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Evening star., 1942-11-24
Judge Orders Mental Hearing
For Mrs. Nancy Hoyt Curtis
Show-Couse Rule Issued by Justice Mcclure;
Sociote to Be Detained at Hospital % Doys

A rule to show cause why Mrs.
Nancy Hoyt Curtis, 40, of 1701
Rhode Island avenue NV,
should not be adjudged of un-
sound mind was issued in Dis
trict Court yesterday by Justice
Matthew F. MCGUIRE.
Mrs Curtis family has been
socially prominent here for many
years.
Justice MCGUIRE issued the rule
following a petition filed by Police
man Randolph Lee Guy of No. 3
precinct, who said he took Mrs. Cur
tis into custody in front of her
home Saturday. She was in a
highly nervous state" and was
talking "incoherently," the court
was told.
Justice MCGUIRE ordered the pc
tition referred to the Commission
on Mental Health, which is to re-
port its findings and recommended
tions to the court before November
80. The jurist directed that Mrs.
Curtis be detained in Gallinger
Hospital for % days pending fur
ther order of the court.
The social and marital career of
Nancy Hoyt Curtis, whose father
was Solicitor General during the
Taft administration, was talked
about over teacups in the postwar
decade.
In 1923, only few hours before
her marriage to 1t Frederick Wise
man-Clarke of the British Navy, the
dark-eyed debutante changed her
mind. The Englishman sailed for
home on the next boat.
Miss Hoyt became the bride three
years later of. Gerald Alastair
Wynne-Wynne, from whom she was
separated four months later. Her
third husband was Boston banker,
Evening star., 1942-11-24
Ford Workers Strike
In Canada, Protest
Pay for Women
1000 to $500 Are Out
At Plants Engaged
On War Orders
By tie Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WINDSOR. Ontario, Nov. a.
Between 1000 and $500 employees
Of the Ford Motor Co. of Canada
walked off their Jobs today in a
protest which United Automo-
bile Workers Union officials said
was directed against the COM
panyS recent employment of
women at less than the rates
formerly paid to men.
There were reports that some 1000
other employers on two later shifts
also would walk out.
The strike started this morning
with walkout of more than 1000
employees of one department of the
Ford Plant No. /, and spread by
noon to Plants No. 2 and 4, virtually
closing down operations.
A union statement said "the action
OF the workers reflects a growing
dissatisfaction with the war often
sive of the Government and its fail
ure, after long delay, in making
decision on the recent action of the
company in employing women at
less pay for jobs formerly done by
men"
Union sources said the entire day
shift of $500 employees walked out
OF the three plants. A statement by
the company gave the number of
strikers as 1000.
The Ford plants are engaged on
war orders. The company has ap-
piled to the regional War Labor
Board for permission to hire women
workers at starting rate of so
cents an hour, and union officials
opposed the application.
Canadian Press said the union
was understood to have asked a
starting rate of rs cents an hour.
Evening star., 1942-11-24
Late Races
Selections and Entries for
morrow, Page 2-X.
Bowie
Bowie

~ FOURTH EAcE,I7Purse $1,000: claim.
in9, ph9, s-yeas .olds liz miles
Isle Do Pine .(cisErett) '0 192 10 99.s9S 99s9
onT Ttm.i nhk .sS ,sSShnsman) 500
Also ran-Fueso. Company Rest, sh.n.
FIFTH RACE-Purse, $1,000: allow.
q s1SSss: 2-yesr-olds: 8 furlonss
csIisniti IHieniin w;.ch ;a.clhinEVmanl 1V ll.5O $50 2.sc
Tfinnt Time. In Mt'o 'H'enzD 2.7o
, Al Also san.Baby Darling. Red Level and
aW. H. Observation-Disclosures entry.
, SIXTH RACE-Purse, $1,000; claiming:
SSiryear-olds and up: furlonss.
Bay Carse fMora) 350 AID
Weatherfte tBracciale) 3s4
49, Also ran-Little Monarch. wilton. Red
Wrack. Bull Reixh.
ing; 3-year-olds and up; Y miles.
Satin Cap CTammaro) $40 $40 oao
Spoonbread tClaggett) 7.6O 400
Caumsett lClingman) $40
Also ran0bress Boot. Tamil, R..o-
lutte II.
E0HTH RAcE-Purse. $1,000: claim.
Rn,. ina; syssr-olSs 1ris. ,.nT ,nd up; miles -.
ssHsseis ssss Rostss s. tciaam.n' tcaninm:TS' 1910 S sS
Also ls' rsn@sk, s Soldier. "A s.lis, DING.
mans. Biscayne Blue, Old River, Bolivar.
Creepy Mouse and Brooklandvills.
Evening star., 1942-11-24
IhreeSentenced
ToChair for
Aiding Haupt
Wives Of Chicago
Trio Get rs Years
And $4,000 Fines
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-Three
men who became American citi-
zens in name only were SEN
fenced to death today for trea-
son. Their wives, convicted with
them, were each fined $4,000
and sentenced to Is years i'm
prisonment.
Federal Judge William j. Camp.
bell called them "Pawns of Hitler,
and in fixing their punishment he
said, This is war of people against
people. as well as cannon against
cannon. To endanger the home
front, therefore. is as treasonable as
the act of spiking our guns in the
face of the enemy
The white-faced defendants, who
heard their sentences without ap-
parent emotion. were proved to have
aided and comforted Herbert Hans
Haupt, one of the six Nazi saboteurs
executed in Washington August 8.
They were Haupt's parents, Hans
and Erna Haupt; his uncle and aunt,
Walter and Lucille Froehling, and
two friends of the family, Otto and
Kate Wergin.
"No Priorities on Mercy"
Counsel has urged mercy for the
prisoners before the bar, particu-
larly in the cases of the three wom-
en- as mothers" Judge Campbell said
as he soberly read his 1,200-word
statement. There are no priorities
on mercy. Like justice, it is the
common hope of all.
In weighing the mercy pleas for
the women here involved it also has
been incumbent on the court to con-
slider the millions of suffering
mothers of the boys who are fighting
this war for us. And the mothers
who must toll in aluminium and
powder plants or on production lines
in constant danger from saboteurs
mothers who had equal rights to
consideration with the prisoners
here.
These defendants by their acts
have thus forfeited any right to
consideration as mothers. N
Degree of Guilt.
-~s'ItsWas apparent that each
of the woman defendants. though
knowing the seriousness and evil
nature Of her actions, undoubtedly
followed the leadership of her hus-
band. This being true, the court
recognizes distinction between the
husbands and the wives degree of
guilt =" Judge Campbell said.
In the case of the husbands, the
evidence shows deliberate adhering
and giving aid and comfort to an
enemy in time of war. To coun-
tenance such conduct by leniency
while our Nation fights for its very
existence would be such dereliction
of duty as would be second only to
the treason thus condoned."
The three middle-aged couples
were convicted by a jury of eight
women and four men.
Die in Chair January %.
The convicted men and women
listened with their eyes glued on the
judges face. They heard the men
sentenced to be electrocuted jan
uary %. They heard the women
condemned to spend most of the
rest of their lives in prison. And
then they leaned back in their
chairs. Wergin leaned across the
two chairs that separated him from
Evening star., 1942-11-24
Army Officer Accused
By l7-Yeur-OId Girl
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 24.-Lt. James
B. Nichols, "a. of Dallas, Tex.
Army Air Forces officer stationed
at Camp HolAbird, was ordered
held for grand jury action on a
criminal assault charge involving a
17-year -old girl today after q hear
ing before Police Magistrate Elmer
j. Hammer.
Nichols, who appeared with his
uniform stripped of Army insignia,
was held without bail.
The girl who accused Nichols told
Magistrate Hammer that she ac-
companied the officer unwillingly
from a dance at downtown hotel
to the officer's room.
Nichols made no statement.
Evening star., 1942-11-24

Edward Dawson Curtis. from whom
she was divorced in 1923.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Curtis wrote for
the Smart Set and later, in best
selling novel, referred to Washing
ton as beautiful but dumb"
Her brother, Henry NJ Hoyt, jr.,
a portrait painter, committed suicide
in 1920, and her sister, Mrs. Elinor
Hoyt Hichborn Wylie Benet, was a
thrice married poetess who ran away
from her first husband, Philip HIGH
born. son of Rear Admiral Philip
Hichborn.
Evening star., 1942-11-24
By the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
PEORIA, ILL.,, Nov. 24.-Residents
Of Peoria and its suburbs got to
work this morning In one way or
another-a few by horse or pony
despite the fact huge proportion
Of automobiles with licenses ending
in odd numbers were kept At home
in rubber conservation trafac test
by the Once of Defense Transpor-
tation.
At noon sponsors Of the one -day
test, which was designed to see II.
workers could get to their places
OF employment with . greatly re-
duced number Of autos, said 1t was
too early to announce any definite
conclusions, but checkers reported
that the workers got to work and
that cooperation had been good.
Evening star., 1942-11-24
SPREADS in WIDE TUN|S|A AREA
Georgia Court Begins Trial
OF Former Gov. Rivers
Judge Refuses to Delay EmbezzIement
Case After Studying Decision Overnight
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Nov. pa 12-man
jury was seated today to hear
evidence in the trial OF former
Gov. E. D. Rivers on a charge of
embezzling $66,119 in State
funds.
The jury was selected after Judge
Virlyn B. Moore of Fulton (Atlanta)
Superior Court had refused to grant
a postponement requested by Rivers.
First State witnesses in the trial
were summoned to testify this aft
ernoon.
Judge Moore overruled the con-
tinuance plea entered by Rivers yes
terday after taking it under advise
ment overnight.
Evening star., 1942-11-24
Tire Dealer Bill Reported
BY the Associated Press.

The Senate Banking Committee
today approved legislation which
Senator Ellender. Democrat, of
Louisiana declared would help keep
100000 independent tire dealers in
business by making them ofIicial tire
inspectors and giving them the ex-
elusive right to sell and service tires
and tubes.
Evening star., 1942-11-24
Aircraft Firm Acquires
Nash h-KeIvinotor Project

By the Associated Press
Navy ofhcials said today that the
Consolidated Aircraft Corp. had &C
quired a former Nash-Kenvinator
construction project now nearing
completion at New Orleans to man
ufacture there new model Navy
patrol plane.
Ofncials said construction Of the
plant was well under way"
Evening star., 1942-11-24
Merchant Vessel Sunk

The Navy announced today that
a medium sized United States mer-
chant vessel had been torpedoed and
sunk by an enemy submarine in
mid-Atlantic during the middle of
October and that survivors have now
been landed at United States East
Coast port.
Evening star., 1942-11-24
Nozis Report Landings
At Tunision Ports
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 24.-The Vichy
radio said large formations of Ger
man and italian troops landed today
at the Eastern Tunisian ports OF
Sfax and Gabes.
The ports are key points along the
coastal road between Tunis and
Tripoli, where Axis infiltrations
against French resistance have been
reported as the Germans sought to
forge link between their North
ern Tunisian foothold and Libya..
Gabes is midway between Tunis
and Tripoli and Sfax is some IS
miles farther north.
Activity Limited.
The Berlin radio broadcast a
DNB dispatch giving this German
account of the situation in Tunisia:
"The activity of Axis forces in
Tunisia is limited to securing the
district occupied until now and to
bringing up further troops and war
material so as to fortify this bridge
head on the North African coast.
which is the strongest by nature.
"A railway line leading along the
Tunlsian coast in southern direc-
ton and roads leading into the in
terror are in Axis hands and make
1t possible to distribute all supplies
quickly.
THE daily growing strength OF
the Axis air forces especially i'm
pairs the advance of British and
American troops -
The broadcast said lov-f1vinp
Axis bombers had attacked trains
leaving a station on the Algerian.
Tunisian border.
Continuous air attacks against
airdromes which led to the destruc-
ton OF a considerable number Of
planes and hangers already has
forced the British and Americans to
transfer their airdromes further
back" 1t added.
Foothold Extended.
Allied and Axis reports agreed the
Germans and Italians had extended
their Tunisian foothold southwark.
but an Allied spokesman said there
was no evidence that they were
linked up with Axis forces at Tripoli. =.
The spokesman said the Axi,
troops were extending south along
gulf, which was presumed in Lon
don to be the Gulf of Gabes where
enemy landings were made earlier.
A Berlin broadcast claimed the
Axis threw the Allies back to the
coast at an undisclosed point in a
the south. taking a railway junc-
ton. The only junction in that
area Is Graiba, on the coastal rail q
line running south from Tunis to
Gabes.
Evening star., 1942-11-24
Cruiser Hit, Nuzis Claim

BERLIN (From German Broad
casts, Nov. "a (P).-DNB reported
today that German submarine
had scored two torpedo hits Sunday
night on a cruiser off Dram and
added that "the sinking of the
cruiser may be assumed"
Evening star., 1942-11-24

The communique reported that
bombers have also carried out night
raids on Bizerte and Tunis. None
of the American planes is missing
or lost in either the bomber raid or
fighter attack near Gabes, it was
said.
French patrols are also active in
the southern sector, the communi-
que added.
Local engagements" have been
going on between Axis forces and
the advance units of the Allied at
tackinQ force in T1lnisia
Evening star., 1942-11-24
u. S.-French Forces
Drive Back German
Advance Near Port


ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA Nov.
A-Fghting spread greater Tunsa today
the form OF local engagements American-French
force drove back German advance southwest Of
Tunls and the British battered similar Axis to the
north along the Mediterranean coast it was disclosed
tonight.
Long-range American fighters P-38 Lockheed Light
nngs ranged the whole of southern Tna as far as
the Gulf OF Gabe shooting down four German warplanes
and attacking troop ra advices reaching headquarters
said
Allied parachute troops have repused mechanical
column and have captured prisoners Tuna the War
Department announced today
communlque disclosing this clash reported
Nations fighter planes attacked troop Gabes
Four Axis by fighters the
Evening star., 1942-11-24
Markets at q Glance

NEW YORK, Nov. "a (P.-
Stocks easy: war shares continue
decline. Bonds lower; rails under
pressure. Cotton firm; aggressive
trade buying.
CHICAGO.-Wheat Arm; small
mill buying. Corn higher: fair
shipping business. Hogs slow,
steady to 10 cents lower: top,
1855. Cattle steady to strong;
top, $1725.
Evening star., 1942-11-24
Late News Bulletin
President Won't Name War Production Car

President Roosevelt said late today that no plans
for delegatng supreme authority production sched
ules and ALLEGATION of materials any
believed the present system of having Production
Army Navy problems together is
succeeding well.
Evening star., 1942-11-24

(See TREASON, Page 2-X.J
Evening star., 1942-11-24
Weather Report

Rain today, ending early tonight; continue
cold. Temperatures today-Hiehest, As, at 81
pm; lowest, a, at 1901 am
Evening star., 1942-09-12
Yankee Doodle Dandy Is
Star~Spangled Musical
James Cagney Triumphs in
Recreating Colorful Career
Of George M. Coban in Theater
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY.

George Cohn personally selected
theatrical miones his fabulous choice could
been made
spangled trimmed
charged with the aecone sentiment
lives OF this famous family of the theaer.
This life
Evening star., 1942-09-12

says he will try to help the boy
because the last letter of introduction
from his father in Chicago was
to introduce lad by the name of
Orson Welles.
Bradley has done 16-mm. shorts
Of Peer Gynt" and "Oliyer Twist"
along with a number of short sub
jects. He is looking for a studio
berth, says he understands "the mar
ket is good this year for genius"
He is % and went to Lake Forest.
This may sound like a circus "a
sheet, but at its first sneak preview
this week, "Star Spangled Rhythm"
was declared on many of the au-
dience cards to be "the greatest
piece of entertainment ever to come
out of Hollywood"
If that vrdict is only half correct
it's great piece of news for the
fans and for the film industry. The
picture has been booked for 10 weeks
at the New York Paramount, which
will top any run in the history of
that theater.
1t has 40 names on the main title.
The picture already has both War
ner's and M. G. M. planning similar
all-star musicals and has started q
Evening star., 1942-09-12
world at War
Gives Synopsis
Of World War II
Rise of Aggressors
Graphically Shown
Owl Film.
By ]. w. sTEPP.

Every one privileged to call him.
self citizen of a democracy owes 1t
to himself to see and see again THE
World at War" Now showing at the
Metropolitan, "The World at War" is
a Government production-the first
full-length United States Govern
ment Presents" - comprised ex-
clusively of unaltered newsreels and
what passes for newsreels in the
Third Reich. 1t is a splendid film,
in point of conception and organiza-
ton. Its message is at once grim
reminder of the past 10 years OF
world history and an inspiration to
the free men on whom the future
depends.
In an enterprise of this nature
the Office of War Information and
Producer Samuel Spewack enjoy a
great initial advantage over the
corresponding efforts of the Fascist
regimes, and they exploit it to the
full. They can present an air-tight
case against the enemy merely by
offering the recorded facts. That
Hitler and his mimicking allies must
forever lie and distoft to prove their
"invincibility' and moral right"
shows up in clear contrast in this
Photographic account. 1t is an ele-
ment which gives THE World at
War" the added impact Fascist
propaganda can never hope to
achieve.
THE World at War" strongly in
eliminates, in terms of action, the
Fascist blight on the world. I'M
pressively it opens on the scene at
Pearl Harbor on "the day that will
live in infamy." The carnage
wrought on this outpost of an Amer
lea content to play the role of Sleep
ing giant comes like an ominous
chord introducing the central theme
of the symphony of brute aggression
which was begun 10 years earlier in
Manchuria. From that point the
cameras reveal the development OF
Japan's China Incident" moving
through Italy's gallant assault on
PROSTATE Ethiopia, Germany's blood
less conquest of Central Europe
Spain's sacrifice as guinea pig to the
Italo-German experiment of meth
DDS of modern war.
Then the real" thing breaks be-
| fore the lens. Hitler discards hi.
Evening star., 1942-09-12

new cycle even before it has been
onhcially previewed-another record.
1t took Butch Dudley, aged S, to
stop Mickey Rooney and cold!
Butch is making his screen debut
in The Human Comedy" as
Mickey's brother. Between scenes
Director Clarence Brown asked
Mickey to go over some lines with
the kid.
Mickey piped up with his speech,
but Butch didn't say anything.
Now, what do you say?" Mickey
asked Butch.
The kid pondered his script for a
moment and replied sternly:
Il say what's printed right here. !"
But what does it say?" said
Rooney.
Butch was exasperated.
How do I know" he snapped
"I can't read"
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1942-09-12

ScCi1S W III llttO bIldt nNdGtIlGW T1OUU'
part just as he did into Rhett Butler
in Gone with the Wind We feel
readers and fans generally would
stand for no substitute"
In time to come Johnny Meyer,
erstwhile companion of Enrol Flynn,
will be given full credit for the
merger of Howard Hughes and
Henry Kaiser. 1t was Meyers idea,
Hughes turned it down at first and
acceded only after Johnny kept after
him for months. (. Lionel Barry
more's doctor says mo" to sugges-
tions that he go out on bond-sell-
ing tour. However, Lionel says
yes" and it looks like the elder
Barrymore, wheelchair and all, will
do it in October.
Sonia Henie's newest deal to COM
ply and cope with the wars neces-
sary restrictions will see her recruit
ing her next male skating chorus
from high schools and colleges of
Southern California. For Quota
Girf' she will seek suitable skaters
from students under military age,
They will be trained at her expense
and guaranteed eight weeks work.
Sonia lost % of the 40 male skaters
who appeared with her In Iceland"
Don Thompson, feature editor of
the st. Louis Pest Dispatch, is in
town with his family for their an
nual beach vacation. His presence
revives one of Hollywood's prize
stories.
During 1882 visit, Thompson was
urged by his old friend, Gabe York,
executive for William Fox, to come
out to the then-new Movieton city
lot for lunch. Not particularly in
terested in picture-making Thomp-
son arrived at the Santa Monica gate
and announced his presence. Mean
while, York, called into urgent con-
ference with Fox, had neglected to
make the necessary arrangements
for his guests entrance.
Thompson was sent to three differ
ent gates at far corners of the lot.
At each he was given a stiff third
degree by the studio police. They
regarded him as rank gate-crasher
and said so. Hot, dusty and dis
gusted, Thompson finally walked a
mile to telephone and asked his
wife to come pick him up. Waiting
for her to drive along. he sought
some shade by the curb. AS he
stood mopping his brow under a
big paper tree, studio cop dashed
up, tapped him on the shoulder, and
said:
You can't stand there, buddy
That's a Fox tree"
There is a boy in town by the
name of David Bradley, from Chi
cago, who describes himself as "the
Orson Welles of the 16-mm. camera
He came to Preston Sturges. the
producer writer-director, with g
letter from Sturges' father. Sturges
Evening star., 1942-09-12

man. bundle of self confidence,
nimble feet and heart full of song,
AS Jimmy Cagney recreates him he
becomes an endearing figure, chasing
away life's cares with another tune,
or perhaps another play. The
scenario envelops him as President
Roosevelt is pinning the decoration
awarded by Congress for writing the
marching song of World War I. AS
he tells the President of his career,
the scenes unfold in absorbing Sc
ouence.
Portrays Colorfui Era.
The era of his greatest success
was colorful and dramatic, and
Yankee Doodle Dandy" succeeds
admirably in telescoping its five de-
cades of buoyant theatrical action
into fast moving, song and dance
punctuated sequences.
The picture plucks upon the
heartstrings for Its strongest emo
tional appeal when it conjures the
tender moments which conceived
such romantic lyrics as "Mary's a
Grand Old Name" and so Long,
Mary" For patriotic impact it
would be hard to surpass the hoorah
and feverish swing provided for
You're a Grand Old Flag" nor the
inner surge and thrill that comes
with the birth of over There" at
neighboring Fort Myer. Call it flag
waving de luxe, If you will, but it's
stirring, will make you want to
cheer.
The story is the simple chapters
In the lives of the Four Cohans, a
theatrical family of the gas light
era, who had their lean days in the
side street boarding houses before
George M. found a Tilt in his pen,
that all he needed was pencil to
write play. They we're the -Four
Musketeers of early vaudeville, sing
Evening star., 1942-09-12

The closing text Is devoted TO
our own Nation. at the head Of =
desperate. determined group Of
United Nations. steadily building to
its full strength; its people provid-
ing the weapons and the spirit
necessary to wipe out the Fascist
outrage against humanity and civili-
zation. 1t visualizes the hope and
striving that must be made to eradi-
cate the offense which has been
scared into the courageous hearts of
the Chinese, the English. the RUS
slams and the men who withstood
Bataan and Pearl Harbor. And
those of the unbeaten captive
nations
On the same bill, although quite
unnecessary. is Across the Pacific"
with Humphrey Bogart and Mary
Astor, in its second downtown week.