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Evening star., 1944-09-01
By PATRICIA SIMMONS.

Certainly one of the most artistic
successes among the screens many
approaches to murder is that which
brings Double Indemnity" to the
Capitol screen this week. From the
results, we would say it points the
most effective way to polish off
some one and make a clean breast
|of the whole business. The picture
concerns itself with a psychological
|Study of the motives for murder and
the conscience of a guilty man
when the crime is done. Conse-
|quently. of all types, it's the hardest
to do well and still hold the inter-
est of an audience. But the Capitol
patrons, yesterday, seemed to have
no trouble in this respect In fact,
it took some real coaxing from lovely
Evelyn Knight on stage to get the
audience unglued from their seats
The murderer is identified from
the beginning, when Fred Mac
Murray picks up a dictaphone in
his Office and voluntarily confeSses
the story. The crime comes early
in the finn, and from here on in
it's left to the complexities of a
mans soul to carry the picture. OF
course, it helps that the story is
we'll pieced and that both Barbara
Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray turn
in two of their best performances
to date
TT was a particularly warm day
and 1 can still smell the honey
suckle as I drove up to her house
yet on that day when young 1nsur-
ance Agent Walter Neff Erred Mac
Murray first met Phyllis Dietrich
son, murder was the farthest thing
from his mind. She was no ordi-
nary client-this beautiful woman
who flashed an ankle chain and in
vited him to come back and discuss
an accident policy for her husband.
Passion from this second forth mo-
tivates the plot and that unexplain-
able attraction from which Walter
Neff never quite frees himself until
he puts a bullet through the heart
of the woman who destroyed him.
The element of suspense builds
constantly through the story. When
l it is decided to do away with Mrs
Evening star., 1944-09-01

HlSER. BETHESDA sssS s:sS..s:: Ma.: AZ. A..
Richard Dix and
Edith Barret in
THE GHOST SHIP" Also
The East Side Kids In &
"Mr. Muggs Steps Out"
News and Short Subjects.
Evening star., 1944-09-01

Of the Turtle" with Margaret Sui
lavan, Elliott Nugent and Audrey
Christie, will resume tomorrow
evening at The Morosco Theater
after q two-month vacation.
Evening star., 1944-09-01

lis super even for such q romantic
|stumblebum as he Is.
To spoil nobody,s fun by disclosing
what happened, 1t can be related
here merely that the third and
fourth women are added to his life
at the hospital. One is his great
and obvious true love, his own baby
daughter, the other another oppOr-
tunist female who makes herself
useful in helping care for the infant.
X X X X
In the best tradition of those rare
movie scriptists who have a notion
of what human beings are like, Mr..
johnson packs some of his most sus-
tanned laughter in his character
asides. He has got quite a man
in Frank Morgan. for instance, a
chap who robs piggy banks in his
rich wifes home because for 25
years she has been niggardly about
his allowance. There is a match
ing female character, equally we'll
played by Patricia Collinge, one
who finds her way through life
through an astrologic guidebook.
These are the most appealing of
the SubOrdlnate characters put all
the others do slick job of fitting
nicely into a frame for bewildered,
determined Casanova.
Cooper's small-town hero is the
kind of character the actor can
make real by the use of no other
tricks than those of dropping his
eyes and his voice. and occasionally
Iresorting to a puzzled pinching of
his nostrils. AS result, Casanova
comes off quite agreeably. So does
the puzzled original bride played by
Teresa Wright, whose return to pic
lures is a happy bit of news.
On the whole, without managing
10. be a great comedy, Producer
Johnson's picture will make the
Cooper following happy at the
chance to see the lanky one playing
again what looks like the typical
American small-town guy.
Evening star., 1944-09-01

CASANOVA BROWN" an international
picture starring Gary Cooper and Teresa
Wright, produced and written by Nunnally
Johnson. directed by Sam Wood. based
Mitchell and Floyd Dell, At Ke.th's.
he
Evening star., 1944-09-01
Gouldine an Actor
HOLLYWOOD

Edmund Goulding, who has d.
rected several big pictures for War
ner Brothers. will make his FIRST ap-
pcarance before the camera when he
portrays the role Of an artist In the
Warmers production, "Of Human
Bondage" which he is directing.
The screen appearance also will
mark Goulding's first acting role
since he gave up q successful stage
career to join the British Army In
World War l.. Henry Blanke will
produce "Of Human Bondage"
Evening star., 1944-09-01

Dietrichson's husband by train ac-
cident in order to collect double
indemnity suspense ties up imme-
diately with Edward G. Ribonsin,
who ironically enough takes Mac
Murray into his confidence in an
attempt to solve his own crime. AS
the infallible insurance executive
quick to determine phony claims
Robinson gives strong perform
ance.
Best recommendation for the pic
ture is that despite it's extra run
ming time which necessitates Drop
ping any short features from the
Capitol bill this week, Double In
demnity" never lags once. All told.
as melodrama in an insurance office
lit should turn out to be equally
good insurance at the box ONCE.
4 4 X
Relaxation on stage this week
comes in the personified grace of
Harrison and Fisher. a dance team
who more than do justice to their
profession. Manager Gene Ford has
rugged up a lovely background set
ting fore their satire of a Spanish
dance team and a very cleverly
executed South American tango as
it would be done in the best of mod
ern dance circles.
Washington's Evelyn Knight, who
will soon go on Ed Wynn's fall radio
show, wore a fuchsia colored crea-
ton and sang Somewhere I'll Find
You For some one with Evelyn's
talents that's all it takes. Hector
and His Pals have been showing up
at the Capitol three times yearly
for as long as we can remember
now. AS usual. there are q few
more dogs but the same old tricks.
Evening star., 1944-09-01
Robots Make Screen
HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD.
First picture to come out OF Hol-
lywood with robot bombing Sc
quence Will be RKO Radios "The
Brighton Stranger" with John
Loder and June Duprez in the major
roles.
One Of the key scenes in this mys-
terry thriller depicts the bombing of
"a London theater.
Evening star., 1944-09-01
Bing's Voice Sings
From Bracken Lips
AS a Picture Gag
BY the Associated Press

bs EIIe ASSOClaCeQ PTeSS.
HOLLYWOOD.
They had a poser in the new Ed
die Bracken-Veronica Lake comedy
Out of this World"
Eddie plays a crooner, but his
voice will be that of Bing Crosby
coming from phonograph record
The problem was how to let au-
diences know that it was Bing'
singing actually, and Eddie's only
for plot purposes.
They'll have a foreword explain
ing that Eddie's voice is supplied by
a friend" and in the finale Eddie
WiA call offstage, Thanks, Bing."
Evening star., 1944-09-01
Film Crime Nearly Perfect

DOUBLE INDEMNITY" Paramount
picture. starring Barbara stanwyck and
| Fred MacMurray, with Edward g. Robin
SON and Jean Heather: produced by Joseph
Sistron, directed by Billy wilder from .
screen play by Billy Wilder and Raymond
Chandler. AT the Capitol
Evening star., 1944-09-01
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing
stage.
Observation-Disclosures: $50 pm.

National-"Wallflower": $50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-'Double Indemnity: IL
am, 1:40. 4:25, 7:05 and $50 pm.
Stage shows: l. 3:45, $50 and
9:l0 pm.
Columbia -"Canterville Ghost:
11:25 am, 1:25, $3.50, $50, 7:35 and
9:35 pm.
Earle-"Janie":: II am, LAS, 4:25,
7:05 and $50 pm. Stage shows:
ITO, $50, $50 and 9:l5 pm.
Keith's-"Casanova Brown: 10: 80
am, 1920, 2:15, 4:05. s, 7:50 and
$40 pm. 49,
Metropolitan-"Mr. Skenngton":
HIS am, 1:55, 4:25,~7 and 9;35
pm.
Little-"The Man From Down
Under: II a m, los, 3:15. 5:25, 7:35
and 9:45 pm.
Palace-'Dragon Seed: 1890
a m, lis, 4, Gas and $50 pm.
Pix-"The Mad Monster: 2, 4:45,
1880 and 1910 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts, con-
tinuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1944-09-01
Cooper Is Deeds-Like Again
In Keith'S Romantic Farce
BY JAY CARMODY.

Gary Cooper has been busy man Of late PLAYING
Wasse All fine characters emineny worthy
versa Dut me m oy them lelt oac1og OF longing TO
felt
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-01
TWO MILLION COOPERATORs

t'It is the cooperative movement
itself that can do the most to enable
operators of family-sized farm units
to meet large scale competition on its
own ground and yet preserve their
independence" Secretary Wickard
said in a recent address.
''The great strides that the cooper
eratives have made already are the
best indication of what we can expect
of them during the postwar period.
Farmers first started forming coop
eratives at about tke time of the Civil
War; from then till the period just
before the first World War their pro-
gress was steady but slow. The great
gains have come in the past 80 years
The combined membership of farm
ers marketing and purchasing coop
eratives last year was 3,S50,000. AL
lowing for the fact that many farm
ers belong to more than one coop,
tie total number of individuals par
ticipating is estimated at about
100000"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-01
Our War With Japan

The Sixth Var marks new the both
hghno and the home fronts 1t points tremendous effort
definitely the direction of the Pacific During the first five
loans Americans primarily thinking in terms of beating
Hitler
of IA billion
which billion dollars from Individuals Why?
Haven't nearly finished off socaed Number Enemy?
Can hold powerful machine very long Your
brother and friend his Pacific foxhoe wouldn't raise such
questions because they against realities not day dreams
They kill killed They pray waking moment for
ydarkcnng friendly planes They thank America for
giving them the finest medical in the world when their
devious with destiny in Pacific jungle is at hand They know
the with the Japs is just beginning
other Pacific realities that you will
stand there must be Sixth War Loan absolutely
necessary that it be success
The Allied Military Command has estimated that it will
years, not months to lick Japan.
Japans numbers about 1000 with 1000
available and fit for military service who haven't been
called up date Another 1880 000 between the ages II and
20, not yet subject to the draft.
The Jap Air Force is growing
millions of workers. Japan has potential
slave force of 900 conquered people 500 of Japans labor
force made of Another 25 boys and girls under
co. the balance The Jap wokday twelve sixteen hours
with off month The Jap leave his job change
strike The highest daily equals about three Aer
dolars3O to 1879 of which to taxes and compulsory
savings.
The JAP as our in the Pacific know will fight to the DEATH
fer as Jap concerned the Epre-and the
VINO defend are the expendabe The Jap will fight the Battle
from inside the inner Empire.
The Jap believes that shall weary of too easily and
too early.
the invasion france supply ships had overnight
In the coming Battle of Japan ships in the Pacific will
trips that often take five months
These realities worth thinking about before keep
home front rendezvous with Victory Volunteer Perhaps
will feel that the national personal Sixth War Lean objective
purchase of least 500 War Bonds entirely small
for The better face the realities confronting forces
and the sooner fighting That's
American reality work for with all dollars and sweat
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-01
WARS DRAIN ON THE LAND

How fares the land-the soil itself
in wartime? This is one of the
questions considered in the recent re-
port by group of Bureau of Agricul-
tural Economics specialists dealing
with 1.-THE Impact of War on the FL
nancial Structure of Agriculture.
Throughout the war, says the re-
port, the supply of fertilizer has been
reasonably adequate. From 1910 to
1943 the number of acres planted to
crops expanded about per cent;
fertilizer consumption increased APP
proximately SO per cent. Despite
this, it is improbable that the heavy
wartime drain on soil fertility has
been completely Offset. To maintain
and restore the fertility of farm
land, better cultural methods, more
physical improvements like terracing
and draining, and larger quantities
of fertilizer are needed. Under mod
erately favorable price conditions,
farmers in general could use profita-
bly, much more fertilizer tEan they
did in 1910.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-01
THE CHRISTMAS SEALS ARE
NEEDED

Christmas Seal time is here again.
This heartwarming practice of buy
ing CHEEKY little seals to kelp com
bat tuberculosis, began just forty
years ago and has since become a
worldwide tradition. The Christmas
Seals are sold in As countries. This
year, as usual, they make their ap-
pearance. In a war-torn world they
aresreassuring reminders that we live
in civilized world after all and hui
mainly kas a streak of goodness in it
that will not be put down.
This year, as never before, the
Christmas Seals are needed. Tubercu~
losis is on the increase. The steady
progress of medical science in the
treatment of the disease has not been
sufficient to stem the facilitating in
roads of war. Our crowded war pro-
duction .centers, overwork and ner-
vous exhaustion have been an open
invitation to tuberculosis. The great
tragedy is that too many persons
don't realize it when the unwelcome
guest has found it's way into their
homes.
Yes, the Christmas Seal has new
significance, this year. 1t is one means
by WHICH all of us can take part in
the fight against the renewed threat
of mans ancient enemy-the white
plague.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-01

Henry Martin Gooch, NJ B. E., sec
rotary OF the Worlds Evangelical
Alliance, London, Eng, has issued a
call for the Universal Week of
Prayer" to be observed in all Christ
ian churches throughout the world
from Sunday Jan. z. to Sunday, Jan.
IA, 1915. This is the ninety-nintE
such call in as many years since the
Alliance was formed. "In these trag-
ic days of sorrow and suffering mil
lions of people are cropping for spirit
ual light" says Mr.. Gooch "They are
constantly asking if there is any au-
thentic word from God to man. We
believe that in the Gospel we have
the answer, but only if the Gospel is
rightly understood, interpreted, and
applied to the whole life of man, his
spirit, soul and body, in all circum-
stances of his life, and to man in
every country and of every race
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-01

Nazis dig their own graves. Trying
to gain a soft peace.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-01
LET'S BE REASONABLE

The idea that we can turn an up
side, world right side up is idle imagi-
nation. The stern truth is that recon-
version is most likely to be accompan
led by difficult conditions and situa-
lions, such as have followed all 9TH
er wars, when many years dragged by
accompanied by panics and depres-
sions.
We thought we would be lots
smarter after World War 1, but most
of the time during the past rs years
things have not been running smooth
ly along the national front. In fact
the New Deal failed to cure unem-
ployment.
After all, America has got the
right kind of stuff and the right kind
of citizens so that we are sure to snap
out of it-even if we do stumble and
stub our toes in our partnerships with
foreign governments, with whom we
are now planning to establish perma-
nent peace and better foreign rela-
lions.
Time has heightened into recol-
lection. We do well to listen to the
words of a great man, who lived in
our times. He said: Gust what is it
that America stands for? If she
stands for one thing more than an
other it is for the sovereignty of self
governing people" These words are
from a speech made by Woodrow
Wilson at Pittsburgh in 1916.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-01
LONG LIVE KING COTTON
By j. T.. Jones

Washington, d. c., November 81
Plans for the export of cotton have
recently been announced by the Com
modify Credit Corporation from
Washington. The program contem-
plates making cotton available to
foreign buyers at competitive world
price levels" according to a state
ment from the War Food Administra-
ton, which has already fixed the ex-
port price of cotton on a tentative
basis capable of being adjusted to fit
the circumstances, and the differen-
ces, under the Cotton Loan Program
of 1914 Possibly a Philadelphia law
yer or a Memphis dealer may be able
to figure out all the Federal rules
most of which are subject to change
i'll Washington
Old King Cotton is keeping up it's
pace pretty well, especially through
its invasion into manufactured and
chemical products. Cotton linters are
an important source of chemical cell
lulose and cotton is vital in the pro-
duction of gunpowder and other ex-
plosives. 1t is used in Photographic
films and in the manufacture of
rayon-and a great variety of we'll
known daily necessities. Cotton-seed
hulls fit the appetite as livestock food
aid as raw material for the produc-
ton of some chemicals.
Cotton has broadened its base and
so rapidly that its losses in cotton
cloths, wiped out by increased wages,
have been more than made up-the
result being that cotton is one of tie
greatest crops of the soil.
1t seems reasonable to suppose that
the United States markets have found
SO many uses for cotton that it will
remain King, without too much pump
printing in highly competitive foreign
lands.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-01
OUTLINES PROGRAM
OF VET LEGISLATION
Establishment OF Information
Service Centers'' To Be First

Establishment OF Information
Service Centers" To Be First
Proposal
A program of coordination of all
legislation pertaining to needs of re-
turning veterans, together with the
establishment of one or more infor-
nation service centers" for return
ing veterans, has been announCe ed by
Governor Herbert r. O'Conor.
Instead of variety of bills cover
ing the many matters in which vet
Grams will be particularly interested,
all proposed bills relating to employ
ment, rehabilitation, education, spe-
cial exemptions, ETC., will be collected
and presented as a separate section
of the Code.
This work, the Governor announ-
ced, will be prepared under the di
rection of a subcommittee of the
Maryland Veterans Advisory Com
mittee, of which Walter Perkins il
Chairman, and will be done in coop
Office
The purpose of the information
centers is to make it possible fol
veterans to have all their questions
answered and to secure all the desir-
ed help at one place, instead of being
referred to various Offices The frs
one, the Governor said, undoubtedly
will be established in Baltimore, but
he foresaw tie possibility of others
in several sections of the State.
Plans for establishment of such
centers will be presented by Cover
January as part of the overall pro-
gram for servicemen.
Governor O'Conor spent two days
recently in New York, studying the
Veterans Information Centers there,
and believes that, with information,
gained, Maryland should be able to
set UP centers that would meet every
need of TIE servicemen. The State
will be among the pioneers, he pre-
dicted, in the establishment of State
sponsored Veteran Information Gen.
ters which will function through a
col po VI lHloi HleWeiS IIdlHeu eSpe-
cially to get at the heart of problems
presented by individual veterans, fol-
Lowing which skilled consultants will
be assigned to each particular case.
Tke establishment of the service
centers is definitely in line with the
purposes of the Maryland Veterans
Advisory Committee which basically,
is for the purpose of eliminating the
inconvenience which would be caused
to the veterans by reference to a
great number of uncoordinated Of
fees and AGENCIES.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-01
Splendid Doghouse
Made From Barrel
Should Be IL Times Size OF
Pet To Be Used For

Gas rationing may have something
to do with it, but wherever one goes
these days in communities where
single-family houses predominant,
the kennel is playing almost as i'm
portant part in the home as the
garage, the Gaines Dog Research
Center, New York City, finds.
A dog is better companion, guard
or worker for having a place of his
own. A box or basket in the bath
room or kitchen may serve nicely for
the smaller or more delicate breeds,
but dogs of medium or large size,
especially those of the heavy coated
varieties, require separate all-year-
round house. Ready-made houses of
varied design and construction are
available in many places, but one of
the very best is the barrel type house
(shoHn above) developed at the
Gaines Research Kennels, and which
anyone at all handy with tools can
Anyone contemplating trying his
have detailed working blueprints
Gaines Dog Research Center, $50
l L
The barrel has so many advan-
tages as doghouse that it is sur
prising that more has not been done
with it. 1t is rain and snow proof;
warm in winter, cool in summer. It's
biggest advantage is that most of the
work has already been done. Only
three steps need be taken to adapt it
for the purpose intended. An opening
to serve as door must be cut at one
end. the bunghole must be developed
into ventilator, and a support must
be arranged at each end so that the
barrel-house does not rest ON the
ground. The last not only prevents
rolling and early decay, but also
dampness AMI drafts-big causes of
dog illness. Finish with good paint.
Almost any type of heavy-duty
barrel will do. A wine or vinegar
cask which had been thoroughly de-
odorized by washing with diluted
creosote is ideal for the purpose. The
size of the barrel should be in keep
ing with the size of the dog. AS a
rule, the barrel kennel should be IL
times as large as the dog and wide
enough so he can turn around COM
fortably. Preferably the house should
face the south or east. and it should
be placed where the wind does not
strike it directly. The best place for
this house is where it will get the
sun in the morning and the shade all
the rest of the day. For additional
ventilation, several holes may be
drilled in the front and back panels
Of the barrel house and the holes
equipped with suitable cork shoppers.
BY opening and closing these holes
ventilation may be regulated in line
with outdoor conditions. The hinged
door = leather or metal two-way
hinges will do equally well - per-
mits frequent summing of the house
and helps eliminate vermin and
odnrs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-01

OPA says an antique must have q
minimum age Of Is, which is pretty
hard on some people,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-01
MilliOnth Machine Gun

When Uncle Sam decided, back
four or five years ago, that with the
way things were in the world he
might have to take down his musket
once more, there was job of work
to be done. Uncle just didn't have
very many guns to take down, as
such things go in modern warfare.
The bald, factual announcement
just made by General Motors that it
has produced it's 1,0O0,00OtL machine
gun, indicates how we'll American
industry has done in meeting Uncle's
need. That it was a genuine need will
be recalled by those who saw news
paper pictures and films of national
guardsmen training few years back
with broomstick machine guns, stove
Iipe cannon and non-armored We
hicles labeled tank"
General Motors got an education
all order for 500 machine guns in
May of 1910, followed by it's first
siZeable order in September of that
year. 1t cut estimated "tooling up
t4AhC III HalI, maui II, 100 mdCHlHS
guns in 1941, 282,169 in 1912, 375,-
40S in 1913, kad $4,000 off the line
his year up to reaching the 1000
000th gun short time ago, and the
eight GIN divisions participating are
keeping schedule put down by the
Ordnance Department.
AT the same time the company re-
Ctced costs, cutting rs to "a percent
on the three leading types of ma
chine guns it makes, representing "a
percent of GINS machine gun produc-
ton.
Perhaps Uncle didn't have much to
shoot with when the ruckus started,
hut he's packing plenty now.