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MAKES TRIP ABOARD HOSPITAL PLANE 'Eve of St. Mark Is Well Acted War Drama DETROIT FREE PRESS Saturday. June 2. 1944 7- 'Glory' Has Two Stars Marjorie Avery Describes Visit to Normandy Beaches as the poetry loving Southerner. flat and rather muddy with lots of small craft left stranded when the tide is out.

There are still broken ships in the shallows. It is only a fortnight since the great battle raged in this water and on these flat fields. Beaches Are a Shambles THERE DOESN'T seem to be much concrete on this stretch of land. All of it has been destroyed. Pillboxes have been wiped out.

Now the barbed wire is our wire. Guns our guns, defending the troops, the hospital and the coast line. War bda been here and passed on and, in the daytime, everything is comparative quiet. Now and then a land mine goes off. Sometimes a naval gun booms.

But usually things are quiet. At night there is plenty of noise, how Checked Original for Town BY MARJORIE AVERY Fr Pre Foreign Correspondent NINTH AIR FORCE SERVICE COMMAND'S TRANSPORT GROUP FIELD BASE (By Cable) The first sight I saw. on tie Normandy beaches when our Douglas C-47 came down on the first air strip completed in France was an American sergeant, leaning against a jeep and slowly chewing on a bar of chocolate. The first words I heard spoken were when, he came over curiouslyand said as we jumped to the ground, "Say, it must be tough in Eng- land now! How 11 feel I with all those rocket bombs dropping out of the sky on you?" He was stall Sgt. rasnier Hinton of Hat-tiesburg, in charge of the Ambulance Battalion from V.

a a aflfttl field hospital. Miss A He had been on that particular hell spot where it is estimated the greatest United States casualties were suffered. I made the trip to Normandy with the hospital evacuation unit which is assigned to the Air Force Command's Transport Group. They go in once or twice Bromfield Manuscript to Be Auctioned LOUIS BROMFIELD'S original manuscript of "What Became of Anna Bolton" has "been included in the group of valuable manuscripts which will be auctioned off at the Book and Author War Bond Rally at 8 p. June 28, in the Masonic Auditorium.

Mr. Bromfield La one of the four well-known authors scheduled to speak at the Rally. Others are Martha Ostenso, Carl Van Doren and Col. Carlos P. Romulo.

The Book and War Bond Rally," for which anyone may obtain a reserved seat by purchasing a bond of any denomination in advance, is the first of its kind to be held in Detroit. It has all the earmarks of a gala evening. ORIGINAL manuscripts, autographed copies of books by the four writers appearing on the program and other collectors' items are to be placed on the auction block. Carl Van Doren will act as master of ceremonies. Music will be furnished by the Grosse He Navy Band and Glee Club.

Preceding the Rally, an informal reception and dinner is to be given at the Hotel Statler i Mr. Bromfield, Miss Ostenso, Col. Romulo and Mr. Van Doren as the honor guests. Reservations may be obtained by purchasing a $500 bond in advance.

BIRTH ANNOUNCED Maj. and Mrs. John Palmer Hodges, of Washington, announce the birth of a daughter, Emily Moffett Hodges, on June 13. Mrs. Hodges is the former Harriet Moffett Davis.

BY LEX G. SHAW Free Press Motioa Pietare Editor Up to its final momenta "The Eve of St. Mark," at the Fox, follows, almost too closely, where added action and less dialogue would be helpful. Maxwell Anderson's successful stage play. Then Hollywood must Inject one of its inevitable happy endings, with a hint that instead of being wiped out, as in the original version, the handful of Americans isolated on a Pacific atol escaped after a mplishing the desired de-la vine action against the Shaw Japs.

All of which may be more to the liking of the average movie goer. STORY OF HEROISM "The Eve of St. Mark," a bit be. lated in release, is a comedy-drama about a young inductee and his buddies in the pre-and-post-Pearl Harbor days, his family and his sweetheart, set in the farm home, in barracks, and in Pacific jungles. Filled with humor and sentiment, its latter sequences bristle with thrills showing the desperate straits of troops mowed down by malaria, and their grim determination to hold on at all cost.

It is marked throughout with superior acting. William Eythe plays with convincing naturalness and warmth Quizz West, the farm boy inductee, a characterization that should boost his Hollywood rating. Anne Baxter shares the romance with him, bringing forth depth as well as sweetness. Michael O'Shea revels in the part of Private Mulveroy, which he created on Broadway. Vincent Price, another stage recruit, scores Ted Lewis, at Downtom Ted Lewis demonstrates on the Downtown stage that he is still a master showman.

The top hat doesn't seem to be quite so battered, but otherwise it is the old maestro, clarinet, chatter and all, to put added zip into a fast moving show. He has a new number, "Sing a Little Love Song to Your does "Me and My Shadow," with Charles "Snowball" Whittier, who turns in some good impersonations on his own account, and opens the performance with a ditty advising people put in the house to "Relax." Reed Sisters, harmony trio, sing "San Fernando Valley," and join in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" with Lewis. Bebe Fox is a cute little tap dancer. Teddy Hale and Paul White do some fast footwork. Gerri Gale is a graceful ballerina and Audrey-Zimm's double baton twirling borders on the incredible.

Benny Fields makes his screen bow in "Minstrel Man," a tale of blackface troubadors with a tragic overtone that ends happily. It features a haunting theme song, "Remember Me to Carolina." Gladys George, Roscoe Karns, Judy Clark, Jerome Cowan and Alan Dinehart give good support. COOL Mat. Today 2:30 Tonight 8:30 6fh WEEK BEG. SUN.

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Cast Mats. 1.50-1.00 plus Nights tax i a 1 Ray Collins and Ruth Nelson, as the parents of Quizz; Stanley Prager and George Mathews as doughboys stand out in a long and notable cast. Second feature is 'Louisiana Hayride," with Judy Canova. Seelig Com ing fo Camp Show Talent Arthur Seelig, USO-Camp Shows representative, arrives today to conduct local talent auditions which are set for 10 Monday, at the Fort Shelby Hotel. USO-Camp Shows needs semi-professional and professional talent, male or female, over 18 years of age.

Acts chosen may elect to serve in camp shows in the United States or abroad, and are paid suitable salaries, with expenses if they go abroad. st 1. SCIENTIFIC SLEUTH Sidney Toler delves into the realms of electronics to solve a murder mystery while Benson Fong as his son looks on, in "Charlie Chan in the Secret Service," sharing the Adams screen with "Once Upon a Time." Late Show Tonight! Judy Canova 'k WAR LOAN "LOUISIANA HAYRIDE" i tur toNOi ON SAlf Hlf i Nis ntf wii iic wo i OR4N0 CIRCUS FR BUY jm tm FT sumus HERE 13 tJJ Charlie Chan he "ONCE UPON A TIME" Secret Service LATE SHOW TOMTK Midnife Frolic Tonight EH EVERYBODY, HAPPY, I Mrfmmy FIFI DC EJS AND ALL-STAR CAST MM if AKl t.KA.VI JOHN 4 "DESTINATION TOKYO" I ir WM. POWELL HEDY LAMARR i "THE HEAVENLY BODY" lfTOIMGHT! EXTRA LATE SHOW AT 10 P. M.H IK BAY FIRST STREET DOCK Free dancing aboard the Steamer and at the park.

Dining room, refreshment and lunch stands. Private parlors and reserved steamer chairs. 2 3 0 AT i Hl.ifrl.'HH'J,'";) I A AND HIS WORLD FAMOUS SiriBI I Paul Lukas, Errol Flynn Play Leads TTneertain Glory" la more thail just another story of underground operatives in war-ridden Europen The picture at the Palms-Stata offers a measure of novelty by having- as its central fignres murderer, saved from the g-uillo tine by a bombing- raid, and his captor, a police inspector, combine ing their efforts to outwit thei common enemy, the Nazis. Errol Flynn and Paul LukaS have the respective roles, and they, do thorough jobs of Flynn especially, with a characterization far removed from his accustomed swashbuckling, arresting- becausa of the relatively quiet methods employed. Flynn is the unregenerate crim inal who almost muffs a chancd to redeem himself, until Jean Sul livan, an innocent and trusting; French peasant girl, comes intoj his life, and unknowingly, by heii love leads him to a display heroism at the opposite pole from! his earlier characteristics.

Mis Sullivan's performance lacks noth ing- in appeal. LTJKAS EXCELS As the nemesis of Flynn, Lukasl turns in a study of suave tenacity that adds another to his already long list of brilliant acting achievements. It is polished to the last degree, while retaining the essen tial vitality. Lucille Watson as the mother Miss Sullivan, Faye Emerson, Douglas Dumbrille, Dennis Hoey as a priest, and others give strong support. Harold Peary gallops through "Gildersleeve's Ghost," the accom panying item, in his usual blunder ing- and amusing style.

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St Urnl ever, when German planes come over and our defense guns go to work. The land farther back is bleak and dreary. In the distance you can see little hamlets just clusters of gray houses dominated by a church. The rich fields of grain and the flowers have been plowed up by war. Little Left in Wake of War ONLY ROUGH fields of high grass, spotted with brilliant poppies, stretch out behind the scrubby hedges.

The only trees are small poplars, blunted by winds that blow and blow until you breathe and swallow dirt, grit grinds in your teeth and you can hardly see. All the officers and men who were standing nearby when our plane landed wore plastic goggles or gas masks to keep out the dirt. All the C-47's fly over to Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN Low shoe Region Kind of thread Playing card i. Wood of a So. American tree S.

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I came over in a plane filled with copies of the "Stars and Stripes" so- that the soldiers in Normandy that evening could read a paper printed in the morning. The piles of papers made a soft carpet on the floors for U3 to sit on as we bumped across the Channel. We made a safe landing on the new air strip. I walked across two fields, struggling with the wind and high grass, to a group of tents underneath the trees where the commanding officer of advanced units, Maj. Milton Evans of Gulfport, had his headquarters.

I tried to make myself realize that I was in France that this soil I was walking on was France that the awful nightmare of the past four years is slowly breaking up at last. Tower Kitchen Question Box BV GERTRUDE VOELLMIG IN SPITE of the shortage of strawberries this season, requests for jams, preserves and other strawberry canning recipes fill every bundle of Tower Kitchen, mail. Today we are printing two of the most popular recipes. The first was contributed by a 1943 contest winner. The request comes from Mrs.

Florence W. Stroud of Webberville. Six-Minut Preserves 1 qt. cleaned and washed berries 4 sugar Add 2 cups of sugar to the berries, cook slowly until sugar dissolves, then bring to a boil and boil for three minutes. Add two more cups of sugar and bring to a boiling point and boil three minutes longer.

Cool. Then seal in sterilized jars. A YEAR AGO the Tower Kitchen reprinted several canning suggestions from Edna Dietrich's book "Secrets of Preserving Without Sugar." At the request of Mrs. A. M.

Eichler, 17289 Sherwood, we are giving again Mrs. Dietrich's rule for strawberries. Strawberries Preserved without Sugar Wash berries and pick them over carefully. Hull. Precook for three minutes over low heat.

Dissolve three one-half grain saccharin tablets in a teaspoon of hot water for each pint of berries. Combine with fruit. Fill clean and sterile jars to within one inch of the top. Adjust cap according to the type used. Process in -a boiling water bath for 20 minutes or in a 250-degree oven for 70 minutes.

MRS. C. M. COLEMAN, of 16220 Kentucky, has asked us for a few simple eggplant recipes. Here are a number which have been popular with Tower Kitchen readers.

Fried Eggplant Wash and pare eggplant; cut into thin circles, squares or sticks. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Dip in flour or eggs and crumbs. Brown on both sides in a small amount of fat. Drain on absorbent paper.

To French fry eggplant, dip In crumbs and egg or a fritter batter. Fry in deep hot fat (375 to 385 degrees until brown. Drain on absorbent paper and sprinkle with salt. Baked Eggplant with Sausage Wash and pare eggplant. Cut into slices about half-inch thick.

Sprinkle with salt and dip in egg and crumbs. Place in a greased shallow, baking dish. Spread each slice with one tablespoon of catsup or chili sauce. Top with a slice of onion and a mound of bulk pork sausage. Bake in a hot oven (400 degrees about 25 minutes or until browned.

Makes about six servings. Eggplant Casserole 1 medium sized eggplant diced bacon chopped onion l'a condensed tomato soup grated cheese V2 buttered crumbs Wash, pare and dice eggplant. Cook in boiling salted water about five minutes, drain and place in a greased casserole. Cook bacon partially, add onion and fry until bacon is crisp and onion lightly browned. Add tomato soup and cheese; stir over low heat until cheese is melted.

Pour soup mixture over eggplant; top with buttered crumbs and a dash of paprika. Bake in a moderate oven (375 degrees 25 to 30 minutes or until browned. Makes six to eight servings. Alumnae A ssociation Elects New Heads SARA DAVIS was elected president of the University of Detroit Alumnae Association for the 1944-45 season at the an nual election meeting held on the McNichols campus. Miss Davis, who succeeds Mrs.

Edmund Barbour as president of the groups served as second vice president during the past year. Other officers elected were Mrs. Frank Richard, Mrs. John Shada. Stella McLeod, Mary Geraghty, Mrs.

Thomas Callan, Marcelline Granger, and Noreen Crane. I every day, weather permitting, to bring out the wounded and take them to hospitals in England. Flights Just Part of the Job NURSES and medical technicians now have settled down to these flights across, the Channel as a routine thing. As you near France and the clouds lift, you look down on what seems to be all the ships in the world, lying off the beaches. Barrage balloons ride over the ships small landing crafts, cruisers, destroyers, large transports, supply ships of all kinds.

And all the time more and more are coming slowly across from England, churning up faint patterns of white foam behind. The beaches at this point are Tony Pastor Role Goes to Morgan Dennis Has 3Iounted Success Ladder Fast BY IIEDDA HOPPER HOLLYWOOD Dennis Mor gan has come up so fast in the last two pictures, especially "Harvest Moon," that Warners have handed him the part of Tonv Pastor in "The Life of Tony Pastor," opposite Ann Sheridan. Wait until you hear Cole Porter's cowboy song. It's a dilly titled "Don't Fence Me written especially for the "Hol lywood Canteen" picture, to be sung by Roy Rogers and his sons of the pioneers, with his horse Trigger coming in for a Hey Nonny y. I'll never forget the night I emceed a can teen show with Roy Rogers and the pioneers.

I thought our doughboys would never let them off that stage. Claude tte Colbert Colbert's read ing script of "Trouble with Women." Whether she'll play it or not is another question. Her role would be the mother of a young girl. Diana Lynn's already set for it. Story's by Dwight Mitchell Wiley.

Gives you quite a glow just reading it. Nancy Porter, who used to be Ethel Merman's understudy, has been signed by Paramount, and her first picture is "Out of This World," with Eddie Bracken, Diana Lynn and Veronica Lake. Time to Wake Up It's come to light that Metro's looking for a story, and has been all these years, for Greta Garbo. She's still a hot favorite with top man Louis B. Mayer.

Well, she'd be a hot favorite with the public, too, if she'd stop this nonsense about not doing anything to help the war effort or Red Cross, or saying "Hello" to the soldiers, and give up that pretense of being shy. There's no time in this present life of strife for that kind of stuff. Wouldn't you know, after I started the campaign which put "Snow White" back into your theaters, that when it finally comes here I'll be at the Chicago convention. All Agree sponse, and the trip was officially over, the rehash of the journey started. No Absentees from Now On "I DIDN'T KNOW the WACs were so swell," one dark-haired factory worker confided to me.

"They're right in there doing a job, too. I think I'll join. I've thought about it before, but this trip sort of pushed me over the edge. "I only wish we'd seen more of them, but to do it we would have had to skip something else. I wish we'd stayed a week." Another girl said she had personally assured 73 separate soldiers that they needn't worry about her war production from now on.

"I tell you, when you see them out there crawling around on battlefields, or the next thing to it, you know they need tank guns," she said. "I make 'em. Nobody has to worry about my being an absentee from now on." Leave Decision to the General THERE WAS a lot of speculation about what the Fort would buy with the approximately $200 the women collected for a gift to the soldiers. Some favored curtains for the barracks, but the more Army-minded thought something more practical was in order. Everyone agreed that Gen.

Scott could be trusted to make a good decision, anyhow. Many of the delegates had also made individual gifts of money to the drivers and guides who had shown them around the Fort, begging them in each case to buy something they wanted as a present from the union. Free Press Photo by Hay Glonka BY DOROTHY CLOUDMAN ANOTHER OF NEW YORK'S designer, Adele Simpson's town cotton successes embodies all her flair for "citifying" washable fabrics. Much of her summer collection has been comprised of cotton tops teamed with dark sheer skirts. But the designer is equally adept at the all-cotton fashions.

The suit (photographed) is a checked gingham in jade green and black. But the gingham is lifted out of its casual category by exquisite line and cut plus the startlingly different addition of a shocking pink chambray blouse. A BOLERO JACKET REACHES the top of the high-rise skirt so that a tiny glimpse of the blouse is seen from the back only when the wearer is in movement. Three-quarter sleeves are a cool thought, and the skirt is cut on the bias for a graceful, though reed-slim, effect. A narrow black leather belt marks the natural waistline.

Back to the blouse excitement of this Simpson original: Green buttons pick up the check of the suit and they're studded with rose quartz-colored stones for "dress-up." In misses sizes, the suit is priced at $35; the blouse at $14.50. For shopping information call RAndoIph 8915 or write to the Fashion Editor, inclosing self-addressed, stamped envelope for your reply. WACs Are Doing; a Job, ACROSS Crony 4. Tippin Pen 12. Swiss canton 13.

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Demon 61. Relieved Si Type squares 63. English letter 64. Scandinavian 65. Perceive AIR-CONDITIONED EDDY SHEPHERD'S CLUB TrrEVAUDdDiEA UAW Girls BY KATHEKIXE LYNCH Free Press Staff Writer THAT HIGHLY adaptable union song, "The Union Is Our Leader," has a new version Friday, as 150 UAW (CIO) women from seven states returned from a three-day visit to Fort Knox, Ky.

This version starts variously. Some sing it. "The Army is our leader, we mwmk shall not moved." be Others give Maj. Gen. Charles L.

Scott, dignified and genial comman a of the armored forces at the Fort, a bow "Gen. Scott is our leader, we shall not be moved." th carol. Lynch The music falls strangely on ears unused to it, but Detroiters know that being named in that song is a tribute the UAW gives only to those it likes and respects. Its members feel that way about the Army. They're Sold on the Army IN FACT, it looks very much as though WAC recruiting in the midwest industrial area will take a big spurt within the near future.

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