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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-08
THE CROSS ETERNAL
By MERTON H. COLEMAN

Out of the twilight shadows, cold and STILL
Once there was One who prayed with fleeing breath
Nailed to Cross upon a lonely hill
lie gave His life to save the world from death
Only His Cross survives the wreck of time;
Changeless throughout the ever changing years,
1t stands alone-omnpotent, sublime
Bringing life out Of death, JOY out of tears.
Masters and men, monarchs and mighty kings
Who led and ruled the world with iron sway
All these have passed with earths material things
The Cross remains. unchanged from day to day
Worlds viii dissolve in miss whe-far above
Sun, moon and stars will vanish and be gone
His cross-the symbol Of eternal love
Shall greet the Resurrection's glorious dawn
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-08
By TMNET PHILLIPS FOR APP
The South Is Hell

Whenever hear or read of
suihcrncrs cxiollng tho south.
hrarains about haw nice the
weather "a down there, and COM
planning about the cold weather
here IN the north. / am reminded
o. short hui pointed conversa-
iion between our late night watch
man and 4 group Of touring south
cruors who STOPPED one night In
cur town
II was a rather chilly evening
and after inauirinz the way 10
The next town one Of the south
crncrs said It's awful cold up
here. nothing like the s1uih where
the weather Is nice and warm
Whcreupon our night Waichman
replied. That's because you're
closer 70 Hell down there The
southorncrs arove( away without
further comment
Our night watchwan didn't
know how nearly rirM nc was
when he said. You're Eloser,-io
FHell down there or Md he
While he had never heenNsosih
he had met enough southefncrs To-
form an opinion Of them and ne
had heard about their ku klnN
Khan Being an lrishman. that
was enough FOR him.
I'd like 20 70 our Irish night
wotchman one better and say.
you're IN He'll whom You're IN
the south Ticl has been dcscrih-
ed as place Of everlasting fire
And everlasting fire would nat
urallv keep a region warm He'll
has also heen described az place
Of exterior darkness And that IS
just where the south best fills
the bill.
Many evils which could not
stand the sunlight OF truth and
righteousness find their abode I'm
The darkness n untruth and
wronedolnr Consider lynching 4
hcstlal mob Of ignorant whites
VIII not wait for the truth 10 re-
veal tho status az the accused
Negro Why2 Because tho mob.
helnr prejndiccd and fnll ~ hate.
might lcse rs chance 20 nut Tho
'nieecf' M his place n It waited
for the light OF justice to appear.
So lynchinr IS usually done IN
The dark with tho mob being IN
tho dark In moro ways than ono.
Another cid southern custom Is
the burning OF the cross by the
I'm kluxcrs They like TO do
things such as this IN the dark
and as an added precaution
against being identified cover
their heads with hoods. whereas
they should bow their heads in
shame
ignorance also ahounds IN
darkness And whore IN America
arc there SO many Ignorant peo-
pie as In tho soulh7 Although
there are 90 million Catholics IN
tho United states who work and
fight FOR. and believe In our gov
eminent any loud mouthed
southern bieot can easily convince
Them that Catholics are dlsloval
and that tho pope would move
into Tho White House II "a cathol.
ic were elected President Re-
member Al Smith In 1922 We
ma that southerncrs who claim
70 know tho Bible 30 we'll are
really Ignorant Of rs meaning n
rot SIS content
'h''r Ignorance r. not limited
10 the religious field either. II
Evening star., 1944-07-26
By HAROLD HEFFERNAN.


It's a Sunday dinner scene fol
Guest In the House" at the Hunt
Stromberg Studio, a procedure which
In real life would normally consume
no more than an hour or so. But
this single meal, with a cast of
seven diners led>by Anne Baxter and
Ralph Bellamy, has entered its
fourth day of shooting
The actors are eating real food,
too,' and are supposed to attack their
victuals with relish. You just try
looking even luscious slice Of roast
beef in the face after four eight
hour days of gnawing at assorted
dinner items!
They are having lot of technical
trouble with the scene and 1t all
revolves around Miss Baxter. The
camera is cutting from one player
to another, catching close-ups, as
they talk-for this Is a key scene in
the eerie movie-but every time it
pauses in front of Miss Baxter her
plate shows too much food con-
Sumed. They keep cautioning Anne
to eat little slower, but somehow
the actress can't time her knife-and-
fork movements properly.
You think I'm having a problem
now" said Anne during a pause for
food replenishing. wait till tell
you what happened to me with
Philip Merivale and Gladys Cooper.
I was in stock at Cape Cod and
playing my first show, Spring
Meeting The three Of us were sit
ting at dinner table. During the
Evening star., 1944-07-26
Dinner Goes On Forever

conversation was supposed K
reach for helping of stew. did
and knocked over a full water elas.
as / did. The water spilled all ovel
Miss Cooper and the tumbler rolled
to the floor with a crash.
1T was an embarrassing moment
and Miss Cooper realized she had to
do or say something. What she
said, IN voice loud enough to reach
the FAR corners Of the house. was
this: You bad girl! Even actors
on the stage have good table man.
ners.'"
| On the Hollywood Canteen" set
at Warner Bros, Delmar Dawes is
directing scene that is an exact
duplicate OF the servicemen's recre-
alton center in the film capital
where almost 1000, 900 fighting lads
have been entertained.
Bette Davis and John Garfield
playing their real-life roles of can
teen president and vice president
are on hand. So are Jack Carson
wearing a bus boys apron; Joan
Leslie, in black supper gown: and
Robert Hutton, wardrobed as an
infantry private. Pretty hostesses
with canteen arm-bands, and men
IN uniforms representing all the
services provide the atmosphere.
Miss Davis and Garfield are par
ticularly jubilant over the long
delayed production.
| We've always believed" said
Bette, that it's picture that
should be made. Everyone has
heard OF the Hollywood canteen
and it's a great JOY to all of us
VINO organized and worked for it
to know that its activities will now
be recorded on celluloid."
Concerning her own role. which
she says merely threads through
the picture, Bette admits some
qualms. I've always played charac-
ters and could dig right into them. ~
she said. but it's a strange expert
ence to be playing myself, as I am
in this film."
Director Dawes called his PLAYER,
before the camera to do a scene in
which Garfield introduces the SOL
dler hero, Hutton. to Miss Davis
The star forgets line momentarily
1uggles 1t and shakes her head i'm
patiently.
There I CO." she says ruefully
out ! suppose should expect that
from Bette Davis"
Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Ine)
Evening star., 1944-07-26
Taxi to Heaven at Little,
Presents Russians in Love
By JAY CARMODY.

pomnent scaaaintance Of ours who has deslngs With the
admiration for their feas deep affection them
spite of both the affection
em
knowledge from front
Evening star., 1944-07-26

probably would drive the domestic
industry to Spasms of grandeur, gi-
gantic stages filled with ballet
groups, reproductions of the Met
and Covent Garden, the addition of
Carmen Miranda to the cast for
hotcha effect, and with Phil Baker
to take care Of the comedy contrast,
The Russians, on the other hand,
just take the position that this is
love story, an affair between two
people. but with 4 third thrown
In because sometimes there Is a
third party to q romance like that.
It keeps the story line straight and
to the point. which is quite to the
advantage of Taxi to Heaven"
What Is to It's disadvantage is that
the authors could not get away from
the hackneyed' in their effort to keep
away from the complex.
AS villairless determined to fore
stall the romance and divert the
girl into the arms of q tenor CO.
worker IN the opera, they could
think OF no one more unfamiliar
than the ambitious, unscrupulous
mother. Unfortunately she is a
pretty stock character who never
represents real impeachment to the
course OF true love, but nearly al
ways is damnable nuisance to the
movement of the story. Another
blunder from the standpoint of
American audiences will be found
In the character of the aviator's
rival in love, pretty weakling who
never actually had a chance from
the time of the forced landing Of
the trio in hayfield until the abrupt
fadeout triumph of true love.
One OF the more interesting things
proved by Taxi to Heaven" is that
Evening star., 1944-07-26

Our personal knowledge Of Il
pages, Comrade Stains orders of
the day, few books we have read,
movies we have seen, and a few
strolling balalaika players whose
paths have crossed ours In night
clubs from Boston to Santa Bar
bara. That gives US far less of q
background for them than that of
our friend, but, like him, we do not
always understand them.
A brief moment of misunderstand-
ing, which probably Is more our
fault than the Russians, is that
which occurred during our attempt
to enjoy Taxi to Heaven" Mos
covite musical comedy, which OPEN
ed today at the Little Theater Per-
haps because we have grown accus-
toned to significant movies out Of
Russia, movies which leave us sit
ting in wide-eyed wonder as child
looking at a circus giant flexing his
muscles, we kept getting a feeling
all the way through Taxi to
Heaven" that it was rather insig-
nificant. The Russians in it are
patiently very capable Of being Just
some simple people who fall simply,
poignantly and rather dramatically
in love. But, because we are accus-
toned only to notions of unadul-
terated deeds of splendor and ma
jestic emotions on the part of Com
rade Stains comrades, it all seemed
a little shallow, like a cream puff
when you had been expecting
roast beef.
X X
Taxi to Heaven" for all its de-
parture from the intensity of the
usual Russian movie pattern, is
something from which Hollywood
probably could learn a lesson. The
opportunity to tell the story of
beautiful opera singer falling in love
with a veteran air transport pilot
Evening star., 1944-07-26

the Spencer Tracy look is. good
thing for an actor to have regard
less .of the language he speaks. In
this case. the actor so gifted is a
chap named Mikhail Zharov, a man
whose skill in tenderness will appeal
to women and whose unbeautiful
mug and unruly hair should prove
great comfort to men who were
merely born Of women instead Of
sculptured by nature for boxofiice
purposes.
Heroine to Zharov's sturdy trans
port pilot is girl from the Russian
opera, by name Ludmila Tselikov-
skaya. Nine. Tselikovskaya is a sort
Of plump Marlene Dietrich, a lass
who has a way with song. plus a
few more tricks of acting that usu-
ally are associated with glamour.
The best voice in the production,
Evening star., 1944-07-26
Guild Signs Papers
For Kerr Musical

The foregone conclusion that
the Theater Guild and Walter
Kerr would complete their deal
for the formers musical, Sing
Out, Sweet Land" became a
simple conclusion yesterday
with the signing of contracts by
the guild.
Sing Out, Sweet Land a
musical biography of America,
was a sensation when presented
several weeks ago at the Cath
olic University theater.
1t is the second offering of
Kerr's to reach Broadway.
The author is a member of
the faculty of the Speech and
Drama School whose contract
with the guild calls for him to
direct the production on which
work already has begun.
Evening star., 1944-07-26
Where and When
Current Theoter Attroc tions
and Time OF SHOWING

Stage.
National-"Early to Bed: 2:3o
and $50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"Bathing Beauty: 10: IS
a m, 1870, 4:20, 7:05 and 9:55 pm
Stage shows: 12:40, $3.50, 6:15 and
9:05 pm.
Columbia white Cliffs OF
Dover; 1l:20 am, 1:55, 1876, 7:1C
and Gas pm.
Earle Adventures of Mark
Twain; 1890 am, 30, 4:lo, I and
9:55 pm. Stage shows: l2:45. 3:35
6:25 and 9:20 pm.
Little-'Taxi to Heaven: ii am.
1925. 2:20, 4:10, s. 7:50 and $40 pm
Keith's-"Cobra Woman; 11:l5
am, l, $50. 4:40, 6:25, s:15 and IL
pm.
Palace-"Going My Way; 11:25
am, 1:55, 4:25, Z and 9:35 pm.
Metropolitan - "The Mask OF
Dmitrios"; 11:25 am, 1:25, $50
$50, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Pix-"Moontide";; 2. 4:35, 1855 and
9:55 pm.
Trans-Lux News and shorts,
continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1944-07-26
'Angel' Seats Open

Sanctum sanctorum of the loca]
q. is will be open for the public's
inspection Saturday night when War
Bond Night is held at the Stage
Door Canteen. Helen Hayes is mis-
tress OF ceremonies, and entertain.
ment has been promised by loca,
theaters and night clubs. ANY per.
son purchasing a 500 "E" bond be.
tween now and Saturday at :he
downtown theaters will be rewarded
with an admission ticket to the
canteen's summer address on III.
south steps OF the Treasury Depart
ment.
Evening star., 1944-07-26

however. is that of the rival tenor,
Georgi Speigel, whose treatment in
this story illustrates that the Rus
slams have an appreciation OF Frank
Sinatra's difnculties with his wor-
shippers.
The passages which reveal this
understanding are the best stretches
Evening star., 1944-07-26

One Of the more interesting things
proved by Taxi to Heaven" is that
Evening star., 1944-07-26

lof comedy In Taxi to Heaven" pas
lsages which have no need for the
English sub-titles which, In the case
|of this picture, are not 30 very good.
Evening star., 1944-10-21
lsiHRstoniinq
.Remiinder6>

Canned Foods Etc.-Book No. 1,
blue stamps AS through Z-s and
AS through RS good indefinite
ly. Each stamp worth 10 points.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Red stamps AS
through Z-8 and AS through KS
good indefinitely for 10 points
each.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will nay two ration points for
each pound Of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Book No. 4 stamps 80 through
80 valid for S pounds indefinitely.
Book No. 4 stamp 40 good for S
pounds for home canning through
February 28. 1945.
Gasoline-A-ll coupons good for 3
gallons each through November 3.
B-4, Ca, BIS and C-5 coupons
good for S gallons each. New A
Ration Books good November 8
now available by mail to local
boards. Get applications at serv-
Evening star., 1944-10-21

A 32-year-old Public Health Serv-
ice doctor who was engaged In the
hazardous task of finding vaccine
for scrub typhus, disease threat
ening military operations in the
Pacific area, died yesterday Of the
malady.
DR.. Richard G. Henderson, 800
Cedar lane, Bethesda, contracted the
disease in his laboratory at the Ma
tional Institute Of Health, Bethesda,
on October 8. He died at the Naval
Hospital. Bethesda. Because so little
is known of the disease, his associ-
ates don't know how he became
infected.
DR.. Henderson, the son of a Los
Angeles physician, started an ex-
tensive study of the disease three
months ago at the request of mill
tary authorities.
Tribute Paid to DR.. Henderson.
Paying tribute to the young ply
sician, DR.. Charles Armstrong. chief
of the Institutes infectious disease
section, declared "Dr. Henderson is
as much a war casualty as If he
had died in battle"
DR.. Armstrong described the
work in connection with scrub
typhus, also known as tsutsugamushi
disease, was made more hazardous
because of the virulent nature of
scrub typhus when contracted from
laboratory-grown cultures.
1t is known that in nature scrub
typhus is contracted from rats, DR..
Armstrong explained, but scientists
do not know how it is contracted in
Evening star., 1944-10-21
Interested in an Army Dog?
You'll Need Good References

dogs, Doberman p1nscherS, German
shepherds and the like, weighing
an average Of 60 pounds. They
went throughla tough Army train
ing to make them vicious killers OF
any one but the man they had been
taught to trust and obey implicitly
Now, the discharged CANNES are
being put through a retraining
course Of II weeks at Fort Robinson
Nebr., where they are being de
killerized" and taught that every
body is their friend
They come out wonderful pets y
Mr.. Hilton said, friendly with every
one, and well behaved. They in
stantly obey the spoken word OF
movement of the hand"
The main expense involved in
purchase Of the dogs will be trans
portation cost from Fort Robinson
and return of the special crate in
which each dog viii be shipped
Mr.. Hilton estimated this will
amount to around $50.
1t will take more than $50, how
ever, to cover other expenses, but
Mr.. Hilton is not going to be par
ticular about prices. Those who car
AFFORD it may be charged 500 for a
dog; real dog lover without much
money but with good home for
dog might get one for 81.
The type of home offered will
count more than the money" Mr.
Hilton emphasized.
Mr.. Hilton, a camera company ex-
ecutlve loaned" to the Government
to help In disposal of surplus odds
and ends ranging from Photographic
equipment to live animals of all
kinds, already has three dogs-two
cookers and great Dane-on his
farm near Leesburg, Va.
Under the law, cannot buy one
of the K-9 veterans" he said, but
one of the men working on my farm
plans to get three and train them
for cattle herding."
He Is sure they will get along all
right, too. with the Is cats on the
farm. sc@
Evening star., 1944-10-21
A dogs life is going to be nice

a uOg uIe is gong TO De 3 nice
life for the Army's canine veterans.
That's the dictum of dog-loving
Homer Hilton, director Of general
products in the Treasury Depart
ment's Office of Surplus Products,
who has the job of disposing of
some 5000 surplus" Army dogs
whose original owners cannot be
found.
If you want to buy one Of these
K-9 Corps veterans, you will have
to furnish references to establish
that you are not the kind of person
to mistreat a dog. and prove that
you can give him a comfortable
home with plenty to eat and enough
open-air space for the exercise he
needs.
Mr.. Hilton feels so strongly about
this that he said none of these dogs
will be delivered until the buyers
home passes an individual inspec-
tion.
He now is working out arrange
ments for an organization of dog
lovers to take off the Governments
shoulders much of the detail of
checking up on prospective buyers
and handling the individual sales
He said he hoped to be able to
announce the sales plan. how and
where to apply, etc. within a month
so that many of the dogs may be
in comfortable homes by Christmas
Mr.. Hilton explained that the
Army has found it no longer needs
10000 of the dogs enlisted by their
owners to serve as scouts, messen-
gers and for special guard duties.
Some $1,000 are being returned to
the original owners, but those who
contributed the remainder either
cannot be found now or for some
reason cannot take their dogs back.
These dogs are veterans with
honorable discharges, many of them
with citations for bravery" Mr..
Hilton said. They are entitled to
comfortable homes and we are 60
ing to see that they get them. They
deserve better treatment than the
average dog"
The canine veterans are large
Evening star., 1944-10-21
Provision Put in Bill
For D. {. 10 Share
SIum Work Costs
PIcnners End Session "
On Drafting Legislation
For Own Reorganization
BY NELSON M. SHEPARD

A provision requiring the District
to bear part of the cost of "blighted"
area postwar improvements, az
recommended by the Budget Bu-
reau, was incorporated into amend
ments to the Urban Redevelopment
bill which Federal planning officials
said today will be cleared through
regular channels.
The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission also COM
pleted drafting legislation for its
own reorganization before ending a
two-day session late yesterday. The
final draft covers all recommended
tions of Budget Director Harold
Smith in his letter to President
Roosevelt outlining suggestions for
broadening the powers of the Com
mission.
The urban redevelopment amend
ments will be forwarded to the
Budget Bureau and District Com
miss1oners and if approved, will be
offered as an amendment to the
Capper-Randolph bill. Planning
officials said the reorganization bill
would be introduced when Congress
reconvenes.
Benefits Through Taxes.
Since the District is expected to
benefit in increased tax revenues
from the redevelopment of city
areas, the Planning Commission felt
the local Government should defray
some Of the cost of purchasing such
areas as are designed for improve
ments. Under the pending Capper.
Randolph bill the Federal Govern
ment would bear the full cost and
absorb the initial loss. Whatever
cost the District would assume
would be subject to negotiations.
Areas acquired by the land agency
set up in the bill would be sold to
the developers at less than cost, off,
cias explained, and by assuming
part of this loss they claimed the
District Government would recover
over a period of years in increased
tax revenues. That would follow.
Evening star., 1944-10-21
Scrub 7yphus Kills Doctor
Seeking to Perfect Vaccine
Public Health Physieion Was Working
On MoIody Threatening Armed Forces

the laboratory. 1t is thought it may
enter the lungs, he said.
Was Growing Cultures.
DR.. Armstrong said the young
physician was working with DR.
Norman Topping, developer of the
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
serum, and DR.. Charles Shepard
He said DR.. Topping and DR.. Shep-
ard will carry on the research and
q substitute for DR.. Henderson will
be selected later.
Explaining the laboratory methods
used by DR.. Henderson and his
associates, DR.. Armstrong said the
typhus organism will grow only on
live cells, and is grown in the
laboratory on egg cultures. or other
living tissues. Mice, rabbits and
guinea pigs are then infected and
experiments are conducted to dis
cover a curatiye vaccine.
Native Of Los Angeles.
A native of Los Angeles, DR.. Hen
derson began research work at st.
Louis, after his graduation from
the st. Louis University School of
Medicine. He came to the national
institute in 1912 and reviously had
done work on epidemic typhus.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Adele Henderson, and two children
of Bethesda, and his parents, DR..
and Mrs. r. G. Henderson, Los
Angeles.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day with burial in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-10-21
Five Eagle Scout Awards
In One Troop Sets Record

Five Boy Scouts from Troop SO
were presented their Eagle Scout
awards last night by DR.. Chester w.
Holmes, assistant superintendent Of
schools, at Roosevelt High School.
The boys are all students at Coolidge
High School and according to Mrs.
A. w. Volkmer, mother of one OF the
boys, this marks the first time on
record in the District that five boys
from one troop have become Eagle
Scouts at the same time.
The boys are: Donald Griffin, IS.
40 Whittier street NV; Elden
Volkmer. 16, 101 Whittier street
NV; Fred Billups, Is, 231 Holly
avenue, Takoma Park, Md; NAL
com Ross, Is, 125 Maple avenue, Ia
koma Park. Md, and William HUI
bert, Is, 67o3 Sixth street NV.
Evening star., 1944-10-21

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