European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes november 6y 19fo 1929 song was Jolson s favorite Singer preferred can you spare a dime this is the fourth and conc Ltd Tnp chapter of Louella Parsons intimate recollections of Al by Loisella Parsons Hollywood beloved show business was at his Peak Rudy Vallee started to become the dream boat of the matinee then came Bing Frank Perry and the whose deeply romantic Type of singing sent the Bobby boxers into a Al Jolson was no longer head Man in their he was yester Days How much ibis Cut into his very soul and Hurt a nay those closest to him it was interesting that after Al came into demand he changed the singing of his Beautiful ballads to sound More like the but Only when he Sang them on the the Jolson show toot toot red Robin and others became popular a Over knew 200 songs i once asked Al which of All his Many successes he knew 200 songs by heart was his he without a moments can you spare a but Why i asked i like that one the least of All your i think its because it came out to just when we were going through the worst depression this country has Ever he one night a taxi Driver said to i used be a banker before the Stock i took this Job because i had to do the Best i some Way that always made me realize our blessings and my Joy that in a poisons wide Grin was familiar to whether signing autographs for american and British troops in England daring the War above or borne with his the former Erie Jolson also entertained troops on korean America today there is no such there were Many facets to als character that Only those closest to him above was his great love of his country and his intense a Seldom told anyone that he was in the Spanish american he was too Young actually to but he was a water even As he loved the stars i asked him Many times Why do you continue to work so hard your age when you have Mil Lions Ive been working Ever since i Tan away when i was a kid and joined he even before that i was part of a mob scene in a yiddish play in Al never really remained on bad terms with anyone for he had a naturally sunny nature and the quarrels he had Wera usually mended soon after the first few harsh words were to illustrate the night before he went to san he met Oscar Levant in a he and Oscar had had a few words when they did a radio show but both their tempers had but when they saw each other in the res they both started to and they made in a moment of bitter discourage Al once almost quit the stage years ago when he was still battling for i Sang a number in Vera Violetta called get out and get but i Sang it so late in the show that the customers were walking he just when i was getting ready to i met Jake Shubert in the Alley and told i could no longer sing so late in the he gave me a sales talk and told me id be foolish to quit and that he would give me an earlier Auy audience would stay up All night to hear Larsing and hed sing All i Many things happened at the Winter Garden where Al spent so Many one of the most dramatic was the time a strange Young Man with Black hair and a sensitive face called to see said the Young i have a song i think youd Al was in a hurry that but there was something in the boys eyes that made him ask him to come Back the Young Man was George and the song he gave Jolson was which was later to make Gershwin unemployed in states drop to two year Low Washington 5 spurred by the defense the number of unemployed in the dropped to in the lowest level in almost two the census Bureau reported that at the same time the number of employed in october stood at Only to the record High of reported in draft exceeds wartime rate of acceptance 5 the army has reported a drop of 25 per cent in the number of draft rejections and released figures showing that the draftee acceptance rate is now somewhat higher than in world War at the same the Pentagon disclosed that All dental require ments for draftees have been dropped in the belief that the army is Able to provide treatment for any and All Tihe improvement in acceptances was scored on a nationwide basis in when men were examined for the draft and or per were the september rejection rate of per cent compared with per cent in August and per cent in the new rate is approximately the same As for world War when per cent of All prospective draftees were but army officials pointed out these differences different requirements world War ii illiterates were accepted if they showed Basic whereas All draft now required to read and dental requirement for 16 sound Teeth or their equivalent was in effect through most of the country during whereas this was discontinued during the lower intelligence scores were accepted in the main reason for the marked september improvement was that he draft was reaching into younger age groups where the prospective draftees were not old enough to have served in the last during july and August draft boards were Rushing through men in the 26year in order to get hem in before they reached 27 and became exempt under the present these included men who were rejected for the draft in world War but did not include those who were accepted and consequently were exempt As lost ferry found s up the ferry with 19 persons wandered five and a half Miles off its course in a dense fog at the Mouth of the Columbia River and finally was tracked Down by the coast guard after a three hour economic Aid called key to asian peace 5 John assistant to pres ident said economic Aid rather than military Power will do most to win Over the Peoples of Asia to peace and speaking before the american society of travel Steelman said Korea is a Challenge to the capacity of the United nations to reconstruct a War torn country and bring to that country the Comfort and safety and benefits of modern make no mistake about Mili tary Power of and by itself can never preserve peace for the Peoples of the and particularly of will have their eyes fixed upon us As we set about the immense task of reconstruction in warns of communism Steelman warned that communism is engaging in vast efforts pretending to be the agent of Prog Ress to win Over the far Eastern Steelman noted that while the so Cletys meetings were being attended by travel representatives from great Cuba and South there appears to be no representative of the soviet travel is the privilege of the the prosperous and the he and the soviet Union is determined both to prevent its citizens from seeing How the free world and from letting the citizens of the free world see How soviets the Iron curtain 5s a curtain of we must be j careful that we create no Iron curtains in the free j joe9 faces jail term handed out of Banks funds 5 Henry 66yearold Bank of faced a three year prison for stealing be cause he wanted to be a Good Fel axness was sentenced to the prison term by District judge Patrick Stone after he admitted he handed out More than in Bank funds to distressed business i just wanted to be a Good Fel he told the court assistant cashier of the Northern state Bank of and manager of its Mason said he got nothing out of the which he concealed by juggling other customers Fri agents and insurance com Pany adjusters said they found no evidence he benefited axness told the judge he gave one Man Over a six year period before Bank examiners lid clamped on ship data 5 the customs Bureau has clamped a wartime lid on the Dis closure by its offices of information on ship arrivals and destinations and the Bureau said its purpose is to protect the Security of the United states by restricting the disclosure of information concern ing the movement of vessels and cargoes in foreign the Bureau was apparently particularly motivated by a desire to confine about the ship ment of weapons and other strategic equipment to West Europe countries under the Mutual defense assistance officials said the action does not mean that a new emergency has Arisen or is considered i Tennis pro faces White slave trial 5 John Robert Howard former husband actress Diana Barry waived a removal hearing and will face trial in new York on a White slave professional Tennis play will leave for new York As soon As District judge James Allred signs a removal he will remain in jail until Howard was up on the Laredo International Bridge and charged with persuading a movie extra to leave Hollywood and set up a mid Manhattan apartment As a Call Mencken improving caught Stone said it was the most t As tic Case Ive Ever he j 70yearold Sage of stayed execution of sentence until still is a very sick Johns 5 condition of author Mencken is continuing to but the next March j Hopkins Hospital officials