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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-09-06

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poles and other woods are also
treated this way.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-09-06

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the quality and favor the fruit Canning quail
and flavor but it. That's Mother Natures job
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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-09-06

trough III ousing," are poor hot
weather pastimes for the dog and
should be especially avoided during
the hours the sun is high. Walking
should be done only early in the
morning or when the heat of the day
Evening star., 1946-02-23
| Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time of Showinn
Stare,

stage.
National-"The Desert Song: 2::30
and $3.50 pm.
Screen.
Capit0l-"Col Effnghams Raid: ;:
Ills am, 2, 4:45, 7::30, 1915 pm
and am. Stage shows: /, 3:45,
$50, 9:15 and IL pm.
COlumbia--"Leave Her to Heav-
en-: 11:20 am, 1:30, $40, $50, $40,
10 pm. and 1920 am.
Three Strangers: 1885
am, LOS, 3:15, 5:25, 7:35, GAS pm.
and 1910 am.
Hippodrome-"My Name Is Julia
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Local Drama Groups

I tenet. IT won't put on a show
can't sit through myself" she says
She is convinced "Sweethearts" will
not drive her out into the streets
when it is unveiled to the public al
Sacred Heart auditorium.
The playbill:
The Montgomery Players will
present Her Masters Voice."
domestic comedy by Glare Hummer
tonight at the Leland Junior High
School auditorium, Forty fourth
and Elm streets, Chevy Chase, Md
The cast includes Sue Oliver, Emma
Case, John Dickinson, Irving Day
Thyra Culver, Marybeth Garvey and
Dick Bridgman. Doris Dewey Day
is directing. Curtain time, $3.50 pm
Rose Franken's Another Language
will be presented next Tuesday al
BIS pm. at Roosevelt High School
auditorium by the Masquers OF
Roosevelt Center. Pauline Eaton
Oak is directing and leading roles
will be played by Leila Jernigan
Juanita Brannan, Paul ]. Burley
and Harry Matthews. Others in the
cast are Josephine I. Bethel, Mary
Hill, Helen Bottomley, Walter Rey-
no, Gene Murphy, Edwin w. Bethel
and David Evans.
The Jarvis Repertory Theater's
production of Little Women" will
be presented for the last times this
afternoon and evening at the Ward
man Park Theater. There is nc
word yet on the selection of the
Eliza Doolittle for "Pygmalion, in
'asmuch as no ballots have been
counted.
Evening star., 1946-02-23

derStand. He admits to a need fol-
it. You know, food, shelter, money
for the girls education and taxes
He also likes work-within reason
One gathers that there are two
reasons for Boles' attitude toward
work. One is that it always has
come whenever he has needed it
The other is that he is Texan. AS
Texan apparently, you are a con-
genial optimist because things al
ways seem to work out just fine.
Boles, who is currently at Loew's
Capitol and yesterday had lunch
con with the press, cites his con-
temporary engagement here as an
illustration of what he means.
"At this minute" he said, II am
supposed to be in Loew's State The
ater in New York. But I am here
instead, and I am happy. I was on
the train bound for New York. I got
a call from the Morris agency en-
route here from Florida. They said
for me not to come to New York
They said to stop here instead. They
did not say why. I didn't ask. 1t is
very pleasant here"
\
Boles, who is Scotch Irish, does
not play completely into the Irish
side of his nature, he wants you to
know. The former, he says, has its
inning-about every fourth inning.
A few weeks ago the thought of
Florida occurred to him, which he
does not think to be strange even
though he is properly fond of Cali
fornla.
Il just wanted to go there" he
says. But it was not quite a vaca
ton, understand. A vacation is
when you don't do any work. So
worked week at the Olympic The
ater, then loafed for the next three
Or, it might have been four"
When he wants to do so, however
he can discard the Texas tempo OF
his life. Such a notion came over
him one day in Florida. He is trav-
cling this trip with his 18-year-old
daughter. The thought struck him
one day that she should see Havana
So they flew over one morning. Boles
Evening star., 1946-02-23
that he cares to mention is that he

| that he cares to mention is that he
disagrees with the casting Of Will
Rogers, the younger, in the Aim
biography of Will Rogers, the older.
TT should have been Jimmy, the
youngest son." Boles says. HE is the
splitting image, and I mean that, of
the old man. He looks like him,
thinks like him, walks like him, talks
like him and rides horseback just as
the old man did. Will (the elder
by the way, never stopped talking
about young Jimmy. If were cast
ing the picture, I'd take Jimmy"
+
Boles found 1t an interesting CO.
incidence that he should come to
Washington the week 1.-The Desert
Song" one of his biggest hits, was in
town. He dropped in to catch part
of the production the other night
and, if you'd like his criticism of it,
he'll give it to you in this capsule:
II still think it's great show"
The lead in it away back there
when it was made into a movie
couldn't have been given to nicer
guy.
X X X
And, humh, speaking of THE
Desert Song" 1t earned for this de-
partment the most justified, and
perhaps too gentle, chiding of the
season. BY one of those mischances
which makes even a hardened sinner
blush, Actress Iris Whitney, one of
the shows stars, got mixed up in a
sentence in our review which classed
her as singer.
In a surprisingly pleasant note
Miss Whitney. who acts and dances
so superbly she can afford to say so,
observes pointedly: II can't sing
note"
Apart from being contrite, we can
only promise that hereafter when
people ask us what she has been in,
we shall name all the plays and mu-
steals and then add:
She's also been in the most am
biguous sentence we ever wrote
Evening star., 1946-02-23

described their routine to a fellow
diner who once was a resident of
Havana. She would ask If the singer
and his daughter got to such and
such place, saw this sight or the
other, until what sounded like a cou-
pie OF dozen had been mentioned
Boles described them all, like a de-
termined tourist who had seen every
thing and made notes of it.
How long were you there?" some
one asked.
Just 18 hours" he said.
| If he were the type which upsets
easily, Boles thinks he might be up
set by only one thing about travel.
That is the fact that he is too busy
to play golf. Four or five shows a
day in vaudeville stop that, nat
urally, unless a man wants to give
up sleeping, which is another favor
ite pastime of Texans, according to
Boles.
But he makes up for that when he
is home in California. There Is a
Boles family saying that John lives
on the Belair golf course, but sleeps
in Beverly Hills.
He has been away from Hollywood
and golf so long that all he knows
about either at the moment is what
he reads in the papers. One of the
things he recently read in the papers
Evening star., 1946-02-23
By Harry Macarthur

You now may add to the list o1
Washingtonians who have gone from
the amateur to the professional
ranks in the theater the name o1
Gerrie Gossin. Miss Gossin, who
used to live with her parents at l51s
Underwood street NV. while she
was growing up and going to Roose-
velt High School, was up in Sche-
nectady, N. Y, this week, embarkine
upon a career with role in the
touring company of school fol
Brides"
Miss Gossin's friends here prob
ably will not be surprised that she
has landed job she wanted, in COM
petition with all the other aspiring
young actresses who trudge from
office to Office in the Times Square
sector. She is, according to report
a girl who knows what she wants
and sets out to get it.
Offers of jobs by Billy Rose. for
example, are not often turned down
by young stage hopefuls. Miss Cos
sin turned one down couple OF
years ago, though. She just said, no
thanks, she didn't think she wanted
to be showgirl.
Then there was the time after she
went to New York to study a year
and a half ago, when she decided
what she did want to do at the mo-
ment was be Harry Conover model
Miss Gossin stopped in at the Con-
over agency one day, found the door
to the boss Office open and just
walked in and sat down.
What do you want?" Mr.. c.
wanted to know.
II want to see you"
"Yes. How many times have you
been here?"
This is the fourth trip" Miss
Gossin told him.
"You don't have enough patience -
Mr. Conover said. Some Of those
girls out there have been here Is
times without seeing me yet" But
from then on Gerrie was Conover
model.
Before going to New York, Miss
Gossin. who is now 81, studied with
Rose Robinson Cohen and at the
King Smith Studio, produced and
directed a musical show, THE Gay
Nineties," for her sorority and ap-
peared in several Jarvis Repertory
Theater productions.
Then there also are those for
whom the theater has become,
rather than a profession, an avoca-
ton. Among these is Dorothy Mason
Walton, now a supervisor under the
Office of administration, American
Red Cross, and former director of
the District Red Cross Blood Donor
Centers. whose hobby at the mo-
ment is directing the Sacred Heart
Players production of Sweet
hearts," scheduled for presentation
March 2, 8, 4 and S.
Mrs. Walton used to be profess
sionally involved in the theater. She
is native of Rochester, N. Y, where
she was a member of the Eastman
Theater corps de ballet. She also
studied at the Eastman School of
Music, a course of instruction which
included dramatic training under
Reuben Mamoulian. Among the
other bosses she has had was Flor
enz Ziegfeld, for whom she worked
in "Follies" shows and in Palm
Beach Girl"
Mrs. Walton, who also has guided
the Sacred Heart Players in
Naughty Marietta" and "Vivacious
Lady," has one firm directorial
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Frankie Air.Minded
HOLLYWOOD

Frank Sinatra may become one of
filmland's aviation enthusiasts in
the postwar months to come. The
singing star admitted recently that
he Is in the market for two or three
Army training ships, to use for both
pleasure and business.
Starting with the training ships,
Frank intends to work up to larger
planes that will transport his en-
tire radio troupe to wherever an air
show is scheduled.
Evening star., 1946-02-23

Ross: 2, $40, 4;5o, $50, $40 and
$50 pm.
KeIth's-"Because of Him. l1:50
am, 1:55. 3:55, 6, 8, 1905 pm. and
1910 am.
Little--"The Last Chance: 11:20
am, 1:25, 1925, $50, 7:35, 9:45 and
11:55 pm.
Metrop0litan-"No Time for Com
edy': 1870 am, 1:30, $40, 5:45,
7:55, 1905 pm. and 1920 am.
Palace-"Spellbound' 11:15 am,
1:20, $3.50, 5:45, 8, 1910 pm. and
1925 am.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Singer Boles Limits His Work
To What Day and Agent Bring
By Jay Cormody

These actors and singers themselves
they know where their play picture musical
should lesson from John Boes
Evening star., 1946-02-23
TODAY'S NEIGHBORHOOD MOVIES

All Time Schedules Given In Warner
BROS. Ads Inlicate Time Feature Ii
Presented.
Evening star., 1946-02-23

A Treasury poll shows conclusive
ly that the American people want
to 90 on saving through Govern
ment bonds. Nine out Of ten wage
and salary earners favor the payroll
savings plan for bond purchases.
Evening star., 1946-02-20
Delegation 10 Urge Truman
Give Aid 10 DISPLACED Jews

A delegation, headed by Mrs
Eleanor Vaughan of New York City
was in Washington today, with a
petition containing 5000 signatures
of persons protesting the conditions
under which homeless Jews are nov
living in displaced person centers in
Europe.
Mrs. Vaughan said she has ap-
pointments with Government Off
cials which she hopes will result ir
an interview with President TIL
man, to whom the petition is ad-
dressed.
The petition specifically asks that
President Truman stand by his orig
inal recommendation that 100000
Jews now in the centers be admit
ted into Palestine.
Asserting that I'VE can no longer
rely on the political leaders of the
world" Representative Celler, DEM
ocrat, of New York, last night called
upon American Jewry to assume re-
sponsibility for establishment of a
Jewish Commonwealth of Palestine
He spoke at a meeting sponsored
by the Business and Professional
Division of Hadassah at the jew
ish Community Center.
Mr.. Celler was introduced by Miss
Esther Kravitz. political chairman
of the Business and Professional Di-
vision.
Evening star., 1946-02-20
Test Dates Announced
For Award Of High
School Certificates

The Board of Education will give
it's first public examination for
award of high school certificate
on March 81 and %, 1t was an
nounced today. S
In step to help veterans and
other persons who never had q
chance to finish high school, the
board will give tests in English
mathematics, history and science
Those who in the opinion of the
schools examiners display the same
knowledge that a high school grad
uate would show will get a certifi-
cate equivalent to a diploma.
About 200 persons have applied
already to take the test, school Off
cials said. The applicants said they
want to use the certificates to get
jobs requiring high school educa-
ton and to get into college.
Both American and George Wash
ington Universities indicated they
would consider persons with GER
tificates for admission, although
they would investigate the appli-
cants' background carefully to make
sure it would be fair to place them
in competition with normally
trained students.
Veterans of any age and other
persons over 81 years are eligible
Application should be made at the
Franklin School, Thirteenth and K
streets NV.
Evening star., 1946-02-20
New York Transit
Strike Threatened
BY the Associofed Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Michael J
Quill, president of the CIO Trans
port Workers Union, says he viii
caE strike of union members
against New York's transit system
unless the TWU is recognized by
the Board of Transportation as the
sole bargaining agent for $4,000
transit workers.
The strike threat was the second
made by Mr.. Quill against the city
in a little more than a month.
Addressing a union meeting last
night, Mr.. Quill said the TWU rep
resented an overwhelming majority
of the transit workers and should
be so recognized.
'If there's no sole collective
bargaining" he said, I'VE promise
you we'll strike
There are several other unions
which claim to represent a substan-
tial number of subway workers.
On January 18, Mr.. Quill said his
union would strike unless the Boare
of Transportation agreed to a ref
erendum on proposals to sell city.
owned power plants to the Consoli-
dated Edison Co.
The threat was removed four day.
later when Mayor William O'Dwyel
agreed to Mr.. Quilts terms.
Mr.. Quill did not set a definite
date for the strike last night.
Evening star., 1946-02-20

In Jefferson Junior High School
classroom lined with world maps, a
dozen children of as many national
tiles and religions are trying to
teach each other to be tolerant.
The Brotherhood Club" started
last month. 1t attracted attention
yesterday in connection with Amer
ican Brotherhood Week sponsored
by the National Conference of
Christians and Jews. But according
to Grace Songco, ID, Filipino, who
is vice president, the children and
their teacher, Mrs. Helen SPRING
man, first had the idea of starting
a friendly" club last year.
Greek Newspaper Read.
1--WE want it to spread all over
the country" Grace said. 1--WE want
everybody to love each other so
there won't be any more wars"
The club had meeting yesterday
Elsie Roscoe, whose grandfather
was Russian, brought a Russian
Bible. Anastasius Cokas brought
one of his fathers Greek newspapers
and read little of it in Greek.
Let's recite our motto" Charles
Davis, the president, suggested. In
unison the children repeated, Hate
brings destruction. Love brings
understanding"
Evening star., 1946-02-20
CurIey Will Leave
For Boston Today
BY the Associoted Press

Representative James M. Curley
Democrat, of Massachusetts,, who is
also Mayor of Boston and who was
sentenced early in this week. to
serve to Is months in prison for
mail fraud, will return with his fam
lily to Boston tomorrow
Mrs. Curley said her husband will
leave the Bethesda Navy Medical
Center today and that they will en-
train for New York this after
noon.
She said they will arrive in Bos-
ton late tomorrow.
Mrs. Curley described the condi-
ton that required treatment at the
hospital as diabetic. She added that
naval medical officers said the IL
year-old Congress member probably
will need treatment for some time"
but that he will be able to attend
to his duties as Mayor and Repre-
sentative while getting this treat
ment from the family physician in
Boston.
Representative Curley'S attorneys
notified the court they will appeal
to the United States Circuit Court
of Appeals. 1t is expected that argu-
ments on the appeal probably will
be made in June. Representative
Curley has declared that he will
appeal to the Supreme Court il
necessary.
He will be accompanied to New
York and Boston by his wife and
his daughter, Mrs. Mary Curley
Donnelly.
Evening star., 1946-02-20

After a recording Of the "Ballac
for Americans" was finished, Mrs
Springman remarked that the singer
was Paul Robson, a well-knowr
colored baritone.
Haycock Commends Club.
Arnold Sperling, who said his
parents are Polish Jews, read 6
statement by President Truman
asking for racial understanding. II
a back row, Normal Misleh, Syrian
boy, sat with Benjamin Lee, g
Chinese.
Marilyn Lippard, who said hel
grandmother was German. showed
some Mexican lace to Forrest Hous.
ton, of American Indian parentage
and Arnold Forstad, a Norwegian
boy. Eleanor O'Donohue showed
picture of the Blessed Virgin giver
her by Catholic priest.
Robert L. Haycock, superintendent
Of schools, dropped in to tell thu
club members he thinks they art
doing a good job. Then tn,
youngsters adjourned for two weeks
while they get some more members
I'VE want to be the biggest club
in the school," Charles Davis said
Maybe if we can get all the kids
to liking each other we could star
groWnupS doing it, too"
Evening star., 1946-02-20
VA Employees 10 Be Asked
To Aid Symphony Drive

Veterans Administration employees
in all offices and facilities in the
Washington area will be asked today
and tomorrow to contribute to the
sustaining fund of the National
Symphony Orchestra, Col. John E
Upp, regional director of the admin
istration, said today.
Tomorrow is the closing date for
the orchestra's campaign to raise
a sustaining fund of $150,000 A
late report disclosed that S53,110, or
approximately IS per cent of the
goal, had been received.
A final report luncheon will be
held in the Mayflower Hotel at
1880 pm. tomorrow. The principal
speaker will be Miss Marian Chase
in charge Of rehabilitation work at
st. Elizabeth's Hospital She will
discuss the important part music
plays in rehabilitation work.
Evening star., 1946-02-20
Citizens Fight Tax Raise,
Want u. 5. 10 Share More

Opposition to any increase in taxes
here until the Federal Government
assumes more responsibility in car.
rying its share of the local costs
was voiced last night by the Cathe-
dral Heights Park Citi-
Zens' Association.
The members also heard a pro-
posal by owen French, president
that tax experts study the present
method of filing income taxes with
an eye to simplifying the procedure
In letter read by Mrs. Olive G
Faircloth, the association was asked
to back the Forest Hills Citizens
Association on two issues regarding
District taXicab problems.
The letter said considerable park
ing space, which could be used by
private cars, is taken up by infre-
quently used hack stands. The Sec
ond issue referred to making more
taxicabs available ION CALI" In out
lying areas. Both points were in
dorSed by the Cathedral Heights
Cleveland Park organization and
hope was expressed that the Public
Utilities Commission would act to
alleviate the condition.
Evening star., 1946-02-20
Removal Of Agencies
In Apartments Urged

An appeal to President Truman
to remove various Federal agencies
from apartment houses in the Dis
trict, as a means of lessening the
housing shortage, was planned today
by Chairman Mcmillan of the House
District Committee.
He said he had obtained the assist
ance of an informed person to COM
pile list of all apartment houses
and other residential units in the
District still being used as Offices
for Government agencies.
So far. he has listed residential
properties In five locations which he
hopes may be made available soon
for residential use. These are build
ings at .'TWenty-Second street and
New York avenue NV, Twenty-sec-
ond street and Virginia avenue NV,
Eighteenth and G. streets NV, the
Cafritz Building near the War De-
partnient Building, and three River
side apartments near the War De-
partment Building in the District,
Evening star., 1946-02-20
Barney Circle Studied
To End Traffic Tieups

The District Engineer Department
is working on plans for relieving
traffic congestion at Barney Circle
Sc, on the west side of Pennsyl-
vania Avenue Bridge, Capt. Herbert
C. Whitehurst, highway director
said today.
With traffic increasing steadily
the circle soon will be unable to
handle it unless Improvements are
made. he said AT present $4,000
vehicles cross the bridge each day
he reported.
Mr.. Whitehurst spoke of the need
for improvements last night before
the Washington advisory board OF
the Keystone Automobile Club al
the Shoreham Hotel. George E
Keneipp, manager of the club, ad-
vised the District to replace the
weight tax to cover automobile reg
istration by fiat fee.
The board appointed a commit
tee to analyze the auto tax problem
and named J. B. Luttes as chair
man. Maj. Gen. David McCoach
jr.. U. S. A. retired, former District
engineer, was installed as a member
OF the advisory board. After Serv-
ing overseas during the war, Gen
McCoach returned to Washington
as vice president of the Charles H
TOmpkinS Engineering Co.
Evening star., 1946-02-20
HouseUnitP Plans
Span Site Tour
Before Report
Survey to Influence
Decision on Single or
Twin Potomac Bridqe.

Before reporting the controversial
bill for new Potomac River cross
ing to replace Highway Bridge, the
Chapman Subcommittee of the
House Interstate and Foreign Com
merce Committee will tour the site
to see If one bridge or twin bridges
should be built.
Representative Chapman, Demo-
crat, of Kentucky, subcommittee
chairman, said today he did not
know when his group would make
the tour, but that it would not be
until the details of public hearings
on the measure, held last fall, are
published.
He said the group might ascend
the Washington Monument to get a
'blrdS eye view" of the crossing and
then survey the proposed site at
close hand, also the approaches to
the crossing.
In addition, he said, his committee
likely will visit the site of the pro-
posed Alexandria Shepherds Land
ing bridge, which opponents of re-
placing Highway Bridge with twin
bridges have advocated as an alter
native for one of the spans.
Hearings on the proposal were
lengthy, and, Mr.. Chapman said to-
day, testimony was ably presented"
by both single bridge and twin
bridge witnesses.
The President already has made
a trip similar to tnat proposed by
Mr.. Chapman. He assembled the
Washington Monument during the
tour, becoming the first Chief Ex-
ecutive ever to go to the top.
At hearings last fall twin four
lane bridges we're advocated by the
District, the Public Roads Admin
istration, which will share the cost of
the project, and the Fine Arts Com
mission. A single siX-lane bridge
was proposed instead by the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission, the National Park
Service and former Secretary of the
Interior Ickes.