WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS_
FDR Tightens Living Cost Controls;
Allies Push All-Tunisia Offensives
As Rommel Speeds Retreat Northward;
Draftees Status Altered in New Plan
(EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions or* espressed In these columns they ore those of
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ANTI-INFLATION:
‘Hold the Line
President Roosevelt's "hold the
line” anti-inflation order served
blunt notice on all special economic
groups that competition for higher
prices and wages must end. because
the resulting conflict would not only
result in inflation but "breed dis
unity when unity is essential."
Banning further wage increases
except to correct substandard liv
ing conditions virtually freezing em
ployees to their present jobs and ex
tending price controls to all cost-of
living commodities, the President’s
order centered a four-pronged at
tack on inflation. The order pro
vided:
1—No further wage increases be
yond the Little Steel formula of 15
per cent over rates on January 1,
1942; 2—Immediate ceilings on all
commodities affecting the cost of
living; 3—No hiring of new employ
ees by employers, except in accord
ance with War Manpower commis
sion regulations, to prevent employ
ment of workers at higher pay than
they received in previous jobs; 4—
Stabilization of rates of common
carriers and public utilities.
DRAFT:
Classes Reshuffled
As local draft boards speeded the
reclassification of registrants, in ac
cordance with new selective service
regulations, the fathers of children
born before September 14, 1942,
found themselves the sole occupants
of class 3-A. All other men of draft
age were being placed in one of the
following classes:
1-A—Subject to immediate induc
tion; 2-A—Deferred because of oc
cupation in activities directly sup
porting the war effort, or vital to
the maintenance of civilian health
and welfare; 2-B—Deferred because
of occupation in war plants; 2-C or
3- C—Deferred because of essential
agricultural work; 3-D—Deferred
because their induction would cause
extreme hardship to dependants;
4- F—Mentally, morally, or physical
ly unfit for service.
PACIFIC FRONT:
Air War Continues
Aerial warfare on the north and
east extremities of the Pacific battle
front provided for weeks the only
activity in this theater
In the north American army
bombers escorted by fighters con
tinued their daily assaults on Jap
positions in the Aleutians, bombing
Kiska and blasting Attu.
Largest scale action of all oc
curred near Guadalcanal, where
American airmen destroyed 37 out
of 98 Jap planes and bombers which
attacked U. S. shipping Americans
lost seven of their own planes in
the encounter.
U. S. NAVY:
Billions for Building
Further evidence of the navy’s de
termination to build itself into un
matched global power was seen in
President Roosevelt’s request of
congress for a $24,551,070,000 appro
priation for the fiscal year 1944—
the largest amount ever sought for
the nation's sea-fighting forces.
The President asked for $6,230,
000.000 for new warships; $1,830,000,
000 for maintenance and repair of
ADM. ERNEST J. KING
.. .mart baltle-u-uxons jot him.
•hips and $3,476,000,000 for gun*,
ammunition and armament. While
only $1,640,000,000 was requested for
airplanes, a backlog of about $4,000,
000,000 in orders will provide ade
quate numbers of fighting craft.
RUSSIA:
Quiet on Donets
As reports had persisted that the
Germans were moving many fresh
divisions to the Russian front for a
new offensive, the Red forces took
the initiative in the Kharkov area
and seized several favorable posi
tions south of Izyum, thus widen
ing the Soviet bridgehead on the
south bank of the Donets river.
Following their failure at Izyum,
the Germans were reported massing
strength in the Balakleya sector.
A Moscow communique reported
that quiet had again descended on
the Smolensk front after a lightning
Russian thrust that resulted in the
capture of several strongly held vil
lages northeast of the Axis strong
hold.
Engagements were but a prelude
to bigger movements, for both sides
were massing their forces for new
major actions once the spring
thawed ground became firm again.
TUNISIA:
Fox in the Open
Rommel's retreating Afrika Korps
had been faced by Allied armies on
three sides after "The Fox” was up
rooted from his El Akarit positions
and chased into the open plains of
Tunisia well north of Gabes
The seriousness of the crisis for
the Axis was reflected in Italian
communiques which admitted that
Italo - German forces were being
GEN. BERNARD MONTGOMERY
. . . outfoxes Rommel.
steadily overpowered along the en
tire Tunisian front.
The long-hoped for junction of
American and British forces had in
tensified Rommel's plight, for now
General Montgomery’s British
Eighth army was not only pressing
him from the south, but its advance
units now joined directly with Gen
eral Patton's Second American
army corps were menacing his
flanks from the east. To the north.
General Anderson's British First
army had moved to close oft Rom
mel's movements for a possible un
ion with the Axis forces of Gen.
Von Arnim.
In routing Rommel at El Akarit,
General Montgomery took the Nazis
by surprise with a night attack that
blazed its way forward under the
screen of 500 cannon and scores of
tanks and reinforced by hundreds
of planes overhead. In the first
break-through the Eighth army had
gathered in 6,000 Axis prisoners.
As the battle picture became
clearer, the contributions of General
Patton's American forces emerged
importantly. Prior to the historic
junction with the British Eighth
army after piercing the Axis ar
mies' flanks, the Americans had
held up most of Rommel’s armored
forces in the El Guettar region,
weakening his defenses and making
easier the task of the British at El
Akarit.
BLOCK-BUSTERS:
Work Well Done
The penetrating eyes of British
reconnaissance cameras confirmed
reports of RAF bomber pilots that
"block-busters'' have done their
work well in laying waste Industrial
areas of Berlin.
Photographs taken after one re
cent raid disclosed that 30 impor
tant war factories had been de
stroyed or damaged The devasta
tion was concentrated mostly in
areas south and southwest of the
center of Hitler's capital, a report
by the air ministry disclosed.
Railway repair shops, freight
yards and the Templehof airfield
were among objectives damaged.
HIGHLIGHTS . . in the week’s news
NEW YORK: Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox announced that salvage
operations were progressing rapidly
on the 83,000-ton former French lin
er Normandie, now named the La
Fayette, which burned and capsized
at her pier here on February 9,
1942 He indicated that the vessel
should be righted by midsummer.
The giant liner is being refitted for
naval service.
LONDON: A shipment of 10.000
American alarm clocks win be used
to replace those worn out in Britain
since the war started, it was an
nounced by Hugh Dalton, president
of the board of trade, in a statement
to the house of commons after a
member complained that coal min
ers were having a hard time waking
up for their 2 a. m. shifts in British
and Welsh collieries.
35 BILLION:
U. S. Must Recapture
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CHESTER C. DAVIS
. . . 'spending power a peril.’
The government will have to re
capture $35,000,000,000 in surplus
spending power if present price-and
wage controls are to combat Infla
tion effectively. Chester C. Davis,
food administrator declared.
A banker as well as an agricul
tural leader, Mr. Davis recommend
ed higher federal taxes and sharply
increased investments in war bonds
to relieve the strain of “too much
purchasing power" on a declining
supply of consumer goods, includ- (
ing food and other living items.
"This is no 10 per cent war,” he
declared, referring apparently to the
treasury's campaign to get 10 per
cent of salaries invested in war
bonds.
KEYNES' PLAN:
To Sidetrack Gold
Following closely on the heels of
the United States treasury’s pro
posal for a $5,000,000,000 postwar in
ternational stabilization plan came
Lord Keynes’ proposal for a world
credit institution "designed to ex- j
pand world trade and serve as a
genuine organ of truly international
government."
Unlike the American plan, the
British fiscal expert's program
would subordinate gold as the post
war international medium of ex
change, The announcement of
Keynes’ proposal made in a British
white paper said "the purpose of
the clearing union is to supplant
gold as a governing factor, but not
dispense with it."
Financial observers viewed the
Keynes' plan as a trial balloon. [
Their idea was that a compromise
between the American and British
viewpoints would be ultimately ar
rived at.
Under the Keynes’ plan the clear
ing union would have executive of
fices in New York and London. It
would operate as a bank of nations,
with creditor nations allowing their
balances to accumulate as deposits,
while the union would lend these
deposits for short periods to debtor
nations, just as a commercial bank
operates.
FRANCE:
U. S.-Britain Agree
When British Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden announced he had in
vited Secretary of State Cordell Hull
to visit London and said he was sat
isfied there is "complete agreement”
between Britain and the United
States on the "future policy toward
France," he took a long step toward
settling the troublesome North Afri
can political situation.
Seemingly on the point of settle
ment, the problem had been intensi
fied once more when the Fighting
French took umbrage at Alljed Com
mander Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhow
er’s request that Gen Charles De
Gaulle delay his projected visit to
Algiers for conferences with Gen.
Henri Giraud.
Military men had viewed the
Eisenhower request as a perfectly
logical action. With the battle for
Tunisia at its height, the time was
not right for political discussion,
since the entire time of the French,
British and American lenders in
North Africa was occupied in win
ning the campaign.
BLACK MARKETS:
Meat Supply Scarcer
Black markets were blamed by the
department of agriculture for the
reduced marketing of livestock for
slaughter in recent weeks.
In recent weeks, a department re
port noted, government buying agen
cies and civilian consumers depend
ent on federally inspected plants
have experienced difficulty in obtain
ing meat. While the report did not
disclose how great a reduction in in
spected meat supplies stemmed
from the black market operations,
it described it as “fairly large."
Meanwhile seven meat packing
firms operating in the East and Mid
dle West were indicted by a federal
grand Jury in Newark, N J„ on
charges of conspiracy to violate
meat price regulations and meat
quota restrictions.
EUROPE:
Axis on Alert
The defense of Europe against the
forthcoming Allied invasion was in
creasingly occupying ‘he attention of
Axis leaders, reports from the con
tinent indicated. The Germans were
said to be undertaking anti-invasion
maneuvers in Belgium and Holland.
Intelligence reports reaching Allied
governments aaid the German and
Italian high commands had met at
Brenner pass to discuss the defense
of Italy.
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United Nations' Parleys
First Real Solidarity lest 4
Russia Seen as Vital Factor in World
Organization; Mutual Understanding .
Essential to Worth-While Peace.
By BAUKHAGE
News Analyst and Commentator.
WNT Service, Union Trust Building.
Washington, D. C.
This month will witness the first
test of how united the United Nations
are. The first of the conferences of
representatives of the countries al
lied against the Axis are to meet
and discuss food. On the success of
that gathering, much will depend.
It may be just as well that the
governments linked together under
the very general and very idealistic
statement of principles, the Atlantic
Charter, are going to begin with a
very material, a very down-to-earth
and likewise a very vital question—
food.
It would be too much to expect
to begin at once to discuss the ab
stract subjects which are bound to
arise when the larger implications
of the philosophy of government are
considered. People have to eat to
live.
It seems reasonable to believe
that the food question can be han
dled. Of course, it can easily be
disposed of if the United States sim
ply agrees to continue a lend-lease
operation indefinitely with no de
mand for remuneration except
vague promises. That, of course, is
what the cynical say will happen.
And that brings me to the crux of
the whole question of America's role
in world affairs. If we go on the
assumption as the isolationists do,
that heads you win, tails we lose,
and that America is going to be
played for a sucker, we might as
well throw up the whole idea of in
ternational co-operation now and put
our heads back into the sand until
the next Pearl Harbor.
un the otner hand, tne sincere
proponents of international co-opera
tion believe that America is smart
enough and strong enough and wise
enough and unselfish enough to help
build the machinery which will at
least make the world’s wheels go
around a little better than they have
60 far. We created a United States
out of country with every geograph
ical and political factor th^t exists
anywhere. We welded into one a
conglomerate people representing
every race on the face of the globe.
Difficulties Ahead
However, it is only fair to look at
some of the difficulties ahead.
Russia, if not an obstacle, is at
least a problem for several rea
sons. With an Allied victory, Rus
sia, both because of her contribu
tion to the victory and because of
her size, position and strength, is a
vital factor in any world organi
zation—or disorganization. She is not
actually a member of the United
Nations hut rather an associated
power as the United States was in
the last war. She has not made a
clear statement of her war or peace
aims.
She is, at present, occupying ter
ritory of what was once free and in
dependent nations; a part of Fin
land, all of the Baltic states, a part
of Poland.
Recently, Gardner Cowles, pre
sumably speaking as a member of
the Office of War Information, said:
“If Americans don’t make an ef
fort to understand Russia and the
Russian place in the scheme of
things to follow this war, I fail to
see how we can possibly hope to
build a worth-while peace."
That, of course, is true. However,
that is only half of the story. It is
mutual understanding that is neces
sary. Mr. Cowles might have said:
"If the Russian government does
not encourage the people to under
stand America, we can’t build a
worth-while peace."
It is a two-handled jug.
We do misunderstand much about
Russia We are misinformed on
some points. The Russian govern
ment has failed to inform us on
others For instance, few people in
this country know and many are
probably unwilling to believe what
Cowles, who ought to know what he
is talking about, says about privatt
property under the Soviets.
About Property
"Workers may acquire any
amount of consumer goods.” he
tells us, “any amount of furniture,
an auto, etc., for their own use The
distinction from our economy is that
in Russia, an individual may not
own income-producing property.”
Well, what of it. California never
threatened to secede because of New
England's blue laws or New York
state because of the way they turn
out divorces in Nevada.
The important thing is, what are
Russia’s intentions concerning other
nations? On my desk, there is be
ginning to accumulate the literature
of the various little nations—Poland,
Latvia, Finland, who are already
starting to plead for the restoration
of lost territory or sovereignty.
Anti-Communistic feeling is strong
in America. You will hear tales of
how Stalin expects to make a
deal with Germany, how he expects
to turn France communist the mo
ment the country is freed from Ger
many. You will also hear the as
surances of people like Mr. Cowles
who say: "Stalin no longer feels
that the survival and development
of the Soviets depend on world revo
lution.” That Russia wants to be
allowed to go her own way, to work
out her own salvation and once she
has assurance that a combination of
other nations will not arise against
her, she will be only too content to
live and let live.
I was talking with a seasoned and
pretty cynical observer who has
seen the seamy side of foreign rela
tions at close range for many !
ye^rs He is suspicious of Russia, [
equally suspicious of Britain. But
even he said to me:
“Before we talk too much about
the obstacles in the way of an inter
national understanding, let’s And out
what the British and Russian and
other statesmen really want.”
The Goal
That is all the gentlemen in the
senate are asking, who are working
so arduously to obtain the passage
of the Ball resolution which would
put the United States government
on record as favoring the creation
of an international organization to
keep the peace, of assuring United
States’ co-operation in policing the
world against any aggressor.
There were few people who, when
this United Nation was born, be
lieved that it could live. It did.
Norman Angell, in that exceedingly
cogent book of his, “Let the People
Know," concludes one chapter with
these words:
“In the old days, we felt impelled
to burn a man alive if he did not
attend our church. Never, men
were sure, could those of the true
faith live at peace with heretics. But
they found that men of different
faiths could live together; that they
could keep their differences, yet be
loyal to each other in the achieve
ment of their common purposes. Re
ligion is not less than nationalism.
What is possible in the one field is
possible in the other.”
Whether we agree with Mr. Angell
or not, there seems to be no sensible
reason why we shouldn't try to find
out if he is right. Peace is worth
the effort.
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Broadcaster's Diary
The other day, I received a letter
that shows that commentators are
of some practical use in the world
after all. It wa6 from a lady from
Long Beach, Calif., who wrote:
*7 wanted to phone for a plumber one
day last week. Each time I tried to use
the phone, two women were talking
(about nothing) on the ‘3-party' line.
I tried every five minutes for nearly
half an hour, never saying anything,
only picking up the phone and having
to hang up ugain.
“One of the times, I heard one of
them say ‘some woman wants the line
but I pay for it just as much as she
does’! You, Mr, Baukhage, were just
about to finish your regular broadcast,”
my writer goes on, “and some imp of
mischief from my youth returned to my
50-year-nld heart as I suddenly connect
ed that remark with the closing words
of your program. You had about two
minutes yet to go, so I hurriedly
plugged my portable garden radio into
the electric socket which is near the
phone table and iust at the right mo
ment lifted the receiver off the phone.
Yes , . . they were still talking . . . so
—just as you said: ‘That’s all. and
thanks very much,' I pul the phone
mouthpiece right next to the radio—
snapping the latter off at the right sec
ond. Then, I listened on the phone und
heard one woman sax in an actually
meek voice, 7 guess u<e have talked
pretty long. See you later. Good-bye.’
“Aftrr I stopped laughing, I called
the plumber but you helped me, so I
do think you deserve to be thanked.
Also for a real laueh.”
BRIEFS . . • by Baukhape
French farmers have been or
dered to plant gram on the same
number of acres they had under cul
tivation in 1937-1938 or pay a fine
A plan is being discussed in Latin
America to make Ptesident Roose
velt "an honorary citizen of the
Americas" in "recognition of his tre
mendous activity in favor of the
salvation of America and human
ity. **
The Japanese government has ad
vised the International Red Cross
that it distributed 230.000 letters
from home to American and United
Nations prisoners of war in 1942.
Five thousand four hundred letters
were delivered to prisoners in the
Philippines; 7.500 to Shanghai; 21,500
to Hong Kong, 600 to other parts
of China; 4,500 to Zentsuji, and 80C
to other parts of Japan.
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DEMENTIA PRECOX
The difference between the patient
who has dementia precox (schizo
phrenia) and a normal individual is
that the normal individual is a part
of everyday life in
school, the home and
the outside world af
fairs. The dementia
precox individual
on the other hand,
whether he is natur
ally breezy or quiet,
lives within himself
and is satisfied with
and believes that his
way of life is the
right way.
Dr. Barton The <»uiet or sensi*
tive type is serious,
shy, easily embarrassed and with
out a sense of humor. In school
or college he never takes part in
“rough games.” He may take ref
uge in books instead of the compan
ionship of others. Dementia precox
seems to run in some families.
Early symptoms are changes in
the emotions and behavior, the pa
tient gradually losing interest in the
things that formerly interested him.
Then may follow a loss of interest
in family and friends, after which
silly talk or laughter may occur.
There is lack of concentration and
the patient jumps from one subject
to another without a stop.
In one case there will be delu
sions, in another hallucinations of
hearing and of sight may be pres
ent.
In the treatment of dementia pre
cox, patients not helped by the usual
methods were often helped by treat
ment with insulin shock. Then fol
lowed treatment by metrazol shock,
and, just a little later, electric
shock.
As some physicians have been los
ing interest in the insulin shock
method, it might be well to study
the results of insulin shock in 45
cases of dementia precox of various
forms reported in Argentine Review
of Neurology and Psychiatry, by Dr.
A. P. Quaranta. There were 16 J
cases in which the symptoms had j
been present for six months or less,
one year or less in 12 cases, and |
more than a year and a half in 17 i
cases.
Of the entire number of cases in
the three groups, 17 were cured. Of
the first group (had disease less
than six months), 10 of 17 were
cured, three out of 12 in second
group (had disease less than a year)
and four of 17 of the third group
(had disease more than a year and
a half).
The lessons we learn from the
above are, (a) insulin shock cures
many cases of dementia precox, (b)
the earlier the insulin shock treat- |
ment is given after the symptoms
appear, the better are the chances
of a cure.
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Food Essentials
For Growing Child
Some of the older men and wom
en must look with astonishment at
the increasing variety of medical j
specialists. In their youth a physi- '
cian took care of the needs of his
patients, even doing much of his
own surgery unless it was surgery
of the brain, the thyroid gland, or
some other special organ. There
were neurologists—nerve specialists
—in those days but no psychiatrists
(behavior specialists). Later came
baby specialists — pediatricians,
gland specialists—endocrinologists,
then allergists (finding special sub
stance causing hay fever, asthma,
stomach upsetments) and lately
geriatricians who treat the special
ailments of elderly people.
Physicians have been apt to think
little about children 5 to 15 years of
age for statistics show that there is
less sickness at this age than at any
other period of years of life. How- j
ever, physicians are finding that
many boys and girls of this age, de
spite the fact that they are taller
than their parents, grandparents and
great-grandparents, are not as rug
ged as they should be despite the in- I
crease in height.
Why? Dr. Philip C. Jeans, Iowa
City, in the Journal of the American
Medical Association states, "We
have done reasonably well in nutri
tion for our babies but not so well
for children past infancy. We have
not learned ourselves, nor taught
parents, the proper nutrition to pre
vent dental decay."
That three food essentials are not
being given to children in sufficient
quantities may account for increase
in the strength of body not being in
proportion to the increase in height.
These three essentials are <a) vita
min D, (b) proteins—meat, eggs and
fish, and (c) calcium or lime.
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QUESTION BOX
Q.—Why, after retiring would I
have cramps in my toes and feet?
A.—Cramps in toes could be due to
poor circulation, some low infection,
some change in blood pressure, lack
of lime in system and other causes.
Q.—Does tea contain caffeine? If
so, how much per cup?
A.—The average cup of tea or cof
fee contains about two grains, more
or less, of caffeine. If used to tea
and coffee this much should do no
harm.
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By VIRGINIA VALE
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ALL the Ameches aren’t in
the movies. Dark-eyed
Jim, who looks enough like
brother Don to be his twin,
has made good on his own in
radio by landing the master
of ceremonies assignment on
that new all-musical pro
gram, “Here’s to Romance,”
on the Blue Network Sundays. Two
movie personalities are featured—
orchestra leader David Broekman,
whose long-time association with Co
lumbia pictures enabled him to
score 60 films, and singer Buddy
Clark; his latest picture is “Seven
JIM AMECHE
Days’ Leave.” Jim Ameche was bom
and educated at Kenosha, Wis., and
was introduced to radio by his older
brother, Don, who advised him to
take an audition for Jack Armstrong
—All American Boy. Jim landed
the part and since has played the
lead in several radio series.
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Pat O’Brien, back at work—In
RKO’» “The Iron Major”—is still
marveling over his trip home after
eight weeks of entertaining at army
camps overseas. He breakfasted at
Trinidad, lunched at Haiti, dined at
Miami, breakfasted the next morn
ing in New York. He wants to make
another army camp tour, but says
next time he’ll take his wife along;
that two-months’ separation was too
long.
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So Merle Oberon said she was re
tiring from the screen! As usual aft
er such announcements, the star has
signed a long-term contract; this
one’s with Metro, and she’ll make
pictures in Hollywood and in Lon
don. Seems as if, when a star wants
to retire, the studios realize what
they’ll be missing and can't wait t»
make sure of keeping good box-office
material.
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Susan Hayward, who did an army
camp tour after she visited New
York when “Reap the Wild Wind”
was released nationally, has been
given the feminine lead in "The
Man in Half Moon Street’’ by Para
mount. Susan’s on her way up,
fast!
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Judy Garland is proudly wearing
a pair of silver wings, sent her by
the young paratroopers of Fort Ben
ning, Ga., who recefttly dubbed her
“The Parabelle.” You’ll see her
wearing them for a scene in “Girl
Crazy,” in .which she stars with
Mickey Rooney.
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Joan Thorsen, famous as a model
after she appeared on the covers of
six national magazines in rapid suc
cession, has been given her first
movie role by Metro. She’s beauti
ful and glamorous—so she’ll portray
a Russian girl guerrilla, and will
make her screen debut wearing a
peasant smock, and with her face
blacked up. in “Russia,” the Rob
ert Taylor picture.
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Mayo Methot — Mrs. Humphrey
Bogart—is on location with her hus
band tor “Somewhere in Sahara.’’
The other day when they unpacked
their lunch kits she spied three kegs,
which they used as chairs and a
table till the powder man ap
proached. “Sorry, Mr. Bogart," said
he, “But I’ll have to move these
dynamite kegs.’’ Whereupon the Bo
garts moved, fast and without argu
ment.
Looks as if Helmut Dantine, who
scored so heavily with his Nazi-avi
ator performance in "Mrs. Mini
ver,’’ is headed for stardom. Seems
he's turned in another grand per
formance in Warner’s “The Edge of
Darkness,’’ and Jack L. Warner is
looking for possible starring materi
al for him. His fan mail has shown
a 300 per cent increase during the
past three months
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ODDS ANl) ENDS
Allan Napier, British actor in “Ap
pointment in Berlin,” has a speech that
defends the late Neville Chamberlain—
who nets his unde . . , Jeon Arthur’s
spent more time in If ashington, D. C,
on the screen than any other actress;
in real life she's been there just a /etc
hours . . , The happiest soldier at my
canteen the other night teas a lad whn’d
just led the band on Sammy Kaye’s pro
gram . . . Bing Crosby’s showing up at a
l.os Angeles broadcasting station before
7:00 a. m. some mornings, making rec
ords for South American non-commer
cial distribution . . . l.eslie Howard’s
daughter is with him in “Spitfire.''
