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Evening star., 1940-08-18

"Star Spangled Banner A very
good job.
The Robinson-La Touche epic
Ballad for Americans is assured
even wider circulation by perform
ances in a Decca set featuring Blng
Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and
Victor Youngs Orchestra, and on
Varsity records by the American
Singers and Charles WEIGH, bari
tone The Crosby selection is the
more substantial of the two by ylr-
tue of the orchestra and chorus.
Bing's palpitating Groom, while
definite asset to popular hear"
ditties, simply fails to make Bal
lad the earnest, gripping piece
that it is. Which of course won't
deter Crosby fans one bit. Mr..
Welch's handling of the lead part
follows more classical line, but
here again voice falls short of COM
position. An organ supplies instru-
mental support for this set.
Song and Dance.
That song is here again. "1n
Never Smile Again" receives caresses
from the bands of Rus Morgan and
Dick Robertson in the latest efforts
to appease an Unsuitable public de-
mand for the piece. Jimmy Dorsey
tricks out Breeze and T. with bo-
lero trappings and on the reverse
draws from the Eddie Cantor slush
fund Little Curly Hair in a High
chair" In the wartime mode Bert
Ambrose does "Nursie, Nursie" with
excusable lack of his pre-war ardor
Al Donahue plays restrained yet
solid swing item Southern Fried"
on Okeh. But here's the best buy
of the week: The Wrong Idea"
C'Sing and Sweat with Charlie Bar
net" according to the LABEL, backed
by Friendship" Ohe T. Dorsey
Family-Mountain Branch). The
first is a bowling parody of the
sweet band, specifically the Swing
and Sway of Sammy Kaye" and here
you notice Hayes soulful trombone
breaks, singing steel guitar-except
that Barnet's demonstration is COM
pletely devoid of soul and song, a
succession instead of tortured yelps
and whinnieS climaxed by the most
sarcastic ending in existence. In
the song of undying loyalty ("If
they ever put bullet through your
brain, I'll complaint Tommy Dor
sey's Mountain Branch disk is all
corn and 10 inches wide. Superb
pipe organ support matches the vo-
cal mayhem lick for lick.
Jack Fulton returns with his clean
high-register vocal manner in the
soothing my Moonlight Madonna"
and when Day Is Done" The
most gifted Southern nightingale of
them all, Connie Boswell, makes two
disks for Decca, principally Sleepy
Time Down South" Blue Lovebird."
Marie Greene and her Merry Men
give the needle to the "Traviata"
opus "Sempre Liberia; Columbia's
Alice OConnell and the Glen Hard
man Trio sing in a style that goes
well with Shades of Twilight,
while Virginia OBrien MARBLES
sweetly two Keep on the Grass"
items, Clear Out of This World"
and Two In . Taxi"
w. STEpP
Evening star., 1940-08-18
Concert Schedule
TODAY

TODAY.
National Symphony Orches-
ira. DR.. Kurt Hetzel. guest con-
ductor; Betty Baum, pianist,
soloiSt, Water Gate, 8 pm.
TOMORROW.
Marine Band, Marine Bar
racks, 5 pm. and 8 pm.
TUESDAY.
Marine Band, Home for In
curables, 3 pm.
WEDNESDAY.
Carmen San Carlo Opera
Co. National Symphony Or
chestra, Giuseppe Bamboschek,
conductor, Water Gate, 8 pm.
Marine Band, Capitol, 7:30
pm.
THURSDAY.
Marine Band, Marine Bar
racks, 1870 pm: World War
Memorial, Potomac Park, 7:30
pm.
FRIDAY.
Marine Band, st. Elizabeth's
Hospital, 3 pm; Marine Bar
racks, S pm.
SATURDAY.
Budapest String Quartet,
Library of Congress, 2:30 pm.
Marine Band, Marine Bar
racks, 2 pm.
Evening star., 1940-08-18
Budapest Quartet
Offers Program

The program for the chamber
music concert to be given by the
Budapest String Quartet in the
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of
Congress, on Saturday afternoon
will consist of Haydn's Quartet in
D Minor op. rs, No. q; Cigars
Quartet in E Minor, op. 49," and
Beethoven's Quartet in C Major,
op. SO, No. g." This is the fourth
concert in a series of nine being pre-
sented under the auspices of the
Gertrude Clarke Whittall Founda-
ton. The program will begin at
2::30 O'Clock.
Evening star., 1940-08-18


he was conductor at the Strassburg
Stadttheater, and at 20 at the Royal
Opera House in Munich. He made
his American debut in 1928, playing
80 1ecitals in every leading city OF
the United States dncludlng nve
at Carnegie HalD.
In 1925 he organized one OF the
predecessors of the National SYM
phony Orchestra-the Washington
symphony Orchestra, which ap-
peared in concert in April of that
wear under Mr.. Hetzel's direction.
Conductor in New York.
In 1884 and 1885 he conducted 10
concerts in New York with three
leading orchestras, the New York
Orchestra, the New York Civic Or
chestra and the Brooklyn SYM
phony. For the last year he has
directed the Washington Civic Or
chestra. Tonight's appearance marks
Mr.. Hetzel's second engagement as
guest conductor of the National
Svmphony-he first led 1t on jan
uary IT, 1882.
Miss Baum, soloist on tonights
Water Gate concert, is graduate
of the Peabody Conservatory OF
Music, where she studied under AL
exander Sklarevski, and is a pupil
of Josef and Rosina Lhevinne OF the
Juilliard School of Music. Since
graduation she has been actively en-
gagged in teaching and concert work,
and her pianistic talents are well
and favorably known in Washington
and elsewhere Her appearance to-
night as soloist in the romantic Ar
ensky concerto is her FIRST with
symphony orchestra.
Under the direction of Mr.. Hetzel,
the National Symphony Orchestra
will play tonight the overture to
Rossini's La GaZZa Ladra," Brahms
Fourth Symphony in E Minor
THE Arensky Concerto" miss
Baum, soloisD prelude to 'Lohen-
grim by Wagner, and Bizets
'rL'Arlesienne Suite" (No. y.
Carmen" Qualities.
Mr.. Gallo has chosen astutely both
in the selection and in the mount
ing of his second opera of the
Water Gate season. For Carmen,
which he will present on Wednesday
evening, is one Of the few operas
blessed with a good libertto, and for
it Bizet wrote music as bold and
exciting as the Prosper Merimee
story. With its color and drama 1t
is a production peculiarly suited to
out of door presentation.
For the all-important title role
Mr.. Gallo has selected Coe Glade,
probably the finest Carmen of this
generation and certainly one Of the
most glamorous of operate divas.
Miss Glade is a discovery of Gallo's
and made her operate debut at ID
Evening star., 1940-08-18

Curci (Remandado), Abrasha Ro-
bofsky Dancairo) and Francis
Scott CMorales).
Staging of Dances.
The dances, which are more than
incidental to this presentation, will
be staged by the San Carlo Opera
Ballet, with Lydia Arlova and Luclen
Prideaux as principal dancers. Fin
ally. the instrumental score of Car
men" will be played by the entire
National Symphony Orchestra.
Seats for tonight's Water Gate
concert are on sale after II am
today at the Water Gate. Seats for
Carmen" are on sale at the SYM
phony box Office in kits music
store, 1880 G street NV.
Evening star., 1940-08-18

in his San Carlo Opera Company.
where her first performance OF
Carmen" became an overnight mu-
sical sensation. Since then she
has sung the role more than 500
times in all the leading opera houses
of the United States, Canada,
Mexico and South America.
Supporting Miss Glade will be
Sydney Rayner as Don Jose, the
role in which he made his Metro
politan Opera debut in 1886; Mario
Valle as Escamillo; Laura Triggiani
in the role of Micaela, and Harold
Kravitt as Capt. Zuniga. Other
principal roles will be sung by
Myra Manning Frasquita), Char
lotte Bruno Mercedes, Francesca
Evening star., 1940-08-18

CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMS
22nd and p SITS. NV.
s:3O O'CLOCK
Choral Preludes Francis W. Snow
In Paradisum. .---- Daniel Lesur
Evening star., 1940-12-29

on this question of policy nor, I
repeat, has any other official of the
department. .
"Since I am on this general sub
ject I would like to add one or two
words. Stories have appeared with
increasing frequency in the past
few weeks that there are funda-
mental differences between the Sec
retary of State and myself. I think
it would have been humanly i'm
possible for two people over a
period of eight years to agree more
consistently and thoroughly than
Mr.. Hull and I have done. There
has never been the slightest i'm
portant difference of opinion be-
tween us, and so far as I personally
am concerned I think it would be
impossible for any man in my posi-
ton, who has been so closely asso-
ciated with the Secretary-whoh has
had the opportunity of being asso-
ciated with a man with his ex-
traordinary moral courage and con-
slstency, and I think an almost
unique intellectual integrity - to
have anything except very deep de-
votion for him.
What the genesis or the origin
OF these stories may be I am not
going to attempt to speculate on
this morning, but I am making this
statement in the hope that it will
do something to put an end to
them"
Evening star., 1940-12-29

British lifeboat crews saved 1863
lives in recent month, a record.
Evening star., 1940-12-29

the Georgetown Preparatory School,
Garrett Park, Md. A few days ago,
before departing for a visit with
relatives in Philadelphia and New
York, he received orders reassign-
ing him here Indefinitely.
He is to be engaged in preparing
a chronicle of Jesuit church and
educational activities. This is being
written in connection with the 4OOth
anniversary Of the founding of the
Society of Jesus which Is being
celebrated this year throughout the
world.
DR.. Nevils is one of the leading
authorities on Jesuit history and
has done a great deal of research
in writing about the early activities
OF missionaries in the Maryland
Colony. His new volume will deal
with more recent Jesuit activities
and will be in the manner of the
Miniatures of Georgetown" which
he wrote during his previous as
signment here.
In addition to his writing, DR..
Nevis will lecture frequently on
sacred eloquence at Woodstock
College, the Jesuit house of studies
In Maryland, which is now affil-
lated with Georgetown University.
DR.. Nevis will be on an indie
pendent mission in Washington. He
will make his home at the George
town Prep School.
Evening star., 1940-12-29
1000 Authorize Names
To Keep U. S. Quito War
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Dec. 2s-
The No Foreign War COMMITTEES
announced today that more than
1000 signatures had been authorized
for use by the committee on a tel
egram to be sent to President Roose.
velt urging that he keep the United
States out of war
The committee said the signatures
came in response to broadcasts
made last night by Verne Marshall.
editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette
and chairman Of the committee in
which he urged "the common people
OF this area" to permit the use Of
their names
The committees message to Pres
ioent Roosevelt. Mr.. Marshall said.
would be in reply to a telegram
made public at the White House
Thursday in which ITO prominent
Americans asked the President to
do everything that may be nee
essary to insure defeat Of the axis
powers"
Evening star., 1940-12-29

ticipate in the discussions. The
congress previously went on record
against admission of Communists
Nazi or Fascist sympathizers.
At a meeting on national unity
and democratic rights" speakers
charged the Roosevelt administra-
ton was seeking to destroy civil
liberties and put America into the
European war.
A third round table group was d.
vlded in its views on United States
aid to Britain and on the question
of providing American food for the
European victims of war.
Speakers at mass meeting to-
morrow night include Senator
Wheeler of Montana. vino will ad.
dress the congress from Washington;
Norman Thomas, Socialist leader
and former Gov. Philip F. La Fol
lette of Wisconsin
Earlier James L. Farmer of Wash.
ington, national co-chairman of the
congress, declared that American
participation in the European wal
would lead to totalitarianism.
Evening star., 1940-12-29
Draft Law Opposed
Al Conference Of
Youth Peace Groul
Speakers at Anti-Wur
Congress Call SeIectivc
Service Undemocrutic
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MADISON, Wis, Dec. 28.-Oppo-
sition to the Selective Service Law
was voiced today by members of
the Youth. Committee Against War
In a round table discussion at its
fourth national Youth Anti-War
Congress.
The congress, made up of young
men and women representing church
farm, labor and school groups, held
preliminary meetings to draw up
resolutions advocating that the Gov
ernment remain at peace and take
no steps to interfere with the demo-
cratic way of life.
Speakers before a meeting on
"conscription" charged the Selective
Service Law was undemocratic. They
included the Rev. John SWomley of
Harrisburg, Pa, who opposed the
law before a Senate committee, and
Stanley Rappeport of Baltimore,
representative of the Young Peo-
pies Socialist League, who was
charged in the Southern District
Court of New York with failure to
register for the draft.
The Credentials Committee of the
congress met late today to consider
whether dozen persons who offered
credentials were authorized to par
Evening star., 1940-12-29
Irregularities Laid
IoLong Regime in lis
Huge Road Program
Report to Gov. Jones Say.
Mony Politicians Involved;
SO Auditors Asked
BY the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE, La, Dec. 3d.
Many financial irregularities in the
huge $500, 900 highway build
ing program launched by the late
Huey Long in 1928 were charged
today in an official report to Gov.
Sam H. Jones, who ordered the in
vestigation.
Jerome A. Hayes. supervisor Of
public funds, and Gov. Jones key
financial adviser, made public the
report dated December 20 In which
he said his preliminary and incom-
plete survey had disclosed many
wide irregularities involving numer-
GUS former politicians, some men,
bers of the present Legislature, and
others.
State Can Claim S650,O00.
He said Louisiana could claim ap-
proximately s650,OO0 in refunds
already on the basis of the incom-
plete audit and asked Gov. Jones
for the services of at least so addi-
tional auditors for complete check
of highway affairs during the ten
ure of Long and the machine that
kept power until last spring, when
Gov. Jones was elected.
The report was considered the
opening gun in Gov. Jones an
nounced program to investigate
thoroughly State affairs under pre-
vious administrations. The last Leg
islature authorized s500,0O0 for this
work.
Mr.. Hayes said an indication of
the extent of the alleged irregu-
larities was given in rich. coastal
La Fourche Parish near New Or
leans, where he said the State had
built roads apparently for the bene-
fit of politically influential persons
and others at cost of $85 ,661 .O3.
Mr.. Hayes said he had directed
his investigation thus far into only
two of the 60-odd contractors doing
business with the Highway Com
mission, but that this test survey
had indicated a complete audit
would pay its cost.
S204,846 Paid to individuals.
The report said the Louisiana Ma
terials, Inc, company showed a net
average annual return to stockhold-
ers of sll3,4 06 on an average an
nual net capital over five years
of 97,60O. The report stated this
company and Albert G. Thomas,
New Orleans contractor. had paid
out s204 ,846.47 to politically inf1u-
entail persons during the period
Mr.. Hayes said Representative Sa-
vote of Assumption Parish, one of
the alleged recipients, had agreed
to repay the State S7,19771, which
Evening star., 1940-12-29

he said he was paid in commits
sions for selling gravel to the High
way Commission.
The report said the Highway Com
mission had paid for much mate
rial which never went into a State
highway, but was used in city or
parish roads, including 1925, ,46S.3
for shells used on New Orleans
streets.
Evening star., 1940-12-29
|Dickstein, Rest Disturbed
Sues Railroad for $4,000

ington the night before and hao
requested to be left alone at least
until 7:30 and had right to occupy
the drawing room until am"
The conductor, he alleged, re-
peatedly knocked on the door. vio-
lently rang the bell, forced" the
Representative to open the door
and threatened to eject him unless
he paid the s170.
The petition added that Dick
stein left his bed, went to a cold
entry hall and paid the money un-
der protest
Mr.. Dickstein said he had been
receiving medical treatment since
then and had been forced to cancel
number of speaking and business
engagements.
Evening star., 1940-12-29
BY the Associated Press.

oS Ilc hoSOCldtcu ILCoh.
NEW YORK, Dec. 28.-A member
of the House of Representatives
who charged that his sleep was dis
turbed when a conductor banged
on the door of his drawing room
and demanded $1.70 extra fare sued
the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
today for $4,000 damages.
The suit was filed in Federal
Court by Representative Dickstein,
New York City DEMOCRAT, who said
the alleged disturbance caused him
humiliation and personal injuries.
According to his petition the
Representative was awakened about
6 am.
Mr.. Dickstein said he had paid
SIS for the drawing room and pas
sage between New York and Wash
Evening star., 1940-12-29
Funeral Rites Tomorrow
For John h. Ryon

bJ IIIb hSSOCIated PreSs.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 2s.-Funeral
services will be held at $50 am.
Monday for John H. Ryan, who re-
tired two years ago as track super
intendent at Pimlico Race Track.
Mr.. Ryan died at his home here
yesterday.
Mr.. Ryan began working at Pimli-
co in 1920, and was well known
among turf fans and race horse
owners.
Evening star., 1940-12-29
Pay Roll Robbers Shot
Kills Head of Firm
BY the Associated Press.

TRENTON, N. j., Dec. %
Samuel Cominsky, president of the
Efcolite Corp, who was shot by a
man who attempted to steal the
company's s1,4OO payroll, died to-
night in a hospital.
Detective Capt Thomas A. Cooney
said George Foulds. jr., 23-year-old
former convict of Trenton, made a
full confession to yesterdays
shooting. Foulds was a former en-
ploye of the electric fixtures firm.
Evening star., 1940-12-29
Police Court Clerks
To Work Hour Lonqer

Beginning tomorrow, the clerical
force at Police Court will be re-
quired to work an hour longer each
day to bring up to date its indices
and other records, Walter F. Bram-
hall, clerk of the court, announced
yesterday.
Until further notice, Mr.. Bramhall
said, the quitting time will be 5 pm
instead of T. The work, he said.
hos fallen a few DAYS behind be-
cause several members of the force
9'e been either on sick or annual
leave
Evening star., 1940-12-29

Loyola in New
York City, will
return to Wash
ington e arly
next month to
assume a new
writing position.
DR.. Nevils, who
left Georgetown
in July of 1885,
relinquished his
duties in New
York a short
while ago and
came here be-
fore the holi-
days for a quiet
roct y,oriol ~
Evening star., 1940-12-29
Salesman Statue Opposed

The plan of Porte Allegro, Brazil
to erect a. monument to the travel
ing salesman has been opposed on
the ground that drummer should
be on the move instead of standing
still in stone.
Evening star., 1940-12-29
DR.. W. coleman Nevis
Coming Here 10 Write
About Missionaries
Former Georgetown
Head Is Authority
On Jesuit History

DR.. w. Coleman Nevis, S. j.,
former president of Georgetown
University who recently retired as
pastor of the Church of st. Ignatius
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24
AIRSH|P OVER
 CITY TOMORROW
Reliance" to Pay Aerial Visit in Advertising Pro-
 motion Feature

The non-rigid airship, "Ren- ance," now making a tour of eleven states, will be a visitor in Water bury tomorrow. Announcement of the ships impending arrival was made today by w.. Hogan & Alen Prescott of Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc, who are sponsoring the air. ships tour.
 Exact hour of the crafts arrival will be determined by local weather conditions, according to Captain Webster Crum, chief pilot of the Reliance" Russell Ctosler, mete- orological expert of the crew, is keeping in constant radio communi- cation with the Department of Commerce weather bureau, and pre- pares daily weather maps, on which each days flight operations are based.
 Travelling with the ship is a ground crew with a portable moor ing mast which moves from city to city by truck. Both the ground crew bus and the dirigible are equipped with two-way radio, en- abling them to communicate with each other as well as the ships base at Bendix, N. J.
 According to the captain, Web- ster Crum, the blimp's skipper, this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24

TamiroR plays a principal role iIl the picture without his customary beard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24
DOUBLE SUICIDE OF SWEETHEARTS
Girl Kills Herself First By Gas-YOuth Runs Car
 Into Wall

Newport, R. l., July 24.-(UP)-A lovers quarrel was blamed today for double suicide in which Edward J. McCann, 26. rammed his auto into a stone wall after learning that Ber- nice Kinds, 19, had taken her life in her auto. The body of Miss Kinds, still clad in the evening dress she had worn to dance with Mo Cam Monday night, was found yes- terday in her garaged car. Re- leased after questioning, McCann went to see the body, then raced his machine down fashionable Bellevue avenue and crashed it into a wall which surrounds the property ot Princess Guido Pignateli on a curve a quarter-mile from swank Bailey's Beach.
 Medical Examiner Samuel Adel- son returned a verdict of double suicide. McCann died of a broken skull and Miss Kinds of carbon monoxide poisoning. McCann, a machinist at the Newport naval torpedo station, made no attempt to turn nor to apply his brakes, po- lice said. The cars motor was driven through the rear seat.
 The machinist said he and the girl found themselves in an ar- gument after he began kidding her" that he had heard she was going out with other fellows" He said he told her he didn't mean it' and thought she had "got over it' before he left her.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24

president; Mary Ranaudo, secretary Laura Sparano, financial secretary; Pasquale Bredice, treasurer; Vincent Mature, manager; Michael Pontel- andolfo, assistant manager, anc Angelo Miro, publicity. K. of l.. Convention
 Waterbury will send large dele. gation to the annual Knights ot Lithuania convention at the Holy Trinity School hall in Hartford August 6, 2, and 8. Among the in- vited guests are Governor Raymond Baldwin and Anna Kaskas, Metro politan Opera star.
 Young Lithuanians between 18 and 30 years old are expected from the states of Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Connecticut.
 Business sessions will be held each of the three days. Rt. Rev. Msgr. John J. Ambot, pastor of Holy Trim ity church, will speak Aug. 6 at 8:30 a. m. He will celebrate Mass for the convention.
 In the evening of the same day there will be a trip to Canton Springs. On the following evening a formal dance will be held at Hotel Bond and Aug. an informal dance at Rockledge Country Club.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24
NO PASSPORTS
 FOR PILGRIMS
Plans for Hartford Dioce- san Peace Visit to Can-
 ada Arranged

Members of the Hartford Dio- cesan Peace Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupre, in Canada, next month will not be required to obtain passports for the trip it was announced last night by Rev. w. Arthur Routhier, leader and spiritual director of the move- ment to the world-famous basilica. Father Routhier was designated for leadership by Most Rev. Maurice J McAuliffe, Bishop of Hartford, who has approved the first Peace Pil- grimage of the diocese.
 The Connecticut travellers will leave Hartford on August 10 and will visit the Shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupre on August IA and IS. Father Routhier's announcement followed receipt of the official rul- ing of R. B. Shipley, chief of the passport division, U. S. Department of State, Washington, D. C., that passports are not now required of American citizens for entry into or return from Canada"
 Father Routhier, pastor of St. Anns Shrine church, 820 Park street, Hartford, also stated that all arrangements for the pilgrim age have been completed by the Catholic Travel League with na- tional headquarters at g Rocka- feller Plaza, New York, under whose auspices the visit to Canada will be conducted. The trip in- cludes three days of cruising on the St. Lawrence and Saguenay rivers and three-day stop at the Chateau Frontenac, in Quebec.
 Reservations for the pilgrimage are being received by Father Rou- thier at his rectory, and at the New York offices of the Catholic Travel League.