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Three chorines at Billy Rose’s Diamond Horseshoe in
New York unsmilingly peruse the news about the mid-
night closing- of night clubs, effective Feb. 26. Left to
fight, Joy Skylar, Matie Noel and Virginia Durse.
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Alice Faye and Charlie
Winninger are scheduled to
play the Janet Gaynor and
Will Rogers roles in STATE
FAIR in the new 20th Cent.
—Fox remake of the Phil
Stong novel .... Another
remake will be THE VIRG-
INIAN — with Barbara Brit-
ton, Joel McCrea, Sonny
Tufts and Brian Donlevv..
Jon Hall is having plastic
work done on his nose aft-
er the much-touted brawl
with T. Dorsey .... Bing
Crosby appears in the finale
of Paramount’s DUFFY’S
TAVERN with others of the
cast singing “Swinging on a
Star.”
Ed Wynn leaves the air-
lanes at the end of this
month with Jerry Wayne
and Mark Warnow’s orchest-
ra taking over .... Hal Mc-
Intyre’s aggregation hits the
networks soon with a spon-
sor in tow .... Greer Gar-
son, fed up with “period pic-
tures,” says, “I’ve been in so
many bustle pictures, it’s be-
ginning to grow on me.”
Hildegardc invites a sail-
or to the stage before each
broadcast and kisses him
roundly for good luck ....
Penny “Blondie” Singleton
asked a co-worker where she
was living now. “Same old
place,” said the girl, “beyond
my income 1” .... Virginia
Payne, lead in the CBS day-
time serial “Ma Perkins,”
hasn’t missed a broadcast
since the series started, in
1933.
Lana Turner is being
boomed by her friends for
the role of Amber St. Clair
in the screen version of
Kathleen Winsor’s best-sell-
er FOREVER AMBER. The
Hays Office, however, is go-
ing to white-wash the screen
edition .... Frances Lang-
ford will have a featured
role in the Walt Disney
CURRIER AND IVES pro-
duction .... Bing Crosby is
completing plans for a trip
to the South Pacific to ent-
ertain troops, according to a
report from Radio Daily . .
. . Lauren Bacall, filmdom’s
new siren, sprawls in a chair
like most college-age Araer-
can girls. “I always seem to
end up on the floor,” she
says. “Even at the most ele-
gant parties I start out slid-
ing down in my chair until
finally I’m sitting on the
floor. I think it’s the most
comfortable position, any-
way,” she adds.
Survey Shows 800000
C?Is Prefer Postwar
Life Down On Farm
An estimated 800,000 sold-
iers will return to the nat-
ion’s farms after the war, a
survey of the postwar plans
of servicemen shows.
The figure, released by
Fred J. Hurst of the Farm
Credit Administration, cor-
responds favorably with
the number of soldiers who
originally came from farms.
There will be a turnover,
however, for many' forme?*
farmers will not return to
the land, while an equal I
number have acquired a pre-
ference for the rural life
while in the Army.
County agricultural advi-
sory committees will give
assistance to returning ser-
vicemen in locating good ac-
reage and avoiding farming
pitfalls.
THE LUNATIC
FRINGE
BALTIMORE: Mrs, Jesse
H. Rosenbloom has just been
granted a divorce after she
testified that her husband
made $25,000 a year but re-
fused to pay any of her bills
except the one for the tel-
ephone. She told the judge
the only reason he even paid
the phone bill was so he
could call her up and tell
her “not to come where he
was.”
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.:
When a waitress insisted on
serving him mustard, Roland
Rovalle smeared a spoonful
of the stuff on her face. “I
hate mustard!” he exclaim-
ed.
GRAND ISLAND, NEB.:
A hotel manager lias insert-
ed the following ad in a lo-
cal newspaper: “Wanted.
Big shepherd dog. Must
have large bushy tail that
wags constantly for sweep-
ing purposes. Maids- have
gone to war.”
Soldier Who Can’i Wear
ODs Is Handed Discharge
A GI formerly stationed at
Camp Maxey, Tex., was dis-
charged the other day for
one of the most unusual
reasons yet. The soldier is
Pvt. Albert L. Van Dersche-
uren who has been returned
to civvies because he is all-
ergic to wearing ODs. After
•exhaustive tests, Army doct-
ors were convinced that he
developed a severe rash
whenever ODs got close to
his skin.
AMERICAN HOUSEWIVES KEEP CHECK
LIST OF BUSINESSMEN WHO BELIEVE
CUSTOMER’S ALWAYS WRONG, “BE OLD
MAIDS,” CAMP FIRE OSRLES ADVISED
Citizens on the home front are taking a leaf from the
little black book in which the late Huey Long of Louisi-
ana kept the names of those who opposed him—a reminder
to deal with them later.
Housewives in particular, all in general, are reported to
be keeping tabs on the names of retail firms whose em-
ployees insult wartime customers just because the former
know they can get away with it.
“Don’t you know there’s a war on?” or “Where
the -heck have you been since Pearl Harbor?” are
said to be typical of answers some clerks give when
customers happen to ask for unstocked merchandise.
There is also the objectionable practice of holding back
rationed goods for “regular” customers by some food
stores. New residents in some areas find it difficult to
buy butter unless they also order succofash, grapefruit,
bread.
Complaints likewise arise from transportation difficul-
ties. “Well, if you don’t like it, you can get off,” or “Oh,
a wise guy—eh,” and even “Why aren’t you in the Army?”
are said to have been some of the answers to innocent
questions involving travel.
These comprise some of the chapters in those
little black books. Elmer Wheeler, director of the
Tested Selling Institute which has circulated about
5,000,000 of these books, says: “Housewives — and
a lot of male customers, too — will bring their little
notebooks out of hiding after the war to plague bus-
inessmen who have tolerated blatant discourtesies,
and to square matters with the help by seeing that
they get the gate. Both employers and employees will
suffer unless they lake precautionary measures
now.”
“Certainly there are no real substitutions for a man!”
Thus answered Beatrice Lillie, British actress, to the
question, “Are most single women single by choice or by
circumstance?”
The question was recently voiced by a woman anthropo-
logist, Dr. Margaret Mead, who urged Camp Fire Girls to
acquire careers instead of husbands. She stated: “You’ll
have more time for bath salts.”
Miss Lillie’s rejoinder was only one of several
feminine comments. Author Fannie Hurst had this
sharp remark: “Spinsterhood is a cosmic itch, a
spiritual eczema. Successful and free, the unmarried
woman would trade it all for even a miserable hus-
band, since to lose this way is to win. Activities are
mere compensations, not substitutions for a man.
Sigle women cannot dismiss their frustration. Bath
salts — bah!”
Betty Smith, author of “A Three Grows in Brooklyn,”
thinks most women have but one real love, and that if
they fail to marry the. only one,” they might prefer
remaining single.
In China no such problem exists claimed Lee Ya-ching,
aviatrix and lecturer. “China has a better distribution of
the sexes,” she said, “and singleness there is mostly a
matter of choice.”
Four actresses who have been appearing in plays in
Boston advise sweethearts of overseas GIs to “stay as
sweet as you are” in preparation for their men’s home-
coming.
Mae West counsels: “Gel in shape — good shape!”
Tallulah Bankhead: “Be natural and utterly yourself.”
Jane Wyatt: “Stay essentially the same, though matur-
ed.” Cornelia Otis Skinner: “Men hate loo much change.”
Summed up Miss Bankhead: “After all, the boys
are thinking of nothing but home and they want it
to be the same as when they left.”
National American Legion headquarters announced
early this week that the names of 15 Japanese-American
servicemen have been restored to the honor roll of the
Hood River, Ore., post.
The post drew censure of the national commander
Edward N. Scheiberling, when it struck names from
its roll last December. One name was not restored,
because the man was dishonorably discharged.