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Evening star., 1947-02-24
Hollywood:
Judy Garland
Signs Anew
With Metro
By SheiIah Grohom

Norma Shearer gives Milton Sper-
ling his answer any minute now as
to whether she will play the lead for
him in Nothing But the Night.
Sperling flew to Sun Valley to get
Norma's "yes" or mo-" I think it
will be in the Affirmative. Also, Jane
Cowl will have prominent role in
this picture.
Helen Walker, now up and about
after her serious auto accident, has
been offered q big part in Mayer
ling" with Robert Cummings, for
Seymour Nebenzal. Helen can use
the money and the part. Her can
collation. from Heaven Only Knows
cost her $4,000, and from THE Un-
suspected" $4,000.
Judy Garland has just signed her
new f1ve-year contract, without op-
tions. at Metro. The deal calls for
two pictures a year at $150,000 each
and If you are good at arithmetic
you'll know that adds up to one and
o half million dollars. Nice going,
Judy.
The Enrol F1ynns have made reser-
vations for the new baby at st.
Joseph's Hospital in Santa Monica.
This is where Shirley Temple first
saw the light of day.
vivien Leigh's Anna Karenina"
picture gets the "go" signal in April
in London. I wish she and Larry
olivier would come to Hollywood.
James Mason, you'll be surprised
to learn, Is complaining absut the
plumbing on the estate he has rented
In Connecticut. I'm told that ne
wants to break the lease! @"|
Joan Caufleld Is down for "Whis-
pering Smith" with Alan Ladd and
Robert Preston. It will be Joans
first movie stint with Mr.. Ladd.
Mike Curtiz tells me that II Ann
Sheridan is out of "Serenade" he
will postpone or shelve the picture.
But il Ann makes it, there's strong
possibility that the leading male role
will 20 to Mike North.
Joan Fontaine threw her shoulder
out of joint falling down an elevator
shaft on the last day of ivy" Tough
she and Bill Dozier were looking
forward eagerly to enjoying their
honeymoon, interrupted when Joan
had to start the picture.
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby stand
to make a million dollars each
from the American profits alone Tor
their Road to Rio" They have a
three-way split with Paramount
which is releasing the picture.
Virginia Mayo called Mike
O'Sheas agent and said, please get
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honor was earned in 1943 with his
Mrs. Miniver."
n n X X
Health department: Alfred Lunt
recovered from a kidney operation
will return tonight to his lead
ing role in the two-season hit
20 Mistress Mine" The play was
closed for six weeks during the
period of Lunt's illness and recuper-
alton. The substitute occupant of
Broadway's Empire theater was
Miss Ruth Draper, the diseuse
whose run as a stand-in for the
Lunts was pleasant and profitable
n Il x
Travel department: Boston will
have five weeks to think over its diff
ferences with Eugene O'Neill or
censorship while the playwright's Is
'"The Iceman Cometh" fingers in this
territory. The plays road tour opens
in Baltimore March IT, followed by
a fortnight's run in both Washington
and Philadelphia. Boston's censor
is Mortified at 20 or 80 spots in the
O'Neill drama. O'Neill, in turn, is
Mortified generally by the attitude
Evening star., 1947-02-24

of the Boston department Of dra-
matte deletions.
II anyone retreats from present
positions, 1t viii be Boston.
The lady, when this correspondent
met her on the beach at North
Scituate last September, did not ap-
pear to be the retreating sort.
II X y
Casting department: Three play
ers who have been conspicuously
absent from the screen in recent
months, Maureen O'Sullivan, Charles
Laughton and Ray Milland, will be
united in Paramount's early produc-
ton, 1.-THE Big Clock"
Miss O'Sullivan has made not q
single picture since 1912, when she
abandoned her acting career at the
end of her sixth Tarzan picture.
Her return will be under the di-
rection of her husband, John Far
row.
II II r
Spring training department: A
memo from the Laboratory Theatel
in Hollywood observes that John
Evening star., 1947-02-24

him a job in Hollywood. I want
to see him" This would seem to
kill the story that they were quar-
reling. Mike is currently doing
p. as in the East.
David Selznick is testing Sonia
Henie's former boy friend, Stu
Barthelmess, for term contract.
BY the way, I doubt whether
Sonia, now cavorting in switzer-
land, will ever make another pic
ture. Her demands are out Of this
world: The picture must be in
color; she must get so per cent of
the profits; she wants complete
say-so on the story, cast, director,
etc. Sonia Is in position to make
these demands because she earns
millions with her skating act.
Olivia de Havilland was offered
the Joan of Arc role by Gabriel
Pascal, but Livvy said NO" be-
cause, in her opinion there is only
one actress for Joan-Ingrid Berg
man.
Gene Kelly is out OF EAST
River"-he has too many other
picture commitments. 1t looks now
as though Cameron Mitchell will
get the Kelly part.
Margaret O'Brien was discussing
Claude Jarman, jr.'s performance
in 1.-The Yearling" He's mag
nificent," said Maggie sclemnly,
adding, "I hope it won't 60 to his
head!" Claude, by the way, is un-
happy about going to school on
the Metro lot. So is his father,
who would like Claude to attend
a public school between pictures.
However, there seems to be rule
on the Metro lot, that the young
sters have to go to school there.
Joyce Reynolds tells me that she
will not bring her suit for divorce
against Robert Lewis until after she
completes 'Wallf1ower" and not
until she and her estranged mate
have arrived at an amicable prop
erty settlement.
CReleased by North American Newspaper
Alliance)
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chairman, already has been assured
Of the attendance of President and
Mrs. Harry s. Truman, Robert E.
Sherwood, author of the screenplay,
and many another notable of the
social and political world.
The single performance, which
will precede the films regular open
ing set for March IL, will provide
SIS 900 for the civilian rehabilita-
ton fund If all tickets are sold.
The gala opening Of the picture
here will precede by two days the
annual Academy dinner at which
most observers expect THE Best
Years of Our Lives" to be chosen
as Hollywood's own screenplay of
the year. =
In addition to being the outstand-
ing picture In the category men
toned, the Goldwyn production
stands to win in other classifica-
tions. Its star, Fredric March, Is
among the fve male players to be
voted upon as the years best, and
Its director, William Wyler, is re-
garded as almost certain to be the
Academy's choice as the outstand-
ing director of 1946.
Wyler's last previous Academy
Evening star., 1947-02-24

Garfield, slated to return next sea-
son to the stage, will do a warm-ur
revival in the film capital first
Golden Boy" will be the Garfield
vehicle, the Group Theater produc-
ton of which catapulted the actor
into films.
Another career which the same
play launched at high speed is that
of Ella Kazan, Garfield's successor
in the hero role. Kazan has since
become one of the highest-powered
highest-priced directors operating
between Broadway and Hollywood
The Group stopped being group
shortly after their departure.
Thought-for-today department
The practice of adding music to
a dramatic hit and reviving it as
a hit musical can work just as
well in reverse, which is to say
taking the music away from an
opera and playing it as straight
drama.
Current evidence is provided by
Evening star., 1947-02-24

Carmen" now in its third week
at the Hippodrorne.
It might not work, Of course, with
duller operate girls than Carmen.
y \ r II
Miscellany department: Mont
gomery Players will begin casting
Wednesday night for Esther Nc
Cracken's comedy, "Quiet We'd
ding" It will be the groups
final play of the season. The
ater Workshops March schedule of
movie revivals includes "Lifeboat,"
Prof. Mamlock," Beethoven, and
1.-THE Big Parade" They will come
In that order on Tuesday nights,
8 o'clock at Pierce Hall. Keep
an eye out for Elizabeth Burtner's
bailets in George Washington's Cue
Evening star., 1947-02-24

and Curtains production Of Ladies
in Hades," March 5-8. -. The
high spot is reported to be the
Temptation item which shows man
in his endless grapple with greed,
gambling, drugs, liquor, and sex.
Man loses, in case you can't wait
to learn how it comes out
Original music, based upon Faust"
is by George Bishop, arranged by
Martin Wicket.
Evening star., 1947-02-24
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and lime Of Showing

Stage.
National-"State of the Union"
$3.50 pm.
Capital-"Lady in the Lake;
1o:45 am, 1:35, 4:20, 7:10, and 9:55
pm. Stage shows: 1888, $40, $50
and s:15 pm. -.
Columbia-"The Secret Heart"
11:1o am, lis, 800, 5:25. 7:2S and
s:35 pm. -,
Earle-"The Jolson Story; II
am, 1920, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:40 pm
Hippodrome - Carmen; zoe
3:55, 5:45, 7::35 and s:25 pm.
Keith's-"It's a Wonderful Life,
1o:45 am. 1870. AIS, 7 and $50 pm
Little-"Henry the Fifth; 2:3t
and $3.50 pm.
Metropolitan - "The Beast With
Five Fingers; 11:30 am, 1:30, $3.50
5:35, 7::35 and Gas pm.
PaIace-"The Beginning or the
End; 1925 am, 1:55, 4:30, 7 ano
9:35 pm.
Pix-"Rainbow Island; 2, 2:4o
7::2o and 10 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts
Continuous from 1918 am.
Evening star., 1947-02-24
Behind the Times
BY the Associated Pres
HOLLYWOOD

For Sale: The compounding
equipment (mortar, pestle, etc. of
an 18th century italian apothecary
shop.
Judith Anderson bought the stuff
as gift for her antique-fancier
husband, Luther Greene. But-and
so 1t goes in Hollywood-by the time
the present arrived Judith and her
husband had separated.
Evening star., 1947-02-24
Tyrone Homeless
By the Associated Press

HOLLYWOOD.
When Tyrone Power returns from
location in Mexico next month, he
may be forced to live in his dressing
room as Victor Mature did when
he returned from the war.
Annabella, departing for France
has leased their home to Socialite
Millicent Rogers.
Evening star., 1947-02-24

MILO Rockville. Nd Rock. 24a4
sAsAV Free porkins
Last Day-At 7:30. a:20.
BLACK BEAUTY" Childhood favor
ite brought to screen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
BY SIGRID ARNE

WASHINGTON, April Is P-
That drop in prices which has
been expected this autumn may
not come until 1948.
A government economist told
me that a confidential report says
So.
Government economic special
lists size the situation up roughly
like this:
l. Various large groups of Amer
leans who buy from each other
got pay boosts which about bal
ance price gain.
Both factory workers and a
broad group of no%n-factory work
ers (such as store help and people
in the petroleum industry got
about IL per cent more pay from
W day through the first round
of pay increase.
2. The farmer, who made good
profits through the war, has made
out even better since price con-
trolls went out.
8. The whole country has simply
moved to a higher price level. The
city worker and the farmer both
pay-but may be able to pay
each others higher prices. Labor
department statistics show that
the food bill of the moderate in
come family jumped IS per cent
from 1889 to February, l947, but
at the same time earnings in all
manufacturing industries jumped
96.9 per cent?
4. A few comparatively small
groups are getting squeezed
some white collar workers, some
higher paid men in factories,
some professional people. They
can't buy so much. But their ao-
sence in the stores won't be
enough to bring prices down.
The picture is vague because
the federal government doesn't CO.
relate the statistics it gathers. The
Agriculture department gathers
them for farmers, the Labor de-
partment for city people, and the
federal reserve keeps an eye on
industry and banks. :.
Much of the price annoyance IS
due to small shifts up and down
the living scale which have hap
pened to various groups Of people
because of prices. Here are TWO
! eyampleS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
Summer Furniture Now
On Display In Stores

II you're looking for attractive.
comfortable, durable summer fur.
niture to grace your yard or the
inside Of your home, your search
may end at the Wilmington Furni.
ture company in the heart OF vii
mington's business section.
Though the furniture in the
spotlight now is cool and sum-
merry in appearance it is design
ed for year-round use.
The Wilmington Furniture com.
pany carries an exclusive line of
LuJo Craft, Americas most ma :
tionally advertised wrought iron
furniture.
Though made Of iron, the pieces
are light weight and easy to han
die. Those of you who are accus-
toned to salt air damaging furni-
ture, will be glad to know that
here you may find that these
pieces are all guaranteed for six
years against rust and breakage.
And the heavy glass table tops
are resistant to water stains.
LuJo Craft is available in suites
for your game room, dinette,
breakfast room. sun roc i, and
lawn, making it in the fashion
spotlight for the inside or outside.
Only soap and water are needed
to keep it %spotlessly clean. Water
proof seatcovers are available in
a choice of gay colors.
A touch of the new is seen in
the large assortment of occasional
pieces made of plastic found in
the Wilmington Furniture com :
pany. Easy to clean, most attrac-
lively designed, and definitely
new r the end tables, coffee
tables, and lamps found in this
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
Drop In Prices
May Be Delayed

/. The farmer, in 1889, was
making propertionately less than
the city worker. Since then his
cash receipts have Jumped 200 per
cent. The national income in that
period jumped only 1873 per cent,
says the Commerce department.
Food hicks more out Of the
family pay check. The city man
kicks, but the farmers wife can
buy more for the house.
2. The biggest pay increases,
percentage-wise (Jan. 1941 to Oct.
1946) went to people in the lower
paid industries: leather, textiles,
apparel. tobacco, furniture, paper
and chemicals. That brought a
whole new group of Americans
into the butcher shops for meat,
into the clothing stores for suits.
They still don't live so well as
people in higher paid work, but
they live better than they used to.
Their dollars help to drive up
prices where goods are short.
The school = teacher pays more
for a meal, a purse, a blouse.
She is irritated because she has
less left for a vacation. But the
leather = worker, farmer and
needle : worker have more. The
teacher has Tipped down the liv-
ing scale in relation to other work.
ers. But the others came up.
The Labor departments 0 n
sumner price index shows where
the family purse is leaking the
worst: From 1889 to Feb. 1947 all
items which a moderate income
family buys jumped SIS per cent.
But food jumped IS per cent.
The biggest jumps came in meat
(l05.5 per cent? fruits and vege-
tables C07.5 per cent?; fats and
oils (138.8 per cent?. By compari-
son clothing jumped only 1877 per
cent and housefurnishing 1875. per
cent. The nations gas and electric
bill was the only JOY. It dropped
SO per cent.
No one. is sure how and when
the price crack will come. No one
is even sure that prices may not
60 up farther before they come
down. Unions continue to Get pay
increase.
Some industries are voluntarily
cutting prices. But the economist
think the cuts are too small to
| mean much vet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02

To show what a variety, the old
and the new, may be found here,
the store also carris a line OF
authentic Yankee Whittier repro
auctions Of early American furni-
ture. Antique dealers might have
a hard time Discerning these
pieces from those handed down
from generations.
The Ashcraft furniture which
may be seen here is a blessing
in disguise to women who have
SO often torn stockings on reed
furniture, as tn frames ar made
of solid hardwood 18th rounded
edges to replace the old fashioned
tackled on reed strips that r so
hard on all clothing.
The pieces are water repeIlent
and W e resisting. Though cool
and summary in appearance, they
are designed and practical for
year round use on the porch,
patio, breakfast hooks, sunrooms,
or recreation rooms.
Metal porch furniture is again
back on the market at the Viii
mington Furniture company and
is more durable, decorative, and
colorful than ever before. All the
furniture today seems to be TAX
ing a trend toward comfort as the
manufacturers seem to realize
that the American people like that
luxury.
For the sun-lovers-sun tan cots
with springfield adjustable pads
for comfort and durability may be
found here.
And just in passing, among the
many other products that can be
found now in the Wilmington Fur
niture company are many sum-
mo r11oS in fibre rush and siSa1
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02

yLLEGE GETS RARE FOLIOS
TAFERFORD, Pa. W.H "Per-
copies of the first, secsnd,
II and fourth folios Of Shake
FaFes plays have been presented
! me HaVerford College library.
'she OF the original matter is
u .lsSirg from the volumes, which
U bound in red morocco.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02

These smartly designed pieces are cool and "summery" in
appearance and character, yet they are practical for year round
use. The frames are solid hardwood with rounded, smooth-as-
glass edges. Ideal for sun rooms, breakfast hooks, or recreational
rooms.
Evening star., 1947-05-06

Income hxssr dsbsisd by Senator George
Aiken. Representative Robert Great. karl locs
and Bn Mccsbe.
MR. 9;00-eomposefs and singers in Tin
Pan Alley arc interviewed.
WRc. o:00-frsnk sinairs and votalis
Jeanne MtKson visit.
WMAL. e:3o-A vstial dramaiilaiion In
behalf Of United Jewish Appeal. lis stars are
Paul Muni. John Garfield, Edward 6. Robinson
Evening star., 1947-05-06

Fsss Bulldiag naisrlsl sissss
ia. b II 81 NJ .lsos NxAsh A.s.s.t.
ss1S G. A.s nv FsHs ehsssk ti9s.s
Evening star., 1947-05-06

and Sylvia Sidney.
M0p. o:3o- "Iopals. The comedy abcui
|an honest French issthsr who becomes Z
rrafia. is presented.
WMAl, i0:00-WsHsn kusiin. U. 5. dele.
gate 10 me U. N. Security Council delivers a.
address On "Wsrld gsbilizaiicn Through The
United Nations
M0p, io:30-Ssnaior Joseph Mefsfihy and
Representatives Albsrt Gore Discus ways to
reduce tho cost Of living.
Evening star., 1947-05-06
M TINE an IoaIeHT.

ea the AlR lo1leHI.
WIop. 7:15-csb Galloway enisrains
WMAL. 8.3o--lhs Boston Pops Orchestra
plays ihs overture 10 Auhsf's The Bronze
HoFss." ibeffs advertisement, lvanoylti's
"Dsnubs Waves WsIi1ss," other popular elsssi.
al seIseiions.
WINK, S.30-ssnaioE Joseph Bell, Robsn
Isff, Irving Ives and Wayne Morse talk about
pending labor legislation.
VOL. 800" Should All to-ops Pay Federal
Evening star., 1947-05-06

SURE. 20. EyIRYsoDY's HEARD.
Land OLakes i the bestest, freshest
tasting butter Of them III. II puts d
kick into your meals, because it
makes other foods taste better.
Churned only from sweet (not souri,
cream.
Evening star., 1947-06-26
Psychiatrists 10 Meet
On World Citizenship

Psychatrists of the Washing
ton area and five Eastern States
will meet here Tomorrow night to
discuss Mental Health and World
Citizenship"
The special meeting, sponsored by
the District Medical Society's sec
ton Of neurology and psychiatry, is
being held in cooperation with the
World Health Organization.
DR.. Samuel w. Hamilton, mental
hospital adviser in the United States
Public Health Service and past
president of the American Psychia-
trio Association, win preside.
He will be assisted by DR.. Frank
Fremont-Smith, vice president for
the United States of the World Fed
Grafton for Mental Hygiene.
Others who will participate in the
discussion include DR.. Winfred
Overholser, superintendent of ST.
Elizabeths Hospital and president of
the American Psychiatric Associa-
tion: DR.. Daniel Blain, medical d.
rector Of neurology and psychiatry
of the Veterans Administration, and
DR.. Harry Stack Sullivan. editor of
the medical publication Psychiatry.
Evening star., 1947-06-26
House Home Rule Unit
To Hear Commissioners

The District Commissioners will
be the first witnesses at hearing
of the House District Home Rule
and Reorganization subcommittee
at 10 am. Monday, Chairman
Auchincloss announced today.
Mr.. Auchincloss said this was de-
cided at a dinner meeting Of his
Cosmos Club. A general program Of
procedure for a long-range study by
his group was laid down, Mr..
Auchincloss said today.
The subcommittee will hold hear
ings each week on Monday, Wednes-
day and Friday. the chairman said.
Also there will be hearings by sub
committees on specific phases Of
the problem.
Invitations have been mailed, Mr..
Auchincloss said. to about 95 per-
sons to appear at witnesses. They
include officials Of the District Gov
ernment, the Federal Government,
members of Congress and experts
from outside the Government.
The subcommittee plans to de-
veiop bill proposing an organiza-
tional change In the District Gov
eminent.
Evening star., 1947-06-26
Secretary Birds
Reach Zoo From
South Africa

With feathers behind their ears,
two secretary vultures from South
Africa arrived today at the Zoos
bird house.
The stilt-legged secretaries. /"
whose name derives from an odd re-
semblance to old-time scribes carry
ing quill pens behind their ears, are
rare In captivity.
They feed on snakes and lizards
1 ntheir native habitat and have
been know to bludgeon large snakes
TO death with powerful wings. The
birds also are scayengers.
The young pair which Zoo Direc-
tor william M. Mann obtained from
a recent commercial shipment stand
well over 2 feet tall. Their plumage
is gray and brown.
The two are the first feathered
secretaries the Zoo has been able
to obtain for the last Is years, DR..
Mann said.
Evening star., 1947-06-26
Man in D. {. ) Days a Week
Fined for Lacking Tags

A man who stays in the District
three days a week and In Maryland
the rest of the time was fined S.
yesterday by Municipal Court Judge
Almond w. Scott. for not having
District tags on his car.
The Baltimore man, Aaron Levin
through his attorney claimed he
was not q resident of the District,
but was only "sojourning" here.
Judge Scott ruled he was tenn
porary resident
Under provisions of the automo-
bile licensing regulations here the
District reeiprocates with licensing
requirements Of any State. Mary
land statutes require temporary res
idents" living In Maryland more
than three months year to buy
Maryland tags.
Whether Mr.. Levin will install an
additional set of license plates on
his automobile will depend on the
outcome of his intended appeal.
Evening star., 1947-06-26
as CAP Flyers Due Here
Sunday on Training Trip.

About IS Civil Air Patrol flyers
will land at Boiling Field in private
planes Sunday after three-day
training fight from Springfield,
Mass.
Some are scheduled to take of
today from Springfield and will be
Joined by others at several stops
along the route. The stops include
Danbury, Conn; Hicksville, r. l.;
Paterson, N. j.: Philadelphia, Will
mington and Baltimore.
The flyers viii be accompanied by
patrol cadets, ranging in age from
Is to 18 years, who will make the
trip as a navigation exercise.
The group will be guests of Brig.
Gen, Frederick II. Smith, COM
mander of the 32d AAF Base Unit
at Boiling Field-the CAP national
headquarters. Sunday afternoon,
they will be taken to Andrews Field
to examine Jet aircraft.