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Births Reported

George and Lucille Adams, girl.
Lewis and Edith Azzarano, girl.
Lawrence and Edith Beall, girl.
Jasper and Maxine Best. boy
Jesse and Delane Bentley. girl.
William and Beatrice Baldwin. boy.
Orville and Virginia Baker, boy.
Clyde and Tillie Carr, boy.
Charles and Hilda Calderwood, boy.
Denis and Alice Choinoski. boy.
Charles and Evalena Chenault. girl.
Isadore and Pauline Cohen, boy.
James and Mary Cranston, jr., boy.
Wallace and Mildred Cross, boy.
c. Wade and Louise Downing. boy:
Richard and MARGARET Drifmeyer. boy
kenneth and Elizabeth Frye, boy.
Bill and GLADYS Fudge, boy.
William and Gertrude Green. girl.
Charles and Rosemary Haas, trl.
keSert @ and Fsuiine Jones', boy. .'
James and Ruby Judd. girl:
fred and al irene KirSy. sirl.M M
Alfred and Patricia Knisht, boz.
Asomss Aomss :nd .nd oia: oGl: L,aeh t,ds 0eh elrl
James and Beatrice Mccarthy, girl.
Daniel and Edna McCarty, girl.
Harry and Virginia Motley. girl.
Thomas and Agnes Pugliese. boy.
William and Dorothy Rabette. girl
Arthur and Martha Reside, girl.
William and Ethel Rode, boy.
Percy and Marjorie Russell, jr., boy.
Harold and Louise Schmehl, boy.
Jack and Edythe Silverman. boy.
James and Edith Truel, boy.
Thomas and Helen Woods, girl.
Alfred and Elmira Baltimore, boy. e
Willie and Forrestia Barnes. boy.
Elmer and Roberta Curtis, boy.
Ellis and Corine Floyd, boy:
Elijah and Ella Jones, sr, boy.
Elliott and Ruby Hamilton, boy.
Patterson and Viola Henderson, boy.
Shelley and Edith King, boy.
Robert and Mary Little, girl.
Elijah and lola Powell. boy.
John and Lillian Proctor. girl.
James and Gretchen Rogers, boy.
Evening star., 1941-12-12
Bill Of Rights to Be Topic

Maurice H. Thatcher, governor Of
the Mayfower Society, will speak
on the Bill of Rights at BIS o'clock
tonight at the Beth Sholom Syna-
gogue, Eighth and Shepherd streets
NV. j. A. Kamerow is chairman
Of the ceremonies observing the
l5oth anniversary of the Bill of
Rights Monday.
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Robert B. Rutherford. 90. Peoria. III. and
Aileen Harris, %. 1897 Belmont I'd.
NV: the Rev. p r. Williams
Clarence H. Connor; "a, Fort Myer,. Va.
Va: the Rev. J. H. Dunham.
Arnold T. Tyers, "a, Hamilton. Va. and
Marie Thompson, 90, Herndon. Va
the Rev. j C. Ball.
Paul T. Frazier. 27. and Ruth T. Gibson.
Evening star., 1941-12-12

Barrels Of snow will be among the
fire-fighting equipment in Moscow
this winter, people having been in
structed to shovel the snow on In
cendiary bombs.
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IS. both Of eos 37th 1t. NV: the Rev
Ernest Gibbs
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Under D. c. ld,o, couples must
apply for marriage license on
one day, tDait three tuu days and
receipe their license on the fifth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
Evening star., 1941-01-31

plot hardly noble enough in stature
even for musical picture.
Mr.. Astaire hasn't even been per-
mitted to employ his supremely
original talent for the dance, being
allotted only couple of numbers,
one with Miss Paulette Goddard
and the other performed while he
conducts Mr. Shaw's crew of mu-
sicians. They're good, certainly, but
hardly as impressive as many other
things Mr.. Astaire has done before
the cameras, unexciting for Astaire
tap dances. The Shaw music is
exciting, however, especially for
those who recognize and under
stand the subtleties of those jungle
rhythms. Meredith is pretty fine
in hammy sort of way in several
comic sequences, the one, for in
stance, in which he grabs a tooth
brush and makes himself at home
to frighten Mr.. Butterworth from
the unsuspecting Miss Goddard's
apartment. Mr.. Shaw improves
too, as a great dramatic actor. He
may not be ready Tor an Academy
award, but then, neither is Second
Chorus"
Just to corner a large percentage
of the top tap dancer market Gene
Ford has hired Hal LIE Roy as the
star of the stage show accompany
ing Mr.. Astaire's new picture. Mr..
LIE Roy is one of the best, and his
nimble feet are in fine form this
week. tripping out some intricate
and probably incompatible rhythms.
1t is, in fact, a top-notch revue
in every way that Mr.. Ford has
woven together, varied and happily
rather brief Comedy is contribut-
ed by the Three Sailors, knockabout
comedians, who are funny rather
than as boring as some knockabout
comedians. The Stuart Morgan
Dancers provide the excitement of
their adagio doings, the Romano
Brothers brighten things with their
instrumental music, Sandy Grant,
Rhythm Rockets captain. last seen
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the one R-K-O wanted for Ginger
Rogers and Joan Carroll. The
Metro musical stars Ann Sothern,
Shirley Temple and Eleanor
Powell.
THE Widow of Devils Island"
sounds like natural for Bette
Davis, for whom Warmers bought
the story. Martha Scott is want
ed by Towne and Baker for How
to Meet a Man." which would be
quite a departure in movies for the
tragic looking Miss Scott. Rob-
ert Montgomery gets his good pic
lures off the Metro lot. And he is
grateful to the studio for loaning
him to Irene Dunno and Universal's
Unfinished Business" Preston
Foster has the other important male
role in the film. Gregory La Cava
directs and produces. Leslie
Howard has delayed his return to
Hollywood because of propaganda
picture making in London. His
daughter appears in the current
film. Ditto his son-if the latter
can get leave from the navy, in
which he Is employed on a mine
sweeper.
The problem of the week at Para
mount is whether Barbara Stan
wyck shall age to 100 in "Pinoneer
Woman"-or whether she shall get
a break and be only 10S! I'm not
kidding.
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Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1941-01-31

Sneh~n ofs OTSOn WclieS
has practically finished the script
of his second film for R-K-O. There
is no title yet, but the film has
a Mexican background; and Dolores
Del Rio, private-life romance OF
Mr.. welles, will be ditto in the pic
ture. I asked Orson recently what
sort of person he was in the film
which he describes as melodrama.
I'm a nameless man." he replied.
For which relief R-K-O gives many
thanks. Il want to start my new
film as soon as possible" Orson
continued. 1T will be a break for
the studio and the public to have
me on another picture" The Mexi-
can film, incidentally. will not cost
R-K-O cent for Orson's acting,
writing, directing and producing
services. This is the picture he
promised gratis. But for the one
following, he is paid the usual price
Orson, by the way, says
he loves Hollywood and will not
leave the place permanently-"Un-
less I am fired; and they can't do
that because have contract"
~
Kay Kyser, the boys and Ginny
Simms are coming back to Holly
wood for another film. This time
they will be drafted into the Navy.
Sounds good. David Butler, who
piloted them through the two previ-
Gus films, directs the next. &.
Metro has bought "Honky Tonk"
for Clark Gable and Ann Sothern
and would also like Katharine Hep
burn. But Katie is acting coy to
the offer. :. Virginia Gilmore is
to appear with Gary Cooper in
Goldwyn's "Blond Blitzkrieg," for
which Ace Scenarists Billy Wilder
and Charles Bracket have been
hired.
Mrs. Ronald Colman and Mrs.
Charles Boyer MUNICH a steak at
"The Players" (owned by Preston
Sturges) and discuss their news
reel short, in which they show what
is being done in Hollywood for Brit
ish relief. Henry Justin Smith,
former managing editor of the Chi
cago Daily News. Is the hero of a
Columbia film titled They Called
Him Smith" Do you know that
the Lincoln movie starring Ray
mond Massey lost more than half
a million dollars? Metro has
paid $l50,00o for the privilege Of
making the stage hit. Panama
Hattie" into . movie. This was
Evening star., 1941-01-31
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

pAAS 4AAA~ "a A&@o
Stage.
National-"Claudia," a new COM
edy by Rose Franken: $3.50 pm.
Wardman Park-"Gentle People, {"
produced by the Washington Civic
Theater: $50 pm.
Screen.
Earle-"Virginia," romance In the
new South: II am, 1885, AIS, $50
and 9:4O pm. Stage shows: l.,
$40, Sis and sos pm.
Capitol-"Second Chorus" musi-
cal frivolity with Fred Astaire and
Burgess Meredith: 1880 am. 1875,
4:20. 7:05 and $50 pm. Stage shows:
12:40, 3:25, $40 and 8:55 pm.
Palace-"Gone With the Wind"
frst anniversary showing: $50 am,
100, Sis and 9:10 pm.
Keith's-"Buck Privates," Abbott
and Costello caught in the draft:
i1:3o am, 1:35, $40, $50, 7:45 and
e:45 pm.
Little-"Daybreak," grim, but fas-
cinating. tale Of murder: II am,
i2:45, 2:35, 4:2O, sos, 7:55 and GAS
pm.
Metropolitan-"North West
Mounted Police" De Mile adven-
%lre in the Far North: 10:15 am,
12:25, 2:40, 4:55, ITO and 9:35 pm.
Columbia-"Hudson's Bay" Paul
NUM- founds the fur trade there:
1925 am, 1880, $50, $50, 1885 and
e:35 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts:
continuous from 10 am.
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Pert little Miss Lee is handsomely
endowed with cute things to say.
and she brings them of with one
of the richest Virginia accents you
ever heard. When a line itself Is
little pallid on humor the pre-
cocious youngster manages to do
something with it in the way of a
pronunciation that makes it funny.
The sentimentality of Virginia"
derives very largely from the stand
ard assortment of loyal colored
help on the old plantation. The
lot includes the old colored nanny,
the faithful houseman, the totter-
ing old former slave, etc. All OF
them run through the conventional
routine.
The most spectacular effect of
Virginia" is the setting. The coun-
try around Charlottesville provided
the background of the picture, and
1t is certainty that Virginia never
looked lovelier in the movies than
In Grifiths picture. Its beauty Is
sufficient, indeed, to keep one from
a too acute consciousness that the
screen play is a long, drawn-out
affair. with more than q hint OF
repetition as 1t dawdles along its
course.
The outstanding item on the brief
stage show which Harry Anger has
whipped up for this week is the
English Johnny number danced by
the houses Roxyettes. This routine,
introduced In this country by the
original Tiller girls, is one of the
most difficult ever undertaken by
the Earle's chorus line. They man
age, however, to bring it of with
that precision and ease with which
they always make difficult things
look simple.
The remainder of the bill is COM
posed of the dancing Stapletons,
talented act, and the comedy of
Fred Sanborn.
10 Lombardi's patriotic overture
is supplemented by the vocalization
OF Gene Archer In "There1l Always
Be an England"
1t Is all brief and very sprightly.
Evening star., 1941-01-31

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, cur
rently starred by Universal with the
Andrews sisters of boogie-woogie
fame In Buck Priyates," first Of
Hollywood's pictures about the con-
scriptees.
Bud Abbott is very much the
'toothpick" type and his partner
weighs 200 pounds, is only 5 feet
inches tall, has three chins normally
and five when he bends over.
Stan Laurel and Babe" Hardy
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Second Chorus, the brlef 1aole
set to music which now graces the
Loew's Capitol screen.
The film does provide. however,
some opportunity for comic banter,
involving mostly Mr. Meredith, Mr..
Astaire and Charles Butterworth,
who has been added to the roster
obviously to provide comedy relief
from some of the other comedy. The
other comedy revolves about the sad
situation that arises when two lads
(Astaire and Meredith. who have
been cheerfully flunking college
courses that they may continue a
profitable career with the university
dance orchestra, are pitched out
of school. Then they try to land
jobs in Artie Shaw's orchestra, a
Evening star., 1941-01-31

uO Will UllC oCC-
ond Yankee invasion of the State,
the one which Is finding so much
of It's ancient real estate in the
hands of wealthy Northerners. The
ways of life represented by the two
groups, the poor, struggling lovers
of the land and the idle wastrels,
provides her story with a nice ele-
ment Of conflict.
It's central figures, necessarily,
are those represented by Miss Car
roll and MacMuray. He is a Vir-
ginia Elliott, gallant, honorable,
Impoverished son of the soil; she a
Dunterry, but unfortunately Dun
terry whose loyalty is to the rich,
wild life of the New York to which
she emigrated as a child.
The romance between them is the
major burden of the yarn, ro-
nance whose course runs about
as unsmoothly as it Is possible for
1t to run. They are people Of a
fierce pride and each Is pretty un-
bending about the superiority Of
tbs way VI l11C- 11lCy olC INV
headed, too, which does not help
matters on numerous occasions.
The basic characters of "Vir-
ginia" are a conventional lot with
the exception of those Northern
ers. In looting the State of its
land and its traditions of fine, hon.
orable living, their antics provide
much of the comedy as well as
the drama of the film. Dominant
in the group is the rich young man
played by newcomer Stirling Hay
den. A pretty bright lad in some
respects, Hayden can't get it through
his Northern skull that Virginia is
q State with traditions, one of the
firmest of which is that people who
ignore its traditions are beyond the
pale.
Brightest comedy character of
Virginia" and bright indeed she
is, is little 5-year-old Carolyn Lee.
Evening star., 1941-01-31
Long and Short
Rule Is a Must

The long and the short Of 1t and
the fat and the thin Of 1t are the
starting-off points for successful
comedy combinations.
For solo comedians there Is no
definite set OF rules for being funny.
But with two-tearn funsters there
is at least one must" that has
been proven in just about every case
during the past so years Of Ameri-
can entertainment.
1t is that the straight man." o.
foil, be long and lean, and the
comic be short and stubby.
No exceptions to that rule are
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will turn out to
be quite enough.
Virginia Van
Opp who imag-
ined the yarn
which is brought
off so handsome
ly in technicolor,
at the Earle, did
find something
of a fresh ap-
proach to her
sKetcn OF lie III
the Old Domin-
ion. The some
what sugary dis
tillation has to
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as a ballerina, turns up now play
ing her own song, q tuneful ditty
called I'm Stepping Out With a
Dream and the Rockets them
selves have several moments of
Evening star., 1941-01-31

homely because
her boss is en-
amored of beau
tiful girls. CHave
you ever met a
secretary W h o
did this? I
haven't.) ANY,
way, Olivia falls
for the boss,
pretties herself
up and the
trouble begins.
Warmers are try
ing to borrow
Melvyn Douglas
for the boss role.
Evening star., 1941-01-31
Teamed Again

Joan Blondell and Dick Powell,
one of Hollywood's famous couples
off-screen, will appear together in
a forthcoming Universal picture,
Model Wife" Leigh Jason viii
produce and direct.
Evening star., 1941-01-31
Once Again There's Music
In the Hollywood Air
Paramount on Parade Planned
AS an Elaborate Musical Film;
Metro Has Panama Hattie
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.


Musicals
HOLLYWOOD Paramount
at that studio mammoth
boys gals the Eddie Bracken
Margaret Hayes Phil Regain ODrsco
When Olivia de Haviand
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Fred Astaire Dances Again,
But Not So Very Much
Capitol's Second Chorus Mostly
An Artie Shaw Band Concert;
Hal LIE Roy Is Stage Star
By HARRY MACARTHUR.

No one to De sure can condemn hmsica or tae lnaes OF s
Still something
than Are Shaw band matter how intriguing that alone
especially when the other people
and
Meredith the former isn't
Evening star., 1941-01-31
Virginia's Visual Beauty
Steals Picture at Earle
And That Is Quite Feat in View
Of Fact That Miss Carroll Is in 1t;
Stage Show Sprightly Affair
By Jay CARMODY.

H. Grifh Vrgnan with Virginians deep senti-
his native that
he able
loveness setting pictures
of
played by Fred MacMur*
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SECOND CHOICE" q Paramount pic
ture; produced by Bosis Morros; directed
Ryan. Frank Cavett and Ian Hunter. orig-
inal story by Nj. Cavett. At the Capitol.
Evening star., 1941-01-31

VIRGINIA" a Paramount picture in
technicolor, produced and directed by Ed
ward H. Grifith. screen play by Virginia
Van Upp original story By Miss Van Upp
and Mr.. Grifhth. At the Earle.
Evening star., 1941-01-31

ture-her first In quite awhile
Ever Since Eve" It's about a Sec
retary who makes herself look
Evening star., 1941-01-31

METRoNoME ROOM, wardman Park Hotel,
Conn. Ave. at Woodley Rd. Ray Heather
toms Orchestra. Dancing 10 to 2. Sat. g:3U-
1:3o. Min, 81. Sats., S1.50. CO. 1000.
HAY-ADAMS HOUSE-Overlooking White
House at 18th and SITS. Dining in an
atmosphere of charm, dignity. and gen
tility. Luncheon, S5c; dinner from 81 20.
organ music nightly during dinner.
Calvert, Dining and dancing. Two hoor
shows $50 and 11:30. Dinner s.. in
eluding cover. Supper cover. SOC. AID. 0L00.
RAINBOW ROOM, Hamilton Hotel, 14th
at X. Cocktail and dinner dancing, 5-9;
supper dancing to Milt Davis orchestra,
1O-i. Min Saturday only, 81. DI. 25sO.
Evening star., 1941-01-31

reverse the general rule in that the
latter Is both long and hefty and
Laurel is short and skinny.
Evening star., 1941-01-31

I'd Madeleine Carroll, is agree
entertainment, which perhaps
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-08-28
New Regime
Is Seeking
Armistice
Abandonment of Arm
ed Opposition to Brit
ish and Russian Forces
Comes in Third Day
Of intervention; Par
Lament Meets.

London. Aug. 28.-(AP)-A
rcorGanized Iran government
headed by Premier Ali Furanghi
announced to parliament today,
the Ichcran radio aid that or
dcrS had been issued to Iran
troops to cease resistance to
British and Russian forces which
are rapidly advancing toward
vital centCrs OF the country.
News OF the quick abailuon-
ment OF armed opposition on the
third day OF the British Russian
Intervention i'll the Middle East
kingdom vas contained also in
dispatches of DNB. official Ger
man news agency, heard on the
radio. The German dispatches
said Ali Furanshi was seeking
an armlStice.
a British broadcast heard b,
NBC SAID all lighting in Iran ha.
Ceased; that the BTltIsh-RussIan
invasion had turned INTO d peaceful
rCCupaNOn.)
We shall do our utmost to
maintain good relations with the
foreign powers, and especially
Our nelghhOrS. and to continue
Improvements which are the
aims Of his majesty and the
whole nation Reuters quoted
the premier as saying,
T1 L..- 49,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-08-28

CONTINUED on Poe Faset
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-08-28

There wa a conflicting dis
patch from the indian command
HEADQUARTERS at Silnia which
SAID Chat full mobilization was
il: progress i'll Iran.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
PRES. APPOINTS NEWS
AGENCY FOR DEFENSE

Washington.-An office of facts
and figures was established last
week by President Roosevelt to
keep the people informed of the
progress of the defense program
and of defense policies and activi-
ties.
The office will assemble and ar
range for dissemination Of what
eevr defense information may be
announced appropriately in a
time of national emergency.
Archibald MacLeish will be its
director. He will retain his pre-
sent position as librarian Of Con-
gress.
Mr.. Roosevelt's order establish
ing the office directed that it ''for-
mulate programs designed to ia
cilitate widespread and accurate
understanding of the status and
progress of the national defense
effort and of the defense policies
and activities Of the government, "
consulting with other government
agencies, and using existing facil-
tiles to distribute information.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
JAPANESE PRESS SAYS
SEC. KNOX is BLUFFING

Tokyo.-The Japan Times and
Advertiser, organ of the foreign
office, declared u. S.-Japanese re-
lations proban lily would be the
chief concern of an extraordinary
session of the diet called for Nov
IS.
The newspaper said foreign OBJ
servers believed the discussion
would center on whether to con-
tinue negotiations toward an I'm
derstanding with the United
States, or to break off the talks.
Domei said a 'critical moment
in Japan's foreign diplomacy" had
arrived. The news agency added
that the forthcoming parliament
tary session probably would deal
also with Japan's relations with
Germany and Soviet Russia.
Throughout the day the Japan
csc press fired back at an asser-
ton by Frank Knox, United
States secretary of the navy, that
a collision with Japan is newt
able unless she abandons her
"plans of expansion"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
BlackOut Lifted From Service
Stations By Secretary Ickes

Local service stations which
along with others on the South
Atlantic Seaboard were literally
forced to go to bed with the chick
ems during the past few months
because of lack of facilities in the
transportation of gas and oil,
were pleased to have the ban lift
ed last Friday by an announce
ment from Secretary Ickes.
Thursday night he called for his
controversial z p. m.-7 a. M,
"blackout" of gasoline filling sta
tons along the Atlantic Seaboard
with the announcement that DO
oil tankers transferred to Great
Britain are being returned and the
gasoline shortage temporarily is
at an end.
The tankers are part of an un-
disclosed number transferred to
Britain under the lend-lease pro-
gram. Ickes ascribed the gasoline
shortage to lack of transportation
facilities because of the transfer
but whether it was actual OF
"phony'' has been topic of bitter
debate in and out of Congress.
Restoration of the tankers, lex
es said, ''has enabled us to reach
the goal toward which the office
of the petroleum co-ordinator has
been striving since this summer
The removal of gasoline restric-
tons which were necessarily in
voked on the East Coast"
He said he has now Withdrawn
his "blackout" request-a demand
that originally was backed up
with threats that noncompliers
would fined their deliveries cut
off.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
UNITED STATES ABLE TO
REDUCE FARM SURPLUS

Washington. - Advancing farm
prices and improving demand
growing out of the defense pro-
gram are enabling the govern
ment to reduce its huge stocks of
surplus agricultural products.
The stocks, which six months
ago represented an investment Of
more than $1,35O,OOO,0OO in pub
lie funds, include cotton, wheat,
corn, barley, rye, tobacco, grain
sorghum, dairy products an d
dried fruits. They were accumu-
lated under government loans to
growers.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
KIDNAPPED BABY rs
RECOVERED IN MASS.

Fitchburg, Mass.-Two-months-
old Kenneth A. Mclean, Jr., who
was snatched from his carriage
Friday while his mother was
shopping, was found unframed
Saturday in the camp of a middle
aged man and woman who were
charged with kidnapping.
While hundreds joined in the
search, Police Chief Thomas God
ley located the infant in the
Whalom Park camp of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bedard Wolsiewick, whom
he described as parents of two
year-old twins who live with VOL
siewick's mother in Providence
R. I. The Wolsiewicks were held
in $4,000 bail for hearing Mon
day.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
ALL FRENCH ASKED
TO DEMONSTRATES

London.-Gen. Chas. DeGaulle
leader of the Free French in a
broadcast Saturday called upon
all France for five-minute fold
ed-arms demonstration-"an i'm
mense national strike"-as a pro-
test against the 50-for-one repri-
sal killings of French hostages.
He set the time for the demon
stration for p. m. 90 a. M,
e.s.t) next Friday.
Declaring the national stand
still would show the Germans
they are surrounded by "gigan-
tic menace" De Gaulle said "the
French nation suddenly and COM
pletely transfixed with arms
crossed in hatred and in scorn
will strike anguish into the hearts
of the enemy and the traitors who
serve him."