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Evening star., 1942-12-06

with American labor, which has been
leery OF plans for controlling workers.
Many factories with war contracts
found that their workers took unan-
nounced days off. The draft took essen
tial workers from industry and sent them
to camp. Autumn brought the realiza-
ton that the war could not be managed
efficiently II the men and women were
not used to best advantage. A cry went
up for Federal control over jobs from
persons who thought the Government
should have the power to tell men and
women where and when to work.
The opponents Of control insisted that
no scheme for voluntary use of man.
power had been tried adequately. Friends
OF the military suggested that the Army
should take charge of manpower.
Even before Pearl Harbor some voices
OF gloom were lifted in the land crying,
Imitation, imitation, beware of initiation"
In the summer of 1941 Congress passed
a price-control bill upon which the Office
Of Price Administration was erected, with
Leon Henderson as its boss He had
the power to put ceilings on prices of
factory made goods and to inaugurate
rationing, but complaints were made
here and there early in the war that the
lack of control over wages and over farm
prices made dangerous joke out of the
program. Imitation would mean a dis
jointed national economy.
In April, President Roosevelt sent
message to Congress urging some steps
against imitation, but it got little atten-
ton. Neither The White House nor the
Capitol was in the mood yet to take the
political chance involved in limiting
wages and farm prices. But on Labor
Day the President tried again. He in
sisted on congressional action by October
i. He got it on October 2. Washington
became the czar of all wages, salaries and
prices. James F. Byrnes left the Su-
preme Court to become director of eco
nomic stabilization, which is another
way of saying the chief fighter against
imitation. Except on the farms, no
wages are raised without Mr.. Byrnes'
consent.
In the great country OF which Wash
ington is the center the people responded
to the trying requirements of war. The
automobile industry, which is the fore
most phenomenon of the industrial age.
was converted to the task of making
tools for war. A man who dealt in
cement turned his hand to building ships
on the assembly line plan. Now Henry
j. Kaiser can put together ship in four
days.
Doctors have left their patients and
now they operate in dimly-lit huts on
Guadalcanal and apply splints to broken
legs OF sailors on wild-tossing destroyers
out on the Atlantic. Women have moved
into the factories and have put on the
uniforms OF the WAAC, the WAVE and
the SPAR. The great educational plant
Of the United States is being bent to the
needs OF war. War has wrenched the life
Of every man. woman and child.
Evening star., 1942-12-06
War Strikes Home

Two days after Pearl Harbor President
Roosevelt addressed the Nation over the
air and said: Every single man, woman
and child is partner in the most tre-
mendous undertaking of our American
history"
Soon the meaning of this sentence was
driven home upon all Americans. Total
war; old Karl Won Clausewitz termed
the kind Of conflict that pits half the
earth against the other half. Every sim
gle man, woman and child in the U. S. A.
has found that total war means less
food, less money, less entertainment and
complete readjustment of living.
Total war means a giants power for
the Government. First, the Government
tcck control Of information by establish
ing, on December 16. an Office of Gen.
sorShip with Byron Price of the Associat-
Cd Press as its director. Next, because
war is almost as much problem in sup
ply as it is a problem in combat the Gov
ernment assumed control over trans
portation by establishing, on December
%, an Office of Defense Transportation.
In those drear, dying days of 1941 an
issue was born which has shaken the
Government ever since-should the mill
tary or civilians in the Government con-
troll the production Of goods for war?
Undersecretary of War Patterson told
Congress on December % that he vigor-
ously opposed an all-civilian control sys-
tenn. President Roosevelt granted on
January 16 of this year that his old
scheme for guiding war production,
through the double-head Supply, Priori-
ties and ALLEGATIONS Board, was inept
and he set up the War Production Board
Ostensibly this was central agency un-
der the single direction of Chairman
Donald Nelson, who was given sweeping
powers over industry. In fact, 1t was
from the start in competition with the
Army and Navy Munitions Board. and
the differences between the two agencies
forced three reorganizations Of the WPB
The controversy still goes on.
For washington the war created three
Evening star., 1942-12-06
Review of Americas First Year of War

man puppet government in Vichy,
| France. Police came and the visitors
hid. BY transport they made their way
| back to England.
This melodrama opened the gates for
| the campaign which Churchill and
Roosevelt had discussed in June-the at
| tack on Africa as prelude to the attack
| on Europe.
When Americans were casting their
votes on November 3 and rejecting in
the ballots their impatience with WASH
ington, a mighty array of ships was
steaming down from England toward
the regions the officers visited-acting on
the plan conceived secretly in Washing
inton. Eight hundred and fifty ships
were in the fleet. At am. November
9 the transports halted The 10000
men went aShore-into Morocco from the
Atlantic, into Algeria from the Mediter-
ranean. The second front was open.
In the city of Algiers the Allies found
Admiral Jean Darlan, chief of the mil
itary forces in the Vichy government.
Instead of making him a prisoner. the
invaders used him. He ordered firing to
cease in Morocco and Algeria, and he was
obeyed. Later he brought the whole
French West Africa into the Allied camp.
The historic undertaking was led by
Gen. Eisenhower, whose force was ready
for the attack five months after he ar
rived in England. His air lieutenant was
Maj. Gen. Doolittle, the hero of Toxic.
Events far to the east in Africa were
the prologue to the landings in Morocco
and Algeria. In Washington in June
Churchill received glum reports of British
defeats in Egypt where Gen. Rommel
and his AXIS troops pushed almost within
sight of the Nile River The summer
brought lull in that campaign. London
changed the Egyptian command Across
the green jungles of Africa vast guam
titles Of war goods were flown from the
United States to Egypt. In October the
British were ready. They attacked ROM
mel, and by the time Eisenhower reached
Morocco, the Germans and Italians were
in swift retreat.
North Africa, said Churchill, sis the
end Of the beginning" He meant that
the period of defense and waiting was
over for the Allies. North Africa, he
said, is the place from which to strike at
the soft underbelly" of Europe-across
the Mediterranean.
OF course, to land in Africa was not to
conquer Africa. The battle-ground of
decision was obviously Tunisia, which
sits where ancient Carthage sat- There
the Germans and Italians sent some
troops by parachute to man the fortress
of Bizerte and the capital, Tunis An
American army struck toward Tunisias
south, while a British army hit toward
Bizerte and Tunis. The flyers of Doo-
little harassed the enemy from the air.
AS the Tunisian battle began, the Nazis
had another disappointment. In the
harbor of Toulon for two years had sat
81 warships Of France. On November
% the Germans took Toulon On Novem-
Der q the French officers scuttled the
ships. They sank beyond the Nazi grasp.
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target ship Utah and large floating
drydock were either sunk or damaged so
severely that they would serve no mill
tary purposes for some time. In addi-
ton, three battleships, the Pennsylvania,
Maryland and Tennessee; three cruisers,
the Helena, Honolulu and Raleigh; the
seaplane tender Curtiss and the repair
ship Vestal were damaged.
OF the 19 naval vessels listed above
as sunk or damaged, the 26-year old
battleship Arizona will be the only one
permanently and totally lost. Prepara-
tions for the righting Of the Oklahoma
arc now in process although final de-
cision as to the wisdom of accomplish
ing this work at this time has not been
made. The main and auxiliary machin-
cry approximately so per cent of the
value, OF the Cassin and Downes were
saved. The Is other vessels either have
been or will be salvaged and repaired
AL Of the vessels described above as
having been damaged but not sunk re-
turned to the fleet months ago. A
number OF the vessels described as
having Uec1l III q SuIlken COIlUlllOn are
now in full service, but certain others,
which required extensive machinery and
intricate electrical overhauling as we'll
as relocating and hull repairing, are not
yet ready for battle action. Naval repair
yards are taking advantage of these in
herent delays to install numerous mod
ernization features and Improvements.
To designate these vessels by name now
would give the enemy information vital
to his war plans: similar information
regarding enemy ships which our forces
have subsequently damaged but not de-
stroyed Is denied to us.
III Planes Destroyed.
On December Is, 194l, only eight days
after the Japanese attack and at time
when there was an immediate possibility
OF the enemy's coming back, the Secre-
tary OF the Navy announced that the
Arizona. Shaw, Cassin, Downes, Utah
and Oglala had been lost that the
Evening star., 1942-12-06
Second Front

During the Solomons lull in mid
October, silent submarine halted in the
waters off French North Africa From 1t
five American officers and three English
commando captains went ashore. Their
leader was Maj. Gen. Mark Clark,
U. s. A. A light flashed from q house.
There the eight repaired, and all day
they talked with French Army officers
who owned their allegiance to the Ger
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Evening star., 1942-01-25
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Evening star., 1942-01-25

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06
STRAND

Ending tonight at Warmers Strand theater is T Wake Up Screaming" with Betty Grable, Victor Mature and Carole Landis; also Moonlight in Hawaii" with Leon Errol, the Merry Macs and a host of other favorites.
 "One Foot in Heaven," the Fred ric MarchMartha Scott co-starrirg film which begins a four day en- gagement tomorrow at the Strand has something brand new to offer in the way Of screen entertainment.
 Based on the best selling novel by Hartzell Spence, it tells the story of practical person" and his family in the first part of the cen- tury. Spence's own family are the characters in the real-life story, and they have been brought to life de- lightfully by the able cast of play CTS.
 There is numor, warmth and the spirit of abiding faith in the story of the man who served God nobly, with one foot in heaven and the other very solidly on the ground. His was no Sunday job, but an all- week, job of solving the problems, easing the sorrows, sharing the joys of his congregation. In his tasks he was ably assisted by his wife who stood by him in all times of stress and subtly engineered him into the right decision in many of his problems.
 To their three very human young sters fell the tasks of serving as models for the children of the con- gregation, and the job wasn't al- ways an easy one. Romance and drama and rich humor were in- tegral parts of the Spence family life and they rae integral parts of the motion picture.
 Besides March and Miss Scott, the talented cast includes Frankie Thomas, Elizabeth Fraser. Harry Davenport, Bculah Bondi, Morni Olsen, Vera Lewis, Jerome Cowan, Ernest Sossart, Mana Bryant, Ros- COG Ates and dozens of others.
 Co-featuring the program is a laugh-parade Of radio revelry titled Swing It Soldier with Ken Murray, Frances Langford, Don Wilson and other favorites.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06
M0Uies Playing
 Today
STATE

Ending tonight at Warmers State theater is "All Through the Night" with Humphrey Bogart in the lead ing role: also "Sing for Your Sup per" with Jinx Falkenburg and Charles Buddy Rogers.
 A gala feast of fun will be served up by the State management when The Man Who Came to Dinner begins it's engagement tomorrow with Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan and Monty Woolley in co-starring roles
 Written by those versatile play wrigkts, George c. Kaufman and Moss Hart, The Man Who Came to Dinner" is film version of the famous stage comedy which re- gently completed a two-vear en- gagemenut on Brca@w"v Advance reports have 1t ti4do th eScreen yer sion of the comedy is even more riotously funny than the stage play which rocked Broadway for two solid years.
 Monty Woolley, who created the role of Sheridan Whiteside, famous lecturer and vitriolic wit, on the stage was brought to Hollywood to do the role for the screen. Bette Davis plays bis sophisticated sec retary, and Ann Sheridan plays the stage actress he imports to break up Bette'S romance when he believes she is about to give up her job for marriage. Wfiteside arrives in a small Ohio town to lecture and the towns leading social light invited him to her home for dinner. Enter ing her home, he slips on the porch and breaks his hip and then the fun begins.
 The dinner guest stays a month and it is doubtful whether any guest the world over has ever cre- ated so much havoc as he manages to stir up during his enforced visit He takes complete possession of the house.
 In addition to the above men, toned stars the cast boasts such favorite players as Jimmy Dlrante, Billie Burke, Reginald Gardiner, George Barbier, Richard Travis and Elisabeth Fraser.
 A tWo-fisted drama of adventure and romance "Steel Against the Sky is the second hit of the pro- gram. Alexis Smith, Lloyd Nolan, and Craig Stevens head the cast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06
Wed better Baldwin every time I im!"

school, Harvard, the World War, brief business career in New York that marks his romance, then his development into a typical Boston, ian down to middle age.
 Van Heflin plays his friend and confidant, Bill King, Charles Co., burn his father, Fay Holden his mother and Bonita Granville his sister. Jeff Erikson plays "Bo-Jo" Brown, his football idol at Harvard.
 Authentic locales in New York and Boston were reproduced as 9 setting for the story, which the au- thor came to Hollywood to help adapt.
 The companion feature on this great program will be another Mi- chael Shayne Detective Thriller Blue, White and Perfect". In this picture Lloyd Nolan is on the look out for blue-white diamonds and blue-eyed blondes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06
TED BRYAN GIVEN
 COCKTAIL TABLE
Presentation Is Feature of Christmas Party of All
 Saints Church Choir
OAKVILLE Correspondent, Irene Slough, Telephone 4-8933

Oakville. Jan. 6-The choir of Al Saints Church held a Christmas party at the home of MT. and Mrs Raymond Beach of Ball Farm road Ted Bryan acted as Santa Claus and after he had completed his dut- ieS, Mrs. Beach, in behalf of the choir, preserted him with a cock tail table. The guests enjoyed games and 8 buffet luncheon.
 Those attending were Rev. and Mrs. Edward Merrill, Ted Bryan Adolph c. Becker, Miss Drucilla Lit tlehales, Miss Lois Fenton, Miss Hazel Bryan, Frank Bryan, Russell Gilbert, Richard Gilbert, Frank Esposito, Mrs. George Booth, MT and Mrs Raymond Beach, Miss Elma Beach ard Donald Beach.
 Choir RehearsaIs The Junior Choir of the Union Congregat tional Church will rehearse Wednesday at 3:45 D. m. and the Senior Choir Thursday at 7:3O D. m
 The Junior Choir of All Caints Church will rehearse Thursday at 6 p. m. and the Senior choir at 2 D. m.
 Appeals were made In all the local churches Sunday for support of the Red Cross War Relief drive being conducted in Oakville until Jan. b. The canvassers are report ing generous response in this second appeal.
 Enjoy Play
 Miss Frances Mclaughlin, daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. Harry Me- Laughlin and a member of the National Thespian Society, Troupe 423, went to New York Caturday with several other members to wit ness the play Life With Father"
 Progressive Dinner Party
 Members of the Youth Temper ance Council held a progressive dinner party at the homes of mem bers recently. The fruit cocktail course was served at the home of Mary Eilene Locket, followed by the soup course at the home of the councillor, Mrs. Daniel Logue Mary Holbrook entertained for the main Soui St dU llCl llOlllc Wltll uGSScI L being served at the home of Miss Ethel Strong. The final course was served at the home of Miss Gloria and Roger Cleveland where the re- mainder of the evening was spent in a social time.
 Those who attended were: Ruth Rice, Jeanne Flynn, Rita Moore Betty Booth, Atletha Locke. Roger Cleveland, Edward Woodruff, David Salisbury, Howard Ande, Ethel Strong, Virginia Roger, Barbara Beach, Mary Eilene Locke, Mary Holbrook, Eilene Salisbury, Gloria Cleveland and Mrs. Daniel Logue.
 The Ladies Society of St. Mary Magdalen's Church will meet at the church this evening at o'clock.
 Feast of Epiphany
 Today, Feast of the Epiphany, is a special day of devotion for mem bers of St. Mary Magdalen's Church as it marks the close of the Christ mas season.
 Patrol Meeting
 The Defense Patrol of the Oak vile Boy Scouts met at the Com munity Hall last evening under the direction of Scoutmaster Walter Thorne. Miss Druciila Littlehales in-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06
- M - Hollywood
BY PAUL HARRISON YEA Service Staff Correspondent

Hollywood v Sometimes around the sound stages things go on that would make stranger wonder whe- ther Hollywood is 8 movie factory or glorified booby hatch.
 What would you think, for in- stance, if you unsuspectingly strolled into RKO's stage PA and found a hefty gent wearing women's high heeled slippers and scampering up and down a flight of concrete steps while watching a movie projected on a screen?
 That's what I thought, too - especially after noticing there was no camera in the place, the steps didn't lead anywhere, and the man couldn't possibly be practic- ing Bill Robinson routine.
 Presently the screen, off to one side, went blank and the man limped down the stair and took off the slippers. "A centipede with bunions has it easy,' he whim- pered, massaging his feet before putting them into a heavy pair of mems shoes which were sopping wet. These not only squished but squeaked as the wearer this time walked around in shallow tank of water.
 TOO MUCH NOISE
 The sufferer for realism was Sound Engineer Walter Elliott and his chore for the day was dubbing the sounds of various footsteps into sequences for Joan of Paris" Trou- ble was the original shots had been made on outdoor sets, and the sky was so full of military planes that 1 Director Edward Stevenson had to turn off the microphones and de- pend upon fitting in voices and accompanying noises later. | Now the silent scenes were be- ing shown on a serene and Elliott was synchronizing his footsteps with those of the players. When Larid Cregar, as head of the Ges- tapo in Occupied Paris, was seen pursuing Michele Morgan up a flight of steps, Elliott first dashed up in the high-heeled slippers, then donned heavy shoes and chased himself up the same stairs. The squeaking and squishing foot steps will be dubbed into part of the film where sinister Gestapo agent, Alex Grenach, follows Paul Henreid around the city.
 When flashes of strolling Ger man soldiers are seen. the sounds will be those of Elliott and a couple of assistants walking in hob-nailed boots. The engineer got tired, he said, just changing footgear.
 THIS WAS WORSE
 He also recalled he has had tougher jobs, and the one he best remembers was creating the roar of King Kong, the monster, prehis- toric gorilla that time forgot.
 On that assignment, he spent several days at the San Diego Zoo, his microphones hung hopefully above the cages of the young but only available gorillas. Couldn't make 'em holler, though" Elliott recalled. All they did was grin and eat and make faces at me.
 Well, we had to have some thing, so finally we came back and made King Kong's voice from a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06

combination of sound tracks. We put together the roars of a lion, a tiger and little Irishman named Flaherty-and that worked swell"
 Speaking of technical difficulties Warmers encountered quite fog problem the other day on some out. dor shots for "In This Our Life". The schedule called for scenes in a fog, and the trouble was that real fog began to drift in from the sea.
 The genuine fog looked weak and misty to the camera, but combined with smudge-pot fog it was impene- trable. Finally they wheeled up lot of wind machines and, for a brief intervals, weer able to blow away the real fog while scenes were film ed in clouds of oily smoke.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06
TOrjIGHToS NET HIGHLIGHTS

NBC-Red continues to claim the lions share of Tuesday night dialers from 9:30 to II with F'ibber McGee and Molly, Bob Hope and Red Skel- ton in a solid lineup of laff fare =. Whats My Name?" returns to the air tonight at 8, moving into a choice spot on the WATR Mutual chain. Arlene Francis and John Reed King will pop the questions, as they did when the show served as a summer replacement for Charlie Mccarthy Strengthening their half hour with famous guests, start ing tonight, George Burns and Gra- cie Allen will call on radios Sher- lock Holmes, Basil Rathbone. tNBC- Red, 730) Vocalist Jimmy Cash is still recovering from the unbelev- able mess he made of his song on last weeks broadcast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06

NANCY COLEMAN hadn't been promoted from running an eleva- tor to selling millinery in a San Francisco department store, she would have missed the break that launched her into show business.
 Nancy always wanted to be an actress put had to work in the department store to finance the attempt.
 One day, a customer came in and Nancy waited on her. The woman, who happened to be the wife of a radio producer, liked Nancy's voice and arranged an interview with her husband.
 Nancy soon was working in radio dramas, then travelled to New York for the same type of work. That led to stage work, then contract. She has been in only two pictures so far, but with the Louise role in Kings Row." and tie lead opposite John Garfield in Dangerously They Live,' she seems destined to hit the top.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06
POLI'S

Hedy Lamar forsook glamour to play modern American business girl-but proved as glamorous ir this role as in any of her others.
 It occurred when she played Mar win Myles, the New York career girl ill HI. M. Pullman, Esq" which was brought to the screen by King Vidor from the pages of J. P. Mar quands best seller novel, opening Thursday at the Loew Poli Theater
 Miss Lamar plays the one great love in the life of Harry Pullman played by Robert Young in the screen translation of the novel. She wears modern business suits and modern hairdress, as we'll as some elaborate gowns. Ruth Hussey who plays the Boston girl Pullman eventually marries when he settles down into routined creature of habit and tradition, also wears some elaborate fashions.
 Action covers the hero's life from birth to staid middle age, covering