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Evening star., 1945-12-14

producer TO use the theme, eSpe-
cially just before Christmas. when
he is under the major mental strain
OF trying to think how to buy his
way through a Christmas list.
AT any rate, mistaken identity is
back as a motion picture idea, this
time In Pardon My Past. which
yesterday became the Earle's pre-
Christmas attraction. It has Fred
MacMurray, Marguerite Chapman
Akin Tamiroff, several other nor
mally gifted players. and so much
confusion that 1t looks toward the
end as II several terrific mistakes
are going to be left hanging. 1t
Will have to be granted, however
that a number of authentic comedy
passages come into the hero's pres
ent on the way to getting his past
Strengthened out.
OF MacMurray's competence to
play twin brothers, Columbia Pic
lures and Producer Leslie Fenton
Evening star., 1945-12-14

Stage shows: los, $50, $50 and
9:15 pm.
Coiumbia-"Our Vines Have Ten
der Grapes: 11:15 am, 1:20, 3:20,
5:25, 7:25 and $3.50 pm.
Earle-"Pardon My Past: II am,
ITO, 3:15, 5:25, 7:35 and 9:45 pm.
HippOdrome-"The Chess Player:
2:10, Ass, 7:35 and 1910 pm.
Keith's-"Frontier Gal":: 11:5O
am, 1:50, $50. $50, 7:50 and $50
pm.
Little-"Thousands Cheer: 11:10
am, 1855, 4:25, 7:05 and 9:45 pm.
Metropolitan - appointment in
Tokyo: 1880 am, /, $40, 5:25, 7:35
and 9:45 pm.
Palace-"What Next, Corp. Har-
grove?": 11:50 am, 2:20, 4:45, 7:15
and 9:45 pm.
Pix-"Buck Benny Rides Again:
2:15, 4:50, 7:25 and 10 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts
Continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1945-12-14
Wendy to Return

Wendy Hitler. who scored SEN
sational success four years ago in
"Pygmalion" on the screen and re-
turned only once since in Shaw's
Major Barbara" will be back again
Evening star., 1945-12-14

soon to the delight Of the millions
Of fans who remember her. She is
to be seen as a Scottish lass in II
Know Where I'm Going" one Of j.
Arthur Ranks new productions. OPP
posite her will be Roger Livesay
(Col. BlimpD.
Evening star., 1945-12-14

gIeneSs OF purpose and perseverance
that made him such a great fighter.
The result Is all to the good. Mr..
Archer, before he joins the Adams
clowning, contributes a pair of we'll
done songs in a more serious vein
and the others about are Betty Jane
Smith, a handsome and nimble tap
dancer, and the Winter Sisters, three
girls whose dancing has more aero
batic turn. 1t is quite a pleasant
entertainment Gene Ford has ar
ranged.
Evening star., 1945-12-14
Captain Kidd at the Capitol

CAPTAIN KIDD" United Artists Pic
ture with Charles LaIghton and Randolph
Scott, produced by Benedict Bogeaus, d.
rected BY Rowland v. Lee. original story
Reilly Raine. At the Capitol.
Evening star., 1945-12-14

PARDON MY PAST" Columbia Pic
tyre Of Mutual Production with Fred Mac
Murray and Marguerite Chapman, pro-
inal story by Patterson McNutt and Harlan
Ware, screenplay by Earl Fenton and Kari
Kamb. At the Earle.
Evening star., 1945-12-14
R-2o **THE EVENING STAR Washington D. C.
- " ~
MacMurray Plays Dizzy Twins
In Farce on Earle Screen
BY JAY CARMODY.

., @ @ & Identity theme that
fashioned qul only
Two places or things look alike
that gets TWO performances
salary You virtually everything to tempt movie
Evening star., 1945-12-14
TODAY'S NElGHBORHOOD MOVIES

All Time Schedules Given in wsrne
Bros Ads Indicate Time Feature
Presented.
Evening star., 1945-12-14

have every right to be confident.
Either by ones or twos, MacMurray
comes as capable farceur and he
carries on in Pardon My Past" as
If he did not know the dangers of
the twisting narrative. He is as
convincing as the plot permits,
whether he is the honest, upright
naive twin or the weak, crafty one
who is about as morally dumb as
man can be even in a movie
Miss Chapman, no one needs to be
told, is just the lovely girl the good
MacMurray twin would fall in love
with. Columbia was wise, too, to
cast Tamiroff as a scholarly race
track bookie who collected gunmen
with one hand and rare first edi-
tions of great authors with the
other. Another handy pair to be
found in the farce are William DEM
Arrest as mouselike chap with q
lions voice, and Harry Davenport
as a fiery old grandpa who just
wishes he still had his strength.
r X X
1t would be folly to attempt to de-
scribe Pardon My Past in more
than the sketchiest outline-enough
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-28

welt. He paid her ardent court. even
though She was marT.ed. Then be
met her unmarried sister. Ruth. II
Three days later he proposed and
they were married.
He was still married when he
walked into a London lawyers Of.
flee and saw Rosina IVY Wright, a l..
year old typist. He suggested mar
riage 20 her even though he had a
wife. But he did marry her after
Ruth got a divorce on the ground
he was the father OF an actress child.
BY that time, in 1926, Smith was
drinking more and more. Then he
met John Adams Tytler Derham in
ternational hockey player Derham
spent much time in the company of
Smith and Mrs. Smith-and. as Smith
subsequently suspected too much
time alone with Mrs. Smith.
The inevitable happened The three
Of them were making ready 10 r'ay
cards one evening when Sn /
whipped out revolver. There Vs. a
tustle between the two men, a shot,
and Derham was mortally wounded
with a bullet through the stomach.
Smith stood trial and was acquit-
ted on the ground the gun was dis
charged accidentally. He finally died
broke, living on charity OF friends.
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-28

stage darling OF the time. There had
been a gay party Then came the
tender good.bys, the gangplank being
hauled ashore, the lines being cast
off. Suddenly, with a typical i'm
pulse, Smith grasped a rail and hurled
himself aboard the departing liner.
1t was dashing gesture, the more
so because his only luggage was the
dress suit he wore. Polly was touched
and was his constant companion dur
ing the voyage. But when the liner
reached New York he hurried off to
Toronto for money and didn't return.
Back in London, Smith met Mrs.
Ronald French, daughter of Robert
J. Wynne, who was Postmaster Cen
eral under President Theodore Roose-
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-28
Riches 10 Ruin
At$1.AM Minute :
p~P

THE funeral of Alphonso Francis
Austin Smith was like the fu-
neral of any other man who died
in poverty. But the knowing knew
ne was not just any man; he was
the real life characterization of The
Rake'S Progress"
A. +. Austin Smith had heritage
of wealth. But he died in borrowed
bed at Ilfracombe, a seaside retreat
in the west Of England, snuggled un-
der the ruins of King Arthur's castle.
When he had it, he spent money
at the rate of 81 for every waking
minute. In between, he killed man.
He gambled. He drank. He toycd
with women. He borrowed. He
begged The only decent thing he
ever did was to fight for his country
during the first World War.
Two hundred years ago, William
Hogarth, the greatest artist of his
time, did a series of drawings en-
titled "The Rake's Progress" They
showed the degeneration Of man who
inherited riches, who INDUCED his
whims in drink and degradation and
deSpair-whoSe harvest was the bit
ter fruit of folly, whose last days
were spent in prison and an asylum.
Smith escaped only the asylum.
Smith was the 20th century cpl
tome of Hogarth's creation. He was
born with silver spoon In his mouth
at Toronto, where his family was
among the most important in Canada.
His patcrnal grandfather was Sir
Frank Smith, who was closely asso-
ciated with Lord Strathcona in build
ing the Canadian Pacific Railway,
His maternal grandfather was Hugh
Ryan, one of the contractors for the
1S000.mile railroad and builder of the
Sault Ste Marie Canal, linking Lake
Huron and Lake Superior
In heritage and environment,
Smith was especially favored. His
granduncle was Sir John Macdonald,
the first Prime Minister Of Canada
But at a tender age, Smith devel-
oped a violent temper. With his first
teeth he bit his nurse. AT the age
of 6, ii has been said, he pushed his
governess downstairs. He hadn't
reached his teens when he took an
ak and destroyed $4,000 worth of
IL January IA, 1915
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-28

That evening was Smiths intro
duction TO gambling, and:
Coup after coup went against
me and l stuck grimly TO my seat,
trying desperately hard TO win back
my money. l lost $4,000"
That was the beginning of reck-
less spending that dissipated three
fortunes from his fathers faith
er and one each from his mothers
parents-totaling more than $2,500,-
600. Before he was old enough to
vote he was in the first of four bank
ruptcieS because:
Il bought yacht, steeplechasers,
motor cars. Women found my money
attractive. BookmakerS competed
for my custom. l was just the sort
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-28

Of pigeon the
money lenders al
ways wanted d"
He did things
pell-mell. In seven
years, by the time
he was 25, most
of his 81, 100000
was dissipated.
One night Smith
was at a South
ampton pier bid
ding farewell TO
Pauline Chase. a
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-28

furniture in his
mothers home.
BY the time he
was 10 Smith was
such a terror that
his mother decided
TO send him to Lon
con for his educa-
ito IA n d Is h @
hope d. discipline.
Eventually he went
TO Eton and later
to Cambridge Uni
versity. Those IA
nous schools didn't
alter his passion for
I a king his fun
where he found il.
AS he told about
II years later:
My downfall be-
gan when | was Is.
a young man the
heir to a great
n a m e-invited me
10 go 10 a house
with him for "A lit
t1n T,4Ys.,. -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17
In The Local
 TheaterS
POLl'S

Heralded by Hollywood preview acclaim as Lubitschs bewitching best, "A Royal Scandal" starring Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Coburn Anne Baxter and William Eythe, starts today at the Loew-Poli the ater.
 An Ernst Lubitsch picture is a red letter event in any film year. And when the screens master of subtle, saucy comedy applies the famous "Lubitsch touch" to the story of one of history's most fas- cinating women-glamorous, amor ous Catherine the Great-and de- lightfully scandalous affair that isn't mentioned in the history books, there's cause for extra-spe- cial celebration.
 Saucy as a wink of the eye, and scandalous as a keyhole peek, the 20th Century-Fox hit reveals the blushing romance of three wonder ful days and three wonderfilled nights in the life of the queen who felt alone on her throne and need ed men to surround her.
 Tallulah Bankhead, the husky voiced Broadway star, who created sensation in last years Life boat" creates an even greater sen- sation as the unpredictable, utterly feminine empress who almost lost her crown in her search for TO- mantle excitement.
 Pretty Anne Baxter, "the girl who has never given a poor per- formance," goes glamorous for the first time on the screen as the lady -in-waiting who unexpectedly finds herself in romantic competition with her queen for the attention of a handsome lieutenant. To rug ged, six-footer William Eythe, the role of the naive, young lieutenant who finds himself promoted to the rank of general in three days, thanks to Catherine's very special interest in him, is his big oppor- tunity for stardom.
 Academy Award winner Charles Coburn, as the crafty confidential adviser to the queen, is seen in his most unusual role to date. It is the choicest role of his career, and he does full justice to it.
 When production worries of ma terial shortages and priorities were encountered in the filming of this saucy comedy. the director Winked away such difficulties and figured
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17

there was one thing on which there was no priority. Namely love. So, he used a great deal of love in the picture.
 On the same program are Laurel and Hardy in their latest stream
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17
MOvieS Playing
 Today
STRAND

Plying Tigers" dynamic, time ly and thought-provoking drama from Republic returns locally at the Strand theater tonight and was most enthusiastically received by the audience, which thoroughly en- joyed the stimulating performance Of John Wayne as well as those of John Carroll, Ann Lee, Paul Kelly, Gordon Jones, Bill Shirley and Ed mond Macdonald.
 Wayne registers most favorably in the role of the young Squadron Leader of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the Fly ing Tigers" Every ounce of the sincerity for which Wayne's acting Is famed, reflects in this characterize tion, one of his best to date. Not one ounce of r-sentimentality of romanticism intrudeS in his forth right portrayal of Jim Gordon, to whom duty is unquestionably greater than honor.
 In effective contract is John Car roll in the role of Woody Jason, gay, frivolous, spectacular, yet in- nately as honorably as his co-fly- CTS when put to the test.
 Ann Lee, talented and strikingly beautiful, plays the young volunteer nurse, who is whirled suddenly into the maelstrom of war and pesti- lence. Paul Kelly, Gordon Jones, Edmund Macdonald and Bill Shir- ley also do excellent work in the film.
 The companion feature on this same Strand program is also a popu- lar request return engagement, Melody Ranch" starring Jimmy Du1ante and Gene Autry, America s leading singing cowboy. Ann iTwinkletoes) Miller is the heart interest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17

lined gag-hit, The Bullfighters" Better stock up on extra funny bones, for this new hilarious new hit is being hailed as the screens No. l laugh teams most riotous comedy vet.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-09
Moving Machine

There is probably 10 piece of farm
equipment that suffers mor from
poor adjustment and lack Of care
than the moving machine. Most cut
ting troubles of the mower can be
traced to the cutting bar. This bar
is a vital part Of a mower and
consists of a series of shears whose
blades must be kept sharp for
best results. The two parts forming
the shears are known as knife Sec
tons and ledger plates. and they
must be properly adjusted along the
entire length of the cutter bar. The
knife holder must keep the sections
down against the ledger plates with
out binding and without too much
clearance. In repairing a mower it
is necessary to remove all the
broken or badly worn knife sections
by shearing them off. This is easily
done over the anvil by cutting out
the rivets. II the guards have be-
come dulled. they may be sharp
ened by grinding them to a blunt
point. Guards that are too badly
worn or have broken ledger plates
should be replaced. Badly worn
shearing plates or knife holders can
also be replaced, and it is very
important that all guards fit snugly
against the cutter bar.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-09
Calf Care

Calves should be kept in individ-
ual pens. where practical, until they
are three to four months old. After
reaching that age they may be
housed in groups Of two to four.
Their pens should be kept dry, clean,
and freshly bedded daily. Small
calves should not be exposed direct
ly to hot summer sun for long Pc
RODS. A constant. fresh supply Of
water should be kept available to
the calves. After the calf is four to
six months old. it should have ac-
ess to all the tender grazing it will
take. Spring and early summer
calves will need daily feeds of dry
hay and sufficient grain to keep
them in growing condition through
their first year. Late summer and
early fall calves should be ready
to turn to pasture by late spring
However. they should be watched to
make sure that they continue 10
grow.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-09
Burners Need Frequent
Cleaning for Efficiency

Surface burners need regular,
thorough cleaning. Take them out,
brush away food or dust particles
with a stiff brush. Use a brush also
to clean the air shutter. If openings
in the burners are clogged, use a
fine wire to clean them. Beware Of
toothpicks; they may break and fur
Their clog the burner.
Clean cast-iron burners by boiling
them for a short time in a solution
of washing soda, one tablespoon to
three quarts of water. Then wash
in soap and water. Use a bottle
brush to clean the inside Of the tube
leading to the burner head. Rinse
the burners in clear water, and wipe
dry. Put them upside down in the
warm oven for a few minutes to
dry thoroughly before replacing.
Burners of materials other than
cast iron should not be boiled in
soda water. A soap and water. bath
will usually clean them satisfac-
torily, with the aid of a scratches
securing powder and fine steel wool.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-09
Ladino Clover Aids
Farm Production
Returns Far Exceed
Costs of Handling

MOT SO many years ago. Ladino
= clover was almost unknown ex-
cept in the irrigated valleys of the
western states. Believed to have
come originally from Lodi. Italy,
the seed was first imported into the
United States about 1900.
Ladino clover is particul .rly valu-
able for grazing, according to U. S.
agronomists, due to its high carry
ing capacity and large p~rotein-min-
eral nutritive content, but it is also
adaptable for hay and silage and
is an excellent cover crop. These
characteristics make it especially
suitable for the limited farming
areas of states such as Vermont and
New Hampshire, enabling farmers
to grow most of the protein needed
for their livestock, dairy and poul-
try.
The plant is a rapid : growing
perennial legume, spreading by
creeping ieshy stems that root at
the nodes. The leaves, stems and
flower heads will grow from two to
four times as large as those of COM
mon white clover, and about six
times as large as those of the Eng
lish wild white clover. The average
life of a good Ladino clover and
grass planting is from four to seven
years. management and fertiliza-
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-09
Machinery Revolutionized
Worlds Farming Methods

Up until 1900, farming methods
had remained much as they had
been in the days Of Julius Caesar.
and humanity continued to suffer
from inadequate food supplies. The
change from iron-covered wooden
plows to cast iron plows had
marked agriculture's chief mechani-
cal progress.
Most Of the farm machinery
w--ch has done so much to revo-
lutionize the worlds agriculture
originated in the United States. The
reaper was invented in 1881, the
mower and threshing machine in
1884, the first combine in 1886. These
implements reduced the time re-
quired to harvest an acre Of wheat
from SO man-hours to less than IL.
Today various labor-saving ma
chimes on U. S. farms are esti-
mated to number in excess Of 10
million. Further, this same me-
c~hanization of farming methods has
been extended to practically every
land, through the export Of Ameri-
can machines. Before the war, U. S.
manufacturers exported approx
mately 125 million dollars worth Of
farm machines a year, a fourth 60
ing to Europe. Farm implement fac
tories in the United States, about
1000 in number, have made a direct
contribution to the war, turning out
war machines and parts. Some Of
the larger factories have been en-
gagged rs per cent in war work.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-09
Lynn Says:

Sprightly Summer Ideas: Gar
den or head lettuce is good for
you and good to serve when wilt
ed" Over freshly washed let
uce pour bacon fat in which a
little chopped onion has been
Drowned Toss together with oil
and chopped hard-cooked egg.
Spinach nests make menus
sparkle when served with eggs
a-la-king. creamed spinach or
shrimp.
Young beet greens take on new
aavor when cooked and mixed
with grapefruit sections just be-
fore serving. Melted butter. salt
and pepper are all the seasoning
you viii need
Sour cream and cottage cheese.
mixed thoroughly together. are a
good duo for sliced cucumbers.
tomatoes. celery and green
onions.
Green beans. peas and lmas
profit from a little bacon cooked
with them
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-09

and lettuce and add remainder of
SOU cream.
3. Ginger ale Salad (Serves 81
l package lime-flavored gelatin
i cup boiling water
Few grains Of salt
l cup ginger ale
II cup green grapes
q cup pineapple
l head lettuce
Dissolve gelatin in boiling water and
salt. Add ginger ale and let cool.
When mixture begins to thicken fold
in halved. seeded grapes and diced
pineapple. Place in mold and chill
until firm. Serve on shredded let
tuce with mayonnaise or sour cream
dressing.
4. Nodded Vegetable Salad
(Serves 81
2 cups cooked or canned string
beans
3 tablespoons chopped green
pepper
3 tablespoons chopped pimiento
2 tablespoons vinegar
l tablespoon minced onion
" cup chopped celery
i package lemon-fiavored gelatin
Prepare gelatin according to di-
rections on package. Add vinegar
and minced onion. When cool, add
remaining ingredients and allow to
chill until firm.
5. Cottage Cheese Salad (Serves 81
3 cups cottage cheese
l cup diced pineapple, fresh or
canned
5 tablespoons mayonnaise
teaspoon salt
u teaspoon mustard
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Mix all ingredients together in order
given. Chill and serve on a bed of
greens.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-09
his car over on to the right should
err.
OUR TIP-"Never follow another
vehicle. too closely"
NEBRASKA SAFETY PATROL
-
MuS W
BABY
BY Lillian B. Storms

Your baby's first cereal feeding
Is an important day in his life
This will be his first contact with
food that is not a drink. If his
orange juice and cod liver oil have
been taken from a spoon, so much
the better, for the spoon isn't
strange, though the cereal is. 4
For the first feeding of cereal.
make it very thin so it will not be
so different from his milk. The
baby cereals are pre-cooked and
only need to be mixed with quite
warm formula or milk. Ii your
baby is breast-fed, your doctor VIII
tell you how to prepare the milk
to use on the cereal. A very thin,
almost liquid cereal. will not seem
so strange. ~-'
But even a thin cereal requires
a different way of swallowing than
the milk he has had. Milk slides
down through his mouth but more
solid food has to be managed with
his tongue, so his first impulse may
be to spit it out. Pretend splitting
out of his cereal is what you ex-
pecCed n place a HIIle-iioIe "eA
back in his mouth.
Usually a new food is given at
the beginning of the meal. But,
baby is probably ravenously hum
cry and may resent trying some
thing unfamiliar. In that case,
give about half Of his bottle Tor
breast milky before expecting him
to be willing to try something new.
When the worst of his hunger Is
satisfied with his familiar food,
then introduce the new food.
1t is well not to confuse baby by
giving a second cereal for the first
week or so. But. even babies en-
joy variety, so, before long you
can give him a wheat cereal food
one day and then an oatmeal the
naYt dav
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-09

Ivy can be killed quickly and with
out danger to other vegetation by
the application Of a spray contain
ing ANIMATE, a chemical obtainable
at most farm equipment stores. ac-
cording to DR.. E. A. Bessey, head of
the department of botany, Michigan
State college. A few squirts and the
job is done. The spray solution pen
etrates the pores of the leaves and
travels down the stems into the
roots. which quickly shrivel and
wither.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-09
S~unfiowers New Cash
Crop for Farmers

Sun1owers may soon rival corn
and soybeans in food value as well
as a cash crop. With sunfower oil
selling at AS cents a pound and an
acre producing a ton of seed. the
farmers around Monticello, Ill. ex-
pect to produce more than corn or
soybeans.
Sunfowers have long been recog-
nized as an excellent source of pro-
tein and oil. America imported 100