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Evening star., 1948-06-06
War Bride Who Gave Up Son, 3,
Offered Home by Ex-Actress

She learned Of Mrs. Smiths
plight from a picture on the front
page of the New Haven Register.
The picture showed Mrs. Smith
placing her son aboard a trans-At-
lantic plane at Boston last Thurs
day night.
Mrs. Smith said her American
husband failed to meet her at the
Dock when she arrived in New York
Is months ago. She said she was
unable to support herself and care
for the youngster at the same time
She sent him to live with her
mother in Falmouth, England.
The 68-year-old Mrs. Donahue
said Mrs. Smith and her son are
welcome to come and live in hel
large Colonial house here. "Ill pro.
vide them with free rent, food and
clothing, and If Mrs. Smith wants
to work, I'll take care OF the child,
she said.
Mrs. Donahue, who appeared or
the stage in legitimate dramas, ex.
planned her action is promoted
greatly by the loss Of my only
daughter at the age of r."
Evening star., 1948-06-06

dropped when he glimpsed the
first uniform.
Try to Hide Money.
Many of the men inside were
trying desperately to hide their
money. The troopers found $20,-
900 hastily stuffed behind q radi-
ator, and SIS 900 concealed upstairs
in an apartment occupied by TO-
year-old woman. The currency'was
located in a closet, and the woman
denied ownership, police said.
The troopers reported that men
on the ground floor were milling
around two crap tables and = black
jack table. Others had been in a
small room watching television
receiver record the closing plays OF
the l5-inning baseball game which
lasted until 1890 am. at Grin1th
Stadium.
Weapons seized included a Ga
rand rife, two automatic shotguns,
a winchester rifle, the automatic
taken from the lookout and three
.38 caliber pistols. 1t was explained
the small arsenal was kept to ward
off holdup men.
The possibility of holdup was
emphasized by the murder in the
adjoining woods last March. The
story told by Fierst was that he,
Lewis and a third man were driving
toward the roadhouse to stage a
robbery when they saw q car follow
ing them.
Lewis, 1t was said, previously had
worked at the place to case" 1t for
the holdup. When Fierst thought
his car was being followed, he
turned from the highway down a
lonely road.
Lewis Killed in Battle.
Fierst told police Lewis opened
fire on him in the belief he was
suspected on being a tipster.
In the ensuing gun battle, Lewis
was killed and Fierst later showed
police thre scars which he attribut-
ed to Lewis.
The latter's body was dragged into
the bushes.
Although charged with the slay-
ing, Fierst is now serving 20 years
for a $3,269 Baltimore payroll rob-
befy. He also is under indictment
lin the District for the $a,50o payroll
robbery Of the Darby Printing Co.
in the 2400 block of Douglas street
NE. last December. He also was
charged with robbing the Acme
grocery in the 1900 block of F street
NE. of $1,000 last September.
He was identified as one OF two
robbers who held up two employees
of the Haynes Lithograph Co. at
Silver Spring of $7,756 on Decem-
Der II. Accused with him in the
Haynes and Darby crimes were
Bronislous Matuszak, alias Robert
S. Melton, who was known as a
cleaning and dyeing business" part
ner Of Lewis in Baltimore.
The 18 men charged with manag-
ing gaming tables and the ad-
dresses they gave were: Charles r.
Beers of the first block of Colebrook
drive, Silver Hill; Alfred z. Meyers,
400 block Of Hagen road, Washing
ton; William E. Downs, Silver Hill;
Edward Kali, 3400 block Of Newton
street NE; Silvio ]. Damico. 1900
block Of Nelson place; John Geraci,
5000 block Of Nelson place; Mike
Mof1et, 1900 block of Holbrook ter
race: Joe w. Helmick, 5000 block OF
Bladensburg road; Thomas H. Price,
Silver Spring; Edward T. La Prairie,
Evening star., 1948-06-06

leave it up to the Republicans to
nominate Gen. Macarthur.
Democratic State Chairman John
r. Cahill threw the meeting into an
uproar at the outset when he
charged it was called illegally by
Mr.. Mccormack.
Mr.. Cahill said he would challenge
the officers chosen to head the dele
CATION at Philadelphia - but he's
with the rest in supporting Presi-
dent Truman.
Evening star., 1948-06-06
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in Contour of Ear!

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Evening star., 1948-06-06
Symphony Conductor
Signals Tempo Shift,
Chips Bone in Back { ]
BY the Assoeiossd Press

SPRINGFIELD. III. June s.
Constantine Jones, conductor
of the Springfield Symphony
Orchestra, has been sidelined
from directing for a few days
after an accident at b recent
rehearsal. ~ ~
During the rehearsal he Sud
denly raised his arms 10 signal
a change in tempo. He felt a
sharp pain and believed he
sprained q back muscle. F
X-rays disclosed that q small
bone in the vertebra had been
chipped. A plaster cast has
eramped his style OF conducting.
Evening star., 1948-06-06

heard of it, he said, was when he
went to the courthouse yesterday
morning.
Evening star., 1948-06-06
Michael, Anne Expected
lin Athens Tomorrow.
Rx the Asseeiatad Prsss

ATHENS, Greece, June 5.-A pal
ace spokesman said today that King
Michael, deposed monarch Of Ro-
mania, and Princess Anne Of Bour-
bon Parma are expected in Athens
Monday, but wedding date has not
yet been set.
The spokesman denied an earlier
press report that the wedding had
been set for Thursday.
Evening star., 1948-06-06
Bethesda G. Of G. to Meet

E. D. Merrill, president of the
Capital Transit Co., will be the
guest speaker at dinner meeting
of the Bethesda Chamber OF CON-
merce at pm. tomorrow at the
Kenwood Club.
Evening star., 1948-03-01
tion avenue and Twelfth street.

ton avenue and Twelfth street.
Secretary of the Army Royal,
Maj. Gen. Raymond w. Bliss. SUR
geon general, and Maj. Gen. Luther
3. Miller, chief of chaplains, will
speak. 1t. Gen. Willard S. Paul,
director of personnel and admin
istration and president of the Army
Venereal Disease Control Council,
will preside.
After the talks and the film, the
audience will be asked for sug-
gestions for use in the preparation
of future films.
The Army has reported a "phe-
nomenal drop" in its venereal dis
ease rate and attributed it to "in-
telligent" appeals to the higher
moral sense of the individual"
During the past II months,
venereal disease incidence dropped
Evening star., 1948-03-01
Clergy and teachers
To See Army Picture
Used in Fight on VD

More than 1,400 clergymen and
educators of the District. Maryland
and Virginia have been invited to a
special showing of the Army's new
venereal disease control film, 'T'he
Miracle of Living"
The picture, which emphasizes
the moral approach to the problem
of veneral disease hygiene, will be
shown at 2 pm. March 10 at the
Departmental auditorium, Constitu-
Evening star., 1948-03-01
Group to Heur Dr.. Troum

DR.. Aaron Traum, physician in
the Montgomery County Health De-
partment's rheumatic fever-cardiac
clinics, will address the Colesville
Public Health Lay Committee at
8 pm. next Monday in the lillian
andale Firehouse.
Evening star., 1948-03-01

Senator Thomas, Democrat, Of Ok
lahoma, and former Senator Wat
son, Republican, Of Indiana, win at
tend the DePauw University alumni
dinner Thursday at $50 pm. in the
Hotel Washington. it has been an
nounced.
Evening star., 1948-03-01
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Evening star., 1948-03-01

40 per cent in the Army as whole
while among soldiers stationed in
the United States the number of
cases was cut more than half, 1t was
said.
Evening star., 1948-03-01
DePuuw Alumni to Dine

David E. Lilienthal, chairman OF
the Atomic Energy Commission;
Evening star., 1948-03-01
.Jmiors-Have yon seen
Your Beautiful Ne10 Shop?

Its dream of q shop simply "Out Of this world"
And you'll ogree the dresses Golden Anniversary
The beautiful boIero dresses
The cope collar dresses with wide ripping Skirts
The WoItznq skirts, the cummebunds,
The gay prints, postes, the Mddys Navy, bosic doks
The town two -peces with hug-metght jackets.
All the heodspnnina beauties here in such variety. too
Sizes 9 to Isl See them S99
Shop-Fourth
Evening star., 1948-03-01
A World Of New S pring Dresses
Misses PettlSizey
And Regular size,

Spring fashions, superb savings to every dres
-Dresses orustIe with tunc news
dresses, soshed and softly bowed!
boeros, coochnon jocket dresses!
dresses in tiers and dresses with Springs new wr
Long sleeves, coped sleeves, puff sleeves, cop
Full skirts, slim skirts; droped skirts
In G galaxy of Dazzling prints and deep coli
and posteIs
Sizes 10 to 20 and those proportoned
Susan Wayne Pettiszes for Misses s 4" and
JeHefs-Misses' Dress Shops, Second
Evening star., 1948-01-28
Hollywood:
Red Shelton
Would Take
Cut to Tour
By SheiIoh Grohom

Tyrone Power will be co-starred
in "The Dark Wood" with Valen-
tina Cortese. the Italian actress
Valentino comes to Goth Century
Fox on a seven-year contract when
she completes "Cagliostro," In Rome
Jennifer Jones returns to this
country from Europe on Thursday
David Selznick will not meet her In
New York, but I am told that, In
spite of David's recent dates with
other gals here, he is still In love
with Jennifer and hopes to marry
her when he Is legally free.
Red Shelton is the strangest char
acter. He told me on the set Of 1.-The
Southern Yankee" that he would
take a big cut in salary if only
Metro would rewrite his contract to
make one movie a year for them
"Ill take $4,000 or even $4,000 fol
one picture" says Red, IF only
they'll release me for years rest
so I can travel with my radio show
all over the country" Red says he's
getting so tired Of being in Holly
wood all year round that he now
tries to discover new routes to the
studio and his radio station. He
really is bored.
Gregory Peck Is taking his wife
Greta, on a two months cruise in
the West Indies before he stars In
"Act OF Violence" with Humphrey
Bogart. Greg has not had a real
vacation since he came to Holly
wood.
Lucille Ball Is also getting what
she hopes will be. a long rest. She
goes with Desi Arnaz and his bano
to Las Vegas, then she continues
with them to Miami.
Shirley Temple expects her baby
in 10 days. And Dana Andrews
fourth child may have arrived be-
fore you read this.
Roy Rogers Is bringing his wife,
Dale Evans, out Of her brief movie
retirement. They will co-star again
in his westerns, no matter where he
makes them. And you can bet it
will be at Republic.
Howard Hughes, no matter what
you hear to the contrary, has almost
completed negotiations to buy q
controlling interest in RKO. I won
der II Howard will produce and
Evening star., 1948-01-28

names upon the conscience of every
one who sees the picture. It should
do the same also for Director De
Sica, passionate story teller whose
first picture summons mankind to
face guilt which is not to be
mitigated.
'Shoe Shine" Lopert Aim produced by
Paolo w. Tamurella. directed by Vittorio
De Sica, screenplay by. Serigo Amidei,
Adolfo Franci, c. G.. Viola and Cesare
Zavattini, English titles by Herman g.
weinberg. At the Little.
The Cast,
Evening star., 1948-01-28

direct some Of their movies himself,
Like he did with ''The Outlaw"7
Robert Cummings would like to
find the bobby -soxers who messed
up his plane in its hangar at Van
Nuys with II love you" messages
scrawled all over it in lipstick.
They also took Bob's leather jacket.
Orson Welles will fly back to
Hollywood with the finished cut OF
Macbeth" Then he flies right
back to Italy to star in "Cyrano de
Bergerac."
Susanna Foster has signed to star
in a stage revival Of Naughty
Marietta. Susie, does it first In
San Francisco, then New York and
England.
Dorothy Lamour has discovered
the chief reason for her current
ear trouble. She's had two abcesses
in one year.
Bette Davis and Joan Crawford
in the same movie? That's the
dream of Jerry Wald-and If any
one can persuade them to do 1t,
Jerry can. p
Lana Turner is going to try not
to eat too much between pictures.
She's now way overweight and to
Evening star., 1948-01-28

ian production Is that 1t draws from
so small and simple story such an
Overwhelmingly dramatic truth.
1t is the tale of two starveling
boys who shined shoes and miracu-
lousy found happiness in their
dream of owning a horse. No dream
could be more innocent, or more
powerful in floating the dreamers
above the brutal realities of their
Roman world. This obsession, so
representative Of the sanity OF child
hood, contains the seed of their
doom.
OF monetary systems, suicidal in
flation, and black markets they
know nothing. They only know the
owner wants $4,000 lire for the
horse. Before they even sense what
is happening to them they are
caught in the criminal mechanism
of the black market. They, the
fiagrantly innocent, are the ones
apprehended by the police and
thrown into jail with hundreds of
other unloved, bewildered young
who expect of life only sustaining
crust and some straw to sleep on.
This is but the beginning Of the
tragic heartbreak for Giuseppe, II,
and Pasquale, IA, and also for those
who have the wisdom and courage
to see "Shoeshine."
! Entering prison they still have
left the precious bond OF boyisn
friendship, the strength and COM
fort of each others affection and
sure faith. It turns out that the
elders who have denied Giuseppe
and Pasquale all the other normal
tiles of childhood are too corrupt to
leave them even this. In the prison,
where the major part Of the story
/ is photographed, the narrative is a
tormenting, remorseless account OF
how the boys were turned into
vicious enemies.
The screen has never been so pitt
less as in this exquisitely directed
corrosive account Of degraded, con-
scienceless adulthood destroying its
offspring.
Director Vittorio de Sica is above
Hollywood's trick of falling back
upon simple adult sadism to explain
the tragic process in the lives OF his
innocents in "Shoeshine. The
prison officials upon whom the
story's stress is laid are the kindlier
ones, beings shaped like humans
who have sunk to an animal help
lessness. They are portrayed as
me1f who have been emptied OF all
moral instinct who seem hyster1-
cally bent upon inf1icting their cor
ruption upon their innocent VIC
Tins.
Their triumph is measured in the
death Of little Giuseppe at Pas
quale's hands, and the latter's sub
sequent madness of remorse. The
shining purity of childhood never
was twisted to more grotesquely
amoral end
\ II X
Scores of excellences have gone
into making "Shoeshine" the screen
masterpiece it is. Most amazing
and unforgettable of these are the
performances of Rinaldo Smordoni
and Franco Interlenghi as Giuseppe
and Pasquale. These are amateurs,
shoeshine boys from the streets OF
Rome, and the best actors who ever
broke your heart. They respond
perfectly to the films astonishing
demands, from the triumphant de-
light with which they first ride their
horse into Rome to the morbid hate
of their death duel over the animal
in the final scene.
"Shoeshine" should engrave their
Evening star., 1948-01-28
Girl Gets Watch
HOLLYWOOD.

Janis Carter is still going to get
the watch She planned to buy sew
eral weeks ago in Geneva, Switzer-
land.
Janis, in Rome recently for pic
ture, looked there for Swiss watch
of special make that she wanted for
her husband. But an American
aviator told her she could buy 1t
for half the price in Geneva. So
she revised her homecoming plane
itinerary by way of Geneva and
Paris, instead of Madrid.
Now the aviator has cabled her
that he will bring the watch to her
and get himself a glimpse OF the
studio set Of her new picture, Lets
Fall in Love-"
Evening star., 1948-01-28
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
-,
and Time Of Showing

and Time of Showing !
Stage. a
Catholic University - Bride OF
Darkness" $3.50 pm.
National-"rhe Student Prince;
2:3o and $3.50 pm.
Screen.
Acknowledgements OF Sierra
.Madre";; 1:15. 4, 6:45 and 9:35 pm
Capitol - "Secret Beyond the
Door; HOS am. las. 4:30. 7:l5
and 10 pm. Stage shows: 1:05, 3:45,
$50 and els pm.
Columbia - Good News; 1l:1O
am, 1:15, 3:l5, $40, 7:25 and 9:35
pm.
Hippodrome-"I Know Where I'm
Going; 2:15, 4:05, 5:55, 7:45 and
Keith's-"The Exile; 11:4o am.
1:4O, $40, $40. TAO and s:40 Pm.
Little-"Shoe Shine; 11:05 am.
12:45, 2:3o, 4:15, 6, 7:5o and 9:4(
pm. -,
Metropolitan Walk Alone;
11:10 am, 1:15, 3:2o, $50, 7:35 and
9:45 pm.
Paiace-"The Road to Rio; II
am, ITO. 3:15. 5:25 1880 and 9:35
pm.
Pix-"Amok";; 2, 4:45, 7:30 anc
1920 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts;
continuous from 1918 am.
Warner - Treasure of Sierra
Madre"; 11:10 am, 1:50, AIS, toe
and 9:45 pm.
Evening star., 1948-01-28

a story into mankind's demoralized
heart.
No one who sees "Shoeshine" will
ever forget it or doubt again that
the motion picture may well become
the supremely powerful art form.
The Italian film is as simple as 1t
Is absorbing. It was produced on
a shoestring and its surface crudi-
ties leave little doubt of its i'm
poverished origin. These very cru
dities give 1t its soaring drama, most
brilliantly captured in the perform
ance of two youngsters of the streets
who must be the great natural
actors Of the day. This pair, Rinaldo
Smordoni and Franco Interlenghi,
Evening star., 1948-01-28

you should never forget. They let
the; world in on the ghastly secret
of the century's catastrophe sin,
the corruption Of the innocent.
In effect, they present the bill for
the modern worlds debt to its chill
dren. There is nothing for the world
to do but accept it from their hands.
This acceptance is shattering
emotional experience, but seeing
''Shoeshine" is first instalment
paid. Every one might well be that
inescapably obligated to his own, II
not the common, conscience.
n X X
The amazing thing about the 1tal-
Evening star., 1948-01-28

|get into her magnificent costumes
for "The Three Musketeers," shell
really have to cut out everything
|of q fattening nature.
Mrs. Gene Kelly, Betsy Blair, is
touring with her play Deep Are
the Roots" all over the West Coast.
There will be four weeks In San
Francisco, and some In Portland and
|Seattle-all Of it after an eight
week stand here.
(Released b. North American Newspaper
Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1948-01-28

ADJUSTMENTS
Evening star., 1948-01-28
IA THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, l9A.
'Shoeshine' a True Triumph
For the Screen as an Art
By Joy Cormody

1t has remained for the motion picture the uchn art OF the zo
isolate the moral crisis Of time This has
soesn the universally praised italian picture which opened last
distinguished international audience
hmbed before its to drive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-08
Miss Lorab Bride
of Mr.. Flanagan

Holy Trinity Catholic Church was
the scene Of the wedding yesterday
of Miss Loretta Thelma Lorah
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Ray
Lorah, and Mr.. Matthew William
Flanagan, IT,, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Flanagan. The Rev. Hugh Mc-Car-
ron. s. j., ofiiciated at the ceremony
which was followed by a reception
in the home Of the brides parents.
The bride, who was given IN mar
riage by her father, wore a white
satin gown trimmed with seed pearls
and long veil of illusion which fell
from seed pearl tiara. She car
ried a rnother-of-pearl prayer book
covered with white orchid.
Mrs. Samuel Herald, who was ma
iron of honor, wore cream taffeta
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-08

fashioned with a hustle and carried
American beauty roses matching her
headdress. Miss Josephine Bredice,
who was maid Of honor, wore pink
taffeta and carried talisman roses,
and the other attendants, Mrs. Will
liam Dawson, sister Of the BRIDE
groom; Mrs. David Mcdonald. Mrs
T. A. Jackson and Miss Betty Davis
wore green, rose, violet and blue
taffeta hustle gowns, respectively
and carried pink and brandywine
roses matching their headdresses.
Mr.. Francis Flanagan served as
best man for his brother and the
wedding guests were seated by the
Messrs. Robert Neff, John Myers,
Ray Lorah, brother Of. the bride;
Samuel Herald and William Dawson.
Following honeymoon in New
York the couple will reside at 1924
Girard street NE.
The bridegroom served for Is
months in the Navy overseas DUR
ing the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-08
.Aqnes on0n W ed
To !. F. Belasc0

Miss Agnes Pomona Tonon
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Caesar
Tonon, became the bride last eve
ming Of Mr.. John Francis Belasco
son Of Mrs. James Lyons Of Hyatts-
vile. The ceremony took place in St
Dominic's Church, the Rev. John
B. Conlon officiating. and a recep-
ton followed In the parish hall.
The bride, who was escorted by
her stepbrother, Mr.. Samuel Gan
nett, wore white taffeta gown with
an shoulder neckline and a
fingertip net veil draped from a net
crown. She carried white roses.
Mrs. James Kinsey, the matron of
honor, wore rose lilac MORE taffeta,
and Mrs. Samuel Gannett and Miss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-08

Mary Tanning, the other atten-
dants, wore rose violet brocade. All
carried Johanna Hill roses. Flower
girls Mary Tanning and Diana
Gannett wore aqua dresses and
carried nosegays.
Mr.. Kinsey served as best man for
the bridegroom and Mr.. Howells
Tonon, brother of the bride, and
Mr.. Edward Tanning were the
usherS.
After a wedding trip to New York
the newly married couple will reside
at 648 r street S.W.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-01-03

furnish IS little children OF
Wards 9, 8, IL and 4 with shoes
at Christmas time.
The governor, impersonated
by the Wesley boy, shook hands
with the others and spoke to the
impersonator of Mr.. Trotter as
follows: Merry Christmas,
Monroe Trotter, I, Robert F.
Bradford, governor of the great
Commonwealth of Massachu-
sets, say to you, your ideal for
equal rights has come to pass,
your life's work has not been in
vain and I pledge myself to car
ry out equal rights for ALL" To
the impersonator Of George
Washington Carver he said,
Merry Christmas, DR.. Carver,
greatest scientist of the world, I
will see that your great work
will never die and that all peo-
pie will be fed" This part Of the
program was a surprise and
most unique and very well done.
In fact, the whole program was
a credit to the participants and
to Mrs. Lamb and her co-work-
ers.