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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
Events in Music
Winners of Contest
For Quartet Work
Announced by Guild
By Alice Eversman.

The contest sponsored by the
Chamber Music Guild for the best
string quartet composition brought
to the judges many interesting
works. Winners of the contest
which carried two $1,000 awards
contributed by the Radio Corp. OF
America through its RCA Victor
division, one for the United States
and Canada and the other for Latin
America, were Robert Doellner OF
Hartford, Conn, and Camargo
Guarnieri of Brazil. The COM
positions will be played by the
Chamber Music Guild String Quar-
tet at a concert in this city and, on
March 10, in Town Hall, New York
City.
Those who competed for the
prizes ranged from well-known COM
posers to unframed musicians. En-
couragement to participate was
given to members of the Army,
Navy, Marine and Merchant Ma
rine by their commanders and sew
eral manuscripts arrived direct
from the battle line, many Of them
thumb printed with the dirt of the
soldier-musicians environment. The
content of these works ranged from
a folk theme basis to styles so diff
ferent that they might almost be
considered new forms in music. In
fact, the result so far surpassed eX-
pectations and brought forth such
new ideas that the judges decided
some of the works, not even reach
ing the honorable mention stage, be
specially presented nevertheless.
Besides the two winning quar-
tets six others were given hon.
orable mention. These were written
by Jean Berger. Louis Gesensway
and Wallingford Riegger, all of
North America, and Jose Ardevol of
Cuba, Juan A. Garcia Estrada of
Argentina and Claudio Sanford of
Brazil.
The American winner, Mr.. Doell-
ner, is a composer whose works
have been performed by the Roch-
ester Civic Symphony and the
Hartford Symphony. His quartet,
the first he has written, was one
of the last to be entered, arriving
the day of the contests closing.
He is thoroughly American-trained,
having studied harmony with Rob-
ert Prutting, composition with Cecil
Burleigh and violin with Leopold
Auer, and is teacher of composition
at present at the Hartford School
of Music. He was born in Manches-
ter, Conn, in 1899. Mr. Guarnieri
is one of BraZils most outstanding
composers and well known in this
country as pianist and conductor,
one of his appearances in the latter
role being with the Boston SYM
phony which he directed in first
performances in the United States
of two of his works.
OF the 300 works submitted only
20 reached the final voting stage.
The judges were Claudio Arrau,
Jascha Heifetz, Wanda Landowska,
Sir Ernest Macmillan, William
Primrose, Germaine Tailleferre, Ed
gar Varesi and DR.. Charles Seegar
of the Pan-American Union Dr.
Seegar selected several of the quar-
tets for presentation at the Union.
The idea of the contest originated
with and was promoted by Marcel
Anchor, founder of the Chamber
Music Guild and cellist of the
guilds string quartet.
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ROYAL Arcanun

District Council meets Tuesday
evening In Odd Fellows Temple
when Supreme Representative Eu-
gene F. Minoux viii report action
taken by the Supreme Council at its
recent annual session in Atlantic
City.
Grand Regent Howard w. Mills
and Grand Secretary Herman
Wealthall will be present. Regent
Edwin n. Mess win preside.
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Gavel Chapter installed: Frances
Il. Rowell, matron; George M. Row.
zee, patron; Arbanna Whip, as
soclate matron; T. A. Trueblood, as
sociate patron; Hazel Wells, conduc-
tress; Mabel Daley, associate
conductress; Louise Darby, secre-
tary; Jeannette Praetorius, treas
urer; Hazel Booker. chaplain; Clar-
lcee Hibbs, marshal; Elsie Douglas,
organist; Alice Satterthwaite, Adah;
Naomi Holmes, Ruth: Gertrude
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In Local Music Circles

Oscar Shumsky, violiniSt of the
Navy Band, assisted by Artur Bal
sam, pianist, will give program to-
night at 8 o'clock in the National
Gallery of Art. The selections listed
! are the Faure Sonata in A Major,
Op. 49," Hindemiths Sonata in D,
OPP. ii, No. 2" Bach's "Adagio in c
Minor" Scalero's Variations on a
Theme by Mozart" Medtner's "Noc-
turne, Op. 16, No. g." Castelnuovo-
Tedesco's "Alt Wien" and Sarasate's
introduction and Tarantella."
Fanny Henbest, pianist, and vir-
ginia Houghton, soprano, will pre-
sent this afternoon at Barker Hall,
YWCA, 4:30 O'Clock, varied pro-
gram consisting of works by con-
temporary as we'll as classic COM
posers. The public is invited.
Maunder's Song of Thanksgiving"
will be given tonight, 7:45 o'clock, by
the choir of Clarendon First Bantist
Church under the direction of
Evelyn G. Randall, with Mrs. Louis
Guion at the organ. Evelyn Ran
dali, soprano; George Myers. tenor
Harlan Randall, baritone, and
Charles S. Borum, bass, will be the
soloists.
Sergt. Marjorie Aamot, mezzo-
soprano, will sing "Ratoli's Jesus
Only" this evening, 8 o'clock, at the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, Thirteenth and New York
avenue. This will be the second
Sunday night solo series presented
in this church. A hundred voiced
chorus will be heard in Maunder's
Praise the Lord" directed by
Charles Dana Beaschler.
The first concert of the Tuesday
evening series at the YMCA, 1876
G street NV, will take place on
Tuesday at $3.50 pm. The program
will be given by Thomas Costaggini,
tenor, and Nation Boyce, pianist,
with Randy" Myers, executive sec
rotary of the central branch, pre-
siding.
The Marine Band Symphony Or
chestra will play an interesting pro-
gram in the Marine Barracks
Wednesday at 8:15 pm, which will
include Chabrier's "Marche JOY
euse," -Korsakoff's Sym
phony No. g." Autumn" from the
ballet 1.-The Seasons" by Glazounow;
"Nocturne," from Mendelssohn's
Midsummer Nights Dream; the
overture to Massenet's lie Roi de
Lahore" and Valerius' Prayer of
Thanksgiving" The soloist will be
Richard Joiner, clarinetist, who will
play Debussy's Premiere Rhapsody"
Marietta Vogel, pianist, and zita
Newell Mcbride, soprano, will be
featured by the music section of the
Chevy Chase Woman's Club at 2
pm. Wednesday, at the clubhouse.
Mrs. Vogel was formerly an assist
ant teacher at the Vienna Conserv-
atory, and Mrs. Mcbride, after win
ming the opera additions at the
Worlds Fair in 1888, became a mem
Der of the Chicago Civic Opera.
Hazel Arth. contralto, will be pre-
sented in recital by the Arts Club
on Thursday at $3.50 pm. Miss Arth,
who was winner of the first Ma
tional Atwater Kent Addition and
is well known for her radio and
concert work, has returned recently
from a concert tour of the New
England States and Canada. She
will be accompanied by Kathryn
Hill Rawls.
Milrial EanShar l.r,.;a nan.a.a
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Spanish War Veterans
Petit Camp will meet at 8 pm.

Tuesday.
The Col. James s. Petit Auxiliary
will meet ut Fourth and Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc. at 8 pm. tomor-
row. Plans will be made for the
Christmas party.
The Presidents Club met Wednes-
day night at the home Of the presi-
dent, Mrs. Ella Ford, and made
plans for child welfare work to Be
carried on during the, Christmas
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5 ridge

lantic City to take part in the 18th
annual championship tournament
OF the American Contract Bridge
League, which will be held at the
Hotel Brighton. It will be the flrst
time the national organization has
held It's tourney at the seaside resort,
and q large representation from the
Eastern section Of the country Is
expected to attend. In addition to
the usual fixed program, the agenda
has been extended to include several
special master point events. Every
afternoon and evening there will be
q one-session master point game in
which winners will receive two mas
ter points and rlnnersup one. These
matches will provide play for those
who want o short, snappy contest
with good competition and oppor-
tunity to gain the coveted master
points.
The industrial and commercial
team-of-four game for the Hotel
Onondaga Trophy, which was estab-
lisched at Syracuse when the tour
nament was held there in 1912, has
been suspended for the duration.
The Abel has announced the addi-
ton Of ~ new masters to its list.
Among them are George Kathan,
president Of the Federal Bridge
League; Bernard Rosso, Mrs. d. E.
Stephan, Mrs. Marian Barre and
Ralph Weber, all of Washington.
The Gruesomes, q newly organized
foursome, Is coming strong in the
Federal Bridge League. On Tues
day night in the Wardman Park
Hotel game, they were top in Section
A, winning 151a out of "a boards.
The Government team, which has
held the lead during most of the
season, has been superseded by the
Rough Riders.
In Section B, the Skyrockets won
1871 out of 81 boards, and in Section
c, the Gripers had 171a out of q
boards, while in Section D, the
Yanks made the best score Of the
evening by winning II boards out
Of "a.
The monthly master point pair
game Of the Federal will be held
Tuesday evening.
Miss Paris Keener, secretary of the
league and member Of the Deuces
Wild team, has so far recovered
from her recent illness that she
expects to return to the play this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayward Hardy were
first In a recent Press Club dupli-
cate. 1t was the first time they won
IN the clubs series, and they were
congratulated. Mrs. Hardy,
without taking any credit to herself
for the outcome. declared with be-
coming modesty that her husband
was playing better bridge than ever
before. Their score would have been
larger than 1t was had it not been
for the fact that on the last board.
when they had bid four hearts, their
adversaries, who were only slightly
behind them and were pressing them
hard, deliberately made a sacrifice
bid Of four spades and were set two
tricks. The Hardys were vulner-
able and would have made the four
heart contract. AS it was, by dou-
bling their opponents, they made
only 300 instead of $40.
Throughout the game the hands
were remarkable for unusual distri-
button. For example, on one board
the north and south players held 10
clubs and bid in the suit, but were
able to make only 3. This was the
way the cards lay:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
Commerce Legion
Post to Install
It's New Officers

At a special meeting of Depart
ment of Commerce Post, the Amer
lean Legion, on Wednesday night
Department Comdr. Lee r. Penning-
ton and his staff viii install new
officers as follows: L. A. Barber,
commander; j. E. Goetz, senior vice
commander; J. E. Hollis, junior vice
commander; A. Starr, adjutant;
Agnes Thaxton, finance officer; w.
A. Hubbell, sergeant at arms. and
P. D. Markham, chaplain. All Lee
gionnaires are invited.
Arrangements have been COM
pleted by' this department for the
Legion program to distribute on
Christmas Day presents to disabled
servicemen in this vicinity. Through
the Eddie Cantor radio program
each week, the public is urged to
furnish presents for these disabled
and hospitalized veterans and Le-
gionnaires in collaboration with the
Legion Auxiliary will distribute the
same. Past Comdr Harry Brown
of George Washington Post is chair
man of this Christmas Gifts Com
mittee.
Bunker Hill Post, at its last meet
ing, voted IL new applicants to
membership and reported S new
applications.
Chairman Russell S. Jeffreys of
the Americanism Commission ad-
vises the posts who present American
Legion school awards to the senior,
junior and vocational high schools
to purchase the medals from the
Legion headquarters, 2437 Fifteenth
street NV, as soon as possible.
The awards are presented in Janu-
airy at the graduation exercises at
the schools.
The Committee on Records for
Fighting Men, in charge of Harry
F. Young, jr., requests support of
the posts in the furnishing Of kits
of new photograph records for the
armed forces. The cost of each kit
is SIS.
The Legion welfare department
again calls upon Legionnaires and
their friends to aid disabled vet
Grams and their families. They are
in need of mems and children S
clothing and household furnishings
Telephone ME. 4211 or GE. lilo
and some one will call for the do
nations.
Gas Light Post on Tuesday will
have the newly elected officers in
stalled by the department COM
mander and his staff.
James Reese Europe Post and its
auxiliary on December will pre-
sent an American Legion musical
and literary program at the Metro
politan Baptist Church, 1925 R
street NV. Comdr. Pennington will
speak.
At the meeting of National Cathe-
dral Post last Wednesday night at
the Legion clubhouse Comdr. Lester
H. Steinman announced Maury
Maverick, vice chairman of the
WPB, will join the post. He served
in France in the World War.
Preceding the meeting of Bunker
Hill Post tomorrow night at the Le-
gion clubhouse dinner will be helc
at Sis o'clock. Comdr. Foster Wooo
will preside
James E. Walker Post postponed
its meeting Thursday night to next
Thursday. The Victory Bond drive
win continue until December 10.
Meetings this week are:
Monday, Tank Corps Post, Legion
clubhouse.
Tuesday, James Reese Europe
Post, Fifteenth and @ streets NV;
Gas Light Post, Eleventh and q
streets NV.
Wednesday, Department of Com
merce Post, Commerce auditorium
Thursday. James E. Walker Post,
Twelfth Street YMCA; Depart
ment Executive Committee, Legion
clubhouse.
Friday, Victory Post, Legion club
house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

George E. Umhau, monarch of
Kallipolis Grotto, announces q
meeting Wednesday at Grotto head
quarters for nomination of officers.
Entertainment and refreshments.
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Masonic Degrees
VIII Be Continued

The 30th degree will be conferred
by the Scottish Rite Tuesday eve
ming at the Temple, $500 Sixteenth
street NV, upon the members of
the John O. Bowen Glass, which
series Of degrees will concluded on
December IL.
Robert de Bruce Council If
Kadosh will meet preceding the ex-
emplification Of the degrees.
The Cryptic degrees will be con-
ferred this week in the York Rite
reunion sponsored by the Grand
Chapter, R. A. NJ; the Grand Coun-
ell, r. and s. NJ, and the Grand
Commandery, K. T.
On Thursday evening the Royal
and Select Masters degrees will be
conferred at the Masonic Temple,
and on Saturday evening the Super
Excellent Master degree will be ex-
emplified by Adoniram Council, No.
2, at the Scottish Rite Tebple.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

Goebbels called our Flying For
tresses Flying Coffins." We need
more Of them over Germany. Let's
all back the attack. Buy more War
Bonds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

The Collectors Club of Washing
ton will meet at the Thomson
School, Twelfth and K streets NV.
Tuesday evening at 8.
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Muriel Henshen, lyric soprano;
Charlotte Shear, pianist, and
Frances MacCartney, mezzo-sopra-
no. new members of the Friday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

Venezuela will have a baseball
stamp shortly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

Chile's Red Cross issues are 40c.
burning lamp against the Red Cross
symbol, green, red and black, and
! sop, similar design, blue, red and
black.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

The Legion welfare department
again calls upon Legionnaires and
their friends to aid disabled vet
Grams and their families. They are
in need of mems and children S
clothing and household furnishings
Telephone ME- 4211 or GE. lilo
and some one will call for the do
nations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

Gas Light Post on Tuesday will
have the newly elected officers in
stalled by the department COM
mander and his staff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

The Committee on Records for
Fighting Men, in charge of Harry
F. Young, jr., requests support of
the posts in the furnishing of kits
of new photograph records for the
armed forces. The cost of each kit
is SIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

James Reese Europe Post and its
auxiliary on December 3 will pre-
sent an American Legion musical
and literary program at the Metro
politan Baptist Church, 1928 R
street NV. Comdr. Pennington will
speak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

Chairman Russell S. Jeffreys of
the Americanism Commission ad-
vises the posts who present American
Legion school awards to the senior,
Junior and vocational high schools
to purchase the medals from the
Legion headquarters, 2437 Fifteenth
street NV, as soon as possible.
The awards are presented in Janu-
airy at the graduation exercises at
the schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

Bunker Hill Post, at its last meet
ing, voted IL new applicants to
membership and reported S new
applications.
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st. Johns Lodge Chapter in
stalled: Matron, Ida S. Frazier; pa
tron, Charles NJ. Franklin; asso-
ciate matron, Mabel Lewis; secre-
tary. Mary I. Hall; treasurer, Leila
j. Cooke; conductress, Emile Ten
nyson, and associate conductress,
Helen Stacy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

Friendship Chapter on Tuesday
Will install: Matron, Olive Dawson;
patron, Harvey Dawson; associate
matron, Florence Cashel; associate
patron, Wendell Barrows; conduc-
tress. Marian Paladini, and asso-
ctate conductress, Mabel Barrows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

Washington Centennial Chapter
installed Margaret v. Howard. ma
iron; Frank P. Zsakany, patron:
Aurelia Birmingham, associate ma
iron; Emil Wendt, associate patron:
Maybel Herbert, secretary; Mar
garet Birmingham, treasurer: Hazel
Jones, conductress, and Nab Tucker
associate conductress.
December l will be couples night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

At the meeting of National Cathe-
dral Post last Wednesday night at
the Legion clubhouse Comdr. Lester
H. Steinman announced Maury
Maverick, vice chairman of the
WPB, will join the post. He served
in France in the World War.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-02
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON fn.,or Robert c. Alisn on active dutyo

WASHINGTON-The closed-door Senate caucus at which Dear Al benr Barkley was reelected major itv leader was grimly serious TOT the most part, but had its comic overtones.
 For the benefit of posterity, heres running account of what happen ed behind the closed doors:
 Barkley showed up amid dazz- ling display of photo flash bulbs. After the doors were shut, the Ken tuckian called the caucus to order and appointed as chairman anti Roosevelt Senator Kenneth Me- Kellar of Tennessee, with whom he has clashed hotly on several oc- casions.
 Then. in dour tones, Barkley ln- formed his colleagues that his res ignation speech excoriating the President was deliberate state ment made after serious thought and in full knowledge of the con sequences"
 T meant it when I said that l intended to relinquish my position as majority leader, as much as ever meant anything in my life, 7 said Alben. Confirming my re- marks of yesterday, I am hereby offering my resignation to this con- ference and I sincerely hope it will be accepted"
 Barkley then left for his office, with the news hounds in full cry at his heels. McKellar put the ques- ton of accepting or rejecting the resignation.
 This was the cue for Senator Bennett Clark of Missouri to de- liver short tribute. He pointed out that he had opposed Barkley in 1887 when Barkley defeated the late Senator Pat Harrison of Mis- sissippi for the majority leadership by one vote. (This was the battle in which Roosevelt switched one vote by giving Senator Dietrich of Illinois the appointment of a judgeship he coveted)
 But twice since then l have nominated him for reelection, Clark recalled. T think he has been great and considerate leader and it is against my own wishes that I now move that his resigna- ton be accepted. I offer the mo- tion with the hope that he will thereafter be reelected unanimous ly"
 The motion passed, and Senator Long Tom Connally of Texas promptly nominated Barkley for re- election with speech emphasizing his love and admiration, though
 (COntinued on Page Fot,rl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-02

 STRUCK IN
 TW0RAID5
RAF Night Attack Followed by Smashing Amer
 ildn Raid

LON DON, March ?. United States Liberators and Fortresses in strong force smashed at southwest Germany today hard on the heels Of the 600 bomber assault by the Royal Air Force last night on the important war center of Stuttgart.
 The American target was not an- nounced immediately but the di- recticn of the attack suggested a United States and RAF double night and day punch at the Stutt- gart section like the ones highlight- ing last weeks powerful aerial drive.
 More than 500 RAF and RCAF bomhers participated in last nights operations With a record low pro portional loss of only four planes.
 Mosquito bombers staged a di- versionary raid on the shrine city of Munich, and other formations struck targets in France and the Low Countries
 German raiders, about 100 strong, retaliated against Britain by night, killing several persons and causing damage over widely separated places.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-02

 Will Report
 On War Loan
Secretary of Treasury Goes on Air Tonight on
 Blue Network

WASHINGTON. March 2. -- The Home Front will be cited for valor by Secretary of the Treasury Mor- yenthau tonight. Speaking over the Blue Network at 9:30 P. M. EWT. he Secretary will inform his coun- rymen that in the latest crucial est of their wartime mettle--the Fourth War Loan Drive they came off with colors flying high.
 The Secretary's statement. termed report to the people" will give dosing figures on the results of the drive. The final compilation neces- sarily was delayed until full data reached the Treasury from all 75,- poo of the Fourth Loans bond out lets-all State Committees. banks, sactories, stores. theatres and other selling points.
 The Secretary's accounting will 'eveal that quotas for both overall iales and sales of Series F. War Bonds were oversubscribed. He will pay tribute to the surging patriotism of people the country over which made these results possible.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-02
THREE MAJOR NAzI BASES
 UNDER SIEGE
Red Army Forces Closing in on Narvd, Pskov
 and Vitebsk

LONDON, March 2. Red Army forces are closing in relentlessly on three great German strongholds of Narva, Pskov, and VitebSk, key de- fense bases on the 350-mile long northern front, Moscow declared.
 In Estonia units of General Goro- toys Leningrad Army threw a bridgehead across the Narova River south of Narva, and cut the only German escape railways leading to the westward to seal the ihreat7 ened city from all four sides, the communique said.
 One hundred and ten miles south another Russian army has smashed closer to the Baltic gateway city of Pskov, capturing several heavily fortified strong points and covering the approaches to the town, Moscow said, and other Red Army forces were previously reported less than six miles from Pskov on the uorth
 Two hundred miles southeast of Pskov, General Bagramian's First Baltic Army is. marching on the White Russian base of Vitebsk The Russians said they captured more than 30 towns and villages in their converging movement which drew the moose tighter around the key German-h held fortress city.
 Vitebsk has been under siege by Bagramians army since late last year when all rail lines into the city except one running to Orsha, 50 miles south, were cut.