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Evening star., 1949-02-21
U. 5. Starts Spy Trial
OF 5 in Munich; May
Name Foreign Power
By the Associoied Press

MUNICH, Germany. Feb. al
A Polish national arrested while
allegedly carrying American mill
tary information in a woman's
handbag went on trial today with
four other defendants.
All are charged with espionage
for a foreign power.
The prosecution did not disclose
what foreign power. but it was
understood this may be brought
out during the testimony.
The trial was before an eight
member military commission
headed by Brig. Gen l.. Mckee
The commission last week SEN
fenced Frontisek Klecka. waiter
on the Orient Express, to 20 years
at hard labor after lifting a veil
of complete secrecy over his trial
Klecka was one of 20 persons
rounded up by the Army last fall
on charges of being members OF
a Czechoslovak espionage ring.
Gen. Mckee announced that un-
like the Klecka case, all subse-
quent trials will be public. There
are four cases remaining, includ-
ing the current hearing.
Erwin Sturm. a German State
policeman, testified he arrested
Themdore Szendierlorz, a Pole
after he found him walking along
a highway last September carry
ing a handbag. =
Examination of the bag. Stufm
said, disclosed detailed drawings
of an electric plant at Nuernbere
in the American zone. note;
describing the plant. maps o1
Grafenwoehr, training area fol
American troops, and films.
The notes on the electrical
plant, he testified, described the
location of the buildings, sentry
posts, connections with railroads
and shifts employed at the plant
Sturm said Szendierlorz carried
a Berlin police identification card
The defendant, questioned during
recess, said he could not remem-
ber whether the card had been
issued in the Soviet occupation
zone of Berlin or the West sectors
All defendants are charged with
attempting to obtain military in
formation.
The five being tried currently
sat glumly during the opening OF
the trial, under the eyes of five
husky military policemen lined ur
against wall in the tiny court
room.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Anti-Red Bill Slated
For Final Reading in
Maryland Senate
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 21.-The
Ober bill to control Maryland
Communists and subversives is ur
for it's third and final reading in
the Senate this week, possibly to-
night, when the 1949 Legislature
reconvenes for its eighth week.
The measure, which would re-
quire loyalty checks of public en-
ployes and school teachers, is ex-
pected to go through without a
hitch. The real test came last
week on it's second reading. Wher
it was passed unanimously after
the addition of one amendment
No amendments are permitted
on third readings.
The accepted amendment clari-
fies the right to appeal of a public
employe discharged on suspicion
of disloyalty. 1t was advocated
by Attorney General Hall Ham
mond.
Fisheries Bill to Come Up.
The measure, which has not vet
been taken up in the House, also
would imprison and fine persons
who promote overthrow of the
Government by force, and would
order constant grand jury inves-
legations of Communist activity.
Also expected to come up thi'
week is the administration bill X
give Maryland more oysters anc
less dissension on it's Tidewatel
Fisheries Commission.
The measure would reorganize
the commission and encourage
seed planting to build up the
States dwindling supply. The
Senate committee on Chesapeake
Bay and its tributaries and the
equivalent House group plan to
Evening star., 1949-02-21

Bolivia, an inland country rich in
tin. The National Revolutionaries
formerly backed Villarroel and
strongly opposed Hertzog. At
least 10 opposition leaders were
exiled to Chile, following the
weekend maneuverings, including
former members of the Villarroel
cabinet and six candidates In the
May election.
Country Reported Quiet.
Military sources said the coun.
try was quiet today. :.
An Interior Ministry commune
que said the frustrated revolution
was to have exploded Saturday
night after midnight. with at
tacks on electric and water utili-
ties in La Paz, the capital, and
other cities. It said the plotters
had stationed unemployed miners,
equipped with dynamite, in stra-
tegic areas.
The government said Bolivian
political exiles in Peru and Argen.
tina helped plan the revolution.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Bolivia Blocks Coup
By RevoIutionaries;;.
10 Leaders Exi|ed
BY the Associated Press

LA PAZ. Bolivia, Feb. 21.-Con-
flicting claims arose today after
a week end of political unrest in
Bolivia.
President Enrique Hertzog s
government, which stepped into
power after a bloody revolution
less than three years ago, claimed
it had subdued a plot to unseat
his regime.
But exiled opposition leaders
charged with planning the revolu-
ton, said the government asser-
tions were fantasy" invented tc
eliminate opposition candidates
in elections for the senate and
chamber of deputies next May.
To Order State of Siege
Hertzog, saying he would order
a state of siege" as an emergency
measure. blamed the plot on
hackers of former President Gual-
berto Villarroel, who was strung
from a lamppost in the July. 1916
revolution. About l 900 were killed
in fighting at that time.
VVlarroel. himself. came into
power in 1943 as result of a mil
itary coup. His rule was hard
listed. Hertzog. leader of the Re-
publican Socialist Union party
regarded as moderate and slightly
left Of center-Was named presi-
dent in elections six months after
the 1916 revolt.
Reports from provincial cities
disclosed that members of the Ma
tional Revolutionary Movement
have been arrested in all parts OF
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Complete Overhaul Seen
For Maryland Mine Code
D. tho Associofed Press

CUMBERLAND. Md. Feb. 21.-
A complete overhaul" of the
Maryland mine safety code was
foreseen by Assistant Attorney
General Joseph D. Buscher. after
his committee held a hearing here
this week end.
Mr.. Buscher said miners anC
operators offered closely similar
recommendations during an all
day hearing Saturday.
Gov. Lane appointed the COM
mittee after the Attorney Gener-
ais Office found no law violation
was involved in the death of five
miners at Kitzmiller last Novem-
ber.
William S. Jenkins, jr.. of Frost
burg, representing the mine
operators, offered a proposed
mine safety bill. However. John
T. Jones, president of District 16
United Mine Workers Union
claimed better protection, would
be provided under bill already
introduced in the Senate by Mi
nority Leader Robert Kimble.
Both bills include parts of the
Federal mining code.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Winners al Art Exhibit
In Kensingfon Named

Winners at the 5th annual art
exhibit of the Kensington Sketch
Glass were announced today as
follows:
Back Cove" by Miss Alice
Fitzgerald, 5519 Chevy Chase
parkway NV, in the water color
class; Skipper" Mrs. H. s. Haller,
2S Everett street. Kensington,
pastel class: The Rabbi" David
Sandow. 5121 Forth-f1fth street
NV, painting class, and Mrs.
Lorenzo" Mrs. Roy Burroughs. 201
Dresden street, Kensington, sculp-
ture class.
The exhibit was held yesterday
and the winners selected by the
votes of about 400 persons who
attended,
Evening star., 1949-02-21

hold joint hearings on the legis-
lation.
To Get Clergymen's Plea.
Delegate Sklar, Democrat, OF
Baltimore said he will introduce
bill in the House tonight tc
allow the State or any of it's politi-
cal subdivisions to be sued in civil
action. Judgments would be linn
tied to $4,000.
The House will get a plea today
from % Protestant clergymen in
Baltimore urging approval of the
Jim Crow law repeater. The
clergymen, who acted as individ-
uals, asked the House to follow
the lead of the Senate and wipe
the law requiring segregation OF
Negroes on intra- State railways
and steamboats, off the statute
books.
The measure now is in the
House Judiciary Committee Chair
man Melnicove said it will be
acted on shortly.
Evening star., 1949-02-21

sole reason for his imprisonment
was that he resisted tyranny of
the Communists.
In bringing about the convic-
ton of Cardinal MindsZenty by
disregarding moral and penal
values, and by rejecting the prin-
ciple of cause and effect" the
statement concluded. "the Com
munist Party in Hungary and its
Soviet master have committed a
crime against international So
ciety. against the Hungarian
people and against the admins
tration of justice. AS the Presi-
dent of the United States has
stated. Cardinal Mindszenty was
the victim of a kangaroo court"
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Guard Flyer on HoyIift
Found Dead in PIune
By the Assoeioted Rress

MINOT, N. Oak. Feb. 21.-The
body of the missing North Dakota
Air National Guard officer who
had been directing "haylift" oper-
ations in the State was found yes
terday in the twisted wreckage
of his F-51 fighter plane near
here.
The officer, Mai. Donald C..
Jones. had been missing since he
left Minot Saturday afternoon for
Fargo. He had gasoline enough
for about four hours flying.
Evening star., 1949-02-21

the apostolic benedjction on the
city and the world.
He remained for about a min
ute acknowledging the ovation
then turned inside. A moment
later he returned and made the
sign of the cross toward the crowd
Slowly the crowd dispersed
Hymns rose here and there
from groups representing various
churches as they left the basilica
Men and boys who had carried
banners and placards declaring
love for Pope Plus and Viva
Cardinal Mindszenty" furled them
and waited for the crowd to thin
so they could carry them through
the gates.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Miners PIun Strike

Mine workers in Mexico S
Nuevo Leon district have found a
new reason for striking-devalua-
ton of the peso. which they claim
has automatically lowered their
wages by 40 per cent. Mexico City
reports. They have served notice
on their employers. an Anglo
American firm, threatening a
strike.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Pope
Continued From First Page.

Continued From First Page.)
"illegitimate interference" in the
political powers of the state.
The Pope limited that he be.
lieved some new scientific mean;
had been used by the Hungarians
to extort confession from Car.
dinal Mindszenty.
Not Isolated Case.
Modern prosecutors" he said
surpass the torturers of the Chris.
tian martyrs in the days of Nero
by using "the most recent ad-
vances of science" to shame theil
victims after physically crushing
them.
The sentence impoSed-amidst
the unanimous condemnation o1
the civilized world-on the banks
of the Danube on an eminent
of the Holy Roman Cath
olic Church has stirred on the
banks of the Tiber a cry of indig-
nation worthy of the CITY," he
said. -
But the fact that a regime ad
verse, to religion has this time
smitten a prince of the church
venerated by the overwhelming
of his people is not an
isolated case. 1t is one of the
links of the long chain of perse-
cutions which some dictatorial
states are pursuing against Chris
ton doctrine and life"
Speech Lasts Is Minutes.
His speech lasted a bare IS min
utes, including pauses while the
cheers subsidized 1t was followed
Evening star., 1949-02-21

10 ELECTRIC RAzoRs-"Foursome
Model" We can't say the make,
but men lust love EN-! Were $3.50.
Now 90
Evening star., 1949-02-21
FOUND.

SMALL BROWN DOG, female, part Chi
huaiua. in North Arl. CHI. 1055.
WHITE POODLE; found Saturday noon at
Irving and 18th sts. NV. CO. 6037 after
nm
WRIST WATCH, lady's, Bulova; on Rock
vood pkwy. Ad. 056S.
Evening star., 1949-02-21

7 DESK SETS. genuine leather s.
piece set. Was $1,000. Now. $9.99
Evening star., 1949-02-21

copy HoLDERS-Seems like the
Government had a lot OF these, but
now we've got most Of EN-. Were
S235O Now 81 w
Evening star., 1949-02-21

3 ADDING MACHINES, named.
lightning adding" we won't argue
that. but they're yours at "a price,
Were S1295 81. .43
Evening star., 1949-02-21

TYPEWRITER. Corona Nc. 3 port
ables. 3-row Keyboard; with carry
ing case; reconditioned. Were 81 50;
New 81 SS
Evening star., 1949-02-21

Speech Lasts Is Minutes.
His speech lasted a bare IS min
utes, including pauses while the
cheers subsided. 1t was followed
by an ovation. after he pronounced
Evening star., 1949-02-21

ADDING MACHINE ROLLS. Were
= for soc. Now 2 for 35c
FOUNTAIN PENS, Guaranteed For
ever" Were $500. Now 81 30
> LOVE SEATS, red plastic. Were
5000 Now at Sl2"
Evening star., 1949-02-21

s FLOOR LAMPS, swing arm type;
aluminium, with paper parchment
shade. Were S250O. Now S14.SS
Evening star., 1949-02-21

SPEED-O-PRINT, stencil duplicator
hand operated. Was $49.5O. Now,
Evening star., 1949-02-21

TYPEWRITER PAPER, lightweight,
for carbon copies: Govt. surplus; A"
shorter around the edges, they save
money that way they say. Packed
in two reams to the pkg; size s"x
10k". Was whewl Now,
Evening star., 1949-02-21

CALCULATORS, reconditioned Mon
roe electric, Model KA: 10 column.
YVES G11R Nov S7S
Evening star., 1949-01-29

in his judgment that he did not
clamor for Miss Bergmans services
on the basis of any of her recent
performances. He thought both she
and the picture were bad in Arch
of Triumph and, for all her high
standing in this country, she is
ito him incomparably less an actress
than Anna Magnini, his open City
star
So, in Rosselini's judgment, are
all other actresses.
The Playhouse goes on a special
schedule tomorrow for the March
Of Dimes gala premiere of Mon
sieur Vincent whose distinguished
audience will include Mrs. Harry
IS. Truman and daughter, Margaret.
The regular feature, Mr.. Perrin
and Mr.. Traill," will begin it's final
performance at $50, after which
the theater will be closed until the
opening Of the gala at s o'clock.
Tickets for the gala are not on
sale at the theater box Office, but
may be obtained from Mrs. Edwin
Watson, cochairman of the March
of Dimes, 3133 Connecticut avenue.
Admission is by minimum contribu-
ton Of SIS per person.
A capacity audience is indicated
for the program which represents
a prerelease preview of Monsieur
Vincent" The formal showing of
the screen play will be delayed
several weeks.
H Pravda's blast against Moscows
dIhrna critics contains one protest
that can only arouse sympathy for
the parasites" as Pravda calls
them. 1t is the one which says that
if the critics do not like produc-
ton. they frequently avoid review
ing it altogether.
Considering what has happened to
them for reviewing the others, they
did not carry the trick to its logical
conclusion.
1t is so sad in Siberia.
X X
Arthur Miller who won a prize for
his first play, "All My Sons" may
have delayed a long time before his
next one, Death of Salesman"
Evening star., 1949-01-29

but 1t did not mean that he was Q
one-play author. Not if Variety's
Philadelphia critic is correct. The
lead on his review of Death of
Salesman" is about as close to rhap.
sodic as Variety man ever gets. II
reads:
"Bandying about adjectives like
great and superb is always a pro-
fitless business, but a lot of people
are going to link them to Arthur
Miller's new play Death of A Sales
man which preemed here at the
Locust. The farthest out on the
limb this writer will go is to OBJ
serve. as a matter of strict report
ing. he has never in exactly 30 years
as Variety mugg seen Philly
audience more vociferous and en-
thusiastic reception to the first per-
formance of a new dramatic play
here"
Sounds like a fine, sound limb.
4 II n
Playwright Carson Kanin is still
Of the opinion that Washington is
a solid background for a play. II
served him beautifully in Born
Yesterday" and betrayed him
violently in the recent Smile OF
the World" but Kanin sticks to il
in his next play.
/ That one. The Sky Is Falling,
is woman's play to the extent that
its central character is one of those
females who develop a dominance
over the local social and political
scene. 1t probably will be produced
by the PlaywrightS' Company, but
not until next season.
The leading role could be one
suitable for Mrs. Kanin. better
known as Ruth Gordon. Nothing
has been done about that, however.
Lana Turner. Metro Goodwin
Mayors wandering girl who has not
made picture in more than a year,
will return to the fold by next sum-
mer. Studio plans call for her to
assume the lead in a frivolous item
which calls more for a spirited girl
than for an actress.
The Reformer and the Red
head is the title of the picture
which will be based upon a popular
magazine story.
Evening star., 1949-01-29

II he snags the part, chalk up an
other chance given to a newcomer
by Columbia, the studio which be-
lieves in that sort of thing witness
John Derek and Susan Perry.
Peter Lawford is giving Jimmy
Stewart a heap of competition for
Gloria Mclean. AS matter of fact
I believe that Peter saw the girl
first. Pete is dying to go to England
to make movie there with Alfred
Hitchcock. All he has to do now
is get permission from Metro.
The town Is waiting for Jennifer
Jones to announce her wedding day
with David Selznick. This will be
soon, I understand. But Jennifer's
close friends tell me they notice a
strange reluctance on the part of
Jennifer to swap her single status.
The coyer she gets, however, the
more impetuous does Mr.. Selznick
become. He is now showering her
with gifts "a hours a day.
Arlene Dahl has now added
Richard Ney to her roster of ador-
ing males. When she is not dining
with Harry Gushing, you usually
see her with Richard. Arlene may
get chance to sing, finally, in her
next Metro movie. That is what
she does best. -,
David Brian, who, I hear, is Won
derful with Joan Crawford in
'Flamingo Road" joins Robert
Mitchum and William Bendix in
THE Big Steal" The betting for
Mitchum not to go to Jail is now
8 to l in Hollywood.
Eddie Norris and Sheila Ryan
have not only econciled-they are
now working as dramatic coaches
for Harrison productions. They are
also in the market to make movies
together. Nothing like good clean
break to make a couple appreciate
each other!
Released by North American Newspaper
Alliance)
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Ambassador-"Wake of the Rec
Witch; lis, 800, SIS, 7::3O ano
$40 pm.
CapitoI-"My Own True Love-;
10:30 am, ITO, $50, $50, 4:10 and
HAS pm. Stage shows: 1925, 3:O5
5:45, 1925 and 11:05 pm.
COLI m b a-"That Wonderful
Urge; 11:55 am, 1:50, 3:45, 5:45,
TAO and $40 pm.
Dupont-"The Red Shoes; $50
and $3.50 pm.
HippOdrOme-"Blithe Spirit: 2,
4:35, ITO and 9:45 pm.
Keith's-"Joan of Arc; HIS am,
1:50, 4:25, 7, 9:40 pm. and 1915
am.
Little-"Hamlet"; 2:30, $50 and
$50 pm.
Metropolitan-"Don Juan; II
am, los, 3:15, $40, 7::3O and 9:4O
pm.
Palace-"snake PITT; 11:25 am,
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Hollywood:
Roy and Dale
To Be Paired
In Manv Films
By Sheiloh Grohom

Roy Rogers has won his fight to
make all future Westerns with his
wife, Dale Evans. The experiment
of reteaming Roy and Dale in
Susanna Pass" has their fans in a
happy tizzy. And Boss Herbert
Yates is now converted to the idea
that cowboy can make love to his
wife as we'll as his horse. Next for
Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers is Down Da-
kota Way"
John Wayne has been swamped
with sickness in his family. His
mother -in-law has had three recent
operations. Now his wife is getting
out from under two weeks of flu. In
between visits to hospitals John is
preparing for his next movie, Eagles
in Exile" And the girl he wants
for his co-star is that more-and-
more in demand actress, Marie
Windsor
Claudette Colbert Is unable to CO.
star with Jack Benny in mo Time
for Elizabeth" Claudette has no
time for Jack-much as she would
like to have-because she starts her
own movie, Love Is Big Business" 4"
next month. And that is when
Benny starts the Elizabeth movie
his first in four years.
x*
Pat Morrison, the toast of New
York in Kiss Me, Kate" is getting
so many offers from Hollywood that
her pretty brunette head is SPIN
ming. Until the New York hit made
the dopes here realize how good Pat
is she was kicked around from one
bad B picture to worse ditto. War
ners even turned her down for a
three-day bit with Enrol Flynn in
The Adventures of Don Juan"
Gene Tierney's latest refusal-to
make Everybody Does It"-may be
the beginning of the end of her con-
tract with Goth Certury-Fox. For
every movie Gene makes she turns
down two. And Boss Daryl Zan-
uck is getting little bored.
Lucille Ball is shooting the works
for her wardrobe in Miss Grant
Takes Richmond" Mainbocher has
been hired to make the clothes for
her in this modern comedy story.
Danny Scholl, who is doubling for
Barry Nelson with Janet Leigh,
makes test this week with Paul
cite Goddard for Anna Lucasta." :"
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Workshop to Stage
Glass Menaeerie'

Tennessee Williams The Glass
Menagerie". will be presented by the
Washington Workshop next Satur-
day and Sunday at $3.50 pm. at the
Cafritz Auditorium of the Jewish
Community Center. The produc-
tion is being sponsored by the
Greater Washington Area Council
of the American Veterans Commit
tee.
Mr.. Williams prize winning play
is being directed by Mary -Averett
Seelye. The cast includes Mary
Goldwater, Nan Frutkin, Arthur
Leih and Peter jerks.
Tickets are available at the Amer
ican Veterans Committee Club
house, 1851 New Hampshire avenue
NV, and the Washington Work
shop, 2020 Massachusetts, avenue
NV.
Evening star., 1949-01-29

Ill 1Idly. ROSSelllll, director ana
producer of open City" and
"Paisan," will collaborate with Miss
Bergman on her usual terms, per-
centage Of the profits of the screen
play.
1t is perfectly possible that Miss
Bergman-who cares less for money
than lot of lesser performers
will make many times more money
out of the small budgeted Rosselini
production than she does out of
Joan of Arc"
X
Incidentally, in the great Italian
director, she will meet a person
whose honesty is as blunt as her
own.
Rosselini is frank, completely so,
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Alexandria Group
Plans a Comedy

Players of the Alexandria Little
Theater will present the British
comedy, "Mr. PIN Passes By" the
evenings of February II, Is and 19
at the Alexandria Recreation Cen.
ter.
Leadings roles will be played by
Helen Todd and Brown Rolston
Miss Todd produced The Clandes.
tine Marriage" last year at Gadsby s
Tavern. Mr.. Rolston played Grand
pa in you Can't Take 1t With
You" for the Alexandria group.
Evening star., 1949-01-29

Danny Scholl, who is doubling fol
Barry Nelson with Janet Leigh
makes test this week with Paul.
cite Goddard for Anna Lucasta. >
Evening star., 1949-01-29

1:55, 4:20. $50, 9::20 and 11:20 pm
Pix-"The Grapes of Wrath;
2:50, $50 and 1880 pm.
PlayhOuse-"Mr. Perrin and Mr.
Traill";; II am, 12:45, 2::3O, 4:20,
sos, 7:55, $50 and 11::40 pm.
-"Enchantment";: 1910
am, 1910, 2:10, Ais, 6:15, 8:15
1910 pm. and 1915 am.
Warner-"Wake of the Red
Witch; 11:25 am, 1:30, 3:35, $40,
TAO, $50 and 11:55 pm.
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Ingrid Deserts Hollywood's
Millions for Italy's Thousands
By Jay Cormody

Although she her acting during the
unparalleled
What other performer whole history
stepped out of $00O0O production
That happens Miss
her latest
Evening star., 1949-10-03

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