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thors theme makes that inevitable.
Little people, he says, can only fight
with their spirit when they have no
arms, they can only be proud and
stubborn and scornful of the in
vader. 1t is all very true, but being
proud and stubborn and scornful are
not the essence of action, which
even the most eloquent dramatist
has always found indispensable.
There is little for the cast to do
but talk. That was not made the
easier for the players last night by
the fact that the company manager,
Harry Benson, stepped into the vital
part of Mayor Orden in lieu of Ber-
nard Randall, i'll with laryngitis.
Mr.. Benson did his best, but that
left the part underdone, to the dis
advantage of Mr. Nagel's sensitive
Nazi colonel, and the others as we'll,
From top to bottom. the company
compares unfavorably with that
which once had, in addition to
Kruger, Ralph Morgan. Whitford
Kane, Leona Powers and others of
higher polish. The two originals in
their original parts are Maria Palm
er, who seemed little confused
by her new companions, and E. j.
Ballantine as the sniveling quisling,
a little but nightly imperturbable
man who plays The Moon Is Down
as if it were the greatest play ever
written.
That does not change the fact
that it positively is not.
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stage hit. THE Farmer Takes a
Wife" sent him to Hollywood. . :.
Lucille Ball-Born Butte. Mont, Au-
gust 6, 1911; public school education
in jamestown. N. Y Married to
Desi Arnaz, Cuban musical comedy
star, also in pictures.
"The Talk of the Town''-Three-
star cast, with roles of about equal
Importance falling to Cary Grant,
Jean Arthur and Ronald Colman,
-. But all hands. including Director
George Stevens, got out OF this
touchy situation unscathed In
fact, not one harsh word was heard.
Pajamas worn by Miss Arthur
through much of show would fit
Colman better . Garment was
made up especially for her-to Col
mans measurements . With re-
lease of this film, girl who has made
more close-ups through years than
any glamour star-the Columbia
trade mark goddess. emblem of
some 50-odd features yearly-had
screen footage clipped from IA sec
onds to 10 This brings about
neat saving in film stock.
Pack of bloodhounds chasing
Grant through woods had minds not
on actor. but on alluring scent pro-
vided by odorous raccoon named
Adolph :. He's quarry in all movie
bloodhound chases =. Like stuffed
rabbit at dog races, Adolph never
gets caught-nor do bloodhounds
lose interest =. Rainstorm Grant
sloshes through on way to refuge at
jeans house is new rain all right
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kame token in its continued dislike
of The Moon Is Down" this depart
ment is Just as stubborn. True, the
plsv has been doctored since 1t was
viewed last spring in Baltimore,
The fact remains, however, that not
all the changes in the cast, the
structure or the infection have been
able to give it dramatic vitality. NOR
have they given it movement, or
made it less vague and dlscurslVe'
In fact, they have done nothing 10
naodifv the conviction that Stein
heck wasted a fine talent to write a
very bad play.
s From the terse reporter who wrote
sd factually and with such dramatic
force in "Of Mice and Men" ana
aIhe Grapes of Wrath" Stelnbeck
has become vague and verbose
philosopher in THE Moon Is Down.
What he has to say--that herdsmen
win battles and freemen win wars
eyerv citizen of democracy can hear
with hope. His method OF saving
1t. however. creates the lndehoie
impression that he is no longer MS
old arriculate self, that he is merely
one more playwright mumbllng
amid The confusion of the world.
Mr.. Steinbeck, who could call a
shade a spade with an almost un-
eun1aled forthrightness in his bflght
nast Goes not even identity the
neoples of his play on this occasion.
They are the representatives OF Two
nhilospohies, one totalitarlan, the
other democratic. He cannot OBJECT
OF course, if audiences identity them
instantly as Germans and NOR
wegians, respectively. i,
And he certainly will not OBJECT
Il they find the people Of THE Moon
Is Down" attractive. They are that,
fnr the most part, even the villains,
TO the disadvantage OF the play.
There is a warmth in Stelnbeck ana
an enormous humanity. 1t Is MS
play's greatest grace and appeal
that it's people are warm and human
In these qualities, they stimulate
ahveness despite the fact that they
never develop beyond their startlng
points and spend most of their time
in verbal dalliance.
There are many signs that d.
rector Chester Erskine has sought TO
eliminate some of the defects OF the
play as it opened in the spring. Su-
perfcially, he has toughened up his
Nazi officer, the colonel in COM
mand of the occupying army. The
man resembles a Nazi C. o. more
than when Otto Kruger played him
In the spring, but he still bears a
closer resemblance to a character
escaped from Journeys End" than
a colonel indoctrinated by the par
anoiac of Berlin and Berchtesgaden
There has been an effort, too, tc
create an impression of movement
to more than intimate the events
which stimulate the endless talk
but The Moon Is Down remains
more debate than play. The au'
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. original yarn designated.
Picture unfolds on some so sets,
ranging from little Pinks' dingy
basement apartment to lavish Flor
ida night club. Latter proved
one of most pretentious cafe sets
ever constructed in Hollywood and
came under wire matter of hours
before Governments $4,000 ceiling
on sets was established. 1t will
be left standing for rentals to other
studios. Other familiar back
grounds duplicated were interiors
and exteriors of Lindy's, popular
Broadway cafe; Sportsman's Grill
and Canary Club.
Spending 80 per cent of picture in
wheel chair was no new experience
for Lucille Ball. :. When she was
II and a New York model, Lucille
was told she would never walk again
following back-injuring automobile
accident. Faithful attention to
instructions put her on feet after
more than three years as invalid. -.
Huge quantities of food consumed
during production. For that eat
ing contest three 18-pound turkeys,
twelve 5-pound fish, four gallons
mashed potatoes, four gallons of
peas, two gallons of gravy and pom
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Lure of the Stage
Shown in Comedy
At Cross Roads

That there are trials and pitfalls
of seemingly unsurmountable degree
facing all young and Jealous aspir-
ants to the fame of Broadway has
become proposition long and faith
fully evident as a theme for his
tronic production. But more clever
adaptation of the familiar circum-
stances than "Out of the Frying
Pan" which opened last night at
the Cross Roads Theater, can hard
ly be imagined.
For it's characterizat ton of the Don
Swami comedy, which concerns the
life of six would-be players of the
theater, three of each sex, who have
banded together in one apartment
'for economic reasons" the barn
group has called upon the younger
of its personnel. The practice might
we'll be repeated. Chief among the
tribulations of the hopeful six are
Woeful lack of funds, and an equally
woeful landlady. the Turing to their
rooms of a producer who resides in
the apartment below them. and the
presence of Mr.. Coburn, father OF
the youngest of them.
The bonds of convential Boston
life, they think, would somewhat
limit Mr.. Coburn's understanding of
his daughter Dottie's life in mixed
company. So it Is decided that In
his presence there will appear only
the female three.
C fon fat rnf
the troupe who is beyond discour-
agement at their plight, Wayne
Lccklin distinguishes himself in the
same lucid manner that has en-
abled him to dominate the few other
scenes he has played at the Virginia
barn this season. When George
inadvertently saunters into the
apartment, unaware of the presence
of Mr.. Coburn, and makes prepara-
tions for his bath, he is forced to
assume the guise of an escaped
lunatic, and the best scene of the
comedy is provided.
Ann Putnam also performs ad-
mirably in the role Of the lovely
though not overly intelligent Dottie
| 1llC duIloSt lllCFltdOiA1oy vi loAAldllCe
resulting from the circumstances
presented emerges in the secret
marriage of Tony and Marge, and ir
the starry-eyed love OF Dottie fol
Norman, who chiefly is responsible
for what order exists in the life o1
the six.
Accepting the possibility Of the
circumstances Of the comedy, an a
least plausible unweaving Of entan
clements of the plot affords pleasan
relief from the explosive explana
tions ending so many comedies o
the type.
Principal participants not hereto
fore mentioned in the Cross Road
ers' most enjoyable presentation
this far include Warner Schreine
as Norman, Alan Blaine and Mar
garet Day as Tony and Marge
Nancy Lee Wheelehan as Murie
schoolgirl friends of Dottie; Cor
nelius T. Frizell as Mr.. Kenny, tn
= producer who is also engaged in tn
preparation of a cookbook; Lelan
: DeWel as Mr.. Coburn and Regin
) Shigo in the role of the simple, an
q unpaid landlady. G. D. B.
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evoked. he has kept the play alive
with cne hand while figuratively
tlaumbing his nose at the critics
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China Lifeline
Subject for Film

Paramount will be the first to
tell in screen form the heroic story
of Americas lifeline through the
skies to China in Night Plane
From Chunking," which will star
Ellen Drew, Robert Preston and
Albert Decker.
The story by Lester Cole will!
center about the brave pilots who
transport tanks, huge guns. shells.
medical supplies and food over the
loftiest Himalayan peaks to supply
our Chimes allies.
This will be Walter MacEwen's S
first production for Paramount.
Ralph Murphy, who directed Mrs.
Wigs of the Cabbage Patch" will
direct.
Miss Drew's husband, Maj Sy
Bartlett, is aide to Maj. Gen. Car
w. Spaatz, head OF American all
forces in Europe, while Preston and
Decker recently gave performances
in Wake Island"
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barber shop" chords from Sweet
Adeline," Grants big snoring
scene, when his nocturnal wood
savings are thought by Colman to
be from Miss Arthur. required serv-
ices of "snore-in." vocal double who
could snore right on cue.
wake Island d"-historic real life
story, based on official Marine Corps
(see HEFFERNAN, Page A-13)
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ADJUSTMENTS.
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but with cloudburst sound borrowed
from studios previous only Angels
Have Wings"-and from scene in
which Mr. Grant was sloshing
through rain to be with Miss Arthur,
It's conceded to be best rain
storm sound ever recorded.
Pictures background musical score
contains five interrelated themes.
Beard shaving theme is most
novel in content, since it contains
stirring passage from Wagner's
"Tannhauser," high lighted by some
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with the other.
Last night, with
an almost en-
tirely new cast
headed by Con-
rad Nagel, his
current repre-
sentatives, How
ard Productions,
brought IT h e
Moon Is Dow"
to the National
to open the
1913 season.
That Mr.. Serlln
Is a stubborn
man.
Al / l. -
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derous assortment of tidbits were

derous assortment of tidbits we're
provided by R-K-O's commissary.
Starry close-ups: Fonda-Born
Grand Island. Nebr., May Is, 1908.
Divorced from Margaret SULLIVAN;
married Frances Brokaw, has three
children. Educated University of
Minnesota. From Community Play
ers in Omaha he went on to little
theater" groups in East. First big
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RunvOn Bows as Producer
In FOnda>Ball Picture
Feminine Star Plays Most of Role
AS Wheel Chair Bound Invalid,
AS She Once Did in Reality
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
Sideliphts on new films.


chronicer of life,
here of movie production for first time It's
and plays almost role in wheel
goes death-jlst
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The Moon Is Down Opens
National Theater Season
Changes of Cast and Play Structure
Have Given Steinbeck Drama
No Increase in Vitality
By JAY CARMODY.

the play opened Baltimore last March Producer oscar
majority of critics that The Moon Is
Down woefuly from the
Serln about 1t? Well
chase bv the movies debate
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THE MOON IS DOWN" drama by
John Steinbeck, presented by Howard Pro.
ductions. starring Conrad Nagel directed
by Chester Erskne. with settings by How
ard Bay. At the National.
Evening star., 1942-01-07
Weddings
Recently
Announced
Miss Ruby Jones
And J. William Lee
Are Married

The marriage OF Miss Ruby Mae
ZONES. daughter Of Mrs. Madge n
Jones and the late Mr.. Horace H.
Jones, to Mr.. j. William Lee, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Lee, TOOK
place last night at 8 o'clock IN the
house recently purchased by the
bride and bridegroom in lndlan
Spring Village, Md. The Rev.
Bernard Braskamp, pastor OF the
Gunton-Temple Memorial Cnurcn'
of1iciated, assisted by the Rev. Her
bert Garner of the Sixth Presoy-
terian Church.
American beauty roses were MN
eled with palms and ferns to form
the effective background for the
candlelit ceremony.
The bride was given In marriage
bv her brother, Mr.. Harold H. Jones'
and wore an ivory satin gown WIN
a long. sweeping train. Her fnger.
tip veil was held by coronet oi
pearl orange blossoms, and she car,
ried a bouquet of white roses ana
lilies of the valley.
Miss Marion Lee, sister OF the
bridegroom, was the maid OF honor
wearing a rose color dress and car
rying an arm bouquet of Amerl-
can beauty roses. Mr.. Charles
Gordon Rouse, cousin of the BRIDE
groom, acted as best man.
At the reception which followed
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee were assisted by
their mothers. Mrs. Jones wore a
periwinkle blue taf1eta gown. and
the bridegroom's mother was IN
aouamarine. Both wore corsages OF
tea roses.
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Capital Hosts
Dinners

The Chief Justice and Mrs. Har-
Ian Fiske Stone were honor guests
at the dinner given last evening by
Representative and Mrs. Charles
S. Dewey in their home on Capitol
Hill. The hosts son and daughter
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S.
Dewey, jr.. came from their home
in Far Hills, N. j., for the party.
Mrs. George T. Marye was another
dinner hostess yesterday. Her party,
held at the 1925 F Street Club, was
in honor of her daughter, Mrs.
Marye Thomas, who arrived Sum-
day. She will leave soon to revisit
New York before returning to her
ranch at Reno, New.
The Commercial Secretary of the
Netherlands Legation and Nine.
Riemans were hosts at cocktails
yesterday afternoon in their Cres-
cent place home. The party cele-
brated DR.. Riemens' promotion to
the rank of consul at the Legation,
and the Minister and Nine. Loudon
headed the list of guests, mostly
members of the staff.
Nine. Riemens wore a street.
length dress of tailored black, orna-
mented with green flowers, and she
and her husband received their
guests informally. Among those
present were the commander of
the Netherlands Legion in Canada,
Mai. G. j. Sas, and the manager OF
the Netherlands Chamber Of Com
merce in New York, DR.. Edward Won
Sahler.
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Miss Burroughs
Becomes Bride =

Mr.. and Mrs. Norman n. Bur-
roughs announce the marriage Of
their daughter, Miss S. La Verne
Burroughs, to Mr.. Robert w. Hurley,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Hurley
Of Silver Spring, Md. The wedding,
originally set for December %, took
place Sunday, December IA, In the
chapel of st. Marks Methodist
Church in Atlanta, Ga. The Rev.
Edward Elliott, associate pastor Of
the church, officiated In the pres
ence Of intimate friends OF the
bride and bridegroom.
Mr.. Hurley is stationed at the
Naval Reserve aviation base In At
lanta and the change in the we'd
ding plans was necessitated because
Of the national emergency.
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Mrs. Roosevelt Joins
Patronesses' Group
For Sheean Lecture

Mrs Roosevelt has accepted the
invitation of Mrs James L. Hough-
telling to be a patrOneSS for the lee
ture on The War in the Far East" "
which Vincent Sheean will give at
the Shoreham Hotel Saturday aft
ernoon, January "a, under sponsor
ship of the Bryn Mawr Club Of
Washington.
Other patronesses for the benefit,
proceeds from which will 60 to the
Bryn Mawr College scholarship
fund, include Mrs. Henry A. Wallace,
Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone, Nine.
Espil, Nine. Loudon, Nine. Brugg-
mann, Mrs. Stanley F. Reed, Mrs.
Henry Morgenthau, jr.; Mrs. Sum-
ner Welles, Mrs. Philip Fleming, the
Misses Ida and Pauletta Guffey
Mrs. Alan G. Kirk, Mrs Donald c.
Bingham, Mrs. Edward B. Burling
and Mrs. William Mckee Dunn.
Also Princess Boncompagni. Mrs
Henry Parsons Erwin, Mrs. Samue
H. Kauffmarn. Mrs. Walter Lipp-
mann, Mrs. Demarest Lloyd, Mrs
Armistead Peter, jr.; Mrs. Bruce D
Smith, Mrs. Huston Thompson, Mrs
Walter r. Tuckerman and Miss Ma
bel B. Turner.
Several of the patronesses are
Bryn Mawr alumnae. others have
daughters who are undergraduates
and all are working to fill the large
ballroom for the lecture in order
that the local club may award 1t;
annual scholarship to District stu
dent who will need this fund more
than ever during wartime.
Mrs. Houghteling. the former
Laura Delano, q Bryn Mawr gradu-
ate, is chairman of the Patroness
Committee, working with Mrs. Don
aid C. Blaisdell, executive chairman
and other club officers and members
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Diplomats Flv Here

The Minister of Foreign Affairs
for Ecuador. Senor Julius Tobar
Donoso, accompanied by the Coun-
selor of the Ecuador Embassy, Senor
DR.. Eduardo Salazar, arrived by
plane this morning for a two-day
stay. Senor Salazar has been in
Ecuador on leave and for business
with the Foreign Office and, with
Senor Tobar Donoso. is en- route to
the Pan-American Conference in Rio
de Janeiro where the latter will be
chief Of the Ecuador delegation.
Evening star., 1942-01-07
Pergler Cites
Axis Blunder
To Sorority
Kappa Beta Pi
Unit Hears Dean
OF Law of N. u.

"The assumption by Germany
and Japan that the United States
can be forced to accept peace terms
short Of victory is perhaps the most
colossal blunder Of recorded history.
and shows how utterly ignorant OF
American psychology are the Axis
partners" DR.. Charles Pergler. dean
of the law school Of National Uni
versity, declared last night.
DR.. Pergler, who was at one time
Minister to Japan from Czecho-
Slovakia, addressed Eta Alumnae
Chapter OF Kappa Beta Pi, Inter-
national Legal Sorority, at the May
flower Hotel.
Asserting that the Axis cannot
win this war IF we but remain
steadfast, determined and unyield-
ing" DR.. Pergler continued: From
that point of view. the assault upon
the United States by the unholy
trinity of Germany, italy and Japan
in suicidal. Whatever the back
ground of the treacherous Japa-
nese attack, it must be based among
other things upon the assumption
that in the end the United States
will accept such peace terms as
Japan may dictate one way or an
other. The same thought applies
to Germany"
Warns Against Any Desire
For Compromise Peace.
While he expressed the conviction
that the disloyal and the defeatists
are the exceptionseamong American
citizens, DR.. Pergler warned, how
ever, against form OF 'uncon-
scious defeatism which, should 1t
become fairly general, would present
a danger that could hamper con-
siderably our war effort"
He cautioned especially against
any unconscious desire for negotl-
ated or compromise peace to avoid
the sacrifices called for by an all
out war effort.
mo amount of sacrifices in the
economic and financial field can ruin
the country" he declared. "As a
practical matter" he continued, the
lot of the states and nations which
for practical reasons have SUD
mitted to the conqueror without
struggle is not better than II they
had fought, and morally Is worse
than 1t would have been II they had
been overwhelmed by force"
DR.. Pergler, pointing out that jap
A1ese PSYCHOLOGY is radically dif-
ferent from ours, remarked: An
able Filipino lawyer said to me the
other day that the only way to
understand the Japanese Is 1ntel1-
gently to misunderstood them.
Combine Savagery With
Scientific Equipment.
He pointed to instances OF what
be called tribal point Of view" In
both Japan and Germany, and con-
tinued: THE very scientific attain
ments of the Germans and their
adoption by the Japanese make them
more dangerous and complicate and
confuse the problem Of insuring
peace. We are confronted with
savagery plus scientific equipment
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Betsy Hightower
Engaged to Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Hightower
OF Arlington, Va, announce the
engagement Of their daughter, Miss
Betsy Meredith Hightower, to Mr..
Fred E. Little, jr., son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Little of Wilmington, N. c.
Miss Hightower Is q student OF
Arlington Hall.
Mr.. Little will graduate this month
from Davidson College. North
Carolina, and is a member OF
Kappa Alpha Fraternity.
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Mrs. Arthur Grenfell
To Be Feted at Tea
Next Wednesday

Mrs. Arthur Grenfell Of London, .
member Of the Executive Committee
Of the Worlds Y. w. G. A., will be
the honor guest at a tea next We'd
nesday to be given by Mrs. Harlan
Fisk Stone, Mrs. Wilbur j. Carr and
Mrs. Edwin b. Parker at Mrs.
Parker's home, 2001 Twenty-fourth
street NV. The honor guest will
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speak at pm. while the tea will be
held from 4:30 to pm.
Mrs. Grenfell, who heads the
Y. w. G. A. Of Great Britain, Will
attend a meeting Of the Executive
Committee Of the Worlds Y. w. G. A.
from Saturday through Tuesday at
the Dodge Hotel. She will be a guest
OF Lady Halifax while in Washing
ton.
Before coming here she had been
visiting associations in Canada ana
conferring with the National Coun-
Gil of the Canadian Y. w. G. A.
Her daughter. Countess Walde-
grave, will accompany her here.
Evening star., 1942-01-07
Miss Stirling Leaves
TO Make Bow at
St. Cecilia Ball

Mrs. William Calhoun Stirling and
her debutante daughter. Miss Mar
gheritta Stirling, left this morning
for Charleston, s. G. They were
accompanied by Mr.. Robert Parsons,
who will be Miss Strings escort
when she makes her bow tomorrow
night at the St. Cecilia ball.
While in Chal>>5ton Mrs. Stirling
and her daughter will be the guests
of the formers brother and sister,
in-law, 1t. Comdr. and Mrs. Edwin
H. Tillman. They will return to
Washington Sunday.
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Daughters of 1872
To Hold Jubilee
Fete Tomorrow

The District of Columbia Society,
Daughters Of 1912, will celebrate its
golden anniversary at q reception
tomorrow at national headquarters
on Rhode Island avenue NV.
Mrs. Albion wilkins Tuck, the
State president, will be assisted IN
receiving by Frank B. Steele. Dis
trict president Of the Society OF the
War of 1872.
Work Of the organization will be
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reviewed during the program, which
will include an address on Andrew
jackson and musical selections.
Mrs. Harry L. Richardson is chair
man Of arrangements. while group
of past presidents who will have
charge In the dining room include
Mrs. Noble Newport Potts, Mrs. Elma
Ray Saul and Mrs. Lane Schofield.
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Nurses to Meet

The Archdiocesan Council OF
Catholic Professional Nurses OF
Washington will meet at 8 pm. to-
morrow in the auditorium of the
Nurses Home, Providence Hospital.
Second and D streets Sc. Members
are asked to bring nurses eligible
for council membership to the ses-
zion.
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Miss Marie Owens
Bride Of Ensign Davis.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Carter NC
Calmont announce the marriage OF
the latter's daughter, Miss Marie
Kennedy Owens, to Ensign Wallace
Stanley Davis, U. S. N. r.. son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Stanley Davis
Of New York City. The ceremony
took place December 26 in the
chapel Of the Naval Academy at
Annapolis.
The bride is the granddaughter
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Alan
Ogilvie Clephane of this city. The
bridegroom was graduated from the
Naval Academy and is on duty at
the Naval Training School at New
port, where he and his bride will
live.
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Q dinner meeting Of the business
and professional section of the
Women's City Club at $50 pm. to-
morrow at the clubhouse, 736 jack
son place NV.
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WOmen's City Club

Mrs. May Thompson Evans, chief
of the consumer relations section Of
the consumer division Of the once
of Price Administration, will address
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Weapons for Food

Germany plans to ship war ma
terials to Turkey in exchange for
minerals and agricultural prod
ucts.