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The Irish Sweepstakes" are here again:
WORLDS Widest HORSE RACE .!:::: :! sn:'
LIVERPOOL

LIVERPOOL
AMERICANS once got so excited over horse
IA race that Congress adjourned for the day
and moved in body to Baltimore's Pimlico
racecourse But that was back in 1877, when
bookmakers were in flower and our elected
Representatives were a bit more sophisticated
about turf matters than they are today.
Even in those days, though, it is doubtful if
any horse race could stir Americans to the
frenzy which will be apparent among the nor
mally phlegmatic inhabitants of this island
next Saturday when the 106th Grand Ma
tional Steeplechase will be run on the ancient
Aintree course, outside Liverpool. Through
out England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales,
business will come to a standstill at 4 pm.
And it won t be for tea. The British, noted for
their calm reserve in the face of crisis, let their
hair down all the way for this one. It's under
standable, because the Grand National is the
widest horse race on earth.
Worldwide Advertising
Millions of pounds will change hands on the
outcome of this race, immortalized in English
literature by the gentle poet laureate, John
Maseheld, and advertised throughout the
world by the sale of tickets on the Irish
Sweepstakes, outcome of which hinges on the
Grand National
The question uppermost in everyone's
mind will probably concern the luck of
Monaveen, sturdy nine year-old thorough
bred owned jointly by Englands Queen and
her daughter, Princess Elizabeth. At this
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writing, Monaveen is favorite A half mil
lion people, including the royal family, will
encircle the great, sprawling racecourse and
as the jockey wearing the royal colors comes
into view, every Britisher in the crowd will
remove his hat and cheer Americans for
get how George Washington and Andrew
Jackson raced horses and Vice President
Charles Curtis worked as a jockey. They
may think it incongruous that the royal family
should take prominent part in such an occa-
sion. Horse racing, however, is England's
national pastime, given formal status by
Queen Anne in 1903.
Our own Kentucky Derby, Belmont and
Preakness Stakes seem like so many small
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time country fairs when compared to the
Grand National. Ninety thousand is con-
sidered great Derby crowd at Louisville.
Fifteen horses make up an unusually large
field in the Belmont Stakes The crowd at
Aintree is somewhat larger In fact it exceeds
the entire population of Cincinnati, Ohio -
some 100000. The number of horses starting
has gone as high as Sc. The wild, quarter
mile dash to the first of 80 formidable fences
encountered in a race just short of four and
one half miles is the only authentic peacetime
cavalry charge in history.
Paxson Came in Sixth
FENCE-FLYING horses are entered in the
Grand National by members of every rank in
English society, from farmers to royalty, from
gamblers to churchmen. In 1860 mysterious
'Mr. Ekard" rode horse named Bridegroom,
managed to be sixth among the seven finishers
- a real feat of horsemanship in this widest
of all races. 1t wasn't long before the story
leaked out that Bridegroom's jockey was a
full-fedged parson, from a famous sporting
family in England's Midlands The ''Ekard"
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Once every year staid old England is turned
completely upside down, from Buckingham Palace
to Gin Lane. And it's wonder - the Grand
National Steeplechase is circus on horseback
Evening star., 1950-03-19

AUTHOR: A top U. S.
turf writer. Tom
O'Reilly is also a
special authority on
steeplechase racing
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preposterous in the basic situa-
ton of his comedy.
This also makes their work q
lot easier for members of his act
ing company. They cannot play
this material too broadly. Almost
anything they do, provided they
do not hesitate. is perfectly in the
ridiculous mood of the jest.
The heartiest collaboration in
this enterprise is Douglas as the
newsman. This characters years
of associating with politicians have
convinced him that nothing is
too absurd to happen in their do
main. The lost bureau with its
touchingly lost old ladies is, there
fore, just the instrument he needs
to conduct his mad experiment in
government.
1t is not enough for him that
the agency shall go on function
ing. He wants to make 1t one of
the most significant branches of
the Government. Proceeding on
the theory that no one ever really
asks any questions about anything
important, he does make it signifi-
cant. Before he finishes, he has
the State Department. Army, Navy
and Air Force involved up to
their ultimately blushring necks
in his enterprise.
The sole opposition he encount-
ers comes from his young eX-wife
but after getting the bureau back
on it's tired old feet, he gets her
back into his arms.
AS one of three old hands in
1.-TWO Blind Mice" with Laura
Pierpont and Mabel Paige. Doug
las is it's ring master as well as
it's major male. He keeps it NOV
ing at a pace which permits of no
questions on the part of the au-
dience and he is smooth enough
to slur those lines which current
events have outdated. One of
these about "No one ever pays
any attention to the State De-
partment" he threw away so far
that the next speech almost
lacked a cue.
The Misses Pierpont and Paige
have put a high polish on their
f1utterings and as the one sensible
human on the premises. pretty
Kim Hunter will no doubt soon
join them in the whackiness of it
all. The others are professionally
farcical.
The plays single set looks as if
it might represent a government
bureau that got lost in, say, the
Taft administration.
Evening star., 1950-04-25
HOLLYWOOD.

Even though Rita Hayworth
dropped the William Morris Office
in favor of another agency, she
still prefers the guy who decorated
the Offices for William Morris.
She cabled friends here to have
decorator Mac Alper call her on
the transatlantic phone immedi-
ately. She wants him in Paris
right away to do the decor for her
new $125 900 home.
Ernest Hemingway believes he'll
get more than $250,000 from
Hollywood for his unpublished
Across the River and into the
Trees" That is why he refused
David Selznick's offer for that
amount. He thinks he can get
half a million. Selznick wanted
the movie rights for Gregory Peck
Hope Hemingway isn't making a
mistake. It's true a million apiece
was paid for Born Yesterday
and Harvey" But that was yes
terday-before televiSion.
Audrey Totter tells me to ixnay
those revival romance stories with
Charles Grayson. Were just good
friends" says little Audrey. giving
me the well-worn Hollywood
phrase.
William Goetz is really serious
about taking his successful Fran
els. the mule, to the Kentucky
Derby. Only Francis won't run,
Evening star., 1950-04-25
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing
New Gayety-"Two Blind Mice"
$3.50 pm.

STAGE.
New Gayety-"Two Blind Mice;
$3.50 pm.
SCREEN.
Ambassador - "A Woman of
Distinction; 1880, 3::35, 5:35. TAO
and 9:35 pm.
Capitol-"Side Street; II am.
las. 4:30. .T:15 and 10. pm. Stage
shows: 3:35, $40 and 9:05 pm.
Columbia-"Dakota Lip; 10:45
am. 12:4o, 2:35. 4:3o. 6:25, 500
and 1910 pm.
Dupont-"The Titan: IL am.
1850, 2:40, 4:3O, 6:25, 8:20 and
1918 pm.
Keith's-"Francis":: 11:15 am,
1920, 3:25, $50, TAO and GAS pm.
Little-"Tight Little Island:
II am. 1880, 2:40, 4:30, $40,
sis and 1910 pm.
Metropolitan-"S Stage Fright":-
11:15 am, lis, 3:15, $40, 7:30
and 9:35 pm.
National BATTLE-GROUND:
HOS am, lis, 800, 5:25, 7:30
and 9:35 pm.
Palace-"Cheaper by the Doz-
en-; 11:40 am. 1:40, 3:45, 5:45,
7:50 and $50 pm.
PlayhOuSe-"The Third Man;
11:15 am, 1:25, 3:25, 5:25, 7:35
and 9:40 pm.
Pix-"Animal Crackers; $50.
6:35 and 9:45 pm.
Trans-Lux-"The Red Shoes:
1880 am, 2, 4:35, 7:10 and $40
pm.
Warner-"A Woman of Distinc-
ton: 1880 am. 1880, 3:35, 5:35,
7:40 and 9:45 pm.
Evening star., 1950-04-25


let the unwittingly ludicrous have
the field to themselves.
This is particularly true of au-
thors trying to write lunatic COM
edy about life in Washington. The
surprise is that these have not
been driven out of business. Not
all of them. Sam Spewack has
survived, and so has his farce,
Two Blind Mice" which opened
a fortnight's engagement at the
Cayety last night with Melvyn
Douglas as its star.
The play which ran a profitable
five months on Broadway last year
is being reassembled now for a
road tour on which Washington is
the first stop. The assembly job
shows signs Of undue haste here
and there but not enough to keep
1.-TWO Blind Mice" from being
occasionally quite a funny COM
mentary on the ways of govern
ment.
This Is the way 1t usually is
when a few key players are old
hands on a farce project while the
others come In cold and uncertain.
Last Nights first audience which
had more good will than Christmas
should have warmed the newcom-
ers enough to last out the sea-
son.
X
The author of Two Blind Mice"
spins tale perfectly designed to
get a sympathetic hearing here.
It is about a minor government
bureau that gets lost and goes on
functioning five and one half
years after 1t has been abolished.
The two elderly ladies who run it
are not saboteurs of reorganiza-
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tion. No appropriation is involved
in their refusal to be abolished.
Their program for keeping the
Bureau of Seeds and Standards
alive is to rent unused Office space
to a woman who gives samba les
sons, sublet the basement to a
cleaning and pressing man. and
turns the area outside the build
ing into a parking lot.
Thus their hands and hearts
are clean enough at least to in
spire a reckless newspaperman.
played by Douglas. into redeeming
the bureau as one of the liveliest
Jokes since the Irish incident in
the House. And in much better
taste.
Mr.. Spewack, an alumnus of
owl, decided against satire as
the proper approach to the subject
of 1.-TWO Blind Mice" Satire Is
sharp and farce Is broad and any
one knows you can hit more people
with q truck than with a bicycle.
He plays, therefore. with the
Evening star., 1950-04-25
By Harry Macarthur

The Daltons, the Doolins, the
James Boys and others of that
ilk were Milquetoasts and OATS
who couldn't hold up the corner
dry goods store without getting
tangled up in the calico. The
Hole-i -the-Wall Gang, though,
there was an outfit. They ranged
the land from Oregon, or Grand
Rapids, Mich, or someplace. to
the Mexican border. committing
one little old depreciation after
another and the law couldn't lay
a hand on them.
That. at least, is what it says
here in Dakota LIZ. at the CO.
lumbia. It says this. but this
paragon of bandit gangs proceeds
to get itself knocked off by old
Tom Horn, who enlists the aid
of counterfeiter-a girl forger,
at that-to do the job. Old Tom
keeps pausing in his work to kiss
this Dakota Lii, too, when he is
not snarling at her. Shades of
Hopalong Cassidy! Why. Gene
Autry would sooner let his git
tar git rusty than let a girl help
him.
1t is greed. of course, that brings
the Hole in-the- Wall boys to their
doom. They hold up a train one
day. just for luck, and come away
with 100000 in unsigned bills.
Old Tom is sent out by the Secret
Service to cut Lii, the expert
forger, in on the deal so she, not
knowing he Is the law, can lead
him to the evidence. Lii and Tom
get into the good graces of the
boss of the Hole in the Wall gang
by clever ruses. She walks into his
saloon and sings a song and he
knows she couldn't earn q living
honestly with that voice and he
hires her. Tom rides into town In
a stage coach instead of on a white
horse, so no one suspects he is
the hero.
There are some fights, there Is
some shooting and finally nearly
everybody is dead or irrepairably
mangled except Lii and Tom and
they ride off into the beautiful
future together.
Evening star., 1950-04-25
Hollywood Diary
$3.50, 900 Is Not Enough for Hemingway
By Sheiloh Grohom

Hell be stable companion for
Your Host" Bill tells me during
lunch at his u-I studio.
Donald O'Connor tells me every
thing-touch woods fine now
with his marriage and Il definitely
want Gwenn to make q picture
with me. She's quite a girl. Saves
every cent she earns. I have to
borrow from her. She charges me
IS per cent interest" He wasn't t
kidding.
Marie Wilson will be absent
from the next Irma Gin Paris un-
less her radio bosses allow her to
tape some Irma radio shows. The
movie goes in Paris after the sum-
mer radio hiatus. Why not dur
ing? Then Irma would have no
problem.
Ann Blyth is up for the young
nun role in "Bonaventure." All
the action Of this Oscar Saul
script takes place in q nunnery.
Released by
North American Newspaper Allianeo.
Evening star., 1950-04-25
Drama News and Reviews
Dead u. S. Bureau Refuses
To Die in Farce at Goyety
BY Jay Cormody

The who deliberately tries be funny these days
poisonous competition from hundreds of others
selves with deadly seriousness.
Indeed the professional farcer might
Evening star., 1950-04-25
Dakota Lii
FORCES Her Way
To Toms Heart

DAKOTA LII" goth Century Fox
release. produced by Edward L. Alper5on.
directed by Lesley Selander. screenplay by
Maurice Geraghty from q story by Frank
Gruber. At the Columbia.
THE CAST
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lynne Little
ms Noes
~ 1850
OILF3l0Tllo7lt

Mrs. Lynne Little won the
Noes Navy Wives Tournament
prize at the u S. Naval Station
Bowling alleys this week, with a
handicap score of 1872.
The prize. a large ham, was
awarded by Noes Program AS
sistant Vera c Woods.
Runners-up were the Mes
DANES Louise Duke. l52, and Ed
ma Breeding, $50.
Other players were the Mes
DANES Peggy Brumstead: Anna
Gravel, Grace Joy and Ann Ma
&C.
The Noes Bowling Handicap
Tournaments for Navy Wives
have been held three times a
year, during the Thanksgiving,
Christmas and Easter seasons, for
several years. and seasonal priz-
eS of turkey and hams have been
awarded, to the winners.
All Navy wives are invited to
bowl at the U. S. Naval Station
alleys every Tuesday and Friday
morning, from 10 O'Clock until
noon.
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by Erie's Changing Shores"
Last Screen Tour Of Season,
Presented BIZ Audubon Soc. Last Night

the ever-present and well-knOWn
white and herring gulls3 black
terms, Merganser ducks, Mallard
ducks, Canada geese in their
overwhelmingly dramatic forma-,
tions across the changing Aut
umn skies and many photographs
of the lovely whistling swan.
This lovely bird was swiftly
becoming extinct and only some
eight years ago there only three
nests of the beautiful whistling
swan to be found in the Lake
Erie region. With the help of
some special protective leglsla-
ton engineered by the Audubon
Society, the number of nests of
the Whistling swan has gradu-
ally increased in the Erie area
and here were some 33 nestings
of these birds found in that area
this past season. This whistling
swan is a most beautiful and
dignified bird, but unintentiton-
ally. of course, a clown as well.
1t was impossible for the screen
tour audience to refrain from
laughing heartily at the feeding
antics of these birds. They tip
forward like some of the speci-
ally weighted toys children play
with and practically stand on
their heads to feed on the mart
inc vegetation they like so we'll
And in doing so stir up enough
of the marine plants to help feed
some of the smaller birds which
are usually found IN their wake.
Many of the beautiful but fast
plants of our woods
and marshlands were shown by
Mr.. Orians, and he emphasized
the fact that these were fast dis
appearing because so many
picnickers gathered every one in
sight and try to transplant
them, without success or just
threw them away when they
wilted. Few of these lovely marsh
plants will transplant readily be-
cause the soil conditions are
seldom if ever satisfactory. II
people aren't careful, many of our
loveliest wild plants like the
golden orchis. moccasin flower
and the brilliant wild columbine
viii soon disappear, as have so
many Of our eviously unpro-
tected birds
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NO ARRESTS YET
Continued From Page One)

Continued from rage '|AA@'
said Binaggio was in the way IN
the Missouri senatorial primary
and so he was bumped off OIL
Renresenlative w Kingsland
Macy of New York has called for
a Congressional investigation oil
what Macy termed Hthe affilia-
ton of crime and gangsters IN
politics" in Kansas City.
The Kansas City star has link
ed the double Staying to the I'M
derworld. The Star said, "Binag-
gio was murdered because he
wanted to quit the ball game
when his team, the shadowy
national crime syndicate reach
ing coast to coast, was losing,
and it was Binaggio's turn at
bat"
The Kansas City Star then
stated: THE execution was car
ried out by local men, close
friends of the fallen leader, on
orders which originated IN an
other city
The slain political chief and
Garotta had appeared recently
before federal grand jury IN
vestigating underworld actiVl-
ties.
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Splendid Record Of achievements
ReepoIed In Yearly Reports Made
AtApriI Meeting Of WOman'S Club

The April meeting of the Key
West Won.an's Club, held this
week at the Clubhouse on Duval
street, featured an address by
Miss Barbara E. JOY, who gave
the members and their guests, in
an extremely interesting talk,
important information regarding
the selection of suitable camps
for children.
Miss JOY is eminently qualified
to speak on the subject of camps
and camping. for she is a dis
tinguished educator and coun-
selor and has behind her q
years of camping experience and
has been a special lecturer in a
large number of universities in
this country and Canada
At the meeting this month re-
ports of the past years activities
of the club were given by the
president, Mrs. Lee Goddard, and
each of the committee chairmen.
These reports We're very crafty,
ing and added up to a list OF
concretesapd noteworthy achleYev
ments of the club. .~-
It was announced that plans
are in progress for the installa-
ton of new officers of the. club
on May with an affair to in
clude buffet supper for both
members and their husbands,
and it was also announced that
Mrs. McCaffrey, Of Miami, a past
State federation president. would
officiate at these installation
ceremonies
New officers. elected at the
March meeting of the Woman's
Club, are as follows: Mrs. George
Mills White, president; Mrs. Wal
lace B. Kirke, first vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Robert Dopp, second
vice president; Mrs. Greyburn
Pinder, treasurer; Mrs. Burnham
Maylord, recording secretary;
Mrs w c. SWeeting, correspond
ing secretary; Mrs Sarah Costar,
auditor: Mrs. Lee Goddard and
Mrs. Herbert Pace directors.
Several other announcements
of importance were also made,
among them that of the coming
historical show at the Martello
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MY HOUSE

I've studied my house, many tears
have been shed;
At times I've tho't my Maker had
fled.
Mayhaps my house, along the
way,
Was not built of the best of clay
1t was my will to keep it clean,
But then there's ever the unfore-
seen.
I'm sure my maker will not for
sake,
Just because of my great mis-
take.
If l didn't use the best of earth,
The
Great Architect has known me
since my birth,
He's charted all the mistakes I've
made,
l hope to rest in my house of
clay.
If I've cut my timber, that's too,
unforeseen,
l had no help to keep it clean.
He's written down each little err
rOr,
Mayhaps you'll be my timber
bearer
If He grants me my wish, He'll
give me no time
The best of timber-straight-
gained-pray He'll grant me
mine.
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OfsLenten Organ RecitaIs
Closed With Beautiful Program On
.s !. E. Wednesday, Epening At 81. P0uPs

made" by Schubert; the stately
and impressive "Sarabande" by
George Friedrich Handel; an
other rendition, by request, of
Godard's lovely "Berceuse" from
"Jocelyn;" and very expressive
and effective arrangements and
variations on the favorite hymns,
In The Hour Of Trial" 20 Lamb
of God" Weary of Self" and a
magnificent musical setting, a
Welsh Hymn, to the noble poem
by James Russell Lowell. Once
To Every Man and Nation"
Great interest has been edi-
denced in the organ recital series
by appreciative music lovers,
and Mr.. Roberts has been re-
quested to arrange for the pres
entation, in the near future, of
more organ concerts.
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Gallery, sponsored by the local
chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sor-
GRITTY. Mrs. Carlos Gellrich asked
that members of the club having
articles suitable for inclusion in
this forthcoming show lend them
to the Sorority for exhibit there
in.
Mrs. Gellrich also told of the
concert Oh Saturday night of this
week at the High School Audi
forum. when the Sorority spon-
sors the appearance of the Uni
versity of Florida Glee Club.
Mrs. White spoke of the annual
dance under the auspices of the
Key West Humane Society that
will take place on the evening of
Thursday, April - at the Hotel
La Concha, this popular and en-
PERTAINING affair being known as
the Dog Dance"
1t was also announced that the
American Home Department of
the Key West Woman's Club will
award an annual prize to the girl
in the Home. Economics Course Of
Key West High School who
makes the most progress in this
course during each year.
Mrs. Ann Cobo stated that the
club will qponsor a cake sale later
on this month, further details of
which VIII be given at later
date.
A number of out-of- town
guests were present at the meet
ing, and two new members were
introduced, Mrs. Robert Quack-
enbush and Mrs. Ralph Herr. 1t
was revealed that the club dur
ing the year has enrolled % new
members.
Decorations for the clubrooms
were executed by Mrs Harry
Galley and Mrs George Lucas,
and consisted of big yellow
marigolds and other charming
garden flowers
Following the business session,
refreshments of punch, sandwich
es and cake were served in the
diningroon of the clubhouse by
members of the Hospitality Com
mittee, with Mrs. Carl Bervaldi
presiding at the punchbowl.
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POinciana
PIT. A. Meeting
Monday ErenirlS

1t has been announced that the
Poinciana School P.TA will
meet on Monday evening, April
10, at o'clock in the School
Auditorium.
A special program has been
planned, and at this meeting the
election of officers for the COM
ing year will be held.
The Book Tea, which is sche-
duled for the afternoon of April
20 at the School, will be discuss
ed, and details regarding it will
be announced
Books are especially needed for
the first and second grades, and
all parents and friends of Poin-
ciana school have been invited
to attend and help in the pro-
ject of adding books to the school
library.
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Church Ceremony To Unite
Miss BOza Ind Mr.. Lewis On
Sunday Epening Of This " eek

church reception honoring the
couple will be held in the Ser,
vice Center
Miss Boza is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph A. BOA,
803 Olivia street, and Mr.. Lewis
is a native of Uniontown, Penn
sylvania.
No formal invitations are be-.
ing issued for the wedding and
reception, but Miss BOA, her
family and Mr.. Lewis state that
their friends and relatives may
consider this notification of the
event to take place as their in
vitation to attend both the we'd
ding and reception.
Following the reception, the
couple plan to leave for Miami,
where they will remain for about
a week on their honeymoon.