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The sub., 1943-03-11
EB "FIRSTS" ON NEW BRIDGE

Same of the FEB employees have had rather the dubious honor of experiencing first events on the new bridge.
 Those which have been called to cur attention are accidents, fiat tires and running out of gas.
 Nelson Eddy has the distinction of being in the first accident, when, in the icy weather we had recently, he skidded up against the curb, and in so doing caused a truck to do likewise.
 Flat tires brings the case of Miss Ruth Merriam of the Victory Yard. It seems that Ruth was on her way to New London recently, when one of her tires went flat. Not having the least idea how to go about changing it, she just stood for a few minutes looking disgustingly at the tire (and, by the way, she was about froze), one of our witty policemen inquired as to whether she were pleasure driving or not. We can imagine what she thought.
 The first mo gas" incident hon. ors go to Alteo Rancho" Severini, of the main yard sheet metal shop, and employed as the first aid man, who was on his way to the hospital with patient when all of a sudden, the car just wouldn't go. Pancho can't under stand it as he filled the tank up the previous night.
The sub., 1943-03-11
Dept. 31OvYard
 Jerry ViIIuni

Let me see, $2,5O0 gross income. Hey, did I make that much, whoo. Now I turn to page 6, from here it says to turn to page 145 for d eduction Contributions to church $125. Hey, who threw that chair? OK, contributions to church $.1O B weeks $5.20. Now I turn to page 90. Nm, multiply column 6 by 6 per cent, add column 8 and multiply by 13 per cent. Add total of columns 7 and g to get your tax. Uh, oh something's wrong. My tax is $2,6OO. That, folks, is the mystery behind those papers and pencil stubs that have been lying around Dot Petty's desk.
 We certainly miss the lovely smiling face of Peggy Manning who has been drafted to brighten up the main yard and let me tell you they can do it.
 After weeks of meandering MT. Martin has chosen the main yard as his permanent home leaving Roy Perry to carry on his good work here at the Victory Yard. Roy has moved into his new of- flee and says he likes it very much, but misses the honey at mesphere of the old one.
 No doubt many of you have noticed that new beaming face in the Shipyard Office and have wondered to whom it belonged. We'll, let me introduce MT. (Eddy) Bangs, who is in charge of the personnel department. Prior to his employment here MT. Bangs was doing the same type of work for Ford, Bacon and Davis.
 Congratulations to Helen Curtis for moving into the higher brack- cts. Helen was our bouncing red headed blueprint clerk, but alas she is now bouncing in the sheet metal dept. P. s. Helen, let Frank Allaire tell you the one about the helper who never puts anything he uses away.
 Chamber music can be heard from noon to 12S0 in the ship yard office per compliments of the Personnel Dept. The motto is Swing and live to keep alive.
 Since the last inkling the Ship yard Office has hit the 100 per cent in Bond subscriptions, but due to the fact that dept 32O is included in figuring the percent ages for dept. BIO We do not get the 100 per cent banner.
The sub., 1943-03-11

Leo Viteritto, a welder in the "V" Yard fabricating shop, in- vented very helpful time-saving device. It is a form of turn table which has four safety clamps to hold the large ventilat- ing pipes, and the women can easily turn the pipe as they. weld around it. Before he introduced this method the women had to call a man to move the pipe, talk ing him from his work and slow ing up production. One woman tried to turn the pipe herself and strained her shoulder so badly it required five weeks medical treatment.
 Creates Plastic Shield
 Maurice Shonberg operates turret lathe on the second shift in in the "" Yard machine shop. This type machine throws 8 spray of metal chips and is an eye hazard to operators.
 Shonberg didn't particularly care for goggles, but he wore them every second his eyes were exposed to a job hazard, because he didn't want to go about the world entirely sightless in one or both eyes. He came in one day with the idea of an adjustable plastic shield. The idea was de- veloped and today Shonberg has a shield on his machine that takes the place of the goggles.
 Superintendent A. Bliven ik- ed the idea and has authorized the installation of similar shield on all turret lathes.
 Solves Hard Hat Problem
 Welders complained to Dutch" Krauth, chief storekeeper in the welding department, the Skull guard" safety hats wouldn't fit under the welding helmet. He thumbed through catalogues looking for type head gear that : would solve the problem, found nothing and decided to make one.
 He designed an adjustable head gear for a welding helmet that will fit over all sizes of "Skullguard" safety hats. A sample was sent to the manufac- turer with a request to make up quantity, and they will be dis tributed to FEB welders who want to protect their skulls with hard hats.
 You have just read a few of the original ideas actually put into practice by EBMEN.
 Oldtimers Protect New Hire
 Oldtimers in submarine con- struction are interested in this safety business. They are espec- ially anxious to protect the new men and women who have turned to war jobs at the Electric Boat during the last year or two and warn them that safe practices and safety devices are not sissy stuff
The sub., 1943-03-11
AMERICA IS TURNING OUT

AMERICA IS TURNING OUT enough rifle and machine gun ammunition each month to fire S3 rounds at every individual sol- dier in the Axis armies, the War Department disclosed recently. In the first year of the war, produc- tion of small arms ammunition has increased more than $50 per cent and is still rising rapidly.
The sub., 1943-03-11

In New Gunea, Allied fighters have plastered the Jap positions with everything from daisy cut ters" to a cheery innovation popu- larly known as the Dick White CocktaiP-just a tank of gas to which are attached clusters of thermite bombs, and the result, to quote a pilot, is "woosh." Our command is using up to a hun dred planes at a time. This is big stuff in the New Guinea league, particularly when the Japs must operate from air bases nearly 400 miles distant.
The sub., 1943-03-11
Three EBMEN Contribute Safety-Production Ideas

SAFETY and PRODUCTION synonymous.
 Think of safer way to do job and invariably it will increase production
 Let's take the ideas for SAFETY and speeding up PRODUCTION contributed to the Electric Boat Co. by Messrs. Leo Viteritto Maurice Shonberg and Dutch"
The sub., 1943-03-11
Josephine Longo Weds J. Burrows

The marriage of Josephine Jean Longo of 15 Grand street, New London, daughter of MrS. Madalene Perrone of Hartford. to John Joseph Burrows, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Burrows of 226 Jeffer- son avenue, took place on Thurs day, February IS, at St. Mary'S Star of the Sea church at 9 o'clock. The Rev. Edward J. Rear don, assistant pastor of the church, officiated at the single ring ceremony.
 MT. Burrows is an outside ma chinist at E. B.
The sub., 1943-03-11

When a freight train hit an army jeep at Inglewood, Calif., the four soldiers who had jumped off just before the collision got up, dusted themselves off, went 50 yards down the right of way after the jeep, righted it, drove off again. The freight train was only slightly damaged.
The sub., 1943-03-11

Two sorts of scientists speak from public platforms; those who think they have something to say and those who think they have to say something.
The sub., 1943-03-11

He is not only idle but does nothing, but he is idle who might be better employed. Socrates
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Brazilian Pianist
PLAYS at Union

Continuing it's series of Sunday
programs for servicemen, Govern
ment employees and the general
public, the Pan-American Union
will present this afternoon at
o'clock, in the Hall of the Amer
lcas. program of music of Brazil
by Egydio de Castro Silva.
Senior de Castro, who has been
professor of piano in the Escola
Nacional de Musica of the Univer-
sity Of Brazil and has served as one
OF the editors of Musica Viva, has
spent the last three years in the
United States studying the organ
ization OF methods of teaching in
Conservatives and universities. He
Is recipient Of the Ditson prize at
Yale University for the furtherance
Of his career as a pianist. He is
about to return to his own country
via several of the Latin American
countries, giving recitals of music
of the Americas on the way.
A special Christmas program will
be given tomorrow at $50 pm. by
the Navy Band Symphony Orches-
ira at the Departmental Auditorium,
the feature of which will be a group
OF songs presented by the WAVES
chorus directed by Helen H. Christ
man. The symphony offers selec-
tions by Offenbach, Tschaikowsky
and Liszt. Earl Wild will play
LISTS Hungarian Fantasy" for
piano and orchestra.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
USO Clubs Program

singers from several local USO
CLUBS will furnish music on Christ
mas eve at services scheduled for
both Catholic and Protestant wor-
shippers. The all-girl chorus of IS
Junior hostesses from the USO Club
at 1914 N street NV. will sing at
monlght mass in the chapel at
Boiling Field. Eileen Fisher will
conduct. This group also will give
Christmas concert in the ballroom
OF their club tomorrow at pm.
A smaller group of service women
from the USO for women in uni
form at 1911 H street NV. will sing
carols at midnight mass in the
parish hall at st. Stephens Church.
with Sara Lee. assistant USO direc.
tor. accompanying them at the or.
gan. Sergt. Mary Ukasick. WAC.
Will sing a solo. Yeoman Jane Mo-
rlarity, WAVE. will be heard in a
solo at the midnight service at the
Western Presbyterian Church.
Carolers from the USO Club in
the YWCA, Seventeenth and K
streets NV, will join the glee clubs
OF the WV and the Girl Reserves in
furnishing music for the YW's an
nual Christmas candlelight service
IN Barker Hall, Seventeenth and
K streets NV, at 4:30 pm. TODAY
and next Sunday.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Artists and Chorus
In Christmas Event

A Christmas eve musicale, fea.
turing soloists of note. will be given
at the First Congregational Church,
Tenth and G streets NV, begin
ming at II pm. and lasting until
l2:1O midnight. Sergt. Virgil Fox,
concert organist, formerly on the
faculty OF Peabody Conservatory and
now stationed at Boiling Field. will
play numbers by Daouin, Bach,
Widor and Dethier as well as ira.
ditional carols.
Corpl. Emo Valasek, violinist.
will be heard in Buffers The Sleep
OF the Infant Jesus" Sergt. Pulls,
trombonist. formerly with the Phila-
delphia Orchestra, and Corpl,
Wetherly, trumpeter, will also play,
the latter presenting Purcell's
Trumpet Tune" Catherine Harris.
soprano, graduate of Curtis Insti-
tute, will sing.
A festival chorus of l25 voice,
has been recruited and trained for
the event by Ruby Smith stahl,
well known for her 10 years as di-
rector OF the A Capella Choir at
First Church. The numbers to be
gwen are And the Glory of the
LORD, from Handel's Messiah:
Angels Ger the Fields a tradi-
tlonal air arranged by Manney for
women's voices; ITO Us Is Born I'M
manuel" by Praetorius, and GLORY
to God" by Noble.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Natural Phenomena in Films Costly Matter

The love scene was switched to
Los Angeles, and the firefiies writ
ten OF as loss. for they are not
native to Los Angeles or environs.
Page Mr.. Burbank.
An eminently reasonable billing
Of $7.20 for box of apples had q
zany enough sequel: Strong men
spent the day hanging the mic,
red apples on a pear tree, still ir
leaf, to represent an apple tree.
Spring came to an autumn land
scape, for the same film, Home in
Indiana" by using $240 worth of
green paint, a spray gun and a
couple OF men to do the work.
Glamor is an expensive commod.
ity, too. Miriam Hopkins, in "Old
Acquaintance" achieved the char
acterization of a shallow frivolous
woman through the use of cos
tune with 1,484 feathers on it, at q
cost of 1894 for the plumage.
Zorina achieves glamor in Hello
Boys" when she dances in lastex
mesh opera hose sewn with rhine
stones at prewar price OF $3.50
Not even money can buy them
nowadays.
Hollywood has learned to pay
what 1t must for what it needs, nc
matter how fantastic it may seem
Somehow, so far, the books always
have balanced with a nice profit.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Piano Team to Give
Next Dorsey Concert

Another notable two piano recital
will be given at Constitution Hall
two weeks from today when Ethel
Bartlett and Rae Robertson. inter-
nationally famous duo-pianists
make their recital debut in Wash
ington on Sunday afternoon, Janu-
ary 2, at 4 o'clock. under the man.
agement of Dorothy Hodgkin Dor
sey, who recently sponsored the
local recital debut of those other
noted duo-pianists, Luboshutz and
Nemenoff.
Bartlett and Robertson will play
at their recital program that lists
the "Scaramouche" suite of Darius
Milhaud. This is one Of their best
known two-piano pieces and, like
Schumann's "Andante and Varia-
tions," and Chopin's &C Major
Rondo," which will also be played
has been recorded by Columbia.
Ethel Bartlett, English born on
the edge Of Epping Forest, in Sussex
and Rae Robertson, from a High
land village near Inverness in the
north of Scotland, met as pupils
Of Tobias Matthay at the Royal
Academy of Music in London, fell
in love, married and Joined their
talents for career as duo-pianists
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Music
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Opera Association
Presents Martinelli
In 'Paeliacci'

Giovanni Martinelli, the famous
Metropolitan Opera star, now fully
recovered from a light attack of the
flu which caused postponement OF
his scheduled appearance here De-
cember 8, will head distinguished
cast OF artists who will sing in the
opening presentation of the WASH
ington Grand Opera Association In
Constitution Hall Tuesday at $50
pm.
Leoncavallos' "Pagliacci" and
Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana'
have been selected for this opening
performance by Washington's opera
association. The role of Canio
in "Pagliacci" will be sung by Mr.
Martinelli. Media, the strolling
player whose love for a wealthy
young villager incurs tragic jealousy
will be sung by the lovely and tall
ented American soprano, Marjory
Hess Of the Chicago Grand Opera.
Two other distinguished artists
Sidney Rayner, in the role OF Tur-
ridu, and Elda Ercole, singing San
tuzza, will head the cast of "Caval-
leria Rusticana." Taking other roles
In the same opera are Claudio Fri
gerio, Georgianna Bourbon and
Beatrice Altieri. Supporting players
in "Pagliacci" are Angelo Pilotto
and Francesca Curci.
AS previously announced by Will
liam Webster, manager of the
Washington Grand Opera Associa-
ton, Giuseppe Bamboschek, former
conductor of the METROPOLITAN
Opera, who has appeared here as
guest conductor, will direct the
chorus of 40 voices and also the 40
piece orchestra. Dorothy Reming-
ton, widely recognized soprano, is
artistic director of the company.
In addition to his part as the
leading artist Of the evening. Mr.
Martinelli can almost claim to be
one Of the organizers of the opera
association. He personally selected
all the singers who will appear with
him and has co-operated with Mr.
Webster in every particular.
Evening star., 1943-12-19

scene in this same film, "It Hap.
pened Tomorrow also were toe
streamlined; at a cost Of $132 they
were fitted with double chins, the
whole hundred of them.
Consider the state Of mind of the
producer who was faced with $45
bill for giving Marlene Dietrich a
second pair of legs! The original
pair always seemed satisfactory. but
the duplicates had to be made in
plaster, for trick shot showing
them waltzing off by themselves in
Hello, Boys"
How to Play Indian.
Picture the executive who was
presented with a $500 item for
teaching Indians how to shoot with
bows and arrows" The explana-
ton was that Hollywood Indians who
have worked in films before, would
have been skillful, but the real In
dians on the Utah location where
the Buffalo Bill" troupe went
knew nothing of their noble an
cestors' skill.
Butterflies are another pretty bit
that nature supplies free to those
who seek communion with her. But
not for pictures. When 1.-THE Curse
of the Cat People" was made, six
butterflies were needed. 1t was off,
seaton locally for the lepidoptera
and frantic messages to an en-
tomologist brought little result
Children at a nearby desert resort
caught them, by request, with trans
portation running the cost up tc
$40 apiece.
Another delicate item was the
order for firef1ies, brought from the
Middle West, for Tender Comrade.
They were to supply a romantic
touch for Ginger Rogers Robert
Ryan love scene in the park at
night. The fireflieS died en- route
Evening star., 1943-12-19
BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
The comptrollers, auditors and
treasurers who preside over the
golden hoard of Hollywood see many
zany item cross their desks; they
must pay for things like knitted
muscles, double chins, teaching In
dians to shoot bows and arrows.
It's things like these that set dec
imal points a-flutter on the movie
cost sheets.
A job of turning autumn into
spring was billed at $24O. It took
$987 worth of ice for scene in
Northern Pursuit" to keep things
frigid while Enrol Flynn emoted.
The hangman's knots in '"The Lodg-
er" cost $3O-with IS additional for
transportation for the hangman who
tied them.
Even the weather costs money. A
duststorm. filmed in color, will add
a neat bill to Betty Hutton's ''Incen-
diary Blonde" A piece of blue sky
over Dick Powell's head in 1T Hap
pened Tomorrow" cost $500.
Muscles to Order.
Are you wondering about those
knitted muscles? They were neces-
sary to round out the arms and
legs of modern acrobats impersonat-
ing a troupe in a gay COS scene.
Either rationing or lack of work, or
totally different exercise routines,
make the modern streamlined aero
bat quite a contrast to the bulging
muscle boys of grandpa's era. These
knitted jobs cost $40 per dozen.
Actors needed for a beer garden
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Record Reviews
By ELENA DE SAYN.

AS part of the Goth anniversary
celebration Of the Metropolitan
Opera, Victor has issued an album
called the Hall of Immortals
Series presenting Enrico Carusc
with an all-star cast in "Metropoli-
tan Revivals" of operatic ensembles
In addition to Caruso, who sings
in each of the eight numbers re-
corded, such great vocalists as Sem
brich, Tetrazzini Hempel, Aida
Farrar and Homer, hold also the
spot light. If in some instances that
light only flickers, overshadowed by
Carusos opulent voice and possibly
by his intentions to dominate the
stage, the album has a truly his
torical significance as record of a
constellation which made the Met
ropolitan opera famous and created
a golden era"
Admiring the breadth of delivery
and the voices of those famous sing
ers, one cannot always agree, how
ever, with their Interpretation, the
trend being today that each men,
ber Of an ensemble should rather
subordinate himself for the sake of
art and not use his gifts as a vehicle
for personal display.
Listening to the famous sopranos,
it seems that only Farrar was a
worthy match in volume to Caruso,
as heard in the quartet from Puc-
cini's La Boheme" and the trio in
the final scene of Gounod's Faust"
The other ensembles are: Sextet
from Donizetti's Lucia" quintet
from Verdi's "Un Ballo in Ma
schera,' quartet from Verdi's "Rigo-
letto." trio from Verdi's "I Lom-
bardi,' quartet from Flotow's
Martha" and trio from Saint
Saens' Samson and Dalila." The
supporting cast includes Amato
Scott, Rothier, de Segurola, Bada
Viafora. Severena. Jacoby and
Duchene. This album is a treasure
for such voices can rarely be eoualed
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Concert Schedule
Today.


Hans Kinder. conductor; Grsc.
Moore. soprano, soloist; Constitution
Esydio de Castro . Silva, piano
reG,tst re- m,,a Brazilian music. Pan-Ameri-
,.Ths Spirit 3 of z Christmas" Friend.
Cathedral choral Society William
Sitr1lckiand Sid1ia;., conductor; Millard Taylor.
soloists; WASHINGTON Cathedral $40
WASHINGTON Missionary colles. Ora
LOTTO Chorus, Minnie 1verson- Wood,
s pm Ill.,
Concert: recorded music Public Ii
street NV, a pm, sixteenth and
HAND Hsndei'.sl fi.lee' MESSIAH M;Md M Aurustana
Lutheran Church, pm.
Tomorrow.
| Budapest String Quartet, Library
OF Gonsress; SIG pm; a
conductor: Earl wild pianist 'sh soIoist
Departmental Auditorium, $50 pm.
Norman Frauenheim, pf1no recital;
Washineton Club. s:30 pm.
citsi: Philips dsiierss., $3.50 $50 p.m. ina' ~
Heisley; director; Post Once Depart
ment Building; $50 pm.
| Roy N. Darley. organ recital.
Tuesday.
| i, washington Grand Opera Associa-
ton, "Cavalleria Rusticana," "Pag-
nacci'.; Constitution Hall, $50 pm.
| Soldiers Home Band Orchestra,
| STANLEY Hall. $50 pm.
| Marine Band. Marine Barracks,
1890 pm.
WEDNESDAY.
| Marine Band symphony Orchestra,
| Richard Joiner. clarinet soloist; Ma
| rine Barracks. SIS pm.
Carol Program. GEORGETOWN Pres
| byterian Church, 2 pm
Roy NJ. barley, ORGAN recital; l.. D.
| s. Chapel, s PIN.
Thursday.
Soldiers Home Band Orchestra.
Stanley Hall. $40 pm.
Friday.
Christmas Musicale, First Congre-
| gational Church. IL pm.
Roy M. Darley. organ recital,
L. D. D. Chepel. & pm,
Marine Band. Marine Barracks.
1890 pm.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Today's Program
Features Singer
With Symphony

Grace Moore, Metropolitan Opera
star, will appear as soloist with the
National Symphony Orchestra, Hans
Kinder conducting, this afternoon
at 4 o'clock in Constitution Hall on
the orchestra's final Washington
concert until after the Christmas
holidays. With the National SYM
|phony Miss Moore will sing the
aria from Massenet's "Herodiade,"
III est douX, il est bon; "Phydile,"
Deparc; Eel Resenor," from "Goyes-
cas-" Que deviennent les Roses"
Paulin; 'Toi Seule," Tschaikowsky.
Major orchestral offerings will be
Henry F, Gilbert's Riders to the
Sea-" symphony prologue by that
Nationalist in music; and the Saint
Saens Symphony No. g." Dr. Kind
Ter will open the concert with Ber.
liozs Hungarian March"
To Miss Moore, the gods were
more than kind; for the blond So
prano has not only remarkable
lyric voice, but beauty, artistry and
an extraordinary magnetism that
have brought her fame in four
f1elds-opera, concert, radio and the
talking pictures.
The Tennessee mountain girl is
definitely of the great tradition Of
Garden and Farrar. Like her
predecessors, she has never been
merely singer, but has made a
tremendous place for herself in the
musical affairs of the country. Like
them, too, she has been a pioneer
who has brought music to other
fields and has vastly increased her
following by so doing. First great
star to sing in the movies, over the
air, and even in the Roxy Theater,
Miss Moore. is now giving much of
her time to working at Army camps,
and has, to quote newspaper edi-
torial. taken the high-hat out Of
iODera and given II to tho roooIa y
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Oscar Levant Soloist
With Philadelphians

Conductor Eugene Ormandy. bring
ing the Philadelphia Orchestra. with
oscar Levant as guest artist, to
Constitution Hall on Tuesday eve
ming, December %, will present a
balanced program of classical and
modern music.
This concert is an extra" not
included in the regular subscription
series OF five. Tickets are on sale
at the new location Of Shows Con-
cert Bureau, 1108 G. street.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
One Ship That Sails
Better on Land
By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD,

HOLLYWOOD.
Lamouette. prop ship used in
"Frenchman's Creek" but never in
tended to sail, has travelled an esti-
mated 1920 miles by sea and by
land.
Built as a superstructure on the
hull Of an ancient fishing schooner
the 18th century Cromster- rugged
Corsair was taken aboard trucks to
San Pedro Harbor, towed $50 miles
up the coast to Albion, used there
eight weeks for scenes with Joan
Fontaine and Arturo de Cordova.
Later, stern superstructure and
half the deck were brought over
land to the studio for further shots
The hull is being used as a target
at Russian Gulch by the Coast
Guard.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
G. and S. Week

The schedule OF this weeks
Gilbert and Sullivan operas to
be presented by the Boston
Comic Opera Co. at the Ma
tional Theater Is as follows:
Monday, Cox and Box" and
sPirates Of Penzance";; Tues
day, "Iolanthe"; Wednesday
matinee and evening, "The MI
kado";; Thursday, THE Con-
doliers";; Friday, "Ruddigore";;
Saturday matinee, Patience"
and Saturday evening. the clos
ing performance, THE Mi
kado."