davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Service Employees Picket
Union Printers Home
BY the kssooioted Press

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
May 6.-Members of the Building
Service Employees International
Union (AFL), picketed the Union
Printers Home of the international
Typographical Union (AFL) for the
second day yesterday.
Jess Fletcher of Seattle, vice presi-
dent of the Service Workers Union
accused the printers of attempting
to bust" the union and "coercing'
the employees to join an independent
union. He said he believed about
Is employees of the home belonged
to the independent union and
about half a dozen" to the AFL
organization.
Declaring none of the employees
was on strike, DoWell Patterson
home superintendent, said the
picketing was pressure to force
the employees back into a union
they abandoned
He said the Service Workers Unior
refused his offer to submit the mat.
ter to William Green, AFL presi-
dent, and the heads of. the two
unions involved.
Evening star., 1946-05-06
0spina Is Far Ahead
In Colombia Votinu
BY the Assoeioted Press

BOGOTA, Colombia. May 6.-Ma-
riano Ospina Perez, 55-year -old mil
lionaire business man, appeared to-
day to have defeated mis- two liberal
opponents in yesterdays presiden-
tial election for the first conserva-
tive victory IN 16 years.
Ospina, whose grandfather and
uncle were both former Presidents,
held substantial lead over Jorge
Eliecer Gaitan and Gabriel Turbay.
on the basis of unofficial returns
from two-thirds of the precincts.
These totals gave Ospina 3Oe,829;
Turbay, 236,286; Gaitan, 214,332.
Division of the liberal forces be-
tween Turbay and Gaitan appar-
emily caused the defeat of that
party, which has been governing
Colombia since 1880. Neither liberal
candidate has conceded defeat, but
liberal circles saw little chance of
overcoming Ospina's lead.
Although three persons were killed
and at least Is wounded, the elec-
tion was one of the most orderly in
Colombia's history. Casualties were
small compared to recent elections
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Hearst School Adopts
Netherlands Boy, 13

Hearst Schools Papertroopers,
who have adopted a European war
orphan as part of their activity in
The Evening Star-PTA wastepaper
salvage campaign, have been as
signed a Dutch boy, Frans Schadee,
13 years old.
Frans' family suff :ered during the
German occupation because the
father, regular Dutch soldier
joined the underground movement.
The boy was seriously affected by
undernourishment and is only now
slowly returning to health. 1t is ex-
pected that the care he will receive
from the $3.50 being earned by the
Hearst Papertroopers will help re-
store him to normal health in an
other year.
Shepherd School is moving stead
lily toward 200,00O-pound mark in
total collections, widening it's lead
in first place. Last weeks collections
brought Shepherds total to l81 ,312
The others in the ton 20 are.
Evening star., 1946-05-06
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, May 6.-Dr. Murray
c. McNab, 38-year-old research
chemist. was found dead yesterday
in gas-filled experimental cham
ber with a note saying:
This is my last experiment and
it is self-destruction."
DR.. McNab, a resident of Crawford,
N. j.. was employed by the Jefferson
Chemical Co., Inc, in whose 18th
floor laboratory his body was found
Harry Jones, night elevator op-
orator, told police he took the chem
ist to the 18th floor last night after
DR.. McNab explained he would be in
the laboratory about 20 minutes
Mr.. Jones called police at am
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Three From Ohio Die
In Private PIune Crash
By the Associated Press

ROCHESTER, N. H., May GA
prominent businessman of Colum-
bus, Ohio, his wife and their per-
sonal pilot were killed yesterday in
the flaming wreckage of a private
Grumman amphibian plane which
crashed into Parker Mountain dur
ing a transform.
State police identified the dead as
L. l.. Leveque, president of the L. L.
Leveque Co., of Columbus, his wife,
and Robert Chester Johns, 81, OF
Columbus, former Army flyer and
the planes pilot.
Police quoted the manager of the
Columbus airport as saying the
Leveques took off from there yes
terday with Mr.. Johns and fourth
man. The fourth man was not iden-
tilted and was not in the plane
when it crashed, police added.
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Baby Dies as Chesapeake Island
lis Left Without Medical Care

Mrs. Lora Wlitelock. wife of the
mail boat captain. said Mr.. Evans
had asked Mr.. Whitelock to make
a special trip early yesterday morn
ing. but the baby died within the
next half hour.
Meanwhile, as efforts were being
made yesterday to remove two of
the islands three seriously u per-
sons to Crisfeld hospitals, several
cases OF measles also were reported
to have broken out.
The two for whom disqualification
on the mainland was sought are
elderly women.
For nearly a quarter of a century
this 2l0-year-old communication.
prlslng the islets of Ewell, Tylertor
and Rhodes Point-has been oper.
ating under a socialized medicine
plan. A monthly medical fee O,
Sl.oO IS paid by each of the approx
imately 200 families.
/ The money goes to a medica
board which is authorized to emplo,
a salaried doctor and furnish hin
a combined house and clinic or
Ewell Island.
DR.. Seabold. the latest of thu
resident doctors, was paid s2O(
monthly He was retired Philadel
phia police surgeon.
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Former Boxer Killed
By Police in Gun Duel
BY the Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calf, May 6.-Police
shot and killed Walter Brumm, Al
a former welterweight fighter, last
night in an alley gun duel near
the victims home here.
1t. J. P. Mcdonnell said police
were called to investigate report
that man was firing gun through
the walls of his house, and that
Policemen Wesley Cantura. Free
Viretto and Ernie Clark exchanged
numerous shots with Brumm. who
had a 80 caliber rifle. None of the
policemen was injured.
1t. Mcdonnell said Brumm ap.
parently had fired at least 26 shots
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Researcher Commits Suicide
In Lab as His Final Experiment

when DR.. McNab had not summoned
the elevator.
Mr.. Jones and Patrolman Michael
Cavorley found the laboratory gas
jets open with the chemists body
in the small gas chamber. feet
wide and 10 feet long.
Assistant Medical Examiner An
tonic Rottino listed the death as
suicide
The three-page penciled note left
by DR.. McNab said in part
| THE question of suicide and self
ishness to close friends and relatives
is one that I can't answer or even
give an opinion on. 1t is obvious,
however. that 1 have pondered it
and decided I would hurt them less
| dead than alive"
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Two Boys Lost 19 Hours
Released From Hospital

Clyde A. Tony Lafoon, 2, and
Walter Jones, 4, were home with
their relieved parents today and the
10 hours the little boys spent in the
chilly woods near Oxon Run Friday
night and early Saturday were prac-
tically forgotten.
The boys were discharged from
Casualty Hospital today after treat
ment for exposure. Neither ap.
peared to be suffering any i'll effects
Tony is the son of Mr.. and Mrs
Clyde A. Lafoon, 1921 HALEY terrace
Sc. His companion is the son OF
Howard Jones. janitor, who lives
across the street.
Evening star., 1946-05-06
WheotIey Y to Mark
Annex Anniversary

The Phyllis Wheatley YWCA will
celebrate the first anniversary of the
opening of its annex with a musical
program at 8 pm. tomorrow.
The city-wide chorus under the
direction of Dean Warner Lawson
will sing. Chauncey Brown and
Robert Murray will be soloists. Ger
trude McBrown will give a dramatic
reading
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Jocoby Bridge Team
Wins Vanderbilt Cup
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK. May 6.-By a mar.
gin of $50 points, the team of Os-
valid Jacoby of Dallas, John R
Crawford, Philadelphia, and How
ard Schenken, George Rapee ane
Sam Stayman, all of New York
yesterday won the 1916 Vanderbilt
Cup bridge tournament.
Second place in the 56-board elm.
ination contest was taken by the
team of Waldemar Won Zedtwitz
Peter Leventritt, Sam Rossant, Sam
Katz and Bertram Lebhard, jr., all
of the New York area.
Evening star., 1946-05-06
III, :. Steel Can Run
Three Weeks on Coal
On Hand, 0Ids Says
By the Associated Press

HOBOKEN, N. j., May 6.-Irving
S. Olds, chairman of the United
States Steel Corp, said today the
company could operate only three
weeks more If the coal strike con-
tinues and added it seemed incredi-
BILE that single individual could
cripple the country industrially.
Without mentioning John l.. Lewis,
head of the United Mine Workers,
by name, Mr.. Olds told the 45th an
nual meeting of stockholders:
when industry is SO anxious to
complete any remaining reconver-
sion and to put itself in a position
to take care of the pentup demands
for so many products which have
been denied to us during the war
years, it seems incredible that in an
enlightened Nation such as the
United States a single union, or
perhaps more accurately single
individual, should have the power to
cripple the industrial activity of
the entire country"
At As Per Cent of Capacity.
Mr.. Olds just before the five
week-old strike started the corpora
ton scheduled operations at more
than 95 per cent of rated capacity,
but that last week the average was
only As.
THE remaining supply of coal
within the corporation is so meager
as to permit steel operations on a
continually receding scale for a pc
riod of not to exceed three weeks
if the coal strike continues"
Union Terms Not Known.
| Mr.. Olds added that he did not
know what the outcome of the Goa
strike might prove to be.
TT seems impossible" he said, 'tc
conduct sincere and effective COL
lectlve bargaining negotiations
when the employer does not know
after more than a month of dis.
cussion what are the real demand.
of the union.-
The steel executive also calico
for an end to wartime Government
controls, saying. The poorer finan.
cial showing since 1941 is the in.
evitable result of constantly mount
ing costs of operation" by which
maximum steel prices were set sub.
stantially at prewar levels.
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Deaths Reported

John L. Snyder. a6. 333a Military rd
Sister Mary j. Rollins. IS, 1900 35th
Albert E. Carpenter, 50, $500 X st. NV
James l N. Wigginton, IS, 1925 18th st.
Elsie X. Hunter, 75. 3O44 Monroe st. ne.
Anton j. Schroth, "A, $40 Minnesota ave,
George 2: Hardesty, "a. sol 18th st. ne.
George " Henderson, SO, Mendon, Mo.
Evelyn Jordan, SO, 24S0 18th ST.
Patsy R. Cabiness, Is, 1915 Downing pl.
ne.
Pamela Krusen infant, Chevy Chase, Md.
Infant David. 1903 Randolph pl.
Henrietta Eggleston, 70, 739 Morton st.
George Jackson, 90, 591 c st. s.w.
Raymond Montgomery, 40, 2426 N st.
William Napier, 45, 1923 st.
Inez E. Onley, 80. 314 Division ave. ne.
Lawrence E. Gadson, 20, 727 11th st. e.
Infant Rice No. 2, 1433 Montello ave. ne
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Scott to Give TuIk

Leo w. Scott, physicist at the
National Bureau of Standards, was
Ire-elected president of the National
Capital Astronomers at a meeting
Saturday night in the National Mu-
scum. Other new officers named.
who will take Office in September.
were: Ray K. Windham. vice pres
ident; Eugene S. Henning, treas
urer; Lloyd North, secretary, and
U. Sherman Lyons, elected to a
four-year term on the board OF
trustees.
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Librories Group to Hear
Two c. U. Professors

The university and college group
of the Special Libraries Association
will meet at pm. Wednesday in
the library of Catholic University to
hear discussion of great human
istic reference and source materials
The speakers are Profs. Patrick
Skehan and Stephen Kuttner of the
university. The Rev. James j. Kor-
tendick. assistant librarian at Cath
olic University, will be chairman.
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Pimlico Bookkeeper Dies

BALTIMORE, Md, May (Spe-
ciaD Richard A. Hagner, for nine
years bookkeeper at the Pimlico race
track, died of a heart attack last
night at his home. Mr.. Hagner was
assistant treasurer during the recent
Bowie meeting
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Surplus Royon Stockings
Ceiling Set at 95 Cents
By the Associoted Press

bY fhe NssocIoted PFesS
OPA today fixed a retail price
ceiling of 95 cents a pair for 162, 900
pairs of women's new 'rayon stock
ings declared surplus by the armed
forces.
They will be sold by the War AS
sets Administration to dealers, who
will put them on the market.
Evening star., 1946-05-06

Collections tomorrow in the sec
ond district, together with the lead
erS follow:
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Weather. Report

District of Columbia - Mostly
cloudy and mild. with temperature
around IS degrees this afternoon
followed by occasional light showers
tonight and tomorrow. Lowest tenn
perature about ST degrees tonight
and somewhat cooler tomorrow.
Virginia-Mostly cloudy and mild
with scattered showers tomorrow
and in north portion tonight. Some
what cooler tomorrow.
Maryland - Mostly cloudy and
mild, with scattered showers tonight
and tomorrow. Somewhat cooler
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1946-05-06
River Report.

tFrom United States FnsineersD
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and Great Falls; Shenandoah muddy al
harpers Ferry.
Temperature and Humidity
tReadings at Washington National Airport)
tur ,,;,J;x,
Evening star., 1946-01-20
Two Classics Prove Less Than Magnificent
By Jack O'Brian

dance, their efforts are brought in
almost as an unscheduled vaudeville
turn IN. the middle of the plot.
|.. Neither Good Nor Bad.
q For Bobby Clark fans, The
|Wauld-be Gentleman" is a great deal
Of fun: For sticklers to Moliere ira
dition, it might not set so well, for it
has been turned from a comedy of
manners into farce of manners,
and the manners are ludicrous,
daffy, broad to an extreme, almost
a Minsky derivation. Taking the
firm critical viewpoint, it isn't of
much lasting worth to the cultural
theater; looking at it purely as a
Bobby Clark fan, it's an awful lot
of fun.
The Theater Guild, having made
barrel of money in the last few
years with such excellent offerings
as "Oklahofna!" "Carousel' and
other fine productions, decided it
should spend some of these profits
in bringing a series of Shakespear-
can plays to Broadway and it's Ma
tion-wide subscription circuit. The
first such drama opened this week
at the Cort Theater: The Winters
Tale" one of the Bard's less popu-
lar plays. 1t features Henry Daniel
Florence Reed, Jessie Royce Lands
Romney Brent. Whitford Kane
Colin Keith-J Johnston and many
others.
Nothing startlingly excellent is to
be found in this production, nor can
be discovered anything bad The
simple fact is that "The Winters
Tale" is not one of Shakespeare
better plays. Similar characters and
Evening star., 1946-01-20
Lavish Sets Seen
Again With Lid Off
OF Building Costs
By the Associa ted Press.

HOLLYWOOD.
Now that the wartime lid is off or
expensive sets, studios are going in
for lavish production numbers again
Stories kept on shelves during the
lean years when $1,000 was top figure
for a set are being made in almost
every studio. In "Tangier" an ex-
penSive elevator was erected ano
then completely wrecked to show
Louise Albritton and Preston Foster
fall to their deaths. Ginger Rogers
new picture Heartbeat" employed
an elaborate ballroom with marble
pillars and lavish furnishings OF
prewar Paris style Fred Astaire's
dancing numbers in Blue Skies" use
expensive sets, one employing 5000
square feet of mirrors. Cornell Wilde
and Linda Darnell emote on a set
which involved the building of a
half-mile spur from an adjacent
railroad and the purchase of a loco.
motive and six railway cars fol-
Centennial Summer"
EFti tllc WeSteTIS, WHICH rely
largely on outdoor scenery, have
come in for some lavish set building
Universal has built an entire town
on its 400-acre back lot for Canyon
Passage" which included not only
the town itself but several hundred
giant pine trees brought from Ore
gon. For Bad Mans Territory. ;
with Randolph Scott and Ann Rich.
ards, RKO made reproduction o1
Quinto. Okla, a town of 5000, al
their ranch.
Evening star., 1946-01-20
The Quality of Greatness
Bv Ward Morehouse

Shakespearean role in a career of
probably 200 parts.
Why" he said, I'VE used to do
Sunday -nighters in London in addi-
ton to playing regular engagements
and in that way got in a lot of
acting. My first job was in Eugene
O'Neill's In the Zone after I'd gone
to my 29th stage door. There is
just no way for young people to get
the right stage training these days
Hollywood grabs them so quickly !
I wish there were some way to pre-
vent young and inexperienced peo-
pie from going to the coast before
they've cut their teeth I like radio
and the movies, too, but I look on
the theater as the granite on which
show business stands. Kids in the
theater who really like it should
play a lot of parts and get used to
bad notices before trying anything
else. Most of us in the theater feel
a responsibility to the theater. Sure.
I'll be going back to Hollywood, but
I'm in no hurry"
We got back to the matter OF
Hamlet
They had asked Noel Coward to
play it for the Norman Bel Geddes
production, but Noel couldn't. We
were both in London at the time and
Noel telephoned and asked me if l
wouldn't like to do it. l was dying
to get to Broadway and Lsaid yes
and came. I got Abe Lincoln out
OF the Hamlet engagement. Bob
Sherwood came around during the
run and he. must have seen some
thing OF Lincoln in the performance
House 120 Years Old.
I'm too doggone old now but I'd
like to try Hamlet again some time
Bob Benchley gave me notice !
shall always treasure. He said !
played Hamlet as if / didn't like
actors"
Massey showed me about the IT.
room house, which he acquired
seven years ago. It's 120 years old
and there is a fireplace in every
room. Countless personal odds and
ends, too, and book shelves for all
the plays in the world. One of his
priced possessions is a play bill of
the performance of Our American
Cousin" given at Ford's Theater in
Washington the night of the assas-
sination of President Lincoln, given
him for Christmas present by Mrs
Massey. 1t bears the autograph OF
the character actor, w. j. Ferguson
who was in the cast on that night
of national tragedy.
VIII Raymond Massey ever return
to his role of Abe Lincoln?
Sure" he said, well do it again
Abe could have stayed in New York
another season but Sherwood want
ed the road to see it.
There are some fine actors around
today" Massey concluded. Don't
forget what I said about Larry
Olivier-there will be talk of him sc
years from now. 1t may be bias
phemy but his Richard III is the
finest I ever saw"
tReleased by North American Newspaper
Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1946-01-20
By Harold Hefernan

Latest of the Hope-Crosby- La
mour films, The Road to Utopia. .
finished two years ago and held
for a better comedy market, will be
released around March. With Hope
heading the radio polls and Bing
Crosby leading box Office winner for
the second consecutive year, studio
sales experts confidently expect
Utopia" to be top money maker.
Kaye Will Try Again.
Abbott and Costello, their personal
troubles reported over. are also back
on the beam, having completed "On
the Carpet" and with The Moose
Hangs High" in preparation.
Red Shelton, ranking comedian
behind Abbott and Costello in 1914,
was in service during 1945 but has
reported back to MGM for active
duty. SHELTON, however, made few
pictures. He is more notable as a
radio than a screen comedian. Also
in uniform were Eddie Albert and
Buddy Ebsen.
Brightest newcomer in the 1914
comedy field was Danny Kaye
whose 1945 offering, Wonder Man -
was not so funny as up in Arms,
his first picture. But Kaye will
make renewed bid for popularity
this year in Goldwyn's The Kid
From Brooklyn"
Completely or virtually inactive
during 1945 were Joe E. Brown. one
Of many comedians who sacrificed
considerable portions of their ca
reers to entertain servicemen: w. C.
Fields. Laurel and Hardy, Charles
Chaplin and Hugh Herbert.
Jack Benny appeared only once,
in THE Horn Blows at Midnight, y
IA picture actually completed 18
|nonths ago. Fred Allen made one
OF his infrequent appearances as
star of I'm the Bag" noted mainly
for its kidding of movie credits.
Coincidence Betty Hutton was an
exception last year, jumping from
23d to 18th in the popularity poll
but her roles included such semi
Evening star., 1946-01-20
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Has Hollywood lost its sense of
humor? Judging by the records,
such would appear to be the case.
In more than a decade the movies
have uncovered only a few cut-ups
to replace the. Chaplins, Lloyds,
Arbuckles, Keatons, Chases, Hamil-
tons and others of silent days who
kept the world laughing and built
up huge fortunes for themselves.
In l945 the screen had an eSpe-
clally sour year in the matter of lift
ing the spirits of war-weary world
Although victory came in that year
it was greeted mostly with gratitude
rather than glee Any review of
Hollywood IN 1945, year that was
historical but not hysterical, shows
"a depressing absence of big-time
comedy product. Likewise, the box
office ratings recently announced by
the Motion Picture Herald, trade
publication whose polls were accept
ed as the most accurate barometers,
show dearth of comedy stars in
the high places.
Bob Hope, who placed third be-
hind Bing Crosby and Gary Cooper
IN 1914 box Office popularity, slipped
to seventh in 1945. indicating no loss
OF favor but resulting from his long
absence on soldier entertainment
tours. Yet Hopes rating still makes
him the Nations No. l comic.
Prospects Are Brighter.
Abbott and Costello, who spent
much Of l945 feuding instead of
filming, dropped out of the top TO-
<for the first time in four years
from 9th to 18th place.
Prospects for 1916, however, are
brighter, according to Paul Jones
veteran of q years at Paramount
and specialist in comedies. Jones
productions include seven starring
Hope, three of them the highly sue
cessful Road" comedies.
There was. of course, nothing
funny about the war, nor, so far,
about the peace" Jones said. That
psychological attitude had a direct
effect on pictures. While we pro-
duced so-called 'escapist' entertain
ment, there was no boom in come
dies. But from now on, We should
see America tackling reconversion
and other postwar problems with its
customary sense of humor, and
Hollywood is anticipating a great
demand for comedy"
Jones himself has brought Hope
back to Paramount, the stars home
studio, for the first time in nearly
TWO years, for Monsieur Beaucaire. ;
This remake of the Booth Tarking-
ton story which starred Rudolph
Valentino in 1924 is now strictly for
laughs.
Evening star., 1946-01-20

MR.. GWENN RETURNS AT NEW PLAYS HELM-On leaue of
absence from the Hollywood duties hch been taking
considerable energy of late Edmund GUen
(aboue) plays salty retired captain in "You Touched
Which arUes at the National tomorrow night too,Dig
siderable Neo York Neil Fitzgerald Catherine
eft and Phyllis Ryder and John Conway right
Uh important roles in the Tennessee Williams draatsation
and moderntsation of a d. H. Laurence short story