reason New Years Eve had
more meaning than ever in Hol-
lywood.
There were parties but there
we're more prayers. And there
was a SolCmnity about the eve
that is usually so gay and unre-
strained, with the movie people
thankful that we are Americans
and still free 10 celebrate the
holidays that mean so much To-
us
Heard a funny story about
Frank Lesser. who wrote
praise the Lord and Pass the
Ammunition" He's Just about
the most popular man in Amer
ica with marching soldiers-and
here's why, Frank was asked 20
write an official marching song
and he wrote one so short and
slow the boys don't have 10 go
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-03

Studies What
Public Wa
BY NEIL RAU
Special n THE DETROIT TIMES

HOLLY WOOD, Jan Z,
IMPORTANT Hollywood ac-
Il tresses who have completed
choice of what roles they may
accept are trying TO figure out
if the public wants 10 see them
in gay or serious roles during
these troubled days.
While producers have been
fearing their hair trying 10
solve this problem since the war
began, we decided II would be
q good idea 10 get the opinion
OF versatile actress like Clau-
dette Colbert.
Although Claudette Is cur
rently being seen in The Palm
Beach Story" one Of he Wild
est comedies ever made, she is
also At present starring in Para
mounts SO Proudly We Hail.
a grim tale about the nurses OF
Bataan.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-03
Rally Address

ANYWAY w1Ite resting IN New
York, Jeanette sang for service
men az the Stage Door Canteen.
Also made recordings that her
fans have been clsmoring for,
and took side trip 10 Pitts
burgh 10 address a patriotic
rally.
In Newark. y. J.. Jeannette
put through a phone call from
her hotel room 10 sing a favorlie
song for an III. elderly woman
who was unable 10 attend the
concert.
In her dressing room AZ Bir-
rninghan. Ala. she received
Ellen Peak, 10-year-old young
ster who had been crippled by
infantile paralysis
Upon meeting her idol, Ellen
was thrilled 10 the point Of
speechlessness.
So Jeannette sent every one
else out Of the room. Just so
the two Of them could talk
And when her little guest Of
honor rode away in her wheel
chair she wore Jeannettes 5
orchids.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-03
Monty WooIley Ired

Reaching a state of interest
ing proportions IS the Monty
Woolley-LoS Angeles Chamber
Of Commerce peeve. The cauS-
tic Woolley is not an admirer
OF Southern California climate,
which he describes as too -
monotonOuS'
He adds il makes him sick 70
see so many people filing their
lungs with fresh air and going
around without topCoatS. Natur-
ALLY. these PHILOSOPHERS, uttered
at random by the crochetty
actor, has not endeared him 10
our civic fathers.
There are. Of course. always
the little feudS between the
glamour girls. as witness Maria
Montez and ACquanetta, whose
noses arc mutually out Of Joint
on the Universal lot Warmers
have Bette Davis and Miriam
Hopkins up TO their old tricks
OF stealing scenes on old
Acquaintance as they formerly
did on The Old Maid -
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-03
Laugh or Cry7

I'm naturally very interested
In whether audiences want to
laugh or cry in times like
these" she told US.
when the war broke out I
felt very silly and futile.
II was doing The Palm Beach
story at the time and while
our boys were offering their
lives for their country was
enacting such a silly scene as
that of stepping In Rudy VAL
lees face.
"T felt / was doing the wrong
thing.
~ felt completely useless.
'I was in no mood for comedy.
"There just didn't seem Ia be
anything to laugh At. because
life wasn't very amusing.
Nothing seemed important
hut the winning OF the war and
I didn't feel / was being of
much help"
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-03
Warmers Hot Spot

This particular feud usually
ends up by Bette asking Miriam
10 be in her next picture-So It
can't he taken too seriously ny
students Of perfect hates. Also
AZ Warmers Ida Lupino and
Nancy Coleman gave lie 10 the
title of their picture Devotion .
by being anything but devoted
during the filming. A lot OF tears
were shed on both sides before
the big reconciliation Sccne-at
the end of the picture
Most movie feuds arc called
off at the end of a picture be-
cause when the camera stops
turning, what is there 10 fight
about? Director Fritz Lang and
Anna Lee. who had been going
round and round on the set of
"uncopquered. were lust too
"chawming" to one another, at
the farewell luncheon after the
last scene had been shot-Frtz
even going so FAR as 10 pin a
corsage on his leading lady,
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-03

MocDonoId
Anecdotes
By BILL wICKERSHAM
Special TO THE DETROIT IINITs
HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 2.

HILL I ~ 'lAfAft n4iit -
IEANNETTE Mcdonald is
- a good trouper' par excel
lence and when'shes on tour she
always leaves a trail Of interest
ing anecdotes in her glamorous
wake.
So when she recently returned
10 Hollywood after three months
concert tour We secuted about
for stories snent the trip-the
most arduous and triumphant
concert tour OF her brilliant
career.
OF course. YOU know Jeanette
gave II concerts which retted
S94 .6S1 81 for the Army Emer-
gency Relief Fund before swing
ing into her regular concert tour
Of nine cities from Maine 10
MARYLAND.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-03
Lana Elopes

In the middle of the night the
telephone jingled with word Of
the elopement of Lana Turner
and Steve Crane and once again
had to fume and wait to get
my story out because their tim
ing" was bad for my news story.
l never did work so hard on
a story as on the Greer Carson
Richard Ney engagement.
And in the fond hope IL would
turn out to be a marriage scoop,
| practically became part of
Greer's household.
I dined there and did my best
10 get them TO tell me the date.
But all my vigil was in vain.
He went to war-and the
lovely Greer is still Miss Carson!
Although they did take out
marriage license,
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-03
Hollywood
euds Ban
DoIdrunns
BY DOROTHY MANNERS
Special ~ THE DETROIT TDIIs
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 2,

HULL " ACCLts 81 dlls q
WHEN things are dull there's
W nothing like a few movie
feuds TO pep up the situation,
] always say. Anybody who
thinks 1912 was below par in
studio battles and other fghun
encounters has just missed cut
on some ofthe best knockout
blows Of movie history.
The George Raft-Peter Lore
one-blow battle on the set Of
Background to Danger is not
10 he ignored Fisucuffs always
have been little crude. So we
VIII Just mention. in passing.
that Raft hung one on Peter.
and Immediately was sorry and
apOlOgetic.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-03
Sold Bonds

But not long after this
Claudette took 10 the road with
the Hollywood Victory Caravan
10 sell bonds, and she believes
she learned first hand what the
picture fans really want.
rWhen returned from that
tour" she continued, letters
started pouring in from service
men a. well ss civilians from all
parts Of the country.
"They were serious letters,
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-03
Early Start

JEAN PARKER. co starring
with Chester Morris in High EX-
plosive, began her screen career
when she was only Ia. Within
six months she was playing TO-
mantle leads.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-03
Amusing Story

The unorthodox divorce of Red
Shelton and Edna provided my
most amusing story--if a divorce
of two persons who have been
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Detroit evening times., 1943-01-03
Brings John Dali

Now IL begins two weeks here
with a new young actor, John
Dali in the leading role and
large company including Cyrilla
Dorm. Helen Brown. John Call,
Jack De Shuy, Philip Coolidge,
Russell Morrison Charles Wiley.
Richard Irving and about 20
others.
Both the Wilson and Lafayette
are keeping the marquee lights
brilliantly glowing.
Edward Everett Horton has
more than successfully proved
that Detroit still wanted TO see
more Of "Springtime for Henry"
because Nthe Benn Levy comedy
is. sull doing marvelouSly and
audiences are roaring As heartily
as ever over the antics OF this
famous comedian,
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-03
Another Play Stays

Eleanor lawson. Marjorie Will
son and Gavin Muir are his three
colleagues in this delightful piece
Of nonsense, originally cohcocted
by Benn Levy with ad-hbs BY
Edward Everett Horton.
Arsenic and Old Lace" Is en-
toying the time Of its life az the
Lafayette. where Alice Johns
Continued on Page Nlne)
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-03
Norma Direct

NOfTnd SnedTeT anu n a
Arrouge head my list for the
swell news story and scoop they
gave me on I hel r pre-nuptlal
property settlement.
/ always have found Norma
one Of the most honest and di-
rect women i know and when l
checked the rumors tn Il had
come to me that she and Marty
Arrouge were contemplating a
property settlement before their
marriage. she did not dodge the
issue or feel it was none of the
public's business.
Instead, she talked straight
from the shoulder in a story inn
portant enough TO land on the
front pages along with the war
news.
The most exasperating story
TO me personally was the secret
wedding of Cary Grant and Bar
bara Hutton - and not that 1
held anything but the best
wishes for them.
But through a fluke Q'm not
telling howl i knew of their
plans to be married at Lake Ar
rowhead at the home of Frank
Vincent a full II hours in ad-
vance and had to "sit" on the
story all because I work on a
morning and not an afternoon
paper.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-03
Anderson ; S
New Play
Due MONDAY
By CHARLES GENTRY

MONDAY eve will be the
A' occasion of an auspicious
opening, The Eve Of st. Mark"
Maxwell Anderson's latest play,
at the Cass Theater.
Though you may only sub
scribe 10 the paper TO read the
fuhnies or the exciting lost and
found columns, you can hardly
be unaware of the excellent no.
tees which this new play re-
ceived when 1t opened in New
York earlier in the season.
So glowing were these reviews
that the PlaywTights' Company
immediately started preparing
another company TO take West.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-03
Stirs Audience

The simple story Of the New
England farm boy who finds
death and glory in the South
Pacific so stirred critics and
audience that the producers felt
they should get 10 work and
send this new and highly-praised
work right out on the road.
Lem Ward. who directed the
New York company began at
once TO assemble a second cast
10 match the first one, but his
untimely death put a halt to the
plans and II was not until New
Years Eve in Rochester that the
second company which Detroit
viii see, was ready 10 open.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-03
oLmeM Ra4e, Out Eouquet, to those NAo WlaA best 42 Mlu
Stars
VIII Score
This Year?
By LOUELLA o. PARSONS
Motion Pietur. Editor. IntT News Service

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. z.
AS WE turn the corner into
"A 1943, here 1 sit at my desk
looking at a reporters best
friends, three telephones. and
wonder what star names VIII
come ringing through this year
making the best news stories
OF the year.
Whose elopement with whom
is going to rout me out of bed
in the wee small hours of the
morning?
Whose hectic divorce will
crop UP Just as I'm sitting down
fora quiet game of gin rummy?
The Academy Awards are
coming up soon with honors for
the best actors and actresses OF
the year.
But being a newspaper woman
7 have a special little place IN
my heart for some of those ex-
citing persons who kept copy
humming for me in their private
lives.
With all due respect to the
Academy Oscar" statuets, l
feel like passing out some Par
sonets" of my own for those
movie folk who have made the
best news stories of the year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-09-14
20 YEARS AGO fME fir EMPIRE
SEPTEMBER l4, 1923

SEPTEMBER 1923
 George Gibbs s. and Col Griffin were in completing the manufacture and purchase of which Congress had m appropriation
 Hisora Library been moved library Alaska including pac- cay all information concerning the Territory and newspaper files from the day of the country
 Bishop the memorial address at public held 0 for President Harding The participated according received 
 Kearney children Kennecot, arrived in with Mrs Kcaneys mother William
 to MT and Mrs Trevor Hospital lady weighed pounds at her birth appointed U. S. Marshal in the Tresdel well known Juneau gmth work in the w Young Com also guard in the Federal jail
 With the departure Bureau of Public and Sunrise start Due the from the fires which had overhung the district special agent
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-09-14

Now that Juneauites have gone the top in their drive outfit the Outfit" in the Third War Loan Drive suggest that thought be given to another campaign: R
 The effort to raise funds for buying a gift for the only major warship named after the Territory-the new cruiser Alaska, recently launched, soon to be commissioned.
 Alaskans throughout the Territory are urged to send in their dimes nickles, quarters, and up to the Cruiser Alaska Fund Governors Office Juneau Alaska.
 The new cruiser is the first to bear the name of any United States territory It is customary for the people of a community after which United States naval vessel has been named to make gift of some sort to that vessel token of appreciation.
 Every organization, every school, every person should up the job of raising this fund as soon as possible. small contribution from every Alaskan sent today, would be sufficient Donations should not be large but should be spread widely as pos sble throughout the Territory Only in this way can it be said that the gift comes from the people of Alaska The value of such gift lies not in it's money value, but in the knowledge by the men who will sail the U S. S. Alaska into battle that Aaska's gift came
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-09-14
Bill of Rights a Shield Even in Time of Wa
Philadelphia RecordD

In a significant decision, U. S District Court Judge J. Cullen Clancy has ruled that the Bill of Rights in our Constitution protects American citizens even in time of war. s
 He decided that the custer of Mrs. Olga Schueller from Philadephia as ordered by the Army, would violate her rights under the Fifth Amendment-the amendment that declares that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. esa Da a .sil
 He thus overrued an order of Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum chief of the Eastern Defense Com mand that she move inland part of the country
 The Record which does not defend Mrs. Schullers beliefs halls this decision as one that upholds the traditions of American freedom. a.a4
 There must in time of war, be a nice balance between the rights of the individual and the needs of the State Drafting of men into the Army closing of certain businesses rationing-al limit our freedom But we see the need for them.
 The need of the Government in this case did not warrant the loss of rights, Judge Clancy found
 He agreed that the President must have "a wide latitude of action when the characteristics of modern warfare are considered" He conceded too the importance of Philadelphia as war center
 But he said where there is direct interference, as here with ones liberty and property, conduct normally beyond the scope of government power suci action could only be justified Constitutional guar antee of freedom can only be abridged, when the danger to the Government is real, impending ana imminent.
 Under this interpretation, removal of Japanese Americans from the west Coast WieA reie wa' imminent danger of an invasion immediately alter Pearl Harbor would be legal. ,s
 Removal of citizen from Philadelphia when normal civilian life" is being carried on is not
 The fact that Mrs Schueller gave permission TOT one son. minor, to join the Navy and the fact that another son works in war plant should be gwen consideration And the fact that the Army hao no direct evidence she subversve considered her only potentially dangerous must have had great weight in forming the Judges opinion.
 As The Record declared last May, when the case began
 erf Mrs. Schueler is dangerous in Philadelphia she is dangerous in other parts of the country Dangerous enough to be arrested and tried and II found guilty, of being jailed. ,es -
 It is in time of war, when passions are hlgh ana rife that all citizens most need protection of the Bill of Rights We proud to see our courts affirm our rghts-proud of being citizens Of one ot the few countries in the world today where cvil courts could thus overrule the military.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-09-14
VICTOR EMMANUEL's FUTURE

One thing Italian experts are bet ting on is that, if the Italian people are really given free chance to express their will, King Victor Elm manuel will be busted with as much vigor as the Nazis.
 Most Italians can forgive Victor Emmanuel for using poor judgment in permitting Mussolini to take over in 1922 when General Badoglio wanted permission to bar the Black Shirts from Rome.
 ~Give me few regiments and I will clean up those loafers in "A hours Badoglio urged. But the King said no.
 He has had deep-seated fear and prejudice regarding all agitators ever since his father was assassin ated in 1900, but apparently con- sidered Mussolini not in that cate gory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-09-14

attending the opera the King waited for Mussolini to leave before he de- parted himself.
 Italians know, of course, how the King had his heels built extra high, wore tall pointed hat to conceal his dininutive stature, and even had the seat of his automobile raised so that he would appear taller, They can forgive this. They ignored also his rather ridiculous appearance alongside his Montenegrin queen, a lady of Wagnerian proportions.
 But what they can never forgive is the manner in which he kowtow- ed and degraded himself before Mussolini even when he knew that Mussolini was dragging the country daily down to greater disaster. To most Italians Victor Emmanuel is not monarch, but a weak, ridic- ulous, supine collector of stamps.
 Copyright, 1943, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-09-14


 the great number of disabled sol diers who will soon come back into civilian life.
 This war is different from World War I in that medical science IS saving the lives of many men who, with similar wounds 25 years ago, would have been left under white crosses in Flanders Fields. In this war, a far greater percentage of casualties are being saved by the use Of sulfa drugs, blood plasma, and penicillin.
 Mrs. Roosevelt told her friends that She wanted to do the job in foreign hospitals which the Presi- dent would like to do-the same sort of thing which President Lin- coin did for wounded men during the Civil War.
 She seems to be considerably wor- ried about the social adjustments which will come when veterans re- turn home minus leg or an arm, to be received back into the family and the community The problem will be especially hard for sweet hearts whose men will return in a far less ablebodied condition than when they went away.
 NOTE-The gasoline consumed in Mrs. Rooseyelt's flight to the South Pacific would have been used in any case. She had no private plane, but travelled with other passengers on a regular flight of the Air Trans port Command. She did not even take along her secretary and con- stant companion, Miss Malvina Thompson
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-09-14
HOROSCOPE "The stnrs incline
 bat do not compel"
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Benefic aspects dominate in this ecnfiguratio There is a promising sign for aviation but the Navy may meet some sort of unfavorable con- dition.
 HEART AND HOME: As the most important potential wealth of the nation, children should now be the focus of attention. Parents of every walk in life should beware of neglect in character building. Stu dents of wartime juvenile delin- uuency trace causes of youthful lack of moral stability to homes where carelessness or indifference is re- 5ponsible for too little direction of growing boys and girls. According to the stars there will be national awakening to the value of religious training in families.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Spending will continue to be generous through the Autumn, according to astrolo- gers. who foretell definite imitation. Merchants and manufacturers Of household conveniences or luxuries which escape Government restric- tions will profit handsomely. To- day should be most fortunate for tailors, modistes and furriers. Ru- mors of rationing will stimulate buying This ought to be a lucky day for purveyors of amusement. Theatres should command large patronage.
 NATIONAL ISSUES: Peace plans will be numerous and will arouse wide discussion. Dangers will be discovered in many well-intentioned suggestions, some of which may be secretly inspired by fifth columnists. Although it is not too early to pre- pare for sane and just policies in dealing with defeated Axis powers, astrologers warn that it is easy to arouse suspicious and misunder- standings among our Allies if we indulge in our typical American manner of approaching issues of na- tional concern. Our national op- timism and confidence may be cas- fly misinterpreted by friendly gov- ernments that have much at stake,
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR s {: Increase of world popularity and power are foretold for Stalin. He will prove his ability as a far-seeing statesman who is not easily de- ceived This month should bring outstanding success to Russia, al- though there is sign read as in- dicating that complete victory may be delayed until next year when a severe Winter will contribute to final defeat of the Nazi forces. Ex- treme losses of men will arouse the German people to resentment be- fore the end of this year.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of much ac- tivity dependent upon war develop ments. Success in the armed forces is indicated for many men.
 1 Children born on this day prob- ably will be gifted with mechanical ability. Electricians belong to this sign, so do inventors.
 Copyright, 1943)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-09-14
BARS ARE LOWERED i
 FOR KINDERGARTEN

Because the enrolment in the kindergarten class is small the age for entering children is being low cred to include youngsters who may not be five years old until March I.
 According to A. B. Phillips, Super- intendent of Schools, 31 young folks are enrolled in the class so far, this fall. The school is equipped to handle 46 kindergarten students.
 However, if more than Is should
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-09-14
Daily lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN His brother replaced him as manager" Say SUCCEEDED him.
 OFTEN ISPRONOUNCED Pronounce last syllable as TUNE U as in USE CHOON
 OFTEN MISSPEIED though pronounced IzE
 SYNONYMS Sluggish ohul dull, ndolent, drowsy, inactive 
 word three times and is yours Let us Todas ExONERATE free from blame Your him."