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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09
Ry Mei(Ra~

"Talk about ratiOning," the
gorgeous little Wilson told me.
Even my time is being handled
on that basis. I've given up all
my hobbies except kidnapping.
Why even when go out with
my husband l have to limit the
occasion 10 a quick sandwich.
This boils my social life down To
half hour "A night. when ] can
afford il. which isn't often"
Cpl. Allan Nixon. her husband.
who is stationed in Los Angeles,
can also see her for 10 minutes
before and after lunch, because
Marie brings her midday meal
from home and doesn't have 10
waste time IN the studio COM
misSary. She studies her lines
AZ night an the way from the
studio 10 the theater, when she
stops long enough To get ward
robe fittings for her constantly
changing costumes in Black
outs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09
Sorry for Allan

81 feel so sorry for poor
Allan" she said. land Id prob
ably be jealous of him IL l had
time, being away from him so
much. He's very handsome, you
know" Cpl. Nixon. a former
Powers model, was also under
contract as an actor at M-G-M
before he went into the army.
In Music for Millions, Marie
is playing the first dramatic
role OF her career. and she
spent a year and a half pre-
pairing for II. Director Henry
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09
Swing Conscious Group

With Rochester is Bobby
SherwOOd'S very SWing-c Con-
SciouS group OF jivcstcrs with
several featured acts -
The screen offers you light
come called Goodnight
Sweetheart" with Robert Liv-
ingSton and cute little Ruth
Terry.
over on The stage side Of the
ledger We find the CaSS nearing
the end of an extended run.
Good Night, Ladies. the
farce al the CaSS which pam
licked Chicago for two years and
Which has been garnering plenty
of laughs during IT'S stay here.
begins its final week tonight
SkeetS Gallagher and Benny
Baker have the leading male
roles. while Sheila Bromley,
Peggy Drake and Gloria Hum
phreyS are just few of the
attractive feminine decorations
IN the thing.
Kiss and Tell" one Of the
cutest comedies Of the year,
stays on al the Lafayette with
Violet Heming and w alter
Gilbert doing a superb job in
the roles OF he parents OF the
little girl who causes all the
difficulty in the piece
June Dsyton-iS the yOungStcr.
while Alan Ross is the boy IN
tho case
Neither theater, Al this writ
ing. Is ready 20 announce its
following attraction.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09

dian. Rochester. for whom Jack
Benny stooses, is here in person
this week al the Downtown and
he's funnier than ever. He only
has to step on the stage and
utter one of his gravel voiced
phrases and the whole house
comes down.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09
STAGE and SCREEN
R Ga,A, Gentry
Fine Films Await Posthoiday Fans;
Good Night Ladies in Last Week

NOV that you've recovered from your Fourth of July
~ holiday you settle down ADD take the entertain
men offerings in your stride.
Even if you Angel Street the stage and liked 1t
as much as did don't miss "Gasight,' the film
which retains the title of the original London hit
1t also retained all Of the suspense and terrific
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09
House Party Gag Puts
Song. Dance Actor
in Serious Drama Role
HOLLYWOOD, July s.

4 7 4 MALlBU house party in
n 1871 an actor named Robert
Watson pasted fake muStache
on his upper lip. cOmbed his
hair over his forehead and
struck the pose Of the Worlds
No / heel,
II was a gag which had been
pulled countless times before by
livcS-of-the-party e.. but this
time the likeness of Adolf Hitler
was 50 startling. George Hearst
snapped a photo OF the lmpcr-
Sonation and sent a print 10 the
Los Angeles Examiner.
That picture changed the
course of Robert Watson $ life.
1t paved the way for star
dom in The Hitler Gang
ParamountS documentary story
Of the private lives Of the lead
ers of naZism and turned a
song and dance comedian into A
serious dramatic performer.
A copy Of the photo was
shown to Hal Roach when he
was looking for some one 10
portray the No. ! NaZi in a
comedy, The Devil With Hit
Ter" Watson got the part
thus beginning a career as
HollyWood'S favorite double for
Hitler, which was continued IN
"NaZi Nuisance" Miracle of
MorganS Creek" and the indie
pcndently produced Hitter,
Dead or Alive.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09
Around the Sets Of Moviedom
'lnnmnlHlnIInulnulnlrIlluuIluuuuIIu

Roster told me long ago, l
would have TO know how To
play a clarinet il j got the
part" she admitted, land I've
been taking lessons all that
time. ! have exercised my lungs
40 much my blood pressure has
gone up Is points. My doctor
saws that's because I'm getting
more oxygen in my system
With all her activities, how
ever. Marie looks none the
worse for wear. She's still the
favorite comedienne pin-up girl
with the boys in service, TOO,
which Is a consolation TO Cpl.
Nixon.
"Your picture il always he
fore me-" he wrote Marie from
the army camp where he took
his basic training. practically
every guy in my outfit has a
photo of you tackled on the
door OF his locker"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09
Rations Her Time

How the heck she does II 7
don't know. But here's the way
Mares current schedule stacks
up in general. She arises at
5 80 a. m. in order 10 be on the
set on time. And when her day
is finished at M-G-M she shows
up at RI Captain Theater in
Hollywood 10 act as mistress Of
ceremonies in Ken Murray 5
"BlackoutS" This makes it pos
slble for her TO turn in between
1870 and ] in the morning
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09
Bine at His Best

One of the best pictures of
the year is undoubtedly Going
My Way in which Blng
Crosby gives the best perfor-
nance of his career He has
plenty of competition however.
because Barry Fitzgerald, The
Irish character actor. almost
steals several scenes
Rise Stevens. the Met pyima
donna. makes her best film alp
pearance 10 ddte IN TINS onc.
Don miss n
Your favorte colorcd come
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09
Touqhy Comes TO Fox

Three Men in White. latest
Of the films 10 call for "Dr Gil
leSpic." is on the same bill
Al long last, the controversial
account Of the rough life and
shooting times of Roger Touhy
GangSter,' comes 10 the screen
OF the Fox.
This is the film wc prtvlewcd
inside the walls of Joliet prison,
but were finally sprung Pres
ton Foster plays the famous
gangster who now has both ms
summer-and winter homes IN
Joliet. from which he made his
daring escape Lois Andrews has
the leading feminine role.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09

along Chicago'S State street. ;.
William Morris saw the act and
put II IN the American music
hall II weathered the
Keith, Orpheum, Pantages and
Sullivan and ConSldlne circuits.
Eventually Watson worked his
way 10 Broadway.
His best remembered stage
role is that of the male modlSte,
Nine. Lucy in Irene which
ne played two years on Broad
way and later repeated on the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09
Marie Wilson Says
She Sleeps Only
5 Hours Nightly
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Special 10 THE DETROIT TIMFS
HOLLYWOOD. July 8.

BECAUSE OF professional rea-
~ sons, Marie Wilson says
she can't afford 10 be a droop.
although she's been living for
weeks on less than FIVE hours
Shujcyc night
I'm what IL known ~ a
coincidence" she told me on the
set Of Music For Millions her
current picture at M-G-M, land
! have TO scintiIlate even when
my spirits are sagging. But !
really seem to he getting along
nicely. thank you, although I'm
working two and n half shifts
every 81 hours"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09

spine-tingling qualities of the
play and the cast is en- eX-
cellent one
Ingrid Bergman is superb
as the wife who is IN love
with her homicidal husband,
Charles Boyer, despite her
self. Joseph Cotton plays the
detective who finally rescues
her from this romantic hend
and a new character, por-
trayed by Dame May Witty.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09
Did BurIesque Roles

But these were comic and
burlesnue roles .. Not until
John Farrow selected him from
chance at a serious and dra-
matte characterization Of the
Nazi head man Ironically
enough this remarkable double
for the most hated man on
earth was born in Springfield,
H., few blocks from Lincoln s
tomb .. and was stepped in the
tradition of the great emanci-
pator.
His full name Is Robert Wat
son Kuecher and he is of Ger
man descent on his fathers side
and English on his mothers.
Paternal grandfather John
Kuecher was A personal friend
of Honest Abe and campaigned
for him. Uncle Meredith
Cooper was custodian Of Lin
coins tomb and the future
movie Hitler himself attended
Lincoln School in Springfield.
He quit school to go to work
stripping tobacco in cigar
factory but started his
theatrical career soon after
wards tat 49, by doubling in
brass al burleSque comic and
peanut vending at the Empire
Thcater.
From This he graduated into
the Herbs Of Life medicine
show. doing seven characters
seven times a night for ST A
week. 1t was good training
for the three years Of vaude-
Vile in Chicago which were 10
follow.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09
Weathered Vaudeville

With his partner Eddie
Dryer, Bobby did a song and
dance and Scotch burlesque
routine in the nickel theaters
Evening star., 1944-12-12
Senate District Unit
Offices Open Jan. |

For the first time in nearly year,
according to present plans, the Office
of the Senate District Committee
will be opened daily for business,
beginning January /. when James
Ora Day of Mississippi takes over
his duties as committee counsel.
Senator Bilbo, Democrat, of Mis-
sissippl announced late yesterday
that Mr.. Day had resigned as United
States attorney for the northern
district of Mississippi TO accept the
committee post. His appointment
had been announced months ago,
but there was delay until Mississippi
affairs were arranged.
Apparently this has been done,
for Senator Bilbo's announcement
commented that Chester L. Summers
assistant United States attorney in
the northern district, had been rec
commended for Mr.. Days old place;
Marshall T. Adams of Tupelo, Miss,
had been recommended for first as
sistant United State attorney of the
same district, and Robert L. Small
wood, Oxford, Miss, for second as
siStant prosecutor.
While wholesale lots of legislation
have been handled by the District
Committee under the aegis of Sena-
tor Bilbo, the District Committee
offices mostly have been kept dark
and locked in the past year. and
many inquiries shunted to the House
District Committee.
Evening star., 1944-12-12
War Bonds
Continued From First Page

your Navy" he said. LAS President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill said, we have won a tenn
porary success in the battle of the
Atlantic, but it will continue to be
a hard fight, costing us men, ships
and planes.
Ahead is longer and tougher
fight in the Pacific. Before our
combined operations on sea, in the
air, and on land can bring the war
lords of Japan to their knees, much
additional money and material will
be needed"
The Secretary said he felt con-
fident "the American people will
not fail in their support of our
fighting men"
One reason for cheerfulness among
local leaders is the compari-
son of figurues in this drive with
those of the Fifth War Loan. At
the beginning OF the final week in
that drive, total sales had not yet
reached the top, and neither 'E''
bonds nor all bonds sold to individ-
uals had reached so per cent of theil
quotas. Even at the end of the drive
corporations had not gone over their
quota to the extent which they al
ready have oversubscribed this one
However, though they have hopes
of meeting quotas on schedule, it
will be a hard task, leaders pointed
out. More than $2,000,000 in e.
bonds alone must be sold daily this
week to reach the goal Leaders
believe it can be done-or that at
least the quota can be reached by
the end of the month"; every
working resident of the District
buys his share. What they consider
his share is the absolute maximum
that he can squeeze from his pock-
etbook, they said.
Today, Rear Admiral Willard A
Kits, assistant chief of the Navy
Ordnance Department, will address
Western High School pupils at
chapel. The school has raised
$4,000 in bonds so far. At o'clock
tonight the International Workers
olueI o1o, WUllltIl . AUXILIARY, VIII
hold a rally at 931 Longfellow street
NV, at which Emmet Leo Sheehar
will speak.
Employees of the Eastern area
headquarters of the American Red
Cross have made War Bond sub
scriptions of S57,353 during the cur
rent drive, an all-time high. The
quota given the area headquarters
was S35 900.
At the same time. William T. Coe
chairman of the drive in Alexandria
said latest reports from State head
quarters. as of Friday. show total
sales of $685., ,602 25 or 43 per cent of
the S2,158,000 quota, and E bond
sales of s307, 1876 .25. or SO per cent OF
the 1888 900 E bond quota.
Seats for the special performance
of "DoughgirlS" at the Reed Theater
Thursday night are being distrib-
uted TO bond purchasers and other
events are planned before the close
of the drive.
Evening star., 1944-12-12
Mrs. Henrietta Sommers
Dies After Brief Illness

Mrs. Henrietta Soniners, 80. of
1913 Harvard street NV, resident
of the District for the last 64 years,
died in Emergency Hospital early
today after a brief illness.
She was the widow of Joseph
Sommers, former Georgetown mer-
chant. Born and educated in Bal
timore, Mrs Sommers came here
when 16 years old She was men,
ber of the Washington Hebrew Con-
gregation and the Sisterhood of
that congregation
Survivors include one son, Her.
bert Sommers; two daughters, Mrs.
Irene Guggenheim and Miss Lii
liam Sommers. all of Washington;
four grandchildren and three
at-grandchildren
Funeral services will be held at
IL am. Thursday at the Danzansky
funeral home. Burial will be in
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Capootory
Evening star., 1944-12-12
Casualties Appear Small,
Eden Tells Commons

LONDON, Dec. II (P).-Foreien
Secretary Anthony Eden told Com
mons today he understood British
casualties in the present fighting
against the ELIAS in Athens were
happily, very SMALL He had no
detailed figures.
In fighting to free Greece and
Crete since the beginning of the
war British imperial forces suffered
40, 900 casualties and lost nearly 500
aircraft, he said
Most of the casualties were in
CURED in 1941, when the British
launched an unsuccessful expedition
into Greece
The Royal Navy, Mr.. Eden said,
had suffered heavily - losing 5
cruisers, 13 destroyers, 3 sub
marines, l sloop and At minor
vessels, Three battleships were
among vessels badly damaged.
TT must be remembered that in
those days we were all alone against
a victorious Germany and Italy and
in dire peril Mr.. Eden explained.
A member suggested the British
Commonwealth of Nations had taken
by far the greater part in the lib
Grafton of Greece.
II don't think there has ever been
any question of that anywhere" Mr..
Eden replied.
Evening star., 1944-12-12
Five Deny Charges.
In Narcotics Case

Five men who were arrested last
night by Federal narcotics agents
and city police were arraigned to-
day before United States Commits
sioner Needham C. Turnage on
charges of sale and possession of
narcotics. Three of them were
picked up in the Lamplighters Club.
Fourteenth and @ streets NV, and
the others on the street not far
away. f
John Harry Calomaris, drummer
IN the clubs orchestra, according to
the arresting officers, asked for
continuance of his case until to-
morrow, which was granted by Com
missioner Turnage. His bond was
set at $1,000 In his automobile,
parked not far from the club, the
agents and police say they found
several bags of marihuana.
The arresting party was led by
LIE Roy Morrison, agent in charge
of the District Office of the Federal
Narcotics Bureau, and 1t. Robert
Bryan of the Metropolitan police.
Julian Adolph Chesham, %, Of
1888 Fourteenth street NV, and
Joseph Warren Blount, %, of 1927
Spring road NV, were the men ar
rested on the street. Their bonds
were set at $1,000 after pleading
not guilty The bond for Harold
Morey Collins, %, of 1916 Tenth
street NV, was set at $4,000, and
for Walter Wells. 26, of 1922 N
street NV, at $1,000 after they
pleaded not guilty.
The cases of the four men whose
not guilty pleas were accepted will
be taken up by the grand Jury.
Evening star., 1944-12-12
House Votes to Drop
Jackson Hole Project

New trouble for the administra-
ton reached the Senate today in
the form of House passed bill to
abolish the Jackson Hole National
Monument created in Wyoming by
President Roosevelt.
In a vote which amounted to a
slap at the White House, the House
balloted, 178 to 107, yesterday to
force abandonment of the 221,6l0-
acre tract which the President set
aside by executive order in March,
1943.
House debate on the measure was
laden with criticism of the Presi-
dent and Secretary of the Interior
Ickes for creation of a national
monument which opponents said
was twice rejected by Congress.
Evening star., 1944-12-12
AAA Advisory Board
Urges School Safety
Education Program

The District Advisory Board of
the American Automobile Associa-
ton was on record today as approv-
ing "the earliest possible establish
ment" of a comprehensive safety
education program in the District
public schools.
In offering the safety resolution,
which was adopted yesterday by the
board, Mrs. Mackall B. Fetzer, pres
ident of the District Congress of
Parents and Teachers, called atten-
ton to the serious accident situa-
ton" in the District. She said that
in l943 there were 486 accidental
deaths of all kinds and approx
mately 10000 injuries requiring
treatment of some kind.
Mrs. Fetzer asserted that a safety
program should include a full-time
professional co-ordinator with spe-
cial training in safety education
who would be responsible for safety
activities; an Office staff sufficient
to meet the needs of organizing and
operating the program, and budget
allowance sufficient to provide a
staff and the necessary materials for
Institutional purposes.
She added that almost every city
of 100000 population or over offers
a program of safety training In its
public schools"
Fred w. Tuemmler, planning di-
rector for the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission, in discussion of the pro-
posed master highway plan for the
Maryland Washington regional dis
trict, told board members that the
proposed plan would affect the
District mostly in improvements to
K street and Fort drive.
Under the plan, Mr.. Tuemmler
said, K street would be improved
to afford connecting link between
the Washington-Baltim parkway
and the Annapolis freeway on the
northeast and Key and Memorial
Bridges on the Potomac River
Fort drive. he said, would be i'm
proved to form a lateral connecting
link with important express high
ways leading out of Washington to
the north and northwest and would
be extended to connect with Fort
Lincoln parkway to the south.
Mr.. Tuemmler emphasized that
the master highway plan still is in
its formative stage, subject to final
changes. He said that many of the
roads will not be constructed until
long in the future. The plan, he
said, is an attempt to visualize the
Washington area as it may be ex-
pected to develop over the next
several decades.
Evening star., 1944-12-12
| Arlington Rites Set
For Mrs. Hendren

Graveside services will be held
at pm. tomorrow in Arlington
Cemetery for Mrs. Elizabeth Petit
Hendren, Al, wife of Rear Admiral
Paul Hendren, U. S. N. Mrs. Hen
| dren, former resident of the Dis
trict, died Friday after q brief ILL
/ ness in Chapel Hill, N. c., where
she had lived since April, 1912.
Admiral Hendren, who was sum-
moned from his station in the South
Pacific, was unable to reach her
bedside before she died.
The daughter of the late Col. and
Mrs. James Sumner Petit, Mrs.
Hendren was a native of Washing
ton and grandniece of President
Grant. She married Admiral Hen
dren February 4, 1922, and lived in
this city except for short periods
abroad when her husband was on
sea duty. They formerly made their
! home at 1926 Belmont road NV.
Admiral Hendren is we'll known in
Washington, having served at the
Navy Department on important as
signments. He formerly commanded
cruiser whose brilliant and dam
aging forays against the Axis in
the Mediterranean earned for her
the name of the "galloping ghost of
the Sicilian Coast" He was awarded
the Legion of Merit for exploits in
the battle of Sicily.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Hen
dren is survived by daughter, Miss
Constance Hendren. junior at the
University of North Carolina; a son,
Paul Hendren, jr., high school
students at Chapel Hill; a sister,
Mrs. C. r. Kear, wife of 1t. Comdr.
Kear, U. S. N. R., New Orleans, La,
and a brother, James Sumner Petit.
Evening star., 1944-12-12
Philippines
Continued From First Page

famous northwest shoulder of Leyte
Island.
Japanese troops in the Ormoc
sector are carrying on a fierce
counterattack against enemy
forces which since the morning
of December advanced north
westward from Ipil along the
coast of Ormoc Bay" the Jap
anese Domei news agency assert
ed today. The dispatch was
without Allied confirmation
Terrain still was virtually i'm
passable, but Gen. Macarthur re-
ported his 32d Division was slowly
surging forward" against enemy
positions in the rugged corridor.
which runs from Ormoc to Carigara
Bay on the north.
(NBC Correspondent George
Thomas Folster said the 77th
and 7th Divisions found the Jap
anese well intrenched when they
entered Ormoc He broadcast:
c'The enemy had automatic
weapons at street intersections.
snipers on rooftops and nests of
sharpshooters hidden under
houses. Taking Ormoc was not
the easy matter that taking
Tacloban on the east coast was.
If they could have done so, the
Japs would have held the town
at all COSTS
Al Dopking, Associated Press cor
respondent, who was with the 7th
Division in its strenuous advance
over 80 miles of swamps and noun
tains TO reach the west coast of
Leyte, wrote that the. japanese
abandoned ammunition dumps and
supplies as they retreated under the
knockout attack launched Saturday
Some of them, caught behind the
American lines, jumped into the
Camotes Sea trying to swim north
ward to rejoin their forces" he said.
They were killed or drowned"
Mr.. Dopking said the japanese in
the trap between his division and
the 77th we're some of the japanese
Imperial Army's best-not garrison
troops encountered in Central Pa
cific atolls."
American bombers scored effective
sweeps of the Central Philippines
and beyond, cratering airdrome run
ways and blasting harassed shipping
The most spectacular single strike
was the 79-ton bombing of petroleum
installations at Tarakan and Balik-
papan on Borneo, where direct hits
burst pipelines and storage tanks,
flooding the area with flaming oil
A freighter was sunk offshore.
Patrol planes made a night har-
assing raid on japanese shipping in
Manila Harbor.