davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-20

1t seems that all OF Paris knew about Ditas
activities among the hated NaZis ALL that is except
the officials who could do something about IT,
! remember talking 10 Dta Par4e shortly before
the invasion OF France right after Georges Mandel
had been named Minister of the Interior and had
tried to prevent the invasion.
Dta walking along the boulevards when
happened TO meet her l asked if she had any idea
OF what was going TO happen.
why should l have any idea?" she replied.
However, i don't think the Germans will reach
Paris They must not reach Paris, for it will mean
the concentration camp for me-"
You are not German?" inquired, with malice.
Indeed no." she answered "and have been in
France for a long time. / owe France my all The
Germans know what have been doing here-some
things cannot tell you about-some things don't
dare talk TO anyone about her voice trailed
off mysteriously.
No. she could not tell us about il. Yes, the Ger
mans did know what she doing in France. But
TO her friends and acquaintances, Dita Parlo pre-.
tended, right up until the final day, that she
working secretly for the Allies.
However, She grew careless in the early part Of
May, 1910, and Dita found herself in a concentration
camp at the order Of Georges Mandel, who had be
come fully of her collaboratonist activities.
Dita had become careless, secure in the knowl-
&C that the Germans were on their way TO Paris
- that she would be given the immunity and the
protection of the Third Reich for selling out the
Third Republic of France
During the Occupation, she in the full glare
of her glory and queened il in the capital At
MaXm'S, famed night restaurant, she staged many
a lavish and prodigous blowout for her NaZ friends
and protectors. The NaZis, you see were not in
sensible to Da's beauty.
Scapini, of course no longer important in
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-20

her s C h G m g OF
things. He h a d
already seTved q
his purpose.
r or ( o u 7
years, while the
n axis occupied
= a r / S, y i [ a
reignsd as queen
Her parties were
( a bulou s. Her
w ar dro be was
even more lavish
than in pre-war
days. Purloined
furs and jewels
were eagerly be
slowed upon her
by NaZi party
leaders seeking
her favors.
THE Paris Un.
d derground q
" ate h @ q and
waited with pa
ticnce born dur
ing years of
suffering. TIL q
glanorous an d
deadly Dita was
high on their list
OF those 10 be
reckoned with
when the Nazis
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-20

driven out and France restored to the French.
Paris was liberated. The NaZS, in their hasty
departure, had no time for discarded and useless
paythings, so Dita was left behind. She was imme-
dately arrested as spy and collaborationist.
OF all collaborationistS. the infamous story of
Corinne LuChaire is perhaps the most familiar TO
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-20

arrest. The guillotine the firing squad awaits
her. BY the time you read this there is every
reason for believing she has been captured
France will live forever, but the maggots and
worms that caused her downfall are even now being
eXterminated
THE END.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-20

OF this NaZi-French
liaison readily.
CoEinnc came into
her full glory after
she met AbetZ. Be
fore meeting { h e
Nazi she lived In a
meanly-furnished flat
in the suburbs of
Paris. Once she con-
fessed that she want
ed to marry the
Bank of France. ("
She was completely
ruled by her purse.
Corinne continued
-te-iiHe-the- -Hfe=of= a
needy adventures
until the advent of
AbetZ, who supplied
her eXtravagances,
furnished funds for
her fathers pTo.NaZi
paper, "Nouveau
Temps" andlaunched
her in the movies.
Always in the com
pany of Abetz after
the occupation of
Paris, she blazed
with jewels, furs and
expensive gowns at
the opera, and her
photograph was a
regular occurrence
in Signal" the Ger
-man-PFepaganda m
sheet. She queened
il at numerous NaZi
functions.
The Nazis pointed
her out 10 the rest
of the world as a
perfect example of
how French woman
hood was co-operat-
ing with the German
CO n uerors Of
France" Her coop
Grafton began before
France fell.
At one of the Nazi
functions, she con-
triVed 10 make AbetZ
jealous by encourag-
ing the attentions of
Herr Dokter Goeb-
bels, who fon dly
called her, my dove
eyd Dulcinea.'
Today, no AbetZ or
Goebbels could help
her in Paris. Her
execution is as sure
as the fall of Nazi
Germany.
At this writing, Co.
rinne Luchaire has
not been found. There
is a warrant for her
firing squad awaits
this, there is every
cen captured.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03

her stellar spurs. Fred Astaire,
about to make his first screen
appearance, was anxious to find
a dancing partner who could fol-
low his fast and intricate
rhythms. Joan, because of her
previous dancing experience on
the stage, was given the title
role.
Ginger Rogers Next
Astaire's next screen venture
was Flying Down to Rio" 1t
launched the dnce duo of Astaire
and Ginger Rogers.
Together, they became the
screens top dance team and
were co-starred in nine success
sive pictures.
In 1899, Ginger decided to
give up dancing and embark on
a dramatic career.
Eleanor Powe became
Astaire's next dancing partner.
She was already established as
Broa way and Hollywood's
number one feminine tap dancer,
therefore when she matched
steps with Astaire in Broadway
Melody of 1940," she proved her
versatility in ballet and ball
room dancing as well.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
Abbott A Casualty:
Costello The Cause

HOLLYWOOD - Bud Abbott
has discovered that comedians
must be rugged as well as funny.
That fact came to light when
Bud had to lift his partner, Lou
Costello, over his head and drop
him on table for a scene in
their new M-G-M picture, "Ab-
bott and Costello in Hollywood"
In spite of roly poly Louis
weight, Abbott seemed to do
all right until som thin z
snapped. The studio doctor dis
covered three torn ligaments in
his chest as a result of the Cos
tello hosting.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
Boy Sfar's conforfions
Win Pals Admiration

HOLLYWOOD-A Boys
Ranch near Amarillo, Tex,
Butch" Jenkins was put
through a test by boys at
the home to see II he "be-
longed." Waiting to 60 be-
fore the cameras in Metro
Goldwyn Mayors Boys
Ranch" he was c0rnered by
cornered by the other lads
who were little concerned
with the fact that he Is a
motion picture star.
What can you do be-
sides acting?" asked a
spokesman. "Can you ride
horSe?"
yep" said Butch.
"Can you swim?"
Yep
Can you play baseball?"
"Yepw
"Yup." Then getting the
drift of their quizzing, Butch
peeled off his shirt, turned
his back and said, "An' I
can throw both my should
ers out of joint"
He did.
The films star, James
Craig, happening to look
over, was Mortified. From
where he stood, Butch ap-
peared crippled But the
moppet actor put everyone
at ease by pulling the
shoulder blades in.
Now, he is also Sin" in a
big way at Boys Ranch.
Every kid on the ranch
is trying to throw his
shoulder blades out of
joint" reported Craig.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
June Allyson Wins
New Film Contract

HOLLYWOOD A new long
term contract which assures her
a top place in the motion picture
world, has been awarded to June
Allyson by Metro Goldwyn-
Mayer Studios.
Just a year ago Miss Allyson
captured the hearts of the mo-
ton picture public with her per-
formance in Two Girls and A
Sailor" Since then the young
actress has proved her ability
and appeal in such films as "Mu-
sic For Millions" Her High
ness and the Bellboy," "A Sailor
Takes a Wife" and is now shar-
ing stellar honors with Kathryn
Grayson in Two Sisters From
Boston"
Miss Allyson came to Holly
wood from the Broadway stage
hit, Best Foot Forward" to re-
peat her role in the screen YER
sion of the musical comedy.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03

worked differently; Nancy and
Dick will be married in Septem-
Der, when his brother comes
home from the South Pacific
The same thing happened when
that same publicity man intro,
duced Patti Pickens of the Pick.
ems Sisters and tenor Robert
Simmons, also for publicity pur.
poses. They've been married
four years.
Newspaper columnists get lots
of "no-romance" items. The
latest concerns Lizabeth Scott,
making her screen debut in Hal
Wallis you Came Along. +"
There'll be no romantic interest
for her, we're told, till her film
career is definitely established.
Announcements like this usually
backfire-just let a gal say she
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
Actors Thrieve On
Salt, Ice Rations

HOLLYWOOD-Director
Clarence Brown is filming scenes
for M-G-M's "The Yearling" In
Florida on salt, ice and water.
With humidity intense and
temperatures constantly hover
ing around the 100 degree mark
in the northern Florida scrub
country where the Marjorie Kin
nan Rawlings Pulitzer Prize
novel is being filmed against
original background of the story,
Browns crew of about 100 con-
sumes daily: 200 sodium chloride
tables, 500 pounds of ice and 90
gallons of bottled spring water
or almos a gallon per man.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
SIGN DRUM MAJORETTE

Five years ago a pretty Pasa-
dena Junior College coed named
Jetsy Posthuma won national
recognition as drum majorette,
went to New York where she
appeared at the Roxy Theater,
then returned to her schooling.
She studied dancing and now, as
Jetsy Parker, has been given a
contract t by Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer. Her initial screen role
will be in 1.-TWO Sisters From
Boston,"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
George Rigaud Learns
Mother Safe In Paris

HOLLYWOOD - George Ri
gaud, the South American star,
was the happiest person in the
troupe of Paramount's Mas
querade in Mexico" after learn
ing of the safety of his mother,
Mrs. Pauline Rigaud in liber-
ated Paris.
Her letter was the first word
the actor has had from his par
ents since the Nazi occupation
of France in 1910. He last saw
her when he fled the French
capital just two days before the
arrival of the Germans.
After telling her son that she
was we'll and in good spirits,
Mrs. Rigaud asked him If it were
possible to send her some Amer
ican cigarettes, which appar-
emily are more rare luxury
with the French than with
American civilians despite the
presence of U. S. troops in Paris.
Rigaud, born in the Argentine,
spent his youth in Paris and
acted in film there before the
war. In recent years he has been
making pictures in South Amer
ics where he has a great fan
following.
He was under contract to
Paramount a short time in 1888,
but no suitable role was found
for him and he returned to
France. He plays one of Dor
othy Lamour's three leading
men in Masquerade in Mexico"
vieing with Arturo de Cordova
and Patric Knowles for her heart
interest.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
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STAGE ScREEN5RA1I0
.leased by Western Newspap
BY Virginia Vale

PARAMOUNTs studio press
bureau reported an unusual
number of requests from serv-
icemen to visit the Betty Hutton
Sonny Tufts sets for Gross My
Heart" They couldn't figure out
the reason for that avalanche of
requests, till some bright boy
came up with the answer. Seems
that somebody had announced in
print that Betty had posed for
photographs on the set with two
air corps lieutenants, Robert
Drew and Bruce Shaw, P-39 pi-
lots stationed at nearby Van
Nuys-and Betty had sat on one
officers lap while the cameras
clicked!
1t all turned out perfectly. A
publicity man introduced Nancy
Norman, pretty singer with Sam
my Kayer's orchestra, and Dick
Brown, who's featured on his
own Sunday MBS program; the
press agents object, romance
item" that he could send to ra-
dio editors (who get swfully
sick of those same phoney "ro-
mances"D. But - this time it
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03

You'll Never Get Rich" was
Astaire's next starring picture
and he selected Rita Hayworth,
of the famed dancing Cansino
family, to be his partner. She
being already a very talented
dancer, they made a perfect
team.
Marjorie Reynolds was the
lucky starlet chosen to dance
with the incompatible Astaire
in Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn"
In THE Sky's the Limit" AS
taire selected Joan Leslie for his
leading lady of the dance,
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03

won't fall in love, and next thing
you know, she's eloping with
somebody.
Helen Mack, who's producer
Of MICS Date with Judy" and
the new "Beulah Show" gets no
vacation this summer. In addi-
ton to handling the direction of
the two network shows Helen
has been signed for two movie
roles-enough to keep any wom-
an busy.
Ted Malone wants you to
help him. He's keeping a
promise made to his G. /.
friends overseas by dedicating
his broadcast series, heard
week over the American net
work, to rediscovering Amer
War Has Done to Your Com
lea. He wants mail on What
munity."
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03


In the m usic department,
Haynes and his blonde song
stress is sextet of song hits,
backed by maestro Gordon Jen-
kins and his 81 sidemen. Max
ing up the tune list are I'm
Gonna Love That Girl" "Out of
This World" You Belong to
Ny Heart and Let the Rest of
the World Go BY" Haynes and
Miss Forrest will be heard to-
gether in Honey" with the
band swing out with Lime
house Blues" as arranged by
Gordon Jenkins.
Besides linking Guam and the
home front, the global musical
will salute the officers and men
at the U. S. Naval Hospital at
Norman, Oklahoma.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03


rupted by telephone call. Del
bar must 60 to Washington, D
c., on business. Cynthia remains
behind.
Cynthia discovers Major
Thomas Milvaine (Van John
SOM, South Pacific flying hero,
convalescing at the resort. She
volunteers to teach him to swim.
In no time at all, he is swim
n1ing-and in love with Gym
thia.
A week later, he tells Gym
thia that he loves her, but she
insists she loves only her hus-
band. Next day, Cynthia, dis
covering Tommy has gone away,
realizes that 1t Is Tommy and
not Bob she loves. Later Tommy
returns and Nils Knudse e n
CLauritz Melchior), Metropolitan
, Opera star who has been taking
an interest in Tommy and Gym
thia, suggests that Tommy look
for her on the mountain top.
If you care for the ending see
this picture at Valentine it has
quite the ending.
MICS Everything for the
Boys" the Dick Haynes show,
rates high at Army and Navy
Hospitals throughout the
country, according to letters
received by The Baritone and
chanteuse Helen Forrest. Lat
est accolade to the two sing
ers because of their musical
salutes to service Hospitals
comes from the AAF Person
mel Distribution Command,
which called the program "a
vital moral factor"
Who are the 8 Fly Right of
Jazz?
(1) Johny Miller, the baseman
of that sensational funny group,
the King Cole Trio.
(2) Nat King" Cole of
"Straighten Up" fame.
(3) One of the pioneers of the
King Cole Trio, Oscar Moore,
who plays guitar for the COM
bination.
Gag of the Day"
Singer Dick Haynes three
year.old SON Skipper" came
home from his first day at
nursery school, only to have
his mother ask him, "And did
my little pet learn anything
at school today?"
Sure" replied the boy. II
learned two kids better'n to
call me mammals little pet"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03

Travers) TO r
get to pay their
bills. Cynthia,
impressed with
h is efficient
+ or C e fulness
goes to dinner
with him.
Their we'd
ding supper at
a California
mountain r :
sort a month
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
NEW "PEST" FILM

NEW "PESI FILM
BUS Pests" latest Pete Smith
Specially for Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer, went before the cameras
this week.
1t is the third short in the
pests" series, the others having
been Movie Pests" which was
nominated for last years Acad-
emy Award, and Guest Pests.
The new Speciality tells of the
trials and tribulations of riding
crowded buses during wartime.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03

John Berry, who directed
Betty Hutton, Sonny Tufts and
Others in Paramount's Gross My
Heart" is discussing Broadway
production of a play he has writ
ten in collaboration with Charles
Schnee.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
At Valentine
Thrill of A Romance"
A Story Designed For Youth
By Burny Zawodny

Robert G. Debar Carleton Young business tycoon
sights Cynthia Glenn Esther Wams) she does
while insructng class of undeprivleged He
mediatey falls in with her. learns where she lives
mental in having lights telephone Gym
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
Lucille Bremen Steps
To Fame With Astaire

HOLLYWOOD Special)-vivacous Lucille Bremen is the
of the Hollywood actresses to take the Asare-
way stardom.
Back in 1888 Metro Godwyn- Mayer made Dancing
Lady young Joan Crawford trying to win
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
Maestro Gordon Jenkins
And Dick Haynes Go Global

For Dick Haynes take-oH New York before
ne and chaneue Helen Forrest hit the Hospital circuit again.
Inc Baritone has scheduled shorwave
crean In Guam highghted feature Everything for
the Boys broadcast Tuesday August (73o D M
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03

thia's house after her aunt and
uncle, Mona and Hobart Glenn
(Spring Byington and Henry
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-23
Sgt. Kelly Evans Home From
Life in German Prison Camps

British prisoners, some of whom
had been captured FIVE years ago,
gave us from their own private
little boards, a Red Cross parcel
for every two men. This was an
outright gift from the prisoners;
food they had laid away against
their own needs when Red Cross
packages still coming through,
Here the non4commissioned Of
ficers were separated from the pri-
Yates, and the privates put TO work.
They asked the non-coms to work,
but we refused. We who refused,
LOO Of us, were marched TO Stalag
SA at Gorlitz. which is near the
old Czecho-Slovakian border. We
were fed $50 to 500 grams of bread
and a liter of soup a day. Whila
in this camp ! saw Joe Britton and
Harold Herbst from Ypsilanti.
"The Russians we're closing in,
so we we're evacuated from the
camp February Il. marching west.
We marched almost to Kassel, n
distance Of about $50 miles. While
on the march we were fed feast
each day. Five hundred grams or
bread. a liter OF soup, and a small
piece OF meat, the origin Of which
we could only guess.
ION this tour, $50 to eco men
died OF malnutrition and dysentery.
I'VE were placed in a transit
camp. formerly a brick factory.
The Americans were closing In
from the south. The Germans
again asked II any one wanted to
work. and all but $50 Of us did.
The idea was. work or walk.
April l we left the factory and
marched north. Besides the $50
OF us Americans there were some
500 Britishers. In the next ~ days
we made but $3.50 miles. and we're
liberated by the Americans, April
u.
Il was flown TO France. and EN-
See PRISONER-Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-23
DR.. Henry Heads
Wayne University

Detroit. May % AP-Dr. David
D. Henry. executive vice president
OF Wayne University since 1899,
has been named president OF the
school.
The 40-year-old educator was
chosen yesterday by the Detroit
Board OF Education to succeed DIT.
Warren L. Bow, who died MAJ -.
The board, in naming DR.. Henry
to the sl1,750 position, separated
the office OF university presiden.
and Detroit school superintendent
which previously we're held joint
~.
Dr. Henry. a graduate OF Penn
sylyania State College. began his
teaching career as professor OF
English and director OF the School
OF Liberal Arts at Battle Creek Col
lege. He served as assistant super
intendent OF public instruction at
Lansing before joining the Wayne
faculty in 1885.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-23
Var in Brief

(By Associated Press)
Okinawa-Yonabaru occupied by
L. S. 10th Army elements as others
drove south to occupy heights dom
mating supply roads to enemy-held
Shuri. Rain curtailed activities in
center and on the west.
PhllIpplnes-Fierce lighting rag
ed in Luzon watershed area north
east OF Manila. Enemy opposition
wilted on north-central Mindanao
where the Bukidnon provincial CAPT
tai OF Malaybalay and its small
airfield were taken from the Japa.
nese.
China - Chinese troops hurled
back strong enemy counterattacks;
pushed forward 20 miles in new
offensive against the Japanese life
line to indo-China and Burma.
Burma-Slight advances made by
British forces against stin oppo-
sition east OF Tongoo. hopping up
operations continued over the
whole area.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-23
Youths Will
Answer Draft

Washington, May 23-AP-An
Army officer predicted today that
by fall youths turning Is probably
will be filling So per cent Of draft
calls.
This official. anonymous at his
request but qualified by his job to
speak authoritatively. made the
prediction after noting Selective
Service Director Lewis b. Her.
sheys estimate that 1S-year-olds
will make up only As per cent OF
the July call for 10000 men.
That percentage. the Army Off
Ger said. is too conservative for
the succeeding months, assuming
the call remains at about the same
level.
Asserting the total OF 1S-year-
Odds will increase from about 10000
in July to approximately $4,000
thereafter, he explained 1t this
way:
The Navy, which expects to
reach peak strength in July, has
been enlisting large numbers Of IL
year-olds, thus sharply reducing
the total Of youths IS available for
the draft.
This drain from potential Selec.
tive Service rolls will be largely
eliminated when the Navy goes on
replacement basis, the official
predicted, adding that this will
ease the pressure considerably on
registrants through 90.
Hershey. at a news conference
yesterday, made It clear that In
July at least these men under 30
will make up nearly all OF the re-
naming S. per cent OF the reduced
call, which at 10000 men will be
Is per cent lower than at present
He announced an indefinite defer
ment for all men 30 and over who
stay in useful" work. This, Her.
shey explained. results from the
wars end in Europe and the serv.
ices need for younger men.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-23
Yanks Break Through Okinaqva
Over Top at
In
BondQuota

Reports from Ypsilants Grade
Schools Tuesday showed that Pros
pect School had exceeded its quota
for the sale OF War Bonds with
$3.50. on a goal OF $500. City
schools reported a total of $50, 800
made possible by SlO.S25 from the
elementary grades and S19,975 from
the High School.
Ypsilanti's Public Schools have
undertaken to sell 100000 in war
bonds but Supt. +. H.. Chapelle be-
lieyes they can achieve 1t. School
closing allows the committees
about ten more days for work.
Normal College Figures
Normal College reports coming
in show a total OF $4,000 with a
goal Of $4,000. Roosevelt School
leads with S3O.5O0; Normal College
reports S1O,925. and Lincoln Con
solidated School has S5,275 to date
DR.. c. NJ. Loesell is confident
that they will exceed the $4,000
figure.