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Evening star., 1952-07-11
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Evening star., 1952-07-11
Maryland Studies PIar
To Light Il Miles on
Baltimore Boulevard

A plan to illuminate a two-and-
|a-half mile stretch of Baltimore
boulevard was being considered by
the Maryland State Roads Com
mission.
George Lewis, roads commission
|engineer, presented the plan to
the commission yesterday. The
plan calls for installation of lights
along the heavily-traveled high
way from Jessup road to Guilford
road. All intersections would be
lighted for 100 feet from the boule-
ward.
Mr.. Lewis acted for a subcom.
mittee Of the Maryland Traffic
Safety Commission. The three
man group was one Of several SUBJ
committees working on the prob
lem after Gov. McKeldin asked
the safety commission to recon-
mend measures against mounting
traffic deaths on the Baltimore
highway.
Paul E. Burke, executive direc-
tor OF the traffic safetygroup, an
nounced details of the plan. He
said other units Of his group are
considering reduced speed laws
use Of radar speed traps and an
increased police force to meet the
problem.
Mr.. Burke explained that the
Jessup road to Guilford road Sec
ton was chosen as a test spot fol
lights because traffic there will moi
be reduced when the new Balti-
more parkway Is completed late
this year. He said the new road
will be run into the old highway
at Jessup road. There are no lights
on the section now.
Other members of the commit.
tee preparing the plan are Charlie.
Adler, jr.. chairman. and 1t. 10.
seph Cushwa Of State police.
Evening star., 1952-07-11
Psychiatric Test Ordered
For Boy Who Shot Friend

The 13-year-old Kensjngton boy
who accidentally shot and killed
his eight-year-old friend will be
lgiven a psychiatric examination,
lit was announced yesterday.
The examination was ordered
by Montgomery County Juvenile
Court Judge Alfred D. Noyes.
The results of the tests will de-
ltermine whether the youth will
be committed to an institution or
receive psychiatric treatment in
Ia foster home.
The youth is held in the fatal
shooting Of Virgil D. Bryan, jr.,
of 10303 Plum avenue, Kensington,
on July /. Virgil was Shot while
examining a revolver which the
Older boy had taken from his
Igrandfather's home in George
town.
The boy is now being cared for
in a foster home. Jurisdiction in
the case was surrendered to ,Ju-
Ivenile Court last week by States
Attorney Walter w. Dawson.
Evening star., 1952-07-11
kefauver Aide Doubts
0'Conor Is Active
Maryland Leader
sy shs Asseeiossd Press

BALTIMORE. July 11.-senator
|Kefauver's personal representative
in Maryland announced yesterday
that the Tennessean does not re-
gard his friend. Senator O'Conor
las IAN active Democratic leader
in Maryland with whom to ne
|gotiate."
Albert Brick, Washington attor-
|ney, made the statement. he said,
to alleviate fears among Mary
|landers that only those closely
|aligned to Senator O'Conor would
have access to Senator KefauveY
Should he secure the Democratic
presidential nomination and win
the election in November.
O'ConOr Retires Soon.
Senator O'Conor will retire when
his term expires next year. The
Maryland Democrat was q close
associate of Senator Kefauver's on
the Senate Crime Investigating
Committee. -.
Senator Kefauver won the Dem
ocratic preferential primary in
Maryland last May and is entitled
to Maryland support on early bal
loting at least.
He will meet with the Maryland
delegation in Chicago on July 20
the day before the Democratic
convention opens. according to an
announcement by Representative
ISasscer, chairman of the 18-vote
delegation.
Mr.. Sasscer made his announce
ment during a meeting here yes
terday with Mr.. Brick and others
who will make the Chicago trip
The veteran Upper Marlboro leg
islator said the State group would
be glad to meet with Senator Ke-
fauver or any other candidate for
the presidential nomination.
For the present." he added, 81
don't think that sentiment has
|crystallized among the Maryland
delegates It's hard to tell what
the final choice will be-"
{.
Support for Barkley.
Maryland Democrats are being
wooed from another source, it was
revealed yesterday.
Delegates and alternates re-
ported receiving letters from Ken
tucky's Gov. Lawrence; w.
Wetherby asking their support of
Vice President Alben w. Barley
Jas a presidential candidate.
Evening star., 1952-07-11
Veterans Project
AT Rockville Faces
House Investigation
BY the Asseeiotsd Press
no~~.o.s;>~1 1;-I:x.

A congressional investigation Of
Ia veterans housing project at
Rockville, Md. will be held Nom
day by q committee headed by
Representative league, Democrat,
Iof Texas.
Mr.. leagues Office said the
hearing will receive testimony on
the Roxboro project. The hear
ing will be in the District of CO.
lumbia committee room at the
Capitol.
Scheduled witnesses include the
builder. a representative of vet
|erans living in the project, and
representatives of the Veterans
Administration.
The hearing continues a series
OF inquiries into veterans housing
projects which Mr.. league started
to determine whether veterans
were being victimized on newly
purchased homes.
Evening star., 1952-07-11
Patient Goes Berserk
And Shoots Doctor
By the Associoted Pres,

BERKELEY SPRINGS, w. Va,
July 11.-Dr. Herbert r. Tobias
family doctor here for 26 years
was shot and seriously wounded
yesterday by a patient who went
berSerk. The 51-year-old general
practitioner was shot twice in the
head after a call at the home OF
Connie Beard who, State police
said. fired seven shots from a
.22-caliber automatic rifle, then
turned the weapon on himself
Beard died several hours later.
DR.. Tobias ID in serious, but
not critical" condition at Morgan
County Memorial Hospital.
State Police Corpl. Charles
Burke said DR.. Tobias was Just
leaving the home when Beard
rushed out on the porch and
opened fire.
DR.. Tobias was hit in his lower
jaw and skull but got in his car
and drove of. Five more bullets
pierced the glass and side of the
car.
DR.. Tobias, bleeding, profusely,
drove the half-mile to the hospital
and went inside under his own
power.
Evening star., 1952-07-11
100000 Higher cosi
|0f Bonds Blamed on
Arlington Jobs Ban

Edmund D. Campbell last night
asserted that the court action bar
ring Federal employees from serv-
ing on the Arlington County
Board will cost the taxpayers
100000 through an increase in
interest costs on bonds.
Mr.. Campbell, speaking at a
precinct meeting in Columbia For
est, pointed out that the last Ar
Ilington County school bonds, mar
keted a year ago, sold at 2.10 per
cent interest. Yesterday a $3.5
million issue sold at 2.35 per cent
Interest.
Mr.. Campbell is a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for
Congress in the 10th district.
Says Buyers Are Disturbed.
"The bonds yesterday sold at a
higher interest cost because the
buyers are disturbed by the court
action brought by John Locke
Green to bar three members of
the County Board from Office be.
cause they are Federal employees
Mr.. Campbell said.
'"The case has been heard, but
not decided, by the Virginia Su-
preme Court of Appeals, and the
resulting legal confusion has OBJ
viously weakened Arlington's
credit standing. The buyers are
therefore demanding more inter-
est on their investment"
Bought by s Banks.
The Arlington School Board
yesterday sold the bonds to Fol-
ger, Nolan & Co., lowest of six
bidders and representing a syn
dicate of eight banking houses.
The bonds were part of a 1928
million issue approved by voters
in May. School officials said sale
of the bonds will enable early
start of a big construction pro-
gram this year.
Evening star., 1952-07-11
Police Seize Youth and Girl
In Stolen Truck, Driver Escapes

A 16-year-old burglar suspect
escaped from Hyattsville police on
foot today after he had been
picked up in a stolen truck.
The youth fled as two Hyatts-
vile town police were marching
him and a 13-year-old girl friend
into the Prince Georges County
police station at Hyattsville.
Pvt. Elmer Thompson said he
chased him across Rhode Island
avenue and the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad tracks for about five
blocks, but the youth eluded him.
He did not attempt to fire at the
fugitive, Pvt. Thompson said.
Pvt. Thompson and Corp. Silas
Dennis arrested the couple at Crit
|tenton and Hamilton streets, Hy-
Evening star., 1952-07-11
Safety q Education Program
To Be Held in ARLINGTON

A four-day safety education pro.
gram will open for Arlington chill.
dren on Monday.
About 500 youngsters between
Z and IA years old are expected tt
attend, according to 1t. Frank
c. Palmer. jr., Arlington police
safety officer.
1t. Palmer said the program il
sponsored jointly by his safety of.
flee and the YMCA summer day
camp in Arlington.
The youngsters will view mo.
ton picture films and hear safety
talks In the Ashton Theater
Clarendon. The sessions will oper
at 10 am. on Monday, Tuesday
Thursday and Friday next week.
Evening star., 1952-07-11
virginians Get
9Pct.. Slash in
Income Taxes
Cut Is Automatic as
Stote Fund Exceeds
Estimates Again
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

RICHMOND. Va, July 11.-vir.
ginians are going to get another
State income tax reduction this
year, but not the healthy 20 pei
cent rebate of last year.
This time it'll be 8 per cent
Itll go to both individuals anc
corporations.
The cut will be allowed under
provisions of the revised Byrc
Automatic Income Tax Reduction
Act. The act works like this:
Whenever tax collections for the
States big operating fund-the
general fund-exceed budget esti-
mates by S per cent, a tax refunc
must be granted.
During the 1951-52 fiscal veal
ended June 80, Gov. Battle.
budget advisors estimated thu
general fund intake would come
to a little over $1O2 million.
When the controllers offic.
added up the figures, the tota
came to $107.764. .727-more thar
SIS million above the budget esti.
innate.
The S. million viii be creditet
to State income tax returns, per.
mitting average reductions of
Iper cent.
Last year, under the old Byrt
law. $11 million was provided
for reductions. The old law, un.
like the present one. established
a refund on a fat basis of II
lper cent when the general func
Exceeded $100 million. Is per CEN
when it exceeded $103 million anc
l20 per cent when it exceeded $40:
million.
Evening star., 1952-07-11
.HyatisyiIIe Shop Robbed
After 5 Phone WARNINGS

A Hyattsville cleaning establish
|ment was robbed of SIG yesterday
latter five anonymous phone calls
the day before warned that it was
Ito; be burglarized.
Dave Goode, owner of Hamil-
ton Cleaners, 1924 Hamilton street
West HyattSville. said he decided
mot to call police after receiving
the anonymous calls because he
thought it was all joke.
Police said the money was taken
from a cash register during the
early morning hours.
Evening star., 1952-07-11
Arlington Marine Fined
For Reckless Driyino

Marine Capt. Ralph Edward
BRANDED, of TOT North Wayne
street. Arlington. was fined $50
for reckless driving after q hear
ling in Alexandria yesterday before
United States Commissioner Stan
Hey King.
Capt. BRANDED was accused OF
making a left hand turn on Mount
Vernon boulevard just beyond q
l"no left turn" sign. Another car
lcollided with him as he was max
ling the turn. Capt. BRANDED said
he had made a wrong turn as he
came of Of the Fourteenth street
bridge and did not see the mo left
turn" sign. p
Evening star., 1952-07-11
.Nirainion Elected
BY WiIIiom J. WheotIey

PHILADELPHIA, July II R.--
Ia. c. Simms Of Norfolk, Va, was
elected president Of the Cosmo-
Ipolitan international Club to sue
Iceed w. B. Mckenzie of Des
Moines, Iowa, yesterday5E
Evening star., 1952-07-11
Naval Workers Get Ruise

ANNAPOLIS. July II R).-More
than 1900 "blue collar" workers Of
the Severn River Naval Command
will receive pay raises starting
July 81. in accordance with new
wage scale approved by Francis p.
Whitehair. undersecretary Of
Navy.
Evening star., 1952-05-04
HOLLYWOOD.


Cornell Wilde says he, for one,
doesn't want to live by the sword
in Hollywood.
He's atop the heap once more
due to his trapeze work in "The
Greatest Show on Earth" In
fact, he hasn't been sitting so
pretty since he was nominated
for the 1945 academy award for
his portrayal of the tubercular
Chopin in "A Song to Remem-
ber."
please notice that both those
pictures called for acting, not
swashbuckling," observes the
handsome Wilde.
It was inevitable that Wilde
would become a movie sWaSh-
buckler. A time intercol-
legiate fencing titlist who first
learned swordplay in Hungary,
Wilde is reputed to be the only
actor in town who can do his
own fencing in front of the
cameras. That bit of intelli-
gence, incidentally, came from
the swordsman who used to
double for Enrol Flynn.
He's now playing an OSS Of
ficer in Danger Forward" and
there's no swordplay in it.
Swashbuckling had given Wilde
several bad years in the busi-
ness. It took Cecil B. De Mile
and the circus to make pro-
ducers realize that the dark
Hungarian operates best with
out a sword. He wisely has de-
cided not to jack up his pic
ture price because of the new
success.
His married life with Jean
Wallace. former wife of Fran
chot Tone, apparently is sue
cessful, too. Jean, when mar
ried to Franchot, led quite a
tempestuous life. as some Of
Tones wives do.
when first started going
with Jean," confides Cornell, Il
soon found out that she is an
entirely different person than I
had been led to believe.
Were both very much home
Evening star., 1952-05-04
Joe's a Wizard at Juggling Careers

ling. I ruined one whole brain
lobe working it out"
Between his afternoon and
evening performances, Ferrer
conferred about details of a new
premiere, closed a deal for cast
replacement in one of his shows,
had dinner at home with his
wife, the former Phyllis Hill;
mapped, packed two suitcases
and returned to the theater at
8:33, seven minutes before
curtain.
Somewhere around 3 am.
Thursday morning, Ferrer ar
rived in Philadelphia where
1.-THE Chase" starring John
Kodiak and Kim Hunter, was
then getting ready for its out-of-
town tryout. He slept until
9, worked on the script with
Author Horton Foote at break
fast, and reached the Locust
Theater an hour later.
Misses Nothing
AS the morning rehearsal got
under way, Ferrer began a IA
mile hike through seats, greeted
friends in the dark with a pat
on the head or a kiss on the
cheek and dictated notes to a
secretary working by f1ashlight.
During all this, Ferrer played
with some coins. chewed gum
and never missed a line said on
stage.
The nervous cast ran through
an uninterrupted rehearsal.
During the last few minutes,
Ferrer had his hat and coat on,
ready for a dash to his train.
At 6:06 pm, Thursday, Ferrer
was back on a train for New
York. We talked in the diner. I
asked if sometimes he didn't feel
completely overwhelmed, that
everything was going wrong.
Whenever I feel that kind Of
panic coming on" he said. II
calm myself with the thought
that failure is not ultimate
disaster"
At 7:15, Ferrer retired to his
drawing room for a nap. Twenty
five mintes later. he had to be
awakened in New York. He
reached his theater at 8::35. five
minutes before curtain time.
But lying on the stretcher, wait
ing for his entrance, Jose Ferrer
didn't look as though he had
been away at all.
Evening star., 1952-05-04

rer. Around the corner, on
Forty-seventh street, still an
other-"The Four Poster" di-
rected by Ferrer.
Between the two streets, on
Seventh avenue. a huge movie
sign announced Anything Can
Happen" starring Ferrer, SPELL
ing his name out in letters sew
eral stories high. as BELTS a man
who won the 1850 Academy
Award for "Cyrano de Ber-
gerac." This year he also won
Antoinette Perry Awards for his
direction of THE Four Poster"
and his acting in '"The Shrike."
THE Shrike" is an intense
story of a man cornered between
two choices-life in a mental
hospital or life with a wife he
can't abide. You might think
that a few minutes before cur
tain the star would be getting
in the mood.
Not Ferrer. Phones were ring
ing madly in his dressing room.
The 40-year-old star was sing
ing MARY" in preparation for
a George M, COhan musical he
may do next fall.
Vincent Donaghue, bit player
and general aide-de-camp, was
on the phones. Another man
kept ducking in and out. Fer
rer, who uses no makeup for
this show, wore his stage clothes
-pajama pants and hospital
robe. He lay on double e-dip
modern couch, knees above his
face, and explained:
Inside It's Colin
This is only pandemonium on
the outside. There's order on
the inside"
Ferrer put in a phone call to
Pittsburgh. Cancelled it in the
next breath, then rushed up
stairs to the wings. Swinging
onto a stretcher, he gossiped
with an actress until he was
wheeled on stage.
Back in his dressing room for
the first intermission, Ferrer
joked with Donaghue. tried
Evening star., 1952-05-04
By Soul Petit
NEW YORK.

Jose Ferrer is like any other
talented actor producer-direc-
tor, who also is a movie
Academy award winner, the
atrical, award winner, linguist,
operate baritone. tap and
ballet dancer, swordsman, oil
painter, caricaturist, tennis and
squash player, epicure, wine
connoisseur and expert baker
of bread and pies.
Oh, yes, there is one differ
ence. Call it peace of mind, or
inner strength. Whichever it
is, Ferrer, the "one-man the
ater" glides from speciality to
speciality, from problem to prob
lem, without visible wear and
tear on his psyche or physique.
This I concluded after more
than 80 hours with him, during
which time he covered more
than 200 miles, starred in two
performances, directed two
others, listened to and solved
actors problems. worked over a
script, adjusted scenery and
lighting difficulties, slept less
than six hours and met and
surmounted a dozen other crises
with a detached charm.
He's in Everything
Just as he can command a
great performance out of the
onstage Ferrer, he seems able
to command great inner calm
out of the off-stage Ferrer. But
don't ask me about the inner
man. It was tough enough
keeping up with the outer man.
This odyssey began at 2:30 on
a Wednesday afternoon at the
Cort Theater, where Ferrer is
starred in "The Shrike," which
he produced and directed. A
few doors away another theater
houses "Stalag IT," also Ferrer
produced and directed. Across
the street, a marquee announced
the premiere of '"The Chase" :"
produced and directed by Fer
Evening star., 1952-05-04

something that cannot be said
for a great many road theaters.
and even for. some in New York.
Indeed, even the most minor
of the dresSing-ro tenants
may be surprised at one aspect
of the comfort they find there
from now on. This is repre-
sented by the armchairs which
now line the dressing tables in
even the minor players quar-
terS.
Scots Of the Mighty
These are pretty fancy for
dressing rooms. They came out
of the Nationals stage boxes
where they served as seats for
some Of the country's political
and social mightiest, including
Mrs. Perle MeSta, Ambassador
to Luxembourg. They were here
when Mr.. Plohn arrived Is years
ago. Their wide seats and gen.
eral design were all right, he
decided, but he certainly did not
fancy the uncushioned wooden
seats.
He added cushions, but even
this left the chairs somewhat
shy of what he thought box
seat patrons had a right to ex-
pect. 1t was always in the back
of his mind that something
should be done about this. He
has done it with the reopening
of the theater, by moving the
old box chairs back into the
chorus dressing rooms.
This should not only make
customers and dancing per-
formers both happier, but even
the theater management. It's
new box chairs may permit the
addition of a few extra seats,
bringing the capacity of the
already large house to a few
more than 1880 seats.
The air-conditioning, one of
the few blessings handed down
from the theater's immediate
movie past, also functions in
the back-Stage area of the
National and in the wardrobe
room. This is a big improve
ment on many a theater which
offers only uninviting alleys to
performers seeking a breath of
fresh air on hot nights.
Stor Brings Her Own
Solitary item missing from the
back-stage area on the day of
this reporters inspection of the
National was the mirror in the
stars dressing room. That will
be taken care of today. Like
many another female, including
the witch in Snow White, Miss
Norman likes to look into her
own mirrors.
These are coming with. her
and the production of Call
Me Madam" They will repre-
sent the finishing touch on as
shining and comfortable quar-
ters as actors are likely to find
anywhere.
The only equally shining place
in downtown Washington to-
morrow night will be the more
important front of the house.
It has been renovated from top
to bottom also.
The management is properly
proud of the total facilities for
community delight that the re-
born theater represents.