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Evening star., 1942-03-29
Stage Enlarged for Event
By Symphony Of ITO

The stage of Constitution Hall is
being enlarged to accommodate the
10 musicians of the Boston SYM
phony who will play there Tuesday
night in 4 benefit concert for the
Russian War Relief, it was an
nounced today.
Serge Koussevitsky, conductor, Is
expected to arrive tomorrow by
plane and the orchestra Is due to
arrive by train At noon Tuesday.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt head
the list of sponsors for the concert.
High-ranking Government ofncials,
diplomats. including Soviet Ambas-
sador and Mrs. Litvinoff, and Army
and Navy officers are expected to
attend.
The program will be opened with
q display Of the flags OF the 26
United Nations accompanied by q
guard of honor. The fife and drum
section of the Marine Band will
take part. Following the playing OF
1.-THE Star Spangled Banner" Dr.
Koussevitsky will conduct the In
ternationale," in an arrangement
made by Aaron Copeland.
The local committee sponsoring
the event Is headed by Mrs. Joseph
Davies, With Mrs. Edwin Watson
ana Mrs. Emory Land as vice chair
men.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Jewish Center Exhibits
Chj|dren's Art Work

The annual exhibition Of the chill
drens art classes Of the Jewish Com
munity Center Will be opened today
In the center library.
Exhibit includes water colors. oil
paintings and ceramics by young
sters of 4 to Is years old. Mrs. Cor
nelia Yuditsky, director Of the
classes, IS in charge Of the exhibit
Acommitee Of young women has
been organized at the center to pro-
vide . counsellor and information
service for war workers.
With the influx of new Govern
ment workers there has been . con-
tinually increasing demand on the
center for information and advice
regarding rooming houses and rec
reational facilities for girls. Crea-
ton Of the new committee Is de-
signed to assist the center staff in
this work.
Tonight the Drama Workshop OF
the center will give the second and
final performance Of Outward
Bound" The curtain goes up at $40
pm.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Farewell Luncheon Held
For Col. Horace Smith

A farewell luncheon was given at
the Army and Navy Club yesterday
honoring Col. Horace B. Smith,
senior White House aide for the
past II years and executive ofiicer
Of the Washington Provisional Bri-
gade.
Col. Smith relinquished his duties
and left yesterday for . new assign
ment In Florida.
Ranking officers attending the
luncheon were Brig. Gen. Albert L
Cox, eomAnding general Of the
Warrington Provisional Brigade and
Brig. Gen. David McCoach, assist
ant chief q engineers, former Dis
trict engineer commissioner.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Koussevitzky viii Hold
Additions Wednesday

Additions Of candidate& for the
school orchestra at the Berkshire
Music Center will be conducted by
DR.. Serge Koussevitzky. conductor
Of the Boston Symphony Orchestra,
at 10 am. Wednesday at Constitu-
ton Hall.
Many members Of the Boston
orchestra are on the faculty at the
music center. Dr.. Koussevitzky also
expects candidates from Baltimore
to attend the additions.
The Boston Symphony, with DR.
Koussevitzky conducting, Is to play
q concert for the benefit Of Russian
relief Tuesday night at Constitution
Hall.
The school Is located at Tangle-
wood. Lenox, Mass.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Naval Reserve Officers
To Hear Col. Macs

Col. Melvin j. Mas. Marine Corps
Reserve and 4 member Of the House
Naval Affairs Committee, will speak
at q meeting Of the Naval Reserve
Omcers' Association at 3 pm. to-
morrow in the Warrington Hotel.
1t. q. H. Harp, president Of the
chapter, has issued . blanket invi-
tation to al Naval Reserve officers
living IN the Warrington area,
whether they are members Of the
association or nct.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Business Groups
Five Associations
Will Meet

Five businessmen's associations
have scheduled meetings during the
coming week. The master plumbers
group will hold . directors meeting
In addition TO its regular business
meeting.
The calendar:
Tuesday.
Columbia Heights-Weekly lunch
con, Shous Cafe, 30T Fourteenth
street NV, noon.
Restaurant Association - Regular
meeting, s Il w Cafeteria, Washing
ton Building, $50 pm.
Master Plumbers-Directors meet
ing, SIT Georgia avenue NV $50
pm.
Wednesday.
Master Plumbers-Regular meet
ing, 7437 Fifteenth street NV
pm.
Thursday.
Northeast-Weekly luncheon, Ats
Colonial Room. s3s Bladensburg
road NE, 1880 pm.
Friday.
Central-Monthly business dinner,
New Colonial Hotel. 7 pm.
Calendar Notes.
Col. Lemuel Bolles will explain the
latest Developments In local black
out regulations at Tuesdays meet
ing Of the Washington Restaurant
Association. George Harmon Of the
War Production Board will discuss
the process by which restaurant op-
orators can get repair parts to main
tain their equipment. and how 10
obtain new equipment when necss-
sary. Allen A. Floyd Of the Once OF
Price Administration Is scheduled
to address the group on the effects OF
sugar rationing On the restaurant
business.
The Master Plumbers Association
will display proposed substitute ma
terials to be used In the plumbing
business as q result Of wartime
shortages, In its meeting Wednes-
day evening.
The monthly business dinner Of
the Central group will be preceded
by q directors meeting. Aboh-
ton Of the Accident Investigation
Unit Of the Traflc Bureau is sched-
uled for discussion ct the regular
meeting, according to Louis !,
Obergh, secretary.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Macarthur Boulevard Area
Lacks Woes, McGhee Says
Civic Unit Chief
Predicts Training
School Change
BY THOMAS G. BUCHANAN.


Curtis z. McGhee was elected
president Of the Conduit Road Citi-
sens' Association last year. Now he's
president Of the Macarthur Boule-
ward Association.
It's the same organization, though
the name has changed. In tribute
TO the skin Of Gen. Macarthur and to
the heroism he and his men have
exemplified in the Philippines, Con-
sress last month ordered the name
Of Conduit road. the arterial high
way serving Northwest Washington,
changed to Macarthur boulevard.
without awaiting the formality Of
President Roosevelt's signature to
the bill, citizens of the association
headed by Mr.. McGhee, promptly
demonstrated their approval Of the
congressional action by remaining
their unit the Macarthur Boulevard
Citizens Association In 4 meeting
held the evening following the Sen
ate's passage Of the measure.
Many people still refer to the street
and the association alike Is Con-
duit road" Mr.. McGhee declares. sx-
planning, I'VE still have to get &C.
c,lstomed to the new name.
But he regards the change aS .
very popular move" and believes 1t
Is only . question Of time before
Macarthur boulevard will become
the familiar and established title.
This is Mr.. McGhee's first term a.
president Of the association, and also
his first year rs delegate to the Fed
Grafton. He has never previously
held ONCE in the group since join
ing Conduit road in 1895, though he
has headed several special commit
tees.
II don't think We have any real
problems" In the Macarthur boule-
ward area. he asserts.
The community has the benefit OF
dual service by bus and streetcaI
lines, and Mr.. Mc0hee says he be.
lieves most Of the citizens In that
neighborhood are satisfied in general
With the transportation afforded.
Personally" he declares. IT think
It's Just about a. good q you car
find anywhere" He notes . "eon-
siderable increase" in car service
during the rush hours.
The organization Of civilian de.
Tense has been kept entirely separ-
ate, he says, from regular civic work
and the association has taken no d.
rect part in It, Walter D. Cunyus
former president Of the association
is deputy afraid warden for the
area.
II think We have q very hne setup
about the best in the city," asserts
Mr.. McGhee.
The husky Macarthur Boulevard
president-he's IS years old, 6 feet 4
and weiehs 225-1avors running the
District government on the most e.
ncient basis possible.
II believe that there is . number
Of little things" he says, that could
be changed"
Typical Of these, he maintains, Il
the present location in q residential
district Of the National Training
School for Girls. II think this should
be changed" he states, "and will be
In the future"
He also advocates reduced fire in.
surance rates in the District to pre-
vent "exorbitant profits" charging
that only 26 per cent Of the prem.
iums collected here during the past
eight years were paid out by loca
IRE insurance companies.
Born In Virginia about 10 milei
south OF Roanoke, Mr.. Ac0he(
moved 70 Warrington Ia 1923. He 1,
malxied and - . District government
! enploye. ;
Evening star., 1942-03-29
3 Trade Board
Committees Meet

Three committee sessions were
announced by the Board Of Trade
for this week.
The Trafnc Committee under
Chairman p. Y. K. Howat meets to-
morrow at 1880 pm. at ODonnells.
and ON Tuesday at 1910 pm. the
Membership Committee under
Chairman Thornton Owen meets In
the board of1ces.
Friday ct 1880 pm. aA the Har.
Yington Hotel Everett 9. Critics
Highways Committee win meet.
Evening star., 1942-03-29

Problem l. Tennis.
However, when 1t came to the
question Of tennis facilities. Mr..
Tennyson painted . gloomy picture.
There are n lot Of tennis players
In this town." he said, and there
have never been enough facilities at
any time. During the last fiscal
year. he pointed out, more than
$1,000 season permits were issued for
tennis players.
The real problem is tennis" Mr..
Tennyson remarked several times.
AL Of the tennis courts under his
department, Mr.. Tennyson said, were
free courts. Pointing to the new
East Potomac courts Of the Welfare
and Recreation Association, Mr..
Tennyson said that from the point
Of view Of paid tennis we are little
better or" The Welfare and Rec
reation Association said 1t had 16
paved courts In the East Potomac
area opened last summer and plans
were being made to finish Is addi-
tional clay courts there.
Asked what newcomers to the city
could still expect to find here in
the recreational line. Mr.. Tennyson
said available facilities-"in limited
quantities s"-included: Cd Softball
(7) baseball, 90 tennis, ~ horse
shoe pitching, t5) rogue. (6) cro-
quet, CD outdoor badminton, and
CO. shufneboard.
In the matter Of baseball. Mr.
Tennyson said that they had not
lost the Ellipse, but that Il have
my fingers crossed. II the Ellipse
is taken over I don't know what we
would do" At present. he added
the hardball picture is not too
dark" and that they will be able to
take care Of Government and indus
trial groups.
Still Seeking Facilities.
Mr.. Tennyson expressed the opin-
ion that visiting soldiers will not
add to the outdoor recreational
problem. He said that he had made
. survey Of nearby military camps
and had found excellent facilitie,
Of their own and that recreation ON.
GERS preferred the soldiers to use
them.
The recreation problem, Mr.. Ten.
nyson said, has been "awfully din.
cult. We lose something today. 1t /.
restored later. Fortunately all oi
this has been during the of sea
son. We haven't stopped looking
yet" he said, referring to facilitie.
for the coming months, because
there is the possibility Of with.
drawals in the future"
Meanwhile, informed sources say
. chance for early passage Of thl
proposed recreation bill by the Sen.
ate, where 1t has been delayed BY
opposition Of several Negro groups
who contended thst 1t legalized "Jin
Crowism." 1t is understood thai
Objectionable language might b<
withdrawn from the measure, which
proposes to set up q seven-membel
recreation board to operate thu
recreational facilities Of the Boart
Of Education. Commissioners ant
the once Of National Capital Parks
Recreational ohicials have helt
the view that passage Of the bill
was essential to any real solution o.
the Districts recreation problem.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Recreation Officials Find
Additional Play Facilities
High School Stadiums, Other Properties
To Replace Withdrawals for Defense;
Wartime Seen Summer Program Aid
BY CAMBRIDGE CRIsT.

Despite Withdrawals Of recreation for defense purposes
definite yesterday
possible
for the Capitals ever-grovng population
ocas point that the property ~ithdavn-whh includes
softba fields of the baseball diamonds
cent Of the tennis courts 80 cent Of the soccer and 2 cent
Generally speaking
said children affected shortage for them being
serious than usual"
aid Of ofncials Of the
nty Departmenwaime and the uthza
so-caled neishborhood citywid
regard assistant director Of
department. permits issued for
permits (And
officials that additional hour
might "
sofbau Most Popular.
Sofba popular sport the standpoint Of team
participation said pointing that there
than 100 Through securing the Of school sadums
said sobal handled well before
not In convenient places stadum will Of
the wide the time and include fields
Central Mckinley Western and woodrow
Wilson, Junior High Hearst Two additional
he said.
addition University Of its
studying the problem aiding the department. but handicapped
colleges through the because Of the
Mr. emphatic in pointing out that neghbohood
socaled CITY, wide until
neghborhood would not be affected"
Evening star., 1942-03-29

Have you bought any Defensa
Bonds this weekf This msnthf
This Year?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-05

The Tirpitz, with strong accompanying force of cruisers, could present a grave menace indeed to the Anglo-American convoy system along the route to Murmansk The mighty battleship, sister ship of the Bismarck which sank the British battle cruiser Hood before it was itself bounded to death, repre- sented formidable challenge to Allied sea power in Arctic waters
 At least before the Tirptz had undertaken to stage lon-ike raid upon an Allied convoy moving to Russias northern port of supply. Some weeks ago British torpeao planes spotted the big battleship moving northward in Norwegian waters and drove it to in fjord at Tondhem.
 Two torpedo hits probably would not sink the vaunted unsuitable Tirpitz Ca claim already belied in the case of the sister shp) but they would not do her any good It is not at all unlikely that the Nazis will have to the vessel to some naval base where drydock facilities are available to repair any extensive underwater damage.
 As long she remains afloat, of course, the Tir- pz has considerable amount of nuisance value to the Nazs With this fast battleship lurking in the fjords of Norway, a constant watch must be kept on her whereabouts, and every convoy from America and England en route to Russa must be accompan- jed by surface craft capable of dealing with squad ron headed by the Trptz' heavy guns
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-05
DAVE GOES INTO ACTION

The way the Sydney Ross Go. swung into action still has Latin America gasping. Corcoran called in his old team from all over the world and secured the lists for every good export man he had ever known.
 In six months, the Latin-Amer- ican organization had tripled. The new trade name "mejoral" became the subject of the biggest American promotion job in Latin American history. n
 Overnight, Sydney Ross became the biggest radio and newspaper advertiser and the biggest sound and movie truck operator in Latin America. For the first time the American Government has Latin American sales" organization com parable to anything the Germans ever had in their commercial con- quesst This organization covers not only the city areas, but follows the trail of famous German peddler and his mule throughout the in teriOr.
 The success of the drive has been phenomenal. Wherever Sydney Ross can get supplies it is already con sistently outselling the Germans and has developed such a fierce com petitive technique that anti-monop- oly cranks in Washington already are more concerned that Sydney Ross will dominate the market than lambasting the Germans.
 All of which causes Dave Cor coran to remark: Monopoly! About the same. kind of monopoly the Marines had at Wake Islandi" Copyright, 1922. by United Feature
 Syndicate, Incl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-05
20 YEARS AGO fTr tyfr EMPIRE
AUGUST 5. 1922

D,
 That the City Council was giving serious thought to filling in Front R. E. definite present o
 celebration the following gymnasium according Chairman the completed the field refreshments to form part of the entertainment.
 the month of according report Chief Police T. E P Keegan.
 Freebrger the Princess Alice the South They visiting Seattle and Portland for the lasts trip reported a good catch
 the Tennis Club in afternoon following Rigg Sperng Kline Hoknson vaile Other matches be played Sunday
 E. H. Skinner o Commission office, southern
  following Oil would immediately begin drilling
 Casna with the twenty guests a three weeks hunting trip
 generally temperature and 2 minimum of 55
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-05
ROMANCE CHANGES CAREER

| At the end of the course, he mar ried his girl and went to work for an Asiatic trading company.
 In the Far East, he became Tokyo manager of General Motors, saw the movement through Japan of the first military trucks for the conquest of Manchukuo, left General Motors to sell American pharmaceuticals for Sterling Products in China, the Philippines, Malaya and India | Later ,Corcoran was lent to Wash ington as president of Chi-4a De- fense Supplies, Inc, of the Lend Lease Corporation, and was the first of the crusaders to get supplies up the Burma Road, to make up for the trucks he had sent into Man churla ten years ago. About this
 time Sterling Products promised the Justice Department to compen- sate for it's previous partnership
 with the Germans by trying to drive the German drug business off the commercial map of ,Latin-America. It seemed an impossible job.
 1 But Sterling fished Dave Corcoran out of its pockets and put him in charge of an economic drive against the key item in the German line
 aspirin, which had been trade marked and advertised in Latin America for nearly 20 years and had a practical monopoly Corcoran had to begin from scratch with new name.
 The Germans had stocks care fully accumulated against the pos- sibility of war Corcoran had to export from the U. s. A., often by air, as submarines handicapped shipping routes. The Germans had solid. 65-year-old organization; Corcoran had only a handful of young Americans.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-05
Justice Is Not Sectional

(New Yolk Tmes)
 Governor Darden of Virginia yesterday took up the painful task of determining whether or not he would commute the death sentence of Odell Waller Negro sharecropper convicted of killing his landlord This is no queston between guilt and inncence, but of a degree of guilt It is not most importantly a question of one mans life. It is question of whe- ther not Pittsylvana County, Va, deprived Odell Waller of his constitutional right impartial trial by jury. He tried by twelve white men, none of them sharecroppers, ten of them landlords Negroes and sharecroppers excluded, not being such but because they had not had the money to pay their poll taxes
 A few Southerners can always be found to argue that constitutional rights south of the Potomac River are no Northerners busness. We disagree. We be- eve that every American ought to be sensitive to the constitutional rghs of every other American matter where he lives. We hope the people of Vir- ginia and other Southern States will raise their voices whenever they think there has been error in justice in let say, New York New Jersey or Connecticut court
 In Walters case, however, a distinguished section of Virginia opinion has appealed to Governor Darden for "an act of mercy" On this notable list are: President John Stewart Bryan of the College of William and Mary; the Rev. Beverley M. Boyd of Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church; Vice President William M Brown of the State Planters Bank and Trust Company: Vrgnilis M Dabney edi- tor of The Richmond Times-D Dispatch; the Right Rev. H St. George Tucker, Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia and Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States; representa- tives of the major labor unions and other leaders in business, the churches and the professions. We do not believe that Governor Daren regards justice as a State sectional matter. He is whose belief in fair play has never been questioned If he did wish to settle this case on the basis of Vir- gnia opinion alone he would still have ample reason to show mercy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-05
Secret Weapons"
Cincinnati Enquirer)

tClncnnatl Enqulrer)
 America and the rest of the democratic world have shuddered Ca httle) every few months Berlin and the other Axis capitals trumpeted threats of new and terrible secret weapons" Only in very small part have these threats materialized. The Nazi and Japanese machines (we will leave the Italians out of i have produced relatively few real secret weapons"
 The British Isles still are waiting for Adolf Hitler to use the ghastly secret weapon with which he promised to overwhelm them two years ago, and there is escaping the conclusion that if the Fueh Ter had such weapon it would have been used long since The Axis forces have produced some marked improvements in existing weapons and have used with conspicuous new adaptations of the old
 The overwhelming of France is widely ascribed to the Stuka-whch itself only advanced model of a plane developed originally in the United States But actually the victory lay in new technique of attack-the close cooperation of dive bombers with ground troops in the manner of artillery the use of masses of tanks, the of small mobile forces operating without aison with their main forces and the development of pioneer corps of engineers to reduce Qualifications scientifically. It the latter rather than any mysterious nerve gas" which cracked the Belgian forts
 The Japanese likewise have shown us more new technique than weapons. Thr versatile Zero fighters merely improvements upon American and British models and their miniature submarines uSeu not very successfully at Pedrl HarDOr-can hardly be classed a weapon
 Now, for change it is we who are talking about secret weapons" It music to most Americans ears to hear the recent announcement by the Chair man of the House Naval Affairs Committee that the Navy wants $3O,O0OOOO flor kind of secret weapon" Even the members of the committee have not been apprised the nature Of this training and weapon, although it is inferred that they have thing to do with improvement of air raid defenses Before World War II is ended it would not be surprising if the United Nations produced more real secret new weapons than has the Axis
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-05
GUNS TURNED AROUND

It is paradoxical that the com mercial instrument through which Corcoran works is a firm that for a time had patent connections with the German drug trust.
 Corcoran's firm, the Sydney Ross Co.,, is subsidiary of Sterling Prod ucts, the biggest drug business in the U. S. A. Its enormous resources, once partially derived from it's re- lationship with the German drug trust, now have been completely reversed and, through Sydney Ross, thrown into an economic war to the death in Latin America. As one Washington official expressed it.: We have boarded the Bismarck and turned her guns around"
 Dave Corcoran, the driving force behind the Latin-American Sydney Ross venture, got to it in round- about way, in fact via Asia. Orig finally he was preparing for a medi- cal career, but girl diverted hiT