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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
Fred MacMurray,
Ex-Sax Player, Great
Follower of Swing

HOLLYWOOD, May 90.
IF FRED MACMURRAY hadn't
l. become Fred MacMurray the
movie star, he might have been
Harry James. Now wait min
ute-wait a minute. / should
have said he might have been
another Harry James - driving
the jitterbugs groggy on a band
stand. And no doubt the movies
would have pegged him FIR ON
there. So he would have wound
up a movie star after all.
1t isn't news that Fred used
TO play the sax in a band. It's
old stuff. But what has hap
pened to swing bands since Fred
left the field is tremendous.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
Copy Java Harbor
For WasseI Film
HOLLYWOOD. Nav "a

HOLLYWOOD. May 20
THE now Jap occupied harbor
L at Tjilatjap. Java. was du-
plicated at the Paramount studio
IN Hollywood for c. b. De
Miles The Story Of DR..
WaSSpll "
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21

dates TO play at private parties
and nobody stood around and
looked gOggle-eyed at the lead
ers. We wouldn't have known
a bobby sOX brigade If we had
seen one. There was nothing
glamorous about being in "A
band Ii was hard work, hut
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
Termed Bad Copy

"You don't suppose my leav-
ing had anything TO do with the
looming OF the bands, do you ?"
grinned Fred, who is so placid
and quiet by nature that he has
earned the reputation among
Hollywood scribes as bad
copy"
Fred doesn't mind the tag.
To be good copy" you have to
be eternally getting in and out
of colorful eScapadeS and that is
just too much trouble for Mac
Murray
His likes and dislikeS are
simple. He likes we'll groomed
women CHS wife. Lillian. is one
OF the most stunning women in
Hollywood. He likes red ties.
oysters, salads with plain French
dressing. Bling Crosby, 1ngrid
Bergman, Ernie Pyle. Damon
Runyon, San Francisco, and
corn on the cob.
Enjoys Swing Music
lie doesn't like dimly lighted
night clubs, women whose hair
hangs all around their shoulders,
strident speaking voices, rhu-
barb. people who are late for
appointments. avocados in sal
ads, dictators, or Russian foods.
He does like good swing
music and has followed the
booming careers of the Jameses,
Artie Shaws and Harry Good
mans with great interest
when I was with hand, "
explained Fred. "they weren't
the million dollar businesses
they are today. our bunch took
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21

Of the Downtown Theater brings
us another first run houSe, al
though the film fare will be
secondary TO the top flight
bands and stage shows which
viii be featured.
Tommy Dorsey and his or
chestra with Gene krupa. Bob
Allen, Bonnie Lou Williams and
the Sentimentalists form the
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
Jennifer Jones
Sued for $4,000

HOLLYWOOD, May 20.
TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX
Il wants 100000 damages
from Jennifer Jones for failing
to report for a picture. Claims
it's her worth as an actress.
Well. anyway, this finally puts
a dollars-and-cents value on
winning an Academy oscar"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21

1t was fun and 1 enjoyed the
life.
I'm not so sure / would like
IL 80 much today. The guys i
used TO work with would have
been nervous with a gang of
women standing around google
eyed"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
Ellen Drew Proud
Filler
HOLLYWOOD. May 20

HOLLYWOOD, May 20
ELLEN DREW. feminine star
II the Pine-Thomas produc-
ton. Dark Mountain" for
Paramount. is very proud of the
handsome fiier who visited her
daily on the set. He is Major
Sy Bartlett, of the u. S. Army
Airforce, former screen writer.
and first American to bomb
Berlin. He also is Ellen's
husband.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21

men, hearing their stories,
talking to them, l had the
greatest experience of my
life. 1 know what pictures
they want to see and. be-
lieve me, it isn't war melO-
dramas. They want comedy
and tender romantic love
stories.
II shall be a better actress
for my talks with these boys.
l know now what the public
wants, and some day l shall
go on the stage. but not until
1 have made few more pic
lures"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21

Sisters are just a few who are
included in the list of special
performers.
The bands featured are Ted
Lewis, Freddie Slack. Charlie
Spivak and Louis Jordan, so
YOU have plenty Of music to so
with your stars.
The gala opening last Friday
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
STAGE and SCREEN
Ry Gars, Gentry
AII-Star, Big Name Bands Presented
In Films Here and on Downtown's Stage

THE films playing follow the leader with their schedule
i Of al-star big name band productions.
Broadway Rhythm" and Sensations of 1945
up but the attraction this Follow Boys
the Fox screen.
While George Raft and Vera ZoIina the in this
story about entertainers there host of famous
folks in guest spots
jeanette Macdonald, Orson Weles, Marene Dietrich
Dnah Shore Donald OConnor W. c. Fields and the Andrews
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
eGousM O. 70 ,,ons
IN HOLLYWOOD
Olivia de HaviIand Looked Her Best in Aeutians;
Saws She Learned Much by Entertaining Yanks
HOLLYWOOD, May 20.
,iUand whom che ooes visitin o.


MO STACKS old Yesterdays
~ boys in he seuh
n hat with
10
a a ny
III atuanywe back to
the
s
felt has had ea q a
enlisted
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
Unmoved by Litigation

illtti dJN'Ns
do you feel your court. bat
q with Warmers will affect
our chances Of getting back to
the screen and good pictures ."
Certainly not" she said. IL
won and am now reading scripts
hut I am not eager to start work
until John leaves. You see, he'll
only he here eight weeks"
Olivia meant Capt. John HuS-
ton. Walters soldier son. and
she makes no secret of the fact
she loves him and that they'll
marry whenever he is free to do
so. We talked of how il affected
our lives to have the man of
our hearts overseas and not
know where he is stationed.
II had "A curious experience"
Olivia said. when John was in
Italy l was visiting a friend and
said, Il have to go home there's
"A cable for me- Two hours later
IA cable came from John, the
nrSt IN many Weeks
Tells Second incident
another time was sitting
for still pictures and 1 said.
There's a telephone call for me-
When i went home n friend of
Johns was trying to call from
New York to say he had mes
sage for me from England where
John was then stationed"
do you feel you are psychic ?"
! asked.
II don't know about that.
Maybe its just woman's intu-
itiOn."
She says John has brought
back remarkable films which he
is editing for the army.
"Of course, I haven't seen II.
But l know its good. He is such
fine director and so intelli-
gent"
Olivia said she knew nothing
about Joan Fontaine'S separation
from Brian Aherne until she
came home from the AleutianS.
II stayed two nights with
Joan since my return" Livvy
said, but she said very little
about her troubles. She only
said, oh. Livvy, 1 do wish you
had been here
l have never felt the two Sis
terS were particularly close.
Perhaps their careers, each so
successful. is barrier. but Liv-
vy'S brown eyes Softened when
she talked of her little sister
and her troubles. After all
blood is thicker than water.
"Of course" Olivia said as
she was leaving, 1.-The best ac-
tress in our family Is my mother.
She has had wonderful training
and sings beautifully. It's pity
she never did anything with her
talents"
Laurel outlook., 1944-09-06

Mrs. Jennie Oliver returned
Thursday from Billings after spend
ing a week here with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Chester Wallace. Her
granddaughter, Nadine Wallace, ac-
companied her home for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Cain went to
Reed Point Thursday to spend sew
eral days with their son Russell
Cain, who lives on the Cain ranch.
Miss Mary Eta Whitmyer, who
has been in defense work at San
Diego, Calf, for two years, visited
among friends here a few days dur
ing the week.
Laurel outlook., 1944-09-06
PARK CITY SECTION

The Lutheran church had it's an.
nual mission festival Sunday, Sept
8, beginning at 1890 a. M, with
services in the afternoon and eve.
ming. Rev. A. Siebert of Lowell
Wyo., and Rev. H. E. Vomhof OF
Laurel were outside speakers. A
film, "What a Missionary Does In
Africa" was shown in the evening,
Dinner and supper were served by
the ladies of the church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan Fry and son
of Fort Peck came Saturday to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fry and Mr.. and
Mrs. R. M. Fry.
Mrs. Effie Edmun returned Fri
day from the Columbus hospital
where she has been recovering from
an operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. j. Harris enter
tanned at dinner Saturday evening
for Superintendent and Mrs. R. G..
Bolin, Dora and Kenneth Bolin,
Charles Calhoun and Shirley Wiess
of Ashland, Ore, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Sitzman, Jean, Helen and Paul
Sitzman.
Frank Miller, George, Clara and
Charles Miller left during the week
for Pasco, Wash.
Laurel outlook., 1944-09-06

Hostesses Thursday afternoon at
the meeting of the Woman's Society
of Christian Service were Mrs. Joe
Thatcher, Mrs. A. l.. Grubs and Mrs
Amos Flood. Following the bust
ness meeting, Mrs. Florence Flood
had charge of the de%votions, and
Mrs. A. o. Nelson a program on
"China."
Mrs. Glenn Fry and son of Laurel,
her three sisters, Miss Mildred and
Doris Larson of Napa, Calf, and
Mrs. Margaret Williams of Boomers
Ferry, Ida, were dinner guests
Thursday of Mrs. Martha Spry.
Charles Calhoun left Sunday for
his home in Ashland, Ore, after
spending two weeks with his broth
er-in-law and sister, Supt. and Mrs.
R. C. Bolin. He will enter service
Sept. IL.
Shirley Altice, who has been
working in Columbus during the
summer, returned to her home the
last of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Strong sold
some of their household goods
Thursday and expect to move to
Billings to reside.
Laurel outlook., 1944-09-06
Laurel News Items

Mrs. Charles Giblin and children
have gone to Farragut, Ida, to visit
Mrs. Giblin's husband who is at
the naval station.
The birthday of Mrs. H. E. Edg-
mond was observed at two events
last week when Mrs. j. o. Speare
and Mrs. Grant Traver entertained
in her honor.
Mrs. DUNCAN McCauley, wife of
Lieut., d. g. McCauley, who is over
seas, returned last week to her
home in San Francisco after a visit
of several months at the DR.. d. H.
McCauley home.
Laurel outlook., 1944-09-06

Mrs. C. A. Eaton has returned
from Hanson, Ida, where n spent
two weeks with her sister, Mrs.
Harry LaCourse.
Mrs. C. L.. S~tarbard, her sister
Mrs. Hildred Wheeler of Billings,
and their aunt, Mrs. Julia Johnson
of Bill, Wyo., attended the Rosebud
county fair at Forsyth last Tuesday.
Laurel outlook., 1944-09-06
PONY

fOny
In 1860, the Pony Express between
st. Joseph, Mo-, and Sacramento,
Calf, was inaugurated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-09
Yonks Mass Men, Arn1or

With Third Army in Moselle Val" ley, September 9, = (li a. m) Y American armor, troops and heavy guns were massing in force on tho west bank of the Moselle today ple- paratory to a mighty effort to en gulf the German defenses between Metz and Nancy in a swift blow.
 As the Third Army prepared 70 capitalize on the five hridgehea across the Moselle, 1t became appar- ent that Metz and Nancy themselves were of secondary importance.
 The basic and ultimate aim of Lf- Gen. George s. Patton was to pene- trate and shatter the German forces formed in depth along the heights behind the river.
 Clear weather and bright skis today promised more air supp IT, which should do much to ov3r- whelm the stubborn mortar f'Te which had taken Q heavy toll of slie attacking troops.
 EIude Naxis
 Last night American forces mea~ aged to slip across numerous re.ss~ forcements and supplies despIte German efforts to block them.
 While the Germans arc fight # this delaying action along inc Moselle, those behind the @ler saN Line were reportea moving up tT and supplies for a last ditch iient.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-09
l,5oo Planes Range Over Ruhr Valley

London, Sept, 9-(UP)-More thaA l.sOo Flying FortresseS, Liber- atorS and fighter planes ranged over Germany'S Ruhr valley today in heavy attacks on industrial and communication centers of Maina, Mannheim and Dusseldorf and Na2i radios reported that other Allied formations were approaching south- western Germany,
 The raids on the Ruhr were made mostly through cloudy skies, but the big hombers, escorted by Mustangs, hit the targets by instruments.
 During the night Mosquitos of the RAF Bomber Command also hit Germany, concentrating on Nurn- burg in southwest section of the country.
 Allied headquarters at Rome meantime announced that 18th Air force Mustangs destroyed at least 76 grounded planes in raids on four airfields within 45 miles north of Belgrade, in Yugoslavia yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-09
COP. Peace Plans To Be 
By JOHN L. CUTTER IsafAaa prnaa GtaA finWmanuanv.Saal

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 Aboard Dewey campaign train, Sept. o-(UP)-The Republican party was pledged today by presiden- tial candidate Thomas '. Dewey to non-partisan efforts to shape and maintain world peace.
 Dewey voiced the pledge last night in Q nationwide radio ad- dress, the second of seven major speeches scheduled in three weeks coast-to-coast campaign tour. He spoke before the closing meeting of the Republican Women's Clubs Bi. ennal convention augmented by an audience which packed the Louis vile, Ky, national guard armory to the rafters and was estimated by COP national committeeman to number is,00O persons.
 Today he headed for Michigan for conferences at Lansing with party leaders and labor. agriculture, Negro and veterans groups and week. end visit with his mother, Mrs. George M. Dewey at his birthplace, Owosso.
 Choosing Kentucky for his foreign policy speech only because he want cd 1t to be the second address on his agenda, Dewey voiced this promise as titular head of the Republican party.
 "So long as I have anything to say about 1t shall insist on two things. First, that the American people
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-09
Production Goes Down

Washington, Sept. 9-CUP)-Iag- ging production in some of the must" munitions such as aerial bombs, heavy truck and heavy ar- tiliery, which officials feared last month might delay the knockout blow against Germany, took a sharp upward swing in August.
 War mobilization director James F. Byrnes told a press conference yesterday that the backward pro- grams increased last month between 6 and i9 per cent but he warned that many of the critical items are still far behind army needs.
 Easing his statements on a report submitted by It. Gen. Brehon Somervell. commander of the army service forces, Byrnes said one of the most urgent programs-radar for aircraft--snowed the sharpess increase with a jump Of almost 1e per cent over July.
 July-August radar production vas almost GO per cent of the output foE the first half of 1924 and about 60 per cent of the quantity needed for the second half of this year.
 Heavy artillery was almost ii per cent over July: aircraft bombs were up ' per cent although a IS per cent boost was expected; heavy and me diu1n artillery ammunition were ur more than 6 per cent: construction equipment up 13 per cent.
 More than 18.ooo heavy truck' rolled of Assembly lines last month an increase of le per cent over July when 22|0o0 were manufactured
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-09
French Push Onto BeIfort
Ry ELRANOR PACKARD

Limited Press War COrrespondent)
 Rome, Sept. 0-(UP)-French troops of the Seventh Army, ad- vancing si miles in one day, swept up the Pranco-swiss frontier to Ntthin less than 25 miles of Belfort today while American forces broke through Nazi opposition at Besan- con and resumed their advance to- ward that gateway to Germany.
 (An Algiers broadcast. reported by London newspapers, said Allied troops were within nine mile of Bel- fort while the Vichy radio added that the rumble of guns could be heard in Switzerland.
 GA Berlin military spokesman also reported that American forces had considerably" stepped up the in- tcnsity of their attacks "in the area of Belfort gap.'C
 Another force of French troops, moving up the Soane valley, bat- tered through stubborn German rear guard defenses north of Chalon af- ter two days of heavy fighting and drove north and west from Chalon.
 One unit occupied the town of Beaune, 22 miles southwest of Di- jon. while the other captured Le Creusot, the site of the Schneider Iron and Engineering works, the largest munitions plant in France. Le Creusot, with 6 population of 27.0O0. is 2i miles due west of Chal- on.-
 On the eastern fringe of France the communique lid both American and French forces were inllictina '.new hard blows" on the remnants of the 0erman 18th Army retreat Ing rapidly toward the Belfort Pass
 The American troops. who cap- eascd Besancon, were driving north- eastward along the main highway and the Rhone-R Rhine canal to Bel
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-09
Arrange For Churchill, FDR Meeting
ladiotelephoto from NEA Telephotol
RY G. H. SALLANN

United Press Stan COrrespondentl
 Quebec. Que, Sept, @ - (U.P0- Several American, British and Cam adian officials were tday laying the ground work for the coming meeting of President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill,
 Although 1t was known definitely that their 10th meeting would take place in the Chateau Frontenac 1t was not permissible to disclose the date but hotels were being readied and linesmen setting up communi- cations facilities.
 Problems of an international peace organization to maintain peace were expected to have the dominant role in their discussions which probably will canvass three broad topics;
 Division of world authority to maintain peace among Britain, the United States, Russia and China while preserving the autonomy and freedom of small nations; the post- war role in the postwar Far East and the prosecution of the war on Japan.
 War strategy was not expected to be chief topic. Observers believed that the military moves in Europe have already been planned to the wars finish and that the strategy in the Pacific has been blue printed for at least six months ahead of
 fHnsakins,ad m paOa n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-09

through the assistance of the French underground-the first American reporter here. vichy is controlled by French forces of the interior-Al- lied Armies have not yet taken over.
 The regional commissioner of Gen. DeGaulle, Henry Ingrand, a former Eayis surgeon who has been directing Che Maquis in the Massif Central for two and 6 half years. told me the story of Petain's last days in Vichy.
 After American forces broke out of the Normandy peninsula and be- gan their drive on Paris. Petain opened negotiations with Ingrand with the view of surrendering him. self to the French patriots.
 ''If petain had not been made a prisoner by the Germans on Aug. 20, I am sure he would have sur- rendered to me the next day" In grand told iae. T was still with the Maquls near Mont Dor when Swiss Minister walter Stucks came to me
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-09
First Reporter To Reach Nchy Ahead or Armies Tells OF Petain' Last Days There

About 6 a. m. the next day SS troops forced the door of Petain's hotel and demanded to see the marshal. Told that he was asleep and could see no one, the troops broke into 2etain's room and found him awake and fully dressed. He refused to leave.
 Petaln Gives In
 "Renthe-Finck was called back and he intimated violent reprisals. Petain finaly gave in"
 From other sources. heard that the Germans threatened to shoot 100 hostages and bomb vichy if Petain did not leave with them.
 A few days later. a hours after the FFE occupied the town. Swiss minister, Sucks. learned that a German column was approaching the town from the west. He con- tacted the German commander and told him if he marched into the Continued un Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-09
TANKS RIP OPEN BARRIERS TO GERMANY
 Reds Start Powerful West Drive-RepOrt Allies Capture Heights ~. Of Florence
Germans Pour Supplies And
 Achievements Into The |Sieqfried Line For Stand
BY VIRGIL PINKLEY

United Press War CorrespOndentl
 Supreme Headquarters. AEF, September 9. - (UPl American tanks and troops tore open the Ardennes forest and MOselle' river barriers almost within artillery range of Germany today while a fleet of 1,5OO U. s. warplanes struck a mighty softening.up blow at the Maxi west wall bases in the Rhine and Rul1E valleys.
 Thundering across the bat tie lines for the second straight day, a force of 1000 American Flying Fortresses and Liberators and 500 Mus tang fighters raked the Ger man rear lines with bombs and gunfire, smashing at road and rail targets and the Rhineland cities of Dussel- dorf, Mainz and Mannheim. Rhineland cities of Duseel-
 German supplies and reinforce- ments were reported streaming into the Siegfried line, barely i0 to 2g miles beyond the advancing Allied Armies in Belgium and France, and the .. s. 9th Air Force buried its full striking power against them.
 A front dispatch revealed thnt news and deadly P-0l, Amerieae Black Widow night fighter, had gone into action to help choke oif the flow of enemy reserves to tlse front.
 Attacking behind the great aerial barrage, It. Gen. George S. Pat tons American Srd Army drove ilvo solid hridgeheads across the Mos- elle river in the Metz and Nancy areas, while the U. S, lst Army hammered out sensational gains running up to l2 miles through tie hilly defiles of the Ardennes forest.
 Full Flight
 German troops committed to the defense of the Ardennes, probably the strongest natural barrier west of the Nazi frontier, were in full flight for the dubious safety of their Siegfried Line, bounded every step of the way by American living columns of tanks and motorized in- fantry.
 On the lst Army's southern flank. armored 'spearheads advanced lS miles southeast of Sedan to the vil~ lage of Blagny, only 2s miles from
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-09

with Petain's proposals. It was a question of whether he should sur- render internationally. be placed under arrest in his home or what.
 German Insistance
 q learned that on the night of Aug. l0, German Ambassador Dr. Cecil Won Renthe-F -Finck called on Petain and insisted that he leave for an unnamed city in the east, where he said Pierre Laval wanted him to form a new French govern ment.
 ~retain had asked Stucks and me to be present to witness the pressure he was under.
 ':At that moment an emissaTy whom petain had sent to contact Laval the day before, returned with a letter from Laval stating he had constituted himself a prisoner of the Germans after refusing to form a government anywhere.
 spelain called Renthe- Flnck a liar and refused Co leave Vichy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-09
Soviets Race
 Turkeywords
By HENRY SHAPIRO United Press War Correspondent


 Moscow, Sept, g, (UP)-Soviet armored columns raced unopposed through Bulgaria to within 80 miles or less of the Turkish border today in @ bloodless invasion that broke Germany's last hold on the Black Sea and pushed tl.e reluctant Bull garian government into Q declara- ton of war against the reich.
 Premier Josef Stalin ordered the Srd Ukrainian army and units of the 2nd Ukrainian army across the Bulgarian -Rornanian frontier early yesterday and by night they had advanced 20 to 70 miles on e front extending IA miles inland from the Black Sea coast.
 CThe Soviet announcement that the invasion began yesterday gave the lie to German reports that Russian troops crossed Bulgaria and entered Greece on Thursday0
 Bulgarian troops offered no re- sistance and at p. m. Sofia an- nounced that Bulgaria was at war with Germany, thus placing the country in the anomalous position of being momentarily a belligerent against both Germany and the Allies.
 Moscow, still keeping the jittery Bulgars on the fence, withheld Its reply to the Sofia governments
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