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marked the various homes they
would occupy for themselves when
we fled. I know the very man
who was going to take over my
apartment. But we surprised
them"
Come" he said, "let us look at
Tel Aviv."
When we parted, the Mayor
asked me to convey his respects
to my colleague in New York,
Mr.. LaGuardia."
I tried to picture the two men
together but I could only conjure
up a vision of patient Mr.. Rokach
backed into a corner under the
pressure of harrangue by the
Little Flower.
The next day went to Jerusa-
lem. wanted to see the Holy
City, but more I wanted to see
Henrietta Sold, the amazing old
lady WHO'D had so impressed
Wendell Willkie when he had
talked to her. I called her home
and was promptly invited to tea.
She was sparkling CONVERSE
tionalist and managed, from her
apartment in Rehavia, to keep a
finger on the pulse Of the world.
We found that we were both from
Baltimore, Maryland.
II am glad that you are inter-
ested in our work." she said, 'but
it is a great pity that you are
here for so short a time. But you
must see cooperative settlement
before you leave. There is one
here that I wish you could see
it is the one that I myself take
especial interest in-but it is too
far away. However, you are go
ing back to Tel Aviv and I will
arrange that you see one there"
When we said goodbye, I prom
Used that after the war I would
revisit Palestine.
"Yes-you should do that" she
remarked, land it would be nice
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if you could persuade Mr.. Eddie
Cantor to come too. He has done
so much for us that we feel sad
that he has never even seen Pal
estine."
Next day in Tel Aviv was call
ed for by Mrs. Harry Davidowitz
who, by request of Miss Sold.
was going to take me to a CO.
operative settlement. Mrs. David
0Witz, late of Philadelphia and
Cleveland, spoke Hebrew with a
marked American accent.
Continued on Page Eighty
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As | Saw Palestine
BY LARRY ADLER

The famous harmonica virtuosa recently completed a
+onr of in the Middle zones
which took Palestine In the following article writ
ten exclusively the Independent Jewish Service
tells of what he villages of Palestine
We are that you will enjoy this article
did It vivid descriptive and shows profound understand
ing and sympathy. The Editor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-20
Military Chiefs
Fight for Draft

WASHINGTON Sept 70 lINS)
Gen Marshall. army chief Of
staff and a dmtral King COM
mandcr in chief Of the feet go
before a Joint session Of the Sen
ate and House military affairs
committees today 10 oppose draft
deierment Tor fathers
Administration leaders expect
the officers 10 cunch the case
against the Wheeler dclerment
bill al a time when many senator's
frankly voice doubts as TO how
they VIII vote
The hearing VIII be followed by
debate opening tomorrow-in the
Senate. A vote may come by
Thursday night
Administration leaders believe
that the Senate VIII reject the
Wheeler biz decisivcly. despite
the expressed doubts of many
members over the necessity of
drafting A46-0OO fathers by Jan !,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-20
SoAPBOX SPEAKERS

Equipped with soapboNos, four
minute talks viii be delivered M
TWO minute intervals continuing
for an hour A war bond Gallant
VIII be on hand making sales as
the public steps up and buys their
bonds.
As United States treasury rep
reSentativcS here looked hopefully
toward Wednesdays sale Claude
Erickson, OF The war finance COM
mittec, reported that In q ba m
County is over IFS quota sf SD
SS6, 600. having sold Sl3l6l197 Is
m bonds
In Washington Secretary of the
Treasury Morgcnthau revealed
the drive was more than two
thirds toward the national goal Of
SO. 100000 600
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-20
u. M. Graduation Set

ANN ARBOR. Sept ~ nuP)-
Commencement exercises lr 500
graduates az the University of
Michigan VIII bc held m the
Rackham Lecture Hall oct 10, Z
was announced today Prof l..
Leo Sharfman. former economies
instructor and now a member of
the federal railway mediation
board VIII adhrce. Tho rInLn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-20
Italian Feeds 2 YankS
Hiding 6DayS inPigSfy
By REYNOLDS PACKARD
RepAsenting tho Combined American Press
Distributed ~ International New, service

WITH Az AMERICAN AS
SAULT FORCE ~ TIE
SALERNO SECTOR, Italy DE
laycdl Two Americans dough
boys who helped take an enemy
held hill by a bayonct charge and
then were cut Off by "A German
tounterattaCk climbed out of an
Italian hog pen today as the Fifth
Army advance swept past them
They had been hiding from
German patrols for six days.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-20
Losses i'm Italy Light
mPrOpOFfi0Hl Id 1 ASH
BY MARK WATSON
Representing the Combined l :. Pres
Distributed by international News Scr,tce

WITH THE FIFTH ARMY IN
ITALY, Sept. 10 Delayed Al
though no precise report on our
casualties IS yet available for pub
LEGATION, IT can be- stated that IN
proportion 10 the task thus far
performed by The Fifth Army IN
the Italian campaign losses have
been extremely light
49, This applies both TO the Amori-
can and British componcntS of
1t. Gen. Clark'S command and
one SurniscS that 1t applies Ia
the British Eighth Army as we'll.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-20
Trapped Ydnk
Force Stones
It's Way Back
Nv RELMAN NORM
Representing Combined United states Press
Distributed by International News service


Distributed by International News service
WITH THE FIFTH ARMY.
SEPT 16 delayed Their am
gone, 30 survivors, of a
force Of 100 trapped Americans
threw rocks. ammunition clips and
even cans of food a the Germans
ms they fought their way back TO
our lines after being surrounded
by the enemy.
Two days after the Americans
landed this battalion was assigned
TO seize "A town on high ground
10 miles from the Salerno beach
head. For Two days The Americans
were pinned in the town as the
Nazis COMMUNICATED with strong
infantry forces supported by tanks
and a powerful bomhardmcnt
from. SIS
Finally the survivors, gathered
in a thiCk-wallcd building
BY this time there were only
80 men StIll able 10 fight back and
they fought with everything in
GLIDING rocks and cans Of rationS
IN order 10 conserve ammunition
for the moment when they coulc
attempt a break. They left the
citadtl only under orders anc
only when all ammunition va.
exhausted.
What hothcrs the boys most Is
( that they had 70 leave theu
wounded behind
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-20

sleeping and eating alongside a
sow and boar and looked after
by friendly Italian farmer
named Angelo who has sister
somewhere IN Massachusetts and
a cousin IN New York
The doughboyS are PFC Don j
PattAra of Chicago, III. 25 and
Pfc ZaragoIo Salinas of Skid
more Tex. %. both of whom ARE
none The worse for wear Their
uniforms were torn. hair touSled
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-20
Windsor Survey Seen
Prelude 10 Job Draft

Employment and SeloCtive' Serv-
ice regional office inspectors yes
tCrday began survey Of industries
in Windsor This IN q prelude To-
o manpowcr draft m Canada, 1t
was limited.
Officials making the SurN ey
asked men Of military age 10
reveal documents showing any
reflections for military service, or
discharges from previous enlist
mNntS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-20
t4,O72 Ships,
1859 Planes
In u. s. Navy

WASHINGTON, sept 20 UP)
The navy d department an
nouncing with unconcesled pride
that the T., s. Navy has expanded
into the greatest sen and air
power In history, served notice on
The AXIS TODAY that American
naval strategy IS NOW a strategy
Of httacs
American naval strength as re-
vealed ~ the nayyS announce
ment. now stands 40 the all-timC
high Of 14.U72 esSels-blS of
them fighting shIpS-and is 269
Names.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-20
STILL GROWING

The impressive force Ass- t+ilt
largely since June 1910. when the
naval expansion program began
and is still growing at a tre-
mendous rate
In July lo42. there were S.
100000. 600 worth OF neM ships
stlll in the construction stage
foreshadoWrnRa vast new addition
10 the already unprecedented
force. the navy said.
The number of ships delivered
in June, 1913. was almost 24o
times the number completed IN
July, 1910
The number Of planes delivered
was 80 times the earlier figure.
The navy described how the
building program swung into high
gear under the pressing need OF
post Pearl Iiarbor days Battle
ships We're the first big need II
said. and enough Of them were
rushed 10 completion 70 play "a
decisive part in holding Guadal-
canal on the nights Of Nov. 1915,
1912.
Then the emphasis shifted to a
huge landing craft program with
results evidenced in North Africa,
Sicily, Italy, and in other blows
TO come. Next came mass produc-
tion Of destroyer escorts to meet
the 1913 U-boat menace
The navy had a fleet Of 1.016
ships three years ago when the
defense program began. 1t has
added 1876 new ships
The naval air force consisted Of
E744 planes three years ago.
Since then, more than $4,000
planes have been added
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-20

and matted but they looked ven
fed
THAT Italian farmer was
pretty good to u.s." said Pat
tara. tie told the Germans
We weren't about when they
came, and he fed W. some pretty
good meals. Last night, for eN-
ample, he brought uS string
beans with tomato sauce, some
greNish spaghetti and brown
bread. Sometimes he brought
uS watermel0ns. The hogs ate
oar scraps
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-20

LONDON. Sept 20 GNS)-Thc
German high command claimed
today that The Allies had lost
10000 killed and wounded and
4.429 prisoners IN Italy since tho
invasion began Sept s.
Between Sept s and Sep. IT,
the C0mmunique claimed. ANS
ship, and planes sank three Allied
cruisers, two dcStroyerS Is land
lnG craft and nine transports to-
falling $4,000 tons.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-20
Plan Crash Victims Rites

FLINT Sept 20 Funeral ar
raDgementl are being made today
for Chester L. Mac GillVary- ~
of Mckinley Road who died yesl
1crdaN of injuries he received IN a
traffic mishap in Flushing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-20
sTRIKING POWER

The navy's tremendous hitting
power and present attack strategy
were demonstrated IN the week
end attacks on Naliru and TaraWa
islands IN the Gilbert group and
on Marcus Island Sept !.
However, the navy mace no
bones about the size Of the lnb
ahead. While describing us feet
as "the miehtiest in history ms
air force as the most powerful
air force in the world, ID added
pointedly:
Its sire il dwarfed only nv
the sire Of the task which con-
frnntS IL.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-20
Bond Lag
Reported
by HSlss.y
CONTINUED from Pogo Onel

Continued from Page Onel
downtown street corners Wcdncs-
day noon.
Leaving their Courtrooms The
countys judicial body VIII gather
at the County Building at ll.30
a m. parade up Woodward 10
Grand Circus Park then dispense
into SQUADS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-20

"Nour own Horoscope" nv
Frances Drake, n one Of many
famous features In The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-20

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AnNERTIsEMENT
Evening star., 1943-02-21
Happy Perusal of Broadway
Season of Big Names, Box Office Intake
To Be Fittingly Capped by Harriet
By John Ferris
BY John Ferris.

on and on. Peggy Wood and Clifton
Webb are still at the old stand in
Noel CoWards "Blithe Spirit" and
Eva LIE Galliene and Joseph Schild-
kraut still move the spectators at
"Uncle Harry"
Ray Bolger is in our midst in "By
Jupiter" and down the street the
inimitable Gypsy Rose Lee, Bobby
Clark and Prof. LAMBERT are max
ing merry in Star and Garter"
Show Time" is packed with tai
ent, including Jack Haley, George
Jessel, Ella Logan and the De
Marcos, and another joyous piece of
nonsense, THE Doughgirls," effected
the return of Arlene Francis, Arleen
Whelan, Virginia Field and Doris
Nolan.
Morris Carnovsky, probably the
best landlord My Sister Eileen ever
had, is in top form in "Counterat-
tack" and Eugene Leontovich and
Jay Fasset frightened the dimmed-
out streets by turning up in Dark
Eyes"
Katharine Hepburn has her fling
on Broadway in Without Love" and
finally Billie Burke is back in This
Rock" after an absence of II years.
That's pretty good showing for
one season.
Evening star., 1943-02-21

some original routines with Fred
and they entered an amateur con-
test. After winning first prize, Gene
no longer had any doubts about his
future. He would become a profess
sional dancer and, maybe, some day
own a string nationally famous
dancing schools.
After Gene Kelly had won a few
bookings in Pittsburgh night spots
and was gaining some stature as
dancer, he was approached by two
college friends.
How much would you soak us for
dancing lessons?" they asked.
Cellar School of Dance.
That evening the nucleus of what
is now the nationally famous Gene
Kelly Studio of the Dance was
formed. 1t had make-shift be-
ginning. Gene converted the base
ment of the Kellys' home into a
studio and hoofing on the chill
concrete floor was an ordeal he has
never forgotten.
Gene enjoyed teaching and in a
few months his school attracted
more than so students. Then the
Beth Sholem Shul asked him to
substitute for their regular dance
teacher one Sunday. Supposed to
pinch-hit only one week, he stayed
seven. The youngsters liked him
and insisted he remain indefinitely.
Gene did. He shuttled between his
own and the outside school for
seven years.
II think know why they liked
me-" Kelly recalls. "It was be-
cause I remembered when I was
taunted and called sissy during my
early dancing school days. I tried
to make the boys enjoy it, to make
it seem like sport. At first we'd
play basket ball or baseball before
lessons started. That convinced
them there was nothing sissy about
the classes"
All this time Gene was still find
ing himself able to sandwich in
pre-legal course at the university.
From 9 am. until noon he went to
school and from noon until mid
night he taught dancing. At coll
lege, Genes hoof1ng was acclaimed.
He appeared in several Pitt Cap
(see GENE KELLY. Page ED
Evening star., 1943-02-21
Bing Crosby's Rib
Stirs Sturges
From Lethargy
WOrsf.Dressed Title
Holder Suddenly
Buys Ne1O Outfit
HOLLYWOOD.

Director Writer Preston Sturges
may be famous for The Great
McGinty," Lady Eve" and other in
genious comedy dramas, but clothes
and the way he wears them will
never add further to his glory His
only rival for makeshift attire is
Bing Crosby, who works on the same
lot. However, Mr.. Sturges created
wave of astonished murmurs in
the Paramount cafe when he ap-
peared resplendent in well-tailored
and smartly chosen ensemble of new
suit, topcoat. hat, shirt, tie and shoes
and therein lies a story.
1t seems that Crosby recently was
asked by a national publication TO
select his own 10 worst dressed men
in Hollywood" He put SturgeS on
the list. A lot of clippings came
back to the director writer.
Sturges let it pass until one morn
ing last week when he put on his
famous corduroy suit, striped polo
shirt and the blue beanie cap he
has worn for years, and prepared to
leave his home for a Chore at Para
mount.
Mrs. Sturges just eyed him. She
sighed: Preston, why can't you be
content to be just one of the 10
worst-dressed? Why must you try
to lead them alp
Sturges bought new clothes.
(Releascd by the North American News
paper Alliance
Evening star., 1943-02-21
Kirkland Fires and Misses
Tobacco Road Creator in New Plav
Seems to Have Blurred His SIGHTS

appears to be modelled after the
pattern of an old-fashioned melo-
drama. At another time it seems
to be turning into a smooth farce
and again into quiet period piece.
The time is 1905; the place, a
Louisiana village; the mood, highly
romantic. Crickets chirp, mosoui-
toes drone, and the audience all but
smells the magnolia and tastes the
lemonade the good ladies serve on
the wide Veranda of the wistaria- =
covered house.
1t is no Tobacco Road" The peo-
pie are clean and apparently well
fed. Negroes strum their guitars
and banjoes without worry in
the world. One irrepressible charac-
ter, Uncle Yancey Sylvaine, still
fights the War Between the States
and speaks of those damned Yam
KEGS"
Murder With Fade-out JOY.
The plot has to do with a killing
in a New Orleans fancy house,
courageous district attorney who
struck me as less of an active par
tlclpant than an observer of the
proceedings. the return of a minis
terS son who has turned actor,
Stage-struck village maiden and
some sort of an unholy alliance be-
tween crooked State politicians and
some hypocritical church brethren.
1t all winds up with everybody
happy, not excepting one of the
guitar players who bears the re-
markable name of Drop Dead"
The array of talent in these mat
ters includes Haila Stoddard. who
offstage is Mrs. Jack Kirkland: Will
Geer, Philip Bourneuf, Arthur Franz.
John Mckee, A. Winfield Hoeny and
Mary Lou Taylor.
While this report may sound
gloomy, it should be noted that
better things are ahead. The
Theater Guild has in rehearsal the
musical version of Green Grow the
LilacS"; Helen Hayes will be back
in town shortly in Harriet" a
drama based on the life of Harriet
Beecher Stowe; George Abbott will
be represented by new comedy,
Kiss and Tell" and George Cou-
louris, the original villain of Watch
on the Rhine" plans to appear in
Richard III"
Evening star., 1943-02-21
HOLLYWOOD:


Like the talon-fingered movie
menace who raises canaries as
hobby, or the cinema vixen whose
personal life is a model of dignity
and charm, Gene Kelly is a para
doX.
Gene was hoisted to fame on the
shoulders of pal joey" the Broad
way hit in which he portrayed
top drawer stinker. Turning to
pictures. he stamped his first heel
mark on Hollywood sod as the un-
principled hoofer in For Me and
My Gal" Any similarity, however,
between Gene Kelly and his screen
Characterization is non-e existent.
Able actor though he is, Gene be-
lieves himself primarily dancer.
I've been capering over one dance
floor or another since I was years
DID," Kelly confesses. Il didn't
even consider dramatics until was
out of college"
But Gene Kelly wasn't born to
dance He started out hating it.
Dancing school was his mothers
idea. Each Saturday morning COM
menced a bitter routine for the
moppet Gene. He and his brother
Fred, with scrubbed faces, Buster
Brown collars and windsor ties,
would fight their way from home to
class, giving and getting black eyes
and split lips from neighborhood
kids who teased them. Mrs. Kelly,
after two years of this, finally tossed
in the towel. Dancing school, she
declared, would no longer be a
compulsory part of her boys educa-
ton.
Outwardly Gene was pleased at
this decision. Inwardly he was sorry
Gene Kelly was born in Pitts
burgh, Pa. AS child he read a
lot and at Peabody High School
Gene found tangible mode of self
expression, the school plays. 1t
wasn't easy to garner roles, but
Genes dancing ability gave him an
edge over other students. He also
discovered dancing was an asset at
parties. To his mothers complete
mystif1cation the son returned to
dancing school.
Encouraged by his high school
dramatic coach. Gene supplementet
Evening star., 1943-02-21
Miss Rainer Likes
Comeback Thrill
After Four Years
Appears in Hostages
With Director Tuffle
Pleased at Results
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
It's o'clock in the afternoon of
the third days shooting on Host
ages" at Paramount. A big mo-
ment has arrived. Electricians and
cameramen have completed their
task of arranging the lights for the
next scene. Director Frank Tuttle
bites his lip and turns to an assist
ant.
Tell Miss Rainer we're ready"
he says. The assistant hurries to
the rear of the murky stage, where
the dressing rooms have been set
up. There's hushed expectancy
as cast and crew await the initial
appearance of Luise Rainer. It's
her first picture since Dramatic
School" at MGM. That was four
years ago.
Will she be temperamental? Will
she have changed in appearance?
Is she as good an actress as when
she won two successive academy
awards, the first actress in Holly
wood annals to do so?
Assured and Composed.
Out of the shadows comes the
short, slight form of Miss Rainer,
her wide, dark eyes revealing the
strain she is under. She walks onto
the Prague cafe set, and that walk
itself is a test of her composure
Something like marching the length
of Buckingham Palace to meet
royalty and wondering If you're
properly dressed.
Realizing what long wait might
do to her, Tuttle Immediately goes
to work. Within a matter of sec
onds, Luise is dancing out on the
cafe floor with Rex Williams as a
Nazi officer. She is outfitted in a
simple, tight-ftting white wool dress
and looks little changed.
According to the script, she plays
the role of Milada Preissinger,
daughter Of a Czech coal tycoon,
forced to dance with the Nazi
whether she wishes or not. It's not
an easy first scene, for she must
synchronize dialogue with dancing
and appear little afraid and yet
defiant.
Speaks Lines Well.
She speaks her lines well, without
the slightest hesitation. Director
Tuttle shoots it twice, then mods in
satisfaction. Print it," he says.
Il think we should do it again" i"
suggests Miss Rainer. Il could feel
my knees knocking together"
That's fine" said Tuttle. you're
supposed to be frightened and if your
knocking knees are visible that's all
the better
The ordeal over, Luise returns to
her dressing room. Dorothy Hoff-
man, who was her stand-in at MGM
and is again her stand>in at Para
mount, takes her position for the
new set-up. She's exactly the same
as she was four years ago, except
possibly little thinner" observes
the stand-in.
(Eeleased By the North American News
paper Alliance.1
Evening star., 1943-02-21

Solomons and African campaigns
pale by contrast. Jack Warner, who
is the boss, insists that he did it.
Hal Wallis, his first in command,
says no, he did it. I hope the
academy settles once and for all
that Cagney did it.
Rules Out Bette Davis.
Now let's look at the girls.
Bette Davis? No. Bette is losing
in popularity with the people who
pay at the box office. It's the same
old story. Bette won her film spurs
with down to earth roles such as
"Of Human Bondage" and Dan
gerous" Then she made the mis-
take of going "arty" For some rea-
son she determined to be Queen
Elizabeth on the screen, or bust.
She wanted to play the virgin queen
to Katharine Hepburns Mary of
Scotland. 1t was small part and
(See GRAHAM, Page E-2J
Evening star., 1943-02-21

ton. A civic center was being built
and Gene learned to eye a shovel
with the same respect he formerly
reserved for dancing shoes. Like
many another college boy before him,
Gene spit on his hands and went to
work-as ditch digger, concrete mix
er and carpenters helper. He fol-
lowed this with job in tire fac
tory warehouse.
Genes younger brother Fred, who
had been pursuing a dancing career
since high school, was now rating
bookings in Pittsburgh night clubs
and earning more money after one
appearance than Gene made in a
week. Gene decided to make his
own dancing pay. He sweated over