Filming of Ferber
‘Ice Palace’ Begun
In Petersburg
PETERSBURG, UP) — After
three weeks of rain and fog, skies
cleared here Monday for shooting
the first scenes of Warner Broth
ers movie version of Edna Ferber’s
novel “Ice Palace.”
Hollywood’s first film invasion
of Alaska since it became the 49th
State has expanded over original
plans. An anticipated crew of 35
has grown to 85.
Initial scenes included action
with salmon fishing fleets and
canneries. Later the original main
street of Petersburg <Sing Lee
Alley). Jauilt almost a half cen
tury ago, will background scenes
of the Alaskan World War I era
described by Miss Ferber in her
novel. «
The filmmakers, headed by di
rector Vincent Sherman and ac
j tors Robert Ryan, Richard Burton
and Jim Backus, expect to re
main in Petersburg for ten days
of filming, then move to Fairbanks
and finally to Point Barrow before
returning to Hollywood.
Italian Gambling Strike
Develops Into Riot
VENICE, Italy, UP) — Strike
breaking croupiers spun roulette
wheels inside the Venice Casino
last night for only 50 customers,
while outside a crowd of 500
strikers and 2,000 sympathizers
fought police. The casino was
closed last week by a walkout of
500 employes. The disput grew out
of the firing of 17 casino workers.
The casino brougt in 40 croupiers
from Italian- and French Riviera
resorts.
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| Workmen Strike Oil In
Downtown Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, UP — They
struck oil in the Civic Center.
A jackhammer operator, dig
ging in the excavation for the new
H4ll of Records building. Mon
day hit a seam of heavy viscos
ity oil four feet down in shale
strata.
It was a small pocket of asphal
tic oil and insufficient to justify
commercial production.
Workmen plugged the “discov
ery” with the concrete footing of
a steel column of the building.
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