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Evening star., 1948-09-07

lizing factor, the Constantine Brown.
conflicts between political parties in
France have proved that no gov
eminent based on the Constitution
of the fourth republic can last long
enough to achieve stable results.
Every politician in Paris and the
provinces Is fully aware that the
dangers to Western Europe today
are at least as great as they were
at the same time nine years ago.
Although the leaders of the various
Socialist and Republican Parties
know that the present jockeying for
power is playing into the hands of
the extremist groups, they cannot
get together even for short time
to help the men whom President
Auriol has named to form a stable
government.
Unstable Since 1916.
The new French Constitution,
which Gen. de Gaulle has strongly
opposed, but which the Communists
have supported because they realized
that it would play into their hands,
has proved faulty. Since 1916, when
it was approved by the nation,
France has had no stable govern
ment capable of dealing with the
internal and external problems
which threaten the country's posi-
ton as the leader of Western Euro
pean democracies.
Even more than formerly, French
politicians are playing their own lit
tie games, disregarding the interests
of the country. Former Premiers,
such as Paul Ramadier, Robert
Schuman and Andre Marie, are not
10 be blamed for present conditions.
They are weak but patriotic French
men who are willing to do every
thing they can to prevent political
catastrophe. But they can find no
sustained support from the various
political groups.
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United 3 I q I e 8
Senator.
Final returns
from the State
election bureau
give Lyn d o n
johnson, aggres-
sive young Con-
gresham, a 147-
vote lead over
ex-Gov. Cox e
Stevenson. The
committees Gus
tom has been to
certify the pri-
mary winner but
there is appar-
eatlu n l0nnhnle
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growing nken-
hood that the
stormy petrol of
French politics
will take over
the government
before the end
of the year.
Despite our ef-
forts to alleviate
economic condi-
tions in France,
in the hope that
improvement in
economic life of
that coun try
would be a stabi-
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Tie 1OT GQe .oTe.
6 on delegates
and for the Re-
publican nomin-
alton.
If Gov. Dewey
d e b a t e d with
MI. Stassen in
Albany b e + o r E
the latter pub
licly attacked
the administra-
tion's farm pol
icy, Mr.. Dewey
got the worst of
it. Mr.. StasSen S
statement, made
Evening star., 1948-09-07

get one. HlGnt
here in the Vale
| Of Kashmir, near
Tibet and the
top Of the world.
I saw one to-
day in the fin
est antique shop
in Srinagar, and
it held the place
of honor in the
display case,'sur-
rounded by OBJ
jectS Of art that
were m u S e u m
pieces. It rest
ed on black vel
vet. and was the
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Bv Doris F[ees0n

The eyes Of Washington will be
on Texas next Monday when the
Democratic State Committee meets
to certify the party's nominee for
Evening star., 1948-09-07
Constantine Bro,vn

As much as American officials de-
plore the possibility that Gen
Charles de Gaulle may become the
next Premier of France, there is
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McLemore
Dimes on Peacock,
Prefers Hot Docs
By Henry McLemore

SRINAGAR, Kashmir.-If your
local dime store doesn't have any
Of those glass sirup pitchers with
plastic tops, I know where you can
Evening star., 1948-10-04
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
ond Time of SHOWING

Ambassa dor walk Crooked
Mile: los, $40, 5:l5, 7:25 anc
9:35 pm.
Capitol-"Luck of the Irish; 10: 81
am, l:25, 4:20, 7:l5 and 1910 pm
Stage shows: 1875. $3.50, 6:25 anc
9:20 pm.
Columbia-"Rose of Washington
Square; 1855, 4, ITO and 1915 pm
Dupont "A Midsummer Nights
Dream; IL, 1:55, 3:55, $50, 7:5C
and $50 pm.
HippodrOme-"The Sin of Patri-
cia";; 2, 500 and $3.50 pm.
Keith's-"Rachel and the Stran-
ger; 11:15 am. 1:20, 1925, $50
7:35 and $40 pm.
Little-"Beauty and the Beast;
11:25 am, l:25, $3.50, $50 7:3O and
$50 pm.
Metropolitan - The Crusaders"
1870 am, 2:10, 4:40, ITO and 9:4C
pm.
Palace Luxury Liner; 1O:45
am, 1855. sos, Sis. 7:25 and 9:4C
pm. Sneak Preview at 1l:l5 pm
Pix-"Her First Affair; $40, 6:5C
and 1905 pm.
Playhouse Mine Own Execu-
TONER; 1920 am, 1:25, 3:35, 5:35
j7:35 and 9:35 pm.
Warner-"Walk a Crooked Mile,
Ills am, 1:25, $3.50, $40, 7:45 ano
9:55 pm.
Trans-Lux News and Shorts
Continuous from 1915 am.
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-
All this is about to be changed
now, and, according to the best in
formation obtainable. with Irving
Berlin as musical collaboration.
The theater could not be more
surprised if Lillian Hellman were to
set up tomorrow in the business of
writing radio material for Bob Hope,
or Eugene O'Neill to start turning
out screenscripts for Enrol Flynn.
It is not that Sherwood lacks the
versatility to make such radical
change. That his talents are varied
Is evident in the fact that he made
an even more radical change when
he stopped being critic and be-
came a playwright, and an equally
startling one when he abandoned
playwriting to become the biog-
rapher of the late Harry Hopkins.
The surprise to his colleagues is
that the drama seemed so ideally
his dish of tea that his postwar
conversion, rather long delayed, had
to be that and nothing else.
In the Playright's Company,
which will produce his musical,
there is more than adequate prece-
dent for Sherwood's foray into mu-
sic. His colleague Maxwell Ander-
son did it, quite as surprisingly,
some years ago when he collabo-
rated with Kurt WE'LL on "Knicker-
booker Holiday" modestly intel
lectual musical history of New York
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nees for 10-best honors in Holly
wood this year.
If that is correct, it will be an
other of those comparatively rare
instances in which Hollywood has
improved upon an original Broad
way product.
But it does happen.
X X
Booking department: Escape"
with Rex Harrison, a three-week hit
at the Playhouse before Mine Own
Executioner," moves over to the Lit
tie Theater on Wednesday. 1t will
hold there until the arrival of Ham.
let" on October 20.
x X u X
Living drama department.: Wash
ington Art Center and the Depart
ment of Agriculture Welfare Asso-
citation team up this week to bring
the living drama back to Washing
ton. 1t will take the form of the
famous Barter Theater's production
Of The Pursuit of Happiness" at
Arlington Farms on Thursday night
Lubar's and Mrs. Strabler's Ticket
Mart are the boxoffices at which
reservations may be made now.
Evening star., 1948-10-04
Hollywood:
Peggy Cummins
Is Candidate
For Play Role
By SheiIoh Grohom

Peggy Cummings is the leading
contender for the starring role on
Broadway in Figure of a Girl" with
Jean Pierre Aumont. This play
written by Jean, was originally
called "The Emperor of China" 1t
has now been adapted by Philip
Barry. This is good break for
Peggy. who was kind of kicked
around here.
George Montgomery and Dinah
Shore are back in Hollywood after
a round of fun in New York follow
ing Dinah's big triumph in London.
George goes back to Britain soon
for the starring role in "A Man and
a Dog"
Jessica Tandy-star of "a Street.
car Named Desire"-tells me that
she and hubby Hume Cronyn will
be back in Hollywood next June
And believe me, I'll be ready to
return. We miss our home there
and all the room in which to move
around" Cronyn may give up act
ing completely for directing and
writing.
Marlene Dietrich will tear herself
away from her cute granddaughter
long enough to 60 to Paris to do a
play with her one-time flame, Jean
Cabin.
Turhan Bey, the hand-kissing
gentleman who prefers blonds, cur
rently prefers blond and beautiful
Get Mcdonald, an actress. Turhan,
at present, is negotiating to star on
Broadway in "Hurrah for Tomor-
row!"
Talking of McDonalds, Marie Nc
Donald is all over the Eastern sea-
board driving other women crazy
with her white mink coat and huge
diamond pendant-gifts from her
loving mate, Harry Karl.
Alexis Smiths husband, Craig
Stevens. has given UP hope OF ever
getting a movie to do here. He is
now in New York hoping to snag a
part in a play. Craig did all right
in Hollywood before the war. Now
he's forgotten man.
Gene Raymond is toying with the
idea of starring in movie version
of the life of Charles Lindbergh.
Genes film career is going great
guns now, after several years in the
dumps.
Robert Mitchum was the leading
choice for the starring role in the
movie version of New York Conf
dential," the best-selling book by
Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer. Now
every one is waiting to see what
happens to Robert.
A feature of June Bride" the
comedy starring Bette Davis and
Robert Montgomery, will be Enrol
Flynn's shoulders, substituting for
those of Julius Caesar, on bust
Of the great Roman. And here I'd
Evening star., 1948-10-04
Films Latest Rogue
Had D Days in War
But Never a Scratch
BY the Associoted Press


HOLLYWOOD.
A new addition to the Hollywood
Rogues' Gallery is Tom Pedi, a
screen killer whose baleful eyes and
Dashed nose will be seen in Director
Robert Siodmak's "Criss Cross.
Pedi was playing an italian bar
tender in The Ice Man Cometh" on
Broadway when the late Mark Hell
linger signed him for the film,
Naked City"-as detective. Then
he played the barber who shaves
Spencer Tracy in state of the
Union"
His first thuggish role in the Burt
Lancaster-Dan Duryea manner came
in "Sorrowful Jones'" That's where
Siodmak saw him.
Although Pedi is sensationally
Evening star., 1948-10-04

A couple of seasons ago. WE'LL, the
music maker in the Playwrights'
set-up, did a tuneful adaptation of
Elmer Rice'S Street Scene" which
happily explored another possibility
of the musical drama.
These ventures must have repre-
sented more of a challenge to Sher-
wood than any one realized. They
left him with a musical on his mind.
He intends to get it of this season.
Even with a lesser collaboration than
Berlin, it should be an offering well
worth waiting for. Sherwood is not
saying what his musical is about.
Honors department: AS an Incl
dental feature of this, National
Newspaper Week, Esther Williams
has been named as queen of the
festival with the special title of Miss
NeWSprint.
Everybody has to have a Queen,
especially in democracy.
Further honors department: And
Lassie has just been made Honorary
Chairman of National Dog Week,
one feature of which will be a
luncheon at which the movie collie
will be guest of honor.
X X
Background department: No re-
lation to Norma Shearer is MORA
Shearer, the red-haired ballerina of
THE Red Shoes" which opens at
the National Oct. Is. Miss Shearer
comes to pre-eminence in the dance
all the way from Dumferline, Scot
land, by way of Rhodesia, South
Africa. where she began her ballet
training as child.
Miss Shearer, now %, received
further training in London under
Evening star., 1948-10-04

Flora Fairbairn and Nicholas Legat
Until The Red Shoes" assignment
she was best known as the prima
ballerina of the famous Sadler's
Wells dance group.
See. you don't have to be Russian
to dance like Miss Shearer.
X X
Casting department: Lew Ayres
may have got rid of the Young DR.
Kildare" series, as did Metro-Gold.
wyn- Mayer, its producers, but his
acting still is confined largely to the
practice OF medicine. He was psy.
chiatrlst in Dark Mirror which
gave him his best postwar starring
role. and he plays village doctor
in Johnny Belinda" his perhaps
even better character part.
Johnny Belinda" fashioned from
none too successful Broadwa,
play of nearly decade ago, is beint
touted as one of the certain nomi.
Evening star., 1948-10-04

wiped out in "Criss Cross" he lived
a charmed life in World War II
He earned seven battle stars fol
taking part in six D day landing
Che was a medical aid man. Ir
five years with the Army's 540tt
Amphibious Combat Engineers he
suffered not even a scratch. He
spent "a months on front line duty
went through 500 air raids. ano
didn't require a single days sick
leave.
Pedi's D days were the landings
in North Africa, Sicily, Salerno
Anzio, Southern France and the
Evening star., 1948-10-04

always thought that Caesar had
pretty good muscles Of his own!
Bette Davis, incidentally, will visit
New York this week from her New
Hampshire hideaway. The object
to sell June Bride" to the press
and public.
released by North American Newspaper
Alliance, 1nc.)
Evening star., 1948-10-04
Even Mr.. Sherwood SuCcumbs
To Musicals Temptations
By Joy Cormody

grip that the musical drama has upon the magna-
tion of the playrighs it's strangehold
Even E. Sherwood is writing
thinking strictly
his lighter words
bitter has said straight
Evening star., 1948-10-20
RassIing Bill Features
Mccoy, Schweiqert

Bibber Mccoy, the Boston wrestler
will attempt to add Dutch Schwei-
CERT, the former Oklahoma Univer-
sity football and mat star, to his
growing list Of victims tonight in
their one-hour time limit feature
bout at Turner's Arena. Mccoy has
won four straight in as many weeks
here.
The match will mark Schweipert's s
elevation to a headline role. The
Dutchman, who is "a, played foot
ball with the Bainbridge (Md.) Navy
team during the war, having been
teammate of North Carolina's s
Charley (Choo .Choo) Justice.
A new star will be introduced to
Washington mat fans in the person
OF Wilbur Mead, protege of Jack
Dempsey in the Coast Guard during
the war. Mead, undefeated in 95
matches, will meet big Joe" Kam-
aroff In special bout.
Ken Ackler and Chick Garibaldi
will oppose Jesse James, local boy,
and Tony Verdi in a two-man team
match, while opening the show at
8:45 will be Harry Armus and
Johnny Gallagher.
Evening star., 1948-10-20
War Scared Rossono, Facing
GoviIon, Would Avenqe Brother

A plucky young Italian-Amer-
ican who was given up for dead
in the Battle of Anzio doesn't
think that Kid Gavilan can hurt
him tomorrow night-at least
he's not worrying about it.
That would be Winnie Rossano,
a Brooklyn boy who is to box the
Cuban Kid, outstanding con-
tender for the world welter-
weight championship, in the 10
round main event of the Liberty
Athletic Clubs show at Uline
Arena.
The soft-spoken Rossano pos
sesses stars for six major battles
in the Italian campaign. While
serving with the Amphibious
Forces he was riddled by shrap-
mel in the legs, back. and both
eyes.
This is the first time I've ever
mentioned this to any one, but
they gave me up for dead at
Anzio," he admitted today. II,
too, thought I was done for, but
somehow they fixed me up"
Rossano's wounds finished his
combat duty, but he continued
doing his bit by boxing exhibi-
tions overseas. He defeated
Omar Koudri, who boxed Marcel
Cerdan nine times, while in Eu-
rope. He was scheduled to meet
Evening star., 1948-10-20

motors. They progressed through
the motorcycle motor stage to
outboard motors and then to
Offenhauser, which is tops TO-DAY.
Everything in your modern
car has come off the race track"
declared Mr.. Lane. Balloon
tires, dual ignition, dual carbure-
ton, coil spring suspension, four
wheel brakes-everything, as I
said-in the car"
Not everything; how about my
wife?" cracked one forlorn In
dividual.
You sports writers thought
baseball did wonderfully well at
the gate last season." resumed
Mr.. Lane. But do you know
that midget auto racing crossed
more than sac, 600, 900 last year?"
AS somebody remarked, that
amt gas, high or low test, but
real dough.
And unlike any other sport"
Lane added, "Only the winner
gets paid of in auto racing. In
baseball your second, third and
fourth place teams get some
thing. The losing football team
still collects its guarantee and
even a fighter who gets beat Is
paid. But if you don't win in
this game you don't eat"
Toy Autos Will Be Raced.
He spoke from experience on
that score. breaking in as
grease monkey as a 13-year-old
kid who had to depend on the
boss winning to pay his carfare
and meal ticket.
Lane expects to hit a new
high In automotive entertain
ment at Uline, staging 30-min-
ute shows during intermission
every week. One feature will be
races between toy gas-propelled
cars, which will be supervised by
Phil Corr. He also expects to
bring the cream of midget racers
Evening star., 1948-10-20
Louis Says He'll Fight
In June With SavoId
Possible Opponent
By the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-Joe Louis
definitely will fight next June at the
Yankee Stadium against one OF three
opponents-Lee Savold, Ezzard
Charles or Joe Baksi.
The champ said SO himself yes
terday when he announced he was
retiring from his four-month "re-
tirement." 1t was no coincidence
that Louis made his speech after a
morning conference with Mike
Jacobs and Harry Markson, the new
managing director of the Twentieth
Century Sporting Club.
This action confirmed statement
OF month ago by Sol Strauss, then
acting promoter of the Twentieth
Century. Sol said Louis told him he
would fight the Baksi- Charles win
ner if he thought the victor de-
served a chance at the title.
The same IF" was contained in
Louis formal statement, the first
straight from the shoulder an
nouncement that he had changed
his mind.
Here's what Louis said:
I'm going TO give the Baksi-
Charles fight December 10 (at Madi-
son Square Garden) the once-over
and if it looks good I will fight the
winner. If nothing comes out of
that I might take on Lee Savold
who's pulling good comeback"
The mention Of Savold might be
most significant. At least the word
buzzing around the fight mob last
night was that Savold had a very
good chance of getting the big shot.
Evening star., 1948-10-20
Lions Still Are Nestled
In Hockey Basement

The Washington Lions hockey
team still is in the American League
cellar after missing big oppor-
tunity to emerge last night. 1t bat
tied the Hershey Bears, also cellar
dwellers, to a % deadlock before
a turnout Of 2,2S1 at Uline Arena.
Both lost three previous games.
The credit for holding the Lions
to only two goals goes to Hershey's
goalie, Gordie Henry, big net
tender who repeatedly made spec
tacular saves against determined
Washington drives. The Lions
scored in the first and third periods,
while the Bears counted in the first
and second.
The Lions scored first with the
game less than two minutes old
when Win Mousseau drove a hard
shot past Henry after taking an
excellent pass from Kenny Schulz.
Later in the same period the Lions
missed their big opportunity to in
crease this slim margin to a sub
stantial one The Bears had two
men in the penalty boz for a two
minute period, but the Washington
team during that particular time
couldn't get a scoring drive Or
ganized.
Roy McLenahan evened the score
for Hershey in the same period
while the Lions were skating q
man short, and the visitors went
ahead at 1894 of the second on a
shot by Dave Creighton. 1t was
Frank Porteous who counted with
the Lions tying goal near the mid
way point of the final period.
Evening star., 1948-10-20
Don Black Gets Out
OF Hospital Sunday
BY the Associofed Press

CLEVELAND, Oct. 2o.-With a
grin that looks a lot like old times,
Don Black of the Cleveland In
dians says he'll be released from
Charity Hospital Sunday.
And, not unexpectedly for a man
who has been in bed for nearly six
weeks with brain hemorrhage suf-
fered during game with the st.
Louis Browns, he amends:
Il sure vii; be glad to get out of
here. I've been treated swell, but
I'm getting kind of tired of looking
at these four walls and being all
cooped up"
Whether Black will be able to slip
back into uniform and pitch for the
Indians still is in doubt. One ply
sician advises him to try it, an
other says no.
So this is the course he will take:
I'm going to take it easy until
spring. Then I'll come back here
to the hospital for a thorough
checkup. If everything is all right
III 90 to Tucson (where the In
dians train) and take a whack at it."
Evening star., 1948-10-20
Creditmen Seek Third
Metro Loop Victory

Car Credits powerhouse will be
favored to win its 29th consecutive
game and its third straight Metro
politan Amateur Football League
game Sunday when it takes on
Falls Church Garage in an unlim-
tied clash at Edgewood Playground
at 2 o'clock.
The Creditmen presently are
launched well upon their third sue
cessive undefeated season, and pre-
viously have scored handily over
Alperstein's Department Stores and
Arlington Merchants in Metro
League action.
Champion Southwest Merchants
will be out to strengthen their pre-
carious hold . on the 150-pound
leagues Western Division lead at
q o'clock when they play host to
Brookland-W Woodbridge Merchants at
Jefferson Junior High School at
the same time.
Other 16O-pound contests list
Northeast Body Works VS.. Ana
costa Lions, Gonzaga, at o'clock,
and Arrow Linen VS.. Riverside
Rollers on the same gridiron at 8.
Evening star., 1948-10-20
Double Returns to N. Y.

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (P.-The
daily double, absent from New York
race tracks for the last three years,
will be returned with the start of
the 1949 season, 1t was announced
Yesterday
Evening star., 1948-10-20
Fiqhts Last Nioht

HARTFORD. Conn. - Willie Pep,
127l2, Hartford. outpointed Johnny
IL,aa,russo, 1874. New York Go) 1non-
los ANGMEs.-Enriaue solsnos,
vass vTeney Boy Williams oopSS 1885, a'0hRex Rsx
w5sas55b ores eEsses osssoSsss k.ng 5ss
HoeNoLLtUi.uEesara HoNoLUEu,MHenarrsa 'pIali Davis, 12s,
Honolulu, stopped Jorge Sanchez, 1857.
Assffa ssgfFAEo: e: N. Y-phil Muse..o.
ossrrien' lgI' New YORK DO:
13a, st; Paul. outpointed Eddie Lander.
DETR0IT.--Georse Sugar Cost
o'Neill: I53. Detroit, 7.
JERSEY CITY. N. Rocky Graz
lana, 1891. New York and Dom
'Youbella, 165. Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
boxed 5-round exhibition
NEW, YORK Park Arena). ).-Tami
Mauriello. 21O, New York. stopped
TRENTON, N. J-Dick Wagner,
172. Portland, Oree., knocked out
Johnny Williams, 17s, New York (2).
BROOKLYN broadway Arena).-
Terry Young. 1894. New York, stopped
Al Pennino. 1897, Brooklyn "a.
ALLENTOWN. Pa.-Harold Johnson-
Jimmy Holden fight postponed to No.
Evening star., 1948-10-20
Indians Collect Record
.$6,772, Braves S4,570
AS World Series Cuts
BY the Assoeiafed Press

CINCINNATI, Oct. 20.-The world
champion Cleveland Indians awaited
receipt of checks from Baseball Com
missioner A. B. Chandler today for
their record slice of the 1948 World
Series melon.
Each of 30 Indians will collect
$6, ,77207 for their series victory over
the Boston Braves in six games.
The losers have divided their share
SO that 81 players will receive
$4,570.73 each.
Chambers Office said the players
money was put in the mail yester-
day. 1t was sent in lump sums to
the individual clubs for distribution
to the players.
The Indians individual shares top
the previous record of $6,544.7 .76 which
the Detroit Tigers received in 1885.
Rickert Given $1,523
Receipts for the six games of the
48 series, plus other items, totaled
81 ,633, 1856.
The Cleveland team, in dividing
s230, ,250.29, gave four club members
only half-shares, three one third
shares and four others quarter
shares.
The Braves, after voting 81 men
Including JEFF Heath and Jim Russell
full shares of a $153, 5000 pot, gave
one player three-quarters of the full
amount. another a half share and
two others quarter shares. Three
employees were given $4,000 each.
Marv Rickert, the Milwaukee out
fielder who joined the Boston club
at the end of the season to replace
injured Heath, was given $1,52358
through an executive order by
Chandler. Other members of the
team had voted on shares before
Rickert came with the club.
Paige Gets Full Share.
John Antonelli, young pitcher who
repeatedly was given a $75, 900 bonus
to sign with the Braves, was ex-
cluded from the spoils in the voting
Of Braves players, but Chandler
made use of his executive power to
give the youthful hurler $571.34.
AllJOllCll was Will LllS bldVeS
most of the season but pitched only
three innings.
Satchel Paige, Negro hurler who
was bought by the Indians during
the stretch drive, was one of the 80
Clevelanders receiving a full share.
Other divisions of the Series
money among players:
National League-Second-p place st.
Louis Cardinals, $1,341.52 full share
each: third-place Brooklyn, full
shares of $898.72; fourth-place Pitts
burgh, full shares of $39134.
American League - Second place
Boston, full shares of $1,191.71;
third-place New York Yankees,
$778.8S apiece; fourth-place Phil
adelphia, full shares of S415.32.