davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1945-09-20

This pair showed speed in their
initial starts last week.
Russardo Gets Revenge.
Russardo, carrying the colors of
Mrs. Sidney S. Zell OF Baltimore,
raced to a clean-cut score in the
mile-and-70-yard Helios Purse, yes
terday's headliner. avenging a re-
cent defeat through disqualification
Ridden by Nick Wall, Russardo
staged bold rush from the half
mile pole to score by two lengths
over G. r. Watkinss Cat Bridge
which came from we'll back to beat
P. j. Carey's Chicle Clown by a
similar margin.
Timed in l:461s over a slow track,
Russardo paid $4.90 for 81.
War Jeep Is Expected.
The Maine Chance Farms War
Jeep, if shipped here for the 5000
Potomac on Saturday, will rule a
heavy favorite for the Ia mile
event for 3-year-olds.
The dark horse of the race is the
improving The Doge, of Pentagon
Stable. This son Of Bull Dog and
My Auntie has ben a double
winner here. The Potomac Field
likely will consist Of no more than
eight starters.
H. M. Simpson of Washington
shipped eight horses today from
Bowie to Pascoag, R. I. He said he
would come back for the Charles
Town, W. Va, session December l.
% inclusive. Jockey Butsy Her.
nandez returned from New Orleans
where he went to attend his moth
er's funeral. Mrs. M. Elizabeth
Whitney of Llangollen, Va, is plan
ming on racing her stable in Califor-
MIA this winter. Trainer H. S.
Clark will take the Whitney racers
to the West Coast at the conclusion
of the Pimlico meeting.
Evening star., 1945-09-20
Spy Song Declared Out
OF Juvenile Handicap

Spy Song. Dixiana Stables crack
2-year-old, has been declared from
Saturdays $4,000 Juvenile Handi-
cap at Hawthorne Park in Chicago
No reason was given.
Some featured race winners yes
terday:
Belmont Park-Bankrupt won the Man
haitian Handicap 81. .30).
Narragansett Park-Wings won the En-
durance Handicap tS12).
Hawthorne-BuIgoo Maid won the For =
est Handicap tS4 .4O)
Hollywood Park-Widow Peak won the
$4,000 added Lassie Stakes (S4 S0(
Evening star., 1945-09-20
Monodru Held Likely Winner
Of Colin, Feature at Laurel

LAUREL, Md, Sept. 20.-William
L. Brann, master of Glade Valley
Farm near Frederick, is going to
have something vital to say about
the $4,000 Colin, today's 11/16-mile
feature, If Trainer Ed Christmas
sends Manadru postward.
Manadru, 3-year-old bay gelded
son of Challenger I'd and Society
Column, gave evidence of his class
last Friday when he picked up 100
pounds and, racing a mile and 1/l6
in 1:46Hs, was an easy winner over
such as Tagel. Cushlamacree. Lost
and Found, Sting Lea. Sun Dial,
Victim, Bombsight and Flange in
the order named.
If any horse whips Manadru 1t
likely will be Mrs. H. Werner's Friend
or Foe. or Miss r. Howie's Salvo
Evening star., 1945-09-20
Nelson No Golfer
To Hotel Clerk
Nv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
SPOKANE, Wash, Sept 90
With wins chalked up in II
tournaments, the Toledo, Ohio.
golf star, one of the favorites in
the Spokane Esmeralda Open,
paused at a hotel desk.
Il am Byron Nelson" he said.
II believe I have reservations
here"
Il am afraid not" said the
clerk. "All our rooms are being
reserved for the golfers"
Evening star., 1945-09-20
Cubs, D.; Cards, ]
TntaIs 35 6 30 IL

Totals 35 6 80 12 Totals 80 80 9
Ran for johnson in ninth.
IRAN for Livingston in tenth.
1Batted for Secory in tenth.
Stated for Dockins in tenth.
Chicago --------- 00o 9oo0 W. 33-4
st. Louis --------- Ooo ooo olo VI
Runs-sauer ostrowski, Schuster, Bo-
rowy, Dockins. Errors-Kurowski, Docklns'
Nicholson t2). Sacrifces-Dockins. Low
rey, schuster. Borowy. DoIble plays
Johnson and Cavarretta. Left on bases
of of Dockins. 3: off Borowy. ;; OF Burk.
hardt. |; of Lopstka, L. Struck ST. sno1t. opt.Hy
Hits-Of Dockins, in innings; .tnone
out in 10TH off Burkhardt. l in y in
ming: off Lopstka, o in p inning. Losing
CESS. Ballanfant, Henline. Pinelh: Time
go Attendance-26,SS (pafd).
Evening star., 1945-09-20
Fights Lost Night
By the Associated Press.

BY tne ASSOCIATED Press.
PITTSBURGH.-sam Ansott. 14o.
Washington, Pa. TKOd NBA Light
weight Champion Ike Williams. l36.
Trenton, N. J. 80. nontitle bout: Ossie
TKo'd Vic Dellicurti, 15s. New York
90.
LONG ISLAND. N Y-Andy Faison,
ISL, New York. outpointed Pat Gior-
dano, 40, Toronto l8). Victor Moreno,
39E7, Venezuela. outpointed Nunzio Fer
rara. 1455, Milwaukee uO).
NEW YORK-Danny KapiIov, 147,
Bronx, outpointed Phil Palmer, l43,
Montreal G0): Nick Primiani, 14Oa,
Montreal. outpointed Eddie Dowl,
1851, Newark (6).
ELIZABETH, N. Charlie Fusari,
l42A, Irvington, N. j., TKOd Al
Freda, 143A, Boston (3); Harry Pres
ton. 145h, New York, kayoed Jimmy
Cogman. 135, Newark %.
Evening star., 1945-09-20
Russo to Fiqht Jackson

BALTIMORE, Sept. 20 tP).-Fred-
die Russo of Railway. N. j., and
Leroy Jackson of Cleveland, who
together have lost only four fights
in the SO they have participated in,
will meet here Monday in the feature
10-round attraction of the Century
Athletic Clubs weekly ring show.
Evening star., 1945-09-20
Sets AA Mark for Control

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 20 R.-
Righthander John Whitehead OF
Toledo established an American As
sociation all-time record this season.
granting but IA walks in 157 in
nings for a 0.80 per cent average.
Evening star., 1945-09-20
Browns, 6-4;; Yonks, 5-3
FTP ET GAME
- - - -
Totals 43 13 80 IA

Totals 43 13 3ol4 Totals 80 10 80 8
'Batted for Robinson in eighth.
rBatted for Derry in tenth.
st Louis - OI0 1O3 600 IL
New York ---------- 020 0o3 600 0-5
Runs batted in-Gutteridge (2D, Robin
son 90. McQuinn. Schultz. Metheny.
Derry. Mancuso. Two-base hits-Gutter-
idse. Derry, Metheny Home runs-Rob-
inson, McQuinn. Winning pitcher-zoldak
Evening star., 1945-09-20
All Sports to Be Free

DELAWARE, Ohio, Sept. 20 (R).-
No admissions will be charged for
any intercollegiate athletic event at
Ohio Wesleyan University this year.
Free admission is being granted In
celebration of victory year.
Evening star., 1945-09-20
SECOND GAM

Totals 36 s 3O12 Totals 3s 10 80 16
sBatted for Schultz in ninth.
TBatted for Bevens in tenth.
St. Louis ----- 600 00l 101 IA
New York ---------- 600 03O 600 O-3
Runs batted in-Grimes, Stirnweiss t2).
Finnev, Stephens, Moore. Home runs
Grimes, Stirnweiss.
Evening star., 1945-09-20

CUBAN IN DEBUT Indian
Gomez, claimant of his coun-
try's middleweight boxing
championship, will fight Bee
Bee Washington, Districts
eighth ranking middleweight
contender, tonight's 10-round
feature bout at Turner's
Arena. Washington is ia
vored. The show inaugurates
Joe Turner's indoor boxing
season at the Arena.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-06

in Sc ustavila sredi ceste. L
njenih pogledov je zarel uzalje'
nj ponos. Nekaj hipov je molea-
la, v licih j je utripalo.
"Alena, odpuscam tt to Ia.
ljenje, ker 81 - otrok. zelim sa'
mo to, da ii ne dozivis ure, ka-
krsno sem dozivela JAZZ, in &C. jc
dozivis, ii zelim vsaj toliko sile,
kolikor je je bilo v meni, da
sem Sc dokopala S krvavecimi
prsti ma to visino, kjer sem sc.
daj - ponosna ma to, kar sem
ker sem sama IL sebe!"
Alena sc je sele sedaj zave.
dala ocitka, XII ga je nezavestno
izgovorila. Planila je k Minki in
jo prijela "a roko ter jecljala
"Odpusti, Minka, odpusti!'
Minka je drzala memo rokc
in govorila, kakor da ne bi sli.
sala prosnje.
Dalje prihodnjic)
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-06
ENAKoPRZvNOST

da pisati domov, ker ne venn, &c
Sc zivijo moji starsi. Zato Vas
prosim, dragi Slovenci, &c je
Yam mogoce poslati kako dari-
10, ker bonn incl v kratken do
pust Cd angleske armade, pa bi
rad zivel Sc enkrat po dolgem
stiri-letnem skrivanju in strahu.
"Draga gospa, oprostite mi,
ko Vam tako pisem kot berae,
ali Bog DO dal, da DO vojne ko-
nee in tudi Vasemu mozu, da bi
dal Bog sreco, da bi Sc vrnil ma
zaj zdrav in srecen.
'"Torej, gospa, sedaj skoncu-
jem to pismo in Vas srcno po-
zdravim in tudi Vasega sina in
vse Slovence, kateri prebivajo
tam v tistem kraju.
'"Ivan Ganc."
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-06

.tovo polnostevi1no udeleA te
svoje bratske prireditve, ker pri
skupnem delovanju je tudi 60
tov uspeh. Vljudno Sc ,vabi tu-
di clanstvo bratskih drustev in
cenjeno ob6instvo cd blizu in
dalec ma obilen poset. Kar Sc IL
&c postrezbe bo vsak posetnik
dobro in tocno postrezen. Ia
plesazeljne bo igrala izvrstna
godba pod vodstvom Hojerja,.
Ker so prostori dobro urejeni, Sc
piknik vrsi tudi v slucaju slabe-
ga vremena.
Torej ma veselo svidenje dne
10. junija ma vrtu Donna zapad-
nih Slovencev, 6818 Denison
Ave.
Pozdrav!
Joseph Miklus, tajnik.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-06
.red1likoVa
poSta
Pisno il Anglije

P1smo IL Angllje
Mrs. Pauline Blatnick, 1880
Babbitt Rd., je prejela pismo Cd
njej nepoznanega rojaka Ivana
Cane, XII je pobegnil il nemskega
ujetnistva in Sc pridruzil angle
Ski armadi. Pise il:
"Cenjena gospa:
'"Predno Vam Sc vec pisem, sc
Yam oprostim, ko Vas nadlegu-
jem tenn pismom, ker sem Vam
nepoznan.
"Porocam Yam, da sem sc Sc
znanil z Vasim mozem Ludvi-
kom, in mi je dal naslov Vasega
donna, ter mi je rekel, da maj
Yam pisem. JAZZ sem tudi Slove-
nee, donna sem liz Sevnice oh Sas
vi. Dobro mi je poznan Vas nek-
danji domaci kraj Novo mesto.
Rad bi YAM mnogo opisal, kako
je sedaj tam, ali pa sploh o cell
Jugoslaviji, kako so napravili
Nemci obupno in nemogoce "a
verjeti.
"Tako sem JAZZ re leta 1941 po
vojni Jugoslavijo zbezal v
gozd, kjer smo Sc borili "a naso
lepo domovino pod vodstvom
marsala Tita. Mozno je, da ste
ze kdaj po radiju slisali porocila
o jugoslovanskih partizanov. Po
prevelikem navalu Nemcev, sem
bill leta 1912 ujet in sem bill do
sedaj v nemskem ujetnistvu.
Konecno je napocila ura svobo-
de, da sem zopet zbezal il nasega
tabora in Sc pridruzil angleski
armadi, in tako sem prispel pred
kratkim v Anglijo, in sem raw
no v tistem kraju kot je Vas
MOI.
"On mi je mnogo povedal, ka-
ko lepo zivljenje je v Ameriki.
Tudi tukaj v Angliji nj slabo,
samo denarja je malo; "a An
gleza nj slabo, ker mu lahko po-
magajjo cd donna, ali meni sc ne
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-06
Jugoslovanom v
Clevelandu ma znanje

Ma pobudo Progresivnih Slo-
venk Sc je v Clevelandu izvolil
zdruzeni odbor, XII zastopa vse
iugoslovanske narodnosti.
Ia odbor bo sklical shod "a
II. junija t. |. v Slovenskem ma
rodnem domu ma St. Clair Ave.
Vzrok "a ia shod so meje svo-
bodne Jugoslavije, katere Sc Sc
daj risejo.
Vsi Jugoslovani, posebno pa
Slovenci, primorski, koroski, it'd.
81 maj rezervirajo ia dan.
Podrobnosti slcdijo. Zapomni-
te 81 dan II. junija t. |.
Ia publicijski odbor
Felix Strumbelj.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-06

ue memo to those who TIN huo
ohe
waters to ky carrier Chap
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-06
Piknik "Soee" ma
zapadni strani

Cleveland, Ohio. - V nede-
ljo, 10. junija priredi drustvo
"Soca" st. 26 SDZ svoj piknik
ma vrtu Donna zapadnih Sloven-
cev, 6818 Denison Ave. Price
tex oh 3. uri popoldne.
Clanstvo je proseno, da sc 60
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-06

IAS4Ad JC DAd ANCSoAo III III
prenesla postaricnega pogleda,
XII jo je srepo motril skoz OXEN
ce.
"Oprostite, sal res nj lepo, ko
sva sosedi, da me nj bilo. Po-
boljsala Sc bom!"
"Ne utegnete, a - seveda, mic
ne zamerim. Mlado srce i'm a
svoja pota, svoja - seveda!"
Erna il je hudomusno pome-
ziknila, da je Alena zardela in
Sc silno razveselila dveh kmetic,
XII sta prisli po opravku ma po-
sto.
INA svidenje, gospodiena Err
ma"
Alena nj utegnila seci po ro-
XII, katero j je Erna ponudila
skoz okence, tako razburjena je
odsla. Srce Sc il je razburilo in
jeza jo je trla.
"Zavist, bleda zavist! Mar ne
vem, zakaj to zbadanje? Vse so
enake. Mara nj mic boljsa. Cello
Smrekarica me drazi. Tako ne
umna nisem, da bi sc v vsakega
studenta zaljubila. - Ampak
sedaj vam nalasc Sc ponagajam.
&c hi ga pri tel priei srecala, z
roko v roki hi ga popeljala pod
Ernino okno. Nalasc!"
Aleni so zarela lica v mrzlem
vetru. Brez ella je hitela po ce-
sti, XII je bila re zmrzla. Pred
solo je zagledala Marc in Minko.
Mara sc je magic okrenila in od-
sla v Solo, Minka pa Sc il je pri-
druzila.
Mara tudi!' je pomislila Ale
ma, ker j je Mara hladno od-
zdravila in sc umaknila.
Exam gres, Alena?"
Alena je skomizgnila rame-
nj.
'Ne vem!"
Minka je opazila kipeco rde-
cleo v njenih licih. Oklenila je
roko krog meme in jo tesno stis-
Mia k sebi. "Pojdi z menoj! Str
nisko grem povabit ma Miklav-
zev vecer. Lepo vsoto je prispe-
vala "a darila revnim solari-
CAM"
"Grem," je odgovorila Alena
in sc stisnila k Minki kakor
otrok.
'Kaj tako hits III 81 VISA raz-
burjena, Alencica." Minka il je
pogledala dobrohotno v zarece
oci, da sc je Alena razveselila.
"Ah!" je vzdihnila Alena.
Obe sta potem molcali. Ko sta
re prisli S koz vas in Sc je "a
Plankarjem costa zavila skoz
molcece polje, je spregovorila
Minka:
"Alena, razodeni mi, kaj ii
je. &c mi zaupas! Ako mi ne,
bodi prepricana, da nisem rado-
vedna."
"Verjemi, Minka, da prav "a
prav sama ne vem, cemu sem sc
razburila. Domov namrec nisem
odgovorila takoj ma pisma -
in cato je prislo danes tako ia
lostno in skrbi polno pismo cd
name, da sem kar nesrecna."
Minka nj takoj mic rekla. Sa-
mo karajoce je pogledala Aleno
in spet sta nekaj trenutkov mol
cali.
"Alena," je spregovorila Min
ka in bridek vzdih je bill v tel
besedi. "Ti 81 otrok in ne YES,
kaj imas, ko imas mamo. Da bi
jo JAZZ Sc imela in hi jo samo
enkrat Sc mogla objeti!"
Minka 81 je otrla z rutico oci.
"Toda Sc nekaj te muci, ljuba
dusa. Samo zaradi tega nisi ta-
ko razburjena."
"Vsi me drazijo, vsi nagaja-
jo."
"zakaj?"
"Zaradi Bresta!"
NAZNANJAMO. da smo q
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-06

''Erna, Smrekarica, Mara -
vsi me zbadajo. Kakor da sem
institutka. Kaj sc toliko brigajo
zane! o, vem, sama zavist, gr-
da zavist! Toda povem ii, da
bonn poslej nalasc ocitno hodila
z MIN, prav nalasc, da jih bonn
jezila."
"Tega ne govoris il modrosti!
To je jeza, to je strast. Tega ne
storis!"
"Storim!"
Alena je korakoma udarila z
nogo oh trdo cesto.
I'm &c zapravis svoj MIR"
mir? Torej tudi ii sodis ta-
ko, tudi ii mislis, da sem ta-
ka?"
mic ne sodim. Vem pa, da "a
igraeo tvoje srce nj. In &c sto-
krat tajis, utajila ne bos, da 81
re vznemirjena, in vznemirjen je
tudi on. Pomisli, ali te to vodi k
cilju - ali te vodi v nesreco."
Ko je Minka pogledals oh ta-
XII sodbi Aleni v oci, kakor bi il
prodirala yprasujoce v duso,
Alena nj vzdrzala pogleda. Ner-
vozno Sc je igrala z resam m i
ogrinjace, in nejevolja il je 81
jala Z obraza.
"Minka!!' Alena je gledala
precise ma cesto, potem dvignila
glavo in Sc ozrla proc cd prija-
teljice gozd oh cesti.
"Minka," je ponovila Sc en-
krat in glas il je bill nenavadno
teman, skoro zadircen.. "Povej
mi, zakaj ste TAXI. Tudi tt nisi
drugacna, nikar mi ne zameri!
Taxi ste namrec vsi, da vec We
ste o meni nego JAZZ sama."
''Zato smo TAXI, ker imamo oci.
Ljubezen jih nina, je slepa."
Alena je izmeknila Minki ro-
ko in je odlocno stopila ma dru-
go stran ceste.
me vem, ali je to hudobno
ali je neumno. Toda to vem do
bro, da tako natolcevanje pre-
povem, tudi tebi prepovem, da-
81 te spostujem in te imam ra-
da"
Minka je sla "a MO preko ce-
ste in jo prijela vnovic "a roko.
Alena il je dovolila in gledala v
gozd, XII je molil gole, mrtve We
je pod sivo zimsko nebo.
"Puneka moja,' je pricela
mehko in iskreno. "Po-
slusaj odkritosrcno besedo pri-
jateljice! Nj treba, da hi bila
nicemurna zato, &c yes, da 81
dekle v fari. &c Sc po-
tenn mladenic, kakor je Brest,
zate bolj nego "a druge,
ali nj to naravno? Ali nj takisto
naravno, da ubogo, nervozno
Emo nekako jezi ze sam tvoj
pojav, tvoja mladost? Ali nj
nujno, da je Mara, "a katero sc
je Brest zanimal pref, uzaljena,
ko vidi tebe - in vidi MEGA?
Ali nj to nujno?"
''Kajne, da nj bilo tako med
Marc in Brestom? o, JAZZ sem
magic ugenila!!"
"Poglej, draga moja, to je
dokaz, da nisi vec mir
ma"
"Zakaj?" je vprasala Alena
in sklonila glavo ter pogledala
prijateljico.
"Zato, ker te izdaja vsaka
kretnja, oci, lice, vse. Prav zato
te svarim. Ko hi bila preprica-
na, da gres sreei naproti - po-
tenn bi drugace govorila. Razo-
denem tt, nerada, toda il lju-
bezni in razodenem: tudi JAZZ
SEM ze bita prevarana :"
"Prevarana? Torej 81 nesrec-
no ljubila - in odtcd tvoj soci-
alizem!!" j,
"Alena!"
Minka ie izpustila memo roko
Evening star., 1945-04-19

it all through long acquaintance
ship. Like Ernie, he acquired fame,
but you never thought of that in all
the time you've known him, not in
his presence. The two of them al
ways liked humanity and copied it
to be human. Meredith's affection
has been the Shower, or maybe one
just associates showiness with actors
and not with Ernie Pyle. Actors gen.
orally, We mean, because Meredith
has no self-consciousness that we
ever knew.
x* +
1t was characteristic of both to be
surprised at their rise to fame.
Ernie expressed it constantly in his
columns. Meredith did it with un-
forgettable realism, and Just as
much simple eloquence on one occa-
sion. That was when some one asked
him one day what he felt about his
sudden pre-eminence, first on the
stage, later on the radio and screen.
How do / feel about it?" Mere
dith repeated. Look, when I was
walking the streets looking for job
without dime in my pocket to buy
a cup of coffee. I used to tell myself
that sort of thing could not last for
ever. I don't think this will either"
Ernie could not have said it bet
ter, and We think that is why we
thought of Meredith when Cowan
asked his question about casting the
part.
But perhaps the actors who did
not get the Ernie Pyle role will turn
out to be the lucky ones.
We shall have to see the picture
before we admit that. however.
Evening star., 1945-04-19
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage.
National-"The Searching Wind:
$3.50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"Mr. Emmanuel: II am.
LAS, 4:40, 7:25 and 1915 pm. Stage
Shows: los, 1855, GAS and 9:35 pm.
Colum b bia-"Thunderhead": II
am, 12:45, 2:35, 4:20, 6:10, 8 and
9:45 pm.
Earle-"A Song to Remember II
am, 1:50, 4:30, tbs and 9:55 pm
Stage shows: lilo, 1855, 6:35 and
9:20 pm.
Sudan: 1850 am, 1855,
3:55, 5:55, 8 and 10 pm.
Little-"Roberta":: II am, 1:10,
3:15, 5:25, 7:35 and 9:45 pm.
Metropolitan-"Hotel Berlin: IL
am, ITO, 3:20, 5:25, 7:35 and Gas
pm.
Palace-"A Tree Grows in Brook
lyn": l1:10 am, las, 4:20. 6:55 and
9:30 pm.
"Ultimatum":: 3, 5:45, TBS
and 1910 pm.
Trans L News and shorts
Continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1945-04-19
By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.
James Gains novel, "The Post
man Always Rings Twice" will
finally be made into a picture. It
will star Lana Turner and John
Garfield. Alice Faye will aban-
don her semiretirement to play in
Fallen Angel" June Haver
gets to play a straight dramatic
role in Enchanted Voyage"
Plans for There Goes Iona Henry"
are in the uncertain stage because
its star, Loretta Young, is antici-
pating a baby. The accent is
heavy on whodunits at Warmers.
Twelve mysteries are planned for
the coming year. frankie Carle
Is the latest Of the band maestros
to sign for pictures. He will appear
in musicals at RKO. Dorothy
Mcclure and Robert Young revert
to their previous roles in Claudia
and David" sequel to Claudia"
. j. Edgar Hoover has okayed
the script for Nov It Can Be Told"
an FBI story which will be filmed
by Goth Century Fox. William
Eythe and Lloyd Nolan will star.
Mark Hellinger will produce pic
ture based on the life Of Will Rogers.
. Joan Blondell's option was
lifted at 20th-Fox. Small wonder
Evening star., 1945-04-19

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were not much help. Burgess Mere
dith we kept saying. That was
deeply discouraging to Cowan. Mere
dith was in the Army Air Forces at
the time. It looked as if he would
remain there. Mr.. Cowan would say
he wished we would bemore helpful
and we would try, but we just could
not think Of any one. James Glea-
son? No. Gary Cooper? No. Who,
then? Burgess Meredith. Many
others said the same thing to Cowan.
Ernie was here shortly after his
deal with Cowan. At luncheon one
day we asked him who he thought
should play Ernie Pyle in the picture
which has since come to be called
STORY of G. I. joe" He said he
didn't know and the only thing he
really cared about was that it should
not be a heroized part. He added
that there should be group of cor
respondent characters in the screen
play and that he should be just one
of them, that the story should be
about the fellows who fought the
war, not guy who just wrote it. Be-
cause he was sure his friend Les
Cowan would treat the book that
way, he had sold it to him for SIS, 900,
although he probably could have got
much more for the rights from
some one else.
We told Ernie he was not being
much help in casting the picture.
He safd he guessed not but that was
Cowan's job and he was sure the
latter would do it all right.
A considerable time elapsed with
occasional word that CoWan was
still looking for some one to play
Ernie in STORY of G. I. joe" AS
Ernie said, it was his problem, not
yours, so you did not pay much at
tention.
Then one night, the phone rang
1t was long distance and Cowan was
shouting across the country from
Hollywood that miracle had hap
pened; that the Army was going to
release Meredith and he would be
available to play Ernie in the picture.
Cowan talked lot of dollars worth
about how wonderful it was and we
said it was wonderful, too.
NOC until yesterday when WOrQ
came of Ernie's death did we really
think why we kept suggesting Mere
dith to impersonate him and refused
to accept a substitute. And when
we started thinking about it, some
surprising angles popped up.
Looking back upon the whole
thing, the idea of Meredith seems
originally to have been based pri-
marily upon the fact that, like
Ernie, he is not handsome. He is
also about the same size, heavier
and with more hair, but still un-
glamorous physically as Ernie al
ways knew he was. Ernie did not
mind being that way and neither
does Meredith, although the latter
is in a profession which can make
profitable use of mere ornateness.
But that was not enough to justify
thinking only of Meredith in con-
nection with the part Cowan was
trying so hard to cast just right.
Actually, their alikeness is deep
er thing. Comparing them, one finds
a lot of other, better similarities.
One liked Ernie long before he was
known beyond a negligible circle of
acquaintances here, or had any wisp
Of fame in prospect. Meredith had
the same likeability and he has kept
Evening star., 1945-04-19
H'WOOd in a Few Words

after "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" !"
Universal Is moving into the
upper brackets with special produc-
ton plans for Merle Oberon, Ella
Raines and others to be gowned by
Travis Banton, designer who helped
make Gloria Swanson, Carole Lom-
bard and Kay Francis famous as
dressers. A cocktail party hon.
Evening star., 1945-04-19
Ia THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
~.
Meredith Choice of Friends
Of Both to Play Ernie Pyle
By Jay CARMODY.

Movie Producer Lester Cowan
purchased
Your " - 80 -
things are called in the movies would
OF
death the Pacific
Evening star., 1945-04-19
'ShadoWY Part

The following wire from Bur-
CESS Meredith was received to-
day:
"It's hard to know why with
all that he is going through the
CT has to lose his two best
friends all in a week. I am
proud, of course, to have played
even a shadowy part of Ernie"
Evening star., 1945-04-19

|ored Banton this week, his own wife
Ia model Of smart dressing in black
short sleeves chiffon cocktail dress.
huge black lace hat with lace hang
ing in fringe over the brim.
Look at the casualty list in this
paper-then decide how many War
Bonds you should buy!