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Evening star., 1943-09-05
McCarran 10 Receive
Doctor Of Laws Degree
AT 6. U. Sunday

Georgetown University commence.
fnent honors will be conferred mex
Sunday on Chairman McCarran O
the Senate District Committee. anc
DR.. Hugh j. Fegan, dean of the
Georgetown Law School.
The Very Rev. Lawrence c. Cor.
man, S. j., president, said last night
that Senator McCarran would de.
liver the address to the graduating
class at 3 pm. in CASTOR Hall. The
two honor guests of the commence
ment are to be awarded honorary
doctor of law degrees.
Graduates from the college. law
and foreign service schools are to
receive degrees at the exercises
Seniors of the medical and dental
schools will not graduate until next
December.
One-day Commencement.
With wartime restrictions on
travel, the commencement activities
are to be limited to the one day.
Baccalaureate services will be held
at 10:30 am. in Dahlgren Chapel.
The preacher, Georgetown gradu-
ate OF 1929, will be Capt. Paul A.
McDonough, chaplain with the
Army Air Forces at Rome, N. Y.
Senator McCarran, a prominent
Catholic layman, is a graduate of
the University of Nevada and a
lawyer, being member of the bar
OF the United States Supreme Court.
From 1913 to 1916, he served as as
sociate justice and chief Justice of
the Nevada Supreme Court. He
also is former vice president of
the American Bar Association.
A chairman of the Senate District
Committee, he has sponsored much
local legislation. He also is a lead
ing proponent of a unified air force
and was one of the sponsors of the
law creating the Civil Aeronautics
Commission.
Few Georgetown men are better
known in Washington than DR.. Fe-
gan. who succeeded to the dean
ship OF the law school upon the
retirement of George E. Hamilton
last June. DR.. Fegan holds several
academic degrees from its college
and law school.
He recently spent year of study
at Oxford University in England
He Is prominent in the Association
OF American Law Schools, the
American Institute of Law and the
american Bar Association. A mem
Der OF the law faculty for 80 years.
he served long while as assistant
dean. He was born in Washington.
Evening star., 1943-09-05

tional Clearing House Committee,
which is organizing committees in
every town to put community pres
sure behind the efforts of Selective
Services unemployment committees
men and USES placement officials;
the Committee on Economic Devel-
opment, which is trying to figure out
methods of putting 55, ,000, 900 people
to work after the war, and organized
business and labor.
Thousands of persons already are
involved in the armed forces to in-
dustry transition. The all-volun.
teer group of unemployment COM
mitteemen alone now totals 1900.
Interviewers for the Veterans EN-
ployment Service are now in every
Navy hospital and soon will be in
all Army hospitals.
To take care of the postwar load,
Selective Service is ready to expand
its force of unemployment commits
teemen to 10000 If necessary
twice as many men as are now
serving with draft boards in all
capacities under presidential ap-
pointment.
Expansion Planned.
The plans of the Veterans Ern-
ployment Service, too, contemplate
a terrific expansion-although much
Of this will be accomplished by
using USES personnel now busy
with war plant recruiting.
Every day more of the men and
women discharged from the armed
forces are coming into contact with
one or another of the interested
agencies. The steps that are now
being taken are to fill the gaps in
this service to exservicemen.
Tomorrow: What the serpice-
men tDdnt after the War.
Evening star., 1943-09-05
Back From the Wors
Flyer Treasures German Bullet
That Got Him OFF Tunisiu
1t. J. H. ToyIor
Is Recovering
At Walter Reed

In suitcase alongside a bed in
one of the officers wards at Walter
Reed Hospital Is a piece of metal
valued highly by its owner.
The latter has other bits of metal
as well, more precious in value,
which the hands of skilled crafts
men have labored to perfect. And
two of these, the Air Medal and the
Purple Heart. have been accompan-
led by solemnly- -worded citations
signed by dignitaries of the highest
rank.
But the first has earned for itself
a particular place ip its owners
heart. 1t is the German 30-calibre
bullet which hit 1t. James H. Taylor
twice. His companions in one of the
Mitchell bombers which surprised
and wiped out formation of big
Junker troop carriers over the
Mediterranean, recovered the bullet,
which fell spent into the cockpit
after wounding the flyer.
Keeps Bullet Close BY.
Since that time 1t. Taylor has
been in many hospitals-he was
operated on fortnight ago at Wal
ter Reed-but the bullet which laid
him low never has been far from
his side. THAT dad blamed bullet
hit me and it's the only one that
touched the plane" he observed
making light of his misfortune.
One of four brothers, all of whom
are in military service, 1t. Taylor,
who lives in Columbia, S. c., has
an uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
R. Goodwin Rhett of 1920 Twentieth
street NV, and great uncle,
Judge Richard S. Whaley, chief JUS
tice of the Court of Claims, living
in Washington.
He does not like to discuss his
experiences during six months of
combat flying in the Mediterranean
theater. His many missions were
of varied nature, but his introduce
ton to his duties in the African
theater proved somewhat of an
anticlimax.
Left College to Join Up.
Having left the University of
South Carolina to sign up as an
air cadet just after the attack on
Pearl Harbor, 1t. Taylor found his
first foreign berth In England after
he had completed his training at
Kelly, Hicks, Goodfellow and Brooks
Fields. In England, came two
months of further training before
orders to proceed to North Africa
by boat.
In England, they tried to fit 1t.
Taylor, who is 6 feet 3 inches tall,
into a pursuit ship of rather scanty
dimensions. He proved to be too
big for the cockpit, as did several
of his fellow officers, and so he was
assigned to duty as bomber pilot.
Once in Africa, the lieutenant be-
gan service in B-25 Mitchels. Little
time was wasted in getting into
action, but 1t. Taylor recalls the
disappointment he felt when his
first mission proved to be only a
| wild-goose chase.
Big Moment Comes.
His big moment came later on
| during a sea sweep.
1--WE were flying over the Mediter-
ranean on patrol and had just
turned on our last leg when we
spotted those IS big Junker trans.
ports you've read about. They hac
fighter escorts. We we're just of
Evening star., 1943-09-05
French General Escapes
Riom Prison, Berlin Says
By the Associated Press.

oy tac AssOelated FreSS.
LONDON, Sept. 4. - A Berlin
broadcast recorded by the Associ-
ated Press today reported the escape
from Riom prison of Gen. de Lattre
de Tassigny, who attempted mill
tary revolt in Southern France
when the Allies invaded North Afri-
ca last year.
Gen. de Tassigny, who was sem
fenced to 10 years by a special mill
tary court, was one of the youngest
generals in the French Army and
at one time was associated with
Gen. Henri Giraud and Gen. Charles
de Gaulle In the French Army COM,
mand. He was commander Of the
Montpelier district in France when
he rose against the German occu-
patton authorities, and before that
commanded French forces IN
Tunisia.
Evening star., 1943-09-05
Nutrition Teachers SOUGHT

The Arlington county chapter of
the American Red Gross yesterday
asked that graduate home econo-
mists with teaching experience reg
lister at the chapter house, 4224
Wilson boulevard Nutrition courses
are being inaugurated at the chap
ter and additions to the teaching
staff are necessary.
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rience--is shap-
ing steadily un-
der the skilled
baton of Fritz
Mahler, not e d
conductor.
M r. Maf1ler,
Viennese = born,
of Czechoslovak-
/ a n descent -
now an Ameri-
can citize ~
hopes to give
several concerts
during the COM
ing season. Those
who have heard
t h e embryonic
Evening star., 1943-09-05

Washington's newest orchestra,
the Victory Symphony, thus far con-
sisting largely of Government work.
ers-many with professional expe-
Evening star., 1943-06-27
Poor Washington
By WALT MASON.
By JESSE c. sUTER.

I'm Washington their motor battle
stately homes with all their splendors furniture
pink uspende The burden greater there's variety
OF taxes that doesn't hit the stricken city make
for pity And Washington would dig the and smile
and sunny and show host of cheerful faces could
vote like other places But Uncle SAM he No Let dig
gng up be endeavor and do not knock with busy ae
cannot have the ballot should be glad the
DOODLE and woop around for Yankee Doodle sound loyalty
denotng, without bugnolse wish voting.
From Washington battle mortars pop
sabers rae they from shany aot
spanged banner offer
they God speed emf When they back their aurels
ong and ask to do their share voting Gee wz!
Such talk treason! Now anything
rendered goatlessbut Washington always
Evening star., 1943-06-27

may seem large. Mr.. christensen
pointed out to the board that the
city has for many. many years"
lacked adequate funds for the de-
velopment of its recreational facili-
ties. To meet the vastly increased
demands imposed by a swollen war
time population, Mr.. Christensen
originally asked for s1,200,000 of
Lanham Act funds. This was cut by
the District to $750,Oo0 and then
the War Production Board cut the
projects by approximately so per
cent. However. IA units will be
completed shortly.
The postwar program has a long
road to travel 1t must go to the
Commissioners, to the Budget Bu-
reau and then to congressional COM
mittees and theafloor of both Houses
Of Congress when it is finally pre-
sented. Recreation officials say that
the program is now only in q ten
tative stage and is subject to num-
Der of changes. They say that al
though it is six-year program, it
could be completed in much less
time II the material, labor and
funds were on hand.
Evening star., 1943-06-27
Knights Of St. John
Ladies' Auxiliary

District No. / is sponsoring a
"round-the-calendar carnival" to be
held in the Knights of Columbus
Hall, 900 Tenth street NV, on
Thursday from 6 pm. Each of the
10 senior and 2 junior afiliated
auxiliaries will conduct the gift and
refreshment stalls, which will
symbolic the holidays around the
calendar.
Entertainment will be provided
and admission is to members and
their friends. The Good Of the
Order Committee Is arranging the
affair, headed by Miss Mary Ellen
Arendes, Auxiliary No. SO.
Evening star., 1943-06-27
B. P. O. EIks

The Social and Community Wei.
fare Committee of Washington
Lodge elected Charles E. Ford chair
man and William S. Shelby secretary
assisted by Philip u Gayaut. p. E. r
Allen j. Duvall, P. E. r.; Thomas A
ODonnell. P. T.; Anthony Aneser
and Thomas A. Nolan.
At the lodge meeting June 16 a
resolution was presented to confer
an honorary life membership upon
Exalted Ruled Leonard L. Pearce
who will be called into service in the
near future. The lodge will vote on
the resolution on July 2.
The regional meeting of the Mary
land-Delaware and District of Co.
lumbia Elks State Association will be
held in August, the date to be an
nounced later. Nominations for
delegates and alternates will be made
on July and their election on
july 2l
Evening star., 1943-06-27
Mrs. Gurdiner Seeks National
Legion Auditory History Prize

was a representative of the Ana
costa Student Council and treas
urer OF the Girls Reserves. Miss
Gragan's plans are to enter Provi-
dence Hospital for training.
The unit held a bingo party at st.
Elizabeth's Hospital in charge of
Mrs. Eva Carrico, assisted by mem
bers Of her committee. Refresh
ments were also served. The chair
man OF the Rehabilitation Commit
tee presented Mrs. Mary Morris
with check for $25 which will be
used for rehabilitation work.
At the meeting last Tuesday night
Potomac unit indorsed Mrs. Ger
trude Pierce for the Office of depart
ment president for year 1943 to 1914
The unit held election of officers
as follows: President, Mrs. Laura
Lipscomb; vice presidents, Mrs
Francis Ager and Mrs. Eva Folk
chaplain, Mrs. Irene Keane; his
torian, Mrs. Catherine Aydt; treas
urer, Mrs. Grace Cunyus; color
bearers, Mrs. Evelyn Poston and Mrs
Laura Atkeson; sergeant at arms
Mrs. Clara Solomon.
Delegates to the convention are
Mrs. Rosetta Wells, chairman, with
Mrs. Laura Lipscomb and Mrs
Francis Ager. Alternates: Mrs
Helen Shaefer, Mrs. Vesta Rodruck
and Mrs. Laura Atkeson.
The Kenneth H. Nash Unit elected
the following officers: Mrs. Helen
White, president; Mrs. Edna Mad
den, first vice president; Mrs. Lillian
Judd, second vice president; Mrs
Evelyn Starnes, sergeant at arms;
Mrs. Ethel Wilt, recording secre sary
Miss Estelle Black, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Sarah Cohen, treas
urer; Mrs. Nadine McAnnelly and
Mrs. Mabel Conger, color bearers.
Mrs. Mary B. Corwin, chapeau de-
partemental, presented in the name
of Eight and Forty, Salon Departe-
mental, a moving picture screen tc
Glenn Dale Sanatorium on Thurs
day.
Mrs. Virginia Mccarthy, child
welfare chairman, was instrumental
in obtaining the screen for the
salon. Two children. selected by
Mrs. Schau, superintendent of the
hospital. accepted the screen for the
sanatorium.
Mrs. Rae r. Zaontz, la surintend.
ante, announces the annual wreck
will be held at the Palisades Fiele
House on July 81 at 7 pm. A picnic
supper will follow, with Mrs. Della
Luther, chairman. and the Fun ane
Fellowship Committee in charge.
Evening star., 1943-06-27

Mrs. Marie Gardner, historian,
Department Of the District Of Co
lumbia American Legion Auxiliary,
Is competing for the National His
torian's Prize this year.
She has called on unit presidents
and department officers to chair
men to submit to her all data not
later than July /.
Mrs. Hedwig Almfeldt, acting for
Mrs. Helen McCabe, department
child welfare chairman, last Tues
day presented to Miss Matte Glib
son Of the Children's Hospital a
check to purchase three germicidal
lamps for the children's ward. One
lamp was given by Kenneth H. Nash
Unit and another by Kenna-M Main
Unit and the third by the rest OF
the units.
Mrs. Claire Smithson, president
of Nash Unit, and Mrs. Mary Nor
ris, president OF Kenna-Main, at
tended the presentation.
There will be q meeting of the
Department Convention Committee
at 8 pm. Tuesday, at the Legion
clubhouse. All department officers
past department presidents and unit
presidents are members of this com.
mittee and urged to be present.
At the meeting June IA Kenna-
Main Unit elected the following off,
GERS: President, Mrs. Wilma Nc
Grath; first vice president, Mrs
Edna M. Trunnell; second vice
president, Mrs. Gladys McGrath;
chaplain, Mrs. Louise E. Fowler;
historian. Mrs. Myrtle Sabin; SER
geant at arms, Mrs. Pauline Glenn
ons; color-bearers, Mrs. Lydia Kim
ney, Mrs. Beatrice Carmichel.
Delegates to the convention: Mrs
Mary Morris, Mrs. Wilma McGrath
Mrs. Myrtle Spudis, Mrs. Eva Car
rico, Mrs. Jerry Love, Mrs. Edna
Trunnell. Alternates: Mrs. Mae
Blair, Mrs. p. Clemons, Mrs. D. Nc.
Cartney, Mrs. T. White, Mrs. L
Kinney.
Miss Sarah jenkins, an Anacostis
High School graduate, was present
ed with the American Legion Auxil-
larry Award by Mrs. Mary B. Morris
unit president, in the name of tho
Kenna-Main Unit last Tuesday
Patricia Gragan was awarded tn.
Nursing Scholarship Award of 500
The award was made by Mrs. Mary
Morris. president Of Kenna- MAR
Unit. Miss Gragan is an outstand
ing pupil, having received first hon
ors In three-four- five semesters ant
second honors in the sixth. Sh,
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L
field houses would depend upon a
census survey to be made of various
areas. He indicated that in case
there is heavy demand for field
houses, they might include rooms
for pre-school children, indoor GYM
ansiums, showers and lockers. Their
cost would range. he estimated, from
$4,000 to $4,000.
In practically all of the recrea-
tional units involved in the pro-
gram, he said, 1t is contemplated
that wading or spray pools would be
installed for younger children. At
present there are only IL wading
pools for white children and two for
colored children.
Units to Be Lighted.
Mr. Christensen said that an i'm
portant part of the program. which
brings up to date one worked out
several years ago, would include
lighting in cases where it would not
disturb the neighborhood. This
would make it possible, he pointed
out, to keep recreational centers
open until 8 or 10 o'clock at night.
At present, the recreation super
| intendent said, no recreational CEN
ter in the city has lights, although
the tennis courts of the Welfare and
Recreational Association are lighted
In many cities-New York, Newark,
Cincinnati and in many Texas COM
munities-the centers are lighted
Mr.. Christensen said, adding that
1t has worked out very well.
AS. presented to the board last
Tuesday, 164 units were included in
the proposed list Of projects, which
will be submitted, with justifications,
to the Commissioners. The original
request for postwar projects, it is
understood, came from the National
Resources Planning Board.
Of the 164 units, at least "a are
estimated to cost more than $100, 900
each. A major development would
be the construction of IL year-round
swimming pools, at cost of $685., 900
each. AS revised by the board, on
the motion of Harry S. Wender,
chairman, two pools, one for white
and one for colored, would be placed
in the mid city section. Sites for
these pools, however. would have to
be acquired.
Other Projects Listed.
Other major parts of the program
include. the development and i'm
provement of the Brightwood Rec
reational Center, Sixteenth and
Kennedy streets NV, at a cost of
s4o4 900. 1t is proposed to include
here modern tennis courts, court
games, archery areas and football
field. More than 100000 would be
spent for the Langston Recreational
Center, at Benning road and Ana
costa Parkway Sc.
"At present" Mr.. Rountree point
ed out, lit has no swimming pool, no
field house or baseball field. This
recreation center for the colored
would be another major develop
ment." Langston would be one of
the finest centers to receive a pool,
If the program Is adopted.
Although the figure Of $15, 800 900
Evening star., 1943-06-27
In Local Bridge Circles >:
By Frank B. Lord

The list Of leaders in the two
round session of the Washington
Bridge Leagues big June pair game,
played at the Shoreham Hotel, looks
like a page from the roster of ALL
out champions Of Washington
bridge. All of them at one time
or another, and some of them fire.
quently, have been prize winners.
In this field of experts, it was
necessary to be especially good at
the game to win.
1t was not surprising, however.
that the victor should be Wash
ington's old master-old, at least,
IN experience-W. r. Lewis. He was
playing the early form of the game
old-fashioned whist, and winning
honors at it, when Ely Culbertson
was a schoolboy in Russia, and Os-
wald Jacoby was a lad in short
pants and scarcely knew how many
cards constituted a deck. Many of
the present outstanding experts
were then in their infancy, so it
was no disgrace that some of them
should be defeated by Reggie"
Lewis now. Mr.. Lewis partner. a
younger man who had learned all
the tricks from him and proved
himself a very apt pupil, was Ru-
dolph Ashton. Playing together,
they made an invincible team. Their
score topped by more than 81 points
the record made by Roy Thurtell
and Mrs. w. S. .Athey and by Mr..
and Mrs. Tom Hamlin, all stars
OF Washington bridgedom.
The 10 pairs whose scores were
above average were Lewis and Ash
ton, 483.5; Thurtell and Mrs. Athey.
462.05; the Hamlins, 461.8; Gene
Hermann and Mrs. Irene Surguy,
1882; DR.. A. j. Steinberg and A. T.
Westrich, 449.85; Mrs. Catherine
Carter and Mrs. Dora Schwartz,
1855: DR.. N. j. McHugh and DR..
w. H. Gorton, 1855; Mr.. and Mrs.
James H. Lemon, 4296; Miss Kath-
leen McNutt and Mrs. Bosnian, AIT,
and P. e. Henninger and Mr.. Kon-
rey, 409.3.
Average for the first night was
1876, and for both nights 800. In the
second section, the winners were
@. w. thinner and Mrs. Marian
Barre, first; Mr.. and Mrs. L. Sal
vatorel, second; Mrs. Almyra Camp
bell and Mrs. M. Divine, third.
Winners in the Federal Bridge
League Wednesday night at the
Wardman Park Hotel were: North
and south, Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Van
dershee, first; Col. e. B. Gray and
Mrs. Catharine Tidball, second:
Isaac York and Mrs. j. r. Belt,
third. East and west, Capt. r. j.
Baldwin and Capt. Richmond Skin
ner, first: r. F. Thurrell and Lit. r.
Stockey, second; Rush Buckley and
Mrs. Florence Stein, third.
The leagues monthly master pair
game win be played Tuesday night.
A two-suit hand is powerful
holding, especially so when it is a
solid two-suiter, seven of one suit
and six Of another. If the longer
of the two is major 1T should gen.
orally be bid to game, even though
Its high cards are missing, when the
other suit contains q trick and
half. Such hand has only one
reasonably sure trick defensively
Evening star., 1943-06-27

past the flaming wreckage. He told
meeting of fellow doctors that hell
had broken loose. They laughed at
him and went on with their busi-
ness-until a call suddenly came in
for all doctors to rush to Tripler
General Hospital. The civilians said
to one another, incredulously, "Ths
Japs can't do this to us" But the
Japs could-and did-and got away
with the loss of only a few planes.
The day that I landed at Pearl
Harbor was nearly six months after
the attack. When I got out of the
plane at Ford Island, 1t. Tom Quinn
greeted me. He was an old friend.
"The Japs have attacked Aleutian
Islands," he said. "A flash Just
came in"
He went on, "And something big
seems to be about to happen in this
area" Tom wasn't exaggerating.
What happened was the battle Of
Midway.
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Rite Hall. Barry B. Hampton, pres
ident, will preside.
Members of the Grand Lodge will
attend the st. Johns Day celebra-
ton of the Grand Lodge at VIII
mington, Del, today at $50 pm.
Past Master Samuel j. Harrison
OF Ionic Lodge was presented q cer-
tihcate of Life membership at the
last session.
Evening star., 1943-06-27

West opened the nine of hearts
and East let 1t ride. South trumped
and played the ace of clubs and
then small club which he trumped
with the seven of spades. East did
not want to give up either his ace
or king of spades and allowed the
seven to hold the trick. He thought
that he could set the vulnerable
hand two or three tricks. Mr.. Albus
then laid down the ace and king of
diamonds, upon which he deposited
two losing clubs, led a heart and
trumped and then another club
which East now won with the ace
over the queen. East next played
the king of trumps and then another
spade. This removed all the trumps.
South, now In the lead, allowed
West to win with his king of clubs
and claimed the remainder of the
tricks, four-odd in all, thanks to
the aid given him by East.
Had East won the second club lead
and then taken the remaining trump
queen in dummy South could never
have gotten to dummy to discard
two losing clubs and would have
been obliged to yield two in that
suit to West, which, with East's
two spade tricks, would have set
the contract one trick. Often 1t
does not pay to be too greedy.
The Wardman Park Hotel will be
Carvel Hall over the holiday week
end for Washington bridge players
and those from nearby territory,
war conditions having obliged the
promoters of the Annapolis tourna-
ment to transfer this popular event
to Washington. It has always here
tofore attracted large number of
Naval Academy bridge players, who
considered the tournament an op-
portunity to enter into contests
with the big shots of bridge who
do not wear uniforms. Some Of
them have indicated their inten-
tion of following the tourney to
Washington. Baltimore, which re-
CARDS Annapolis as a part of its
bridge domain, will also send q large
delegation, and there also will be
players from Philadelphia, Rich
mond and Norfolk, some OF whom
have titles to defend.