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Evening star., 1943-05-04
WiIder|s Skin of Our Teeth
Chosen as Pulitzer Prize PLAY
Wo|fert's So|omons Story and WetIer's
Account of Operation Win Awards

ular Cantata No. 2, Free Song"
which was played by the Boston
Symphony Orchestra.
Journalism Awards.
Awards in journalism included:
Forrest w. Seymour of the Des
Moines Register and Tribune, for
distinguished editorial writing.
Hanson w. Baldwin of the New
York Times for distinguished cor
respondence' on the basis of his re-
port OF tour of the Southwest Pa
cific.
Ira Wolfert of the North Ameri-
can Newspaper Alliance for dis
tinguished example of telegraphic
reporting in series of three ar
ticles on the fifth battle of the
Solomons.
George Weller OF the Chicago
Daily News for "a distinguished ex-
ample of reporters work" in re-
counting how q pharmacists mate
performed an emergency operation
In a submarine and saved a sailors
life.
dispatches from both Mr..
Wolfert and Mr.. Weller appear
frequently in The Star. and Mr..
Wolfert's series of articles on
Torpedo 8 is now appearing in
this newspaper. Today's install
ment is on Page BIB. Mr.. Well
ler's account of the appended
tony was carried in The Star
last December ~
Darling's Cartoon Cited.
Jay Norwood Ding) Darling,
New York Herald Tribune cartoon
ist, won his second cartoon prize
with a drawing depicting govern
mental "red tape and entitled
What Place for a Waste Paper
Salvage Campaign"
The award for a book on the his
tory of the Nation was won by Es-
ther Forbes with Paul Revere and
the World He Lived In" A biog-
raphy of Christopher Columbus,
Admiral Of the Ocean Sae," by
Samuel Eliot Morrison. won the prize
for an American biography teaching
patriotic and unselfish services to
the people
The trustees said awards of trav-
cling scholarships will be announced
later.
The Skin of Our Teeth" took Sec
ond place when the New York crit
les circle voted for the best play
| Of the year. and the award went
! to THE Patriots" by Sidney Kings
ley. after several ballots had been
taken.
New Techniques Used in Play.
Controversy over the Wilder play,
which employs new and unusual
stage techniques to tell how the An
trobus family of Excelsior, N. j.,
survived the ice age, increased after
two writers In the Saturday Review
OF Literature attempted to show
that Mr.. Wilder lifted" great por-
tions Of the play from James Joyce's
novel, "Finnegan's Wake"
To this Mr.. Wilder had replied:
The answer is, let every one inter-
ested read 'Finnegan's Wake" and
decide for himself"
Mr.. Wilder, now a major in the
Army Air Forces, won q Pulitzer
prize in 1928 with his novel, "The
Bridge Of San Luis Rey," and won
the Pulitzer drama prize in 1898 with
Our Town."
The Omaha World Herald achieved
q record scrap total In Nebraska on
plans evolved by its publisher. Henry
DoorH. No paid advertisin was
Evening star., 1943-05-04
Roosevelt Halls Poles
For Continued Battle
> Against Oppression
Conerotulotes President
On Anniversary Of
Nations Constitution
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt, in a message
on the occasion of Poland's Constitu-
ton Day, told President Wladyslaw
Raczkiewicz that the American
people deeply admire the continued
courageous struggle waged by Poles
against the common enemy.
Il desire on this day, the national
anniversary of Poland" the Presi-
dent said yesterday, ito send to you
and the people of Poland my sincere
and heartfelt greetings.
Il am happy on this occasion
again to emphasize how deeply the
American people admire the coura-
geous and self-sacriflcing manner in
which the Polish people and their
valiant army are continuing their
struggle on the side of freedom and
justice against our common Nazi
enemy both inside and outside
Poland"
1t was on May 3, 1871, that Poland,
after bloodless revolution, adopted
the first democratic constitution on
the continent of Europe.
In the House, Majority Leader
Mccormack told his colleagues that
it was fitting the House should pay
its respects to the Polish people.
Minority Leader Martin asserted
that Poland and the United States
are tied together by similarity of
ideals and that Poland continues
to fight because of the uncon-
querability of her soul"
Evening star., 1943-05-04
BY the Associated Press.

pS t2le ASSOSldGeu E1CSs.
NEW YORK, May 4.-Thornton
Wilder's drama, THE Skin of Our
Teeth" which reused Broadway
critics to heated controversy with its
satiric survey of the history of man.
kind, is winner of the 1912 Pulitzer
Prize in drama.
Six journalists. four men and a
woman in literature and a composer
also are winners of Pulitzer acco-
ladies', the trustees of Columbia Uni
versitv announced yesterday. The
individual prizes of $500 each were
awarded on the recommendation of
the Advisory Board of the univer-
sity's Graduate School of Jour-
naliSm.
The Omaha World-Herald re-
ceived the award as the American
newspaper rendering "the most dis
interested and meritorious service"
in 1912 for its planning of a sue
cessful State wide scrap metal COL
lection campaign which later was
used on national scale.
Noel Wins Photographic Prize.
To Associated Press Photographer
Frank Noel went the news photog-
raphy prize for picture entitled
Water" showing an Indian sailor
in a lifeboat pleading for water.
Mr.. Noel took the photograph after
his ship had been torpedoed by
japanese submarine in the Indian
Ocean.
Robert Frost, New England poet.
won his fourth Pulitzer poetry prize
with his volume of verse entitled "A
Witness Tree"
Upton Sinclair, 64-year -old author
of 81 volumes, won his first Pulitzer
prize with the novel, Dragons
Teeth
For the first time, an annual
award in music was made. 1t went
to William Schumann for his Sec
Evening star., 1943-05-04
IS More Raids Made
On kisko in Day
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A renewed, large-scale aerial drive
against the japanese air and SUBJ
marine base on Kiska Island in the
Aleutians was reported yesterday by
the Navy, which said bombers struck
at enemy installations 13 times Sat-
urday. 49,
Fires o~ere started; holes were
torn in the runway which the Japa-
nese have laboriously carved out on
the mountainous island and heavy
smoke was seen rising from bombed
installations on many parts of
Kiska.
Other bombs hit at North Head
the northern side of Kiska har-
bor-and heavy explosion resulted
At the same time other heavy bomb
ers attacked Attu, secondary Japa-
nese base in the North Pacific chain.
Hits were scored on enemy target
areas" there, the Navy reported, but
exact results were not disclosed.
Evening star., 1943-05-04
Bad Weather Blamed
For Heavy Allied Loss
In Darwin Air Battle
Heodwind Slowed Pilots
Heading Back to Shore
Over Arufuru Sea
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
I ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
Australia, May 1T was adverse
weather, not the fighting prowess of
the Japanese. that cost the Allies
heavy losses in the ali battle over
the Arafura Sea, of Darwin, Sum
day.
The extent Of the Allied losses has
not been disclosed. An official
spokesman at Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's headquarters said three
pilots were missing after the fight
against the 81 bombers and 80 fight
ers the Japanese sent against the
Darwin Airdrome.
CA Japanese communiuue
claimed the Japs destroyed 81
Allied fighters without loss and
severly damaged important war
installations.)
Ground Defenses Effective.
The japanese bombers came in at
$4,000 feet. Above them swarmed
the fighters, so high they were in
visible from the ground.
Allied ground defenses blazed into
action. So effective was their fire
the raiders wheeled and raced back
to sea before they had completed
their bombing run. The explosives
they did drop did little damage.
AS the japanese sped out of range
Of the anti-aircraft guns, the Spit
fires roared to the attack, and the
battle ragged far out over the sea.
But when the Australian and
British fighters headed for home
they ran into a whistling headwind
that slowed them so much some
were unable to make land. Others
landed on the Australian
shore.
Allies Attack Koepang.
Three enemy fighters were de-
stroyed, and one bomber and nine
fighters were damaged. 1t was con-
sidered likely, however, that the ad-
verse weather cost the Japanese fur
ther losses before they got home.
Unfavorable weather has ham
pered air operations north Of Aus
tralia for two weeks, and yesterdays
operations were limited to a Flying
Fortress attack on two small surface
craft In the Lolobau Island area and
a low-level raid by Mitchell bombers
on the Gasmata, New Britain, air
drome area and on boats and barges
along the shore.
A delayed report told of a Sunday
attack by Allied long-range fight
ers on the airdrome at Koepang,
Timor. Two bombers ano two fight
ers were destroyed on the ground.
The airdrome personnel and bar
racks were machine e-gunned.
Evening star., 1943-05-04
ChopIoin's Reference
To Abraham Tells
His Whereabouts
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. May 4.-The Rev.
M. E. Aubrey, general secretary
of the Baptist Union, told the
annual assembly yesterday
about a chaplain who wrote
home that he could not give his
whereabouts but quoted the re-
mark of one of his men:
Padre, I reckon Abraham
was wise guy to get out of this
place as soon as he could, even
if he didn't know where he was
going"
Mr.. Aubrey said this was
passed by the censor, who OBJ
viously did not recall the pas
sages In Genesis and Hebrews
which say that Abraham left
Ur of Chaldees to go into the
land of Canaan. Ur is in Iraq.
Evening star., 1943-05-04
Potatoes Make Cork

Potatoes, pressed into sheets and
dried, have been found by research
workers in England to make a good
substitute for cork, now unobtain-
able from Portugal or Spain.
Evening star., 1943-05-04

There are more than 10 conven-
lent branch offices for Star want
Ads" located throughout the city.
Evening star., 1943-05-04

The above awards follows Mr. Baldwin, for dis
tinguished correspondence Wilder play
of Our Teeth Mr. Sinclair for his novel, Dragons Teeh
Mr. Woert series of stories Solomons
Mr. Noel for IAN outstanding example OF Photography
and Mr. Weller for his graphic story of how pharmacists
mate under enemy waters performed appendectoy saving
sailors life"
Evening star., 1943-05-04
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Evening star., 1943-05-04

Steals Hens in Cos Mask
James Walker was fined $40 In
Stonehouse, England, for stealing
hens by carrying them away in a
gas mask
Evening star., 1943-05-04

ular Cantata No. 2, Free Song"
which was played by the Boston
Symphony Orchestra.
Evening star., 1943-04-11
Chevy Chase Neigborhood News
Dinner Dance, Luncheons, Bridge;
Peggy Reutlinger Is Entertained
Her Marriage to 1t. Benton G. Tolly
OF Virginia to Take Place Saturday

Del Ray Beach, Fla, as the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Allabough.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Irving Smith
have as their house guest the for
mer's mother, Mrs. Sarah B. Smith
OF Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dixon Lewis have
as week end guest Ensign Carolyn
Lewis of Redding, Calf, who will
leave Tuesday for her new station
at saltwater, Okla.
Mrs. Arthur Richards has gone to
Kansas City, Mo-, to visit her
daughter Miss Phyllis E. Richards
for one month and also will visit in
Chicago as the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Hitler before return
ing to her home in Chevy Chase.
DR.. and Mrs. j. Glover johnson,
who have been the guests for sew
eral weeks of Mrs. Johnson's mother,
Mrs. Sidney r. Pearce, left Wednes-
day for their home in Mount Her
mann, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Kibby Munson
have as their house guests the lat
ter's mother, Mrs. William Bulloch
of Rochester, N. Y, and sister, Mrs.
Arthur Tucker of Bronxville, N. Y.
1t. and Mrs. B. F. Fuller, who have
been the guests of the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen B.
Fuller, and Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
Kinsman of Chevy Chase, left Fri
day for Boise, Idaho, where 1t.
Fuller will pick up his crew for COM
bat training. 1t. Fuller received his
diploma as first pilot at Hendricks
Field, Febring, Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert L. Williams,
who have been residents of Chevy
Chase for many years, have sold
their home on Stamford street and
will take an apartment in Wash
ington. Mr.. and Mrs. Williams were
the honor guests at a dinner party
Wednesday evening given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Roger j. Whiteford.
Mrs. Roy ]. Jorolemon of Chevy
Chase left Thursday for a two-week
vacation in Miami Beach.
Mrs. William Withers, with her
two sons, William Withers, jr., and
Peter Withers, left Wednesday to
join Col. Withers at Boulder Dam,
Ariz.
Capt. Donald C. Kline of Edenton,
N. c., is visiting his wife and son,
John Robert Kline, in the home of
Mrs. Klines parents, Col. and Mrs.
Clyde Hill Metcalf, in Chevy Chase.
Mr.. Edelin, Weschler is visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Adam
Weschler, for a two-week vacation
from st. Bona Venture College, in
Pennsylvania, before leaving to join
the ski troopers in Wyoming
Mr.. and Mrs. William M. Throck-
morton have as their house guest
Mrs Throckmorton's sister, Mrs.
Oscar Nelson Of st. Paul, MINI.
Evening star., 1943-04-11
+Rufnmage Sale
To Aid French
Refugee Fund
Event to Be Held
In Parish House of
St. Johns Church

A rummage sale which will bene-
fit French refugees in England will
be held In the parish house of ST.
Johns Church at 821 Sixteenth
street Thursday from 10 am. to
pm. The sale is being arranged by
the Relief for French Refugees in
England, Inc, which has permit
from the Presidents War Relief
Control Board, and donations for
the sale will be received at the
organizations headquarters at 1902
l. street until Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Carlton Holdredge is chair
man Of the sale and st. Johns
parish house has been loaned for
the sale through the efforts of her
committee and those in charge of
the French congregation, which
holds its services in St. Johns
Church each Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Margaret Draper Boncom-
pagm Is vice chairman for Mrs.
Holdredge and Mrs. George Barnett
and Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, chairman
and co-chairman of the Relief for
French Refugees in England, are
aiding them in their work for the
sale. The Relief for French Regu-
gees in England was organized
about three years ago, shortly before
the invasion of France, and then
was known as Urgent Relief for
France with headquarters in the
Larz Anderson House.
There will be rare works of art
and books will be offered at the sale
Thursday as well as exquisite
needlework-as the French people
are so noted for. Doughnuts, though
this year served with tea instead of
coffee, will be sold as refreshment.
A fortune teller also will add to the
interest at the sale.
Others assisting Mrs. Holdredge
IN gathering treasures to be offered
patrons of the sale are Mrs. Charles
S. Dewey, Mrs. Wilbur j. Carr, Mrs.
Paul w. Bartlett, Mrs. Albert B.
Dewey, Mrs. Harry K. Hickey, Mrs.
George Kirk, Mrs. Emmanuel Lom-
bard, Mrs. George Maurice Morris,
Mrs. James Lawrence Houghteling,
Mrs. Paul Healy, Mrs. Andre de
Limur, Mrs. Randolph Miner, Mrs.
Prentiss Coonley, Mrs. Ralph Worth
ington, Mrs. Sterling Lacy, Mrs.
Stedman Hanks, Countess de Buyer
Mimeure, Miss Lydia Loring and
Miss Elizabeth Howry.
Evening star., 1943-04-11
Officers Dance
Thursday Night

The fourth of a series of officers
midweek dances sponsored by Mrs.
French Myers will be held Thurs
day evening in the Sulgrave Club.
The hours, to II, have been set
to meet military requirements.
The growing popularity of these
dances and the novel entertainment
offered officers, many of them
strangers in Washington, has so
increased the demands for tickets
that their number has OF necessity
been limited.
No stag line and no "doe" line
Is permitted and the floor Is never
too crowded for comfort. No tickets
are sold at the Sulgrave Club but
reservations may be made through
Mrs. Myers.
For this coming dance Miss Emily
French Myers, Miss Murial Mad
dox, Miss Billie Byrd, Miss Mary
Lord Andrews, Miss Zeva Fish. Miss
Suzanne Slingluff, Miss Patricia
Prochnik, Miss Catherine Hambly
and others in the group are plan
ming several entertainment features
for the lads in khaki and blue.
Evening star., 1943-04-11

Ing and has donated all the ma
terials as well as making these
lovely things for the sale.
Mrs. William Howard's group
Of ladies also have been working
tirelessly for the success Of the
bazaar. Go In any day you are
in the vicinity of 1918 H street at
4 o'clock and enjoy a cup Of tea.
You might also find yourself
sewing on a button or two be-
cause every little helps.
1T is for us here" says Mrs.
Schwab, safe from the dreadful
effects of mass bombings, to help
those tiny tots to bear the brunt
of the tyrants first. like to think
of these small toys as being a
shaft of pure American light
across sky darkened for the
moment; a symbol that these
wee tots may look up and know
that while we are here the in
vaders feet will never crush the
heather on the moors or stamp
the wild gorse on the downs. So
come to the Tiny Tot Bazaar
tomorrow from $3.50 to 6 pm. at
1918 H street for the opening Of
the bazaar and help us keep faith
with the little child who calls
In the certainty that her plea will
be answered."
Evening star., 1943-04-11
Keeping Faith With Little Children Is Hone
Of the Tiny Tot Bazaar Opening Tomorrow
British Var Relief
Shop Busy to Aid
The Unf0rfunates

Behind q large For Rent"
sign on q store front at 1918 H
street, should you happen to
stroll that way, as did two
young ladies of the Royal Navy
delegation, you will see q ver-
table hive Of industry.
It is the British War Relief
Shop and sewing machines hum,
turning out new clothing. ladies
around q long table are busy
darning and mending used things
that can be salvaged, others are
sorting garments to be cleaned.
In the center OF the store stand
large wooden packing boxes lined
with specially waterproofed
paper, and a group OF packers
are busily filling the boxes for
shipment to England. The rate
Of loss has been set at 2 per
cent as a result of sinkings.
Mrs. James E. Schwab, the
chairman OF the Shop Commit
tee, is very active and tireless
worker who happens to be the
fourth chairman for this group
of women who have been work.
ing for this cause since England
entered the war. Miss Constance
Parrish, Mrs. Roger Makins and
Mrs. Paul OLeary were chair
men of the committee before her.
Mrs. Schwab comes from Amer
lean Revolutionary stock. She
Is a graduate of National Ca
thedral School, interested in dra-
matics and radio work OF which
she has done quite a bit. She
says she Is q humble writer"
and writes under her own name,
Mary Van Fossen Schwab. OF
her three sons, two are in the
Army Air Corps.
Before her marriage, Mrs.
schwab did great deal of work
with the Boys Club at Third
and G streets, and now keeps
up an active correspondence with
many Of them who are on the
far-flung battlefields of this war,
"As the years roll on with their
continuing tale of bombings, we
are apt to become Injured to it
and our efforts lag little" said
Mrs. Schwab.
Along comes a small note
striking a spark OF dormant
sympathy, and our efforts are
redoubled in meeting the task of
assisting those whose homes are
the front line"
The note is in part as follows:
please send US In the small
spaces you may find in packing.
the sorely needed warm clothing
you so generously send some little
cuddly toys for those wee tots
whose heads must lie in strange
places, when their world lies
broken all around them, some
thing small that can be handled
easily, and packed in places
where it will not take up any
vital space"
This was enough for the mem
bers OF various sewing groups
who Immediately got to work,
and for weeks now clever fingers
have been fashioning 'Lovey the
Lamb" Peter Rabbit" Twinkle
toes the Kitten" and many more
such creatures for children.
To do all this takes time and
money. Time, the most precious
possession of all, is given by these
friends of little children in full
measure. AS to money-The
Evening star., 1943-04-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Austin
Davis announce the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Lois Ro-
berta Davis, to 1t. Theodore
White Norcross, jr., U. S. A.
Miss Davis is a member of the
senior class at the University of
Maryland and Is a past president
of Alpha XII Delta Fraternity.
The son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Theo-
dore w. Norcross of Chevy Chase,
Md, 1t. Norcross is q graduate of
the University of Maryland and
Is stationed in Philadelphia with
the Signal Corps.
The wedding will take place in
June.
Evening star., 1943-04-11

Shop Committee got together
and the ladies have evolved q
Tiny Tots Bazaar, where one will
be able to find lovely handmade
things, soft jackets, tiny bootees.
dotted Swiss carriage covers,
dresses, toys, pinafores and beau
tifully embroidered satin pillows
for grown ups.
Mrs. G. A. B. Mergard has mas
tered the art of Trapunto quilt
Evening star., 1943-04-11
Col. RaWls Host

1t. Col. Vernon G. Rawls, U. S. A.,
and Mrs. Rawls have as guests at
their home in North Arlington, Mrs.
Rawls sister, Mrs. Lawrence Dor
man, and Mr.. Dorman who has Just
entered the Navy, and their little
daughter, Deana, of Lakeland, Fla.
Naval Training Station.
Evening star., 1943-04-11
Go to Freeport

1t. Arnold B. Appleton, U. s. A.,
OF the medical detachment and
Mrs. Appleton left Friday for their
former home in Freeport, Long Is
land, for visit Of 10 days.
Evening star., 1943-04-11
Mrs. F. n. Fleming
Goes to California

Mrs. F. N. Fleming of Westmore-
land Hills, Md, has gone to Cali
fornia fer months visit with her
mother, Mrs. Mabel Leach of Santa
Monica.
Mrs. Fleming's two sons, Bruce
and Dean Fleming, are with their
mother on the trip.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-12
Hell Hath
NOFury' Etc,
FBI Learns

DETROIT, March IL - (P) -
For want Of a charge, the FBI
indicated today that il would
release a 22-year- old girl whose
hoax caused many soldiers to
quit their leaves and hasten to
posts of duty Wednesday night.
John S. Bugas, head of the
Detroit FBI office, said that Miss
Barbara Brown had admitted
calling the police with a spur
ious army order because she
was angry over her soldier
friends failure to keep date.
Representing herself as Fort
Wayne and Selfridge Field tele-
phone operator, she called po-
lice with false instructions for
cancellation of furloughs, Bug
as said. A later call from a
Selfridge Field officer uncov-
cred the hoax, after police had
notified a number of soldiers to
get back to posts
Bugas said there was no fed
eral charge TO place against Miss
Brown.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-12
IA Jap Planes
are Shot Down
Allied Pilots
Breakup Roiders
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA. March IL - (P)
Fourteen Japanese planes,
two bombers and II fighters,
were shot out of action yester-
day in an attempt to raid Orc
bay, on the east coast of New
Guinea, the allied command an
nounced today.
The Japanese. again muster
ing a show of air power in the
southwest Pacific. sent over II
bombers escorted by 16 fighters
to attack Orc bay, where three
days ago they sank a small mer-
chant ship in a raid.
A headquarters communique
said allied losses were light.
The japanese also sent two
bombers over the allied base at
Wau, south of Salamaua, last
night but there was neither dam
age nor casualties, it was de-
clared.
General Douglas Macarthur
filters, in turn, bombed Japan
csc airdromes at Rabaul, New
Britain, and at Finschhafen.
New Guinea, and attack planes
bombed and strafed enemy pos,
itions in the Mubo sector Of New
Guinea 1T was announced.