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The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24
HUNTING A
NEW INDUSTRY

When an industry goes out look
ing for a new location, if it is
q stable operation. its represen-
tatives. as well as representatives
Of the sites under consideration,
must frequently 60 into a mass
of detailed work before the deci-
sion is made
Many people undoubtedly do
not realize what such an under
taking involves.
We were interested in an edi-
torial in The HenderSonville
Times News recently which went
into some detail as to work in
VOWED before General Electric
finally selected HenderSonville as
the site of its huge new Outdoor
Lighting plant.
The survey. conducted without
publicity. as are most such sur
veys because of necessity, took a
year to complete.
We quote a few paragraphs
from the editorial which will give
some idea of what had to be done
by G-E officials and local leaders;
''G-E representatives visited
schols. hospitals, churches, clubs
end recreational facilities; de-
tailed studies Of climate were
made: the tax and financial Struc-
ture of the county and city was
studied: the availability of water
and natural gas was important.
a colored motion picture was
made of the entire Hen6ersonville
area: a labor survey was made
telephone facilities were examin-
ed; communications studied: G.
E. officials subscribed to local
newspapers.
In the end. G-E officials were
probably better informed on
Henderson county than most resi-
dents of the area.
And then. having satisfied
themselves with the background
G-E and Chamber representatives
began the hunt for a definite
plant size. The company wanted
to locate south of Hendersonville
on the Southern Railway and on
q main highway.
First and last. eight prospec-
tive sites we're examined and
geological tests were made or
four of these. Because the plant
and equipment would be heavy
the geological formation of the
site was most important.
Options were obtained by
Duff and his committee on all OF
these sites. in all some SO indivl-
dual options. Contracting this
many people and arranging fol
the options was in itself tre-
mendous job"
Some people probably fail tc
see the Importance OF such loca.
civic programs as Identification
safety, fire prevention, and count
less others devoted TO improving
the general appearance and gen
eral tone of a community.
But when a big industry goes
on a hunt for a new location, a..
of these things. many Of which
might on the surface seem unim-
portant to an industrial operation
are given careful study.
There are things for Gastonia
to remember Ed. Note. Apph-
cable likewise, to Lincolnton) as
the industrial migration south
ward continues to grow by leaps
and bounds tGastonia Gazette)
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

ernment. and service on 1t will
give me an opportunity to con-
tinue my fight against extrav
agance, duplication and un-
necessary spending.
BY the time this is in print, the
House Committees will no doubt
be organized and ready to func-
ton. The legislative process will
then proceed apace and those
who desire action will see plenty
of it.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24
SOME GOOD FOLKS ARE LEFT

We agree with the Dave Records editorial that all
folks are not going to the devil if people might
think and say they Some folks go to ball games some
to picture shows to church, and to school
The conclusion of it all that there are lot of good
folks left in the old world and that's why it hasn't been
DESTROYED long ago.
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TODAY'S SCHEDULES
STAGE

CATHOLIC U.-Dark 1.-THE Rivals" resumes tomorrow
NATIONAL-Dark. "Valour Will Weep with Arthur Ken
needy and Richard Kiey opens tomorrow.
SHUBERT-Dark 1.-THE Boy Friend with 10 Ann Bayless
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Sherwood Prayer
Did Prove to Be
UnforqettubIe

NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (P.-
A strange incident in the play
writing career of Robert E.
Sherwood turned up as the
theatrical profession held a
ceremonial tribute" to the
memory of the author who
died three weeks ago.
1t was told by Raymond
Massey, who starred in Sher-
woods ABE Lincoln in Illi-
nois."
The first lines for that play.
a prayer to be spoken by the
Great Emancipator. Sherwood
jotted down on a paper napkin
in a restaurant. But he had
mislaid the memorandum when
he later sat down to work seri-
ously on the script. Three
thousand miles away in Lon
don and six months later, he
had to try to recreate that
afternoons inspiration.
Some time later. the missing
napkin turned up. and Sher-
wood compared it with the re-
worked prayer. In its several
hundred words, Massey re-
ported. there were only three
words different.
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Gino Has a Pout on Her Pretty Lips
And an Adding Machine in Her Noqqin
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. s.
When I interviewed Gina Lollo-
brigida on the "Trapeze" set in
Paris, was prepared to see
the most beautiful girl in the
world, but / didn't expect to
find the shrewdest Of movie
stars, distaff division.
Gina, aged 81, measurements
36-22-35, was lying on a couch
in her dressing room, with a
heavy covering over her gold
spangled trapeze costume, a
pout on her pretty lips. and
an adding machine in her nog-
gin, as she discussed her con-
tract with Howard Huges and
how much money he will have
to pay her that she can keep,
free of income tax, before she
will sign a new deal with him.
He's Her Everything
When / told her about Jane
Russells 5000, 900 per picture
from Hughes. bells seemed to
go of in her classical head.
But" she almost snapped.
show much can she keep"
A good question. and I had
to admit mot much" Gina is
the highest paid star in Europe.
receiving around $175.000 for
each picture. with practically
no income taxes to pay. But
she was miserable. because
Al it was cold in Paris. and
b she wanted to get back to
her dogs in her villa and
estate on the Appian Way in
Rome, valued at around $780,
900.
(And c. her husband, DR..
Mike Skoflc. who gave up his
doctoring to manage her af-
fairs, was back home. doing
Just that, and she was lonely.
They met when she was an
extra in 1916 and he was In a
displaced persons camp. and
married three years later. OF
Milko she says "He is more
than my husband, he is my
favorite reporter. he is my
personal physician. He is my
exacting tennis coach, he is
my business manager. He is
everything-the keeper of my
luck, my happiness, my well
being"
She Is an Actress
When I asked "Is it true
that you have decided that
sex has gone far enough. that
you are tired Of posing in re-
vealing gowns to sell a pic
ture?" Gina stared for q few
seconds, then nodded en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04

THAT MAD HOLLYWOOD TRAFFIC
INSPIRES A WHOLE COMEDY ACT

HOLLYWOOD H1.-Henny Youngman, king Of the
onelne joke is out here for his movie debut bus
driver in the musical version of 1T Happened One Night
It's key role in the and could we'll open whole
new career for the televon and cafe The only thing
that worries Youngman about the role driving q bus
through Los Angeles traffic for location scenes
There's much traffic here that pedestrians to
get hit by appointment" he quips adding:
THE only to get the other side of HOLLYWOOD
street is to be born there
And have to be careful of children especially
when they driving"
Naturally the jams the Hollywood Freeway came in
for Youngman ribs:
The trafc is so slow, had to leave my twice to
make payments One jam thick that drove three
miles before found out had stolen my motor
You can even hear what the hchkers saying about
you"
And the wealth in Beverly Hills:
I was out there yesterday but would speak to
me. was driving American car "
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rector said See, that's what
! wanted all along"
Shelley flung her arms out
in reenactment Of that mo-
ment and said:
Can I do it now when !
want? Sure, ] found out that
night what I needed. That's
how things are in this busi-
ness.
1T kind of comes to you
over a long period of time,
and suddenly crystalizes."
Shelley, although she has
switched her performing per-
sonality and gone serious. is
still a lively, dynamic bundle
of energy offstage. But she is
determined to keep level
headed about the onstage met
amorphosis.
II don't carry this play.
Ben Gazzara does" she says
with a bow to her leading
man. 81 don't want a vehicle,
maybe not even next year.
You've got to love some
thing to play it. That's what
I want"
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which Shelley suddenly found
on opening night.
Despite everyone's efforts on
tour she was somehow unable
to make her big third act
scene come alive. She also
knew that its effectiveness was
vital to the shows success.
II Crystalizes
But that opening night,
something happened" she ex-
plains. 1T was because of
filters ! guess, and nervous
exhaustion. When that scene
came l exploded. l grabbed
the scene. Afterwards the di-
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Every Time They Broughtonth the Cobro
Confesses Lono, She Was Not Acting

weeks ago we blue-penciled
them the same night and
rushed them back-but so far
nothing. Yet. / guess that's
what love about Mexico. The
day they start going by the
watch the country will lose its
great charm. In America we're
all clock-watchers, and that's
what makes us tense and ner-
vous. In Mexico they don't
know the meaning Of an ulcer"
Asked If daughter Cheryl
had any acting aspirations,
Lana confessed she didn't
know as yet. But I'm sure
she'll do something In the arts.
You know I paint in my spare
time and so does Cheryl. She
particularly likes to work in
water colors. Her apprecia-
ton of color is very rare for a
girl her age.
"She has piano lessons, but
like most busy young girls
doesn't want to take time out
to practice. She's very femi-
nine though--not at all the
tomboy type"
In Mexico, Lana will try to
get a much-needed rest. She
still suffers severe headaches
as a result Of the conclusion
she received last spring in
Acapulco.
Little Can Be Done
There just doesn't heem to
be much that can be done
about them though" Lana Said
ruefully. The specialist told
me that he has no idea when
they'll stop. It's a stabbing
pain and when 1t comes I just
grab anyone handy and hang
on until the dizziness goes
away. And then a lot of the
scenes for Rains were shot
during that dreadful heat wave
we had here-and that didn't
help.
After the first week of
shooting I went home and the
next thing I knew it was late
Sunday night. I don't even re-
member arriving home that
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Friday evening. but apparently
even in that state of near col
lapse took time out to remove
my makeup before going to bed
for when I came out of my
daze late Sunday I discovered
my face was scrubbed and my
hair up in curriers'
One thing / do look for
ward Ito is the day I can go
into semi-retirement. Not that
I don't love working. for I do.
But Lex is the kind of man
who needs a full time wife and
just can't be one and a star
too. I'd like to reach a point
where can work only when
choose"
released By The MAMA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04

MogicoIIy,
SheBecon1e
Actress
BY WILLIAM GLOVER

NEW YORK, Dec. 3 P.-
Shelley Winters won't forget
her big opening night on
Broadway in a hurry.
That was the evening, she
says, when she magically be-
came the dramatic actress she
dreamed of being.
"All of a sudden, a whole
different kind of life has opened
for me-" murmurs Shelley.
rumpling her curls. And I'm
not sure yet what it is. Always
wanting to be an actress and
suddenly passing that mile
somewhere do you go now?"
That the Winters career-at
moments in the past one of
Hollywood's stor1niest - has
reached a new phase seems
clear.
The critics. as well as Shell
ley, say so. They poured forth
praise for her artistry in the
new boxoffice success at the
Lyceum, "A Hatful Of Rain" E
Quite q Fortnight
It is a drama which treats
of the horrors of narcotics ad-
diction, and Shelley portrays
the wife of a doomed victim.
Strong stuff indeed and one
more example of Broadway's
current fixation on serious
scripts.
Altogether, it has been quite
a Shelley Winters fortnight on
the White Way. for two of her
most recent films arrived to
flank her stage debut. Ironi-
cally, the screen critics were
less unanimous over her tai
ents in at least one case than
were the drama pundits.
The new movie roles, as well
as "A Hatful of RAIN" are de-
liberate efforts by the 81
year-old actress from East st.
Louis to escape typecastlng.
A Strange Career
"I've been taking parts that
aren't leads because ! want
to expand my acting range.
My movie career was strange.
My roles were one of the rea-
sons for my reputation as tenn
permental."
During her seven year film
contract Shelley studied seri-
Gus dramatics with Charles
Laughton, came to New York
to study in the Actors Studio
and yearned for Broadway.
The young kids now aren't
signing those long movie con-
tracts" she says. They're
smart. The movies think they
make the stars. They don't.
The public does"
Something Happened
Three years ago, Shelley,
despite her Broadway am
bition, turned down a role,
then deliberately went to the
midwest to work in stock.
When her current part came
along, she persuaded the pro-
ducer to open ''far away"
from Broadway on the tryout
tour-and to stay on the road
four and a half weeks instead
of the planned two before
coming in.
That brings us to the magic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. s.
When her fans view a fright
ened. snivering Lana Turner
ciinging to Richard Burton in
a safari scene in THE Rains
of Ranchipur," they'll probably
say. 8. what a fine piece
of acting" Actually, while
Lana Is an actress, she wasn't
kidding a mite in this parti-
cular bit.
Every time they brought
out that cobra. I died." she
confesses. 1T was the one
scene / dreaded. There's al
ways something in a picture
an actress dislikes and this one
was it for me. I was so happy
when it was over"
So what happened? Lana
was called back to 20th-Fox
for retakes of just one scene
the dreaded one in which she
comes face to face with a
cobra.
Now She's Free
That's the way it goes"
she sighed. TITS all a part Of
the business I love, so why
complain? I'm glad though
I've been saving up my time
off between pictures and now
I'll be free until after the New
Year and perhaps even longer
since I don't think MGM has
anything lined up for me"
Lex Barker, her husband,
has just finished a picture. 80
We can spend the holidays in
Mexico. We've never done it
before as I've always thought
of Christmas as a time you
had your tree and gifts in your
own home, but I think it might
be exciting to do something
different this year. And Cheryl
cher 10-year-old daughter)
loves it down there, too.
WED hoped to have our
new plans for the Acapulco
house by now" she said. But
you know how 1t is down there.
everything Is 'manana. When
we got the first plans a few
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04
BY JAY CARMoDY
All. December.

faIl, DeCeIilD6I.
That's the month on whose
last Sunday the country's film
reviewers come up with their
last judgments of the years
movies. This is a tradition of
which, unlike drama criticism,
there are not so many that
the film critic can afford to
play fast and loose with one
so basic.
And so it is that on the
first Sunday of this month of
judgment. the reviewer begins
to thumb over his memories
of IL months of movies. His
memories, and whatever of
records there are readily avail
able,
OF how many pictures did
he write since last January
that this one "is certain to
end up on all 10-best lists?"
This Is a faithful cliche that
is always waiting to serve its
masters in their bursts of en-
thusiasm, sometimes for pro-
auctions whose single merit is
that they are not as dull as
a dozen others the critic has
recently seen. It's reckless use
through a year--if anyone but
himself ever bothered to check
might very well leave man
with more certain best" pic
lures than a list of 10 could
accommodate.
That Other Doubt
Once treasured that he has
not already committed himself
to too many best pictures, the
critic abandons self doubt in
favor of another kind. Were
there 10 best pictures? Did the
studios, in Hollywood and
abroad. produce enough to sup
ply the traditional list four
Sundays hence?
A quick Through of titles
is comforting on this score.
There will be plenty of candi-
dates from which to choose.
The current year. indeed, has
been a vintage one in an al
ways sure-f1re classification.
"Sure-fire" so far as the critics
Self-respect is concerned, but
not always with reference to
the merit of the pictures in
the category itself.
This would be melodrama
which presented the years
most controversial pictures.
There was blackboard
Jungle" for one. It kicked up
a storm of protest that had in
ternational echoes. Beyond a
doubt, it made more people
think Ill of Hollywood than
any other message picture of
the year. At the same time.
it made more people think and
MGM, the producing studio,
found some so1ace in that.
Another Hot One
1t was the same studio which
presented Trial" a blunt
study of race prejudice and its
Communist exploitation, before
the echo of the other pictures
fury had subsidized. BY chance.
Glenn Ford played the lead
in both pictures and if he does
not get an Academy Award
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phatically and said. Il don't'
need that kind of publicity.
/ am an actress" Following
"Trapeze," she stars with
Anthony Quinn in a remake
of THE Hunchback of Notre
Dame" Like Marilyn Monroe,
Gina can have almost any pic
ture she wants and II she
doesn't get together with
Hughes on the new deal, there
isn't q studio in Hollywood
that wouldn't give her what
she wants.
Gina is famous for her feuds
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and her lawsuits--she has
about 10 of the latter going
right now. II you want to
make her really mad, try
swapping an unauthorized
photograph of her-a man
tried to do SO the day I was
on the set, and did the fur
f1yl
There was one time. how
ever, that she didn't sue. 1t
happened shortly before my
arrival in Paris. And indiffer-
ence TO the insult was q sur
See GRAHAM, Page E-2
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THE PASSING SHOW
It's q Big, Hot Race
For 1O-Best Honors

I1OInlnaJl0n IOr MS acClQg, IL
will be astonishing.
A third irresistible candi-
date among the Inelodramas,
and one that may beat out
both those mentioned, is The
Desperate Hours" Together
the three constitute quite a
cushion for the reviewers to
fall back upon at l0-best time.
None Of these, however, is
the strongest candidate for
the number one spot among
the years films. The strong
bet to make a sweep of the
welter of honors remains
Marty" This slice of life, a
Bronx butchers life of all pos
sible ones. is more than a sem
timental fayorite among the
1855 films. Artistically. It's
position is as strong at this
point as was that Of ION The
Waterfront" at the same time
last year.
Musicals Have Merit
Like the melodramas, the
seasons musicals averaged out
higher than in any year since
AN American in Paris"
stunned everyone by ending
up the best picture of its year.
There is "Oklahoma!" for
one, although it will not have
been shown here and conse-
quently will be ineligible for
Washington lO-best lists.
However, Guys and Dolls"
is here and nothing could be
more cheerful. And, some time
ago but unforgettably, there
was Love Me Or Leave Me-"
Ruth Fittings life story
brought to the screen unre-
touched in its innate vigor
as a real life guys and dolls
story. Another candid musical
was interrupted Melody" the
unidealized screen biography
OF Marjorie Lawrence whose
opera career was so savagely
disrupted by infantile paralysis.
incidentally, Glenn Ford
played the lead in this picture
also. creating for a time at
mld-season the impression
that he was in every good
movie.
A fourth musical, and a quite
unpretentious one that merits
consideration among the years
top films, is Its Always Fair
Weather" Unlike all the other
candidates so far mentioned.
this one was not as popular
with audiences as with review
ers, but in choosing their To-
bests. the latter are not in
f1uenced by boxoffice.
westerns Scarce
Westerns, recently dominant
type. ran thin in 1855 but
Bad Day At Black Rock"
will turn up on a majority of
year-end honor lists.
And on some, but not this
departments. it is likely that
James Stewards Man From
Laramie" will do the same.
There will be several cork
ing comedies clamoring for
their place on Decembers last
Sunday. Mister Roberts" lis
the one most certain not to
be denied its niche, and one
near the top at that. THE
Seven Year Itch" will be in
there, too, to do battle against
the melodramas, which some.
how always have an edge on
lighter fare.
THE Tender Trap" which
takes its own laughable look
at the relations between the
sexes will be in the competi-
ton. although not as strongly
perhaps as the much more
original and droll, The Sheen
Has Five Legs" Two other
entrants in this category are
Alfred Hitchcock's mocking.
off-beat THE Trouble With
Harry and The Man Who
Loved Redheads."
With such others as African
Lion" THE Glass Slipper"
Bar Sinister" and THE
Shrike," why it's a cinch this
year.
All a man has to do is re.
duce these to 10.
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COMING ATTRACTIONS
STAGE

NATIONAL-"Valour Will Weep" with Arthur Kennedy,
starting tomorrow.
sHUBERT-"The Boy Friend" starting December 10.
SCREEN
AMBASSADOR-"Queen Bee" with Joan Crawford.
CAPITOL-"Man With the Cum with Robert Mitchum and
Karen Sharpe. starting Thursday
COLONY-"Too Young for Love" with Fernand Gravel
COLUMBIA-"Honky Tonk" and Billy the Kid"
MacARTHUR-"Ihe Good Die Young with Joan Collins and
Lawrence Harvey.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bee" with Joan Crawford.
ONTARIO-"Svengal" with Hidegarde Neff and Terence
Morgan.
PALACE-"The Spoilers" with Baxter and Chan
dler. starting Thursday.
PLAYHOUsE-Artists and Models with Martin and
Jerry Lewis.
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SCREEN

AMBASSADOR-"I Died Thousand Times; ITO, 315,
500. TBS and 9:35 pm
CAPITOL-"The Tender Trap; 1:15 1920, $780, TAO and
945 pm.
CoLONY-"Tempes in the Flesh" 215. 4:o5 g. 7:5o and
GAS pm.
CoLUMBIA-"Stranger Horseback: 1915 ass, 435 800
805 and $50 pm.
DUPoNT-"The Trouble With Harry: 1:1o $780, $780, 1:s5
and Gas pm.
KEITHS-Guys and Dolls; H. $780, S, 7:3O and 10 pm
LTTTLE-"The Sheep Has Five Legs l. 2:45 4:30 615,
and GAS pm.
MacARTHUR-The Bellies of St. Tr1nIans"; @ 1885, SIS,
and 1905 pm
INTERCOLLEGIATE Died Thousand Times; 3:15 5:25,
7:35 and 9:45 pm
oNTARIo-"Footsteps Fog" l. 245 AGO. SIS and
9:55 pm.
PALACE-Cood Morning, Miss Dove" 1:1O 800 $780, 745
and 9:55 pm
PLAYHOUSE-"The African Lion; 1925 3:10 5, $50, 8:35
and 1925 pm.
PLAZA 1.-THE Dam Busters; 1880, $780, $780, 1880 and
$50 PM
TRANs-LUx-"The Desperate Hours; /. 800 $685. 7:45
and 955 pm.
wARNER-"Cinerama Holiday; O. and $50 pm.
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SericeNews
Little Cabinet Wife Sets Fete

portation Corps. Last evening
at the Officers Club, Fort Les
ley j. McNair more than 800
members Of the Corps and
their wives enjoyed the music
of Dick Bailey's orchestra.
Col. and Mrs. Charles w.
Elliott had charge of this
event. sponsored by the Wives
Club of the Corps. Assisting
were 1t. Col. and Mrs. Lowell
H. Powers, 1t. Col. and Mrs.
Earle M. Hamilton. WAC Mai.
Lila A. HOPPE, and Maj. and
Mrs. Franklin Donahue.
Enjoying the buffet were
Col. and Mrs. Vernon john
son. the former is president
Of the Wives Club. Also asked
were the Chief of Transports
ton Maj. Gen. Paul F. Yount
and Mrs. Yount. Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. Bertram F. Hayford. Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. Evan M. House.
man, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Ed
mund c. r. Lasher.
Conodions Entertoin
Rear Admiral Harry George
DeWolf, Royal Canadian Navy
and Mrs. DeWolf entertained
Thursday at a 6-to-8 party in
their home.
Their daughter Miss Suzette
DeWolf could not be home for
the party: She's a student at
McGill University and does not
expect to be in Washington
until the early part of sum-
mer.
Mrs. Leslie E. Pierson, wife
of 1t. Col. Pierson entertained
Thursday at a coffee" The
guests we're. for most rart