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Detroit evening times., 1945-06-24
Wanted Stage Career

II didn't see much romance
In those little men in tights
making wild love To cOrpulent
ladies twice their sire. stiIl
didn't think about the movies
though. I decided on n stage
career"
As fate would have IL, how
ever, Faye walked ~traek- into
a movie career while preparing
for the footlights. She was
playing the lead in Thornton
WIldcrs Our Town al Uni
Versity High when a 2Oth Cen
ttffy~Fiox talent scout insisted
on her taking a screen test
II took him up more out Of
curiosity than anything else,
She admitted. but ID turned out
10 be such n ma jor experience I
guess I was finally impressed. i
learned the movies are n very
serious business, and I confess
was scared Co death by the
time all the preparations were
made and Was before "A
camera
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-24
Bill Williams Gets Top Billing

Dawn but there's a wonderful
sidelight 10 the situation. After
all deductions. including money
for war bonds, are taken from
Williams salary. he nets exactly
S54 a week.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-24
Faye Marlowe Says
Most Rabid Fans
Wive in Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD, June %.
nON'T be ashamed to ad.
~ NIT you're ga-ga over
movie stars because, accord
ing TO red-haired Faye Mar
lowe, the average Hollywood
citizen feels the same reaction
TO them although their town
fairly oozes glamour.
You don't have To 70 TO the
hinterlands to find rabid movie
fans" Faye told me during a
recent interview. 81 grew up
almost In the shadows OF sew
eral ma jor studios and most Of
the people around me were as
swoOn-happy In the presence Of
"A star as "A tourist from Terre
Haute."
When Faye reached an age
where she began 10 realize
what il was all about she was
50 interested in fan reaction TO
movie personalities she even
IIlNflt Il NOl VI
of the matter. Her family
wide connections among movie
-tffrti stage people IN Les Angeles
and she proceeded to get ac-
quainted with a lot Of them
-Unimpressed-by Stars
II was student at UnI-
Vcrsity High school in Los An
geles when started a cam
paign with my family TO have
them Introduce me 10 their
friends among the film great"
said Faye. Most of the Kids i
knew were rabid fans and had
u1adc such idoiS of their favo-
rites I suppose ] was n bit dis
appointed when met these
people face to face. In nfoat
cases I WAS totally unimpreased.
Tho grass always grows
cner somewhere else" she
continued. Rather than want
ing TO become film actress I
developed yen To be an opera
singer. But when my family
took me To New York and We
saw several performances Mt
the Metropolitan 1 had n change
Of heart.
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Corps said WAC enlistments end
ed yesterday. Any WAC, SO or old
er, m y be discharged upon re-
quest. Any WAC with a point score
of A is eligible for release.
Turkey - There'n be plenty OF
Thanksgiving turkey for service
men and women, here and over.
seas. The War department says
million pounds of the bird is in
storage or being packed for the
holiday dinners.
Conventions - The War Commit
tee on Conventions said state con-
ventions and group meetings may
now be held without obtaining the
committee s approval, provided
attendance is confined to people
living within a state.
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PAGE THREE

Navy to institute court martial
proceedings. he replied he was
not because it had not been put
up to him. He added he did not
believe he had the authority to or
der such proceedings.
Informed, that some persons be-
lieved courts martial should be
held if for no other reason than
to give those called responsible an
opportunity to state their full side
of the case, the President said if
they wanted a trial he would have
no objection. He certainly would
! not muzzle them.
He added he saw no reason why
the adnirals and officials blamed
could not make their sides known
! without court martial.
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that the reports yesterday showed
Kimmel and Short were on friend.
ly terms; when the Japanese at
tackled and that Truman as a sena
tor had written in a magazine that
the two were not on speaking
terms, the President grinned and
remarked things come back to
haunt you.
He acknowledged he had made
misstatement and said at the
time of the article he based his
views on information available a.
the time.
He told another >questioner Their.
was no Interior motive in releas
ing the reports at the time he did
Asked about reports that '''yol
are going to order the Army ane
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days bulky documents. He volur.
teered that at the time he gave
oct the reports he was unaware
that the Army Board report had
cast some aspersions on Hull
After reading the reports care
fully he said he now wanted 1r
align himself with Secretary Slim
son in defending former Secretary
of State Hull. Stimson sad yester
day he strongly disagreed with
the Army Board conclusion. This
was that Hull, at time when the
country was unprepared, touched
the button that started the wa,
by m k n g counter proposals
which the japanese considered an
ultimatum.
When a reporter reminded him
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Navy investigations and that of
the R o b rts Commission. He
agreed with Stimson that sources
OF information must still be pro.
tected.
Referring to the Pearl Harbor
report made public by him yester-
day, the Chief Executive said;
I have read it very carefully.
and l came to the conclusion that
the whole thing is the result of
the policy which the country itself
pursued. The country was not
ready for preparedness
Every time the President
(Roosevelt) made an effort to get
a Preparedness program through
the Congress it was stifled. When
ever the President made a state
ment about the necessity of pre-
paredness, he was vilified for do
ing it.
II think the country is as much
to blame as any individual in this
final situation that developed ir
Pearl Harbor.'''
A similar stand was taken YES
terday in the comments of ADM
raj Ernest j. King, chief of Nava
operations, on the Navy. Court O
lnqulrys findings of fact"
Rep. Brown (R.-Ohio) disagreed
with the President about the coun
try as a whole being respons bic
and laid chief blame on the lat,
President Roosevelt.
1.-THE idea that we all are re
sponsible is silly Brown told re
porters. The public may not hav,
been prepared for war, but it wa
the. job and the duty of the Presi
dent and the armed forces to b.
ready for anything. That is thel
responsibility. 1 think the chic
blame rests on the man who wa
in the White House at that time
HE, was Commander-in-C Chief O
the armed forces, and he made NJ
secret of the fact that he regarde,
{ himself as his own Secretary @
State, too.
Soon after the White House new
conference, Senator Byrd DIVA.
joined Rep. May and some Re
publican members of the Hous
; Military committee in demand n
a court martial. Declaring the rec
ords made public yesterday di
not give all the facts, he said:
Nov that the war is over tn
American people are entitled to al
of the facts. The simplest metho'
would be for General Short AM
Admiral Kirnmel Gin command a
Hawaii at the time of the Japa
nese attack to ask for an opel
court martial. This they owe t
their own regulations, and / Wi
be disappointed in them if they d
not take this action.
If this is not done, then Cor
gress should pass a joint resolu
ton dir ing an open cour
martial of these two officers.
j President Truman did not wal
for questions at his news confer
: ence before referring to yester
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The Board in its report prepared
in 1914 but released only yester-
cay, said Hull touched the but
tom starting the war with Japan
While some legislators wer ,
demanding military trials to
clear up' the vide conflict among
high officials over the responsible
lily for the greatest of all Ameri
can military set-backs, the Pre-
sident told reporters that he:
1.-Agrees wi tn Secretary Of
Boards criticism of Former Sec
rotary of State Cordeu Hull was
uncalled for.
2.-Disagrees with Chairman
May (D.-Ky.) of the House Mill
tary committee that the reports
and comments made public yester-
day constituted a "whitewash.
Still favors a single com.
mand for the Army and Navy, but
does not want to amplify his prexi-
GUS stand as senator now.
4.-KnoWs of nc reason why
those charged with responsibility
for Pearl Harbor cannot make
known their views without a court
martial. He does not plan to muz.
Zle them.
BLAMED in one way or another
in the armed services were Ad.
mirals Husband E. Kimmel and
Stark, General George C. Mar
shall, Lieut.. Gen. Walter C. Short,
Major Gen. Leonard T. Gerow) /
5.-Believes it essential not to
make public the full record, in
Guiding testimony Of the Army.
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ROW OVER REPORT
GAINS MOMENTUM
Continued from Page One)

spection Of Army and Navy regula-
tons, however, disclosed he does
have such authority.
Huli's denial was contained in
a hitherto unpublished 1914 letter.
Released on order of Secretary of
State Byrnes, it was written to
Secretary of War Stimson last
September Is.
1t was made public apparently in
answer to the Army Pearl Harbor
B d S implied criticism
Of the former Secretary Ct State.
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LITTLE FINLAND
RETURNS TO GOOD
GRACES OF u. S
CONTINUED from Pare One)

Continued from Page One)
there remained a bit of warmth
for Finland.
Apparently the reestablishment
of relations was not opposed by
Britain or Russia, since the Big
Three agreed at their Berlin con-
ference that each country should
go its separate way in handling
relations with the Films.
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HISTORIC AMERICAN
. FLAG NOW IN JAPAN
FOR NEW CEREMONIES
CONTINUED. from Page one)

control tower by the American
technicians who came on two days
ago to get things ready.
The first act of Maj. Gen.. Jo-
seph M. Swing after establishing
the command post for his 18th Air
borne Division was to break out
another flag.
- This was solemnly raised over
the South end Of the field. That
made it official.
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WEATHER

b,, DISTINCTION, Aug. 50. -tR)-weather
fan les ~. report of temperature and rain
tho n .ui me "a hours ending pm. in
eseu manlelpal cotton growing areas and
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-07
AMERICANS GAIN
IN SERCHI0 AREA

ROME, Feb. 6.-UP)-Gather.
ing momentum in their northWaro
drive. American troops Of the Flftr
Army seized the villages OF Cas-
Neveccnio, Lama di Soto and Al
biano, in the Serchio valley Oh
the east side Of the river, while
parallel column on the river west
bank occupied Calomini, 1t was
announced today.
Following re-occupatlon OF
CalIicano. one of the key points
taken by the Germans in short
lived counter-offensive last Deem
her. the Fifth Army forces over
came slightly increased enemy re-
distance to capture the towns, thus
improving Allied positions thanking
the Serchio valley.
(Berlin claimed, in a broadcast
of the daily war communlque, tnat
German troops in successful
counter-thrust succeeded in recap
turing positions in the valley at
GalIicano. The enemy also assert
ed that Allied reconnaissance
thrusts south of Bologna were re-
pelled)
Along the Eighth Army front
near the Adriatic patrol clashes
occurred up and down the Senlo
river from a point just north OF
the lateral Rimini-Bologna high
way to the vinicity of Alfonslne,
nine miles northwest OF RaVenna:
Despite widespread mlsts ana
fog Allied planes hammered at
enemy communications targets
and stores areas in northern
Italy and along the Bremen Pass
route. The MAAF flew over l,700
sorties in a day of operations that
included strikes at ammunition
dumps, concentrations of motor
transport and railway targets.
Seven Allied planes were miss
ing.
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By MARY HARRINGTON

MT. IVY, N. Y, Feb. 6.-UP)--
Cort Rose, IS, a man of the woods,
who has lived all his life within
80 miles of the worlds largest CT
ty, shut himself up in his rough,
II by 14-foot cabin today in the
hope that solitude would restore
his equilibrium.
He had been knocked off his feet
by a miracle. He had seen his
first movie.
First I thought it was the peo-
pie was with 'speakin'," Rose
said, hitching up his baggy trous-
ers. And then l saw them gray
people on the wall movin' round
and movin' their lips, so figured
it was them"
Rose, who leaves his woodland
cabin to do garden work for Play
wright Maxwell Anderson in the
summer, had come to New York
to help deliver a load of wood
to relieve a fuel shortage at a
Broadway theater. An employe
heard he had never seen a movie
and invited him upstairs from the
basement to have a look.
Il didn't know what / was let
tin myself in for" Rose said. by
the Great Jehovah, there was
somebody on the wall that was a
tal1in'. kept an eye on the fell
low with me to see if he was try
ing to joke me.
Il don't think I'll ever get over
it. It's just like that burlesque
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-07
Speedy Survey Promised
OF Florida Melon Crop

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. - up =
A speedy survey of freeze damage
to the Florida watermelon crop
was promised today by the Agri-
culture Department.
Sen. Pepper D.-Fla.) said de-
partment officials told J. P. Will
banks and John Campbell that no
decision on price changes would
be made until after completion Of
the survey, but that the investiga-
ton would be rushed.
Willbanks and Campbell, repre-
senting the watermelon association
Of Florida, had asked higher OPA
ceiling price on the melons.
They claimed much of the crop
was ruined by the freeze and an
increase was needed to insure
growers return on their invest
|ment.
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JQps Force Americans
Out OF Third Air Base

in the 18th, had waged guerrilla
warfare against Japanese trans
portation since the loss of Nam
ming January 10. The bases also
were the 14th's closest to Japan.
The Japanese offensive which
forced the 18th to abandon tn
three bases is a move to consoli-
date enemy communications and
airfields in southeast China in the
face of any American amphibious
landing on the China coast. The
push is similar to the japanese
drive last summer which knocked
the Americans out of eastern bases
between Hengyand and Manning.
The Namyung field was used
successfully after the loss of Suic-
huan and Kanchow, with supplies
being flown in by unar.ned trans
port p l n e frequently without
fighter protection. The bases were
protected by guerrillaS.
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RUNNING, China, Feb. s.-R-
The current Japanese offensive
from the Canton area forced aban.
donment OF a third fighter base
from which American planes had
harassed Japanese shipping in the
Shanghai-Hong Kong area, the U.
S. 14th Air Force disclosed today.
The first base abandoned was at
Suichuan, which was evacuated
January d. The Air Force dis
closed today that Kanchow, less
than so miles southeast of Suichu-
an, was given up quickly and that
Namyung, some 70 miles south
west of Kanchow, was evacuated
January 20.
The three bases had been main
ly Psi fighter stations from which
Mustang squadrons commanded by
1t. Col. Edward o. McComas, and
Mai. John C. Herbst, ranking aces
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from Delaware, New York, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and Missis-
sippi.
The 40 millimeter gun is de-
signed to fire only when perma-
nently emplaced but at Avranches
a gun crew in charge of Sgt. Ber-
nard T. McClain, Los Angeles.
Calf. unlocked gun from a
truck and went into action with it
still on wheels to shoot down a
FW-19O.
1t usually takes a skyfull Of ack-
ack to knock down an enemy
plane. But a battery commanded
by Sgt. Sylvester ]. Konieczky, of
La Porte, Ind, knocked the tail
off an ME-109 with just one round.
On New Years day a battery
commanded by Sgt. Harland Stru-
BILE, Stanfordville, N. Y, was able
to fire only one round at a FW-19(
because of the density of the Hurt
gen Forest but that's all it took
The battalion has a record of nc
one casualty or damage from enc.
my aircraft suffered by the sector
the 445th is protecting.
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BREAKFAST IN MANILA
Child Is Surprised At Vari-
ETY. On Yank Menu

SANTA OMAS INTERN
MENT CAMP, Manila, Feb. g.
(UP)-A little girl looked at the
Santo Tomas menu board today
and exclaimed:
Look! the whole board is
used just to tell what we get
for breakfast"
For the past three months,
the menu had just three short
lines, the same every day. They
were:
Breakfast-mush.
Lunch-Soup.
Dinner-steamed rice. gravy.
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WITH THE AEF:
The Battle OF The Coal Pile

their dead and wounded, under a
hail of fire from mortars and auto.
matte weapons.
This division began soldering in
Missouri in 1912 and spent h G
summer of 1913 on the Arizona
desert and the following winter in
Ireland. This winter they camped
in Germany's Hurtgen Forest.
Division headquarters resembles
deer camp in Colorado with tiny
log cabins springing up every.
where. Smoke pours through pipes
in bough covered roofs. Here and
there you see the hanging carcass
of a freshly killed deer.
The cabins are insulated with
fabric taken from the Germans.
One outfit has a log chapel for
church services.
The anti-aircraft battalion with
the Eighth division claims its total
of As German aircraft destroyed,
plus 10 probables, tops anything in
the European Theater.
The majority OF men with the
45th anti aircraft artillery are
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-07
By ROBERT EUNSON
Substituting For Kenneth l.. Dixon


WITH THE EIGHTH INFANTRY
DIVISION, Feb. 3.--Delayed)-
The only fight along this sector
of the Western Front last night
was for a coal pile-and it was
the Nazis who had to 60 cold.
In a sloppy stretch of no mans
land between the Germans and
the 18th Infantry there is pile
of coal that both sides have been
using to keep fires burning in wat
er-logged dugouts.
Last night the Germans tried to
carry off the whole pile by sending
out 20 men, but somebody stepped
into a trip wire, setuting off
flares.
T-Sgts. Harry Lovett of Bushnell,
Fla, and Houston Bogel, Jr., Nash
vile, Tenn, telephoned their pla-
toon leader, Second 1t. Walter A.
Maddox, Fargo, N. D., VINO gave
the order to open up with every
thing they had.
The Germans fell back, carving
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-07
FDR MAY MEET POPE
Swiss Report Myron Tay-
lor Laying Plans For
Talks

LONDON, Feb. g. Up The
Swiss radio quoted Rome re-
,orts today that President
Roosevelt was making plans to
meet Pope Plus.
The broadcast said Myron C.
Taylor, the Presidents person
al envoy to Vatican City, was
making the preparations and
that Roosevelt may meet the
Pope upon his return from the
Big Three conference.
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People Got No Business
M0uin' Around On Walls

show l seen 80 years ago. thought
them pretty girls oughtn't to be
acting up like that, so I never
went again. So I guess I won't
be seeing no more movies. Peo-
pies got no business moving
around on walls, talkin' and car
ryin' on"
But he was glad to know what
those movie stars he has worked
for up in the Rockland county hills
did for a living. He had never I'm
derstood before.
II worked for Paulette Goddard,
Burgess Meredith and Rollo Peters
who have places out here" he
said. They're nice folks and lei
me do what I like on their land
Charles Chaplin and his wife spent
the whole summers up here till
they got a hurry call back home"
His ancestors settled in the Mt
Ivy area before the revolution. He
never leaves home unless he has
to, because, though it's only an
hours ride to New York, 1.-The big
city is covered with smoke and fog
and my legs get tired just lookin'
at all them buildings with all the
stars in 'em.
Il got my work, my trees, and
my beer. That's enough without all
them puzzles to bother me-"
DELAYED DRESSING
Add dressing to salad just be-
fore serving SO that the greens
will not wilt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-07
RARE BOOKS SOLD
Auction Of Old Volumes
Brings $4,000

LONDON, Feb. 6.-UP)-A first
edition OF Mother Hubbard and
Her Dog" dated 1905, and other
rare children's books were sold at
auction today to an English col.
lector for approximately $4,000
The collection included an 1916
edition Of a multiplication-made.
easy-textbook entitled, Marina.
duke Multiplys, A Merry Method
Of Making Minor Mathematician. u
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JUST IN CASE

SMOKY HILL ARMY AIR BASE,
SALIVA, Kan, Feb. 6.-(UP)-
If combat crews here ever have
to bail out over water, they II
know how best to survive. Accord
ing to a recent Second Air Force
announcement, all combat crews
must pass an aquatic survival test
before getting overseas assign
mentS.
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THE IRONY OF 1T

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb. g.
(UP)-Topping the list of books
for which Cambridge readers paid
overdue fines to the Public Ii
brary during the past year is Wal
ter B. Pitkin's art of Rapid
Reading
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DELAYED DRESSING
Add dressing to salad just be-
fore serving SO that the greens
will not wilt.
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France Plans First
Election Since War

PARIS, Feb. 6.-(UP)-The first
elections held in France since the
war began will take place April
20 when candidates will be elected
to municipal offices, it was an.
nounced today. Departmental cleo
tons will be held May 20.
In constituencies where no can
didate obtains so per cent of the
votes cast, second elections will
be held May 10 and June 3 re-
spectively.
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Bomber Output Impaired
Bv Ford Motor Walkouts

DETROIT, April is - n A
walkout o: $50 workmen tonight
on the giant Willow Run bomb=r
plants final assembly line impair
ed still further the output OF B.
"a bombers, Ford Motor Co.
spokesman declared.
Meanwhile, three plants OF the
Kelsey-Hsyes Wheel Co. remained
closed by a weck-old strike of some
5000 employees despite efforts OF
the regional War Labor Board t1
effect a return to work.
Nearly 300 workers left the
bomber plants assembly line this
morning in a resumption of q
strike which started last week. A
company spokesman, who said COZ
employees remained on the line to-
night, stated that the walkout to-
day followed a two-day suspension
of two employees whom manage
ment believed responsible for la.
Dor disturbances. There was nc
comment from officials Of Local
so, United Automobile Workers
(CIO).
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JACK ELKINS CASE
REMAINS PROBLEM

GREENSBORO, April 16.-(R--
Executive committee OF the North
Carolina High School Athletic AS
sociation was meeting here today
to settle the case of Jack Elkins.
member of the Brooklyn Dodgers
farm system and en- the Green's
boro High school baseball team.
Coach Bob Jameson, himself a
member Of the committee but who
will give up his seat at this par
ticular hearing, is determined to
make it a test case. He took tao
matter-and young Elkins-before
Judge W. G. Bramham at Dur
ham today, and the major leagues
executive is investigating the at
fair. No comment was forthcom-
i..g from Bramhan.
The high school committee is
faced with several things. There
is no written rule Of the associs-
tio.l covering actual signing OF
professional contract. However, a
player who has received remun-
GRAFTON is ineligible. Elkins' con-
tract in Bramham's office reveals
that he will not get any money
until after 80 days with a Dodger
club. Greensboro has already for
feited to Burlington, a team beat
en- last week with Elkins catching
Greensboro can be disqualified
from the conference schedule for
use of an ineligible player, IT FL
kins is found ineligible.