MacArthur Forces Landing on Japan Homeland
Photograph shows part of the landing party which accompanied General MacArthur when he arrived in
Japan to set up headquarters in Yokohama as Nippon’s military ruler and to receive the official sur
render of that country. General MacArthur landed by air accompanied by a large force of paratroopers.
Their first duty was evacuating American prisoners of war from a “black hell hole.”
Nothing Left on Corregidor When U. S. Heroes Fell
WACs and U. 8. engineers examine a portion of the ruins of "topside” barracks, Corregidnr, Philippine
islands, showing the complete destruction that resulted before the gallant American forces were defeated by
the superior Japanese arms. There was nothing but ruin for the Japs to take over and there is nothing
left of the strong prewar fortification now that the island is back in the hands of Americans.
Youth to Spur Drive on Crime
Fearful of a possible increase in juvenile delinquency, civil, religious
and business leaders asked the youth of Chicago to redouble efforts for
the welfare of youngsters. The Chicago Youth conference is given
credit for a 25 per cent reduction in juvenile crime for 1944. It has a
membership of 176,000 parochial and public school students.
First Yank to Bring Japs to Heel
When General MacArthur landed in Japan to map the future course
of conduct for that country towards the rest of the world, he was not
the first American to do just that. In 1854, Com. Matthew Perry of
the U. 8. navy made the Japs cry “Uncle” when he forced the Mikado
to open Japanese ports to American shipping and establish commercial
reladmn.
| Under See. of State
Being: sworn in as under secretary
of state to replace Joseph C. Grew,
Dean Acheson takes the oath of of
, (Ice. Acheson served as special rep
| rcsentative between the White House
and congress.
Truman Gets a Hat
President Truman was presented
with a “five star braver hat,” by a
delegation from Maricopa county.
Aril., when they cailcd upon him t«
discuss a hospital project.
STAGE SCREEN RADIO
Released Ijy Western Newspaper Union.
By VIRGINIA VALE
SUCCESS is nothing new to
Joan Davis; when she was
7 she was headlining an act
in vaudeville. But it’s hard
work, talent and an uncanny
sense of timing that have
landed her where she is now
—doing "The Joan Davis Show” on
CBS Monday evenings, and making
two pictures a year for RKO. In
1941 she asked for her release from
a contract with Columbia Pictures,
to free-lance — and “free-lanced”
JOAN DAVIS
herself onto the Rudy Vallee show,
for guest shots at first; later, when
Vallee entered the service, Joan
took over. Incidentally, when Joan's
“sister" is featured with her on the
air, the sister is really Joan's daugh
ter, Beverly, aged 12.
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Clark Gable is back on the "China
Seas," where he was ten years ago.
For "The Big Shore Leave," in
which he stars with Greer Garson,
the old Merchant Marine freighter
was renamed the "Minnie Tolbert”
and fixed up a bit. But when Gable
saw her he whooped “That’s not
'Minnie,' that’s the old 'China.' ”
The same ship on whose deck Gable
first kissed Jean Harlow, while a
brunette newcomer looked on. The
newcomer has done all right in pic
tures, too, by the way—her name is
Rosalind Russell.
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In five weeks and three days of
personal appearances Bud Abbott
and Lou Costello, vacationing while
“Mystery in the Air” replaces them
Thursday nights on NBC, netted
$75,000 for the Lou Costello Jr.
Youth Foundation. They’ll return *o
the air in October.
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When Esther Williams reported
for work on Metro's "The Hoodlum
Saint," the make-up girl took one
look at her and went to work with
turpentine. It wasn't a new skin
treatment—Esther’d been painting
her porch furniture the afternoon
before.
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A good assistant director has his
wits about him all the time. Re
cently at Paramount a scene for
"Calcutta" was in progress when an
arc light placed near the ceiling
touched off part of the automatic
sprinkler system. One hundred ex
tras and the entire crew scrambled
for cover, but Herbie Coleman had
only one worry. "Don't let Alan
Ladd get wet!" he shouted. "We [
haven’t a change of clothes for
him!"
"County Fair," the Jack Bailey
show, joins the small, select list of j
radio's summer replacements that j
have been so successful that they’ve
been kept on. "Jimmy Carroll
Sings" is another. Jimmy may act
as master of ceremonies in addition
to singing
Jerry Wayne, star of his own ra
dio show heard on Fridays over
CBS, has worked up a little act with
a few stage and radio personali
ties, to tour the army hospitals
around New York. It’s a two-act
musical comedy and the boys say
it’s swell
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Bashful Oswald, heard on the
NBC “Grand Ole Opry,” is prob
ably best known for his wild and
raucous laugh Oswald's two chil- I
dren now delight their playmates
with a good imitation of their j
father’s trademark—his three-year
old daughter is practically per- j
feet at it.
Philip Terry showed up on the set
of “To Each His Own” with a bad
limp. While talking to Walter Pidg
eon, he rested his knee on a chair
and promptly put it out of joint. So in
some of his scenes with Olivia de
Havilland and Mary Anderson you’ll
see Terry sitting down, though orig
inally it was planned to have him
stand.
—Jk—
ODDS AMD ENDS-Xavier Cugat
will not only appear with hit orchestra
in Metro's "Holiday in Mexico"—he’ll
lurn crooner «« well. . . , “Truth or
Consequences” llulph Edwards, who’s
been living in Uebe Daniels' home in
Santa Monica, is moving into Groucho
Marx’s this fall. - ■ . Fred Allen brings
his Allen Art Flayers back to the air
Sunday evening, Oct, 7th, immediately
following Edgar Itergen und Charlie
McCarthy. . . He’ll at so have Minerva
f’ious, and Al Goodman’s orchestra.
. . The furore over Isiuren Bacall
nay have been the cause; anyway, there
usi* a “command performance” of “To
Have and Bate Mol" at Windsor cattle. \
Official Pearl Harbor Blame
Hear Adin. Husband E. Kimmel, upper right; Adm. Harold K.
Stark, left; and MaJ. Gen. Walter C. Short, lower right, shown on back
ground of attack on Pearl Harbor, have been given the official blame
for the unpreparedness of American forces when the Japs attacked the
islands. General Marshall, also named, was declared not responsible by
President Truman.
Germans Try at Postwar Farming
Complying; with General Elsenhower’s order of “harvest or starve,”
German farm people are utilizing anything and everything In order to
harvest their erops for winter usage. Here a farmer and his wife use
a pair of oxen to draw their reaper, in the absenee of power machinery,
on a war-torn farm near Honad, Germany.
Siamese Twins Start Life
Siamese twin girls, delivered by their grandmother, were given a
good chanee to live, although physicians expressed doubt if they could be
severed. The twins, born to Mrs. Miranda of Coldwater, Arlx., a suburb
of Phoenix, weighed a total of 8 pounds 9 ounces, and are almost identical
in size. Their condition seems to be improving.
War Chiefs Honored hv France
J
Four American officer* of flve-star rank are shown wearing their
new decorations after they bad received the Grand Cross of the Legion
of Honor of France from Gen. Charles de Gaulle. Left to right are: Adni.
William I>. Leahy; Gen. George C. Marshall; Adm. Ernest King and Gen.
H. H. Arnold. General de Ganlla conferred the honors In Washington.
General Wainwright
Lt. Gen. Jonathan W. Walnwright,
who commanded the American
forces in the Philippines when Cor
regidor surrendered, is shown after
his release from Jap prison camp.
Has Occupied Tokyo
Lt. Gen. Robert L. Elchelberger,
commanding general of the U. 8.
8th army, who has been designated
to oecupy the Tokyo area. He has
long been considered the most ex
perienced Jungle and Jap lighter In
the Allied armies—and marked as a
Jap hater.
Old Mission Fiesta
Reviving the romance and color
ful hospitality of the California of a
century or more ago, the annual
fiesta, interrupted during the war
years, is being renewed at the San
Gabriel mission, fourth of the Span
ish missions built along El Camino
Real.
Discoverer of DDT
Dr. Paul Muller, who with Dr.
Paul Lauger, now in the United
States, gave DDT, the miracle in
secticide, to the world. He asserts
that by proper methods all insects
can be controlled.