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Evening star., 1943-07-18
The Fortunate Risk

Happy financial memories will en-
gulf AL Jolson when he returns to
the Warner studio to appear in
Rhapsody in Blue" It was on that
lot AL starred in the first part-talkie,
THE Jazz Singer" Because War
ners were little strapped for ready
cash at the time, AL agreed to take
his pay in Vitaphone stock, which
soon rolled into a tidy fortune. The
same offer was first made to George
Jessel. George turned it down; he
wanted CASH salary.
Evening star., 1943-07-18
Coming Attractions

CAP11Ol-Iady OF Burlesque melodrama
wychk and Michael O'Shea; starting Thursday
CoLUMBIAThe Youngest Profession" domestic comedy with
Virginia Weder and Edward Arnold; starting Thursday.
EARLEChina melodrama background starring Alan
Ladd and Loretta Young: starting Friday
fighting flying Randolph
Scott and Anne Shirley
LTIILE "" with the
Danger" Turkey with
George Raft Brenda Marshal Sidney 0reensreet
PAACE-De musical with Bng Crosby Dorothy Lamour and
Marjorie Reynolds
Evening star., 1943-07-18

SOLDIERS ON LARK-Not merely lark for themselves
for the yearne ecaps from, one end of the
country to the other those in "This the Ary" Top
picture shos the dimensions of the picture
made by Warner Bros and slated for presentation at
on August 13 Looer le of the comedy high lights of
ln the X p betDeen Copl Larry Ptc
Henry Lo1ver right the WACS ribbed soldier
shoD "Stipe Grpes" staged By the troops of Fort
Hamilton, N. Y. Wide World Photos
Evening star., 1943-07-18
By Harold Hefernan.

never played to an audience In
my life like our Yankee soldiers!
I'm our sketch we tell the soldiers
how to behave in case they 60 to
Russia-all about the food, the
money, the customs, the girls. This
material was written into an act for
us and honestly we scarcely knew
how to handle the. laughs. Though
the first time I heard 5000 men
whistle I almost tainted. In Rus
sia. whistle from the audience is
the worst kind of insult-like the
bird In this country. I'm glad I
remembered it was different here.
Il had planned originally to make
the camps more than a year ago,
but my part in For Whom the Bell
Tolls and then in Five Graves to
Cairo kept me busy for 18 straight
months. Right after I cleared out
on the Cairo picture, Kinsky and 1
left for Massachusetts,, Rhode Is
land and New York. From now on
we'll devote all our spare time to
camp shows.
cts the greatest thing an actor
can experience in a lifetime. can't
describe it. You've got to be there
to hear those boys whistle and yell
and applaud as if you were the one
thing they'd been waiting for all
their lives. The boys receive you
just as you were a member of their
own family.
And the spirit in the service-it's
wonderful! Just like a football
team. On the way back, we put on a
show in San Francisco. The lieu
tenant who was to drive us from the
auditorium afterward asked us If
We couldn't possibly wait half an
hour. I've got to take one of my
colored boys to the dentists to have
a tooth fixed,' he explained Could
you find that in any other Army in
the world?
Uncle Sam Doesn't Stint.
"One camp We visited covers 10
square miles. # Hitler ever saw It
he'd faint. Most Of the camps have
Evening star., 1943-07-18
Uncle Sam Doesn't Stint.

One camp We visited covers 10
square miles. # Hitler ever saw it
he'd faint. Most Of the camps have
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-03
Big Land Owner
Protests School
Hurts Business

Charging that schools, churches
and golf courses ruin business
property" John Encel OF l6Sl5
Huhbel asked the city planning
commission 10 deny a petition 10
permit tho construction OF a new
building for Catholic Central High
school al Hubbell and W. Nc
Nichols.
The commission had been asked
TO re2one the district 20 permit
building OF the school over En-
gels protest the commission APP
proved the petition and referred
10 10 the common council for a
public hearing
Engel told the commission that
he had driven all around ard
looked az business places adjacent
TO schools and found them all 20
he very poor
Look at the places around
MarygroNe. the L. of d., Cooley
High School and the rest 81
them" nc said "S hoolS,
churches and golf courses are
had business for business prop
erty. am not a Catholic and
hold nothing against them or
anybody else but L own half the
property around there and,
when "A thing is going to hurt
me, howl" Engel told the
commission.
Commission members agreed
that business sites are not de-
4rable near such institutions"
but added that they were ncces-
Sary and had TO be built some
where,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-03
Firemen Stick TO Job

SOMERVILLE. Mass. Dec. 3
tUPt-frorn now on Somerville
residents had better make sure
they don't lock themselves out.
Officials of the Somerville fire
department have put their collec-
tive foot down and have notified
citizens that they must rely on
lockSmith or the good nature of
their neighbors when they find
themselves locked out in the
future.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-03
Clinton Filler Decorated

Stg. Donald Q. Bellmore Of
Clinton was one Of - American
alrTnen awarded the Silver Star
for bombing Rabsul Oct - and
saving the lives of eight crew
members Of a Libcrator which
had been dOWned.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-03

Johnson, orig
inally fro m
Film who
m a rr c d a
millionaire
an q settled
down IN San
Francisco IN
a mansion in
which she had
$50 Persian
and Angora
cats.
Her huS-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-03
Jack Pickering
Here
9r
and
Now

1 SAW a picture Of ~ cats
the other day.
1t was painted for a million
aires wife. a former Michigan
girl, and cost $4,000.
The oMner was Mrs. katc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
Kelly Praises
Social Workers
In Testing Rioters

The IS social workers who
obtained data from 400 persons
arrested during the recent rioting
today won the praise of Gov
Kelly.
Results Of these interviews. con-
Quoted by Mrs. Hester Westerman
and Bert Neidig of the Council of
Social Agencies, arc now being
tabulated by the state department
of social welfare.
I'VE hope the report the de-
partment will shortly submit
will suggest some remedies that
may promote more favorable
racial relationships" the COVER
nor said in a letter To Robert
II. McRae, managing director
OF the council of Social
Agencies.
Members Of the STATS of The
League Of Catholic Women. the
Jewish Social Service Bureau. the
Eloisc Parole Clinic, the Detroit
Orthopedic Clinic, the Children 5
Center. Women'S Hospital and the
Consultation Bureau aided in the
Interviewing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
u. 5. Promises
Girdud 10 Arm.
100000 Men

WASHINGTON July o uNSl
Cen Giraud. commander IN
rbirl of the French North African
forces today announced that
arrangement, have been COM
pleted with the United States for
the tlWnE of 100000 French
troops who VIII battle ANS forces
side by side with the YankS and
British.
Cen. Giraud made this an
nouncement at his FIRST news con-
ference since he arrived m Wash
ngton AS "a guest of the American
government
Giraud declared that when has
troops are adequately armed, they
Will know how 10 use the weapons
against the AXIS powers and will
fight on with the Allies until the
AXIS Is crushed
At a news conference earlier
today, President Roosevelt refused
10 comment on reports that the
United States was unduly inter-
fering i'm the deliberations between
the Graud and The De Gaulle
factions.
Tho President also strongly
indicated that the United States
would not recognize any French
government until France itself Is
liberated from Germany,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
g From Detroit
In Unit Brought
Here for Riot

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-
JS0f7 '' i'e'l'' ...'l ''.'
MAKO. TrN during t.r rer'r'
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
Jim Farley Visits
With Presidents Son

CHICAGO. July Q ms
James A. Farley. former post
master general. stopped briefly in
Chicago yesterday en- route 10
Mexico on business trip.
At the railroad station. he Spied
It Col James Roosevelt. son of
the President with whom Farley
split on The third term issue IN
1910 They exchanged warm
and went their separate
ways.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
5000 in Air Force
Ordered 10 Fronts

PATTERSON FIELD Dayton,
O July 7 tUP) Mai Gen Wal
ter II Frank, commanding gen
0r1) Of The Air Service Command.
announced today that every SOL
der IN The command not now in
the field has been ordered to com
bat duty
Tho order Will release approx
mately 5000 additional troops to
The hghllng fronts. Prank SAID
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
Brown Waste Paper Now
Made Into Bomb Bands!

Old brown paper, brown paper
bags, boxes and used brown con-
tanners are being converted into
bomb bands, airplane parts and
other essential military equip
ment. A critical vast; paper
shortage exists Help fill in
creased war demands by saving
all used brown paper accumula-
tlon>. Flatten out boxes. stack
loose brown paper into bundles
To sell 10 A dealer. or 10 give your
salvage 10 charitable or other or
CARNATIONS. call collectors at
Randolph $3.50
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
Will |. Snedeker
Prominent in Detroit
Society Since 1925

Funeral services for VIII L.
Snedeker. western sales manager
Of the American Window Glass
Co since 1925, viii he held to-
morrow in Wheeling, W. Va.
Active in Detroit social life. he
was a member of the Detroit
Athletic Club, Plum Hollow Coun-
Try Club. and the Shrine. He re-
sided al the Chatham, 900 Pingree.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
Dog Kills Girl,
Pays Penalty

OAKLAND Cal, July 9 (UP)--
Martin Lund, whose 2-year-old
daughter was killed by Fig, the
family Doberman Pinscher, said
today he ordered the dogs death
remctanly.r
Fig was put TO death yesterday
IN the gas chamber at the dog
pound His last meal. before he
inhaled the cyanide fumes, was a
turkey dinner.
Fig attacked the child suddenly
while they were playing together
IL days ago, and sunk his teeth
INTO her throat.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
French Women Block
Deportation Train

LONDON. July Q uNSl-Pro.
testing the forcible deportation Of
French workers 10 Germany, a
crowd of women threw themselves
in front Of a train in Paris form
ing a human rampant. dispatches
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10

World War |, he was in charge Of
manufacture Of the corporation :
war products. position he held
at the time Of his death.
lie died Al his home. 1868 War
wick after an illness of several
months.
Surviving are his wife Mar.
gaTei, and a daughter, Jean.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10

from the French frontier re-
ported to the London Daily Mail
today.
Police had 10 drag the women
from the track. Crowds of Pari-
SLAMS carried banners demanding
Down with Laval and other
slogans
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
And Meats So Scarce. Too

SAGINAW. July Q 60 Fircmcn
Speeded 70 The home Of Abraham
=. Armstrong. 1900 Lincoln, 10
answer an alarm and found the
cloud ot smoke coming from a
roast which had been ruined by
TOO much neat
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10


" Illia m r.
II a m lit o n
u n G r a !
1878
{ ass today
Nh Jeffrey,
who was born
in Detroit in
1887, he ga n
work for the
corporation as
a mechanic in
900. Du rim q
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
Obituary
{. P. Jeffrey
Directed Manuf8ctur'0o
for Blower Firm

Funeral services for + p JET
ferry, vice president IN charge Of
manufacturing Of the American
PlolNpv Corn were held in The
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
MCRR Veteran Retires

JACKSON, July Q CUP) w
w. Bracken. local resident, has
retired after 81 years Of service
with the Michigan Central Rail
road
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
Maisky En- Route Home

LONDON, July 9 GNS)-Ivau
MalSky, Soviet ambassador 10
Britain, has left for Moscow TO
consult with his government"
Reuters reported today.
AnNERrI 81 .AIKh,-r, -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10

"YOur Own Horoscope" nv
Frances Drake, is one Of many
famous features in The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
Your Next Gas Bill
will be
Post Card Bill

Starting July 9th your gas bill was reduced to
post card size This convenient size makes it
possible to have your gas bill reach you by mail
which we think you will like.
This is a War measure-releasing manpower and
transportation for the War effort, although at
some increase in cost to your Gas Company
Your poStman will deliver your gas bill to your
home while making his regular rounds
Many other cities throughout the country are
using this method to make additional manpower
available for the war effort
We are sure you will like this new arrangement
MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17
CHINESE BATTLE
JAPS FIERCELY
Attempt To Wipe Out All
Of Enemy's Forces At
3 Towns

CHUNGKING, Dec. 16-. Up -
Chinese troops battling to wipe out
all japanese in the rice bowl re-
gion south of the Lin river now
are engaged in fierce struggles on
the outskirts Of three, important
towns, Lihsien, Anslang and Nanh.
sien, the high command announc.
ed.
If successful in recapturing these
strongholds on the north side Of
T,lngting lake the Chinese would
need to close gap of only 40
miles to complete the encircIement
CT all remnants of t he enemy
forces retreating from Changteh,
the high command said.
American SKY dragons under
Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, as
well as China's own airforce were
cooperating in almost continuous
bombing and strafing activities
against the invaders in that area
as well as against the bases from
which they were being supplied.
Fighters of the U. S. 18th air
force dive-bomceo and machine.
gunned the airfield at Yochow on
the Yangtze river Monday, destroy
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17

SHELLEY went on to COM
plete his operational tour. The
worst of these raids, as, far as
Sergeant Shelley is concerned, was
the Schweinfurt raid of Oct. IA. Of
his crew, both waist gunners and
the top turret gunner, were Sc
riously injured. The ships oxygen
system was knocked out and the
crew claimed four fighters destroy
ed, but Sergeant Shelley came
back untouched.
Sergeant Shelley entered the Air
Corps in August, 1912 and soon
went to gunnery school at Harlem
gen Field, Texas, graduating in
Oct. 1912. After operational train
ing he went overseas in March,
1913 and was assigned to combat.
He is credited with destroying one
FW-190, and has been awarded the
Air Medal with three Oak Leaf
Clusters and the Distinguished Fly
ing Cross. A graduate of Fair Bluff
High school, Sergeant Shelley
farmed with his father, Thomas E.
Shelley, prior to entering the serv-
ice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17
Faircloth Is Blamed
For Wreck Which
Took Lives Of Two

A coroner's jury which conven.
ed Thursday morning found that
H. L. Billiard and H. H. Hare,
shipyard workers Of Autryville
who were killed in an accident
near Castle Hayne early Sunday
morning "came to their death from
an accident caused by the wreck.
less operation of a car by James
E. Faircloth."
Faircloth. also OF Autryville, Is
in a critical condition at James
Walker Memorial hospital.
Jurors were f. H. Bowden, fore.
man; w. c. Riggs. secretary: ].
c. Rogers. N. S. Haskell, R. M,
Duncan, and w. G. Evans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17
FOUR CONVICTED

Only four persons were convict
ed in Recorders court Thursday
morning for violating parking met
ers in Wilmington Wednesday af-
ternoon. Police ceased to give tick
cts to law-breakers for over-park-
ing when they discovered that most
v,olators were stalled and could
not move.
Judge Winfield Smith sentenced
Moses Henderson, Negro, to II
months in jail and fined him $25
and costs of court for violating the
liquor law. However, the sentence
was suspended upon the payment
of the fine and costs, and the good
behavior Of the defendent for two
years.
Sam Bethany Negro, charged
with assault with a deadly weapon
and shooting a gun in the city
limits, was continued until Decem-
her %.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17
RETURNS TO STATION

Robert Homer Parker, Il, sec
ond class seaman, USNR, has re-
turned to the Great Lakes, ILL.,,
training station for further train
ing after spending a nine-day leave
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Henry Parker Of 106 North
Jefferson street, Sunset Park.
Parker. who recently completed
his basic training at Great Lakes,
entered the Navy eight weeks ago.
He attended HNew Hanover High
school and was employed as a
shipfitter by the North Carolina
Shipbuilding company prior to en-
tering the Naval service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17
Postwar Planning
Delegation Returns

The delegation that headed for
Chapel Hill early Wednesday to
attend postwar planning con-
ference, only to meet bad weather
and postonement of the occasion
returned to Wilmington at seven
o'clock Wednesday night.
The group got to Raleigh before
1t learned that Governor j. Mel
vile Broughton had issued last
minute statement cancelling the
statewide affair, due to the resign
alton OF George Ivey, chairman.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17
STRIKE REFERRED

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16- B -
The War Labor Board referred a
strike Of Western Electric en-
ployes at Point Breeze, Md, to the
White House today, a customary
first step leading to government
seizure of the plant.
An Independent union tn e r e
struck several days ago when the
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17
COMPLETES TOUR

After return
ing safely from
some of the
most difficult
raids the Eighth
Air Force has
made, including
both raids on
SchW Ell n f u r t.
Staff Sgt. Carl
Shelley, %, ball
turret gunner, of
Cerre Gordo,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17
JOINS MARINES

Meri Francys Land, who recent
ly enlisted in the Women's Marine
Corps Reserve in California, where
she has been for several months,
will receive her boot training at
the New River Marine Base, Jack
sonville. The daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. W. Land, Sr., of 308 Castle
street, she was employed in the
tabulating department of the North
Carolina Shipbuilding company be-
fore going to California.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17
Middle Blouse
Will Be Shorter

WASHINGTON, Dec 49, III
The Navy is going to cut from
four to six inches from the uni
form jumper or middle blouse TO
enlisted men and save an estimat-
ed $2,000,G00.
The change, officials said, will
eliminate the "blouse effect of
the jumper and improve the ap-
pearance Of the uniform,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17

ing three Japanese bombers on the
ground and damaging three other
planes.
Other U. S. fighters carried out
loW-level attacks that started fires
in Owchihkow and Shihshow, two
Japanese-held villages north of the
lake.
Mitchell bombers hammered Lib
sien, Kungan, Shasi and Wuchang.
across the Yangtze from Hankow.
with telling effect, and a squadron
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17
1EK|||' K'|'.Nr q m
I|VONEN IE.||
Sci ~ VICE :

P F c. Orlan
Mobley, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. D.
S. Mobley. of
RID 2, Rose
hill, is now sta
toned at Camp
Davis, a f t e r
serving with the
armed forces g.
months in Afri-
C a and 1 6
months in IA
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17

tries. He has been in the service
two and one-half years. He receiv-
ed his basic training at Fort
Screven, Ca, and went from there
overseas. Private Mobley return
ed to the United States in October.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17
bR0N (HIAI
(0UG CHS
or Bronchial Irritations
Resulting from Colds

When nothing seems to do that irritat.
lnE bothersome cough any good Just 2,
to-Brooklyn Pharmacy, Futrelle's Phar-
macy, Lanes Market st. Pharmacy and
get a bottle of good old Bron-chu-li
Emulsion.
Take it as directed and notice how
easily 1t takes hold-gives you relief
and helps you get a restful nights
Often one-half bottle is enough and
you are better before you Know it. The
very first dose takes right hold, loosen
ing phlegm, soothing and quieting irrita-
ton. So get a bottle Of Bron-chu-line
Emulsion today and get relief as quick
as you can. Money back II dissatisfied in
any way.
Brooklyn Pharmacy
Futrelle's Pharmacy
Lanes Market St. Pharmacy
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17
CAUTIOUS PREDICTION

Councillor Reakes said that no
che could correctly forecast the
future but a careful study Of the
trend of events indicated the pro-
spects ahead being good, bad or
Indifferent. - Wallasey England
News
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17

Of P-40s attacked fleet Of Is
tloop-carrying sampans on Tung-
ting lake, inflicting many casual
ties.
All the American aircraft re-
TUNED safely rom these missions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17

GO TO YOUR BUTCHER the moment you have canful
of used cooking fat Use any kind of tin can but please
not CLASSY For every pound of fat you have saved he has
been authorized by the OPA to give you d and two red
ration points that you whenever, wherever you
like, to buy foods requiring red stamps
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17

WLB refused to order separate
facilities for white and Negro en-
ployes. "a
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17

A prominent French physician
of the 18th century, Etienne de
Marcrou, suggested that women
had only to eat $50 eggs a year to
retain their beauty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17
GRANDMA and COLDS co1IsS;

she rubbed on medicated TgtsvuIHS
then d.a covered with warm faD r1S1 VI y
medication in a base conts;n @;odea
fashioned iasiao mutton suet. Double asg$o d
n;s yapors soothe stufy nosa ac'loa;
SIDE, warns like comforting n JIost,-9et.
colds muscle aches demand i4 Pea::ss2s'
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17

But The REAL REASON for saving and turning in used
fats is that country needs them urgently to make
gycerne for medicines gunpowder and of battle
field needs No matter how little you can scrape off pan
it Just tablespoonful makes five machine gun
bullets No matter how often you've cooked with it
how black it is it will yield pure crystalcear glycerine.
Start saving drop scrape pans skim graves
and soups Melt down fat trimmings When the cans full,
turn it in!
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17

approved BY 0PA and WPB. Paid for BY Industry
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-17

No question about how to make
little girl happy >. give her a doll
or stuffed animal. Choose from
composition baby dolls, stuffed dolls,
soldier and sailor dolls, cuddly ami
mails.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-10
Here's a Tip
on Winning
Pin Team

If YOU want 10 bet on win
ner i'm bowling, the combina-
ton Of Ulysses CUleY Bouley
and Lloyd Hockin is suggested,
gratis.
Since the introduction of dou-
bleS tournf AentS at the Bowl
O-Dromc last month. Uley and
Lloyd have walked away with
more prizes than sharpShooter
al country r.
Ulcy has been in four men :
doubles tournaments. winning a
cash prize in each. Twice he
and Hockin have teamed 10 win
first place. Tn latest victory
was scored T -sdav night when
ley went l56 pins over their
average to win q cash award
of Sill
Hockin. with a high game Of
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-10

233. rolled rs, or 100 pins over
his average. Uley was ~ over
with a 476 series.
Second place and SIS was won
by Fred Milky Erwin and
Louis Peltier who went 1872 pms
over Twins series included a
236 game.
Loren Dutch Darling and
his brother. Bob, won third
money. SO. with a plus score of
%. They also copied the actual
pinfall prize OF $3.50 with an
aggregate of 1ll6 Bob had
223-212 in $40; Dutch had high
of oil in 537.