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Evening star., 1953-03-22
Todoy's
HiqhIiqhts

sos, WGMS-Bach Program:
Passion According to St. John
Part II, performed by Marian
Anderson.
1885, WTOP - Invitation to
Learning: Senator Hubert Hum
phrey and v. K. Krishna Menon,
chief of the Indian Delegation to
the United Nations, discuss
Stuart Mills essay, "On Liberty"
100, WRC-Youth Wants to
Know: Senator Charles Tobey
is guest.
2:1O, WWDC-Baseball: The
Washington Senators VS.. the
Philadelphia Athletics In Orlan-
do, Florida.
$3.50, WTOP-New York Phil
harmonic Symphony: Guild O
Cantelli conducts Giorgio Fede-
rico Chedini's Concerto of the
Albatross," Mozart's Village
Musicians" and Wagner's "A
Faust Overture" and "Siegfried's S
Rhine Journey"
$3.50, WPIK-Celebration of
the Anniversary of Greek indie
pendence Day: Senator John
Cooper and Ambassador Athan-
ase PolitiS are heard.
1880, WRC-American Forum
of the Air: Senator Estes Ke-
fauver and Senator Russell B.
Long debate Federal or State
Tidelands Ownership"
$500, WASH-Prologue: Equal
Representation Of ALL"
500, WTOP - Theater Of
Evening star., 1953-03-22
The Transition Blues
NEW YORK.

Radio actors may think
they've had a rough time max
ing the transition to television.
but they can take it from
Nelson Case, 1t has been even
tougher for announcers.
you're under a lot more
pressure because you know the
sponsor has bought the pro-
gram just for your minute and
a half" he relates. You're
out there all alone, with, no
one else to toss you a cue line
If you get in trouble-you're
absolutely on your own"
And it costs sponsors up to
$160,000 for a one-hour show.
which is a measure of the spot
the announcer is on.
The necessity for acting be-
fore a camera, and speaking
without benefit of scripts as in
radio, add to the difficulties,
says the tall, 43-year-old an
nouncer.
Very few announcers ever
practiced their acting or did
any movement in RADIO" he
says. Many radio performers
were actors to begin with, he
adds.
The deep-voiced veteran Of
broadcasting had some train
ing as an actor while in high
school but little after that. so
he spent the entire summer Of
1949 in summer stock to brush
up for the benefit of his TV
work.
One Asset
The old-time radio an
nouncers, he says, do have one
asset in switching to TV-"the
ability to ad-lib."
However, Case readily ad-
mits he has prompting cards
set up out of camera view
for use if he should forget a
line, adding that lit makes you
less likely to need them if
they're there"
A native Of Long Beach,
Calf, Case was a regular, full
time announcer in Los Angeles
Evening star., 1953-03-22

Stars: Vincent Price stars in
1.-THE Impresario."
500, WCFM-National Gallery
Of Art Concert: Lee Cass sings
music Of Lully, Mozart, Brahms
and others.
$500, WTOP-Bergen McC Car
thy Show: Howard Keel is guest.
$3.50, WRC-Theater Guild on
the Air: Nina Foch and Betty
Field star in "The Old Maid"
$500, WWDC-B Bishop Fulton
Sheen: First Of a new series Of
talks.
900, WEAM-Meet Your Con-
gress: The topic for discussion
is Changing the ft-Hartley
Law"
1890, WWDC-District Round
table: The topic for discussion
is Fitting the Handicapped into
the Nations Economy"
1890, WOL-New York Times
Youth Forum: "What Is the Role
of the Press in Today's Crisis?"
is discussed.
1890, WTOP-Bomb Target,
y. s. A.: Arthur Godfrey mar
rates an appraisal Of the Ma
tion's military and civil defense
preparations.
1880, WCFM-Reading: Allye
Kranish reads Lord Dunsany's
1.-THE Two Bottles of Relish"
11:OO, WWDC-Chicago Thea
ter Of the Air: Nancy Carr and
Bruce Foote sing Noel Coward's
"Bittersweet."
Evening star., 1953-03-22
The Transition Blues
Out There on Your Own
Radio Announcers Have Their Problems
Adapting to TV, Luments Nelson Cuse
By Wayne Oliver

by the time he was II. He
joined NBC as a staff an
nouncer in San Francisco at
81 and three years later was
transferred to the New York
staff. He decided to become
a free-lance announcer in
1889 and has kept busy on top
shows since that time except
for three years out as a Navy
flier during World War II. He's
currently on radio 20 times a
week, on TV three.
Built an Empire
What sort of man is behind
"The Lone Ranger" THE
Green Hornet" Sergeant
Preston of the Yukon" and
'"The American Agent" those
radio and-in the case Of THE
Lone Ranger" televis | n
champions of good, avengers
of evil, and exponents of the
simple virtues?
He's a grazing Detroit mil
lionaire, George w. Trendle,
onetime theater man who built
a broadcasting empire on pro-
grams noted for their strict
moral codes.
Trendle, a ll-behaved cit
izen but no part of a prude.
says it hasn't been entirely q
matter of conscience.
I've had an idea that clean
entertainment Is good enter
tainment-it's profitable"
1t dates back to his early
days as pioneer movie house
operator in Detroit, where he
built a single nickelodeon into
9, chain of theaters. He catered
to the family trade, particu-
larly youngsters, and carefully
screened pictures in advance
to make sure they would be all
right for the kiddies to see.
Dressed Chorines
He recalls with a chuckle
that the famous "Follies" had
to put more clothes on the
chorus girls before being al
lowed to play in one Of his
theaters.
Trendle followed the same
policy with his radio stations
in Detroit and Flint, Mich, and
with the network programs
produced by his firm, in
cluding the fabulous Lone
Ranger" that has been on
radio 20 years and also is on
! TV.
He says, incidentally. that
while 1.-THE Lone Ranger" is
produced with the youngsters
in mind, SIS per cent of the
audience consists Of adults.
The firm Trendle heads.
Trendle Campbell Meurer.
Inc, has built its programs
into big bushes with many
facets besides the broadcasts.
such as merchandise, comic
books, magazines, records and
other products.
Bock to Rodio, Too
Ted Mack's return to tele-
vision on NBC with his "Orig-
inal Amateur Hour" April Is,
is expected to be followed
shortly by a. resumption of
the RADIO version of the 18-
year-old Show.
Evening star., 1953-03-22
FM Stotions


WRc-FM-S3.S Me-, Channel 13e
$50 an. to ] am.
WToP-FM-ss.3 Me-, ChanasI 142
$50 an. to 2 Am.
WBUZ-FM-Ss.7 Me-, Channel 7lA
SPIN. to 9 pm.
WAsH-FM-s1.1 Me-, Channel 2aS
s:45 an. to II pm.
WoL-FM-sS.7 Me-, Channel 2sA
4 pm. to II pm.
WcFM-ss.s Me-, Channel 2s0
4 pm. to II pm.
WFAN-1Oo.3 Me-, Channel 2e2
8 an. to 10 pm.
WWDc-EM-1Ol.1 Me-, Channel 100
1:3O pm. to Midnight.
WeMs-FM-ie3.s Me-, Channel 40
8 an. to Midnight
WARL-FM-1Os.1 Me-. chaassl 2se
am. to 9. pm.
NUST-FM-tO6.3 Me-, chspRsl 1a2
am. to 9 pm.
WMAL-FM-107.3 Me-, chsRAel 2S7
Q an. to ILLS pm.
Other AM Stations
WeMS-57o Kc.-s a.m.-s:1s pm.
WARL-700 Kc.-7 a.m.-6:l5 pm.
WPiK-730 kc.-6:l5 a.r.-6:l5 pm.
WGAY-l,o50 Kc.-7:30 a.-,.-6:l5 pm.
WUST-1,2oo Kc.-7 a.m-6:l5 p.m..
WEAx-1,220 Kc.-7:3o a.m.-6:15 pm.
WINx-1,600 Kc.-7 a.m.-6:l5 pm.
Evening star., 1953-10-25

Smart JasqUard Fabries, loom
ed in the manner of the
most exquisite tapestries,
create a new sense of gra-
cious living inside the new
Dodge. Soft, satin-tone
finish of instrument panel
cuts glare. New Color
Mate styling throughout.
Evening star., 1953-07-07
Ex-D. {. Realty Man Sued
For S46O,OOO by VA Aide
BY the ASsocioted Press

TAMPA, Fla, July IA Vet
eranS Administration employe,
charging a false statement was
made about his working habits,
filed a $4,000 libel suit here
yesterday against a former Dis
trict of Columbia real estate
dealer.
Henry Wilkinson said he was
filing the Federal Court action
on behalf of himself and 459
other persons working in the VA
building at PaSS-A-Grille Beach,
near st. Petersburg.
The defendant is Col. Rex
Dunlap, who has home on St.
Petersburg's Gulf beaches and
formerly lived at the WeStcheSter
Apartments in Washington.
Mr. Wilkinson stated in his
complaint that Col. Dunlap
wrote Gen. Carl R. Gray, jr.,
former VA administrator, that
employees were spending too
much time on the beach in front
of the building"
Mr.. Wilkinson alleged Col.
Dunlap was trying to influence
the sale" of the VA building,
the former plush Don-Ce-Sar
Hotel, ito private hotel groups
of certain friends to his advan-
tage as a real estate broker .. :"
Evening star., 1953-07-07

bring Nelson and the others to
trial some time in November.
Supreme Court Plea Studied.
Indicted along with Nelson in
Prince Georges County are for
mer Detective sergt. Robert
Kirby of the Metropolitan Police
Department.; James e. Lowry.
retired Metropolitan Police de-
tective; Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Ruby
Geary. Miss Efhe Lou Trent.
Robert L. Noland and Mrs. No
land.
Still to be decided is whether
the Government will ask the
Supreme Court to overrule the
appellate tribunals decision of
last week. But Mr.. Lancaster
declared that he would press the
Nelson case regardless of the
outcome of any Supreme Court
action.
Also present at the conference
was 1t. Charles N. Thomson of
the Prince Georges County
police. Under county law the
defendants face sentences of up
to 10 years on charges of con-
Spiracy to violate lottery statutes.
Evening star., 1953-07-07
Powder Puff StraguIers
Expected 10 Land Today
BY the Associated Press

LONG BEACH, Calf, July Z.
The last 1S stragglers in the
transcontinental Powder Puff
Derby are expected to fly in to-
day. Pilots and co-pilotS OF 2S
planes already arrived will be
on hand to welcome them.
Twenty-six planes arrived yes
terday. all of their pilots retain
ing hope that, on the basis OF
handicap and adjusted time, they
might qualify for the first five
prizes. The winners will be an
nounced tomorrow after the
judges have added and SUBJ
tracted the various handicaps.
The first five flyers in the Of
f1cials' adjusted standings will
receive cash awards ranging
from $500 to 5000 at a banquet
tomorrow night.
Forty-Seven Of the 40 planes
which left Lawrence, Mass, July
4 are still in the contest.
Eleanor A. Davis of Arlington,
Va, and Janet Graham of Falls
Church, Va, landed with engine
trouble yesterday morning at a
small field near Albuquerque,
N. Mex. If repairs are completed
in time, they can still finish
Evening star., 1953-07-07
Prince Georges Plans
To Press Gamb|inu
Case Against Nelson

Carlyle j. Lancaster, Prince
Georges County prosecutor, to-
day said he would press gam
bling conspiracy charges against
Charles E. Nelson and seven CO.
defendants despite last weeks
appellate court reversal of their
conviction on the same charges
in the District.
The Court of Appeals for the
District Of Columbia threw out
the gambling conspiracy convic-
tion Of Nelson and the 10 others
who had been found guilty in
Federal Court here. A new trial
was ordered.
Grounds for the reversal was
given as violation of Nelson's
constitutional rights against il
legal search and seizure. The
ruling revolved around certain
records given by Nelson to a
representative of the Senate
Crime Investigating Committee.
These records later were turned
over to the United States Attor-
ney here and introduced as evil
dence at the trial.
Indicted in 1881.
Nelson and seven others were
indicted in Prince Georges
County on gambling conspiracy
charges on October "a, 1851.
Trial on the charges is pending.
The Prince Georges prosecu-
tor had planned to use the same
records which the Appellate
Court ruled were seized illegally.
Today after a conference with
Assistant United States Attorney
Alfred Hartman in the Federal
Courthouse here. Mr.. Lancaster
said that while the records were
important "corroboratory evi-
dence" he did not have to depend
on them as a mainstay Of his
case.
He said he planned to use
many Of the witnesses who testi-
fled for the prosecution at the
trial here. plus several others.
He told reporters he planned to
Evening star., 1953-07-07
Two Bills Authorizing
U. 5. Aid TO Schools
Receive Green Light

Two bills authorizing financial
aid to school systems affected by
Federal employment probably
will come to the House floor to-
morrow.
The House Rules Committee
today gave the green light to the
two measures. Majority Leader
Halleck said he hoped to bring
them up for debate tomorrow.
One bill authorizes $273 mil
lion for school construction and
the other $50 million for main
tenance and operation.
Neither bill would aid District
schools, but nearby communities
stand to receive funds if the bills
are approved and followed up by
actual appropriations.
Would Continue Program.
The proposed legislation would
continue Federal programs al
ready in operation.
The construction bill continues
aid in this category only for one
year, but the other bill runs for
two years.
Chairman Mcconnell of the
House Education and Labor
Committee said a study of the
whole future of these programs
is to be made and that his
committee was recommending
the bills as a temporary action
pending completion of the study,
which will take about two years.
Rules Committee members
expressed sympathy with the
type of aid represented in the
two bills, but several members
made it clear they opposed any
aid carrying with it Federal
control of local school systems.
Mr.. Mcconnell said he opposes
any such control too.
Obligation Seen, However.
Mr.. Mcconnell pointed out,
however, that the armed forces
and other Federal agencies have
created serious problems for
many school systems and that
he felt the Federal Government
has an obligation to help meet
those problems.
Arlington, Alexandria and
Fairfax stand to receive some
money under the construction
bill, and area schools probably
would receive more than 81 mil
lion for maintenance and opera
tions purposes. The allotments
are made under a complicated
formula, so the exact amounts
aren't known yet.
The Rules Committee voted to
allow an hours debate on each
bill.
Evening star., 1953-07-07
Mrs. Putnum Treated
For Burns After BIuze
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

LONE PINE, Calf, July T.
Mrs. Margaret Haviland Put
nam, widow of publisher George
Palmer Putnam, is recuperating
in a hospital today from face,
arm and leg burns suffered
when a gas stove exploded in
her Whitney Portal home Sun
day night. The explosion and
FIRE destroyed the home and art
treasures and furnishings valued
at $4,000.
Mrs. Putnam, despite her
burns, drove IA miles down a
steep mountain road for aid. She
was the fourth wife Of Mr.. Put
nam, former husband of flyer
Amelia Earhart, who vanished
on a flight over the Pacific in
1897.
Evening star., 1953-07-07
Question-Answer Explanation
Gives Details ofNewLeuveLow

@. What is the significance Of
the end Of the leave year?
A. The end Of the leave year
is the date on which an employe
forfeits the leave in excess of his
ceiling.
@. What is the advantage to
an employe Of postponing the
end of the leave year for one
pay period?
A. This postponement enables
an employe to use the Christmas
holiday period, a time when
many people like to take leave,
for the purpose Of taking excess
leave.
Lump-Sum Payments.
@. What change has been
made in the provisions relating
to lump-Sum payments?
A. The new amendment limits
lump-sum payments to pay for
80 days leave or pay for the
amount of leave carried forward
at the end of the previous leave
year (the employees ceiling). j.
whichever is larger.
@. Can an employe take ter
minal leave. or leave during his
30-day notice period in the event
of a reduction in force, in order
to keep from forfeiting leave
when he goes OF the Govern
ment payroll?
A. This question cannot be
answered yet. It is something
that the Comptroller General
will have to decide.
Transfer of Leave.
@. What change has been
made in the provisions relating
to transfer of leave?
A. If an employe transfers to
a job under a different leave
system, he will transfer his an
nual leave instead Of being paid
for it as heretofore. There are
three exceptions to this provision
which involve transfer to the jobs
of Cd part-time employees with
out a regular tour of duty, (2)
temporary construction workers
paid at hourly rates, and 90 Of
f1cers and employees of the Senate
and House of Representatives.
@. Why are these exceptions
made?
A. They are made because the
part-time and temporary en-
ployes do not earn leave and the
congressional employees are un-
der an informal leave system. In
transfers from these jobs, of
course, there is no leave to trans
fer.
@. Has any change been made
that affects employees changing
jobs when both jobs are under
the same leave system?
A. No. When both jobs are
under the same leave system, the
employe transfers his leave as
before.
COverage of Leave Act.
@. What change has been made
IN the coverage Of the leave act?
A. The new amendment ex-
cludes from the leave system all
presidential appointees receiving
a yearly salary of more than
$4,000.
Evening star., 1953-07-07

Civil Service Commission Chair
man Philip Young today released
a Question-answer explanation Of
the details Of the new leave law
for Federal workers.
MIR. Young hailed the new law
as a Significant step toward re-
versing the trend of recent years
and eliminating appropriation
bill riders which hamper effec-
tive personnel management in
the Federal service"
The questions and answers fol-
low:
@. What aspects of leave were
affected by the new leave amend
ment?
A. Changes were made in max
imum accumulationS, in the dates
Of the leave year, in lump-sum
payments for leave, in the trans
fer of leave, and in the coverage
Of the act.
Maximum AccumulatiOns.
@. What is the maximum
amount Of leave that a Federal
employe can accumulate?
A. Overseas employees, except
Foreign Service personnel, can
accumulate up to As days. Other
employees can accumulate up to
80 days. Previously, the maxi
mum was 80 days for overseas
employees and go for the others.
@. Will an employe who legal
ly carried over to 1853 more than
the new maximum lose the ex-
cess?
A. No. The amount of leave
he carried over is his maximum
until he reduces it. For instance,
a person who carried over so
days to 1858 may carry over so
days next year. But, If he uses
all Of this years leave plus S
days during the year, he may
carry over IS days. Forty five
days becomes his new ceiling.
@. Is an employe who has
more than the new maximum
obliged to reduce his accumula-
ton?
A. Yes. The law directs the
heads of agencies to take action
to reduce maximum accumula-
tions until they are within the
legal limits.
@. Has the leave rider requir-
ing Federal employees to use, by
June 80. 1853. all the annual
leave earned in 1852 been re-
pealed?
A. Yes. The rider was super
seded by the new amendment.
Leave Year.
@. What change has been
made in the leave year?
A. Heretofore the end of the
leave year was the end of the
last full pay period in the Cal-
endar year. Now it is the end
Of the pay period following the
last full pay period in the CAL
endar year.
Q. When does the current
leave year end?
p A. It ends on December 81.
tThe actual day is January 2,
but this year January 2, as well
as January /, is a non-Work day. .
Evening star., 1953-07-07
Ancient Roman Cistern
Eases Modern DROUGHT
BY the Assoeioted Press

AMMAN. Jordan, July 7.-An
ancient Roman cistern put into
use to relieve drought was dedi-
Gated today by Jordan's ministers
OF agriculture and economics.
The program of modernizing
cisterns, ranging from $500 to
1000 years old, was inaugurated
under the United States Point
-Four technical aid program.
Evening star., 1953-09-04
The Cast.
By Ann Moffett

The strange love affair of
flyers and the air is the theme
Of Island in the Sky" now on
the screens at the Warner and
Ambassador.
The film is introduced with
narrative explaining that
there is a kind Of man who falls
in love with flying and after
wards his life consists, in reality,
only in the sky.
The drama itself tells the
story Of an Air Transport plane
that has gone down somewhere
in the uncharted regions Of
Labrador and of the search for
it by all the other planes, Army
and civilian, in that region.
There is a rich suspense created
as the camera switches back and
forth between the men on the
ground beside the crashed plane
and the organization and carry
ing out Of the search.
The rescuing aviators continue
their relentless f1ve-day search
not because Pilot Dooley, played
by John Wayne, is the greatest
man in the world or their best
friend. but simply because he is
one Of them.
Director William A. Wellman
has done a superb job Of tying
the whole plot together, not an
easy task in view Of the story's
range.
The drama does have it's saggy
moments from being too melo-
dramatic and it might have been
better if Director Wellman had
used his camera more forcefully
and his actors in a more subdued
fashion.
The dialogue and story are by
Ernest K. Gam, who has laced
the production with enough hui
NOR to keep it from being too
Evening star., 1953-09-04
'CorouseI' Holds
Third Week Here

"CarouSel" will remain a
third week at Carter Barron
amphitheater in Rock Greek
Park.
This belated announce
ment of the holdover is
made today by Producer
Constance Bennett, who has
found the summers really
Stupendous success in the
Rodgers H a m m erStein
adaptation of "Liliom."
The production, unani-
mously praised by the crit
les and rhapsodically re-
ceived by the public. is the
summer theater'S second
triumphant holdover in the
area. The other was the
four weeks of THE Lady's
Not for Burning" at Olney.
There will be one change
in the cast of "Carousel, b"
the replacement of Richard
Eastman by Stephen Doug
las in the role of Billy Bige-
low. Douglas sang the part
for a year in the original
London production of Ca
rousel."
Marthe Errolle, the sum-
mer musical seasons top
star, will remain as Julie.
Evening star., 1953-09-04

of a virile Olympic team, an
other represented by Charles
Coburn as a vetern philanderer
who can afford tiaras.
The conversational candor
with which the stage could ap-
proach these relationships be-
tween the boat passengers is not
possible in the film, of course.
It's absence. however, results in
not the slightest confusion as
to just what everyone is up to.
Musically, the original score is
followed in all vital respects
with a few necessary changes in
the lyrics of the shows unfor-
gettable tunes. The frankness
with which Miss Charming was
free to sing of Little Rock. Ark,
adolescence is not possible on the
screen. AS a matter of fact. the
song has been revised to cover
1.-TWO Little Girls from Little
Rock" which is a reasonable
substitute.
Less has happened to "Dia-
monds Are a'Girl's Best Friend" "
one of the periods most pro-
found ballads, and to the other
tunes in the score.
It is not the old Gentlemen
Prefer BlondS," but it's success to
date indicates that not many
moviegoers care.
Evening star., 1953-09-04
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
And Time of Showing

Stage.
Arena-"A Phoenix Too Fire.
uuent" and The Happy Jour-
ney"; $3.50 pm.
Carter Baron Amphitheater-
"Carousel";; 8:45 pm.
OIney-"Red Sky At Morn
ming; $40 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador -" Island in the
Sky; 1:1O, 3:15. $40, 7::30 and
e:35 pm.
Capitol - Latin Lovers; II
am, 1:45, 4:3O, 7:15 and 10 pm.
Stage: 1885. $40. 6:25 and
9:1O pm.
Columbia-"Gentlemen Prefer
Blonds";; 10:45 am, 1885. 2:30.
4:25, $40, Sis and 1905 pm.
The Moon Is Blue,
1. $40, $40, 7:30, GAS and IL
pm.
Keith's - Devils Canyon;
11:l5 am, los. 2:55. 4:50, 6;4O.
1886 and 1925 pm
LittIe-"The African Queen;
sos, 1855 and $50 pm.
MacArthur-"Mr. Potts Goes
to Moscow: 6:15. 8 and $3.50
pm.
Metropolitan - abbott and
Costello Meet DR.. Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde: 11:15 am, /, 2:40, 4:30.
6:20, sos and 9:55 pm.
OntariO-"Sailor of the King;
1. 2:45. 4:3O, $40. sos and
9:55 pm. ...
PaIace-"Inferno";; 11:40 am.
las. 3:45. $50. ESQ and $50
pm.
Playhouse The Moon Is
Blue: II am. 1855. 3:05, $40.
7:30. GAS and II pm.
Plaza Seven Deadly Sins
IL am. lis. $3.50. 5:45, sos and
1925 pm
Silver Spring = The Seven
Deadly Sins; lao, $50, sos,
8:15 and 1926 pm.
Trans-Lux From Here to
Eternity; l0:45 am. l, 3:15,
6:25, TAO, 10 pm. and 1910 am,
Warner - Island in the Sky;
l1:15 am, 1920. 1925, $50, TAO
and $50 pm.