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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Army Liberators Hit
New Kuri|es Target
BY the Associated Press.

PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR.
TIERS, PEARL HARBOR, Mar. 81
Liberators of the 18th Army All
Force have bombed a new target ir
the Kuriles to the north of Japan
hitting 25-mile-long Onnekotan Is.
land before dawn on Saturday after
bombing Paramushiro for the sixth
time this month.
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz in an
nouncing the attack said one Amer.
lean plane was lost in the opera
ton, which included also the bomb
ing of Shumushu Island, northern
most of the Kurile chain, by a Ven-
tura search plane of Fleet All
Wing Four.
In the Central Pacific. Mitchell
medium bombers of the 7th Army
Air Force carried out the 14th raid
this month on Ponape, 440 statute
miles east of the Caroline Island
fortress Of Truk, scoring on the
airstrip and adjacent buildings. AL
planes returned.
A four-engined Coronado fiyins
boat OF Fleet Air Wing Two, chiefly
engaged in patrol work, did thu
work of a divebomber off Ponapf
on Friday, catching and sinking two
small cargo ships-usualy the tar.
get for faster and more easil,
maneuverable aircraft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Barley Speaks Today
In Party Fight 10 Hold
Oklahoma House Seal
BY the Associated Press.

6S tIle Associated Press.
MUSKOGEE, Okla, Mar. 81
Senator Barley, Democrat, of Ken
lucky was due in Oklahoma today
to put the finishing oratorical touch
on hard Democratic campaign for
the second districts vacant seat in
Congress.
The Senate majority leader was
scheduled to speak at a rally in
Okmulgee this afternoon. and in
Muskogee tonight, for w. G. Stigler,
the Democratic nominee in Tues
days special election.
Many Dignitaries in Fight.
Senator Moore, Republican, of
Oklahoma will make final appeals
in the same cities for E. o. Clark,
Republican candidate
Both parties rushed so much
oratorical talent into the District
to battle over the New Deal issue
that the campaigning voices of Mr.
Stigler and Mr.. Clark were scarcely
heard above the din.
Two other Senators have partici-
pated in the campaign, which has
been watched nationally for its effect
on 1914 administration hopes. Sem
ator Thomas, Democrat, of Okla
homa stumped for Mr.. Stigler and
Senator ODaniel, Democrat, of
Texas urged the voters to clean
house" of New Dealers.
Two Candidates Are Friends.
The candidates are personal
friends. Their law offices face each
other across the street in Stigler,
a town named for Mr.. Stigler's fam
lily. Mr.. Stigler served in World
War I and saw action in the ST.
Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne battles.
After the war he opened law office
in Stigler and was twice elected to
the State Senate. He is a member
Of Gov. Robert S. Kerr's Pardon
and Parole Board
He managed New Deal Senator
Josh Lees unsuccessful campaign
for reelection in 1912.
Mr.. Clark, one-half Choctaw In
dian, has been a Republican State
committeeman from Haskell County
for Is years.
He is making his third race for
Congress. Representative Jack
Nichols, a Democrat, defeated him
by 10000 votes in 1910, but two
years later Mr.. Clark cut Mr.. Nichols
margin to 1886 votes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Mustangs Used 10 Bomb
Railway Center Of CreiI

Ely the Associated Press.
LONDON, Mar. 27-United States
9th Air Force Mustangs, the worlds
fastest planes, were used as fighter
bombers in a swift blow at the rail
center of Creil in France yesterday
it was announced today.
This was the first official dis
closure of Mustangs operating as
fighter -bombers in the European
theater, although Allied air units in
the Mediterranean have had them
in operation for some time.
The fact that these fighters, with
a speed of more than 425 miles per
hour, previously used chiefly as
long-range escorts. now had been
transformed into fighter bombers by
replacing reserve fuel tanks under
the wing with bombs, indicates they
probably will play an important
part in opening the western front.
They can double in low-level bomb
ing and strafing in addition to regu-
lar fighter chores.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Civilian War Group
Urges Employment
Center for Veterans
"A. P. Wirephoto

Need for an information center
where returning servicemen can OBJ
tain data regarding employment and
Federal and State services to vet
Grams was discussed at the opening
today of two-day conference on
civilian war services.
The conference, at the Mayflower
Hotel, included representatives from
State and local defense councils of
civilian and war services from IL
Eastern States and the District of
Columbia.
Other problems facing civilian
war services included emergency
canning and farm labor, establish
ment OF child care centers and Vic
tory gardening.
G. w. Hall Smith of the State
Council of Defense from Rhode Is.
land, told the group that inductee
information service centers art
operating throughout the State with
great success.
Our Rehabilitation Committee
has done a great deal of work pre-.
pairing plans for information anc
referral centers for returning serv.
icemen,' he continued. The neec
is apparent, however, for one center
at which information can be oh.
tanned regarding all Federal ane
State services and community re.
sources. as well as advice regardin,
what action is best for the individ
ual.
Just lately We have worked Out
a plan with the United States EN-
ployment Service Veterans Employ.
ment Division whereby our Farm
Labor Supply Committee will act a.
clearing house for veterans"
Speaking of the future signif-
icance of Civilian War Services Mrs
L. w. Carr, Anne Arundel County
Council of Defense, said:
Certainly the CWS has formed s
community habit of coordination
which may function on its own ir
coming years. 1t has a place in the
reconstruction period, readjustment
of the population. rehabilitation OF
servicemen and other aftermaths
OF the war"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Red Cross
Continued From First Page.)

morale, comfort, welfare and ever
the lives of our fighting forces.
Facts Presented.
On every hand there are reports
of the effectiveness of the Red Gross
job. There probably is not 9
family in this community that does
not have relative or friend in the
armed forces who has been or will
be a beneficiary of these services
1t is for this reason and in order
that you may be fully informed
that we are giving you the facts as
they exist at this time.
AS Is we'll known, the minimum
goal for this community is S2,665 900
although 100000 is badly needed
These sums are from so to 60 pei
cent more than was raised last veal
and from Is to 20 times greater
than those asked for in recent
peacetime years.
The amount reported to date /:
81 ISL ,004 or 81 per cent of the goal
The percentage reported at the same
time last year was IT'S. OF cities
comparable to Washington, Milwau-
kee and Baltimore have already ex-
ceeded their goals; and six other
cities range from 10 per cent to &C
per cent of their goals. Last year
Washington reached it's goal on
April l and was the third city in
the Nation to do so.
Time Is Short.
Although there is no reason for
encouragement, these figures clearly
indicate that there Is much work
yet to be done. The time is short
The money is here. We can afford
to give the amount needed. Our
workers are continuing their efforts
Won't you respond promptly and
generously to their requests? II
you have not been contacted, please
telephone Executive 0055 and a cam
paign worker will call on you. II
you have already given and can
afford to give more, please COM
municate with one of the workers
or send your check to the War
Fund Headquarters, 1915 H street
NV.
The success of this campaign is
our individual responsibility. It de-
ponds upon each and every one OF
us doing his job as a worker and
contributor. We cannot delegate
1t to some one else. Our fighting
forces are making sacrifices for us
including life itself. They attack
again and again until their objective
is reached. Can we do less for
them?
We are sure that the people who
enjoy the blessings and comfort OF
living in this community are un-
willing to say that we cannot afford
to send from $25 to $50 in Red
Cross services for each of those who
have gone from this community
OF course, we would 60 ourselves il
we could. This is impossible, but
we can send the Red Cross.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Deaths Reported

Mary Mary L; Covie, 93.o 439 Buchanan st. NV
Joseph Trexler.. 7e. a20A Bates S ST. NV
Mhsh Isen M Cochran, <, 354e 18th st. nv
Mnyrtle E Wonder. 50, $50 Goth st. n e.
HTalpn E Hendricks 46. 1858 Raum st. n {
James Saah, As. Blue Plains, D. G,
INFANT solomon: l20 c st. ne
infant Garris, 1908 N St NV
infant Rove 222 18th pl. ne
Infant Bell, 1913 Oxon Hill I'd
Mary Eooi r1a.c 81; slS s. Capitol st,
william Terrell, SO. go I st. NV.
SnarIes "A. T. Chase, II, 1120 Park I'd
IDA wilson. e5. 1903 18th st. NV.
Mary E. Wormley. SO, 1902 w St. NV
waiter Palmer, 80, 1929 Chesapeake st
Lillian Jackson, SO, 1881 18th st. NV.
Ollie l. Mccarthy, 80, 2913 Georgia ave
NV.
Bertha E. Smith, 50, 1909 Chester cour
Mary L. Stewart, So, 474 O st. NV.
Josephine Jones, 33; Arlington. Va.
Worsell R. Bolden, 80 1890 9th st. NV
Infant Brown. 221O H st. ne
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27

rector William E. Leahy told the
boards, Implies that we have been
too liberal and evinces an immedi-
ate need for a REORGANIZATION as to
the occupational status of some
previously deferred fathers as well
as non-fathers, and stricter atti-
tude in the future with respect to
both groups. The small manpower
pool remaining offers us no other
alternative.
A District spokesman said that
almost all District fathers already
had been classified out OF ga, and
that with those who are left In that
group and the ones now in la. the
District will be able to fill calls to
send men for preinduction physical
examinations only for April and
May.
Unless calls are reduced after Nav
or more men are forced out of &C.
cupational deferments, the District
spokesman said, draft boards here
will not be able to meet their calls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27

new registrants shows more Re-
publicans registered than Democrats.
The likelihood Is that the Nebraska
delegation, when 1t finally is chosen,
will have among its members several
of both states and perhaps a few OF
the independents. The virtual ef-
feet will be an uninstructed delega-
ton which will 60 to Chicago ready
to look around and cast its vote
for the most likely candidate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Train Smoshes House
Blown on Tracks,;
Farm Family Hurt
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JACKSON, Miss. Mar. 81
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Mullins
and their 5-year-old son were
injured last night when wind
Storm tumbled their farm home
on the Illinois Central Railroad
tracks where it was smashed by
a freight train.
Mr.. Mullins said they were
sitting at the supper table when
the storm struck. He said he
pulled his wife and small boy
from the house wreckage be-
fore the train hit it.
They were treated at jack
son hospital for cuts and
bruises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Nozi Circles Expect
Red Drive on Warsaw
BY the Associated Press.

STOCKHOLM, Mar. 27-German
military circles in Berlin expect a
big, new Russian offensive aimed di-
rectly at Warsaw. the Nazi con-
trolled Scandinavian Telegraph Blu
reau reported today. -
German reports told of large
masses of Red Army troops being
assembled east of Kovel, ITO miles
southeast of Warsaw. The Germans
recently have told of fighting inside
Kovel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Truman in Seattle
For Ship INVESTIGATION

SEATTLE, Mar. 81 R.-Liberty
ships sailing the North Atlantic
routes into Murmansk, Russia. and
other northern convoy points have
made good record" Chairman
Truman of the Senate War Investi-
eating Committee asserted yester-
day.
The Senator made his comment in
an interview with the Post-Intel-
ligencer shortly after he had ar
rived to hold hearings on Liberty
ship failures in the North Pacific.
Accompanying Senator Truman
were Senator Kilgore, Democrat. of
West Virginia, committee member,
and Senator Jackson. Republican,
OF Indiana, who said he was along
merely because he was interested. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Rumonion Convoy Attack
BY Soviet Subs Reported

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Mar. 27.-Russian
submarines attacked Rumanian
Black Sea convoy evacuating troops
from the Crimea Thursday night
and practically an entire Rumanian
division was lost, the British radio
declared today.
The broadcast, which gave no
source for its information, was re-
corded by CHS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
RommeI in Netherlands

LONDON, Mar. ~ P.-Aneta
Netherlands news agency, said today
that Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
German anti-invasion chief, has es.
tablished headquarters in Breda
Occupied Netherlands, near the
mouth of the Rhine and some q
miles southeast Of Rotterdam.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
|Kent Jewels Stolen
For Spite, Prosecutor
Tells Do|maee Jury

The theft of Otis Beal Kent's
antique jewel collection, which the
wealthy retired tax lawyer valued at
$50, 900, was done for spite, Assistant
United States Attorney Bernard
Margolius told jury of IL men to-
day in District Court.
Mr.. Margolius spent the entire
morning summing the Government
case against Mrs. Frances Dolmage,
wife of dentist and friend of Mr..
Kent, charged with the theft.
1t must have been spite, the pros
ecutor said, because a package of
about so unset diamonds and a COL
lection of stickpins was untouched
The antique jewel collection, he
added, was the dearest thing to Mr.
Kent's heart.
Collection Bought in 1928.
The collection, Mr.. Margolius re-
minded the jury in piecing together
the evidence which kept the case
going for more than three weeks
had been purchased by Mr.. Kent in
1928 in Europe and in the Orient
when he made trip around the
world with his mother, the late Mrs
Nannette Kent.
1t was Mr.. Kent's intention, the
prosecutor recounted, to give the
collection to the National Museum
as memorial to his mother.
The prosecutor exhibited a pack
of yellow cards introduced by the
defense. The cards are an index of
the jewels which have not been re-
covered. He called them the one
thing with which the defendant
overplayed her hand"
Recalls Experts Testimony.
He reminded the jury that Ira
Gulickson, police department ex-
pert, had testified that he had ex-
amined the jewels before the alleged
theft and that such a pack of cards
was in the case with them.
Mr.. Margolius also reminded the
jury that the Police Department
expert had testified that typed post
oti APSo W VIC dSSSl APtAoll VI CdSll
piece of jewelry-postscripts which
indicated that it had been sold OF
given away by Mr.. Kent-had been
written with a typewriter at the
Columbus Law School near the de-
fendan's home. The prosecutor
also reminded that the librarian OF
the law school had testified that
Mrs. Dolmage had been seen using
that typewriter.
The prosecutor was followed be.
fore the jury by Robert H. McNeill
defense counsel. He outlined the
common law presumption of a de.
PENDANTS innocence as freedom
from fear, one of the four freedom.
we are fighting for
Pointing to Mr.. Kent in the front
row of the spectators, he shouted
If any one should be before thu
bar of criminal justice it should not
be the defendant but this diabolica
schemer who had the effrontery tt
bring her here"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
From Tropics to Ice House

SALT LAKE CITY QP.-Coxswain
e. T. DUNN got pretty hot while
lighting in the tropics with the
Navy out in the Pacific. He's spend
ing his leave working in an ice COM
'parly's warehouse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27

American and Allied soldiers eat
approximately half a million meals
month in American Red Cross
clubs in England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Monpower

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1944-12-21

the most ornamental In the plays
long history.
Metro has missed no opportunity
to prove that here is an Irresistible
fairy tale, even with the injection of
a dozen and one satiric overtones.
1t has found irony Of superior
type In the courtship of the beggar
king of the grand vizier's favorite
wife, Of his POLITICALLY spun tales of
a princess's life for his daughter, Of
his Indifference to the caliph, of his
willingness to sell his talent to the
caliph's most deadly enemy and
finally of the caliph's decision to
exile him to the remote province
which he long has pretended to be
his own.
Evening star., 1944-12-21
McCrea Gets Choice of Roles

I'd like real rest before I start
The Well-G Groomed Bride with
Veronica Lake and Ray Milland,'
says Sonny. I'D like to fix up all
the rooms in my new house" So
far / only sleep there"
I used to hear this sort of talk
from Dorothy Lamour. But now
everything is going well with her,
including time of. I've just had
the longest rest in my movie career,
five months without making a pic
ture," says Dotty. She spent part
of the time visiting her Baltimore
in-laws. She is fond of them and
the house in which her husband,
Maj. William Ross Howard, III,
was born and where the family still
resides. when I'm happy and
don't work I gain weight" she tells
me, $50 I've had to diet of IA
pounds" She looks wonderful. Best
break next to her marriage) for
Dotty is her picture, Masquerade in
Mexico" The script was so good
that Dotty sent it back to Director
Mitchell Leisen with the query,
Evening star., 1944-12-21

of the movies maddest thrillers and
the Christmas trade will discover
that this one has set a new high in
splendor that is almost gaudy, and
passions SO exaggerated that the cast
itself has a hard time restraining
satirical laughter. "Kismet" has
been asking for the ironic treat
ment for great many years and
Metro sees that it gets it.
The result is gay romantic COM
edy whose women are fatally beau
tiful, whose heroes are godIke men,
and whose Williams are veritable de-
mons straight out of old-faShioned
melodrama..
1t was wise of Director William
Dieterle and his writer, John Nee
han, to see that the irony of ''Kis-
met" at this point in human history
was that which was implicit in the
original play by Edward Knoblock.
Indeed, they stuck to the eXaggera-
tions of the old story with a fidelity
that looks positively feverish in its
Technicolor
X X X X
'kismet," of course, is primarily
Colman's picture. He's Hafix. king of
the beggarS, the beloved rogue who
insults caliphs and princes, tells
fairy tales to his beautiful daugh-
ter and makes them come true, and
who spends his otherwise most pleas
ant moments successfully courting
Bagdads most elusive princesses or
its currently most popular dancing
girl. He is man who has way
with him, reckless, arrogant, a pas
sionate poet, and a quick-change
artist who doffs his burlap beggar's
turban for royal raiment in the
f1icking of an eyelash.
1t takes great princess to be
worthy of such man and M-G-M
wisely chose Miss Dietrich as every
inch the woman to merit such an
honor They have given her an up
swept hair-do that sweeps the moon
beams into her lovers eyes, they have
clad her in costumes SO f1imsy that
they make the word "gossamer"
synonymous with beaver, they have
coated her famous legs in fine gold
lacquer, and they have created for
her the most Sinuous dance, well,
perhaps since Salomes.
1t has been years since either the
hero or heroine of ''Kismet" gave
such evidence of enjoying them
selves. That also goes for such other
established cinema performers as
Edward Arnold, who plays the dia-
bolic grand vizier as one of historys
most bloodthirsty gangster politi-
clans; for young James Craig as the
idealistic caliph, even for dignif1ed
Harry Davenport as the elder states
man of poor madly beset Bagdad.
X X X X
'Ksmet" in this ironic version is
essentially the same story it was
decades ago when Otis Skinner was
enchanting a less disillusioned Amer
lea with its tale of great phoney,
beggar gifted with such a talent
for magic that his deceptions were
unfailingly successful He fooled his
caliph, the caliph's prime minister
and the prime ministers wife. He
fooled his daughter but he never
could fool himself. He always kept
in the back of his mind that he
might turn out to be a knave even
as he hoped in his heart that he was
right.
Concentrating on such beloved
rogue character, with Colman to
play 1t, the latest "Kismet" is easily
Evening star., 1944-12-21

Are you sure this is for me7" And
instead OF that old sarong, Misa La
mour will be seen in sweeping.
swanky, beautiful gowns. 1t couldn't
happen to a nicer gal-or figure.
X
I saw Kathleen Winsor, author of
the sensational Forever Amber" in
Producer William Perlberg's Office
at goth Century-Fox, where her
novel will be filmed df okayed by
the Hays office. Frankly, was a
bit disappointed. and must ask the
gal the name of her photographer,
or maybe she just naturally takes a
good picture. She is on the short
side and her features are a little too
heavy for the screen, I think. But
she is getting screen test, for the
fun Of it. Her chore will be mostly
in an advisory and writing capacity
on her book. When l asked her If
she wanted to play her naughty
Evening star., 1944-12-21

The principals of "Kismet" obvi-
ously are couple of Hollywood stars
enjoying themselves to the hilt at
finding themselves in such an en-
vironment. But so also do such per-
formers as Arnold, Joy Ann Page as
the beggar's daughter, Hugh Herbert
as his favorite stooge and the others
Evening star., 1944-12-21
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time of Showing
Stage.
NationaE"The Cherry Orchard"
R.30 nm

Stage.
National-"The Cherry Orchard" T.:
$50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"Kismet": II am, l:45,
4;30, 7:15 and 9:55 pm. Stage
shows: Ito, 3:55, $40 and 9:25 pm.
Columbia -"Maisie Goes to Reno:
1870 am, 1:3o. $3.50, $50, 7:35 and
e:35 pm.
Earle-"Our Hearts Were Young
and Gay: 11:15 am, 1:50. 4:30,
ITO and 9:55 pm. Stage shows
lis, 3:55, 6:35 and 800 pm.
Keith's-"Woman in the Window:
1875 am, 1:35, 3:35, 5:35, 7:35 and
9:35 pm.
Little-"Top Hat: 11:1o am,
i:2O, 3:25, 5:25, 7:3o and 9:40 pm.
Metropolitan-"Bra II am,
los, 3:15, 5:25, 7:35 and 9:45 pm.
Palace-"And Now Tomorrow:
II am, lilo, 800, $50, TAO and
$50 pm.
Pix-"Open Road: 2, 4:5o, 7:35
pm. and 1912 am.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts, con-
tinuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1944-12-21
Co.eds Get a Break
In Bing's New Film
HOLLYWOOD

Bona fide' college girls are getting
good financial break In Los An
geles these days, for studios are
making numerous films demanding
college atmosphere-and Central
Castings output of college types
doesn't ring true.
For blood on the Sum-" the new
Jimmy Cagney picture, United Ar
tiSJs hired out an entire sorority
house, Pi Beta Phi. For q Saturday
session before the cameras the girls,
SO Of them, received $25 each-about
four times the extra scale.
Evening star., 1944-12-21
= BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.
HOLLYWOOD.

Joel McCrea gave" himself to
Warner Brothers in return for get
ting Zachary Scott to plAy the part
he did not want in Hold Autumn
in Your Hands," That's why free
lancer McCrea reports to the Bur-
bank studio after completing his
current THE Virginian" at Para
mount, He probably will play the
lead in the Will Rogers biography
for Warners-if he likes the script.
Bing Crosby tells me that a
robot bomb dropped less than a
quarter Of a mile from where he
was sleeping one night in London.
Next haunt for Bing takes him to
the Pacific. Sonny Tufts has
had exactly four days of this year.
He has been rushed from picture
to picture. He hopes for at least
one day of rest after "The Vir-
ginian," and then possibly another
day after his co-starring venture
with Betty Hutton. And then
Evening star., 1944-12-21
Another Farnun

HULL WOOD.
Dustine, daughter of Dustin Far
mum and Winifred Kingston, Is
being considered for top role in the
current Aim version of THE Vir-
ginian." Dustin Starred in the first
one.