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coached the nervous and frightened
screen rookie on studio finesse. Hay
ing placed her name in lights, Co
lumbia Pictures has started an In
tensive Hollywood buildup for Its
new prospect.
Hollywood paid $225 900 to Max
Gordon for the screen rights to the
play and, from current indications,
will realize dividend. Max Gordon
made the feature as producer, which
gives him . batting average OF 500
in the success league. His first
film, ABE Lincoln In illinois," was
an artistic success, but q sorry
financial flop.
Returning to Janet Blair, her
right name is Martha Lafferty and
she comes from Altoona, Pa. When
asked to ind q more euphonious
nomenclature she chose Blair be-
cause It's the name Of the county
which includes Altoona. She began
professional career as vocalist with
the Hal Kemp Orchestra, never did
much In Hollywood until the big
moment arrived, and the role with
it,. On Wednesday at luncheon as
a reward she sits between John, J.
Payette of Warner Bros. and Sam
CALAMITY, Columbia's division man.
ager. -.
What some sophisticates who
have seen the picture can't under
stand is why all concerned make
romantic eyes at Janet Blair when
that lovely lady, Rosalind Russell,
is around and waiting to be adj
mired. &
Soldiers Want symphony. ~
Soldiers at Fort Meade want to
hear the National Symphony Or
chestra and Maj. Ferguson has
passed the request along. Union
makes wage concessions to the
symphony and grants services for
rehearsals. Musical group wants an
extra service for this engagement,
but has yet to get the green light.
National Symphony has its trans
portation problem. Booked for a
series of concerts in Baltimore, some
difnculty arises over transportation
for the many instruments. It has
been solved by having spare in
struments made available for the
neignboring city.
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share 10 per cent in whatever is
realized for the screen rights. But
these will not approach the original
MGM bid.
X X X
Enid 'Markey replaces Claiborne
Foster In the cast OF Mr.. Syca-
more" at tonight's performance.
KEITH Frings' fantastic comedy, I'M
dergoing revision, will have q sub
stantially new second act for this
weeks American Theater Society
play patrons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-02

Theater before the attraction was
publicly advertised. --..'
~
Picking a hit musical is a specu-
latiye process. When Count Me
In, the Catholic University musical,
played in, Boston, Metro oldwyn-
Mayer offered a stout bundle OF
cash for the. screen mats to the
Leo Brady musical. Slime it earned
$4,000 in three weeks IL the, Hub,
offer was turned down with privilege
of renewal after the Broadway
opening In New York the critical
concensus was a cataclysmic rever-
sal of the New England verdict.
Yet the play has run three weeks
on Broadway and, according to
Drama League contracts, Pvt. Brady
of the United States Army will
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friction effective November i. At
ne request of Milton Shuhert, d.

rector of the
G a n t e e n, the
enforcement was
stayed for sew
eral d VS., and
he has been in
vited to appear
before the mu-
sicians' directors
on Tuesday t Q
present the case
for the Canteen.
In explaining
the curtailment
Of free service
P r e S / d e n t
Schwarz S aid:
This Is a mat
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ADJUSTMENTS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-02
THE EVENING WASHINGTON,
Stage Door Canteen Fears {
Shortage Of .. C. Musicians
Union Limits Appearances
To Protect Health Of
Members This Winter
By ANDREW r. KELLEY.

Washington
month This restriction threatens the
Washington Canteen which
the
issued Paul schwar president OF the local. after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-02
Critics Are Fortified.

Since some critics were puzzled by
Thornton Wilder's new comedy
Skin of Your Teeth" due here next
Monday, Producer Michael Myer-
berg is taking precautions. ..
Play reviewers are being given
copies Of the Wilder script, which
they may study and reflect upon
at their leisure. Value OF star names
for an attraction is attested by
5000 in mail orders at the National
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Blum BIames Axis Nations,
Denies He Is Warmonaer
By the Associated Press.

BY me Associated Press.
RON, Unoccupied France. March
ll.-Leon Blum. former Popular
Front premier and a defendant. de-
family told the war responsibility
trial today that the Axis nations
were guilty of starting the war
The world public conscience
knows without any need of a su-
preme court where lies the reSpon-
sibility of war" he declared
The Axis refusal to agree 10 dis
armament in 1896 proved that they
did not want to avoid war" he told
the court before which he and five
other leaders of the Third Republic
are being tried
Describing how he had received a
representative of Berlin after he
took the premier's Office in an effort
to negotiate mutual disarmament.
he said. Il could have told him L.
a Marxist. l. Jew, | will not enter
into conversations with a state
which is prosecuting Socialists and
making martyrs of Jews.
But then I would have failed in
my official duty. Instead. I agreed
to enter into conversations which
failed. he added.
To-day / am considered a war
monger I once was pacifiSt
When pacifists like myself saw the
independence of the nation men,
aced by aggression we saw it neces-
sary to arm the nation."
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Vote Today Will Test
Farm Bloc S STRENGTH
In Parity Fight
Both Sides in House
Confident in Bottle
Over Surplus Prices

The House today faced q pre-
liminary vote on the controversial
section of the agricultural appropri-
alton bill prohibiting below-parity
sales OF Governmental held surplus
farm commodities.
Reiterating confidence that the
House would accept the ban when
the vote comes late today, farm ,loc
leaders asserted that President
Roosevelt's speech Monday night
had not won any votes for the Op-
position.
The Presidents speech. warning
that increased farm prices would
contribute to imitation. will have no
effect on the outcome of the House
fight" was the opinion of Repre-
sentative Tarver. Democrat, of
Georgia.
Mr.. Tarver, who has been ham
ding the farm bill since the House
started debate on it last week. point
ed out that the President made no
QlreCt reference 20 C0e sales pfOnlp1-
ton.
Il believe we have the necessary
votes to retain the ban,' he told re-
pOrterS.
His confidence was shared by Rep
reSentaJive Pace, Democrat. OF
Georgia. who contended the Presi-
dents remarks had no direct bearing
on the issue before the House
Administration leaders. however.
insisted they would have enough
strength to strike the prohibition
from the bill They have repeatedly
backed up the Presidents early dec
laration that acceptance of the pro-
hibition would add a billion dollars
TO the Nations food costs.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Red Cross in Britain
Appeals 10 Japs for
Prisoner Protection
London Press Calls for
Revenge for Atrocities
Described by Eden

BH u, Associated Press.
LONDON, March 1.-THE British
Red Cross cabled an appeal to the
Japanese Red Cross through inter-
national headquarters at Geneva
today. seeking assurances that ad-
ditional atrocities, such as Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden reported
Yesterday. will not be committed
against prisoners of war at Hong
Kong.
The message carried personal
appeal to Prince Shimazu. head of
the Prisoners of War Relief Section
of the japanese Red Cross. to take
every possible step" to give the
Hong Kong captives Red Cross pro-
lection "and to insure that such
treatment does not occur in the
future
Papers Cali for Revenge
Mirroring the British publics
anger over Japanese atrocities in
Hong Kong. London newspapers
unanimously called for revenge and
appealed for redoubled efforts TO
achieve victory.
Mr.. Eden told the House of Com
mons yesterday that the japanese
had inflicted cruelties on prisoners
al Hong Kong, had bound so officers
and men and bayoneted them and
had raped both Asiatic and Euro
pean women
The British reaction was imme-
6iatp A loilu NHnil cL,
an apelike japanese soldier clutch
ing a handful of women in a hairy
right paw, crushing others under
his left hand and trampling dead
and wounded scattered on The
ground or tied TO a stake
The Daily Mail said editorially
that the people must get their
blood up"
Can Smash Menace"
The japanese have performed
prodigies because we were unpre-
pared" it said. Give our forces
fighting chance and they cab
smash this menace"
The Daily Mirror declared that
for the present sufficient war aim
is TO prevent the bodies of every
man. woman and child in this coun-
try as in our dominions and colo
MES from being slowly tortured TO
death - smashed, bayoneLed, or
stuffed half-starved into lice-in-
tested and yphus-stricken dens.
rs not the pitiful message from
the slaughtered victims of Hong
Kong audiolv this;
Stoo ,a'Eioe. o,.ddhrg end
ntav'n2 fh o., yourselves mo 'ne
H.9eie Nun os>Oers : 3 nd in,''.
%! a>ot'e oe'eroe r. r-t-a o.
CHeNs. nCt ,".r orc suC :, 10
pa.hs!
Evening star., 1942-03-11
West Coast Plane Plants
Defensihe, 6irdIer Says

81 re Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, March ll-Tom
Girdler. head of Consolidated and
Vultee Aircraft factories, says this
country is not so helpless that it
cannot protect West Coast warplane
plants from possible air raids"
Mr. Girdler told the Pacific Coast
Conference of the American Petro-
leum Institute last night that air
plane factories already on the
coast should continue st full opera
tion. but said they are expanding
into the interior.
ANY interruption from air raids
would result only in a fraction of
the delay caused by removal of
these plants" he said. We cannot
afford that delay"
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Delivery Of
Night FinoI
Edition

The Night Final Edition OF
The Star. with two addi-
tional pages of last-minute
news, is delivered through
out Washington and nearby
suburbs, together with The
Sunday Star. at IS cents per
month.
This edition gives the
latest developments of the
day in International, Ma
tional and Local news, with
complete Financial Reports.
Special delivery is made
between 6 pm. and 7:15 pm.
daily.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Australia
Continued From First Page. 4,

Then. it said. still more attacks re
corded further hits and near misses :"
Except for transport mentioned
specifically as having been seen
listing heavily and on fire." the
communique did not make clear
whether these new blows we're on
the same ships bombed earlier.
New Raid on Shipping.
The burning transport SubSe-
quently sank. apparently. since only
an oil patch was sighted later where
it had been.
Another raiG on shipping Of still
undetermined effect. was made AT
Hanisch harbor. near Finschhafen.
shortly after the japanese landed
there yesterday.
Australian raiders also smashed
a. japanese airdromes on New
Guinea-Only as minutes by fighter
plane from the mainland-and set
fire to a moored four-engined Jap
aneSe flying boat off New Britain.
Japanese air blows on Buna. Aus
tralian- held port on the New Guinea
coast below Salamaua. we're be-
lieved to have inflicted only incon-
sequential damage.
NO More Withdrawals"
War Minister Francis Forde an
nounced that offensive action had
been made the keynote OF inStruc-
tions TO the Australian Army. de-
claring there should be no more
talk of Withdraw walls"
Mr.. Forde said the services Of
Mai. Gen. Henry Gordon Bennett.
who commanded the Australian I'm
perial Force in Malaga and has
strongly urged offensive tactics. were
being utilized in advising the home
defenders how to counter japanese
tactics. He said Gen. Gennett would
be given an important army assign
ment.
1t was announced officially that
part of the Australian Volunteer
Defense Corps. made up mostly OF
veterans of the last war. was being
trained in guerrilla warfare.
Mr.. Forde announced that Mai.
Irvine Andrews. who won the Vic
toria Cross at Dunkerque, was d.
recting the corps.
Offensive Need Stressed.
The need for an offensive also was
stressed bv 1t. Gen Vernon Sturdee,
chief of the general staff. In a mes
sage TO his troops he declared that
Australia s enemies ARE not bound
by sporting methods and the spirit
of fair play. If they adopt the
gangster code. we must do likewise
to succeed
Let us root out all defeatlst
tendencies he added. I'VE now are
in a position where, if attacked, we
cannot withdraw even if we wished
to. The continued security of Aus
tralia rests with us. and the price we
are prepared to pay for security can
not be too high.
Battles are lost only when one
side or the other realizes it is de-
feated. 1t is our duty to insure
that the enemy is first to realize
this fact
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Jops Insist BroziIiuns
Are Treated LowfuIIy
BY he Associated Press.

BY he Associated Press
TOXIC From japanese broad
casts March ll-A japanese Spokes-
man declared today that Brazilian
diplomats are treated according to
law and that some miSundefstand-
ing must have prompted Brazirs
announcement that she would take
retaliatory measures against Japa-
nese diplomats there.
The Brazilian government. which
has severed diplomatic relations with
the AXIS powers, announced Satur-
day that its embassy in Japan had
been occupied by military police, its
amoaSSa dor held incommunicadO. its
functionaries treated like prisoners
of w2r" and that it would take sim
liar measures" against japanese Off
cisls in Brazil.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Navy Department Holds
Practice Blockout

The Navy Department staged
l5-minute AFRAID drill this morn
ing with lights out. shades down.
and workers evacuated from the top
floor to the floor below and from
outside rooms TO inner Railways.
A whistle notified personnel of
the drill, and another warning gave
the all clear" WardenS visited
their allotted divisions of the build
ing while the drill was in progress
to check on it's efficiency and COM
pleteness.
Directions were givers through a
lOll6-Spe2ker system
Evening star., 1942-03-11
IS Auxiliary Firemen .
Graduate in Chevy Chase

Graduation exercises for 35 auxili-
sry fremen of the Chevy Chase
Md Fire Department were held
last night at the Chevy Chase Fire
House. The men were sworn in by
Circuit Court Judge Charles W
Woodward. co-chairman of The Ey-
ecutive Committee of the MonCeom-
cry County Civilian Defense Coun-
Gil. who gave brief talk.
Others who spoke included Albert
E. Brault. executive director of the
County Defense Council; Chi.{ J.
!" hist State ire -ordinator
.tnrn nc"3, hcaG o. 1ns DSte.. 2
r-r.n,as. :. .f,s .nlVics. src a on y
|',a~F. >,.ra ..'.-r.io-n' O. ne Cn.'H
.p.>e -.~s psc-- fpso..
'I'hs tiz>S vas trained l.nCHr Tne
oiIecLioll OF Deputy Chief Oouaio 5.
Reid.
Those graduated were:
John Powell, Stanton Peele, jr.;
Hartley Jackson, D. E. Lawrence,
Richard Sappington, Charles Way
land, Augustus Lotterhos. Elmer E.
Metz. Stanley Carr, Howard B.
knowles, Charles Moon, William
Rowan, Charles H. Birmingham,
Arthur G. Nickols. jr; Jack Murphy
John Cullen. Vincent F. Morreale,
Eugene Matchett.
George Cramer, Roy PorIerfield,
Norman Hough, r. H. Pledger. John
E. Elliott. Norman Mastin, Michael
Pugh, Willard S. Robbins. Edward
M. Hall. Louis Quinter, Andrew 3.
Foster. William L. Orem, jr.: John
Edy. M. C. OHara. Alfred E. Eichler,
Lee Goison and Harry A. Bright.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Hartford Store Robbed
OF $4,000 by ; Bandits

b. the Associated Press.
HARTFORD, Conn. March IL
Three men today held up the time
keepers office at the G.. Fox IL Co.
department store. one of New Eng
lands largest, and escaped with an
estimated $4,000 payroll
Hartford police pursued the ban
dts as far as Windsor. about five
miles north of here, from which
point State police and officers from
Windsor and Springfield, Mass. took
up the chase,
Two of the men. carrying pistols,
entered the room where employees
we're being paid. While one of the
bandits covered about IS employees
standing in line before the window,
the other entered the timekeeper's s
room. threatened the paymaster
with a pistol and scooped the con-
tents of a drawer into bag
ANY one can afford to buy Defense
stamps and bonds--and no one can
afford not to buy them.
Look both ways before crossing the
street. You'H live long enough to huy
a lot of Defense Stamps and Bonds.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Mexico Frees Torrance
Month on 81 900 Bond

By he Associated Press
MONTERREY. Mexico March II.
Counsel for DR.. Arthur Torrance
said yesterday they had obtained
court permission for the author
explorer to leave Monterrey under
bond pending the outcome of action
against him in connection with the
honeymoon death of his elderly
bride
They added that he was motoring
TO Mexico City by way of Monte
morelos and that the permit allowed
him even to leave Mexico if he
desired
The terms of the permit bound
Torrance to return to Monterrey
within 30 days. by which time the
case is expected 10 be ready for
final disposition. If he does not
return he forfeits ST 900 bond.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
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Evening star., 1942-03-11
Deaths in Rare Cases
From Use of 5uIfa
Drugs Reported
DentoI Clinic Is Told OF
Apparent Destruction
OF Blood Ciot Binders

Hitherto unreported fatal results
in rare cases from the use of various
sulfa drugs we're reported 10 the
Five State Posi- Graduate Dental
Clinic here last night by Dr.. Roy R.
Kracke of the Emory University
Medical School at Atlanta.
1t has been known in the past
that these drugs. when given over
So ~0red u",iCo ~ 'er2o ocsoS
M g.,r.Cs ;pe "rC" on ~rcH'"
= - . olr",.N 'C>.- Z o. 81, t"u .;
.ui'e o.c0C ,"l.,. 'iol n''n2s o-'.-
lc>s q. Ill y->.l:'en "a N o,''lnh
Dea..l III 81 per u-I4L tl l.2 Ca =
cue TO a general infection which
cannot be combatted.
The new condition found by Dr.
Kracke is an apparent destruction
of the patelet cells of the blood.
These are the essential binders in
blood clotting. Without them the
natural clotting agents. chiefly
thrombin, have nothing TO work on.
TIE result Is general and fatal
hemorrhage Once 1t starts nothing
can be done about it. Any nose
bleed or minor cut would be fatal.
Careful Watch Required.
When such conditions become
established. DR.. Kracke said, they
are irreVersible Stopping the use
of the drug does no good. So far as
agranuIoCytosis is concerned. DR..
Kracke pointed out. the practitioner
can proceed in comparative safety
if the blood condition of the patient
is watched from day To day
The elet-deStroyinc maladv
starts quite rapidly, however. and
perhaps from small doses. H. prob
ablv depends on some special SEN
sitivitv on the part of the patient,
the nature of which is not under
stood
DR.. Kracke has long been conSid-
,red one of the countryS Leading au-
thorities on agranulOcytoSlS. II was
an unrecogni2ed condition until
about Is years ago when drug
known as amidopyrine came into
wide use as headache preVenta-
tive. There we're several thousand
deaths in a few wears The use of
this drug now is prohibited. except
under special conditions.
But. DR.. Kracke told the dentists.
a large group of the more common
pain killers. such as dentists might
use innocently. contain. or did con-
tain at one time. small amounts OF
the offending material He has
drawn up an exhaustive list of these
drugs
Condition Extremely Rare.
The sulfa drugs, he emphasized.
cannot be placed in the same class,
and probably all that is needed is
A timely warning. The new condl-
ZION affords more difficulties, but its
extreme raritv is a hopeful sign.
The difficulty with both maladleS.
Dr Kracke said. is that they can
not be reproduced in experimental
animals. Three cases of the patelet-
DESTROYING condition have been
found in Atlanta. Now every pa
tient in Atlanta hospitals who is
treated with Sulfa drugs of any sort
is being tested daily for changes IN
the blood composition. From this
it is hoped some early dla2nostlc
sign can be found.
The clinic is continuing its seS-
sions TODAY with table demonStra-
tions of newer techniques in den
tistry.
Last night the annual style show.
in charge of the Ladies Auxiliary,
was held at the MayhoWer Hotel.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Wnshinetonion Ends
Life With Shotgun

Floyd w. White. 81, shot and killed
himself yesterday in the basement
of his home at 1913 Monroe street
NV. Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald reported.
Mr.. Whites wife and 8-year-ol0
daughter were upstairs when he
turned a shotgun on himself, DR..
Macdonald said. No note was found,
he added.
The coroner issued a certificate of
suicide.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Defense Bond Bonus
Given by Poper Firm

William N. Skaefer president of
the r. P. Andrews Paper Co. an
nounced today the dItribution of
more than $4,000 in Defense bonds
as bonuses TO its employees at re-
cent dinner at the Columbia Coun-
try Club on the companys 46th an
niVerSary
The company has under conSid-
Grafton, it was said. inaugurating a
plan TO encourage purchase of De-
fense bonds among its personnel.
Each employe has been urged to buy
Defense bonds and stamps to the
fullest extent of his "a bility'
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Cadet Is Commissioned

WAYNESBORC, Va, March IL
Merle Lee Hite of Vienna, Va. for
mer cadet commanding officer of
Fishburne Military School here, has
been notified by the War Depart
ment of his appointment as second
lieutenant in the Infantry Reserve.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
New japanese Envoy
Leaves for Russio

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC From japanese Broad
casts. March 1l-Naotake Sato
newly appointed japanese Ambas-
sador to Soviet Russia. left at noon
today by rail to take up his post
He succeeds 1t. Gen. Yoshitsugu
Tatekawa. who resigned because of
i'll health
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Germans Requisition
All Containers for
COMPRESSED Cos
BY Radio to The Star.

BY Radio to The Star
BERN, March 11.-All steel
bottles, tanks. cylinders and
other receptacles for COM
pressed gases must be put by
their German owners at the
disposal of the Reich Chemis-
t~y Service by order of Berlin's
Economics Ministry. Only con-
tainers in the hands of the
Wehrmacht are excepted.
Until their requisition. Ger
mans must keep such steel ves-
sells IN readiness and good con.
dition. Observers here wonder
what purpose will be served.
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News, Inc