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Evening star., 1954-05-08
High School Orchestra
Shows Great Promise
By Fronk c. CompbeII

Washington-Lee High School Or
chestra. Dorothy Baumle. director.
Program; Overture and Allegro, Cou-
from Symphony in c. Shubert; Suite
from the Water Music, Handel-Harty;
Andante teneramente. from Symphony
NO: l. Hanson; Hora Staccato Dinicu-
Heifetz; Overture from Oberon. Weber.
1t is gratifying to find as
healthy and promising an organ
1zation as the Washington-Lee
High School Orchestra, which
gave its spring concert last night
under the direction of Dorothy
Baumle.
Miss Baumle's list, while it
broke no program paths, would
have been a substantial one for
a professional group. Most sec
tionS OF the orchestra were given
chances to show what they could
do, with the most striking play
ing from the violinS, the flutes
and the French horns. Several
solo horn passages, played by
James WelnStein, were very close
to the best professional caliber.
This is not to suggest that
the performance last night was
f1awleSs one, produced by a
group OF young virtuosos, for
there were the familiar orches-
trail problems of intonation, weak
woodwinds and occasionally
creaky ensemble. The remark
able quality about the orches-
ira. though, was it's integrated,
truly orchestral sound, compa-
rable. with obvious allowances
to the seasoned sound of a finely
balanced professional orchestra
| This car result only from care
Evening star., 1954-05-08
Taxing Group Favors
Better Medical Break

The Senate Finance Committee
is in recess today from its work
on the big tax revision bill, after
having voted yesterday to liber-
alize the allowance for medical
expenses on income tax returns.
The committee is understood to
have accepted House action al
lowing the deduction of medical
expenses in excess of three per
cent of income. President law
limits deductions to amounts in
excess of five per cent. The
amendment also doubles the
ceiling on medical deductions to
$4,000 for an individual and
$4,000 for a family.
The Senators also debated yes
terday. but reached no decision,
on the House provision allowing
a $500 exemption to widows and
WidowerS and to mothers with
disabled husbands to cover in
part the cost of hiring some one
to- care for young children while
they work. The Senate committee
is considering applying the ex-
emption to all working mothers
Evening star., 1954-05-08
Hollywood Diary:
Marjorie Discovers
Weiqht of Money
: Bv SheiIoh Grohom

boy when "Pal Joey" first hit
the New York stage. I thought
Frank Sinatra was set for the
movie version, but now there's
talk that Van will star.
Audie Murphy takes the Jimmy
Stewart role in the remake of
"Destry Rides Again" Audie's
name is money at the box Office.
Lyle Bettger makes love to Mari
Blanchard, who inherits the role
Of the sultry siren Of the Western
saloon as portrayed by Marlene
Dietrich.
Gene Tierney is wearing Prince
Aly's diamond ring on her en-
gagement finger again. But she
talks of "going back to my Con-
necticut farmland not to Paris.
Gene won't be able to go any,
where; though, until daughter
Tina's chicken pox is gone.
X x X X
NOW We uCdIu cVCI CLuIlS .
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
will play the Ginger Rogers and
Diana Lynn roles in their re-
make of "The Major and the
Minor" There'll be a little re-
writing, Of course. Dean and
Jerry are outward bound from
Hollywood for 13 one-nighters,
starting in Houston, Tex. Next
month they'll be living it up at
Is Nationwide premieres of
Living It Up" their picture in
partnership with Paramount.
A late worker at Columbia re-
ports that Mario LAMA appeared
at the studio in the still Of the
evening. The apparation-or
Mario-wore a black Homburg,
a .fur- r-collared coat, and cloth
top shoes.
June Allyson and Dick Powell
have postponed their trip to Eur
ope until late fall. But I'll make
Evening star., 1954-05-08

HOLLYWOOD.
Marjorie Main complains that
since she announced she was
leaving her money to a hospital,
some of her best false friends
have dropped her.
If everything else fails the
atrically, Sonny Tufts can al
ways go back to Tufts College
in Massachusetts,. He has a
lifetime endowment.
Republic is determined to re-
lease the old Roy Rogers movies
for TV. So it looks like another
lawsuit.
That Johnny Guitar" party
for TV. supposed to take place
at Prexy Herbert Yates home
and featuring Joan Crawford
and Mercedes McCambridge. fell
through. "Those in the picture
dislike each other too much for
such a jolly gathering" I was
told. Lizabetll Scott is in
New York for some fun and film
promotion.
The Dale Robertson Mary
Murphy friendship will head to
the altar. And Mona Knox
is very serious about handsome
Steve Crane.
Joanne Gilbert, on that junket
to Denver last week end, wouldn't
sing-didn't like the accompan-
ist. But Robert Wagner, with
no voice, chirped with Ethel
Norman.
Wherever she travels, Mary
Pickford tells crowds that "there
is nothing wrong with the movie
industry that a good picture
won't cure" She adds she will
never do a TV show, although
there are offers.
Mary Mccarthy has had so
many raves for her show at the
Mocambo here that TV execu-
tives have come to see her. And
a regular show will follow-also
another picture at RKO. Alta
girl, Mary. Starlet Barbara
Darrow, by the way, wants me
to call the boss at RKO to
please" put her to work. 1--WE
been under contract four years. "
says Barbara. "but have had
only two walk-ons in two pic
lures"
Van johnson was a chorus
Evening star., 1954-05-08
'FIon1ingo Hat Becomes
Remarkable Musical Event

given suitable music reminiscent
of Broadway patterns, and at
points Of tension and emotional
climax the style changes to a
much more intense and indi-
vidual idiom.
Technically, the most skillful
and musically the most memoir
able movement of the operetta
is Dance Me" in the second act,
where a solo of great lyric beauty
is transformed into a duet and
finally a chorus with the crafts
manship of a seasoned opera
composer. After this fine writing,
the finale of the entire operetta
seems a trif1e halting and con-
ventional. Other particularly
good pieces are "If the Gentle
mans Rich," 1.-THE Butterfly
Queen" and "Take Off That
Mad Creation"
OF the singers. Donna Kerkam,
Bonnie Hawkins, Helen Wood
and Robert Ellinwood were out
standing, not so much because
of exceptional voices, but be-
cause of the combination of in
telligent singing and skillful
acting. The three girls in par
ticular are natural opera stars.
In general, the large ensembles
were done with a precision and
brilliance hard to reconcile with
amateurs, and the chorus was
excellent.
The auditorium was too small
to accommodate the large audi
ence. which gave the premiere
an enthusiastic ovation. THE
Flamingo Hat" will be repeated
tonight,
Evening star., 1954-05-08

fixed, in effect, by the Army,
but why not? It's a great Army,
no matter what any country
sllcker says.
END OF Story. You never
really know where q story is
going to end. Or If it is going
to end.
Weeks and weeks ago, for in
stance, this column, was amused
enough to set down that Eng
lands Joan Greenwood ("The
Confidential Clerk") drank
coffee in this country because
she could not tolerate our way
of making tea. A short time
after, it added the information
that Danny Robin of France
("Act of Love'D drank tea in
America because our coffee
tasted so unlike that of Paris.
That seemed to be the end of
it until we got call from Bar
bara Shunney, University Of
Maryland coed. who, in true
American girl fashion provided
a fitting snapper to this report
on beverages.
Those reports" she told us,
"were doubly amusing to me for
a very good reason. When I was
in England and France I carried
along little packets of chocolate
because I could drink neither
the tea nor coffee there. Well, I
could, but wouldn't"
SATURDAY SUMMARY: Zone
Summer of Happiness" the
Swedish film whose nude scene
has brought a ban on the film in
some jurisdictions. will open at
the Plaza Theater May Is. {.
Also on the new picture list of
the Roth chain is 1.-TWO Cents
Worth of Hope" scheduled for
the Little Theater on May IL.
Also coming up: "Casanova's
Big Night" with Bob Hope,
which will follow the run of Ex-
ecutive Suite" at the Palace.
And Witness to Murder" the
successor item to Elephant
Walk" at the Columbia. The
French film DIRTY Hands" which
opens at the Fifth Avenue Gin
ema. New York, on Monday, is
the cinema version of Jean-Paul
Sartre's LES Mains Sales"
Which several years ago was a
Charles Boyer vehicle on Broad
way under the title "Red Gloves"
Next on Paramount's Vista
Vision production schedule is
1.-The Ruby Virgin" which will
star youthful Mary Murphy and
John Payne. It has a starting
date of June /.
Evening star., 1954-05-08
Nativity School spe|Ier
Wins D. {. Area Contest

An eighth grade Nativity
School student made a remark
able comeback last night to win
the honor of representing the
Greater Washington Area in the
National Spelling Bee to be held
here on May 20.
The pupil, Frances Marie Gull
linane, 13. spelled down 81 rivals
from public and parochial schools
throughout the area in the Com
merce Department auditorium in
a contest sponsored by the
Washington Daily News.
Frances won on the word
"sphagnum." a type of moss. and
went on to spell correctly "odys-
sey" to clinch her right to appear
in the national contest. also to
be held in the Commerce De-
partment auditorium.
The Nativity students feat this
year vindicated her performance
in 1858. At that time she was
the first to drop out of the con-
test. limited to seven and eighth
graders.
Evening star., 1954-05-08
News Of Music
By Doy Thorpe

wergs Ea@iRES g4snE S.s. Music e Eias
Hicks he and Richard Dirksen. Principal
Characters: David Moore Andrew
miller GsF snySsT sSSood PeteE GeofFs GRsmsse Rse-
stow, Donna Kerkam; Helen Wood Wood
wood Smith, Chip Mason. tSs NatiGraI aapTelII
Cathedral School and the st. Al.
bans. School; Presented for the t hrst
time last night at Whitby Han. mount
St. Adams. (To be repeated tonlsnt'
$50 PM
All things considered, the new
operetta, THE Flamingo Hat,
by Frank Baer and Richard
Dirksen, is one of the most re-
markable musical events Wash
ington has seen this season. we
have heard better singing, we
have heard better music, but the
town has seldom known an oc-
casion on which all forces en-
gagged in a large amateur musi-
cal undertaking have been so
transfigured by their combined
musical endeavorS, so carried
away by achievement, that the
result at times approached that
ideal fusion of music, word and
gesture that makes opera Tor
some the unequaled art-form.
The performance had some OF
the limitations that make the
usual high school muSico-dra-
matte attempt something that
can be endured with equanim1ty
only by parents. But these
limitations. since they could not
be overcome, were blithely dis
regarded and effectively be-
Titled. None of the singers had
extraordinarily good voices, but
many had great style and the
knack of simultaneous singing
and acting.
Some of the stage business
showed the stiffness and self
consciousness common to anna
teurs, and now and then the
dialogue (but not the lyrics)
only covered not very interesting
ground without really much to
say.
Here, resemblance to remem-
bered school dramatics stops.
"The Flamingp Hat" is no pas
tiche of Gilbert and Sullivan
tunes and schoolmarm lyrics, no
collection of easy folk melodies,
but an ingenious and compli-
Gated score with arias, duets and
larger ensembles.
There are four taxing and
brilliant female roles. and three
major male roles.
The two-and-a-Quarter-hour
show is remarkably faSt-paced,
1t moves with a drive and dra-
matte point that could be the
envy of many Broadway musi-
Gals. The story. while perhaps
not greatly superior to the usual
framework of unSurprising Incl
dents on which the numbers of
a musical comedy are usually
hung, has a certain freshness of
characterization. and is certainly
unusual in its large number of
. leading roles OF equal impor-
tance.
Mr.. Dirksen has managed tc
create music of two contrasting
styles that, despite the consider
able length of "The Flaming
Hat" does not deteriorate intc
q series of unrelated numbers
but carries the drama forware
with great effectiveness. tn,
various operetta types" are eaci
Evening star., 1954-05-08

book they don't go this year.
June has too many projects.
After the current Strategic Air
Command" with Jimmy Stewart,
comes "a Woman's World" at
2Oth-Fox with Fred MacMurray,
then "The Strike" with Jose
Ferrer at Universal. Hey, Junie,
I thought you were planning to
retire?
y 4 + X
In Pittsburgh, one of Libe-
races records is given free to
every purchaser of a S25 U. s..
savings certificate-by his spon-
sor, a bank. In two weeks, new
bond sales there totaled $780,
600.
And other cities please copy:
The Pittsburgh Airport has a
theater where travellers can
watch a movie while waiting for
planes. And the Chicago TWA
reception room has a large tele-
vision set for passengers to view.
June Hillman, the former
Lady Ipverclyde, and before that
June of the London musical
comedy stage, has gone into tele-
vision with Bob Oakley. June.
married to Millionaire Ed Hill
man, put up the money. There
are four TV pilot films in the
kitty.
Clark Gable is asking for so
per cent of the profits for all
independent pictures. Jimmy
Stewart made a fortune from
such an arrangement. But If
George Stevens and Henry Gins
berg have to give half their
profits to Gable, he may be too
expensive for "Giant."
(Released by NANA)
Evening star., 1954-05-08

visit into which the columnlSC-
television headliner was to have
crowded some business with the
Army and the pleasure Of seeing
his daughter, Mrs. Robert Precht.
his month-old grandchild, and
of course his son-in-law. The
Prechts live here.
The Army, which has a lot Of
other business these days, asked
Mr.. Sullivan if he would mind
waiting a week and he, in turn,
asked us if we would mind wait
ing a week. It turned out no one
would mind waiting a week, so we
gabbed with the amiability of a
newspaper and a columnist who
have known each other for years
but are just now getting together
We said The Star was happy
and he said he was just as happy
and Mr.. Sullivan, whose column
Is being addressed to a j. F. Car
mody, said he used to know a Jay
Carmody.
81 used to know an Ed Sulli-
vanS we said.
"Oh, so it's you behind those
initials" he said.
After that, formality and pro-
tocol stopped.
when do you write your col
umn?" we asked Ed.
The last minute" he said.
when do you write yours?"
The last minute" we said,
not bothering to add that the
pretense behind this is waiting
for IaSt-minute material.
That brought it around to our
turn to ask the next question.
why do you continue to write
a column with all that other
business?" we wanted to know.
That's my life." Ed said. land
newSpapering is my business.
The others grand. but it sort
of just happened. I love it. nat
urally, but you know how it is
you get habituated to the other
thing and it becomes an un-
breakable habit.
"And look at the time I've
been doing it. For "a years, I've
been writing a column or an
almost daily piece for the paper.
How could you stop with that
much momentum, even if you
wanted to, which most certainly
never will?"
We said we didn't know After
q mere II years of writing a
daily column, how could we tell
a man who's been at it twice
as long?
There was some more talk,
most of it technically favored,
we both said again how glad we
were to be on the same page,
and made a date for next Friday
afternoon.
Actually the date is being
Evening star., 1954-05-08
Where and When
Current Thedter Attractions
And Time Of Showing

And lime OF showing
Stage.
Arena Stage - 1.-THE Cretan
Woman; 2:40 and $40 pm.
Catholic University - "Huck
Finn; $3.50 pm.
National - Ballet Theater;
1880 and $50 pm.
Sam s. Shubert-"The Moon
Is Blue; 2::30 and $3.50 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador - "The JolSon
Story: 1880. 4:10, $50 and $3.50
pm.
Capitol - "River Of No Re-
turn: 1885 am. 1:40. $40.
5:45, 7:45. $50 and 1855 pm.
Elephant Walk;
II am. 1:05. 3:15. $40. 1880,
9:40 and 11:45 pm.
Dupont - Julius Caesar;
1855. 2:55. $40. 7:25. 9:4o and
11:45 pm.
Keith's - "Clash BY Night;
11:15 am. 2:25, $40, 1855 pm.
and 1910 am.
Little-"Miracle of the Bells;
1, $40. 500. 1880 and 9:40 pm.
MacArthur-"Genevieve";; 2::25,
AIS, 6:05. 8 and 9:55 pm.
Metropolitan - 1.-THE Jolson
Story: 11:15 am. 1:40. 4:05,
6:35, 8 and 1880 pm.
OntariO-"Top Banana; I. 3,
sos, 7:10, 9:20 and 11:15 pm.
Palace-"Executive Suite; IL
am, 1:05. 3:15, 5:25, 7:35, 9:45
and 1850 pm. =
PlayhOuSe-"Knock on Wood;
11:15 am, 1920, 3:20, 5:25, 1880,
9:40 and 11:40 pm.
Plaza-"Stalag IT.: IL. 2:10.
APO. 6:3O. $40 and 1880 pm.
Silver Spring - "Limelight";
2. 4:25. $50 and 9:15 pm.
Trans-Lux-"Beat the Devil";
1925 am. 1920, sos, 4:45, $50,
8:15, 10 and 11:45 pm.
Warnnr-"This Is Cinerama";
/, 2:30. $3.50 and $40 pm.
Evening star., 1954-05-08
The Posing Show
Army Broke Date With Ed,
And He His Date With Us
By Joy Cormody

will be joining this next Monday with
York" column called from York break
a date.
the drama staff to have talked life and
and journalism yesterday afternoon It to have been flying
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Negro Citizens -.

Continued from Page One)
U. S. Supreme Court
Here is what these found in 40
samples:
% favored continuation of seq
regated schools.
20 were in favor of mixed schools
said either system was all
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-03-06

dations to the Bishops Council for
protection of Negroes against ex-
ploitation during any period of cut
back" recession or whatever they
choose to call it." We must edu-
cate our people to be intelligent
consumers" he urged.
Among the recommendations to
be made to the Bishops Council
are.
l. Cooperation with Negro News
papers, Magazines and recognized
social agencies in programs de-
handing widened job and employ
ment opportunities.
2. Greater participation of Ne
groes in the business and indus
trial life of the community.
8. A revitalized role for the
A. M. E. Church in the Negroes
fight, for civil rights" on the eco
nomic as we'll as social and politi-
cal fronts"
4. Use of the economic boycott
where necessary to create job OPP
portunities and backing of legiti-
mate programs of "Spend Your
Dollar only where You Can Work.
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right with them.
3 couldn't or haven't made I'D
their minds.
The reporters agreed, however,
that those questioned wanted abb
solutely equalized school facili-
ties and opportunities, and consid-
cred these more paramount than
segregation itself. pro or con.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-03-06
Marian Anderson, At College Park
Auditorium On March IS Is A j. S.
Ambassador OF Good Will Abroad

Seoul the crowds trying to get in
side were so great that Miss An
derson's party was unable to get
anywhere near the auditorium I'M
til M. P.s arrived to help clear the
way.
For the singer her military aud
fences in Korea were among the
most wonderful she has ever per-
formed before.
1.-THE boys were amazingly at
tentive and responsive" she said,
"And 1 sang for them the same
music I would sing for an audience
at Carnegie Hall. But, you know,
I don't believe it was the singing
alone that pleases them; it was
also seeing someone from home"
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County Hospital
Continued from PAGE One\

to the public on Dec. 5, 1868. 1t
was established primarily for the
care of aged and INDECENT Negroes.
At present there are 5 aged per-
sons there being cared for by a
staff of paid workers.
A visit to the Community Hos
pital will touch the hearts of any
persons who are willing to take any
interest in suffering humanity.
The newly redecorated building is
fully equipped for Hospital pur-
poses for Patient care - soft and
restful colors of woodwork, walls
and floors, sparkling and immacu-
late throughout, comfortable hos
pital beds for all patients and
convenient facilities for sanitation,
food and rest. Seeing this Insti-
tuition convinces one of the far
reaching effects of it's need and
usefulness in Jackson.
A few groups have seen the
hospital and have expressed their
appreciation by the following do
nations:
Circle 7, College Hill Baptist
Church, Mrs. Pauline Hayes, Pres.
Mrs. Sanders Chambliss, Chairman
Sick Committee-Gifts The Twen-
ty Art Club, Mrs. Elease Thomas,
Pres.-Many useful gifts Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Crosby, 1913 Barrett
Street-An iron Red Cross, Isabel
School, Mrs. Davis, in charge, Box
of soap. H"
Knowing the purpose of helpful
ness of this fine Institution, per-
haps you, dear Reader, would slike
to express your appreciation in a
tangible way. Placing the needs
of this Hospital in your Budget
will give you joy across the years.
You might wish to donate sone
plants for the yard, some other
useful personal items for the pa
tents, a few hours of reading to
some of the patients who are able
to listen to you, a few cans of
juices, - oh, why try to tell you
what you can do. Your heart will
dictate your actions when you
have seen these old people, many
of whom have outlived their fam
lilies and are now there with the
best of care, but who would be
made more happy if you had time
to drop in with a little token for
them.
If you wish to be definite about
what you can give, do call 4-4721.
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White Man Indicted
For Rape OF Negro
Mother, Daughter

HOUSTON, Texas, March l.
The Harris County Grand Jury last
week indicted white man, Calvin
Otis Graves for the criminal at
tack on 16-year-old Negro girl
and her mother.
The attack took place Nov. Is,
1853 in the Thompson Road home
of the victims.
The victims told how the sex
fiend, at the point of a pistol, raped
them after forcing entry to their
suburban home.
The mother, 58-year-old widow,
was forced to submit to the at
tacker after he performed natural
and an unnatural sex act on her
daughter.
A second daughter, 19-years-old
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Bishop Nichols ...
CONTINUED from Page One

nonic advance Of Negroes by rec
ognizing the power of their dol
iaxs. The A.M.E. Church has a
membership of 100000.
The New York prelate, whose
district covers New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and
New England, pointed out that the
$4,000, 100000 Fifteen billion)
spent annually by Negroes in
America should be a powerful wea-
Pen in the fight for full citizen
ship.
while l do not urge boycotts
unless wisely planned and skillful-
ly executed, I back intellectually,
the use of this economic weapon
10 open up jobs in transportation,
retail stores and other businesses"
he said.
Declaring that the economic we'll
being of the people was the natur-
al concern of spiritual leaders, the
Bishop revealed that he would
make several specific recommen-