Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-05-25 | Page 9 | There's Silk, but Not for Filmsters

There's Theres Silk But Not For By n FREDERICK C. C OTHMAN OTHMAR I UP tiP P Hollywood Correspondent HOLLYWOOD UP The UP-The The sad I case of ot the desperate movie actresses actresses actresses ac ac- ac- ac tresses who invested in In a California Cali- Cali CallI I I I fornia silk farm for their legs' legs sake came to light Monday The silk farm is going full blast but I Ithe the ladies ladles are getting no hosiery Every last thread of their home- home produced silk is going to the government government gov gov- I gov-I for powder bags so the patriotic movie beauties are not complaining Interesting Story The story as revealed by Willy de Mond Hollywood silk hosiery magnate Is interesting having achieved fame lame by manufacturing hosiery for movie stars It was inevitable that De Mond should be approached to make a two-reel two movie moie mo ie about his business That was in 1938 The picture was called From Cocoons to the Stockings of the Stars and w was s shot at the experimental silk worm farm arm of Dale and Glenn Hurst near Escondido Cal The had super mulberry trees growing grow- grow ng mg on a acre ranch and several several several sev sev- eral million worms weaving silk plus thousands of ot dollars worth of ot labor saving equipment They were making silk all right but having laving their troubles selling it largely because of the opposition of Japanese silk interests That didn't particularly interest De Mond at the time He made his movie and returned to Hollywood Holly Holly- wood Embargo Brings Pa Panic lc Last August he said when the embargo was put on against Jap silk I was panicky I saw my business slipping out from under under under un un- der me And I thought of that silk farm at Escondido I rushed down there full of hope only to learn that It was closed De Mond did not give Ive up He had to have that silk silk He H-e contacted contacted contacted con con- the manufacturers with whom he had done business and movie stars and collected to put the farm back in business business business busi busi- ness he said De Mond said the farm now included included included in in- a plant with square feet of floor space incubators to produce silk worms per year machines to do the work of thousands of Japanese operating I by hand and an annual capacity of pounds of ot raw silk It is a wonderful place DeMond De DeMond DeMond Mond said Those Hurst boys know their silk business am and they're turning out such silk as Japan never was able to produce And much cheaper 1 s1 e I IDon Ii i Ii i I Don Kaye ThIs popular or orchestra orchestra orchestra or- or chestra leader and his band will willbe willbe willbe be featured at the summer opening of Starlite Gardens atop Hotel Utah Friday night