Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 November 1942 — Page 6

UBLE MOVIES

lett Asks Industry to Halt Practice As Aid In War Effort. -

NEW YO, Nov. 13 (U. P)— Flimination of double features in . motion picture theaters for the duration of the war was urged today Lowell Mellett, chief of the bureau of motion pictures, OWI. ~ Speaking at the 19th annual cone ference of the national board of review of motion pictures, Mellett urged theaters to devote a part of

their program to factual films that would give people “the feel of the war and their own relation to it.” ~%The habit of sitting three or our or even more hours,” he said, “with one’s mind afloat in a fictional world, hardly equips the American population for the serious

job of dealing with real life. That|:

‘way lies degeneration rather than growth. And we must grow. We ‘must grow into a people competent to win this war.” In the early days of this war, Mellett said, Hollywood did not seem to realize “what it means for a great democracy to commit itself to war.”

Raps Current Films

“We got a stream of pictures that had no more relation to reality than ghe newspaper comic strips,” MelJett said, “pictures that were caleulated to confirm our naive notion ¢hat all Germans are either super ples, masters of scientific warfare » Hitler-heiling blockheads, that all Japanese are buck toothed ‘saboteurs in horn rimmed glasses, and that any American war correspondent, given the aid of a good looking blond, is able to handle the | entire situation, leaving the rest of us little to do but sit in the theaters three or four hours a day and cheer. ¢ “Unfortunately, this war isn't ~ gimple and anything that is done to encourage people to think it Is, is a very great disservice to the country.” The government, through its own fnovie productions and by advising Hollywood, hopes to bring the real “meaning of the war to theater audiences, Mellett said. May Be a Long War

“This may be a long war” he pontinued. “If so, the wear and ~ tear on the emotions of the people ~ Will be severe. We believe that the motion pictures can sustain national ~ morale in two ways: one, by pro- ~ widing the relaxation of entertain- | ment, and two, by aiding in a basic understanding of why we are fight- ~ ing and the things we are fighting ¥. The motion picture screen, he Migaid, is an important instrument in bringing to the people a ‘clear, un--gonfused understanding.” | The board of review immediately | endorsed Mellett's views with a resolution urging theater owners to ~ suspend double feature showings for | the duration “as a saving of time, ~ eritical materials and man power needed for winning the war.”

OFFERS TYPIST JOBS

~ Stenographers and typists are urgently needed for positions at Ft. Harrison, Stout field and other government agencies here, the civil ‘gervice commission said today. Salaries range from $105 to $126 a month and examinations are held @t 8:30 a. m, on Tuesdays, 1:30 p.m. on Thursdays, and 8:30 a. m. on Saturdays. Persons interested may apply at Room 522, Federal] building.

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The torpedo is about 20 feet in length and 21 inches in diameter . . develops a speed of 50 miles an hour and carry a charge of about 500 pounds of TNT ...and the cost is up to $12,000 each. It is only by your purchase of war bonds that you can help Undle Sam’s navy buy the torpedoes needed to carry on a successful war against our axis enemies. Buy at least 10 per cent of your income in war bonds every payday.

NICHOLAS ROOSEVELT GETSWARNEWS POST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (U. P)). —Nicholas Roosevelt, journalist-author-diplomat, has been appointed deputy director of the office of war information and will serve as contact man for that agency in the war and navy departments, it was learned today. These duties formerly were executed by Paul Smith, who resigned a lieutenant-commander’s commission in the navy and his OWI deputyship to enlist in the marine corps as a private. Mr. Roosevelt has had wide##kperience In the field of literature and diplomacy, and served as a captain in the first world war. He was attached to the American embassy in Paris from 1914-16; served as vice governor of the Philippines in 1930 and later as U. S. minister to Hungary. He has served on the staffs of the New York Times and the New York Herald-Tribune. He is 49 years old and lives at Hewlitt, Long Island.

ARMY TIRES SAVED BY ‘NAIL PICKER’

By Science Service CAMP BOWIE, Tex. Nov. 13.— Nearly a ton of assorted nails have been kept out of army tires here, and added to the nation’s scrap pile. A truck fitted with a magnetic “nail picker” was borrowed from the state highway department

and driven over the army camp’s roads and moter parks. Net result of one day’s cruise: 1867 pounds of nails, tacks, spikes, nuts and bolts, contributed to the scrap drive.

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