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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-02-02
|Callahan's Column
So This Is New York
BY NORTH CALLAHAN

L
When they were children, DR..
and Mrs. Mason Hicks lived
right across the street from each
other in lockwood, Tennessee,
and didn't pay too much atten-
ton to each other. He came to
New York to study medicine
and later she came to explore
the opportunities for a musical
career. They met again, here in
this Stdange, big place, and it
was good to see somebody from
home. Just good enough that
they eventually got married.
Now he is prominent local
physician, and she a charming
and talented wife who still finds
time occasionally to sing folk
songs in a naturally sweet voice
before informal groups of
friends.
Harnett Kane, the genial, dyn-
annie author from down Louisi-
ana way, was in town to appear
on a television program in con-
nection with his popular book,
Spies for the Blue and Gray"
and he needed some Confederate
money, Harnett realizes, but to
require some Of that genuine
Rebel green stuff here in this
Yankee land is even worse.
Harnett had some at home-but
little good that did. So he started
out going from one curio shop
to another. and it took him four
hours-thiS guy Kane can do
more in four hours than most
folks do in fourteenth find
some on 9Th Avenue, and then
they wouldn't sell it TO him. He
had had to rent it at 81 each
Confederate bill. Quipped Harm
EFT: Its price is rising higher
land higher - and apparently the
South itself is rising again"
Went over to the General
Motors Motoranna ct the Waldorf
md was Smitteen by the dazzle
and beauty of the new cars. |
must say that this company does
blng-up job with The annual
display o. their new cars here
Paul Garrett, Ken Youcl ant
o. >t""gcl even set up a pcrss
Headquarters in a special suite
and it seemed that every news
paper man in town was there.
I received guest card Number
.. aoetical order, sup
-. .H,y'Ve gone and done il
~. I found on looking at the
"tD .'..w. Put television in a
/ Al q. Is column mentioned such
.'itv months ago. Only
Evening star., 1955-05-15
NEW YORK.

49, "
The way Broadway's Gwen
Verdon figures, this sexy siren
stuff is a droll romp.
"Just plain funny" says
Gwen, carrot-topped star of
the hit musical comedy. Damn
Yankees"
AS a temptress named Lola,
she struts, sings and finally
does a strip in the show that
had critics describing her as
both the most glamorous and
the most humorous lady on
Broadway. One summed up by
declaring Miss Verdon makes
sex simultaneously sensuous
and hilarious.
Gwen submits the opinion
that every bona flde femme
fatale is chuckling up her
satin sleeve.
Seduction scenes in shows
always break me up," says the
Irish lass from Culver City,
Calf. I'm no more overheard
in my dancing than the vamps
were in the old silent movies.
They must have been laughing
or they couldn't have acted.
Or maybe we've changed.
Away Seven Years
Anyway exotic eroticism is
just plain funny"
Gwen - sometimes known
backstage as Red-quit her
dancing career for seven years
a while back and returned
only to be a choreographer.
During the hiatus, she mar
ried and had a son, James
O'Farrell Henaghan, now IL
and the obvious light of her
life.
Her marriage broke up, how
ever. and Miss Verdon en-
listed in the studio of West
Coast dancer Jack Cole. She
became his assistant when a
girl named Carol Haney left
him. Miss Haney is now an
other Broadway star in PA
jana Game"
A PerfectiOnist
A hard working perfection
list, she thinks that after
Damn Yankees" - which
should be around quite a
while-sheIl have lone more
musical in me" and then re-
tire to directing.
IT don't want people COM
ing around and saying -
You should see how she used
to Dance" she says.
Although Damn Yankees"
concerns baseball. Miss Ver-
don has never seen a game.
Evening star., 1955-05-15
YuI Brynner Now Proves
|Cue-BoII Pate Romantic
By JAMES BACON
Associated Press Stan Writer

dom enthusiastic, wrote Of
Brynner: "He has more sex ap-
peal than any star in Holly
wood or the theater."
Secretaries Sigh
A male columnist tabled
him: "Mr. Personality"
The secretaries on the Para
mount lot, a true testing
ground for any stars appeal
with women, sigh when he en-
ters the commissary.
A veteran cop, in charge Of
studio tours, comments:
Haven't seen anything like
1t since Valentino"
Brynner, himself, comments:
II never could see where hair
or the lack of it-had any
thing to do with a mans ap-
peal to women"
It's by Choice
Oddly, Brynner wouldn't
have to be bald II he didn't
want to be. He's been that way
by choice for the last five years.
Il have a good head of hair
but I keep it shaved-every
three days as a matter of fact"
Actually, his work has had
something to do with it. He
played the bald-headed king
for four years in "The King
and l."
Then Cecil B. DeMille signed
him for the role of the Phar-
oah, Rameses II, in THE Ten
Commandments"
II learned that the Egyp-
tian kings shaved their heads
every three days just like
do. I am all for it. It's so
comfortable"
DeMille didn't require him
to shave his head. Even a
director as overwhelming as
DeMille knows it's virtually
impossible to get a big star
to shave his head-even for
such a big movie as "The Ten
Commandments"
Yul just likes it shaved.
Evening star., 1955-05-15
BY BOB THOMAS
Associated Press Staff Writer
HOLLYWOOD.


The trials of maintaining
a happy marriage in Holly
wood are today described by
Lex Barker, who is welded to
a girl named Lana Turner.
Critics and commentators
decry the rate of marital mis-
haps in Hollywood, yet they
themselves can share the
blame for some of the break
ups. Witness the current en-
gagement of Debbie Reynolds
and Eddie Fisher. The gossips
are doing their best to break
that one up.
This kind of meddling goes
way back in Hollywood his
tory. In her forthcoming
book, Sunshine and Shadow"
Mary Pickford lays a large
part Of the blame for her split
with Douglas Fairbanks to the
rumorS of a columnist.
He's Perplexed
Barker is perplexed by the
rumor mongers. Recently he
was absent from Lana for five
weeks. mostly on location in
the Virgin Islands and partly
to visit his stricken father in
the East.
While he was gone, the
rumors flew. One columnist
reported Lana was hobnobbing
with a bullfighter in Tijuana.
Another declared her ex. Steve
Crane, would be her next
latter she divorces Lex Barker
in the Virgin Islands"
Lex set the record straight:
Lana likes bullfights. / don't.
So while I was gone, it looked
like a good time to see them
in Tijuana. She went down
with some friends of mine, and
a bullfighter happened to be
in the party.
"As for the other rumor,
Steve Crane happens to be the
father of my stepdaughter.
He Is entitled to visit his
daughter. I was the one in the
Virgin Islands, not Lana"
All Of which shows how the
tongue-waggers can m axe
something out of nothing. For
Lana's union to Lex has so far
been the most tranquil Of her
marriages. They lead fairly
quiet lives and give the gos-
sipers little grounds for talk.
Career In High Gear.
But they find something"
Barker said. 1T amaZes me.
First Of all, they were yelling
for us to get married. Nearly
every columnist said 1t was
shocking that we were in Eu-
Evening star., 1955-05-15
WELL, BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
YOU POOR PEOPLE IN .SAFART
Double Threat Actor
BY JOHN McCLAIN

NEW YORK.
This is difficult chore the business Of lambasting
group OF eager young people who have intentions little
talent and almost material that seems to be the sad
summation OF new musical which was presented
last week at the Barbizon Plaza Theater It is called
"Safari," and they should go with it.
am always amazed that such productions should reach
the outer limits of the city, every now and then they
do with the result that they evauated on basis of
professional theater This Is regreaoe for Safar falls
below the level of the poorer Princeton Triangle shows
is Just plain embarrassing
There is little to be gained in going into detailed report
of the festivities analysis of the involved
There hope that would be able to weather
the evening in semconatose state but this shattered
at the close of the first act by drum
eray blasted the customers into the Many fed for
the storm cellars, never to return.
Safari" cannot possibly have a very long fe do wish
all concerned better luck with their next venture.
Released by he North American Newspaper Alliance.
Evening star., 1955-05-15
TODAY,S FILM SCHEDULES

AMBAssADoR-"Jump Into He'll: 1875. 1885, $685. 7:35 and
9:35 pm.
CAP1ToL-"violent Saturday; 1:4o 3:4o 545 745 and
GAS pm.
COLONY-Nlle. Gobette"; 1926 $50, Sis 6:55 $3.50 and
10 pm.
Jungle: $780, $685. 5:4o 1850 and
9:55 pm.
DUPoNT"The Strangers Hand; $780, $780, $780, 735 and
$40 pm.
KETTHS-"Run for Cover" 21o, 4:45, 7:2O 9:55 pm
LITTLE-Ihe Little World of Don Camille; 1:2O ASS
$3.50 pm.
Observation-Disclosures in the House" $780, $780, 7:45 and
9:45
METRoPoLITAN-"Jump Into He'll: 1:4o $40. 54o 7:4o
$40 pm
oNTARIo-"Anmal Farm; /, 2:45 4:35, 625~ $40 and
10 pm.
PALAcE-"The Prodgal": 15o 4so 7:o5 and s:4o pm
PLAYHoUSE-"The Glass Slipper, l. 2:45 435 6:25 s15
and 1905 pm.
PLAzA-"companions Of the Night: l. 1885, 425 e1o ant
$50
TRANs-LUx-"The Country Grl"; 1245, $780, 42o e:15
8:15 and 1915 pm
WARNER-"This Is Cinerama"; O. and $3.50 pm
Evening star., 1955-05-15
The Rumors Are Always Flying,
Complains Victim Lex Barker

been wanting-something that
will let me keep my clothes on.
TITS pretty hard to shake of
the TarZan buildup. The
Westerns I've done at U-I have
helped, but it's still outdoor
stuff.
Strangely enough, I don't
have to convince the fans so
much: they seem to accept me
in different roles. It's the pro-
ducers who have to be shown.
They think in stereotype
terms"
Incidentally, Lex and Lana
have a cooperative answer to
those who aim to split them
up. They have Joined in q
company called Melbar Pro-
ductions, which will make pic
lures. It's named for Barker
and Mel Goodwin, Lana's
longtime makeup man.
Evening star., 1955-05-15
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
To all men who comb their
hair with a towel, this column
is dedicated.
For, in Hollywood, the male
star who is flurrying more
feminine hearts than Gable
or Brando is a Broadway
actor with a head so bald that
even a cue ball looks fuzzy by
comparison.
A bald-headed publicity
man introduced Yul Brynner
to me with a reverence seldom
seen outside of church.
"Yul," said the publicist,
"has done more for us than
Max Factor ever did"
Factor, of course, makes
toupees.
One female columnist, sell
Evening star., 1955-05-15

rope together, even though we
were both working there.
Then after we got married,
they seemed eager to have us
split up. You can't win"
Barker figures the best thing
to do is ignore the gossips and
concentrate on his career. It
is in high gear, thanks to his
role in Away All Boats"
At first he was worried that
he might be cast in the role of
a Navy man who goes shirt
less through most of the pic
ture. He was happy to be
given the role of an Ivy League
officer who unbends at the
end of the picture.
Finally, a Haircut
II finally got to cut my
hair" said the robust Barker.
This is the kind of role I've
Evening star., 1955-05-15
THE PASSING SHOW
ButLiso KirktsYen
Is to Be an Actress
By JAY CARMODY

Because Lisa Kirk is a mod
est girl. as well as a gifted one,
it would not occur to her that
she represents at the moment
the sum total of Broadway
entertainment in Washington.
Nevertheless, that is what
she does represent.
Now. as everyone knows,
Miss Kirk is not a frail girl.
On the. contrary. she is deco
rative, shapely and sturdy.
She would acquit herself
handsomely, one feels, in a
softball game between the
marrieds and singles at a
community picnic. Or win the
50-yard dash carrying an un-
cooked egg in a teaspoon.
A 1.-the girl. Lisa. and if a
world capital is reduced to one
entertainer, it could hardly
fare better.
For that matter, neither
could a man in need of column
material.
Mind an Active One
Miss Kirk is a thoughtful
one. Since last we saw her,
she has had number Of
thoughts. She has a blithe way
of expressing these, even some
of the more exasperating ones.
For example:
why is it that people in
show business persist in think
ing talent into such small cor
ners? Let us take, say, me, as
an example. I sang a sophis-
ticated, sexy character named
Blanca in Kiss Me, Kate I
couldn't have asked for any,
thing more ideal. It brought
me recognition, flattering at
tention, work, everything a
shy. lanky girl from a small
Pennsylvania to W n could
dream of.
"But it also brought me a
reputation for being sophisti-
Gated and sexy and, of course,
a singer. I like to think of my
self as a singer, and I don't
mind being regarded as So
phisticated and sexy-but not
exclusively. because I'm not.
I aStonish myself occasionally
by awareness Of myself as
neither.
She Aims High
"You know what I'd like to
do. I'd like to show people,
especially producers and direc-
tors that I could play the girls
in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
and The Country Girl"
It is not that Miss Kirk has
anything against singing. 1t is
the delight and the reward Of
her life, but she is disinayed
that. even in q day when mu-
steals require acting that no
one is aware of a. vocalist's
non-musical performance.
Miss Kirk is far from sophis-
ticated. for instance. when she
recalls one of the happiest
notices she ever got. This was
from John Rosenfield, the
noted Dallas critic, when she
played Kate - not Blanca -
opposite Jose Ferrer in kiss
Me, Kate" It was she. not he,
who created the best character
on the stage, Mr.. Rosenfield
wrote.
Miss Kirk couldn't believe
the words. but she never read
lovelier ones.
If she were not so busy, and
so confronted by the prospect
Evening star., 1955-05-15
THE BROADWAY WEEK
Gwen Says Siren Stuff
Is Just Plain Funny
BY WILLIAM GLOVER
Associated Press Staff Writer

"I don't understand any
thing about it, I guess" she
says. But the rest of the
cast won't let me stay that
way long. It's a regular uproar
backstage when a real game
is on the air. Most everybody
seems to be Yankee or Dodger
fans. But my son, Jimmy,
he's a Giant fan"
4 4
Double Threat Actor
Oscar Karlweis, an acting
star on both sides Of the At
lantic, has now gotten him.
self a second theatrical ca
reer-just in case.
Should he ever weary Of
performing, the Vienna born
comedian figures he can make
a comfortable living as a play
translator.
"It is the most wonderful
business-only it doesn't pay
as much as acting" says Karl
weiS.
Oscar opens at the Cort
Theater here next Thursday
as chief performer in "Once
Upon a Tailor" after an alb
sence of several years from
Broadway.
Between rehearsals he ex-
planned how he also became a
translator. Like many another
guy, his wife pushed him into
auxiliary talent.
A play agent, she suggested
he work an American show into
German. It was "TeahouSe of
the August Moon," which last
year swept just about every
drama prize going.
Amazed Himself
Karlweis amazed himself by
finding he could carry the
mood and spirit as we'll as
words into the Teutonic. Then
he was cast in the German
version-and in II months
played $50 performances.
Getting back to Broadway
acting. however, is Karlweis'
current concentration. Once
Upon a Tailor" is a comedy of
old-fashioned matchmaking.
Because he plays a tailor,
Oscar found himself a needle
artisan and sat by cross-legged
to learn bit of the craft.
I'm very impatient with
myself getting a show ready"
explains Oscar. TITS one of
the things I have to 90
through. I'm a specialist in
nervousness"
Evening star., 1955-05-15

of remaining that way. Miss
Kirk might be terribly disap-
pointed right now.
II guess" she says. 81 set
my heart on few things more
than the lead in the musical
version Of 'Pygmalion.' What
girl wouldn't? Or, more truly.
what singing girl didn't? A
lot Of people. Brooks Atkin-
son, you, me above all, thought
I was a natural for it. But
they wanted a girl with an
English accent. And after I
had worked for months on a
Cockney accent"
She'll Be Firm
Miss Kirk supposes that she
will some day have to take
ruthless hold of herself and
force her way into acting. Say
the summer theater, which is
where actors are won't to go
to prove they can sing, and
singers to prove they can act.
II keep thinking of it," Miss
Kirk says. you know the
battle for a varied career is
not altogether with outsiders.
You have to keep constantly
duelling with yourself.
"For example, I get myself
all set to do something differ
ent. ! save my money and
work myself up to a nice pitch
of adventure-and then what
happens? Along comes a musi-
cal proposition, stardom, your
name in lights. the prospect
Of a long run. It is all most
persuasive, even the long run
prospect which you know down
in your heart will consume
the very time you would like
to employ developing, well,
your skill as an actress, If
any"
There are three of these,
two more than tentative, dan
Cling temptingly in front Of
Miss Kirk YoW
These Producers!
But" she grows vehement,
although not mirthlessly, "if
you want to act. you have to
take time of from singing. II
only to stop play producer
friends. as one of mind did
recently, from asking you If
you can act. What do they
think you're doing up there
on that stage playing a Shakes
pearian charac ter called
Blanca? Or a Rodgers and
Hammerstein one? I ask you"
We said we didn't know.
Miss Kirk wouldn't for an
instant leave the impression
that she is weary of singing.
She has had a happy and
profitable year in the best
night clubs from the Sham
rock IN Texas to the Plaza in
New York, including the Sta
tier here.
"And don't think 1t is not
wonderful, and instructive"
she says. "In this field, I'm
on my own. I'm the producer.
director, costumer. lighting ex-
pert, and the performer who is
out there trying to find out
how many effects she can have
on people"
Nevertheless, no matter how
well she does in this area Of
entertainment, she leaves you
with the feeling that you will
see her acting some day, say
the girl in Cat on A Hot Tin
Roof"
Evening star., 1955-01-23

Mr.. Brines wos Chief Of the Associoted Press
bureou IN Tokyo while Gen. MocArthur
was supreme commander for the allied
powen.->
Evening star., 1955-01-23

weeks ago he summed up his aim
as Haiti's first President in these
words:
'As President of Haiti I have
struggled to bring health, education
and unity to my people"
Paul Magloire is the product of his
people and his country. Haitians.
though woefully poor, are startlingly
intense. They are gentle and of good
will. And, despite the appallingly
complex problems with which they
are faced, they are happy, proud
and independent.
Nearly all Of Gen. Magloire's
family" of Haitians are with him.
He has led them by the hand for
four years. Knowledgeable observers
say 25 years of progress has been
made in that time,
When he came into Office he was
confronted with one great dilemma.
He explained. "One of our greatest
problems was to overcome the diff
culties caused by too little and too
poor land and too many people.
Haiti, with about 3la million people
on 10000 square miles Of land, is one
of the most densely populated areas
in the entire Western Hemisphere.
: Ninety per cent of the population
lives on the land and, in the past.
has made a meager living from inl-
poverished small farms. For in
stance, we found that on the 100, 900
acres in the Artibonite Valley, in
the middle or the country, were
100000 Haitians who could scarcely
coax any kind of crop from the
soil. Half the year the land was
arid; the other half the rains swept
through to wash everything away.
We had to do something about it. !"
The Magloire regime Is doing
something about it,. Nearly 0,000
acres in the Artibonite plain will
spring to life in 1856 as a result Of
his planning and his drive.
Millions for Health
In the past four years Gen. Mag
loire's administration has spent $l3.5
million for hospitals and improve
ments of public health. And the
President has tirelessly and per-
sonally supervised much Of the
progress. His has been a ceaseless
effort Of leading. It is impossible
to push, prod or drive the Haitian.
He gracefully slows down in such
an event.
President Magloire recognized
early in his administration the
desperate need for better roads so
that his people might become better
acquainted and unified through COM
merce and social contact. To date
800 kilometers tnearly 200 miles, Of
painfully expensive highways have
been built. As President Magloire
expresses it. This may not seem
like much to you people Of the
United States, but to us 1t is o
great step forward.
Hurricane Hazel was a heart
rending blow to us. Not only did
many of my people lose their lives
and others their homes, but coffee
production was reduced by nearly
two-thirds. ] cry for my people,"
Evening star., 1955-01-23

standards are maintained. The
Middle States Association inspects
each school about every five years.
The other group are irregular in
their visits, but would not be apt
to come around oftener than every
five years. The American Medical
Association waited almost 20 years
before rechecking MaTyland's Medi-
cal School.
A team of educators makes the
inspections. The association picks
the evaluators from large and small
universities. private. church and
public schools. colleges and high
schools.
Scores of evaluators representing
several accrediting organizations
may visit a university at one time
Fifty-nine men, representing four
associations, took part in the re-
cent Maryland inspection. Mary
land is accredited, actually, by about
IS associations.
Each inspector carries with him
q detailed check sheet on which the
school is marked outstanding. sat-
isfactory. unsatisfactory or mot APP
plicable" on thousands Of specific
points. The evaluators look for, i've
basic things:
. Clearly stated purposes and OBJ
jectives, For instances, what. pre-
cisely. is the university trying TO
/. teach2 Are the detectives under
stood by each staff member inter-
viewed?
. An organization that could carry
out the objectiyes. Are major re-
spcnsibilities from the Board of Re-
gents on down clearly marked cut?
Do faculty members participate In
policy making? When was the last
time each department was ap-
praised for efficiency? How are fac
ulty members selected. appraised.
promoted2 How are students Sc
.ected?
. Physical resources. Does the IL
brary have enough books? How are
new books selected? Are the build
ines ciean1and large enough? What
recreationa facilities are available?
Evening star., 1955-01-23
Maryland Report Shows How Accredaon Keeps Colleges the Ball

one Of the subsequent periodic
checks, the school Is notified its ac-
creditation Is continued.
But II something drastically wrong
is found, the evaluatorS' report is
sent to a group Of experienced edu-
Gators who make specific recommen-
dations for correction Of faults. II
1t is first application for accredita-
ton. the school is usually refused
an okay until all faults are corr
rected. But If the school is already
accredited, It usually is given spe-
cific time to reform or suffer with
drawal Of accreditation.
That's the position Maryland finds
herself in today. She has until
April, 1856. TO get back into the
good graces Of Middle States. She
remains accredited. but clear
warning hangs over her head.
Clusters Are Rore
Few major universities ever find
themselves in such a predicament.
Most schools, OF course, maintain
their standards. But even when one
falls behind, educators rarely get so
tough as to tell a college to get good
or get out. 1t happens so seldom
that Maryland and Oklahoma A.
and NJ, which is having similar
troubles, are currently the talk of
the academic world.
Occasionally, however. even pro-
fessional patience is exhausted. But
it takes grossly arbitrary action,
usually OF political nature, directly
threatening academic integrity be-
fore a college is dropped.
In the last couple of decades two
major universities have actually lost
their accreditation. The University
Of Georgia was dropped when former
Gov. Gene Talmadge fired batch
Of teachers. And the University Of
Texas, was bounced when a board
Of regents fired tho president for
political reasons. Both schools are
back In good standing.
Although aecreditation seldom 10
withdrawn, the existence OF the
threat is q good instrument for
keeping American schools q the
bail,