Bette Davis
Stops at Nothing
For Realism
At the outset of her career
Betie Davis was told by a stage
star that she would never be an
actress. A director let her go be
cause he saw no future for her.
A picture producer turned her
down for films.
In the quarter century since,
Miss Davis has appeared in 68
motion pictures, won two Acad
emy Awards and been acclaimed
as one of the greatest stars of
show business.
“The fact that I wasn’t consid
ered potential acting material did
more for me than any other single
thing,” she declares. “I fought for
realistic parts, no matter how
they required I look.”
It was this compulsion for hon
esty which recently made her
shave her head for the role of
Queen Elizabeth in a film. Now,
in the comedy-drama, “The Cat
ered Affair,” showing for the
last time tonight at Nomerama, in
which she shares honors with Er
nest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds,
and Barry Fitzgerald, Miss Davis
wears the wig of a middle-aged
woman and herself selected the
dowdy, oversized dresses for her
role as a Bronx housewife in the
midst of getting her daughter
ready to be married.
Miss Davis takes no credit for
. this strategy. She said: “I fall
into the class of the ‘transference
actress,’ one who is able to trans
fer herself into a character, thus
making the audience momentarily
forget her personal identity.”
An interesting sidelight of the
picture is that Mae McAvoy, Mae
Clarke and Madge Kennedy, three
of the most glamorous stars of
the silent screen and early talkies
appear together for the first time
in “The Catered Affair.”
MAN. 91. WIELDS PAPER
TO DRIVE OFF THIEF
PHOENIX, Ariz., MV—'The big
Sunday edition of a city newspa
per was more than just good read- j
ing to Norman E. Daw, 91, of j
Phoenix.
Early yesterday Daw said a i
mam about 20 years old came up, I
knife in hand, and demanded his I
money. Daw told officers the!
would-be holdup man turned and
ran after he dealt him a stiff1
wallop alongside the head with ^
his rolled-up newspaper.
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ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
The moon has always the same
face towards the earth, for it can- j
not turn around and show us the |
other side. The pulling of the j
earth by the moon causes the j
ocean’s waters to rise and fall'
every 12 hours and 26 minutes,
or twice a day.
When the Greek and Roman
travelers ventured to the ocean,
they could not understand why
great stretches of beaches were
left dry, and with equal regular
ity covered up. It is on occasions
when the sun and moon are in j
line with the earth that they co- j
operate in their pulling at the sea. |
The moon is then either new or
full and it is then the highest
tides occur.
If we were at the moon the
earthlight there would be 50 times
.greater than moonlight "at the
earth. The reflected light from
the earth to the moon can be seen
at new moon or a day or two
later. Its ruddy color is caused by
the sunlight having passed twice
through our atmosphere.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
Truman Would ‘Raise Hell With
i
; People’ to Put the Nation Back
Under Democratic Leadership
KANSAS CITY, Kan., Ufl—
; Former President Harry Truman
! says he’s going to “raise hell with
| people” if necessary to help put
j the nation back under Demo
j cratic leadership.
He told Democrats from 13
I midwest states at a luncheon Fri
J day Republicans must be ousted
from Washington if the United
States is to regain world leader
ship.
“We’ve almost lost every friend
we had because we had to have
an agonizing reappraisal,” he
said. “We’ve got the agony, all
right, but we haven’t got the re
appraisal.” .
“I’m going to get into politics
and raise hell with people if we
don’t get this job done,” Truman
told the gathering.
Preceding Truman before the
conference was Sen. Stuart Sym
ington of Missouri, who chal
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! lenged the government’s handling
of the missile and satellite pro
| grams.
“The design and structure of
: the Russian satellite is clear evi
| dence the Communists are now
ahead of us in the long-range
missile race,” he said. “Unless the
| United States increases its efforts
in the missile field, this Soviet
superiority can only grow into
supremacy.
“Only yesterday,” Symington:
continued, “Secretary Dulles an- j
nounced that if Russia attacked;
Turkey we would attack Russia.'
The logical question that comes;
to mind is: with what?”
The Strategic Air Command, he
said, is still manned with obso- ;
lete propeller-driven B-36s and
production on new bombers is
being held to a five-day week
with specific instructions against
overtime.
I
i Hearst’s Fifth Wife Says
i He Lived in Adultery
With Third Wife
SANTA MONICA, UP>—Newspa
per executive George R. Hearst’s
fifth wife has charged he was liv
i ing in adultery with hjs third
I wife.
j Mrs. Collette Hearst made the
accusation Friday in a superior
court complaint for separate
maintenance. The complaint said
Hfearst was living “in an adulter
ous relationship” with Mrs. Sally
A. Hearst of San Mateo, Calif.
Judge Orlando H. Rhodes con
tinued for one week a hearing on
all matters involved in the liti
gation between Hearst and Mrs.
Collette Hearst when it was dis
closed a receiver for Hearst’s as
sets had been appointed by the
district court in San Francisco at
the request of Mrs. Sally Hearst.
ARCTIC
SANITARY
SERVICE
NEW MANAGER:
WILBUR ARNOLD
Phone — Black 65
P. 0. Box 12
Red Satellite,
In Third Week^
Still Going Round
(By The Associated. Presst
The Russian earth satellite
Sputnik spun so routinely around
the earth today, well into ills
third week in orbit, that there
was little technical comment from
observing scientists.
The satellite, which has been
considerably harder to see han its
accompanying rocket, was report
ed sighted by moonwatchers in
Yankton, S.D., Saturday morning,
26V& minutes behind the rocket.
The Smithsonian Astrophysical
Observatory at Cambridge, Mass.,
put out a detailed two-day time
table for the rocket.
A longer-range forecast was
issued by another kind of special
ist, Harvard University economist
Malcolm P. Nair. He said that as
a result of Sputnik there may be
more defense spending, no tax
cuts and stiffer credit controls.
Youth Drowns When
He Becomes Entangled
In Boat’s Anchor Chain
LOS ANGELES, UP)—A freak ac
cident claimed the life of 15-year
old Don Lyon yesterday just off
the harbor breakwater.
Fishing with his father, Norman
Lyon, the boy threw a heavy
anchor from his cabin cruiser.
The rope was coiled around his
leg and he was catapulted into 45
feet of water. The rope was not
secured to the boat. The body was
not recovered.
Legeil Blanks at The Nugget office
Monday, Wednesday
and Friday
Ly. Fairbanks 7:00 a.m.
Arr. ' Kotzebue 8:50 a.m.
Ly. Kotzebue 9:30 a.m.
Arr. Nome 10:45 a.m.
Ly. Nome 11:45 a.m.
Arr. Fairbanks 4:00 p.m.
GLUE POT
Soda Fountain
CIGARS, CIGARETS
TOBACCO
CANDY
FRESH ICE CREAM
EVERY DAY
PHILIP SENDS ORCHIDS TO
DANCER AFTER SHE BREAKS
SHOULDER STRAP IN DANCE
LOS ANGELES, UP)—Dancer
Marge Champion has a note from
Prince Philip saying he and
Queen Elizabeth enjoyed her
^ancing even if she had to stop j
when her shoulder straps broke, j
Marge and her husband, Gower j
Champion, entertained the royal!
visitors Friday night at a state j
dinner given by Secretary Dulles. I
As Mrs. Champion boarded a j
plane for Los Angeles she was'
handed a note written on White
House stationery, reading:
“The Queen and I enjoyed your
dancing very much last night, j
This is_just to express our sym
pathy for the unfortunate mishap
to your dress. Philip.” Two green j
orchids accompanied the note. I
Two golfers, strangers to each!
other, happened to meet on the!
golf links.
“See that girl over there?” said 1
one. “Imagine her parents allow- |
ing her to appear in clothes like
that. Just copying men’s clothes.”
“That, sir, is my daughter,”
said the second golfer.
“Oh, pardon me, I’m sorry. I
didn’t know you were her father.”
“I’m not. I’m her mother.”
FIREMEN TO THE RESCUE
HUNTINGTON, W. Va., W—
Sakes alive! A woman can’t even
connect her own stove these days
without the fire department butt
ing in.
But even at that, Miss Clara
Scrivner, 78,' is grateful. Gas
overcame her while she was doing
the job. Firemen said gallantly,
however, Miss Scrivner did a
good job as an amateur plumber,
considering she never bothered
to turn off the gas.
TWO-MEN IN CUSTODY FOR
ROBBING BANK OF $3,870
SEATTLE, UPl— Gene E. Sea
grave, 29, an unemployed fisher
man, was held by the FBI here
Saturday for transfer to Portland,
Ore., on charges he participated
in a $3,870 bank robbery there
August 30.
Seagrave is formerly of Valdez,
Alaska. Another man is alieady
in custody in Portland for. the
same robbery. ,
STOVE & STACK
CLEANING
t Call WHITE 128
Thomas Tungwenuk
“The Magnificent Adventure”
of St. Paul, the Christian Warrior
Full Feature Length Spectacular Motion Picture
7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 23
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Free-Will Offering
ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW
LADIES’ Short Zip-Lined Car Coats, Blouses,
Plain and Bulky Sweaters
New Yard Goods and Ccrduroy
GIRL’S Coats, Dresses and Blouses
MEN’S New Button-front and Pullover Sweaters
Parkas and Overshoes For All
HALLOWEEN MASKS
Candies, Cups, Napkins, Plates, Tablecloths
THE FAMILY STORE
I WINTER SCHEDULE
i
DC-3 SERVICE
Twin Beech
Tuesday and Friday
Lv. Nome 8:30 a.m.
Landings Ai
Peering
Candle
Arr. Kotzebue 10:30 a an.
Lv. Kolaebue 11:00 »-m.
Landings Ai
Candle
Peering
Arr. Non^e 1:00 pan.
Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday
Lv. Fairbanks 7:00 a.m.
Arr. Nome 9:15 a-m
Lv. Nome 10:15 a.m.
Arr. Kotzebue 11:30 a.m.
Lv. Kotzebue 12:10 p.m.
Arr. Fairbanks 4:00 p.m.
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-- Station Manager