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Show Scribe Interviews Lombard Before Airplane Crash On January 13, four days before her death, Carole Lombard paused in Salt Lake City for five brief minutes between trains, during which time she was interviewed by a Scribe reporter. While stopping at the depot, a recording was made of her voice urging the purchase of defense bonds. Amid flashing camera, newspaper and radio interviews, Miss Lombard was alert, cheerful and gracious as she hurriedly answered many questions. Traveling all over the United States, Indianapolis, Indiana was her next destination. During the time she was there she sold more than $2,000,000 worth of Defense Bonds. Miss Lombard said, "I'm going to be a regular old-fashioned carnival carni-val barker. You know, just go around saying, 'buy, buy, buy.'" She expected to tour America for a year. A very congenial and natural person, per-son, she talked with sincerity and ease. There was no "put on" or blase about her. As Miss Lombard, Mrs. Clark Gable in private life, finished her brief interview, she bade everyone on the platform a cheerful goodbye. good-bye. The crowd parted for the two broad shoulders of mink and the golden head of Miss Lombard as she ran to catch her train which was just pulling out. Visiting her old home town, Indianapolis, In-dianapolis, she made many personal per-sonal appearances before her fatal flight. Oddly enough, she was flying back to California for retakes on her new picture "To Be or Not to Be." But Walter Winchell declares, "Carole Lombard died playing her greatest role." |