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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
Decrease In Births
Is Noted In State

RALEIGH, Feb. 5.-P-North
Carolina births during 1945 were
three times greater than the num-
Der of deaths, the state board Of
health has reported.
Births totaled 1882, or de-
crease of 1864 from 1914; deaths
were reported at 28,917, or 643
fewer than in the previous year.
The all-time high in births, the
board pointed out, was 95,251 in
1913.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
RECEIVES DISCHARGE

NEW BERN, Feb. Sit =.
B. Derrickson has receives 'oa'
honorable discharge from the " a., a.
al reserve, in which ne Serves ~" a,
two years at Pensacola. Fla w "
loving a vacation, he will re1, y.
to New Bern to resume his m ..'
agement of the Castor hotel ,'''
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06

Tom Mix, a Serial Series-MBS-basi
6:00-News Report for Is Minis. - NBC
Quincy Howe and News Period - CHS
Walter Herman and News-ABC-east
Repeat of the Terry Serial - ABC-west
Howe's Answers, Repeat = MBs-west
6:15-Eehoes of Tropics; Sports - NBC
Jimmy Carroll Sings, Orchestra CHS
Repeat from Dick Tracy ABC-west
Repeat Supernan Serial MBS-west
6 :30-Eileen Farrell Song Concert-CBS
Jack Armstrong in Repeat-ABC-west
Repeat of Capt. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
World News and Commentary CHS
Cal Tinney's Commentary - ABC-basic
Tennessee Jed, in Repeat - ABC-west
Tom Mix, Serial Repeat - MBS-west
7:o0-Radie's Supper Club = NBC-basic
Fifteen Min. Sponsored Series CHS
Fulton Lewis, Jr, Comment - MBS
7:15-News & Comment of World - NBC
Tenor Jack Smith Sings - CBS-basic
Raymond Swing and Comment - ABC
Dancing Music for IS Minutes-MBS
7:3o-Songs from Carolyn Gilbert-NBC
Ellery Queen. Detective-CBS-basic
Dancing Music Orchestra ocher CHS
Lone Rangers Drama of Wet = ABC
Fsank Singiser Newscast - MBS-basic
7:45-R. Hardness Com. - NBC-West
Inside of Sports, Bill Brandt MBS
S:0o-Mr. and Mrs. North Drama - NBC
Jack Carson'S Comedy Variety - CHS
Lum and Abner Comedy Skit - Abe
Russ Drew Music Broadcast - MBS
8:l5-Elmer Davis in Comment ABC
8 :30-Hildegarde with Her Show - NBC
Jean Hersholt as DR., Christian - CHS
The Fishing and Hunting Club - ABC
Bert Lair and Comdey Show - MBS
8:55-Five Minutes News Period CHS
9:00-Eddie Cantor and Variety - NBC
Frank Sinatra & Variety Show - CHS
Swinging on the Golden Gate - Abe
Gabriel Heater and Comment - MBS
9:15-Real Life Stories, Drama MBS
9:30-District Attorneys Drama - NBC
Ann Sothern and Maisie Sketch CHS
So You Want to Lead a Ban - ABC
Spotlight Band, Guest Orihes. - MBS
9:55-Five Minutes News Show - ABC
l0:OO-kay kfser Musir & Quiz - NBC
Great Moments in ss1usir Conn. CHS
Steel Wages; Morgan Musir - ABC
Dave Elman and Auction Sale - MBS
1o:30-Andrews Sisters in Variety - CHS
Steelworkers Speak; Strings - ABC
Dancing Music for Half Hour - MBS
l0:45-A Report from Overseas - ABC
IL :0o-News for is Minutes-NBC-basic
The Supper Club Repeat - other NBC
News, Variety, Dance h.-CBS g. ABC
News and Dance Shows h. - MBS
IL :15-Variety and News to l am. - NBC
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06

The ancient Hebrew betrothal
called for three rings-one for the
girl, one for the man, and one for
the witness to the ceremony.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06

The sun sends 100000 time, :.
much light to the earth AZ ~ a.
moon, which reflects only wb.. ~. !;
gets from the sun. i
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06

An income tax was imposed in
Great Britain IN 1899 to finance
the war against Napoleon.
Evening star., 1946-08-15
Canyon PASSAGE at Keith's,
A Pretty Thing, at Least
By Harry Macarthur

With the pretty faces OF Susan
Hayward and Patricia Roc and the
handsome wooded facade of the
Northwest as targets for Technicolor
cameras, Canyon Passage" could
scarcely escape being one of the
most eye-filling of adventure films.
The new picture, which opened yes
terday at Keith's, is that all right,
whatever else it may be. Universal
has spared no expense, it appears,
in transferring Ernest Haycox's
novel to the screen, casting Miss
Hayward, Miss Roc, Brian Donlevy,
Dana Andrews, Hoagy Carmichael,
Andy Devine and Ward Bond in
leading roles and hiring a large
covey of red-painted extras to burn
cabins and haystacks in a lavish
display of destruction.
Producer Walter Wanger seems to
have suggested that Ernest Pascal
put little of something for every
body in his screenplay. There are
slugging matches, shooting trays
and battles with the Indians for
those who prefer their entertain
ment strenuous. There is kissing and
squeezing for those who like to fol-
low that sport vicariously. There is
what seems to be a seldom inter-
rupted background of pseudo folk
songs, sung by Hoagy Carmichael,
for those who admire his wonderful
nasal twang. There is pathos for
those who would shed a tear. There
are some nice homespun moments,
such as the scene showing the neigh
bors for miles around attending a
abin-raising. And finally the film
is wired together, from one end to
the other, by a set of standard
cinema cliches, for those who do not
wish to strain the brain cells over
much in the middle of August when
the top Of the head is soggy anyhow.
The only thing the boys forgot to
inject into Canyon Passage" was
the pace that an action yarn de-
Evening star., 1946-08-15

CARDS him as merely a nice old man
In moments when he is alone, or
leading his legions, he can recon-
cile himself to this sad fact Of life
Not, however, when Miss Leigh is
around, even when she is not ask
ing him to send Marc Anthony
back to her as if he were Santa
Claus instead of Cesar.
This fencing match between the
sophisticated Caesar and the pas
sionate, naive queen-who later gets
over her naivete-is conducted on
one of the most elaborate and
splendid stages in movie history
Whatever is going on, sharp
political deal, a masterpiece of mill
tary strategy, a lesson in queenli-
ness by kind of Prof. Caesar. or a
cat and mouse episode between the
principals, its setting is never less
than majestic.
Apart from its flashing wit, the
most Shavian quality of the picture
is the way its characters refuse
to get lost in the infinitude of space
built for the picture. Shaw mad
highly polished meaning in mind
for each one of the whole multi
tude of players. If they have only
minute to express it, as some
fairly major ones do. the minute
achieves the playwright's purpose
Evening star., 1946-08-15

CANYON PASSAGE. Universal Picture
with Dana Andrews and Susan Hayward,
produced by Walter Wanger, directed by
JACQUES Tourneur. screenplay by Ernest
Pascal from the novel by Ernest Haycox
music by Hoagy Carmichael. At Keiths.
Evening star., 1946-08-15

his most mammoth undertaking
Caesar and Cleopatra can only
represent the ultimate triumph of
setting Shaw's humor, humanity
and wit in color that is downright
efulgent. That the radiance of the
drama might not be up to that of
/ the setting clearly never occurred
to Pascal, probably will not to most
moviegoers. AS entertainment goes,
circus starring Caesar and Cleo
patra has its refreshing aspects, and
so has Shaw had his for 90 years.
Moreover, to the name value
which always has been C1eopatra's,
Pascal's picture adds those of Vivien
Leigh, Claude Rains, Stewart
Granger and score of others which
make up a brilliant cast for a pic
ture that is enormous and vivid. If
they do not bring it off as a work
OF supreme art, they nevertheless
make it one of love and more wit
than in dozen ambitious spectacles
movie audiences have seen.
Shaw as usual did his own screen
version of Caesar and Cleopatra :"
and the fine mocking spirit of the
original has come through intact,
Just as he intended it should.
Written in jibing mood, as an
answer to the sorority of Shake
speare's treatment of the same
theme, it has a skeletal simplicity
that should, but probably will not,
teach Hollywood writer's a desper-
ately needed lesson. 1t divests
Caesar and Cleopatra of their tradi-
tional awe and presents them as an
old world conqueror who meets an
enticing young queen. The meeting
was one of the merriest Shaw ever
imagined. AS Pascal has fashioned
it into picture, it is a palatial sort
of "Pygmalion" with some amusing
Freudian undertones.
On the whole, that turns out to
be an excellent idea even when it
misses by a mile the spontaneity
that Shaw may have taught the
world to expect of him.
X x
There is never any doubt that
Caesar is the top character in the
latest Shaw picture. that Cleopatra
is another woman among the many
he has managed to keep in their
subordinate places. Rains emperor
is both godlike and manlike. He
is almost infinitely wise, and re-
gardless of those historians, he is
kind. He is realistic and cynical,
but in neither gift does he find the
grace to rise above irritation that
the fiery, desirable young queen re-
Evening star., 1946-08-15

out OF every member Of his cast.
Mr.. Andrews Is the central figure
in the adventure, playing the strong
man Of the West who has the great
misfortune to have both Susan Hay
ward and Patricia Roc in love with
(See MACARTHUR, Page AID
Evening star., 1946-08-15

These people are what he meant
they should be which is rather rare
IN any field of literature.
Miss Leigh's Cleopatra is the
second hardest working character
in Shaw's comedy. She is a girl
on her way out of adolescent sup
pressions, making rapid headWay
Clearly she is going to turn into
something writer's never will stor
gossiping about, and Shaw and Miss
Leigh combine to make her process
of evolution an amusing and dra-
matte spectacle. Before she fically
says good-by to the half -disappoint.
ed Caesar on the gangplank of his
galley, she has been good for more
laughs than bargeful If comedy
heronies.
| The jest embraces scores of others
before Caesar is ruefully through
with Egypt and its girl queen. The
canny Chancellor Pothinus by
Francis l.. Sullivan is one. Others
are Changers addle-pated matinee
idol type Appolodrus; Cecil Parker
as a prehistoric Col. Blimp; old
Rufio, played by Basil Sydney every
inch military fathead; Nurse
Ftatateeta, the queens lethally
loyal servant who is impersonated
by Flora Robson: and the traitorous
Septemus of Raymond Lowell.
When he is handling Shaw's
characters in reasonable numbers,
Director Pascal does must better
with them than in the great spec
tacle scenes of battle and political
Caucuses.
But in no case do they ever get
out of hand to create the impress
sion that Caesar and Cleopatra
is not a brilliant comedy. Maybe
not as brilliant as it's Technicolor
implies, but superbly Shavian.
Evening star., 1946-08-15

CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA" an
Arthur Rank production of United Artists
Release. with Vivien Leigh and Claude
Rains, produced and directed by Gabriel
Shaw from his play. At the Palace
THE CAST
Evening star., 1946-08-15
They Like Alexis

Alexis Smith, currently co-starred
with Cary Grant in Warner Bros.
Might and Day." has been signed
to a new long-term contract by Jack
L. Warner. Miss Smith has just COM
pleted the feminine lead in "Stal-
lion Road" with Ronald Reagan
and Zachary Scott.
Evening star., 1946-08-15

mands. 1t is more stately than
staccato
Among the assets of the picture
are the performances Director Jac-
ques Tourneur has managed to get
Evening star., 1946-08-15
Caesar and Queen Cleo Duel
In Palaces Shavian Jest
BY Joy Cormody

The cnemas noble experiment OF dropping Bernard Shaw to the
OF the raising Shaw
phase in Caesar and Cleopatra which
today AS the first screenpays
shelf Gabriel Pascal producer director alike
Evening star., 1946-04-18

least Of all Mr.. Baruch. But the
declaration of Majority Leader
Barkley that Mr.. Baruch demand
ed" to be subpoenaed is not in fact
correct.
Mr.. Baruch is not an isolationist
and he is not opposed to loans to
our Allies either as a matter of
business or as a matter of policy.
Deplores Piecemeal Job.
What he does deplore is the pres
ent piecemeal method OF handling
them, one by one, hit or miss, this
one by direct appropriation, that
one by the Export Import Bank,
without prior determination of what
We can reasonably afford to lend
and no end in sight. In his opinion
these crucial operations should be
planned carefully and laid out in a
long grange blueprint of their needs
and our vital interests. The OBJ
jective, he feels, should be not mere
ly to help them, but to help them to
help themselves.
NAl Dol uSll uOCS IlOl l6el LIlG
British have proved their case for
the new loan. The question of
what do they want the money for?"
has not been answered in a manner
which satisfies him. He does not
believe they have demonstrated their
need for so great sum. Their quid
pro quo is not sufficiently concrete
to satisfy the old master of the
obvious.
Knowing how valuable his espous-
al of the loan would be to American
public opinion. great many efforts
have been made to alter the Baruch
opinion. On his visit with Secretary
of State Byrnes to Mr.. Churchill in
Florida, the ex Prime Minister
chided his old associate and sug-
gested he was mistaken. Mr.. Ba-
ruch quietly reviewed his position
and Mr.. Churchill did not press the
point.
Offered Rounded Plan.
In his comprehensive testimony
before the House Banking and Cur
Evening star., 1946-04-18

rency Committee in which he called
for an extension of OPA as the al
tentative to disastrous imitation, the
veteran of two wars and their eco
nomic aftermath offered a rounded
plan for the home front. It included
an economic council-a high court
of the public interest-to review the
great matters demanding solution in
this complex era.
In the international field his
thinking has projected a similar
economic council for Europe which
would handle that PROSTATE conti-
nent as an economic whole and de-
wise solutions for the difficulties
which make continuing political dis
orders inevitable. American policy
should be dovetailed into such a
plan, he feels, instead of evolving
to meet crises as they come along
His attitude on the single episode
Of the British loan is a natural out
growth of such views.
Evening star., 1946-04-18

they must make up their minds
The present Selective Service Law
expires May Is.
There is reason to believe the
Senators did some pretty hard think.
ing between innings at the seasons
first baseball game Tuesday, the
day the bill came over from the
House.
Agree on Army's Size.
Most of them agree that the Army
asked by Gen. Eisenhower is not toe
large. In the light of unsettled con-
ditions in various parts Of the worlc
and of our Government commit
ments toward making peace secure
the million men proposed for serv-
ice at home and abroad did not seem
an excessive number even to the
House. And there is Russia II
they're going to continue viewing
Russia with alarm, going to continue
talking about being firm" with Rus
sia, they can't very we'll refuse to
the administration the forces re-
Qulred by nrmneSS.
But there are the voters. The
Senators. like the House members
are fearful of the political effect OF
peacetime conscription.
The House wriggled out of this
difficulty by extending the draft
nine months, with proviso that
1t could not be put into effect until
October Is and then only if it had
become clear to the President that
voluntary enlistments were INSULT
cient. That way, you see, it would
be the Presidents doing if it were
done. Just three weeks before
election day the President would
face the unpleasant duty of decree
ing the draft back into operation
The part played by Congress would
be forgotten; the President would
take the rap. Pretty slick!
OF course, there is nothing in
the bill to prevent the President S
shutting his eyes and refusing to
see the situation on October Is;
nothing to prevent his playing the
same kind of politics with our ma
tional defense and allowing matters
to drift until after the election.
If there are Senators who dc
not like the House tactics, but still
want to squirm out of their re-
sponsibility, they might take a look
at bill introduced and advocated
Tuesday in the House by Repre-
sentative Case of South Dakota
1t is bill to create United States
Foreign Legion, patterned after the
celebrated French Foreign Legion
Of song, story and movie. This
would be a force of 100000, all
citizens of other countries, not more
than one-flfth of them to be re-
cruited from the same country.
Properly presented, to homeless
and hungry people around the
world said Representative Case,
"a Foreign Legion of the United
States would probably attract a
larger number than the authorized
strength and they would do a good
job"
That really is way out for the
politicians. Obviously these home
less and hungry people don't have
votes in this country, nor do their
families. There would be no risk
whatever.
Representative Case wouldn't pay
the Legionnaires quite as well as
our American troops are paid and
wouldn't grant them all the bene-
fits of the GI Bill of Rights, but
his bill does offer the following
blessing:
Section g. Members of the lie.
Evening star., 1946-04-18


pails-if I remember correctly, the
pals are marked Bones" "Wet,'
Dry" and "Fats"-and scrubbins
mess hall floors and tables unit
their tongues hung out.
II the suggestion is accepted, il
will mean the end of KIP, and as ar
old GI I wonder if the enlisted mar
wants KIP to be abolished. Not that
KIP Is any fun. 1t can't be classec
with riding to hounds, trip ovel
Niagara in barrel, or kissing youl
sweetheart. The hours are long
the work is hard, and the pay il
poor, but it is better than a lot ot
things in the army.
White Boards at Dawn.
I remember how, when l was new
to basic training, all of us used te
sympathize with the poor souls who
drew KIP. White boards were huns
on the foot of their cots when they
went to sleep so they could be
spotted long before dawn and hust.
led sleepily off to the mess hall
We gloried in the fact that m
distinguishing marks were on oul
cots and that We would get a gooc
two hours sleep after the KPs hac
been shaken from slumber.
But, and I learned this from many
hours as KIP, the KPs had the
last laugh. True, they had to gel
up at an hour when the sun was
asleep. but how they ate! Anything
they wanted. Three helpings OF
cereal, half dozen eggs, the best OF
the bacon. and all the apples and
oranges they could snitch and
hustle off to their barracks.
And it was warn in the kitchen
While the rest Of the company stood
shivering outside the doors of the
mess hall, often with a sleety rain
beating down, the KPs, their stom-
achs already full, worked in COM
fort.
When Your Dogs Bark.
Then the days work would be-
gin. The company would swing past
the mess hall, full field packs, heavy
weapons, rifles, headed for a de-
lightful 20-mile hike and field ma
neuvers. Standing in the doorways
or sitting on the steps would be the
kPs, munching apples, smoking
and doing as little as the mess
sergeant would allow.
When your dogs began to bark
from the long miles of hiking anc
the straps of your pack bit into your
shoulders and your legs and back
ached from running hither and yor
with machine gun and you got sc
tired Of setting up mortars that 20,
almost wished mortar shell wouls
land on you, you dreamed of the
KPs back in camp, with nothing
more laborious to do than pee,
spuds, wash dishes, clean stoves
listen to the assistant mess sergeant
always jerk of the first water
cuss them out.
No, I'm not sure that the Doo-
little Committee tand for the SAKE
OF the GIs, as well as for the Army
as a whole, hope the committee
doesn't do little) should eliminate
KIP. It's tough at first, but a soldier
soon learns the angles and the
shortcuts. There is many a del
icacy in the storeroom, and the
mess sergeant has but two eyes. A
smart man can make the washing
OF one dish seem like the washing
of 10.
And what would gag writer's and
cartoonlstS do without KIP?
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc J
Evening star., 1946-04-18

Instead t n e y
sent a private
message to the
elder statesman
asking him If he
wished to be
heard. Mr.. Ba-
ruch replied that
he never asked
to be heard, that
he naturally re-
sponded to re-
quest to appear
or to subpoenas.
The committee
did not take the
hint which sur
prised nobody,
loocf af oil hGr
Evening star., 1946-04-18

gion shall be indoctrinated in the
ideals of the United States"
Under just what American ideal
he would include the hiring Of
homeless and hungry foreigners to
do our fighting. the South Dakota
statesman doesn't say.
Evening star., 1946-04-18

| u n ! I e d states
| Army, is about
| to suggest a
m a jor correc-
ton.
The commit
tie e, SO tn e
grapevine has it,
will recommend
that e nils t e d
men be relieved
OF such tasks as
peeling potatoes,
scrubbing pot S
and pans. being
sure that t h e
garbage is put
in tho nronar
Evening star., 1946-04-18

IltlC lily , put
many of them
are not con-
vinced that it is
wise in other re-
spects. They are
not as ready as
the House seems
to be to discredit
the arguments of
the Commander
in-Chief and the
Chief of Staff in
behalf of legisla-
ton more GER
tain to provide
the number of
men needed. But
Evening star., 1946-04-18
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

ny ne nASh1N SEhtlCE.
@. Where should a veteran apply
for permission to bring his wife to
the United States from New Zea-
land?-F. S. A.
A. Application should be made
directly to the Commanding Gen.
eral, Overseas Theater Australia
Base Section AFWESPAC 927, Post
master, San Francisco. The hus-
band should certify to his United
States citizenship, give the date and
place OF marriage, his wife'S name
age. nationality and address, and the
destination in the United States;
also the date of husbands return
from the overseas theater, which
overseas theater. and his military
organization at that time.
Q. How long has Alec Templeton
been blind?-E. x.
A. The famous pianist has been
blind since birth.
@. In order to keep up National
Service Insurance, must a veteran
continue payments for 20 years or
for life?-E. j.
A. If National Service Insur-
ance policy is converted 70 an ordi-
nary life plan, the insured pays
premiums for the rest of his life.
If he converts to a 20 or 80 year
plan, the premiums are higher per
month, but are only payable for the
20 or 30 years.
@. T received an allowance from
my son while he was in the service.
Now that he is discharged and mar
ried, can I claim portion of the
compensation he is receiving from
the Governmental. M. H.
A. The mother of the DISCHARGED
veteran of World War II may file
claim for special apportionment
with the Veterans Administration
and submit proof of her relationship
to the veteran and her dependence
upon him for support. The decision
rendered by the Veterans Admin
istration will depend upon the facts
shown.
@. What is the average thickness
of human hair?-M. S.
A. The average thickness Of q
human hair is about three-thou-
sandths of an inch.
| @. Have the employees of the Fed
eral Government the right to strike
if they belong to a union?-W. H.
A. Congress recognized the right
of Federal employees to join unions
stipulating, however, that Federal
employees could not join unless there
was clause in the constitution of
the union to the effect that the en-
ployes would not engage in any
strike against the United States
Government. The law was enacted
August "a, 1912 (s7 Stat. $3.50.
@. What are the most difficult
letters to understand over the tele-
phone?-C. v. r.
A. The letters S and F are said to
be the weakest sounds in the English
language. The ears are least sensi-
tive to them and they carry the
poorest.
@. Who originated the Golden
Delicious variety of apple?-M. E
A. Paul Stark. Since this was in
the days before plant patents were
granted, the apple tree had to be
kept inside an iron cage to prevent
persons from stealing shoots for
grating.
@. Has the United States an OH
cial emblem?-D. D. G.
| A. The national emblem is the
bald eagle. The bird is protected by
Federal law.
Evening star., 1946-04-18
|McLennore
Dogs Bark at Move
To Abolish KIP
BY Henry McLemore

NEW YORK, N. Y.-There is a
rumor going around that the Doo-
little Committee, which is investi-
eating the caste" system in the
Evening star., 1946-04-18
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