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Evening star., 1955-02-28

With never a word spoken save
the lyrics Of Tippy Stringer's
songs. Acts are not intro
duced, which may distress mas
ters-of-ceremonies, but delights
audiences. Which never
really needed to be told that
singing violins are singing vio-
Inns, Spanish dancers are Span
ish dancers, and that three girls
playing solos on a basSoon,
French horn and clarinet is very
funny musical comedy. j.. When
was the last time you saw, or
even heard Of. a girl who could
play a bassoon, French horn. or
clarinet? That's what the
Blue Room was up against when
it went looking for the type. &.
Took weeks to find them. .
The shows, put together for six
weeks runs. are the size of small
musicals. cost fortune to stage
and costume, and are still worth
it.
An echo of Las Vegas, the
most fabulous spot on the night
life map any where today. will
be turning up at the Casino
Royal tonight. It's Mae
West. She'll stay week, with
the show with which she took
the Las Vegas tourist away from
the gaming tables.
And, further evidence of the
new energy apoupding in places
where drama critics have been
too busy to look recently. is the
booking of Lisa Kirk into the
Statler at an early date. The
lanky girl who came out of kiss
Me. Kate" a star has Just closed
her most triumphant engage
ment at the Plaza's Persian
Room. Of which Hildegarde so
long was Queen. Last time
around here, Miss Kirk opened
the Cartons season That was
two years ago.
\
ADDENDA: Howard Universe
tvs "Finian's Rainbow" a SELL
out for its five scheduled per-
formances two weeks ago, will
have to be revived. The
musical. directed by Owen Dod-
son. and featuring James w.
Butcher. Ilene johnson, and
James Brown. will be offered
for two more performances this
week end at the universiry'S
Little Theater. Friday and
Saturday are the nights; curtain
$3.50. Aside to David r.
Boltz, Georgetown University:
Thanks for Our lifetime SUBJ
scription to The Hoya That
was an ably written piece.
Thanks, too. for calling our at
tention to "The Petrified Forest"
production on Thursday and
Friday nights of this week.
"Sholom Aleichem" goes into
its third hit week at Arena Stage
tomorrow night. Its popular
ity has dictated the addition of
ity has dictated the addition of
an extra matinee on Sunday,
6, for the benefit of
those unable to attend evening
or regular matinee performances.
. The plays regularly sched-
uled run already has been ex-
tended two weeks, to March q.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Hollywood
Betty and Soph Pair
In Formers Comeback
-Bv Sheiloh Grohom

HOLLYWOOD.
Frank Sinatra's parents cele-
brated their 42d wedding ami
versary, and frankie gave them
a 1855 Cadillac. Nice to be
Frankie's mother. And just
as nice to be Rock Hudson's Sis
ter. Judith Anderson will be that
in Giant" for George Stevens.
When Betty Hutton opens
at the Beachcornber in Miami
next month, sharing the top
spot with her will be Sophie
Tucker, who by the way, has been
talking to Judy Garland about
playing her life story on the
screen. That scream you heard
was from Miss Hutton, who
should be Mrs. Alan Livingston
any minute now.
The jagged edge is showing in
the Jack Palance-Shelley Win
ters Jagged Edge" picture at
Warmers. I once told Shelley
when she started throwing things
around. take it easy. you'll live
longer" But I don't think Shell
ley knows how to take it easy.
Humphrey Bogart by the
way, is quieting down consider
ably. And I like him better this
way. One of my spies at the
airport saw Sonia Henie and
Liberace taking off for her ranch
at Oceanside. Sonia has
agreed to make a TV pilot. And
that's why she went to New York
last week, then Palm Beach for
O day and night, then back to
Hollywood-and Liberace.
X X X 4
Jean Simmons, alone again be-
cause Stewart Granger will be
film making "Bhowani Junction"
In India for three months, has
Evening star., 1955-02-28

1.-THE most beautiful woman in
the world" And she hates it.
I'D rather be called the most
impossible woman in the world" !"
Ursula told them. Well she Ger
tainly isn't that.
Linda Darnell hasn't entirely
forsaken Hollywood for Italy.
New Mexico and New York.
She'll be back here in May for
Rebel in the Town" for Aubrey
Schenck and Howard Koch.
Meanwhile the rumors of prob
lens in her marriage continue.
tReleased by NANA.)
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Current YOUNG
Have Own Ideas
BY the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD

Director Mervyn Leroy's son
recently directed a Stanford
musical. So impressed was
Mervyn with the performance
that he decided to turn to
American universities in
search of talent.
Word got out and he found
himself flooded with letters
from $50 campuses. Typical
Of the letters is this one:
1T would help a lot" a Vir-
ginia student wrote. IF you
Evening star., 1955-07-31
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-05
Rodio Star Moy Be Center
Of Milky Way Galaxy

through which no light can pene-
trate. Hence it has been assumed
in the past that this center would
remain forever invisible and its
| structure unknown.
The Naval Research Laboratory
astronomers have been able to
pick up radio waves with a wave
length of 81 centimeters from
this direction. This particular
wave length is known to be
emitted by hydrogen atoms
which have absorbed radiation
of other wave lengths and the
line has properties which enable
the astronomers to make esti-
mates of the distance of the ulti-
mate source.
The observations agree in gen.
eral with the position estimated
for the long-sought galactic GEN.
ter. At present. however. they
yield little information of the
actual structure of this center,
except that it is an intensely
radiating object or group of OBJ
jects.
The observations were report
ed by Drs. A. E. Lilley, E. F. Nc
Claim, F. T. Haddock and T. P.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-05
School Board
Selections Near

The U. s. District Court for the
District of Columbia probably
will act within the next two weeks
on three appointments to the
District Board of Education. ac-
cording to Judge James r.
Kirkland.
Judge Kirkland heads a three
judge committee which is now
considering whether to reappoint
three board members, whose
terms expire June 30. He said
yesterday the committee will
meet either this week or early
next week to decide, and pass its
recommendations on to the full
panel of judges for action.
Recently Judge Kirkland an
nounced that he was anxious to
get suggestions from citizens
groups by May l as to likely
candidates. He said he particu-
larly would like to have some
names from the Southeast sec
ton.
His Office has received about
rs letters and a total of 80
names, the judge said.
Asked whether he thinks his
committee will recommend re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-05

which the solar system was ere
ated. There are several kinds Of
lead in the earth's crust-a mi
mute amount being the isotope
which is created by the disinte-
grafton of uranium. Since the
rate of this disintegration is
known q comparison of lead iso-
tope and uranium content of q
rock gives an approximate age
for the specimen.
The meteorites are such mi
mute fragments of coSmic matter
that it can be assumed they have
changed little since they con-
solidated as parts of the present
solar system, An average OF
many uranium lead studies
gives them an age of about a
billion years greater than that
of the earth's crust.
The process of crust forma-
ton is obscure but the evidence
indicates. the Columbia geolo-
gists reported, that it must have
required close to billion years
to form.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-05
BY THOMAS r. HENRY
Science Editor of The Star

Detection of a radio star"
which may be the center of the
hundred-billion star Milky Way
galaxy, of which the solar sys-
tenn is minute part. was re-
ported to the International
Scientific Radio Union meeting
at the Bureau of Standards to-
day by Naval Research Labora-
tory scientists.
This center, it is known, lies
in the direction of the southern
constellation of Sagittarius, the
archer. Presumably it is a dense
aggregation of hot stars at the
nucleus of a system which, by
comparison with other galaxies
now visible in large telescopes,
is pictured as like coiled watch
spring. The solar system is in
one of the spiral arms of this
spring several light years-or
the distance traversed in a year
by light moving at about 1876, 900
miles a second-from the center.
Between earth and this nucleus
of the coil there are vast dust
clouds. millions of miles thick,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-05
Rhodesiu Records
10000 EIephunts

Southern Rhodesia now has
10000 elephants. the greatest
number ever recorded there, and
means to keep them.
Ten men are being trained
specially to look after them and
police are increasing vigilance to
prevent illegal shooting, Bula-
wayo reports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-05

Mccullough of the laboratory
staff.
With another wave length they
reported detection of seven other
point sources of radiation in the
heavens. at least one of which
may lay just outside the Milky
Way galaxy. The work is di-
rected In general toward better
understanding. of the structure
of the galaxy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-05
Meteorites0ffer
TiptoEarth Age

The planet earth's maximum
age is about So billion years.
It's crust. the few miles of light
rocks which overlie its basal
surface cannot be much more
than 4 billion years old.
This was reported to the
American Geophysical Unioa
meeting here yesterday by DrS.
George L. Bates and ]. Insur-
ance Kulp of Columbia Univer-
sity after an intensive analysis
Of lead in meteorites from space
and from the oldest known parts
of the earth's crust.
It is assumed that the shoot
ing star" fragments represent
the chemical composition of the
original diffuse matter out of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-05
LATEST EXCUSE
FOR SPEEDING:
CHARGE BATTERY

DETROIT up. - Trafic
Referee John NJ. Wise
thought he had heard every
thing, until Tuesday when q
woman motorist came up
with a new excuse for
speeding.
Mrs. Espynola Fuller, 20.
testified she was doing 80
miles an hour but only to
charge her car battery.
She was fined $75 and
told not to drive for two
months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-05
140 coIors Woven

Woods Of 40 different oolors
are woven In Q tapestry panel
completed by Mrs. II. Combrink
Of Germiston. South Africa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-05

appointing one or all Of the
present members, Judge Kirk
land said he didn't know.
The board members whose
three-year terms are expiring
are Miss Mary H. Parker, West
A. Hamilton and Walter N.
Tobriner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-05

Miss Gertrude Charlotte Hue
of Box Hill. England, left q So
900. 900 estate on which the death
duties totalled 5000. 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01

the charge when considering a sentence
in q criminal case. This may have been
"slipshod" reporting and It may have
been inaccurate. But judges should not
be permitted to use their contempt power
to punish those who may be guilty Of
such failings.
As Chief Judge Gray pointed out. the
test of contempt with respect to a pub
lished article is whether it presents q
clear and present danger to the admin
istration of justice. If 1t does, those re-
sponsible for the article are properly
subject to punishment. II not, judge
has no right to invoke the contempt
power merely because he has been Of
Tended or annoyed. In this instance,
Judge Marbury overreached himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
Seizure Is Not Necessary

The essential difference between the
transit bill approved by the Senate and
the House bill up for consideration today
Is this:
The Senate bill includes power for
the Commissioners to seize and operate
the company. The reason for the seizure
provision was that the company might
refuse to permit or seek to block the use
OF its facilities and services in the year
ensuing before its franchise ended. The
House bill takes cognizance Of the recent
offer Of the company to surrender its
franchise at the end Of the year, and in
the meantime to operate the company
without profit to the owners, provided the
Commissioners assume responsibility for
meeting the unions demands and absorb
ing the resultant losses, which the COM
pany asserts It cannot do.
Under either bill the Commissioners
are free to make any deal with the union
necessary to get the men back to work.
Under either bill the public, in the end,
must pay the difference. There is no
longer any dispute over the franchise.
There is no longer any question about OPP
Grating the company in the ensuing year.
There is no longer any doubt that Wolfson
will get out of town.
The question is how to pay the union
off and get the men back to work. AS the
Commissioners have as much power to
deal with the union under the House bill
as they have under the Senate BILL seizure
offers no advantages. But If authorized
or exercised, 1t promises a host Of legal
and other difficulties and establishes a
dangerous precedent. BY all means 1t
should be avoided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
Satisfied Taxpayer

I am an employee of the
United States Government.
Recently I received my first
paycheck. my first check for
the work done on my first job.
I completed high school this
summer and am bound for coll
lege next fall.
Deducted from this prize
check Of mine was the afro
cious sum of $14. or so I
thought then. To myself I
exclaimed $14. for what? Then.
I stopped and thought. What
a small price I was paying for
the priceless benefits I receive
from my home land! My free
dom, isn't this worth much
more than $l4 to me? You
bet it isl
God bless America. and may
He forgive me for overlooking
the blessing bestowed. This
made me realize so much more
than ever just what this Won
derful Government Is doing for
me. It is really my hope that
this small amount of money
and large amount of prayers
that come from this great
lands people will ever keep
the Stars and Stripes shining
on the land of the free and
the home of the brave"
Elizabeth j. Knots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
The. Talks with Chino
our ambaSsadorial d

Our anbaSSadorial discussions with
Communist China, beginning at Geneva
today, will get under way against the
background of an interesting speech by
Premier Chou En-lai.
Senator George, who has pressed for
negotiations with the Reds, is quoted as
saying that Mr.. Chou sounded concilia-
tory" in his remarks This is cautious
enough comment, and other American
officials probably will be even more wary.
But the fact remains that a certain
measure of encouragement may be taken
from the reports Of the speech which
have been published In this country.
Certainly the Chinese Premier's COM
ments tend to prepare more favorable
climate for the Geneva discussions than
that which prevailed four months ago,
when it looked as though we were on the
verge of war in the Formosa Strait.
With this said, however, 1t should be
emphasized that there is little reason
to expect definitive settlements to emerge
from Geneva. The Peiping radio says the
II captive American flyers will be re-
leased. And 1t may be that an arrange
ment will be worked out for the liberation
of the 40 American civilians being held in
Communist China. It will be surprise
indeed, however, II anything more than
start Is made on the other outstanding is
sues.
Chief among these, at least in the
popular view, is the matter Of q formal
cease-fire in the Formosa theater. A lot
Of horse-trading will have to be done,
however, before the Communists enter
into any formal agreement which would
oblige them to accept the establishment
Of the Nationalist regime on FormoSa.
Since, as a practical matter, Formosa
cease-fire is in effect, and since the Com
munists do not appear to have the means
to take Formosa by force, 1t may be that
some kind Of arrangement recognizing
the status quo can be worked out.
No one should suppose, however, that
this would dispose Of the real issues. In
the background would remain such ques-
tions as the trade embargo, American
recognition Of Red China and It's adn1is-
sion to the United Nations. In time,
these barriers to a settlement will have
to- be cleared away But even assuming,
as seems to be the case, that the Russians
are pressing their Chinese allies to adopt
a more conciliatory line. these major
problems are not going to be solved at
the meeting which begins today, or at
any time In the near future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
Boycott Proposed

I'm not a vindictive person
but it seems to me the etc
could and should be taught a
good lesson. We the people
have managed to get along
without their service for nearly
month and we should con-
tinue on as we have in the
past weeks after they start
running their streetcars and
buses. Perhaps that would
convince them that their fare
isn't fair now. II they use the
excuse Of a pay raise to raise
the fare they should be shown
they aren't as vitality important
as they would have US think.
I hate strikes and have yet
to see any good come from one
Of them. but this one couldn't
happen to a more deserving
company.
Mrs. Frank Corcoran.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
How About Jitneys?

Jitneys have operated sue
cessfully in Atlantic City, N. j.,
along Pacific avenue. adjacent
to the ocean. for years. They
carry about ID passengers
seated, charge Is cents and
take on and discharge passen-
gers quickly all along the
route. The much slower street.
cars compete along parallel
Atlantic avenue.
It seems the present bus sys-
TEN for short hauls within the
city limits is outmoded. Their
clumsy maneuvering slows
down traffic in congested areas.
A shuttle system to the down.
town area of jitneys from diff
ferent angles surely would boil
ster trade. To park in an out
lying residential area and be
whisked downtown, while COM
fortably seated in conveyance
similar to those used in At
lantic City. would be ideal.
The fare would probably be
Is cents each way. They re-
quire no more space than a
large car or taxicab.
Hopeful Motorist. \
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01

An essentially everlasting
lamp has been devised BY Navy
physicists.
It needs no batteries, no
fuel. It's green light continues
undiminished for years. This
light Is strong enough to en-
able Q person with normal
eyesight to walk around in the
dark or read o newspaper.
The principle Is about the
same as that Of the familiar
luminous watch or clock dial.
but the light Is much stronger
and the lifetime much longer.
In the luminous dial. the
markers. such as watchS or
clock hands, are coated with
small amounts of o radium
compound mixed with zinc sui
phide. Usefulness is quite lin
tied. Luminescence Is low. It
lasts for years, but gets fainter
and fainter. Still. says DR.. L.
j. Boardman Of the Naval Re-
search Laboratory in q Navy
report Just issued, 1t was about
the best that could be obtained
In this way until some Of the
more recent radioactive iso-
TOPICS Of elements produced in
atomic energy plants.
OF special significance is the
isotope strontium 90. It emits
streams Of beta rays, or cleo
irons. When these hit the
crystals Of zinc sulphide a
green light is produced, very
similar to that Of the radium
dial but 10 times as bright as
the light Of the full moon on
q clear night. When larger
amounts Of strontium 90 are
added to the mixture blue or
red light can be produced but
they are somewhat less salts
factory than green light.
A drawback Of the radium
dial, DR.. Boardman explains,
Is that the zinc sulphide
crystals are excited to lumines-
cence by heavy alpha par
ticles which tend to destroy
tn EN- rapidly. Hence the
amount Of the radium COM
pound used must be kept very
low. The soft electrons do not
destroy the crystals. or only at
q much slower rate. Hence,
many-fold greater amounts Of
strontium 30 can be used with
consequently greater illumi-
nation.
There are many uses for the
new isotope lamp. both civil
ian and military. The Second
World War was a war Of dark
ness. One of the features
which most distinguished it
from all other wars was the
'blackout" all over Europe, for
protection against air raids.
The flashlight was necessary
for everybody who ventured
outdoors after dark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
Business Is Good

Now that the figures are official, it
Is hardly surprising to read that the
Nations manufacturing enterprises piled
up higher profits after taxes for the first
quarter Of 1855 than for any three-month
period since early 1851. The Securities
and Exchange Commission and the Fed
eral Trade Commission report jointly that
corporation earnings-at $3.3 billion-for
the first quarter of this year were 8 per
cent above those Of the preceding quarter
and 20 per cent above the comparable
period in 1854. Even more gratifying is
the evidence in the form of individual
company statements that the upward
trend in net earnings continued undated
during the three months ended last June
30. There are no signs now, at least, of
any important reversal In this calendar
year-even though the summer quarter
statistics may, as they often do, reflect
seasonal slowing down.
Actually, our economy has been in
boom cycle" through most Of the post
World War II decade. Twice in those 10
years we have made the transition from
"war to peace" without suffering q busi-
ness slump Of any serious depth and the
latest analyses Of the 1953-54 recession
indicate now that it was overestimated.
Since 1850, of course a high rate of Gov
eminent expenditures for defense pur-
poses has been major factor but it has
not been the only important one in the
prosperity curve A rapidly expanding
population, the development Of thousands
of new products and an increasing pro-
ductivity through mechanization in in
dustry all have played significant parts.
At the SINE time, there is obvious
merit in some of the authoritative words
of caution being expressed today. Even
a basically healthy economy needs an
occasional breathing spell" during long
upward rush. There is, in effect, kind
of intoxication in period of prolonged
rosperity-particularly as 1t may be re-
Elected In sharply increased buying Of
consumer goods. Accordingly, there Is
Soundness in such warning as that
expressed in recent Business Week
editorial. Business is good" the maya
zine comments, 80 good that in the long
run it may be too good. -. . Our phenome-
nal rate of growth can create rl1aladjust-
ments that will inevitably bring on de-
cline. We have always been haunted by
the cyclical pattern of boom and
bust. :. Our ability to avoid serious
downturn depends on preventing the dis
tortions that arise when an infiationary
pressure is heaped on top Of an already
vigorous BOOM"