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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-25
JUSTICE? BAH!
IAN EDITORIAL)

Cloaked in the despotica dignity ana protecuon o.
orded by his official judicial robes Judge M nd the
slayer of 15-year-od Leon Mosley innocent OF NoIuS
manslaughter but actually had the audaclty TO Con"u
him. ..,on Ia nre-
faced his verdict with threat of contempt charees
against anyone who might start demonstration
The testimony telling of fu-grown armed poheemeHf
beating the unarmed 15-yearold as wei, do tIi4II,
bruises and skull fracture found on the boy was ohe
disregarded. ,, - tho
The prosecution of the was luke warm N NJ, .le
opinion of some of the spectators. Handled oy hooe
clear, (who had to be persuaded 10 ISSUE ln houto
the first place the prosecution could De terneu
ly spineless. L.; .h low
Gordon defended his decision by quoting the law
that says "a police officer MAY SHOOT ana MI. ~ cer
the escape of felon" The law does not say al oh9e
MUST kill anyone he thinks is an escaping lelo,
Not content with delivering ms verdlct anu ~. ~ of
soning behind it. Judge Gordon then proceeueu ~ -. &C
few cracks on what HE deemed the PINK eelen 49, ~
the NAAcp and the pink devotees of agitation IN tne
Barlum Tower ernest Goodman of Maurice Sugar Oh
fice) :. L,irg
The attorney for the defense was smart ~ ma' b
the case nostponed until he sure II Wouu Vo"e
fore an oninonated nudge The defendant was Sinai
waving Jury trial by his peers so TINS same Juuse
express his opinion Gould this same Judge sun ue sI
ing under the attack that the NAAOt ana e re Question
ance launched upon him some years o"0A iOi no
able decision in civil rights case .Lo,t lo,y
Michigan does not have capital puishne i.. ~ 4ho
In our opinion we still agree with the VeIulOl d
coroners jury-who ruled the killing u""e''''
unjustifiable" ., 80 not
Maybe the Judge was right in his decision Of not
guilty Of involuntary mansaughter' perhaps wy
should have not been mansaugnter -, o asking the
What can we do about? the people az "notb.
Tribune AS far as the Mosey case concerneu'
ing" The case is legally closed As TAR as
Is concerned YOU still have your American 0V hi,,
right 10 decide At the polls whether or not you .
returned IN the bench when he comes up for
II "A our opinion that the people VIII hene ,Iir
ley Decision like they remembered Pear n"iOo'
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-25
Police Board
Ignores Race
Promotions

An investigation by the Tri-
bune TO determine why more
mighty qualified and physically
III young men were not apply
ing Ter police jobs revealed that
the overall policy Of by-psssing
Negroes in making promotions
was the biggest obstacle.
Among the scores questioned
il was pointed out that AZ pres
ent there was only one Negro
detective sergeant and one Ne
gro uniform sergeant who has
never worn uniform. Also that
the APB the homicide SQUAD,
the mounted division. the hcldup
squad. traffic motor squad, or
commando detail did not include
Negroes.
II was pointed out that I'm
other large metropolitan cities
like Detroit there are Negro
inspectors. captains and mem.
bers of the brass hat squads.
When told Of these chsrgek
Supt. Edwin Morgan said that
since the adoption Of the merit
system by the Detroit police de-
tSee POLICE. Page 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-25

10 year olds to a woman OF Il
wears
ABOUT TO ENTER CHURCH
One victim was in her apart
ment house when the attacker
struck: another was asked the
location of a certain address.
An extreme case was the snatch
ing of a woman's purse as she
was entering church. The only
male victim had his wallet
grabbed out Of his hands as he
was about 10 pay his food bill
IN an eating place.
Report Of the only woman
purse-snatcher was made on Dec,
3 She was estimated 10 be about
% years Of age. The purse con-
tanned So.
Total amount OF money lost
was around $500 for the AZ cases.
Several persons had no money
in their pocketbooks. while tie
highest lost was $3.50. There we're
Highest number Of snatchines
in one day was six. All victims
were alone.
WOMEN ARE IN FAULT
Women OF TODAY are them
lses PURSE. Page 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-25
Family of 7 Live In Garage
Children Go
Without Baths
For 6 Months

Although the father of 5
children is employed his
family must spend a bleak
Christmas in a damp, shack
garage for which he pays
$40 a month rent.
Elmer henderson, "a, who
lives in the rear of $50 Medbury,
along with his wife, Dorothy.
20, and five children has been
seeking a decent place to live
since last July. but TO no avail,
SEEKS COUNCILS AID
Last week he applied TO the
Downtown Tenants Council OF
which James w. Smith IS pres
ident, but as the Tribune went
to press Tuesday had not sue
ceedcd in locating a better place
for the Hendersons TO live.
The garage is one of sew
ersl in the back OF MedburY
avenue. in which destitute
families. unable 10 pay high
rental fees. are living.
Mrs. Henderson stated this
week that she does not know
when anyone OF the family
has had a bath. We just don't
get baths since we left our
apartment in the next block"
she said.
There are no toilet facilities
CSee CHILDREN co. Page 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-25
Mayor Welcomes Kappas
To Meeting I'm Detroit

Mayor Eugene /. Van Ant
werp extended a warm welcome
tins week to the Kappa Alpha
Psi Fraternity who will hold
then 38th national conclave here
Dec. 27-@0.
This will be the third time
that the Motor City has been
host 10 the second Oldest Negro
Greek letter fraternity; the first
in 1927 and the second IN 1888.
Over five hundred Kappa men
and 300 Of their wives are ex-
pected 10 invade the town for
the meeting
SESSIONS
Business sessions will be hello
at the John R.-Erskine Civic
Center. The annual public meet
ing will be held at the Rack
nam Memorial Building, Mon
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-25
O'Brien Names
Three Negroes
To His Staff

The appointments OF Elvin Da-
venport, former. Senator Joseph
Brown and Hobart Taylor 10
the staff of Wayne County Pros
ecutor were announced early this
week by Gerald X. O'Brieu,
The three Negro attorneys Will
take office with O'Brien when
he takes over the office on Jan.
/. In making the appointments
equal those made by Republi-
can Prosecutor James Mentally.
Davenport served un d er
OBrien l945 and 1916.
OBrien's announcement that
Joseph Bannigan would reloin
mis- staff was aSlo we'll received
BY the Negro community because
Of the very excellent record
Bannigan made while head Of
the civil rights bureau first set
up bv O'Bricn.
Ralph CARRIER Will serve as
CHIEF assistant prosecutor ana
James Stewart as chief investi-
gator
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-25
Policemen Not
At Shooting,
Inspector Finds

Hunt Station Inspector Guyot
Craig upheld statements of two
Hunt Precinct policemen last
Friday afternoon that they were
not in a bar when its owner was
held-up and wounded earlier the
same day by a robber.
Angelo Carboni. 54. 1854 Ri
ward, was shot three times in
the chest and arms in his bar
few doors from his home. He
CLAIMS that Police Officers
George Jackson and Lacey Will
son were in the bar at opening
time when the shots were fired.
The officers say they saw Car
boni slumped behind the bar
through window while making
their rounds at 7:05 a. m. on
Friday.
In coming to the defense Of
the Hunt Station patrolmen. In
spector Craig indicated that the
wounded bar owner could be
covering-up for doing business
before the legal Z a. m. bar
opening time
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-25
Lady, Hold Your Purse
Or Thug May Snatch 1t

EDITORS NoTE With the record Of guaranteeing sSn
chmas shopping TO finished the Tribune in eooperahon
h hs Hodup Squad police headquarters publishes ms ar
s in hopes will help better Profeef Youisen as
"''' BY Julian c. Wyche
Records in the Holdup Squad division at ponce heao
Quarters reveal these facts about purse-snatchers:
~ He can he from Is to 55 years of age.
1al He does not choose his place OF attack but the
opportunity; 49,. ou,uon-
(3) He may be alone or have two or three compan-
ions: and 80, 80,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-25

day, Dec. 81.
DR.. Martin D. Jenkins, pres
ldent OF Morgan State College,
Baltimore. Md. and Willis M.
Graves. attorneys. prominent in
recent u. S. Supreme Court de-
cislons regarding restrictive COW
enants, will be the principal
speakers.
Joseph A. Craigen, local at
torney. aud ex-polemarch Of the
Detroit Alumni Chapter, is gem
cral chairman Of conclave ar
ranCements.
Delegates and members from
$50 chapters-77 undergraduate
and 70 q sduate-are expected.
Presiding over the Grand
CHAPTER SESSIONS will be j. Ern-
est wilkins. notable Chicago at
torney and churchman, who IS a
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-25
VT Burned To Death
Mail y *
Hits g. ETY.
Zone, Burns

Funeral services for a So
yearold world war II veter-
an who was burned to death
in a truck-safety zone col
liSion last Thursday. will be
held from the First lnstitu-
tional Baptist church Thurs
day at IL am.
The Rev. H. H. Coleman will
officiate
James Lucius Mills. 35. of
304l Yeman, Hamtramck. died
of second and third degree
burns according TO the Wayne
County coroner's office.
Mills. an employee OF the
United States Post Office De-
parimeni. was driving a mail
truck when he collided with
a safety zone on Michigan
avenue as he attempted TO
avoid hitting a large trailer.
TRUCK WRECKS
The truck over turned, after
striking the safety zone, and
Mills and his helper on the
truck. Edward Leonard, "a, OF
sos Alger. attempted to escape
from the wrecked truck. Leonard,
according 10 witnesses, got out
Of the wreckage before Mills did,
and helped him get up.
Mills. apparently dared. fell
into a fire started by wasted
(See VET. Page 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-25

recently elected member OF tine
Judicial Council of the Mctho-
dist Church.
GRAND OFFICERS
Other grand officers OF the
organization are Victor l.. Hicks,
Detroit, senior grand vice pole
march; Robert M Duncan, Ur-
bana, Ohio: junior grand vice
polemarch; DR.. r. Clyde Minor,
professor Of Sociology, Lincoln
University. Mo, grand historian;
Lorenzo Gum. Morehouse Col
lege student, grand strategus;
Fred II. Brown, Stowe College
student. st. Louis, Mo, grand
lieutenant strategus.
Other members Of the grand
board Of directors are: julius
L. Morgan. Chicago; Frank F.
LaVigne. Los Angeles; William
c. Jefferson. Meharry Medical
College student.
Heading the twelve provinces
as provincial polemarchs are:
Floyd II Penick, Detroit; Enos
S. Andrews Philadelphia; DR..
Henry w. Greene. Washington,
d. c.; Thomas f. Ashe. Mount
Hope, w. Va; w. Dickerson Dom
nelly, Savannah, Ga; David D..
White. Columbus, o.; Gail D..
Hughes, indianapolis; Wnl J.
Gupton, Nashville; Percy II. Lee,
Kansas City, Mo; Cornelius A.
Ladner Houston. Texas; and
Thomas Bradley. Los Angeles.
One provincial post is vacant.
(Ses KAPPAS. Page 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-25

ut is inconceivable that such
learned juriSt could be so
entirely unacquainted with ali
the facts in this matter" stated
the Rev. Robert l.. Brady late
Monday.
The statement followed the de-
clsion handed down by Re
corder's Judge Arthur F. Cor
don in the manslaughter trial
Of Patrolman Louis Melasl, al
who was charged with the June
4 Staying Of is year old Leon
MoSley.
Melasi. who requested bench
trial rather than a jury trial.
was found not guilty Of the
Staying Of youthful Leon Mos
lev. who was shot in the back
following a wild automobile
chase last June and beating.
according TO witnesses.
Judge Gordon in rendering his
decision TO the packed court
room on last Monday. attacked
the NAACP. saying that the or
ganization was one that boarded
pink" members.
Judge Gordon. in his TRADE
against the NAACP, also stated
in his court trial verdict, "One
group which had been herded by
some pink members Of the
NAACP. insisted dramatically
that from two TO seven police
officers beat the driver (Mosley)
with pistols and fists.
IF the handful OF Communist
agitators who are trying TO ruin
the creditable world OF the
NAACP cared to do good deed
for once IN their pink lives. they
would raise money 10 replace
the automobile stolen by Mos
ley"
Commenting on the statement
that members Of the organiza-
lSee TRIAL, Page o.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-25
Killer
Commended By
Judge Gordon
By Julian c. Wyche

Anyone behind the rail
or in front of the rail dis
nuting the decision of the
court will be charged with
contempt of court warned
Recorders Judge Arthur +.
Gordon as he read a three
page verdict which stripped
suspended Patrolman Louis
Melasi of charges in the fa-
tai shooting of 15-year-old
Leon Mosely last June a.
With the exception of few
police officers, court personnel
and the father and grandmother
OF the claim youth, the court
room was empty.
However. the reaction to the
news OF the verdict outside Of
the court room ranged from
rank indignation to blank res
iqnation. Statements issued
from individuals and organi.
zaiions ran the gamut between
the two extremities.
The bench trial verdict was
started at GAS and ended al
1905 a. n. In low but audible
voice. No faces were wide-smil-
inc
The defendant was dressed
in a steel gray double breasted
suit. clean shaven OF mus
iache. and kept an attentive
lock. He ioyed with his lip
then chin with fingers on his
left hand as he had done
through the two-daY hearing.
After the verdict. he gave a
fait smile, and when asked how
he felt, said I'm happy His
attorney stated that he was con
fident Of a verdict OF not guilty.
JUST A sHOW7
The father and grandmother
had not changed their straight
faces. Later, the father ex-
pressed. Il was not surprised
He had said after the first day
Of hearing, 1T was just show.
Even the prosecuting attorney
appeared TO be on the side Of
the defense"
The state and the defense at
torneys appeared TO be fatigued.
Robert McClear, prosecuting at
torney. alter explaining that on
w in Federal courts ran the
witnesses be hand-picked for
testimony. was commended by
Judge Gordon.
Prosecuting Attorney McCleai
explained that witnesses with
different opinions had to be
called by the state as required
by law.
McNally had refused TO issue
warrants against the defendant
and a fellow officer, John Bo-
land on June IL. after public
parade staged by several civic
and religious organizations for
there was mot sufficient testl-
mony on which enough witnesses
agreed Later, however, a man
slaughter warrant was ISSUED,
bringing about the trial.
tSee YOUTH. Page 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-25
Revive Garvey
Spirit, Editor
Tells Backers

The Annual Marcus Garvey
Spiritual Renewal Day was cell
ebrated last Sunday afternoon
at Liberty Hall where hundreds
of members Of the Detroit unit
OF the Universal Negro Improve
ment Association and the Afri-
can Communities League gath
cred TO hear an address deliv-
cred by Ulysses w. Boykin. ed
itor and publisher OF the Detroit
Tribune.
Boykin told the UNA mem
bcrs to revive the great Garvey
spirit and unite and fight for
economic. social and civic equal
lily in America. Then. TO send
money 10 Africa 10 invest in
tSee CARNEY. Pace 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-25
Judge Krause
Looks Through
Crystal Ball

what did she view through
the crystal ball, o,oo
Mrs lola Hawkins, 80 OF 2l2S
waterloo apparently did not see
the sixty day sentence 70 me
uo,is, OF Correction which
Inoye paul Z. Krause picked
o,a Sof the bowl for her last
Thu xdsy. 80,
Mrs. Hawkins was luhu
guilty of predicting the future
for people fortune telling. II
was her fourth conviction lot
such telling.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-25
DR.. Milton II Be
Sworn In Sunday

A grand official swearing-in
ceremony will be held at the
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, (Sher-
man near RusselD Sunday morn
Ing al 1880 al which time DR..
Samuel 3. Milton, Wayne County
Coroner-elect will be sworn INTO
office. Gov. elect G. Mennen
Williams is expected TO ADMIN
iSter the oath.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-25

According 10 reports OF pU,s
snatchings for the month OF NO,
vember up to Dec. 10. most oil
,hese robbers were youths. rang
nc from rs 10 % years OF age.
Their victims included several
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-25
The $64 Question
Who Was On Trial?

"A police officer trial for the shooting OF a Ne
gro boy not the Detroit NAACP.
I'VE resent personally and in the oithe Detroit
branch of the Association for the Advancement Of Coorcd
People the statements made by Judge Gordon in his tr
ade against the organization last Monday.
Evening star., 1948-10-21

ones which at last are worthy of the
plays great music which here has
room to attain the fullness OF its
power.
The producer-d Observation-Disclosures
of Hamlet" is too much present in
its production to isolate each Of his
functions for its specific weight In
the total offering. 1t Is Olivier, the
actor, however, who will be most
remembered. His Hamlet, who could
not make up his mind, is always
more, not less, man for his in
decision. When his hands are idle,
it is because his mind and heart are
too full of thoughts and emotions
of such thunderous conflict as to
nullify action. In his portrait of
this harassed prince. Olivier has
coined a man whom the indifferent
schoolboy may take to his heart with
as much enthusiasm as The intense
scholar.
Olivier brings more Of everything
to his Hamlet, more energy, more
voice, more virility, but most of all
he brings to 1t more understanding
of Shakespeare's hero who could
think of so many thing to do
he had time to do none Of them
until the course was clear.
This, of course, Is only what
he brings to the part. To the play
he brings a singularly well-chosen
cast. OF this multitude of asso-
ciates, the most brilliant is Jean
Simmons as Ophelia. Miss Sim
mons, a beautiful and vocally
versatile girl, is none of your stand
ard, restrained Ophelias. She is
rather a gentle, sensitive girl who
can search the emotion of love
deeply enough to find its end in
insanity and suicide. Under Olivler's
direction, she is encouraged to do
so.
In their lesser ways. the
subordinate players of Olivier's
Hamlet make their work equally
unforgettable-Eileen Herlie, as the
a:norously adventurous queen:
Terence Morgan as Laertes worthy
of Hamlet's mettle in everything,
especially the brilliant duel scene;
Norman Woodland as the brave,
faithful Horatio who pronounces
Hamlet's nobility and his epitaph;
Basil Sydney, the deprsved King
Ciaudius, and Felix Ayl-ler as the
unctiously comic Polonius.
They, and so many others, have
helped Olivier give the screen
new kind of greatness.
Evening star., 1948-10-21
"Naked Fury" Recalls
Pre.D.Day Drama

NAKED FURY" Pathe Film Of Sir
itzky international release. directed by
Alexandra Esway. original screenplay by
Joseph Kessel. At the Dupont.
The Cast
Evening star., 1948-10-21
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Ambassador - Johnny Belinda" i;
4, $40, $40, 7:30 and s:45 pm.
CapitoI-"Cry of the City: II am.
.l:40, AIS, 7:05 and $50 pm. Stage
Shows: /, 3:45, 6::25 and s:10 pm.
CoIumbia-"The Secret Land;
1905, 3, 6 and 9 pm.
Dupont-"Naked Fury; lilo, 3:15,
$40, 7:25 and $50 pm.
Hippodrome THAT Hamilton
Woman; 2, $50 and 9:45 pm.
Keith's-"Tap Roots; 11:15 am,
1:2o, 3:25. $50. 7:35 and s:4o pm.
Little-"Hamlet";; 2:3o and $50
pm.
Metropolitan - Sorry, Wrong
Number; 11:10 am, lis, $40,
$50, 7:35 and Gas pm.
National-"Red Shoes; 2:30 and
$50 pm.
Palace-"Julia Misbehaves"; 10:55
am, los, 3:15, 5:25, 7:30 and 9:40
pm.
Pix-"Jenny Lamour': 2, 4:40,
7:25 and 10 pm.
Playhouse-"Hamlet";; 2:30 and
$50 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts.
Continuous from 1915 am.
Warner-"Johnny Belinda: II
a In, 1:10, $40, $40, 7:25 and 9:40
pm.
Evening star., 1948-10-21

lightning tempo, and with more
than a dramatic hint of incest.
Yet into all this darkness of the
human soul Olivier has interjected
flashes of comedy which etch ine-
radically in memory the truth that
this also is bitterly humorous play.
y \ X
In demoishing the walls which
have confined stage productions of
Hamlet" Olivier has yet kept the
faith with his original author. He
keeps his picture almost exclusively
within the bounds of Elsinore. He
makes the palace more real, how
ever, by showing the walls which
support it's towers, the adjacent lake
in which Ophelia browns, and other
features of its cold and lonely land
scape.
In this enlargement Of the royal
enclosure, the principal scenes re-
main where Shakespeare fixed them.
The great hall of the castle is where
bombastic old Polonius bores his
listeners, where Hamlet's heart
breaks at the sight of his mother
wed to his nlurderous uncle,
where the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES fixes
Claudius' guilt, and where Hamlet
fights his duel with Laertes, Queen
Gertrude's bedroom still is where
the royal, debased mother is spirit
ually lashed by her outraged son,
and where the stupidity which Polo
MUS fancies as guile leads him to
his doom.
These classic scenes. which have
held men enthralled for 300 years,
are magnified by Olivier's cameras,
but it is into, not out Of, their proper
proportions.
Too, these proportions are the
Evening star., 1948-10-21

eloquence and, In that act, have
made it the simple duty of every
one else to listen.
Although he does not think his
work represents anything like a
final word on Hamlet" Olivier
production will make clear to every
one why the tragedy of the noble
Dane is the greatest play ever writ
ten. He calls it an essay on Ham
let" This is but a dramatic mod
esty, for it is more an X-ray of the
plays central figure. lively study
of "a man who could not make up
his mind"
Through Olivier, the peoples play
wright has reached the people. En-
tertainment thus, for once, has
achieved its highest purpose.
*
Olivier has taken liberties, as who
has not, with the text of Hamlet
but they are such as any disciple of
the bard can only commend. He
has kept the meaning and the music
of the original, and where he has
made sacrifice of depth, he has
added new dimensions to the drama.
His incredibly swift and seeking
camera finds what the eye and ear
have always sought in Hamlet" :"
On the screen, in the blond haired
figure of Olivier, Hamlet finds his
size. He is a man beset by the
f,,r;as of bofb fotn ord tho Aoeh ua
Is, indeed, bit more of mana
prince of the realm with more than
q normal responsibility to resist
fate. His tragedy as Olivier sums it
up so brilliantly is not the blud-
geoning of mad circumstance, but
rather than he must do something
and yet knows not what to do. BY
the time he dies at the end of the
play, his tragedy has disappeared,
for In the course of the story's teIh-
pestuous movement he found out
what to do, and did it. He Is worthy,
finally, of his blood as both man and
prince.
1t is perfect cinema melodrama
that runs from the eerie opening
scene of the ghosts appearance on
the cold battlements of Elsinore to
the closing one in which Hamlet's s
dead body is carried to the same
chill setting. In between, it is a
compound of lacerating Illustration,
love curdling into hatred and mad
ness, madness relieved by murder.
vengeance turned from creeping to
Evening star., 1948-10-21

owns a small piece Of land in Mexico
given to her by the residents OF
Nautla, village near Vera Cruz.
She likes bullfights and treasures
capote sent to her by the famed
matador, Chiquelin.
Evening star., 1948-10-21

mans never will be a match for us
willy, brave Frenchmen, a point
which seems, however well taken, a
bit redundant at this late date.
1t is not a pretty story Director
Alexandra Esway tells of the
Frenchmen who were the first to set
foot on their native land when the
time came to invade and liberate it
in World War II. He has made
what might be called a fictional
documentary of the film, which
does lend it realism. For all the
inherent drama in it's historic back
ground, however. Mr.. Esway hasn't
managed as much drama as he has
mere grimness. His Germans are
cardboard stereotypes and the in
cidents In his script are a bit too
pat.
Still, Naked Fury" does present .
rather complete picture of the train
Ing OF its French paratroopers, even