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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-16
New Flare-up
AT Wilberforce

The battle of Wherefore has
flared up again with the trans
initial of a ~blistering letter to
Dorsey T. Murray, executive sec
rotary, National Wilberforce AL
umni Association" and public re-
lations directors, State College at
Wherefore, from Bishop j. A.
Gregg.
Bishop Gregg denounced what
he called an attempt to recruit
graduates of the old Wherefore
university into an alumni associa-
ton of the new state school.
The A. M. E. bishop decried
what he called an invasion of the
sacred heritage of the 9O-year-
old university in answer to a
letter from Murray asking the bis
hop for a list of "recent gradu-
ates" of Wherefore. Answering
that he does not "know of any of
the recent graduates" of the State
college, the bishop said that this
school was so new he knew Muir
ray hould have a list of graduates.
Bishop Gregg said:
at seems to me, Mr.. Murray,
that all Wilberforceans of the old
school, and you are one of them,
would want to guard most loyal
ly and faithfully the sacred heri-
tage handed down to us from the
fathers, to see that no aspersion or
blot my becluod the glorious his
tory of the past"
Having served Wilberforce as
her sixth president, l consider her
traditions and history as scored,
and not for anything in the world
xyo,,1l 14o Ill.,,
He also wrote: 81 am quite sure
that you would not, nor would the
state college wish to enroll un-
der the banner ofthe new institu-
ton as members of it's alumni as
ISOLATION the names of graduates
of Wherefore university, an in
%stitution that had more than 90
years of history and tradition be-
fore the state college began it's
activities as such"
The "schism" at Wilberforce
erupted in a split between the
state and the church several years
ago. At the apex ofthe fight was
the desire of non-church factions
to reduce the power of church
factions on the board.
The situation reached an i'm
passe which is no nearer solution
now than it was when the break
occurred.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-16

1448 Bolander st., and John Cur
ley, no address. All were fined
$25 and cost as first offenders.
Following a "Man hunt" for a
period of over two years finally
revealed the where abouts of T.
O. Bonds, who was arrested last
Saturday and sentenced to three
months in the w. H.. and a fine
of $500 charged with the CONVEX
sion for his own use of electrical
supplies and with entent to de-
fraud his employers. The amount
of merchandise stole by Bonds
was $154,61. According to the
record, Bonds was acting as an
agent for the company at the time
which was October 20, 1947, when
the theft was brought to light by
his company.
Preliminary hearing before Com
mon Pleas Judge Don R. Thomas
were set for Friday morning for
the following suspects: John D. j.
Woodson, age So, of 558 W. Fifth
street, who's criminal record dates
back to 1918, and guaranty
charged with armed robbery will
be given a hearing Friday morn
ing. Others are: Richard Louis
Brickley, 33, Of 34O7 Cornell
Drive, neglecting a pregnat wife.
L. w. Herzog IS, Ford Read,
burglary. Woodrow K. Palmer, 10,
of Sabina, Ohio and Lloyd Lud-
lum, 10, of 1901 Suman ave.,
breaking and entering apd John
ME Williams, % Of SIS S. Will
liams street, charged with grand
larceny. All were held to the grand
jury.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-16
from Police R/btter
BY Jimmie N. Jones

Willie D. Miles Of At Shannon
street, paid dear for a quick
snack stolen from the Varsity
Bowl, 637 North Main street.,
when he faced Municipal Judge
Paul Sherer Mondy. The meal cost
Paul Sherer Monday. The meal
cost him exactly 5000 and cost
and 80 days in the w. H. He was
charged with petit larceny. What
a Snack.
A fine of $1,000 and one year
in the w. H. was meted out to
James j. Collins, 2O3 Maryland
st. when he faced the Court charg-
ed with indecent exposure. . He
was arrested in an alley between
Main and Ludlow by Officers of
the vice squad Jack Peaks and H.
r. Stewart.
Four offenders ofthe drunk law
drew lines from Judge Sherer
along with suspension of their
right to drive in the state of Ohio.
They were: Louis R. Linville, 222
Green ST., 500 and cost and his
right to drive lifted for a period
of ten years. Norman Saylor, 426
w. Fifth ST., 500 and cost and
a five year suspension. Saylor al
so was fined the cost of court for
not having a drivers license . j.
D.. Gore, 1904 East Fifth st.,
$500 and cost and his drivers IL
cense revoked for one year. A
fine of 500 and cost and a three
year crest" for the D.. w. I. Of
fence was handed to ODDS Doyl, g.
Is Holt st., or until he complies
with the Ohio responsibility laws.
Five more we're sentenced for
violations of the drivers laws;
They were; Robert Taylor, 1888
Lagoon Place, William Call,
$500 Clearview ave., Edward Ro-
berson, 21Oh S. Jefferson st.,
Andrew Flanningan, 435 Hanover
st., and Cornelious Howard, 422
East College st, Springfield, Ohio.
Charged with vagrancy and sent
to the workhouse for a period Of
80 days was Effie Lykins, of Val
ley Pike.
The round up of NUMBERS OPP
orators included: Samuel Weigh,
913 Hammer ave., charged with
having treasury lottery slips in his
possession. He was fined $40 and
cost. Others were; Kenneth Pierce
of 81 Hawthorn st. and Bernis A.
Frazier, 261 Leroy st., $40 and
cost Georgia Roberton, 265 Ma
pie street., Ohio Buckner, 270
Dunbar ave-, Aurelia Beaumont,
Evening star., 1950-06-25
Arenas Julius Caesar
Is Convincing|y Played
By Lawrence Perry

tent. No contrivance OF staging
in a hotel ballroom could by any
possibility meet this essential de-
mand. A stage with drapes is, at
the least, necessary.
What, however, we do get are
roles will rendered by a carefully
selected company of players with
all the majestic values of lines
convincingly expressed. And de-
spite atmospheric deficiencies
above noted such scenes as those
in the forum when Brutus and
Antony make their orations over
Caesars lifeless body; when Cal
purnia pleads with her doomed
lord to remain away from the
forum; when Portia beseeches
Brutus to reveal the secret of his
perturbed mind, and, finally, when
Brutus and CasSius clash in bitter
quarrel-spch scenes, say. sue
ceed triumphantly in transporting
auditors from the Hotel Edison
into such turmoil Of emotion where
sense of inappropriate locale is
almost forgotten.
Brutus Outstanding.
Basil Rathbone was very we'll
in the role of Cassius-not stel-
lar role, by the .way-but we
thought that Joseph Holland (Bru-
tus) was. of all the company. out
standing-cloSely followed by AL
fred Ryder as Antony, Horace
Braham Caesar and Berry Kroe-
ger (Casca). even granted he made
an odd Interpretation of his role.
In sum, Shakespeareans will
appreciate the reading of lines at
the Arena, if little else, while for
general appeal light, rollicking
comedies would seem to be the
better gambit.
tReleased by the North American News
paper Ailiance)
Evening star., 1950-06-25
7 exos, LII Dor|in' Is Still
Impossible, Still Good
By Mark Boron
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
For some months now that
rough-and-ready musical. Texas,
oLil Darlin'," has been a smash hi
in Broadway's Mark Hellinger
Theater. The other night it had
a fresh premiere with Betty Jane
Watson and Wilton Clary joining
Kenny Delmar to take over the
leading roles.
In this story of that great, i'm
measurable independent Republic
of Texas. there happen things that
you could not believe unless you
saw them in Texas or in this
musical comedy by John Whedon
and Sam Moore. The music and
lyrics by Robert Emmett Dolan
and Johnny Mercer are completely
in the fabulous mood of your nor
NAL Texan. They set the pace
of the show in the opening number
"Whoopin' and A-Hollerin'.
1t is still an impossible, i'm
probable musical and just as
enchanting in seven syllable su-
perlatives as when I first reviewed
it in 1949. If the vocabulary in
this capsule review seems to be
|superlative adjectives, the expla-
nation is that Texas, Lii Darlin' f"
is an understrained, whooperdo
musical about Texas, politics, Yale
boys and pretty girls and 1t is
still one of the funniest, most
fantastic burlesque shows about a
dozen disassociated subjects that
I have ever seen on the broadway
stage.
Vets Get In.
The story is that of Hominy
Smith. rural political character
undoubtedly inspired by q dozen
or more politicians.
Hominy Is taken over by a New
York publisher, a Harvard and
Yale man, who thinks he can get
him elected to the presidency of
the United States. The Harvard
and Yale man feels that he can
Evening star., 1950-06-25

control the country by his infiu-
ence on Hominy Smith.
Army veterans get into this po-
litical campaign and largely be-
cause they are angry over the way
things are progressing In Govern
ment circles in regard to veterans
housing programs. they put up
their own candidate. Easy Jones
The problem is that Easy Jones
is an ex-veteran who Is shy about
political campaigning and he Is
also in love with the daughter OF
Hominy. his political rival.
Charms Audience.
One of the principal songs of
the show expresses best both the
story and also the history Of this
show. That is the one that Kenny
Delmar sings when he does I'm
So Busy Making Money. I Amt
Got Time to Smile" This voluble
Senator Claghorn has certainly
been breaking box office records
since this show opened in l949.
In the role Of Ingenue Dallas,
Miss Betty Jane Watson Is de-
ightful. delovely and delicious. A
brunette with an operate timber
voice, she charms her audience
with her singing Of "They Talk q
Different Language" and Ride
En- Cowboy" You can under
stand what a versatile artist she
Is because she sings with authority
those two widely varied numbers,
one sweet and sentimental and
the other gay and tomboyish.
Miss Watson is a native of Chi
cago. but most Of her Broadway
roles have been on the dude ranch
side. Previous to Texas, LII
Darlin'." she was the pretty bru-
nette ingenue you heard singing
in the starring role of the musical,
Oklahoma" .s+s~. t
Evening star., 1950-06-25
Words q Poor Substitute
For Sid Caesars Sounds
By Saul PETIT
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
Spend some time with Sil
Caesar and you'll find that words
are only a poor substitute for mo-
ton and sound.
On stage or off, the new comedy
star Of television uses words only
for continuity. If at all. He talks
for example. about how he likes
to watch Buddy Young run back
a punt. He makes a f1ute-lik
sound, his eyes dance crafty ano
he emits a ping" This could only
be a touchdown after some neat
broken field running.
He talks about a Van Gogh ex-
hibit and sucks in his breath and
glazes his eyes with the remem-
bered wonder of the color. He
talks about a girl and emits a
deep grunt followed by a low
groan, and you know the girl has
everything.
He tells why he likes to get away
from it all to hunt. "The peace
OF the forest" he says. Wonder
full when you're fed up, tired OF
people pulling at you and pressur-
ing you and you feel like, well
like -" Here. he makes gag
ging sound in his throat, and it is
a perfect picture of a life which
has complicated itself chasing the
Great God Success.
At 27, only few years from his
first job on Broadway as a|door-
man, Sid Caesar is successful and
complicated. His pantomine, mon
ologues and sketches have brought
him great praise, a yearly income
approaching 100000, two Cadil-
lacs, long cigars, a gun collection
worth $4,000 and all the celery
tonic and seltzer he can drink.
His Range Is Wide.
He has been called the freshest
new comic in any medium. He has
been compared with Chaplin. Va
riety, the show business weekly
which is careful with it's compli-
ments, cited him for his "extraor-
dinary comedic flair for probing
into the foibles and frailties of
manners and mores and trans
lating them into delightful satiric
vignettes."
His comedy range is wide. He
does a 6-month-old baby COM
planning of adult stupidity. He
acts the story of a penny gum ma
chine which gets beaten up, sours
on the world and becomes a quar-
ter slot machine. He acts the
story of a white-wall tire, from
its first days on the assembly line
to its great days serving the Stork
Club set, to its last day as a tree
swing for small boys. In panto.
mine, he goes through all the tor
lures Of a man teaching his wife
to drive.
Caesar is no wit. He does moi
make jokes. Of stage, he is seri-
Evening star., 1950-06-25
Captain Was
A Popular
Performer
By Howard c. Heyn
HOLLYWOOD,

Captain never gained renown
as the mount Of a famous cow
boy star. He worked for . living.
Outside the studios. practically
nobody knew his name. But when
he died the other day the biz
golden Palomino had performed
before the camera for Il years
true cinema veteran.
Countless stars rode Captain In
pictures. He was one Of those
cast horses" that do their Jobs
day after day. with little rest and
no special care. The last star to
ride the gentle Captain was Audie
Murphy In Kansas Raiders"
Two days after the film was An
ished Captain died. Of an inoper-
able form Of collie. He was -.
Captains intelligence. stamina
and tractability became apparent
when he was Just colt. Trained
for three years on 0 Kernville,
Calf, ranch. he made his movie
debut in 1929. with Cowboy Star
Bob Steele. Already Captain could
Jump. lie dead and rear in a COM
plete perpendicular.
He Rarely Shied.
Jimmy Ellison, juvenile lead In
the "Hopalong Cassidy" series.
next rode Captain. Ray Milland
requested him for "The Califor-
man." and later Captain was
chosen from so mounts ms the
most suitable for Marie Monteg
in series Of films set in the
Middle East. BY this time Cap
tain could sit up. feign q laugh
and snap his big teeth on cue.
No camera trained horse could
touch him for speed. He rarely
shied in a closeup.
! Warner Baxter rode him in
Broadway Bill" and Gregory
Peck used him for a while as .
| oPCSAaA AAouAie III OuCl LIl tIlS
Sun" Captain tore through THE
Streets Of Laredo" with william
Bendix. and worked with Betty
Hutton In "Incendiary Blond"
His credits include THE Vir.
ginian." with Barbara Britton up,
and Branded" with Mona Free
man.
Yvonne De Carlo chose Captain
for her mount in The Desert
Hawk" and he also became Tex
Williams pal in a series Of musi-
cal Westerns. The picture before
his last was Winchester 49," in
which he was ridden by Stephen
McNally.
Captain worked night and day,
when necessary. and his measure
Of success exceeded that Of many
Of the players who rode him.
When he died his trainer. George
Myers. said he felt as II he had
lost q member of his family.
The movie colony felt the same
way.
Evening star., 1950-06-25
NEW YORK. tie

Whether or not ShakeSpeare's
"Julius Caesar" will reward those
concerned in the theater-in-the-
round venture in the ballroom of
the Hotel Edison-now called the
Arena-time alone will tell. For
in spite of some substantial
merits, chiefly in superb acting
and to a certain degree in preSen-
tation, we wonder if il is the right
work for the setting in which we
now see it.
Even the most abandoned lover
of Shakespeare cannot lose him
self in illusion as action calling
for various scenes goes forward
on a raised dais containing three
chairs and a central object repre-
senting Caesars post in the
Roman forum.
Demands Atmosphere.
One of Shakespeare's most pow
erful, most quoted dramas, this
tragedy Is inexorable in its de-
mand upon atmosphere beginning
with that eerie night before the
1des of March when nature is
conjoined with human mood and
emotion in establishing dire por-
Evening star., 1950-06-25
Coming Attractions

stage.
OLNEY-"Over 21," with Eve
Arden, starting Tuesday.
AMBASS SSADOR-"Bright
Leaf" with Gary Cooper,
starting Thursday.
CAPITOL-"Crisis," with
Cary Grant, starting Thurs
day.
COLUMBIA "The Asphalt
Jungle" with Sterling Hay
den. starting Wednesday.
DUPONT Bond Street."
with Roland Young.
KEITH'S - Love Happy"
with the Marx Brothers,
starting Tuesday.
LITTLE-"Champion," with
Kirk Douglas.
METROPOLITAN - Return
of the Frontiersman." with
Gordon MacRae, starting
Thursday.
NATIONAL-"The Big Lift"
with Montgomery Cliff,
starting Tuesday.
PALACE-"Father of the
Bride" with Elizabeth Tay-
lor.
PLAYHOUSE-"The Woman
of Dolwyn. with Emlyn
Williams.
TRANS-LUX-"Kind Hearts
and Coronets," with Alec
Guinness.
WARNER. Bright Leaf"
with Gary Cooper, starting
Thursday.
Evening star., 1950-06-25
Todoy's Schedules

AMBASSADOR-"The Good
Humor Man: 1:20, 3:20,
5:25, 7:30 and 9:40 pm.
CAPITOL-"A Ticket to Tom
ahawk': las. 4:30, 7:15 and
10 pm. Stage shows: $50,
6:35 and $40 pm.
COLUMBIA-"The Baron of
Arizona: 1870, 3::35, $40,
7:45 and $50 pm.
DUPONT - Golden Twen-
ties: 1855. 1855, 5:55, 7:55
and 10 pm.
KEITH'S-"Johnny Holiday:
1870. $3.50, $50, 1880 and
$50 pm.
LITTLE-"Golden Twenties":
1855, 3:55. 5:55. 1855 and
10 pm.
METROPOLITAN - Rocket
ship KIM: lao, $40, 5:45,
1850 and 9::55 pm.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by the
Dozen: l, 2:40, 4::30, $40,
$40 and 10 pm.
PALACE-"Annie Get Your
Cum: 1:10, 3:20, 5:25, 7::30
and $50 pm.
PLAYHOUSE - Saints and
Sinners: /, 2::30, 4:20, 6:15,
$40 and 1905 pm.
PLAZA-"GiGi":: lis. 3:15,
Sis, 7:20, 9:20 and 11:25
pm.
PIX-"The Fall Of Berlin:
lis. 3:l5, $40, 7:20 and
9::25 pm.
TRANS-LUX-"The Winslow
Boy: /. 2:45, 4:35, 6:25,
8::15 and 10 pm.
WARNER-"The Good Humor
Man: 1:25. $3.50, 5:35, TAO
and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1950-06-25
Horpo's Hexes Were Potent

Crchton biography Of the five Marx Brothers who be-
four then three makes entertaining reading
especially that you all right. There
terribly times back there the of the
when the only thing that kept them together and
going Minnie conviction that they would
lick this show business
There times when they Cancelled because they
awful other times when they into disastrous battles
they brah One of these latter occurred in
Groucho walked backge smoking and then told
his employer hang the mo Smoking sign in closet where
1t wouldn't bother people,
manager got closing night minutes
fore their train to leave he paid them off pennies AS
the train pulled out without them having time to count the
they'd been cheated they stood the back plat
for loathing look Keokuk raised his voice
beloved: "C1ood-by Keokuk Cood-by
hoping your lousy theater burns down."
Harpo forbidden further hexes few days later when
they picked and read the headline Fire Destroys
Keokuk Theater."
Style Was Born in Texas
down that the Marx Brothers turned In
the direction they followed to fame They playing their
something
edy skit say-for the second show.
Croucho though always ready give up show
complete failure confident enough promise the
comedy t despite the fact that they didn't know Some
thing that eventually became Hi Skue
there with Groucho teacher with Hapo wearing the
first time the famed wig of today
There further struggles to later but the
Brothers their to the Palace and the big
time the Broadway shows and the movies It's all reading
Mr. Cchton tells the story of the triumph of Minnie Marx
Evening star., 1950-06-25
1t Was Minnie Marx
WhoMode the Morxes
Her Determination Drove Them to Their
Unwonted Careers in Show Business
By Harry Macarthur

the Forthcoming Happy Is Marx Brothers last
picture togeth-a dire contingency
that readers Of Kyle Crctons newly published biography
the Marxes The Marx Brothers" Doubleday Co.; $3O0
Groucho did have faith In the act When first
proposed that because he could might be the
classified for singer for vaudeville act roucho
pointed to his mother, Minnie Marx. that In
body could dance When he answered the ad Cocho found
that he could when properly inspired by tin roof which
been beating and he had been standing for hours
Croucho Julius got the Job. his first In
if discount few sessions
in the boys choir Episcopal
got stranded for the first time in Denver
Coo and took job driving grocery dangerous
mountain road This be where Groucho dstrs not only
seepng through throughout Mr.. crtchtons
lively narrative, at rate.
AIS Salary Impressed Minnie
really Minnie Mr. Crichton reveals who
responsible for the delight many have had at the antics Of
She the most thoroughly
impressed by rewards business showering
0ater of Gallagher Shean) Back in
gangs living lodging the landlord) fiat Ninety
Manhattan AL Shean had organized vaudeville
called Manhattan Comedy Four and making $3.50
Not month. but every week.
clearly this the only salvation for
Marx family headed beloved father tailoring
hooking the shears to get into card She finally made It,
all right, but 1t was a long, hard battle.
After his initiation experience
somewhat than enthusiastic He would rather sit around and
that impossbity harborng
thought tonight
appendix They wheel
operating and start to apply the ether Just before
underwhen it's too late to call hayou look at the ociat
todays Groucho
Mark
Evening star., 1950-03-24

a half dozen potential guberna-
torial candidates-some of them
able men-but none so widely
known or, it is said, so likely OF
success. Obviously, it is of vital
Importance to the Republicans to
win the gubernatorial race here
next fall, and a strong guberna-
torial candidate would make ii
easier for the Republicans to win
the senatorial fight that is coming
up, too. Senator Lehman, Dem
ocrat. who won the old Wagner
seat in the Upper House last No
vember-not impressively-must
run again.
The list of Republican possibil-
tiles for a gubernatorial nomina-
ton includes 1t. Gov. Joe r. Han
ley. Oswald D. Heck of Schenect-
ady, Speaker of the Assembly;
Frank c. Moore of Erie County,
Controller; Attorney General Ma
thaniel Goldstein, State Senator
Walter j. Mahoney of Buffalo
and State Senator Arthur H.
Wicks Of Kingston.
1t. Gov. Hanley is a former
preacher and u years old. AS an
old fashioned spellbinder he's
good, but as a candidate for Gov-
ernor he might not do so we'll in
New York City and other large
centers of population. None Of the
others would make colorful can
didates for Governor.
Dewey Has Dominated Scene.
Gov. Dewey has for years COM
pletely dominated the Republican
scene in the Empire State-very
much as the late President Roose-
velt dominated the Democratic
scene, when the latter was Gov
ernor and later, when he was
President.
1t is natural. therefore, that
Evening star., 1950-03-24

the Republicans should turn
toward him again when a vital
election is coming up. The Re-
publicans. thanks to Mr.. Dewey's
vote getting abilities, have been
in control in Albany for nearly
eight years. Before that there
had been a long succession of
Democratic Governors. The COP
does not wish to relinqulsh it's
present commanding position
won and held despite the great,
overwhelming vote which Demo-
Gratis have rolled up in New York
City, aided in some cases by the
American Labor Party and the
Liberal Party.
The longer, therefore, that Gov.
Dewey remains a potential candi-
date, the stronger will become the
demand that he run again. And
the longer, too, he remains silent,
the more probable will appear his
candidacy. Whether Gov. Dewey
could prevail on Senator Ives to
take a gubernatorial nomination
is problematical. Senator Ives,
who has worked well with Gov.
Dewey in the past, is independent
in his thinking and his decisions.
In the gubernatorial race, the
Republicans expect to have the
advantage growing out of the fact
that American Labor Party will
have to put a candidate in the
field to retain their official stand
ing as a political party this year.
This will pull some of the city
vote away from the Democratic
nominee. And should the ALP
elect to indorse the Democratic
candidate for Governor, it might
sink the Democrat because of the
recognized Communist domina-
ton of the ALP.