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Evening star., 1946-07-02


dies.
HE is making comedies in the
American idiom," the speaker was
saying, which are like the better
English and French comedies. That
is to say he has come closer than
any one else in Hollywood to ex-
pressing the American tradition OF
humor."
Mr.. Wilk nodded what seemed to
be assent, or its reasonable facsimile.
His loyalty to Warner Bros. of which
he is virtually the right hand could
not keep him from admiring the
work of good Paramount man as
Sturges then was. Or any other
good man in the movies.
The speaker went on, his enthu-
siasm for Sturges mounting with
every word:
More writer's in Hollywood
should be set free as Sturges has
been. All of them, perhaps, should
be made independent. They should
be allowed to produce, direct, write
and even act, if they want to. That's
all Hollywood needs. More COM
pletely independent writer's
Mr.. Wilk. a judicial fellow. turned
that over in his mind. When he
spoke, it was with easy deliberation
and calm.
I'm not so sure" he said. II
think independence has been Won
derful for Sturges. And for some
others I could name. But suppose
all writer's were independent Or,
for example. let's just take Sturges
as the symbol of the writer who is
completely free to do what he
chooses. He has made two pictures
very close together. C"Miracle of
Morgan's Greek" and Pride of the
Marines.D Suppose he now de-
cides that he would like to take a
long rest. Let's say that those pic
lures have made him a lot of money,
which they have, and given him
Evening star., 1946-07-02

even more prestige, which also is
true.
He decides, being independent,
that he wants to take long rest.
He doesn't want to make pictures,
say, for year and one-half. What
would the studio do, the studio
which has commitments to deliver
lot of pictures to lot of theaters,
if all writer's suddenly came to the
conclusion? don't say that Sturges
will take year, or more, of, but he
might"
Sturges did take more than a
year off.
Mr.. Wilk seems to have made a
good point about that limitation
upon the independence of all movie
writer's. A few, maybe, should be
subject to assignment.
After all, just as one swallow does
not make a summer, one Sturges
does not make all of Hollywood's S
pictures. The last half of that, may
be, is to bad
Sturges' picture will be an adapta-
ton of Prosper Merimee's "Colum-
bia," which he will release through
United Artists, a production group
with which he is one of the latest
artists to affiliate.
Marsha Hunt, after all those
happy years of association with
M-G-M, after some unhappy ones
with Paramount, her first studio
is now freelance. Her first as
signment will be the second feminine
lead in Walter Wanger's next pro-
duction at Universal'S studios. That
would be "Smash-Up," a melodrama
in which Marsha's major colleagues
will be Susan Hayward, Lee Bow
man and Eddie Albert.
A couple of aunts, very nice ones,
and grandmother whom she
used to visit here enabled Marsha
to call Washington a semi-home
town in her pre-Hollywood days.
X \
All Warner Bros, Kogod- -Burka
and Lust neighborhood theaters in
the metropolitan area will hold
special matinees on July 4.
X r X
The Olney theater, Washington's
only summer house of the drama
offering the feature, will continue
Sunday matinee performance. Only
one other barn theater-the Olney
is not a barn even If located where
you might expect to find one-in
the country schedules a Sunday
afternoon performance. That is the
one at Gloucester, Mass, which has
found that the performance is one
Of its most popular.
The Olney management will give
it thorough trial to see if it works
out that way here.
Evening star., 1946-07-02
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage.
National-"Voice of the Turtle;
$50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"Two Sisters From Bos-
tom; 10:45 am, 1:35, AIS, 7:15 and
10 pm. Stage shows: 1855, 3:45
$50 and $40 pm.
Columbia-"A Night in Casa
blanca; II am, 1910, 2:30, 4:25
6:15. sos and 9:55 pm
Earle-'"The Bride Wore Boots;
II am, lis, $3.50, $50, 7:35 and
9:45 pm.
Hippodrome-"Crime and Punish
ment'; AIS and 7:55 pm.
Keith's-"Heartbeat":: II am, 1:l0
3:20, $50, TAO and $50 pm.
Little-"Open CITY; 11:2O am.
1:20, 3:25, 5:25. 7:30 and $40 pm
Metropolitan-"Gilda";; 1880 am.
l, $40. $40, 7:30 and $40 pm.
Palace-"The Green Years: lilo
am, las. 4:20, 6:55 and 9:35 pm
Pix-"Screams in the Night; 2:10
4:35, SIS and $40 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts
Continuous from 1915 am.
Evening star., 1946-07-02
HOLLYWOOD.

11oLL 4 VoOO.
Jan Clayton starts work next
month In Jennie Was a Lady" for
Metro. Sam Wood is changing
the title of 1.-THE Story of IVY by
Marie Belloc-Lowndes to plain ivy"
and he'll probably make it in Eng
land. -. Joan Fontaine is going
to do "Christabel Caine" after all.
The picture, with Joan playing the
nastiest role of her career, gets
going in the late fall.
And that reminds me, in THE
Devil Thumbs a Ride" Lawrence
Tierney reverts to his original mur-
derous heel type of role. They made
him somewhat nicer in his recent
"Deadlier than the Male" with
Claire Trevor. Here's a switch
instead of the usual story that
this and that producer wants Kath-
arine Cornell for a picture, Miss
Cornell is trying to grab Picture
Personality Ronald Colman for her
co-star on Broadway this fall.
x X x x
Spencer Tracy and Katharine
Hepburn star in Before the Sun
Goes Down" And when Lana
Turner gives up fun, romance and
vacation, she will star in FRANKIE
From Frisco" And by the way,
if Metro producers could hear the
way Warner Producer Robert Buck
ner Is raving about Elizabeth
Taylor's work in Life With Fa-
ther," they would really go to town
in building her up as their best
future big star bet. I've just finished
reading Miss Taylor's book, ''Nibbles
and Me" And she's as good a writer
as she is an actress. 1t really is
cute and well-written story about
chipmunk who gets into more jams
than some movie stars I could men
ton. but won't. Simone Simon
finally has come to roost in a
good picture, Temptation Harbour"
Evening star., 1946-07-02

Liszt" will go into work when he
completes Deception" with Bette
Davis and Claude Rains =. Barbara
Bel Gedds's in town and preparing
for her film debut with Henry Fonda
in "A Time to Kill" Edward
Arnold, about whom there is nothing
OF the wallflower, goes into WALL
flower" as the father of Jane Wyman
and Janis Paige. was talking with
Eddie the other day about his time
In Hollywood and he said that STAR
dom is something you have to take
If it is, offered to you, but that he
Evening star., 1946-07-02
Mistinouette Weds

PARIS, July 2 [P.-France Press
said today that Mile. Mistinguette,
blond singing star of the Casino de
Paris for the past quarter of a CEN
tury, recently was married in Rome
to Limo Cerenzio, young Italian
tenor.
Evening star., 1946-07-02
Sturges Resumes Film Making
After Lull of More Than Year
By Joy Cormody

Hollywood that Preston sturges getting ready
public
is a
Wnk
a
conversation about Sturges pictures the
incredible credible
Evening star., 1946-07-02
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. G. ~ Ais


feels much happier in supporting
roles.
Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance.
The Nome nugget., 1946-05-03
PAT BLISS BUYS GOLOVIN STORE FROM LOMEN co.

Lomen Commercial Company have sold their Golovin mercan- tile store to Pat Bliss, local flyer, who plans to take over immed- lately.
 Jack Westfall, who has been operating the store for the past year, and his wife will return to Nome soon.
The Nome nugget., 1946-05-03
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Corner of Third and Division
 Rev. Lewis I. Hudqins, Pastor

Are you the man or woman your mother thought you would be? 1000 am. Singspiration and Sun
 day School classes. ll:00 am. Morning message, "The Almighty Shepherd" 7:30 pm. Singspiration. 800 pm. Evening Message,
 Sent by Jesus" WEDNESDAY 7:30 pm. Melody
 Hour. FRIDAY 7:30 pm. Prayer meet
 ing. Come and bring your Bi-
 bles.
 You are ever welcome to attend these services.
The Nome nugget., 1946-05-03
ALASKA EVANGELIZATION
 SOCIETY

SOCIETY Main St. just West of Polet's Store Rev. and Mrs. Geo. H. Loveless.
 Missionaries Sunday:
 200 pm. Sunday School. 7:30 pm. Gospel Service. Subject: "The Name of Our Lord" Thursday:
 3:30 pm. "Vit-Em-In Bible Club" Child Evangelism after School. Using Gospel-Graph Stories. Friday:
 7:30 pm. Know Your Bible Glass;" A profitable time in Corinthians. Subject to- night: "The table of the Lord and the Table of the Demons" You are invited-Everyone is welcome.
The Nome nugget., 1946-05-03
Forecast And Weather Report Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the United States Weather Bureau, Nome, Alaska.
May 3, l946

Forecast for Nome:-Snow to- night with rain Saturday accom- panied by strong SEE. winds. Highest temperature Saturday 35, lowest 28.
 Nome data as of 7:30 am. to- day:
 Precipitation last 24 hours a trace.
 Total precipitation this month O.57.
 Total snowfall this month 3.6. Maximum wind last A hours, 49 mph. from the SSW.
 Sunrise 3:22 a.m., sunset 8:35 pm.
 Comparative data:-
 Temperatures one year ago to- day: highest 21, lowest 8.
The Nome nugget., 1946-05-03
FEDERATED CHURCH

Sunday: 1000 am. Sunday School. 7:45 pm. Evening Message. by
 Chaplain York. Thursday:
 500 pm. Choir practice at the home of Mrs. Grill.
The Nome nugget., 1946-05-03
CHURCHES
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Masses
LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
 MISSION

Rev. and Mrs. Paul Carlson in charge during the absence of the Methodist Missionary. Sunday II am. - Sunday School Service. Rev. R. Amundson will preach.
 Thursday 7:30 pm. - Midweek Prayer Service. Thursday-Choir rehearsal after prayer service. Saturday 7:3o pm. - Sunday School teachers meeting for les son study and discussion.
The Nome nugget., 1946-05-03

Extremes on this day since 1907 Lowest in 1925, highese 49 in l94l.
 Data for other selected stations
The Nome nugget., 1946-05-03
PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLY OF
 GOD
 Third Avenue West Pastor "A, E. Capener

Sunday - Combined Sun d ay School and worship service with Special children's music
 l0:30 am. Evangelistic Service. ...7:45 pm. Tuesday-Bible Study in book of Romans. 7:45 pm. Thursday-Prayer Service 7:45 pm. Bring your children to Sunday School. Children brought up in Sunday School are seldom brought up in Court
The Nome nugget., 1946-05-03

Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde was Americas first woman diplomat She was minister to Denmark.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-30
Our Stumbling Race With Famine Abroad
(St. Louis Star Times

This country's campaign to save food for the starv
 ing peoples of Europe and Asia started off during the winter somewhat in the manner of 1Oo-yard dash It was to be short raceagainst threat of 1anlne and death which would become more acute daily until the peoples of devastated lands could gather their first postwar harvests There could be no delaying at the start and hesitation along the way Speed was to be the essence.
 But many precious weeks have passed, and victory is as much in doubt it was when the first finely phrased orders went out. What intended for an uninterrupted sprint has been series of stumbes and wastefu digressicns from the course. The race still is in low gear
 Fiorello H. LaGuarda, new director of U. N R. R. A. is unable to find the 100000 tons of wheat which he says must be shipped monthly, and he is now proposing government order to set aside for foreign shipment 25 per cent of all wheat delivered at mills Whether he gets this depends at the moment upon settlement of an argument whether the grain should be set aside before after it is ground into flour
 There are arguments. too, about prices. The De- partment of Agricultures offer to let farmers who deliver wheat now agree to be paid at the prevailing price any date they choose to fix between now and April | 1947 is opposed by farm spokesmen in Wash ington If the government gets all the wheat it wants they argue there will be less incentive to raise prices after the new crop is harvested.
 The voluntary program to cut down consumption of bread and other foodstuffs is admittedly failure Its author failed to recognize that the American people were in a poor mood to respond to voluntary  appeals after their long wartime experience with governme enforced rationing. The food is theirs to buy and eat for change, and they are buying and eating it. In the of public eating places, as pointed by the St. Louis Restaurant Association the voluntary reduction of servings colded with OPA regulations which operators view silly and i'm practical"
 That the forces of selfishness and greed are factor in our failure to share our bounty IS dls- couragingy true Appeals to the American conscience having failed the only recourse is more drastic and direct government action. AS MT. LaGuardia said In an appeal to the farmers We can plant wheat year. but people who starving die only once
 This is race not only to save lives, but to save the social and political balance of distressed peoples, especially in Europepeople with whom we must live in a rapidly shrinking world. Revolution and anarchy are the inevitable products of hunger and American wheat and fats can do at this critical time than all the high motives of the United Nations to hasten the return of stable governments We have started poorly but still there may be time to make decent finish.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-30
HOPE FOR DEBT REDUCTION

Latest estimates from Washington indicate that the Federal deficit for the fiscal year may be cut to abouf 9 billion dollars in this fiscal year and wiped cut altogether in l946-47.
 This cut is even sharper than the enc predicted by President Truman last January, and it is heart ening indication that it may be possible to make substantial reductions in the war-swollen national debt in the years ahead.
 Such reductions, of course will depend on con- tinuation of fairly high government revenue and sharp check on wasteful government spending When revenues actually exceed expenditures as they soon Congress will have to resist the temptation to spree of pork-barrel extravaganza It will also have to avoid drastic tax cuts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-30
HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 but do not cO7npeW
FRIDAY, MAY 31
HEART AND HOME


 All phases of family life are favored under this configuration. Old differences between members of the family particularly be- tween man and wife-should be faced and permanently resolved. Only stubborn false pride can suc- ccssfully balk such efforts.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS
 The nations farmers may expect prices for their products to con- tinue at the present high level for some time to come. Southern farm CTS are likely to enjoy the highest profits they have known in more than a decade.
 NATIONAL TSSUEc
 Further investigation into dis closures of this nations war secrets is foreseen with criticism centering on the State Department. In the end, the matter will be dropped without any specific action being taken, there being no point in locking the stable after the horse has been stolen.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
 Despite the collapse of all early efforts to settle the differences of the Chinese in Manchuria, ultimate agreement is indicated. General Marshans efforts have not been wasted.
 Persons whose birthdate this is are promised by the stars: A year of constructive activity and increas- ing prominence in the community. Children born today will be. lead CTS and will exhibit qualities of leadership while they are still chil- dren. Their outstanding virtues will be versatility, courage and de- portability.
 Copyright, 1946)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-30

who couldn't make go of 1t in private business, got a job with the government under Herbert Hoover. For the next thirteen years, l930- lo43, he worked in the Comptrol- Ter Generals office, later under Jesse Jones wing in the REC. Fin ally the Jones influence helped him get a vice-presidency in the First National Bank of St. Louis, hut he was there only two years, and that bank has now turned thumbs down on Snyder's return.
 (copYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. 19s6)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-30
BASE PRICES ON
 SOME METALS ARE
 INCREA5ED BY 0pA

WASHINGTON, May 30. = OPA announces increases n maximum base prices for copper, lead, sec ondary lead, lead scrap materials and primary and secondary anti monial lead, effective June 3.
 The price hikes, were granted to offset what OPA termed steady increases in costs, both labor and material, in the copper mining and lead mining industries.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-30
ANTI-SEMITISM STILL LIVES

Judge Simon H. Rifkind's report to the War De- partment on his five-month study of the Jewish problem in Europe is quiet but cutting indictment of humanity.
 Anti-Semtism says Judge Rifkind, did not die with Hitler its most infamous propagandst It lives, it thrives today, delaying the repatriation of the handful of Jews who survived hisorys greatest effort -6,0Oo,0O0 died-at annihilaton of people. In dis persons camps (monotonous diets and the pres
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-30

drinking, molasses-moving John Wesley Snyder.
 It was Snyder who appeared be- fore the Reconversion Advisory Committee several weeks ago and, with a great air of confidence, pro- claimed that the threatened coal strike was nothing to worry about. The miners will take little rest for about ten days, he advised, and then go back to work.
 Let 'em strike" was Snyder's prazen advice.
 Not elily had he completely fail ed to gauge the temper Of the miners, but he preached that fatal doctrine of procrastination the doctrine which has become the root cause of most Truman strike troubles.
 Every time other White House advisers have urged the President to meet a situation before it gets difficult, they encounter the con- stant, depressing, do-nothing in tluence of John Snyder. Secretary of the Treasury Fred Vinson, Bob Hannegan, Secretary of State Byrnes who has even moved, tenn porarily, from the Foreign to the Domestic field, all have tried to alert Truman to impending trouble.
 But the procrastinating MT. Shy der shakes his head. Mere warnings of catastrophe fail to wean him away from his highball. Catastro- phe has to hit him square in the face before he will even begin to move Everything will work out all right, is his philosophy. Let people suffer little, then the strike will be ever. Let 'em battle things out. Don't get your own fingers burned. SECRET Or SNYDER'S HOLD
 Snyder's philosophy is exactly the opposite of Roosevelt's and the men trained under Roosevelt who now serve in the Truman Cabinet. His method is identical with that of Herbert Hoover who waited until the bonus army had piled up in Washington, who would not move regarding the depression until farmers were threatening to lynch judges in Iowa. Snyder seems to want the wound to fester before applying the poultice.
 Many people have wondered what hold Snyder has over Harry Truman Bob Hannegan, who has done his best to get Snyder out of the White House, says it is be- cause both men went through hard times together. Others say it is be- cause they both trained with the s9me Missouri National Guard unit in the summers.
 Whatever the hold, 1t is tight. For Hannegan, Chester Bowles. Fred Hnson. all have done their best to break the Snyder spell without success. Like his old friend ship with Boss Pendergast of Kan sas City, Harry Truman puts per- sonal allegiance above national welfare.
 Mccullough Snyder has been widely touted as a St. Louis bank CT, actually his days anywhere near the top of the banking pro- fession are almost nil Up until 1880, he was only a small-town bank teller and cashier in Arkan- sas, and, like a lot of other people
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-30
Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN He delivered lecture in Pittsburgh place Say, He a Pittsburgh"
 OFTEN NnsPRoNoUNCED Ivocable Pronounce i-rev-oka-bl in in ASK unsressed daccent syllable third
 NuSSPEILED: Pneumatic. Observe the PNEU
 SYNONYMS Shife thriftes lazy, ndoent inefficient
 and yours Let us mastering word each day Todays word EEMPLFY to illustrate by example exemp noble ness
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-30

ence of Naz-trained German guards must make the change from concentration seem to the Jews one only in name 100000 Jews still huddle, unable to return to the lands of their origin the earths despised
 There is a homeland for these 100000, the un- wanted in Palestine President Truman has recom- mended that number be admitted to their Zion this year. but British policy stubborny keeps them barred
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-30
DUMBLING JOHN SNYDER

Those who have sat in on the secret sessions Of the current strike crisis say that if any one man, is responsible for all the labor fumb- ling, it is the gentleman sitting at Truman's right hand-hard-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-30
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA Ry LEE

called away the table the telephone is necessary who when he returns? A. at all, should ask him.
 relatives whom should she perform duty of giving her away?
 A. old friend of the family is often asked to do this. c. i bread at a luncheon? A
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-30
YACHT M0ANA DUE
 OUT DURING TODAY

The yacht Moana, owned by Mir and Mrs. L.. L. Hotsenpiller of Seattle, is due to clear port today after several days stopover here for supplies. The Hotsenpillers left Seattle April 15 with their son Wade and dog Butch.
 From Juneau they will visit Sit ka, Chatham Straits and Baranof Island, but will go no farther north. They have lived on the Moana for the past year and are making their first trip through Southeast Alaska with a view to settling here eventually, although present plans are indefinite.
 During the war Hotsenpiller was manager for Todd's Pacific Ship builders of Seattle. He is originally from Missoumi, and Mrs. Hot senpiller from Pennsylvania.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-30
20 YEARS AGO TIT fME EMPIRE
MAY 30, 1926


 Admiral port this afternoon from the south with tourists the largest listss ia
 Ira Tucker Caroline McAister G Wamley leaving for Ska the steamer Admiral Rogers
 arrived here the steamer Admiral Watson Yakuat teaching school the
 Day observed quietly here today with all places Of business and public offices closed
 parade starting Dugou composed of Cclor Firing Squad Civil and Spanish American Legion and Auxiliary Camp Fire the waterfront where ofered by flowers streVn on the water proceeded to the cemetery where was made by the decorated salute by bue and the band played The Star GDcnged Banner"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-30

Water into which glowing coals had been plunged was considered by ancient magic as the best pre- caution against the evil eye.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-30

Hickenlooper's solicitude for price control, and disagreed sharply.
 You know that's foolishness," he shot back. If we go to the floor with these amendments ex- empting some products, we are simply inviting amendments from the floor exempting all sorts of other products"
 However, the meat amendment carried by ten to eight, with Mo Farland joining with solid Re- publican vote and also voting the proxy of Senator Edward Carville, Nevada Democrat. He and Carville were the only Democrats support ing the amendment.
 The vote on McFarland's second amendment, decontrding poultry and dairy products, was 9-8, the only difference being that McFar- land did not have Carville's proxy for this amendment.