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Evening star., 1945-06-24
Be the Associated Press,

HOLLYWOOD.
New candidates for competition
In the foreign market is RKO's
Tanis Chandler, 81, stage player and
former model, born in France, edu-
Gated there and in Mexico. She's
done French and Spanish films, is
being formed for foreign versions
of the studios big films. . Monty
Woolley has had his snow-white
beard dyed blonde for his role as
himself 20 years back in Night and
Day" life of Cole Porter. A
six months loan of s100 by Helmut
Dantine has paid off; friend who
started a hamburger joint on Vine
street has succeeded so notably that
he's leased a de luxe building a
block and half south of the Derby
If Dantine misses in show business
(imagine) he can always eat.
Penny Singleton is refugee
from the Blonde" series, after
seven years of them, she got role
in young Widow" IT,. Faye Emer-
son is now contemplating a 6-foot
stuffed tarpon hanging in the der
of her and Brig Gen. Elliott Roose-
velt'S Beverly Hills home. The fish
Evening star., 1945-06-24
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Have you ever been fired? So
have I. So has nearly every big
star in Hollywood-only they
weren't big stars then; they were
just beginning and some bonehead
in the front Office failed to recog-
nize the future star.
It's hard to believe that Van
johnson, for example. was under
contract to Warner Bros. for six
months without benefit of his
flashing smile in Warner pic
ture. And then he was fired. Van
himself is not bitter on the subject
they had no use for me-" he ex-
plains. When I was at Warmers
they were making tough-guy pic
lures only" Mr.. johnson is worth
good 100000 net profit to his
current bosses, Metro. and I often
wonder how the guy feels-the one
who handed Van his marching pa
pers at Warmers.
Betty Cradle had a couple of
years at Paramount, and a short
spell at RKO. and all they could
see in the gal was a curvaceous
figure that seemed to scream for
college musicals. I remember c. B
Cochran telling me then that Miss
Cradle would one day be big star
And I laughed with the rest. I'm
not sure that Betty left Paramount
or was fired-I think the latter. But
when RKO gave her the same silly
cinematic stuff, Betty obtained per-
mission to cancel her contract. She
was signed by Goth Century Fox
after her appearance in the stage
show 'Du Barry Was a Lady" The
year before her baby was born Betty
was on top of the box-office poll. I
wouldn't want to be the man at
Paramount who let Miss Cradle go.
Judy Nearly Dismissed.
The story of how Deanna Durbin
was fired by Metro. snapped up by
Joe Pasternak at Universal, is too
we'll known to repeat, but I only
learned the other day that Metro
Boss Louis B. Mayer had intended
the other teen-aged girl at the
studio-plump Judy Garland. to be
fired. In those days Judy was not
only fat. but homely. Deanna was
pretty and could sing Mayer was
angry at the mixup of his orders
and simply furious after Deanna
made her smash success in Three
Smart Girls" IF the other girl can
do it, so can Judy" he stormed and
ordered buildup and good pictures
for Miss Garland.
Charles Boyer was at Metro years
Evening star., 1945-06-24
They Came to Broadway

here is a version streamlined by Miss
Bush and Burgess, who also will ap-
pear in the play. The five acts were
cut to three and some highly modern
touches will be evident in both the
text and costumes. Miss Bush di-
rected.
While several players were en-
gagged here, the following are men,
bers of the original University of
Washington troupe. Stanley Jen-
nings, who also devised special
lighting effects: Margaretta Ramsey,
Marian Hall, Nancy Hoadley, Ger
trude Kinnell, Scott Kennedy. Leon
Forbes and Marcen Woerner.
The mansion where the troupe is
practicing, just off Fifth avenue,
was acquired for rehearsal purposes
by Miss Bush, who know fellow
who knew an agent who arranged
things with the owners, who were
sympathetic to the ambitions of
such young folk.
Evening star., 1945-06-24
Every Loss Is a Gain
BY Harold Hefer.nan.

by the John Gilbert Carlo combi-
nation of silent days.
Best example Of all the lose the
girl heroes is Van johnson, today
rated the leading money-making
star on the MGM list. johnson has
been losing girls consistently in the
"Dr. Gillespie" series and in THE
Human Comedy" perhaps his best
effort of all, he did a dual nosedive,
losing the girl and his life. Things
are breaking better for Van now
adays.
Gregory Peck was riddled to bits
by German bullets in Days of
Glory" and in Keys of the King
dom" he gave up his girl friend to
enter the priesthood. In the forth
coming Duel in the Sum-" his most
ambitious picture to date, Mr.. Peck
also takes the double dose-Iosing
the lady and getting bumped of.
And, as you know, Peck is the most
up-and-coming leading man Of
1945.
Hanging Helped Andrews.
Dana Andrews, after five years of
desultory success, dates his first
push upward to a picture called
THE OxBow Incident" In that
one Andrews was hanged from a
tree by folks who thought him
cattle rustler 1t was an unjust SEN
tence but the fans rallied to him
thereafter, until today he is, by mail
count, the most popular star at
20th-Fox.
You can't overlook Paul Henreid
in any such summation, for Paul
successfully lost Michele Morgan in
Joan of Paris" Bette Davis in
Now Voyager" and Ingrid Berg
man in "Casablanca." Take a look
at the Henried popularity vote and
you'll see what We mean.
Universal is feeling the effects of
the new theory, too. There a tall
and handsome. almost Boyer like
actor named Charles Korvin is get
ting rapid buildup toward star
dom. His employers suddenly real
lied that he had made quite nit
in little picture called "Arsene
Lupin."
The Bill Williams experiment and
its result is now pretty well known
around Hollywood, so producers are
scanning their star lists to see who
has lost girls recently.
(Released by North American Newspaper
Alliance)
Evening star., 1945-06-24
Walker to Produce
Al Smith Album
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK

NEW YORK.
Jimmy Walker, New York's ex-
mayor. made a typically Jimmy
Walker choice as his first gesture as
president of Majestic Records. The
first album to bear his firms new
label will be "the Alfred E. Smith
Memorial Album" with subtitle,
The Sidewalks of New York"
-Four famous products of the same
sidewalks will choose the tunes to
be included. They are Eddie Can
tor, Actor Eddie DoWling, Gene
Buck, president Of ASCAP. and
Abel Green, editor of Variety.
Dowling, co-producer and star OF
The Glass Menagerie, was one of
AL Smiths closest pals; he sang
Sidewalks of New York" at the 1923
Democratic Convention. starting off
the demonstration which ended in
AL Smiths nomination for the
presidency.
Evening star., 1945-06-24
Light Pole Remains
Part of This Stage

HOLLYWOOD.
Dynamic personalities are moth
ing new to the film business, but
Herbert Yates, head of Republic
Studio. showed the power and light
company thing or two.
Yates was building new stage
at the San Fernando Valley plant.
but construction had to be halted
till the electric company would re-
move a light pole on the site. After
endless phonings and correspond
ence, and wait of two weeks,
Yates gave orders to continue build
ing the stage around the pole
There we're few fireworks, both
electrical and personal, but Yates
had electricians on the lot fix things
up and the stage is rising around
the pole
Evening star., 1945-06-24

Bob took his test clad only in a
Roman toga-he was underweight
then. Anyway Goldwyn said, No
thanks" And 1t remained for L. B
Mayer Of Metro to see that Bob re-
ceived his present name, a new set
Of muscles-in the studio gymna :
sium-and a new and successful
career.
Cary Grant did his seven years al
Paramount without getting beyond
the juvenile hero stage. 1t was
agreed mutually at the end of that
time that both would benefit II
Cary did his acting elsewhere. Cary
did, and Paramount lost potential
fortune. John Payne was first un.
der contract to Goldwyn, who pu
him in the remake of Stella Dal.
las" All that John got from the
Goldwyn tieup was a wife-he met
and married Anne Shirley, who
played the daughter in the picture
When Sam fired John he took hi.
talents to Paramount. No appre.
citation. Then to Warmers. The
same sad story. Then to goth Cen.
tury-Fox, who put him in Star
dust" with Linda Darnell. 1t was
gold-dust for John, who received 9
long-term contract with a big sal.
ary.
RKO Did Bette 4 Turn.
Bette Davis started at Universal
but didn't get very far because Carl
Laemle. jr.. opined that the lady
lacked sex appeal. So they fired her
Evening star., 1945-06-24
RKO Did Bette a Turn.
Broadway in Review

back from an overseas tour with
The Man Who Came to Dinner" ="
Is seeing new shows and is being
PARTED, still in the beard grown for
his role. Columbia records has
put Norman Corwin's radio play,
On Note Of Triumph" on wax.
Lawrence Tibbett will go overseas
Todd Duncan. whilom Porgy of
'Porgy and Bess," is back from a
Latin American concert tour.
Howard Richardson and William
Berney, authors of Dark of the
Moon are finishing the book and
lyrics of new musical. One
Of the leads in The Hump John
Wildberg's next production, is Doug
las Dick, just out Of the United
States Navy. -. The producer hopes
for an all-GI cast.
Evening star., 1945-06-24
~ the Associated Press.

NEW YORK.
In a huge Manhattan mansion,
full of marble walls and floors and
memories of a more rocco era, a
group of very modern youngsters is
rehearsing LAS You Like 1t" for a
Broadway opening July 8.
These are no ordinary Broadway
aspirants, full of the favor and am
bition of their careers. These are
fellows and girls who have carried
their talents and ambitions all the
way to Manhattans from the Uni
versity of Washington at Seattle.
Wash.
1t was no easy jump. Funds were
elusive The company wanted, to a
man, to play in New York. Under
the leadership Of Beverly Bush and
John Burgess, they scrimped. saved
borrowed and somehow or other got
the cash.
Their first Shakespearean attempt
Evening star., 1945-06-24
Coming Attractions
CAPITOI-"Don Juan Quilt

CAPITOL-"Doh Juan Quilli-
gan, with William Bendix and
Joan Blondell, starting Thurs
day.
COLUMBIA-"Without Love-"
with Spencer Tracy and
Katherine Hepburn, starting
Wednesday.
Those Endearing
Young Charms" with Laraine
Day and Robert Young, start
ing Thursday.
KEITH'S-"Naughty Nineties,"
with Abbott and Costello.
LITTLE-"Thunder Rock with
Michael Redgrave and Bar
bara Mullen, starting Wednes-
day.
METROPOLITAN Conflict"
with Humphrey Bogart and
Alexis Smith.
PALACE-"Nob Hill" with Joan
Bennett, George Raft, Vivian
Blaine.
Evening star., 1945-06-24
Hollywood in Brief

is a memento of a fishing trip taken
by her husband and his father.
Barbara Stanwyck never looks at
rushes; Frank Capra advised her
against it as a means of keeping her
spontanaity. q. Lauren Bacau now
signs autographs Lauren Bacall Bo-
CART.
Evening star., 1945-06-24
lLunts to Perform
Comedy in Gotham
the Associated Press

NEW YORK,
Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
will appear in Terence Rattigan's
comedy, Love in Idleness," as the
Theater Guilds first fall produc-
| ton
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-21
There Just Ain't Any Japanese Navy Existing

GUAM, Aug. 21.-Read Adm. For rest c. Sherman reporting today on the Manila pre-occupation con ference with Japanese envoys saic the Mikado's emisSaries had confirm ed what the United States Navy hao long known-that the Japanese Navy virtually has ceased to exist.
 The Admiral, Deputy Chief o1 Staff and Admiral Nimitz' repre- sentative at Manila, implied there can he no board surrender of the Japanese fleet, because there isn't any.
 We have known for many months as a result of the destruction of the Japanese warships and shipping by the increased air attacks, that the Japanese have been brought to de- feat on the sea, although they still have strong army and very con siderable air force," he said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-21
0LDTIME MINERI5
 MISSING
Salem Abraham Becomes Exhausted on Nome Trail
 -Sear(hers Find No Trace

NOME, Alaska, Aug. 21 Salem Abraham, "A, oldtime miner of the Haycock district, has been missing since August Is, when he left the Bear Creek camp with James Mcdowell, also . miner, for Hay cock, 25 miles distant
 After eight miles of rough trail, Abraham became exhausted and, after a brief rest, McDowell pied with him to return. Abraham re- fused, saying he would remain where he was for longer rest.
 Mcdowell went on alone to send a tractor for Abraham.
 Unable to get tractor, he waited three days, then telephoned to Nome for plane.
 The Wien Airlines dispatched Pilot Frank Whaley on the search for Abraham, but up to noon to- day, no trace of the aged miner had been found. Several tractors left Nome this afternoon, covering the regular trails in the hope of finding the aged man alive, all though it is thought that he has probably succumbed from exposure by this time.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-21
I H K EE ARE FOUND DEAD,
 TERROR BAY
Mystery Is Reported that Rivals Famous Shoot
 ina of Dan Mc6rew"

KODIAK, Alaska, Aug. 21-Bodies of MT. and Mrs. William E. Bau- man and their neighbor, John E. Strickler have been found in the Bauman's cabin on Terror Bay by Bauman's son, William E., Jr., in a mystery that rivals the Shooting of Dan McGrew."
 Deputy U. s. Marshal Paul Herring said the son. stopping by at his parents lonely cabin on a fishing trip, found his 74-year-old father just inside the door and Mrs. Bauman, 50, and Strickler, TT, lying dead in pool of blood in another room with a .30-.30 carbine near them.
 Federal authorities from Anchor age left for Terror Bay, 50 miles from here, to investigate.
 The son estimated the three had been dead "only short time.'
 Bauman and Strickler had been operating a small gold mine for some time and the latter is re- ported locally ito have had lots of money"
 A daughter of the Bauman's, Mary Bauman, formerly of Cor dova, is now believed to be residing at 726 North Seventy Fourth Street, Seattle.
 It is also revealed that Strickler's cabin was burned to the ground.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-21
CIVIL WAR
 INDICATED
 IN CHINA
Chidng Kdi- -shek Puts Issue SqudreIy Before Com
 munist Chiefs
By SPENCER MOOSA
(Associated Press Cvrrespondent)

CHUNGKING, Aug. 21.-General- issimo Chiang Kai-shek put squarely up to Chinese Communist leaders to- day responsibility for settlement of China's pressing internal political problems without recourse to civil strife.
 GA wireless dispatch from Yenan North China Communist capital, re- corded by the EGG, said Chinese Communists had captured Yang chung, on the Yangtze River 60 miles east of Nanking, the former capital of the Chinese National gov ernment. The Communists said they were also engaged in bitter street fighting in Wuhu, 65 miles up the Yangtze from Ranking. The Communists declared they had cap tured Chouhsiang, on Hangchow Bay south of Shanghai, which was defended by Chinese puppet troops Chungking reported yesterday that these puppet troops had gone over to Generalissimo Chiang's side.)
 Reflecting concern over the situa- tion, already reported to have result ed in a series of clashes between National government and Commun- ist troops in North China, Chiang dispatched an urgent message to Communist leader, Gen. Mao Tze- tung at Yenan asking him to recon sider his refusal to come to Chung king for conferences.
 Chiang emphasized that mo re- crudescence of civil war can be tol- erated."
 During eight years of war our fellow countrymen have gone through untold sufferings,' he said. Now that they are liberated they should be given consolidation and encouragement without delay
 At the same time Chiang declared he could not accede to the demands of Gen. Gnu Teh, Communist Army commander, for participation in the Japanese surrender arrangements. Chiang previously had ordered Gnu to take no independent action with regard to disarming the Japanese or taking over territory the Japa- nese now hold.
 Chiang said it appeared that Gnu lis not fully acquainted with the procedure of Japanese surrender"
 Tt should be noted" he declared that measures for accepting the Japanese surrender had been decided by the Allied Supreme Command to be carried out separately in the var ious theatres of war, including the China theatre. Therefore we can not violate what he and the Allied forces have agreed upon"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-21
JApS GET
 STRAIGHT
 DOPE NOW
People Told for Fifss lime Mikddo Seni Emis-
 sdries tO Manila
(By The Associated Press)

The Japanese were told today by two of their most powerful dailies, their future political activity must follow a path midway between past power politics" and contemptuous ..currying of favor" with the Allies
 The people also were told, for the first time, the Mikado had sent surrender emissaries to Gen MacArthur's Headquarters in Ma nila. The disclosure was made in an imperial announcement of the return of It. Gen. Takashiro Ka- wabe's party to Tokyo The an nouncements invariably are made public.
 The Tokyo newspaper Mainichi today carried on it's front page three pictures of the devastation caused by the second atomic bomb at Nagasaki, important southeast ern Kyushu naval staging base Radio Tokyo reported one showed the center Of the once thriving city had been turned into vast devastation with nothing left ex- cept rubble as far as the eye could see"
 A second photograph depicted the tragic scene 10 miles away from the center of the atomic air attack where farm houses arc either crushed down or the roofs torn asunder. The third showed the ghastly scene" at Nagasaki with a horse crushed beneath a wrecked building
 "Nagasaki is now dead city, all areas being literally razed to the ground. Only a few buildings are left standing conspicuously from the ashes the photographer was quoted as saying.
 Maninichi and the Nippon Times were the two newspapers which outlined for Japan it's political course.
 Since our endeavors to build up Japan based on sheer might met with complete failure, we must henceforth tread the path of a peaceful nation" observed Mainichi.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-21
OCCUPATION OF JAPAN T0START SUNDAY
1 Members of General
 DooIitfIe's Raiders
 Over Tokyo Are Alive

The four were released though the efforts of humanitarian team which parachuted at Peiping, it was announced.
 A radio message from the team re- ceived in Chungking today said the men were now quartered in the Grand Hotel de Pekin and were re- ceiving the best care possible. One is in such serious condition from Beri Beri that he is unable to travel by air, but he was reported receiving "supportive" medical care The Japanese had charged the four men with murder.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-21
LEND D-LEASE
 OPERATIONS
 COME TO END

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-Termin- ation of lend-lease operations was announced officially at the White House today.
 Press Secretary Charles c. Ross said letters have gone out from the Foreign Economic Administration to most of the governments that par ticipated in the program.
 The statement estimated uncom- pleted contracts for non-muDjtions and finished goods in this country not yet transferred to lend-lease beneficiaries total about $2,00O ,000,- 900. Aother sl,00o, ,coo,0O0 to $l ,50O,- 100000 is tied up in lend-lease stock piles abroad.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-21
Here's How Terms Of Surrender Will Be Signed

ASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-- Fleet Admiral Chester w. Nimitx is expected to sign the Japanese surrender terms in behalf of the United States.
 General Douglas MacArthur, Allied Commander in Chief, has announced that he will sign the surrender papers in behalf of the Big Four-the United States, China, Russia and Britain. It was reported here today that Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser will sign separately for Great Britain.
 Russia and China have not yet named their representa- tives.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-21
By NED NORDNESS
Associated Press CorrespondenD

Associated PreSS CorrespOHueht
 OSLO, Norway, Aug. 21.-A Ger man document read by the prosecu- tion today said that Vidkun Quisling met the German military staff in 1889 and furnished information about the Norwegian coast before the l940 Nazi invasion.
 Quisling, who became Premier during the German occupation, is on trial for his life, charged With military and civil treason, murder o,, IS counts, theft, receiving stolen property and attempting to bring Norway under a foreign power.
 Prosecutor Annaeus Schodjt said the once high ranking Nazi, Alfred Rosenberg, had identified and term ed authentic all documents produced in the Quisling trial thus far, in cluding those of yesterday which the State offered to support it's accusa- tion that Quisling helped the Ger mans plan the invasion.
 Faced with the task of disapprov- ing the States charges of pre-invas- ion treachery, Quisling rose in his own defense on this second day of his trial for life. But he had spoken only a few words when the prosecutor cut in with the new docu- ment.
 Information given the Germans, he alleged. was presented to Grand Adm. Erich Raeder, then Chief of the German Navy; Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel; and Col. Gen. Gus tav Jodl.
 Schodjt said Quisling was ac- companied to the conference by William Hagelin, Norwegian born businessman who later became Quisling's Minister of Interior.
 Quisling was interrupted repeat edly and subbornly by Presiding Judge Erik Solem and the prosecu- tor as he offered information about his military career He was asked about his responsibility at the time of the l940 invasion as former Ma jor in the Royal Norwegian Army.
 Quisling said in vexed voice:
 Certainly had certain obliga- tions, but I resigned as an officer in 1883 in protest against the de- fense policy of the government. Neither in peace nor in war could serve as an officer under such a defense policy"
 He asserted that he always advo- cated strong military forces, but that the kingdom never accepted this view.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-21
QUI5LING'5 TREA(HERY
 SHOWN UP
Premier for Germ ans in Norway on Trial
 for His Life

BULLETIN--OSLO Norway. Aug. 21.-Vidkun Quisling wilted before the anger of Presiding Judge Erik Solem today as the justice sharply demanded a ives or no" answer to the question whether he had been asked by German Admiral Erich Raeder to "betray your country"
 With a downward flicker of the eyes, the pale Quisling blush ed and finally whispered "No."
 The Judges questioning came after a German document was read by the prosecution which said Quisling had met the Ger man Admiralty Staff in 1889 and furnished information about the Norwegian coast before the l940 invasion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-21
INITIATION

DALLAS, Tex.-Twenty-one years ago George H. Duncan, pressroom machinist for the Dallas Morning News, sold a wrench for $1.50 to a young apprentice. Duncan's initials were stamped on the wrench with a steel punch.
 A few days ago Duncan paid $2 for wrench in second hand store It was stamped with his initials.