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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-28
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Cagney Takes Over: New SEN
sation of the 1855 film year may
be veteran, James Cagney. After
a period of comparative quiet,
Cagney, this year, busts out in
a rash of fine performances in
four pictures.
Each is a completely different
type of role. In Run for Gov
err" he plays a Western gun
man attempting to work an al
most psychiatric change in a
youngster; in Love Me or Leave
Me-" the story of Ruth Fitting,
Cagney plays the role of her hus-
band, Colonel Gimp; in Mister
Roberts" Cagney gives a thrill
ing performance as the bitter
captain of the Navy ship, who,
because of his own background,
hates the smart young officers
who came out of Annapolis: in
Bob Hopes THE Seven Little
FoyS," Cagney makes a complete
switch, again dons the dancing
shoes of George M. Cohan and
teams with Hope in a soft shoe
number that will tear the roof off
theaters.
Helen Hayes always has said
that Cagney is one Of the great
est actors that this country ever
produced. This year, in four
widely varying roles. Cagney will
prove that Helen knew whereof
she spoke.
Il
Patty Mccormack, the 9-year-
old who chills audiences nightly
at the 46th Street Theater as the
murderess in Nancy Kelly's
smash hit. 1.-THE Bad Seed" is
completely normal little girl.
he other night. the Jack
Be1nys and Van Johnson at
tended the play, shuddered
through it to the final grim cur
tain. The play ended. the cur
tain closed on thunderous APP
plauSe. The curtains opened as
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mantle ones. There is the favor
of an idyll in the affair between
the wise, beautiful Burmese girl
and the bitterly disappointed air.
man. AS for the long Jungle es-
cape sequence. it has all of the
remorseleSs melodrama anyone
could ask.
Save for Peck and the girl
OF water-lily loneliness, the play
ers in 1.-THE Purple Plain" are all
English and crisply professional
There is an especially affecting
performance of Brenda de Banzie
cHobSon's Choice') as an I'M
lovely but warm and high
hearted missionary who makes
humanity seem worth redeeming
Bernard Lee, Maurice Denham
and Lyndon Brook are among
the others who make tidy por-
traits of the characters in H. E.
Bates original novel and Am
Ulcl SCISeIlSCTlpC.
Win Min Than, however. is
the memorable thing about 1.-THE
Purple Plain"
FAR EAST NOTE: Thanks to
Earl Voss, an intellectual CAD
about, we have another Oriental
girl anecdote. According to Mr..
", Mariko Mkt who plays the
geisha in "Teahouse of the Au-
gust Moon" has the most in
teresting Of all antidotes for
inconsistencies.
This is a batch of turnip
green's which her husband, Ber-
nard Dekle. brings her from
Washington every week end. Mr..
Dekle is with the Voice of Amer
lea here.
Where Mr.. Dekle gets the tur-
nip greens, Mr.. Voss doesn't say,
but no doubt turnip green's are
the one thing that is the same
the world over. And a ruthless
cure for inconsistencies, in at least
one mans opinion.
Y X n X
THE SUMMING UP: Aside to
Miss Icie Harrow: It's Borg
nine-last syllable rhymes with
line. Arena Stage scores a
coup for its next play, with the
first American rights to Agatha
Christie's 1.-THE Mousetrap," a
huge London hit. Miss Chris
ties current Broadway smash is
Witness for the Prosecution.
Opening date is unan-
nounced. The American
Shakespeare Festival, Stratford,
Conn.,. announces its opening
date as July II, with Julius
Caesar" and THE Tempest" as
mantle ones. There IS ,he I avor
!. They will run eight weeks.
3. :. Gene O'Sullivan who directed
at Olney summer theater two
seasons ago, will perform the
same chore at Maryland's Hill
top Observation-Disclosures this
summer. Jimmy Dean and
his Texas Wildcats will play
Friday night dance sessions at
Glen Echo's ballroom weekly.
starting May 6. Headlining
the stage show at the Howard
Theater beginning tomorrow
night will be Sister Rosetta
Tharpe. with Marie Knight.
F. E. Miller and "Lockjaw" Da-
Wis band in supporting acts.
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that moviegoerS might appreci-
ate her as much as he obviously
does, Director Robert Parrish
never tires of closeup of his
feminine star.
In these. Win Min Than is
all the aforementioned loneliness
that human beings can represent
and the film that captures this
has need for little more.
1.-THE Purple Plain" does have
more, however. 1t has the quietly
workmanlike Peck as its star
and another of those Eric Am
bier scripts that pays unob-
trusive attention to more than
the surface of the people in
volved. Moreover, the j. Arthur
Rank production was shot on To-
cation in Burma, not necessarily
the most photogenic areas of it,
but effectively real ones.
y y *x
In main outline. 1.-The Purple
Plain" is one of those East
West romances set against a
background OF World War II.
Peck is an Raj pilot who has
fought a long. heroic war on the
energy of a death-wish. His
desperate courage in comoat and
his mysterious behaviour on the
ground have made him a pariah
among his fellows. These have
tabled his trouble precisely. bpu
they do not know the reason Tor
1t and their efforts to find the
explanation are coldly rebuffed.
It is a canny flight surgeon
who comes closest to guessing the
cause. Once he has done so and
exposed his half-mad pilot to
the gentle therapy Of the native
girl played by Win Min Than.
the sick mans haunting men,
cries begin to fade
The romance between these
two provides the central plot
thread of 1.-The Purple vain"
It's softness is counterpointed,
however, by some scenes of vio-
lent adventure. The principal
one of these involves the pilot in
q jungle crash in which he dis
covers a will to live that sur
prises him as much as energies
him for the desperate attempt
to escape.
Parrish, as usual, reveals him
self to be a director as much at
home in the stormy scenes of
his film as in the gentle TO-
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THE PASSING SHOW
Capitol Film Stolen
By Burmese Beauty
By JAY CARMODY

The special enchantment Of THE Purple Plain" Capitol
theaer Gregory Peck Burmese cosar. Win Min Than
Thanks to her first she las appearance
this decaey lovely beauty the
picture routine dramatic And
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THE PURPLE PLAIN" J. Arthur
Rank picture. released through United
Artists. produced by. John Bryan. directed
BY Robert Parrish. screenplay. by Eric
Amber. based on the novel by H. E,
Bates, music composed by John Veale
At the Capitol
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all navigational problems. complete TO such things
as radio static--at the flick Of switch.
So effective Is fight stimulation, and so vital
to the economics of crew familiarization, that
the Air Force has specified Simulators for every
operational aircraft type scheduled for produce
ton. Curtiss- Wright now has sixteen military
and six commercial Simulator types in produc-
ton and service. Major world airlines, as well
as the military, have ordered and reordered
Simulators the most effective and economical
means Of developing skilled crews.
Only through electronics is such flight reproduc-
ton possible. Only Curtiss-Wright, with basic
patent rights in this field, and its licensees, build
Simulators, and Duplicators, for both the Armed
Services and commercial airlines Of the world.
ENGINEERS TEcHNIcIANs SCIENTISTS
The CwfiSs- Wright Elechonics Division has Perma-
nen career positions open for specialists in aero
dynamicS, engine performance analysis, aircraft
systems design, advanced control systems design,
SerpomechanismS, circuits, Instrumentation, dgif1l
compufers, and niotor-tachonleter generators Per-
sonai and confidential interviews will be scheduled
only after receipt Of complete typewriter resumes,
giving full detail Of education, past experience and
current earnings. Resumes should be directed to
Dept. COR IS, Cwtiss- Wright Corporation, 80
Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, NY.
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rights to which they are en-
Titled.
The strike began about sis
months ago. The AL Hotel EN-
|ployes Union wants to be the
bargaining agent for its MEM
beers. Court injunctions have in
large measure thwarted the
strike. all activity Of which was
suspended by the union for the
duration Of the Legion convene
ton.
Soviet still on Offensive
Mr.. Meany devoted most of
his speech to Russian relations.
He said the Soviet rulers "are
Just as much on the offensive as
ever BEFORE" and added:
Looking realistically at Mos
cows sitting OF human rights
at home and chain of conquests
abroad. we Of the American Fed-
Grafton of Labor have fatty
turned down all propositions Of
exchanging delegations with the
Communist countries"
At an American Legion elmer
last night. Senator George. DEM
ocrat Of Georgia. expressed hope
for continuation Of a "nonparti-
san approach" to foreign affairs.
The chairman or the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
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|M'c!orthy. Gets;
Death Threat

BOSTON. Oct. IL R-Sen.
ator Mccarthy. Republican Of
Wisconsin. was set to testify to-
day ina contempt Of Congress
case-with a police guard nearby
Three Boston police officers
were assigned to remain with
Senator Mccarthy during hi:
stay in Boston after someone
tried to telephone a death threat
to him last night.
Senator Mccarthy is here tc
testify in the Federal Court trial
Of Leon ]. Kamin. former Har-
ward research assistant now al
McGill University. Montreal.
Authorities said the switch
board operator at the Hotel
Bellyue. where Senator McCar-
thy and his wife are staying
refused to put through the call
after the man said he wanted to
kill Senator Mccarthy.
She called police and the
bodyguards were assigned to
Senator Mccarthy, although he
said he was not unduly upset
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Air Force Academy
Project DeIuyed

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
Oct. II P1-Air Force Score.
tary Donald A. Quarles said las,
night the permanent Air Force
Academy near here will not be
ready for occupancy until the
summer Of 1858.
He said the years delay from
the originally scheduled opening
is because "the project is bigger
than We first realized"
He told q news conference the
academy's temporary quarters al
Lowry Air Force Base in Denver
viii have to be expanded to ac-
commodate the third class OF
cadets in 1857. Cadet enroll
ment will continue at 800 each
year. rather than at the earlier
announced figure Of 400.
The secretary, who assumed
the post last August. said he has
made final acceptance Of certain
board features Of the architec-
tural plans for the academy. The
original plan Of Skidmore, Ow-
ings & Merrill. Chicago firm en-
gagged to design the academy,
aroused public criticism.
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said that what the Unitet
States wants to say to the rest Of
the world Is that there win be
no abrupt or drastic changes In
United States foreign policy
even though there are changes
in administrations.
Senator George credited Presi-
dent Eisenhower with playing a
leading role In reducing tensions
among nations. He advised
Americans to avoid interference
In the internal affairs Of other
peoples.
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Legion to Thrill Niomi
With Five-Hour Parade

military blueprints with tn,
Soviet Union and allow them Il
overly the United States on {
basis Of reciprocity,' Mr.. Dulles
told 5000 delegates to the con-
Ivention.
'We hope that the Soviet rul.
Iers will accept 1t. II they d.
accept 1t. in good spirit. ther
we can confidently move on tt
international measures to re.
duce and control the instru.
Iments Of DEATH"
AL Leader Speaks
Another major speech was de.
livered by George Meany. pres
|ident OF the American Federation
Of Labor. Mr.. Meany said there
was an "un-democratic trend
in the South.
He referred to the presently
suspended Miami area hotel
strike in which court injunctions
halted picketing at 81 hotels
and declared the workers are
being denied by law and eco
lnornic power the fundamental
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YOUNG MEN!
JOIN the US. AIR FORCE
e.--S9 ,

Investigate cafssr oPper,vniiis,
A. Your Nearest Recruiting Office
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SMIAMI, Fla, Oct. IL Pa.-
american Legionnaires put aside
tie serious business of their ma
tional convention today to hold
o. parade.
housekeeping majorettes and
housekeeping veterans lined up
With 40 floats. color guards. musi-
cal organizations and all the
splash and color that makes q
Legion parade what 1t tradition
ally is.
IF there was q sour note in
the five-hour long line Of march.
il came from the 40 and 8, the
honor and funn1aking organiza-
ton which best loves a parade
when it is on its own.
Legionnaires Hear Dulles
sThe 40 and 8 nearly came to a
parting Of the ways with the
Legion. One of its strongest COM
paints is that it wasn't allowed
I'd parade as unit. The parent
organization insisted that 20 and
8 members split up and parade
individually with State delega-
tons. There was reluctant COM
pHance. sz5s
Parade day came after a busy
national convention opening yes
terday, featured by Secretary Of
State Dulles promise that the
United States would not, disarm
unless we can be sure that
others are doing the same 4
Mr.. Dulles, who later fiew to-
Denver for q meeting with
President Eisenhower in his hos
pital room, actually said little
that was new. He Emphasized
United States policy developed
before the President suffered his
heart attack.
Dedication to Peace.
He said the summit confer
ence at Geneva gave President
Eisenhower an opportunity to-
demonstrate, so that no one
could doubt. this Nations dedi-
cation to peace.
81 refer particularly to his
spontaneous offer to exchange
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10y the call. After the intercepted
|call, all telephone calls were
handled by Mrs. Mccarthy. She
said there were no other theat-
|ening calls.
Mr.. Kamin. whose trial was
to get underway today, was in
|dicted for contempt Of Congress
after he appeared last January
before the Senate Investigating
Subcommittee, then headed by
Senator Mccarthy. Mr.. Kamin
admitted fromer Red connee-
tons but refused to testify about
associates.
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Boom in Wilderness

Yellowknife. in Canada'i
District Of Mackenzie. is a boom
ing gold mining town In the
midst of one Of the worlds
largest remaining empty quar-
tiers. says the National Geo
graphic Society, Its $500 in
habitants are surrounded BY
1.250, 900 square miles settled by
only 1880 people.
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D. c. Legion Delegate
Honored in Contest

A delegate from Kenna-Ma
Post, No. 81, of Washington last
night was honored at the Amer
lean Legion convention in Miami,
Fla, for winning the annual Lee
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sion membership drive here in
q contest sponsored by the
brewers, p. Ballantine & Sons.
Feted at q special banquet was
Emory A. Eslin. He wiz repre-
sent the District IN all conven-
ton festivities.
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EaIy,ptGroxinIa

I CAIRO. --Egypt's population.
now estimated at ~ million. is
increasing by about 2 per cent
q year.
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One of the greatest single factors in improving
safety and at the same time saving literally millions
Of airline and military dollars, is the growing world
wide acceptance and demand for Electronic Flight
Simulators developed by Curtss-Wright. 1t costs
approximately $500 to keep four-engine aircraft
aloft for an hour But for less than $50 per hour,
pilots and crews can fly" the Electronic Simulator
built by Curtiss-Wrght- gaining experience identi
cal to actual fight-wittout ever leaving the ground
releasing mut-mIion dollar equipment for
earning not learning H. S. Air Force studies show
that at single training base, over 100000 per
! year is saved by SimulatoTs.
Simulator is constructed around the actual
crew compartment Of the aircraft it represents COM
pIete with all Instruments and controls The physical
resemblance stops there. but notthe realism. The
Simulator-a complex arrangement Of analog COM
puters that accurate, through servomechanisms, all
controls and instruments faithfully reproduces the
flight characteristics the engine and aircraft sounds
Of the prototype. For all practical purposes the
pilot is flying The feel Of flying is in the response
of his controls. His instruments are in action. A
trouble" console can present him with problems
he might not encounter in months Of actual ex-
perience-ice, snow, sleet, malfunction Of equip
ment, turbulence. Varying sounds warn him Of
trouble. Red lights tell him; of danger.
And to familiarize crews with the weather,
geography, seasons which they will later experience,
the Smulator can reproduce any route in the world.
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Gloyer's Mango Medicine stsps itchy scalp.
rsmesss ugly. bose dandruf scales. ssrssts
falling hair. Unlike hair TONES and dressing.
Cloyer's 10 resi- medicine made like Doc.
tors prescription. Contains sulphur, tats and
soothing oils that really stimulate the scalp
and cleanse away scales. Try GIoveris 60.
second Mango Medicine tonight - then
shampoo. You'll zee and feel your hair and
scalp COMPLETELY REvITALIzED.
Itch 10 rome. DandruR 10 checked. Hair
etops coming out because your scalp can
ct III druggists. Money back eusrsntsA
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PATENTS
OF DEFINED
ElEcTRocs, MONTREAL
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Iwho are either waiting for jobs
or are available as substitutes.
The substitute list includes
about 800 persons, most Of whom
are fully qualified to teach regu-
larly If they wished.
Sometimes officials have trou-
BILE finding a teacher willing to
fill a specific post, although they
may have many persons quail
fled for it. Committing distance
to a Job and hours Of employ
'ment at a particular school are
only two of the considerations
made by teachers before accept
ing a post.
Lower Pay Scale
This facet of the teacher re-
|cruitment problem appeared re-
Gently at the North Forestville
Elementary School where four
different substitute teachers
were used in the second grade
before a regular teacher finally
was found and assigned on Mo-
|vember IA.
The teacher pay scale in Prince
Georges. although not far out of
line with those Of other jurisdic-
lions, could hardly be said to
work to its advantage.
The scale ranges from SO. 400
for beginning teachers holding
bachelor degrees to $500 for
those with 10 years or more of
service.
In Montgomery County. the
starting salary Is the same. but
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Prince Georges Keeps
Teacher for Every Class

Iof principals. vice principals
speech therapists. music and
physical education teachers
guidance counsellors. librarians
and others who meet the stu
dents only on a part-time basis
Little Variance
Mr.. Robinson estimates that
i'm 95 per cent of the elementary
Iclassrooms. the enrollments dc
mot vary more than five students
from the average.
At the secondary level, excep-
ltions from the average are more
numerous because of the high
demand for some subjects such
as history and English. There are
few claSsrooms, however. which
have as many as 40 students.
| Despite the demand for more
and more teachers. the number
with degrees in Prince Georges
| is gradually increasing.
! A year ago. SO per cent had
degrees. Today 84.2 per cent, OF
1899 teachers, hold bachelors
degrees. Masters degrees have
been earned by 344 teachers In
the county.
This leaves 301 teachers with
out degrees. OF these. 106 have
regular teaching certificates
gained previous to the time
Maryland required teachers to
have a degree for certification
There are 1876 persons teaching
with emergency certificates.
Acquiring Degrees
Most of those teaching with
out degrees are working con-
Istantly to improve their teach
ing qualifications. Mr.. Robinson
estimates that IS teachers re-
Iceived either their bachelors or
masters degrees last year.
The teacher scarcity poses the
same problem for Prince Georges
that it does nationally. During
the first 81 days of this school
Iyear. 40 instructors resigned their
jobs.
This constant turnover, largely
the result of pregnancies and
moving to other localities. makes
lit necessary for officials to keep
at hand their lists OF teachers
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BY WILLIAM TALBOT

!
Prince Georges County schoo,
officials say they have managed
to keep a qualified teacher ir
every classroom this year. despite
a big increase in student enroll
ment, a Nationwide scarcity Of
teachers and competition from
nearby Jurisdictions.
The school system, which
ranks with the largest employers
in the county, was engulfed ir
September by a total 50,068 stu
dents. the largest enrolment in
its history.
To meet this challenge, the
School Board was forced to hire
$50 new teachers during a one
year period from October /, 1854
ito October / of this year.
| The list of teachers new to the
county this year includes III
hired to fill new posts and 49,
selected as requirements fol
those who quit the profession If
Prince Georges for various rea.
sons.
Record 1900 Teachers
The turnover represented 2:
per cent Of the total teacher
force.
Students are welcomed each
morning by a record-breakine
l 900 teachers, an increase of 66s
during the last four years.
| The supervisor Of the county's
teacher recruitment program is
George H. Robinson, assistant
superintendent of schools, who
frequently must dig into his files
for enough new teachers to keep
pace with the school system s
iever-present turnover in person
mel.
A survey of Mr.. Robinson S
records indicates Prince Georges
has managed to keep its average
classroom enrolment at limits
comparing favorably to national
standards.
3O-t0-1 Limit Set
A platform of the National Ed
Iucation Association has set forth
a desirable pupil-teacher ratio
Iof not more than 80 to l at both
the elementary and secondary
levels. The MEAS Commission on
Teacher Education and profess
Isional Standards has set desir-
able maximums at 20 students
for the first grade and 25 for all
lothers.
At the secondary level, Prince
Georges has 1880 students
divided among 721 teachers with
full classroom loads. This makes
for an average classroom size OF
l26 students.
There are 31.420 elementary
students for GIT teachers actu-
ally meeting classes on a full
time basis an average OF 81
students for each teacher.
The difference between the
1883 classroom teachers and the
total force of 1900 is composed
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1T extends to $3.50 for those
teachers in their 18th year. In
Washington the scale ranges
from $1,000 for beginning teach
ers to $500 for those in their
18th year.
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Gasoline Gyrutions

LITTLE ROCK, ARK. Dr.
Arkansas Revenue Department
agents started checking gasoline
pumps at service stations which
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Ihave state contracts after dis
covering that one station, In
VOWED In q price war. had set
its pumps to register more fuel
than was being delivered.