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Officers Seek Motive
For Death of Couple
In Las Vegas Hotel
By th« Associated Pros*
LAS VEGAS, Nev., Sept. 16.—As
friends made plans for an elabor
ate wedding for them, a young
couple apparently honeymoon
ing—was found shot to death yes
terday in a lavish penthouse of the
swank Flamingo Hotel.
Officers said murder and suicide
were indicated, although no notes
were found. Investigators were
without a clue to the motive.
The man was identified as Ad
rian Lionel Grodnick, 19, son of
Manuel Grodnick, wealthy New
York clothing manufacturer, and
the girl as Betty M. Baron, 25,
pretty brunet daughter of William
Baron, Los Angeles apartment
house manager. She was a 1949
graduate of the University of Cali
fornia at Los Angeles.
Friends in Los Angeles said the
couple had planned, a formal wed
ding in Beverly Hills next Tuesday.
The bodies were discovered when
hotel employes broke into the $35-
a-day penthouse suite after fail
ing to get response to ringing and
knocks throughout the day.
Police said the girl had been
shot twice through the head and
Mr. Grodnick once behind the
right ear. Near his right hand was
a pistol.
The bodies, attired in night
clothes, were sprawled on a bed
under the covers. There was no
indication of a struggle and police
said no liquor was found in the
room. The door was chainlocked
on the inside.
P. C. Employes Will Start
Defense Bond Saving Plan:
The Defense Bond payroll sav
ings program of the District gov- '
emment will begin on the first
pay period after October 1, ac
cording to A. R. Pilkerton, District
auditor.'
At a conference with Commis
sioner F. Joseph Donohue yes
terday, Mr. Pilkerton announced
this is the earliest date possible,
because the pledge cards sub
mitted by District employes must
be reviewed. Edward F. Bartelt,
Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, attended the conference.
Mr. Pilkerton said about 2,000
of the 14,000 employes of the
District have indicated they will
participate in the payroll savings
system.
The plan to adopt the Defense
Bond payroll savings program in
the District government had been
under contemplation for more
than a year, but It had not been
adopted for lack of clerical help.
The Treasury Department will
assist in the program, but it can
[note furnish any personnel.
News of Music
' Beggar's Opera' Is Presented
In Gadsby's Tavern Courtyard
By Alice Eversmon
The Little Theater of Alex
; andria opened its seventh season
last night with a successful pres
entation of John Gay’s “The Beg
gar’s Opera.” With this work,
the group made its first excursion
into a musical offering and de
, parted from its customary indoor
setting at Gadsby’s Tavern for
the equally historic outdoor coach
yard. The high walls on each
side, masked by foliage formed an
ideal enclosure for the rows of
seats placed on wooden supports
across the ancient cobblestones of
the tavern coachyard. A small
stage at one end was roofless ex
cept for the spreading branches
of a large tree. Hurricane lamps
placed here and there added a
picturesque touch to the necessary!
modern electric lighting.
The Colonial environment came
close to approximating the sur
roundings in which the original
production of “The Beggar’s
Opera” took place 224 years ago
in England. The producers, Ze
rilda and Charles Dillon, have
condensed the opera into two acts
and the musical score was ar
ranged with two piano accompani
ment for this presentation by
Joseph Wood of the Oberlin Con
servatory of Music. Every now
and then, during the centuries
since its premiere, composers have
tried their hand at some arrange
ment of the music. One of the
latest was Benjamin Britten,
whose version was given at the
Juilliard School of Music two
years ago.
Mr. Wood has been successful
in joining together the best of
the charming tunes of the origi
nal that blend so well with the
dialogue, in a way that can be
utilized by amateur as well as pro
fessional groups. The two new
overtures written by him are at
tractive in themselves, while being
thoroughly in keeping with the
style of the score.
The performance moved with
spirit and with an assurance noL
always to be found on an opening
night. The opera will be given
nightly for two weeks, with the
exception of Sundays, and the few
faults will be eliminated by
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The chief difficulty last night
was in hearing the spoken words.
Some of this may have been
caused by the unroofed stage but
there was a tendency among the
actors to speak too hastily. The
singing voices were all of pleasing
quality and of the right volume
for the light and fluent nature of
the music. Joseph T. Sherman,
who took the part of the' beggar
as well as that of conductor,
directed the singers and the two
pianists, Mary Adams and Lillian
Sherman, spiritedly.
The cast Included Mrs. Carroll
Mattoon as Mrs. Peachum, Miss
Marion Saunders as Polly, Mrs.
Adrian Masterson as Lucy, Or
ville French as Macheath, Jack
Reindel as Lockit. Irving Chand
ler as Filch, Charles Isaacs as Mr.
Peachum and Mrs. Alice Maltby
as Mrs. Trapse;
Mrs. Mattoon, Miss Saunders,
Mrs. Masterson, Mr. French, Mr.
Reindel and Mr. Chandler carried
off the vocal honors. Isaacs’
character portrayal was excellent
ly done ana the smaller parts were
equally well sung and acted.
The program did not carry the!
first names of the players in keep- 1
ing with Colonial custom, t j
Link boys at the door pf the
tavern, hostesses in varied col
ored Colonial dress, a major domo
to announce the guests, an inn
keeper with a long pipe and. as'
guests of honor. Col. George;
Washington and Mistress Martha!
Washington, greeted the.audience 1
as it entered. It is all a part of
the Colonial setting ip which the
Little Theater presents its revival
of early plays. Mr. Wood’s ver
sion of “The Beggar’s Opera” will
be published, the royalties and
fees from its sale going to the
treasury of the non-profit Alex
andria group for further re
vivals.
3 Harvester Pickets Seized
RICHMOND. Ind., Sept. 1$ (JP).
—Three pickets were arrested and
charged with assault and battery
and disorderly conduct in a picket
line scuffle at the strikebound In
ternational Harvester Co. plant
yesterday. No one was reported in
jured. * i
Mother Is Accused
Os Selling Baby Girl
By tfw Associated Press
LONG BEACH, Calif., Sept. 16.
—A young mother was in jail to
day while police investigated a
report that she sold her baby girl.
Mrs. Edna E. Schon, 20, the
mother; Mrs. Elizabeth G. Brit
tain, 35, the recipient of the child,
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and Mrs. Kathryn A. Lincoln, 87,
who told police she was only a go
between, were all booked for in
vestigation of infringement of
personal liberty, a felony.
The police report said Mfs.
Lincoln got $450 from Mrs. Brit
tain, kept SSO and gave S4OO to
Mrs. Schon.
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