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i Negro Athletes Spreading Goodwill U. S. Abrtttd WASHINGTON -V tt lfi State them "diplomats in sfcort For the Negro athletec who have won laurels in America'and are touring free world towatries as "fwnd wil uader tke H's aB' i point proudly auger iMMwiitf in countrteii as Afrka and India as testimony OFFICE SPACE KHt WIT I I I I 10 Franklin SffMf AJ i a 1 Ah laws Or aWatt It Vtfy And BRISTOW MUSIC COMPANY 14 Fronklin Street Native the for' hmMiav WwMfield's arrival compete ayajtett in Alri- i I "Challeffgers came from remote villages meet the famous American Negro Athlete on his good will tour spoMored by the State Department:" i 'But Wbitfield put on' his track rumble of broke out. Talking excitedly, the Africans pointed, to Whitfield'i and shook their magic!" they shouted. "No magic!" TVhitfield blinked.

Then he understood what the rhubarb was They thought his ipiked shoes gave "magic" that enabled him to beat other men of all nations. Doffing the shoes, Whltfield gingerly teested the ground with his bare feet. At the with jungle-hardened 'natives sprinting iiia wild at his heels, the Olympic, champion, sped over the rough course in a race to. defend his reputation as one of the fl wift ol th. oppoxt- a hood with door bvword viaibility, whito of the farmer Lmcoja JWVKJ! -ippIMa uw QjenttT 9 BOOO ana tnv Jpur-poiaHd itar ymdi up QM oood ow at Motor Inc.

fattest runnew in went-up from the as the American flashed across line an'easy winner, but 'feet torn, ana bleeding. The roared again when -heCawarded Ws "mag- ic to the runner-up. Whitfield's African iour was one of pioneer ventures marking the new twist counter- propaganda. "VJif-rt sending, out all kinds of leading Americans ambassa- It, IMI witt to 'Act, fur rf State JDepartment's "Some are Nef ro ataletet. are scientists, writers, educators, farm and colored all walks of American Countering the influence ofTpro- Commhnlst Negro pawl Robeaon son, officials point to the pro-American exploits of Whitfield others, including Dr.

a 1 J. 1950 Nobel Peace Prize winner; Olymic chamolont Jecee Owens, David AlDcittni and Harrison Dillard; Roy Campanella and. Jackie Roblnaon of world champion Brooklyn Dodjters; the Harlem Globetrotters; -Metropolitan Opera star Marian Anderson, and countless others. State Department officer How- liod said Negro emissaries have been "amazingly successful" in combatting i propagan da abroad. "They're not politicaLpropagan- dis.ts.

But in a quiet they sei've as a Jiving refutation to Commie and distortions; about life and opportunity In the United States. 19th 'til 9 P. M. Screen Lovers Fa II Down On Job ANM loxtcr Declares Moviegoers Getting Shortchanged HOLLYWOOD' Dei. 17 'fll-Anne, Baxter gives a potent reason" why today's only attract a weekly audience of .50 million while silent stars averaged 80 millions week in and week out.

The modern stars, are falling down on the job in making screen Oscar-winning actress believes. And it's telling at the box office. Today's moviegoers get just as much of a charge when the heroine melts into the hero's arms as did Grandma and Grandpa, but nowadays the customers are getting shortchanged by the stars, so says Anne. "You can count the greaj. love scenes the last five years on your declares Anne.

"People used to flock'to see pictures with memorable love scenes. The balconies of the theaters were filled with dating ecuples. audiences yawn--or giggle--when the heroine and hero go into their embrace. There's no magic. conscientious, caring actor," says honey-haired actress, can take the -most ordinary words of love and make them But somehow actors don't seem to give a hang any, more when it comes to the love "They have that let's-kiss-and- get-it-over attitude, and the audience senses it.

If the actors don't believe what they're doing, audience won't believe it either. "Maybe it's because Hollywood has become too close-knit as a society. Most leading men know most leading women. They each other often and they've all' too vuwy MfataW before." Anne doesn't ciMtiir taat id if they bore each two stars should be abk to sparks fly a love old fervor that Garho Shearer created In seems to be gone. Actors make love by rote today.

Iff mechanical," Anne, of course. It an erection. She has -had her share of lovemaking in the past andipryin- Ises an extra-special ''effort to raise gooseplmples on who will see her with Sterling Mayden In "The What's Come the secret Of realistic screen Idvemaking? "You have feel real attraction for each other or the won't eel it," answers "This is the physical of acting 'that so many players art somewhat ashamed to a 1 That's ridiculous. It's all make- believe between a man and a woman in front of- the camera, bit' it has to be realistic LIVESTOCK S-A-l-E TUESDAY, 1 P. M.

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