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Evening star., 1943-08-01
Raid on French Air Bases
Led by Col. Thatcher

The crews OF a group of United
States medium bombers which
launched daylight raid over Polk
and Merville In Western France
yesterday under the leadership of
Col. Herbert B. Thatcher, 3 West
Irving street, Chevy Chase, Md,
reported SO little opposition that
they were able to make their bomb
runs virtually unchallenged by the
the German Air Force.
The crews said they believed both
the Polk and Merville airdromes
were knocked out of immediate use
fulness.
Col. Thatcher, "a, who has been
in the Army for more than l3
years, was graduated from West
Point in 1882. He served with the
Infantry at Fort Meade. Md, until
1885. wnen he transferred to the
Army Air Forces and was sent to
Randolph Field, Tex, for fight
training
From the time of his graduation
at Randolph Field until his orders
last April for overseas duty, Col.
Thatcher served with various Air
Force units at Hawaii, Mitchell
Field. Long Island, N. Y; Fort
Benning, Ga; Savannah (Ga) Air
Base and MacDill Field, TAMPA.
Fla.
A native of East Orange, N. J..
Col. Thatcher is the third in a
line OF Army officers. His wife and
two small children, Elizabeth
BROOKS, 5. and Peter Brooks, II
months, reside at the Irving street
address.
Evening star., 1943-08-01
Army transportation Corps
Has Shifted 7 Million Abroad

The Army Transportation Corps,
rounding out its first year of opera
tions, reported today it had moved
100000 troops overseas to more
than so countries and United States
possessions
These are some OF it's other ac-.
complishments:
Moved 10000 1000 tons of Army
cargo overseas, an average of ia
tons per man per month, exclusive
of lease-lend tonnage.
Supervised movement of 25 900 900
troops by domestic carriers, four
f1fths of them by rail.
Moved 100000 inductees by rail.
The rail movements required the
issuance of 10000 separate troop
movement orders for the transport
Evening star., 1943-08-01
Army Air Forces, Once 3-Mon
Unit, Celebrates 36th Birthday

From one captain and two enlisted
men in 1907 to a staff of 2,O00, 900
men is the history of the Army Air
Forces as it celebrates it's Seth birth
dcy today
1t began as an aeronautical di-
vision OF the Signal Corps on Au-
gust. /, 1907 The three-man staff
was ordered to study the flying ma
chine and the possibilities of adapt
ing it to military purposes"
Two years later the Army bought
its "Airplane No. l" from the Wright
Brothers. The plane could travel
l25 miles at speed of 40 miles an
hour. About $3.50 was allotted for
its upkeep. Its one pilot, 1t. Ben
jamin D. Foulois. later to be chief
of the Army Air Corps, spent much
of the early years of the service in
repairing the plane and devising
mechanical improvements.
Interest in military aviation did
not really flourish until the early
Evening star., 1943-08-01
Knox Slated 10 Give
Deposition in Land Suit

A motion to vacate subpoenas so
Navy Secretary Knox and other
Government officials could be ex-
cused from appearing at an Office
building here to give dispositions in
connection with condemnation
proceeding regarding some 76 acres
of land in Washington State, has
been denied by Justice David A.
Pine of District Court.
AS a result Secretary Knox is
scheduled to appear at the office
building here at 2 pm. tomorrow.
Among other scheduled also to ap-
pear over a period OF three days
so their dispositions can be taken
are Undersecretary of the Navy
Forrestal, John j. Courtney, de-
scribed as head of the real estate
division. Bureau of Yards and Docks;
r. A. Patton, once of Defense
transportation: Ernest Callahan,
Bureau OF Valuation, Interstate
Commerce Commission, and Rear
Admiral Ben Morrell, chief of the
Bureau OF Yards and Docks, United
States Navy.
Evening star., 1943-08-01
Gen. Gregory Says Army
Has Fuel, Food for Italy
BY the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 3l.-Maj. Gen.
E. B. Gregory. the Army's quarter
master general, disclosed today that
the Army has II reserve supplies
of fuel and food u serve the Italian
people if and when that nation
negotiates peace.
One of the duties of the Quar-
termaster Corps is to furnish sup
plies for peoples Of occupied coun-
tries for the first 60 days. he said.
After that period the Allied mill
tary government established in these
territories is in charge of these sup
plies"
Gen. Gregory, here to inspect the
Chicago quartermaster depot, said
the Army inventory of food and
clothing was unusually good because
the Quartermaster Corps purchased
more than so per cent of its yearly
quotas the first nalf of the year
He indicated there might soon be-
reduction in the ALLEGATION of
wool for the armed services which
would release supplies for civilian
needs sufficient to further postpone
possible clothing rationing
Evening star., 1943-08-01
Gov. Bricker Asserts
He Will Follow Party
Platform, if Named
BY the Associated Press

bs tut ASSOCldteQ Press,
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 3l.-Gov
John W. Bricker said today that
should he become a candidate for
the Republican presidential nomi-
nation, or become the nominee, he
would not attempt to substitute his
own views, domestic or foreign. for
policies laid down by the party.
"A candidate should be bound by
his party platform Gov. Bricker
said. If he does not expect to be
bound by it he should not accept
the nomination.
The Ohio Governor said any poll
cles enunciated at meeting of the
Republican Postwar Advisory Coun-
Gil in September would be consid-
cred by him as representative of
party view until superseded by the
formal platform.
The advisory council, he added,
is the only true party represent
ative in the field at this time" mas
much as it was appointed by Ma
tional Chairman Harrison E. Spang-
Ter and made up of the Nations "a
Republican Governors and party
leaders in States having Democratic
chief executives.
He added he did not consider the
Republican Postwar Policy Associa-
tion. headed by Deneen A. Watson,
Chicago attorney, as representing
the party" There have been reports
the association is favorable to Wen
dell l.. Willkie.
Gov. Bricker said he would attend
the September meeting, to be held
at Mackinac Island, Mich, and
make several suggestions" He
added he did not expect to be in
accord with each and every separate
policy declaration, but believed he
would be able to approve most of
them without reservation.
Evening star., 1943-08-01
Liquor Ration Is Cut
10 Quart Per Month
By Virginia Board
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
RICHMOND, July 3l.-The LIQUOR
ration in Virginia will be cut in half
effective after midnight tonight.
Instead of the two quarts per
month to which ABC customers
have been entitled in the past, the
maximum amount via the ration
oook Will be one quart per month.
This reduction was announced to-
day by the Virginia Alcoholic Bey-
erage Control Board.
Among factors listed bv the
board as making a cut inevitable
We're:
Sales of distilled spirits in the
three months ended June 30 were
nearly $4,000 cases in excess of SUM-
piles received by the ABC Board
from distillers in that quarter.
Quota To Be Reduced.
The board has been notified bv a
group Of about 20 distillers that
quotas Of liquors for the last six
months of this year will be reduced
by an average of 81 per cent.
1t became apparent that, with the
demand far exceeding the limited
supplies, the old ration unit was
inequitable.
The boards action means that
coupons Is and 26, originally for
August 1881. will all be good
throughout August. But whereas
each set of two coupons used to be
good for quart it will now take
all four coupons to buy a quart, and
1t Will take two coupons to obtain
q pint.
Wine Ration Reduced.
A comparable reduction has been
made in the ration unit of fortified
Wlnes-wlneS containing more than
IA per cent alcohol by volume. The
maximum amount obtainable will
be half-gallon per month. instead
OF a gallon Light wines still are
not rationed
The door was left open for a pos
sible upward revision of the ration
unit but little hope was held that
this would happen anytime soon.
In fact, WPB limitation on the
use OF bottles by distillers indicated
that the supplies might shrink still
more.
Many Complaints Received.
The board has received hundreds
of complaints from persons who said
they were unable to purchase
whisky Stores are stocked once a
week, and. as the stocking dates
became generally known, crowds
would descend on the stores on those
dates and quickly exhaust the stocks.
1t was impossible to shift the deliv-
cry dates, the board said, because
the schedules with the carriers were
based on ODT mileage regulations
and were not flexible.
Copies of statement explaining
the ration cut will be printed and
distributed by the board in the
stores in the near future.
Nearly 1000, 900 ABC ration books
have been issued. but only about
480, 900 have been used in each ration
period. The new cut may bring more
books into active use.
In going to quart a month, Vir-
einia will be on par with Michigan
and Ohio, where the ration has been
at that level. North Carolina, how
ever, is still on pint per week
ration.
Evening star., 1943-08-01

pleasure driving. last night refused
to give up her A ration book on
order Of hearing panel. Her hus-s
band, Harry B. Myers. said she
would not surrender the book be-
cause she had not been granted o.
constitutional hearing and no cons.
plainant had appeared against her.l
An OPA spokesman said there
were various legal means" Of se-
curing the book If further study
of the cast showed the need for
such action. The OPA's legal
branch said 1t was studying all an
giles of the case before 1t recon.
mends definite action.
Evening star., 1943-08-01
Arlington 10 Register
Tardy on Ration Book No. )

Late registration for War Ration
Book No. 3 will be held at the Ar
lington County Ration Board Offices
from 9 am. to $50 pm tomorrow.
Wednesday and Friday and from 7
to 10 pm Wednesday. it was an
nounced yesterday by ration board
officials.
During this period, it was said, the
following should apply:
All persons, except members of
Evening star., 1943-08-01
Red Cross Unit Marks Birth

The Westover production unit of
the Arlington County Red Cross
Chapter last week celebrated its
first birthday. At meeting We'd
nesday birthday cake was served
members by Mrs. Joseph Boss, sur
gical dressing chairman, and Mrs.
c. w. Farrier. production chairman
for the county chapter.
Evening star., 1943-08-01
Maurice Darcy Sullivan,
Veteran Actor, Dies

BY the Associated Press.
BAL SHORE, Long Island, July
3l.-Maurice Darcy Sullivan, rs,
actor and stage director, died here
today.
Born in Chicago on April II.
1868, he went on the stage in 1874
and had many important engage
ments. In 1918 he played in the
oriotnal production of When John
ny Comes Marching Home" Later
he Joined the Dillingham; forces
and also appeared in vaudeville.
Evening star., 1943-08-01
|OPA May Ask
|Court to Curb
| Defiant Driver
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
BALTIMORE. July 31.-Maryland
Once Administration enforcement
officials said today they might seek
Federal court action to compel the
surrender of gasoline ration book
by a woman driver II she continued
In her refusal to relinQuish it.
Mrs. Naomi Myers, charged with
Evening star., 1943-08-01

of birth. This may be a birth GER
tificate. hospital statement. adop-
ton papers. physicians certificate,
minister's affidavit, etc.
Evening star., 1943-08-01

A we'll made b0udOir
chair with loose reyer-
sible cushion. Covered
in colorful glazed chintz.
Evening star., 1943-08-01

Ideal for the sunroom
or pore h. Strongly
made Of basket weave
hbre. Has cushion seat.
Covered in cotton tap
estry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-03

on a vital spot. Impartial observers
in India see no other satisfactory
solution than a federal government.
They maintain that to establish
Pakistan and set up wholly separate
Hindu and Moslem states would be
to preclude Indian unity.
The consensus among such OBJ
servers is that the Moslem minority
could be protected by constitutional
safeguards. I'm not sure that Mr..
Jinnah himself doesn't believe that
in his own heart. too. When I asked
him how he would take care of the
great Sikh minority in the Punjab
if the Moslems took over that prov
ince under Pakistan, he replied that
their interests could be safeguarded
by constitutional guarantees. Well.
if Moslem government can do that
for the Sikhs, It's hard to see why a
federal government couldn't do it for
the Moslems
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-03
Protection for MosIem Minority
In India Declared Possible
Constitutional Safeguards Believed Workable
Under Federal Government Plan

ITO me it doesn't matter whether
the prime minister Of a national
government is Moslem or Hindu. I
believe this question is largely po-
litical, not religious.
Il believe the future of India is
going to be a federation Of Moslems
and Hindus. We must have ma
tional welfare at the center. There
must be federal government which
will control such things as defense,
posts, telegraph communications
and foreign relations.
IF necessary I would agree with
the MoSlemS on provincial soVer-
eighty, provided they agree to Ger
tain central restrictions
Federal Government Needed.
I'm trying to bring about meet
ing between MOSlemS and Hindus.
I do not accept Jinnahs claim that
there are two nations living in this
country"
Sir Tel AS usual has put his finger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-03
Sergt. Albert Seid|er
Buried in ARLINGTON

Funeral services we're held yes
terday for Sergt. Albert Seidler, rs,
native of Washington, who died
Friday at Fort Monmouth, N. j.,
after a brief illness. Burial was in
Arlington National Cemetery. Sergt
Seidler had been attending the off,
GERS candidate school OF the Signal
Corps.
Before enlisting in the Army last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-03

June he was employed in the relay
division OF the Potomac Electric
Power Co. Besides his widow, Mrs.
Dorothy Wilkinson seidler, he is
survived by his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Adolphe Seidler, and a sister,
Mrs. w. H. Johnson, all OF Wash
ington.
Sergt. Seidler, who lived here at
1924 Twenty seventh street Sc. was
in his third year OF electrical en2i-
neering at George Washington Uni
versity when he enlisted He was a
member OF Beta Tau, engineering
fraternity.
Evening star., 1943-10-03
A Major Raid
On Propnan's
Bag O Tricks
By thf Associated press

HOLLYWOOD.
The most elaborate and important
ghost portrayed in films for some
time will be that which Charles
Laughton is enacting in the title
role of THE Canterville Ghost
adapted from the famous Oscar
Wilde story. Three hundred years
of ghosting are shown, with an ad-
ditional modern scene, and the ghost
in addition to walking through walls
| dematerializes. and even takes off his
own head and holds a conversation
with it.
Optical illusions of the usual
camera sort are used, such as double
exposure of the film, stop motion. in
which the camera stops while the
figure appears or disappears, and
then continues filming, and special
lens assemblies which distort or
shoot around the ghost. This latter
principle is based on stage magic
invented by Robert Houdin, the
great French conjurer.
The scene in which Laughton
takes off his head is special effect
embodying several processes. the
secret of studio technicians, but it
represents the use of double exposure
to block out the actual head, and
the employment of prop head
made in the makeup department
| which speaks with the same process
used to provide human speech for
animals on the screen, which in
wolves ventriloquism. All of these
scenes represent the most accurate
synchronizing, and a combination of
several tricks done at once, rather
than one simple process.
Evening star., 1943-10-03
The Script Girls
Are Vigilants
Of Film Sets
By the Associated Press.

HOLLYWOOD
The real hero Of those huge
scenes which are so impressive on
the screen is heroine, a script
girl. She who must keep track Of
the endless but important detail
when such scenes are shot; for one
slip, and an ever-watchful audience
will burst into laughter, destroying
the effect Of the expensive setup.
One such scene was filmed for
the Oriental spectacle, "Kismet."
during the past week. James Craig,
playing the young caliph who wins
joy Page, the daughter of Ronald
Colman, rode a white steed across a
2-acre location, followed by an es-
cort of horsemen, through a street
filed with hundreds of extras rep
resenting Arabs.
Then 200 pigeons were released
from three birdhouses. Which way
did the pigeons fly? The caliph, fol-
lowed by dignitaries and slaves. IS
Weu~as his horsemen, rides with
banners flying. Were the men with
the purple saddles or the ones with
the cream -colored saddles nearer
the camera line? Ten canels amble
across the scene; was the smaller
OF the two baby camels following the
black sour-puss camel or the rust
cOlored one?
Which Knee Is II"
A dancer buries his lance into the
ground as a beggar rushes in CALL
ing his cue lines. Did the lance hit
the ground first, or later? An archer
shoots an arrow into one Of the es-
cort; did the man fall on his left or
right knee?
The script girl must note all these
things, for the constant retaking of
portions of scenes and the neces-
sary cutting and joining of the COM
pleted film would be all too apparent
without her Watchf11l owe
Evening star., 1943-10-03
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
One of the chief traditions of the
legitimate theater for many genera
tions has been that actors are born,
rarely developed. This belief in
creased from year to year as sons
and daughters followed in the foot
steps of fathers and mothers.
Then the movies came along.
Bang! went the old concepts. The
royal-blood stuff was out. Today
the kinds and queens of movieland
are persons who did not inherit a
drop of histrionic blood. For the
movies, actors ceased being born
and started springing from every
where.
FROM one end of Hollywood to
the other, 5O-some odd pictures are
under Way-and in only a few lso-
lated Instances can you find star
ito the manor born" as it were.
One exception might be noted.
Mickey Rooney, star OF Andy
Hardy's Blonde Trouble" traces his
immediate antecessors to the Vaude-
vile and burlesque fields.
In one picture, His Buffers Sis
ter" just tapering off at Universal,
none of the three stars has an ounce
of acting background. On a basis
of inherited talent they might have
become almost anything but actors
Yet Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone
and Pat O'Brien rank with the
screens best.
Welding Her Destiny?
Deanna's father James Durbin
started life as blacksmith, became
an expert welder then a real estate
salesman Tone is the son of sci
enlist and manufacturer, his father
now being president OF the Carbo-
rundum Co. Likewise, Pat O'Brien's
father expected him TO continue In
the furniture business, taking over
the fine stand he had built up in
Milwaukee.
Being the daughter of super
visor general of steamships for the
United States Government doesn't
seem to provide much background
for an actress-nevertheless. Irene
Dunno has managed quite well with
her film career. So has Charles
Boyer, whose father was a dealer
in farm machinery abroad.
Needless to say, Robert Montgom-
cry inherited none of his thespian
talents from his father, Henry
Montgomery, who was vice presi-
dent of the New York Rubber Co.
PoSa lind RuSsell's father prac-
ticed law in Waterbury. Conn.
Greer Carson. Academy Award
winner for Mrs. Minlver," comes
Evening star., 1943-10-03
HOLLYWOOD.

Olsen and Johnson, high priests
of comedy with rituals of gunfre,
yells, drum beating and speed, have
been kidding the public for more
than 20 years. and they still car
enchant sensible people into climb
ing up on the stage to be made RI
diculous in front of family, friends
and strangers.
Ole Olson. sWarthv and the tall
member of the team. does most of
the talking. Chic Johnson, the
blond short one. tilts his hat back
crosses his feet. leans against some
thing and listens.
AS Ole tells it, he started off as a
v1ollnist after whirl at Northwest
ern University and all the refine
ments Of higher culture, obtained
through the cash of his father. q
boilermaker. But Olsen discovered
quickly that there is a bigger au-
dience for The Old GRAY Mare
played slightly off KEY with aban-
don, than for violin concerto fault
lessly rendered At that point. Ole
shed all the appurtenances of violin
playing genius. except his shiny
black pompadour, and went in for
laughs and corn.
Cleanliness First.
Chic Johnson, too, headed for a
cultural life: he was a graduate Of
the Chicago Conserva tory of Music
and his hammer and tongs tactics
with a piano are the direct result OF
his work in symphonies. concertos
and etudes at the conservatory
About the time that he, too. found
that cornv music is more popular
than the classics. Olsen and John
son discovered each other, that Is
Olsen discovered Johnson. They
have been partners for % years.
Their comedy is based on the idea
that things happen around them;
they don't think of themselves as
such funny fellows. rather as the
instigators Of funny things.
A cornerstone of the Olsen anc
johnson formula is keep the
laughs clean" Both family men
thev have kept in mind the family
audience, with grandma, pa, ma
the kids. and the folks.
Don't give 'em a chance to re-
lax" is another axiom. Somethine
is happening every minute. and yor
have to see only one Olsen anc
johnson show to know what that
means.
Money has come plentifully anc
is passed around freely. Anything
is good excuse to buy somebody q
present or to give party. Repeat
Ing the Christmas theme in the
heat OF late August, the boys gave
Christmas party for the cast o1
their new picture and all corners
on the set. with a tree, Santa Claus
and presents for every one.
Laughter Almost All.
They are eager to seize any anc
all comics with good act for any
show they are putting on. They'll
use anybody's suggestion for a gooc
gag. They've taken over movie
tricks, too; they've had a lot OF
fun doing scenes with animals talk.
ing by the new process developed
| by film technicians.
There are three things the worlc
over that are the same" says Olsen
the need for food, for love and TO,
laughter"
Some critics of their noisy tom.
foolery comment that thare Is 4
good deal Of the paternal boiler.