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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-26
Founders Day Play
Given at American

Written and directed by Severino
Montana, Il Am Looking for an
American" was presented, Saturday
night, in the campus gymnasium Of
American University as part Of
the institutions fifty-second Found
er's Day celebration.
Although referred to as modern
tragedy the University's presenta-
ton more nearly resembled a gran
diose pageant combining in addition
to the drama and the dance q large
choral group. Structurally balanced,
the two parts Of the work each con-
tanned. three episodes or scenes as
well as a choral ode for each scene
The choral prelude America the
Beautiful and a vocal solo 1.-THE
Lords Prayer" sung by Helen Shen-
ton opened the presentation.
BY employing the choral group
Mr.. Montana achieves a kind of
stream Of consciousness" approach
to America and Americana. The
chorus comments and questions. It
asks what America is and then pro-
ceeds to answer its own question
alone or with the help of the ac-
companying skits-"America is not
a place - America is not bound BY
geographical locations America
Is in the hearts of all those people
from all those lands :" America is
part of those people who come to
American University to learn about
her"
The interlude between the first
and second part was devoted to the
Dances Of the Nations. Philippine
Folk Dances in the group, divided
into hat dancers and bamboo dan
GERS, were through the courtesy of
the Philippine Commonwealth and
under the direction of Mrs. Maria
Batoon.
Mr. Mantano, himself terms the
presentation IAN experimental pro-
duction and an attempt to break
away from the realism and natural
ism Of the modern theater." Since
1943 the playwright has been a
member Of the Washington staff of
General Carlos Romulo. Previous
to that he was a pioneer in the
community theater movement in the
city of Manila and upon coming to
this country in 1910 became active
in the Pasadena Community Play
house. p. S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-26

/ signed to provide development o,
local talent, on a professional basis
and entertainment of high calibel
for the entire community.
Other members of the committee
conducting the financial campaign
are John F. Hillyard, Floyd D. Akers
James Colliflower, Paul Young and
Vic D. Zeve.
Commissioner j. Russell Young is
president of the Municipal Theater
group.
A production designed to utilize
the full facilities of Lisner Audi
forum, among the most modern
theaters in the country, has been
set by George Washington Univer-
sity's Glue and Curtain Club for
March. That will be Roberta" hit
musical of several seasons ago, and
the most ambitious undertaking in
the history of dramatics at the uni
versity.
The production, scheduled for
March is, will make use of student
talent exclusively, and will follow
the original in every detail.
Roberta" as no one needs to be
told, is the work of Otto Harbach
and Jerome Kern and one of the
most successful musicals ever pre-
sented on Broadway Two of its
songs, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
and 1.-THE Touch of Your Hand"
have earned all-time hit parade
popularity, with several others,
Yesterday" You're Devastating, +"
and Lets Begin" almost equally
popular despite the fact that they
are considerably less hummable.
The Cue and Curtain show is I'M
der the direction of Floyd l.. Sparks
Mail orders for tickets are now being
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-26

playing the principal roles. :. The
roles of the lovers in spite of that
title. Sir James M. Barrie is
paraphrased in the new title of
Claudette Colbert's next picture
which henceforth shall be known as
What Every Woman Wants
1t started under the title, Guest
Wife" -. Happily Ever After" the
comedy of which Baltimore Sun
Critic Don Kirkley is co-author, is
set to open in New York on March
IA. :. Its locale is Elkton, Md, and
it deals with that municipality
function as the States chief Gretna
Green. Wilmington, Del. Elk
tons neighbor, and Philadelphia
will see it before it makes its Broad
way bow. -. Elliott Nugent, one of
the theater's abiest directors as we'll
as one of its most engaging actors,
will take a fortnights holiday from
his Voice of the Turtle" lead to
direct his new comedy, "A Place of
Our own" . That's the one that
has Mercedes McCambridge, late of
Hope for the Best" in the princi-
pal feminine role . Which seems
lucky for both the play and the
talented young actress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-26

the reviews
This is a thing to make a great
many passionate apostles of the
drama feel wistful and wish that
something better might n win an
equally enthusiastic quality of finan-
cial support.
There comes to any such in Wash
ington this week chance to do
more than be wistful and wishful on
that score.
Come Thursday, there will be a
meeting of the Sponsors Commit
tee of the Washington Municipal
Theater at which plans will be laid
down for a campaign to raise $780,
900 to launch the enterprise on its
productive program early next sum-
mer. Mrs. Emil Hurja, prominent
in civic affairs and one of the most
active participants in the program
of the now lapsed Civic Theater, is
chairman of the Sponsors Com
mittee, two active members of which
are Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Mrs. Harry S. Truman.
The theater will approach donors
as an Incorporated, nonprofit edu-
cational and artistic enterprise de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-26
Where and When
Current Theoter Attroc lions
and Time OF SHOWING

!" Current Theoter Attroe tions
and Time Of Showing
Stage.
Catholic University-"The Tidings
Brought to Mary: $50 pm.
National Foolish Notion
$50 pm.
Capitol - This Mans Navy:
10:45 am, 1870, 4:20, ITO and 10
pm. Stage shows: 1855, 3:45, 6:35
and 800 pm.
Columbia-"Fighting Lady: II
am, 1880, 2:40, 4:30, $40, 8:l5 and
1905 pm.
Earle-"Objective Burma: 9:15
am, 12:15, 3:15, 6:15 and $40 pm.
Stage shows: 11:50 am, 2:45, 5:45
and 8:45 pm.
Three Caballeros"::
Ills am. LOS, $50, 4:40, 6:25, S:15
and 1905 pm.
Little-"The Informer":: IL am,
ITO, 800, $50, TAO and 9:55 pm.
Metropolitan-"Enter Arsene Lu-
PIN: 1850 am, 1:50, $50, 5:45,
7:45 and Gas pm.
Palace-"Keys of the Kingdom:
10.45 am, 1:20, 4, $40 and $40 pm.
Pix-"Skylark": 2, 4:40, tbs and
9:55 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts. con-
tinuouS from 10 am.
The midland journal., 1945-09-28
RELIGION:
Courses Challenged

Traditional American separation
of church from state was the issue
Mrs. Vashti McCullom of Cham.
paign, ILL.,, raised against the Cham
paign school board in her suit to
halt voluntary religious instruction
in the public schools in the COM
munity.
With both Mrs. McCullom and the
board prepared to appeal to the SUI
preme court in event of their loss
of the decision, the suit promises to
affect similar instruction in 1856
communities in 46 states. North Da-
kota and New Hampshire are the
only states without such religious
courses.
In bringing her suit as the inter-
ested party, Mrs. McCullom stated
that as the only pupil in his class
not enrolled in the voluntary 80 min
ute per week instruction in the Prot
estant, Catholic and Jewish faiths,
her 10-year-old son Terry had suf-
fered acute embarrassment. AS a
result, she said, indirect pressure
had been brought to bear against the
youngster to take the course, regard
less of his inclination, on public
school property maintained by tax
payers funds.
In countering Mrs. McCullom's s
charge, the school board pointed out
that the courses were outside of the
school curricula and purely volun-
tary, with the representative of all
of the principal religious denomina-
tons conducting and financing the
instruction.
Aside from the state constitution
and statutes involved, federal inter-
vention hinged on the first amend
ment to the U. S. Constitution, which
provides: Congress shall make no
law respecting an establishment of
religion or prohibiting the free ex-
erclse thereof" and section
] of the 14th amendment to the Con-
stitution declaring mo state
shall make or enforce any law
which shall abridge the privileges
or immunities of the citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state
deprive any person Of life, liberty,
or property without due process OF
law, nor deny to any person within
its jurisdiction the equal protection
of the laws
Mother Of three boys and wife Of
a University of Illinois professor, 80.
year-old Mrs. McCullom said that
while she realized the suit might
harm young Terry, her deep con-
viction on separation of church from
state inspired her action.
The midland journal., 1945-09-28

No MORE NEED to accept substi-
tutes for fresh, dated ''Eveready"
fashlight batteries! Your dealer
has ample supplies Of these ia
nous, long-life batteries right
now-in the size you need.
That's because-for the first
time since Pearl Harbor-produc-
ton is now adequate to take care
Of both military and civilian needs.
So ask your dealer for fresh,
dated "Eveready" fiashlight bat
tefies with the famous date
Ene that means full pofuer. fresh
energy. long and dependable service.
The midland journal., 1945-09-28
STRIKES:
Hit Radio

Heading up wave of Strikes,
leaving over 100000 workers idle,
was the walkout of engineers of the
National and American Broadcast.
ing companies partly paralyzing ra-
dio programs and forcing executive
technicians to take over operation Of
the controls.
Though the strike ostensibly was
over wage demands, informed in
dustry sources said the walkout was
fiareup of a dispute between the
Independent engineers union and
Jimmy Petrillo's American FEEDER
alton Of Musicians, AFL, over which
of the two should represent the en-
ployees who turn the records for
transcribed broadcasts.
While the war labor board or.
dered the radio companies to deal
with the engineers over the record
changers, the AIMS jurisdiction
over the so-called platter jockeys"
has been recognized in Chicago,
Washington, New York and Detroit.
Because the big chains feared Pc
trillo might call his musicians out
on strike if they dealt with the en-
gineers over the record changers, il
was charged, they have been stall.
ing on the negotiations.
The midland journal., 1945-09-28
Plan JobIess Benefits

Though the senate finance
committee worked out broad
postwar unemployment benefit
bill, the solons turned down
Pres. Harry S. Truman's recon-
mendation that jobless COM
pensation be raised to maxi
mum of $25 per week.
Instead, the committee bent to
the task Of shaping a measure
which would authorize the fed
eral government to contribute
funds toward extending the time
of state unemployment payments
60 per cent. Benefits now range
from SIS for IA weeks in Ari-
zona to $28 for 30 weeks in Con-
necticut.
Both federal and maritime
workers would be made eligible
for unemployment compensa-
tions under the proposed bill, at
the rate existent in the state Of
their employment.
In addition, workers who mi
grated to war production CEN
ters would be allowed up to 5000
for transportation expenses
back to their old residences or
new job locations. Money would
not be advanced for the ship
ment of any household effects,
however,
The midland journal., 1945-09-28
DOT
| Urges Careful Use

Housewives who find use for DDl
the powerful new insecticide known
to chemists as dichlorodiphenyl.
trichlorethane, are cautioned against
placing the poisonous powder where
it might be mixed with kitchen sup
plies, by DR.. Morris Fishbein of
the American Medical association,
"In large doses DOT is poisonous
to human beings and to good
many animals" DR.. Fishbein said.
when DDT is properly used, these
poisonous effects are controlled"
The midland journal., 1945-09-28
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If one teaspoon of salt and one
teaspoon of sugar are added for
each pound of butter when churn-
ing, the butter will stay fresh and
sweet. The sugar does not taste
and is a preservative.
Give the oilcl0th on your kitchen
table a coat of paste wax and then
polish. Protects it from food stain.
A kitchen papered with horizon
tai stripes appears larger than II
really is.
If cheese is wrapped in a cloth,
moistened in vinegar and placed
in a covered dish, it will keep
moist for some time.
To freshen vegetables, soak
them for an hour in cold water to
which has been added the juice Of
a lemon.
The midland journal., 1945-09-28

nv EAR this smart two-piece
w frock for dancing, earning or
learning. The gay jacket has a
softly fared peplum to accent a
cinched-in doll waist-the skirt has
graceful cores. A 'nust" in
every junior wardrobe.
Pattern No. 1905 is designed for sizes
II, IL, 10. IA, 16 and IS. Size IL, short
sleeves. requires 3s4 yards of 35-inch ma.
terial.
The midland journal., 1945-09-28

total amount shipped.
When losses in the Pacific are
added to the previously announced
537,6 ,656 ship tons of cargo lost on
outbound moves from the United
States to the European, Mediterra-
mean, Middle East, North and
South Atlantic and Latin American
areas, a total war loss of outbound
army cargo at sea of 37,714 ship
tons is obtained.
The midland journal., 1945-09-28
American Ship Losses Small in Pacific

A total of 200, ,058 ship tons of cargo
were lost at sea by the army in
the war against Japan, with 81
vessels sunk and 2 vessels damaged
While en- route from the United
States to the Pacific theaters.
Army cargo shipped to these
areas in the "A months of the war
totalled 43, $4,000 ship tons. Those
supplies lost at sea, therefore,
represented only 0.46 per cent Of the
The midland journal., 1945-09-28

With Britain seeking extensive American financial assistance consul
with leading conferee including
administrator
Halifax william assistant of ate
Wallace,
The midland journal., 1945-09-28
FOREIGN AFFAIRS:
British Ask Aid

IN tne ". .. TO Seu LnlS country on
the feasibility of offering financial
assistance to Britain, Ambassador
Halifax and Economist Keynes de-
clared that prosperous Britain,
getting its great exporting and inn
porting machinery going at full
blast, would help assure the stabil-
ity so necessary for postwar peace.
Should Britain fail to secure suf-
ficient aid to rebuild its industry and
obtain raw materials for processing
into finished goods, Messrs. Halifax
and Keynes pointed out, the whole
intricate system of exchange among
nations would be affected, leading
to social disturbances the world
over and another outgrowth of isms.
Thus, in approaching the u. s.
on basis of mutual concern,
the British came over as prac-
tical statesmen and mot as beg
gars. Further, they disclaimed
any intention Of seeking an easy
way out by negotiating interest
bearing loans, but rather stated
tAA@S tAAOy WCAO VPPOoCu " any
type Of debt of burdensome
nature which, like World War
obligations, would have to be
eventually repudiated.
In shying from the idea of an in
terest bearing loan, the British left
the way open for an outright grant,
which would be strongly bucked
here, or q long-range interest-free
advance.
Shape Italian Treaty
While the British talked dollars
in Washington, D. c., the Big Five
council Of foreign ministers con-
tinued discussions in London con-
corning the future political and ter
ritorial makeup Of postwar Europe,
with the diplomatists occupied with
drawing up an italian peace treaty.
Foremost Of the problems associ-
ated with an Italian treaty was the
disposition Of the country's North
African colonies, with the British
repeatedly frowning on the Ameri-
can proposition for permitting the
Italians to retain their territories
under a United Nations trusteeship.
As the eternal jockeying for
protective boundaries and rich
interests cropped up, the Brit
ish were said to favor Italian
retention of only western Libya
while taking for themselves
eastern Libya covering Egypt
and Italian Somaliland fronting
the gateway to the vital Red sea
leading to the Suez canal. AT
the same time, the French re-
p0rtedly sought slice Of north
western Libya from Italy to
strengthen their own Tunisian
holding.
But if the disposition of Italian colo
nies posed big problem, so did the
readjustment of Italy's European
borders, with France out for a re-
adjustment Of the Alpine boundary
and Yugoslavia hot for annexation
Of the strategic Istrian peninsula
with its rich port Of Trieste. AS the
meeting progressed, the Big Five
were said to have considered COM
promise under which Italy would re-
linquish the peninsula jutting into
the Adriatic sea but retain Trieste
itself.
With U. S. and British pressure
for free and open elections in Ro-
mania and Bulgaria already having
forced the communists hands in
those countries, Yugoslav and
Greek rightists next came to the fore
at the foreign ministers conference
to request Intervention in the
political affairs Of those Balkan
states to assure fair and peaceful
democratic representation.
The midland journal., 1945-09-28

can net gradually
be 6 an to tighten
around them, the
Nipponese govern
nent Of Premier
Higashi Kuni as
sumed the response
bility for rounding
up suspected war
criminals in an ef-
fort to head off a
mass suicide wave.
J a p a n S No. l
The midland journal., 1945-09-28
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS -
Round Up JdpdneseWdrLedders;
Hog Slaughter Shows Big Dip;
British Seek Financial Aid

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out most of the Pacific conflict be-
fore enemy reverses forced his re-
tirement, ex-Premier Hideki Toto
led off the suicide wave by attempt
ing to take his life as American
troops arrived at his country resi-
dence outside of Tokyo to arrest him.
Though TOTO misfired, former war
minister and army chief Sugiyama
used better aim to kill himself, and
ex-welfare minister Koizuni also
succeeded in taking his life.
Having first professed full respon-
sibility for the war before trying to
shoot himself, TOTO shut up tighter
than clam following an improve
ment in his condition under the
watchful eye of American medics.
Refusing to talk on his sick-bed,
the ashen 61-year-old former Japa-
nese kingpin declared that he would
not answer. questions without docu-
mentary reference.
Meanwhile, capital circles re-
vealed that TOTO and other sus-
pected Japanese war criminals
would have their unhappy day in
court before a four-power military
tribunal similar to the one trying
Nazi overlords in Germany.
Representatives of the U. S., Brit
ain, Russia and China will comprise
the tribunal, which probably viii sit
in Tokyo and, as in the case OF its
European counterpart, try foreign
government leaders on the unprece-
dented charges Of conducting wars
of aggression.
In addition to trial on the novel
count Of carrying on aggressive
warfare, Japanese will be tried for
such crimes as racial persecution,
torture of helpless people, and muir
der of captured military personnel.
Though not questioning the goal
of bringing Nazi and japanese over
lords to justice, many eminent
American lawyers have opposed the
procedure for trial, declaring that it
establishes precedent for kangaroo
courts which might be used against
Allied personages in the future.
SLAUGHTER:
Hogs Dolvn
Though slaughter Of cattle and
sheep during the first eight months
of 1945 hit new tops for federally-
inspected plants, butchering Of hogs
dropped off severely, resulting in a
continued tight meat situation. Only
with an improved hog situation in
creasing the overall supply Of meat
did marketing experts look forward
to an end Of rationing.
With August slaughter at an eight
year low, the eight month hog pro-
duction totalled 26, ,821, ,667, away be-
low the 50,352, ,226 mark for the
same period last year. During the
early part of September, hogs con-
.tinued to trickle into leading mar
kets, with shipments commanding
ceiling prices.
Partly offsetting decreased hog
slaughter were record butcherings
Of cattle and sheep for the first eight
months of the year, with 9,071, ,406
cattle killed and 13, $3.50, ,594 sheep. At
4,152,779, the calf total was the Sec
ond largest on record.
The midland journal., 1945-09-28
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS
Smart Two-Piece Frock a Must

Due to an unusually large demand and
current conditions, slightly more time is
required in filling orders for few Of the
most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
The midland journal., 1945-09-28
JAPAN:
Round Up War Lords

With high Japanese war leaders
taking their own lives as the Ameri-
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-27

Twenty-one persons were killed
on South Caicos and Turks Island.
a group of the Caribbean Islands, as
the result of the hurricane which
struck there last week, lashing it's
way on to the Florida shores. Dam
age was heavy and homeless fami-
lies were taken to schools and other
public buildings. Food and other
supplies are being sent to them.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-27

Paul Lehman, artist and sculptor
who specialized in Western illustra-
lions, was killed when he fell from
the roof of his fourteen-story apart
ment in Chicago. His wife, Mahrea,
also an artist, told police he had
taken ten pills to relieve his hay
fever, and had then gone to the roof
to sleep, Police believe the pills
made him dizzy and he fell over the
edge which lacks a guard rail.
The Army will release approx
mately 100000 of its officers by July
1916, under a new point system for
commissioned personnel, the War
Department has announced.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-27

them veterans of European battle
fronts, were killed recently when a
CAT army transport plane crashed
in flames near Kansas City, Mo. Only
two survived the flaming wreckage.
The plane bound from Newark, Nj
j., to the west coast had stopped to
refuel, and fourteen minutes after
taking off the crash came.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-27

Elderly George Edward Roberts
had his life ambition fulfilled when
his name was legally changed to
Daniel Livingfree. His petition said
the name was always a reminder
that his ancestors ''were born and
labored in slavery" He left the court
room, happily repeating, Living
free, Livingfree that's good
name"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-27

Two children have admitted
starting some of the thirty fires
which have occurred without cause
at the home of Mrs. Annie Bryan of
Fort Smith, Ark, within one week.
Sergeant Clyde Grigsby of the State
Police said no arrests have been
made because the Bryan family is
not satisfied with the children's ac-
counts of the fires.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-27

DR.. Reuben Gustavson, vice presi-
dent of the University of Chicago,
has announced his belief in the
atomic bomb research as an aid in
fighting cancer, as there is every
reason to believe cancer is a chemi-
cal disease, but scientists have not
yet discovered where the chemicals
attack the body.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-27

John Mellinger, better known as
Dutch" former city employee,
died at the home of Mrs. Anie B.
Reel, 140 South Locust street on
September 10, after an illness of IL
months
He was born and reared in Way
nesboro, Pa, and has lived for the
past rs years here. He was a mem
Der of the Grace U. B. church, and
was the last survivor of his family.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lane Kealhofer,
widow of William Kealhofer, died
September 10 in Quebec, Canada,
where she had been living for the
past year. Mrs. Kealhofer, who was
"a years old, was born in Boonsboro,
the daughter of DR.. Josiah and Cath
crime HORNE Smith.
She is survived by the following
nieces and nephews:: Mrs. Sidney
Trundle, Silver Spring, Md; Sister
Catherine De Ricci, Baltimore; Mrs.
John Bower, Jr., and Mrs. James
Koliopulos, Hagerstown; Francis NJ.
Boyle, Lisbon, Portugal, and Robert
B. Boyle, Baltimore.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-27

Mayor F. H. LaGuardia announced
the discontinuance of meatless Tues
days and Fridays in New York's
public eating houses. The Mayor in
his weekly broadcast said: "There
seems to be a little meat around. At
least the people think so, and when
people think that way they don't
rush to buy"