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PAGE 6 THE DAILY TAR HEEL. SUNDAY. MAY 11. 1352 D ixiecrafs rimary on f -.. ?? DR. ALEXANDER HEARD 'Spa Sho e Really Uqi y op Profits Special to The Daily Tak Heei. NEW YORK, May 10 The oddest, ugliest, most comfort able shoes ever made are being produced by Allen Murray in Greenwich Village. Waitresses, actors, shopkeep ers and oth3rs that work on their feet praise Murray's "Space Shoes" highly. Even though they have been likened to a catcher's mitt and the hind foot of a water buffalo, "Space Shoes" are being worn by such celebrities as Lillian Gish', Fred ric March, Joe DiMaggio and Iv3' Litvinov (wife of the late Soviet diplomat). But the reason "Space Shoes" are so uly is that they look just like the human foot. They are made from a plaster cast of each wearers foot, then con structed of rubber, monks cloth, terry cloth, lastex, and they, ev en carry a lightning rod. Murray, a professional ice skater who ruined his feet in tight ice skate shoes, got the idea for molding "Space Shoes" when he was having some work done at the dentist's. He tried using steel for casts, then rub ber, and even paraffin. He man aged to survive an accidental fire which burned the paraffin blocks in which his feet were incased. He made a steel shell im pression of his sole, heel and ore County Movie Has Top Actors Lindsay Warren, James E. Webb, Kay Kyser, Georgia Car roll, Betty - Smith, Charlie Jus tice and Lynn Riggs are among a number of celebrities who have roles in the new technicolor film, "Dare The Birthplace of Amer ica," which is to-be shown in 45 communities of the State during the week of May 21. . Forty-five other communities have also arranged to show the picture during the week of June .4. These presentations will be under the sponsorship of the local Jaycee organizations, and any group interested in viewing the movie should contact the local Jaycee chairman in charge of the project. Sn unere The Florida primary "has driven more nails into the coffin of the Dixiecrat movement." Dr. Alexander Heard, author of the recently published book. "A Two Party South?", said yesterday. "When Estes Kefauver smoked out Dick Russell on the question of bolting the Democratic con vention, the Tennessean des troyed the hopes of many Dixie- cnts." the rjoHtical writer savs. ''When Russell avowed that he would not leave his narty he set the pace for many of his kind of Southern Democrats. "Moreover," Dr Heard adds, "Kefauver's strong showing in the face of real opposition by all j important Florida office holders j reveals the strong liberal element ', that exists among Southern Democrats and serves as a warn ing to potential bolters of the fut'litv of another third party attempt." The liberalism among South ern Democrat shown by their support of Kefauver, coupled with Russell's announcement that he will stay with his party, is real evidence, Dr. Heard asserts, that no Dixiecrat movement will amount to much this year. It is futher evidence that "the malcontents of the Democratic party will eventually have to go to the Republican Party if they, want to have an effective voice." he said. toes, " then attached runner blades, and threw an ice skat ing demonstration in Madison Square Garden. The audience gaped as he went through dif ficult spins and turns on these ballet-slipper-like shells with out laces or straps. But no man ufacturer or skater came for ward to buy his skates. He got a job at $18 a week polishing dental equipment to pay for i 4 , a CHAPEL HILL JOINS DURHAM IN THE NORTH & SOUTH Carolina PREMIERE S HO W IN G LATE SHOW SAT NITE SUNDAY MONDAY i f iiTJVa----wiiJ-"mi i m SEOUL. Korea Gen. Mat thew B. Ridge way -yesterday an- ! grily denounced Communist truce 1 delegates as liars and warned that the negotiators face con-: plete collapse unless the Reds accept United Nations terms. ; Meanwhile, Communist prisoners on Koje Island released Brig. Gen. Francis Dodd unharmed after holding him hostage for four days. The Army failed to disclose what concessions it made to gain Dodd's freedom from the more than 6,000 rebellious '. inmates of Compound 76. SEOUL, Korea An artillery- j supported Allied tank-infantry ; patrol smashed into Communist lines and fought an all day battle t Friday .with 1,000 Chinese on the ? Korean Western Front. The Fifth Air Force in a weekly summary ; said Allied planes shot down 13 ' Communist aircraft, probably des- ' troyed one and damaged five. ' The Air Force said " it lost 10 planes in combat, one in aerial fight and nine to Red ground fire. WASHINGTON Congressional resentment over government handling of the steel wage-price . crisis simmered today but there ! were no immediate indications j that lawmakers planned to do anything about it. Industry, gov ernment, and the CIO Steel workers Union filed briefs yes- hls Garden splash. - An amiable restaurateur was his first real customer. Murray traded a pair of "Space Shoes" for a meal ticket 'and the man liked the shoes so much he ordered some for his whole fam ily. Since then Murray's busi ness has grown to a hectic peak production of 12 pairs a day netting him $200,000 a year. "HAD I KNOWN WHAT I YOU STUDENTS MY LIFE WOUL HAVE BEEN MUCH DIFFERENT." A combination of great actors in a story that may be taking place in our own community ... a story of a brilliant student whose minds was poisoned during his college life, but who returned to his alma mater to tell the graduating class the real fallacies of communism. TRIUMPHANTLY MY STARRING ROBERT WALKER -VAN HEFLIN DEAN J AGGER To derive the fullest -possible value and enjoyment from MY SON JOHN, it is advisable that this unique film be seen from the very beginning. 'La Traviata' coming To Memorial Thursday by John McKey We accept Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata" with so much en joyment today that it is diffi cult to realize the shocking effect it had upon the world when it was produced in the middle of the 19th century. ("La. Traviata" will be pre sented this Thursday at 8 p.m. in Memorial Hall as the final presentation of the Student Entertainment Committee for this school year. Admission is free upon presentation of a stu dent's ID card. "La Traviata" will be presented by the Grass Roots Opera Company.) The story of a woman of easy virtue who renounces her only real love and dies of consump tion was so utterly unacceptable to Victorian Londoners that the opera was allowed to be pre sented only because the libretto was written in Italian. Verdi conceived the idea for "La Traviata" after seeing Alexandre Dumas fils' play play, according to Dumas, is "La Dame aux Camelias." The terday, and arguments are set for Monday. DENVER A government order reserving supplies of motor gaso line to maintain essential trans portation went into effect yes terday in 32 states, including North Carolina. Local t shortages seem most likely in Eastern and Central states because of difficul ties in transporting products to the point of need, the PAD stated. TUSCALOOSA Two city policemen were killed instantly early yesterday when they went to the home of a Negro to in vestigate a complaint that he was moonshining. A giant posse formed before daybreak to comb Tuscaloosa and its outskirts for Willie Hardy, who fled after blasting the men with a shotgun. RETURNS TO THE SCREEN HAYES TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Jose Ferrer Kim Hunter "ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN" THURSDAY Charles Laughf on in 'The Man on the Eiffel Tower' based upon the life of a famous courtesan of the 1840's, a wo man that Dumas, perhaps, loved wisely but not too well. He tells of this lady, Marie Duplessis, (originally from a French farm) did not completely parallel that of his "Dame aux Camelias." She did love a gallant, who for reasons of his own did not live with her, but her biography stops st the end of the first act of the opera and it resumes partially in the last. Maria Duplessis, like the opera's Violetta, did die of con sumption, poverty-stricken, at the age of 23, but the rest of the plot is that of Dumas and Verdi. v Verdi's first presentation of "La Traviata" (The woman who strayed) was an instant failure. Verdi hints at the reason in a letter to a friend: ''Traviata last night a fiasco. Was it my fault or the singers? . . . Time will tell."" . "According to contemporary reports the fault was at least partially that of the singers. The baritone would not take his role seriously; the tenor was hoarse, and the soprano was unroman tically aged and of more than ample proportions. When the fat prima donna pretended to die of consumption in the last act, the audience howled with laughter. Since its premiere, however, the opera has been a favorite everywhere. Its grip upon the public is due, perhaps, not only to the exquisitely pathetic music, but to the sound drama and psychology of the work. The simplicity of the tender score has an ever fresh appeal to the listener. We never tire of Alfredo's "Drinking Song" (Libiamo" m "Let us Drink") nor of the beautiful duet that Violetta and Alfredo sing in the last act, "Parigi p Cara" ("We'll Find a Haven"). NOW TELL The FBI man . , . vho knows John's secret! IN The father,,.whose wot st suspicions are true t -in f : ' i - .-a 5 it I H
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