The White Falcon - 16.12.1944, Side 1

OUR FORCES —
ALWAYS ALERT
Vol. VII.
ICELAND, Saturday, December 16, 19H.
No. 13.

Bundled up ready to meet the Icelandic winds and cold
in all their fury are the members of the USO-Camp Shows
Unit 391, “Fun Fest,” which gave its Command Perfor-
mance at the Tripoli Theater Thursday night. The three
charming young women, reading left to right, are Connie
Verlin, dancer; Regina Peterson, accordianist; and Georgia
Gaye, songstress. Posed in bold defiance of Mother Nature
are, 1 to r, Lew Fennard, juggler; and Del Chain and Dave
Thursby, comedians.
‘FUN FEST’ USO SHOW BRINGS
LAUGHS AND SONGS TO IBC
‘Going My Way’ Leading In
White Falcon Movie Poll
PX Officer Says
No Cut Foreseen In
IBC Cigarette Ration
Juggler Lew Fennard prov-
ed to be the hit of the latest
USO show to come to Ice-
land — “Fun Fest” — which
had its Command Perform-
ance at the Tripoli Theater
Thursday night.
^Leading the way with some
mighty fancy juggling which
sent four sombreros sailing
out over the audience and
then back onto the stage,
Fennard was given close
competition by accordianist
Regina Peterson; dancer
Connie Verlin; mistress of
ceremonies Georgia Gaye;
and comedians Del Chain
and Dave Thursby.
Using a “Gay Nineties”
versus the “Roaring Forties”
theme, “Fun Fest” showed
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According to Maj. Harold
M. Shaw, Base PX Officer, no
cut is anticipated in the
IBC’s cigarette ration. Maj.
Shaw was queried on the
matter by a Falcon report-
er following reports publish-
ed in the Army newspaper,
Stars and Sripes, that there
has been such a reduction
in the U.K.
Meanwhile, the cigarette
shortage in the U.S. has be-
come so severe that film
studios in Hollywood now
create atmosphere for night-
club scenes by pumping in
smoke, instead of using real
cigarettes for the purpose.
No Christmas Cigars
For U.S. Civilians
U.S. civilians will not be
able to purchase boxes of
Christmas cigars this year.
The Cigar Institution of Am-
erica reveals that 91,000,000
cigars a month are now ear-
marked for the armed forc-
es. Of these, 51,000,000 go
overseas.
Many New Films
Arrive Here For
Iceland’s Nissen Hut Circ-
uit has been replenished
with new movie productions-
films which are guaranteed
to keep GI morale “tops” in
the coming winter months.
High in the lists of the
latest Hollywood attractions
to arrive are THE DOUGH-
GIRLS with Ann Sheridan,
Alexis Smith and Jane Wy-
man; BOWERY TO BROAD-
WAY, musical of the “old
days” starring Jack Oakie;
OUR HEARTS WERE
YOUNG AND GAY, based on
the best-seller of Cornelia
Otis Skinner and Emily Kim-
brough, featuring Diana
Lynn and Gail Russel; LOST
IN A HAREM, latest Abbott
and Costello laughriot; and
TALL IN THE SADDLE
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Base PX Buys $ 100,000 War Bond-
Largest Purchase Yet Made In IBC
Last Friday the Base Post
Exchange purchased war
bonds in the amount of $100,-
000 — the largest single
bond purchase ever made in
Iceland. It was also unique
in another way, for it was
the first time to anyone’s
knowledge, that PX funds
had ever been used to buy
war bonds anywhere in the
world.
Major Harold M. Shaw,
Base PX Officer, turned over
the check to Lt. Col. Gardn-
er W. Porter, Base Finance
Officer, through Colonel Al-
bert D. Chipman, president
of the PX Council here.
Major Shaw added that
ten Type “G” bonds were
being purchased, at a face
value of $10,000 each, which
earn a 2y2°/o yearly dividend.
They were made payable
jointly to the IBC PX and
the Army Exchange Service,
New York, but will revert
to the Treasury Department
after the war.
Major Shaw added that
the fund represented accu-
mulated profits realized
from PX sales from the esta-
blishment of the firstPXhere
until the present. During
that time, however, maxim-
um company dividends of
fifty cents per man per
month, have always been
paid to unit funds and the
mark-up on articles has al-
ways been kept at the barest
minimum. Such excess funds
eventually revert to the Tre-
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Major Harold M. Shaw, Base PX Officer, looks on as Col.
Albert D. Chipman, president of the PX Council, presents
a check for $100,000 to Lt. Col. Gardner W. Porter, Base
finance Officer, for the purchase of war bonds here.
GOING MY WAY is out in
front in the White Falcon
Overseas Motion Picture
Poll by just a slim margin
as early returns give some
indication of the trend in
voting.
Other pictures which are
getting the nod as the Best
Picture of the Year are
SONG OF BERNADETTE
and SARATOGA TRUNK.
GOING MY WAY receiv-
es plaudits in another cate-
gory also as many GIs are
picking Bing Crosby’s per-
formance in that film as the
best male acting job. Barry
Fitzgerald is also receiving
votes for his work in the
same film. Other male stars
mentioned are Gary Cooper
for SARATOGA TRUNK
and THE STORY OF DR.
WASSELL and Cary Grant
in DESTINATION TOKYO.
Ingrid Bergman for her
work in SARATOGA
TRUNK and GASLIGHT
leads in the early returns
for the best female perfor-
mance of 1944. A “dark
horse” in the person of pe-
tite and charming young
Margaret O^Brien is gain-
ing on Ingrid for her heart-
stealing performance in
LOST ANGEL.
Barry Fitzgerald is also
receiving votes for his pri-
est’s role in GOING MY
WAY in the “Best Comedy”
performance classification.
Eddie Bracken for MIR-
ACLE OF MORGAN’S
CREEK and Danny Kaye for
UP IN ARMS also are show-
ing strength in the White
Falcon poll.
Rita Hayworth has taken
a slight lead in the Glam-
our Girl department for
COVER GIRL. Linda Darn-
ell for SUMMER STORM
and IT HAPPENED TO-
MORROW comes in next.
Surprisiqgly enough, many
IBC men are not voting for
their favorite glamour girl.
Final results in this poll,
which will be coordinated
with other polls in all the-
aters for the presentation of
a “GI Oscar” will be ann-
ounced in next week’s White
Falcon. All ballots must be
returned to the White Falc-
on Office, Base Special Ser-
vice, before 1630 hours, Mon-
day, 18 December.