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Evening star., 1947-04-16
Hollywood:
Henry Fonda
Will Retire
To Direct
By Sheiloh Grohom

Henry Fonda will retire as q
movie actor in three years. After
that he viii direct pictures. Tn
sorry because, In my opinion, Fonda
is one Of the best actors in Holly
wood.
Sonia Henie's reception on her
recent European trip was, I am
told, on the cold side. And she
didn't improve matters in st. Nor
itz, Switzerland, when she asked
for the rink at the Palace Hotel to
be cleared Of skaters before she
would skate on 1t!
Clark Gable has yet another pic
ture coming up-if Metro and
George Stevens have their way.
One Of the talked-of terms for the
Metro-Liberty releasing deal is that
Gable stars In "The Wayward Bus, "
John Steinbeck story, to be directed
by Stevens. They want to make It
into another "It Happened One
Night" for which Gable won the
1884 Academy Award.
Tyrone Power testing with Rose
|Strader and Frances Dee for two
of the top feminine spots in his
next picture, Nightmare Alley"
Walter Pidgeon asks me to do him
a favor. I say ''yes." and he says,
II want you to print in your COL
umn that after playing tennis with
fpro) Frankie Feltrop for four years,
II finally won two games from him
last week!"
\ \
Jane Powell has Tommy Breen,
son Of Censor Joe, as her beau In
Maiden Voyage" But I'll be very
surprised II Deborah Kerr stars In
this picture. It was Just a beautiful
daydream on the part Of Producer
Joe Pasternak.
Lon McCallister has been told
by Daryl Zanuck that he's out Of
'The Green Grass Of Wyoming
because" said Zanuck, IT don't
want to type you in animal pic
lures" That's very wise. Ions
grandparents celebrated 81 years Of
marriage last Saturday, and Lon
Evening star., 1947-04-16

fom-year-olh daughter. Gay, w1s
missing when Mrs. Gordon returned
to her car parked IN front Of .
local market.
4 Police searched the market. the
neirhborhood and the Gordon home.
Gay was nowhere to be found. Cor
don decided he'd search the neigh-
borhood himself.
As he entered the car, small
voice came from q recess behind
the seat. It was Gays.
s well, Daddy" she asked peevish-
", how long do ! have to hide?"
Evening star., 1947-04-16

said. They make all kinds Of re-
fections."
"How would an actor who had bad
eyes read script In television," we
asked Mr.. Kerr.
"He wouldn't" said the Catholic
U. man. "He would have to memo
rize the script or get a job some
where else-maybe In regular radio
station"
"But," the interrogator pursued
the point, suppose in a television
play, you have a character who is
supposed to be fellow Of great dig
nifty, say an international banker
who uses heavy plastic rim spec
tacles to awe lesser men. You could
not take his spectacles away from q
man Of that type"
''No," said Mr.. Kerr, who is obvi-
ously q natural for television, "in
that case, he would wear the spec
tacles-but with the lenses re-
moved"
His companion who was doubly
blind at that point, once by the
lights and once by the removal OF
his spectacles, had another question: !:
Gould I keep my glasses In my
hand, sort of like an Oriental's set
Of talking beads? You know, as sort
Of something to act WITH"
The director said no, and added
quickly We're on. the air." 4
Fifteen minutes later the act was
on the air, the possessor Of = pre-
cious bit Of new knowledge, namely,
that in television man can know
he gave a bad performance, but walk
out Of the studio feeling that he is
a hero-one Of those httest who sur
vived.
And who, heneceforth, will have
only admiration for television and
its actors.
Helgoland, a small island in the
North Sea, was once a base for
pirates operating against shipping
80 \ AT r. l.
Evening star., 1947-04-16

Madeleine Carroll work in Techni-'
color in an outdoor scene. Miss
Carroll, who looked fragile, but was
not, was even more Spartan than the
ones that earlier day in Hollywood.
She could take the lights for
minutes at a time. But her make
up was made of less hardy stuff.
Every few seconds 1t would start to
flow away, an especially tragic sort
of erosion In that 1t left Miss Car
roll, the lovely thing, looking like a
bed Of an Arizona river In July.
From now on, however, Techni-
color actors are mere second placers,
or runners-up in the book Of per-
formers we bow to most deeply. First
place, thanks to Station WTTG,
henceforth' goes to television actors
Evening star., 1947-04-16

ADJUSTMENTS
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had 10 withdraw nom Arch q
Triumph" when he was stricken
and Charles IAughton took over his
role.
Charles Korvin. Ia his play, IN
cident n Connecticut" plays . Rus
sian q. N. delegate 10 Lake Success
who falls h love with IN American
girl. Il more Russian diplomats fen
IN love with American girls, 1t might
solve something!
tReleased by North American Newspaper
AIlinucel
Evening star., 1947-04-16
Polite Forgery
By the Associated Press


HOLLYWOOD.
Reed Hadley signed John Cara
dimes name three times the other
night. but he expects to be thanked
for 1t.
Reed bears q close resemblance to
Carradine, even sounds like him.
So, when Hadley took In the fights
that night, three youngsters de-
manded his autograph. He explained
he wasn't Carradine, but one Of the
trio said:
Jaw, you can't fool US. We know
Carradine when We see him."
Not Wishing to make any enemies
for CaTadine- among the bobby
soxers, Hadley signed the three
autograph books.
Evening star., 1947-04-16
THE EVENING STAR. Washington. j.. e.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL i6, f1U.
Television Easily Proves Self
Hottest of Recent Inventions
BY JOY cormody

The actors this used to think Of the most
worked Technicolor lights
grabbed Hollywood
middle let how with them in their
work-a-day lfe
couple years memory by watching
Evening star., 1947-02-17
ST. A|oysius Clock
To Be Modernized

The clock in the tower of ST
Aloysius Church, North Capitol and
! streets NV, for so years a ia.
fniliar timepiece in its neighbors
hood, is to be moderniZed soon.
The four faces of the clock, the
timekeeIer for work-bound crowds
every morning, are to be illuminated
throughout the night. The bells
which strike every quarter hour, will
be electrically operated
The <Rev. Neil j. Gargan. S. j.
rector of the church, said the
change will be made soon.
First contribution to the fund
will come from the Brooks Club oi
st. Aloyisus Parish. The money will
be the proceeds of lecture by
Father Gargan at $3.50 pm. February
25 in the Gonzaga High School Audi
torium, 81 I street NV. Father
Gargan, who is president of Con-
zaga, will lecture on Franco"
Tickets, at ST each. may be OBJ
tanned at 10 1 street NV, or at the
door of the auditorium on the night
of the lecture.
The clock was built by Father
Blasius Walch, S. j., in 1866, fol
lowing completion, of the 150-foot
tower. The bells were made by
Joshua Register of Baltimore. They
weigh $500, 1900. 1900 and 50t
pounds. respectively.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Funeral Services Tomorrow
For FIorentine F. Never

Funeral services for Florentine F
Meyer, 70, an employe of The Star
for 81 years will be held at $3.50
am. tomorrow at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Boar
man, Riggs road, Chillum. Requiem
mass will follow at 9 am. in St
Gabriels Church, with the Rev. j.
B. Coyne officiating Burial will be
in St. Mary's cemetery.
Mr.. Meyer, who lived at 1926
North Capitol street NE, died Fri
day at George Washington Univer-
sity Hospital. He joined the engi-
neering department of The Star In
1919 and retired in 1940 Mr.. Meyer
was born in Germany, but came to
this country when he was IA. After
living few years in New York, he
moved to Washington.
He was member of the Catholic
Knights of America for So years,
and belonged to st. Gabriels
Church.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Boarman, Mrs. Rose M. Nc
Whorter, 4421 Burlington place
NV, and Mrs. Helen R. Walton
1885 New Hampshire avenue NV
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Cancer Council 10 Discuss
Need 10 Promote Research

The National Advisory Cancer
Council will meet today and to-
morrow at the National Cancer In
stitute in Bethesda, Md.
Scheduled for discussion is the
need for expansion of the research
fellowship program to promote the
study of cancer detection and treat
ment. The group also will study
applications for Federal grants to
support cancer research in institu-
tions throughout the country.
Head of the council is Surgeon
Gen. Thomas Parran. Other men,
bers are Dr.. Shields Warren, Har-
ward University Medical School; DR.
Waltman Walters, Mayo Clinic: DR.
A. c. Ivy, University of Illinois Med
ical School: DR.. Frank E. Adair,
Cornell University; DR., Robert S
Stone, University of California
Medical School, and DR.. Charles
Higgins, University of Chicago
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Howard P. Foley TO Direct
Annual Shriners' Circus

Howard P. Foley, Washington
business man, will be general chair
man of the sixth annual Shrine Cir
Gus to be held for the benefit OF
Almas Temple charities the week o1
April 81, Potentate Ralph M. Wolfe
has ANNOUNCED.
Plans for Che three-ring show, te
be held in Uline Arena, include IA
performances and between 80 anc
40 acts. Shrine Circus headquarters
have been set up on the second fool
of the Temple, 1915 K street NV
Mr. Foley plans to appoint commit
tees this week.
More than $1,000 persons attended
the 1916 Shrine Circus. Past cir
cuses have provided thousands oi
dollars for the Shriner's Hospita
for Crippled Children and loca
charities sponsored by Aim "
Temple. -. Foley said.
Mr.. Foley, a past potentate ane
one of the temples most active
workers, founded the first circus II
1912 and has been managing director
since.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Death Of MuraIs Painter
By Gas Called Suicide

Karl Free, So, an artist who
painted two murals for the Post
Once Department here, was found
dead in his gas-filled apartment In
New York last night, and police
there said the death was suicide,
the Associated Press reported today.
A sister-in-law, Mrs. Walter Free,
said the artist formerly was curator
OF New York City's Whitney Mu-
scum of Art and had a number of
water colors on exhibit in galleries
throughout the United States.
Mr.. Frees Post Office Depart
ment murals, completed at a cost
of $4,000, are located in the south
lobby on the seventh floor of the
building. One depicts the arrival
of mail in New Amsterdam. The
other is entitled French Explorers
and Indians"
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Corning Sees Moving
OF Page Boys School
From Capitol in '&

The Capitol Page Boys School
may be moved from the Capitol to
one of the public school buildings
nearby after this year, DR.. Hobart
M. Corning, public school superin-
tendent, said today.
The pages school has been under
the supervision of the District pub
lie school system since January /
in accordance with the Congress
sional Reorganization Act.
Following a tWo-hour conference
with Senate Secretary Carl Loeff1er
and House Clerk John Andrews at
the Capitol, DR.. Corning said an
arrangement is being, worked out
for special appropriation measure
to reimburse the District for con-
ducting the school.
The Reorganization Act needs
clarifcation because it provides nc
specific method of paying the Dis
trict, DR.. Corning said. He an
nounced that no final decision was
reached at today's conference, but
that there seemed to be no question
that Congress will appropriate the
necessary funds.
He added that no estimate of the
cost is available as yet.
There was no discussion today oi
the question whether the District
Board of Education will use its own
teachers to replace the eight who
now instruct the pages. DR.. Corn
ing said, however, that this can be
worked out without difficulty, and
he indicated that some of the pres
ent teachers may be absorbed into
the public school system.
One of the principal problems
from a school operation standpoint,
DR.. Corning said, will be to arrange
the school hours for the pages.
These hours are different from the
regular time for public school
classes. The pupils are the Sc Capt.
tol pages whose ages range from
IL to 16.
DR.. Corning said the school prob
ably will continue to be operated in
its present one-room quarters in the
Capitol for the remainder of this
years congressional session, but
probably will be moved to more ade-
quate quarters next year. 1t now
has room on the west terrace OF
the Capitol.
Others at the conference today
were Assistant Supt Norman j. Mel
son and Associate Supts. Lawson j
Cantrell and A. w. Heinmiller.
Present director of the school is
Ernest j. Kendall, who started IT as
a private school in 1881. Until jan
uary the pages were paying $40 a
month tuition.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
High Mass to Be Sung
For Rev. Brezezinski

High requiem mass for the Rev
Bernardine Brezezinski, So, O.F.M.
who died Friday in Garfield Hospit-
al, will be sung at 10 am. Thursday
at the Franciscan Monastery. Four
teenth and Quincy streets N E. Bur
ial will be in the monastery ceme-
terry.
The Very Rev. Edmund ]. Muir
ply, head of the monastery, will Of
ficiate. Father Bernardine had been
i'll for a year.
Born in Chicago, he studied at
Catholic University in 1918, then en-
tered the Franciscan Order the same
year. He was ordained in the priest
hood in 1923 at Green Bay, Wis, by
Bishop Rhode. He returned here the
same year to the monastery.
In 1926 he was sent to the Holy
Land to serve in Franciscan missions
in Nazareth, Bethlehem and in
Cairo, Egypt. He was ordered to
leave Egypt with all other Ameri-
cans in 1912, returning here in l943.
Surviving are his father, Stephen
Brezezinski, seven brothers and two
sisters all of Chicago.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Truinmen Rescue Man
Unconscious on Tracks

An unconscious man was lifted
from railroad tracks in the Ecking-
ton Yards early today by two Wash
ington Terminal employees a few
minutes before a train was sched-
uled to have passed the spot.
He is Robert D. Harper, so, of Bis
Sixth street NE. Police said the
man, who suffered head injuries in
an unknown manner, is in un-
determined condition at Emergency
Hospital.
The rescuers were Noel E. King
man, an engineer of Seat Pleasant
Md, and his fireman, R. M. Cal
houn, 1851 Old Ford road Sc. They
told police they were manning an
engine near the New York avenue
bridge shortly after midnight when
they spotted the unconscious man
The men quickly stopped their train
and lifted Mr.. Harper from the
tracks, they said.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
House Member 10 Ask
Marshall 10 Demand
Fair Play by Russia
By the Associufad Press

Secretary of State Marshall drew
advance notice today that Russian.
American relations will be up fol
critical review when. he pays his
second visit in a week to the Capi.
tol tomorrow.
Representative Mundt, Republi-
can, of South Dakota told report
ers he will ask for assurances that
Gen. Marshall will demand a policy
of realism and reciprocity" with
the Soviet Union when the Big -Four
Foreign Ministers get together in
Moscow next month.
"It's time this friendship stopped
working just one way" said Mr.
Mundt, member of the House For
eign Relations Committee which
summoned the cabinet officer to a
closed session.
Gen. Marshall last Friday ap-
peared before the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee and reported
to neWspapermen later he had ad-
vised the lawmakers that "the
world is in very critical condition
politically.
Marshall to Warn Committee.
A high congressional official who
keeps in close touch with the ad-
ministration said Gen. Marshall will
caution the House members tomor-
row against dulling the edge OF
American diplomacy by chipping
away at the Nations armed forces
This Democratic lieutenant, who
asked not to be named, said the
Secretary also will stress that he is
"gravely concerned" lest lack OF
funds for relief abroad and foreign
commitments drive additional mil
lions Into the arms of Communism.
Mr.. Mundt, backing up his de-
mand for greater reciprocity from
Russia, said:
Take the question rof visas, for
example We've issued over $500
for Russians to come into this coun-
try, as compared to $50 issued by
the Russians for admission of Amer
leans over there"
Will Contrast Propaganda.
The South Dakotan said he will
call Gen. Marshall's attention, too
to the contrast between circulation
of the State Departments Russian
language publication America" in
the Soviet Union, and the distribu-
ton here Of the weekly U. S. S. r
Bulletin"
The Kremlin has put a top cir
culation of $4,000 on the American
monthly, but has refused to tel
us where they are going or who is
getting them," Mr. Mundt asserted
For all I know, they may be dump
ing them into the Volga."
The Soviet Bulletin" on the other
hand, he said, is distributed here to
any one who wants copy, with no
restrictions on its contents. Why,
Mr.. Mundt added. I'VE even pay
part of the cost of this propaganda
by allowing it to go through the sub
sidized second-claSs mail"
Evening star., 1947-02-17
French Correspondent
Slain in Indo-Chinu
BY the Associofed Press

PARIS, Feb. 17.-Maurice Martin
Is. correspondent for the Paris news
paper France-Soir, was killed Satur-
day while accompanying French
troops in an attack on the Wet
Namese in Indo- China.
He was the second correspondent
to die in the fighting there recently
Michael Moutschen, %, Associat-
ed Press correspondent, was wound
ed fatally by a sniper bullet last
week.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
38,250 Germans Held
By U. S. Army in Europe
By the Asseeioted Prsss

FRANKFURT, Germany, Feb. II.
Only 3s,250 German prisoners OF
war are still in custody of the United
States Army in Europe. and virtually
all of them will be released by June
80. Army headquarters reported to-
day.
An additional $4,000 German
prisoners "are on loan from United
States authorities to Allied countries
where they are used on rehabilita-
ton and reconstruction tasks" said
the report.
"The United States Government
has completed negotiations with the
borrowing countries for the return
of these prisoners" the report said,
land upon return to United States
Army custody they will be dis
charged as quickly as possible"
Evening star., 1947-02-17
|laughIin Urges Fund
1oPay for Defense Of
Impoverished Clients

Attorney James J. Laughlin today
complained to Chief Justice Bolitha
J. Laws of District Court about the
compensation received by members
of the Bar Examining Committee
from fees paid by bar examination
applicants.
In a letter TO Justice Laws, Mr..
Laughlin asked that the money be
used instead to compensate lawyers
appointed to defend impoverished
clients.
Mr.. Laughlin claimed that before
the war between 1000 and 1000 ap-
plicants took the bar examination
each year, paying a fee of $25 each.
He conceded that this number had
dropped since then, but expected
that it would go up again.
The court-appointed nine-man
Committee on Admissions and
Grievances was the object of Mr..
Laughlin's attack
Invariably" he said, "the same
attorneys serve on the committee on
admissions and grievances.
Creation of Fund Urged.
Il suggest that you take steps to
see that the members of the COM
mittee serve without pay as a public
service and fund be set aside to
compensate attorneys experienced in
criminal procedure for representing
Impoverished defendants.
Mr.. Laughlin made his charge
after he was compelled, he said, to
refuse request by Mrs Floyd Page
Wilson to defend her husband,
charged with the recent murder Of
Milton E. Lowe, because Mrs. Wilson
was without funds.
He had, he said, expended more
than $400 of his own money In de-
Tending Raymond Connors, accused
of murder in the Barker -Casbarian
trailer deaths last year. He asked
that the court appoint an expert
enced lawyer for Wilson.
"To my knowledge, no member Of
this committee has ever served with
out compensation in a criminal
case" Mr.. .Laughlin said.
No Reply From Committee.
Although no official reply was
Forthcoming Immediately from
members of the committee, there
was some resentment upon the part
Of committee members at Mr..
Laughlin's charge.
II have done my share of Defend
ing without compensation" said one,
who asked to remain unidentified
He pointed out that there were
heavy administrative costs in op-
Grating the committee and that the
preparation ana marking Of bar
examination papers twice a year
was tedious work.
The committee members are Wal
ter G. Clephane, chairman; Austin
Garfield, John j. Wilson, Vernon
West, corporation counsel; Walter
M. Bastian, Edward Stafford, Fran
els w. Jill, jr.; Edmund Jones and
John L. Smith.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Deaths Reported

Dos Taylor IS. .4335 Cathedral ave. NV.
Samuel Jones. SO, 715 G st. ne.
Clarence NJ Winemiller, So, 1880 B st. Sc
William Young, S3, IS Charming st. NV.
william B. Sanders, n. Vienna, Va,
Anton Kaspar, II, 1902 Rhode lsian'
william P. crandall. 6s, 5510 Sth st. w
Horace Winter, 5000 18th st; ne:
infant Weiner, 2O13 Columbia I'd. NV.
Emma Banyon, 81, 1915 Hopkins st: NV.
Theresa D. Sawyer, 53, 512 Bird ST. s.W.
Anna Cofigan, So, 1852 Stephens rd. sc.
Infant Van Doster, 10 F st. s.w.
Infant Butler, Annapolis, Nd.
Infant Travers, S55 21st st. ne.
infant Ragsdale, Chillanham, Nd.
Infant Barte, 643 4th st. ne.
Infant De Neale. Virginia,
Infant Williamson, 315 L st. NV,
Infant Hazard Silver Spring. Nd.
Infant Cook, 1913 11th st. ne.
Infant Infant r15tSs BfNwns E, 70 address gwen
Infant Evans, 1908 New Jersey ave. NV.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
|Lath Workers Strike
May Halt Building
In New York City
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-One thou
sand metal fathers today began a
strike which was expected to force
immediate suspension Of work on
half the construction projects in
New York City and result in a COM
plete shutdown of building work
within a few days if it continued.
Two hours after the strike started,
the Cancellation Service moved to
mediate the dispute and a commits
sioner, who said he had been in
touch with both sides by telephone,
began conferences with union Off
Gals
The strikers are members OF Local
A6, Metal Lathers Union (AFL), who
are demanding $3.50 an hour and a
7-hour day. The present wage is
$2.10 an hour.
The fathers place reinforcing rods
in concrete foundations and handle
straight metallic lath for plaster, SO
that a strike on their part could
halt building in several phases.
Union headquarters announced at
8 am. that the strike is on" and
said nothing had happened to
change the picture since Mayor
ODwyer, alarmed at the potential
consequences of the walkout, an
nounced last night he would appoint
committee of five prominent citi-
zens to seek a settlement of the dis
pute.
A report to the Mayor by Edward
C. Mcguire, city labor relations di-
rector, said the stoppage would re-
suit in idleness of tens of thousands
of building trades mechanics, delay
the completion of vitally needed
homes, hospitals and schools, dis
courage private investors from en-
tering the housing field and force
the city to increase appropriations
from it's capital budget for new con-
struction.
Before the walkout became effec-
tive Mr.. Mcguire told the Mayor
insurance companies and savings
banks engaged in housing operations
were considering "the shutdown oi
all housing jobs until such time as
wages and conditions of labor are
stabilized to the point where they
may safely proceed"