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Show fj THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM CANYON. UTAH 'King of the Banjo' r m lit fj Navy Conidr. Eddie Teabody, star and World War I vet-eran, winds up his famed banjo act at a "sandbag theater" for marines on a South I'aciiic base. This thea-ter has 3,000 sandbag seats, and each night draws capacity crowds, composed mainly of Tarawa vets. 'We Lost Two Heavy Bombers' t. 'JWfcvW. - t -- i i 1 iJ. Announcement of our losses In terms of planea brings heavy hearts In America, but In many cases it Is not as serious as it sounds. For Instance, these two bombers were written oft as "lost." The one at the top, a Flying Fortress, made a crash landing In occupied Holland. The lower one, a Liberator, was shot down in Germany. Both were badly damaged, but, according to the German caption that accompanied tb pictures, crcwa of both ships survived to become prisoners of war. Chinese and Jap Forces Fight for Pass 1 gjhting between Chinese and Jap forces in Honan, west of the strategic rail point of Cbengchow, L in Hulao Pass, which the enemy ia reported as rapidly fortifying, following Its capture, to Arrows In the map indicate centers of fighting outside Mihsien, where the Chinese have I enemy, and Ylngshang where the Japs have been more successful. Diagonal lines In map at right le re""1 lone of action ,n re,at,on to China. By VIRGINIA VALE Releastd by Wegtern Newspaper Union. RKO Radio Pictures a new daily coast-- ! to-co- radio show on May 29, "Hollywood Star Time," featuring their film favorites of the year; it will originate tn the studio dining room. Go-ing out over 177 stations of the Blue network, it will be broadcast daily from Monday through Friday, it 12:15 to 12:30 Pacific Coast time, in hour later in each luccessive time zone. And Metro-Goldwyn- -, Mayer, equally radio minded, launches "M-G-- Screen Tests" on June 12, over the full basic Mutual Network, five days week t 9:15 Eastern war time; It will consist of sctual screen tests, the aspiring actor being required to play oppo-site Metro star. In "Going My Way" Bing Crosby proves that he doesn't have to sing; In fact, he sings comparatively little In the picture, yet has probably the best role of his screen career. I?s and that very talented actor, Barry BING CROSBY Fitzgerald, share honors In this sweet, human story and anybody who can share acting honors with Fitzgerald has to be good. This Is one of the pictures that people will remember. Jane Withers, young Republic star, had two birthday cakes on her 16th birthday, one with a party of soldiers near her own age, the sec-ond with an elephant belonging to Ringling Brothers-Bar-nu-and Bailey circus. Both sol-diers and elephant let Jane blow out her own candles and make a wish. The elephant also gulped the cake and then devoured Jane's birthday orchids. Producer C. P. MacGregor, of the Hollywood Radio Theater, is directly responsible for the successful careers of many leading movie actors and actresses. When talking pictures came in, parts were awarded on the strength of voice transcriptions made by hlml Frank Sinatra won about 1,500 iiew friends at a luncheon given in New York for the American News-paper Publishers association; he sang a parody on "Sunday, Monday and Always," the refrain being thai people are telling him to look out, for Dick Hayrnes, Dick Todd and Perry Como are crowding him too comfortably for 'his own good. He wound up by gallantly concluding "Then's just one Crosby." A sew puppy belonging to Ronnie, son of George Burns and Gracie Al-le-chewed a hole In an expensive rvig at the Burns' home. Gracie was vpset, but Ronnie saved the day. "Maybe If I train him," said he, "1 can get him so he'll lie over the hole most of the time." Around CBS a pleasant glow is still noticeable, due to the fact thai six of their network and regional programs were cited as winners in the 1943 George Foster Peabody Awards, gaining CBS top honors in five of the seven classifications. Bettejane Greer (Mrs. Rudy Val lee) whose first national prominence came when she was chosen two years ago as official model for the first WAC uniform, will be groomed for top starring roles by RKO. For the past year she's been under con-tract to Howard Hughes, doing in-tensive work with dramatic coaches. As soon as her release from thai contract was negotiated she signed with RKO. Yakima Canutt, seven times world champion cowboy and famous movie stunt man, now directs scenes for Republic pictures demanding hair-raisin- g stunts. His latest thriller is the finale of a lightning-lik- e chase in Allan Lane's "Marshal of Monte- - rey" X ODDS ASD EX Wes-ley Barry, one-tim- e boy star.' An RKO assistant when he enlisted, he's in the front lines with a photographic unit in the Burma campaign. . . . I'hil Baker lays the days of ordering a meal in a restaurant are gone nowadays it s an entreaty. . . . A new rose, resembling an American Beauty, has been named for Dinah Shore. . . . Recognizing the advantage of a closer link between the church and radio, the National Broad-casting company and the Congregational-Christ-ian churches will award five fellowships each year to ministers in the active pastorate, at one of XBCs summer institutes. " lass Baptism on Anzio-Ncttuni- o Beachhead - i - 1 ) ' v v' -- i ,.v.,::l:llllillll tar on the sand, this choir of American doughboys (left) supplied hymnal music during a mas, ceremony held at the Anzio-Nettun- io beachhead, to Italy. More than a score of U. S. soldiers Picture at right shows some of the iired by Div. Chaplain Leroy W. Raley of Cameron, Texas. landing In the surf, awaiting their turn to be baptized. , New Navy Secretary James V. Forrestal, who was nominated by President Roosevelt w succeed the late Frank Knox as sec-retary of the navy. Forrestal was undersecretary of the navy at the time of Knox's death. Former Grid Star Nips 16 Japs Wins DFC iiinami iiimUHI .miM I ffli""""" iniiiiinimMiiiiir i Lieut. (Jg) "Ike" Kcpford, USNR, a brilliant backfield man In former days for Northwestern university, and hailing from Muskegon, Mich., has shot down 16 Jap planes and ranks as top scoring pilot In the navy fighter groups. Ills Vought Corsair, with "Ike" at the controls, Is shown at left. Inset: Closeup of Lieutenant Kepford, taken on his return from the Pacific theater of war. 'Nazi Watchtowcr' ' i Above is one of the watch towen in the replica of a German prisonci of war camp, built in London to giv Britons some idea of the daily life o an Allied prisoner of war In a Ger man camp. AH signs are in Ger man. U. S. Glider Troops on Parade in Britain r.i y Lii y M) At) "$MffJf'& f t - f;. , I , f V " 17 ' , , ., ' - , w 1 ' ' &' I - iii m iii ii ii ,f i iii firMMMliini 'rinM With the Stars and Stripes flying proudly above them, American glider troops of an airborne unit are pictured on parade at an airfield "some-where in the United Kingdom." Young Hero ftjf 1 tent iJ'J. - -- H!ai Robert Dicey, five years old, shows how he carried his brother, Kenneth, downstair, and to safety, as flames raced through their home at East Ded-ha- Mass. Lor, the Mayor, Samples Some Bacon fFiorello La Guardia Is a guest of the campfire set op by Troop f Boy Scouts of America, in New York. He samples some of woked by the Scouts, and finds It good. The camp site was !' f way of celebrating National Boy and Girl week, and also Children's week, held simultaneously. New Baseball Togs i'K ' '' ' ! Charlie Grimm hangs op hi Brewer uniform which brought hin success and a pennant while man ager of Milwaukee Brewers, prepara tory to returning to Chicago Cubs. Two Hoovers Meet at Boys' Club Dinner , sr, ,,,7 , s ..TTlT ftKfrittvrc&ttfex :tmwwwwmw : . ar Hoover (left), head of the FBI, and former President Her-h- - t t. ch.--t in New York just before the latter went on the air, broadcasting to the youth of America about the expansion of Boys' Clubs of America throughout the nation. The two Hoovers first attended a wartime conference of Boys club at a dinner gathering. 4Kr Ration Feast wSWfvY" I?."--" ' f (fe'4" A Marshallcse boy perches com- - ' SThSeSSST The native, found JJ s. rations a welcome change. pan From USS Lansdale Rescued ,,im r - steals rescued by coas.ardsmen of SSSZ b0mbiDK UaCk Tas' coastgutSen Virgil 45L his navv seaman Pa. (left Wtae, Fla., and Melvln Howard of Pittsburgh, . r,Pe a thick coat of oil from his body. |