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they were subject to no Johnston
Office, as Hollywood is. The scene
of their reckless, wanton play was
not called the Boulevard of Crime"
for nothing.
Marcel Carne, who produced and
directed Children of Paradise" is
man of imagination whose urge
here was an evocation of life in
France in the reign of Louis-Phil-
ippe. An animated tapestry was
his conception of the film and re-
straint was to be, and most Ger
taiply is: cast to the winds. Low life
has almost never been produced in
such a grand manner, so alive with
emotional violence, and so favored
with the earthly grace of French wit
The boulevard of crime with which
the picture deals is a teeming ave-
nue., glutted with humanity. But, to
give his story human dimensions
and clarity. Director Carne singles
out three characters in the mob to
carry the burden of the narrative.
The principal three are beauti-
full, disillusioned, promiscuous girl,
Garance, played by Arletty; the
famous pantomimic artist, Baptiste
Deburau who is left to the brilliant
performance of Jean-Louis Barrault,
and the famous ham actor of Louis
Phlllippe's period, Lemaitre, mper-
sonated by Pierre Brasseur.
They give Children of Paris an
impact which clearly pleased even
M. Carne, director who is almost
savage in his reach for force.
X X X X
It is a tempestuous set of circum-
stances in which these three oddly
assorted principals are enmeshed.
The disiliusioned, beautiful Garance
who poses in the nude in a carnival
side-show is first attracted to Bap-
tiste. But Baptiste is an artist
idealist who lives in his imagina-
ton. There is no direct commune
cation between the realistic, ready
to-love Garance and this strange
creature. She turns naturally,
therefore, to the robust Lemaitre, at
which point Children Of Paradise"
has acquired a triangle which is not
unfamiliar, but which is treated
here with startling unconvention-
ality.
The Littles picture is abulge with
symbolism, but those who do, not
care to bother with this level will
find its basic one satisfyingly ar
resting.
M. Carne has done a quite bril-
liant job Of blending the two, al
though some of his tricks of coun-
ter-pointing the small intimate
very scene against the one Of mob
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madness are not reinforced by the
subtitles in English. Children of
Paradise" cannot escape the judg-
ment that 1t is a far better picture
for those who know enough French
to avoid dependence upon the poor
literalist who did the translations.
It is an eloquent job of character
development that is brought off by
the principals of Children of Para
disc"
The performance of Barrault, as
the great pantomimist is the sort
that usually merits the word mas
terpiece. 1t is thing of pointed,
mute comedy that changes like
lightning into the. unforgettably
poignant and tragic. Barrault's Bap-
tiste is a great entertainer, an
artist who can convulse the mob
at the peoples theater year after
haunting year of heartbreak that
he could never understand the SIM
pie directness of Garance's love.
AS Garance, Arletty is a girl
whose eyes hold secrets which at
tract not merely her two immediate
and so different lovers, but all the
males who live along the teeming
street of crime and carnival. 1t is
this secret knowledge that, at the
end of the story, enables her to make
her choice of the right man and
leave him to a woman who has a
better right to him.
In its way, however, that of
Brasseur is equally impressive as
the robust, natural man whose ap-
proach to both life and the theater
is that of the majestic ham.
These three are supported by
dozens of miscellaneously compe-
tent performers who give Director
Carne and France their best in
screenplay made in the grand
manner.
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Little's Children of Paradise
Daring and Extravagant
By Jay Cormody

Frances most ambitious motion picture Children Of Paradise which
has been rather pectacuary in the
reached Washington last night with opening
In the avshness and pndor production
hm that rivals Hollywood But in its dramatic
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Hollywood:
Dick Powell
To Make Film
For RKO
By SheiIoh Grohom

Dick Powelrs next movie for RKO
Is called Mr.. Whiskers. He makes
this one after "The Pitfall" for his
own company. Raymond Burr, the
excellent New York actor now
working with Dick in Stations
West" gets the policeman role in
the picture.
Jean Sablon, French singer, CO.
stars with Iona Massey in Mid
night Waltz"-for Eagle-Lion.
Victor Moore will be 70 years old
in February, and he says that he
will then take life a trifle easier.
Vic is now working with Dorothy
Lamour in "A Miracle Can Hap
pen" He also has an arthritic con-
dition in one knee. Starting next
year Vic will make but one movie
year.
Jimmy Gleason has found his
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home in Brentwood too lonely since
the death of his beloved Lucille. He
is selling the place and buying an
11-acre ranch instead. Jimmy
plays the uncle in THE Return OF
October"
Here's q posy for Rosalind Rus
sell: Roe, now starring in her first
independent picture, "The Velvet
Touch" has a role, as usual, for
Jack Bartell, who gave Roz her first
break as an actress in stock, years
ago at Lake Placid. She has never
forgotten this and Bartell gets a
part in each of her movies. Roz
also is giving Jack Gage, former
dialogue director, his first oppor-
tunity as a full fiedged director.
William Holden keeps his dis
tance from Loretta Young on the set
of Rachel" Bill has a bad case
Of the snifhes, and Loretta doesn't
want to catch 'em. Almost every
other star talk to has flu or some
thing, it seems. The sneezing sea-
son is definitely here.
Cary Grant was seen at two par
ANTIICEHECNYrC rC--------
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CHILDREN OF PARADISE" Patre.
Cinema picture produced and directed by
Jacques Prevert, music by Joseph Kosma.
Maurice Thierte and Georges Mouque. At
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ADJUSTMENTS
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ADJUSTMENTS A
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1t also is unqualifedly adult ane
under no circumstance should tn.
word children" in the title de.
ceive any one that here is innocence
Even adults should be forewarnec
of the conduct of the children" il
the Little's romantic melodrama
In their unlimited waywardness
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ciples and candidates. When the
caucus agrees on the program and
the slate of officers then the men,
bers of the caucus go down the line
for their program and their officers.
They do this because this is the best
possible alternative that the pOliti-
cal process offers them. If you
fail TO caucus and vote for your
candidates then you surrender
power to some other caucus. That
is the plain harsh truth of politics.
And that is why it is curious to
hear the charges leveled against
"right-wing" caucus Of the YDFL
convention. The charges are made
by members Of the tightly disci-
plined left-wing caucus. They OBJ
ject to the fact that they were beat
en- by a large caucus, much as in the
same way one party might object
when it doesn't get a majority of
the votes at the polls. One might
sympathize with the "left-winger,
it is certainly very difficult to agree
with them.
Well, thanks Percy, for all the
space and for all the patience.
enjoyed doing it, hope somebody
gets a kick out of reading it.
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Futher Assaults
Driver After Tot
Is Injured

Ernest Gray, 20, 314 N. Grotto,
paid a fifty dollar fine in St. Paul
Traffic court Wednesday morning
for failure to stop within ten feet
Of street car, following an acct
dent in which a five year-old girl
was seriously injured Sunday.
According to Gray, he did not see
the street car until he was too close
to stop in time.
The girl, Mary McElvelly, and
her father were alighting from a
street car at the time, when she was
struck by Gray's car, receiving a
skull fracture and broken collar
bone. Her condition was still grave
Wednesday morning.
Following the accident, the
girls father broke the window of
Gray's car and struck him. Gray
left his car, and ran to a filling
station at University and Chats
worth, where he was picked up
by police.
He was held at Public Safety
building in lieu of fifty dollar bail.
Following the accident Gray said
that he was going to get rid of his
car, as he felt he would no longer
be able to drive following his ex-
perience.
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The casts performance was professional, realistic
Avis Carter Honey Turner the maid her role cute zip
and aippancy.
difficult role the hOusekeeper and mother of Brett Charles the
ex-Army confded that she accepted the in
communys efforts She believed the play
worthwhile and was willing to give up temporarily her many
practice hte brotherhood unity Of which
capable husband, Rev. Benjamin Moore breaches.
Bye the part Alice LandOn other daughter Of the
big hit with her beautiful expressive voice and perfect
dictlon.
OF the appealing gOOdoOkng james Edwards versatile Broad
way played this sayWow Unquoe
Many Of the folks know in the audience Msrs and
Whitney Young, Vincent Owens Coleridge
HendOn William RUSSELL Herbert Howell Clarence Clancy Thomas
vsnnum Mines Fern Helm Rheba Wadaw Henry Bolts Maybeh
Harris Betty Crawford Lola Carey De Vema Newman
Pearl Brown oe Dial zehur Turner B slemmon and loads
LET IT SNOW
Despite night from Indian deep
and freezing cold weather. the of the Musical
did the last Friday nights
The small faithful crowd waited IN hours for the singers to arrive
Ch girls wearing evening dresses forced to wait that long
home IN available taxi)
Because happen Musical Note let say you who
bought tickets but afraid risk the per Of transportation to
hear us-we don't blame you, Thanks anyway
THEY TELL ME
Our small but popular newspaper evidently gets
saved this clipping for from THE Montevdeo News:
ain the Minneapolis Spokesman cOlumnst Helen Smith
recognition W. Harris
baritone Of St. Paul who first place Arthur Godfrey CHS
Talent Scout show in New York.
"Thsn she asks you why many Negroes
recognize appreciate do something about the talents Of
our people until their gifts by Them
only the strings, the praise
s the TRUTH and well stated But this failure to recognize
talsn-unt somebody New York the is goods
limited o Negroes. human nature"
Glad you Editor Ludwig beginning
get worried.
THIS AND THAT
Little Joyce Simms daughter Of Mr. and Mrs
James m celebrated her birthday with friends Sterling Club
Ny Carolyn invited went present and a24 hours
party Saturday had
TishI Tishl
Florence BROWN Mo- infaneipang
they say Congratulations
Mrs MarTurie Duff daughter of Rev. md H. ogeOn
Minneapolis married Rudolph
prominent physician and in Evanston, Ill.
The couple united in mAmony by the brides father
time Presiding Elder of the st. Paul AME Conference
hat a corsag
Of white orchids
The newyweds will live In Evanston
will be Thanksgiving only ONF
Cedric Adams He will broadcast the Mayor
vile Inaugural Ball
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to someone's column.
I'm a professional (that is, right
ly or wrongly | get paid for my
effort) in the game called politics.
For too many people politics is
what they study in the universities
as a science" 1t is the field that
some fond mothers try TO keep their
favorite sons from entering. Too
many cynics think it is the area
where the smart boys with money
can always make the fix; some re
gard it simply as the business of
humbug and backslapping; it's what
the man in the street condemns by
saying, "it's all politics and those
politicians; indeed, most nice peO-
pie think it Is nasty business that
they'd better leave to somebody
who doesn't mind getting his hands
dirty.
What ever various individuals
may say it is quite clear that the
far too many Of the American peO-
pie do not value, respect, or like
politics and the politician. The
result is that quite often they turf
the job over to someone who is sure
to get his hands dirty.
Now. this Is not a correct at
titude. America has a long his
tory Of great and honest POliti-
cal leaders, and moral political
movements. II has them today.
We do not have 20 be cynical
about the possibilities Of Ameri.
can politics.
How did this cynicism come L
be? Why is it still so? And car
it be changed? There are man!
answers to these questions; | would
like to indicate just one and fol
low it through to the end; thinl
that many very good people do no
completely understand what i
takes to get things done in politics
Consequently they become confuse'
and disillusiOned and they turn T.
the easier and happier pastures o
everyday living.
The first rule Of successful poll
tics is that you must cooperat
with someone else TO get something
done. II you do not cooperate yoD
are simply a splendid voice cryinD
In the wilderness-splendid bu
futile. Now this sounds simple an
obvious but we are a people who's
strong individualism carries owe
into everything we do. Cooperatin
means getting along with peopl
you don't like personally; it mean
listening to the other fellow;
calls for constant unseIfshness an
It means that you can't afford tn
luxury Of telling the other fello'
off.
n To be effective, cooperation mu,
continue over a period Of time an
this means that the coOperatol
must have an organization. If you
organization is to be successful
needs a central meeting place an
some full time help to coordinat
: activities. This all means none
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ly take a hard punch and dish them
out too. Ken is hailed as the speed
demon. And when he starts speed
ing he really goes. His first fight
he scored a KO, and the last fight
he lost by decision. But it was pref
ty close.
ROLAND JOHNSON put up one
Of the widest fights of the evening.
The judges say he lost, but it seems
as the entire crowd had diff ideas
on that fight. Anyway it prevented
Phyllis Wheatley from coping the
team championship.
WALTER JOHNSON, a guy that
believes in that old saying "Do or
die" And believe me he did. He
fight, but he stood up under bu- COO
He received in its place the Fight
INCEST Fighter" award. And believe
you me he really had to fling a
sting or two to get it.
COBBIE THREATS lost his first
fight, but he stood up under bu-coO
Of punches. The boy he fought also
said he could take as we'll as give
out. Taking counts just as much as
Giving. when it comes to fighting.
ROLL on KATY" is the saying
every Saturday when just scores of
sO-called skaters rule the ring.
Some Of the rulers we're: DONNA
| (Shy) ARNESON, JANET Il Got
I Your ARON, HERMAN (Cor,
nered) LANGUM, BOBBY (The
| Carr, NORLAND The Rider)
JOYCE (Hair) VASSAR, ERMA
/ (ThereD OWENS, LEOLA Leach
GRAHAM, TOYA (CooD ODEN
! SARA HILL the gone one, Lyl,
| believe that LEWIS, and the Ran
dell brothers. Oh, yes, | almos
forgot to tell you about a coupl,
of real gone skaters there. The!
are Melvin Cambell The Duck
and Terry (The Wild One).
Well so long for a while
Duke believe That Don
And | do mean You.
Mayor of Bonneville Inaugural
ton Ball. Thanksgiving night
Labor Temple, MinneapOlis.-Ady
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JUVENILE 1--WE
By DON GATES
.nVICE To SWANS


In meeting new and different
friends
Be careful what you say.
It's then that one begins to watch
Just what you do and say.
A girl who meets a boy that's
new
Sometimes makes him feel quite
strange.
It's then that talk should help the
two
If the two their words exchange.
The more the two decide to talk
The better off they'll be,
For sometimes wrong impressions
made
By just a How va dOddy?" and
there you be.
So my advice to girls, that meet
A boy that fits her taste,
Do not be too flip or fly
For some boys dislike the chase.
And my advice to boys who
Meet a girl that fits his dream,
Be forward little bit
But not to the extreme.
Don
Rip-rocking, battle seeking riga
marole was the tune played at the
fights that ended the Mill City Nov,
ice Golden Glove trials.
The first champ this year was the
fast, hard hitting FREDDIE Dill,
LON. Freddie liked the idea Of
KO much better than the idea OF
/ decision, and he just about saw tC
it that that was the way it was go
ing to be. Freddie is the champ il
the bantamweight class.
RONALD ARON-AlsO champ
really has what it takes to stay
with it when the going gets bad
Ronald Aron took the champion
ship bout, by TKO when he cut hi
opponents eye. We all wish tn
fight could have gone past the frs
round because it would really hav
been a wild affair.
KENNETH ROBINSON can real
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ALMOST
ABOUT
EVE r Y HIN G
By Percy Villa
BY GEORGE DEMErRIou

Editors Not03 Mr.. Dsmst1ou. Percy
Villas quest columniat this week. 10 sscTs-
taTJ 10 the Meyer Of Minneapolis.
Percy Villas WORD to the wise"
10 his misbehaving friends is you're
out Of line there, Joe" | hope
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dancers and comedians in the Twin
Cities.
LodY Bowlers
Plon Mdtinee
Ounce Nov. %

The Twin City Ladies Bowling
League are having a pre-Thanks-
giving matinee dance, Sunday after
noon, Nov. 90, at Treasure Inn from
four to eight p. m. Percy Hughes
will furnish the music.
The purpose Of this dance is to
raise funds to send the six bowlers
with highest averages to the Ma
tional Tournament in Cleveland in
l948.
We wish to thank all of our
friends who supported US in the
past, especially at our card party
last year, at the Elks Rest at which
time we raised SOL from the party
and donations. This money, plus
what we raise in this endeavor, will
be used to defray the expenses Of
the six lucky girls to the national
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CHATTER -PATTER
By HELEN SMITH
FIRST NIGHTERS

The Minneapolis premiere showing Are the Roots dug
deeper than stage acting hatred
had forcefu brutal power furious by the
ond of second act The finale however found my
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equilibrium somewhat restored.
From the start of the play, rushed (spiritually)
past the seats at North Star Playhouse and joined
stage the southern Senator Landon's confused I'M
happy household. We 1.-THE colored help and u help
lessly took the indignties written in the script In
scene number three, when the prejudiced Senator
heard that his younger daughter in love with the
hOusekeepers son, a returned Negro soldier, the
Congressman, clutching his weak heart, staggered
toward the bedroom. forgot myself mOmentarily
and murmured, drop dead"
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Search for Talent
At Boulevard Cafe
Sunday Afternoon

D1HHNI1@g II "
A Search for Talent" program
will be held at the Boulevard Cafe,
1907 Olson Highway, Sunday after
noon, from 4 to 8 p. m.
A committee composed Of Cliff
ford Patterson, James Lassley,
James Slemmons and Carter FaisOn
are seeking the best singers,
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MINNESOTA EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE OF A. Y. d.
TO MEET NOV, Is

The State Executive Committee
of the American Youth for DemOc-
racy will hold a meeting at the
Labor Lyceum at 1900 Olson bOule-
ward, November Is, 100 TO 500
p. m.
Douglas Hall, attorney, will ad-
dress the group on Youth and the
Defense of Civil Rights"
The Grotto Players, a dramatic
group, will be featured, and Chester
Russell will render a vocal number
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that nothing | say
in this column de-
serves that quiet
stern rebuke. You
don't like to make
a wrong m 0 v e
when you're in
vited into some
ones house and
by the s a m e
token you try to
be on your best
behaviour when
you're invited in
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Mayor of Bonneville Inaugural
ton Ball. Thanksgiving night,
Labor Temple, MinneapOlis.-Adv.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-11-21
New Police Force

and Jackson. Both of these places, being two
of the states major cities, have well equipped
police forces. Both have county sheriffs and
deputies. Both of these law enforcement
agencies are supplemented with the state
highway patrol.
If violence in the strike exists to the degree
reported, with buses loaded with the travel
ing public indiscrimentally fired on, and all
of these agencies of the law unable to track
down a single offender, then it is high time
for a statewide shakeup in existing sheriffs
offices and municipal police forces.
The general public certainly has the right
to expect safety when travelling in public
conveyances and any person, striker or not,
firing on a public bus loaded with passengers
deserves punishment to the full limit of the
law.
If existing law enforcement agencies have
failed to provide the public this safety, then
we believe it high time for the general pub
lie, backed by the weight of the state govern
ment, to start impeaching inefficient and
inept officers where they are elected, and
for the state government to start firing them
where appointed.
We believe the whole situation merits a
full investigation at the next regular session
of the legislature in January.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-11-21
Even Washington Has Its
Troubles With CAA, CAB

only to the President, who ap-
points its five members with
the consent of the Senate.
The CAA is headed by an adj
m~inistrator, responsible to the
secretary of commerce. His
huge and farflung staff operates
through nine regions, each of
which is semi-autonomous with
respect to many of its func-
tons.
The regional stats keep an
eye on flying to see that rules
are not violated, that planes are
properly inspected, that the ia
cilities used by airmen are
maintained in working order.
1t oversees the training of piibts
!. and passes on their readiness
for a ticket or license. 1t helps
disseminate the great volume
of information which constant
ly flows to flying men.
Headquarters staff operates
an engineering business to
check the designs of new air
planes before approving them
for public sale. 1t has an i'm
portant experimental station at
Indianapolis.
1t publishes the Airman's
Guide, on which flyers rely for
current information about air.
port and airway. facilities. 1t
directs the aviation training
program and prepares recon-
mendatons for submission to the
CAB.
The CAA also administers the
Airport Act, under which the
federal and local governments
are building airports.
That is the setup in aviation
as it stands today. Next year it
may be quite different. Many
witnesses before the Air Policy
Commission have recommend
ed a reshuffling of CAA and
CAB duties.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-11-21
VILLAGE

J~erusalem-AP-The Mira
chi Women's Organization of
America has dedicated a new
children's village at the coastal
town of Raanana for Jewish ref
ugee children who have known
concentration camps as homes
most of their lives.
More than 17G children be-
tween five and II years old al
ready are in the village, which
eventually will house 800 to
500. Dormitories, schools, a hos
pital and workshops have been
constructed and a vocational
building, sports field and SWIM
ming pool are planned. The
Mizrachi is a woman's Zionist
organization of $4,000 members
made up of $50 groups through
out the United States.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-11-21

More than 40 jackson county citizens laid
aside their work and other affairs Wednesday
and attended the hearing at Waynesboro on
the Pat Harrison waterway. 1t was a fine
show of interest on the part of Jackson coun-
ty, and those who sat in on the hearing were
well rewarded for their lost time, for never
have we seen a better display of Mississippi's
human resources, or a better accounting OF
Mississippi's natural resources.
Mississippians from all walks of life testi-
fled. They were for the most part from
Wayne, Clarks, Jones and Lauderdale coun-
ties, and included farmers, business men, in
dustrialists and just plain simple citizens.
They told of the states vast and untapped
. mineral resources waiting for transportation
to develop them. They told of the developing
oil and allied industries. They told of the
. growing processing of Mississippis own for
est produce, and they told of rich bottom
lands ruined by continuous flooding which