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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SOMEWHERE IN WESTERN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Real war
is bad enough, but heat and q
utility company caused the 4th
Army's maneuvers to become SO
involved the umpires threatened to
call the whole business of and start
over again.
A bridge across the Nisqually
River was to be destroyed (actually)
by the retreating northern Red"
Army according to the blue prints
of the war.
But, 1t developed, the bridge
would be needed later by a utility
for a construction job.
No one thought to tell the boys
of the attacking 115th Cavalry.
vanguard of the southern BLUE"
Army, so they went on across, scout
cars and all.
Meantime, the practical 115th,
tired of sweltering in the heat, did
another obvious thing-they took
on their heavy blue denim coats,
distinguishing mark between them
and the Red" Army, and went
through all opposition like a bride
through her budget.
When the Reds" and the umpires
caught up with the invaders, the
former wanted to try them as spies,
but the umpires ruled the only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17

ing and described the patients as
having thin, fallen-in faces with
pallid or sallow compilations"
They also reported complaints
Of terrifying bad dreams. feelings
OF inner unrest, historical fits and
tendencies to be startled at the least
noise, particularly at the sound Of
airplanes."
Actual physical effects Of air raids
were listed by Psychologist Mary
Collins as:
Acceleration of the heart, rapid
breathing, dryness Of the mouth,
shivering, quaking limbs and loss
of voice.
In her article she said men and
women who were utter strangers
before the war we're playing cards
and staging knitting bees and COM
munity song tests, just to be near
one another in a moment Of danger.
Interest In Animal Life.
DIR. Clifford Allen wrote of OBJ
serving a strange show Of interest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
Efficacy Of Air Power
On Test in Battle
For England
Staying Power Alone
To Determine Result
Of Island Clash
BY DEVON FRANCIS,
Associated Press Aviation Editor.

1t becomes increasingly appar-
ent, as Germany's violent air Of
fensive against Great Britain's
island citadel grows in intensity,
that more than the existence of
England as an independent political
entity is at stake.
The battle in English skies is just
AS much laboratory-pu test of
the efficacy of air power as it is
test of British strength to resist the
blitzkrieg.
Whatever the result, the roper
eussions will be worldwide.
A Germany which built up its air
power to offset British sea power
can ill-afford to have its offensive
unaccompanied by any concurrent
land and sea operations-come
cropper.
Issue Clear Cut.
Throughout the fall of 1899, the
winter and the spring, Nazi airmen
cruised over the English country
side, from Lands End to Scapa Flow,
building up their objective fold
ers'-the pictures and maps which
today are guiding them to objec-
tives. Unsatisfactory touch-and-go
raids were made by both sides.
Now the issue is clear cut: How
long can the Germans keep it up,
and how long can the British
take 1t?
The defenders are at distinct
disadvantage if the material dam
age from the raids is as heavy as
the Germans claim. On steady
flow of fuel, ammunition. airplanes
and pilots depends the ability of the
Royal Air Force to maintain resist
ance at its peak.
Two Advantages for Nazis.
And on the Royal Air Force falls
the job of preventing damage to the
things which are the very heart OF
air defense.
Germany has two advantages. 1t
has the initiative in the attack.
prize in any battle, and its own vital
centers of manufacturing OF war
plane concentrations, and of fuel
and armament supplies far more
scattered and less vulnerable than
those of the British.
Strategy no longer is part and
parcel of this attack and the de-
tense against it. 1t Is toe -to-toe
smuggling contest, and staying power
alone will determine the outcome.
The meticulous Germans use
different system of pilot training
than that employed by the British.
British training is more thorough,
but German air tactics contain more
of the element of mathematical
precision.
Greater Degree of Initiative.
British pilots, like Americans. are
permitted a greater degree OF in
itiative than are the Germans and
their airmanship depends less on
the commands of flight and squad
ron leaders Partly to that the
British attributed their one-to-four
casualty advantage, which, of course,
Is disputed by Berlin.
Men who know air fighting give
the British an ample chance to beat
off the attacks, despite the disad-
vantages under which they labor
At the height of yesterdays on
slaught an American, a partisan of
air power and squadron leader in
the war of 1914-1918, remarked:
The British give up? Don't
gamble any money on it. The party
Is only starting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
Guards
Continued From First Page)

L loili L ~ pO L oSN''
provided for them. Commissioned
officers come in and read flash bull
letins from the front" Something
tremendous has just happened, the
captain announces. Some time this
afternoon certain Gen Maloney
was captured without his pants"
That is, the general was taking
nap in his drawers and undershirt
when the enemy" forces theoreti-
cally surrounded his tent.
Every regiment has that strange
innovation-a public relations Off
Ger. He may be anything from
second lieutenant to brigadier gen.
eral. At one division visited this
afternoon the humble servant Of the
press-and every one of them is pre-
cisely that-was a lieutenant colonel.
II the United States gets mixed up
in a real war any time In the near
future, and the present system con-
tinues, old-time war correspondents
will be turning somersaultS in their
graves. They are selling the Army
to the public with a skill in sales
manship probably never before ap-
preached.
For everybody concerned it's the
most delightful sort of war-lovely.
sunny days; cold, breezy nights and
a yellow full moon over pines and
birches. It looks like England last
September-rather terrifyingly so
sometimes. The National Guards
men are going through motions of
war and trying to make light of
them-to treat these maneuvers just
like those of an ordinary summer.
But in the hearts of many of the
men there is very little levity, and
laughter at Gen. Maloney losing his
pants" is a trifle forced when the
soldiers look across the river. Many
of them are trying to readjust their
entire futures to the prospect OF
what might have been pleasant
three weeks vacation turning into a
year of hard training.
They Need Hard Training.
These troops are good, bad and
Indifferent as National Guardsmen
60, and they probably are closer to
soldiers than their predecessors in
the militia regiments of 1917. Yet,
as one sees them dragging YEARLY
along the lanes or climbing over
stone walls, one is impressed with
the amount of hard training that
will be required to make out of them
the kind of soldiers Hitler has
masSed across the English Channel.
Maybe few weeks would make lot
of difference, but the appearance of
these troops today seems striking
contradiction to the idea still strong
in the minds of many Americans
that volunteer army fit for COM
bat under the conditions of war as
it now is being waged in Europe can
be made overnight out of clerks and
shop workers. There are a lot of
round shoulders to be Strengthened
on the anvil of discipline. Every
effort is being made to impress both
officers and enlisted men with the
idea that the tempo of war has been
Increased enormously in 20 years and
that any conflict today will be much
less of picnic even than the first
World War.
1t can at least be said for these
troops that they are extraordinarily
well behaved. The yellow of limit"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17

issues of the Lancet, British med
ical journal, received at the New
York Academy of Medicine.
Two British psychiatrists, Har-
ley street physician and a woman
psychologist, agreed that the war
Of 19l4-18 could not be compared
with the present conflict, in its ef-
feet either on civilian populations
or on active combatants
Even before the present mass at
tacks on England began, they noted
such phenomena as:
Ghostlike figures walking the
streets and screaming at the sight
Of German planes, widespread, men,
tally induced palsy and insomnia;
increasing apathy to the value Of
human life, diminishing reasoning
power.
More Neurotic Cases.
With the war so close at hand,
Psychiatrists William Sargent and
Eliot Slater wrote that more and
more neurotic cases were develop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
Land Acquired by U. S.
For Mine Command
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 1.-THE
Government acquired by condemna-
ton yesterday AS acres of land ad-
jointing the Little Creek Coast
Guard Station for a mine COM
mand''-the shore installation for 3
Virginia Capes mine field, if such a
field should be needed.
Large docks will be built to &C
commodate minelayers and various
buildings will be erected for storing
mines, cables and other equipment
which would be required should the
Army lay mines between Cape Hen
ry and Cape Charles. Approximate
" $175,0OO already has been made
available for the work.
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men are not to be thrown against
an actual enemy until they have
had the advantage of months OF
hard training to bring out to the ut
most their soldierly qualities. And
their behavior in the face OF the
uncertainty that afficts nearly every
man of them is an excellent omen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
Air Attack Jitters
Held More |nsidious
Than Actual Death
Increase in Neurotic
Cases Is Cited by
British Psyehiotrists
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 17-Warfare
such as that now raging in the skies
over Britain produces a civilian
shell shock" more insidious than the
actual death and destruction poured
on the earth from bombing planes.
Such Is the conclusion Of British
medical leaders, writing in recent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
War Game Becomes So Involved
Umpires Threaten New Start

penalty would be to withdraw and
start over.
Then the ofrcers Of the 1l5th
won their biggest victory OF the
day-they talked the umpires into
letting them hold the ground gained
If only the mechanical units re-
crossed the river legally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17

WASHINGTON STOPOVERThis flying wedge featuring Miss
Marjorie Boucher composed of members OF the Nassau
ming Toronto for the Canadian national swim
ming championship meet The teameight boys Miss Boucher
and Coach Neville Halef Washington last night after visiting
the British Embassy climax of their twoday Washington visit
Carrying Miss Boucher Cleft righ Michael Lghbour
Hubert harrington, Cecil Cooke and John Drudge The
team representing the Shoreham Aquatic Club of Nassau
stopped here co-incidentaly, at the shoreham Hotel
Star Staff Photo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
Congress in Brief

TODAY.
Senate and House IN recess.
Senate Committee investigating
campaign expenditures meets in
closed session.
Evening star., 1940-11-17

(See GRAHAM, Page F-3J
Evening star., 1940-11-17
By Harold Hefeynan.

HOLLYWOOD.
DR.. Edgar Buchanan. leading den
tist Of Altadena, Calf, sits In his
ONCE these evenings . much-puz-
zled man.
Dr.. Buchanan has suddenly be-
come AFFLICTED with an overdose Of
professions. He has to make q choice
and it is dimcult to decide.
Through the release Of one mo-
ton picture, . big Western called
Arizona" DR.. Buchanan overnight
has become established as one Of
Hollywood's. leading character &C
tors. Preview critics trained much
Of their praise on the unknown
actor, hailing him as the comedy
"find" Of 1910.
A long-term contract with Colum-
bia pictures, called for fat SAL
ary, reposes in Edgar's ONCE safe.
It is rs yet unsigned by him.
: The doctor glances up to the wall
where his ID. D. S." from the North
west College Of Dental Surgery oc-
cupied q proud position and then
down to the pages of . letter on
his desk.
The letter is from his father.
It is q last-minute plea, urging
Edgar to give up this silly idea
Of play acting" and to continue
Evening star., 1940-11-17

BaSk1ng IN the glory ana th>
SIS ,000-a-week financial rewards q
his 'Du Barry Was q Lady"
louisiana Purchase" and Panama
Hattie" De Sylvia sat the other
afternoon in the turmoil Of q re-
hearsal and revealed his secret Of
how to make q fortune and produce
q string Of hits in the theater.
~You trap authors and composers
in airplanes, railroad trains. or even
in taxicabs," he explained, and
then by the time your journey il
finished you sell them the idea that
they should do something about .
good idea for q show for you to
produce.
They can't get up. as they could
In your ofiice. and walk out before
you are finished. They haNe to
listen, unless they are equipped ESh
. parachute or else pull the emer-
gency train whistle cord, and any
author would rather listen to an
idea than Jump from a plane or 60
to jail.
$50 >. I. have three musical
hits.
II got on . plane with Cole Porter
and talked him into writing the
score for 'Du Barry Was . Lady
before the plane landed. Next, I
was on q plane where, by chance,
Irving Berlin was also . passenger
and he agreed In the clouds to write
the score for Louisiana Purchase
II found Herbert Fields in q taxi.
cab. and 20 We collabprated on the.
book Of Panama Hattie And Cole
Porter, when I invited him later
to take . subway ride one day, re-
piled: What show now do you want
me to write songs for?'"
SO Porter. who knew what travel
with De Sylvia meant, rode the
elevator alone back up to his apart.
ment and wrote tho songs for
Panama Hattie"
De Sylvia, as q Broadway impre.
sario. also has done another thing
which IL seldom attempted by {
theatrical manager. He starred the
brunette singer Ethel Norman In
It as . solo attraction. Only oncA
In about . decade Is Z woman Per.
former starred solo In q musical
show. and the critical reviews said
she came through with flying coll
OeB.
incidentally. Miss Norman would
have had feminine co-star In this
u plans had gone as-planned. For
Panama Hattie" was written With
the idea In mind that Shirley Tenn
pie would Be the star. But the plan
didut work cut and % Mis- lfesman
= IL anU1e star.
Evening star., 1940-11-17

CONTINUED on page RS, Column g.
Evening star., 1940-11-17
Todoy's Film Schedules

CAPITOL-The Mark of Zorro"
tbs and 1905 pm Stage shows 3:45, $50 and sl5
cOLUMB1A"Down Argentine Way" two lessons from Carmen
Miranda: ass, $40, 7:20 and s35 pm.
EARLEMoon Over Burma Dorothy Lamour and
on places 1885, tbs and s55 Stage shows $40 $40
and
Bit Of Heaven Gloria Jeans frolic: $685.
$50, 7:50 and e45 pm.
ITTIEThe Bakers Wife who cricis
this bright French Aim: 2. 3:55 $50 750 and $50
Bins Crosby Mary
tin and lots Of music 240 S. 7:20 and $40 pm.
PAACEThe Dictator Charlie Chaplin today;
continuous afternoon evening.
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts: continuous O'Clock.
Evening star., 1940-11-17
What Of Those Prophecies Of Last Year?
As New candidates for Sardom' Are Mentioned It's Time
To See What Has Become of Their Predecessors
Three who didn't. And one-uncer-

Three who didn't. And one-uncer-
tain.
Now we go to R.-K.-O. Radio.
Last years hopes for stardorn
concerned Linda Hayes. Maureen
OHara, Helen Whitney, Dorothy
Lovett and Virginia Hale. Virginia
is still rated q stock girl. Miss
Whitney played two parts-and Is
now of contract. Miss Hayes
has made four "B" pictures and Is
now playing second feminine lead
to Wendy Barrie In Saint in Palm
Springs" Dorothy Lovett is the
nurse in the DIR. Christian" series,
which is still a long way from the
promised stardom.
They Do Well ut Fsx.
Maureen O-Hara received the big
gest buildup and the best parts
among the R-K.-O. hopefuls. But
at this particular time her pros.
poets are less bright than a year
ago when she was Charles Laugh
tons leading lady in "Hunchback Of
Notre Dame" This picture, Incl
dentally, did not measure up to the
advance publicity. Which is per-
haps why the movies that followed
for Maureen were less important.
The promising staflets at Twen-
tieth Century-Fox haven't done at
(See GRAHAM Page F-3)
Evening star., 1940-11-17

intimate terms with Hollywood, ),
vouched for the accuracy enthusi-
astically and without provocation.
Hollywood seems to affect people
that way. And the boys who wrote
the plays and many of their actors
and most Of their producers are
veteran habitues Of pay rolls out
there.
As the local phrase goes about
what I used to think was local
custom-I thought that before ira
yelling anywhere-they have taken
the hand that fed them and broken
It of at the elbow. No doubt, Holly
wood, like London, can take it.
But the guess is that theatergoers
don't have that kind of digestion.
The more sugary of the two con-
fections is presented by your old
friend, Jesse L. Lasky, who has
spent Is industrious years in what
they all call "the industry" It is
called "Quiet, Please" was written
by r. Hugh Herbert and Hans Kraly
from an original story by Ferdi-
nand Reyner and has other ear
marks of one Of those elaborate
"a. productions, which are all dol
lars and no sense.
Essentially it's about sex among
the movie stars. suppose the
phrase should be Love Life" since
the two central characters are de-
scribed as being in love with each
other and married to each other.
However, love strikes them both as
Q hotfoot might and they also lead
the kind Of life that seems to be
permanently equipped with q hot
foot.
Well, here's this beautiful and
mighty ardent doll who is the screen
Idol, see, of millions and she is mar
ried to . guy who is the idol OF
millions, too, but millions Of "B"
picture fans. And he won't give
her a tumble, no matter how she
tries-and she tries hard enough.
That is the frst act. In the
second act, she picks up q garage
helper to make her husband Jealous.
In the third act, it seems, the hus-
band really loves her (and she him).
but he was afraid to let on be-
cause he didn't think 1t possible
that she loved him-he making
'.B" pictures while she makes "A"
pictures.
Fred Niblo is in 1t and Donald
Woods, and very pleasant young
discovery" named Gordon Jones,
VINO Is likely to amount to some
thing. Jane Wyatt has the leading
role, the best-written dialogue Of
which seems to consist OF breathing
hptly.
1lAr. Lasky has equipped his pro-
uction with novelty. When you
bcme into the theater-the Guild
tese woLxERT, Page T-5)
Evening star., 1940-11-17
His Problem: Too Many Professions
Trained in Dentistry to Follow the Family Tradition,
DR.. Edgar Buchanan Has Film Career Thrust on Him

had just graduated from high school
His father, like three preceding
generations Of Buchanans, was .
prosperous dentist and he wanted,
above all else, to see the son fol-
low in those same footsteps.
The elder Buchanan gave Edgar
$4,000 and told him to prepare him.
self for the profession. Edgar
wasn't enthused, but he did man.
age to matriculate at the Univef.
(see HEFTERNAN, Page F-2.l
Evening star., 1940-11-17

Susan Hayward, Muriel Angelus.
william Holden, Betty Field and
Janice Logan. Miss Martin, Holden
and Miss Field have fulfilled the
hopes of their hackers. For the
rest, Miss Cagney is of contract.
Ditto Miss Logan. Ditto Miss An
gelus. Susan Hayward has been
Willing away the tediQm of no.
pictures with a long PERSONAL
appearance tour. But things are
looking up for her now. She hes
been loaned to Columbia for the
''meanie" role in Legacy" This
totals three who came through.
Evening star., 1940-11-17
Ethel Barrymore Sheds
Extra Years to Act Her Age
In New Williams PLAY
She's Neither Grandmother Nor
Matriarch in New Drama Which
Continues Long Career
By Jay Csrmo ody.

wondering Barrymore would
night III. place win Be IL. N.son., and the play Corn
Green" the most recent enort of Emiyn Williams
down some 50 years from her most recent roles the
ou o. NJ rm OF I'm Three w the
counterfeit wrinkles She will sn spout WISDOM that
life.
played us
record being
records shows that nrst starring appearance
on tn. Dram. wa I . amy my
Miss Barrymore introduced stardom by
a
Baymore Already
played with her John The Baube
..4 s. % .1s. Ter in Service With w:
which starred no less = play than Sir Henry Irving
stard.. Cs.e surDsise.
Captain Jns Of the Horse Marines" complete
tn me sss
the Barrymore looking upward her caught
Barrymore precisely
do about thing like that the always have She
lived packed her belongings and moved instantly to larger and
quarters.
Since hen Miss Barrymore ha. been highly visible on the theaer
more than other actress Of her generation
Miss sarmoes appearance IN williams latest play is something
that be set down the European
who played for two London with Dame sb Tonke in the
With original Duty with English pre-
vented that and with the that would preventing
thought thought instantly Barrymore
The young .utho Of might Must Fa the play which
different mood in his latest drama Instead Of frightening the wits
rosuish
his brief equivalent bit luggage
written comedy drama in which the comedy not quite chilling His
character school teacher penomenaIy successful
Of
its London opening THE Corn Is Green" haded
photographed hts precision
said
somewhat amazing history. neither he denied it
People. therefore. accept It Is the gospel truth
ia slghtest, 8 =
CONTINUED on Page rs Column g.
Evening star., 1940-11-17
Bv SheiIah Graham.
HOLLYWOOD.

have before me the annual ana
optimistic studio reckoning of the
boys and girls with the best chance
Of attaining stardom this coming
year. Before going into this, let's
see again what happened to the
boys and girls who, according to the
studio wording of IL months ago,
should now be right up there with
the kings and queens Of Hollywood.
Paramount's '1best bets" for 1882
90 were Mary Martin, Jean Cagney.
Evening star., 1940-11-17

the family's professional tradition
the practice Of dentistry.
A gong sounds as the door lead
ing to his reception room opens.
DR.. Buchanan bestirs himself. No
time for mental debate now. His
first patient Of the evening has ar
rived.
The story Of DR.. Buchanan's
clashing professions pauses now
while We 60 back Is years to the
town OF Eugene, Greg. There Edgar
Evening star., 1940-11-17

(See HEFFERNAN, Page F-2O
Evening star., 1940-11-17
He's Probably Travelling
That's the De Sylvia Secret Behind
All These Hit Shows
By Marx Barron,
Associated Press stan Writer,
NEW YORK


Buddy de Sylvia back in Hollywood what likely
route somewhere else The thing about this producer
three musical hits crowdng Broadway time which
ziegfeld.
But wherever is the odds that
another hit In the making the only he works just
locked Belasco study designed
Evening star., 1940-11-17
All Dollars and No Sense
Broadway Somehow Survives Two
Plays About Hollywood
By Ira Wolferf.
By Ira Wolferf.
NEW YORK.


sdng community whose brains have been knocked
portraits painfulnaented too to get tough
behind and before all Of whom seemed to be
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