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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16

HOLLYWOOD, June 16-Ovef
in London today, al long last,
'Viyien Leigh faces a movie camera
at Denhsm Studios when she
starts work on Cleopatra and
Caesar. More actresses have
.longed 10 play G. b. Shaw's
famous version of the siren Of the
Nile than almost any other role.
So. this movie is important for
several reasons. One is that il is
TO cost 100000 lover S2.000.000D
the other that II fulfllS England
promise 10 make more important
motion pictures.
Arthur Rank, England'S fore
most movie magnate. has financed
Gabriel Pascal in this venture,
and. of course. David Selznick has
A big interest. since he loaned
Miss Leigh 10 Pascal Claude
Rains went 10 England, some
weeks ago, for the Caesar role.
This. incidentally. is Vivien's first
picture since Lady Hamilton,
which was probably the most
popular American motion picture
ever shown in Great Britain.
BIGGEST DEAL
II Frank Borzage signs the
contract with Republic that is
now being discussed, il will be the
biggest money deal for a director
ever put on paper. Frank is ask
ing for 100000 a picture. three
pictures year and 30 per cent
of the profits. He is TO select his
own stories and be given carte
blanche in making them. Should
the deal be contaminated, il will
be as much of an innovation for
directors as was Constance Ben
nett's famous 100000 contract
with Warmers, years ago. Appar-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16
EXCELLENT CHOICE

Walkers lack Of affectation and
natural boyishness make him seem
very real. He's no movie soldier;
no celluloid hero, just a CT Joe
who is trying 10 do the best he
can under circumstances which
are not always so Sanguine
His buddies have been cast with
the same eye to making them all
seem completely natural, and
keenan, Wynn. the sharp kid of
the outfit, almost steals the show
with his portrayal OF an angie"
lad.
Wynn has a terrific head for
doing business, but no work.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16
SMART PROMOTER

For example. Wynn sells"
Walker a date with Donna Reed
for S., he chisels in on Hargrove's
magazine articles, he gold bricks
at every opportunity and poor
Walker is always left holding the
bag.
Walker does fall in love with
Donna Drake and she succumbs
10 his simple boyish qualities.
Walker spends his leave with her
in New York-the occasion for a
very funny scene with Robert
Benchley-and then returns for
maneuvers.
The maneuvers are plenty tough
on the boys. but in the meantime,
Wynn has been doing a little ma
neuvering on his own to get them
both transferred TO public rela-
tons.
They finally get the soft posts,
or least ones in which Walker
doesn't have TO manicure garbage
cans, his inevitable fate. but the
rest OF the gang give them the
cold shoulder.
They so miss the old life. even
the tough top kick, that they ap-
ply for transfer back again when
they find their old battery is
about TO be shipped out.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16
A HUMAN" COMEDY

The final shot shows Walker
and Wynn with their old buddies,
George Offerman Jr. and William
Phillips, on their way overseas.
Wynn is polishing the garbage can
this time.
Chill Wills gives one of the best
character portrayals as the ser
geant. because he doesn't succumb
TO the regulation tough type the
films always give us. Donna Reed
is completely charming, and the
boys, as we have stated before,
are all good
It's down-to-earth comedy which
Wesley Ruggles has directed with
keen insight into the reactions of
the average boy and his readjust-
ment problems. Even if soldier
.~pictures" aren't on your movie
menu. don't miss this one.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16
Harsrove
Fine at U.A
BY CHARLES GENTRY

EVEN IF you know all the Gl
Jokes and rookie routines, you
can't fail 10 get kick out OF
"See Here Private Hargrove.
which opened yesterday al IRE
United Artists
This IS the film version Of the
Marion Hargrove account OF My
Day-in the Army and repre-
sents some Of the best humor 10
come out Of thiS NAP.
But besides being gust a record
OF the gripeS. grlns and groans IN
the daily life OF q soldier, II has
warm. human, appealing quality
which makes II tops.
The picture has captured almost
all the qualities that made the
book so popular and IL has an eX-
cellent cast.
OF course. We don't know what
Private HargruNe, himself, Is like.
but Robert Walker. who plays the
role for picture purposes, IS the
nice-hearted. decent, average lad
who has an Andy Hardy fair for
getting into difficulty and you'll
find him so likable that you can't
help but synpathize with him.
even when he's wrong.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16

the Universal executives cold
when he wired them after seeing
Christmas Holiday" with Deanne
Durbin and Gene Kelly: 4,
Evening star., 1944-02-06

race when that mass conduct is
turned to most unreasonable and
most hideous of ends-that is, war,
not the present war or any par
ticular war, but war itself. Looked
at in that way, Mr.. Malaquais re-
actions are what should be ex-
pected.
Evening star., 1944-02-06

enemy paying dearly for his efforts
to push the Allies back into the sea.
Down around Casino, the battle
has been a see-saw affair with
Allied patrols gaining a foothold in
the city, only to lose it and then
come back again strongly as the
week ended to resume the fighting
within the city which is described
as one great mass of pillboxes. In
dications at the end of the week
were that the present grip on the
outskirts of the city will be held.
Heavy bombing attacks on indus
trial objectives in Northern Italy
occurred during the week and one
group of raiders went on into Aus
tria to strike at Klagenfurt.
In Yugoslavia, Drug Tito reported
that there are evidences of a new
and heavy-powered German drive is
in the making to suppress the pa
triots who have carried on so sue
cessfully with the aid Of Allied
munitions and material.
AhC IS1T dIlO I1lc fAIIleTlCdu AIT
Force continued all week the heavy
air attacks which have given the
enemy no rest. Berlin, every quar-
ter of which has felt the devastating
weight of Allied bombs, was hit
several times more. The invasion
coast, Frankfurt, and other indus
trial cities were bombed, the weeks
activities being climaxed by an
1,l00-plane American attack on
Wilhelmshaven, the badly battered
U-boat center.
Giving some food for thought,
the French naval base at Toulon
was bombed during the week, hitting
in an area where many observers
feel IN invasion may come.
Evening star., 1944-02-06
Public Library
| Book Pointers
By John T. Cheney,
Readers Adviser, Foreign LANGUAGES,
Public Library.

Readers Adviser, Foreign Languages.
Public Library.
AS intriguing as a brain teaser or
a crossword puzzle! That is "Invi-
tation to Spanish" recent book to
make learning easy.
Don't let the fear of verb drills
and vocabulary exercises discourage
you from indulging in the new and
popular spare time hobby Of learn
ing another language. If your post
war plans include trip to Spanish
America, this small volume by Mar
garita Madrigal affords an easy and
pleasant acquaintance with the
melifluous language spoken by our
neighbors to the south. Or you may
prefer the more orthodox method
Of "Pan-American Spanish" by A.
M. Brady, or Spanish at Sight" by
Stillman and Code. And If Brazil
is your destination, there Is Ibarra
and Coelho's Brazilian Portuguese
lf-Taught."
If your travelling is to be at the
behest Of the armed forces, you may
want to look into P. v. Fernandez's
"Naciones Bajo las Armas," which is
composed Of articles, sketches and
stories Of modern warfare in Span
ish. Denoeu,s Military French" and
Funke's "Kriegsdeutsch," also may
prove helpful, and the same may be
said of Readings in Military Ger
man." by Pusey and Steer, an up
to-date collection of articles on the
German Army, Air Force and Navy.
And II you are headed farther afield,
such books as Mendlesen's Easy
Malay Words and Phrases" and the
War Departments "Icelandic Phrase
Book" also are available at the Pub
lie Library. Eighth and K streets
NV, and its branches.
Linguaphone records for Portu-
guese are available at the George
town branch, and for Spanish at
Georgetown, Petworth and South
east. To make an appointment for
their use, call National 6776 and ask
for the branch most eonvenieut 10
W.
Evening star., 1944-02-06

any international airlines which
they permit to cross their territory
What formal treatment this pact
will receive in Washington, once
the surprise over its unilateral an
nouncement subsidies, is difficult to
predict. The Anzacs have con-
fronted the State Department with
a fait accompli. But the technical
conflicts with known American
diplomatic attitudes are so num-
erous therein that American ad-
herence to the pact would be vir-
tually excluded even II American
strategic interests and her position
as paramount Pacific power and
AI1zacs' defender were recognized
thseean-as thay aye not.
Evening star., 1944-02-06
Best Sellers
FICTION,


A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,
by Betty Smith.
Also the Hills, by Frances
Parkinson Keyes.
So Little Time, by John p.
Marquand.
The Apostle, by Sholem Asch.
Victoria Grandolet, by Henry
Bellamann.
NONFICTION.
Under Cover, by John Roy
Carlson.
Here Is Your War, by Ernie
Pyle.
Good Night, Sweet Prince, by
Gene Fowler.
Lend-Lease, by Edward r.
Stettinius, jr.
Long, Long Ago, by Alexander
Woollcott.
Evening star., 1944-02-06
War Diary
War Diary
By Jean Mdlaqudis. Tran
slated from the French BY
Peter Grant. doubleday,
DOrnn

By Jean Malaquais. Tran
slated from the French by
Peter Grant. doubleday,
DoranJ
Here, bespeaking that abysmal dis
illusion which, in the case of World
War I. found expression in a crop
of novels which followed the con-
fiict, is the statement of the artist
on war. 1t is one of the many
marks Of difference between the
two holocausts that, in the latter
one, such a work can be published
while the fighting is still going on.
Jean Malaquais, a young French
writer Of considerable promise,
whose prize-winnig novel, Les
Javanais," was published in this
country last year under the title,
Men From Nowhere" was called
up for military duty in the first
days Of the war and remained in
uniform until Frances fall. He
was taken prisoner but escaped
Through all his experiences he re-
ligiously kept his diary, which is
a record of his sensations more i'm
portantly than of his actions. 1t
is a report of hatred from begin
ming to end.
He hated his comrades for their
grossness, which he regarded as de-
generacy rather than as healthy
animal spirits. He hated his Off
GERS for incompetence and snug
ness. He hated the work he
did as a member of a company
Of pioneers for its uselessness and
red tape. He hated the politicians
and profiteers. He hated the sys-
tenn which made so much folly pos
sible. He hated the race which had
created the system. That, in sum,
is what he put in his journal. He
wrote it all down with a livid elo-
quence. He made his war expert
ence read like the record of a tour
among the cages Of obscene animals.
1t is the statement of the indi-
vidualist who has self f-consciously
dedicated himself to reason and
beauty on the mass conduct Of the
Evening star., 1944-02-06
By George WeHer.

AuSLTalla ana New LealanQ, the
two Antipodean members of the
British Empire, have agreed to a
pact which would sharply limit
American rights in these areas and
which would attempt to establish an
Anzac-oriented pattern for terri
torial adjustments after Japan has
been defeated in the Pacific.
This move comes after Is months
OF United States participation in
the Pacific war zone, during which
American forces helped to defend
Australia and New Zealand. If this
agreement remains in force, Ameri-
cas- future political and strategical
security in this area will be seri-
ously impaired.
Comment on this document COM
ing from New Zealand and Australia
is naturally meager because in Gen.
Macarthur area there is a categor-
ical ban on outgoing cables discuss
ing controversial political matters.
CORRESPONDENTS there are strictly linn
tied by American military, as well as
Australian civil authorities, to war
news and routine political announce
ments. Free political clarification
thus being barred-the reason given
that American commentators inter-
pret censored pieces as conforming
to headquarters vieWs-little enlight-
enment can be expected from down
under.
Although impact of the pact will
doubtless be softened by followup
statements intended to mollify feel
ings already rufled in Washington
by the Anzac assumption of po-
litical initiative, it is clear already
that the chief, if not the only, pur-
pose of the pact was to launch a
strong bid for Pacific control before
the United States should invoke
its strategic needs.
The two members of the empire
agree to stand shoulder to shoulder
barring any bid for semi-American
sovereignty over the bases In Aus
tralia and New Zealand now used
by American forces and in many
cases constructed by them.
Claims Termed absurd"
Claims for bases from which
American submarines now leave for
harassing raids against japanese
shipping and where thousands OF
troops, aircraft supplies and lease
lend material have been unloaded
1fo Of ha tyryo Nf
the empire are called in a direct
statement by Herbert v. Evatt, Aus
tralia's Minister of External Affairs
absurd"
Such practice does not in it.
self afford any basis whatsoever
for territorial claims after hostili-
ties have been concluded" Evatt
declared.
| Nothing was revealed about what
provision the Anzacs plan to offer
in answer to the many American
official and unofficial announce
ments, ranging from Secretary
KnoX's repeated statements that
permanent bases were needed tc
the statement by Representative
Magnuson, chairman of the House
Naval Affairs Committee, that
continuance of American nava
bases on the Indian Ocean coast
of Western Australia. as we'll as
on the Eastern Pacific coast o1
Australia were indispensable.
In great detail the document also
excludes any American participation
in those former German inundated
territories which remain to be
captured.
Thus the AnZacs dispose of any
American hopes of acquiring Rabau
or Kavieng, Jap bases which have
Evening star., 1944-02-06
The Road Back to Paris
By A. J. Liebing. doubleday
Dorm


The war has not ruff1ed the ele-
CANT plumage of the New Yorker's
A. j. Liebling.
That gifted reporter visited a
number of its fronts. He was in
France at the time of the fall. He
was in England the summer of
l941. He was in Africa after the
Americans landed. He saw lot.
But he remained the uncorrupted
sophisticate. He saw irony.
Whether he was dogging the foot
steps Of Gen. de Gaulle for an
interview or crossing the sub-in-
Tested Atlantic on a slow freighter.
or lodging shells in the desert, he
still saw irony. And by just that
reason his book of memoirs, beside
those of the war is
earnest school of correspondents. is
like salted dish beside an unsalted
one.
To be sure, his technique of ex-
pressing his ironic appreciations be-
comes a bit monotonous in book
length; he is an essayist, not a his
Evening star., 1944-02-06
The New Books
Germany Will Try 1t Aooin


By Sigrid Schultz. (Reynal &
Hitchcock.)
What to Do With Germany
By Louis Nicer. fZif-Davis.J
Sigrid Schultz, correspondent of
the Chicago Tribune in Berlin and
for rs years resident of Germany,
Is convinced that Germany has
already begun to prepare for World
War III. In 1910, she says in her
book, the German general staff
perceived that 1t had probably lost
World War II. an eventuality which
1t had foreseen and for which it
had planned. 1t then and there
began to put its plans into action.
If, and when, the loss becomes cer-
tain, in Miss Schultz's well-in-
formed opinion, the first steps to-
ward World War III will already
have been taken, and Germany
hiding behind an ostensible defeat
and pleading for the pity of the
world, will be substantially on her
way to "try 1t again."
In the main, Miss Schultz's book
consists Of retracing of the story
of how. after World War I, Ger
many deceived the Allies and made
her former enemies unwittingly aid
her in getting ready for the present
assault. Most of this has been told
before, but there are some impor-
tant parts Of the tale which have
escaped general attention. One is
the part played by Russia, to which
Miss Schultz devotes special
chapter.
Dealing with the preparations
now going on for a new war. Miss
Schultz warns against "eight Trojan
horses" by which the Nazis hope,
she thinks, to gain a fresh start.
These are propaganda bogies. The
first, she says, is the idea that
America must have "a leader" and
that our Congress. with its system
Of debate, Is too cumbersome to
deal with present conditions. The
others she lists as the idea that
Naziism will protect free enterprise
from government ownership, which
otherwise must come; the old dan
ger of Russia again, race friction,
German invincibility, our tendency
to use forgiveness and sportsman
ship toward the vanquished and
distrust of our Allies.
Miss Schultz feels that the only
solution for the Nazi danger is to
surround Germany with a ring of
iron after the defeat and leave it
alone to fight out its own battles.
Louis Nicer, lawyer, covers the
same ground in his book as far as
warning Of new war effort goes.
He takes different tack, however,
in the matter Of solving the Ger
man menace. He believes in rigid
punishment Of all Nazi officials by
death or Imprisonment, according
to crimes, and, after that, re-edu-
cation OF German youth by means
Of an international university to be
stated by the best men Of all ma
tions.
Evening star., 1944-02-06

Mock the Nazis.
In Poland, children are forced te
sell Nazi newspapers. One chile
was found screaming in Polish to ar
uncomprehending Nazi: "Mr. Tenn
porary Citizen, do buy this paper
For If you don't who win?"
Britain's children fought In thu
blitz. Typical is Derrick Belfall
Boy Scout, aged IA. Appointed ar
ARP messenger, although under.
age, after he had pestered author
tiles for weeks, he worked with
grownups right through one of the
worst blitzes. Sent with message
through the blazing streets, he de.
livered 1t safely. On the way back
he passed a demolished house, hearc
a baby crying and rescued 1t. Ther
he came to a burning house. TAX.
ing his place at pump, he WORKED
alongside f1remen until the flame:
were under control. Some time latel
he was found in the street, gravely
injured. Just before he died, he
came to for a moment.
Messenger Derrick Belfall speak.
ing" he murmured. Il have deliv-
cred my message"
In a camp in Britain 500 diminu-
tive Polish Raj apprentices have
come to train as officers alongside
British boys. Previously they hao
been deported to Russia and released
under the alin-Sikorsky agree.
ment. Some had walked 400 mile.
to join the Polish Army in the Mid.
die East. Most Of them had lost
their parents.
Sixteen Is minimum age for thes,
apprentices. Many of the Polish
boys are 10, II, IL. Nothing cal
ma3o thnR oduaA& u
Evening star., 1944-02-06
War Books

Malta Epic, by Ian Hay Apple
ton -Century)-Another telling Of
Malta's superhuman resistance. Very
interesting.
United We Stand, by Basil Mat
thews Little, Brown)-A blueprint
for a better world after the peace.
The Army Reader, edited by 1t.
Col. Karl Deter (Bobbs- MerrilD "A
compilation of articles by leading
military and newspapermen covering
The outstanding aspects of the Army,s
| part in the war. Important.
Evening star., 1944-02-06
My Life With the Enemy
By Phyllis ArgaH. macmillan. }

By Phyllis ArgaH. (Macmillan.J J +;
This excellent and interesting book
traces the rise of totalitarianism in
the Island Empire in terms of the
authors life.
Phyllis Argall has spent many
years In Japan. She grew up there.
child In missionary family, and
in maturity taught and engaged in
missionary work herself. Later she
served as reporter for the London
news Chronicle and Japan News
Week. She was in close touch with
japanese political thought and also
had a practical acquaintance with
the japanese people She observed
the growth of totalitarianism under
the inspiration of Axis aid and prop
uganda. at the same time keeping
herself aware of various democratic
movements which, one by one, were
destroyed. For her articles against
the Fascist trend she was impris-
oned and was actually sentenced to
l8 months at hard labor, but was
exchanged as prisoner of war
bCloAC lidflllS W SCl VIC Vic CcIUl.
She writes with vividness and
precision, without sentimentality,
and has an important story to tell.
The Hero of Antietom
By Eulale Befel. (DuttonJ
This is not. as you might sup
pose, biography. 1t is not even
a novel built around the battle of
the same name. 1t is. briefly, the
story of two generals, Matthew
Yawn and Frederick Latreau, who
are flung together in the same Mid.
western town through their in
Movements, at various times, with
the same woman.
Gen. Yawn is the hero of Antie-
tam. In his loneliness, following the
Civil War, he marries a chamber
maid. At Henriettas request, he
takes her and her young son to an
Illinois town and buys house
across the road from the home Of
Gen. Latreau, who had once been
Henrietta's lover.
his WueS 1Ormer ASSOCIATIONS
with the town and the Latreau
family are unknown to Gen. Yawn,
but her attitude generally becomes
unbearable. When he can no longer
endure the turmoil of life under
the same roof with his wife, he
moves to the village inn. His asso-
citation with Adelaide Latreau, wife
of the other general, and his yearn-
ing to be invited as principal
speaker at the war memorial dedi-
cation carry the story forward to
a somewhat satisfying conclusion.
This is light reading. reasonably
we'll done, and certainly adequate
for a quiet evening at home.
NORMAN KAHL,
War Books
Malta Epic, by Ian Hay apple
Observation-Disclosures telling Of
Malta's superhuman resistance. Very
interesting
United We Stand, by Basil Mat
thews Little, Brown)-A blueprint
Evening star., 1944-02-06
By Mary.Carfer Roberts

torian. But so do the other boys
become monotonous. And a sea-
soned monotony, the reviewer sub
mits, Is better than the opposite
kind. -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05

knocked the heads of the two ladies
together and departed, slamming the
door behind him.
The marriage ceremony was scarce
ly over when Mrs. Terry launched her
tireless battle to undo il. She even
persuaded Joan TO spend most OF the
honeymoon with her.
During the following year, after
the birth of the Allanbys' son, Mrs
Terry chose his name. The major
didn't like IL. But mama and daugh-
ter hurried off to southern England
without inviting the major and the
child was christened- the name
favored by mama.
Allanby was upset. But he for
gave and forgot and he and his
wife got together again. They
made a go of it for two or three
years without serious disagree
ment. Then mama got busy anew.
Soon afterward, Joan went home
to mother with the child ito avoid
the risk of scarlet fever" Subse.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05

dOmicue at Bal
blair, Nairn, for
the coup de grace.
He was selected
10 tell the major
what a disgrace
full and cruel hus-
band he had been.
When the colo
mel arrive ed he
talked first with
mama and daugh-
ter. then he had
a chat with the
major and finally
concluded that the
one who really
had a grievance
was Allanby, and
not his wife.
Whereupon. in
accordance with
an old Scot Gus
tom, the colonel
lIncnrnmnninnSlX
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05

who "again and again fomented
feelings of i'll will In the wife against
her husband in a deliberate effort to
cause a break"
At the end of the 11-year campaign,
Mrs. Terry thought she had enough
on the major 20 send him back with
the Indian colonials. She marshaled
81 items Of cruel treatment OF her
daughter. She had time and place
documented. too. because throughout
her supervision of the marriage she
kade notes of untoward incidents.
The major was accused of scrub
bling his wife's face with a loaf of
bread of pushing her into a cold
fireplace and holding her there Is
minutes, of tweaking her nose before
servants, of heaving bread at her, of
boxing her ears, and of other indigni-
ties of "abominable cruelty"
At the climax Of the crusade, mama
modified what Lord Cooper, the Lord
Justice Clerk. described as "a stimuli
taneOUS assault from several fronts