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Evening star., 1952-10-25
Boy Held at Nashville
As Youngest Suspect
OF Rowing Bandit Trio
By the Associoted Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 25.-
The youngest of three suspects
sought in the kidnapping of 20
persons and theft of four automo-
biles was arrested here early to-
day.
The FBI announced Virgil LIE
May, Is. was arrested at Nash
vile home.
Still at large and sought on
kidnapping and car theft warrants
are James Francis Hill, 30, of
birmingham. Mass. and Charles
Edward Hopkins, 10, of Jackson
vile. Fla. Both these men are
former Florida convicts.
Forced to Aid, Boy Says.
The FBI said LIE May returned
to Nashville, his home town, yes
terday and went to the home of
friends who were away. He went
to sleep there and when the
friends returned they took him to
another Nashville residence by
prearrangement with officers. The
youth was taken into custody
there.
LIE May probably will be returned
to Chattanooga today for hearing
on kidnapping and auto theft
charges.
The FBI said the boy claimed
ne was forced to take part in the
wild crime spree and was given
an empty gun for his part in the
numerous holdups, robberies and
kidnapings. LIE May was unarmed
when arrested.
All Hostages Freed.
During three day spree through
Georgia, into Tennessee, and back
to Atlanta, the trio kidnapped 20
persons and stole three cars and
a pickup truck. All hostages ap-
parently were released after a
short period.
The latest victim. Herschel
Myers, 20, of White County, Tenn.
told police he was forced at gun
point to drive the trio from Spen-
Ger, Tenn, to Atlanta yesterday.
He said one of the bandits got
out about 20 miles from Atlanta
and the other two at different
places in the city.
Evening star., 1952-10-25
Mccormack Gets Medal

MILWAUKEE,, Oct, 25 (P).-
Archbishop Richard j. Gushing of
Boston yesterday presented the
peace medal of the Third Order of
st. Francis to Representative Nc
Cormack, Democrat, of Massa-
chusettS, majority leader of the
House of Representatives. Pre-
sentation was made on the OPEN
ing day of the national conven-
tion of the Third Order of St.
Francis, Cetholic lay brother
hood.
Evening star., 1952-10-25

munist Yugoslavia said they were
immensely impressed with Mr..
Acheson's speech and would sup
port his resolution as "a move for
peace"
Australian Foreign Secretary
Richard G. Casey declared he in
tended to have Mr.. Acheson' S
speech reproduced textually and
circulated throughout his country.
mo more terrible indictment
could have been possible" Mr..
Casey said of the speech. 1T was
a restrained, unadorned. factual
story, fully documented, made
more telling by the absence of in
Vectiye" "
Evening star., 1952-10-25
Mass for Polish Club

The Polish Club of Washington
will attend its monthly mass at
III am. tomorrow in the Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception.
Fourth street and Michigan ave-
nue. NV. The Rev. Boleslaw Jaci-
|mowicz of the Marioan House of
Studies will officiate.
Evening star., 1952-10-25

1898 in north portion and 36-42
in south. High tomorrow, 60-65.
Wind fat National AirporN
Northwest. 10 miles an hour, at
11:19 am.
River Report
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and clear at Great Falls; Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
(Readmgs at Washington National Airport
Yesterday Pei To-day Pct
Noon -- - Midnieht 4 |
pm. -- is : am. - f:}
s pm. - 33 10 am. ~ 50
Evening star., 1952-10-25
Acheson
Continued From First Page.)

N\O1lllilltCo T1OIII F1ISt HdSe.J
the sacrifices made by the United
Nations and their troops fighting
/ in Korea.
Let no act of ours weaken or
destroy the noble purpose of their
sacrifice" he declared. This ses-
sion of the General Assembly has
the great responsibility of peace
in Korea. We must not and
cannot buy peace at the price of
honor"
Asks Backing for Negotiators.
Mr.. Acheson then introduced
the resolution asking the assembly
to indorse the stand of U. N.
Command negotiators at Panmun-
jon-particularly their staunch op-
position to forcible repatriation of
war priSonerS-and to urge the
Communists to accept an armistice
on those terms.
Twenty nations, including the
16 actually sending troops to Ko-
irea, have entered their names as
sponsors of the American resolu-
.tion. Several other countries
served advance notice they would
vote for its adoption.
Mr. Acheson carefully laid the
groundwork for the whole Western
contention that the Communists
backed by the Russians-plot-
ted, armed and executed the ag-
gression in Korea. He accused
Russia of talking now about "re-
uniflcation of Korea" after having
Sabotaged all efforts since the end
of World War II to unity that
country. He said the committee
could expect to hear a lot of
noise" about the United States be-
ing the aggressor, but declared
everyone would be able to judge
for himself by the facts.
In outlining the stand on the
prisoner of war question-the sole
issue holding up Korean armis-
tice-Mr. Acheson quoted directly
from II treaties signed by the So
Wet Onion since 1918 in which the
Russians agreed to the same prin-
ciple of repatriation without force
to which the Communist negotia-
tors at Panmunjom now are
stonily opposed.
Mr.. Acheson said The U. N. Com
mand now holds about l21,OOO,
prlSoners-Red Chinese and North
Korean - Of which some $4,000
have indicated they are willing to
return home.
The rest. he said, have told
screening parties they will oppose,
by violence. if necessary, any eff
fort to return them to their Com
homelands.
The Communists demand that
all prisoners be returned whether
they want to or not.
Reaction Generally Favorable.
Although reaction to the Ache
son speech was generally favor
able, some delegates said they
wanted to study it more carefully.
India's Mrs. ViajayalakshmiI
Pandit. said cautiously that she
thought it was IAN excellent out
line" of the Korean situation. The
Indian delegation chief hintedI
earlier at a luncheon that she is
in the center of delicate secret,
negotiations on several
U. N. problems. including Korea.
This bolStered diplomatic re-
ports here that India had been.
approached by high United States.
and other officials to make anoth-
er effort at bringing about a Ko-
rean settlement.
Delegates of independent Com
Evening star., 1952-10-25

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 101. on June 90
Lowest. Is. on January 30.
High and Low of Last "a Hours.
High. 15, at 3 pm.
Low, A. ia 6:55.
Evening star., 1952-10-25
The Sun Ard Mnnn

Inc sun ARD Moor.
Rises. Sets.
Sun. To-Day 6:rS 5:16
Sun, tomorrow 6"4 Six
moon To-Day !. .0S pm. 1857 pm
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset
Evening star., 1952-03-30
What's Age Lively Old Beauty
She Works Daily
At Job Which
Defied Her

plastic surgery. Eventually
, Miss Hopper and her one
woman show were playing
jammed movie houses.
She got a drug house to un-
derwrite a line of cosmetics
bearing her name.
After that she sailed on -
working like a beaver on ex-
ploitation, personal appear
ances, radio shows and such
into big income brackets. She
sold out, at a handsome profit,
several years ago.
Then" she said, "I decided
to go back to the one thing that
had licked me-the stock mar
ket. I studied finance and ap-
piled myself hard. It has been
interesting and beneficial.
Miss Hopper has an extremely
feminine reason for her early
to-bed-early-to-rise routine. It
has nothing to do with her
health rules.
"I have to get up early be-
cause it takes me some time to
get dressed" she explained.
after all, I have to face 25 or
80 men every day at my offlce."
Evening star., 1952-03-30
Toduy's Schedules

Stage.
ARENA - Three Men on q
Horse: $3.50 pm.
Screen.
AMBASSADOR-"The Great
est Show on Earth: 1:1O,
3:55. $40 and 9::25 pm.
CAPITOL - Japanese War
Bride: 2:10. 4:45, TBS and
10 pm. Stage: 1:10, 3:45,
$40 and 8 pm.
c o L U M B I A - African
Queen: los. Sis. 5:25,
7::35 and Gas pm.
DUPONT "Rasho- Mon: 1,
2:35. 4:25. 6:15, sos and
10 pm.
KEITHS Rancho Notori-
Gus: 1885. $40, $40. 7:40
and 9:45 pm.
LITTLE-"St. Matthew Pas
SION: I. 2::30, 4:05, 5:45,
1920. Q and 1890 pm.
METROPOLITAN-"The Sea
Hornet: 1:15. 2:55, 4:40,
6:25, $40 and 9:55 pm.
o N T A. r I O. "The Green
Glove: 1:40, 3:45, 5:55, 7:55
and 10 pm.
PALACE - Sailor, Beware:
ITO, 3:15, 5:25. 7::35 and
$50 pm.
PIX'Detective Story: 1:10,
$40, $3.50, 7:35 and 9:45
pm.
PLAYHoUsE"Five Fin
gers: 1. 3:15, $3.50, 1850
and 1905 pm.
PLAzA-"The Browning Ver-
sion":: /, ESQ. $40. $3.50,
$40 and 1918 pm.
TRANSLUX "The Sniper":
/, 2:50. 4:45, $3.50. 1920 and
1915 pm.
WARN Err "The Greatest
Show on Earth: 1:05, $3.50,
6::35 and 9::25 pm.
Evening star., 1952-03-30
Edno's Glamour
Is Ti11e-Proof:
Life Simple
By Cynthio Lowry
NEW YORK

Edna Wallace Hopper. the
toast Of Broadway at the turn
Of the century. is still fight
ing a winning battle against
woman's worst enemy: Age.
An amazing trim, vivacious
little woman, she has a fabu-
lous career behind her and is
still going strong.
She is one of a quartette the
theater Of another century pro-
duced-beautiful ladies of tall
ent, brains and courage who be-
heved that eternal youth was
possible and who more or less
proved it.
Scintillating Elsie De Wolfe
Mendl, in turn stage, interior
decorator and international
hostess, was "a when she died
last summer at Versailles.
Brilliant Fanny Ward sue
cumbed to old age in January.
The well-kept secret Of her cal
endar age died with her. She
may have been Tor "a.
And Two Remain.
Two hardy perennials remain:
Miss Hopper and Mistinguette.
Frances lady with, the famous
legs continues to work in the
theater.
The two women, disSimilar in
every other respect, are alike
in two things. They seemingly
defeat age by the simple tactic
Of ignoring it. Secondly, they
won't tell their ages.
An old theatrical record states
flatly that Miss Hopper was
born on January II, 1874. But
an equally good source makes
her SO.
Whatever her age, Miss Hop
per isn't discussing it.
Tiny and birdlike, Miss Hop
per has the figure, unveined
hands and legs and agility of a
young woman. She lives quietly
and handsomely in a midtown
Manhattan apartment. Six days
Q week she goes to the Office Of
Q Wall Street broker and puts
in a full day taking care Of her
investments.
Secret Is Simple.
my secret?" she asked. "It's
leading q normal, full life. I
keep busy. I take exercise. I've
never smoked. I never drink.
I eat sensible things-lots Of
proteins and no fats. I go to
bed early during the week
not later than $50. and I get
up at 6:30. Week ends I enter
tain or am entertained. 60 to
the theater a lot"
Behind her almost unlined
face there is a fantastic de-
termination. Brought up in
gentle circumstances in San
Francisco, she decided as a child
she would 60 on the stage.
A family friend introduced
Evening star., 1952-03-30
Lost Big Hurdle
In Her Career
Is Cleared
By SheiIoh Grohom
HOLLYWOOD.

Dinah Shore is the maharani
Of melody. queen Of ballads.
boogie and the blues. q smash
hit on the radio. Her RCA-
Victor recordings are consistent
best sellers, and she has even
vowed cabaret clients in plush
spots such as New York'S Wal
dorf- Astoria.
But" said Dinah, ~ was
never any threat to Lana Tur-
ner in movies" Cameramen had
difficulty capturing her appeal
on celluloid. She figured in a
couple Of less-than mediocre
films. including q Technicolor
lemon with Gypsy Rose Lee.
$50 I took the hint after a
dozen movies, and turned my
back on the screen.
I've had many chances for
pictures in recent years. but
I've turned them down." she
said as we chatted on the patio
Of the North Hollywood home
furnished almost completely
with pieces made by her hus-
band, George Montgomery. II
figured If / couldn't do some
thing good, I'd sooner not do
anything at ALL"
She Lost to Ava.
One night, 18 months ago.
Dinah was enhancing Arthur
+ eed at the Coconut Grove.
The producer wanted her for
the lead in SHOW Boat" Dinah
tested for the part and was
heartbroken when Ava Gardner
got the role.
II felt then I was washed up
for good with movies" she said.
They didn't seem to need me-
and ! certainly didn't need
them. With radio. television
and records, plus a husband and
child, my time was at q pre-
MUM. anyhow"
Then, q year ago, Producers
william Perlberg and George
Seaton decided to film Aaron
Slick From Punkin Crick," q
rural melodrama which had
checked OF $4,000 royalty-paid
presentations In the last three
decades - more than okla
home!" and "Abie's Irish Rose"
combined. Perlberg wanted
Dinah for the country widow
who falls in love with Alan
Young. When he agreed to
devote q full week or more to
preliminary Photographic tests,
Dinah capitulated.
Naturally. Tn happy" she
said. II feel pictures are terri
bly, important, II you're in show
business. Good movies enhance
q singers value on recordings
or radio or television. Nothing
quite packs the glamour Of a
movie but just to do a movie
to be able to say you're in pic
lures is no good. What you do
must be good.
OF course. Dinah does her
own singing In Aaron Slick
From Punkin Crick," but.
strangely. this has not always
been so. In a foreign version
Of one Of Dinah's earlier pic
lures, Partisan Songstress Edith
Piaf dubbed French lyrics in
place Of Dinah's English ones.
Evening star., 1952-03-30
Coming Attractions

Stage.
NEW GAYETY-"The Cock
tail Party" with Estelle
Winwood and Dennis King,
starting tomorrow.
Screen.
AMBASSADOR-"A Streetcar
Named Desire" +" with Vivien
Leigh, starting Friday.
CAPITOL - "Steel Town."
with Ann Sheridan, starting
Thursday.
COLUMBIA-'Raging Tide"
with Shelley Winters.
DUPONT-"Royal Journey"
documentary. starting
Wednesday.
KEITH'S - "At Swords
Point" with Cornell Wilde.
starting wednesday.
LITTLE-"Marie du PORT"
with Jean Gabln.
METROPOLITAN - Hong
Kong" with Rhonda Tem-
ing, starting Thursday.
ONTARIO - MY Favorite
Spy" with Bob Hope.
PALACE-"With . Song in
My Heart" with Susan
Hayward.
PLAYHOUSE "Deadline, q.
S. A." with Humphrey Bo-
gart.
PLAZA - "Clouded yellow"
with Jean Simmons.
TRANS-LUX--"My Six Con-
victs," with John Beal.
WARNER "A Streetcar
Named Desire" with Vivien
Leigh, starting Friday.
Evening star., 1952-03-30
A Seen Star
HOLLYWOOD.

Margaret Sheridan has made
648 appearances in 81 cities dur
ing the past IL months. in be-
half of charities. public rela-
tions for the film industry and
various other causes. The star
Of RKO-Radio's forthcoming
1.-The Korean Story Is fast be-
coming known as Hollywood's
good will ambassador.
In the 81 cities visited, the ac-
tress made a minimum of eight
appearances at each site.
I'm addition" Margaret says.
'1 have gone to film premieres,
battleship welcomings and hos
pital appearances in and
around Los Angeles. You know.
I finally got so tired Of travelling
that I took two weeks off and
flew to Mexico City and Aca-
pulco to get some rest"
Evening star., 1952-03-30

Now Dinah has q clause In her
contract stipulating that she'll
do her own foreign language
clubbing, II any is done at all.
Dinah's first professional re-
cording was not intended as a
sales item. She grooved q test
Of a new song which the pub
Usher wanted to send to Holly
wood in the hope that MGM
would use it in a Judy Garland
musical. Eddie Cantor hap
pened to hear the recording and
invited Dinah to sing the tune
on the first radio program Of
his new series on NBC.
Her Song q Hit.
Dinah sold so well in the
song that she was invited to
make q commercial recording Of
it the next day. The platter
business was in a severe slump
Evening star., 1952-03-30
9IIIG pQSSfIf9 9IOW
Seasons Best PIoy?
There's q Problem
Four Works Are Condidotes
But Merely Apothetic Ones
Bx Jay carrnodx

Of which Is eligible for o blue
ribbon by virtue Of age. Prizes
are reserved for new plays.
II members Of the Critics
Circle could suffer such Q lapse
Of standards as to award Q
default verdict 70 the most
popular Cat the hox, ofiice) play
Of Q barren year. their election
day would be brighter. IN that
case. they could furtively mark
! q ballot for Point Of No Re-
turn" and head for the nearest
bar; the one on the first floor Of
the Algonquin, where the Circle
meets.
This. Of course. is not critical
cricket.
It Has Charm.
The chief merit Of Point Of
No Return" is its charm. It
deals with the subject Of mar
riage, which nearly every adult
has experienced In one way or
another, and with getting ahead
In the world (specifically bank
ing), another activity with which
spectators find identification
easy. It has Henry Fonda as its
leading actor and such other
ingratiating players as Bob
Ross. John Cromwell and Leora
Dana.
Moreover, Point Of No Re-
turn" is clearly q professional
job. It has class to 60 with its
charm. The question is, does 1t
have enough Of these to osbalance
its lack of genuine substance?
It is vexing question.
"The Fourposter" is another
work with charm. It also deals
with marriage and its way Of
dealing with it is beautifully
acted by Jessica Tandy and
Hume Cronyn. Large audiences
have had q wonderful time at
"The Fourposter" ever since it
opened last autumn. Neverthe-
less. in terms Of prize play
standards, the Jan de Hartog
comedy is a mere wisp Of q
thing. not unlike two or three
plays in which the Lunts have
never won q prize.
"Shrike" in Running.
"The Shrike," which has its
supporters, is melodrama with
Jose Ferrer, who Is Broadway's
currently most powerful actor
director-producer. It drew an
array Of impressive selling" no
tices, but not the sort that are
bestowed upon genuinely sound
plays. This is to say that it
comes under the heading of
good theater, which rarely has
been good enough to earn any
production the distinction Of
being q best play.
AS for II Am q Camera" deal
ing with the emotional up
heaval Of . couple of young
English creatures in Berlin in
1898. enthusiasm for it has
been concentrated almost ex-
clusively upon young Julie Har-
ris' performance as its amoral
heroine. Structually, the John
Van Druten adaptation Of
Christopher ISherwood's sketch
has been as sharply criticized as
"The Shrike."
In view Of the weaknesses Of
all the candidates for top hon
ors. there is q growing notion
around Broadway that the
critics meeting on April 8 might
turn into q merely social ses-
sion at which it will be decided
there is no prize play this sea-
son.
It would have q defensible
logic.
Evening star., 1952-03-30
Dinoh Finally Breaks Movie Jinx
Home Life Hoppy
! And Even Hobby
Works Out ~.

at the time. but DinahS disc.
Yes. My Darling Daughter" !"
emerged as one Of the biggest Of
the year.
She remained on the Cantor
program three years. then be-
came . star In her own right on
the Columbia hookup. To o
large degree Dinah credits her
current success to smart advice
dished out by the banjo-eyed
comic soon after she Joined his
program.
'Dinah. he told me. don't
be jealous Of any one else"
Dinah's marriage to George
Montgomery is very solid. Each
is successful in his own field. and
and George staggers his pictures
to leave him time for the Gus.
tom-made furniture factory he
runs in the San Fernando Val.
ley.
Ran Down Carlo.
Dinah, for q star. has an un-
usual hobby-autograph hunt
ing. She has one Of the few
Greta Carlo signatures ever to
land in an autograph album.
When Dinah first came to Hol-
lywood as a visitor she knew Q
cousin who had q friend who
knew q watchman at MGM
studios who smuggled her into
the studio.
II watched Marie Dressler
and William Powell and Clark
Gable at work. and they gave
me their autographs" she said.
1T was q thrill. Then, on my
way of the lot. q big black
limousine drew up to q sound
stage and out stepped Garbo.
There was nobody else around.
and my heart popped into my
mouth, but ! asked her to sign
my book. and she did,,
Fifteen years later. when
Dinah was starring at the Wal
dorf-Astoria, there was q knock
on her dressing room door. and
q voice asked, In low tones:
Miss Shore. I am an admiref
Of yours. Could I please have
your autograph" Yep. Carlo.
tRelsassd by North American Nswspspsf
Alliance, Incl
Evening star., 1952-03-30

her to Charles Frohman, the
famous New York producer.
He hired her for "The Girl I
Left Behind Me-" which he and
David Belasco planned to pro-
duce in 1893 to open the EN-
pire then being built. To gain
some experience, she played a
couple Of roles in other plays.
Frohman's play-and ingenue
Edna Wallace-were hits when
1t opened.
THAT was q tremendous
year" she recalled. II met De
Wolf Hopper and married him
q few months later. He swept
NE off my feet. My mother
darned near died at the mar
riage-and she was delighted
two or three years later when
it broke up"
Meanwhile, she had done q
series of operattas with Hop
per. She moved on to the role
of Lady Holyrood in the now
legendary "Floradora."
Then came 1918-and one
morning she discovered she was
fat broke. She had been spec
ulatIng in the stock market.
Then she found theater man
ayers wouldn't hire her. She
went 70 Hollywood. but had no
luck there.
She Got Angry.
Then, one day. she opened q
newspaper and saw pictures and
a story about six famous wom-
eL who had had their faces
lifted"-her own picture among
them.
II was furious" she said. "be-
cause I hadn't. But ! started
to think. I hired a movie
cameraman and went to the best
plastic surgeon around and
actually had my face lifted
and the whole operation fllmed."
She hit the road with her
fllm and a monologue about
Evening star., 1952-03-30
The Posing Show

Now that Hollywood's annual
Oscars have found their way to
the appropriate mantelpieces.
the legitimate theater can begin
to thumb through its accom-
plishments before voting its
annual prizes.
This is o more solemn, less
publicized rite Of spring. o.
becomes an art that Is so much
older and 20 much less helter-
skelter.
It il on April 8. Q mere 10
days hence, that the first de-
cision will be rendered on the
merits Of Broadway,s 1872 ex-
hibits. This verdict will be that
Of the New York Critics Circle.
o group Of outspoken drama
judges whose prize has sue
ceeded that Of the Pulitzer Judges
In significance If not in prestige.
It's Been Dull.
The degree Of excitement sur
rounding the annual Critics
award 10 always directly pro-
portionate to the degree Of
excitement of the season whose
curtain is coming down. That.
as the treachery of March gives
way to the promise Of April, is
not a great deal Of excitement.
The candid truth Is that this
has not been an inspiring sea-
son on Broadway. From Sep
tember through the week just
ended. the critics have gone
about their work in the spirit
of men whose soundest hope
seemed to be that of simple
economic security. The job
which so often promises the
reward Of beauty. inspiration,
amusement and enlightenment
diminished to just another way
Of making q living.
This apathy is reflected in the
circumstance that the most
reckless Of Broadway's artistic
touts is unwilling to predict this
years Critics prize winner.
Usually there are at least a
couple of outstanding candi-
dates, often one so clearly in the
lead that it's defeat would con-
stitute something Of a spectac-
ular upset.
Field Best Bet.
In race-track parlance, the
field would be the best bet in
the contest on April 8. This
would include such productions
as "The Shrike," Point of No
Return" II Am a Camera" and
"The Fourposter." with the pos
sibihty that Truman Capote's
freshly opened Grass Harp"
might find q belated backer.
None Of these drew anything
like the unanimous acclaim that
prophesies support when the
critics get down to marking
their "best play" ballots.
They do not belong In the
same theater district with such
dramatic works as Bernard
Shaw's Don Juan in He'll" and
Caesar and Cleopatra" neither
Evening star., 1952-03-30
Church Film Body
Hos Busy Proarom
BY The Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
The broadcasting and film
commission. an agency Of the
Protestant church in America,
has embarked on a series Of all-
native cast films to accent the
work of foreign missions.
Completed SO far by the COM
mission is MY Name in Han"
made In China: "Kenji Comes
Home" Japan, and wings Of
the World" Brazil.
At home. the commission Is
making More for Peace" star
ring Peter Graves as returned
Korean war vet who finds his
home town apathetic in deal-
ing with world problems.
Some $4,000 churches show
the movies.