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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-11

events of their lives would not stand
forth In bold relief. Then, she was
on her way. The only prop she
needed for the routine was q large
chiffon handkerchief.
The dancer would join q party
when invited and sit there being
quietly charming. The lighting Of
q cigarette In her immediate vicinity
was her cue. "O-o-o-o-h," she
would shrek politely, leaping to her
feet with such q furry Of brushing
away imaginary sparks that you
might have thought she would be
9 human torch the next second
Then, looking sad, she would pro-
duce the handkerchief, large
brown cigarette burn marring its
bilious green hues.
Never got her less than s. and
sometimes as high as $50.
Our informant insists that one
wealthy man, even though he knew
1t was all a fake, became 30 fasci.
mated by the act that he paid sew.
eral thousand dollars over the period
Of a year just to see the youne
woman perform it. Our informant
also says he first saw the same cir.
using the same routine with the
same handkerchief back in 1926, but
we think our informant is exag.
gerating. Anyhow the kerchie1
earned the lass what is known as q
pretty penny, and even some pretty
dollars, for she did buy a house moi
long back.
You might think that all q night
club operator had to do to get q
stage show would be to get in touch
with the proper talent agents in New
York. You might think, with 80 few
vaudeville houses open in the land
that top-notch entertainers would bt
almost plentiful. But you would b<
wrong again. There are many Of the
mediocre and the passable, but the
good and the very good are hard tc
find. Furthermore, you, If you are In
charge Of q night club show, cannot
book q headline act, q good act and
q couple Of not-quite-so-good acts
You have to take what you can when
you can get it, and this is q situa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-11

to the United States when she was
younger, and Portuguese because 1t
seemed like good idea to learn 1t
one time. Paul Chapman not
only won last weeks "Stardust
Night" at the 400, but also won suct,
admiration from Joe Moss that the
latter sent him of to New York for
q specially arranged addition with
Jimmy Dorsey.
\ X
This, no doubt, is as good a time
as any to pass along the one from
Jack O'Brian, Associated Press
Broadway columnist, about the
camera girl at New York's Copaca-
bana. She had such hard time
with a complaining photo subject
recently that she was forced finally
to point out: Sorry, lady. I'm q
photographer, not a plastic sur
geon."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-11

ton that leads to some fretful mo-
ments In the lives Of those respon-
sible for the local after dark enter
tainment.
It also Is q situation, conversely
which has Helen Hamilton OF the
Troika very happy indeed these
days. For several weeks now, by
grace Of the booking agents, Mrs.
Hamilton has had corralled at the
Troika what might as well be called
all-star shows. Currently, for in
stance, the entertainment there is
provided by Juanita Rios, trim lit
tie four alarm fire Of Latin singer;
Keith Clark, q sleight-of hand artist
who probably could mystify a
sleight-of-hand artist; Sharon De
Vries, who is one Of the funniest
women there is, and Talia, who is
one of the most adept and original
Of the dancers in the night clubs
Any one of them Is headliner and
together they add up to a mighty
bright show.
The Midnight Merry-Go- Round
To the list of people who do
not believe the customer is AL
WAYS right, add the name OF
Sasha Ltlkas. the violinist- orchestra
leader at the Sazerac Room of the
Old New Orleans. Sasha was play
ing his own special arrangement of
Jealousy" one recent eve and got
halfway through 1t before lass of
IN q corner recognized it and
squealed the title aloud. Sasha
thinks that customer was wrong and
that his version Of any tune is recog-
nizable before the midway point is
reached. . And you might just
as well put Johnny Shaw's name on
that same list. Johnny and his
trio were playing happily at Cos
tins the other night, when a GUS
toner approached and asked them
to play Tristan" Wanted the
whole score of the Wagnerian opera
Not being up to singing the Isolt
role, Mr.. Shaw was forced to de-
cline with thanks. There is, at
Herb Sachs Duet, bus boy who
used to be Stand-in for Joseph
Calleia and even now, carries a card
from Central Casting in Hollywood
Says this is much steadier work
though. Linda Lopez, who
serves piping hot Latin ditties at the
Madrillon, is linguist, too. Speaks
Spanish because she was born in
Spain, French because she had to
learn 1t in school, Italian because it
was easy knowing the first two, Eng
lish because the family brought her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-11
oUsEHoLD BUDGET LOAN PLAN

Loans for payment of certain Restricted" articles
still limited by Gosf regulations to II months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-11
Meeting on Chino Scheduled

Representative Savage, Democrat,
OF Washington will speak on China
at 8 pm. Thursday at mass meet
ing IN the National Press Club Audi
forum. The meeting is sponsored
by 10 civic and labor organizations
which have announced that the
slogans for the affair are: stop
Intervention in China" Bring Our
Boys Home" and Withdraw United
States Troops From China"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-11
Dental Society to Meet

The District Dental Society will
meet at 8 o'clock tonight at the
Medical Society Auditorium, Ills
M street NV. Speaker will be DR.
Balint Orban, professor Of oral
pathology and research at the Col
lege Of Dental Surgery, Loyola Uni
versity, Chicago, Ill. DR.. j. Walter
Bernhard is president Of the group
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-11

On loans Of $500 and less House
holds only charge is the monthly
rate of go on unpaid balances.
This rate is substantially less
than the maximum prescribed
by the Maryland Small Loan
Law. On loans over $500 charges
for interest, expense and delin-
quency are computed in the
manner provided by the Indus
trial Finance Law but the note
limits the total Of these charges
to an amount eqsal to a monthly
cost of ll4% on unpaid balances.
These costs are figured on
actual unpaid principal balances
as reduced by payments. No
insurance Of other charges.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-17
dpP|aneHifs
IS
Times Photo

GUAM. Aug. is tINs)-Death
OF 15 men when a Jap suicide
plane crashed into an American
auxiliary naval ship Monday eve-
ming in Buckner Bay, 0kInawal
was announced by fleet head
quarters today
Another man is missing and II
were wounded.
A second Kamikaze plane mar
rowly missed the ship. The aux
iiary sustained structural dam
age
Two Jap suicide planes. accord
ing 10 an NBC broadcast from
Oklnawa, attacked the small
island Of Ihya, 30 miles west Of
Okinawa, at s A. m Wednesday.
Two Americans were wounded
and one may die.
The broadcast pointed out
that the attack came y hours
after President Truman an
nounced the end Of the Pacific
war and eight hours after En-
peror Hirlhito went on the air
with the announcement OF Japa.
ncSe defeat.
military officials. the Oki-
nawa broadcast said, believe
that similar attacks may take
place in the future by fanatical
kamlzaze pilots who will refuse
10 obey the Jap emperor s COM
mand TO cease firing }
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-17
GOugerS About Face
AS Abundance NearS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16-Now
comes the time when courtesy
and square dealing VIII pay Off
for the merchants. restaurant OPP
orators and other purveyors 70 the
public who practiccd those far
seeing virtues during the stress Of
war.
Coincidentally, the time is al
hand when a great many Of the
other sort will wonder where their
customers went.
In some restaurants OF Wash
ington today Scowhng walters
were still serving quarter por-
tions of tho plentiful varieties of
food AT outrageous prices, but
there were many signs that the
profiteerS and practitioners OF
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-17
Burned Out
Poor Box Thief Free in
Church Fire

CHICAGO. Aug. 16-Juliu S
Goss, SO, put up such a plausible
argument that police figured today
they would have 10 eliminate him
as an arson suspect in fires set al
81. Peters and two other Catho-
lic churches.
Goss, who has served several
sentences for robbing church poor
boxes, told police he had depended
for his living on robbing the boxes
since he was a boy Of il and
added:
"Why should I set FIRE to
church when that's where / get
my living ."
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-17

confetti and newspapers through
out downtown areas and said the
cleanup Job may require several
days.
Police. who said merrymakers
were nearly as active last night
as during the hours after the
peace bulletin, reported few SER
iouS casualties.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-17
Missing on Boat,
Believed Suicide

Police today investigated sew
eral suicide notes after a pas
senger on a Bob-Lo boat, tenta-
lively identified as Albert Stadler,
address unknown. disappeared on
an excursion down the Detroit
River.
His clothes, containing a
lengthy suicide note, were found
on deck. It was believed he had
jumped into the river.
Police said the notes indicated
dependency over an absent wife.
A clipping of a classified ad in
Detroit papers indicated he was
appealing to his wife to return TO
him. The ad was dated July is.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-17

discourtesy as a war policy had
started a retreat.
There was a general appearance
Of butter IN eating places. indi-
eating that the operators had at
last thought ii better TO spend a
few ration points that way than
10 continue using all Of them for
items -whlcA-bEaHgg heavy profit,
like meat.
Clerks at a growing number of
places were smiling pleasantly and
speaking courteously under the
anxious eyes Of suddenly reformed
employers who not so long ago
had condoned such signs above
the counters as treat our en-
ployes nicely, we can always get
customers
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-17
Army Halls FREIGHT

NEW YORK, Aug. is ms
Railroad officials disclosed today
that the army had Cancelled al
military freight shipments witt
certain eXCeptinnS. like food.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-17
Saginaw CeIebrdnts
Strew II Tons Paper

SAGINAW, Aug. IS - city
officials estimated nearly IL tons
OF papers Uttered streets here
after victory celebrants strewed
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-17

Buy War Savings Stamps the
convenient way. Order them
delivered To your door from your
Detroit Times carrier-salesman.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-17
VI Holiday Ties Up
Checks for JobIess
Photo

The two-dsy holiday OF the
majority OF Michigan workers is
expected to delay the clearing OF
so 900 checks for jobless Detroit
org
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-17

Plenty Of hanging space 20
hold long garments neatly,
hsndily in this sturdy mod
srn double door wardrobe.
Walnut finish.
Evening star., 1945-09-14
Veterans Officials Confer
On Shortage Of Doctors

Means of relieving as soon as
possible the shortage of doctors
nurses and other employees of vet
erans' hospitals figured in discus
sions today between managers of
hospitals and regional officers of
the Veterans Administration in the
District, Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia and Pennsylvania and Gen
Omar N. Bradley, administrator of
veterans affairs.
Other administrative problems
were on the agenda as Gen. Bradley
sought to carry out his mandate
from President Truman to mod
ernize the Veterans Administration.
This is the first in a series Of
meetings which Gen. Bradley plans
to hold with field executives. Others
are scheduled for Atlanta, Septem-
ber 10. and Boston, September 26.
Evening star., 1945-09-14
Police Seeking Two Bandits
After Robbery Of Moforist

Police of three States and the
District were searching today for
two armed bandits who last night
robbed James G. Hall, Upperville
(Vao insurance agents, of his auto
mobile and $525 in cash near Mid
dleburg, Va
Mr.. Hall told State police he was
repairing tire about S miles west
OF Middleburg when the men drove
up and offered help. After the tire
had been changed, one man drew a
pistol and forced Mr.. Hall into his
car.
Mr.. Hall reported that the men
drove him for Is miles before re-
leasing him with the warning to
keep your mouth shut
Mr.. Hall told police that a third
person, possibly a woman, was driv-
ing the bandits car.
Evening star., 1945-09-14
Botoon Veteran,
Commerce Aide
To Wed Oct. II

A blond, blue-eyed Commerce De.
partment secretary and a decorated
veteran of Bataan, who struck ur
an acquaintance in the Ambassador
Hotel swimming pool last April, ap.
piled for a marriage license yester.
day.
S/Sergt. Arthur A. Chenoweth
liberated from a Jap prison camp in
the Philippines last February 4, was
a patient at Walter Reed Hospital
when he decided to get some exer-
else. He was sufficiently recovered
from his bullet and bayonet wounds
and the case of malnutrition he
developed in captivity to 60 for a
swim.
Miss Donna Cline, %, of 1448 Oak
street NV. who came here three
years ago from Logansport, Ind, tc
work for the Government, was al
the pool when Sergt. Chenoweth
arrived. 1t was love at first sight
according to the veteran.
Sergt. Chenoweth, credit man.
ager of the Bell Clothes Shop. now
living at 523 Quackenbos street
NV. said they will be married
October 81. He and Miss Cline plan
to live here, "if we can find a place
to live"
The sergeant. who holds the Sill
yer Star for valor and the Purple
Heart, is native of Jennings, Kans..
and now is on furlough. awaiting
discharge.
Evening star., 1945-09-14
Fewer Children Ask
Work Permits Since
End Of Pacific War

A drop in the number of working
students since vi day is indicated
by 26 per cent fewer applications for
work permits so far this month,
compared with last September,
school officials said today.
Last September 585 students ap-
piled for permits to take winter
jobs. So far this September 434
have applied.
only students applying to work for
the first time. There are thousands
more already holding permits which
they may use to work either full or
part time. The work permit depart
ment said the average yearly num-
ber of students working at some
time during the school term is now
27,000, in contrast to yearly aver
age of about 1000 in prewar times.
Robert L. Haycock, superintend-
ent, asked parents to send their
children back to school. opening
Monday The children will be per-
manently handicapped" in the post
war years, he said, unless they get
at least high school education.
The work permit department
pointed out that the 26 per cent
drop in permits issued this month
is encouraging, but that not until
the end of the school year will they
: be able to contrast the overall fig
ures to see what the effect of peace
has been. 1t may be long time-if
ever-before the total number work.
ing returns to anything approximat-
ing the low prewar levels, it was
said.
In his plea for students return
to school, Mr.. Haycock pointed out
that the war had been won with
intellectual achievements. Peace
time will make even greater de-
mands upon the younger genera
ton, he said, and the youngsters
must be educated for it. Special
skills-mathematics, science and vo-
cational education in particular
will be needed, he said.
Evening star., 1945-09-14
American AirIines Sets
Record for Atlantic Trims

A new high for one-way crossings
of the Atlantic in single month
by American Airlines, Inc, was
established in August when the
firms planes traversed the ocean
SOB times, j. D. Lewis, superintend- :
ent of the airline's military opera
tions, announced. The airline,s pre-
vious record was 465 one-way cross
ings, set in June, he said.
The crossings were made with the
airline operating as q contract car
rier for the Army Transport COM
mand.
Also during August, American Elk
port Airlines, part Of the American
Airlines System, completed q total
of $50 one-way crossings Of the At
lantic, for . total Of 522 ,o66 miles
flown.
Evening star., 1945-09-14
4 Veterans From D. {. Area
Arrive al East Coast Ports

Seven more District area veterans
of Europe, including an Army nurse,
are listed among troops arriving at
East Coast debarkation points.
The nurse, 1st 1t. Nancy Whit
taker. 1908 Fourth street NV, and
Pfc. Wilson E. Higdon, whose Wash
ington street address was not given,
reached New York today aboard the
Aquitania. Their names were listed
in addition to the list of Washington
men arriving on the Aquitania
which was published in The Star
yesterday.
Three Washington men who ar
rived at Camp Patrick Henry yes
terday are: Sergt. John A. Stippick,
700 North Wayne. street, Arlington;
IT'S Ellis A. Murrell, 1904 Tenth
street NV, and Pvt. James A. Price,
$40 Nineteenth street, Arlington.
Two District veterans arrived by
air at the Air Transport Commands
Miami Army Air Field. They are
TI5 Albert E. Marshall, 3719 Min
nesota avenue Sc, and M/Sergt.
Isadore Frank, 1445 Park road NV.
Evening star., 1945-09-14
Five D. T.. Policemen
|Censured for Delay Of
Train Accident Report

A lieutenant, corporal and three
privates of the Metropolitan Police
force, all assigned to the first pre-
cinct, were censured yesterday for
their part in delaying for 70 hours
the report of a train accident which
occurred Sunday at Union Station.
Inspector Clement P. Cox, assigned
by Col. Edward J. Kelly. superin-
tendent, to investigate the delay,
named in his findings 1t. David Nc
Cutcheon, Corpl. Joseph Proctor, jr.,
and Pvts. Stephen O. Eetts. Ray
mond E. Maust and Robert L. San
ders.
Col. Kelly and Inspector Cox dis
closed the findings jointly yester-
day to reporters. The story of the
vanishing report, pieced from the
statements, runs as follows:
Detective Sergt. James Collins, as
signed by the Detective Bureau to
Union Station, and Washington Ter
minal police called first precinct
station house shortly after the acci-
dent at 5:31 pm. They talked to Pvt.
Belts, police station clerk, and re-
ported rough coupling" saying a
terminal Diesel engine too rapidly
backed postal car into a Pullman
train being prepared for a New York
trip-had caused five persons to be
taken to Emergency Hospital and
IT others to be given first aid treat
ment at the station. Sergt. Collins
gave names of the latter.
Failed to File Report.
Pvt. Belts told Corpl. Proctor, who
went to Emergency Hospital and
took the names of three men ad-
mitted and two others treated there.
Pvt. Belts considered his data in
complete. He informed 1t. Nc
Cutcheon of the accident at 10 pm,
but no report to the central bureau
was made.
Inspector Cox indicated that 1t.
McCutcheon and the three privates
believed that the regular assignment
of a Detective Bureau operative to
Union Station assured a report be-
ing made to headquarters. Col Kel-
ly said there were no grounds for
this belief.
At midnight Pvt Belts was re-
lieved by Pvt. Maust. The accident
data was still thought to be too frag-
mentary to be put on the teletype.
At am. Monday Pvt. Sanders re-
lieved Pvt. Maust. He continued to
hold the memo for further checking.
The accident was not reported to
Capt. Beverly Beach when he came
on duty at the precinct. About mid
morning Pvt. Sanders indicated, the
memo was mislaid.
On Tuesday Pvt. Sanders received
a written report from Sergt. Bernard
Bussink of the terminal police. His
statement described the report as
"voluminous. He said he thought
the report was cold" from police
standpoint, so he decided to hold it
until next day for checking and re-
writing. The following morning at
9:35 it was put on the teletype.
Inspector Cox commented in his
statement that at any time during
the early proceedings 1t. McCutch-
con, Corpl. Proctor or any of the
three .priyates could have assembled
enough data for a report to head
quarters.
No indication was given of what
action might be taken.
Cox recommended that
unless the three privates 'mended
their ways" they should be relieved
of further station r3Ilfies
Evening star., 1945-09-14

600 roof also would be added to the
Anacostia reservoir in Fort Stanton
Park.
Other budget requests submitted
to the Commissioners are $2,848, 800
for the operating expenses of the
refuse division, slight increase
over the $2.560, 900 appropriated In
1916; $s31, ,097 for the operating ex-
penses of the sewer division, an in
crease OF $131 OCT over current ap-
preparations; operating expenses of
the water division, $1,572, 100, COM
pared with 81. .140, 900 appropriated In
the current budget, and operating
expenses for the aqueduct, 81, ,023, 40,
an increase Of $l73,44
Evening star., 1945-09-14
Fleming Will Report
Today on Survey Of
Child Center Needs

Maj Gen Philip r. Fleming, Fed.
eral Works administrator, was tt
appear before the House Public
Buildings and Grounds Committee
in executive session today to present
the results of a Nation wide survey
on the need for continuation of child
care centers.
Gen. Fleming, who appeared be.
fore the House Appropriation Com
mittee yesterday. said he was given
the impression by that committee
that additional legislation will be
necessary to continue the program
beyond October 81.
A Parents Committee for Child
Care met yesterday with Gen. Elem
ing and with Chairman Lanham oi
the House Public Buildings anc
Grounds Committee to plead fol-
continuation of the % District GEN.
ters set up under the Lanham Act
Mrs. Clyde Hunt, chairman of the
Parents Committee, reported that
Representative Lanham said he
realized the whole program could
not be 'cut off at one stroke" and
promised that his committee would
seriously consider their problem.
The survey on the need for the
centers was prepared for Congress
and it is up to the Lanham Commit
tee to release it. according to Gen
Fleming's Office.
In asking for an additional $780,
10000 for the war services last
spring, Gen. Fleming promised the
Appropriations Committee he would
terminate the child care program al
the end of the war, spokesman
for him said.
Gen. Fleming told the mothers he
was very much aware" that ending
the program would work a hardship
on all working mothers. But he said
that, as an engineer, he was very
much surprised to find himself sud-
denly godfather for more than lO0,-
600 children.
The FWA took on the program
only because it was administering
all types of emergency funds, he
emphasized.
Evening star., 1945-09-14
Nays New Mascot Arrives,
Escorted by Texas Ranger

A postwar naval crisis was ended
today with the arrival at Union Sta
ton of young and vigorous An
CORA goat from Texas to be the new
mascot for the Navy football team
The goat was in the custody Of
Joe Luther. constable of Dallas
County, who had been commissioned
a Texas Ranger by Gov. Coke
Stevenson of Texas for this one
mission. Constable Luther wore q
diamond-studded star and two
ivory-handled Colt revolvers.
The goat was met by a number oi
men whose diversified hats showed
their Texas background. They gave
their names as Harry Crookes, for.
merly. of Houston and now a Wash.
ington insurance man; Dale Miller
Washington representative of the
Dallas Chamber of Commerce anc
president of the Texas State So
cietey of Washington; l.. T. Tex
Easley, formerly of Forth Worth ane
now Texas regional representative
for the Associated Press; Walter
Hornaday, Washington representa-.
tive Of the Dallas News and lie.
Carpenter, representing the Dalla.
Times Herald
The crisis was caused by the death
10 days ago of Billie TX, a Texa.
Angora which had served nine year,
as a mascot. The crisis was me-
when Capt. Charles o. Humphreys
director of athletics at the Naya
Academy, telephoned Mr.. Crooke.
and explained the urgency of tht
situation. Mr.. Crookes telephonee
Silliman Evans, owner and publish.
er of the Nashville Tennessean. 6
former citizen of Fort Worth. Mr.
Evans relayed the call for a gooe
goat quick to Gov. Stevenson al
Austin.
Then things began to happen
Mr.. Crookes received a Telegram
Wednesday from Alex T. Mickle
secretary of the Greater Pan-Amer.
ican Hereford Exposition: Goat
escorted by special Texas Range,