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Evening star., 1951-12-05

Harry" said Mrs. Verna H.
Minear, a psychologist who was
conducting the session, "last week
you fired Fred and he wanted to
know why you discharged him.
Now suppose you make out you
are Fred and Fred will suppose
he is Harry. He will fire you"
But when I heard Mrs. Minear
talk about her patients later. !
realized that they had problems
very real to them-which they
were trying to help one another
overcome
Norbert's Case.
There was Norbert, q blond
bouncy man of 81. Norbert had a
good job. He was an electronie
technician. He not only had a
background Of alcoholism. he had
terrific phobias. A product of q
broken family, he lived with two
uncles. and the greatest of his
many fears was that he might be
arrested for drinking. It has never
happened to him.
When Norbert would have 9
bad hangover, he'd be afraid to &c
to work. Sometimes this woulc
last for a week or 10 days. But
his last spell shook what little
confidence he had in himself-it
lasted seven months.
Norbert's chief phobia was due
to Uncle Roderick. Uncle Rod
erick had no fears. He woule
sally out. get drunk and land ir
Occoquan. No one worried wher
Uncle Rod was missing for g
month. They knew where he was
Norbert had to leave the house
once in a while during the ex.
tended period of fear. He woulc
brace himself with two double
bourbons, slide out the door, dt
the necessary shopping at the cor.
ner store and hustle back slam.
ming the door behind him witt
relief. Finally Uncle Emery, The
other uncle. told Norbert HI
would have to leave. He wal
getting more and more in deb
to the household.
| Norbert called q taxicab ant
Evening star., 1951-12-05
the problem and of the work that
;r haiNn Anxaa 20 coIx,o ~

the problem and of the work that
lis being done to solve it.
Public drunkenness must be in
Icreasing much faster than the
population rate, If we are to ac-
cept the number Of arrests for
that offense as an index.
The number of arrests has risen
from $4,000 during the last year
of the war to $4,000 in the last
fiscal year-an increase of so per
cent.
In the summer of 1947, some
citizens of the District interested
in the problem persuaded the
proper committees of Congress to
enact Public Law BAT. Section /,
entitled Purpose" is a cou-
|rageous. and probably optimistic
statement of intent.
It reads in part:
1.-THE purpose of this act is to
establish a program for the re-
habilitation of alcoholics, promote
temperance and provide for the
medical. psychiatric. and other
scientific treatment Of chronic
alcoholics.
Treatment as Alternative.
It further says that the purpose
of the act is:
ITO substitute for jail sentences
for drunkenness medical and 9TH
er scientific methods of treatment
which will benefit the individual
involved and more fully protec,
the public"
| For a number Of reasons, the
alcoholic clinic authorized by the
act was not set up until February
1850, so it would be unfair to ex.
pect sue ha baby to make a show.
ing of licking a problem that ha.
had so many years of growth. Blu
the experience of the clinic il
dealing with this primary pur'
pose of the law has been dis
couraging to the clinicians and Il
the interested citizens who brough
about passage of the act.
About 400 prisoners have beer
referred to the clinic by Munich
pal Court. According to DR.. An.
thony Zappala. administrator oil
the clinic under DR.. Leopold Wex.
berg. head Of the Bureau Of Men.
tai Hygiene in the District Health
Department, those referred to the
clinic by the courts come In once
or twice and then return no more
By not showing up, they risk being
Evening star., 1951-12-05
Bond, GIee Club Perform

A program of Christmas music
lby the school band and glee club
will be presented tonight at a
meeting of the newly organized
Parent Teacher Association Of
Northwestern High School, on
lColesville road in Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1951-12-05
Maryland U. Song Fete

University Of Maryland fratern.
titles will stage their second annua.
lbarbershop quartet competition al
10 pm. tomorrow in Ritchie Coli.
lseum. Geue Klayan, Washington
idisc jockey. win present q cup te
1.-THE winning group.
Evening star., 1951-12-05

(This is the second of tUo
articles on the problem OF al
coholism in Washington. Yes
terday's article dealt ,oith the
+ size of the problem as indicated
by the increase in arrests for
intoricdtion.)
Evening star., 1951-12-05
PTA Program Tonight

The Walter Reed School Parent
Teacher Association, 1914 North
Mckinley road. Arlington, win hold
its Christmas program at 8 O'Clock
Tonight In the school.
Evening star., 1951-12-05
MeckIenbure Defects Bonds

BOYDTON, Va, Dec. 5 R.-
Voters defeated Mecklenburg
County's proposed $4,000. 900
school bond issue yesterday by q
vote Of 1892 to 322.'
Evening star., 1951-12-05
Montgomery Council
Clears zoning Ruling
For Aud Rifle RANGE

IL looks as II LIT. William ~
Aud, Silver Spring physician ane
hunting enthusiast. may be able
to use his new underground firing
range after all.
The Montgomery County Coun.
Gil yesterday stepped in where the
Board of zoning Appeals feared
to tread and approved an amend.
ment to the county zoning ordi-
nance, which clears the way fol-
such projects in a residential area
The amendment authorizes tn,
zoning appeals group to permit 6
noncommercial underground OF
indoor rife range in any residen.
tial district, provided that:
/. Such a range is incidenta
to a use permitted in the area.
2. The applicant complies with
the ordinance regulating the dis.
charge Of firearms in the subur.
ban area.
Ranges Subject to Scrutiny.
According to the council, the
residential character of adjacent
properties would be safeguarded
since each rife range would bt
subject to the scrutiny Of the
Board of Zoning Appeals before
it could be built.
The council also quoted the
opinion of its Range Approva
Committee to the effect that such
ranges are inherently safe ano
offer no hazard to surrounding
residents.
DR.. Aud, who lives at 9006 Coles.
vile road. had nearly completed
the 143-foot underground firing
range on his property, when he
was forced to stop work nearly siz
months ago on orders Of q county
inspector.
The inspector told the physician
such a project could not be built
in a residential district. DR.. Auc
then asked tile Board Of Zonine
to grant him an exception
from the zoning ordinance. But
the board turned him down on the
ground it lacked authority to act
Rural Area Delegation.
In other business, the council
received resolution from a groul
of rural residents opposing tht
subdivision regulation.
for their area.
A discussion of the proposal.
between the residents and council
started off calmly, with
r. Edwin Brown. Rockville at.
torney. presenting the formers
side of the controversy.
Then William L. Thompson
Comus farmer, rose to point out
there had been almost unanimou,
to the proposals at 9
public hearing several weeks ago
Suddenly, Lathrop Smith, coun.
Gil president, raped loudly with
his gavel. He told Mr.. Thompson
the council was willing to discuss
the matter in a friendly manner
but that he felt enough time had
been consumed.
Delegation Leaves In Huff.
The delegation left in a huff
Included in the group, besides Mr.
Brown and Mr.. Thompson, were
former County Commissioner
Charles H. Jamison, Poolesville
and Paul e. Tembaugh, Dicker-
son.
The council approved an appli-
cation by John A. Brickley, Inc.
for the reclassification from resi-
Dental A to commercial D Of land
at Seminary and Forest Glen
roads. Denial of the petition hac
been recommended by the Mary
land-National Capital Park anc
Planning Commission.
Added to the county payroll
were William J. Sullivan, Silvel
Spring, senior building inspector
at $4,000 a year; Miss Alice M
Wagner, Lebanon, Pa. public
health nurse at $1,000 a year, anc
Mrs. Rita B. Marshall, Poolesville
driver-messenger with the De.
partment of Public Libraries al
Evening star., 1951-12-05
By George Kennedy

All the kings horses and all the
kings men who are trying to do
something about the alcoholic
problem are not getting very far
in putting Humpty Dumpty to-
|gether again.
That is the only conclusion that
can be drawn from a survey of
Evening star., 1951-12-05

that surviving spouse may gel
q so per cent exemption on the
estate for tax purposes. At pres
ent, widows may be taxed for the
full value of the estate.
Teacher Tenure Provised
Provide for teacher tenure-se-
curity-for those who hold certi.
ficates of instruction.
Enact an "anti-bribery" law tc
make it a felony to offer or accept
a bribe for any athletic contest
for which admission is charged
Mr.. Magruder said previous effort!
in this direction were killed, but
the more recent basketball Al
cases and other sports scandals
elsewhere probably would lead t.
support of the measure now.
Establish q new division Of rec.
reation within the Department O.
Conservation to aid rural locali'
ties in planning.
Require fiouridation Of watel
for municipal plants approved b!
the State Department of Health
= Increase penalties for violation
Of narcotics laws, particularly IL
cases involving sales to children
Amend medical scholarships Law
to permit students receiving bene'
fits to serve as interns IN Stata
mental hospitals as repayment O.
loan.
Evening star., 1951-04-24
Hollywood
Diary
By SheiIoh Grohom
HOLLYWOOD.

| 44S4444 ! HFNsNIA(s
Margaret Sheridan had to wait
six years to make her debut as a
star in 1.-THE Thing" But her next
movie for Howard Hawks comes
quicker. Maggie, beautiful, blue
eyed, black-haired Irish type,
stars in 1.-THE Left Hand of God. y
And the man they want for her
is Gregory Peck, who wants moth
| ing better than to work with MIR.
Hawks.
The Robert Taylor Barbara
Stanwyck reconciliation is several
miles closer today. Recently Bar
bara paid $l10,0 for a new home
in Holmby Hills. Bob knows the
house and likes it.
Charles Coburn is a natural to
play Sir Thomas Upton in the
independent movie to be based
on the biography by Alec Waugh.
Charles loves yachts, he loves tea
and he sports monocle.
y 4 X X
Bette Davis will make at least
5000, 900, for her share of Pay
ment on Demand" Nice payment
on a nice percentage.
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby
get unexpected competition from
young Debra Paget. Debbie is
starring in a movie about Bali.
Next in their road series for Bing
and Bob is "The Road to Bali" /"
Both pictures will be shot on Cat
alma, which is sort of an anti
climax.
Robert Young turns director
with Storm Without a Heart. :"
He says the leading role is "de-
Ilightful and romantic-the sort of
thing I'd like to have done 20
years ago." You're not that old
Iyet, Bob.
4 Il y u
was told that Joan Fontaine
was discouraged because she hasn't
been able to find the right picture
for her next screen appearance. I
Evening star., 1951-04-24

guess if Joan would stay here long
enough she might. But she Is al
ways dashing somewhere.
Metro is starring Barry Sulli-
van and Jean Hagen in "Eye
Street." which attempts to give
la glimpse of the intrigue behind
the Washington scenes.
Van Johnson and wife Evie GO
to Rome in the late summer for
when In Rome" Van is to play
the priest, Arthur Kennedy the
convict.
Talking Of Kennedy. he is set
for the new Arthur Miller play on
Broadway. later this year.
Mrs. Gary Cooper. now in New
York, may fly down to Gary in
Florida but I doubt it. Another
thing I doubt is that the Coopers
will split up.
But if another famous film
couple. the Clark Gables, resume
their married life, I'll be very sur
Iprised. The present separation Is
a foreword to the actual parting.
Evening star., 1951-04-24
| Where and When
Current Screen Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Il Il
and Time Of Showing
Stage.
Arena-"The Playboy of the
Western World; $3.50 pm.
New Gayety - Oklahoma /" I,
$3.50 pm.
Screen.
AmbassadOr-"The Lemon Drop
Kid: 1:25. 3:25, $50, 1880 anil
$40 pm.
Capitol - Ma and Pa Kettle
Back on the Farm; II am, las,
|4:30. 7:15 and 1000 pm. Stage
Shows: 100, 3:45, $3.50 and 9:15
Columbia - 'Dillinger":: 11:15
am. 2:00.. 4:45.. 1880 and 1920
Dupont-"Lady Panama; 1:1O,
1920, 5:25, 7:35 and 9:45 pm.
Keith's-"My Forbidden Past;
1850 am, 1850. $3.50, $3.50. 7:50
and 9:55 pm.
Little -" Quartet; 2:3o. 5:55
and 9:25 pm.
Metropolitan Valentino" :;
1880 am, 1880. $3.50, 5:35. TAO
and 9:45 pm.
Nati0nal-"I'd Climb the High
est Mountain; 1880 am. 1:10,
2:55, 4:35, $40. 8:05 and GAS pm.
Palace -" You're in the Navy
Now; 1880 a m, 1885, 3:35. $40.
7:45 and $50 pm.
Pix-"Monkey Business: $40,
6:45 and $50 pm.
Playhouse Tales of Hoff-
mann; 2::30 and $50 pm.
Plaza 1.-THE Mudlark":: 1900
am. 1:10, 800. $50, 7:40 and
1000 pm.
Trans-Lux-"If This Be SIM;
11:15 am. 12:45, 2:15. 3:45. SIS.
6:45, 8:15 and 9:45 pm.
Warner - "The Lemon Drop
Kid; 11:25 am, 1880, 3:35. $40
7:45 and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1951-04-24

several OCneTS III Lle cast, GleT'
is absolutely nothing they coult
do about the script of this pic
ture. 1t drips with synthetic sen
timent, phony nobility. and tn,
echoes of an absurd sin tina
comes back to haunt not only tn,
guilty characters but also thos,
who walk innocently into th'
Trans-Lux.
London, poor devil of a city, il
the background of the story which
concerns one of those f1ercely
dedicated English barristers, hi
wife, his junior partner. and hi!
budding daughter. Very budding
daughter.
Socially. these represent the up.
per classes but emotionally there
is wisdom they could learn from
the kitchen maid in a Noe
Coward comedy.
AS the picture opens under the
production and directoral guild
ance of Gregory Ratoff, the bar
rister is suddenly afflicted with
blindness. He is rushed home to
bed and a big London specialist
who prescribeS six months OF
blind-folded rest and the round
the-clock nursing of his wife
Miss 10y.
What the doctor does not know
Is that Miss 10y has been traps
ing around with the barrister' S
junior partner, Richard Greene
which might very well diSqualify
her as the 24-hour nurse of a
blind man. Naturally, she is toe
much of thoroughbred to do-ir
O helpless husband, even an am
bilious stuffed shirt like the one
Livesey plays.
So, off they go, barrister. wife
and budding daughter, to a beau.
tiful villa in Capri where the
husband gets the first wind of his
wife's affair Just on the eve of q
visit by the junior partner. Wher
the latter arrives, the wife has
had enough of a quiet life since
last seeing her lover that she tells
him he ought to fall in love with
the daughter, Miss Cummins.
1t has never occurred tc
Greene before that he has this
wide range of choice but once the
alternative of stepmother OF
daughter is presented to him, he
chooses the latter.
Ultimately everybody's past is
dragged out into the open with the
exception of Miss Cummins, who
is too young to have anything but
Evening star., 1951-04-24
a dewy present and an unpredict'

d ucWy PACoCA0 nAAA oA1A ~AAF~
able future.
The picture ends with all four
of the principals standing in tear
full forgiveness and suddenly beau
tiful understanding in the middle
of a busy, fashionable London
street. Traffic comes to a stunned
stop while the family gets its
emotions adjusted. The sequence
in which this is managed is
known as a transparency" but 1t
is not half as transparent as the
rest of the picture.
Il Il II =
Gene Markey is credited with
the screenplay, adapted from a
stage work called Autumn" but
he obviously did not have his
heart in his work. He leaves every
one in the cast of EFF This Be
Sin" with the silliest things to
say. A sample of his dialogue is
that between Miss 10y and Greene
when she is rejecting his offer Of
love and two airplane tickets from
Capri to Paris.
This is crazy" she says.
Beautifully crazy" Greene re-
torts with the spirit of an actor
who has heard the line said by
10000 other actors in an equally
unreasonable situation.
OF the performances in eff This
Be Sin," Miss 10y manages to
make hers seem the least hollow.
She obviously does not think much
of the script and is not going to
be trapped into giving it an in
tense going over. not for Ratof or
any one else.
Memorandum on the towns
night life from Harry Mac
Arthur:
Things seem to have been
hectic for awhile around here and
it is high time some attention
was called to Eric Thorsen. There
is still some time left to hear him
during his April engagement at
the Mayfower Lounge. Not much
time, but some and If you prefer
singers to crooners you'll enjoy
lending Mr.. Thorsen an ear. He
has personality, a firm, true voice
and style marked with gusto.
Whoever it was who labeled him
''the Young Carl BriSSon." did. Mr..
Thorsen grave injustice. True,
his evening clothes are well-tai-
lored and his ancestry can be
traced back to what Victor Borge
refers to as lone of the Scandi-
hoovian countries" but the re-
semblance ends there. Mr.. Brisson
is a high-vitamin-content phe-
nomenon, while MIR. Thorsen is a
good, solid singer, who entertainS
without overpowering you.
Another singer worthy of a note
in passing is Sonia CortiS, who has
just launched into a holdover two
weeks at the Old New Orleans
Sazerac Room. Miss Cortis is an
effective young woman with a bal
lad. especially when she demon
strates nightly that LES Yeux de
Ma Mere" the number done by
the Nine Frenchmen, is one of her
favorite songs. Miss Cortis, Incl
dentally, puzzled her audiences no
end when she was singing in
Paris. They accepted 1t when she
was introduced as an American
singer. which she is, but they
couldn't figure out why she sang
in French flawlessly. but in Eng
lish with an accent. The accent is
Greek and she still sings in Eng
lish that way.
Final bulletin: Beatrice Kraft
arrived at the Shoreham yester-
day to demonstrate her Oriental
dancing artistry twice nightly to
the Blue Room patrons.
TT M
Evening star., 1951-04-24
e NJ. LOEW'S MT. VERNON
OPEN AIR DRIVEN

JOAN @ cAULFIELD In THE PETTY
GIRL :, in Tsshnieolor, at 2, 1880;
Plus EDMOND, o'gRIEN IN 711
Free Playground and Pony Ridesl
Free Candy e Kiddiesl Starts
WOOD FORE6TS' and ROY nO0ER9.
Evening star., 1951-04-24
Drama News and Reviews
If This Be Sin NegIects
Make the Most Of 1t
By Jay Cormody

movie called This Sin" with the
Lux and it exactly what would called If
This
This could soap opraish it
written in a perfume called MY Stupidity"
In fairness Miss 10y Roger Lvesy Peggy Cummns and the
Evening star., 1951-04-24

"IF THIS BE SIN" a London Films
picture, produced by Gregory Ratof, d.
Markey, from the play. Autumn" by
Margaret Kennedy and Ilya Surgutchoh.
The Cast.
Lady Gathy yrdsEs Brooke RoseE MyrnS fivesey Ley
Monica Brooke - Peggy Cummins
Michael Barclaigh - Richard Greene
Lady Sybil --------- Elizabetn Alien
DR.. Thorvault ---------- 6sIaIo neui11
s;anns sannie - - n Mulcsster
May Drummond -. Margaret Withers
Mr. Potts Wilfrid Hyde-White
Mr Nyburg - Henry Caine
Angela Cane e Edith Sharpe
Seiby - George Curzon
Tene Phyllis Stanley
Saoroe Drummond - Robert Atkins
Margot Daphne Arthur
Iohn Martin Case
Irnnld Cane Barry Jones
Ellen - Louis Lord
The ries Nicholas Bruce
Nicky william Mervyn
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-01-15

5-sTAR EXTRA Cab shoUn available
at slight extra cost.
, 1951-03-17
CARD Of THANKS

The children and grand
children here and abroad wish
to express their sincere thanks
and appreciation to all friends
and acquaintance who show
ed sympathy during the illness
and death of their beloved
Mother and Grandmother,
Mrs. Mary Richardson.
Special thanks is also ex-
tended to Rev. Williams of the
A.M.E. Church who delivered
such an eloquent funeral
sermon.
, 1951-03-17
PUBLICATION

It is hereby brought to pub
lie notice that the Government
of the Virgin Islands Of the
United States has this date
authorized The Reverend
Daniel HE. Fox Of All Saints
Church at St. Thomas, to per-
form civil-religious ceremo-
MES in the Virgin Islands.
Govt. of the Virgin Islands
of the United States
Charlotte Amalie. ST. Thomas
March Is, 1851
Daniel w. Ambrose
Government Secretary
, 1951-03-17
NOTICE

The Municipal Council Of ST..
Thomas and St. John and the
Municipal Council of Saint
Croix having adopted Joint
Resolutions, by virtue of the
power in them vested by Sec
ton 7 of the Organic Act of
the Virgin Islands, converting
a session of the Legislative
Assembly Of the Virgin Islands
to commence on Monday,
April %, 1851, at HOO o'clock
AM, notice is hereby given
that the Legislative Assembly
of the Virgin Islands will con-
vene on the day and hour men
toned at the Assembly Hall Of
the Municipal Council of Saint
Thomas and Saint John, in
Charlotte Amalie, pursuant to
said Resolutions for considera-
ton of the following:
l. Revised Organic Act for
the Virgin Islands of the
United States.
OMAR BROWN.
Chairman.
, 1951-03-17
OPS RELEASE
Ne~ Ceiling Price Regulation
Issued for the Virgin Islands

ceiling prices on goods brought
into Alaska, Guam, Hawaii,
Puerto Rico, Samoa and the
Virgin Islands, based on the
most recent direct cost of a
particular commodity to the
sellers, plus the dollars and
cents markup included in the
price at which the seller sold
the same item to a purchaser
of the same class during the
base period Of December 10,
1850 to January Is, 1851.
II the seller sold or offered
the commodity to purchasers
Iof the same class at more than
one price, then the ceiling will
be the direct cost of the COM
modify, plus the average Of
1.-THE dollars and cents markup
included in these prices.
Effect Of the regulation is to
authorize passing through in
|creases in direct costs where
such increases occurred in the
base period, but were not re-
Elected in the sellers prices in
the territories or where the in
|creases in the direct costs
continue.
At the same time, OPS Off
'cials pointed out, this regula-
ton freezes the dollars and
cents markup to the amount
received during or prior to the
base period. Alternate methods
of setting ceiling prices are es-
tablished where the seller
made no sale of the commodity
during the base period or did
not previously handle the
same commodity.
Goods manufactured or pro-
duced in the territories or pos
sessions remain under the Gen
eral Ceiling Price Regulation.
, 1951-03-17
ADVERTISE NOW
SHIPPING NEWS

The SIS "MYKEN," north
bound, is due at Frederiksted
about March 22nd, accepting
freight for St. Thomas and
New York.
Alcoa Steamship Company. Inc
Rob't L. Merwin & Co., Inc.
, 1951-03-17

Goods sold in the territories
and possessions Of the United
States, which are not actually
manufactured or produced in
the area in which they are Of
fered for sale, were taken out
from under the General Price
Ceiling Regulation by Director
of Price Sterilization Michael
V. Disable and placed under
dollars and cents markups.
Because of the long time lag
in making deliveries to the ter
ritories and possessions, OPS
officials said, many commodi-
ties are being delivered to sell
ers' at prices above the sellers
ceiling prices as established by
the general freeze order, or at
prices which would show a
loss.
"Prices are being quoted for
future delivery of some essen
tial commodities to sellers in
the territories and possessions
Substantially above the sellers
ceiling under GCPR," said Mr..
Disable, "The flow of many
commodities has almost
stopped"
AN example Of this situa-
ton is the fact that practically
no rice is now being shipped
to Puerto Rico. Rice is the ba-
sic food of Puerto Rico and,
with the exception of an in
consequential amount grown
on the island, all of the rice
consumed there is shipped
from the United States. Most
of the items marketed in the
territories and possessions are
purchased in the United
States, where they are subject
to the general price ceilings"
This regulation establishes
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-04-06
Lyda churmun Active
Church Worker Dies

Mrs. LYDIA Chairman. rs, died
Friday, March 80 at the Cornelius
Rest Home. She had been i'll for
about two years.
Mrs. Chairman had lived in Min
neapolis AS years, coming here
from Hannibal, Missouri. She was
a member of st. Peter AME
church where she sang in the
choir for many years. She was
also a member of the Electa
Chapter OES.
Funeral services were held at
st. Peter AME church Tuesday,
April 3. Rev. NJ. l. Simmons
officiated.
Mrs. Chairman is survived by
Mason and Harold Lewis, bro
theirs, both of Minneapolis. Inter
ment was at Crystal Lake ceme-
tary.