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Valley frontiersman., 1950-01-26
CadilIacs? Palmer Thieves Prefer Road-Battered Highway Wrecks

We've heard many a story of brothers of the. ight-fingered fraternity. who scrupulously se- lected the latest, shiniest, most cylindered vehicle owned by their fellowmen for an unauthorized joyride, but we had to come to Palmer to hear the one about the man who stole a wreck.
 That's exactly what happened to Harold Dinkel recently. MT. Dinkel and Joe Gislason got con- fused while crossing the Wasilla bridge, and as a result MT. Din kel's automobile got more than slightly caved in, to the fore. Mir. Dinkel called on Roy Knapp of Palmer Body and Paint to come and remove the defunct autono- bile and to repair the damage.
 Mr. Knapp obliged. but didn't bother to garage the cracked-up vehicle when he arrived in Palm CT during the smaller hours of the night. He parked the car in front of his shop, thinking to run it in- side in the morning.
 No one was more surprised than Mr. Knapp when. he arrived at work next morning and found himself confronted with the ease of the missing wreck At some
Valley frontiersman., 1950-01-26

time during the dark hours of the night, a thief had appropriated the wreck for his own.
 Fortunately for both MT. Dinkel and MT. Knapp, the purloined auto died a second death in front of the Goodrich farm. It had run that far on a drained radiator.
 Ten minutes after the car was reported stolen that morning, Highway Patrolman Al Luebcke remembered seeing a car of the description abandoned on the Palmer-Anchorage highway in front of the Goodrich farm. It was returned to MT. Knapp, who lost no more time in garaging the vehicle.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-01-26
MuKLUK PARTY is
 PLANNED FOR TEENERS $

Teen-agers will hold a mukluk party in the Carpenters Hall at 7:3o tomorrow evening, it was announced today by the P-TA's youth committee. The party will be supervised by Charles Dillon.
 All students of the seventh, eighth and ninth grade levels are invited to attend. Parents also are invited to drop in and watch the evenings activities.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-01-26
Tons 'N Tons W Tons Expected To Move North During Work Season

Greater freight tonnages than those moved north in the war years are expected to reach Alas ka during the coming construc- ton season, it was announced re- gently by L. A. Moore, assistant to the general manager of The Alaska Railroad. MT. Moore has just returned from a visit to the states, where he met with con- tractors and freight and transpor- tation agencies.
 Advance planning of the con-
Valley frontiersman., 1950-01-26
GIori0 Crousore Is Honored Al Shower

Gloria Crousore was the honor guest at a lingerie shower CO., hostessed by Mrs. Billie Renshaw and Mrs. Jan ParcellS. last Sun day afternoon. Miss Crousore soon will be the bride of Samuel Youngblood, enlisted man with the Military Police of Elmendorf Field.
 Guests at the Sunday shower included:
 Betty Mears, Minnie Clark, Hazel Bryant, Dorothy Cook, Diane Mohan, Margie Cook, Dor othy Sands, Mary Lou Johns, and the honor guest.
 Absent guests who participated in the shower were Kay Pippel, Irene Vasanoja and Helen Maze.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-01-26

struction firms conclusively fore casts the largest seasonal move ment of materials ever to some to the Territory" MT. Moore de- clared.
 Indications are that not only water and rail lines will be jam med with construction materials, but that highway and air facili- tIes will move record breaking tonnages.
 Consignors in Alaska are en- couraged to begin shipping imme- diately through slack shipping months of January and February. Stockpiling now will avert delays in the rush season, MT. M4ore pointed out.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-01-26
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
 ELECTS NEW OFFICERS

Officers named at Mondays meeting of the Library Associa- ton include: @
 Mrs. E. F. Graves, president; Mrs. George Geiwitz, vice-pres- dent; Mrs. Don Ingalls,, secretary; Mrs F. R. Sims, treasurer; Miss Louise Kellogg, new member of the board of trustees.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-01-26
z 4e Working Hard to Serve You Bett'

DUFNG months have given the Alaska Northwest periodic reports improve to Alaska
 We doing things All of the best possible territorial growth and prosperity.
 full andou making confident earth approach Alaska transportation problems cptaze ideas and nowho of a members Alaska progressively ette esevi,eo To aU Alara
Evening star., 1950-03-29

Herring for the third day con-
tinued to run sluggishly up Rock
Creek, a long haul to the spawn
ing grounds.
Beneath the bridges and along
the banks between K and M
streets NV. the battle cry goes
like this:
year. the herring are out-but
shad's better, buck shad. that is. -
The shad will follow the herring
Using a snag hook with three
barbs, District fireman had only
three of the silvery foot-long fish
yesterday after several hours Of
squatting on the bank.
Fred Carver. 1927 Thirty-ninth
street NV, with No. S Truck
Co.. explained he has been fol
lowing" the herring about three
years.
They were up the river about
five days ago." Mr.. Carver said
then that cold spell drove them
back down"
Bernard j. Bowles, 26l4 K street
NV, Treasury Department en-
ploye, had catch of Is fish. Mr.
Bowles achieved his success at the
end of a weighted and hooked line
which he first swung in a series
of circles and then whipped
through the shallow water.
Down the bank a ways, his
overalls rolled knee-high, Joseph
Oglethorpe. 18. Of 1915 Twenty
Evening star., 1950-03-29
Ex-AIcohoIic Tells
Radio Audience
OF ESQ Arrests

A man who was arrested $50
times for drunkenness in the last
23 years told last night how he
recovered from alcoholism through
the help of Alcoholics Anonymous.
He was one Of several recovered
alcoholics who told their stories
on the fourth of a series of eight
weekly programs, Alcoholism in
Washington" The broadcasts are
from 9:45 to 10 pm. over WMAL
and WMAL-FM, The Evening
Star stations.
Il figured I had enough Of 60
Ing to the workhouse over and
over again." he told Moderator
Gunnar Back on the program.
So he joined AA. He discussed
his problems with other alcoholics.
Soon he had stopped drinking.
This mans experience is an ex-
ample OF what the broadcast series
Is trying to tell the public: That
alcoholism is a durable disease.
The series is sponsored by the Dis
trict Health Department, the
Washington Committee for Edu-
cation on Alcoholism and The
Star.
Evening star., 1950-03-29
H.Bomb Development
Given Top Priority by
Acc, Pike Disc|oses
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass, Mar.
2s.-Development of the hydro
gen bomb has been given top
priority by the Atomic Energy
Commission.
Sumner T. Pike, acting chair
man of the commission, made the
disclosure in a Mount Holyoke
College address last night.
Although he did not specifically
mention the hydrogen bomb. Mr..
Pike said:
I'VE are doing some reshuff1ing
of the projects and the personnel
in the whole atomic energy pro-
gram in order to bring the utmost
weight to bear on the specific
weapons development work which
the President has recently direct
ed us to pursue"
Ship Engine Sought.
His reference to the specific
work which the President directed
the commission to pursue made it
clear Mr.. Pike meant the H-bomb.
The President announced some
time ago that he told the COM
mission to 60 to work on the
bomb.
Mr.. Pike also said that work is
being speeded on development Of
an atomic engine for naval ves-
sells.
Before the year ends, he said,
an atomic reactor looking for
ward eventually to power plant
for naval vessel propulsion" may
be under construction in Idaho.
One Under Construction.
There already is one reactor
under construction in Idaho" he
said. THE building Of another
should start in the same area
about as soon as the frost gets
out of the ground. A third one
looking forward eventually. to
power plant for naval vessel pro-
pulsion is in the advanced design
stage where construction. also in
Idaho. may be started before this
year is out.
"A fourth employing different
techniques and aiming at some
what different results is also in
Z fairly advanced stage of design
and is expected to be built north
Of the General Electric Co.'s main
plant near Schenectady, N. Y"
A reactor was described by Mr.
Pike as an experimental machine
whose operation will give the
scientific and engineering people
experience from which they can
devise improvements eventually
leading the way to useful power"
Evening star., 1950-03-29

sixth street NV, was trying to
sell some of his 81 herring.
Got 'em in 3 hours and 10
minutes" he grinned.
Not having much luck was
Michael Christy. Arlington, a
fireman with No. Engine Co. He
was using a cane pole with a gang
hook that had been Strengthened
on the end.
Il got tired of throwing out the
line" Mr.. Christy said, 80 I'm
trying to spear them" Mr..
Christy still had his first to spear.
Some of the enthusiasts were
using rods and reels. combinations
of tree branches, a line and hook.
rocks and even their hands. IN
fact, the only thing standard
along the creek was the lack of
bait. 1t isn't needed.
AS the herring splashed north
up the creek, there was only still
fishing-at the last report-in the
river at Chain Bridge.
Evening star., 1950-03-29

she calmly fa"'h'
chewed gum, she was led to a
cell in the local jail.
The autopsy report and close
investigation of the dead girls
acquaintances directed the search
to Mrs. Fulton's home in Bedford,
where the attempted abortion
took place, according to Bedford
County Commemorative Attorney
Boiling Lambeth.
Two Others Held.
Picked up at their homes here
and jailed along with Mrs. Fulton,
the prosecutor said, were Wood
son Tuck, 20. held as an acces-
sorry, and Mrs. Christine Jones, %,
held as q material witness.
Tuck and Mrs. Jones were
friends of Mrs. Fulton but ap-
parently did not know the Taylor
girl, who came from nearby
Roanoke to have Mrs. Fulton per-
form the abortion. Mr.. Lambeth
said.
Mrs. Fulton gave a detailed
statement to authorities, the pro-
secutor said. He did not elaborate
but said it was a fairly complete
account of the circumstances
leading to the 24-year-old girls
death.
The arrests and announcement
of the cause of death lifted
secrecy imposed by investigat-
ing authorities since the body of
the blond Government file clerk
was found Friday on a mountain
roadside few miles north of
Blacksburg and about IS miles
west of here.
Evening star., 1950-03-29
; Circus Lions Kill
Only CoIored Tomer
By the Assecioied Press

EVESHAM. England, Mar 29.-
Nayara Swami. billed as "the
worlds only colored lion tamer.' -
was killed yesterday by three of
the animals in his act.
One lion broke out of the box in
which the animals were being
carried from a Gagged arena dur
ing the afternoon performance of
a circus. The beast seized the
trainer and dragged him into the
box.
Evening star., 1950-03-29
Talks to Stort Sunday AIR Force C-47 Crashes
On Ending Strife in India In japan, Killing Three
~ The Asseeiotsd Press

NAGOYA, Japan. Mar. pa
United States Air Force CAT
crashed and burned in the rain
swept, fog-draped countryside Is
miles east Of here last night.
Three Of four crewmen aboard
were killed.
Announcing the crash today, 5th
Air Force headquarters said the
twin-engined transport carried no
passengers. Names of the four
aboard were withheld. All were
assigned to Nagoya Air Base.
Evening star., 1950-03-29
BY the Asseeioisd Press

KARACHI, Pakistan, Mar. 49,
Premier Laiquat Ali Khan an
nounced today he expected to ar
rive in New Delhi Sunday to start
Immediately talks with India S
Premier Jawaharlal Nehru on
possible ways to settle growing
strife between Moslems and
Hindus.
The Pakistan premier empha-
sized the urgency Of solving the
problem, which he said is threat
ening the peace between the two
countries.
Evening star., 1950-03-29

AlCl ~ q bdAl
driver, on a
charge of mur-
der in the death
of pretty Alice
Marie Taylor.
Mrs. Dartha
Louise Fulton
was taken into
custody yester-
day at a tourist
C a m p n e a 7
Roanoke. After
p r o ! o n 6 e d
q u e S tioning,
d ur ing which
Evening star., 1950-03-29
BuIIerinu Released

NEW YORK, Mar. 20 P.-
Yvette Chauvire, Paris opera
ballerina, and her White Russian
husband were released from Ellis
Island yesterday. The dancer and
her husband, Constantine Nepo-
koitchisky. an artist, were sent to
the island last night after their
arrival on the liner De Grasse.
Evening star., 1950-03-29
Divorce Is Charged
With Murder in Death
OF Pretty Roanoke Cir
By the Associated Press

BEDFORD, Va. Mar. 29.-An
autopsy report which disclosed an
abortion attempt led to the arrest
of a 42-year-old divorce, for
~ o,.lv q fovi
Evening star., 1950-11-19

'1As> aets cleR.s so ~kh
o..d daa.>-& (;kQ
a. P.sAe"t s'o1 ~oshAA1!
says MRS. Carrie Marshall. Brooklyn. N. r.
Every washday feel like saying big thank yos
-. cause the way Tide gets clothes so white and
clean is just like getting present! Then have to
say another thank you ON ironing day, for Tide
washed clothes dry sweet-smelling soft and
fluffy E. Just right for iron;ng!"
Evening star., 1950-02-05
Hepburn and Shakespeare
Make Broadway Brighter
By Mark Barron

ing about the stage on long. slim
legs with a feminine grace that
denies disguise.
It is a colorful. gorgeous pro-
duction with which the Theater
Guild has surrounded Miss Hep
burn. She has top-flight cast
with william Prince as an ad-
mirable Orlando, Cloris Leach
man as a pretty and able Celia,
whose mind is filled with caprice,
and Whitford Kane as a chuck
ling, amiable Corin.
New Tracy Play.
Lee Tracy, an enthusiastic actor
who likes hard work, returned to
Broadway during the week in a
new comedy from the pens of
Walter Bullock and Daniel Arcner,
"Mr. Barry's Etchings."
Tracy plays an artist named
Judson Barry. His art is that he
can draw perfectly the portrait
of U. S. Grant and thereby make
his portrait appear legal on United
States currency. Barry is q proud
counterfeiter. a proud artist.
Barry is a hero to his niece, a
nice young girl who is just about
to fall in love. He is supposed to
be an artist and Carrie Stanwich
a spinster antique dealer, regards
him as master. The Partisan
critics call him an artist who LAS
"all technique but no art" But
they do admire his ability tc
counterfeit $50 bills.
Tom Barry, the Secret Service
man, discovers that the counter
felt man he is looking for is the
uncle of the girl he loves.
A nice story with some gooc
comedy lines, and Lee Tracy ie al
his best in one of his most bonn.
astic roles. Vicki Cummings anc
Scott Mckay have made 1t 6
humorous and exciting production
under the hand of Brock Pember.
ton, the same man who stagee
Harvey"
Evening star., 1950-02-05

leave you for romance?" I ask
the serious star.
Not very much" she replies
So I want to know about Rocky
Hudson, her most consistent
escort. "Just friendship" says
Vera, using the two most used
words in Hollywood.
II was married to q dancer
Robert Hightower, when I was
49," They were divorced shortly
after Vera hit Hollywood. when
you marry" says the dancer, you
have to sacrifice q little Of your
career So you have to be sure the
man is worth sacrificing for. I'd
like to marry again. But I want
to be sure"
Her last name is Robe. Her
birthday is February 16. She was
born in Cincinnati about % years
ago. She was a top toe dancer at
IL. A Rockette at IA. A wife at
16, movie star at 18, a divorce
before she was 20.
The "Oomph" Helped.
"Sam Goldwyn saw me opening
night in Connecticut Yankee.
But I couldn't come to Hollywood
until the end of the play. That is
why we put run-of-the-play
Evening star., 1950-02-05
The Wou|d-Be Child Stars
Find the Going Is Rough
By jock QuiQq

and girls like Dean Stockwell,
Gigi Perreau. Peter Miles, Mary
Jane Saunders. Bobby Driscoll
and Butch Jenkins grind out tears
and filters with a competence
envied by adult professionals.
If they aren't Temples or
Coogans, perhaps it is because
they were born too late-too late
from two points of view:
/. Although sugary sentiment,
standard ingredient of kiddie
films, is far from dead in the
Hollywood product. the trend is
away from it and toward realism.
Instead of "Skippy," Hollywood is
making serious items like 'The
Snake Pit" and Home of the
Brave"
Hollywood has developed social
consciousness.
2. Economy. It costs more to
work with kids. In these days of
three-week shooting schedules and
pared budgets the good director is
the fast director. California law
requires movie kids-actors and
| their stand-ins-to spend several
hours daily taking lessons, limits
their working time.
No Shirley Temple.
Thus, with such exceptions as
''The Secret Garden" and "Treas-
ure Island" youngsters have been
denoted to the status of featured
players. Last year cute 6-year-
old named Mary Jane Saunders
did an able job in "Sorrowful
jones'" Fifteen years earlier the
same story, then titled Little Miss
Marker" skyrocketed Shirley
Temple to the top of the popu-
larity polls. While Mary Jane
is no Shirley. in different times
she would undoubtedly have made
a bigger splash.
In a recent remake of Little
Women" most of the little"
women were portrayed by mature
performers. Claude Jarman, jr.,
who won special Academy award
for his work in "The Yearling," I"
has fallen short of stardom.
But If you're one of those who
yearns to see another Shirley
Temple, don't lose heart. It's the
public that makes the stars. The
studios would be more than happy
to provide stories and settings for
another Miss Marker, whenever
she becomes marketable COM
modify.
Evening star., 1950-02-05
Todoy's Schedules

AMBASSADOR - Sands
| of Two Jima": /, $40, Sis,
7:25 and 9:40 pm.
CAPITOL - whirlpool:
1:15, 4:10, 7:05 and 10 pm.
Stage Shows: 3::25, $40 and
9:15 pm.
COLUMBIA Battle
ground: 1:10. 500, 5:35,
7:45 and 10 pm.
DUPONT - Love Me To-
night; /, 3:55, 6:55 and 10
pm.
KEITH'S-"Woman in Hid
ing: 1::25, 3:25. 5:25, '7:25
and 9:25 pm.
METROPOLITAN - MY
Darling Clementine"; ESQ.
6:10 and 9:25 pm.
LITTLE - 1.-The Bandit:
l, 2:40. 4:25. 6:l5, 8 and $50
pm. "
NATIONAL-"They Met at
Midnight: /, 2:45, 4:30, sos,
7:50 and $50 pm.
PALACE - "The Heiress":
12:45, 2:55, $40, 7:25 and
9:45 pm.
PIX - Five Men and a
Woman: 2:15,, S, 7:45 and
10:15 pm.
TRANSFERRING Foolish
Heart: /, $50, 4:40. 6:35,
8::25 and 1920 pm.
PLAYHOUSE "All the
Kings Men: 1, 3, $40, 7:25
and $40 pm.
WARNER-"Sands of Two
Jima";; 100, $3.50. $50, 7:35
| and 9:40.
Evening star., 1950-02-05
HOLLYWOOD.

The days when a talented tot
could play a merry tune on Amer
ica's heart strings and skip to
Hollywood stardom may be past.
The Temples and Durbins, the
Coopers and Rooneys, whose in
gratiating capers won them a spe-
cial place in fans affections. have
faded. Succeeding generations OF
kiddies have not filled the gaps
they left.
The last of the charmers was
winsome Margaret O'Brien. now
robbed by years of her pixyish
qualities (she's 13 and adolescent)
Today Hollywood has child ac-
tors, but no child stars. No juve-
niles were listed last year among
the top Is box-office attractions.
In fact, the screen hasn't pro-
duced a youngster with box-offlce
punch, excepting Miss O'Brien,
since the 1930s. Those were the
golden years for movie kids
Childish laughter and sentiment
were the screens antidote for
depression blues.
Jackie Started 1t.
A 10-year-old curly head named
Jackie Cooper led off the chill
drens' parade in 1882 with "Skip-
py." That same year Shirley
Temple, the greatest of them all,
twinkled on screen. Singing
dancing, laughing. the little prin-
cess ruled the box Office from
1884 to 1889.
Then blossomed Freddie C'David
Copperfield"O Bartholomew, Bo-
nita Granville, Deanna Durbin,
Judy Garland and Jane Withers.
Mickey Rooney, in films since 1927,
hit his stride. Baby Leroy, Cora
Sue Collins and Virginia Weidler
famed and waned.
But with prosperity. and a war
the movies and the fans turned
away from children. That's the
way it has always been. Kids
have had their cinematic ups and
downs.
The first peak was reached
when Mary Pickford vowed silent
screen audiences in poor Little
Rich Grip and "Rebecca of Sum
nybrook Farm" Then Charles
Chaplin and tot named Coogan
teamed in "The Kid" and little
Jackie was launched in a business
that was to return him $4,000, 600
before he was of age.
Plenty of Candidates.
Why are there no child stars
today?
There is no lack of candidates
Hollywood talent agencies are
targets of a continual barrage OF
grimacing youngsters showed for
ward by eager mothers.
Nor is there lack of talent. Boys
Evening star., 1950-02-05

clauses in contracts Dick Rodgers
told me. Two years ago, when the
option with Goldwyn came up.
he wanted to take 1t up ut o
lower salary"
Vera-Ellen thought she could
do better elsewhere, and she
landed smack in the laps Of the
Marx brothers in Love Happy
an experience she would rather
not discuss. MY career took an
upbeat." says the dancer. when
I decided to put sex appeal into
my dancing. Before Slaughter
on Tenth Avenue I was all girlish
sweetness and light. Now. I put q
little oomph into dances"
Evening star., 1950-02-05
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
This is a busy and happy sea-
son in a healthy Broadway the
ater as classical revivals arrive to
vie with sparkling new plays.
Katharine Hepburn returned to
the stage to score a satisfactory
triumph as Rosalind in "As You
Like It." her first attempt at
Shakespeare. And the producers
Of South Pacific" Richard
Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein,
I'd, hit another gold mine with
their production of new and
gay, sentimental French Canadian
comedy, 1.-THE Happy Time"
Also the New York City The
ater Co., a municipal enterprise
added prestige to the season with
q remarkable revival of George
Bernard Shaw's 1.-The Devils Dis
ciple," play which first was per-
formed in New York City in 1897
Not only is it witty, intelligent
comedy, but Margaret Webster's
production has equipped it with
a cast of stars headed by Maurice
Evans, Dennis King, Marsha Hunt
and Victor Jory, which would be
beyond the financial reach OF the
average commercial manager. Be-
cause it is a municipal effort with
q limited engagement, the high
salaried stars perform for the
Equity minimum wage scale.
A Lovely Rosalind.
In attempting her first role as
a shakespearean player, Miss Hep
burn proved herself courageous
player. "As You Like It" has
long been considered by Shake.
spearean scholars as one of the
Bard's minor plays, tedious com.
edy which relies largely upon
simple trick-Rosalind's masquer'
ade as a young boy to pursue tht
man she loves. Ii
Miss Hepburn, who is lovely ane
feminine in the colorful gowns
she wears in the earlier scenes u
the formal court at the palace o.
Duke Frederick, is enchanting i,
the later scenes in the forest o.
Arden. In the forest she wears
the costume of young boy, leap
Evening star., 1950-02-05
Comma Attractions

Coming Attractions
AMBASSADOR - Mon
tana", with Enrol Flynn,
starting Wednesday.
CAPITOL-"Malaya", with
Spencer Tracy, starting We'd
nesday.
DUPONT "Rigoletto",
with Tito Cobb.
KEITH'S-"The Man on
the Eiffel Tower" with Fran
chot Tone, starting Wednes-
day.
LITTLE-"Kiss the Boys
Goodbye, with Mary Martin.
METROPOLITAN "It.
Amt Hay, with Abbott and
Costello, starting Thursday.
NATIONAL - Lady Eve" +,
with Barbara Stanwyck, start
ing Wednesday.
PALACE-"Twelve O'Clock
High, with Gregory Peck.
PLAYHOUSE" Tight Lit
tie Island, with Basil Rad
ford.
| WARNER - Montana, !,
with Enrol Flynn, starting
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1950-02-05
A Private Affair
BY the Associated Press

FNsSUOFuTeu
HOLLYWOOD.
Ginger Rogers has a film which
is a compilation of all her dance
numbers since her first musical
in 1881, Flying Down to Rio,'
with Fred Astaire.
The Motion Picture Academy
wanted this two and one-halt
hour composite for special show
ings. but Miss Rogers had to de-
cline because of the multitude OF
releases which would have to be
obtained from composers and the
players appearing in the scenes.