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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-12-13
Slap On Wrist

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They had to do this a dviy-at less pay than most
get for routine Job.
As the penalty for causing two officers to risk their
lives and endangerng everybody else who might
the highway THE sPEEDER WAS SENTENCED ONLY
TO FIVE DAYS IN JAIL AND A SOS FlNE-cERTAINLY
A MILD sLAP-oN-THE WRIST.
State police and all other officers really get no pleasure
in rns their nees motorists seemingly bent on
suicide.
Police would be happer-and would live Ionger-if
drivers observed speed laws
And perhaps drivers would behave prvdsntIy il
they knew they faced harsh punishment for misbehavo
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-12-13
Seeding From Civilization
Continued from Back Paee)

Continued from Back Page)
II is stupid public policy when the Governor Of Virginia
closes chaotteves school rather than admit thirty Negro
pupils; in Norfolk bar 100 white students from
classes 10 halt the ntesraon Of twelve Negroes Or
Little Rock 10 deny education to 5000 white students
block admission Of a handful Of Negroes.
NEITHER ARKANSAS NOR VIRGINIA CAN OPERATE
A PRIVATE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION. THEY HAVEN'T
THE MONEY NOR THE TEACHERS iF THERE ARE TO
Continued Next Column Top)
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-12-13

BE NO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WHAT HAPPENS TO SCHOOL
TAxes7 SHALL the STATE CONTINUE 70 COLLECT
THGMf NOW IS THE STATE GONG TO RAISE Ihe
EQUIVALENT or SCHOOL TAKES FROM PRIVATE CIT
lzEMsf HOW IS THE STATE CONC 70 RECRUIT QUAIL
FLED rGAcHERS7 Whist about seevedission OF private
Schools assuming that few will operator What about she
pross Of college for the eoIIsssbovnd students
from the now closed high schools?
These Just few u she problems which the sesre'
ssoniss must solve The money cost alone high Norfolk
Virginia for example, received $2@s6s7. or per cent
Of IFS income from hs Federal Government And Arlington
County received $25e40 I3 per cent Of the covnfys
total income from Uncle Sam. THE PROSPECT IS THAT
ARKANSAS AND VIRGINIA WILL HAVE INTecRATED
SCHOOLS OR NONE AT ALL.
Now Is the time for she Southern modsrafes TO take
charge The ersekpofs. the raeisfs. the White Citizens
Councils, and the cheap politicians have had their say
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-12-13
More On "WEDEMEYER REPORTS"
WEDEMEYER's BOOK CONTAINS SOME
STARTLING DICTA on R00SEvElT'S. AS
WELL AS TRUMAN'S AND ACHES0NS.
VENTURES IN FOREIGN POLICY.
"HUman Events" IH2N

WEDEMEYER, UNLIKE MANY OTHER RETIRED OFF,
GERS. HAS NOT RELAPsED INTO A STATE or PAGE
Full DISCRETION IN An Army s NAVY CLUB
ARMCHAIR. HE --yNIlY STATES THAT PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT "MANUEvERED US INTO THE WAR By
HIS PATIENTLY UNNEUTRAL ACTIONS AGAINST GER
MANY AND THE FINAL ULTiMATUM TO JAPAN
REFERRING TO FDR's WARNINGS IN l94l OF Hi
AER's ALLEGED INTENTIONS AGAINST THE US. The
GENERAL ScoRNFULLY COMMENTS: THIS FEAR
STRATEGY WAS A FRAUD" he LAYS Justify INTO
THE ROOSEVELT POLICY OF UNCONDITIONAL SUR
RENDER. SAYING IT SIMPLY PROLONGED THE WAR
AND COST AMERICA MANY CASUALTIES.
PARTICULARLY NOTEWORTHY AMONG WEoE'
MEYERS REFLECTIONS ON THE ORIGIN or OUR EN-.
TRANCE INTO WORLD WAR u Is HIS VERDICT ON
WHAT ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL DID IN JUNE,
l94l. he SAYS THAT WHEN GERMANY ATTACKED
RUSSIA. WE SHOULD HAVE STOOD ASIDE AND LEI
NAZ GERMANY AND COMMUNIST RUSSIA KNOCK
EACH OTHER OUT
THIS JUDGMENT iNFURIATEs THE COMPROMISES.
FOR THEY CANNOT CLAIM THAT ALL-oUT AID 10
SOVIET RUSSIA WAS THE ONLY OBVIOUS COURSE.
OTHERS AT THE TIME OPENLY DIssENTED FROM THIS
RoosevElT-cHuRcHILL POLICY. NOTABLY EMPRESS.
DENT HERBERT HOOVER AND THE LATE SENATOR
TAFT The latter in radio address. June IS. iS4'. "e-
oroosy denounced Roosevsfs Intervention the side OF
Russia and his sfeeonsfe embrace Of the irssehsrous
Stain.
Even Harry S. Truman. then Senator. struck dis
eordsn' note According The New York Times tune y.
'S4n Truman suggested that the Us help whichever SIDE
seemed TO be losing:
" we see that Germany Is winning" said Harry, ws
ought 10 help Russia and Russia 10 winning we ovshf 70
neP Germany and That way LET them Kiln many ss posi-
DE- sfhovgh don't want TO Hitler victorious vnos
any circumstances Neither Of them think anything OF Their
pledged word"
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Porkehoppers-

(confnued from Page "
NO LONGER WILL THEY HAVE TO lURk AROUND
THE REAR DOOR OF AN AGENCY OR m A CORNER
SALOON TO SELL HEIGHTENED WORKERS ON THE
JOYS AND BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED for joining union
NO, SIR FROM NOW ON THEY ARE GOING TO BE
GIVEN THE RED CARPET TREATMENT WHEN THEY
CALL ON A DEALER.
They will. that is If the aforesaid dealer needs the sd
vice Of his vnion-the National Automobile Dealers
Association.
NOT THAT THE NADIA HAS CHANGED ITS MIND
ABOUT UNIONS. IT HASN'T
Apparently there has been . change Of mind the
part NADIA brass how best to deal with Them thereby
thwarting Them il you please.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-12-13

AND HER LIFE WERE RUINED.
EVERY MORNING HE HAD "A TIGHTENING or ~.
STOMACH" NE OFTEN voMITED AND HE HAD NO Ap
PETITE. Ne had LOST STRENGTH AND ENERGY ur
HAD BEEN EXAMINED ~ AN iNTERNlsT, WHO Han
REFERRED HIM TO PsYcHATRisT. AND ne HAN
EVEN CONSULTED A HYPNoTlST
such symptoms these have been present for lon.
ms-snd the patient has been thoroughly examined in Al
available ways and ths findings negsve-the probab
IVY that this patient has what may be called nervous nd
ssston or functional disease Of the digestive tract.
". however the symptoms have begun only reeentIv
and something quite and unusual to the pstlen,
there Is likelihood Of organic disease which
while found at first might possibly be detected later
by thorough examination
Now LEI that all measures have been used 70
detect the beginnings Of serious trouble that noshno
has been found In the described and in many others
Of this kind the patient is told II Is oil question Of his
Both psyeharist and hypnotisf have been vnsve
eossfu in their treatment The still has his DISABLING
trouble
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-12-13
QUESTION OF NERVES

MEANS A THINKING STARVATION FOR THE
MARVELLOUS CHRIST. UNIVERSAL MESSIAH
MILLENNIUM TO ALL (PEoPLEsl
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-12-13
Rockefeller Sees


tConfnueo
l. GOD CONTROL ABSOLUTELY. lRREvocABLY.
THE ONE REAL UNDERSTANDINGS, FLESH
LESS, SPIRITUAL, cHRiSTLIkE-ETERNAGLY,
COMPLETELY POPULATED. sUPER-sATuRATED.
WITH UNAVAILABLE. iNcoRRUPTiBLE. iNvUL- (
NERABLE. oMNPREsENT HEAVEN AND ETERNAL
LIFE. YOUR TRUE HABITAT. MY ETERNAL
IMAGE AND LIKENESS
NEVER A HUMAN THEREIN Il!
DEVIL. "MATTER." BIRTHS. DEATHS.
WARS, ETC.. ARE MYTHS Ill
OF THE MYTHICAL, DEvILisH. ANTI-cHRIST,
PsYcHoPATHc, ADAM-EvE, MURDERoUS CAIN,
JUDAS kNAvEs AND FOOLS EGO AND PsYcHoL.
ocy or ALL HUMAN PARENTHooD!-"THE
CHASTITY FARCE OF MATERIAL Gsoealedl
ExiSTENcE"-p. 272 MY MASTERPIECE, THE c. S.
TEXTBOOK, THE ONE lNFALLiBLE THERAPEU-
TICS EDUCATOR. MIRACLE WoRKER!-sAvoUR
PROTECTOR. LlBERAToR OF ALL BlBLEs-KiNc
JAMES PROTESTANT, MY cHosEN-FRoM THE
oEvILlsH. ADAM-EvE. MURDERous CAIN. JUDAS.
SPIRITUAL ADULTERY OF THE NoN.cHRIsT
SCIENTIST CLERGY, LAYMEN. LEADERS, MASSES.
THE NoN-cHRisT scIENTIsTS-"sATAN BOUND"
ALL!-NoT IN OBVIOUS WickEDNEss BUT IN
INVOLUNTARY ERROR!
Rockefeller Sees Deficit Of $500 100000
Discusses New Taxes with Aids,
Won't Put Blame on Horrimon
BY Tom o'Hara my. Trbvne
coyeeet Nelson A. Rockefeller said Yesterday after
meeting with key aids that preliminary figures" indicate
that the state budget is faced with deficit Of $500 900 900
from the outgoing Hartman administration.
When asked about the chance of taxes he said:
we discussed this problem are faced with IT,"
In telling Of the deficit Of which he had warned the
voters during his victorious campaign MR. ROCKEFELLER
REFUSED TO BLAME ITS SIZE ON GOV. HARTMAN
Asked il the deficit brought about by the "msladnin
isfrafion OF Mr.. Hartman Mr.. Rockefeller said
- WOULDN'T DESCRIBE IT THAT WAY"
Mr.. Rockefeller said ~" am concerned about The
budgeiary situation the basis OF preliminary studies
which Mr. Hurd has made would say that $500 900
would be the low figure"
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Sleep Helps Digestion
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CONTINUED from Page "
The METAPHYSICS OF SLEEP. REST.
THE BODY. A CONGRESSIONAL. MORTAL
THOUGHT IMAGE OF THE SUM TOTAL OF
HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS. TESTlFIES TO THE
STATUS THEREOF - UNLEARNED LESSONS
cUMULATloN OF UN-coMPREHENDED. MENTAL
IMPRESSIONS. cRoWDlNc. FoccNc THE FACULTIES,
sELF.covERNMENT. REASON. CONSCIENCE. ETC.
CHRIST. TRUTH. COLOSSAL SCIENCE
OF The UNIVERSE /! : THE UNIVERSAL
MESSIAH millennium TO ALL PEOPLES!
IMPERATIVE ]. EVENTUALLY.
JESUS COMMAND TO Cast OUT DEVILS" AND
MARVELLOUS PROMISE. my WORKS AND GREATER
SHALL We DO" REQUIRE A MINIMUM. NOT A
MAXIMUM. CONTACT WITH SlNNlNc.. STUPID
LAUNDERING. ADAMS. EYES. MuRDERouS GAINS.
JuDAsEs kNAvEs AND FOOLS. THE EGO AND PSY.
GEOLOGY OF ALL HUMAN PARENTHooDI
THE c-Hl-LDL-E-s-s CHRIST JESUS THE WAY.
THE TRUTH. AND THE LIFE" HAD NO oFFsPRiNcl-
WOULD NOT PROSTITUTE HIS coD-clvEN
FACULTIES AND POWERS TO MULTIPLY DEVILS
ADAMS AND EvEs'i
Health and Happiness
SLEEP HELPS DIGESTION
BY Sara NJ Jordan. Md Windsor Daily Starr
Since this column started many letters have
In describing symptoms which, although vneonnrmsd by
examination OF the patient appear 10 b due 10 what s
often called indigestion One dsspsrlng wife said
her husband who neither smoked drank and had once
been industrious worker. WAS NOW ~ SUCH CON-
DlTIoN THAT he COULD NOT WORK AND BOTH FMS
tcenfinvsd Next Column Topl
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ONCE and gives his agency
to his wife; then they find
themselves working on the
same murder case 1880.
l1:10, WRC (4)-Feature Festi-
val: "Crackup" starring
Peter LORE and Brian Dom
levy. TV Key says: Well
acted but confused melo-
drama about some spies who
try to steal the plans for an
airliner and even the plane
itself Q93O.
1l:15, WTOP (9)-Late Show:
The Purple Plain" starring
Gregory Peck. TV Key says:
A flier crashed in the jungle,
fights his way back to civili-
zation. Good suspense story.
a bit overlong. but we'll
acted by hero Peck (1955)
1:2O am, WTOP (9)-Late
Late Show: Pardon My
Sarong" starring Bud Alb
bolt and Lou Costello. TV
Key says: Two bus drivers
on a playboy's yacht land on
a tropic isle. where they
thwart villains trying to
steal the temple jewels.
Some genuinely amusing
bits of business (l942).
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icide confession is obtained
through the use Of truth
serum.
$500, WTTG (5)-Baseball /:
Baltimore VS.. Cleveland.
$500, WMAL (7)-Jazz Re-
cital: Featuring Charlie
Byrd Trio, Ginny Byrd.
Felix Grant, host.
$3.50. WRC ~ - Turning
Point: The Customs of the
Country" A Mediterranean
customs officer learns the
value of a gentleman's code
Of honor.
1000, WTOP (9)-Gunsmoke
Frontier violence comes to
Dodge City.
10000, WMAL (D-Mike Wal
lace Interview: Charles
Percy.
1880. WTTG (5)-Giant Play
house: The Window" star
ring Bobby Driscoll and
Arthur Kennedy. TV Key
says: Terrifically tense, sus-
penseful melodrama. Child
witnesses a murder, but no
one will believe him Q940
1890, WMAL (7l-Safeway
Theater: There's Always A
Woman" starring Joan
Blondell and Melvyn Doug
las. TV Key says: Entertain
ing mystery-comedy. Private
eye returns to the D. A. s
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offered guide to piet0ers.
Bob Crosby ShOw-Georgia Gibbs British comedian Max
Bygraves and Jimmie Rodgers join Bob and Gretchen
Wyer in tuneful program tonight. Georgia sings
Birth of the Blues" Bob does High Society,"" and
Rodgers comes with "Are You Really Mne2" and "The
Wizard" Bygraves breezy patter with Bob and Gretchen
is refreshing and the lyrics for his song,
you Need Hands" Final medley from the cast has
accompaniment by the international youth jazz orches
ira, to round out a pleasant show Color. 8 pm,
WRCAL
Club Oasis-Spike Jones. Songs from the movie "Ggi'
highlight the show. including midget Billy Bartys
dition of Thank Heaven for Little Girls" The boys
also kid some songs like High Noon" TOP Hat" and
Anchors Aweigh" but the King Sisters play straight
with Imagination" and number Of their other hits.
epm, WRC- .-.e
Have Gun will Travel-(A repeat Story Of mail-order
bride nicely done There's plenty of character deve
opment, with pleasing performances contributed by
Marian Seldes the plain nearsighted BRIDE and Rich
ard Boone as Paladin $50 pm. WTOP-s.
Joseph COtten-"The Deadly Chain" "a repeat. group
of wonderful performances puts this show way ahead
There's illogical quality to the story of district attor
ney who tries to repay favor and finds himself under
the thumb of blaekmaer but thanks to Dan OHerlhy
the district attorney jeanne Gilbert his daughter
Patrick ONeal as the prosecutor, and James Seay as
the defense attorney it's powerful half hour 1890
pm, WRC-
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WORD CANE
Find IS or more words In
Hi L O GER

meaning % linguistic student. /"
Average 10 10 words; time limit.
20 minutes.
naies q ne sams-i. words mus,
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TObAY'S GOOD
MUSIC DIAL

e;0s. WAsH-FM l97.I Mel
Saturday Symphony:
Symphony No. Q In b Minor
by Tchaikovsky. Concerto
No. I In ID Major by Paga-
mini and Tara Bulba by
Janacek.
7:00. wMAL-FM (I07.s Mel
--Intermezzo: Suite No. 4
In q Major. Opus 81 by
Tchaikovsky. Concerto In p
by 0ershwin and Suite No,
2 IN L Minor. Opus 20 by
Mcdowell.
$3.50, wGMs $50 Ke.l-Opera
House: Ia Serva Padrona
by Pergolesi complete per-
formance). and Der Mond
by ORR complete perform
ance).
$500. VOL liA50 Kc.l-oood
Music Time: Divertimento,
X. 36i by Mozart, Cure
Lieder. by shoenberg Ccom-
plete).
1900, WMAL-FM l107.3 Mel
--Nocturne: Symphony No
Sin B Flat Major by Bruck-
ner. Vienna Philharmonic
Orchestra. Hans Knapperts-
bush. conducting.
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Knoll Of the Post Times
Herald.
S:00, WTOP-Baseball: Balti-
more vs.. Cleveland.
SOS, WRC-Monitor: Report
from Brussels World Fair
1i:e0, WINK, WOOK and
---WFAN-FM-Baseball Phil
adelphia ct Los Angeles.
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OTHER TV
HIGHLIGHTS

1880, WTOP (9) - Perry
Mason: THE Case Of the
Demure Defendant" A hon.
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TODAY'S RADIO
HIGHLIGHTS
III AND LOIS

1900, WWDC-Report to the
People: David B. Karrick,
viii be interviewed by
Charles q. Brooks Of The
Evening Star and Erwin
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TV KEY PREVIEWS

TontChts top shotUs prepieiDed By TV KEYS stat,
Cho attend rehedrs1ls match screenings and dndlvse
scripts In New York and Hollywood Their opinions are
offered as guide to viewerS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-19

BY Wolf Disney
By Winslow Mortimer


S four ss 2, ss Sr' , ls.s.ri X w .SS
ton Of such g bsts, eats"
are not used. B. Only one form OF o
word ID. used. 4. Proper names are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-19

care. cancer, cane. cache. ehanesf.
eheney. char. ehary. crane. hare. hesr'
:ses ssrs. .Ssf. s ere. Is ssI rsss
reach, rhPa. yarn. rear. yearn.
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wrote Much Ado" with q sense
that so much Of human nature
demanded satirizing.
With Miss Hepburn as ally,
for instance, he can attack the
male concept of himself as ir-
resistibly godlike. Her Beatrice
is just the girl to turn a de-
vastatingly whitening fire on q
Benedick back from the wars
to solace himself with the soft
and sentimental sex for whom
Benedick went out to see other
men die
For self-conceived heroes.
Miss Hepburn's heroine substi-
tues scorn for the expected wor-
ship. She is an honest girl, how
ever, and q shrewd one and she
welcomes the discovery that
Benedick did not altogether
leave his fight back there on the
battlefield.
This part Of the play, in
volving Miss Hepburn and Mr..
Colicos, is not allowed to doni-
nate the Shubert production for
all the fact that it is its most
lively aspect.
~
There is also much to be said
for the romantic relations be-
tween the sexes in the more
dulcet affair between Hero and
Claudio. This is the one with
the melodramtic flavor and, in
all honesty. plotting that has
become archaic. It is this lat
ter aspect that makes too much
stress on it of dubious value in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11


best foreign play of this
season.
Mr.. Douglas has q role that
permits all the gusto he can
muster and he gives it a broad
performance that should delight
you. Lily Darvas, Betty Field.
George Macready, John Stewart
and those in lesser roles also
perform with flair and flourish
for Director Harold Clurman.
What Mr.. Anouilh has writ
ten here is q report on a tragic
battle In the War Between the
Sexes. He tells 1t, however.
from the viewpoint that man is
. ludicrous creature and some
men are just q little bit more
ludicrous than others. The re-
suit is the funniest tragedy to
turn UP In some time.
4
Mr.. Douglas plays q buster
ing. boasting General st. Pc.
. man with q rowing eye and q
low boiling point. He is, when
encountered here, trapped in
his apartment and his marriage
by Q bed-ridden wife. She. that
Is, has convinced him that she
is bedridden and she gives him
quite q rough time. She even
berates him for what she in
sists he is thinking.
Back into his life comes the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11
BIZARRE BIZARRE"

cDRoLE DE pRAME"l
with English Subtitlesl
At sos and 9:O5. Plus
MARITIME CAROL. SERGE REG0IANI
star in q French dramatic MASTER
piece that proved to be one Of the
most controversial motion pictures Of
our time. Even today II is stu banned
tries. see the motion picture that has
drawn comment from critics, writer's
and motion picture authorities az
over the world. New Stanton Art
Theater is proud to present the guar
anteed uncut uncensored version. Of q
screen triumph, Recommended Tor
adult audiences.)
flowers OF VERONA"
Giles AMANTs DE vERoNE')
with English Subtltlesl
Al 7:35 and 1888
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WHERE
AND WHEN

Stage
Arena-"Apollo" and 1.-THE
Browning Version; $3.50 pm.
Catholic University - "Alces-
tis"; $3.50 pm.
National - waltz Of the
Toreadors";; $3.50 pm.
Shubert-"Much Ado About
Nothing; $3.50 pm.
Screen
Ambassador - "Sayonara":;
HOS, 3:45. $50 and 9:15 pm.
Apex-"The Golden Age of
Comedy; 1855. 3:55. 5:55, 7:55
and 9:35 pm.
Capitol - Seven Hills Of
Rome; 1885 am. 1885, 1885,
$40, TAO and GAS pm.
Columbia - "Raintree Coun-
ty";; 1855 am, 2:55, 5:55 and
8:55 pm.
Dupont - Beautiful But
Dangerous: /, ESQ, Ass, 6:25,
8:15 and 10 pm.
Keith's-"Old Yeller": 11:15
am, 1855, $40, S:25, 1855
and $50 pm.
MacArthur-"A Novel AZ
fair: Sis. 8 and 9:55 pm.
Metropolitan - "Sayonara";;
IL am. 1875. AIS, $50 and
$3.50 pm.
Ontario-"The Bolshoi Bal
LETT; $3.50 pm.
Palace - "Peyton Place;
IL am. l:40, 4:20, 7 and
9:45 pm.
Playhouse - 1.-THE Quie I
American; IL am, los. 3:15.
$40. 1880 and 9:35 pm.
PIaza--"And God Created
Woman: 1880 am, lis.
$3.50. 5:25, 1885 and GAS pm.
Trans-Lux - "Bonjour iris
esse";; 1880 am, 1880, $40,
$40, 1850 and 9:55 pm.
Uptown-"Around the World
in 80 Days; $3.50 pm.
Warner-"Search for Para
disc; $3.50 pm.
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of Miss Hepburn as a fiery
added-tongued but neverthe-
less subdueable Beatrice; Mr.
Colicos as q virile Benedick
Richard Eaton as q romantic
poetic Claudio; Dina Doronne
as q touchingly vulnerable
Hero; Richard Warning as the
Jack Daltonish Don John; and
Michel Agruss as the mettle-
some Conrade.
Reuben Ter-Arutunian de-
signed the expensive yet fluid
setting of this Much Ado
About Nothing" which struck
one observer last night as being
both startling and an impedi-
ment.
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UP on Miss Hepburn and TO see
its first sample of Connecticut
festival Shakespeare.
The combination has its in
trinsic attractions. one that
much Ado About Nothing" is
s6hakespeare's most brittle
comedy, q second that Miss
Hepburn would appear to be
something Of q shining natural
for Beatrice, its fiame-tipped
heroine.
Both are in evidence in q
production that is high spirited
and extravagant but. with q
major change in cast. gave evil
dence last night Of having tim
ing troubles. This was not
notably the fault Of John
Colicos. taking over the role
Of Benedick from Alfred Drake,
10 much as the natural hesi-
tations that overtake an entire
company under the circurp-
stances.
Mr.. Colicos. indeed, is a young
Canadian with every qualiflca-
ton to make a daShing Bene-
dick. He is physically and vo-
cally virile and intelligently
aware that the way to deal with
waspiSh beauties is to meet
them on their own terms.
y 4
John Houseman and Jack
Landau, the American Strait
ford's directors. have surround
ed Miss Hepburn with an elab-
crate Much Ado About Moth
Ing" This stress in their stag
Ing is on the comedy. as in the
ease Of the much leaner produc-
tons which have been seen
around here recently In summer
and university theater.
Nevertheless. they insist that
the play was written as melo-
dramatic comedy with less Wis
ible kinship to those battles of
the sexes subsequently so deity
turned out by Wilde and Shaw.
The melodrama is even per-
mitted an old-fashioned West
ern appearance. including viii
famous Don John who could not
look more Jack Daltonish.
\ \
This larger than usual sum
total of the play does not con-
zeal the truth that Shakespeare
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11
Douglas Plays WoItz'
With Obvious Relish
BY HARRY MACARTHUR
star star Writer

Melvyn Douglas and exuberant others having
bosterous time of with Jean Anouhs Waltz of the
DORIS which arrived last night at the National Theater This
the exercise the New York Drama Critics Circle called
foreign play Of last fairly
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spite of the fact that 1t pro.
vides romping room for a mis-
cellany of subordinate charac-
tiers.
The real disappointment oil
the Shubert's Much Ado" il
the lack of liveliness in the
Dogberry scenes. These cops
and-culprits sequences, in the
street and in L,eonato's old cor.
ral-like palace. constitute some
of the most resounding farce
ever written. They cannot helr
being funny. which they are
once again, but by no means as
hilarious as one remembers
them in previous productions.
What they have gained in
design. the appearance of q
Western sheriff's posse, they
have more than lost in the
wild. ribald testing of Shake
spearess lines.
The virtues Of the Shubert
attraction. however, are be-
yond question in the presence
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THE WALTZ OF THE ToREA.
sion By Lueienne nI Hi directsd s1 IS
Harold Clurman, designed BY Ben
Edwards. Q Robert Whitehead produc-
ton presented by the Producers Thea
ter. At the National Theater.
Nine. st. Pc Lii Darvas
General st. Pc Melvin Douglas
Castor. his secretary John Stewart
Sidonia, his daughter Martha Orrick
Estelle, another daughter
Mary Grace Canfleld
Doctor Bonfant George Macready
First maid Miriam Phillips
Nine. DuPont-Fredaine
Patricia Falkenhain
Father Ambrose - Robert Geiringer
New maid ------ Patricia Fay
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woman he thinks he has been
in love with since meeting her
at a dance II years before. (The
orchestra. was playing THE
Waltz of the Toreadors." She,
for some reason, thinks the
See MACARTHUR. Page ALI
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. /"
Shakespeare's comedy in three acts.
produced BY the American Shakespeare
and Jack Landau with setting and
costumes By Reuben Ter -Arutunian and
Q musical score BY Virginia Thompson.