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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-14

borrowed their seerstaflog copies, stopped ansWefing the telephones, too, and two days later had Para. mount buy the screen rights.
 Mickey Rooneyb first date on a i0adAy furlough in Hollywood was with his estranged wife, Ava oar- diner.
 The Andrews Sisters have named their San Fernando Valley ranch ''T'he Elght-to-the-1lar Ranch"
 Accuracy loses another round in Hollywood's battle between fact and fable. Ginger Rogers plays a gel just released from prison in "fli Dc Seeing You" The makeup dee partment gave her Q gray fnake- up to emphasize prison palloF. pro- ducer Dore SohAry took one look and said, "rake that stuff off. She
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-14

Bernard, Frederic Franklin of the Ballet Russo de Monte Carlo, which has supplied an entire troupe for the proceedings, is the principal dancer although the com panys star, Alexandra Danilova, also is on hand. She has only one spot in the second act,
 The show has been beautifully mounted by Lemuel Ayres, who did the scenery for "Oklahomal" Ed win Lester, director of the Los Angeles and San Francisco Civic Light Opera, is the producer of record and generally responsible for the production, George Balan- chine supervised the dancing,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-14

However the people associated with the Los Angeles and San Francisco Civic Light Opera did 1t in this operetta based on the person and music of the great Norwegian composer, Edward 0rieg, It had successful runs in both coast cities during the spring and early summer and, with the aid of some New York financing, was brought here to the Imperial Theater with the original principals and ensem- ble,
 The music of 0rieg has been combed for the best melodies adapt- able to use as popular" songs, Some of the works used are "A-Mlnor Concerto" Norwegian Dance, .To Spring" Water Lily" Poem Fro. tique," and 'Tch Liehe Dlch." Music from the Peer Gynt" suite is used for Q ballet in the second act
 The musical adaptations and lyrics are the work of Q couple of newcomers to Broadway, Robert Wright and George Forrest, and the story is by Milton Lazarus, who adapted 1t from a play by Thomas Curran.
 Misplaced Comedy
 The book is no better or worse than the general run of those found in operettas, People who do these things stin seem to think that 1t is mandatory that Q certain amount of so-called comedy be forced into the scripts whether the circumstances are amenable to 1t or not. This particular story of 0rieg does not make for natural humor SO the result here is pretty pathetic. The lyrics are excellent in some cases and very bad in others.
 There is no pretense in the story to giving an accurate version of Griegs career, which, of course, Is nothing against 1t so long as 1t makes no such claim. 0rieg is shown as young man who Is taken away from his native Nor- way by an opera singer who Is Q countess. She has a yen for him but also Is genuinely taken with his music and introduces him around the continent to further his career. After he marries his childhood sweetheart she tries to break them up but is thwarted when Grieg feels the call to 20 back to his native land. In the play the death of his poet col- laborator, Richard Nordraak, is used as the motive that sends him home.
 The music and the singing are the saving graoes of the show, Tn the role of Grieg sa handsome young baritone named Lawrence Brooks, who does a fine Job in his first Broadway chance. The Metro polttan Opera singer, Ira Petina, does well with the role of the countess and other outstanding performances are by Robert Scha. fer as Nordraak and Helena Bliss as Grieg's sweetheart.
 Others in prominent roles are Walter Kingsford, Philip White, Ivy Scott, Sig Arno and Robert
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-14

slmOne Simon, in her role of the French girl in "Nfademoiselle Fifl," heroine of the anco-Prusslan War of 1870. In this drama based upon de Maupassant stories, she ls forced to endure the attentions of Q Prussian lancer captain, played by Kurt Kreuger, under pressure by less patriotic fellow citizens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-14

tor Billy Wilder buzzed his seere. tary Helen Hernandez, one morn. ing several months ago. lie wanted her to check luncheon date with producer Joe Sistrom. Helen didn't answer. He investigated, found her curled up on Q couch, completely absorbed in the book Double 1n- demnity," So he telephoned Sistrom himself, eistrom's phone didn't an- swer secretary reading Double Indemnity" Wilder and SiStroin
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-14
CLAUDETTE COLBERT SHOWS
 LEGS

Ciaudette Colbert's famous legs will get another screen airing in ParamountS Practically Yours" The famous gaTns, having been un. der wraps recently. come to light In Q bedroom sequence In the film.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-14

Jackie Jenkins, moppet star of M- G-Ms National Velvet" will be seven years old this week, and wants another big dog for @ present He already has a full grown St, Ber- nnrd.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-14
BUG-KILLER

Munitions for front-line fighting in mans endless defensive war against insects are supplied in the form of a series of new double salts of nicotine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-14
Up And Down Broadway
BY JACK CAvER United Press Drama Editor

NEW xORCuPlThe first big show of the season ia song of Norway which unique in that production that orig esa o the west Coast instead of New productions outside New York enough these days for an oander to epend more than Nooo00 on hlg muca show
Evening star., 1944-02-10
EIIer
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announced yesterday. Mrs. Eller ex-
planned that her son was confident
Of doing big things in the Pacific
and had promised In previous letters
that she would see him in Newspaper
accounts.
NJ. Eller. .. retired businessman
Evening star., 1944-02-10

troll Of rail lines and highways
leading to the port OF Susak, a few
miles east OF the Italian naval base
Of Fiume.
Thirty miles below Susak in Lika
Province in Croatia Axis troops and
Partisans were locked in battle be-
tween Semi and Ogulin with results
so far indecisive. One hundred and
twenty-five miles down the coast a
German column was ambushed and
routed at the town of Sinj. Is miles
northeast Of the port OF Split.
Partisan raiders operating in
Slavonia just north of Zagreb de-
stroyed the railway line connecting
the towns Of Krizevci. Oprivnica
and Bjelova, Tito's bulletin said.
Sporadic fighting was reported
from other sectors of the irregular
front, with units of the Yugoslay
10th Division falling back before
numerically superior forces in
Northern Dalmatia after infiictina
heavy losses on the enemy.
Evening star., 1944-02-10
Wallace Says Industry
Must Help Postwar
Plans or Face Ruin
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Feb. l0.-In a warning
to the managers controlling our
great corporations" in the postwar
era, Vice President Wallace de-
clared last night that "the people
will smash their system unless they
are willing to furnish such active
leadership in whole-hearted Coop
Grafton with labor and Government
as will prevent serious unemploy-
ment."
The Vice President, in the final
address Of his West Coast tour, said
talk OF postwar national income OF
500, ,000, ,000, 900 year was setting
the goal too low because such a level
would leave about 10000 900 persons
unemployed.
I'VE can't accept that" he told a
meeting OF Democratic, civic and
labor groups.
Warns Of American Fascism.
I'm this fight Of the people it is
quite possible for those who control
the big corporatio to gum up our
system so that 1t cannot work. It Is
possible for an incipient American
Fascism to precipitate a depression
which will defeat all the desires of
labor and Government and most of
business.
Personally. I think they are too
enlightened today to do a thing Of
that kind. Statements by the presi-
dents Of the United States Chamber
OF Commerce and the National AS
sociation Of Manufacturers indicate
that they realize there has been a
great change in the moral as we'll
as the business climate"
The Vice President also spoke
highly Of the Russian work -incen-
tive idea; decried what he termed
a Wall Street practice Of scarcity
economics; outlined a system OF in
ternational barter, whereunder the
peaceful" nations of the world
would exchange and build up sup
Evening star., 1944-02-10

plies Of war-strategic materials to
guarantee protection against sud-
den attack, and said postwar taxes
would continue to be heavy.
Build Up Supplies.
"One Of the best ways to make
sure that there will not be another
war is to build up, in all the peace
full countries Of the world. such
large supplies Of the materials Of
which each is short, that no friendly
nation anywhere In the world will
ever be caught helpless by sudden
attack" he declared.
The Vice Presidents suggested
barter system would work like this:
II Russia, for example. wanted ma
chine tools after this war she would
pay for them In terms OF manganese
and platinum. Of which she has a
surplus.
Evening star., 1944-02-10

and air-raid warden in his area, also
disclosed that he had written his son
letter about q week ago in which
he said he would not be satisfied
with Donald's new ship knocking out
anything as small as a Jap de-
stroyer Il told him I wanted some
thing bigger"
When the Burns was commits
stoned last year, Mr.. Eller went to
Charleston. s. c., for the ceremony
and met all the officers and crew.
Mrs. Eller said Comdr. Eller special
lied In gunnery and had 1t as his
hobby" She added, Il guess that
had something to do with his latest
exploits"
Comdr. Eller was born here June
%, 1908; was graduated from the
Petersburg (VaD High School and
from the Naval Academy in 1929. He
twice returned to Annapolis fol-
postgraduate work in gunnery. Hil
wife, Mrs. Dorothy Wood Eller, and
9-year-old son, David, are living in
Miami. They were married in Bal
tlmOre IN 1880.
Has Seen Varied Service.
Comdr. Eller holds campaign rib
bons for service in Nicaragua, on
the Yangtze patrol. in the North
African invasion and at Wake Island
and the Gilbert Islands.
The Burns is q 2,10O-ton destroyer
OF the Fletcher class, mounting
eight 5-inch guns and 10 21-inch
torpedo tubes. She was launched
at the Charleston Navy Yard Au-
gust 8, 1912.
Mr.. Eller recalled that his son in
recent letter boasted that the
Burns could do everything but
talk" and that its f1repower would
do the talking in Jap language"
Evening star., 1944-02-10
Fuel Oil
Continued From First PapeD

on Tuesday and will be good through
September 80.
Meanwhile. Secretary of Interior
1ckes. as petroleum administrator,
warned that the East Coast supply
OF gasoline and fud oil Is facing
= crucial test. From now on, he
added. there will be . race between
limited transportation and heavy
winter consumption.
Mr.. Ickes said he hoped that con-
servation measures now in effect
would make 1t possible for con-
sumers to squeeze through, with
only brief and local shortages"
Fuel oil shipments to the East,
Mr.. Ickes explained, are nearly $780,
900 barrels per day larger than those
at this time last year. but military
demands have more than counter
balanced the gain.
Ralph X. Davies. deputy admins
traitor, said there was no thought at
present Of reducing civilian alloca-
tions Of petroleum on the East Coast
during the first quarter of the year
He said car shipments to the East
were 685 $40 barrels a day last week,
against a goal of 100000 barrels.
Evening star., 1944-02-10
Allied Leaders Cite
Higher U-Boat Toll,
Cut in Ship Losses
Ey the Associated Pres,

Iy the Associated Press.
The Allies destroyed more U-boats
in January than in December, q
joint Anglo american statement
said last night, while merchant ship
tonnage sunk by enemy submarines
was among the lowest monthly
figures for the whole war"
The statement, issued under the
authority Of President Roosevelt
and Prime Minister Churchill. said
the higher toll OF Nazi undersea
craft was exacted despite diminish
ing opportunities to attack them.
1t advised that German claims of
sinking Allied ships should be ig-
nored because they are grossly
exaggerated" and issued for propa-
ganda purposes. The statement
said:
"The year 1914 has opened with
a very satisfactory first month for
the Allies in their continued cam
paign against the U-boat.
I'm spite OF the limited opportuni-
ties to attack U-boats owing to the
extreme caution exercised by them,
more were destroyed in January
than in December. This has been
accomplished by unrelenting Of
Evening star., 1944-02-10
London Press Severely Critical
Of Church Opposition to Raids

make him our pattern, or attempt
to beat competitors at that market.
Challenging what he termed waa
the Allied program Of blotting out
German cities area by area, the
Bishop Of Chichester asserted:
The policy Is obliteration, openly
acknowledged. That Is not a justi-
liable act Of war"
Lord Lang, the former DR.. Cosmo
Gordon Lang, who was made 4
baron after his resignation as head
OF the Church Of England on jan
uary 81, l942. said:
Recent attacks upon cities like
Hamburg, Frankfurt and Berlin
seem to me to 90 long way beyond
what hitherto has been the declared
policy Of the government and the
bomber command"
He said the British government
early in the war announced q pol
icy limiting attacks to definitely
military targets or their immediate
neighborhood "and not directly and
purposelessly to involve the destruc-
ton Of the lives and homes OF peo-
ple."
Replying as leader of the upper
house of Parliament, Lord Gran
borne said the Raj never had in
dulged in pure terror raids and de-
cleared that 80 per cent OF the Ger
man tighter plane strength now was
tied down to combat Allied attacks
a fact which he declared has
greatly facilitated the efforts of our
heroic Russian Allies to liberate
their own country from the Nazi
yoke"
He said ''it certainly is not the
governments intention to drop
bombs in the precincts of Vatican
City nor, if it can be avoided, on
the city OF Rome"
Reminding his listeners that Rot
terdam and Warsaw were battered
and destroyed by the Germans be-
fore single British bomb fell on
German soil, Lord Cranborne said
War, which Is a horrible thing
cannot be carried on without suf-
fering even to those not Immediately
responsible for the conflict. In the
circumstances today We cannot ex-
pect to find the means of conduct
ing hostilities without suffering"
Lord Cranborne reported that the
entire Krupp armament works, COW
ering 2 square miles, had been de-
stroyed at Essen and that bombing
attacks last summer on Hamburg
cost the Germans 400, ,000, 900 man.
hours.
1T is to me full justification fol-
the present bombing campaign" he
said. II cannot give the Bishop OF
Chichester any hope that we shall
abate our bombing policy. On the
contrary, we shall continue it in in
creasing power and with more crush
ing effect until the final victory is
assured"
Evening star., 1944-02-10
hazi Radio Confirms
Lima CavaIIierii' Death
In Raid on Florence
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. Feb. l0.-Lina Caval-
lieri, washerwomanI daughter who
won fame as an opera singer and
married q prince, was killed Monday
in an Allied air raid on Florence
Italy, 4 DNB dispatch broadcast by
the Berlin radio said yesterday. In
conclusive reports Of her death were
broadcast earlier in Rome.
She was born in Rome In 1874 and
became a renowned soprano who
was reputed to have received $500, 900
for 4 season with the Metropolitan
Opera in New York in 1907.
Her first husband was Prince Alex
ander Bariatinsky and later she
was married to Robert Winthrop
Chanler, artist grandson OF John
Jacob Astor. and to Lucien Mura-
tore, noted tenor.
Mr.. Chanler, who died October "a,
1880, from chronic heart ailment,
was familiarly known as Sheriff
Bob" as the result of a term as
sheriff Of Dutchess County. N. Y.
Wealthy and socially prominent,
he was a direct lineal descendant
of Peter Stuyvesant, governor of
the Dutch colony of New Amster-
dam.
His marriage to the opera star
was turbulent one, ending in
Paris divorce January 3, 1912 The
difnculties of the couple were fol-
lowed in the newspapers throughout
Europe and America and resulted
in famous bon mot" OF that
decade.
Reading that Mr.. Chanler had
mortgaged New York real estate for
5000, 600 to make settlement with
his wife, his brother, John Arm
strong Chaloner, a lawyer who had
changed his name because of a quar-
rel inside the family and who had
been adjudged insane in New York,
but sane in Virginia and North
Carolina, telegraphed Who's looney
now?"
Mr.. Chanler was buried in his
favorite paint-daubed white over
alls and smock. He left two non-
taxable trust funds totaling nearly
$500yo0O, but an appraisal showed
his taxable estate As a deficit.
Evening star., 1944-02-10

fensivs action Of our surfacs and
air forces.
THE amount Of merchant ship
tonnage sunk by U-boats during
January, 1914, is among the lowest
monthly figures for the whole war. ;
"The German claims should, A
usual, be ignored as they are grossly
exaggerated and issued purely for
propaganda purposes"
The once of War Information
said the Germans claimed the sink
Ing of 120 900 tons of American and
Allied shipping in January.
That figure compares, the agency
said, with Nazi assertions that sub
marines sank 1l7,000 tons in De-
cember and s., 500 tons In November.
There is a curse In your purse and
= wallop in your wallet. Let the Axis
have it-through an extra bond.
Evening star., 1944-02-10
BY the Associated Press.

| bs lHe hSsOCldled ITekS.
LONDON, Feb. l0.-The London
press was extremely critical today
OF two high-ranking churchmen
who yesterday attacked the govern
ment for its large-scale air raids on
Axis territory in Europe. News
papers defended this policy as one
designed to shorten the war and
bring an earlier end to human suf-
fering
Speaking in the House of Lords.
Lord Lang, former Archbishop of
Canterbury, and the Bishop of
Chichester had lamented recent
bombings. The Bishop of Chichester
said they would "rankle in the men,
ory Of every good European"
The Daily Telegraph said it
might have been thought such an
attitude (as that of the Bishop of
ChichesteD would have passed with
the failure OF appeasement, which
demonstrated how few Germans
were reluctant to tread the path of
unprovoked aggression as long as it
was easy
Military Objectives Primary Tarxets.
The Daily Express said, I'VE are
not aiming to destroy German and
Italian monuments, but war fac
tories, government departments and
military headquarters placed next
door to them. AS for Rome-if the
Germans defend the city, they must
be held responsible"
The Daily Herald CHALLENGED Lord
Lang for evidence the people exult
over the destruction and said IF he
is talking without evidence he
should stop The people, it said,
soberly accept the government s
contention that the bombing is
necessary 'if the sufferings of Eu-
rope are to be relieved at the earliest
possible moment"
| The Daily Sketch said I'VE are
bombing to shorten the war
and, and in the upshot, to save hu-
man lives"
Lord Lang criticized both the Al
lied policy Of bombing German cities
and what he described as a tend
ency among some British people
to "exult and gloat" over the de-
struction accomplished.
Would Rankle in Memory.
The Bishop of Chichester said
that If Rome was similarly blasted
1t would "rankle in the memory of
every good European as was Rome's
destruction by the Goths."
Il am not forgetting the Luft-
waffe's tremendous bombing of Bel
grade, Warsaw, Rotterdam, Lon
don, Portsmouth, Coventry and
Canterbury and other places Of
military, industrial and cultural i'm
portance," the Bishop OF Chiches-
ter said, "but Hitler is a barbarian
There is no decent person on the
Allied side who thinks we should
Evening star., 1944-02-10
Turner, Yachting Champ,
Killed in South Pacific

Iy the Associatet Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-Parents of
1t. Stanley King Turner, jr., U. S.
N. r., have received word that the
1899 Atlantic Coast yachting cham
pion was killed in action in the
Pacific area.
1t. Turner. a member of the 1910
Williams College class. was assigned
to active duty in 194l. He sailed the
star-class loop Miggs to victory in
the Atlantic Coast championship
of 1899.
Evening star., 1944-02-10
Army Private Pins
Wings on His Son,
Flying Lieutenant
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WILLIAMS FIELD, Ariz.,
Feb. 10.-A father proudly
pinned q pilots wings on his
own son yesterday. The father
Is a private in the Army, the
son a second lieutenant.
Pvt. Orion c. Harrington, ST.,
a Navy veteran Of the World
War, Is williams Field
mechanic, helping service the
planes his son fiies.
Evening star., 1944-02-10
ArnoId's School Air-Minded

ARDMORE, Pa. Feb. 10 R,.-
There are l45 seniors in Lower
Merton High School, alma mater of
Gen. Henry H. Arnold, commander
Of the Army Air Forces. Today 98
of them took qualifying examina-
tions for training as air cadets.
Evening star., 1944-02-10
Australian, u. 5. Unit.
Due 10 Join Forces
On Huon Peninsula
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
Feb. 10.-Australian troops push
ing up the New Guinea northeast
coast are expected to make con-
tact soon with American troops
only 7 miles away, virtually end
ing the Huon Peninsula cam
paign which began 1ive months
ago.
An Australian officer at Gen
Douglas MacArthur's headquarteri
today expressed expectation of con.
tact Of the two forces and com.
mented. The Jap Is thoroughly
beaten"
(The American attack against
atolls not yet captured in the
Marshall Islands apparently Is
continuing. although the Navy
has adopted policy of secrecy
concerning new objectives. as 1t
Is believed that Japanese COM
munications with the islands
have broken down, and the Navy
does not want to convey to the
Japanese informa ton they may
lack otherwise. Only one island
has been named as a target of a
new series Of attacks-Jaluit, at
the southern end OF the Archi-
pelago, which already had been
bombed is times this year,
Late reports placed elements ol
the American 32d Division, which
made an invasion landing at Saidol
January 2, at Old Yagomia. is mile.
below Saidor and only 7 miles from
the Aussies who have beaten theil
way along the coast 100 mile.
through jungle and bush in the pas
three months.
Union OF the two forces may pro.
duce an Allied drive on the Jap.
anese coastal base at Madang, abou
so miles northwest Of Saidor.
May Be Abandoned.
But today. Olen Clements. Asso.
ciated Press war correspondent, re.
ported there was evidence that thu
japanese have abandoned Madang
American bombing crews sweepine
low over the base saw indication.
that the enemy has blown up build.
ings there not already destroyed b,
repeated Allied bombings.
Mr.. Clements said Australians o
another force which has been fight.
Ing toward Madang in the Raml
Valley have found japanese soldier.
dead OF starvation and disease alone
trails in the rugged Finisterre
Mountains, indicating they hae
been unable to get supplies from
Madang.
Rabaul Harbor Nearly Empty.
There, also were indications that
the enemy WAS reducing his activi.
ties at Rabaul, the shipping ane
plane base on the northeastern tir
OF New Britain. This bastion ha!
been hit almost daily for man,
weeks, and Gen. MacArthur's com.
munique today reported two raid.
In which l29 tons OF bombs were
dropped on two Rabaul airdrome,
and submarine hit in the harbor.
The torpedo and dive bomber.
from Admiral William F. Halsey',
South Pacific Command which ham.
mered the airdrome Monday de.
stroyed or damaged 26 gun position!
and 7 parked aircraft. Protect.
Ing fighters downed II planes plu.
Is probables. Torpedo bombers cam,
In at dawn Tuesday, hit the sub.
marine and also set q loot
freighter afire.
Pilots on the raid said they saw
less shipping in Simpson Harbo1
at Rabaul than any time since Gen
Macarthur took command in Aus.
tralia. While this might have beer
due to the recent departure of 4
convoy, the harbor, nevertheless
plainly showed that 1t had beer
heavily damaged in the many raids