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Evening star., 1946-01-19
But Berlin Remains Adamant

the country as few reaI-life ro-
mances have done.
The screenplay could recount how
the child of a cantor left home
when his father died and set out to
make his own way on the tough
Chinatown streets. How he got
Job leading the fiddle-playing blind
Sol through cheap dives. How he
worked as a singing waiter in Mike
Salters saloon. How he sold his
first song, Marie from Sunny ITALY,
and received exactly 80 cents royal
ties from it.
1t could tell how he plugged songs
by day and wrote them by night and
how one of them, "Alexander's Rag
time Band" became hit and made
Its author big name overnight. 1t
could relate how fortune smiled on
him and how he wrote songs for
Dig Broadway musicals. And how he
became rich and famous and went
into the Army as a buck private
Then how the War Department
asked him to write a show for it,
which he did, and how "Yip, Yip
Yaphank' was great success.
There is the part about HOLLYWOOD
calling him to make songs for its
pictures. And it could recall that
when second World War came. the
Army again asked him to give it a
show, which became This Is the
Army"
And not to be overlooked would
be a closeup view of the manners
and habits of the man himseif-the
friendly, modest, diffident person
who has never quite got over his
surprise that gret many people are
interested in what he thinks and
says.
This superf1lm biography would
necessarily demand a sequence built
around Berlin's piano, upon which
ne composes all his tunes. He never
had formal musical education and
ne can compose in only one kew. F
sharp. But by pressing a lever on
the special piano he can transpose
to any key he desires.
Here on a golden platter is one of
the greatest ready made screen
stories of all time-and YOU can
gamble any Hollywood producer
would go six figures and better to
get Berlin to change his mind.
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Alliance1
Evening star., 1946-01-19
Harem Is a Problem
By the Associated Press.

- sAS hsooSldtSu TTeSS.
HOLLYWOOD.
II real harem is all the headache
that screen harem is, three assis
tant directors would like to knw why
any Oriental potentate would want
TO undertake such a responsibility,
The men, Saul Wurtzel, Read Kill
gore and Charles Faye have the
responsibility of the screen harem
OF Ii wives of King Mongkut of Siam
In Anna and the King of Siam :"
AS the screen harem Is composed of
modern Hollywood beauties. the
problem is to see that none of the
IL forgets to put away her reading
glasses, her American cigarette. her
newspaper or magazine, when the
cameras begin grinding. The as
sistants must keep track of the dozen
and half beauties to be sure thev
don't wander off to visit on other
sets. telephone, or in any way absent
themselves when shot is to be
made, They are busy every minute,
checking constantly.
Evening star., 1946-01-19
Local Drama Groups

played by Albert Berkowitz, Angela
Miles, Joseph Church, Dick Sigmon
Grace Kaplan, Laura Hartness and
Duane Nelson. "The Funeral" was
directed by Capt. Andrew Miles.
The King Smith Theater Work
shop, recently reorganized, present.
ed Homecoming" new play by
Horton Foote, On Thursday night.
Mr.. Foote is a. co-director of the
theater, with Maj. Vincent Done
hue, recently discharged from the
Army. The Homecoming" cast was
headed by VIII Hare, Zelda Ben
Jamin, Susan Barnes and Virginia
Bertsch.
The civic dance concert, original
ly scheduled for presentation this
week at Roosevelt High School Au-
ditorium, but postponed when that
flu bug that's getting about the town
got to several Of the dancers, now is
scheduled for the evening Of Feb
ruary l. This second program in
the series, sponsored by the District
OF Columbia Recreation Depart
ment, will present four ballets by the
Washington Concert Ballet, direct
ed by Lisa Gardiner and Mary
Day. Tickets are on sale now at
Evening star., 1946-01-19

an advertisement, SOM you point
out that the record for straight rail
billiards is 499, 1875.
Naturally, was knocked semi
sane by that figure, but still retain
degree of curiosity about the
whole thing.
You can't stop there, Pete.
A whale of lot of us reformed
poolroom kids who remember
chortling at a high run of 25 Cor
was it 2?) want to know few things
about it.
l. Who did it?
2. How long did it take him to
run 499 ,l95 straight rail billiards?
3. Did he take time out and did
ne sleep on the billiard table when
he got tired?
4. What did his wife and friends
think of a guy who spent that
much time playing one game of
billiards?
5. How did he happen to miss the
499 ,196th billiard? And what did
he say about coming that close to
100000 without making it?
8. Another thing, what was the
reaction of people he met socially
for the first time and was intro
duced as the fellow who once shot
49s,ls5 straight rail billiards with.
out a miss?
7. And, still another thing, what
ever happened to the fellow?
You've got the material there.
Pete, for a full-length comedy fea-
ture and while I know Preston
Sturges doesn't work for MGM Che
doesn't seem to be working for any,
one), he ought to be the fellow to
write apd produce it. If, of course,
ne could find a star in Hollywood
who could play a man who can
shoot 499, ,l95 straight rail billiards
in the normal running time of a
feature picture. Maybe, for dramatic
purposes, 1t would be better to start
him on the last billiard, the 499,-
195th one. The others would have
tendency to be repetitive and very
dull.
A typographical error to take to
your heart and cherish Is the one
in the Theater Guilds properly
wide-eyed announcement of the ad-
vance sale for the Lunts in 20
Mistress Mine" at the Empire The
ater in New York.
Says the last startled, happy para
graph:
For the first time in the 53-year
history of the Empire, an extra
ticket RACKET has been installed
to expedite the sale of tickets at
the box Office"
The mind that wrote that meant
rack" Of course. but you can see
it running over the possibilities of
an attraction so brilliant as that
of the Lunts
Yours would, too, no doubt.
Evening star., 1946-01-19
Ingenious Waneer

Waiter Wanger has started a new
iashion-he has the photograph of
daughter Stephanie on ali his
matchboxes.
Evening star., 1946-01-19

Even If you can't put your finger
on 1t, there seems to be a laugh in
the fact that Carole Lands. who
vas suspended by Goth Century,
Fox for refusing a role in Strange
Triangle" has been reinstated to
play in ut Shouldn't Happen to a
Dog"
You do laugh, even if you don't
quite know why.
Or do you?
For some reason or other. "The
Lost Weekend" has lot of persons
IN show business recalling expert
ences they have had at one time
or another, with performers who
took stimulants of an alcoholic kind
to keep them going from day to day.
The Capitol's Gene Ford has such
tale, for instance, about one of
the late David Belasco's stars who
played on one of his programs after
she had passed her zenith.
1t was a sort of torrid thing"
Mr.. Ford recalls, "a bedroom scene
from one Of her great Belasco hits
She was wanton dame, if you
don't remember, and had a way of
enticing men to their doom. The
scene we used required the discarded
lover to come into her bedroom and
announce he was going to kill him
self. Her heartlessness was to be
shown IN the fact that she greeted
his announcement by handing him
a loaded revolver.
We'll, the thing went fine for the
first two performances. He an
nounced that he was going to kill
himself, she handed him the gun.
and the audience was properly i'm
pressed with what a sad thing that
was. The third performance, how
ever, the sketch produced the loud
est ribald laugh you ever heard. In
stead Of handing the depressed
suitor the gun. the confused former
star handed him the telephone.
Her line was, Here, kill your
self, then!'"
The audience nearly killed jtself
Evening star., 1946-01-19
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
HOLLYWOOD.

At a time when the lives and loves
of Americas favorite song writer's,
living and dead, are being preserved
on film, Irving Berlin is a notable
holdout against letting Hollywood
make his screen biography.
The poignant story of George
Gershwin has been told by Warner
Bros. in Rhapsody in Blue" The
music and career of Cole Porter pro-
vided the same studio with the in
spiration for Might and Day" Be-
fore the genius of Jerome Kern was
stilled by death. MGM began the
film biography of the popular COM
poser.
Berlin, who has been writing the
songs a Nation loves to sing for
nearly four decades, has emphati-
cally refused every film offer along
that line.
MY songs are my story" said the
soft-spoken composer, and Holly
wood has told the tale well. I don't
think I'd like to watch them doing
my life-not just yet anyway. After
I'm gone. If my wife and children
want it, that's another matter"
Ten pictures have been built
around the unforgettable melodies
which Berlin has given the world
But none has chronicled the life OF
the man who wrote them. Many of
them have dipped generously into
the album of Berlin classics, such as
the latest production, Blue Skies
which Paramount is about to release
and its noteworthy antecedent
"Alexander's Ragtime Band" In the
coming BLUE Skies" lavishly wrap
ped in color, are "a of the lasting
hits of the 57-year- -old composer
and four new songs written expressly
for the picture. Bing Crosby will
sing many of them.
X 4
Berlin's own life story is undoubt-
edly the most romantic and fasci-
mating of any of the contemporary
composers. 1t is packed with good
every producer in Holly
wood realizes this.
His is the story of Russian immi-
grant boy, born Israel Baline, who
grew up amid the poverty and push
carts of New York's East Side and
climbed to success. It's a rags-to-
riches tale which could only happen
in America. This son of the slums
married the beautiful princess and
lived happily ever after. The mar
riage of the song writer from The
Bowery who won the heart of Ellin
Mackay, the heiress. and wed her
over her fathers objections, thrilled
Evening star., 1946-01-19
Pete Smith Gives An Answer
That Brings More Questions
BY JAY CARMODY,
An open letter to Pete smith:


Dear Pete You make avorite movie
put you leave me going round circles trying
out startling
own Questions Before that sentence going circles
let me explain: In current
Evening star., 1946-01-19
Elephants Gilded
By the Associated Press.


HOLLYWOOD.
How would you like to wash three
elephants day for weeka That's
a lot of elephant to wash and it
took so boxes of soap flakes to do
the glamourizing of the pachyderms
for a scene in Till the Clouds Roll
By" AS the scene was being filmed
in color the natural dull gray of the
elephants looked out of place in all
the glitter. Makeup men were
called in to devise special paint
to gild them and yet not be harmful
to the beasts AS gold paint is
scarce and each elephant required
four quarts, a coating of baby oil
was used for the camera rehearsals.
Then the gold paint was put on with
air brushes. and the aid of 10 make
up men and stepladders. End Of
the day brought the chore of re-
moving the glamor coating. George
Emerson, the animal trainer washed
all three daily, with a scrub brush
and soap chips.
Evening star., 1946-01-19
Where and When |
Current Theoter Attractions
ond Time of Showino

! ond Time Of Showing
Stage.
National 20 Mistress Nine:
2:s9 and $3.50 pm.
Screen.
, Capitol-"Doll Face: IL am. LOO
3:45, sos, $3.50 and 1850 pm. Stage
shows: 12:40, 8, 5:25, 7:45 and 10:lO
pm.
Columbia-"Vacation From Mar
riage": 11:40 am, 1875, 3:35, $50,
1880 and $50 pm.
Earle '"The Lost Weekend.
10:45 am, 12:55, $40, $40, 7:3O and
9:45 pm. and 1910 am.
Hotel du Nord":
2:20, 4:05, $50, 7:35 and 800 pm.
Keith's-"The Bells of st. Mary's":
10:45 am, l, 3:15, 5:25, TAO and
9:55 pm.
Little-"Battle for Music: 1o:45
am, LIS, 4:05, $40, 9:25 pm. and
1905 am.
Metropolitan "San Antonio:
11:10 am, 1:20, $3.50, $40, 7:50, 10
pm. and 1910 am.
Palace-"Leave Her to Heaven: ::
l0:45 am, 1855, sos, Sis, 7:25 anc
$40 pm.
Pix-"Hell's House: 2::25, $40, 7:5s
10:40 pm. and 1:25 am.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts
Continuous from ! pm.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-31

The bayonet was named for the
eits Of Bayonne, France, where
The weapon was developed in the
18th century.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-31

Miss Harriet Blue, Gulf Hills,
spent the weekend in Montgom-
cry, Ala.
Mr.. add Mrs. E. C. Lloyd are
visiting in Detroit.
Mrs. Dora Seymour and Miss
Lucille Fayard spent Wednesday
in Jackson attending the Wo-
mems Circle district meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newsome of AL
bany, N. Y. have returned home
liter visiting Mr.. Newsome's
mother, Mrs. j. w. Newsome,
md sister, Mrs. Hugh Hoffman.
Duncan Moran and Marcus
Shanteau of Mississippi State
college are visiting their fsmi-
lies.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. johnson,
Mrs. James Johnson and daugh-
ser, Bett, and Jimmie Williams,
II Mobile, were weekend guests
If Mrs. E. L. Tardy.
Ernest Alfred Morris, IS years
old, native of England and res-
dent of Ocean Springs for 35
years, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Karl Maxwell,
last Wednesday. Besides his
daughter he is survived by q son,
Robert f. Morris, Washington,
d. C., and three grandchildren.
Ross r. Barnett of Jackson adj
dressed the high school gradu-
ating class of Ocean Springs
Wednesday night. Tuesday night
The eighth grade held its grad
uation when 81 girls and seven
boys received their certificates.
A special youth program is in
store for Ocean Springs begin
ming Saturday, June ], with a
guest speaker and special mu-
sic, at the high school auditor
ium.
Ensign and Mrs. Donald Snyder
are guests of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Chester Snyder.
Miss Mary O'Keefe entertain
ed members of her French class
at a tea Tuesday afternoon in her
home.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-31
Ocean Springs

The Woman's Club of Ocean
Springs met for its final meet
ing of the year Thursday when
Mrs. Chester Snyder was elect
Cd president for l946-47. Other
officers were Mrs. Harry Lee,
first vice president; Mrs. Ruth
White, second vice president;
Mrs. NJ c. Sherman, secretary;
Mrs. A. B. Austin, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Art Fifield, treas
urer; Mrs. j. {. Wright, auditor;
and Mrs. Francesca Spencer,
rarlamentarian. New members
elected were Mesdames judith
Girot, Rov Riviere, Joe Lyons
and j. c. Wieder. The registrar,
Mrs. John Bransford, reported
an average attendance of % dur
ing the past year and Mrs. Or
win Scharr, librarian, gave her
report. Tea was served At the
close OF the meeting by Mrs. w
l.. Elkin. Mrs. Ruth White and
Mrs. George Arndt.
Mrs. Edward Campbell of
Jacksonville, Fla, is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Beryl Park and
daughter, Katherine, and her
mother-in-law, Mrs. Campbell,
in Biloxi.
Sgt. Lowell Davis arrived home
Sunday from Camp Shelby after
receiving his discharge. He serv-
ed 10 months in the European
theater.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-31
Escafawpa

Friends of Mrs. Reuben Thorn
as will be happy to know that
she will be removed to her home
in a few days from the Jackson
County hospital where she has
been critically i'll for the past
week.
Private funeral services were
held at the Machpelah cemetery
on Friday for little Trula Kath-
leen Thomas, infant daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Thomas.
The Rev. Hildred Thomas off
ciated.
The Women's Department of
he Reorganized Latter Day
Saints church had their month
y luncheon Tuesday with Mrs.
Bethel Mizell and Mrs. Dorothy
Griffin serving about 40 women
and children. The sum of S22.25
vas collected and will be add
ed To the building fund of the
church.
Mr. and Mrs. Garner Roberts
left this week for Pontehatoula,
La. for a few days visit with rel
ltives ard friends.
Mrs. Mable Christie and small
son, Miss Mildred Thomas and
Mrs. Oscar Martin. Jr., spent last
Wednesday %picnieking and swim
ming at the Pascagoula beach.
W. c.. Laakso of Grand Bay was
4 visitor in the home of Nj.
and Mrs. F. G. Bennett this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Golf and
TWO children went 10 Lucedale
last week to visit his grandmoth-
er who was i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Z. Baker
If. Forrest. Miss, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Murphy Dufrene and baby
Of Des Allemands, La. spent
Sunday with their parents, Nj.
and Mrs. Henry Roberts.
The w. S. c. S. Of the Method
ist church met Monday for then
social meeting at the church with
Mrs. Kate Carter as hostess.
Mrs. C. c. Brown and Mrs.
Joil Hicks and two children
eft for fbei- home in Orange
Fexas, Wednesday Of last week
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-31

and on their way home visited
relatives in New Orleans. Mrs.
Brown had visited her brother,
F. G. Bennett, and family and
mother, Mrs. Title Bennett in
Escatawpa for two weeks.
Prayer services were held every
night last week at the Baptist
church. On Friday night, the
closing night, the young people
enjoyed a chicken fry on the
beach.
The Women's Missionary Union
of the Baptist church held a
luncheon Nav 81 at the home of
Mrs. Howard Rabby, Jr., with
Mrs. Rabby and Mrs. Albert
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-31
LodY NeorlY Clicked
While Lying IN Bed
Due To Stomach Cos

One lady said . few DAYS ago
that she used 20 Be afraid 70 go TO
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South Carolina was named
for Charles l of England and
MARYLAND for his wife. Henrietta
Maria.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-31

The speed record for land pro-
oulsior ~ steam, l2G miles an
.hour was made By a British train
in 1888.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-31

The Spartans Of ancient Laco-
mia, who were noted for tacitur-
nifty, gave the word laconic to the
English language.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-31
HORSE PLAY

Springfield, Mo, AP.-County
Recorder Bill MCGUIRE isn't ac-
cepting horses in payment for
marriage licenses. Mcclure ex-
planned the cryptic phrase IS sor-
relsP on one application was the
out-of-town street address Of a
prospective bride.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-31

Penguins are found at the
South Pole but not at the North.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-31

Greenough as hostesses. Approx
imately IS were present. A lunch
con will be held each month
hereafter, according to present
plans.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-11
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

n the Probate Court for the Ter ritory of Alaska, First Division, Juneau Precinct, at Juneau. Tn the Matter of the Estate of ELIZABETH SEY, Deceased.
 PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the 7th day of March, 1946. the Probate Court for Inc Territory of Alaska, First Divi- sion, Juneau Precinct at Juneau, duly appointed the undersigned, a resident of Anchorage, Alaska, ad- lninistratrix with the will annexed If the estate of Elizabeth c. Sey, deceased, with full power and auth ority to administer the estate of said deceased according to law; and Ill persons having claims against said estate are required to present them with proper vouchers for ap- prcval to me at Box 24e3, Anchorage, Alaska, with six (6> months from the date hereof.
 This notice is dated and the date of it's first publication is April 20, l946.
 (Signed) HARRIET A. WILLIAMS,
 Administratrix. First publication, April 20, 1946. Last publication, May IS, 1946.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-11
DEMAND E MADE | FOR INVESTIGATOR ! OF GEORGIA KLhNs

ATLANTA, May 1.-The Georg- ia Legislative Council today de- manded an investigation by the Treasury Department and the Fed cral Bureau of Investigation into thr activities of the resurgent As sociation of Georgia Klans.
 The Council, which includes re- presentatives of the AFL., CIO, and various independent unions, charg- ed that XXX, Inc, had announced !fuspension of activities in 1914 be- cause of ul paid Federal, taxes a. mounting to more than half a mil lien dollars. but had continued to use it's original application and re- instatement blanks.
 A spokesman for the Councl, who preferred. to remain anonymous, said officers of the Klan were known to travel from state to state on klan business.
 The investigation was demanded following a cross burning ceremony on nearby Stone Mountain last night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-11
DIR. RAE LILLIAN CARLSON

Optometrist is now in Juneau at her office in the Blomgren Build ing to examine eyes and fit glasses. Phone 636 for appointment.
 t264-tO
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-05
Hope Reenacts
Valentino Role

HOLLYWOOD.-Bob Hope, the great lover, is getting set
for the climatic boudor in Paramouns Monsieur Beau
caire"
He is elegantly ated in the white silk knee breeches
brocaded cut of the 1700 he white
wig of the tnoe
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-05
Tom Drake Finds
Lady Luck Tickle

HOLLYWOOD - For a few
months Tom Drake reckoned
himself the luckiest man in Hol-
lywood.
His performance in M-G-M's
'The Green Years" has been
winning critics plauditS. His
family-wife and child are en-
route to join him from the east.
He was able to rent comfort
able home spacious enough to
house them all. Despite the
shortage of clothing, he owned
enough pre-war suits to tide him
over. With rubber tires as
scarce as nylons, his car was re-
Gently outfitted with four good
tires.
One day this week this good
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-05
New Hollywood Starlet
Has Had Thrilling Life

HOLLYWOOD - A startling
newcomer to Hollywood with a
background as exciting as a
movie script is titian-haired
Jayne Cotter, who already is
drawing star predictions after
only a few days in the film capi-
tai. She has been signed by
M-G-M for the second feminine
lead in ''You Were There" star
ring Katharine Hepburn and
Robert Taylor.
Born in Chang, China, of mis-
sionary parents, Miss Cotter
came to the United States in
1929, at the age of seven, unable
to speak English. She and her
family had fled China during the
anti-foreign uprising which
broke out in 1921.
After living in Paris and in
England, they came to New
York, where Jayne later became
a successful model and then
stage actress. Her leading roles
included the plays, Madame
X" with Jane Cowl, Another
Love Story" with Roland
Young, and Spring Again."
with Grace George and c. Au-
brey Smith, and the first over
seas U. S. o. unit of "Over 21."