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Evening star., 1943-03-14
A Madcap Thing
Is an Actors Life
NEW YORK.

w SINh-
Life was anything but pastoral on
q recent "Cavalcade of America"
'NBC. Mondays, PM broadcast
for Edmund Gwenn of The Three
Sisters Adelaide Klein Of Uncle
Harry" Edwin Jerome and John
Stephen of The Patriots" Will
Geer of Moon Vine" and John Ire
land OF "Counterattack.
Booked to appear on February
"Cavalcade" production they had to
present themselves for a dress re-
hearsal for the broadcast from ! As
to AIS pm They then rushed to
their respective Broadway theaters
for afternoon matinee performances
at 230 pm.
Another "Cavalcade" rehearsal
was called for $50 pm. followed by
the actual broadcast from 8 to $50
pm. and once again the performers
dashed to their Broadway shows for
evening performances at $40 pm.
And they weren't through. The
troupers returned to Radio City for
a rebroadcast for the Pacific Coast
at 1l:30 pm.
Evening star., 1943-03-14
Moore
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the last day of shooting he heard
by wire from New York that his
wife was very ILL., He caught an
eastbound plane that night, but he
didn't arrive in time. She died at
dawn on the 32d anniversary of
their marriage. That is one of the
haunting tragedies of Victor Moore S
life.
His first movie was an item called
"Snobs" at the old Famous Players
Laskey studio in 1915. 1t was fol-
lowed shortly by "Chimmie Fadden"
and "Chimmie Fadden Out West" "
both of which Director Cecil B. De
Mile has been trying to forget ever
since. In quick succession came
The Race" and The Clown" !"
Thomas Meighan played his first
featured role in the latter. Then
Victor decided he'd had enough of
the flickers for awhile. He returned
to his first love. the stage. tearing
up film contract that had two
years to run.
He Missed a Deal.
During the fulfilled period of that
hrst movie contract Victor lived in
a house at 63l7 Hollywood boulevard,
present site of Sardis Restaurant, a
few steps from busy Hollywood and
Vine. He could have bought the
Evening star., 1943-03-14
STAR, WASHING TON, D. c. MARCH n 1919
And Collins GuHawed
When Music Experts
Congratulated Him
HOLLYWOOD

Musical circles from coast to coast
are having . quiet little laugh at
the expense of several Hollywood
composers. The British maestro,
Anthony Collins, who arranged the
musical score for Forever and a
Day" invited group Of fellow
composers to the showing OF the all
star film.
Three of them complimented COL
Inns on his arrangement OF an "old
dance number OF the early 1SO0s. y
The tune was played for the we'd
ding Of Anna Neagle and Ray Mil
land In one OF the early sequences.
This modern, hoppedup music Is
not to be compared with the sweet
old melodies OF long ago" remarked
one of the Hollywood musicians
knowingly.
Sorry to have to disagree" said
Composer Conductor Collins. but
that so-called ancient number is
England's popular war song, 'There1
Always Be an England"
BY changing the songs tempo
Collins had so completely camou-
flaged the tune that movietown "ex-
perts" were fooled.
Evening star., 1943-03-14
A Pox on Acting,
Says John Garfield
HOLLYWOOD


John Garfield would prefer to be
known as an author rather than an
actor. AS he finished a long and
dramatic scene in The Fallen
Sparrow at RKO it was remarked
that he certainly had put lot OF
punch into his lines. Yah, maybe, ~
said Garfield, but did you know one
OF my stories has been published? %
Every one waited while he rushed to
his dressing room to get the current
Theater Arts magazine.
And, sure enough. there was very
fine Garfield article, titled Show
Business as Usual" Garfield was
prouder Of that by-line than of any
performance he has given to the
screen.
Evening star., 1943-03-14
By Kate Holiday.
HOLLYWOOD

Orson Welles is wondering how
much market for genius there is in
the United States Army. AS a pro-
ducer- director he's been giving or
ders to every one. AS an Army pri-
vate he'll give orders to no one
not unless he forgets himself, he
won't.
Welles isn't worrying, but he
wondering whether the Army will
ct him be as much help to the war
c.ort as soldier as he feels he
has been as a civilian, making Gov
ernment motion pictures.
Il volunteered for combat duty
long ago." he says, land they
wouldn't have me for physical rea-
sons. (He has asthma plus an ailing
hack) Now they're inducing me
into the Signal Corps for limited
service. All right, that means they
won't give me gun, so they'll
probably assign me a job I know
something about-helping make pic
lures for the Government.
But I'm making pictures for the
Government now. What's the an
swer? But don't misunderstood,
I'm not objecting I'm willing to
serve wherever the Government
thinks I can do the most good"
His drafting boxes up a series of
shorts which he has just begun for
Nelson Rockefeller, the co-ordinator
Of inter-American affairs. These
promised to be of value both to
this country and to Latin America.
Press Is Pleased.
The working (malep press of Hol-
lywood spent delightful two hours
the other day, and wishes such
things happened more often.
The occasion was a luncheon
given to introduce Anita Colby.
Anita. must add rapidly, is one
of the top models of the country,
now doing liaison work between
Harry Conover, the beauty peddler.
and film to be called THE Cover
Girls" For this opus. IS of the
loveliest creatures seen by Holly
wood for some time are coming
Evening star., 1943-03-14
Orson Welles Ready, Willing
AndWondering AboutArmy
Veteran Boy Wonder Figures His Job
lnSignal Corps Will Be Same as Civilian;
Meet Gorgeous Householder

West. Anita's job will be to act as
housemother for them, and main
tain equitable relations with the
press.
It's publicity stunt. OF course,
but one which had every trousered
columnist present palpitating with
anticipation. And even I, the
female member. had to admit that
La Colby did and probably will do
a swell job.
The only thing that bothered me
was why, when this town is simply
swarming with beautiful women.
the prospect of Is more caused my
colleagues to start making plans to
meet incoming trains.
"Hitler's Children" is causing
Hollywood to do nip-ups. A low
budget picture, it is making more
money than any film recently pro-
duced by RKO studio and topping
many of those of other lots.
The know-it-alls can't understand
it. The stars of the piece, Tim
Holt and Bonita Granville, are not
big box office names. The direc-
tion was by some one con- paratively
known. The script was rased on
book which had limited sale.
Edward Dymtryk, who directed it,
has theory. He claims that this
is the first anti-Nazi film to appeal
to the female population of Amer
lea As against "Nazi Spy," Might
Train" Mortal Storm" and the
others, "Hitler's Children" is pri-
marily concerned with young
girls problems under the German
regime. And these problems could
happen to any woman.
Maybe Title Does 1t.
Further, this is the first time the
word Hitler" has been used in a
title. This title promises some
thing. 1t gets people into the
theater. Once in, every person who
sees the picture seems to begin a
word-of mouth campaign. For some
reason, which Dymtryk cannot un-
derstand. the public Is crusading
for the fllm.
The show doesn't conform to the
usual Hollywood formula OF stars,
plus a best-selling story.
1t was at cocktail party. Holly
wood was celebrating something or
other. and the banker was having
a very fine time, indeed.
The convivial financier had
pocket full Of nickels which he was
passing out to all and sundry. His
only comment was:
my bank is very good bank.
Here, have sampled"
Addenda: Sight of the week was
Barbara Hale walking into the
Hollywood Studio Club dining room
with five Marine lieutenants for
dinner. With the manpower short
age, the other gals didn't think it
was quite fair Your correspond
ent is pleased to report that, after
going riding with Cowboy Star Bill
Elliott Cfor the first time since I
was 12), I was able to walk after
only two days Hollywood still
battles me- MGM is making
picture called THE Man From
Down Under" about a guy from
Australia. On the lot is Ann Rich
ards, once a foreign star. But she
isn't in the picture. And Ann is
from-you guessed it: Australia.
Evening star., 1943-03-14
Absence of Soil
Didn't Worry Jane
BY the Associated Press

HOLLYWOOD.
Whether THE Falcon" taught
Actress Jane Randolph to be cagy
or not is open to question. But the
gal Is no dope.
She wanted Victory garden. But
her house has no soil around it.
Result: She started "chemigarden-
ing"
On cement patio and the fiat
roof of her garage Janey is growing
onions, potatoes, carrots, parsley and
bean sprouts. Along one side Of her
house climb scarlet runner beans,
which taste fine and look even
prettier.
The entire works Is in excelsior
which is placed in troughs and satu-
rated with water containing the
necessary chemicals. And the stun
Is growing like mad.
Evening star., 1943-03-14
.Censors Were Harsh
To Peggy and Donald
NEW YORK

NEW YORK.
Peggy Joan Moylan. youngest Of
the Blue networks popular team
OF singing sisters, Is at loggerheads
with certain Navy censor.
1t seems 8-year-old Peggy Joan
has been corresponding for a long
time with a sailor friend, Donald.
Their letters have satisfactorily
criss-crossed the globe-that is. un-
til last week. That letter was so
thoroughly censored about the only
thing left in 1t were the words
Please write soon"
1t wouldn't have been so bad but
even Donald's address was deleted.
Evening star., 1943-03-14
On Manipulating a
Gandhi One.Nighter
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.
Charles Arnt is probably the only
Hollywood actor who ever sat on a
platform with Mohandas K. Gandhi.
1t happened several years ago
when Amt was making a world
tour. He attended a meeting of the
Indian Congress party held in New
Delhi. and in some manner an
erroneous rumor got around that
he was an important American
political figure. Suddenly, he was
escorted to the platform, introduced
to Gandhi, and given a place of
honor.
After the shindig was finished, I
escaped as quickly as possible before
the mistake was discovered" says
Arnt.
Evening star., 1943-03-14

work to find the police and fire
departments on his front lawn. His
wife was nearly hysterical.
The excitement was caused by his
21a-year-old son Buster, who had
locked himself in the bathroom and
calmly refused to come out for two
hours.
But no more. No locks.
Evening star., 1943-03-14
Dakar Connection

Extending direct radio communi-
cation service to another sector i'm
portant in United Nations war
strategy, a radiotelegraph circuit
between New York and the West
African key port of Dakar has been
opened by RCA Communications.
Inc. Formerly, telegraphic messages
between the United States and
French West Africa were routed by
way of London.
Evening star., 1943-03-14
Too Authentic

Carmen Miranda is working daily
with an English tutor because goth
Century-Fox does not feel the fans
are catching all her dialogue from
the screen. They don't want her to
lose all of that Brazilian accent, but
would he happier II 1t were Just a
mite less evident.
Evening star., 1943-03-14
Safely Over the Gulf

Spencer Tracy has started work
on his next starring vehicle, "A Guy
Named Joe" with Irene Dunno, at
the MGM studios. Van Johnson,
Ward Bond and James Gleason
head the supporting cast.
Evening star., 1943-03-14
Youth Unpredictable,
axe 1t From Kent
BY the Associated Pres

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.
Kent Taylor has had all the locks
removed from the inside of his
home-for q good reason.
The other day he arrived from
Evening star., 1943-03-14
To be announced.

- ~ rAA1S
Phantom Plainsmen"
and Mississippi
Gambler"
Gene Tierney and
George MONTGOMERY
in China Girl.
Tyrone Power and
Maureen O'Hara in
The Black Swan"
Victor Mature and
Lucille Ball in
Seven Days Leave"
"Undying Monsters"
and Bad Men Of
Hills"
Jon Hall, Sabu and
Maria Montex in
Arabian Nights"
William Lundigan and
Pat Dane in
Northwest Rangers"
Eric Portman In
"One Of Our Aircraft
Is Missing"
Counter Espionage"
and
Prairie GunSmoke, p"
Sabu. Maria Montez
and Jon Hall in
Arabian Nights"
The Big Street" and
Lure Of the Waste
lands"
city Without Men"
and
"Yanks Are Coming"
Eric PortmAn In
One of Our Aircraft
Is Missing"
Fred MacMurray and
PAulette Goddard in
Forest RANGERS"
Henry Aldrich,
Editor" and
manila Calling"
Fay BANTER in
MRS. WigGs of the
Cabbage Patch"
Bob Hope and
3ing Crosby In
s'Road to Morocco
Ingrid Bergman and
Dogsrt in
"Casahlanca F"
Henry Fonda and
Lucille Ball IN
lis Street."
Evening star., 1943-03-14

Phantom Plainsmen'
and Mississippi
Gambler
Evening star., 1943-10-21

Herman Evans, colored, II, OF
1883 Newton street NV, was IA
tally injured last night when hit
by southbound streetcar at Four
teenth and Swami streets NV.
The death brought Washington's
traffic fatalities to 68 this year.
The streetcar was operated by
George H. La Carpenter, 80, of 1474
Columbia road NV, police said
Mr.. Evans was taken to Emergency
Hospital suffering severe head in
juries and fractured left leg. He
died at ll:25 pm.
No date has been set for a cor
oners inquest.
Earlier yesterday John Lewis
Grammar, "a, of Rockville, Md. was
eXonerated by a coroners jury ir
the death of Nine. Gabrielle. Heur-
dier, SO, OF 900 block Of F street
S.W. She was killed Friday ,wher
struck at Sixteenth and Oak streets
NV. by Mr. Graumann's automo-
bile, The jury's verdict was acci-
dental death.
/ A collision between streetcal
and a large trailer truck at Third
street and Massachusetts, avenue
NV. late yesterday afternoon shook
up a few passengers, but no injuriea
resulted. The streetcar was op-
Grated by Andrew J. Neal of 1924
Minnesota avenue Sc The truck
owned by the Blue Ridge Transfer
Co., was driven by Warren Smith
26, OF Galax, Va, police said.
Evening star., 1943-10-21
rs Years Ago Today

October 81, 1918. - British
widen their assaults on German
lines; revolution in Sofia; Ger
man reply to President Wilson's
note pleads for "a peace of jus
tice';; E d die Rickenbacker,
merica foremost ace,
warded the Distinguished
Service Cross with four oak
leaves for 18 Official air victories.
Evening star., 1943-10-21

occupation troops whose role still
was uncertain. The Germans sent
d relief force to rescue their men
and supplies. Col Pietre rallied
Italian artillery in the neighbor-
hood-this was an adroit move con-
sidering that he was a traditional
enemy Of the Italians-and at
tackled the German column at the
village OF Levie, near Luenza.
Hitler's forces were routed. The
Patriots" fell on Luenza. A few
Germans escaped, it is believed, and
may still be in the hills. A few were
taken prisoners. The fate of a few
my informant said. he would prefer
not to speak about. They are dead
with the rest of the 1000 Their
treatment of some prisoners from
Col. Pietre's private army had shown
dangerous misunderstanding OF
Corsican psychology. This battle
paved the way for the French land
ing. 1t turned on the ability of Ger
man tanks to get into Levie, the KEY
to the terrain. The Italian artillery
with Patriot prompting. prevented
that. This, by the way, is the first
victory OF Italians over Germans.
Evening star., 1943-10-21

citizens and officers in the American
Army.
without a moments hesitation
Col. Pietre turned over his private
army to Capt. Jerome. Henceforth
he said, it would be Capt. Jerome S
private army. He and his brother
would serve as privates in the ranks
but under the Stars and Stripes
Their men had no uniforms They
had no shoes. They had very little
to eat. They had arms, super
fluffy of them. Col. Pietre's brother
tough fighter if I ever saw one
seldom uses the same rife two days
in succession. They are not worth
the bother of cleaning he SAYS. when
he can easily get himself new one
He thinks highly OF German gun
smiths. There is nothing OF Local
make which compares with the best
products Of German craftsmanship
Capt. jerome accepted the offer
He turned over the army-the size
of which cannot be revealed at pres
ent-to his immediate superior Off
Ger and 1t has served with the Amer
leans, and co-operated with the
French Army Of Liberation Loyalty
ever since.
I met Col. Pietre at an Ajaccio
cafe recently. He is rather like a
human eagle. powerfully built man
with Roman nose, curly moustache
and fiery eyes. He had just come
out of the maquis to attend TO some
private political busineSs-no para
dox intended, by the way-and was
on his way back to the bush after
appropriately attending to it.
The services Of Col. Pietre's pri-
vate army. or Capt. Jerome's private
army If one prefers. hardly can be
overestimated. They started of the
campaign for Corslcian liberation
before the French arrived. when
they fought, on September Is, the
battle of Levie.
The Germans had set up a big ra =
tions and gasoline dump at the vii
lage of Luenza in Southern Corsica
This was operated and guarded by
approximately 1000 troops. With
the Italian armistice, these mer
were isolated in the midst Of Col
Pietre's Patriots" and the italian
Evening star., 1943-10-21
Swedish Prince Who Wed
Commoner 10 Marry AGAIN

By the Associated Press.
The Berlin radio said yesterday that
Prince Slgvard Bernadotte, who In
1884 renounced his rights as Prince
of Sweden to marry a Berlin COM
moner, Actress Erika Patzek. is
going to harry again. 1t named the
bride -to-be as Sonia Robert, Dan
ish fashion designer and owner OF a
fashionable dressmaking establish
ment in Copenhagen.
The broadcast said Prince Sigvard,
who also works as designer Of
fashions, has been living in Dem
mark some time. He and his first
wife were divorced.
Prince Sigpard Is the grandson OF
King Gustav v of Sweden and the
second son Of Crown Prince Gustaf
Adolf. The King snubbed Sigvard
following his marriage to Eriks
PatZek and refused a reconciliation
In 1885 Prince Sigyard went to
Hollywood for six months work as q
director for Metro Goldwyn- Mayer
studios. His workers called him
"Siggie.' He and his former wife
left Hollywood early in 1910 for
Sweden.
Evening star., 1943-10-21
ChiId-SIoyer Sentenced
To Die in Gas Chamber

By the Associated f-ess.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2l.-A Circuit
Court jury last night convicted
James Lee Franklin, 2l, Of flrst-de-
gree murder and sentenced him to
die in Missouri's gas chamber for
the Staying last May Of 3-year-old
Mary Jane Tankersley.
The child was stabbed to death in
pedestrian underpass.
Franklin's lawyers based their de-
fense on plea Of insanity. Four
psychiatrists who testified at the
trial disagreed on his sanity. Frank
lin was an inmate of the State Hos
pital several years ago
Judge Edward M. Ruddy deferred
formal sentencing.
Evening star., 1943-10-21
La Guordio Sees Press
Using Radio and Films

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-Mayor r
H. La Guardia issued a prediction
on the future Of journalism yester-
day as he asserted that n news
paper today is more than putting
type TO paper"
Speaking at the second annual
Fashions of the Times" style show
sponsored by the New York Times
the Mayor described the show as
indicative of something new In
journalism" and said:
Newspapers will have to demon
strate usually and audibly. on the
radio and on the screen, the ideas
they believe in"
Evening star., 1943-10-21
Rowland to Address
IOffice Management Unit

Frank L. Rowland. executive sec
retary of the Life Office Manage
ment Association and management
consultant to the Ramspeck Civil
Service Investigating Committee
will address a dinner meeting of the
local chapter OF the association to-
morrow at the Lee-Sheraton Hotel.
| Mi Rowland's address, The In
! f1uence of the War on Office Man.
agement," will follow dinner at
! I pm.
Evening star., 1943-10-21
'71-Year-0Id Man,
Struck by5treefcar,
Dies Of Injuries
D. Traffic Toll

Killed in l943 - 60
Killed in same period in 1912, Sc
Toll for all of 1912 -.- 100
Evening star., 1943-10-21
Corscun Coloners Private Army, Turned Over
To y, S. Captain, Helped Rout 1000 Nuzis
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,

WITH ADVANCED FRENCH
FORCES, CORSICA, Oct. 2 (By
Aerial Courier In the last war
two Corsicans won the Grand Cross
of the League of Honor for personal
bravery. Few living men wear the
ribbon OF this cross. 1t is the equiv
alent of the United States Con-
/ gressional Medal or the British Vic
toria Cross.
One was Georges Pietre. He re-
mained in the French Army after
the war, rose to the grade Of colonel
and retired. He came back to his
native Corsica, built magnificent
villa and lived as a grand seigneur. +"
| After the fall OF France in June,
1910, Italian forces took over Cor
sica. Col. Pietre, believing he was
acting as a patriotic Frenchman,
organized. his neighbors- Corsican
feudal and feuding clansmen-into
private army of saboteurs and
snipers. All family rivalries were
forgotten for the time. Col. Pietre
went to Vichy by secret means to
put his private army" at the service
of the French government Marshal
Petain, under whom he had served
in the last war, received him coldly.
upbraided him as Bolshevik ,he
hates Communists almost as much
AS he did Italians) and advised him
to mind his own business before he
got into trouble. There was still the
gulllotine, he was told. for scoun-
drels like him who did not appreci-
ate the new order.
Returns to Corsica.
Col. Pietre returned to Corsica
He and his brother. with such fol-
lowers as remained faithful to them.
took to the ''maouis' s'-the almost
impenetrable tangles of brush and
low trees which characterize much
Of this island.
Col. Pietre and his supporters
made life miserable for the Italians
for three years. They would wait
for them in the "maouis.' pick off
a dozen or so out Of a convoy with
deadly accuracy and disappear in
the brush. When the Allied armis-
tice with Italy came they We're at a
loss what to do. They had picked
up the news over their short wave
sets among the rocks. They were
the nucleus of the remarkable secret
society of guerrillas known as the
Patriots. The Patriots" were
organized and armed to fight Ital-
ians. They were i'll equipped to fight
the Germans who were pouring into
Corsica
Then came the first Americans.
Among them was Capt. George
Jerome, Los Angeles. former pub
Usher Of motion picture magazine
in Spanish, and his brother, 1t
Charles Jerome They sought out
Col. Pietre ThR bad not known
him personally. Both were natives
Of Corsica. 1t is an island of feuds
The Pietre clan and the Jerome clan
never had been particularly friendly.
But now there was this great bond
between them-the father of the
Jerome brothers was the other Cor
sican who had won the Grand Cross
Of the Legion of Honor in the last
war
JerOme'S Father Dead.
The father of the Jerome boys
was dead. They were both American
Evening star., 1943-10-21
Jeon Knox Quits ATS
Because of HI Health
~ N. Associated Prcss.

Ey the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 21-Maj. Gen
Jean Knox, 35-year-old director OF
Britain's Auxiliary Territorial Serv-
Ice, has resigned because of i'll
health, it was announced yesterday
She had headed the women's army
establishment since 194l.
Mrs. Knox, mother of a daughter
is, and wife of an RAF squadron
leader, G. R. M. Knox, enlisted in
1888 and three years later succeeded
Dame Helen GWynne Vaughan a!
director. In effect, she was the
Youngest general in the British
Army.
Evening star., 1943-10-21
New Swiss Trains

Scarcity of materials having made
construction Of electric locomotives
difflcult in Switzerland, steam loco
motives are being equipped with
electric steam generators. the cleo
tricity being supplied by an ordinary
collecting trolley.
Evening star., 1943-10-21
Soldiers Guard 1roins.

As the result OF the wholesale
holdup Of passenger automobiles and
buses on the Cuauta highway on a
recent Sunday. railway trains run
ming between Mexico City and Pue-
bla have an increased military
escort.
Evening star., 1943-10-21
Reconstruction Slated

When the war is over Birming-
ham. England, will spend s32 900 900
IN a single area to construct schools,
police station, public library. fire
station, three churches. and COM
munity buildings Of various kinds.