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Evening star., 1960-05-22

collation. this year of the
party that always turned out
to be highpoint of Cannes
weeks of bacchanale. The
scene of this Neronian revel
was an island, Just a brief
motorboat ride off the Crois-
cite, the resorts beach front
street.
The island is called Isle
D'Erin," in memory of the
Irish monks who chose it as
a retreat from the European
continent. 1t was here
through the first IL Cannes
festivals that the mayor Of
the city, a country politician.
nominally played host to the
900 to 700 press representa-
tives at the festival.
It was here also, that, year
after year. the photographers
were achieving miracle
shots" such as the complete
discovery of Brigitte Bardot
and where last year a Paris
Strip-tease apprentice was
insulted that she was forcibly
put through her act. At a
picnic, of all places.
Looking back upon this in
cident, Tom writes: Higher
headquarters did its best to
look unhappy about this in
cident. Favre lie Bret warned
us that if we did it again,
there'd be no more island
parties. We didn't do it
again-in fact we didn't do
it in the first place-but
there's no more island party
anyway"
Besides, what chance would
an incident at Cannes have
had against the one Nikita
Khrushchev was creating at
PARISH
Evening star., 1960-05-22
GLNAS MEMORIES FIERY
She Takes Bitter Thoughts to Canada

"They even printed bad re-
views from Paris. two months
before the picture opened
there! Despite all this, it
was a hit in Italy"
A Matter of Law
Gina said her move to re-
nounce allegiance to her ma
tive land is because of the
oficialdom there. The gov
ernment placed a "stateless"
stamp on the passports Of
her 2-year-old son and her
husband Milko Skoflv, Yugo-
slav-born doctor.
Two laws said this was
wrong" she said with fire
in her dark brown eyes.
But the persons in the gov
ernment who made this mis-
take would not admit they
were wrong. Perhaps I could
have asked them to change
their minds. But I would not.
I am-how would you say
it?-proud."
Her decision, as expected,
caused a furor in the Italian
press.
"You would not believe the
things they have printed
about me, she declared. You
would think that I was a
traitor.
"One writer said he didn't
know why I made such an
issue over it when a million
in the right hands would
have changed the decision.
That is the way it is with
officials in Italy. I would
never do it. will give a mil
lion to the poor, but never
to officials who don't do what
they are supposed to do"
The actress said she was
once the queen of Italy to
the press, but now the papers
can print nothing but bad
about her. Not so Sophia
Loren. she added. When So
phia married a divorced man,
Carlo Ponti, "the papers said
she did it all for love-"
The Comparison
Said Gina: The papers
hate me but I sell tickets. 1t
is the reverse with Sophia"
Gina, flame-haired for her
role in Go Naked in the
World" returned to Italy
while the film was strike
bound. Her arrival was head
enlid over the government
crisis. she said.
THE press was so violent
that I hesitated going in the
streets" she said. II thought
the people might hate me.
But when I went among
Evening star., 1960-05-22


AMBASSADOR-"Wake Me When It's Over: unnilitary
at forgotten military base; 1:5O 4:3O 7
and 9:35 pm.
APEX-The Poachers Daughter; the Irish portrayed
lovable oonies l, 2:4O 4:2O 615, S:O5 and 9:55 pm
CAPITOL-"Please Don't Eat the Daisies" slick version
of the Jean Kerr book, amusingy acted by Doris Day
and David Nven; 1880, 1885, $40, 7:45 and $50 pm.
DUPONT-"The Would Be Gentleman; the Coincide
Francias version Of Molieres drama; a wall-to-wal
mirror held up to human folly; l, 24O, 4:25, 6:10
and GAS PM
KEITHS-"The Gallant Hours: film story of Admiral
Halsey's victory at Guadalcanal; 1890, 25O 515 TAO
and 10 pm.
MacARTHUR-"The Man in Cooked Hat; amusing farce
on international diplomacy, with Peter Sellers; 2:05
T. 6. 1855 and 9:55 pm.
METROPOLTTAN-"Wak Me When It's Over" unmilitary
nonsense at forgotten military base; 1:55, 425,
and 9:35 pm
ONTARIO-"Jazz Summers Day; imaginative
enhances the art of the Newport Jazz Festival
stars 125, 3:05 4:3O $50, BIS and 10 pm.
PALACE-"The Fugitive Kind; Anna Magnani Marion
Brando storm in the decadent South; 1245 255, $685.
7:15 and $3.50 pm.
PLAYHOUSE-"Expresso Bongo" satirical hilarious
mentary by the English on modern times; 1885, 1885,
5:35, 735 and $3.50 pm.
PLAzA-"Prvate Property" honest frank account of
amora seduction; 1:l5 $780, $3.50, $40. $50. 825
and 9:55 pm.
TOWN-"Walk Like Dragon; Western with Chinese
racial prejudice touch LOS, 410 7:15 and 10 30 pm
TRANS-LUX-"Suddenly Last Summer; version of
Tennessee Williams turbulent play, enhanced by a
top performance from Elizabeth Taylor; l. $40 5:20
TAO and $50 pm.
WARNER-"Ben- -Hur"; brilliant 11-Oscar production on
mammoth scale of the story of Chrstanty's birth;
and 7:30 pm
Evening star., 1960-05-22

will remember, it was on HOllywOOdS imitation
Paris stage that Premier Nikita Khrushchev
went into another rage against America. Can
Cans featured dance he said then, was some
thing less than the purest Of art. This not even
the founding French have ever bothered to
deny as why should they?
Evening star., 1960-05-22

them. they crowded around
and seemed glad to see me. I
could tell they still loved me-"
How did she choose Canada
as her new home? Her hus-
band has a brother there,
and Canada has more elastic
rules than most countries
concerning the length of stay
required to establish resi-
dence. The Skofics will
house-hunt in Toronto after
Mexican locations for her
film.
Evening star., 1960-05-22

The four principals of the film, Can Can"
which will make benefit premiere bow here
next Wednesday night at the Uptown Theater
under the auspices of Variety Club The faces
and figures Cleft to right belong to Louis JOr-
dan, Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, and
Maurice ChevaIier. BY coincidence, everyone
Evening star., 1960-05-22

"The Italian papers say I
am going to Canada so I can
divorce my husband after
five years of residence!" she
said incredulously. Also.
they say I am going to escape
taxes. But Canada's taxes are
higher than Italy's.
"Oh. it is terrible! For
tunately, I do not let it
bother me. II you worried
about such things. you could
make yourself very sick. That
is a sickness do not want"
Evening star., 1960-05-22
Dore at Lost Got
His Chance to Act.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD.-Producer-
director author Dore Schary
added another title to his
hyphenates: Actor.
During the filming of the
1924 Democratic National
Convention scenes for the
F. D. R. saga, Schary donned
q mustache to play the dele
gate from Connecticut. He
wrote himself the stirring
line: "The Nutmeg State of
Connecticut yields to the
Empire State of New York. /"
Evening star., 1960-05-22
COMING. ATTRACTIONS
STAGE
My Fair Lady
SCREEN

AMBASsADoR-"The Rat Race; starts Wednesday.
APEX-"Ikru."
CAPITOL-"Giant of the Marathon; starts Friday
DUPONT-"A Lesson in Love-"
KEITHS-"Sergeant Rutledge" starts June l.
MacARTHUR-"Carry On, Nurse!" with Bob Monkhouse
INTERCOLLEGIATE Rat Race; starts Wednesday.
ONTARIO-The Battle of the Sexes with Peter Sellers;
starts Thursday
PALACE-"Wild River; with Montgomery Cliff
TOWN"Killers Of Kimanjaro" and THE Battle OF the
Coral Sea-"
ANS-LUX-"Man on String"
Evening star., 1960-05-22
FARMS STILL WAITLNG
Primo and Deodpon KeeIy Smith
Keep Playing, Singing, Glowing
FARMS STILL WAITING
BY JAMES BACON
AP Movie-TV Writer

HOLLYWOOD. "A swing
ing New Orleans Italian and
his shapely Cherokee wife
at one time only two weeks
from retirement-are prob
ably the hottest nightclub
act in showbusiness.
But while nightclubs may
be the Tnainstay Of the Louis
Prima-Keely Smith success,
they are also in movies, tele-
vision and recording.
They make their own rec
ords-even sign other stars
and release their records
through a major label CDOT0
Most recording stars operate
under personal contract to
the major firms and receive
a royalty on each record or
album sold.
The Primas do just the op-
posite. They pay the record
firm a royalty-and keep the
rest.
Came the Marriage
Success is no stranger to
Prima, who has been blowing
his horn and singing in his
familiar Basin street Jazz
style for 80 years. But moth
ing has ever matched what
has happened since 1854.
He and Keely we're married
the year before. He was 40.
She was 81.
Il had been BLOWN that
horn since I was II and doing
all right. I owned a farm in
Covington, La. had a club in
New Orleans that wouldn't
take too much work.
THE idea Of retiring to
that farm and playing a lot
of golf looked awfully good.
Stan Irwin of the Sahara
Hotel in Las Vegas had an
idea about putting us in the
lounge, hard by the casino.
II said I'd try it for two
weeks, no more, because
Keely and I were retiring to
Louisiana to raise family"
But that two-week engage
ment was the first step along
a road that has made a mil
lionaire of Prima. He still
owns the Louisiana farm, but
there's also a Las Vegas home
and a Hollywood mansion.
The two-week Sahara en-
gagement lasted until 1859
when the rival Desert Inn
made them a fabulous offer
to headline their main show.
Later, in Hollywood night
clubs. they proved to be the
same sensational drawing
cards.
The Big Factors
two things-one designed
and the other accidental
combined to rocket the
Primas.
They started at the onset
of the rock n roll fad, but
Louis played rock n roll
music with a difference.
The noise, bouncing and
general pandemonium were
there. but the musicianShip
was superb. 1t was, in effect,
well-rehearsed and well-dis-
Evening star., 1960-05-22

FURN.-Porch glider, 2 chairs ex.
IRA cushions. S25. Two, Qxi2;
one; l2xl5 rugs and pads. Uphol.
ehalr' etc. ReaS. OIL. 2-ti62S
590l Durbin rd., Bethesda Nd
Evening star., 1960-05-22

BEDRM. sETi bicycles, girls anc
boys, 20 in: sofa, club; nre'
side ehrs.: 5000. EN-. 3-6320.
BEDRM., SUITE, mod. sealy matt
spTg., hdbd., night table. chest
bureau. mirror. sos. HE- 4-3997
BEDROOM SUITE, like new, $500;
Hide-A-Bed. studio couch in
Dumont TV; must sell. HE. B.
1851.
BEDRM. SUITE, 5-pc, maple, SO;
bed and springs. $50; diyan and
chair W/slip covers, $50. RollaWay
bed W/cover. SO. ia. 9-5054.
BEDRM. SCI, sofa bed, kit. set and
bar; good eond. Reas. Settling eS-
tate. FE. 1-402l.
BEDROOM, liv. rm., hi-h-radio
comb, TV, gas stove, Kenmore
washer, GE refgr WA. 5-Sl54.
BEDRM. SUITE. s pcs. finest quail
ity Italian Provincial, antique
white, gold leaf trim; $3.50. AD.
2-22lO.
BICYCLE BARGAINS from our COM
plete selection OF American and
imported line. Raliegh-built spe-
cial, S39.95. Trade-inS; repairing
PARKWAY CYCLE g. MOWER Co,
Lee hwy. at N. Kirkwood I'd, IA.
5-Sl22
BICYCLE, mans J. C. Higgins;
lady's party dresses, size 10 to IL:
misc. items. RA. 3-457O.
BICYCLES, =, 26-in. boys bicycles,
l schwinn. English. OIL. 2-77l5.
BICYCLE, boys. 26-inch foreign,
Dunelt-Diadem: excellent cond.:
$50, or best offer. AID. 2-6S95.
Evening star., 1960-05-22

FSkN:-Sacrifice, leaving area
Glnette set, extra leaf. glass top
Soia' newly upholstered. Like new.
SSu ssh ne seen any time Sun, 174l
Evening star., 1960-05-22

.FURN.-Bleached mahog. break
front. cost $3.50. Sell $3.50. Jr.
SihIns rm. table and 4 chairs,
Rugs gold. EM. 2-SSSS iiieI.
Evening star., 1960-05-22

FUkN.ELouver door, mahog-- q
~, IL; ; in; used only . mo, So so
SWindow sash, dbl hung, $3.50
Sciatter SSi russ (5l rose. thick wool
veiI,yet' vel, exec! cond.,. SIS lot or
can Phyfc dinnette table. 500
walnut knee hole desk, 50, mahoS
oesk chair, So. EN-. 2-24O5.
Evening star., 1960-05-22

BEDRM. SUITE, 5-pc, maple, SO;
bed and springs, $50; diyan and
chair w/slip covers, $50. Rollaway
bed W/cover, $40. ia. 9-5054.
Evening star., 1960-05-22

FSSlKoN.ISolid pine double bedstead,
So0; chest, $50: maple Boston
tIoeker $50; maple folding Corner
tspIe, S25: Hitchcock-type chairs,
;Si5 each; double box springs and
inner springs, mattress, $40, OF,
6-7l75 Sun. and NIGHTS
Evening star., 1960-05-22
HI-FI SALE

Our landlord is going to build q
multi-story ONCE bldg. on our
site. HERE'S YOUR CHANCE to
buy famous make hi-fidelity speak
ers,. cabinets, amplifiers. turn
tables. arms, cartridges. etc., ct
cost and below.
Evening star., 1960-05-22

BEDRM. sETi bicycles, girls and
boys. % in; sota. club; 2 fire.
side chrS.. 5000 EN-. 3-6320.
Evening star., 1960-05-22

PROTECTOR - Rolliflex
coated TeSsar F3.5 lens, IS nm
Rolletkon adapter installed. flash
synchro. $50. Bolex s nm. pro-
lector, perfect condition. $50.
EN-. 5-264S.
Evening star., 1960-05-22

DINING ROOM SET, 0 pcs. incl
credenza, breakfront, Dun q n
Phyfe, dark mahog.; good eond.
selling at sacrifice. DU. 5-5925
Evening star., 1960-05-22

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1909 Good Hope Rd. S.B.
LU. 4-3S02
Evening star., 1960-05-22

FUhN.-EarIy American sofa, soft
pillow baek-wing. foam cushions,
cost s270, sell for SI4O. Wing
enalr, ioam cushion. cost Sl4O,
coffee tisble. $50. Perfect eondi-
ton. XII. 9-3656
Evening star., 1960-05-22

Continued on Next Page)
Evening star., 1960-03-20

81 don't think there's broadcaster in the
United States who would put a whisky ad
(they don't accept them in the first place.
adjacent to Captain Kangaroo Yet tonight the
Cincinnati Post and Times Star has a quarter
page whisky ad right next to one OF the
favorite comics Of the kids. -
The theory that TV can do anything the
press may do land we don't defend that type
of ad placement is dear to the heart of what a
Madison avenue advertising executive mot Q
TV critic called the money -grubbers" Fair
fax Cone FooteSCone g. Belding) made point,
in Los Angeles talk, that many broadcasters
choose to ignore. 1t is simply that an ad on
radio or TV, which occupies the listener or
viewers entire attention lhe either looks or
runs out of the room) must be presented with
restraint and intelligence
Critics on responsible newspapers, WSAI
should also learn, are not frustrated program di-
rectorS, disc jockeys, script writers, performers.
etc. They are newSpapermen.
Evening star., 1960-03-20
Continued From Preceding Pose


attempting to bring the problems that beset
their industry into rational perspective.
One radio station in the midwest. to go to
the extreme has initiated regular critiqueS of
two local newspapers in man bites dog turn
about.
Six times daily, Cinclnnati's WSAI sits in
judgment on the local press
Howard Eicher, general manager of WSAI,
told sponsor magazine:
Newspaper critics have showered both radio
and TV programming with fowery phrases in
the past and continue to do so, but on much
smaller scale, believe. They also delight in
ripping us apart =. and repeatedly poke fun
at effective radio programming under the guise
that it isn't what the public wants And they
delight in disparaging many of the effective
commercials on both radio and TV AS pro-
gram directors, most radio and TV critics
wouldn't last five minutes"
Sample on HEAR editorial:
Evening star., 1960-03-20
Anita Celebrates a Birthday

She's lovely, she's engaged Ito a Miami disc
jockey, she sings up a storm for George Gobel
(CBS) and Don McNeill (ABC-rado) and she's
Televue's No. l Birthday Girl.
Who else but Anita Bryant, who'll be 20
years old Sunday, the same week TeleVue cele-
brates its fourth anniversary March 25)
(Her boss, George G., said the cake he
whipped up for the occasion was delicious-too
bad we weren't there to sample it. He laughed
merrily, clutching his stomach.)
Anita is the runner-up Miss Oklahoma)
everybody who saw the Miss America fnals In
1858 remembers. She lost but the contest gave
her career tremendous boost The Barnesdale,
Okla, girl, who started singing at the age OF
ton WKY-TV, got her first national break from
Arthur Godfrey. She won the Talent Scouts
contest at the age Of l6 and appeared for 10
consecutive weeks on his morning show. Don
McNeill signed her, then came the contest and
appearances with Peter Lind Hayes and Jimmy
Dean, before Gobel, singer himself, PACED her.
She credits her improved singing to the daily
work with McNein and the Gobel show, plus
a tonsillectomy last September. The high notes
are no strain now" she said.
PS. The lucky DECAYS name-Bob Green.
They met at that much publicized wing ding
for the disc jockeys. 1T was amazing to me to
read all of the things that were supposedly
going on" she said.
Evening star., 1960-06-05

Ones and makes absolutely real the senSd-
tons of the individual soldier he his role in
of the most crucial events of his century.
Mv. RyGn's book has had phenomenal career A best
seller from publication late in 1859, sold nearly 10000
copies in its first 1 months Publication rights haze been
bought in eight countries The book has been serazed
both sides of the Alanhc and spring the beaches of
Normandy ,uiu be inUnded by armies = Of actors
cameramen directors making The Longest Day" ntoa fim
On Page I8 Connie Ryan tells, especially for THIS WEEK
readers, something about hoW "The Longest Day" tcas
received BY the hO HUed through the Day. The excerpt
from his book that appears at right tells hO the Day began
mih all its Uatness its tensions its fears its hopes. Think
it remarkable piece of 'criting. Read it nOp and
sss "ss ':s" ~':1 ':%s"';' ON" 'S S,'; :, "s% ~, % %
Evening star., 1960-06-05

Europe - the might and fury Of the free
world unleashed at last. They came,
rank after relentless rank, 10 lanes wide,
20 miles across, 5000 ships of every
description.
There were fast new attack transports,
slow rust-scarred freighters, small ocean
liners, Channel steamers, hospital ships,
Weather-beaten tankers, coasters and
swarms of - Continued on nert page
This excerpt oppeored originally The Reoders Digest ond
published BY Simon SehUsieF The longest DoY"
copyright 1859 by Cornelius Ryon.
Evening star., 1960-06-05

any books hare already been Written
4NA about D-Day, and there wiH be
more. But for some time to come, Cornelius
Ryan's ''The Longest Day. wiH stand
unriUaLed. admire il because it checks all
available facts, disclOses some important neIO
Evening star., 1960-06-05

Nj the French coast little before
W. pm. dozen small ships ap-
peared. They moved quietly along the
horizon, so close that their crews could
clearly see the houses of Normandy. The
ships went unnoticed. They finished
their job and then moved back. They
were British mine sweepers, the van
guard of the mightiest feet ever assem-
bled.
For now back in the Channel, blowing
through the choppy gray waters, a
phalanx of ships bore down on Hitler's
Evening star., 1960-06-05
longest day
ay CORNELIUS RYAN

Here for the anniversary OF unforgettable
picture OF men talking Joking. thinking OF home
praying. they head for the Normandy beaches For
fascinating D-Day by author. Page 1S
Evening star., 1960-01-31

DEAR ABBY: This is for
Got Even" who resented her
husbands respecting the
memory of his deceased wife:
Four years ago I married
a fine widower with a 9-year-
old daughter whose mother
died at her birth. On Moth
er's Day, Christmas and spe-
cial occasions my husband
placed a wreath of flowers on
her grave. Last Valentines
Day he was out of town. He
wired me flowers that day,
but there was no one to place
flowers on his dead wife's
grave. No one except Ruthie
(my stepdaughter) and /.
On his return, Ruthie related
the events of interest during
his absence. She ended with.
". and Mommie put a red
heart of roses on Mothers
grave"
The look of tenderness my
husband gave me was worth
a kings ransom. I knew
then and there that should I
die. there would always be
flowers on my grave. In the
words Of a famous writer:
IT beg of you, do not forget
me
When the phenomenon Of
death visits me.
Oh, keep my memory alive,
Evening star., 1960-01-31
DEAR ABBY
No Need for Words
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

For If you forget me, only
then
Will I have surely died."
LEAH.
DEAR ABBY: I am IS
years old and am no more
boy-crazy than any other
girl my age. My complaint is
that no matter what hap
pens, my mother says, Get
your mind off the boys for
two minutes.
I lost my gym suit and my
mother said: If you didn't
have your mind on the boys.
you wouldn't have lost it,"
l was at my girl friends
house and We got to talking
and I was late getting home
by only Is minutes. She
blamed it on "the boys"
again. If my grades slip a
little she says it's because
I'm thinking about boys.
How can get my mother
out of this bad habit?
NOT BOY-CRAZY.
Your mother doesn't have
a "bad habit"-she has .
good memory.
i i =
DEAR ABBY-I have a
neighbor who asks me to pick
up items for her at the store
when I go grocery shopping.
She never seems to have the
Evening star., 1960-01-31
Officers
Named

The women's board Of the
Presbyterian Home Of the
District of Columbia will hold
its monthly board meeting
Thursday at 1890 am. at
the home.
Newly elected officers of
the board are as follows:
Mrs. Francis B. Allen, presi-
dent; Mrs. William K. Meme
fee. first vice president; Miss
Nina Magness, second vice
president; Mrs. Harry G. Uhl,
third vice president; Mrs.
Sterling Eagleton, fourth
vice president; Mrs. Robert
B. Heenan, treasurer: Mrs.
Robert w. Buckner, assistant
treasurer; Miss c. Virginia
Mayheld. recording secretary,
and Mrs. Sterling A. Fielding,
corresponding secretary.
Evening star., 1960-01-31

right change when / bring
her the item. It doesn't
amount to much each time,
but I don't have so much
money that I can forget it.
How can I keep from getting
stuck in the future? ! don't
want to hurt her feelings be-
cause ! do love this little
woman. TIM1D.
When unpaid debts start
piling up, "lOve" usually
fadeS-but money stays green
forever. Ask her for what
she owes you; don't be shy.
Distributed by McNsusht syndieatel
Evening star., 1960-01-31
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-12-22

Gov Tawcs on Monday appointed
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Sixty men were employed, cutting
as 500 tons each day"
Another reference a few years
later discloses that 25 men we're
employed on each of two shifts
to cut ice on Broderick lake in
Oakland. also for the Railroad.
The ice was usually cut when it
was between u and Is inches
thick.
A report in 1902 states that
Cutting ice on Mountain Lake
Park lake is the business of the
day. The Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad closed a contract with
Mr.. Rudisell general superintend-
ent of the Mt. Lake Park AS
sociation) for 2,4O0 tons of ice. He
is cutting ice twelve inches thick,
and at the present time free of
snow Eight pieces of ice 22X30
inches weigh 2.2O0 pounds"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-12-22
Art of Cutting Ice
Is Shown In Photo

One activity of former days
which is gone but not regretted
is the fine art of cutting ice,
shown in this weeks old photo
graph
Before the days of household
refrigeration, or even central ice
manufacturing plants, ice cutting
was a necessary and important
task, for enough had to be accum-
ulated in specially built ice houses
and caves to last through the
summer months when no other
refrigeration was available.
The picture above was taken
about 1885 at Wilson Lake, then
a sizeable body Of water on what
is now the property belonging to
Lowell Loomis, behind the Gar
rctt County Memorial hospital.
Some idea of the size of this
activity locally may be judged
from an account published in 1886,
in which it was stated that quite
a number Of people gathered to
watch the workers on Youghio-
gheny lake, about three and one
half miles from Oakland, who were
engaged in the cutting of ice for