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Evening star., 1942-08-03

Federal Housing business :. Oracle
Allen and George Burns braved the
Eastern heat to take their two
children to see Mount Vernon and
Williamsburg Washington is
the locale for several Hollywood
productions. Jean Arthurs next
is Come One, Come ALL" a story
OF the Washington housing prob
lem Rosalind Russell will do
winnie Went to Washington
And the current Bob Hope Dorothy
Lamour They Got Me Covered
was formerly. called Washington
Secretary" The new title has moth
ing whatever to do with the story
but obviously was bought. because
millions Of copies OF Hopes biog-
raphy, under that name, were sold
Fashion flash: Dorothy Lamour's
red, white and blue plaid parasol
tops = spectator sport frock of light
blue shantung. She wears her hair
braided and tied with red grosgrain
ribbon Paul Whiteman takes
the cake for color and dash. I saw
him the other day at the Brown
Derby In an orange and lemon en-
semble-orange tweed coat checked
In brown, lemon shirt. caramel
trousers, two-toned brown-and-
tan shoes. big yellow stray hat
withsA rainbow band! -
tRelessed BY the He'll syndicate. Incl
Evening star., 1942-08-03


dramas, features and short subjects,
but also in comedies, cartoons and
even musicals.
In fact, so much is war story
material piling up in Hollywood that
the War Department has set up .
title and subject registration file.
This is SO the producers won't step
on one another's toes in lining up
war pictures.
Deal in Reality.
The Navy and Marine Corps also
are working out similar plans.
Many OF the current war pictures
deal with the actual events.
These include Wake Island" the
story Of the heroic stand OF Uncle
Sans Marines there; Beyond the
Line Of Duty" which Capt. Hewitt
T. Wheless, war hero, plays him.
self; Dragon Seed" story of the in
vasion Of China; Berlin Cores
pondent story of inside Germany;
"Bombardier, which deals with the
aerial fighters; Atlantic Convoy
and Eagle Squadron"
From these actual historic events
in films, other pictures range to
stories of camp life-some told with
music-and pictures dealing with
wars effect on the civilian popula-
ton.
Producers insist that all these pic
lures are aimed, first of all. at en-
tertainment. They also will admit
that early efforts to hold war Aim
production to moderate levels now
have been greatly relaxed.
No Censorship.
An indication Of the wide range
of subjects covered in pictures.
either already completed since Pearl
Evening star., 1942-08-03

Dive" The Sunday before their de-
parture they threw open their
grounds for French relief benefit.
Auctioning of possessions OF the
stars, such as Charles Boyers cane,
Bing Crosby's cigarette case. Joan
Benefits bracelet, Carole Lands
sweater. they raised over $1,000.
Enough TO buy IN ambulance and
thousaIids Of cigarettes. IS IS.
The Cary Grants tBabs Hutton)
have leased the furniShed home of
ting Dough Fairbanks. IT,, at Pacific
Palisades !. Hollywood's three
mert-about-town, Enrol Flynn, Bruce
Cabot and Steve Raphael, have
moved into Colleen Moore's house
in Bel Air. Some of the most i'm
posing homes Of past film favorites
have been bought by wealthy refu-
gees who are flocking to Beverly
Hills and Bel Air.
+t+
George Saunders and his brother,
Tom Conway, who are doing the
Falcon" series, are totally different.
Tom is dynamic. George, with the
exception OF Gary Cooper, is the
best set sleeper in Hollywood. Be-
tween shots you'll always find him
snoozing. In his current picture,
Falcons Brother" George would
be perfectly happy because several
long sequences are filmed while he
is supposedly unconscious. How
ever, the payon is he has been cau-
toned not to fall asleep because he
snores!
War priorities do not discriminate.
The industry is clamping down on
stars giving autographed photo
graphs to fans because OF the Short
age Of materials. Makeup men are
now forced to paint on faces the
high lights and shadows-also lines
for the weather. beaten look which
formerly were achieved by LIQUID
rubber adhesive applied to the face
Even the rubber sponges are out
The rubber shoes worn by horses In
the movies have been replaced by
the iron ones, encased in felt over
shoes!
The Goldwyn cameramen will
make an elaborate layout of Bob
Hopes dressing room suite to awe
his home studio, Paramount. It is
complete with regency living room
bedroom. three baths, kitchen, din
ing room, steamroom. Sam Gold
wyn will be one OF the shots waving
All Egyptian fan over King Hope
Lionel Barrymore was asked by
the ONCE OF co-ordinator in Wash
! 1ngton to make recording for
Government use. When the script
arrived he discovered it was in
Evening star., 1942-08-03
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Capitel-"Jackass Mail" another
yarn for Wallace Beery and Mar
jorie Main: 1l:l0 a. M. so, 4:35,
7:l5 and 10 pm. Stage shows: 1855,
$40, 6:25 and 9:05 pm.
Columbia-"Take a Letter, Dar-
ling" Rosalind Russell and a male
secretary: IL am, 1:l0, 800, $50,
TAO and 9:55 pm.
Earle-"The Gay Sisters" and a
grim legal tangle: II am, LAS,
! 4:30, 7:20 and 1910 pm. Stage
shows: los, $50, $40 and $50
pm.
Keith's-"Pride OF the Yankees" ;"
Gary Cooper in the life Of Lou Geh-
rig: $50 am, II, 2:25, ASS, 7:20
and $50 pm.
Little-"Peter l." return of the
Russian Aim starring Simonov: II
am, l, $40. $50, 7:30 and 9:45 pm
Metropolitan - Wings for the
Eagle" Ann Sheridan on an assem-
bly, line: 1885 am, lao, $40, 5:45,
7:45 and 9:45 pm
Palace-"This Above ALL" Eric
Knights dramatic novel on the
screen. with Joan Fontaine: 1l:40
am. 2:10. 4:40. 7:10 and $40 pm.
Pix-"They Met In Bombay" with
Clark Gable and Rosalind Russell
Continuous from l pm.
Evening star., 1942-08-03

1t was the original intention of
the producers of The Moon Is
Down. now starring Conrad Nagel,
to take the play on a summer
theater tour before booking it into
the more legitimate theater. When
! they looked around. however, gas
and rubber rationing gave the i'm
preston OF working. so well that
audiences might not care to come
out the nights The Moon Is
Down" was playing.
Finding the National and several
other theaters available. they re-
vised the tour to include urban
centers where public transportation
is available to people who love
their rationing cards with too much
passion
Apart from Nagel and Art Smith,
the company will be pretty much
the original one.
Education department (higher
branch): When it comes to counting
up schools. young Katharyn Gray
son can outcount her Hollywood
associates, even those twice her
age and with many more degrees to
their credit.
In her IL years Of going to school.
Miss Grayson found herself enrolled
in 81 institutions of learning What
ever conclusion you may have
jumped to is wrong because Miss
Grayson owes her frequent change
Of education scene to her fathers
Government job. Whenever he
moved. which was practically al
ways, she moved too.
Fuller explana ton department:
Mickey Rooney on the perpetuation
of the Andy Hardy series, believed
jeopardized by his marriage:
While I play other characters on
the screen, primarily I consider my
self Andy Hardy because the public
insists upon it. I find that every
thing do in pictures Identifies me
not as Mickey Rooney, but Andy
Hardy. Well, this convinced me once
and for all that couldn't ever give
up Andy, regardless of what might
happen to my personal life and
expect to 60 on playing him as long
as Carey Wilson writes stories for
him"
Biography department.: Historians
OF Rudy Vallee, if any, will have
little dif1iculty with their research.
Rudy has taken care Of that by
gathering and preserving for a pos
sibly interested posterity 1872 volumes
of Valleeana. The volumes are huge
and occupy special storage room
In his new Hollywood home, the one
which used to belong to Ann Hard
ing
Actually. there are 1873 volumes. the
133d being Vallee's personal scrap
book which he started as lad OF
IA and kept during his Maine and
Yale years. He keeps that separate.
=
Faithful servant department: The
day he went to play himself in
Star Spangled Rhythm" Cecil B.
De Mile received the following wire
from his assistant, Eddie Slaven:
Dear Boss: After the terrific
buildup I have given you for being
the acme OF punctuality for more
than 25 years, please don't be late
on the set tomorrow And do you
know your lines?"
De Mile was not late and he did
know his lines.
Which, somehow, doesn't seem
half the story it might have been
If he had had fiat tire or slight
attack Of asphasia. Not, at least,
from the standpoint OF players who
have felt the De Mile wrath at
tardiness and defective memory,
Evening star., 1942-08-03


Gracie's brother Ray and two
other dancers. Johnny Mattison and
Dan Daley. jr., are the male con-
tingent. They call themselves
Three Smart Boys and Girl"
Five years ago Oracle and Ray
weren't working steadily. vaudeville
dance skits being what they were.
They kept in practice by rehearsing
at the dance studio Of a friend,
Mattison.
There they met young Daley, and,
in time, deciding they all had much
in common, they formed pact that
each would boost the others vhen-
ever possible.
No Self Praise.
In making their rounds OF the
booking agencies. for instance.
Oracle and Ray would meet cast
ing director, a movie director or a
producer and would bend his ear
with praises Of Daley.
And whenever Dan or Johnny met
some. influential Snowman they'd
shoot the works In buildup Tor
Oracle and Ray. A cardinal rule
was that they never plugged them
selves individually.
One day Johnny learned that
Dwight Deere Wiman was casting
the show Babes In Arms" so he got
busy boosting the stock Of Oracle,
Ray and Dan, and maneuvered all
three into the cast.
| After seven months. however, the
show closed and things got going
from bad to worse. Dan got part
in another show, but it was a flop,
and Oracle and Ray connected with
another, but it. too, folded.
Then Ray broke his ankle, Johnny
had to have an operation and Dan
was out of work. So Oracle became
single" act to keep things going.
One day. however, the tide turned.
Then Oracle Went West.
Daley got a job with road show
and Oracle landed several attractive
bookings at night clubs. Rays ankle
still was weak, so Johnny concen-
trated on teaching him some trick
dance routines that enabled him to
get by.
When Dailey's road show hit Hol-
lywood a talent scout spotted him
and signed him to studio contract
Dan then interested an agent In
Ray, and before long he, too, had q
movie contract. They did the same
for Johnny.
So, Oracle decided 1t was time thai
she. too, headed West.
One of Mattison's first assign
s. ments was as dance director al
Universal for a musical picture ir
which he needed girl who coule
sing, act, dance like a sprite and wht
was beautiful. He convinced thu
studio Oracle was the girl for thu
role.
Today three Of the four young.
sters are working In the same pic
ture, "Give Out, Sisters" which fea.
lures the Andrews sisters. Johnny
does the dance numbers, Oracle hal
the romantic lead and her leading
man is Dan.
Ray would have been in the pic.
ture. too, but he's doing so we'll a
another studio he decided to stane
pat. s,..- ...-. .s..,a
i And that's the story Of a mutua
admiration society that clicked!
Evening star., 1942-08-03

Harbor or are in the making, is
shown in these titles:
Across the Pacific" Watch on
the Rhine" Parachute Nurse" ="
"The Navy Comes Through" Sub
marine Wolf Pack" Toxic, U. S.
A." The Story Of DR.. Wassell," /"
THE Commandos," Iceland, !"
China Girl" Wings for the Eagle"
Crash Dive" Sweetheart of the
Fleet" Salute to Sahara" and s"The
Flying Tigers"
Studios say the various branches
Of the armed services have informed
them there is no censorship on these
and kindred subjects. They do,
however, have to set up machinery
for cooperation in three classes of
pictures.
These are the ones for which
actual cooperation is requested,
including the use of troops, equip
ment and planes: those which con-
template use of backgrounds con-
tanning service personnel or material,
and those which show actors as
omcers or enlisted men as an i'm
portant part of the story.
Hollywood has really gone to war
Waste makes haste. Collect yours
! nn3rk1v nd cnA~N fh> IL ,,;oA
Evening star., 1942-08-03

tended instead for Judy Garland,
who in turn received Lionel's.
Barrymore quipped: I'm afraid
I'm little miscast. I adore Miss
Garland and will do my best to i'm
personate her Judy's answer
was: "Impersonating Barrymore is
in Mr.. Roos,ey,s department"
Irene Dunno is having . whirl
In Washington while her husband,
DR.. Francis Grimm, Is attending to
Evening star., 1942-08-03

visible 10 Une
eye. They will
be audible to
the ear, how
ever, as a re-
suit of Sturges'
Use of music to
suggest the pain
through which
I he patti | e n t
went before DR..
Morton's dis
covery,
y X \ \
Rationing de-
partment: It is
8 a s o line and
Evening star., 1942-08-03
Cranach Haunted

Alexander Granach, who was
chased all over Europe by the Axis
secret police and finally escaped to
America. played Gestapo agent in
Joan of Paris" and now will be
seen as an Italian spy In Republics
Judy Canova-Joe f. Brown comedy,
Joan of Ozark"
Evening star., 1942-08-03
Hollywood Goes to War
uOrJ.ywnoD

Wde world HOLLYWOOD
Movie studios which SHE'D from pictures Immediately
after Pearl like
to the other side with .s.,t- l4s.
around the
its various angles deal in fighting
pictures
Evening star., 1942-08-03
Band Makes Debut

Claude Thornhill's band will make
its film debut in Calgary Stam-
pede," forthcoming Paramount
technicolor production, which will
star Mary Martin, Dick Powell and
Victor Moore.
Evening star., 1942-08-03

tire rationing Jay carmody.
which not too indirectly explains
the early opening Of the National
Theater. next Monday.
Evening star., 1942-08-03
Hollywood to Put Kick
In Coming Victory Shows
Chorus Girls to Appear in Revues
Designed for Service Forces;
The Powers Give a Party
By MAYME ODER PEAK.

There will be kick literally the Hollywood
from
added soldiers
still
Annabea flight London
Evening star., 1942-08-03
Their United Front Pays
~ wide World.
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
novel
land them all jobs in the
Three and girl who compose this ingenious hadwokng
finally
member Grace
Evening star., 1942-08-03
Says 1t With Music
When Eyes Might Revolt
Finds Way Around Plain Surgery
-" In Life of Ether Discoverer;
Rationing Stars Season
BY JAY CARMODY.

music department. Preston Sturges
artfa man But in Great Without picture stues
has chosen to be artf
fE1ll OF his hero, DR.. William
Operations the
pay as large part they did the life of Morton discovered
the ahaesthetic
surgery Great Without the original
accordingly,
Evening star., 1942-08-03

Waste makes haste. Collect yours
quickly and speed the day Of victory.
Evening star., 1942-08-03

ADJUSTMENTS.
Evening star., 1942-08-03

at Without Glory"
II have no operations
Evening star., 1942-11-20

dwellings costing more than SO 600.
the resolution declared.
The realtors urged Congress not
TO pass a rent control. act applying
to business property on the ground
tnat the need, In view of high va
cancies, did not justify the admin
lstrative personnel and expense.
Request Tax Study.
They urged vigorous prosecution
OF the housing conversion program,
appointment of joint commission
by Congress and the President to
study the Nations tax structure, and
the preparation OF a postwar pro-
gram In which private enterprise
would play a leading role.
In addition to Mr.. Wilmore, off,
GERS elected include: Treasurer
Percy Wilson, Chicago; vice presi-
dent, North Central Region, Arch
I. Madden, Des Moines; Central
Atlantic Region, Roland r. Randall,
Philadelphia; Great Lakes Region,
Earl B. Teckemeyer. Indianapolis !;
Southwest Region, Leland P. Reeder,
Beverly Hills, Calf; South Central
Region, Van Holt Garret, Denver;
New England Region, Robert G.
Nordstron1, Boston; Southeast Re-
gion, John D. Chichester, Birming-
ham; Northwest Region, James H.
March, Tacoma.
Evening star., 1942-11-20

Realtors Seek Share
OF Materials for
Private Builders
Resolutions Reflect Fear
Federal Agencies Aim to
Curtoil Home Ownership
BY FRED p. MORHART,
Star Stan CORRESPONDENT,

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20.-The Ma
tion's realtors today called on the
Federal Government to see that
private builders get the materials
to carry out their share of the war
housing program, to use the skill of
realtors in assembling and buying
land and to relax rent control pro-
visions 50 prospective buyers can
exercise the right of home owner
ship.
They elected Cyrus Crane Will
more Of st. Louis, chairman of the
local Convention Committee and for
mer vice president, as national pres
ident for the next year.
The resolutions reflected q grow
Ing fear of realtors that many war
time measures promulgated by Fed
eral agencies are efforts to curtail
private home building and owner
ship even after the war is over.
Want Payments Eased.
Most important part of the rent
control resolution was the section
asking that the one-third down
payment now required of purchasers
OF tenant-occupied houses be re-
duced to FHA financing standards
20 per cent, and in some instances 10
per cent. In no case, the resolution
said, should the down payment re-
qulrement be greater than the diff
ference between an existing mort
gage and the sale price. Neither
should the limitation be applied to
Evening star., 1942-11-20
Personnel Administration
Unit 70 Hear Ramspeck

Representative Ramspeck, chair
man OF the House Civil Service Com
mittee, will be among the speakers at
the meeting of the Society for Per-
sonnel Administration to be held at
$50 pm. Tuesday at the YWCA.
The subject will be "A Program
for Full Use of Federal Personnel"
and Mr.. Ramspeck will present a
talk on public insistence for such a
program.
Other speakers will be: Donald G.
Stone, assistant director in charge
of division of administrative man
agement, Budget Bureau; Robert M.
Barnett, director of personnel, Fed
eral Security Agency; Lawrence A..
Appley, consultant to the Secretary
Of War, and DR.. F.. M. Davenport,
chairman of the Council of Per-
sonnel Administration. William H.
Kushnick, director of civilian per-
sonnel for the War Department, will
be chairman.
Evening star., 1942-11-20
Arkansas Avenue Group
Revises Contact System

reorganization Of the Arkansas
Avenue Citizens Association to
reach more closely into the various
neighborhoods that it includes was
effected last night when the asso-
citation elected II zone representa-
tlves to replace the former system
Of an executive board, found made
quate In the present emergency.
Designated as wardens, the 12
elected are: William C. Strauss,
Lloyd G. Stead, Henry A. Hirsch,
Edmond w, Healy, Mrs. Morris
Friedman, Mrs. Needham Turnage,
George Cook, Frank B. Cogswell, P.
H. Delaplaine, L. M. Hodges, Doran
s. Thorn and David j. Gibson.
Officers elected for the new year
include:
Hugh v. Keiser, president: Theo-
dore Lewis, first vice president; John
White. second vice president; Mrs.
Mary Resh, third vice president;
Luther lager, treasurer; Mrs. Frank
Gauss, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Mildred Eichner, recording
secretary; the Rev. J. j. Queally
and the Rev. William Pierpoint.
chaplains; Clifford Newell counsel,
and Mr.. Keiser and Mr.. Newell,
Federation delegates.
Samuel w. Macintosh, chairman
OF civilian mobilization for the area,
spoke on the coming voluntary meat
rationing and requested volunteers
for the house-to-house canvass
which will begin soon. Interested
persons should appear at the Hodg-
son School, 1900 Delafield place
NV, for an orientation meeting on
the subject to be held at $3.50 pm.
November 30, he said.
The next meeting of the associa-
ton will be held December II at
Dennison School.
Evening star., 1942-11-20
Driver Is Fined SIS
In Pedestrian Accident

Charles A. Beaver, 26, 1885 9
street NE, was fined SIS by Judge
Walter J. Casey in Municipal Court
yesterday on q charge of failing to
give the right of way to pedestrian
at cross-walk at Fourteenth and
g streets NE.
Beaver was charged with having
struck and knocked down Horace
W.. Seamark, 81, Of 1926 E street
NE, blind man, and his wife, Mrs.
Ruby A. Seamark.
1t was brought out in testimony
that Mr.. Seamark, hearing the ap-
proach Of the automobile, had
pushed his wife to the curb. Neither
of the pedestrians was seriously in
jured.
Evening star., 1942-11-20

with or to do any appreciable good.
In your individual case that may
be true, but the real objective is the
accumulations of many and the
total effective result will make each
individuals efforts worth while.
In order to start this metal and
rubber on its way to Toxic and Ber-
lin we would like to have your help.
II your response is favorable we will
arrange a collection system for the
Munsey Building and notice of the
plan will be given you in due course. /"
Mr.. Stoever reports that the i'm
mediate response to the suggestion
took the form of so pledges to sup
port the Munsey Building effort:
Three More Fence Donations.
The fence campaign, meanwhile,
appeared to be gaining momentum
after a slow start, with three dona-
tlons recorded yesterday.
They came from Mrs. Alice
Thomas, 40 Porter street NE, who
is offering 200-pound iron fence:
Miss Mary A. Mangan, 1887 L street
NV, who is offering a 45-foot fence,
and Judge and Mrs. Eugene O..
Sykes, who are offering a 5O-foot
iron fence.
The coupon appearing daily in
The Star and in other Washington
newspapers Is for the convenience
of fence donors and persons with
ornamental iron grillwork and iron
gates serving only decorative pur-
poses.
Jalopy possibilities, the committee
reported, have passed 500, but titles
have been cleared on but ~ of
these, all Of which have been ordered
collected.
Evening star., 1942-11-20

NoilCCO d pidIl 1OT UIle COllecClOn OF
small scrap which the District
Salvage Committee hopes will be
adopted by other offices and lead to
the accumulation of many tons of
material.
Mr.. Lanes plan, publicized among
the buildings $50 firms and 1000
workers by F. w. Stoever building
manager, calls for thorough In
ventory of desk" scrapt and a sys-
tenn for depositing this in a central
location, where it may, be picked
up by salvage collectors at regular
intervals.
Includes Metal, Rubber.
Desk accumulations include such
items as paper weights, ash trays,
letter openers and other metal ad-
Vertlslng trinkets which can be
spared, plus rubber stamps, broken
rubber bands and similar material.
In forwarding the suggestion to
the building tenants, Mr.. Stoever
said:
You may feel that small savings
OF this kind are too little to bother
Evening star., 1942-11-20
Police PuN'Scrop'
| Auto From Midst
|OfBusy Traffic

A fugitive from the scrap pile on
wheels, in such bad condition that
a policeman refused to chance driv-
ing it to. an inspection station, has
been plucked from traffic congested
Delaware avenue S.W.
The mobile scrap heap was NOV
ing disjointedly through traffic with
James Camp, 80, colored, 83l Forty
sixth street NE, at the wheel when
Patrolman H. A. Icenhower waved
1t to the curb, the policeman testi-
fed yesterday in Municipal Court.
Patrolman Icenhower looked the
Evening star., 1942-11-20
Seven Boys, Six Girls
Escape Training School

Seven boys and six girls last night
escaped from the District Training
School at Laurel, Md, the third
break by inmates in a month. Eight
inmates escaped about two weeks
ago.
County and State police are assist.
Ing In the search for the fugitives.
Evening star., 1942-11-20
Arkansas Jurist Rides
Motor Bike to Work
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Chief JUS
tice Griffin Smith OF the Arkansas
Supreme Court putt-putted up to
the State Capitol on a motor bike
and announced he had quit worry
ing about gasoline rationing.
This thing will go 100 miles on
a gallon of gasoline and I'm sure
that will suffice for my transporta-
tion needs as long as rationing is in
effect" grinned the silver haired
justice.
But, he admitted, Mrs. Smith only
asked:
"Is your insurance all paid up?"
Evening star., 1942-11-20

car over as it came to stop "of Its
own accord" and decided that
wrecker was needed to get it to an
inspection station.
The driver was fined $40 by Judge
Walter Casey for driving an unsafe
automobile and 81 for operating an
automobile without a permit.