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Show la WASHINGTON STAGE'CSCRElNRADIO By Walter Stead Sslnud to Wiiun Mewapapar Unto. By VIRGINIA VALE. WNU ALL through the year we J a hear tales about how popular this or that movie star is then along comes news of who brought in the most money at the box The Muddle in War Surplus Sales THE toil CAPT. TO BGT. . John cStri Bchader, Toakers, N. Y;, hard way from H fme up the to lined man In army sir force as a master -- .! rZT.i He Is shown sewing on i aergeant stripes. m r. ... For the icnLEY RETURNS fiwih time In over 94 years of e Itfn political life, James Michael to Carter Is sworn in as mayor of Si 'Butia. At 71 he becomes the 44th ayw sf Massachnsetts city. A) WKU H'HtiSffM Surtax. iaJ. kit 41. 4 W. whole machinery of Surplus Property has broken down and the entire aituation surrounding the disposal of more than a hundred billion dollars worth of surplus war material is a confused, disorganized mess. This Is the conclusion of your Home Town Reporter after an Investigation, made because we have received scores of letters from veterans asking how they ean obtain surplus war properties. There have been more than 280,000 applications from war veterans during the past six months, all wanting to buy surplus property, mostly trucks. Jeeps and automobiles. Only in rare instances have they been able to do so. Heres the situation about surplus It la now scattered among LAD DELPS TO MOW DOWN FOLIO . . . Here is little Donald Anderson, property. Bve, Prinrville, Ore., the spirited youngster who is inspiring victory eight governmental agencies at 108 differcat points In the country Reover infantile paralysis as be keynotes the 1918 March of Dimes campaign. Dunaid stands in front of the poster, showing him during and construction Finance corporation for after his battle with the dread disease. lie hulds a toy gun as if he consumer goods, producers goods, would like to meet the polio enemy in mortal combat and beat It for war plants and aircraft; U. 8. Maritime Commission for marine propall other kids. erly; the state department for good overseas; the department of agrt culture for food and agricultural products; the Federal Works administration for community facilities such as sewers and utilities; the Federal Housing authority for housing; sad the department af the interior for grazing and mineral lands and all surplus goods in Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. Then them la the Surplus Property administration presided ever by W. Stuart Symington, who, as administrator makes policy, but who bus absolutely no authority over any sf the other agencies selling the property. War office. The national poll of motion picture exhibitors taken annually by Showmens Trade Review shows that Greer Garson and Van Johnson topped the 1944-4- 9 list Bing Crosby (first lest year) was second, followed by Spent er Tracy. Gary Cooper end Roy Rogers. The actresses ran Judy Garland, Betty Grable (who led the list the last three years) Betty Hutton and Margaret OBrien. And the picture that topped an the others wee "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, with Velvet in second piece. Na-Uo- MAKING HAY WHILE TOE BUN SHINES . . . Whether It be Miami Beach, Fla., or up la the cold New England states, winter sports are being enjoyed by bU. la Miami, winter aporte Include beauty contests and swimming. Children on right modeled tha newest In bathing units. Left to right, bottom raw, Patsy h and Elaine Brenner. Tap row, Joy Berketresaer end Beverly Cromer. At left. Sailer bred Toms, Hendersonville, N. C., after having nailed tha seven arms, tries his lack at skiing with Pat Arsenault. Bob Hawk can keep a secret. For three yean the idea for hla current Monday night serlea, the CBS "Bob Hawk Show, wee lacked in e safe, pending the end of the war. Hia Thanks to the Yanks was splendid Millu-paug- Aiwfi Corp. Formed BOB HAWR make the confusipn more complete, President Truman, back And to IIENBY J. KAISERS NEW PACKAGED POWER . . . The new Kaiser autos to have front wheel drive. It Is car, first of American also first mass production passenger car in America to have Independent torsionetic suspension on all four wheels. The body and chassis form a single unit of the type known as monocoque construction. The new venKaiser was designed by Howard A. Darrin, with pressure-chamb- er tilating system. low-pric- HOST . . . Frank W. Clark, Miami Beack, Fla., host k Flnstaa ChnrchlU, Britain's war-tio- e prime minister, for the winter. Ch archill will continue his Pehtinra, some of which were fnblished in U. 8. CHURCHILL'S re-m- In announced the formation of the War Assets corporation to be heeded by Lt. Gen. Edmund B. Gregory, the quartermaster-general of the army, to tuke over all surplus property from the other agencies, except the state department on November S. Then this was postponed until December 1, then to January 1, and now to February I. The transfer may take place February 1 under the powers the President has under the new act. governmental reorganization But itill there will be divided authority, with General Gregory acting as salm manager and Symington as policy heed, but with absolutely no authority over what Gregory or any' one else does with War Assets corporation. Reason for much of the conTusion end misenderstanding Is this divided authority, end the fact that nowhere is there aa Inventory of the property which le declared surplus. Whenever, in the opinion of the army or the navy, property Is no longer needed. It is turned aver to the various agencies aa surplus. The agencies thru put It up for sale. What happens when a veteran goes to buy aurplua war property? Say he ii in the Philadelphia area. He travels 90 or 100 miles to Philadelphia to buy a truck, a camera and another gadget. First thing he finds out Is that some municipality has priority over him and has taken all the trucks fit to use. Then he finds out. that there are a hundred other veterans there ahead of him bent on the same mission, end further, that what he expected to buy for ten cents or leas on the dollar ie much higher and is being gold on e ceiling price fixed by OPA. but now haa the Mg man, with contestants answering five questions for their first prize end one question with five perta for the second half. for wartime, It' i being told around that little Margaret O'Brien is gelling awfully tired of plalnUve little girli she has to play especially since Jimmy Durante taught her to ling '1 Want to Be Happy in hla own apecial style. But tha poor chlld'a typed at ter age! GENERAL ENDING CIVIL WAR IN CHINA . . . Starting Immediately npou hla arrival in Far East. Gru. ambassador to China, conferred with George C. Marshall, former U. 8. chief of staff and Generalissimo Chiaag right, and Mme. Chiang, center. In a abort time he had the premise of all Chinese fsclionk to cease firing end eit down wiih General Marshall Is work nut sound basis af peace. Lou la flaywarda postwar screed career leaped forward when he waa signed for one of the top roles op Tha posits Hedy Lamarr In Strange Woman ; that came as a result of the sneak preview ef Hunt Mramberg'a Yeung Widow," la which Les e o-- tarred with Jane Russell, ne pot to three years with I he marine corps; aa captain af a newly-appoint- Kai-she- k, ' I photographic unit, he filmed the bat- lie of Tarawa. i ; ' Sheik, the Palomino Ray Milland rides in California," had to hava two stand-in- s one for rearing, one for failing. Its a technicolor pie lure so they had to be dyed to match Sheik. But as they were both dark horses, they bed to be bleached firitl i That MBS science aerlee, Exploring the Unknown," ie receiving new honor. Selected by the armed service forces si one of the most popular transcrlptinn programs for G.I.a overseas, the Sunday series is being distributed by the New York university film library to schools throughout the country, and tha American Cancer aociety la using one of the broadcasts In ila educational work. ' Central Authority Needed ... SCIENTIST Dr. Fior-- ? 8tib,rt University of Fenn-V"- 5 biochemist, world - re-"be her work la IsoUtiag el to diagnose d the Gimble lor her T "T tnber-swarde- HEROS BROTHER JOINS AIR FORCE . . . Carl Bong, brother of the late Richard Bong, Poplar, Wis., is pictured checking in at army recruit-lu- g office, Milwaukee, where he enlisted in air rorps. Maj. B. T. llolzman, in charge of the office, is shown at right. Young Bong, 19. was sent to Fort Sheridan, to await assignment to some regular air force training camp. Like his late brother, hr plans to become a stor of the skies. All this after he has been shunted around between the Smeller War Plants corporation, the RFC Disposal agency, the department uf commerce, and the navy material Redistribution office. And be comes away sore. Everybody he deals with ie mad and dissatisfied. Very likeiy he returns empty-handeWhether moving all these sales agencies into War Assets corporation will be a help is a matter of conjecture. Person ie I of RFC will still operate the War Assrta corporation, and apparently General Gregory Is none toe sanguine about the success, for he is merely on loan from the army. Wbat ie apparently necessary is a merger of Surplus Property administration end War Assets corpo. ration. Symington, if he stays as administrator, would be head, and Gregory or someone else would be sales manager, but with the administrator in complete charge for centralized authority. As a matter of fact, surplus property is a war baby that no governmental agency wants. Remembering the scandals in surplus property after World War I, the whole procedure has been bound up in red tape by the officials, for nobody wants to go to Jail aa a result of errors" in surplus property sales this tiir.c. It seems to this reporter it is time for the President to make this centralized authority come true, or else surplus war property will be a continual headache for everybody The government will lose out and ao will tha veteran. MADE A SLIP . . . When the wire ef an American soldier gave birth to a baby la Birmingham. England, recently. It was revealed that this was nut the first time that such w phenomenon had been recorded. The above picture la from thr files of the Royal college ef eurgrona. Medical science has a record of one individual who lived SI yrars. The Birmingham baby died soon after birth. WHEN NATURE d two-head- One hundred thousand people have persuaded Rato Smith to broadcast before a stadia audience again; they all asked far tickets, ho Jh he's new doing ter Friday night Kate Smith Binge program from CBS's Playhenae 4, It's largest, seating 1,144. The repeat broadcast far the West coast will take care af another 1,148, so la about 49 weeku Kate will have caught ap with the accumulated requests. FROM MARS . . . Salt devised by army, navy and rlviliaa agrncirs to Gght any disease com lamination war attempt by Axis, has now been converted to peacetime operation far rescue er operations. MAN decen-taminatl- On hie "Dave Elman's Radio Auction, Wednesday nights on Mutual. Elman has auctioned everything from Hitlers personal dice to Marie Antoinette's pillow slips with proof before they were sold that the articles were authentic. The Radio Writers association voted it the moat novel thow on the air. Hes Just sent eight people off to scour Ilia world for a year for historical curios to be auctioned later. policy-makin- jsm S?sSjA;a?E 'te ... bike as This Invitation IN BUFFALO hlt bent with Joe "LES MISERABLES Sl, I , ta Ukln on the bulletin beard of Central Cbnrch of Christ In Buffalo, put there who robbed the bere he will by the Rev. Harry T. Birdweli, in hopes that the thief church of a candle from the Christmas altar may return. ebampionahlp boot kArk IJUDS AND EMtS-- Prn a AUen, of The Gav Csieiirr, toy Monogram's thr first nmdi of hit X ear-ol- d tun SfrJirn sws On nagr" so hes the baby wilk Central Catling. Crnflrr Barnet, host end.- narrator NBCl Mystery Theater- h teen at the police flump at few York police hwsdiiiarfrrs: says its a food swurra o f material for kil ihow. . . . Dick ones, the third " Henry on The Aldrich Family - entered the army last spring, and is nose stationed in Alaska. . . . Hubert Young! new The Searching picture, Pbrenuaml! Bind, is hit diamond juhilea film; 75 in mod IS years. Wi pteturat . . . fra-urn- THE CLIMB OCT OF SKIING . . . The By la tho ointment comes to the real enjoyment of skiing Is the long, weary trudge up the ski slope, before one can make Uwt exhllerailur dash down. On Creamers mountain, near North Conway, N. n., this trudge la eliminated by the a gadgrt that gives you a ride up. The retty skier la one ef the first contingent of rnthueinstn to visit I. rth Conway with the resumpUon af the snow train from Boston. TAKING when H HERO SINBAD . . . "Binbad, coast mascot, who nerved eight years at aea and nailed more than a million miles, la welcomed la New York with a parade Biting a real Plan called for a Jeep parade. gearda salty globe-trottin- g I |