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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

of the fact that Van is veteran
of the Union army while his
friends father fought in the Con-
federate army, but wen skip
them. The movie would have been
we'll advised to do the same.
There has been trouble in the
little community. Hooded night
riders are burning and pillaging.
People are so busy arguing and
fighting they can't get their crops
in.
Van suggests ''play party" at
which both sides can meet and
talk and dance and forget their
differences. That doesn't work.
He finally tracks down the night
riders and finds the ringleader is
a Southern gentleman, who is
using the whole thing as a plot
to get people to fighting and even
tually to lose their land, so that
he can buy it up cheap.
The plot, as you can see, isn't
very much, but it's still a 100 per
cent improvement over most.
There is some fine photography
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27
Movie beat
Post Civil War film
without one magnolia!
By BOB BENNETT

The Romance of Rosy Ridge"
is one of those films that seems
to sneak into town while every
one is looking the other way,
while the drum heaters are busy
whooping it for some tedious
musical.
1t is, nevertheless, film that
is very well worth seeing-a film
that is unique in that it shows the
reconstruction period after the
Civil War without once giving
us a whiff of magnolia blossoms
OF a shot of one of those stately
cid southern mansions.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

and Lester Coles excellent script
is given big assist by some fine,
original Earl Robinson-Lewis AL
len ballads which sound good
even with Van johnson singing
them. s
Aside from Johnson and Thorn
as Mitchell, the father, the cast
includes bunch of guys you
never heard of, which might ex-
plain why the film is SO refresh
ing change of pace.
DEAR RUTH" is the sort of
thing you can take an apolitical
maiden aunt to see, if you're alb
solutely stuck and there's no way
out.
I can't really thing of any
reason why anyone else ought to
go see it.
It's based on the old mistaken
identity gag and is skillfully con-
trived, if you care for that sort
of thing. There's this soldier, see,
who gets passionate letters from
Dear Ruth"only it isn't blonde,
beautiful Ruth, but her kid sister
who writes them.
You can imagine the complica-
tions when the soldier comes to
see Ruth, who-you guessed it
is engaged to stodgy type. In
the end, of course, she gives up
security for romance and flees
with Lochinvar.
There really ought to be acale
for this sort of film. 1t would have
the critic a helluva lot OF work
for instance, if he could tick this
one off as plot B, variation F. !.
and let it 60 at that.
JOTTINGS: Willie Taylor is re-
ported planning Theodore Dreis.
er's immortal Sister Carrie as hi.
first for Liberty Paramount or
his return from abroad. RKC
will release Walter Wanger's pro
duction of Maxwell Anderson:
Joan of Lorraine Ito be known or
the screen simply as joan with
Ingrid Bergman. MGM was a
first set to handle it but appar'
emily the share demanded by Lee
the Lion was too much the lion:
share Margaret Truman ha!
joined the American Guild o.
Musical Artists (AFL).
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

I think, an effective movie. It's
neither pretentious or phony; it's
faults are honest ones-the kind
that can be forgiven.
Set in the months just after
the end of the war, it deals with
the life of little community in
the Missouri Ozarks. The hill
people were sharply divided dur
ing the war. The scars healed
To keep a promise he made to
a dying comrade, Van Johnson
comes to help on the farm of the
comrades parents. There are
some complications growing out
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

You may be
inclined to say
so what?' but
inveterate movie
fans who've seen
a b IL VI of
Southern mans
ions will know
what I mean.
The Romance
of Rosy Ridge"
Sc . c;pop1o and
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27
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SATURDAY. SEPT. 27

It's all over but the shouting all
friends of Rose Shapiro and Carl
Hoeckner are invited to help con-
graduate them on their marriage. En-
tertainment. Music, Dancing on Satur-
day Sept 81, $50 pm. at Fur &
Leather Hall. 1902 w. Division Buffet
Supper and Drinks. Donation SIPS.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

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The A. secretary
Chicago asking
family contributions him 1885 Rogers Chicago
called this week the MANS
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prices twice high oPA
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reported it had received the following request from govt worker
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Evening star., 1947-07-28
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TOKYO, July 2s.-A hard-voiced
individual explained by telephone
how an underworld gang may be
incorporated as a business.
There are three steps, said self
styled lieutenant of the incarcerated
Kinosuke Otsu, described by police
as one Of Tokyos top-rung rack
eteers.
FIRST" he told a reporter, you
deposit $4,000 yen ($3,90O in a
bank" The amount was carefully
chosen: capitalization Of more than
200, 900 yen makes a Arm liable to
heavy taxes.
Then you take the deposit slip
to the Justice Ministry and register
yourself" the voice continued.
Then you start business"
The enterprise" (racketeering) d.
vision of the Otsu gang will follow
this procedure when 1t becomes the
"Otsu Gang Commercial Corp" said
the informant. The president will
be Kinosuke Otsu-both in and out
Of jail. Stock sells for so yen a
share, but, the voice said sadly, 1t
has all been purchased.
will the police let you get away
Evening star., 1947-07-28


for reasons best known to them
selves, chose not to make copies OF
it readily available to the press, or
to support its sentiments. My philos-
ophy has not changed since that
time, and what Is happening in the
world justifies a re-marking OF the
road that American liberalism must
follow. I said in part:
"It would be strange If We did not
regard with some degree of appre-
hension the steady and rapid ex-
pansion of Russian territory and
influence. I do not, nor would ]
attempt, to condone Russian i'm
perialism any more than I would
British or French or Belgian OF
Dutch or Italian or Portuguese i'm
imperialism. If we are against i'm
perialism, as we are, then we must
be against 1t regardless of its ma
tionality or its locus in quo.
"Our primary objective, now that
we have beaten back the menace OF
Hitler and Mussolini and Hirohito
ought to be to bring peace, a higher
standard of living, and security into
all parts of the world. I do object
and I shall continue to object, to
subjugation by force or by fear, or
yielding to the insidious untruths
of propaganda. I would not want
the United States to engage in such
practices and I cannot excuse them
on the part of any other nation In
the world, including Russia.
Consistency Is Urged.
"In the field of foreign affairs
too often too many of the liberals
Of this country have found them
selves defending countries or actions
that are by no means in the liberal
tradition. The liberal movement OF
this country cannot carry water on
both shoulders. If we are for free
elections, we must be for free elec-
tions, not only in our own pol-tax
states, but in Spain and Greece, in
Poland, Bulgaria and Romania.
mo one recognizes more seriously
than I do our situation in the world
today vis-a-yis Russia. have always
endeavored to be understanding
Of the aspirations of the Russian
people. The Soviet Government
knows that at time when II
Evening star., 1947-07-28
Man to Man
IS. Liberals Again Warned to Avoid
Blind Defense of Soviet Totalitarianism

had few friends in the United States
I was one OF them. But Just as 1t
takes two to make q fight, 80 does
1t take two to make friendship.
Probably there Is nothing so i'm
portant in the world today as UNDER
standing and sympathy between
the Russian people and the Amer
ican people. I would 60 far to help
to bring such result. I ask today,
as I have asked in the past, why
must one be either a most extreme
and constant critic Of Russia on the
one hand, or an admiring and en-
thusiastic protagonist on the other?
IT would not appease any country
in the world. including Russia. I
was opposed to the appeasement Of
Vichy and Of Frances Spain. /
would be patient in considering any
views that Russia might put forth
and I would try to understand her.
However, I am convinced that that
segment Of the liberal movement
which, either Willingly or unwitting-
ly, has assumed the burden Of de-
Tending and justifying Russis's
foreign policy should take more
impartial, American point Of view.
Some Have Defended Soviet.
II submit that true American lib
eralism no more subscribes unthink-
lngly to the policies advocated by
the Daily Worker than 1t indorses
the highly prejudiced emanations
from the Chicago Tribune. The lib
eralism that I believe in Is repre-
sented by neither william z. Foster
nor Col. Robert r. Mccormick.
But while there are people and
institutions in this country that are
Soviet baiters, there also have been
men who have stood forth on more
than one occasion to plead for an
appreciation of the Russian people
ana an attempt to understand them
and live with them In this continu-
ally shrinking world. have made
such pleas myself, but I confess that
it would be encouraging to me and
to others of like mind. II OCCASION
ally, out of the vast reaches Of Rus
sia, there might have come voices
bespeaking for us the sympathetic
understanding of the Russian people
and insisting upon their desire to
live in harmony in the world with
us, without giving up anything es-
sential of their own We have
extended our hand in friendship to
Russia. Let Gromyko and Molotov
grasp that hand and not spurn 1t
when it does not hold further con-
cessions.
America will pay the prevailing
price for peace in every market Of
the world but one-Munich."
As I said almost a year ago. re-
ferring to Russia, But just as 1t
takes two to make fight, so does
it take two to make friendship" i"
The attitude of Russia in walking
out on Great Britain and France at
Paris indicates clearly that that
country has deliberately chosen to
spurn friendship, not only with
Great Britain and France but with
the United States. Russia has cast
the die and only Russia can undo
what she has done.
tcopyrisht. 1a47J
Evening star., 1947-07-28

The term Constantine Brown.
world press" is not simply a
theoretical term applying to a
hypothetical publishing community
It is definite segment of civil
lied humanity and the ties which
bind the internal press in each
country cut through national
boundaries in the same way that
ties of religion and race create an
international community separate
and. distinct from the nations.
Just how close these ties are-and
which nations they link and which
they do not-will be shown pretty
clearly In the present session of the
United Nations Economic and So
cial Council, which has before 1t
the report of the Subcommission on
Freedom of Information and Of the
Press.
The subcommission report covers
work program for the world con-
ference on freedom Of information
to be held early next year. The
U. N. Assembly has to act on 1t
after the Economic and Socia
Council does so.
Canadian Describes Problem.
In opening discussion OF the re-
port before the council Paul Mar
tin, Canadian Minister Of National
Health and Welfare, made some
very clear points in expressing his
governments deep concern over
maintaining and Strengthening
press freedoms throughout the
world.
Freedom of the press, he said, Is
vital not only to the maintenance
Of international peace but to the
attainment of other objectives OF
the United Nations as well. This
freedom, he pointed out. is not
Evening star., 1947-07-28

gave colonels wings to 5-year-old
boy. The fact that the boy was Mr.
Trutl1o's son had nothing to do with
the honor. The youngster had
proved himself a tactician and
leader at the tender age Of two.
I hope to describe to my readers
what I see as I wing my way south
I know quite well that only a hand
ful of those who suffer with my lit
erary efforts will ever see the ever
changing, amazing, and unbelievable
colors of the southern seas. Until
I had read the guide books I had
no idea whatsoever Of the charm
the culture and the loneliness Of the
continent south Of us.
II, during the next two or three
months, I can bring a bit Of that
beauty to you will have fulfilled
my purpose, and, whether you know
1t or not, those Of us who make q
living by the written word depend
completely on you folk who read
us. Let you quit reading, and II
be working in a circulating library
inside Of a fortnight.
Evening star., 1947-07-28
Tokyo Gongsters Issue Stock,
Prepare to Operate as Business

with this?" asked the reporter.
Sure" replied the anonymous
caller. why not?"
He said the new firm-which jap
anese police reporters say has an
actual kitty of 100,000,000 yen--will
look out for the gangs present prop
erty, which includes hotels in the
notoriously tough Shinjuki district.
It also plans to IDEAL in food, dry
goods, old clothes and stuff like
that" Department stores at Shin
juki reputedly pay the otsu gang
a healthy protection" allowance.
Headquarters Of the new corpora
ton will be In the center of the
black market stores at Shinjuki
where this week the gang formally
dissolved" in a public ceremony
at which the police chief spoke.
The informant proudly confirmed
that the enterprise" division Of the
Otsu gang would be the first to
incorporate in Japan.
Evening star., 1947-07-28
This Changing World
World Freedom of Press, Studied in U.N.
Seen of Great Importance to Americans

only basic in itself, but is essential
to the fruitful exercise Of other ba-
sic freedoms. The very existence
of democracy could be endangered"
he added, If adequate access to
sources Of news is denied.
Voicing his governments deep In
terest in preventing the removal OF
any people, or group Of peoples, from
world affairs. he enumerated the
barriers which tend to separate
peoples: % censorship Of outgoing
news; Cd internal censorship; 90
prohibition Of imported books and
periodicals; and "a denial OF visas
for foreign correspondents.
This is as clear-cut and compre-
hensive a statement of the case fol
freedom of the press as has been
made and gains strength from the
fact that it comes from the repre-
sentative OF a nation which has
as one Of its democratic traditions
freedom of the press, just as the
United States has. Canada has
never been guilty of press censor
ship beyond that which all the
United Nations had to practice as
part Of their war effort.
Freedom of Press Ii Basic.
Freedom OF the press is not simply
a slogan utilized by private news
paper interests to protect their own
propertied positions in their con.
duct Of profit-making enterprises
1t is a basic right which inheres ir
every citizen of every nation which
claims to be free and democratic
It is not simply the right Of every
citizen to publish freely in his owl
interest, but the right to receive
through his daily newspaper OF
magazine, all the news on which hi
welfare as an individual and the
welfare of his nation depend.
Even in the Soviet bloc of states
which claims to be free and demo
cratic, the citizen still possesses this
right, but 1t Is consistently anc
viciously violated by perverting thu
press for the purpose Of entrench.
ing a political system which en-.
slaves the people.
There is no reason to hope thai
the totalitarian barriers to press
freedom will be broken any tims
short of the destruction of totali.
tarianism itself, and in this respect
the coming world conference will
meet a stone wall. But 1t will serve
to emphasize-as 1t needs to be EN-.
phasized again and again-that the
principal deterrents to achievement
Of lasting peace are the barriers te
information and knowledge which
are maintained rigidly around q
large segment OF the world.
Evening star., 1947-07-28

type of plane, Henry McLemore.
every type of airport, every type Of
pilot, every type Of stewardess Pan
American World Always has, I am
going to try to wear out.
I am leaving Miami for Haiti.
From Haiti, I'm going to make a
little jump to the Dominican Re-
public. where T want to talk to Mr..
Trujillo, the only man who ever
Evening star., 1947-07-28

ShouldnC & o .
Time changes a
lot Of things.
When I came
back from the
Pacific, having
We'd with Mac
/ Arthur as a hero,
I swore up and
down that all I
wanted the rest
Of my life was a
rocking C h a l r
that did not
move.
But I'm of
again. Ev e r y
Evening star., 1947-07-28

Cne Gay B puoS-
ct Of news, is
the work which
is progressing in
the United Ma
tions to open up
c h a n n e Is of
news through
out the world
and to clear
away the cen
sorship both
in t e r national.
and internal -
which continues
to plague the
world press.
Evening star., 1947-07-28

tain elements of
the 1i b e r a l"
movement to re-
dedicate them
selves to a more
American point
of view. Since
that time, there
have been many
rumors of what
I did or did not
say. The ex-
planation for the
uncertainty Is
quite simple.
Certain per-
sons in charge
Evening star., 1947-07-28

ated q sum not
only substanti-
ally less than
asked In the
presidential es-
Inmates but per-
centagewise 1t
has made the
biggest cut In
expenses since
the prese e n I
budget syst e m
" as established
In 1923.
Ell i'm 1 n q t.
ing the six hs.
cal years Of wal
hA1fnninp With
Evening star., 1947-07-28
McIennore-
Takes OFF on Flying Trip
Across Caribbean Sea
By Henry McLemore
Travel Is broadening

Travel Is broadening.
That means I shouldn't move
even so much as foot, If I have
any pride in my figure.
I'm of on a trip, but actually
Evening star., 1947-07-28
Bv Harold L. Ickes

On September %, 1916, in Chicago,
7 spoke before a conference of
Progressives. What I said on that
occasion was an admonition to cer-
Evening star., 1947-07-28
Bv Constantine Br0tcn

One matter to which the Ameri-
can public must give continuing
attention, in spite of its frequent
subordination to larger matters in
Evening star., 1947-07-28
SOth Congress Is Seen
Setting 25-Year Mark
In Cutting Expenses
Rr Dafid Laurence

The 80th Congress has achieved the
best economy record ever attained
by peacetime Congress in quar-
ter Of o century. 1t has appropri-
Evening star., 1947-07-28
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u. S. Motor Output

In 1946 the United States pro-
duced 3,089, 900 motor vehicles, three
times the output Of the rest Of the
world combined.
Evening star., 1947-07-28

You've dropped it in the collection plate on Sunday.
You've used it to pay the butcher, the grocer the
tax-collector.
You've used it to swell your savings account, to
educate your children, to build your home.
For it's one of the millions of dollars the Southern
Railway System spends in the South every year -.
dollars that find their way to you through your banks,
your stores, your business, your job.
Over half of ali the dollars take in begin their
journey you in the pay envelopes of our $4,000 en-
Evening star., 1947-12-30

OF a dark brown pencil they've been
making for ages. It may be used
alone by a woman Of very pale, fail
coloring or in conjunction with the
darker pencil for more subtle blend
ing. The new light brown eyebrow
pencil is soft and creamy and easy
stroking. You'll like it!
KISS ME ONCE AND KISS ME
TWICE: And don't worry about
getting friend beau's shirt smudged
with lipstick. Seems to us the mis-
tletoe season lasts all year round
and this Is one item designed to
help romance along the way and
to help keep the spell Of the "buss"
going for a. long, long time. II
there's anything man hates more
than q lipstick mark on his shirt
it is having to explain it. So
they've come up with "npstae"
which goes right over your lipstick.
The result is no lipstick on his
shirt collar, on cups, glasses or even
cigarettes. The new cosmetic Is
not a lacquer, leaves your lips feel
ing soft and smooth and keeps your
lipstick on for hours and hours.
Here's q New Year idea guaranteed
to please all concerned!
Evening star., 1947-12-30

is pure George. And that, as any
one who reads her weekly column In
the National Theater programs
knows, is good.
The Shoppers News Is only few
issues old but already IS in great
demand. Housewives who don't find
a copy Of it available at their groc-
cry store call the Office to complain.
One man who couldn't get hold Of
an issue anywhere stamped into the
News ofi1ce for one, offering to pay
q nickle for 1t! CThe News, like all
its counterparts, is for freeo
Naturally this makes Senate very
happy. AS editor, with staff OF
one assistant, she IS the paper, and
such evidence of its popularity is
quite tribute to her abilities. AS
a result of this swift success, the
News may soon increase two pages
over the six it now carries and
maybe even become a weekly in
stead of q bi-weekly.
Senate has always been a success
in every job she has undertaken, q
fact which scares her. She feels
that by the law of compensation, If
for no other reason, she is due to
come a big cropper. Her first Job,
(she's a National Park Seminary
GRADUATED, was as a copy writer at a
swank department store here. When
she married Marcus George, Senate
gave up her budding career. Then
suddenly, there was no more Mar
Gus, only a war-widowed Senate and
little Mary Senate.
Reestablishing herself In sdver-