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Milford chronicle., 1944-06-23
Delaware Colonel
Receives Two High
Military AWARDS
Colonel George ]. Schulz,
Former Commander of
19Sth C. A. HOnOred At
Ceremony In Whining
ton Tuesday Night.

The first Gold Star to be award
ed by the state of Delaware, and
its second medal for distinguished
service. were presented Tuesday
night to Colonel J. Schulz of Har-
tly, former commanding officer,
19Sth Coast Artillery, and a vete-
ran of more than two years SER
vice in the South Pacific with the
former Delaware National Guard
Regiment.
The ceremony took place on the
Steps of the Public Building, Will
mington, after a formal review ana
parade of the Delaware State
Guard and its band. Brig. Ger
Paul Rinard. the adjutant general,
read the citation accompanying
the Gold Star. which was decided
upon as a decoration because the
Delaware Conspicuous Service e
Cross already had been given to
Colonel Schulz.
Presentation By Governor
The Gold Star was presented by
Gov. Walter w. Bacon, who then
gave Colonel Schulz the large me-
dal for distinguished esrvice. The
medal bears the colOne's name
and a record of his association
with the 19Sth, on one side, while
the other side has the embossed
state seal. A similar medal was
devised for Gen. Thomas Hol-
comb, when he retired as Marine
Corps cOmmandant.
Governor Bacon spoke of the
brilliant career. as a soldier and
as a citizen" of Colonel Schulz, and
declared he has set an example
''fOr every Delaware boy"
Greets Families OF His Men
A spontaneous tribute to the
former 198th officer was paid after
the parade, when scores of friends
and well-wishers, and families of
Delaware men who served under
his command. thrOnged about the
reviewing stand to congratulate
l.im and to exchange messages
from members of the regiment.
Others in the stand include May
or Albert W. James, William J.
Story secretary of state; Lieut.
Col. Ronald c. Mclaughlin. COM
manding officer of the New Castle
Army Air Base, with Mrs. McLau-
ghlin; Col. George Ruhlen. retir-
ing as commanding officer at Fort
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Milford chronicle., 1944-06-23
WPB Gives OK
To Rebuilding
Reese Theatre
Huge Movie Center In
Harrington To Be Con-
structed Immediately,
Latest InOvatiOns.

Announcement has just been
made by the War Production
Board of the granting to Reese b.
Harrington the permission and
necessary priOrities to rebuild the
Reese Theatre, located at Harring-
ton, Delaware.
The original Reese Theatre,
built in nineteen twenty-One and
twenty-five, was destroyed by fire
last November 18th. Aside from
the complete destruction of the
theatre building, which seated one
thousand and ten persons. thou
sands of dollars worth of stage.
projection and sound equipment
was destroyed. At the time of the
catastrophe. one of our leading
manufactures of Sound Equipment
had on test a new multiple high
and low frequency amplifier which
was proving to be a revelation in
Sound Reproduction. This deli
cate apparatus, along with months
of scientific labor was destroyed
in the blaze.
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this new project, the War Produc-
tion Board took into consideration
the part the motion picture is play
ing in the War Effort as a morale
builder as well as a dominant
source of information and neces-
sary relaxation. Stress was parti-
cularly laid on the role the Reese
Theatre had played in community
life when in operation. Serving a
community of fifteen or twenty
miles radius. both in Delaware
and Maryland. the loss of this in
stitution was emphasized by the .
Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs. Lions
and Century Club. the Harrington
Special School District, the Bank
ins and Business institutions. and
the Harrington City Council.
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Milford chronicle., 1944-06-23
Funeral Rites
For DR.. Hallett
Held Tuesday
Retired Cleric Had Been
In Failing Health For
Sometime; Served Al
tOOna Church 20 Years.

Rev. Robert l.. Hallett, a retired
Presbyterian minister, died Satur-
day evening, June II, at his resi-
dence near Haven Lake. Milford.
Rev. Hallett was born in Milford
on September 25. 1871. the son of
John W. and Emma J. Hallett. In
October, 1887. he secured a posi-
ton as clerk in a gents furnishing
store at 81 North Ninth street,
Philadelphia. where he remained
until August, 1888. He then at
tended York Collegiate Institute,
graduating from this institution in
June, 1892. Following a year as
principal of the school at Lincoln
City, he attended Princeton Uni
versity for four years and gradu-
ated with the class of 1897. Three
years later he was graduated from
Princeton Theological Seminary,
and was ordained a minister of the
Presbyterian Church in May. 1900
Following a nine-year charge as
pastor of the Presbyterian Church
at Odessa and Old Drawers. Rev.
Hallett accepted a call to the
Ward Avenue Presbyterian Church
in Altoona, Pa. where he remained
for 29 years. During his pastorate
there Il new church, a beautiful
stone structure. was erected and
paid for. and it was from this
church that Rev. Hallett retired in
1899 to spend the remainder of his
days in the home he purchased near
Haven Lake.
Mr.. Hallett married Lucy B. Neal
of Skipton. Md. on November 81.
1901, at the home of the brides
brother. T. Hopkins Neal. of SYRIA
cuse. n. Y. One son. Robert L.
Hallett. Jr.. was born to the union
on August 81. 1906. During his
student days Mr.. Hallett was for
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Milford chronicle., 1944-06-23
New Auto Rules
frightened By OPA.
Principal Use Must Be In Essential
War Activity

With the pool of new 1912 auto
mobiles dwindling rapidly, the Of
flee of Price Administration today
frightened eligibility requirements
for obtaining certificates.
Effective today, qualified appli-
cants must satisfy local rationing
boards that new car would be us
ed principally in an essential act
ivity, rather than only a small
part of the time.
Another change eliminates cer-
tificates for persons driving four
or more students, teachers or
school employees to or from school.
The restrictions provide that
members of the armed services or
persons found fit and waiting a
call to duty may sell used 1942
cars without a rationing eertifI-
cate only to members of their own
families.
In one extension of eligibility,
OPA authorized issuance Of GER
tificates to U. S. o. clubs.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-23
Sentence Dickerson
In Poultry Case
Glendale Man Given Year And Day
For Conspiracy To Steal Fowl

Convicted by a jury of conspir-
acy to steal 105 chickens i'm inter
state shipment, Thaddeus w. Dick
ersOn, %, of Glendale, was sent
enced to serve year and a day in
prison last week by U. S. District
Judge Paul Leahy.
Dickerson. in company with his
brother George. and Sheddy Will
liam Coffin, both of Glendale,
stole the chickens from a truck
IN which Thaddeus was transport
ing the poultry. According to the
governments testomOny, the chick
ems were later sold at a store in
Camden. N. J.
Dickerson. was A., w. o. l.. from
the Army at the time of the alleged
conspiracy. II was disclosed at the
trail. He appeared in court in ci-
william clothes as Prosecutor Ste
wart Lynch explained that he ap-
peared in such attire as the Dep
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Milford chronicle., 1944-06-23
ELeUen DiUOrce Suits
Listed In SUSSEX
Court of General Sessions
COnveneS At Georgetown
Neat Monday

The regular June term of Super
ior Court of General Sessions win
convene on June 26. The follow
ing divorce cases are scheduled:
Anna Clarke v. Thomas G. Clark,
George ElwOod Robinson v. Ethel
Elizabeth Robinson, Herbert l..
Cam v. Gertrude Anna Cam. Effie
NJ. Parsons v. John Parsons, Lula
r. White v. Morris White, Sadie r.
league v. Raymond f. league, Ma
bel f. Elliott v. William E. Elliot,
Anna Louise Hood v. Frank Hood,
Charles Edward Rogers v. Bessie
Rogers. Charles l.. MunfOrd v. Lin
da NJ. MumfOrd. Harley L. Locates
V. Mary S. Locates.
Final degrees in divorce are ex-
pected to be granted at the terms,
as follows:
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Milford chronicle., 1944-06-23
K. ". Beebe Killed
In accident Near.
St. Georges, Friday
TWO MILFORD BOYS
WOUNDED IN ITALY

Word has been received
from the War Department
by their parents in Milford,
that Preston Dyer. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Dyer of
South Milford and John c.
Hall, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Willis Hall. have both been
wounded in the Italian cam
paign. Both boys are at
tached to the Medical Corps
of the Fifth Army. Young
Dyer. a graduate of Milford
High School. class of 1913.
where he played in the
school band, received a
hand injury in North Afri-
ca shortly before entering
the Italian campaign.
Young Hall. before enter
ing the armed forces, was
employed by j. Holland
Prettyman at the latter's
store in South Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-23
Kiwanians Attend
Salisbury Meet
We're Present For Charter Night
Buy $i,4OO Worth OF Bonds

On Tuesday evening. June 13,
members of the Milford Kiwanis
Club went to Salisbury. Md. to
join that citys club in celebration
of their 5th anniversary and char
ter night. Members from clubs
throughout the Peninsula were
present at this celebration and
present as distinguished guests
were Governor of Kiwanis Capitol
District. Mel Brown of Richmond,
Va, and Past District Governor DR..
Wartman Zinn of Baltimore.
The principal speaker of the eve
ming was Governor Brown who
gave a very inspiring talk on the
work of Kiwanis Clubs in the war
effort.
At the regular meeting held this
week in Grange Hall members of
the club pledged themselves to
buy $4.4OO in "E bonds during the
Fifth War Loan Drive.
On Wednesday afternoon of next
week the members of the club will
go on their regular annual outing
and clam digging party. After the
outing all members will meet at
the home of President f. F. lsaacs.
Jr.. to transact weekly business
and enjoy clans. any style.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-23

The number of cases of report
able communicable diseases are
down this year as compared to the
records up to June 10th. of last
year. says DIR. Edwin Cameron. ex-
ecutive secretary of the State
Board of Health, in commenting on
the current reports of health con-
ditions in the state. Last year
there were total of 1883 cases Of
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-23
IS, 900 Acres States
Wheat Goal For As
Harvest This Year Is 6S,OO0 Acres,
6,OO0 Above Goal

Delaware's share of the 1915
wheat production goals of the Unit
ed States is $4,000 acres. This
State is expected to harvest 6S.000
acres this year. which is 5000
acres above the 1914 goal.
The National goals for 1945 is
70.000.000 acres. The total 1914
acreage planted was 67,000,000.
The 1943 acreage was 55.000.000.
Clarence E. ocheltree. Chairman
of the Delaware Agricultural War
Board. said today that the county
and State War Boards would meet
soon to discuss State and County
Goals for 1945.
The States share of the 1945
goals for rye production is 1900
acres. Delaware will harvest
$1,000 acres this year. The 1887
Al average was 5000 acres.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-23
Food Bank Donated
To Local Hospital
Harrington Folk Are Most Gener-
Gus Contributors To Institution

Through the generosity of the
people of Harrington. the Milford
Memorial Hospital is in receipt of
some two hundred and fifty jars OF
fruit and vegetables. Last year il
was thought best TO have food
bank in all towns along the coast
and Harrington was one of the
first towns to get back of the pro-
ject in earnest with the above col
lection as a result This week Mrs.
Ethel VI. Hunter, chairman of the
project and Mrs. Horace Quillen,
chairman of the Red Cross were
instrumental in having the bank
brought to Memorial Hospital and
the Ladies Auxiliary and the hos
pital staff appreciates the gife and
that generosity that prompted 1t.
BY the numerous gifts on Dona-
tion Day and the Food Bank, the
hospital greatly increased its lard
er which patients will be enjoying
for months to come.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-23
Rules To Follow
In Home Canning
Extension NutritiOniSt Macdonald
Outlines Correct Methods TO Use

This must be our most success
full canning year since there will
be fewer commercial canned vege-
tables available for civilians. To
make it so, we need to know and
follow the correct rules of proce-
duFe.
Here are the most important
points that apply to the canning of
all vegetables. according to Miss
Pearl Macdonald. extension nutri-
zionist for the Delaware Agricul-
tural Extension Service:
l. Have all equipment clean
and in perfect condition.
2. Test jars and closures for
hicks or cracks and thoroughly
wash.
3. Then gather young. tender
vegetables. Can as quickly as pos
sible--twO hours from garden to
can is a good rule.
T. Wash vegetables thoroughly
and prepare as for table.
5. Prepare only one canner
load at a time.
8. PrecoOk 3 to 3 minutes.
Z. Pack hot and loosely into
hot jars.
8. Leave " inch head space.
9. Cover with fresh boiling
water or with water in which vege-
table was precooked.
TO- Add l teaspoon salt to each
quart.
IL. Wipe jar rim clean.
II. Adjust closures.
a. Old fashioned Mason: Dip
rubber ring in hot water, place on
jar shoulder, screw lid on firmly
tight. then give 1t a quarter turn
back. When processing is COM
plete. remove from Gamer. screw
lid down tight to complete the
seal.
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Milford chronicle., 1944-06-23
Fuel Oil Renewals
Are Being Sent Out
State OPA Directors Say Work Be-
ing Done Alphabetically

Fuel oil renewals are being sent
out from local boards alphabetical
ly, says Charles w. Hardesty, state
director of 0PA. AS soon as they
are received by consumers. they
should be filled in. signed and re-
turned to the board promptly, so
that coupons may be issued. How
ever, Mr.. Hardesty advises, do not
call the local board if you have
not received yours, as 1t will un-
doubtedly be received in the near
future.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-23
Communicable Disease Cases
Less In Delaware This Year

communicable diseases reported up
to June 10TH, while this year
shows only 9S2. However, a
measles epidemic last year num-
bering 1880 cases accounts for the
startling difference In figures.
This years measles cases were
only 343 i'm number. Actually.
when measles are removed from
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Milford chronicle., 1944-06-23
4th Ward Flag Raising
To Be Held July 9th
Special Program Being Prepared
To Honor 143 Men In Service

According to W. Marshall Bell,
president of the Colored Young
Mems Republican Club of North
Milford. that group will hold its
flag raising ceremony on Sunday,
July 3. Program beginning prompt
ly at 2:30 o'clock p. m.
Special speakers have been in
vited and an elaborate program is
being arranged by the club Off
cials to honor the 143 colored SER
vice men of Milford.
The flags. one a service flag, the
other "Old Glory" were presented
to the club on Wednesday evening.
June IA. at ceremonies held in the
club room.
Refreshments will be served at
the flag raising.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-23
Select Harrington For
Southern States Meet
August 8 Is Date Selected For The
Annual Get Together

Decision to hold the local an
nual meeting OF members and
friends of Southern States Cooper
ative in the Harrington area Aug
ust s was made when the local
Southern States Advisory Board
and the Farm Home Advisory COM
mittee held conference at Har-
rington. with John Moore, presid-
ing.
In making arrangements for the
annual meeting in August. the
group named Charles L. Peck OF
Harrington as general chairman of
arrangements and Arthur c. Tay-
lor Of Harrington, to preside.
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Milford chronicle., 1944-06-23
Commissioners Swain
Hints Lower Rates
Number OF Classes OF Fire Insur.
ance Included In Proposed Change

William J. Swain. Insurance
Commissioner of Delaware, an
nOunced that a study of rate re-
ductiOns has reached the point
where assurances can be given
that rate reductions are under
consideration particularly for re-
sidential property and the small
home owners, which will eventual
ly save thousands of dollars to the
insuring public of Delaware, A
further announcement in this con-
nection will be made by Commits
sioner Swain on or about June &c.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-23
Carey's Camp VIII
Open August 5th
Rev. Walter Beckwlth OF Millsb0rO
Will Be In Charge OF The Affair

Carey's Camp between Millsboro
and GumbOrO, and one of the most
popular tented spots on the Della
marva Peninsula, will open for for
ten days ON August 5. in charge Of
the Rev. Walter Beckwith of Mills
boro.
Owing to the dimouts along the
Atlantic Seaboard for the past two
years. no night sessions were held.
This camp has been the scene Of
religious gatherings each summer
for the past half century and an
ually attracts thousands of people.
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Evening star., 1944-06-30

salute is in good taste and entirely
free from self-consciousneSs prob
ably never occurred to Universal
Pictures which made it. It's mind
was on making one of the most
star-glutted items you ever saw.
Quantitatively it succeeded, but
there are moments when you will
find yourself wishing that some one
associated with Follow the Boys"
had remembered that quality Is
also an important element in screen
entertainment.
1t is one of the chief troubles
with Universal's picture that nearly
every one is in it. Some of them,
notably Vera zorina and George
Raft, have something to do with
the, plot that darts in and out of
the thing, sometimes when no one
seems to be looking. The vast ma
jority are snapped into and out of
the proceedings to perform their
specialties and disappear. To men
ton a sample few. the latter include
Orson Welles as magician. jeanette
Macdonald, Dinah Shore, w. G.
Fields, Sophie Tucker, Carmen
Amaya, Ted Lewis. Patiently, Fol
low the Boys" has everything. Un-
fortunately. that is what is wrong
with it. A vigorous scissoring, if
one may say "scissoring," would do
it world of good.
y \
With all those other specialists
around, Universal deemed the time
ripe to give beautiful Zorina
dramatic role, her first in pictures.
The role is nothing to make her do
an entrechat, for the best story
Authors Lou Breslow and Gertrude
Purcell could contrive was that one
about Hollywood couple who come
to misunderstanding over his de-
sire to entertain overseas. That the
harborer of this worthy impulse
which wrecks his domestic life is
George Raft adds nothing to its
dramatic dimensions. His capacity
for initiating the wistful type is as
limited as w. c. Fields natural gift
Evening star., 1944-06-30

for wearing the tragic mask of
Hamlet. AS for teaming him with
Zorina it is a lapse equivalent to
making a bouquet out of an orchid
and a head of cabbage.
The speciality acts, of course, are
the things that are supposed to
count in Follow the Boys" to show
the degree to which every one aSSo-
ciated with entertainment has made
servicemen his preferred audience.
Some rather good things find
their way into the picture in this
fashion. It is interesting, for in
stance, to see Mr.. Welles. who Is a
sort of Jovian fellow In his ordinary
artistic life, cutting his capers as a
magician. Only servicemen have
been privileged to witness this ex-
hibition until Universal took pictures
of 1t. 1t should establish Welles as
a much more versatile chap than
you have been thinking.
1t is good. too. to catch Fields
again in some of those more unfor-
gettable of his comedy routines.
items that would have become
cliches decades ago in the hands
of any one OF less artistic stature.
He has been absent from the screen
altogether too long. and Follow the
Boys" does a nice turn for his
public in bringing him again into
the light of kleig
y
Miss MacDonald's public also will
be delighted to see her again. prob
ably less so because she sings I'll
See You in My Dreams" with a
blind soldier In a hospital as her
collaboration in the interlude.
The musical range of Keith's pic
ture is as near to the infinite as
any one has come for some time
in Hollywood. At one end of it you
will have to guess which Is Sophie
Tucker, the last of the red-hot
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Gross Roads Open
But Mrs. Gaines
Misses the Show
Bv PATRICIA sIMMoNs.


There was something missing at
the Cross Roads Theater when it
opened this week with the play,
Murder Without Crime" Maybe
you noticed.
Only the old timers know Mrs.
Gaines, however. Don't look for
her on the program. She isn't
there. Mrs. Gaines is never on
stage, either, except maybe to re-
trieve her cat from under some
actors feet during rehearsal, or on
hot days to bring the cast a cold
pitcher of lemonade. Mrs. Gaines
has been lending her 50 years OF
critical and maternal wisdom to
every Cross Roads production since
1t began eight years ago. AS q
matter of fact, if it wasn't for. her
there wouldn't be any theater at
all-at least not in the Cross Roads
Barn.
The farm, the barn, the pasture
parking lot, three horses and the
cat with thespian tendencies all
belong to her for she's the tiny
gray-haired woman who lives in that
little frame house few yards from
the barn. You may have heard
her invite WAVE officer or some
enlisted WACS to have taste OF
homemade pie.
We liked Lee Thompson's play
the other night and weren't at all
surprised that Mrs. Gaines agrees
with US. Certainly no one who
Evening star., 1944-06-30

mammas who turns of a couple OF
her torrid, rathskeller lullabies. At
the other is Artur Rubinstein, who
plays as imperturbably as If he did
not know he was in the same picture
with Sophie and the Andrews sisters.
Dinah Shore also comes across with
a stretch or two. of the pictures
most pleasing vocal passages.
The dance department is an
equally varied thing, ranging from
the acrobatic antics of those in
dominable youngsters from Uni
versal, Donald O'Connor and Peggy
Ryan. to the more searching folk
dancing OF Carmen Amaya and her
troupe.
The odds are, however, that you
will come to the conclusion that the
whole of Follow the Boys" Is less
than the sum of it's parts.
Evening star., 1944-06-30

comes out to Gross Roads during
these two weeks win be disap.
pointed. Apart from this produc-
ton. Mr.. Thompson's psychological
approach to murder makes an
interesting evening. The audience
didn't even have time to ponder on
the lack Of rural conditioning
except during intermission.
We were glad Mrs. Gaines mar
veled at AL Sigafoose, who is on
stage from the minute the play
begins until final curtain. As the
confused, utterly bewildered hus-
band, preoccupied with guilty con-
science, he turns In one Of the most
convincing performances we have
seen In = long time. William Rees
seems at home in the role of the
sadistically loquacious Matthew,
Keeping him almost continually on
stage in a kind Of cat-and mouse
game with Mr.. Sigafoose and giving
Evening star., 1944-06-30
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage.
National "Abie's Irish Rose:
$50 pm.
Screen.
Capitoi-"Two Girls and a Sailor.
10:l5. lis. AIS. tbs and 1915 pm.
Stage shows: l2:2S, $50. $50 and
$50 pm.
Columbia-"Pin-Up Girl: HAS
am, las, $50, $50, 7:5s and 10
pm.
Earie-"Once Upon a Time: II
am, LAO. 4:25, ITO ard 10 pm.
Stage shows: /, 3:45, $50 and 9:15
pm.
Little-"Woman of the Year:
II am, LOS. $40. $40, 7:3o and
$40 pm.
Keith's-"F Follow the Boys: 11:l5
IN, 1:20, 3:25, $50, 7::35 and $40
pm.
PaIace-"White Cliffs of Dover:
Ills am, 1850. 4:25. 7 and 9:35 pm.
Metropolitan-"Between T W o
Worlds: II am, l, $40, $40, TBS
and 9:40 pm.
Pix-"Charley's Aunt: $40, IS:
7f58sand 0s0 pm. N
Trans-Lu4- News and shw&.
continuous Mom 10 am. 5<SA
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an excuse for some very clever
dialogue. Mrs. Gaines said she
thought It was shame Mary STAR
ring had to get herself murdered In
the first act Cat least that's what
you are supposed to think until the
last act). The other feminine lead
was ably handled by Elizabeth Pur-
cell.
OF course, Mrs. Gaines based
her opinions on rehearsals. She ex-
planned that she wasn't in the
audience because every seat In the
barn was sold out.
Besides" she said. II had some
green beans I wanted to pick"
Evening star., 1944-06-30

FOLLOW THE BOYS" a Universal
picture, starring George Raft and Vera
Zorina, produced by Charles X. Feldman,
directed by Eddie Sutherland, screen play
by Lou Breslow and Gertrude Purcell. At
Evening star., 1944-06-30

HISER- BETHESDA fs;S s.;S,ys.; WIS: AS. Ms
Kay Kyser & Joan Davis in
"AROUND THE WORLD"
Tom Connay & Jean Brooks
in The Falcon & the Co-Eds.