The White Falcon


The White Falcon - 13.03.1943, Blaðsíða 1

The White Falcon - 13.03.1943, Blaðsíða 1
Vol. 111. Saturday, March 13, 19h3. No. 25. Wallie Boag (above) manipulates balloons into shapely ani- mals during show presented by USO-Camp Shows troupe, while Freddy Leitner (right) amuses audience with his comedy sing- ing and patter. USO-Camp Shows Troupe Has Busy Schedule Planned Rommel Retreats Again ' After abortive large-scale at- tacks against British Eighth Army positions east of the Mar- eth Line in North Africa, Rom- mel’s battered panzer units are u; full retreat to the hills north- cast of Medenia. As Rommel’s tanks rolled down from the hills toward Medenia, Eighth Army artillerymen pick- ed them off in large numbers until the Germans were forced to retreat to their original start- ing point. In this frustrated at- tempt to break through the Allied trap, the Germans lost 50 tanks. So successful were British gun- ners that General Montgomery found it unnecessary to use tanks in defense of his positions. Similarly, in northern Tunisia, attacks by General Von Arnim’s forces made headway at Temara, seven miles west of Sedejanene, only to be thrown back to their original starting positions by the British First Army, after losing 200 men. During operations, Al- lied aircraft bombed and strafed Axis positions in Sedejanene. On the central Tunisian front, American forces have clamped the trgp tighter on the Axis Af- fContinued on Page 2) Radio Shows Will Begin This Month Preparations are being speed- ed to insure inauguration of the local AEF broadcasting system before April 1, Porter McKeever, general representative of the Of- fice of War Information, dis- closed this week. At present, the library of “can- ned shows” is hardly adequate to maintain the contemplated schedule in the event new rec- ords are late in arriving, so of- ficials are marking time tempo- rarily until they have an ample slock on hand. Meanwhile, Mc- Keever announced that the Fred Allen variety show has been add- ed to the list of big-name pro- grams which will be available. The cast of six entertainers dispatched to this base by the USO-Camp Shows organization will depart from the immediate vicinity tomorrow to launch an extensive tour among units in “suburban” localities. The sextet of vaudeville, mus- ical comedy and nightclub per- formers received its stamp of approval locally this week after a series of well-received appear- ances. The troupe made its de- but at White Rose theater last Saturday and has been active every night with nary a pause. Each member of the cast was praised by audiences for his specialty, but Comedian Freddy Leitner and Wallie Boag’s novel- ty routine won a major share of the plaudits. Leitner is a “re- fugee” from such famous lures as Earl White’s Scandals, Rio Rita, and the nation’s foremost nightclubs, while Boag’s unique act, in which he molds animals from ordinary balloons, is re- markably clever. Of course, this doesn’t mean Canada Sponsors Second War Fund to imply that the others weren’t well regarded, because they de- finitely were. Each audience en- joyed every minute of the 90- minute show, from the time Bob- by Henshaw, comedian, mimic, ukulele virtuoso and master-of- ceremonies, introduced the first act until the curtain fell. Remainder of the group in- cludes Len Gunn, smooth operat- ing magician; Jim Penmen, adro- it juggler, and Mitchell Davidson, the unit’s one-man-band. The performers will return to this district after their trip and will remain until all available units in the Command have had an opportunity to see the show. Welles Ridicules Nazi Propagandists “The United Stales has no de- signs on Latin America and will give up its military establish- ments there, when the war is over,” Acting Secretary of Stale Sumner Welles asserted recently at a press conference, Welles explained, that Hitler propagandists are trying to spread the belief that the Unit- ed States wants permanent foot- holds in South America. How- ever, he said, military .agree- ments call for the use of Latin American territory only for the duration. The OWI group is busy mov- ing to larger and more centrally[ Canada plans to place at the located offices this week. The, disposal of the United Nations new building is near the radio station, and a “city room” will be arranged soon for the staff ^Continued on Page 3) a second sum of 225,000,000 Ster- ling, Cinvent Massey, high com- missioner fqr Canada, announc- ed. Red Army Takes City of Vyazma Belgian Pilot Surprises Nazis Acting on a tip from the Belgian News Agency under- ground channels, a Belgian airman in an RAF fighter plane killed five Gestapo of- ficers and 30 other German.'; meeting in Brussels. The fli- er reported: “I flew almost low enough to attend the meeting myself!” ‘5-Ocean Navy Ours By 1945,’ Knox Reveals The United States will have a five-ocean Navy in 1945, Navy Secretary Frank Knox revealed in his” department’s annual fiscal report. Knox. pointed out that the new building program, which will make the U.S. Navy the most powerful in the world, will be ready for action two years ahead .of schedule. Knox revealed that America’s warship construction program now is moving at such unpre- cedented speed, warships plan- ned for combat service in ’46 and *47 will be ready for duty with the fleet in 1945. This state- ment, Knox said, takes into ac- count losses which may be ex- pected during the course of the war. In 1945, the p.S. Navy will have in active service 5,675,000 tops of pe-\y combat vessels. Fierce Russian power continu- es to press back the crumbling Nazi horde on every front of the I 2,000-mile battleline, except near Kharkov and the upper Donetz Basin, where a desperate Ger- man counter-thrust retrieved some ground before it was checked. The Red Army scored another major victory yesterday when Vyazma, gateway to Smolensk, was taken from the Germans after bitter fighting. The Germans are reported in full retreat along a wide arc north and east of Smolensk as the Russians increased their gains and consolidated their newly acquired positions. Rus- sian advance units occupied se- veral villages west and south- west of Czatsk, including a di- strict center. Russian columns also are driv- ing on Smolensk from the north and southeast. Farther north, Marshal Timoshenko’s forces are closing in on Staraya Russa, while other Soviet units have crossed the frozen Lake Ilmen in a drive toward the city from the north. The second huge Red Army force has bypassed Staraya Rus- sa and occupied a number of points west of Lake Ilmen, while a third column is approaching Smolensk from the Demyansk region. The Russians have repelled furious German attacks aimed at retaking Kharkov, vital south- ern bastion, as wide-scale com- bat rages along the upper Donets on a front of 140 miles. Thurs- day night Russian gunners de- stroyed 29 tanks and killed paore than 500 Nazis in the battle for Kharkov. (Continued on Page 2) President Starts I Ith Year At Post President Roosevelt moved in- to his eleventh year as Chief Executive of the United States this week, and his personal physician reported him to be in even better physical condition tban when he first assumed of* fioe. The President’s intimates re- veal that he is determined to have the United Nations defeat the Axis and establish a stable peace foundation before his third term of office expires in Jan., 1945, •' Iflfii

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