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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 4, 1950 the Star and stripes Page e 5 0 it or y e t y is Abr done id the of res a ple die by aids s the or Niy is by a new revue dominated by dancer by Jack Gaver new York feb. 3 up the miss wintertime coast of coast work of Jack cose. Serving As Bou choreographer and principal dancer doing names the musical revue Aliv end kicking which has opened a the Winter Garden theater it is an uneven show compiled by n any Cooks under the Over All direction of Robert h. Gordon a fellow. Usually skilled in such Mai ers by who seems 1 have been unable u ? juggle the ingredients into a smooth conc Ocion. There Are some Kim parts and a number of less Hun adequate items. The principal Lack is the trademark of class which is absolutely essential to this Type of show most of Cole s sinuous dancing and he works often is done with Owen Verdon and Marie Groscup both excellent. First musical try the male comedy is in the hands of Dave Burns and Jack Gilford who have been around for years and Carl Reiner and Mickey deems.1 newcomers Reiner especially Promise of a Bright future being a tall handsome fellow with a Fine. Ability to Mug. The Veteran Burns is at his Best in a see he involving several speakers before a women s club. Gil lord is hilarious in a sketch concerning ih6 tortures of a Man try ing to give up smoking. Lenore Lonergan who was a Brash kid in several Broadway plays not so Long ago is the come. Dienne her first shot at the musical stage. She handles sketches a a songs like a Veteran and should be a Welcome addition to anyone s musical if she cares to stay in the Field. Her most effective numbers Are. A sketch in which she is record ing a bedtime Story for kids and a Cotig entitled French with tears in which she burlesque the broken hearted Type of cafe Singer. Comic dancer Jack Russell serves Well in a couple of singing chores. A Limber kid named Bobby  making his Broadway debut is an excellent comic dancer along Ray Bolger lines. More should have been seen of Jessie Elliott a Soubrette Type and Rae Abruzzo and Laurel Shelby who have real opportunities Only once Arthur Maxwell is a handsome linger who does the romantic Stuj Well. Cry baby cry propinquity and i m All yours seem to be he songs Likely to become popular the score is far from outstanding among the composers and lyricists Are Paul Francis Webster Ray Golden Hal borne Irona Jurist Sammy Fain Billy Kyle and Harold Rome. Golden Henry Morgan Jerome Chodorov and others wrote the generally undistinguished sketches Raoul Pene Dubo is contributed the costumes and sets which Are not in his Best vein William r. Katzell and Ray Golden produced. Berserk dog bites 17 school children Philadelphia feb. 3 up a big spotted dog ran wild near St. Anne s parochial school and bit 17 children returning to classes after the luncheon recess. The dog dished madly across streets and through the school Yard attacking the children in its path. The children were rushed to two hospitals for immediate treatment and three 6-year-old boys received anti tetanus shots. Doctors at St. Mary s and Epis Copal hospitals said most of the children protected by their heavy Winter clothing suffered Only minor scratches. The rampaging dog threw the entire neighbourhood into an uproar. Passing motorists tried to run it Down but the dog escaped. Hic Carran again asks Arntz to liar alien Bee the girl with the Sunshine smile is miss Hazel n Ilson and she s Busy living lip to Tir title miss wintertime coined by a press at Las vegas nov. In midshipmen Swap lot with cadets in unification spirit West Point be. 3 up West Point cadets and midshipmen of the . Naval Academy have changed places to see How the Othor half lives the . Military Academy said. In the spirit of unification the naval Academy sent 120 midship men to West Point while 76 cadets went to Annapolis. This is the first of six weekend exchanges to show each service How the other trains or War. West Pont officials said the Exchange is designed to encourage closer understanding among the services. It will involve some 300 midshipmen and 490 second class cadets during the six week program. Visiting midshipmen will attend classes with cadets and orientations on army weapons and training on today and tomorrow. On saturday night they will be introduced to West Point social life at a Cadet hop. Cadets visiting Annapolis will follow a similar schedule. West Point officials said the pro Gram is in line with fostering a spirit of unification among the embryo officers which will carry Over into their professional careers Washington feb. 3 sen. Pat Mccarran a Nev said he will renew his fight this year to limit the army s purchases of Argentine beef. The army Guys about 227.000.000 pounds of beef each year for its troops Mccarran said the meat should come from the ., except in certain cases.  succeeded last year in winning approval of an amendment to the military appropriation Bill limiting army purchases of foreign meats food and clothing. We have i enough cattle so there is no excuse for the army to go outside this country to Purchase beef Mccarran said. The Mccarran amendment would make exceptions in cases where he army could not find purchases in the . Late beggar s $2,500 estate won t go a begging new York feb. 3 up a one legged professional beggar who sold pencils on i Trecet Corners from Maine to Nebraska left about $2.500 to his Niece the missing persons Bureau said Here. The Bureau said Robert Ingels checking and savings accounts in a new York Bank totalled about $2,500, and that he might have had other accounts in Many Small cities or  said Ingels who died Jan. 22 at 02, Kepi meticulous accounts of his daily Trike in each City and of the number of Penciu he bought. And sold. He apparently had. Made a fair living for years they said. The  said its preliminary investigation showed Ingels left his Money to a Niece Catherine Hayes of Seattle. Cugat earns $500,000 yearly 1940s Golden age for husband Hunting Washington feb. 3 at1 the 1940s were the Golden age Tor american girls wanting to marry according to the . Census Bureau. In 1949, it also reported to out of three americans were married ant living with thir spouses compared with six ont of 10 in 1910. Sixty years ago nearly half were unmarried. Studebaker prices Cut $82-$ 135 South Bend ind., feb. 3 up the Studebaker corp. Has reduced the prices on All its passenger car s from $82 to �135, h. S. Vance president and chair Man of the Board of the company announced that the Price reductions resulted from lower production costs. We Are now in a position for the first time since the War to reduce prices even though we know that some of our costs will increase in the months ahead Vance said. Wife tells court Hollywood feb. 3 the a life of Rumba King Xavier Cugat was awarded $2.000 a month Tom pc Rary Alimony Here after she testified he earns about $500,000 a year. Mrs. Lorraine Allen Cugat 39, said also that Cugat stopped sending her Money after they separated in october and has threatened to stay in the East sinless she settles for � divorce on his terms mrs. Cugat is suing for divorce on grounds of cruelty. Met undecided on Melchior but Traubel sure to sing new York feb. 3 apr the metropolitan opera s new manager has cleared up some of the questions rumours personal tension and speculation surrounding plans for the 1950-51 season. But whether Lauritz Melchior will be Back in the lineup of stars remains Uncertain. Rudolf Bing the new manager said at a news conference that he would not submit to ultimatums in deciding whether to re engage Melchior the met s top wagnerian Tenor for 24 years. Only Tae Day before Melchior said he Felt snubbed because Bing had not contacted him and he assumed was out for next season. Bing  he just has t made up his mind about the matter. Among those certain to be on the program however is Soprano Helen Traubel who also had expressed displeasure because she Hac not been contacted sooner. Bing said that she and Kirsten Flagstad the norwegian Soprano whose return to nazi occupied nor Way in 1941 aroused criticism in this country will share honors As leading wagnerian sopranos. Bride sues photographer for failing to shoot rites Muscadine Iowa feb. 3 up a Bride of four months sued a photographer for $5,400 because he did t show up to take pictures other wedding. Mrs. Norma King asked for $200 for the Cost of preparing for the pictures $200 for reenacting the ceremony later $1,000 for menial anguish $4,000 for future mental anguish. Armed pal frees prisoner from Boston mental Ward Waltham mass., feb. 3 a a smooth talking gunman locked up two attendants at gunpoint to re lease a prisoner with a Long Crimi Nal record from metropolitan state Hospital where he was undergoing mental tests pending trial. The prisoner Atwood White 24, of Boston was committed to the Hospital following his arrest on charges of conspiracy to commit armed robbery transporting a stolen ear and unlawful Possession of fire arms the break was enacted in the presence of 60 mental patients none of whom became alarmed. Wartime prisoner asks claim for Leavenworth Suffolk va., feb. 3 up a visitor to the veterans claims of fice asked for an application for a i prisoner of. War refund were you a prisoner of War asked the clerk. Yes he said. Wag in leaven Worth the whole  � Fritz Kreisler philosophical on 75th birthday fete new York feb. 3 up Fritz Kreisler attended a party in his Honor Here but he said he would rather not count the candles on his 75th birthday cake what is a birthday the White haired violinist asked. It s old age. That s  and age does not love itself As much As youth he added. When you Are Young Are much More Apt to consider yourself a Success Kreisler said adding now i am More critical. I do not believe that what i have accomplished is so  alienist avers Carol insane in killing Bridgeport conn., feb. 3 up a psychiatrist testified at Carol Paight s murder trial that the 21 year old Blond was insane when she fired a fatal mercy Bullet at her father and had not recovered her sanity nearly three weeks later. Or. Clifford Moore said the girl was insane when he examined her oct. 12, which was 10 Days after she fatally shot her cancer stricken father police sgt Carl Paight in a Stamford Hospital. Moore said he did not know whether she yet had recovered her sanity. He disclosed that he had examined miss pc ight As Early As 1946 when she suffered some emotional sym  he examined her again a few hours after she shot her father on sept. 23, he testified. Insanity in family Moore medical director of Siam Ford Hall a mental institution at Stamford. Conn., where the Paight lived was called to the stand after miss Paight s Mother had i stifled there had been insanity Noih in her family and that of her Iii band. Carol charged with second degree murder for shooting her father after learning he was dying of operable cancer has pleaded temporary insanity. Moore said that miss Paight was suffering from a mental ailment known As cancer phobia and from an anxiety Complex which devel oped after hearing from childhood about friends and members of her Amily who died agonizing deaths rom cancer. Not responsible asked by defense attorney David Goldstein whether miss Paight knew he nature and Quality of her act when she shot her father Moore replied she did  could she Tell right from wrong the attorney asked. She could not Moore said. Mrs. Paight testified that two of or Sisters and three members of Ler husband s family had been to rental cases. Attack baffles Law chief Detroit feb. 3 up Walter Reuther testified that he has no idea who touched off a Campaign of terror against the United Auto workers Cio by trying to kill him nearly two years ago Reuther the Law president appeared As a state witness in the trial of Carl e. Bolton 40-year-old convict and former minor onion official accused of his attempted assassination. I m not willing to Point an accusing Finger at anyone " Reuther said. That is a matter for the courts to decide.1 Bolton was in jail awaiting trial on a robbery charge when Reuther s brother Victor was shot last May. He was in prison when Dyn miters tried to blow up the Law International Headquarters last dec. 20. Blondie by Chic Young Courtesy of King features Syndicate i just have to shake our the Tablecloth thanks to Poff Clearing the table for me we associated groups of  
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