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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER Entertainers Travel Rough and Perilous Circuit USO-Cam- Taking America Through a Train Window: The train clears its mechanical p Shows to Remote Fighting Fronts Xg drew Pearson One Hundred Troupes Play to Soldiers in i 1 . . , rr By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. Washington, D. C. full years have passed COMBAT FLIERS UNPROMOTED actor Douglas WalOpen-AiOne thing that gripes the boys at ton, called up for army servthroat, rolls out of the depot, and the front is the way a lot of the desk the moving picture of passing ice, worked all one night to That familiar truism of the officers in the war department and finish a scenery is framed in Pullman winpicture assignment at others here at home seem to get the show must go dows. . . . Fragments of smoke trouper RKO. Early the next mornhas taken on a new and promotions more rapidly than the cruising over sprawling war plants on no time in which to with line. ing, that dot the outskirts of the city. A vastly different meaning since boys who are up on the firing his costume, he ( from it about so of them feel Some change where scene industrial badly USO-campeaceful p the advent of in white tie and for duty come to reported anxious in arent that they weapons are born that wind up shows those back Lieut. Doug-- J Now tails. hes traveling of the hell of war. . . . Neat suburban home, though given opportunities discharged las medically outWalton, are because homes on their best architectural troupes that follow our troops they furlough, ranked by their old friends at home. and reporting at RKO to play the behavior. . . . Church steeples point- all over the world. True to man who gets his in the Dick ing at the sky like hands in prayer. tradition, the show, of course, For instance, most of the new pi- Powell-Ann- e Shirley thriller, Fare. . . Telephone poles whizzing by in does go on from the back of are lots just arriving In England And on his first Lovely. well, My Indian file. Birds perched on their an army truck mired in the second lieutenants. They havent before the camera, his costume day wires like notes on a musical scale. jungles of New Guinea, to he MeanalL been on any missions at was white tie and tails! . . . The countryside knee-dee- p in while, men who have been in Engof grinding accompaniment Spring. A tapestry of greenery winches on a dock for two years, and have been land After giving Linda Darnell the bigalongside stretching toward the horizon. . . . flying over Europe constantly, still gest break of her career in Sumthe a amid Robert transport, troop went Banks and Sgt. pulse up several points remain second lieutenants. respiration Leng lines of trees planted with mer Storm, then realizing, while Rockette precision bejeweled with icy glaciers of the Arctic, at when this band of entertainers dropped into this hospital tent in the asks critics How many do yoh have? Aleutians. to raved, that they had no furleft are behind Naomi base . . Attractive Stevens, , fruits. Players Lee, firing right Mary lady hospitals ripening some newly arrived pilot who has ther claim on her services, Angelus Grace and train conductors. . . . Weary travel- lines, in the shadow of smoulHarry Masters, and George Cerutti. flown twice across the channel, each Pictures is taking no more chances. ers slumped in their seats ma- Vesuvius, or on newly Marlene Deitrich, dering j up Dona Drake with between flight being a mission. signed Theyve Adolph landing Menjou rooned on an island of their won unexpectedly territory in Europe. Paulette Goddard, Gary Cooper, bombings on the Island of Pantel-leria- , a contract calling for a starring role thoughts. No longer, however, does the audiPROBE Una Merkel, George Raft, Phyllis a year for four years. Donas been gave a performance in an ence go to the show; the show is Brooks, Frederic March, Louise Administration of Office The Price around the Paramount lot for some underground airplane hangar. Tree-line- d small town streets, taken to the audience an audience, Another camp show troupe actually Is quietly probing several cases of Andy Arcari, Jean Clyde, each house ornamented with mani- by the way, that now numbers Bob Hope, Keenan Wynn, A1 Jolson gave a show in a submarine. tire ration violations which promise cured hedges. . . . Ribbons of roads more than 11,000,000 men and womto be sensational. They go right and John Garfield. . tour, Returning from an into some of the biggest tire comwrapped around the landscape. They en of our armed forces to whom, by of members show one an unit the screen luminaries camp Although used to be covered with traffic, but orders of the War department, the 12 nounced that they had become panies of the country. show goes on in combat zones in volunteer for a minimum of now you can see miles of nude highOne of the big tire companies of them trouped the authorities on the sands of the some weeks, ways. . . . The eager anticipation in every area where our fighting forces various circuits for as is world. had in 30 being probed on a charge of as yellow They played long the orbs of servicemen on their way are located. failed to void the tire sandstorms in Egypt; in red sand inconhaving of all kinds weeks, enduring home to enjoy a furloaf. . . . The Its something new for both the veniences and certificates turned in to ration in storms Tunisia that had but dyed hardships, taking train gobbling up miles of space as show business and the army to in- them in stride and & them by retailers. In other their face and a clothes hair, bright actually enjoying it roars through State lines. No pass- clude traveling troupes in the the when a retail tire store lesser-know- n and in white sandstorms words, of the red; experience. Many ports are needed to cross them. One armys special services. That is, it or garage sells a tire, it has to Iran that made brunettes look like paid entertainers on of the miracles too many Americans was new until Pearl Harbor. Now ping 6end back to the tire manufacd While up in blondes. tours of 50,000 platinum and take for granted. . . . The haze that theyre as much a part of the army turer the certificate issued by mountains, they suffered floats over the grass at sunrise fare as GI chow, and equally as 100,000 miles have been out for as o the OPA ration board. Howev11 months, cold; down in the valleys, visiting little outwhen Nature is still drowzy with essential. One is a physical neces- long as had to wrap themselves in ix er, the OPA is tracking down in remote they isolated posts regions, morning. . . . Old, unpainted houses sity, the other a psychological certifithese tire wet to that the sheets in in order reports in Central and East sleep camps Africa, on the wrong side of the tracks mak-- , stimulant. heat. cates, instead of being stamped ' V.c In the last two and a half years, army transport command steps in ing their poverty public. . . . Miles to the as nsed, are going back the Arabian wilderness, or lonely Travel Through Mine Fields. p of undeveloped land blanketed with shows have grown from road1 camps in the d dealers, or else remaining with Another troupe that spent months g forests between big cities. Places a mere experiment to a LINDA DARNELL them in the first place. Thus, with fliers at advanced where Nature has room to stretch. activity that would stagger the most mountains of Iran. to sell more tires are able they time without ever getting a good The business of obtaining the tal- never took a trip to a nearby traveled old trouper to contemplate. without requiring more certifibreak, so finally she won cancellap shows operate ent and putting together a show unit encampment when they didnt have in exchange. The train whizzing by small, dusty Today, cates is the function of to pick their way through mine tion of her contract so that she p 100 units in comshows, approximately stations surrounded by loneliness. Another big company is being could take advantage of the Anfields. Once they parked their trailer a function usually conducted on speYou go by so fast you cant even bat- zones in every sector of the Investigated by the OPA for buyoffer. Douglas Sirk, director cific truck two a orders from from feet land the live gelus reasons fronts. For obvious army special fighting . Cows read the stations name. . . ing up new tires of various of Summer mine. division was services It which the Storm, made a speex of no requisitions estimate heartbreaking expedience military makes from dealers and later grazing in Ohios pastures their cial test of Dona, and it was on his tails continually swinging like a of the house count at these per- entertainment by much the same perience of this troupe of getting to comthem the reselling through recommendation, because he thinks formances has been made public, method as GI supplies are ordered. know some of the boys who were A feather of a breeze baton. own stores at considerpanys In destined shes potentially a dramatic star, not to a return their direc from SRO a but terseness, safe the that army typical its guess able loss. Even though not the tickling a lake causing it to dimple that she got the contract. with a million ripples. . , . Piercing sign was out at every one. In the tive will be issued to camp shows for missions. Cnee the troupe went tires made by this company, the 100 a certain type of entertainment to miles in their truck to give an unwestern another hemisphere train whistles punctuating the night loss was considered a good inNorman Price, tenor of the p shows are appearing at be provided by a specified number scheduled show when they learned with exclamation points of sound. vestment because it got motorMother and Dad quartet, chose a of that for certain a designated area performers squadron's com' . . . Cross country trucks moving army camps and naval bases, with ists into the habit of trading music as a career not too many p shows follows manding officer had been shot down across the roads with the slow dig- an estimated monthly attendance of and time. with this companys retail that instructions. ago, but it was a toss-u- p men years women of the day. and 2,000,000 of . . The increased , stores. nity glaciers. whether Another show hed sing or earn a living unit who that armed forces are camp At the laughkept and time designated place, There may be some startling news as a tempo of traffic that heralds the apswimmer or a a started North African show with professional of show entertainers the is turned over to the army, ing by professional proach to a city. breaking on this soon. baseball player. Norman was a star stage, screen and radio. and thereafter it is practically as an audience of 1,500 soldiers, had athlete in his home state of Arkanp shows are operated as much a part of the army as the GI the disconcerting experience of seeGERMANYS SMART CHOICES A stretch of flat land broken by activity of USO (United Service sas; he hails from Berry ville. Polly Joes. Where the show goes, when it ing ten men leave, then ten more, S. experts who have studied U. the wide open mouth of a valley. organizations) and are financed by goes, how long it stays and when it then another ten, until finally they the Nazi military setup to resist in. Robertson, organist and arranger for the quartet, is another Southwere playing to a mere handful of The lights of a lonely farmhouse the National War fund, of which does its stuff are all prescribed vasion figure that Hitler or whoevtwinkling in the dark night. . . . The USO is a member agency. by the army. Transportation, food, restless soldiers. Afterward, they er did the picking for him was erner, from Kentucky. train pulling into a station with the sleeping quarters are furnished by learned that a landing by enemy smart in his selection of German Stage Stars Volunteer. Claude Rains, currently featured commandoes had been reported and dignity of a dowager entering a tea the From headquarters occupying their army. Many performers give their audience had been called out military leaders. Three of the best In Warner Bros. Mr. Skeffington, party. . . . The eternal peacefulness half a others nomiare service; paid men in the German army have been dozen floors in a building at of forests filled with a million leafy to track them down. starring Bette Davis, is expected 8 West Fortieth street, New York nal salaries. given the job of combating what the back from England by mid-Jul- y for fingers reaching for the warmth of show are Camp performances p is Nazis the know death thrust at his next shows plan, preTroupers Endure Heat, Cold. the sun. . . . Fields of wildfiowers City, under a assignment long often attended hazards and by and direct the assembling of term contract. He went to play op Although details of the tours are perils as well as discomforts and Germany. curtsying to the balmy winds. . . , pare No. 1 is Field Marshal Karl von both talent and programs for the handled by the army with characVivien Leigh in Caesar and Large signs announcing that youre posite One inconveniences. troupe played considered the best Rundstedt, teristic military precision, putting seven weeks at road town. A various units. Paid entertainers, about to enter , Cleopatra. in the camps commander recruited from theatres, night on the show many times isnt strategist and over-a- ll sight as American as a home run. clubs and vaudeville booking agen- exactly a cinch. In fact, it is often Iran mountains that were main- in Germany. Field Marshal Erwin As part of its twentieth anniverto keep open the route over cies, constitute the permanent or- attended by difficulties, hazards or tained Rommel, immediately under him, is sary celebration Metro has which dug into and arms were gosupplies Tremendous ranches monopolizing ganization of the world-wid- e cirinterruptions. Even the army isnt ing to Russia. Bandits were in the the best man for lightning moves the files and come out with some giant slices of territory. Some are cuits. Augmenting the regular staff able to provide tactics. bits of interesting information. For transportable the- neighborhood, and the troupers and panzer Colonel almost as large as a small European are stars of Broadway and HollyGeneral Heinz instance Glenn Finally, and equipment. couldnt leave the atres, props stage Martin, the plane nation. . , . Skeletons of ghost towns wood, together with camps without Guderian is considered the best tank once was a movie Tramping the boards, a familiar armed guards. manufacturer, slowly being turned into dust by radio personalities, who volunteer commander in the German army. actor. He played opposite Frances expression of the trouper, is exactly wind and rain, remnants of the wild their services for a limited period. Air Raid Halts Show. U. S. experts, who believe in lookwith Camp show entertainers, that Marion, the ace film writer and exWest. . . . Modern cowboys who now Sometimes sudden enemy action ing facts in the face, classify these ecutive. He was In obtaining volunteers from the for the show is usually given from given the job bespend more time riding in station screen colony, shows has a crude, improvised stage of boards makes it necessary to halt a per three as among the top military cause no man could other leading wagons than on hosses. . . . The the thrown up wherever the audience is formance in the middle of its most brains of Europe. be found, in 1916, who owned an cooperation of the Hollywood brilliance of a Western night a dramatic or interesting moment. In stationed. Victory committee which has enairplane! dark-face- d sky freckled with stars. listed many of the foremost stars DAYLIGHT SAVING TO END? of a show may be in Italy where the players are freThe locale Much poetry and many songs have of motion pictures. Among notables a jungle where the temperature quently close behind the front It looks as if daylight-savinIn a poll of enlisted men embractime been written in tribute to its over- of the cinema who have been mem- climbs to as high as 130 degrees; it lines, such interruptions are not in- were going to be abolished with- ing the entire Southwest Pacific powering beauty. But nothing can bers of p shows to enter- may be at a lonely mountain side frequent. In one instance when out giving the President a chance to area; conducted by the Overseas match the first-hanview of this tain our in combat zones were: outpost, or in the midst of desert enemy planes roared over during a block the repeal. Motion Picture Service, Humphrey boys shimmering phenomenon. . . . The Joe E. Brown, William performance, the audience and the p One wastes. show Was voted the years No. 1 Gargan, unit. Several resolutions Bogart have been many peaceful sights that make you troupers sat in darkness for hours a result of his performance actor, introduced to abolish war time, think the war is very far away. But until the alarm passed and the show Tablanca. in An Oscar, as a result of protests from a a plane drilling its way through the could continue. facsimile of the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel farmers in agricultural areas. sky reminds you nothing is beyond One troupe touring the Iran valley of New Guinea, is being forwarded These are now before Reprethe wars reach. . . . Peaceful Into travel 140 miles, had to him, as an expression of the outposts sentative Lea CaliClarence of now raildians selling souvenirs at through mountains, in a caboose. fornia and his Interstate Comgratitude the men feel for all that road stations. . . . Cattle herds in There were 136 tunnels, and every he has done for them. merce committee, and it looks the sunset making a picture postcard time the train went through a tunIK as if one of them would be reto be filed in your memory. nel it was like going into an oven. n The theory that mysported out and passed. At a mountain stop in Iran, the If so, it cannot be vetoed by the tery stories are too exciting fare for Desert nights filled with romantic players learned that the boys stafor the bill es- children receives another knockout mysteries. . . . When you see the tioned there hadnt had fresh meat President, war time original blow in results from interviews with " ut provided that it , $ gigantic natural obstacles that still in weeks. They organized a hunt- tablishing silt was to end months after the war, youngsters having roles on My exist in the West you are filled with Theater. All report that new ing expedition and, armed with or upon a concurrent resolution tery by er in renewed respect and pride for the army pistols, shot 11 wild boars. both houses of congress. their lives have they slept who a built on civilization pioneers Their show, was a great hit that better than on the nights after they This latter a the foundation of blood, sweat and provision precludes have been in on a night We gave them ham, and veto, since resolutions are not sub- ders in the NBC few choice murtears. . . . Tiny villages with less fed them ham, too, they said. mystery thriller to being overruled by the White population than in a Big Town apartthe more murders, the better. in and day out, the ject Thus, day House. In fact. Congressman Lea ment house. . . . Head waiter smiles show goes on making every stop wrote his original daylight-savinof train porters. . . The Deisel Sounds difficult, but it worked on the Icicle Circuit along the Albill in this form for the specific pur- when engine entering a tunnel with a loud can highway in Alaska; the The Little Bit of writing of off the White House pose heading cry, dragging the serpent of cars musical to be produced Heaven," hole Circuit in the South Pacific; in case wanted to abolish behind it. . . . The sage brush counby Metro, Capt. Luther Davis, with the Desert Circuit in Egypt war time.Congress try, with an occasional motorist proComedian Joe E. Brown toured Africa, Iran, Lybia and Arabia. the army air corps in India, and viding the only sign of life. . . . Tired the south Pacific area for many And as rapidly as our fighters adMarine Capt. John Cleveland, staCAPITAL CnAFF tourists chewing the fingernails of tioned at Quantico, Va., collaborated p months, pushing into remote jungle vance, shows are ordered to Lieut Harry B. ft Congratulations their patience, eager to arrive at islands. Here he is shown battle-wearmail with Robert Andrews in g to entertain the y up Paul Barnhart for bringing laughs by their destination. . . . Hot dog stands soldiers at an op n air theacombat troops and provide an antiHollywood. to the boys in the South Pacific with planted in the middle of nowhere. ter in Australia. dote for operational fatigue. his army show Stars and Gripes. ODDS AND ENDS Victor Borge The billboard advising motorists: has been signed for an additional 13 Every day the state department This is Gods Country. Dont Drive Home Talent Skits Prepared by Army Special Services provised upon and adapted to vari- condenses foreign news develop- weeks on the Basin Street program, beous local situations in the different ments for its officials both Like Hell . . . The Chicago skyline home ginning in September. . . . With PracGive Soldiers a Chance to Entertain Themselves combat areas. The show can be and abroad. It is one of theatfairest tically Yours her last picture under resembling an unfinished jigsaw her Paramount contract, in the bag , with Train-sitter- s S. news O. and review U. About costumes staged There summaries in called props . . . aren't a Face broad to enough puzzle. Washington, trying Colbert intends to free lance. whittle away time by playing cards, troupes to get around, so Brigadier farce on military life, draft boards, made from scrap materials. ft The navy is starting a school of Claudette . . They had to change the script of The show has to afford the government, similar to the army's gabbing, reading, or just staring at General Byron of the army special sergeants, WACs, and similar subMurder, He Says, and make the a pretty gal across the aisle. . . . services division decided to help jects. It was presented first in Camp maximum at to Charlottesville, train men heroin an ash blonde instead of platiVa., possibility for versaM The gigantic fertile toe boys entertain themselves. He Shanks, N. Y., where it made a hit tility, General Byron explained, to govern occupied territories. Some num; Helen W alher wouldnt bleach fields Americas breadbasket. . . . bad some playlets written under the with the G. L audience. Soldiers and "and appeal to the average soldier! navy men are wisecracking that her hair. In his Beverly Hills office A bonfire of sunlight slowly raising direction of George Kaufman and WACs played all parts. who, if he bad more time, could they dont need to train governors Edgar Bergen hys an ash tray modeled About Face is full of army jar- work out the details himself. of because the British after Charlie McCarthy; it was sent its head over roundshouidered hills. other playwrights that men could They takeoccupation over all Pacific possessions as him by fan. . . . Guy Lombardot band . . . Traveling salesmen in club produce themselves anywhere, with gon and wisecracks. It consists of not only like to entertain themlittle equipment and costuming. a series of short skits which Gen- selves, but also want to do some- soon as we capture them. (The Solo-mo- will be used in the current series of recars nibbling on bits of conversaW These are grouped into a sort of eral Byron said can be selected, im thing in this line for themselves. and New Guinea were largely cordings for AVE enlistments. tion about tiresome matters. British before the war.) TWO Theaters r TIRE-RATIO- N n, sleeper-jum- snow-covere- sub-zer- 5 c J USO-Cam- snow-covere- far-flun- air-fiel- USO-Cam- USO-Cam- ... USO-Cam- USO-Cam- USO-Cam- USO-Cam- . this-or-th- well-know- n USO-Cam- p g USO-Cam- d USO-Cam- u: well-wor- g . USO-cam- enter-tainin- mid-West- 's ... I V |