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Evening star., 1947-10-21

Williams in Nelson Eddy's old role
of Jim Kenyon. Mr.. Williams has
learned his singing, if not his act
ing, and the same is true to some
extent of Blanche Chanson as poor
befuddled Rose Marie. Billy Sully
and Nina Clivette carry the comedy
burden of the production, the former
as if he were back in one of his old
vaudeville skits.
In spite of everything, however, it
is sort of like it used to be around
The living-room piano in the late
20s when they sing Rose Mah-ree-
hee," Totem Tom Tom" Indian
Love Call" Pale Moon," Door of
NV Dreams" etc.
Perhaps that is what the Shuberts
are counting on.
Those gaps in Catholic Univers-
ity's speech and drama department
staff left by Ralph Brown, Ruth
Shmigelsky McGiver and Martin
Fallon have been filled.
The new occupants of the techni-
cal department vacancies are James
Waring of Dubuque, Iowa, and Don
Gilman of New York. Waring will
act as director of university theater
productions, and Gilman will design
settings for the five remaining plays
in the schools Playwriting Festival.
Waring is a graduate of Loras Col
lege, and an alumnus of the gradu-
ate school of Catholic University.
He entered the latter in 1916, after
three years in the Army Air Forces,
and in addition to acting in two
productions served as construction
chief under Miss Shmigelsky.
Gilman comes to Catholic U. after
serving as assistant to 10 Mielziner
CCarousel," Allegro" etc). He re-
ceived his design training at Cooper
Union and the Art Students League
of New York.
The first production chore of the
new faculty members will be that of
Rebels Empire" third play of the
festival series, which will open Oc-
tober 26. Its author is Victoria
Kuhn, former c. U. student, whose
work previously has been repre-
sented in the university theater.
Evening star., 1947-10-21

here seems to be painting-Rec
Skeletons clowns are getting to be
collectors items. Even Gary Cooper
is painting. So are Merle Oberon
and Jennifer Jones. It might be
1un to hold an exhibition of paint
lngs by movie stars and turn over
the proceeds to charity.
Clark Gable, in his dressing room
on the set of Homecoming" has
travel folders up to his neck. Clark
is planning a trip around the world
by air. But he won't fly himself
hell go by regular commercial
routes.
Dan Daley tells me that the girl
ne took to the Palladium last week
was not Myrna Dell. II haven't
seen Myrna since before I was mar
rled, five years ago." he said. It
was Betty Cradle, and Dan was
taking her there for Betty's hus-
band, Harry James, who was ap-
pearing at the Palladium with his
band.
(Released by North American Nevspaner
Alliance)
Evening star., 1947-10-21
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time of Showing

StdSc.
NatiOnal-"Rose Marie; $50 pm
Screen.
AmbassadOr-"The Unsuspected" y;
l, 3:05, Sis, 7:25 and $40 pm.
Capitol-"Undercover Maisie";; II
am, lao, 4:25, 7:10 and 9:55 pm
Stage shows: 1880, 3:35, 6:15 and
8 pm.
Columbia Tobacco Road; II
am, 2:40, $40 and 10 pm.
Hippodrome-"Les Miserables";; 2
$50 and 8 pm.
Keith's-"Crossf1re";; HAS am.
1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and GAS pm.
Children of Paradise;
II am, lao, 4:20, 7 and 9:25 pm
Metropolitan - Dark Passage;
1O:40 am, 1880, sos, 5:15, 7:30 and
9:45 pm.
Palace-"The Foxes of Harrow;
II am, 1::35, 4:15, 6:55 and 9:35 pm
Pix-"The Open City; 2, $50
5:45, TAO and $50 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts
Continuous from 1915 am.
Warner THE Unsuspected";;
10:45 am, l, $40, 5:25, TAO and
9:55 pm.
Evening star., 1947-10-21

VA fouoCfAAC, WlliCIl ID equally extra :
neous, the production might we'll
have been designed for the old
Chautauqua circuit.
The program notes of this Rose
Marie" indicate that the principals
OF the company are professionals,
but their work offers little in the
way OF supporting evidence. Prob
ably the result Of under-rehearsal,
the only time any one seemed abso-
lutely certain of what came next was
when the orchestra came up with g
thunderous song cue.
At such times, principals and en-
sembles threw back their heads and
sang and by closing ones eyes, it
was possible to imagine lost inno-
cence returned and the year 1924
again.
In their perennial revivals of The
Student Prince" and Blossom
Time both of which are enjoying
sabbatical year, Shubert companies
have adhered reasonably to the text.
It is commentary on the latest
"Rose Marie" and Heaven only
knows what it would do to Friml,
that Frank Sinatra is hero of a
topical joke in it. (Only his parents
had heard of Sinatra in 1924 and
Friml probably hasn't to- this day.
The most piquant quality of Rose
Marie" these % years later in it's
life, and yours, remains its music.
There is something haunting about
the lyrics, but the man most haunt
ed by them must be Oscar Hammer
stein II. The sophisticated libret-
tist and lyricist of Allegro" "Carou-
sci" and "Oklahoma!" once actually
wrote Rose Mah-ree-hee, I lu-huv
you" and "Of all the queens that
ever lived, I'd choose you to rule
me, ETC."
The score does not stand up with
the music from either The Student
Prince" or Blossom Time" as prob
ably no one expected it to do.
X x X
The attention paid to the book of
Rose Marie" on this occasion is
probably no less than it deserves no
matter how close it is to zero.
Operetta books have learned in the
last few years to make quite a deal
of sense, and the idea of a big
blizzard-bloWn hero romancing in
simple minded way with a French
Canadian lovely is hardly thing to
be brought up now. 1t could have
been this that inspired Lillian
Udvardy Chats what the program
says to drop large sections of the
story in favor of those vaudeville
inserts. Miss Udvardy, if the name
leaves you wondering, is responsible
for the staging of Rose Marie"
Previous Shubert revival casts
have usually had a name performer,
or two, but this one gets along
mostly with performers you never
heard of before.
Clearly the best of these is Kent
Evening star., 1947-10-21
A Seat of the Trouble
By the Associated Press

HOLLY WOOD.
Strictly Hollywood: David Niven
as the bishop in THE Bishops
Wife," was supposed to sit in a
newly vanished chair and become
stuck to same for one of the sched-
uled scenes.
The script called for Niven to rise
and the chair was to rise with
him. To effect the illusion for the
screen became quite a problem
Property men tried all methods,
even constructed a flexible steel rod
fixed to the chair and encircling
Nlven's waist. But it didn't look
realistic. There was some talk OF
rigging an electromagnet.
When all else failed a naive on
locker suggested painting the seat
of the chair with fresh varnish.
1t worked.
Evening star., 1947-10-21
10 Gents a Room
By the Assoeioted Press

HOLLY WOOD.
Rented: 100-room home. Ten dol
lars a month! Yes, it's true, but, of
course, there's a catch. The house
owned by Lauritz Melchoir, is in
Germany.
Melchior received news from
abroad that the castle, near the
Polish border in Germany, is now
restored to him. 1t had been con-
fiscated by the Nazis.
Although Melchior still retains
title, he has been notified that the
castle had to be rented for 100
marks a month. The money will be
credited to Melchior's bank account
Evening star., 1947-10-21

ADJUSTMENTS
Evening star., 1947-10-21
Problem Solved
BY The Associated Press

" The Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD.
Thirteen-year-old Ted Donaldson
feared braces on his teeth would
stand in the way of his winning the
title role in christopher Blake" 4"
But Director Peter Godfrey took the
braces on Master Donaldson's s molars
in stride.
He wrote them into the script.
Evening star., 1947-06-27

Wonderful to sit on! Wonderful to sleep on Wonder
full to look on The studio boasts an innersprng mat
tress has matching pillows -. opens to two twin
beds you move where you want The sofo-bed has
nopIe-fnished gunnwood arms wood bedding COM
Portnent spring back and seat. Stripes basket
weoves, pIoids in group Blue, rose, vine,
slumbus Foor"r sretsd Hechc
Evening star., 1947-06-27

We clipped pretty penny off the price of this sunny
Sandy Beach finished furniture, This wonderful per-
monized furniture that's immune to weather. Oven-
hardened SO it's easy to keep oveI Iy and Iustrous
With exclusive PernosIde drawers. Threepc suite in
cIudes bed, chest, dresser vanity Pieces also avail
able in open stock.
Full Twin-size Bed---34.95 Vanity ----------87o0
Chest $500 Bench h-------------16e5
Dresser -------------s7.oo Night TobIe-------2ee5
he Hec Co
Evening star., 1947-07-21
Repairs 10 Roadbed Slow
Memorial Bridqe Traffic

Traffic across Memorial Bridge
from Virginia into the District suf-
fered a showdown this morning
as roadway repair project re-
stricted it to two lanes.
National Capital Park employees
were kept busy last night taking
up the stones which make up the
bridge roadbed, and resetting them
in concrete to smooth the roadway.
Officials said the improvements
would be made for only one traffic
lane at time, making as little
interference with traffic as possible.
Park police officials would not
estimate how long will be required
to resurface the bridge completely.
They said that henceforth, during
rush. hours, three lanes will be used
for traffic in the direction of heavy
traffic movement, and two for that
going the opposite way.
Most of the actual work probably
will be done between II pm. and
Evening star., 1947-07-21
By the Associoted Press

A wave of curiosity is sweeping
the House side of the Capitol with
indications that late summer may
find the worlds airways, seaways
and roadways teeming with con-
gressional investigators.
More than dozen trips. some to
faraway lands are being considered
by House committees whose men,
bers- want to find out for themselves
what's going. on in the world.
The trips used to be called junkets,
but since the dictionaries define a
junket as IAN outing or pleasure
excursion" at public expense. there
have been congressional complaints
in the past that the word does not
fit all trips.
House Armed Services Committee
members are trying to decide
whether they want to visit the
Orient or Europe. The committee
plans two official trips, but they
will overlap.
Several subcommittee of the
Foreign Affairs Committee are pro-
jecting visits to various parts of
the world, while the proposed new
special 19member House group to
study foreign aid has several for
eign Investigations in mind.
Evening star., 1947-07-21
Another Conference
On State Use Tax Set

Walter z. Kennedy of the Mary
land State controllers Office. will
hold another day-long series of in
formal conferences tomorrow at the
Board of Trade Offices in the Star
Building to acquaint District re-
tailers with the new Maryland use
tax.
In a similar session last week,
more than so District businessmen
cleared up MISUNDERSTANDING of
their responsibilities under the new
tax law, and Mr.. Kennedy said he
would reteurn here whenever Dis
trict retailers desired.
Mr.. Kennedy will arrive at the
Board of Trade Offices at 10 am.
Since last Tuesdays session, the
department store group of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton has approved procedures to col
lect the use tax from Maryland Gus
toners on merchandise delivered
across the District line in Maryland.
Evening star., 1947-07-21
Farmers Advised
In Hogerstown
To Kill Wild Doqs
By the Assoeioted Press

HAGERsTOWN, Md, July al
More than 100 half-wild dogs are
terrorizing Washington County live
stock, Sheriff Jospeh D. Baker esti-
mated today, advising farmers to
shoot them on sight.
Shoot them whether they are
tagged or not" Mr.. Baker said.
He added that any dog can be
killed legally when found on ones
property without leash.
Ranging farnlands in packs, stray
dogs have attacked livestock in at
least two places, he said.
One farmer reported his sheep
had been killed by a pack of half
wild dogs, Mr.. Baker said. Another
county farmer said Ne had found
a pack Of dogs attempting to kill
q calf.
There have been no, reports of
the dog packs attacking human
beings, Sheriff Baker said.
But the number of complaints
about raids on livestock have
reached the point, he said, where
I don't know what to do about
the dog problem"
Evening star., 1947-07-21
Warning Discontinued
On Drivers Licenses

It may be July, but one branch OF
the Districts Department Of Vehi-
cles and Traffic Is showed under.
The harassed section Is the small
group of employees which mails out
Today warnings to District motor
lists whose drivers permits are about
to expire. The service, which could
help some one avoid a possible fine
of up to $500 or jail sentence up to
one year for operating car without
a permit, was started back in the
1905 with 16 clerks as a WPA pro-
ject.
After the WPA appropriations
ended, the work was continued by
department clerks, but through the
years the staff has gradually
dwindled until on June 16 it was
down to three persons. In the mean
time, the volume of the work has
grown until today about $50 re-
newals are issued and ITO new licen-
ses granted daily, plus about $50
warnings mailed.
This press OF work has gradually
begged down the three-man staff
to point where the reminders can
no longer be sent out.
However, Vehicles and Traffic Of
ficials say that additional clerical
help will be available under appro-
priations now pending in Congress
and that the warnings will be re-
sumed as soon as possible.
Evening star., 1947-07-21
Backers Push DIP Bill.
Despite Slim Chances.
BY the Assoeioted Press

Supporters of the bill to admit
100000 European Displaced persons
to the United States are keeping up
their fight in the face of a lessen
ing in their already slight chances.
Dean Earl G. Harrison of the
University of Pennsylvania Law
School, former commissioner OF i'm
migration and naturalization, said
IN statement last night.
"It is a problem crying for action.
II we are going to cooperate with
other Nations, If we are going to
do our share to keep peace in the
world, we must take affirmative
steps to help settle the problems of
the war refugees"
The Harrison statement was pre-
sented for the files of House judi
ciary subcommittee which has been
holding hearings on the admission
bill written by Representative STRAIT
ton, Republican, of Illinois.
However, after White House
meeting last Monday, Senator Vand-
enberg, Republican. of Michigan,
said it had been mutually agreed
that the legislative situation, with
Congress due to adjourn Saturday,
makes it impossible to enact the
bill this session.
Evening star., 1947-07-21
Carolina College Student
Found Slain in Ditch
BY me Assoeiotsd Press

HAMPTON. Va. July Ala North
Carolina State College student, who
helped pay his school expenses by
driving a taxicab during the sum-
mer, was found slain In a ditch just
outside the Hampton city limits yes
terday. with six .45-calibre revolver
slugs in his body,
Sheriff A. A. Anderson Of Eliza
beth City County identified the dead
man as Ira Dermont Boone. 70, Of
Phoebus. a veteran of World War II.
Sheriff Anderson said Mr.. Boone's
blood stained cab was found sew
eral miles from the ditch in which
his body was discovered by q person
who called the sheriffs ONCE about
7 am. The sheriff theorized that
Mr.. Boone had been shot in the cab
and then thrown from the vehicle.
Sheriff Anderson said that he was
at a loss for q motive. He said Mr..
Boone was well liked.
Evening star., 1947-07-21
Woman and Man Hurt
In Arlington Crashes

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Redmon, 81.
of 1915 South Thomas street, Arling-
ton, was injured today when the
automobile she was driving collided
with another car at Eighth and
South Wayne streets, Arlington. ac-
ccrding to police. Mrs. Redmon Is
the wife of Arlington Police Pvt.
Elmer L. Redmon.
Driver of the other car, Joseph r.
Bradley, IT, of 6ls South Glebe road.
Arlington, was not injured, police
said.
Mrs. Redmon was taken TO
Georgetown Hospital.
w. I. Allen of 1904 North Twenty
third street. Arlington, suffered
possible skull fracture last night as
a result of a motorcycle-automobile
collision.
According to Arlington police, Mr..
Allen was walking near Lee highway
and Danville street when a motor.
cycle collided with the rear Of car.
Police said the motorcycle, driven
by Raymond w. Gill, HOO block STAFF
ford street. Arlington, skidded onto
a vacant lot.
Police said they had not deter
mined which vehicle struck Mr..
Allen.
Evening star., 1947-07-21
House Members Plan Junkets,
Object to Calling Them That

Three labor subcommittee may
go to California to investigate labor
activities in the movie. building
and food industries. Each has
Hollywood as one of their tenta-
tive goals
A public lands subcommittee
plans to visit Alaska as part of
its study to determine whether the
territory should become a State.
Another group from the same
committee has an investigation of
the Hawaiian situation in mind.
Alsaka also may. be visited by
a commerce subcommittee study
ing airport development.
The Committee on American
Activities had planned to go to
Hollywood to determine whether
Communists are as active in the
movies as some members contend.
But it may conduct the investiga-
ton here instead and have the
movie colony witnesses come to the
Capital.
Members of the Merchant Marine
Committee are undecided whether
to return to the Panama Canal
zone-they went there earlier this
year with their wives-to see how
the Canal is operating and investi-
gate the situation generally.
Evening star., 1947-07-21
CAPTAIN BIames Reds
For Loss Of Philippine
Freiqhter Off SakhaIin
BY TIE Assoeiotsd Press

YUKOSUKA, Japan, July 21-The
captain of the wrecked Philippines
freighter Dona Trinidad yesterday
blamed the Russians for the loss of
his ship on a rock off Sakhalin
Island and bitterly complained of
their treatment of his rescued crew.
The captain. Honario M. Barios
of Manila, arrived here yesterday
aboard the American destroyer
Ozbourne with his crew Of 81 Fill
pinos and John E. Brown, an Amer
ican citizen who was Shanghai rep
resentative for the De la Rama
Shipping Co., and who was pas
senger aboard the lost ship.
Capt. Barios said the Dona Trini
dad, en- route to Sakhalin for cargo
of paper. struck Nijogsn Rock off
the southern tip Of the island June
"a. He said fog had prevented him
from determining his position and
q lighthouse Of the rock was not
operating.
Radios for Salvage Tugs.
He said the ship was in no i'm
mediate danger and he radioed at
once to Japan for salvage tugs but
was informed that neither United
States nor Japanese vessels could
come close to his rescue because he
was in Russian waters.
-Four days later, he reported. he
made a deal with the Russian navy
to salvage his ship, and on June 20
the Russian merchantmen Toboa
tried to get a line aboard but also
piled up on the rock.
Then two Russian tugs arrived,
but Capt. Barios said they were
too small to be effective. They tried
until July 10, however, while the
Russian merchant ship Irkutsk and
a Russian destroyer stood by, he re-
lated.
Ship Broke In Two.
On that date the sea rose and the
Dona Trinidad suddenly broke in
two. He said the crew barely had
time to pile into lifeboats and lost
all their belongings.
Capt. Barios said powerful Japa-
nese tugs were nearby and could
have saved the ship readily but the
Russians would not let them attempt
it.
He said the castaways were picked
up by the Irkutsk but were not
allowed to send any communications
and were forbidden to land. They
finally were transferred from the
Irkutsk to the Ozbourn on July 18.
Both Capt. Barios and VIM.
Brown said that throughout the stay
in Russian hands they were fed
only black bread, tea, soup and some
sort Of cereal doused with gravy.
Evening star., 1947-07-21
~, ,OOO- Pound Bomb, Largest
Known, Due for AAF Test Soon
But The Announcement concluded

But the announcement concluded
with this cryptic statement:
with the introduction of atomic
warfare In World War II, 1t is
logical that the need for these spe-
cialized types of bombs may be even
greater for future defense"
Some scientists interested in mill
tary use of atomic energy are re-
ported to want to test an atomic
bomb touched of below the earth's
surface. One theory Is that the
shock wave set in motion by the
artificial earthquake would tumble
and crumble buildings over a much
greater area than in any air-burst
method
The AAF announcement said three
B-29s OF the Strategic Air Com
mand now are at the American air
base of Giebelstadt in Germany
ready to begin the penetration ex-
periments on the Fargo installa-
ton.
The experiment is a joint AAF-
Royal Air Force test of bombs de-
veloped by the two Nations since
the war. The bombs. however, will
not contain high explosives lest
nearby villages and dwellings suffer
The objective is simply to deter
mine the. capabilities of various
types of bombs in penetrating re-
inforced concrete structures.
Evening star., 1947-07-21
Rubber Workers Ask
New Big Four Raise
To Meet Living Cost
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

CLEVELAND, July 21.-The CO.
United Rubber Workers Interna-
tional Policy Committee has decided
to ask the rubber industry's Big
Four"--Goodyear, Goodrich, United
States Rubber and Firestone-for
another 1947 pay raise.
The committee blamed rising liv-
ing costs for its decision yesterday
to ask more money from the Big
Four" signers of the first wage con-
tract this year among the Nations S
major producers.
In making its decision, the COM
mittee took advantage of a re-
signed March %, stipulating that
opening clause in their contract,
wages could be renegotiated within
four months. The action came only
two days short of that period.
The rubber workers L. G. Buck
master, union president, said, want
boosts that will (A) meet the rise
in living costs between January, 1947,
and the time a new agreement Is
reached, added to OBJ whatever is
necessary to equal other wage pat
terms"
He gave no specific estimate OF the
amount, but last March URW mem
bers got 11h cents hourly raises.
bringing them to a union estimated
basic wage rate of about $3.50 an
hour, big -Four" contracts set the
standard for the rest OF the industry.
The March agreement, signed
less than "a hours before strike
deadline, was considered a forerun-
ner of industrial peace this year.
Subsequent contracts in other in
dustries provided slightly higher
wage increases than those secured
by the rubber workers..
I'VE trust the companies will rec
ognized the justice of our case"
said Mr.. Buckmaster. "We hope
that this matter can be settled ex-
peditiously so that the harmonious
relationships which have been built
up between our union and the COM
panies can be continued unim-
paired"
The next move, he said, will be
the filing If formal 15-day notice
wage renegotiations.
Management Of the Big Four-all
but United States Rubber are cen
tered in Akron-had no comment.
Evening star., 1947-07-21
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

The Army Air Forces is developing
and probably will test in the next
few months a 42,o00-pound super
size bomb.
So far as Is known, this will be the
largest neutrality-suspicious. Is,
non-atomic-missile ever made.
The weight Of the bomb suggests
it Is intended for use in such aircraft
as the B-36, which Is capable Of
carrying SO tons of explosives and
is equipped with bomb bay of
enormous dimensions.
The AAF described the 42,000-
FOUNDER as general purpose
lock-buster" type.
There was a hint over the week
end that military experts may be
looking into the future for an even
more fearful weapon-an atomic
bomb which when dropped from a
high altitude might sink deep into
the earth and produce a man-made
quake.
An AAF announcement Of forth
coming tests with deep-penetration
bombs on a submarine assembly
factory at Fargo, Germany, referred
specifically only to two standard
explosive bombs developed since
wars end. They are the 25,000-
pound Amazon" and Samson"