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Evening star., 1954-11-27

!. all over the landscape in Sitting
:. Bull" new screen feature at the
Columbia which was packed yes
terday with impressionable small,
medium and large fry. The
teachers OF these will be a long
time disabusing their minds that
:. old Sitting Bull and President
!. u. S. Grant were not the first
authors of the theory of peaceful
eco existence.
:. -. The kids will have seen the
:..kwo-in color and CinemaScope
sitting there under a tree
agreeing to live happily ever
after.
The fact is that the old Bull
and President Grant never met,
for one good reason because Sit
ting Bull wisely fed to Canada
after massacreing Col. Custer
: and his forces.
This truth Of the matter, how
ever, was not convenient as an
ending to the film script written
by Sidney Salkow and Jack
DE Witt. They came UP, there
fore, with their own with never
: a second thought for the kids
who will funk their history tests
later on.
Otherwise. Sitting Bull" is
merely another preposterous YER
sion of what happened at Little
Big Horn when the Sioux in
sisted the Black Hills belonged
to them.
Like most recent Hollywood
treatments of the Indian wars,
the Salkow-De Witt one is on the
side of the Indians. 1t insists,
and not without reason, that the
redmen were treated with heart
, less brutality and that Sitting
Bull was an apostle Of pacifism
until goaded beyond even Indian
endurance.
In the process Of this argu-
ment. it works I'D a tempestu-
Gus pitch of battle. especially in
the climactic sequence in which
Custer gets what must be his
50th comeuppance. The young
sters will eat this up, less harm
fully than the impression of
President Grant and Sitting Bull
smoking a pipe of peace.
Rounding out the formula,
which might look better left
fiat, is thread of romance that
runs through Sitting Bull' like
a firmly entrenched tapeworm.
Emmeshed in it are Dale Rob-
ertson, the idealist hero who
arranged the Grant-Sitting Bull
parley, and red-haired Mary
Murphy. 1t may very well leave
the impression upon the pre-
teens that love is even duller
than they have been thinking.
As is frequently the case in big
screen color productions, the
most attractive asset of Sitting
Bull" is'its photography. This
makes clear that the real estate
on which the Sioux slaughtered
Custer is worth the battle j.
Carroll Naish puts up as the
pictures title character.
z Y **
!: FOR THE RECORD: Disa-
!: greeable though the thought may
. be to a brave girl, Haila Stoddard
T: is a better actress than she is a
!: canny producer.
: Miss Stoddard won Broadway's
admiration this week by STEP
ping into the big role of her pro-
duction. zone Eye Closed" as a
substitute for Constance Ford
in it's premiere performance. In
the words of Ward Morehouse,
this departments New York
man:
"The bravest girl on Broad
way is Haila Stoddard, producer
OF this little gimcrack. On a
days notice, she stepped into the
role of the wife 4. and she con-
tributes an agreeable perform
ance. :. One Eye Closed came
to Broadway as a product of the
summer-theater circuit. 1t will
be going back there, or it will
be going somewhere fast"
So right, Mr.. Morehouse was.
Miss Stoddard's production closed
after one performance.
Evening star., 1954-11-27

ALWAYS AN OPENING: The
Evening star., 1954-11-27
The Posing Show
You Won't Believe This,
And That's S q Good Idea
By Joy Cornody

History getting awful pushing around by the this
week.
First there implying that Cary hadn't
Paris, Napoleon might have
that French history and mis-
conception of it cannot harm movegoers eA
But history is something else again. 1t Is slugged
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THE EVENING STAR Washington D. G, >.

nificent." The Indianan said the
G. o. p. had to overcome OBJ
stacles presented by "holdover
bureaucrats" OF a Democratic adj
ministration that left $s1 billion
in C. O. D. orders. without any
provision for paying the bill.
Says Able Men Placed.
He said the Republicans stated
Government posts here with able
men and kicked out 2,40O "se-
curity risks" with the result that
Washington's climate has be-
come one of honesty. integrity
and decency."
Mr.. Halleck said he does not
contend the Republicans have
yet achieved all they set out to
do. but he added;
II insist we have hammered
out a magnificent record of
achievement for the American
people" Then he predicted fur
ther progress will be made in
the months ahead.
Seasoned politicians in the
G.. o. P. organization told the
women at panel conferences to-
day how to prepare for the forth
coming elections,
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Costello Told Jury
In 1889 He Had No
Fortune, Court Hears
~ the Associated Pres,

NEW york. April S.-Grand
jury minutes read in Federal
Court today quoted Frank Cos
tello as having told q Federal
grand jury in 1899 that he 'nev-
er had a fortune" and that he
was "only a gambler"
Costello is on trial before
Judge John F. x. McGohey and
a jury on charges of evading
income tax payments of $73,437
for the years 1916 through 1949.
The minutes showed that Cos
tello had told the grand jury
he kept his money at home Gin
a box in a drawer" that he
never had a safe deposit box.
that 81 never had a fortune, I
am only a gambler" and that
he had about $4,000"
Box is Small Safe.
The grand jury minutes
showed that when pressed by
his questioner, Costello finally
admitted the box in which he
kept his money at home actually
was a small safe with a combi-
nation lock.
When asked what business in
tereStS he had, Costello in the
1889 testimony said he was an
associate of Phil Kastel; I had
an interest in Kastel" The Gov
eminent previously had identi-
fled Kastel as Louisiana slot
machine associate of Costello'S.
Questioned before the 1893
grand jury about his business
arrangements with KaStel, Cos
tello said ''KaStel would give me
money at the end of the year; if
he gave me $40, 900, that means
he made twice as much; all of
the books are kept in louisiana -
Tells of Investment.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Lloyd F. MacMahon brought
out at the trial yesterday that
Costello told a special agent of
the Bureau of Internal Revenue
in 1887 that he had invested
$500 in a slot-machine venture
with Kastel early in 1885 and
that this investment paid him a
profit of $78.955 in 1886.
Costello testified in 1889 that
he had invested about SIS, 900 in
the New Orleans slot machine
business, known as the Bayou
Novelty Co., and also said he
believed he had lent KaStel some
money to go into the business.
The minutes showed Costello
said he never had taken an &C
tive part in the Louisiana slot
machine business because Kastel
moved to New Orleans and took
care of all the details. He in
sisted, however, that he had no
interest in the business other
than so per cent interest in
KaStel.
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COP. Women Hear
President Call Parry
Agency for Freedom

THE Republican Party is by
no means a conspiracy among
people who thirst for power, ("
President Eisenhower today told
nearly 800 cheering G. o. p.
women.
Instead, he said. it is ian
agency of the United States
through which the people Of
America can labor for increases
in human freedom and dignity.
President Eisenhower spoke
for nine minutes at a luncheon
closing the three-day centennial
conference of women called by
the Republican National Com
mittee in the Statler Hotel.
The Republican President re-
ceived a cheering. hand-clapping
ovation as he arrived.
Urges Drive For Victory.
He urged the women to work
ana to organize victory in the
election campaign Of next No
vember, and praised them as
dedicated" citizens.
Gen. Eisenhower thanked the
women for their support in his
election and said, Il have yet to
have a delegation Of women in
sist that any person be appoint
ed or that any tax-even on
handbags-be lowered"
Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs.
Nixon, wife of the Vice Presi-
dent, were the honor guests. Mrs.
Martha Taft, widow of the Ohio
Senator, was a special guest.
Principal speaker at the
luncheon in the Statler's presi-
Dental room was Miss Alice K
Leopold, director of the Women S
Bureau of the United States
Department of Labor.
She told the diners: I'm your
collective hand lies the power,
not only to insure continued
success at the polls-but, far
more important, to release the
effective emotional and intellec-
tual energies of our women
citizens"
The luncheon was the last
scheduled meeting of the confer
ence.
At an earlier session, Agricul-
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Staying Of Golf Star
CIimaxed Physician ,
Domestic Troubles
By the Asseeiated ere,.

LAKELAND, Fla, April 81
Investigators trying to round
out the picture on the fatal
shooting of a young golf star by
a prominent physician pieced to-
gether today events in the mar
ried life of the doctor and his
wife.
Billy Leigh, %, a top-notch
Florida amateur golfer. was
killed yesterday by DR.. Dodge D.
Mentzer. The physician said he
shot Mr.. Leigh when he returned
home with Mrs. Mentzer after
being out all night with her.
Police Chief Leo BROKER re-
ported the doctor. who is the city
physician here. admitted the
shooting, saying he did it after
warning Mr.. Leigh for three
years to stay away from his
home and wife.
Four Children.
All apparently had not been
we'll for some time in the Ment-
zers' domestic life. They have
four children, the oldest of
whom is Is and the youngest
less than year. DR.. Mentzer is
80, his wife Is 38.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mentzer filed
for divorce three weeks ago, &C
cusing the doctor of habitual in
temperance. She said he had
been on a hinge for four days
before the suit was filed.
She also asked for and OBJ
tanned a court order against DR..
Mentzer, restraining him from
leaving the State and from mo-
testing her. Mrs. Mentzer also
charged he had threatened to
kill her and himself. He posted
a $4,000 peace bond after the
court order was issued.
The court order said DIR.
Mentzer must stay away from
his wife, but his attorney ex-
planned an agreement later was
worked out to permit the physi-
clan to live in a separate part
of the house.
After DR.. Mentzer made his
statement to police yesterday he
posted a $4,000 bond on a sec
ond-degree murder charge.
Mr.. Leigh, whose only sur
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New York Waitress, II,
Found Stabbed 10 Death
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, April ga IT.
year-old blond waitress was
stabbed to death early today in
the hallway of her tenement.
Beside her body police found a
library book entitled "A Kiss
Before Dying" (by Ivan Levine)
Police said the undergarments
of the victim, Marion Brown,
were ripped but she had not been
criminally attacked.
The unidentified slayer fed
from the tenement. eluding a
resident of the house who heard
screams.
The girl lived on the top floor
with her mother. She was found
dead in the flrst-floor hallway,
stabbed in the back. No weapon
was found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-08
Drastic Steps Fail 10 Save
Child After Fall Into Pool
By the Associuted Press

CLEVELAND, April 8. A
mother, two doctors, firemen and
gasoline station patron fought
a futile battle last night to save
the life of a 2-year-old girl who
had fallen into a pool while play
ing with her puppy.
Mrs. Aurelia Chuba. 38, had
gone into her house to prepare
lunch for her husband George.
When she looked out a few mo-
ments later she saw her baby
daughter Catherine face down in
the 3-foot pool.
Mrs. Chuba grabbed the child
and ran TOO feet to a filing sta
ton operated by her husband.
There a patron. Lester Baur, gave
Catherine artificial respiration.
Firemen were called and applied
a resuscitator while rushing her
to the hospital.
DrS. Nicholas de Piero and
Brandon O'Sullivan sliced open
the child's chest and massaged
her still heart into action. S.
Catherine lived only seven
hours after the operation.
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Halleck stressed the theme that
progress is being made by the
q. o. r. They said more can
be achieved II the party is given
q good working majority in Con-
gress this year.
with your help" the Vice
President said to the women.
I'VE won important victories in
1916. 1850 and 1852.
81 know that If you women
really get out and work we can
win again this year. In 1916.
1850 and 1852 you were fighting
to throw some one out. Now.
fortunately. you have something
constructive to fight for"
Senator Knowland said he be-
lieves the 83d Congress will have
enacted a substantial part Of
President Eisenhower's recon-
mendations before it adjourns.
He listed the enactments to date.
Chairmanships ut Stake.
The Senator pointed out that.
I If Democrats regain control of
Congress. they will take over the
important committee chairman
ships.
This would be a most difficult
position for the Eisenhower adj
ministration," he said. "And.
from the point of view that both
responsibility and power should
go together, it would be detri-
mental to the proper functioning
of our Government in meeting
the domestic and foreign prob
lens in the months ahead"
House Majority Leader Halleck
described the Republican record
| in the last Is months as mag
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ture Secretary Benson asked
that women present from ali
but two States help solve the
joint problem facing both con-
sumers and producers Of farm
commodities. He urged partic-
ularly that they use the dairy
products available in abundance
at low prices.
milk is the most nearly per-
feet food" the Secretary said in
a talk prepared for the confer
ence. 1T is a bargain price-wise
And, just as important, milk is
good"
Predicts Better Balance.
Mr.. Benson confidently pre-
dicted that production and con-
sumption of farm products will
be brought into better balance
as a result of the low prices and
the Governments campaign for
efficiency on the farm. At the
same time. he said. accumulated
stocks can be used.
Vice President Nixon and the
Republican majority leaders OF
the Senate and House helped
whip up campaign fever among
the women at a Congressional
banquet held last night in the
Statler.
All three Of these party spokes-
men emphasized the Importance
OF retaining control of the legis-
lative branch if President Eisen-
hower's program is to be enacted
in full. All expressed conviction
the party can win, and each
urged the women to do their part
to insure 1854 victory at the polls
Vice President Nixon, Senator
Knowland and Representative
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vivor is his father, w. E. Leigh.
ST., of Macon, Ga. was generally
regarded as promising golfer
and after winning the State
Junior Golf Championship twice
had been mentioned for top ma
tional ranking.
The tall bespectacled youth
first entered the University of
Florida, returned here to attend
Florida Southern College and
this year enrolled as a freshman
at the Florida Law School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-08
Fewer German Horses

There are now 1858 200 horses
in the Federal Republic of Ger
many in contrast to 1,541,500 in
1888, a census shows.
Evening star., 1954-12-23
Harrington 10 Oppose
D. D'AIesandroinMarch
BY ihs Associossd Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 23.-T.
Barton Harrington. chairman Of
the Maryland Democratic State
Central Committee. announced
last night he will seek the nomi-
nation for Mayor in the March
primary.
The 57-year-old attorney and
former Speaker Of the House of
Delegates became the NTH
candidate to announce he viii
oppose Mayor Thomas D'Ales-
andro's bid for denomination to
d third term.
Also ii the race are state
Senator Francis x. Dippel. City
Council President Arthur B..
Price. former Council President
George Sellmayer. and Harry
Kemper, East Baltimore grocer.
Besides serving as Speaker Of
the House in 1893. Mr.. Harring-.
ton was assistant attorney gem
eraI ID the mid d-1s40s. He also
served as assistant United States
attorney under Bernard ] Flynn.
Evening star., 1954-12-23
Price Revision Due
After u. S. Releases
Rare Silver Dollars

Coin dealers here may revise
their price lists now that Uncle
Sam has flooded the market
with ''rare" silver dollars.
The mint in Philadelphia re-
vealed yesterday it unknowingly
put some 8 million Of the coins
IN circulation. Silver dollars
are customary Christmas gifts.
and TO meet demands. the mint
pulled some bags from It's vault
and sent them to the Federal
Reserve.
Under law. the sealed bags
can't be opened from the time
they're filled until they reach
the banks. Thus the mint en-
ployes couldn't tell they were
distributing dollars rated as
rare"
The dollars were struck in the
1880s, to back up paper dollars
calling for redemption with "a
silver dollar" Until yesterday,
coin dealers were paying from
So to SIT for them. depending on
their dates.
Evening star., 1954-12-23
|RanlInarskjoId Says
He'll Beg Nothing
sy ths Assoeioied Press

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y.
Dec. 23 United Nations Secre-
tary General Dag Hammarskiold
conferred last night with top
delegates of Britain and India on
his forthcoming mission to Red
China.
He told reporters he could not
discuss any arrangements or de-
tails of his trip to see Premier
Chou En-lai with the aim of get
ting the release of American fly
ers and other U. N. personnel
jailed by the Peiping regime.
One reporter asked If it might
not be humiliating for the chief
executive officer of the U. N. to
60 to Peiping ION his knees"
Mr.. Hammarskjold replied with
some spirit:
I'm not going anywhere to
beg anybody for anything"
His first meeting after his re-
turn from Stockholm was with
Arthur Lall. Indian delegate, for
an hour. He then talked with Sir
Pierson Dixon. British delegate
to the u. NJ. repeatedly about
seeing Sir Anthony Eden, British
Foreign Secretary.
MIR. Hammarskjold declined to
say specifically whether he would
see Indian Prime Minister Nehru
but said that If he went by way
Of New Delhi he would see him.
He said he would be accom-
panied BY Q small group. perhaps
i've or six. and they would be
concerned with political, legal,
and public information matters.
Mr.. Hammarskjold did not say
when he would leave.
Evening star., 1954-12-23
Rest Home Operator
Faces Hearing

The operator of a rest home
on River road. near Potomac.
Md. has been ordered to appear
before the Montgomery County
director of inspections and IL
censes to show cause why her
application for q license renewal
should not be denied.
A hearing has been set for 10
am. next Thursday before Direc-
tor A. Morton Thomas. jr., for
Mrs. Doris Mae Hissey. operator
of the Pine View Rest Home.
Mr.. Thomas said eight def
ciencies were found shortly after
the application for renewal was
made August Is. He added the
deficiencies had not been corr
rected before the inspection
made recently following the
December 8 fire at the Mary
lander Rest Home which resulted
in the death of seven elderly
women.
Evening star., 1954-12-23
Crown Prince Akihito IS 27::
Enjoys Visit With Parents
Protocol Keeps
FomiIy Apart
Most of Yeur

TOKYO. Dec. 2s.-Crown
Prince Akihito. heir to the
worlds oldest throne. enjoyed .
rare get-together with his family
today in celebration Of his 2lst
birthday
Rigid court protocol has sepa-
rated the bright and personable
but lonely crown prince from his
parents since ne was 3 years old.
They see him only . few times
each year.
Prince Akihito once told q
school friend that when he be-
comes Emperor he hopes to
smash the rigid protocol. That
remark repeatedly caused . furry
among his tutors and the Old
Guards of the Imperial House
hold once.
Biggest speculation centers
around the crown princes heart
interest. Sources close to the
prince remain eyasive. But they
are reported in agreement on
one point:
mo one will oppose the choice
of the girl the crown prince falls
in love with"
The newspaper Asahi gave
japanese a few glimpses today
into Akihito's life.
He chats freely with school
friends and sometimes even
clowns with them. But he IS
extremely careful not to talk
about any one girl or hot political
issues. With this exception: He
was critical of government or
'ders to destroy tuna which
showed slight radioactivity.
. Since the order. the govern
rnent has decided the tlna--ex-
posed to H-bomb radiation was
safe. after all.
Raw tuna IS q favorite Akihito
dish. Before he toured the world
last year. Akihito, like his father.
preferred Western to japanese
food. Now he goes for the home
cooking. Which speaks books on
state banquets.
Like his father, Akihit0 avoids
tobacco and liquor.
He likes sports. And the crown
prince currently Is peeyed at
police for giving him the red light
on driving his car along Toxic
Evening star., 1954-12-23
Three Dead in Crash,
Police Car on Way 10
Scene Kills Another

Four persons were killed as 4
result Of two traffic nlishaps near
Upper Marlboro, Nd. last night
three cf them in q tw0-car
collision and the fourth pedes-
trian hit by 3 police car en- route
TO the scene.
Two others were injured. one
lof them critically.
The collision occurred about
7:3O pm. on Route 30l IN Prince
Georges County. three miles
north of Upper Marlboro. Fa-
tally injured were Samuel Biz
tetti, II. of Canton, Mass: his
daughter Mary, 6. and James
Nelson Pitcher. so. OF Broomes
Island. Md.
The pedestrian, George Butler,
So. colored. OF Upper Marlboro.
was struck by police car driven
by State Trooper Bernard L.
Weimar Of the Waldorf barracks
about a mile north of Upper
Marlboro.
The injured were Mr.. Bitetti,s
wife. Margaret B., Al, and son,
Samuel Bitetti. jr.. S. The boy
remained in critical condition
at Prince Georges General Hos
pital today with q ruptured
spleen and other internal in
juries. His mother. also In the
same hospital, is In fair condi-
tion. She suffered face cuts,
shock and possible internal in
juries.
The Bitetti family was headed
south on Route 30l to spend the
Christmas holidays in North
Carolina with Mrs. Bitetti's
family
State police said a car driven
by Mr.. Pitcher was going north
at q high rate of speed" when
it failed to round q curve at the
crest of a hill and went into the
Southbound lane. The car hit
the Bitetti auto in the left
front.
Mr.. Bitetn was pronounced
dead at Prince Georges Hospital
at 1850 pm. His daughted died
at 9:45 pm. and Mr.. Pitcher
was pronounced dead at 9:48
pm.
Mr.. Butler was killed instantly.
Trooper Weimer told his supe-
rior officers that he did not see
the man until he struck him.
Mr.. Butler, they learned, had
just gotten out of a southbornd
car and was crossing the road.
Mr.. Pitcher, who was single,
had been a distributor for The
Star in the Prince Frederick
area since last March. His fam
lily is one of the Oldest in the
Calvert County area around
Broomes Island.
Evening star., 1954-12-23
japanese Who H0wked Life
For SIo5 M0y Take U. S. Aid

hoped for IN addition to helping
the young man. said Mrs. Haag.
IF We can show that little peo-
pie III this country are Interest,"
ed III the difilculties of the little
people ia Japan 1t would be 4
fine manifestation cf the spirit
81 Christmas.
she said so IN small contri-
buttons had been made when
news came that Mr. Horita had
got . Job. Since then fewer do
nations have arrived. but she
said she was confident at least
800 and perhaps $500 could be
raised"
Then, she said, he would have
the burden Of debt on his shoul-
ders and could. in turn. do .
good deed by contributing to
japanese needy when he was
able.
.sBut he can't repay US. There
Is nothing to repay. This win be
Q gift from our people to his
at Christmas"