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MCY7 Grand Centrals rStu I vJKjV Acoustical Freaks By JOHN CAMERON SWAYZE am MMimin nfiirniiir- -i 1 tti rmmmn" mhiim mi lriMfniwmnmillli iT-ttiui young and more than one passerby giggled. Each looked precisely as if he were mumbling to himself, as if he might have just "slipped his cable" and become a case for the wagon. But I envy 'em. If I only had the nerve I'd try it, too. But I know what would happen.

A rising blush would creep out of my collar and my face would get redder and redder until it reached zero point. Then I'd simply explode. 1 Oddest case of the way sound traveled I ever encountered, was that of a man in whose office was a bathroom to which came sounds from over most of the building. A number of air ducts apparently converged in the wall nearby and had their outlet in the bath. Through some strange prank of construction, voices carried from various and sundry sections of the large structure via these air ducts and rolled out the vent as if irom a loud speaker.

More often than not they were entirely intelligible although occasionally a combination of conversations produced an oddly garbled sound. The room in question was spacious, as it was an old building, and the proprietor of this "key" office installed an easy chair. In moments of leisure he would recline in it and listen to sometimes startling conversations. He heard more than he bargained for one afternoon when there came clearly the threat of one person to kill another. So sincere did the voice sound that the bathroom eavesdropper leaped from his easy chair and rushed into the hall, bent on stopping a murder.

But he brought up short. He realized he wasn't going anywhere. He had not the remotest notion where the threat had been made. It was complete frustration. He stood there a moment and then, helpless, slowly walked back to his NEW YORK Tennis star Nancy Chaffee admitting that the only time she gets nervous is before playing at i 1 on.

Then telling Columnist Bob Ruark that if he mentions lace i ed shorts she will kill him. "Wouldn't think of it." says Ruark, "they're the trademark of Ralph Bel-made honorary another lamy has been president of the New York State detectives. He carries a pocketful of badges. My personal guess is that Actor Bellamy will be completely swallowed by his police roles and turn into a cop. One of those acoustical freaks that makes sound travel in weird fashion exists in Grand Central Terminal.

At a certain point where large passageways join there is a domed junction in the shape of a square. From each corner archways curve upward. If a person stands at the base of an arch and a companion stands in the one eater-corner, they can talk in a normal voice or even a whisper and hear each other perfectly. This despite the rush and hubbub of the passing streams of humanity, which often make it hard to hear a friend alongside you under normal circumstances. There is only one catch.

To make the test, you must ignore the crowds round about. Otherwise embarrassment overcomes you. The other morning two dignified gentlemen stood, one in this archway and the other in that, and chatted with each other. Both wore Homburgs, neither was 9 SITTING IN by Ted Ashby Chance to Beat Living Costs THE POSTOFFICE here will go Gimbel's and Macy's one better at South Postal Annex Thursday by selling thousands of pieces of merchandise at auction. You can take a look at the stuff between 11 a.

m. and 3 p. m. Wednesday. You're on your own after that.

No guarantee either as to quality or quantity. You pay your money and take jl' V'" f' (Army and Defense Pltotei'wWlw in4A'nl): PfeXlJ jf St YANKS ON THE 'MOVE IN KOREA Lt Gen James mjp jYj? kvVfeJt A. Van Fleet (center, gesturing rides with en- 'yyy jy 5 QQ id Ineer8 (Photo at left) on first test train over new AT m.ldm gMtfJmL railroad bridge over Han River. See wreckage of fc i States infantrymen cross rice -paddy moving' to- 3 I jSmL Ilaly ward hillside positions. iiwl tiii iimmm iiiimiii ii miimiiiim in i- iiiiirii iinbw BIG NORTH SHORE BOTTLENECK WILL SOON BE ELIMINATED Airview of downtown salem, looking toward Boston, shows where overpass is being constructed by commonwealth and due to be completed by Autumn.

It was started in August, 1948. Bridge st. overpass will cross the diverging B. M. tunnel entrance (center foreground) to an elevated highway going off to right to North st.

overpass (not visible in photo). (Navy Photo by Acme Telephoto) RITA HAYWORTH HOSTESS to 30 amputees from military hospitals who were taken up to Lake Tahoe on three-day recreational tour by an American Legion Post. 7 it "as is." Terms are cash. THE BIG SHOPPING free-for-all starts on the second floor of the structure at 9:30 a. m.

Among the 549 parcels of goods are fishing rods, window shades, ladies' dresses, luggage, shoes, household ware, books, an electric saw, lamps. Auto seat covers, jewelry, overshoes and rubbers, handbags, foundation garments, canned food, electrical appliances, blankets. YOUR TAXES won't seem so unbearable if your feet are comfortable. They're the thermostat for the body. If they feel lousaye, you're miserable all over.

So, should you snap at the missus, and live to make any sort of statement, simply say: "I'm sorry, dear, it's these tight shoes." IT WAS A CLEAR CASE of attempted high-jacking. The squirrel was legging it along a cable high above Fenno in Wollas-ton. In its mouth, a piece of bread. Two bluejays swooped down, pecked his head, veered away. They swung around for another pass at him.

He stopped, turned and, with the bread still in his mouth, said something that sounded awfully profane. They made three more runs and each time tapped him on the noggin before he could reach a pole, leap to a tree and beat it for a covered chimney. WHEN YOU OFFER a housewife something for nothing, you'd better not be kidding. A New York corporation which promised a free box of napkins as a reply ED SULLIVAN Temperamental Temperamental antics of Mario Lanza driving M. G.

M. daffy, the studio never having met a performer so incapable of handling success. Zenith Radio Corporat ion prexy E. F. McDonald Jr.

just a year ago pointed out to TV network heads that Theatre Owners of America, were plotting to monopolize TV -g ow i of such TV staples as fights, World Series, national football games. Kentucky Derby, etc. Now that the Louis-Sa void theatre showings have proved successful, McDonald calls on the for immediate action to 'insure that TV set owners won't be barred from enjoyment of the industry which the public, not the movies, created. United States troop carriers re- UPPMANN Continued jrom Preceding Page Army having been destroyed, they encountered the armies of the West. That line is the line of the Iron Curtain.

It was originally, and in my view it still is, a military line marking the frontiers of the armies. Behind it the Soviet Government has established its satellite Communist states. In front of it there are no Communist states. That is not because the Kremlin or the Communist leaders of the West would not, if they could, have expanded the Communist revolution into France, Italy, northwestern Germany and elsewhere. They have tried to do just that.

But they could not do it. What they did was to arouse national and international resistance which the Communist revolution alone, without the port of the Red Army, was una to cope with, Thus, if we survey the history of the Communist revolution for a century, we find that its oimrse has beeft determined at every critical juncture not by the Marxist anal ysis and prophecy, but by military events. We are warranted, there fore, in concluding that a military settlement with the Soviet Union is the key to the settlement of the conflict between the Communist revolution and the non-Commu nist world. (Copyright, 1951. Boston Globe-N.

Y. Herald Tribune. AH right reserved.) to a postcard is stuck for a reported $250,000 worth of the paper napkins. UNLESS AN eye surgeon's knife will of its own weight cut through a piece of kid stretched taunt, it is not regarded sharp enough for use. A RABBIT'S FOOT is exercising a measure of control over membership of the jury hearing evidence in Dedham Superior Court.

The man on the panel who owns it strokes the furry charm each moaning court is in session. And he still hasn't been summoned to duty. Craving some of this tranquility, Bill Cash of the Globe, also on the panel, caressed the bunny's hind foot. First name called: "Robert W. Cash." IT'S PRETTY CONFUSING when you see in a market one size of lobster at 59 cents a pound, and a larger size at 65 cents a pound.

You figure: "If I'm buying lobsters by the pound, what difference does it make whether they're small or large?" It makes quite a difference, I found out. The larger ones are considerably scarcer. In a only around a third would be big ones. If a lobster grows beyond the chicken stage without misfortune, it is elated. THE MONKEY that precipitated a court case when it bit a child here recently was excused because normally it is more fun than a barrel of people.

Mario Lanza turning Turk wounded to Istanbul say that cheering Turkish crowds lined the route all the way to hospital. Dr. Ralph Bunche, back to his native Detroit to address Wayne University graduates, and receive a degree, recalled: "We lived the wrong side of the railroad tracks, and I was the only one fortunate enough to go to college. But without my advantage, they have been good solid citizens, with more wisdom and good common sense than a lot of Ph.D.'s I have known." A. F.

L. distributing to unions a map showing the location of 175 known Soviet slave labor camps! This column, only one which insisted that Joe Louis would regain his heavyweight crown, more convinced than ever after the beating handed to Lee Savold. Charles beat the flabbiest Louis that ever entered a ring, still couldnt flatten him. Louis has fought himself back into shape, no longer is a chump for a right hand. Canadians with sons fighting in Korea blazing mad at reports that Canadian ships are delivering contraband to Hong Kong.

Ottawa officials say they can't control the ships, owned by the Ming-Sung Company of Montreal." Hynes in Detroit at Defense Talks Mayor Hynes left today by plane for Detroit to attend a civil defense conference, sponsored by the Amer ican Municipal Association, in which officials of 20 of the larger cities, representing most strategic and vul nerable areas, will discuss detailed plans of defense. The matter of obtaining Federal aid to help meet expenses incurred in further projecting the civil defense program will also be con sidered. Mayor Hynes will attend the con ference as director of Regional 5, Massachusetts Civil Defense Organization, which includes some 40 cities and towns in Metropolitan Boston. He is being accompanied by W. Anthony Cumerford, regional coordinator; Joseph L.

Malone. Boston director of civil defense, and former Boston Fire Chief Samuel Pope, assistant director of civil defense. They are expected to return tomorrow. EVERETT SCHOOL DEMONSTRATION More than 4000 children of publis schools take part in physical education exhibition in Everett Memorial Stadium today. Students of eighth grades are shown presenting formation drill for admiring parents.

(Globe Staff Photo by Tom O'Connor.) I 'W'rZs'V if i 5C "iS'', -4C pk73 'K I i f0 iA FAMED AIRCRAFT CARRIER, Shangri-La, arrived in Boston today for reconditioning. United States Navy photo was made as carrier approached Boston in Massachusetts Bay. REUNION TIME -Co Reginald F. C. Vance, (center), Corregidor veteran, chats with Mr.

and Mrs. Francis B. Turner, Weston, at Harvard 1926 quarter century reunion..