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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14
Edward Keller
Will Be Missed
BY Playgoers
Regular playgoers at the National

Regular playgoers at the National
Theater will miss Eddie Keller, the
genial treasurer who succumbed
after brief illness at Mount Alto
Hospital yesterday. For Eddie was
a box Office man with smile. His
mode of life made for cheerfulness,
and though he never subscribed to
the theory that the patron at the
box Office window was always right,
his was an optimistic spirit.
Frequently he talked to this editor
about some day, when leisure per-
mitted, setting down for magazine
readers some Of the priceless humor
that occasionally dubbed forth
when acute individual types stepped
up to the window with their cash.
In lifetime of direct contact with
playgoers Eddie estimated he had
sold 100000 reserved seat tickets.
He was an expert at counting up,
meaning Tipping the tickets and
getting a mathematically exact
tabulation for official statements
This is one of the arts of the
efficient treasurer that Eddie had
mastered.
His last illness kept him from
service with the United States Army
was more serious than he thought.
One of his keen delights was ham
ding the tickets for the so-called
command performance" and he
was personally known to President
Roosevelt, esteemed for his contri-
button to the Presidents pet charity
1t was Mr.. Keller who made himself
a welcoming committee OF one
when the Chief Executive visited
the E street playhouse. and he was
a regular guest at the White House
theatrical suppers. One Of George
M. Cohan's close st friends, "Kell,"
as George NJ called him, was de-
pressed over the death of a loyal
associate.
Under the Edmund Plohn mana
gerial policy there must be no argu-
ments at the box Office window
Eddie followed these instructions
literally. He was master of detail,
handling the immense amount of
work involved in selling tickets by
mail order, a tireless worker in an
exacting job.
Eddie will be missed by this critic
on Monday nights, since he gen.
orally stood at the back of the house,
usually asked for private appraisal
of the plays value. Always he could
find the right or better locations
for his friends, and he was the
essence of patience. Good bye, old
pal. And the world would be better
II all lived by the scriptural prin-
ciple which was your guide:
"A glad heart maketh a cheerful
countenance; but by sorrow OF
heart the spirit is broken" A. r. K.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14

| unpleasant, though not necessarily
evil subjects should be governed al
ways by the dictates of good taste
and regard for the sensibilities OF
the audience.
OBSCENITY.
Obscenity in word, gesture, refer
ence. song, joke, or by suggestion, is
PROFANITY.
Pointed profanity, or vulgar ex-
pressions, however used, are for
hidden.
Code Is Challenged.
March Of Times fun-length fea-
ture, I'VE Are the Marines" sched-
uled for Loew's Columbia Theater
here on Thursday. has challenged
the right of the production code to
eliminate words used in making this
documentary. It's appeal will be
heard on Thursday. Specifically,
code officials scissored one word in
the sentence: BLOW the - out
of the water" and several "hells"
and "damns."
The code stuck to It's guns in the
face of strong pressure to let Noel
towards picture, TN Which We
Serve" be released In America, ex-
actly as filmed, with salty language
retained. -Four feet were cut from
the picture, inspiring Brendan
Bracken OF the British Ministry of
Information to call American CEN
sorship "old maiden-Aunt like"
The Broadway stage Is enjoying
prosperity with an orgy of strip
tease and low burlesque plays, and
some Hollywood producers would
like to transfer this exhibitionism
to the screen, though they know
there is not the slightest chance
while the Hays Office is vigilant,
Since most of the chain operated
theaters, and a majority of the in
dependents, refuse to play pictures
unless they carry production code
seal, the restraint Is effective.
Other Restraints.
In addition to self-regulation, war
time conditions require that service
pictures respect the technical advice
Of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps
In the preparation of scripts. The
Office Of War Information, motion
picture division, makes suggestions
that carry weight, recently dissuaded
a producer from remaking Birth of
Nation" at this particular time.
Owl yielded to Manuel Quezon Of
the Philippines and had Producer
Sam Goldwyn withdraw a reissue
picture offensive to our Pacific
neighbors; it also had the character
OF Thad Stevens softened In Ten
nessee Johnson rather than offend
colored patrons of the movies.
Hollywood appears to forget that
those agencies working to hamper
Industry practice, both in block
booking and self-imposed amiable
regulation. are prepared to prove
that the unruly adolescents who as
sault school teachers and carry their
hoodlumism into the film theaters,
gather their manners from screen
prototypes.
Foes Are Watching.
The industry may be irked by In
come tax problems, bothered by fuel
conservation, peeved by War Pro-
duction Board restrictions on raw
films, pestered by congressional in
vestigators checking on Federal ex-
penditures, kept busy by public ap-
peals for funds, demands for Holly
wood celebrities for various efforts
and Treasury bond sales, hampered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14

by funds frozen in Allied countries
All Of these troubles will fade
into insignif1cance If the agencies
guarding the moral tone Of the
screen are stirred into action by
removing the compulsions which the
Hays Office code imposes. If Holly
wood doubts this, let them read
over the thick volumes on Capitol
Hill containing testimony at hear
ings f1aying the producers, and
something which the industry spent
a small fortune to refute.
X
Luce Picture Coming.
Representatives elect Glare Luce
will take her seat in the House just
as her play, Margin for Error" in
screen form is released on F. street
Metro Goldwyn Mayer thinks
Greer Carson and Ronald Colman
have good chance to win Academy
Awards for their efforts In Random
Harvest" So they will release the
film In California in time to get
consideration for the academy bal
loting. Picture must be released by
December 81 to be eligible.
Producer Max Gordon asked Ed
mund Plohn, Nationals manager to
get him $4,000 for the week with
the "DoughgirI." "I1l pay you of
now on a $4,000 week." replied the
manager. Gordon didn't accept
"Doughgirls" achieved $4,000, about
all the house could hold at 50 top
Navy Picture Screened.
4 You'll be missing some Of your
favorite radio and screen stars soon.
for they'll be overseas bound to en-
terrain the Army. Trips will take
four weeks. While they are gone
other radio stars will substitute until
they get back.
4% ~
Robert z. Leonard, who directed
Stand BY for Action" was a Wash
ington visitor yesterday. Loew's di-
vision manager, in honor Of his pres
ence, called the critics together for
a reception, afterwards screening the
picture at the Paramount exchange.
Due to open at Loew's Palace The
alter December 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14
African Strife
Tops on Screen
AT Trans>Lux
Special Features Shoe
Part Women of World
PLAY in GI0baL Var

'Yanks on the Road to Morocco"
showing the United States Nays
part in the Allied attack on Casa
blanca, is the high light of the new
program at the Trans-Lux Theater.
Special features include the first
of the This IS America" series
called Women at Arms" The
British Ministry of Information
short, Night Shift" shows what
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14
The Judy Jump

Republic coincidence Judy Canova
believes she's been given the mill
tary title to end all military titles.
A Royal Air Force group in Canada
has chosen Judy as "the girl we'd
most like to be with on a parachute
jump" The Raj lads explain that
Judy could keep them laughing on
the way down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14

" as first i'm
posed in 1922
when the Mo-
ton Picture
Producers an d
Distributors of
America was or
ganized, to i'm
prove the moral
tone Of features,
to a n S " er a
growing demand
for regulation
by the Govern
ment suggested
In Congress by a
number of bills.
The de was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14

SJVo. IL 1AASCI ups dIlu LldlIlcS
the boy she will add to the long list
Of movie females who have married
men younger than themselves.
Ginger is In her early 30s. Stack is
around rs.
Mickey Rooney spotted at a local
golf club wearing baggy pants FIVE
sizes too big for him, a cap on his
head, a pipe between his teeth. His
beautiful bride, Ava, looked on, clad
In an exquisite fur coat. They
made a strange combination. At
the Reggie Gardiner-Nadya Petrova
wedding, which looked like an
MGM production. Rosalind Rus
sell was tapped on the back Gin
church, by Sir Cedric Hardwicke,
who said. will you please remove
your hat, I can't see!" George
Montgomery, shifting sadly with
sinus trouble, tells me that when
the war is over he probably will not
return to Hollywood, being fed up
with pictures in which he usually
plays the kissing-type hero. Some
men are never satisfied.
Oakie Predicsment.
Jack Oakie's wife, Venetia, is in
quite predicament because Of the
meat shortage. She now has 20
Afghans In her kennels which are
getting pretty annoyed at the lack
Of their favorite beefsteaks. shes
giving the dogs away-when she
can find some one to take them
Jack tells me. 1t seems than Venetia
Is also giving Jack away, because she
Is living in the valley and Oakie
has an apartment in town. He
explains this with: I'm strictly a
city boy" But the Oakies have not
dwelt in the same house now for
several months.
John Payne is studying semantics
Qook 1t up in your dictionary
but I'll give you hint. It's about
the true meaning of words in rela-
ton to ideas. John says that Hitler
has done a good job of fooling the
Germans with words. Maybe they
should take up semantics . Mervyn
Leroy is beating the leading man
shortage by having an all-woman
cast for his next film, Cry Havoc. ="
And as for the salary ceiling Of
sos, 1000, Mervyn says to me, when
I sold newspapers in San Francisco,
If any one had ever told me then
that one day I'd make $4,000 I'd
have gone crazy with JOY I guess
I'll manage" and that reminds
me Of Groucho Marx At a recent
benefit he groaned, How am I going
to live on $4,000 a year, when I
only live now on $10,000?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14

women are doing for the arms
industry in England.
Other short newsreel subjects in
clude a short address by Manpower
Commissioner Paul v. McNutt;
Army opens highway to Alaska:
East Coast defense guns in action:
Marines at ease in Solomons; with
the United States nurses in Aus
tralia; United States trains mef-
chant seamen: All Club champions,
and for football fans, the No.
player of the 1912 season as selected'
by the experts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14
TAYLOR Too Late,

Robert Taylor is a sad man be-
cause volunteer enlistments in the
fighting services have been banned.
He was planning to enlist in the
Army Air Corps, but wanted to make
just one more picture to pay insur-
ance commitments Now when he
is drafted he'll have to go where
they put him. I hope it's the Air
Corps. He can fly plane John
Carroll is another of the ga film
actors who soon becomes la, and
who left his volunteering too late.
He expects to be drafted early in
the new year Simone Simon
seen dining with another woman
at Romanoffs. No one takes the
slightest notice of Simone, which is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14

prepared to demand that the screen
stay clean"
This self-disciplining of the screen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14

The code was Andrew r. Kelley.
later reafirmed by all major pro-
ducing companies in the Hays or
ganization. Some Of its provisions
are:
VULGARITY.
The treatment OF low, disgusting,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14
Ginger Rogers and Ensign
Make 1t Look Like Romance
Mickey Rooney and Ava
At Golf Club Present
Contrast in Apparel
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM,

HOLLYWoODIt must be love with Ginger Rogers
positively radiant at
the first
Ginger
indication desire
other They sat there after
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12
Some Sources Predict FL
Agheila Is Likely To
Fall Into British Hands
Within Next Few Days

CAIRO. Dec. I2-To6sY's ron-
muniGus said that -oPezz6ozs
are under way BY TIA British
Eighth Army AZ z Asasla.
which is believed hezs q mean
that Al last General BEansssm@rY
has be=un ms au-o4z8 asrz-k 70
dislodge Rcnmsl,s men Erom
their lsst stronghold b@Eurs thsY
reach TripoE
Of6cizIlY. il was net stated 70
what extsns ths attacks had yss
gene. hut frozn Sshez zszz-ss Il
was learned that z AsAsIIa 5
likely 70 fan in2o British hands
in the nexs few dsvG
Reports prszises5 tsdzE Is
they have fer alEoSs q wssk.
that Marshal H0mEzaa ID Ec2 az
4 Agheliss bat IN TripoE in
stead.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12
THREE COUNTY,
BOARD MEMBERS
COMMISSIONED
TWO OTHERS WHO ARE SERv-
ING WITH ARMED FORCES
WILL HAVE BONDS APP
PROVE LATER

Three of Monroe county's COM
missioners, who were elected or
reelected last month, have re-
ceived their commissions from
Secretary of State Gray. They
are Edward Gomez, first district;
J. Frank Roberts, second district,
and Carl Bervaldi. third district.
1t was said at the courthouse
this morning that William T.
Doughty, commissioner from the
fourth, and Harry Harris, COM
missioner from the fifth district
will have their bonds approved
at the next meeting of the county
commissioners. Doughty and
Harris will then send their bonds,
oaths of office and fees to Secre-
tary of State Gray to obtain their
commissions.
AS soon as the commissions are
received, Doughty and Harris
will apply to Governor Holland
for leaves of absence for the du-
ration of the war. The governor
is expected to make appoint
ments to fill the offices during
the time the two duly elected
commissioners are away. Nobody
has yet applied for appointment
to either office.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12
SEVERAL ARRESTS
MADE YESTERDAY

Shortly before noon yesterday,
Judge William v. Albury of the
criminal court imposed fine of
$25 on Betty Thompson, charged
with vagrancy, and, before the
day was over, she was arrested
and lodged in Jail again. This time
she faces a combination charge of
vagrancy and drunkenness.
Three other arrests were made
late yesterday by Deputy Sheriff
Joe Knight. Walter Saunders was
taken to jail on a charge Of
vagrancy, and j. w. Woods and
Mabel Craft were arrested on a
charge of adultry.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12
Bic, Liberator Bembers Pound 4
Naples And Its Shofefronf

LONDON. Dec. l2-Bis Lib
orator bombers. that took off
from Somewhere in North Afri-
ca. last night pounded Naples
end a great deal of its shore
front.
1t was announced today that
the breskwater at Naples was
shattered at many places and
that several merchant ships
were struck by two-ton bombs
and are believed to have been
sunk.
The war office said that the
reason why Naples was picked
-T't J - ffaSN f. - > s - Q
out for the raid was because of
are 1-slFts ~ sfsses4ftssF
its extensive use by the Axis in
sending supplies to Bizerte and
Tunis in Tunisia.
While the Liberators were
bombing Turin again. the third
time in four nights. This raid
was not as devastating as il was
planned to be. Many of the Raj
planes. which left their bases ir
England in what was described
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12
Snow And Cold Weather
Hamper Fighting Among
German And Rcd Armies
wAgwASwAgAwI ~ ii
NEW ONE-CENT PIECE
TO BE MADE OF STEEL
CRY Associated Pressl


WASHINGTON. Dec. Ia
The Treasury Department
has decided to make its new
one-cent piece out of steel.
coated with zinc.
Several experiences were
made by the department be-
fore it reached its decision.
Plastic was tried. but the de-
partment decided the cost
was too high. and then an
attempt was made to use
glass for pennies. but to do
that the department was in
formed new machinery would
have TO be made.
Finally, the combination
of steel and zinc was consid-
cred ideal for the penny.
which will have the Lincoln
head that is on the present
cent-piece. The change TO
steel. it was explained. was
done to save copper for war
purposes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12
Small Engagements Re-
ported AT Stalingrad
And Also Along South
erly Area
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
MOSCOW. Dec. l2.-Snow and
cold weather are still holding up
fighting to a great extent in Rus
STA. it was officially stated here
today.
There has been some fighting
et Stalingrad northwest of that
city and also along the souther-
lY area, but all of If was on a
small scale.
The most extensive fighting
in the last "a hours is still 60
ing on west of this city. The
noon CON nunique said that, up
to that time. the Russians had
captured Is German blockhous-
es. l8 gun emplacements and
had killed 800 Germans.
No changes in the positions of
the Russians and the enemy
have been reported since Yester-
day in the various areas in the
Caucasus.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12
MARIO CASTRO GIVEN
BATTERY ASSIGNMENT
Especial to The Citizen)

FORT BRAGG, N. c., Dec. IL.
Private Mario Castro of 1890
Virginia street, Key West, has
arrived at the Field Artillery
Replacement Training Center.
Fort Bragg, N. c., for basic mill
tary training.
= Private Castro has been as
signed to Battery D, First Bat
talon, First Regiment. After
his initial training he will be
transferred to a field organiza-
ton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12
SURPASSED ALL GAME

NEW YORK-In size and
the bison, which roamed
the western plains of North Am
erica less than a century ago, sur
passed all native American game
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12

DETROIT 49, Every locomotive
IN active service On American
railroads now handles about 3
per cent more ton miles than II
did in 1899.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12
NAz1 PRISONERS UNCLAIMED

OTTAWA-H officially announced today that these Ger
of Canadian prisoners Germany had chains off
official given though
in Germany longer manaced.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12
SENDING SUPPLIES WITHOUT Losses

Observation-Disclosures Somerve speaking about the trans
problems of the United States said
sending supplies all world practically
losses He added that dked hearing
luck had played conveys reaching
TONS Systematic handling of supplies
enemy
aton system. said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12
BATISTA LEAVES
WASHINGTON TODAY
GOING TO NEW YORK
tBy Associated Press)

tby AssOcfateu fFesbt
WASHINGTON. Dec. a.
Fulgeneio Batista. president
of Cuba. left here this morn
g. ing for New York. and is ex-
pected to spend several days
in that city.
President Batista express
ed his delight over the stay
here of four days. Undersec-
rotary Sumner Welles was
at the Union Station to bid
the Cuban president farewell
and good luck.
In the nations. metropolis.
President Batista has an en-
gagement to meet Mayor La
Guardia and other city Off
Gals.
p ,sx2r SSxv AMx xuxp ~n~S sSxw sSy 1892 <Ssr
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12
General Montgomery SBeIieVed
To Have Started About Attack
neutrality-suspicious. hGl
LATE BULLETINS
(By Associated Preskl
UNREST GROWING IN ITALY

LoNDON-Unest growing throughout Italy according to
information received here today During
uprising of 40oo workers complaining about the and
the scarcity of food On another $500
manned strike for three days.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12
PLANES OVER SWITZERLAND

BERNSwitzerland complained today the Axis and the Al
lies that planes passing this
quentY during the last week probably thinking
territory Planes this country
night but bombs dropped
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12
DIPPED UNIFORMS

NEW YORK - British soldiers
in India in 1916 dipped their white
uniforms in muddy water for
camouflage, thereby originating
military khaki.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12
PRICES FOR PACKING ORANGES

LAKELANDThe prices for packing from
IL 20 box and Sill the packing houses unable
enough do the work effort relieve
the seriousness of the situation particularly Polk County
meeting of growers be here tomorrow
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12
BLACKoUTS IN THE WEST

WASINGTONIt announced here today that the most
this country will Monday
the In all the cities black
night night.
different localities of
had its blackout.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12
FREEZE AT 90 DEGREES

WASHINGTON - Potatoes VIII
freeze at 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
but if stored at temperatures
above 40 degrees they viii sprout
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12
TWO KILLED IN POWDER EXPLOSION

WASFIINGTON.-Two killed today explosion
of 5000 pounds of powder the King Powder CoanY
plants Ohio The FB making investigation try
termne the of the explosion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12

as perfect weather. ran into a
heavy Storm over France and
Were forced to return to their
bases. It wasn't the wind that
caused the return. it was said.
but the heavy coating of the
planes wings with ice.
The earlier flight of planes
continued on to Turin and raided
again its industrial centers. Many
of the bombs dropped were su-
per "block-busters".
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-12

Key West, Florida. has the
most equable climate IN the
country; with IN average
ra1ge Of only IL Fahrenheit
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-07
RURAL ELkC TRIO

Large decreases n fund. Wcrc
recommended for the rural cleo
administrator which
mus curtal operations due 20
prloItcS ON materials. Loans
Grants and rural rehabilitation
funds were recommended for
Sl3 $50 i3} decrease and q rcduc-
ton Of $4,000 900 IN rcCunstrtlc-
uon finance loan authority due
10 improved economic condition.
An annual SIS 10000 apPro-
prIauon for the disposal Of sur
plus commodities Wa> eliminated
although tins was partially offset
by S}A 27O4ll increase IN a
permanent appropriation for fho
anne ulrpo>o Tins reduction "a~
seen d> possibly causing CtftII-
mort %, food stamp. school lunch
and penny milk programs.
Remainder oi the department
appropriation 'tt W W In- came
MAINLY from SUCH research and
administrative organization, as
the bureaus OF plant and animal
industry
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-07

tentatively carmarked for the two
agencies
Mr. Roosevelt declared how
ever that IT is probable that the
entire amount will not he needed.
and that he viii not send specific
recommendations on youth-ald 10
Congress until next Spring.
Abiding 10 the postwar period
Mr.. Roosevelt said that the ma
tons capacity 10 carry 4 large
national debt without undue hard
ship" depends mainly on the ability
to maintain a high level OF en-
ploymcnt and income
In The concluding paragraph 81
his message, tho President dc.
clarcd
Il am confident that by
prompt action We shall control
the price development now and
that We shall prevent the re-
cuTrence of "A deep depression IN
the postwar period. There need
he no fiscal barriers TO our war
effort and To victory"