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Evening star., 1949-07-12
Dock Strike
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tConClnued from FrSt fageJ
work all other vessels. But the
Dock Labor Board-governing
dockyard body composed of man
agement. labor and government
representatives refused to let
them do any unloading until the
Canadian ships have been handled.
The emergency proclamation is
good for a week. Parliamentary
approval can extend it to a month
The House of Commons debates
the matter tomorrow-the House
of Lords on Thursday.
Emergency Regulations.
The emergency regulations are
aimed to protect essential services.
They empower the government
committee to take over the
boards job of hiring dock labor
and employ people not on its list
to give it control of dock traffic.
Under these regulations the
government may quarter troops
in Communicated buildings in the
dock area and bring in police from
all over Britain.
Men may be arrested without
warrant if they are suspected of
trying to keep others from work.
ing. But they may not be drafted
to work, nor be prevented from
peaceful picketing.
Any one convicted of f1outing
regulations may be fined 100
pounds ($4o0), imprisoned for
three months or both.
Prime Minister Attlee and other
government leaders claim the
strike is Communicated Attorney
General Sir Hartley Shawcross has
called it economic and political
treason"
Albert Timothy, of the commit
tee directing the workers move
ment, denied these charges last
night. He declared no member
of the committee is Communist.
Evening star., 1949-07-12
French Military PIone
Crashes, Killing 18
ey the Associoted Press

AGADIR, FRENCH MOROCCO
July IA French military plane
crashed here yesterday, killing Il
persons, the French news agency
reported today. -~'-~-
The wreckage of Junkers So
flying from Agadir to Dakar with
IL passengers and six crewmen
was found .on a beach south~e1
here. 1t had plunged into the see
just ofshore.
Evening star., 1949-07-12

employees. Many
of them had
hoped the CELL
i n G S, imposed
by former Army
Secretary Ken
meth R oy |,
would be abol-
ished by h ! S
successor.
Mr.. Ora US
promise. how
ever that the
ceiling will be
relaxed when
ever such ac-
t.ion iS warrant
Evening star., 1949-07-12
Mayor 0'Dwyer Ba|ks
AS ; Leaders Pick
Hogan as Successor
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, July 12.-Three of
the city's five county Democratic
leaders have picked Frank S.
Hogan. Manhattan district attor-
Evening star., 1949-07-12
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Army to Retain Royal Ceilings
|On Jobs, but Allow Exceptions
By Joseph Young

Army Secretary Gordon Gray declares the Army Department
will not rescind the controversial socaed Royal ceilings which
limit the number of civilian employees in better jobs
Mr. Gray however the Royal ceilings will be applied with
the rule OF reason" and will not be rigid.
The ceilings will be in the future whenever
Evening star., 1949-07-12

(Be sure to listen in Sundays
at 1915 am. over WMAL, The
Star station, for Joseph Young's
broadcast persion of the Federal
Spotlight, featuring additional
neWs and pieUs OF the Gouern-
nent serDice.)
Evening star., 1949-07-12
Anderson Is Elected
Grand Ruler Of E|ks
ey the Associofed Press

CLEVELAND, July H. En-
NETT T. Anderson of Tacoma,
Wash, yesterday was elected to
head the nearly 900 900 members
Evening star., 1949-07-12

SIdllCeS warrant IL, ne aQQS.
The new Army Secretary's stand
will be viewed with mixed emo
tlons by Army Department civilian
Evening star., 1949-07-12

Sun. today --- 5:52 s:35
Sun, tomorrow - 5:53 s:34
Moon TODAY - 1895 pm. 7:55 a m
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-haf hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches IN the
Capital (current mcnth to date):
Evening star., 1949-07-12

High, SO, at 4:50 pm.
Low. 20, at 7:34 am.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 96, on July g..
Lowest. 81, on January 80.
Tide Tables.
Evening star., 1949-07-12
NEW BARRIERS-Displaced

NEW BAKRIERS = Displaced
career employees are complaining
about another Civil Service Com
mission ruling which, they charge,
is grossly unfair.
If a Dee refuses any job offered
him by the commission he is taken
off the displaced career employe
Evening star., 1949-06-08
Mrs. Van CIief Leaves
Estate Of I Million;
Z Sons Share Equally
sese;el ctspsseh 10 The sssr

CHARLOTTESVILLE, June e.
The estate Of Mrs. Margaret Good
Van Clief. who died April .. IS4s.
is appraised at s7,o42 1864 in
records entered yesterday In Abe
marie County Circuit Court.
Mrs. Van Clief willed all Of her
estate to her sons. Daniel Good
Van Clief. "a. and Ray Alan Van
Clief. %. both of Albemarle Coun-
ty. TO be divided equally between
them when they are 80.
Included in the appraisal was
s60i .393.13 in real estate In Albe-
marie and In New York State;
s341 ,972 In tangible personal prop
erty. including $l66.706 worth of
jewelry: sos. .661 40 In money. and
S., 1893 .970.4l in Intangible personal
property.
Mrs. Van Cliefs property at
1884 Massachusetts, avenue NV,
Washington. was valued at
$40 900: the 'Eydrie" property in
Albemarle at s94,700: real estate
on Staten Island. N. Y, at $780,
900, the Crow Lane House In Ber-
muda. at s96 900, and two other
tracts in Albemarle County. 81 ,224.
Her tangible property included
paintings valued at $l8.350, tap
estries valued at $3.50. horses
at $49,650 and yearlings at $40
200. Among her jewels were an
emerald and diamond necklace
appraised at S31.500. Oriental
pearl necklaces valued at $22, 900,
S14.500 and $l3.500. respectively.
and many other pieces.
She was the widow of Ray Alan
Van Clief. q consultant and ad-
wiser for the War Manpower
Commission during World War II, |
who was killed in an automobile |
accident in 1945.
Evening star., 1949-06-08
Miss Maggie l.. Honey,
Veteran Teacher, Dies
BY The Assoeioisd Press

FREDERICKSBURG. Va. June
s.-Miss Maggie L. Honey. 81.
veteran Of half century Of teach
ing in Fredericksburg public
schools, died here today.
Miss Honey. who retired IL
years ago. had been in declining
health for more than a year. She
taught four years in Stafford
County before becoming a teacher
here.
Evening star., 1949-01-02
BY the Assecioied Press
HOLLYWOOD.

v
Most of the serious hazards to
life and limb in moviemaking exist
only in the minds of the press
agent. When the script actually
does call for a risky scene, the star
gets a double.
There is one notable exception
Serials. Cliff hanger" heroes really
are rugged. They have to be. Stunt
men come high, and the budgets
allotted to serials couldn't possibly
provide a double for every perilous
sequence.
In the average feature film. the
hero may be in danger once or
twice. But in a 15-chapter serial
the star is in danger so times OR
more-at least four times in each
episode. 1t breaks down this way:
First he must escape from the pre-
dicament of the previous episode
Then he braves death in new sit
uations, never less than two. And
Of course, there is the final peril at
the end of the episode.
Tom Neal. hero of Columbia S
Bruce Gentry" serial, is a typical
cliff hanger" star. His prowess
embraces 10 athletic sports. In five
Of these Tom was champion dur
ing college days. He's lucky, too
for the law of averages works
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Father Was Like That-Hot, but Forgiving
Last Day Brother Approves Play and Film Of Carences Book
Even the Fictonal Patent Medicine Episode

voted to his university, he Is part OF
her best endowment"
Through the years Day Travelled
thousands Of miles in the interests
Of Yale's finance, but he continued
to guide the Yale University Press,
which. in addition to publishing
various books. edits and prints the
erudite Yale Review.
Not in Retirement.
Before the late President Arthur
Twining Hadley retired in 1921, he
said in a statement that II regard
the Yale Review and the Yale Uni
versity Press as our best products
in the past 40 years"
Somewhere along the line Day
found time also to inaugurate and
direct production by the Yale Press
Of the 50-volume "Chronicles of
America" with a related pictorial
history THE Pageant of America" I"
the chronicles of America in motion
pictures. He still heads a separate
corporation organized to handle
IllcSc 1lllIlS, lllC lIllllleuldle SuCC6SS
of which in schools and other in
stitutions is called "one of the
significant milestones in the devel-
opment Of visual education"
Day is far from living in retire
ment today. He occupies a suite of
Offices in what once was the home of
Yale's famous William Lyons Phelps.
With a clerical and stenographic
staff he "helps out" the Yale alumni
fund of which he is university
director, and serves as chairman of
the governing board of the Univer-
sity Press.
Says the man who wrote one of
Dartmouth's most famous songs,
"Wearers Of the Green" and Yale's
Goodnight, Poor Harvard"
Il don't adhere strictly to business
hours"
But" said one Of his staff, "he
still is one of the most punctual
persons in the world"
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Those Film Folk Are Talented Lot
Their Hobbies Are Varied Enough to Stock Special Bazaar
and Gift Mart Operated by Actor John Beal
By Jack Quieg
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Sandwiched in between Tom Bre-
neman's restaurant and the radio
room, FINLAND pub, is a tiny new
shop that has Hollywood talking
and working.
The reason: Its windows and
shelves display, with price tags at
tached, such collectors items as a
sweater knitted by Joan Crawford,
and a collection of chicken-bon
cigarette holders fashioned by char
acter actor Harry Davenport.
A sign over the door reads,
Actors Hobby Market"
The idea for this unique bazaar
was originated and carried out by
Actor John Beal Of Broadway and
the films, who has only one require
ment for the articles he sells: They
must be made by persons connected
with show business.
LESS than half Of my things are
made by actors" Beal says. Script
clerks, makeup men, writer's, ward
robe people, directors and many
others have left the rest. Every
thing Is on consignment"
The 39-year-old actor rented the
small display room and redecorated
it with the aid of a studio painter
and carpenter. Friends helped him
ready it for the November grand
opening
Sonja's Masseuse, Too.
With its walls, shelves and floor
covered with bric-a-brac, the shop
appears undecided whether to be an
art gallery. novelty store or expen-
sive gift shop.
Watercolors, oils and sketches by
Lew Ayres, Director Richard Whorf,
Beal and others, reach to the ceiling.
Paintings by Sonia Henie's masseuse
indicate how nebulous are the show
business attachments of some con-
tributors.
A furniture display from the
workshop of Actor-Cabinetmaker
George Montgomery occupies a
corner. Kirk Allyn, an actor, has
sent childrens' table and chair set
with decorations painted by his wife,
Singer Virginia O'Brien.
A small card bearing each actors
picture, autograph and latest screen
or stage achievement is placed be-
side his handiwork.
Result Of Hobbies.
Most of the items stocked were
made as hobbies. The artisans had
no idea of selling them until Beal
came along. Others are the work of
semi-professionals who sell through
other outlets as we'll.
I got the idea" the Joplin, Mo,
actor says, when I noticed how
many show people that were out of
work turned to hobbies to fill their
time. I thought what a help to
Evening star., 1949-01-02

Actor Richard Paxton turned In
ornaments Of hand-worked copper.
A Chinese lamp and a pair Of
madonna figurines were the work Of
Actor Richard Cromwell. A spot.
light man got in the act with orna.
ments of beads and plastic. The
director of Alan Ladd's radio show
sent adjustable metal flower bowls.
Each artist sets his price and Beal
adds enough to that to pay for over.
head and allow small profit.
Il like to have things made by
stars the proprietor says, because
their ncme value makes them sell.
But want TIE little people repre-.
serted, too. because the money
means more to them. I'm a free
lance my2elt and knew how tough
show business Is these Gays"
Beal said he planned to make
sketches Of bis patrons, by appoint
ment, when he wasn't busy acting.
There is story behind my OPEN
ing the shop" he says. Il disap-
pointed my father when I went into
the theater instead of helping him
with his store. Dads sick in the
East now. I opened the hobby
market on his birthday. In a way
it sort Ct made up for things"
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Today's Schedules
AMBASSADOR Don Juan

AMbASSADOR- - Don Juan
l, sos, Sis, TBS and 9:35 pm.
CAPITOL-"Yellow Sky; 1875,
4::20, 7:05 and $50 pm. Stage
shows: $3.50, 6:15 and 9:O5 pm.
COLUMBIA - Mexican Hay
ride: 12:40, 2:30, 4:25, 6:15,
$40 and 1905 pm.
DUPONT - THE Red Shoes:
2::30, $50 and $50 pm.
HIPPODROME - Brief En-
counter: 2, Sis and $50 pm.
KEITH'S-"Every Girl Should
Be Married.: lis, 1925, $50,
TAO and GAS pm.
LITTLE-"H Hamlet: 2::3O, $50
and $50 pm.
METROPOLITAN angels
With Dirty Faces: 1:30, 3:35,
5:45, 7:50 and 9::55 pm.
NATIONAL - Blanche Fury:
2::30, $50 and $50 pm.
PALACE-"Words and Music:
1:35, AIS, 6::55 and 9:35 pm.
PIX-"Elephant Boy: l, $50,
7 and 1910 pm.
PLAYHOUSE-"Hamlet" 2:30,
$50 and $50 pm.
TRANS-LUX - En- C h an =
ment":: /, 2::55, ASS, $50, $50
and 1880 pm.
WARNER-"Don Juan: /, $40,
$40, 7:30 and 9:45 pm.
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Serial Heroes Are RUGGED

against a player who takes so
chances in succession.
The nearest thing to an accident
in Bruce Gentry" however, occur
red when another player, Ralph
Hodges, missed his footing slightly
in throwing himself across the path
OF speeding car. A car wheel tore
of the heel of his boot, and de-
stroyed Ralph's equanamity for the
rest of the day.
They shot around him, and he was
ready for more the next morning.
Then he got chased by a runaway
alrplane with propeller spinning.
The catalog of narrow escapes in
Bruce Gentry" doesn't end there,
by any means. There are several
parachute jumps, the standard
water fall, plunges over q cliff in
an auto and on a motorcycle, falls
from precipice and a fire escape,
and that old standby of serials, the
dynamite blast.
Had enough? Well, there are also
flying discs that explode. These
didn't actually fly, but they singed
of lot of hair among cast and
crew. Or, so says the press agent.
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Actress Aids Newcomers
By Bernard Gouter

trionics, Interpretation, direction.
reading. criticism, advice and seri-
GUS hard work.
She runs the meeting like an in
formal schoolroom session, keeping
a notebook on the progress of each
pupil and assigning homework.
Some of her students are we'll set
in the theater themselves. David
Brooks of Portland, Oreg., for in
stance, has the lead in "Brigadoon. -
Helen Shields, New York, who has
been seen a good deal in Broadway
productions, is Uta's understudy- in
"Streetcar." Mary WEIGH, San
Diego, Calf, has a substantial role
in "Streetcar."
"Originally," Miss Hagen said in
an interview, I'VE decided to under
take a program of study while on
the road"
The project grew from a small get
together to classroom size clam
bake. The class rents a near North
Side studio for s6 week.
At coffee-and-cake session,
Arthur Keegan of "Mr. Roberts"
spoke of the instruction and the
part Miss Hagen plays in it.
Its very seldom on the road
that we get any teaching in the
theater-especially without having
to pay" he said.
For me, and I imagine for the
others, too. this is like getting a
million dollars worth of training
for nothing. Miss Hagen is great
actress"
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Men of Hope Look at 1919
By Harold Heffernon

foreign market, 1949 should prove
a very successful year. Our studio
has schedule of "a major features
for the coming season. Six of these
will be in Technicolor. Heavy en-
phasis will be laid on comedies and
outdoor adventure stories. And
many Of our pictures will be high
lighted by the introduction of
fresh, new personalities.
A Heavy Schedule
Henry Ginsberg, Paran1ount-AtI
this studio we have complete conf
dence in the future and will pro-
duce more pictures during 1949I
than we did during the past year.
AS proof of this, we are starting of
with an unusually heavy schedule.
During January and February, we
will place eight major features be-
fore the cameras. Our expectations
are to keep the studio and its per-
sonnel continuously busy through
out the year. These plans speak
for themselves as to our outlook
for 1949.
Jack L. Warner, Warner Bros
This company is prepared to meet
new problems and situations and
take them in stride. This organiZ-
alton now, as in the past, has but
one obligation, one purpose-that
is to produce fine entertainment for
world enjoyment. We face the fu-
ture with complete confidence. We
expect 1949 to be a good year for
our company.
David o. Selznick, Vanguard
While these are sad times in Holly
wood, it's also time that Hollywood
got its fighting spirit back. We've
all been wasteful, but there's
enough coming into the box ONCE
to pay the artists and to pay a
profit-yet we're not getting it.
What's wrong is only partially in
Hollywood. The trouble is that too
little Is known about distribution
and exhibition. The armchair ex.
perts in New York have yelled 1t in
shroud of mystery. For every
SIC, ,000, 900 that comes into the box
ofnce, only 100000 returns to
Hollywood. We should have a COM
mittee to investigate the economics
of the industry so that Hollywood
gets back a reasonable return on
its product.
Released BY
North American Newspaper Alliance
Evening star., 1949-01-02
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Top executives of the motion pic
ture industry, men who formulate
picture plots and policies, report
back to their plush-lined Offices to-
morrow morning to embark on what
many predict will prove Hollywood's S
most significant year.
Canvassed by North American
Newspaper Alliance, all of Holly
woods mail guiding minds-with
the exception Of the evasive movie
car, Eric Johnston-were ready,
eager and willing to express their
views of what 1949 holds. Here
they are:
Daryl F. Zanuck, Goth Century,
Fox-I believe 1949 will be one Of
the most interesting years in the
history of the motion picture indus
try, as producers spur all the crea-
tive forces at their command to
meet the challenge of what is def
nitely a buyers market" This
condition has been felt by the in
dustry for about a year now, but 1t
has taken us some time to adjust
to IL. We are meeting 1t by making
our films of diversified subject mat
ter and by going all over the world
for new backgrounds. Producers,
! believe, will be equally adventure
ous in ideas and will range the
whole field of human imagination
In quest of concepts to interest the
public.
Good Films First Aim.
pcre Schary, Metro Goldwyn
Mayer-The obvious solution to the
major problem facing the industry
during the year is the quality Of
product to be offered. We must
get good pictures first of all. The
rest of our problems should then
resolve themselves. Fortunately, the
good pictures are beginning to be
made again. There is greater
audience today for better films than
ever before. The job at hand Is to
see that an even flow Of excellent
productions goes into the thea
tiers. II we do that, everything else
will adjust itself normally. Yes
1949 does look very promising to me
Samuel Goldwyn, Goldwyn Pro.
Observation-Disclosures 1948 was clearly
the most difficult year in the in.
dustry's 40-odd years of growth, II
is my opinion that 1t produced q
new consolidation Of Hollywood's re.
sources of artistry and ingenuity
The high cost Of production, the
lessening of the public's interest ir
pictures and loss of the revenue
from foreign countries forced g
re-examination of our methods, ane
is being reflected in the improved
quality of pictures which you viii
Gee from every studio during 1s49
William Goetz, Universal-Inter
Aational-Now that the industr.
has gone through a period OF read
Nlstment and geared production
costs to the domestic market plu
the small revenue obtainable In tn
Evening star., 1949-01-02

CHICAGO.
There's a popular saying in the
theater that if you want to act,
you've got to act all the time.
A group of actors and actresses
appearing here in four hit shows is
doing just that under the guidance
of Uta Hagen, star of the Chicago
company of "A Streetcar Named
Desire"
Besides their regular performances
in "Streetcar,' MIR. Roberts," +"
"Brigadoon" and High Button
Shoes" they learn scenes, mostly
from Shakespeare, and attend q
workshop class once a week. 4
Miss Hagen takes charge of from
20 to 30 theater folk for two hours
each Tuesday. She packs those two
hours chock-full of dramaturgy his
Evening star., 1949-01-02

them it would be to have a clearing
house where their creations could be
sold"
Beal incorporated and sold stock,
with a limit of 500 per person so
no one will be hurt If I fail" He
says he had to cash his war bonds to
complete the project.
Here are some of the items on his
shelves:
Rag dolls by Actress Beulah
Bondi. copper bookends and
plaster bust by Actress Marie Wind
sor, hand painted neckties by an
MGM prop man and child's sewing
machine by character Actor Russell
Hicks.
Artists Set Own Prices.
Farley Grangers mother sent in
fant-size knitted argyle STOCKINGS
and Selena Royle's mother $50 knit
ted pot-holders. A Disney artist and
Evening star., 1949-01-02
NEW HAVEN,


George Parnlly Day II the sole
survivor Of the four red-haired
brothers whose life with father
has become as much q part OF
Americana Is the gas-it era In
which 1t was lived.
In his brother Clarence's book, he
was George; in the play, John
He's the one who got the watch for
being punctual. Now the family
seems due to becoming even more q
part of Americana with the success
full Life With Mother" which has
succeeded Father" on Broadway.
"A great many people have writ
ten to ask about It," he said in an
interview, referring to the watch.
They want to know If I still have
1t, and If it still keeps good time. 1t
was stolen, I'm sorry to say. But
father replaced it during my fresh
man year at Yale. I still have that
one"
People have written to ask him
about almost every incident that
goes to make up one of this
countrys all-time stage, movie and
literary favorites, and Day says he
regards it as a pleasant duty to
answer all inquiries.
He has had to explain one in
cident in the play was pure fiction. "
That, is The one about him selling
1913 bottles of patent medicine to
neighbors before discovering, by
trying it on mother, that it was
poisonous.
Hasn't Seen Sequel.
As a matter Of fact, Day regards
everything that has happened to
him as a result of Life With
Father" as pleasant. In whatever
form the story has taken-the book,
the fabulously successful stage play,
the movie-"Life With Father" he
says, has been done with fidelity.
Thus far he hasn't seen Mother >
but hopes to sometime"
Admitting he is pleased that his
family has become part of the
Nations folklore, Day explains "this
Evening star., 1949-01-02
By coh T. BisssiI

Is because 1t was . rather typical
American family"
People like Life With Father
he said, because, I think, they
could see in 1t 80 much that had
happened in their own families.
He and Mrs. Day saw the play
"at least q dozen times" he said
and also saw the movie. William
Powell's Interpretation of father on
the screen, he says, was very
good" His praise for the succession
Of fathers" in the stage show was
high.
Father, says his distinguished son,
who was Yale University's treas
urer for 80 years, was just as he was
pictured-"hot, but forgiving."
He could explode" Day recalls,
but his sense of humor and justice
made him quick to forgive. They
are wonderful qualities in a father" F."
Father Laughed, Too.
Father saw the anecdotes on
which Clarence Day based his book,
"and laughed as heartily over them
as any one else" said Day. He
might not have wholly approved of
them" he went on, but he certainly
shared the amusement others found
in them" =
Days appearance, seems at varfs
ance with his birth date. He re-
tired as Yale's treasurer in 1942.
He graduated from the university
AZ years ago.
Two years before he took over
Yale's fiscal affairs, he founded the
Yale University Press and has had
a great deal to do with it ever since.
He worked for a while after grad
uation In his fathers New York
office, but shortly retired" from the
brokerage busines. He came here
to live, and at "a was elected Yale
treasurer, becoming one of the
youngest administrative officers In
the university.
When Princeton awarded him an
honorary degree OF master of arts
in 1922 fhe cif atiop reod. "Da