WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
FDR: Retaliation if Axis Uses Gas;
Allied Confidence Rises as Air-Sea
Forces Pound Mediterranean Islands;
Heavier Taxes Will Fight Inflation
(EDITOR’S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns, they are those of
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EUROPE:
4Mellow Light’
Even as Prime Minister Winston
Churchill had declared that the
"mellow light of victory” was al
ready playing on the Allies, the Axis
had been tensely alert for the long
promised invasion of Europe.
Axis communiques had oarly re
ported attempted Allied landings on
‘‘stepping stone” islands between
Africa and Italy. First of these was
the Rome and Berlin radio reports
of a'Commando movement on the
tiny island of Lampedusa, bordering
the Tunisian coast. Then came the
Rome communique announcing that
the garrison defending beleaguered
Pantelleria had been called on to
surrender by Allied forces. Pantel
leria had experienced a pounding
such as even Malta had not suffered,
for here the devastating Allied bomb
onslaughts from the air had been
accompanied by withering bombard
ment of Italian positions by unop
posed Allied naval forces.
Never before during the War had
Prime Minister Churchill spoken so
confidently as during his report to
parliament concerning the European
situation in which he described the
amphibious operations of a "peculiar
complexity” against the enemy.
Concerning the Allied air offensive
which observers had termed the ac
tual first phase of the invasion, he
declared that nothing will turn the
Allies from their intention of accom
plishing "the complete destruction
of our foes by bombing from the
air, in addition to all other means.”
TAXES:
New Levies Ahead
With the pay-as-you-go bill now
operative under presidential approv
al. congressional leaders began con
sideration of additional tax sources
to meet the administration’s request
that new tax measures be undertak
en as a means of closing the infla
tionary gap caused by the nation's
tremendous purchasing power.
While President Roosevelt had left
up to congress the type of new taxes
to be adopted before summer recess,
he expressed his opposition to a gen
eral sales tax on the grounds that
it would impose too heavy a burden
on the poorer people. While a com
pulsory savings plan is not neces
sary now, the President indicated
that ultimately a combination of en
forced savings and taxes would be
required to meet his original budget
request for $16,000,000,000 in new
revenue for fiscal 1944.
The Federal Reserve board re
cently estimated excess purchasing
power at $35,000,000,000.
SUBSIDIES:
Grange Head Demurs
Albert S. Goss, master of the Na
tional Grange, predicted that if the
government employs subsidy pay
ments to roll back food prices, "the
nation is headed directly for infla
tion and inevitable chaos."
The farm.leader added that in his
belief, a system of price controls
by subsidy would lead to a food
shortage for America and her allies.
Testifying before a senate agri
cultural subcommittee, the Grange
master predicted that a 10 per cent
roll back in the retail prices of but
ter and meats, already ordered,
would discourage production. "There
are indications already,” he said,
"that the butter and milk output
are being reduced substantially."
Mr. Goss contended that instead of
the present price control system as
a control of inflation, an effort should
be made to bring supply and de
mand into balance.
GAS:
FDR tf arris Axis
President Roosevelt served blunt
notice on the Axis that the use of
poison gas against any one of the
United Nations would result in swift
and full retaliation by the United
States with "terrible consequences”
to enemy munitions centers, sea
ports and other military objectives.
This was the third time in 12
mopths the President had warned
the Axis that the pse of gas would
be a fatal boomerang. He said evi
dence was "being reported with in
creasing frequency from a variety
of sources” that the enemy powers
were making "significant prepara
tions” indicative of an intention to
use poisonous or noxious gases.
Observers who noted that the
President’s warning was similar in
character to one issued by the Brit
ish government recently, believed he
had both Germany and Japan in
mind.
RUSSIA:
Tactics in Reverse
Using tactics in which the Allies
had given them bitter lessons In
Western Europe, the Nazis employed
their waning air force in massed
bombing attacks against Russian ar
mament factories.
Typical of this effort were the at
tempts to wreck the giant Gorki
works, 250 miles east of Moscow.
While German and Soviet communi
ques differed on the extent of the
damage, both agreed that the at
tacks were of a ferocious nature.
Moscow radio admitted that casual
ties and some damage were caused,
but maintained that German reports
were grossly exaggerated.
Retaliatory raids were made on a
big scale by Russian bombers which
attacked the Unecha junction on the
Bryansk-Gomel railroad, blowing up
munitions dumps and fuel stores.
Meanwhile in the midst of counter
claims about opposing losses in the
Caucasus, a German transocean
agency broadcast predicted a big
scale Russian attack on Novorossisk.
TIGHTER BELTS:
Forecast for *44
Somber warning that American ci
vilians may have to tighten their
belts in 1944 was sounded by the
bureau of economics of the U. S.
department of agriculture.
The bureau in a review of the cur
rent situation said that while there
are enough rationed foods on hand,
together with expected production to
maintain present eating levels for
the remainder of 1943. the outlook
for 1944 may not be so favorable.
The review stated that vegetable
production is running about 13 per
cent below last year; that early
freezes have cut crops of apricots,
j cherries, peaches, plums and prunes
materially below 1942, Supplies of
eggs next fall and winter “will be
considerably below current levels,”
the review added, while livestock
may be adversely affected.
DRIVING BAN:
For All U. S.?
Extension to the entire nation of
the pleasure driving ban and other
I restrictions on motoring in 12 east
ern states was predicted by Maj.
Jubal R. Parten. transportation di
rector in the petroleum adminis
tration.
Specifically, Major Parten said
that the petroleum administration
| had been considering for some time
the advisability of halting pleasure
driving in Middle Western states and
that such action for the entire na
tion may be looked for soon.
HIGHLIGHTS. ..in the week’s news
DIVIDENDS: Cash dividend pay
ments to corporation stockholders
amounted to $292,000,000 in April, or
$21,000,000 less than in the corre
sponding month of 1942.
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NAVY: A naval appropriations
bill totaling $24,850,427,198 for the
. fiscal year 1944 was passed by the
senate and sent to conference with
the house.
LIVING COSTS: The cost of liv
ing for wage earners rose about 1
per cent in 60 out of 62 cities sur
veyed by the National Industrial con
ference board during April.
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SHIPPING: A record - breaking
peace time merchant fleet of 15 to
20 million tons under the American
flag was visualized by Adm. Emory
S. Land.
ARGENTINA:
Neutral for Present
The kaleidoscopic revolt in Ar
gentina that had produced two new
presidents in almost as many days
had not shown the same speedy re
sults with respect to the abolition
of Argentina’s policy of neutrality
toward the Axis.
This latter was evident when the
government of President Pedro
Ramirez was pledged to an inter
national policy of “neutrality for the
present” and “loyal co-operation
with nations of the Americas in con
formance with existing pacts.”
The Ramirez regime succeeded
the brief provisional government of
Gen. Arturo Rawson, who resigned
after ousting isolationist President
Ramon S. Castillo in an army-sup
ported revolution.
Scanning the new government’s
personnel for possible clues as to
future international policy, observ
ers noted that President Ramirez’s
new cabinet included eight military
men to only one civilian.
PACIFIC:
U. S. Airmen Strike
Allied airmen continued to strike
heavy blows at Jap positions from
the Aleutians clear across the Pa
cific to Central China.
Kiska was again the target of the
Aleutians assault, with Allied Lib
erators and Vega Venturas joining
in the battering drive against this
last enemy outpost in the archipela
go. Over in the Solomons, Choiseul
island and the Munda air bases were
attacked by American planes. In
New Guinea, Allied attack planes
supporting ground forces in the Mu
bo area strafed enemy positions on
strategic Green’s Hill.
American and Chinese air superi
ority in the middle Yangtse valley
continued to be manifest, as fliers
from both forces swept over the
Hupeh-Hunan battle area without
meeting opposition.
FATHERS:
Work or Fight Mixup
A misunderstanding over the de
tails of the War Manpower com
mission’s ‘‘work or fight” edict had
been responsible for the induction
of some fathers into military service
in violation of draft regulations,
WMC Chairman Paul V. McNutt re
vealed.
Mr. McNutt pointed out that the
“work or fight” order had directed
that fathers and others of draft age
with dependents be inducted if they
were employed in any of the 70
"nondeferable” occupations listed by
the War Manpower commission. Se
lective service regulations prohib
it the drafting of fathers net in de
ferable jobs.
PLEDGE:
‘Exploitation s End'
A world freed from international
exploitation was listed by President
Roosevelt as one of the postwar ob
jectives of the United Nations.
The President declared that bet
ter use of human and natural re
sources must be assured in the post
war world if living standards are
raised, continuing, “and I may add
—the better use of these resources
without exploitation by any nation.”
Speaking to delegates from the
recent United Nations Food confer
ence, Mr. Roosevelt summed up
"our ultimate objective” in this
manner:
“It is to build for ourselves—
meaning all men, everywhere—a
world in which each individual hu
man being shall have the opportu
nity to live out his life in peace; to
work productively, earning at least
enough for his actual needs and
those of his family; to associate
with the friends of his choice; to
think and worship freely; and to die
secure in the knowledge that his
children, and their children shall
have the same opportunities.”
SLAUGHTER:
Nazis Massacre Dutch
Out of tightly censored Holland
came news of fresh Nazi atrocities.
These latest reports concerned the
killing of thousands of Dutch citi
zens in mass executions following a
general strike that had halted all
activity for nearly a week. They
were made public by the Office of
War Information.
Allied sources learned that the
strike had started when Nazi author
ities announced that all members
of the former Dutch army paroled
in 1940 would be sent to Germany
to work in Nazi war factories With
in half an hour, reports said, fac
tories, shops, public offices and even
courts stopped. Within a few hours
public services and transportation
ceased to function.
Ruthless executions then were un
dertaken by the Germans. Bodies
of the slain Dutch patriots were left
where they fell in public squares
and outside cities. Work resumption
was eventually ordered by "Good
Patriots” in order to avoid further
slaughter.
AIR FREIGHT:
Plans for Future
Prophetic of the future, the civil
aeronautics board received a request
for a charter for a vast network of
aerial freight lines serving the Unit
ed States and many foreign coun
tries.
The petitioner, the Keeshin Air
Freight company, asked authority
to serve 200 major cities in this
country as well as many points in
foreign countries through an ex
1 change of freight at 18 “gateways.”
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Victory Inevitable Despite
Deadly, Undefeated Foe
Optimistic Americans Fail to Realize
Enemy’s Strength in Experienced Men,
Naval Forces and Air Power.
By BAUKHAGE
News Analyst and Commentator.
WVU Service, Union Trust Building,
Washington, D. C.
“But, General ..."
The other day I said that after a
long and enlightening talk by a high
army officer who was patiently and
painfully trying to show us why, de
spite the recent victories of the Al
lies, we still had a formidable enemy
to meet, a dangerous, deadly and
undefeated enemy. Victory, of
course, is certain (eventually) but
serious reverses, setbacks and sac
rifices are still before us, he had
said.
1 believe my own exclamation,
“but, general" is typical of some
of those “buts” which have arisen
in your minds.
America is the super-duper land
of inventive genius, business genius,
organizing genius, mass production,
high standard of living, assembly
line, giant industry, efficiency,
wealth, central heating, apple pie
and unlimited opportunity. True, we
got our first real drubbing at Pearl
Harbor but we came back; the Brit
ish were licked at Singapore, too,
but they won the battle of Britain.
Latterly, we collaborated in the
smashing victory of Tunisia . . .
the Russians beat ’em at Stalingrad,
the Chinese have held ’em off for
what seems a lifetime. Why,
then . . .?
The general looked a little weary
but he went on politely—I can’t
quote all he said but will give you
the parts the OWI says is “okeh.”
“The enemy has the biggest, most
effective fighting force in history.”
Biggest? But America and Rus
sia .. . and Australia?
Armed Strength
Figures (U. S. Army official): The
enemy still Has 17 million men under
arms. The German soldiers and
their satellites, some a little ragged,
still total 17 million trained men.
The Japs have at least three million
in uniform. These (the good and
the bad) combine to make "the big
gest most effective fighting mass
ever assembled in history.” Remem
ber, the enemy has been years build
ing this force, and the civilians In
these militaristic countries have sac
rificed all the things necessary—
things we wouldn’t even think of ra
tioning, including liberty and de
cency.
In cold numbers, the enemy still
outnumbers us in land forces.
And even today, after Midway,
Guadalcanal, Attu, Tunisia, Stalin
grad, and the bombings, the enemy
is still well equipped, well trained,
well co-ordinated, can operate under
adverse conditions and in the face
of terrific hardships which our
troops are just now beginning to
master.
That is a brief sum up of the en
emy land forces from a military
man’s point of view.
As to the enemy naval forces.
The Germans have, though you
may not have realized from recent
news, a small but highly specialized
navy still afloat, plus the sub!
The submarine is still the biggest
Allied problem. Submarines are
tough animals now. Our own are
tough enough and these animals
| are the German specialty. Depth
bombs have to go deep to do any
more than break the glass in the
shaving mirrors and instrument
faces. Even in the last war, it took
a lot of depth bombs to get one sub.
Now the subs can crash dive, shiver
and rise to fight back . . . and fight
back they can! They are mounted
with guns, they can stand up to an
escort ship, at least a corvette, and
it takes a destroyer or a fast cruisef
to catch them even when they stay
on the surface where they can re
turn fire. The small stuff (30 cali
ber) bounces off their scales.
Japan's Navy
The surface ships which Germany
has are not so much of a factor.
But Japan’s navy is still to be reck
oned with. It is not destroyed but
it has to be before we can achieve
victory in the Pacific. Just taking
islands won’t do the job—and see
! how long it took to take an island,
first Guadalcanal; now (almost at
this writing) Attu.
Airforce: America now leads the
world. But remember Germany was
the first to build a supreme "luft
waffe” and that luftwaffe and the
men who made it are not all dead
yet. Japan’s vaunted Zeros which
could outmaneuver us because of
their lightness, it is true, exploded
at one shot. They have been im- !
proved. Germany has improved a i
number of her models, too. She
is holding back many for defense.
The enemy army, as a whole, is
better trained by experience than j
our men. But those of our men who '
have had equal training and experi- !
ence are as good or better, man for
man, although not yet perhaps, of- j
fleer for officer. Remember, Ger
many and Japan bred an officer
class. We trained a few profes- |
sional officers, limited their prestige,
resources and opportunity. The ma-!
jority of our officers in wartime
come from civilian life. They are
good, when they get the training and
the experience.
As to the fighting man. Well,
we’ve stood up to Hitler’s finest in
Africa at bayonet’s length—we’ve
beaten the crawling Jap at his own
game, jungle fighting.
Long Range View
But still we have those odds which
I (or rather the general) mentioned
when we look at the long range
vista. They are the things which
the general brought up in answer to 1
the “buts”—I’ll name the "buts” in |
a second. The point is he showed
me why it can’t be done tomorrow—
why we civilians have to be patient.
He showed me what we have to do
before we get over that “ridge.”
After tomorrow, we can consider:
The enemy hasn’t the initiative the
Americans and British have. When
things don’t go according to plan,
they are likely to "bust.” We won’t.
The enemy has had its best men
in the army a long time—its replace
ments are not as good as ours will
be.
Much of the enemy-held territory
has a hostile population which will
work with the Allies against the en
emy when we move in.
Japan and Germany will fail on
critical materials before we will—
we can beat them at their own game
of “ersatz,” too; witness synthetic
rubber.
We can manufacture and build
faster because we have more to do
it with than they have. Our home
front is farther away from the battle
front—and it is more in sympathy
with the government, despite polit
ical difficulties.
But remember the "buts.”
War Stimulates
Changes in Education
One of the many changes which
the war has stimulated is the change
in education. Education is going to
count more after the war. Many
boys will come back partially
trained in trades and professions
which they can follow if they have
the additional theoretical and prac
tical instruction necessary to arm
them for the stiff competition which
is expected.
As a result, college entrance ex
amination requirements will be
greatly altered for many of these
men will lack the traditional pre
requisites. Reform in this field is
one of the 11 major objectives, dis
cussed in a report of the commis
sion on liberal education of the As
sociation of American Colleges.
"If an educational program is to
be of genuine service to the men
and women of the post-war world,”
the report of the college committee
says, "it must perform two func
tions simultaneously. It must take
them as they are and appeal to their
immediate desires and special
needs, and it must provide for their
common and enduring needs in a
post-war society.”
It will be recalled that the boom
after the last war created the coon
skin collegian and the flapper coed.
The word “collegiate” tiad a mean
ing then which took it far afield
from the cloister of learning. The
crop of students—veterans—will be
more serious. They must be taken
more seriously. They must have
aptitude and achievement tests rath
er than book-learning examinations;
there must be more individualized
instruction, more tutorial and semi
nar methods, special attention must
be given to co-ordinated instruction
that will aid in the transition from
army or industrial life to peacetime
community and family relations and
the responsibilities of citizenship.
B R I E F S . . . by Baukhage
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Foods are “home canned” says
OPA if: (1) they have been canned
in a kitchen primarily used for the
preparation of meals or to dem
onstrate the preparation of meals
(2) they have been canned in a sep
j arate building or shed which a farm
house has equipped for canning pur
poses, if the owner has obtained per
mission from his local ration board
to use such facilities.
Swedish Foreign Minister Chris
tian E. Guenther, declaring that
“no neutral power can maintain an
absolute balance between warring
camps” told an audience at Eskil
stuna that Sweden was making “con
cessions" to Germany “in a higher
degree than to the western powers,”
the Swedish Hoerby radio said in
a domestic broadcast reported to the
Office of War Information.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
PAINFUL FEET
While the word orthopedic means
straightening of the feet, orthopedic
physicians are consulted by patients
who have any trouble with bones
Dr. Barton
and joints of the en
tire body. That phy
sicians would be of
more help to pa
tients if they studied
foot pains more, is
admitted by the
medical profession.
That pains in the
feet are very often
due to infection—
teeth, tonsils — is
knowTO and patients
with painful feet who
are not on their feet
much are likely suffering with in
fection. In fact, some orthopedic
physicians state that more than half
of painful feet are due to infection. !
And when we think of the number of
bones and joints in the feet, in which
arthritis can get started, this is not
hard to understand.
However, there are a great many
cases of painful feet due to bearing
the weight of the body.
In speaking of functional disorders
of the feet (that is not due to dis
ease or infection) Dr. D. J. Morton,
New York, in the New York State
Journal of Medicine, states that the
commonest cause of pain in sole of
foot is because the inner bone of
the sole of the foot, corresponding
with big toe, is shorter than the oth
er four bones and the ligaments sup
porting it are loose or not as tight
as with the other bones in sole of
foot. Thus pain here is just like pain
in any other joint that is being con
stantly strained. In other words im
proper weight distribution, too much
at this point, causes the pain.
Suggestions for treatment of pain
ful feet are: (1) less work or play
and weight bearing, (2) rest, (3)
many short rests during the day
with the legs and feet well support
ed at level of hips. (4) removal of
all irritation (corns, calluses, warts)
which cause the individual to put
his weight elsewhere when walking
and avoidance of badly fitting shoes,
(5) plunging feet first into hot and
then into cold water a few times aft
er the day’s work is over to improve
the circulation.
Dr. Morton gives a helpful work
ing rule which is to assume (in gen
eral) that pain at top and sides of
the foot is likely caused by the shoe;
when pain is on the bottom of the
foot, the trouble is generaly inside
the foot. An X-ray should be taken
from top of foot to sole of both
feet.
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Sulfa Drugs Reduce
Influenza Death Rate
Physicians who went through the
influenza epidemic of 1918-1919, and
witnessed the hopelessness in the
treatment of thousands of cases, now
look with eager eyes toward future
battles with influenza.
It was because influenza went on
to pneumonia and bronchopneumo
nia and the heart already dam
aged by influenza was unable to sus
tain the continued fight against pneu
monia and bronchopneumonia, that
so many victims died. Now that
the physician has at hand the sulfa
drugs which have reduced the death
rate in pneumonia from nearly 10
per cent to about 3 per cent, he is
able to fight influenza and pneumo
nia successfully.
Some interesting figures were re
cently released by Dr. Louis I. Dub
lin of the Metropolitan Life Insur
ance company. The figures show
that there has been a decrease in
the death rate of influenza and pneu
monia of 65 per cent from 1900" to
1940, that is from 202 per hundred
thousand of the population in 1900 to
70 in 1940.
While this is gratifying, the use of
the sulfa drugs during 1941 and (
1942 has caused an even more rapid
decrease.
How remarkable this drop in the
death rate really is can only be
realized by thinking of the rate of
decrease in the years 1900 to 1940, or
before the general use of the sulfa
drugs. For the general population,
the decrease in the death rate from
influenza and pneumonia has been
at the rate of 1% a year for the 40
years. During the last two years,
judging the whole population by the
millions of wage earners and their
families of the Metropolitan Insur
ance company, the death rate has
decreased more than 14 per cent
a year. In other words, the sulfa
drugs have decreased the death rate
i in influenza and pneumonia over nine
times as much each of the last two
j years as in any of the previous 40
I years.
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HEALTH BRIEFS
Q —Will you please advise on the
seriousness of polypus for the benefit
of my husband who has them in his
nose, but refuses to have them re
, moved.
A.—Your husband is like many
others who haven’t needed doctors
much. However, the polypus is an
obstruction and irritates passages so
that it causes coughing. This cough
ing may cause more serious trouble.
! Removal of this soft growth is very
| simple.
By VIRGINIA VALE
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
□1 COLUMBIA’S “Ap
pointment in Berlin” set:!
George Sanders, pretending
to be a traitor for his coun
try’s sake, is under arrest:!
the bit player charged with
handcuffing him bursts
through a door and tries to
wrap the steel bracelets
around Sanders’ wrists. Tries
again and again and can’t get them
to clasp. “You're not putting mit
tens on a baby!” Director A1 Green
cries at last. “You act as if you
were afraid of hurting Mr. Sanders.”
The bit player looks sheepish, and
Sanders pulls his sleeves back from
his bruised and bleeding wrists.
"Really, you’re being a bit hard on
the fellow,” says he. “He has tried
It the other way, you know.”
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Claire Trevor scored in radio on
the “Big Town” series with Edward
G. Robinson several years ago,
thereby giving her screen career a
CLAIRE TREVOR
boost. Now she’s a radio regular
again, on the “Mayor of the Town”
series Wednesday nights with Lionel
Barrymore.
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Two ex-choir singers kept the set
of Paramount’s “True to Life” filled
with music. They were Mary Mar
tin and Dick Powell, both of whom
began their musical careers singing
hymns in the home-town church.
They sang in their dressing rooms
and on the set; just couldn’t seem to
stop. When they weren’t singing
the music written for the picture
they were rehearsing songs for their
radio shows. The tunes for the pic
ture were written by Johnny Mer
cer and Hogy Carmichael; no won
der the stars couldn’t stop singing!
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Looks as if Zasu Pitts is making
a swell comeback in “Let’s Face It,”
after concluding her run in her
play. “Her First Murde^,” Zasu de
serves a good picture, after work
ing in the lamentable one called
“Tish."
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George Reeves spent four years
struggling through small roles in big
pictures, hoping for the break that
would boost him to the top. He got
it, opposite Claudette Colbert in ‘‘So
Proudly We Hail”—and was induct
ed into the army when the picture
was finished.
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Way, way back Universal decided
to follow its hilarious “My Man God
frey” with “My Girl Godfrey,” with
Carole Lombard in the title role.
Now it’s scheduled again, with
Deanna Durbin starring, along with
Ftanchot Tone and Pat O’Brien.
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Ton’ll have to see "Stars in the
Service” if you yearn to see what
your favorite movie heroes are up to
in the armed forces. It will be the
first release of the 23rd year of Co
lumbia’s "Screen Snapshots,” and
will present virtually every male
star and featured player.who is in
uniform. It was made by Ralph
Staub—it’s the 565th short he’s pro
duced, directed and photographed.
IP
Ray Noble, of the Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy air show, is ex
cited over the announcement that
Warner Bros, will produce a picture
named for Ray’s tune, “The Very
Thought of You”; he wrote it in
1934, and it’s still popular. It will
be spotted in the same manner as
“As Time Goes By” was spotlighted
so successfully in "Casablanca,”
sty
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The Andrews Sisters will return
to radio on June 30, when they will
be guest stars on Morton Gould’s
Carnival over CBS. Having finished
the Hollywood chore for Universal—
which they didn’t want to do—
they're glad to be coming back, even
though they’ve made so much money
already this year that they’ll have
to give their radio salaries right
back to Uncle Sam!
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ODDS AND ENDS—The house ap
pearing as the birthplace of the hero
in “The Story of Dr. Wassell” is really
the old burn where C. 11. De Mille
filmed his first picture three decades
ago . . . John Nesbitt revives his “The
Tossing Tarade" on the air June 29,
filling in for 13 weeks for Fibber Mc
Gee and Molly . . . Jean Darker offered
her St. Bernard to the Army as a war
dog, but he was turned down unless he
reduces, he weighs 215 pounds . . . It
will be a working vacation for Jackie
(Homer) Kelk of “The Aldrich Family”
when the serial takes a vacation this
summer: he's going to Hollywood to
make pictures.
