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Evening star., 1953-09-26
Silvia Gould Sued
By Third Husband
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 26.-The
marriage of Silvia Gould, 35,
Observation-Disclosures of financier
Jay Gould. to Navy. 1t. Comdr.
Ernst Hoefer. jr., has landed in
court.
Comdr. Hoefer, 33, her third
husband, has filed an annulment
petition and she has countered
with a separation action.
Comdr. Hoefer's attorney
Richard Frooks, said in State
Supreme Court yesterday the
Navy officer was prepared to
furnish a long list" of charges
including drunken orgies, adul-
teries and wild spendthrift
sprees."
While airing these charges,
the lawyer said Comdr. Hoefer
was seeking an annulment rather
than a divorce to spare his wife
embarrassment. Adultery is the
only ground for divorce in New
York.
Mr.. Frooks was opposing a
motion by Mrs. Hoefer's at
torney. Isidore Wells, for $400
month temporary alimony and
$4,000 counsel fees. MI. Frooks
contended she was a woman of
great wealth and did not need
a share of Comdr. Hoefer's Navy
pay.
But her lawyer said that, al
though she was descended from
a family with a railroad fortune,
she had no assets and depended
on Hoefer for support. Decision
on her motion was reserved.
She and Comdr. Hoefer mar
ried in Roxbury, N. Y, on
November "a, l949.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Ex-POW Says CWics in School
Miqht Have Deferred Pros

and arranged to meet her in De-
troit, From there they drove to
see his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray M. Dove, Sr., of 1921 Arl.
ington boulevard.
One of the first to greet 1t.
Dove was his very bashful q
year-old niece, Mary Alice Nc
Donough. She warmed up con-
siderably when the lieutenant
presented her with a black
banged doll baby-san straight
from Tokyo.
1t. Dove was captured on
November 4, 1850, while fighting
with the oath Division near the
Yalu River. He escaped from his
Chinese captors on Christmas.
1850, but was turned in by North
Koreans who had pretended to
befriend him.
1t. Dove and his wife were
married only five months before
he was sent to Korea.
After a checkup and a leave.
1t. Dove will return to active
duty at Fort Benning, Ga.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Murder Of Publisher
Charged 10 Mailman
BY the Associofsd Press

LOS ANGELES, Sept. ga
Minneapolis mailman on leave,
Walter K. Kruse. has been
charged with murder in the fatal
shooting Thursday of Douglas
De Vorss, a book publisher, and
will appear october for pre-
liminary hearing.
The murder charge was filed
late yesterday. The 53-year old
Kruse maintained his silence as
he was arraigned. He surren-
dered Thursday night.
Employees in Mr.. De Vorss'
office told police Kruse fred
three or four shots at the pub
Usher, who employed Mrs. Kruse
as a housekeeper.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Body Found in River
Near Key Bridqe

The body of a man was found
late yesterday in the Potomac
River near Key Bridge.
He was tentatively identified
by a health card in his pocket
as Albert S. Roberts, 48, of CO.
lumbus, Ohio. Police records
here listed a man by that name
as having been arrested on
drunkenness charges several
times. The last address given
was that of an F street hotel.
The body was found by Carlos
Queceda, 80, of 4102 Fourteenth
street NV. an employe of the
American Oil Co. of Rossyln.
Mr.. Queceda told police he found
the body at the edge of the river
on the Virginia side about 100
yards downstream from Key
Bridge. Police estimated he had
been dead for four or five days.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Florida Governor Sick,
Shows No Improvement
BY the Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Sept
26.-Gov. Dan McCarty, a vic
tim of pneumonia, had an un-
comfortable night and his con-
dition has not improved in the
last "a hours" his doctors re-
ported today.
The Governor has been in the
hospital since Tuesday when his
doctor ordered him there for
treatment of a bad cold that
he had been unable to shake
off in 10 days. Gov. McCarty
suffered a heart attack February
Is and was still recovering from
it when he contracted the cold
Evening star., 1953-09-26

are opposed to all law-saying
that Gods law is the only one
they observe.
A total of 144 Doukhobors
were arrested in a tent village
near Nelson, B. c., September 8
after they paraded in the nude
before school. They were pro-
testing against compulsory
school attendance for their
children.
Charges against % were dis
missed here and two await trial.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Doukhobors Sentenced
For Parading in Nude
BY the Associated Press

VANCOUVER, British Colum-
bia, Sept. 26.-Grim and gener-
ally maintaining silence that
wasn't broken by vigorous
judicial tongue lashing and. stiff
prison sentences for many of
them, 121 Sons of Freedom
Doukhobors yesterday heard
their fate for parading in the
nude.
Sixty-four men and 81 women
appeared before Magistrate Gra-
ham Ladner.
Thirty-two of the men and 10
of the women received maximum
terms of three years in prison;
other terms ranged down to one
day, and final sentencing of SO
was put over for a week.
The radical Sons of Freedom
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Maryland Man Elected

A. L. Brueckner, head of the
Livestock Sanitation Service at
the University of Maryland, yes
terday was named third vice
president of the United States
Livestock Sanitary Association
at it's annual convention in At
lantic City.
Evening star., 1953-09-26

Is miles per hour tonight and
easterly at 20-30 miles per hour
tomorrow.
District Medical Society rag
weed pollen count for "a hours
ending at 9 o'clock this morning
35 grains per cubic yard of air.
River Report.
(From u. S. EngineerS.)
Potomac River clear at HarperS Ferry
and clear at Great Falls; Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry
Humidity.
Readings WASHINGTON National Airport
Yesterday Pct. To-day Pct
Noon - - Midnight -- -
pm. ~ 80 am. - o.
8 pm. - 10 am. ~ 16
Evening star., 1953-09-26
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinity-Cloudy
with occasional rain tonight and
tomorrow. Rather windy tomor-
row. Low tonight around g..
Maryland-Cloudy with occa-
sional rain tonight and tomor-
row. Low tonight 58-65. Rather
windy and not as warm tomor-
row.
Virginia-Cloudy with occa-
sional rain tonight and rain and
windy tomorrow. Low 58-65.
Wind-SoutheaSterly at about
Evening star., 1953-09-26

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 100. on Aug. 81 and Sept.
Lowest. -, on March >.
High and Low Of Last III Hours.
High. -, at $50 pm.
Low. 81. at 40 am.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
The Sun and Moon.
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches In tn
Capital tcurrent month TO datel:
Evening star., 1953-09-26

Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Evening star., 1953-06-28
Coming Attractions

Stage.
NAT1ONAL-Guys and Dolls" with Wthers starting to-
morrow.
CARTER BARRON ANPHTTHEATER-"Of Thee Sing" with
Loney Lewis, starting tomorrow.
Screen.
AMBASSADOR-"Fort IT," with George MONTGOMERY start
ing Thursday.
cAPTToLscandal scourie" Greer Carson starting
Thursday.
COLUMBIA Farmer Takes WIFE," with Betty Cradle
starting Wednesday.
DUPONT-"The Magic Box" with Robert Donat, starting
Wednesday.
KETTHS"It Came From Outer Space" with Richard
son, starting Wednesday.
Observation-Disclosures Games" French Aim with Brig
lite Forsey.
METROPOLITAN Get You" with George Raft and
Tall Texan" with Lloyd Bridges starting Thursday.
ONTARIO-"H "Houdini," with Janet Leigh.
PALACE-"White Witch Doctor" with Susan Hayward.
PLAYHOUSE-"The Moon Is Blue with William Holden
PLAZA-"The Little World of Don Camille" with Fernandez
TRANS-LUx-"The Juggler" with Kirk Douglas starting
Thursday.
wARNER-"Fort IT," with George Montgomery starting
Thursday.
Evening star., 1953-06-28

going is no longer gracious"
Another pessimistic voice
about the state Of the Broad
way theater comes from Rich
ard Watts, jr., the drama critic.
Critic Watts is concerned be-
cause audiences seem disposed
to go only to hits, and will not
support plays which have merit
but lack popular appeal.
"Our musicals are the most
brilliant in the world" he says,
'but a healthy theater can't
survive on the musical play
alone. With it's rivals, the
movies and television, making
rather a mess of their job Of
providing popular entertain
ment of free creative distinc-
tion, the theater has what may
be its last opportunity to re-
gain it's lost heritage.
New ToIent Needed
"It must develop some new
playwrights, attract the atten-
ton of new audiences of young
people, somehow reduce its
production and admission
costs, make acting on the stage
an economically feasible career
for ambitious young players,
and build some playhouses that
don't make theater going a
chore." ALI in all, a rather
large order.
George Freedley, curator Of
the theater collection at the
New York Public Library and
a veteran authority on Broad
way, is a shade more optimis-
tic.
"It is true" he says. "that
fantastically increased produc-
ton costs have restricted the
Evening star., 1953-06-28
Todoy's Schedules
Stage.

Stage.
ARENA-"Boy Meets Grl"; $3.50 pm.
CARTER BARRON ANdPHITHEATER-"Th Merry Widow:
8:45 PM
ANBASSADoR-The Beast From 10000 Fahoms 120, S:2o,
$685. 1880 and 9:35 pm
CAPrroL-"Arena" 145. 43o. 75 and 10 pm Stage $40,
6:25 and 9:1O pm
CoLUlBA-"The Desert Rats: 1906 S45, 5:45 1850 and
9:55 pm.
DUPONT-dan on Tghtrope": 1920 1925, 525. 1880 and
$40 pm.
KETTHS-"Gunsnoke" 35, 3:4O 5:45 7:50 and $50 pm.
LITTIE"The Quiet Man. l. sos, 5:20 7:35 and 9:45 pm.
MacARTHUR-A Queen Is Crowned: 2:25 42O, 610, sos
and 10 PM
Observation-Disclosures and the SheDevil": 1:15 3:2O
$780, TAO and $50 pm
oNTARIO"Sangaree" 1:2o S:20 $40. TBS and $50 pm.
PALACE-"Scared Stif los, 315, 525, TAO and $50 pm
PIAYHOUSE-Ii" !. 235, AIS, $40, 8:15 and 1910 pm.
PLAzA-"The Seven Deadly Sins" l. 315, $685. 1850 and
1910 pm
TRANs-LUx "saone"; l. 25o, 4.4o e:s5, s25 and 1915
pm.
WARNER-"The 10000 Fathoms' 1:2o $685. $780,
1885 and 9:45 pm.
Evening star., 1953-06-28
Reds Sturt
Comic Recalls Wynn
Wos Good Angel
By jones Bocon
~ jones Bocon
HOLLYWOOD.

Red Shelton, who never
had a birthday party himself
until he was "a. tossed quite
a shindig recently for his two
little redheads.
It's questionable who had
the most fun-the 40 kids or
the parents who brought them.
One thing sure, the children
saw a clown act that Ringing
Brothers could never buy.
Three Of the dads-Skelton,
Ed Wynn and Ken Murray
put on clown suits and vowed
the kid audience.
Later, while the children
feasted on cake and ice cream,
the grown-ups took of for an
upstairs bedroom and listened
to Shelton and Wynn spin
tales of show business.
Red, in rare serious mood,
told of his early childhood
and one Of the great thrills of
his life.
when I was my daughters
age, s. I had a job selling
newspapers in front Of q the
ater in Vincennes, Ind. I had
never been inside the theater
until, one day, a kind man
who was playing in the stage
show bought q paper from
me and invited me in. This
man took me by the hand and
showed me my first stage, my
first proScenium arch, my
first footlights and my first
show. And he's still the great
est comedian in the world"
Red then nodded toward
Wynn, the kind man who had
given q boy his first look at
show business almost 35 years
ago in Vincennes. Four years
later, Red was to run away
with . medicine show, the
beginning Of one Of the great
clown careers Of all time. \
Evening star., 1953-06-28
Rich Poet
Rare Type Adds Film
Making to Chores
BY the Assoeiaied Press
HOLLYWOOD.


A revolutionary kind Of
movie producer has made his
debut on the Hollywood scene.
a fellow by the name Of Allan
D. Dowling.
Dowling is a millionaire,
which is nothing unusual for a
movie producer. But Dowling
also is a poet. A millionaire
poet is unusual.
He is the son of the late
Robert E. Dowling. the founder
of the City Investing Co.,
the real estate firm that had
a lot to do with giving New
York City its famous skyline.
Dowling's brother Robert IL
now president Of City Invest
ing and Allan is a member Of
the Board of Directors.
s.. AS a solvent poet-one OF the
few in existence-he was a
friend and foe of such literary
greats as Frank Harris and
George Bernard Shaw.
He once sold q literary pro-
file Of Shaw to q London
agency which made the mis-
take Of showing it first to the
famed playwright. Shaw
threatened to sue Dowling for
libel. The reason?
II just accused him Of re-
spectability in living with his
wife. Somehow 1t incensed
him"
Dowling is q pacifist. having
been one through both world
wars. He admits that he was
much impressed with Lew
Ayres' courageous act Of resist
ing the draft and entering the
ambulance service"
That explains why Ayres is
the star of the first Bowling
production, "Donovan's Brain"
in which Ayres plays q mad
scientist who keeps a brain
alive and then confuses for
a while hts role with that Of
God.
Dowling, founder Of the
Partisan Review. a literary
magazine. entered the movie
business because he thinks it
can be made "the greatest art
medium In the world.
Evening star., 1953-06-28
By Mark Borron

wrights, producers, drama
critics, stage hands, electric
ians, in fact. everyone con-
nected with the theater is
highly concerned with what is
happening around Times
Square.
At the recent farewell per-
formance for the historic EN-
pire, one of those who ap-
peared was Edna Wallace Hop
per, again in the role of 1.-THE
Girl I Left Behind Me-" a part
in which she opened the EN-
pire in 1893.
So Different
when the Empire opened"
said Miss Hopper, now a sue
cessful Wall Street stock bro
ker, "Times Square was a
quiet, uptown residential dis
trict. There were no high
buildings (The Empire is be-
ing torn down to make way
for a skyscraper) and the only
building Of any Importance in
that neighborhood was the
Metropolitan Opera House.
"At the theater, people al
ways used to dress and a red
carpet was rolled from the
carriages to the entrance of
the theaterS.
To-day all that is changed.
Times Square now resembles
the Coney Island boardwalks.
Now Broadway has everything
except, perhaps. a roller
coaster. It has flashing signs
shooting galleries, noise, smells
and hot dog stands.
There is no more elegance
in the theater .. and theater-
Evening star., 1953-06-28
NEW YORK,

The Broadway theater has
become its own problem
child" today. The live stage,
confronted with the competi-
tion of SD. television and
other amusement channels, is
moving towards the new sea-
SON with little to give it high
hope.
Actors, actresses, play
Evening star., 1953-06-28
On the Air
Somebody Must Pay
Ford Anniversary Show and Hamlet
Made Good Case for Fee TV
By Harry Macarthur

mercials between the acts Of
Hamlet" The Ford anniver.
sary show had none.
The Hallmark commercials
inserted during the Evans
Sha kespearean produc-
tionS were tasteful, 1t is. true.
They were nothing like some
OF the sales pitches that afflict
the eye and ear every night.
But they were Interruptions
and they were highly irrele-
want to the business at hand.
When Mr.. Evans is putting
Hamlet" together so lucidly
for you, you do not like to be
interrupted.
A BIissfuI SompIe
What a Joy the Ford show
was, on the other hand, and
what a revelation. Here were
two full hours of unsullied en-
tertainment (barring a few
minutes of vamping until the
time ran out. because of some
mishap). Not once did q man
produce charts to demonstrate
what dire things were happen
ing inside us. Not once did a
man threaten us with immedi-
ate suffocation by coal tar if
we didn't switch cigarette
brands. Not once were we
ordered to get up off our
launches and rush to the
corner drug store Immediately.
This was bliss such as tele-
viewers never have known. It
also was an excellent sample
Of what fee TV can mean
entertainment presented SOLE
ly and wholly as entertain
ment, not as just a gimmick to
catch our attention.
You will hear commercial
broadcasters charge that fee
TV is not in the public inter-
est. 1t would not be fair to all
viewers. they say. to set aside
a television channel for pro-
grams for which some viewers
would pay and others could
not receive.
There Are Answers
This is a little like saying
a bus company is not in the
public interest because 1t
makes some residents pay to
ride buses on streets paved by
taxing all the residents. There
also is a countercharge that
can be made to the broadcast.
ers. 1t Is not in the public
interest to make you choose
between Tin a sample chosen
at random) "Big Story" Life
Begins at 80." Appointment
With Love" and Playhouse Of
Stars
What the broadcasters really
mean is that fee -TV may not
work to the best interest of
the presently intrenched tele-
vision broadcasters. If they
were so all-fired concerned
about the public interest they
would do some opposition pro-
gramming instead Of letting
sponsors fight fire with fire.
You would have a choice,
say, between your Show of
Shows" "TeleviSion Play
house" Break the Bank" and
the "NBC Opera Theater."
You would not have to choose
between "All Star Revue" and
Jackie Gleason or between
Comedy Hour" and Toast
of the Town."
AS has been demonstrated. IL
takes from $175,000 to $500, 900
to improve TV programming.
Five million viewers could af-
ford to pay for more $500,000
shows than almost anybody.
Evening star., 1953-06-28
Broodwoy Takes Melancholy View Of Its Future

staging Of new plays and re-
vivals. But the quality of pro-
duction and Of playwriting is
today incomparably higher
than it was so years ago."
Freedley believes the future
of the live .theater depends
upon experiment and that
various unions and other or
ganizations involved must treat
this realistically and not by
rules outgrown through the
years."
Evening star., 1953-06-28
The Passing Show
The Box Office Speaks
Ticket Sellers See Side Of Human Nature
They Would Like the Patrons to Know
By Joy Carmody

unsold and in plain view Of
those who had bought the
worst seats"
Theaters' refusal to take
telephone reservations is an
other complaint whose injus-
tice virtually unhinges box
Office people.
A Costly Trick
when it was DONE" Miss
Brooks says, "this is what
would happen: A customer
would call. ask for the best
seats, leave his name, and
promise to pick them up at
a specified time. Then, sus-
pecting that he had been given
the worst, instead of the best
seats, he would call again, use
another name, and reserve
another pair. In the worst
cases, they would do this three
or four times, then come down
and try to pick up the best set
of the four, which was always
the first. Often, they would
even forget the names they
used. There were not many of
these, most people are honest
and decent, but there were
enough to cost theaters q lot
of money.
How much?
Well. Olney used the tele-
phone system a couple of sea-
sons back. On the opening
night of Eve Arden's show, it
was stuck with more than
$500 in unclaimed reserva-
tions, approximately one
fourth Of the house. Miss
Arden, one Of the theater's
great realists, was properly in
dignant. She works on q per-
centage basis in summer
theater.
Another aspect of human
nature that dismays box-office
personnel proves that no ruse
is so unprincipled that many
patrons will not use it.
The Deaf Thot Hear
Deafness, for instance. They
will assure the ticket-seller
that they cannot possibly hear
back of row B.
Well, box-office people often
can spot this deception. Nov
ing away toward the farthest
racks, they keep dropping
their voices, until q person of
acute hearing would have diff
ficulty understanding them.
If the deaf" patron con-
tinues the conversation, as he
so often does, he is q human
of ill-repute in that immediate
area.
The mo checks ut. the box
Office" rule is another that
ticket sellers suffer for.
1--WE do not make policy" !"
Miss Brooks says. "An we want
to do is sell all the tickets we
can in order and in the short
est possible time"
About time:
"On the phone we tell people
we cannot take reservations,
which should make converse
tion brief-one Of its purposes.
But the customer is irked. So
he starts asking questions.
How much are the seats? What
is the theater's address? What
time does the curtain go up?
How were the reviews?"
Speaking of reviews, If they
are bad, cancellations are
(see CARMODY, Page E-2)
Evening star., 1953-06-28
The Passing Show

Peacemakers are getting
virtually nowhere these days,
but that shall not deter this
drama department.
It is beset by the idea, or is
it delusion, that if theatergoers
only knew what they look like
through the ticket window Of
q box Office, they might live
more harmoniously with those
behind the wickets.
In the vernacular, they don't
look so good.
This is all right with Helen
Brooks and Adolph Meyer with
whom this department took up
the matter at luncheon. Time
and ticket-selling at every
legitimate theater box office in
the area have taught them not
to expect human nature to be
more than human nature.
Sometimes it is pleasant,
sometimes not. Whichever way
it comes, they are not sur
prised although they are fire.
quently disappointed. -
Its on Old Problem
Both live with the hope.
however, that each side might
one day understand the other
q little better which could
make life q lot more livable.
Being sane, they are not too
hopeful. This is one Of the old
deep-seated misunderstanding
between humans. It goes back
to the Greeks, whose amphi-
theaterS used to accommodate
1900 patrons, nearly all Of
them dissatisfied with their
seats.
Box ONCE people, Miss Brooks.
and Meyer wish it were un-
derStood, ARE not public en-
emies, although they some
times feel the public is their
enemy, almost by malicious in
tent.
Here's a story about that,
involving the late Percy Booth,
who died this spring and with
whom the two worked in har-
mony and election for many
years:
A few days after Booth died,
a woman turned up at the
Shubert box Office, looked at
Meyer, and exclaimed:
"Oh, you're not the one who
died."
And another. this time a
man:
"Where's my friend Booth?"
he asked through the window.
He was told that the crisply
efficient Booth passed away
the week before.
81 see," said the man. "Wen,
what have you got for Tues
day night?"
Line Horrified, Too
"It is not always this heart
less" Miss Brooks says. '"Those
in the lines behind these two
were almost as Mortified as we
were"
The crux Of the conflict be-
tween theater ticket buyer
and seller lies in the fact that
each of the former wants the
best seat in the house and the
latter does not have it. It has
been sold, II the theater man
agement has not taken it out
of the rack, and not saved for
a friend Of the box Office per-
Sonnel.
They almost hate friends"
the ones who think friendship,
or a phony imitation thereof,
entities them to special atten-
ton. Miss Brooks had such a
friend when she was innocent
and inexperienced in box Office
operation. The friend started
operating almost an outside
box office-until Miss Brooks
learned.
There's a notion" she says,
"that we sell the worst seats
first. The suggestion Of that
Is that we are plain idiots
which we certainly would be II
the best seats should turn up