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Evening star., 1944-12-22
|CbeDy Chase Club
Presents Parody
on YuIe ActiDities

An entertaining parody on possible
activities OF q women's civic club and
the daughters of members ct Christ
mas time was presented last night
by the Junior Womens Club OF
Chevy Chase at the clubhouse, Con-
necticut avenue and Dunlop street
NV.
The skit, entitled "The Christmas
Indian Suit" was presented by the
drama section under the leadership
|of Nancy Hongell. The cast included
Becky Dunlop, Miss HongelN JEAN
cite Dulin, Ursula Myers, Irene Du-
lin, Audrey Proctor. Doris Long,
Betty Doyle, Peggy Neale, Dorothy
Hamilton and Margaret Leslie
During the evening Christmas
stockings were filled for children at
the suburban Hospital of Bethesda,
while members sang carols as they
participated in the work.
The serious business of the eve
ming was presented by Miss Frances
McCathran, parliamentarian, and
Miss Alice Hirsch. Miss McCathran
discussed the revision of the organ
ization's constitution, which will be
considered for adoption after the
first OF the year. Suggestions for
ways to aid in the rehabilitation of
servicemen were made by Miss
Hirsch.
Evening star., 1944-12-22

|Pre-H0lidav
|Fetes Honor
|DebHtAntes

Another debutante from resident
circles made her bow yesterday
when Mr.. and Mrs. Francis s.
Whitten presented their daughter,
Miss Francine Lewis Whitten at a
tea in the Sulgrave Club. The
guests were old friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Whitten and their sons and
daughters and the dance December
20 which Mr.. and Mrs. Whitten will
give at the 1925 F Street Club for
their daughter will be only for
young people. Representatives of
the conservative circles of resident
Washington, the guests were greeted
by Mr.. and Mrs. Whitten and their
daughter at the top of the stairs.
Carrying out their plan for in
formality the hosts and the debu-
tante did not keep a formal line
but were never far from the top Of
the stairs so as to greet each new
arrival. .>
Mrs. Whitten wore a black skirt
with jacket of sparkling sequins
and her daughter was in a street
length black skirt with q French
blue MORE blouse, made long and a
spray Of gardenias on her shoulder.
Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer and Miss
Carolyn Nash presided at the tea
table and the hostess and her
daughter had no long formal list Of
assistants though sister debutantes
Of Miss Whitten arrived early and
stayed through the reception hours.
The debutantes, who are finding
Washington very thrilling place at
Christmas time, are probably the
busiest Capitalites during these next
few days. Today group Of them
were guests at luncheon Of Mrs
Rudolph Max Kaufman and Mrs.
John N. Greely, who entertained in
the presidential dining room at the
Mayfower Their guests included
the Misses Joan Beauregard, Mary
Howard Davidson, Leila Gordon
Dickey. Mary Beirne Echols, Hope
Erwin, Helena Fletcher, Mariana
Kyle, Elizabeth Moore Lyon, Bar
bara Miller, Mira Pearce Noyes,
Marie Oliver, Ellen Pearson, Edith
Scott, Katchen Smith, Lucy Station,
Virginia Sum merlin, Maryr
Thomas. Olive Watson and Fran
cine Whitten.
Miss Nancy Trowbridge, who is a
member Of the freshman class at
Smith College and will not make
her formal bow this season, was
the guest in whose honor her aunt,
Mrs. Strong. wife Of Col. L. Corrin
Strong. entertained at luncheon
yesterday, the party being given at
the United Nations Club at 17Ol
street.
Miss Naomi Donnelley, who was
presented in New York yesterday by
her parents, Comdr. and Mrs.
Thorne C. Donnelley, accompanied
them back to Washington today
and will take her place among the
other buds of this season.
Evening star., 1944-12-22
Recent Weddings
Are announced

Word has been received here OF
the marriage November II In Santa
Barbara of Miss Maxine Smallwood
O'Connor. daughter of Mrs. Homer
Lee Wynn of Barstow, Calf, to 1t,
Kenneth Newton Linder, U. 8. M
C. r., son Of Mrs. Louis Frederic
Default Of Arcadia, Calf, and Mr..
John Edwin Linder of this city. The
wedding took place in Trinity Epis-
copal Church, the Rev. Richard
Flagg> Ayres officiating.
Announcement Is made of the
marriage of Miss Emily Wright,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Grover
Cleveland Wright of Norfolk, to 1t.
Paul Everett Blocher, U. S. N. r.
The wedding took place October 80
in st. Andrews Episcopal Church
in Norfolk, and the couple is resid-
ing in that city while 1t. Blocher
is on duty there.
Lit. Blocher is a lifelong resident
OF the District, and before his en-
trance into the service was promi-
nent in local business and profess
sional circles.
Evening star., 1944-12-22
By the Way
BETH BLAINE

There's definite thrill to max
ing things new and beautiful anc
useful again thinks Mrs. Peter d.
Vries, who has chosen for her vol
unteer war work the Red Gross
Camp and Hospital Council Service
workshop.
Three days a week Mrs. De Vries
reports at Linthicum Hall in George
town. There, in a great high CELL
inged room of the old building
which was founded in 1869 as a free
business school Zone of the first in
the District, are piled all the nu-
merous donations that have been
contributed to the Red Cross fo1
the use OF servicemen in camp rec
reation rooms and in hospitals
Tables, chairs, sofas lamps, some
in good condition, some badly in
need of the repairs that Mrs. De
Vries and the other volunteers will
give them. A fresh coat of paint
for the table that is scratched and
marred-a neat job of upholstering
and reconditioning for the sofa
which looks faded and the worse
for wear-gay. new chintz slipcovers
for the soiled, torn ones on the
roomy armchairs, and the trans
formation is complete. 1t takes q
steady stream of supply to meet the
camp and hospital demands-so, if
you have any furniture that you'd
like to give, by all means do so,
the Red Cross can make use of it.
Another thing that Mrs. De Vries
finds nice about working for camp
and hospital service is that no spe-
clal course Is necessary for the work.
You learn as you work. And you
ind that for those volunteer hours
OF service which you have given
you are we'll repaid by all the know
ledge you've gained. knowledge
which will help you in making your
own home more attractive and COM
Portable and In keeping it that way.
A native of Michigan, Mrs. De
Vries and her husband made their
nome there Che taught at Michigan
State) until about eight years ago
when they moved to WASHINGTON.
(He Is now director of information
with the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics) She has always loved
doing things about the house and
been interested in decorating. Mrs.
De Vries says, I'm the kind of a
housekeeper who waits for some one
to burn a hole just SO I can recover
it,"
She doesn't have to do much watt
ing at the Linthicum Hall work.
shop, there are plenty of holes to
be recovered-and she's doing a
first class Job of it. too.
Evening star., 1944-12-22
Carolyn Just Named
To Sorority Post

Carolyn r. Just, special attorney
with the antitrust division, Justice
Department, has been appointed
chairman of the Board of Directors
OF Kappa Beta Pi Legal Sorority
QnternationaD by its grand dean,
Mrs. Kathryn D. Breen of Chicago.
Miss Just is a member of the Dis
trict and Illinois bars, as well as the
District bar Of Supreme Court of the
United States. She succeeds Mrs
Anna L. Moulton, whose term as
board chairman recently expired.
There are several hundred men,
bers OF the organization in WASH
ington in the four active chapters
here. Miss just is a member of NJ
Chapter at George Washington Uni
versity College of Law, from which
institution she received her LIN
degree in 1910.
Evening star., 1944-12-22
Ne1V and Retiring Diplomats
GiDe lest to Manv Parties

The numerous prehoday parties varied compliment
newly arrived and departing parties
evening was nat OF the chiefs of the military
from Che nonong officers
will return to their homeands Daroh chief Of the
Naval Mission Maj Gen
COL Meona new chief of the Military Mission
succeeding Maj Gen Oscar
several years and Will return to Chile the
Receiving with the hosts
eoa sonora oe Herreros has this
pecteo 10 JOIN Gen. Herreos before
guests nne the the Maynower
Evening star., 1944-12-22
Junior Red Cross
Girls TO Be Fefed

The 10 girls Of the Junior Red
Cross Of Chevy Chase win be hon.
ored with their mothers at 9 tea to
be given from TO 5 pm. next FRI
day at the Woman's Club Of Chevy
Chase. Mrs. Dean Alny, chairman
OF the Junior Red Cross, win be
hostess. Tea viii be served by the
Chevy Chase Canteen, headed by
Mrs. Stanley Holland.
Other guests win be representa-
tiyes Of Red Cross National Head
quarters. OF the Eastern area, OF the
Montgomery County Chapter and
OF other branches OF the organiza-
ton.
Evening star., 1944-12-22

Mrs. John Joseph Shugrue an
nounces the engagement of her
daughter. Miss Mariana Moran
Kyle, to Midshipman John Edgar
Murdock, jr., U. S. NJ. son of
Judge and Mrs. John Edgar
Murdock of this city.
Miss Kyle is a graduate of the
Potomac School and the Ma
deira School. She now Is attend
ing Finch Junior College in New
York City.
Midshipman Murdock is q
graduate of Laurenceville School,
Laurenceville, N. j. He is a
member of the graduating class
of the United States Naval
Academy.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
Evening star., 1944-12-22
|PEO SiSterhO0d
WI Meet Tuesday

THE Peace Of Christmas will be
the subject of talk by DR.. Erma
J. Nevins of the American Red Cross
at meeting of Chapter B, PEG
Sisterhood, at 8 pm. Tuesday at the
home Of Miss Genevieve and Miss
Marjory Hendricks, 3O51 N street
NV. The speaker will be introduced
by Mrs. Carl T. Curtis.
A program of Yule music will be
presented with Mrs. w. B. Cafky,
soprano, accompanied by Mrs. Rich
ard Thrush.
Assisting hostesses will be Mrs.
Fannie M. Foster, Mrs. C. w. Smith
and Mrs, Julia b. Wolfe
Evening star., 1944-12-22
Studio Tea

Mrs. Caresse Crosby and Comdr
Edes Talman, U. S. N, entertained
at late-afternoon party yesterday
in the formers studio at 1906 Twen-
tieth street, the occasion being the
opening Of an exhibition of Comdr
Talman's paintings of naval en-:
gagementS. Comdr Talman re.
Gently returned from duty overseas
and the exhibition of his work will
be open to the public, beginning to-
day.
Evening star., 1944-12-22
Musical Tea Set

A musical tea will be given We'd
nesday by the Sustaining Fund
Comm. = Of the Chamber Music
Guild, Mrs. Gardiner Luc. and Mrs
Homer S. Cummings. chairman and
co-chairman, respectively. The par
ty will be given in the Statler Hotel
at 4 O'Clock and among those pour
ing will be Mrs. Thor Thors. Mime
LIE Calais, Sonora de MunilIa and
Mrs. Edward M. Watson.
Evening star., 1944-12-22
Junior Audub0ns
Enjoy Annual Party

More than 300 children. member.
OF 20 Audubon Junior Clubs, wer.
entertained last night at the an.
nual Christmas party given by the
District Audubon Society at Roose-
velt High School.
Bird limitations and impersona-
tions were given by Juanita Nc
Combs, SPAR, and "oldsters" as
well as youngsters" joined in play
ing games directed by Mrs. Mabel
Jobe. The party was climaxed with
the distribution of party favors.
Evening star., 1944-12-22
Sorority Plans Dance

The Christmas dance Of Lambda
Chi Sorority will be given from 10
pm. Wednesday to l am. THURSDAY
at the Statler Hotel. Mrs. Eva
Sapoznick is in charge Of refresh
mentS.
Evening star., 1944-12-22
THE EVENING STAR, Washington. .. c.
FRIDAY DECEMDER 1914

Reserve at st. Elizabeth's Hospital
at the annual Christmas party q
the Ladies' Club, Regular Naval Re-
serves, ct 8 pm. Sunday ct the home
Of Mrs. Charles Campbell, 24s Fif-
|teenth street Sc.
Evening star., 1944-12-22
RiverdaIe Club
Plans YuIe PQrtv

A program, featuring Christmas
music and the exchange of small
gifts, will be given at Yule meet
ing Of the Woman's Club Of River
dale at 8 pm. Tuesday ut the home
OF Mrs. j. r. Moulden, 1900 River
dale road. The Executive Board will
meet at 7:45 pm. that night.
Evening star., 1944-12-22
Gets Radio Post

Mrs. Charles E. Parsons has been
appointed representative of the
Montgomery County Chapter, Amer
lean Red Cross, on the newly or
ganized Radio Liaison Council Of the
Metropolitan Area, according to an
announcement by Maj. L. L. Dye.
Evening star., 1944-12-22
HOlidavGuesf

Col. and Mrs. Charles N. Woolley
will have as their guest over the
holidays the latter's sister, Miss Vir-
ginia Grilley, noted artist-illustra-
tor. who will arrive today from New
York.
Evening star., 1944-12-22
" omen of Arg0 Meet

A musical interlude with COM
munity singing will be featured fol-
lowing dessert-luncheon meeting
Of B'nai Birth Women OF Argo at
l:3O pm. Wednesday at the Jewish
Community Center.
Evening star., 1944-12-22
Hosts TODAY

Mr.. and Mrs. James Lawrence
Houghteling will be hosts at an in
formal party this afternoon, enter
tanning in their new home, at 2424
Wyoming avenue.
Evening star., 1944-12-22
Hospital Reserves
To Get Cigarettes

Packages Of cigarettes will be
wrapped for members Of the Fleet
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08

as the only way to make initiation impos-
Sible.
Their arguments are thin eye-waSh.
Higher food prices have been caused, not
by producer demands, but by the tens Of
billions of extra dollars which are burn
ing holes in the pockets of war workers
combined with restricted production
caused by confusing directives issued by
bungling theorists.
Food prices could and would be held
in check if the theoretical Washington
pretzel-benderS would tear up and throw
away all of their conflicting and senseleSS
regulations and thus enable the nations
food producers to do the job they alone
know how to do. Food prices drop when
there is plentiful supply of the things
people eat. They rise when the supply
is scarce.
Closely related to this situation also
are the billions of dollars of "wild" money
loose in the nation. This wild" money
is largely in the pockets of war workers.
It got there through the Unsuitable de-
mandS Of leaders of union labor, with
whom the labor government in Washing
ton works hand-in-hand. Thus labor
leaders and Washington officials dunit,
not the food producers.
These groups, having already made
gigantic and tragic mistake now try to
place the blame on the innocent food
producers. Instead of admitting their
mistake they now arrogantly insist that
the only way to meet the critical food sit
uation is to use subsidies that is to say;
to borrow money to help pay today's food
bill. If this is done our men who today
are fighting for us on the worlds battle
fronts, upon their return home at the
wars end, will be forced to help pay to-
days home front grocery bill
The nations food problem can be
solved If Washingtons bunglers would
stop issuing confusing and unavoidable
orders and thus permit the men who
know how to produce food to do their job.
Subsidies and less food are not the an
swer. More food is the answer.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08
Latin America

When Senator Butler of Nebraska dis
cussed Latin-American conditions short
time ago he voiced the opinions formed
after having made a 10000 mile tour of
Central and South America. He eStim-
ated the amuonts of money poured into
Latin America in the name of the Good
Neighbor policy, and condemned the ex-
penditures as wasteful and extravaganza
The probabilities are that he told the
truth.
Secretary of State Hull replied few
days ago. and called the statements OF the
Nebraska unfair and unfounded,' and
gross Misrepresentation" Secretary
Hull stressed the fact that the Latin
American Republics have stood back OF
the United States in the war effort. He
is perfectly correct about that, and no
one withholds proper credit for the loyal
support that has been given us by Central
and South America.
However, Mr.. Hull shifted the cut-aS
Senator Butler was talking about an en-
tirely different matter when he went into
detail in criticising the spendthrift policy
of the Administration. He probably was
referring to the buying up OF coffee
crops of five countries, the sugar crops OF
Cuba, the silver production of Mexico,
confiscationS of Oil properties at the ex-
pense of American investors, etc.
Secretary Hull made no effort to re-
flute the charges made by the Nebraska
Senator. He has talked about an entirely
different phase of Latin-American sub
iects. That's the trouble with politics IN
Washington!
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08

getting less than the quota OF men
they requested from the draft
boards, but did not complain. Few
people outside the government re-
allied it, but even at the time
the fathers draft was under Wig
orous discussion on Capitol Hill.
the Army and Navy were not
complaining about the failure Of
draft boards to fill the quotas.
During the first months of 1943,
draft boards overfilled their
quotas. But in April, they began
to slump off. In that month, the
Army Navy asked for $4,000 men
but actually fot only $4,000. This
would not have bene significant If
it had occurred in one month
only. But in May, the services
asked Selective Service for 303, 900
men, got only $4,000. However,
there was no complaint from
either the Army or Navy.
Again, in June, the services
asked for $4,000 men, but got
only $4,000. In July, they asked
for 355,0O0 but got 289, 600, only
slightly more than the June figure
despite the fact that the quota
requested by the Army and Navy
request dropped to $4,000, and
the draft boards supplied only
221, 900 men, a scant rs per cent
of the number asked for. In
September, the Army Navy quota
was $4,000 men, but they got only
214,000 or 10 per cent of what
they asked for.
However, at no time did the
armed services make any protest.
They seemed content to coast
along with what the draft boards
were giving them.
This was all during the period
when the father-draft was I'M
der serious discussion and when
the Administration was taking a
vigorous stand that fathers had
to be drafted.
What the answer Is, no one
quite knows. High-up Army Navy
officers probably know but won't
talk. However, the Truman COM
mitee may ask some potent ques-
tons.
Copyright, 1914, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08

Pending a call to action, a feel
ing OF idleness and waste becomes
a demoralizing factor. The men on
the home front generally suffer
most from the age-old service dis
east of "just waiting around"
The type of thing that happens
in the waiting period IS illustrated
in confidential survey made
at the Naval dirigible station at
Lakehurst, N. j., which brought
forth the following facts.
1. The Navy uses 100 to lis
men to handle blimp when it
lands, whereas Goodyear handles
the same blirnp with Is civilians.
2. AS at many shore stations,
duty usually consists of "a hours
on, then "a hours standby (Which
means waiting around to see if
anything happenS), then "a hours
liberty. Then this is repeated.
Many men complain that the "a
hours of loafing at standby could
be used for some constructive
type of work.
3. More than 1000 civilians are
are employed to recondition ships
at high rates of pay, while en-
listed men who could do the job
and need the training lie around
idle.
4. A high wire fence, guardian
by armed sailors, surrounds Lake
. hurst. Then, inside the fence,
a Marine guards the outside of
each hangar. Them inside the
hangar, two civilians also stand
guard.
S. The Lakehurst commissary,
which handles about 100 customers
per day, is stated to handle
about 1000. 1t has ten clerks, two
commissioner officers and one
cashier. Any civilian grocery
man plus ano assistant could cas-
lily handle the whole business.
Multiply Lakehurst's wasted
manpOwer by the Nays many
other shore stations and 1t runs
into thousands Of men.
NOTE: The men themselves are
not 10 blame. MOST OF them Chafe
at inactivity, want to Sc action.
EFFECT ON THE MEN
One significant indication of
how glutted the Navy is with
manpower is in the boot-training
camps, designed to transform
Sivilian into a sailor. This train
ing used to last three weeks. Now
it has been running four months
or more. And after finishing this
boot-training, thousands of men let
around for months in OGU's (out-
going units) awaiting assignment
to a school or other activity.
In the past year, also, many
enlisted men have come to the
conclusion that Navy schools are
being maintained mainly for
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08
Who Dunit?

Able New Deal and labor union speak
ers and writers, who man the two best
oiled and most powerful propaganda
machines in the nation, are today busily
trying to put the food producers OF TINS
country on the initiation hot-spot. Both
proups of propagandists, by the use of
reDetition Of catch phrases and specious
reasoning, and adroit buck-paSsing, are
irving to persuade the people that rising
lfvine costs are being forced upon rs by
f00d producer demands. They insist that
these demands make subsidies mandatory
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08

the purpose Of keeping them &C.
cupied. Thousands of men have
attended half a dozen different
schools on unrelated subjects.
One of the most important per-
manent boondog2ling results OF
Navy idling is the efefct on the
men. Older men, accustomed to
hard work before they entered the
Navy, chafe at the inactivity.
Some of them complain that
they have fewer callouses on their
hands, are in worse physical shape
than before they enlisted IN the
Navy.
The effect on many younger
men Is just the opposite. Some
of the younger men were in CCC
camps or on WPA before enter
ing the Navy and they regard the
easy life at shore stations as a
heaven-sent opportunity talk
about staying on in such an easy
job after the war Is over.
Another demoralizing effect Is
the waste Of materials as wen
as manpower. At Lakehurst,
for instance, a blimp is loaded
with generous supply Of coffee,
canned cream and sugar when it
goes out on submarine patrol.
The supply is generous be-
cause the blimp may be de-
tanned at sea longer than ex-
pected. When it comes back
orders are that no food can be
returned to the galley. Result
Is that hundreds of cans of
cream and sacks Of sugar either
have to be thrown away or Civ
en- to the men every day.
Recently, there arrived at
Lakehurst beautiful new add
ing mbachine. The base already
had three adding machines and
this one wasn't needed, which
caused one officer to remark:
''Think Of the civilians who would
give their eye-teeth to get a ma
chine like this. However, we can't
return it," Since then, it has been
used about ten minutes per
month.
SLUMP IN DRAFT QUOTAS
Most significant fact about the
manpower situation is that, all last
summer, the Army and Navy were