■ Nazi Prisoners Work to Re-Build Wrecked Europe
German prisoners, both war and civilian, arc put to work as punishment for infraction of Allied military
government regulations. They are forced to clean up wrecked buildings and to build beds for returning
troops and civilians. At the Citadelle of Port Louis, Lorient, France, they uncovered mass graves of French
civilians murdered by Nazis. Picture shows (inset, upper left): German prisoners cleaning up a street in
Kitzinger, Germany. Oval: Uncovering a mass grave. Center: An assembly line at Munich making beds.
853 Cadets Graduate From West Point
An overhead view showing some of the 853 cadets who graduated from the West Point military academy,
as Lt. Gen. Barton K. Yount, commanding general, A.A.F.T.C., gives the graduates their wings. Dwight
A. Riley of Athens, Ohio, was selected as honor man of the 1945 graduating class. Among the graduates was
Cadet W. D. Clark, who received his diploma from the hand of Gen. Mark W. Clark, his father.
St. Louis Girl Sets Mail Record
Little Rose Marie Chostner, eight, of St. Louis, is surrounded
with a part of the 8,000 pieces of mail sent her in just one week after she
wrote in to Smiling Ed McConnell asking for at least one birthday card
for her birthday.
14 ‘Beavers’ on Coast Guard LST
Ahoy mate, fetch a lawnmower! These guys have been dodging the
barber long enough. Serving aboard a coast-guard-manned LST, these 14
“beavers” took part in the assault on Okinawa. A rough and ready
band, they carry their hobbies on their chins—the same kind of luxuriant
foliage that Grandpa used to wear.
Takes Big Toll
The submarine Parche has sunk
4,500,000 tons of Jap shipping since
the war began. Photo shows Lt
Comdr. W. M. McCory and lookout
men as they stand at the conning
tower of the Parche, flying its battle
flag after its return to Pearl Har
bor.
New Twirler
In windup action here is Dave
Ferriss, sensational new pitcher ol
the Boston Red Sox, who has
chalked up his sixth straight victor;
with a one-hit shutout.
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By VIRGINIA VALE
Foolish notion,” by
Philip Barry, is a play
that’s right up Hollywood’s
alley, partly because it would
make a delightful picture,
partly also because of its cast.
Talullah Bankhead returned
to Broadway in it after she
had “Lifeboat” and “A
Royal Scandal" to add to her screen
career; Donald Cook is known to
movie goers, as is Aubrey Mather.
And Maria Manton makes her stage
debut—she’s the daughter of Mar
lene Dietrich. She's a big girl, pret
tier than her mother was when she
arrived in this country, with a
peaches-and-cream voice and an ob
vious talent for seductive roles.
"Foolish Notion” could step onto the
screen with its Broadway cast, suc
cessfully.
. Mi
Of course we're used to those nick
names—“The Look," "The Beard,"
and all the rest of them. But Para
mount certainly didn't look ahead
when insuring Olivia de Havilland’s
chin for $100,000 because Ray Mil
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND
land was to hit her on it in “The
Well Groomed Bride." Because
quick as a flash up came a name
for Olivia — “The Jaw.” Sounds
more like something belonging to a
prize fighter than a pretty girl.
' "
In Hollywood, it’s a nice gesture
—Betty Hutton, between pictures,
lent her stand-in, Barbara Cain, to
Joan Caulfield, the young Broadway
actress. Barbara, star of Broad
way’s “Kiss and Tell,” was begin
ning her film career, in Paramount’s
j “Miss Susie Slagle.”
It looked as if Penny Singleton was
doomed to play “Blondie” forever
until Hunt Stromberg gave her a
chance to escape in “Young Wid
ow.” She was a victim of typing,
till he put her into this picture, in
which Jane Kussctl and Louis Hay
ward are co-starred. Jean Hersholt
ran into the same difficulty after he
did “The Country Doctor”; Van
Johnson escaped the fate of the “Dr.
Kildare” series, thanks to the bobby
sockscrs. Basil Rathbone has to fight
to avoid eternally playing Sherlock
Holmes. Typing can make a Holly
wood star, and ruin him.
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Virginia Bruce goes brunette for
her dual role in Republic’s "Love,
Honor and Goodbye.” She’s blonde
for half the film, then dons a dis
guise as a brunette French maid to
test her husband’s fidelity. In pri
vate life Virginia's best tint is honey
blonde.
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Three years ago, after abandoning I
his job as vocalist for Harry James’ j
band to get a start in films, Dick
Haymes was broke and hungry. He
got a job chaufTeuring Chick Chan
dler to work at 20th Century-Fox. j
Now Chandler plays a columnist in
“Kitten on the Keys” starring Dick
Haymes and Maureen O’Hara, near- '
ly breaks up their romance—and
Haymes is slated to give his for
j mer employer a punch in the jaw!
That’s a swell idea of Boh Burns’
—in his home town of G'anoga Park,
| where he’s mayor, he’s planting me
morial trees for all residents killed
while serving in the armed forces,
with a plaque bearing the war hero’s
! name attached to each tree.
-*
That’s a swell new radio show,
“Detect and Collect," launched on
CBS June 13 as summer replacement
for “Which Is Which.” In case you
haven’t heard it, Wendy Barrie and
Fred Uttal give each contestant five
clues to identify his surprise gift,
and $25 if he guesses it the first
time. Prizes decrease to $5, but the
contestant gets the prize even if he
| never guesses what it is.
-■¥.
ODDS AND ENDS — The Andrews
Sisters have been voted the most popu
lar harmony group by the soldiers sta
tioned in Ireland. . . . Now that John
Garfield won’t be drafted, Producer
Carey Wilson is ready to start produc
tion on "The Postman Always Rings
Twice,” starring John anil Lana Turner.
. . . This time Paul Whiteman has
scheduled a group of Gershwin tributes
instead of just a one-time shot; he's
chosen Joan Edwards as soloist for the
! series. . . . Jimmy Carroll was vocal
j pinch-hitler for five top singers before
I he landed h is own commercial CBS
j series, "Jimmy Carroll Sings.”
Danes Gain Representation at San Francisco
This group of Danish officials is shown on arrival In San Francisco,
where Denmark was admitted as the 50th member of the United Nations
Security conference. Met at the airport by Axel C. F. Sporon-Fedler,
right, consul general of San Francisco, they are, left to right: Henrlck
De Kauffman, minister to Washington; Prof. Erik Husfeldt and Prof.
Uartvig Frisch.
Twice Bombed Oil Flagship
Vice Adm. M. A. Mitscher, commander of carrier task force 58,
was twice bombed off his flagship by "suicide planes” of the Japs.
Despite his close calls, Mitscher does not consider the Jap suicide planes
a "serious threat to American success in the Pacific.” Photo shows
Admiral Mitscher as he spoke to press conference In Washington. With
him is Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal.
War Crimes Conference in Session
Here is a view of the scene in the law court of London as the
United Nations War Crimes conference opened. Great Britain’s Justice
Wright (standing in center background) is addressing the assembled
United Nations delegates to the conference.
Generals Watch Front Line Action
Marine Maj. Gen. Lemuel Sheperd, holding walking stick, and Lieu
tenant General Buckner, center, watch front line action from an Okinawa
ridge as their forces storm Naha, capital of the island. The conquest of
this Island, at frightful cost, possibly wound up the long and arduous
strategy of “island hopping,” which began with Guadalcanal in 1942.
fcUp a Tree’
Five marine communicators are
up a tree in an effort to further
confuse a puzzled Okinawa native.
The leatherneck linemen are (coun
terclockwise from upper left) Cpl.
F. Clevenger, Cleveland, Tenn.; Cpl.
Thomas J. Kranz, Toledo, Ohio; Pfc.
Jerry Locke, Pryor, Okla.; Ffc.
Henry Luebbe, Bclvue, Kans., and
Cpl. John Jones, Ebcnsburg, Pa.
Happy Jap
Arms folded across his bony chest,
this skinny Jap prisoner was taken
by infantrymen who captured Wawa
dam on Luzon. He told his captors
that he was kicked in the face by a
Jap captain when he fell from ex*
haustion while carrying supplies.
Shown with S/Sgt. Andrew Fedoris.
Icewoman Is Here
Not even the iceman’s domain is
safe from the assaults of advancing
womanhood. Here is Mrs. Ada Man
sell of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Wins Opening Race
Jockey Bobby Permane presented
this mud-caked face after he had
won the opening: race at Belmont
Park, astride “Dusty.*• Bobby and
mount weren’t leading: all the way.