The White Falcon - 09.06.1945, Síða 4

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REVIEWS OF NEW MOVIES
ON NISSEN HUT CIRCUIT
The following reviews are of new films recently placed on distri-
bution here. Further reviews wilt appear from lime to time as additional
movies arrive.
NATIONAL VELVET
(MGM film in technicolor
with Mickey Rooney, Eliza-
beth Taylor, Donald Crisp
and Anne Re'vere.)
Young Elizabeth Taylor,
aided by Mickey Rooney who
doesn’t “mug” for a change,
makes this a restful and ent-
ertaining horse story. Anne
Revere as the understanding
mother brings intelligence
and sincerity lo her role.
THE HORN BLOWS
AT MIDNIGHT
(Warner Brothers film with
Jack Benny and Alexis
Smith.)
A fantasy about earth and
Heaven, you have to like this
sort of thing before you can
enjoy it to the hilt -— even
if Jack Benny and Alexis
Smith are in it.
Above, shaking a mean hip,
is Isbalita, featured in RKO’s
PAN-AMERICANA.
PAN-AMERICANA
(RKO film with Phil Ter-
ry, Audrey Long and Robert
. Benchley.)
As an effort to promote
Pan-American relations, this
picture is short on story and
i long on music. Since music
| reputedly speaks an inter-
j national language, the pict-
ure succeeds in its mission.
SALTY O’ROURKE *
(Paramount film with Alan
Ladd and Gail Russell.)
In spile of the usual plot
of race-track and betting in-
trigue, etc., SALTY O’ROUR-
KE is b}r far one of the bet-
ter horse pictures to come
out of Hollywood. Special
credit should go to young
Stanley (Stash) Clements as
the jockey.
U.S. imughboys this week penetrated Chinen Peninsula
which guards Nakagusuku Bay on Okinawa’s southeast
coast (see above map). The bay is one of the finest an-
chorages in the Pacific, capable of handling Allied carriers
and battle wagons. Fighting for the large Naha airfield
was in progress also this week. Okinawa’s capture will
provide an ample staging area for future operations
against either Japan itself or the coast of China.
1 THE WAR IN THE EAST
OKINAWA — Japanese radio admits that Okinawa
is now an “isolated island” and that an invasion of
Japan proper seems imminent. Admiral Nimitz’ com-
muniqqe confines itself to U.S. air strikes against Jap
home waters.
PHILIPPINES Campaigns on Luzon and Mind-
anao nearing end with Japs taking up last-stand posi-
tions on both islands.
AIR WAR — More than 450 Superforts raze Kobe
as headquarters reports that more than 90 square mil^s
of six of Japan’s major cities have been burned out
or blasted. Compilation show's 51.3 square miles of
Tokyo smashed; more than 11 square miles of Osaka
■demolished; over 12 square miles of Nagoya ruined,
and 11 square miles of Kobe reduced to rubble.
CHINA — Although not yet confirmed hy the Chin-
ese High Command, American and Chinese reports
indicate that the Japs have been chased from Liuchow,
former U.S. airbase.
BURMA — British hurl hack fanatical night attack
hy 150 Jap troops seeking to seize Allied positions at
Mokshilwa.
Q. Can an enlisted man
count inactive service in the
Enlisted Reserve Corps to-
ward longevity pay?
A. Yes. See Sec 9, Act. 16
June 1942 (56 Stat. 363) as
amended by Sec 3, Act 7 Sept.
1944 (Public Law 421, 78th
Cong.).
Q. Can creditors collect
ja soldiers’ debts from the
beneficiary of his National
Service Life Insurance? I
owed more than $300 when
I entered the Army, and I
still owe it. Can my creditors
collect that amount from my
mother, who is the benefic-
iary of my insurance, if I
am killed? I fully intend to
pay off the debts myself
when I return to civilian
status hut I don’t want my
mother to have to pay them
from her insurance.
A. No. A creditor cannot
collect a soldier’s debts from
the beneficiary of his insur-
ance.
How About The Pictures?
Signal Corps photograph-
er Edgar B. Hatrick has very
vivid and pleasant memories
of the Yalta Conference
which he covered for the
Signal Corps Photographic
Center.
According to “Close Up,”
SCPC publication, Hatrick
was assigned to a barracks
by a Russian non-com. He
was awakened the next
morning hy the babbling of
feminine voices. Looking
out from under the covers,
Edgar found that he was in
a Russian women’s barr-
acks! The ladies were don-
ning their uniforms and per-
forming other feminine rit-
uals oblivious to the pres-
ence of the staring Hatrick!
“Can’t Beat City Hall”
John W. Taylor of Hag-
erstown, Md., had a run of
bad luck the other day.
Rushing from his auto to the
post office to mail a letter,
he ran into a sign on the
pavement, broke his glass-
es, cut his face and fell un-
conscious.
Taken to a hospital, he
came to and tired of waiting
for busy doctors, got treat-
ment outside. Returning to
his car, he found a no-park-
ing ticket on it.
World War I Gold'Star
Mother Suffers Again
Mrs. Josephine Mermet of
Pittsfield, Mass., holds the
unusual distinction of being
a Gold Star mother of both
World War I and II.
FRANCE FIGHTS VETO
QUESTION AND SIDES
WITH UNITED STATES
United Nations represent-
ed at San Francisco looked
to the U.S., Russia and Brit-
ain this week for a solution
of the knotty veto issue on
which France made known
she would vote with the U.S.
against Russia.
Russia says that the Big
Five should have the right
to block discussions and dif-
ferences of opinion which
threaten peace within the
Security Council. The line-
up of votes indicated that
Russia would he defeated on
the proposal.
Fear was expressed, hy
French delegation chairman
Boncour that such a defeat
would he of such proportion
that Russia might cause
them to withdraw from the
conference.
More Silver Than Gold
Just off the press, the 1945
Army Register reveals that
there are more lieutenant
colonels in the Regular
Army than there are second
lieutenants. Oak leaf wear-
ers total 3,596, while there
are 3,497 shavetails.
GI PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Winner of this week’s “GI Photo Contest’ is Tec 5
Clyde E. Peters Jr. with this striking night shot at
Camp Massey. To the winner of each week’s contest
go a carton of cigarettes and an 8x10 enlargement.