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Evening star., 1941-04-13
.corcoran Students
Satirize Paintings
In Biennial Exhibit
Jury Makes Awards
For Best Tuke-offs
Of Prize Winners

Visitors to the 17th Biennial EX-
hibition of Contemporary American
Art in the Corcoran Gallery now
will be able to step into an annex
and see what students of the Cor
coran School of Art think of prize
winners and other works in the
current show.
Walls of the school gallery-a
room in the main Corcoran building
were lined yesterday with take
offs painted by the pupils. and a
board of three judges passed solemn
judgment on the Satiric efforts.
Rubber balloons, carrot, artificial
flowers, a pair of womens stockings
and modelling clay were among the
items used in fashioning the bur-
leSque compositions-in addition TO
the conventional oils and water
colors.
A take-off on Max Weber's Poor
Fishing which won the third w. A..
Clark prize, won first honorS and
$40 for Mrs. Frances Bruton. Miss
Emily Talbot was awarded the $40
second prize for her version of "Por-
trait Of Misses M. and M. de S."
by Franklin c. Watkins. Mr.. Wat
kins was chairman of the jury that
chose the biennial" pictures, ar
ranged their hanging and made the
Clark awards.
Bond Gets Honorable Mention.
pa1Il pnnl'c h,tr1ocn,Ia oF
Hunt" by John Steuart Curry, was
given honorable mention.
The practice of satirizing exhibi-
ton choices began a number of
years ago. when take-offs were
made on pictures hung in shows of
the National Academy of Design.
Burlesques shown in conjunction
with recent Corcoran biennials have
attracted considerable attention
from visitors to the serious exhibi-
tionS.
Judges of the current show were
Robert L. Parsons, assistant di.
rector of the Corcoran Gallery:
Eugene Elderman, cartoonist of the
Washington Post, and S. H. Kauff-
mann. assistant business manager of
The Star.
Open at 9 Tomorrow.
Mrs. Bruton painted the Skeleton
OF a fish to serve as the face of her
hgure. Her work. together with
that Of Miss Talbot. Mr.. Bond and
the other competitors. Will be on
view through May 4. when the
biennial closes.
The C0rcOran Gallery will be
open from 9 am. until 4::3O pm.
tomorrow, and officials expect hun
dleds of out-of-town visitors from
among those here for the cherry
blossoms and opening of the 50th
Continental Congress of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution.
The special Easter Monday hours
represent a departure from the
schedule, which follows:
Sundays, 2 pm. to 6 pm; Mon
days, II noon to 4:30 pm; Tues
days, Wednesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, 9 am. to 4::30 pm: Fri
days, 9 am. to 4:3O pm. and 7:3O
pm. to 10 pm.
A 25-cent admission fee is charged
Mondays and Wednesdays and
during the day Fridays.
Evening star., 1941-04-13
PART FIVE.
Feotures.
Woman Reported Oldest
TripIet in u. S. Dies

Ey the Associated Press.
SOUTH BEND, Ind, April r.
Mrs. Emma Martindale, 78, one Of
three sisters who were reported to
be the oldest set of triplets in the
United States, Is dead at 78.
The surviving sisters are Mrs.
Eunice ZeiderS of OconomoWoc,
Wis, and Mrs. Edith Helsel of Ply
mouth, Ind.
Evening star., 1941-04-13
Shut-Ins Meeting DELAYED

The meeting OF the Association for
the Education of Handicapped and
Shut-in Children, scheduled for
Tuesday night, has been postponed
until the following Tuesday, April
u, at 8 pm. in the Central High
School auditorium, it was announced
yesterday.
Evening star., 1941-04-13
Senator Aiken to Speak

Senator Aiken of Vermont will
speak on Democracy at Work" be-
fore the Monday Evening Club at 8
pm. April 81 at the Y. w. C. A.,
Seventeenth and K streets NV. An
exhibit by the Cooperative League
of Washington will be shown.
Evening star., 1941-04-13
Washington Called New
CopitoI of World

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, April l2.-Wash-
ington was described today as the
new capital of the world" by Charles
J. Henri Daubanton, newly ap-
pointed commercial counselor of the
Netherlands Legation.
Mr.. Daubanton arrived by Clipper
from Buenos Aires, where he had
been commercial counselor to the
Dutch Legation for two years. He
was en- route TO Washington TO as
sumo his new post.
Evening star., 1941-04-13
Weather Report

District Of CombiaParty cloudy with continued mild
Maryland and VhgniaScatered
cloudy central portions mostly cloudy west
tnued mild temperature
vgna-Party cloudy today tomorrow mostly cloudy in ex
mild
Evening star., 1941-04-13

and the necessity of maintaining
the Wagner Act.
Senator Murdock also is MEM
Der of the Committee on Post Offices
and Post Roads and the Committee
on Privileges and Elections.
Evening star., 1941-04-13
Washington ond Vicinity.

Four church properties ordered onto
tax lists by CITY,, Page AS
Senate group to open D. C. suffrage
hearings Wednesday. Page B-1
House group to investigate boarding
house overcrowding. Page B-1
Gov. O1Conor silenLafter getting jai
alai protest. Page B-2
Evening star., 1941-04-13

Forty tons of candy were shipped
recently from Cordoba to Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
Evening star., 1941-04-13
PART TWO.
Editorial and Features.
PART THREE.
PART FOUR.
finonciol.

Business nerves shock proof to war
news. Page Ell
Stocks continue to drift lower,
Page Ell
Weekly stock summary. Page E-2
Vast defense accomplishments
hailed. Page Ell
Spectators find rich harvest in
German bonds. Page Ell
Capital deposits up sharply in
year, Page Ell
CLASSIFIED advertising. Page E-4-l3
Service orders. Page ETA
Vital statistics. Page ETA
Evening star., 1941-04-13
Preeipitaticn,

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital icnrrent month to date):
Evening star., 1941-04-13
Report Until 10 PM. Saturday.

Record Until 10 PM. Saturday.
HiFhest. 20. pm; yesterday, year
ago 80.
ago, 81.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Evening star., 1941-04-13
Notionoi.

Wheeler assails opening Of Red Sea
to U. S. shipping Page Al
Wallace urges increase in defense
production. Page AS
Evening star., 1941-04-13
Readers Guide
ond
News Summary
The Sunday Star, April l3, 194l.
PART ONE.
Foreign.

Rome'S celebration of Easter damp
ened by war. Page "A
Russia rebukes Hungary for inva-
sion of YugoSlavia. Page Al
100 axis cars and tanks wrecked
near Tobruk. Page Al
British report taking 200 bodyguards
of Duke of AoSta. Page A-4
Evening star., 1941-04-13
Highest. 30, on April ]

Tlue IaDles.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-20
Meridian District
Presiding Elder
Receives important
Invitations

Reverend R. L. Yourg Presiding Elder
of the Meridian District has been ex-
tended an invitation by Bishop Jas.
Arthur Ham EFT, Presiding Elder of the
Third Episcopal District of the Colored
Methodist Episcopal Church, to be the
guest preacher in the Tennessee Annual
Conference which convenes next fall in
Nashvi lie, Tennessee. Bishop Hamlet
always arranges his programs at an
early date.
Reverend R. L. Young has been noti-
fled by DR.. B. Julian Smith, General
Secretary of Religious Education of the
Colored Methodist pscopal Church
that he, Reverend Young, had been Sc
lected by the Central Pastors School
Committee as one of the discussion
group leaders for the Ministers Forum
Program Clinic in its session which
viii lbe held at Lame College, Jackson
Tennessee, June "a to July 5th.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-20

NEW YORK, (NNS)- Instances Of
r4cial DISC, mnaton against Negroes
in national defense jobs were brought
to ight this week, when the Natos AZ
Urban League issued Z. rep TT based on
answets to quest onnaire-sutVey ard
Though ether nv stg ons which il
has conducted. The Natiora Urban
League seeks to pace competent Ne
goes :. jcbs and has been conducting
p acement program to imp pve the po--
sbl.t:es FIR Negroes in rational defense
work, TIL League sent quest. or n Tres
to concerns hold g d. Tense contacts tc
elarn thar !ic;es on ring Mcgee
1t mist be borne in mind that not al
concerns Lold ng defense contracts are
guilty ii scr.mir. ton, but tl17e not
gully fms are al too few. Inexcu-
sab d scr rn.naton ag5 inst Negroes s
the s asa. S tuston. A few OF die
ar-wers given were:
l. "E7ave Neg oes as cleaners, helpers
ard delivery men in plant. l h, We peen
this bus .nes for many years md have
never seen q Nego operator in this
line IF ~ Il"
2. Negroes emp Dyed in unskilled
c. paclts
8. at p~ese~t t me, in our employ
&c Neg &C The occupat ons are five
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-20
Announcement

Mrs. A. L. Noble of 1O7 Lynwood
r ad. vi Oldest, 70, kentucky, announ-
ces the eng; cement a n d approaching
marriage Of the.~ neice, M IS Lizzie
Mary P ge, daughter pf Mr.. and Mrs
II Wand Pa &c of Porterville, Miss
to M. Jornie Brown CT Knoxville
Tennessee.
Miss Paige graduated from The Wech-
sler High Stho0l of Meridian, Miss,
Mr.. Brown graduated from Austin
I'ch School of Knoxville, Tenn, and
college at Hampton Institute
Virginia He is now in the Atlanta
Life Insurance Business of Atlanta, Ga
The marriage will be in the home
Of Mrs. A L. Noble, June Is, 1871 al
1O7 Ly.wood Road. Midlesboro, Ky.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-20
Discrimination in Industry viii
Be Discussed at Philadelphia
Youth Gathering, July 3-6th

Edward Strong, Executive Secretary of
the Southern Negro Youth Congress, to-
day urged all Negro youth organizations
to select de egates to the 7th American
Youth Congress to be held in Phila-
delphia, July 3rd through 9Th.
Returning from a trip covering Il
cities from Birmingham to Chicago, Mr.
Strong reported that the Youth Congress
throug ha of its local councils is carry
ing or a strenuous drive to open the
war industries to Negro young people
who are being dened employment
Negro organizations working bgether
with representatives f all youth orga-
nizations in the community will be
successful in breaking down the shame
full discr mination in industry, Mr.
Strong pred cted.
Paul Robson, Wor d-famous baritone
is scheduled to address the opening
meeting of the Youth Congress which
will be held in Phi adelphia's noted
Town Hal on the evening of July 3rd
Employment for Negro young people
S expected to receive special attention
when the more than 800 delegates OF
every race, 90 or and creed assemble fol
the annual Youth Congress meeting.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-20

Meridian
District
Conference

BASSE IELD- Dear Co-Workers: As
District Sunday School Superintendent
Of the Meridian District, as I see oIT
Presiding Elder has scheduled the Dis
trict Conference for July 2, g. and 4th,
take this method of appealing to you
as your Supt of Sunday School. Lets
all come to Collins with a round report
We want every Sunday School in the
District to represent with written
report and a round report. Whatever
the Presiding Elder has asked for, get
busy now and come on. AS for US
Blue Springs is ready now if you don't
believe it ask the Presiding Elder, he
knows. On % Collins.
Your Servant,
V. T. Thompson.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-20
Lightning
SING Ael

LAWRENCE Mrs Sarah Curry is
critically i'll from the result of being
shocked by tightening on June 18th. A
bolt Of tightening struck the top of the
house and went clear across the whole
building. 1t knocked Mrs. Curry speech
less. Her husband, Mr.. Carlton Curry
and two sons were shocked 81 Chilly and
they are doing nicely. Mr.. and Mrs
Carlton Curry and family are closely
related to Mrs. NJ E. Curry:
Reporter.
LAWRENCE This comes to let the
many readers of the Echo know that
the death angel visited the home of
Reverend j. T. Adkins on Tuesday
June 10th and summoned his soul tc
the great beyond. Reverend Adkins had
been in ill health for several months
but not confined to his bed. He was
Continued ON page four)
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-20
7fh American
Nega OGS Barred From
Most Defense Jobs
N.gy.I.. E1n2GS

5anitors one caol lssser, four chefs
and waters and 10 cafeteria workers. .
A. mo particular reason for not en-
ploying Negroes. can get al of our work
done by white people"
Variously concerns stated flatly: NC
Negroes employed"
Is this demo racy?
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-20
Negro Youth Urged o
Attend Meet
Paul Robson Will Open The
MEETING DISCRIMINATION IN INDUSTRY WILL BE
DISCUSSED AT PHILADELPHIA JULY SO

interracial problems. At the 7th Con-
gress closer inter-racia4 cooperation fo1
the common good of all young people
VI be one of the chief aims.
Further information about the 7th A
merican Youth Congress may be OBJ
tanned fir m the American Youth Con-
g~e-s. 230 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-20

abated."
The Youth Corg ress expresses Its
faith that Negro and white young people
working together can solve the pressing
prob ems which confront them, can wipe
out d scrim:natCn and Jim Crow in the
Army and ii dustry and can insure that
the Constitution and the Bill Of Rights
are enforced.
At the Phi ladelphia meeting, repre-
ser tativee of church farm, trade union
student and other youth org nizations
wi map out polio es and a concrete
program for the following year 10 pro-
tect the wef; re of young people in A
merica.
Point ng out that THE American
People despite their viii for peace
have been led to the brink of the shoot
ing stage of World War II. the Youth
Congress stresses the emergency VIII .ch
young people face.
"These problems can and will be
solved by a united generation, the Cell
to the Congress asserts.
The Youth Congress has traditional y
been a medium for the discussion Of
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-20

Any youth organization, whether ma
tional, regiona or local my elect
deleg ties to the meeting.
Sn its Call to the Meeting, the Ameri-
can Youth Congress warns that the Bi J
of Rights is threatened today md that
discrimination against the Negro people
Jim Crow and lynching continue I'M
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-08

Mr.. Thomas was a man Of some matTi-
monial experience. having been first married
TO Linda Lee descendant Of the Lees Of Vir-
ginia. Linda seeded from this union 10
marry Cole Porter, song-writer. Then Mr..
Thomas married his sisters best friend Eliza
beth Finley. but this union did not measure
up to expectations and she cast him off in
favor Of Livingston Beekman Of New
port r. |.
Fun Of tho confidence of p successful
widow. Lucy married Colonel Lvton Grey
Ament who had helped Herbert Hoover feed
Europe at Americas expense after the last
war. This romance got off TO grand start
with a honeymoon in the Summer palace Of
Queen Marie of Rumania at Snaia
But either this gave them decisions Of
grandeur or something incompatible, because
on their return 10 New York. Lucy went right
on for her first trip to Reno.
Lucy testified that her husband had told
her 10 go to he'll. To have said this in the
regular haunts of cafe society would not have
hurt so much, but in a royal palace, the sug-
gested change too abrupt she had
gone TO Nevada instead After receiving her
decree, she threw a memorable party inviting
the Judge, her own attorney and even her ex-
husbands lawyer After settling all legal
financial and social obligations Lucy depart
ed TO marry Lieutenant Commander Charles
a. Ham, Jr. but in three days less than a
year was back in Reno again, shouting the
battle-cry Of freedom.
Because the first venture had turned out
so nicely Lucy had brought her second and
third husbands TO the same minister the Rev.
F, D.. Clark of Towson, Maryland But now
she began to fear that his hand had lost its
cunning in splicing the knot From then
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-08
The Third Princess Eristavi Who Was the
Very Wealthy and Fashionable
Diane lockwood.

about and didn't care They had come for
pleasure, were paying plenty for it and did
not see why they should suffer from public
speaking. Lucy bravely remained standing,
until the orchestra interviewed. Then realiz-
ing what facing the music" means, she sat
down, defeated
Though Prince Eristavis first two wives
are shrouded in mystery, his third is not "a
girl that men forget" She is the strikingly-
beautiful daughter of Mr.. and Mrs George
Otis lockwood, formerly of indianapolis, Paris
and Miami Beach, but recently of Palm Beach
and New York. Their wedding reception in
Paris was attended by all the Who's Who of
the American Colony and most of the Russian
refugees then in Paris. Seven years ago they
were divorced and the Prince went to work
selling jewelry in Palm Beach.
He still working at this line which is
not what it used to be, when Mrs Taller
Carpenter, of Newport and New York invited
him TO her dinner at the Palm Beach Ever
glades Club. 1t was there that Lucy and
the Prince met and at first sight, each knew
that the other 1.-The very next number"
f. o. Hoppe, eminent English photog-
rapher once said that Lucy had the most
beautiful living profile in the world.
Princess Lucy also has a mind Of her own
Taking pity on an unfortunate woman she
gave her a job as maid in her apartment
Later finding her ungrateful and unworthy,
Lucy fired her with the remark:
Il took you out of the gutter and now you
can go back TO it.@
For this the woman sued, asking $3.50 900
damages for SANDER. The jury gave her
six cents.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-08

TO IL. That first one was somewhat unusual.
Judge Raymond Lord, Of Miami. Florida tied
the knot. The bride was given away for the
fifth time by her New York lawyer. John ].
McGinty who went down from New York for
the purpose and would have gone down TO the
bottom Of the sea like his celebrated name
sake. had she so requested
The best man was her Florida lawyer Mr..
J. X Williams
Asked the reason for all this legal atmos-
phere for romantic event, the matrimonial
repeater answered.
Her lawyer is girls best friend"
When this did not seem 20 be entirely con-
vincing she is said 10 have added
The law giveth and the law taketh away.
Blessed be the name of the law
The second ceremony, tentatively slated
for this month"; is to be performed at the Rus
sian Cathedral, in New York City and will
have all the interesting features of Prince
Serge Mdvanis wedding to Barbara Hutton,
in Paris including the celebrated near
browning"
Golden crowns will be almost placed on the
heads of the couple, but withdrawn just in
time, not TO make them responsible for any,
thing that happens in Soviet Georgia.
Lucy's inspiring career began as a poor
working society girl on the stage. appearing
in such hits as up in Mabel's Room" Turn
TO the Right" THE Quaker Girl" and with
George Ariiss on the screen in THE Devil"
and THE Green Goddess"
In 1924 she gave all this up for matri-
mony,
Statistics show That a motorists first acct
dent is usually his worst, especially If 1t kills
him. Lucy said it was her very best, but that
was before she married the Prince. Husband
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-08

True love under
stands everything
but Flora Human
Magraw, being di-
vorced and out Of
love, couldn't under
stand how her ex5
HUSBAND D0u44 ="
like a million dollars
and live in the eXpen-
sive surro u n d / n E s
provided by L y
with out having a
little change in his
pockets to apply on
that promissory note.
In order to clear up
the mystery her law
yer William J. Rapp
brought the bankrupt
de luxe before a ref
cree and asked a lot
of embarrassing ques-
tions as to where he
got the jewelry he
was said to be wear
ing occasionally. Fin
ally the same attor-
ney, McGinty, who
has just given his
client away TO the
Prince, broke up the
scene by saying
Let him ask you
il you ever wear your
wife's tiara"
In 1884, though not
yet a Princess. Lucy
m a q e the princely
gesture of buying
"Deauville." the So
100000 playground of
the rich. az Miami
Beach. Florida. TO
preserve IL for hu-
manity. posterity and
all that. Humanity
was so ungrateful as
TO indict her and
som c others on
charges Of running a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-08

on she had it done elsewhere
1t seemed like a good idea at first because
the next one lasted much longer. The hus-
band was the tall and quite satisfactory
Magraw, with whom Lucy had lot of first
page adventures besides the head-shaving
idyll.
The fourth matrimonial inning opened
somewhat inauspciously, with a suit by his
previously divorced wife. Flora Human
Magraw to make him pay promissory note
for $4,000, but William declared himself
bankrupt which Lucy said didn't matter, be-
cause she hadn't married him for money any
how Certainly Magraw was an obligng
considerate husband. permitting everyone to
call his wife Mrs, Thomas because that
first one had been the weathiest and all
around best of any Of her husbands up TO
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-08

No. / was Edward
Russell Thomas, very
wealthy publisher Of
the old New York
Morning Telegraph.
Mr.. Thomas died in
1926, leaving her
with one daughter,
Lucetta. and dover
rights which brought
her S1,099, 600, not
counting real estate,
jewelry and golden
dinner service. When
l. u C G tia now is,
becomes Of age. she
will come into a
lump sum, Of $27,-
600, 900
Meanwhile she has
TO pinch along on a
pittance Of $50. 900 a
year income. sharing
with Brenda Frazier
and Gloria Wander
bilt the distinction Of
being the wealthiest.
infants v nos, : -,
tates are supervised
by Surrogate Foley
of New York City.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-08
If at First
N0uD0n't Succeed
Try, TRYAGAINl
//IF AT first you don't succeed, try. try

again.!
Little Lucy Cotton, poor but honest
society girl, must have believed this copybook
maxim applied TO matrimony because now, at
the age Of 48. Princess Lucy Cotton Thomas
Ament- -Magraw Eristavi is just trying
her fifth husband.
Also, If there Is any truth in that other
copybook assurance. Practice makes perfect"
the Prince has married one of the most nearly
perfect wives in the world
Though this is only the fourth try for him.
the Prince ought to be almost as skilled be-
cause he was theoretically almost perfect even
before he married the first time Prince
a q m r ErstaVi- TChitcherine graduated
with the same degree of Prince from the same
famous matrimonial charm school as did the
marrying Mdivanis," of Georgia Russia
Some people have suggested that Prince
Eristavi would funk Civil Service examina-
ton on how 10 be happy though married, be-
cause he seems TO have forgotten even the
names Of his first two wives That criticism
shows how little people know The ideal hus-
band should forget all but his present wife
This spouse -amnesia does not cover his third
and just previous one
But that is because the former Princess
Diane Eristavi is an American. still beautiful
and much in the public eye
Nobody can deny that Princess Lucy has
tried hard. For instance, what other wife
would have shaved her head as bald as an egg,
just 10 please her own husband Of the mo-
ment?
That much-obliged gentleman was William
NJ Magraw, artist and newspaper man. II
seems that during his incumbency streaks of
gray appeared in Mrs Magraw's lovely red
hair so Lucy corrected IL with dye.
The trouble with dyeing is that the hair,
though growing right on top OF the brain
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-08

away from humanity and
leased it to Bernarr Macfadden.
Another memorable event which also back
fired on her was the famous 500 gold plate
dinner given in 1886 at the fabulously ex-
pensive Casino in New Yorks Central Park
Lucy invited guests to eat from her solid
gold plates given by her first husband. For
this privilege they were TO pay only 500
each and the money to go to President
Roosevelts fund to fight infantile paralysis
Sad to relate nobody turned up except
husband Magraw who, having declared him
self bankrupt, could hardly have been a
cash customer for his wife To add insult TO
injury, young man not dressed in the proper
evening clothes at all, rushed up and handed
Lucy something. II was a summons and
complaint from an artist who claimed that
Lucy owed him $1,960 for portrait of the
President
However, Lucy did not consider the costly
evening total loss yet Surrounding her
table were those occupied by ordinary guests
of the place She saw no reason why she
should not make to them the speech care
fully prepared for the occasion. Arising