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Show M V SCREEN' RAOIO sf d bv Western Newspaper Union. , 4.1 By VIKGIN,A VALE ;l E was when movie he- 'ss had to be dark to be 1 ic; John Gilbert and i Valentino were con-ideal. con-ideal. But now the t are coming into their At Paramount Sterling sn, Sonny Tufts, William Hoi-William Hoi-William Bendix, Howard da Sil-ind Sil-ind Johnny Sands, all blonds, cast in "Blaze of Noon," a story early commercial flying. A sec-d sec-d attraction is the fact that some l the most valuable planes in the ountry, dating from World War I and now practically museum pieces, will be shown in action. Lucille Ball introduces a bit of whimsy in the fashion field in Hunt Stromberg's "Personal Column" wears a hat which has feathers dyed in a polka dot pattern, with a slip to maUh! It's an idea whipped up by Elois Jennsen, fetromberg's fashion fash-ion designer, who got her first big picture break when she did Hedy Lamarr's clothes for "Dishonored Lady," and it's certainly an original one. Experts at Warner Bros, think they've discovered the secret of Dane Clark's appeal to the fair sex. They say "It's because bf smol- DANE CLARK deris." Elevated to stardom because of bis performance in "That Way with ) Women," he's now "smolder-lng'yin "smolder-lng'yin "Deep VaUey." TAilo Boulton, emcee of "We the j'teople," recently flew from New ' York to Detroit to do a 20 second narration for an industrial movie. He probably set a record for short and snappy business transactions within with-in an hour he was on his way home. Robert Merrill, star of the RCA Victor program, rides to the 6th floor of the NBC building in a freight elevator ele-vator these Sundays, and wishes he'd thought of it sooner and saved his neckties through muffler and all, fans snipped pieces from his cravats. cra-vats. Sinatra fans may have to be curbed or limited as to age, but Perry Per-ry Como's "Supper Club" will continue con-tinue to be open to all comers. As a rule they're very well behaved, but if they let out a shriek now and then it's forgiven. James Stewart won't talk about liis experiences as a bomber pilot in private life, but in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life" he has to. Talking to Donna Reed, who plays his wife, he cuts loose with some vivid and of course believable description. de-scription. But it's in character, because be-cause in the picture he's telling about the exploits of Todd Karns, who's cast as his brother. Cass Daley has added to her already al-ready extensive real estate holdings. Tl'e "Ladies Man" comedy star is buying a 165-acre ranch, complete with burial grounds, near Hollywood. Professor Quiz can answer practically prac-tically any question, but when he trips up it's likely to be a question involving an animal. "Which way does a pig's tail curl?" "What kind of noise does a rabbit make?" On those he was right save for exceptions. excep-tions. But when he said that, when a cat washes its face, it holds its paw stationary and rubs its face against it, he got hundreds of protests. pro-tests. When Joseph Cotten appeared on a "Hallmark Reader's Digest" program pro-gram on CBS he was swamped by autograph seekers. One starry-eyed young woman thrust a five-page document doc-ument into his hands for his signature, signa-ture, but, recalling advice given him by his lawyer, he looked through the pages carefully and discovered the document was a love letter, addressed ad-dressed to the autograph-seeker! ODDS ASD ENDS Elena Warr-ner, Warr-ner, of RKO's "Trail Street," has just finished decorating George "Gabby" Hayes' new Palm Springs borne. . . . Ken Niles' other radio and film commitments com-mitments forced him to bow out as announcer an-nouncer on Arlene Francis' ''Affairs of Ann Scotland" radio show; Knox Manning Man-ning replaces him. . . . Olivia de HavtU land has discharged her agent, business busi-ness manager and publicity man, and turned their duties over to her new husband, Marcus Goodrich. . , , Ann Sargent of "Right to Happiness" has I'ouer-modeled as the typical American Ameri-can sports girl time after time but doesn't play tingl game! .V Lflh. . i lihfTT i- II flaw ii - if .rr ,t k IV; 4 S SURVIVES 13,000 VOLTS . . . Johnny Floyd, 9, shown with his mother at their home in Baltimore, survived 13,000 volts of electricity, only slightly the worse for the experience. This is more than six times the amount of voltage used in electrocuting criminals. The voltage passed through his body as he played atop a railroad car. lifT v ''VV' if it ,f fl "v MAPS COMMUNITY SPORTS PROGRAM . . . Sports writers from aU sections of the country met in Washington to hammer out a network of ! community sports programs offering boys and girls an outlet other than Juvenile delinquency for their youthful energy. Left to right: W. F. Fox Jr., Indianapolis News; Bob Considine, International News; Douglas W. McGregor, attorney general's office; AI Santoro, Los Angeles Examiner; Jack Carberry, Denver Post, and Hugh Daily, Detroit Times, lead program pro-gram plans. t - , 51 A - ' t. ? I " " v V 1 atr atin.iar.mifm ...n.i1. i. t , i .ifc fcaffiijlilHtMitkAi.ili 11 A - , .,tlM J HUCK FINN GOLDILOCKS . . . Jimmy Garvin, 13, the most rugged of rugged individualists, has all the other characteristics of a Huckleberry Finn, but he wears his hair long. His classmates at Langley junior high school, Washington, D. C, nsed to kid Jimmy about it. sk FRANCO'S CHALLENGE TO UNITED NATIONS . . . Three-hour demonstration dem-onstration against the United Nations was staged in the heart of Madrid by 300,000 cheering Spaniards. One sign read: "Franco, we are at yonr orders against the world If you command It." Generalissimo Franco appeared before the crowd and told them that the United Nations had no right to Interfere in the internal affairs of his country. The U. N. proposal to recall ambassadors brought about the demonstrK. I1 e. 5' irj .s ifiiiiifiii - - i V J' y FOR LANDING SYS- The Robert J. Collier IIONORED TEM ... trophy, nation's highest aviation award, was given to Dr. Luis W-lvarez, W-lvarez, 35, 1 nivcrsity of California fhysics professor, for his ground-controlled ground-controlled approach system, which guides radio-equipped planes. OFFERS EYE TO VET . . . Robert W. Lincoln, Brockton, Mass., veteran, vet-eran, recently gave a touching example ex-ample of bravery and generosity when he offered one of his eyes to Corp. Chester R. Perkins, Phoenix-ville, Phoenix-ville, Pa., hopelessly blinded by German mine. HEADS UNRRA . . . MaJ. Gen. Lowell W. Rooks, Arlington, Va., who has been named director general gen-eral of UNRRA, to succeed Fiorel-lo Fiorel-lo LaGuardia. Rooks has been serving serv-ing as assistant director during the past vear. ,, , REVOLT ENDS . . . Pres. Romulo Betancourt of Venezuela, as he an- nounced the end of the revolt by conservative insurgents. He stated inat ine capiurea inurgeuis nm j be given a fair trial. EXPERT ARTIST . . . Seated at his easel, Glen Scobey (Pop) Warner, football's famed "Old Fox," retouching re-touching one of his canvas masterpieces master-pieces at his Palo Alto, Calif., home. He formerly coached pi any celebrated cele-brated football teams. f if ' ' - I . iH - i il,v - , ' J VI H i ill i. iaMI 3 f . Z wirtr . - i ' h gl ftf Wr'- AW...ZaJ t In WASHINGTON .iiHBy Walter Sheod - , 4 WNU CorruOMn tVJVI IVisftiitfon Bureau 16JS y. St.. W. W. War Bonds Will Yield Hugo Flow of Cash for Many Years rpHE president of a small bank in 'I a rural midwestern town, here to attend a bankers' meeting, told iyour Home Town Reporter the other lday,that Merest on war bond, and u. o. savings Donas neia Dy ine ae-positors ae-positors in his little bank alone would average almost $100,000 a year for the next 10 years. To me that is an amazing revelation, revela-tion, for it is the answer to the confusion in the minds of many persons per-sons throughout the country as to why the treasury department Is continuing con-tinuing its drive to sell U. S. sav ings bonds although the fighting is over. Also, the treasury's working 1 1 balance and anticipated tax revenue i are enough to meet government expenditures ex-penditures for some time to come, and they have been sufficient since the close of the Victory Loan in December, De-cember, 1945. The government actu ally does not need the money it is obtaining from the sale of savings bonds. Then why sell bonds? I asked Verne Clark, director of treasury's savings bond division, for the answer. an-swer. It boiled down to the fact that the government policy was to I have the people collect the interest on the public debt. Said Clark: "Wise management of the public debt is an important function in which every citizen must be vitally interested until that debt ia paid. Purchases of savings bonds ( directly by the people are a definite part in that management . . . of keeping ownership in the hands of the people . . . and add another privilege to American citizenship, the privilege of sharing in the payments pay-ments on the debt" Enormous Baying Power Here are some amazing figures: According to treasury statements, war bonds now outstanding. Including Includ-ing all series, total $49,700,000,000. If these bonds are held to maturity the interest to be paid on them in the next 10 years will total approximately approxi-mately 13 billion dollars, or an average aver-age of about $1,300,000,000 a year. That is purchasing power) It almost al-most equals the total national income in-come from banking in 1943; it is approximately the equal of the national na-tional income from insurance in the same year; it is more than the average annual national Income j i from bituminous coal; it adds up to a new national spending power, And Mmpmhpr thi is intprst nnlv nnt the $49,700,000,000 of principal, muchjjT lp "f ui wiiiL-n uiso wiii us paid ueiore s.'. the 10-year period is up, because I some of these outstanding bonds are already five years old. Bringing this new purchasing power pow-er down to that little midwest town, mat nuu.wuu a year in interest alone j is more man tne annual payroll of half the industries in the town, and if those industries shut down for any reason, folks there would look upon the fact as dire calamity coming to the community. The only factor which can shut off this annual interest in-terest is redemption of the bonds before maturity. Here are some more amazing comparisons: com-parisons: In Texas, the people hold approximately a billion and a half dollars of war and savings bonds on which the 10-year interest would be $375,000,000 or an average of $37,500,000 a year. That total in-terest in-terest amounts roughly to one-third of the total value of Texas farm products in 1944, given by the bureau bu-reau of the census as $1,115,669,126. Large Part of Income Li Indiana value of farm products in J9 amounted to $538,000,000. The 10-year interest on a billion dollars worth of war bonds heM fc Hoosier dtjzpns wju be approximiltclv ?250,. mm or about one.half tota , f;lrm income for lm In an eastern state, Massachusetts, Massachu-setts, folks hold two billions in bonds with an approximate $500,000,000 Interest In-terest total and that figure, according accord-ing to the census bureau, Is four times the total value of farm products prod-ucts sold and used in Massachusetts in K'44. The annual interest, $50,-000,000, $50,-000,000, probably equals the annual annu-al payroll of any one of a dozen thriving industries In that industrial state. It seems to your Home Town Re porter that these figures bring home to every citizen all the familiar appeals ap-peals for the continued purchase of savings bonds. But the fact remains that the management man-agement of that public debt is im-pmtant im-pmtant and we'll have it with us foi some time to come, so it seems te this reporter that as long as tht folks in the home towns of the country coun-try must pay that debt in their fed-erfil fed-erfil taxes, their one hope of reapini any return, aside from the privilegt i f living in this country of ours, ii to continue to buy government sav ings bonds and to hold what thej have until maturity. Somebody ii going to get the interest on thai huge debt. It might as well be you, the common citizen. i j , .... ,-, t . ' i T f , li :! V - l1-' ! ' .- I p U 1 1 '' -iv ?r i" f Jij 4 -? .---v-..,tSmmmmaM'fMm"''.T!T"- LEARNED ABOUT PIONEERS ... In order to learn how the pioneer of America lived, eighth-graile pupil at Edison Institute school, Dearborn, Mich., recently spent a two-week period in a practical course In which they spent part of their time in the pioneer log cabin and worked in the various old shops and mills of Green, field village at Dearborn. Left, Peggy Anne White Is busily engaged at the old spinning wheel; center, Joseph Eschback energetically swings a broad ax In the Job of squaring log for cabin building; right, Patricia Hoedl churns butter for the meal. lMM&.J..-v.a.- . : 1 llllMIMl n. HAPPY ANGLERS . . . You'd smile too If your angling resulted In this record caich, biggest of the rainbow trout season. The final day at Lake Pend Oreille, near Sandpolnt, northern Idaho, where fish have grown phenomenally phe-nomenally large In five years, proved to be the single best day of the year. A few of the happy anglers are shown with the rainbows weighing from 23 to 294 pounds. Second from left In back row is Laurence Hamilton, Ham-ilton, Rcardon, Wash., who holds the world's rainbow record with 32 W pound fish be caught In 1943. 'INDEPENDENCE DAY' IN NIPPON . . . V. I. P., meaning "big brass" or very important person, leads a ward delegation In parade in Tokyo to mark the freedom of the Japanese people under the new constitution. con-stitution. Some of the coolie-hatted henchmen keep a respectful distance- ' illliriiipiliill Hllli,,!'!! MH'HIiiTrlWII i nriiiii m pjMIHMI "riiinni M JTV s . TiWj uimimtmmm-uua.JLii m mwr m iinmi im I mini mm m n i ui, n iir niiiini im ! I BEATING HANDICAPS . . . Believed to be the only totally blind, totally deaf college stuaent in the United States, Robert J. Smithdas, son of a Pittsburgh steel worker, is shown, left, as he was congratulated by Dr. William J. Mahoney, president of St. John's university, Brooklyn, after his fcat ,n outranking 650 normal students, to win honors on the dean's jfet. He is the author of several short stories and poems. -v. 51' sat i Hi m jr i . .. is i ,. -1 SITDOWN STRIKE . . . Ralph W. Barnes, 67, Stockbrldge, Mass., whe is conducting sltdown strike because school board retired him as a teacher teach-er due to age. He started the strike last September. OUTSTANDING GRIDSTER . . . Charley Trippl, Pittsburgh, Pa Georgia university's all America halfback, who was chosen nation's outstanding football star of 1946 by the Maxwell Memorial Football club of Philadelphia at their annual an-nual football banquet. |