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i STAR : DUST | Movie • Radio * it it+HBj VIRGINIA VALE T HE loyal motion picture fans of the country do not want any substitute for the late Jean Harlow. Letters, tele grams and phone calls of pro test poured into the Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer studio when it was announced soon after her death that her unfinished pic ture “Saratoga” would be re filmed with a newcomer named Rita Johnson in her role. In no uncertain terms the public demanded that Jean’s last picture either be released in its unfinished state or kept from view. Decision on the matter is being postponed, but when the public takes such a whole-hearted stand on any ques tion, you can be sure that the studio will not run the risk of offending them. “Saratoga” will probably never be seen. Loretta Young’s household is just about the happiest, busiest estab lishment in all Hol lywood just now. She has adopted two little girls, Jane aged three, and Judy not quite two, and is busily confer ring with architects about adding a wing to her house. Just to add to the air of Old Home Week, her sister, Sally Blane, and Sally’s husband Norman Foster have x oung come with their youngster to stay at Loretta’s house while they re-build theirs. Loretta AO the time that Irene Hervey was under contract to M-G-M, the executives just couldn’t see her when a good role In a big picture came up fee casting. She married Allan Jones, her contract expired, and II looked as If she meant to retire from the screen. She was waiting for the fright part, lug Grand Nationil company with a role for her In “The Girl Said No," audiences raved about her at Md who! m—ummv to gel her if None Lily Pona Is very busy these days with her radio program and an extensive concert tour, to say noth ing of her frensiod trips up to her homo In Connecticut to see how the garden Is doing, but she keeps In touch with the It-K-O studio every day to get reports on the piano for Jack went go to i near New Terh. In a Miriam Hopkins The best picture of the week, and n frothy light extravaganza far a warm evening it Is I • •, la “Woman Chases Man.” Mir iam Hopkins la the star and dear old Charles Winniger plays a giddy rols delightfully. The pic ture is fares that verges on slapstick most of the time, and Joel McCrea plays the thankless role of the one fair ly sensible human In the piece. It isn’t, frankly, nearly so good a picture as Claudette Colbert's grand com edy “I Met. Him in Paris”—but until that superb bit of entertain ment comes your way, “Woman Chases Man” will keep you amused. ODDS AND ENDS—Grace Moore post poned starting her next picture for two soeeks so that her leading man, Melvyn Douglas, could go to the Salzburg Festi val, where his wife is going to sing . . . Ann Sothern’s sister, Bonnie Lake, has sold a song that sha composed to Buddy Ebsen . . . That loud studio laugh you hear intermittently through Walter Win- cheHTs Sunday night broadcast is W. C. Fields, his favorite visitor. Walter drates an audience that is an all-star cast , . . Hazel Glenn who sings nursery songs am the Dr. Dafoe broadcast has a fen letter that sha wemldm'l exchange far a diamond bracelet. The goad doctor mate her that dm f nu had listened to erne of their DAM PROJECTS ATTRACT TOURISTS Huge ArtiBcial Lake at Boulder ’Dam Proves Magnet; Unde Sam t Capitalize on It; Bonneville Dam Is Inspiring Scene. By WILLIAM C. UTLEY N OT only do some of the vast government dam projects provide subjects for controversy in political circles, irrigation for desert wastes and electric power for vast producing areas. They are assuming a new im portance in the lives of our peo ple, especially at this time of year. They are becoming ma jor attractions for summer va cationers. Mr. Average American, with two weeks out of the year for his vaca tion, likes to cram just as much into that fortnight as he possibly can. His mountains must be gigantic, his vistas colossal, his waterfalls ter rific and his automobile trips long and rapid. He is usually somewhat impressed by the Grand Canyon. Small wonder then, that sights such as Boulder dam, the Grand Coulee and the Bonneville dam proj ects interest him. They are big, scenic and wonderful. And because they are government projects they have that patriotic appeal which is characteristically American. The United States government hardly planned Boulder dam as a summer recreation project, and it is not yet as well equipped to enter tain the thousands of tourists now visiting the dam as it will be in the near future. But in great throngs the vacationers come and after their souls have been satisfied with the enormity of it all they find they can have one whale of a time in, on and around Lake Mead, above the dam and the largest man-made body of water on earth. Will Develop Appeal. After all, swimming in the heart of a desert is a thrill that should appeal to the American tempera ment. The clear blue water in the shadow of the mountain peaks and the great dam is also a magnificent setting for boating, fishing and aqua planing. In an effort to encourage the movement already started the gov ernment has ordered the national parks service, together with the bu reau of reclamation, to launch a program designed to mako the Boul der dam region more attractive than ever. First of all a number of public bath bouses were built on the beach, which is artificial like the lake and a short distance from Boul der City, home of the workers on the project. Floating rafts have boon provided, and Ufa guards sit upon high seats to guard the safety of bathers. Just as if this might be Coney Island. Excursions over the surrounding area by air are popular, loo. with the vacationers. Thors is a govern ment-built airport at Boulder City from which several planes taka off daily on theee trips. Pianos of the most modern typo, equipped with two way wireless, wing the visitors the very tester ef New Yerh apggt lag sag eight Hfe. at M-G-M la gatmg la remeg] r that emteetoa right •way. Be sag Me beagqeartei •% win appear to “Bt| r CHy“ which •ton 35 W m s > m A picturesque scene sgsinst the morning sky of America’s magniflesnt Northwest are these Bonneville dsm workers. way of night life out here—there is only one movie house in Boulder City—there are enough natural curi osities and marvels to make the vis itor lose his taste for night life. Within 200 miles are, in addition to the beautiful canyons mentioned above, the Joshua Tree National forest, the Painted Desert, Petrified forests, the Mad Valley of Fire, Eldorado canyon, and many other sights, including many Indian settle ments. Nature in remarkable mood exists up and down as weU as across. You can descend to 360 feet below sea level in Death Valley and, if you are agile enough, you can get up 12,900 feet on San Francisco peak. The government is stocking Lake Mead with baas, and although the fishing is not yet quite up to par there will be all you can taka car* of in another two years. Bridle paths are being laid out and within a abort time there will also be plen ty of dude-ranch facilities nearby. The building of tennis courts as wall aa desert gardens is included in the plans. Thera are good hotels near Boulder dam, and there la a gov ernment camping ground where the visitor may camp for nothing. Are Earlbqaties Possible? Mead lake itself remains the big gest vacation attraction. It was created by the backing up of 41.91I.- 129,000 tons of water from the dam. The question bas been raised before the Seismological Society of Amer ica whether or not this grant, un- nstursl body of water will cause earthquakes. The Colorado river In Its lower course flows through a re gion where many violent eartb- •'-C v, .y Aquaplaning on Lake Mead, in the heart of the desert. over the Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce and Death Valley national parks, the Black canyon, the Kaibab for est and other famous scenes. There are also power boats on Lake Mead which make scheduled excursion trips, stopping over at several points. It’s quite a ride around Lake Mead, a 100-mile body of water. lecturers Explain Dam. The interest of government proj ects as incidents in a vacation is apparent from the hundreds who choose to include a trip through the dam itself, under the able guidance of lecturers from the reclamation service. The long ride in an ala- valor down into the dam is a swift one; to many visitors it la also for tfes fact that quakes have occurred in the past, some of them comparatively recent ly. Scientists have wondered wheth er the vast weight of water which will be concentrated along the lake will put sufficient additional strain on the crystal rock layers to set off disturbances. It has been suggested that seismograph stations be set up in the region to check the earth’s slow movements there, since com plete data are not yet available. Projects along the Columbia river are also getting their share of the tourist trade this summer, for the Northwest has ever been a popular vacation spot Thera the throngs are both surprised and pleased to see that the work on the giant Bonneville dam is being cornp.e'.td H will be i out It *< before the yenr 104 •id. am pears I Washington but to the whole course of life of the people of the United States.” , Bonneville dam rises in some of the ruggedly beautiful country of the Northwest. The wild Columbia has cut a chasm two-thirds of a mile deep through the mountains. Bradford island causes the river to split into two rapid atreama, roar ing, whirling and throwing spray. From the island to the Oregon shore is the power station, and from the Washington shore to the island la the spillway. The power house and spillway are connected by an earth en dam which runs across the is land and la 170 feet high. The en tire chain, which la 3,890 fast long, will create a lake 69 miles long, up on which steamers will one day travel into the Cascade mountsia region Coet Is fa.M8.8M. Bonneville dam will have coet 945,000,000 by the time K is com pleted. With Grand Coulee dam K forma the first serious attempt to harness the Columbia, which river network la the second largest in the country. The river basin, wbreh ca lends into the states of Idaho, Wash ington, Montana, Oregon, Nevada. Utah and Wyoming, is said to be five times aa large aa England. It has never been poesible before to navigate the Columbia more than a short distance inland, but Bonne ville dam will attempt to change all that In the dam is the world's high est navigstien lock—a lift of 72 feet. On the Panama canal It requires three greet locks to lift a ship only a little higher at Gatun lake. Bonne ville itself is 42 miles east of PerV land, but It Is hoped that the locks will enable steamers to go 200 miles inland along the river. The town of Bonneville has up near the dam to hiruss i the workers os PWA project num ber 28. It Is composed chiefly of tarpeper shacks suck ea the trav eler might hove seen In the earlier days of the West when the railroads were being built. It Is sot likely that the living quarters of the construction work ers needed to be buiH substantially enough to last a long time, for this la one federal project which la going ahead as it was planned. There have been no delays for political reasons or for lack of funds; only those caused by the river in some of its unsociable moods. Since the first surveyors came, things have moved right along. The excavating was done promptly, criba and frame work were installed, cranes and derricks started to work, and it was not long before Bonneville ap proached being a fact. Where only a few rugged boulders once deterred the stream as it roared through a wilderness of cottonwoods and firs, today risa arched spillways and huge power intakes. The cost of the project was somewhat more than it was first estimated. This is because of an intricate system of locks and “ladders” for fish, for the salmon must be allowed to pass Bonneville to reach the headwaters 6f the river. Indiana Are Skeptics. Here is one point upon which the government and nature may not be able to get together; perhaps if the President’s magic voice could explain it all to the fish over the radio everything might be all right, but there art those who say the salmon will never use the ladders. These unbelievers include moet of the Cayuae Indians along the Co lumbia, whose ancestors were tak ing salmon out of the river before the white end ef CUNDAYI DchoolL esson Lesson for July 11 TEXT—Smdos S:l-U. GOLDEN TEXT—Ooms sow and I win asnd tbs*.—Esodua l:IS. PRIMARY TOPIC—How God His Poopit’s Prsjrof. JUNIOR TOPIC—A loadst la tbs Making. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC— How to Cot Ready to Work tor God. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC— How God Pro video Loaders Today. God calls men, commissions and uses them to carry out his plana and purposes in the earth. What a great truth that is and how it glori fies the destiny of man to know that it is divinely appointed. Aa Joseph Parker beautifully points out, the experience of Moses in Midian was a direct dealing with God, whereas we who may not be able to “see the fountain” must “be content to drink at the stream,” but should always remember that the stream flows from that same fountain. “Every man should put to himself the questions—What is my destiny? What does God mean me to be and to do in the world? ... It is a most pitiful thing that a man should read of Moses being divinely called ... to a special work” and fail to realize “that God has a special work for every man to do.” Let us have a care that we do not “so pervert and misinterpret circum stances aa to press them into a Justi fication of self-will,” rather than recognize them aa “destiny which is beckoning us to duty/ For our instruction and guidance w4 consider then the story of the call of this outstanding leader of Israel. It presents him as a true servant of God—one whe was I. Personally Equipped. While it is a blessed truth that God will use any man who sur renders himself to his control and guidance no matter how limited that man’s ability and training may be, it is also true that, other things be ing equal, the man with the best equipment will be the moet useful servant. God gave Moeee a unique prepara tion. He was first of all a Hebrew, born among the people that he to load. Ha knew the luxury and all the cultural advantages ef tha Egyptian court (Acts 7:22), with the safeguard ef training by bln mother as his nursa. Ha at first hand tha nppraasioa ef Ms people and made a fan puli ipulshre to deal with tha to tha it to to am Colorful Flower Heirloom Afghan of yarn ye yield. And —this " combines i‘t ttbe to the faith, home, the ef bard Uoa to a the tws, school the important tk far Gad's rail. O. ijlrWasPy Mesas eras a i ■ai ha baaa a wsHMp ha i have been but cartons ef the note bow alert and and bow immediately tha tootraettona and the call of All tha training to tha world Is worm than useless to God’s service apart from that spirit ual qualification that comes from true regeneration and dedication to him. Thera to no more pathetic sight than a spiritually powerless church worker “going through the motions" of service for Christ If we are in that condition we may be sure that we deceive no one but ourselves. Let us seek God in confession and in glad acceptance of his provision for bo^i our redemp tion and our sanctification. m. Divinely Called. Moses was called (v. 4), commis sioned (w.6-10), and clad with di vine authority (w. 11-12) for his great task. God calls his servants to different responsibilities and in different ways, but the Important thing to that we should know that we are in his will and that we are answer ing his call. No man or woman has any right to choose full-time Christian service simply as a desirable vocation, for it to a divine calling. Quite unscrip- tural was the attitude of the man who said that in a quiet woodland nook he had faced life’s realities and had decided “to bet hto life” on the preaching of tha gospel Ob Giving ef Alms In giving of thy alma, inquire not so much Into the person, as hto hhn Mat rs- af hum Pattern SS38. shades with the same background color, that of the leaves. 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