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Evening star., 1946-03-26
Alexaudria
Musical Program

A musical program featuring the
evolution Of American melodies
from the flrst-known American
composer, Francis Hopkinson, to
songs from the currently popular
musical success "Carousel" will bs
presented by the Alexandria Wom-
ans Club at pm. Thursday at
Gadsbys' Tavern.
The costumed presentation of old
and new melodies, sponsored by the
clubs music department, will in
clude folk songs. spirituals, tn.
Floradora Girl of the Gay pos anc
selections from Victor Herbert, Ed
ward MacDowell, Carrie Jacobs
Bond and Samuel Gardner, 1918
Pulitzer Prize winner.
In recognition of Jennie Lind's
influence in reviving a classical
trend in American songs, Mrs. j.
Burchell Leachman, coloratura So
prano, will sing when I Was Seven
,teefi.s' eirs-
The program will end in a grand
finale presentation of John Saceos
Mexican Serenade," after which
tea will be served, with Mrs. William
P. Crismond acting as hostess.
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CMleans Feted
1t Luncheon

Read Admiral Roscoe E. Schuir-
mann. United States naval delegate
to the Inter-American Defense
Board, gave a farewell luncheon
yesterday at the Mayf1ower Hotel
to honor Vice Admiral Emilio
Daroch, Chilean delegate to the In
ter-American Defense Board, and
Comdr. Donald Mcintyre, Naval At
tache of the Chilean Embassy, both
of whom are leaving soon for Chile
Guests at the luncheon were the
Ambassador of Chile, Senor Don
Marcial Mora, Senor Don Humberto
Senor Diaz-Casanueva, Col. Ernesto
Medina-Parker and Group Capt
Arturo Meneses.
Others were Rear Admiral Mar
shall R. Greer. Vice Admiral Forrest
P. Sherman, Vice Admiral Daniel
Barley, Rear Admiral Thomas B
Inglis, Rear Admiral John L. Nc
Crea,. Commodore Charles j. Rend
Rear Admiral William o. Spears
Vice Admiral David w. Bagley, Col
L. S. Hitchcock, Comdr. A. Mason
Harlow and 1t. Col. r. Wilcox.
Evening star., 1946-03-26

The campaign to reduce the Dis
trict's rat menace was carried to
the District Federation of Womens S
Clubs yesterday by 1t. Col. William
H. Carey, jr., chief of the Sanitation
Division, District Health Depart
ment.
Addressing the group, which met at
the Women's City Club, and using
a garbage pail to emphasize his
message, Col. Carey pointed out the
necessity of storing refuse in tightly
covered metal containers as part o1
a four-fold rat-extermination cam
paign Ito starve them out, builo
them out, remove their breeding
places and kill them"
He produced from the pail such
working instruments as screens. a
hashlight and rat poison. and urged
each member to use them in inaug-
urating campaign through hel
club, to clean up one city square
He also told the group that one
large downtown department store
had told the Health Department il
spent from $4,000 to $4,000 year
on rat control. The customer pays
for such expense, he added.
Following Col. Carey's talk Miss
Alice Keith, director of the Ma
tional Academy of Broadcasting
urged consideration OF plan to in
augurate q radio station devoted
entirely to women's problems.
Miss Keith said such problems
would not, as in the past. be con-
cerned simply with cooking and
household matters, but would ap-
proach a broader plane which di-
rectly affect women's social, po-
litical and economic interests. IF
we women can air our views" she
concluded, we might not have
wars" "s.55s's.s
In the business meeting. Mrs
Newton g. Wing, first vice presiden,
and chairman of the federation's
recent fiesta, presented to Mrs. Ger
trude Parks, president, who pre-
Evening star., 1946-03-26
Greenbelt Women

An April Fool party will be given
by the Woman's Club of Greenbel,
at pm. Thursday at the Romany
Inn in College Park, Md.
The party is the clubs annual en-
tertainment for members and their
husbands. The program has been
arranged by Mrs. Thomas Freeman
Mrs. Leon G. Benefiel, Mrs. John C.
Gale, Mrs. James w. McCarl and
Mrs. Frank j. Mcconnell.
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Mrs. Mesta Entertains at Supper
Smart After-Tbeater Party
Gipen for L0yis Br0nufield
By Betty Beals

A good-sized sample Of Washing
tons smart society left "West of the
Moon" last evening to 60 north to
Mrs. George Mesta's for one of the
better after-theater parties of the
year. Mrs. Mesta is an old friend
Of Louis Bromfield, who is co-author
with Laszlo Vadnay OF the perform
ance that had its world premiere
last night.
Guests no sooner arrived than
they made a beeline for one of the
playwrights to congratulate him on
the apparent success of the opening.
Mr.. Bromf1eld said he thought the
audience reaction was good-at
least they paid close attention
The company had been so pressed
for rehearsal time, he said, that last
evenings performance was the first
time that the third act had been
played all the way through.
Mrs. Mesta's house was designed
for successful parties. The ar
rangement and number of the rooms
makes it possible for each guest to
eat, drink, dance or converse, as the
mood strikes him, in perfect COM
fort. The hostess, clad in an all
white gown, white gloves and dia-
mond jewelry, saw to it that every
one enjoyed himself and met the
most interesting persons present,
and, as always at her parties, most
of the persons present were inter-
esting.
Miss Margaret Truman was there
and chatted with the authors and
Donald Cook, leading man. While
the latter had his picture taken
surrounded by young lovelies, Mrs.
Emil Whitten Frances Starr of
stage fame) observed that his fasci-
mating wife was out in California
looking after their dogs. Constantly
greeted by friends was houseguest.
Mrs. James Farley wearing a beau
f..1 L. l. l.
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La1Vyer to Speak

DR.. Edith Lowenstein of the Jus,
tice Department will be guest speak.
er at the annual donor luncheon
OF the Sisterhood of the Agudett
Achim Congregation at 1890 pm
tomorrow. at the Mayflower Hotel.
The program will include recita-
tions by Mrs. M. Steinberg, and vo-
cal selections by Miss Shirley Rob-
bins, accompanied by her mother
Mrs. Joseph Freedman.
Mrs. Freda Goldman is chairman
and Mrs. Florence Milzman, CO.
chairman of the luncheon.
Evening star., 1946-03-26

two most feted official couples in
the Capital were present, Secretary
of the Treasury and Mrs. Fred M.
Vinson and Attorney General and
Mrs. Tom G. Clark.
High point OF a party that main-
tanned high level all evening was
the superb concert given by Rosa
Ponselle, who was accompanied by
herself on the piano and Sidney on
the violin. When the present Mrs.
Carle jackson sat down at the piano
IN the MUSHROOM and began sing
ing In her rich dramatic soprano
voice. Ave Maria" the exodus from
other rooms was SO sudden that
guests out of hearing distance
thought that an excellent party had
come to an abrupt end. Grouped
around Miss Ponselle and hanging
on her every note were Miss Tru-
man, 1t. John Meikle, Mrs. Brom-
field, Mr.. Patrick Hurley and Mrs.
Robert Low Bacon, and seated on
the floor Mr.. Bromfield and his two
blond daughters, Hope and Anne.
Commodore and Mrs. James K.
Vardaman and Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Alexander D. Surles partook Of the
ample and delectable repast while
Mrs. Lawrence Wood Robert chat
ted with Maj. Ralph Forster, and
MIR. John Logan introduced the
prettiest girl present, Miss Mary
Bassett. She is 1t. Comdr. Robert
Bassett's sister, who came East from
Wisconsin to see his marriage to
Miss Mary Holmes. The James
Barneses were there and Mrs. Leslie
Biffle, Mrs. George Holmes, Mai.
Gen. Allen w. Gullion, Mr.. Fred
erick Roy and the former Senator,
Henry F. Ashurst, paying gallant at
tention to one member of the
feminine contingent after another.
Sunburned from the Nassau sun,
Mr.. Spencer Eddy escorted Miss
Nancy Mayo who also has q terrific
tan and for the same reason.
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Recital Thursday

An interesting program Of au-
thentic dances from India, Java,
Bali, Siam and Cambodia will be
presented by Miss Linda Verril be-
fore the Arts Club Thursday night,
following the regular Thursday eve
ming dinner for members.
Miss Verrill is an instructor of
the dance, as well as one of its
most popular performers. She was
student of Ruth st. Denis, who
presented her to the dance world
in 1941.
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announcement

Mrs. Florence Montfort and Capt
F. A. Christensen, Army Intelli-
gence, announce their marriage
which took place March 16 in Luray
Va. The Rev. Fred E. Dufford Of
flciated at the ceremony in st
Marks Lutheran Church in the
presence OF the brides daughters
the Misses Florence and Mary
Montfort.
Mrs. Christensen is the widow OF
Capt. Louis B. Montfort. Capt
Christensen is the son of Mrs. F. A
Christensen of Seattle and the late
Mr.. Christensen. He is a graduate
OF the University of Washington.
The couple now are residing al
5121 Broad Branch road.
Evening star., 1946-03-26
In the Ne1Vs

Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Graves were
hosts to 10 at dinner last evening in
their home on Foxhall road. The
guests included the Swedish Naval
Attache and Nine. Angelin, Mrs
Esther Normant, Col. Douglas Gill
lette, Maj. Fred Roy, Mr.. and Mrs
Walter G. Ross, Mr.. and Mrs. DON
aid Downs and Mrs. Ives Lowe.
Mrs. Robert Moran entertained
at a small cocktail party yesterday
at her home. Guests of honor were
her house guests, Mrs. Anita Peter
who is here from Florida, and Miss
Mary Holmes, who will be married
this Thursday to 1t. Comdr. Robert
Cochem Bassett. Miss Holmes was
also feted at a luncheon yesterday
at the Mayflower given by Mrs. Lyle
Wilson and today Mr.. and Mrs
James Michael Haley Of Alexandris
will entertain at cocktails in he,
honor.
Mrs. Heath McClung Steele of
Glen Mary Farms, near Great Mills,
Nd, is the guest of her son-in-law
and daughter, 1t. Col. and Mrs.
Sheridan Fahnestock. She came to
make the acquaintance of the
Fannestocks' infant daughter, Mar.
garet Sheridan, who was born
March 18, at Doctors Hospital. The
Fahnestocks have another daugh-
ter, Sally-Heath. who is 81 years
old.
Mrs. Edward N. Fay and her
daughter Suzette are leaving
Washington this week for Fort
Leavenworth, Kans., to Join Col,
Fay who has been detailed there as
post quartermaster. Their son, Ed
ward, jr., who attends Fishburne
Military School in Waynesboro, Va,
will follow when his school is out
In June.
Miss Marjorie Mandle is spend
ing her spring vacation from Beaver
College with her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Guggenheim at
Wardman Park Hotel
Evening star., 1946-03-26
ALbi0ns to Meet

The annual Albion College
''round-the-world night" will be cell
ebrated by the Washington Club
at a meeting Saturday in the home
of Mrs. Irving Tullar, APO Mill
tary road NV.
DR.. Arthur Millspaugh, recently
returned financial adviser to the
Iranian government, and a gradu-
ate of Albion, class of 1908, will bs
guest speaker
Miss Eunice Wartman, 5112 Con-
necticut avenue NV. president Of
the group, will preside.
Evening star., 1946-03-26
Navy Ball Fwdar

The executive Office of the Sec
retary OF the Navy is sponsoring one
OF the largest Navy Department af-
fairs with a bali this Friday at the
Shoreham Hotel. Over one thou
sand people are expected to attend
and 1t will be held in the new ball
room.
Evening star., 1946-03-26
Tea SatHrdav

The Wheaton College Club OF
washington will give it's annual
tea and reception in honor of un-
dergraduates and prospective stu
dents from 4 pm. to 6 pm. Satur-
day IN the home of Mrs. Harry S
Bernton, 2013 o street NV.
Evening star., 1946-03-26
Engagements Told

Mr.. and Mrs. John Joseph Con-
nell announce the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Dorothy Con-
nell, to Mr.. Walter F. Burton, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley B. Burton
Of Pine Bush, N. Y. The wedding
will take place in September.
The engagement of Miss Rhea
Mazur to Mr.. Arnold Leonard Lag
arus has been announced BIZ her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eliot Mazur
OF Washington. Mr.I.azarus is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Lazarus
OF Baltimore. The bridegroom-elect
is in the Navy and Is stationed at
the naval dispensary, Lakehurst.
N. j. No date has been set for the
wedding.
MIR. Jules F. Vale OF st. Gene
We've, Mo-, announces the engage
ment OF his daughter. Miss Frances
Joyce Valle of Washington to Mr..
Leo Daniel O'Leary of Sioux City
Iowa. The marriage will take place
May % in st. Matthews Cathedral.
Evening star., 1946-03-26

Miss Marjorie Mandle is spend
ing her spring vacation from Beaver
College with her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Guggenheim at
Wardman Park Hotel.
Evening star., 1946-03-26

record attendance high style braided
recital by Mexican pianist pile of
Arkansas State press., 1946-08-30
WDL Intensifies
Drive For Tee
Davis Pardon

Mae Pearl Kelly of Gould has
been appointed by the Workers
Defense League of New York
City as Arkansas Field Secretary
to intensity its campaign to free
Tee Davis, tenant farmer serving
10 years for shooting at a white
sheriff, who it is alleged broke
into his home.
Miss Kelly, who is an executive
board member of the National
Farm Labor Union, will meet
with unions and other groups in
all parts of the state to present
Davis story and get signatures on
the petitions for his pardon.
During the campaign, it is said
that Miss Kelly will have these
petitions circulated in churches,
clubs and union halls through
out the country that new thous-
ands will add their protests to
those already received by Gov
ernor Laney.
Arkansas State press., 1946-08-30
Probe Of Negro
Murder Sught By
Defense League

New York City-(WDL)- The
beating to death of a Negro near
Minden, La, coming less than a
month after a similar murder of
a Negro near Lexington, Miss,
brought a demand from the
Workers Defense League for
federal and state investigation.
The investigations were asked
in wires from Rev. Aron S. Gill
martin. national WDL chairman
to James Davis, governor, Of
Louisiana, and Turner Smith of
the civil liberties division of the
Department of Justice.
The Negro slain near Minden
was picked up by a mob after
being released from Jail. He had
been arrested on suspicion of at
tempting to break into a white
womans house and was released
when the woman declined to
press charges. His body was dis
covered by fishermen in a bayou.
Arkansas State press., 1946-08-30
New Committee
On Anii.Mob
Violence Meets

New neutrality-suspicious. of in
dignation and deep concern over
the alarming increase in lynchings
and anti-Negro incidents" were
transformed yesterday into a
militant plan of action at a meet
ing, called by Arthur B. Spingarn,
of the Executive Committee of
the newly-formed Committee
against Mob Violence.
Key individuals, who dominate
the social forces of the country,
will be modified to commit
themselves openly against mob
violence, in an attempt to curb
the rising tide of prejudice and
terrorism. National, state and
county officials, with an enlight-
ened public opinion pressing for
peaceable and constitutional law
enforcement methods will, it is
expected, hesitate to ride law
lessly over the rights of minority
groups, as has been the pattern
set in some sections of the United
States in the past few months.
Some of the members of the
Executive Committee are Philip
Murray, President CLIO; Charles
G.. Bolte, Chairman, American
Veterans Committee; Edward l..
Bernays, public relations consult
ant; Clyde Miller of Teachers
College, Columbia University;
Max Yergan of the National Ne
gro Congress; Mrs. Alfred f.
Nudge of the National Board of
the Y. w, c. A.; DR.. Allan
Knight Chalmers of the Broad
way Tabernacle, and Walter
White, executive secretary,
NAACP.
Arkansas State press., 1946-08-30
Joe Louis Ex-wiie
To Star In Film

Marva Louis, ex-wife of Joe
Louis, the heavyweight cham
pion, has been assigned to star in
her first motion picture, accord
ing to an announcement made by
Arthur Leonard, vice president of
Herald Pictures, Inc.
The feature length picture, UNI
der the title, Boy What A Girl
goes into production Sept 10th at
the Fox Movietone Studios under
Leonard's direction and repre-
sents the first of twelve all-Negro
photoplays to be released by the
above company, to over 600 Negro
motion picture theatres. at the
rate of one per month. Follow
ing her work in the picture, Mr.,
Arkansas State press., 1946-08-30
More Lynchings
Two
Vets In Texas

on the scene of the killing until
the police arrived, leading to the
belief that the lynchers and po-
lice were in conspiracy togeth-
err.
Several days before his death,
Gordon had been questioned by
the police on a charge of stealing
his wealthy white employers
whiskey. Although he had no
knowledge of the theft, and We
hemently told the police so, he
was fired. Two days later, he
was rehired, by his former en-
ployer, and was killed at dawn
the next morning.
There is even more mystery
about the death of Alonza
Brooks, who was found dead in
the woods near Marshall. three
days after he had left home in
his car to visit friends after driv-
ing his family to church. He
had no known enemies, yet his
autopsy revealed death from
blows on the nape of his neck
and strangling. The motive was
obviously not robbery as his wal
let and wrist watch were still on
his person when his body was
discovered.
Folks in Marshall are wonder
ing whether there is any connec-
ton in the deaths of these vets
with the possible responsibility
for the presence of MP's at the
polling places in Marshall during
the July 9th primary. Perhaps
the local "gauleiters" object to
Negro ex-GPs taking steps to en-
sure those voting rights they
thought they were fighting a war
to protect.
Arkansas State press., 1946-08-30
Judge Seizes
Bail And Holds
Ill Defendant

Lawrenceburg, Tcnn.-A new
crisis was reached last week in
the trial of the % Columbia, Ten
nessee Negroes when Judge Joe
M. Ingram ordered a $4,000 bail
bond of one of the defendants for
feited.
Clarence Brown, who was con-
fined to bed and seriously i'll in
Columbia, had his bail lifted on
orders of the judge when he fail
ed to appear in court last week,
and a new bail of $4,000 ordered
for him.
A neighbor of Brown drove the
33 miles from Columbia to Law
reneeburg and presented the
court with physician certificate
stating the defendant was con-
fined to bed and should not be
moved for ten days. Ingram
halted the questioning of pros
pective jurymen and demanded
that Brown be produced in court
that afternoon.
During lengthy conference be-
tween attorneys for the state, the
defense and the court, the Judge
insisted that Brown be brought
to court tomorrow.
Arrangements were made to
bring the sick man from Column
bia to court by car and stretcher.
Judge Ingram ordered a Today
Jail sentence and $50 fine re-
moved from Charles Williams,
white laborer and prospective
juror. Williams was jailed last
week when he stated he had no
intention of serving on the jury
The news of the failing of Will
liams spread like wildfire through
this little town. Farmers and
town folks alike gathered in
knots and demo need the sctieA
of the judge.
When it becaem noted that To-
cal tension was increasing rapid
ly over the falling of Williams,
the Judge ordered him released.
Arkansas State press., 1946-08-30
"unprejudiced"
Jurors Not Found
In Riot" Trial

LaWrenceburg, Tenn.-As the
trial of 25 Columbia, Tennessee,
Negroes charged with attempted
murder moves into its second
week in Negotiating Lawrence
burg County, it is becoming in
creasingly evident that it will be
impossible to pick a non-pre-
JUDGED jury. After three days of
questioning, only two jurors have
been accepted cut Of As all of
whom admitted, in one bigoted
statement or another, that they
could not give Negro a fair trial.
One juror, w. f. Stages, a Ga
year-old white farmer, told the
court he wouldn't give the same
credit to testimony offered by a
Negro as he would to that Of a
white man. He told Maurice
Weaver, NAACP attorney for the
defense, that he believed in sep
arate types of justice for Negroes
and whites and added that he
thought some of the principles of
the Ku Klux Khan were every
good" After unsuccessfully NOV
ing for Stages rejection for
cause, lawyers for the defense
surprised the court by accepting
tbs biasaJ ,Wan q the first Juror.
Possibly Stages presence on the
jury can serve later, in the event
of any or all the defendants con-
viction, as a major reversible
error and cause for a retrial.
II is also clear that the state
does not intend to permit a Ne
gro to serve on the jury. Two
have been questioned-the first in
the county in so years-but both
were excused. One, who knew a
defendant, had a fixed opinion
and didn't want to serve. The
other was released because he
was i'll.
1t is reported that there is a
chance that the entire panel of
312 talesmen will be exhausted
before the jury is complete.
Arkansas State press., 1946-08-30
Chief OF Police
Admits Blindinu
Woodland In S. {.

New York.-At last the man
whose storm trooper cruelty to
Isaac Woodland enraged the
country has been found out. L,
l.. Shaw, police chief of Bates
bourP, S. c., has now admitted
it was he who beat out the eyes
of the young Negro soldier just
few hours after his army dis
charge, and while he was still
wearing his uniform.
The New York Post, in an edi-
torial August Dist, expressed its
indignation at ShaW's bare-faced
arrogance. Said the Post:
"This is more than the cause of
Negro citizens. If it is once es-
tablished that terrorism in a
police uniform is outside the law,
the rights and liberties of every
citizen are threatened.
'If Police Chief Shaw's an
nouncement were allowed to 90
unchallenged, it would be the
greatest victory possible for the
Ku Klux Khan and every anti
democratic group which CANDLES
on violence. 1t would open the
way for the strong-arm squads
of any Huey Long which might
arise to terrorize a state or the
nation.
"Nazism showed that uniform
ed terror outside the law is
weapon which leaves the citizens
of modern state with no power
to defend their institutions. 1t is
not enough to sympathize with
Woodland. We must make sure
that such outrages are not en-
couraged by inaction.n
An entire nation heard Orson
Welles denounee Shaw last Sum-
dgass sfternoon-over the American
Broadcasting network. Welles
announced over the radio that his
source of information on the
identity of Woodlands brutal at
tacker had been NAACP investi-
gators who were working with
him and the FBI. He pledged
himself to pursue Shaw ito the
ends of the earth should he
have to, to see that his crime was
punished.
Arkansas State press., 1946-08-30

Louis plans to go direct to Paris
for a sixteen week appearance at
the Follies Bergere.
Babe Wallace, remembered
with Lena Horne in stormy
Weather" and Sheila Guyse, of
the late Memphis Bound star
ring Bill Robinson, will be Mrs.
Louis principal feminine support.
Male supporting cast signed to
date, by the Moe Gale agency, is
headed by SLAM Stewart and
his recording trio and the comedy
team of Patterson & Jackson.
Marva Louis, at present in
Chicago, will arrive in New York
City early in September to start
f-studio rehearsals.
Arkansas State press., 1946-08-30
Stop Bilboisrn
In New York,
Mayor Warned

New York City-(WDL)-Fol-
lowing the beating of William
Sutherland and Robin Myers,
two members Of the Workers De
Tense League, on Greenwich
Village street, the WDL called
upon Mayor O'Dwyer ito take
immediate action to prevent
Greenwich Village from becom-
ing like a Mississippi village"
Morris Milgram, national WDL
secretary pointed out to the
mayor: "This onslaught on a
Negro man and a white girl by
a gang of hoodlums occurred
not in the deep south--but in the
most broad-minded neighborhood
of the nations most predetermined
city And only a week after this
attack Robin Myers was hit by a
rock in the same neighborhood.
"Other similar attacks have
been made recently against Negro
entertainers in the same Green
witch Village section. Police, who
have been so brutal in their
handling of Negroes, were not
present during any of these in
cidents.'
The letter concluded by urging
the mayor to cooperate with the
ueighborhood committee being
organized to investigate these at
tacks and put a halt to them.
Arkansas State press., 1946-08-30
Riot Inquiry
Continues

Athens, Ala.-A special grand
jury of Limestone County heard
a new procession of witnesses to-
day in its investigation of the
race riot Of August 10th in which
a number Of Negroes were beaten
and ten white persons were ar
rested on unlawful assembly
charges.
August 10Th, the inquiry began
into the riot which developed
after an alteration between two
white men and a Negro.