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Show The Drunkard' Runs 26 Years , Lon g est Ru n n i ng Stag e Show To Fold In October r By VERNON SCOTT ; UPI Hollywood Correspondent The na(UPI) tion's longest running stage show announced it will fold in October after 26 smash years and some 10,000 performances. "The Drunkard," a revival of p ' T; Barnum's 1850 morality play, finally has staggered to the end of the line. ' Mrs. Mildred Ilse; founder-producof the venerable temperance HOLLYWOOD . . -- er y, " M, WASHINGTON (UPI) ' The The court said the evidence in- and was one of the issues in the U. SI Court of Claims ruled today dicated that ' Wenzell was not 1954 election campaigns. that the controversial Dixon-Yate- s working for. the government at the arose The issue again this year power contract was valid, and time the contract finally was while the Senatewas debating the awarded the utility firm $1,867,545 reached, and that therefore he was in termination costs. not involved in a conflict of in- nomination of Lewis L. Strauss as secretary of commerce which N The majority of the court held terest. finnllv wno that there was no conflict of inThe Dixon - Yates combine terest involving Adolph H. Wen-zel- l, agreed on Nov. HV 1954, to build who acted as the govern- a Nearly one but of six married huge power generating plant at ment's advisor when the contract West women under the age of 45 in the to Memphis, Ark., provide was being set up. current needed by the Atomic En- U. S.bore,a child in each of the The government had refused to ergy Commission. past five years. Around 1940, cha f pay any contract termination 'In August, 1955, after a site haa corresponding ratio was nearly costs to the Mississippi Valley been acquired and some prelim- one in eight. Generating Co. (the Dixon-Yate- s construction work done, the firm), contending that Wenzell's inary AEC announced that it would be dual capacity in the case violated See the man with, to able receive , power from anthe law and Invalidated the conTHE source ORANGE other IIAT and cancelled the tract. drama, thought her show would last no more than a dozen per- formances when she launched .the epic at the. Theater Mart back in July of 1933. Instead, it was an instantaneous hit. The theater was decorated with ? original posters of the play warning against the evils of drink. Costumes and stage design .vereJ patterned -after Barnum's originals. r- ' JT u4 Audience Drinks Beer While the actors preached against demon rum the audience mmm lived it up swilling beer and Dixon-Yate- s agreement.' munching pretzels. In the spirit of While he was acting for the govG IVAN'S a bygone era the roisterine the case The touched off a bitter Wenzell a was ernment, JULY USED CAR CLEARANCE ater - goers lustily booed the vil controversy on the issues of pubof the First Boston CorporaSee Classified Pare 15 lain, cheered the hero, and shoutiiiin tion, an investment banking firm lic ys. private power generation. ed sage advice to the heroine on that later handled part of the fiBUS DISASTER- - A bu3 that was returning children and counselors from a trip maintaining her chastity. to the mountains near .Arcadia, Calif . is shown on its side on top of a car after it nancing on the deal. During the depression years of went out of control, hitting- two cars and "turning over on a third. One girl of5 or the 30s it was a grand way to one in of the cars was killed but) none of the children in the bus were 6, sitting spend an evening all the beer a believed to be hurt seriously. To the left behind the bus are the children who were customer could drink was inT elgphoto) in the overturned vehicle. ( (Herald-UP- I cluded in the price of admission. In later years the beer drinkers Y0H BfWtTAmimT EJOMMTIQH Htm m . almost took over, so the suds ADULTS 65c OPEN7:45 SHOW 8:20 were rationed. More than three million patrons theater trooped int. the J 26 if' HI V Mil tl 5( IM) to the hear a play during years ARCADIA, Calif. (UPI) An out Catholic Youth Organization bus at speeds up to 55 miles an hour. written 100 years ago. of control bus loaded with 99 boys suffered minor cuts and bruises It struck two cars, one of which Some actors made a career of and men returning ' from an out- and four motorists were injured, in turn smashed head on into anthe show, and one, Neely Ed- ing careened brakeless down a one of them seriously. other auto, knocked down several ij !lt i3r iflH wards (who plays the bartender) steep hill Tuesday, killing a girl tried to keep from hitting trees and a power pole before "I has been a , member of the cast in one of threes cars it rammed ' said bus driver Brady hitting a parked car and' oversince 1934. There were 28 mar- before "toppling j over on its side. traffic," Bolt, 29. "I hit a power pole on turning on top of it. riages among the players, and The parked car was crushed Twenty, seven boys aboard the purpose to, try to slow us down seven 'actresses left the show to no no no had 11 ki I air, horn, nearly flat. It was unoccupied. but, become mothers. brakes." The eight young men and adult i Celebrities Favorite The large bus! rumbled down counselors in the bus were crediti Do "The Drunkard", has run more Santa Anita Ave past the busy ed with preventing their charges, than twice, as long as "Life With y ! ! tk i intersection of Sierra Madre Drive aged 7 to 12, from panicking after Father" which managed 3,283 perthe bus overturned at the end of Fcrr formances in New York, and it the approximately wild was a great favorite with celebride. rities. The dead girl was identified as Among the repeaters were BoGorrine ris Karloff, W. C. Fields, Mae Matson,, 3, of nearby Be Sierra Madre., Seriously injured LONDON (UPI) Bob Hope i West,? Lily Pons, Mary Pickford was A.E. Debias of Pasadena.- y and Edward Everett Horton. breaking his pledge Many show business personalis to do a benefit performance for climbed up on the stage to join the English orphans nex.t week. act. Comedian Olsen and John-so- n Hope, 56, went to Europe for SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) often sat at v pposite sides of a long rest to ease eye trouble THE YEAR'S WILDEST WAVE The State , Board! of Examiners the theater ribbing one another which doctors said was causad the aloud. . Tuesday to ! of ,ife by overwork. He was threatened gave In 1953 business dropped off. ith blindness in his left eye from seek a director "of educational Mrs. Use provided a shot in' the a ' blood clot and suffered dizzy television for Utah. ' Dr. E. Allen Bateman, state arm by converting the old play to spells. secrets . of public instruca musical and renaming it "The superintendent 's MiJ Only two months ago, Hope said are'a A Sir COME Wayward Way." This was enough he would have to give up his life- tion, was directedj to seek a can. EARLY! didate for the office. Appointment to bring, the faithful charging re(:ord of appearing in char- and long practice Open At ' to clearbe will have . salary back to the box office. 1:15 iilnes-s. ity shows because of his ed by the board. Feature 1 Times "From now on, I'll be playing 2:00 4:05 flffiVfflllIS long-terBob Hope benefit," a 6:10 8:15 vi 10:20 he said, The brain of th big blue whale The benefit will be one of the weighs 20 pounds. d " - 1 shows staged in IfL JtrT !. London in years. Eddie Fisher, here while Ms wife, Elizabeth Taylor, makes a movie, Paul Robeson, who is apWednesday, July 15, 1959 pearing in Shakespeare's Othello PROVO at Stratford, and Eva Bartok are Academy Sleeping Beauty. stars, among the visiting ' Paramount Don't Give Up The bill. OouWe-CtosHIGH EFFICIENCY SCREEN The OTAIT8 SSOST W8HNC31VB XBSAXBS Ship, with Jerry Lewis. IN AMERICAN FORK Blooaiesi Pioneer Al Capone, with Rod 'SHOW OPEN Show 7r30 8:10 Open p.m. Steiger. SUMMER Adults 60c Children FREE 7:30 7:30 - 9:20 OREM , TIME LAST TONITE ROLLER SKATING Geneva Reform School Girl, AT PROVO "WOMAN and Dragstrip Girl. Starring ACADEMY AWARD WINNER . STERLING Woman Obsessed, with Scera RIVERSIDE OBSESSED II HAYDEN Susan Hayward. SUSAN HAYWARD PAMELA ROLLER RINK Sixth Inn of The Timpanogos with SUSAN HAYWARD DUNCAN Happiness, and Abominable . Snow '2 NITES A WEEK Second Feature. N j man. "WOMAN 35c 50c f ALLIED AfiTISW Saturday Thursday SPRINGVTLLE , If PICTUtE 8:00 - 10:13 p.m. ..:.L-- Si Art CityAround The World In OBSESSED ' : Plus Skate Rental 25c '1 Eighty Days, with Shirley ' MIA Parties Private j STEPHEN BOYD & Tues. by Reservations Mon. Rivoli-jR- io On. BARBARA NICHOLS with John Bravo, 2a OPEN 7:15 P.M. COLOR bvOEUUf " . ' - '"1 s . Today's Chuckle Power Contract Is Ruled Valid Dixon-Yate- s l g WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1953 Utah. County, Utah ' DAILY HERALD v.. vice-preside- He Holds Up Salvation ' . . ii'ii . - . . Army Store J3 . United Press International, RETURN ON INVESTMENT A man LOS ANGELES (UPI) walked into a Salvation Army tore Tuesday, showed a gun and said: "I've donated to the Salvation Arrny many times. Now give me all the bills you have." He left with $17. ' NOT WATER WHEELS. TOKUSHIMA, ( Japan ,UPD Pilot Iao Ohashi and four passen- gers escaped with minor injuries today when their amphibious plane bounced off the waves as it came Jin for a water landing and flipped over on its back. The Nitto Aviation' Co. said later, "it appears pilot Ohashi forgot to raise the landing wheels before he at. water ianding.' tempted DEAD SHEEP "TROUBLE The i DERBY, England (UPI) e Co. announced It had received a complaint from an Australian sheep farmer who re' cently traded in his Rolls. "It's , useless," t he wrote of the new car. "There is no outside running board. Where on earth do they expect me to put tee. dead sheep?" , Rolls-Royc- WORK, TALK, THINK GENEVA (UPI) Delegations the foreign ministers conference have variously labeled conference memoranda as "working papers" and "talking papers." German deleTuesday the .West ' a new one r a gation presented been has There "thinking paper." no explanation a to the .difference between the memoranda, bat one observer said they show that oan: Talk without diplomats thinking, work without thinking or talking, and think and talk with out working. o fAFETY MEASURE FAILS MEMPHIS. Tenn. (UPI) T.R Xdlemon. 34. was expected to be from .a hospital today treatment for Injuries sufafter released i' j - fered while he was avoiding the hazards of the highway. Edlemon, a: farmer, said he habitually walks on railroad tracks because he fears he'll be hit by a car or a truck if he walks along the .highway. He was hit by an engine Sunday while walking on rn tracks.; ' ' 340-se- at l WW Bob Hope To x. Benefit one-bloc- Educational TV Director To Named For Utah English Orphans take-it-eas- oritGivi I '"H meSfaffl) I v What's Playing At The Movies highest-powere- sl j 1 Mc-Lain- e. ' . . - . Wayne. SPANISH FORK Arch The Tin Star, with Henry OmkmaEcooE fntoo PAYSON Hulsh ' Ask Any Girl, with' David 5 ... Niven. NEPHI mm.i"imJ ! The Most Talked About Fonda. from Ml ScrtMpMT T SYDNEY BOEHM ' Dlrtctt4 r COLOR by DC LUXE START HENRY HATHAWAY Ilfe irr in in n ill i mm -- Hu tih. n nw im ii ii V Years . . . , rr ,,, , s - ' A m i immmmm n m STARTS TODAY! $ I fc 1ngrld DEREFIAtf Cart JUHCEMS Robert r lechnicolorl feme HIMALAYAS ,h HORRQieSC0P IN IrftpinrftT TW IF E1LLWI)7S .'STfflEiS!: IN COLOR DOHAT FLAMING IT 1 jaWESTT Tiicnnmiffiinir ft??Ar?flnlJ S5Ptl ""iiua.iiiijMtoiiUwi.iiuit SEE fj Adults 65c Students 50c Children Free 1 , 1 Z,S" 3 Ctl j- - I I 65 KIDS FREE I Years and m 8:15 P.M. ADULTS Picture In -- ? Adults 90c Children Free FOR Every Member of Your Family To See and AII That Had She Knew sne fr- - ,; y NOW ATTer U Could Be A Wim No More ; ry f Savuf TtTWTepUTU ;, ? ill MkJiacl Todd's VP ' Enjoy! Walt Disnevs V J Yr Tv Y f - " T T" -r-R- H) n . ."7. . 1 . N IM t ft am ftlftllO IN luAJN THE FAMOUS STARTS o production of . 1 S7 ; mm : III Yi SK-.&r- Doors Open 1 p. m. wk hi ..71 w;;in,t..i!ijiiinB? 1 Hill ' i i SVi52 "7' iisuiiini Gloria Castillo rVsducid by Robtrt Gurnijr Writttn tnd Directed by tfwir An Americin lnternitionsl Picture ItTikil J i ' BEST SELLER! with PETER FINCH Otn Jaggsr Mildrtd Dunnock PROVO HIGH AUDITORIUM I THEY GREW INTQ.GIANTS AT fdom .July 23, 24, 25 h Ii l IB ! r vations call FR Vesfs a With ' Wayne Keith Elayne Clark Brandt Curtts Celestia Taylor Wanda Peterson Fred Webb Ralph Woodward : Dr. Don Earl, fonduotor seats reserved. For reser , NOW PLAYING OKLAHOMA! All : " tCJir - J . Tickets can be obtained at the covered, wagon on Tabernacle grounds. Prices $1, - $1.50 - $2 iT m Utah Valley Opera Assn., I nc. , h, Nyr,s - Searchers believer he might have been swept away while .trying the wade the stream. ! ix k NOW... . i ad go-ahe- e; Rodger and Hammersteins' oc BEE me ' -- mm- j Venice Gigi, with Leslie Caron. PLEASANT GROVE Grove The Ten CommandDrill JUNEAU, Alaska (UPI) with Yul Brynner. ments, con Dig company workers, today FORK" AMERICAN for tinued search efforts Larry Alias Coral Jesse James, with of Amlzich, a former University Bob Hope. Utah football star missing in the Starlight - Woman Obsessed, Alaska wilds since last week. The Organized search for Am- - with Susan 'Hayward. LEIII izich ws called ' off Tuesday. Royal-SoLike It Hot,, with The missing drill company em Monroe. Marilyn ploye vanished after he left on four-milto the beach near the village of Sumdum. Dragging operations in a swift t,.rt.y..-T glacier stream produced no clues whereabouts. as to Amizich's PRESENTS 21 Wild Bus Rams Three Gars; One Killed . Organized Search For 'U' Gridder Is Called Off 4-05- FRIDAY 4i ; rvnaw DRAGSTRIP V until Boy X crazy vr Writttn by Lou Rusoft firoduied b A!ei Gordon Dirtcted by Edwvd L Cihn An Americin-lntjrnition- ii Pictwft TECHNICOLOR Jr 1 yj nr h "irtr ... |