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Evening star., 1944-10-24
Prisoner Bureau Still Seeking
IS Yonks Held by Italians

Sixty-five thousand little strips of
cardboard mounted on 1893 metal
trays and kept in the Munitions
Building on Constitution avenue tell
the story of American servicemen
and civilians held as prisoners of the
Germans and Japanese.
Newsmen, for the first time, re-
Gently were permitted to view the
operations of the Prisoner of War
Information Bureau in the provost
marshal generals Office After a
two-hour tour and press conference,
reporters emerged with the follow
ing disclosures:
This country has repatriated 5000
disabled Germans to the approx
mately 300 disabled American serv-
icemen returned by the Germans.
AS far back as 1888, the Germans
were believed to have been building
prisoner of war camps in one sec
ton of that country.
Thirty-five United States soldiers
are still listed as Italian war pris-
oners, but no one knows where they
are.
Both Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
and Gen. Douglas Macarthur have
been sent lists of POWs (as prisoners
of war are sometimes designated)
interned in Germany and Japan.
respectively.
The War Department knows the
location of every POW camp and
hospital in Germany at which Amer
leans are held, but the location Of
many camps under the Japs is un-
known, particularly in the Philip
pines.
Under Article n of the Geneva
Convention, warning powers are re-
Quired to transmit the names and
internment locations of all members
of the enemy forces taken in battle.
The information is transmitted
through the International Red Cross
at Geneva, Switzerland, by cable to
the Prisoner of War Information
Bureau here.
AS new name appears for the
first time, it's added to the strip
files. Each strip shows the name,
serial number, POW number, serv-
ice to which he belongs. place Of
internment and cable number on
which the man was listed. Officers
report that 80 per cent of all men
reported as POWs come through
Geneva. The remaining ! per cent
comes from neutral sources or from
families Of men interned.
Evening star., 1944-10-24
II Killed When Bomber
Crashes After Tuke-off
py the Associated prass

BY the Associated Press.
SHREVEPORT, La, Oct. "a
Eleven Army flyers were killed early
today when -engined bomber
crashed and burned shortly after
taking off from Barksdale Field.
where it had stopped to refuel.
The bomber, according to public
relations oficers at Barksdale, was
from Harvard, Nebr. The local field
vas without information on the
destination Of the plane.
Evening star., 1944-10-24
Blood Quote
Go District. Pentagon and
Mobile UnitsD

Mobile Units)
District quota per
week - 1000 pints
Donations last week 3.095 pints
Donations yesterday 622 pints
Today's appoint
ments 1877 persons
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor Center,
in the Acacia Building, 81 LOU
isiana avenue NV, by calling
District $500 between 8 am.
and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1944-10-24
Missiino

Sergt. John Walker Toney, 26, in
fantry, was reported missing in &C
ton in France on October 2 accord
ing to information received from
the War Department by his mother,
Mrs. Virginia Burns, Is Bryant
street NV.
Sergt. Toney has been overseas
six months. He went in the service
in May, 1888. He went to Thom-
son Elementary School and worked
for the Times-Herald before his
entrance into the service
Evening star., 1944-10-24
The CrossIey Poll
BY ARCHIBALD M. CROSsLEY.

The personal popularity Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt appears to be the
greatest reason for his following
More than one-quarter of Roosevelt
voters gave as their reason for vot-
ing for him 'the kind of man he is"
The winning Of the war came next,
and international problems as a
group third in Importance. The
comparative standing Of the big
gest reasons for voting for Roose-
welt" follows:
Evening star., 1944-10-24

Clues as to why people shift are
provided by comparison Of today's
attitudes among Willkie voters and
Roosevelt voters in 1910 Willkie
voters who have shifted to Roose-
welt give as their principal reasons
the winning of the war t3l per cent?
and international cooperation later
go per cent. The corresponding
figures for Roosevelt 1910 voters are
% per cent and II per cent, respec-
lively. Twenty-seven per cent of
those who voted for Roosevelt be-
fore say they intend to vote for him
again because of the kind of man
he is" The corresponding figure for
those Willkie voters who will vote
for Roosevelt is per cent. Com
parative figures for jobs and pros
perity are: Roosevelt. 1910 and 1914
-l9 per cent, the Willkie 1910 to
Roosevelt 1914 voters-l3 per cent.
For don't like Dewey as a person:
Roosevelt 1912 per cent; Wilkie-
5 per cent.
While jobs and prosperity account
for l9 per cent Of Roosevelt voters.
Evening star., 1944-10-24
Wounded

Second 1t. Charles V. Grunwell,
jr., 26, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
v. Grunwell, 2415 Twentieth street
NV, was wounded in action in
France September "a. the War De-
partment has informed his parents
Now recovering in a hospital in
France, 1t. Grunwell went overseas
last September. He is District
native and a graduate of Central
High School and George Washing
ton University He was employed
by the British Purchasing Commits
sion before entering the Army in
194l.
Evening star., 1944-10-24
Killed

NtIlCO
1t. Leonard Ward Parker, 80,
naval communications officer, was
killed in a plane crash October 16
in the Mediterranean area, the
Navy Department has notified his
wife, Mrs. Eleanore Jessen Parker,
222 North Thomas street, Airing
ton, Va.
Born in Hardwick, Mass, 1t.
Parker was graduated from Phillips
Andover Academy in 1881. He at
tended Yale University and received
his B. S. degree from Massachusetts
State College and his masters de-
gree from Connecticut University.
From 1888 to 1912 1t. Parker
worked as an economist at the Agri-
culture Department here. He was
sent overseas in July, 1943, and was
promoted to full lieutenant last
January. He was serving in North
Africa at the time of his death.
He is also survived by his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sumner r. Parker of
Amherst, Mass, and two sisters,
Mrs. Peter de Bruyn of Hartford,
Conn, and Miss Louise Parker, who
is in India with the Red Cross.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-08
"Harvest Moon," Earle Film
Follows Song-Story Pattern
BY JAY CARNODv

thing for humans With l oows the facts
Moon at the Earle is faithful the pattern of ho % on
Whch IL mas
wolves in checked clothing Tere a s o great talent
ana e nero VINO loves the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-08

Manning, a mean person to have
around as a temperamental prima
donna. helps out very nicely with
the singing even as she is trying to
wreck the Norwoth-Bayes romance
and career at the same time. In
addition to the album of music out
of Miss Payes' period such as
Apple Blossom Time, Every Little
Movement" and the title song, there
are a couple Of new numbers, Il Go
for You" and Time Waits for No
One" They add up to quite bit
of singing before the picture runs its
course
If you care for such details, you
might want to be on the lookout
for a scene in which Miss Sheridan
vows an on-screen audience with
her Interpretation of an Irish song.
The real audience manages to keep
itself under control quite admirably.
x * X
Gali-Gali, the magician who does
those amazing things with baby
chickens. probably will turn to be
your preferred item on this weeks
Earl stage show. Whether because
it is Easter, or he has improved the
act, it never has seemed so funny
before.
Also on Harry Anglers slick Sched-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-08
That Prodigal 'Oklahoma!'
BY Jack O'Brian
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
With all expectations that it will,
like Tobacco Road" and Life with
Father" keep rolling along for at
least half dozen years, the Theater
Guild yesterday celebrated the first
anniversary of its No. / hit, okla
homa."
Nothing quite like oklahoma"
ever has happened to Broadway. To
many theater-goers it is complete
mystery that any one ever sees ii,
for tickets are as hard to get as
nylons more So Some per-
sons even believe all the success
stories have been cooked up by the
guild to make the public think the
show is a bigger hit than it actually
is.
But the figures in which Uncle
Sam is most interested knock the
chocks from under that belief. Cash
has Streamed into the box Office of
the St. James Theater at the rate
of s3l 900 every seven days. That's
sl,6l0,000 for the year passed yes
terday.
The theater seating 500 persons,
brought the years audience to
$4,000. Only service men and wom-
en- were able to buy standing room;
5000 Of total of $4,000 standees
were soldiers or sailors admitted
free. In addition, the entire show
was put on at West Point, and alb
breviated versions were given for
10000 Servicemen at the Stage Door
Canteen and several thousand 9TH
ers at Fort Totten and Halloran
Hospital.
Chicago Is Enchanted.
The Chicago company is firmly
entrenched at the Erlanger Theater
and shows capacity figures for the
six months 1t has been displaying
the surrey with the fringe on top
100000 admissions for a total take
of s7500O0
In all, almost a million persons
have seen "Oklahoma " and the gross
receipts total $2,500,000.
Like the legendary farm boy with
! the green thumb that made every
thing he touched turn green, Okla
homa" has turned normally minor
Broadway players into sparkling
successes. Alfred Drake ano Joan
Roberts, its stars, have been signed
to fat movie contracts. Joan Nc
Cracker and Mark Platt already
have left for Hollywood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-08
New Kyser Musical at Met

Around the World" Kay Kyser's
latest vehicle, currently at the
Metropolitan, is the latest story of
troop entertainment in foreign the
aters. The plot is not properly a
plot at all, as it. never has been,
but series of incidents based on
his orchestras progress from one
Army camp to another, concerns
itself largely with the troubles of
a motherless stowaway. Marcy Nc
CURE, and with Joan Davis search
for romance. 1t is possible to feel
a certain amount of sympathy with
Miss Davis intent, since she is the
only light in very dark picture.
She manages to triumph over a
typical Mack Sennett sequence in a
jeep, with only the comment that
there must be an easier way to
make a living" It might easily
have been a reference to the rest
of the picture, too. Miss Davis
comes out of character long enough
in one scene, however, to show her
self very attractive young woman
during one of her more frustrated
searches for a man.
The Kyser brand of good natured
by-play, interspersed with puns,
seems to be much more adapted to
the medium of ear than eye. The
maestro's abilities definitely do not
logically include the skill to inter-
pref the patriotic speech which is
part of his task in the picture.
Mischa Auer shines briefly here
and there, but generally finds him
self the butt of some practical joke
or other. Ish Kabibble, pillar of the
Kyser orchestra, Is probably the
only man in existence who has
played the part of an apple tree
being chopped doYn with such fine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-08
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.

When people meet in Movietown
it's a 10-to-1 shot they say either
Whats new?" or "How's tricks?"
The other night top director met
Charlie Chaplin coming out of the
Beverly Derby. You guessed it. He
asked Charlie, whats new?" and
hurried on, red-faced and embar-
raised Paramount is seriously
considering buying The Lost Week
End" best-seller by Charles Jack
son. It's the story of drunk who
loses three days out of his life. It
has been suggested, with no offense,
that Ray Milland play the lead .. {.
Preston Sturges, writer director
producer, who recently severed con-
nections with Paramount, has so
many friends and admirers among
the stars that many of them have
volunteered to act for him in his
new independent venture. Right
now Sturges is dickering with Cary
Grant to star in his first. Three
Black Pennies" by Joseph Hergesh-
elmer.
Road to Utopia" latest of the
comedy series, starring Bing Crosby,
Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, will
introduce a montage showing the
funniest sequences in the three
previous road" comedies Latest
messengerette to get a break at
M-G-M is Brunette Dolores Ruben.
Miss Ruben discovered that the boy
who formerly operated Ann Soth-
ern's photograph on the set had
Joined the Army, applied to Miss
Sothern for the job-and got it.
Ann, a record collector and music
enthusiast, also is the only actress
who brings her own chair to the set
an old-fashioned wicker rocker.
y X X
Esther Williams, former swim
champ and now a movie star, would
like to forget all about aquatics and
become a real dramatic actress.
Esther has been active in war work
and the other day taught a large
group Of SPARS how to swim
properly.
DR.. Gaylord Hauser, whose name
was connected with that of Greta
Carlo, at least in q diet way, has
written new book on how to eat
and what. It's called Diet Does II "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-08

show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-08
Chaplin Ignores Stock Query

! and seems to be the current best
seller on every movie set.
The average American. asserts
Hauser, has a positive penchant for
throwing away the best part of the
food. He advises all ladies to take
the same counsel he gives the stars
Use outside leaves, Feelings, and
vegetable tops, too.
X
Gossipers were quick to seize upon
the news that John Loder was TAX
ing a trip to New York (by HIMSELF
to announce a split between him
and Hedy Lamar.
When Hedy reported on the set
of THE Conspirators" at Warmers
that morning, all eyes were upon
her. They sought verification OF
the printed rumor by some gesture
on her part. The morning wore
along and phone call came in on
the set for Hedy. After minutes
of conversation she hung up and
made an announcement.
That was john" she said, trying
to be casual. He's not going to New
York and thinks it would be nice
if we had some folks over for dinner
tonight"
Everybody is making sacrifices
these days, and for Lynn Bari it's
a matter of weight. Since starting
Sweet and Low Down." she has
dropped 7 pounds, all because the
costumes are so heavy. They say
that no actress since Betty Blythe
appeared in THE Queen of Sheba"
has been so burdened down by the
weight of her apparel.
One frock-and a short dinner
dress, at that-weighs IS pounds.
It's hand-embroidered with jet
sequins and hugs the figure like a
glove.
Naturally, there aren't many bows
of 18 now playing screen leads. An
exception is Frank baltimore, head
man in goth Century-Fox's TN the
Meantime, Darling"
The studio took Frank from
Broadway and he's had time for only
the one picture because Uncle Sam
has called him up for his next as
signment. But before he left for
the Army the studio rewrote his
contract, added a couple Of years to
1t and raised the ante.
(Released by North American Newspaper
|. Alliance, Inc)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-08
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

stage.
NATIONAL" Connecticut Yankee:
$3.50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol Heavenly Body: II
a m, 100, 345, 6:10, $50 and 10:45
pm. Stage shows: 1855, 800, 5:45
8 and 1920 pm.
Columbia Purple Heart: II
a m, los, $40, $50, 7:3O and GAO
pm.
Shine On. Harvest Moon:
9:15, 1l:45 am, 2:20, 45O, 1925
1905 pm. and 1910 am. Stage
shows: 1l:10 am, AS, Ais, $50
$50 pm. and 1905 am.
Keith's-"Ali Bahia: ll:3O am.
1885, $40, $40, 7:45 and Gas pm.
Little-'The Scarlet Pimpernel"
11:25 am, 1:25, 1926, $50, 7:30 anc
40 pm.
Metropolitan -"Around TIL {
World: l1;40 m, lao, $40, $40
TAO and $40 pm.
Palace-"Song of Bernadette":: II
a m, so, $40, $50 and $40 pm
Pix-"Man on Her Mind: 2:l0
S, 7:45, 1926 pm. and 1:25 am.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts
Continuous from 10 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-08


a happy song with the girl looking
lovely in beautiful white dress
and with the implication that all
Is right with the world Vaudeville
must have been like that or tho
movies are under delusion serious
enough to justify a visit to the
psychiatrist.
Warner Bros account of Miss
Bayes' life. with Ann Sheridan and
Dennis Morgan in the PRINCIPAL
roles, does we'll by the formula for
such pictures. Miss Sheridan
clearly is girl for whom the gav
90s-not to mention the ungav 4os
would go in no less than feryent
fashion. She is not the finest fem
mine voice of her time, but neither
was Miss Bayes, whose talent also
lay In what was called selling a
song. AS for Morgan, he is vocallv
up to the requirements of the Jack
Norworth role. which in addition to
some scattered singing calls for a
show OF enthusiasm for Miss Sheri-
dan which could not possibly be dull
or uninspiring work.
The pair are assisted by such
comic characters as Jack Carson,
S. q. Sskall and Marie Wilson, all
of whom contribute to the air of
levity which dominates Shine on
Harvest Moon"
AS its title implies, Shine on
Harvest Moon" was the artistic high
light of Miss Bayes' life. The song
and the artist we're made for each
other and. in this case, it is all the
more prettily sentimental that it
was written for her by the man she
married.
On the way to the happiness and
gay laughter it brought her. you
may be sure there was heartbreak.
It derived, the story goes in the
Earie's film, from the fact that
once in a honky-tonk where she
was singing. Miss Bayes beau
socked the proprietor. Later, she
herself scratched the guys counte-
nance to nasty looking pieces when
he made advances that she resented
Costello was the fellows name and
he was not big enough to admit his
bad manners. Instead, he started
buying up all the vaudeville houses
In the eountry-from Bangor to
Santa Barbara-just to keep the
team OF Norworth and Bayes from
working. A vengeful person like
that can be great trial to couple
of ambitious vauGey, ians and
Costello turned out TO be demoniac-
ally successful in this instance.
The travail he created, however,
Is counterpointed by the fun brought
into the lives of the principals by
some of their old loyal playmates.
They are amused-probably more
than you will be-by the anctics of
Carson as q magician whose life is
made constant conf tragedy by
Miss Wilson's dumbness. Sakall,
who is becoming one of the props of
such pictures albeit humorous one,
turns in another comedy perform
ance as sentimental old vaudeville
agent who helps the pair outwit the
trust.
Mefodically, Shine on Harvest
Moon" profits by the presence of
Irene Manning in the cast. Miss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-08

It's eloquent American ballets
brought fame. fortune and fashion
TO Agnes De Mile, the choreograph-
er, and started a new dancing vogue
In Broadway musicals. The colorful
yet simple Americana settings and
costumes by Lemuel Ayers and Miles
White inspired new fashions in
decoration and musical dressings.
Its success made Celeste Holm the
delight Of supper club audiences and
reminded clients of the talents of
Lee Dixon, Joseph Buloff, Betty
Garde, Howard Da Silva and Ralph
Riggs. Katherine Sergava became a
familiar name TO balletomanes
Reuben Mamoulian gathered new
acclaim for his excellent staging.
Outside the guilds jurisdiction but
not entirely out of it's financial cot
fers, a fabulously successful album
of records has sold past the quarter
million mark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-08

MEDAL FOR FORMER FILM STAR-Mai. James M Stew
art the former Hollywood film STAR receives the Air
Col Paul Schwartz of Tampa Fla at United States arbase
somewhere in England When the award made, Maj
Stewart had completed 10 MISSIONS including bombngs of
Berlin, Brunswick Frankfurt KeAmy Air
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-08

ule is Paul Remos and his boys, a
pair of acrobatic midgets, and Betty
Jane Smith, a versatile tap dancer.
To give it grace, color and rhythm,
the Roxyettes glide through two in
tricate routines with that ease
which is one of the rather wonderful
receptions of every weeks Earle
shou
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-08
The Cast.

imperturbability. The gentle art of
double talk has been brought to a
high state of perfection by Wally
Brown, as the pilot of the clipper
ship.
The song which the Aussies have
chosen as their unofficial national
anthem, Waiting Matilda" creates
an effective opening scene to the
picture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-08

AROUND THE WORLD" with Kay
Kyser, Mischa Auer and Joan Davis, an
RKO-Radio production, original story and
screen play by Ralph Spence, music by
Jimmy McHugh, lyrics by Harold Adam
son. directed by Allan Dwan. At the
Metropolitan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-08
Permits Not Required
In Picnic Areas Monday

District residents and their guests
may use the 140 picnic areas Of the
city on Easter Monday without OBJ
tanning the usual permit, the District
Recreation Department announced
today.
Such an exception on Easter Mon
day has been the custom for the
past 20 years, the department said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-08
Services Revived

For the first time since the out
break of the present war, a COM
memorative service was held this
year in Belfast Cathedral on the
254th anniversary of the Relief of
Derry, members of the Apprentice
Boys from many parts of Northern
Ireland attending.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-12-20
v sezoni voseiI-- koi noi
zelimo drug drugemU?

To SO tisti dnevi v Ietu, ko 81 Jude izmenjovojo
voseiIo in dorilo. Trodiciio je, do SO 0 Bozicu Ijudje
cello V vojnoh dobre voje. Do, cello V Nemciji kier
je bozicno drevesoe nojtrdnejso ustonovo. Sci je
Bismarck, lzginil je kojzer, "a MIN weimorsko re-
oubIiko, sci BIO Hitler, q bozieno drevesce BIO osto-
10. In V cerkvoh p~ridigojo mir Ijudem no zemIiiT,
kot TO deIojo cd kor imomo boziG.
Kodor 81 mi voscimo TO in ono, Sc cd drugih roz-
likujemo V tenn, do delomo 20 uresnioenje voseiI, ne
POI do ST jih lie izmenjovomo en- dan v Ietu.
Mi zelimo, do bi bill Jude dobre wolfe ne somo
o Bozicu in Novem ietu, ompok vse leto. In do bi
imeli mir no zemIji ne somo Is. d%ecembro, ompok
zmerom.
zeIimo tudi, do bi Sc vsem Ijudem, XII deIojo,
dobro godilo in do bi imeIi skozi vse Ieto emo vese-
lie: nonree, do Jim DO dana priIiko deIoti "a vsok-
donji kruh dokier bodo sposobni in zdrovi. V ia no
men d~elujemo, ne somo voseimo.
Rodi bi tudi, do bi bill otroci tistih s%torsev, XII
deIojo V voinih obrotih, prov toko preskrbIjeni 20
svoio bodocnost, kot so otroci onih, XII ne deIojo, poc
pa bgote cd dividend in voinih ~dobiekov. In kerry
TO zeljo verujemo, OBJ enem d~eIujemo. do Sc 10 uve-
ljovi.
Mnogi, XII SO posIoIi v@osciIo, so Sc Sc posebno
spomniIi "ProIetorco". A pyi kot drugi SO njegovi
%prijotelji in deloio zonj ter mu pomogojo ne somo
Is. decembro in OBJ Novem Ietu, ompok vse dni V
Ietu.
V tenn duhu VAN voscimo vse prov toko kokor
vi Proletorcu in tistim, XII deIomo pri MENU.