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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08
Highlights

1880, WTOP t9I-Look Up and
Live: Merv Griffin is host to
Rev Lawrence McMaster and
bandleader Lionel Hampton.
1900, WTOP tsl-Let's Take q
Trip: Sonny Fox guides
young friends on tour of
Miami Seaquarium.
1880, WRC tD-This Is the
Life: Mans wife starts fight
ing with his widowed mother.
100, WRC tA-American
Forum: Congressman Hugh
Scott and John MacC ormack
on What's Ahead in the New
Congress.
1900, WMAL (T-Christopher
Program: Jimmy Cagney.
guest.
2:O0, WMAL (D-Celebrity
Parade: Second anniversary
show. Joe McCaffery's guest.
Sen. Mike Mansfield; Drew
Pearson reports from inside
an iron lung.
2:30, WMAL tO-This We Be-
lieve; DR.. Shane MacCarthy
narrates picture-story of
Mary Merrick. founder Of
Christ Child Society.
$500, WRC-Dr. Spock: Actual
classroom technique used in
teaching children to read.
$500, WTOP t9)--Face the Ma
ton: Adlai Stevenson faces
the panel in Chicago.
$3.50, WTOP (9)--Eric Sevareid:
1Premiere) A different con-
cept in reporting week end
news events.
400, WRC (4)-Hall Of Fame:
Emlyn Williams story about
a young Welsh coal miner
who is helped by an English
schoolmistress, THE Corn Is
Green; Eva LeGallienne,
John Kerr, Joan Lorring.
400, WTOP t9)-Front Row,
Center: (Premiere) "Finley'sI
Fan Club" story of small
band of folks who worship
q writer; Eddie Bracken,
Diana Lynn.
1880, WMAL t7)--College Press
Conference: Secretary Of the
Navy Thomas, guest.
$500, WTOP t9) - Omnibus:
Featured is James Barrie's
Dear Brutus," with Helen
Hayes, Franchot Tone and
Susan Strasberg.
$500, WRC (4)--Meet the Press:
Ohio's Gov. Lausche, guest.
$780,, WMAL tD-Science Fic-I
ton Theater: Astronomer
finds evidence to prove ex-
istence of flying saucers:
Pat O'Brien.
$3.50, WTTG (5)--Georgetown
University Forum: What's
right with science in high
school. Keith johnson, How
ard Owens, Brother Fidelian.
$3.50, WTOP (9) - You Are
There: For 1.-THE Heroism Of
Clara Barton" organizer Of
the American BED Cross.
1900, WMAL t0--You Asked
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$3.50, WTTG (5) - The Gray
Report: Question and answer
period with State Sen. Gar
land Gray Dowell J. Howard
and State Sen. Charles Fen
wick.
$3.50, WMAL ~ - Amateur
Hour: Now full hour show.
Ted Mack salutes Hacken-
sack, N. j. III
1900, WRC ,4)-Loretta Young:
Woman head Of prison honor
farm becomes involved in
personal affairs Of inmate;
Loretta Young. Donald Muir
ply.
10000, WTOP DISAPPOINTMENT
with Adv enture: THE Top
of the Mountain" story of
exhausted climber who Is I'M
able to respond to news that
he's first to climb Mount
Kharul: Richard Carlyle.
1880. WRC (4)-Justice: Dis
appointed man feels he
should have been made vice
president; Larry Gates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08
BY BERNIE HARRISON

Whew, I'm glad that week is
over.s Possibly because the
right network generally doesn't
know what the left network is
doing, or seem to care, we were
exposed to q succession Of de-
pressing hour dramas featur-
ing enough morbid misfits.
juvenile and adult, to stock a
large sanitarium.
The more you think about it,
the more you're inclined to ap-
plaud the selection Of the $50
editors who elected Phil Silvers
the Man Of the Year" in the
recent annual TV-Radio Daily
poll. ! would have voted for
funny Phil myself last week,
out Of sheer indignation.
Here's a list Cor break
down. on some of the charm
ing characters who popped out
Of the screen and gunned their
way into our living rooms.
Father Knows Least
A reform school graduate. a
young big-city hoodlum at war
with the world and himself.
(Studio One). His father
wasn't exactly admirable
either.
Paternity snobs and goof-
pill pushers. tRobert Mont
gomery). What Bob was &C
centing was the normal
teenager and these were the
ostensible heroes Of his pieces.
But to triumph--they had to
triumph over delinquents Of
one kind or another.
A crusty old railroad vet
eran, who refused to be retired.
and nearly drove his family
and former colleagues crazy
by making a pest Of himself at
the depot. (Playwrights. $50.
This was even more depressing
because of the exceptional
writing and penetrating per-
Torrance by Joseph Sweeney.
A former Pulitzer Prize win
ner twice on the skids, and
a many-time loser to alcohol
KRAFT Theaterl.
Lost War, Girl
An embittered Korean war
vet with a metal plate in his
head. He was mad at every
thing and everybody until he
met the doomed girl %. 8.
Steel Hour.
/ missed Claire Trevor in
THE Prowler" on Climax
Thursday, in order to catch the
new" Dragnet, but the plot
outline indicated a fearsome
time was had by all.
I SIMPLY didn't have the
heart to watch Lux Video
Theater, which generally puts
me in a blue funk no matter
what they're doing.
Somewhere in this list. too.
should be registered the name
Of Enrol Flynn. who appeared
on a comedy program Tuesday
martha Rayel to play q shy,
simpering youth afraid Of girls.
This was q reprise of q similar
performance of his on the
same show several months ago
and the best that can be said
is that Flynn has dropped a
pound or two since then.
And the incest thing that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08
ON THE AIR
!.
1t Was a Most
ForgetobIe Week

can be said about last week Is
that It's behind US.
TV is putting its happiest
foot forward for o change be-
ginning today and just In
time.
Some Of the young Tv
writers who somehow seem
unable to insert even q slight
trace Of comedy in their seri-
GUS plays, not even for con-
trast. would do well to stop
tipping for a minute and see
how some Of their elders do 1t.
This afternoon, for example,
the Hall Of Fame is present.
ing Emlyn Williams warm
hearted drama Of q young
Welsh coal miner whose eyes
are opened to his potential
by q schoolmistress. 1.-THE
Corn Is Green" made into q
movie after a two-year Broad
way run, needs no further
recommendation. Time to
$50, WRC-4.
II one Of pur moody writers
had attempted a play on this
theme he probably would have
made the hero a delinquent
living In a Brooklyn tenement
and turned the schoolmistress,
into a social worker. And the
resulting play would have also
introduced a new song hit,
recorded especially for the
background music by Teresa
Brewer: called. maybe. Bring
Me q Dream"
A Welcome Ghost
Omnibus is also presenting
Helen Hayes In Dear Brutus"
this afternoon 6, WTOP-G;
Mary Martin will continue
James Barrie week with q re-
peat performance tomorrow
night (7:30. WRC-4) Of the
unforgettable Peter Pam"
and next Saturday. there's
'Blithe Spirit" on CBS-TV by
Noel Coward. a writer who is
happily inclined to look at the
witty side Of nearly every
thing. Mr.. Coward will star
in this. along with Lauren
Bacall. as Elvira, and Claud-
cite Colbert.
Coward's first TV show with
Mary Martin didn't set any
Survey records. but next Sat-
urday's will. Why II only the
young ladies who have played
Elvira in school and amateur
productions are watching. 1t
will be the throng Of the year!
There has been a late ad-
dition to the WRC-4 schedule
this afternoon that should be
called to everyone's attention.
With the cancellation Of q
scheduled show called "Labor's
New Look" the network has
advanced, by one week, the
filmed interview with Pablo
Casals. the world-famous cell
list, Time: 2, WRC-4.
Attention Is also directed to
tonight's premiere Ill.
WTTG-5) of a new series for
the Washington ball club, with
Bob Wolf as host. The club
has dug into its vaults to
come up with shots OF Walter
johnson pitching and the rs
World Series for the inaugural.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08

For It: Art Baker presents
the all-time awards.
1880, WRC (4)--Frontier: The
story behind the story Of the
Alamo.
$500, WRC a. - NBC Comedy
Hour: (Premiere) Guests in
clude Bob and Ray, Ina Ray
Hutton, Jonathan Winters,
Paul Gilbert and William
Frawley. Hy Averbach, an
nouncer; Leo Durocher, emcee
500, WTOP (9)-Ed Sullivan:
Lily Pons' 25th anniversary
in opera; Pearl Bailey. the
Lone Ranger and Silver, and
Joyce Grenfell.
900, WRC az - Alcoa Hour:
Man on a Tiger" story OF
adman who speaks for and
defends O. much disliked big
time TV comic; Melvyn Doug
las, Keenan, Wynn.
500, WTOP (9)-GE Theater:
A ne'er-do-well Mexican car
penter finds magical gold
coin; Ricardo Montalban,
II Movita.
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COWARD ON TV
Five Weeks Rehearsal
Answer to Everything

He said he finds the months
he spends in Jamaica peace
full, pleasant. ! get up at six,
at the light Of dawn. and I see
nobody except my valet. who
brings me my breakfast tray.
l work at my writing all morn
ing with no Interruptions. I
don't answer a phone. don't
even see my secretary.
Il can accomplish so much
because I concentrate COM
pletely. like to work in the
mornings because then I feel
clearer, sharper, OF course. !
can't do this when I'm in
London or in New York. be-
cause I don't get to bed early
enough. In Jamaica I go to
bed at $780,"
Sophisticated? Nah!
Mr.. Coward said that on
afternoons at blue Harbour"
he lies in the sun or reads.
His sole sporting interest is
swimming. He tried golf for q
while but gave 1t up.
The television appearances,
however, have rather cut into
his sun-bathing time this win
ter.
I'VE 60 into rehearsals for
these shows five weeks ahead"
he said, land. it is essential.
Five weeks rehearsal is the
answer to absolute spontaneity.
In fact. five weeks rehearsal is
the answer to everything.
Considered by an impressive
number of the English-speak-
ing population as the epitome
of sophistication, Noel Coward
denies this with a sad. en-
phatic shake Of the head.
I'm not in the least sophis-
ticated," he said. Years ago
they used to call me cynical
and brittle because / wrote
quick lines. I'm not that
either. Sophisticated is a word
that has gotten out Of hand
and in its common usage. I
absolutely refuse to Join the
ranks.
You Got to Have Heart
I hate sentimentality, the
false ELUSIVE you're all such
wonderful people and I love
you dearly kind Of bunk. but
/ have q great deal Of senti-
ment.
ideally, / try to make what
ever I'm writing resemble life
as closely as possible and be-
lieve very much in the song
in that play about the Yankees,
You've Got to Have Heart
You, have to have sympathy
and compassion and UNDER
standing for people. I can't
abide cruelty and bad temper.
Mr.. Coward said he is a man
of simple tastes, likes steak
and onions, with garlic; bacon
and eggs, green salads and ice
cream.
Il hate orchids and I can't
stand champagne" he said.
1T makes me acid. But I love
peanut butter sandwiches. For
the love Of heaven, dear girl.
don't print that. You'll ruin
my legend.
Mr.. Coward said he thor
oughly enjoyed his stay In
Las Vegas.
ut was a great success, 80
naturally ! loved It," he said.
! Released By The Bell syndicatss Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08
.NBC Hires Big Cast;
Ed Hires Kate Smith

Sam Fuller, the cheerful
NBC trouble-shooter who was
elected to produce the show
that replaces the Colgate hour
beginning tonight e. WRC-D,,
few to New York the other
day and told Charles Mercer,
the Associated Press TV
editor:
There's an erroneous i'm
preston abroad that ,De're get
ting together some kind ofSGt
amateur hour, but this is def
initely not amateur night in
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Jfc1

to haunt his second marriage, the principal players
Lauren Bacall, Claudette Colbert, Coward and
Mildred Natwick And you should remember that
it was Miss Natwick who played the plays zany
spiritualist to faretheewe in the original stage
production
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08
Todoy's Programs on TeIevision
Sunday. January 8, 1856

Hsc G l-1I,
II. fpHIsn
1885, lssk W ana live; H. Oswald Raht
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08

A TRULY SPIRITED COMEDY-Noel Coward will
face the television cameras for second time, this
time as an actor in the color telecast of his Blithe
Spirit" next Saturday night at $50 (WTOP-TV-9).
You should recognize in the artists impression of
the comedy about the return of mans first wife
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-13
Area Net Sturs Bow
In Cavalier Finals

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va, Aug.
10 (P).-The Washington. D. c..
area could claim no champion
ships in the Cavalier Invitational
tennis tournament today. as was
expected.
Don Floyd of Arlington. Va.
and Mrs. Ann Gray of Washing
ton both lost final matches yes
terday. Floyd dropped a 6-3,
2-6. Ga decision in mems sim
giles to Wade Herren of Birming-
ham, 29-year -old defe din g
champion. Mrs. Gray was a
6-1, Go victim of Mrs. Ray
monde Jones. once the No. l
ranking woman tennis star in
France, in the women's final.
Herren teamed with Joe Davis
of Nashville to defeat Robert
Figg, jr.. and Gene Wash of
Richmond, 6-3. 1l-9, for the
mems doubles championship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-13
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON
Star STAFF Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13.-
Somewhat battered from beating
on each other in fraternal war
fare through % days of scrim-
images and practices, the Red
skins hopefully turned their at
tention today toward beating
somebody else In general, they
have in mind the IL league OPP
ponents they will meet this sea-
son and. in particular, the Los
Angeles Rams. whom they play
Friday night.
Injuries and finely shaded
contests among evenly talented
performers still have Head Coach
Joe Kuharich up in the air about
his starting lineups, both offense
and defense.
At the moment, it appears that
only one new face will be in the
starting offensive lineup-Dick
Stanfel obtained by trade from
the Lions at left guard. AL
Dorow. of course, will be at
quarterback in place of the
No. l signal-caller, Eddie Le-
Baron whose injured knee is
mending nicely but who is a
doubtful starter. Dorow cannot
be called a new face: he's started
Iat quarterback at various times
during the past couple Of years
Old Hands To Start
The rest of the men who
seem destined to open the six
game preseason schedule in the
charity game with the Rams are
odd hands-John Carson and
Ralph Thomas at the ends, Don
Boil and Fred Miller at the
tackles; Red Stephens at the
other guard and Harry Ulinski
lat center.
Miller is ailing from bruised
back muscles. however, and there
is a chance he may not be
able to start.
In the backffeld, it is no
secret that Kuharich would like
to be able to start Scooter
Scudero at right halfback on Of
Tense, but it might be too risky
to break UP a veteran defensive
backfield against the long-ball
attack of the Rams.
The Scooter might be on Of
tense with Left Halfback Vic
Janowicz and Fullback Leo Elter,
but right now it seems that
Rookie Dick James from Oregon
will get the call.
The defensive lineup figures
to be just about the same as
the one that finished the 1865
campaign-with the exception of
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Courthouse Team
Keeps Golf Title

GREENBRIER. w. Va, Aug.
|13 (SpeciaD For the second
straight year Courthouse Country
Club of Fairfax. Va. owns the
championship of the Tri-State
Golf League.
Courthouse retained its title
with a 1876 victory over Front
Royal at the White Sulphur
Springs course yesterday. Mar
tinsburg took third place over
Winchester and Purcellville.
Ode CAN'T of Courthouse fired
a 70 for individual gross honors,
while Bob Hatcher of Purcell
vile was second with 70.
In elections following play, P.
L. Baumgardner of Purcellville
was named president and Omar
j. Carey of Courthouse was
named Secretary-treaSurer.
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FIoherty's Auto Win
Brings Second Kiss
From Movie Star

SAUGUS, Calf, Aug. 10 (P.-
Actress Virginia Mayo's presence
added glamour and possibly a
bit of Irish luck for Pat Flaherty
at yesterdays stock car race at
Saugus Stadium.
Flaherty won the 200-lap event
in a 1856 Chevrolet, then COL
lected a kiss from the screen
beauty-a duplicate of one he
received from her after his
victory in the Indianapolis 800"
this year. Afterward he quipped:
II ought to pay her way to all
my races. I've won both times
she's been around"
Troy Ruttman, Lynwood, Calf,
placed second in a 1856 Ford;
Sam Hanks, Pacific Palisades,
Calf, was third in a Sc Chevy
and Denny Weinberg, Downey,
Calf. finished fourth in a Sc
Ford
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Scrub Catcher
Walks Out With
.BIust at Riqney

NEW YORK. Aug. 10 (P).-
Jim Mangsn. third-string catch
or for the Giants, walked out on
yesterdays double header in
Pittsburgh and told newspaper
men that Manager Bill Rigney
SIS the worst manager I ever
played for"
Mangan, who has seen little
action this season, left at the
end of the second inning Of the
first game. telling Rigney he
could not stand it any more.
He stayed away from the park
during the entire second game
but returned to New York with
the team.
Rigney said he would confer
with Horace Stoneham. owner
of the Giants. on what to dc
with Mangan.
Bobby Bragan, manager OF the
Pirates. said, This follows a
pattern. This fellow told of
Branch Hickey last year" Fol-
lowing this blowup Mangan. who
was owned by the Pirates and
was playing for Hollywood. was
sent down to Ell Paso in the
Arizona Texas League. The
Giants bought Mangan from the
Pirates.
Mangan. who batted .245 FOL
Hollywood last year, lives in Sar
Francisco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-13

three quarters, made one touch
down himself on a one-yard roll
out. and completed Is of %
passes for 233 yards and three
more touchdowns.
Then there was Skeet Quinlan
who had two touchdown runs,
for 48 yards on the first play of
the game and for 35 yards. and
Rookie Half-back Tom Wilson,
who in the third quarter ripped
off 51-yard gain to the five and
on the next play scored.
The Rams counted 81 points
against the Camp Pendleton
Marines in first quarter, Z against
Fort Ord Army in the second,
81 against San Diego Navy in
the third and Z more against Fort
Ord in the fourth.
The Fort Ord soldiers gave the
crowd of 1879 something to
cheer about in the last period
when Paul Larson, ex-California
quarterback steered them rs
yards for the only touchdown by
the military, a one yard plunge by
Paul Cameron, formerly of UCLA.
Gerald Perry added the CONVEX
sion point.
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Redskins Turn Attention
To Roms Game Fridoy

Dick Alban. He is going to be
replaced by Art DeCarlo, rangy
veteran who was obtained from
the Pittsburgh Steelers. De-
Carlo is rusty from two years in
the service. but looks like the
best of the newcomers on de-
tense at this time.
If Scudero is used on offense,
James or Gary Lowe of Michi-
gan State will be in his safety
position.
Injuries Plague Defense
However, injurieS-not of a
serious nature but painful and
pesky--are plaguing the defen-
sive unit. Gene Brito, All-Pro
end. has three stitches in his
upper lip and his fellow end
Chef Ostrowski, is bothered by a
weak knee. Both Volney Peters
and j. d. Kimmel. the towering
tackles, are below 100 per cent
physically. Peters knee is an
noying and Kimmel has an ach-
ing back.
NOTES.-The extended goal
posts, fostered by West Coasters
will be used in, the game Friday
night. Kuharich agreed to
the experiment at the request Of
Rams Coach Sid Gilman.
The Redskins are going to pro-
test the use of Rudy Bukich BY
the Rams. They want the
third-string quarterback's status
cleared. Canada is suing fol
Bukich's return. Mike Nixon
lis moving his family into his new
Arlington home next month
And when he does. the Redskins
will have their first all-resident
coaching staff
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GiIImun Warns Rams
Honeymoon Is Over

LOS ANGELES, Aug. IS Up
The Los Angeles Rams were still
enjoying their 62-7 romp over
three Armed Forces teams when
Coach Sid Gilman told them:
1.-THE honeymoon is over; Friday
night, the Redskins"
He was referring, of course, to
the charity clash between the
two clubs Friday night in the
Los Angeles Coliseum.
The Rams obviously realize
that their Redskins competition
will be considerably more potent
than the Armed Forces were able
to muster at Long Beach Satur-
day night.
But Gilman must have been
well pleased with his quarterback,
Bill Wade, who ran the team for
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SoViets Give Up
Hope Of Beating
u. ). in Track

MOSCOW, Aug. Is (P.-Rus-
STA made it official today-the
Soviet Spartakiad sports festival
is not a success. and any hopes
of matching the United States
in track and field in the coming
Olympics can be laid to rest for
another four years.
Speaking in Pravda. the Com
munist Party newspaper, K. "A
Andrianov, second in command
of Russia's vast sports program,
said:
The level of achievements
scored in track and field events
cannot be considered SatiSfac-
tory"
Andrianov is member of the
International Olympic Commit
tee and has been acting as chief
referee of the Spartakiad, Rus
sia's unofficial Olympic tryouts.
Also the subject of critical
words from Andrianov were the
Soviet swimmers and even the
boxing referees.
Andrianov had a hacker in
Gabriel Korobkov, chief Russian
track and field coach, although
the latter wasn't quite so bitter.
He said merely that he was dis
appointed in the results here.
In his Pravda article, An
drianov recounted the main ac-
complishments in the big festi-
val. They came primarily in
weightlifting, a sport with 300,-
900 participants here.
Then after taking the runners
to task-he was especially dis
pleased with the 100 and 400
meter results-he turned his at
tention to the swimmers.
They have not yielded good
results" he Numbered. They
have shown that progress ac-
hieved in this sport still is in
significant"
He understated his complaint
here. On their performances
during the Spartakiad. only four
or five Russians would even get
into the finals in the Olympics.
Coach Korobkov, an intelligent
fellow with a professional APP
proach to sport, said one of the
reasons the times have been bad
is that the newly laid track in
Luzhniki Stadium is slow and
that the weather has been bad.