The White Falcon - 24.12.1943, Side 4

THE WHITE FALCON
OUR FORCES — ALWAYS ALERT
Published by and for the American Forces in Iceland, undei
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 and edited by enlisted-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.
Christmas... 1943
This is the third Christmas that finds American
youth waging World War II against the common en-
emy. And the prospect of another holiday season
in slit trenches or as alert and constant watchdogs 6f
Allied shipping lines in the North Atlantic, as is the lot
of troops in Iceland, contains no appeal for home-loving
Americans. But the 1943 Yuletide is considerably bright-
er than each of the past two years, and that, in turn,
brings us nearer to the day when we shall be reunited
with our families and friends.
As we pause momentarily from our duties to rever-
ently think about The King and the brilliantly glowing
Star of Bethlehem, we should breathe a prayer of graci-
ous thanks for belonging to a nation which is fighting
this war to preserve world freedom. Not freedom in
the sense that is permits strong, domineering nations
to over-run their weaker neighbors; but in a broader
sense that guarantees basic freedoms to defenseless
peoples.
Religious belief is an inherent privilege which is the
birth-right of every civilized human being, regardless
of how an individual finds solace from, the problems
of the world. Perhaps his habits of worship are differ-
ent from those of his neighbors, but basically all are
striving toward the one common goal. And these
differences of opinion—so long as the other fellow is
not ridiculed for his beliefs—are what produce a clear
thinking, happy world.
Hitler’s persecution of religious groups is a vivid ex-
ample of how suffering peoples turn to worship and,
what’s more important, recognize the common bond even
though they may read a different version of the Bible
or attend a different church. It wasn’t just the Jewish
people who condemned Hitler’s so-called “blood-purge,”
and it wasn’t just the Catholics who condemned him
when their people were being tortured and murdered.
In trying to suppress freedom of worship, Hitler un-
consciously strengthened the ties among Catholics, Pro-
testants, Jews and the others. His tyranny pointed out
the need for tolerance and unity, and was a great con-
tribution to the conclusive elimination of bigotry.
This, no doubt, is Hitler’s only contribution to the
world as it stands today, grimly united for crushing
blows against the man who thought he could stamp out
religion with bloodshed and cruelty. Evidence of his
failure is apparent throughout the world, even in Nazi-
shackled European lands, and tomorrow should be a
day of rejoicing because Hitler’s legions are on the run.
A Slight Delay
The post office at Wichita, Kan., is looking for Frank L. Roe.
As a matter of fact, it has been looking for him since the
last war. He is wanted because the postal officials haven’t been
able to deliver ot him his discharge papers from the Array which
were issued at Camp Funston in Dec. 1918.
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Murray Korman, famous Broad-
way photographer who has seen
the beauties come and go in show
business for many moons, finally
took the plunge. He married love-
ly blonde model Patricia Farrel,
just turned 19. Korman admitted
to 42 years. ... Broadway’s Para-
mount Theater celebrates its 17tb
birthday with a Red Skelton film,
“I Dood It.” ... New Yorker
Magazine’s doing a profile on
Louie, the waiter, who person:
ally sold more than two million
dollars worth of War Bonds with
his slogan. “Send a Salami To a
Boy in the Army.” It rhymes yet.
•
Selena Royle of Broadway
fame, and the veteran Hollywood
ace, Thomas Mitchell, are cast as
Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan in the film
story of the five Sullivans. ...
Pearl Buck’s “Dragon Seed” has
gone into production, with the
cast including Katherine Hep-
burn, Walter Huston, Aline Mac-
Mahon, Agnes Moorphea'd and
Akim Tamiroff... .MGM’s “School
of Musical Stardom” gets its first
crop of starlet graduates. They
go into feature spots in Metro’s
future musicals.
•
Add William Powell to the sick
list. ... Pat O’Brien and Ruth
Warwick, who did “Iron Major”
(based on the life of that great
football coach, Maj. Frank Cav-
anaugh), are off for the coast
to be teamed again in “Marine
Raiders.” ... Lynn Bari will sing
three numbers in the new “Brid-
ge of San Luis Rey.” ... Jack
Topping, society athlete, couldn’t
make the grade for the Army.
... And Henny Youngman and
his radio contract have been
quietly parted.
•
For the first time in screen
history a cartoon star is being
loaned to a rival film studio.
Bugs Bunny, the cartoon flash,
goes on loan to George Pal’s pup-
petoon, “Jasper Goes Hunting.”
Right in the middle of the picture,
Bugs flashes on the screen, does
his routine and yells, “Hey, I’m
in the wrong picture.”
•
Robert Alda, who plays George
Gershwin in “Rhapsody in Blue,”
is cast opposite Joan Leslie for
his next, “Cinderella Jones.” ...
D’Artega and his all-girl orchest-
ra signed by Paramount for “You
Can’t Ration Love.” ... That un-
finished Clifford Odets play,
which was not good enough for
Broadway, bought by Warner
Brothers. It’s titled “An Errand
for Uncle.” ... Jack Carson and
Jane Wyman to star in “Make
Your Own Bed,” story of the
servant problem in Hollywood.
•
Broadway just played host to
a premiere and a revival. The
first is “I’ll Take the High Road,”
financed by Milton Berle and
Clifford Hayman, the boy who
does the Aldrich Family. It’s
about a flock of home-grown
fascists, and if the play’s the
best they can do, say the critics,
“let’s leave ’em lay.” Jeanne
Cagney makes her starring debut
in the piece, and she doesn’t do
her reputation a bit of good. ...
The revival is “Goodbye Again,”
and for this shaky opus, the
sneering critics point out that
it’s bound to be “Hello Again—
Goodbye Again” and in a hurry.
•
The Tom Moore Distilling Com-
pany gave its shareholders an
extra special dividend—27 gal-
lons of Kentucky Bourbon whis-
key, all wrapped up in a lovely
keg and worth its weight in War
Bonds. ... Something new: Rene
Clair, movie director, is writing
a who-dunnit in which the mur-
derer turns out to be the reader.
We knew somebody would get
I around to that sooner or later.
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(The Inquiring Reporter want-
ed to spend a few minutes with
the pretty USO actresses so he
asked them to outline their ideal
of “the perfect man.” Here are
the answers:)
“Perfect? I’ll settle
who’s gay,
and understand-
ing,” retorted
Parker McCor-
mick of
York City. “He
doesn’t have
be too hand-
some, but if he
can dance and
help carry a sensible conversa-
tion, that’s good enough for me.
Miriam Stovall, who played the
part of “Vivian,”
flighty charmer
in “The Dough-
girls,” was right
in character
when she an-
swered: “I
wouldn’t be able
to recognize the
perfect one. All
men baffle me, I guess. But treat-
ing ’em rough is just a Holly-
wood mirage; very few heavy-
weight wrestlers are married!”
“It would take a perfect wo-
man to make the
grade with a
perfect man, and
since there are-
n’t any on earth,
why should there
be perfect men?”
replied Molly
Dodd, who por-
trayed the com-
ical Russian gal sniper in “The
Doughgirls.” She added: “If he’s
sociable and genteel, he’s the per-
fect one for me.”
“A man who tHed to be per-
fect would bore
me,” declared
shapely Betty
McCabe, whose
numerous attire
changes during
the show pro-
voked apprecia-
tive whistles and
“woo-woo’s"
from GI’s. “Just give me a fel-
low with pleasing personality
and poise, but not one who’s al-
ways ‘poised’—if you get what
I mean!”
CHAPLAIN’S CHALLENGE
Charity to the teacher of
Christ is the highest essence
of pure Christian living. By
charity, we mean not merely
the liberal giving of alms, but
instead the love and tender-
ness which all men should
feel toward their fellows and
which should induce them to
do good and think favorably
of others. Charity, in a phrase,
is the actual performance of
God’s will in God’s name to
one of God’s children. For
was it not Our Lord Himself
who cried, “As long as you
did it to one of these my least
brethren, you did it to me?”