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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-20
Double Check

We have reached the day when
The Nation is Just one probe after
another Hard pushed PIo5ers
clash with the Administration Al
school Probe may be TVsh. and
the Fair Play" probe This ad-
ninistration IS so predetermined It
fumbles in its own business
Sec where Taft hints he might
seek to change Civil Service 50 S
ne can get the Democrats out Of.
government jobs, SOS he can set
a few Republicans in. Why don !
they throw EN- out like they sVore
lhey was 'ago.ne % do When they
3aS running?
Looks to nc a Teller named
Nalenkcv took the rug riaht under
fohn Foster D and the Voice Of
America We can settle everything
at the Conference table"
America never won conference
but here we 90 again That mar
don't even call US no Warmongers
nor nothin We are at a loss IN
tnoW what TO do or where TO do
it.
Funny thing is. ammunition was
n short in Korea and the Reds
never found it out ana they have
zen charged Bohlen WITH know
inc POoSavelt
Pre- dent Eisenhower plays eolf
and SHAKES hands with Taft
What again?
Creating another foreign post
To send women They bout ruint
H.
Thanks for reading keep
plugging hits still leaking
J Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-20
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-20
Dreams Come True

hen | was working years ago
And had no time for play
dreamed and planned for later years
With hard work put away.
dreamed that days to me would come
When could be at ease;
Where | could list to singing birds
And loaf beneath the trees
Whorc grasSlWaS green and skies were blue,
And in peace could then pursue
Just things one ought TO be pursuing.
Ihat is what now am doing.
Each day my life begins anew;
live il as | planned to do
| dreamed IN those hard working days
some day I'd play and loaf and lazc
Beside lake a ripping stream
And write poem, dream dream,
Where could hear the hum of bees.
The winds soft rustic thru the trees,
'Thc friendly Noice of cattle mooing.
That, MY friends, il what I'm doing
! used 10 say that | would 90
Where could hear no radio
With news Of war and strife and woe.
10 leave behind each city light
Where | could see Gods stars each night
There to 1ecline and to relax
Forget Ill work or income tax
Put from my mind each thought that tires
And let the world, il il desires,
Rush mad on the road to ruin.
AND noN, that Just what I'm doing.
/. D. Whitaker
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-20
SCHOLARSHIPS AlIABI.E
FOR FRESHMEN Al NPI

Four 5000 scholar ships VIII
again be made apunable by
Krogcr Company fo. nome eco
Monies and agricultural students
at VPI for the 1858 school
year, Dean Of Agriculture L. =.
Dietrich announces.
Two of the scholarships vii 80
to girls. two to boys, who enroll
as freshmen III September. APP
plicants must be recommended By
county farm or home agents, Of
vocational agriculture OF home
economies teachers Ali applica-
tons hould DE made by July /.
The scholarships Will be award
ed on the basis OF high school
scholastic standing and need
Mans EARLIEST implement was
stone.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-20

Presidents Lady ,uniolds one Of
the tenderest love story of all
time. Adults, Mature young peo-
pie
The Happy Time" Family
lie in a French-Canadian house
hold where l'amour is both touch
ing and funny, but very serious to
adolescent Bib Charles Boyer.
Bobby Driscon. Adults and Young
people
Invasion UsA Icnsely de-
plcting the nightmare Of bombs
falling on the T. S, the film
depicts an enemy attack and what
happens when the bombs are
dropped Oh San Francisco, Sc
attic, New York and Boulder
Dam Adults, Younl People
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-20
Who Pays the Freight

DEMEMBER back in 1892 OF thereabout
when it was popular to advocate taxing
the rich? We had 10 distribute the wealth
and il was done through income and inheri-
tance taxes. Well, what has happened? Who
is paying the income taxes now?
The United States and World Report
has developed a pictogram showing:
Incomes of less than S. 900 pay Sl2.5 billions
Incomes of $1,000 TO Sl0,000 pay S,.3 billions
Incomes of $4,000 TO >25 600 pay S. billions
Incomes of 1000 to $4,000 pay SIS billions
Incomes of $500 to 500 900 pay SIG billions
Incomes of $50, 600 to $1,000 pay S2.6 billions
Increased taxes have cut deeply into the
Incomes Of every person regardless Of the
amount Of income. At the same time higher
costs have reduced the effective buying pow
en- For example. married couple with
5000 income have $4l56 left after taxes,
but high prices have reduced effective buy
ing power to s., 1861 as compared with 1889
If the income is $4,000, only 1896 is left
after taxes and the buying potential is
SALT. From an income of $4,000, only
$l7i92 remains with a buying power ot
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-20
Business & Industry
MRS. SOITHALL OPENS
TIGGLE BEAUTY SHOP

Mrs. Charles SoutAall has
opened a beauty shop at Tuge.e.
and is now prepared TO serve the
public with complete mes Of hair
style service The proprietor Of
the new business a, Tuggle has
equipped the salon with new
materials
Mrs. Southall for number of
years was associated with the
Vanity Beauty Shop. in Farm
vile.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-20

Red Cross chapter Home Ser
vice gave assistance throughout
local communities III the United
States to an average of two fami-
hes PEI minute during l95l-52.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-20
STATE THEATRE

The Presidents Lazy Susan
Hayward and Charlton Heston
star IN the principal roles Of this
historical romantic Drama which
was taken from the best-selling
took by Irving Stone. In addition
70 its historical interest, The
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-20

A ton OF coal IN a modern coke
oven will yield in coal chcnicals
about s gallons Of tar, 20 pounds
OF ammonium sulphate, 1000
cubic feet OF fuel gas. and about
3 gallons @f light c,ls
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-20

Red Cross gave assistance at
camps and hospitals here and
overseas to an average Of two
servicemen per minute during
l95l-52
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-20

Mans earliest implement was a
stone.
Evening star., 1953-07-26
QuoIity Holds Its Own

Nevertheless, they have not
stolen the audience from old
fashioned films Of authentic
dramatic worth.
It does not even take a
"Bandwagon" to prove this
point. Certainly it is apparent
in the six-week run Of "A
Queen Is Crowned" the over
publicized and highly contro-
versial Moon Is Blue" and
many another.
AS a matter of impressive
record, good" pictures are SELL
ing despite a total absence Of
pretentiousnesS.
Large audiences have had
not the slightest trouble, for
instance, in locating such an
off-beat comedy as "Stalag
IT," which is so popular that it
is keeping a musical of the
size OF Gentlemen Prefer
BlondS" in allegiance.
Even the outlying theaters.
hardest hit by the attendance
slump, are beginning to feel
the change. Many Of these.
dispensing with the weekend
horse operas of the past in
favor Of what used to be called
"art theater" pictures, find oc-
casion to be cheerful, too.
Evening star., 1953-07-26
Todoy's Schedules

Stoee
NATIoNAL-Guys and Dolls" dark tonight tomor
CARTER BARRON NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Get Your
Cum: 8:45 pm.
ARENA-Boy Meets Girl" $3.50 pm.
OLNEY-"The Lady's Not for Burning: 240 and $40 pm
- Screen
AMBASSADOR-The Charge Feather River" l. 3:10 $780,
7:30 and $40 pm.
CAPIToL-Ride Vaquero 145 430 715 and 10 pm Stage:
1885, $40 and 9O5 pm.
COLUMBIA-"Stalag IT.: 12:45 g. 5:2O 7:35 and 955
DUPONT-"The Moon Is Blue: 1:10 315, 5:25, 1885 and
9:45 pm
KETTHs-sceond Chance: /. 2:45 4:3O. $40, sos
9:55 pm.
LITTLE-"The Little World of Don Camille" 1245 235 AGO.
$780, $40 and 1905 pm.
Observation-Disclosures Games: g. 1855, $780, 750 and
$50 pm.
INTERCOLLEGIATE Last Posse: 1:15 255 ABS, 6:20
8 and 9:45 pm
oNTARIO-"Houdin": 1:1O 32o, 5:2O 7:2o and e:35 pm
PALACE-"The Band Wagon: 1:10, 1920, $50, 7:40 and
$50 pm.
PLAYHOUsE-"The Moon Blue: 1:10 315 525 1885 and
9:45 pm.
PLAzA-"The Little World of Camllo": l. 245 4:45
$780, $3.50 and 1925 pm.
SILVER SPRING-"The Little World of Don Camille" 30
$780, $685. 7:45 and $50 pm
TRANSATLANTIC 5000 Fingers of Doctor IT, l. 2:50 445
$685. 1925 and 1915 pm.
WARNER-The Charge at Feather River" us, 1925 $50
TAO and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1953-07-26
BY The Asseciaied Pfs8s
NEW YORK.

Two theatrical groups have
announced the formation of a
million-dollar corporation to
produce plays and operate
theaters "as a continuous busi-
ness project"
Oficials of the group said
they hope to stimulate New
York theaters by operation
along lines commonly estab-
lished in large industries" in
stead of as series of un-
related productions"
Among other things. the an
nouncement said, I'VE shall
endeavor to work out certain
projects now commonly used
by American business. for
example, pension and profit
sharing plans.
1--WE shall also try to work
out plans for the new play
wright as well as the success
full one to insure them consist
ent income"
High costs of production and
many uncertainties have led in
recent years to abandonment
of a number Of legitimate the
aters.
The new corporation was
formed by the City Investment
Evening star., 1953-07-26
New Group to Put Theoter
OnSoIid Business Basis

Co., which owns a number of
legitimate and motion picture
theaterS in New York, and the
Playwrights Co.
Directors of the PlaywrightS
Co. include Maxwell Anderson,
Robert E. Sherwood, Elmer
Rice and John F. Wharton.
This company will retain it's
own corporate identity but will
combine Office and producing
facilities with the new organi-
Zation.
The announcement said the
corporation will operate three
New York theaterS-the Coro-
net. Fulton and MoroSco-as
soon as their present commit
ments are terminated and that
other theaters probably will be
added later. possibly by new
construction.
The group said it hopes to
attract and develop creative
theater talent and to provide
additional financial benefits
and greater security for all
those engaged in production.
It added that through such
an approach it hopes to offer
limited engagements Of classic
revivals on a basis which would
be considered COMMERCIALLY
unfeasible by normal ~.produc-
ton methods"
Evening star., 1953-07-26
Coming Attractions

Stdqe
CARTER BARRON AMPHITHEATER-"Brig with
David Brooks, starting tomorrow.
OLEY-The Happiest Days of Your Life with Elsom
starting August 12
Screen
AMBASSADOR-"Master of Baantrae," with Enrol Flynn
starting Thursday.
CAPTTOI-Main Street to Broadway" with sl-star cast
starting Thursday.
COLUMBIA Gentlemen Prefer Blonds" with Mariyn
Monroe.
DUPONT-"Fanfan the Tulip" with Gerard PHILIPPE.
KEITHS-"Al Desire" with Barbara Stanwyck starting
Wednesday,
TTLESavage Triangle" with Madeleine Robinson start
ing tomorrow.
METROPOLLTAN-"The City Is Dark" with Sterling Hayden
starting Thursday.
ONTARIO-"The Maze" with Richard Carlson
PLAZA-"Jusce French film with Michel Auclair.
SILVER SPRINC-"Justice Is Done" French Aim with
Michel Aucair
TRANs-LUx-"Let's Do 1t Again" with Jane Wyman
WARNERMaster Of 8allantrae with Enrol Flynn, starring
Thursday.
Evening star., 1953-07-26
Lucy and Desi Royal Pair
Around MGM's Kingdom
By james Bocon

the then new medium Of tele-
vision could do more for her
than the movies. She was SO
right.
1--WE first got the idea for
I Love Lucy five years ago."
she discloses. "Our writer's
spent three and one-half years
on scripts and formats before
we ever hit the television
screens. They knew their
characters inside and out. We
knew we couldn't miss except
that we had an unknown
quantity in Desi.
Desi Worked Out
But, as it turned out, he
almost stole the show from me
until I stepped on him"
Lucy says her Cuban hus-
bands charm lies in the way
he murders the kings English.
She calls his accent quirks
"Desi-Lulus."
For instance in "The Long,
Long Trailer" script, Desi is
supposed to read: "It's a fine
thing when you come home to
your home and your home is
gone"
1t comes out:
"It's a fine thin when you
cum hum to your hum and
your hum is gun"
Some other "Desi-Lulus"
are "hearse" for hurts; re
con stain" for recognize talent
and "con" for can't.
The topper, however, is par
aphernalia.
That one" says Lucy, "he
pronounces perfectly"
Evening star., 1953-07-26

dO1LY WOOD.
This could never have been
written two years ago but, as
of this moment, the king and
queen of television are now the
king and queen of M-G-M.
Never has the red carpet
been rolled out so royalty as
1t was for the return Of Lu-
cille Ball and Desi ArnaZ to
the studio where both once
were contract players. They
are making 1.-THE Long, Long
Trailer" for M-G-M.
Their popularity is so great
on the lot that even such stars
as Elizabeth Taylor, Stewart
Granger, Jean Simmons and
others are stealing time off
from their own work to watch
the two top TV personalities
work in q movie.
Lucy Disturbed
please. please" pleads
Lucy. Don't write this up as
comeback. I've been fighting
that so long that I am just
about exhausted. In this town,
people think you are nuts if
you don't make movies. They
can't believe that a star
would just quit and go into
another medium because she
wanted to. They all believe
I was dropped"
Actually, such was not the
case in Miss Balls departure
from M-G-M some years ago.
She was earning $500 a
week and was most secure in
her job. She left because she
had an idea in her head that
Evening star., 1953-07-26
On theAi

I1dNulB Sccu IL VI Id AOCdA
drama groups through the
transition to Tv. Bill Flaherty
and Phil Melillo are authori-
ties in that particular field.
Mr.. F1aherty and Mr.. Melillo
are dramatic director and tel
evision director, respectively, Of
Food Fair Theater Showcase"
which has been giving Wash
ington's amateur actors and
actresses a television showcase.
Mr.. Flaherty and Mr.. Melillo
are authorities in the field
simply by being pioneers in it.
So far as any one can de-
termine, the WMAL-TV pro-
gram is the first Of its kind
in the country. Research has
failed to turn up like seriess
anywhere else drawing upon a
community's amateur theater
enthusiasts and giving them a
chance to act on televiSion.
"Theater Showcase" has
been running for II weeks
now, with two more Thurs
day night shows to 60 on
WMAL-TV. This is quite long
enough for Mr.. F1aherty to
have learned how he would like
things to be If. as every one
concerned hopes, the program
resumes.
Time and Money
He would like three things,
two of them things every one
ever concerned with a TV pro-
duction (probably including
Leland Hayward. who did that
big show with Mary Martin
and Ethel Merman) has
wanted. These are more money
for production and more time
to work with each show.
The third thing Mr.. Flaherty
would like Is some authority
over the casting of each play.
AS things have been going, he
has had some good perform
ances and some which were
considerably lacking. AS diff
ferent drama groups have ap-
peared from week to week the
quality Of the productions has
varied considerably. There
hasn't been much that could be
done about 1t.
1--WE get a package on Fri
day night" Mr.. Flaherty was
saying the other evening while
doing his post-show relaxing.
Then we do the best we can
to turn it into a television show
by the following Thursday. All
we ask is that they know their
lines and we've had some cases
where we didn't even get that.
Discipline Counts
"It's largely a matter Of dis
cipline," he went on. TN each
of these groups there is a
nucleus Of a few people truly
and avidly interested in the
theater. If there are enough
Of them they can maintain dis
cipline and there's a good
show. Some of the drama
groups, though, become more
social groups than anything
else. In those the discipline
disappears. Then we have a
problem"
Despite the fact that almost
all of the players in "T'heater
Showcase" dramas work dur
ing the day, Mr.. Flaherty
manages to put them through
about 20 hours of preparation
for televiSion. He starts Fri
day night with that brand
new package" watching a
run-through of the play as the
group has rehearsed it.
Saturday and Sunday are
full days of rehearsal. adapt
ing to television play already
rehearsed as if for a stage.
The WMAL-TV dramatic di-
Evening star., 1953-07-26
On the Air
Two Pioneers at Work
Bill FIuherty and Phil MeIiIlo Turn
Amateurs Into TV Performers
By HurN Macarthur


rector works on both perform
ance and on blocking roughly
for televiSion. More of this
follows on Monday night.
On Tuesday night the Tv
director, Mr.. Melillo, comes in
to work with Mr.. Flaherty and
the cast. Specific camera shots
are blocked out at this time
with Mr.. Melillo using a view
finder. On Wednesday night the
cast gets its first camera re-
hearsal. On Thursday there
are two more run-throughs
and the show itself at 1890
pm. Friday: Another new
package.
Some Do, Some Don't
Since actors in television
plays must be at specific places
at specific times, amateur ac-
tors can be a problem.
Some assimilate it and some
DON'T" Mr.. Flaherty said
philosophically. IF they can't
catch on. there's not much we
can do"
1--WE always have q good
cover shot," Mr.. Mellilo added,
80 we can cut to that If some
body fouls up the shot that
was planned"
Did he make the actors toe
chalk marks. Mr.. Flaherty was
asked, to get them in the right
place at the right time?
mo" he said, I'VE relate
them to props, or to other ac-
tors"
Suppose he got one of those
rowing players, who never turn
up in the same places twice in
different performances of q
play?
"Then we use the Walter
Kerr method" smiled Mr..
Flaherty, who studied at
Catholic University's speech
and drama department.
when you are doing a play
Walter is directing and he tells
you to be here at a certain
line, or over here, you are there.
You are not six inches off Of
the spot. For Mr.. Kerr, you
are on it, or else!"
Despite any problems they
may have, Mr.. Flaherty. Mr..
Melillo and all others involved
in the "Theater Showcase"
productions are enthusiastic
about the show.
interested Grew
where else but in New York
or Hollywood could we get to
do this sort Of thing?" Mr..
Mellillo explained. "This is a
production first. Here in Wash
ington a director might get to
do a network show once q
months cut-in on a news
show, maybe.
Here we get to do a new
dramatic production on tele-
vision once a week. It's been
a wonderful experience for me.
And the whole crew likes work.
ing on the show-they can get
really interested in something
like this-and that makes it a
real pleasure.
Tonight" he amplified, I'VE
ran short Of time at the end
and had to cut. One of the
cameramen dropped the shot
he was scheduled to take and
moved over to pick up the
credit cards. It was the shot
I was going to call for, but I
didn't even have to ask for it
because he was interested
enough in the program to an
ticipate me-"
Stan Egbert, who has been
responsible for some note
worthy lighting on "Theater
Showcase" plays, added his
emphasis.
"Who likes to spend all his
time lighting commercials"
Evening star., 1953-07-26
The Passing Show
What? No DoIdrums?
Summer Entertainment Attendance Makes
Cheerful Humans of Some Producers
BY Joy Cormody

will be wasted on such chest
nuts as 1.-THE Merry Widow"
New Moon," ETC., on the sound
evidence that these lack the
excitement the customers pre-
fer.
In one way, the most spec
tacular defeat of the supposed
ly unbeatable letdown is that
scored by Olney summer thea
ter with Christopher Fry's
THE Lady's Not for Burning"
A Hit Everywhere
Fry's hilarious verse comedy
is the sort of production that
would have been regarded as
barn theater poison even last
summer, especially without
John Gielgud who created
the original production and
starred in it. Washington
audiences leaped to see it with
an alacrity that brought a
two-week extension of the
original fortnight's run. This
will carry the play through
August 9 with Margaret Phil
lips and Basil Langton in the
principal roles.
THE Lady'S" success Is not
confined to this area, hatter-
ing as that might be to the
communal ego. Released to
summer stock in late June, it
has been the sensation Of the
circuit generally.
Movie managements are in
the quality act up to their
necks also, less sleek necks by
the way than they used to be.
This is made clear in the
midsummer release Of a mu-
sical as big as THE Band
wagon" which opened yes
terday at the Palace. The
astounding thing about the
most widely hailed cinemusi-
cal since can American in
Paris" Is that it was saved for
summer release. Not from"
but for"
The whopping business Of
the summer, most of 1t despite
critical apathy, is being done
by the Sd novelty items.
There have been seven of
these. including the current
Charge at Feather River" and
Second Chance" and 1t Is a
matter of indifference to
moviegoers that their artistic
merit is low.
Evening star., 1953-07-26
The Passing Show


loose writing to say that the
"doldrums" have been absent
from the summer entertain
ment scene in Washington.
The fact remains, however,
that theater managements
have fought holding actions
so successful that cheerful
countenances are to be spotted
all over the local landscape.
These expressions translate
freely as sure signs that con-
ditionS are at least better than
expected in most cases, de-
lightfully surprising in others.
Critics, whose business it is
not, are not afraid to ask,
"How'S buslness?" when they
encounter a constituent who
conceivably might want to hit
a critic in the nose. That so
few critics are hit bespeaks a
commendable patriotic. regard
for freedom of the press and
contributes also to the sum
total Of human dignity.
Big Weapons Used
However, to get back to the
doldrums, their effect has been
less felt because they have
been fought with the most
powerful weapons manage
ments could lay hands on
the best plays and movies
available. Instead Of saving
these for the more inviting
cool weather, q universal prac-
tice In the past, they have
been used as hot-weather lures
wherever and whenever pos
sible. Nothing is too good to
keep away from summer en-
tertainment seekers. If only
on the assumption that a dol
lar earned in July will keep
q man in business until Au-
gust.
At least, August.
This spirit Of largesse has
met with a fine, neighborly
response on the part OF po-
tential buyers whose scent Of
bargains Is as sharp in this
humidity as in any other.
The least doldrumish spot on
the Capital scene, of course
is the National. There, Guys
and Dolls" is underscoring
again the truth learned last
summer that a Broadway mu-
sical in an air-conditioned
Washington theater is the next
thing to an oil field. II it were
not gauche to mention money,
it could be revealed that the
big musical which came here
as q refugee-while It's Broad
way home is being renovated
will leave with a quarter Of a
million dollars. Possibly even
more.
Becoming q Habit
This sort of thing, following
the sensational success of Call
Me Madam" Gentlemen Pre-
fer Blonds" and "Porgy and
Bess" last summer. may very
we'll turn Washington into a
vacation resort for refugee
musicals.
At midsummer also, Wash
ington Festivals operettaS in
Rock Creek Park begin to hit
a popularity level that has in
spired a format change calcu-
lated to make them even more
community favorites. Hence
forth, following the pleasant
example Of annie Get Your
Gun," the festival will go to
two-week runs of only the up
to-date musicals.
It's next six weeks will be
devoted, in order, to 'Briga-
DOOM" High Button Shoes"
and "Carousel." No more time