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choice and to ask why is no doubt
mere carping.
In this tired. listless atmos-
|phere, Oliver is no mere breath Of
welcome worldliness. He is a tor
|nado. He enchants everyone with
his spine -tingling tales Of faraway
places, Africa and Outer Mongolia
titillates the inmates
with his hints of gaudy romantic
adventures, and transforms them
finally with the promise to take
as years of the ages Of everyone
in the place.
This latter naturally takes some
doing but the resourceful, elo-I
quent Erwenter manages it salts
factorily enough.
u \ 4 X
AS actors always have. Cara
dine makes his beloved rogue a.
character he really is enjoying. He
is, however. up against the stand
ard difficulty Of such figures that
they spend most Of their time
talking like irnitators Of the late
Jack Barrymore. The wordage
they spread over a three-act play
lis far too huge to maintain con-
slant sparkle. This means long
lulls between the lines that give
the play its laughter and creates
the frequent impression that
homes for the elderly INDECENT are
not as funny as McEnroe thinks
There are others about. Of
course, to reduce the number Of
these gaps to a tolerable point and
the Olney company is filled with
performers competent to bring out
their rather standard charms.
It is pleasant indeed to have
June Dayton back as the pretty
young superintendent Of the
Home, q girl who is wide-eyed and
high-hearted enough to be caught
in the spell Of a kindly old world
ling such as Oliver. He is a cadav-
erous kind Of Romeo to inspire
Miss Dayton's Julietish feeling,
but she inspires charmingly.
It is agreeable casting, too, that
finds Jane Seymour In the role OF
the bitter inmate Of the Home, q
woman who has had experience
with divers type and has been
disillusioned by it along with all
other types. Miss Seymour gets
the comedy's most acidly funny
lines and she filings them around
like an actress with q right to
lfeel revelous.
Good. too, are Jane Marbury as
o. muffled old crone who Is con-
vinced the world reeks Of sin;
! John Becher. divers leprechaun-
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ish outside man; Dean Harens as
the stuffy young pastor in charge
of the church home; and Wanda
Lyon as the thrice widowed In
mate who at 70 has not aban-
doned hope that there viii be q
fourth husband in her life.
These are passably amusing fig
ures In the frame "The Silver
Whistle" makes for them and
Olney opening nighters enjoyed
them as If they were dramatically
fresher than they are. or than
they look.
Syrjala, Olney's ace designer
back for another season, has set
McEnroe's play in a fashion that
cannot be inferior to the Broad
way production. despite the diff
erence in cost.
Evening star., 1951-06-09
By Horry MacArthur

More than q few noteworthy
motion pictures have been made
in Italy in the past several years
but If you were thinking Of max
ing one yourself you had best be
advised right now that the climate
has nothing to do with 1t. Neither
does the scenery. Lucky Nick
CAIN" at the Metropolitan, was
made on the Italian Riviera
(Which probably could sue, come
to think of it, and 1t Is full Of
Italian Riviera scenery, but to
little avail.
Once George Raft heaves into
view, which he does just as soon
as an intriguing opening is cast
aside. Lucky Nick Cain" becomes
just another George Raft picture.
The presence of EMO Staiola, of
several other people who speak
what seems to be fluent Italian
and Of all that italian town-and-
countryside do not change things.
It's another Raft picture, which,
of course. is all right If you like
George Raft pictures. And If you
don't, what are you doing here?
This time he plays an American
gambler named Lucky Nick Cain.
who is given a real plush greet
ing on his arrival at the Riviera
for a vacation. A hotel plies him
with an automobile. q suite and
"a set Of bottled goods and the
head Of the gambling casino plies
him with wine, baccarat and q
tasty American girl tourist.
Puzzles him no end, but he goes
along with q gag. takes the girl
out tangoing and back to the
suite for . night cap. Turns out
to be . mickeyed night cap and
when Raft comes to he finds he
Evening star., 1951-06-09

has inherited a stiff, a murder
weapon, a more-than-somewhat
hysterical dame and a roomful
of cops. The rest Of it is almost
all chase. This Raft is no one
to do as the Romans; when he is
in Rome, or on the Italian Riviera,
he does as Raft does.
He Is abetted in this adventure
by Charles Goldner. who is a
competent actor: Colleen Gray,
who is a decorative actress, and
q couple of other woman who find
him irresistible, naturally. Won
der If the man who gave Raft
that half dollar to flip and launch
ed his movie career has ever con-
feSsed.
Evening star., 1951-06-09
Where and When
Current Screen Attractions
and Time Of Showing


Stage.
Arena-'Twelfth Night; 2::30
and $3.50 pm.
Carter Barron Amphitheater,
Rock Greek Park-"Faith Of Our
Fathers; $40 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador - Appointment
with Danger; 1:10, 3:15. $40,
7:25 and 9:35 pm.
Capitol-"Night Into Morning;
10:30 am, 1:10, $3.50, $3.50. $40
and 1850 pm. Stage shows: 1925,
3:05, 5:45, 1925 and 11:05 pm. !, r.
Columbia - Go for Broke; |;
1880 am, 1880, 2:35, 4:S5. 6:40,
8:45 and 10:45 pm. ss...v,s. ~ 3,
Dupont-"odette":: 1:15, 3:20,
5:2o, 7:30, 9:35 and 11:40 pm.
Keith's Hollywood Story; !;
11:15 am, 1:25, $3.50, $40, 7:45,
9:55 pm. and 1905 pm.
Little-"L'Affairer'; 100, $3.50.
500. $40 and 11:15 pm.
Metropolitan Lucky Nick
CAIN; 1880 am, 1880, 3::35. $40,
l7:40 and 9:45 pm.
National-"Bird of Paradise;
t11:15 am, 100, 2:45, 4:35, 6:20.
8:10 and 9:55 pm. .
Palace-"The Great Caruso";;
10:30 am, 12:40. 2:55. sos. 7:20.
i9:35 and HAS pm.
Pix-"Ways Of Love-; 1:15, 3:25.
5:35, 7:50, 10:05 pm. and 1915
am.
;! Playhouse - "Tales Of Hoff-
mann; 2::30. $3.50 and $3.50 pm.
Plaza-"The Happiest Days of
Your Life: 1890 am. 1920. 2:20,
4:10, 6:10, sos, 1000 and 1880
pm.
Trans-Lux - "Fabiola":: 1890
am, 1:05, 2:55, 4:40. $3.50. $40.
10:05 and 1855 pm.
Warner - appointment with
Danger; 11:15 am. 1:2O. $3.50,
5:35, 7:45, 9:55 and 1900 pm.
Evening star., 1951-06-09
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Arlene Dahl and Lex Barker
stop of in New York on their
return from Europe only long
enough to pick up their wedding
presents. "Then," writes Arlene
from Paris. Hollywood. here we
come-June 14th - exhausted. :"
Arlene, free of her Metro con-
tract, adds, "at last Lex and ! can
do a picture together. Mel Fer
|rer plans a swashbuckling epic
for us in October. Wald and
IKrasna have something, too. We
may come back to France early
next year for a picture with
Jean Cocteau, the producer OF
Beauty And The Beast
Jimmy Durante, tired but hap
|py. returns almost Immediately to
hollywood from his television and
night-club triumphs in the East.
But here's an odd situation. Jim
my won't be paid a cent for the
picture he makes for Metro.
just this once" It's the last on
his contract, and he was paid for
1t several years ago.
X X X
Dan Duryea is living In happy
anticipation Of his Is per cent OF
the profits from Chicago Call
ing"
Ray Milland, who says he found
his Beverly Hills home too ex-
lpensive-"cost $500 a month for
servants alone"-has bought plot
of land. He will build a small
house ON it. so he and his wife
can do some Of the chores them
selves. There'll be a swimming
pool. too.
The Tyrone Powers have made
Ian offer to buy the George Sanders
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town. The Silver WHISTLE star
ring John Carradine. This comedy
by Robert e. McEnroe which
starred Jose Ferrer in its recent
Broadway run is new to this
neighborhood. In its days as a
Theater Guild production, it never
got this far south and this ex-
plains its choice as Olney's opener
this year.
After all, one cannot have
Helen Hayes or Tallulah Bank
head, or even Paulette Goddard.
to launch every season. Consider
ing that none of these are work.
ing anywhere at the present
moment, not even Broadway has,
or had. them this season.
Carradine, Of course, is not
the glittering human any Of these
are, but he gives Olney an amiable
enough beginning; as good as any,
one short of Ferrer could in q
comedy no more original than
"The Silver Whistle"
OF its kind. this echoing jest
built around the character Of the
loved rogue. or rake, is a passably
amusing trifie that should be
lingering around summer theater
for years, quite as If it were writ
ten for. this purpose indeed.
Playwright McEnroe has found
q setting for his comedy that at
least is not as timeworn as most
frames for its elderly Peter Pan
hero. This is a church home fol
old folks, a group that few comedy
writer's would dare consider but
one which McEnroe finds to be
full of humorous characters.
Into the midst Of these shabby
half-alive humans "The Silvel
Whistle" deposits Oliver Erwenter
a man who lives by his wits anc
who is always willing to extenc
q helpful hallucination to people
less we'll of than himself.
It is never explained, perhaps
because it Is inexplicable, why 6
philosophic. poetic bum like Olive
ever chose such an emergency
landing field as an old peoples
home. It is enough for McEnrot
tnat Oliver did make such 8
Evening star., 1951-06-09
Federal Poets to Meet

Mrs. Rudyerd Boulton will be
guest poet and critic at a meet
ing Of the Federal Poets of Wash
ington at 2::30 p. m. tomorrow in
the board room Of the Corcoran
Art Gallery.
Evening star., 1951-06-09
The Passing Show
The Passing Show
Corrudine's Beloved Rogue
Launches O|ney's Season
By Joy cormody

Now it is the oney heas to fill the cultural gulch left
Wahingons months between the closing Of the
National and the opening of the Gayety.
Opening its last night quiet key but also in
Olney brought to town approximately to
, 1951-12-19
Cricketers Due to
Arrive e on
Saturday for Comes

A team of cricketers from
New York City is due to ar
rive here on Saturday morn
ing to take part in a series of
games with the local cricket
ers. Most if not all the mem
bers of the visiting team are
Virgin Islanders.
Those expected are Conrad
Smith, John Norris, Andrew
Headley, Rene Andre, Harris
Todman, Alfred Barker, Mat
thias Gabriel, Harry Goldbeck,
John Jones, Alexander Morris,
Judson Morris, joseph Naugh-
ton, John Somersall, Benjamin
Sutherland, James Smmonds,
John Petersen and Clarence
Hope.
The members of the local
teams have been picked al
ready to meet with the visit
ors. Their names will be
announced in another issue.
, 1951-12-19
Rhythm Makers
Orchestra to Pluv
At Center Thedtre

Archie Thomas, leader of
the Rhythm Makers Orchestra
visited st. Thomas on Monday
morning to complete final ar
rangements for the appear
ance Of his orchestra at the
Center Theatre.
Preliminary plans calls for
the appearance of the orches-
ira at the Center during the
Christmas and New Year Sea-
sons. 1t is believed that Ron
de Lugo Of Station VISTA will
be master of ceremonies on
most of these occasions.
The. Rhythm Makers may
combine with Phipps Band for
several dances.
, 1951-12-19
Sugdrcdne Growers
To be Paid for
Moldsses by Rise

The A. H. Rise Distillers
Corporation will settle the
1850 molasses purchases with
sugarcane growers, it was
made known through a cable
received from Gordon Skeoch,
president of the Virgin Islands
Corporation.
Edward Miller, representa-
tive of Rise will be at the
VICORP Offices at Golden
Grove from l to 5 pm. on Fri
day and from 8 to II on Satur-
day, December q and %.
All growers are urged to
make a special effort to see Mr.
Miller during the period men
toned heretofore. +
, 1951-12-19
Atty. james Bough,
Ashley L. Totten
Due in v. l. Soon

Attorney James A. Bough,
Chief Of the Caribbean Branch
Of the United Nations Division
of Non-Self Governing Terri
tories is due to arrive in the
Virgin Islands within the next
several days.
Ashley L. Totten, president
Of the American Virgin Islands
Civic Association, and secre-
tary-treasurer Of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Sleeping
Car Porters, is due to arrive
here for the Christmas holi-
days. Mrs. Totten is now in
St. Thomas.
Attorney Bough is Chief
Counsel for the delegation of
which Mr.. Totten is a member.
, 1951-12-19
Chamber OF Comm.
Asks Veto Of New
Wages, Hours Bill

The St. Croix Chamber of
Commerce has requested Gov
ernor de Castro to veto Bill
No. 20, prescribing Minimum
Wages and Maximum Hour
Standards" as passed by the
Legislative Assembly recently.
This bill was given consi-
derable thought and study
before action was taken, a
Chamber newsletter says. The
basis for the request therefore
was based upon its detrimen-
tai effect upon the economy Of
the Island, especially in the
field Of transportation, Live
stock raising, Dairy Industry,
Tourist services, Food Indus
try, Small, Growers, Con-
tractors, Artisans, New
Investments.
"The fact that St. Croix has
limited purchasing power,
small income and volume of
business and very little new
money coming into the Island,
was forcefully brought out.
There is a great possibility
that the Virgin Islands Corpo-
ration and the Municipality
would not be included, thus
the increase would fall upon
the Independent business
firms, farmers and livestock
growers, who cannot increase
Continued on page A.
, 1951-12-19
Governor de Castro
Operated on; Token
Home to R~ecuperate

Governor Morris F. de Cas-
tro underwent an emergency
appendectomy operation at
the Municipal Hosuital in St.
Thomas early this morning.
Following the operation the
Chief Executive was taken
home due to lack Of room at
the hospital.
, 1951-12-19
Neumdnns to Take Up
Permanent Residence
In St. Croix

Harry Neumann, landscape
architect Of California, arrived
here several days ago, accom-
panied by Mrs. Neumann, to
take up permanent residence
in St. Croix.
Mr.. Neumann, a native of
St. Croix, left here in 1914; he
returned for a visit in 1916,
and is now building a home at
Princesse.
His father, August Neu-
mann, held the rank of Stabs-
.sergent in the Danish Army in
addition to a number of other
important positions here dur
ing the Danish regime. He was
knighted by the Danish King
for his work with the Under
ground" when Denmark was
under Nazi domination.
, 1951-12-19
French Agronomic
Experts on Mission
In Triniddd

PORT OF SPAIN: VIZ. Jean
Guile, Head Of the Division de
Cultures of the ''Institut des
Fruits ct Agrumes Coloniaux''
Colonial Fruit and Citrus
INSTITUTED in Paris, France, on
mission in the Caribbean area,
paid a recent visit to Kent
House. He was accompanied
by M. Georges Merry, phyto-
pathologist attached to the ex-
detrimental station Of thu
Institute in the French Depart
ment of Guadeloupe.
Greeted on their arrival in
Trinidad by M. A. F. Sim
monds, Geneticist Of the I'm
perial College of Tropical
Agriculture, they later CON
ferred with Professor Baker,
Mr.. Fennah and Mr.. Hutchin-
son, of the Imperial College
staff, on Panama and Sigatoka
diseases. They also had an in
terview with Mr.. Holman Will
liams, Deputy Director Of the
Department of Agriculture.
DR.. Guile, who is an expert
on banana-borer control, dis
cussed with DR.. F. J. Sim
monds, Entomologist of the
Commonwealth Institute of
Biological Control. the possibi-
litv Of taking biological and
chemical control measures
, 1951-12-19


simultaneously against this
banana pest. They also ex-
changed views on the biologi-
cal control of "diapepes
abbreviatus", a citrus pest. DR..
%Simmonds, who recently visit
ed a, under the
auspices of the Caribbean
Commission, to carry out re-
search on biological control
measures in connection with
Continued on page a
, 1951-12-19
OPS IssuesR%e Regulation
On Used industrial &
Cons. Machinery

A new regulation, Ceiling
Price Regulation l05 (CPR
1867 designed to cover sales of
used industrial and con-t4uc-
ton machinery and related
equipment becomes effective
December II, 1851.
The equipment include S
boilers, conveyers, cranes, cut
ting tools, dies, derricks:
dredges, engines, motors, HOSTS
railroad equipments, excavat-
ing equipments, snow ploWs.
turbines, X-ray apparatus,
stokers.
Copies of this regulation are
available at the OPS Office.
Evening star., 1951-01-21
Hieh|iqhts
Radio Today.

1900, WGMS - National SYM
phony Orchestra: World premiere
of the first phonograph recording
made by the National Symphony
Evening star., 1951-01-21

bad Guy" Evalyn Tyner
700, WNBW-Leave 1t to the
Girls: Eva Gabor is guest to the
panel.
700, WMAL Paul Whiteman
Revue: Jane Froman and Maureen
Cannon join the show.
1880, WTOP This is Show Busi-
ness: Faye Emerson is guest panel
ist; John Gielgud does soliloquy
from Hamlet"
1880, WMAL-Showtim U. S. A.:
Kitty Carlisle, Ben Blue and Pat
O'Brien join the show.
500, WTOP-Toast of the Town:
Margaret Truman and Evalyn
Tyner are headliners on Ed Sui
livan's show.
500, WNBW-The Comedy Hour:
Bobby Clark returns in new
Michael Todd Revue"
900, WNBW - Television Play
house: John Ireland plays the lead
in "Confession."
1890, WTOP = Celebrity Time:
Opera star Jarmila Novotna and
conductor Arthur Fielder are guests
panelistS.
Evening star., 1951-01-21


since 1945, the
first made un-
der the direc-
ton of Howard
Mitchell.
100, WTOP--
New York Phil
harmonic Sym
phony; Rudolph
Firkusny is the
soloist playing
the Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto
No. | in G
Minor"
1870, w r c.
Evening star., 1951-01-21
Parents Do Share
The Responsibility

Children can have bad enough
dreams without any help, how
ever. 1t is a simple matter to
wait until they are safely having
them before shooting horror into
the living room. Parents have a
responsibility here, of course. but
as any parent knows, his control
can't be absolute. A program
may seem completely harmless
and take sudden turn for the
worse. The damage then is done.
This matter of confining horror
and violence to the late hours is
so obvious that it not only has
been suggested but the networks
profess to adhere to it as a rule.
Obviously, however, there are
slip-ups. The television broad
casters must be extremely cautious
in guarding against them.
The fewer members of its audi
ence television rouses to righteous
wrath by offending by cheap pro-
grams the better chance it has
of retaining freedom for its bet
ter programs.
Evening star., 1951-01-21

Foreign Policy-Whats the An
swer?" is the topic for debate by
Senator Robert A. Taft and Sem
ator William Benton.
800, WTOP-Bill Shaded: Bill
Shaded and Larry LIE Sueur begin a
new half-hour weekly news and
news analysis series.
4:45, VOL Football: Veterans
Aid Bowl Game played in California
for the aid of Korean veterans.
Teams are all stars of the San
Francisco 40 professional team and
all stars of Northern California
Colleges.
500, WRC-The Big Show: Judy
Holiday, Gypsy Rose Lee, Fred
Allen, Eddie Cantor, Vaughn Mon
roe and Patrice Munsel are guests
of Tallulah Bankhead.
| $50, WINK - Meet Your Con-
gress: Senators Robert Taft, Everett
Dirksen, Herbert Lehman and HUI
bert H. Humphrey discuss "The
Presidents Foreign Policy"
| 500, WCFM-NatlOna Gallery OF
Art Concert: Norah Drewett is
pianist and Geza de Kresz Is
violiniSt.
500, WTOP - Bergan- Mccarthy:
Marilyn Maxwell is guest.
$3.50, WRC-Theater Guild on the
Air: Jeanne Grain and John Lund
eo-star in THE Fortune Hunter"
TelevisiOn Today.
1880, WNBW-American Forum of
the Air: Senators Robert A. Taft
and William Benton discuss "A
Foreign Policy-What's the An
Evening star., 1951-01-21

400, WTOP-
Football: A spe-
cial broadcast of
a Commute film
condensation of
the All-Star Pro
Bowl game.
400, WNBW-
Meet the Press:
w. Stuart SYM
ington is inter-
viewed.
800, WTOP-
Bigelow Theater:
Barbara Law
renee stars in
Evening star., 1951-01-21

drama as innocuouS as most Of
the movies. Studio One" for in
stance, would be anything but
improved if it suddenly found it.
self circumscribed by Hollywood's S
production code.
The TV broadcasters might do
well, however, to recall what hap
pened to motion pictures to bring
about the code. They suffered a
moral lapse to such a degree that
counterattack rose up and for a
long enough time that the coun-
terattack became strongly organ
lied. Producers set up the code
and began to abide by it in self
defense. but they did it too late.
The outside influences still are
organized and still watch the
movies closely.
The same thing could happen
to television. Already there have
been rumblings here and there
from State censor boards and
other groups seeking to get a lit
tie control over the programs tele-
vision sends into homes. A wise
course for the broadcasters to
take will be one of periodic self
examination and self-correction if
necessary.
AS a starter. it will be a good
idea to take a little care to avoid
such things as that murder scene
the father objected to above.
This does not mean that tele-
vision drama must abandon real
ism or the melodramatic thriller.
A tense melodrama can be absorb
ing drama and a shot of violence
often helps it be SO.
Evening star., 1951-10-04

what may be an actually effec-
tive counter offensive.
The plaintive and absurd pro-
test of the Is Senators is an in
dication that the battle begun
by Senator Benton to hold Sena-
tor Mccarthy to account is hav-
ing its effect.
The list of Is names-or 26,
since Senator Taft said he would
like to be included-is not true
cross section of the Republican
Senate minority. 1t does not
include those Republicans who
have expressed publicly their
disgust with the Mccarthy tao
tics. 1t does not include some
who have expressed their dis
gust privately while refraining
from speaking it out loud.
What it does INCLUDE are a few
who have been only a little less
reprehensible than Senator Nc
Carthy, some who, like Senator
Taft, have encouraged McCar-
thy, some who accept the any
thlng-to-win philosophy and
some who consider it necessary
to be regular and probably
Evening star., 1951-10-04

in the Defense Department.
whose initial premise is that
there must be as little discrep-
ancy as possible in the treat
ment of the three services. The
wishes of the theater COM
manders are given great weight;
if possible they constitute the
last word.
The great difficulty, of course,
is that it is not possible to treat
everybody alike. Some stations
have housing or can acquire it
readily at reasonable expense;
in others it is prohibitive in
cost or unavailable. The reg
ulars of the services, like the
State Departments Foreign
Service. know this; they expect
to alternate between the fat and
lean, figuring that in a whole
career they will attain the gen.
eral average.
But these regulars are being
greatly augmented by reserves.
National Guard and draftees.
Neither they nor their women
folk have the career service phi
losophy. conditioning or that
clan feeling which comforts the
regulars.
The Army has plans to rotate
II divisions overseas. keeping
only four at home at any one
time. This involves the separa-
ton of families three years out
of four unless the present de-
pendent policy is maintained. 1t
is a big responsibility to decide
TO change it for Americans. Un-
Evening star., 1951-10-04
Lowell N1elIett:
Something New in Politics
Senator Benton Succeeds in Putting Political Outs
On Defensive by His Mccarthy Attack

thought all Republicans were
signing the whimpernig state
ment. Some are hard to ac-
count for on any theory.
Senator Benton is unlikely to
obtain any custer proceedings
against Senator Mccarthy, per-
haps not even a vote of CEN
sure. But he has accomplished
something almost unprecedented
in American politics. He has
put the political outs on the
defensive. at least for the time
being. That's pretty good for
mental midget ''-McCarthy's
only reply thus far to Benton's
documented charges-even for
a mental midget" who was for
years vice president of the Uni
versity of Chicago and is now
publisher of the worlds largest
and best known encyclopedia.
OF course, to avoid giving him
too much credit. Senator Ben
ton could hardly have antici-
pated such stupid reaction to
his daring maneuver. Or such
a funny one.