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HAL BOYLE'S NOTEBOOK Unstuck Truck ENTERTAINMENT WORLD Tradition Blackest Fact Facing GOP in Off-Year Congress Vote Here's Glamor Gal Whose Dream Man Is A Substantial Level-Headed Businessman Spring Byington Is Really Part Birdbrain in Real Life of New York's biggest hi-fi ra- dio emiiDment dealers. Harvev there were 10 off-year congressional elections. In nine of those elections the majority party whether Republican or Democratic lost House seats and, usually, a great many of them. The exception was in 1934, two years after FDR's first triumphant election to the presidency. The Democrat-New Deal Party gained nine seats.

Radio usually advertises package hi-fi systems costing somewhere between 5125 and 5175. As a switch, they produced what they modestly called a "perfect package" and ran one small ad announcing the cost $1,384.70. -v They got more than 500 answers by mail, plus hundreds in person. It looks like fi is getting higher, at least in cost. C.November Sportswear Special The Slack of the Month 001 fori id fa Cv By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (IV Many wives of tired businessmen think their lives would be more exciting if they were married to a glamorous stage or screen star.

But pretty, blonde Louise Hoff, a small town Indiana dancer who is now in the big time as a singing comedienne, wouldn't marry a glamour boy if she won him in a bingo game. "I've never gone for them they don't appeal to me," said Louise, who is currently starred in the musical revue, "Bon Voy age," at the plush Versailles sup per club. "I too much of a farm girl." SEEKS DREAM MAN Louise intends to stay a bachelor girl until her dream man comes along, and her dream man is the guy some wives complain is a boring nightmare a substantial, level-headed businessman. "I've met all kinds of men," she said, "and I don't think you can beat a businessman for a husbanda good solid citizen, but one who doesn't overdo being solid. "I've never even been tempted to marry anyone in show business, although I love show business.

People are always asking me why I don't get married. But when you're two weeks here and two weeks there how can you, unless you believe in making snap judgments? I've got that plodding Hoosier mind. I like" to think things through." Louise shocked the strict Quak ers of her native metropolis (Spiceland, population, 600) when she started her dancing career at the age of. 13. But her home town is proud of her now, and Spiceland is still the only place Louise calls home.

"You don't need a street address there," she said, "and everybody in town calls me 'Sis'." AUNT ERMIE VISITS Recently her aunt Ermie Risk, and her grandmother, Mrs. Eliza beth Hoff, who reared Louise after her mother died in childbirth, came to visit her here. Mrs. Hoff, a redoubtable lady of 82, immediately plugged in the hearing aid she refuses to wear back home, and announced: "After all, there's something to hear here. I've already heard everything in Spiceland." The perky old lady fell in love with New York City, and when it was time to leave, she remarked wistfully, "I'd like to live here.

There's so much going on. Noth ing's going to look good back in 300 SHOWS A YEAR Women Better WASHINGTON (UP) The na tion's capital has over 300 conven tions a year, and mixed up in a lot of them is Jack Morton, a man with a tough job. Jack's chore is to cook up shows to entertain the visiting firemen and salesmen. "It's probably heresy to say this," the convention man told me, "but women have better manners than MEN FIDGET Men, he said, will sit around and fidget and make yak-yak even if there is a good show going on. Women make better audiences.

Jack has had 10 years to study the field of entertaining convention crowds in Washington and New York. "When you have an all-man gathering," he said, "the thing to do is to get right into the show. And don't start out with a woman I who is too distracting. If you do, the rest of -the show will fall on its face. If you have a sexy gal, hold her for dessert to the last." COMEDIANS DANGEROUS Dance teams, Jack has found, are fine if you have a lady audiencebut it sets the men folks to READYING HER DOWRY Pretty, blonde Louise Hoff, currently in the big time as a singing comedienne, knits socks which she says she will use as her dowry.

Louise says she plans to remain a bachelor girl until her dream man, a substantial businessman, comes along. (AP Wirephoto) Spiceland when I get home." Both Louise's songs and comedy routines have a breezy, friendly, down-to-earth quality that night club audiences like. But Louise has been travebng most of her life since she's 13, and now she'd like to find a spot in a Broadway show. "The money is less," she said, OKLAHOMA CITY When Tom Munday drove his truck out from under his huge transport trailer, he said he thought he had carefully checked the hitch to see jthe truck- and trailer were hooked. But it took an oil field truck with a life more than an hour to put the trailer back on the tractor and unjam traffic on a downtown street.

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colors Grey, Skipper Blue, French Blue, Browa and Cocoa. Open Mon. Evo 'HI 9 THE CORNER OF FOURTH By LYLE C. WTLSOX WASHINGTON (UP) The blackest fact or Republicans in this political campaign is that the American tradition dictates heavy odds against their party in the election which takes place two weeks from now. The odds roughly are 9-to-l, based on recent off-year election returns, that the Republicans will lose the House next Nov.

2. Senate prospects are better, but far from bright and joyous. A few days remain in which the Republicans may explode a campaign bomb which would shorten the odds. There is no evidence such is coming unless it be the stepped-up speaking schedule oi President Eisenhower. IKE UNDER PRESSURE Eisenhower has been under much pressure to go all out to protect the slim majorities by which his party barely clings to organizational control of Congress.

Organizational control enabling Republicans to become chairmen of congressional committees, elect the speaker and a president pro tempore of the Senate, was barely won in the 1952 election which put Eisenhower in the White House. Republicans have not had a working control of either the House or Senate. The congressional lineup now is: Senate: Republicans, 49, Democrats 46, independent, House: Republicans 218, Democrats 213, independent 1, vacant 3. The pollsters of 1954 generally agree that the Democrats will gain sufficient House seats to take over and elect Rep. Sam Rayburn (D-Tex) speaker in succession to Speaker Joseph W.

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"There are two types of bird-brains that writers create," says Miss Byington. "There is Type or the birdbrain who will say anything that comes irito her head. That type is foreign to me. Then there is Type who is consistent. Everything she does or says follows logically.

She's always true to herself. "I love to play mat type of birdbrain. That's the kind of woman Lily Ruskin is, the part I play on my new CBS-TV show, December Bride'." CORRECTIVQ DETAILS Miss Byington was visiting New York with her daughter, Mrs. Phyllis Baxley. And when Miss Byington said that, in real life, she was part birdbrain, Mrs.

Baxley was quick to furnish corroborating details. "Mother is always consistent," she said. "She's thorough. If she starts to wash a window, she'll notice that the window sill needs painting. So she'll leave the window half-washed and go for the paint.

Then she may notice that the screen is torn, so she'll leave the window and the window sill and rush to get the screen fixed." "But it all gets done eventually," protested Miss Byington, mildly, "Of course," said Mrs. Baxley, "because you're always thorough." "Dithery Byington," said Miss Byington with a sigh, and then explained that her name is Spring D. Byington, and the stands for a family name she doesn't particularly like, so she calls herself Dithery Byington. Next to playing birdbrains, and -discussing birdbrains, Miss Byington likes to play the catty neighbor next door. What with birdbrains and catty neighbors, Miss Byington doesn't need a pet.

XOSCANINI HUMAN" Herva Nelli, who sang soprano on Toscanini's redorded "Otello," "Falstaff," "Masked Ball," and Verdi's "Requiem," knows the Maestro pretty well. She says he's human and even admits his mistakes. During the "Masked Ball" session, he gave the downbeat for Miss Nelli and tenor Jan Peerce to start singing. Both realize it was the wrong time, but both sang anyhow. Later, he admitted he was wrong, and the whole duet had to be re-recorded.

ABC-TV's ventriloquist, Jimmy Nelson, was working the Stat-ler Hotel in Cleveland, and it was fraternity rushing season. Word reached him that some freshmen pledges had been assigned to kidnap his dummy, Danny O'Day. Or do you dummynap dummies? Anyhow, Nelson didn't want to spoil the fun, but he didn't want Danny swiped, either. So he substituted a Danny O'Day doll and pinned a note to it, reading: "This dummy stolen from Jimmy Nelson, in person." The following item shows economic tenor of our times. One Hard of Hearing According to the Basic Diagnostic Office, it is now possible for many who are hard of hearing to regain all or part of their hearing loss.

So many have told us, "We have tried everything and we are so discouraged that we hesitate to try anything else." Once they try this new and proven method they are overjoyed. Just like magic, in many cases folks are able to hear without their Hearing aid after the first treatment The treatment is simple, it consists of three steps, and takes about 45 minutes. If the hearing loss is due to a nerve condition a special treatment is given, if the loss is due to catarrh a different treatment is given and if it is a bone condition, the tympanic-oscillations treatment is given, "I have been wearing a hearing aid for a period of three years, after receiving only three treatments I was able, to discard my hearing aid. I highly recommend Tympanic-Oscillations to anyone now wearing a mechanical device." Mrs. A.

C. "For years I have tried this and that, with very little results. Thanks to the Basio Diagnostic Office I now can hear again." Mrs. G. W.

"I was skeptical. I thought that I should have to wear an aid the rest of my life. Today hear very well without an aid." Mrs. R. J.

It is no longer necessary for you to have that blank look due to a hearing loss. Why keep on suffering? Just come in and have a trial treatment. The cost is small. To all readers of The Sun-Telegram the Basic Diagnostic will give the first treatment for only $2.00. The address is 353 6th St, San Bernardino.

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Sat 9 to Adv. Majority party losses in the other nine-off year elections ranged from 10 dropped by the Republicans in 1926 to 75 they lost in 1922. The average loss was just over 40 seats. That is bad news for the Republican Party because it represents a condition usually met in American politics and which is present this year so far as can be ascertained. A gain of five House seats and two in the Senate would give the Democrats organizational control.

The independent (Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon) already has an nounced that he will vote with the Democrats in January on Senate organization. Army-Korean Currency Riff Thought Seftled WASHINGTON officials appear confident now that American and Korean authorities will reach some "reasonable arrange ment" in a dispute which has cut off native cash for U.S. troops in Korea. The Korean government, resist' ing a less favorable dollar ex change rate lor its money, announced the cutoff action some time ago, effective Oct.

1. Korean huan for several years have been bought by the U.S. Army for dollars and used to pay local expenses, such as for Korean labor, and to convert American soldiers' money so they could shop in Korean stores. The spending of dollars or of Army scrip in those stores is illegal but that does not altogether prevent the practice, authorities here said. BLACK MARKET The Republic of Korea has been selling its currency to the United States at a fixed rate of 180 huan to 51, whereas the rate in the open market a black market in Korea was double that The United States was spending about four million dollars a month for Korean money and American authorities said the effect of this was to provide a kind of dollar subsidy to the Korean economy.

They said the money was not voted by Congress for this purpose and they opened negotiations for a more "realistic rate." While the negotiations were going on the United States decided not to pay for any more Korean huan, which it was drawing in advance and paying for about two months later. Thus, U.S. credit obliga tions accumulated. The Korean government therefore announced that beginning Oct. 1 it would not extend any more credit, which meant a denial of huan to the U.S.

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"Comedians," he said, "are dangerous unless they are super-terrific. One un-inspired wise crack can get a star performer Dooed out of business." Magicians and acrobats are good entertainment if the convention happens to be a family affair, with children in the audience. "Entertainment," he said, "is an important part of any convention and always have been. 'My job is to see that the type of show fits Studio Sues Over La'dd's Broken Foot HOLLYWOOD (UP) Two motion picture studios named an insurance company defendant in a $59,725 suit because Alan Ladd broke a bone in his foot while playing with his 6-year-old son. Columbia Pictures Corp.

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