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Evening star., 1950-08-27

The bride of Mr.. Jack Arm
strong, son of Mr.. and Mrs. D. w
Armstrong Of Silver Spring, is
the former Miss Helen Baker
Downs, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Tyson Downs of Brookeville, Md
The recent wedding took place in
the rectory of the st. Mary'a
Church in Rockville, the Rev. J.
Gregory Echle officiating.
Smyrna times., 1950-06-08
ASBURY METHODIST CHURCH
Baccalaureate Service to Be Held
at School Next Sunday

Asbury Methodist Church, Rev.
Walter L. Beckwith, pastor an
nounces the following services:
Baccalaureate service will be held
Sunday, June IL at IL am, at the
John Bassett Moore High School.
The Sunday evening service will be
held at the church at 7:30 o'clock.
There will be Sunday School, Harry
c. Johnson, general superintend-
ent, at 10 am. Prayer service will
be held Wednesday evening at 7:30
o'clock. On Thursday evening,
June 8, the M.Y.A.F. will hold a
covered dish supper and regular
business meeting. A program will
follow the business meeting. The
Willing Workers Bible Class will
hold their regular monthly meeting
Friday evening at 500 o'clock, in
the social hall of the church. The
Youth and Senior Choirs will meet
at z o'clock Friday evening for an
important combined choir rehears-
al.
Smyrna times., 1950-06-08
APPOINTED TO
WEST POINT
Robert Tawes of ClaymOnt
Appointed to Military Acad-
emy by Senator Frear
ALTERNATES NAMED

United States Senator ]. Allen
Frear Monday announced the ap-
pointment of Robert Hug Tawes,
of Claymont, to the United States
Military Academy for the class be-
ginning July 1st. Three other Del
aware boys were nominated by the
Senator as alternates. They are
James Edward Whelan, of Elsmere,
first alternate; Richard Lewis
Sklut, of Wilmington, as second al
ternate; and Paul Daniel Duffy, of
Ardentown, as third alternate.
Senator Frear said that the ap-
pointments were made on the basis
of results from a competitive ex-
animation given on May 10th. At
that time eleven applicants took
the examination and Tawes re-
ceived the highest grade.
In the event that the principal
candidate does not qualify either
mentally or physically. his alter
mates will move up in successive
order for consideration. The vacan-
cy to be filed on July list results
from the failure of candidate ap-
pointed last year to maintain suffi-
ciently high marks at West Point.
In announcing the nominations,
Senator Frear expressed concern
over the poor showing made in the
May 10th examination by a num-
Der of the Delaware boys who par
ticipated. The Civil Service Com
mission, which administered the
test, advised the Senator that the
weakest subject for most of the
applicants was algebra. ut is quite
necessary" Senator Frear said,
that young men who aspire to
either of the service schools be pro-
ficient in mathematics"
In addition to filling the vacancy
at West Point, two other Delaware
youths previously nominated by
Senator Frear for the u. S. Naval
Academy, are scheduled to enter
Annapolis on July 1st. They are
James v. Healy, of Sharpley Road,
Wilmington, and Ricky w. Diehl,
of Newark. Both of these candi-
dates have already passed written
entrance tests but must take ply
sical examinations before final ac-
ceptance.
Smyrna times., 1950-06-08
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
Report of Church Services For
Next Sunday

The subject of the Lesson-Ser-
mon in First Church of Christ,
Scientist, 1901 Van Buren Street,
Wilmington, the Christian Society,
Grange Hall, Milford and the
Christian Science Society, VIA.
Building, Rehoboth Beach, Sunday,
June IL, 1850, will be God the
Preserver of Man" Golden Text:
Psalms 4O:11. withhold not thou
thy tender mercies from me, o
Lord: let thy lovingkindness and
thy truth continually preserve me.
A citation from the Lesson-Sermon
is: Matthew 9:35-38. And Jesus
went about all the cities and viii
larges, teaching in their syna-
gogues, and preaching the gospel
of the kingdom, and healing every
sickness and every disease among
the people. But when he saw the
multitudes, he was moved with
compassion on them, because they
tainted, and were scattered abroad,
as sheep having no shepherd. Then
saith he unto his disciples, the har-
vest truly is plenteous, but the la
bourers are few; Pray ye therefore
the Lord of the harvest, that he
will send forth labourers into his
harvest. A correlative passage
from the textbook Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy is: (p 26)
Divine Truth, Life, and Love gave
Jesus authority over sin, sickness,
Smyrna times., 1950-06-08

CONTRACT 1O43-A
Federal Aid Project s-s5 (2l
SEAFORD BRIDGE REFLOORING
Sussex County
Open Mesh Steel Flooring O.0SS
Miles
20 t. Hot-Mix Asphalt
2.5 M. Ft. Creo. Timber Structures
2.5 C. Y, Cement Concrete Masonry
1900 LIB. Structural Steel
1900 S. F. 2b" Open Mesh Steel Floor
110 L. f. 2" Pipe Railing
Removal Present Floor
Balancing Bascule Leafe
Maint. of Highway & Pedestrian
Traffic
Painting of Bridge
Smyrna times., 1950-06-08

These Contracts are Federal Aid Pro.
jects and will be governed by the pro-
visions of the Federal Aid Highway Act
as amended
The Employment Agency for these con-
tracts shall be the Delaware State EN-
ployment Service whose offices are located
at COL Shipley Street, Wilmington. Della
ware, and the Wagamon Building, The
Circle, Georgetown, Delaware.
Attention is called to the Special Pro-
visions in the proposal, specifications and
contract agreement.
Performance of contract shall COM
mence within ten 10) days after the
execution of the contract and be COM
pleted as specified.
Monthly payments will be made for
ninety 1907 per cent of the construction
completed each month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
forms provided by the Department.
u Each proposal must be accompanied by
a surety bond. certified check, or money
to the amount of at least ten 10) per
centum of the total amount of the pro-
posal.
The envelope containing the proposal
knust be marked Proposal for the con-
struction of State Highway Contract
NO. .,,..,.........,.
Inc ElBhV is reserved TO reject any or
all bids.
The contract will be awarded or re-
jected within twenty (20) days from the
date of opening proposals.
Complete sets of plans and specifications
may be obtained after June 5, 1850, upon
receipt of five dollars (s5.00) for each
contract, which amount will not be re-
funded.
4 Make checks payable to the State High
way Department.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
By: ]. Gordon Smith, Chairman.
M. Allan Wilson. Chief Engineer
Dover, Delaware
NAV o. 1850
Smyrna times., 1950-06-08

M. Allan Wilson. Chief Engineer
Dover, Delaware
MAY %, 1850
Smyrna times., 1950-06-08

and death. His mission was to re-
veal the Science of celestial being.
to prove what God is and what He
does for man.
Smyrna times., 1950-06-08

Christopher Columbus began his
second voyage in 1893 with seven
teen ships and more than fifteen
hundred men.
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sums as the premiere plans pro-
crossed included $3.50 for a one
night rental and operation Of
colored searchlights for the front
of the theater and booster" lights
in the lobby to illuminate the
glamour-pusses for the photog-
raphers. $550.40 tor extra pay for
studio and Los Angeles police who
worked" the event. 1923 for the
rental Of "bleacher section" in
front of the theater for the use
of the fans, $346 for flowers for
the lobby. $31650 for a crew of
40 parking-lot attendants and
drivers, $414 for a corps of ushers.
doormen and projectionists. ST.
500 for newspaper advertising,
$500 for still photographs, $3.50
for miscellaneous printing and
more than $4,000 in salaries pro-
rated for the battery Of publicity
boys devoting their time and tai
ents to the event.
Minor Skirmishes.
Major domo for the Harvey"
premiere was Frank McFadden, a
veteran member of the VI pub
licity department, who is a
specialist at handling such affairs.
He is regarded by fellow press
agents as the Grover Whalen of
the movie industry when it comes
to the aforementioned star-seat-
ing policies and the following
through on the countless details
going into the building up Of a
successful premiere.
McFadden, an easy-going man
who is kind to his children and
never beats his wife, got through
the affair with only minor off-beat
skirmishes. One occurred when a
particularly obnoxious and con-
ceited star called him on the tele-
phone and bleated loudly that he
had been given a seat behind a
post.
Look" answered the press
agent holly, II had you in mind
when I sent you that seat. I
figured you could use BOTH your
heads to peer around that post
With"
McFadden's second alteration
was with a gate-crasher who at
tempted to get into the theater by
the ingenious method of hiring
himself a rabbitskin outfit and
passing himself off as one of sew
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-11-05
We||-Kept
Secret
The Thing Has
All Hollywood
Guessing
o.. 1t r..:-
By Jack Quiqe
HOLLYWOOD

Hardened Hollywoodites stopped
and gazed agog one morning at
the thing in front of big sound
stage on the RKO lot.
Frozen inside q block Of Ice
Is feet long and 8 feet high was
what appeared to be . giant hui
man body.
A few days later studio workers
got another shock: Providing the
streets was a grotesque figure with
a huge, misshapen head, 5-foot
arms and extra-long legs.
Not "The Thing"
Questions directed at Producer
Howard Hawks. the man response
BILE, drew an unsatisfying answer.
The horrors, he said mysteriously.
were not 1.-THE Thing" They were,
respectively, q frozen dummy
giant and an actor supplied with
weird attachments by the makeup
department. They were displayed
to show the curious what 1.-THE
Thing" was not.
THE Thing" as all Hollywood
now knows. is the title Of film
Hawks is shooting in deepest
secrecy. He's pulling a stunt
several producers have tried be-
fore but seldom gotten away with
keeping the subject a mystery
until it reaches the screen.
Hawks barred the set to all
but cast and crew. The actors
are unknowns because. Hawks
said. he couldn't get name players
to sign without having seen the
script. Each actor is supposed to
see only the pages that directly
concern him. The few who know
what THE Thing" is are sworn
to silence.
It's Not Hokum.
Naturally, this has resulted in
quite guessing game. This much
Is known so far: The Thing is
aliye-though not human, visi-
tor from another planet, has super
vitality and a superbrain. 1t is
discovered by scientists at the
North Pole, who call in the mill
tary.
Sound like Buck Rogers or
Superman? Its not hokum or
fantasy" Hawks said emphatically.
1.-THE story is based on a theory
propounded by reputable scien-
tist." He added that the picture
is budgeted at more than 81 mil
lion and has a 51-day shooting
schedule and he wouldn't gamble
that kind of money on a phoney.
The Thing has been shipped to
Cut Bank, Mont. where a loca-
ton company will shoot North
Pole" scenes after the snow flies.
Meanwhile. in Hollywood, the
guessing game goes on.
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Todoy's Schedule

AMBASSADOR - Harriet
Craig" 1870. 1928, $50, 7::30
and $40 pm.
CAPITOL - 1.-The Miniver
Story" 1::55. ABS, tbs and
10 pm. Stage shows: ITO,
1855, 6:S5 and els pm.
| COLUMBIA-"The Toast of
New Orleans" lao, 3:45,
5:45. 7:45 and ESQ pm.
| DUPONT - Paris Waltz"
1;25. 3:25. $50. 1880 and
| $40 pm.
KETTH'S - Joan Of Arc"
1875. AIS. 6:55 and 9:35
pm.
LITTLE - "Rebecca." 1920,
4:05, 6::35 and 9:15 pm.
METROPOLITAN - High
Lonesome" 1875. $3.50, 5::35,
TAO and GAS pm.
NATIONAL - IF Winter
Comes" 8. 6:35 and 1915
pm.
PALACE-"All About Eve"
1880. AIS, 6::55 and 9:40
pm.
PIx-"Devil in the Flesh"
ITO. 3:15. $40. 1880 and
9:35 pm.
PLAYHOUSE State Secret"
lis, 500, $50. TAO and
$50 pm.
PLAZA-"A Run For Your
Money" 1:20, sos, 4:50.
6::35, 500 and 1905 pm.
TRANS-LUX - 'Daybreak,"
los, $50. 4::35, $40, sos
and Gas pm.
WARNER-"Harriet Craig"
lis, 800, 5:25. 1880 and
$40 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-11-05
Margaret Grows Up
To q Ri pc Age Of ID
And WiIfuI Miss O'Brien Keeps on Acting
In Spite of Those Retirement Plans
By SheiIoh Grohom

EYES," says Maggie. Then her
mother explains: cts almost set
for Margaret to star In Tomorrow
Is a Secret She is going to
spend some time with Playwright
Elsa Shelley, and they will work
on the play together. She might
also appear in Ibsen's Wild
Duck and several producers want
her for a musical. She'll do q
lot Of TV shows in New York.
They pay big money now. Five
thousand dollars an appearance!
She gets that on the Breakfast
Club show as we'll. Prices are
going up. Last year they paid
$4,000. Now it's double"
If Margaret does the play. she
will open with 1t in Boston. How
about her schooling?" ask Mrs.
O'Brien.
Margaret is taking her own
tutor with her. It's simpler that
way. She will live with us. Mar
garet is in the eighth grade and
very bright"
The plan is to stay with the
play for six m1nths in New York
then, eff it goes over. Margaret
goes with the play to London"
What happened to your plan
to have Margaret retire when she
was IS to go to a convent in San
Francisco" I ask Gladys.
ASK Margaret" she replies.
Maggie didn't want to retire. And
for all her sweet compliance with
everything that Is said. the young
lady has very strong will.
Loves Acting.
II want to keep on with acting
because ]. love 1t" she tells me.
When will you make another
mower"
Her mother replied: I'VE don't
want to sign any more long-term
Notwithstanding that will tie
Margaret down. But she'll be
back to make more movies-this
is really our home. although now
we are taking an apartment In
New York. We really prefer to
live in Hollywood"
II like the way they make pic
lures now" said Margaret. They
do them fast. This last one took
only Is days. You can do scenes
too many times" Margaret's
Metro pictures. especially the ear
lier musicals, used to take from
three to six months.
MY diary has just been pub
lished in Japan" Margaret in
formed me. shyly. They're using
it in the schools there"
Margaret is the number one
star in Japan" said her MON.
They are just beginning to show
her pictures"
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt recently
gave the young star permission to
record the Prayer for Peace"
that the late President recited on
the Fourth of July.
What do you do on your p. a.'s?"
I ask.
II sing" says Maggie. adding.
zone song is quite sophisticated.
It's called, What Are Little Girls
Made Of"
You can really see that Marga-
ret is growing up!
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Incl
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Coming Attractions

stage.
NEW GAYETY-'Lend An
Ear" with Max Showalter,
starting Monday.
| ARENA Tanning of the
Shrew," with Pernell Rob-
erts.
Screen.
| AMBASSADOR - Break
through" with David Brian,
starting Thursday.
CAPITOL - ITO Please a
Lady," with Clark Gable,
starting Thursday.
COLUMBIA - Hell Town."
with John Wayne, starting
Thursday.
DUPONT-"Bitter Rice" with
Doris Bowling, starting
Wednesday.
| KEITH'S-"Edge of Doom"
with Dana Andrews, start
in Wednesday.
| LITTLE THE Informer,"
With Victor McLaglan.
ELECTROMAGNETIC Ad-
miral Was a Lady" with
Wanda Hendrix, starting
Thursday.
NATIONAL-"If I Had Mil
lion" with w. C. Fields,
starting Sunday.
PALACE-"American Guer-
rilla in the Philippines" with
Tyrone Power. starting
Thursday.
PLAYHOUSE Trio" with
Jean Simmons.
PLAZA-"Oh O! Amelia" with
Danielle Darrieux.
WARNER - "Breakthrough"
with David Brian, starting
Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-11-05
The Large
Send-Off
It's Premiere Time
As AWord-Ain7ed
Films Come Out
By Harold Heffernon
HOLLYWOOD


Now comes that slap-happy
time Of year when all major
studio producers eagerly scar
their releasing charts in an effort
to come UP with something
worthy Of one Of those fantastic
wing dings known a. the Holly
wood premiere.
Reasons: CD The better to pave
the office road with gold; and
CD the better to attract the at
tention Of Academy Oscar voters
come next March.
Once the tycoon makes his de-
cision and sets his date for the
big flash, everything else around
the lot becomes incidental: all
hands are galvanized into unified
action that will make the forth
coming first-night the most color
fully stupendous affair the town
has ever known.
First to climb on the fall
winter bandwagon was Universal
International with Harvey" The
bunny movies premiere is bound
to be a difficult one for the rest
Of the pack to follow.
The acknowledgements engi-
neering Of such events is an ex-
ample Of Hollywood press-agentry
at its best. It takes the publicity
boys assigned to a premiere show
ing good six weeks to two
months Of advance work to put
on the resulting two and a half
hour show that goes on at the
theater the big night. Every
trif1ing item is worked out in ad-
vance in the manner Of an army
CHG planning coastal invasion.
Seating a Headache.
First of all (and the biggest
headache) is the invitation list.
It's up to the f1acks to figure out
automatically how to boil down a
list of some 5000 stars and execu-
tive big shots into the 1900
seats at the Cathay Circle. With
that chore over. the second mi
graine comes with the actual
seating arrangements. Celebrities
must not be thoughtlessly seated
next to former husbands and
wives, nor should producers be
placed uncomfortably near ladies
and gents of the Fourth Estate
who may have panned their last
picture. All in all, it's job for a
master diplomat.
The boys at VI used the con-
ventional two on the aisle" ar
rangement for the Harvey
showing. The biggest name stars
attending the event were given
pairs of aisle seats starting at the
10th row and going back to the
end of the house. These seats are
so arranged at the Cathay that
100 of the more glamorous folks
can be seated for the convenience
OF the press photographers who
aisle-hop during the proceedings
The lucky $500 ticketholders,
incidentally, didn't pay for their
gold-embossed pasteboards. The
studio literally paid them to at
tend at the approximate rate of
SO a ticket figured on the total
cost Of the preview.
A Costly Business.
Expenditures were heavy and
mounted daily with the increasing
interest in the affair as the ball
of publicity began rolling. That
1t costs dough to roll out the
red carpet" for such an event was
evidenced early in the plans when
the studio reserved 100 running
yards of actual red carpeting at
rental cost of $3.50 plus the
price of a cleaning job later.
The rug deal was just the be-
ginning. Other miscellaneous
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eral men McFadden had hired tc
impersonate rabbits at the event
Praiser McFadden knew that he
had employed five men Cat $40
each) for the stunt. When he
counted SIX in the lobby, he knew
one Of the Dummies was an i'm
poster. He caught up with the
crasher when the man attempted
to slip off the rabbit suit in the
comparative seclusion of the gents
lounge-and promptly escorted
him to the nearest exit-rabbit-
skin and all.
released by North American
Newspaper Alliance.)
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HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Margaret O'Brien had her hair
In pigtails again when we lunched
at Romanoff's prior to her take
off for a play in New York. But
she couldn't fool me! She is
growing up-within reaching dis
lance of being IA years old.
How old must she be before
you'll let her date boys?" I asked
Margaret's mamma, Gladys.
Fifteen, I guess" said Mrs
O'Brien.
I'D rather wait until I am 49,
said Maggie, with bashful giggle
But don't you get an honest
to-goodness romance in your pic
ture for Columbia, The Romantic
Age'?" I asked the young actress
mot really-I'm sort of the
other woman" Maggie ordered a
salad, and told me. 1--WE lost
weight. I have to cut down on
my food. Mother, you shouldn't
have given me all those vitamins;
7 don't want to be fat"
Prettier at IA.
I think Miss O'Brien is prettier
lat IA than at 7 or 8. Hers is a
thoughtful little face, usually seri-
GUS except for the occasional self
conscious giggle. She was always
solemn, never irresponsible OF
young. and always very close to
her mother.
will you ever cut your hai1
short?" I ask Margaret.
IT would have cut 1t already
she tells me, "but long hair i,
more becoming to me-" She was
wearing a beret and q sweater
under her jacket. (You can buy
q Margaret O'Brien sweater in
the stores II you are a teen
ager.)
"Margaret's tieups in mer.
chandise are now for teen-agers.
her mother explained. They still
sell Margaret's dolls, but now It.,
mostly pedal pushers. sweaters
vanity boxes, Little Women
dresses. scarves and shoes" Last
year earnings from these thing.
brought Maggie more than $780,.
600. She didn't make any pic.
lures. She didn't have to!
What Of the future?" I ask
Are you really going to do 6
play on Broadway"
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Likes the Work
BY The Associofed Press
HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD.
Swedish Marta Toren's father
plans to visit her here this Christ
mas-and he hopes she'll have q
job for him.
Hedge loren is a Stockholm
newspaper man and he hasn't
seen his actress daughter since
he paid her a flying visit in Italy
while she worked in a picture
there last year.
At that time she got him a Job
as an extra. He wrote her that
he. still has the movie bug and
wants to work again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-11-05

A MUSICAL rs DANCING THING-One OF the outstanding
dancing moments OF LEND Ear Is the Friday Dancing
Class number being put through its PAGES here fabove NTH
the instructor Belo Antoette Guhke and
Skipper other terpstchorean tdbts to the hit
musical Which opens oo1Deek engagement at the Gayety
tomorrow niQht
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-04-19
Ia Washington
Restaurants Hove
Dropped Color Bor

WASHINGTON A MP -
While the Municipal Court Judge
Frank H. Meyers is trying to de-
eide whether the d. c. anti-dis-
elimination law of 1872 is valid, the
Washington restaurants are quietly
dropping their color bar.
A one-day survey of % down.
town restaurants made last Satur-
day by the Coordinating Commit
tee for the Enforcement of this
law, revealed that IA have opened
their doors to Negro patrons.
The survey was conducted with
out incident by 35 Negro and white
volunteers, cooperating with the
committee. OF the nine restaur-
ants refusing to comply with the
1872 law, only two said they were
aware of the law and were ada
mant in their policy of segregation.
Managers of the two Childs' Res
taurants said their chain had no
discriminatory policy, but placed
the blame on the mattresses who re-
fused to serve them. The other five
We're waiting for the test case to
be settled. Childs in New York and
Chicago Disseminated until they
were forced to stop by suits.
Arguments on the test case
were held before Judge Myers
week earlier. The case originated
on Feb. % when party of four,
three of whom were Negroes, were
refused service at the Thompson
restaurant. Thompson was charged
with violating the long lost law of
1872 and the case was carried to
Municipal court for decision.
In this hearing Ringgold Hart,
counsel for Thompson's Restaur-
ant claimed that such law was
unconstitutional and unreason-
able" He said it interfered with
the property rights of restaurants
and attempted to upset a pattern
of segregation in force in schools
and Fairgrounds ond pools here.
Serving as chief prosecutor, the
assistant corporation counsel, Clark
F. King, exploded at the mention
of unreasonable" He asked if it
was not unreasonable to expect
Negro lawyers to travel to Union
station or the National Airport for
lunch if they were hearing cases
! in the court down town.
The decision on this case has not
yet been made by Judge Myers.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-04-19
MT. RAINIER TEMPLE

Mt. Rainier Temple No. 8O4,
I. B. P. o. E. held an initiation
Monday night, April 10, 1850 at
the Qualheim Center in West Park.
Mrs. A. e. Frierson, wife of Rev.
Frierson of the Ebenezer A.M.E.
Church, were initiated and duly
sworn into the order. Mrs. Celes-
tine Brown was also recently
initiated into the Elks. Each can
didate elect served tasty refresh
ments for the social hour which
was held afterwards. They are
also anticipating the initiation of
the six remaining candidates who
will be indicted in the near future.