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Evening star., 1944-02-27

action. songs bearing the trade
mark Of New York's Tin Pan Alley
are sung, along with tho old English
airs and home compositions. Aus
tralians throng race tracks. back
their judgment against parimutuels
and bookmakers, take chances In
government lotteries, flock to the
beaches. play tennis expertly, make
big events of their football matches,
stage rodeos featuring homebred
bronco busters and bulldoggers.
Member Of the British Common
wealth Of Nations, the Common
wealth Of Australia has dominion
status, with the governor or-general
the only representative OF the
crown; Is self-governing, has It's
own colonies.
Evening star., 1944-02-27
DAUGHTERS, of America

State visitations, all at Northeast
Temple: Martha cambridge, March
IA; Peace Council, March "a; Pro-
gressive Council, March ~.
Class initiation, May a.
State Council dinner. April ~, at
NortheAst Tempao,
Evening star., 1944-02-27
Masonic News

The series Of degrees being con-
ferred by the Scottish Rite Masons
upon the members Of the first re-
union class Of 1914 will be con-
cluded Tuesday evening with the
exemplifcation OF the 32d degree
at the temple, $500 Sixteenth street.
At the last meeting Of Mithras
Lodge Of Perfection the following
Officers were installed: George Link,
venerable master; Marvin E. Fowler,
senior warden; Raymond N. Bab-
cock, junior warden: Frank E. Koch,
orator; John G. Palmer, almoner;
Austin ]. Leister, secretary; Monte
Sanger, treasurer; Arthur G. Fes-
senden, master OF ceremonies: Omer
w. Clark, expert; John T. Vivian,
assistant expert: Roy L. James, cap
tain Of the host; William F. Holmes,
tiler; Melville D. Hensey, trustee;
Nathan WE'LL, trustee at large, and
Charles E. Baldwin, representative,
George Washington Memorial As
sociation.
Temple-Noyes Masonic Lodge will
have charge Of the religious services
at 3 pm. today at the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home.
Evening star., 1944-02-27
Legion Auxiliary
Child Welfare
Meeting Tomorrow

Mrs. Hedevig Almfeldt, child vel
fare chairman Of the District ol
Columbia Department, American
Legion Auxiliary, has called q meet
ing Of chairmen Of the various units
at 8 o'clock tomorrow night at the
American Legion clubhouse.
The George e. Killeen Unit, With
Mrs. Mary schaumlefne, president
will hold its annual visitation on
Wednesday at the Killeen club.
house, Wisconsin avenue and M
street NV, at 8 pm.
On Friday, Mrs. Albertine Bradley
president Of Victory Unit, will con.
duct her annual visitation at the
American Legion clubhouse 1T
pm.
At the last Department Executive
Committee meeting, Mrs. Gertrude
Pierce, president, gave the higt
lights on the Roanoke conference
and urges all unit members to stres,
child delinquency"
Cooley Mccullough Unit will meet
Wednesday at $50 pm. at tn.
American Legion clubhouse.
A social will be held tomorrow at
8 pm. at the home Of Mrs. Dorothy
Murray, 2437 Fifth street NE
Those planning to attend, call Mrs
Murray, Hobart 8035, or Mrs. Hattie
Byram, the president, Michigan 4766
All are welcome.
Members are requested to attend
the Braille class held each Monday
at department headquarters. Every
third Monday is Cooley McC Cullougt
Unit night.
Miss Katherine Clarke will hold
rummage sale for benefit of the
rehabilitation fund on March IA and
IS. Bring articles to the social OF
to the regular meeting.
The next party for the veterans oi
Mount Alto Hospital will be held
March 20 at 7 pm. Refreshments
viii be served and prizes given.
Each member is asked to give sew
eral hours q week to the District
Of Columbia Crippled Children's q
Society at 1920 New Hampshire
avenue NV, whenever convenient
Meetings this week are: Tuesday
Yon1Ac DAaen E1,ro~>
Evening star., 1944-02-27

SeUere pruning a produce larger,
blooms Conversely light pruning ealth OF
smaller fowers In general the pruning
light depending upon age uigor of
plant, and the size protuson of blooms desired.
j. Horace arland Photo.
By ". II. Youneman,
Garden
This not gardening weather. planting
and working with flowers vegetables
flowers it highly desirable
possible One Of the important Jobs the
pruning the shrubs fruit shade
With exception the early nowng woody
Evening star., 1944-02-27
Jobs Daughters

Bethel No. will have initiation
March 1.
On March I the ways and means
chairman will give 4 dinner at $50
pm. at the Fairfax Hotel.
The Dramatic Club will meet
March 8,
Evening star., 1944-02-27

Bridge
Bv Frank B. Lord.

The schedule for the several
spring and early summer regional
bridge tournaments which have been
Transferred to Warrington because
Of war conditions has been arranged
by the American Contract Bridge
League, under whose auspices they
win be held. The Northern Virginia
meet. organized and formerly held
in Alexandria, viii be = st. Patrick 3
Day affair. beginning on March II
and continuing for two days.
Next will come the Old Dominion
games on May IL, l3 and is. These
were also formerly held in Alexan-
dria. The Annapolis tournament,
which usually has been q part Of
the local bridge players Independ-
ence Day celebration, will occur
June 80 to July 2. There will not
be July I game because Govern
ment employees. who make up large
lpart Of its membership. viii be
obliged to work.
at the Wardman Park Hotel under
the management Of william Cheeks,
acting for the ACBL. It Is ex-
| pected that Capt. Russell Baldwin,
II he continues to be stationed In
Warrington. will be the games d.
rector.
No announcement Is yet made a
to the date for holding the Mary
land State tournament. which the
Baltimore players have been obliged
to postpone because OF inability to
obtain hotel accommodations.
Mrs. Helen Golden and Mrs. vir-
ginia Sheldon were north and south
winners in the Red Cross benefit
game Of the Federal Bridge League,
held on Tuesday night at the Ward
man Park Hotel. Their score was
l56. Miss Maize Bule and Mrs
Mabel Du Bois were second with q
score OF 146ha. DR.. A. ]. Steinbere
and B. Rosson were leaders East
and West with 164h and Mrs. l.
Gibson and Mrs. Virginia Athey were
second in the same direction with
score Of 15S. Thirty-three tables
were IN play In two sections and ap-
proximately $l32, was the sum real
lied for the charity.
The league offered q 325 War Bond
prize. which was won by George
Kathan, president. The purchase
price was taken from the leagues
funds and not from the proceeds OF
the benefit game. Next Tuesday
night the league will play its month
ly master point pair game.
Matinee Club winners at the
American Legion Hall on Monday
were Col. Edward Clifford and Mrs
Ivan Smith, first, and Mrs. Brecken-
ridge Long and Nine. Georges
Poulien, second.
The National Press Club duplicate
players will play their next eame
tomorrow night in the club audi
torium.
In San Francisco, where bridge
Is very much in vogue. players have
adopted an extension Of the slam
convention devised by Frank j. Al
bus. member Of the National Press
Club, and In which club calls in
certain circumstances afford the cue
bids. The San Francisco conven-
ton Is six-club response to show
two aces and one king after the
bidding has been opened with q one
bid in major suit and Is followed
by . bid Of four no-trump on the
second round.
The following Is an example:
Evening star., 1944-02-27

Meetings this week are: Tuesday,
James Reese Europe, Garnet Pat
terson School; Wednesday, Kenneth
Nash, Washington Hotel Cooley
Mccullough, Legion clubhouse, and
I'd Division, Colonial Hotel.
Evening star., 1944-02-27

In the deal where this hand was
played several Of the declarers went
to seven spades, which would have
been made with q break in the
trump suit. The six-club response
kept the contract to q small slam,
which could not be defeated.
The Albus convention has be-
come very popular at the Press Club
and Is being used successfully else
where In Washington. Its club cue
bids have the merit Of enabling a
declarer to reach q grand slam when
1t Is possible and Of keeping the
contract to q small slam when it is
indicated that q grand slam Is not
possible.
Evening star., 1944-02-27

(This IS the seventh OF IL ar
ticles titled "Where Are the
Ydnks" The series has been
prepared by the National Geo.
graphic Society for The Sunday
Star to inform readers about the
regions tDhere American serpice-
men are stationed. An article
DAl appear in The Star each
Sunddy.)
Evening star., 1944-02-27

Notionol U. S. Album
supplement No. I2, SOC
WASHINGTON STAMP CO,
o31 Pa. Ave. NV, Washington, d. C.
Evening star., 1944-02-27
STAMPS AND COINS.
STAMPS FOR SAL

Q. s. in National Postage Album, many
unused. catalogue value appr0xima atel,
100000; price, $4,000. Write Box 28I b
Evening star., 1944-02-27

The department sponsored a re-
cruiting rally last Monday night at
713 D street NV, with Depart
ment Chief OF Stan Frank Topash
as master Of ceremonies. Comdr.
Pribek Of Equality-Walter Reed
Post furnished an entertainment.
Department Comdr. Jack Holiday
delivered the address of welcome.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-04-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Weaver, north
of town. are announcing the arrival
of a baby boy at the Hagerstown
Hospital April 49, The young son
has been named Jack Ronald Wea-
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-04-27

David Baker, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Allan Baker, spent a furlough with
his parents here. He is stationed in
North Carolina.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-04-27
Belgian Draft Horse
Breeders Organize

At a>meeting held in College Park
last Saturday and attended by rep
resentatives of farms from all over
the State, breeders of purebred Bel
gian Draft Horses voted to organize
the Maryland Belgian Draft Horse
Association. The following were
elected:
President-C. w. Slade, Headmas-
ter, The Slade School, Sharon Farm,
Olney.
Vice President--William r. Har-
vey, Jr., Manager, Wilmae Farm,
Monkton.
Secretary Treasurer-Professor j.
M. Vial, University of Maryland
College Park.
The following directors were
elected: Waldo Brooks, Centerville,
representing the Eastern Shore, and
Charles Stoltz, Smithsburg, repre-
senting Western Maryland.
Mr.. William Cunningham, Fair
play, was elected Honorary Presi-
dent. Mr.. Cunningham is the oldest
breeder of purebred Belgian Draft
Horses in the State, having main
tanned a breeding farm for 80 years.
Present besides the breeders were
H. j. Brant, Executive Secretary of
the Belgian Draft Horse Corporation
of America, Wabash, Indiana; John
Clark, Field Representative of the
State Fair Board, and representa-
tives of the University and Belts
vile Research Center.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-04-27

Mrs Thelma lesson, the third and
fourth grade teacher, spent the
week end in New York, visiting her
home at Gasport, land also the home
of her husbands parents at Barker,
N. Y.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-04-27
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
By DOUG STEWART

Opening day is just six days away
"Wednesday. May 3-but as this is
written, it's just impossible to give
you any accurate idea of what the
lineup will be, when Manager
Brett trots out on the field with his
squad, for The opening game against
York.
Recent additions to the team are:
Sturkie, an inielder, and Ralph
Sewiert, a right handed hurler, who
is 6-foot ii inches tall, both sent up
by Doc Protho of the Memphis
Chicks in the Southern League, and
catcher James Rhodes, from the
Baltimore Orioles.
With bad weather washing out
some badly needed practice games,
Owner Sterling and Manager Brett
are hoping this week end will give
them a break in the weather. A
game is booked for today with the
Curtis Bay Coast Guard team, in
Baltimore, and Saturday night the
Owls are scheduled to meet the
cambridge Naval Training Station
team at the stadium here, while
another home game is booked for
Sunday afternoon against Curtis
Bay.
If these three games can be
played, Brett should have pretty
good line on his boys and by Mon
day an opening day lineup should
be about set.
have seen the squad in action a
couple of times and the only really
weak spot l noticed was in Short,
and no doubt Sturkie will be able to
plug that hole. But I've long since
learned not to get excited about a
baseball team until the club has the
players signatures affixed to a con-
tract
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-04-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Ford are
announcing the arrival of baby
girl at the Washington County Hos
pital on April II. The baby has
been named Carroll Ann. The ia
Their is a seaman in the Navy and
has been stationed at various
places recently.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-04-27
Arsenic Recommended.

Lady-These grapes are for my
sick husband. Do you know if any
poison has been sprayed on them?
Grocer-No, ma'am, you'll have to
get that at the drug store.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-04-27

Charles Morningstar left on Mon
day for Camp Polk, Texas, where
he has been stationed for the past
year.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-04-27

Over in the Major Leagues, things
are off to the usually screwy start.
AS this is written, the st. Louis
Browns have won six straight
games to lead in the American
League, while the New York Giants
and the ST. Louis Cards are riding
the crest in the National with five
straight wins each.
But before you start laying any
OF the long green" on either the
Giants or the Browns, just get out
last years records and you will find
that, along about this time last year,
the Phillies were setting the Ma
tional League on fire, and you know
where they finished.
The Draft may do something for
baseball that many fans have al
ways wanted to happen-bring all
the teams on fairly even terms. A
horse race is made interesting be-
cause, when one nag stands out
above all the others. the handicap
per starts loading him with weight,
the idea being that the other horses,
carrying less weight, will then have
a better chance against him. But
when baseball team develops out
standing players, there's just moth
ing the other clubs can do about it,
except try and dig up stars of their
own.
This year, with nearly every
name" player in there playing the
biggest game of all for Uncle Sam,
maybe We'll see better competition.
But whether the league races are
close or runaway affairs, it's swell
to know that the grand old game is
going to carry on, to bring excite
ment and relaxation to war work
ers and cheer (via the radio) to our
fighting men and women all over
the world.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-04-27
Leitersburg
NeUs

An appropriate program was rem
dered by the Leitersburg School on
April 81, when Arbor and Bird Day
was celebrated.
The boys and girls who are mem
bers of the All Clubs purchased and
planted a willow tree and an oak
on the play grounds.
Mr.. Hotter, assistant county
agent, supervised and assisted in
planting the trees.
Miss Ardith Martin, county dem
onstrator, was also present for the
affair. The following program was
rendered at / o'clock:
Song, Arbor Day, school; poem,
Trees, 5th and 9th grades; song,
What Do We Plant?; poem, The
Willow, June Huff; the planting and
naming of the willow tree; song,
Sing and Play; the planting and
naming of the oak; song, The Song
of the Oak, 7th and 9th grades.
The oak tree was named for Colin
Kelly, hero who was killed at
Pearl Harbor. The willow was
named for Ernest Franklin Hoover,
veteran of World War I, who
served as principal of the Letters
burg School for years. Mr.. Hoo
yer is now teaching at Smithsburg.
Mrs. Thelma lesson, the third and
fourth grade teacher, spent the
week end in New York, visiting her
home at Gasport,and also the home
of her husbands parents at Barker,
N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Bell enter
tanned in honor of Mrs. Bells broth
er, Lieut.. Willard Huff, of the U. S.
Army, who received his wings
last week as a flyer for the Navy
He will return to Alabama where
he has been stationed. He will in
struct in flying for several months
before going into combat duty.
The Parent Teachers Association
will be organized at the Leitersburg
School on Thursday evening of this
week. Benjamin Willis will make
the main address.
Mrs. Compton, who purchased the
Bridge farm some time ago and Isl
converting it into a dairy farm, has
purchased the Price and also the
Robinson farms which adjoins her
farm.
The Price family expect to move
below Hagerstown, where they have
purchased another farm.
Mrs. Barton Lehman substituted
for Mrs. lesson during her absence
on Friday.
Mr.. and. Mrs. Levi Hartle enter
tanned at elmer in honor of their
daughter Lorraine's husband, Har-
old Kipe, and Mrs. Hartle'S nephew,
Harold Newcomer. The guests at
the dinner included the two honor
guests and their wives and Mr.. and
Mrs Bitner.
On Sunday at their home on
Hamilton Boulevard, Mr.. and Mrs
Bitner entertained the same fami-
lies, including Mrs. Bitner's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hartle, south of
Leitersburg.
David Baker, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Allan Baker, spent a furlough with
his parents here. He is stationed in
North Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Weaver, north
of town. are announcing the arrival
of baby boy at the Hagerstown
Hospital April 10. The young son
has been named Jack Ronald Wea-
yer.
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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-04-27

Joe-What time is it?
Bill-It is exactly now, in a few
it will be after while.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-04-27

Last night the Hagerstown Field
Athletic Association was host at an
informal get together in the council
chamber at the city hall, when
Owner Sterling and Manager Brett
met informally with the mayor and
council and a number of baseball
fans, in good old-fashioned crack
er barrel chin fest. Fans shot their
questions and got their answers and
when it was all over, everyone
agreed that Sterling and Brett were
a couple of pretty good guys and
were doing everything they could to
give Hagerstown a winning ball
club.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-04-27

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Evening star., 1944-10-19
Columbia Heights Forum
Officers Nominated

The Citizens Forum Of Columbia
Heights last night renominated Will
liam L. Ford to serve as president
for the coming year. Election of
officers will take place at the next
meeting on November Is.
Also nominated were Spared A.
Wood, first vice president; Alba Ed
wards, second vice PRESIDENT Miss
Anna Honabach, secretary: J. w.
Crawford, treasurer: DR.. Lyman F.
Kebler and Mr. Wood as delegates
to the Federation of Citizens As
sociations and w. J. Oates as chap
lain.
On motion of John Savage, men,
bers present agreed to ask that the
Federation of Citizens Associations.
the Senate District Committee and
the Public Utilities Commission re-
consider and acknowledge the asso-
cations resolution passed last
March asking the investigation of
possible reduction of power rates
OF the Potomac Electric Power Co.
A talk on behalf of the Com
munlty War Fund was delivered bv
J. w. Davidson.
The meeting, held at the Powell
Junior High School, was presided
over by Mr.. Ford.
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Women S Committee
Opens Drive 10 Sell
Symphony Tickets

The National Symphony Orches-
tra's Womens Committee launched
its fourth annual drive for season
ticket subscribers to the Wednesday
evening concert series yesterday,
when 200 committee members met
for luncheon at the Statler Hotel to
hear their duties explained, and to
hear Catherine Drinker Bowen, au-
thor of yankee From Olympus, y
speak.
Mrs. Bowen, who also has written
several books about music and mu-
sicians, told the group: "In this
charming, beautiful, vital wicked
city we need music with peculiar
intensity. Some one has said music
is the only practice of art which
does not corrupt the mind'--and
Washington could do with little
anticorrupticn. We floaters, who
live here for several months or sew
Evening star., 1944-10-19
.Anfonini Tells Roosevelt
Italy Backs Him SoIid|Y

President Reosevelb would be
elected unanimously if the election
were being held in Italy, Luigi An
tonini, president of the Italian
American Labor Council of New
York, said after p White House visit
yesterday when Mr Roosevelt for
mally received plaque and medal
the Four Freedoms Award of the
council
Mr. Antonini, several of his as
sociates Attorney General Biddle
and William Green, president of
the American Federation of Labor,
were in the party at the ceremony
The award was accepted on behalf
of the President by Mr.. Biddle at
Columbus day exercises last week
in New York.
Archbishop Francis J. Spellman,
chaplain bishop of the Army and
Navy, who has Just returned from a
tour of the western battle fronts,
lunched with the President yester-
day and told of his travels which
covered 10000 miles.
Evening star., 1944-10-19

eral years, find in the symphony or
chestra unifying force. It helps
us to feel that Washington, too, Is
our home"
Between now and the first Wednes-
day evening concert, November 8,
the Women's Committee will work to
sell the 737 season tickets still un-
sold. Tickets for the Wednesday
concerts are sold by season ticket
only.
Plans were announced for a spe-
fcial fund to provide a bloc OF seats
for convalescent soldiers at st. Eliza
beth's, Walter Reed and Bethesda
Naval Hospitals. Any one interested
in subscribing to the fund may do
so through the Women's Committee.
Transportation for the soldiers will
be provided by the American Wom-
ems Volunteer Service. All service
personnel are admitted free to the
concerts, when vacant seats are
available, but the committee decided
to make special provision for the
convalescent soldiers.
Mrs. Reeve Lewis, jr., committee
vice chairman, presided in the alb
sence of Mrs. Peter Belin, chairman.
Other special guests included Mrs.
Francis Biddle, wife of Attorney
General Biddle; Mrs. Ralph Bard,
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Sixteenth Street Highlands
Citizens Elect Officers

| George M. Gooch was elected
president of the Sixteenth Street
I Highlands Citizens Association a,
its annual meeting last night a,
Brightwood School.
/ Other officers named are: Mrs
Constantine A. Bonos, first vice
president; Col William Blair. sec
ond vice president Frank C. Sack
ron, treasurer; Mrs. Case Hagen
corresponding secretary; DR.. Ralph
B. Kennard and Mr.. Gooch. dele
gates to the Federation of Citizens
| Associations.
The association decided to ask fol-
| improved bus and streetcar service
for the area. The proposal for q
public library at Fourteenth anc
Kennedy streets NV, which has
been approved by the library Boarc
of Trustees, is receiving favorable
consideration by the District Com.
missioners, the association was told
Speakers were Miss Claudia B. Cali.
ker of the tuberculosis Association
and Frank r. Strunk. who urgec
support for the Community Wa:
Fund drive.
Evening star., 1944-10-19
WPB Clears Way 10 Import
Chinese Silk for Stockings

BY the Associated Press
A gllmmer Of hope for small
scale production of silk stockings
appeared today after the War Pro-
duction Board announced the way
had been cleared for Importation of
raw. silk from China.
1t said the Combined Raw Ma
terials Board had agreed to recon-
mendations that United States i'm
porters be allowed to purchase such
silk. Heretofore the entire supply
has gone to the Government for
military needs. There was no dis
closure of the channels through
which shipments will be made.
WPB made no estimate of the
amount which may be obtained BY
private importers but spokesman
pointed out that only about 10000
bales year were available from
China before the war. as compared
with approximately 273,000 bales
from Japan
Evening star., 1944-10-19
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
OMAHA, Oct 19.-Upton Close
radio commentator and author, was
stopped by boos while delivering the
principal address to the national con-
vention of the American War Dads
last night and was only allowed to
finish his address after he agreed
to speak on a noncontroversial sub
ject.
The outburst began when Mr.
Close quoted President Roosevelt as
saying, Il don't welcome the sup
port of the Communist party Ii
mounted as he quoted a recent Cali
fornia press release from Senator
Truman in which the vice presiden-
tial candidate said, Il will welcome
the support of any one who will
help us win this election"
The next remark from Mr.. Close
If any of you War Dads can't take