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Evening star., 1949-07-23
A-10s THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c.
q 23.
Anna LucQsto' Comes Here
A Far Less Poiqnant Girl
By Joy Cormody

legitimate which has been kind OF fugitive around
again for weeks stand last night at the
Howard Theater
Lucasta Philip Yordans play of Negro
been running and off Broadway for several
Evening star., 1949-07-23
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage.
Meridian Hill Park -" Three
Men on a Horse; $50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"Calamity Jane and
Sam Bass; 10:30 am, 1:15, $50,
6:25. 9:10 and 11:45 pm. Stage
shows: 1920. 2:55, $50, 8:15 and
1880 pm.
Columbia-''Neptune's Daugh-
ter; 11:15 am, 1:40. 4, 6:25, 8:45
and 11:05 pm.
Dupont-"Operetta";; 1:20. 800,
5:25. 7:30, 9:S5 and 11:40 pm.
Keith's-"White Savage; 1920
am. 1855, 4:3o, 7, 9:35 pm. and
1915 am.
Observation-Disclosures House;
1928, 6 and 8:45 pm.
Little-"The Bakers Wife; II
am, 2:25. 6 and 9:40 pm.
Metropolitan -" mot Wanted;
1885 am. 1885, 3:35, 5:35, 7:35
and 9.:35 pm.
National City Across the
River; 1880, ITO, 2:55. 4:35, 6:15,
7:55. $40 and 11:10 pm.
Palace ANY Number Can
Play; 11:00, LOS, ais, $40, 7:30,
$40 and 11:45 pm.
Pix-"The Sea of Grass; l.
4:40, 1885 pm. and 1925 pm.
Playhouse-"The Fan: II am,
12:45. 2:30, AIS, 6, 7:50, 9:40 and
1870 pm.
Trans-Lux-"Forbidden Street.;
II am, 1855, $50, 4:40, 6:35,
$3.50 and 1925 pm.
Warner-"The Girl From Jones
Beach; 9::55 pm. and midnight.
Evening star., 1949-07-23
'8-Mi|e-an-Hour Pace
Wins Canoe Grind
By the Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS. July 23.-Clip-
ping more than five hours off last
years time, Tom Estes and Gene
Jensen of Minneapolis won their
second consecutive 450-mile canoe
derby yesterday.
1t took the sun tanned pair sc
hours SO minutes and 4 seconds tc
complete the run. That's about
eight miles an hour. Estes and
Jensen gained an early advantage
and had a 43-minute lead at the
finish. over second-place Irwin
Peterson. North Bend, Wash, and
Floyd Peterson. Minneapolis.
A purse Of $4,000 was distributed
among the first 20 of the 26 finish
ing teams. The winners received
$4,000. Fifty teams started.
The Mando-Aquatennial Derby
officially opened the Minneapolis
Aquatennial, annual summer fes-
tival. The Mississippi River Mar
athon began July Is at Bemidji
MINI.
Evening star., 1949-07-23
by the Associated Press

CHICAGO. July ga power
full Calumet Farms trio Coal
town, Ponder and the still formid-
able Armed-dominates today's
field for the $4,000 added Arling-
ton Handicap at Arlington Park.
Six other distance stars for the
one mile and a quarter fixture
were overnight candidates but
whether they all start against the
Calumet entry is questionable.
The field is rounded out by c. j.
Breault's Brolite, Dixiana's Shy
Guy and Star Reward, P. j. VAL
enti's Caillou Rouge, E. E. Voy-
noW's Stud Poker and Walmac
Farms Volcanic.
Brolite, Shy Guy and CaAlou
Rouge are especially doubtful
starters against the Calum e
lgangbusters-Coaltown, the Ma
TONS top handicap performer
with nine wins in 10 starts; Pom
der, Kentucky Derby winner, and
Evening star., 1949-07-23

life, which has been running on
seasons. 1t is presented here with
a New York company which is not
'the" New York company, but
this is not to say the Isabelle
Cooley John Tate group lacks
competence.
i Big difference in the Anna
! Lucasta" of last night and Broad
way a few seasons ago lies else
where. 1t is to be found in the
fact that it is now being played
for laughs, as rather unalloyed
comedy. This is quite a change
from the comedy drama it was in
the days Of Hilda Sims and Can
ada Lee who steered it down from
Harlem into the Times Square
district.
Any one who has seen it attacked
from both angles has no choice
but to prefer the original. In this
form, it was an Illuminating play
of Negro life; considerably less
than great but seldom less than
interesting.
AS a laugh show. it has a ten
dency to ring hollow as if the
excess of comedy were at the ex-
pense of the authors better inten-
tions. The idea keeps asserting
itself that Yordan had something
more sensitively revealing in
mind.
n X n
In spinning his tale of the fall
of the Lucasta family's angel
Anna, Playwright Yordan was not
exclusively full of pity for her He
did find humor in the other Lu-
castas, a generally robust and
Evening star., 1949-07-23
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Hing Crosby, Jack Benny and
Cary Grant are just few Of the
Hollywood biggies backing the
new Century Theater-for plays
only.
Arlene Dahl's test for Quo Va
dis" may land her the lead in
Young Bess." Both are in tech
nicolor-the only satisfactory me-
dium for Arlene's wonderful COL
oring.
Mrs. George ga Za) Sanders is
searching for a home here, be-
cause George has brought over his
sister, her husband and their
three children-and all five are
living in the small four-unit
apartment house owned by
George. It's a little bit crowded" +"
says Ia Ia, who lives in one
apartment. George lives in an
other. the butler ditto, and the
relatives in the fourth.
Kirk Douglas, Doris Day and
Lauren Bacall are keeping their
fingers crossed. A few nights ago
they had script conference on
Young Man With a Horn" at
Jerry Wald's house. Then Jerry's
Oldest son came down with
mumpS.
Did you know that Enrol Flynn
makes more money-$200,000 a
picture-than Clark Gable? And
he spends more. Enrol likes high
living. He'll be back in two
months, by the way. from Europe.
David Selznick's Swedish star,
Christopher Kent-he, was Chris
Kelleen-is now back from max
ing his picture with Viveca Lind
fors in Sweden and Paris. Says
he worked from 6 am. to II at
night playing man who ends up
crazy. With those hours, why not?
Otto Kruger is having another
success in Accent on Youth" on
the stage. with Jeanne Cagney.
Now he wants to star in a remake
of the movie.
X X II
Ezio Pima, am told by agent
Helen Ainsworth - who peddled
him here in 1945 was turned
down by three major studios, be-
cause they said he was on the
old side"
Cameron Mitchell writes me,
"Those Hollywood actors who pre-
fer to work in New York are
crazy. They can have it; mel
can't wait to get back to Holly
wood" Cam has a contract that
takes him to December in Death
of a Salesman" Then he returns
here.
Elizabeth Taylor's engagement
ring from Bob Pawley. jr., is SUR
prisingly small. I say surprisingly
because most Hollywood starlets
want something huge to wave in
front of their pals. Lizzie happens
to have good taste.
Charles Laughton's face is now
Turing tourists to France! The
French travel agency has taken
Laughton's mug, set against the
background of his Man on the
Eiffel Tower" picture, for their
travel posters.
Ann Sheridan, stuflng with food
at Lucey's, means to me, Makes
no difference; I still can't gain
weight" She was lunching again
with Greg Bautzer.
Some one called to say Vic Ma
ture and his wife had called it a
day. So I checked, but it was
just a quarrel. Vic was back the
Evening star., 1949-07-23
Leading Be|voir Nine
Bows to Myer in 18th

League-leading Fort Belvoir
suffered its third defeat in the
Military District of Washington
Baseball League yesterday. but it
took second-place Fort Myer 16
innings to turn the trick, AZ, at
Fort Belvoir.
Singles by Hutchinson, Link
Tunis and Brandenburg pushed
across the deciding two runs
Fort Myer has a 9-4 record, while
the leaders have won IL.
Evening star., 1949-07-23

and off Broadway now for several
reckless lot willing to palm of
their soiled sister on an innocent
Negro boy from the South. Here
was a fellow with $500 to invest
in a wife and here were they with
a pretty, if impure, candidate. If
they could get rid of Anna and
get $500 for being that slick, they
counted themselves twice en-
riched.
This much of the narrative is
not without its humor, but when
Anna finds herself sincerely in
love with the naive suitor and
honorably walks out on the deal
the act provides the play with its
real dramatic essence. Setting Sc
strong a comedy mood in the ear
lier action robs it of this accent
X X X
Miss Cooley's Anna Intentional
ly is not the poignant character
created in the original by Miss
Sims. She is a pretty girl whose
sin has been less of an uncom-
Portable adventure and when it
comes time for her to be remorse-
full, she has not that emotion in
her to the depth Miss Sims re-
vealed. In a play directed other
wise, this might not be true for
insofar as she has chance to
reveal her acting, Miss Cooley is
capable girl
John Tate in Canada Lees old
role of Danny is lusty, gleeful
sinnertype. Like Miss Cooley,
however, he has been steered
away from the more dramatic i'm
plications of the character.
AS brother-in-law Frank, mas
ter mind of the plot to take"
Anna's suitor, Rudy, for the $500,
Lance Taylor is the commanding
comedy figure of the company at
the Howard. If he is the key man
in breaking down the dramatic
elements of the play. and he is, he
nevertheless gets his laughs with
an unscrupulousness quite in the
character he plays.
Other members of the group
who manage to stand out are
Wesleen Foster as the sensitive
Katie, Maxwell Glanville as the
gentle Lester. and Earle Hyman
as Anna's honorable, ignorant
suitor.
On the whole, however. it is
clearly an Anna Lucasta" that
no one wants the audience to take
too seriously. Not even If the
playwright had quite another
notion.
Aside to Barbara Bonham: Sor-
ry you lose the bet. but the blunt
and inescapable truth is that
Jean Simmons Is not Vivien
Leigh's sister. The story seems to
be everywhere, and the two do
look alike to help 1t along, but
it just isn't the case. Hope you
are happy in the poorhouse.
Il X X
The John Rodney of Hollywood,
and rather q busy Hollywoodite.
who will play the lead in Cath
olic University's Small Beer in
Springtime," is the John Flynn
who got his start as an actor at
the c. U. theater. His last big
role at the university was the
title part in Eddie the First, ;"
musical biography of Eddie Dow
ling. He went on from that to a
Warner film contract.
Small Beer in 'Springtime, !"
which opens Monday night, is the
work of Joe Coogan and Dan
Rodden. 1t is the story of an
Irishman whose day-dreams are
infinitely larger than his actual
performance. "An" Irishman,
that is, not all Irishmen.
Il 4 X X
"The Window" film melodrama
which surprised everyone by not
doing we'll at Keith's, lasting only
a week at Hardie Meakin'S house,
Is collecting honors nevertheless.
It has been named the years best
directed picture by the Belgin a
World Film festival.
Evening star., 1949-07-23
Redskins Siqn StovoII

Dick (Moose) Stovall, Washing
ton Redskins lineman, is in the
fold for the 1949 National Football
League season. Stovall, who came
to the Redskins in a trade which
sent Quarterback Jim Youel tc
Detroit, has sent in his signed
contract. He played at Abilene
Christian in Texas.
Evening star., 1949-07-23
Hollywood Diary
Film Sturs Invest in Leqit
BY SheiIoh Grohom

same day. Don't sell Vic anc
Dorothy short. They might fight
but they love each other.
Robert Mitchum intrigued with
the Robert Mitchum says" bill
board ads for The Big Steal.
Il wonder what I say wonders
Robert.
Alliance,
Evening star., 1949-07-23
$4,000 Arlington Dominated
BY Stronq Calumet Trio

the always dangerous gelolng,
Armed.
If all nine horses go to the post.
the event will gross $55.700. with
s3z,600 for the winner. Second
place will be worth $4,000: $4,000
will go to third and $4,000 to
fourth.
Coaltown will be top weighted
at 130 pounds. Armed and Pom
der get in at ia, while Star Re-
ward is at 1l6. All the rest will
pack ITO.
Considerable interest centers on
Ponder, which needs this race to
bring him up to next Saturdays
Arlington Classic to meet Pales-
tinian and Capot. They finished
just behind him in his upset tri-
umph in the Derby.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Atlanta 2 Birmingham
Nashville Chattanooga 9
Other games postponed.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
pportsmouth. |------------- Lyncnoure (
Nor1olK ------------- Newport news !
Evening star., 1949-07-23
Heads w. and M. Sports

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, July %
(P).-Dr. Nelson Marshall. newly
named dean at William and Mary
College, will serve as faculty
chairman of athletics. President
John E. Pomfret announces.
Evening star., 1949-07-23
Sonny Bow West Billed

BALTIMORE, July % (Spe-
ciaD Sonny Boy West. hard-hit-
ting Washington lightweight, will
box Johnny Williams in a sched-
uled 10-round feature event here
Monday night.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-13
Day At
State Fair

JACKSON, Miss. (.ANP) For
the first time in it's history the
Mississippi State fair will have a
Negro day, it was announced last
week by j. M. Dean, executive
secretary, Mississippi Agricultural
and Industrial Exposition.
Scheduled for Oct. 1917, the
Fair will designate Oct. II as
Negro day on which colored only
will be allowed to attend. Negroes
however, will not be allowed to
have exhibits at this time.
The regular Negro State fair
will be held as usual at the Negro
fair grounds on Pocahontas road,
Dean said, after the close Of the
white exposition.
the grooms brother. The matron
Of honor was Charlotte DeBolt,
Brookville, Ohio. The brides maid
was Dolores Joan Moore Of Ash
land, Ky . Guest attending the
wedding were friends from Col
umbus.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-13
Plan Political
Campaign For
1850

CHICAGO-(ANP)- The first
move in a national political fight
to be waged by an alliance COM
posed Of three powerful groups,
organized labor, the farmers and
the Negro was made Labor day
evening at a dinner staged by La
boris league for Political educa-
ton in the grand ballroom of the
Sherman hotel here.
Speaking for the various groups
represented were: U. S. Secretary
of Agriculture, Charles F. Bran
non, who explained the farmers
position and problems and urged
cooperation with him, Cong Will
liam L. Dawson, titular leader of
Negro democratic forces, who des-
cribed the unholy combination ex-
listing between northern Republi-
cans and southern Democrats and
Charles Mcgowan, vice-president
American Federation of Labor
who showed how farmers, work
ers and minority groups had won
a political victory last November
when they elected President Tru-
man, only to see it snatched away
by "the apostles of greed and re-
action in Congress-" Others who
spoke were Sen. Paul Douglas,
Joseph D. KEENAN,, national direct
Continued m Page a.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-13
Your Public Conduct

There is a situation which is
becoming increasingly irksome to
the decent citizens Of this town
which must once again draw COM
ments from this newspaper. 1t is
a situation which reflects upon
the integrity of the entire COM
munity, one which, if it does not
undergo a change for the better,
will cause Dayton to be looked
upon with disgust. 1t is the savage
like behavior of too many among
us in public.
Here is a case in point: A group
Of several couples visited a local
mite spot this past Saturday eve
ming. A name band is playing an
engagement there and it was their
desire to see and hear it. When
the party proceeded to enter the
club they we're Immediately con-
fronted by a group of six or
v rascallions . Two of the
group we're in an argument empha-
sizing their points by threatening
each other with guns.
1t was necessary for the party
to retire to the outside, to the
other side of the cement wall
just in case bullets started flying.
But before they could get to the
exterior, one of the male members
of the party was grabbed by the
wrist by a dipsy looking individual
he had v seen before who in
sisted that nobody was going to
harm him.
After Is minutes or so the CON
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-13
Bunche School Opens In
Virginia, May Mean
End Of Court Battle

KING GEORGE, Va.-(ANP)
A possible end to the Negroes
two year fight for equal schools
in King George county was seen
here last week with the official
dedication of the Ralph Bunche
high school.
The new school will be an an
mex of the King George Training
school, formerly the only high
school for Negroes in the county.
E. B. Webb will be principal
of both schools.
In a statement on the opening
of the new $4,000 school plant,
the NAACP and the Virginia
Teachers association classified
this step as an advance in Negro
education, and limited at a possible
end to court action. Signed by j.
Rupert Picott, executive secretary
of the teachers group, and said
to be representing views of NAA-
CP executive secretary of Virginia,
w. Lester Banks, and NAACP
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-13

fusion subsidized to the point
where admission was fairly safe.
But no sooner did the party reach
the second floor where the show
was being presented then another
rumpus took place. A character
was ascending the stairs with 2 or
8 others trying to restrain him.
The moving circus just reached
the top of the staircase when they
managed to throw the character
down narrowly escaping seriously
injuring someone.
Upstairs several minor incidents
kept the confusion we'll spread.
Nearly half the people were over
boisterous and rude. To sum up,
it was very disgusting evening for
the party, and perhaps for many
others.
Now this was not an unusual
experience. 1t is commonplace in
this community where ever one
goes to seek entertainment. It
happens on our streets, it per-
meates everyplace. Tourists and
visitors invariably ASK" What
kind of a place is this, anyway"
There should be a radical change
in the behavior Of some Of the
citizens of this community if it
is to show any progress. The poor
conditions which exist here, for the
Negro people can be traced in
part to this great lack. And the
conditions will remain poor, so
lonog as this revolving behavior
exists.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-13
SPORyRENEw

Sammy Jethro set a new base
stealing record in a play off game
between the Montreal Royals and
the Jersey City Giants to decide
the third place standing of the two
teams. Jethro the fleet footed out
fielder of the Royals stole three
bases to run his total to 80 thefts
thus repeating the old record Of
81 set by Ed. Miller of Newark
back in 1919.
The outstanding batting average
Of Jackie Robinson is fading away
in the favor of Enos Slaughter
and Stan Musial Of the st. Louis
Cardinals according to statistics
released by the Associated press.
The Dodgers star second base
man still hold a slim margin on
the hitting with a .347 an eight
point edge over Slaughter who is
hitting 339, and Musial who NOV
ed up to the 1871 mark over the
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-13

attorney, Martin A. Martin, said:
"After a casual observation and
tour of the facilities it appears
that real and substantial progress
has been made in complying with
the courts order.
However, it is seriously hoped
that after we have had an oppor-
tunity to further inspect and see
the school in actual operation, we
may be able to join in a motion
to Judge Sterling Hutcheson to
dismiss all proceedings in this
case"
Principal speaker at the new
schools opening was DR.. Alonzo
Moron, president of Hampton in
stitute. He said in part:
GAS Americans we can take
pride in the achievements of DR.,
Ralph J. Bunche. . even build
monuments to his name But
as Americans, also, should we hang
our heads in shame that this man.
Continued on Page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-13
decentralization
Wedding

Helen Harrison was united in
marriage to Arthur jackson of IA
Is Home avenue on august goth.
The best man was James Jackson,
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-13
From the Police B|otter
By Jimmie N. Jones

Headlining the Police Blotter
this morning was the fatal shooting
of j. D. Thomas, 81, of 603 w.
Fifth St, who died at 1:O5 this
morning as the result of a gun
shot wound said to have been
fired by one Harry Walker, 20 of
GOT w. Fifth street last night. A
police dragnet has been put out
for Walker who is believed to
have headed for Cincinnati on a
Grey Hound BUS following the
shooting. He was described to have
been armed with a 38 caliber re-
volver. One bullet entered the
victims head over the right eye
according to the Investigating Of
ficers. The shooting occurred in the
rear of Thomas's home about 700
pm. Monday night, during a card
game.
Curtis Mckinney, Jr. 20, Of 482
Dearborn ave. was on the receiv-
ing end of a 500 fine imposed
by Municiple Court Judge Paul
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-13

Sherer when he was found guilty
of carrying a SO caliber revolver
when the police found him asleep
inthe driveway of a filling station.
The court suspended a six month
workhouse sentence on condition
of good behavior.
Three drunken drivers also felt
the wrath of the court when they
were fined 500 and cost for the
offence; They were: Tom Jones,
933 Verona Road; William P. Mil
Ter, of $3.50 Germantown st. and
Bruce Scott Jr., of 215 Center st.
The management of the Gulf
Oil station at 1888 Springfield st.
told Sheriff's deputies, a thin
wasted burglar squeezed his way
through an office partition IA by
20 inches early Monday morning
and made away with several
articles consisting of a 20 caliber
rifle, a wrist watch, 10 plastic
knives and 50 in change.
Sgt. bet. James B. Hogan, told
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-13

week end. The bronz Bomber"
holds the lead in five departments
with Batting, Runs batted in,
doubles and stolen bases. To date
he has 1877 hits; 115 runs batted
in; 35 double and has stolen so
bases.
Don Newcombe has been placed
at the top Of the major league
hurlers in the starting role with
Is wins as against 6 losses. War
rem SPAIN of the Boston Braves
recaptured the strikeout record
from Newcombe by a margin of
1873 to 1875 held by the big Don.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-02-26
Miami Passes
Ordinance
.OutIawing Mask,
Fiery Crosses

Miami, Fla. - The Miami City
Commission Wednesday passed an
ordinance outlawing wearing of
masks and burning crosses,
The ordinance carries a fine up
To $500 or Jail penalty up to 60
days or both. The measure was
passed as an emergency measure
making it operative upon publ
cation.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-02-26
SCI Grad Still
Studying In Janan

1t was recently announced by
Headquarters, 933rd Antiaircraft
Artillery Automatic Weapons Bat
talon, a unit of the 136th Anti
aircraft Artillery Group in Yoke
hama, Japan, that PFC Joseph C.
Sanders, is still increasing his
education by taking a course in
General Psychology and History
of the United States.
PFC Sanders came over seas
In May 1913 and has been in the
933rd AAA AW Battalion since
his arrival. He is a former grad
uate of Southern Christian Insti-
tute, Edwards, Mississippi. Upon
completion of his Army career,
PFC Sanders hopes to continue
his education at Xavier Univer
sity.
PFC Sanders home address is
Route /, Box 237, Learned. Miss.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-02-26

strong Tuskegee line S4-76, an
overtime game, before $500 thrilled
spectators.
The sensational Charles "Jue'
Bostic scored 81 points. This is
believed to be new conference
record. Ernest "Tahor" Fears
scored IS points, Earl "Bubba'
Washington scored IL points. Out
standing defensive stars for tt
Rattlers were Captain James
"Big jim" Williams. Herman Pitt
man, Bradley Mitchell and Bobbie
Jefferson.
Tuskegee was paced by t
sensational Orion Brock with L
points; Red Porter 16 points ar,
Smoky Davis IA points. The T
gers defense was led by Hard
warck and the Thomas brothers.
The game was tied fU-fO at the
end of the regulated time of play.
Tuskegee Tigers led at half time
1929. This was the second close
game that the Rattlers have eeked
out over the Tigers. The Tuske-
gee Tigerettes decisively trium-
pied the Female Rattlers by a
score of 1920.
Coach Ulysses Jones, said that
he was quite pleased with the
Rattlers display, but that he ex-
poets considerable from the Re
thune- Goodman Big Five who de-
feated the Rattlers in Daytona
Beech 1882. The girls game will
start tonight at TOO and the