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Evening star., 1943-12-19
Burii

Bari, the Adriatic seaport town
where the Germans initiated the
Japs at Pearl Harbor, Is a place of
more than average consequence. 1t
was known as Barium in ancient
times. Colonists from Illyria are
supposed to have settled it. and the
histories say that Greek immigrants
"civilized' it. When the Roman EN-
plre was at its best. the harbor was
busy with the ships Of many nations.
Trade declined with the fading of
the Caesars. The Saracens took
over" in 852. A "catapan" was in
stalled as governor in the name Of
Byzantium about 999 The city was
captured by Robert Guiscard in
1911. Subsequently, there was a pc
riod of prosperity under Frederick II
and an era of distress under the
princes Of Anjou. At the end of
the fifteenth century the Sforza
family was in control. The whole
neighborhood passed to the King Of
Naples in 1888.
Americans remember Bari as two
communities-one old and the other
new. To the north was the castle,
built in the years between 1888 and
1899, slowly becoming a total ruin.
Nearby stood the Cathedral of San
Sabine, with fine rose window in
the transept; the early medieval
Church of San Marco and the IA
nous Basilica of San Nicola, to which
pilgrims formerly came in thou
sands, especially from the East. The
relics in the last named of these
shrines admittedly were stolen from
Myra in Lycia by forty-seven sailors,
who brought them back to their ma
tive shore as votive offerings.
Modern developments made Bari
a maritime gate for traffic with the
Balkan countries and Egypt. The
rail and motor road communications
with the port were improved under
Mussolini. New dock and pier ia
cilities likewise were provided by
the Fascist regime. 1t is not diff
cult to understand why the supply
fleet Of the Allies made use Of the
harbor. But, lying as it does within
reach of Nazi bombers in the vicinity
of Athens, it must be guarded care
fully in the future If it is to continue
to be of service.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Pacific Bomb Louds

A year ago. or even as recently as
six months ago, the difference be-
tween the bomb loads being dropped
on the Japanese in the Pacific and
the bomb loads being dropped on
the NaZis in Europe seemed more or
less like the difference between
pinprick and a hammer blow Gen
eral MacArthur's forces would be
doing extremely we'll II they dumped
rs or 100 tons of explosives on some
enemy outpost, but it was not at all
unusual for our Allied planes to-
unleash 1000 or more tons in
single raid on German city.
Since the size and character Of
the Pacific and European targets
are markedly dissimilar. IS tons Of
bombs falling on japanese island
position can, of course. be as effec-
tive, relatively, as 1000 tons falling
on Hamburg or Berlin. Yet as
long as the contrast remained as
sharp as this there was at least the
suggestion that our heavy efforts in
the one theater were being made at
the expense Of holding to a mini
mum our efforts in the other theater.
Up to about six months ago, in other
words, since we were seemingly in
capable of carrying out strong
bombing attacks in both parts of
the world, our Allied air power ap-
peared to be giving a onesided prior
ity to the NaZis by striking at them
ten or fifteen or even twenty times
more heavily than at the Japanese
In recent months. however, this
picture has been undergoing a sig
niflcant change, with our air blows
in both theaters tending to come
more and more into balance. In
our seventy-tWo-hour Tarawa cam
paign. for example, carrier based
American planes unloaded about 700
tons Of bombs on the japanese, and
last Tuesday-the day before our
troops landed there-the Arawe
Peninsula of New Britain Island
was struck by 356 tons of bombs, the
greatest load ever dropped by our
Southwest Pacific air forces. The
contrast between our European and
Pacific bombing has thus grown con-
siderably less sharp, so that our raids
on the Nazis. which were once ten or
fifteen or twenty times as heavy. are
now beginning to be only two, three
or four times as heavy.
Considering the great difference
in the nature Of the two target areas,
this notable stepup in Pacific bomb
loads may, in fact, represent what
amounts to balance At the very
least, it certainly suggests that we
are moving forward progressively to
the time when single 1,OO0-ton raids
on the japanese will be no more
unusual than are those carried out
against the Nazis. This prospect re-
fleets a particular degree of credit
on all who have been charged with
the responsibility Of building up and
supplying the American forces de-
ployed against Japan. 1t means that
we are nearing the point where we
shall be able to strike with equal
power against our enemies on both
sides Of the world. and Just as we
have reason to be cheered by this,
they have reason to find it painfully
depressing
Evening star., 1943-12-19

with that, and it was in the perform
ance Of 1t that he finally 80 exhaust
ed himself as to become the easy
prey Of his present illness. But Mr..
Churchill is doughty fighter, and
although he is down at the mo-
ment-just as England was down in
1940-he can be counted upon to
battle his way up again, no less than
England has done under his brilliant
and valiant leadership. To this end
all Americans join with the British
in welcoming the indications that
his condition has improved.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Psychological Benefit
Prom the South Bend Tribune.

1rom the South Bend Tribune.
That sports page item predicting a
considerable shortage of golf balls next
summer has its bright side. It also
means that many a tired businessman
may be able to keep In good temper
over the week ends.
Evening star., 1943-12-19

Eskimos with good fur catches are
now being trapped by the income
tax. They do not quite understand
1t. but are fairly sure 1t is some sort
OF q skin game.
Evening star., 1943-12-19

cause was introduced by Cardinal
Gibbons in 1907. During the cen
turies to come, America will have
many saints, and she surely should
be "of the company"
Evening star., 1943-12-19

It is rumored that the Big Three
or Big Four may meet again some
where next year. 1t may not be
long perhaps, until they are paid
regular directors fees.
Evening star., 1943-07-20
A Nominee for 'Oklahoma'
Is the Earle's Baritone
Bv JAY CARMODY.

If this department the Iheater Guild which is not would
solve the problems of the
"Okahoma' this afternoon
dence that might irritating.
We would fill the role with Garfield Swift,
this
Evening star., 1943-07-20
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.
HOTJ,YWOON

Mickey Rooney went to Reno Sum
day, but not for the usual reason.
He is enrolling for one week in
Nevada University. Master Rooney
does not expect to get full college
education in seven weeks. The whole
thing is stunt for his new picture,
ANDY Hardy's Blonde Trouble in
which Andy starts as a college
freshman. This should be lot of
fun for the boys and girls who at
tend the university They will be in
the picture with Mickey and the
college.
Lana Turner expects her baby
this week or next. She wants boy
Talking of babies, Maureen
OHara is hoping she will be having
a baby of her own by the time she
starts actual work in Buffalo Bill
in which she whispers the news to
film husband Bill Cody. Failing
this she will be dressed to look the
part of a girl approaching mother
hood. It's not often that the movies
go in for this sort of realism.
Lois Andrews says that far from
reconciling with ex-husband George
Jessel she plans to ask court permls-
sion on the oath of this month to
drop the Jessel from her name and
Evening star., 1943-07-20
Secretary Knox
Gladly Accepted
The Back Seat
BY the Associated Press.

os VIC AsooClAtSu FTeSS.
HOLLY WOOD. - Hollywood S
send-off to campaign to sell $40
600. 900 worth of bonds to build the
cruiser Los Angeles was one of the
biggest rallies ever staged by the
f1lm industry. AS the evening went
along. the Hollywood Bowl affair as
sumed the aspects of wildly en-
thusiastic football rally.
Cecil B. De Mile struck the Holly
wood note by saying that the giant
sized cruiser is planned as the film
towns contribution to a super
colossal. all-color production, the to-
tai destruction of Japan!"
An 1T Can't Happen Here" epi-
sode: Crooner Rudy Vallee directed
the band music as accompaniment
for rival Groaner Bing Crosby
Nobody ever expected such a COM
bination. but the crowd loved it.
When the naval, marine and Coast
Guard bands, united under the baton
Of 1t. Rudy Vallee of the Coast
Guard, swung into their finale of
patriotic and sea airs, Toastmaster
Edward G. Robinson seized the baton
AND directed, to burst OF applause.
Vallee capitulated. and put his white
service hat on Robinson. whose di-
rection was able, as we'll as enthusi-
astic. Throngs cheered and stayed
for more.
Like most visiting teams, Secretary
OF the Navy Knox, the guest of
honor, couldn't get the ball away
from the home outfit.
Evening star., 1943-07-20
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing
Screen,


Capitol-"The Youngest Profess
sion," autograph collecting: II am,
las, 4:30, 7:15 and 10 pm. Stage
shows: 1880, 3:35, $40 and 9:05
pm.
Columbia-"Stage Door Canteen,' -
quantity on vast scale: 1920 am,
1:55, 3:15, $40, 7:30 and $40 pm.
Earle-"The Desperadoes, rootin'
and tootin' in the West: II am. 1:40,
4:30. tbs and 9:55 pm. Stage shows
l, $50, 6:35 and 9:15 pm.
Keith's-"Mr. Big" with Donald
O'Connor: II M, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10
pm.
LittIe-"Alexander Nevsky." the
Russians beat an invader: ii am,
ITO, 3:15, 5:25, 7:35 and e:45 pm.
Metropolitan - Whats Buzzin'
Cousin: mirth and music: IL am,
12:45, 2:30, 4:20, 6:10, 1855 and 9:45
pm.
Palace-"Coney Island" with Betty
Cradle and technicolor: ii am,
LOS, BIS, $40, 7:30 and $40 pm.
Pix-"It Happened One Night"
with Clark Gable and Claudette
Colbert: 2:35, 4:55, 7:l5 and 9:35
pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts:
Continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1943-07-20
lis Miles of Action.
And No Track Shoes
HOLLYWOOD

HULL WOOD.
When Director Edmund Goulding
told Joan Fontaine that her role in
Warner Bros" The Constant
Nymph" would run through the
entire picture" he meant just what
he said.
Joan learned quickly, after re-
porting on the first set of the pic
ture, that not only her role would
run through the whole film. but
that she was expected literally to
run through it as we'll.
AS the excitable Tessa Sanger
OF the Margaret Kennedy story,
Joan kept rough track of her mile
age after the first few days of pro-
duction and with takes. retakes, re-
hearsals and practice runs she fig
ures she covered about 115 miles at
top speed during production
Energetic though Miss Fontaine
is, she has rever played such an &C
tive role before, but. according to the
story. she was dressed and made up
for the part. Her skimpy cotton
dresses. he1' pig-tails and her we'll
worn shoes all helped in putting
over the idea that Tessa was a child
OF action as we'll as understanding.
One hundred and fifteen miles of
action! Page Gunder Haegg!
Evening star., 1943-07-20

So you want Toxic bombed again:
Well, bombs cost money, so help buy
some with War bonds and stamps.
Evening star., 1943-07-20
The Circumstances 1ntrude

told me. $50 I purposely blew my
lines. said Nuts! See, anyone can
make mistake!" She relaxed after
that" Danny's press agent, Ed Du-
koff, is on the set and he tells me
that he does not receive a standard
salary from the comedian, and never
has. Danny has always paid me
a percentage of his earnings says
Dukoff That was the case when
he was earning two-fifty a week,
and even now when it's ten thous-
and" This sounds like a good sys-
tenn. Joan Crawford, making
her first appearance at her new
studio, Warmers, after 18 years at
Metro, seems a trifle bewildered,
and explains, Everyone is so nice
to me here!"
Bobe Hope deserves and receives
a lot Of praise for his nonstop camp
and hospital tours, but how about
saying well done" to Frances Lang
ford who has accompanied Bob on
all his tours, and visited thousands
of camps in this country. the Aleu-
tians and now in England. 1t is
estimated that Frances has made
singing appearances for nearly s.
900 900 men. She will be back
here with Bob to resume their radio
programs in September.
The big shots at Metro have never
forgiven themselves for allowing
Deanna Durbin to get away from
the studio when they had her un-
der contract seven years ago 1t
was at the time that Judy Gar
lands option was taken up while
Deanna's was allowed to lapse. But
now they point triumphantly to
Judy's current tremendous popu-
larity lshe's really great in Pre-
senting Lily Mars"D, and state with
the wisdom that comes after the
event-"We Told You Sol"
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Evening star., 1943-07-20

| Performers who are having a
good time are so rare a vision these
days-what with all the long regu-
lar hours and the benefits, etc.-that
the exceptions are almost astound-
ing. Quietly astounding, to be sure,
but astounding.
The happiest lot you ever saw was
the quartet of Willard Roof Music
Hall performers who did their series
of olios at Mrs. Anne Archbold's
benefit garden party Saturday aft
ernoOn for the Housewives Aides.
With Ted Tiller as master of cere-
monies, and co-star, Mary Jane
Kersey, Bibi OSterwald and Natalie
Core ran through repertoire al
most as large as Mrs. Archbolds S
garden
A breath of fresh air, with the
tang OF the woods in it, the grass
under their dancing feet, and an
appreciative audience worked Won
ders for every one, performers and
spectators alike.
1t left the impression that you've
seen it al fresco.
Resourceful Katharine, Hepburn,
whose latest Hollywood career has
had the distinct advantage of Spen-
Ger Tracy's collabora tion, is going
to try it without Mr.. T. in her
next picture, Without Love"
She will revert to him, however
in the picture which is scheduled
to follow Immediately.
Evening star., 1943-07-20
By SHEILA GRAHAM.
HOLLYWOOD


Lieutenant Gilbert Roland in
town without his Connie Bennett.
Roland, back from active duty, ex-
plains it this way: Connie is in
the East playing Katharine Hep
burns part in Without Love. I
only have couple of weeks fur
Tough. It's difficult for me to get
transportation East, and Connie
can't leave her play. So it doesn't
look as though I'll get to see my
wife this trip"
Lieutenant Roland belongs to the
select group Of Hollywood film ac-
tors who have actually seen fight
ing service (others include Clark
Gable. Douglas Fairbanks and Rob-
ert Montgomery. He enlisted in the
flying section of the Army IA
months ago. He is reticent about
his combat experiences. He has
never looked better or seemed nicer
in all the years I've known him.
Il thought a 1T about Holly
wood when I was away" he tells
IlC, Uub IL D CNCll OCbICl llldiA as
remembered it. I'm all alone in
our house (the children are with
Connie in the East, but have my
books and my music"
Mrs. Don Ameche is mothering
IA children at her farm in the val
ley. 1t seems that all her rela-
tions, who are without nurses, have
brought the children to Mrs.
Ameche, who herself is without a
nurse for her own brood of four
To meet the milk situation, hus-
band Don has purchased two more
cows. tHe got them in Santa Rosa
during location with Happy Land.'D
Marlene Dietrichs daughter,
Maria Manton, is playing the sixty
flve-year-old lady who gets mur-
dered in Night Must FALL at a
little local theater.
Danny Kaye, making his first
film appearance in up In Arms. "
was cute with Constance Bowling
when she did her first scene-it's s
her first picture. too-with him. Il
could see she was nervous" DANNY
Evening star., 1943-07-20
MIR. Rooney Goes to College

! revert to legal use Of her maiden
name.
Charlie Chaplin does not care one
way or the other If his wife has a
movie career. But the former Oona
O'Neill is now against film work. A
local magazine printed that at last
Charlie has found wife as young
E! in spirit as he is,>This pleased Chap
! lin enormously, and he now stops
his friends and quotes the piece
from the magazine.
II have something to ask you"
this reporter says to Ray Milland.
He looks terrified and says quickly,
''It isn't true" Ray refers to local
stories that his marriage is heading
for the rocks. And all I was about
to ask was: do you prefer heavy
film dramas to light comedy?" His
sigh of relief is in the heavy drama
class, which, incidentally, he prefers
in the way of work. His latest epic,
Ministry of Fear" has him in an
insane asylum because of the mercy
killing of his wife. On leaving the
institution he is implicated in the
murder Of a man. This is heavy
drama enough for any man without
having to deny stories Of marital
trouble.
Capt. Jimmy Stewart INDUCES In
a nostalgia busman's holiday by
visiting every sound stage on the
Metro lot. Jimmy was always thin,
but he is now pencil slim. and his
/ hair is whitening. Oracle Fields
left Sunday for England. where she
will tour the camps and factories.
She reports back to goth Century,
Fox in September. The studio ex-
ecutives are raving about Gracie's
performance in Holy Matrimony."
>. Katharine Hepburn is in town,
and her without Love" starts in
two weeks. Spencer Tracy will CO.
star with her in the picture Katie
does after this one-yet unnamed
which is good news because they
act we'll together. . Carmen Mi
randa, expected back in Hollywood
at the end Of this month. was so
| sure her number was up when she
was stricken recently with a rup-
tured liver that priest was sum-
moned who administered the last
rites. I am glad she is on the road
to recovery.
Rita HayWorth says the reason
she is not seeing Orson Welles these
evenings is that she Is too tired
after working in Cover Girl to do
anything but go home to bed. But
I remember when she was in love
with Victor Mature. A small mat
ter Of work did not keep her from
his company.
Janet Blair and her Sergt. Lou
Busch were honeymooning at the
Lake Arrowhead house belonging to
Agent Frank Vincent in which they
were married last week. isn't it
wonderful sighed Janet. Its so
peaceful here with not a soul in
sight" Just then a boat with tour
lists and man with a megaphone
came near the shore. "On your
right, ladies and gentlemen" :"
doomed the guide, lis the house
Evening star., 1943-07-20

is easily as uO 10 Cne role as is ArLnur
Drake, who is playing it on Broad
way-until his draft board decides
that it would rather have him play
soldier.
In deciding upon Mr.. S., who is a
personal friend, we would readily
admit that we would worry a bit
about his ability to act the role OF
Curley. He has not had much eX-
perience i'll acting. Few concert,
operatic and otherwise class singers
have. 1t might seem that they would
not be as we'll adapted to cowboy
roles as to some others, should the
necessity for acting suddenly develop
in their lives. However, there is the
case OF Mr.. Drake in oklahoma :"
to demonstrate that singers are
plastic enough to be moulded by
directors with the talent, patience
terial until it is what they want.
Reuben Mamoulian, who did the
directoral job on "Oklahoma," pat
emily is such a director.
He did a remarkably impressive
job all the way through the cast of
the original company now playing
in New York That was especially
true of Joan Roberts. today's toast
of Broadway. Miss Roberts. much
more a singer than anything else
when she was placed in Mr.. Mamou
lian's custody for the duration of
"Oklahoma," makes a very pretty
and brightly convincing ranch child
Hollywood, indeed, will be foolish
not to use her when it makes pic
ture Of the operetta, when and if. it
gets around to buying the script,
and the Guild gets around to selling.
However, getting back to Mr..
Swift, whose acting is suspect until
he has a chance to show more than
singing ability, he is at least more
promising as a player than Nelson
Eddy, who has done very we'll despite
the fact that many critics rate him
as the worst actor Of all.
AS we admitted in the opening
sentence of this nominating speech
for Mr. Swift, we are not the Guild.
But we will second its nomination,
If 1t would like.
Bill Mcclure, who got into movie
making after leaving Catholic Uni
versity, is just back from Alaska
where he went for the Government.
The chief impression of the place
is that 1t would make a marvellous
stand-in for Hollywood should the
cinema decide it needed one.
Its breath-taking," says Mr..
Mcclure, speaking like hysterical
travel folder. Its magnificent for
movie-making. In the summer,
mean. There's % hours of sunshine
to play around with every day. The
cloud formations will, or would
knock your eye out. The mountains
and hills and valleys are ideal back
grounds for western pictures. The
temperature, even. is perfect"
Mr.. Mcclure walked out then, for
all the world like a man who had
the makings of Burton Holmes.
Evening star., 1943-07-20

Kippen, who portrayed the Russian
leader in Warner Bros filmization
of Mission to Moscow" wrote his
letter to Stain.
Expressing admiration for the ac-
complishments of the Red Army,
Kippen's letter announced his in
tention to visit the Crimea, his
birthplace. in the sometime future.
Evening star., 1943-07-20

where Rosalind Russell married
Fred Brisson, where Cary Grant
married Barbara Hutton, where last
week Janet Blair married Lou
Busch, and where they are now, as
you can see, honeymooning. P. S.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Busch are finish
ing the honeymoon in peaceful Hol-
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Evening star., 1943-07-20
Stain to Stain

Joseph Stain shortly will receive
letter from Joseph Stain.
Participating in the interna-
tional letter exchange promoted by
Russian War Relief as a feature of
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