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Evening star., 1942-11-08
A Tip From Marcy
On Teen.Ase Styles
HOLLYWOOD

Marcy Mcclure, the befreckled,
teen-age, red-headed lass who is
Hollywood's latest find, is this week
bouncing in and out of New Yorks
modish shops in crescendo of obs
and abs. But she has no intention
of putting aside her old saddle shoes,
her ankle socks. her belted and
pleated skirts for the tempting
f1nery on display. She, as BELTS her
years, affects between-age clothes
neither jitterbug nor quite junior
miss.
Yesterday an obscure singer and
today in the swim of success through
her surprisingly good performance in
her film debut in Seven Days
Leave" Marcy rushed East with her
mother for vacation the moment
she tucked away the contract RKO
Radio gave her. Msrcy's mother
would like to see her daughter
change into regular shoes-not out
of maternal pride or fear Of a wide
Evening star., 1942-11-08
By James T. Carter.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
The show was rolling along nois-
lily. so noisily that only one man
heard the shrek of a man and the
howl Of dog backstage.
keenan, Wynn knew what the
sounds meant. Because of repeated
thefts in the dressing rooms, he had
brought his dog, boxer and plenty
tough, to stand guard.
keenan, raced to his dressing
room just in time to see the in
truder fleeing. He quieted the dog,
hied himself back to the stage.
No one in the audience had missed
him-that's how fast he moves.
Speed is what this son Of Ed
Wynn, the perfect fool, lives for,
both on stage and off.
At 26 he has overcome the buga-
boo of being the son of famous
entertainer; he has worked up from
summer stock scene shifter to i'm
portant roles in more than 100
shows.
Likes Stage and Screen.
Besides the current play, Strip
for Action" he's in the current mo-
ton pictures, Somewhere I'll Find
You" and For Me and My Gal"
He did so well in the latter in which
Judy Garland is starred, that they
want him back in Hollywood for the
next Garland picture.
Sure, I'm going back" he said
the day I dropped in on him in his
dressing room at the National The
ater. Keep moving, do another
picture, another radio show, another
play-tast's my motto. He who hes
itates is lost, and all that, you know. y
About his offStage speed:
He's bug on fast cars, speedboats
and, until he nearly lost his life in
the last of three major airplane
crashes, he used to thunder across
the skies as well as highways and
rivers.
At one time he owned seven for
eign-made cars, which he bought
second hand and "souped up" tc
go as fast as 100 miles an hour. In
1884 he won the Hearst Trophy by
circling Manhattan Island-40 miles
lin 80 minutes in one of his three
sreedboats.
The war has slowed him up-but
not too much.
Down to a Ford.
1--WE only got Ford now" he
said. "You ought to see it. I cut
inches off the top and jazzed up
the engine so I can still travel fast
enough to get out of your way"
Recently he got his dates mixed
Evening star., 1942-11-08
The Heavens Become
Weighted Down
HOLLYWOOD.

dOLbY WOJO.
More than 900 persons were at
work today on a single picture. set
ting a new all-time high in Holly
wood production activity. None OF
the number was included in the ex-
ira ranks.
The film is Warner Bros THANK
Your Lucky Stars" which has cast
that includes every important player
on the lot, from Bette Davis to the
newest stock-contract girl.
Two units were at work before the
cameras, four were rehearing and
two additional units were preparing
to rehearse. The 600 included play
ers, production aides, musicians,
technicians, dialogue experts, writ
ers, cameramen, soundmen, elec-
tricians, carpenters and all the rest
of crew workers who go to make up
a production unit.
Eddie Cantor, Joan Leslie and
Dinah Shore comprise the stars now
at work before the cameras, with
more and more to come later.
Evening star., 1942-11-08
Keenan, Wynn Gets Around
On Stage and Off He Practices
Speed in Every Form

and agreed to appear at two Army
shows the same day. One was at
Camp Upton. way out on Long
Island; the other at Fort Monmouth
in New Jersey.
The mistake didn't dismay him.
Listen" he told the man arrang-
ing for his appearances. I'll do both
the same day-if they'll give me a
jeep to get from Upton to Mon
mouth"
They did. And he did.
keenan, said that as soon as his
next picture is finished he wants to
get into the service He would have
been in the Army Air Force long
ago, he said, if his wife, the former
Eve Abbott, herself an actress
hadn't put thumbs down on any
more flying.
so I'm going to try for the Navy
I'm thinking maybe I can get as
signed to one Of those fast PI
boats"
ASSOCIATED Press)
Evening star., 1942-11-08

rlrrsrAcr AT THE BALLET-rrinn Bdronoua and Anna
bele uon turn In surprise to face maynard
behind the scenes OF Ballet Theater presentation The Misses
rrannrn cnd ,nn Russinn American respectively
uo Of the more poplar OF the cast Of red rationale
ties Comprising the Utch comes TO Constitution Hdu
November 1913 -
Evening star., 1942-11-08

money, but Paul Whiteman holds
the Sun record. He got $10,500 a
week.
On Business Basis.
Gus drove his business hard and
exactingly. The act that didn't
click was Cancelled at once, and the
act that was worth more money got
it. He became one of the greatest
users of telephone and telegraph
facilities. A direct telephone trunk
line hooked directly into his Offices
in 10 cities and telegraph messen-
gers here were so burdened they
became known as Gus Suns Boys.
But the show houses got the acts
they wanted, the troupers got their
money, and Gus got his cut
Down the mad 20's he steered
the vast operations and then the
sound films hit him with sledge-
hammer. Vaudeville crumbled.
There has been some semblance Of
revival in recent years. but for all
intents and purposes the true vaude-
vile is gone. Gus says:
Tab shows and name bands with
vaudeville will stay, yes. But not
the vaudeville that ended with
sound pictures. There's not enough
capable performers left to attract
the customers and costs would be too
high"
Gus doesn't spend as much time
in the Office as he once did. He
turned much of the work over to
Gus, jr.. and does a lot OF hunting
and fishing and travelling down
South during the winter. His wife
the former Nellie Alfredo, whom he
married in 1898, once was in one Of
his shows. They have two other
children.
From Lowly Start.
He was born in Toledo 73 years
ago of German immigrant parents
His father died when Gus was
young and the boy grew up in g
small hotel his mother operated
One day an itinerant juggler stopped
there and Gus learned how to throw
three balls in the air and keer
them there, and from then on HI
was a Snowman. At 20 he joined tn.
Summerville and Lee Circus a
Chicago and two years later organ
lied with his three brothers th'
Sun Bros Great United Show
and Trained Animal Exhibition, F,
grandiloquent name indeed for tn
50-foot round top the show carried
Gus sold out in 1898, formed th'
Gus Sun American Minstrels ant
toured to the West Coast. On,
night In Sacramento a man salt
that Sid Grammar was co'nini
money with dime vaudeville ent
Gus hunched closer. -.
| (A-5ociated Press)
Evening star., 1942-11-08
Sea Journey
Revealed Much
To Announcer
George Hicks, Wanted
L0w.D0wn on Men
He Interviews
NEW YORK.

Deep in the recesses Of New York's
Radio City there is q Blue Network
studio where for some months men
Of all nationalities spilled tales Of
the horrors of war on the high seas.
Each day these men of the sea would
tell the world of how they survived
torpedoing, bombing and blood
letting, and of how their shipmates
died within sight of their own eyes.
Listening to the stories of these
men was George Hicks, announcer
of the Blues news and special events
bureau. A tall, rugged man who
had gone to sea as youth, who
had covered the globe time and
again with his microphone, Hicks
one day decided he had enough Of
listening to the stories Of these
heroes Of the navies and merchant
marines of the United Nations. And
so he informed his chief that he
would do no more interviews Of
these men of the sea until he had
gone through the same perils, faced
the same enemy, and If need be,
suffer the same fate.
Ordinary Seaman.
That was two months ago. Ar
rangements were made quietly with
the United States Navy Department
to have him placed aboard a war
ship on active duty. He was told
bluntly that he would be given no
special consideration. He was to
share and share alike with the crew,
come hell, come high water. That's
okay with me-" said Hicks.
And so, one night George Hicks
became the first radio reporter to
accompany convoy to far-of sea
frontier. He took his place on a
tight little destroyer first, a sub
chaser later, and started to live the
life Of the men Of the sea. What
occurred on that trip Is now a part
Of the records, made public by him
on the program Men of the Land,
Sea and Air" How he and even
hardened tars became deathly sea-
sick; the two Sioux Indian brothers
from a South Dakota reservation
strange folk for q seacraft: the
heart-stopping submarine scares.
Daredevil Sub.
And then the story Of the ma
chinist's mate on board: Eighteen
Of us got away just before our ship
went down. The sub surfaced. The
officer questioning us wore enough
gold braid to sink this here ship.
Then with a smile as broad as this
he ordered a machine gun up on
deck. We just sat there. We
couldn't believe it. But when he
ordered fire, naturally we all dived
into the bottom of the boat.
Those on the top got 1t. He kept
circling us, until he'd shot the life
boat to pieces. That's what I want
you to put in your broadcasts-how
brave these Germans we're at first,
with a helpless lifeboat. But now
that we got armed conveys. they
don't come within miles of us"
OF the 18 survivors, eight got out
alive. 1t took Hicks four weeks on
the high seas to learn what made
these men tick. For all his sea-
sickness, all his discomfort. all his
peril, he secured material for a
mere 80 minutes of air time. But
he accomplished his mission.
IT know now what I wanted to
know" he says. Next time talk
to one Of these men on my program,
Ill understand what they're talk
ing about. And I guess maybe now
they'll feel little easier. knowing
that the man with the microphone
is something more than a question
| box. It was well worth it,"
Evening star., 1942-11-08
New Variation
On Flag.Waving

To Abbott and Costello, whose
new NBC series is Thursday night
feature, goes credit for originating
the idea Of devoting one spot in
each of their pictures to the dis
play of the American flag. Stunt
starts with the filming Of their new
est flicker, "It Amt Hay"
Evening star., 1942-11-08
Sammy Hayes Bend
Booked at Capitol

Sammy Kaye and his orchestra,
currently providing melodies on the
Palace screen in Iceland" will ap-
pear in person on the stage at
Loew's Capitol starting Thursday,
November IL.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
Youth Sentenced
To Jail, Farm Job
Or Enlistment

Douglas Watkins, 18, Of Cedar
Grove, Md, was given the option OF
90 days in jail, an equal period
working on a farm or immediate
enlistment in the armed forces when
he was brought before Trial Magis-
trate Albert E. Brault at Bethesda
on charge Of stealing a naval Of
fcer's cap.
The youth pleaded guilty yester-
day to the charge and decided to
work on the farm Of an uncle,
Arthur L. Watkins, in upper Mont
gomery County. He indicated he
intended to enlist in the Army at
the end of that time, however.
Court attaches were careful not
to reveal the name of the naval Of
f1cer and Judge Brault did not ques-
ton him by name when he testified.
When released in the custody of
his uncle, Watkins was told by Judge
Brault that he would be required to
serve 80 days in Jail if he left his
uncle's farm for any reason during
that period, except to enlist in the
armed services.
The youth told the court he con-
cealed the officers cap under his
coat and carried it from the Be-
thesda Inn, but said It was handed
to him by another boy who has since
left the county.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
Ruling May Guide Policy
On Deserving Seamen
Fy the Associated Press.

Fy the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 29.-Future
pohcy OF the United States Immi-
grafton Service regarding deserting
seamen may be based on a ruling
OF Federal Judge w. Calvin Ches-
nut, who declared immigration off,
clals could not return such men to
the site Of their governments-in-
exile.
Judge Chestnut, in a decision an
nomced yesterday in the case of
Stamatis Nikolaou Moraitis. a Greek
seaman, said he must either be re-
turned to his native country or be
allowed to remain In this country.
immigration officials, however,
may hold deserting seamen without
bail for "a reasonable time, and In
this case. a year would not seem
too long" Judge Chestnut added.
Existing statutes clearly define
the originating country territorially
and not that country's government, !"
the jurist ruled. They indicate, he
said, that deserting seaman must
be returned ito the country from
whence he came"
Moraitis has been working in a
Baltimore restaurant operated by
his brothers. He admitted at an
August IS hearing that he had
overstayed his shore leave after ar.
irving here In 1899.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
Hearing on Plane Collision
Near Rockville Concluded
Special Dispatch to The Star

special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Aug. 29.-After
hearing testimony of several wit
nesses yesterday q board Of inquiry
Of the Civil Aeronautics Board in
vestigating the crash of two training
planes near here last Saturday.
which resulted in the death of two
occupants Of one of the planes, sus-
pended the hearing without reaching
a decision and indicated that It
would be reopened If any additional
evidence Is uncovered.
LEY Sandford McCrosky, instruc-
tor, and his student, Lewis G. Reiss
Of Baltimore, were killed. Both were
from the Congressional Airport
School Of Aeronautics. Mr.. Reiss was
captain Of the 1882 football team at
the University Of Virginia.
Among those who testified were
Arthur Klein, 23, an instructor in
the second plane involved in the COL
lsion; Arthur c. Hyde, owner and
operator Of the flying school, and
Ambrose E. Partin, Rockville auto
mobile dealer, who lives near the
scene of the crash.
CAB officials who conducted the
hearing were William K. Andrews,
jr., chief Of the accident investiga-
tion section; Julian Wagy, safety in
spector; Jesse w. Lankford, analysis
section, and Walter Hinton, reports
editor.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
Bea|| Reported in Debt
To Small Loan Firms

Police reported today that Capt.
Lawrence r. Beall, 46-year -old
Metropolitan Police Department chief
clerk wanted for embezzlement. was
in debt 5000 to two small loan
companies.
Each company holds promisory
notes signed by Capt. Beall to the
amount of $500, police said. Both
notes were due last week, before
he mysteriously disappeared the
night Of August 81 to become the
object Of a Nation wide search.
It was revealed late yesterday that
shortages In funds under control
OF Capt Beal1, known TO be a rabid
race horse bettor," according to
police, totaled IS, ,261 IS, on the basis
Of preliminary report made by
A. r. Pilkerton, District auditor.
Police continued their intensive
search today for the missing cap
tain, but could advance no new
theories as to his possible where
abouts.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
Sub Menace Checked,
1t. BortheImess Believes
b. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SALISBURY. Md, Aug. 29.-The
Axis submarine menace off the
Maryland Eastern Shore has been
definitely checked" 1t. Richard
Barthelmess, former motion picture
star, believes.
1t. Barthelmess, speaking last
night on a Nationwide broadcast
Of the Commute radio show "This Is
Navy Norfolk" originating from
Salisbury Armory, said the submarine
menace had been checked ALTHOUGH
1t is naturally still therat due to
increased offensive activities"
About 1000 persons jammed the
Armory for the program, during
which three Salisbury men were
sworn In as Navy recruits, climaxing
a three-day drive in which 100 men
in this section enlisted.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
Pleo to Buy Less
Causes Rush to Stores

Women in Johannesburg. South
Africa. were denounced as ration
crazy because they responded to an
appeal to buy less. made to them by
E. ]. Henderson, president Of the As
sociation Of Chambers of Commerce,
by raiding the stores. They saw in
the request hint that new short
ages were near.
They were spurred on to the
crazy" rush by rumors Of many
kinds Of rationing to come. Arti-
cles most priced by shoppers are
shoes, toilet articles and haberdash-
cry. Clerks in the shoe stores were
unable to cope with the crush of
shoppers.
Some stores instituted rationing
systems of their own, but this was
Intellectual because the women has
tened to shops that imposed no re-
strictions.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
Woman Among II Czechs
Executed by Germans
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN From German Broad
casts, Aug. 29.-Eleven Czechs, in
cluding one woman, were executed
Wednesday after a German court
found them guilty OF high treason,
an official announcement in Prague
said last night.
Eight of those condemned, in
cluding the woman, played prom
inent role in a secret organization
plotting against the Reich" the
Berlin radio said. 1.-THE other three
were found guilty of espionage
against Germany"
This group apparently included
nine former Czech general staff
officers which the exiled Czech gov
ernment in London said had been
executed at Prague on similar
charges.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
Blanket O. K. Is Seen
For Warden Trainind

(From Yesterdays Late Editions.)
Blanket approval of the courses
air raid wardens have been taking
was given today by OCD Director
of Training Paul F. Douglass when
he announced those who have COM
pleted the required hours of train
ing will be certified.
Principles established at a con-
ference between DR.. Douglass, Col.
Lemuel Bolles and Chief Warden
william J. Mileham earlier this
week will result in Immediate ofi-
cial Federal certification OF thou
sands OF trained and experienced
air raid wardeuG," Dr.. Douglass 60
nou1ced.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
Evidence Sent BiddIe
On Bund Chiefs Widow
e! the Associated Press.

e! the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE,, Aug. 29.-Evidence
taken before an enemy alien hear
ing board here against Mrs. George
Froeboese, widow Of the former Ger
man-American Volksbund leader,
charged In a presidential warrant
with being dangerous alien, was
sent to the Attorney Generals Office
in Washington yesterday for dispo-
sition.
United States District Attorney B.
J. Husting said the boards recon-
mendation could not be made public
until Attorney General Biddle made
q decision In the case.
Mrs. Froeboese, whose husband
committed suicide several months
ago in Indiana by stepping in front
of a train, is held by Federal au-
thorities.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
Legion Delegates
To Elect Maryland
Officers Today
Auxiliary Also to Vote;
IS Divisions March
In Cumberland Porude
BY the Associated Press.


CUMBERLAND, Md, Aug. o.
Delegates to the oath annual Mary
land American Legion Department
Convention neared the end Of their
four-day meeting today with elec-
ton OF officers and selection of q
1043 convention city the only major
items Of business before adjourn
ment.
The contest for department. COM
mauder apparently rested between
Daniel r. McMullen, Cumberland
attorney, and DR.. Herbert Blake Of
Baltimore. The retiring commander
Is Roy L. Pyle of Havre de Grace.
Auxiliary Election.
In a separate meeting Of the
Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. John c.
Bohemia Of Baltimore was assured
Of election as president. She was
nominated yesterday along with
other auxiliary members. all un-
opposed. ~
The 40 and 8 Society elected
Charles F. Feete, Frederick, grand
chef de gare.
A crowd estimated by Cumberland
police at 10000 persons lined the
streets last night to witness the col
orful parade, high light Of the pub
lie entertainment program.
There were IS divisions In the
parade and besides Legionnaires,
marchers included State Guard
units. Maryland Minute Men COM
panies and the Civil Air Patrol.
Resolution Approved.
The Legion yesterday unanimously
approved resolution favoring
throwing open its ranks to the vet
Grams Of the present world conflict.
The approval of the motion ended
what had been foreseensas one of
the most controversial questions to
be taken up at the present annual
convention.
The delegates upheld the action
OF the Resolution Committee in re-
jecting resolutions offered by the
Fort Cumberland Post, No. Is, re-
garding the elimination Of aliens
from public payrolls, publication of
the names Of enemy aliens and call
ing on candidates for public office
to waive deferment from military
service.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
Search for Two 'Chutisfs,
Reported in Virginia, Fails
Bs the Associated Press.

b the AS60c1ateQ PrecS.
BERRYVILLE, Va, Aug. 30
Searching parties, who for two days
have been seeking two parachutists
reported dropped in the Chilly Hol-
low section of Clarke County, failed
to find any evidence of such land
ings.
Reports Thursday to Sheriff Robert
Buckner by Joseph Reed, an employe
at North Hill, farming and hunt
ing estate, that he had seen two
men land by parachute, started
Clarke County officers on a search
Of the countryside and into the
nearby Blue Ridge Mountains.
The North Hill estate overlooks
the Shenandoah River at Castle
mans Ferry.
Reed was quoted as having told
Sheriff Buckner that he was posi-
tive he had seen two parachutists
drop into the Chilly Hollow area
Thursday and later he guided State
and county officers to the vicinity.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
Married Men S
Officer School
Chance Slight
Druftees Here Fuce
Jommed Quotes in
Volunteer Corps

Spurred by the prospect Of early
induction. married men are delug-
Ing local selective service head
quarters with calls about the vol
unteer officer candidate program,
but their chances of entering the
Army as officer candidates instead
OF selectees appeared slim today.
"The VOC quotas have been small
and there is no reason to believe
they will be boosted. q draft
spokesman said. 'If the quotas
continue on the same basis, 1t will
be six months before we reach the
end Of our present list"
Local draft headquarters has al
ready estimated it will have to call
married men as early as Decembef.
Acceptances Total log.
OF the 146 men who applied for
Induction as volunteer officer can
didates between May Is and July /,
the total accepted has been 106.
Nine were rejected, 40 cases are still
doubtful and the remaining men
either enlisted or withdrew their ap-
plications.
As soon as the 20 cases have been
definitely determined, which is ex-
pected some time next week. lot
terry Of the whole group, probably
to be around lis men, will be held
to determine the order in which
they viii be sent to I'LL monthly
quotas.
Thirteen men will be sent to III
Ave July and eight August vacancies
The Septomber quota has not yet
been set, but Is expected to be
no higher than quotas Of previous
months.
Since the men must be classified
In 3-A at the time they are in
Quoted as volunteer ofIicer candi-
dates, some Of those accepted may
be taken In as selectees before they
are reached under the small
monthly VOC quotas, q draft
spokesman said.
Although there have been q num-
Der Of applications since July /
none Of these men have been sent
for physical and psychological ex-
aminations to determine If they are
possible officer material. They
probably will not be sent for several
months because Of the large pool
OF men already accepted.
Go Through Training.
Volunteer officer candidates who
are accepted go through the regula,
basic training course and, II they are
still acceptable, go on to officers
training school. On graduation, they
would be commissioned second lieu
tenants.
II they fail along the line, they
have been given the choice Of re-
naming in the Army as privates OF
returning to civilian life until theil
local draft boards start calling the
class Of men to which they belong.
Since married men will be going
into the Army under the draft In a
few months, however, the chances
that ga men who fail to make the
grade as officer candidates will re-
turn to civilian life, for any length
Of time are small.