Show THE OGDEN DEBT POSITION '29 BEST SINCE the report compiled by the bureau of agricultural economics said Land values have increased and the total farm real estate debt has declined to the lowest point in 20 years FOR FARMERS Down k Per One Thousand To Go Sale Forced 1 68-Mar- By FRED BAILEY WASHINGTON (UP) — Farm mortgage foreclosures which led to rioting In several communities a few years ago have declined to the lowest point in 10 years the re- - department of agriculture has The debt position of farmers has Improved considerably since 1935 During the year ended last March 1 only 168 of every 1000 farm owners lost their land through forced sales foreclosure and tax sales This compared with 174 farms the previous year and 283 in the year ended aMrch 1 1935 when foreclosures started to become less frequent Most of the forced sales last year were due to mortgage foreclosures bankruptcy or transfers of titles to avoid foreclosures The bureau reported 134 farms in each 1000 changed hands because of one of those difficulties In 1935 the number was 21 per 1000 farms The number of forced sales on account of delinquent taxes was 34 per 1000 last year compared with 73 in 1935 Forced sales of We Extend — Yuletide Greetings and Happy New Year To Our Many Friend and Customers GRACE JEWELRY — The 2379 Guarantee Sto Washington Blvd Phone 913 STANDARD-EXAMINE- farms to meet taxes has declined to the lowest point since 1926 the bureau said Farms changing hands through and trades were voluntary sales estimated at 28-- per 1000 in the 12 months ended in March this year as compared with 299 in 1938- and 194 in 1933 Last year By ALEXANDER KAIIN was the fifth consecutive year in HOLLYWOOD (UP) — For 13 which voluntary sales increased as an years Katherine Higgiiu has wor4 Using the years index of 100 in computing land ried aboutthe diets and food probvalues of the last few years the advising them bureau reported an increase from lems of film ofstars and gainreducing methods 1939 on 84 in 73 in 1933 to The increase during this period ing weight as manager of the It is her job was most marked in the south AtBros studiWarner at cafe lantic and east south central states studio stars are fed the where values rose 26 and 30 points os to see that diabout the worry but properly respectively on the index figure beets and similar problems that Debt Smallest Since 1919 ' The bureau reported a continued set the actors is carried by Mrs decline in farm mortgage debt Higgins Teause she likes her cusduring the last five years from tomers Katharine was born in County $7800000000 on Jan 1 1935 to 1 1939 That Cork Ireland and came to Amer $7100000000 on Jan 1919 ica in 1916 For a time sne worKea since debt was the smallest Foreclosures last year were heav- as a waitress in Butte Mont iest in the thickly populated farm where she says the men are men areas In New England the fore- and have appetites to match She closure rate per 1000 farms drop- moved to Los Angeles in 1921 and ped from 18 to 1935 to 127 last year in 1926 she started as a waitress in while the west north central states the first small studio dining room comprising most of the corn and at what was then First National wheat belts dropped from 406 to studios She has been there ever 269 per 1000 farms since Foreclosures in the middle AtWithin a month after she started lantic states declined from 239 to work at the studio she was the as135 per 1000 farms in the four sistant to the manager and at the years East north central states end of her first year she was made foreclosures dropped from 235 to manager The restaurant is owned 135 and South Atlantic states from by the studio 245 to 134 The west south mounIt is no secret that most of the tain states from 357 to 242 and girls who work for Katherine are the Pacific coast states from 246 as Irish as she is Many of them to 175 have been at theirv stations almost as long as she She knows the food habits of all her regular custom- Hollywood Film Shop 2 - 1912-191- PAT says OUR Heartiest Season's Greetings BEST WISHES for the SEASON and the NEW YEAR We've Appreciated Serving You H F UPP AND SONS PAT'S MEAT MARKET JEWELERS 2476 Grant Avenue 2124 Washington Blvd SUNDAY MORNING DECEMBER 24 1939 R rule followed the same schedule You can't go in for fun and excitement when you know you must be in the makeup department at six the next morning You haven't the stamina for such things "They tell me I'm on the road to being a celebrity now but actually my life isn't much different than it was before I ever saw a studio I eat the same food have the same friends go to the same places and do the same things I don't quite understand it" Miss Joyce selected by 10 directors as the "typical American d at University of girl" was aatco-e-Los California Angeles until a financial situation forced her to leave college in 1938 She became a commercial photographer's model and it was her photograph smiling from a magazine cover that led her into pictures AR LAMP-POS- T TO BE MEMORIAL old-time- ATLANTA Ga (UP)— A lamppost that defied the roaring cannons of Gen William T Sherman and burned until he destroyed the city by fire in 1864 soon will be reconditioned and its gas jets lighted again will be made a The lamp-po- st rs KJO- - J - landmark and a permanent Confor behind federate memorial that old Iron post is a story still told in the south The post was one of 50 set up in the city in 1855 when a central gas plant was built to furnish street lamps that formerly had consisted of coal oil lamps Erecting of the gas lamps marked the end of days when residents furnished fuel for their street lights It was on Christmas day that the lights first were lighted For nine years the lamps burnr ed to the satisfaction of everyone Evenbombardments of Unior armies could not put them out On Aug 9 1864 Sherman put into action his heavy artillery The city was fired upon from all sides One shell killed the superintendent of the City Gas company and his daughter Another explosive struck the base of the lamp killing a man flamed Sol Luckie and several others But still the iron lamp post stood many Throughout the bombardment The period is 1914 and the suit each night found the city is one based on libel and slander by the dependable gas Andrews' immediate problem was coaching Harry Ravenport as the standing His most ambitious projjustice in the strict formalities of ect he says was the arranging RobinGerman courts Edward G courtroom scenes for "The Life of son appears as the plaintiff and Sig Emile Zola" Rumaa as defendant in the scenes One of the special problems in this instance was instructing the principals who enact the roles of attorneys and advising judges as to how and when to wear and doff their courtroom capes The questioning of doffing also arose in "We Are Not Alone" another picture on which Andrews worked and in which he instructed the attorneys and judges to take proper abandon Far from the dignity of the German or British courts was that carefree attitude of frontier justice Thanlc you for in "Alegheny Frontier" Andrews is not a lawyer alyour patron- - ' though he spent three years at an eastern university studying law and may In those years he became interestage its and law of the ed in history we again enforms He decided that writing about law was the career he wantHOLLYWOOD (UP)— Frederick Andrews is one of the few men ia America who can tell a judge where and how to get off — and the judge does as he is told But it should be explained "getting off in his case means telling the judge how to leave the bench for Andrews is a technical adviser and expert on jurisprudence Andrews has studied the courtroom technique of every race and country today and in the past At present he is engaged advising director William Dieterle on court practice for "The Life of Dr Ehr-lich- " Some of the dramatic scenes in the picture take place in the halls of the supreme court of Hesse located in Frankfurt Ger- from burning buildings provided far more illumination than even the brightest of electric bulbs Men are much more susceptible to color blindness than are wo men Christmas Crcclin A To Our Many Customers ed J0P and Friends from Superior Honey Go Tackers of Nature's First and Finest Sweet for Over Forty Years i L Wishing You a " well-light- ers and she personally supervises the lunchesx of her favorites all Irish Jimmy Cagney Pat O'Brien and Jane Bryan Jimmy her especial favorite is a "broth of a lad" to Katherine and Bette Davis she describes as a "foine lady" Dietary troubles are not the only ones that Katherine is asked to solve Young players cry on her shoulder and lay their problems in her lap The food foibles of famous stars have been memorized by Katherine She never offered meat to George Arliss nor does she offer gravy to Edward G Robinson Only one meal of importance is served each day at the studio cafe or Green Room as it is known on the Warner lot It takes a staff of 65 to feed the hundreds of actors directors technicians and visitors Katherine is married and lives a few blocks from the studio but she prefers the studio kitchen to her own She helped design it and she believes it is the cleanest and most efficient kitchen in ed lights They burned until Sherman through the defending lines and set fire to the entire town Only with the destruction of the gas plant did the lights go out But say the lights were not needed then Flames crashed MERRY m an and m St A HAPPY NEW YEAR! FROM THE ENTIRE STAFF OF MACK-ROBINSO- GARAGE N MOpen Day and Night" Phone 604 2448 Grant Ave 2445 Kiesel Ave mm He first was used as a technical adviser when Warner Bros made HOLLYWOOD — (UP) — Brenda "They Won't Forget" His expert Joyce is a disappointed girl Hol- knowledge of court routine in the lywood has failed to live up to her deep'South made those scenes out- expectations Six months ago the former coed stepped into a movie studio for the first time and stepped out with a choice role that of Fern in "The Rains Came" As a result of her work in that picture she became a leading lady who may eventually joy it A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ill GRIFFIN PAINT CO 2318 Washington Blvd Our Sincerest Wish to Our Many Friends and Customers Is ill GEORGE PAPPAS HARRY PAPPAS Phone 530 reach stardom Although her career has progressed faster than she ever dreamed possible Brenda still insists she is a little disappointed in Hollywood She can't reconcile her v2f1 1 The Entire Safeway Organization extends their thanks and appreci- ation to all of their friends and customers who helped make l£39 a very successful year and wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Prosperous Year in 1940 preconceived notions of the town with the reality she has encountered here "Before I came into pictures" she explained "I had believed that film stars were people who led fabulous lives in and out of the studios to whom things were always happening and who seldom found time for the practical and mundane "But I constantly am discovering how wrong those ideas were For instance since starting work in 'Little Old New York" two months ago we have been reporting for work at six o'clock every morning and getting away no earlier than seven o'clock In the evening That leaves little time for social life of any kind "The rest of the cast has as a THE BOYS AT THE x in! 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