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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Marines Celebrate 168th Birthday Fighting Juvenile Fliers Learn Tricks Of Air Currents on Ground f:screeradio VIRGINIA VALE Iji, wtitero HP" Union. oot! tjlE was when n actor J Us likely to losenispuD- nhJ the stayed on ine screen . Len a short time. Some ! J risk it now. Alan LAdd jn't belong in that class rge part of the public is faithful to him while he's fYtoj hit country, and refilling I anyone else In their idol's B worked hard for his sue-hid sue-hid years of encouragement w good roles, and put in time p. in radio before be got role in "Joan of Paris." then 4 ALAN LADD ted tor "This Gun for Hire," hen Paramount executives saw t they didn't bother about test-yone test-yone else. His success in that ti like Marlene Dietrich'! in kco" instantaneous. f Moore, whe co-stara with r Durante over both CB8 and will make his picture debut David Selxnlck's sponsorship, 111 be developed aa "a sort of nation of Fred Allen and Bob which should be something;! Allen on writinf ability and Ifrom the slant of his delivery. tard Petrie, announcer of the i-Durante air show, had both fcount and RKO after him with S-term acting contract He six feet four and weighs 240 right up with Paramount's Idwards. of "Our Hearts Were and Gay." S -garde, the new radio star who e "Beat the Band" show on kiday evenings, introduced a ailed "She's Got Bars on Her Bers and Stars in Her Eyes"; (ACs couldn't resist the title pted the ditty for their official ting song. peli's emergence into front-Importance front-Importance because of the tg around Naples Inspired RKO sue its spectacular "The Last of Pompeii," originally rein re-in 1935; its cast Includes Alan Basil Rathbone, and Louis m. Haymes' first tests at 20th y-or turned out so well that rt in "Four Jilli and a Jeep," Parole Land Is, was made blg- fid bigger. Meanwhile, his ra- onsor pays for the lad's popu- Ilalf the program comes New York, with a foil orcbes-horus, orcbes-horus, and Jim Ameche fea- 1-another orchestra and chorus on In Hollywood, accompany- laymes' songs. fcsie Flynn, head of Loew's ihone Information Service in York, says that recently her has been swamped by In ks about Metro's two-reel short. Ivenly Music," a tale of a Jive lian who can't get into heaven he convinces a jury of famous fsers that swing is real mu-ays mu-ays she gets more calls ask- there it's playing than she does lature productions. taken 14 years for Hollywood Jtt around to remaking "The e of San Luis Rey," done in as a silent Benedict Bogeaus, lness man who bought Holly- s General Service Studios a and half ago, bought the m rights and put Rowland V. m as director and now the pie-fa pie-fa tmA vltffct tn fnlnfUa villi york of the Committee on Inter- rican Affairs. I Ellery Queen cast likes to be i above the incidental music of irgan, except when guest detec-I detec-I turn up early, during the dress tarsal then, when the crime's lion is given, the organ fairly a, drowning out all voices, f 90S AND ENDS-Tenor BUI Dart, fvered by Groucho Mart! in hi r frofrmm't -ekoriUr W is liiM to tinting port, mi been tuned 26-week connect . . . Loofo, at if. die Penny Stntleton would br kicking her pretty lets again uwomedy film the wat orip brought to Hollywood became tuccess in musicals on the way $tote . . . Maureen (fllare. een in RKVi "The Fallen Spr f ead Paul Henried will co-star in dio't "The Spanish MekT . . . AS"9. iter on raiio't "Grand Ole i may be m candidate tar aaver- Tennessee's elections next year 1 " It i, - J- 1 If "In the air, on land, and sea" the men ef the United States marine corps are fighting t America' battlefronta over the world as they celebrate their 168th birthday. Left: On Guadalcanal marine artillery experts ex-perts shell a Japanese position. Their weapon la a 75-ram. pack howitser, St favorite with marines because of Jta mobility. Center: Lieut. Gen. Thomas Helcemb, the highest ranking officer ever te command the marines. He served In much of the heavy fighting of World War I. Bight: On a lonely hill overlooking one ef the numerous numer-ous Alaskan Inlets, a marine machine gun crew la en the alert for any attempted landing by enemy troops. 'Khaki Farmers' Help Gather Matanuska Harvest ' f ' '.l , , ) I ' 'y , - ' t'v., ' '(' .H ,t' 4?' ' - - 'T'Vri - - w,- -. The American spirit ef ce-eperation la clearly In evidence at Matanoaka Valley, Alaska, where soldiers from nearby camps are helping farmers harvest the bumper 1943 potato crop. Top left: Soldiers operate the community's unique digging machine designed by the farmers which digs potatoes, sorts them from the dirt, and drops the spuds in sacks. Top right: Two soldiers aid a farmer load aacka ef potatoes ante his track. Bottom: NesUed In the valley la the town of Palmer. Its main street Is pictured here. New York Yanks Vote 1 j New York troops take time est from Jungle maneuvers te go te the polls. In their camouflage salts they mark ballots which were returned In time to be recorded in the election returns of their home town. Left to right: Pfc. Lewis Tnnkel, Bronx; Corp. Leo Klrshenbaum, Brooklyn; Private Thomas MlteUI, New York City; Corp. Frances J. Hurley, Brooklyn; Brook-lyn; and (on tree) John D. Aleaandro, New York City. Von Csata of Hungary on the Spot As the United Nations press back German troepa en all fronts, aa Allied raids ever Naailand Increase dally, and aa native populations of Hitler's satellite countries revolt openly, puppet leaden of these little na-Uona na-Uona are constantly on the spot. Gen. Ludwlg von Csata ef Hungary Is alctured explaining something to Hitler. in Panama Jungle 11 z i f J A - . 4 i- " " "" ! ' Jt J i " Fancy TelephonePole A statue oa the estate of the queen of Italy serves a practical purpose as Corp. Melvln Jewell uses Its band te support a telephone line. The next day Jewell was fighting with the troops that forced the Germans across the Volturno river. Hero Salutes Hero f t i t f r i Prtvate George Moorfoot, an Australian Aus-tralian who fought with Americans at Buna, New Guinea, kneels at the grave of Yankee buddy located near their former battlefield. l oCv : The Private Papen Of a Cub Reporter: Not long ago I lost a friend . . . Ben Bernle died . . . Many people liked Ben Betftfe. Because Ben Bernie liked many people . . . Ben had more than acting talent . . . The fact is the easy good nature known to millions of Americans was not an act . . .A human being him-aelf, him-aelf, he really loved his fellowmen. Ben Bernie's life was an example of the opportunity America offers a son of poor immigrant parents. And his death is an example of the devotion devo-tion these Americans have for their country. Ben was warned by his doctors that his bond drive engagements and his many, many appearances at Army camps and war plants were too niuch for his Strength . But Ben kept on . . . And he died. How much his bit helped cannot of course, be measured . . . But this we know. He continued In the fight against the orders of Government authorities, his doctors and the entreaties en-treaties ef his family . . . And now his effort Is ended . . . Because over and beyond the eall of duty, Ben Bernie tried te give his country more than he had. Our "feud" with Ben Bernie started start-ed in 1931 . . . The sponsor of the cigarette firm for which I rode the Magic Carpet (with orchestras from all over the world) suggested that the show needed some humor ... I borrowed an eld stunt that worked so well with Mark Bellinger with whom I "feuded" . . . Phoning Ben at the College Inn in Chicago, I, told him that on the next broadcast I was going to read a telegram from him ... It was for the orchestra leader (Duchln) and it said: "Just heard first broadcast with Winchell. You were wonderful! Can get you 15.000 at State-Lake Theater with Winchell and $10,000 WITHOUT him I" ... I told Ben I would then tell one on him and from that date on every man for himself! . Swell, be said, go ahead . . . And you know the rest . . . Anyway, that's how It started. Robert Ley, the Nazi party's problem prob-lem drunk, got sober enough the other oth-er day to have a good scare. He began to sort of realize that it's getting get-ting down toward the pay-off, and things aren't looking too good for him ... To save his skin he tossed the Nazi master race theory into the ashcan . . . That was Just campaign stuff, he scoffed, and shouldn't be taken seriously. We're all good fellas fel-las together, he orated, and we're Just loving everybody to pieces . . . It happens that lush Ley is head of the Nazis' labor dept. and from where he sits he can get a worse set of d.ts than he ever collected from schnapps ... He knows that there are 12,000,000 prisoners of labor in the Reich, and 12,000.000 able-bodied enemies represent a lot of hell when the time comes to raise it. The big weakness of Ley's scheme Is that the soldiers are going to bring in their own accusations . . . They saw the Nazi idea at work in Italy, frinstance . . . Farnsworth Folwell and John Lardner reported the butcheries of the ex-master race at Cajazzo, and if that crime isn't avenged, then victory will lack something . . . This wasn't war. It was massacre for Nazi pleasure . . . The Nazis evacuated the town, then sneaked back and slaughtered whole families, women and children included especially women and children ... As Lardner points out, it lacked even the excuse of a lynching lynch-ing frenzy. It was methodical. It was more than two miles over hilly country between them and the victims' vic-tims' homes . . . The Huns marched the distance because they enjoyed killing the helpless. It was a crime so Incredibly horrible that Folwell didn't -dare broadcast It until he checked and double-checked it An acquaintance would have you believe ho went into a restaurant which advertised: "We Serve Everything!" Every-thing!" and heard a drunk tease the manager with: "Everything, eh? Well, bring me an elephant steak!" . . . The manager countered: "Very well how many in your party?" . . . "One. me!" said the lush . . . "Sorry," "Sor-ry," was the tactful retort, "we can't kill a whole elephant for Just one customerl" . . . The beer shortage wfll be ended soon. An important midwest brewer has a new patented formula and process, and will accept all orders starting December 1 . . . Quiz Kid Joel Kupperman will do a second film for Republic Pictures at $3,000 per week. His first for Universal Uni-versal got $2,000. The contract will eventually get him 5 Gs per. In the early Summer of '41, the U. S. Army General Staff Informed tte' State" Dep't of th despem state' of U. Sv preparedness. There were many conferences between Gen. Marshall and Ass't Sec'y of State Berle in the grayest possible time . . . Shortly after one of these meetings meet-ings a Senator called upon Berle . . . "What possible excuse is there for selling, gasoline to Japan?" he demanded . . . "Confidentially, Senator." Sen-ator." said Mr. Berle, "the chips are down in the East We're not sailing sail-ing gas now we're buying timet" Schoolboys may bo too young to fly real airplanes for their country, but they want to learn the principles of aviation avia-tion in a manner which approaches the thrill of the real thing. A California glider-company and Aeronautical Engrrjfnr. Vol-mar Vol-mar Jensen have created a preflight glider which brings youngsters plenty of thrills and a basic flying technique without with-out risking their necks. With the glider, schoolboys loam to keep a steady course through rushing air currents. They do I It on the ground towed by a car going 30 miles an hour. Breezing along behind the tow car, the cadet above triet to prevent pre-vent the glider's wing tips from scraping the ground. Perfectly controlled, the glider will roll smoothly with tail up. Right: Use of these jits simpli fies construction of the glider. Wood parts are fitted in, nailed and glued. The glider is made of non-priority materials and can be assembled by school manual training classes. A control stick is connected to wings and tail. hi. Ready to match his technique against air currents, the student, above, informs the automobile driver that he is ready. Tow car pulls away and the 100 foot line is jerked taut. The glider zooms past an assembly of fellow students. Despite rushing air, it is level. The operator is controlling its balance, something some-thing that any pilot must master before he takes to the air. 1 j:.j.,,,: r It Wings and rudder are removable for transportation purposes. f-i-- ij tea"" ? 1 1 - " ., ... V- v Below: Volmar Jensen attaches the rudder to the tail. He built several safety devices into the craft to eliminate the usual risks of preliminary glider instruction. Any ideas that the non-ascending gliders were "sissified' were soon dispelled. It was quite difficult to keep a level course at a speed of 30 miles an hour. But most of them soon mastered this technique. |