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Evening star., 1942-09-09
Mr.. ROsen
Had a Hunch
About His Farce
But Most Agents
Would1't Listen,
To Their Deep Regret

oS w N4uS WOTEu.
CHICAGO.
Rollicking laughter has been
shaking the cozy Blackstone Thea
ter for four months, but the loud
est laugh comes from a veteran
Hollywood actors agent turned pro-
ducer.
A year ago Al Rosen was run
ming around the movie capital try
ing, to raise $4,000 to stage a pet
idea Of his, successful farce of the
World War era brought up to date
Today, he says, he could get prac-
tically any amount at the snap of
his fingers.
But it took eight months of talk
ing and eight months of no"
"uh-uh" and absolutely not a cent"
before Rosen convinced Howard
Lang, another agent-in "a hours of
argument-that his idea was worth
$4,000 gamble.
The show, reWrite of Avery
HopWood's old Ladies Night in a
Turkish Bath" has Skeets Gala
CHER, Buddy Ebsen and a dozen
movie cuties in the cast. The pro-
duction, which amounts to bur-
lesque without music, went to San
Francisco for two weeks tryout.
1t stayed five and Rosen says it
could have prospered longer. The
owners cleared their $4,000 invest
ment and S27 900 profit.
Opening in Chicago, Good Night
Ladies" bucked a tradition that no
Pacific Coast stage Offering of re-
cent years had succeeded there.
1t became the phenomenon of
the season. 1t pleased all the daily
newspaper critics but one and he
conceded that the show might run
year. Rosen now predicts the
gross will top million dollars be-
fore the production goes East.
The show had moved into the
Blackstone, outside the Loop and a
mile from the Randolph street Ri
alto. Boosting no first-rank stage
or movie names, it had to battle for
patronage with two weu-cast dupli-
Gates Of established Broadway hits,
"Blithe Spirit" and Angel Street"
In a few weeks both left town for
lack Ct business, but Good Night
Ladies" rolled merrily on, crossing
an average of $1,000 week and
falling only as low as $4,000 dur
ing hot weather.
Other plays came to town under
more favorable circumstances and
left abruptly. The only one to come
close to standing up to the Rosen-
Lang importation is MY Sister
Eileen" another dizzy comedy that
did 80 weeks in Chicago year age
and returned at reduced prices.
When Rosen, convinced he had
sure-fre material for hit, made
the hollywood rounds for money
movie producers were among those
who wanted no part of it.
Rosen had his biggest laugh when
he was offered s15O,00O for the
movie rights to the $4,000 play
He's holding out for $250,0OO.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
b. the Associated Press.


NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 9-"Canned
morale they call it in the United
States Navy-and if morale ever
came in cans, it's the top-fight
motion picture entertainment pro-
vided for the men of the Nations S
far-hung fleet.
Every month the Navy leases 25
newly released films and rushes
copies in their heavy metal cans to
distribution points in order that
sailors and marines on ships and
shore stations from iceland to the
Solomons can enjoy them almost as
soon as civilian moviegoers back
home.
Because Of war conditions they
now have to run show many times
before the whole crew sees it. but
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Films Are Canned Morale
So Navy Supplies Best
Copies of Is New Releases
8 Rushed Each Month to
Ships and Shore Stations

they are still getting the cream Of
the new movies in the far corners
of the world" says Chief Electricians s
Mate R. F. Mccall, who with four
enlisted men handles the exchange
OF movies for the Atlantic Fleet.
Cowboy Pictures Popular.
Mccall says the films, which are
handled as a standard part Of a
ships supplies along with food and
ammunition, are selected with an
eye on proper balance among
musicals, dramas, comedies and
action pictures. Most sailors want
cowboy pictures and things with lots
Of action" he laughs, but we give
'em drama, too. Somebody likes it"
The Navy's movie scheme is pri-
marily for enlisted men rather than
for officers, and all selections are
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Tanned Star

Jean Parker, star of "T Live On
Danger" spends an hour in the sun
each day. Because of her tan. Jean
doesn't have to wear makeup for
the camera.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
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Evening star., 1942-09-09

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Evening star., 1942-09-09
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Evening star., 1942-01-12
Army and Navy Want
300 Private Planes

Joint Army and Navy action has
been initiated to procure from OWL
ian owners approximately 300 an
craft for use in connection with mil
itary and naval activities, Il was
announced last night.
Purchase Of these airplanes will
be handled through Defense Supplies
Corp. an agency Of the Recon-
struction Finance Corp. based on
inspection and appraisal reports Of
the Civil Aeronautics Administra-
ton. The G. A. A. Is making q
general survey Of all available pri-
vately owned craft.
The Army and Navy want to make
their own selections Of types best
suited for wartime uses. A number
Of owners have approached both War
and Navy Departments with offers
to sell their airplanes and, In some
cases, the plGnes were offered a.
gifts.
The War Department stated that
those offers were appreciated, but
in many instances the planes were
unsuitable. The purchase Of planes
will proceed ON the basis Of selection
of planes wanted, rather than ON
the basis Of those merely offered for
sale.
Evening star., 1942-01-12

possessions; third, Australia.
Singapore is not only impor-
tant as a strategical position: it
has the only docks for the repair
ing of warships in the whole Far
East; and Singapore is not only
necessary for the defense of all
Far Eastern positions, it is the
starting point for every offensive,
to reconquer lost ground in the
Philippines, and Thailand. Should
the Chinese reconquer Canton,
that, too, will be Cancelled if
Singapore is lost.
The strategy of the World War
was planned in Berlin by
German geopoliticians-planned
while the rest of the world hard
ly knew the concept of geo.
politics cs"-which is global mill
tary science, regarding all the
lands and seas of the world as q
single area for conquest.
The Axis strategy Is to divert,
from America and Britain, ships,
planes, and even troops to the
Far East, weaken the African
and Atlantic defenses and pre-
pare a gigantic pincer movement
on the Western Hemisphere.
The President has not been talk
ing nonsense when he has been
warning deaf ears for years about
these plans. They have not been
secret. They have been discussed
openly in German military
literature.
Move on Africa Seen.
The next German move will,
in all likelihood, be to Northern
Africa, either from Sicily to the
French possessions of Tunisia, or
via Spain to Spanish Morocco.
1t is likely that they will avoid
the way through the Near East,
now that the Black Sea is again
q Russian sea, after the recon-
quest of the Crimea.
If they strike, they may find
supplies of oil sent to North
Africa by the United States, dur
ing our general policy of ap-
peasement of Spain and the
Northern African colonies.
The political consequence of
the occupation of Spain would
be that Spain would become an
open ally of the Axis and that
the great influence of Spain in
Latin America, that has been
used secretly against US all the
time, would flare.
The occupation of the North
African shores would be done In
order to accomplish the occupa-
ton Of the West African shore,
especially Of Dakar, and perhaps
of the Cape Verde and Canary
Islands, and the Azores.
It would be, Of course, an air
campaign, comparable with the
occupation Of Crete.
Imagine the situation! Span
ish Falangists and German and
Evening star., 1942-01-12

which 1t requires unreasonable 0p-
timism to believe will function well.
It is typical of the way Mr.. Roose-
velt operates. 1t is the sort OF thing
he has done with the war-produc-
ton machinery three distinct times
since the creation Of the first De-
fense Commission and which, SO 1t
is reported, he is about to do again.
When an agency bogs down. the
President does not clean 1t up and
start over. Instead, his formula Is
to impose q new board on the
original one, shuttle things around q
bit, and II he brings In new men he
keeps the old ones, too. Having done
that. he assumes the situation has
been Strengthened out. But 1t very
quickly becomes clear that 1t has
not been Strengthened at all. All
he has done Is to increase the
confusion and cost, because, while
he has shifted new men to the top
or near the top, he has not cleared
out the old men. The result Is q
mess.
The President himself has said
that the real weakness OF the New
Deal lay In its administration. He
should know, and certainly there Is
ample proof. He and his aides have
gone on the principle that a speech
made, . law passed and q board
created meant that the objective
had been achieved. Actually, all 1t
has meant has been an increase
in the jobholders and bewilderment
without progress. That was the
story before the Hitler threat and 1t
has been the story Of the defense
effort since its Inauguration in 1910.
when the war clouds grew TOD black
to ignore. This business Of Mayor
La Guardia and the o. c. D. is in
tune with past performances.
Part Time Amateurs.
The appointment by the President
Of Mayor La Guardia and the ap-
pointment by Mayor La Guardia OF
Mrs. Roosevelt as his assistant put
in charge Of this important job two
part-time amateurs. each immersed
In many other activities and neither
with any gift for organization. With
the outbreak of war. 1t became clear
that here was . situation which
could not longer be tolerated. In
personal conversation Mr.. Roosevelt
told various people that he felt Mr..
La Guardia had as much as any
man could do to look after the de-
fense Of the city of which he is
Mayor and that something had to
be done. The public and press de-
mand for his resignation has been
loud and constant. It's only effect
was to develop the natural obstinacy
of Mr.. La Guardia and cause him
violently to denounce his critics as
pro-Japanese.
When it became clear, as it has
been for weeks, that the La Guardia
Evening star., 1942-01-12

Now that there Is serious doubt
OF the ability Of British imperial
forces to hold Singapore the at
tention Of the Allied command
is centered on defense Of the
Burma road. Gen. Wavell is said
to be confident that this can be
done. The fact that sthe Allied
fleet-the bulk Of which will be
American-has been placed un-
der the British general indicates
that the Pacific will remain one
Of the important zones Of con-
flict, but the Allies will be COM
PEELED to adhere to . hit-and-run
strategy for . while.
In view Of Japan's limited
capacity to replace Losses such .
strategy-less costly than giving
battle in the old-fashioned man
ner-is considered by naval
strategists to be the best under
the present circumstances.
Evening star., 1942-01-12

musical attacks on Japan and other
Axis members. The song writer's
may have been caught asleep by
the outbreak of the war. but they
apparently haven't been asleep since.
The songs that have come in to
me fall into half q dozen categories.
The blood-curdlers are in the ma
jority at the moment. A good ex-
ample of this type is the contribution
by Martin Dale Of 1899 Lombard
street, San Francisco, entitled Tho
Japs. the Wops and the Hun" A
few lines of this song is sufficient to
show you that Mr.. Dale disapproves
Of tho Axis:
The Japs, the Wops and the
Hun; buzzards, snakes and scum!
We won't relax till we sharpen the
axe and cut them down, one by
one.
The Jape, the Wops and the
Hun; the buzzards, snakes and
scum! They'll be carrion feed,
for their own mad breed, when
our hard work Is done"
Mr.. Dale undoubtedly feels that
In times like this no one should
quibble over the difnculty Of rhyming
scum and Hun. agree with him.
HAH
Robert Ward Of 2204 N. Clark
street. Chicago, has sent in "Smackie
JAP" which begins this way:
"smackie Jap, smackie Jap, he
no friend Of mine. Makee me
veny sad, say Chinese Charley
Chine. If I was Mclean, and big
and strong and brave, I'd blow up
all Japan, the world would then
be safe, from Rising Suns Of Guns,
and cousins Of the Huns, snake
In the grass, bite his last"
James Ward Lynch. who doesn't
give his address, has sent me Let's
Take . Pokio at Toxic" It has
sentiment as well ~ destruction
mixed In 1t.
Lets take . pokio at Toxic.
send over some bombs Of good
cheer, good-by mother and father,
remember my last kiss, dear Take
care Of my Oh dog Coon, I'll be
back real soon, III bring you
Jap, . German or two, and
little fat guy from Italy, too.
Let's take . polkio at Toxic"
Scores Of the amateur tunesmiths
hit on the "avenge Pearl Harbor"
theme, and Mr.. N. g. Brown Of
Pittsburgh expressed 1t thus:
"Out on the broad Pacific Pearl
Hsrbor peacefully lay, never .
thought Of disaster on that De-
cember day. Out Of the north,
the south and the east, Jap bomb
ers came when expected least,
while they talked peace that they
don't know well, and bombed
Pearl HArbor al to hell. We will
send the Rising Sun TO the bot
tom Of the sea, and W will learn
the treacherous Japs America k
the home land OF the free"
Only lack Of space prevents me
from giving you the lyrics Of "Only
N,,ts uava Almond EvAG tv thA
Messrs. Andrade, Bond and Fogel-
son Of Dallas, Tex.
Keep EN- rhyming, boys!
DdstRibstsd hv Asoeaught Syndicate, he.)
Evening star., 1942-01-12
The Great Game of Politics
President Criticized for His Manner
Of Recognizing Civi|ion Defense

position was untenable, the natural
and logical action for the President
was to concede that q mistake had
been made, ask for the La Guardia
resignation and put the whole busi-
ness of civilian defense under the
War Department, where it properly
belongs. But that is not the way
Mr.. Roosevelt meets situations like
this. That involves admitting that
the mistake was his: that he had
fumbled the thing from the be-
ginning and that those who had
criticized him were right.
It simply is not in the President to
make admissions OF that kind. There
is q curious self-esteem about the
man that drives him to persist in
blunder rather than concede that
he has blundered. His record is full
OF instances. This Is just another of
q long sequence, but, coming at this
time, it is disheartening generally.
1t weakens belief in his ability to
measure up to his own high ora
torical standards. In brief, he talks
better than he acts. In this case,
instead Of getting a new director for
the o. C. D. In place of the man who
clearly ought not to have anything
to do with 1t, he retains that man
as the head Of the organization and,
pulling another-Dean James M.
Landis-out OF his law school, makes
him the executive" at q salary Of
$4,000 a year.
Management Muddle.
The objections to this are clear.
II Mr.. La Guardia is to be shorn of
power and Mr.. Lands the real boss,
then the Mayors position becomes
silly and the effort to save his face
Is useless expense. On the other
hand, II Mr.. La Guardia is to con-
tinue as boss and Mr.. Lands is to
serve under him and Mrs. Roosevelt,
then there is no change in the sit
uation except that $4,000 has been
added to the cost. And If Mr.. La
Guardia and Mr.. Lands are to have
"co-equal power" then another
Of these Knudsen-Hillman situa-
tions which have so handicapped
the o. P. NJ will have been created.
Altogether. 1t is an absurd state OF
affairs which obviously cannot last.
In due time 1t will be followed by
another shift; but, meanwhile. the
muddle Of the civilian defense man.
agement remains unimproved, save
that at least one Of the top execu-
tives will give his whole time to the
job.
So far as Mr.. Lands personally is
concerned, there is nothing to be
said in criticism of him. Neverthe-
less, there are several things that
can be-and are being-said. One
is that there is nothing in the
Lands record as q lawyer and
teacher to stand him out as an
organizer on the large scale re-
Quired by o. c. D. Another is that
the Presidents reorganization"
was timed to block threatened House
action to knock Mr.. La GuSrdia
loose from the o. c. D. and transfer
the whole outfit to the War De-
partment. The third Is that it Is
unfortunate that whenever Mr..
Roosevelt brings q new man into a
key position he always picks q
third-term New Dealer and avoids