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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-15
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VIII WNIV . HND HOIIlngS-
worth Candy at Griffin Drug Co.
Ideal for giving or serving to
your guests during the Christ
mas Holiday Season. Our stock
of candy is fresh and complete.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-15

is THERE any gift that could
be more charming than a beau
tlful set Of Rogers 1881 Silver -
select the choice pattern now at
THE JEWEL BOX-UPTOWN.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-15
HELP WANTED

Reliable Person with car to
handle the Daily and Sunday
Herald motor route. Good part
time job for someone that de-
sires to supplement their in
come. Apply Circulation Man
ager, Herald office.
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For "HER"
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FOR HER, both lovely and use
full give Fire-King glass oven
ware, we are selling these out at
cost. Limited supply. MASTER
SERVICE STATION, 9O6 ROA-
NOKE AVENUE.
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FOR HER bedroom, Lane
Hope Chest, order now that pre-
Christmas special $49.95, you
may use our convenient lay
away plan. THE EASY PAY
FURNITURE STORE, DOWN
TOWN.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-15
NOTICE

Dressmaking, buttonholes: Re-
weaving and hand darning.
Mrs. Elizabeth Clark, 255 B.
Roanoke Ave. Phone R-234-96
day. R-77-8l night.
Dec. IA, Is, 16, II, 10, 20 pd.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-15
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,

SHE'LL BE happy on Christmas
and all the days that follow
with General Electric Auto
matte sink and dish washer
from McCRACKEN TIRE co..
DOWNTOWN
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-15
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LOOK ATT TuJC

LOOK AT THIS
LOW LOW PRICE
You've never seen such value.
This lovely Lady Betty service
IS plated with purest silver. Un-
derneath is sturdy 1870 nickel
silver, the same used in the
most expensive silverplate made.
S5.95. THE JEWEL BOX up
toyyn
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-15
Observation-Disclosures
For CHILDREN

ALL LITTLE girls 1ove brace
lets and locket sets, Sterling
Fork and Spoon Sets, Identifica-
ton Bracelets, Baby Rings.
JEWEL. BOX, UPTOWN.
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WHAT COULD be letter than
combined wagon and tricycle..
The newest thing for the chill
dren CYCLE SHOP, UP
TOWN.
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NRANNN&Ks&NRN
A AUTOGRAPHED COPIES of
Roanoke Hundred by English
Fletcher. THE Big Fisherman"
by Lloyd Douglas, River Treas
ure" by Mehan Holloman Burg
wyn. Bibles and Prayer Books,
all ideal for giving. PRUDEN'S
Roanoke Rapids Office Equpi-
ment.
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GORGEOUS CHRISTMAS gifts
-Women's dresser sets now only
$500 at PENNEY'S-UPTOWN.
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MAKE HER wash days happy
days with G. E. all Automatic
clothes Washer-the washer that
is completely automatic. Buy it
on terms at McCRACKEN TIRE
CO.-DOWNTOWN.
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BEAUTIFUL GIFTS of most
every description for the ladies
wardrobe. Dresses, skirts, sweat
ers, scarfs, handkerchiefs, cos
tune jewellery, raincoats, bed
jackets. slips, blouses, bags, hose,
gowns, robes, etc. FREE GIFT
WRAPPING-QUALITY SHOP
Uptown
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-15

REPLACE THAT old refrigera-
tor or washer with EeW Cen
eral Electric. Easy terms at
EASY PAY FURNITURE
STORE-DOWNTOWN.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-15

Twenty five sets of genuine
Rogers Silverware, fifty-three
piece service for eight. Special
price $3.50. VALENTINE &
GARNER JEWELERS. up
town.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
She'll have real delight with a
Pottery Vase, Bulb Bowl, Candy
Dish or Flower Bowl. CHIMNEY
CORNER uptown.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-15

DRESS UP your home for
Christmas with custom made
venetian blinds. Phone LLOYD'S
for estimates, 826-l. LLOYD'S-
UPTOWN,
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-15
For That Special
Person

GIVE THEM Bulova, Elsin.
Rime, or Gruen watch - Also
an attractive selection of watch
bands - Easy terms --- Shop at
THE JEWEL SHOP-DOWN-
TOWN.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-15

WHAT COULD be nicer for the
home than Cavalier Cedar
Chest, S4950 and up. HUGHES
F U NITU RE COMPANY
DOWNTOWN
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-15

WHAT COULD be better than
a Sweater for Christmas? Pull
over or coat styles. Also dress
and work pants all sizes and
colors. VIM. FARBER'S-UP-
TOWN.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-15
For the HOME

SEE LYNCHES' for large selec-
ton of Christmas Sheet Music.
Guitars, Violins. Mandolins, Ba-
tons and Harmonics. Credit or
layaway LYNCHES CREDIT
JEWELERS.. Phone 374, UP
TOWN
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CONSOLE MIRROR Set with
jug and Glasses, plain or decor
ated, and beautifully gift wrap
ped Sl.49 and S159 u piece
oven Glass Baking Set, gift
wrapped S3.19. EAGLES 5&l0
RFITpTOWN
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-15

BATHROBES, TIES, Scarfs.
handkerchiefs, belt sets, many
others. YOUNG MEMS SHOP,
UPTOWN.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-15

JUST ARRIVED new watches
for boys, neat and dependable.
fully guaranteed, only $3.50 all
taA included. WALTERS
WATCH SHOP-DOWNTOWN.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-15
For "HIM''

LET HIM rest easy this Christ
mas with New Eng lander box
spring and mattress. THE EASY
PAY FURNITURE STORE
DOWNTOWN.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-15

Dress up the Door of your home
with new Light-O-Lier Outside
porch brackets. That door will
have welcome sign with fix
lures from SPEIGHT-WHITE
ELEC. CO., Inc. uptown.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-15
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

GORGEOUS CHRISTMAS gifts
Women's dresser sets now only
$500 at PENNEY 'S-UPTOWN,
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31
Prez. A. .Smetonos mir.
ties sukakties m:neii-
mas sausio 30 d.

Gruodzio 26 d. Dirvos redak
clJoJe ivyko vietos zymesni1
veikejQ susirinkimas aptarimu
surengimo Lietuvos Preziden
to Antano Smetonos 5 metz
mirties sukaktuviu paminejimo
Paminejimui rengti parinkts
sekmadienis, sausio 80 diena
Apie programos turini bus pra-
nesta veliau.
komiteta sudare a. a. Prezi-
dento Smetonos artimieji ben
dradarbiai Lietuvoje, kuriu iau
gerokas buris yra Clevelande,
ir Clevelandieciai, kurie SUI a.
a. prezidentu darbavosi ir ben
dradarbiavo, kai jis apsigyve-
no Clevelande.
Paminejimo surengima vado-
vaus Lietuvai Vaduoti Saiun-
ga.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31
GRIZO IS EUROPOS

Ohio senatorius Robert Taft
buvo isvykes Europon, asmenis-
kai patirti dalyku padeti. Jis
grizo prizes pat Kaledas II pa
dare spaudai platu pranesima.
10 iSvadomis, karas su Sovie-
tais artimoie ateityje nenuma-
tomas. Del Marshallo plano
sen. Taft sake isitikines, kad
jis prisidejo pasekmingai prize
sulaikymo komunizro plitimo
Vakaru Europa. Sovietai ne
gall komunizma toliau pl9sti be
raudonosios armijos pa~albos
Laisvose nuo sovietr globos
salyse komuniZmas eina5 slip
nyn, sake Taft.
Vokietiios ekonomine padetis
sunkiai bus galima ragerinti,
jis mano, Xxi nebus ivesta tai
ka. Bet tam Xxi siolai kliudo
Russia, kuri nerodo iokio palm
kimo isspresti Vokietijos klau-
sima kitaip, negu savo naudai.
Taciau, sake Taft, del varzyti-
niu uz Berlyna tarp sovietu ir
vakaru demokratijQ karas ne
kilsias.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31
Clevelandieciai laukia
B. Dirmeikio

Clevelando DIRVOS skaity
toJai, patyre, kad netrukus at
vyksta is straipsniu jiems ia,
gerai pazistamas DR.. B. T. Dir
meikis, teiraujasi, kada lie tu
res progos SUI juo susipazinti
kai kurie stebisi, kaip jis is
plaukdamas sausio 29 diena ga.
les pasiekti Amerika tuoi DC
Nauju Metu.
zinoma, cia per klaida buvo
parasyta, kad jis isplauks sau-
sio 20 diena. Turejo butt gruo-
dzio. Bet gavome pranesima,
kad jo laivas pajudes is uosto
tikrai sausio menesi, tik ne 20,
o 1 diena, t. ", Naujq Metu
diena.
O susipazinti, regis, bus pui-
XII proga prezidento Smetonos
mlrties sukaktuviu minejimo
diena, kur B. Dirmeikis numa-
tomas, kaip pagrindinis kalbe-
tojas.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31
VAIKCsIOSIM PESTI?

Cleveland Electric Illumina-
ting Co. paskelbe nutraukiansi
savo dabartine sutarti su Gle
veland Transit System, kutiai
dave elektra gatvekariu opera
vimui. Sutartis baigiama Dir
zelio 20 d. 1949 metals. Elek-
tros kompanija pranesa, kad j
negali duoti uz dabartine kama
elektros operavimui miesto SUI
sisiekimo sistemos.
Miesto valdyba turf elektros
stoti, bet il nera pakankamai
didele, negali tiekti elektros
gatvekariu operavimui.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31
NUZUDE SAVO ZMONA

Paul Dienes, 72 m. senukas
Parma gyventojas, per Kaledas
susipyko su savo zmona Xxi to,
kad plaktuku ja uzmuse. Jis
prie zudystes prisipazino. Jo
zmona buvo 68 metu amziaus,
jiedu gyveno vienudu, vaiku ne
turejo.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31
DIRBA GERAI

White Sewing Machine Co.
80 metu senumo pioniere Gle.
Velando siuvamu masinu kom.
panija, dirba net TRIMS pakai.
tomis, stengdamasi ispildyti di.
delius jos isdirbiniq pareikala-
vimus.
Neuztenka jai jau savo da-
bartiniu patalpu, perka kitas
dirbtuves prie Berea Road, kur
karo metu Jack & Heinz gami-
no karui reikmenis.
Visoje Salyje, jau net ukese,
yra didelis pareikalavimas elek-
ira varomu siuvamq masinu.
White Sewing Machine Co.
turi apie 2,50O,O0O uzsakymu
siuvamu masinu. Jai dirba ne
r2a al il lietuviu is apie 700
darbininku.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31

CLEVELAND Policijos De-
partmentas pataria automobi-
liu vazinejantiems pritaikyti
vaziavimo greitu prie keliu ir
orc salygu. Vaziuok leciau sla-
pia, snieguota arba leduota gat-
We, kad turetum proga sustoti
reikalui iStikus.
Sis laikotarpis yra prazutin-
gas pestiems. Policija pataria
pestiems butt labai atsargiems
einant skersai gatve po suite
mai ir deveti ka nors balta.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31
EAVO % NAUJAS
IMONES

Orwell. miestelyje. Ashtabu-
la apskrityje, kur aplinkui ran
dasi lietuviu ukininku, begyje
pastaru penkiu met11 isstatyta
22 naujos ivairaus didumo dirb-
tuves. Tas miestelis turf tik-
tai apie 900 gyventoju. Prizes
penkis metus tureio $50 gwen
toju.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31

OHIO viesu mokyklu moky-
tojos savo suvaziavime Colum-
bus, Ohio, vel iskele savo algu
klausima. Nors mokytojoms
algos nutarta pakelti po 1925,
ir jos turetu gauti minimum al
gos $2,774 metuose, puse ju
dar gauna maziau, negu S2,40O
metuose.
Mokytoju sajunga reikalauja,
kad Ohio valstija savo palaiko-
MONS mokykloms 1949-5O me-
tams skirtu po S107,3 900,
vietoje pc S90,00O,OOO, kaip
buvo 1947-48 metals.
Sake, reikia mokyklu patal-
pas padidinti, reikia 1000 pa
mokq kambariu daugiau, del
padaugejimo mokiniu skaiciaus.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31
Is KUR POLITIKIERIAI
GAUNA PINIGUS?

Lapkricio 2 d. rinkimu va
Jul Republikonu partijos komi-
tetas Cuyahoga apskrityje pra-
leido S156,00O suma.
Visoje Ohio valstijoje Repu-
blikonu partiios finansu komi-
tetas turejo S1,1C7,893 vajaus
fonda. o".
Kokie zmones tokias sumas
partitions suaukoja ir kq jie
tikisi uz tai gauti?
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31
KOVOS IR SU DIABETU

Grupe turtingQ Clevelandie-
ciq sudejo apie 100000 fonda
uzvedimui kovos su diabetu
C'cukrine liga"). Tas fondas
palaikys tyrinejima tos ligos.
mokyma zmoniu kaip apsisau-
goti nuo jos ir bendrai mokslis-
kus tyrinejimus sarysyje su ia
liga.
Kaip kitu ligu tyrinejimo ir
kovos reikalams, taip ir kovai
SUI diabetu fondas bus stengia-
masi didn't, prasant auku is
tokiu, kurie supranta sios ligos
zalinguma.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31
TOLIMI SVECIAI

Per Kaledas Clevelande Ian
kesi adv. Nadas ir julie Raste-
Mai is Baltimores. Jie vieseio
pas gimines = pas Rastenie-
mes motina O. Baltrukoniene ir
pas seseris bel kitus pazista-
mus, taip pat lankesi ir DIR
VOS redakcijoje.
Nadas Rastenis prizes kelioli-
ka metu pavadavo DIRVOS re-
daktoriu K. S. Karpiu, jam is
vykus j Lietuva. Dabar .jau Sc
mai buvo cia apsilankes. Jis is
vyko Kaledu antra diena j Bal
tlmore, o, julie Rasteniene dar
paviesejo Xxi ketvirtadienio.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31
MIR M Al

BALUK1ENE (Baluken) Mi
chaelina), 80 metu (nasle)
nuo 1920 St. Clair ave., mire
gruodzio "a, palaidota KalvaE-
jos kapinese % d.; pamaldos
lvyko sv. Jurgio baznycioje.
JOS laidojimu rupinosi jos
mai ii, Mrs. Anna Baluken, ir
jos kiti gimines.
CEPLIAUSKAS (Chiple) Ny
kolas), Ga m. amziaus, nuo
1862 Edmonton avenue, mire
gruodzio 27, palaidotas 80 d.,
kalvarijos kapinese; pamaldos
ivyko s.. Jurgio baznycioje.
Liko zmona, Agota, sunus
Antanas, ir dukte Mrs. Nellie
Grazulis.
siu abieju laidojime patar-
navo Jakubs Funeral Home.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31
SUSIRINKIMAI

Sausio menesi bus susirinki-
mai didziuju Clevelando lietu-
visku istaigQ: Lietuviu banko
ir Lietuviu Sales Bendroves.
Serininikams apie tuos susi-
rinkimus bus pranesta laiskais.
Tos istaigos rinks savo direk-
torius ir isduos metines apy-
skaitas.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31
Lankykites savo klube!

Amerikos Lietuviu PilieciQ
Klube penktadienio vakarais
gausite skaniu bulviniu bly,
NJ, sviezios zuvies, prie to
visokil issigorimu. Klubo
nariai prasomi dazniau prisi-
mint apie savo Kluba.
Dabar jau laikas nariams
" isigvti nauias 1949 metu
korteles. $685. Superior ave.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31

Ashtabula miestelyje, netoli
nuo Clevelando, numatyta sta
tydinti nauja didele dirbtuve,
$40 milijonu vertes, kur bus
gaminama metaliskas sodium
ir chlorinas. Dirbtuves savinin-
>kai yra National Distillers Pro-
ducts Corp. Joje bus darbu
virs dvejetui simtu zmoniu.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31
STREIKAS

Warner & Swasey maSinu ir
irankiu dirbtuves skyriaus dar.
bininkai sustreikavo gruodzic
27 d., sulaikydami darbus viso-
je dirbtuveje. Streikas palie-
cia vir. 1000 tos dirbtuves dar-
bininku.
Sustreikavo apie 1900 ma
sinistu ir ju padejeiu reikalau-
laudami daugiau algu.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31
PER KALEDAS ATSALO

Plrma KaIedQ diena Cleve-
lande gerokai atsalo, taciau ne
pasieke to sal@io, koki skelbe
ORC biuras. Sakyta buvo, kad
temperature nukris Xxi 2 laip-
sniu virs 0. Salts pasieke apie
IL laipsniu ir vel pradejo tenn
peratura kilti.
Nors pasirode ir sniegas, be
jo buvo tick mazai, kad tuoj
pat ir pranyko.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31
KITAS NUMERIS

0. Baltrukonienes - Bachus
Cafe telefonas pasikeite. Mes
per klaida kalediniame sveiki-
mime idejome sena telefono nu-
merl. Jis, pasirodo, prizes ke-
leta savaiciQ pakeistas. Dabar
yra Tower 1899.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31
CLEVELANDO IR APYLINKES ZINIOS
DIRVA6S2O Superior ENdicott 4S6Atdara
VISIEMS MUS
SVEIIkINUSIEMS

kaledu svenciu proga esame
nuosirdziausiai dekingi, bet
esame priversti atsiprasyti, kad
nepajegiame asmeniskai atsi-
liepti: sveikinusiu buvo daug-
tai labai smagu! - tad visiems
atsiliepiant galetu. ;. DIRVA
pasilikti neisleista. Todel pra-
some per DIRVA pareikstus
llnkejimus uzskaityti ir dar
karta nuoSirdziai visiems deko-
Jane.
En-. ir V. Rasteniai.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31
RKO KEITH'S 1O5TH
THEATRE

Shame teatre matysite sekan-
Cias idomias filmas:
Dec. 20 Xxi Jan. 4: when
My Baby Smiles At Me-.
Jan. 5th Xxi 9Th: Last Days
of Pompeii' ir She.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31
BINGO ISEINA

Teko patirti, kad Lietuviu
sale tuoj bus laisva nuo bingo
ir gales pradeti savo normally
veikima.
Bingo issikelia j kita vieta
netolimoje' kaimynysteje.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31
TRAFIKE ZUVO sc

Nuo pradzios siu metu Xxi
gruodzio 27 d. Clevelande ira
fiko nelaimese uzmuSta 96 as
menys = tick pat, kaip 1947
metals per ta pati laikotarp.
Per sventes vosoje Ohio zu-
vo 25 zmones per Kal6das.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-12-31

ClRVOS redakcijoje yra lai-
skas Mrs. Mary Kundrot, nuo
Emilijos Radvilienes Liutkevi-
cienes.
Evening star., 1948-07-16
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage.
NatiOnal-"Oklahoma!";; 800 pm,
Screen.
Ambassador - Emperor Waltz:
l:20, 3:25, $50, 7;30 and $40 pm.
Capitol-"Ruthless." II am, 1:4o,
4:28. ITO and 9:55 pm. Stage
shows: l. 3:45, $50 and 9:10 pm.
Columbia-"The Street With No
Name; 11:40 am, 1:40, 3:35, 5:35,
1880 and 9:35 pm.
Dupont-"The Idiot; 1:l0, ass,
4:35, Sis, 8 and 9:45 pm.
Hippodrome-"Man of Evil; 2:15,
4, $50. 7:35 and 9:25 pm.
Keiths-"Return Of the Badmen"::
11:25 am, 1:30, $3.50, 5:35, TBS and
9:35 pm.
Things to Come; 1885,
$40, GAS and $50 pm.
Metropolitan Moose Hangs
High; 11:40 am, las, 3:45, $50,
7:55 and 9:55 pm.
PaIace-"Easter Parade: 10:45
a. M, 1855. 3:o5, Sis, 7:25 end $40
pm.
Trans-Lux News and Shorts.
Continuous from 1915 am.
Warner-"Emperor Waltz: lis
am, 1:20, 3:25, $50, 7::35 and 9:45
pm.
Evening star., 1948-07-16

which makes gentle satire at the ex-
pense of both Austrian stufflness
and American brashness. Best sin
gle bit of spoofing in the script is
that in which a royal veterinarian.
who went to school with Sigmund
Freud, subjects the countess aris-
tocratic poodle to a psychiatric
treatment.
Paramount had authorized Brack-
ett and Wilder to let themselves go
on the production of THE Emperor
Waltz" The erstwhile writing team,
turned producer pair, takes full ad-
vantage of this authorization. They
have come up with picture that
frequently is even 'prettier than a
picture, certainly at such times as
Miss Fontaine is before the camera.
You would not want to miss 1.-THE
Emperor Waltz" which is one of
the summers finest, handsomest
and most sophisticated pieces of
entertainment. With music, too.
Evening star., 1948-07-16
By Harry Macarthur

Man of Evil" which was re-
leased in England about four years
ago as Fanny by Gaslight" (after
the novel of the same name), has
turned up now at the Hippodrome,
possibly to give James MaSon's S
many admirers a notion as to what
he was up to at that earlier stage
of his career. The present title
refers to the character played by
Mr. Mason. 1t is an apt enough
title, with reference to the charac-
ter, but it really doesn't have too
much to do with the photoplay it
self, since the Mason role is high
ly incidental one.
AS matter of fact. the British
star. who made his reputation by
nasty treatment of women, Is in
volved in a mere half-dozen Sc
quences of Man of Evil" He kills
Fanny's foster-father in a street
brawl. He sneers at her in the
courtroom where he is freed. He
sneers at her again at the house
where her real father has given her
refuge. He sneers at her at Evans
Supper Rooms and is floored for
his pains by the man who loves
Fanny. He sneers at her in the
dressing room of a Paris music
hall and challenges the man who
loves her to a duel. He sneers at
the man he has challenged and gets
shot dead in the duel.
This may sound like fair amount
Of action, but it really is only Incl
dental by-play. Man of Evil"
really is concerned with the sad
saga of Fanny and proves, if moth
ing else, that the British, too, can
lose themselves in wave of melo-
dramatics designed to cheer women
with tears.
1t is quite a time Fanny has. She
is encountered first at the age of 8
in the London of 1870 and in no
time at all it is 1880. She sees her
foster-father killed. watches her
mother die, then is taken in by her
real father. He's high man in the
government, though, and can't ad-
nit a thing. He can't even give
his wife, in love with the Mason
character, a divorce, because, ac-
cording to the evidence of the dia-
logue, the government might fall
in the face of such scandal. He
tosses himself under a train in
stead.
1t is only fair to tell you that
Fanny and the man she loves, her
fathers secretary. come through all
their travail, conquer all obstacles
finally, and in the end face bright
future together. Before they do,
though, there is more ado about
nothing than Shakespeare ever
dreamed that title could encompass.
Phyllis Calvert plays the difficult
Fanny role with skill and manages
to arouse sympathy in what are
patiently lending -library-fiction sit
uations. She is as matroniy-looking
a 19-year-old as you are likely to
encounter, though, If man can be
permitted the James Mason sort
of rudeness. Stewart Granger, Jean
Kent, Wilfred Lawson and John
Laurie are good, too. Director An
thony Asquith has managed to give
his film a good deal of the flavor
of the period, also. But it still re-
mains duller than anything that
laden with melodrama ought to be.
aNaT1cs rn1ENyTc
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/. . he was 4 way of life" This
can't be anything but an attack
on margin speculating.
There are q couple Of moments
when Ruthless Ii enlivened by
sydney Greenstreet, but even Mr..
Greenstreet's shoulders are rot
broad enough for this burden.
Diana Lynn plays two girls and is
understandably confused. Louis
Hayward (also understandable
seems to be wishing he were some
where else, and Zachary Scott rolls
his eyes and stares into space to in
tIicate how ruthless he Is. He only
manages to look silly. though, which
does not make him seem out of
place in Ruthless"
4 4 4 4
The Capitols stage show pre-
sents proof that ex-Governors do
not have to retire as elder states
men, 60 into the insurance business
or run for Congress. They can, at
least ex-Governors of Louisiana can,
get together hill-billy bands and
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Bsi1a Bsinaford Daans---c, c,.,r. Jonn r,rSs9os G1os
Whatever it may be considered
by the people who pay to see it,
Ruthless" is q milestone in the
life of any man who gets paid to
see movies. Any further punish
ment Hollywood has in mind for
him will be a less severe pain.
Whatever happens in the future is
almost certain to be an improve
ment. The Capitol's new film must
represent, in fact, the lowest ebb
in movie tides since Down to Their
Last Yacht" Don't let anybody
tell you now that things will have
to get worse before they get any
better. They couldn't.
Ruthless is, II it Is anything, a
vicious attack on the practice OF
growing rich by manipulating stocks
and bonds, at least as this sport was
followed back during the lush Re-
publican days of the late 20s.
At any rate, this Is the only mes
sage we could fathom in the account
of Horace Vendig's rise to power by
-uthlessly crushing friend and foe,
by coldly using the women who love
him. you didn't kiss me, you
kissed 48 per cent of Delta Power" I"
a wife he is discarding tells him.
When Horace finally meets his fate
the woman he couldn't get looks
at his one friend and says, con-
solingly, "Vic he wasn't q man
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mount Picture produced by Charles Brack-
EFT, directed by Billy Wilder, original
screenplay by Bracket and Wilder, musi-
cal score by Victor Young. special lyrics
by Johnny Burke, dances by Billy Daniels.
At the Warner.
Ths Cast.
Virgil Smith - Bing Crosby
Johanna Augusta Joan Fontaine
Baron Ho!enia ---- Roland Culver
Princess Bitotska - Lucille Watson
Emperor. Franz JOSEF Richard Haydn
Chamberlain -------- Harold Vermilyea
Dr. Zwieback ---- Sig Ruman
ArchducheSs Stephanie Julie Dean
Chauffeur ---- Bert Prival
Inn Proprietr ess - Alma Macrorie
Chambermaid - Roberta Jonay
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James Mason Stars
Only Incidentally
In Man of Evil

ture of United Artists release. produced
by Edward Black, directed by Anthony
Asquith, screenplay by Doreen Montgom-
cry. additional dialogue by Aimee Stuart.
based on the novel, Fanny BY Gaslight."
by Michael Sadleir. At the Hippodrome.
The Cast.
Fanny and Lucy. as children.
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7 Writers Consumed
In Farce at Met

THE MOOSE HANGS HIGH" an
BY Charles Barton, screenplay by John
Grant and Howard Harris, adapted from
a screenplay by Charles Grayson and
Daniel Tradash, Julian Blaustein and
Bernard Fins. At the Metropolitan.
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tour in vaudeville; that's what Jim
mie Davis Is and that's what he's
done. Others on the Capitols stage
are Carl and Faith Simpson, mar
ionette specialists; Buddy Lewis and
Lane and Claire. H. M.
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