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Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03
Reds 10 Stick
ByFrdnkensteen
Say Foe Tricked Him
Into Denunciation

Although accusing Richard T
Frankensteen, nominee for mayor
of making harmful concessions
in denying that he is a Communist
Carl Winter, state chairman OF tho
Communist party. announced to-
day that his organization viii
continue to suppor Mayor JeGries
opponent.
Until Frankenstecn sue
cumbed 10 Red-baiting, he made
considerable contributions 10
the fight against Fascist hate
mOngering groups in Detroit
the Communist leader declared
In statement.
by falling into this trap, he
reveals his failure Ia learn the
costly lessons of The fight
against Hitlerism as well a. the
lessons of the defeat of progress
sive forces In the last munich
pal election.
Despite Frank en- : teens
harmful concessions 10 reactions
airy provOcatiOn, DctrOitS for
ward-looking citizens must not
permit weakening of the
lAbOr-progresSive coalition.
strengthened unity of this
coalition, capable of resisting
further divisiVe influences. il
essential to all future progress
In our community a. well as for
an election victory over reac-
tiOn on Nov. g."
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03
Strike Ties Up
Tire Production

Tire production for new auto
mobiles was halted in the press
room building of u. S. Rubber
Co. today by strike of $50
workers who demand a higher
wage rate.
Three hundred workers are en-
ployed in the struck division that
handles the vital curing process.
The strikers, members of Local
102, ClO United Rubber Workers,
started the waikout on the day
shift yesterday. About 90 of the
100 on shift left their jobs, fol-
lowed by 90 on the second shift.
All of the 100 on the third shift
failed TO work last night. They
did not organize picket lines.
No other department was i'm
mediately affected by the stop
page
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03
THE DETROIT TIMES CO
- Nov lq45
State Bar
Elects

Ben O. Shepherd of oil Ridge,
Crosse Pointe, was elected presi-
dent of the State Bar of Michigan
at concluding sessions late yester-
day Of the 10th annual two-day
convention in the Book-Cadillac
Hotel.
Other officers are Laurent X.
Varnum, Grand Rapids, first vice.
president; Harry G.. Gault. Flint,
second vice-president; Frank II.
BooS, of s. Lewiston, Crosse
Polnte, secretary, and Carl II.
Smith, Bay City, treasurer.
The organization met with the
Michigan Association Of Circuit
Court commissioners and earlier
heard addresses. including that OF
John NJ Hudson, SAL Seyburn,
chairman of the tate Bar COM
mlttee on taxation.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03
Isbey Predicts
Success Of Loan

Frank y. ISbey, chairman of
the Michigan Finance Committee,
unheSitatingly predicted % d y
that every county IN the state
would meet or surpass its quota
in the Victory Loan drive.
His enthusiastic statement came
with a report of S9,554.225 in
bond. sales for the first two days
of the campaign. MIchigans goal
is S16l, ,000. 900
Spearheading the drive yester-
day were rallies IN SO Detroit
plants Isbey said in addition to
organized drives in SIS schools
and by many business and labor
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03
Wife'S Sick:
SO Is Shick

please let me out. Judge Ny
wife, Cecilia, is at deaths door
with pneumonia"
DoBald VI. Shick. serving nine
months in the House Of Correction
for non-payment Of alimony 20 q
former wife. wrote thlS touching
appeal a few days ago 10 Circuit
Judge Robert NJ. Toms
But he had failed 10 check with
Cccclla. Today picture Of health.
she appeared before Judge Toms
seeking a divorce from Shck.
She was given her freedom.
ShlCk wasn't.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03
.PauI T. Rankin

Assistant Superintendent of Schools
the few in world
something Voting is
great privilege. 1t is also a great responsibility
Every really good citizen will his ballot in the
election and at every other election"
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03

Endorsements of The Detroit Times campaign to get
the uote" NoU. folIolD:
AArthur Dondineau
Superintendent of Detroit Public Schools
Surveys only 80 per cent of the qualified
in the nation vote regularly.
public schools teach the importance of voting and the
of every qualified voter casting his her ballot
election day.
whOIehearted in accord with the efforts of The Detroit
Times to get all voters TO the polls Tuesday"
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03
German Sentenced

NEW YORK, Nov. 2 INS)-
Thomas NJ. German, 40-year-old
Broadway playboy, has been fined
$4,000 and sentenced to 3ia years
in jail on a charge Of income tax
evasion amounting TO S946. 706.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03
Admits Mail Theft

Harry .. Smith. ~. former
letter carrier, of 347 w Nine Mile.
Ferndale. was free under $500
bond today after pleading guilty
before L. s Commissioner George
Read 10 charges Of stealing from
the mails.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03
Escapes De- eath

ANCHORAGE. Alaska Noy O.
PFC. 5 L. LATER Of 2egO Monterey.
Detroit was one of TWO CrDwmrn
who escaped death ,&hcn q C-1f
army transport crashed near here
Monday killing five Tn" twJ
survivors and thc five bodies were
brought 10 Fort Richardson.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03
HOLDUP AT 3 4. VI.

Dadas said ChiyaS was in the
club the night Of the holdup when
three men appeared al the door
Al 3 m. One pushed the door
man Phil Chris. back into the
club al gun point
DadaS said he surrendered his
wallet containing S275 and then
a second bandit entered forcing all
in the club 10 lie on the floor.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03
Dol Leaders Back the Times Vote Drive

all protect American Of free govern
and people everywhere.
heritage free government is the
right self Of all citizens elections whether
they be village, city state national Our American system
of will remain long
the candidates their choosing This
that citizen regardless of creed political aatOn,
should
There better for the citizens of Detroit TO show
their appreciation fighting than for each do his
duty TO maintain and promote free Your first duty
to vote Nov. g.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03
MET IN RESTAURANT

DadaS testified that two weeks
before the holdup he met Selik
and FleiSher, but had known Ma
honey 20 years and Gf1ivas sew
eral years. The melting occurred
when the four had lunch with
him at a nearby restaurant.
DadaS said Selik took him aside
and said he had some friends in
serious trouble and needed money,
and DadaS offered a $500 dia-
mnnd ring and $500 IN cash which
Selik refused.
why did YOU offer these:
Special Prosecutor Kim Sigief-
asked.
Because Pete was friend
and these men were hiS friends.
thought would help if 1
could. fJadaS answered
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03
Dddds Identifies
One Club Bandit
BY JAMES MELTON

PONTIAC, Nov. . James Da-
das, just out OF hospital, was the
first prosecution witness Today IN
the robbery armed trial Of five
Detroit hoodlums charged with
the S7OO holdup last Dec 2 Of
Dadas' 'Aristocrat Club.
Dadas identified Henry LukS. a
convict and state witness, as
one of the robbers. DadaS, how
ever. said he could not positively
identify William Candy David
son.
Davidson was arrested in Holly
wood and accused as the mob S
trlggerman. Other defendants are
Harry Fleisher, Mike Sellk, re-
puted Purple gangSter Pete Ma
honey, and Sam ChiyaS a former
professional boxer.
Evening star., 1945-03-18
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
Dorothy Donegan, sensational pi-
anist who made swing history at the
Zanzibar, Broadway night club,
opened this week on Fifty-second
street, at the Three Deuces, one of
the ranking centers of hot jazz.
Most popular tune sung by Jane
Froman at the Copacabana is a
satirical ditty entitled Glare Boothe
Luce" BY odd coincidence, a
completely different tune with iden-
tical subject matter is used by Ce-
leste Holm at the Persian Room, it's
called Glare De Lune."
Victor Borge is back at the WAL
dorf Astoria Wedgewood Room
-. Also Fred and Elaine Barry. who
are doubling from the Mike Todd
hit, up in Central Park" The
latter, incidentally, crossed $59,771
in its first nine performances.
Evelyn Knight, at the Blue Angel,
is the current cafe delight, singing
such old timers as Grandfather S
Clock" in an insinuating rhythmic
style. Very effective, too. .. Broad
way designers are evolving signs of
comparative glitter even in the
midst OF the current gloomy brown
out. A plastic material described
as "colored mirrors that bend" al
ready is being used in some signs,
notably the huge Astor Theater dis
play.
Contributing to the glamour of the
Storks Cub Room, Champagne
Room at Ell Morocco and other
hangouts:- Lauren Bacall, Humphrey
Evening star., 1945-03-18
Love Scene Caught
By Keyhole Camera
By the Associated Pres.

HOLLYWOOD.
Many people are addicted to
peeking through keyholes, but few
get paid for it.
Rene Clair, the French director,
has made 1T pay of. He has had
keyhole scenes in several of his
pictures. Recently. he spent two
days peering his camera through an
diversified keyhole to observe love
scene between June Duprez and
Louis Hayward in Ten Little In
dians."
Evening star., 1945-03-18
Art Takes on Substance

What makes you think it isn't
still gambling house,"
! Billy Rose, who often has been
called the Bantam ziegfeld," now
/ has the same Office from which the
late Florenz ziegfeld ran his elab-
crate musicals. 1t is located in the
Zlegfeld Theater, which Rose now
oWns-conSummati of a long
dream-and has the sort of decor
usually confined to the more expen-
sive day dreams of Hollywood de-
Signers-inch-thick rug, massive di-
vans and comfortable chairs and a
desk that really is not a desk but an
antique Irish wine table.
Todd Goes for Size.
MichaeI 1'odd's headquarters also
is former private residence just
off Fifth avenue, Stanford White
designed, 25-room, 6-story affair
1t once was the headquarters of
Nine. Frances, one of the best
known theatrical costumers during
the ziegfeld era.
One of the wealthiest men in the
theater, John Golden has very mod
est Offices over the st. James Thea
ter, home of "Oklahoma!" Vinton
Freddy has suite of smartly-de-
signed, richly accoutred Offices on
the 5lst floor of Radio City. Gilbert
Miller, George Abbott, Horace
Schmidlapp occupy extremely busi-
ness-like suites in the same build
ing
Herman Shumlin sticks to his
headquarters on Forty-second
street over the Selwyn Theater, al
though the legitimate theater no
longer is seen on that famous thor
oughfare.
The Shuberts, Lee and j. j., have
their Offices above the famous Shu-
oert alley, where not only their own
productions are directed, but those
of several other producers who
function under their veteran aegis.
Albert de Courville, Edward Choate
and Clifford Fischer Howard Lind
say and Russell Grouse operate
from the Hudson Theater; Max
Gordon from his suite over the
Lyceum Theater.
Billy Rose, Mike Todd and the
Shuberts direct their activities
from their homes as well as their
offices. They have direct lines from
their residences to their business
switchboards and almost always be-
gin their day before breakfast, die
tating and transacting business
with their secretaries by phone.
Evening star., 1945-03-18
b the Associated Press.

NEW YORK.
Once, most theatrical producers
visible holdings were a sturdy shoe
string, desk space in cheap Broad
way Office building and a glib sales
talk for the benefit of prospective
angels.
While there still are few shoe
string operators around the theatri-
cal premises, most of the legitimate
stages active managers have as
sumed a solidity and financial dig
nifty to rival a bank presidents. The
larger operators, such as the Thea
ter Guild, John Golden, Mike Todd,
Billy Rose, George Abbott, ct al,
now have business methods, or at
least careful quasi-gambling styles
which operate with all the anxious
concern of a general store pro-
prietor or the peacetime financial
vigilance of a Monte Carlo casino.
Guild Quarters Lush.
The most impressive organization
the Theater Guild now occupies a
huge mansion just off Fifth avenue
where a beehive of play readers,
talent scouts, auditors, executives
and Office help gives more the ap-
pearance of a hustling insurance
firm than dealers in the esthetic
commodities of the stage Built be-
fore the last war and known for
years as the "Burke-Roche man
sion" it was subsequently a social
club for White Russians, the Mil
lionaries Club, a rehearsal head
quarters for the ballet theater and
a gambling joint.
Reminded of its roulette and dice
rolling history. Lawrence Langner,
one of the directors of the guild,
SAYS.
Evening star., 1945-03-18
BY Harold Hefernan.

was almost the end. OF course it
wasn't till three or four years later
when Fox Film and Goth Century
merged and they bought up my
contract. that the shine began to
wear thin enough to see through.
Then I became free lance and
made bigger money than I had at
Fox. ! still felt pretty smart.
"One morning woke up. I
checked on the company 1 was
running with and realized I wasn't
in the big time any more I ate
at the same places and saw the
same people at the fights and the
ball game, but l wasn't working
with them in pictures. l was doing
those quick ones and my salary
was going down slowly, but down
Just the same
Il went to New York. I'd re-es-
tablLsh myself on the stage and
then those talent scouts would be
on my tail again. I was lucky.
got the lead opposite Ethel Mer-
man in hit show, Panama Hattie.
I played it 78 weeks on Broadway
and on the road. But no talent
scouts. Don't they have them any
more?
We'll that wasn't good. so I
Evening star., 1945-03-18
HOLLYWOOD.

Jimmy Dunn, Hollywood's out
standing forgotten man." speaks up
today.
After scoring one of the most
thrilling comebacks the screen has
known, Jimmy is in position to
offer sage advice to ladies and gents
who become inflicted with inflated
ego And he does
Take it easy" says Jimmy
When you hit the top, look out for
false friends. backslappers and
sycophants. Always remember that
you're merelW guest in Hollywood
and your stay is limited
The other night in New York
his home town-they rolled out the
big green carpet at the Roxy The
ater just for Jimmy.
Dunn, the man who had become
screen star in Bad Girl" IA years
ago. had come back. He'd come
back as Johnny Nolan in "A Tree
Grows in Brooklyn" He had a fat
goth Century-Fox contract in his
pocket and the world was his
| Friends-more and more of them
as the picture goes into additional
theaters-tell him how good he is,
seek his company. He's in demand
| for advertising tie-ups. Heavy four
figured salaries for personal appear
ances are his if he can find time
Everything Is wonderful. Every
thing moves at top speed.
He Remembers the Past.
It's fine with Jimmy He likes it
But actually he's not too much i'm
pressed.
You see, it all happened before,
the 6-foot Irishman with the genial
smile explains. When I had the
good luck to do Bad Girl right at
this same studio IA years ago.
L took so many bows following
the release of that picture, I devel-
oped muscles like iron where that
hinge in your back comes The first
few thousand times people slapped
me on the back and told me how
wonderful I was, I laughed it off
After that, though, began to Won
der if maybe I wasn't something
special, little different-and bet
ter-than a lot of other actors
THAT was the beginning of what
Evening star., 1945-03-18

Nolan and the others-knew it was
going to be a grand picture. And,
fortunately, the man who knows the
answer to the $64 question, John
Public, says it's fine picture, too. "
Dunn belongs to that small group
Of top-notch players who broke into
pictures as an extra. Without
knowing soul there. he walked into
Paramount's Long Island studio one
day in 1927. The casting director
gave him a small role, liked his
work in it and gave him steady work
as an extra for the next four years.
Made 30 Pictures.
/ He was graduated from extra
ranks in 1881, receiving a contract
at Fox. His first picture as a con-
tract player was Bad Girl" In the
ensuing five years he played in ap-
proximately 80 films, among them
over the Hill" which started a
cycle of mother pictures. He in
creased his popularity by playing
Shirley Temples father in several
pictures.
So Jimmy's back on top. His
studio has brought another wish to
fulfillment by casting him in a
musical and he's once more in the
big money.
But it's different this time" he
grins Its wonderful and the peo.
pile all mean the nice things they
say. It's fun to stop in front of the
Derby to sign autographs and I like
the Class Al treatment Nich
Janios, the maitre at the studio cafe
gives me-
But there's something Vic Ma.
ture once said that always try tt
keep in mind. It was: Sex is here
to stay. You're not
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Alliance, 1nc.)
Evening star., 1945-03-18

came back to Hollywood to investi-
gate personally. And still nothing
happened. That made Mrs Dunn's
boy a pretty sad Irishman.
Some One Did Remember.
And then it did happen. Gloria
Grafton, kid I'd known when she
was in Panama Hattie put in
her 2 cents worth while she was
waiting in the casting Office at
Goth Century-Fox. They'd been
looking for the man to play
Johnny Nolan and when the sub
ject came up Gloria spoke her
piece.
I'D felt all along, ever since I'd
read Betty Smiths book, that I was
made for the part, but I just
couldn't put in a bid for it.
guess it was pride and probably
fear that they'd say no, because
l wouldn't let my manager speak
either.
But that wonderful day came
when the studio called me about a
test. I made it with Peggy Ann
Garner and finer actress than that
l3-year-old you'll never find. The
rest is in the book. We all-Dor-
othy MCGUIRE, Joan Blondeil, Lloyd
Evening star., 1945-03-18
Today's Schedules
NATIONAL THE Studen

NATIONAL - The Student
Prince: 2::30 and $50 pm.
CAPITOIr"Keep Your Pow
der Dry: 1:50, 4:3O, tbs and
10 pm. Stage shows: 1:20, 3:55,
6:45 and $50 pm.
COLUMBIA-"Keys of the
Kingdom: 1:20, 4, $40 and
9:25 pm.
EARLE-"Practically Yours:
12:45, 3:05, $40, 7:45 and 10
pm. Stage shows: 2:30, 4:50,
ITO and 9:25 pm
KEITH'S - Murder, My
Sweet: 1:25, 3:35, $40, 7:50
and 10 pm.
LITTLE - The Rainbow:
/, 3:05, 5:15, 7:30 and $40 pm.
METROPOLITAN - "Torrid
Zone: 1875, 3:35, 5:35, 7:35 and
$40 pm.
PALACE-"Ill Be Seeing
You: /, $40, 5:25, 7:35 and
$50 pm.
PIx-"Safari": 2:15, S, 7:45
and 1920 pm.
TRANS-LUX - News and
Shorts. Continuous from pm.
Evening star., 1945-03-18
Even Dummies
of Stars Keep
Their Shapes
Ey the Associated Press.

..... HOLLYWOOD.
Bette Davis is covered with thick
cotton patches, Alexis Smith is get
ting some OF the stuf1lng knocked
out of her, while Rosalind Russell
and Andrea King lie fiat on their
faces, gathering a bit of dust on the
wardrobe shelves.
These wardrobe dummies, used
for all fittings but the last one on
all garments for these four stars,
are the last word in who weighs
what. Bette's patches signify that
the queen of the lot has put on a
few pounds since her latest film
and is now ready for Stolen Life. ~
Alexis Smith has lost weight, and
consequently cotton stufhng has
been subtracted from the gauze
torso in the right places before she
gets fittings for her next role.
Study of the dummies discloses
that some stars keep the same
weight and measurements for long
periods; others vary considerably
between pictures,
Evening star., 1945-03-18
Star Making His Trade
By Sheilah Graham .

grew. Now" Bill went
on, whenever Gail finds new
conner in her pictures she goes out
of her way to help her-she feels
she is repaying her debt to Ginger.
She's so loyal! When called her
to say I was directing Our Hearts
Were Growing Up,' she actually
cried. She's sincere. And I'm not
giving you Hollywood baloney."
The greatest function of dra.
matte coach, according to Russell,
is to be prop to the budding
player, a sort of crutch they can
throw away when ready to stand
alone. Diana Lynn. at first, was
very dependent on Bill-"But one
day." he tells me, Il was out OF town
when a radio show came up for her.
and she had to do it alone. And
found she could And she hasn't
needed coach since. Diana has the
jump on most of the others. Shes
concert pianist, and that gives
her poise, timing and pep"
Brown Liked Tests.
James Brown was brought to Par
amount and Russell by Henry Will
son, former agent. At that time
Jimmy, tennis champ, wanted to
be a singer with band, but he
made test with Russell-"He liked
it because she got to kiss each girl"
One of them was Martha ODris-
coll. Bills latest job as talent coach
was preparing the sincere, un-
actor -ish Joan Cauldfleld" for her
first screen role in Miss Susie
Slagle's."
Russell is handsome enough to be
film star himself He is tall and
dark and broad -shouldered. He Is SO
years old, was at Paramount as dia-
logue director from 1884 to 1910,
from then on talent coach and test
director, until his recent elevation
to director. Before coming to
Hollywood, Bill acted in little thea
ters and stock companies and was in
the Pageant of Transportation" at
the 1888 Chicago Worlds Fair. He
was born in Indiana, is married, and
has two small children
| Bill sums up his Hollywood ex-
perience with THE best actress
does not win the Academy Award
it's the best part" He's got some
thing there.
| (ReleaSed by North American Newspaper
| Alliance)
Evening star., 1945-03-18
Gallant Gypsy
Rises to Height
After Mishap
Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK.

/
NEW YORK.
Gypsy Markoff, accordionist-sin-
ger who survived the Lisbon Clipper
crash in which the Russian singer,
Tamara, and several other died,
enters a new phase of her career a
week from tomorrow when she
makes her concert debut at Town
Hall.
The exotic musician, familiar to
many supper club audiences all over
the country, astounded her friends
when she refused to toss aside her
accordion despite the fact that the
second and third fingers on her left
hand, the two most important in
accordion basses, are paralyzed.
Miss Markoff perfected a new
technique which permits almost as
much digit agility with her thumb
and two other fingers. Since her
shoulder and spinal tendon were
broken, she also has to hold the
instrument higher on her neck.
Her Town Hall program will in
clude such disparate numbers as
LISTS Second Hungarian Rhap-
sody' and Blues and Boogie- Woo
oie