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ALEXANDRIA DAILY TOWN TALK, ALEXANDRIA, LA. TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 194S PAGE THIRTEEN HIT N' RUN joraf- Toward Economy Noticed In Hollywood RADIO LOG Lector -Demonstrates: KALB KPDR KSYL SM UM li SM W. I4M Q.IS W. C- M. B.

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Ilea) Daace Time aUrkard Baraaaaa Kaany Baker Shear Oa the Jab-Training Maslne Solllraa Shea Red crest Pgm. fj. Of 3Sr ij10 are some of the things and hears while Jaycees to Help March of Dimes Campaign Here The Junior Chamber of Commerce voted at its meeting last night at the Alexandria Community Center to assist in the March of Dimes campaign which begins on January 15 under the chairmanship of J. A. Ingstrom.

Ira Dobbs was appointed chairman of a committee to conduct the Jaycees drive on the day assigned to them. Secretary Charles Buckley suggested the publication and distribution of a monthly bulletin, and he was given the go-ahead on. this project He said the first issue will go to members early in February. Guests were Isidore Vanderiick, puest of Ike Littell, and Charles Frederick, guest of Alfred Berlin. Edward Kline of Pineville was introduced as a new member.

report' 'Airing the movie sets. Mnves toward economy can be tod a over town as the movie tVtrv faces the rugged future fiv. ic. fe ar- Fallea Lew la. Jr.

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at. "led. What do you think of the with a fast and eager tannine each shot be- Aiudnirmuits place, "7 is making "Moonrise" half the ordinary time. li 1,311 the same "Movie gucis he exDlained. Te can't economize with qual-has to be made Largo." But a scene which will match the film's toughness was played during my visit.

It happened when Edward G. Itobinson discovered that Humphrey Bogart had burned a hole in the upholstery of "Little Caesar's" spanking new sedan. "All right, you mug, I'm going to get tough see?" muttered Robinson. "Yeah?" snarled Bogart This repartee continued for ten minutes and I'm not sure whether they were kidding. A Hollywood reporter has to ask a lot of people "What picture are you doing next?" Not often does he get an answer like Billy Wilder's on the "Foreign Affair' set.

The director considered the question seriously, then answered: "It's a honey. Big production. I'm using the San Francisco telephone book for a script. Should have a large cast." Dane Clark was among the many who mourned the death of Mark Hellinger and he had better reason than Dane was telling me about how he got his start in films. He drove out from New York- to try his luck here and was promptly turned down by every studio.

Clark especially wanted to crash Warners and applied there often, leaving his hat in the talent office when he did. Thus he would have a reason to return. One day he ran into Hellinger and gave him a letter from a mutual Broadway friend. Hellinger took him to the talent boss and wouldn't leave the office until Clark was signed for a test. The actor landed a role in "Action in the North Atlantic" and has been going well since.

War Grimes Trial of 21 Nazi Civil Servants Opens Germans Described as Key Figures in Hitler's Plans NUERNBERG. Jan. 6. (AP) Twenty-one top ranking Nazi civil sen-ants, including eight foreign office executives, stood before a United States war crimes court today and heard themselves described as key figures In Adolf Hitler's plans for world conquest. "Here are the men who transformed the plans and ideologies of the third reich into action," Brig.

Gen. Telford Taylor, chief American prosecutor, told the court in a five-hour speech opening the triaL Characterizing the defendants as "comparable in importance" to Hermann Goering and other top Nazi leaders condemned to death in the same room, Taylor declared: "These men had great power and they have much to answer for. Without their administration and implementation and without the directive orders which they prepared, no Hitler, no Goering could have planned or waged aggressive war; no Himmler could have wiped out 6,000,000 Jews." 'Ladder of Dishonor Taylor singled out as a target of special scorn the eight foreign office executives, headed by Baron Ernest von Weizsaecker, number two man under Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and one-time ambassador to the Vatican. He declared that these officials "stand on the top rung of the ladder of dishonor" and asserted that because of their acts no foreigner would trust a German diplomat shooting schedules." I asked u-ae fnr in. WEDNESDAY MORNING Bandits Force Illinois Jeweler to Open Vault Police Arrest 2 Men Believed To Be Members of Gang QUIXCY, 111..

Jan. 6 (UP) Police today arrested two men, believed to be members of a gang which entered a jeweler's home at gunpoint, terrorized his family, and forced him to accompany them to his store to open the vault. The gang obtained several thousands of dollars worth of jewelry and gems. The two men were identified as Frank Pebote and John Volk. both of Peoria, 111.

They were arrested after a statewide alarm was sounded for the men who robbed Jeweler R. M. Hurdle. They were captured at Rush-ville, 111., by state police who had chased them for several miles. In their car, police found $328 in cash, a lady's wrist watch, 29 men's and women's rings, and a quantity of diamonds in a leather sack Demand Store Keep Four men forced their way into Hurdle's home at gunpoint shortly after 8 p.

m. last night. At least one other man was believed to have waited in a car outside. The gang herded the jeweler, his wife, and their 10-year-old daughter into one room. They demanded the keys to his store downtown and the combination of the vault Hurdle gave the men the keys and the combination.

Then the gang put adhesive tape over the mouths and eyes of the Hurdles. Two stayed to guard the family while the others went downtown to the store. "While holding us, the two men looted the house for money and jewelry." Hurdle told authorities. Couldn't Open Vault "Pretty soon the men came back from the store. They said they couldn't open the vault even though I had given them th richt was he fifteen minutes "Mr," he smiled.

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A. Cook vs Sam Fields (clerks docket). Marriage Licenses Frank M. Beattie. Alexandria.

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Jan. 6. Iff) Five American marines who went on a Christmas-holiday hunting trip into Chinese communist territory have not returned and have not been heard from, marine headquarters here reported today. Marine officers gave no further details of their disappearance. One Chinese source said a jeep used by the party had been found abandoned, beyond the Chinese government lines, but tha tit was undamaged.

Neither the marine nor navy command would release the names of the missing. Join Rapides Bank Christmas Club. Deposit weekly or monthly. tfd to Hollywood. Rock for Bunkie.

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6. (Special) The Oakdale basketball town team, sponsored by the local athletic association, desires to schedule games with any teams interested, said Earl Greer, manager, who asks that they contact him by telephone at the Texas Company office or by mail. In the beginning of the basketball season the Oakdale team participated in games with Elizabeth, Hathaway and Kinder, the manager said. Playing on the local team are Earl Greer, McCoy Ray, Leo Pourteau, Colon Welch, T. J.

Ray, Sam Thigpen, Henry Karam, Leon Smith and Roberts. combination because I was afraid 1 PM 15 SO 45 1 PM 15 80 45 I PM 15 80 45 PM 15 80 45 5 PM 15 I Record Review Record Review Paul Wniteman Club Paul Wolteman Club Paul oltemanciub Paul Whilcman Club Jelly Elliott "Behind the Headlines-" Jelly Elliott Jelly Elliott L'P News, Orgaii Dick Tracy Terry Piratea Jack Armstrong lack Armstron Ersklne Johnson Johnson Family Harold Turner, Org. Reminiscent Rhythm Hop Harrigan Superman Captain Midnight Adventure Parade Board Rejects Plea for Convicted Negro NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 6. iff) A clemency plea for Irvin Mattio, negro, sentenced to die in the electric chair here next Friday, was refused by the state pardon board yesterday.

The youth was charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of Sylvanian Paul Cassagne, an Old Regular political leader. Cassagne was stabbed during a disturbance among a group of negroes at a Rampart street theater on May 3, 1945. Authorized Maytag repairs. 92P Washington street Dial 5570. tfd oi what they might do to my wife and daughter.

"They decided that I should go to the store with them to open the safe." The bandits removed the tam Tomorrow-Thursday TERESA WRIGHT ROBERT MITCHUM in "PURSUED" KIRBY GRANT FUZZY KNIGHT in "GUN TOWN" DOUBLE FEATURE BILL, WILLIAMS BARBARA HALE in "A LIKELY STORY" TONIGHT from Hurdle's face and drove the I Ncws-My Serenade My Serenade Stan Kenton Oreh. Tom Mia Tendercrsit Bporta Lelbert Musical Notet M-B Annlv. Time 18 blocks to the store with him seated between them. After Hurdle orjened th vault DENOTES NETWORK PROGRAM for the men, they looted its trays lit These Program Listings Presented at a PcMis Strvlce by the Above Statleaal arcs 2 or jeweiry ana gems. Then they drove him back to his home, picked up the bandits who had remained on guard and fled in two automobiles.

Phone 4926 Open 1:45 Join Rapides Bank Christmas Club. Deposit weekly or monthly. tfd Scalping Bowl Ducats Gets $100 Fine NEW ORLEANS, Jon. 6. (JP) Joseph Reed, of Eagle Lake, Texas, was fined $100 and given a 30-day suspended sentence in criminal court today after pleading guilty to scalping Sugar Bow' tickets.

Reed is the second scalper to plead guilty to charging more than the price on the tickets for the Sugar Bowl football game last Thursday. LAST TWO DAYS Sponge fishing is frequently mentioned in ancient Greek -5T Wutio FOR Pontiac pleases more people. fid a) 5 W-esiher WILLIAMS VOel it Hi 'A MELCHI0 J1 Sf Heine DURANT ncaaii iiiviura iuu iu Johnnie Hear "Tow Meeting of the Air" with George Denny, Moderator JOHNSTON 'Old Christmas1 Today, Mexicans Exchange Gifts Merry Christmas! Salud! For today's the day in Mexico, the Day of the Three Kings, when gifts are exchanged and toys arrive. It's not just an old Spanish custom, either. It dates from the fourth century, and it was almost as gen-, erally accepted as our December 25.

Today is "Old Christmas," too we'd all be celebrating if Pope Gregory XIII hadn't straightened out (in 1582) the calendar Julius Ceaser started back in 45 B. The exact day of the birth of Jesus is unknown. It was not until the third century that Christians began to celebrate the anniversary and there wasn't a general agreement as to the day. About a century later most of the world had settled on either January 6 or Deceiver 25, and gradually, within a few hundred years, the December day was generally chosen. But other countries, particularly in the Mediterranean area and in the east still celebrate at least part of the festival on January 6.

For Americans in Mexico, there's a double holiday. As for "Old Christmas," the astronomers in Ceasar's time weren't just exactly right when they set up a calendar making every fourth year a leap year. They made order out of serious confusion- ev- Xaelae. eryone measured time to his own ideas before thatbut 16 centuries later, the world was 11 days ahead of schedule because of that slight error. Pope Gregory changed it 11 days were just lopped out of 1582, and they took out the leap year that had been coming at the end of every century, which had caused the trouble to begin wtih.

Thus, officially, leap years come when the year is divisible by four, except when the year is in even hundreds. Then it's leap year only if it's divisible by 400. So it's "Old Merry Christmas" and "Merry Old Christmas" today. Dog Going to Florida for Extended Vacation CAMDEN, N. Jan.

6 (JP) When an airliner takes off from Camden's central airport for Jacksonville, today one of the passengers will be Pennythe dog that became a community dilema in Swedesboro, N. J. Penny is owned by Lamar Johnson, 20-year-old sailor stationed aboard a navy training ship at San Francisco. When Lamar enlisted, he asked his mother, Mrs. Gideon T.

Johnson, to keep th animal until his return. In recent months Penny has become a sort of community pet-mostly because of his habit of greeting the Swedesboro children on their way to and from school. Mrs. Johnson, however, developed asthma and a doctor declared Penny's hair was aggravating her condition. Mrs.

Johnson pondered the ins. I iUr CUGAT and his orchestra STARTING THURSDAY i til M-G-M's WIN WITH KENNON LISTEN TO THE 0 II HUNDLEY Speaking on Behalf of Judge Robert F. Kennon and His All-Veteran Ticket Radio Station KPDR (1490 KC) Tonight at 7:30 P. 1.1. I GREEN DOLPHIN STREET UIN9 VAN DONNA RICHARD HEFLIN-REED-HART iiSa imp 4 lilii wl butterfly I I for decades to come.

The American prosecutor closed his address to the court by accusing "these bureaucrats' of hatching the "final solution of the Jewish problem" early in 1942. He said he would prove that they held a cold-blooded session at which the outright murder of eleven million European Jews was decided upon. Crimes Against Peace Those in the dock with Von Weizsaecker included Otto Meiss-ner, secretary of state under President Hindenburg and Hitler: Otto Dietrich, chief press control officer under Paul Joseph Goeb-bels; Richard Darre, former commissioner of agriculture; Gottloeb Berg, chief of prisoner of war affairs, and Paul Koerner, Goering's deputy. They are charged with eight counts, which embrace war crimes, crimes against peace and crimes against humanity. Joining Taylor in presenting the case were Robert Kempner of Lansdowne, Charles S.

Lyon, New York city; H. W. Caming, New York; Paul Gantt, Williamsburg, Alexander G. Hardy, Cochituate, John Lewis, New York, and James Fitzpatrick, Washington. 1 Mountain Woman Dies, Population Is Cut in Half SUFFERN, 1ST.

Jan. 6. (JP) Eighty-year-old Gracie Pitt is dead and the population of lonely, wind-swept Half Moon mountain in the Ramapos has been cut in half. Gracie died Sunday in her little cabin overlooking Peaceful Valley, and her frail body was brought down the mountainside yesterday by five men who slogged through snow drifts three to five feet deep. She had lived alone in the little cabin since her husband, Albert Pitt, died about a year ago.

Just twice since then had she come down the mountain to town. On those occasions she stood for an hour or two in front of a Suf-fern bank "jest a-watchin' folks," and then returned to her cabin. Half Moon mountain's only resident now is Maggie Gannon, er 72, housekeeper for Albert's brother, Gilbert, who died last May at 82. Ancestors of the Pitts and Gannons took up residence on the mountain in pre-Revolution-ary days. The two women had shrugged off all attempts to induce thera to leave their isolated surroundings.

Hill Stay in Mountain Maggie's cabin is 250 yard from the Pitt place. Tha five men found her in bed, snuggled under a half dozen blankets. They told her of Gracie's death. "So?" she replied, peering over the blankets at them. "Ain't seen her since 'ore Christmas." The men appealed to her to leave the mountain, now that she is alone, but she was adamant.

"You take Gracie and bury her; I'll stay in my mountains," she snapped. 1 Weissmuller Plans His Fourth Wedding SANTA MONICA, Jan. 6. -(fl') Johnny Weissmuller, the actor and swimmers planning his fourth marriage as soon as he obtains a divorce from his third wife. Plans for his next marriage were announced last night by Mrs.

W. F. Gates, who said her daughter, Miss Allene Gates, 22-year-old golfer, and Weissmuller will be wed and take a honeymoon trip to London. He and Miss Gates met on a golf course seven years ago. Weissmuller previously announced that he plans to obtain a Reno divorce from the former Beryl Scott, San Francisco society girl whom he married in 1939.

His previous wives were Singer Bobbe Arnst and the late Actiess Lupe Vclcs. AT OUR REGULAR POPULAR PRICES! Box Office Opens 10 DOUBLE FEATURE Admission Adults 25c Children 9o All Day Phone 2-1844 Today and Wednesday problem. She had promised not to give Penny away and the children declared they would nevef let the animal go for good. Mrs. Johnson's mother, Mrs.

Lee Anna Mims, in Jacksonville, provided the solution. Penny's going to Florida for an extended vacation. 1 Tech Five Resumes Basketball Slate KUSTON. Jan. 6.

(Special) Resuming their post-holiday cage activities in home territory, Louisiana Tech's basketball players will meet the Centenary Gentlemen at Ruston Thursday night at 8 p. m. The Techmen have just returned from a four-game northern trip made during the holidays. After starting the "season with four straight victories among southern opponents, the local Bulldogs lost four In a row to Illinois teams on their Itinerary. Before making their northern tour, the Tcchtnen had trounced the Royal Crown Cola Independents of Shreveport, 80-35, Loyola of New Orleans.

43-44, and twice defeated Mississippi College, 08-47 HEAR Mayor Carl B. Close THE STORY OF SAM JONES STATION KSYL 1400 K. C. JAN. 6 P.

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Max Avants President Louisiana Teachers Association In a Special Message to the Teachers of Louisiana End Ring Rule Vote Kennon Governor (Paid Political Adv.) I and 55-49. HEAR THE RE-BROADCAST OF TO HEAVEN IN TECHNICOLOR! ALSO: SECOND FEATURE HARVEY CAREY and MACKSNEED In the Interest of THE EARL LONG TICKET WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7th 6:30 A. M. Over STATION KPDR 1490 KC Come Hear EARL LONG and His Entire Ticket THURSDAY NIGHT 7:30 P.

M. ALEXANDRIA CITY HALL SQUARE TaM rnlltlcal Afivertlsln A ttfitaa. Watt lMstlM I I i arv A ft l-. DU, carmii Brin. Company Torn 'ws of Tomorrow" with Jesse A Ik JllltJ, i.