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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-08

hit Mayhe it's going 10 he an
"Ab'e'S Irish Rose that succeeds
by breaking every rule OF the
theater and flying IN the face Of
GOOD sense. And maybe its go
inc 10 break somebody's heart
Maybe That's what makes a
first night. That's what puts
everybody on edge. There 5
nothing quite like a first night
al a theater. Its the streak oil
gambler IN all of US. It's not
knowing. It's waiting 10 find out;
The wiseSt man IN the World
can't tell for sure.
Detroit hasn't had first
night since Joseph Schildkraut
and TaIlulah Bankhead opened
Clash by Night" Now it's the
Shuberts' Cocktails Five to
Seven"
Watch the couple at your left.
They're arguing about IT, Jack
Good goes into five-minute
pant0mime. The people stop ar
guing. They're INTEREST," d.
They're laughing. That's the
test. If they laugh, it's good.
Logic doesn't decide anything.
What's this? II isn't on the
nrocram. It's Charmaine, the
Detroit girl who went into bur-
lesuue and has her heart set on
higher things.
But why no billing? Why
isn't she on the program? Well
ask about that later.
"There." whispers an old hand
i'm the theater world, SIS a little
girl who's coming along. Sylvia
Matlock. Remember when she
playing the part of the baby in
The Drunkard' nine years ago"
She's big girl now"
Sure. 60 back stage after the
show. But not before the final
curtain. Why not? Nerves!
They're tight enough TO break.
There's the curtain. Now let's
60. Neil opens the stage door.
A couple of girls in Stacks want
10 know. when do the papers
come out in this town? When
can you get the papers that have
the reviews ?"
J. j. Schubert, mixing with
the cast. "Charmaine's billing:
couldn't find her In time" he
says. Wanted her a month ago.
but she was out Of town. j
didn't find her till Friday, and
she opens on Monday"
"No flowers ," says showgirl.
you're sure no flowers came?
Well (hopefully). maybe they
were sent 10 the hotel.
The cast is hungry all OF N
sudden. Food? I haven't eaten
all day. They'll all tell you that.
Too excited 10 eat. They scatter
10 the supper rooms. Nicki
George with sirloin as big as
your forearm.
WAS l really good?"
They ought 10 cut" Chi
cago in two weeks. Erlanger'
=. What'll the reviews say, dc
YOU Think"
What difference does II make
It's the thrill of the first curtain
that counts. And the maybe - o.
every first night
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-08
Becomes Sailor

RICHARD DIX learned how 10
handle a boat from the technical
adviser on Paramount'S "Ameri-
can Empire" in which Dix played
the role of sailor rancher.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-08
Ne,c Killer
Stalks on
Screen
By CHARLES GENTRY

A NEW kind Of killer is al
large y
or course. he is only stalking his
prey Cinematically, but he is al
yertised as being one Of the most
attractive murderers the movies
have produced.
Alan Ladd is his name and he
is supposed To WELD an automatic
with such charm that its a pleas
ure 10 be shot by him. As lady
killer" he's a sensation and YOU re
going TO get you're first glimpse
of him in This Gun For Hire.
which opens on the screen Of the
Michigan Theater Friday. Tommy
Dorsey and his orchestra will be
the stage attraction. but the new
lnthal Lothario is featured on the
screen with Veronica Lake and
Robert Preston in the other princi-
pal roles OF this modern melo-
drama.
Laid. a California boy. took 10
dramatiCS like a congressman does
TO a tax bill but he never dreamed
that he'd wind up as new kind
Of menace.
JUST A NICE BOY
Tall. dark and likable, Ladd was
surprised 10 find that Paramount
found in him the perfect crimi-
nal. For this film they were
searching for a chap who differed
from the George Raft or Edward
G. Robinson type of slayer.
They felt we had our fill of the
Humphrey Bogart "Dillingers' and
the Alan Bakers Pretty Boy
Floyds" so they groomed IN
Suspecting Mr.. Laid for role in
which he could bump off your best
friend and still make you like il.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-08
us EVERYBODY HAPP,

"IS EVERYBODY HAPPY?'
That line means just one thing
Ted Lewis and his band are COM
ing to Detroit. He's the veteran
Snowman known as the medicine
man for your blues and he will
move into Eastwood Gardens on
Friday night with his recipe for
syncopation and a revue that is
dotted with stars of radio and
stage.
In the meantime reservations
for Glen Miller, who opens on
July II, are coming in by the
hundreds proving that the popu-
larity of this band leader has
grown instead of decreased since
he appeared at Eastwood last sea-
son and shattered all records.
Eastwood started taking reserva-
tons on Monday almost two weeks
ahead OF the opening and finds
that without a doubt more people
want to see Miller than last
season
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
Approved D. {. Officer
Cables Daughters Suitor

A young Washington woman. Miss
Catherine Matejka of the Kennedy
Warren, will figure in one Of two
marriages approved for their daugh-
tiers by Army Signal Corps officers
on observation duty in London.
According to an Associated Press
dispatch from London, her father,
Col. Jerry v. Matejka. recently pro-
NOTED from lieutenant colonel, and
Col. Paul S. Edwards received cable
grams in their Office at the United
States Embassy.
The cable to Col. Matejka was
from Red Bank, N. j., and it read:
Would like your permission to
mary Catherine. COngratulat lions
promotion. (Signed Johnny Lig-
gett."
Col. Edwards cable was from
Philadelphia and said:
Would like permission to marry
Pauline January 81. tSigned) Fred
Delaney"
Liggett is first lieutenant in the
Signal Corps, and Delaney holds
the same rank in the Air Corps.
Miss Matejka, in her early 2Os,
is a graduate of William and Mary
College and lives with her mother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
Clipper
Continued From First PageD

Of Bengal, Arabian Sea. Persian
Gulf, Red Sea. the Nile. Congo and
Amazon Rivers. South America and
the West Indies
The trips longest single hop was
1888 statute miles. The entire trip
took % DAYS, of which 10 days were
spent on the ground. due to various
delays including weather and clear
ance Only an hour and half ives
lost through mechanical delay.
When crew members stepped
ashore the few spectators at La
fGuardia Field assumed the ship was
one of the Clippers regularly based
here and simply completing a
routine check flight. 1t was not
until military and naval intelligence
officers completed their interview
of the crew that the history making
flight was made known.
Flying. without passengers, a
course never before traced by air.
the flying boat followed identical
operating procedure used in routine
transocean flights.
The Clipper carried spare en-
CINE and most of the Servicing was
done in flight.
Although the Clipper could re-
ceive radio messages, its transmit
tiers were silenced. Hence, the
Clippers arrival at various stops
was unheralded.
The route flown was a predeter-
mined course which some months
before had been set up by Pan
American Always for use in the
event of such an emergency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
j. :. Prosecuies War
For Democratic Way,
Mrs. Roosevelt Says
Addresses District
Women Volunteers;
Visits Poster Show

The struggle in which the United
States is engaged Is not only a
military war but war for the demo-
cratic way of life. Mrs Franklin D.
Roosevelt last night told more than
300 members of the American Wom-
ems Voluntary Services during their
first meeting in their new head
quarters at 2l70 Florida avenue
NV.
Mrs. Roosevelt praised the women
of Washington who have volunteered
for national defense work.
The A. w. v. S. members have
been taking training in such di-
verse branches as canteen work,
AFRAID precautions. knitting, switch
board work and general commune
cation service.
These members OF the volunteer
services also have planned a COM
plete motor corps unit. Mrs. Roose-
welt in praising the group said that
such work as theirs was mot only to
win the war. but to make adjust
ments for the future"
Two Ambulances Exhibited.
The District A. w. v. s. had on
exhibit two new ambulances which
originally were part Of a consign-
ment for Great Britain. Because
of the shortage OF shipping space
they were held at New York and
driven here for use
Miss Anita Phipps, chairn III OF
the District chapter OF the service
organization. presided at the brief
meeting, which was designed more
fully to organize the neiehbOrhOOd
group OF volunteer women.
Mrs. Roosevelt later in the eve
ming viewed the opening exhibit OF
the William Morris collection OF
South and Central American post
ers in the Library OF Congress.
She was escorted by Miss Mildred
Constantine Of the Once of Inter-
American Affairs and Archibald
MacLeiSh, librarian of Congress
The posters. mostly of 2 modernistic
design. are aimed at public enlight-
eminent in Latin American coun-
tries. The $50 samples were Sc
lected by Miss Constantine for
exhibit during a six-month trip.
Is Travelling Exhibit.
Following this formal opening. the
travelling exhibit will be sent TO
Chicago, Denver, San Francisco and
other cities.
In addition to the Latin American
exhibit were a number OF United
States national defense posters
Miss Constantine said that because
of the general interest expressed
in the exhibit selection of these
accompany those from Latin Amer
lea
Spokesme nreminded that posters
have had a far-reaching effect in
the cities of Latin America and
Europe Those in the exhibit were
designed by outstanding artists OF
the respective nations
The display Of posters was jointly
sponsored by the Co-ordinator of
Inter American Affairs and the
Washington Society Of Topographic
Arts. Among the nations repre-
sented are Mexico. Chile, Brazil.
Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Colombia
and Cuba.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
U. S. Flyers Fighting for China Get $500
Monthly, $500 Bonus for Every Jap Plane

following his directions often have
punished the Japanese surprisingly
against heavy odds.
When the Americans arrived in
this part of the world last Septem-
Der Col. Chennaults first diff1cuit
job was to organize squadrons in
which the pilots had an entirely
different flying training than either
in the Army. Navy or Marine Corps
and to accustom them to flying one
type of airplane which many had
never flown before He had also
the essential task Of building up
morale and creating team spirit.
The degree to which these things
have been accomplished has been
demonstrated by the Americans who
set a fine record with their British
comrades by trouncing huge jap
anese squadrons in the vicinity Of
Rangoon Christmas week.
The setup of the A. v. G. is in
evitably complicated because it is
integrated in the Chinese air force,
but as such it is also now allied
to the British r. A. F. forces in
Burma. As result some squad
rons are serving in Burma and
others in China-whereve they may
be most needed to throw back the
japanese.
The administrative setup is equally
complicated. because when the A.
v. G. was quietly organized it had
to skirt the thin edges Of the Amer
lean Neutrality Act, and WASH
ington had no official connection
with it. How long these flyers may
continue to serve as unit Of the
Chinese air force is not yet clear,
but it may be taken for granted
although A. v. G. members are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
D. {. Man Beaten, Shot,
Robbed by Armed Pair

Laburn Nicely, 81. of 1928 Frank
lin street NE, was in Casualty
Hospital today after being beaten.
shot and robbed of 1923 by two
armed colored men who followed
him into a house in the 600 block
OF @ street NV. last night.
Police quoted MI. Nicely as say
Ing he had entered a downstairs
front room in the house and the
two men. both with pistols, came in
behind him, held off three other
colored persons in the room and
took his money.
One of the bandits struck Nicely
with his gun. the other grabbed
him, and one aSsailant shot him
once in the hip before 10th men
fled. Mr.. Nicely said.
Two Army officers reported their
home at 2725 N street Sc. was
entered by a thief last night while
they were away. Maj. Charles Clark
reported that a ring. watch. radio
and silver chain. with a total value
of s55. and several Air Corps in
sigma belonging to him We're missing.
Maj. Leo Dahl reported a camera
and Photographic equipment worth
SAB were gone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
Decentralization
Continued From First Page

Department Building by June 80
1912. 100000 square feet.
Making available on June 80
1912, 3,175.000 square feet.
ID, This indicates a deficit OF
l ,8O5, 900 square feet as of June 80
1912.
,e) Authorized space to be created
by the Public Buildings Administra-
ton between June 80 and December
81, 1912. 10000 square feet.
% Completion of War Depart
ment Building December 81, 1912
1000 900 square feet, making avail
able December 81, 1912, 5,925 ,OOC
square feet.
(g) This indicates q deficit after
December 81, 1912, of 1000 900 square
feet. because of anticipated and
known additional needs that will
soon arise.
The resolution said the cost of re-
moving agencies from the District OF
Columbia to other cities is approx
imately the same as building tenn
porary buildings, less land, salvage
etc, and including living quarters
for personnel in and near the Dis
trict.
Authority Questioned.
Chairman McCarran earlier had
questioned the Presidents author
ity, under the War Powers Act, to
move the agencies.
Today's meeting was called fol-
lowing receipt of report from Mr.
Reynolds estimating it will cost
S25 .3O4 900 over a 10-year period to
move the agencies listed for trans
fer, as against cost of 31.8lO 900
to provide temporary buildings for
the agencies here.
At the Downs committee hearing
it was testified that the N. L. r. B.
has staff of only 48 persons in
Washington and that it is essential
that they be kept here. in close
contact with defense officials ham
ding labor problems.
H. A. Mills. chairman of the N.
L. r. B., and William N. Leiserson,
member Of the Labor Board. tes-
titled that if the agency were trans
ferred its effectiveness would be
destroyed.
Officials of the o. P. A. testified
that the organization already has a
force Of 1000 in Washington and
anticipates that by October l it will
need $500 workers here. At that
time. about 1000 o. P. A. employees
will be in the field. it was said. and
every effort is being made to decen-
traliZe the agency,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
About Defense Service
Pledged by Kappa Gamma

A resolution pledging its services
to the director of civilian defense for
whatever duties NAV be required Of
It," and asking training to equip its
members for "all-Out service was
adopted bv Kappa Gamma National
Sorority at a meeting yesterday at
the RALEIGH Hotel.
More than 200 sorority members
heard Col. Lemuel BolleS. civilian
defense executive. declare that air.
raid wardens and other volunteer
workers are the foundation of civil
ian defense. Col. BolleS. introduced
by Mrs. Helen McChesney. national
president. stressed the need for
auxiliary firemen. policemen and
personnel to maintain feeding
units
Hugo Wolter. director of defense
recreation, outlined a program of
morale building. pointing out that
there is need for transportation
facilities. dance hoStesses. talented
performers and additional service
clubs.
Miss Mary Mason, deputy AFRAID
warden, also spoke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06

thrust at Kuala Selangor told OF
continued widespread japanese
aerial activity over Malaga, but re-
ported destruction OF two planes at
Kluang, near Port Swettenhsm on
the west coast. A third was listed
as probably destroyed.
Kuala Selangor Is coastal town
and is surrounded by district OF
the same name The town Us IS miles
northwest OF kuala Lumpur. an in
land city OF some l40. 900 population
which is at the same time capital OF
the state OF Selangor and Of all the
Federated Malay States.
Kuala Lumpur. probably the next
ma or objective Of the Japanese, is
a settlement Of unusual beauty. on
the main railway linking Singapore
with the Perak front and also joined
by rail with Port Swettenham, Is
miles to the west. main shipping
point of this stretch OF coast. tKuala
is a Malay word meaning mouth OF
a river
The Kuala Selangor area Is Just
south OF Perak state, in which the
British have been trying to make
stand against japanese overland
drive which already has covered
some 200 miles of the Malaga coast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
Malaga
Continued From First Page.)

to the south which connects with
Kuala Lumpur, second largest and
most important city in Malaga still
in British hands. Kuala Lumpur
is the center of a rubber producing
district.
Today's war bulletin said there
had been no landings south of Kuala
Selangor, however.
Singapore Raided Again.
Announcement of the British re-
treat from Kuantan was the first
British news from that area since
late last week, when a communique
acknowledged thaat the Japanese
had entered the outskirts of the
town.
British headquarters failed to dis
close the extent of either of the new
Withdrawals.
AS the battlelines drew gradually
nearer to Singapore. the city was
again attacked overnight by Japa-
nese air raiders. but they kept at a
high altitude and an official an
nOuncement said they mad done only
slight damage to military tar
gets. One casualty was reported.
Raid Made on JohOre.
The Japanese raiders also stabbed
at nearby Johore, where anti-air-
craft guns were credited officially
with downing one plane and dam
aging another.
The exact position Of the front
was not clear, but it appeared that
the British lines were established
on the south side of the Perak River.
1t appeared that the British were
in possession of salient which ex-
tended we'll north of the points
reached by the Japanese on both
coasts.
NM ia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06

now grossly overpaid, compared
with any other airmen involved in
the war against the AXiS-that the
Chinese government will do its ut
most to hold onto them as long as
possible.
Fight Like Others.
Perhaps the most remarkable fact
about the A. v. G. flyers is that
they fight like ordinary United
States Army or Navy volunteers or
selectees, even though they have the
status OF mercenaries. That fact
has been established above RAN
COON and should be source Of sat
isfaction to every American.
Members OF thea. V. G. travelled
as tourists en- route to the Far
East. When they reached Singa-
pore one registered as a retired aero
bat, another as an artist. Noticing
the bold signature "MacGarrow-
artist" a British correspondent &C
costed one of your Yankees and
asked for MacGarrow. saying he
wanted him to do some sketches OF
Singapore The yOungster acted
very surprised and said. sorry,
brother. afraid he can't do it."
"Why?" asked the British CORES
pondent. The struggled American
tourist leaned forward and re-
piled. "confidentially, he can't draw
a line"
These A " G. hOys are surely
the most unusual mixture yet fight
ing in the Far East. il not anywhere
in the war. Perhaps they are the
only mercenaries fighting except the
Gurka troops from India. But
whatever they are paid, they fight
and howl
Copyright 1872 BY Chicaso Daily News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
British Tribute Paid
War Correspondents
And Photographers
Dangerous Job in Libyon
Campaign Was Well
Done, London Says

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. g. Newspaper
correspondents and photographers
who suffered the dangers and priva-
tions of the desert alongside Brit
aims fighting forces in order to tell
the story of the second battle of
Libya won the praise of the War
Office yesterday for a dangerous
job we'll done.
1T will be realized" said the
tribute, that both correspondents
and photographers have to be as fit
as combatant troops and it is clear
that on this, the first time it was
possible to give them a real chance.
they and everybody connected with
them did their jobs we'll
Three Associated Press CORE
spondents, at various times, were in
the thick of the fighting.
Anderson Still Held.
One of them, English-born God
frey H. P. Anderson. was captured
late in November by the Italians
and still is their prisoner.
Edward P. Kennedy, a native Of
Brooklyn and former member of the
staff of The Washington Evening
Star, was with the British forces
which made the Axis garrison at
Bardia hoist the white flag Friday.
A veteran of the first Libyan can't
paign. he moved forward with the
British advance forces and was able
to compare this offensive with that
of Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wavell
year ago. Mr.. Kennedy flew with
Sir Archibald to Crete soon after
British forces entered the Greek
Italian war.
Preston Grover, a native of Farm
1ngton, Utah. was rushed from IStan-
bul to Cairo and. thence to the
front to replace Mr.. Anderson and
1t was he who not only accompanied
the British at the occupation of
BARGE but actually slipped ahead and
greeted them at the gates.
Tactics Carefully Prepared.
Journalistic tactics were as care
fully prepared by the British as
their own military plans. AS re-
suit. newspapermen were not in the
thick of much Of the fighting. One
truck bearing correspondents and
photographers, in fact, was blown
up by land mine.
At the very start, small groups
were taken out from Cairo so that
Axis spies would not be tipped off
by their departure that the cam
paign was imminent.
When the fighting got under way.
their films and dispatches were given
priority on R. A. F. planes between
the front and Cairo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
U. 5. Flyer Is Reported
Buried With Jop Honors

By the Associated Press.
ROME, Jan. Official Broad
cast.-An American pilot shot
down in an attack on a japanese
air base was buried with military
honors, correspondent of the
Toxic newspaper Asahi reported
from the Philippine Islands in a
dispatch broadcast today by Ste
FAM.
The correspondent said the fallen
flyer was identified as 1t. Russell
Church, Is. of Clark Field, north
west of Manila.
The wing of an American plane
vas erected over his grave the
seport said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
D. 6. Man Found Shot
In MARYLAND Cabin

Wilson Waldo, 80, of Washington
until two weeks ago bus driver for
SafeWay railways. was found shot
and seriously wounded in a tourist
cabin near North Laurel, Md, yes
terday, according to the Associated
Press. Deputy Sheriff George E
Taylor said Waldo told him he shot
himself.
Waldo was taken to st. Agnes
Hospital, Baltimore, with a bullet
wound just above the heart. His
condition was reported fair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
FOUND.

BRACELET. pearl found in front OF White
House before Christmas. .el3 NJ st. NV.
BRING OR REPORT ABANDONED. STRAY
ANIMALS to Animal PROTECTIVE Associa ton,
1900 Wheeler I'd Sc AT .l42 Present
facilities United TO that class only.
WRIST WATCH Nsdy's), found about l
month AGO; owner NAV recover same BY
describing Call RE. 1878, Ext. @l4, after
pm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06

Regent Tong Abdur Rahman of the
Malay state of Kedah. son of the
72year-old Sultan, Sir Abdul Hamid
Hahn, would be the future leader
Of a united Malaga after japanese
conquest.
The dispatch said the prince re-
gent was freed from prison after
Japan's capture of Penang. He had
been imprisoned because of his ac-
tivities lin the Malayan movement
OF independence the dispatch
added.
Statesman's Yearbook lists H. H
Tunku Badlishah as regent of
Kedah.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06

BRITISH FORCED BACK IN MALAYA-Black mark main
Malaga where the British have been forced
~ and in the west ~
where Kuaa Seangor threatened British
troops there The extent Of Withdrawals not
indicated Japanese bombing attacks Singapore 80 and
Johore reported yesterday and last night.
"A P. Wrephoto