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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Silvers' Party

While we we're visiting the
"Coney Island" set at Twentieth
Century-FoX the other day,
Director Walter Lang said:
stick around until after this
hnal scene. Phil slIvers In
tossing an neutrality-suspicious.
party"
Beyond doubt. Comedian Sill
vers stole his own party in a
hilarious burlesque on the beau
tiful haren sequence OF the
picture.
Wearing Carmen D'Antonio's
exquisite chiffon harem costume
he coyly slithered on and went
into hilarious take-off OF Car
mems sensuous posturing.
Marie Antoinette said Let
them eat cake"
But Director Lloyd Bacon
went her one better the other
day when he said Let EN- eat
cake-and ice cream"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Personal Guarantee

Her energy is magnificent, her
exuberance something 10 carry
a whole audience with II. She
can hit a joke between the eyes
with unerring accuracy, and she
never seems 10 be hogging the
stage. She seems 10 have no
decisions of grandeur. and she
gets in there and works every
minute of the time.
These are endearing qualities
which would probably make her
popular in any case. but when
they are added to her special
gift they make her unique. Her
special gift is that she seems TO
live and breathe in musical COM
cdy. 1t Is her natural element.
In it she is smart. glossy and
sophisticated. funny and fasci-
mating. She Is, If I may bor-
row a phrase. the tops.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Film Folk
Cook Up
Set Parties
BY BILL WICKERSHAM
special to THE DETROIT TINES

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. %.
MUCH of Hollywood's social
AVA life is found at the film
studios these days.
Excuses for going festive dur
ing working hours are easily
cooked up.
The director says he likes 10
have the members of his COM
pany well acquainted before
they start working together.
Hence the beginning-of- the
picture party on the set.
A birthday is always good
for the sudden entrance OF a
birthday cake and a bucket OF
ice cream.
Sometimes everything stops
for fun when IL is learned that
the day marks somebody's tenth
or twentieth anniversary in pic
tires.
And 10 be sure, when the last
scenes of a picture are shot and
sudden relief fololws weeks Of
nervous tension, a celebrating
mood naturally ensues.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Chance at Comeback

The companion feature, Eyes
In the Night, gives Ann Hard
ing her most important chance
at comeback. This Is a super
thriller with Edward Arnold as
her principal colIort, a blind de-
tective who proves that his de-
auctions are much quicker than
any eye-work.
The Palms-State has a neat
duo in "One of Our Aircraft Is
Missing" an English version of
Desperate journey" combined
with Silver Queen" an early
Twentieth-Century mot Fox)
tale of gambling hell.
The Madison welcomes back
an abridged version Of Fan
tasia" along with The Great
Gildersleeve.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24

talent. n doesn't matter how
she dances, or what strange
sounds she makes when she
lifts UP her voice in song.
AS Bobby Clark used 10 say
about his own vocal achieve
ments. she can sing loud, any
way. She can put over q song.
She can make you listen 10 the
words. and beyond any other
musical comedy star hereabouts
she has a sense Of timing that
is practically perfect. Yes, II is
perfect.
Miss Norman invariably con-
tributes two powerful illusions
TO any show she is in--(a) she
is able 10 make you believe that
she is the sort of girl all those
strange and unlikely things could
happen 10 and tb) she always
suggests that she is having a
fine time herself.
The simple. easy. and con-
tagious good husnor OF her pres
ence acts as a personal guar
antee.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Something 70, the BOY, andGAs(Ntma" -4n,ons T%

Continued from First Stage Page J

Continued from First Stage Page
Modernaires, putting on the
sweet stuff.
The Fox bill combines comedy
with action drama on an even
basis. Both a "A Night to Re-
member and pittsburgh are
equally good in their respective
ways.
"A Night to Remember has a
very amusing prologue by Rosa
lind Russell who tells all about
which she occupied in My Sis.
ter Eileen" and which is now
inhabited by Loretta Young and
Brian Aherne.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Feud Continued

Pittsburgh" is a picture OF
the early days of the steel city
with Marlene Dietrich trying to
stop the same feud between
John Wayne and Randolph Scott
which started in THE Spoilers"
The United Artists does a
double take in the adventure de-
partment with Stand by for
Action and Eyes in the
Night" both of which carry
their own cargo of thrills.
The first is strictly action
Aim based on the story of a re-
commissioned destroyer. a vet
eran Of many famous battles,
who suddenly finds herself at
sea, as part OF Pacific convoy.
Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy
and Charles Laughton have the
leads in this one.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Mixed Chorus

THE MIXED chorus OF the
Detroit Institute of Arts will
give a brief program of fifteenth.
sixteenth and seventeenth CEN
fury music at 4;30 o'clock this
afternoon in the Gothic hall of
the museum. The program will
be intersperSed with brief COM
ments by the conductor, Arthur
Gnau.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
IA Ballots

-Four evenings and the Sunday
afternoon OF May is, will be
devoted 10 Hurok's great Rus
sian ballet company, the Ballet
Theater, which scored SO sue
cessfully during its first brief
engagement here last November.
During these five perform
ances no less than Ii ballets
will be produced. and at least
half that number will receive
their Detroit premieres. Among
the latter will be Three Viz
gins and a Devil" by Agnes de
Mile. and Romeo and Juliet"
staged by Antony Tudor whose
pillar Of Fire" one Of the peaks
in all-time ballet. was greeted
here with 2f.gun critical
salute.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Becon's Birthday

II was Bacon's birthday, and
he staged a party in celebration
thereof on the Warner Brothers
set for Action in the North
Atlantic"
Rallying around the festive
board were such past masters Of
film skullduggery as Humphrey
Bogart. Alan Hale. Sam Levene,
Frank Puglia and others.
They dined extensively on ice
cream, cake, sandwiches and
coffee.
After they returned 10 their
maritime duties aboard the
burning and sinking tanker they
man in the picture.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Dinah TO Collect

DINAH SHORE will have the
worlds most complete war
souvenir collection when prom
ises OF the boys she's enter
tanned in army camps are full
filled. The singing star OF
Thank Your Lucky Stars" has
been promised trophies by men
serving on all fronts.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
us Artists

The company OF rs lists
among its stars Leonide Mas
sine, Trina Baronova, Alicia Mar
kova. Anton Dolin, Andre
Eglevsky, Lucia Chase, Nora
Kaye, Annabelle Lyon, Karen
Conrad and many others who
covered themselves with balletic
glory during their last visit.
Adolph Bolm. as ballet master
and regisseur general, will also
be present.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Not All Yelled

RESEARCH DONE prepare
tory TO the filming of Casa
blanca" which co-stars Hum
phrey Bogart and Ingrid Berg
man, disclosed that native women
do not all wear wells in one
section of the French Moroccan
city.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24

Bette Davis, who was kissed by
three different suitors in Now,
Voyager," doesn't get a single
buss in her latest picture, "Old
Acquaintance" which is now be-
fore the cameras.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Show
Satisfying to
Eye and Ear
BY JOHN ANDERSON
New, Service Dramatic Editor


NEW YORK, Jan. %.
I IKE Yellowstone Park. the
- gold at Fort Knox and SIM
liar treasures, Miss Ethel Mer-
man belongs among our national
assets, and it is great TO have
her back on Broadway again,
especially in such a show as
Something for the Boys" at
the Alvin.
Always a lavish Snowman,
Michael Todd, has been SPEND
thrift in its production and the
results are handsomely satisfy
ing 10 the eye, ear and funny
bone. / hear that il is almost
as easy TO get a rubber tire or
a slab OF butter as IL is to rent
a chair at the Alvin, so fren-
Eied is the clamor for admission.
Only as recently as last
spring when by Jupiter
opened the Broadway, DOOM
shouters were saying that that
was undoubtedly the last full
scala gilt.edsed- musical shnW
we would have for the duration.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
The Wonder Girl

1t seems too bad. because If
il could be worked out dentists
could drown their drilling In
what would amount 10 a floor
show provided by the patient.
Besides all this there is Miss
Norman, the wonder girl There
is nobody like her. She is the
perfection of musical comedy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Good Tunes, Too

II is true that the show does
not touch the dazzling and in
tricate clcverness of Mr.. PorterS
top-most compositions, but there
r. plenty OF amusing stiff. There
are some good tunes. and in by
the Mississinewa' with the &C
cent heavily on the sim there
IL a passage Of delirious hilarity
that is wonderful nonsense.
There has been a little grum-
bling about the book, written
by the Fields, but TO my own
way OF thinking II is Just about
right. II is never in the way,
so that you don't have 10 notice
Il unless you feel like II, and
when il is needed it is right
there on the job.
Furthermore. IL doesn't try 10
make much sense. II has 10 do
with some outlandish notion that
when Miss Norman gets carbon
undum dust on the filling in one
tooth she becomes a radio re-
ceiving set. This is said 10 have
happened 10 a war worker in
Jersey, TO his personal discom-
fort, because he couldn't dial
out, but my own dentist assures
me that the idea is prepos-
ferrous
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Gives Moneys Worth

After that. II was predicted.
the strict demands OF war would
make IL impossible for the girls
10 display themselves in palatial
surroundings clad in the pretty
peek-a- boos Of silk and satin.
Instead, / gathered, we would
be lucky 10 have poverty
stricken musicals draped in
tackcioth ard a few we'll chosen
ashes.
Espying Mr.. Todd during in
Permission, resting upon his hos
pitable curb-Side. made so
hold as 10 ask him, for the bene-
fit OF public curiosity. how IL
was that he had managed such
opulence. such scenery. animate
and inanimate, such Warren G.
Harding splendor.
We'll" said the aStute Mr..
Todd, ''it's this way. II you're
going 10 produce a big musical
you've got 10 give the public
It's moneys worth.
Not Easy, These Days
Its not easy getting mate
rails these days, and the whole
thing ~ tougher than in ordinary
times. But when people put
down good money 10 see a show
they're not interested In ey-
cuses. They're interested in
what's on the stage. They've
got a right 10 expect the best
you can give them"
In this casual fashion Mr..
Todd said a mouthful and GER
tainly produced a stageful, for
the best he can give IN Some
thing for the Boys is high grade
stun, fabricated by Herbert and
Dorothy Fields, and SCI 70 music
by Cole Porter.
Like all brilliant showfolks,
Mr.. Porter is. of course. plagued
by his own reputation. II is true
that there is nothing az the
Alvin like You're the Tops,
though there is something
vaguely like Begin the Be
guine"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-28
PUTNAM. COUNTY
Machinery School At
Columbus Grove

During the coming week two de-
fense farm machinery schools open
to adult and young farmers will be
started. The courses will consist of
repair, construction and operation of
all farm machinery. Members will
make actual repairs on their own
machinery. Enrolment is free and
each school will run IL nights.
The first school, which begins Mon
day evening at 7:30 o'clock and will
be held each Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday night until the
course is completed, will be held at
the Lonnie May farm 5 miles south
east of Columbus Grove. Instructors
will be Mr.. May and Edgar Begg.
The other school will meet at the
farm shop in the public school builds
ing beginning Thursday night and
every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday night thereafter until the
course is completed. Guy Benroth
and Clarence Hofferbert will be in
structors.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-28
Richland Center

Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Gerber and
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gerber and
family were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Hochstettler
and daughter.
Denise Badertscher spent the past
week with her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Glen Hathaway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Gratz and
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Schaublin were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilford Gratz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Grant and
son Gary and Mrs. Herbert Lugin-
buhl and son Ray were Sunday din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. /.
Luginbuhl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Green and
family of Bowling Green were SUM-
day dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rhuel Kohler and family and Mrs.
Sam Kohler and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Faye Isham spent
Thursday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Marquart and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Marquart and son.
Past week callers at the Walter
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-28
1000 County Men In
Army

Allen county's contribution to the
war effort was summarized Friday
night by James V. Skates, executive
secretary of the Association of Com
merce, at an annual banquet of the
association in the Argonne hotel.
Briefly, his picture of the county's
first year of the war follows:
Allen county men in armed forces
1000.
War bonds sold in 1942-$5, ,207,-
625. Payroll allotment enrollees-
21,912.
Scrap collections 40,804, sos
pounds or 20,402 tons.
Value of war bonds produced
about $10O,000,000.
Value of all goods produced
about s118,600,000.
New factory floor space completed
well over 100000 square feet, no
including units still under construc
ton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-28

Schaublin home, Mr.. and Mrs. Lep-
nard Gratz, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Matter and daughter Carolyn, Mr..
and Mrs. Wilford Gratz, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Hilty, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Ewing, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Schaublin and daughter Patsy and
son Richard and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Boutwell,.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Rhoads
of Detroit, a boy, Michael Norman.
She was the former Miss Vida
Amstutz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Badertscher
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne thinner
man and daughters called Thursday
evening on Mrs. Harold Badertscher
and baby at the Clinton Moorehead
home.
Past week callers at the Ernest
Gratz home were, Mr.. and Mrs. Reno
Gratz and daughter Mary, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chester Stauffer, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee Coon, Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Gratz and Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Core and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brice Main and
sons, Miss Betty Livingston and Ray
Hirschfield were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Marquart
and son and Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Marquart. Afternoon callers were,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Althaus of Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Hathaway and
daughter were Sunday guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Badertscher
and family.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-28
Declare Feed Mixers
DO Not Haze Oil Meal

Officials of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, Washington, D. c.,
on Jan. II, 1943, said "there does
not appear to be any sizable quanti-
ties of soybean oil meal in the hands
of feed mixers or dealers" These
men say the present shortage of meal
for sale is caused by recent tie-ups
in soybean oil processing plants.
Relief from the shortage of high
protein feeds is predicted as coming.
Processing plants are said to be back
in the market to buy soybeans for
processing. Limitations have been
placed upon shipments of soybean oil
meal out of the cornbelt, upon in
ventory stocks of meal and cake, and
upon sale of meal for use in mixed
fertilizers.
A survey made by the Department
recently indicates that meal is NOV
ing from the crushers as fast as it
becomes available, and the crushers
are running at rate approximately
one-third higher than during the
corresponding period last year. Some
crushers report difficulty in getting
soybeans for processing later in the
| season.
Record numbers of poultry and
livestock on U. S. farms and the
desire to use plenty of feed to obtain
high rates of production has caused
an unprecedented demand for the
various high protein feeds. A short
age of animal proteins complicated
the situation.
A new trade agreement with Mex
leo has been concluded and this
agreement permits the importation of
vegetable protein feeds and oils. If
transportation is available, these pro-
ducts will move into the market.
Government shipments of feed
wheat have increased greatly in re-
cent weeks, but large quantities still
are available. Program facilitating
the milling of wheat or its use in
the production of alcohol are expect
ed to make large quantities of wheat
I! by-products available for feeding in
1943.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-28
HARDIN COUNTY
Increased Farm Out
put Predicted

Hardin county farmers, undaunted
by increased production quotas, less
usable machinery, and dwindling sup
pies of labor, plan to cultivate just
as much acreage in 1943 as they
did in 1912.
The labor problem will cause
farmers of large tracts to turn to
more legumes and crops requiring
less hand labor. 1t probably will
cause them to plant more corn and
harvest it with more May and June
pigs than were ever farrowed in the
county.
The smaller farmer will take up
the slack in dairy production, will
utilize family labor to increase pre-
vious yields, and will plant crops
conforming to the war needs of the
nation.
These are the general conclusions
of a countrywide survey which has
shown farm dissatisfaction with the
machinery shortage, the loss of farm
boys to the armed services and war
industry.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-28
228 Blood Donors In
County

The mobile Red Cross blood donor
service moved from Kenton Friday
evening after having collected 228
pints of blood in two days from as
many Hardin county residents. Some
dozen other volunteer donors gave
partial pints of blood Thursday and
Friday. Mrs. Catherine Bridge was
chairman of the local undertaking.
Fridays results were listed as
112 pints of blood from 119 donors
little under Thursdays total of 116
pints from 122 contributors. How
ever, the two-day average is excep-
tionally high and the community was
congratulated for its fine cooperation
by 1t. j. A. Maxwell (USN), in di-
rect charge of the contributions.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-28
Decrease In Crime
Reported

Reporting on the number of pris-
oners booked at the Putnam county
jail during 1912, Sheriff Arnold
motts today pointed out that the war
emergency has reduced crime to a
minimum in Putnam county.
There were IS persons placed in
Jail last year, the smallest number
since Potts took office six years ago.
The average for the six years is 102
so that last year the population of
the Jail dropped well below average.
In 1887 the sheriff had 119 in the
jail with 100 being booked in 1888,
total of SO in 1889, another lis
in 1940 and SO in 1941, the official
stated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-28
Hybrid Corn Raises
State Grain Yields

Thirteen years of Ohio tests to
compare the yields of hybrid and
open pollinated corn indicate that a
farmer can expect to get IL bushels
more corn per acre from the average
hybrid than from the average open
pollirated variety and also that he
can expect IL bushels per acre more
from the best hybrids than from the
best open pollinated varieties.
.. F. Beard, extension agronomist,
Ohio State University, says these
tests we've made by the Ohio Expert
ment station and included 322 field
trials in all parts of the state.
Yields secured were: average hybrids
1877 bushels per acre; average open
pollinated, 62.5 bushels; best hybrids,
S5.S bushels; best open pollinated,
68.5.
Mr.. Beard calls attention to the
average Ohio corn yields since 1925
to emphasize the influence of the in
creased acreage planted to hybrid
corn. The average per acre yield
for the state in the period 1930-3f
was 1873 bushels. The average for
the years 1937-1942 was 46.3 bushels
The difference in yields of the av-
erage hybrids and of the best hy.
birds are pointed out by Mr.. Bearc
as evidence of the need for farmers
to choose wisely in buying seed. Ag
ricultural agents, the Experiment
Station, and the University agron.
omy department have lists of the
hybrids which are best adapted tt
different Ohio localities.
Seed from hybrids which arr
adapted to this area should be bought
by the farmer. Hybrids which may
yield well in distant sections ma,
be almost worthless on his farm.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-28

Kearns, may be called to active duty
within six months after reaching
their 18th birthday.
This is the first that 17-year-old
boys have been permitted to sign up,
and they still need their parents
consent.
Those who sign up as aviation ca
dets are merely given blanks and the
sergeant instructs them where TO
send them. Those signing up for
the reserves, unassigned, will be sent
to Columbus for exams and enlist
ment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-28

last Friday called pupils back to
classes in 10 districts and said that
school would be in session through
out Hardin county.
Only the Kenton elementary schools
failed to close Tuesday and Wednes-
day. Ada also resumed school after
a weeks vacation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-28
Man Arrested After
Crash

After a 61-year-old Lima man
narrowly escaped death or serious
injury late Friday when his auto
struck concrete abutment at the
South Union street dead end, police
arrested him on a charge of driving
while under the influence of liquor.
The charge was filed by Officers
Domonic Perrine and John Phillips
against J. w. Newton, 81, of Lima.
He was scheduled to appear in
court Saturday noon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-28
Forest Plant Damaged
By Fire

Fire believed to have originated
from a defective fue, did damage
estimated at several thousand dol
lars to the plant of the Dickelman
Manufacturing company in Forest at
$50 o'clock Wednesday evening.
The plant, Forests largest indus
try, is housed in a two-story build
Ing with metal covered sides. The
fire was confined to the interior stock
and equipment. Fire Chief Morris
Burk of the Forest fire department,
said the fire was in the west end of
the building in the brooder house de-
partment.
The firm makes metal corn cribs,
brooder houses and stock feeders.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-28
Conductor Dies At
Work

A heart attack was fatal to Elvin
J. Easter, 49, of Lima, a Nickel
Plate Railroad conductor, as he su-
pervised switching operations of his
freight train in the railroad yards
at Muncie, Ind, according to infor-
nation received by railroad officials.
The body was found alongside the
tracks by fellow trainmen shortly
after he was seen walking toward
the front of the train. He leaves
his wife, a son and daughter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-28
ALLEN COUNTY
Lima Man Gets Naval
Medal

Presentation of a Distinguished
Flying Cross to Lieut.. q. .g.) David
Silver of Lima by Navy Secretary
Frank Knox for his part in the bat
ties at Midway and the Solomon Is
lands was disclosed recently in a
letter to the Navy patrol plane COM
mander's wife in Lima. He was one
of Is fiiers so honored.
Lieut.. Silver was stationed at Pearl
Harbor at the time of the japanese
attack, and has been serving in the
Pacific area since then.