The White Falcon - 27.11.1943, Page 4

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THE WHITE FAL&ON
OUR FORCES — ALWAYS ALERT
Published by and for the American Forces in Iceland, under
the supervision of Special Service Section, Iceland Base Com-
mand. All photographs are by the U.S. Army Signal Corps un-
less otherwise credited. THE WHITE FALCON receives material
supplied by Camp Newspaper Service, War Dept.
This paper has been passed by the censor and may be mailed
home for one cent.
THE WHITE FALCON is written, edited and censored by en-
listed-man personnel.
IBC Special Service Officer. .Lt. Col. Lee F. Gilstrap.
Supervising Officer ..........Lt. David Zinkoff.
Managing Editor ...........T/3 Gene Graff.
Associate Editors .........T/4 John G. Wentworth.
T/5 Joseph T. Koren.
Art Editor ................T/4 Harrison Standley.
One For All And ....
Now that AEF recreation and entertainment is on
Hie up-swing in Iceland, it is necessary for everybody
to lend a hand. As extra-curricular activities increase,
spectator interest booms and, in turn, relaxation by
Servicemen boots ol’ man boredom right smack in
the seal of his trousers. That, aside from constant
vigilance, is the predominant problem confronting
the IBC.
Productions like “Angel Street,” “The Doughgirls”
and the oncoming “The Drunkard” have done and will
do considerable to alleviate Iceland’s bleakness. The
Andrews Memorial fieldhouse, just one week old today,
already has proved its worth as a center where the men
can kindle a competitive spark, and, what’s more im-
portant, provides diversion for hundreds of non-parti-
cipants every day.
Americans like service. They take things for granted
and expect to find that some hard-working individual
has erased all the knotty problems. But that attitude
won’t succeed in Iceland where the keynote must be
cooperation. Units should make certain that no talent,
whether it be for theatrics or athletics, is permitted to
go unexploited. Actors, boxers and officials don’t grow
on trees; they must be lured into the fold on a volun-
tary basis. That means any consideration they may re-
ceive from CO’s will induce qualified enlisted men to
offer their services. With hundreds of men deriving
entertainment, any efforts to increase participation
ill make for better shows.
The Wolf by Sansone
“Come In; The Wafer's Fine”
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Harry James is packing his
horn away for a stretch in the
Army. MGM’s speeding the shoot-
ing of his last movie for the
duration, “Two Sisters and a
Sailor,” and Harry isn’t any of
the title characters. ... Helmut
Dantine, the new pinup pash, will
star in Norman Krasna’s next
movie for Warner Brothers. It’s
all about a Nazi who escapes
from a U.S. prison camp, lives
with an American family and
learns a lesson in democracy —
titled “Night Action.”
®
Paul Lukas ar.d Mady Christi-
ans, husband and wife of “Watch
On The Rhine,” will be reunited
as Mr. and Mrs. in “Address Un-
known” for Columbia Pictures.
This time they are real super-
racers instead of anti-Nazi. . ..
Dinah Shore will do the thrush-
ing for “Bell of the Yukon,” Gyp-
sy Rose Lee’s first movie for Bill
Goetz. . . . Jimmy Cagney headed
for Hollywood with Bill McNam-
ara. Both will appear in “Port
Royal.”
a
Adolf Menjou, hack from 26
weeks touring overseas canteens,
confides that servicemen don’t
go for dirty gags. Menjou lost
his entire wardrobe via the swipe
route just before he checked out
of North Africa. ... Frank Sin-
atra has been deferred. By un-
animous vote he was classified
Swoon-A. ... Margie Hart’s hus-
band, a former press agent, is
now a first looey. ... Concert
pianist Jose Iturbi just signed
a long term contract with MGM.
His next will be “Two Sisters
and a Sailor,” followed by “Anch-
ors A-weigh.”
•
Warner Brothers turned over
one million smackers to Army
Emergency Relief, first returns
from “This Is The Army.” . ..
Orson Welles turned down a trip
to England to do “War and
Peace” for Alexander Korda be-
cause Columbia Pix wouldn’t let
his wife Rita Hayworth go along.
. . . RKO planning a new chiller
about an American warship
that disappears in 1812 and pops
up again in World War II with
the same crew and stuff. Holly-
wood can do just about anything
. . . MGM has its own censor on
the set of “Gaslight” to make sure
that Charles Boyer and Ingrid
Bergmann do nothing the Hayes
office wouldn’t like.
Paramount’s casting Gale Rus-
sell in a new spine-chiller,
“Fear,” scripted by Hagar Wilde,
author of “Guest in the House.”
. • - Frances Gifford exed an
Australian trip for a part in “Mar-
riage is a Private Affair,” with
Lana Turner and John Hodiak.
... Walda Winchell changed her
name to Joan Eden, so she can
make her way in movies without
papa Walter’s help. Or have you
heard that one before? ... “Ok-
lahoma” is still packing ’em in
on Broadway and recently play-
ed to standing room at West
Point.
Don Golenpaul, who graduat-
ed from WPA to the big time
with “Information Please,” says
the radio show won’t be a suc-
cess until it plays host to Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Prime Minist-
er Churchill. The show already
has played to James, Elliott and
Theodore Roosevelt. . .. Lena
Horne and her sultry beauty soon
may be seen on Bropdway in
“Trinidad,” scripted by Harry
Tierney, who scored with “Rio
Rita” so many years ago. Broad-
way angels are giving with the
moola just for a chance to see
Lena. . .. Ginny Simms and Ge-
orge Murphy teamed in “Broad-
way Rhythm.”
Hollywod has emerged with
a pair of stinkers. Paramount’s
contribution was “Alaska High-
way,” while United Artists has
given us “Young and Willing.”
Either picture, according to the
critics, is material for the part
of a double feature which you’ll
be eager to miss. ... Jinx Falken-
burg is dickering for a radio
show.
7U JnquiKLng.
E&pahi&ti
Pin-ups attracted The Inquir-
ing Reporter’s attention this week
so he asked four soldiers which
shapely miss they prefer. Here
are the answers:)
“I might have some ideas, but
being a cautious
gent I’ll take my
wife, ’Lorraine,”
replied Pvt. Gail
Milligan, 25, of
the Ordnance.
Milligan, whose
wife is waiting
for him in Knox-
ville, Tenn,
worked in the
T V A Engineer
Dept, before Pearl Harbor.
Another vote for a wife was
cast by Pvt. Earl
c h r o y e r, 27-
year-old Ordn-
ance man, who
said, “My favor-
ite in any league
is my wife, Mab-
le.” Schroyer, a
truck mechanic
as a civilian, will
hang his hat at
Northumberland,
Pa., when the war. is over.
Infantryman Pvt. Ernest Wyb-
le, 24, of Opel-
ousa, La., was
looking at a
photo of Rita
Hayworth when
interviewed, but
his judgement
didn’t waver.
“There’s no pin-
up who can com-
pare to my li’l
woman, Lydie,”
he emphazied — as he look an-
other look at the semi-draped
magazine picture of Miss Hay-
worth.
“My ballot goes for Anne Shir-
ley,” declared
Sgt. Peter Zab-
locki, 25. “I think
she’s the pretti-
est'gal in Holly-
wood.” In the In-
fantry, Zablocki
comes from
Brooklyn, N.Y.,
where he was a
hospital chef un-
til Uncle Sam
called him to the colors.
CHAPLAIN’S CHALLENGE
“For I heard the defam-
ing of many, fear on
every side.”
Jeremiah 20:10.
The subject of defaming oth-
ers recalls to memory an amus-
ing anecdote in the early life
of Robert Louis Stevenson. As
the story goes, it was Steven-
son’s pastime to stand before
the window each night watchr
ing the lamplighter illuminate
the globes in the street. Ask-
ed one evening what he was
doing, the boy replied, “I am
watching the man knocking
holes in the darkness.” Truly,
this is one of our jobs—knock-
;ng holes in the darkness some-
one is trying to put around an-
other fellow’s character.
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