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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-03

And why does traffic always
snarI up. like kitten and a ball
Of string. whenever II rains"
The cab pokes along and the
driver tells us all about his girl.
She was with some other people,
riding in the cab, and suddenly
she said-Se the driver reeoIints
- like you better" so now he
has n girl. Love. Detroit style,
at first sight. Or was she a
>chemers Maybe she wanted a
hoy friend with "A cab, 80 she
wouldn't get caught in the rain.
Like uS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-03

The Union Guardian Building
the tank-automotive center.
Now they're all busy with the
story that the elevator shafts
are haunted. In an elevator. ~
any floor. from the first 10 the
34ih, you're likely 10 hear a man
whiSilinG.
They don't know who ne is or
where he is. Or how his Whis-
tied tunes get into the elevator
shaft. But every 50 often they
hear him. whlStllnC classical
tunes. No boogic-wooclc.
Time 10 go UP to the NacCa-
bees Building Ia talk 10 the
Jaw about the Sunshine Fund.
And how. come 10 think of IL,
did the Sunshine Fund ever de-
Velop name like that, in the
driZZly month Of May"
Well. here's the first hn of
luck today Al last the sky has
dried up enough for a walk 20
the Wsrdel. The Girls Club OF
the L. s. Rubber Co. wan1 10
/. hear some OF the trials and
|tribulauonS Of writing a column
11'he way the water has been
running of my hat ihc word
isn't -1rlhulatInnS- ItS iLlhu-
taries or The Mississippi River,
no doubt.
what, stopped raining now
u cant he! But u has Let's
walk over 10 the Scarab Club.
Sure. somebody's there. Some
body's always there.
Hey, what's happened here
The filling station beside the
club isn't n filling station any
more. It's a real estate agency.
That's something filling sta
ton closes because there isn't
anything Ia fill gas tanks with,
and becomes real estate office.
The way heard II, there isn't
any real estate. either, II YOU
want 10 rent ~
Yes. somebody sill up az
the club m Francis de ErdclyS
old studio But II isn't Erdely
lis stranger. Yes thank you.
III come in
It's an engineer named Bill
Mooney a construction enGI-
neer. helping build one of the
new Ford war factories.
MONEYS not the first engineer
10 Ioin the Scarab Club. either
EdSel Ford was member
ANYWAY. there was method in
Bill Moneys madness. He
Joined an artists club To find
cure for war nerves. and he
found il.
when the uproar Of prioriticS,
specifications and production
schedules gets his nerves jan
Cling, he steals of TO his studio
and paints pictures, writes poe
try. even compOseS music.
They tell me how Ia improve
my pictures, Bill says, but |
tell 'em To let me alone. II I
learn too much, maybe it'll he
come work instead of fun. And
music? I'm descendant of
Richard Wagner, hut all .
know about music j. what I
taught myself. can write In
sin keys hut ] don't know what
they are, and once they told me
had written a piece in 9-S
time, which Is impossible. But
here II Is. Anyway, IL gets rid
Of war nerves"
Outside II isn't raining any
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-03

Children Join the scrap 10 scrap
the AXIS JOIN the Clean Plate
Club. ASK your parents, your big
brothers and your big sisters, and
your school friends 10 Join, too.
Although the Clean Plate Club
idea was announced 70 Detroit in
the Times only yesterday. already
membership application 5 are
rolling in w h o q families are
joining this patriotic home army,
members Of which arc pledged 10
clean their plates every meal. not
waste bit Of food
Among the first 10 Join were
Lincoln E. Llghtbody and his fam
lily of 1907 Marlowe. Not only
have Lightbody, his wife and their
two young sons, Lincoln NJ, 5,
and Richard. 3, enrolled. but
Lightbody'S S3-ycar-old mother,
Mrs. Margaret Lightbody, J 5 o.
Grandmother Is going TO make II
HER business that neither of her
grandSons leave any food on their
plates, even If they should forget
their pledge for a moment, which
they probably won't.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-03

Outside, il isn't raining any
fnnore. Imagine!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-03

What sane man would manage
10 get himself caught in every
downpOur Of the day? Nope,
sane man would stay put some
where under cover.
Here il is raining again Just
try 10 find a cab
CasS avenue Is FUN OF cabs
the cabs are fun Of people my
shoes arc full OF rain SloSh,
Slosh. sloSh. the boys are march
ing. Lets Try Grand River
Grand River Is a good name for
IL. Full OF rain and cabs that
somebody clSc saw first
SO you keep waving az them
and feeling foolish when some
body already has taken lease
on each one. People wait until
II rains. and then gobblc up All
the cabs lis personal vindIc-
Inverness. that's what n U.s.
SO here's an empty ono
finally.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-03

Time 10 go up to the Macca-
bees Building To talk 10 the
Jaw about the sunshine Fund,
And how. come 90 think Of IL,
did the Sunshine Fund ever de
Velop = name like that, in the
driIZly month Of May
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28

un-Tarzan-ike decision
"Beryl and 1 are going to lead a
very quiet life" he said
Said she:
Johnny will do the acting I'm just going
10 be his wife"
Then perhaps remembering few domes-
tic scenes in which Lupe was co-starred with
him, Johnny added:
I've had enough of actresses with temper
ament. We're not even going to any Holly
wood parties after we get TO the Coast"
When they returned to California. Holly
wood thought Tarzan had found the ideal
mate in the quiet-mannered. conservative
brunette whom he had met in 1888 during a
golf tournament at Pebble Beach a resort
near San Francisco. There seemed to be
every indication that. although two marriages
had collapsed for him. the third would prove
10 be the one in which the fun-loving Johnny
would find complete harmony.
n But whatever harmony he may have found
was reduced 10 some dscord within a year
and a half. BY December, 1910, Mrs. Beryl
Weissmuller had already signed a divorce
complaint-and the next day instructed her
attorney not TO file il.
Johnny explained that rift by saying:
TT was all terrible mistake / went
over to Catalina tan island off the Southern
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28

saying wedding vows for the first time, Tar
IAN saying them for the third
Theirs was 1 a m. wedding - arranged
at that hour so he would not miss per-
Torrance at the New York Worlds Fair A
swimming ace and consistent breaker of
swimming records long before Hollywood
reached out for him. Johnny a sensation
at the Fair.
BY divorcing Lupe and marrying the San
Francisco socialite Johnny had stepped from
one life directly into another
Back of him now were only memories
memories of marriages TO the beautiful
stage star, Bobbe Arnst, who had appeared
in several Broadway revues, and the effer-
vescent Lupe.
His marriage to Bobbe was of only IS
months duration and. shortly before the di-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28

planned what Johnny had meant to her.
In this interview, one OF countless she
gave before the marital split-up, she said:
I'm the happiest woman in this country
There is no one IKE my Johnny. Fight?
sure NC. l,z..--,'~ 44snS ~sGh him because J.
like to make il up. =.
And when we were married Cfour years
beforel, people say it would not last three
weeks. Phooey!"
In definite contrast TO his marriage to the
Mexican actress, Johnnys marriage to Beryl
Scott has for the most part been kept very
much a private affair.
There was nothing Tarzan-ike in the mar
riage. While New York wondered whether
Johnny had tucked his bride under a brawnv
arm and swung from limb to limb to some
hidden nest in the trees. the ceremony was
performed with formalty and decorum at
Garfield, New Jersey. There wasn't even the
familiar Tarzan cry
Berry, once said she never cared one way or
the other about movie celebrities She doesn't
even seem TO care to appear where such
celebrities appear. She has shown a definite
desire for a social life lived. for the most
part in the confines of private homes Quite
different from Lupe, who has always liked
the glow of the public spotlight.
II Johnny has been seeing some of the
night spots of the film capital it is say those
who know him best, because he is driven TO
them by the desires OF a gay, fun-loving
personality.
Having learned of the Weissmullers' latest
rift, Hollywoodans now are specializing on
TarZan's future 49, wondering IL his current
marriage will end in a divorce and, II it does,
whether he soon will be looking for another
mate
But, regardless of his marital problem.
you can bet Johnny can keep jumping from
tree to tree - without missing
He may have missed in marriage - but as
tree jumper he can still answer 20 the
sobriquet, Hollywood's King Of the Jungle.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28

mullers wasxa bit remind
full of other Tdays-days on
which Lupe Velez would
call in the reporters to tell
them that she and Johnny
had ceased batting ADD
that peace again reigned.
Johnny's marriage to the
dark-eyed pepper pot" it
will be remembered. had
some Of the characteristics
Of a Mexican revolution. 1t
was full Of explosions.
The final explosion came
about six years after their
marriage in Las Vegas,
Nevada, on October 8, 1888.
II came in a divorce court.
Lupe steered the marriage
into that court-but IL was
Johnny who came out with
a decree.
Almost before the ink
was dry on that decree,
Johnny and Beryl Scott
were standing before a JUS
tice in New Jersey-she
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28

She thought was hunting for new wife or
something"
After that statement was issued, the
couple posed with happy expressions for
film studios photographer so all the world
might know that harmony had been restored
within the Weissmuller household
And, apparently, that harmony lasted quite
a while between Tarzan and his third mate,
who once said of their first meeting:
II just happened TO meet him at cock
tail party when he was up for a golf tourna-
ment A. and that was all. / fell terribly in
love
"Of course. I'd seen him in the movies,
but the only thing I noticed particularly then
was how cutely he'd swing from tree 20 tree
The circulation Of the photographs depict
ing the restored happiness of the Weiss
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28

strangers
In filing the divorce complaint,
Bobbe alleged the rift in their
marriage was born Of his making
personal appearances in conjunc-
ton with the showings Of his Tar
zan pictures.
She charged him with fire.
quently staying away nights, fail
ing to appear for dinners she pre-
pared, and permitting his brother,
Pete, to live with them In their
single apartment although it pre-
sumed upon my privacy"
That presumption" Bobbe
testified. came in the sleeping hab-
it's of the Weissmuller brothers.
Tarzan and Pete, she explained,
took over the only bedroom in the
apartment, compelling her to sleep
on a sofa in the living room.
Lupe's list of charges was
longer, more spectacular. She prac-
tically threw the book at him. She
complained he was interested in
other women she said he insulted
her and her friends.
In all, her complaint was quite
the opposite of her expressions
when, in an interview, she ex-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28

Those who know her asd her husband view
their latest rift something that would hap
pen 10 most any marriage in which the hus-
band enjoyed going TO gay places and the
wife preferred a conservative home life.
OF the reported incompatiblity Mrs.
Weissmuer has said.
I'VE just couldn't get along There was
no big quarrel We sat down and Talked il
over and decided that this was the best way
10 solve our problems.
Johnny can see the children 1.-TWO boys
and a girl--John 3 Wendy. Is months. and
Heidi 4 months any time he wants 90. am
remaining in our Brentwood home and the
children will be with me-"
In his first two motion pictures, Johnny
uttered only 60 words. But Of his current
marital rift, he has uttered fewer none in
fact for publication
\ But IL is a safe bet 90 presume he did some
heavy muttering 10 himself when he left his
Brentwood home-tto learn that, on top Of
everything else, he was another victim Of
Southern CALIFORNIA; housing shortage He
repeatedly was forced 20 move in with friends
until he could find some other place to stay.
The Wessmullers' separation has recalled
a joint interview they gave in New York on
the eve of their marriage and one wonders If
Johnny stuck for long to his then voiced
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28

FOR the delectatlon Of movie house
ences, Johnny Weissmuller fits from
20 tree with nary slip.
In the forest Of matrimony. how
Screenland's Tarzan doesn't seem 10 be
10 keep from tumbiing.
Twice he has fallen from his marital T
and It appears he is on the verge Of
spilling for the third time
From any side now. IL looks like he
is faced with the prospect Of losing his
current mate not a mate Of the
cinema Jungle but the former San
Francisco sociahte who. IN 1899 be
came his bride and since has become
the mother OF his three children
lie was presented with that pros
pect long ago when his third wife Mrs
Beryl Scott Weissmuller told Of their
most recent NIT, admitted they had
\ separated and minated she would file
a suit for divorce on the grounds OF
incompatiblity.
II Mrs Bcryl Weissmuller gives her
marital problems an airing in a divorce
court. she will be following the actions
# Bobbe Arnst and Lupe Velcz
II will BE- remembered OF course,
that Bobbe. once a Broadway stage
fayoritc; and Lupe, a fiery
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28

actress sometimes referred
NA, @t'Cg ANN%,cAF g
|Potrr. were Johunv's wives
No. / and No. 2. respectively.
Unlike her predecessors in
the affection Of Tarzan Mrs.
Beryl Weissmuller is a non
professional She has never
been on the stage or screen,
and until she met Johnny
she had no particular inter-
Evening star., 1943-09-17

Today's communique also an
nounced series of continued heavy
bombings of road and transport tar
gets by both the Northwest African
and Middle East Air Forces, striking
both day and night, at Potenza, in
the middle of the Apprentices Range.
These blows, indicating that the
Germans still were in that locality,
were aimed at targets about 55 miles
north of the Gulf of Taranto.
AS yet there was no informa ton as
to whether the junction of the 5th
and 9th Armies had compelled the
Nazis to withdraw northward from
the vicinity of Agripoli.
(The German communique, re-
corded by the Associated Press
from Berlin broadcasts, said at
tacks by Allied parachute troops
were made in the German rear,
but declared these troops were
wiped out. While declaring that
the enemy landing head at Sa-
lerno was still further compress
Evening star., 1943-09-17
previous night in a raid coincidinz
with one carried out by medisfm
bombers of the African force

previous night In a raid coinciding
with one carried out by medifrn
bombers of the African force.
The Northwest African Air Com
mand also sent medium bornbers
against enemy transports In the
Auletta district Wednesday night
while yesterday heavy and medium
| bombers ranged over highways. rail-
way bridges and other points around
Naples and Salerno.
The medium and light bombers,
| fighter bombers and fighters pound
ed troop concentrations and trans
port again on the smoking. flaming
battle-ground. The enemy airfield
at Cisterna Littoria was attacked
by light bombers last night.
A state of expectant mystery had
veiled the operations of the third
Allied force in Italy--the British
who sliced off the heel in the
Taranto area and who then struck
up to Bari, logical jumping
place to smash across the Adratic
into the Balkans or to turn west
ward across the peninsula and
squeeze the Germans at Salerno
from the rear.
The 9Th Army was reported off,
cially yesterday to have passed
through the coast village of Scalea,
some so airline miles below the
Salerno battle-ground.
(The Algiers radio said last
night some detachments had
reached Sapri, just l81a miles
from Gen. Clarks lower anchor.)
Gen Sir Harold Alexander, Gen.
Eisenhower's deputy commander in
chief, stepped ashore in the Saierno
area yesterday possibly to be on
hand to take personal command of
the overall operations in Italy after
junction of the 5th and 9Th Armies.
Territory Won Back.
The Army surged out of the low
land foxholes yesterday at dawn to
| strike at the Nazi forces who earlier
in the week had forced back the In
vaders.
BY days end, the Allies had won
| pacK most, II not all, OF the territory
lost in the German counterattacks,
but first reports arriving from the
front were not clear as to the exact
depth of the penetration. A military
spokesman called the drive the AL
lies first serious offensive"
| Gen. Clark, in a press conference
with Allied correspondents, said the
H. l.
themselves on the Salerno beaches
for two weeks before the Allied forces
landed "but even so we smashed
through them to take the initiative.
He said Eve have had some hard
going, but our situation was never
| desperate"
Evening star., 1943-09-17

ed" the Germans admitted that
the Allies had thrown fresh forces
ashore and that Allied resistance
near Eboli had considerably stif-
fened.
German military circles &C
knowledged today that Allied
forces in the Salerno area have
regained their initiative, the
Berlin correspondent of the
Stockholm newspaper Dagens
Nyheter reported today.
(The atmosphere of optimism
which prevailed in the German
capital Tuesday and Wednesday
has given place to growing con-
Germ, the correspondent said.)
Three Attacks Repulsed.
In a final desperate attempt al
splitting Gen. Clark's army before
the 9th Army arrival, the Ger
mans threw crack assault troops and
tanks into three furious attacks
yesterday.
One was against the town OF
Evening star., 1943-09-17

ery's landing on the italian toe Sep
tember 3, said the Allies now have
occupied three entire provinces of
Southern Italy, grabbed the three
valuable ports of Taranto, Brindisi
and Bari, and gained possession of
large number of excellent air bases,
particularly In Apulia~ Province,
where there are paved runways on
which the heaviest bombers can
operate at all times.
Although the thrusts up the east
coast to Bari and the landing on
the west coast at Salerno have
established a firm grip as high as
the ankle of the italian boot, the
Germans apparently still held
mountain bulge in the center of the
peninsula.
British troops from laramie re-
mained in contact with the Ger
mans at Gioja de Cole, midway
between Taranto and Bari, where
units of the 1st German Parachute
Division have been reported.
Evening star., 1943-09-17
Salerno and two others were in the

Salerno and two others were in the
vicinity of Montecorvino.
In knocking back these attacks,
the Allies took a substantial num-
Der of prisoners, including a bat
talon commander at Montecorvino
Five enemy tanks also were knocked
out at the latter place.
AS result of the attacks Gen.
Clarks troops seized high ground
south of the Galore River from which
German guns had commanded
southern portions of the bridgehead.
A message from the battlefront
said I'VE are beating off everything
the Germans are able to put in. The
morale and fighting spirit of 5th
Army troops could not be better. It
has been tough going, but we are
Evening star., 1943-09-17

over the hump and things are going
our way"
Terming Gen. Clark's now sue
cessful landing as most significant, I"
an Allied headquarters spokesman
said it proved I'VE can land a big
army and strike hard in a defended
area in the fortress of Europe. With
German troops in close proximity
who knew we were coming, the 5th
Army landed and fought under con-
ditions which the German always
said would enable them to resist
any invasion of the mainland-con-
ditions upon which they based their
superman claims"
Withdrawal in South Cities.
The spokesman said the 5th
Army's landing and the sturdy fight
Evening star., 1943-09-17

In the face Of heavy German ar
mored forces compelled the Ger
mans to withdraw from the south
ern provinces and enabled the 9th
Army to advance without resist
ance.
The 9th Army's advance of 200
miles in two weeks has been made
possible by the 5th Army it was
stated. without the landing the
Germans would have made strong
line somewhere south of Salerno ard
attempted to hold on until winter
and certainly would have made an
advance from the south much
slower"
At the very moment when the
Germans two days ago were claim
ing in radio announcements that
the 5th Army was being evacuated,
it was pointed out. the Allies were
beginning to launch the first of a
really large series of offensive coun-
terattacks.
With the weakening of German
resistance in the Salerno area, the
German air force also was less in
evidence. Allied bombers and
fighters over the battle area and
rear zones reported only slight
ground fire and were able to destroy
only one German plane while losing
two.
Not single German fighter was
encountered yesterday by Allied
bombers, and German air attacks
were limited to sneak raids by two
to four planes, which directed their
efforts chiefly against shipping.
With the German drive to wipe
out the bridgehead finally smashed
the big bombers of Maj Gen. James
H. Doolittle's Strategic Air Force
turned their attention to road and
rail communications north of Naples
Caserta, Benevento, Capu and
Isernia, Mignano and Formia all
were bombed in that area.
(The United Nations radio at
Algiers said in a broadcast heard
by the Associated Press in Lon
don that Allied fighters now are
taking off for the battle of Sa-
lerno from captured airfield not
far from the scene. 1t was not
identified)
Airmen Return to Hit Targets.
The Middle East Air Force, which
concentrated on targets at Potenza
Tuesday and Wednesday while the
Northwest African Air Forces were
throwing their full strength directly
on the embattled enemy at Salerno
returned again both yesterday and
the night before.
American Liberators covered the
target area with bombs yesterday
British Liberators and Halifaxes hit
supply dumps in the area during the
Evening star., 1943-09-17
5th and 9Th Armies
Fuse Fronts 10 Break
hazi Arc al SaIerno
Continued From First Page }

L -
with the s;h Army said enemy
teee movements indicated the
Germans we're beginning to with
draw fEass Jae front facing the
southern part az the eridgeheadl
Announcement Of the contact
MAS made by Allied headquarters
shortly after communique hao
sesS q Gen, Montscmerys capture
az Valsa Della iucania. only Is miles
fcssa Asropolt at the southern end
os the sT-mile front held by the
sth Army,
Al the same time Gen. Clark's
army struck out from its hard-won
shoreline and recsptured the noun
tain village of Albanella, 10 miles
inland, smashed three German
counterattacks and fiattened out
several German Salients which had
been driven into Allied positions.
Can Algiers broadcast by NBC
said Montecorvino. 8la miles in
land and II miles east of Salerno
at the northern end of the
bridge-head, also was captured
in the repulse of one of the Ger
man attacks.
uondon dispatches said seiz-
ure of Montecorvino would per-
init use of one of the best air
fields along the whole lower
stretch of Italian west coast,
With an airfleld in Allied hands
there the scope and effectiveness
of fighter plane protection for
Gen. Clark's base OF operations
would be greatly extended.
"a British broadcast from AL
siers, recorded by CHS, said the
5th and 9Th Army patrols met
about half way between Agropoli
and Vallo Della Lucania, or less
than 10 miles from the beach,
head)
Enemy Weakened Considerably.
Gen. Eisenhower's communioue
said the Germans efforts to reduce
the Allied bridgehead have weak
ened considerably" that air and
naval support of the land fighters
continued to be heavy and effective.
and repeated Gen. Clark's declara-
ton of yesterday that the Salerno
position was now firmly estab-
lished."
A headquarters spokesman. sum
marizing the two-week campaign
which began with Gen. Montgom-