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Evening star., 1951-10-17

the big pictures that are doing
the big business. This is to say
that the productions whose high
costs represent the great CANDLES
are the ones coming through.
Week after week, for instance,
David and Bathsheba" holds its
lead at the country's boxoffices.
Made as it was with Old Testa-
ment prodigality on the part of
Daryl Zanuck and goth Century
Fox, this is a most encouraging
sign. Right behind this, and many
think destined to replace 1t soon
in earned millions. is the wonder
fully extravagant Metro musical,
AN American in Paris" Bath
sheba," the trades nickname for
the big Fox opus, may owe it's
present lead to an earlier re-
lease although it will be among
the big earners Of the year no
matter where the high goes.
The third place picture. "A
Street Car Named Desire" on
which Warmers gambled a for
tune-Miss Vivien Leigh and Di-
rector Ella Kazan come mighty
highs another whopper en-
couraglng studio magnates to
shoot the works when the project
justifles it.
The single individual most de-
lighted by this trend in big earn
ings on big pictures could be Dore
Schary. head of Metro-G Goldwyn-
Mayer. In advertisements as
chaste as those of an old Boston
bank, Schary's studio is now her
aiding the opening on November
8 of the most expensive film pro-
duction of all time.
This is "Quo Vadis," a screen
play which cost so many millions
that it did remarkable things for
the economy of Italy where it was
made. Thirty thousand people.
actors technicians, seamstresses.
grocers, etc, we're employed on
"Quo vadis" and Rome itself be-
came sort of gigantic set for it.
Rome as a movie set does not
come for peanuts. another trade
expression. and 10000 workmen
come for even more than Rome.
The records of such things are
naturally somewhat private but
the report is that Quo Vadis"
cost approximately twice as much
as any other movie ever made.
with 81 million to $8.5 million.
These estimates include promo.
tional costs. but inclusive or ex-
elusive of whatever items, they
make Schary one of the bravest
men ever.
Every passing day. however, in
dicates that everything is going
to be just fine for the most ex-
travagant film provided it has the
basic merit of being dramatic.
AS for "Quo Vadis." it starts
with the advantage that not only
is the time right for big pictures
but the additional one that it will
have years and years. if necessary,
to go on paying dividends. That
is the way it was with Gone With
the Wind" with its millions of
dollars of profit down the years.
So, if the major studios are not
sitting as pretty as in the great
old days. they are sitting easier
than at any time during the last
two years.
= \
A quote from Harold Heffernan
In Hollywood indicates that per-
haps the time is ripe for super
movie musical called, "The Evolu-
ton of George Jessel."
Says H. H.. quoting Jessel:
Evening star., 1951-10-17
The Posing Show
Hollywood Is Delighted
As the Big Ones PoyOff
By jay Cormody

Hoywood richest minds have not worked themselves around
the idea that they nothing to fear but fear Nevertheless
they getting closer - @##
heartenng the their improved mental state
and the condition communal ucer-is that it is
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-16
COMPRESSED AIR ENGINE

DECATUR, Ill.,, (P) = A. com pressed air motor that would drive car at speeds of 100 miles an hour may be a development of the future.
 Paul L. Franck, of Washington, D. C., who has been working in the field of compressed air motors for nearly 30 years, seeks the or iginal drawings of a model in- vented by Louis c. Riser 25 years ago. The Decatur man, former locomotive engineer, built his invention from a Ford motor converted along the principles of a steam engine.
 Riser tried to organize his own manufacturing firm. He and his partner rain out of money before operations got started. Riser was SO discouraged he sold the inven- tion for junk and moved to Ar kansas, where he died in 1927.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-16
Fires Added To
 Floods Battering
 Kansas City, Mo.

KANSAS, CITY, Mo-, (P) Of ficials closed all but essential businesses Saturday as flood and fire stunned this metropolitan area of 100000 population.
 All were hopeful that the worst of the great flood had passed as the Kansas and Missouri Rivers reached their highest crest in his tory, but there still was a chance that dikes protecting two more vital industrial districts might collapse.
 This would add untold millions to the damage that Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Pick, chief. of the Army Engineers has estimated already amounts to $5O0,0O0,OOO in the flooded area of Kansas and Kan sas City, Mo.
 Bremen still were fighting a blaze that has swept a two block area at Roanoke Road and South west Boulevard in Kansas City, Mo-, after a series of explosions in oil storage tanks nearly 24 hours ago. They were working in waist-deep water and for hours had losing fight by believed they could prevent further spread of the blaze.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-16
Chinese Reds Purge Hong Kong Teachers

HONG KONG, (P) - School teachers have come within the range of Communist purge guns in Red China.
 Independent reports from the mainland say about 20 educators have been put to death in the past month.
 Most have been given Com muniSt indoctrinatiOn and sent back to their clasSrooms. Reds later charged they with only pre- tending to adopt Communist prin- ciples, then reverting to reaction ary teaching.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-16
Monday, July IS. 1851
WORDS FIGHT CANCER

The American Cancer Society in a nationwide program to teach that early cancer is curable dis tributed 63,13O,OO0' pamphlets, posters, and other printed mater ial free to the public last year. Education can help save a third of the 21O,0OO annual cancer vic- tims. Support the 1851 Cancer Crusade.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-16
DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION TERRITORY OF ALASKA
 BOX 2185
 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA INVITATION FOR BIDS (Construction Contract)

ZL, 1OO1 SEALED BIDS, in single copy subject to the conditions contained herein will be received until July 23, 1851, and then publicly opened, for furnishing all labor and ma terialS and performing all work for construction of an Airport Landing Strip at Eagle, Alaska and/or an Airport Landing Strip at Quartz Creek KougaroH near the town of Shelton, Alaska.
 Bids will be publicly opened in the office of the Director of Aero nautics, Glover Building, Anchor age, Alaska, at 1000 am. AST on July g, 1851.
 Bid Bond Guarantee will be required with each bid as follows: Five (5) per cent of the total bid. Plans, Specifications and Proj- ect Documents may be obtained from the Director of Aeronautics, Alaska Aeronautics and COmmun ications Commission, Glover Build ing, Anchorage, Alaska or from the Superintendent of Public Works, for the Territory of Alaska, Juneau, Alaska, upon de- posit of S3O.O0 for each set of plans and specifications, of each project.
 That the bids shall be under seal, and shall be publicity opened at the time and place specified in the call for bids, and in the pres ence of any bidders desiring to be present or in the presence of any two other persons, and the con- tract shall be awarded to the low est responsible bidder.
 Performance bond will be re- quired for an amount not less than 50% of the contracts to protect the Territory against liens and claims arising from the construc- ton, and also to furnish compen- Sation to cover any loss that might occur in connection with conStruc- ton.
 Payment bond will be required for an amount not less than 50% of contract.
 Liouidated damages for delay will be as stipulated in the Gen. eral Provisions for Airport Con- struction Specifications.
 Minimum wage rates applicable to the contract shall. be as listed in the Special Contract Provisions. Bids must be submitted upon Proposal Form and the successful bidder will be required to execute the Standard Form of Contract for Construction.
 The Director of Aviation, Alaska Aeronautics and Commun- ications Commission reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive all informalities.
 For the Territory of Alaska
 FRANK A. METCALF,
 Supt. of Public Works
 By: George $. Schwamm,
 Director of Aeronautics
 Alaska Aeronautics and
 Communications Commission Publish June 25, July 2, g, 16, 1851
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-16

Eating between meals helped to develop the sandwich spread.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-16

Pontiac is distinctively beautiful and its reputation for goodness is second to none.
 And don't forget that Pontiac is very low priced-and we can promise you a deal that will quickly convince you that you'll be wise indeed to stop wishing and order one. Drop in today.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-16

For Good Printing Call Main l25
Evening star., 1951-06-18
Tennessee Police Wound
Preacher in Gun Fight
BY the Associated Press

MURFREESBORO, Tenn, June
18.-A 36-year-old preacher was
in serious condition at a hospital
today with a bullet wound he suf
fered in a raging gun battle with
police
Chief N. w. Powers said the
Nazarene minister-Rev. Malcolm
j. North-went berserk at his home
yesterday. Mrs. North summoned
: neighbors to help calm her hus-
band, but he brandished AS cali
ber pistol and ran them off, Chief
Powers said.
When police arrived, North ran
outside and opened fire. He was
wounded in the abdomen wher
the four patrolmen blazed back
at him. One officer suffered q
minor flesh wound.
North went back inside his
house, then fled in his automobile
when the four officers left to ger
tear gas bombs. He was arrested
in a hospital at nearby Manchester
and taken to an institution neal
Nashville.
No charges were placed imme
diately
Evening star., 1951-06-18
Experts Say u. S. Could Rain
IQuick Destruction on Russia
Greatest Firepower in Worlds History
Declared Available in Case of War

sion plans. Because the phrase
has been used so often, with so
little elaboration. it's meaning
has worn thin. Moreover, it is
quite likely the phrase came
into existence before the real
power was attained. But now
officials who make the state
ment aren't bluffing.
Military men who must make
the plans for any retaliation say
the United States Strategic Air
Command now has available ex-
plosive power greater than all
the man-made blasts before
Hiroshima. in 1945.
This means that packed into
the nuclear fission weapons now
in arSenals or on production
lines is the total force of all the
bombs, shells and bullets fired
in World War II and the pro-
cession of other conflicts back
through some TOO years or more.
That force can be delivered now,
against one country, in a matter
of only hours or days, if the
military planners are correct in
their estimate.
Responsible airmen do not say
this instant retaliation with
atomic weapons would produce
instant capitulation of Russia.
But they do believe obliteration
(See ATOMIC, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1951-06-18
Senator's Agree 10 Call Union Claims Sailing
Only Anew Witnesses OF 80 Ships Is Halted
In Macarthur Inquiry By Labor Disputes
One Airline Strike Ends,
But Pieketine Pilots
Threaten New Stoppoge
BY the Associated Pres.

NEW YORK, June 18.-The CIC
National Maritime Union claimed
today that about 80 ships that
should be on the high seas were
sitting still in port as a result OF
labor disputes that tied up every
major waterfront in the nation.
An NMU spokesman said the 80
included ships at Galveston, Hous-
ton, New Orleans, Port Arthur and
other Gulf and East Coast ports.
Sailing of the American Export
liner Elmira Victory for Trieste
was cancelled today, the first ship
in the port of New York to be af-
fected.
Two other American Export
ships, the Exbrook and Exermont
are scheduled to sail tomorrow, but
line officials said it was doubtful
whether they would be able to
leave. All three are combined pas
senger and cargo ships.
One Airline Strike Ends.
In other labor trouble, one strike
against an airline ended but work
stoppage by AFL airline pilots
threatened.
There appeared no immediate
settlement of the maritime dis
putes which involve $50 ships in
l23 major ports. But Federal
Imediators renewed efforts to reach
la solution.
Cyrus S. Ching, director of the
Federal Mediation and Concilia-
ton Service, took charge of
mediation efforts to end the dis
Ipute.
The three-coast work stoppages,
which started early Saturday, ex-
erted their full impact at the
start of the work week today.
Only Korean war and other
vital defense cargoes were moving.
An official of the CIO National
Maritime Union said yesterday
that no more American passenger
(See LABOR, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1951-06-18
American Planes Fell
8 Soviet-TYpe Jets in
Fiqhts Near Manchuria
118 Aircraft Involved in
Battles; Red Defenses
Check Allied Drive
BY the Associated Press

TOKYO, June 18. Outnum'
bered American Sabre jets de-
stroyed six Russian-type jets anc
damaged eight others in two bis
air battles over Korea yesterday
and today.
A total of 118 planes were in
Ivolved in the sudden revival oi
jet warfare.
Sixteen Red jets made a thirc
stab at four Sabre jets this after
Inoon-but kept at a safe distance
They fired twice on the F-86s
then streaked back across the
Yalu River into the safety OF
Manchuria.
All American planes returned
safely, Far East Air Forces said
Reappearance of the Red lets
in force conceded with indications
the Chinese may be preparing q
new ground offensive.
Red troops suddenly appeared ir
territory they had previously de.
serted. Requirements steadily fiji.
tered down from the north fol
holding troops all along the front
Patrols Drive 3 Miles.
Fierce Red defenSes checked Al.
lied moves in the center of thu
line. But Allied patrols toda.
drove more than 3 miles into Rec
territory in the west and gainee
slightly over a mile in the east
Two U. N. armored tank patrol
rumbled up the west side of th'
former Red Iron Triangle,
shooting at small Communis
bands on the way. Another ar
mored patrol trying to push up tht
east side from Kumhwa was forcec
back by road mines and mortal
fire.
| Small fights broke out all alons
the west and center. A brieflnl
officer said Reds were still fight
ing a delaying type of warfare.
| In the east, North Korean ma
chinegun fire three times drov'
U. N. troops back from a com
manding ridgeline, but Reds sud
denly abandoned another ridg'
for which they had fought fierce
Ily yesterday.
| Fighter-bombers raked ever.
strong point as the 5th Air Fore
mounted 400 sorties in dayligh
today, including the jet fight
along the northwestern Korean
border.
F-86 pilots reported the Ret
(See KOREA, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1951-06-18
Small lpox DeodIier Than Guns
For Foe in Korea, General Says

Smallpox is killing off more
enemy troops and North Korean
Civilians than the military activi-
ties in that area, a high-ranking
Army medic told reporters at the
Pentagon today.
Brig. Gen. Crawford F. Sans
went behind enemy lines last
March to study epidemic diseases
and to learn specifically whether
bubonic plague was rampant. He
found no evidence of plague, but
found widespread incidence OF
hemorrhagic smallpox.
Gen. Sans estimated that four
Ito six persons in the Red-held
area die from hemorrhagic small
pox for each one wounded. Whole
villages are being completely
wiped out, he added.
The situation is so serious, Gen
Sans declared, that Communists
lare charging the United Nations
with using biological warfare.
| Gen. Sans said he and thre.
Evening star., 1951-06-18

others were put ashore in the
Wonson area, after nine other
groups who had tried to enter
were captured and killed. He said
he observed cases of what was
thought to be bubonic plague, but
turned out to be hemorrhagic
smallpox. In the final stages. the
faces of victims of both of these
diseases turn black.
Gen. Sans said his party was
prepared to capture a sufferer
either by killing or doping one
However, this was not necessary
as the nature of the disease was
determined by other means.
Gen. Sans said it took him IL
days to find a landing place which
the Communists had not mined
He said the medical facilities
of the Chinese Reds are of a very
low grade. No medical attention
is available for the civilians who
(See SMALLPOX, Page A~S)
Evening star., 1951-06-18
By Elton c. Fay
1'tSH - IVY
Assoeiaied Press Miltory Affoirs Reporter


Military planners say the
United States Air Force now
has available to it explosive
power greater than all the ex-
plosionS from the invention of
gunpowder to the atomic attack
on Hiroshima.
These officials, who may not
be named, told a reporter today
that if the Soviet chooses war,
the United States can hurl down
on Russian cities. people and
armies destruction frightful be-
yond comprehension.
Unfortunately, only a rela-
lively few men, none of them
Russian, understand the power
the United States has shaped
into it's atomic weapons, Air
Force and sea service.
Bluffing Has Ended.
Nor does there seem a way,
except for the politically dan
gerous demonstration of drop
ping a sample bomb on the
Communist enemy in Korea, to
convince Russia of this power
of retaliation.
American officials, from the
highest levels down. have been
speaking publicly for five years
of the deterrent" effect of the
atomic bomb on Russian aggreS-
Evening star., 1951-06-18
Strike Threatened as Us Hit
Transfer Of Stuart to CoIored

by School Supt. Hobart M. Corn
ing to relieve overcrowding at
three colored junior high schools
Miller, Browne and Randall.
DR.. Corning'S plan would disperse
the more than TOO Stuart pupils
to Eliot, Hine, Langley and JEFF
ferson junior high schools.
The hearing was called by the
boards Buildings and Grounds
Committee, headed by Mrs. Philip
Sidney Smith. The full board is
expected to act on Wednesday.
The first speaker was Mrs. Lloyd
Head, president of the Stuart PTA.
She called upon Deacon Bob L.
Ray. sr., of the Centennial Bap-
|tist Church, to pray before she
spoke.
Mrs. Head presented the gen.
|eral arguments which all OF the
speakers opposing the transfer
offered the board. She said that
(See STUART, Page -40
Evening star., 1951-06-18
2 Found Slain
AtHuvunu US,
EmbossyOf
By the Associated Press

HAVANA, Cuba, June ia
United States Marine guard and
a janitor were found shot to death
today in the United States
Embassy Offices.
The embassy said Cuban au-
thorities are investigating, but
gave no clues as to what caused
the shootings, other than saying
there were no indications OF
attempted robbery.
The embassy offices are in the
Horter Building on Obispo street
in downtown Havana. The janito1
Agustin Fernandez, has been en-
ployed there more than 20 years.
Friends identified the dead Ma
rine as Sergt. Robert James Shell
don.
In Washington, the State De-
partment said no Government
papers are missing from the
Embassy and that robbery ap-
parently was not the motive.
The department said it had only
meager information from Charles
B. Elbrick. charge d'affaires. He
said police have no immediate
clues as to why. how or wher
the shooting took place.
Fernandez was found dead or
a bench in the waiting room oi
the Embassy's visa section. The
Marine was discovered on a couch
in the United States immigration
Office on the same floor as the
waiting room.
A revolver lay on the floor be.
side the couch. The Marines
hands were folded over his chest
Evening star., 1951-06-18
Taft Speech in Maine
Due TO Open 81 Drive
BY the Assoeiated Press

BAR HARBOR, Me-, June 1s
Senator Taft, Republican, OF
Ohio apparently plans to open his
campaign for the Republican
presidential nomination on August
I22 at a lobster dinner in Rock
land.
That's the opinion of Maine
COP Chairman Ralph C. Master
man, who said it was indicated to
him in a telegram from Senator
Brewster, Republican. of Maine
Mr., Masterman quoted Senator
Brewster as saying that Senator
Taft's appearance "can be made
into very significant event, with
lthe amount of interest which will
be stirring at that time"
Evening star., 1951-06-18
John Roosevelt and Wife
Shaken Up in Car Crush
By the Associofed Press

~ "'S TSSSS'o'Sa F'sss
NEW YORK, June 18.-Ar
automobile driven by John Roose-
welt, son of the late President
was damaged considerably yester.
day in a collision with another cal
on Manhattan's lower East Side.
Mr.. Roosevelt and his wife, also
in the car, were shaken up but
not injured. Occupants of thu
other car also escaped injury.
Evening star., 1951-06-18
; Generals, Admiral
Slated to Take Stond;
Quick Windup Sought
By George Beveridee

The joint Senate committee in
vestigating the Macarthur con-
troverSy agreed today to call only
four more witnesses and to con-
clude hearings at the earliest
possible date"
Chairman Russell said it was
not decided who would testify
when the hearings, now in their
seventh week, resume tomorrow
But he announced that the four
witnesses still to be heard are:
l. Mai. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley,
former Ambassador to China
whose reports on post-World War
II conditions have figured largely
in the inquiry;
2. Maj. Gen. Emmet O'Donnell
who headed the Strategic Bomb
ing Command in Korea.
3. Maj. Gen. David C. Barr
who also filed a controversial re-
port as head of a mission to
China.
4. Vice Admiral Oscar Badger
who commanded naval forces in
the Far East previous to the Ko-
rean war. Committee members
it was reported. want to question
the Admiral particularly about the
Formosa situation. He now com.
mands the Eastern Sea Frontier
with headquarters in New York.
Won't Call Hartman.
Senator Russell announced that
the committee decided against
calling w. Averell Hartman, Pres
ident Truman's foreign affairs ad-
wiser.
The Senator said he had talked
with Mr.. Hartman, and that the
latter told him "the points to
which he would testify have al
ready been covered by other wit
nesses-some in great detail"
The Senators agreed to release
to the press a transcript of the
45-minute procedural discussion
after the session ended. The
committee, with Is of it's 26 mem
bers present, then adjourned
until 10 am. tomorrow.
Seek to Balance" Witnesses.
Senator Russell told the Sen
ators he assumed the names OF
three of the four witnesses-Gen
Hurley, Gen. O'Donnell and Ad-
miral Badger were suggested
because their evidence would not
(See FOREIGN POLICY, A-6)
Evening star., 1951-06-18
Send q Kid to Comp
Father in Hospital,
Birthday Is Soddened
By Family Misfortune

well. honey" the letter began,
"by the time you get this little
note you will be 10 years old -
1t came just six days ago. The
little girl read it quietly, then
handed it to her mother.
She is pretty and blond. When
she grows UP, she wants to be a
nurse.
Her father is in a veterans hos
pital. His letter was his birthday
present to his daughter.
They live In a Government
project. Right now, they're on