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Show lliill $ - awl m m fci n,niiwi America Through a Train Window: The train clears its mechanical throat, rolls out of the depot, and the moving picture of passing scenery is framed in Pullman windows. . . . Fragments of smoke cruising over sprawling war plants that dot the outskirts of the city. A peaceful industrial scene where weapons are born that wind up in the hell of war. . . . Neat suburban homes on their best architectural behavior. . , . Church steeples pointing at the sky like hands in prayer. . . . Telephone poles whizzing by in Indian file. Birds perched on their wires like notes on a musical scale. . . . The countryside knee-deein Spring. A tapestry of greenery stretching toward the horizon. . . Long lines of trees planted with Eockette precision bejeweled with ripening fruits. . . . Attractive lady train conductors. . . . Weary travelers slumped in their seats ma rooned on an island of their thoughts. MM mammaim Entertainers Travel Rough and Perilous Circuit USO-Cam- Taking p Shows to Remote Fighting Fronts One Hundred Troupes Play to Soldiers in Open-Ai- Theaters r That familiar truism of the trouper "the show must go I on" has taken on a new and since vastly different meaning the advent of USO-cam- p . -- . Oil ?xu Ml ;fi.- :ht;t?l v J"r if 1 ftWRUND mi Bv VlRr.iv.. Washington, D. C. UNPROMOTED COMBAT FLIERS One thing that gripes the boys at the front is the way a lot of the desk officers in the war department and - Released by Western Ne.i11 . uo - ton, called up tot a ice worked all others here at home seem to get finish a picture the promotions more rapidly than line. RKO. Early the J boys who are up on the firing in?. o With Tin " mile m te.j Some of them feel so badly about it that they aren't anxious to come change from hisi cosU ,..ucl 5; - -- reported for rinf home, though given opportunities of tails. Now he's back-Loutie" shows those traveling furlough, because they are las ranked by their old friends at home. and Walton, medically troupes that follow our troops reporting at RKO For instance, most of the new pi- man who gets his to i all over the world. True to in th are lots just arriving in England Powell-Ann- e tradition, the show, of course, Shirley thriller' haven't lieutenants. They second well. My Lovely." And on does go on from the back of been on any missions at all. Mean- day before the camera, an army truck mired in the his while, men who have been in Eng- was white tie and tails! Jungles of New Guinea, to the been have and two for land years, accompaniment of grinding i flying over Europe constantly, still After giving Linda Darnell winches on a dock alongside remain second lieutenants. break of her gest a troop transport, amid the Sgt. Robert Bank's pulse and respiration went up several points "How many do you have?" asks mer Storm," then reaW in the tent icy glaciers of the Arctic, at when this band or entertainers dropped into this hospital some newly arrived pilot who has critics raved, that base hospitals behind firing Aleutians. Players left to right are Naomi Stevens, Mary Lee, flown twice across the channel, each ther claim on her they had Pictures is taking no more cl air && s lines, in the shadow of smoul- Grace and Harry Masters, and George Cerutti. flight being a mission. on or Vesuvius, signed up Dona DrJ Upersren They've newly between dering Marlene Deitrich, Adolph Menjou, landing unexpectedly a contract calling for a starti PROBE won territory in Europe. Paulette Goddard, Gary Cooper, bombings on the Island of Pantel-leria- , landings. a year ior iour years. Dona The Office of Price Administration No longer, however, does the audiUna Merkel, George Raft, Phyllis gave a performance in an Ljomewbe of around cases the several Paramount lot is to is show ence the show; the quietly probing go hangar. Tree-line- d airplane Brooks, Frederic March, Louise All- - underground small town streets, to the audience an audience, britton, Andy Arcari, Jean Clyde Another camp show troupe actually tire ration violations which promise each house ornamented with mani- taken to be sensational. They go right now numbers Bob Hope, Keenan Wynn, Al Jolson gave a show in a submarine. cured hedges. . . . Ribbons of roads by the way, that more than 11,000,000 men and wominto some of the biggest tire comand John Garfield. tour, an from Returning wrapped around the landscape. They en of our armed forces to whom, by anpanies of the country. used to be covered with traffic, but Although the screen luminaries members of one camp show unit of the War department, the orders One of the Hg tire companies become had nounced 12 that now you can see miles of nude highthey of volunteer for a minimum show goes on in combat zones in is being probed on a charge of of them trouped the authorities on the sands of the some ways. . . . The eager anticipation in weeks, area where our fighting forces having failed to void the tire the orbs of servicemen on their way every various circuits for as long as 30 world. They had playea in yellow sandration certificates turned in to red in in sandstorms home to enjoy a furloaf. . . . The are located. Egypt; enduring all kinds of incon It's something new for both the weeks, In other them by retailers. storms in Tunisia that had dyed train gobbling up miles of space as show veniences but and taking hardships, inwords, when a retail tire store it roars through State lines. No pass- clude business and the armyin to the them in stride and actually enjoying their hair, face and clothes a bright traveling troupes or garage sells a tire, it has to the experience. Many of the lesser- - red; and in white sandstorms in ports are needed to cross them. One send back to the tire manufac4 of the miracles too many Americans army's special services. That is, it known paid entertainers on "sleep Iran that made brunettes look like ( Harbor. Now I turer the certificate issued by take for granted. . . . The haze that was newas until Pearl tours of 50,000 and platinum blondes. While up in a of much the army 100,000 miles have been out for as part the OPA ration board. Howevfloats over the grass at sunrise they're mountains, they suffered " r down in the valleys, when Nature is still drowzy with fare as GI chow, and equally as long as 11 months, visiting little out er, the OPA is tracking down cold; One is a physical neces essential. reports that these tire certifimorning. . . . Old, unpainted houses posts in remote regions, isolated they had to wrap themselves in on the wrong side of the tracks mak- sity, the other a psychological camps in Central and East Africa wet sheets in order to sleep in the cates, instead of being stamped stimulant. as nsed, are going back to the heat ing their poverty public. . . . Miles In the last two and a half years, army transport command steps in of undeveloped land blanketed with dealers, or else remaining with the or Arabian Mine Travel Fields. wilderness, lonely Through shows have grown from forests between big cities. Places them in the first place. Thus, in road the camps months Another LINDA DARNELL troupe that spent where Nature has room to stretch. a mere experiment to a of Iran. mountains they are able to sell more tires with fliers at advanced activity that would stagger the most certifimore without requiring time without ever getting The business of obtaining the tal never took a trip to a nearby traveled old trouper to contemplate. cates In exchange. The train whizzing by small, dusty Today, break, so finally she won shows operate ent and putting together a show unit encampment when they didn't have Another big company is being tion of her contract so ft stations surrounded by loneliness. approximately 100 units in com- is the function of p shows to pick their way through mine investigated by the OPA for buycould take advantage of til You go by so fast you can't even bat zones in every sector of the a function usually conducted on spe- fields. Once they parked their trailer ing up new tires of various read the station's name. . . . Cows fighting fronts. For obvious reasons cific orders from the army special truck two feet from a live land gelus offer. Douglas Sirk, d makes from dealers and later of "Summer Storm," made grazing in Ohio's pastures their of military expedience no estimate services division which requisitions mine. It was the heartbreaking exreselling them through the comtails continually swinging like a of the "house count" at these per- entertainment by much the same perience of this troupe of getting to cial test of Dona, and it was pany's own stores at considerA feather of a breeze baton. recommendation, because he formances has been made public, method as GI supplies are ordered. know some of the boys who were able loss. Even though not the she's potentially a dramati; tickling a lake causing it to dimple but it's a safe guess that the "SRO" In typical army terseness, a direc- destined not to return from their tires made by this company, the with a million ripples. . . . Piercing sign was out at every one. In the tive will be issued to camp shows for missions. Once the troupe went that she got the contract loss was considered a good intrain whistles punctuating the night western hemisphere another 100 a certain type of entertainment to miles in their truck to give an unvestment because It got motorwith exclamation points of sound. Norman Price, tenor p shows are appearing at be provided by a specified number scheduled show when they learned ists into the habit of trading . . . Cross country trucks moving a that of "Mother and Dad" quartet, certain squadron's comperformers for a designated area army camps and naval bases, with with this company's retail across the roads with the slow dig- an estimated monthly attendance of and time. music as a career not too shows follows manding officer had been shot down stores. that day. nity of glaciers. . . . The increased 2,000,000 men and women of the instructions. ago, but it was years t There may be some startling news whether he'd tempo of traffic that heralds the ap- armed forces who are kept laughAnother camp show unit that At the designated time and place, sing or earn i on this soon. proach to a city. as a professional swimmer itisiguard ing by professional entertainers of the show is turned over to the army, started a North African show with breaking baseball player. Norman was with sem stage, screen and radio. and thereafter it is practically as an audience of 1,500 soldiers, had GERMANY'S SMART CHOICES shows are operated as much a part of the army as the GI the disconcerting experience of seeathlete in his home state of Hit Islar A stretch of flat land broken by U. S. who have studied into Am sas; he halls from Berryville. the wide open mouth of a valley. . . . activity of USO (United Service Joes. Where the show goes, when it ing ten men leave, then ten more, the Nazi experts then military setup to resist another until ten, organizations) and are financed by goes, how long it stays and when it Robertson, organist and ariij tt to Toki finally they The lights of a lonely farmhouse figure that Hitler or whoevwere playing to a mere handful of for the quartet, is another fi twinkling in the dark night. . . . The the National War fund, of which "does its stuff" are all prescribed the er did for him was restless picking USO soldiers. a is member from Kentucky. Afterward, they agency. by the army. Transportation, food, train pulling into a station with the irst P smart in his selection of German erner, sleeping quarters are furnished by learned that a landing by enemy Stage Stars Volunteer. dignity of a dowager entering a tea leaders. Three of the best Claude Rains, currently feat the army. Many performers give commandoes had been reported and military party. . . . The eternal peacefulness From headquarters occupying their audience had been called out men in the German army have been in Warner Bros.' "Mr. Skeffirf their nomiothers of forests filled with a million leafy half a dozen floors in a are service; paid at building to track them down. given the job of combating what the starring Bette Davis, is exj fingers reaching for the warmth of 8 West Fortieth street, New York nal salaries. Nazis know is the death thrust at back from England by mid-j- i show the sun. . . . Fields of wildflowers City, Camp performances are shows plan, preTroupers Endure Heat, Cold. often attended by hazards and Germany. his next assignment under ai curtsying to the balmy winds. . . . pare and direct the assembling of No. 1 is Field Marshal Karl von Although details of the tours are perils as well as term contract. He went to p. discomforts Large signs announcing that you're both talent and programs for the handled by the and army with charac- inconveniences. One Rundstedt, considered the best posite Vivien Leigh in "Caesa town. A various units. Paid entertainers, tbout to enter teristic military precision, putting seven weeks at road troupe played strategist and over-al- l commander in Eight as American as a home run. recruited the from theatres, camps night on the show many times isn't in Germany. Field Marshal Erwin Cleopatra." Iran mountains that were mainclubs and vaudeville booking agenexactly a cinch. In fact, it is often tained to As part of its twentieth a; keep open the route over Rommel, immediately under him, is Tremendous ranches monopolizing cies, constitute the permanent or- attended by difficulties, hazards or which the best man for lightning moves and world-wid- e celebration Metro has arms were supplies of the cirgosary giant slices of territory. Some are ganization interruptions. Even the army isn't to. Russia. Bandits were in the and panzer tactics. the files and come out with almost as large as a small European cuits. Augmenting the regular staff able to provide transportable the- ing Finally, Colonel General Heinz bits of information, and the troupers nation. . . . Skeletons of ghost towns are stars of Broadway and Hollyatres, stage "props" and equipment. neighborhood, Guderian is considered the best tank instanceinteresting couldn't leave the Glenn Martin, the n without with camps slowly being turned into dust by wood, together "Tramping the boards," a familiar armed commander in the German army. guards. manufacturer, once was wind and rain, remnants of the wild radio personalities, who volunteer expression of the trouper, is exactly U. S. experts, who believe in lookAir their actor. He played opposite F: a for services limited Raid Halts Show. . . . who now Modern cowboys period. West that with Camp show entertainers, facts in the face, classify these ing Marion, the ace film writer ai In obtaining volunteers from the for the show is usually given from Sometimes sudden enemy action three as spend more time riding in station among the top military ecutive. He was given the j wagons than on hosses. . . . The screen colony, shows has a crude, improvised stage of boards makes it necessary to halt a Der- - brains of Europe. cause no other leading man brilliance of a Western night a the cooperation of the Hollywood thrown up wherever the audience is formance in the middle of its most dark-face- d be found, in 1916, who own dramatic or interesting moment. In stationed. sky freckled with stars. Victory committee which has enDAYLIGHT SAVING TO END? Much poetry and many songs have listed many of the foremost stars airplane! The locale of a show may be In Italy where the players are frelooks as if daylight-savinIt to overin been written of motion pictures. Among notables a Jungle where the time its tribute close behind quently the front temperature were going to be abolished withIn a poll of enlisted men enj powering beauty. But nothing can of the cinema who have been mem- climbs to as high as 130 degrees; it lines, such interruptions are not in- out the President a chance to lng the entire Southwest giving view of this bers of match the shows to enterIn one instance when block the may be at a lonely mountain side frequent. repeal. area, conducted by the Ova shimmering phenomenon. . . . The tain our boys in combat zones were: outpost, or in the midst of desert enemy planes roared over during a Several Motion Picture Service, Bum resolutions many peaceful sights that make you Joe E. Brown, William Gargan, wastes. One the have performance, audience been show unit. and the Introduced to think the war is very far away. But abolish Bogart was voted the year i war troupers sat in darkness for hour rg ,m.m,.,..,, as a result of protests time, a plane drilling its way through the J'imkK" until the alarm passed and the show actor, as a result of his perfori !,., from In "Casablanca." An "Oscal farmers in agricultural areas. could continue. sky reminds you nothing is beyond 1 These are now before Reprethe war's reach. . . . Peaceful Infacsimile of the Fuzzy Wuiiy One troupe touring the Iran vallev dians now selling souvenirs at railsentative New Guinea, is being for of Clarence Lea of Calihad to outposts travel 140 miles. road stations. . . . Cattle herds in fornia to and his him, as an expression 4 Interstate Commrougn mountains, in a caboose. w the sunset making a picture postcard merce committee, and it looks gratitude the men feel for There were 136 tunnels, and every to be filed in your memory. as If one of them would be rehe has done for them. time the train went through a tunported out and passed. nel it was like going into an oven. The well-wor- n theory that If so, it cannot be vetoed At a mountain stop in Desert nights filled with romantic Iran, the by the too exciting are stories for tery . President, . When . the original bill esplayers learned that the boys stayou see the mysteries. tac tioned there hadn't had fresh meat tablishing war time provided that it children receives another gigantic natural obstacles that still blow in results from interviews , was to end six months after in weeks. They organized a huntexist in the West you are filled with the war on renewed respect and pride for the ing expedition and, armed with or upon a concurrent resolution by youngsters having roles that report All tery Theater." army pistols, shot 11 wild boars both houses of congress. pioneers who built a civilization on In thnl.. liiraa h.1V thW " OK one Their show was a great hit that the foundation of blood, sweat and This latter provision a precludes than on the nights after better . . Tiny villages with less tears. night. "We gave them ham, and veto, since resolutions are not subfew choice fed them ham, too," they said. population than in a Big Town apartject to being overruled by the White have been in on a thr.-fh mvstery in urtr dfr ment house. . . . Head waiter smiles House. In fact, Congressman Thus, day In and day out. the better. Lea the the more of train porters. . murders, . The Deisel show goes on making y'iSht-savinevery stop h'm on the "Icicle Circuit" engine entering a tunnel with a loud this ,ri6inal for the specific along the Sounds difficult, but it wor cry, dragging the serpent of cars of heading off the White highway in Alaska; the "FoxE House when wrltine "The Little behind it. . . . The sage brush counin case Congress hole Circuit" in the South wanted to abolish Pacific be Heaven," musical to war time. try, with an occasional motorist prothe "Desert Circuit" in prJ L'zJLX FikM Egypt Comedian Joe E. Brown toured . by Metro, Capt. Luther uav viding the only sign of life. . . . Tired Africa, Iran, Lybia and Arabia the south raciflc area for many And as nil- - rnms in India, th tourists chewing the fingernails of CAPITAL CHAFF rapidly as our fighters admonths, pushing Into remote Jungle vance, John Cleveland.) Marine their patience, eager to arrive at C. Capt. shows are ordered Congratulations to Lieut. Harry B Islands. Here he Is shown enter- up to their destination. . . . Hot dog stands tioned at Quantico, va., co""" entertain the battle-wear- y vlrnhart f0r brinine laughs taining soldiers at an op n air theaby mall with Robert Andre combat troops and provide an anti-dot- e to the boys in the South planted in the middle of nowhere. Pacific with Hollywood. ter In Australia. for operational fatigue. h.s army show "Stars and .is Gripes The billboard advising motorists: Every day the state ENDS-VkfA ODDS AMD "This is God's Country. Don't Drive provised upon and adapted to vari- condense, foreign new. devSS ha$ been figned for an adia Like Hell" . . . The Chicago skyline 'Home Talent' Skits Prepared by Army Special Services ous menu for its officials both at honS weekt on the liatin Street local situations in the different P"'rj4 Give Soldiers a Chance to Entertain Themselves combat areas. nd abroad. It is one resembling an unfinished jigsaw of the faTrTrt The show ginning in September. . . . " J Train-sitter- s can be . . . to news summaries in puzzle. trying lait There aren't enough U. S. O. review called "About Face" a broad staged with props and her Yours," . lically Washington . costumes CThe ,M -Uit ! whittle away time by playing cards, 1, nrr raramoum navy is starting 8 coniruc., troupes to get around, so Brigadier farce on military life, draft boards, made from scrap materials. ,j B intemlt gabbing, reading, or just staring at General Byron of the army Claudette Colbert government, similar to mA "The show has to afford special sergeants. WACs, and similar m S pretty gal across the aisle. . . . . . . the t hey had to change services division decided to help It was presented first in maximum possibility for versa to Charlottesville. Va.. to trafn The gigantic fertile tne boys entertain themselves. He Shanks, N. Y., where it made Camp govern occupied territories. S"me a hit tility." General Byron explained navy men are fields America's breadbasket. . . . had some playlets written under the with the G. I. audience. Soldiers and and appeal to the wisecracking that num.-L- Helen Walker woM"1' A bonfire of sunlight slowly raising ey don't need to train HlW L i n aversje soldier' t nu direction of George Kaufman and WACs played all parts. -who nrr if iiair. , , . in he had more time, could of its head over roundthouldercd hills. other ow"j ash occupation men could because that "About is full of army jaran Face" Kf playwrights Edgar Bergen the work out the details himself. . . . Traveling salesmen in club They ofler CharlU McCarthy, produce themselves anywhere, with gon and wisecracks. It consists of not only like to J J cart nibbling on bits of conversaentertain themhim by a fan. ...Guy Eomb".Jji little equipment and costuming. a series of short skits which Gen- selves, but also want tion about tiresome matters. to do some current be will the in used These are grouped into a sort of eral Byron said can be selected, im thing in this line for themselves " corcfing. lot WAVE enlistment j 'i fili Liu r ctj p TIRE-RATIO- N snow-covere- d sub-zer- o i USO-Cam- p snow-covere- d far-flun- g air-fiel- USO-Cam- p USO-Cam- ... USO-Cam- USO-Cam- USO-Cam- p p USO-Cam- p this-or-th- well-know- USO-Cam- p g first-han- d USO-Cam- p USO-Cam- yrpii p w.-.y- fs-- I Al-ca- T g pur-pos- - e III nt-m- USO-cam- p - a sub-Ject- s. P"' Fl mid-West- 's ' bS i |