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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-26

NEW YORK, April 26 (P.-
A report has seeped out from
behind the Iron Curtain that
the Polish Communist govern
ment in Warsaw is investigating
the Katyn Forest massacre.
Analysts here Of Soviet bloc
happenings look askance at the
suggestion the Polish Reds might
dare to raise the specter of this
hot issue. They doubt it can be
true.
Still, the report deserves at
Itention because the Polish Com
munists are going much further
these days in their denunciatior
of Stain and his works than
other Soviet satellites.
Scene Of Mass Murder
Katyn Forest, in Western Rus
STA near Smolensk, was the scene
of the mass murder in 1910 Of
more than 1000 Polish army
officers who had been missing
since the Polish defeat in 1889
The Germans. who first re-
ported the massacre during
World War II, said the Russians
did it. The Soviet government
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-26
Lack of Russians Defers
EIbe Veterans Reunion

sounded out by the Russians on
Iflneerprintirg and other neces-
lsary steps foreigners must take
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-09

victim Of the municipal night
mare. This is assigned to young
Kelvin Coughlin and while he
does not always grasp the signif-
icance of what he is up to, his
panic has intervals of moving
conviction.
Others in the cast who make
their weight felt are Paul Kelly
as the finally rational friend Of
the librarian; Kim Hunter as q
fellow worker Of Miss Davis who
takes her time in taking a stand
in the controversy; Brian Keith
as the youthful politician ready
to make political capital out of
the situation: and Sally Brophv
as the mother of the anguished
boy.
For all its courage. however,
Storm Center" would be more
effective for being less stormy.
4 4
FURTHERMORE: ANTA's
project to put 40 legitimate thea
tiers into operation in as many
cities by 1858 has received the
approval of Actors Equity AS
ISOLATION :. Why not? :. Kirk
Douglas and Susan Hayward will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-09

Taradash and Flick Moll have
sought, bravely but over-drama-
tically, to pinpoint their case in
the effect of Miss Davis dis
charge upon small boy. This
sensitive, bookish lad is made
the symbol of Kenport's panicky
horror of the word Communist. u
In his role of director of
storm Center" Mr.. Taradash'S
cameras are dramatically thor
oughly in their study of small
town life before and after a
sensation such as the discharge
of its veteran librarian. They
look not merely into the homes
of the principles but also the
country club. the principal res
taurant, and city hall.
1t Is made quite clear that
these normally tranquil centers
of community being can become
seething with suspicion and con-
f1ict.
X 4 \ i
AS the center of the storm,
Miss Davis is a moving figure.
1t comes to her as a shock that
as the friend of two generations
OF Kenportians, she is suddenly
exposed to accusations of dis
loyalty. And. more shocking still,
that the accusation apparently
is generally believed.
1t is the latter knowledge that
takes the fight out of her, that
resigns her to a fate that could
not be more outrageously un-
just. The role is one that runs
an emotional gamut but Miss
Davis, back at the top of her
form, matches it easily stride for
stride even in the more obvi-
ously overwritten sequences.
Next in its demands upon the
players is the role of the small
boy who becomes the particular
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-09

play the leads in Warner Bros.
version Of John P. Marquand's
Melville Goodwin, USA.". H
c. Potter will direct and Allan
Scott will do the screenplay.
Howard st. John who spent the
early part of the summer here
as Col. Purdy in 'Teahouse Of
The August Moon" will be one
of the autumn returnees he
will play another military man
Gen. Bullmoose in Lii Abner,
due at the National for a fort.
night September II. Wash
ington Players Studio announce:
the presentation again this week
end, Friday through Sunday, Of
THE Purple Starf1sh At 92s
18th street. Mt. Vernon Play
ers have scheduled three one-act
plays for Undercroft auditorium
9th and Massachusetts, ave-, the
night of August Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-09

STORM CENTER" Columbia re-
lease. produced by Julian Blaustein, di-
rected by Daniel Taradash, story and
screenplay by Daniel Taradash and Flick
Mol, music by George Dunning at the
Playhouse Theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-09
WHERE
AND WHEN
STAGE
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

STAGE
Carter Barron Amphitheater-
National Ballet Company Of
Canada; $3.50 pm.
National The Pajama
Game; $3.50 pm.
Olney Much Ado About
Nothing; $3.50 pm.
SCREEN
AmbassadOr-"Satelite in the
Sky; 1:20, 800, 5:25. 7:3O and
9:35 pm.
Capitol = THE King and T.;
1870 am, 2:05, ABS, ITO and
$40 pm.
Colony - IN a k e d Amazon;
$50, $40 and 9:55 pm.
Werewolf" 1920
3:15. Cos and 9 pm.
DupOnt-"The Proud and the
Beautiful: lbs. $3.50, 5:35, 7:3s
and $40 pm.
kelth'S - Partners; 11:45
am, 1:50, $50. $50. 7:55 and
10 pm.
Little = Don't Bother tc
Knock; lbs, 4:55 and 8:25 pm
Macarthur = simon ano
Laura; 6:15, 8 and 9:55 pm.
MetrOpOlitan-"S Satellite in the
Sky: 11;40 am. lao, $40
5:45. 7:45 and $50 pm.
Ontario THE Proud anC
Profane"; 1:10, 3:15, SIS, 7:3C
and $40 pm.
Palace - Away All Boats;
l1;15 am, l, ESQ, 4:35, $40
GAS pm.
Playhouse =" storm Center;
11:15 am, l, ESQ. 5:35. $40
$40 and 10 pm.
Plaza-"1934"; IL. las. $3.50
6:15, z, 8:45 and 1915.
Trans-Lux - THE Eddy Du.
chin Story; IL am, lilo. 800
$50, TAO and 9:55 pm.
Warner-"Cinerama Holiday,
2 and $3.50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-09
MIDTOWN NEW YORK
By ROBERT SYLVESTER

buy so you'll have a place to live
while you're looking for a place to
park. Why don't they elimi-
nate carrots and peas from all
menus?
Why don't they have day clubs
for people who work in night
clubs? Why doesn't the
magazine Time open a home for
old employees and call it Luce
Ends? i. Why don't they make
convertible Bermuda shorts
which can be turned into Stacks
by pulling a Upper? Why
doesn't some smart scientist go
into competition with DR.. Bruno
Furst's memory course and teach
a course on how to forget? .
Why don't stores with public
phone booths refuse to give long
winded telephone customers more
than a quarter in change?
4 4 4 X
Why don't they lombard Red
China with all those awful for
tune cookie jokes? :. Why don't
they put parking meters at
Sardi's Little Bar? ;. Why don't
they take pennies out of circula-
ton since you can't buy anything
for penny? &. Why don't they
make non-stretchable knitted
ties? :. Why don't they install
a coke machine at the Cherry
Lane Theatre for the run of 1.-THE
Man With The Golden Arm? :. a..
Why don't they make picture
frames that will hang straight on
the first try? Why don't
people show more interest in
quoits? :. Why don't they list
the next days TV programs when
the station signs off for the
night? :. Why donpt they build
one-Side beds for people who al
ways get up on the wrong
side? Why don't they make
a mems girdle and call it pot
holder? ;. Why don't they make
it clear whether that rare animal
is giant baby Panda or a baby
giant Panda?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-09

pldycu ny belU6 LAWS IL is maze
dazzlingly clear that the pro-
ducerS are vehemently on the
side of freedom of speech and
thought. They are so con-
cerned. indeed, to make their
position unmistable that they
overdo it. indulging therein in
the reckless lack of restraint
which has characterized their
opponents.
Nevertheless, as a way of
drawing attention to the subject
of civil rights, Storm Center
has the force of brass band
and aspects of courage that are
to the credit of Producers Julian
Blaustein and Daniel Taradash.
X
Miss Davis. busy these DAYS
retaining her position as Holly
woods No. whirlwind, gives a
singing performance in the
Playhouse picture.
She is cast here as a small
town librarian. a peppery little
woman with a passion for books
and the world to which they are
a threshold, especially to the
young. She is having wonder
full time doing a wonderful work
for Kenport until a timid city
council finds book, 1.-The Com
munist Dream" on the library
shelves.
Ordered to remove the vol
ume, she refuses, is fired, and
sets off a nightmarish sequence
OF events which could not be
more shattering to Kenport's
level of serenity.
In point of emphasis, Authors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-09
Why Don't They?

Why don't they give Elvis Pres
ley a ukelele, a grass skirt, and
star him in all the Old Dorothy
Lamour films? Why don't
they put sandpaper on dollar
bills so they don't slip through
your fingers SO fast? Why
don't they sell martini favored
olives for people who like to
drink on the subway? Why
don't they make cardboard drink
containers with zippered covers?
Why don't they make trans
parent highway signs so you can
see the motorcycle cop hiding
behind them? Why don't
they have breakable phono-
graph records again for some of
the new song hits? Why
dom they stop looking for an
other Marilyn Monroe and start
looking for another Josephine
Hull?
|
Why don't they have colored
paper clips? +. Why don't they
have a spotlight on the rear of
your car so you can see where
you're going when you back up?
=. Why don't they grow seedless
watermelonS? :. Why don't they
give John Foster Dulles q pilot
license and his own airplane?
Why don't they let the Giants
play next years schedule?
Why don't they bring back short
skirts and long stares?
Why don't they make prettier
garbage trucks? Why don't
they have luminous menus for
those dark restaurants? :. Why
don't they make a gimmick so
you can answer your dentist when
he StuffS your mouth full of
cotton? Why don't they
make license plates that glow in
the dark? Why don't they
indicate with a yellow line where
the restricted space ends on each
side of a fire plug? =. Why
doesn't Gwen Verdon marry Billy
Gwon so her name will be Gwen
Gwon? ;. Why don't they give
you a trailer with every car you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-09
THE PASSING SHOW
Book-Bonners Burned
In PIoyhouse's Film
BY JAY CARMODY

Storm Center" at the Playhouse film which presents
Hollywood in a mood of bristling indignation.
This is novel but the picture enjoys the further distinction
OF daring to briste subject which controversial
to make Storm Center itself controversial
The theme of the film is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19
Stanley Picks
Manager for
Mental System

RICHMOND. April 10 (R.-
Gov. Stanley yesterday appointed
Alfred Ruth Of Philadelphia tt
be business manager Of Virginia.
mental hospital system.
Ruth, As, a retired lieutenant
commander Of the Nays Medi-
cal Services Corps. will take over
his duties about May /. Gov
Stanley said his salary will be
$14,850. the same pay Of the
commissioner Of mental hygiene
under an increase effective July l
The post Of business manager
directly responsible to the Gov
ernor, was created by an act Of
the 1855 Legislature. Gov. Stan
ley asked for the position in an
effort to tighten the business
management Of the hospitals.
The Governor said he had
reached no decision as to the
position Of George M. Brydon
jr., who presently serves as q
business manager under the COM
missioner Of mental hygiene and
the State Hospital board.
Even though the position Mr.
Brydon now holds is abolished
under the 1856 act with the ap-
Ipointment of this business man.
ager." Gov. Stanley said, 81
would hope that Mr.. Brydon will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19

gal abilities when he was called
on privately for an opinion be.
fore the nomination was made
That apparently minimizes thu
chances of any fight over Judge
Duncan's nomination.
On Bench FL Years
Judge Duncan has been on tn,
Alexandria bench 81 years. Dur.
ing that time, he has missed
holding court only twice wher
he was i'll. He held the frs
night court in Northern Virginia
and he appointed the first ju.
venile and domestic relation,
court probation worker when hi
court handled those cases.
The senior judge of Alexandra.
Civil and Police Court receive
$4,000 a year. The secont
Judge. who currently is Jane
IN. Colasanto. receives $1,000 ,
year.
Attorneys who have been men
toned as possible successors tt
Judge Duncan are City Attorne.
". Floyd Williams, former cit!
councilman Daniel Fairfa,
O'Flaherty and Roy Bragg, AS.
sistant Commemorative Attorney
John Scarlet and Neville Hall
who is a substitute civil anc
police court judge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19
MARYLAND-V VIRGINIA NEWS
~ -
.ConsuItunt
Retained for
Hospital

DR.. Herman Smith of Chicago
has been retained as consultant
for planning the new Fairfax
hospital.
The Board of County Super
visors yesterday voted to hire
him after he outlined the work
to be covered by his services.
He had been recommended by
the Fairfax County Hospital and
Health Center Commission.
The contract approved by the
supervisors covers the first phase
of consulting work for planning
the new hospital. This includes
a survey of the county's hos
Ipital needs. advice on the Sc
lection of site if it is requested,
development of a preliminary
sketch and master hospital plan,
and consultation with various
groups about the proposed hos
Ipital.
DR.. Smith will be paid $500
for this part of his services.
plus travelling expenses not to
exceed $3.50. He estimted the
preliminary work would take
three months. If he is retained
for detailed building and adj
ministration consultation, he
will receive a fee of / per cent
of construction and fixed equip
ment costs.
DR.. Smith is a graduate Of
the New York University School
of Medicine. He has served a.
consultant for more than IS hos
pital building projects and y q
former consultant to the chief
Of engineers Of the Army on the
Veterans Administration Hos
|pital Construction program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19
Erwin Sees GO. p. Rule
By Rejected Politicians

Senator Erwin. Democrat Of
North Carolina, assailed the
Eisenhower administration last
night as rule by businessmen ant
discredited politicians.
"They try to conduct Gov.
eminent just the way they con-
duct their industries" Senator
Erwin told a Wilson-Jeffersor
banquet meeting of the Airing
ton Democratic Executive Com
mittee.
"Galloping Republicanism" is
the same thing the Republicans
used to call creeping socialism
under the Democrats, Senator
Erwin said.
1.-THE only two ways to get a
Job in this present administra-
ton is to be a chairman Of q
big corporation or to be a poll
tician repudiated by the home
folks" Senator Erwin said.
"Sixty-seven members Of the
present administration have been
repudiated by the home folks
who know them best" Senator
Erwin said, pointing to Secretary
of State Dulles, United Nations
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge
jr.. and Civil Defense Chief Va
Peterson.
The Administrators refusal tc
release data on trade with the
Soviet bloc drew criticism from
Senator Erwin.
Nov. of course, the enemy
already knew exactly what they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19
Unidentified Child
Is Killed by Train
Near CheverIy

An 8 or 9-year-old child, as
yet unidentified, was killed
instantly last night when struck
by a passenger train while walk
ing along the Pennsylvania Rail-
road tracks in the 1900 block Of
Wentworth avenue near Chever-
ly. Md.
The accident occurred about
1928 pm, Prince Georges Coun-
ty Police said.
The colored youths clothes
failed to produce clue as to his
identity. He was wearing a black
leather motorcycle type jacket.
blue gabardine pants, brown OK
ford shoes. blue socks and a
white tee shirt. police said.
The northbound train which
had left Washington shortly
after 6 pm, struck the boy
about 800 feet west Of the Kenil-
worth avenue viaduct near the
Washington Baltimore parkway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19
Silver Spring Group
Opposes Hospital

The proposed Silver Spring
Memorial Hospital has been op-
posed by the Woodside Park
Civic Association.
In a meeting last night the
group said it feels the proposed
hospital has not been shown
to be necessary. A proposed levy
of up to Z cents per 500 valua-
ton on property owners in the
Thirteenth Election District of
Montgomery County to finance
the project also was opposed by
the group.
Elected president of the as
ISOLATION for the coming year
was Armin G. Clement, of 1921
Clement place, Silver Spring.
Others elected were Ralph E.
Hightower. 1924, Woodland drive,
vice president, Mrs. Hightower,
secretary, and David M. Gruver,
1880 Woodside parkway, trea-
Sllrpr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19

were buying" Senator Ervir
said, $50 the release Of the dats
will not hurt American security
They are afraid they will jeop.
ardize the security of the Repub-
lican Party"
OF President Eisenhower'S veto
of the farm bill, Senator Erwin
said the administrations theory
is IF you can make farming un-
profitable, the farmers won't
raise anything and you won't
have a farm surplus"
About $50 Arlington Demo-
Gratis attended last nights din
ner, held In the George Mason
Hotel In Alexandria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19
Stanley Rejects
Appea|in
.Seashore Case

RICHMOND. April 10 (P.-
Gov. Stanley said yesterday he
saw mo point in appealing" the
Seashore State Park case, in
which Federal courts have pro-
hibited lease of the facility or
any basis that could be racially
discriminatory.
Il certainly would not recon.
mend that it be appealed" Gov
Stanley said at his first press
conference since returning from
Ia Florida vacation.
Upheld on Appeal
The Norfolk Federal District
Court, in a case originating in
1851, held last year that the
State could not refuse to admit
Negroes to seashore and further
that any lease of the property
to a private operator should pro-
tect the rights of all races to
use the park.
This decision was upheld last
week by the United States 4th
Circuit Court of Appeals. Attor-
ney General j. Lindsay Almond
jr., had indicated any decision
to carry the matter to the United
States Supreme Court would be
up to the Governor and the
Board of Conservation and
Development.
The Governor told reporters he
would recommend that Virginia.
eight other parks be operated this
season on a segregated basis.
"Will Remain Closed"
Plans already have been made
for such operation and the Divi-
sion Of Parks has accepted, as
in the past, applications for res
ervations for the cabin facil-
tiles.
Seashore Park had been closed,
however, and Gov. Stanley de-
clared emphatically it will re-
main closed"
Asked if the State would sell
the Seashore property in Prin-
cess Anne County, Gov. Stanley
said he did not know what dis
posal should be made of it. I
don't see why we should hold
it as idle property"
He pointed out there is some
bonded indebtedness on Seashore
and added, II should think we
would have to dispose of enough
to meet the bonded indebted
ness"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19

remain in his present work with
DR.. (Joseph e. Barrett for the
remainder Of this biennium."
Dr.. Barrett is mental hygiene
commissioner.
Mr.. Ruth retired from the
Navy voluntarily on April /,
1888. to become administrative
services director Of Philadelphia
General Hospital. He left that
position a year later to Join the
staff of Hospital Food Manage
ment. Inc. a food consultant
service which made an investiga-
ton for Gov. Stanley of food
services at Central State Hospi-
tai, Petersburg. last November.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19
Boy With Matches
Sets $1,000 Fire

A 6-year-old boy set a two
alarm fire at 463 M street NV
yesterday, police said.
They said the boy admitted
playing with matches in a closet
in the house in which he lived
The fire burned through the
roof in the third floor front OF
the house. Capt. Alexander S
Douglas Of No. 2 Precinct said
There were no injuries. The Fire
Marshal's Office set damages al
between $4,000 and $4,000.
According to police. the same
child, who is colored, set fire tc
a shed about a month ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19
Safe Forced Open,
$500 Removed at
Pimmit Hills Store

A safe was broken into last
might at the Pimmit Hills Drug
Store in Fairfax County and
more than $500 taken.
Fairfax County Detective
Richard Wahl said the store, IN
Ia shopping center on Route Z.
was entered through a rear win
dow. He said bars on the win
dow had been cut with q hack
saw.
A bag containing $43S in cash
and $94 in checks was taken
from a file-type safe in the rear
of the store, Mr.. Wahl said.
The burglary was discovered
about 4 am. by a delivery man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19
Rockville to Close
Voter Registration

Rockville voter registration
books will be closed at 9 pm.
tomorrow for the April 80 city
elections.
Residents who moved to Rock
vile before october 80, 1855,
may register at the city hall,
100 South Washington street be-
tween 8 am. and 8 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19
Court Candidates Await
Action on Judge Duncan

The pending appointment of
Alexandria Civil and Police Court
Judge James r. Duncan to the
Security Activities Control Board
has eager candidates for his seat
on the bench nervously watching
the calendar.
/ If Judge Duncan steps down
before July /. it apparently will
require a special election to Ali
his unexpired term. Judge Dun
cans present term runs until
December. 1857.
If he stays on the bench be-
yond July l. a successor can be
appointed under new State legis-
lation that becomes effective or
that date making all judgeships
throughout Virginia appointive
The appointment would be made
by the city's two corporation
court judges and three circuit
Judges, according to State Sena-
tor Armistead Boothe, who helped
draft the new State legislation
Awaiting Final Action
Judge Duncan has no notion
when he can expect final action
on his nomination to SACB. But
he stands ready to accept it
whenever it comes.
President Eisenhower nomi-
mated Judge Duncan to the SIS
I000-a-year post last week. The
nomination is before the Senate
Judiciary Committee, which has
not yet set a hearing.
There have been no signs of
any opposition to Judge Dun
cans nomination. Even State
Senator Boothe-often at odds
with the judge over politics
commended Judge Duncan's le-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-21
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