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Evening star., 1954-09-30
On the Air
This Caesar Doth Bestride
.V World Like q Colossus
By Horry Macarthur

It was a fairly portentous mo-
ment last Monday night at 8 for
the National Broadcasting Com
pany's television network. There
for few seconds it seemed as
if the President of the United
States, at the very least, was
about to address us.
There was no big buildup.
There were no flowery introduc-
tions. There was just a dramatic
hush, then an announcer intoned,
in a sort of unconscious parody
Of the words heard so many
times:
Ladies and gentlemen, Sid
Caesar!"
This clearly could be nothing
less than the end of an era (Mr.
Caesars tenure on the Saturday
night show, "Your Show of
Shows") and the beginning of
another CHS tenure on the Mon
day night Caesars Hour").
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It could be that I am just a
sucker for Sid Caesars brand of
comedy. He never has failed to
make me laugh, since the first
encounter with his art about
eight years ago in a movie called
'Tars and Spars." He is an un-
deniably and inevitably comic
man. whether in a movie, on
night club floor, explaining in
private conversation how his TV
show is put together. or perform
ing before the television cameras.
With this basis of possible
pro-Caesar prejudice established,
it can be said that the premiere
performance of his latest TV
enterprise was wholly satisfac-
tory. 1t was a remarkably sus-
tanned hour of comedy. It may
have had it's tagging moments,
but it also had a generous share
Of highly comic ones.
Mr.. Caesar recently an
nounced that his new formal
this year twill be no set format."
He does not. he indicated. want
to be tied down to a set pattern
which might grow tiresome with
repetition. You can translate
that to read tiresome to Caesar
as we'll as tiresome to audiences.
Anyhow, he said that the
show lone week might be a
revue. another week a musical.
or book show. variety, or the
whole hour might be devoted
to a situation comedy"
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It was the latter, in case you
were less-rewardingly engaged
elsewhere, to which Mr.. Caesar
turned to launch his new season.
This was either a rash or a
canny move, depending on how
things work ou.. but in any case
the break with his "Show of
Shows" past was complete.
In order to make use of Italy's
Gina Lollobrigida as guest star.
Casear and his writer's (Mel
Tolkin, Tony Webster. Joe Stein
and Aaron Ruoen) dreamed up
a fable about garage mechanic
winning a date with the movie
star on TV show. This, as no
one involved would claim, is
hardly the stuff of which epics
are made.
It proved quite sufficient,
however, as a framework for q
great deal Of comedy by Caesar
and Carl Reiner and Howard
Morris, the two actors long as
sociated with him on the Satur-
day night revue.
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There is often a great deal Of
point, something more than q
mere laugh. in a Caesar comedy
bit. He once distinguished him
self in Hollywood by doing o
routine spoofing psychiatrists in
o psychological melodrama, thus
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-19
Will Rogers, Jr.,
Stars In Western
Show At Strand

A lighthearted Western tale
about a gun-shy, gal-shy sheriff
who manages to keep law and
order and win the prettiest gal in
town, is coming to the Strand Thea
tire when "The Boy From Oklaho-
ma" starring Will Rogers, Jr. and
Nancy Olson, opens ON Sunday.
Filmed in WarnerColor, "The
Boy From Oklahoma" combines
whimsy, action and romance and
returns to the screen, for his Sec
ond starring role, Will Rogers, Jr.,
in a role which the former Con-
gresham, ex-newSpaper publisher
and ex-Army Officer, referred to
as " tailor-made part" Cast as
the unarmed sheriff of Bluerock
County, Rogers performs his law
full duties in an efficient though
somewhat unusual manner. Armed
only with his trusty wit and un-
erring lariat, Rogers manages to
best Billy the Kid in a duel, round
UP a gang of cattle rustlerS and
perform all the various and sun
dry chores that befall a Western
sheriff. The methods he uses re-
portedly will provide many chuck
les for movie fans.
The romantic interest in the War
ner Bros. film is provided by
Nancy Olson whose six-guns help
Rogers in his sheriff's duty. AS
the daughter Of the former sheriff
OF Bluerock County, Nancy proves
to be an efficient gun-slinger but
her main talents lie in her ability
to set her sights on young Rogers
and finally win his love.
AS young man studying law,
Rogers is inveigled into accepting
the sheriff's badge in Bluerock
County when the former sheriff is
killed by ruStlerS. His dislike of
guns makes Rogers seem to be the
ideal choice for the job, at least
from the poirt of view of the law
less element of the county. Much
to their sorrow, however, Rogers
proves himself willing and able to
stamp out the ruthless rustlers and
thieves with only his horse, Blaze
to ride and his iariat for a wea-
pom.
"The Boy From Oklahoma" was
directed for Warner Bros. by Mich
ael Curtiz and was produced by
David WeiSbart. The screenplay
was written by Frank Davis and
Winston Miller. 1t was Davis who
wrote 1.-THE VIII Rogers Story" in
which WILL, Jr., made his movie
starring debut.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-19
Zany Pair Will Caper Through Sd Film Here

air Dean Martin tangles with the
gentlemen of the Runyon under
world, and soon finds himself up
to Jerry Lewis neck in trouble.
The story is launched along its
slapstick way when Dean finds
himself overwhelmingly in debt to
a bookie king. He is given an op-
portunity to square himself: fix a
race or accept friendly funeral.
Not being a man disposed to the
morbid, Dean packs off for the
races taking Jerry Lewis, an in
terne for a veterinarian. with him.
A slight hitch in plans develops
when Dean falls in love with Mar
jie Millar, the beautiful owner of
the thoroughbred who is the OBJ
ject of the elk" Naturally love
wins out and in no time at all
Dean and Jerry are being chased
by the gambling gangsters.
ALI of these joyous shenaniganS
are punctuated with some wonder
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-19
BY Al LANlER

CLIO, Ala. N-Royal Reynolds
the missing banker, came back
home last night to a bewildered
community that has lived in fear
Of financial ruin since he left IL
days ago.
The 40-year-old businessman said
be drove home from Virginia after
being "cut" by an article on his
disappearance in a Roanoke news
paper.
Both he ana his wife, who left
with him March Z, denied any
wrongdoing, although neither made
statements explaining their abb
sence.
Reynolds turned himself in to
Deputy Sheriff W. D. Anderson at
nearby Clayton and was released
In $500 bond. The bond was
signed by his 72-year-old father,
r. W. Reynolds, who had offered
his LIE savings Of SIS, 900 last week
to relieve penniless depositors in
the Merchants Exchange.
Reynolds, president of the un-
chartered institution, is accused
specifically in three warrants of
embezzling about $1,000 from two
depositors, but It was estimated
the town faced = loss of between
$4,000 and 100000 by his dis
appearance.
Reynolds wife Sue sobbingly
told q reporter by telephone soon
after their return that charges
against her husband were ''lies."
eth ali be cleared up. He didn't
steal anything" she sobbed.
Reynolds himself was quoted by
Solicitor Crews johnson of Barbour
County as saying, "I'm not guilty
OF anything in the world"
Mayor Dan Easterling said Rey-
nolds and his wife returned to this
community Of 900 with missing rec
ords Of the exchange.
Frantic depositors had been I'M
able TO get at $s1,S0O left by the
exchange in the First National
Bank Of Atlanta because officials
had no idea how the money should
b divided.
Easterling said he did not know
how much money Reynolds had
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-19

When Dean Martin and Jerry
Lewis let loose with their inimit-
able brand of looney antics it is
more than enough to please the
"gloomiest gus" in any audience,
but when the boys get in front of
the Technicolor cameras and in
three dimensions, no less, they hit
an ultimate in hilarity. This is the
treat that is in store for movie
goers at the Monroe Theater where
Dean and Jerry's brand new Para
mount comedy Money From
Home" opens Sunday.
Based on Damon RunyOn story
dealing with hoodlums and race
horses, Money From Home" was
produced by Hal Wallis in opulent
style. Not only do we have Dean
and Jerry in their first three-dim-
ension film, Tin this case it might
be called three-demetia) but the
two are placed in story perfectly
fitted to their madcap talents.
This time the Suave and debon-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-19

fu music, sung in a serious and
comic style by the two clown
princes. Dean is at his grooming
best and Jerry comes through with
some routines that had yesterdays
audiences limp from laughter. Aid
ing the boys more than somewhat
are Sheldon Leonard, Robert
Strauss, Richard Haydn, Romo
Vincent and Pat Crowley. The lat
ter portrays Jerry's girl friend.
Money From Home" was di-
rected by George Marshall, and
was written for the screen by Hal
Kanter. This frolicsome film can
tiers and gallops thru its PAGES in
a wondrous and highly entertain
ing manner. Money From Home"
will put a smile on your face and
keep it there for many days TO
come. Don't miss it!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-19
Haynes Lawyer
Files Protest

LOS ANGELES R-Crooner
Dick Haynes attorney doubts the
constitutionality of a law that
barred the Argentina-born enter
tainer from entering the United
States after visiting Rita Hayworth
in Honolulu last summer.
David C. Marcus, the attorney.
said today he is filing a brief
that maintains that the exclusion
of '1awful resident aliens from
the United States because of a
sojourn in a territory of the
United States is unreasonable
and unconstitutional"
The government seeks to deport
Haynes for what it maintains was
his illegal re-entry into this coun-
try after his visit to Miss Hay
worth, whom he later married.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-19
Missing Banker Returns To
Face Embezzlement Charges

with him last night, or how COM
plete the records are. But the
books are now in safekeeping, the
mayor added.
AS word of Reynolds return
spread last night, a crowd of about
200 milled outside the mayors Of
flee. There were angry mutter-
ings but no threat of violence.
The townspeople met in an en-
Urgency session a few days after
the trusted banker left, and issued
an appeal for him to come home
or at least return the exchange
records. They promised not to
prosecute if he sent them "any of
the money that is LETT and the
record books.
About $50 families were affect
ed. Merchants had no money to
restock when the supply on their
shelves was gone, and farmers
couldn't buy seed for spring plant
ing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-19
Dying Boy Forgives
Chum For Shooting

KALAMAZOO, Mich. R-Before
dying of an accidental gunshot
fired by his companion, Robert
Pratt, Is, forgave his chum, Will
liam Woodlands Jr., also Is, yes
terday.
Don't be hard on william. He
didn't mean it," Robert said to a
policeman.
The boys were target shooting
in a dump with a smal-calibre
rifle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-19
Habits OF School Kids
Give Police Headache

SILVER CITY, N. NJ. Rt-Police
Chief BARLEY Mcdonald comment
ed YEARLY On the habits of school
kids.
He said youngsters "bring to
school anything-gum, rattlesnakes
and dead frogs"
Then the chief told of the latest.
Found on the desk in the high
schools study hall was one stick
of dynamite. There was no cap or
fuse.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-19
Embarrassing Error

SEDALIA, Mo. R-Dale Mag
gard has missed only one word in
all his spelling tests at Mark
Twain School this year.
That word was insurance"
His father, Charles Maggard,
sells insurance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-19
Divorce Granted
Shoulders Wife

ST. LOUIS R-Mrs. Florence
Shoulders, wife of ex-police 1t.
Louis Shoulders, who was instru-
mental in the capture of the
Greenlease kidnapers here, was
granted a divorce yesterday.
Circuit Judge James F. Nangle
ruled Mrs. Shoulders was the
innocent and injured party" and
granted her $500 month alimony.
Shoulders previously told news
men he would marry Miss June
George, his landlady, as soon as
he was free to do so.
He goes on trial for perjury in
Kansas City Federal Court April
IL. The charge is based on Shout
ders' testimony before a federal
grand jury on his handling of
Greenlease ransom money.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-19

At the time of the Civil War,
New York had a population Of
more than a million, and Philadel-
phia had 100000.
Evening star., 1954-06-02
Australian Government
Holds 11-Seat Majority
BY the Asseciated Press

SYDNEY, Australia, June o.
With four seats still undecided,
late returns from Saturdays
general election indicated today
that Prime Minister Robert
Menzies' coalition will hold an
11-seat majority in Australia's
new Parliament.
Mr.. Menzies' bloc has cinched
81 House of Representatives
seats. With 25O,OOO of the 4.8
million votes still to be counted,
late voting trends indicate the
government will win all four of
the districts still unreported.
That would give the Liberal
Country Party government sc
seats to the SIS already won by
the Socialist Labor ticket, head
ed by former Foreign Minister
Herbert v. Evatt.
In the last Parliament the
government had a 15-vote ma
jority.
Evening star., 1954-06-02
Ed SuIIivon's
t!;t's ois NEW YORK

(both are in Girl in Pink
Tights.")
Durante busting every Copaca-
bana record. Ben Hogan here
June 3, for his National Golf
Day round at Baltusrol. ;. "Mr
Peppers" scripter Everett Green
baum in Doctors Hospital.
Friars Club of Beverly Hills hon
ors Tony Martin. June 6.
Break the Banks" Allan Gil
bert named him Charles.
Iva Patcevitch, Conde Mast head,
to London. Debbie Reynolds
and Robert Dix breathless.
Nancy Devlin Of "The Remark
able Mr.. Pennypacker" weds VIII
liam Dyer next month. :. The
Lawrence Tibbett Jrs. named her
Terri Kay. Patti Pages man
ager, Jack Rael, in for minor
surgery. -. Eddie Fisher jammed
fans who jammed Madison
Square Garden Wednesday.
y 4 4
Former ASSemblyman Ed Sui
livan's son, Ed. jr.. marries Jane
Coniker. June IL. Big Ed was q
World War I hero with the 9th
Division. The Robin Muirs
Duke of Marlborough's daugh-
teri expect Sir Stork. Orson
Welles and Pat Rainey a combo
Mrs. Cole Porter buried in
Peru, Ind. . Victor McLaglen's S
son Andy and Veda Ann Borg
acting silly. Louis Arm
strong's Hawaiian Hospitality
a Decca zoomer. Ed Pauley,
jr.. dating Terry Moore.
Anne Shirley. Mrs. Charles
Evening star., 1954-06-02
Premier Blames Red Issue
In Egypt on British Troops
bv ihe Associoied Press

NEW YORK, June 2.-Col.
Abdel Nasser. Prime Miniser of
Egypt. today linked Communist
problems in the Middle East to
the presence of British troops
and to the areas low standard
Of living.
In a filmed television inter-
view over CHS, Col. Nasser said,
Communist activities in the
Middle East are due to the Brit
ish occupation and to the
low standard of living"
He said Egypt's major do
mestic problem is poverty" and
some means must be found to
increase the country's produc-
ton.
Regarding relations with the
United States, Col. Nasser said:
unless the United States will
try to help the Nationalists in
this area, I think the people will
lose faith in the United States
and in its principles.
Evening star., 1954-06-02
NEW YORK.

NEW x01O6As
MY Secretary. Africa, Speaks:
Dear Boss-Tris Speaker, roofing
for the Cleveland Indians. tells
me he started out as q southpaw
pitcher with Cleburne, Tex.
in 1906. Against Fort Worth,
Speaker yielded 18 runs. 20 hits
in the first five innings, each hit
for extra bases. AS the sixth in
ming started, Manager Ben Shell
ton consoled Speaker: Keep
pitching, son: they haven't got
a single off you yet" In the next
game, Cleburne's right fielder.
Dude Ransom, suffered a broken
cheekbone. so Speaker became
an outfielder and went on to the
Hall of Fame. In %. big league
seasons, his lifetime average was
an astounding .344. He struck out
less than 10 times a season!
Against the great Walter john
son, Speakers league average
was .381. Iris thinks that Ted
Williams is greater hitter than
tabled Joe Jackson: picks Babe
Ruth and Joe DiMaggio as the
greatest outfielders he ever saw.
r 81
Jack Dempsey with Roma Page
at No. Fifth Ave. Soviet
Ballet can't obtain an N. Y. man
ager to handle planned U. S.
tour. David Belasco's biog,
Bishop of Broadway" hits the
bookstalls Sept. 10. Oliver
Hardy being treated for complete
exhaustion. John Kodiak eS-
corting Janis Paige. Eleanor
Holm rejected Elliot Murphy's
AquaShoW bid. Stacy Harris
Of "Dragnet" honeymooning with
Susan Randall. Anna Maria
Alberghetti celebrated her 18th
birthday in Las Vegas with DON
aid O'Connor. Alan Ladd
down with ptomaime. The
Biff Lifts (Shirley Booths stage
manager) expecting.
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Executive Suite" with Bill
Holden, Fredric March, ran up
$475,000 at the Music Hall in
three weeks. Ted Lewis
brother, Leon, honeymooning
with Frances Schiff in Virginia.
Because of the recent ro-
nance headlines with Bing
Crosby and Gable, Grace Kelly
had to change her N. Y. phone
to a private listing. Hudson
(NBC) Faussett to wed Vivian
Dorsett. Bob Hope is 81, Fred
Allen hits 60 Monday. Ritz
Bros. in town. Agnes de
Miles assistant, Dania Krupska.
and Ted Thurston honeymooning
Evening star., 1954-06-02
Baptists Are Warned
Against Exu|tation
In Combating Evil
By the .Asseeiated Press

ST. LOUIS, June DIR. James
w. Storer Of Tulsa, Okla. presi-
dent of the Southern Baptist
Convention, warned today I'VE
dare not sit here and exult over
past victories" in this continuing
"war against the wiles of evil"
DR.. Storer, pastor of Tulsa's
First Baptist Church, said 1t is
not the winning of battle that
counts "but the winning OF the
age-long campaign"
In his presidents address, pre-
pared for delivery before the
opening session of the conven-
ton, DR.. Storer said:
This is no time for shadow
boxing, for tight-rope walking,
Or for pickering within the camp.
We are called to go without the
camp, bearing his reproach, to go
unto all the world, not with
drawing from it. It was this
conception which gave birth and
purpose to the Southern Baptist
Convention, and to that purpose
are we consigned"
The convention, expected to
bring about $4,000 persons to st.
Louis, continues through Satur-
day.
Pre-convention sessions of the
Pastors Conference and Wom-
ans Missionary Union, an aux
iliary group, ended yesterday.
DR.. Ramsey Pollard, pastor Of
the Broadway Baptist Church in
Knoxville, Tenn, was elected
president of the Pastors Con-
ference.
Mrs. George r. Martin of Nor
folk. Va, was reelected to a
10th term as president of the
Woman's Missionary Union. She
has headed the 6.000-member
organization since 1945.
Evening star., 1954-06-02

cKismetD Lederer, lost her
mother. Reunions: 896th
AW Bn., Hotel New Yorker, to-
night and Sunday; 30th United
States Naval Const. Battalion,
Hotel Statler. Sunday former
WACS Of 6715 WAC Co., contact
Gladys Woodhouse, West Lawn,
Pa. AMELIA.
Evening star., 1954-06-02

SOME ADVICE FROM MISS RAYE-Making with her me
famous feature COmedenne Martha Raye for
two Washington beauty contestants what
in contention. Contestants Qef Miss Shir Culpepper 49,
of 1905 South Quincy street. Arlington, Va and Miss Mayn
Mitchell 49, of 1902 BOOneS Hill road Sc Miss Raye appear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Power Plant in Norway
THE BERRYs
;oAKY DoAKS
HoubIe-Toke

.Norway's big new Aura hydro
electric project is supplying some
areas with power for the first
time. between Trondheim and
Aesund. When completed 1t will
hs one Of Norway's I'VE largest
power plants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25

It might be a good idea for
builders to trade in aging homes
for new ones. just as car dealers
trade in old models for the
latest ones.
This was pointed out last night
by Carl NorcrosS, assistant to
the editor of House and Home
Magazine. He spoke at the
monthly meeting of the Home
Builders Association of Metro
politan Washington, Inc, held
in the Mayflower Hotel.
Mr.. Norcross explained that
some people would be ashamed
to ride in a 1924 car, and that
maybe they have similar feel
ings about living in a 30-year-
old house.
Another speaker was Joseph
McGrath, assistant legislative di-
rector of the National Associa-
ton of Home Builders. He dis
cussed the administrations houS-
ing legislation.
He said that If the bill is
passed, as it stands now, MOTH
ing will happen because it merely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
7rode-in Policy Of Old Homes
For New Suggested to Builders

gives the President discretionary
powers. His group, he said, feels
the bill should provide for the
law to take immediate effect.
It was planned last night to
present the local groups 1868
Journalistic Award to Robert j.
Lewis, real estate editor of The
Star, for meritoriouS service to
the community in reporting.
However, Mr.. Lewis is recuperat-
ing from an operation. The cere-
mony, therefore, was postponed
until the meeting on March "a.
It also will be held at the May
flower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Homework
Easy Without
Nagging Backac|le

Nagging baekache. loss Of pep and energy.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Too Many Williams
Spoil Ones Sleep

READING, Pa. (P).-Mrs. Will
liam Meyer heard some one NOV
ing about on the ground floor Of
her home.
"Is that you. William?" she
inquired, think 1t was her hus-
band.
1T is William" came the re-
ply.
Mrs. Meyer turned to resume
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Red Cross Drive Storts

The Alexandria Red Cross
Chapter will hold its fund drive
kickoff at 8 pm. tomorrow in
the Mount Vernon School audi
forum. $500 Mount Vernon ave-
niue, in Alexandria. All fund
drive workers are expected to at
tend There will be a program
by volunteer entertainers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Refining in India

JAKARTA, Indonesia.-Indo
nesia produced $4,000 tons Of
refined petroleum in 1853. This
compared with 1000 tons the
year before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
RETER!Wl4kTs TIE MATTERS
XIi iook RoSITNEIY GREENi

her sleep and saw her husband
asleep in the bed next to her.
A quick check revealed several
dollars in cash and a watch had
been taken from a downstairs
room.