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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

realistic look at the county finan-
cial picture and decided that an
appropriation of this size for cap
ital expansion of the library SyS-
tenn is not strong possibility in
the near future.
Therefore, the first decision AS
ISOLATION members made was to
continue if possible as a city
Library.
But looking again at finances,
members felt that Rockville tax
payers had not been getting their
moneys worth from the SC per
$1C0 valuation on real estate
taxes paid to the county for H.
brary service.
The service" in Rockville is
one stop, made bi-weekly in Twin
brook by a county bookmobile.
While this is appreciated by those
TWinbrook residents near enough
the stop to use the Bookmobile
books, the vast majority of Rock
vile residents do not have any
direct benefit from it.
Since it was felt that the book
mobile stops at the schools are
an integral part of the county's
educational system, and that in
ter-library borrowing privileges
(Which, by the way, go both ways)
would not be lost by such a move,
the next decision was to seek
abatement of the county library
tax for Rockville residents.
Recent predictions by county
officials that the tax will soon be
raised 10 SC makes this move even
more imperative.
The Rockville Mayor and Coun-
Gil have been asked to help seek
abatement of this tax, and to use
their taxing powers to make a
like amount available from the
tax base of the city for support
of the Rockville Library, in addi-
ton to the annual grant now made
to the Library. library func-
tons are about SO paid for by
the city grantD
This action, if accomplished,
would mean that the taxpayers
would pay the same Sc library
tax, but that it would go directly
to building and maintaining our
local library and branches for our
use.
Having dealt with keeping the
Library a local function and with
financing it locally, the next prob
lem was also local the prob
lem of location.
Association members strongly
recommended that the Library be
housed in the projected Rockville
community center, and that Asso-
citation members and Library
users at large support the cree
ton of such a center.
Also adopted by the Association
as alternative proposals, to be
used only if the above course of
action fails to gain the necessary
support, was the plan to seek pri-
vate gifts to erect wing on the
building which presently houses
the Library.
1t is TO the tax abatement and
community center proposals that
the Library Association invites
and urges the support of Rock
Williams who need and want good
library service in our city.
Jayne L. Greene
Chairman, Publicity Committee,
The Rockville Library Association
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

Editor,
Montgomery County Sentinel
Dear Sir:
A lot of people have been grip
ping about a traffic light at
Montgomery Ave. and Perry ST.
And what happens after they get
it? They make. a monstrosity out
of it!
Either operate it according to
Hoyle or get rid of an abomin
able nuisance P.D.Q.
I would suggest that the light
operate on red and green altern
ates or put freddie switches or
both North and South Perry st
so that Montgomery Ave. car
have the right of way when there
is no traffic on Perry st. Turn
it out completely after 7:30 pm
until $50 am. when traffic starts
running.
And also put a switch in the
fire house so that they can turr
on all four lights to red unit
the apparatus has had time tc
clear the intersection. Then lei
the light revert to normal auto
matte operation.
Yours,
E. Paul Kramer
Since writing the foregoing re
garding the traffic light, some
one finally woke up to the fac
that the blinker was nuisance
and changed it to red and greer
alternates with a 45.15 SECOND
switch which seems very good
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

However, I have not changed my
mind on the treadle switches for
Perry st. both North and South
sides.
f. Paul Kramer
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

Congressman Dewitt S. Hyde and
Editor,
Montgomery County Sentinel
Dear Sirs:
l read an article in the Mont.
gomery County Sentinel of March
B, 1855 on page B-3 which is al
legedly a direct quotation of
yours concerning the Montgom.
cry County monopoly liquor 81.
tuation.
My wife and l voted for you
in the last election and I am. a
small retail package store merch-
ant in your district. There are
about three thousand of us in
the State of Maryland, many of
whom are in your election dis
trict. l have some questions to
ask in relation to your public
statement.
Your opening statement is
"Monopolistic combinations in re.
straint of normal trade are re.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

Sincerely yours,
E. E. CODERE
Lieutenant Colonel,
u. S. Marine Corps
Reserve
Chairman
Evening star., 1955-01-09
Ford's Army Movie Is Deeply Moving
Irish Director Of The Long Gray Line Looses

Fourteen years ago, In l941,
John Ford's formula for q hit
picture was this:
Carey Reol Hero
'Louss up our hero" he ex-
planned 10 me. Get him
thrown In jail, as quickly as
possible. even II you must pic
ture him stealing q horse. or
something. Heroes shouldn't
be clay statues, mind you, but
for popular acceptance. it
helps If the hero's feet are
made Of clay. Recognition Of
that fact made Harry Carey q
great Western star. He was
never q holier than thou
cowboy. like most Of his West
ern colleagues"
Ford felt, in 1941, that 1t
was easier to do a picture with
competent actors. NOT stars.
STARS have their own IDEAS"
he explained. wryly. But in
1854. Ford teamed UP two inn
portant stars. Tyrone and
Maureen. with happiest re-
suits. And Tyrone gets into
plenty Of trouble but doesn't
steal . horse: all he steals is
Maureen. who Is a classy filly.
Evening star., 1955-01-09
Broadway Week
Not d Word About Pat
She's Great in Hit Melodromu
But 1t Must Be Kept Secret
By WiIliom Gloyer
Assoeiussd Press siuH Wtissr

acting wizardry to folks who
haven't yet been to Henry
Mil1er's ti1eater.
But, She'll Tolk
That, however, doesn't keep
Pat. an experienced star Of
tragic villainy, from talking
about herself--if not this plot.
I'm probably the only ac-
tress In captivity who didn't
have any desire to 60 on the
stage" remarks 32-year-old
Miss Jessel cheerfully. And
I'm really q fine comedienne.
But when you're dark and
have q deep voice people ex-
pect you to be a tragic actress.
IF there's any stabbing to
be done, / get the job. In
various shows i've had to kill
people with a knife, ice-pick
and q revolver.
"And I have attended my
own funeral--in q comedy.
incidentally"
She also once fell on q
stage into the orchestra That
was in b tragedy. but 1t broke
up the performance.
Miss Jessel received dra-
matte training as q matter Of
course. since she spent most
Of her moppet years In the
care Of Q great-aunt. LiIIah
Mccarthy. Q prominent British
actress and friend Of George
Bernard Shaw who married
into d theatrical family. Still
living, venerable Lady Keeble
prefers her great-niece IN
Shakespearean roles to con-
temporary folderol.
Even Lady Macbeth
At Stratford Upon Avon,
Miss Jessel turned in two sea-
sons in D variety OF roles, in
Guiding, of course. Lady Mac
beth.
During the war years she
met Or. J. George Fineberg.
New York-born research SCI
enlist. and they married. They
teee GLOVER, Page ESD
Evening star., 1955-01-09
By Ed Sullivan

picture. He knew all the an
swers. all the tricks Of the
business.
John Ford chuckled.
''In fact, we became so en-
thusiastic that what the stu
dio had charted as q two-reeler
ran up to $500 feet, i've reels!
When the studio saw what
we'd done, they fred the both
Of US.
I'VE were saved by q l,000,-
600 ,0U0-to.1 shot, continued
Ford. "The same week we
were chased of the. premises
by Carl Laemmie, justifiably
irate. q group Of bankers ar
rived at the Universal lot to
check on their investment in
the company. They told Mr..
Laemmle they wanted to view
some completed film. ready for
the market.
''The only completed film
was our five-reeler. Mr..
Laemmle showed 1t to them.
They loved it. So I was re-
hired at $125 a week and Har-
~ Carey's contract was picked
UP at $1,000 q week."
Evening star., 1955-01-09
Holden Bets
On Bine for
Thot 'Oscur'
BY Jomes Boeon
A,soeiussd Prs.s ssaff wri,ss
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Bill Holden gives one Of the
greatest performances Of q
distinguished career In The
Country Girl"
Yet he's the forgotten man
Of the picture.
Most Of the reviews devote
column after column to Bing
Crosby's performance in the
movie. Holden is kissed of
In q sentence that usually
reads something like this:
william Holden gave his
usual excellent performance
But Holden isn't moaning.
He won an Oscar last year and
this year he made the coveted
top 10 list Of box office stars.
He believes Crosby will get
the Academy Award this year.
when q personality such a.
Bing plays himself for 40 years
and then suddenly turns into
q serious dramatic actor and
gives the performance he did
In The Country Girl the rest
Of US don't stand much Of Q
chance" says Holden.
Crosby plays a has-been al
coholic actor on the skids In
the movie. He's even a semi
heel, something Bing has never
been In the movies.
One critic explained why the
reviews apparently sighted
Holden in favor OF Crosby:
you always expect o good
performance from Bill. There's
not much news there. It's like
Ben Hogan breaking 10 on the
golf course.
But when q crooner like
Bing, who has sauntered cas-
ually through movies for years.
suddenly gives a performance
that almost out Marches Fred
dy March, that's news"
Holden discloses that Bing
worried plenty about his emer-
gence as a dramatic actor. The
Groaner. now that It's over
tells interviewers just the OPP
posite.
Evening star., 1955-01-09
Hugo Fooled
Bosses With
Freedom Deal
sy shs Assoeiossd Pre-.
HOLLYWOOD.

f1OlAL1 WOSJD.
Hugo Fregonese, the Argeri.
tine director. is probably the
only one in Hollywood ever to
buy of his contract.
Fregonese once was under
contract to MGM for one year
without doing a thing except
collect his salary.
THE first day / reported to
the studio. ] was handed four
scripts and ! was SO excited I
read them all the first day.
Then Joe Pasternak tthe pro-
ducer) asked me what I
thought Of them. My English
was so bad at the time that I
told him they all were lousy
without meaning to. I never
heard from him after that.
Then went to work ct
UNIVERSAL International where
] did some pictures I didn't
think were right for me.
I had q chance TO direct MY
Six Conyicts' for Stanley
Kramer. / asked U-I TO let me
out Of my contract. They said
they would for $4,000. figur-
ing that would shut me up. I
fooled them and agreed, This
week, ! paid OF my third s5.-
900 payment and next year
will finish IT."
Fregonese made the unusual
deal because he figures that o
director. Of all people, must be
Q free lance and IN a position to
choose pictures he can do.
He recently made Black
Tuesday o sleeper Of o gang
ster picture. and currently ID
back at Nom making aThe
kissing Bandit. 2
"I'm much happier here
working" he reports. "It;s
much better than sitting In q
big ofice with o secretary esa1
having nothing to do
Evening star., 1955-01-09
Todoy's Schedules
Stage.
$50 pm.


ARENA-"Gorden Boy: $50 pm.
Screen.
ANBASsADOR-"Youn at Heart: !. $40. 5:i5 TAO and
$3.50 pm
CAPTrOL-"Deep in My Heart" 1885, 4:l5 and $40 pm
CCLONYnlicit nterlude" 230. 4:l5 $685. 750 and e40
/.
cOLU1BIA-@Athena': i40 3:45 5:45 7:50 and $50 pm
DUPoNT-'Romeo and Juliet; 1:20. 4. 635 and s:l5 pm
600 Leagues Under the Sea- $780, $780, 51o
7;35 and 9:55 pm.
LITTLE Garden Of Eden; iso. Sis. Ass. $40. $40
and 1905 pm.
MACARTHUR "Hish and Dry. $50 42o. $40. and $50
pm
AETRoPoILTAN-"Young At Heart" las. $3.50 s:s5. TAO
and ESQ pm.
oNTARIo Three Ring Circus: 1so. $50 $50 7so and
$3.50 pm.
PALACE There's Business Like show Business l:so
430. T:10 and 9:45 pm.
PLAYHOUSE the sign Of the Pagan" l. s:so 44o. s:ss
825 and 1920 pm.
PLAZA the Detective" 40 asa 4so Sis and s:4s
pm.
TRANsLUx -phfff."; iso. s:io $50, s:ss sis and 10
pm.
WARMER This Is cinerama.; lso $50 and $40 pm.
Evening star., 1955-01-09
Broadway Week
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
Broadway playgoers are
keeping a prize secret this sea-
son. thanks to Patricia Jessel.
Miss Jessel, an English dam
sci born of Irish parents In
far of Hong Kong. is currently
making her American debut In
the new hit Witness for the
Prosecution" Unanimous crit
ical raves hailed her debut
and mystery entraps Pat.
witness for the Prosecu-
ton" is q whodunit melo-
drama by Agatha Christie
with more trick reverses than
a Notre Dame backfield. Be
cause the switcheroos so con-
siderably involve Miss Jessel.
critics and fans must be secre-
tive when they describe her
Evening star., 1955-01-09
Yogi, the Actor.
Gets One Line
HOLLYWOOD.


Now that Yogi Berra, YAM
kee catcher. has been named
most valuable player of the
year by the American League.
Director-writer Billy Wilder
is plugging him for an Acade-
my AYard-the result Of
Yogi's performance In The
Seven Year Itch"
Wilder figures it would be
nice II Yogi could have an
Oscar to so with his MvP
award. In Itch" the ball
player has one line Of three
words which he delivers with
great dramatic force. Speak
ing OF Tom Ewell's affair with
Marilyn Monroe. he blurts.
what Q cadl''
@sisassd ~ NANAl
Evening star., 1955-01-09
The Passing Show.
A Bevy Of Champions
White Christmas oyerrides Critics TO Toke
Boxoffice Title. With 'coine' Runner-Up
By joy cormody
By Joy cormody

To mince no words about it.
critics are rarely so human as
the day Weekly variety's big
green-covered annual edition
shows up in the mail.
This is the issue that brings
the facts and figures the final
evidence, so to speak-of how
close the critics taste is to that
Of the common man. It is the
latter whom the reviewer
fancies as his one true PEN
pal. the guy or gal. to whom
he addresses every one Of the
uncounted words he writes
during the calendar year.
Within recent years, q large
wedge Of this particular fancy
on the critics part is that he
and the reader understand
each other better. that their
tastes are more uniform, and
that there is no such thing any
more as "a critics picture"
It's Largely True
This is largely true in that
almost no 10-best film selec-
tion today includes q single
listing that has been a box
office failure.
But It Is also true, not to
be shy about it. that If critics
pictures have disappeared.
they have been replaced by
something that might be
called ''public's pictures"
These are the ones that
1noviegoers take, right out of
the hands Of the reviewers and
favor vehemently despite ad-.
verse notices.
Variety's annual boxoffice
tally comes up with a majestic
specimen of this type for 1854.
This is Paramount's White
Christmas" the boxoffice
champion, which the critics
called saccharine and which
earned $l2 million In spite
OF that nasty name.
Any critic vain enough to be
shocked by this disloyalty on
the part Of moviegoers with
minds Of their own, could take
comfort from the second and
third Aims on the money list.
These were aThe Caii1e Mu-
tiny" with $S.7 million, and
'"The Glenn Miller Story"
which crossed 81 million, ac-
cording to Variety.
The comfort to be derived
from this affinity Of taste lasts,
however, only to the next, or
fourth, listing, 1.-THE Egyp-
tian." Even its producers have
been quoted subsequently as
agreeing with some Of the pro-
feSsional criticism Of this pro-
duction. but it made $6 mil
lion before 1t was q year old.
Rear Window" fifth in
earnings with $5.3 million,
could not represent a hap
pier harmony in the judg-
Evening star., 1955-01-09
The Passing Show

N-Rodio Pullout ------
Evening star., 1955-01-09
NEW YORK.


You can guess that Director
John Ford decided to do the
story Of West Point because he
could tell 1t through the Irish
eyes Of Sergt. Marty Maher.
one Of the legends Of the
United States Military Acad-
enly. Ford, four-time Academy
winner as q result Of The In
former. Grapes OF WRATH"
"How Green Was My Valley"
and "The Quiet Man. is o
orle-man Chamber OF Com
merce for Ireland.
And that Is as It should be,
because Ford's real name Is
Sean O'Fearna. Just why he
surrendered that lifting mon
ECKER for his present nom de
screen evades me. Perhaps,
back In 1914. he didn't want
his parents In Maine to know
that he'd cast his lot with the
odd people who were hopping
around Hollywood. making
faces at cameras.
As early as 1928, Ford di-
rected q picture titled Mother
MAchree." This foreshadowed
"The Informer" and "The
Quiet Man." both laid In Ire
land.
Teorfui Piece
In "The Long Gray Line"
the OFearna who is Ford has
teamed up with two other
Celts, Tyrone Power and
Maureen O'Hara, and the net
result Is o magnificent thing,
although you'll find yourself
throttling back tears as the
story builds from one climax
to o greater one.
President Eisenhower, Gen.
Omar Bradley and other West
Pointers who have seen It, say
It Is the most moving docu-
ment they've ever witnessed.
Ford, with his usual SENSITIVE
ity, unlocked the emotion
charged story Of West Point
Is 1t never has been revealed
before.
About II years ago. when
Sean OTearna and your re-
porter both were much young
er. he told me that the old
western star. Harry Carey.
played the most influential
part In his career.
II started at the old Uni
versal lot, as q prop man. In
1914" explained Ford. '"The
next year. I was 10 and was
pressed into action to direct
q western, The Sky Pilot The
studio told me that Harry
Carey would star in II. but
pointed out that as Carey's
contract would not be renewed.
! could handle him with q
minimum Of respect.
Become Friends
Naturally Carey and I be-
came great friends and he
gladly helped me on my first
Evening star., 1955-01-09
INDEX

Form and eordea
Evening star., 1955-01-09

AASAAV. VA tAAS RAbAS 1&AA tA1C
movie reviewers. That 1t does
so amounts to a three and two
agreement dis a green ent
among the first five pictures of
1854. As ratios go. this is quite
congenial one.
This particular reviewer,
and a majority Of his coll
leagues in this part of the
movie map. fares less well In
the runnerup five. Only one
Of these turned up conspicu-
ouSly among the critics IA
vorite pictures Of the season.
This was Seven Brides for
Seven Brothers" generally
rated as the years top musical,
and ninth In box-ofi1ce stand
ing.
Above it, In order, are 'The
High and Mighty" "Magnifi-
cent Obsession" and Three
Coins in the Fountain" the
latter an especially disnay-
|. ing opus to the critics who
found it beautiful but also
dull. In 10th place among
the top money making films
came .Desiree," over which
the critics could not quite
stretch their sense Of humor.
Historical nonsense" they
said, to which moyiegoers
promptly snapped. Nonsense"
It was hardly In the grim,
off-beat nature Of the review
ers' overwhelming favorite Of
the year, ION the Water
front" that 1t would be In the
first 10 pictures In box-offlce
returns. Nevertheless, the
Ella Kazan prize winner
lbound for q majority Of
Academy awards also) turns
up in 18th place on the book
keeping sheets. Its earnings.
which win increase with time:
-Four million, two hundred
thousand dollars.
II. however, this was not
surprising, the effect of tele-
vision at movie boxofaces was
when "Dragnet." an oversize
version Of Jack Webb,s yideo
show, turned up ahead Of "On
The Waterfront" It was the
18th picture on the table.
three slots higher than the
film starring Marion Brando.
Not far behind. and second
among the years comedies
Ncame "The Long, Long
Trailer" the big-screen version
OF Il Love Lucy"
Foithful Followers
The success Of "Dragnet"
and THE Long, Long Trailer"
mas convinced the film studios
that yideo devotees are per.
fectly willing to follow their
favoriteS out Of the living room
and down the street to the
movie theater.
Variety, which never does
things by halves or any other
fraction. comes up with
another interesting money
chart in its annual edition
This Is the one dealing with
aH-time top boxoff1ce successes.
AS it has for years, the bog
oftce championship still goes
to Gone With the Wind. /. now Z
$33.5 million. Beyond this
supreme achievement, how
ever. the list is beginning to
show changes. Old fayorites
are plummeting. new ones
soaring.
Among the latter are 'The
Robe" now In second place
with nearly $40 million to
show for its popularity as the
first CinemaScope production,
It Is followed, In order, by such
other comparative moderns as
Greatest Show on Earth"
From Here to Eternity" and
- look no farther - "This Is
Cinerama."
The others in the FIRST 10.
include White Christmas"
duel in the Sun, BEST Years
Of Our Lives" quo Vadis"
and Samson and Delilah."
The one of these that leaves
the reviewers feeling most
frustrated should not be hard
to choose. It is duel In the
Sum-" the most overwrought
film that ever made more than
$1l million.
Evening star., 1955-02-19
S575hi||ion
In Sales Seen
During '54
Estimate Covers
All Transactions
In D. c. Area

Sales Of all types of property.
including land during last year
in the Washington Metropolitan
Area reached an estimated grand
total amount of $575 million. q
survey showed today.
This estimate was made by
Rufus s. Lusk & Son, publisher
of the District Real Estate
Directory.
It was based on a survey Of
actual real estate transactions
in the entire Metropolitan Area,
except for Prince Georges
County. For that county. an
estimate was made on the basis
of comparative growth and other
factors. Mr.. Lusk said.
A total of more than 10000
individual deeds and deed Of
trust were examined by the staff
of the Lusk firm during the year
to develop the estimate, he ex-
planned.
Such Metropolitan Area sur
vey to develop this type of inclu-
sive estimate of total District
area sales of all types was never
undertaken here before, Mr.. Lusk
pointed out.
On the basis of these figures,
the District itself led all the
political subdivisions in the area
with $160,383,181 in a total Of
10,357 transactions in which q
dollar-amount consideration was
involved.
Next came Montgomery county
with total of $151, ,l28,227 in
8,772 such transactions.
In Fairfax County. there were
6,703 transactions amounting to
$87, ,832,3l8: in Arlington county,
1924 transactions involving $751;
019.190, and in Alexandria City.
1874 transactions involving $16,-
722,500, Mr.. Lusk said.
Sales in Prince Georges Coun.
ty during the year were esti-
mated by Mr.. Lusk conservatively
at 500 million.
District activity in January Of
this year was greater than in the
same month last year, with 72l
transactions totaling $11.569,245
this year in contrast to 606 sales
amounting to $9,643,o73 last year.
he said.
The firm is now engaged In q
continuing survey of this years
activity which will include Prince
Georges County as well as the
District, Montgomery County.
Arlington and Alexandria City.