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Evening star., 1944-07-14
De Mile Regretful
He Said Glamour
HOLLYWOOD

HULL WOJO.
c. B. De Mile. who invented the
Hollywood glamour girl, has long
since repented. He says that when
he took Gloria Swanson out of a
line of Mack Sennett bathing BEAU
ties and "glamourized" her-the very
term which he used at the time
he had no idea to what dismal
lengths the thing would lead.
The industry" he says sorrow
fully. has adapted glamour to mass
production. 1t puts all its girls
through the same mill and turns
them out as much alike as silver
dollars. Individualism has been
lost. Half the time I can't tell one
from the other
Evening star., 1944-07-14

open house on week ends for friends
In the armed services. The friends
started bringing their friends and
the friends brought their friends,
until Carol says the place now. re-
sen1bles a miniature USO during
rush hour every Saturday night and
Sunday.
Evening star., 1944-07-14

"oolNG MY WAY" Paramount pic
Stevens. with Barry Fitxserald, produced
and directed BY Leo McCarey, screen play
ny Frank Butler and Frank Cavett. At
Evening star., 1944-07-14
Marine Short Set
HOLLYWOOD

HULL WoOD.
&c. I. JOSIE" Marine Corps two
reeler, has been put into production
at the Warner Bros Burbank Stu
dio, with Andrea King and Warren
Douglas in the leading roles.
Crane Wilbur, who prepared the
script for &C. I. JOSIE" also will
direct.
Evening star., 1944-07-14

should have been better ending
after all that excitement.
4
Judging from the whistles emitted
from pit and balcony most of the
audience was there to hear Vaughn
Monroe. And II so they weren't
disappointed for Mr.. Monroe's s
brasSes seemed to have something to
suit everybody, especially that med
ley of "Amoro, Tangerine" and "I1l
Get By" which the leader sang him.
self. A male quartet went to work
on "Stout-Hearted Men" and an
other medley from THE Student
Prince" A drum solo to the tune of
II Got Rhythm" threatened to
break up the show before Mr.. Mon
roe and the drummer responsible
could bow their way out.
Evening star., 1944-07-14

HNHG0H4AR COZ King St.-Alex. 0270,
41S0OE24A0 Mat. Daily. Air Cooled.
BUSTER CRABBE as BILLIE THE KID"
VALLEY OF VENGEANCE"
Evening star., 1944-07-14
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. G.
FRIDAY lUiY L. lAA.
Going My Way at Palace,
Years Most Engaging Film
By JAY CARMODY.

Every other along that
ulcerou depc movegoer dancing singing
Such Going which at
the Palace mobs for
and precious quality Of ain"
Evening star., 1944-07-14

1T. HAPPENED TOMORRoW." II
United Artists, picture, starring Dick
Powell and Linda Darnell with Jack
Oakie, directed by Rene Clair, produced /
BY Arnold PressburEer. from 4 screen
play By Dudley Nichols and Rene Clair,
At the Capitol.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-06
Highway Department
Plans Maintenance

LANSING - (P) - The State
Highway Department announc-
ed Monday a program for re-
pair of concrete pavement to
preserve trunk lines under war
time conditions.
The Department will take
bids June Ia in Lansing for
patching jobs on trunk lines in
Bay, Calhoun, Eaton, Gratiot,
lngham, lonia, Isabella, Jack
son, Lenawee, Macomb, Mid
land, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oak
land, Oceana, Ottawa, Saginaw,
Shiawassee, st. Clair, Tuscola
and Wayne Counties estimated
10 cost about S460,000.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-06

names will not be known un-
til Ii is over Their biggest
secret weapon" is their own
endurance and ingenuity
nurtured by a months long
toughening up period of
hand-tO-hand combat and in
| vaSiOn training They are
well fitted for the great task
ahead.
WE'VE NOTICED in dis
patches from England the names
of Pfc. Albert Pingle, 1872 North
Gratiot, Mount Clemens .
Pvt. Claude Miller, New Haven
Pvt. Alexander F. Taylor
29145 Senator, Roseville .
Pfc. Erwin d. Shaw, 2l680 Sun
set, Van Dyke Sgt. Walter
Piontowoski, of Memphis +.
Cpl. Harold w. Shovan, Of Rich
mond Cpl. Max w. McCol-
10y, 22112 Hoffman, st. Clair
Shores Pvt. John r. No
yak, 1903 Essex, Van Dyke :.
Pfc. Ernest d. Ireson, East De
troit and for want of space
and full official lists We'll
just let them stand before you
as symbols Of the boys you know
who are right in the thick Of
it,"
They needed your encOur-
agement to make the sacrifice
They needed your war
bonds and stamps to be well
equipped and nOurished
They needed your letters and
gift-packages to keep up their
spirits NOW they need
your prayers, to protect their
lives and give them swift vic
tory!
PRA CTIC ALLY ALL
CHURCHES within your city, or
village and even the little
crossroads churches in country
hamlets are open today as
token of this nations unanimous
plea TO God for victory as the
only sure means of ending this
bloodshed, sacrifice and suffer-
ing.
Our national leaders urge
us and our hearts compel
us to bend our knees in
humble and contrite prayer
for success of our Allies arms
in battle, and the safety of our
fighting men Let us also
pray for the courage that must
fOrtify those whose loved ones
will make the Supreme Sacri-
flee.
Let there be no hilarity or
celebration; no boisterous toast
lngs or convivial gaiety
for Invasion is bloody word.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-06
Father Disk
Dies in Crash
Pedestrion Killed
on Van Dyke Avenue

CENTER LINE-Richard H.
Payne. 43-year-old Center Line
war plant worker and father OF
SIX children. was killed instant
ly at 430 a. m. Sunday as he
walked South on Van Dyke
avenue between the 10 and IA
mile roads.
According to Macomb county
Coroner William d. Clyne;
Payne, who made his home at
1925 Mckinley avenue, Center
Line was fatally injured by a
car driven by Edwin Boettcher
% years of age. of 8l7O Fifteen
Mile road. Sterling township.
Boettcher told State Police OF
the Center Line detachment that
he did not see the pedestrian
until he was within six or seven
feet Of him and that he had been
unable to avoid striking him. He
Immediately called State Police
10 the scene and was released
pending completion of a state
ment which he made to the Ma
comb county prosecuting attor-
ney on Monday.
Payne is survived by his
wife, Viola, by five daughters,
Oma, Orlce. Onetia. Dolores and
Joyce Ann and by one son, Hor-
ace. He was a lathe operator in
the employ Of the Westinghouse
Naval Ordnance plant in Warren
township.
Final rites for Mr.. Payne will
be held Wednesday morning at
9 o'clock from st. Clements
Catholic church with burial at
Sacred Heart cemetery, Rose
vile. The Rev. FIR. A. j. MAYER
will conduct the services which
have been arranged by the Sper-
Itch Funeral chapel.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-06
Fog is(ause
Of Auto Crash
Poor Visibility
Cited in Report

Heavy fog which cut visibility
TO nearly zero was blamed for
an early-morning auto collision
Monday at Van Dyke and Run
yon roads. according to State
Police of Romeo Post. One per-
son was injured in the accident.
In another accident Sunday
evening. at Ryan and Hamlin
roads, both drivers were held
responsible in the State Police
report, because neither stopped
at the intersection which is post
ed for a double stop. Two per-
sons were injured in this crash.
Drivers in the fog bound &C
cident were Donald l.: Ray, 80.
of Almont. who was going south
on Van Dyke, and Dorothy A.
kreger, %. Of 9416 Garfield
road, who was going west on
Runyon road, crossing Van
Dyke. Both cars were badly
damaged, and Miss Dorothy
kemps, %, Of Romeo Plank
road. was taken TO st. Joseph
Hospital for injuries.
At 1855 p. m, Sunday. cars
driven by Ferdinand j. Schultz,
so. Of Royal Oak. and Steve
Barth, 25, of Detroit, collided al
Ryan and Hamlin. Mrs. Marian
Schultz, 40 and Leonard Blank,
48. of Royal Oak, were hospital
lied for injuries.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-06
NickeIodeon Of Other Dovs
Had Nothing on Chinese One
American Hos Fun Watching Chunsknss
Version Of Movie Show; Mony ObstoeIss

thee youth Woontil eyeeV
sWWrVed awouut three wreeWSt
aWuuX mems p wnnetewn-
Shurray."
II continues like that for two
or three reels. Then there's a
surge Of current. The screen be-
comes white glare. The sound
blasts your ears back against
the wall.
REELS JUMBLED Up
Now you're listening to Spen-
Ger Tracy saying, in a falsetto
voice, Maryur thonly grl yver
fit sway bout aniv vided can t
do thoutya.'
Whereupon he makes a fast
pass at the lady, that looks like
the start of rabbit-punch, but
turns out to be an embrace.
All this nibht not prove too
confusing if the operator could
read English. But lacking that
ability, he feeds in the reels on
a strictly ad lib basis-fifth aft
er second. fourth before third
Somehow he manages to get the
show started with reel one and
ends II with the concluding one,
but II would take a detective 10
follow what's going on between.
The first time, you find this
confused and confusing business
The second time YOU
are annoyed, and by the third
time you've either adopted the
'What-the hell, it's a movie at
titude or you pass up the offer
Of a ticket III favor of a good
lively, year-old magazine.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-06
Gen. Pershinq
SoIutes the
Big Push

WASHINGTON, June 6 -lP
- Gen. John j. Pershing, who
commanded american armies in
France in the World War. is.
sued the following statement
following the announcement that
a new eXpeditionary force had
landed in France:
American troops have land
ed in western Europe.
AS the overmaStering mill
tary might OF the Allies advances
1t will be Joined by the men of
the occupied countries, whose
land has been overrun by the
enemy but whose spirit remains
unconquered.
'Twenty-Six years ago Amer
lean soldiers, in cooperation with
their allies, were locked in NOR
tai combat with the German
enemy. Their march of victory
was never halted until the en-
envy laid down his arms in de-
feat. The American soldier of
l9l7-l9l8, fighting in war Of
liberation, wrote by his deeds,
one OF the most glorious pages of
military history.
To-day, the sons OF American
soldiers of l9l7-l9l8 are engag-
cd in a like war o. liberation. 1t
IS their task to bring freedom
to peoples who have been en-
shaved l have every confidence
that they, together with their
gallant brothers in arms, Will
win through to victory"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-06

II someone had suggested i,
when American factories were
still pro ducin chromium
trimmed automobiles and wash
ing machines, and fresh army re-
crults were training with wood
en- guns and stovepipe mortars,
they would have been laughed
down
II 1t had been publicized
when the British were holed in
at TObruk; when the fierce
japanese hOrdes Overran Hong
Kong and Singapore; when
our fleet was blasted from ac-
ton at Pearl Harbor, or when
desperate men fought in vain
at Wake, and Bataan and Cor
regidor, such writing would
have been regarded as drivel
wishful thinking
fOOlishncss.
Democracy, as never before in
history, had its back TO the wall,
and was fighting tooth and nail
against hordes of barbarians
steadily pressing on for the kill.
Now it's Invasion by us!
BattIe-wise and toughened
by victories In North Africa,
Sicily, Corsica, Italy and else
where; their path softened by
months Of aerial blitzkrieg of
the Occupied Countries and
Germany, even to the extent
Of 6,O00-pIane raids in one day
the warriors Of England
and her DOminiOns, and the
sons of America, have now
launched the Grand Assault
on fortress Europe May
God be at their side to VIC
tory!
THE MEN OF Mount Clemens
and Macomb County of
New Haven. St. Clair Shores,
Richmond, Roseville, Utica, Van
Dyke and every hamlet and viii
lage are in II Not even the
Commanding Generals head
quarters could furnish at this
time a complete list of every Ma
comb County man in the big
push But who ever they
are, wherever they are fighting,
we can rest assured they are
equipped with the best weapons
America can forge. and fortified
with courage which springs from
the knowledge that they are
for the things that are
right.
Here and there from the re-
cent news of this army's train
ing and combat preparation
for the invasion, we recall the
names OF men who are in il
They are but symbols of
the long list of others whose
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-06
Norwegian Ruler
Sends out WARNING

NEW YORK, June 8 -(P)-
King Haakon of Norway in an
invasion broadcast today to his
homeland warned his people
aga inst premature uprisings,
said a broadcast from Supreme
Headquarters, Allied Expedi-
tionary Force, heard by NBC.
The King broadcast special or
ders to both organized and UNI
organized resistance groups in
Norway.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-06

ON A II A. Neb. 49, CU.P) -
SPEBSQSA is the diminutive
form OF the name OF a Nebraska
organization Il stands for So
ciety for the Preservation and
encouragement of Barber Shop
Quartet Singing IN America, and
Is an ohShoot of Ak Sar-Ben. a
state service organization.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-06
King George Speaks
al ) p. N. Today

NEW YORK, June 6 Up
The London Tadio, in a broad
cast recorded by the Federal
communications Commits o n
said that King George VI would
deliver a special broadcast to
night at 8 p. m. London time.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-06
& in the DAY @.
By D. A.
By d. A.

INVASION OF NAZI EUROPE! Not since the history Of
conquest first written sandstone sobs the land of the
Phaoohs hos such momentous conceived and
stoeed.
II had been discussed when the bothered British we're
wadn9 boodflecked voters off the beach Of Dunrk In
voson OF Europe would have been bitterly cruel joke
II the subject had been brooched when the uwoffe held
freedom OF the dir bzed London four eors oeo would
have been dreop
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-06
CLOSE RIVALS

BOSTON - W.P - The only
thing Atty. Joseph McDonough
has TO do 10 check up on his
opponents for the Democratic
nomination for attorney general
is open his office door. Attys.
John Backus and Francis Harri-
gan have offices across the hail.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-06
BY WALTER G. RUMBLE

| United Press staff CorrespondenD
| CHUNGKING- U.P) - It's
announced at dinner that there
is movie showing at the Chi
nese Ministry of Information
building, and you innocently
ask the name Of the picture.
Listen TO the guy" someone
says. Its picture, amt it?
Whadda va want in Chungking
the Music Hall Rockettes?"
Entertainment is scarce in
China, so you let the crack pass.
After all, you're glad enough TO
see movie, regardless Of what
it is.
It'll probably get going
about or $780, you're told as
you're handed a ticket. De
ponds on the current"
That's difficulty you can
sympathize with readily enough.
because you've already learned
that during the early evening
hours Chungking's 220-v oft
power falls so low it barely Will
illuminate l10-volt light bulb.
LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF
You kill the time until bit
after nine and then elbow your
way IN and find place on one
Of the rows of crowded, wooden
benches. And you fidget in your
seat while the operator blinks
the rights off and on while at
tempting TO get the protector
threaded and the sound work
ing.
The title Riff Raft flashes
Oh the screen in dim, jumpy let
tiers which strike a responsive
note somewhere in the back Of
your mind. You're pretty sure
you saw the picture back about
1888 or 1884.
There's another feeble fanfare
of trumpets and you catch the
blurred caption, With Jean
Harlow and Spencer Tracy" be-
fore the film breaks again. Dur
ing the next couple Of breaks in
the frlm you find yourself won
dering if the Platinum Blonde
was as terrific as you used TO
think.
SIX FALSE STARTS
Finally, after half a dozen
false starts, the film gets under
way to a Wavering, discordant
wall OF music.
The power still in low and
the images appear upon the
screen as nebulouS, hay out
lines, gesticulating in shoW-mo- .
ton and altering doom-like pro-
nouncements from the depths Of
some great cavern.
JaaWaan eyee w cove
Jean Harlow mutters in
a mouthfilled- wih-mush bass
voice, "bawwt eyee cawwn't
nayey mawey tewerrum eeiun
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-06
CIGARETTE SHAKF-UP

MEXICO CITY - (U.P) - A
decree by President Manuel
Avila Camacho has declared the
Mexican cigarette industry sat-
urated and provides means TO
spread manufacture more evenly
among the big and small COM
panies.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-06
NO GAS PROBLEM

BOSTON - U.p = The rigo-s
of gasoline rationing don't faze
/. Lawrence Davis. dean OF Bos-
ION University's College of Prac-
teal Arts and Letters. He drives
a 25-year-old electric runabout
Post script., 1944-10-06

OUV ullADNlV Y llh0NOlN
Party:-
IRIS. SUE lCANALIY CHURCH gave
a steak dinner party at the -BRITE
SPOT on Friday night Sept 10. Guests
were MAJOR and MRS. CLAUDE C. OFENS,
FIR. and MIS-. JOHNS, mrs. TFELlA ARM
sTRO,Q .Tss ~Grs7N LoCNR, MRS. IRENE
HQFFlAN, 1t. HURERT mUPP and CAPT.
GENGT JOHANSEN. -
Ner Jobs:- '''"'
''.' 'Rs: kEVA -PUEtocK, activities
director Of the Fry USO, goes to 'hsin
Street EO, in Tona pah, Nevada. She
has been st the Fort since February.
lR. ERIC RHODE, Ira lining Film
Librery Co-ordina tor, left londay to
supervise the Tre eining Filn Library
at Camp Cook, California.
Vacation:-
IRIS. IDA WALNR, longtime
ca shier at PIX l, is va ca tioning in
the Southland.
Visitirr:-
lRs. BEUIAH sHAT, San Diego,
Calif., is visiting her sister, MRS.
ALlA MCCLELLAN, in Fonnie Pink.
Farewells -
RS. FARTIENIA RUSSELL, SOC
ial hostess and program director for
Service Club Eo.1 for the last twenty
three months; is returning to her
hone in Langston, okle., "for long
rest"
IRIS. EDlA '(sCorTIF) SCOTT, tob
aconist at PX l, is leaving Oct. 18th
for Brooklyn, N. Y. She'll be missed af
ter having been serving Hua chucans for
more than two and ha II years.
lRs. NEcIE sTRoUTHFPs, hostess
ct the Tounta inviev Ness, is company
ing NC CILTrTIEn on the drive Ea st
Since The ste ton compI Iement at Fort
Hua clcu & is soon to be half military
and e IF civilian, We hope to increase
out civilian news in order the t we nay
Post script., 1944-10-06

4JZZkE !. !]1]g L DIG {
Tiger, Tiger, in the gloom
Of your iron-ca ged room
Did you not regret your roars.
And yearn for freedom Of outdoors?
Pfc. Edwa I'd Prea cher' Hinton, bats,
bibles and all, is enroute to new
sta on in Louisiana. He was grand
guy and almost Fort fixture. WE'LL
all miss him.
Spending brie ef va C. tion with hub
by, Pvt. Irving Ashbv, is wicey, Mrs.
Corinne Ashby, Of Los Angeles, Calf.
MRS. AIS skill in tipping cones in han
dily at the P office, where Pvt.
is doing whole lot Of art editing.
California -bound is lst/sgt. Willie
Phillips, former top-kic OK Of Post H.
Det. veteran Of battles in the Pac-
ific islands, Sgt. PHILLIPS real help
to over -seas bound GIs will stand them
in good stead.
Fall or Spring, maria ges rema in the
order Of the day at Hua chuca. last
weekend it was Capt. Roy P. Garrett
who wed Pfc. Carmen Jones in FL Paso,
Texas. She is surgi ca / technician
end he pla site surgeon.
"Kwi OK" lessons in Spanish are in
demand at Tent City where the newly
arrived Signa linen hang out. Some Of
man coom a7m TOO anvil oc1r to
cross the border and add fuel to the
Flames Of the "Good neighbor policy.
Retired Sgt .McFi lie James cuts away
from Hua chuca after having spent a mi l
lion years here to accept government
work in San francisco, Califcrnia.
Post script., 1944-10-06

Retired Sgt .McFil1ie James cuts ava
from Hua chuca after having spent mi
lion years here to accept government
work in San francisco, California.
Post script., 1944-10-06

Tiger, Tiger, in the gloom
Of your iron-ca ged room
Did you not regret your roars
And yearn for freedom Of outdoors?
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-30
Inquest Slated
On Auto Death

Inquest into the death of w. w.
(Jake) Tison. victim Of a traffic
accident was scheduled in El Centre
for 1890 a. m Monday, Deputy
County Coroner A. T. Lyons an
nounced Saturday.
Meanwhile officers from Modesto
were en- route to FL Centre with
warrants for Robert Walter Port
low, jefferson Davis Snow and
William Junior Jaynes, who were
passengers in the car which col
lided with the Tison car at Sixth
and He'll streets Thursday night.
The car was driven by William
Ernest Cotter of Imperial The Mo-
desto officers said the three pas
sengers were wanted on charges Of
burglary and forgery. The driver
and passengers are held in the
county jail in FL Centre.
Funeral arrangements were not
complete Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-30

LANSING, Mich. Jan. %. (UP)
A four-point program to eneour-
age the fullest international flow
of news was proposed Saturday b.
Hugh Baillie. president of the Unit
ed Press, in an address at the
anniversary dinner of the Michigan
Press association.
The program I suggest" Baillie
said. is one in which free COM
petition is recognized as funda-
mental because the flow of world
news never can be too full or too
free. 1t is based on the principle of
free and fair competition in news
gathering and distribution for
which the United Press has fought
and campaigned in virtually every
country of the world since the UP
was founded in 1907.
OUTLINES VIEWS
1T would provide freedom to
compete in gathering news every
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-30
ODT Imperial
Office Closes

The Imperial county office of
Defense Transportation unit which
has been handled by Ray Magness,
will be closed Monday.
The office, which has ben open
here several months to expidite
work in the valley, will be trans
ferred to the San Diego district.
The branch originally placed in
the valley because of the incon-
venience caused nearly $500 truck
ers in the valley which include
farm owners with pick-ups and the
larger operators with .semi-trailer
units.
1t is understood that the plan TO
check all trucks travelling through
the valley empty and going to the
coast for return loads also has
been postponed.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-30
Dyess' Partner
In Escape
Relates Story
IConfinlpd IT0nl b

tContinued from page J.
for latrines ana the stencil was
terrible.
We had had only rice and wor-
my potatoes for a couple of months
before We surrendered but it was
good compared to what We got.
After We surrendered the JapS
grouped some of US around artillery
objeetives being shelled from Cor
regidor SO that We were killed by
our own artillery.
We lived worse than pigs. There
were two water spigots for six
thousand Of us. I stood in line for
eight hours for a drink. We were
kept for a while in a shack with
a tin roof where the temperature
must have been 125 degrees. We
were there three days and got a
handful of wormy rice and a little
water.
They'd stuck us out in the sun
for hours without protection. Thai
was "the sun treatment"
My weight got down to 90
pounds. It is usually about $50"
Grashio joined the army Sept.
8, 1910, and wears the distinguished
service cross and two silver stars.
Just released from an army hos
pital, he soon will go to Washing
ton TO tell details of his story to
army officials there.
No details of his escape with
Dyess were permitted. They got
away, he said, sometime last Octo-
Der after more than six months
under the japanese heel.