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Evening star., 1942-10-04
By GARTER BROOKE JoNEs.

They'll eat "hutspot" tonight
members of the Holland Club of
Washington, Americans of Dutch
descent.
"Hutspot" Is q stew Of meat and
vegetables with a historic flavor.
Among the banqueters gathered
at the Plaza Hotel will be Frances
E. Matthes, a Government geolo-
gist. Mr.. Matthes is descended, on
his mothers side, from Jan van
der Does, military commandant of
Leyden, when that Netherlands city
was besieged by the Spaniards in
1874.
When the dreadful siege finally
was lifted by Dutch sailors who had
slipped in through the waterways
and bided the propitious moment
to attack, Commandant van der
Does, his famished garrison and
the starving populace rushed to a
nearby Spanish fort, from which
the invaders had fled during the
night. So hasty was the retreat
that the Spaniards left a huge pot
of "hutspot" simmering on the fire.
The memory of how that stew tasted
has come down through the CEN
turies.
Celebrate Anniversary.
Yesterday was the 368th anniver-
sary of Leydens liberation and
Hollanders all over the world are
meeting and eating "hutspot" and
talking of another liberation. For
these Dutch who have spread over
the world in friendly conquest are
taking long look at their history.
They're talking of far-off times
when the old country threw off
perils as great, In their day, as the
Nazi occupation. Perhaps they're
dreaming that some day other Hol-
landers will read of the German
seizure as only an episode in a tur-
bulent chronicle filled with tribu-
lations and triumphs.
Leyden was besieged twice dur
ing the long war which Spain
waged on the Netherlands in the
18th century. The first investment
lasted five months, ending March
81, 1874, when the Spaniards were
forced to turn away to meet Count
Louis of Nassau, who was marching
in from the east. But Louis troops
were defeated and he was killed in
the battle of Mookerheide. So the
Spaniards returned before Leyden
on May 26.
The city, apparently overoptimis-
tic, had neglected to stock enough
provisions. Neither was there an
adequate defensive force. The troops
consisted of small body of free
hooters" and burgher guard of
five companies. Motley. in his Rise
of the Dutch Republic" said: "The
main reliance of the city was on
the stout hearts of its inhabitants
and the tireless energy of William
the Silent"
Spanish Offer Scorned.
William, Prince of Orange. sent
word to the people that he would
do everything in his power to deliver
them. He asked them to hold out
for at least three months while he
raised the necessary troops. Mean
while, Requesens, grand command
et of the Spanish forces, offered the
city amnesty if it would surrender.
The citizens rejected the proffer
scornfully. They remembered Haar-
lem. 1t had fallen recently, and
its inhabitants had been massacred.
William the Silent was unable to
gather large enough army to rout
the invaders. But he decided that
he could thwart them by cutting the
dikes and immersing the low coun-
try around Leyden. On August 3 he
supervised the cutting of levees
along the Yssel River, branch Of
Evening star., 1942-10-04
40 More Firms Listed
As Putting 10 Pct.
In U. 5. War Bonds
Employees Of Many Other
Concerns Near Thot
Mark, Committee Says

The District War Savings Com
mittee listed today the names Of 40
more Washington business firms
whose employees are now investing
10 per cent or more of their earn
ings in War Bonds through the
Treasury's Payroll Savings Plan.
Many other concerns are rapidly
approaching that goal, having
reached the investment of Z to 10
per cent of income. Practically all
Washington businesses employing
more than 100 employees are now
operating the system, the commit
tee said. In addition, several hum
dred smaller establishments have
installed plans.
Concerns reporting investment OF
10 per cent or more of their en-
ployes' earnings follow:
American Amplifler & Television
Corp.
R. P. Andrews Paper Co.
Bank of Commerce & Savings.
Banner Shoe Store.
Frederick w. Berens, Inc.
Biggs & Kirchner, Inc.
Cafritz CO.
Cameo Furniture Co.
Caslon Press. Inc.
Civic Education Service.
w. G. Cornell Co.
District Hotel Supply Co.
E. c. Ernst, Inc.
General Motors Truck g. Coach
Division
Good Humor Ice Cream Co.
Randall H. Hagner & Co.
J. H. Harding.
Walter j. Hausman.
Heffron Co.
Hirsh Coin Machine Co.
D. j. kaufman. Inc.
Kolb Electric, Inc.
Loving Motors.
Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co.
Martell-Beauchamp Co.
Marvin & Snead Sales Corp.
National Cash Register Co.
Northwestern Federal Savings g.
Loan Association.
Occidental Hotel.
Parkhill Construction Co.
Phelps-R Corp.
Lewis & Thomas Saltz, Inc.
Charles Schwartz & Son.
Standard Construction Co., Inc.
Standard Floors. Inc.
THYME Bottling Co.
Washington Woodworking Co.,
Inc. -.
Radio Station WMAL.
Wilberding Co.
H. Zirkin g. Sons.
The committee said it believed
others have attained tie 10 per cent
goal but have failed to report. All
firms attaining the 10 per cent or
better goal will be awarded special
honor certificate.
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Asiatic Offensive
Highly Important,
WilIkie Declares
Common Man More Eager
Than Leaders to Get on
With War, Chinese Told
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, Oct. Sven
dell Willkie told a distinguished
Chinese audience today that he
regards bold, offensive action in
Asiatic battle zones as important
as the opening of a second front,
which he urged while in Moscow.
The common citizen Of Africa,
Europe, Asia and America is far
ahead CT his leaders and much more
eager to get on with the war, Mr..
Willkie said at a banquet given in
his honor by Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shek.
He pleaded for a great unison of
effort on the part of the United Ma
tions to take the offensive every
where"
The personal representative of
President Roosevelt told the Chinese
he is here on an important mission
and that on all previous stops on
an air tour through Egypt, the Mid
die East and Russia he made an
effort to understand the attitude of
the man on the street." This COM
mon man, he asserted, is annoyed
by delays, no longer fears the myth
that Germany and Japan are in
vincible, and demands action now.
The address was heard by leaders
of Chinese military and civil life
and by diplomats of the United Ma
tions. The Chinese obviously were
charmed by this vigorous visitor and
extended hospitality lavishly.
Mr.. Wilkes address followed con-
ferences with Gen. Chang and
other governmental and military
leaders, including Lin Sen, president
of the Nationalist government; H.
H. Kung, Minister of Finance, and
Ho Ying-chin, chief of the general
staff of the Chinese Army.
Mr.. Willkie praised Gen. Chang
as a man OF aggressive spirit who
believes in his heart that freedom
and security are possible of achieve
ment not only for China, but for
the whole world.
Il came to China not through
what used to be called the treaty
port. but through great, wealthy
provinces to the west of here" he
observed. I've worked and lived
In the West of America and I know
from experience the kind of aggres-
sive self-conf1dence which is de-
veloped in pioneer regions by men
who are not afraid to take chances
some times very grave chances-in
pursuit Of something in which
they believe"
Mr.. Willkie then said:
Prediction is not my business, but
I would be prepared to make a sub
stantial bet that the confident and
aggressive spirit I've seen in Sim
kiang, in Kansu and Szechwan is
not likely to be stopped by floods,
earthquakes or by the Japanese.
THE generalissimo helped launch
these Chinese people on a great ex-
pertinent in democracy. I like to
think that not only China but the
whole Pacific area and the entire
world may emerge from this war
with their faces set directly toward
Evening star., 1942-10-04

streaming into the tort. found the
great vat of "hutspot."
And tonight Washington's Hol-
landers, with the same mixture be-
fore them, will toast their valiant
ancestors.
Representatives of the Legation
and other prominent citizens will
be present. A. A. Alberding. man
ager of the National Press Club, Is
chairman of arrangements.
Evening star., 1942-10-04

Afrikaans Is the name given to
the language spoken and written by
descendants of Dutch, French and
Germans who settled in South
Africa before the British occupa-
ton in 1906. =.
Evening star., 1942-06-11
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Capitol-"I Married an Angel
songs by Nelson Eddy and jeanette
Macdonald: II a m. Las. 4:25. 7:l0
and 9:55 pm. Stage shows: 1855
$40, 625 and 9:l0 pm.
Columbia-"ShipA Ahoy," songs and
dances by Red Shelton and Eleanor
Powell II m, los, $40, $40, 7: :25
and 9:35 pm.
Earle-"In This Our Life" the
prize novel. with Bette Davis: II
am, las. 430. 720 and 1905 pm
Stage shows: /, $50, 6:35 and 9:25
pm.
Keith's-"The Gold Rush" the re.
vised original with commentary by
Chaplin: 1855 am, l.55, 4, 6, 8 and
1905 pm.
Little-"Farewell to Arms" after
Hemingway, with Gary Cooper and
Helen Hayes: II am. 1880, 2:35
4:20, Sos, 7:50 and $40 pm.
Metropolitan Reap the Wilo
Wind" a la Cecil B. De Mile
II 80 am. 2, ABS, ITO and 9:40 p m
Palace - "Tortilla Flat" after
Steinbeck, with Frank Morgan
Spencer Tracy ct al: 1920 am,
1855, 4:30, 705 and $40 pm.
Pix-"Valley of the Sun" from the
story by Clarence Burlington Kel-
land: 2, 4:l0, $50, 7::50 and 10 pm
Evening star., 1942-06-11
Must Have Music
For Cider Scene
In C. w. Slept Here
HOLLYWOOD.

The famous drinking scene from
George Washington Slept Here
Cor How to Have Fun on Iced Tea)
was enacted on sound stage 7 al
Warner Bros.
Ann Sheridan, Jack Benny, Charles
Coburn and Percy Kilbride were the
principals, while Director William
Keighley poured"
The episode was the enactment
Of an impromptu farewell party, as
Ann and Jack are about to be
evicted from their home by mort
gage-holding banker. Coburn por-
trays their rich" uncle who hasn't
any money, and Kilbride is the
phlegmatic caretaker, who winds ur
the scene by singing I'll Never
Smile Again"
The beverage actually was iced
tea, but, as the screen story goes
1t is apple cider-very hard. too.
During rehearsals, Miss Sheridan
and Benny harassed Director
Keighley with insistent demands fol-
mOOQ music.
I'VE can't even act drunk on iced
tea without musical background,
said Benny
"Of course not" agreed Ann. "It
seems the least you could do would
be to provide us with a musical
jug for this so-called apple cider
Never the one to be stopped by q
gag, Keighley put the topper or
the Sheridan Benny harassment
When the players were settled down
ready for the take, the corny strains
of The Beer Barrel Polka" per-
vaded the set.
Keighley had sent the prop mar
out for scratchy recording OF the
tune and was playing it on an ole
phonograph just offstage.
Evening star., 1942-06-11
Chairs a Menace
To GEORGE Brent

George Brent suffered a hard fall
and gave the cast and crew OF
Warner Bros You Can't Escape
Forever" bad scare when a swivel
chair went over backward with him
Feet cooked up on a desk, Brent
was leaning back in the chair, re-
hearsing scene in newspaper city
room setting Charles Halton had
just read the line, the biggest ex-
ecution story of the year is break
ing" when over went Brent's chair
and the actor with it.
Shaken but unhurt, Brent slowly
got to his feet.
Another bright stunt like that on
my part he commented. and you
can change that line to suicide
story"
Evening star., 1942-06-11
Students Toasted

Joel Marston and Sid Conrad,
students OF the Children's Studios
of Drama and Speech, who have re-,
Gently signed contracts with the
Max Gordon ONCE to appear in a
road show, Junior Miss" will be
honored tomorrow evening at an
alfresco dinner. The youths have
appeared in local productions Of
The Blue Bird" Anne of Green
Gables" Peter Pan" and Grow
ing Pains"
Evening star., 1942-06-11

W a S a S ! o W,
arduouS climb
and Pidgeon is
no less surprised
about it than a
& r e a t m a n y
others. He takes
it pretty much
in the mood Of
Burgess M e r =
edith, who, at
the height of
his career as a
Y ou ng S t a G e
tor several |
years ago, said
" h e n a S k e d
what he thought
Evening star., 1942-06-11
he never will recover in any extreme
form

he never will recover in any extreme
form.
Now that his career has caught
fire enough to land him in three
superb movies out of three, How
Green Was My Valley" Blossoms
in the Dust" and Mrs. Miniver,"
Pidgeon fanciers are surprised that
it did not happen before.
They knew all along that Pidgeon
was polished actor. a fellow who
could do fine job just a little too
effortlessly perhaps. He used to
get good notices in pictures whose
"B" designation definitely meant
bad instead of merely films made
at comparatively low cost, the
meaning of the letter among Holly
wood budgeteers.
Another thing that makes his
belated success bit surprising was
his extreme personal popularity
among his associates, his bosses, and
others with whom he came into
contact. He had the talent, and he
had the proper connections, the
latter earned through the sheer
merit Of an attractive personality.
"A grand actor and a swell guy"
they would say of him in Hollywood.
but his A rating could not get him
out of B" pictures.
When he first went to the movies
in the early 30s, it was not the idea
Of his bosses that Pidgeon was to be
an actor. that is, merely an actor
He had been in musicals in New
York, had really fine baritone
voice and was hired as a singer.
The time, however, was precisely
wrong. The movies then were COM
ing to an end of cycle of raucous,
rattling musicals whose plots were
as dull as their settings were gaudy
There was no place for Pidgeon. He
was another singer without a song
He remained so until he found him.
self as the demon detective in a
series of Nick Carter pictures, a
cycle that was being tossed of by
the studio as a concession to ap-
pease youthful audiences who might
grow into loyal Metro customers with
the passage of time. 1t was a fine
way for an actor to get side-tracked
and Pidgeon, easy-going enough to
make the mistake of liking a role
like that or any other he happens
to find himself playing. forgot to
mention himself for other possible
assignments.
He got few in spite of that. how
ever. When Robert Young was
busy losing the girl in one picture,
the studio would call on Pidgeon to
play the same part in another and
lesser one. He would say sure in
that amiable way of his and people
went on talking about what a fine
guy he was, so agreeable talented
and handsome, too. If you'd con-
centrate on his part long enough
to notice it.
He might have gone on Just below
the top drawer. or star. index had
he not played opposite Deanna
Durbin finally in IT'S a Date" 1t
turned out to be Pidgeons date
with the success that had been
eluding him, or vice versa through
virtually decade in the movies.
He's kept it ever since.
Bulletin board: I'm This Our Life
will remain second week at the
Earle as Bette Davis pictures have
a habit Of doing -. And Reap the
Wild Wind will hold over for a
fourth downtown session at the
Metropolitan -. That leaves Tor
tilla Flats" Palace; Il Married an
Angel" Capitol, and The Gold
Rush." Keith's as this weeks new
Evening star., 1942-06-11

Radio to appear in the Tim Whelan
production Sweet and Hot"
Billed as the worlds most grace
full ballroom dancers" the three
join cast headed by Victor Mature
and including Peter Lind Hayes, the
Freddy Martin and Les Brown
orchestras. The Great Glider
sleeve" Mapy Cortes and Marcy
MCGUIRE.
The Lynn. Royce and Vanya spe-
cialties will be a part Of Freddy
Martin sequence in Sweet and
Hot"
Evening star., 1942-06-11

get to state the year of their birth.
Pidgeon has hit the pinnacle. 1t
Evening star., 1942-06-11
Of It all.

when I was walking the streets
without a dime for a cup of coffee
a few years ago, I didn't think that
would last forever. l don't think
this will either"
Pidgeon has substantially the
same philosophy. He admits that
he is unable to take himself, his
success or his earlier Indifferent
success seriously. His first years
in Hollywood were a deflationary
process from which he is confident
Evening star., 1942-06-11

IIDTnVuN Conn. Ave. 4 Newark.
VI AOVN WO. 800. Mat. I PM
Parking Spare Available to Patrons
LESLIE HOWARD in MR. "" At
|. 3:05, 5:l5. 7:25, 9:35. March Of
Evening star., 1942-06-11

TIUn1I I4th & Park I'd. NV.
ASvOAA CO 1900. Mat. 7 PM.
LESLIE HOWARD in MR. "" At
!. $40, SIS. 1:25, 9:35. March OF
Evening star., 1942-06-11

ADJUSTMENTS.
Evening star., 1942-06-11
Dancers Signed

Lynn, Royce and Vanya. dancing
trio who have scored in Eddie
Cantor's Broadway musical Banjo
Eyes" have been signed by R-K-O
Evening star., 1942-06-11
Easy>Going, or Hard Way,
Brought Pidgeon to Top
He Couldn't Be Aggressive About Job
In Pictures, but the Other Method
Worked Out Fine Eventually
by JAY CARMODY.

To be neither glamour boy
human being inclined to lazie living
the hard That the Walter
And did well that others inclined
would be good thing for the reputation people
geniality hkeabiity.
At 49, goody which admits unabashedy
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revolving turret which permits
its high velocity cannon to
swing with all round traverse.
The cannon on the G e n ra
Grants are mounted on the right
side with a traverse of only 80
degrees.
The General Grants, when
their motors became disabled in
battle, we're virtually helpless
from the rear. No German tank
would dare approach a General
Sherman from behind.
The high velocity 75-mm. can
non on the General Sherman and
General Grant compares with
the punch of the low velocity rs
nm. cannon on the C er m a n
Mark w and the 77-mm. can
non on the Mark v like a punch
in the belly by Joe Louis COM
pares with a slap in the face
from q year old child" ac-
cording to an Ordnance officer
here.
Tanks were coming off pro-
duction lines at the rate of more
than 1900 a month this summer
when manufacturers were or
dered to switch from the NIB
medium design to the MA me-
dunn. The switch-over-a mod
ern production miracle - was
accomplished without the loss of
a half hour on the production
lines.
When the last NIB rolled
down the production line, an M
4 was right behind it.
MA PRODUCED FASTER
The welded and cast bulls of
the MAS greatly speeded up
production. The MSS. as all for
eign-made tanks still are made
today, were riveted. Reports
spread that the rivets sheared
off in battle and riccocheted
around the inside of the tanks,
killing or disabling the crews.
Ordnance officers said this prob
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I anks Called Gen. Sherman for Definite Reason

ably was an Axis-inspired ru-
NOR. Rivets inside the M-3 hulls
are covered with armor plating.
Next to the MA, u. S. Ord
nance officers declare, the NIB
is the best medium tank in the
world. It's cannon outrange Ger
man tank cannon by more than
700 yards. It's hulls are tougher
and its motors more powerful
than those of comparable Ger
man types.
Rommels tanks have been in
such headlong retreat in the
current battle that no decisive
conflict between the General
Grants and the Mark As or
Mark SIS has occurred. II is be-
lieved General Rommel has with
him a number of American
made General Grant tanks which
were repaired after $50 out of
the 800 of the British Eighth Ar
my's tanks were knocked out
last June.
But the Eighth Army is said
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Churchman Says
ProhibifiOnists
Take Unfair Stand

JACKSON, Miss, Nov. 10 -
Up Declaring he had found
the drinking situation around
camps not quite so bad as ii had
been painted, DR.. Alfred Car
penter of Atlanta, Ga, superin-
tendent of Army camp work for
Southern BaptistS. told Missis-
sippi's convention last night pro-
hibitionists are taking unfair ad-
vantage of the current situation
" advocate their cause.
while we need liquor con-
troll around camps" he said,
our chief concern for the mo-
rails of the nation is our civilian
drinking.
az is unfair to pass the buck
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to have sufficient new General
Sherman tanks to outgun and
out-maneuver the G. enera
Grants if the worlds two best
tanks ever come into conflict.
A United Press correspondent
with the Rommel-chasing Brit
iSh 9Th Army reports that cou-
pie of General Shermans rolled
past German prisoners he was
interviewing. One pointed to the
tanks, clapped his hand TO his
forehead and exclaimed:
1--WE can't cope with this sort
of thing! And now the Ameri-
cans have landed in North Afri-
ca. Ach!"
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BY JAMES CULLINANE

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -
The American-made MA tanks,
which are helping to chase the
battered German Afrika Korps
westward into Libya, were af-
fectionately nicknamed Gen
eral Shermans" by the British
Eighth Army because they
taught the Nazis that war is hell.
But new developments indi-
cate that General Erwin ROM
mel and his Panzers still have
lot to learn about the hellish-
ness of war. Because many more
MA tanks - called the most
terribly efficient land fighting
machines in the world - are
with the American invasion
forces in French Africa. And
presumably they are leading the
American column reported rae
ing southeast into Italian Libya
against the Axis army's rear.
CAN FIRE TO REAR
The General Sherman is at
least two tons heavier than the
28-ton General Grant and Gen.
eral Lee tanks, which have been
used in much greater numbers
in the Egyptian desert fighting.
But u. S. Army Ordnance Off
GERS here declare that in addi-
ton to its extra armor, the Sher-
man can outrun the two older
types of tanks and the speed of
the latter is better than 80 miles
an hour.
Biggest advantage the General
Sherman has over the General
Grants and General Lees is the
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Secrets Of ! Co-M'
OPENS a level

In the PRO. drama. "Seersts
of A Co-Ed," the climax shows
Otto Kruger as an attorney Cd
dressing a jury In m eloquent
plea for the life Of his own
daughter, played by Tina Thay-
er. The picture opens at tie
Jewel Theater tonight
The scene consumes 75O feet Of
film, in which Kruger u talking
with Tut interruption. What II
remarkable about Il II the fact
tE1t Kruger did the scene with
out one single rehearsal.
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to the service man. unfair to put
tie blame on the military and it
is unfair for the prohibitionists
TO take advantage of the situa-
ton for propaganda and argu-
ments for obtaining prohibition
aims"
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Albion - (H0 - Athletic di-
rectors and coaches of the MIAA,
at meeting here Friday, will
consider proposal that con-
ference members play games on
two successive nights in order
that a full basketball schedule
may be maintained.
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TECH CARDS IS GAMES

DETROIT - (P1 - Believ-
ed record basketball schedule
in Michigan, a 1924: program
of 35 games was announced on
Wednesday by Lawrence Tech.
The season opens against the
naval training school of Dear
born Saturday night and closes
March S against Clavin.