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'Meet Me in St. Louis1 Is Chuck-Full of Fun Bv KATE CAMERON en been receiving free medical car and liave registered for free hospitalization. If he is promoted, will I still be eligible? What about the family allowance of $80 I now receive? Mrs. J. J.

L. Although wives of servicemen in the upper three pay grades (staff sergeant or petty officer, second class, or higher) are not eligible to apply for free maternity care under the Emergency Maternity and Infant Care Program, women who make application when they are eligible continue to receive full benefits if their husbands are promoted to the upper grades. Your family allowance will also continue, and be increased to $100 after your second child is born, since wiven and children of enlisted men in all pay grades are eligible for family allowances. rvi Men's rvi Quexlion about the draft and milt-tary vervice mnr be submitted In person, hy letter, or by telephone. All will be given pemonnl answers, and those of general Interest will be answered In this column dally.

Address Service Men's Service. The IVens. 4'Jd St- New YorU, IT, ti. and Inclose stamps for reply. Visit or telephone between A.

M. and 5 P. M. daily except Sunday. HUSBAND PROMOTED My husband is in the Navy as a specialist 3c.

He expects to be promoted to second class at the end of this month. I am expecting another child ia January and have If you are looking for a picture that represents sheer, unadulterated enjoyment, let me steer you to the Astor Theatre, where you are guaranteed a thoroughly good time. There, vou will be transported through time and space to the St. Louis of 1903, when the city on the Mississippi was preparing to show the world that she could put on an exposition that would knock the eye out of the rest of the world. TONIGHT ONLY! Special Stage and Screen Show with 3 TOP ATTRACTIONS 3 EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW of Paramount's Coming Hit starring Ray Milland with Marjorie Reynolds 2) SPECIAL STAGE SHOW with Big In -Person Acts Plus the Rivoli's Regular Attraction now in its 11th Record Week There, also, you will be intro-y tr tlio the Alonzo UUVCU Smiths, to be particular, and at once St.

Louis becomes the Smiths Pi P. cc p. M-G-M'S TECHNICOLOR JOY-FILM! "Meet Me in St. Louis," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture directed by Vincente Minnelli. Screen play bv Irving Brecher and Fred Finklehoffe from story by Sally Benson.

Presented at Astor Theatre. Running time, 1 hour, 53 minutes. and the Smiths become St. Louis. The story of the Smiths is told to the accompaniment of a number of hearty laughs, one quick tear anA Tinnl of srncid tunes.

It is THE CAST: told with charm, sympathy and a iir-Ll Marffaret O'Brien delicious sense ot numor iy oauy Roncnn n-hn wrote the hilarious JVlar.Y Astor Lucille Bremer stage adventures of "Junior Miss." Tvster Smith Tootle Smith Mrs. Anna Smith Rose Smith John Truett Katie Mr Alonzo Smith. Tom uraKe Marjorie Main And it has been directed in lecnni- ieon Anie "Harrv Davenport color by the capable and gentle rvf Vinrpntp Minnelli. who June Loekhart H. Daniels Jr.

Joan Carroll Hiiirh Marlowe Robert Sully Chill Wills LiH-ille BallarU J.on Smith Jr Asrne mi I It Colonel Parly Warren Shelfield. Mr. Neelv WT 7 JOYOUS SONGS! rroruui wins dooks open ml. CONTINUOUS Cnr tt i FMPHMAAT' Miss Benson has written a hlond-thirstv little char IKCLVLttiVJVLVD The Smashing 6th. War Loan ir.

on! Buy an Extra Bond today! acter in Tootie Smith, which Mar Creek; used to be one of the guiding geniuses of the Broadway musical stage. Minnelli had a Grade, A cast to work with and he and its separate parts have accomplished a miracle of delightful entertainment that is a sure cure for the blues. Judy Garland and Tom Drake (the latter made a hit in "Two Girls and a carry on romantically together, and Judy, of course, gives out in song whenever the spirit moves her, which is often enough to please her loyal following, but not too often to interfere seriously with the thread of the garet Brien plays with reiisti. As a matter of fact, Margaret is the chief comedian of the piece and she carries her load of laughs well. Joan Carroll is good, too, as a junior Smith, and Lucille Bremer and Henry Daniels Jr.

play the other young Smiths capably. Mary Astor and Leon Ames are perfect as the parents of the brood, and Marjorie Main, as the Smith's maid of all work, and Harry Davenport, as Grandpa, contribute to the general fun. Fred Finklehoffe and Irving Brecher did a fine job on the screen plav, particularly on the aftZKAS! RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL fRfTK "Engaging, buoyant, diverting." TIMES IRENE DUNNE CHARLES BOYER "TOGETHER AGAIN" with Charles Coburn A Clumbl PMwrs ON STAGE: "CURTAIN TIME" Produced by Russell Marlerl Roclerlei. Gl Club. Corp ds Ballet.

Symphony Orcheitro. direction Emo Rape. DOOM OPEN TODAY AND THUtSDAY 10:30 A. M. Ptctamat: 10:, 1:3.

4 31 7 10:11 StatSkwali 2.7S. 3:1, rlUST MEZZANINE SEATS KESEKVED IN ADVANCE PIkw pcto 6 I Paramount Technicolor Hit starring Jorni TonTjune HrturofceCbriwva Come at 8:30 p.m. to See All 3 itlVOM B'way at 49th St. story. Besides the title song, which is sung in reprise again and again, Judy sings the Trolley Song, which has'already attained the No.

1 spot on radio's hit parade. She also chants "The Boy Next Door" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," both singable tunes. dialogue which fits the Benson characters to a T. OPENS 10 A.M. WAY 51st A MUSICAL THAT'S M-G-M't HUMPHREY BOGART ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S ToIIaveandHaveM' WITH THE "CHERRY BLONDE" WHO'S A JOY TO BE HOLDING! Count MIRANDA WALTER BRENNAN LAUREN BACALL AFTER MIDNIGHT SHOW AT 1215 A.

M. Bu i Bond Ttdii at Strani Uvi Tkutr OyEfiTOftVO VM R01CRT JOHNSON WALKER SPENCER TRACY In Person JIMMY DORSEY AND ORCHESTRA Ixtrat HENNY YOUNGMAN DOORS OPEN 10 A.M. CAPITOL HOAMAT AT fill ST. tr at till Statu of liirrtj it Tiacs Siiart too O'SHEA 1 OPENS 9:15 A.M. B'WAY 47th Vim.

BLAINE DENNIS MORGAN (The Cherry Blonde) ELEANOR PARKER DANE CLARK FAYE EMERSON IN PERSON Lyman CAUFORtiAOS LOW. HUE 4 STANLEY BOB DUP0NT 1 i AJtf with I PHIL SILVERS I SHEILA RYAN PERRY C0M0 "Holds Its tri grip aN Frank Qvinn. Mirror, 'm'lWW Jr I jfvi Mirli OBEROM Franchot TOME i Thomas BlIIHni Dsors Oppn A. M. BKANOT'S LOBE LrmHP B'way A 46ti S4 (ae Society uptown jT 4 Irvino Starr tells of an illicit love" I if II "JK JIMMY SAVQ HILDflED BAILEY Plus CHUCK AND CHUCKLES Bit AND CORA BAIRD STARTS TODAY BEPUBLIC THEATRE I tut.

5UI 52nd Si. GAE FOSTER ROXYETTES PAUL ASH AND ROXY THEATRE ORCHESTRA, EzSij Gotham'; Run VICTORIA Broodwov '6rh St. (tors Opm 3 (3 1 M. UMMi Iri PEARL PRIM DOORS OPEN 11 A.M. ZANUCK' AND HE COMPANY 7A 7H.

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