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!?=.=;;^b=; Umingtntt iHtfntutij VOL. 80.—NO. 107. . WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1947 ” " ESTABLISHED 1867 " ' " 1 --T- " "-" —....-_ Featured On Sunday Broadcast Seen above, left to right, are M. B. Chinnis, member of the hoard of Brunswick county commissioners; Ben McDonald, Star* v„ws Kound-the-town reporter; S. I. Mintz, also a Brunswick com missioner; and O. W. Perry, Brunswick county policeman. They " ticipated in ,he Sunday Star-Newsreel over Radio Station WMFD when the Star-News saluted the neighboring county of Brunswick. (Carolina Camera Photo) Star-News Salutes Brunswick County In the second of a series of radio visits to the counties in Southeastern North Carolina the Star and the News saluted Brunswick county on the Sunday Star-Newsreel over WMFD at 1:30 p.m. yesterday. The broadcast, a narrative-dramatization, was written gild directed by Ben McDonald, the Star-News round-the town reporter and included highlights of Brunswick county, past and present. Declaring that Brunswick county was the second largest in area in the State, it was pointed out, that while tobacco BAND RECEIVING $503 FROM DRIVE Shrine Chairman Thanks Public For Cooperation In Paper Campaign A total of $503.40 was realized from the 33 and one-half tons of scrap paper collected in the drive yesterday sponsored by the Shrin ks of New Hanover county for the benefit of the New Hanover High school band, George H. Brin son, char man of the drive commit tee. said last night. Forty trucks, manned'by Shrin *rs and high school students, were in operation and covered the city almost simultaneously yester day morning. The office and re ceiving rooms we e kept open until S p. m., but 75 per cent of the paper collected was checked in by noon. Brinson said. The money derived f om the sale of the paper will be used to pur chase the 20 additional uniforms needed- for members of the high school baud, and.the remainder will be- used for other band equip ment and travel expenses. Brinson, wad termed tile drive, "very successful” said that the Banners "wisned to thank the puilic ip Wilmington, tile -sub urbs. Carolina Beach and Wrights viile Eeach, for. their cooperation in giving the paper and having it ready . hen the trucks came around.” FIRST OF SECRET TESTS CONDUCTED Camp Davis Rocket Pro gram Gets Underway On Schedule Major A. E. Holdt, Marine Corps officer in charge of safety regu lations at the Camp Davis secret weapons site, disclosed last night "■at the first of the series of fir '■§s to be conducted by the Navy "'ere was performed on schedule yesterday. Yesterday's testing operations tentered about rockets, with the results attained to be used in the Navy’s future weapons -program, «e said. Holdi last week released a warn ln& to travelers in the area con cerning the section classified as in he danger zone during the monlh JContinued On Page Two; Col. 2) iiAMBONE’S meditations By Alley — • ___ - — PAHSON SAN TROOPUE >NiO NOS' FOUKS, DEI TRIES T' REASON WiD UAWP, STlP uv umn' tLie? Reason >n»d d£*a \! L rr _) was the major crop at the present time, the agricultural picture is growing in diversification with the passing of the years. According to the broadcast northern interests from New Jer sey and Maryland are clearing land and planting blueberries and tomatoes. It is estimated that ovei thirty acres of tomatoe plants will be seeded on farms near South port this year, offering an off-sea son revenue to residents, as well as a new money crop. Brunswick county is really where the tropics begin. Bald Head Island, jutting far out to wards the Gulf Stream, is the last northern outpost of subtropical vegetation along the eastern sea board. Due to the fertility of the soil and the ideal climate there are few crops that cannot be pro duced in the county. Spotting towns and historic places throughout the county, the program opened with a visit to the lay-up basin. Quoting an interview with Captain A. G. Ford super intendent of the intallation, the program stated the basin is now (Continued On Page Two; Col. 3) LILIENTHAL WILL l STAY WITH RACE Friends Sav Truman Nomi nee Won’t Quit Under Fire; Battle Looms WASHINGTON. Feb. 16. —(U.R)_ Sources close to David E. Liientha] said tonight that he ‘‘won’t quit under fire” in his fight for confir mation as chairman of the Atomic Energy commission, a bitter bat tle which 13 Senate Republicans may decide. Senate members of the joint atomic energy committee hope to complete hearings on the nomina tion by Friday and clear the way for the show-down vote on the Senate floor next week. Reports persisted meantime that the committeemen may ask Lilien thal to withdraw voluntarily, but friends cf the one-time TVA chair man said they would hit a stone wall. ‘‘Lilienthal has never pulled out of a fight.” they said. “He just doesn’t quit under fire — and he has President Truman’s full sup port.” An informal United Prets poll showed that the pro-Lilienthal Senate bloc now has 46 members —- two short of the total needed to assure confirmation if all 96 Sena tors are present and vote. They include 33 Democrats and 13 Re publicans. Many Tentative But many of the G.O.P. mem bers of the bloc are considered “tentative.” They emphasize that they may decide to vote against Lilienthal “after studying the situ ation.” Since many powerful GOP leaders are spearheading the fight against confirmation, they con ceivably are under pressure to “fol low the leader” and may switch over to the opposition. Sen. Charles W. Tobey. R., N. H one of three influential members (Continued On Page Two; Col 1) Today And Tomorrow By WAITER UPPMANN _ After some more study, which he has promised to mare. Senator Taft will, one mav hope, wish to revise his Lincoln Day speech. For if this is meant to be a statement, or even a preview, of what he thinks American eco nomic policy should be in the post war period, then it is fair to say that it contains no hint of a sug gestion that he has begun to face up to the hard facts of the situ ation. Yet in the field of dome-t’c policy he is the most powerful m dividual in the United States. “The problem of s'ability. ’ ne said, “seems to me to rest primar ily on a continuing balance be Big Question Mark Looms OnTaxSlasI ..A* ,i\ Senator Know’ Savings Applie National L KNUTSON CONFtuENT Proposal For $4,500,000, 000 Cut In Truman Bud get Gaining Favor WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 —(IP)—A huge question mark was raised ahead of the GOP 20 percent tax slashing program today as Sena tor Knowland (R-Calif) announced he will offer a resolution requiring a $3,000,000,000 payment on the debt before any taxes are cut. Simultaneously, however, Chair man Knutson (R-Minn) of the House Ways and Means committee went on the radio to voice con fidence the tax-framing group will approve this week his House BILL No. 1 for a 20 percent cut “across the board”. Indications appeared that the Senate on Wednesday will vote to limit to $4,500,000,000 the slash in President Truman’s $.' 500,000.00 budget for the year starling July 1, overturning the $6,00,000,000 cut voted Friday by the 102-mem ber House-Senate Budgetary com mittee. rvnowiand loin reporters ue wm offer an amendment to the budget ceiling resolution calling for a payment “of at least $3,000,000, 000“ on the debt out of any sav ings. For Debt Purposes With the $1,500,000,000 revenue anticipated from continuation of high wartime excise levies, which Mr. Truman did not count on in his estimates, Knowland said there should be “somewhere be tween $2,000,000,000 and $3,000,000, 000 for tax reduction” after the debt payment. “I never nave believed taxes ccuid be cut as much as 2 per cent,” the Californian said. “I do not propose to foreclose tax relief, but we must establisn a sinking fund policy for debt retirement. ‘‘We now have this staggering of the government. It is incumbent on the Congress to start reducing this debt. Three billion dollars a year is certainly a minimum.” Knowland offered the $3,000,000, 000 debt payment proposal, to 'he budgetary committee, losing by a narrow 39 to 34 vote. He voiced confidence the Senate would ap prove it. * House May Approve There seems little doubt the House will go along with the Bud getary committee’s recommend ation for a $31,500,000,000 ceiling, despite the opposition of 19 Dem ocratic committee members who issued a minority report yesterday in protest. But in the Senate, a proposal for a $4,500,000,000 slash, spon sored by Chairman Millikin (R Coloi of the Finance committee, appears to be gaining favor. The chief Senate objection to the higher figure is directed toward its estimated $1,750,000,000 reduc tion in Army and Navy appropri ations. Failure of the two chambers to (Continued On Page Two; Col. 7) CARMEN PLEASES LOCAL AUDIENCE New York Civic Opera Company Ends Series Here With Matinee Bizet’s Carmen came very near to an untimely death at its initial performance, when prudes in the audience, and they were upper crust prudes, too, held handker chiefs to their eyes and demanded that they be led from the house. For shame! Such immorality was intolerable. It took hai'd work indeed to per suade the populace of Paris to wit ness a second showing, and then only when the critics assured the people there was nothing in the opera that was not happening under their noses, so to speak, but with the characters changed, and that the music was pretty good. It was fortunate for succeeding generations that the prudes were thrown for a loss. The world would have been poorer if they had kicked goal. r-Was heard by a fairly large audience in the New Hanover High School, auditorium yesterday afternoon. As with the two oDeras «ung by the New York Civic Opera Companv in the same hall on Sat urdav. the performance was spon sored by the Junior Chamber of (Continued On Page Two; Col. 2' tween competitive forces, a bal ance between taxes end govern ment spending, a balance between ] wage levels and price levels, a . balance between wages and con- j ■sumption, a balance between ac j !ricultural and industrial income." ; It is curious that he neglected to i I mention the need of a balahcp | between savings and investment. Yet it there is one clear and cer tain lesson of the past twenty-five ; years, it is th t when s-vin-s can I no longer be invested profitably, land are not used in gome other I (Continued On Pape Two; Col. 4) British Battle Jewish Refugees Aboard Ship Members of a British naval boarding party swi ng clubs In an attempt to quell a disturbance among Jewish refugees as they were about to be removed from the schooner Lanegev in the harbor at Haifa, Palestine, for transfer to Cyprus. (AP Wirephoto) BRITISH SAILORS 1 CLASH WITH JEWS Several Immigrants Wounded Aboard Refugee Ship Off Bat Yam Sunday JERUSALEM, Palestine, Feb. 16 —(U.R)—Several Jewish illegal immi grants were wouqded and two jumped overboard today when the refuge ship Herouth carrying 950 immigrants to Palestine was board ed by bluejackets from three Brit ish destroyers off Bat Yam, six miles south of Tel Aviv. The two refugees who leaped overboard were picked up and re turned to the ship after resistance was quelled. The Herouth (Free dom), which had been renamed the “Anonymous Immigrant,” was then turned toward Haifa, where the de portation transports Empire Hey wood and Ocean Vigour are wait ing to take the immigrants to Cy prus. British Navy source said the vessel was directed bv the Jewish underground army Haganah but they denied it was captained by an American and carried an American crew. However, another immigrant ship manned by Americans and sponsor ed by the Peter Bergson group, the Hebrew committee for national liberation, was reported at sea heading for Palestine. Barker Attacked The'clash at sea was followed by ! an Irgun Zvai Leumi broadcast ! (Continued On Page Two; Col. 4) i 13,000 CANADIAN MINERS WALK OUT Half Of Nation’s Coal Pro duction Stops As Men Strike Over Wages OTTAWA, Feb. 16—(IP)—Thirteen thousand miners in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick coal fields were on strike tonight, halting half of Canada’s coal production. The walkout came after repre sentatives of the United Mine Workers of America and the com panies involved failed to come to an agreement at a conference staged by the Canadian govern ment a few hours before a Sat urday midnight deadline. The negotiations collapsed over the question of how $1 of a $1.40 a-day raise above the basic daily rate of $5.84 for the miners was to be granted. Union representa tives rejected a proposal that the $1 increase should be put into ef fect gradually on the basis of in creased production per man. Proposed originally by the Do minion Coal Co., which employs the bulk of the miners in the mari time provinces, this type of- raise was endorsed by a federal con ciliation commissioner and was laid before the conference by the Canadian government. But it is not possible, Labor Minister Humphrey Mitchell said later in a statement, to “find a basis of compromise between the conflicting positions of the parties.” Along The Cape Fear READER WRITES — Yesterday we received a letter which speaks for itself: “It was. with much interest that read the letter in your tfolumn ast week wtih references to the age limit on children entering the first grade at school. "This is of vital concern to me as we have a son born eight days after the deadline of October 1st. as I understand it. “It is generally agreed by every one that children a.e much smarter today* than they were years ago, still I entered the first grade when I was only five and one-half. “It seems to me that any child whose birthday comes before Jan uary 1st should be eligible to enter tile first grade that fall befo:e his sixth birthday. “If a child can receive the nec ;ssa y education at one of the kinde: garters to quality him to [enter the second grade, why can't Ihl receive that same training in Three Persons Die; Others Stricken Here The Weather (Eastern Standard Time) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) "Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday. Temperatures: 1:30 a. m. 47; 7:30 a. m. 40: 1:30 p. m. 54; 7:30 p.. m. 54. Maximum 57; Minimum 39; RJean 48; j Normal 48. Tides For Today (From the Tide Tables published by ; U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). HIGH LOW Wilmington _ 7:14 a.m. 1:50 a.m. 7:30 p.m. 2:27 p.m. Masonboro Inlet 5:13 a.m. 11:35 a.m. 5:21 'p.m. 11:36 p.m. Sunrise 6:55; Sunset 5:58; Moonrise 4:56a; Moonset 2:45p. SPECIAL PROGRAM OUTLINES FAITHS Brotherhood Week Pro gram Presented In Court house Sunday Tt 11" The local obresvance of National Brotherhood Week was officially opened yesterday afternoon with a public meeting held in the Super ior Court rooms which featured speakers of three faiths, Protes tantism, Judaism, and Catholic ism. The meeting was sponsored by the Wilmington Unit of the Na tional Conference of Christians and Jews, and the program was under the direction of Miss Vir -ginia Ward. Approximately 125 people were present. The three speakers, all students of New Hanover High school, were introduced by Sara Kay Jordan, who presided over the meeting, and stressed the fact that the spirit of brotherhood should con tinue over the whole year, not just one week. Loraine D’Lugin, in speaking of i the Jewish faith, emphasized the fact that Judaism stood for the fatherhood of God and the brother hood of man, and that the Jewish religion gave to the world the story of creajtion and the sabbath. The Jewish’ family always ob serves the sabbath together, she said. _ Jimmy Brown. speaking on CatholicisA, said that the Catholic church teaches the young people to glorify God through obedience to God's laws, and emphasized the fact that all Catholics are taught to obey the ten command ments. In order to build a better world for mankind, he said, the ten commandments must be obey ed by everyone. Richard Galphin. who spoke on Protestantism, said that Protest ants were in favor of a peaceful way of life based on Christ’s teach ing of brotherhood. From the time the Protestant child is in Sunday School, he is taught the teachings of the Bible, he said, such as the story of the good Samaritan which brings out the idea of brother liness. He also said that he felt religion taught that all mankind are brothers and should live to gether in peace and harmony. Russel Caudill, executive secre tary of the*Y. M. C. A., summar ized the three talks and gave his personal testimony of the value of respect for people of all faiths. (Continued On Page Two; Col 1) the first grade of our grammar schools? “I wish our representatives would give their support to a new ruling on this.” she concludes. * * * SIGNED AND ALL — The read er kind enough to write the above letter signed her name and gave her full local address, then added a request that we re frain from use of her name. Suc.i a request Along The Cape I ear is always happy to grant if the letter is signed and we know by whom it was written. We fed that if the writer dees not think enough of his or her own le; ter to sign his or her name to it, then we’ll cooperate with him 01 her by not using it. The above letter raises two im portant questions. In the first place the writer knows that the rule which sets (Continued On Page Two; Col. Z) City - County Health Offic er’s Report Will Deter mine Cause Three persons are dead and four others ill after dining at the same Local boarding house Sunday. According to Coroner Gordon Doran, a chemical used in mak ing a potato pie of which all seven had eaten as desert was believed to be a contributing factor in the deaths of thj pair and the sub sequent illness of the others. An autopsy will be performed on the bodies today by Dr. A. H. Elliot, city-county health officer, in an effort to determine the cause of the deaths. Ira G. Upchurch, 63-year-old resi dent of 314 South Second street, died in James Walker Hospital early last night and later in the night Mrs. Lucy Blizzard succumb ed at 615 South Second street. The third fatality was Mrs. Myrtle Page, who less than an hour before her death at 12:20 this morning told Coroner Doran how she and about eight others had eaten Sunday dinner at the board ing house of Mrs. W. A. Hundley, 615 South Second street. Doran, who had gone to the boarding house late last night to investigate the death of Mrs. Bliz zard, said that shortly after he had talked with Mrs. Page she collapsed in the hallway. Mrs, Page was rushed to the James Walker Memorial hospi tal but died while enroute. The coroner said that the others who had eaten the pie were round ed up and carried to the hospital where they will be kept for ob servation. One of the group re fused to go to the hospital, Doran said. Classed as seriously ill by the coroner was James Newell, while three others. Fred Lovette. Earl Martin and a Mr. Cronley suffered ill effects after eating the pie. hut their condition was not described as serious. . Mrs Hundley, at whose house the men were boarding, told Doran that she added what she believed to be sugar to the pie when mak ing it. The chemical was in a bag marked sugar and she said it had (been given to her at an eaifiier date and told it contained powder ed sugar. The coroner stated that it was his opinion that the chemical sub stance contained in the pie may have been the “contributing fac tor’’ in the death and illness of the persons, but he could not say if it was lethal. Upchurch is survived by two sons, John Upchurch of Clinton, and Marion Upchurch. U. S. Army, stationed in Florida: one daughter, Mrs. Dosher Ruark. Wilmington; two sisters, Mrs. W. D. Beale, Wilmington, and Mrs. Nannie Fe ree. Palatka, Florida; two hall brothers, Pearson Upchurch. Ra leigh, N. C., and Everett Upchurch, Washington, D. C.; two hall sisters, Mrs. Ada U. Howard, 'Alexander, Va., and Mrs. Lina Upchurch. Nor Va. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Andrews Mort uary. Funeral arrangements have not been announced for Mts. Blizzard I and Mrs. Page. I --— Mart For New Autos May Total 20,000,000 Units 1 ATLANTIC CITY, N. J„ Feb. 16 :_(jfi—w. L. Mallon of New York, president of the National Automo bile Dealers association, said in an interview today that "there is ; probably a potential market now for 20.000,000 new cars." Here for the opening tomorrow of the two-c'av. 30th annual con vention of the association. Mallon predicted that there is "little likeli hood” of a raoid reduction cf new car prices, but that "used car prices are going to decline.” He said he’ was hopeful that at least 4,000,000 automobiles would .be produced in 1947. if industrial peace continues. Mallon compared this possible production figure with the 3,750,000 cars produced in 1941, before the war stopped civilian output. Production in 1946. he added, "ran along on about an even keel [with used car casualties. There j were about 2,000.COO of each. Mallon said there were about 4. 1000,000 ’ess cars on the road now I than before the war. I More than six thousand retail automobile dealers from the U. S.. Canada and Mexico are expected to attend the convention. 53 Killed In Plane Crash In Columbia CHARRED BODIES FOUND IN RAVINE •» i DC-4 With Five Americans Aboard Hits Mountain Top Near Bogota BOGOTA, Columbia, Feb. 16 —(TPi —Police search parties penetrat ed a deep ravine today and found the 53 charred, mangled bodies of the passengers and crew mem bers of a Colombian Avianca Air liner who perished yesterday in commercial aviation's greatest disaster. The four-engined DC-D crashed into the sheer side of 9,000-foot El Tablazo cliff, 30 miles Northwest of Bogota, yesterday afternoon on a 500-mile flight from Barranquil la to Bogota, killing 49 passengers, including at least five Americans, and four crew members, two of whom were United States citizens. The policemen, roped together to make the difficult descent to the bottom of the ravine which lies at the base of El Tablazo, said they found bodies and wreckage of the giant air liner scattered all along the bottom of the grim chasm. Removal of the bodies began al most immediately. Policeman Jose Rubio located the first body, sum moned the district coroner to enter the ravine, wrapped it in . a tarpaulin and bad it hoisted to aides at the top of the gulch. Other bodies then were removed in the same manner. Because ol the difficulty of the task, the poilce men estimated it would be tomor row before all bodies had been removed. They will be taken to Bogota for funeral services Or pos sible transshipment to other lands. The plane struck almost at the pinnacle of El Tablazo, exploded and fell 1,000 feet. Great sections of the Douglas plane were scatter ed widely over the area. Although some wreckage was found with the bodies in the chasm, other pieces were blasted so far away that planes were used to search for them. Carlos Henao Blanco, one of the first persons to reach the scene of the crash, which lies 10 miles from the nearest village, Suba choque, said:, “We could see a tire of the plane and some burned clothing. There were three women’s shoes and some children’s shoes. To the left, in a ravine, we could see one engine. Far away we saw a part of the fuselage, about 200 meters (approximately 650 feet) below. It was impossible to go down unless with ropes. There was a strong smell of charred flesh.’’ The company said Pilot Kenneth Poe and co-pilot Roy Kaye were citizens of the United States. The other two crew members were Colombians. The American passengers were identified as: j Beno Slesin of New York city, a motion picture distributor for United Artists. W. L. Wohn, a retired U. S. Army colonel who served with the Air Transport command of the con struction department of Tropical Oil company. H. A. Burton of St, Charles, Mo., coordinator of North American per sonnel of Tropical Oil company. Carl Hubman, an official of Texas Petroleum company. (Continued On Page Two; Col. 2) ITALIAN CRACK-UP TAKES 17 LIVES American Merchant Among Victims Of Plane Disaster In Tyrrhenian Sea ROME, Feb. 16—(#1—The Italian Air Ministry released today the list of 11 passengers and six crew men killed yesterday when a Sa voia-Marchetti transport owned by the ministry crashed in the Tyrrhe nian sea while en route from Rome to Cairo. Among those listed as killed were Anima Anem Barontz, identified as a relative of King Farouk of Egypt, and Phillip Prescott Mar ion, said to be a United States merchant. Officials were not cer tain that Marion was the correct surname. No bodies were recover ed. Other foreign* passengers were listed as Sant Bancac. French newspaper corrrespondent: Mrs. Albina Hecox; Ivette Martinelli, French citizen; Sahab Almas Bey, director of the Egyptian academy in Rome; and Gian Caron, com panion of King'Farouk’s relative. The other passengers and the crew men were Italians. Denies Murder Seen above is Otlio Charles Stockdale, of Fresno, Calif., who earlier confessed to a murder for which a Hickory, N. C., man is j serving a life sentence, has now repudiated the confession. (AI» Wircphoto) FIREMAN DENIES KILLING SOLDIER Fresno, Calif., Railroad Worker Repudiates Earlier Confession FRESNO, Calif,. Feb. 16 —(/Pi Attorneys for Otlio C. Stockdale, 25-year-old railroad fireman and former soldier, said today he had repudiated a statement that he killed a man for whose slaying a soldier is serving life imprison ment. aiocKdaie s statement last week to Fresno police that he killed Corp, Peter De Fuscoa of Union town, Pa., at an army camp near Salina, Kans., had reopened th* case in which Pvt. A. B. Ritchie of Hickory, N. C. was convicted of murder by a court martial. Ritchie was condemned to death, but his sentence was com muted to life imprisonment. His pardon is pending. Attorneys J. F. Nagel and Gerald W. Stutsman said today that Stockdale told them he had taken the blame for the slaying in the hope that it would lead to hi* death and free him from life over burdened by alcoholism and con fusion. Nagel quoted Stockdale as say ing: "I figured this might be the way out. I would be arrested, my life would be taken and that would be the end.” AIR FORCE MEN HELD FOR MURDER m Five Enlisted Men Run Amok Near Tokyo, Beat Five Japs To Death — TOKYO. Japan, Feb. 16 —(U.R)— The Army announced today that five enlisted men of the Fifth United States Air force, apparent ly crazed by liquor, ran amok in a town near Tokyo, beat five ci vilians to death and injured 20 more. It happened on January 31. Maj. G. M. Sullivan, public relations officer for the Far .East Air forces, said he had not announced the in cident earlier, because it had not been called to his attention. s He said the soldiers were all in 'the Eighth Army stockade, charg ed with murder and would soon be tried by a general court mar tial. He identified the soldiers as Cpl. Willard L. Grooms, Pfc. Carl J. Halvada, Cpl. George E. Craig, Pfc. Rosey W. Harper and Pvt. Edward W. Smith. Their home addresses were not given. Shoot Up Town Sullivan said the soldiers are al leged to “have run amok, appar ently under the influence of liquor” and shot up the town of Hachioji, west of Tokyo. Japanese police said, however, that there was no shooting, that the five men —four Japanese and one Korean— were beaten and clubbed to death. The police said the soldiers had been drinking and first got into a fight with a group of Japanese be hind the open-air black ngarket stalls near the Hachoiji railway station. And So To Bed During yesterday’s perform ance of “Carmen” shortly af ter the curtain was raised on the third act, an announcement was made to the effect that the male lead, Don Jose, was stricken with “Cramps” and would be unable to appear im mediately. The curtain was closed for a few minutes, then opened. Don Jose was on the stage. Actually he had been busy with a photographer during the intermission, and failed t o change costumes in time. When his turn came, he was dressing across the areaway in ajiothe’ part of the building. Don Jose may have had “cramps” all right; but, the stage manager was having an acute case of “apoplexy” and there was nothing “phony” about it. >
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