davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1949-08-26
Per raudOnus laukus

1svaziaves is Victories, netru-
kus patekau placias lygumas,
kurios is tolo atrode, lyg raudo-
mai dazytos. Pasirodo, tai po-
midoru laukai, paraude nuo dau-
gybes prinokusiu pomidoru.
Privaziaves arciau, pamaciau
salikelej prisedusius du vyrus,
kurie ramiai sau uzkandziavo.
Sustojau pasikalbeti.
Uzkandis ju buvo tikrai ita-
lisko recepto. Vietoj duonos jie
valge tokius blynelius (tartil-
las), tarp kuriu buvo smulkiai
supiaustytu darzoviu. ir prideta
pomidoru tikras vegetaris-
kas tarpduonis.
Paklausiau, ar tai ju tie lau-
kai. Ne, jie tik samdyti padie-
Mai darbininkai. Ju darbo valan-
dos nuo sestos ryto Xxi vidur-
dienio. Tada iie turi Fiesta" Ii
gi A val, ir paskui dirba ligi SUI
temstant. W diena jie gauna
po 5 pezus (apie Is amerikinius
centus) -.
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BROOKLYN, n. Y.
BALFO 100 SKYRIIJS RENGIA
DIDELI BALIU SU
PROGRAMA

S. m. spaliQ men. l d. BALFo
100 skyrius rengia dideli baliu
su programa. Programme daily
vaus geriausios jegos, tick is
vietiniu, tick is atvykusiQju me-
nininkQ. sokiams griez Jazavito
orkestras. Balius ivyks erdvioje
saleje Assumption Auditorium,
Cranberry St., tarp Henry St.
ir Hicks St., Brooklyne. Visas
baliaus pelnas skiriamas trem-
tiniams gelbeti. Kvieciami visi
ia diena nepasizadeti kitur ir
butinai atvykti j baliu, kur su-
tiksite daug naujQ ir senu pa
zistamu, draugu ir biciuliu.
Pasirengimo darbai bali u i
vyksta planingai. Susirinkimo
isrinktos komisijos pradejo no.
liai savo darba. Yra sudarytos
sios komisijos: Vykdomoji Ko-
misija, Programos Komisija, Bi-
lietu Komisija, Bufeto Komisi-
| ia, Sveciu Sutikimo Komisija.
Kvieciami visi lietuviai ir ju
draugai paremti 81 labdaros ba-
lin
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Ciudad Mantle

Toliau teko persiristi pei
aukstokus kalnus, bet SUI nauju
karbiuratorium tai buvo vieni
juokai. Pakilus atsidenge prizes
axis kaip jura siubuoja cukra-
svendriu laukai, O netrukus jau
ir Ciudad Mantle miesto zibu-
rial buvo cia pat.
Apsistojau dar Victorioj man
rekomenduotam viesbuty MAN
te'. Puikus is lauko, viduie Sis
viesbutis dar labiau uzimponavo.
Kambariai erdvus, svarus ir
skoningi, o kainos daugiau ne
gu pigios. "B" klases kambarys
vienam tik 5 pezai, dviems 10
pezu. "A" klases - vienam 10,
dvigubas - IA pezu; o visu ge-
riausieji - vienam Is pezu,
dvigubi = 25 pezai. Visuose yra
dusai, vesintuvai, geriamas van
duo virintas ir SUI ledu, autOmo-
biliams garazai nemokami, pui-
kus palmiu ir geliu sodelis, ar
tezinio vandens prudas su mau-
dyke, poilsio suoliukai, zaidimu
aikStele :. VieSbuCio sienos sto-
70 muro, tad kambariuose CANA
vesu :. Zodziu sakant, nieko ge-
resnio negalima pageidauti, ypac
tik uz toki piniga.
Shame mieste nieko ypatin-
gesnio neteko matyti. Nors tas
miestas stow daugelio keliu su-
sikirtime, bet nedidelis: tik vie
na pagrindine gatve, perkirsta
eiles trumpu skersgatviu. Uzti-
kau cia tik viena dideli cukraus
fabrika, bet ir to is vidaus pa
matyti neteko.
kadangi Sis miestas yra ant
didziojo kelio j Tampico, kuris
nuo cia tik per 180 kilometru,
tai if nutariau pasukti is cia j
Tampico.
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S. BOSTON, MASS.
BUS VIESA BALFO RINK
LAVA

Rugsejo 10 diena Bostone
rengiama viesa rinkliava gatve-
Sc BALFo naudai.
Svarbu, kad visi lietuviai kuo
veikliausiai dalyvautu rinklia-
vote. Jie, be abejo, bus dosnus
aukotojai, bet dar svarbiau, kad
susidarytu kuo didziausias rim
kejp skaicius. Nuo to labai daug
pareina rinkliavos pasisekimas.
Aukotoju bus daug is visQ
bostonieciu tarpo, bet auku rim
kimo darbas turf butt atliktas
paciu lietuviq, kadangi tai yra
lietuviu reikalas. Rugsejo 10 d.
yra sestadienis, daugumas yra
laisvi nuo darbo. Tad, lietuviai,
aukokite sia diena savo darba,
rinkdami aukas BALFui - mu-
su tautieciams pagelbeti.
Sutinkantieji dalyvauti auku
rinkime, kreipkites j komiteto
narius: J.J. Ramona, K. Ne
maksy, Blanche Cunys, A. JAN
kauska, A. Matjoska, Vyt. Cur
ka, V. simkiene. Kiekvienas is
ju nurodys, kur reikia butt ir
ka daryti, kad jusu pasisventi-
mas butu tinkamai panaudotas
Siam svarbiam reikalui.
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TAUTINE SAJUNGA RUOs
ISIKURDINIMO POKYLI

Pereita sekmadieni ivykusia-
me Tautines Sajungos susirin-
kline nutarta surengti isikurdi-
nirno pokyli. Nors Tautinen Sa-
jnugon perejo Lietuvai Vaduoti
Sajunga ir il lieka lyg' ir sena
organizacija, bet kadangi Tau
tine Sajunga veikia nauju sta
tutu ir j ja isijunge Misija ir
Tautininku Centras, be to, j ia
prisiraso daug naujai atvyku-
siu lietuviu, tai dabar turime
visai nauja darbo bara.
Tautines Sajungos valdyba ir
parengimu komisija sumane,
kad butu naudinga ruosti ISL
kurdinimo arba susipazinimo po-
kyli. Amerikoniskai 'toki poky-
Ii butu galima pavadinti Ini-
tiation.
Pokylis duos progos susipa-
zinti vietiniams su naujai at
vykusiais, o ypatingai supazin-
dinti victim jaunima SUI naujuo-
ju. Mes nuolatos dejuojame, kad
musu jaunimas istauteja ir ne
silanko lietuviskus parengi-
mus. Tas tiesa, bet tam yra ir
priezasciu. Musu parengimai be-
veik visuomet esti prastose sa-
lese, prastose apylinkese, daz-
mai silpnos ir programos. Tai
musu jaunajai kartai neidomu.
Teko pastebeti, kad, kai suren-
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S T E B U K L A /.
VENECUELOJE :

Nuns raSo is Venecuelos:
Cia, Caracase, dabar yra at
vykusi is Panamos tokia ponia
Campo - stebukladare.
il gydo - ir pagydo - ne.
pagydomus. Visai, kaip Evan
gelijoj: kurti girdi, akli mato,
paralizuoti keliasi ir eina -.
il neduoda jokiq vaistQ: kar-
tais tik prideda ranka prie skau-
damos vietos, kalba kaz kokia
malda ir sake: "Kelkis, esi
sveikas".
Ten, kur il gydo, nuo liepos
II dienos renkasi minios EMO
niq. Laikrasciai aprasineja pa
gydymus. Net du gydytojus pa
gyde!
Vieni gydytojai burnoja, o
tie, kuriuos pagyde, pasake:
"Cia Dievo dalykas" ~.
Ypatingai idomus du apra-
symai. Viena moteriske jau nuo
seno turejo nugarkaulio iskry-
pima ir jane iris zaizdas. Ne
galejo vaikscioti. Visi gydy-
tojai sake, kad isgydyti nebega-
lima. Toji ponia atvyko ligo-
mes namus, pridejo ranka prie
nugaros, sukalbejo malda ir sa-
ko: "Kelkis, esi sveika". Toji
kelesi ir siandien jauciasi sveika.
Kita turejo dideli pagurkli -
nepaprastai didelis glandu is
augimas. sitai j pasake: "Per
iris dienas bust sveika". Ir tik-
raj = per iris dienas pagurklio
maisas isnyko ;. @
Ma, pasakykite, pas jus, toj
"Jusu salyje" - ar yra tokiu
stebuklu?
Rimtai kalbant, kai kurie
laikrasciai nedaro is to didelio
dalyko, tik registruoja kai ku-
riuos zymesnius pagydymus.
Bet yra ir tokiu, kurie is jos
juokiasi.
siandien nezinia kas ten ivy
ko, bet toji stebukladare per-
sikele kita priemiesti. Buvo
paskelbta, kad il gydys Xxi rug
piucio menesio 18 dienos.
Ar tik nebus cia isikisusi
valdzia, ar baznycia? Mat, nei
viename laikrastyje nebuvo pa
rasyta, kad il tai daro kokiame
nors sarysyje su Dievu ar baz-
nycia.
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10000 myliq
keliOne ,.v: r4z'cnAs r.1s
(Tesinys is pereito numerio)
zibalu pakvipes kurorotas

AOAoCsAo
Kelias Tampico eina jau per
visai aukStus kalnus. Ir cia, jei
mano AUTOMOBILES SUI 'naujais
plauciais" ir gerai trauke, tai
mano paties plauciai pajuto orc
stoka -.
Netrukus teko vel nusileisti
zemyn. Cia kvepuoti buvo daug
lengviau, bet oras saules pa
selusiai ikaitintas ir prakaitas
tiesiog ciurkslemis liejosi. Pri-
siminiau New Yorka ir pagal-
vojau: ten mano prieteliai kali
nierius pastate begioja dantis
nuo salcio kalendami, ir nei ne
pagalvoja, kaip as cia prakaita
lieju. :.
Taip beprakaituojant, Wis
stipriau ir stipriau pradejo err
zinti uosle lyg ir gasoline kva-
pas. Maniau, kad mano gasoline
bakas prakiuro ir gasolinas lie
jasi ant kelio =. Islipau, apziu-
rejau - nieko. o gasoline kva-
pu tiesiog permirkes visas oras.
Tx tada prisiminiau, kad Tam
pico, tai kaip musu Texas = cia
gi jau esu netoli nuo didziausiu
Meksikos zibalo Saltiniu.
Atvykes j Tampico, apsistojau
dar Monterrey man rekomen-
duotame Rivera" vieSbutyje.
Ir cia puikiausi patogumai,
tik kainos kick kitokios: mat,
cia yra pajurine vasarviete. Gy-
ventoju mieste tik apie 10000,
bet sezono metu - Xxi 100000.
Tad ir kambariu kainos yra nuo
IA Xxi 60 pezu.
Teko matyti kambari uz 60
pezu. Tai greciau ne kambarys,
O sale. Be gallo didelis, isklotas
storais kilimais, baldai naujau-
81 ir meniskai pagaminti, pilna
visokiu papuosalQ, prie dvieju
tokiu kambariu priskirtas vie
mas tarnas +. Restoranas irgi
be gallo graziai irengtas, puiki
muzika, grazios ir mandagios
meksikietes sveciams pataria,
kokius valgius pasirinkti, ko-
kiu pabandyti =.
Restorane zmoniu buvo apps
ciai, bet meksikieciu ju tarpe
visai maza. Daugiausia buvo Sc
nos moterys, apuokiskomis aki-
mis-, vanagiskomis nosimis ir
rusciais veidais. Priekabingos,
'sokdina" patarnautojas, Wis ne
patenkintos ir isdidziai reikalau-
jancios. PaaiSkejo, kad tai dau-
gumoje USA ir Kanados zydes,
ju tarpe dvi dar tik nesenai
USA atvykusios is DIP stovyk-
~ -.
Paklausiau, kodel jos cia, O
ne j Florida atvaziavo. Tai jos
sako, kad cia ir kaStuoja per
pus pigiau, ir. -. patarnavimas
geresnis. Tas name jau visai
stebino. kai prisiminiau, kaip jos
tik ka buvo pilnos visokiu prize
kabiu prie patarnautoju. Bet.
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LIETUVIAI AMERIKIECIU
SKAUTV STOVYKLOJE

Waterbury ir apylinkes ame-
rikieciai skautai turi puiku mis-
ka su ezeru savo stovykloms per
istisus metus. sia vasara cia
ivyko didele 6 savaiciu stovyk-
la. Rugpiucio 13 d. buvo sto-
vyklos baigimo lauzas, j kuri
susirinko didelis burys stovyk-
laujanciu ir anksciau stovykla-
vusiu skautu bel daug sveciu.
Su sia stovykla rysi susidare
ir lietuviai skautai. ] paskutini
lauza atsilanke apie Is lietuviu
skautu-ciu, kurie lauzo pradzio-
je stovyklos virsininko Mr.. Bah
son buvo graziai pristatyti. Lie
tuviai skautai-es, sktn. O. Sau-
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IsVYKO CHICAGON

DR.. Eugenija Gurskaite isvy-
ko savaitei Chicagon aplankyti
savo mamytes ir giminiu.
Kartu isvyko ir komp. Br.
Budriunas, kuris is Chicagos
paskui nuvyko j Kenosha, Wise,
j vargonininku selma, ivykusi
rugpiucio "a d. M. Sims
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DIDELIS AL TARYBOS
PIKNIKAS

Sekmadieni, rugpiucio % d.,
100 val. po pietu ivyks Ame-
rikos Lietuviu Tarybos piknikas
Linden Parke, Union City, Nau-
gatuck.
Ten isgirsime izymiu kalbe-
tojQ. Dainuos sv. Juozapo para
pijos choras, vedamas kom. A.
j. Aleksio, ir bus tautiniu sokiu
programa. Programme dalyvaus
ir naujai atvyke tremtiniai.
sokiams gros puikus lietuvis-
kas orkestras.
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Paukstuku nera %.


Kita ryta labai anksti issike
liau atgal. Nebegrizau j Mantle
o pasukau tiesiai j Wales, kuris
irgi yra ant Pan American Way
per 140 kilometru nuo Tampico
Kelione maloni anksti ryta
tik man pasirode, kad lyg kc
truksta ;. Juk toki grazu ryta
turetum girdeti istisa pauksciq
chora, o cia = nei garso!
Vienoj vietoj ir paklausiau,
= kodel cia pakstukai neciul-
ba? = kad nera! = man atsa-
ke. Sake, cia paukstukai gies-
mininkai turf labai daug priesq,
0 krumoksniai visi labai dyg-
liuoti, nepatogus nei pasislep-
ii, nei lizdeliams susisukti. To-
del jie cia ir neapsigyvena. Cia
krumuose pima gyvaciu, visokiu
driezu, sliuzu, jie ir kiausinukus
ir pacius paukstukus sunaikintu.
Cia, sake, yra tik vanagu, bet
jie irgi didziausi priesai ma
ziesiems paukstukams giesmi-
ninkams :.
Buvo visiskai aisku, kad cia
ne lakStingaloms krastas. Bet
ia proga paklausiau:
= Tai kan tuos vanagus lai-
kot, kodel ju neissaudot?
Meksikietis tik axis ispute:
= Kaip tai? Vanagus saudy-
ti?! Kaip gi mes be ju gyventu-
mem? Mus gi tada pacius viso-
XII sliuzai uzgrauztu! JUS mega
lit isivaizduoti, kick sliuzu vie
mas tik vanagas per diena su-
naikina. Jeigu ne vanagai, tai
nei vienas zmogus cia negaletu
gyventi!
Sc tau, kad nori Pasirodo, kad
yra Sails, kur vanagas - nau-
dingas paukStis
(Bus daugiau)
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WATERBURY. CONN.

laitienei anglQ kalba pasakius
sveciams prakalbele apie lie
tuviu skautybe ir tremti, pa
dainavo kelias ietuviskas dai-
neles. Viena skaute tautiniais
drabuziais, drauge su dviem uni
formuotais skautais, stovyklos
vadovybei iteike dovana - lie
tuviska koplytele.
Publika ir skautai lietuviu
pasirodymu labai domejosi ir
kiekviena proga jausmingai plo-
jo. Vietos laikrasciai lietuviu
dalyvavima graziai aprase.
LIETUVIAI SKAUTAI REGIS
TRUOJAMI WATERBURY
Waterbury yra bent 5 lietu-
vial skautininkai, atvyke is
tremties. Prizes koki menesi pa
skelbta lietuviu skautu ir skau-
ciu registracija. Registruojantis
reikia pranesti savo adresa,
laipsni ir gimimo data. zinias
reikia siusti vyr. sktn. Ant. Sau-
laicio adresu: 853 Bank St.,
Waterbury, Conn. SIN.
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tur but ju visur tokia mazda =
kad ir uz menkiausl piniga, is
reikalauti kuo daugiausiai, arba
bent parodyti, kad "as piniga
moku!"
Kita diena nuvykau pajuri,
j Miramar, nuo Tampico apie IL
kilometru. Puikus pajuris, van
duo = nors niekad neiseik! Bet
publika -. Jos uzteko, kad ia
grazu pajuri paverstu j NUNS
puikiai pazistama Coney Island.
Tas pats triuksmas, tas pats
siukslynas. Meksikieciai tyliai
ir kantriai surenka ismetytus
.popiergalius ir visokias atmatas,
mes -. biznis. Bet man greit
buvo CANA tos "zibalo kvapu''
permirkusios atmosferos, tad ry-
zausi tik apziureti miesta ir
traukti toliau.
Prizes grizdamas j miesta, pa
juryje susitikau angliskai kali
banti kokios IA metu berniuka
ir pasisamdziau j vadovu.
Jis man parode daug tikrai
vertu pamatyti vietu, kaip, paw,
Pranciskonu baznycia ir vie
nuolyna, statyta 1922 metals,
ir Wis norejo dar daugiau paro-
dyti, bet man beveik visu ido-
miausias buvo jis pats, tas ma
70 keturiolikmetis vadovas. Toks
jaunas, o jau puikiai kalba an
gliskai, puikiai orientuojasi is
toriios ir architekturos klausi-
muose, kad name tiesiog ste
bino. Pradejau klausineti j apie
j patti. Pasirodo, jo tikslas =
butt turistu vadovu. Todel is
mazens tam lavinasi. Lanko mo-
kykla, mokosi Meksikos ir Ame-
rikos istorijos, ypac studijuoja
acteku laikus, O angliskai mo-
kosi is turistu -. Giliai atsi-
buses tare:
= O viena diena as busiu ge-
riausiu turistu vadovu visoje
Meksikoje!
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SUSIzEIDE

Buves tremtinys Stasys Kaz-
lauskas darbe krito nuo ko-
peciQ ir issilauze ranka. Pagul-
dytas Highland Park ligoninej.
Evening star., 1949-07-24

EIoboroteIy carved mahogany
frome, covered in dark green
with small design motoIosse,
moss fringe trimming on scot
and end cushions. Down filled,
one-piece cushion made to sell
for $575 -----------$2s5
Evening star., 1949-03-27

Snorkel
Sub

The snorkeI, q device
which enables q submo-
rine to use its diesel en-
eines under voter and
breathe fresh Dir when
submerged, is part OF the
equipment Of the Amber
jock. pictured during
troining exercises Oft Key
West. Inside, q snorkeI
sub is much like any
other, with spoce OF O
premium. The Amber
Jocks torpedo o m
(Ieft) is q moze Of mo-
chinery. Brothers Bob and
Jack Byrnes foreground
ore O torpedo room team.
Evening star., 1949-08-05

Mid
mod
fresh from stocks All fully guaranteed
purchased Iacy Payment Excepting
SITS Store
Sorry, phone MAIL order
Evening star., 1949-12-11

lingering guest at one Of her ex-
quisitely appointed dinner parties
down into the basement to watch
while she whips through a wash
ing. And while she runs the wash
ing machine she's wearing a din
ner gown and pearls. The guest
becomes an audience. and he talks
about what he saw to the first
columnist he meets.
Nothing by Halves.
Soon after the divorce from
Franchot Tone, Joan made head
lines with her adoption Of Chris
tina. the first of her four adopted
children. Joan does nothing by
halves. And she made more news
early this year when she was
named "the bachelorette Of the
year" and "the mother of the
year"-in the same week!
In all Joan has been married
three times-the last to Philip
Terry ended In splatter Of
newsprint in 1916. Since then
rarely a week elapses without a
columnar mention of Joan with
this and that handsome male. AS
of going to press, the favorite boy
is Steve Cochran, who does okay
himself in the publicity line. His
last love was Mae West.
Just when every one is ready to
write Joan of the publicity book,
she comes right smack bang into
the limelight by winning an Acad-
emy Award for Mildred Pierce, "
after no one would give her a job
for the preceding two years.
Grateful, Too.
Does she love all the written ac-
claim? You bet she does! And
she goes out of her way to be
grateful to the people who give it.
When you print something nice
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Show Of the Month Club
Makes PIoygoing Easy
By AdeIoide Kerr

Swan Song" and for a movie,
Eve of st. Mark" but he has not
had his big success yet. He selects
shows from scripts before their
out-of town tryouts and. so far,
has missed only once in his judg-
ment of a coming hit.
The chain Of events that led to
their enterprise started when Miss
Siegler, a daughter of Brooklyn
factory worker, finished high
school. She went to business
school from 9 to !, worked in a
5-and-10-cent store from 2 to 6
and attended Brooklyn College at
night. She yearned to be an ac-
tress and tried the college thea
ter. The powers turned her down
Back to Box Office.
This caused her to run such
temperature that Cooper, then
her fance, egged her into starting
little theater group in her neigh
borhood. In practically no time
she was the business manager
stage manager and all the other
managers. Then quietly she
inched her way up on the stage
and into a part in a musical. That
lasted two days.
Then the rest of the cast told
her: Listen! Even If you are
the boss around here, you still
can't sing. You put everybody else
off tune"
| So Sylvia went back to the box
office where she knew the score.
One week after being launched
the club had 100 subscribers. To-
day it has more than 5000. When
lit reaches 5000 the management
plans to close the New York mem
bership and start clubs In Phila-
delphia, Boston and Chicago. op-
Grating in theaters there.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Joan Crawford, Most Pub|icized Woman,
Never Stops Being q Motion Picture Star

about Crawford. she'll call you to
say Thank you" When she re-
Gently made DAISY Kenyon" a
bad picture, at Goth Century Fox.
she invited the entire press agent
department to a lavish party at
her home.
Never a day goes by without
Joan writing a dozen thank-you
letters to reporters. For two years
running Joan won the Hollywood
Women's Press Club Award for be-
ing "the most cooperative actress
in Hollywood. She learned long
ago not to resent the sacrifice of
privacy that all public figures are
forced to make anyway.
Cleopatra wasn't shy either.
Nor was Helen of Troy, nor Du-
barry for that matter. But in
those days they didn't have gossip
columns.
(Released BY North American Newspaper
Alliance.)
Evening star., 1949-12-11
By SheiIoh Grohom
HOLLYWOOD.

Joan Crawford has just been
named "the Most Publicized
Woman in History" According
to a research group, aided and
abetted by Joan's very brilliant
press executive, Henry Rogers,
Joan has grabbed more printed
words for herself than any other
lady in history, including Helen Of
Troy and Cleopatra. And looking
beEk on Joan's history, it's easy to
understand why.
The words started to pour into
print way back in 1926, when
Joan signed her first movie con-
tract with MGM. Actually her
name was in the gossip columns
before that-as a kid named
Lucille LIE Sueur. the champion
Charlestoner at the Cocoanut
Grove and various night clubs.
When Metro conducted the con-
test for q new name for Lucille,
Joan was on her way as the most
publicized lady in the world.
Came the romance" in 1929
with the son Of Hollywood's king
and queen-y6ung Douglas Fair
banks. There was opposition from
the king and queen, Mary Pick
ford and the senior Fairbanks.
Because at that time Joan was
considered too hotcha for q blend
| ing with royalty. But Joan won
the day and reams Of publicity and
she married young Doug In the
same year. s,@''
Never Of Stage.
Meanwhile. her career was play
ing loud rat-tat-tat. Everything
she did was news. Her exag-
gerated mouth in Lefty Lynton. I"
And the wide shoulders. Both
were copied by women all over
the world.
When love faded with Fair
banks In 1888, it was another
hot" story. So was the marriage
to Franchot Tone in 1885. Ditto
the divorce In 1899. Ditto the
fact that Joan Crawford never
goes of stage. Every waking mo-
ment she looks, acts and probably
feels like movie star. So every
thing she does is news, because
the public seems to like its idols
to be colorful, glamorous, with
big lights, music and visible emo
ton. Crawford never lets them
down. She never yet has under
played a scene in her life.
For instance, she'll take the last
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Best
7 eucher
Drama Professor
Learns His Art
By Acting
py HoWuTo y. UeyH
HOLLYWOOD.

Charles Watts, a college pro-
fessor, grew weary of hearing that
old complaint: Those who can't
do thing we'll enough to make
living at it usually wind up
teaching it.
And so Prof. Charles Watts be-
came an actor.
TOO often the charge seems
true. I wanted to disprove it.
said Watts, who is now playing his
first movie role.
Watts has three degrees and ar
eight-year teaching record ir
drama and speech at such insti-
tutions as Ohio State, Oregon
State and George Peabody College
He Is firmly convinced that the
practical aspects of any subject
are just as important to the stu
dent as the academic approach.
To test the true worth Of the
drama theories he himself was
teaching. Watts decided to leave
his ivory tower and buck compe-
tition on the open market. He
could sing a little and felt he had
some acting ability.
Landed in Musical.
He went to New York and began
making the rounds. He got a job
in a Shubert musical, on the road
Several other engagements fol-
lowed. Then he landed the role
Of Pawnee Bill in the touring
company Of Annie Get Your
Gun"
Now he's in Hollywood. getting
screen experience. His first movie
part is that Of q detective ir
Universal -1nternational's Shop.
LITTER"
The 35-year-old Watts, born ir
Clarksville, Tenn, wants to rise
as high as possible on the movie
ladder before he returns to teach
ing. He also wants to establish
his own little theater.
"At least I won't be an arm
chair professor when I do &c
back" he pointed out.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Today's Schedules

| AMBASSADOR-"And Baby
Makes Three" 1:25. 3:25.
5:25. 7:3o and 9:35 pm.
CAPITOI-"The Big Wheel"
1:40. 4:25. 7:10 and 10 pm.
Stage shows, 3:45, $3.50 and
9:15 pm.
COLUMBIA - "Pinky." 1880,
3:35. 5:45. 7:50 and 10 pm.
| DUPONT Major Barbara"
1:05, $40, Sis, 1920 and
9:30 pm.
KEITH'S-"Free for ALL"
1:35, 3:35, 5:35, 7:35 and
$50 pm.
METROPOLITAN - Savage
Splendor." 2::25. sos. 7:45
and 1928 pm.
LITTLE-"Hamlet," I. $40.
500 and 8 pm.
| NATIONAL - Trapped" /,
2:40. 4:20, 8. 7:50 and 9:35
pm.
PAI.ACE-"Oh, You Beautiful
DOLL" 1915, 1925, $3.50, TAO
and $50 pm.
PIX-"Three Faces West" /,
3:20, $50, 1855 and 1910
pm.
PLAYHOUSE-"All the Kings
Men," 1:25, $3.50, 5:35, 7:45
and 9::55 pm.
TRANS-LUX-"Holiday Inn,"
/, 2:45, 4::30, $40, 8:05 and
9:55 pm.
WARNER-"And Baby Makes
Three" 1885, $40, $40,
TAO and 9::45 pm.