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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07
He's Embarrassed

True. the floor was full Of fox
trotters AT the time Every
last one of them walked of the
floor. says Carl.
And what about the man YOU
were playing ~ for"
He just sat still," said Ra-
VaZZa. II guess he was en-
barrassed about dancing with
nobody else on the floor. so We
played to an empty floor"
There's one thing that he
wishes you wouldn't do--not
that il happens very often. but
ii happens occasionally 10 every
orchestra leader. Just when he's
working Up TO the chorus Of a
number that his arranger has
spent three weeks polishing. a
drunk decides TO chime in and
sing IL, too.
1t is surprising that no hand
leader yet has Drained one Of
these alcohol prima donnas with
a saxophone, but if il happened,
WOuiun De SURPRISED.
Not for Ravazza
Unlike a lot of young band
leaders, RavaZza has no ham
kering for the top spots He
doesn't want 10 be Kay kyser
or Benny Goodman. Still young
he's had IS years in the music
business because he started
when he was i'm school.
Live that dogs life OF being
top band for u year and
half?" he snaps. "Six shows n
day on one-day stands :: Not for
me. Not even for all the money
that's i'm IL.
What 1 want II a farm out
In Washington or Oregon, where
It's green all the year around
and IL never freezes. Give me
that, and a few pupils 10 teach,
and that's what 1 want out Of
life"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07
Movies Hold
Attractions
'Exttrtd, Week

Continued from First Stage Page)
romance co-starring Greer Gar
son and Ronald Colman sticks
so closely to the original is UNI
doubleday because the author,
himself. worked on the script
and acted as technical advisor,
too.
ON the other hand, Gregor
Ziemer. author of Education
for Death which was made
into the film, "fIitler's Children"
now in its third week at the
Palms-State. refused an offer to
work on the film version.
He claimed that he would
rather wait and see how the
movies treated his book. because
he wrote of actual experiences
he had witnessed during his 10
years in Germany and that~he
mad no experience as a scenariSt.
The cinema will have a new
bill Tuesday with that factual
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07
And Bring Your Apron

Instead of engraved invita-
tons, Hollywoodians now call
up and say, you must come
over and bring your apron
For the filmtown really has a
kitchen party set"
Heretofore, Hollywood fol-
lowed the formula that big
parties had TO be given and
each one had 10 be bigger and
better than the last. 1t was a
part OF being in show business.
Now they put the show business
into parties. even to the point
of inviting a big audience.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07
SerWcemen Ask
For Pin-U p Girls
iContinued from First Stage Pagel

(Nontfnued from first stage rage
and printed on paper not too
heavy TO be hung by a pin in
some soldiers tent.
And if you don't photograph
looking like his maiden aunt it
is almost 100 TO l shot some
soldier will pin you up.
OF course. getting the name Of
a soldier 10 write TO is impor-
tant.
The boy from your home town
should be able TO provide you
with some interesting and lone
some fellow soldiers TO whom
YOU can write and send your
picture.
If you aren't an official PIN
up girl after all that trouble.
baby, then something is wrong
with either YOU or your camera
man.
Speaking Of Louells Parsons,
she's a pin-up girl herself. hav-
ing obligingly mailed out
dozen photos of herself to an
equal number Of service boys
who wrote asking for them.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07

Happy" Lewis is the
master of ceremonies OPEN
ing at Sak's Show Bar Mon
day night for two weeks.
document, The Siege of Lenin-
grad" as the top attraction.
The new film condensation Of
the famous Shes OWE h
Seventh Symphony is also on
the bill.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07
For Married Couples

IF there are a lot of OBJ
viously married couples In the
room, one OF the old favorites.
like DO You Ever Think Of
Me- or Jealous IL an odds-on
bet 20 get them interested. It's
better than one of the popular
current tunes.
"Your job is to make 'em
have q good time--to get 'em
out on the floor, and send 'em
homo feeling that they've en-
joyed themselves"
Once you're dancing, RavaZza
leads you on. He'll liven you UP
with a new number. possibly,
I'm Saving Myself For Bill. +"
Then. II it's a rhurnba crowd
he'll give you a South America
ditty, and pull you back north
with There Are Such Things !"
BY that time he knows you
pretty well. and if you're the
kind of a crowd that he really
likes, he'll pull the heart out
OF you with "Only Make Be
lieve." or make you dream with
"A Pretty Girl Is Like
Melody"
Everything's important when
he's sizing you UP, and he can't
AFFORD to make a mistake. Ra-
vszZa notices the way you sit
smoking a cigar. the way you
eat, and what you seem to like.
Maybe you're sophisticated
listener who likes Cole Porter
and Jerome Kern. Or maybe
you're the opposite and won't
stop talking unless he browns
you with Tiger Rag"
Rhumba is a touchy matter.
II you can rhumba. you think
it's wonderful. III you can't, you
walk off the floor mad. The
other night one very good Gus
toner. whom Ravazza recog-
nized as a rhumba fan. was oh
viously fretting. so Carl told
the band 10 swing into Bra
I'll, a samba.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07
Anderson In
Recital March y

MARIAN ANDERSON. con-
tralto, will close the Masonic
Auditorium concert series for
this season on Monday evening.
March p.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07
Hollywood
Bright Lights
Losing ing Lure
Special To THE DETROIT TINES

HOLL1 WOOlO, Mdfch
COME years ago we had
~ occasion TO observe. lin
Hollywood an actress is only as
good as her last performance
and her social or night spot
prestige has practically nothing
to do with her screen success"
But our still small voice"
was lost in the wilderness of
Hollywoods fabulous reveling.
and despite such exemplary re-
cluses as Greta Carlo, Warner
Baxter, Ronald Colman and a
score of other ace stars. who
were doing all right for them
selves by tending strictly TO
their histrionic knitting while
the rest of filmtown danced by,
the notion still persisted that
Hollywood's scintillating social
front had TO be maintained at
any cost, including sleepless
nights and bad performances on
the morrow.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07
Up TO the Band

Perhaps you think you have
a good time-or don't, as the
case may be. RavaZZa maintains
that you don't have much TO say
about it. It's up TO the band
10 decide II for you.
When Ravazza and his band
settle themselves on the stand
in the Statler's Terrace Room,
he already knows. before he has
played note, quite a lot about
you.
"You can tell with your eyes
shut" he says. "You can judge
nv the room noise. IL It's quiet,
YOU have a sedate crowd. Or n
tired crowd. III there's n huh
huh, you can gauge how lively
the audience Is.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07
IN S|De
Ravazza's Band
Plays Tunes to Fit
Mood of Crowd
BY JACK PICKERING

- y Line sehing groceries,
= said Carl Ravazzs, a young
old-timer in the band business.
Selling music IL like selling
groceries. It's n salable COM
modify"
So you might remember that
when the bandleader is standing
UP there in front of the band.
he's doing more than going
through the motions. He's
watching you all the time. try
ing TO figure out what you are
like. where you come from, and
what the state OF your DISPOSE
ton may be. Then he picks the
tune that will make you feel
better.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-01-29
Davis-MOnthan Field Notes

\ bronZed. weather-beaten.~ ga
group Of American flyers and
ground troops arfTyt-' sr -17sTrS
Monthan Field from South Ameri-
c.. where they built air bases.
pafroled the Pacific coast. and
acted as part time ambassadors
OF good will. The Yankee soldiers
were fun OF delightful yarns and
a grateful prayer that they are
back on their native soil.
Operating under express agree.
ments between the United States
and a South American government
the Army Air Forces undertook
the herculean task OF building air
fields on the shifting desert sands
of country south OF the equator.
Completing their ground work the
groups stationed in that zone then
began their aerial reconnaissance
% the Pacific and hung up the
remarkable record of two years Of
Tying without a mishap.
Captain James Shea. OF Spring
field, III. depicted some OF the
hardships encountered by his men.
Native food didn't agree with the
American soldiers at first. and be-
fore they became accustomed TO
the steady diet Of 'pescado ar
ROC. fish and rice. there was
plenty OF gripping. The men slowly
became acclimated to their new
environment. and with typical
American ingenuity in meeting
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-01-29

/ conditions. there was soon burst
Il enthusiasm for the work that
- 70 De- done. There was con.
slant lack OF general supplies. and
n. farming shortage OF water at
times. but somehow the soldiers
managed 20 make what they had
on hand do and built with their
meagre equipment barracks. day
rooms. and hospitals
Captain Ralph r. Ravenburg Of
Washington. y. c.. reported the
manner In which his men befrind-
ed the natives. learned 10 speak
Spanish. and created a boundless
stream OF friendship between the
Yanks and their South American
neighbors.
Though the social customs Of
dating" are rigid the Americans
ingratiated themselves 10 such a
degree that the parents of the
senoritas relented at times n
permitted their daughters TO at
tend soldier sponsored dances one
service man. Sgt. Joe Yannessa.
Of New York. laughingly told how
he had to spent $2l TO take a
young lady out one evening Her
entire family-Jose. Pedro. Luis.
and the sisters. Maria. Flora. and
everyone remotely akin. accom-
panied us TO the theater After
the show ! wanted TO take my
girl friend 10 dinner. Sure enough.
there they were right behind us
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-01-29

of ospitality TO give their time
so that the soldiers would have
good time
The ragged and toru clothes OF
the men were turned in yesterday.
The quartermaster issued new out
fits 10 each soldier. Now they are
awaiting their turn for a well de-
served furlough. Upon return IT
will be new studies. new assign
ments and destiny unknown.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-01-29

the entire clan following us into
the restaurant
A more serious tone was struck
by the men when they told of the
fist fights that they had in bars
rith-rcmuants of the German lega-
tious and other Nazis that were
in tile various larger cities OF their
sector We sure had a swell
time beating the daylights out of
some OF them" the soldiers re
yealed
on one occasion the men ex-
perienced an earthquake which
did not cause any casualties but
destroyed some buildings and
much equipment. The soldiers
helped the natives TO rebuild their
homes. and patroled the streets
whore the damage was most Sc
we're
The climate was temperate at
the coast, though it is only one
degree below the equatorial line.
a cooling uotrehrn current crosses
the peninsula where the soldiers
We're stationed and made the
weather beaTable
Soldiers on leave would organize
Salaries and plough their way
deep into the jungle where they
would 90 big game hunting. Prizes
We're offered to the m g n wh o
would return with the best catch.
often the soldiers travelled by
donkey and foot Natives accom-
panied the Americans. asking but
the minimum of compensation
Most OF them considered it duty
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-01-29
Have Tricked Her

Reno, New. (CNS) Because
Mrs. Jean Beddoe Squires Mac
Farlane's husband. fraudulently
represented himself as an Army
officer. she was granted an annul-
ment of her marriage to Warner
jerks MacFarlane Of Plainfield.
y. J. He had pleaded guilty to a
New Jersey charge of imperson-
ating an Army officer govern
ment engineer. and an FBI agent.
He faces similar charges in
Florida.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-01-29

Paterson, NJ. J. (CNS)-"One
Jap for a carton of cigarets. Where
do you want the bodies sent?"
said a post card received by an
employee at an industrial plant
here. Workers in the plant have
been sending smokes TO service
men on all fronts. The query was
from Lit George F. Dennis in the
Southwest Pacific Area.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-01-29

revolver. He was taken to ST
Joseph's Hospital. where it was
found the bullet had passed
through his body, making clean
wound and if complications did
not set i'm his. chances were good .
for recovery.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-01-29

Mrs. w II. Farnsworth was
hostess Monday evening TO t h @
Womans Club Literature Depart
ment meeting with 16 attending.
The book "Ay Antonia," by Villa
Gather. was reviewed by Mrs d.
S. Davis. Mrs. Paul Hobby con
Quoted the QUESTIONABLE and Mrs.
Charles Cohen told of the life of
the author. Mrs. Asa Gardner will
be the next hostess. The evening
was instructive and delightful TO
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-01-29

School Notes: 1t showed in
Coolidge about a week ago It
was the first time since 1919. It
was quite a surprise to see snow
in this part of Arizona. Signed:
Ralph Preece.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-01-29

The sixth grade is working on
a play for the next assembly. The
character are: Foy Foster, Opie
Wallace, Inez Wellborn, Reece
Dunaway. Lauvenio Daughrity,
Hulan Fennel, and George Cad
bois 1t will be given on Friday
February 10. You are invited to
come. Signed: Evalyn Beardsley.
Word was received Monday that
John Dimes had, during a fit of
dependency, shot himself through
the breast with a As automatic
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-01-29

Mr.. Culbert, the seventh grade
teacher, is going to take the Class
out TO the Ruins for history We
may study a little nature. We will
go out in the bus and stay from
l to , o'clock. We think it will
be interesting. because we are all
very interested. Signed: Annie
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-01-29
those present.

Mrs. William Wrigley. Jr.. and
party visited the Casa Grande
Ruins during the past week. Bob
Rose accompanied them and re
ceived a typical Wrigley calling
card. package of Spearmint
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-01-29
10 YEARS AGO

Last Friday night fire was dis
covered in the Legion Hall and
before the fire company arrived
TO extinguish the blaze. the floor
and walls were badly damaged.
Repairs were made Saturday IN
time for the dance that night The
origin of the fire is unknown.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-01-29

At a special meeting OF the
Chamber of Commerce at the Le-
gion Hall Tuesday night the fol
lowing officers were elected for
the ensuing year. President, Al
Wilkie; vice president, J. B..
Boone. second vice president.
George Nowlin; third vice presi-
dent, l.. S. Craig; and treasurer,
Harry Shelter Two additional
directors were also elected: +. p.
Glover, and G. w. Ware.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-15
5HRINERS HERE
FOR CEREMONIAL;
BANQUET TUESDAY

j. w. Woodford, Potentate of the
Nile Temple at Seattle; Kendall
Howe, Director of the Second Sec
ton, and Gerald Reddick, Assistant
Director of the Second Section, ar
rived last night from the Queen
City for the Shrine Ceremonial here.
They were joined at Ketchikan by
the following Shriners: Ralph A..
Bartholomew, Ed Abeggean, Ed
Steffen, Thomas Givan, Edwin l..
Elliott, w. A. Prizes and Donald
Armour. Mrs. Armour also made the
trip.
The Ceremonial will be held to-
night for 81 candidates at 7 o'clock
In the lodge room of the Scotch
Rite Temple A stag buffet-supper
will follow at the American Legion
Dugout.
Tomorrow evening banquet will
be held at 7 o'clock in the Gold
Room of the Baranof Hotel. The
committee in charge of the affair,
which is for Shriners and their
ladies, wish TO settle the matter
OF dress for their ladies by an
nouncing that the dinner will be
stricly informal.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-15
SITUATION
IN LEBAN0N
NOW GRAVE
Real Clash Expected Be
tween Natives, French
Political Dispute

CAIRO, Nov. 15.-The situation
in Lebanon is potentially grave
and a real clash between natives
and French might come any time,
no one knows when
Curtis Ryan, Comptroller OF the
British Ministry of Information in
the Middle west, made this state
ment today on his return from
Beirut. He also said casualties as
the result of the political contro-
versy already totals 140 including
10 or IL dead. Future armed struggle
might occur either in Lebanon or
Syria, he also said.
Richard Casey, British Minister
of State of the Middle West has
also returned from Beirut and he
explained Britain's position in the
Franco-Lebanon dispute. He said
Gen Catroux has been empowered
by the Committee of National Liber-
alton to seek settlement. Casey
said he conferred yesterday at Bel
rut with Sir Edward Spears, Bril-
fish Minister to Lebanon and Syria,
and he urged that Catroux reach
Beirut quickly. Catroux in 1941
promised Lebanon full independ-
ence.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-15
Terrific Blow Designed TO
DisIoCdie Entire Trdf-
fit Center
ATTACK IS OPENING
WEDGE OF OFFENSIVE
Seetions.of France Are Hit
Also Northern Hdr-
Dor in Italy

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ALTERS, Nov. l5.-American Nit
chell bombers ranged over Sofia yes
terday making their first air attack
on the capital city of Bulgaria.
This blow is designed to dislocate
traffic over the whole Balkan rail
system.
Ground Action in Italy
On the ground in the battle In
Italy, lines remained virtually un-
changed. Only the Eighth Army
carried out successful patrol actions
while on the Fifth Army front the
enemy maintained a firm defense.
France Is swept
During the day other bombers
swept France but the chief raid was
the one on Sofia. Bombers also
cracked the Antheor railway viaduct
near Cannes, and light bombers shot
up the harbor at Civitavechia on the
west coast of Italy.
Strike at Sofia
Escorted by Lightning fighters, the
Mitchell bombers dropped over
Sofas railway yards in two big
formations, dropping tons OF ex-
plosives on the target.
Nine out OF approximately "a
German intercepting fighter planes
were shot down.
Bombing Accurate
The official reports describe the
bombing as extremely accurate
the explosives smashing down
square on locomotive repair shops,
car assembly shops, main line depot
and ripping up tracks in the yards.
Balkan Offensive
The announcement also said this
successful opening of the Balkan
offensive is far-reaching, and i'm
mensely important as Sofia is the
center of the railroads which supply
the German fronts as far down as
the Grecian islands and also the
islands in the Aegean, also western
Balkans.
THE Sofia rail yard links up.
with rail routes through Hungary,
Rurnania and Bulgaria.
THE bombing at Sofia will have
the effect Of dislocating traffic over
the whole Balkan rail system
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-15
BAD0GLI0
TO RESIGN
HIS OFFICE
But Premier Stays on Until
Allies Re deh Rome
King Won I Abdi1dte

ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS, Nov.
Is. - Premier Marshal Pietro Ba-
doglio, waging apparently unsuc-
cessful fight to save the throne of
King Victor Emanuele, has pledged
ito present my resignation as head
OF the government and retire when
the Allies reach Rome
This declaration meant the King
will stand alone against united
front of the italian political parties
seeking his abdication.
Badoglio says he is unable to form
representative government and
this confirmed reports that Count
Carlo Sforza and other political
leaders have declined to join any
governmnt under the King, who is
considered tainted with Fascism.
1t Is said Sforza wanted the King
to abdicate to the Crown Prince
and renounce the throne to the
son of the Crown Prince who would
be made King under regent mar
shall. The King is said to have
refused the conditions on the
grounds no drastic steps be taken
until more OF Italy is freed from the
Germans. There are no disturbances
in liberated zones, it is said.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-15
GERMANS
EVA(UATE
zHIT0MIR
Russian Advances on Edge
Of Pripet Marshes Dr.
vide Nazi Forces
(By Associated Press

The German Command has an
nounced that Russian Cossacks and
tanks have made a sweeping drive
west of Gomel, and have driven to
Rechitsa, about 80 miles southwest
of the railroad linking Gomel and
Poland, but have been beaten back
in their attempts to capture the
town itself.
The seizure of Rechitsas would
sever one of the two remaining rail
lines over which the Nazi defenders
of the old fortress of Gomel might
back to escape the encircling move
ment. A Russian advance along the
nortern edges of the vast Pripet
Marshes also threatened to split off
the northern German armies from
the forces on the central front. &
Another German broadcast ac-
knowledged the German evacuation
of Zhitomir, rail junction, and the
last artery of the north-south rail-
road for the Nazis to the east OF the
old Polish border The fall of
Zhitomir threatens to cut the CEN,
trail Nezi forces off from. the .ses,th
ern German armies.
The Russians are 80 miles west of
Zhitomir, and the Red Army is ex-
panding it's salient west of Kiev,
surging close to the vital rail juno
ton of Korosten, the capture OF
which gives the Russians control of
the 50-mile stretch of the Lenin-
grad Odessa railway system between
Korosten and Zhitomir. This is ac-
cording to report from Moscow
A German broadcast says that a
big battle is raging in the Dnieper
bend, after the Russians had hurled
nearly 100000 men against the Ger
man defenses and broken through
between zaporozhe and the area
northwest of Krivoi Rog.
According to the German-con-
trolled Paris radio, the Russians at
tempted new crossings of the Dniep-
err OH both sides of Cherkasy, about
10 miles northwest of Kremencnug.
Masses of Red Army infantry,
cavalry, tanks, and self-propelling
guns are pouring through the hole
west of Kiev to Baranovka, and
have reached a point only IS miles
from the pre-war border between
Russia and Poland.
The 42-mile advance took the
plunging Soviet columns to Bar
anovka since the capture OF the
rail junction of zhitomir on Sat-
urday. Thirty-eigh miles to the
northwest of Baranovka is the town
of Gorodnitsa, which is just inside
the old Russian border, and So miles
directly west of Baranovka is Ostrog,
Just inside the old Polish border.
The old line of demarcation, slant
ing to the northeast from Ostrog,
comes within IS miles of the present
Red Army lines. Gen. Vatutin's
First Ukrainian Army, which rushed
into the 135-mile long salient west
of Kiev in a mighty breakthrough
of the German defenses, had $50
miles to go, however, before reach
ing the nearest point of the Ger
man. Russian e m ca on line
through Poland, which existed in
l941 when the Germans began their
invasion of Russia.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-15
ROY EATON HOME II
IS COMPLETELY
DESTROYED, FIRE

A fire caused by the explosion
of a gasoline lamp last night at
TBS o'clock destroyed the two
story frame dwelling owned by Roy
Eaton, night patrolmen on the
Juneau City Police force. The blaze
was most spectacular as viewed from
the Juneau side of Gastineau Chan
mel The house was on the new
Fish Creek Highway on Douglas
Island
The alarm was turned in from
box AZ, Twelfth and E Streets, and
the department rushed there as
from the city the fire looked as
though it was the Public Roads
Building on the highway beyond the
Juneau Diaries that was ablaze.
AT that time flames had en-
veloped the entire Eaton structure,
but one truck was sent from the
Juneau Fire Department to the
scene, too late to be of any service.
The blaze started when Mrs. Eaton
was lighting the gasoline lamp in
the downstairs section of the house.
Mr. Eaton, asleep in one OF the
bedrooms upstairs, was awakened
and with their twelve-year -old
daughter, the three escaped I'M
harmed.
All personal effects of the family
were lost, including diving equip
ment belonging to Mr. Eaton, one
of the only deep-sea divers in this
section of the country. The equip
ment was valued at several thousand
dollars.