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Evening star., 1944-12-19
Miss Thaxter Decided Hit

August 12," says Phyllis with grin
that will soon be as famous as Van
Johnson's smile Mrs. Jack Nor
gan called me and said, You must
come out with us: we have a man
just back from Alaska At first I
said couldn't, then / said I could.
My brother went to Exeter. and so
had he. Before the evening was
over we were in love" They de-
cided then that If ever they should
have "a hours together they would
use 1t to good purpose-to marry.
The day after the marriage, Phyl-
lis was almost killed! II fell out of
the car, just like that. and landed
fiat on my face. I'm still a bit sore,
and my husband almost died of
fright" In addition to the marital
anniversary" mentioned above,
Phyllis is also celebrating a real an
niversary-her completion of one
year at Metro and her birthday At
the moment, with her success in
Tokyo" and her current starring
assignment in ALTER Ego she is
sitting on top of the world.
Rose Frankens Claudia" was re-
sponsible for bringing Miss Thaxter
to Hollywood. This play has been
quite gold mine for the movies in
its uncovering of star material, and
in addition to Phyllis has resulted
in film contracts for Dorothy Nc
Guire, whose place Phyllis took
when Dorothy left for Hollywood,
and for Jennifer Jones. who pes
tered David Selznick to play Claudia
in the movies, but got the Academy
Award winner "Bernadette" in
stead
Il played Claudia six months in
New York and six months in Chi
cago," Phyllis tells me- It's funny
thing, but the man she married lives
In Chicago and is the son of an ad-
vertising executive. But they had to
go to Hollywood to meet. Their big
postwar problem, by the way, will be
the question of her Hollywood career
and his job in Chicago.
But know We'll work it out
somehow" Phyllis assures me.
We've just got to; that's all" ANY,
way, Phyllis and Claudia" came to
San Francisco. and Producer Sam
Zimbalist persuaded her to take a
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which, with Eva LIE Gallienne and
Joseph Schildkraut, opened a fort
night of palpabiy distinguished the
atef at the National last night.
Highly visible in its excellence is
the hand of Margaret Webster,
whose skill at trsnslating the classic
theater into the modern in feeling
Is invariably rhapsodic in its effect
upon the customers. In this in
stance, it makes this one hazard the
guess that even Pravda's critic
that blunt man-would find himself
moved only to praise. After all, why
shouldn't he, for was not Chekhov
his precursor in the field of social
comment?
The 1914 Cherry Orchard" is
highly artistic production without
the curse of artiness. The transla-
ton by Trina Skariatina does not
bring it over to the idiom of George
S. Kaufman or Joseph Chodorov. In
fact. it leaves the thinking that
went into its original writing rather
obviously Russian, a bit of a good
thing under current world condi-
tions. That is no small part of the
superb taste that bulwarks the fine
acting and excellent direction Of the
production at the National.
Miss LIE Gallienne. Mr.. Schild-
kraut and their associates make it
unfainngly clear that Chekhov as a
revolutionary thinker was the phi
losopher, not the one with the piece
of gas pipe or the homemade bomb
They catch the tragic overtones of
his satirical comedy, the vagrant
Evening star., 1944-12-19
Budapest Quartet
Marks Anniversary
OF Stradivari
By ELENA DE SAYN.

The annual observance OF Antonio
Stradivari's death anniversary by
the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foun-
dation at the Library of Congress
was observed last night at the Cool
idge Auditorium, the Budapest
Quartet playing on the instruments
made by that famous craftsman. 1t
coincided with an unusual exhibit
Of pictorial material, musical manu-
scripts and personal documents at
one time belonging to Nicolo Paga-
mini, the now almost legendary figure
In the violin world. who died little
over 100 years ago. The collection
was acquired for the Library by Mrs.
Whittall, and was on view during
the intermission in the north hall
on the second floor.
1t is only natural that this unusual
accumulation of prints. caricatures
drawing and water colors by famous
artists, together with concert pro-
grams, posters, contracts. diaries.
letters and accounts OF the great
violinist should have been the labor
OF love of violinist
The latesMaia Bang Holm, a ma
WV VI 3<OA way anu III oluOCtlU
of Leopold Auer, the first to set forth
his principles of violin teaching In
a series of books for American con-
sumption, collected everything per-
tanning to Paganini intending some
day to make complete record of his
life in the form of book. Some OF
the articles had been in the posses
sion of the Paganini family for three
generations, purchased by Mrs.
Bang Holm and resold after her
death to Mrs. Whittall. Music lovers
present at last nights concert were
given ample time to familiarize
themselves with the contents of the
exhibit during the recess made be-
fore the last number on the pro-
gram.
1t would have been interesting to
hear on this occasion at least one
OF the four unpublished manuscripts
OF Paganini, composed for violin.
viola. cello and Spanish guitar at
present in the possession of the
foundation. 1t is unfortunate that
such a fine ensemble as the Buda-
pest should lack That zest, which
characterizes even less proficient
groups. to explore far and wide. es-
pecially having at their disposal an
easy access to the treasures of the
Library.
Two string sextets: Brahms "Op.
36" and Arnold Schoenbergs mag
nifieent opus Die Verklaerte Nacht,"
dating back to his youth and in
spired by Richard Dehmel's poem
Web und Welt" performed with
the assistance OF Milton Katims,
viola. and Benar Heifetz, cello, were
separated on the program by Bee
thoven's "Quaret in F. Minor, Op.
95.' in which the group was at its
best. Somehow they failed to cap
ture last night the tonal pliancy in
Brahms and the lofty beauty hidden
in Schoenberg's work. The concert
will be repeated tonight.
Evening star., 1944-12-19

screen test for the part Of Mrs
Lawson when she arrived in Los
Angeles.
From this point, I take up the
story. Never in long history OF
listening to directors and producers
rave about new discovery have ]
heard such complimentary adjec-
tives as were showered by Phyllis, by
Director Mervyn LIE Roy In particu-
| lar. ''She will be the biggest star
in Hollywood" he repeatedly told
me. She's the best young actress
here" Young Actress Judy Gar
land told me practically the same
thing, and If you have seen Thirty
Seconds Over Tokyo"-and II you
haven't, you must-I think you will
agree with them.
Phyllis is not a conventiona,
beauty. Her face is too long fol
that. But there's q heap. .of sweet.
ness there and her crinkling eyes
are cute. And she has a refreshing
naturalness - rather on the june
Allyson order, although quite diff
ferent to look at. She is % year,
old and was born in Portland, Me
Shes a good swimmer and also
knows how to sit on horse.
She would like to have lots o1
babies - when the war is ended
Remember the baby blanket 1 knit
| in the picture?" she asked me. We'll
I haven't finished it. And I'm keep
ing it for myself"
| Keleased by the Ncftn american
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
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feeling OF pity he has for the aristo-
cratic Andreyevnas for being so de-
cadent, dainty and dumb. And they
miss none of his implications that
the upsurging peasants are slightly
ridiculous in some phases of their
uncomfortable ambition to take over
the great estates and carve them
into cooperative farms.
These diverse elements of the play
are carefully developed, with the re-
suit that its prophecy has not be-
come obsolete merely because 1t
came true.
Chekhov at the National in 1914
is still quite satirist, a highly ar
ticulate fellow whose overall view
OF the goodness of human nature is
logically disturbed by his recurring
pangs of realism as common sense.
II x
While giving Chekhov's story as
much right of way as is necessary,
those engaged in its current pres.
entation never tas why should
Evening star., 1944-12-19
Metro Plans Bright
Future for Its Ethel

MGM is preparing a monstrous
ballyhoo campaign for plain named
Ethel Smith because of her unex-
Evening star., 1944-12-19

theyO try to conceal the fact that
it was originally written for the
Moscow Art Theater, one of whose
fundamental theories was that &C.
tors should be allowed to act.
THE Cherry Orchard Is no less
than bulging with opportunities fol
every one in the cast. Even the
most negligible servant role is
treated with the obvious intention
of the playwright. at least, to see
that these little people were
emancipated.
Miss LIE Gallienne is no stranger
to the role of Lyubov Andreyevna
the futile ar1stocrat who owned the
cherry orchard, but who had not the
faintest idea how to make it main
tain itself before the mortgage
holders could foreclose. She has
played it before and she brings to
it on this occasion distinguishing
simplicity, grace and complete con-
viction that the old Russian system
was as eventually brutal to her as it
was to the poor peasants of her
father S. and his fathers time. Hers
is the heartbreaking tragedy with
which Chekhov counterpointed his
savage comedy and she is never less
than splendid in expressing it.
Schildkraut is equally effective in
his portrait of her weakling brother,
the garrulous nincompoop Leonid
whose nontalking time is spent max
ing imaginary shots on a billiard
table.
There have been changes in the
cast of The Cherry Orchard" since
it began its successful Broadway re-
vival last winter.
Miss Webster and Miss lie Gal
l1enne, as co-directors, however
seem to have done an altogether
praiseworthy job in schooling the
Junior varsity to take over. They
have been fortunate to keep ethereal
Lois Hall in the Anya role: equally
so in finding John Bleifer as
Lopahin, Hugh Franklin as the
young teacher, Carmen Mathews as
the intense adopted daughter Varya
and Samuel Goldenburg as the land
owning Semyomov.
Leona Roberts carries on In the
wonderfully wacky governess role
and Horace Sinclair does well, in
deed, by the ancient servant. Firs.
Motley's settings for the play are
as impressive as Chekhov himself
could want.
Evening star., 1944-12-19

THE CHERRY ORCHARD" Chekhov's
famous comedy, with Eva LIE Galliepne and
Joseph Schildkraut, produced by Margaret
Webster and Carley Wharton, directed by
Miss LIE Gallienne and Miss Webster. with
settings by Motley. AT the National.
The cast:
Lopahin (Yermolay Alexeyevitchl,
John Bleifer
OunyaSha "a maid )---- Fiona OShiel
EphodoV AP Kaye
flrs tan old valeO Horace Sinclair
Anya daughter of Lyubov
AndreyeVna) Lois Hall
Varya tadopted daughter of Lyubov
AnoreyeVna Carmen Mathews
Lyubov Andreyevna Che owner of
the cherry orchard) Eva LIE Gallienne
Leonid Andreyevitch Cher
brother) Joseph SchiIdkraut
Cnarlotta 1VanoYna
"a governess) --- Leona Roberts
Her dog Touche
SemyomoV- -PiStchik
"a landowner) Samuel Goldenbure
Yasha "a young footman) Kenneth Tobey
tetya 1rohmov "a STUDENT,
Hugh Franklin
a tramp -------------- Bruce Adams
Inc aster-------Robert Hartung
a post once clerk ---------Jack Lynds
Servants and guests
Madeleine L'Engle Anne Jackson
CaVaoa Humphrey Howard Patnode
Evening star., 1944-12-19
and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage.
National-"The Cherry Orchard:
$50 pm.
Capitol-"A Abroad With Two
Yanks": II am. 1:50. 4:35, tbs and
10 pm Stage shows: los, $50,
6;35 and 9:15 pm.
Columbia-"M "Maisie Goes to Reno:
II 80 am, 1:30. $50, $50, 7:35 and
9:35 pm.
Earle-"The Very Thought of
You": II am, LAO, 4:25, 7:10 and
$50 pm. Stage shows: los, $50,
$50 and 9:15 pm.
Keith's-"Woman in the Window:
1875 am, 1:35, 1856, 5:35, 7:35 and
9:35 pm.
Little-"The Magnificent Amber
sons: HOS am, 1855, 2:40, 4:25,
6:15, 8 and $50 pm.
Metropolitan-"Th Doughgirls" !:
II am, lilo, 3:20, 5:25, 7:25 and
Gas pm.
Palace-"And Now Tomorrow"
II am. lilo, 3:20, $50, TAO and
$50 pm.
Pix-"Open Road: 2, 4:50, 1885
pm. and 1912 am.
Trans and shorts. con-
tinuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1944-12-19
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.
HOLLYWOOD.

Personality of the week:
Phyllis Thaxter: She plays Mrs.
Ted Lawson in Thirty Seconds
Over Tokyo" with Van johnson as
Lawson. This isn't at all bad for a
girls first fling in pictures. Phyllis
has quite a past-ditto a future.
Having lunch with her in the Metro
Cafe, she tells me she is celebrating
three weeks and three days of mar
riage. The other half of the real
life team. Capt. James T. Aubrey.
jr., is now on duty overseas. But
their 48-hour honeymoon was Won
derful while it lasted.
IT met him on blind date last
Evening star., 1944-12-19

pected hit In Bathing Beauty" Miss
Smith Is the girl who plays the elec-
trio organ with such zest that fol-
lowing sneak preview of the film
she was called back for added
touches. Seldom that a novelty
specialist rates such attention, but
Ethel now finds herself scheduled
for one Of the top roles In Twice
Blessed" Ethel plays the organ
wearing high heels and is lot more
glamorous than the average girl
found in an organ loft.
Evening star., 1944-12-19
The Cherry Orchard Blossoms
Once More on National Stage
BY JAY CARMODY.

Forty Anton Chekhov
ttered his
of his homeland
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-18
Youths HurI
Stones Through
Court Windows

Three South Macomb youths
were nabbed in East Detroit by
passing Detroit police officer
early Sunday morning when at
tracted by the sound of breaking
glass. The youths, Donald Mcgee,
20, OF East Detroit, Dennis Daily,
81, of Roseville, and Paul Hitler,
81, of East Detroit, were charged
with a drunk and disorderly
count and pleaded guilty to the
charge before Justice Frank z.
Jeanette.
The Detroit police officer,
Harold Beaugrand, is a former
Mount Clemens resident.
The sound of crashing glass
that Officer Beaugrand heard
was made by the sound of rocks
being hurled through the win
dows of Justice Joseph Robins
in East Detroit.
They will be sentenced next
week.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-18
France
Continued from Page ~

hold on their broadened Odon
Salient southwest of Caen, and
front reports said the Germans
had halted their counter jabs
seeking a weak spot in the Brit
ish defenses.
FIGHT STUBBORNLY
The Germans battled stub
bornly to hold their road line
from st. Lo to Periers and Les
say on the American sector, and
their counter attacks sent the
bloody struggle for rubbed St.
Lo into it's eighth day. A siege
as difficult as that for Casino
in Italy appeared likely.
The punch to within 200
yards of the lateral road be-
tween st. Lo and Periers knock
ed it out for German use, with
artillery drumfire hating any
traffic. The Nazis counter-at-
tackled aggressively but futilely
in this area.
Supreme headquarters declar-
ed the Allies had gained impor-
tant and commanding ground
at points all along the front, in
Guiding unspecified advances in
the area of Lessay, Western en-
envy anchor in Normandy.
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Burglary
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then taken from the ice COM
partment and tied up. He
worked on his bonds TO loosen
them up and accomplished this
successfully just as William Sta
cey, the owner, and Mrs. Sta
cey, arrived around Z am, to
open the place.
When police arrived they i'm
mediately rushed Truchumo-
wicz to Saratoga Hospital
where he was treated for head
and face decorations and alb
dominal injuries received dur
ing the beating. He remained at
the hospital throughout the
day, and later, after few hours
at home, was returned for obser-
walton for kidney injuries.
State Police explain that three
hold-up men arrested in Detroit
Monday for several crimes, ap-
parently had no connection with
the Van Dyke case, because one
of the men was in the Detroit
Jail Saturday at the time of the
Van Dyke burglary.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-18
Explosion Perik
1875 Movie Patrons

PORT CHICAGO, Calf, July
18-(P)-Wreckage Uttered this
little town today from the am
munition ship explosion a mile
and a half away, and l95 movie
theater patrons had a miracu-
lous story to tell.
They were watching a war
film replete with bombing
scenes last night. Then the wall
blew in.
Joe Meyer, owner-manager of
the Port Chicago theater, said
the entire audience got out safe
ly with only minor scratches.
Not a window was left I'M
broken in the town. Walls of
some homes and stores were
blown in. One end Of the Sou
them Pacific Railway station
collapsed.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-18
Boy, 8, Wounded
by Pistol Shot
Accidental Discharge
Wounds Shores Child

ST. CLAIR SHORES-Three
year old Nicholas Kern. Jr., Of
22536 Alexander drive. today
was reported in grave condition
at st. Joseph hospital. Mount
Clemens. following the acciden-
tai discharge of a pistol Sunday
afternoon which sent a .38 cal
ibre bullet blowing through the
right side of his small body.
The gun, in the hands of H.
year old Douglas Reiger. of
Rochester, NY, had been found
in the Kern home by the young
sters and Douglas had just pick
ed it up to examine it when he
accidentally pressed the trigger,
st. Clair Shores police officers
said.
Rushed to St. Joseph hospital
by Shores officers the child was
operated on at once and hos
pital attendants expressed the
belief that he had fair chance
for recovery. The bullet pierced
the boys body.
The Reiger child, a visitor In
the Kern home, was questioned
Monday morning by Prosecutor
Wilbur F. Held who agreed with
investigating officers that the
shooting was entirely accidental.
The wounded child's parents
are Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas II.
Kern.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-18
Peace
Continued from Page II

Continued from Rage ID
Enlistment and maintenance of
an association of free and SOW
ereign nations, implemen d
with whatever force may be nee
essary to maintain world peace
and prevent a recurrence of
war;"
Democratic platform drafters
received demands today for a
party declaration favoring quick
peacetime elimination of the
War Labor Board, the ManpoW-
er Commission and the Wage
Sterilization Act.
The proposals were advanced
by John R. Suman, director of
the National Association of Man.
ufacturers, as party leaders
buckled down to the job of sort
ing a wide variety of ideas.
Senator Harry S. Truman Of
Missouri said he though the
trainers would come out with a
platform of about 1000 words.
1--WE are going to make it just
as short as we can" he told re-
porters. The hope, Truman said,
is to be frank in every declara-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-18
Metropolitan Club
Will Meet tonight
To Discuss PIons
for August Picnic
for August Picnic

Important plans for the forth
coming field day and picnic to
be held Sunday Aug. n at
Shadyside Park. will be discuss
ed at this evenings meeting Of
the Metropolitan Club to be held
at their new clubrooms, 20
Broadway.
Police Sgt. Stanley Campbell,
president of the local spirit,
urges a large attendance Of
members. because a complete
report will be made of progress
regarding the big outdoors
event. Every child in Mount
Clemens and district will be in
vited to the big free picnic, at
which races, contests and other
events will be the feature. Adult
entertainment will also be pro-
vided.
This evenings meeting will
commence at 8 p. m.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-18
Ask Mandamus
Against Noe in
License Matter

The question as to whether
or not st. Clair Shores officials
will be taken to court to ex-
plain their failure to issue il
cense to the Blossom Health
Club recently. was being deter
mined in Detroit today by two
Justices of the State Supreme
Court. Henry Butzel and George
Bushnell, at sn ex-parte hear
ing requiring the presence of
only two justices.
The hearing was completed
before noon, with Benjamin j.
Safir, attorney." representing
Blossom Heath Inc. and George
j. Francis, Shores village attor-
ney, representing that body.
The justices instructed attor-
neys to get together this after
noon and draw up an order,
the details of which the justices
declined to discuss until the le-
gal technicalities have been
threshed out.
Attorney Safir, partner of
Ernest Goodman. (original at
torney in the case, who is now
on vacation,) said today that
an effort is being made to draw
up an order requiring Judge Noe
to reconsider his refusalto al
low the village case in his court,
with the possibility of mandam-
us proceedings to follow if Noe
still refuses to act.
Recently Judge Noe refused
Blossom Heath's request to take
the village into Circuit Court
to determine why they refused
to issue a club license.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-18
Two Matomb Soldiers
Now are Nazi (aptives

The names of two more Ma
comb County men appear on a
list of % Michigan soldiers re-
leased by the War Department
who have been. interned as
prisoners of war by the German
government. They are Tech. 5th
CIR. John B. Coddington, whose
mother, Mrs. Ca herine E.
Thomas, gives her address as
1928 Coolidge, Center Line.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-18
Claimed Support
of UP Entries
at Dem Convention

CHICAGO, July 18-(PJ-As
delegation caucuSes got under
way in earnest today in an effort
to settle on a running mate for
President Roosevelt, Associated
Press tabulations gave this tam
gible picture of the Vice PrsSl-
dental situation:
Pledged to Vice President
Henry A. Wallace: Iowa, 20
Minnesota, "a; Oregon, IA;
Washington, 10. Total, 76.
Claimed for Wallace: Cali
fornia, q (out of 52); Colorado,
~; Delaware, 8; Florida, 10;
Georgia, %; Michigan, 80; Mon
tana, 10; Pennsylvania, II; Wis
consin, 26 District of Columbia,
6. Total, 243.
Grand total of pledged and
claimed votes for Wallace, 3l9.
Needed for nomination, $50.
Pledged to James F. Byrnes
of South Carolina, Mississippi,
20.
This leaves a block Of 1877
votes in 35 states and the terri
tories unpledged and unclaimed
by any candidate.
Kentucky's "a votes are
pledged to Barley if he per-
mits his name TO be offered,
South Carolin as delegation,
with ID votes, decided to submit
Byrnes' name for the Vice Presi-
dental nomination and it is as
sumed that bloc will go for him
if his name is forwarded.
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Explosion
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~SS
part of the barracks. 1t wrecked
the Administration Building and
the camp was wrecked.
1T happened all of a sudden.
We were taken completely by
surprise and the next thing /
knew there were a lot of fell
lows lying around, moaning and
crying"
Scott himself appeared dazed
by the experience.
Sheriff J. r. Thornton of So
lano County estimated the in
jured at 1000.
bHUGE BOLT OF FLAME
Witnesses said the blast sent
a huge bolt of flame far into
the clear night sky, and then
came a conclusion so powerful
it was felt at San Jose, so miles
away at the other end of San
Francisco Bay.
Windows were smashed with
in a 20-mile radius. Many San
Franciscans thought they had
felt an earthquake. The Univer-
sity of California seismograph
recorded the shock as Of mod
crate intensity.
Rescue workers struggled with
debris choked roads and cur
tailed communications to evacu-
ate the hundreds or dead and
injured - including large
number of civilians - to jam
med hospitals at Martinez, the
Mare sland Navy Yard ID miles
away, and emergency hospitals
set up in American Legion halls
and virtually any building left
standing.
The peacetime population of
Port Chicago is $50, but has been
swollen by war workers employ
ed at the naval depot and at Mare
Island.
Many of those killed were be-
lieved occupants OF barracks