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Evening star., 1952-01-23
Enemy Planes Could lraek D. {. DsIesss Rally IoId

Irougls group held ( brief meet
ing, in which it voted to inyesti-
gate cuthacks IN bus service ia
the area.
Evening star., 1952-07-06
Summer Drama Really RippIes
AsNew York Takes to Water
By William Glover

sation Of a ballerina named
Gloria Gilbert.
Getting back to Broadway
proper, at the renovated I'M
perial theater is the third wide
open-spaces show. wish You
Were Here" albeit it is per-
formed indoors and is aimed a
bit more than the other two at
grownup audiences.
The Leland Hayward-Josh
Logan production tells of ath-
letic and, romantic doings at
Camp Karefree, a summer camp
for adults.
Piece de resistance Of the
show Is the flrSt-act finale
performed in a mirrored SWIM
ming pool which was actually
built into the Imperial's stage
for this production.
Evening star., 1952-07-06
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
Water, water everywhere Is
the new theme song Of Broad
way as a batch of bathing suit
shows moves into the entertain
ment spotlight for the summer
time tourist season.
In recent days three items
stressing the great outdoors, and
especially the old swimming hole.
have settled down with every in
dication Of healthy runs. One
is actually in the traditional
theatrical purlieus Of Times
Square Broadway. while the
two others have stretched the
symbolic Broadway Of show
business out a full 80 miles to
Long Island.
Highly appropriate to the
tourist period is the family mood
of the two suburban entries.
Elliott Murphy's swimming and
diving aqua show at the old
worlds fair site in Flushing
Meadow Park AS minutes by
subway and bus from midtown I,
and Mike Todd's gondola- -and-
song spectacle. "A Night in Ven
ice." in the new 81 million. 5000
seat amphitheater at Jones
Beach Gan hour on the famous
Long Island Railroad, with a
special fare-and-ticke combi-
nation on sale at the depot.
For the FomiIy
Both shows are ideal for
youngsters as well as ma and pa.
The aqua show is the eighth
annual outdoor edition put on
by Murphy. who first dreamed
up the venture when lifeguard-
ing at the Jones Beach.
Murphy concentrates on water
ballets. high-diving exhibitions
by Olympic Diving Champion
Marshall Wayne and zany an
tics by a batch of aquatic
clowns-all set to music.
On the other hand, the Jones
Beach spectacle. "A Night in
Venice" is basically an 1883
Johann Strauss operetta.
A youthful cast of 200-plus
performers, including some fine
singers, enacts the old mistaken
identity hokum plot amid fire.
works, clouds Of bubbles, a
gigantic revolving stage which
whirls you through ancient
Venice boulevards and ball
rooms.
Dove Dancer There
Aside from Rosita Royce. an
ex-stripper who does very
discreet dance with some very
hep doves, no established name
performers feature the cast but
you can take your choice OF
future stars among a dozen
good voices and a whirling SEN
Evening star., 1952-07-06
Meyer Plays Solely for Gentry
Davis Bonds on Society Circuit Know Music
Tustes of Clients, Including White House
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
Like the clients he aims to
please. society band leader has
to steer clear of the riff -raf.
It's nothing personal, says
Meyer Davis, who for 80 years
has been one of society'S top
orchestra leaders. Purely good
business.
Davis has flourished in the
band business without making a
radio or teleyision appearance
or more than a handful of rec
ords. Among top-dight bands.
this is as rare as an agent who
works for free.
80 many wealthy people like
to feel they're buying an ex-
elusive product" says Davis.
who favors speaking in the
third person. Il can't let
Meyer Davis be available to
the rank and file. Not every
body can get Meyer Davis music
simply by paying rs cents for
o record"
Well, Its Worked
The strategy has worked. For
the last 80 years, Davis has
played at most of the top debutS.
weddings and balls In the East
--RockefellerS. Astors. Du Points.
Vanderbilts, Fords and many
others high up in the blue book.
He has been q perennial at
the Philadelphia and Washing
ton assemblies. the Baltimore
cotillion. the Junior assembly
In New York, the Richmond
germans and the Maryland
hunt ball.
Davis orchestra will perform
at % or the 80 most important
social events at Newport. Three
Davis bands will play aboard the
new liner United States. On al
most any Saturday night, Is or
80 Davis aggregations are sup-
plying dance music in New York,
Evening star., 1952-07-06
The Posing Show
These High-Grode Sports Movies Lure Buck
Lost Customers and Many New Ones
By Joy cormody

At the time Of their first
meeting in Pat and Mike"
Spencer Tracy startles Katla-
rine Hepburn with the news that
the annual boxofice take" on
sports events in this country is
stree hunnert million"
In private life this is still q
whale Of a lot Of money and
Miss Hepburn is as duly inn
pressed as only an expressive
girl can be.
She is not the only one. Quite
as awed is Hollywood itself. II
Americans are interested In "t,ree
hunnert million" dollars worth
yearly In sports. it clearly is TO
the movie industry's advantage
to cut in on the deal. How? BY
making more, more expensive
and better screenplays on sports
themes than ever before.
Studio Coshing in
A whole new and profitable
field of dramatic material has
opened up to the film makers.
They are cashing in on pic
lures dealing with not merely
prize fighting and baseball. but
also on horse racing on foot
ball, tennis and golf. Wrestling
they have left to television, per-
hapS after taking a look at
those two-row-deep audiences
which show upon so many video
screens.
No one is faster at counting
q house than an experienced
movie man and no one is more
ready with a horse laugh for
the television announcer who
pretends there Is q mob Of
spectators just out Of the ca
mera'S range.
The sudden payof on sports
pictures which once were movie
box-ofhce poison is attributed in
part to the influence of televi-
sion. It has made household
words of Kid Gavilan, Sal Mag
lie, Blue Man and Tom Ferrick
in houses in which these were
known only to the males before
video. Rocky Graziano's social
position may be what it always
was but a lot more people now
know what it is.
They're Characters
The fine points of the pro
feSSions" practiced by the likes
Of these may elude a large per-
centage of the audience that
sees them on television. What
is not to be missed. however. is
that there are characters. Be-
hind every character. there is a
story and a background. Out Of
these movies are made. Through
these films Hollywood is steal
ing back a significant share Of
the audience it lost to televi-
sion, nighttime sports, and
other forms Of competition.
Video alone, Of course, is not
credited with the popularity Of
films dealing with sports
themes. Sports magnates are
the most promotion-minded
class In America and their sue
cess in crowding politics, war.
crime and other subjects of
page one is one Of their
nr0IldnSt achievements
Evening star., 1952-07-06
By Saul Petit

BY Saul Petit
Washington, Philadelphia. Bal
timore and other points along
the Eastern seaboard.
He Gets Around
He normally maintains be-
tween 800 and 400 musicians on
his staff, many of whom play
without his personal leadership.
when they get Meyer Davis
in person" he said, that's a
special deal costing $500 or
$1,000 more"
Another explanation Of his
success, Davis says, is that he
knows exactly what the gentry
likes to dance to.
"They like show tunes, not
necessarily those on the hit pa
rade," he says. They like
bright, danceable rhythms. But
you have to watch them care
fully. You have to learn how
to pace a party-when to waltz
them, when to give them a
rumba. ! watch the floor con-
stantly. I may stop a piece
half way through If I see people
getting bored"
On the wall Of his busy Office,
Davis keeps q framed photo
graph Of the biggest single check
he ever received for a nights
music. The amount was $12. 500.
earned for playing at the debut
Of Joan Peabody, Stepdaughter
Of Peter Widener, in Philadel-
phia, in 1887.
They Ret1ench Now
On that occasion, Davis per-
formed with 80 musicians. To-
day, what with high taxes and
imitation, even the top party
throwers don't spend more than
$4,000 or $4,000 for a band.
They usually are content with
only Is or 80 musicians.
But don't let this mislead
anybody" Davis hastens to add.
Evening star., 1952-07-06
Here'sHow-
To Get Acting Jobs
In Hollywood
BY the ASsoeicted Press
HOLLYWOOD.

Most movie directors and pro-
ducers discourage young actors
and actresses from trying the
Hollywood heartbreak trail. Not
so Tay Garnett. a top director
and writer for 80 years.
Tay is even willing to advise
newcomers on how to make the
grade in Hollywood.
Lets not kid ourselves" he
says. "Television has created a
new California gold rush. One
TV film series, Racket Squad
has used 800 actors so far this
year."
Garnett himself has not gone
into TV, but he has surveyed
the new medium. He estimates
that Hollywood is now produc-
ing IS hours of TV film per
week. He adds that industry
experts believe Hollywood will
produce 100 hours of film per
week for TV within the next few
years.
A check with various casting
directors, agents and other die
rectors has convinced Garnett
the most important attribute Of
q talented newcomer is the abil-
ity to weather any and all dis
appointments. Second. Is the
willingness to take q part-time
job, no matter how menial. so
that the time between meals
can be shortened. .t@
Garnett said it is preferable
to have an agent when trying
to crash Hollywood, but warns
that good agents are 50 busy with
established players they have
little, if any, time for new
comers.
But you don't need an agent
or an introduction to read at
the various casting offices. Gar
nett lists this unpublicized in
telligence:
Ruth Burch. casting director
for Hal Roach, the big TV ilm
producer, listens to newcomers
Wednesday mornings. MGM
additions new talent Thursday
mornings, while Paramount has
an addition hour every day,
Monday through Friday. RKO
does it daily except Monday.
and Universal International
every Wednesday. The other
lots are by appointment only.
Evening star., 1952-07-06
Todoy's Schedules

Stage.
ARENA-"The Hasty Heart:
$3.50 pm.
Screen.
AMBASSADOR "The VIM
ming Team: lis. 800.
5;25, 7:25 and 9::35 pm.
CAPITOL-"Pat and Mike:
LAS, 4:30. 7:15 and 10 pm.
Stage: $40, 6:25 and 9:l0
pm.
COL MBIA "Scara-
mouche":: 1890, 2:50, $40,
1880 and $3.50 pm.
DUPONT-"Never Take No for
an Answer: 1885, 1886, 5:35,
TAO and 10:15 pm.
KEITH'S - robin Hood:
1885, 3:45, 5:55. sos and
10:15 pm.
LITILE-"Kon-Tiki": l, ESQ,
4:40. $3.50. 800 and 1910
pm.
METROPOLITAN - "Red
River: 1:10. Sis and 9:25
pm.
ONTARIO Lydia Bailey:
l:40, $3.50, 5:55, 1855 and
9:55 pm.
PALACE "The Washington
Story: 1:40. 3:45, 5:45, 1850.
and l1:55 pm.
PK-"The Foolish Virgin:
2:25, 5, 7:40 and 1918 pm.
PLAYHOUSE - 1.-THE Marry
ing Kind: 1:25. $3.50. $40,
7:45 and $3.50 pm.
PLAZA-"Man in the White
Suit: /, 2:55, 1850, GAS,
$40 and 10:40 pm.
TRANS-LUX-"Encore"::l:05.
2:55. 4:40. $3.50, $40 and
1910 pm.
WARNER - "The Winning
Team: 1:25, $3.50, 5:36,
7:40 and 9:45 pm.
Evening star., 1952-07-06

A world cut to their preferred
pattern would be one in which
the non-working. housekeeping
hours Of the entire population
would be consumed In watching
q game or playing one. From a
ringside seat. Of course. or with
the most expensive equipment.
In finally learning the trick of
capitalizing on this engulfing
interest in sports. Hollywood
has reversed previous practice
In handling such material. This
was to be both sentimental and
dull about sports figures. to
paint them as paragons Of vir-
tue instead Of the high-paid
buns many of them actually
were. Everybody was Frank
Merriwell in the sports movies
when in real life many were
closer to Leo Durocher before
he married Laraine Day.
The Simpering Stops
This simpering hero worship
gave way ultimately to dramatic
realism.
In three successive pictures,
"The Champion" THE Set-Up"
and Body and Soul" several
seasons ago, the film studios took
a long. hard look at boxing.
These screenplays starring. re-
spectively. Kirk Douglas. Robert
Ryan Tan old Dartmouth heavy
weight and John Garfield. were
ruthlessly realistic. The public
liked them so much the box
office "take" ran into figures like
those Of the second Tunney-
Dempsey fight.
Money like this might well
give any one q new concept Of
how to dramatic sports and
Hollywood was quickly con-
vinced.
It was sensible enough, how
ever, to avoid embarking upon a
series Of pictures debunking all
sports. It took a sideswipe at
college football IN Saturdays
Hero" and put a confusion or
two on the pro version Of the
game. Amateur tennis also came
in for a glamorous reproof but
the trend was not general.
A fine warm hearted fllm was
made of Ben Hogan's gallant
career in golf In Follow the
Sun" and kind and amusing OBJ
servations were made on Dizzy
Dean in The Pride of st. Louis"
The same is true of the life Of
Grover Cleveland Alexander in
the current Warner Bros. biog-
ography of the great National
League pitcher, in 1.-THE Winning
Team"
Lotest Film Best
The real masterpiece of sports
dlms, however. Is Pat and
Mike" This is a satirical COM
edy. brilliantly written and act-
ed. It is aimed not at any one
sport but at the broad subject of
how champions are made, for
what purpose, and by what
types Of promoters. As Mike
Conovan, the master mind of the
film. Tracy keeps telling Miss
Hepburn how they will make
money in bushel baskets.
He proves his point not only
, thoroughly but as hilariousiy as
the most demanding audience
has a right to ask.
What he neglects to add, al
though it is unnecessary, is that
Pat And Mike" will make box
cars full of money for MGM
by Turing back most of Its old
customers.
And all those new ones created
by television, sports promotion.
etc,
Evening star., 1952-07-06

II send out small groups. too.
for much less money"
Davis has played at the White
House many times, for PreSi-
dents Wilson, Harding, Coolidge,
Hoover and Roosevelt. He has
never performed for the Tru-
mans, not because the TrumanS
have so much musical talent
themselves, but because they
have thrown comparatively few
informal parties.
"Also, it may be because I've
been so identified with the Re-
publicanS," Davis says. Nov
with the RooSevelts. there was
no politics. Just personal friend
ships"
Being a faithful Republican.
Davis is convinced this will be
a G. o. p. year and that he will
make a comeback at the White
House, whether the occupant Is
Taft or Eisenhower.
Paid in Advance
Among thank-you notes from
the social secretaries of the
Duke and Duchess Of Windsor
and the late King George vi,
for whom Davis played during
his visit to the United States,
the band leader also has framed
on his wall q personal note
from Eleanor Roosevelt.
Funny thing about Mrs.
Roosevelt" Davis recalls. "she
always paid two days in ad-
vance. Anyway, my fee at the
White House is never q big one
just enough to cover expenses" "
Davis, who maintains Offices
In Washington. New York and
Philadelphia, describes himself
as half businessman, half
musician. He has no social
pretensions for himself or his
family. The Davises have four
grown children, one Of whom,
Gary, made headlines two years
ago by renouncing his citizen
, ship in Paris to become a
world citizen" Gary is now
back in New York, acting in a
play.
MY daughters had no de-
butts" says society's top band
leader. II have no desire for
social prestige. Matter Of fact
In my business, IL might be
fatal; 1t might be resented"
Evening star., 1952-11-12
Takoma Park Inventor
To Get $1,000 Navy Award

A Takoma Park tMd.) man to-
day will be awarded 81 900 prize
by the Navy Efficiency Awards
Committee for his invention of an
improvement for jet engine fuel
nozzle.
The inventor is LaRoy A. Will
son, an employe of the Bureau Of
Aeronautics, who lives at 1911
belmont lane, Takoma Park, Md.
The bureau estimates the in
vention will save about $4,000
yearly in spare "hot section" en-
gine parts.
Rear Admiral Thomas S. Combs,
chief of the bureau, will present
the award at a meeting of bureau
division directors.
Evening star., 1952-11-12
Montgomery Council
Looks 10 Tax Rate Cut
lin Assessment Fight

Montgomery County councilmen
seeking an answer to mass pro-
tests over sharply increased prop
erty assessments, are eyeing hope
fully a cut in the tax rate next
June.
The Council again yesterday dis
claimed any responsibility for the
assessment increase and produced
a five-page brief from the county
attorney upholding their view.
The Council met in open ses-
sion with Supervisor of Assess
ments Wilton T. Allen. the Appeals
Tax Court and Assistant County
Attorney Joe M. Kyle.
Mr.. Allen told the Council and
representatives of a number of
county civic groups that county
residents are not being penalized
under the assessment procedure.
Mr.. Allen said Montgomery
County's ratio of assessments to
sales prices is below that of any
of five comparable areas he has
checked.
Al to SO Per Cent.
The ratio in Montgomery is run
ming from Al to So per cent, he
said. compared with 65 to 10 per
cent in Baltimore City; So to 50
per cent in Baltimore County;
about 60 per cent in Anne Arundel
and Washington Counties and SIS
per cent in Prince Georges County.
The assessment supervisor said
he believed the lower ratio was
justified because of the more ar
titficial" sales prices put on homes
in Montgomery.
The supervisor said the average
increase in assessment would be
about 20 to 25 per cent. He con-
ceded, however, the increase would
be much higher for older resi-
denceS.
Taxible Tax Rate.
Councilmen again noted in
creased assessments do not neces-
Evening star., 1952-11-12
Mental Patient Found
Slightly Injured After
Leap From Fast Train

Acting on a description pub
lished in yesterdays Star, Takoma
Park (MdD police early last night
took into custody a mental
patient, who had escaped earlier
in the day by leaping from a
train travelling at between 65 to
10 miles an hour.
Only an arm cut and skinned
knees were suffered by the patient.
Raleigh Keeling. 10, colored, Of
Starkey, Va.
After having read the paper,
Corpl. Russell Merson. and Pvt.
William Blankenship spotted the
youth in the 1900 block of Carroll
avenue. near Philadelphia avenue.
The police became curious, be-
cause they never had seen the
man before in the area, and he
"looked LOST -
6 Miles from jump,
Keeling offered little resistance.
Police took from him some
wrapped sandwiches, which he
had apparently begged. He could
not answer questions correctly. A
woman's undergarment also was
found in his pocket.
The place where Keeling was
taken into custody after nine
hours of freedom was about
6 miles from where he had jumped
through the window of the speed
ing train. Police termed the
escape and his lack of injury as
nothing short of miraculous"
The jump took place as the Wash
ington-bound train neared the
National Training School for
Boys. which parallels the tracks.
Keeling last night was returned
to the custody of Virginia au-
Ithorities. He was en- route to the
Central State Hospital at Peters,
burg, Va, from the Mayview PaD
State Hospital.
Following the escape, IS police
men and 10 guards from the
training school combed woods
near the school. They found a
bloodstained piece of glass be-
lieved to be part of the train
window. County police also
Joined the search.
Tricks Escort Party.
In his escape, Keeling tricked
a nurse and two guards. Mrs.
Betty Roncovitz, the nurse, said
Keeling had homicidal tendencies.
DR.. Otto Rank. assistant super
intendent at Mayview, said the
youth was not dangerous. He had
been receiving shock treatments
which, it was said. apparently
were not working beneficially.
Evening star., 1952-11-12

general to other postal and clas-
sified employe conventions in the
last few months.
The 47-year-old legislator has
been in Congress for eight years
and last week was reelected for
another term. During his time
lin Congress, Mr.. Corbett has been
one of the leading members OF
the House Post Office and Civil
Service Committee. He is re-
garded as an expert on postal
matters and enjoys a good rela-
tionship with employe organiza-
ltions. Before coming to Congress,
IMr. Corbett was sheriff of Allie
gheny County, which includes
Pittsburgh.
Several others have been men
toned for the Postmaster Gen
Ieral's job, including Senator Carl
son of Kansas and Arthur Sum-
|merfield, the Republican national
chairman. Senator Carlson. how
ever, has said he would prefer, if
possible, to remain in the Senate
and become chairman of the
Senate Post Office and Civil
Service Committee.
+ 4 4
PERSONNEL OFFICIALS-The
jobs of most Government person.
mel directors would appear to- be
safe in the new Eisenhower ad-
ministration, since most of them
are career people who are experts
i'm the personnel field.
However, there are about a
half dozen personnel directors in
Government whose jobs look
shaky. They are political ap-
pointees who managed to bypass
other more qualified candidates
for the personnel post in their
agencies. While they cannot be
removed from their positions ex-
cept for cause, the new admins
tration is likely to find a way to
Evening star., 1952-11-12
Virginia Bankers Group
Names Shenandoah Man
BY the Assoeioted Press

LURAY, Va, Nov. 12.-Floyd w.
Eppard. cashier Of The First Ma
tional Bank of Shenandoah, was
named chairman of the Virginia
Bankers Association, Group III,
at the oath annual meeting yester-
day.
Fred L. Carmel of Alexandria,
was named vice chairman.
He is cashier Of the Citizens Ma
tional Bank of Alexandria.
Evening star., 1952-11-12

ease them out and reassign them
to less important jobs.
INAUGURAL DAY - Govern
ment employees will have holiday
on January 20, Inauguration Day.
Since the day falls on Tues
day, there has been some talk of
giving employees Monday of as
well, so they can have a four-day
holiday. However, Republicans
appear to be a little cool to the
idea. It's felt that, with the Re-
publican Party advocating econ
omy for SO many years, it would
not be wise to start off the new
administration with a four-day
Federal holiday.
X \
EMERGENCY BUREAUS-The
fate of such Government emer-
gency agencies as the National
Production Administration, Fed
eral Civil Defense Administration,
Office of Price Sterilization and
Others depends on the decision of
PreSident-elect Eisenhower and
the new Republican Congress.
Indications are that the agen-
cieS will be continued in some
form or other as long as the ma
tional emergency program war
rants it. OF course, if price and
rent controls are abolished by
Congress, the OPS and it's affili-
ated units would go out of busi-
ness.
MERIT SYSTEM The Civil
Service Commission is imprint
ing all its outgoing mail with a
merit system slogan and concur
rently has asked the Postmaster
General tc issue a special COM
memorative stamp during the an
nual civil service week, January
1928. THE merit system-a good
investment in good Government
is the slogan on the commissions S
mail.
I'm this way" commented
Chairman Robert Ramspeck, I'VE
aim to p, ovide more than 6 mil
lion reminders year of the SUI
periority of the civil service over
the spoils system it replaced.
"Thougntful citizens will reflect
on the progress made at all levels
of Government in the way civil
servants are chosen-for what
they know rather than for whom
they know In the Federal civil
service tooay, SO per cent of all
employees are under the civil serv-
ice and an additional 6 per cent
serve un0el other merit systems
within their own agencies" Mr..
Ramspeck declared.