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Los Angeles Evening Citizen News from Hollywood, California • 15

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Hollywood, California
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15
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Second Section Thursday April 22 1948 Notable Dogs Are Entered In Club Show Identities of canine stars of stage and screen to appear in special exhibitions at the Los Angeles Kennel Club 44th National All-breed Dog Show Saturday and Sunday in Gilmore Stadium were revealed today by Mrs William Bagshaw president of the sponsoring club Included are Rin Tin Tin III who already has attained fame comparable to his grandsire Rin Tin Tin in picture productions and Scheherazade famed movie 'Ellery Queen 2 Parts Of Him Given 'Edgars' To High ds Post For Top 'Whodunit' Cancer Society Names Irene Dunne Irene Dunne screen actress was honorarly national of the American volunteer Field ceramic busts of Edgar Allen Poe for what the Mystery Writers of America Inc udged the best mystery writing of the year were held today by the pairof authors who team up as Manfred Lee of 4560 Carpenter Ave North Hollywood and Frederic Dannay who received his in New York The trophies were awarded for today commander Cancer Army heading a recruiting drive for 1-000000 new members Announcement of the appointment was made by Mrs Harold Milligan of New York ACS national commander at a luncheon attended by 200 persons yesterday Dunne is accepting this humanitarian post at a time when 1- the Cancer Society Is rallying all its strength to combat The disease which strikes one of every two American Mrs Milligan said The Field present membership of 1000000 is conducting its annual fund drive this month with the national goal this year set at $16042000 Mrs Milligan As symbols of her office Miss Dunne was presented a scroll and jewelled lapel emblem of the cancer caduceus Among those present were Fred Kerman Los Angeles County chairman of ACS Edward Milk member county board of directors ACS and Mrs Paul Blaisdell county commander field army poodle soon to appear in a film with Bing Crosby and Joan Fon taine Lee Duncan his master will put Rjn Tin Tin III through special stunts while Scheherazade will hold court in a gaily decorated booth arranged by Mr and Mrs Herbert Hiestand of Brentwood her owners The poodle is 4 years old and had 5 points toward a bench ring show championship when she interrupted her show career to go into the movies In addition to the judging of 1628 dogg of 77 breeds other special features of the show will be American Kennel Club obedience contests a pageant of champions and handling classes Hours of the show will be from 10 am to 10 pm Saturday and the "best contribution to the de tective according to Edward Sullivan regional vice-president Richard Brooks of 3820 Ostbye St Studio City was cited by the organization of top writers for his authorship of "Brick upon which the RKO picture was made Other awards determined by a vote of the nationwide membership went to Ed Radin for his contributions to true-crime writing Howard Haycraft for the best criticism of mystery novels to CBS for the program Frederick Brown for his first mystery novel Fabulous Clip and to RKO for The are presented yearly on the anniversary of the publication of the first American detective story one by Edgar A1 len Poe in 1841 Spanish War Vets' Chief Due in LA $60000 Swindle Charged to Pair Mrs Flora Carter 50 Long Beach and Jack Golub 38 San Leandro real estate operator have been indicted the Alameda county grand jury in connection with an asserted $60000 swindle the Associated Press reported today from Oakland They are charged with issuance of worthless stock for a Santa Rosa lumber mill to supply government lumber contracts Mrs bail was set at $30000 and at $20000 Both are under indictment in Los Angeles in connection with a $250000 swindle and Golub has pleaded guilty to the Los Angeles charge Strike Ties Army Base ALBUQUERQUE NM April 22 (UE) The strike of 58 union carpenters that had tied up construction at a secret Army base near here for 10 days was ended today PERFORMER Scheherazade poodle owned by Mr and Mrs Herbert Heistand of Brentwood holds one of her trophies as she practices Vfor her appearance at the Los Angeles Kennel Club show Saturday and Sunday at Gilmore Stadium The poodle will be seen In a Paramount picture with Bing Crosby CURRENT EVENTS of the Contractors dinner Blvd CANCER FIGHT Irene Dunne reads a scroll handed her by Mrs Harold Milligan of New York American Cancer Society commander confirming the appointment of the actress as honorary national commander of the volunteer field army Plans for a recruiting drive were cussed at a meeting of civic leaders in the Hotel Horace Havner national com- Painters Plan Dinner mander of the United Spanish War riMI uinner Veterans will arrive in Los Angeles tomorrow night to participate in the 50th anniversary of the Spanish American War Sun day at the Arcadia County Park Havner will stay at the Clark Hotel He was a member of the allvolunteer 51st Iowa Infantry Regi-ment during the war with Spain Walter Hogg president Associated Painting today announced a monthly to be held tonight at Cafe 48th St and Crenshaw The Romans used Iron rings as early as the second BC TODAY ROAMING AROUND With AUSTIN CONOVER betrothal century would make a good president MacArthur is my Herbert Dounay suggested that Truman should withdraw in order to let Eisenhower run Wllihlrc Lion a 6:45 pm Mona Lisa Restaurant: Zusene Williams speaker "Highlights on Murder Pleo Bird chamber of 8:30 pm 4606 Pico Bird: dinner dance Gaelic Athletic Aasn 7:30 pm 638 8 Hobart: Harry MacDermott chairman Polnsettla Stamp 7 pifa Polnsettla Playground Pioneer 8 pm Normandie Hotel: general meeting TOMORROW Natlra Sons' of the Golden 17:15 pm Clark Hotel Ernest Orillia speaker "What California Is Doing for the Veterans" RACKYARD DEER HUNT WITH BAG OF FIVE GETS OK A deer hunt out of season with a bag limit of five is slated for the backyard of Walter A VoRz 2470 Inverness Ave who is weary of having his lawn flowers and shrubs used for forage by the animals First permission had to be obtained from the State Fish and Game Commission to shoot the deer Then there was the matter of obtaining a permit to discharge firearms which the City Police Commission today granted to the Foothill Patrol Many complaints Have been registered by residents living near the Griffith Park area who point out that wild deer frequently forage in yards and gardens The City Recreation and Park Commission has referred all complaints to the State Commission since only that body has authority to permit shooting of the animals Seventy per cent of those whom I have polled in the past few weeks on the Truman question have stated that he should with draw from the Presidential race Some people said that Truman's about-face on the Palestine parti' tion issue has him poli Many opined that he is "a victim of circumstances because he never wanted to be Van Nuys Optimists sponsor a Boy Scout Troop and a base-ball team as well as help the Optimist Boys Home on North Figueroa Street A Van Order accountant and the Scoutmaster re ported that he took 14 Scouts camping last week-end Harry Dow motor car dealer and president of the Van Nuys Optimists thanked i fellow members for their response to the appeal for pup tents William Goodman tool manufacturer announced that the baseball team will play a team that is sponsored by the Studio City Optimists next Sunday afternoon at the North Hollywood Playground Alfred Fuld upholstering expert suggested that the club members donate two cases of oleo each week instead of one to the Optimist Home "They need the he said "and we have a record of never letting them Two cases were sent this week Ex-Ski Trooper Tells Experiences Not until Pearl Harbor did Uncle Sam start to train ski troops Wilson Ware director of a Club in New York City was one of the first to enlist for such training in December 1941 This week he told Van Nuys Optimists: might have been started earlier had General McNair not opposed it on the grounds that every doughboy should be able to do everything Fortunately General Marshall who believed that the Army should have specialists in mountain fight ing won out Most of the fighting in World War II was in mountainous Fort Lewis Ware related Army established its first training camp for ski troopers Instead of borrowing from the long experience of German Italian and Swiss ski troopers we had to learn almost everything from scratch be an American ski trooper one had to have at least three letters of recommendation and to answer satisfactorily a long questionnaire This select group constituted the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment December 1941 to November 1944 we trained at many different places including Lake Louise Canada Sun Valley Utah Aspen Colorado and at a camp in Texas "Though detachments of the regiment were called upon fpr such special assignmehts as the invasion of Kiska Alaska it was not until December of 1944 in Northern Italy that all of us saw Ware who rose from private to captain first met the enemy in the mountains north of Naples "The best elements of the German and Italian armies were in the mountain troops" he said inflicted heavy casualties on our men Six thousand of the 14000 mountain troopers that the US Army put into action there were either wounded or killed troops crossed the Po Valley and went on to Brenner Pass which is where Hitler and Mussolini used to meet They were ready to storm the German Redoubt from the South had the Nazis continued the "Some of our mountain said Ware who had a leg blown off by a land mine before the end still in Trieste hope you have no sympathy for Tito and his Russian conspirators We saw refugees jnreaipihg from Yugoslavia Roads and canals were full of the bodies of refugees who were not able to flee fast live in the open in temperatures of 30 and 40 degrees below zero at altitudes from 12000 to 14000 commented Ware "is a science We did it for months at a time When the temperature rose to zero we considered it warm ate frozen rations because no fires were permitted during military maneuvers We learned how to build bridges across ravines as well as to fight in the extreme eoleb fighting and mountain fighting are much alike In both cases the soldier operates in guerrilla fashion That is in small groups and close to the enemy At Camp Hale in Colorado the continues to train ski Ware showed excellent color slidN of members of his unit in training and in combat He was obtained as a speaker by Norman Schoen dealer in animal skins who is a friend of Ware The name that means fashion leadership in handbags does the newest shapes to come in our collection of fine calf faille and Koretalope Shown is double-order bag in Faille Flat long and neat with double cached pockets 4595 Blow a billowy gust of white pique below a bare bare shoulder fold a circling colour bound tier along the skirt Perfect swirling for summer dancing In sizes 8-16 3995 Formals Second Floor NANCY Should President Truman with draw from the Presidential race? said Thomas Ward dry goods merchant have a chance if the Republicans run McArthur Stassen or Dewey Either one of those three men HOLLYWOOD AND WESTWOOD HOLLYWOOD FRIDAY STORE HOURS: 12:15 to 9 6340 HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD 1025 WESTWOOD BOULEVARD.

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