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Detroit evening times., 1945-11-08
Phil Brestoff
IS,
T Takes Over. r.
Radio Job

PHIL BRESTOFF, director OF
the Michigan Theater band since
1888. today was named musical
director OF radio station WxYZ,
effective Nov. II. according to an
announcement by George w. Tren-
die. president OF King-Trendle
Broadcasting Corp.
The maestro plans 10 continue
his concert trio, which has been
playing in the Statler Terrace
Room since 1897.
Active in the theater and stage
since he was child prodigy OF l6,
Brestoff's string quartet, which
broadcast over the radio in 1924.
is believed 10 be the first TO be
heard over the air.
STUDENT OF VIOLIN
Since winning the Wilson C.
Smith award in Cleveland as a
violin prodigy. Phil has had an
auspicious musical career. At age
l6 he was the youngest member
Of the Cleveland Symphony Or
chestra. From there he went 70
the Cleveland Stillman Theater
with Phil Spitalny. where he re-
mained for three years.
AT 20. he came TO the Detroit
United Artists Theater orchestra
as assistant concert master
Shortly after Eduard Werner
then musical director OF the
Michigan Theater, heard him play
at a party and offered him the
position of concert master and
assistant director Of music at the
Michigan. He accepted.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-08
Fox Books
Efn6rWdV0
Stage Shows

MEET TIE MISSUS," WJR's
informal interview show, will
originate on the stage of the Fox
Theater every Wednesday al 2:3o
p m, beginning Nov. IA.
Ross Mulholland, master OF
ceremonies will conduct his pleas
ant interviews of the women of
Detroit, and play his zany "ex-
Temperatures game. on stage.
The engineer, working in full
view OF the audience. Will record
the program, and the show will be
re-broadcast on either Thursday
or Friday, so that the partici-
pants can tune in and hear them
selves on the air.
Interviewees will be selected
from the theater audience.
EDWARDS HERE
Truth or consequences" an
other network show. will be pre-
sented on the stage OF the Fox
at 2 p. m. Monday, Nov. 70
Master OF ceremonies Ralph Ed
wards will give Detroiters a
working sample OF what really
goes on behind the mike when the
riotous program is broadcast each
Saturday night.
The show is one Of a series
being presented nationwide a.
part Of the bond-selling program
In the Victory Loan drive.
Admission will be by purchase
OF a bond only.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-08

TERESA WRIGHT runs the
wardrobe gamut from long.
voluminous Victorian period d
gowns. with bustles and puff
sleeves, 20 black tights worn by
ballet dancers for rehearsalS in
her starring role in Il Take This
Woman"
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-08
MUSICAL MATE

When Werner resigned 10 prac-
tice law and TO enter business.
PM became director of the
Michigan Theater orchestra
that was in 1888 when the the
ater adopted a dance band policy.
He has been there ever since.
He married Del Parker, popular
songstresS, three years ago.
She is al present on tour with
Jimmy Dorseys band. She will
appear for four weeks on the
New York Capitol Theater stage
and then for eight weeks at the
400 Club.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-08

and goes to the bottom of New
York's East River
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-08
New Costume

THROUGH HIS many years Of
acting. Barry Fitzgerald thought
he'd worn every conceivable type
Of costume. Then he was starred
in Third Avenue" In one scene
he dons a diving suit and helmet
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-08
Monopoly

REGINALD OWEN. who plays
King Louis XIV in Paramount's
new Bob Hope show, Monsieur
Beaucaire," twice before played
the French monarch in films; once
with George ArlisS in "Voltaire"
and once with Dolores Del Rio in
Madame Du Barry"
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-08

There are a few slight changes
In the cast from last year. but
the company itself is pretty much
intact. Again we have plump and
pompous Robert Eckles swash-
buckling through the role OF the
pirate king. with Bertram Pea
cock as his trusty aide.
LOVELY DAUGHTERS
Ralph Riggs stopped the show
again as the model of modern
major general" while Beverly
Sills, Kathryn Reece, Marie Val
dez and Mary Lundon proved a
pretty quartet OF daughters.
Allen Stewart is a stalwart
Frederic. the pirates apprentice
and his duet in the first act with
Mabel and the chorus was charm
ingly delivered.
We liked Pauline Leslie as
Ruth, better than we did as Ka-
tisha, although her voice still
doesn't seem to project across the
footlights.
Robert Pitkin. as the sergeant
OF police, was superb, being re-
sponsible for most of the laugh
ter in the second act.
II was a good Pirates" well
directed and well sung.
CURTAIN RAISER
For a curtain raiser. they gave
the brief. but wonderfully ironic
Trial BY Jury" which is the
neatest short cuff the English
courts ever received.
In this we had Warren Lee
Tracy as the Judge who goes
through all that marvellous by
play with Usher Robert Pitkin,
while Kathryn Reece. who is one
OF our favorites, made charming
plaintiff, in this divorce satire.
Louis Kroll directed both Of
ferlngs.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-08
Stage & Screen
Burnside Company
Presents Fine Pirates
BY CHARLES GENTRY

GILBERT AND SULLIVANS skull THE
Pirates of Penzance the second offering in the series
OF Savoy operas which r. presenting
st the Cass Theater and particularly well done
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25

At Thy Voice"-from the Opera, Sam
son ct Dalila", Saint-Saens; "Homing',
Del Reigo; Lift Thine Eyes,, Logan;
Camel Bells, Hipkins; Because, D.
Hardelot; Prelude in C Minor, Chopin;
Waltz in A Flat, Brahms; Always" Ber-
lin; 1.-THE Fishers Widow, Edwards;
Indian Dawn, Zamecsnnik; "Open
Thy Blue Eyes, Massenet; and "open
The Gates, Knapp, were the selections
rendered by this talented young lady.
"Orchids in the MOONLIGHT, Youmans;
"My Hero"-from The Chocolate Sol
der, Strauss; "The Lords Prayer,
Malotte; and "The Prayer Perfect,
Stenson, were rendered by the sextette
and a double piano selection, Indian
Love Call" by Merker, was given by
Miss Mary Evelyn Nets and Miss Jane
Wilburn.
Ushers were Miss Doris Matthews and
Miss Lois Pepper.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Mrs. N. B. Hooker
Receives Letter From
Il. COL. Kaufman

The following letter was received by
Mrs. N. B. Hooker from 1t. Col. NJ. B.
Kaufman, who was 1t. Nat Hooker's
commanding officer. 1t. Col. Kaufman
is now in Tilton General Hospital in
Fort Dix, New Jersey, recovering from
wounds received in France:
Dear Mrs. Hooker:
"On my return from sick leave / re.
ceived your letter of December 25th
1t was very good to hear from you and
I will try to do what | can to answer
any kuestion you may have.
81 knew Nat for nearly two years an6
thad a high regard for his courage ant
ability. As commander of my Ammu
milton and Pioneer platoon he did out.
standing work and won the respect ant
admiration of the officers and men fol
his fearlessness and devotion to duty
ledge that he nae the best organization
Of its kind in the Division and it's status
a due in large part to his leadership
an Africa, Sicily, England ano
France he performed his job in
superior fashion.
"The day that I was wounded, July
18th, was the day Nat got killed. While
on my way to the hospital l spoke to
him and reports reaching me later said
that the tragedy occurred about three
hours after l saw him.
"We were in a forest called the Bots
du Hommet located at the foot Of the
Cherbourg Peninsula between Carentan
and st. Lo. Nat had reformed mag
nificently all day under heavy enemy
fire and after reaching our objective,
the forest, we dug in on a defensive
position. The story as / later heard it,
is that he was bringing up ammunition
TO the troops when a German shell
felled a tree across the road. Knowing
the urgency of the need for ammunition,
Nat, disregarding his own personal
safety, ran out in the road under heavy
enemy fire and attempted to push the
tree out of the way.
at was while doing this that he was
she'll.
ellis courage in Drawing enemy fire
to help his comrades showed the highest
qualities of devotion to duty.
"You should be proud of your son.
He was a grand soldier, a fine friend
and a devoted American.
: GAIL of us who knew him share your
sorrow with you.
Sincerely,
"MICHAEL KAUFMAN"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
HEALTH NOTES
By Holmes County Health Dept.

33 new cases of tuberculosis were re-
ported in Mississippi last week. 10 new
cases of tuberculosis were reported in
the same week of 1914. One new case
of tuberculosis was reported in Holmes
county last week.
One case of cerebro-spinal Meningitis
was reported in Holmes county last
week. The Army is using s~ulfadyzene
to prevent the spread of cerebro-spinal
meningitis when they have an outbreak
Be alertl Don't take too many chances
If you have sore throat, cold and head
ache see your doctor. These are often
| the first symptoms of meningitis.
105 births in Holmes county were re.
ported in December, 1914. Thirteer
white; 90 colored. Forty-two deaths ir
| Holmes county in December, 1914. Nine
| whites; 33 colored. TIE population o.
Holmes county is approximately 75%
| colored, or A to /. Seven times a.
many colored babies born as white ones
in Holmes county in December, 1914
| Only 3 2I3 times as many deaths occurred
among the colored ace as among tn,
white race.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
EMORY

Mrs. John Calvin Ammons and charm
ing little daughter, Minnie Ola, spent
happy weekend days with Sproies reia-
tives in Durant.
Sgt. and Mrs. Charles Harren Melton
left Durant last Saturday afternoon for
Memphis where they had made reserva-
lions for their trip to Roswell, New
Mexico, to await further orders.
Mrs. L. o. Henry visited her daugh-
ters in Jackson last week. Miss JOY
Ienry came home with her for a brief
stay.
We are glad to report Mrs. H. W.
yandiAer improving rapidly. She is
ow back in her home near Cruger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Cox had as priz-
ID overnight guests, Saturday, Mrs. X
! c.. Wilson and Mrs. James Smithwick
/ If Walden.
The Rev. Wilson Ray filled his APP
ointment here Sunday afternoon and
brought his attractive bride with him
( All wished them health, happiness and
prosperity throughout the years.
Mrs. Roscoe Johnson wa sauto guest
| # Mr.. and Mrs. Sharkey Truitt when
| hey went in the "wee small hours OF
! he night" to Memphis to see Miss Sara
| Truitt who is in a hospital for treat
ment.
Miss Evelyn Fades Joined Mrs. r. C.
| Wilson and daughters Tuesday after
| moor for a visit to Mrs. r. w. Catron,
Mss Davie Catron and the Melton John
sons.
Henry Vandiver of Cruger, came out
to see his hill friends and relatives on
Wednesday. We are ever ready to well
come this genial delta gentleman.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Mrs. Annie W. Au|manr
Died Wednesday

Mrs. Annie Watson Aulmann of Lex
ington and Hollywood, California,
entered into life eternal on January "a,
1945, after an illness of several weeks
at the home of her brother, ]. Raiford
Watson and Mrs. Watson.
Mrs. Aulmann had been living in CAL
ifornia with her husband R. c. Aul
mann who survives her.
"Miss Annie" as she was called by
her friends, was a woman of gifted
talents in the literary field. She lived
for a number of years in New York, was
a member of the Penwomen of America.
She wrote under the pen name of Annie
Ayers in her stories of the South. She
was the author of Cotton Field
Stories" several poems and the lyrics
of a typical Southern son. Mrs. Aul-
mann was loyal and devoted to her
home and friendships. She was a mem
Der of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, a member of the Methodist
Church Of which her father, the late
DR.. j. R. Watson, was long a prominent
and active member
Her mother, Alice Stuart, was the
granddaughter OF The late Judge David
Ford who was the first Judge of Holmes
county. She was a descendent of General
Robert E.. Lee.
Surviving members of her immediate
family are: Senator ]. S. Watson. Mrs
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Holmes Junior College

The joint prayer meeting service
which was held in the lobby of the girls
lobby on Wednesday evening was open
ed with the singing of "In the Garden
and "Revive Us Again. led by Elsie
Meek.
Jere Everett read the scripture ana
the poem "Invictus" by William Ernest
Henley.
The program was closed with prayer
led by Euell Dickard.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25

Matte May Gwin, Mrs. w. A. Pierce
of Washington, J. R. Watson, Henri
Watson. Mrs. j. G. Herbert, and Miss
Julia Watson.
"Lead kindly light, amid the encircling
gloom, E.
Lead thou me on, the night is dark and
/ am far from home. Lead thou
me on.
Keep thou my feet ! do not ask to see
the distant scene, one step, enough
for me-"
So long thou power hath blest me, sure
Il still will lead me on, DER moor and
fen Ger craig and torrent, till the nlght
is gone, and with the morn those ange
faces smile, which I have loved long
since, and lost awhile.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25

Wednesday afternoon at 200 the stu
dent body of Holmes Junior College met
in the girls lobby for the purpose OF
electing cheer leaders for the basket
ball season.
John Bennett Tucker was elected head
cheer leader and Marjorie Morgan,
Jeane Comfort, Frances Guidry, and
Fave Lewis Brown were elected to serve
with him.
Tbursday evening at $50 o'clock there
was a pep meeting held in the girls
lobby to prepare for the games with
Wesson Friday night.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25

Mrs. Martha Tye McKie, head of the
Music Department of Holmes Junior
College, presented Miss Mary Metts
talented daughter of the Rev. and Mrs.
J.. NJ. Metts, Winona, in a piano ana
voice recital in the Holmes Junior COZ
lege Music Hall on Wednesday evening
January IT, at 1880 o'clock. Miss Metts
was assisted by Miss ane Wilburn at
the piano and the sextette.
Her program was as follows: Moon
light Sonata, Beethoven; M Heart
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25

Wednesday, January II, was given to
classification and registration for the
second semester.
Holmes Junior College welcomes the
following new students to the campus
Elsie Reynolds, McComb; Hid Young
McComb; Shirley Neal, Helena, Ark;
Doris Brown, Columbus; Ruth Gibbs
Fulton; Willard Jurney, Alderman
James Mcdaniel, Winona; Charlie
Young. Goodman; Billy and T. A. Pat
~terson, Weir; Billy Cooper Smith
Tchula; OWN Ray, Weir; Hale G.. Booth
Wear; and Paul Leggett, Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25

1t. Col. M. B. Kaufman
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-15
NEW BERN ROTARY
HON0RS POTTER

NEW BERN. Sept. 14.-Scout-
master B. M. Potter Of Troop Is.
Boy Scouts Of America, was honor.
ed Tuesday night at the regular
supper meeting Of the Rotary
club for his work during the past
% years as leader Of the local
troop.
In introducing Mr.. Potter, N. G.
Gooding declared that he believes
Troop 10 has set a national, II not
an international, record in the
number Of its members which
have been made Eagle Scouts.
The national average II one in
900; but Of the 1000 local boys
who have been members of the
troop 81 have become Eagle
Scouts.
Troop members recently raised
to Eagle Scoutdom were guests
of the Rotarians, and Frank
Pagan, Jr., one Of the number.
expressed their appreciation. Also
on the program were Mr.. Potter
and Boone Owen, field executive
of the East Carolina council Of
Boy Scouts. President c. L.
Carter presided.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-15
BIG SCOUT RALLY
SET FOR TONIGHT

| Scout Troops Of Wilmington dis
trict will compete with others in
five events at the district rally, to
be held at the Robert Strange
Park tonight at 8 p, m. according
to Carroll 1insley, assistant scou:
executive.
Neighborhood commissioners will
judge the events, and awards will
be on the basis Of first. second,
and third places.
First on the program will be in
spection. Troops will march in
with their leaders and committee.
men and be judged on attendance,
appearance, and orderliness.
Active will begin Immediately
with an antelope race. Six scouts
will be team, and the first team
crossing the finish line viii be
the winner.
Skilled hands will be needed in
the modifying relay, as well as a
remembrance Of Tenderfoot knots.
Scouts must tie the square knot,
Two half bitches, Glove hitch, bow
line, timber hitch, girth hitch,
and hitching tie.
Two Scouts from each troop will
next line up for string-burning
contest. Care in selection and plac-
ing Of wood will be instrumental
in making winner here, said Mr..
Hnsley.
The final event, probably the
most exciting, one, will be the
dummy relay, in which Scouts will
remove and replace Scout cap,
neckerchief, shirt, and belt on a
live dummy.
The public is invited to attend
this rally of Wilmington Scouts.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-15
BY KENNETH L. DIXON

HONOLULU = Up = Postwar
planning being quite the stuff these
days, this correspondent now sits
himself down under the nearest
gently waving palm frond and an
nounces his number one personal
plan for peace and happiness.
It's more than just a plan, it's a
pledge and vow. As a matter of
fact, the only thing that keeps it
from being new years resolution
is that this amt New Years.
But come what may Il hereby
swear by the swaying coconuts
overheaO come depression, degre-
dalton or despair, nobody is ever
gonna talk me into attending or re.
porting an American Legion. v. F.
W. or other kind Of ex-soldier con.
ventlon.
T Because, sure as didn't get in.
volved in an argument over wheth.
er it was Baker Company OF Char.
lie Company that captured Hill SCI
on the night of May 10. Or else, nc
matter how hard l tried, sooner or
later nostalgia would wiggle Its
ugly ears inside my soul and I'D
start blatting my brains out (prob-
ably in print, too) about whether
it was the Second or Third Battal'
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ion that relieved US that stormy
December night high on the shell.
swept slope of Mount Rotundo.
And such arguments only lead to
bloodshed - probably mine.
In case you think this merely
idle chit chat, let me tell you my
soul is bleak and bitter on this
point.
For most people the war is over.
But not for me. Somewhere in the
world, whole infantry division is
hunting for me-the 102nd Ozark
Division.
Once l was their man but done
them wrong. I gave another divi-
sion credit for doing what they did
six months ago during the Belgian
Bulge battle - and the vengeful
wrath Of those Ozark fighting men
has logged my fleeing footsteps
half way around the world.
It all started one dull day in Ger.
many last June when I wrote an
innocent, unimportant little story
which told how during December S
Ardennes break-through days the
U. S. Ninth Army was whitfield
down to two divisions.
That was correct.
Then, I wrote that one Of the two
divisions holding the entire Ninth
Army front was the goth Division.
That also was correct.
However, it was at this point that
Homer hoped off the tabulator
and landed on the top row keys Of
my typewriter. Homer is the little
Gremlin who parks On my portable
for the sole purpose of getting me
into trouble.)
I distinctly remember writing
that it was the 102nd Division that
held the other half Of the Ninth
Army front during that critical
period. But Homer had already
landed on number four key and it
came out 104th Division.
That was the way the story ap-
peared in print and editors who
had been .studiously avoiding my
copy for endless months seized on
it with fiendish glee and published
that particular piece. Everybody
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-15
Typhus Control Work
Underway at New Bern

NEW BERN. Sept. 14.-New
Bern's campaign to control typhus
fever through the use OF the new
army insecticide, DOT. Is now
under way, but will perhaps con
tinue for a year, reports DR.. H.
S. McGeachy, county health Off.
Ger. Both New Bern and Bridge.
ton will be covered, street by
street and house by house.
The work is being done under
he direction Of state and federal
health authorities, New Bern
being chosen for the project, along
with Wilson. Wilmington and Clin'
ton in North Carolina. Three vst'
Grams have been employed here
for the work.
At present chief attention is be-
ing devoted to catching rats. They
are being combed for fleas, and
their blood is being tested for
typhus. The powder is also said
to kill insects and bugs.
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For figure flattery with a CAPT.
tai Fl" make Pattern 9202. Sur
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are news in style and comfor|
Bracele:- length, long, or sh1
sleeves. -
Pattern 9-02 comes in 81
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takes 8 l-2 yards 3o-incender that
Send TWENTY cent in business
for this pattern t0ot embarrass
Star-News. 1865 Patti
Box 1874, Station & elder Roosevelt
N. Y. Print nat he seek settle
STYLE NUM- from Jesse Jones.
ADDRESS. Try of commerce.
NEWT know until he read It
ana Wipiewspaper that Jones had
for FlI the Hartford loan for 81 000
to'mgh Elliott's attorney tried to
riga out what Jones had done.
c6. Left members of the House
Continued on Page Two; Col. A.
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Rowing Reporter Makes Resolutico
To Auoid All Veterans Conventions

printed it. Never did a story get
better circulation. I'm still answer
ing letters written by wrathful
readers all the way from Rome to
Nome and that's a long way.
Practically all the boys Of the
4o7th Regiment part OF the l02nd
Division) have writer. Srecifical-
ly. PFC. George G.. Willis ant Pfc.
John ?. Saunders took care of the
critical correspondence for COM
pany G.
They wrote from Germany. So
did Edward c. King. Jr, who told
the Baltimore Sun that what I
wrote made his blood boil. Well,
now We are even. For, what he
wrote made mine curdle.
More and more letters began to
pour in. However. no matter what
any one else tells you, the fact
that I left Germany then was pure
~ coincidence.
In France things got even worse.
More letters came AMI also occa.
sional personsl visits from Ozark
men who had mean look in their
squirrt l-shooting eyes.
Due to an utterly unrelated chain
Of events it became necessary sud-
denly for me to leave France Jaw
shaddup) but even in the United
States I found no peace. More let
sers, more phone calls. So, I came
to the Pacific.
But the other night out on waikiki
XII Beach. as ! lay staring at the
moon over Diamond Head. e swim.
mer with a slightly military man.
ner strobe across the sands and
said: Il understand you're war
correspondent I used to hear a lot
about war correspondent when I
was with the 102nd Division in Ger.
many What's your manner"
Jones'" l replied, getting up SO
fast I skinned my shins on three
bathing beauties. And pardon me
but I've just remembered it's time
for my coconut milk
So, please print this story for the
1o2nd Division to rsad and don't
forward my mail. I'm not sure
where I'll be, anyway.