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Evening star., 1944-09-14
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
Y0rJ vyxy0nT

x10AI1 WAN10.
Now that the rest of the country
is getting respite from summer
heat wave, Hollywood is taking its
annual September beating-and not
liking it bit. Makeup is running
all over the stages in little pools
and in some instances closeup
scenes have had to be postponed
because of the blistering heat in
side the sound stages.
Habitues of technicolor sets are
taking the flercest drubbing be-
cause the lights must be almost
twice as powerful as those used on
black-and-white. Things are Just
about frying on the unventilated
stage where Sonia Henie and
Michael O'Shea are making TITS a
Pleasure" for International.
The two are supposed to have just
finished rehearsing a barrel-jump-
ing stunt on skates and are working
in front of section of empty grand
stand on strip of ice. O'Shea is
supposed to be an ex-hockey player
who joins Sonja's ice show troupe.
In case you're wondering how the
ice stands the high temperature,
here's the answer: 'It is phony ice,
made of hypo crystals-yes, sir, the
same stuff used in developing films.
The crystals are melted and poured
over rough masonite, and, after
hardening, a slick and permanent
skating surface, impervious to heat
or cold, is formed"
When I visited the set, Sonia
didn't seem bit comfortable Even
the crew behind the lights looked
unhappy. The Henie costume was
scant She wore cute blue shorts,
a lightweight blouse and her legs
were bare. &
1t was poor O'Shea who suffered
His skating shoes were tied on over
heavy woolen sox He wore Woolen
slacks, a turtle-necked sweater and
a leather windbreaker. AS a little
extra touch. a bath towel was
wrapped around his neck. He was
the picture of misery when Director
Bill Setter called time on the en-
suing bit of dialogue:
I've never met girl like YOU"
said OShea. According to cue,
Sonia asked him what he meant by
that and he answered: Il mean
you're different from the other
women I've known"
I'd like to know how" replied
the lady. Is there anything wrong
with my face?"
well. frankly, yes!" said O'Shea.
AND that wasn't in the script.
Evening star., 1944-09-14

Wyatt. Sammy Krnpit and Clinton
Hobbs beat out anything from Bach
TO Barrelhouse and MArgie Mc01o.
ines songs are certainly way over
on the saucy side. II anybody
deserves extra shoe coupons from
the OPA It's Junior Buckwalter.
Junior never misses . single beat
With that right foot Of his and Ne
would be willing to bet he'll wear
Z hole In the Neptune Rooms lino-
leun before he leaves. At a Junior
has his own Martmba band arid has
been banging those sticks since he
was five, =
It's q good thing Tony Pastor and
Dean Hudson are old friends other
wise you can't tell what might hap
pen when the two boogie boys get
together for an informal jam ses-
sion Monday night. Tony figured
Dean would need little refresh
ment after his broadcast at Camp
Evening star., 1944-09-14
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Evening star., 1944-09-14

High Cost sS Eatins" 10 the
Ssurth member Of the Axis a. far
~ A&P 10 cencsrnsd.
Now -. IN wartime A&p 10
wasins vigorous offsasIvs AGAINST
the best available feeds sending
them - AAp 4upsr Markets ever
susek, ncney.savins routes, to be
sure that ~ little expense ~ possible
Evening star., 1944-09-14
Cromwell Is Face On
Cutting Room Floor
HOLLYWOOD

k1OIlIY WOJU.
First director to hit the cutting
room floor Is John Cromwell.
Like his colleague at the Selznick
studio, Alfred Hitchcock, Cromwell
plays ''bit" in each Of his own
picture.
In Since You Went Away
Cromwell walked through railroad
station scene, but when David O.
Selznick had completed trimming
the fllm-to two hours and 81 min
utes-Cromwell walked right out OF
the picture. His scene was one
which Selznick reluctantly relegated
to the cutting room floor.
Evening star., 1944-09-14

|sbri1ss 30 hs,s invited him ta bring
the band out to the Victory Room.
|lt wiz be sort Of : house-WarInins
affair since Hudson takes over tor
Pastor when he leaves on octoher
Is. Henry Nadell Is one come
dian who deserves the name. Hit
LOT the Trade Wirda show this week
tis Mr.. NadelIa anapression Of .
broadway phoney eating his last
meal as . civilian.
Before the war; Nsdell said, y
Evening star., 1944-09-14
After Dark
CONTINUED From Page A-9.)

wonderful holes in the wall where
most anything can happen, and
small wonder with three characters
like the Buffoons around. Jack
Evening star., 1944-09-14
BLUE TOKEN INFORMATION!

Spend your blue tekens this week. After
Sept. 18th through the 30th, blue token
can only be used in units Of ten. No blue
tokens will be given In change after
Sept. 18th.
Evening star., 1944-09-14

ADJUSTMENTS.
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Christmas Seals

Thanksgiving is not only the day for ex-
ceptonal feasting however the American peo-
pie look forward to that excess and suffer
for it afterward.
It also marks the opening Of q campaign
for the sale of Christmas seals and bonds
the revenue from which is annually devoted
to waging war upon the Great White Plague
as tuberculosis used to be termed, but be-
cause of the tremendous stride made in the
diseases treatment, no longer accurately de-
scribes it.
tuberculosis has been brought under con-
troll, to an extent, largely because the people
have contributed of their money, through
Christmas seal purchases for research, lab
oratory and sanatorium expansion, and par
ticularly for cease work. through which the
disease in its incipiency has been discovered
in thousands of persons and treatment started
while there was more than an even chance Of
arresting its progress
Without this public support, the gains in
the battle against tuberculosis could not have
been made.
This is worth consideration when the chance
comes week from Thursday to begin buying
seals and bonds.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-15

The War
BY Krike L. Simpson
Associated Press w, A.,

The death of the giant Na7i ~
erdreadnaught Tirpitz. SUM- nj, sup
Norwegian waters by six..or p.' N
ish "blockbusters," came ta 10 o p.l''
in the European war TO h. ''s
prime Importance on that t-o. W
But its sinking will have s s+t,'',
in the Pacific area. s''
Already badly crippled in ~.
vious British air and subn7,p''.
raids upon her hideouts. III, b.s
been living on borrowed Tine '+ Az
months. Her destruction soono.
or later was certain. She b.5
become a Nazi liability ra,ra.
than military asset, nsv.i
lame-duck fleeing approschi1a
Russian ground forces in Noru,s,s
The ship did have certain i,
version values for Germans Ian.
anese war accomplish. Whils i
RENAMED afloat a squadron q.
Britain most modern battleships
must necessarily remain in A.,
lantic waters to guard 9gains+ "a.
possibility that the Tirpitz miss,
be repaired and sent 10 sea IN
suicide raids on Allied Atlanta
supply lines.
That deferred the day when the
full weight of British capital shin
power could be thrown agains.
Japan. With the Tirpitz sunk the
main battle strength of Britain's
home fleet obviously can be shift.
ed to the Bay of Bengal imme.
diately.
The only sea force of battleshio
caliber still in Axis hands is what
is left of the japanese Navy The
London admiralty is just as anx.
ious to come to grips with it as
Admiral Nimitz. Furthermore,
the availability of British heavy
craft from the AtlantC could ire
mendiously strengthen the hand
of Admiral Lord Louis Moutbat,
ten, Allied southeast Asia zone
commander, for amphibious oper.
ations.
The more big ships there are
available when the Allied trek
back to the Malay peninsular =
Singapore, Sumatra and Java be.
gins, the soonc~ the japanese hold
on the whole southern end of the
China sea can be broken. In view
of now favorable weather condi.
tons in Indian waters, action Of
some sort against japanese held
areas is clearly indicated
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WITH THE AEF
Crossing Before Metz

his men fought their way through
a mined German roadblock in or
DER to reach the crossing site.
AS soon as the tanks were roll
ing, the engineers got busy max
ing more "bivouac-built bridges to
be ready for other crossings. De-
spite the weather. another outfit,
also a part of the 25th division,
found the advance matter of hui
man endurance. These were dough-
boys of the 320tn infantry regiment.
"They had mud for mattresses,
rainwater for sheets and German
bullets for lullabies,' reported Pvt.
Whitney Hanson of Salt Lake City,
a former fiction writer. "You
wouldn't believe men could sleep
in those conditions in the middle
Ct an attack-but they did"
IT wouldn't believe it either I'm
less I'd seen it," agreed 1t. Larry
D. Gilbertson of Black River Falls,
Wis, in voice flat with fatigue.
But most OF our men were so ex-
hausted they'd fall asleep every
time we stopped for any reason.
when the attack was held up,
they'd fall asleep right there in the
raud - bullets whining over and
around them, rain falling all the
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BY JOHN SELBY

1.-THE Valley and its People," by
Robert L. Duffus and Charles
Krutch CKnopf; $2.75).
A very large number of those
who read 1.-THE Valley and its Peo-
ple'', by Robert L. Duffus and
Charles Krutch, may have the
same reaction. It will be an in
tense desire to see the Tennessee
Valley, where the power of falling
water has changed the life Of mil
lions, and more recently has done
a major war work with the power,
and the tools, of peace. The reader
will feel in Mr.. Duffl,s' prose a
wonderful sort of American song.
And for once. the magnificent
photographs Of Charles Krutch
are not merely broadcast through
a book. They are an integrated
and essential part of it.
The great dams, the enormous
reservoirs above them, and the
power plants which change fall
ing water into power to make
aluminium and run churns are
not, in Mr.. Duffus' opinion, the
extent of IVA. They are essen
tial, but only a foundation Peo-
pie, he thinks, are the end prod
uct. He believes that the millions
who benefit in one or another
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River The nearest loop of the Hungshw 'heo
Water) branch of this river is 80 miles SCUM.
With the exception of one broad, fairly open
area between Iiuchow and the river, the sur
rounding country is billy and mountainous. Inc
mountains of Kwangsi Province are relatively
low, but their limestone formations are IAN
tastically varied broken up and carved into
sheer precipices and jagged peaks. Deep
caves, sinkholes, and disappearing rivers fea-
ture the topography, which resembles the
'karst' structure of Yugoslavia. Many of the
Kwangsi rivers have narrow valleys, limit
ing sites for airfields.
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Virgin Islands Disturbed
By lnter-Council Battle

WASHINGTON, Nov. IA R-
The municipal council Of st. Croix
in the Virgin islands is made at
the municipal councilrnen of St.
Thomas and st. John, and told on
them to Congress today.
The St. Croix city fathers dis
patched copies Of ga resolution in
protest of insult and disrespect d.
rected against the municipal coun-
Gil Of St. Croix by the municipal
council OF St. Thomas and ST..
john
The St. croix body, it developed,
previously had adopted resolu-
ton seeking the recall of Herman
e. Moore as district judge St.
Thomas and st. John came right
back with resolution supporting
Moore and declaring the St. Croix
councils action was I" a result of
mass hysteria and tends to re-
cogniZe mob rule
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WITH THE AEF
Bv KENNETH L. DIXON

WITH THE AEF ON THE IVES
TERN FRONT, Nov. IL. Delayed
|-lRHNobody ever gets anywhere
telling the weatherman how to be-
have, so when 1t. Gen. Patton's
Third army advance got underway
here in the Metz sector the men
had to keep moving despite mud,
rain, snow and floods.
With the Goth combat engineers.
it became a matter Of ingenuity.
They had to be ready to get tanks
across rivers and the flooded Lor-
raine valleys under fire. W h e
awaiting the order to advance,
some officers in the Goth got an
idea and passed it along to Sgt.
Eugene Conran of Brooklyn, and
the sergeant got busy.
The scene shifts to river cross
ing a few days later when the
Sherman tanks jumped off with or
ders to cross the river and capture
strategic town on the other side.
''There was German machineg'dn
crossfire at the bridge Site" said
Sgt. Dewitt Gi1pir of Chicago. "But
that bridge was placed across the
river IN exactly 20 minutes work.
ing time. The tanks rolled across.
A little later, supplies and an1nu-
milton followed. Another 'quickie'
bridge, and the town was ours"
1.-THE idea is that you build
bridge back in the bivouac area
and then bring it up ready made,
all set to throw across" explained
s-sgt. Harold Miller of Warsaw,
Mo. at cuts down Jerry's shoot
ing time at you"
Miller ought to know why that's
important. When one wounded man
became isolated across the river,
the bridge building was stopped
long enough to cover him while
he went across under fire, applied
first aid and carried back the in
jured man. Then the tanks and
chineguns behind the engineers
laid down a heavy protective fire
and the bridge was completed.
"Those tanks were lined up be-
hind us ready to roll and we didn't
like to keep them waiting" grinned
Corp. Joseph Sanantonio Of (27O
Berriman avenue) Brooklyn.
Capt. Tim Mercer of Brennan,
Tex, said the other bridge also
was built under German fire at
about the same time, after 1t. Ro-
land Moureau of Elrnhurst, ILL.,, and
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The Literary Guidepost

way from IVA have improved
because they have been given the
machinery for Improvement. In the
early days, he says, here was a
tndency toward "uplift'' IN the
project that since has been elm
mated. But man whose scraggy
hillside farm is changed in few
years into profitable investment
by IVA power, phosphate ero-
sion control and m arketing I'M
provements, is a better man
And Mr.. Duffus shows that
farmers and villagers were not
the only ones to learn from IVA.
When, he says IVA demonstra-
ted that lowering the retail prof
it on current actually increased
the profit, the late Wendell WILL
kie's company was quick to
learn. Mr.. Duffus does not claim
that IVA made over Wilkes
social ideas. but thinks it helped.
As evidence he quotes Wilkes
good-humored remark to David
e. Lilenthal as the litter handed
over $7s, 600, 600 in payment for
Tennessee Electric. 'This is , lot
Of money for two Indiana Farm
boys to be handing around" said
Willkie. And the iva utilities
fight was over, good temper re-
stored
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LiuchOw-

From day to day dispatches reach this coun-
try from the Orient dealing with Japan's cam
paign to divide China primarily with the pur-
pose to prevent the Allies from establishing
bases along the coast line from which to launch
all out drives against Japan proper. There is
a degree of uncertainty in most of these re-
ports, showing that the movements of the
Japanese are either not fully traced upon Al
lied maps or the cables and the air are so
what goes on cannot be given the necessary
time on either means of communication.
But it is apparent that the Japanese are
making progress, albeit slowly, and that if
they will attain the goal and the creation of
Allied bases in desirable localities will be long
delayed.
In this picture of the situation, however, it
Is to be remembered that American warplanes
Of giant size, carrying giant bomb loads and
with tremendous cruising power have struck
Japan and other enemy areas from bases far
behind the Chinese lines, so the danger may
not be as great as generally portrayed.
At the same time, the enemy campaign now
under way undoubtedly has gained momentum
and given the japanese advantages the Allies
can Ill afford to lose. The capture of Luchow.
for example.
Liuchow, last OF the American air bases of
east and south China, which the Japanese claim
10 have captured, is the chief rail and road
junction in Kwangsi Province. 1t lies APPROX
n1ately 200 air miles north of the China Coast
where the latter meets French Indo-China. It
Is about 400 miles southeast OF Chungking.
Situated in the heart of Kwangsi province.
Liuchow was sub provincial capital. jap.
taken Kweilin, near the now DESTROYED Arneri-
can air base about 100 miles to the northeast
Is the peacetime provincial capital Of Kwangsi
Liuchow is the only town OF Kwangsi where
xhree rail lines meet. The most important IT
these routes normally links it with japanese
hands The other two lines run for short dis
tances Ito points about 100 miles and As miles
respectively northwest and south of Liuchow
At the end Of these railroads, extensions wer.
projected or under construction.
Liuchow is also the hub of an extensive roat
system. Five main roads converge on the towr
from an directions. Several rivers-always a,
important factor in Chinese Transportation b,
or near the town.
Liuchow lies north Of the basin of the grea
south China river popularity called the Yves
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time. As soon as German strong
point was wiped out, we'd wake
them up and push along. The next
time we were pinned down, they'd
do it again.
Gilbertson's battalion had made
three attacks in the first day of
operation. Eve were so tired we
just couldn't keep awake" agreed
Pfc. Paul W. Wagner of Bridgeton,
N. J. WED liked all night through
the mud with full packs just to
get to the jumping off point of the
first attack the next morning."
ut had rained all that night and
all the day before and all night
before that" said Pfc. Elmer E.
Haggerty of Glen Robin, O. eve
hadn't rested, SO naturally we were
sleepy during the attack"
Nevertheless, these men always
had gotten up and gone ahead when
the time came to attack again
and as we stood there talking, they
were getting ready to attack again,
right away.
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DRY DOCK TO BE
CHRISTENED SOON

The ARDC. II, seventh Naval
floating dry dock to be built by
the Tidewater Construction COM
pany at it's plant on the Northeast
river, will be christened Friday
afternoon at 4 o'clock under the
sponsorship of Mrs. w. Ronald
Lane, wife OF the Mayor of Will
mington.
Her matron of honor will be Mrs.
Donald Sewell, also of Wilmington.
A tea will be given in honor of
Mrs. Lane at the Cape Fear club
following the ceremony.
The Underwater construction COM
pany completed it's first dry dock
on April 20, 1914. The eighth and
last of the contract is scheduled
to be christened on December 1,
officials in charge of construction
said yesterday.
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so THEY SAY

As we extend our operations the war IN 1ne
Pacific will be slowed down because OF inc ire
mendous task of keeping supplies ana s eau,p
ment pouring over longer and Longer o!1ge supply
ro,1tes vice Adml Marc A. Mitschef.
In land which is distinguished TOT nee eana
of speech. freedom of religion 1reeaon Il - ~
want and freedom from fear, any lack ol "a a
freedom led of lob opportunity isn't going to set
well with the men who have fought to save US
ON the e battlefields of the world. - Henry Ford
Adult crime is at minimum To-Day sll 4pi,,
because those who want jobs are aple 10 ca,
them. - Lewis E. Lawes, former oiiis S'A-e
Prison warden.
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Prayer
FOR VIVID IMAGINATION

Usage and familiarity have dull
ed our first keen sense of the real
significance of this war; and we
confess, o Lord, that our spirits
have slumped into routine. We
have lost our first glow of ardor
for a holy and sacriflcial Cause.
Lies everydayness, and small
personal concerns, engrosS us. For
which sin we crave Thy fatherly
pardon, O God. Forgive our com.
monplaceness and complacency.
Stir us to a continuing sense OF the
significance of this W @ r ! d war.
Make vivid within us the magma
ton to perceive the vastness of the
issues at stake, and the Life Of our
service men and women. Teach us
how to pour out our hearts in daily
supplication to Thee: for with Thee
alone is the outcome. Give us cody
greatness to bear a full part In
this day Of destiny. And Thine
shall be the praise forever, Amen.
-W.T.E.
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Chinese Organize Own
War Production Board

cHUNGKING, Nov. IA up A
Chinese War Production board de-
signed to mobilize the maximum
possible Chinese resources for the
war against Japan was establish
ed today under the minister of
economic affairs, Wong Wen-Rao.
wong, famous as geologist,
will work with Donald Nelson. who
Is returning to China from the
United States.