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Evening star., 1954-06-04
New York.

INCW i OIAs
Behind the Scenes: Because of
the close relationship of Milton
Berle and his mother, a tribute
to both of them, the wagS of
show business inevitably con-
structed jokes about them. The
jokes were never acid or bitter.
Always in this amusing vein:
"Sandra is so mad at Milton
that when he played the Fifty
eighth street theater she sat be-
hind a pole for five shows.
His mother, Sandra, in the
early days of Berle's climb to
stardom, was his most audible
audience. She served as a one
woman claque, her laugh finally
becoming SO well known to show
people that Berle incorporated it
as part of the business" in his
act. Move over to the other
side of the theater, Nom, Berle
would call out from the stage.
They're not laughing"
The devotion of the son to his
mother was one of the very nice
episodes of show business. And
Millions concern for his BROTH
ers and sister was on the same
loyal and generous plane. Brash
on the outside, Berle was a COM
plete Sentimentalist when it
came to his family.
X X X y
They say that the loneliest
place in the world Is a prize ring,
Evening star., 1954-06-04

Keno o. Green. had 4 vast pro-
fessional knowledge Of the thea
ter to draw upon.
Peter Lind Hayes learned more
tricks Of the trade from his tai
ented mother, Grace Hayes. than
from any one else. The rela-
tionship between these two
is more the relationship of
brother and sister. and Grace
welcomed lovely Mary Healy into
the clan as though the New Or
leans girl were her own daughter.
\ y 4 #
Liberace, in each appearance,
makes some mention of his Polish
mother, never unmindful of the
fact that it was she who glued
him to a piano seat when he was
a boy. And then there are those
cases where wives can take a
bow, such as Mrs. Ted Lewis, Mrs.
Danny Kaye, Mrs. Ray Bolger.
Show business, therefore, read
lily can appreciate the loss which
Milton Berle has suffered. in the
death of his mother, Sandra. Yet
he has the wonderful consolation
Of knowing that his success
brought great pride to her, while
his devotion was the incest gem
in her hair-do.
Evening star., 1954-06-04
Ed SuIlivon's
{!ttjs oiS NEW YORK

when the seconds Of a fighter
leave. just before the bell sounds.
Well, an equally lonesome place
is the stage, when a performer
walks on to entertain an audi
ence.
Because of the lonely aspects
Of the business of show business,
performers who distrust paid
yes-men, turn more and more to
their own families.
The mothers of Helen Hayes,
Ginger Rogers, Clifton Webb,
Eleanor Powell, the Gabor sis
tiers. young Margaret O'Brien,
Ethel Norman, Dolores Hope,
Dolores Gray. Margaret and
Barbara Whiting, Elsie Janis,
Liberace, Peter Lind Hayes and
Roberta Peters are legends of
the theater.
The fierce enthusiasm and de-
termination Of Catherine Hayes
Brown speeded Helen Hayes to
Stardom. It was the mother,
strong in her conviction that
the daughter had extraordinary
talent, who persuaded grandpa
to let them have $50 to finance
that vital trip to New York City.
They stopped at Mrs. Martins
theatrical boarding house on
West Forty fifth street and then
sailed forth to conquer the the
atrical agents of the era.
Eva La Gallienne recalled, in
her book, how her Danish mother
took her to a performance by
Sarah Bernhardt. in Paris. when
they lived there. Eleanor Pow
ellis mother used to break in
her daughters dancing shoes by
wearing them for weeks before
turning them over to Eleanor;
Margaret O'Brien's mother is al
ways with the youngster.
X X X
Often, these mothers have been
widowed SO they must discharge
the responsibilities of mother
and dad to their talented young
sters. The mother of Ginger Rog-
ers handled both duties with rare
ability. The mother Of Elsie ia
mis- guided Elsie's career with an
instinct. The mother
Of the Gabors, from all stories
about her. has a mind as direct
and organized as that of a big
business executive. Mitzi Green's
mother, Of the vaude team Of
Evening star., 1954-06-04
Garfield Nursing School
Gets S2,468 Check

The Garfield Memorial Hos
pital School Of Nursing has been
presented with q check for $2.-
468 to help keep it in operation
for the rest Of the academic
year. it was announced yester-
day.
DR.. James M. Corcoran. chair
man Of a charity ball given
earlier this year for the benefit
Of the school, presented the
check during a medical staff
meeting Wednesday. The cam
paign goal is $4,000.
Evening star., 1954-06-04
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Films of More Than Routine Merit

THMS OF NH0Fe J nan K0UtIne MeFIt
BEAT THE DEVH"-An beat shaggy-dog suspense film
by John Huston.
"GENEVEVE"-Dnah Sheridan q British comedy
NEVER WAVE AT WAC"-Roz Russell Marie Wilson
in the Army.
PINOCCHIO"-Fine vintage Disney for the younger
"RED GARTERS"-Rosemary Clooney Guy Mitchell in a
carefree musical
ROB ROY"-Swashbucklng Scottish adventure Glynis
Johns.
"SHANE"-Alan Ladd and Van Hefn a superior outdoor
walk EAST ON BEACON"-George Murphy in q suspense.
full chase.
Evening star., 1954-06-04
Luncheon at Church

The Women's Guild of Au-
gustana Lutheran Church will
hold a luncheon at / pm. tomor-
row at the church, New Hamp-
shire avenue and v street NV.
Mrs. c. T. Nelson will give q
book review.
Evening star., 1954-06-04

"ABBoTT & COSTELLO GO TO
MARS" at $50. plus AUDIE MUIR
PLY, "TUMBLEWEED'' (Technicolorl
at 1925. Free Kiddie Playground
with Merry -Go-Round.
Evening star., 1954-06-04
SIDNEY LUST THEATERS
FREE PARKING. AIR CONDITIONED
HILLSIDE DRIVEN

$500 Marlboro Pike Sc, Mile From
ID. C. Line. 10. 8-7970. Children
Free. Open 7:15. Tonight, Tomorrow.
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Evening star., 1954-09-29

fortunate complication to the al
ready sufficiently complicated
problems of the conference.
Even at French headquarters the
mood is cautions. The results
of the first days talks are de-
scribed as mot bad". But there
is a feeling that perhaps the
position and motives of the
French delegation are not yet
fully understood in all quarters.
Hope High Despite Caution.
At this very preliminary stage
in the business of the conference,
a certain caution and scepticism
| Is certainly indicated. Even the
German reaction, hopeful as it is,
amounts to little more than a
straw in the diplomatic wind
AS a matter Of strategy their
willingness to cooperate would
serve the Germans we'll even if
the conference should end in
| failure.
With all reservations, however,
the show so far has been con-
vincing. AS a result, hope of a
European settlement is higher
today than it has been at any
time since end of the Brussels
conference.
Evening star., 1954-09-29
Sister Says Information
Is Very Significant

GENEVA, Sept. % Pl.-Dr.
Elsie Field, whose brothers Noel
and Hermann Field have been
missing for five years behind the
Iron Curtain, said today the in
formation given concerning them
by Polish Security Officer Josef
Swiat1o in Washington was very
significant.
DR.. Field has carried on an un-
ceasing search for information
concerning her two brothers
since they disappeared in 1949
while travelling behind the Iron
Curtain. She has spent the
summer in Europe seeking clues
to their fate. She is, at present
in Geneva with her husband,
Prof. Joseph l.. Doob of the Uni
versity of Illinois.
DR.. Field said the information
given by Mr.. Swiatlo, who fled
from Poland to asylum in the
United States, was the first really
definite word that has come out
of Communist Eastern Europe
concerning them.
'"The fact that it is now known
that Hermann was arrested ir
poland rather than in Czecho.
slovakia and is in a prison neal
Warsaw is a significant develop
ment," DR.. Field said. 'It il
also a relief to know that Her
mann is being held in Polane
rather than in Moscow"
Evening star., 1954-09-29
Field i
(Continued From First Page ),

tCOnClnueQ from F1rSL Page.1
thorities-and then repeated the
story at a news conference-that
the Reds arrested Noel, Herta
and Hermann Field as part of
a drive against Laszlo Rajk, who
was deposed as the Communist
Foreign Minister of Hungary
and eventually executed on Oc-
tober Is. 1949. He was accused
of collaborating with American
spies.
Mr.. Swiatlo told reporters that
officials behind the Iron Curtain
still prosecute citizens on grounds
that they were linked with
American Spy" Noel Field.
Fields Deny Spying.
He said, however, that both
Noel and Hermann told him thai
they were not linked with Ameri-
can espionage in any way. He
said he thought Noel and Her.
mann were Communist sympa.
thizers, but he offered no firm
evidence to support this thesis.
Mr.. Swiatlo, dumpy man ir
horn trimmed glasses, said HI
detected to the West last De.
cember after he became con-
vinced that the Communist gov.
ernment of Poland was Workins
Evening star., 1954-09-29

saved when firemen arrived
about 2 am. His department.
assisted by firemen from North
Beach and the So1omons Island
Naval Base, played their hoses
on two nearby livestock build
ings and five tents and saved
them from destruction.
An investigation into the
possibility of arson was under
way. The building was one story
high. about SO by 100 feet. and
located about a mile northwest
of the business section.
Last night, just a few hours
before the fire started, nearly
every volunteer fireman in
Southern Maryland was in town
for a firemen's parade.
Firemen Had Dispersed.
They had dispersed before the
alarm was given.
The arson investigation CEN
tered about reports by flremen
and citizens who were first on
the scene that the Blaze was &C
tive in two widely separated cor
ners of the building before it
had gained much headway.
County officials met this
morning to plan how best to
proceed with the fair and Agri-
| cultural Day.
Evening star., 1954-09-29
Van Fleet Is Reported
To Say Reds Got
Limited War P|edqe
BY the Associated Press

Gen. James A. Van Fleet was
reported today to have given
sworn testimony he believes Red
China went into the Korean
war with assurances from some
one on the Allied side" the
United States would not wage
all-out war.
The retired former 9th Army
commander in Korea testified
yesterday at a closed session of
the Senate Internal Security
subcommittee. He was expected
to go over somewhat the same
ground at a public hearing to-
day.
Chairman Jenner had called
Gen. Van Fleet to tell what he
knows about military oppor-
tunities lost through diplomatic
intervention"
How fully the retired general
Evening star., 1954-09-29

may testify in public session
may depend on interpretations
of a security order he received
from the Pentagon, the COM
mittee said. Staff members
said the committee refused to
let Army observers sit in on the
secret questioning of Gen. Van
Fleet.
A competent source, who de-
clined to be named, quoted
Gen. Van Fleet as testifying yes
terday that I'VE could have won,
and should have won the Korean
war"
Gen. Van Fleet testified in
effect" the informant said, that
Red China must have had as
surances from some one on the
allied side" that 1--WE would not
use our sea and air power to the
full to make the Korean fight
ing an all-out war.
Evening star., 1954-09-29
Main Building Burns
On Opening Day Of
Calvert County Fair
Special pispeteh 10 The stor

PRINCE FREDERICK, Md,
Sept. ga fire today destroyed
the main exhibition building of
the Calvert County Fair which
was scheduled to open today at
the midpoint of a week-long
celebration of the county's 300th
anniversary.
County Agricultural Agent
Robert M. Hall estimated the loss
at about $4,000.
This included an exhibit by the
Homemakers' Clubs which, Mr.
Hall said, had borrowed sir
replaceable" antiques to furnish
a reconstructed interior of a
Colonial home. Two All Club
exhibits also were lost but othe,
exhibits were not to have been
installed until today.
Got Good Start.
Chief Robert L. Horsman OF
the Calvert County Volunteer
Fire Department. said the
building was too far gone to be
Evening star., 1954-09-29
Noyes
Continued From First Page,

The dispute between France and
Germany over control of the
Saar industrial basin must be
settled at the same time as
German sovereignty was re-
stored. If these conditions were
met Mr.. Mendes-France prom
ised he would waste no time
fighting the agreement through
the French National Assembly
and would stake the life of his
government on the outcome.
French Victory Presaged.
In the face of these demands
the Germans today are rolling
over and playing dead. Those
who feared that German ac-
ceptance would be the tough nut
of the London conference are
amazed by the reaction so far.
If this reaction holds up and
sets the tone of the London
conference-as it did at Brussels
1T would seem that Premier
Mendes-France is well on his
way to winning a formidable
diplomatic victory. Officially
Evening star., 1954-09-29
ne Undergoing Major Restoration Opens Public Tomorrow
By George Kennedy
Stor Staff Correspondent

ANNAPOLIS. Md. Sept. 90
One of the most interesting Co
lonial mansions of Tidewater
Maryland will be open to public
inspection tomorrow.
It is Whitehall. which over
looks the broad waters near the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Built
about 1765 by Horatio Sharpe.
royal governor of the colony, it
is being restored by drastic
measures to its original appear
ance.
The house, which is pictured
in most books on American Co
lonial architecture, is on the
third days tour of this week, ar
ranged by Historic Annapolis,
Inc.
The tourists will reach the
house in boats coming up White
hall Creek from Annapolis. 5
miles away. All seats in the six
boats have been sold out at $3.50
more than 200 in all-but in
terested persons who arrive by
automobile will be admitted for
So. The house is on Whitehall
road, a right turn about 2 miles
before reaching the Bay Bridge.
Visitors will be given q lesson
in the lengths to which an owner
dedicated to restoration will go.
The house is fronted with scaf-
folding for the job of taking of
the second floor of the two wings.
Old architectural drawings show
the wings were one story high.
But there will be plenty for
the interested tourist to see: The
noble proportions of the main
hall, the amazing carvings that
decorate the ceilings, cornices
Evening star., 1954-09-29

Mr.. .Adenauer has so far had
little to say at the conference
sessions apart from a brief and
generalized explanation of Ger
many's position. But at the Clar-
idge Hotel. where the German
delegation makes its headquar-
ters, the plushy atmosphere
fairly reeks with gemutlichkeit.
German spokesman won't go
quite so fer as to say that there
are no features of the French
plan which might be objection
able. The final judgment can
come only after a study of the
written copy of the proposals.
But when it comes to specific
points. there SENS to be no prob
lem.
The Federal republic says it's
spokesman is prepared to be
realistic about the business of
sovereignty. The Germans appre-
ciate the fact that full sovereign
ty and the question of rearma-
ment go hand in hand. They
are willing to accept the idea
of Mr.. Mendes-France's Pack
age deal" which would dispose
of both problems at once.
The Germans, it is further un-
derstood, do not intend to press
their demands for changes in
the Bonn treaty which would end
the occupation and restore the
sovereign rights of the Federal
government. Changes notably in
passages concerning the rights
of allies in times of emergency
have not been abandoned. But
the suggestion is that the Ger
mans will be agreeable to hav-
ing the treaty put into effect in
it's present form, putting off the
question of changes until later
on.
Geographical Idea Backed.
The German amiability does
not stop there. The French
proposal for a geographical
limitation of armaments in
dustries, you are told, is a
sound idea" If the French
want ceilings on the armed
forces the Germans will be happy
to go along. Inspection of arms
plants? "If it's agreeable tt
everybody it's agreeable to us
We have nothing to hide" How
about the Saar question? The
spokesman shrugs: IF the
French are going to insist on il
as condition of settlement, we
will have to accept"
The performance was startling
not only in contrast to the earlier
German line but also in compari.
son to the tone of the othe1
delegations here. In most EN-.
bassies optimism is very much
more subdued. The American!
and British are curt, pokerfacee
and noncommittal on events o1
the opening day. The Belgian
are openly sceptical of thu
French system for arms control
All seem to feel that raising th'
Saar question has added an un
Evening star., 1954-09-29

widow of an Army general. Mr..
Scarlett has had it since 1916.
His superintendent, in charge of
the reconstruction, is a Ridout.
The Ridouts added a second
story to the wings after they ac-
quired it. Mrs. Story installed
some bathrooms in 1895. Mr..
Scarlett will have none of these.
They will all have to go.
Evening star., 1954-09-29
Man Who Shot Self
Directs Ambulance
To Home by Phone

A Wildercroft (Md.) man shot
himself last night and then
talked to the Bethesda Chevy
Chase Rescue Squad for 10
minutes on the telephone trying
to guide an ambulance to his
home in a sparsley populated
section of Prince Georges County.
Identified by Prince Georges
County police as Denzil By
waters, 81, of Auburn avenue,
Wildercroft. he was in fair con-
dition today at Leland Memorial
Hospital, Riverdale. He was
suffering from q SO caliber
bullet wound in the abdomen.
Police said Mr.. Bywaters was
talking on the telephone to his
lawyer, Louis Nichols, OF the
1900 block of Western avenue
NV, about 5 pm. yesterday.
Despondent over a separation
from his wife, Mr.. Bywaters sud-
denly told the attorney he was
going to shoot himself, police re-
ported.
Calls Rescue Squad.
The lawyer, who said he
heard gun shot Just before Mr..
Bywaters hung up. quickly called
the rescue squad. But the only
information he had was Mr..
Bywater's phone number and
the fact he lived on Auburn ave-
nue. somewhere in Prince
Georges County.
Chief Robert w. Cremlns of
the rescue squad contacted the
Prince Georges Fire Board and
at the same time dialed Mr.. By
waters number.
Anybody there been shot?"
Chief Cremins asked Mr.. By
waters when he answered the
telephone.
"Yes, I have. What's it to
you?" Mr.. Bywaters replied.
Chief Cremens said he then
conversed with the wounded man
off and on for 8 minutes until
police and the Bladensburg Res
cue Squad could find him.
He said he advised Mr.. BY
waters to put towels over his
wound and kept trying to OBJ
tain a more exact location OF
his home.
Barking Dog Is Guide
Since he had no street number
Mr.. Bywaters was only able te
keep repeating in a weak voice
that he lived on Auburn avenue
in Wildercyoft. second house
from the end.
Chief Cremins, who was relay
ing all this information to the
Prince Georges Fire Board, sale
that after about Is minutes he
heard a barking dog, apparently
in the Bywaters' home.
BY this time police and ambu.
lance men already were in ths
area and were able to trace thu
dog barks to the Bywaters' home
Police Corpl. G. I. Thornberr,
had to break down the LOCKED
door so that the Bladensburs
Rescue Squad could treat thi
wounded man and carry him tt
the hospital.
Evening star., 1954-09-29

in the interests of the Soviet
Union rather than Poland.
Moscow, he said. is the real
ruler of Poland today.
Mr.. Swiatlo at the time of his
detection was deputy director of
a special unit in charge of pro-
tecting the Communist regime
in Poland from internal SUBJ
version. He slipped into West
Berlin, asked for asylum, and
almost ever since has been living
in an apartment in the district.
Evening star., 1954-09-29

and holdings.
Gov. Sharpe, who held the
kings commission as lieutenant
colonel, was commander-in-
chief for a time of the Colonial
forces being raised to drive the
French from the Ohio. Before
he took to the field, Gen. Brad
dock arrived with a force Of
regulars and took over.
Evening star., 1954-09-29

Scarlett, jr., of the Baltimore
ship operating firm that bears
his name, has made an intensive
study of the architectural
changes in the house. Sharpe
willed the house to John Ridout,
who had been his secretary. The
Ridout family had the house
until 1895, when it was pur-
chased by Mrs. w. G. Story.
Evening star., 1954-09-29

It is hard to believe that such
elegance was achieved at the
edge of the wilderness, but see
ing is believing. The great
golden phoenix in the center of
the ceiling and the masks of the
four winds blowing from each
corner are in the high style as
sociated with palaces.
The present owner, Charles
Evening star., 1954-09-29
Planners Pick Bostoniun

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20 up.
Thomas F. McDonough, chair
man of the Boston City Plan
ming Board, was elected presi-
dent of the American Society of
Planning Officials yesterday
during the groups goth annual
! convention.
Arizona sun., 1954-02-26

In Mongolia in 1851 there were
81 million livestock.
Arizona sun., 1954-02-26
Memory
Lar

Would you mind strolling down
Memory Lane with us while we
reIive the social events of five
years ago this week? When /.
Mrs. Earlene Norton and Mrs.
Margery Foote won north and
south position in game of duplicate
bridge in Tucson, sponsored by
Cal Bridge Club, while Mrs. Ella
Gamble and Mrs. Ralph Mayne
took east and west. All were from
Phoenix.
Mrs. Opal jackson of Los An
geles arrives to visit her mother.
Mrs. Fay Allen and her two chill
dren.
Mrs. James L. Davis returns to
city after spending two months in
Louisiana with her sister.
DR.. Donald E. Tope, superinten-
dent of Phoenix Elementary
Schools is scheduled as guest
speaker at Booker T. Washington
PTA's Founders Day observance.
Army release names Dr. Fred
Williams, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Williams 1922 E. Washington
Street, among medical officers re-
ceiving regular army commissions.
Arizona sun., 1954-02-26
Bits of This
and That
BY KATHERINE e. BASS

MFR. and Mrs. Walter McGriff,
former Phoenicians, were guests
last weekend of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Becton, 11O5 w. Hadley st.
While here they also visited their
father, Mr.. Hezekiah McGriff, 1872
w. Sherman ST., and Brothers.
Hezekiah Jr., 1882 E. Jefferson ST.,
Launzo, 1917 w. Cocopah ST., and
Rev S. w. McGriff, 1913 w Coco
-pahl St. The couple motored back
to their home in San Diego, CALI
fornia, Sunday night.
Mr.. George Becton, 1105 w. Had
ley ST., received word Tuesday
night that a younger brother, Hem
ry Becton, %, was shot to death,
in Chicago, Illinois, where he had
been visiting. His home was in
Jacksonville, Florida. No details
of the death were available at that
time.
Mr.. Becton will go by plane to
Jacksonville, where final services
will be held.
Efforts of police to locate the
dog, for observation were futile.
Arizona sun., 1954-02-26
FumiIy Night At
-
Carver PTA Meetinu

The Carver High School Parent
Teacher Association met Tuesday
night at the school for Family
Night where in the auditorium a
program preceded the serving of a
pot-luck supper in the cafetorium.
On the program was Mrs. Frank
II. Brooks, state chairman of the
United Nations Children's Fund Of
Arizona who told of the kind of
assistance children receive through
out the world from this fund, chief
iy through medical advise and care.
A film on the subject followed.
Miss Evelyn Green, Carver stu
dent, gave vocal selection ac-
ccmpanied by Mr.. John Alnutt.
Arizona sun., 1954-02-26
Visits DuUqhters

Mr.. J. C. Carter. his daughter
Mrs. Jewel Warner. and grand
daughters, Rsoe Marie and Larosie
Jane Warner, returned to their Ia
tum, Okla, home Tuesday after
ten days here on business and
pleasure.
Mr.. Carter's four daughters liv-
ing in Phoenix kept the visitors on
the go most of their visit. The
daughters are Mesdames Ulysses E.
Pruitt, LOWE Carter, Fannie Hall
and Ollie Sanders.
The visitors enjoyed dinner at
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Lyons, 221S E. Jefferson ST., where
the four Phoenix daughters, their
families, and Clarence Harper, Mrs.
Lillian Batise, and Mrs o. T. Ma
que were also guests.
The entire Carter clan and Mrs.
Margaret Jones also dined at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ulysses Z.
Pruitt Mrs. Warner was guest Of
the Lincoln Ragsdales on a tour
Of the city.