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Spy
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charged with furnishing a Nazi
spy ring with foreign and do
nestle mailing addresses.
Grace Buchanan-Dineen, self
styled countess and confessed
leader Of the ring who turned
TO counter espionage, and six
other persons previously had
been sentenced on similar
charges.
Judge Monet said he did not
regard Mrs. Won Moltke. who
said her descent from Italian
nobility entitled her TO the title
of countess, las the primary
leader" in the conspiracy, but
termed her IAN intelligent serv-
ant of the movement"
Il am innocent" Mrs. Won
Moltke protested after receiving
the sentence calmly. IT h a
Countess Dineen - she is not a
real countess while ! am though
l do not use the title got me
into this thing because she was
after my husband"
Her husband, Heinrich, was
removed from the Wayne facul-
~ after her arrest. Two of their
four sons went to Germany be-
fore the war. The other two are
living in Detroit.
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another hostelry a few blocks
away.
She was Mrs. Lillian Johnson,
about 80, wife of a merchant
seaman now reported in the
South Pacific.
Found stretched on a bed, she
had been slashed from the
breasts to the pelvic region.
1t. McGarry said Wilson re-
lated that he hit her, then
slashed her with a razor for
some reaSon-just pure cussed-
ness, l guess"
Both the operator of the first
hotel and a bellboy at the second
had identified Wilson as the
companion, first of Mrs, Griffin
and later of Mrs. johnson, in
registering at the two hotels.
wilson, a medically dis
charged Navy man, was booked
on suspicion of murder. At first
he Sullenly maintained his in
nocence despite bloodStains on
his hands and shoes. In his
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pocket, police said they found a
razor. Removing his shirt they
discovered scratches on his
back as though made by a
woman's fingernails in a fran
tic death struggle.
SORDID STORY
Then crime technicians began
combing the six-foot, blond
haired suspects mustache for
blood particles and Wilson, dis
closing he had worked as pharm-
aciSt and had studied chemistry,
suddenly exclaimed:
That's it! You'll find that
when you mix those particles
with a certain amount of water
that the hemogloben OF the blood
can be determined and COM
pared"
1t. McGarry said Wilson told
this story:
He met Mrs. Griffin in a bar.
She agreed to go to room.
After they had been there and
had had a few drinks from a
bottle of whisky he had bought,
she asked him for more money.
Somehow" McGarry quoted
Wilson, Il got sore. l socked her.
And then l cut her. l was going
to dismember the body and get
rid of it, but l found that /
couldn't do it. So ! left"
He went to a movie. This was
early yesterday morning.
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unsecured notes; real estate
mortgages; sale OF bonds and
other assets, including furniture
of the bank.
Most important of all, in the
final, successful picture is the
fact that the entire l2-year
transaction covering thousands
of items has been accomplished
at not one dollars cost TO the
depositors. In fact, the books
now show a profit of S2,350.09
over and above the receiver s
and clerks salaries, office rent
and overhead, attorneys fees
and other costs.
SLOW LIQUIDATION
All this was accomplished by
refusing the immediate liquida-
ton demanded by many deposi-
tors. Forced sale of real estate
and other holdings would have
meant a tragic loss. Instead,
real estate was sold on contract
and interest fully COllected-a
collection benefit of so per cent.
The immense volume of work
involved in the reCeiVership IS
indicated by the fact that for
mer Circuit Judge Neil K. Reid
alone signed al ,057 court orders
for disposal of the banks prop
critics, apart from the orders
signed by visiting judges Fred
George, of Port Huron, and
George B. Hartrick, of Pontiac.
REDS HELP CITED
Kalahar gave high praise to
Reid, now Supreme Court JUS
tice Reid, for his close interest
and expert guidance in the pro-
ject. The court was obliged TO
study and approve Cor rejcct
every move made in the matter.
Incidentally, Kalahar pointed
out, not one plan of the receiver
was turned down by Judge Reid.
Legal work in the l2-year
transaction was primarily done
by Christian F. Matthews and
John E. Merrill, and latterly by
Bert V. Nunneley.
Kalahar, a resident Of Center
Line and county supervisor from
that city, has not announced
any business plans after his re-
ownership is concluded. He has
spent % years in Michigan
banking, and for 18 months was
State Bank Examiner. He Is a
veteran of World War |.
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Thereupon Wilson went to the
bar.
Patrolman Harry E. Donlan
saw him there. The patrolman
said Wilson resembled the sus-
poets broadcast description.
What do you want?" Wilson
asked, calmly setting down his
wine gla-s as Donlan tapped his
shoulder.
This" said Donlan, and he
snapped on the handouts. Will
son offered no resistance.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
Calendar ofCom"g C"e"h
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 10

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER s
DANCE FOR SERVICE MEN and women at USO on Broad
way at p. Sefrdge Field Orchestra Will FUR
nsh
REBEKAH LODGE regular meeting in Barron Hall at
. m.
ZONE "E" Rural Teachers Association Will hold pot
meeting Cadys Corners School at p M
F O E. will a Aerie Hall at p. m.
LADIES' AUXILIARY of Oskar Andreas Post games party
V. F. w. Hall at 8 p
PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY meets in Girl Scouts Hall over
Jewel Theatre m. Public invited
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER II
I o o F. will in Barron Hall at p. m.
O F S Officers practise Masonic Temple at As p m
RIJMMAGE SALE by Circle of Trinity Ladies AID OF
Utica at the John store from a m. TO 9 p. m
GROUP ONE w S. c. S, will hold rummage sale IN the
Matthews building on Broadway.
ALPHA OMEGA CLASS of Gilbert Memorial Church Will
hold a Thanksgiving supper and meeting in the church
basement $50 D.
CIRCLE Society of Zion Evangelical Church in the
parish house at p. m.
CHOIR Grace Episcopal Church Will meet at the
parish house at 7:30 p. m.
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Continued from Page 0ne)
S1,5O8,572.94 the total paid of
10 depositors.
This payoff is in addition tC
the return of 81 100000 with in
terest borrowed by the pro-
motors; 100000 in delinquent
taxes, and Sl,l22,000 the re-
ceivers were compelled TO bor-
row from the Reconstruction FL
nance Corporation.
COLLECTS S4,4l2,S33.
In other words, the banks as
sets, skilfully disposed of over
a period Of II years, have result
ed in a total collection of 81, 4l2,-
1878.
As one elderly farm woman
put is as she left the receivers
office today, clutching her final
check:
After all, it's something for
our savings. They said at first we
wouldn't get cent"
Paying off a long lineup of
claimants, most Of them poorly
dressed Workmen and farm
folks, Bernard A. Kalahar, bank
receiver today visualized the end
of the long, difficult task he as
sumed Feb. %, 1884, after re-
ceiver Macy Z. Watkins resigned.
Within a few days, Kalahar
will have settled accounts with
4,867 persons hit by the bank
crash. Most of them, he said,
express gratitude for the payoff
of more than 81 per cent.
After delving into affairs of
the Citizens Savings Bank for
years, fighting for loans in
Washington and conducting a
large scale real estate business
with the aid of r. E. Howard,
Kalahar has one faCtual COM
ment TO make regarding the bank
collapse;
CITES RESPONSIBILITY
mo local man deserves re
sponsibility for it. All direct
ors acted honorably, but they
trusted Robert NJ. Allen and his
American State Bank group as
the experts who knew 1t all.
They depended on these finan-
ciers, and this ill-placed faith
was we'll revealed in the bank
trials in Detroit which sent AL
len and others TO prison
Commencing with the 20 per
cent payoff Dec. "a, 1884, four
dividends have been paid off by
the Citizens receiver through
the clearing up of secured and
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At / pm. he met Mrs. Johnson
in another bar and took her to
the second hotel.
SHEER BRUTALITY
There was no argument, Will
son acknowledged. 1t. McGarry
quoted him:
She was sitting on the bed.
But, for some reason-just pure
cussedness, / guess-I hit her. "
He then mutilated her with a
razor blade, the suspect, as
quoted by McGarry, added.
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two Thanksgiving holidays
Nov. % and Nov. 80.
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a bottle of cleaning fluid and
then searched his shelves.
They didn't take his word for
the fact that he was out OF
smokes" the storekeeper told
police. He said that when he at
tempted to seize ball bat to en-
force his edict that they stay out
from behind his counter, one OF
the strangers clipped him with
the cleaning fluid.
The irony of it all, Sigler
said, lay in the fact that he
actually didn't have a cigaret IN
the shop.
The cigaret problem is a real
headache, Sigler agreed, as he
nursed a mouthful of loosened
teeth. Eleven stitches were taken
in his scalp.
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NUHtIHucu FfVH NV
output in pushing our soils too
hard" O Neal forecast that I'VE
must soon begin to take steps to
put more of our land in soil
building crops in order to con-
serve our greatest natural asset,
the soil"
II see no prospect for present
demands, either domestic oil
foreign, continuing at present
levels" he added. I'm my opin'
ion, acreage adjustment, partic,
ularly in cotton and what is q
certainty for the postwar years.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16

Aristotle. most prof o u n d
thinker Of the ancient world and
sometimes described as the best
educated man Of any age, taught
that the brain was sponge to
keep the blood cool.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
DOUBLE HOLIDAYS

BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 16-(P)-
Here's that double Thanksgiving
confusion again: Idaho will have
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.;Seeta1 q
oS1za1H;o'asA

THE SITUATION: You are
getting up a wiener roast for a
couple who are leaving town
and you don't plan to furnish all
Of the food yourself.
WRONG WAY: Ask everyone,
including the guests of honor, TO
bring some Of the food.
RIGHT WAY: Ask everyone
but the guests Of honor to bring
some of the food. people who
are moving have so much 70 do
they shouldn't be held respon-
sible for any OF the details of
the parties given for them
Evening star., 1944-12-07
Arkansas Avenue Citizens Hold
'Niuht Before Christmas Party

Feature of the evening was the
recitation of Twas the Night Be-
fore Christmas" by the Rev. DR.. John
J. Queally, pastor Of the Church Of
the TRANSPORTATION. Before the
meeting DR.. Queally had been
presented with two coffee urns for
his church's annual turkey dinner
by Mrs. Telford, but on one condi-
tion-that he recite the poem. This
being command performance, the
pastor added to his audiences enjoy
ment by reciting a parody Of his
own picturing the Arkansas Avenue
Citizens Association "the night be-
fore Christmas"
Refreshments were served by sew
eral Capital Transit girl operators,
dressed In their new winter uni
forms-navy blue with gray shirt
and black tie and . jauntily cooked
cap.
Clifford Newell. chairman Of the
We Day City-Wide Committee, an
nounced that arrangements had
been made to secure Roosevelt High
School auditorium and the services
Of the Fort Stevens American Le-
gion Drum and Bugle Corps for the
celebration In the Arkansas ave-
nue. area.
Officers elected unanimously for
the coming year were: John Cabot
White, president; Mrs. Mary Resh,
Evening star., 1944-12-07

apply for q marriage license on
one day, Dnit three full days and
receipe their license on the nth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
J. L. Bellamy. 20, 1923 L st. Sc, and Ruby
Davis, 49, Kinssport Tenn.
James Pope, u. De Funiak SPRINGS, Fla,
John Garris. 80 1905 st. NV, and
Lucille Hendriek. 20; Roanoke Va:
! st. ne, and Frances Dunn 2l, 1886
Sergt. Tony Mack, 33. oakmont, Pa, and
Betty slezak, 81, New Alexandria, Pa.
Joseph Goethe, 32. 1923 2lst St NV, and
Nina Nesbitt, 25, 1740 P st. NV.
Mildred Wright. 30, Port Royal S. C.
Annajane Pitts, %, 314 18th St ne.
Robert Little, .23, Fairmont, W. Va, and
Frances selby, 20. 1928 Pennsylvania
oss..s sansss1 saa Ssrsaist M coekrsI ia' Is
Roseys eysnp pittmans tn an. 49, ss1o Dayi. pl, NV
and Meryl Loving 80. 278s ordway
wsT Ts.65s ss;a,s1s gs $50 ces.e s, and
Canada, and Kathleen clukey. 81, 174s
Clarke Daniel, s3, 1929 Idaho ave: NV,
Edward Fleming, So, Hotel Continsntal'
and Ruth Mellor, Al. Whitewater, Kans'
waiter Tempiemon, is. sos South CAPITOL
st.. and Vashti Pratt 49, $3.50 East
wii6ur Washington, "a. soo5 South Goth
St, Arlington, and Constance Summers
Luther studebaker. IS, and Dorothy Foley,
g. both of 1717 18th st. NV.
Damon, -, Milwaukee, Wis.
Peterson, -. Blackstone Hotel.
Anne Axon, IS, 2sia pumbsrton ave.
Paul Curren, "a. Shelby. Ohio. and Marjorie
Sloop, 10. Bethesda.
iFsln and Nis Gertrude e MeIis, e -. cievei.nd ~
Charles Kinery, As, POI sth st. ne. and
Esther Bearss, 46, Tampa. Fla.
Walter Smith, A., 371s 3lst pl; ne, and
Christine Smith. "a, 1101 Euclid st. NV.
Joseph Tippett, 10, 500 Seward square sc ;,
and Gloria Campbell. 10, 1907 Branch
James Farrell 81, All F St sw. and
Hattie Switzerland, %. 41o x st. ne.
Issued at Rockville.
Willie Brice. 26. and Annie simons' 80
Walter r Henderson, "a. Cha ttanooea
Tenn Tenn; and Mary A. Mccall 49, Hyatts-
w.i!ie M, s? Petty, %, Forest Glen, Nd. and
Vincent A. Lonso, 90, San Antonio, Tex,
and LofEaips sat9s yss' r. washinsMt99n M9 and
AH Helen l. tWesseis. Wsshinrten.
Lucille Kreisman, %, Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1944-12-07

The Arkansas Avenue Citizens
Association turned its meeting last
night into a grand old-fashioned
Christmas party, complete with all
the trimmings from a brightly dec
GRATED tree to Santa Claus. In a
gay program arranged by the asso-
cations third vice president, Mrs
Mae Telford. members contributed
their various talents to carol sing
| ing and skitS.
Evening star., 1944-12-07

and Mr.. e. E. Brown, delegates to
the Federation Of Citizens Associ-
ations.
Retiring President Theodore G.
Lewis conducted the meeting, which
was held at the Church of the In
carnation, at Fourteenth and Gal
latin streets NV.
Evening star., 1944-12-07

first vice president; Mr.. Sam Nc
Intosh, second vice president; Mrs.
Mae Telford, third vice president;
Miss Helen Gilcrest, secretary: Mrs.
Mildred Eichner, assistant secre-
tary; Mr.. E. E. Brown, treasurer;
Mrs. Marjorie Tarwater, assistant
treasurer, and Mr.. Clifford Newell
Evening star., 1944-12-07
IS District Men Report
For Induction Today

The following Is Washington men
are scheduled to report for induc.
ton into the armed forces in Balti-
more today:
Armstrong Paul E. Brock, Thomas L.
Carter. Harry v. Hamilton, Milton 3
Donovan, Roberts e. Johnson, Clarence P.
Jones, Cyclestic E. Parker, Ezekieh 2.
Marks Charles C. Taylor. Richard
Somers, Drexel L. Thomas, Charles M.
Monasterski, Edward Upshur, James E.
Briscoe, James T.
Evening star., 1944-12-07
Marriage License
AppIicotions

Under D. c. la,Ds, couples must
apply for q marriage license on
one day, ,Datt three full days and
receipe their license on the nth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21

ZlOu chV1l1 prepaid Sc We tVafl,
sesel a sestarnul.
Anda lezela bez pohnut1 =
nespala a byla pri vedom1 =
ale mela tax spatny, primo SIM
telny zjev, re Kudrna ztratil
vsechnu nadeji. Ztratf il -
ztratf a nikdy, nikdy vic ne
najde! Nikdy! Oh, je to MOI
ne, re by sc rozesli navzdy, na
veky vecne = a re uz by il nj
kdy nespatTil, nikdy neuslysel
jejf drahy HAS, ktery byval
tax mfrny a ktery v mem ucinil
tolik dobreho?
Pfisedl ma okraj jeff postele
= wal il "a ruku a hledal tep-
nu - zoufalstv1 zoralo jeho
|tvar, re 81 toho povsimla i ne
mocha. D1vala sc chvili mic
ky ma neho a pax septala slabe
ale nezneji:
"Je sc mnou zle - vid, ia
rousi? Co pax r1kal pan pri-
mar? Umru? ia bych tt to ne
rada udelala a vod detf by Sc
mi to tezko odchazelo."
To bylo mad silly Jarousovy.
Padl u postele ma kolena a stka
je, zaryl hlavu do jej1 perrin.
"Jarousi - byt muzem ="
zaseptala Anda ~vzrusene =
"pamatuj ma deti! A neplac-
Pambu je mocnej = vsecko je
v jeho rukou!"
"Andulko -" vzlykal, "mo-
je Andulko = ia jsem tie tolik
trapil = vodpust mi to, vod-
pust = pros1m to-"
Znovu upadla We spanek.
Panfmama chystala vsechno,
re poslou pro kneze a Jaroslav
sedel beze smyslG mad Andou.
Horecka sc vstupnovala = jen
4 nj salalo a Ease poc1nala
blouzniti.
Chvflemi Sc zastavovaly my
Slenky Kudrnovy a staval Sc
tupym - z toho Ease jake by
no bodl = vse sc v mem vzbou-
rilo = silena bolest, krute zou-
falstv1 a myslenky letely S L.
zasnou rychlostf. Predstavy Sc
rojily jedna "a druhou, videl
'uz pohreb, slysel zvony, plac
opustenych deti. Videl prazd-
ny, pusty dim, citil svdj stesk,
svdj tezky, kruty boil. Jak to
pTezije? Jak straw ten zal?
Jak mu Dude bez nj?
SeTilo Sc, nadchazel vecer-
pan1mama uspala deti a klfma-
la je, Ia kamny ma lavici a on
sedel sam mad zenou a s hrn-
you sledoval jej1 dech, ktery
byl kratky a slaby = hledal
tepnu a cital sc zoufalstv1m L.
derry srdce.
Vzpomn6l 81 ma slova prima-
fova: "Leda by Sc stall zazrak''
Zazrak? On, lekar prosluly, ma
slovo vzaty, jest bezmocny a
ceka nejaky zazrak? Cd ko-
no? Cd nahody = ci cd pf1ro-
dy?
Oh = byl 81 Kudrna bezrad-
ny a nevedomy. Nevedel, ma
koho by sc obratil. Vsecka
moe lidska, vsecek UNI lidsky
zGstal staff pred nec1m ohrom-
nym - CO vladne zivoty a O.
study. Kudrna zalomil rukama:
citil sc ~opusteny a zoufaly.
Proc mu najednou vyvstal v
dust starry, uteseny obrazek?
Kdyz loni vracel Sc pc pfevra.
tn domn a hledel oknem do spc
re osvetlene svetnice, videl re.
nu. hyckati chlapecka. Byls
tehdy tax krasna a 1ctyhodna
jake svata a tehdy zpfvala. ia.
kou to jenom zp1vala p1snic'
ku, re mu tax utkvela v pane.
ii, re il nezapomnel a proc 81
mu najednou dnes, te hrGzy
pine noci vrac1 ma mysl?
Ci mt nekdo naseptava jej
sloku v ucho? Jest to jake hla'
matsin:
"Kdyz je nejhdf,
Ty isl nejbl1z,
umis v bfde ~prispeti,
u Tebe je pomoc nejspis,
kdo Sc k lobe obrati."
Kdyz je nejhdf! Ano, dine
jest nejhdf, ami We fronte smrt
tvafi v tvaT, ami v zajetl, an
We vezeni nebylo Kudrnovi tai
1zko, a tax zle. A bylo by mo
zne, re jest nejbliz, tn, We svet
nici, u postele zeniny, B1h :
ten opravdovy Buh = bytost
We kterou on nikdy nevefil
Zachv6l co Divna a iakaS
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21

A tax zatfm, CO sla svetem
horecka protinabozenska, CO
mnozf popfrali pysne Boha a
hlasali, re no neni, vyznaval
no Kudrna pokorne a vracel Sc
k wire.
Ten obrat zpGsobila jeho tr-
peliva, verna a cista zena, clmz
podala ddkaz, re opravdu re
ma dokaze mnoho- dobrehO v
zivote muze.
! (KONEC.)
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-02-25
What You Should Know
When You Buy Own Sell
Or Mortgage Real Estate
An Abstract of Title is Strictly an American
Institution: 1.-THE Titles the Thing

(This information is published by
the Montana Title Association in an
endeavor to help the people of Mon
tana in knowing few of the funda-
mental principles of dealing in real
eState.)
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-02-25
No Diplomatic Relations

No diplomatic relations exist to-
day between Russia and at least
Is of the other United Nations,
nations associated with them and
neutral countries, among which
are Brazil, 1raq, Peru, Portugal
and Switzerland.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-02-25

Make leftover rice into cakes,
fry in bacon fat and serve with
maple syrup for breakfast.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-02-25
Texture of griddle cakes will

finer if the eggs are separated
and the whites are beaten and add
ed last to the batter.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-02-25

&ThouEh spilled cold. rube-
facient ingredients In Sore-
tons act like heat TO increase
the superficial supply Of
blood to the area and indues
. slowing ssnss Of warmth.
Evening star., 1944-08-26

four loud speakers and a piano. as
well as equipment to serve hot drinks
and sandwiches to 1000 men at
once. Two Polish girls will staff
each unit which will have a man
driver.
Mr.. Majchrzak, who has heard di-
rectly from his wife and daughter
only once since he left them in
Poland five years ago, said he is
luckier than most Poles. Most of
our men in Great Britain haven't
heard from their families since the
war started" he declared But
their spirits are high because they
are fighting"
In this country to speak on the
work Of the YMCA for the Poles
before National War Fund groups,
he said his special mission is to
thank the American people for what
they have done through the Ma
tional War Fund and Polish War
Relief. He also plans to confer with
UNRRA officials on postwar plans
for Polish youth during his two-day
stay here.
Evening star., 1944-08-26
Battles Singing Senor

Guizar glances up at him quizzi-
cally, then into the gloom beyond
the set where Director Joe Santley
is watching.
1T is I who am confused" says
Tito. Everything we said sounds all
right to me-but know it can't be
Could Miss Bruce laugh at us under
her sleeve?"
mo, no, Tito" says Director SAINT
ley. "the expression is up her
sleeve"
Tito shrugs. II ask you, what diff
ference-under her sleeve-up her
sleeve? She couldn't very we'll do it
either way"
Virginia interrupts. an the
movies" she says, Bruce laughs up
her sleeve. She never does it any
where else"
X
One Of the few Nip melodramas
still In production is RKO's Be
trayal From the East" from Alan
Hynd's nonfiction book, with Lee
Tracy and Nancy Kelly co-starred.
It's tense scene we come upon, one
demanding the utmost in quietude.
Five times the action had been
ruined by extraneous noises. Trucks
along an avenue outside, airplanes
overhead and a sudden burst of
visitors through the red warning
light at the entrance to the set had
taken their toll of time and celluloid
At last everything seems to be
shipshape. Take No. is almost
finished when Director William
Berke claps hand to his brow and
yells Kill it," From next door
audible enough even through the
padded walls that separated the
adjoining stage, had come the shout
Quiet now, you guys! This is the
pictured"
Charles Coburn stands in a gar
den peering through a window
watching Irene Dunno and Charles
Boyer play a love scene before an
open fireplace in "A Womans Privi-
lege." at Columbia.
Miss Dunno and Mr.. Boyer are
mighty comfortable, but Mr.. Coburn
stands in drenching rain. BY the
time the scene Is Shot-several re-
hearsals and five takes-Coburn Is
a pretty wet old gentleman.
When Vidor says 1That's the
'one-print it," Coburn sloshes of
toward his dressing room to change
to dry duds. Vidor calls him back
Sorry. Mr.. Coburn." he says, but
we're shooting more garden scenes
in a few minutes. You'd just get
wet all over again.
Coburn, one of the best troupers
in the business. regardless of age.
throws up his hands and lets loose
a mock TRADE.
You call motion pictures mod
ern," says he. Why, 40 years ago
the stage was far ahead of this
business. At that time I played in
Under Two Flags and suffered
through a sandstorm without get
ting choked to death. I went
through a blizzard in Way Down
East without freezing. And now,
IN 1914, you ask me to play a rain
scene and can't even prevent me
from getting wet. What silly busi-
neSs!"