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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER lj , Movie Trick r tm di iMi In the film, The Pride of the d Yankees, Gary Cooper, who played the part of Lou Gehrig, was made to appear a southpaw in close-up- s by reversing the initials of his club on his uniform, photographing him at third base instead of at first, and then reversing the negatives. Mi HWllilD 1. STAGEvSCREEN;! By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. right-hande- left-hand- ed PEAZSCS Tu. Washington, D. C, CREDIT WHERE DUE Across the Potomac, in the sprawling Pentagon building, Gen. George ing from the example of old-tim- e C. Marshall, U. S. chief of staff, stars like Corinne Grif- gives all credit for U. S. invasion fith and Ruth Roland, look success to the boys over there, their upon real estate as a sound officers and to General Eisenhower. investment. Paulette God- However, those who have watched graying General Marshall dard revealed on the set ol lean, close-u- p during the tense months of I Love a Soldier that she war, know how he too has owns four houses, which she the dreamed almost she bought them for her worked, planned, rents detail of the invasion. mother to rent and manage. Lovely every Three ago, before we en'Georgia Carrol, between singing tered theyears war but when everyone with Kay Kysers band and appear- knew it was a certainty that we ing with it in such films as Colum- would, this columnist asked General has bias Battleship Blues, Marshall what chance there was of and sold ten houses during a British invasion. the past year. But before she marDo realize it takes to what you ried Kyser she lived in a rented apartment with Marguerite Chap-ma- land an army in France?" he reIt takes not merely ships she preferred to let the land- plied. lord worry about keeping her home and men and naval vessels to protect those ships. It also means In order! iK- docks, warehouses, railroad termiand freight cars by the thouGracie Fields, whos been part ol nals, sand. But especially it means docks Hollywood for several years, is still some to land. In the last puzzled by the Hollywoodites. The war, we place didnt have to worry about for way they hire other people to do of these things. The French any them things that are fun to do yoursupplied them. But in this war self, like driving your own car, er he shook his head ruefully it is Its a place different arranging parties. THE glamorous ladies ol perhaps learn- cross-chann- ne COOPERATION WITH EISENHOWER A general in modern warfare where girls like meself from the does not ride into battle waving workin classes get into the movies and suddenly decide they came over x sword. He sits behind a desk. And this time General Marshall, in the Mayflower, says she. The instead of being close to the famous English comedienne, now rebattle-fron- t, has done his planplacing Edgar Bergen and Charlie ning from behind. McCarthy on the air, firmly estabAnd unlike the situation in the lished herself in movies in Holy last war, Marshall and his EuMatrimony. ropean commander cooperate beautifully. They are close Remember the famous sleeping friends. In the last war, Genbag which Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman shared in For Whom the eral Pershing was in bitter conflict with Gen. Tasker Bliss, Bell Tolls? Well, Fred MacMurray the U. S. chief of staff; later tucks himself into it for several scenes in Paramounts Practically with Gen. Peyton March, who succeeded Bliss. Yours with a small Cairn terrier named Piggy. Today, Marshall and Eisenhower are considered Pershings boys. He is strong for both of Apparently success in radio means And every Sunday before them. more than success on the Broadway the war too tense. General stage, at least to Kenny Baker. He Marshall got went out to Walter his gave up leading role in a smash Reed hospital to chat with his hit, "One Touch of Venus, to take former chief. Pershing still beover the Groucho Marx program lieves he can win wars, and gives on CBS for the summer, and after Marshal Lis opinion on various the summer series is over Baker problems. After each strategic to remain the with both show, plans Interview, Marshall rises and saas a singer and as with lutes. Marx. Thank you, General, he says. set to was Burke all leave Georgia Thank you. General, is the the cast of When a Girl Marries reply. and go to Hollywood for the filming NOTE General Marshall is one of the stage production, Decision," in which she also appears. Prepara- of the few chiefs of staff we have tions were made to write her out ol had who did not go to West Point. the radio script, bid her farewell Due to the fact that his father was and speed her on her way when about the only Democrat in Union-towPa., during the McKinley adit was announced that the play would be filmed in New York, after alL ministration, he could get no West Point appointment, went to Virginia Its for United Artists release. Military ingtitute instead. GRACIE FIELDS t 12-4- 2 So Crisp The Crains ara Great Foods Kelloggs Rice Krispies equal the whole ripe grain in nearly all the protective food elements declared essential to human nutrition. el As he talked, Marshall thought back to 1917-1when he was only 36 and a captain. At that time, he performed a modern miracle of maneuvering second only to that of the present second front. He worked out for Pershing the plan whereby one million men were transferred from the St. Mihiel to the Meuse-Argonfront. Nineteen railroads, 34 hospitals, 40,000 tons of ammunition, 93,000 horses, 164 miles of railway, 87 supply depots and 4,000 cannon all were moved up just beyond the German lines and the enemy didnt even know it. ' : 1979 Iamil Buy War Bonds and War Savings Stamps . A I waist and hip lines. To make as neat a suit as youve ever seen, just add the jacket! 1974 14-4- 6 being pretty while you work and completely comfortable try 1pOR this with buttoned-down-the-fro- bright dress nt attractive yoke collar and trim. bias-bindin- Barbara g Bell Pattern No. 1974 is WAR7ttl material. Due to an unusually large demand and current war conditions, slightly more time Is required in filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: material. 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Most other people settle for four, she complains, But I always have to be different. With all her stage and radio engagements, maybe she needs two extra ones! "Duffys Tavern are popping up all over the various fighting fronts. The first was a hut on a South Seas island. Now theyre everywhere, and Ed "Archie Gardner is sending autographed pictures to adorn their walls. Replicas of palm-thatche- X Remember when Ralph Edwards asked a Truth or Consequences audience to send pennies to Mrs. Dennis Mullane, and she was practically snowed unher by 300,000 of them? Recently Edwards received a letter and a snapshot from the Mullane sons, Dennis Jr. and Joseph, both marines, who were reunited on a small island in the South Pacific. They said they were famous even there because of those pennies. Double or ODDS AND , ENDS format, Nothing " gets a stream-linewith everything new but the quizmaster, John Reed King. . . . The Superman" cast's favorite game is making a lot of words out of one they got 32 out of eupsy chics" recently. . . . Fibber McGee and Molly," originally scheduled to take a vacation after the June 20th broadcast, postponed it; their replacement is Theater of War" And Smutra returns August 16th. . . . Get your windshield sticker saying, No Black Market Gas for Me" by writing to Michael West, of the CBS Bright Horizons." d ... Every farmer knows an unbraced comer fence post with the pull of the wire, weakening the entire fence. Unbraced tread bars on tractor tires, likewise bend and weaken under heavy loads. They slip, lose traction, lose time and wear rapidly. THEY DIDNT KNOW EITHER War department officials are laughing behind their hands at the fact that military intelligence, supposed to know all about everything going on behind enemies' lines and inside our own lines, chose to move their offices. In the Pentagon building, where military intelliis housed, moving gence, or G-s day was called They invaded their new offices. But never could they have chosen a worse day to move than the Allied Other war department officers kept calling up G-asking for information. Sorry, said the operator, but the telephones are all torn out. G-- 2 is moving. Furniture was being moved down corridors, files of secret information were being shunted from one place to another. Everything was confusion on the one day which meant most to the war. Apparently, military intelligence, supposed to know everything, didnt know when the big day we were to cross the English channel - was scheduled. D-d- Traction bars on Firestone Ground Grip d tires are and have up to 215 inches of extra bar length per tractor. That gives them extra strength , extra pulling power and extra long life. 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