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Evening star., 1953-12-25
Hollywood Diary:
No Prince, Lonzo,
But He'll Be Kinq
By SheiIoh Grohom

And wild horses, or even the lie
detector, couldn't get me to spill
the name.
Alan Ladd's next picture for
Paramount is the Covered Wa
gon" remake which Irving Asher
will produce. I recently saw the
first version, made 80 years ago,
directed by James Cruze. And
times really have changed-it's
for the birds. Ace megaphoner
Mike Curtiz directs the 1854 re-
make.
The Ginger Rogers telepix for
John Guedel productions will see
the light of video next September.
Which means that Ginger and
Jacques Bergerac viii return to
Hollywood after Paris in the
spring.
Eva Gabor, at Ciro's, was wear
ing a staggering diamond brooch
on her necklace. rs it real?" /
asked. But of course" said Eva,
very matter-of -factly. $50 is this
showing me a huge diamond
ring, land this three diamond
bracelets. II just brought a few
jewels with me-" she added
brightly.
The New York announcement
Wednesday by Mr.. and Mrs. Da-
vid o. Selznick that they are
expecting the birth of a child
next summer, Mrs. Selznick (Jen-
infer Jones) has requested Par
amount to replace her in the
title role of 1.-THE Country Girl" 4"
the Perlberg-Seaton production
scheduled to start in March, in
which Miss Jones was to co-star
with Bing Crosby and William
Holden.
(Released by NANA.)
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Ohio Trucker Strike
Threatened in Row
Over Axle-MiIe Tax
BY the Assoeioied Pres.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 25.-
A dispute over Ohio's controver-
sial weight-distance tax on
trucks may cause a strike of TO-
600 or more owner-operators in
10 Midwestern States.
The owner operators, baking
at the prospect of paying the tax
on trucks with more than two
axles, say they will strike Janu-
ary Is unless the firms which
lease their trucks agree to as
sumo responsibility for the tax
payments.
A trucking industry spokes-
man-B. B. Nicholson. president
of the United Truck Owners of
America-deseribed the threat
ened strike yesterday and asked
Gov. Frank j. Lausche and At
torney General C. William
O'Neill to prevent it.
Lausche to Meet Delegation.
Gov. Lausche said he made an
appointment with a delegation
of trucking industry representa-
tives for Monday.
James r. Hoffa, AFL Team
sters' Union president, said the
strike would be concentrated in
Ohio.
The axle-mile tax on highway
use has kept Ohio under fire even
since before the Legislature
passed it this year. First, truck
ing interests waged an intensive
campaign against its passage.
Recently. representatives from
10 Southern States have been
discussing retaliatory moves
against Ohio's refusal to extend
existing reciprocal agreements to
waive the tax for out-of- State
truckers.
Gov. Lausche said the prin-
ciple of the new tax was that
trucks with more than two axles
should pay wherever they are
located. He said it would be
wrong to tax Ohio truckers and
exempt those from out-of- State.
Strike Held Unwarranted.
In his letter to Gov. Lausche,
Mr.. Nicholson asserted the
threatened strike would be un-
warranted and illegal. He asked
the Governor to alert all law
enforcement agencies and, if
necessary, the Ohio National
Guard to stop what he called "a
vicious attempt at intimidation
to the sovereignty" of the State
Of Ohio.
Mr.. Nicholson said the
teamSterS union is not au-
thorized to represent the owner
drivers of motor equipment in
Ohio. "We are all separate. in
dividual contractors with the
various carriers" he said.
He asked Mr.. O'Neill to bring
suit against the union because
"a protest against any existing
law is not properly carried out
by striking against the State of
Ohio to prevent its enforce
ment."
A spokesman in Mr.. O'Neill's
Office said he knew Of no law the
State could invoke.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Macarthur
Continued From Page c-4.)

Things change. however, when
he takes her to New York to rule
as queen over a citrus exposi-
ton. She discovers that a girl
can earn as much as $3OO-a-
week If she happens to have the
face, figure and free style under
water of Esther Willims.
She also discovers a high
priced cabaret singer played by
Tony Martin and in that role no.
body can charge him with lack
of authenticity. Well, everybody
turns up in Florida shortly for
series of misunderstanding
and that mammoth spectacle.
After its conclusion everything
turns out exactly as you had ex-
pected when the lights went out.
The red-blooded American boy
who complained too much about
the other ingredients in an Es-
ther Williams picture wouldn't
be a red-blooded American boy,
of course. Even in a weak script,
johnson has fine skill for turn
ing a comedy line. And Martin
sings nicely the lyrics of a score
which includes the Cole Porter
title number, That's What a
Rainy Day Is For" Look Out,
I'm Romantic" "Didja Ever?"
and "Coquette."
And there is Miss Williams. A
man can put up with a great
deal if his reward is sitting there
ogling Esther. in or out Of the
water. 1t will be happier day,
of course, when MGM stops try
ing to prove how much a man
will put up with.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
American Conductor
Hailed at Sicily Concert
BY the Assoeioted Press

CATANIA, Sicily, Dec. 25.-
Ten minutes of applause last
night rewarded Lorin MaaZel,
23-year-old assistant conductor
of the Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra, as he ended an emer-
gency performance with the
Catania Symphony.
MaaZel flew here as a last
minute replacement for ailing
French Conductor Pierre Der
bax. Catania's traditionally ex-
acting audience burst into one
of the great ovations of the sea-
son after the last note of Igor
StravinSky's Firebird Suite, the
final number on the program.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Where and When
Current Theoter ATTRACTIONS
And Time of Showing


And Time of Showing
Stage.
National - ''Porgy and Bess";
$3.50 pm.
Sam S. Shubert-"In the Sum-
mer House; $3.50 pm.
Arena Stage -" "Charley's
Aunt" $3.50 pm.
Screen.
MISUNDERSTANDING jane;
$40. $40, 1880 and $40 pm.
Capitol-"Easy to Love-: 1870,
1886, $40, 7:45 and $50 pm.
Columbia-"99 River Street.;
1:5O. $3.50, 5:45. 7:45 and s:45
Dupont - Martin Luther;
100, 3:25, 5:25, 1880 and 9:35
pm.
Keith's-"Miss Sadie Thomp-
SON.; /, ESQ, 4:40. 6:35. 8:25,
1920 pm. and 1910 am.
-"The 80 Steps; /, 2:25,
$50, $50, Z, 8:35 and 9:55 pm.
MacArthur-"T -"The Holly and
the Ivy; 4, 5:55. 1850 and $50
pm.
Metropolitan - &c alamity
jane; 3:15, 5;25, 7:35 and
9:45 pm.
Ontario - Here Come the
Girls; $50, 4::35, $40, sos and
$50 pm.
Palace-"Beneath the 12-mile
Reef: ITO, 800, $50, 1885 and
h9:45 pm.
Pix-"Joe Louis Story; $3.50
5:35, TAO and $40 pm.
PlayhOuse-"Roman Holiday;
/, 3:O5, $40, 1920 and 9:25 pm
Plaza-"Gilbert and Sullivan;
11:15 am, 1:20, $3.50, 5:35, 7:45
and $50 pm.
ROth's Gilbert and Sulli-
van"; 2. 4. 6, 8 and 10 pm.
Trans-Lux - From Here tc
Eternity; 1, $40, 5:25, TAO
and 9:55 pm.
Warner-"This Is Cinerama";
2, Z and 10 pm.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
HOLLYWOOD.


Mario LAMA has been quietly
preparing to sign the contract
for Paramount's "Vagabond
King" He reckons if he can't
be prince in Metros Student
Prince" he'll kick himself up
stairs and be king.
| Robert Cummings gave one of
the incest parties of the year for
Gov. "Goody" Knight, who flew
his own plane the next day to
San Francisco with one of his
two daughters to launch a boat.
The younger girl had flu, so I
suggested the older beauty, Mrs.
Robert Eaton. The Guv says he'll
employ me as an idea girl. !.
At the party were Johnny Far
row with Maureen O'Sullivan,
and Johnny was beaming be-
cause he has 10 per cent of John
Wayne's "Hondo"-which he di-
rected. :. Doris Day, who stars
with Cummings in Lucky Me, :"
was with hubby Marty Melcher.
And Doris looked better than in
ages. Sonia Henie tweed with
her new beau, Herr Kjell, pro-
nounced Shell. She'll divorce
Winnie Gardner in Las Vegas
when she skates there in Feb
ruary.
Other bigwigs at the Cum
mingS' party were Ernest Rolls
| (Mr. District Attorney and his
slender wife; George Murphy,
Ken Murray, Lew Ayres. Sam
Goldwyn and Director Frank
Tashlin, who asked me what's
new with his picture-"SuSan
Slept Here" II don't know what
is happening until I read it in
your column" said Frank.
From Mervyn LeRoy-"The
real reason I left Metro is be-
cause I want to make pictures
the way I want to-" Alfred
Hitchcock tells me he has no idea
when his movie Dial M for Muir
der" will be released-"We have
to wait until the play ends on
Broadway" It's still going strong
there.
Jack Benny, the lucky young
man, advises that he can have
Marilyn Monroe on his TV pro-
gram ''any time" He's COM
pletely sold on the blond as an
actress.
After all that big build-up,
Sara Shane's role in "Magnifi-
cent Obsession" died on the cut
ting-room floor. She's now in
the mood to go to Acapulco with
Husband Bill Hollingsworth and
forget the whole thing.
**
Dick Haynes will get the de-
cision re-deportation before the
end of January. In any case, he
doesn't have to appear at the
Los Angeles immigration Office
for further hearings. And
Rita Hayworth is laughing.
"Salome" has already crossed
$40 million, with net profit to
date of 81 million. Rita gets
Is per cent-a cool clear one
million smackeroos.
| While we're in the money-an
itsy bitsy 21a percentage for
Director Fred Zinnemann and
Writer Daniel Taradish, is giving
them each 100000 from From
Here To Eternity" But Hal
Wallis, who loaned Burt Lam
caster for one of the leads, and
received a cash payment from
Columbia, perferred to take
percentage of the profits from
"Scalpel, which he sold as a
package to the studio with Liza
beth Scott starred. Unfortu-
nately, at the box Office. "Scal-
pei" had very dull edge.
X X X X
The Ralph Edwardses have a
fabulous life" coming up on
This Is Your Life" and I'm one
of the three people who know.
Evening star., 1953-12-25

The Ralph Edwardses have a
fabulous life" coming up on
This Is Your Life" and I'm one
of the three people who know.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Films of More Than Routine Merit

IvANHOE"Robert Taylor in fine Technicoor version Of
the classic.
LAUGHTER IN PARADISE"-Aistair Sim in a superior m
port from Britain.
PETER PANCartoon Master Disney masterful best
"TOP HAT"Vintage musical with Ginger Rogers Fred
AStaire.
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" ALVIN }. sTRlNKoPR

LONDON IN ~ After 1 hesltant
start, the British press b publish
ING more and more about Princess
Margarel's reported romance win
d divorced officer Of the Royal Air
Force.
The way The Brisish newspapers
are backing into this story-the
Commonwsalth's heart throb 81
the year resembles IN some r.
spects The manner In which they
handled the abdicati0n d King Ed
ward VIII IN 1855.
Now. O. then, IN apparGnt effort
70 bottle up . secret failed.
The episodes have similar In.
|gredients. A royal person falls In
love with person disqualified
from moving In royal eireles. no.
nance tries 10 triumph ever the
prohibitions Of the Church Of Eng
land and The strict code Of conduct
which tradition imposes On the
monarchy.
II IL q Romeo and Juliet situation
which tugs ct human sympathies
and makes al the senfimentaIists
IN the land exelaim, "The poor
deafSl" IT'S q story worth telling,
and for weeks keen editors were
itching to get at Il.
Before Edward abdicated in 1855
to marry wallis Simpson, com.
moner and divorces. the eountry's
newspapers for . long time. OBJ
served . conspiracy d silence.
The monarchy holds q very special
place In the esteem % the British.
Seventeen years ago, confronted
with = King willing 10 give IN his
throne for love. many editors felt
the story was too hot 70 handle.
The abdication was Accomplished
with Q minimum Il public Discus
sion at home, though French and
American newspapers were fun az
the intriguing details and travel.
lerS returning to Britain tOld their
neighbors what was going On IN
their own palace.
In the case Of Margaret ard KAF
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TO KISS, OR KILL
n, NJ, RnAna

But why convince him he's
crazy and tuck him away for two
years."
There Inspector Carlton adj
mitted, you have me. That's
stuck me from the start.
Standing up, Rosemary walked
over 10 the chair in which Gale
was sitting and stood looking
down q. the other girl Il think
! can answer hat Barney's the
dumbest man in Chicago. When
il comes % women. But even be
can count up TO nine. Let me SEE
your belly, you bitch. She
stopped and examined the ex-
posed white flesh "Um-hmnl.
Just Is ] thought. Gale was ale
ready married and pregnant
when she married Barney. So
they schemed up those various
things he heard and saw and
thought he did 70 convince him
he was crazy and allow them to
persuade him 20 commit himself
to an asylum 80 they wouldn't
lose their golden goose while
Mrs. Barney Mandell, otherwise
known as Senhora Alvaras Ca
brai. went into seclusion and had
Andres child"
Gale sat up in the chair wiping
angry tears from her cheeks.
'Yes. / had Andres child. ] near
died. That's what took SO long.
Lieutenant Rose got up from
the desk on which she was sit
ting. ok. Let's go, you two"
Andre walked into the corridor
meekly.
Gale stopped in the doorway
and turned and looked at Man
dell Her hands rose to her hair
and squeezed II in the cd fa-
miliar gesture. Her voice reached
out and caressed him in q mock
ing whisper.
HGood-by, Barney"
She released her hair. She was
gone.
Mandell stood looking at the
empty doorway.
Gale was bad. She was evil.
She was q part Of his blood. He
would never quite be whole
again. Part of him had died. Part
OF him had walked out of the
door with Gale. Part of him still
reached after her, and si.-ays
would. The voice was and
deeu inside him.
"Good-by. baby"
TIM ENp
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Public FssOr.R Romance Of Prinee.. :"
British Handles Margaret's Love Gently

gency laws might be changed to
shift Margaret's responsibilities ia
the Duke Of Edinburgh
The general trend of letters from
the public seem 10 be sympathetic
toward the princess. There are de
mands that the church change its
attitude toward divorce. Their
pretty princess. say her supporters,
ought to be happy princess, and
iii the course Of true love isn't
smooth, the Appropriate authori.
ties, state and church. Should re-
move the obstacles which stand In
the way Of her hearts desire.
The case Of the vivacious prin.
cess, and ex-King Edward aren't
comparable, her friends argue. He
was on the throne, and his position
was admittedly touchy. Margaret
is close to the throne, but the
chances Of he's ever being called
to 1t are remote, many declare.
The substantial Mancheste
Guardian struck a fortnight blow
la the princess favor.
''She is close 20 the succession to
the throne and she performs public
functions" the Guardian said.
|"But the succession is already
pretty well assured without her;
and there are other solutions il a
regency should unhappily become
necessary. And the mass of ordi-
nary simple people would not care
two boots, when she came to lay q
foundation stone or open q town
hall, whether her husband had
been married before or not. There
is no harm In getting things
straight"
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Group Capt. Peter Townsend, the
newspapers also exercised re-
straint,, but not so much.
Tie first reference was made
June II BY q Sunday newspaper
which said the British public had q
night to know what nonsense was
being published about the princess
in the United States.
Il named the handsOme captain
reported circumstances Of his di
yorce, but insisted that any specu
IlatiOn 40 to their possible marriage
Yves preposteFous. II cataloguec
the details being carried by the
American papers, and denied them
one ~ one.
Three weeks .layef, after the dam
had burst, this Sunday paper
prided itself on having been the
first 70 ''tell the story" In London.
Now the headlines are getting
bigger. and the public plunges il
with letters to ihe newspapers.
Some hold that the firm position Of
the church, Of which Princess
Margaret u . devout member, and
its opposition 70 the remarriage Of
divorced persons must be pre-
served.
The princess Is reminded that As
d royal personags, very close "a
the throne, she must live an ex.
efnplary life. She Is reminded that,
should Queen Elizabeth II become
incapable .of carrying out her fllnc.
tons before Prince Charles comes
Of age, she under present legiSla.
ton would become regent.
But there have been suggestions
in government quarters that re.
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Safety
Notes
~ BILL oIDD
rs ~ Wet IS. r sa.s:. os sn:.,

The following traffic news re-
leased b The Dept. Of Public Safe
" might be of interest 10 many
readers. Certainly Il should i've
them pause for thought:
TALLAHASSEE - Highway ac-
eident investigations BY the state
Highway patrol showed Ii June
that u per cent more people were
killed h traffic crashes than for
the month . year ago, Is per cent
more accidents occurred. but, as q
bright spot In dark situation.
there we're only one per cent more
injured than ID June 1852.
State Patrol Director n. N. Kirk
man. having already said "high.
way criminals win be jailede 10
save their lives and the lives Of
others, branded the report one over
which I'VE are grayely concerned. !"
There we're liza accidents In
June investigated by the depart.
ment n which Is people lost their
lives and SIS were hurt. II shows
an increase compared with 1000
accidents, IS killed and SIS injured
IN The same month last year.
IN an effort 10 retard the onward
trend In Obvious reckless operations
q vehicles which Is causing death
and injury on an ever Increasing
scale. the patrol showed q two per
cent increase In arrests, wrote a
per cent more warnings than for
June 1854. and patrolled So, IFS
miles IA 80 doing.
Toward 1 better understanding Of
traffic mishap causes, the safety
education men delivered 20 per
cent more radio pleas, made l0T
per cent more speeches for better
driving and showed more than two
and ona haf times more safety
tilms,
The drivers license division pass
"a n per cent less drivers than
Tor the month year ago, failed
e PER cent more.
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HARPER continued. sbbling's
II money drihbied away ii
large chunks On q long series Of
girls like Cherry Marvin. Mancz-
toehski's commission and suisse
quent death were gOdsends %
him. Ard that's where Ne came
In. Your inheritance was taxable,
Of course. We were interested In
that angie. But what we were
primarily interested ID we're TIM
negotiations In progress ct the
time Of ManextOehski's death.
Nothing could be done until the
proper heir had been found and
the estate had been settled. Eb-
bling, g. we now know. located
you almost Immediately. and his
daughter laid the groundwork for
the steal he planned By marrying
you and, ogtensibly, becoming
your legal heir"
why ostensibIyf" Rosemary
asked.
Harper said, Shed already re-
eretIy married MancxEOchakiS as
sistank, . brilliant young Brazilian
physicist BY the name Of Andre
AlVaras CahEai. A very proud
young man who showed great
promise in his Aeld. Il must have
been quite q eOgnedown for him
70 have 20 pose % q chauffeur and
share his wife with Q lover"
Andre cursed Harper Ia Portu-
Guese.
Lieutenant Rose was shocked.
'.In the presence Of two ladiesl"
Harper opened his brief case
and took out crisp copy Of the
Dxiennik Chicag0ski. You ever
read this, Mandellf"
Mandell Rrinned. = can talk Il
Q little. But like ] told Mr. Curtis,
] can't read Or Write . word of II"
MA MANDELL looked at the
IVA POiish-language paper and
handed Il back % Mf. Harper. "Is
for greenhornA she shifted. Il al
ways read the Chicago Tribune" "
What about it!" Nandell
asked.
Harper pointed out q boxed
item On one Of the pages. We've
had an Cd like that running in
polish.langlage papers al over
the country for two years" Mar-
Per read u In English. : IL Ber-
nard Mancztcchski, nephew 81
Vladimir MancxtOchski. born in
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IGdansk Poland. On June a, 1881,
viii ecInrsunicafe with Such-and-
saash 4 hcx number, he viii learn
s01aetAfng greatly 10 his advan-
taMe. Milling ran one very stni-
lar In Almost e. many papers.
That's what threw uS. We thought
he was Slill locking for you Up
10 q few days 40. Then Curtis
haA the bright Idea Of fishing
through q stack Of old Polish
sEearnahip records and found q
Bernard Manextoehski who had
purchased Transportation from
Danzig al the way 70 Chicago.
Ard there Curtis was. He had II
ali worked out and you were in
ID cell tagged with suspicion Of
murder. Immediately suspicious
Of EbhlinR, he bailed you out.
You know the resi-. Five thousand
dolIars "a his widow and well al
remember his kids birthdays"
Joe Mercer Rot up from the
WindOw Sill. This can Be
R4AAAs~A9t
Harper shrugged. why not?"
Mercer stopped on his way 70
the door and rested his hand on
Mandeli's shoulder. "Tl be over
Tor supper, kid. Make goulash
vita noodles, Ma. IN bring two
quarts with me Mercer left TO
write his story.
''will be like old times" Ma
beamed
Harper cleared his throat.
Nov about those patents and
processes, Mandell."
MandeN asked, They're good?"
Top drawer"
The country can use them?"
TT can"
AThen why drag out the COM
versaEion? Take them. With love.
They're yours. And mail me 9
dollar sometime. Just TO make it
legal"
Harper restrapped his brief
case. well do better than that,
Barney. A lot better. There's only
one thing about this affair that
sin puzzles ma.
whats thsti" Inspector Carl
ton asked.
Il can see how, with Manden
dead and Gale as his supposed
legal heir. they could get away
with the money of his they'd
stolen. But why not kill him out
riehff"
Too rislEy,s Carlton said. 'Eb-
bling was toe smart lCg that
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AUCTIONEERs ELECT

COLUMBUS, o. N-The golnK.
going-gone boys have elected waIe.
er Holford Il EdwardNille, M,
their national president.
The National AnctiDneers Assn.
also chose II. W. Sierist Of Fort
Wayne. Ind. first vice president.
and c. B. Drake q Decatur, m,
second vice president at their an
nual convention last week.
B. G. Coats Of Long Branch,
N. j., was named secretary and
editor Of the association's national
publication.
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DISGUISE PENETRATED

BOSTON 1-Poliee today were
holding . man they said admitted
dyeing his hair three different cd.
Ors to fool some store owners that
many times with bogus checks.
Police Capt. George o'Donnell
said James Cunningham, g had
stored three bottles Of hair dyo-A
red. brown and blaek--ia q subway
station locker as part Of his check
passing hit.
Cunningham i charged with pas
ing more than 100 worthless
checks. with many store owners.
0'DOnnell said, getting stuck Is
many a. three times. Al