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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07
First Trial Polio Vaccine Shots
Slated March 20 in Rockville

First, second and third graders
at the Rockville Elementary
School will get their first shot
of the trial polio vaccine on
March 20.
The Rockville pupils are ex-
pected to be the first of some
500. 900 to one million students
in IL States to receive the polio
vaccine in a mass test.
Some $4,000 in the county's
first three grades in public, pri-
vate and parochial schools are
expected to participate in the
controlled" incubation.
The vaccine to be used has
been tried on thousands" in the
Pittsburgh area by DR.. Jonas E.
Salk. who developed it Under
National Foundation grants to
the University of Pittsburgh.
Trial Vaccines.
The trial vaccines will be
given free to the children par
ticipating in the tests and they
will be the only ones to receive
the vaccine this year because of
the production supply.
Every child receiving the tests
will do so at request of the
parents. Request slips, to be re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07

| turned to the school prior to
the shots. will be sent home with
the children about March 10.
Montgomery County is the
only county in Maryland to par
ticipate in the tests being con-
Quoted by the National Founda-
ton for Infantile Paralysis.
And Maryland is one Of II
States which is using the con-
trolled basis for the inocula-
tons. The other 80 States will
vaccinate all second graders
only in the selected areas.
The controlled basis was Sc
lected by the State Health De-
partment to measure the eff
fectiveness of the vaccine better
The incidence of polio mNst be
counted among the vaccinated
children as compared to the
control" group.
Half Get Real Vaccine.
Parents will not know whether
their children received the vac
cine or the control. Not even
doctors giving the shots will
know which is the real thing
Only one-half of the pupils will
be given the real vaccine.
The reason for the secrecy ac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07

privilege, and 1t is no longer
open to discussion"
Maryland has only one statute
concerning criminal libel. 1t is
this:
In case any person shall be
prosecuted by indictment or any
other criminal prosecution for a
libel the party so prosecuted shall
be entitled to give the truth of
the matter charged in the said
indictment or other prosecution,
In evidence under the general
issue by way Of Justification"
Truth. Is No Defense.
What does it mean? Some at
torneys believe 1t is intended to
make truth sufficient defense.
Others say it merely means that
the defendant is given the right
to prove that what he published
was true and that truth in such
a case might be considered in
fixing penalties. But no one APP
pears to know for sure.
Few Maryland lawyers have
tried criminal libel cases and
thus there is general uncertainty
in the State legal profession as
to the points involved. One vet
eran attorney who has had oc-
casion to study libel law, former
Prince Georges County States
Attorney A. Gywnn Bowie, gave
this opinion:
Truth is no defense to crimi-
nal libel at common law-one of
the maxims Of the common law
being The greater the truth, the
greater the libel Whether truth
is a complete defense to criminal
libel in Maryland today, is, in
my opinion, questionable"
While it is true that we have
a statutory provision that per-
mits the truth of the matter
charged in the indictment to be
shown in evidence In the trial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07
Fraternity to Mark
98th Anniversary Here

Washington-area alumni Of
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
will celebrate its 98th anniver-
sary at a Founders Day Dinner
at $3.50 pm. Tuesday at the Ma.
tional Press Club.
DR.. H. c. Byrd, president emer-
titus Of the University of Mary.
land and candidate for the DEM
ocratic nomination for governor
Of Maryland, will be the princi-
pal speaker Bernie Faloney, the
Maryland football star, will re-
ceive a trophy for outstand.
ing athletic accomplishments.
Awards also will be given to
alumni who have been members
of the fraternity for so years, ac-
cording to Carleton u. Edwards.
dinner chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07
Veteran Gift-Cigorette
Tax Ruling Eused
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

Representative Becker, Repub-
lican. of New York said yesterday
the Internal Revenue Service. in
new ruling. has waived pay
ment of Federal taxes of eight
cents per pack on gift cigarettes
distributed to veterans in State
or other non-Federal hospitals.
Prior to this ruling. gift Gig
arettes to hospitaliZed service
men could be distributed tax
free only { in Federal hospitals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07

Of a libel case. this statute has
not. to my knowledge. been con-
strued by the Court Of Appeals,
and it Is not at all clear to me
that it makes truth a complete
defense"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31

cept Of Elvira is that she Is the
one woman who can make o
great case that a wife is better
off dead, coming back to taunt.
charm, delight and bewitch the
man she left behind. Her Elvira
is waltzing wrath who adds
at least a cubit and a half to
Miss Sternhagen's stature as q
comedienne.
Being human and riddled with
the flaws of the species, Charles
and Ruth Condomine have al
ways been harder to play in the
company Of such non-worldlings
as Elvira and Nine. Arcati. Dick
Sykes and Marian Reardon do
their competent best to alter
this balance, but with no more
success than their predecessors
in the roles, most of these latter
older and more experienced.
Cay Knockey and Stanley Pitts
play the routine DR.. Bradmans
from next door, and Anne Leslie
plays the maid. Edith. the char
acter who always seemed Cow
ards SillieSt alteration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
HOLLYWOOD.

l. HOLLYWOOD.
The Academy of Motion Pic
ture Arts and Sciences is consid-
ering a ruling that all Oscars
must be returned to the academy
upon the death of the winners.
One actually turned up recently
at an auction!
Jane WitherS was dropped as
the third Andrews Sister because
it was feared they'd have to re-
form as a comedy act, and the
gals want to stay singing act.
Sid Caesar is reading the script
Of The Old Maestro"-the story
of Ben Bernie-to be shot this
summer. success Of THE Glenn
Miller Story" started the project.
Dolores Del Rio is still trying
to prove to the immigration
folks that she wasn't chummy
with too many leftist producers
and directors. Cy Howard is
writing a comedy series for gall
friend Gloria Grahame for
CBS-TV.
Gale Storm tested for okla
homa!" and also as the Saliva
ton Army girl in Guys and
Dolls" Our Little Margie'
is determined to do a picture
this summer. Jack Benny
put a sign up in front of his
dressing room: Slightly used
coffee grounds cheap-half the
new price"
20th-Fox is raving plenty
about Sheree North's tests in
light comedy roles. Eddie
Fisher keeps ex-champ (welter-
weight Barney Ross on his
staff.
Edmund Purdom says it's feast
or famine. He will finish "The
Egyptian" in time to start work
on Athena" for his best friend
Producer Joe Pasternak.
Only nine per cent of this coun-
try's theaters are equipped with
CinemaScope. g.. Elaine Stewart
and Curt Ray. wealthy store
owner. getting real serious.
Y X
Carlos Thompson has beer
under contract to MGM fol
more than a year, and has YET
to make a picture at the Culver
City studio.
Now that this years Oscar
show is over, the thought hnger,
on that next year the six major
studios must chip in with $50, 0o(
each and sponsor the show
Then the commercials can b.
film clips advertising motor
pictures instead of seemingly
endless plugs for TV sets q
automobiles. :. When it was all
over last Thursday-the M. c..
ing and the private party Later
at Romanoff 's-Donald O'Con.
| nor and his favorite date. julia
Adams. went to Ciro's to heal
Peggy Lee sob, sigh and sing.
The Academy board wanted
David Selznick to wear full dress
at the Oscar affair-he presented
the Thalberg Award to George
Stevens. Selznick professed not
to own such a suit, so the Acad-
envy officials had him try on -four
Of the full-dress suits they hac
on hand before they decided he
wasn't the type. Selznick. there
fore, was the only award-pres.
enter Of an Oscar to appear sans
tails. Jerry Lewis mother.
in-law was very ill, which is why
he did not attend the award.
show.
Byron Palmer's appearance or
the Pantages stage was his last
before leaving to sing in Florida
Your story was right-I'm MOI
getting married" he said, be.
fore slipping into his makeup
And cute Anna Maria AL.
berghetti told me. while the flash
bulbs exploded, that she will SIM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31

"BLITHE SPIRIT" q farce in three
acts BY Noel Coward. produced By
f Hsids i TIlcnanoier WITH settiqss ~ VA,
stein. At Arena Stage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
Hollywood Diary:
Fate of Oscars
Frets Academy
Frets Academy
; By Sheiloh Grohom

at the Sahara on May 4 with Ray
Bolger; then she'll do a tour on
her own.
Daryl Zanuck wanted to fly
in a snowstorm to Sun Valley to
bring his wife. Virginia, home.
She coaxed him out Of it by
phone and came home solo by
train.
was commissioning with
Jeanne Grain on the published
story she had lost her Mary
Magdalene role in 1.-THE Gall
leans" But I haven't" she as
sured me. I'm still in the picture
and We start in April"
Now that Florence Henderson
has played Laurie in okla
homa!" on TV. maybe Rodgers
and Hammerstein will realize
she's the best for the movie
version
Incidentally, here's a nomina :
ton for next years Oscars-Judy
Garland IN the three hour long
"A Star Is Born" Every one con-
nected with the picture says she
can't miss.
Margaret Leighton. brilliant
British actress adored by Lau-
renee Harvey, won't be coming to
visit him in Hollywood. as an
nounced. She's back in the
cast of T. S. Eliot's play, THE
Confidential Clerk in London.
after a serious illness.
Burt Lancaster arrived here on
Saturday and left on Sunday,
but fatty refused to allow any
photographs. The poor guy was
trying to get rest.
VanesSa Brown is waiting for
good weather in Hawaii before
filming The Bride Wore
Paiamas." Meanwhile, Goodman
Ace is rewriting the script.
Vanessa probably will star for
Goodman in a husband -and-wife
series on TV with Peter Lawford.
In its planning stages, the
series has a strange title: II
Married a Woman"
(Released by NANA)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
Lost of COWBOYS
Rides Thutuwuy
BY the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD.

The last cowboy star. in the
movies has galloped that
away.
Rex Allen, who made %
horse operas for Republic, has
left the studio. He was the
last exclusively Western star
under contract to a film COM
pany. and his departure marks
the end Of an era. In previous
years at least half Of the STU
dos had cowboy stars who
turned out regular series.
Producers blame the death
of the program Western for
theaters on the abundance of
caters on TV and the compe-
tition of big-budget Westerns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
GoIdwyn Blocked
InCode Battle
HOLLYWOOD.


Sam Goldwyn. who hasn't q
picture shooting or any immedi-
ate plans for starting one, still
likes to wheedle those personal
publicity breaks. He continues
to taunt Eric Johnston and the
producers association, seeking
an answer to his demands that
the morals code be "broadened"
to his own fancy.
Despite Goldwyn and RKO's
Howard Hughes, who still hasn't
paid that $25, 900 fine for releas-
ing 1.-THE French Line" without
seal, the association is stand
ing firm on its statement that
the code cannot and will not be
relaxed. Six words culled from
the 2,500-word report, signed by
eight members. tell the story:
Decent entertainment is the
best entertainment"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
| Where and When
| Current Theoter Attractions
And Time Of Showing

And Time Of Showing !
Stage.
Arena Stage-"Blithe Spirit"
$3.50 pm.
Catholic University-''Murder
in the Cathedral: $50 pm.
Screen.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF the
Rue Morgue":: las. $3.50, 6:S6,
7:40 and 9:45 pm.
CapitoI-'"The Naked Jungle:
1885 am. 1:40. $40. 6:4S. 7:45
and $50 PINE
Columbia-"Alaska Seas: II
am. 1910. 2:25. 1870, 6:16. sos
and 10 pm.
Dupont-"Julius Caesar: !.
3:15. $3.50. 7:35 and 9:40 pm.
Keith's-"Ride Clear Of Di-
ablo": 1850 am. 1850, $3.50.
$50, 1850 and $50 pm.
Little-'Lili": $40. sos and
$50 pm.
MacArhur-"Genevieve"; SIS
sos and 9:55 pm.
Metropolitan - Phantom Of
the Rue Morgue":: 11:45 am.
las. S:45, 5:45. 7:45 and Gas
pm.
OntariO-"Red Carriers; las,
3:25. $50. 7:35 and $40 pm.
Palace-"Night People: 1880
am. 1880. 1885. $40. 7:45 and
$3.50 pm.
Playhouse THE Man Be-
tween; 1920 am. 1:20, 3:25.
5:35. TAO and 9:45 pm.
Hundred Hour Hunt;
1915 am, 1850. 1925. sos, 6:45.
1925 and 1910 pm.
Silver Spring - 1.-THE Final
Test: 6:15, 8 and 9:45 pm.
Trans Lux-"The Wild One;
HOS am. 1855. 2:40. 4:30. Sis.
8 and $50 pm.
Warner-"This Is Cinerama"
2::30 and $3.50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
DAILY
thru APRIL 4

r FLORENCE CHADWICK
Champion Channel Swimmer
Ex-Heavyweight Champ
r ANN MARSTON
National Junior Archery
Champion. April 2, 3 and 4
r 10 OTHER STAR ACTS
r TANK SHOWS
4 PM. and 8 PM. Daily
TROUT FISHING POND
RAREST SMALL ANIMALS
OF THE WORLD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31

something especially merltorloOS.
Well, this is not quite the case.
For one reason or another, per-
haps the age of the comedy or
the youth of the company. the
two are not entirely congennial.
The spirit of the comedy, to
take the easiest way out, is not
as blithe as it used to be. In
last nights opening performance
at least. there was a notable lack
of the carefree zest which makes
''Blithe Spirit" the improbable
farce that Coward gleefully
labelled it.
Probable humans, with which
the world reekS, cannot fail to
find many moments of merri-
ment in the production, Of course.
There are far fewer of these,
however, than need be. And
quite possibly will be when the
Arena cast begins to feel casual,
debonair and cheerfully decayed.
When he wrote "Blithe Spirit"
In 194l. Coward was just STEP
ping through the portals of mid
die age. He could not have hit
upon a happier device for con-
cealing this unpleasant truth
from both himself and the world
than the one he uses in this
giddy romantic farce.
If a man is to be brought up
with a start of awareness that
there is another world into
which he will pass over" how
face is more cheerfully than to
imagine a beautiful wife who
died young impatiently awaiting
one there? This may not prove
to be the case, but it is an in
spired farcical premise. Coward.
more than any man, knew what
to do with it.
What he did not foresee, for
all the acuteness of his vision,
was the effect of time upon his
blithe spirits.
That the balance Of power
among them has quite changed
is more than intimated in this
production. Originally. the DOM
inant figures were Charles Con-
domino. his second wife. Ruth,
and Elvira the ghostly first wife
who came back to play her
special havoc in the Condomine
menage.
In this framework, Nine. Ar
cati, the medium who evoked
the wrath of Elvira with such
exuberant innocence. was a
funny but subordinate figure.
Now she has rather taken over
the play, proved to be its most
durably laughable figure and
gives every indication Of solidify-
ing her position. This might very
we'll come as a profound shock to
Coward who. in spite Of his
miracle treatment of her, never
pretended Nine. Arcati was other
than a basic comedy figure.
The ready explanation for
this in this instance is to be
found in Pamela Simpsons por-
trait of Madame, who can be
80 astounded and delighted by
having wrought a ghost the
likes of Elvira.
Miss Simpson has had a
wealth of professional expert
ence, in comedy and out. There
is no question who dominates
the stage when she is on it,
fluttering somewhere between
earth and beyond, making
cliches sound like lamentations.
and shadow boxing with she is
never sure what. or who. where.
If her performance reminds
"Blithe Spirit" veterans Of the
original one in this country, that
of Mildred Natwick, a happier
reminder is inconceivable. IN
less, of course. it be that of
Margaret Rutherford in the
movie version.
y y
Elvira. of the others, fares
most affectingly in the imper-
sonation bv Frances Sternha9en,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
The Passing Show
Bit of BIitheness Missing
In Arenas 'BIithe Spirit
By Jay Cormody

Two reasonably ndsputab truths left around here that
Noel Cowards Bthe Spirit quite funny and that
Arena Stage has acting above the reproy
in talent and spirit.
Out of those in the normal things should
third truth that Arenas production Of "Bhe Spirit should be
Evening star., 1954-09-07

be considered by the President
and Congress because it would
not be a threat to the United
States.
"This is a very complex mat
ter but it's not going to hold up
signing of the treaty." Mr.. Dulles
said. However, all will have to
understand our position when
the treaty Is signed"
The source said France has
submitted a possible solution to
the problem of whether Laos,
Cambodia and Southern Wet
Nam should be- included in the
treaty area.
The French delegation pro-
posed a document Of protocol"
which would add the three states
to the area covered by the treaty
although they would not play
as active role III SEATO as
other members.
The source said that If the
French proposal is accepted it
may also be used to cover Indo-
China under economic provisions
Of the treaty.
Evening star., 1954-09-07
By The A.soeioted Press

LONDON, Sept. britain has
flight-tested an experimental jet
"wingless aircraft" which takes
of like an elevator from a hori-
zontal position.
Duncan Sandys, Minister Of
Supply. disclosed last night the
strange contraption," standing
in the horizontal position of
normal aircraft. becomes air.
borne vertically by the use Of
downward facing jet streams.
He told the annual, dinner Of
the society of British Aircraft
Constructors the new expert
mentS might "in due course lead
to a revolution in aeronautical
development every bit as i'm
portant as that which has re-
suited from the introduction of
the jet engine"
Mr.. Sandys said the test craft
employs downward facing jet
streams whose direction can be
varied to control the angle of
climb. The jet streams can be
provided either by small subsi-
diary engines or by the deflec-
ton Of the jet stream off the air.
crafts main power units.
Rolls-Royce co-operated with
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SEATO
CONTINUED From First Page.)

- y -
development of economic meas
ures designed to promote eco
nomic stability and social we'll
being"
Asian nations had been hold
ing out for more. concrete pro-
posals as to what will be done
to develop economic stability and
social wells being
The delegates professionally
approved an article calling for
the creation of a Southeast Asia
Treaty Organization council
which would meet any time
members feel it necessary.
:, The source said the United
States has indicated it is willing
to drop from the treaty pre-
amble the word Communism
as the specific aggressor against
which the pact is being termed
United States Secretary oi
State John Foster Dulles stressed
the source said, that the United
States considers Communist
aggression in, Asia the same as ar
attack on the United States. Or
the other hand, he said, a locaI
war in the Far East would moi
Evening star., 1954-09-07

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Evening star., 1954-09-07

agreed that the instruments
showed the plane was climbing
after its takeof when it appar-
emily was not. All four engines
were reported working normally.
Delay in Rescue Probed.
The Irish government contin-
ued it's investigation today into
the delay of rescue workers to
reach the accident scene. The
survivors said help did not come
for about three hours, although
they went down within sight
of the airport lights. They made
their way to the river bank in
two rubber dinghies from the
sinking plane and then strug-
gled on foot across q mile-wide
mud fiat.
It was the second KIM crash
in two weeks. A Skymaster of
the Dutch airline went down in
the North Sea August % as it
approached Amsterdam, carrying
all 81 persons aboard to their
deaths.
Evening star., 1954-09-07
British Test WingIess Plane
Able to Take off Straight Up
ZAP Wirephoto via Radio.

the Air Ministry in developing
the test aircraft.
II can hardly call 1t an air.
craft for it is really no more than
an aero-engine with a pilot
mounted on top" Mr.. Sandys
said.
"A few weeks ago this strange
contraption, which weighs 3.5
tons, successfully lifted itself
into the air without the aid of
wings or rotors of any kind. It
then proceeded to circle around
under complete control for about
10 minutes and landed again
without trouble"
Mr.. Sandys noted development
Of techniques for vertical or
near-vertical take-of of winged
aircraft here and in the United
States. Experiments IN this
field have been pushed because
of the difficulty Of providing the
longer runways needed as air.
planes became faster. Mr..
Sandys described pictures Of
United States aircraft poised on
their tails and flown into the
air like rockets but these, he
said, had obvious disadvantages
as to convenience and comfort" !"
Mr.. Sandys said Britain's air.
craft industry was booming with
output two-and-a-half times
greater than in 1948 and q labor
force which has increased go
per cent from $4,000 to 230. 600
Exports of aircraft and aircraft
engines were earning more than
60 million pounds ($168 million)
year, he said. -, @ijA}to 9t'