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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14
By JOHN u. STURDEVANT,
Motion Picture Editor.
Top Hit of the Season.

NNEEILLIAM SAROYAN, the
NH author and playwright
w has devoted himself TO
writing about the ordinary doings
of the ordinary guy His short
stories and his plays have aroused
controversy. perh aps because
their simplicity seemed complex
You may be able 10 see this
point more clearly in Saroyan's
first attempt in motion pictures,
Metro Goldwyn Mayors The
Human Comedy" The film is
simple account of the everyday
doings of a small-town boy on
the verge Of manhood who begins
20 understand what living is all
about irr terms Of the little world
in which he lives.
My own feeling is that Saro-
vans genius lies in portraying
Just such a simple theme and
that II would be mistake to
read any larger meaning into it,
If indeed such meaning exists.
Homer Macauley. the boy of
the film, is played by Mickey
Rooney
Homer does some very ordi-
nary things. yet manages TO make
them funny or sad and always
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14

Interpretation of the genus.
Mickey has the best role of his
career and he holds his audience
every minute of the time. When
his brother goes into the Army,
Homer becomes a night mes
senger boy at the town telegraph
agency. The manager, played by
James Craig. is having some ro-
mantle problems with the town
heiress, Marsha Hunt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14
DRAMATIzING THE D0INGS q SMALET0WN Boy

gether in the town and when
Homer's brother leaves for the
front, it is his close friend who
takes his place in the family.
The film gives the audience the
feeling Of being a member Of the
Macauley family. The picture is
first rate entertainment and my
opinion is that it is an adult work
Of art, conceived and executed
with genius.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14

Through the messages he must
deliver, Homer meets people in
all walks Of life. He learns that
all are human, whether they be
rich or poor But the most diff
cult message he has To deliver
and one that comes often is The
Department Of War regrets to
inform you that your son has
been killed in action
Patterns begin to weave to-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14
Soys Dorothy EomoUr:

Dorothy knowsl Get
Woodbury. Cold Cream
today. See what won
ders it can do in soften
ing and smoothing
your skin. Large econ
omy jars are SIPS and
75t. Other generous
sizes are 50t, 25eand l0t.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14

clements that make the world
go round.
Homer is a sort Of Tom Saw
yer. grown older by a couple OF
years. and placed in a present
day world. Maybe all small-town
BOYS are alike. If so. Mickey
Rooney is Hollywoods gift to the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14

interesting.
There is no plot in the Holly
wood sense of the term. Actu-
ally. the film is all plot. because
il takes Homer from the joys of
his first job all the way TO a
realization of suffering, courage,
tragedy and sorrow and the other
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14

Mickey
Rooney, as
Homer
AIacauley,
the Small
Town Boy
Talks
Things
Over With
His Mother.
Fay
BANTER, az
He Begins
To Under
stand the
Tragi-
comedy of
Life.
Mickey, on
the Verge
of Man
hood, Is AL
most Kept
Out of a
Track Meet
Nhen HIS
Teacher
Wants TO
Keep Him
After
School, But
He Quail
flies in
Time.
Mickey
Rooney Is "A
Telegraph
Messenger
Boy Who
Discovers
That
People Are
Human
When He Is
On His
Rounds, in
NLG.M.'s
Warmly
Appealing,
The
Human
Comedy"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14

NNEEILLIAM SAROYAN, the
N/ author and playwright,
w has devoted himself to
Evening star., 1943-07-07

hia University graduates of the class
OF IT who organized the center be-
cause they couldn't Join the armed
forces is satisfied with the batting
average, but wants more ideas.
People are still sending ideas to
the wrong places" says DR.. Theo-
dore Abel, head of the center's eval-
uating committee. "Everytime they
think of something they write the
President, or the Department OF
Agriculture. Washington wants ideas,
but 1t has no facilities for handling
carloads. We pre-sort and digest
the ideas here, evaluate them. and
then transmit them to the right
people.
Examples Of Suggestions.
Some Of the ideas bear the mark
of genius-extract precious copper
and rubber from discarded radio
aerials; use polaroid glass In air.
planes so the crew can see enemy
ships against the sun; establish
telephone waking-up services for
war workers who can't get alarm
clocks.
When Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker
Evening star., 1943-07-07
came from housewives, plumbers,
stenographers and businessmen.

came from housewives, plumbers,
stenographers and businessmen.
There was the streetcar conduc-
tor who suddenly decided that news
papers on the Eastern seaboard
should print the dimout time every
day. Then he suggested that all
prizes offered by publications and
radio programs be in bonds instead
of cash. Both suggestions were for
warded to the proper agencies and
both were accepted.
Many Ideas Useless.
Mail from the 48 States comes
into Victory Center's office at 745
Fifth avenue daily. Not all the ideas
are practical-one writer was sure
we could win the war only if the
whole Nation prayed every other
hour. and another sent a barrage of
30 post cards on why mothers
should rule the world.
About 10 per cent OF the sugges-
tons submitted are forwarded to
agencies like the WPB, ODT, OPA,
or Treasury Department. About
one idea in 10 is put into practical
application. The group OF CoIum-
Evening star., 1943-07-07

was found. letters poured In from
fishermen who knew just what kind
OF equipment q life raft should have.
Somebody wanted to change the
cross in dimmed-out trafic lights
to v.
The notion Of taking. metal
bumpers from automobiles origi-
mated at Victory Center. and so did
the campaign to supply the Navy
with binoculars by promising civil
ians who loaned them that they
would be returned at the end OF the
war with a suitable inscription.
Got any ideas? 81
Evening star., 1943-07-07
Marketing Laws Unit
Dropped After Fund Cut

The marketing laws unit OF the
Bureau Of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce has been abolished, fol-
lowing a congressional cut Of $50,-
600 in the bureaus appropriation for
the new fiscal year. it was learned
today.
The marketing laws unit, which
complies data on interstate trade
barriers. was set up in the bureau
about a year ago. continuing the
work of a former WPA project.
Tabulation by the unit of list
OF restrictions on the marketing of
Evening star., 1943-07-07
Victory Center Serves
As Clearing House
For Ideas 10 Win War
by ARLENE WOLF,

Associated Press Features Writer.
NEW YORK.-Next time you 60
into a brown study and emerge with
a sure-fire winning idea, don't
sit down and write the President
about 1t. Don't bother communicate
ing with Mrs. Roosevelt or Paul v.
McNutt either. just tell 1t to the
Victory Center. national clearing
house for ideas to lick the Axis.
You don't have to be a genius or
Phi. D. to come forth with a
notion that some Government
agency may find practical. Most
of the $500 ideas received since the
center was organized last June
Evening star., 1943-07-07

oleomargarine and other substi-
tutes for dairy fats, which appeared
in one of its publications. Trade
Barriers in the Food Industry" was
sharply criticized In April during
House debate on the Commerce De-
partment appropriation bill.
Evening star., 1943-07-07
Motor Scooters Rated
Reol Traffic Huzurd

BY the Associated Presa.
LOS ANGELES. Motor scooters
are principal trafnc hazard. says
Deputy Chief OF Police Bernard r.
Caldwell.
Drivers Of the things have IAN
excessive disregard for regulations"
he told officers in calling for a crack
down.
Evening star., 1943-07-07
Britoin Keeps Costs Down

Britain claims that wartime living
costs there never have been more
than 80 per cent above peacetime
levels.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-03
U. s. Ships BeotyoPs
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Choiseul to the south. On Treas ury, American and New Zealand ground forces reached Malsi, on the northeast coast, killing A Jap anese in beating off 8 counter-at- tack. On Choiseul, the troops, aid- ed by planes, beat an enemy force at Sangigai, four miles from their landing points, killing 72 and forc- ing the rest to flee.
 The spokesman said reports in- dicated most of the Japanese forces on Bougainville were concentrated in the Buin area to the southeast of the marine beachhead at Elm press Augusta Bay.
 2 Days Fighting
 The naval-air operations, culmi- nation of days of attacks preparing for the Bougainville assault, started Saturday morning and continued through the landing period at Monday dawn.
 On Saturday Kieta, 32 miles east of Empress Augusta Bay, was hit by waves of bombers and three car- go vessels were destroyed. The runway was knocked out. The same day Kara airdrome in the Buin area and Tonolei Harbor. 15 miles away, was attacked. Kara was hit Sunday.
 The navy shelled Buka, north of Bougainville, Sunday night, setting fires at two airdromes visible 60 miles. They were followed up by air blows that fired planes caught on the ground and heavily damaged enemy installations. A three-deck transport was left in flames.
 off the south coast of Bougain- vile, the shortlands- Ballale area was attacked by warships Monday, when several shore batteries were knocked out.
 In other air assaults, medium and reconnaissance bombers ranging over New Ireland set fires visible for 50 miles in an attack on the Kayieng airdrome and sank an 5000 ton transport and damaged a 4ooo- tonner.
 Heavy bombers unloaded 27 tons of explosives, causing big fires ana damage to industrial areas, at Ma niang Island and Pmelaa, the Jap- anese- operated nickel mining cen- ters in the Celebes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-03

NCOutmucu lFOIH EubS Ai we have stepped much nearer than that toward Japan's closely guarded vitals,
 ToJo's Boast
 "Tojo boaSted he'd make his stand in the upper Solomons. We shall see. Already we have successfully beaten back his early efforts to stem our new power in ships, air. craft and men. We have laid to our own satisfaction the myth of Japa- nese invincibility.
 The enemy high command must be worrying tonight-I would.
 "They know we do not plan to stop here. They know they cannot halt US.
 During the night Of october 3l Q surface task force dared the ene- my in their own waters with q series of bombardmentS that con- tributed to the naturalization Of upper and lower Bougainville.
 "Our air forces, commanded by Vice Admiral Aubrey w. Fitch, UsN. Maj, Gen. R. J. Mitchell, USING, and Maj. Gen. Nathan r, Twining, USA, dealt sledge-ham mer blows that kept Buka, Kahili, Kara and Ballale airdromes inop- erative for ten successive days Then led by Rear Admiral Theodore S. Wilkinson our invasion force stood into Empress Augusta Bay"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-03

remained away from work, and in west Virginia l30,o00 strikers contin. ued their walkout.
 Lose 550,O00 Tons
 West Virginia coal mine operators estimated that 550,000 tons of coal were being lost daily in that state alone. Leading industries in the state reported, however, that only prolonged walkout would force them to curtail production.
 Day shift workers failed to appear at the big Sayreton coal mines Of the Republic Steel Corporation m Alabama coal fields today, and ap- parentiy the states 22,000 miners intended to continue the strike.
 Tn Illinois where 23000 UNIV members joined the strike Monday, union officials said there was mo change" from yesterday when the mines were closed.
 Coal operators said that even after Lewis orders the miners back to work 1t will be several days before most pits will be in full operation.
 Reports indicated growing resentment at the protracted delay in settling the Seven-month old dispute, and charges of Washing ton politics" and "war profiteer- ing" were heard with increasing frequency in the mining areas.
 Political Football
 At Pittsburgh, individual miners ct the Republic Steel corporation charged that officials involved "are making a political football out of this contract business. In Ken- lucky Harlan county miners said strikes already have cost them more than they could gain if all their demands were met.
 Coal operators in western Penn- shylvania, Alabama, West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky and sev- eral western states agreed that , there was little immediate prospect of the miners returning.
 Mime spokesmen said the strikers probably will stay out pending the outcome of Washington conferences between UNIV President John l..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-03
Reds Cut Through
 Disorganized Foes
Continued from Page 1.)

viet flying columns were rounded up by the thousands. German forces en- circled Sunday were driven into the Sivash Sea and completely annihi- lated," the Soviet high command said.
 Red Air Force bombers, fighters and attack planes gave the rem- nants of the battered German armies no rest as they fled head long toward Emerson, bombing and strafing them day and night.
 There was no news from the left flank of Gen. Tedor I. Tolbukhin's fourth Ukranian army following its smash into the Crimea, but there were indications that the Germans may fight at least delaying action there.
 The Communist newspaper Pr9vda said the Germans In the Crimea had been preparing for Q possible Rlis- sian assault since last September. German fire Commando" were said to have begun destroying the great Sanatoria and rest homes.
 Where the Germans will make their anticipated stand was Q matter of conjecture. However, tho Cri- mea constitutes @ valuable bridge- head for the Germans and could be made Q thorn in the Russian flank.
 Its naval base, sevastopol, Is one of the best in the Black Sea and It's airdromes would place the Rus- sians within easy bombing distance of the great Ploesti oil fields In Ru- mania.
 Counter Attacks
 The Germans continued to coun- ter-attack in strong force at Kriyoi Rog, half way across the Dniepey bend, in their so far successful ate tempt to hold open an escape cor- ridor for German troops fleeing from the Dnieper bend southwest of Dnepropetrovsk. More than l,400 Germans were killed and 70 tanks knocked out during unsuccessful Axis counter attacks yesterday.
 Another i500 Germans were killed and 25 tanks destroyed Inside the Dnieper bend, where the Russians captured Miloradovka, 52 miles southwest of Dnepropetrovsk and 8 miles northeast of KriSoi Rog.
 The central front also Gared up as Russian forces overwhelmed 30 earth and timber forts and seized a height Of importance on the approaches to Vitebsk. Up to 6 battalion of Germans was wiped out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-03

Lionel Hamptons five at the Fam ous Door Prank Fay and Bert Wheeler's gagging in Laugh Time" The air show, T Love a Mys- tery" Gunther Reinhardt's Dip lomacy in the News" via WINS on Monday eyes.
 Sounds In the Night: In the Stork -"Is she carrying a torch2 s he's wearing last years forced STnile" (. At the IS: He's victim of circum- stance. He got caughtl" At Leon & Eddie's: "She knows all the sNJwers, but nobody asks her any tning" At Reuben's: An iso- lationist is @ guy who thinks he'd be making political mistake If he admitted making a historic blunder" l. At Ruby Foo's Den: After this investigation it'll be famous as Tame-any Hall" At Lum Fongs: He's typically Broadway. Crosses his friends before he comes to them" {. In the Cub Room: Hes mak- ing so much money the Govt doesn't know what to do with it."
 Midtown Sp0Oky- WOOky: George Lambert, the actor, and Joy Hath away, the actress, swear 1t happened The homicide dept phoned a gal living in the Beekman Hill Murder sos Didn't you live next door to the murdered Gedeon glrl?" the voice said "Yes," was the reply .. And" said the caller, didn't you live right under Nancy Titterton when she was slain?" Why, yes, did" was the answer. Isn't 1t true" said the official, that you live next to the Lonergans now?" Yes, I do." Well, don't you think you ought to move?" "Why?" was the frozen reply.
 Bigtown Smalltalk: Barbara Bel more starts her 17th week at the Latin Quarter and has mink coat from her Boston feller, besides June Knight, recently unknotted from oil man A. Cameron, is breath less over MGM's Doug Morrow. A nightly date John Loder, who Is married to Hedy Lamar, falls asleep at the movies. Imagine anyone fall- ing asleep at any time = with Hedy alongside? .. Arthur Murray's im- pression of any congresman's speech
 -'Quote, misquoted, unquote!" '. !. It's Major Jack Kofoed now. He's with the 9th Air Force abroad |. Dolly DeMilhau Is expected to wed Luther Davis today . Ben Bernie, friends hear, left nearly @ million smackers in annuities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-03

Lewis and Coal Administrator Har- old Ickes, custodian of the govern. ment seized mines who was au. thorized to execute contract for their operation.
 With the strike in its third day and costing the nation approxi- mately 100000 tons of coal daily, steel plants. railroads, power plants, shipping and other vital war in- dustries were feeling the impact of rapidly diminishing supplies. In addition, home owners in north eastern and midwestern states faced impending discomfort as the weather threatened to turn cold.
 At Pittsburgh, the Carnegie Illinois Steel corporation prepared to cut operations at its big Clair- town bylproducts coke plant by 50 per cent at noon today.
 At Birmingham, Ala, Tennessee Coal and Iron company officials decided to postpone scheduled clo- sure of the company's huge Ensley steel mills another day by taking dangerous chance with the coal it has left" Curtailment of fuel gas to Birmingham residents was scheduled to begin tomorrow.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-03


 manpower and equipment, leading military experts here to predict that they cannot be used as first line troops until they have been taken out of the line and reorganized. Hit- ler's loss of guns, tanks, fuel, food and munitions misunderstanding the killed and maimed manpower- has been sufficient since the Rus slams burst across the Dnieper to have crippled most armies.
 Only Possible Evacuation
 Only sea and air evacuation of the Crimea now is rossible. Red land- ings at Kerch reported by the Berlin radio indicate Stalin intends to clean up the peninsula without de- lay, The Germans arc believed to have left no more than four or five divisions to contest control of Cri- mea as long as possible. They know that when these are spent the Rus slams will hold good air fields and the Sevastopol nave base as spring. boards against shaky Rumania.
 Stalin's anger to the ruin of Red industrial centers will be tempered somewhat by satisfaction over the recovery of huge depots and work shops constructed by the Germans in the Taman Peninsula, Zaporozhe, Dnlepropetrovsk and Mc'itopol areas which the Nazis believed would be theirs indefinitely.
 Tn the north the Germans have admitted heavy fighting around Gomel and Vitebsk. The Russians are silent regarding this fighting as is their usual practice until they have full-blown victory to an- nGunce.
 This too may ripen into material for Stalin,s holiday survey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-03
Will Make Germons Poy
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 cannot learn a lesson. This time there is good reason to believe her lesson will be burned deeply into the centuries of her future history.
 This record. realized, will be the source of material from which the indictments will be drawn to carry out the tripartite pledge of the Al- lied powers at Moscow that the Axis war criminals would be punished for their inhrman acts at the scenes os their crimes.
 asked the Russian: What will 1t be, 'an eye for an eye'?" NO" he replied. That would mean mass execution of millions of Germans, but do not forget that under the tripartite agreement the criminals will be brought back to stand trial under the laws of the countries where their crimes were committed. There has been a pre- view--the Krasnodar trials last July, where eight were hanged and three given long terms in prison"
 I stopped at one page marked German killing methods"
 Here Dr. Nikolai Burdenke of the Soviet Academy of Sciences was quoted on personal investigations at Orel.
 I've seen innumerable bodies of children of all ages clutched in dy- ing embrace by their murdered mothers" Burdenke alleged. "The Germans chose out of the way woods and gullies for their execution grounds. At Donbas they flung vic- tins by the thousands into the mines. Our investigations in hun- dreds of towns and villages brought us to the conclusion that shooting in the back of the head was so typi- cal as to be called 'The German.
 "What can Germany expect" I persisted to the Russian spokesman.
 T think Germany knows very well the general outlines her retribution will take" the spokesman replied. "The main Soviet points might be summarized The great mass of Germans will be responsible for re- stitution of war damages, but since 1t is impractical to bring the Reich's millions to trial, criminal responsi- blity must be broken down. The rank and file of soldiers who carry out footing or murder, whether in- dependently or under orders of su- periors, nevertheless are responsible personally for their misdeeds. Hitler, his ministers, the Nazi party lead CTS and the army command all are guilty of grievous violations of in- ternational law and these will be tried. The financiers who made Hit lerism possible will be considered accessories.
 "All Germans who exploited labor and forced Russians into slavery, All Germans who have received goods known to have been stolen from Russians, also have responsi- bility. This is a monumental list but records have been kept faith fully for the day Of reckoning"
 As I closed the book my eye paused on a quotation from Mix hailov, secretary of the Communist Youth Organization:
 Not one crime will be forgiven. They shall pay for everything--the burned Soviet villages, the tears and blood of the Soviet people"