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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22
FDR HELD WARY
OF SECRET PACT
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next historic meeting remain to
be disclosed. One of these may
be, however, at least in part, his
decision to take along Secretary
of State Stettinius. Hull did not
make the trip to Tehran in 1913.
Another measure which looks
highly probable is as full report
as possible to Congress and the
country when the meeting is fin
ished. Stettinius will be able to
amplify this in his recently be-
gun conferences with Senate and
House Foreign Affairs Commit
tees.
In this connection it is under
stood that while Mr.. Hull offered
members of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee his own con-
viction that no so-called "secret
agreements" were made by the
President at Tehran, he was I'M
able to say to the more critical
that he knew of his own
first-hand knowledge and expert
ence what had gone on there, since
he had not himself been present.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22
ROOSEVELT ASKS
JONES TO QUIT
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in the Government because he had
had the confidence Of both Con-
gress and the President.
81 have had that confidence be-
cause / have been faithful to the
esponsibilities that have been en-
trusted to me-" he continued. For
you to turn over these assets and
responsibilities to a man inexperi-
enced in business and finance will,
I believe, be hard for the business
and financial world to understand.
Mr.. Roosevelt said that he was
suggesting the ambassadorial jobs
"among many other posts" that
Jones could fill in the Government
and hoped that he would have the
opportunity to discuss the matter
with Secretary Of State Edward r.
Stettinius. Jr.
Jones replied that his 10 years in
Government service was ample
evidence" of his desire to be of
any possible assistance in time OF
war, but that his desire to serve
further does not encompass dip
lomatic assignment.
The Wallace-Jones switch has
been rumored since the Presidents
reelection to fourth term but
Mr.. Roosevelt's intention to turn
over to Wallace all Government
lending agencies came as a dis
tinct surprise. it generally had
been felt that Jones would retain
control OF these functions as head
of the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration.
1t was reported reliably that M.
Roosevelt will submit Wallace's
nomination to the Senate tomor-
row. An Administration leader said
lit would be referred promptly to
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, but felt that opposition would
develop if Wallace's new job in
cluded control of the financing
agencies.
This source said that Mr..
Roosevelt was contemplating
move that would send Jones to
London to replace Ambassador
John G. Winant, the. New Hamp-
shire labor relations specialist,
who would return here to replace
Frances Perkins as Secretary of
Labor.
The Cabinet shuttle would end
lot Of New Deal headaches, par
ticularly one that involves Wallace
who was picked by the President as
his running mate in 1910 but
dumped overheard at the Demo-
cratic convention last year for
Sen. Harry S. Truman (D-Mo)
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22
Souiets Take 7annenberg
In East Prussian Drive

of Konigsberg, in an l1-mile ad-
vance.
The northern wing OF Cherniak-
hovsky's army advanced u miles
south from the Niemen river along
the Baltic coast and captured the
coastal town of Gllge, 80 miles
northeast of the capital city
Twelve miles south of Gumbin-
men, the Russians were advancing
on the road and rail center of Oar
kehmen. They captured Konigs-
felde, seven miles to the east.
In Silesia, the First Ukrainian
Army under Marshal Konev, hurl-
ed back German Volksstrum
thome guard units recruited from
the mines, Offices and factories to
reinforce Germany's battered ar
mics, and approached within 16
miles northeast Of Oppeln by win
ming Radau.
One communica tons lire from
Breslau to the three German cities
Of Gleiwitz, Hindenburg and Beu-
then was severed when Konev' S
army cut a 29-nile stretch of the
first of three railroads along the
east bank of the Oder between
Kreuzberg-through Rosenberg -
and the Polish town o. I.ubliniec.
Lubliniec was captured Satur.
day. In an 11-mile advance north.
west that carried them five miles
inside Germany, Konev's forces
captured Guttentag which put them
six miles from the second of the
three supply lines
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22
NAILS Are WARNED
OF GREAT PERIL

LONDON, Jan. z1.-UP)- The
German radio and government
controlled newspapers tod tense
homeland today that the Reich IS
facing its greatest hour OF peru.
Announcers Of the German home
service radio, recorded by BBC'
divided their time between reas-
surfing their listeners that Eastern
Front counter-atta would De
launched soon and warning OF the
horrible fate that faced the entire
nation should they fail TO stop the
Soviet drive.
The DNB news agency quoted
the newspaper, Deutsche Auge-
meme Zeitung, as reporting that
now in her greatest noUr Of peril
Germany can fall back on lines
built I'D since last August. The ter
rifle Soviet onslaught vas the main
topic of all newspapers, DNB said.
quoting the Deutsche A1gemelne
Zeitung as also causioning its read
ers that the bringing up OF re-
serves naturally still will take
some time.
German newspapers which reach
ed Stockholm Saturday were more
optimistic than the reports put out
for foreign consumption, and 1t
was obvious that the Nazls feared
panic would spread through Bres-
lau, Danzig, Koenigsbcrg, Posen
and other cities in the path OF the
Russian steam-rollei.
One of the best examples OF the
radio offerings to German homes
was a talk given by commentator
Hans Fritzche, who first assured
his audience that, although break
through had been accomplished,
German defense lines were taking
shape and that Russians would feel
the strongest Of counicr-o]oWs from
the core Of resistance" within the
Reich,
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FCI JOE NAMED
MAN OF THE YEAR
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providing for the deduction Of Fed.
eral income taxes from State in.
come tax returns.
Mr.. Cartier spoke briefly on the
Challenge Of Change" saying thai
the future depends on the younger
men who have enough courage tt
get out and do something con
structive.
Somebody is going to have tt
put some of the money made II
this war back into the service o.
men, he declared.
Postmaster Wilbur R. Doshel
made short talk on the past &C
tivities and future promise of the
group and Elliott O'Neal, Whining
ton Jaycee president, spoke or
public relations - the newspapers
and radio as mediums of publicity
Carroll Tinsley, assistant Scout
executive OF the Wilmington area,
discussed Scouting in connection
with Jaycee activities.
Bot Dannenbaum, last years
chairman of the North Carolina
Junior Chamber Of Commerce s
committee on Americanism, spoke
on tie freedoms expressed in the
Declaration of Independence, Con.
stitution Of the United States and
the Atlantic Charter in connection
with race relationships Of the post
war world.
The luncheon, attended by repre-.
sentatives from New Bern, Wilson,
Fayetteville and surrounding terri
tory. was presided over by Claud
o 'Skields.
c. w. Frost, one of North Caro-
1ina's two directors of the National
Junior Chamber of Commerce, was
introduced.
Reports of Jaycee activities of
the last calendar quarter and of
presidents of all represented clubs
were presented at meeting at the
Cape Fear hotel at 10 a. m. yes
terday.
Approximately 100 people attend
ed banquet held at the Blue Top
Lodge al 8 p. m. Saturday for
members, their wives and guests.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22
GEORGE D. ROBBINS, sR.

LELAND, Jan. 21.-Funeral SER
vices for George Davis Robbins,
Sr. SO, who died at his residence
here Friday afternoon, will be
conducted from the resident today
at 3 p m. with the Revs. H. S.
Strickland, H. F. Brinson and
Woodrow Robbins officiating.
Interment will be in the family
plot at Leland.
He is survived by three sons,
George D. Robbins, Jr., John Al
len Robbins and William Henry
Robbins of Leland; two daughters,
Mrs. Minnie c. Cook and Mrs.
Mary L. Cook of Leland; and sis
ter, Mrs. Fannie D. Bordeaux OF
Wilmington.
Active pallbearers will be W. T.
Medlin, Fetchie Medlin, Leo Med.
lin, Eldridge Medlin, Allen Sykes
Alex Jones, Club Brew and Lor.
EMO Williams.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22
MRS. SALLIE E. BAGGETT

Funeral services for Mrs. Sal
lie Evelyn Baggett, "a, who died
Saturday afternoon in Duke hos
pital, Durham, will be conducted
today at 3 p. m. at the Yopp fun
eral home by the Rev. J. F. HUI
bert. Interment will follow in
Bellevue cemetery.
Mrs. Baggett is survived by her
husband, l. Baggett, a daughter,
Mrs. C. w. Vereen, two sons,
Jesse I. Baggett and Harry A.
Baggett, and sister, Mrs. Mary
M. Huddleston, all of Wilmington,
as well as number of grand
children.
Active pallbearers will be E. H.
Rhodes, E. W. Manning, j. L..
Walters, S. w. Lewis, D. L. Holt
and F. w Davis. Honorary pail
bearers will be J. w. Price, w.
L. Kure, A. Klutz, DR.. j. F. Rab-
ertson and DR.. D. R. Murchison.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22
Yank Engineers Rebuild
Bridge After Air Attack

ment must be hauled by track
layers.
The first man to cross was Capt.
Robert A. Marshall, of Abilene.
S. D., who forded the river in a
jeep. When he got to the other
side he met major WAC had work
ed his way through along the other
bank Of the stream frori another
sector.
Bomb disposal teams were busy
picking up both japanese and Am
erican buds from tine steel and
concrete bridge which was pitted
with bomb blasts. Among the dud
CATERERS were 1t. Leonard J..
Stuart, OF Lexington, Neb., and
Corp. Joseph Getherail, Of Charles
ton, Mass.
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YANK ARTILLERY
RAKINC GERMANS
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ing ahead all along the 25-mlle from
after initial gains OF three miles
A front dispatch, disclosing 1ur'
Their progress, said there were no
reportable details.
(The German communicate ao-
mitted the French had denied the
lines west of Mulhouse, and report,
ed heavy fighting in Thanh, IL
miles west of Mulhouse in the east
ern foothills of the Vosges mount
ains)
The assault line stretched from
St. Amarin in the Vosges south.
east to the area of Mulhouse ano
on to the Rhine.
North of Strasbourg, the Alsatiar
capital, 1t. Gen. Alexander M
Patch's Seventh Army baked ar
enemy attempt to exploit a five
mile wedge driven into American
lines in the Weyersheim area, re
pulsing a midnight infantry assault
Without regard for the peril posed
on this flank. the Seventh Army
fought back savagely inside Drus
enheim, seven miles northeast Of
Weyersheim, and west of nearby
Herrlisheim.
The Germans were known Il
have five or six divisions concen
trated in an arching 15-mile line
from Hatten in the Maginot Line
southeast to Gambsheim, nine
miles north of Strasbourg.
They included the Tenth SIS Pan
yer division, which left the Russian
front to fight in Normandy, par
ticipated in the Ardennes break
through, and now is fighting in the
Drusenhein area.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22

WITH u. s. SIXTH ARMY FOR
CES At Villasis, Luzon, Jan. 20.
tDelayed-tR- American Army
Engineers, advancing with the
Doughboys toward Manila, were
throwing up pontoan bridge
across the Agno river today few
hours after the first troops had
negotiated the stream at this point.
The Yanks reached the longest
bridge in the Philippines "a O.
O8O-foot structure-late yesterday
but three OF its sections had been
blasted out by American fliers.
The Yanks waded the Agnc-at low
stage during the curren: dry sea-
son The river bed is a series OF
sandbars over when trucks and
other heavy mechanical equip
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22
JAMES C PICKENS

James Coburn Picxens, 81, of
Washington, D. c., died in the
Emergency hospital there Saturday
afternoon at 4 o'clock. He suffer-
ed severe heart attack, after
being in declining health for some
time, and died two days after en-
tering the hospital
He was superintendent of the
Joint Facilities Of the Southern
Railroad company at Washington.
He was civil engineer and
graduate of Washington and Lee
University.
Mr.. Pickens is survived by mis-
widow, Mrs. Julia Faison Pickens,
formerly of Wilmington; his faith
err and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Dever
Pickens, of Philippi, w. Va, and
one brother, Paul Pickens, of Cum
berland, Md.
Funeral services will be held in
Washington and burial services will
be held today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22
YOUTHFUL SHIPPERS
GO DOWN TO SEA

NEW YORK-lR-Four salty sea
captains, masters Of ships taking
vital war cargoes to war zones.
met in New York recently. They
were Robert Levy OF the Bronx,
veteran of five years at sea with
the Cities Service Oil Company's
fleet; Henry B. Lehman, Manhat.
tan, winner Of the Merchant
Marine Distinguished Service Me.
dial; Charles R. Stevens, of Brook
Ign, veteran Of the Normandy
invasion, and Robert c. Skinner
of Washington, D. c., a United
States Lines skipper for more than
8 year.
The story is their ages. Skinner
at "A, was the old man of The
group. Lehman and Stevens ara
%, Levy is 81.
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sian Army invaded the Junker
homeland on a 50-mile front, ad-
vancing almost is miles.
Tannenberg, sacred to the Ger
mans, and the burial ground of
Field Marshal Paul Won Henden-
burg, the great Prussian military
hero who defeated the Russians in
1914, was captured in 15-mile ad-
vance. Seizure Of the village, seven
miles inside the frontier, brought
Rokossovsky's troops within %
miles southeast of the rail city Of
Allenstein.
1t was near Tannenberg, Mos
cows midnight communique re-
called. that the Russians, Poles
and Lithuanians completely
smashed" the German Teutonic
knights In a historic battle in
1910
Anenstein apparently was Rokos-
sovsky's first objective. Other
spea-heads, crashing through line
after line Of concrete and iron for
tificatiors between the western
most Of the Masurian lakes, ad-
vsnced IA miles inside the border
and won Jedwabno, IS miles south
east OF the rail city.
| South of Ahensteln,. other troops,
pushing ahead despite German jet
propelled bombs, captured Allen
dorf, % miles from the city.
Sixteen miles due west Of Tan
nenberg, Rokossovsky's troops
fighting through Polish territory
captured Lubawa, in their closest
approach to the Baltic and to Dan.
zig. At Lubawa, they were eight
miles southeast Of Deutsch Ey1au,
capture OF which would cut the
vital supply railroad from Ger
many, through Torun Ito 1nster-
burg and Konigsberg.~
They also were II miles south
west Of Osterode, another irnpor-
tant city on the trunk railroad.
Both Osterode and Deutsch Eylau
are the corners1ones of a triangu.
lar lake region guarding the ap.
proaches to the Baltic.
At the same time, Rokossovsky' S
troops were advancing along a
65-mile front north Of the Vistula
river, and by capturing the cities
OF Plock and Sierpc in gains Of up
to six miles, were within IS and
"A miles southeast Of Torun.
The jaws Of grea. pincer were
closing On East Prussia as Rokos.
sovsky's army drove through a
network Of Nazi defenses in the
Masurian lakes. At Jedwabno they
were 80 miles southeast Of spear
heads of Gen. Ivan D. Cherniakhov-
sky's Third White Russian Army
which was smashing into East
Prussia from the east.
With the collapse Ct Gurnbinnen,
Is miles east Of the great rail city
OF 1nsterburg, Cherniakhovsky s
army extended its front 16 miles
south beyond the western fringes
OF Rominten Heath to Gswaiten,
six miles northwest o. Goldap The
front now is 10 miles long.
More than $500 enemy troops
were killed or captured in Gumbin.
men, and Cherniakhovsky's troops
advanced five miles beyond to
capture Kubbeln, 10 miles east of
1nsterburg.
The fall of Insterburg was inn
minent. The city was outflanked
nine and seven miles to TIE north
west by the seizure of Patimbern
and Padrojen, the former AZ miles
east Of the capital city of Konigs-
berg.
Thirteen miles northwest of In
sterburg, Cherniakhovsky S troops
advanced six miles down the Tilsit.
Kongsberg railroad to take Mahlau-
ken, while other forces captured
Schenkendorf, SO miles rorthe st
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22
Junior Hostesses Plan
Meeting At USO Loung,

The Junior Hostesses from II.
USO clubs at Fourth and Arn NV
streets and Third and Crsca
streets, which were closed JAM.
airy /, by club officials are urgsd
to attend a meeting Of the secov5
and Orange streets club TO-DAY
at 7:30 p. m. in lounge A.
AL members who plan to part,
cipate in the programs of m,
club are asked to be present IN
order that the rules and program,
may be discussed, officials add.
ed. If any member finds if i'm.
possible to attend. and would RI.
to be member of the. Junior
Hostesses group at the Second
and Orange club, she is asked ia
arrange an interview with Miss
Glenn Willard. Phone 2-26l7.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22
Chinese Fight To Hold
Jap Drive On Railroad

CHUNGKING, Jan. 21.-RNBat-
ties to hold converging Japanese
drives from Human and Kwang-
tung aimed at sealing off the Chi.
|nese-held gap of the Canto-Han-
kow railroad were reported to-
night by the Chinese High Com
mand.
There was no positional change
south Of Leiyang on the railway
about IS miles below Hengyang,
where clashes had been reported
earlier In Kwangtung, fighting
continued in the outskirts Of
Tsingtung, 40 miles north OIL
Canton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22
MRS. SARAH E. ZIMMERMAN


Mrs. Sarah E. Bannerman died
at his residence, 314 Ann street,
at lis p. m. Friday, after lin
gering illness.
She was born in New Hanover
county on March 16, 1862, daugh-
ter of the late Temple Houston
and A. ]. Grady, of Duplin county,
and was the last member of her
immediate family.
Mrs. Bannerman was the widow
Of Williams Tate Bannerman,
clerk of court of Fender county
for many years.
She was active in religious and
civic circles, an officer and hon
orary member of the NJ c. Sorosis,
former member of the Stamp De-
fiance chapter, D. A. R., president
of the DOMAINS Auxiliary of the
First Presbyterian church, presi-
dent of Wilmington Presbyterial,
and vice-president and recording
secretary of North Caolina Synod
ical.
She is survived by cousins ir
New York, Georgia and North Car.
DINA.
Funeral service will be conduct
ed from the residence at II a. m.
today, with her pastor, the Rev.
William Grove, Jr., D. D., in
charge, and the Rev. A. J. Howell
assisting. Interment will follow ir
Oakdale cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Eu-
gene Johnson of Wallace, J. A.
Grady of Kenansville, Mark Hines
of Winter Park, Laurin Beatty d
1vanhoe; Haywood Bannerman 0.
Carolina Beach and Marshall Be
atty of Ivanhoe.
Honorary pallbearers will be DR.
H A. Codington, A. T. Summey
j. A. Adams, Walter Storm, Her
bert Wilder, D. C. Whitfield, Johr
S. Crowley and Glasgow Hicks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22
EDWARD C. WIRELESS

BURGAW, Jan. 81. - Fun era
services for Edward C. Wheeless,
rs, who died at James Walker
Memorial hospital in Wilmington,
Friday night of typhus fever, were
conducted at 3 p. m. yesterday al
the Burgaw Methodist church by
the Rev l. J. Strawbridge. Burial
followed in the Burgaw cemetery
Before his death Wheeles was
cashier of the First Citizens bank
in Burgaw for four years. He is
formerly of Rocky Mount and
Smithfield.
Survivors are his widow, the for
mer Miss Lucille Hilliard one child,
Edward, Jr., and his mother, Mrs.
Annie S. Wheeless, all of Burgaw;
two brothers, Russell w. Wheeless,
and Roscoe Wheeless, both of the
U. S. Army in the Southwest Paci-
flc area; and sister, Mrs. M. E.
Morgan, of East Greenwich, R. I.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22
MRS. OLIVE ODUM POWELL

LUMBERTON,, Jan. 81. - Mrs.
Olive Odum Powell, SO, widow OF
William Carlyle Powell, died at her
home in Drum yesterday after
noon after an illness of two weeks.
She was born in Robson county,
and had lived in the Raft Swamp
and Drum sections most of her
life. She was a member of the Or
rum Baptist church.
Funeral services were conducted
at Bigg's funeral home in Lumber
ton yesterday afternoon by the Rev.
I. P. Hegpeth. Burial followed in
the family cemetery in Raft
Swamp ownship.
Surviving are two sons, Stinson
Powell and June Powell, both of
Lumberton; four daughters, Mrs.
w. R. Townsend, Route 4, Lumber
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22
USO INVITES WIVES

Wives of servicemen station
ed IN the Wilmington area are
invited by the USO to the Sec
ord %
for dessert, Tuesday at 7:3o
u II in lounge "A. Husbands
also are invited to attend II
they are in town tomorrow
night. A discussion of the pro-
grams of the club will be held
after the social hour, and serv-
ice wives are asked to be
guests.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22

TONIGHT'S SINGING SENSATION
Is this handsome gent with dream
stuff in his justly famous voice.
Jerry Wayne is his name-and he's
on tonight on Borden's new radio
show. Starring lovable Ed Wynn,
with Mark Warnow, and Elsie, Ell
mer and Beulah. WMFD, 900 p.
M. EWT.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22

Cotton stored on the farm can b,
put into the Government loan
Make application through the local
AAA office.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22

Special lighting devices have
been developed for inspection of
gun bores and shell cases,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22

Mexico City's newest hydro.elec.
trlc power plant was paid for out
OF q special ten per cent tax on
electricity users, beginning in 1899
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22
OBITU A r IE S

ton, Mrs. I. P. Graham of Proctor
vile, Mrs. J. C. Atkinson, and Mrs.
Archie Lewis, both of Fairnont;
one sister, Mrs. Margaret Baxley,
of Route 4, Lumberton.
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OTHER col oil9ES.
e, 96

Chart above shows the distri-
button of British Empire war
casualties, as recently described
by Prime Minister Winston
Churchill. The figures repre-
sent period from start of war,
September, 1889, up to last
November.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22
City Briefs
MEETING SCHEDULED

The Cape Fear Council No.
"a, Daughters of America, will
have its regular meeting to-
night at 8 O'Clock in the Junior
Order hall. All members are
urged to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-22
WEATHER
Eastern Standard Inc,
(P- L. S, Weather R,.

Meteor 2gical data for ne ;.
ending 1870 pm, yesterday, 2o-s
Temperature
100 am, 40: $50 an. 81. -,
1853; 1870 pm, $50 '''u Pm
Maximum 500; Minimum 3s1. ~,
~. Normal As Neaa
Humidity
100 am. 80; 7:3o an. 81; 30 ~
7:3o pm. g. pm y;
Precipitation
600 inches. '" pm,
Total since the first OF the ro,.,
1.31 inches. month,
Tides For To-Day
From the Tide Taoles uaItsb,s
u S Coast ard Cends.,- c.----tea ov
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27

EvEREADY fashght batteries important equipment the
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However and improved Evread batteries will make their
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will reward with extra service dependaby
Be regular American buy Var Bonds regularly
registered dradem National Carbon cmpony Inc
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Kids Don fBeHeUe O,Un Eyes

Several small boys and number of interested
Broom Road Teddngton stared openly heavy eweled
bemedaed in ostenatous uniform which the
toonss have been drawing with malicious
walked rather quickly his bulk quiet Teddngton
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Sweet and LoW-Down" Fills
Screen With Joy and 1--WE!
Get hep to a hitl

ZOth Century-Foxs musical Sweet And Low
Down. starring Benny Goodman and his band Linda Darnel
Lynn Bari and Jack Oakie showing the
Theatre flooding the with jve