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Evening star., 1943-09-20
Italians Blow Up Tunnel
Killing Germans on Train
By the Associated Press.

Br the Associated Press.
BERN, Switzerland, Sept. 2O.-A
dispatch from Chambery, France, to
the Tribune De Geneve said today
that Italian forces had blown up the
Italian end of an 800-meter u
mile) tunnel in the Alps while a
German troop train was passing
through.
The dispatch said 80 persons were
killed and $50 wounded and second
smaller Nazi troop train was caught
by sliding rock, caused by the ex-
ploson, and 10 were killed
The tunnel was completely block
ed, the newspaper said, and at least
seven or eight months will be re-
quired to repair the damage.
The dispatch added that a Ger
man armored train was derailed
near Chignin, six miles from Cham
berry, halting traffic in that district
At st. Amour, in the Jura Noun
tains north of Lyon, an explosion
derailed train, blocking the Lyon
Besancon and the Dijon-Geneva
lines.
Evening star., 1943-09-20
Jury Acquits Girl, IA,
Of Staying Grandmother

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 2o.-Four-
teenyear-old Shirley Rosemary
King was acquitted in Criminal
Court today on the charge of slay-
ing her 63year-old grandmother
Mrs. Clara Hancock. on August 3.
On her 14th birthday anniversary
, the young defendant testified, Mrs
Hancock had been drinking and be-
came angry when she Shirley
didn't pass a glass of water at once
when it was asked for.
The grandmother picked up a
broom, the defendant continued. and
struck her with the brush end. Shir-
ley said she grabbed the broom and
struck her grandmother.
Then her grandmother started for
heavier stick-Which she had used
before, the girl said-and Shirley
threw milk bottle which hit Mrs
Hancock on the back of the head.
Mrs. Hancock ran five steps up a
flight of stairs and collapsed, the
girl testified.
Evening star., 1943-09-20
Milwaukee Sedition
Convictions Upheld
By Appeals Court
By the Associated Pres.


ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20.-The United
States Circuit Court Of Appeals to-
day affirmed the conviction of 10
persons affiliated with the Socialist
Workers Party on charges of con-
spring to undermine the loyalty and
discipline OF American soldiers and
sailors.
"A thorough examination OF the
record leaves no doubt as to the
sufflciency of the evidence and as
to the justice of the verdict" Pre-
siding Judge Kimbrough Stone wrote
. in the opinion, concurred in by
: Judges Harvey M. Johnson and Wal
ter c. Riddick.
The defendants were convicted in
Federal District Court in the first
peace time sedition trifa in the Ma
tion's history in Minneapolis by
jury December |, 1941, and Judge
Mathew NJ Joyce sentenced them
to terms ranging from a year and
day to Is months.
The original Indictment named
% persons. Five of them were
acquitted bv Judge joyce and the
trial jury acquitted another five.
Grant Dunno. MINNEAPOLIS labor
leader named in the indictment.
committed suicide three weeks be-
fore the trial,
Those who were convicted and
later appealed were Albert Gold
man, New York attorney, who was
chief defense counsel for the de-
PENDANTS; Vincent Raymond Dunno,
labor union leader of Minneapolis,
James P. Cannon, New York. ma
tional secretary of the party: Felix
Morrow. New York, editor of the
New Militant, official party organ;
Mrs. Grace Carlson, Minneapolis
State organizer, and l3 others, all
either members of or associated
with the Socialist Workers party.
and who we're members of the Twin
Cities minneapolis Paul. Gen.
eral Drivers Union 544.
Evening star., 1943-09-20
examined for available men. was
being discussed on Capitol Hill
Would Permit Restudy.

examined for available men. was
being discussed on Capitol Hill
Would Permit Restudy.
Senator Bridges said he had heard
the one-month postponement talked
Of, but did not know whether it
would reach the point of being of
fered as an amendment to the
Wheeler bill.
Purpose of such a proposal would
be to satisfy members of Congress
who believe the calling of prewar
fathers could be avoided by review
ing occupational deferments and by
easing the physical standards that
have caused rejection of some single
men. At the same time, a 30-day
delay would not prevent the Army
and Navy from getting the men they
Say they must have by December 81
On the other hand. Senator
Gurney, Republican, of South Da-
kota, also a committee member,
doubted that many acceptable Sc
lectees would be found by a review
OF deferred categories, and expressed
the opinion that many married men
with children would rather have the
question settled.
After hearing Gen, Marshall to-
day, the Senate expects to start
debate tomorrow on the Wheeler
bill. The House committee has not
reported out bill, but will go into
closed session tomorrow to weigh
the arguments of selective service
officials that they cannot muster the
100000 men who will be needed in
the next three months without
calling 446, 1000 fathers.
Evening star., 1943-09-20

be somewhere else than where he is,
Gen. Marshall replied.
He had already testified that oy
|. the end of 1914 the United States
expects to have 100000 troops
overseas, and he defended the need
for the remaining 2,70O000 in this
country to maintain the huge sup
ply and training bases.
Hearing Room Jammed.
With Admiral Ernest J. King
commander of the fleet, sitting be-
side him, Gen. Marshall testified
before a jammed hearing room on 2
bill by Senator Wheeler, Democrat
of Montana, to postpone the induc-
ton of pre-Pearl Harbor fathers un-
til after January l. In his preliJni
nary remarks, Gen. Marshall noted
that 1t. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney
deputy chief of staff, had given the
committee many details in opposi-
ton to the bill in previous testi-
mony.
Gen. Marshall said the Army
and 440 new battalions, adding that
four divisions now had only 1,5OC
men each and needed an additional
$4,000 men each.
The general added that 5O,OOC
special troops, including engineers
mechanics and signal corps men
were being shipped to England this
month, along with 600 bomber
crews. These latter, he said, were
not to increase the weight of bomber
participation but to maintain the
operation Of bombers already there
Must Keep Pipeline Filled.
Gen. Marshall said that demands
for bomber crews had been heavier
from England than expected, and
that fatigue. rather than causalies
put pilots out of action in the
Mediterranean theater. He stressed
the fact that many men are being
transferred to and from the battle
zones.
You can't conduct war all over
the world and not consider the loss
of men going and coming" he said
referring to their inaction while
travelling rather than to personnel
losses The pipeline must be kept
filled"
I'VE are now. for the first time
ready to make full use of our ground
forces Gen. Marshall said. do
you wish to cut down on them?
Certainly you would not wish to
cut down on the program of air de-
velopment."
AS an example of the large num-
Der of specially trained troops that
are needed, the chief of staff said
port occupation troops now we're be-
ing moved into Salerno and I'VE hope
soon to move men in to occupy the
port of Naples He added that there
was no leSsening of the number of
men needed to occupy Bizerte.
The general said $4,000 additional
inductees were needed monthly to
keep the armed forces at par and
to bring the Army to the goal of
100000 by the end of the year.
Gen. Marshall apologized to the
committee for speaking so vigorous
ly, but said he felt very deeply on
the subject.
For the first time in history. Gen.
Marshall said, trained men are on
hand for employment on all of the
fronts of the world.
Just Getting Ready"
I'VE are just getting ready for our
deployment," he testified, adding
that operative personnel had been
trained and placed; that the basic
establishment was a going concern,
and that now manpower had become
largely matter of maintenance
and replacements of casualties and
other losses.
Our shipping can now be turned
toward the deployment of our ground
army for the first time" he said.
Gen. Marshall said it was neces-
Evening star., 1943-09-20

order to participate in the fight
against the Germans, and whether
the Allies would disarm such Italian
troops as those who drove the Ger
mans from Sardinia. were not
answered in Badoglios utterances,
however.
Badoglio escaped from Rome a
few hours before the Germans took
over the city and made his way to
Allied territory by automobile and
ship, an American official who talked
with the Italian chieftain disclosed
today.
The American said Badoglio gave
this version of his escape:
After announcing the armistice
terms to the. Italian people on Sep
tember 8, Badoglio realized that the
German troops around the capital
planned to take it over and to take
him and King Victor Emmanuel
into custody.
Badoglio and his military advisers
took a large number of government
automobiles and made up a caravan
in the early hours before dawn or
September g. The caravan left
Rome at am. and sped to a port
on the Italian coast.
There the entire party boarded ar
Italian ship and in broad daylight
sailed down the Italian coast anc
into Allied occupied territory. Tht
Germans apparently at no time wer'
close to the party.
The true story of the escap,
differed completely from the version
given out by the Germans, who ap
parently thought Badoglio had fec
toward Florence The German
radio said the Badoglio party hac
made its way to a town a shor
distance from Florence and there
had been surrounded by German
troops, but a small group had sue
| ceeded in escaping by plane from ar
Italian-held airport.
Evening star., 1943-09-20
Beam, Tackle on Champ
California Teams, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

BY Ine ASSoclated Press.
LOS ANGELES. Sept 20-Stewart
N. Beam, 40, tackle on the Univer-
sity of CALIFORNIA; S teams of 1921
1928 when the Bears were unbeaten
and won the Pacific Coast Confer
ence football title each year, died to-
day after a three-month illness,
Mr.. Beam was in the insurance
business here.
Evening star., 1943-09-20
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Steel Quotations

NEW YORK. Sept 20 GP.-Steel prices
per 100 pounds. fob Pittsburgh Hot
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sheets, $50. steel bars, els,
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-12-17
X X x X 4 X X X K J
AchieUes StardOn,
At Age of SIX

Little Margaret O'Brien. who at
the tender age of six already has
achieved stardom in the films, has
been selected by Parents Maga-
zine as the fifth recipient of its
annual award to the most talented
motion picture juvenile of the year.
She has first completed the star
ring role in "Lose Angel" for Me-
tro-Goldwyn-M Mayer.
Margaret's award is the third to
go to Metro Goldwyn-Mayer ju-
venile since Mickey Rooney was
given the first trophy in 1889,
chiefly for his work in 'Huhkle-
berry Finn" and Boys Town."
The following year Mickey pre-
sented the 1910 award to a fellow
M-G-M player, Virginia Weidler,
Whose Work in young Tom Edi-
son" and "The Philadelphia Story"
was outstanding
The 1941 award went to Roddy
McDowall as direct result of his
Characterization in How Green
Was My Valley" his first role
after coming to the United States
from England. Since then he has
been seen in numerous films, in
cluding my Friend Flicka" and
"The Pied Piper" for Twentieth
Century-Fox and "Lassie Come
Home" for M-G-M.
Last years winner was Diana
Lynn of Paramount, as a result
of her work in "The Major and the
Minor"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-12-17
MURRAY AND GREEN
TALK TO NAM

NEW YORK (FP)-Pres. Will
liam Green and CIO Pres. Philip
Murray told the 48th' convention
of the Natl. Assn. of Manufac-
turers here that labor wanted
"jobs for all" after the war. NAM
Pres. Frederick c. Crawford re-
piled that business did not seek
full employment, wanted free
dom from labor leaders"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-12-17

QlIIlculC STle mas ever pldyeu'
During its production,
she explained, "it was neces-
sary to learn how to handle test
tubes and other apparatus belong
ing to the equipment of a physi-
cist. While l remembered some
thing about laboratories from my
physics classes in school, the eX-
pert }nokledge Of Madame Curie
was quite out of my sphere. 1t
takes years for real scientist tc
perfect his technique, / discovered.
l had to master it in a few months.
$50 DR.. R. NJ. LANCER, physicist
of the California Institute of Teen
nology, was brought on the set as
technical director; thanks to him ]
became a veteran with test-tubes
and Bunson burners before the pic
ture was completed"
Discussing her climb to success
on the screen, since her arrival
here from England in 1889, the
actress said she frequently has to
pinch herself to discover whether
it is really she to whom these
Cinderella episodes have happened.
81 came so close to having the
screen pass me up altogether" she
declared, "that / shall never feel
entirely complacent about by place
in the Hollywood sun, no matter
how bright the future may SEEM"
1t was, relatively, only a few
years ago that Miss Carson was
doing market research for a Lon
don advertising agency. While she
dreamed of becoming an actress
some day, she never thought 1t
would happen so soon.
"My prospects were so removed
at that time" she said, they were
fantastic. While | had the burning
desire to go on the stage, was
realist enough to know that many
other girls were consumed by the
same fierce ambition. How was !,
l asked myself, without theatrical
background, experience, money or
influence, to achieve my goal?
81 did have the advantage of an
excellent education, however. had
graduated with honors from the
University of London and the Cnl-
versity of Grenoble in France. Inc
advertising agency job which open
ed soon after l return to London
from France gave me a chance to
pay some of my debts and proved
interesting as brief interlude IN
the field of business. The thought
of acting was always with me,
nevertheless, and | was contlnu-
ousIy turning over in my mind
ways of getting proper break.
"And then after several months
of gathering data for the agency
much of it from the British Mu-
seum-I found that an acqualnt-
ance of mine knew the manager
of the Birmingham Repertory The
atre.
81 wangled an introduction to
him and was offered bit part in a
new play the company was about
to put on. No one could under
stand how | could leave the COM
Portable security of business for
the haphazard life of the theatre.
But to me it was the most glori-
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Gus thing that had ever happened.
1t was the opportunity I had been
waiting years for. You see, l come
from a long line of Scotch minis
tiers and Irish scholars. / was born
in County Down in the north of
Ireland. My father, George Gar
son, was a business man from the
Orkney Isles. Ny mother, Nina
Greer, was descended from the
Scotch McGregors, and / assure
you the McGregors never enter
tained the thought Of the theatre
in their strict minds.
Both sides of the family boast
ed their share of rebels, though,
and so l guess it was more or less
consistent that / should turn out
to be one also. After two seasons
with the Birmingham Repertory
Theatre, during which l appeared
in things like Street Scene l went
on tour in George Bernard Shaw 5
Too True to Be Good
"At the conclusion of the tour
returned to London, where | was
offered the lead in a play called
Golden Arrow starring Laurence
Olivier"
For the next three years Miss
Carson starred in West End plays,
including "Mademoiselle," directed
by Noel Coward; "Old Music, .
Accent on Youth" and Vintage
Wine"
Louis B. Mayer, M-G-M execu-
tive, visiting in London, saw her IN
"Old Music" and signed her to a
contract. She left for Hollywood,
but as often happens to young
newcomers, after she arrived she
was given nothing to do for
months on end. A week before her
contract expired she thought that
she had missed her chance in the
film capital and was planning to
return to England, "and obscure
movie actress who had failed" But
then things began to happen fast.
She was assigned the role of
Mrs. Chips in the picture that
brought her instant recognition,
Goodbye, Mr.. Chips" in which
she played opposite Robert Donat.
In rapid succession other films fol-
lowed, including Pride and Preju-
dice" Blossoms in the Dust" and
"When Ladies Meet" "Mrs. Mini
yer" and Random Harvest" cap
ped the climax of her spectacular
rise.