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dios have each taken responsibility
for once-a-week show.
The canteen got into operation
within a few months after war was
declared. The logged efforts of
Bette Davis were mainly RESPONSE
BILE. Bette rallied group Of friends,
went about the task of finding a
halfway suitable site and then
marched on the .fnerchandisers of
the town for contributions in the
form of money, food and other
items essential to the canteens
operation.
Hollywood laughed and said it
couldn't be done-that movie stars
weren't temperamentally suited to
stick long to thing of this kind.
But Bette proved them all wrong.
For nearly four years now, actors
and actresses-plenty of them big
lames-haye been freely giving of
their time, on "a once-a-week, or
oftener basis.
At the start the most mental
chores were handled by the screen
players themselves. Billie Burke,
Hedy Lamar, Claudette Colbert,
Veronica Lake and many others
stood behind the short-order count
ers handing out sandwiches and
coffee-then. when the place closed
for the night they cleaned up the
dishes.
Bette Davis, still president of the
canteen, says the greatest compli-.
ment she ever received stemmed
from one of her early experiences
at the place. She had come down
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-23
Donald Dickson Is SOlOist
In Water Gate Concert

presenting the best in the most in
gratiating fashion. Mozart and
Wagner may be terrifying names to
some but given the formers Sym
phony No. 49," known as the Half
ner." and the preclude to the lat
ter's opera THE Mastersingers of
Nuremberg" and the fear Of their
abstruseness is dispelled. No one
could listen to the exquisite andante
from the symphony or its colorful
finale without realizing that here
is a craftsmanship and a wealth
of ideas handled with consumate
writing art. And the Master
singers" prelude has a Tilt and hu-
NOR quite in contrast to the char
acter Of Wagner's other operas. This
is music satisfying and appealing at
the same time.
Mr.. Dickson's singing high lighted
the program in two groups. The
baritone, well-known for his activ-
tiles on the radio. in opera and in
concert, sang numbers that showed
his splendid voice to the best ad-
vantage, its timbre, fullness and
range being displayed with the ease
of its delivery.
The rarely heard Per me giunto"
from Verdi's Don Carlos" while
not one of the most inspiring of the
baritone repertoire, has the sub
stance in it to test the capabil-
tiles Of singer. If the lively
spirit Of the "Brindisi" from
Thomas Hamlet" was not quite
caught by the artist, it gave occa-
sion to admire the smoothness of
his execution and the strength and
freedom OF his high tones.
The three songs: Rogers Time
for Making Songs" De Roses Il
Heard a Forest Praying" and "A
Woman Is Sometime Thing" from
Gershkin's "Porgy and Bess" were
sung with great vocal beauty and
interpretive feeling calling forth
such applause that Mr.. Dickson was
compelled to sing more. The extra
ordinary richness of his voice was
an ideal medium for Valentines aria
from Gounod's Faust" and "Ol'
Man River" two of his encores.
The orchestra's part Of the pro-
gram was rounded out with the
playing of Weber's Invitation to the
Dance and the "Rakoczy March"
from Berlioz's THE Damnation of
Faust Dr. Kinder, who conducted
with spirit, was given an ovation
which typified the audiences good
wishes for a pleasant vacation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-23

early one morning to help get the
kitchen in order. Her hair was
done up in knot at the top of her
head. She wore an old house dress,
covered by an apron and sneakers
on her feet. The front door was
open and sailor strolled in. Bette
looked up to see him staring at her.
Gosh" said the young tar. you
certainly do resemble Bette Davis"
But / am Bette Davis" replied
the canteen boss. And how do you
think look right now as OF this
moment?"
The sailor shook his head, gaped
at her with admiration.
The canteen is smaller than the
GIs expect and much less elabo-
rate. Most of them saw a motion
picture about the canteen and the
picture went little overheard when
it came to decorations.
But the picture didn't have, and
no picture ever will have, as many
stars on stage as the canteen &C
tually has.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-23

SENATOR MINI. Ave. q. s: .,sa
0ssas Rd. NE. TR. 2600.
Americas Favorite Radio Comics,
FRED ALLEN and JACK BENNY. in
IT'S IN THE BAG" With. . Host
/ Of Radio Guest Stars. At. lao. $3.50,
$40, 7:6O and 0:65 Also Chapter
No. . Of THE BLACK ARROW"
INews and Cartoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-23

ASSSiIAJ Ia LILO ilO1lOl, IldIilcly, tIldG
the role was one of those which al
ways appealed to Montgomery. Re-
member him in Night Must Fall"
and THE Earl of Chicago? You
do, OF course, if you saw either, for
they represented two of the best
three performances Montgomery
ever gave. The best, we always
thought was his prize fighter por-
trait in Here Comes Mr.. Jordan"
Another of Metros better talents
assigned to bring Miss Strabel's ex-
citing tale to the screen is that of
Edward Chodorov. The playwright
who has just signed with that stu
dio has been assigned to do the
adaptation of You Were There"
Pandro S. Berman will produce,
which creates the impression that
Miss Strabel is in altogether good
hands as contributor to the art
of the cinema. She was the last
time, too, what with Cecil B. De
Mile, Ray Milland and Paulette
Goddard among the top partici-
pants in the production of Reap
the Wild Wind"
That was one OF the top money
pictures of the year several seasons
ago.
This departments endless quest
for information that might be use
full to parents in the education of
their offspring led it the other night
to a quiet little get-together in the
y o. or. or-fvI of
22-year-old piano genius.
One of the paramount things we
learned indicates that parents may
be pursuing precisely the wrong
tactics in trying to get their vital
young to practice piano. Or violin,
or any other instrument less deadly
than the saxophone.
Awed by Liberace's performance
in the Embassy Room shortly before,
We were prepared to marvel at his
parents success in winning his en-
thusiasm for music.
Did they have to struggle to
make you practice?" we asked, as
we always do under the circum-
stances.
No" said Liberace, they tried |
to keep me from it. They did not |
want me to touch a piano. Both my
were splendid musicians, my
mother pianist, and my father a
genius on the French horn"
The father was quite an asset to
a number of symphony orchestras in
his career, but by the time Liberace
was leaving infanthood the French !
horn was on the way out. Music in
the fathers mind, thus became a
dubious livelihood in a highly COM
petitive world. He decided that his
son should become doctor, per-
haps, or something much more con-
ducive to economic survival.
The fathers determination was
defeated, however, when the young
genius of the family hit the age of
AZ. 1t was an evening of musical
people in the family home, and
pianist with the fathers symphony
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-23
Comedian Harold Lloyd
To Appear in Two Films

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, June 23.-Movie
Producer Preston Sturges has an
nounced the signing of Harold Lloyd,
a star of silent films, to a contract
to appear in two pictures, the first
of which, The Sin of Harold Did
dleboch," will 60 into production
August l.
Mr.. Lloyd has been out of pictures
since 1898.
Mr.. Sturges said his second vehicle
for the comedian would be THE
Wizard of Whispering Falls"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-23

ton in 1.-THE Voice of the Turtle"
when it resumes its Broadway run
the last week in August. She will
be Martha Scott, who succeeds
Betty Field. who in her turn sue
ceeded Margaret SULLIVAN, who
created the role.
How many leading ladies the play
will run through before it runs out
of customers is any ones guess.
Miss Scott Is a hardy one, as well
as brilliant and tenacious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-23

was performing in the Liberace liv-
ing room. He was doing request
numbers and getting along with
them very nicely until some one
asked him to play still another
composition. The pianist admitted
he did not know it. j~# -"
Il do" said the upstart Liberace,
who since has learned the virtue of
modesty.
The family which thought he had
gone to bed hours before decided
to prove that he did not. It called
him to the piano to let him feel the
first pangs of humiliation.
But I was not Inundated" Lib
Grace recalls. Il knew the melody of
the composition, and I played 1t
with two fingers"
1t was a kind of triumph, and
maybe there is a lesson in it for
persons who aspire to have their
children become Liberaces, Iturbis
or the more successful Duchins or
Cavallaros.
Just tell them to keep away from
the piano. But don't blame us if
they do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-23

There will be a new Sally Middle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-23
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.

WS\)O. :
The best show in Hollywood Is
served up nightly, including Sum
days, along with sandwiches, bottles
of milk, coffee, doughnuts, cookies
and the hottest war dances since the
Seminole campaign.
It's a 100000 show, or. maybe a
SO 900 900 show, that couldn't be
duplicated anywhere else. Your
chances of seing it, unless you be-
long to the most select circle in the
world, are about as good as your
chances OF having sirloin steak fried
in butter for dinner tonight.
The most select circle in the world
is composed of servicemen and
servicewomen of the United States
and Allied nations. They get in for
free at the Hollywood Canteen. For
five hours, Hollywood's greatest
stars and loveliest dancing girls
knock themselves silly trying to
make the CT happy. No officers and
no civilians are allowed.
Here's last weeks headliners at
the canteen: Bing Crosby, Art
Baker, Jimmie Durante, Harry
Revel, Una O'Connor, Virginia Sale,
Robert Benchley, Joan and Gloria
Blondell, Jack Carson, Janis Page,
Rosemary de Camp and Jack Benny.
Here are some names picked at
random from the two previous
weeks: Joan Crawford, Dennis
Morgan, Hoagy Carmichael, Dick
Haynes, Bill Bendix, Renee de
Marco, Eleanor Parker, Kay Kyser,
Dane Clark, Bette Davis, Mary
Pickford, George Jessel, Burns and
Allen, Carmen Miranda, Garry
Moore, Rochester, Joan Leslie, Sgd
ney Greenstreet, Arthur Preacher
and Danny Kaye.
II your neighborhood theater
could put on a bill like that, plus
food, plus jitterbugging, plus photo
graphs with the stars, plus free
stenographic service-it might make
more money. Reason the canteen
can do these big shows without fail
every night is that the various stu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-23
Montgomery Gets Stars Role
In DC. WOman's Screenplav
By JAY CARMODY.

Miss Thema Srabel private Goodwin is one
washington writer Hollywood
has just made deal for You Were There which
ran serialy in national magazine
IN current plans which highly unlikely Robert
the lead IN Miss Sabels story psychologist romantic
His selection confirms bunch
Evening star., 1945-11-24

France. Returning to the United
States in 1919, he came to Washing
ton as a clerk for the United States
Shipping Board. During the 1920s
he studied at Columbia School OF
Engineering, learning architecture.
He began his architect career in
June, 1925, with the Federal Works
Administration, serving as SUPER
vising architect for 10 years. He
was recently appointed to work for
the Veterans Administration de-
signing hospitals.
Mr.. Mauger joined Emory Meth
odist Church in 1923. He was a
member of Calvary Methodist
Church until that time. During his
years at Emory Church he has been
active in its affairs and is now chair
man of the official board. He first
began to teach a little more than q
year ago to the young adults in the
Wesleyan Bible Class and occasion
ally takes over the Box Bible Glass
when the regular teacher is absent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mauger live at z
Poplar avenue, Takoma Park, Md
They have three children, Isabel G
Mauger, William c. Mauger anc
Robert L. Mauger William is now
in boot camp at Camp Perry. Va.
Evening star., 1945-11-24
Life Service Program
At CoIyory Methodist

DR.. Orris G. Robinson, minister of
Calvary Methodist Church, will con-
duct the university of life service
at 7:30 pm. tomorrow. The discus
sion groups at pm. will be: For
adults, Howard Gill, superintendent
Of penal institutions of the District,
speaking on Medical Science and
Surgerey as Applied in Prison Re-
forms; young people and young
adults, Miss Heloise Brainerd, for
merly with the Pan-American Union
IN charge of intellectual co-opera-
ton, THE n-American Situa-
ton; for senior highs, PHILOSOPHERS
Of Youth
"Knack-Nite" is held each Tues
day, 8 to 10 pm. for any one who
Is interested.
Evening star., 1945-11-24
Congresswomun Guest
At Foundry Methodist

Representative Emily Taft Doug
lass of Illinois will address the Fell
lowship Glass at Foundry Methodist
Church at GAS am. tomorrow.
Members Of the Haywood and Wesley
Glasses have been invited.
The closing session of the Foundry
Forge University of Christian Living
is at pm. Robert c. Tracy will
present "The Ritual" of the Meth
odist Church. The Rev. Edward r.
Dowdy, assistant minister of First
Baptist Church. Christ and His
Kingdom" and 1t. A. B. Bonds, jr.,
counselor of the Forge. THE Faith
of the People"
Evening star., 1945-11-24
Mrs. Anderson Speaker
IAt First Conversational

Mrs. Howard Stone Anderson, ma
tional chairman of Women State
Presidents of the Congregational
Christian Churches, returned from
the British Isles this week and
speaks at IL am. tomorrow in First
Congregational Church on Britain
Rebuilds-a Story of Faith and
Valor." Mrs. Anderson, wife of the
minister, was the sole female men,
ber OF a deputation of seven Amer
ican Congregational leaders who
went to England. Scotland and
Wales early in october to visit Brit
ish congregational churches and
war service centers.
DR.. Howard Stone Anderson gives
the fourth in series of Bible biog-
raphies at 8 pm, when he speaks on
''Moses-God's Angry Man"
Evening star., 1945-11-24
Ordination Services
At Petworth Baptist

The Petworth Baptist Church will
ordain two deacons and license a
ministerial student Sunday evening
The deacons are w. K. Holder and
Lewis T. Miller, who were recently
elected for term of three years
The ministerial student is Allen J.
Miller, student at George Wash
ington University.
Certificates of ordination and
Bibles will be presented to the can.
didates in behalf of the church by
the Rev. James P. Rodgers, after
fthe regular Baptist ordination serv.
ice has been performed Assisting
Evening star., 1945-11-24
Plan Pledge Sunday
Al Mount Vernon Church

Conservation pledge Sunday will
be observed at Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Church tomorrow morn
ing, with DR.. John w. Rustin speak
ing at both services on "Our Church
a Fellowship"
Miss Eleanor M. Hadley of the
State Department will resume her
talk on "The Economic Setup OF
Japan" before the forum at 10 am.
The ingathering of leper funds
will be held at 1890 am. Tuesday
DR.. A. D. Helser will speake in the
morning and DR.. J. Kelly Unger In
the afternoon.
Evening star., 1945-11-24

ing an application of the Scriptures
to present-day living as it's aim.
A native of Danville, Pa, Mr..
Mauger is an Army veteran of the
World War who saw action in
Evening star., 1945-11-24
Ralta' Tatttr
BAHA'I CENTER

1903 Eye Street NV.
Meeting: Sunday, Nov. Is, ot 4 pm.
Speaker Mr. Hilbert Dohl of Charles
ton, w. Va.
Sabjeet: The Undyins Light"
Quototion: Magnify Ny cause that
may reveal unto thee the mys-
teries Of Ny Greatness and shine
upon thee with the light Of eter-
nifty Soho 'IIoh.
Meetings ore oIso held in AIexondrio,
Arlington, Va; Goblin John, Chevy
Chose, Nd.
Evening star., 1945-11-24
Mrs. Sordeson to Speak
At Luther Place Church

Mrs. Orville A. Sardeson, presi-
dent of the Woman's Missionary So.
ciety, the United Lutheran Church
In America, will be the guest speaker
at 7:30 pm. tomorrow at Luther
Place Memorial Church. She also
will address the Washington Mis-
sionary Union at the Lutheran
Service Center at pm. Monday.
A service in the Finnish Language
will be held at 3 pm. tomorrow
The Rev. A. H. Saarisuu of New
York City will be the guest minister
Evening star., 1945-11-24

in the ordination of the deacons
will be Chaplain Perry Mitchell OF
the United States Navy, formerly
pastor of the Westover Baptist
Church, Arlington, Va. Mr.. Rodgers
will speak on "The Troublesome
Gospel"
A special business meeting of the
church has been called for Wednes-
day evening to hear the report OF
the Building Committee.
Evening star., 1945-11-24
Ministerial Union
Hear Phil Murroy

Philip Murray of the CIO will
give IAN inside look at labor" before
the Washington Ministerial Union
at 10:30 am. Monday at Calvary
Methodist Church. DR.. George E
Schnabel, president, will preside.
DR.. Charles w. Sheerin, rector of
the Church Of the Epiphany, will
conduct the devotions and also
speak. Luncheon will be at 1890
pm
Evening star., 1945-11-24

provides the pat
tern for solid
structures: the
second the basis
for good charac-
ters."
Mr.. M a u g e r
uses Illustrations
drawn from life
and his archi-
tectural expert
ences to put
across his inter-
probation of the
Bible. He re-
CARDS his expo
sition as an an
alYtical one haY-
Evening star., 1945-11-24
BUT | FOUND NONE
Read Ezekiel
.DD an

hcdu Glth1cI
!; - 80:
What a great
indictment this is
from God to the
people of Ezekiel's S
day. Because God
looked down into
a land that was
cursed with sin, a
land whose people
had gone far away
from Him. And
even those that
: He had called to
/: stand b e t W e e n
Him and the peo-
pie had forgotten
their duty to Him
and to the people
that He had called
them to shepherd
over.
: In the first place
Evening star., 1945-11-24
ROCK CREEK PARISH

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH,
Webster st. and Rock Creek Church Rd.
REV. CHARLES W. WOOD.
REV. JOHN A. RICHARDSON.
Sunday. November 25th.
$50 a.m.-Holy Communion.
$3.50 m.-Church School Parish House
11;0O a.m.-Morning Prayer and Sermon
Rector preaching
ZOO p m.-Young Peoples Fellowship
Wednesday, November 2Sth.
$50 m.-Holy Communion
Jesus said The Kingdom of Heaven is
within you" Church open all day every
day for PRAYER and meditation
Evening star., 1945-11-24
National UniversoIist

DR.. John Van Schaick, jr., will
Lead the adult class at 10 am. for
discussion of Religion and the
Power Politics of Today" DR.. Lewis
A. Klein will speak to the senior
boys class at 10 am. There will be
open house at 7 pm. for all young
people and service men and women
The Board of Management will
meet Monday evening.
Evening star., 1945-11-24

Rev. Ellington hrenbsts n l mat = 2 ne
had called to prophesy to the people
had even gone SO far that they were
like roaring lion They we're seeking
for prey and they had devoured souls
and they had taken the treasures out
of the land and the precious things.
And they had made many widows in
the land because of their way of
proa ching and prophesying.
Send for copy of our weekly
paper and Five Things Every Per-
son Ought to Know
Reu. Dallas r. Ellington
2312 Manchester Road
Akron II, Ohio
Evening star., 1945-11-24
Bible Glass Leaders
William B. Mouger Teaches
The Wesleyan Bible Glass

Architecture and teaching the
Scriptures have much in common,
William B. Mauger, teacher of the
Wesleyan Bible Glass at Emory
Methodist Church, believes.
Both must be used to build things
strongly" he explained. The first
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27
Easter Ham Dinner Caused Revision
Of Nazi Prisoner Menus At Fl. Devens

lean soldiers had eggs only nine 81
the'l5 days. The other days the gar
rison had french toast, hot cakes
or much, usually with bacon and
always with syrup. Three days the
Americans also had bacon with their
eggs. The Germans had no bacon.
Every morning the Americans
had orange, grapefruit or some
other fruit. The Germans had
none. The prisoners sometimes
get this fruit at dinner-an orange
or an apple each OF eight days.
For dessert the Americans have
had ice cream four days, with
variety Of buildings, pies and cakes.
The Germans have had no ice
cream and little pudding or pie;
their dessert usually is a stewed
fruit, cake, cinnamon roll or some
thing of the sort.
The variety of vegetables served
to the garrison troops Is so wide it
would be difficult to summarize
briefly; the Germans have much
less variety. The prisoners potatoes
are cooked In the simpler fashions
baked, boiled, occasionally mashed;
but for our soldiers mess there Is
much greater variety than most ci-
villains can get in good restaurants
french fried, pan fried, augratin,
escalloped, oven Drowned, hash
brown, lyonnaise, candied sweet,
parsley, creamed-potato salad with
the cold cuts.
In calory count and vitamin con-
tent the prisoners menu is care
fully calculated not only to main
tain their health but also to comply
with the provisions of that basic
American law, the Geneva Conven-
ton.
At the outset our Army inter-
preted the Convention to require
that the prisoners be fed identi-
cally with our base troops. AS Short
ages developed and the public be-
came FESTIVE, this Interpretation has
been made more realistic, until now
1t is the proclaimed intention to
give the prisoners as much, as nu-
tritious and as healthful food, but
not to worry so much about wheth-
er menu is equally appealing to the
jaded palate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27
UNITED WAR FUND
COMMITTEE MEETS
Colonel Steinkraus Pre-
sides for First Time; An.
nOunces Appointments

The first meeting Of the execu-
tive committee Of the United War
and Community Funds of Connec-
ticut. Inc. was held yeste. day at
the Union and New Haven Trust
Company, New Haven, to elect the
new officers for 1945-46. Colonel
Herman w. Steinkraus, Bridgeport,
newly elected president of the Con-
necticut War Fund presided at the
meeting, at which he announced
the appointment of J. William
Hope, Bridgeport and Harry C.
Knight, New Haven as vice-pres-
identS Of the United War and Com
munity Funds.
Other new officers who were
elected at the annual meeting Of
the United War and Community
Funds held in March in Hartford
include Mrs. Samuel C. Harvey as
Secretary and John r. Daniel as
treasurer, both of New Haven.
Plans for the 1945-46 Campaign
to raise funds for the National
War Fund. including SO, War
Prisoners Aid, United Seamens
Service and United Nations Relief
Agencies, and the local social,
health and welfare agencies of the
Community Chests of Connecticut,
were discussed at the meeting.
Colonel Steinkraus stated that
the needs of the United War and
Community Funds Agencies would
be even greater after We day, and
stressed the urgency Of early plan
ming for successful Connecticut
Drive in the Fall of 1915.