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Evening star., 1943-03-07
Maybe the Public
Does Not Know
What It Likes
a Fen Par0dOres
OF Theafer Season =.
On broadway
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK.
The climax OF the Broadway sea.
son has just been passed. The shows,
as they say, are In, and something
like nearly half . million dollars
pass through the box ONCE every
week.
How long this viii last Is doubtful.
People with business in the theater.
using 4 railroad mans term, say the
season Is over the hump, and that q
lag Is to Be expected.
This Is paradoxical. The shows
which remain are the well-tried and
well-tested ones. Nearly one-third
Of the q ON Broadway today have
been there for over . year. Most Of
the others were staged before 1ol3
started.
There IS plenty Of money on
Broadway, perhaps too much. Peo-
pie come to town, intending to sse
. few plays. But the theater Is sty-
mied. Producers have tried to pre-
sent the shows; angels have invest
ed their money. The results have
been far short Of expectations.
Precedents in Bad Plays
No explanation Is ready for the
disappointments. It Is easy to say
the plays were just bad. But bad
plays have been known in the past to
be commercially successful. "To-
bacco Road" was, 50 was "Abie,s
Irish Rose" In the year theater-
goers are very much like Ara's son
in the Saroyan novel, "The Human
Comedy" who revealed to his father
his discomfort with an orange, .
banana, an apple and whatever else
1t was the old Armenian fed the
child. The Ara boy. apparently.
didn't know what he liked.
This Is not to suggest that the
average playgoer has cavilled about
his fare. The flops, II you viii, have
been plain dops and any apology
from their producers would bo
superfuous or offensive. When, q
Mike Todd puts on something Tor
the boys" he nils q need, and when
George Abbott offers that sorry
little musical which he did last fall
the reaction is excusable but Nr.
Abbott has no defense. -
The war themes generally have
done badly. On the other hand.
the escapist pieces have done well.
While thousands Of men die every
week In this global warfare, au-
diences sit In 3 kind Of wonderful
tension and watch and pray for
the life Of single woman In Angel
Street." -
Or they sit In brooding silence
as Katherine Cornell and her com.
pany delye into the emotional treas
ure Of Chekhov's "The Three
Sisters" =.
Cushions for Nerves.
They release their worries TO zee
and hear the absurd worries of the
Lunts In "The Pirate" and makesa q
frenzied galop through the johann
Strauss 'sRosalinda." 4
Helen Hayes. this past week
brought back to Broadway, the lise
OF Harriet Beecher Stowe under the
name Of Harriet" and Life VIA,
Father" goes on through It's fourN,
year In as lively fashion q ever.
Show Time" . pure vaudeville
show runs on: LADY In the Dark"
has come back to New York to piie
up additional thousands for 0ef-
tfude Lawrence, Moss Hart, Kurt
| Weil and Ira 0ershwin; and the
public trying to evade the emotional
implications Of the war, turns to
death In . comic vein In '.Blithe
Spirit" to housing problems In THE
Doughgirls," to its grimmer aspects
IN Uncle Harry" and in its most
absurd Light to Arsenic and Old
Lace"
Evening star., 1943-03-07
Photoplays in Washington Theaters This Week

WEEK OF MARCH 2
Academy
9Th and q sts. sc.
Ambassador
18th and Coluznbia Rd.
Apex
18th g: q Mass. Ave.
Apollo
ga b St. NE.
Arlington
Arlington, Va.
Ashton
Arlington. VI.
Altos
1881 H st. NE.
Avalon
6o12 Connecticut Ave.
Avenue Grand
645 Pa. Ave. BE.
Bethesda
Bethesda, Nd.
Beverly
18th and 3 sts. NE.
Buckingham
Arlington. Va.
EQlvevlsf,s :
231a laesnsin Ave.
losaeo ! &, q : !. !:
@nutH haihier. Nd
Ents,ilsaa.. -
LOB 11th g. e.K.
Central
426 9th st. NV.
Circle
2106 Pa. Ave. NV.
Colony
"a. Ave. and Farraxut
Congress AZ. AE,ee's asa
Portland st. BE.
Dunborton
1919 Wis. Ave. NV.
FoirIown
Anacostia. D. c.
6reenbelt
Greenbelt, Nd.
HighIond
2633 Pa. Ave. Sc.
Hippodrome
= near 9th
me 7iSef
Bethesda. Nd.
Home
18th and c sts. NE.
HyottsviIIe
Hyattsvi'le. Nd.
Jesse
18TH nr. r. I. Ave. NE.
Kennedy
Kennedy nr. 4th NV.
Lee
East Falls Church, va.
Lido
1927 M st. NV.
Little
sos 9th St. NV.
Marlboro
Marlboro, Md.
Milo
Rockville. Nd.
Newton
18th 1 Newton NE.
Palm
Alexandria. Va.
Penn
700 Pa. Ave. Sc.
| Pix
18th q N. Y. Ave. NV.
Princess
18th and H SITS. NE.
Reed
Alexandria, Va.
Richmond
Alexandria. Va.
Sovoy
3030 14th St. NV.
Seco
Silver Spring. Md.
--------------~-
| Senotor MINI: Ave.
oN'o' at Ben
ming Rd. NE.
Sheridan
6217 Ga. Ave. NV.
/ Silver
Silver Spring. Md,
Stonton
613 c st. NE.
Stote
Ralls Church. Va.
| Sylvan
104 r. I. Ave. NE.
| Tokono
Takoma Park. d. c.
Tivoli
18th and PARK Rd.
Uptown
Conn. Ave. I Newark
| Vernon
Alexandria. Va.
The ViIIoge
1907 3. !: Ave: NE.
Waldorf
waldorf. Md.
| Wilson
Arlington. VI.
! York
! d. Az. 4 0olbeo -
Evening star., 1943-03-07
SATURDAY

6AIVROAY
The Navy Spy" and
The Boogie Man Will
Get YOU"
Evening star., 1943-03-07
SUNDAY

SUNDAY
Cairo" and
THE Falcons
Brother"
John Garfield and
Gig Young in
Air Force"
Life Begins at $3.50
and We Are ths
Marines
Cary Grant and Gin.
ger Rosers in "Onct
Upon q Honeymoon.
Charles Laughton aut
Robert Taylor in
Stand By for Action. .
Marlene Dietrich anc
John Wayne in
Pittsburgh"
George Washington !
Slept Here" and
Whistling in Dixie" !"
Bob Hope and
Bing Crosby in
Eoad to Morocco"
simone Simon
in
Cat People"
Pittsburgh"
and
Madame Spy"
3 Mickey Rooney IN
Andy Hardy's
Double Life"
Mickey Rooney in
Andy Haydy's
Double Life"
S Mickey Rooney in
Andy Hardy's
Double Life"
a''Qeorse washington
Slept Here" and
Mountain Rhythm
"A Yank at Eton'
and Berlin Core
spondent."
Big Street" and
once Upon 4
Honeymoon.
Robert Taylor and
Charles Laughton In
Stand BY for Action
Robert Taylor and
Brian Donlevy in
Stand By for Action. u
Richard Dix and
Preston Foster in
american Empire"
Across the Pacific"
and
West Point Widow
Brian Aherne and
Loretta Young in "A
Nlght to Remember .
Jack Benny in
George Washington
Slept Here"
Monty Woolley and
Ida Lupino in
Life Begins at $780,
The Major and thu
Minor" and
"Footlight Serenade.
Monty Woolley and
Ida Lupino in
"Life Begins at $780,
Pittsburgh" and
"Boogie Man VIII
Get You"
Jon Hall and
Maria MonteZ in
Arabian Nights"
Blossoms in the
Dust" and
Rhythm Parade"
Cary Grant and Gin
ger Rogers In "Once
Upon a Honeymoon >
Claire Trevor and
Rf1r0occ Mnrnlitk -
Evening star., 1943-03-07

Cary Grant and Gin
ger Rogers in "Once
Upon q Honeymoon.
Fred Astaire and Rita
Hayworth in "You
Were Never Lovelier."
Sweetheart Of the
Fleet" and "Obliging
Young Lady"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-06-03
French in Africa
Still in Stew Over
Who Will Be What

AlsirrS. June 3--(AP)-NIem-
berS of the French executive
committee met today after en-
pressing an intention 10 declare
their organization the govern
ing body for liberated France. but
II was indicated when the session
cluScd the measure still was
pending.
No official announcement was
made.
The meeting broke Il two-day
deadlock during which no meet
hgs were held. Tension was
evident i'm Algiers.
General Henri Giraud'S troops
guarded key puintS in the city
after series Of differences aris-
ing between him and General
Charles DcGauIIe. and there re-
manned some uncertainty what
course tniay'S meeting would
take.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-06-03
Workers Staying
From Home Should
Get Own Rations

Raleigh. June 3-Thc OpA today
answered tins Uit-rcpratcd question:
Am working away from home AND
mus am temporarily separated FROM
my family. Should , apply separate.
" Tor my personal War Ration Book
Ih"". or should my family al home
include mc IN their application?
The application may be mad,. e..
'hrr way. II is preferable. though.
Tor the person away from home t."
lille his application separately. auL
let the nome application include only
those members of th, family WhD
are al home. In that case. the wife
az whoever Is Temporary head u'
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-06-03

INT pas, and ne greatly deprecated
but Il stuck by him. cI',rG'
him "Hclc' and he took il dS Z M
p!lmcntary. coming from a radical.
which WAS how he classified mr.
Well. dix; sympathilc with rLdi-
Gals in comparison with czar.St Rus
SANS and uld-iaShIumcd Turks a:
gIjm Sultan Abdul iiJEH!d's regime.
d.dU't 50 SO lar is e. indoors" ii!
Russian revolutionary met II " q :.
Those boys were perfectly cArdt'
nunb-rh'Iclirrs. They approved as
,ayyiu.iiun of suitable srlcCtrcS. IN
deed. they aSSa,sin"rrd - consider
able number uf 'cm.
In short. Anarchy. as 4 pol'tica!
title. WIS their motto.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-06-03
PAGE THREE

-, '"n!!y ~ home should give her
name rs SdCn.
tn, important point is To maze
are tina, duplicate applications are
not i.l"d. That would mean trouble
and confusion tor everybody con
,ulG,G.
rhv Ol'A to-day ais" stressed the
fact THAT persons who failed - re-
crsv" application blanks by mail can
oct them !r"ia their local post office.
PDs; office Nhich vNhariS: their sup
plies sn"u!d Immediately get III
touch with tine psf office al Char
lottc
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-06-03

Scholarship 10 leadership camp
Of the American Youth Foundation
oh Lake Michigan viii be offered
|" .ir outstanding boy and one girl
in In" North CLrolins All clubs.
stat" t.un l.rIi"r l.. II. IIarrill of
y. a ST.. College has announced.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-06-03

County AGENT ". {. Rpycc of
Fru.hin County Ia- reported some
pigs "h1Nn" 80, l.E" 81 dog" rs four
weeks # ."". l. was found that
this condition. vas due iD lack
al certain l.iamus i'm I'll, tcrdlug
ration
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-06
new DATE SET
TO OPEN BIDS
Housing Project Contract
Will Be Awarded. on
May IL Here

The National Housing Admins
tration has now set Wednesday, May
70. as the date, for opening of bids
for construction of 265 additional
units at the Federal Housing Project
on Long Hill. Information to this
effect was received at the office
of City Controller Cornelius F. Ma
loney late yesterday. The bids are
to be opened in the alderman1c
chamber, City Hall, at 2 p. m.
1t is expected that officials from
Boston will attend, as well as local
officials and members of the War
Housing Unit Committee.
Originally the bids were to have
been opened on April 16, but rock
borings at the site of the new units
revealed an extensive ledge which
necessitated a change in the plans
as prepared by Ebert Richmond,
local architect. These changes re-
quired new plans and specifications
which Mr.. Richmond has been
rushing of recent days to contrac-
tors who had planned to bid on the
job.
The city has already awarded a
contract for a sewer in Warner
street which will service the new
section of the Long Hill tract. A
Wethersfield concern was the sue
cessful bidder and has started work
on the sewer, which involves over
1000 feet.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-06
CITY ROLLING
IN DO-RE-MI
Heavy Tax Collections
Force City to Transfer
Funds to Boston Bank

The City of Waterbury has so
much money right now it almost
doesn't know what to do with it.
Well, that's somewhat exagger-
ated, but the fact of the matter
Is that the tax collections of the
past two weeks have so swollen city
deposits in local banks that City
Controller Cornelius F.. Maloney
this week was forced to transfer
$l,000000 to the First National Bank
of Boston.
A few years ago the city would
have been unable to do this, but the
Legislature of 1871 amended the
city charter to allow depositirg Of
cash by the city in out-of- town or
out-of state banks. At that time
the late Controller Thomas M. Con
Ion designated the First National
Bank and it has since been used
when funds had reached the legal
limits of the several local banks
in which the city maintains de
positS.
The city could have paid off its
temporary loan of 100000 to the
Central Hanover Bank and Trust
Company Of New York City this
week, but it is not due until June
2. and the city would not gain any
discount by premature payment.
Controller Maloney stated that the
city would probably take up the
note just prior to the due date.
Officials OF the Tax Collectors
office believe that a record may
have been set in early collections
this year. Their records do not
Show any such heavy influx of pay
ments, many Of them for full
years taxes, in prior years.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-06
REDS KILL 400
NAz| SOLDIERS
Russians Capture More
Enemy Positions North
east of NOvOrOssisk
By Nj. S. HANDLER
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent


Moscow, May 6-(UP)-The Red
army was reported closing in on
Novorossisk from the northeast to-
day in major offensive which had
broken through the rim of the
Kuban bridgehead on a 151a-mile
front and threatened to envolop
the Black Sea naval base.
Russian troops had been fighting
at the southern outskirts of Novo-
rossisk throughout the winter, and
the new push of eight miles which
Melted II towns and killed more
than 1000 Axis soldiers posed the
menace of development against the
key base in the northwest Cau-
caSuS.
In addition to Krymskaya. a stra-
tegic rail junction, the. Russians
seized Neberdjaiskaya, which con-
trolls the vital mountain pass 10
miles northeast of Novorossisk.
Stubbornly resisting the first
heavy Russian attack since the end
Of the Red arlnys winter campaign,
TIE Germans we're falling back on
Novxorossisk as well as westward
into the neck of the Taman Pen
insula.
Military quarters said the Axis
army packed into the closing pocket
of the Caucasus faced the alterna-
tive of last ditch stand or peril
Gus flight by sea to the Crimea
under the blows Of the Red air
force and the Black Sea fleet.
The Red army command, in its
Thursday mid day communique,
said advancing Soviet forces stormed
and captured several more Axis
strong points northeast of Novo-
rosisk III violent fighting.
The Russians eXacted a heavy
toll of Axis troops and material in
their latest advances, the Soviet
midday communique said. In one
sector alone, some 400 German Of
ficers and men were killed and
prisoners and booty were captured.
The initial Soviet break-through
announced in the Wednesday mid
night communique, carried eight
miles into the Axis defense belt and
engulfed II cities and towns, includ-
ing the heavily fortified base OF
Krymskaya, IT miles northeast OF
Novorossisk, and Neberdpaiskaya,
7h miles TO the southwest and only
10 miles from the naval base.
More than 1000 Axis troops were
killed and 80 guns, 220 machine
guns and other booty were captured.
the midnight communique said.
(The Germans acknowledged the
evacuation of Krymskay, insisting
that it was insignificant from a
strategical viewpoint" and said, the
considerable shortening OF the Axis
CONTINUED on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-06
BILL SLOCUM
DIES IN N. Y.
Well=KnOwn Sports Writer
and Native of Winsted
SuCcumbs Today

William ]. ("Bill") Slocum, wide
ly known sports authority and
former resident Of Waterbury, died
this morning at his home in New
York City after brief illness. He
has been engaged of late years as
sports promotion manager of Cen
eral Mills, Inc. He was a native of
WinSted where his family was
numbered among early Irish res
idents of that community. Prior to
starting his newspaper career in
New York City, he was sports editor
for the waterbury Republican.
The death of Bill Slocum will
be mourned by thousands of friends
and admirers. Bills" last trip
home was a SorroWful event last
January when the body of his wife
Sallie Egan Slocum was brought
here for interment. Mrs. Slocum
was native of Waterbury, the
daughter of the late Charles E. and
Julia '(Finn) Egan.
Bill Slocum blazed the way in
the metropolitan newspaper circles
for several WaterburianS He was a
keen sports enthusiast and an eX-
cellent writer. He served with the
Hearst interests prior to the merger
OF the New York Journal and New
York American. He subsequently,
turned his attention and skill to the
possibilities of radio promotion and
achieved outstanding success
Bills" democratic disposition,
geniality ana willingness to assist
young writer's made him stand
out" not only in the newspaper
game but in the various activities of
mis- career. The sporting fraternity,
the newspaper game and news
writer's lost sterling figure in the
passing of Bill" Slocum.
MI. Slocum is survived by four
sons, William J. Jr., director of spe-
cial events for ;Ie Columbia Broad
casting System, John F., publicity
director for the New York Yankees
Of the American Baseball League;
Sergeant Charles E., of the 3u7th
Armored Signal Corps of the U. S.
Army; and Francis E., of New York
City; and Sister-i n-laW. Mrs. Har-
~ E. Cross of New York City.
The funeral will be held from the
Mulville Funeral Home, 270 West
Main street at 1915 O'Clock. A SOL
emn high Mass will be celebrated at
the Church Of the Immaculate Con-
ception at II a. N. and burial will
be in the family plot at Calvary
cemetery Friends may call at the
funeral hon. from 2 p. NJ. to 10
D. m. today and tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-06
BANKERS FARLEY
OPENS IN NEW YORK

New York, May 6.-(UP)-Levi P.
Smith, of Burlington, Vt, president
Of the National Association of Mu-
tual Savings Bank, said today that
bankers would not tolerate theories
borne of the clasS-consciouS de-
featism" of Europe and would cling
TO the "wholesomeness' OF shirt
sleeves to Shirtsleeves" economy.
Speaking before the opening ses-
sion of two day war conference
Of the association, Smith said that
while the association might toler-
ate further socialization of
American life" 1t would fight to the
last ditch to keep character build
ing American competition"
The conference will be devoted
largely to means of supporting gov
eminent financing. 1t was ANNOUNCE
ed that savings banks are now well
within sight" of their immediate
goal Of $1,000,0O0,0 900 worth of war
saybaGS bonds sold and delivered
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-06
BOSTON STRIKERS
SETTLE DISPUTE

Boston, May 6.-CUP)-Seven
hundred AFL war workers at the
Hunt-Spiller Manufacturing Co
plant at South Boston returned to
work today following settlement Of
a dispute which tied up war pro-
duction for three days
The strike involved clippers, core
makers. machinists, foundry work
ers and crane operators, all mem
bers of the International Molders'
81 Foundry Workers Union of
North America (AFL). State arbi-
tration board officials said the en-
ploye whose discharge started the
trouble had withdrawn from the
controversy and would seek work
elsewhere.
Board officials said that although
the workers contract expired last
month a wage increase and new
contract were not involved in the
dispute.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-06
JAPANESE POSTS
AT ATTU BOMBED
Enemy Installations at
HOltz Bay Hit By Amer
lean LiberatOrs

Washington, May 6-UP)-The
Navy today reported a bombing and
strafing attack Tuesday on japanese
positions at Attu, westernmost of
the Aleutian Islands.
Liberator heavy bombers struck
at Holtz Bay, a ship anchorage,
scoring bomb hits on enemy install
lations. Lightning fighters, which
had accompanied the bombers, ma
chine gunned enemy-held areas on
Ch1chagof harbor.
Attu is 172 miles west of Kiska,
main japanese base in the Aleu-
tianS.
Text of lrayy communicate No.
1858:
North Pacific:
Il. On May 4, during the after
noon, liberator CONSOLIDATED B-24)
heavy bomberS, supported by light
ming 'Uockheed P-3S) fighters, car
ried out bombing and strafing at
tack against japanese installations
on Attn Island. Bomb hits were OBJ
served at Holtz Bay, and the light
nings strafed Chichagof Harbor."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-06
BABY'S PRESENCE
IN COURT SOUGHT
Defense at Murder Trial
Wants Infant Brought
in as Silent Witness

Northampton, Mass, May O.
CUP The defense at Mrs. Beatrice
Bouvier's murder trial opened a
legal battle today to have her S.
month-old baby brought into court
as a silent witness in her behalf.
The baby, Mark, was born last
Dec. 9-the day after Mrs. Bouvier
allegedly killed her husband, Ru-
dolpf, 32-year-old Ware war worker,
with a shotgun as he lay in bed at
their home. At the outset Of the
trial, Superior Judge Thomas j..
Hammond barred the infant from
the courtroom.
Asserting that the presence OF the
baby was necessary TO aid the jury
in deciding the question of it's pa
ternity. defense counsel Daniel d.
O'Brien asked that a summons be
issued to compel Sheriff Albert G.
Beckmann to produce the infant.
now at the county jail. Clerk of
Court Grace HaWkSley issued the
summons but the prosecution chal-
lengcd the legality of the action.
Judge Hammond dismissed the
jury While the legal aspects of the
case were debated.
The defense planned to call the
29-year-old defendants two older
sons as witnesses.
The boys, Rudolph, Jr. II, and
Gerald, 10, We're asleep in the house
the night their father Rudolph. 80.
a war worker died. Both have been
attentive spectators in the court
room from which their 5-month-old
brother Mark was barred.
Already the defense, which be-
gan yesterday after waving rights
to an opening argument, had sus-
tanned two set-backS.
A motion to permit the infant
Mark to be brought into the court
room was denied. The defense had
sought to have the jury see the
child and observe whether the child
resembled Joseph r. Hare. 40, of
Ware the "other man. in The case.
Continued on Page a
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-06
Armored Forces Chief New
Commander Succeeding
F. M. Andrews
ESPECIALLY PREPARED
FOR NEW ASSIGNMENT
Observers Think Appoint
.nent in Line With Pos
sible Land Invasion
WASHINGTON. Nav 6.

Washington, May 6. -
JP) - Lieutenant General
Jacob'L. Devers, chief of the
Armored Force, has been
designated new commander
of U. S. Forces in the Euro
pean theater, Secretary Of
War Henry L. Stimson an
nounced today. He succeeds
Lieutenant General Frank
M. Andrews, who was killed
in a plane crash in Iceland.
Stilmson said Devers' arrival in
England would be announced from
london.
81 consider General Devers espe-
cially fitted to succeed Lieutenant
General Frank M. Andrews as COM
mander of the European theater,"
Stiinson said.
"RHs$ capacity for organization
and administration was thoroughly
established while he was head OF
The armored force.
HE has been especially prepared
for this assignment as a result OF
an extensive trip which he made
recently through the European,
African and middle eastern thea
ters.
HE is thoroughly conversant with
present and future plans"
Commenting on Andrews death
IN iceland Monday, Stimson said
The effectiveness of his leadership
had been demonstrated by the sue
cess of American aerial operations
over continental Europe. Andrews
was an air officer - one of the top
men In his field.
Observers considered it noteworthy
that the new commander, on the
otheS hand, is from the. armored
force. Devers' appointment, some
sources believed, is in line with
IT,1Sti,1.,oI M Dono