Shaw High School - Shuttle Yearbook (East Cleveland, OH)

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Page Two THE CLASS CRIER May 10, 1950 Society, Stage, and Screen News EDITORIAL lt is the policy of this pupvr to recommend to its readers at course of action concerning im- portant public affairs. Just now the presiden- tial election is tau:-sing much concern among the political loaders of the vuunlry. Their plea is: Ili:-:regard the unusual und spectacular in this campaign. Forget that women fir.g'ui'+- in this l-le-ution. ln:-:tm-nd, base your final decisions on thi- inrlividuul merit of ouch candidate, Su thi- Vltllfllt joins thu- cry. Vote for vul- um-, do not bn- al'l'ecte-tl hy uppv:u'ancv. If the wonu-n mln-serve to win ilu- 4-lm-tion, they do not wnnt to win because they are attractive- cun- didatcs, b ut because they ure the 'better mvn', and have fairly won their election. Book Notes Ona' of our favorite :authors and pm-ts is Marjorie 'l'e-asdalu, who writes delightful child pm-try. 'l'liI- youngsters will lovv he-r newest hook. l'itt+-1' l':ttl.e1'. The pm-in which partic- ularly vnught our eye is this unc, culled Crawl ntv : U have him went, 0 havs- him gone, U havm- him lu-ft I all alone? Him 1-:nn nevvi' cmm- tu we, lls can lieu-1' go to ln-, U 4-rool fate, to I unkind. To take him 'for, and ln-uve' I he-hind. Alla-Q-n l'ai'k1-r has written one of thc love- liosl 411-scriptions imag- lllilhlt' ol' ai sunset, with gray drnpi-ries ol' clouds 1-ntwining thu- glorious sun. lt describes her slate-i s ln-autlful paint- ing, for Maxine Parker is zu popular nature ar- tie-ll. Fred Prim- lm:-1 writ- ten at popular sort of hook, for it tells how to study chemistry in tho- quickest and best way. The name of it is More with 1.4-ss 'l'ln1e, 'l' Q- n n i s enthusiasts will bc happy to sm- a hook by Raymond Low- kowski on the ins and outs of that sport. He has been one of the 4-uuntry's loading tennis playa-rs for yn-ars, so this book should be in great demand. twenty-six SOCIETY NEWS Earl Goss opened his newest hotel, The Five Fingers, more popular- ly known as The Palm , in St. Petersburg last night. .lion Acuff's or- chestra furnished the music for this event, while Jane Mellinger en- tertained th e guests guests with her original dances and songs. Among' the celebrities who attended the I'a.lm's debut were Eleanor McClelland, the famous woman radio announcer, and Margaret Moody, the auburn-haired star ol' the musical comedy hit, Bouncing Babes, escorted by the producer of this hit, Glenn Kalal. Miss Marcello Newman. charming hostess of New York's select soci- ety, will give a ball for charity this Saturday evening in the Black Hat ltooin of the Hotel Derby. Jeanne Hehr and Virginia King, promin- ent social helles, will assist Miss Newman. 'I'a-ta-tara. will blare the horns on next Thurs- day morning as the To Horse and Away Soci- ety stage their annual fox hunt among the beautiful hills 01' the Adirondacs. N o r in a n Heinierdinger will cn- tertuin all the huntsmen at his 1-harming country 1-state, l'unary Cottage after tha- chase. Such notahles us vV2ll'l'0ll Kohl, the inte-rnzt t i on a I ly known polo player, ltuth l l'uley, Ne-w Yoi'k's stage star, Ralph Moore, the Rio do Jlanerio coffee king, and Betty Murray, I' u m u u s llorsowomun, will he hi-ought together by this event. The owner of the un- defeated iwtccr, Buzz lloy Ill, JXl'llUllll' King, unnuumwls that he is go- ing tu Europe for the season, and is now ol'- 1-t'l'lIlf,Q' lluzz Boy to the highest bidder. John Henry, XVall Street bro- ker, is in the market for thc champion, but no definite settlement has been agreed upon. Catherine Duber and Dorothy l'Olll'2ld, popular secretaries of the elite, have been collecting inanuscripts and papers of the A. IJ. latter de- prussionj period. Their museum houses the best literary efforts in which the-re had been any ref- erence to the difficult y immediately fol- if PETER PINCHELL I I AR'rIs'rs' Norms Did you hear the lat- est? Bob Deutsch, New l5ngland's crack repor- ter, tried to amble in on Millie Van Horn, the stage star,-just for an interview, - he says - and was thrown for the loss of ten stories and his dignity. My, my, Bob, didn't you know Van Hoi-n's Gone Garbo and sees newslpapermen only to the door? fEven if wrapped in cello- phane.J By the way, Crack Reporter really means being a big shut, but this doesn't ni e a n Cracked Reporter . Harold Kennedy, that great golfer, is now sending roses to some- body or something. and we don't mean to a fun- eral, either. Ever since he saw that great little musical comedy, 'Where There's u VVilliam '1'here's a Way. QHave you forgotten its star?J Lila Williams, former- ly a poorly paid artist's model, has been offer- ed a stellar role in NVa.rner's 'Here and There. For a short while she played a small part in a stock company. All this while she was hiding her light under a bushel, when real stars should twinkle brilliant- ly. How could you, Lila? Every once in a while this gossip reporter hears something that gladdens the heart. QAW, have a heart, Misterj. For instance, Norman t'ai'lsen's kind act of selling his country home to give a complete lib- rary to the County Hos- pital. George Beck, the avi- zltor whos taking so many hearts for the ride these days, is fly- ing high now himself with a nice, new, shiny contract to manage tri- motor production at the Carabelli Airlines. The latter intends to retire. 'VVe'll miss you, Joe: are you goin' to Europe? XVell, little Peter's getting yawny, so he'll say as did dear old Pepys, his grandpap's fifth cousin,- and so to bed. lowing the year 1929. Sentiment for the bad old days makes it pos- sible for these girls to capitalize on a calamity. Eunice Hawkins and Pat Graham, prominent New York artists, have their latest works dis- played at the Art Mus- eum this week. Miss Hawkins is best known for her portraits of dogs. Merto-Goldwyn-Mayer have a new favorite pair now. Florence Meech and Douglas Brown both play in Rob- ert Klngsley's great Storm Haven. But it is rumored by those who saw the preview that Dania Miller, who plays the part of the maid, steals the show. And talking about great acting, the char- acter parts done by Ruth Kraus and Ellen Kast in the Broadway play. Secretary Smith, is worth the price of ad- mission alone. A new dance team of Dick Bolmeyer and Elea- nore Easley is featuring a step that is becoming tremendously pup.ular called Alabama Slide , created by G o r d o n Vveigle. A new film of the pro- cess of refining gold will be taken at the Yarosh Studios. lt will be under the direction of the well known met- allurgist, Harold Seitz. Nadine Stoll, the own- er of the largest green- house in the world, is giving thousands of dol- lars worth of flowers! to her friend, Margaret Pew, at the opening of the lattor's Sunshine Me- morial Hospital. Philomena Siena, pro- fessor of dramatic criti- cism at Connecticut Col- lege, is opening a new course there in maid training. Betty Risley, one of B 0 s t o n's outstanding musicians, is going to Buffalo to direct the Buffalo Symphony Or- chestra. Her salary will be something like 515,000 a year, 'tis rumored. But then, money talks you know. Hilda Baldwin, novel- ist and play wright has just returned from Lon- don- where she obtained atmosphere for her latest play of English life. It is to called Merry New Year .

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PIIUPHEFY for January class, 1933, wiittvn by- Hilda Baldwin and Vaulim- liaumgart H U T T L The Class Crier WVEATHER Fair and warmm- witli shown-rs by noon, Hut it will cl:-nr with suushim- soon. Vol. 19, Nu. 33 1 LFIYELANIJ, OHIO, MAY 10, 1950 LAT EST N IC VVS FIRST WOMAN RUNS FOR PRE DUPONT, SALOVON SPLIT ATOM AFTER YEARS' RESEARCH Two co-workers of the University of Illinois, profvssors Marvin Salo- von and Robert Dupont, after years of study and expr-riinvntation, have succweedefd in splitting the-' atom. Tho sci:-ntific world is lvft gasping, for here- tofore- this fvat has ha-vii pronounced impon- siblv. But those Illinois professors said it could ho donv, and then set about to prove their tha-ory. h The Scim-ntific Associ- ation of America has Zl!lllUllIlCUd its intention of prcsvntingg a modal to tlwsv outstanding scien- tists for their latvst feat and for thvir fine work of last year, when they aided fvllow professors to provv viva-tricity and niattvr arc one and the saint- thing. VIRGINIA BOOTH IS FRENCH CONSUL As unusual as the prvsidvntial election it- sclf, is! the rvplact-ment of thc l rcnch consul, a woman, by anothcr W9- niang nanivly, Virginia Booth. Charlotte Nl i t C h P l l, presvnt consulate to Paris, has asked to be reniovvd because of ill hoaltll. Thr President has appointed Miss Booth, wvll known in political and social circlvs as the translator of man y Fra-nch novols, to suc- Qvvd Miss Mitchell. The President Though usually our consuls have been men, wonian's natural tact have said, and adaptibility convinced nic that they arv well qualified for this sort of position. T.,- New Idea! Miss Carrie Di Donato. owner of a coffee shop in New York, has intro- duce-d a novel idea. Slw has hirvd sevvral modistvs to ply their trade in conjunction with her restaurant. Now while my lady awaits her noonday meal, she may have con- ferences with her dress- makers. Incide-ntly, her restau- rant has doubled its number of woman cus- tomers. ' IIIIIiuniinuiiII11iIiII1iiii1iuiuuInnnnnnnninnuInnnuunnmnuun in nunnnnunmiiIiiinmiuu1u11uI111uuu11n1uu1uuunuuunuunnnnn EDITORIAL The Crier wishes to call to the attention ol' the public the sad plight of the railroads. Ever since about 1940 the air- plane has solved the transportation problems of the hurrying world. Conn- now, America! Surely you won't let that oncv so useful means ol' transportation die-'? Long' livv tliv rail- roads. in.nI..ml,mmm.nn.nmnn.nu.mummmmmnumumui Iuummnu1munnnmnmmnnmmnnmnmnmnnnnmm OPERA ARRIVES Old Favorites Here Again Cleveland again wcl- comes Miss Jessie Ste- phvu, soprano, and Mr. Edward Vraxton, bass, in that glorious tale, Joan of Arc. Miss Stephen soars to new heights in this dra- matic and tragic roll, and l'l'ElXlUIl'S portrayal of her standard-bearer, the Paladin, is heralded by Metropolitan as proof that lhtlll' famous singer is able to take one of that most difficult parts with grcat success. Clev9land's great re- sponse to this particular opera is quite astonish- ing: but the music, the story, and the prima donna account for its success lie-rv. BEAUTY SHOP SUED BY SOCIETY WOMAN 350,000 Damage Sought Miss Estelle Vogt, prominent New York society w 0 ni a n, h a s brought suit for 550,000 damage against Miss Gertrude Bell, beauty shop owner. Miss Vogt claims that she Went to the Blonde Beauty Shoppe to have her hair dyvd to a plat- inum color. Now, she says, she cannot leavo her house because of the disastcrous results, She has engaged Mr. Robert Behlf-n, noted New York lawyer, to be her lawyer for this case. James Roberts, law- yer for the defense, is confident that the shop's reputation and the own- er will come out un- harmed, according to a dispatch from the United Press. PETERSON WELL Admirers Rejoice Can an actor never get away fioin his pub- lic'. ' gxroaiwd a wvary movie- hero in tha Rain- bow Memorial Hospital in Hollywood today. Guy Ps-tm-son, th v bored star, underwent an operation for appvn- tlicitis last Tuesday. His surgvon was a Holly- wood doctor, llr, June Cook. During' tlw opvration, tht- hospital was delug- ed by wouivn admirers who awaited word about their idol, and continual mail has bm-n flooding the hospital ever since it bvcainn- known that thc gay L0tl1a1'io of the movies was hiding there. NOVEL SCHOOL PLANNED BY INSTRUCTORS A n0vPl ids-a for a. sclioul was started last month by a local philan- thropist, Jean Hanna, and today she reported hcr plans were near completion. Miss H:inna's idea is that of providing unex- cvlle-cl teachers to the hriglitest of hor pupils so that they may work at a speed uniivccssary for giving homvwork. Sho maintains a girls' school in a Cleveland suburb wlwrv she soon hopes to realize the ideal of a lifvtimo, Shc has combed thc city for the best teach- ers avallznblv. She :Ln- nounces tliat lwr list contains Miss ldlains- Williams for French teachei, Miss Jessie Brandt for Spanish and Home Economics, and Miss Havach for Public Speaking and English. DUNNING INJURED Indianapolis, A. P. Richard Dunning, Amer- ica'S foremost autoracci' tfscapcd serious injury wha-n his car overturned in a preliminary te-st for the races next week, He was going at a slow speed whmi the ac- cident occurred, and so suffered only slight cuts and bruises, SIDENCY SCHMIDT AND SCHMIED RUN FOR OFFICES I rauc1-s A, Schmidt and Martha L. Schmivd, promins-ut women poli- ticians, vvcrv nominated hy thi: lie-publicans gath- vrvd at I'hiladn-lpliia, on the fourth ballot, for thv office-s ol' President and View l'rm-sidcnt ot' tho United Status. The Women of the- liv- public a n convention were sworn to vote- for wouwn candidates, and thx-y km-pt faith. Nuvl-r once did tha-y waver toward tliv loss strong' nu-n candidate-:lg they Q-ve-n carrivd states that heretofore luivv insinu- atvd that tln-y wvrc un- willing' to vote- for any woman. The IU-puhlican com- niittve also coniplvtvd tht- woman for l'rvsi- dent inovvinent by ap- pointing Ruth Strack as canipaign nianagvr. Miss Struck is proniinvnt in political 1-irclvs for hcl' hi-lpful work in ther last campaign wht-n slush was :-wci'ctary to tlw cama paign managvr. Mcanwhile-, the- Dvmo- cratic party havv coin- plvtcd tlivir convvution at Los Angeles and have dispersed. Tin- prosi- dcntial nominov, David L Spindlo, and Donald Stinv, tlw nmninvu for vice pri-side-nt, have! l't'- tirvd to their respective citie-S of Chicago and St. Louis to p1't'Ll!ll'0 for the coming campaign. Miss Schmidt has had much valuable experi- vncv along political linvs. For the past te-n yvars slim- has served oncv as a senator and lwici- as a r1-pre-svnta- tive. Hvr rf-cord is not only brilliant, but in- spiring, lflvn-n during her high school Carver Sho oftvn statvd that sho aims-d no lowe-1' than to hc the- Prvsidvnt of tlw United Statvs. Yacht wrecked The yacht, Stardust , owned by Miss Jane VVarwick was wrvcks-d in a sevvrc storm off thu coast of Maiuc yvstvr- day. Miss VVarWick and hvr guests, Helm-n Lohr, Ed- win VVQ-tlrick, and Bud llle-iler all rvachod shore- safcly, where they were pickod up by a Trans- Atlantic liner. twenty-fi-ve

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Michael l'erna and May 10, 1950 THE CLASS CRIER Page Three Latest Sport Flashes of the W orld HEEDER WINS 60 DAY RACE The grand old man of the gruelling sport of bike racing, ltay Heeder, won the lace last night that has been drawing crowds of thrill-seeking patrons, The 60 day race proved to be one of the most excilting in bike history, for competition was keen, and the spills plentiful. Heeder grinned cheer- fully as he received the prize gold cup, and said, lt sure was a tough race, but it was worth it. This was one of the longest bicycle races on record: the cash prizes will be awarded later. Acrobats Perform Here Misses Dorothy NVood- rieh and Alita Xvittman, w e l 1-known acrobats, are giving a perform- ance in the auditorium next week. These agile artists have perfected some re- markable and conlDliCill- ed feats that have sur- passed even the work of Lllllian lietizeil, the famous performer of the days way back in the 'l'hirLies. 'Fiekets will be 50 cents. MISS AMERICA CONTEST TIES . TWO ATHLETES Miss Marian Tissot and Miss lfrances Loth- rop have tied for .the title ol' Miss America in the contest sponsored by the National Athletic Association of America for the most perfect all- aronnd athlete of our niodern times. The two girls, who have been friends since their high school days, were eager to split all the honors granted tlwlil. Miss Tissot blushed eharmingly when inter- viewed and stuttered. Gee, l'm awfully thrill- ed. and Franny and 1 feel greatly honored. Miss Lothrop laughed. VVhat Marion said goes for nie, too. LEWA.ND TOURS See American und Europe 1 From the Air ' VV rite or call Edward In-wand, President ot ATLANTA GIRL WINS CONTEST Finishes With 98.8 Score At a recent conven- tion of the Chiropractors of America, over 100 girls from all over the United States were ex- amined for the Perfect Physique, The results have been announced at lastg the modern Ven- us has been named. Miss Norma Quiggle, president of the league, presented Miss Tove Rasmussen of Atlanta, Georgia, with a medal and an award of 3500. Miss liasrnussen's score was 98.8. Miss Rasmussen said that she owed her splen- did health to the diet of fruit and vegetables that she maintains, and to the basketball play- ing' she does. SPORTS IN MOVIES Star Does Football Film Hollywood is now of- fering the world some- thing new in sport ed- ucation. At present How- ard Pearce, football star who was chosen All- American two years ago and who has since made a name for himself as coach at Michigan, is under contract. Pearce will make 12 reels on the fundamen- tals of football, called, Football in Twelve l.essons. ,These will be seen within two months, for his contract calls for the completion of this work in three weeks. Michigan is now unde- cided as to Whether it is better to keep Pearce as coach with an in- crease in salary, or to let him go to Yale which is bidding for his ser- vices at present. SCHOOL ENDOWED Mliss VVilma Krug, millionaire philanthro- pist, has made an en- dowment of 5500,000 to Miss Frances Greeni'leld's Practical School of Phys- ical Education in Phila- delphia. Miss Helen Barrow, Miss Krug's secretary, acting in her place, pre- sented the check to Miss Greenheld. prominent ,athletic figure inf the last Olympic games. I hope this money will help in giving more young people al chance to be strong and healthy, Miss Barrow said, and help to promote health education among those who otherwise could not know. Tennis Team Stars The high-jump record holder of the last Olym- pics has conquered an- other athletic iield. l'aul Oram has taken up tennis in earnest. In the mixed doubles matches held at Forest Hills yesterday Miss Verna O he and 'sgo od, United States woman ranking star number three, came out the vic- tors in sets ti-4, fi-3, 4-ii, 6-2. Cclaclx Meltzer Resigns Sam Meltzer, football coach at Leland Stanford University, has resigned his position much to the surprise of the unsus- pecting sport world. No reason was given for his actions. Meltzer has been head coach at Stanford for five years, and has made a name for himself by developing' the new type oi' aerial attack that has helped Stanford to come through the past year with but one defeat. RADEBAUGHS Sport Equipment- Buy the Best Bats, MANY STARS OF LAST OLYMPICS VISIT SOCIETY Now that the Olympics are over, most of the athletes are le a vin g Vhina and the Chinkiang Shantung S t a d i u Ill to wend their various ways home. However, Cleve- land's select society is expecting many of the stars to come directly to Cleveland to give an ex- hibition Olympiad for charity. Among the stars who IUQVV ilCCftlJted, and who will soon arrive in Cleveland is Edward Cartier. the winner of the 100-yard dash and half-mile race, setting new records in both events. Carl Carlson, the ath- lete who added another yard to the world rec- ord for the shot put, has already wired his ac- ceptance to add his bit to the show. Neva Tucker, who is Cflllf'LI'll combination of heorgia Colman and Dorothy Poynton, is ex- pected to duplicate some of her marvelous aqua- tic feats oi' the Ping- l,0llH,' I'ool here in Uleve- land. She was able to pile up more points than any other individual in the Olympics. Charles Mathivet, both thy the way, from Cleveland, have accepted the invitation to show f.lll'lI' DOWUIB ILS I'0Wk'I'S of the winning crew to their fellow townsmen. M a rv i n Hackstedde, who now lives in New York, but who was a iesident oi' Cleveland for a few years, has also wired that he is leav- ing immediately for this city. He broke his own world record I'or the hurdle race, and came second in high point scoring. Bob Balstad, who so ably helped the United States lbiving Team to take first place, is ex- pected sometime tomor- row. Buy Special Spectator Baseballs, Basketballs- ATUBOBSH Lewand Tours, Inc. . Modistt-S Spo1't Styles at Shaw and Story IWARG AllE'I' SHAW DIAIITHA S'l'0RY twenty-seven