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Show Gay Saga of Life In Capital City told at Academy Teaming lovely Olivia de Hav-illand Hav-illand with the new film "find," Sonny Tufts, "Government Girl" cornea to the screen as a hilarious and romantic presentation of the hectic life behind the scenes in the nations capital. Miss de Hav-illand Hav-illand has the title role of "Smokey" Ailard, a capable secretary sec-retary with the WPB, and Tufts plays the part of Ed Browne, a two-fisted business executive brought to Washington as a dol-lar-a-year man to head a bomber-building bomber-building program. Browne is dubious over the aize Qf the job but manages to get things done in record time. Because of breaking a flock of rules and riding rough-shod over priorities and personalities, he makes some powerful enemies and Is brought before a Senate investigating in-vestigating committee. Smokey, who has been urging, him on to success, finds out that she has unwittingly helped the other side gather material against him. and so makes an appearance before the committee and triumphantly vindicates her boss and at the same time reveals her love for Browne. Another romance between Smokey's roommate and the army ar-my sergeant she marries but can't have a honeymoon which adds to the many comedy moments mo-ments of the film, as does a satirical sat-irical reception at the Swank home of a lion-hunting Washington Washing-ton hostess. Wayne, Hayward Star in Thrilling Story of Seabees Telling the fascinating story of the construction men of the U. S. Navy. "The Fighting Seabees" will be held oyer Monday and Tuesday at the Scera. This romance of Uie seven seas Is enacted against the background of the history of the creation of the Navy construction battalions. The dangerous activities of th Seabees are depicted in the exciting excit-ing sequences of the production. An exceptionally gocd musical background is featured, headlined by the new song. "The Fighting Jjeabces." John Wayne and Pusan Hay-ward Hay-ward are co-staarred. with Denn'd O'Keefe and grant Withers taking supporting roles. Now Playing at Local Theaters LEFT: Telling the story of Jack the Ripper, "The Lodger" nyves to the Strand today and stars Merle Oberon, George Sanders and Laird Cregar. UPPER RIGHT:? "Thousands Cheer," which features an all-star all-star cast, is currently showing, at the Paramount. CENTER RIGHT: "Government Girl," starring Olivia de Havil-land Havil-land and Sonny Tufts, is now playing play-ing at the Academy. LOWER RIGHT: Donald O'Connor O'Con-nor is featured in the Uinta's number one attraction, "Top Man.-" Second hit is "Secret Enemies," starring Craig Stevens. jf X jWP' K fen 4&rk : No Ration on Stars In Paramount s Current Booking An appealing love story of an army private in love with the Colonel's daughter, with one of the greatest displays of screen stars ever before filmed in one picture make "Thousands Cheer," now playing at the Paramount, one of the must-sees of the year. Kathryn Grayson is seen as a charming young concert singer who leaves her job as soloist with Jose Iturbi's orchestra to do mor ale work at her father's camp. John Boles does credit to the role of Colonel Jones as the bewildered father suddenly . meeting with a charming grown-up daughter. Many of his difficulties stem from the fact that Gene Kelly, the camp's problem boy solves his difficulties dif-ficulties when he and Kathryn fall in love, much to the despair of Boles and mother, Mary Astor. Jose Iturbi makes his first appearance ap-pearance on the screen in Technicolor Techni-color and "proves himself an accomplished ac-complished actor as well as musician. musi-cian. Partaking in the produc tion's star-studded USO sequences are Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Red Skelton, Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern, Lucille Ball, Virginia O'Brien, Lena Home, Marsha Hunt, Marilyn Maxwell, and Donna Don-na Reed. Kefy Kyser, Bob Crosby, Benny Carter, and their famous orchestras, orches-tras, also are numbered among the performers. The picture contains con-tains music to suit all tastes. It has everything from jive to classic clas-sic operatic airs. Soringville Mrs. Marv Oakes who left th ;past week for BushnHl hospital at isngnam utv wiiere Mie win An irt.rocMn ahnrf nnnWt in ! employed PS a nurpe, WHS honoral! "tAchnlcolor. "Mormon Trails;" is an. with a number of social events: added attraction during the week. Mrs. S. L. Men- denhall, Sr. PAGE 8 FROVO, CTAH COtrXTT. SUNDAT. FEBRVA RY : CTAH 0, 194( SUNDAY HERALD Variety Offered Bv Double Bill At Uinta Today Likeable Donald O'Connor scores another screen success via "Top Man," current attraction at the Uinta. The young favorite, co-starred with Susanna Foster, Lillian Gish, Richard Dix, and Peggy Ryan, appears as the energetic en-ergetic youngster who steps into his father's shoes and runs the family after dad joins Uncle Sam's navy. Heading a popular supporting Jack the Ripper's Crimes on Screen Now at Strand If the perfect crime is one in which the perpetrator escapes detection, de-tection, then the arch-perfectionist of all time in the criminal world is Jack the Ripper. The Ripper, in a series of murders mur-ders that had the whole world in terror, not only was never apprehended, appre-hended, but Scotland Yard never came close to apprehending him Countless theories have been advanced ad-vanced to account for Jack th Ripper, but it took ,Mrs. Marie Belloc Lowndes to supply the most satisfactorily shuddery study in her novel, "The Lodger," which has now been brought to the screen and is currently featured at the Strand. ' Merle Oberon, George Sanders and Laird Cregar star in this story of the master criminal. whose actions have intrigued the imagination of the public and students stu-dents of criminology since the first murder, which occurred about 1888 in London. In swift succession four other killings followed and can be accredited ac-credited to the Ripper, although public hysteria at the time ascribed as-cribed scores of crimes to him. THREE KILLED IX ELEVATOR BLAST KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb 19 (US'.) Firemen today searched for the bodies of three workers believed be-lieved to have been trapped in tha basement of the Larabee Milling company grain elevator in North Kansas City yesterday when art explosion and fire wrecked the building, killing three persons. At least 20 other persons were injured in the blast and fire which destroyed the 500,000 bushel elevator ele-vator and all its contents. MAN FOUND DEAD ANACONDA, Mont., Feb. 19 (T.P The body of Stanley A. Ros-sick, Ros-sick, 48. who was found dead in his rooming house yesterday, waa forwarded to Livingston today for funeral services and interment. . ESCAPED GERMAN PRISONERS CAPTURED DENVER, Colo., Feb. 19 U.P Two German prisoners of war who escaped from Camp Hale, Colorado, Colo-rado, on Wednesday have been recaptured re-captured near Columbus, N. M., it was announced today by the federal bureau of investigation. cast are Anne Gwynne and Noah Beery, Jr. Diverting musical sequences se-quences feature the famous Bor-rah Bor-rah Minevitch Rascals, the Bobby Brooks quartette and the incomparable incom-parable Count Basie and his orchestra, or-chestra, who give a solid rendi-of rendi-of the Count's own composition, "Basie Boogie." An exciting spy film, "Secret Enemies," is the other feature and stars Craig Stevens, Faye Emerson Emer-son and John Ridgley. The suspense-packed plot concerns con-cerns the attempt of an exceptionally excep-tionally clever group of Nazi spies to murder a bright young counter-espionage agent. This agent is in love with a night-club singer, who turns out to be a member of the enemy spy ring. to to Mrs. Ora Rowland and Mrs. F. HELD OVER MONDAY & TUESDAY By "opular Demandl OF THE SEVEN SEAS entertained at a din- her home in Chovenne. Wvo.. 'Mr- Ool J I cumpi.menuny.han francisco. v.aiit., Mrs. r.. K.:Ij0,g Ccpg. Mrs. Lewis Clark and' Mrs. OakCS and her son Tnmmv rl-,-rv, onff.rt o ii -H - mimtir rf " also Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Wei c-i on h t v,er hn, Timrsv nt Mrs- Arthur Finley were special entertained at a dinner Mrs. Arthur Finley, Is spending a jfew days leave in Springville fol 1 mJAlS- 7 .v " '"V.ftOn mm m mm u ISP SAM 30 i-4i i - j. iff -f 1 w Trz "2.:k. -w Stf.v. A REPUBLIC riCIUKt ' Plus. Special Attraction : "MORMON TRAILS" In Technicolor n th"ir a bridee luncheon. i guests. honor at their home. She was nl,-. jrrs George CramJall wns hos-! Calvin Finley, son of Mr. and gucsi or nonor at b party gi yen tcsa Thursdav evcnjpg to mem by her club at the home of Mrs. hrr of the s T chlb at hcr homo O. H. Welch. I . . . . , u . T , SZ Z r lowing several months service tn Complimenting hcr sister, Mr. features of the party with hign : D. H. Larsen, who Is enroute from score prizes for the; game going the merchant marines. He has 1 been stationed near the Hawaiian Islands. Lt. Ray Richards who has been stationed with the U. S. Navy at the University of Arizona the past two months, visited friends in Springville on Thursday. His wife and family have moved to Salt Lake City for the duration. On Monday evening, another of a series of parties sponsored by members of the Home Culture club to raise funds for their activities, ac-tivities, will be conducted at the home of Mrs. C. E. Eggertsen, beginning be-ginning at 8 p. m. , . , H.IUJJ. i j ' , j . 1.1 . . I NOW PLAYING ENDS TUESDAY Plus: Disney Cartoon Duke Ellington BandNews I 1 sun V STARTS WEDNESDAY! The Best Outdoor Musical Since RIO RITA" . . . with lav r. r-? f T- . -j., ' r. RUTH TERRY The King of the Cowboys ROY ROGERS and Q's and A s Q What is the goal of the 1944 paper salvage campaign ? A Eight million tons, or an average av-erage of about 667,000 tons per month. Q Paper is used In packaging and constructing about how many items needed on foreign fronts? A 700,000. Paper bomb rings, bomb fins, parachutes for dropping drop-ping supplies; overcoats for blood plasma containers, medicines, life-raft life-raft kits, food units; casings for ammunition to name only a very few. Q Where does the babassu tre grow and does it have much commercial com-mercial importance? i A It thrives in northern Brazil The kernels yield a pleasant tasting tast-ing oil. which can substitute for olive oil, pork lard and coconut oil in margarines. q What country pioneered the aircraft carrier idea? A The United States. Eugene Ely, flying a biplane in November, 1910, made the first shipboard takeoff. The first shipboard landing land-ing was made on an improvised deck installed on the U. S. S. Pennsylvania. Penn-sylvania. Jan. 18. 1911. Q What place has Francis Hopkins In the history of our countrv? A He was a signer of the Declaration Dec-laration of . Independence, probably prob-ably the designer of the Stars and Strines. also the designer of a number of coins and several items of paper currency in the early days of the republic. HASSETT SWORN IS AT WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON. Feb. 19 (HP) William D. Hassett, who has been serving as assistant to White House Secretary Stephen T. Early, today was sworn in as successor) to the late Marvin Mcintyre or the White House secretariat. iMi:;n! STARTS TODAY! DOORS OPEN 1:00 P. M. TOGETHER . . . AND TRIPLE-TERRIFIC! 'Donald O'CONNOR FOSTER RYAN -n !" -k. urn-. m V- n c ,ot"zzz- II V t! K&tl CQU"ltl?nni II co-hit: CO-FEATURE! It's Uncle Sam's Secret Agents Against Our . . with Craig Stevens Faye Emerson John RIdgely - Charles Lang WAMNtK Bitot: Tlmmly Tbrin-HHI f " MERLE OBERON GEORGE SANDERS LAIRD CREGAR L fa' tur to if from fh beginning I with SIR CEDRIC HARDWICKC SARA ALLGOOD Aubrey Mather Olrtcttd by JOHN -6RAHM Produced by ROBERT BASSU A-d-d-P-d : "STORr (Passing Parade)' "Wreck of the Hesperus" MGM NEWS BABY BORN TO FILM ACTRESS GAINESVILLE, Fla., Feb. 19 (U.E) Screen Actress Brenda Joyce J and her one-day-old son were reported re-ported doing nicely today at Alachua county hospital here. The baby, weighing five pounds, was born at noon yesterday. His father, Lt. Owen J. Ward. Is stationed at Camp Blending near here. mm $338iR&SEfr(3& .u chvi 3 and mar vmcmi o-mim PRANK MOtOAN It UNA HORNf MAISHA HUNT it MAtHYN MAXWIU it DONNA CEED MAtOARET OUIIN JUNt AUYtON f- 04.0RIA OaHAVEN JOHN CONTI SARA MAOCN UN UUI it fRANCES lAFFERTY marv eluott k HANK JfNKS ' FRANK SUUY DICK SIMMONS UN IfSST d M-O-M Star mm4 DON lOTIR wn4 MAXINf ARAt MNNY CARTER a4 kit RAND Orim4l Scrn Ploy br fAUl lARttCO end RICHARD COUMS kwd ox ffw $lory "Prprot Min Jon Dircf by CCOROe SIDNEY frodvetd by JOSEPH PASTERN AH 30 STARS! 3 BANDS! . M-G-M DANCING GIRLS STARTS TODAY! A L D E 13 "OVKB THE WALL" Color Carteoa Paramount Newi jjuORS OPEN 12:45 P. M. The air we breathe each day weighs more than the food we eat. |