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THE REGISTER. GUARD, EUGENE. OREGON
Page Fourteen.
No New Nazi
Advance Seen
,' By LOUIS F. KEEMLE
Of The United Press War Dei
The signs are getting stronger
every day that the Germans are
not likely to get beyond Stalin
grad this winter, even if they take
the city, which Is by no means
certain.
For the weight of their assault
and the losses they are taking,
their progress Is remarkably slow.
They gain a little here ana mere,
but it is not a question of advanc
ing even as much as half a mile,
but of taking a street or perhaps
a block of buildings.
If the Germans take Stalingrad
now. the chief value of the shat
torcd city to them would be as an
advanced strong point to cover
their positions In the Don elbow,
where they have built an exten
sive system of hedgehog defenses.
It seems Increasingly probable
that the Germans will be able to
dig In for the winter In the Don
elbov and that they will be able
to hold it, with or without Stalin
grad. They will be under con
stant Husslan pressure, which
means that they will not be able
to withdraw any considerable part
of their forces for use elsewhere.
That would be a break for the
British In Egypt or for the United
Nations In the west, should they
decide to Invade the continent. It
also would have a bearing on the
fighting in the Caucasus, where the
Germans badly need reinforce
ments If they are to win through
along the windswept lower slopes
of the mountains to the Grozny
oil fields or down the Black sea
coastal road toward Batum.
What a winter stalemate In Rus
sia would do for the Germans
would be to enable them to with
draw much of their air force to
bolster the depleted Luftwaffe In
the west or to support Marshal
Erwln Rommel In Egypt.
Rommel's position Is none too
good If the British should start an
all-out attempt to drive him from
Egypt and Libya. Ho Is Inferior
In air strength, and British and
American planes have been pound
ing his bases and supply lines
almost at will.
There Is a suspicion In Informed
circles that Rommel may be suf
fering from a serious shortage of
PICTURED above ire the Tates
and their canine actors, now ap
pearing nightly at the Holland
along with Dick Sherman and his
HollandaJre dance band.
Trained Dogs Appear
At Holland This Wee
The Nollie Tates, a personable
young lady and man, and their
canine actors, will present their
extremely different and enter-
talning act starting tonight at the
Holland for one solid week.
The dogs go through their rou
tines with the confident assurance
of professional "stars" who know
that their performance Is worthy
of the public's approval.
Playing for dancing from nine
thirty until two o'clock Is Dick
Sherman and his Hollandalre
dance band with solo numbers by
different members of the band.
The Holland now affords sev
eral new varieties of entertain
ment with the installation of the
new "play room" which contains
several amusement devices.
Veteran Congress
Clerk Dies at 74
WASHINGTON, Oct 2!.
William ' Tyler-Page, minority
clerk of the house of representa
tives and an employe of the house
for 61 years, died last night at his
home here.
Page celebrated his 74th birth
day yesterday and died in his
sleep at about midnight.
One of the best known figures
around the United States capitol,
Page started to work as a page
boy In the house clerk's office on
December 19, 1881, and rose to
be one of the best, informed men
in the country on house procedure
and congressional work. He was
elected clerk of the house for the
66th congress In 1919 and served
during the republican administra
tions until a democratic house was
elected In 1931.
Last Call
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Next to The Reg lster-Guard
Dorothy Maynor on
Greater Artist Series
The rise to fame of Miss Dorothy
Maynor, sensational Negro so
prano, is one of the rare success
stories of recent musical history.
Miss Maynor will appear in Eu
gene next spring as one of the five
outstanding attractions on the Uni
versity of Oregon's 1B42-43 Great
er Artist concert series.
Miss Maynor was an extremely
diligent worker, and worked re
ligiously towards developing her
voice. She marie a brilliant New
York debut following an audition
with Serge Kaussevltzky. She has
also appeared with the New York
Philharmonic, Boston, Philadel
phia and Chicago symphonies.
Tickets for the Greater Artist
concert series are now on sale at
the university ticket office In Mc
Arthur court and at Miller's de
partment store.
gasoline and oil and that he has
not been able to use all the planes
he has. The massive aerial assault
on Malta may be Axis attempt to
cover the movement of supplies
across the Mediterranean to rem
edy the deficiency.
Germany Is still strong In the
air.- It Is estimated to have 4,900
to 5,000 planes In operation, a
large part of them In Russia. The
number of reserves and second line
planes Is unknown. German pro
duction until recently was esti
mated at 1,300 planes a month. It
is believed to have fallen off sight
ly, however, perhaps In part be
cause of the damaging allied raids
on production centers.
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Labor Tieups Show
Very Slight Increase
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.
The percentage of work time lost
because of strikes in September
increased slightly over the figure
for August from 9-100 of one per
cent to 1-10 of one per cent, the
war labor board announced today.
The number of man-days lost
increased from 268,353 to 318.892,
while the total number of man
days worked rose from 300,000,000
in August to 332,000,000 in Sep
tember. The WLB said the number of
strikes which include all labor
disputes and lockouts decreased
from 229 to 187, but involved 80,
709 men in September compared
to only 79,141 In August,
Noted News Analyst
i.ui.iiii. i hi- -, T,.,..n i
Listen to this noted news analyst break down the
day's Important war developments. John B. Hughes
stands unchallenged in his own field. You'll like
his cleat-cut views.
JOHN B. HUGHES
Monday. Wedntsday and Friday
8:30 P. M.
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THEATER WORLD
By GLENN HASSELROOTH
"The Pride of the Yankees" is
the deserved pride of RKO and
Samuel Goldwyn, who produced t
it. The film also may well be one
of the worthwhile thrllU of the
year for millions, who will un
doubtedly see It not once, but !
many times. Down at the Heilig,
where the picture opened Sun
day for a solid week'i run, they're ;
already having . repeat business ;
for those who saw it the first day. I
More often than not, when Hoi-!
lywood has a "sure thing," such
as it had in the life of Lou Gehrig,
so much talent and money and .
preparation goes into its filming I
that the finished dish tastes some- 1
thing like the soup that was spoil
ed by too many cooks. With "Pride :
of the Yankees," it's another story.
Gary Cooper, as the beloved
first baseman, Is the star. The i
story was written by Paul Galileo,
the scenario by Jo Swerllng and j
Herman J. Mankeiwicz. Sam
Wood sat in the director's chair.
Among them, and with the help
of a lot of others who have high
oattlng averages in various fields
of endeavor, they have hit a hom
er in cinematic history that, may
live as long as the Iron Horse of
baseball it helps to immortalize.
The story Is too familiar to need
repeating here. It Is the linotyped
chronicle of Lou Gehrig, the
chronicle of baseball's more recent
years. They include the facts of
life that headlined the sport pages
from his boyhood days, through
the golden age when he played
more than 2,000 consecutive games
with the Yanks, to the last gray
days when he met the stigma of -
infantile paralysis. Some will say
that Gehrig lost his last battle;
this picture proves differently.
Superficially, "The Pride of the
Yankees" Is the flashy dramatiz
ation of tha life of a baseball play
er. More deeply, it Is the modest
story of a good guy who played
baseball. The spirit and the events
that make up both these stories
have been telescoped simply, in- i
telligently, and thoughtfully,
avoiding the use of much Holly
wood artifice or straining for ef
fect. Gary Cooper may be Gary
Cooper playing Gehrig instead of
the real McCoy, but that doesn't
matter. Impersonating a hero so
recently gone is an almost impos
sible task for any actor, but Coop
er has captured enough of Geh
rig's mannerisms in addition to
being his own likeable self to
make you believe that he Is Geh
rig: and that Is really important.
Teresa Wright as his wife
Klcanor is charming and poig
nantly believable, as are Elsa
.lansscn and Ludwig Stossel as his
parents, with a touch of humor
added. Miss Janssen especially
seems beautifully cast, and her
performance is one to be remem
bered when next February rolls
around and they start passing
around Academy plaque.. Playing
themselves and believe It or not,
convincingly are Babe Ruth,
Bob Mcusel, Mark Koenlg, Bill
Stern, and Bill Dickey.
The picture ends, not with the
death of Larrupin' Lou, but on
July 4, 1939, when New York and
the baseball world paid homage
to one of its greatest idols at cere
monies held in the Yankee stad
ium, 62.000 fans cheering. "Most
people think I've had a toujh
break.'1 he said quietly, "but to
day. I feel that I'm the luckiest
man on the face of the earth."
The scene is a perfect ending for
a well-nigh perfect picture which
Jhould be an Inspiration to all
those who understand, or who
would like to understand, Amer
ica. And we think thfjt Lou Geh
rig would be proud to be alive to
day it only to see that there are
many other Americans, faced
with far different problems, who
also know the meaning of fortitude.
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