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Evening star., 1948-02-22
Urey Sees U. N. Inadequate
Until II Gets Sovereignty
By the Assoeiofed Press

LEXINGTON, VA, Feb. M4-DE.
Donald Harad c, Uregs SAID hers
today thatsthe United asiohs 80
"one of the most inadequate organi-
cations for the enormous problems
before it that could possibly be
devised" IA,
DR.. Urey, one Of the Nations
foremost atomic scientists, appealed
for a world government as solu-
ton to problems Of :, peace and
security.
He deplored the u MS lack of
sovereignty and power of enforce
ment. A world federal union such
as he envisioned, he said, should
have certain limited sovereignty,
and an adequate government organi-
zation-something which is missing
in every other plan discussed"
DR.. Urey, winner of the Nobel
Prize in Chemistry in 1884, said the
tremendous explosive power of the
atomic bomb made absolutely nee
essary' increased efforts for the
maintenance of world peace.
DR.. Urey, now head of the insti-
tute of nuclear research at the Uni
versity of Chicago, spoke at the
Washington birthday bicentenntial
convocation at washington and Lee
University He was made an homo
rary doctor of science at the exer-
ciSeS.
Evening star., 1948-02-22
R. J. Hicks Announces
Council Candidacy

Randall J. Hicks, Alexandria real
estate man, yesterday announced
his candidacy for the city council,
to be effective If the proposal to
elect council members at large Is
approved in the March 2 referen-
rum.
At present, one councilman is
elected from each of the six wards
and three are named at large.
Describing the at-large plan as
more democratic" Mr.. Hicks said
the ward method is conducive to
petty politics.
He said he opposes the principle
of drawing an imaginary line around
a few city blocks" and preventing
those residents from voting for
councilmen from other sections of
the city
Evening star., 1948-02-22
Stassen Lengthens Stay
To Campaign in Oregon
BY the Associated Press

SALEM, Greg, Feb 21.--Presi-
dentiaI Aspirant Harold E. Stassen
has aengthei1ed his stay ifi Oregon
to campaign; for the States Re-
publican vote in the May preferen-
tial primary against Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey of New York.
/ The Republican leader announced
at the same time that he had tele-
graphed a challenge to Gov. Dewey
to appear on series of national
radio program debates. Mr.. Stas-
sen said he suggested the subject
Of debate be Vital Issues of
American and Republican Policy
oregon supporters of the Min
nesota leader had started to circu-
late petitions before Mr.. Stassen's
arrival, but he filed by personal
declaration today.
The action is rare lin Oregon,
where candidates are usually nomi-
mated by petition, with or without
permission of the candidate
Gov. DeWey's name was entered
by petition last month. Supporters
of Senator Taft cancelled similar
action when the Ohio Republican
indicated he did not want his name
on the Oregon primary ballot.
Evening star., 1948-02-22
Democrats Beot Republicans
In Broadcast Biblical Quiz

Two Southern Democrats took the
honors in a radio Bible quiz con-
test last night over Station WWDC,
between teams of Republican and
Democratic House members, but all
four competitors stumbled when
the Rev. Dale Crowley, radio min
ister who directed the program,
combined scripture and politics in
single question.
"What man was elected to a
place of high political office be-
cause of his handsome appearance
and was later deposed because he
did not obey the word of God?"
Mr.. Crowley asked, and after all
failed. had to give the answer, King
Saul"
Representatives Priest of Tennes-
see and Deane of North Carolina
rolled up a score of 800 for the Dem
ocrats against 6l2 Tailed by Re
publican Representative Jonkman
of Michigan and Busbey of Illinois.
The questions for the half-hour
program were sent in by listeners
to the 36 stations which Mr.. Crowley
said use the program directly or
by transcription.
Most questions were related di-
Evening star., 1948-02-22
5. to Call in Buying Experts
For ips on Shopping I echnique

ing techniques used by industrial
as we'll as governmental purchasing
officers"
Clinton E. Mack, who is director
of the bureau and interim chair
man. of the academy, disclosed the
new organization will hold its first
meeting here April S:
The bureau said that as "a
purely nonprofit undertaking, the
national academy will represent nc
increase in costs to the Govern
ment"
The eight-man Advisory Commit
tee will be:
John r. Steelman. assistant to
President Truman; William C. Fos-
ter, Undersecretary of Commerce;
Albert Browning, vice president of
the Ford Motor Co.; w. z. Belts,
North Carolina State director of
purchase and contract; Walter Kir-
man, Maryland budget and procure
ment director: Dean Phillip Young
of Columbia University's business
school; Dean Emory Olson of the
University of Southern California; S
public administration school, and
Harry Erlicher, vice president Of
General Electric Co.
Evening star., 1948-02-22
Prince Georges Plans
Chest x-Ray Drive

Plans are under way in Prince
Georges County today for a mass
chest X-ray campaign from March
Is to April %.
The campaign will be under the
Craftsmanship of Perry o. Wilkinson
If Hyattsville, who also is chairman
If the county's legislature delega-
lion.
The X-ray survey will be con-
iucted under the. joint sponsorship
Tof the County tuberculosis Associa-
ton, the State and County Health
Departments, the County, Medical
Society, parent-teacher associations,
service clubs, churches, civic and
fraternal groups and other organ
izations
A State-owned mobile chest X-ray
machine will be used in the CAM
paign from March IS through April
Is, with a stationary machine to.
be used from March % through
April 16 in the County Service
Building, Hyattsville. and from
April 10 through April %, in the
County Courthouse, Upper Marl-
boro.
Regular chest examinations being
conducted now by the Maryland
tuberculosis Association also will
continue during the county cam
paign.
Evening star., 1948-02-22
100000 Watts Asked
For Voice of America

Walter S. Lennon, president of
the World Wide Broadcasting Foun-
dation, announced last night that
he has applied to the Federal Com
munications Commission for per-
mission to increase the power of
station WRUL in Boston to 250,000
watts.
Designing of the equipment to
raise the international stations
power has already begun, Mr.. Lem
mon said. An immediate objective
he added, is to make the new trans
mitter available to the State De-
partment, which will step up its
"Voice of America" broadcasts un-
der the recently signed Smith
Mundt Law.
with this unprecedented radio
powerhouse at our disposal" Mr.
Lennon said, "it will be possible
to pin point Americas broadcasts
abroard into the homes of people
the world over, with a power re-
serve previously unknown in Short
wave broadcasting.
Evening star., 1948-02-22
By fhe Assoeioted Press

The Federal Government, big
gest buyer In the Nation, Is calling
in some outside help to give it shop
ping tips. H+@
1t said so yesterday, but not in
those words. What 1t said began
this way: >...
Eight Americans distinguished in
the fields of industry, education and
government have been named as
the advisory committee to the newly
formed National Academy for Pub
lie Purchasing"
The academy turned out to be a
creation of the Government buying
agency, the Treasury's Bureau of
Federal Supply. The bureau. claimed
an Endorsement of the plan by Pres
| ident Truman.
Mindful that the Government
alone spends over $1,000 600, 900 a
year in the supply operation which
means just the expense of buying
and pay of buyers. not the larger
outlay for stuff bought-the bureau
described the academy thusly:
"A focal point for the distribution
Of latest information on purchas-
Evening star., 1948-02-22

rectly to biblical references, but
Representative Priest starred in
recognizing hymns from their open
ing notes.
Recall an occasion in the Gospel
of Luke where donkey went on an
errand of mercy" Mr.. Crowley
asked.
, "a Democrat ought to answer
that Mr.. Jonkman suggested, and
Representative Priest pointed out
the reference to an animal in the
story of the Good Samaritan.
1t was Representative Prizes, re-
Gently married, who also recognized
that Peter was the disciple known
to have been married.
They are all very good Bible
students" Mr.. Crowley said. All
four have taught Bible classes in
their home town churches, he
pointed out.
The program was the 357th in a
Bible quiz series. Members of Con-
gress have appeared once a month
during sessions for the past two
years, Mr.. Crowley said, but last
night was the first time the score
keeper tailed results according to
Oarty -4
Evening star., 1948-02-22
Flight Training Reduced
For Reserve Officers
By the Assoeioied Press

mitchell FIELD, N. Y, Feb. 21.-
The Air Defense Command disclosed
tonight it was limiting the number
of Reserve Air Force officers in it's
flight-training program as an econl
omy move. rarr~~, !
1--WE still encourage people to par
ticipate in the program, but under
the present budget we can train
only approximately $4,000 pilots
1t. Col. John Condron, ADO public
relations officer, said.
Col. Condron said he was unable
to estimate the number of officers
who had taken flight training pre-
viously.
Under the present setup, he said,
those who will participate in flight
training are men in table of organi-
zation equipped units. These Of
ficers, he added, are men who are
most interested and most qualified
and who can give the most time to
the program"
Evening star., 1948-02-22
Boy, 7, and Woman Injured
Badly in Traffic Accidents

A 2-year-old boy and 59-year-
old woman we're seriously injured in
automobile accidents last night.
The child, Edward Banks, colored,
was admitted to Children's Hospital
with head injuries suffered when he
was struck by a hit-and-run auto
mobile at Eleventh and o streets
NV, police said. He is the son of
Mrs Bernice Banks of the 1900 block
of Eleventh street NV.
Also injured was Miss Virginia
Robinson, an Army Department
stenographer, who was struck by
car as she was crossing Georgia
avenue near Butternut street NV.
She was taken to Walter Reed Hos
pital in an Army ambulance, where
her condition was described as
serious. The car, police said, was
driven by Martin A. Dyer, So, of
6226 Thirty-flrst street NV.
Miss Robinson lives at the home
Of Mrs. J. M. Keylor, 612 Whittier
street NV.
Evening star., 1948-02-22
Teachers in Minneapolis
Ready 10 Strike tuesday
BY the Assoeioted Press

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 81. - Min
neapolis public school teachers who
are members of the AFL Teachers
Federation completed plans today
to strike Tuesday.
They called the strike to protest
School Board order shortening
the school year as an economy
measure and to support their
demands for pay raises. They ask a
minimum salary of $4,000. in place
of the present $4,000. ano an in
crease in the maximum from $4,000
to. $4,000 a year. ~, e 81 >
Negotiations between the; School
Board and the union were dead
locked.
The Central Labor Union. Policy
Committee said all AFL unions in
the city have voted to indorse the
strike. The committee also backed
q proposal for a graduated city in
come tax to provide more money for
schools -5--..-----...
Evening star., 1948-02-22
Unlicensed Liquor Seized
In Two Arlington Raids

Arlington police and Virginia Al
coholic Beverage Control Board
agents early yesterday arrested three
persons in raids on two Arlington
homes and charged them with SELL
ing whisky without license.
Held in Arlington County Jail in
lieu of $500 each, were Henry SUIT
ton, 30, colored, of the HOO block OF
South Quinn street: George A.
Jones, 80, colored, and Sally Smith,
%, colored, both of the 2400 block
of South Glebe road.
Sutton, police said, was arrested
in a raid at his home at the Quinn
street address and the other two
we're picked up at a trailer camp at
the Glebe road address. Police said
a quantity of whisky was seized at
both places.
The raiding party comprised
Sergt. r. S. Cole and Pvts. Walter
Kadal and E. A. Summers of the
Arlington police and State Agents
M K. Bryant and w. w. Duncan.
A hearing is scheduled Friday in
county court.
Evening star., 1948-02-22
I Men in Bethesda
Are Seized as Gamblers

Bethesda detectives arrested two
men last night and charged them
with taking racing bets.
The men, identified as Millard l.
Broadhurst 81, of the 4700 block OF
West Virginia avenue, Bethesda, and
william j.. Tillman. 20, of Old
Georgetown road, Bethesda, were re-
leased under $1,000 bond each.
Detectives said the men were
picked up in the 7400 block of Wis
consin avenue, Bethesda. after Till
man received marked money from
Silver Spring Policeman Charles
Pearson. A hearing on the charges
will be held in Bethesda Police Court
March 20.
Evening star., 1948-02-22
H. R. Robinson to Speak
On District Architecture

The Oldest Inhabitants, Inc, will
meet at pm. tomorrow to hear
Hilyard R. Robinson. Washington
architect, speak on "The Oppor-
tunity for the Enjoyment of Archi-
lecture in Washington. The meet
ing will be in Odd Fellows Hall,
Ninth and T streets NV.
The organization will lay plans
at the meeting for its annual
Ladies Night. which will take place
the fourth Monday in April.
Evening star., 1948-02-22
Airline Strikers Use
Planes to Picket Miumi
BY the Associoted Press

MIAMI. FLA, Feb. 21.-Striking
National Air Lines employees esta-
lished an aerial picket line" over
Miami and Miami Beach today.
One plane scared over the beach
swimming area, Hialeah race track
and downtown Miami towing ban
ner reading, National Air Lines
pilots on strike" Another carried a
big-letter sign saying, NAL clerks
on strike, union mechanics not
working"
w. P. Kilgore of the Air Lines
Pilots Association (AFL said it was
the first time in history that picket
ing had been done by air.
In Chicago, David L. Behncke,
ALPHA president. said the aerial
picketing would be extended to II
States where NAL does business.
Evening star., 1948-02-22
Use OF Z Million Veterans
As ERP Aides Urged
BY the Associated Press

BOSTON. Feb 21.-James F. O'Neil,
American Legion national COM
mander, today proposed that after
CT education, 100000 veterans be
sent abroad to help administer the
Marshall Plan.
Two million veterans" he said in
an interview. who are now in COL
lege and other schools, will be a
disillusioned and disturbing group
after they finish their studies for
they will have no outlet for their
talents.
MY cure is to send them to coun-
tries which are benef1tting under
the Marshall Plan where these vet
Grams can use their training in re-
habilitation work"
Evening star., 1948-02-22
U. S. Fighter P'one
Crashes in Italy
sx the Associnted Press

ROME, Sunday, Feb. 22.-The
Italian news agency, Ansa, re-
ported today that an American
fighter plane crashed yesterday
near Radicofani in the Siena re-
gion. The pilot was killed.
Evening star., 1948-02-22
Reilly to Address MEETING

John A. Reilly. president of the
Washington Board of Trade, will
speak at dinner meeting of the
Prince Georges County Chamber of
Commerce at 7 pm. tomorrow at
the Prince Georges Golf and Coun-
try Club.
Evening star., 1948-02-22
June Huver Has Operation

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 81 '49-
Movie Actress June Have" undc~-
went an operation for removal Of
her appendix this morning, her
studio announced today.
Evening star., 1948-02-22

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Evening star., 1948-03-14
For the Defense
By the Associoted Press
rY>YT xyyrr

dOLLY WOOD.
Guy Madison, who is relatively
new to the movies, doesn't like tt
hear his chosen medium callec
"phoney."
How can a place which demands
SO much from its people be a super.
ficial, empty-headed community?'
he wants to know. And to those
who might consider him naive he
readily admits that he is still en-
joying the novelty of film career
The serious Mr.. Madison believes
many Hollywood critics confuse IL.
lusion with falsity.
"a screenplay, the figment of a
vivid imagination, isn't necessarily
phoney any more than good novel
is phoney," he contends.
But, for some reason, some peo-
pie mistake unreality-a vital factor
in escape entertainment-with fax
cry, and then they apply the same
reasoning to the entire movie in
dustry and its people"
Madison at present is co-starred
with Diana Lynn in a picture called
Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven
which, like his generous heart and
unjaundiced eye, takes in lot OF
territory.
Evening star., 1948-03-14
He Makes His Movies in the Casual Manner
Roberto Rosselln Director of "Open City, Improvises
Films With Non Professional Actors
By c. z. Brusini
ROME,

kCJN0E.
Hollywood would never under
stand Roberto Rosssllini. He makes
movies casually-without many pro-
fessional actors, without high-pres-
sure organization and detailed plan
ming, without ulcers.
It seems to be successful meth
cd, judging by the acclaim won In
the United States by open City"
which Rossellini produced and di-
rected.
Right now, he is working on q
new picture tentatively titled "Hu-
man Life" All he has to go on is
a sketchy scenario. which is the
way Rossellini prefers. He likes to
improvise.
Only Professional.
Italian Actress Anna Magnani,
star Of open City" is playing the
lead in the new film, set in the wild
beauty of the Salerno Peninsula.
She is the only professional In the
cast. Asked where he would get
the remainder of the cast, the 40
| yCd1 -o4o 11CItO4 4CPllCo.
"As usual, on the spot. When
we are in the Salerno Mountains
we will set our cameras in the open
and people will come around to see.
1t is easy to find in q crowd the
right people we need. Not actors,
just simple plain country folk"
But do they know how to act?
"Of course not" answers Rossel-
lini. "but I have my own system.
I start crushing them to earth.
Then it is easy to get out Of them
what want them to do."
The exact nature Of the crush
ing" system seems to be a trade
secret.
Rossellini was even more unortho-
dox in the making of another new
film, Germany Hour Zero," which
is Laid in war-torn Berlin. He
went to work In the German capi-
tai with so sheets Of paper, on which
he had put down some ideas for the
picture. He came with no actors,
no sets.
The cast was picked up at ran
dom. None had ever worked be-
fore a movie camera. Some were
collected in the Berlin labor Office,
where you can find anything you
like, from university professor to
night club singer.
Land of Plenty.
The leading role went to H.
year-old boy, son of Berlin horse
trainer in a circus. The boy had
never even seen a movie camera,
before.
Some interior scenes required par
ticular preparation and had to be
made up in a studio in Rome. Re-
turning from Berlin, Rosselini
brought with him Is hungry Ger
man artists who worked in Italy
three months. Italy, incidentally,
with all its shortages, seemed like
Evening star., 1948-03-14
HOLLYWOOD.


International distances M an
nothing to John Ford, Merriam Coop
er and their new Argosy Film Co.
Having filmed 'The Fugitive" in
Mexico, the producers will return
there for Three Godfathers." They
plan to make Bora Bora" in Ia
hiti, the story of Bastille Day cele-
brations at the island. They had
hoped to shoot THE Family" in
Tsingtao, Manchuria, but it will
probably be done in Mexico City.
Background shots for "Mr. Joseph
Young of Africa" will be made in
the Dark Continent by an expedi-
ton which is leaving soon. Ford
and Cooper also plan "The Quiet
Man" in Fire.
Wallace Beery is reported to be
leaving MGM after one more pic
ture. That would mark the end of
a 20-year stay at the Culver City
lot, where he made such memorable
films as Min and Bill" "Tugboat
Annie" "The Champ" and Viva
Villa!" Wally has been unhappy
with the kind of pitcures he has
been getting in recent years and it's
said he'll return to his old stamping
grounds, Paramount.
Abbott and Costello will barn
storm the country in April for a
dual purpose-to publicize their in
dependent film, The Moose Hangs
High" and to raise money for their
youth foundation. They'll start the
tour in Dallas after they finish "A
and c. Meet Frankenstein."
Mary Hatcher, as told you, has
Evening star., 1948-03-14
All COlumnistS Hate Me-
By SheiIoh Grohom

now 7 don't think I'll ever get
married"
Turhan is very superstitious. He
picks his girls by the stars. Both
Lana Turner and Lila Leeds are
Aquarians. Turhan make no movie
without consulting his astrologer.
I've just finished playing the
lead in The Spirituals' at Eagle
Lion" he tells me. His next movie
is Sons of The Musketeer" with
Lucille Bremen, and it probably will
be made in Paris or Italy.
But Not Greasy"
But Turhan, who was educated
in Paris, has no desire to return to
Europe. With his mother, he owned
glass factories in Vienna; but dur
ing the war the Germans had them
and now the Russians. I'VE got
back our house in Monte Carlo, but
the Germans left it in a very
dilapidated condition"
Mr.. Bey first came to Hollywood
in 1941 and was signed by Universal
as heavy in early Maria Montez
Technicolor epics. They threw me
out last year-perhaps kicked out
is better word-because I refused
to play a greasy character called
Henry in Singapore I may be a
lot of things but I'm not greasy"
That's when Turhan was signed
for Eagle-Lion by Bryan Foy.
When his contract at Eagle-Lion
expires. in July, Turhan will take
off for New York in hopes Of doing
a Broadway play. That's why I've
never had house to my name in
Hollywood-it's too impractical.
want to be able to move away any
day."
At the moment Turhan lives in
rented home at Malibu Beach.
He swims in the ocean-but not in
the winter-and he boxes every day
when he's not working. "I love
the Pacific - it's beautiful even
though it's dirty"
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Evening star., 1948-03-14
This Hit Drama Was Written at Okinawa
At Least the Short Story That Became the Book M Roberts,
Was Born Shipboard There

without a lot Of embarrassment
Wayne was apprised of the new
turn in affairs and brought joy tc
all hearts by asserting with strong
enthusiasm that the part of En-
sign Pulver was the one he had
wanted all the time. So, in the
end, that was that.
While in Cuba, Heggen will null
over two plots he has in mind. He
isn't sure whether to write them
first as novels and then, if they
are good. to dramatize them-with
Logan, of course-or to write them
as plays right off the bat.
"It's a difficult decision" he said,
because, as you may have gath
cred, I have become completely
stage-struck."
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