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TOeJSitramsvilleSHerald
Established as a Dally Newspaper July 4. 1892
by Jesse O Wheeler
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MONDAY. AUGUST 19. 1940
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By Paul Mallon
VT/ASHINOTON — Mr. Roosevelt
** never betrayed more excite-
ment in a press conference than
when he told of his dealing* with
Britain over bases and destroyers.
His voice quavered with determin-
ation The atmosphere was so tense
it could have been cut and sold
to England as a munition of war.
His explainers later intimated
he had just heard 2.500 planes
were over Britain and disastrous
consequences might be imminent
but obviously something more
than that had moved him. The
last man to see him significant-
ly. was not a state department
messenger but his new publicity
mentor. Lowell Mellett. who seems
to be succeeding Charlie Michel-
son for this campaign.
Presence of Mr. Mellett spon-
sored the interpretation that the
president decided at the last
moment to use this publicity
blanket on the Willkie acceptance
speech as had b-en forecast from
—of all imaginable places—the
Willkie headquarters at Colorado
Springs. Twenty-four hours ear-
lier the president's nominal press
adviser. Steve Early had denied
l-oth the destroyer story and the
blanket.
Walter Winchell
On Broadway
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By ANN SHERIDAN
(Warner Bros. Star)
IOVE AND KISSES—
....Love if a serious business in Hollywood When John and Jana
go to the movie* they want some of the romance that’s generally *
absent from their dally lives. Hollywood aims to please so 999 movies
out of every thousand in America's picture emporiums are basically
love storie*. Since love Is such an important feature of film-making
suppose we go behind the scenes of movie love with me as jour
guide. (They tell me I qualify being the co-holder with George Brent r
of the movie all-time long-kissing record Our fadeout kiss In 1 Honey-
moon for Three" lasts 56.2 seconds topping the 49-second record of
John Barrymore and Dolores Costella in ’The 6ea Beast ")
Actual making #f kissing scenes - ...-. -. .-.-...■—
Is one of the most hazardous un-
dertakings In a picture. A special
day is usually reserved for It. in
which the director dismisses every
possible member of the east and
crew and. with a lone cameraman
a single electrician and script
clerk retires to a screened-oft set
marked "no visitors" and films the
pesky kiss scene Garbo. Holly-
woods outstanding exponent of
privacy during love scenes has it
in her contract that she has the
right to order everyone off the
set at such times including the
director When Brenda Marshall
kissed Errol Flynn for a romantic
scene in '*rhe Sea Hawk" the set
was closed to visitors not because
Brenda was temperamental but
because It was the first time in her
life that Brenda kissed a man be-
fore the cameras and Director
Mike Curtiz wasn't taking chances
The screen kiss requires ramera
perfection and usually lacks satis-
fying elements for the actors A
full-Tledged. mouth-to-mouth kiss
distorts the mouth of the kisser
and ktasee on the screen. Generally
the men must kiss the girl below
the loner lip or on the far rorner
of the mouth to keep his nose from
hiding her face...Its considered
best screen kissing form to let the
lady's face show moat and to have
the man shaded by her little none.
Jimmy Cagney kissed me off cen-
ter in the love scenes In "City for
Conquest " and George Brent was
slmllarlv gallant in "Honeymoon
for T»ree \. .Eddie O Robinson
though has a complete disregard
for the camera and kisses his lead-
ing lad’es on the level. Errol Flynn
too. violated screen kissing customs
bv leaving his nose outside when
he kissed Brenda Marshall in "The
Sea Hawk.”
Screen love has heen made easier
lately eliminating many former
hardhslps and inconveniences Sum-
mer sets on which love scenes are
to be shot are now air-cooled
Makeup departments have develop-
ed a lip-stick that doesn't come
off on the leading man s face Fast-
er film and better lenses have eas-
ed the pain in the neck screen lov-
ers used to experience when they
were required to hold a kiss posi-
tion too long.
There are as manr wart of hug-
ging as there are people who hug
or who wait to be hugged . Pat
O'Brien hugs as though he means
it. throwing one arm almost com-
pletely about a lady’s shoulders
with the other more than com-
pleting the circle. That's how he
hugs Gale Page In Knute Rockne
t —All American".. When George
Brent hugged me in "Honeymoon
for Three" he stood behind me. put
his arms over my shoulders locked
his hands in front and pulled me
up to him 'His usual technique!)
.. When Ronald Reagan hugs he
holds the girl "cheek to cheek.”
Ronald Is bashful and just man-
ages to get one arm across a girl's
shoulder then gingerlv presses his
cheek to hers...Jimmy Cagney is
rarely caught in a full hug H«
prefer* to tilt the lad: 's chin (In
Herbert started ASCAP. Ill do a
.story on it soon
And be warv of publishers who
esk for money.
•City for Conquest" it happens to
be mine* with one hand while tht
other arm Is across her shoulders.
Fashions in screen kisses change ^
like women s styles. In the old days
when “nice girls’* weren't supposed
to know about kLtses miserly pecks
passed fo* caresses There was
the other extreme Theda Bara. ^
first screen “vamp." used to provide
half-swooning osculations ... To-
day’s are a comprom'se The 1940
kb# is snappy and sincere Kisses
on the neck with the ladv bent
backwards nearlv double are out;
so are forehead brushes The 1940
screen lover kisses naturally ferv-
ently. and vet with reserve—even
as you and T.
Sound men have special problems
with kissing scenes There are loud
kissers and silent ones heavy
breathers and wheerers and rib-
crackers There’s a difference be-
tween Cagney'* brief enthusiastic
smacks in “City for Conquest.’' and
Brent's easy deliberate technique
in “Honeymoon for Three." and
sound men must be prepared for
both.. Hair dressers bring extra
pins and combs for love scenes. %
Bette Davis never comes out of a
screen clinch with her hair in or-
der.. Electricians worry over light-
ing the kiss to show it up to best
advantage Some put babv spotliehta
under the heroine's chin to pre- I
v»nt that ••rtr»llhle-eh^n" effect
OUR TWO JOBS IN ONE
THE United States has before it two jobs. You can
almost feel the tightening of the collective belt
of the American people as they gird for the effort.
On the way those jobs are done depends the future
of America—and not only the America of our chil-
dren but the America in which those of us now liv-
ing will complete our lives.
The jobs:
1. To build as quickly as possible such defenses
as will not only make direct attack on the United
States unattractive but such as will compel respect
for America in those who respect nothing else.
2. To dedicate ourselves anew every man wo-
^ U .* 1 .1 - / ... A. /__1 __ A. A.1__ _ * t!#
Occasional pubhcity conflicts ;
have in the past developed simil-
arly from Mr. Roosevelts tend-
ency to change hurriedly his prev-
iously made publicity plans.
MOTE: An excellent New Deal
authority offers the supple-
mental explanatory that Mr. j
Roosevelt was angered by Inside
advices he had received that
morning indicating Mr Willkie
would not take a sufficiently firm
stand for the draft bill to force
Its passage.
THE PLAN to get bases from
1 the British in the Caribbean
has been alive for the last two-
and-a-half-years. At least as early
as that conversations were initi-
aled for acquisition of Barbadoes
and Trinidad If we held those
two islands our string of Caribbean
bases protecting the Panama Canal
would be satisfactory.
Qu’et dickering with Ecuador
and Mexico for western canal de-
fense bases has been going on al-
most as long. We want some canal
protection *y the Galapagos. Sal-
inas Crur. and one other Mexican
«-est port.
piFTY DESTROYERS would do
the British some minor good
although not in their present
predicament We have 123 of the
okl sea greyhounds. 1W5 of which
have been recommissioned but
none of which could be put into
the most efficient condition for
modern aerial warfare within a
few months. The British appar-
ently wanted the fifty for mine
sweepers layers and tenders. In
which cause they would be service-
able—but they certainly will not
win the war for Britain nor can |
they prove an important factor in
the result.
Far more important to the Brit-
ish is the political commitment of <
the United States to their cause j'
THE ONE WAY to tell how Hit- ]
ler s new war game which rie- i
pends on the destruction of the i
British air force is going is to «
watch the number of planes the
British lose In comparison with
the Naris. If they lose less than |
one to three they- are winning.
Unfortunately not even Mr
Roosevelt himself has worthwhile
figures on plane casualties so far I
His advisers all have more faith in
the British figures and rightly or
wronglv have come to accept these
as their uncertain guides.
Averaging the claims of both
Berlin and London will bring you 1
to the conclusion that their losses
have been exactly eaual.
onu vimu wi uo iICCUVill—IU HIT v» U1 ItlfT
that insists that man's institutions exist for man and
not man for the institutions he has created.
Two tasks—and yet they are one task. The Cit-
izenship Education Service shows this clearly in its
call for revitalizing the ideals of democracy: “The
paramount need in national defense is the strength-
ening and invigorating of democracy.”
This co-ordinating committee of national organi-
zations with a membership of 30000000 is seeking
billions of signers of a pledge:
“To join wholeheartedly and with personal
sacrifice in strengthening the work of our or-
ganizations and of other civic and social activities
in our community our state and our nation.
“To be vigilant and courageous in maintain-
ing human sympathy and respect for the rights
of others.
“To be aware of the enemies of democracy
whatever their passwords or places of birth and
wherever they may be found.
“To stand united with all lovers of freedom
whatever their tongue or origin.
“To keep our nation strong in valor and
confident in freedom so that government of the
people by the people and for the people shall
not perish from the earth.”
Through the Boy Scouts of America and a score
of other great organizations affiliated with this
committee these pledges are being distributed.
It is good to sign and display pledges like this
but it is even better to think them through to burn
them into our hearts and to act upon them.
No effort should be spared to train and equip
the best defensive forces we can muster. But it is
not alone by tanks and planes that democracy is de-
fended but by the heat of the fire of freedom that
burps in the heart of every citizen of a free land.
WHY CANT TWO PLAY?
4
THE German consulate-general in New York in
1933 had 33 members on diplomatic passport.
„ Today it has more than 100.
So reports George Britt in his new book “The
Fifth Column Is Here.”
Consular duties are usually restricted to attend-
ing to passport trade and business relations and
generally looking to the welfare of citizens of the
country from which the consuls come.
Has German trade and business with the U. S.
so greatly increased since 1933? Has the number of
German citizens in the U. S. increased? Certainly
not. Trade is clearly far less. The number of Ger-
man citizens is ostensibly at least smaller.
Customary courtesy has allowed every country as
many consular representatives as it considers nec-
essary. Very well. Why should not the United
States send 100 consular representatives to Berlin?
Whatever activities the German consular authorities
engage in here let the Americans duplicate those
activities in Berlin.
At least we should find out whether diplomacy is
a two-way open boulevard or a one-way street.
0 0 0 0 ^ ^
Views of Other Papers
Answers to Your Questions
A screen kiss that lasts twn sec-
onds costs nbout *3.non . Most
players admit thev get a thrill out
of the kiss sequences Director
Mike Curti* says IT they don’t the
love scene 1s no good Married
coup'es are seldom successful
screen lovers. Adventure vital at
such a moment. Is absent.
Rudolph Valentino used to ex-
plain that he had no difficulty
mg a ’’great lover " because he al-
ways fell In love with his leading
ladies.. Paul Muni had a contract
providing he dldn t have to kiss ..
The first screen ki^s was in a me- »
ture appropriately titled. 'The
Kiss." in HUM a brief clinch be-
‘ tdween May Irwin and John Rice
and it was Just a peck . A studio
statistician figures lonoo kisses are
exchanged on movie sets each vear
...A sound man can produce anv
noise from a burning building to
the mew of a kitten—but he cant
fake the kiss sound.
Virginia Moore script clerk on
"City for Conquest" catalogued
screen kissers rating them by the
number of whistles thev draw fmtrf
spectators . She gives live to Bette
Davis. Hedv LaMarr. Garbo 'and
me — pardon mv blush'*.. Jimmv
Cagnev rates two short whistles.
«Prom my experience with him I’d
give him five'*.. Priscilla Lane
gets four long whistles. John Gar-
field five...One short whislte to
Paul Muni and Wavne Morris...
Eddie Albert gets three as does
Olivia DeHavilland. except when
she works with Errol Plvnn when ^
she Jumps to five . Plvnn rates
seven whistles but she adds "When
he gets going as In "The Sea
Hawk’’ only a locomotive whistle
would do!"
From experience and from **b- *
servation. I d classify diff»ren* tvpes
of kissers- Rett# Davis ardent
When she kisses them thev stav
kissed 'Herbert Marshall kissed bv
her in The Letter." will verify
that!*...Pat O'Brien noisy kisser.
When he kisses at all. he smacks...
Humphrey Bogart mean kisser
The girls come out of his clinches »
ruffled...Olivia DeHavilland. trem-
ulous kisser. She seems reallv to
get a thrill out of It.. Errol Flynn
daring kisser Neither his director
nor his victim comnlalns Jeffrey ^
Lynn willing but inexpert kisser
• He gets "A" for trying though.*...
Prtscilla Lane experimental kisser
all in stride.. Her sis'er. Rosemary
whole-hearted kisser She seems to
mean It even when she doesn't...
Barbara Stanwyck calm kisser She
never seems excited or ruffled ..
Garbo aloof kisser. Her leading
men seem afraid to muss her ..
Myself—ask Cagnev who kissed me
in "City for Conquest." or George
Brent my amour in “Honeymoon
BY FREDERIC J. H \5KIN
A reader can get the antwer to
any quesMon of fact by writ-
'ng The Bownsvllle Herald In-
formation Bureau. Frederic J.
Haskln. Director. Washington.
D. C. Please enclose three (3i
icnta for reply.
Q. What animals never drink
• ater? R.H.M.
A. The koala of Australia which
■esembles a Teddy Bear never
Irlnks. obtaining enough moisture
rom the young eucalyptus leaves
>n which he lives. There are sev-
eral types of desert animals how-
>ver. vhich probably never actual-
y take a drink but obtain the
lecessary moisture from their food
iuch as plant* or injects. Among
<uch animals may be mentioned
leverai specie* of desert antelope
ind a number of animals typical
if the American desert including
he Jack rabbit the desert sparrow
he cactus wren the desert rattle-
make. the horned toad and the
;ila monster.
Q. Who makes the “All \meri-
■a Selections” of flowers each
ear?
A These competitive trials are
onducted under the auspices of
he American 8eed Trade Assoc ta-
lon and competent Judges select
he varieties as being the out-
landing introductions of the year.
Q. Which are the largest of the
>hilippine Islands. E.S.T.
A. The largest are Luzon with
in area of 40 814 square miles and
Mindanao which is 36.906 square
nlles in area.
Q. How far apart do the bullets
ravel which come out of a mi-
hlne gun at the rate of 750 a
ninute? A.F.
A. The Office of the Chief of
>rdnance of the War Department
ays that assuming a muzzle ve-
locity of 2700 feet per second the
mllets would be 216 feet apart
then fired at the rate of 750 per
| The Brownsville Herald Offers I
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find Stephen Poster songs cowboy |
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—
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Information Bureau.
The Brownsville Herald
Frederic J. Haskln. Director.
Washington. D C
I enclose herewith TWENTY
CENTS in coin (carefully wrapped
in paper i for a copy of EVERY-
BODY a SONO BOOK
.. I
Name
Street or Rural Route
! City.
state
(Mall to Washington D. Cl
_ i
I see by the trade papers that
you re dickering with W. C. Fields
fur some low-budget pictures and
I hear that Mr Fields is saving
hed rather be busy for buttons
than working occasionally at top
pay Dyed-in-the-wool old-troup-
cr stuff.
Well. I know that you Hakims
are from wise and occult Egypt.
But fill don't know our persua-
sive and hypnotic Mr Fields and
I thought it would be only fair
if I told you something that
Mack Sennett told me about him.
As follows:
“Fields had been in quite a few
pictures that hadn't done very-
well. One dav he came to me.
and et that time he had been out
ot work a year and a half He
said he just had to have a Job—
tr-d act wr*te direct do any-
tntnf.
“I .•■tailed bv saving he'd be too
exTensive foi me. and he said.
Why. I don t want the dough.
Mack' I'll work for nothing—tlO
a week anything to make it legal
—just to get my hand in.'
“I said okay and I still don't
remember quite what happened —
except that Fields walked out of
mv office with a contract for giOOO
a w cek|”
• • •
A note to that song-writing
solder. Dear Sergeant Martin
Your letter * longest unanswer-
ed* Is at the top of a stark of
inquiries about selling songs. I've
been sort of dallying in hope
‘•omethlng definite would develop
in a situation which may give un-
known composers and lyricists a
break The American Society now
has broken with the broadcasters
and there'll be the biggest music
war since Gene Burk and Victor
Harrison
In
Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD—Take some let-
ters:
Dear Miss Merlin: Thank you
for writing to me. and of course
I wish you all sorts of success
when you get to Hollywood With
a test already assured you'll be
; way ahead of moat newcomers
and one of these days I may be
writing stories about you.
But I'm afraid I shan't be able
to recommend a dramatic or dic-
! tion coach for you. They come in
: all prices and skills I can. how-
; ever tell you something which
might simplify your problem; Per-
haps you have admired Frank
Capra's pictures for their charac-
ters' quality of naturalness. This
is good casting of course. But
Capra also has a dialog director
to help keep the actors In their
places This off-stage aide is Har-
j old Winston little known in pic-
tures but highly regarded ns a
director in the theater. Incident-
ally. he founded the famous sum-
mer playhouse on Cape Cod. and
it was he who gave Bette Dwus
her start.
The other day on the set of
Capra's "Meet John Doe" I asked
Winston about coaches. He said
I think it would be a good Idea
to drown all the elocution and
dramatic-expression teachers.
"It's discouraging Interviewing
people for a play .to hear 'em say
proudlv. I studied with Madame
Gluts.* Most of the time it's ap-
parent that Madame Gluts has
trained all the naturalness out of
them."
I mentioned Maria Ouspenskaya
who. when she isn't busy with a
role of her own. is the moat rele-
bra fed of coaches. **8hes very
! good." agreed Winston "And the
reason she s good is that she can't
j speak English Not readilv any-
way. She teaches acting not
| speaking "
So how about waiting to see
whether you reallv need coach-
ling?
• • •
A memo to the Hakim brothers.
Deer Gents:
r'ENSORED rumors from Lon-
don about the Germans shell- i
in* south roast towns from across
the channel are only half of it.
The Germans have a gun of suf- |
ficlent range to shell London 100
miles from the French forts thev 1
occupy Well advised artillerists
speak currently of a German gun
Tith a range of 130 miles The '
Germans have even released pic- '
tures of a gun which has a range
of 50 miles (the channel Is only
20 miles across at Dover )
But these guns cannot throw
projectiles of the weight of bombs
dropped by planes Their chief
effectiveness Is in destroying en-
emy morale.
VrtR ROOSEVELT never Intend-
ed to answer the Willkle ac-
ceptance speech. Acid tongued In-
terior flecertary Ickes was assign-
ed In advance to make the first
rebuttal shot Monday night. The .
cabinet was to take up thereafter
with Mr. Wallace the vice prest- .
dential candidate leading the
counter chorus.
(
So They Say \
Through a baptism of blood and j
fire such as has never befallen any
other nation we regained our
manhood; we compelled the respect i
of the world and what Is more im- i
portant. we gained our own self- ;«
respect.
—Mme. f'hiang Kal-Shrk. i
• • •
It can be no part of the effective 1
democratic process to ignore!]
troublesome issues and danger j
spots.
—Rupert Emerson. Interior De-
partment territorial chief. ]
• • •
We are never going back to pre- 1
war conditions of waste and unem-
ployment.
—Ernest Bevin. British minister 1
of labor. 11
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By Willian* Fer»uson
[AND you
CCXJINITED
IT AT THE
I CATE OF
S IOO PER.
MINUTE «
4© HOURS
PER WEEK
IT WOULD
TAKE VOJ
MORE THAN
66 V0ARS
TO COMPLETE
THE JOB.
ninute.
Q. Did Joe Penner's duck get a
legree several year* ago? R. H.
A. In 1936 the Los Angeles Min-
sterlal Association appointed a
•ommittee to curb the activities of
elf-8|vled “churches" which were
•ilegedly ordaining ministers for a
ee of 110. In a test made by one
f the investigators. Joe Penner
permitted his ducks name to be
ised on an ordinance application.
Within two days the duck received
sis “divinity mill" diploma defa-
ulting him the Reverend Drake
Doogoo.
Q—When la the best time to visit
the eamrlla gardens at Orton
Plantation. North Carolina? W. R.
A—The best display of the 35(1
•arieties of camellias is during the
atter part of January and in Feb-
uary. In a few weeks the fragrant
Daphne odora will be In bloom. In
iddition the gardens are colorful
rith tea olive sweet holly and lo-
luat. now in full bloom Built In
725. Orton Is North Carolina’s larg-
sst and most-perfectly preserved
inte-bellum plantation It is lo-
afed a few miles off Route 17.
outh of Wilmington.
Q—Please give the name of the
nusiral selection played by John
Darfield In. the. motion picture
•Four Daughters?" H. R.
A—The composition was an ortgi-
isl theme written by Max Rabino-
ritsch. In a later sequel. Four
Wives” the theme was elaborated
nto a symphonic tone-poem by Max
Steiner.
Q—Who was Ik Marvel? R. W.
L
A—This was the pseudonvm of
Donald Grant Mitchell author of
Reveries of a Bachelor. Doctor
rohns. PYench Gleanings. American
j»nds and Letters and other nov-
ls and essays.
ANSWER The sun. and Alpha Centaunis whose distances arej
93 million miles and 25 trillion miles respectively.
NEXT: llow lon« Is the Texas border?
lor iurcc.
750 Bales Shipped
RIO ORANDE CITY-A total
of 750 bale* of cotton have been
shipped from the local station to
data according to P C. Carter
Mlsaourl Pacific railroad agent.
This count la about one half of
the number shipped by the same
date last year. Late rains are.
blamed for slowing up the crop.'
and cotton shipments in the neat
six weeks arc expected to be un-
usually heavy. Carter said.
MITCHELL CALLED j .
RIO ORANDE CITY — Recent
rrmv orders Included those of
Joseph B Mitchell special reserve
of R o Orande City who was called
to duty In Washington. D C„ ef-
fective Aug. 15 Mitchell who waa
engaged In the oil business hag
been a resident of this City for th#
past vear. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Mitchell on hia departure.
The "General Sherman." giant
| Sequoia tree has an estimated »
I weight of 6167 tons.
RIGHT DIRECTION
If the Valley had enough patience
and the growers can keep their
heads above water for a few more
years many of the Valley's citrus
marketing ills may yet be worked
out.
Witness this week the signing of
an order by J. E. McDonald com-
missioner of agriculture which will
require the stamping of No. 3 and
cull citrus fruit that leaves the
Valley.
Most any Valleyite who vacations
in the Midwest or in any part of
the states adjoining our own wfll
invariably be faced with this ques-
tion: "Why is it that we up here
cannot get decent Texas grapefruit
and oranges?” We Valleyites pa-
tiently rxplaln that they have reil- |
ly not tasted good Grapefruit but
they have bought third grade and
cull stuff perhaps thinking It was
our best grade. I
This new ruling will make it pos-
sible for the consuming public to
know what they are buying or at
least let them know that they an
buying the low grade fruit. This in
effect will raise Immeasurably the
prestige of Texas citrus fruits it
the consuming markets. People
will know what they are buying.
Just a* they know what they are
buying in canned goods or other
commodities which are plainly
marked on their labels if they are
below U. 8 standards in anv re-
spect.
The new fruit stamping decree Is
indeed a step in the right direction
insofar as the Valiev citrus industry
is concerned
Let the growers work out step by
step the other problems that are
facing this section in the marketing
of our citrus fruits —Mission Times
U. S. Conscription Will Be Voted Successful If It Does No More Than Tuck In The Shiritails Of Raw And Splendid Youth*
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