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scholarly tax her with questions
Jane learns that the love Of hel
youth has married, that a faithful
suitor has found another love: SHE
spats briefly with a waspish col.
league on the reference desk, goe.
to a concert with an aging, de.
feated genius. But the day is
crucial because. in the course o1
it, she is faced with the bleak
realization that she is in love with
a happily married man whose wife
she genuinely likes.
If Jane is a bit vague, and her
story finally inconclusive. that
perhaps can be laid to the fact
that she is a woman with a con-
siderable unrealized capacity fol-
love. Her courage is not of the
dramatic kind; it is only the cour-
age to go on. Miss Cameron
writes of her with a subjective
intensity. and she makes of her
the kind of a girl that the other
Jane Fieldings of this world can
recognize and like.
The circle of Faith Millet's day
is far more chic. She is a we'll
groomed. well-informed Manhat-
tan matron with a charming hus.
band and a plain but promising
daughter at a good school. Ir
fact. all seems right with hel
luxurious world until on the
morning of her 10th anniversary
she learns that her husband ha.
son by another woman.
This shattering news. does not
however, stay Mrs. Millet in hel
appointed rounds. Cogitating fu.
riously, she visits her beauty
salon. an old friend, her club, 6
former lover, her dying mother.
in-law and her daughters school
Certain OF these way stations give
Miss Howe, a satirist, in her first
two novels an opportunity to aim
some deftly poisoned arrows al
certain aspects of the Manhattan
scene.
Miss Howe writes with consid-
cradle facility. exhibits a great
deal of knowingness about the
fashionable, conspiratorial world
of faith. But the novel is supposed
to be emotional. centered on the
fate of a marriage, and since the
relationship between Faith and
Eric seems more polite than pro-
found. its resolution of the
problem does not generate a great
deal of feeling, and Faiths an
guish seems merely photogenic.
MARY McGRORY
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Bridge Players

ley Berman. Mrs. Gregg CuStis
and Lynn Carrier were CO. winners.
Master points under the p.
Arthur Walker sanction fell sun
day night 10 the SeaoourneS and
Comdrs Thomas Bell and o. o.
LebSchner.
The current issue of the Bridge
World Magazine carries the by
line OF two prominent WASHINGTON
bridge figures. Col, r. H. Skinner
in The Count Of FIVE" proposes
new method Of evaluatinI
hand in no-trump biddinG, and
explains the IS & S convention,
which he and James G, Stone
have developed for clarifying the
opening no-trump bidders hand.
Point Count Column" edited
by new STAFF Member Fred L. Kar-
pin also makes its debut in the
May issue. His picture and bio
graphical sketch appears among
newly honored life masters in the
current ACBL Bulletin.
Another Of Washington'S newest
'lifers" is Kathleen McNutt. ae-
cording to The Bulletin. Listed
among senior masters tl50 or more
points are Mrs. T. NJ. Boyle.
George L. Dickerman. and Gene
Herman, while Is In the Washing
ton area have recently passed the
30 points mark for national
masters; Mr. and Mrs. Robert
ByrnS, Mai. Mario Ciccone. Mrs.
Rebecca Crane. Jesse Duke. Laura
Hunter, 81 Katz, Paris Keener. z.
NJ, KeniSon, Mrs. Elizabeth Land.
w. NJ, Lingley. Charles Lovenoerg,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter OLoughlin,
Mary Ruhl and Manfred Sobern-
helm.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Chess
By DonoId n. Muorides

There were very few weak spots
among the 80 Washington chess
players who turned out to oppose
the visiting master. Israel A. Hor-
owitz. in his simultaneous exhibi-
ton at the Divan May IL. In
fact. the opposition proved so
tough that the performer. re-
solved on grinding 1t down. was
slowed down to a very deliberate
pace and the play was far pro-
longed. Not until after 4 am.
Saturday were the two final
games. which went on full hour
after the rest were over. deter
mined, when Horowitz conceded q
draw to Temple Hollcroft and
demonstrated draw against Sam
Schwartz. Notwithstanding the
latter's plus of two united passed
pawns.
In the final result which thus
emerged shortly before dawn, the
master won 20. lost and drew 7.
and so scored asa points and
dropped 6l7.
In addition to Hollcroft and
Schwartz draws were secured by
l.. Russell Chauvenet. Ernest M.
Knapp. Nathan Robins. Martin c.
Stark and Heinz w. Steinbach.
Robins was a piece ahead for
most of his game and. like Sam
Schwartz. let the win slip through
his fingers.
Horowitz was defeated by Sam
Gorelick. William F. Gray and
D. H. Mugridge.
The 20 vanquished included nine
contestants in the current District
Championship Tourney: T. Bull
fockus, H. E. Cimermanis. F. MIL
Ter. G. O'Rourke. J. r. Rice. B.
Schwartz. M. L. Seidelman. C. r.
Sieweke and D. F. StetZer.
Messrs. K. A. Baer. r. L. Hop
kins. L. r. johnson. P. J. Mulliean.
J. l.. Noel. G. r. Payne. z. B.
Powell. L. B. Powell. B. Simmons.
H. c. Underwood and M. M. Wy
veil completed the roll Of losers.
Philip D. Bell. who directed the
event with habitual aplomb. had
to disappoint many aspirants
eager for a chance at the master
and a free volume OF the Chess
Review.
The following game. one OF the
earliest completed. If far from per-
feet. is both original and inter-
esting throughout. HorowitS
could have obtained an advantage
with II BxN. and Of course could
have protracted the game by play
ing defensively on move %. say by
IQR-K2.
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Brook Farm type experiment.
In his remarkable autobiography,
stranger in the Earth" which re-
veals both the mystic and the
rebel in him, Mr.. Sugrue called the
Jews "the hunting dogs of the
soul, because they had been kept
lean by persecution and always
in shape to scout ahead and scent
out the next adventure in civiliza-
ton"
So when the Israeli Republic
was proclaimed on May IA, 194S,
he asked himself, "Is this it?"
He resolved to find the answer
for himself, and, encouraged by his
publishers, he set out, accom-
panied by a young man who was
to serve as nurse and companion.
The friend fell i'll the first night
out and upon landing in Italy had
to be sent back to the States.
He was then, as he puts it, "at
the mercy of fate" Fate was Sc
kind that not only was he hand
somely cared for during his whole
jaunt, but he had his shattered
faith in people-an inevitable
consequence of invalidism, he
says-quite restored.
From Naples he flew into Israel
with Jewish immigrants. From
the first he met with a kindness
gentleness and understanding
that never failed to amaze him
There was no elevator in his hotel
at Tel Aviv. But everybody from
the manager on down cheerfully
helped to carry him up and down
four flights of stairs. He was
passed literally from hand to hand
by quiet, chivalrous pioneers.
A Writer'S Paradise.
From mid-December, 1948, to
the following May. in haycarts
and in jeeps, he traversed the
Jewish homeland from Dan to
Beersheba," visiting hills, holy
places and backgrounds, working
harder than he ever did in his life,
seeing hundreds of people and
taking 600 pages of notes and
listening to what he considers the
finest conversation being "spon-
Evening star., 1950-05-21
A Literary Treasury
Of Jeffersoniunu

THE PAPERS OF THOMAS
JEFFERSON. VOLUME l,
1760-1776
Julian P. Boyd, Editor.
princeton University Press;
s10.)
To Julian P. Boyd, Prince
ton librarian and editor of
The Papers of Thomas JEFF
ferson." the third President is
always "Mr. Jefferson"
It has been remarked that
at the University of Virginia
Jefferson is referred to as
though he were in the next
room. Working surrounded
by Jefferson's letters and 9TH
er writings, one gathers that
DR.. Boyd sometimes has the
feeling that the writer of the
papers is not in the next room
but in the same room, and
that the editor would not be
surprised to look up and see
Mr.. Jefferson across the desk.
DR.. Boyd discussed his
enormous task last week at
the Library of Congress. where
the publication of the first of
more than so volumes of the
papers was marked with GER
emonies at which President
Truman spoke. That event
was related in the news col
umns of The Star with a. dis
cussion of the book itself on
the editorial page of Wednes-
days editions.
FRANCIS P. DOUGLAS.
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Chose Justice" is no mere legal
istic report of the courtroom pro-
ceedings. Nor is it entirely grue-
some repetition of the Soviet prac-
tices he portrayed in his earlier
book.
Mr.. Kravchenko, who has lived
mostly in the United States since
he abruptly left the Soviet Pur-
chasing Commission here in 1912,
attempts to interpret the interna-
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taneously manufactured" in the
world today.
1t was writer's paradise
Every one in Israel has a story
Every one is like Ulysses coming
out Of the sea. The only trouble
is that no one will talk about him
self. They all want to tell you
what their friends did.
Because of this modesty, Mr.
Sugrue in his forthcoming book
used first names only and in some
instances, at urgent request, even
changed them. He has told the
story of Israel from its beginnings
from the viewpoints of various
individuals who came during the
successive migrations which began
early in this century. The manu-
script of Watch for the Morning, y
scheduled for fall publication, was
delivered to- his publishers last
week.
1t was at the communal farms
or kibbutzim that Mr.. Sugrue
found the "leavening spirit" of
Israel. He saw shepherds reading
Kant and Schiller. He saw phi
losophers. painters and sociologists
working harmoniously and in per-
| feet security side-by-side in fields
and cow barns, never losing the
culture that they had won the
urban civilization of the West.
Since his return, Mr.. Sugrue
has worked closely with officials
of the Israeli Embassy here. They
read his manuscript and even pro-
duced for him one of the two boys
whose discovery of a path through
the hills led to the breaking of
the siege of Jerusalem. The boy
is now a student at M. I. T.
Mr.. Sugrue leads an industrious
life that would put many able
bodied people to shame. Besides
his average of two book reviews
a week for New York papers, he
contributes a monthly column to
the magazine Tomorrow. What he
would like to do now is a book
about his favorite mystic, Plotinus
Instead, however, he will doubt
less continue to chronicle con-
temporary events and personali-
ties as he did in Starting of the
White House."
Lewis Mumford, in town for
the American Institute of Archi-
tects convention, although he is
not an architect, reports he has
nearly finished THE Renewal of
Life" the fourth volume in a Sc
ries that includes THE Culture
of Cities and THE Condition of
Man" In it he advocates a
change of attitude and purpose
Coming Attractions: Roosevelt
in Retrospect" by John Gunther,
May 81; a first novel from laurel
laden Tennessee Williams. THE
Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone"
promised for September.
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question the finished work would
have been the deflnitive life of
Gen. Grant. And yet, as it is, we
can be grateful for book COW
ering in authentic detail a period
which necessarily contributes
much toward explaining the fame
and success of his later career.
From this narrative of his life
to the age of 80, Grant emerges
a warm, understandable figure,
whom you'll almost feel that
you've known. along with his fam
lily and some of his friends, when
you lay down the book. 1t is care
full biography, with no imaginary
excursions, and logical speculation
where factual detail is lacking.
but it has all the fascination of
a beautifully written novel.
ut Happens to Be True"
Grants enemies and detractors,
North and South, have painted
Evening star., 1950-05-21

BERLIOZ AND THE ROMANTIC
CENTURY
BY Jacques BarZun. fAtldntic-
Little, Bro1Dn; 2 UolS., s12.50J
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
probably is known rather vaguely
to the average music lover in this
country as a French composer who
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He wanted to
d e m on S trate
t hrou g h wit
nesSeS and doc
unents that his
book was a true
indictment of
the Soviet re-
gime.
Acc ordingly,
he sued a Paris
L o III III u II ] ST
journal. won a
verdict last year
and now has
written a book
~k~,,A ~ at
Evening star., 1950-05-21
BRIDGE Colendor

oMoRRoW--Federal Rridss I%aGus
1900 New HAMPSHIRE. team of four
and generating point, s pm La sale
Studio. lo@S Connecticut OPEN ratine
point, 4 pm.
TuEspAY-AsrieuIture Club, 1888 Euclid
open.rating point, As bm. Andrews
Air Force Base Oficers' Rridse Club
rating point. f.30 p.m BuckinEham
Duplicate Club. 3l3 North Glebe, Ar
linRton; generating point 14S pm.
Count Club 1914 Seventeenth coeA-
rstins point, nm.
WEDNESDAY - stephan Studio. lsNS
Euclid; oDen- rating point pm.
WASHINGTON BridGe LeAGue, Hotel Roose-
welt; nnsl session open-pair chamrion-
ship, $50 pm.
THURsDAY--chess Club, Hotel Gordon;
master point, 54S pm. Penthouse
ing; duplicate same. 630 pm RIVER
side Bridge Club Arlington Farmt:
ratins point s pm,
FRIDAY-~Arlinston Farms Duplicate Club.
Arlinaton Farms hrst session, indi-
vidual championships, t,4A pm Ste
nhsn Studio, open-ratinE point, p,m.
sATURDAY-Stephen Studio open-ratins
point ] pm: Chess Club. ratins point,
80 pm, Walsh Club, Twenty second
and ?, master point G,3O nm
Evening star., 1950-05-21

THE SAILING SHIP
BY Stanley Rogers. Harper &
Bros; $780,
The beauty of the sailing ship
is the main theme of this unusual
book written and illustrated by
Stanley Rogers. the noted English
artist, who has made a lifetime
study of ships and the sea, and
combines in this handsome edition
the knowledge of a sailor -histo-
rian with the talent of a marine
artist. Tracing the evolution OF
the sailing ship and describing
Evening star., 1950-05-21

it's separate parts hull, rigging
and sails-the volume offers color
full information about Yankee
whalers. clipper ships, galleons,
India men, Western Ocean pack
cts Atlantic greyhounds and deep
sea racing fore-and-afters, and
includes chapters on ship decora-
ton. figureheads. the ancient art
of the shipwright and the Lilli-
putian world of scale models. The
smell of the sea is in its pages
and no true lover of ships could
put it down,
Evening star., 1950-05-21

a picture Of his
you h which
Is greatly dis
torted, if you
b e lie We Mr..
Lewis, and his
footnotes chap
PLY placed in
b ck of the
book are volu-
m | US, his
b / b lilo graphy
impressive. Mr..
Lewis is not
given to didac-
tic statements;
Evening star., 1950-05-21

AAANAAS AVA OtAS
A m e r i c a n
M a g a z inc in
1884, four years
before he was
stricken with
arthritis which
stifened h ! S
joints and left
him unable to
walk. Then it
was too early to
Judge whether
or not the back
to = the = land
movement was
merely another
Evening star., 1950-05-21

Phil Bell can play chess as well
as direct it. and gave fresh dem
onstration of the fact by winning
the speed tourney at the Divan
on Monday. The scores: Bell, 5-1:
C. A. Hesse and @. ORourke.
I4la-11a: r. w. Gleason and j. r.
Rice. 21a-3h: H. z. Cimermariis,
"a. and M. Sachs. 0-6.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
ROBERT AND GENEVIEVE

Knopt, NeD York; $2.75.)
Three of Gide's lesser known
tales are published in this country
for the first time. They are stories
OF passions at war with conven-
ton, told in the usual witty and
urbane style by writer who has
dealt with the same subjects more
effectively in the better known
and already well-known works.
e T.
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was more inno-
vator than Gre
ator, who has
had O. marked
effect on mod
ern music and
who also was
an able critic
and essayist.
He also could
be called, as GER
tain other COM
posers could,
"the great un-
played" For
only a few of
his COMPOST
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Reading and Writing
Thomas Suerue Finds Utopia in the Making
On His Odyssey to |sroeIi's Infant Republic
By Mary McGrory

critical Irish Catholic from Naugatuck
Sugru felt at home Israel world
his odyssey to the promised land in whear he
still speaks OF the infant republic with the fervor
Utopia in the making although
last to claim complete for the experience.
Palestine
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of some half dozen books who now
lives in Washington with his wife
and daughter. His first was made
in the course of a dream assign
fI14
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Two New Novels That Deal With Womon's S
Perennial Problem to Make Up Her Mind

THE UNHEARD MUSIC
BY Eleanor Cameron. (Atlantic- Little, BroUn; s3J
THE CIRCLE OF THE DAY
BY Helen Howe. (Simon & SchuSter; $3J
Evening star., 1950-05-21

The boyhood and young manhood of Ulysses Grant the most
myhaunted portion his le disclosed
pletely for the first time in this notable biography
is pity that Lloyd Lewis untimely death last
completed this defeated his rounding
the biography with three volumes Beyond much
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Victor Krovchenko Brinos
The Soviet Union to Trial
CHOSE JUSTICE
or Kravchenko. Charles Scribner's Sons: s..
Reviewed by Robert K. Welsh

The author of Il Chose Freedom" could have filed libel
Communist publications throughout world called
United because that
of Soviet methods.
he chose the French Of doubt
this because
Evening star., 1950-05-21

battle against communism. He
hoped to do more than vindicate
himself against personal charges.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Books In Review
LittIe-Known Boyhood Of Ulysses Gront
Revealed in important New Biography
Reviewed by Carter Brooke Jones

CAPTAIN SAM GRANT
BY Lloyd Lewis. little, Bro10n; So
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-03-17
MEAT LOAF

I sneaked into the library. 1t was
inky dark. I hastily dialed you,
then went cropping for the rifle
Rowland keeps behind the safe. 1t
was right then something hit me
on the head.
HEUMM," Felix stood in the
- center of the floor and looked
around the room. The dial telephone
was on the desk, with the receiver
dangling on its cord.
"Chris, mind calm Elvira an
telling her I'll be home shortly an
to keep my supper hot? I left it in
a hurry. Meantime III take look
around here"
Chris shot a quick, sharp look at
the officer, but Felix had already
begun to browse around. So the
caretaker crossed to the desk,
picked up the receiver and began
to dial. He had whirled out two
numbers, when suddenly the lights
went out.
"Hey!" Chris yelled, startled.
"Who did that?"
Keep right on dialing, Chris"
Felix said from the doorway. Fuse
musta blown"
Don't be dumb. I can't dial in
the dark"
"Try it," Felix insisted.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-03-17

opened the trap door which led to
the cellar.
"Some fellas from Jersey"
When they got to the basement,
Ronowitz pointed to couple of
old mattresses near the coal bin.
Lay down." he said, land I'll
make a sandwich"
A minute later the storekeeper
had rolled man and mattresses into
a bundle and tied it up with piece
of old clothesline.
AS HE STARTED back up to the
store, a couple of men, guns in
hand, came down the stairs. what
cha doin' in the CELLAR" asked one.
"Bankin' the furnace" said the
old man.
The gents from Jersey poked
around in the trash barrels, ex-
amined the coal bin and then came
to the rolled-up mattresses.
"TH tbrow bullet into them
for lnek," said one of them.
"You been seein' too many
mopies," said The other. "Lefs
try the roof"
The mobsters went upstairs and
Ronowitz heard the door bang. He
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-03-17
By
Richard H. Wilkinson

"Are you crazy? l can't see a
thing"
600 d." said Felix. He
snapped on the lights. In his
hand he held the old time long
barrelled six-shooter that had
served him during his many
years as law officer. "An right
Chris, nemmine dialing any
MORE"
"Say, what is this?" The care
taker replaced the receiver on its
hook slowly.
"We'n talk about it later, Chris,
an look around for the bonds. In
the meantime, you come with me.
You can spend the night in the lock-
up an, by jinks, without no supper
too. That's what you git for maxim
me let mine 60 cold"
Chris blinked. "What the devil
are you talking about?"
"Come, come, Chris. Play actin
amt gonna do you any good. I got
a bunch it was you stole them
bonds, and busted the lock on the
front door, too. At any rate, you
didn't hastily dial my number in
the dark, like you said. You just
settled your own hash by proving
it can't be done. An speakin' of
hash, come along"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-03-17

banked the fire, and waited in his
store until he saw the men climb
into a car and drive off. Then he
went back down and united the
mattresses.
"You done fine, Pop" said the
fugitive, taking a wad of bills out
of his pocket. "Tell me when to
stop countin'."
"Sneb money don't taks,"
said The old man.
"Ya kin have anytbine va
want," said The gangsier. MAKE
Wisb. Better yet, make three
wishes like in them fairy sto,-
ies."
WELL" said the storekeeper, 81
hear in couple weeks some guy
from the West Side is opening a
candy store on the next block"
HE amt gonna open," said the
hoodlum. keep talkin'."
1.-The man who sells me nv
chocolate syrup, all of a sudden he
wants a Is per cent MAKEUP"
"I'll discuss it with him. Chances
are you'll get a reduction. One
more wish to go-this time make il
good"
That's all can think Of" said
Ronowitz, Excepting maybe you'c
like to tell me how it felt when you
was in the mattress"
THE GANGSTER'S lips tight
ened. You're maxim fun of me
Pop" he said, land don't like it
wanted to pay va off nice anc
proper, but since va don't want i
that way, maybe I better try some
thin else."
Ten minutes later, as per phon'
| instructions from the hoodlum, ;
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-03-17
Fiction
Corner

CHERIFF FELIX BRENDLING-
~ Err was just about to sit down
to his supper when the telephone
rang. He looked at the instrument
ruefully. Before him was a heap
ing plate of meat loaf, fried pota-
toes and fresh green peas.
Felix sighed, glanced across at
Elvira, then moved to the wall
phone. "Hello," he said.
"This is Chris Verne out at the
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-03-17

Rowland camp"
came a low and
ex it e d voice.
Someone's just
broken into the
front room. I'm
I;br,r,, h,,t T NAV
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black car drove up and Ronowitz
was pushed into the back seat. The
car headed north and kept going
until it parked near a wooden
bridge somewhere in Westchester.
The driver took some chains
from the luggage compartment, put
a heavy peice of scrap iron on the
old mans middle, and then dashed
his legs to his chest so the metal
was wedged in between.
"TbroW him over Wben 1
count three" said tho boodinm
Zone
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-03-17

One night as the storekeeper was
about to lock up, hoodlum stepped
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-03-17

man open a window when she vas
supposed to do it. But the thousands
of requests to see the show in the
studio prove that people are eager
to see ''Molly", Jake, "Rosalie"
and Sammy" in person and don't
give a boot who opens windows.
They have become so real during all
these years that nothing can possib-
ly destroy the illusion.
Pretty little Vanessa Brown, who
was so thrilled over getting the role
of the Irish maid in 1.-THE Heiress",
has been signed for a top role in
"Three Husbands for United Art
lists. Also signed for a leading role
is Emlyn Williams, well known
playwright, stage and screen star.
"Three Husbands" is by Vera Cas-
parry, credited with "a Letter to
Three Wives.
Pierre, a 5-year-old chimpanzee,
will make his motion picture debut
in Hall Wallis MY Friend Irma
Goes West, now shooting at Para
mount A native of the Jungle Viii
lage, he will play most of his scenes
opposite Jerry Lewis
Cornell Wilde and Maureen
O'Hara rehearsed eight hours
on two consecutive days for
their fencing sequence in the
opening scenes of RKO's "SOns
of the Musketeers". Their re-
hearsals involved a fight rou-
tine to be shot in one take, re-
quiring three and one-half min
utes to film. Wilde is skilled
fencer; Maureen had had in
tensive coaching for weeks.
The announcement of Bob Hawks
engagement came as a surprise to
lot of people. He will marry Mary
Rechner, executive assistant to
Dore Schary, head man at M-G-M,
as soon as replacement for her
can be found.
1.-THE Tattooed Stranger" RKO's
mystery drama, follows the trend
of using New York for backgrounds,
which was so successful with 1.-THE
Window. Script calls for scenes
everywhere, from the Bowery to
! the Bellevue morgue.