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Evening star., 1949-07-22
0. Kenneth Quivey Dies;
B. & 0. Agriculture Aide
ay the Asxoeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE, July 20.
Kenneth Quivey. SO, manager of
agricultural development for the
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad. died
at his home here yesterday.
Mr.. Quivey had been associated
with agricultural activities of the
railroad since 1917, except for a
three-year- period at the close
of World War l.
He was we'll known throughout
the rural areas along the B. g. O.
lines because of his departments S
work in soil conservation and in
creased crop production.
A native of Rensselaer,. Ind,
he was a graduate of Purdue Uni
versity's college of agriculture.
Mr.. Quivey had served as ma
tional president of the American
Railway Development Association.
the Soil Conservation Society of
America and Sigma Alpha Epsilon
fraternity.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Ellen Bernheisel Hier Quivey.
Funeral services will be held
here tomorrow and burial will
be in the family lot at Evanston,
Ill, Mrs. Quivey's hometown.
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Mrs. Waller T.. Wilson
Dies in Lowell, Mass.

Mrs. Loretto Walter Wilson, 49,
a native of Washington, died yes
terday of heart attack at her
home in Lowell. Mass. it was
learned today.
The daughter Of the late DR..
and Mrs. William F. Walter, she
went to Lowell in 1922. Her hus-
band, Walter C. Wilson. is presi-
dent of the Central Saving Bank
and treasurer of the E. A. Wilson
Coal and Fuel Co. there.
In addition to her husband, she
is survived by two sons, Walter C.
Wilson, jr.. North Tewksbury,
Mass, and Robert L. Wilson,
Lowell, and a brother, William F.
Walter, jr., Washington. Funeral
services will be held in Lowell.
Burial will be private.
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Frank R. Stockton Booker
Dies al 47 in Richmond

Frank r. Stockton Booker, A.
brother of Y. E. Booker, Washing
ton partner of Alex. Brown & Sons
investment and secures firm, died
Unexpectedly yesterday at his
home in Richmond.
Mr.. Booker, a native OF Rich
mond, had been in the feed and
grain business for many years.
Besides his brother, he leaves
four sisters, Mrs. David C. Nor
ton and Mrs. Booker Wales. both
of Richmond; Mrs. George F. Bras
field. Petersburg. and Mrs. Harold
o. Goodwin. Los Angeles, and two
brothers, William o. Booker and
Laurence F. Booker, both of Rich
mond.
Funeral arrangements have not
been COMPLETED
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Rites Today in Glen Echo
For Lawrence H. Watson

Funeral services for Lawrence H
Watson, 10, retired painter, who
died suddenly last Monday at
Georgetown Hospital, were held
at $50 am. today at the Church
of the Little Flower. Glen Echo
Burial was in Arlington Gene
terry.
Born in Baltimore, Mr.. Wat
son worked for many years as a
painter in New York City. retir-
ing Is years ago. His father, the
late William A. Watson, at one
time was captain of No. Engine
Company. Baltimore Fire Depart
ment.
Mr.. Watson, a Spanish Amer
ican War veteran. came to Wash
ington last October to live with
his brother. Jerome j. Watson
6413 Macarthur boulevard, Be-
theSda.
He also is survived by a sister
Mrs. Thomas J. Kerns. Long Is
land. N. Y, and another brother
William A. Watson, Baltimore.
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Frank 5. Cooley Rites
To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Frank S.
Cooley, 64, Washington resident
for "a years, will be held at II
am. tomorrow in Lees funeral
home. Fourth street and Massa-
chusetts avenue NV. Burial will
be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Mr.. Cooley died Unexpectedly
Wednesday in Georgetown Hos
pital. He lived at 1911 Third
street NE.
A native of Strasburg, Va, he
moved here in 1925. For many
years he was a telegraph operator
and station agent for the South
ern Railway and the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad. Until a few years
ago he was active in the real es-
tate business here.
Surviving him are two sons,
Carl F. and Cecil r. Cooley: four
daughters. Mrs. Lucille I. Bowers,
Mrs. Mildred M. Cockrill, Mrs.
Hazel B. Rowe and Mrs. Clara F.
Hensley, and 10 grandchildren,
all of Washington.
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Funeral Rites Today
For Mrs. Isabel Guy

Funeral services for Mrs. Isabel
Passano Guy. 95. who for half a
century here was known as a
friend of war veterans, policemen,
firemen and indigents, were to be
held this morning at the Hines
funeral home. 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial was to be pri-
vate.
Mrs. Guy, also a member OF the
Post Office Department here TOR
80 years, died Wednesday at
Homeopathic Hospital after
weeks illness.
Since coming to Washington in
1894 Mrs. Guy had devoted her
life to helping others. For her
work in helping veterans get pen
sions and jobs, she once was pre-
sented a gold watch. At the time
of the bonus march in 1882 she
+ helped many of the marchers.
Mrs. Guy, for many years a
member of St. Patrick's Church
here, devoted much of her time to
Catholic charity work. She
knitted sweaters and caps for in
digentS.
She was born in Baltimore. Her
first husband, George w. Colvin
of that city, died after they had
been married seven years. Then
she was, married to Walter Ed
ridge Guy, secretary to the presi-
dent of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad. He died in 1893.
Mrs. Guy went to work for the
Post Office Department the year
she came to Washington and was
employed there until 1882.
Surviving are daughter, Mrs.
John K. Clement. Dauphin, Pa;
five grandchildren and three
great -ora rapdchildren
Evening star., 1949-07-22
High Officials Attend
Funeral for Murphy
By the Assoeiotsd Press

HARBOR BEACH, Mich, July
22.-The body of Supreme Court
Justice Frank Murphy came home
today to rest in the little Lake
Huron community where he was
born.
Quiet funeral services were set
for the man who went out from
Harbor Beach to become Detroit
Mayor, later Philippines high COM
missioner, still later Governor of
Michigan and United States At
torney General, and finally a men,
ber of the Nations, highest court.
Only a few of Justice Murphy's
countless friends could gather in
the small Our Lady of Lake Huron
Church, where the Rev. James j.
Marvin was to conduct the Ro-
man Catholic rites.
But those assembled included
high Government officials, as well
as the Harbor Beach folk who
have known the famous JurlSt ana
his family for years.
Secretary of Labor Tobin was
on hand to represent President
Truman. Two Supreme Court
colleagues-Chief Justice Vinson
and Associate Justice Black-were
here to pay their last respects to
the high bench's well-known
idealist.
There were a number Of men,
bers of Congress. including Mich
igan Senators Vandenburg and
Ferguson.
Michigan's young Governor, G..
Mennen Williams was listed as a
pallbearer.
Justice Murphy died Tuesday
morning at Detroit of a heart
attack. He was SO.
Yesterday his many Detroit ad-
mirers bade him farewell. About
10000 filed past his casket as it
lay in state at the City Hall.
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Prof. Alfred Render Dies;
Noted bofanist and Curator
By the Assoeiotsd Press

BOSTON, July 22.-Prof. Alfred
Rehder. IS. a noted botanist and
curator of the herbarium at the
Arnold Arboretum for % years
until his retirement, died last
night.
He went to the arboretum from
Germany, his native country. in
1898 to study under the late
Charles Sprague Sargent and was
persuaded to remain as a staff
member.
Prof. Rehder served as assistant
Of the herbarium from 1906 until
he was made curator in 1918.
He also served as associate pro-
fessor of dendrology at Harvard
from 1884 to 1910.
He has published several VOL
umes, papers, articles and pam
phlets on botany and was con-
sidered one of the worlds greatest
authorities on botany of China.
Evening star., 1949-07-22
HI Mrn1nrtat1t

BURNS, JAMES EDWARD. In loving
memory Of my son. JAMES EDWARD
BURNS, who passed away two years ago
today, July 22, 1947.
In the book of our lives there are memories
OF the happiest moments we've known
And recorded in love is the blessing
OF q wonderful son, my own.
He's gone, but the treasures he left me
Are truly OF value untold;
A life filled with deeds of kindness
HIS MOTHER
COLEMAN, RUTH J. In loving memory
Of our dear mother, RUTH ]. COLEMAN,
who left US twelve years ago today, July
Your memory Is as dear today
YOUR CHILDREN.
FAULKNER. ELLA. In loving memory
Of our devoted mother and grandmother,
left us eleven years ago today, July 22
DEVOTED CHILDREN AND oRANDcH1L-
HARRISON. ETHYL R. In. loving re-
R. HARRISON, who entered eternal rest
two years ago today, July %. 1947.
Her life is beautiful memory.
She I is ee asleep in ' GODS A beautiful af sard.n
HER CHILDREN. FRANK, THELMA, MAT
TIE, JACQUELINE AND KATHRINE.
MITCHELL, MINERVA sTAUFFER. In
MINERVA sTAUFFER MITCHELL, who
passed from this life two years ago today,
July %, 1947.
We did not know till o'er your grave
We saw the wind-blown blossoms wave
How futile and how fugitive
Are all those things we strive to save.
MARGARET. GEORGIA, CHARLES AND
RICHARD MITCHELL:
SHERRY, WILLIAM E. Sacred to the
memory of our dear husband and father,
WILLIAM z. SHERRY, who departed this
life nine years ago today. July %, 1910.
Memories are treasures no one can steal,
Parting leaves heartaches no one can heal
Till memory fades and life departs,
You will live forever in our hearts.
LOVING WIFE. ETA, AND FAMILY.
TAYLOR, THORNTON E. Today brings
sad memories of the loss of my dear ia
ther, THORNTON E. TAYLOR, who an
swered Gods call twelve years ago today,
July %, 1887.
Loved in life, remembered in death
LOVING DAUGHTER. IDA MAY BOARD
WILLIAM, LEONARD. In sad but low
ing memory Of my son. LEONARD WILL
LIAMS, who passed away one year ago
today, July 20. 1913.
No one knows the silent heartache,
Only those who have lost can tell
on the grief that is borne in silence
For the ora loved so vel,
DEVOTED MOTHER. AGNES MORRIS. .
Evening star., 1949-07-22

A member ofT/serEt. Robert Gibbs
the National Guard, he was called
into active service in September
1941. He had worked as a car
penter in Maryland Park. prior
to his induction.
Surviving him are his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos D Gibbs, 412
Sixty fifth street NE; three
brothers, Wilmer c., Carlos D.,
jr.. and Norman F.. Gibbs, and
three sisters, Mrs. Evelyn M. Proc
tor, Mrs. Lillian Yoho and Miss
Betty Gibbs, all of Washington
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Augustus v. Tack Dies;
Portrait and Mural Painter
By the Asssciotsd Press


DEERFIELD, Mass, July 22.-
Augustus Vincent Tack, 78, por-
trait and mural painter. died yes
terday at his summer home.
A native of Pittsburgh. he
painted murals for the Govern
ment Building in Manitoba. Can
ada; the Nebraska State Capitol
and for New York and Massachu-
sets churches.
His paintings are in the Metro
politan Museum. New York; the
Cleveland Art Museum, Phillips
Memorial Gallery, Washington
Newark art museums and Speed
Memorial Museum, Louisville, KY.
He is survived by his widow, the
former Violet Fuller of Deerfleld.
Farmers in Gloucester, England,
want badgers declared pest.
Evening star., 1949-07-22
mrs. Howard A. Bowman,
u. S. ConsuI's Wife, Dies
BY ths Assoeiotsd Press

HAMILTON. Bermuda, July %.
Mrs. Howard A. Bowman, wife
Of the new American Consul in
Bermuda, died yesterday.
Mrs. Bowman had been suffer-
ing from heart trouble for some
time. She arrived in Hamilton
with her husband July IL.
Funeral services were to be held
this morning.
In addition to her husband, Mrs.
Bowman is survived by a son,
Howard V. Bowman. who is at
tached to the American Legation
in Bern, Switzerland.
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Permit Asked to Widen
West Annapolis Bridge
By the Associotsd Press

BALTIMORE, July 22.-The
Army's district engineer yesterday
announced application by the
Anne Arundel County Commits
sioners for authority to widen a
bridge across Weems Greek in
West Annapolis.
The bridge will be widened from
27 to IS feet by the addition of
sidewalks. The horizontal clear
ance for boats under the bridge
will be reduced from 305 feet.
The vertical clearance will not be
changed.
Evening star., 1949-07-22

at Z pm. To-Day
in Arli n 6 ton
Cemetery.
orn q n d
e d u C a t e d in
Maryland Park,
S e r g t. Gibbs
was killed while
S wing with
the medical de-
tachment of the
29th Infantry
Division. He
was 20 at the
time of his
death
Evening star., 1949-07-22

at 10 am. Saturday, July %. Church
St St. Gabriefs Church: Grant Circle ". w.
Military services at the graveside. Arling-
ton National Cemetery at 10 am Ship.
Ia BTsneh
Fleet Reserve Association.
MOORE. VERNON A; On THURSDAY;
MooR MSsDi broeP Ia Psa Of Arhar Md ana
neral on Saturday, July %. at 1:I5 pm.
from the Hgntt Ryon v rnera se n.G Home
st. Paui's Church, Piney. Md, at 2 pm.
Interment church cemetery.
MOULToN, CLARENCE HARTLEY: Sud-
cIARENcE e. EHtEe HARTLEY MoukToN Of $500
14th. st; NV, husband OF the late Evelyn
rington Moulton: Services at ne chevy
Chase Funeral Home, 5101 Wisconsin ave.
NV. on Saturday, July % at 2 pm;
Fort Lincoln Cemetery. 22
ROBINSON. HARVEY. On Thursday:
July p. l94a, HARVEY ROBINSON Of
1912 st ! lth ; st. nv. devoted brother OF Of
e other rel relatives D and friends. After IL noon On
Sunday, July "a, friends may call at
Frazier,s Funeral Home. 3s9., R. I. ave.
n W. where funeral services will be held on
Monday, July 25. at pm. Rev Fields
officiating. Interment Payne's Cemetery.
SINGLETON, LILA c. On Wednesday,
July 90 .1949, at Doctors Hospital. LILA
c. SINGLETON beloved Wife of the late
Samuel B. Singleton. mother of Robert J.
the the Lee Funeral Home. 4th st. and Mass,
ave. ne, where services will be held on
Saturday: July %, at 2 pm. Interment
cesed soloMoS. aa SeRs'sTy, RosE On Thursday July
Of the late Harry Solomon, devoted mother
Weinstein, Miss Lillian Solomon and Miss
Irvine Solomon. She also is survived by
two grandchildren, one sister, Mrs Ethel
Brother bSisH' Louis I IS Refer Of New York. Mrs:
Solomon rests at the Goldberg Funeral
Home. 4217 9th st. NV. Notice of fu
NV WAkp, HAIRY F. On wednesday: July y
F; WARD, beloved husband Of Roberta
Mrs. Hazel Frye, Mrs. Daisy McAlieer: Mrs.
Dorothy Nicholson and Mrs. Vivian Knott
Friends may call at the Lee Funeral Home,
pm. pm Interment Cedar Hili cemetery. ri
wEEMs; NELLIE c; On Thursday July
st. NV, beloved wife Of Frank c. ,Weems.
snsTs s bis on
Invited ay d. internent g @ CEDAR Hiil 1a csmetsrs
WELKER, MYRTLE d. Suddenly, on
Wednesday, July 20. 1949, at her resi-
dence. 644 Mass. ave. ne, MYRTLE D.:
WELKER tnee Hollisl, beloved sister Of
Mrs. Mamie Cullens. Clifton D., Morris T.
and Louis Hollis. and Mrs. Helen Malta,
niece of Mrs. Reetts Geyle; Friends may
call at the Robert A. Mattingly Funeral
Home. 131 11th st. Sc. where services
viii be held on Saturday. July %, at 2
pm. Relatives and friends invited. In
terment Glenwood Cemetery. ~
WILSON, LoRETTO c.. twALTER).
Suddenly, July 21, 1949, at the Lowell
General Hospital. Lowell Mass, LORETTO
tC, {WALTER) WILSON, aged 40 years, Of
52 Clark I'd, Lowell Mass. formerly of
washington, D: C.. wife Of Walter c. vii WI
neral Home, 40 Westford St, Lowell,
I Mass, from 2 to o'clock Friday evening.
! Funeral services will be held at her late
residence on Saturday afternoon. July %,
at 2:30 o'clock. Friends invited. Burial
private. 1t Is the sincere request of the
family that instead of sending flowers,
kfriends who may wish to do SO contribute
to the Lowell 81 5eral Hospital.
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Hnurtlttt1

! KRAFT, LIBBIE. The unveilins Of a
Snonument to the memory of the late Mrs,
LIBBIE KRAFT, beloved wife OF William
5. KRAFT and beloved mother OF Melvyn
4 Kraft and Mrs Helen Farber, will take
elsce Sunday, July "a. 194q. at pm, at
Alliance Cemetery, Norma, N. J: All rela-
syee and friends are asked to be present.
Pine Vineland 1894 J2.
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Sergt. Robert ". Gibbs
Reburial Services TODAY

Reburial services for T/Sergt
Robert w. Gibbs, who was killed
in action in September. 1914, in
Brittany, France, were to be held
Evening star., 1949-07-22

21OINL 1IANCOOh,
Worshpful Master.
ZANE. HARRY L. July 21, 1949, Of
9lS Longfeliow st. NV, husband of Cora
May Zane MAY Hopkins zane). Remains
at Chambers Funeral Home, ! 400 Chaplin
st. NV. Masonic services and interment
George Geo m WSassni9ston, ,a Memorial PA PARK Gene
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Here's proof from an Independent laboratory
OF LEADING R0M0GENlzED MILKS TESTED,
LUCERNE SCORES HIGHEST IN CREAM CONTENT

A we'll known independent
testing laboratory was commits
stoned to compare the cream
content (or richness factor of
leading milks sold in this area
at regular prices. Day after day,
the laboratory tested samples
of Lucerne Milk and other lead
ing milks designated as Milk l,
Milk 2 and Milk 3. All milks
Evening star., 1949-07-22
MULLER. RALPH LAuRENCE.

mate RALPH LAURENCE
MILLER, Branch 4, Fleet Re-
serve Associst died Thurs
day, July 81, 1949, al the
Naval Hospital. Bethesda, Md.
Remains at his late resi-
dence, 1923 Delafield pl. NV,
Evening star., 1949-07-22

tested, including Lucerne, were
bought directly out of grocery
store refrigerators and tested
under identical conditions.
Read at right what the re-
search shows note that these
independent tests prove Lucerne
Grade A Milk scores highest
day after day in cream-content,
in richness.
Evening star., 1949-07-22
DRat4a

ZANDERS, EDWARD B. On July 30,
1949, at GEORGETOWN Hospital, husband Of
Maude zanders tnee Turner, brother Of
Emma Zanders. Services at his late resi-
dence. 3024 Alabama ave. Sc, on Satur-
day July 23, at $50 pm. Interment
Cedar Hill. Services by Chambers. 22
ZANDERS, EDWARD b. The New
Jerusalem Lodge, No. 8, F. A.
A +:
EDWARD B. zANDERs
Evening star., 1949-07-22

Costa Rica has new pineapple
canning plant, with American
capital involved.
Evening star., 1949-02-17

COMMAND DECISION an MGM
picture PRODUCED by Sidney Fran Franklin; IN;
william R. Laidlaw and George Froeschel
based on the play by William Wister
Haines. At the Capitol.
THE CAST:
Mai Gen. Roland Kane Walter Pidgeon
TIsst:- Emmanuel T, Evans Van Johnson
Brig. Gen. Clifton Garnet Brian Donlevy
Elmer Brookhurst Charles Bickford
Col, Edward Martin John Kodiak
Congressman Arthur Malcolm,
Edward Arnold
Capt. Georse Washington Lee,
Marshall Thompson
Major George Rockton Richard oqine
Major Homer v. Prescott.
Clinton Sundberg
Major Desmond Lansing Ray Collins
Col Earnest Haley - Warner Anderson
Major Belding Davis s----- John MCINTYRE
CONGRESSMAN Stone ------- Moroni Olsen
James CarWood John Ridgely
Capt Lucius jerks ----- Michael Steele
Congressman Watson Edward Earle
Lieut. Col. Virgil Jackson, Mack Williams
Major Garrett Davenport. James Millican
Evening star., 1949-02-17

all-Star cast, the studio has turned
narrative into rousing specimen
of screen drama. Haines' hit novel
which became a hit play cannot
fail to score equally in its latest
form.
Command Decision" is a war
film that is greatly more than a
war story. It is the honest biog-
raphy of hard, brave man who
commanded strategic bombing
force in England. general who
had to make the choice Of who
should die that Hitler's monstrous
war machine might be wrecked.
It translates in it's very inhuman-
ity into one of the most dramatic
human documents to come out OF
World War II.
BY the same token, it gives its
virile galaxy of stars a series OF
the finest roles Of their careers.
Command Decision" is a
screenplay for every one to see,
especially those who suffer the
delusion that generals have it
safe and easy as the master
minds of modern conflict. The
dramatic point of Command De-
cision" is that dying man-to-man
is the simpler way out of involve
ments in world combat.
It is a point made in singularly
personal terms.
Brig. Gen. K. C. Casey Dennis
is the central figure in this dra-
matte revelation of the mystique
of command. Gable, playing him
with understanding and sympathy,
shows how man comes to TINS
power, uses it, suffers it and some+|
how survives it.
The picture is no combat air
circus. It rejects spectacle. 1t
sticks to headquarters for its
drama; which is that OF a man
spending men and machines on
an objective that is frightfully
costly while his rear is exposed to
the vicious sniping of honest skep-
tics and ignorantly intrusive poll
ticians. The dramatic wonder OF
it is that anything calling itself
civilization can put one man into
q spot like this.
Haines' story is complete ex-
animation of the man and the
mad dilemma which involves him.
Thousands of lifetimes are in
volved in these three days whose
action is compressed in Com
mand Decision"
Each day, Gen. Casey Dennis
commands huge flight OF bomb
ers to attack different vital
target in Germany, far enough in
side that fighters cannot follow,
leaving the bombers on their own.
Each of these commands is
personal decision, opposed IN
varying degrees by Dennis supe-
riors. howlingly denounced by
visiting congressional delegation,
reluctantly accepted by some OF
the men who must fly the dan
gerous missions.
Losses in men and materiel are
terrific. All the evidence is against
the soundness of Dennis judg-
ment. He can only stake his argu-
ment for success of his operation
on a distant future which may,
or may not, show that the raids
seriously crippled Hitler's war
mechanisms. He is a man stripped
to the bare courage of conviction
which no one shares, no evidence
supports and no affection warns.
c,,.~o,,rdod hy thousands Gen |
Evening star., 1949-02-17

West; 2. 4:45. 7::30 and 10 pm.
Keith's-"Joan OF Arc: 11:15
am; 1850, 4:25, 7 and $3.50 pm.
Little-"Hamlet"; 2::30 and $3.50
pm.
Observation-Disclosures Magic
Fountain; II am, 12:40, 2:30,
4:20, 6:15. sos and 9:55 pm.
National-"The Sun Comes Up;
1885 am. E80, 3:25, $40, 7:15
and 9:10 pm.
Palace-"Down to the Sea in
Ships; 1875 am, 2:05, 4:35, 7:05
and 9:35 pm.
Pix-"Symphony of Life; 2:4G,
S, 7:25 and 9:45 pm.
Playhouse Symphonic Pasto-
rale"; II am, LOS, $40, $40,
1880 and $40 pm.
Trans-Lux "Enchantment";;
11:1O am, 1:20, $3.50, $40, 7:50
and 10 pm.
Warner-"Shockproof";; 11:15
am, 1:20, $3.50, 5:35, TAO and
$50 pm.
Evening star., 1949-02-17
Dennis perfectly symbolizes the

Dennis perfectly symbolizes the
loneliest man in the world.
He is also presented as one of
the most harassed. His superior
arrives to question the conscience
of such ruthless commands. With
this latter comes an old rival. with
an expression in his eye which
means he may be there to take
over. The congressional delega-
tion slips through the airdrome
guard at the very climax of the
controversy, it's leader the uncle
of a young pilot who has refused
to obey orders and is facing court
martial.
Gen. Dennis might we'll be par
doned for thinking his battle with
the Reich is the least of his
problems.
+ Command Decision" is photo
graphed on a comparatively small
stage, that of an Air Forces head
quarters. It is a tremendously
active stage, dominated by men,
not planes. It's movement is emo
tional, intellectual and moral more
than physical.
Its one great outdoor sequence
is when Gen. Dennis takes per-
sonal charge of bringing down
safely a crippled bomber being
flown in by crew member who
flunked out of flight school. 1t is
sensationally managed sequence
injected to provide perfect con-
trast to the more condensed per-
sonal drama behind the head
quarters scenes.
X X X
Director Sam Wood has inspired
a series of striking performances
from his starry cast in Command
Decision" The most effective of
these are Gables as the lion
hearted Casey Dennis. who must
face thousands of deaths instead
of merely his own, and Walter
Pidgeon's portrait of the old fire.
eater who has grown tame at the
top of the Air Forces. In the
lesser role of a hard-bitten SER
geant who knows all the ms and
outs of armies and the ways of
generals, Van johnson is the
films best comedy asset.
Among the others. Metro can
be proud of. and the moviegoer
grateful for, Charles Bickford.
John Kodiak, Brian Donlevy, Ray
Collins and Michael Steele.
They all contribute rvitally to
the dramatic revelation that COM
mand is as ruthless for those who
hold it as for those asked to
obey it.
Evening star., 1949-02-17
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
ond Time of Showing

Ambassador "Shockproof" !;
lis, 3:20, 5:25, 7:30 and $40 pm.
CapitOl-"Command Decision;
10:45 am, 1:30. 4:20, 7:05 and
9:55 pm. Stage shows: 1880,
$40, 6:25 and 9:15 pm.
Columbia-"UnknoWn Island;
1885 am, lis, 3, 4:40, $40, sos
and 9:45 pm.
DupOnt-"The Red Shoes; 2:30,
and $50 pm.
HippodrOme-"Th Ghost Goes