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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Monastery-Fortress Bombed by Allies; Nazis Talk Kl 7raT7s3 ri iiib nrn TOP n. vrnr.TVT TALE jUUaatd by Weatern Newspaper Union. REING a chaperon on "Rlind Date." the Blue network show, has its haz ards. Veronica i-aice s parents par-ents were chaperons for an evening, and, to add an extra fillip, the program s sponsor haii rraneed for hansom cabs to take the servicemen and their girls from the radio studio 1o the Stork Club. A crowd of f un ere milling around, waiting for an other glimpse of the "Blind Da'ies." One of the horses boMed, tossbvg the cabbie off and leaving Mrs. 7eane, who is as tiny as her famous daugh ter, helpless inside. Every'ne ran, ncresmlne "Runaway 1" bu': a cool- headed Anzac soldier, used to emer gencies, stopped the hone before damage was dope. Andrew Stone, producer-director of Sensations of 1944." thinks so well of his idea that he plans to produce Y if lit m amaar-Ttr' "-- ELEANOR POWELL one "Sensations" each year for the next,three years; Eleanor Powell of this year's edition will be the central figure of each one. The desire to remake "A Farewell to Arms," that touching love story of World War I, struck both Warner War-ner Bros, and Paramount Warners wanted it for Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey bogart, which would have been better than the combination combina-tion Paramount set up Ingrid Bergman Berg-man and Ray Milland. Paramount owns the story; therefore it will be their picture. Craig Reynolds, the first Bollywood Bolly-wood actor to don a uniform In World War n when he enlisted in the marine corps in September, 1940, will retain to the screen as a result of s contract signed with RKO. After serving in more than SO engagements in the European and Sooth Pacific theaters of war, he was awarded the Purple Heart and two presidential citations. Retired with honor as a first lieutenant after being badly wounded, he can now walk with the aid of a brace and with scarcely a trace of a limp. RKO is building up a good, substantial sub-stantial stock company, to have plenty plen-ty of talent ready for its enlarged production schedule. Recent additions addi-tions to the list of male players Bert Moorhouse, Sherry Hall, Sammy Sam-my Blum, Frank Mayo, Larry Wheat Jason Robards, Chester Carlisle, Car-lisle, Wheaton Chambers and Alan Ward. Looks as if the shortage of actors won't worry that studio any. Warner Bros, have lifted suspension suspen-sion of their contract with Dennis Morgan, and booked him to play opposite op-posite Ida Lupino in a romantic comedy, com-edy, "The Very Thought of You." And he and Irene Manning, the romantic ro-mantic singing team who costarred in "The Desert Song," will do another an-other screen musical together. They'll be reunited in "Henrietta th Eighth," a musical comedy. There's a new reason for the spirited spir-ited marching of American sailors these days. The boys are "hupping" It to the rhythm of Alec Templeton's baud compositions. The star of the CBS "Carnival" received a request re-quest from the navy department for a group of bis martial selections, and they have been photostated for distribution here and overseas. - Not for nothing have Warner Bros, made all those biographical Alms. They've learned that pictures of that class have brought in the largest amounts of mail in the past so a special bureau has been set up In the fan mail department before "The Adventures of Mark Twain" is released. They figure that Twain's popularity will result in a veritable landslide of letters. child star of ye tier day who is now 18, received his draft tail while a work at RKO on 'Art These Our Children?" . . . "Heavenly Days," ttarring Fibber McGee and Molly, it How under way at RKO ...A tale that's startled New York it took Mrs. Sinatra a month to get maid . . . A member of Bob Ripley's large staff does nothing but decipher the badly scrawled letters that come to the Believe It or Not expert . . . Each month Tom Conway gets about 100 requests from people, asking him to find missing friends, relatives or articles. He's the detective in tha "Falcon" series. Washington, D. C ARMY WIVES AND PROMOTIONS The extent to which army wives Influence promotions, dictate military mili-tary expediency and dominate the army always has been a matter of warm debate at army posts. Inside the war department, there are two schools of thought One admits ad-mits there Is a certain amount of betticoat Influence; the other maintains main-tains that the army is a man'i army and that women have absolutely nothing to do with It Those of the former school point to the fact that Gen. John Pershing, when only a captain, married the daughter of Senator Francis Warren of Wyoming, then chairman of the senate military affairs committee, after which Pershing was Jumped In rank and became a brigadier general. gen-eral. Then, when Woodrow Wilson faced senate controversy over who Should head an American Expeditionary Expedi-tionary force to France, with many senators demanding Teddy Roosevelt. Roose-velt. Wilson selected Senator Warr ren's son-in-law and thus quashed senate controversy. The petticoat school also points to the fact that Gen. Douglas MacAr-thur MacAr-thur first married the beautiful daughter of Edward T. Stotesbury, a J. P. Morgan partner, who requested re-quested Secretary of War Weeks to advance Mac Arthur to the rank of major general when most of his West Point classmates were still majors ma-jors and colonels. Another example Is Mrs. George Patton Jr., wife of the pistol-packin general Her coolness, poise and charm helped her hot-tempered husband hus-band out of a good many peacetime scrapes long before his unfortunate encounter with a sick soldier in Sicily. In the other school are those who point to a host of high-ranking generals gen-erals whose wives have had no political po-litical Influence on their careers. General Marshall's first wife aspired to be an opera singer, was sick for a long time, finally died. General Eisenhower's wife is an unassuming lady who has kept in the background. back-ground. General Somervell, until recently, was a widower. 'Warning' to Fliers' Wives. Now, however, comes, a new argu-fler argu-fler in this controversy. General "Hap" Arnold, chief of the army air forces, has been put squarely on record by CoL Alfred L. Jewett commander of the air forces technical tech-nical school at GulXport, Miss., as recognizing that wives influence an officer's promotion. Colonel Jewett himself doesn't make any bones about it He says that an air force officer's "efficiency "efficien-cy report" Is affected by "activities "activi-ties by his wife." The "activities" "activi-ties" in this case refers to joining the Gulfport Field Women's club. Colonel Jewett last month sent out a circular letter to all officers under him, virtually ordering their wives to join the club. He even went so far as to warn that "in the event that any officers' wives do not wish to belong, it is desired de-sired that their husbands so state in a letter to the commanding officer, such letter to be submitted prior to the fifth of the month following the date the officer reported to the station sta-tion for duty." And then, apparently afraid that his subordinates might not take the hint in the none-too-subtle warning. Colonel Jewett laid it right on the line by invoking the authority of General Gen-eral Arnold. , "Active participation in the work of the Women's club is a matter In which higher authority, including the chief of the air forces, is vitally interested," in-terested," warned Colonel Jewett bluntly. "And every officer in the air forces may expect to find his efficiency report affected by the manner of participation in these activities by his wife." So there it is in black and white. CLEANLINESS NEXT TO GODLINESS Take it from Lieut Col. Jimmy Roosevelt the President's son, the first thing a fighting man thinks about after a hard battle is a bath. Jimmy, who distinguished himself with the marines in the South Pacific, Pa-cific, was recently telling friends about some of his war experiences. "We hid a pretty tough time of it on Guadalcanal, as everybody knows," Jimmy related. "After one of the first hard battles was over, some of us were taken aboard a navy ship. The first thing they offered of-fered us was a square meaL But we weren't hungry. We had managed man-aged very well on our K rations. What we all wanted was a bath. But I guess the soap and water sharp ened up our appetites, for we just aDout cleaned out the ship's larder afterwards." CAPITAL CHAFF U.AMG (Allied Military Government) Govern-ment) is facing a tough problem re garding 300,000 tons of oranges and 300,000 tons of lemons waiting to be picked In Sicily and southern Italy. The fruit is ripe, but men can't be spared from the front to pick it Meanwhile, we are forced to ship some dried citrus into Italy. X American Zionists point out that Palestine has contributed more to the war effort than any other country coun-try In the Near East, including the manufacture of land mines Left: Benedictine abbey on Mount Casslne which waa bombed by U. S. Flying Fortresses. This monastery, which was founded In 529 A. D., had been used as a fortress by enemy troops which were firing down on our men, according to Allied explanations of the bombing. Leaflets were showered on the monastery a day before the bombardment warning the monks and any Italian refugees there to leave. President Roosevelt said that the bombing and shelling of the ancient abbey waa Justified. Right: German prisoners taken in fighting fight-ing en the Rapide river in Italy answer questions asked by United States intelligence officer. Stilwell Pledges Ml A . mil a iir rvTirfh C 1 i mtJr i Vif cr Left: These men are typical of the Chinese fighters trained by Lieut Gen. Joseph Stilwell. They were photographed after they had scored a victory ever the Japs and are sitting In a former Jap trench. Center inset: General Stilwell as he walked up to a Burma Jungle fighting line. Right; Lieut Col. Newman Burns and Capt Arthur Draper (right), hold a flag found on the body of a Jap. Red Crosses No - fx?' tStst This Is an American field hospital. Its mercy role Is plainly symbolised sym-bolised by red crosses on white backgrounds easily seen from ground or air. Yet several of these hospitals were bombed by Germans in the beachhead area south of Rome. This particular hospital Is near Nettuno. Several American nurses have been killed In attacks on such hospitals. Blizzard Stops Doc; MsM-it-.wrrr4r'ViiiWi Charles James Detrlng eees for Us sister after he was delivered at home by his father and grandmother by telephone directions from Dr. Henry F. Heller ef Des Plalnes, I1L A bllssard Isolated the country home and It was Impossible for Hbe physician to gel there. Charles was born shortlr before dawn. y"4iA ' " China Based Land, Air Offensive r . r TV-, -v ,r- 4 -w.i it i tTn.irn- Protection at Anzio il 1 l! Baby Born by Phone - A J -v t- V rar A ? v r. 1W ,1 1 ' 1 I To Boxers at War It? " James J. Walker presents the Edward Ed-ward J. Nell Memorial awarded for 1943 by the boxing writers' association associa-tion to 4,135 boxers, living and dead, who answered the nation's call to arms. AI Buck, president of the boxing box-ing association, receives the plaque. Too Big Timothy ("Tiny") BasUn, 6 feel 1 Inches, complains he's "Jst a civilian.' He was rejected, although be reduced from S50 to 212 pou-and pou-and bad his arches Uftsd. y n 111 ByPAULMALLON He If.isfd by Western Newspaper Union. PRESIDENT WILL Rl'N; WHO WILL KI N WITH HIM? WASHINGTON.-Mr. Wallace. th V P., divulRod no secret when h raid he thought Mr. Roosevelt intended in-tended running for the fourth term. In truth, the President has been trotting a trial heat here the pas) iew weens. uy nis actions, jwr. i Roosevelt has let ail his associate! know his intentions. ! His conduct of the Democratic j National committee meeting partic-I partic-I ularly informed all his party assocl-I assocl-I ates in and out of congress In unmistakable un-mistakable terms that he expects to head their ticket again. The reaction reac-tion has been mixed. To a considerable extent, his forwardness for-wardness has lessened criticism ol him and his policies by wayward Democratic congressmen. The Southern bloc has been pushed into the position of accepting the inevitable inevita-ble or openly breaking. Only one so far. Senator "Cotton Ed" Smith of South Carolina, has stuck openly to his critical guns. Some still talk of running Senator Byrd as the opposition candidate in the South. Organizations working for his candidacy exist in several southern states. But the great majority seems prepared pre-pared to swallow silently the Roosevelt Roose-velt pill, and organize a real fight on the vice presidency. They ar determined to prevent the nomina tion of Wallace or any North New Dealing man. They have not, however, settled upon a man of their own. While Speaker Rayburn is most frequently mentioned in public, many would prefer a more outspoken southern opposition .man like Byrd. Who Mr. Roosevelt wants, no one knows. Mr. Wallace obviously is waiting nervously for an Invitation. Some high Democratic gossip, however, how-ever, suggests the President might even choose a Republican running mate (Willkie) in order to strengthen strength-en his candidacy. Final choice, no doubt will be made on the basis of what man will contribute most to the ticket politically. polit-ically. Thus the trial heat has somewhat watered down to the President's opposition op-position within the party, but all the old coals still burn underneath. It has had little effect on the Republicans Repub-licans who are extremely confident ; they will win more than those states j now having Republican governors (26). POLITICS INFLUENCE ALL WASHINGTON ACTION Politics have guided the final con. siderations on the soldier vote bill. Some of the administration senators are acting as if they thought a greater great-er advantage might be gained by dragging out the fight over methods as long as possible, rather than accepting ac-cepting a compromise solution. They know Mr. Roosevelt has obtained more favorable publicity on this than on any other pending subject and therefore do not want to hurry the final enactment. Also Mr. Roosevelt's endorsement of the civilian draft bill (Austin-Wadsworth). (Austin-Wadsworth). which seemed mystifying mysti-fying to me at first In view of the satisfactory manpower situation, now can also be clearly recognized as a political move. The endorse ment of such a stringent action (which congress will not take) will thus safely add to Mr. Roosevelt's popularity among the soldiers and sailors who already have been drafted for military duty. In short, if there is any Washing I ton news vou do not understand ! . r these days, tne law o: avi'iasn Justify your interpretation of it as politics. Nn other motivi- for d'iin anything exists here in a campaign year. (M R TAX PROBLEM Praises for br.ivery are b-ing heaped upon Mr Willkip for darms to demand (K)O.OOO 000 more taxs -but not by taxmakers. Mr. Willkie j , denounced the President for havn q tailed to submit a program to raise ' half that amount, but he him; -II fulled t mention a single additional way of rai.'irig 1 lie money The federal tax bill now is $-13.000. 000.000, stale ami local $11.00(1.000. 000. Tv '- na'i'Minl income Is ruining around $ I YJ, 0(MI 000 000. Theoretical ly it is therefore possible for 'lie j ' gowrnir.ent to take Slii,n0O.e"i'.)C . mote, .is the country now has t.v- thirds of what it earns left to live on , j But it would require sotnethini j I like a 40 per cent witnholdir tax ' meaning that the u.an eainn.K $."( a week would get only !0. The Truman committee (inetl ' ea-Ued in Jwn- JUuiius. tle. 1'rcsj-1 1'rcsj-1 dcjit'.. Lend-Lease commissioner in the Near East, who stomped batk j to WashinKton unannounced, com-j com-j plaining the British were circum-1 circum-1 venting him at every Lend-Lease j turn. None of the testimony -will be made public, and uatiais win noi resign. Apparently, he got the action ac-tion he wanted here. At least, he told the senators he would take back to Cairo an enlarged staff of experts who would enable him to meet better bet-ter the shrewd British. J 5600 ill m pOUR buttons, a wisp of soft 1 striped cotton and a gay little iuck parade they all add up to make the nicest little play frock in town! Use bits of yellow and brown scraps for the baby-duck appliques. The pinafore frock in-rludes in-rludes sizes for 2-3-4 years. To obtain complete pattern for th Play Track (Pattern No. 6600) applique Baby Duck and finishing directions, send M pent! 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