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o STAGE DOUBLE O MacArthur Affair Ruins CareerOf Impersonator By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK W) The fir ing of General Douglas MacArajurl ha had one unusual impact on the American economy. It has made it harder for a man to make I a living impersonating Harry S. i 'liuniau. , ihis u on the word of IrvitiJ Fisher. 66. probably the President's most successful stage double. For more than five vears Fisher, a veieran actor, has kpDl the wolf from bis door by portraying Tru man in isroadwav &noa ..u at club and convention, entertain ments. But the Mac Arthur eDisode a big political headache to'the Presi dent is a bieeer Dim in the pocketbook to his double. "This whole tuss is murdering me." co-aptained Fisher. His chief beef: Since the dis missal of General MacArthur no organization any longer seems to wanl to rav monev to see him give his funny Imitations of Tru man. Outside Jobs Fad Fisher currently twrtravs the President in a brief walk-on finale in "Call Me Madam." a musical starring Ethel Merman as a lady diplomat. Ordinarily he also aver ages about eight outside club dates a month in the same role. "But every outside lob I had has ' disappeared. Fisher lamented. "Kvery booking I had clear up to next June has been cancelled in the last few dava. What's happened to the country's sense of humor anyway?" The fact he himself is a life long Republican makes the situa tion only more ironic to him. If a republican no longer can earn a living by imitating a Democrat how confused can the times get? What can a man count on?" "My family have been Republi cans for generations." he sighed. "Why, my grandfther Fisher used to live next door to Abraham Lin coln out in Illinois. Ladies Siss Him "I guess it just goes to show that there reallv is no business quite like show business." And another thin". The audience used to break out in surprised ap plause when strode out on tne stage, smiling and gesturing likt President Truman. "Now," said Fisher, "the ladies aiss me. You know, ladies' don't hiss they siss. Like this sissssss. And the men? A lot of them boo me." When he walked along broadway. many strangers startled at his strong facial re semDlance to the President used to smile and give him a friendly. "Hi Harry!" Not so much today. They shout. "Why did you fire Mac?" and they demand. "What are you guys trying to do down in Washington anyway?" "I can't understnd it." said T isher. "The things thev-sav why. you'd think I really was Harry." The actor has imDersonatcd the President so long he alwavs calls him by his first name. Jle first equally imitated Truman in a cir rus saints and sinners show more than five years ago. Studied Mannerisms "Nobody ever even had men tioned before that I look like him." he recalled. "But that's all I've been doing in the theater ever I ince." Incidentally. Impersonat ing Harry S. Truman has grown into a small but steady indury "I know at least three or four olher men who look more like him." Fisher said modestly. "But I have the ability to make mvself look like him." This came as the result of a painstaking study of the Truman far'il fpovemes and gesture. "I've got all his mannerisms down pal hi c'"'ippv im,-mTit of the left hand, his grin, his jarnty walk." said Fisher. "He's rot something of a bigger stomach than I have. So I iust stick out Plywood Firm Reports Banner 3-Month Profits NEW YORK (,P Georgia Pacific Plywood Co. called the first three months of 1951 the most prof itable first quarter in its history. Net earnings totaled $1,100,634 or Jl 43 a share, compared with $420. 314 or S3 rents a share in the like period of 1!W0. Sales were $18,221,. 90.1 up 94 percent from the 9,M1,858 reported for the 1950 initial quarter. 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Wollgren Will Resign From U.S. rower Board WASHINGTON (.W Mon Wallgren, former governor of Washington at) close friend o f Ir resident Truman, has announced he will resign "sometime this summer" as chairman of the Fed erU Power commission. He said his reasons are person il and private. He uaid he would go back to Washington and "look the situation over" but that he had not decided ahout re-entering politics because "I'm not sure the people want me." Washington elects a sen ator and governor next year. Mr. Truman appointed Wallgren, who Is 60, to the Power commis sion chairmanship in November, 1949. Earlier'in 1949 the President nominated Wallgren to be chair min of the National Security Re sources board, but withdrew the name in tne face of heavy senate opHsition. Seven Doomed Nazis Denied High Court Hearing WASHITON-J.Pi Hit seven Naiis sentenced to death in Ger many for concentration camp atrocities tost tyeir bid today fur a supreme court hearing. The high tribunal's refusal to re view their case presumably clears the way for military authorities to carry out the executions. The seven Naiis include former SS (elite guard) officer! and con centration camp officials, accused of murdering thousands of civilians during World War II. They are the last Nazis under death sentences. The court's decision not to grant the men a hearing was reached by a vote of 6 to 2. Justices Black ahd Douglas favored reviewing the case. Justice Jackson took no part in consideration of the appeal. Jackson at one time served ss ch'ef U. S. prosecutor at the trial of top Nan leaders at iuernoerg, Germany. The seven originally were a r I dered to go the gallows last Febru ary 14, at the United States prison at Landsberg, Germany. The exe cutions were postponed, however, pending final action on legal pro ceedings filed on their behalf in this country. Insurance Cases Decided In other actions, the high tribu nal: 1. Ruled S to 1 that states with compulsory automobile insurance laws can force insurance compa nies to issue policies to "b1 risk" motorists who otherwise would be ineligible. The case in volved the California State auto mobile association inter insur ance bureau, which had refused to insure persons not members of the association. 2. Decided unanimously that GI insurance may be paid to a brother by adoption of the policy holder. The ruling decided 1 claim by Ernest R. Woodward of Spring, .'ield, Mo., whose sister by adoption made him the beneficiary of the policy she took out as a member i-t the Women's Auxiliary corps. She first named her husband, Le roy Haizlip, but changed the $10. 000 policy shortly before she died in 1945. 3. Held unanimously that a toy pig patented by a Chicagoan as a device to encourage Junior to eat his cereal was not really an inven tion and that another firm could not have infringed the patent by putting out a similar device in the form of a toy puppy. Two Genornls Doomed The seven doomed Nazis ap pealed to the high tribunal after wo lower federal courts here re fused to free them on a writ of habeas corpus. The lower courts based their de- Thiirfc, April 2i, mi The News-Review, Roscburg, Ore. 1 1 nial on a surpeme court decision announced last June in another case. The decision was that enemy aliens condemend by occupation authorities in Germany have n o right to ask federal courts in this country for habeas corpus writs. Top U. S. occupation authorities in Germany reviewed and affirmed the death sentences recently. At the same time they granted clem ency to olher convicted Germans, including Alfred Krupp, the muni tions maker. The seven include former SS Generals Otto Ohlendorf and Os wald Pohl. Ohlendorf was con victed as head man of an extermi nation group in Russia which killed 90.000 persons. Pohl at one time was in charge of all German con centration camps. Dubrovnik, Yugoslavian seaport, ia a town of 18,000. 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