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Evening star., 1952-03-16
Roberta and Robert Getting Rich Singing
Songs of Devotion on Stage and Recordings
NEW YORK.

They are so in love and they
are being paid tremendous SAL
aries for the pleasure of making
love to one another.
'1t's nice work If you can get
1t and opera singers Robert
Merrill and Roberta Peters are
receiving handsome stipends to
make love to one another on the
Metropolitan Opera stage and
In front of recording micro
phones. All this romancing will
not only bring them additional
fame and fortune, but in April
or May will culminate in their
real life wedding.
Between takes" of the record
ing they were glad to demon
strate for the press how they
feel about each other.
They did need some directing
In recording the songs. At one
point during the recording Of
Cole Porter's $50 in Love-" Di-
rector Charles Sanford came out
of the sound booth and called
q halt.
Look. let's do it over" he
told Merrill. "Sing this as 81
pretty love duet. Put your arm
around her when you sing 1t
and you'll get more romance
into the singing. After all, you
love the girl. You're going to
marry her Get some Of that
feeling into your singing"
The personal stories of both
Merrill ana Miss Peters sound
like Cinderella legends. Merrill
Is 80 and Miss Peters is 81.
Their romance began when the
coloratura soprano made her
Metropolitan Opera debut in
1851 with Merrill in 'The Bar
Der of Seville"
I'VE are going to get mar
Evening star., 1952-03-16
Coming Attractions

Stage.
NEW GAYETY-"The Cock
tail Party" with Dennis
King and Estelle Winwood,
starting March 81.
Screen.
AMBASSADOR - "A Street
Car Named Desire" with
Vivien Leigh.
CAPITOI,-"Love Is Better
Than Ever" with Elizabeth
Taylor, starting Thursday.
COLUMBIA - "The Raging
Tide" with Shelley Winters.
DUPONT-"A Simple Case Of
Money" with Gaby Morlay,
starting Wednesday. ~
KEITH'S-"Flesh and Fury"
with Tony Curtis. starting
Wednesday.
Observation-Disclosures"
with Howard HILL starting
Thursday.
PALACE - Sailor, Beware,
with Dean Martin and
Jerry Lewis.
PIX-"An American In Paris"
with Gene Kelly, starting
| Tuesday.
PLAZA - The Browning
Version" with Michael Red
grave. starting Thursday.
TRANS-LUX-"My Six Con-
victs." with John Beal.
WARNER-"A Street Car
Named Desire" with Vivien
Leigh.
Evening star., 1952-03-16
By SheiIoh Grohom

it. We like to see our prize win
ners in the flesh. Last year
neither Judy Holiday nor Jose
Ferrer were here to pick up their
gold statues.
The female departments best
acting award should go to
Evening star., 1952-03-16
Nationals Lessees
Men Of Distinction
Richard AIdrich Detoured Around Banking
And Richord Myers Deserted Composing
By Joy cormody

eDssstNss
seemed to offer. That was the
year, Of all years, to shake &
mans faith in banking, and by
1880 Aldrich was back in the
theater as a producer. The fol-
lowing year. he found another
promising young performer,
Henry Fonda, whom he starred
In s. N. Behrman's Love Story"
"Three Cornered Moon" with
Ruth Gordon and Richard
Whorf; Give Us This Day,
with Linda Watkins, and by
Your Leave, with Dorothy Gish,
were successes Of Immediately
subsequent years which removed
all memory Of the banking pro-
fession from Aldrich's mind.
Wed Miss Lawrence.
Through the years, during
which he has become one of
the theater's most solid pro-
ducers. he has admired finance
from a respectful distance, be-
come the husband of Gertrude
Lawrence. and become the thea
ter'S most successful summer
producer, working out Of the
Cape Theater at Dennis. Mass.
Mr.. Myers. a mere s feet
/ inch tall, was a Philadel-
phia child prodigy before he
ever heard the word prodigy"
A few years after he was born
on March Is, 1901 the machine
age reached out to influence
him from the inside of the fam
ily's player piano.
The tunes it played set him
to composing his own, a critical
revulsion young Myers shared
with Bernard Shaw who became
a playwright after five years of
reviewing Lcndon's drama.
BY the time he was 18, and a
senior at the William Penn
Charter School. Myers was
ready with the entire score Of
a musical, "Why Not" which
SO delighted critical Philadel-
phians that they kept the anna
teur production running two
weeks.
The success of this project
impressed Composer Vincent
Youmans, among others, and he
was instrumental in detouring
Myers around college by get
ting him a job with the Harms
Music Publishing firm in New
York.
BY 1925. he had written two
song hits, ''Breezing Along" and
Looking Around" and a year
later he was in show business,
with a commission to write the
title song for the play, Lulu
Belle" The same year. Myers
turned out the complete score of
the musical. "Bubbling Over" in
the cast of which was q new
girl named jeanette Macdonald.
Followed thereafter in quick
succession song hits running in
to the hundreds, including I'm
a One-Man Girl" "By the
Way" the score for the Green
wich Village Follies of 1926"
Pull Yourself Together" 1T
Want the World to Know"
You've Got a Way With YOU"
Calling Me Home" and Every
body's Buddy"
He and Aldrich became as
! sociated for the first time in
1894 when Myers wrote the
score for Pure in Heart" which
was produced by Aldrich and
Alfred de Liagre. The team of
Aldrich and Myers was formed
three years later with the pro-
duction of ''Tide Rising" by
George Brewer, jr.
It has been going, going
great, ever since. It branches
out into metropolitan theater
operation for the first time with
the leasing Of the National. Do
ing well also are banking and
music, the arts they left be-
hind them, Aldrich and Myers
agree.
Evening star., 1952-03-16
By Mark Boron

ried in April or May" Merrill
said. Then we are going to
take a long honeymoon In
Europe, if we can get away from
our singing engagements.
What we really want to do.
If 1t is possible, is to become an
Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fon-
tame of the singing stage. q
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-08
Landmark All Greene
And SimOntOn Street
Goes To A. WoIkoff

One of the finest examples Of old
Key West architecture is being
sold by its present owner Mrs.
Rita Divide to Abe Wolkoff for
$21 900, If the sale becomes final,
Mrs. Divide said today.
The 16 room house with its beau
tiful widows walk overlooking the
Gulf of Mexico is at Greene and
Simonton streets.
The plan of buyer WoIkoff is to
build some rental garage stalls on
the huge 1885 foot by $50 foot lot,
and hold on to the valuable land
for speculation.
Mrs. Divide said she Is selling
because the needed renovations
would be high and the house is
too big for her.
The land mark is a structure
that has caused much praise from
visitors who see it as they go to-
ward the Gulf and view the won
derful old Curry and Sons store
house now owned by A. Maitland
Adams.
With its high ceilings, double
decked porch, and outside stair
case, the old house win eventually
60 down as many of the landmarks
have before. Right now Mrs. Divide
and her sister-in-law and children
live in the 16 room house. The
grounds which have tropical trees
and shrubs are In themselves ex-
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-08
Fine Old Key West Mansion
Sold By Mrs. Rita Divide


tremely valuable for space and
location alone.
The huge old house was built
back in 1883 or 1889 for Edward
Arapian and his bride Harriet
Kemp Arapian, aunt of Miss Grace
Kemp who now lives in her family
mansion at the corner Of Caroline
and Simonton.
Curry and Sons owned the land
on which Arapian conducted his
sponge business. He had a sponge
house on the corner of the lot at
Greene and Simonton and other
Continued On Page Twelve)
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-08

$1,000 a lot on Seminary street
from the City of Key West.
]. Frank Roberts has sold to the
Lemberg development corporation
for $2,5OO, land on Plantation Key.
Mary McDougal Axelson, as
trustee, has sold 40 acres in Mon
roe county mainland property to
Henry H. Carter and Robert B.
Moore of st. Petersburg. This land
Is near Everglades National Park.
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-08
HUGE ACREAGE

Continued From Page Eight
have sold for 81 900 to Ida M. Nor
berry Of Uxbridge, Mass. one lot
In Grains subdivision of Grassy
Key.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph A. Pent
have sold to Mr.. and Mrs. Otis
R. Curry, Jr. for $500 one lot on
Stock Island.
John Marks has bought for
Evening star., 1952-09-04
|AFL BIames Prices
lon 'Reactionaries'

The American Federation OF
Labor today blamed 'reactionary
Republicans and Dixicrats" fol
the all-time high cost Of living.
The AFL said they wrote de
Iliberate profit guarantees" into
price control laws, and refused to
curb rents.
Higher costs to consumers. the
AFL said. can be blamed on laws
rather than on wage increases.
The AFL. in a report from its
Cost of Living Committee. named
seven Republicans as bearing
primary responsibility for per-
hitting the current RISE"
They were Senators Capehart
of Indiana, Butler of Nebraska,
Bricker of Ohio and Dirksen of
Illinois; and Representatives Cole
of Kansas. Tale of Iowa and VOL
colt of Michigan.
1.-The cost of living" the report
added gloomily. lis likely to con-
tinue to rise through the remain
der of this year."
Evening star., 1952-09-04
, Riots in India State
OF fHyderabad Spread;
Communists Blamed
BY the Assoeiuied Press

BOMBAY, India, Sept. A..
Rioting and bloodshed swept Hy.
derabad City and spread today to
Secunderabad in Hyderabad
State, India's hotbed of Commu-
mist activity. The toll stood at
three dead and many wounded in
the second day of violence said to
stem from Communist agitation
against giving state jobs to nom
Hyderabadis.
Police opened fire on unruly
mobs a half dozen times in the
past "a hours. The mobs burned
a police radio truck and a bus.
Gangs roamed the streets forcing
merchants to close their shops.
Public transportation facilities
were halted.
A dusk-to-dawn curfew was
clamped on more than a million
residents Of Hyderabad-half of
them Moslems. The mobs were
made up of students and former
members of the volunteer Moslem
army that had demanded inde-
ipendence for Hyderabad before
Indian troops entered the state
in 1948 and forced it to join the
Indian union.
One rioter was killed and IS
wounded today when police fired
on a mob of 10000 in front of
Osmonia Hospital in Hyderabad
City. The police had charged the
mob with canes and hurled tear
gas in an effort to break it up.
The mob demanded the bodies
of two rioters killed yesterday.
Hospital authorities refused to give
the bodies of the mob. but turned
them over to the bereaved rela-
tives.
Later in the day police fired
again on mobs in front of a police
station. There was no immediate
report on casualties.
Hyderabad, in South Central In
dia. was ruled by the fabulously
wealthy Nizam of Hyderabad be-
fore it acceded to India. It has
been the scene of considerable
violence. One recent estimate said
Communist terrorists had killed
3, 500 persons and committed 5000
robberies In the state in the last
four years.
Evening star., 1952-09-04
Man and Daughter
On Motor Scooter
Hurt in Collision
BY the Assoeioted Press

| OAKLAND. Md, Sept. Paul
H. Arts, SO. of Whiteford in
Hartford County and his 16-year-
old daughter Catherine were in
jured yesterday when a motor
scooter on which they were riding
collided with a truck. State police
said.
Doctors at Garrett County Me-
mortal Hospital said Mr.. Artis
suffered a skull fracture, severe
head lacerations and other in
Ijuries and was in serious condi-
ton. The condition of the daugh-
ter, who had minor contusions and
abrasions, was reported as good
The driver of the truck, Walter
w. Darlington Of Accident, was not
hurt.
Evening star., 1952-09-04
Burned GI Is Able 10 Walk
with Skin Graft From Twin
BY the Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Sept. A.
Pfc. Leo Kijewski left for home
today after skin grated from his
twin brothers body enabled him
to walk again.
The 24-year-old Army veteran
of Korea left with his twin
Leonard, from Kelly Air Force
Base to fly to their home in Ford
City, Pa.
Their return trip ended the story
that began when Leo was severely
burned over more than 40 per cent
of his body in an explosion of an
enemy white phosphorus shell on
the Korean front lines last Oc-
tober 7. After emergency treat
ment in Korea and Japan, he was
sent to Brooke Army Hospital here
for treatment.
Burn specialists worked to save
his life and later learned that Leo
had an identical twin in Korea.
Evening star., 1952-09-04
YuqosIuv Farm Ministe,
Confers With Brunnun

Yugoslav Minister of Agriculture
Mijalko Todorovic today started
six days of consultations with
American agriculture officials.
After his Washington tour, Mr.
Todoroyic will visit farm areas OF
the United States to pick up ideas
on how to improve Yugoslav agri-
culture.
Mr.. Todorovic's first conference
today was with Secretary of Agri-
culture Brannan. He will consult
Secretary Brannan'S chief assis-
tantS and on Monday visit the
Agricultural Research Center at
BeltSville, Md.
Evening star., 1952-09-04

Purcell. chairman, and Arthur
S. Fleming. The appointment
carries no pay.
Mr.. Leahy was admitted to the
District bar in 1912. He has
taught at Georgetown University
Law School and at Columbus Uni
versity. He has been president
of Columbus University since 1882
Evening star., 1952-09-04

ergy CommiS-
Sion'S Personnel
Security r e.
view Board.
| He succeeds
the late Bruce
ID. Smith.
T he three
member Per-
sonnel Security
Review Board
was created in
March, 1Y49. It
|revie W S and
| makes recon-
m e n d a t i on S
Evening star., 1952-09-04
Leahy Appointed 10 Acc
Security Review Board

William E. Leahy, District Sc
lective Service Director and prom
inent attorney. has been appoint
ed a member of the Atomic En-
Evening star., 1952-09-04

concerning Sne. Mr.. Leahy.
ciflc personnel security cases that
arises under the Aces procedures
The other members are Gansol
Evening star., 1952-09-04

required four and half hours
the careful kngaftng only
ions. Gently gained strength which all
The major operation June him to walk again
Evening star., 1952-11-02

up on his shoulder and started down the slope.
Pringle shouldered the other case, and fol-
lowed him.
The guide was sitting in the truck, his eyes
nervous.
Pringle and Frenchy placed the camera
cases in the bed of the truck, just behind the
cab and Frenchy hooked up the tailgate.
Frenchy said pleasantly to the little driver,
''Well?"
IHE guide swallowed and said, We'll, what?
You ready to start back?"
Pringle said suddenly. Hes probably got
gun in that truck some place"
Then he should get out of the truck"
Frenchy said. The guide, after little hesita-
ton, stepped down from the cab of the truck.
He looked old and now he looked frightened.
I'D like to see you get back without me,
that's ALL" he said.
Frenchy laughed. Look at the kind of
things he's thinking"
II think that plane up there was smuggling
gold to Mexico Charley said. "And the gold
was robbed to begin with. And you birds knew
and came to get it. You didn't no more come
out here to take pictures for magazine than
did"
Evening star., 1952-11-02
by William Brandon
Illustrated BY Bruce B0nsberger

ing edge of one of the wings. When he had cut
an opening, two fiat wooden cases were dis
closed. Frenchy heaved one to the ground,
and pried it open. It was filed with sheets of
gold, metallic and dull and soft in appearance.
1t was very pretty to look at, and both men
stood in silence for moment, thinking what
the gold meant to them.
THAT would wrap lot of candy boxes,'
Frenchy said.
Pringle nodded and turned back to start on
the other wing while Frenchy packed the gold
sheets in one of the camera cases.
Frenchy, looking down the slope. said,
'Charley's moved the truck" Then he said
in an odd tone, Something's shining down
there at the truck Your binoculars, Pringle?"
Pringle's face turned gray under the dust
and the sweat. He said, 81 forgot about
them"
HE two men packed up the rest of the gold.
Pringle said, $50 we're in the grease Have
you thought about what we'll do now?"
Certainly" Frenchy said Cut him in"
That's real bright, Pringle said. That's
very smart. OF course, it's little expensive"
Frenchy picked up one of the camera cases.
1t was heavy; he braced his feet and swung it
Evening star., 1952-11-02

Bravo" Frenchy said. Charley thinks.
The guide stuck out his jaw. He said.
Maybe you won't think it's funny when
get back to town."
You sex" " Frenchy said. ''He is an honest
man. But I'm philosopher. We win now all
talk seriously. Sit down.
He sat down on the running board of the
truck. The guide squatted on his heels.
Pringle remained standing.
Frenchy said to the guide, In the first
place, Charley, maybe you are an honest man
sometimes but you are more greedy right now.
Like Pringle here. Pringle is greedy by nature"
Take your time, Frenchy," Pringle said.
His voice was harsh.
Frenchy said, ''If you were an honest man
all the time, Charley. you would have driven
away in your truck for Santa Ana as soon as
you saw through the binoculars what we were
doing We couldn't have gotten away, could
we? You would have brought back the Law
and you would have been hero"
FRENCHY took off one shoe and dumped sand
out of it. He said, But you waited for US to
join you, because there is lot of money IN
volved, and maybe you win get some.''
The guide said, II amt any criminal
'Ah, yes" Frenchy said. That's what
makes you particularly untrustworthy. But
no one is entirely trustworthy, when it comes
to this much money,
The guide said. How much money!"
Frenchy laughed. ''It might bring as much
as hundred thousand in Mexico for all of it.
That would be fifty apiece for Pringle and me-
Or it would be thirty-three apiece for the
three of us"
Il amt about to 60 to Mexico with you
two" the guide said.
Pringle said. "Why the hell cut him in for
third? Whose dough are you giving away?"
Frenchy said with brilliant smile, ''You
see? Pringle has greedy nature. Pringle is
not above thinking about getting away with
all of it for himself"
Pringle muttered between his teeth.
FRENCHY said, "Let me make our situation
clear. There are three of US. We all need to
help one another, to pull this off. But Pringle
is greedy, and you, Charley. are not only
greedy but you also have conscience. You
wouldn't mind trying to get all the gold for
yourself. too, if you thought you could. Wen
have to arrange it so we can all help each other
and all watch each other. too"
How about you?" Pringle said Il suppose
you wouldn't take off with all of it, if you got
the chance?"
Frenchy said, ''But I've got the chance
He took the pistol from his shirt. 1--WE got
this. could leave you two here. But I'm not
fool enough to think don't need help"
The guide said. "You won't never find your
way out of here without me-"
''Very true, Charley, Frenchy said. That's
why we're giving you partnership to guide
US out again. When we reach the road you
take your share, and that's that"
Maybe when we get to the road youn
shoot me in the back of the head"
Evening star., 1952-11-02

Frenchy snapped the clip out of his pistol,
threw the shells far away and showed back the
empty clip. Then he tossed the pistol to the
guide. He said, There's one cartridge in the
chamber"
Pringle yelled, 'Have you gone nuts?'
''I'm establishing a balance of power"
Frenchy said. Nov Charley has the gun and
: one cartridge. He could shoot one Of us but
not both of us. And neither one of us can shoot
him. So Charley feels safe, but not aggressive
And now we're ready to CO."
The guide said. Say. you amt 50 dumb
at that"
Frenchy appeared to be enjoying himself
"A beautiful thing, balance of power Let's
CO. Pringle, you drive. We wouldn't want
Charley to drive away from us, would we?
With our baggage?"
The guide chuckled. Il reckon you think Of
everything"
Frenchy said. Il only want all of US to feel
comfortable"
Pringle got under the wheel and headed the
truck down the slope into the desert, follow
ing the guides directions. driving carefully to
avoid the worst of the breaks in the hard,
packed surface.
The red sky darkened. After while it was
dark and Pringle switched on the lights. After
an hour. Frenchy took over the job of driving.
Eventually they topped ridge and saw the
highway ahead, tiny lights of cars moving
along it, and the miniature red and green
jewel that was the neon lighting around the
service station at the foot of the pass.
FRENcIIY stopped the truck. He said, IAN
right Charley, my friend. This is where
think you leave us. Out you go"
The guide said, why. I'd as leave wait till
we get clear to the road"
Frenchy nudged Pringle. He said, Charley
doesn't want to get out here. Maybe you
should help him."
The guide flmbled with the door handle
and got the door half open. He said, Listen,
Mister, don't forget got this gun"
Frenchy said pleasantly. his accent coming
upon him. Il nevair keep cartridge in the
barrel, Charley. A dangerous practice"
Charley scrambled out of the truck. yank-
ing at the gun in his belt. Pringle grabbed
tire iron and leaned out after him swinging
his arm.
Frenchy put his hands against Pringle's
shoulders and showed. Pringle gave startled
shout and fell headfrst out of the truck.
Frenchy threw the truck in gear and it
leaped forward. He began to whistle and the
truck headed toward the highway.
liz DROVE ON for more than half an hour
twisting and turning over the uneven floor of
the desert, but always with the lights to guide
him. Then suddenly, the melody died on his
lips. The lights of the highway were moving,
all together. They foated up into the sky and
hung there for moment and then vanished,
dissolving into the night.
Frenchy thought of old Charley's words:
That's what mirage can do out here in the
desert" The.End
Evening star., 1952-03-06
Bandit Search Nets
Narcotic Suspect

A man who was arrested as q
narcotic suspect after police be-
gan questioning him because he
answered the description for a
holdup man, was held for grand
jury action yesterday by United
States Commissioner Cyril S. Law
renee.
Lewis H. Hitter, Sc, colored, of
the 1900 block of Twenty-second
street NV, was charged with pos
session Of a narcotic. A policeman
said his attention was drawn to
Hitter on February 13 as the man
was sitting in q car in the 2100
block Of Eighth street NV. The
policeman said Hitter fitted a de-
Iscription he had heard a short
while before in a lookout for a
holdup man.
Hitter was not the holdup suspect.
police said. but he was arrested
because a hypodermic needle and
two envelopes Of white powder
we're found on him. The powder
was analyzed as being synthetic
narcotic.
Hiter's bond was set at 81 900.
Also held for grand jury action
were Simon Jones. 81, colored, 2100
block of M street NV. and Paul
Warren, 38, colored, HOO block of
Twenty-first street NV, both
charged with operating a lottery
and possession of numbers slips,
and Clinton G. Johnson, IS, col
ored, $500 block of Champlain
street NV, charged with theft
from interstate shipment. johnson
is accused of taking a box of wom-
ems sports clothes, valued at $244
from a truck here.