Evening star., 1943-09-09
Army Show
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of the Treasury, will speak at the
arena performance at 8:45 o'clock
tonight. Selections will be played
by the Army Air Forces Band and
Miss Romero and the accordion
players will appear again.
On display every day from now
on will be many millions of dol
lars worth of war materiel of all
kinds, from rifle bullets to the
B-24 Liberator bomber. one of which
will be seen at the Fourteenth street
entrance to the grounds.
Admission Is Free.
Admission is free, but War Bonds
may be bought in convenient loca-
tions. Each show will last an hour.
but not all the acts will be con-
cerned with the might of the Army,
officials said Numerous Skits also
will be presented.
One of the Army's two barrage
balloons on the ground was aloft at
an early hour today, with a can
mister designed to hold eight ounces
of INT placed far up the cable
When plane hits the cable, the
balloons crew explained, the can
mister explodes. When flown in
cloudy weather at more than 1000
feet the balloon cannot be seen by
approaching aircraft. 1t was de-
scribed by its crew as formidable
defensive weapon.
Not single accident was reported
to the Armys medical center shack
from the time the first nail was
driven at the show until late today,
medical corpsmen said. They were
treating colds and headaches, but
they had no mishaps TO report after
checking their files.
Ready ON Time
Opening day found the show
ready to go. Herculean effort on
the part of prop men and electro
clans, carpenters and painters, had
given the grounds their spick and
span appearance by the time the
Cavalcade. of Stars, Hollywood ac-
tors and actresses touring the coun-
try in behalf of the sale of bonds.
arrived to see a brief preview of
the program yesterday.
Each Government agency will
have night reserved for its at
tendance at 'Back-the-At To-
nights performance is dedicated to
the sponsoring agency for the show,
the Treasury Department. Tomor-
row War Production Board en-
ployes will attend and on successive
days the War Department, Inter-
state Commerce Commission and the
Maritime Commission will have
evening performances which it is
hoped most of their personnel will
attend.
Display Amazes Film Stars.
II sincerity and unbounded en-
thusiasm can do it. the HOLLYWOOD
Bond Cavalcade of stars will see that
the War Loan drive for goal of
SIS, 900 100000 will go over with a
; bang.
From their seats on the stage at
the Back the Attack" show yester-
day, they expressed amazement at
the size of the display of mechanical
might assembled there. AS an esti-
HioCSO Ao.ooo pCopit JdAiiiltd IIlO
the bleachers and stood at the rail-
ing of the arena to see their favor
ite stars, Mickey Rooney buttonholed
Les Peterson, press relations chief
for the tour of Americas largest
cities, and said:
Boy, this can't fall"
The show put on for the benefit
of the stars started when Sergt
Robert Waldrop, official show an
nouncer, speaking over the public
address system. asked spectators in
the top of the Washington Monu-
ment to wave a handkerchief if his
words could be heard 555 feet in the
air. The handkerchief was promptly
waved, and the crowd let go q
mighty cheer
Eddie Buzzell. motion picture pro-
ducer from Los Angeles. who will
have charge of the national tour
said he expected the trip to be
"one long headache, but one that
will enjoy"
The company of actors and ac-
tresses left the city last night in g
pair of Pullman cars which will bt