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Friday? July 30,
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The Intelligentsia: John Lardner
and Vincent Sheean are among the
correspondents back in town . . .
Lt. Doug Fairbanks, on leave, ap-
pears younger than ever.
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About a year ago Russell Wade
was picked right out of a group of
extras by RKO and given a term
contract. He’ll be featured in “Ghost
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Bystander:
The ’Bta'gic’ Lanterns: Take “Fori’
Whom the: Hell Tblfc’-1' as a hearty/
action flicker;, arrd you’ve got some--
thing" to Trie' acting of Ingrid!
Lergman;.Gary Gboper; Katina Paxi- •
nou aftd ’tlJe? ccast ss big time. It all '■
holds together.' fine. ,Eutt if you want '■
Eemingway^ss story,, which called
Franco som-sroffttiu' things he is, this
isn’t your dish:. Ail! very proper and
sparing of the'Fascist feelings . , .
Too bad it wsfSi released right after
Allen Chase’ss sizzling! “Falange,”
documented triuth' abort what Fran-
co's Spain is ' up' ttR- The cinema
has made Hemingway flabby, poor
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night club engagement, cut two tre-
mendously successful records,, was
given- stellar- billing to the- air’s
“Here’s- to Romance'.”- He’ll proba-
bly sign, with a major studio before
you read this. Somebody at Metro-
realized that the lad- was' hot stuff,
and- ran “DuBarry”' for a look at
him. Every scene he- appeared in
had gone- to- oblivion- on the cut-
ting room floor!
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Until about two» months ago Dick
Haymes was; just a chap; who' sang
with; a band—Harry James’,. Benny
Goodman’s and Tommy Dorsey’s,
in that order. As vocalist with Dor-
sey, he’d' had’ a share to “DuBarry
Was- a> Lady,”- when it was made at
Metro- last spring. Recently his star
began to- rise;' he had' a successful
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A complete file of the London
Times for the period of the great
blitz of-1940 was received by War-
ner Bros, for source material for
the Ida Lupino-Paul Henreid pic-
ture, “In Our Time.” One of the is-
sues included an account of the
death of Stanley Lupino, Ida’s fa-
ther, who was killed in the blitz.
The famous actor was serving as
j a defense volunteer. Incidentally,
you’ll hear Ida humming one of her
own songs in the picture; paid $25
for it, she sent the money to the
Hollywood Canteen.
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By VIRGINIA VALE
Released fey Western Newspaper Union.
rTAHE first picture which
I Katharine Hepburn will
make for M-G-M under her
new long-term contract will
be ‘-Without Love/’ in which
she' starred on Broadway last
season;: itrs by Philip Barry,
who; wrote ‘■‘The Philadelphia
Story..”’' It”s one more version
of the' old1,, old tale about the young,
woman; who; marries with the under-
standing. that the marriage is to be
purely one of convenience', and then
discovers; thaH she loves the man,
after all.
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Brown Derby Tickertape: Add lo-
cal fads: Mrs. Darryl Zanuck
wears her husband’s campaign rib-
bons . . . Stop-the-press-item: OPA
has abandoned price control over
book-ends, artificial fruit and read-
ing racks.
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Studio Small Talk: They hear'
Myrna Loy will return to pictures;
with Wm. Powell in “The Thin Mani
Comes Home.” And then one filhv
a year for MGM . . . Errol Flynn,.
Ida Lupino and Ann Sheridan are-
dickering to finance films in Mexico>
. . . Robert Donat, the star, is; ite
Algeria broadcasting news for BBC;
He was first to air the Sicily- inva-
sion . . . The “Victory Through Air-
power” film has reconciled Gen. Ar-
ndld and Major Seversky . .
Barbara Brewster (Mrs. A.. Bloom-
ingdale) has retained former 11 S.l
Attorney I. R. Kaufman in her melt-'
ing action . . . Insiders hear that it
maybe a sizzler . . . Edith Gwynn’s
sum-up of a certain celeb:
my best false friend!”
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NAZI AIR STRENGTH ;
Air force experts are commenting
on the fact that German air activity .
is stiffer in every theater of the'
European war. More German i
planes have been rushed to Italy,-
are also active on the Russian front,
' and are more active over the Euro-
pean continent in combating Allied
bomb raids t-han at any previous
time in the war. .
Experts believ£ the Germans have
put up all their air strength. This
is highly significant, for it means
they have taken everything they.i
have, leaving no reserves.
Thus every loss inflicted on the
Luftwaffe in any of these theaters
represents a decline from the mini-
| mum required for a defense of the
I continent. And when you cut a force
below its necessary minimum, you
are bringing about its downfall.
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Even commandos can’t get into the Casbah, old and evil city of Algiers,, North Africa.. IP’s a forbidden zone.
Left: A street scene in the Casbah. Inset top center: Military police at one of the entrances; to the notorious
section. Right: A native and his child lie in the gutter of a .street in-the Casbahi. ____
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The Wireless: The-cwramentators,
especially the Britons;, were full of
contradictions during' the first days
in Sicily. They kept cautioning us
that it looked tough’, ahead- Then
they’d have to reports the fabulous
progress that had been made . . .
Bob Trout debunked! the' idea thati
the Sicilians were” Fascist-hatersi
who would jump right'ihi orc our side.!
He cited a dispatchiffiom John Gun-,
ther to prove his point.. Gunther'
reported that on the'first night three;
Allied sentries had their throats cut!
. . . Joe Goebbeli;. the Ear who;
looks like a midget, kidded the home
folks, but betrayed his; panic to the
world. His radio stooges claimed-
that all landings in-Sicily were re- -
pulsed, save a few on the' East coast.
That being the only coast that was
visited . . . Willkie put.this- common
sense into the mikes:: *’It is time
for us to decide whether we are go-
ing to commit ourselves to staying
in this war until it has-- been really
won in a lasting peace and not in;
just an armistice” . . . The whim-
pering of the Axis? short-wavers
makes delicious listening;.
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Max Werner
“For Whom the Bell Tolls’’' still
heads the list of what New Yorkers
are- talking about;—with the- war ex-
cepted', of course-. The general opin-
; ion seems to be that it is by far the
best picture that has come along in
1943, worth sitting for nearly three :
hours to- see. You-'!! enjoy it more if
you’ve- read, the- book, since it had to
be changed, a bit to> conform to the
Hays code-. But on the whole it is
remarkably true to* the story. The
. cast is excellent;, it was nothing
short of inspiration to. give Katina
Paxinou) the- role of “Pilar.” The
photography, in technicolor, is some
of the best that we have seen.
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The 350 soldier actors of “This Is
the Army” Were forbidden by the
war department to talk to actresses
on the Warner lot while making the
picture. Joan Leslie, the leading
lady, couldn’t understand their in-
difference to her. They sent a sec-
ond lieutenant to her dressing room,
finally, to say “My men want you
to know that by unanimous vote
they have chosen you as the motion
picture star they’d most like to
meet.” After that Joan felt better.
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RKO Radio announces that stage,
radio, night clubs and little theaters
nave been combed to provide the
studio with new film talent having
possibilities of stardom. Edward
Small, whose pictures are released
by United Artists, announces that
ie has signed Tony Devlin, 16-year-
)Id student of a Los Angeles high
school, the first of a list which he
hopes to recruit from high schools
and colleges for possible motion pic-
ure careers. The talent search is
on!
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merry-go-round
C, A professional cameraman’s ap-
praisal of capital figures, as seen
under the flash bulb: Cordell Hull,
patient; Donald Nelson, harried and
hurried; handsome Ed Stettinius,
vain as a Hollywood actor; Henry
Wallace, philosophically reflecting
on “how the news camera distorts
life.”
£T Enemy broadcasts, intercepted by
FCC, declare Washington is push-
ing an Argentine break with the Axis
with “increasing eagerness” to sat-
isfy U. S. “appetite for encamping”
on the Falkland Islands—“unjustly”
snatched by Britain from Argentina.
Thus Berlin tries to drive wedges
both between Argentina and U. S.»
and between U. S. and Britain.
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ODDS AND ENDS—Good standing
in a Barry Wood fan club requires the
regular purchase of tear bonds and
stamps . .. Wallace Beery and Marjorie
Main ivill again be teamed, in a Metro
comedy called “Rationing” . . . Johnny
Gart’s recipe for writing a song hit—
“Take a number composed by one of
the old masters and decompose it” . . .
Despite his Montana background Gary
Cooper’s no shark at poker; playing it
for two days for scenes *in “Saratoga
Trunk,” he tried—vainly—to draw to
an inside straight... The War Shipping
board’s taken “Action in the North At-
lantic” for use as a training film.
The Magazines:- Max Werner i
makes a point worth'thinking about
in Liberty. It is the Nfizis;. he writes,
wflj are cheered by alii this talk of
a long war. That is theiir ®nly hope
now, Werner reminds,, since the:
Blitz is gone on the; Fritz.. Werner
guesses there will ba? aa ninth inning
in 1944 . . . Collier’s; is concerned
(editorially) about Americans who
keep picking on John L. Lewis.
The editorialist fears-that! criticismi
of labor's primA donna; may arouse, '
new attempts to slow up) the war ef-l
fort. Such nail-biting, feaves me J
cold.
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Any erroneous reflections upon the
standing, character, or reputation of
any person, firm, or corporation
which may appear in the columns
of The News will be gladly correct-
ed upon being brought to the at-
tention of the management.
PACIFIC WAR WILL TIGHTEN
Operations in the Pacific have
met with glorious initial successes,
and American forces will push on
from one island to another, in a
campaign which will have no per-
manent pause.
But don’t look for a continuation
of one-sided warfare much longer.
We made our first landings in
places where the Japanese were
weak and where resistance was not
aybstantial. But as we advance far-
I ther, resistance will become stiffer,
I ’nd the progress slower.
Faces About Movietown: Greer
Garson in tears over a surprise gift
of jewelry from “The Gang”—dur-
ing the last “take” of “Mme. Curie”
. Mervyn LeRoy’s headache-
shaving it from 20 reels to 14 . . .
The Chaplins on a Beverly Hills cor-
ner chatting. And not a passerby
stared. (“Whaddaya think this is—
New York?”) . - . Sophie Tucker,
who attracts a weekly gross of near-,
ly $40,000 in a local cafe. Previous
stars there averaged 22 Gs . . .!
Capt. Jimmy Stewart, who was r1-
ways so thin—now very skinny, .]
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While many big city laundries struggle along understaffed and elim-
inate extra services, American' soldiers^ to Australia demonstrate that they
have their laundry problems well in hand. Aided by an electric washing aUuUUpi,vW «. —
machine, they do their own washing. Left to right: Sergt. John Runnels tbem be guided through mine
to
Beverly Hills Novelette: He is
well known among, the Texas mil-
lionaires . . . After? a liaing struggle
to accumulate-his; great wealth he
decided to settle down and marry,
. . . “Where does-; an aging man;
with nearly all the' money in the
world,” he once said’,, “find a woman
who will marry him—because she!
cares about him; — and not his
dough?” . . . He-finally met a love-
ly gal—considerably younger . . .
“If you marry me,” he proposed,
“I’ll build you the' most beautiful*
home in California—among all the
movie stars—and! we will give won-
derful parties there*—and meet them
all” . . . “But that’s not what I
want.” she said. “I want someone
who loves me; A beautiful mansion
and all the money there is couldn’t
! make me ■ live.* in it. If you want to
try your luck;. F1I marry you” . . .
And so they were married . . . The*
mansion* iss n©w his tomb ... At
week after ifc was finished—she rani
away with the* interior decorator.
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During the first five days of the-
invasion of Sicily, 1,200 prisoners
---------------------- ,. were captured by Allied, troops;,
have their laundry problems well to hand. Aided by an electric was img soundphoto shows a few of
machine, they do their own washing. Left to right: Sergt. John Runnels fbem beJn^ guided through mine
of Fort Worth, Texas, Sergt. Harry Tanrit, Chicago, Ill., and Sergt. fieids to await embarkation from; the
Walter Sandberg, Duluth, Minn. battle zone.
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' GERMAN-ITALIAN ANTAGONISM' i >
it With the invasion of Sicily, the: ,
I question of whether Germany and)
Italy can pull together as a team! j
now becomes something much more-; ]
than a subject of amusing wise-
cracks. The basic hostility always
existing between them—both the, !
American Press Association, 225 W. | armies and the people-may now ;
prove to be the fatal fault in the] .
Axis. I I ,
United States diplomats and news- '
men who lived interned in Italy un-| '
til May, 1942, recall many an ex-:
pression of Italian resentment I
against the Germans.. !
Gn the night before the interned! !
Americans left Rome to return to|
the U. S., a group of newspapermen,! ,
including Richard G. Massock of] ,
the Associated Press, visited a res-j
taurant called Biblioteca, which had;
been a favorite haunt for most of,
them before the days of internment.
The place was packed, largely with*. !
Germans, but when the head waiter! ■
recognized them, he hustled somej
diners off, to make room for his old j
American friends. i
An Italian at the next table mum- *
bled something about Germans in-j
truding, whereupon AP’s Massock]
spoke up: “We are not German!” ,
“Excuse me,” said the Italian, in-!
dicating clearly that to call a man'
a German is a fighting word. !
This prompted another Italian toy
come to Massock, the first Ameri-;
can he had seen for months. With
an affectionate embrace, he said:,
“Please give my kind regards to]
President Roosevelt!” !
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TANKS AND POTATOES !
The army doesn’t like to say too
much about it, but the United States
now has an embarrassment of]
riches with respect to tanks. A year
ago, and for at least a year before
that, there was great clamor about
speeding production of this weapon
with which Hitler overran the con-
tinent. !
However, both the invasion of
Sicily and raids over Germany now*
make it apparent that the weapon
with which we shall take back the'
continent is not the tank but the
plane.
Tanks were needed for the cam-
paign in North Africa, and a year,
ago they were the most important
weapon in the arsenal in prepara-
tion for the landing of November 8.
But fewer tanks were expended
in North Africa than had been]
expected, arid we stiff have most of;
those which were sent to that thea- ;
ter. Further, there will be less ]
demand for tanks in Europe than in1
Africa, because of shorter distances
and less mobility. :
A tank factory closed down to;
Ohio last week, a fact which nor-!
mally would have caused great'
alarm. But it passed almost un-|
1 noticed because of the fact that we ■.
now have miles of tanks standing to ■
line waiting to be used in whatever!
theater may require them. ]
Note: Claude Wickard says that]
tanks are like potatoes. A few
months ago everybody clamored for
them. Now they are a glut on the
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Sen. William E. Shedd, Maj. Gen. E. F. Harding, Brig^. Gen. Joseph E. Mass bi£s farewell to her snrthsoib
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Many American actors, musicians, writers and' artists of both sexes have'joined the services to .beip
win the war. Three screen stars are pictured above' to' their.rnew/ roles,. Left: Mi's;. John? DI• Herfc J&r.w feetter
known as Myrna Loy, who has been appointed assistant to the director of military and naval welfare, North At-
lantic area, American Red Cross. Center: Capt. Clark Gable o;f the- U. S. air forces is now am aerial gun-
nery instructor in England. He is pictured demonstrating the technique ®f handling the waist gun.. Right:
The government issue haircut somewhat deglamorizes him, but it’s still Tyrone Power, who recently achieved
a commission as a marine.
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Vermillion, Henry G. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, July 30, 1943, newspaper, July 30, 1943; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1227203/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.