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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
THE PASSING SHOW
New Grace Kelly
Lacks That Fire

with every reason to expect
life to be perfect. 1t was any
thing but perfect. Her mar
riage was a failure, ending in
divorce, and she was but one
day removed from a wedding
whose lack of promise she stub
bornly refused to recognize.
Nevertheless, she was a girl in
a fighting mood, as anxious to
sting as she. felt stung by
life.
If 1.-The Philadelphia Story"
was not a good play. Miss
Hepburn made it fiery theater
with the help of a couple of
then young actors named
Joseph Gotten and Van Helm.
There is little Of this viper
ish flavor in Miss Kelly's Tracy
Lord. Her heroine is OCCASION
ally wistful and sometimes
acidly funny, but she is more
often merely spoiled. petulant
and dewily young. The others
are similarly more vaguely
drawn, more generally genial
and the Sort one is accustomed
to encounter in musicals.
It's Entertaining
Yet, of its lavish and lus-
trous kind, there is no dis
putting the solid entertainment
values of High Society," In
fact. society seldom has looked
higher than in the Philadelphia
story as transplanted. in this
version, to Newport, and mu-
sicalized by no less a social
and musical light than Cole
Porter.
More candidly dependent
upon sheer charm, and also
destined for popularity, is an
other of the weeks new films.
This one is "The Ambassa-
doris Daughter" starring Oil
via de Havilland and John
Forsythe. This is a summer
light romantic comedy by
Norman Krasna, a clever chap
at this sort of trivia, and once
more vaguely identifying his
characters with Washington.
Miss De Havilland, who
never looked lovelier, plays an
ambassadors daughter who
undertakes to prove to a sin
hunting Senator that Paris
should not be declared off,
limits to GIs in Europe. Her
method of proof involves dat
ing a handsome sergeant who
has no notion Of her identity
thus to get evidence that
soldiers on leave are perfect
gentlemen.
But It's Laughable
1.-THE Ambassadors Daugh-
ter" could hardly be more
loosely written but, along the
route it traverses, Mr.. Krasna
comes up with some laugha-
BILE situations, characters, and
dialogue. Played with as much
grace as it is by a cast that
also includes Myra 10y and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
COMING ATTRACTIONS
STAGE

CARTER BARRON AMPHITHEATRE-Dann Kaye. starting
Tuesday
NATIONALITY Abner." starting September II.
OLNEY-"The Old Boy" starting Tuesday.
SCREEN
ANBASSADOR-"The Bad Seed" Nancy Kelly and Patts
Mccormack.
cAPIToL-"Bus Stop: with Marilyn Monroe.
COLONY-"Thirst." Swedish film.
COLUNB1A-"Johnny concho"; with Frank snatra.
DUPONT-"Iouse Of Rcord"
LTTTLE-"Nghtmare Alley; Tyrone Power and Joan
Bondell
MacARTHUR--Bulhght."
METROPOLTTAN-"Ihe Bad Seed; Nancy Kelly and Patty
Mccormack.
ONTARIo-"The Mountain -
|ALACE-,Rebecca."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27
Regents Indorse
SeIf-Liquidotine
Building Piun

BALTIMORE. Jan. 81 (P,.-
The University OF Maryland
Board of Regents yesterday gave
qualified assent to a bill for the
General Assembly to enable con-
struction of dormitories and other
projects on a self -liquidating
basis.
The regents conditioned their
approval on an okay from the
boards Building Committee.
Board members made it clear.
however, they felt the State
ought to finance needed con-
structior. at the university rather
than require more self -liquidat-
ing projects
DR.. Wilson H Elkins, university
president. presented the proposed
legislation. He told the board he
had been given to understand
that the chances of State f.
nancing of additional dormitories
were slim.
DR.. Elklns said the university
will have to turn down students
for want Of dormitory space in
the next scholastic year.
He said If the legislation
passes. the university could at
least plan the needed facilities.
He said introduction of the
measure might also force from
the Legislature an expression of
its policy On future financing of
buildings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27
Two Motorists Hurt
In Fuirfux Crash

Two Government employees
were admitted to Arlington Hos
pital after their car collided with
another auto last night at the
intersection Of Arlington boule-
ward and Annandale road.
The injured were Charles E.
Wilson, Al, Of 3l5 Oak drive,
Falls Church, a transportation
specialist with the General Ac-
counting ONCE, and Mrs. Eliza
beth P. Burroughs, 81, of $40
McCrea place. Falls Church, a
GAO secretary.
Fairfax County police said
Mr.. Wilson's car collided with
an eastbound auto driven by
John Keith Nelson. "a, of
Wichita Falls. Tex. Mr.. Nelson,
Miss Patricia A. Fields, 10, and
Miss Mary B. Widen, 10, both
Of San Angelo. Tex. were treated
for cuts and bruises and re-
leased.
County police Pvt. Clarence
Hurst said the collision occurred
when Mr.. Wilson's weStbound
auto attempted left turn onto
Annandale road.
Mr.. Wilson and Mrs. Bur-
roughs were listed in fair con-
dition today. He suffered head
and chest injuries and Mrs.
Burroughs suffered a fractured
pelvis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27
Clerk Charged
As EmbezzIer

A 46-year-old Takoma Park
man was charged last night with
embezzlement from a Wheaton
building firm. Montgomery Coun-
ty Police reported.
Freed under $4,000 bond pend
ing a hearing February Is was
Norman K. Parsons of the $500
block of Red Top road.
Parsons is charged with en-
bezzling sl351a last October 25
from the H. o. McAlister Co.
where he had been employed as
a bookkeeper.
Detective Sergt. Kenneth Wat
kins said a fund shortage OF
about $4,000 was discovered after
an audit was made of the CON-
pany's books. Parsons arrest
came after a two-day police in
vestigation.
Police said Parsons made up
the company's payroll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27

Mr.. Harris said he would like
to see more OF this cooperation.
IT'S part Of the public's duty to
help protect their game" he said.
From the Federal agents point
of view. the splitting UP OF Fed
eral and State game agents this
past season did not make for as
effective law enforcement as de-
sirable. Mr.. Harris said, "for the
simple reason that we don't have
the men"
Cover Wide Area
Besides the whole State of
Maryland. Mr.. Harris and his five
men are responsible for the two
Eastern Shore counties of Vir-
ginia. and also help out in Della
ware.
Mr.. Harris said the State men
are under orders not to work with
Federal agents for two weeks be-
fore the waterfowl season and
during the season. Apart from
this period, the agents can and
do work together.
He said the reason for the
splitup was a question for Ernest
A. Vaughn. director Of the Mary
land Game and Inland Fish De-
partment, to answer.
Mr. Vaughn said last week that
separating the agents gave State
wardens more freedom to OPP
crate efficiently"
Mr.. Vaughan said Federal
agents were concerned only with
violations involving migratory
birds and that State wardens
needed to spend more time
searching for increased upland
game violations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27
Maryland Official Notes
Decline in Duck Boitino

CAMBRIDGE, Md, Jan 81 Cp).
Corn which was shining like
gold" in the waters near Eastern
Shore duck hunting blinds year
or two ago was in noticeably less
supply this past season, Ralph
s. Harris, in charge Of United
States Fish and Wildlife Service
agents in Maryland, said today.
Mr.. Harris. who checks hunt
ing blinds by plane, said that on
one occasion only eight blinds
using bait we're found in an in
spection run on 500 blinds.
"A year or two ago." he said,
from two thirds to three
fourths of the blinds would have
been batting"
80 Tried Here
His five agents made 1876 ar
rests last season which ended
January Is, about 30 less than
last year. OF this number, 80
have been tried in Federal Court
in Baltimore and the remainder
will be tried later.
Federal agents do not make
the arrests" he explained. They
spprehend alleged violators and
then pass the information on to
the United Stataes district attor-
ney in Baltimore. Further action
is then up to him.
This past season. for the first
time to his knowledge. Mr.. Har-
ris said, private citizens made
complaints to Federal agents
about batting. live decoys and
illegal taking of game. As a re-
suit Of these reports. five hunters
were apprehended. he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27
Auto Upsets on Ice,
Boy, ID, HospitoIized

A 14-year-old Falls Church
boy suffered chest and back in
juries yesterday when a CAL
skidded on an icy road in Fair
fax County anG overturned on
Route 703 a mile south of Falls
Church.
The boy Arthur H. Molle. jr.,
of lakewood road. Falls Church
was admitted to Arlington Hos
pital. He was a passenger in a
car driven by Prescott P. Law
renee, Of RID /, Falls Church
Treated at the hospital for head
cuts was James Means, jr., Is
of Falls Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27
Convention Candidate
Resigns Electoral Post

AleXandria's lone candidate
for the upcoming Virginia Con-
stitution Convention, Albert v
Bryan, jro has resigned as Sec
rotary Of the city's electoral
board.
Mr. Bryan, 30, and attorney
SAID he did not feel he could
serve on the three-man board
and be a candidate for the con-
vention
Neville G. Hall, jr., 33, an at
torney and substitute Police
Court judge, has been named to
MI the vacancy by Corporation
Court Judge William P. Woolls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27
Mencken Says New Book
Sure to Be Denounced
however brutal and dishonorable.
is praised as heroic.
Views on the Soul

however brutal and dishonorable
is praised as heroic.
Views on the Soul
mo one blames a man for be-
lleving that his wife is beautiful
but 1t is impossible to avoid
disgust in the presence of one
who believes that he has an i'm
mortal soul of some vaguely
gaseous nature and that 1t will
continue to exist 400 million
years after he had been shoveled
away.
The fact that have no
remedy for all the sorrows of the
world is no reason for my ac-
.cepting yours. 1t simply supports
the strong probability that yours
is a fake.
THE Russian proletarians who
were to have been made rich,
fat and happy by the triumph of
the MARKHAM gospel are still eat
ing herring and black bread and
getting 81 cash a month, but
their saviours are riding about
in imported cars, sleeping with
perfuned women and living in
steam heated fats. If it be true
as the American Communists al
lege. that 10 per cent OF the
American people own 80 per
cent Of the national wealth
then it is equally true that
per cent Of the Russians eat
l95 per cent of the caviar and
drink 100 per cent Of the cham
payne"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27
Woman Held
In Stobbine
.OfDoughter,5

A mental examination is
scheduled today for a Mount
Rainier MD woman charged
by town police with stabbing her
five-year-old daughter in the
back with a l0-inch butcher
knife in their apartment.
In good condition in Prince
Georges General Hospital is the
victim Margaret Eleanor Gump,
daughter Of Mrs. Naomi Marion
Gump, "a. Of 1925 Chauncey
place.
1.-THE child lost a considerable
amount of blood but the knife
apparently did not puncture the
chest cavity" DR.. Joseph D. Lee.
resident physician at the hos
pital, reported.
Mrs. Gump was charged in
Mount Rainier with assault with
intent to kill. She is being held
without bond in the Upper MARI
boro jail pending a hearing
February Z in Hyattsville Police
Court.
Police Chief Edward C. Franer
said Mrs. Gump admitted she
planned to stab to death both
her daughter and herself. She
lost her nerve. however, when
she heard Margaret scream from
the pain of the single wound.
and asked neighbors to summon
help. the officer said.
Mrs. Gump had been despond-
ent over her health and family
finances. he added.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Thomas Bren-
nan. a neighbor. had wrapped
pillowcase around Margaret In
an effort to stop the bleeding.
Rainier Police Pvt. Lewis
E. Brogan answered the call, and
had the Brentwood Rescue Squad
remove the child to the hos
pital.
The accused's husband. Walter
Gump. said he could give no ex-
for the incident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27
Negro Medical
Scholarships Get
Tentative Okuy

RICHMOND. Jan. 81 lP.-A
plan to allow Negro students to
study on State scholarships at
the Medical College of Virginia
and the University of Virginia
School Of Medicine has received
the tentative approval of the
State Board Of Education.
The General Assembly must
approve the proposal. The edu-
cation board, at its meeting yes
terday, made its Endorsement
subject to review of the wording
OF proposed bill by drafting at
torneys.
State scholarships are available
to medical and dental students
who agree to practice in rural
areas. They are now valid for
Negroes only at Meharry Med
ical School in Tennessee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27
|Park-for-Span
|0ffer on Shore
Called a Fraud

BALTIMORE, Jan. 81 (P-
Daniel Brewster. lawyer anc
State delegate from Baltimor,
County. yesterday called an offel
ito give the State $40 acres fol-
"a public park, if a bridge Il
Assateauge Island is built, g
fraud.
isn't the offer a fraud be.
cause it is somebody else's prop.
Eerty?" Mr.. Brewster asked Rob.
Iert Walker. engineer for q
corporation asking Public Serv.
ice Commission permission tt
build a toll bridge.
isn't it an attempt to put
sugar coating on" Mr.. Brewster
demanded before he was inter-
irupted by Thomas johnson
counsel for the Assateauge Island
Bridge Corp.
Claims Title to Lands
MIR. Brewster is representing
the Cecil Amusement Co. which
claims to hold title to some OF
the $40 acres.
I Mr.. Walker was given a pat
ent to the land by the State for
about $4,000 after he said it as
sumed any titles had been "aban-
doned,' He called some of the
claims "shoestring" which were
based on half lots being given
as merchandise prizes in Balti-
more years ago"
Mr.. Walker claims to own the
$40 acres now equally with Leon
Alderman, real estate developer
He said he was inclined to give
the land to the State only if per-
mission was given to build the
private toll bridge.
!. Mr.. Alderman had told the
commission at previous hear
ing he favored the offer regard
less Of who built the bridge.
Mr.. Walker said he would 20
along only if the State built the
bridge promptly and didn't
charge tolls. In that case, he
said it might be justified because
1T would enhance the value of
other land he owns on the island.
Fee Influences Feelings
Mr., Walker admitted the S48.-
900 in fees he would be paid il
the private corporation builds
the bridge influenced his feelings
on the offer of free land. He has
agreed to take half the amount
in stock and also to buy $4,000
more from land he intends to
sell.
Manus E. McGeady, a Balti-
more contractor. told the COM
mission he is ready to build the
bridge for s830,0O0 or 1851 900
depending on the width OF the
proposed causeWay. He also is
offering to charge off a maxi
mum of 10 per cent of the total
as profit and to buy $4,000
worth OF stock.
The corporation originally es-
timated the cost of the bridge at
100000, part of which will be
raised by stock sales.
Wilbur McQuaid. peoples coun-
sci for the PSC, observed that it
is proposed to raise one third of
the money by sale of land which
would presumably increase in
value II the bridge is built. In
addition to the $4,000 pledged
by Mr.. Walker. Mr.. Alderman
lis to provide 100000 from land
sales.
This is the second effort at
private construction Of the toll
bridge in Maryland. The first
authorized in 1853 by the Legis-
lature fell through when a re-
Iquired performance bond was
not posted.
McGeady said he is ready to
post a performance bond.
Walker said he had nothing to
do with the 1858 venture because
with my background knowledge.
l wanted no part of it." He said
the promoter was a "self-styled
investment banker in Baltimore
who solicited Alderman"
The PSC postponed further
hearings until March,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27
Naval Reserve Unit
To Receive Trophy

Silver Springs Naval Reserve
Division WI will receive the
General Excellence Trophy of
the Potomac River Naval Com
mand in ceremonies at 7:30 pm.
Monday in the Bethesda Chevy
Chase high school boys gymna-
SUM.
Read Admiral L. S. Sabin. jr.,
commandment of the Potomac
River Naval Command. will
make the award to the 24O-man
division. Montgomery County
officials will attend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27
District Man Freed
In HyuttsviIIe Fatality

A District man was freed OF
an automobile manslaughter
charge in Hyattsville Police
Court yesterday.
Trial Magistrate Grover Lee
Small dropped the charge against
James e. Jones. 40. colored. OF
1909 South Carolina avenue N. E
State police reported Mr.. Jones
was the driver Of a car that
struck and fatally injured a pc
destrian. Philip L. Pilkerton. 81
Iof Beltsville, on Christmas Eve
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27

BALTIMORE, Jan. 81 (P.-
ut will be nice being denounced
again." H L. Mencken observed.
The 75-year-old author set,
tied himself in an easy chair en-.
circled by cigar smoke and tolc
of the book he put together ir
1913. then forgot"
1t will be published in May
Mr.. Mencken said. and he looks
forward with pleasure to the
heated replies his barbed cpl
grams will bring. You see. the
book is controversial" he says.
He dismissed with a wave OF
his hand the vibrant controversy
that lights up the thousands of
essays and scores of other books
he has produced in his rs years
This one, he believes. may be
more So"
Notebook Of Essays
The book. to be called "Mi-
nority Report" was created be-
fore a cerebral hemmorhage laid
him low and limited his powers
of communication. 1t is, as he
says. a notebook" containing
essays of varying lengths on q
variety Of subject matter.
II scrubbed ideas down as they
occurred to me. Then after I'd
gotten it all off my chest I put
a title on the whole hodge podge
and wrote a preface for it," Mr.
Mencken said.
The material was stuffed into
q folder and buried in the huge
pile Of correspondence, notes and
other papers he has collected.
Several weeks ago. Mr.. Menck-
ems secretary found the manu-
scrip among a pile of paperN
headed for the Enoch Pratt
Library for inclusion in the
Mencken Room.
Here are some excerpts from
the manuscript:
The relatively of moral ideas
Is proved anew every time there
is wer. Whatever the enemy
does. however gallant or reason
able, is denounced as immoral,
and what the home boys do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27
Dinner Set

A fried chicken dinner will
be served in the parish hall of
the Church OF the Ascension,
$50 Silver Spring avenue, Silver
Spring, from 5 to 1880 pm. to-
morrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27
LOST MACE FOUND
AFTER COLLEGE
GOT INSURANCE

WILLIAMSBURG, Va,
Jan. 81 pa silver mace
used in academic ceremonies
was missing from its case in
the College Of william and
Mary library last June IL
when authorities came to
fetch 1t.
Yesterday the mace turned
up in the vestibule outside
the office of President Alvin
Duke Chandler.
Mr.. Chandler said the COL
lege had received $500 in
insurance for loss of the
mace but the money would
now be returned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-08
'Conodu Pipe Line
Agreement Siqned

OTTAWA, June 8 (R.-The
government has set up a FIVE
man crown corporation to over
see the building of a cross-coun-
try natural gas pipeline and
signed an agreement with Trans
Canada Pipe Lines, Ltd, for the
first section across the prairies
Formation of the crown corpo-
ration was announced last night
less than two hours after the
government'Spipeline bill, fought
over in the Commons for more
than three weeks, became law
with royal assent ceremony in
the Senate.
The new corporation then
signed an agreement with Trans
Canada covering treasury loan
of UP to $50 million for the prai-
RE section authorized in the leg
islation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-08
FEATHER OF YEAR
ATTENDED 1000
VETERANS BURIALS

LEWISTON, Me. (P.-A
veteran of World War l who
lost a son in World War II
was named LewiSton'S ''fa-
ther of the year" yesterday.
Scottish-born John M.
Robertson, 20. who considers
every man in uniform his
son, has attended more than
1000 veterans funerals since
he returned from war in
1919.
Told of his selection by
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce. Mr.. Robertson said:
You'll note I'm a Scot
and / still got a mite of the
brogue. Isn't it wonderful
that a person like me, still
talking with a brogue, can
become the father of the
year here in America"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-08
SIeuthing Writer
Restored to Job

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, June 8
(Pl. - Suspension of Sports
Writer Dan Cook was lifted to-
day by Ed Ray, executive editor
of the San Antonio News and
Express.
Mr.. Cook had been under
suspension pending a grand jury
investigation of a S250,000 bur-
glary at Houston which Mr.. Cook
said he sought to solve for a big
story.
The grand jury yesterday freed
Mr.. Cook in a no-bill report.
Mr.. Cook and Jimmie Parks. a
boxing promoter. were charged
with robbery by firearms after
telling police they took $3,055
from two Houston men while
trying to solve the unreported
burglary so Mr.. Cook could write
a big story" Mr.. Parks also
was cleared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-08
Injured Woman
Found in Street,
$4,000 in GirdIe

A woman with $4,000 tucked
in her girdle was found lying
almost unconscious, on the
southwest corner of Third and
H streets NE. last night, WASH
ington police reported.
The woman. Mrs. Annie
Thomas, So. colored, of 727
Second street NE, apparently
had fallen, police said, and frac-
tured her skull.
At Casualty Hospital, where
her condition is critical, it was
discovered she had SO 500 bills
and 10 $50 bills in her girdle,
police were told.
Mrs. Thomas was able to tell
officers she had several peers
before she was injured, but
couldn't remember what hap
pened to her. Her husband is a
Pullman porter, police said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-08
Ohio Student Held
In Burglary Probe

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 8
(P.-Columbus police are hold
ing an Ohio State University
sophomore on a fugitive from
justice charge.
The student, Marc Michles,
20, of Fremont, is wanted by Mi
ami, Fla, police for questioning
concerning a 100000 burglary
ring. Michles' attorney, Nelson
Lancione. indicated he will fight
Iextradition.
The Florida authorities identi-
fled Michles as an employee of a
key shop and said he may have
made keys with which entrance
was gained to hotel and motel
rooms.
Six other persons have been
ARRESTED in connection with the
ring, which Miami police said
may have committed as many as
100 burglaries netting 5000, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-08
Is ons and What? Life
In Welsh Mining Town

GWAUN : CA &c UR w EN-
Wales, June 8 (P).-Two hun
dred and seventy-nine tired
miners dug deep for their coal
this week. fighting for a reprieve
for this little Welsh mining town
and the 1000 families who make
their livelihood here.
This is the second half of a
two-week test for survival
ordered by Britain's National
Coal Board. Annoyed by low
production figures and a total of
249 strikes in the mine since
1947, the Coal Board last month
washed its hands of this little
town in the Amman Valley and
ordered the mine shut down.
The miners appealed for an
other chance. The Coal Board,
which had fired all LOGS men in
the mine, offered a two-week
test. 1t said it would hire back
279 men and let them show if
miners in the valley here could
maintain "a proper standard of
work"
The Coal Board. the govern
ment body which runs Britain's
mines. said the miners here had
been producing only IA hum
dredweight of coal per man per
day. This compared to an aver
age for the rest of the area of
l9 hundredweight.
The men of Gwaun- Cur
wen tried to call out miners OF