BRITAIN TO CONVERT WtlR NtWtST LAUGH Mil Coalmen Face 7 Lean Years Before Boom Says Magnate Drunkometcr Introduced in Vancouver SCREEN FLASHES By BUB THOMAS AIRFIELDS BACK TO FARMS LONDON i About 100 derelict airfields, most of them held in reserve by the air ministry since the last war, are going back to agriculture. - The agriculture commission in charge of the operation estimates this will add 40,000 acres of farmland. tt Vj I I 1 DUMA MRRAR1 IftCCDU rnri HOLLYWOOD (AP) What ii Tst,w f ' home cunsu"'"S swung to oil Ln mi ted States k- biggest commer- and natural gas. He estimated cial coal producer says the they lost nearly 50 per cent of greatest boom in the industry's ' tii- normal market history lies ahead but opera-i little improvement can be tors must survive seven more expected in the next seven lean years to enjoy It. j rs. i'ur.sf;love says, but after Joseph Pursgiove, research ,llat coai Wlii have a positive ;and development vice-president i future of Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal : 1 lw electrlc power industry is Co., says electric firms in the ' P''A111R. DUt not fast enough to , United States will be demand. I uke up the slack beine felt bv FEED'BATES FRED CLARK Also Britain's Sky Blazers and Fowl Weather Shows at 7 . g.jj Sat. Mat 2 - 4:20 - 6:50 - 9:08 MUSI ' 3 ' -V YES, CAPITOL VANCOUVER (P Use of a drunkometer to aid in the prosecution of intoxicated drivers was introduced by Vancouver police Wednesday. Traffic police officials said that "to the best of their knowledge" it was the first time the apparatus has been used officially in a Canadian city. Use of the drunkometer wiil be voluntary and its evidence will be acceptable in court. happens when fame and fortune filter through a movie star's fingers? In the gilded lore of Hollywood, great stress is placed on the Cinderella story. Publicity mills grind out the tales of how an unknown girl .becomes a wealthy celebrity. But what happens to Cinderella after the ball Is over? Hollywood hates to take a 1 J""" FbwiO YOU'LL BE THE Smartest com men, accordinu to Purs Lit I T . tlJiu.inai; i ... , ;Iove. However, electric utilities .re learning more and more -...,,(, j,,. , ' -1 mg coai in unprecedented amounts within a decade. The coal business, he says suffered hard blows in the last eight years as railroads and V A Man In Town! that cheap water power is get- ing scarcer in the United State : glance behind at the once-fam- .A f?p. 8 Prince Rppert Daily News Friday, October 30, 1953 BUY HER ind of course coal is takin" " I ous personalities who get lost In jver, he says, v the constant search for new I faces. But occasionally the fad-i:r2 OF RAILRO.-iJS led names can't be overlooked, rii'-ini: the lean veir tm to That happened recently when f PRESENT i AT YVfM'F lirrKin n77Z B.P.O.E. tune. Pursgiove says coal men Mae Clarke was brought Into court on charges of fraud in obtaining $39 of state unemployment payments. Miss Clarke, a top leading lady : rr.T TOTEM HALLOWE'EN BALL Saturday, Oclober 31 Wallace's Dept. Store Rial. Sal. p.m. l j-jm,,,,. . mist u:;e 'ingenuity and determination" to stay in business. He says coal men are no onser tied to the apron strings f the railroads and can trans-)oi t itiuch of their coal by .ui'k. Hiver barges il.-o arc being ised more and more with the rucks taking care of the. shut-le service, he says, adding: "And of course coal bv Dins- .TOWN Admission $5.00 per couple Dancing 9-1 Music bv fhe FOUR DUKES . in the '30s, was given a 20-day suspended sentence. Lives Alone I called on Miss Clarke ut her tiny apartment, where she lives alone amid the mementoes of her film past. How does a player slip from stardom? Still lovely at 42 she missed three TV roles because she didn't look old enough. Miss Clarke said all of a sudden the roles stopped coming. "Therewas no particular rea- "llf'H'IT"" i lull I TT" TTTTITT-.T 'I. UJLMim., IUPWII mih. ine is still a promising idea." ITS COMii-iG! WATCH FOR IT 1 1 L jjSS l m the. json. she said "I got alone: well j with the other !a-tors and the (crews, and the public still want- ed to see me. But the Jobs didn't j turn up. "So I Just walfcd. It's that way in the acting business: A pr can turn up tomorrow that will pn von rlpht back on top again - For Mae it was a long wait. Sh had starred In H'-tun like Franksteln and Public Enemy. Double Life ' "During the past 10 years, I've led a double, lfe," she explained. HARDTIME DANCE TONBGHT LEGION AUDITORIUM A(lnii.viiin $1X0 iKiin it: 10 . ! Music by THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN EOYS EVEBYONi: Wi l.i t v; I ve worked as secretary and : receptionist for the ,war depart S S Av SI 1 ment, and a couple of doctors but always with the agreement that if an acting Job came up, I'd be free to accept It." She once earned as high as $1,500 a week. When you ak where the money went, she j smiles: "It's absent but account-' ed for." I Unlike some stars, she didn't CITY TRANSFER LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE FURNITURE MOVING Phone 950 CKATI.VG FACKINC. SlOKAOfi First Avenue and M'HHi; Slrwt r i mi j ji. in j i iij n i mil 1. 1 ii u m jj uuuj wi . , .r .. tiu i. iujj- . m t .juililuxlh iiiii uhim hrow her money away. Much of It. went to support, five members of her family. The rest disappeared in 10 years of scant work. Hollvwood I full of peonle like Mae Clarke. Some live comfortably In retirement. Among them: Janet Oaynor, married to a designer; Theda Bara, to former director; Louise Fazenda, to procurer Hal Wallis: Corlnne Grif be sure to get fith, to Oeorge Marshall of the Washington Redskins. Some are in other lines of miMMM work. . William Haines and Mary ! 't ' rr n I "i. ?V .... -fc. "V it: ?. ..ft., ' - '-!;' ..-4, K-l : ... ' . l 0 5 in p h Lb m decorators. Rod Laroque sells! real estate. , . j "ut. most of. the former stars' still pursue the. only life they ! know acting. They do bit roles ' in movies or play In TV films, life shows and soap operas. 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