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Evening star., 1940-11-10
Church Sets
Party, Dance

Our Lady of Lourdes Church in
Bethesda. Md, will have a benefit
card party and dance at the Ward
man Park Hotel Friday, November
90
Mrs. Frederick A. Tobin, chairman
Of the Patrons Committee, has an
nounced tentative list of patrons
and patronesses, which includes Mr..
and Mrs. Vincent Dep. Ahearn, DR..
and Mrs. Joseph Bellair, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Bohrer, Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Brault, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Buckley, Hon. and Mrs. James c..
Christopher, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
z. Corcoran, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Delaney, Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Folliard,
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Fitzgerald, Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick A. Genau, Col.
and Mrs. J. L. Gilbreth, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Giosa, Mr.. and Mrs. j..
Haeringer, 1t. Comdr. and Mrs.
Malcolm Hanson. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Hester, Mr.. Francis Hill, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Horan, Mr.. and Mrs.
Perry Huffman, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lldIIl u. t1uSlltS, NIL dllO 4N41 .. NICOl &c
Hurley, Mrs. William J. Hutchinson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo I. Kavanagh, DR..
and Mrs. R. j. Kemp, Mrs. Harry
Kenner, Mr. and Mrs. Willard King,
DR.. and Mrs. Albert Killing, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles c. Koones, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Lowe, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam McKeown, Mr.. and Mrs. John
McGinness, Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew
Mclaughlin, Mr.. and Mrs. M. j. Nc
MILAN, Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Madigan,
Mr.. 10 v. Morgan, Mr.. and Mrs. H. F.
Neimeyer, Mr.. and Mrs. Kingman
Oakman.
Miss Alice Phillips, Miss Margaret
Phillips. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pitt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Probey, Mr..
Robert F. Milne, I'd, Mr. and Mrs.
John Overholt. Mr.. and Mrs. E. L.
Oakes. Mr.. and Mrs. William O'Brien.
Col. and Mrs. John OKeefe, DR.. and
Mrs. Benjamin Perry, Mr.. and Mrs.
Marcel Mallet-Prevost. Mr.. and Mrs
James Quinn, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Reed, Mr.. and Mrs. John Reilly, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles G. Ross, DR.. and
Mrs. Arthur Shea, Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Schworer, Mr.. and Mrs.
Aloysius Sheehan, Mr.. and Mrs.
R. M. Sigwald, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Spicer, Mr.. and Mrs. S. M Stafford,
Miss Catherine Stafford, Mrs. Casma
Sullivan, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Sui
Ivan, Mr.. and Mrs. John Sullivan,
Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett Swain, Mr..
Joseph Swain, Miss Louise Swain,
Mr.. and Mrs. Terrence Sweeney,
Miss Edith Thompson, Mrs William
Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
A. Tobin, Mr.. and Mrs. George Top
per, Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Tuerke, Mr..
and Mrs. William H. Turton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank x. Tully, Mr.. Frederick
w. Walmsley, Miss Mary Walmsley,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Harry WEIGH, Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin F. Wesley, Mrs.
A. w. Wolter and the choir of Our
Lady of Lourdes Church.
The party will begin at 8 o'clock
with card games and entertainment.
and dancing will be from 10 to /
o'clock.
Evening star., 1940-11-10
HerndOn News
On Various
Social Activities

HERNDON, Va, Nov. s.-Mrs.
Russell Allen Lynn will entertain
IL guests at a luncheon Monday,
followed by bridge.
Mrs. w. Frank Humme enter
tanned at a tea Wednesday after
noon for the members of the
Fortnightly Club.
Miss Edith Rogers and her
father, Mr.. James Rogers, have
returned to their home, Blossom
Hill, after a visit with relatives
and friends in Nelson County.
Mrs. Casey Wilken and Mrs.
william Meyer are visiting friends
in st. Louis, Mo.
Mrs. Carroll Murphy entertained
Wednesday at a dessert bridge
party.
Mrs. Frank T. Ridgeway has
been the guest this week of Mr..
and Mrs. E. Barbour Hutchison
at their home, The Oaks.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ramsey
Bready have been the guests this
week Of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Sheppard Of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1940-11-10
Baltic American Society
To Honor SibeIius

The executive board of the Baltic
American Society of Washington is
making arrangements for a musi-
Gale and reception on Sunday. De-
cember 8, the first day of National
Sibelius Week" 1t was decided 10
plan thus for the occasion at a
board meeting last week.
Tribute will be paid to Jan Sibe-
Illus, the great Finnish composer.
Finnish and Latvian national days,
December and November l8, re-
spectively, will be commemorated.
Otto S. Beyer, the society's new
president, said yesterday a number
Of prominent artists will entertain
at the musicale,
Evening star., 1940-11-10
Forum
Planned at
Chevy Chase
November 1S Set
For Opening of
Community Series

With prominent newspaper writers
and Government officials as partici-
pants, the first of a series of COM
munity forums sponsored by the
civic section of the Woman's Club
of Chevy Chase will be held Novem-
Der 18 at 80 pm. at the clubhouse,
Connecticut avenue and Dunlop
streets.
The success of similar forum
series last year has inspired this
years sponsors to hope that the
attendance may be doubled. 1t is
pointed out that, as a number of
policy-making officials of the
Government are residing in the
Chevy Chase area, community
enterprise of the sort might prove
to be of interest throughout this
vicinity.
Speakers at the opening discussion
include Ernest Lindley, columnist;
Delbert Clark. of the Washington
bureau of the New York Times; Ray
Tucker, political commentator; Mrs.
Richard Boeckel, president of the
National Council for the Prevention
of War, and Allen w. Manchester,
director of the northeast division of
the Agricultural Adjustment Admin
istration.
Chester Williams, specialist in
conference planning of the United
States Office of Education, will lead
the discussion on the subject, Can
We Save Democracy by Defending
It?"
Discussions on other topics of
current interest will be continued
the third Monday evening of each
month until the series of six is
completed.
Mrs. James v. Bennett is chair
man of the forums and is being as
sisted by Mrs. E. L. Smead, Mrs.
H. S. Yohe, Mrs. Harold Sutton, Mrs.
J. H. Dellinger, Mrs. Karl Pitt and
Miss BERTHE Backus.
Members of the committee are
handling the tickets which also will
be available at the door. The charge
for both single admissions and for
season tickets is being kept small
to encourage a large attendance.
Evening star., 1940-11-10
Miss Crouch
Married to
Mr.. LaWless
Msgr. James Smyth
PerfOrmsC Ceremony
At Sacred Heart

White chrysanthemums palms
and ferns decorated the Shrine of
Sacred Heart yesterday for the we'd
ding of Miss Bernadette Margaret
Crouch, daughter of Mr.. George A.
Crouch and the late Mrs. Crouch,
and Mr.. John Stephen Lavless, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Lawless of
Cambridge, Mass.
MSgr' James Smyth performed the
ceremony. Miss Mary Louise Sulli-
van was at the organ. Mr.. Francois
Garzia of the National Symphony
Orchestra was the violinist and Miss
Edna Roche sang solo.
Bride Wears Gown
OF Ivory Satin.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father. She wore an ivory
satin gown with a sweetheart neck
line outlined in seed pearls, long
sleeves puffed at the shoulders and
coming to points over the hands,
and long train. The long tulle
veile fell from Juliet cap of seed
pearls, and the bride wore a cross
of square cut diamonds. She car
ried bouquet of white orchids.
roses and bouvardia in shower ar
rangement.
Mrs. Charles Alvord, cousin of
the bride, was matron of honor. Her
satin gown of Indian spice shade
had sweetheart neckline and short
puffed sleeves. Her headdress con-
sisted of waist length tulle veil
in matching shade, held by small
chrysanthemums, and she carried
chrysanthemumS in various fall
shades.
Miss Margaret Lawless, the bride
groom's sister; Miss Frances M.
Crouch, the brides sister; Miss Au-
drey Crouch, the brides cousin, and
Miss Babette Loeb were the brides
maids. The first two wore green
and the others were in rose satin,
their gowns made like that of Mrs
Alvord. They all carried "mums"
in fall shades and wore the waist
length tulle veil to match their
gowns. All the brides attendants
wore gold and mother of pearl lock-
cts, gifts of the bride.
Brother Is Best Man
For Mr.. Lawless.
Mr.. William Lawless of this city
was his brothers best man. and the
ushers were Messrs. Timothy Coffey. |
Walter McCloud, Leo Kindsvatter
and Charles Gallagher, all of Wash
ington
A reception for 300 guests at the /
Carlton Hotel followed the cere-
lnony. In the receiving line were
Mr.. Crouch. the senior Mrs. Law
less and Mrs. Charles Rodier, the .
brides aunt
Out-of-town guests included Mr.
and Mrs James LaWless, jr., Mr..
Joseph LawleSs and Mrs. James
Wolfe of Cambridge, Mass: Mrs
Hardo Mulachy Mrs. Rose Sauber.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave KatZ, Mr.. Rob-
ert Mulcahy, all of New York City:
Mr.. Frank Marshall of New York
City and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Anger
Of Long Island
The brides travelling suit was Of
covert cloth and she wore alligator
shoes and bag and a white orchid
corsage. She and Mr.. LaWless will
live in Buckingham, Arlington, Va.
The bride. graduate of Gunston
Hall, is well known as a soprano
soloist in Washington churches and
on the radio. The bridegroom is a
graduate CT Rindge School at Cam
bridge, and both are connected with
the Federal Housing Administra-
ton.
Evening star., 1940-11-10
Gold Production Guins

Gold production in the Philippines
broke all records in August, accord
ing to oficial figures in Manila. In
that month 81 mines had total out
put Of 1885, 900, a gain of $4,000
over July and s45 900 over the previ-
GUS high of October, 1899.
Evening star., 1940-11-10

MRS. WILLIAM C. BROWN.
Before her marriage she ,Das
Miss Dorothy I. Davidson, the
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. o. r.
DAVIDSON. Her pedding took
place in the rectory of st. Ga
briePs Church.-UnderUood &
Underwood Photo.
MRS. CHARLES FREDERICK
DORTZBACH (oUdU.
The former Miss Jane Hr,Din
Richmond, she is the daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph I.
Richmond of Arlington, Va.
Harris & E10ing Photo.
Evening star., 1940-11-10

suggested to the government that oil
from sharks and "caguama" turtles
be used in Cuba. Their report says
that shark oil is high in vitamins A,
B and G.
Evening star., 1940-11-10
Zweiq Visits Rio

Stefan zweig, the Austrian novel;
ist and biographer, and his wife re-
Gently visited Rio de Janeiro and the
historic cities of Ouro Preto and
Mariana, in Brazil.
Evening star., 1940-11-10
MRS. HOWARD MELVIN
STEEN

The daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles C. Norfeet, her
recent marriage took place in
st. PduFs Lutheran Church.
The bride Is the former Miss
Helen Virginia Norfeet.-Un-
derDood & Underwood Photo.
Evening star., 1940-11-10
Turtle Replaces Cod

Because Norway cod liver oil is
becoming scarce owing to the war.
the Druggists College of Havana has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-27
Needs No Reason

Already it is being claimed that Cover nor-Elect Robert A. Hurley is playing politics by refusing to resign his position as Public Works Commissioner before he is sworn in. His term as Public Works Commissioner does not end until next year, but it was believed that MT. Hurley would resign about December 1 to rest up for his inauguration in January. He has just announced that he will continue to work at his present post right up until he is sworn into office on January 8.
 All of which can be construed in diff ferent ways. There are those who claim he is doing this to prevent Governor Raymond E. Baldwin from naming suc- cessor in the Public Works Department. Maybe that's true and maybe MT. Hurley doesn't want Governor Baldwin to name his successor. We can understand him doing just that or anybody else in the same position doing likewise. But that may not be his reason for remaining on the job. After all Mr. Hurley was the states first Public Works Commissioner and he made his reputation in this office. He doesn't want to sacrifice 1t on the altar of expediency.
 Granted, though, that he is staying in office to thwart Governor Baldwin the fact remains that both men are forced by politics to do something perhaps that they might not want to do. Governor Baldwin probably would like to let the naming of a Hurley successor carry over. to the next administration, but certainly he will be hard pressed not to do this. And similarly Governor-Elect Hurley would be urged by Democratic advisers to hold his job as long as he could so that Republicans wouldn't get chance to fill it. So it stands that political convenience is an exacting mistress and few withstand the demands
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-27
When Defense Comes First

Among many, many offers to cooperate to the fullest extent in defense measures that of General Electric Company in it's annual report to stockholders stands out GEE says: Certainly your company has no thought or intention of profiteering from the defense program. We believe that when risks are normal and of nature which promise reasonable profit, the com pany should undertake these risks.
 Where the risks are extraordinary, but the project is essential to national de- fense, General Electric is prepared to un- dertake the task on any basis that pro- vides reasonable assurance that it shall not emerge with net loss on the material produced, or on the amount invested in special plants and equipment ...'
 After all the talk of guaranteed profits, this attitude is like clean sea breeze. It is the kind of an attitude which was not to be found in France in 1938-39. It is the kind of an attitude which forestalls and makes unnecessary the centralized controls nobody wants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-27
Requires Explanation

The obvious purpose of the Waterbury Taxpayers League in claiming that the local Police and Fire Departments are overmanned and cost the city more than should be spent on these separate branches of protection is to center the attention of the residents of this city on the budget now under discussion. It Is also the leagues purpose to bring about certain changes in our city government that will be for the benefit of all of us. No one questions the motives of the or ganization nor doubts but what 1t has the best interests of the city at heart for no such group could hope to exist were it not found on such an ideal.
 But in practical terms it has not been explained or demonstrated so that the average laynlan may understand Just where our Police and Fire Departments are out of proportion. On the contrary we have heard the average man con- plain on many an occasion about the lack of sufficient police protection. How many times on busy Saturday morning when traffic is damned for several blocks have motorists berated the police officers on duty and railed about their superior officers not putting more men to work. There are other occasions, too, when such Cdlk IS COllluloll uOG Iue eACePIlolI.
 And what of the appearance of fire ap- paratus along our streets with two and three men in addition to the driver? That fact has been called to our attention on many a day. Maybe it doesn't mean much when you get down to the basic figures of departmental roster, but we're inclined to think that Waterbury is not tver-indulgent in this respect and is not crowding the city payrolls with political favorites. Particularly during such times as we are now experiencing and anticipate Waterbury's uniformed forces should be at full strength. We doubt if arguments to the contrary catch the public fancy or support unless unmistakable proof is of fered that the city offends.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-27
The Committee Waits

Quietly and without much public hull labaloo, the American nations have been implementing the Act of Havana That is the instrument drawn in that city last July providing fo establishment of an Inter-American Emergency Committee to administer European colonies and possessions in America in case their transfer from one European power to an- other should be threatened
 This committee was to be effective as soon as two-thirds of it's members should have been appointed, and the naming of brought Colon Eloy Alfaro by Ecuador brought it to the function ing point. The new world has not failed to act and to be ready
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-27

Quite to-do has been made over the rumored resignation of Frances Perkins as Secretary of Labor in the Presidents Cabinet For a year or two now political circles have been hearing that Madame Perkins was to depart from this inner circle. In fact some of the reports went so far as to state that efforts were being made by influential government officials to have her removed, gracefully, of course, from her important post. But even right now only denials are forthcoming from Washington. Both the White House and Madame Perkins herself claim that there's no truth to the rumors and that she'll continue to rule the Labor Depart ment. On this same rule there are con- tradictory opinions. Many believe that she has failed to maintain the depart ment as it should be and that labor would be better off if she were out; on the other hand she has her defenders who claim she has done good job under the most try ing circumstances the department has ever faced. Certainly the department has operated under the most far-reaching la Dor laws this nation has ever known.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-27
sky-Watchers MobiIizing

In case of aerial invasion, much de- pendS on how quickly the invading force is located, so that defense planes can rise to the attack The Air Force is not going to be caught mapping. In New England and New York 10000 volunteers are be- ing organized through the American Legion as observers, pledged to man ir- stantly any one of $50 observation posts. These posts, each with telephone, are about four miles apart, and so located as to form network which could spot any plane.
 The new SkywatcherS' Brigade will be ready for action in January, and is to be organized on permanent basis. It indicates only one of the ways in which men and women will be able to serve in the future even though they are not in- ducted into the armed force.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-27
1I7717I-" NIA s@vi0. Inc

all might share is certainly no fault but our own.
 We have freedom Our forefathers won it for us with blood and tears. It comes to us today through no special merit of our own. Whether we shall keep it and extend it-that will be the test of our medit. But it is given us today without regard to our effort or merit.
 Surely people so blessed can do no less than to take day of solemn thought to con- sider how it may become more nearly worthy of this bounty.
 More than 300 years ago a tiny band of Pilgrims on the Rocky New England coast saw their struggling crop wither in drought They visioned another starving time" such as they had looked upon before, when loved ones weakened and died before their eyes for lack of little corn. Then came rain. The crop was saved. And for this simple bounty they declared day of Thanksgiving.
 This is the day which we, who have been thousand times more favored, are to observe once again. May we render these thanks with something of the humility and devotion that moved the Pilgrims, kneeling amid their ragged cornstalks at Plymouth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-27
Ambassador from Hollywood

Hollywood has been a-journeying south ward, and from it's most recent trek it reports back with stubbed toe. Heavily embarked in some elaborate vehicles essaying to portray life under the South ern Cross, Hollywood saw visions of in- creased sales in the South American market to replace in some part heavy losses in Europe. But the South Ameri- cans were amazed shocked, irked, and even affronted at some of the Hollywood conceptions of them.
 It is extremely difficult to portray to mother nation it's own life. Even the meticulously-supervised and beautifully sympathetic life of Juarez did not get unanimous praise in Mexico. Less care full efforts got something very like the razz. What the South Americans seem te sxe best is those strange North Americans portraying their own hectic lives - that, Fl Pato Pascual, known to you as Donald Duck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-27

energy we use, great deal of it is wasted every day because it is di- rected toward wrong or worthless objects. We may make a big noise and seem to be going places, but the Creator, the Ruler of the uni verse knows that a great deal of our energy is going out through the smoke stack.
 Worst of all, we sin along this line by failing to make use of the capacities we have. There is not a person reading these words who could not be ten or perhaps a hun- dred times more effective in life than he is, if he used the abilities he already has. Most of us, even though our capacities be rated as moderate, have nevertheless powers within us which, if we used them aright, would put Us miles beyond where we arc today. We let eighty per cent of ourselves go up in smoke --out the smoke stack. The little we use Of our potential capacities is but token of what we really could do if we used all we have.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-27

Insiders long have known that this weakness was too wide diff fusion of authority and lack of coordination in administration.
 You have done good job," Baruch said, "and deserve the thanks of the country. But bluntly, gentlemen, it still is far short of what has to be done. The simple fact is that neither present production nor plans for future output are meeting our defense needs and the re- quirementS of the British.
 You must remember that the Axis is organizing the whole econ- omic might of Europe and Russia for a final conquering blow. What we do this winter to prepare for the onslaught will decide the fate of Britain and our country next spring. It is lot later and the situation far more desperate than you may realize.
 "The people of the country are behind you and they want more to be done. They want the United States to arm to the hilt and to give the utmost material aid to Britain. There is no question about that. And you must never forget that the only country in the world that has an industrial system capable of producing simultaneously both for defense and consumer needs.
 "The defense program, if wisely planned and efficiently directed, not only can save democracy from the totalitarian aggreSsorS but also from the internal enemies of depression and unemployment But that can't be done at the leisurely pace we are now going"
 Penetrating as it was, Baruch's talk missed the target in one major respect. The one man, above all others, who should have heard it was not present.
 He is the President of the United States, who has the re- sponsibility and the power to act. LIEF G1NSE WEAKNESSES
 The President is fully informed of what is going on abroad, and the weaknesses of the Defense Commission have repeatedly been called to his attention by off, ficials whom he trusts.
 Briefly summarized, here are some of the major defects in the National Defense Advisory Commission and it's cooperation with the Army which have been called to Roosevelt's attention:
 1. The Defense Commission
 is an advisory body. It was cre-
 ated by executive order and has no statutory status, no real pow CTS. Its chief functions are to
 ensure raw materials, help find
 factory production, guarantee
 labor standards, and protect the consumer. But the Army and
 Navy can ignore its advice unless the President personally
 intervenes, and obviously 1t is
 impossible for him to keep an eye on everything.
 2. Even within the Defense
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-27

We're wondering if the traditional cele- bration of Thanksgiving in this state hasn't been somewhat overshadowed by the fact that thirty-two states already have had their observance of the day. Certainly this week hasn't been like oth- CTS leading up to Thanksgiving Day. We certainly hope that by next year all states will either have fallen in line for the earlier observance or that the President will have been persuaded to set the date back In the interest of general agree ment something like this should occur. Here we are coming to Thanksgiving, while the talk and the actions are defin- itely of Christmas.