The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 27, 1952, Page 4

f i i i #EST CITIZEN Thursday, March 27, 1952 Pat igs no Se, AS RP feavy Starts Training Crews For Its Robot Weapons _. Warships; First Two Will Be Ready About 1954: encalt Objective* Cecil B. DeMille’s Gilded Glove | Handles Spectacular Production (@! “Createst Show On Earth” | ~~ -ToHave Wen pons, Ships And Crews Ready Same Time} WASHINGTON % — The Navy! haS* Started training crews for its vaj FORO weapons warships, the first -y }two of which will’ be ready about ore AR, This camo out today in a list of routine orders transferring of- * “"fic@t's. One of them was assigned ~* to’ “Naval Guided Missile Training]. ‘Unit No. 21.” ‘The Navy, both in its own re- search program and in collabora- |; omer tin. with the other armed forces, | has for several years been training “4 “e'¥elatively small number of teeh- cians, for development work. But to be ready with the thou- GAHaS of officers and enlisted men| needed when the ,néw weapons be-| “tte “reaching the fleet, for opera- tional use,’ it is opening guided} “<> “fissile training schools.‘ While officials gi not specify where Unit No. is located, a large part of ne Navy’s missile} ‘amis centered at Point , Calif., the overwater testing "area. However, the Navy also oth garries on extensive operations ‘nti ‘aflgat, including missile launch- : from, the former seaplane tender Norton Sound, now a lab- oratory ship,, ane froma subma- rine.’ mhe. Navy disclosed last year « that .a. factory jor production. of guided missiles in volume was be- end Ang built in California, It was <Beheduled to be completed. early ~isiets this. year. “git ®he overall ‘objective is to have weapons, ships and. crews ready, ithe same’ time, January the Navy announced uu #hat two heavy cruisers, the Boston a #p@, Canberra, both 13,600-tonners, ‘exae-dsadé been: selected for conversion into, 45 se nary missile vessels, “avail- r duty as ships of the line,’ Scheduled For Week At | Monroe Theater, Packed | With Cireus Highlights | | By Dorothy _ Raymer Hl The term “spectacular” is vastly | over-used in the descriptions of all | ‘scrts of shows, but it is the only ‘one which fits the gilded glove placed with lavish, loving and | sometimes ponderous ¢aress on | epics produced ty Cecil B. DeMil- le, that old master of “gorgeous, mammoth” film epics. His latest | moyie, presented this week at the | Mearoe Theatre is no exception to | 'DeMille’s golden rule: Give It! EVERYTHING! That's what ‘‘The Greatest Show On Earth,” posses- ses in brilliant color, excitement, variety, thrill it’s a’natural, since the theme utilizes the biggest spec- tacle in the show world, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus. To get into the mood of the buoy- | ant setting, the Carbcaell brothers who manage the Monroe theatre, | added two high school boys dressed | in clown outfits with their features | skillfully painted in circus tradi- tion. They circulate through the crowds at the boxoffice. Dreves of moppets munchec’ popcorn and ‘carried balloons with them to en- joy the opening matinee yesterday. But the film isn’t jist for the| ounger generation. Anycae who jas been enchanted with the blaze | of action, color, sightand sound of a circus, will ehjoy the two hour | and 33 minute pre-release of Par- amount’s “The Greatest Show ‘On | Earth.” . Of ccurse the sto#y has faults Soe ships, towed from: Puget ; ‘Bound Qre., through the P; * ‘@anal, have arrived at the 1} Tf the: New. York Shipbuilding an Camden, N, J., preparatory to start oa their Femodeling, a ina rt ie fotki ae TitUAN iMAN TAKE-OFF From Page One)» with President Truman under my arm, J had one final trium- it ‘moment—the -woman’s. lage To : ee top-flight corres- pondents seated at their t yee writers: waiting-or, ‘Che from Whe to draw the dent’s quotes and his. menu,” sai "I'll sell you these Citizens iv, bovs.” Then L. ‘out hearted. getthe “story and™| write it, et I also deliver the eee fe ie cae: oe on or D ae The Citiget Fordand on to my next interview, the last one of the Presidential visit, Out’ atte Casi Hating. the usuallypacked Birccage bar, was almost empty. Upstairs the suites of the White House correspond- iT clean swept. The had packed their possessions for today’s 2:31 departure. "Gicy elt via the National Air-j es DC-6 one minute after the Shin plane took off for ahve Though full cover. 18 available in Washington jquld the President’s plane ar- at Washington National Air- first, “the White House cor- taspondents, the picked men Wie tives are spent with the incumbent of the White House, i bably land three or four Before the. Chief does The continuity of reportage of 1ith working vacation ex- the » Presice fall- Spring cavital, Kev West. to the og idea aha Washington, The rans IFAT iets,f ss MeRLTST gE Ee teea House correspond- Wetting ready for their ae eight rfionths— those of a campaign year. Whether or not the President runs he will be the Democratic wars most active campaigner. This.means «that «the White Houge correipondents will Be living.on trains. much of Sep- tember and October. Before thet, however, thev will be the . Democratic ne- i“ convention. Some of m will be assigned to cover jthe. opposition candidate half 7 he newspaper men and radio \ the tine. \ wa ‘Seehi We * board the waiting plane. and Betty Hutton’s enthusiasm is | more than somewhat overwhelming in proportion to her ability to act; but the whole thing is still three- ring, giant-size entertainment for | all age: ‘There are closeups of performers +a the lot and at winter quarters ; | in |e aac Fla., where most of eae was lensed, The audi- | gets a chance to watch the nics of putting up the Big eae rhythm of stake-drivers, F nctting of the enormous can- , the erection of the big center Poles, and all the other fascinating ‘of getting underway. shots of this provide nt character study although Fe was protably unintentional in some instances. The camera roves nq sachs ub crewd shots, too with result.» Com: F , and top laugh of the pletiire is the sequence of Popcorn chewing circus patrons, | among them those two old buttin- | Sky's for sure-fire gags: Bing Cros- bp ant Bob Hope, shown in a brief sh seated in the crowd. They will probably make a circus pic- ‘ture of their own as inspiration since their familiar sidekick, Doro. iy Lamour appears in the story is a gun-chewing comedian singer and stylized hula dancer. \ ‘The pageant of the circus is there | be Bt be-feathered, be- Fabdhiter bewilderment. 70 cireus acts are glimpsed | from ‘short-necked sword swallow: through long-throated giraffes. Is, bears, the big cat eagers, ants, scores of beautiful hor- and some beautiful girls of the famous rope-chorus, the , fantastic Parades, the priceless funsters, the eluding Emmett Kelly and even Joun Ringling North him- self, owner of the circus. Of the Hollywood stars Wilde as Sebastian, an a not only steals the center ring at-! tention in the circus, but steals the! acting honors for the movie. Run- her-up is James Stewart, recogniz- able under his constant clown make-up by that famous Pennsyl- val drawl, He never takes his paint off because he is a surgeon | Wanted for an act-of-merey Killing | and is finally discovered by an F. B.I. when he aids’in a train wreck | disaster, Chariton Heston, shark-mouthed | actor, chews off a big chunk of role vass, } Cornel | alist, | bidder for the affection of the Queen of the Flying Trapeze play- ed with bounce and swing by Bet- relaxing much of the. time Key West are hard workifig boy Back in the nation’s capital thes int return to their 9:30.a. m. to, Possibly midnight schedule, o! covering every move of the President | The mourning in, Key West among members of the beach set, | whether it be Casa Marina, Sun and Sand or Navy pool, was gen eral upon the. exodus of the White House correspondents. i “We'll be back next fall," the men said, as they waved goodbye to us loce! press stand- ing by seeing them off a Boca Chica. “Happy Landing” we shouted as they ran across the field to Pre-Release Road Show* r- Catherine + Logan, as the bossman of the circus and | : ‘Tides | Naval Base | “OMORROYV:” { High rps ; ll 4:36 a. 5:51 Ba SPELL CHAMPS (Continued From Page One) | son, 2924 Staples Avenue, Key | West. The contestants were: | Grade’ 6, Mary Lou Foret, Mo-| i na Gravel, Edward Eason, Louise | Clairmont, Marsha May, Scott | i ;Lioyd, Cathleen Bates; (Teacher | | —David McDaniels) | | Grade 5, Jennie Lee London, | Toni Johnson, Robert Coorer; | (Teacher—Mrs. ‘Doris Carey). Grade 4, Frances Arthur, Dan- {dra Hawkins; (Teacher—Mrs. Jennie Mae Watkins). The winner of the Truman Elementary School Spelling! Championship is Daniel Richard | Pearce, Grade 6, age 11,,His par- ents are Mr. and Mrs. George Pearce, 416 White Street, Key West. The runner-up is.Sandra Joyce Brewér, Grade 5, age 10. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Malvin Brewer, 1709 Von Phister ! Strect, Key West. | The prenouncer was Mrs. Mit- | tie Russell; Judges were Mrs. Miss May Sands and Rev. Eldon Simmons, Ley Memorial Methodist Church. The contestants were; | Grade 6, Mary Ann Kittenger, Keith Roberts, Brenda Howell, Lynda DeMerritt, Betty Imhoff; (Teachers—Mrs. Degtoff, Mrs. Russell and Mr. Jaeschke). . Grade 5, Richard Collins, Or- ! quidia Hernandez, Jesse; Millikin, | ‘Puc Barr, Harold Cates, Gail! Jones, Glenda Knowles; (Teach-! ers—-Mrs. ‘Mickler, Mrs. Ash- | worth and Mrs, Brooks. Grade 4, Billy Flood; Audrey) Isom, Milton Esquinaldo, Sandra Curry, Gay Wells, Patty Whitley, | Jack Freeman, Agatha Roig; (Teachers--Mrs. Eldev, Mrs. ;Cochran, Mrs. Yelvington and Mrs. Cabot. a ty Hutton who actually trained for her up-in-the-air stint. She is up in the air even when she’s snuggling on a hay bale with Cornel Wilde, trying to make up her mind about which man to fall for. . .and she falls finally into a net. There are plenty of treath-catching thrills in the duel between the aerialist spe- cialists who try to outdo each other. It builds up the box office | {and builds up. .to a let down for “Sebastian whc-, is crippled in a plunge to the sawdust after a mis- calculation in a new act. There's the jealous elephant trai-| ner done to a Prussian royal pur- iple by Lyle Bettger. The object of {his affection is provocative Gloria Grahame, elephant girl who steps on her rele with acceleration. An elephant almost steps on her pert face, but the boss rushes in and stops the trainer's evil intention just in time. Fired for his dastard’s derring-do. the trainer plots to rob the circus train, stopping it by pla- cing @ red flare on the track. The second sectic: ploughs into the first in one of the most realistic train wrecks ever filmed, It IS real and DeMille demolished real trains, | not models in the scene. | But come rain, come wrecks, eome accidents, the show must go | on, It does and that’s why “The /Greatest Show On Earth” retains | the heavy weight champion title of the year. | north. The |THE WEATHER Key Wes: and Vicinity: Cloudy | with scattered showers likely to- day and tonight; clearing Friday Continued warm and humid to day, cooler Friday. Moderate t fresh variable, becoming north | erly winds. Florida: Considerable cloudi ness through Friday. Occasiona! rain, mostly over east and south | portion today. Little change in temperature. Jacksonville thru’ the Florida | Straits: Moderate to fresh winds mostly north to northeast over south portion today and north- east to east over north portion Friday, moderate to oceasionally fresh east and northeast winds Considerable cloudiness. Occa- | sional rain today and over souti portion Friday. East Gulf of Mexico: Moderat: to occasionally fresh east northeast winds today, ing moderate Friday. able cloudiness with D rain over south portion aes CUSTOM-MADE (Continued From Page One) completed, the artist's tool, hipped it from Washington He to | the Southernmost City and _ its | famous artist. Standing in Otto’s studio yes- terday, I looked at the results of Nichols’ painstaking labors. It was a smooth, beautiful, over- sized walnut . pallet. But. there was one flaw: A big one. The pallet was split down the middle. “It is ruined,” said the painter | disconsolately. “Despite the care- ful packing, the pallet arrived broken right down the middle.” I stood in sympathetic _ silence, I knew what it meant to the painter, and to his good friend Nichols. The work of months was dissipated in the mails. ‘I have slight hope of repair- ing it,” Otto said. “You gee, mending it would roughen the surface. A fallet has to be as smooth as glass. This magnificent walnut would have gotten a fine patina after use.” Otto will take the pallet in hopes that something can be done, to the Miami boatyard on his next trip up. That trip will not be too soon betause the Ottos just returned from a week’s visit there, during the last days of the comprehen- sive American artists’ show | at the Lowe Gallery. Gene Otto exhibited two of his greatest paintings at the show. One of them Key West will be happy to know is back with him here in Key West. It the fa- mous “As the Gull Flies” -paint- ing done from the elevator shaft of La Concha hotel. It belongs in Key West, since it captures the fast vanishing appearance of the Gulf side. Curry and sons’ twin wooden towers, the famous double decker porches on the white houses, other disappear’ ing landmarks are recorded in’ the painting for a posterity that will not be able to see the original as we do today. The sister painting, “And Be- yond, The Sea” painted by Otto Jooking toward the Atlantic from La Concha’s Quarterdeck top of the building lounge, was sold last week following the exhibi- tion. I expressed regret that this magnificent Key West painting wold now leave Key West. The painting, bought ‘by Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Newkirk of To- right ronte, Canada, goes into their private collection. 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