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Friday, November 9, 1945
BRINGING OUR BOYS HOME
Millions of homes are waiting for the millions of our
boys and girls who have been too long away. We must
bring them back quickly, with every attention to their
needs. Travel is costly; it’s an expense we’ll gladly pay.
The Victory Loan will pay it.
VOLUNTARY ENLISTMENTS
(Washington Post)
If we are to meet some of the inescapable require
ments of national defense through voluntary enlist
ments in the Army and the Navy, those services must
be made a great deal more attractive to American citi
zens than they are now or ever have been in the past.
The Senate Committee on Military Affairs, accoidmg
to its chairman, “agrees with the Army and with the
people of the United States that if it is possible to have
a volunteer Army, that would be better than a con
scripted Army.” But, said Senator Thomas, The Army
does not think the enlistment plan will be sufficient.
Given the present character of the Army, we do not
think so, either. Nor do we believe that the Navy, as
now constituted, will be any more successful in man
ning its ships through voluntary recruitment. The a -
mosphere of both services must be radically changed it
their appeals for volunteers are to be effective. j
Some helpful but essentially superficial changes will
be effected by the May bill, which has now passed both
the House and the Senate. These have to do, in the mam,;
with the material benefits of enlistment. It would ex
tend the benefits of the GI Bill of Rights and the Selec
tive Service Act to men who enlist in the Regular Army
and Navy while there two laws remain in force—that
is until next May. It would permit one-year enlistments
in the Army for men with at least six months previous i
service and improve retainer pay. Similar steps are
necessary for the Navy if men now in the service are to
be induced to reenlist. As things stand now and until
the May bill becomes law, all the inducements are j
weighted on the side of getting out of uniform.
We do not believe, however, that material benefits go
to the heart of the elistment problem. Both the Army ;
and Navy adhere to a rigid, senseless and undemocratic
caste system. They are in a real sense feudal instlt!^“
tions, the rank-and-file members of which enjoy little
more than serf status. It is even more true of the Navy
than of the Army, which experienced a healthy democ
ratization during the war, that enlisted men have little
opportunity for advancement or for the realization of
ambitions which are accepted as a common birthright
in this society. For the men in the ranks, peacetime mil
itary or naval service is virtually devoid of prestige; it
is not too much to say that it is less respected than serv
ice in a good municipal police department. If the Army
and Navy are to attract large numbers of young Amer
icans, they must offer careers in which the apt and the
intelligent can progress and in which all can live in
dignity. _
TB Death Rate Declines; May Show Up Later
(Science Digest)
In spite of the war, which might have caused an in
crease in tuberculosis, 3,000 fewer persons died of the
disease in this country in 1944 than in 1943. The death
rate based on provisional figures was 40.8 per 100,000
population, compared with 42.6 per 100,000, in 1043.
Onlv 12 states reported increases in 1944 over their 1943
rates, while in 1043 increases over the 1942 rate were |
reported by 23 states. .
“This “definitely encouraging” news, announced by
the National Tuberculosis Association, is countered by
a warning from Dr. Kendall Emerson, managing direc
tor of the association.
“Because of the long course of the disease the full ef
fect of wartime conditions on tuberculosis control in
this country may not be known for several years,” he
said.
Two major factors, according to Dr. Emerson, un
doubtedly contributed to the continued decline of tu
berculosis during war years. First, absence of dire war
time conditions, including severe malnutrition. Second,
expansion of mass x-ray surveys, particularly among in- ;
dustrial workers, conducted by health departments and
tuberculosis associations, discovering many new cases.
Discovering new cases, he explained, was a gain
against the disease because many of them were diag
nosed in the early, most easily curable stage. This
means not only quicker recovery for the patient but
less chance of others getting the disease from him.
HOLLYWOOD
STAR-LITES
By CHUCK COCHARD
HOLLYWOOD ODDITIES
Little-known facts about well
known people . . . Before she
sought a stage career, Claudette
Colbert gave French lessons at
$1.00 an hour and sometimes
earned as high as $30 a week . . .
Ronald Colman’s lucky piece is a
half dollar given him by an old
Scotch doorman at the first the
ater in which Ronnie starred.
Bette Davis grew up in Lowell,
Massachusetts, and was the kind
of a tot who at four cut off her
sister’s curls and at six threw her
dolls out of the window . . . When
Bette Davis looked at the result of
her first screen test, “she ran from
the projection room screaming.”
Ida Lupino’s family tree goes
back to 1780 and has been full of
actors ever since ... At seven she
wrote and produced a play called
t
“Mademoiselle” for her classmates
at her school in England . . . At
i5 she bleached her hair, pencil
led her eyebrows and billed as the
“Enghsh Jean Harlow” . . . By the
time Maureen O’Hara was 14 she
had won every medal bestowed in
Ireland’s frequent play festivals
and dramatic contests . . . Ann
Miller and Gale Storm studied
dancing at the same school in
Houston, Texas, at the same time
—but have never met.
Olsen and Johnson were vaude
ville partners for 24 years before
they hit the “big time” and be
came hits on Broadway . . . The
Otto Krugers have been happily
married for 24 years . . . Pat
O’Brien is a champion mumblety
peg player . . . Lucille Ball’s hair
is no longer on fire—she has gone
blonde for her next role.
Ruth Hussey is a talented pian-'
ist as well as a singer . . . June
Storey was brought to Hollywood
as a singer, but in 11 pictures has
not sung a note on the screen . . .
Barbara Stanwyck and Lt. Robert
Taylor were co-starred in “His
| Brother’s Wife” months before
Hollywood knew about their ro
mance . . . Katherine Hepburn is
i one of Hollywood’s most punctual
I women—yet she has never worn
a wrist watGh or carried a watch
of any kind in her purse or car.
Michael O’Shea crossed the At
lantic 36 times as a bell-boy on a
| luxury liner . . . Lena Horne has
i never taken a singing lesson in
her life . . . Marsha Hunt has sung
under the assumed name of
Georgette Spelvin, a feminine ver
sion of the famous theatrical
name she chose herself . . . June
Allynon’s nickname is “Twink”—
it was given her by Van Johnson.
Greer Garson gave up a prom
ising career in a London advertis
ing firm to go on the stage . . .
Walter Pidgeon was once the sing
ing partner of Elsie Janis . . .
Spencer Tracy and Pat O’Brien
were in the Navy together during
the last war . . . Greer Garson’s
favorite recreation is going to the
circus . . . Walter Pidgeon likes to
putter in the garden.
Teresa Wright’s husband Niven
Busch, the writer, helped pay his
way through college by competing
in rodeos . . . Gene Kelly majored
in law at Pennsylvania State Col
lege and financed that education
by working during vacations as a
concrete mixer, a soda clerk and
a bricklayer . . . Harry James, the
orchestra leader, keeps his own
“Who’s Who,” an unusual file con
taining detailed information on
more than 9,800 well-known as
well as little-known professional
musicians in this country.
Bauxite, diamonds and, gold are
mined in British Guiana.
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