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Evening star., 1946-05-04
Soviet Treatment in U.S..
Textbooks to Be Studied
By the Associoted Press

CHICAGO, May 4.-The Ameri-
can Council on Education an
nounced yesterday it would study
references to the Soviet Union in
American textbooks ''to determine
their accuracy and adequacy"
DR.. George F. zook, Washington,
president of the council, said it was
hoped the study may contribute
directly to the refinement and i'm
provement Of the treatment of the
Soviet Union in future textual ma
terials and thereby increase the
understanding of the Soviet Union
among the citizens of the United
States in order to promote better
international accord"
Mr.. Zook said the study would be
directed by Richard w. Burkhardt
of the Maxwell Graduate School of
Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syr-
acuse University, Syracuse, N. Y.
Members of an advisory committee
include Harold Benjamin, Washing
ton, United States Office of Educa-
tion.
Evening star., 1946-05-04

the National Capital Astronomers, at the
National Museum; Mtr2iN% : G,sl9ek tonight.
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, Wash
ington Alumni chapter, reception and din
ner, Maynower Hotel. O'Clock tonight
Members and 'ni'istfs Mtsrc.
Eileen" Victor Herbert opesetta, pre-
Sented BY Columbia Light Opera Co;
Wade N; Stephens organ recital Church
OF 'he Latter Day pInHfG SaiHfs; o'clock tonight
Biosophy Club of WASHINGTON; meet at bus
StoP at sixteenth and Kennedy streets
SQUARE DANCE.
o Friendship House, 6l9 D street Sc,
$50 o'clock tonight.
FOR sERvICEMEN.
6. Dance, NCCs-uSo, 1914 N street NV,
streets NV. $ O'clock tonisht. anu y
Dance. with orchestra. Masonic Service
oe1del, Center, Thirteenth and H streets NV, 8
= south sea Island party uso Club; sol
Pennsylvania avenue NV, O'Clock to-
Formal dance, YMcA-Uso. 1895 G street
NV. 9 O'Clock tonight
.. Chinsse dance, YMCA-Uso, 1886 G
Dance, with Air Force Band. Nccs-
USO. 91S Tenth street NV, o'clock to-
night
FOR OFFICERS
Dance, with orchestra, Ofhcers' Service
Club of the United Nations, 1914 Twenty
first street W., S:45 o'clock tonight.
Dance. Offcers' Club of Washingt ton.
400 New Hampshire avenue NV. 8
O'Clock tonight.
Service personnel may obtain more in.
formation by calling the United Nations
Center, National 1880, or USOs at any
Of the following numbers: Executive O42S.
Republic 1921. National 3431 or National
0614 Colored personnel may call USO
Decatur 1854. or War Hospitality, De-
catur TrRS
Evening star., 1946-05-04

the President had told French
Foreign Minister Bidault and Secre-
tary of State Byrnes that "the
cabinet had taken an important
and favorable decision for France
today" The dispatch went on to
suggest that this referred to a bill
lion-dollar credit, 100000 tons of
wheat and other raw materials.
The President said the cabinet
met but had not made a decision re-
garding France. A comment regard
ing lack of notice of the cabinet
meeting he cut short with a retort
that he could have a cabinet meet
ing whenever he liked, he didn't
have to tell anybody, and he didn't
have to tell what it was about
either.
Another Acid Furry.
Another acid furry arose from a
reporters insistent questioning
about Navy Secretary Forrestals at
tack on the Army merger bill. Mr..
Truman has rebuked the Navy for
lobbying against the merger and he
was asked If he regarded Forrestal
as a lobbyist. In a painful exchange
he rebuked the reporter and after
ward said to him that he had exas-
perated him.
Endless speculation is possible on
what knitted the Truman tongue. A
mere review of the topics about
which he was questioned shows the
magnitude of his burden. They in
cluded:
l. Palestine.
2. The Council of Foreign Minis
ters where-a literal quote from a
Paris dispatch-"the only progress
is in the wrong direction"
3. The coal strike crisis.
4. The food famine.
5. The Chinese civil war.
6. Manchurian Korean repara-
tions,. where Russia and the United
States are in direct conflict.
7. The merger.
If you want to make it harder you
can toss in the British loan, OPA
the legislative stalemate-but why
be brutal?
Evening star., 1946-05-04
By Alice Eversmon

The program given in Rankin
Chapel, Howard University, last
night, rounding out the day devoted
to music in the festival of fine arts
now in progress, was one of excep-
tional interest. Presented by the
Howard University Choir, under the
expert direction of Warner Lawson,
it was essentially an exposition of
the art development of the folk
song of Latin American and Afro
American origin. Olin DoWnes,
music editor of the New York Times,
spoke on Folk Music in a National
Art" between the numbers.
Bracketing the simpler folk songs
was what was, possibly, the first
hearing here of Juan Jose Castro's
"Sinfonia Biblica" and William
Grant Stills And They Lynched
Him to a Tree" All of this was
music of intense vitality and drama
and the singers realized it with re-
markable effect. The choir is made
up of choice vocal material, trained
in flexible dynamics and capable of
striking expressiveness. The group
grasps the emotional trend of the
music and reproduces it with en-
thusiasm artistically directed.
Only the second part of Castro's
"Sinfonia," entitled THE Entry Into
Jerusalem" was given, but so i'm
pressive was this portion that COM
plete hearing of the work would be
welcomed. The setting of the Bible
text is both powerful and rhapsodic
with its rich coloring intensified by
the interspersion of softly intoned
alleluias. 1t mounts to a great cli-
max of complete yet thrilling har-
monic effect. There is folk basis
in the writing but the Argentinian
composer has foregone any national
touch in favor of a skilled use of the
Hebraic idiom. The piano accom-
panimentS were played by Thomas
H. Kerr, jr., and Alma Montgomery
and the piano interludes were as
strikingly dramatic as the choral
part.
In his "And They Lynched Him
to a Tree" Still has reached a
greater height than in his later
plain Chant for America" per-
formed here by the Philadelphia Or
chestra in 1943. The heart-breaking
story is set forth starkly, especially
through the lamentation of the
mother, and the chorus repetition of
the spoken portions. Louise Burge
sang the measures given to the moth
er in telling manner, her warm, con-
tralto voice having puissant emo
tional appeal. The jazz idiom is
heard in an underlying vein that
captures with fidelity the essence of
the poem by Katherine Chaplin Bid
die. The narrator was King David
Evening star., 1946-05-04
| Third Double Shooting
lin 6 Weeks Battles
|Texarkana Police
BY the k.soeiotsd Press

TExARKANA, Ark, May 4-With
a mans bloody footprints as the
only clue, the third in a series of
mysterious double-shootings was
under investigation by Arkansas and
Texas police today after an unidenti-
fed gunman fired through the win
dow Of a farm home near here last
night, killing Virgil Starks, &c. and
critically wounding his 35-year -old
wife.
The farmers death brought this
areas unsolved murder toll to five
since March "a.
Two bullets fired through a win
dow killed Mr.. Starks about 8 pm.
as he sat in the living room of his
farm home, II miles northeast of
Texarkana, and two other shots
critically wounded his wife as she
attempted to telephone for help.
Shot twice in the head, Mrs
Starks fled to the home of neighbor
where she lost consciousness.
Ranger Capt. M. T. Gonzaullas,
who has been investigating the
previous murders here, was called
in on the latest case last night by
Sheriff w. E. Davis of Miller County,
Ark. who is directing the manhunt.
Sheriff Davis said a mans foot
prints, printed in blood, could be
distinguished in the room where
Mr.. Starks was killed. He said that
apparently the assailant entered the
house after the wounded Mrs. Starks
fed.
Residents of this border city were
fearful of new attacks, as word
spread of the latest Staying. +
Three weeks ago, Paul Martin
and Betty 10 Booker, 'teen-agers,
were shot to death in the Texarkana
area and three weeks before that,
on March "a, Richard L. Griffin, 20,
and Polly Ann Moore, II, were shot
to death here.
Evening star., 1946-05-04

RTKE TRIP
To Lookout Tower. Seat Pleasant. Md
auspices OF the American Youth Hostel,
Potomac Area; meet Senator Theater. Min
nesota avenue and Benning road NE. 10
m. tomorrow. Bring lunch and beverage.
BIRD WALK
On Letter estate, in Virginia. auspices
of National Park Service: meet 1915 F
street al o:30 am. tomorrow.
CAMERA STROLL.
Through franciscan Monastery rose
gardens, auspices of National Park Serv-
ice meet Fourteenth and Quincy streets
NE, pm. tomorrow.
DANCE.
ttr.ct GenteT
q YMcA . gymnasium. 1885 G street NV,
shorehsm Hotel & 10 0e'eo oeiock eni tonisht Mem
Square and ballroom dancing. Social
Church. % S s:5S osISsf ;EsS.sqa s9aisht: ''A'N'''
Fourth annual Joseph and E. R.. Pen
of consress am. to 10 Pm. weekdays,
. am. to pm. Saturdays and 11:3O
an - to d9sI 10 pm m sundays sai through July
branch, Eighth and K streets NV. 9 am.
to Prnt1 sy day M1a thrGufh n1 Nay Converse New
York, in the division Of eraphic arts.
through 1r May 26. and photosr apis by Wood
photography, arts and industries building,
through May, Smithsonian Institution,
am. to 30 pm daily.
welfare Js% soard 6so Cub he lounge 'esisn sx
teenth. and @ streets NV. daily through
Thirteenth annual exhibition of Minia-
ture Society, Of Painters. Sculptors and
Gravers. ends tomorrow, and annual ex-
hibition OF the Landscape Club OF Wash
Of Art, noon to 4:30 p m. Tuesdays through
and t9bib to PM sHndsys
scum, 1917 Vermont avenue NV, to IL
pm. today and tomorrow
j, Prints by Hogarth and Rowlandson from
the Rosenwald COLLECTION, National Gallery
TO- m. tomorrow.
Lois M. Jones paintings. Barnett Alden
Gallery: G al IL Randolph place NV, 8 to II
Display OF fresh water nsh from Federal
of Commerce Auditorium, am. to 4 80
The Netherlands in the. Changing
Department Of Commerce lobby. daily
through May
Hitier's marriage certificate: private will
surrender papers, National Archives, S:45
m to 515 IA phi ysskdays lac to PM
Nina 4 Grimm and md Dr. 60 Florence f Everhart, ps
Arts Club, 10 am. to 5 pm. weekdays, 2
to B. pm. Sundays through May IT,
Oil paintings by Bernice Cross, Whyte
Gallery of Art. 1913 Connecticut avenue
NV, $50 am. to pm. daily through
- Modern art, of the Americas, Howard
University Gallery of Art. daily through
May.
HIKE.
American Youth Hostel, Potomac area,
to kenilworth Aquatic Gardens and Blad-
ensburg: meet at end of Kenilworth car
line, IL am. tomorrow. Bring lunch,
beverage and camera
Wanderbirds' Hiking Club. from High
Rock, near Pen-Mar to the Smithsburg
road along the Appalachian trial in Mary
land; meet at railways bus station, 8
am. tomorrow. Bring lunch.
National Park Service, wildlife hunt in
fort Dupont Park: meet at Randle Circle,
minnesota and Maryland avenues Sc, 3
p m. tomorrow.
Center Hiking Club, throush Glover
archibald Park to Brookmont, Md; meet
az carstop 13 on Cabin John streetcar
ilne. 10 am. tomorrow. Bring lunch and
beverage.
Capital Hiking Club, to Old Rag Noun
yam: meet at 1416 F street NV. in time
Tor 7:45 am bus tomorrow. Reservations
LECTURE
The Total Solar Eclipse Of July g.,
$780, by George v. Plachy. sponsored by
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Fatal SIoshing Of Woman
Charged to Veteran
By the Associated Press

WILKES-BARRE, Pa, May "A
38- year = old former serviceman
charged with slashing a woman
pedestrian to death with a butcher
knife was held without bail on his
arraignment yesterday.
John Vaverka was accused at the
hearing by Chief County Detective
Richard Powell of killing Ruth DAFT
ner, IS, as she walked along a street
Police Chief j. Russell Taylor had
quoted the man previously as saying,
Il got sudden desire to 60 out and
stab some one"
District Attorney Leon Schwartz
said a commission would be named
to determine whether Vaverka is
sane.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Decorated

COmdr. Thomas H. Hayes, U. S.
NJ, who was reported dead after the
sinking of a japanese prison ship
in December, 1914. this week was
posthumously awarded the Legion
of Merit for outstanding service as
senior naval medical officer in the
Philippines, senior operating sur
geon Of the Army Fort Mills Hospi-
tai on Co1regidor before the sur
render and, subsequently, when a
prisoner of war of the Japanese, as
chief of surgery at the Bilibid prison
hospital from July 2, 1912, and COM
manding officer of the prison camp
from September, l943, until his
transfer.
Comdr. Hayes widow, Mrs. Marye
x. Hayes, 316 South Pitt street,
Alexandria, Va, recently accepted
the medal from Rear Admiral Glenn
B. Davis, U. S. N, commandant of
the Potomac River Naval Command.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Myron Taylor Agrees
To Return 10 Vatican
As Truman's Envoy

Myron c. Taylor will continue to
represent the White House at the
Vatican.
Dispelling reports that Mr.. Taylor
planned to relinquish the assign
ment, President Truman announced
late yesterday that the f1nancier and
industrialist sent to Rome by Pres
ident Roosevelt in 1910 had agreed
to return soon to Rome after a stay
of several months in this country.
He will retain the rank of Am
bassador.
MIR. Taylor was a White House
visitor recently, and it was under
stood then that he would 60 back to
the Vatican. where, Mr.. Truman
said, he has been most helpful"
Assignment Protested.
Some Protestant sources have pro-
tested Mr.. Taylor's assignment. The
Associated Church Press, made up of
editors of Protestant publications,
adopted resolution here last week
saying that it violated the principle
of separation of church and state.
The resolution said also that such
an envoy did not have Senate ap-
proval as the Constitution required
Mr.. Truman issued the following
statement:
Il have asked Mr.. Myron C
Taylor to return to Italy as my per-
sonal representative to His Holiness
the Pope, with the rank of Ambas-
sador.
After the cessation of hostilities
Mr.. Taylor came home for consulta-
ton and report. I have studied his
report of his several audiences with
the Pope with interest and with
profit. I feel that he can continue
to render helpful service to the
cause Of Christian civilization II, at
my instance from time to time, he
resumes his duties in Italy. AS or
his previous trips Mr.. Taylor will
confer not only with the Pope but
with other leaders in the spiritual
world and in the world of politics
and secular affairs as he travels
through Europe in the fulfllment OF
his mission.
Unrest Is Cited.
"The cessation of active fighting
has left the world in state Of un-
rest. In many quarters we witness
lamentable conflicts of principle
and policy. Out of all this unrest
and conflict, however, one convic-
ton emerges as clear as the noon-
day. 1t is that we shall establish
an enduring peace only if we build
it upon Christian principles.
"In the dark days of 1910 Presi-
dent Roosevelt sent Mr.. Taylor te
Italy as his personal representative
His mission was most helpful to the
cause of peace and in the allevia,
ton of suffering brought about by
the most awful conflict in the annal!
of mankind, and 1t will be, am sure
equally useful in the future.
There is no minimizing the grav.
ity of the days in which We live.
feel the necessity Of having for my
guidance the counsel and co-opera
tion Of all men and women OF gooe
will whether in religion, in gov.
ernment or in the pursuits of every.
day life. I have therefore sought
the advice of leaders in religion O.
various convictions and allegiances
not only in this country but from
abroad. feel that all have a vita
contribution to make I shall con.
tinue to welcome the counsel of such
leaders to the end that the voice
of conscience may be heard in tn,
councils of nations as they seel
a solution of that age-old prob
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Finish Fight Is Seen
Between Philippine
MPs and GuerriI|as
By John R. Ward
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent


SAN FERNANDO, P. T., May A.
A finish fight between Filipino mill
tary police and well-armed Hukbal-
ahap guerrillas in Central Luzon
appears inevitable unless further
bloodshed is averted by arbitration.
A two-day tour of the region and
talks with American military OBJ
servers, provincial officials, Filipino
military police officers and Hulk
balahap spokesman indicated that a
showdown is likely after the Phil
ippines become independent July T.
The Hukbalahaps were one of two
separate guerrilla organizations ac-
tive during the japanese occupation
fThe name Hakbalahap means
Army against Japan" The two
outfits fought each other as well as
the japanese. and after the jap
anese were beaten the rivalry con-
tinued.
Economic Unrest Blamed.
Gov. Mariana Santo Romano OF
NueVa EclJa Province, who has re-
signed, told me that economic IN
rest was one reason for the con-
tinued strife.
The Huks are dissatisfied with
the farm tenancy system, which !
think is feudal." he said. THE solu-
ton is not to kill all of these people
but to try to arbitrate their differ
ences and for the government to
help them"
Col. Libertado Littaua, zone prov
ost marshal at Bambam, described
the Huks as a lawless element that
got used to raiding and plundering
during the japanese occupation
= They liked that life and they
are trying to continue it,"
Meanwhile, informed sources sale
more than $50 Huks and IS MP.
have been killed in skirmishes since
last September Two MPs and a,
least eight Huks were reported
killed in a new outbreak of flghtin,
yesterday at La Paz, a village il
Southern Tarlac Province,
Evening star., 1946-05-04

bong village seeking information
about the Staying of Capt. Abad, who
was ambushed April %.
Mayor Godofredo Payawal Of
Bongabong said several school teach
ers were among the persons beaten.
The deaths raised to 80 the casual
ties reported in the continuing dis
Luzon since the Philippines election.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.


@. What country's troops first en-
tered Berlin in World War II?-N.
F. B.
A. The War Department says that
the Russian troops were officially
the first troops to enter Berlin, Ger
many.
@. How fast does a CAT have to
be going before 1t can leave run
way, and how fast does it have to
travel in order to stay in the air?
M. V. G.
A. A Cat usually takes of be-
tween IS and 80 miles an hour de-
pending upon the load, although it
is possible, if not risky. to take one
off at lower speeds. A lightly loaded
or empty CAT with flaps down can
stay in the air at an air speed as low
as go miles per hour.
@. What country in South Amer
lea has the greatest railway mile
age?-C. T.
A. Argentina leads with 25,2o4
miles.
Q. Do elephants sleep standing
up?-R. A. E.
A. Like horses, they sleep either
standing up or lying down. In cap
tivity they may not lie down for
weeks, and individuals have been
known to remain on their feet for
as long AS five wears
Q. What Is the origin of the ex-
preston killed by kindness "?-L.
E. j.
A. It is said that Draco, the
Athenian legislator, met his death
as a result of his popularity. He
was smothered in the theater of
Aegina by the number of caps and
cloaks showered on him by the spec
| tatorS.
@. Not far from Evansville, Ind.
and before crossing the Ohio River
there is a sign which reads, "Wel-
come to Kentucky" How does this
happen to be on the Indiana side of
the river?-W. w. K.
A. A small portion of the State
of Kentucky lies north of the Ohio
River Immediately adjacent to the
city of Evansville, Ind. A part of
Henderson County, KY, it does not
exceed a few hundred acres in area
and results from the fact that the
Indiana State line was drawn at the
north edge of the river as it flowed
at the time the boundaries were
set. Later, the river receded into
Kentucky and left this small point
of land on the north side.
@. Are any Army enlisted pilot
liaison squadrons still operating
in the United States?-C. c. M.
A. According to the War Depart
ment, there are four squadrons still
operating in the United States. They
are the 16lst, 162d, 167th and 172d.
The table of organization still calls
for enlisted pilots.
@. How many first lieutenants, 20
years of age or over, are there in
the Army?-M. E.
A. AS of January 81, 1916, the
number was 04,438 for the entire
Army. OF these $4,000 were in the
Army Air Forces.
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Emergency Hospital
To Launch Nurse Week

Nurse Recruitment Week will be
launched by Emergency Hospital to-
morrow, eliminating in open house
from 2 to S pm. on May II.
Student nurses will act as host
esses and guides during the open
house, when the Nurses Home will
be open to prospective students.
friends and relatives. An informal
tea will be held in the assembly
room, and visitors will be welcome.
Evening star., 1946-05-04

loose the fire of their muskets on the
Redcoats as soon as they see the
whites of their eyes. 1t means Pau
Revere galloping off to spread the
alarm through every Middlesex vii.
lage and farm.
What About Middlesex?
What happened to Mr.. McCor-
mack's revolution when 1t reached
those Middlesex villages and farms
Well, it looks as if Paul Revere got
a cool reception. For Joe Martin
House minority leader and f1ool
manager of the OPA massacre, has
also reported and Joe's district in
cludes part of Middlesex County.
No revolution going on there, Il
We can believe Joe. He says that
while he found sentiment for reten-
tion of 1.-The OPA structure" the
people want sanity and efficiency in
its operation"
The contrast between conditions in
those two neighboring Massachusetts,
districts is remarkable. John Nc
Cormack, canvassing his constituents
in Dorchester and South Boston
finds the populace in angry revolt
Joe Martin, doing the same only q
few miles away, finds nothing of the
kind.
Joe's first call, naturally, is at the
Office of the North Attleboro Evening
Chronicle, of which he is the pub
Usher. He asks the boys who get
out the paper what the folks think
about OPA. Sentiment is for re-
tention of the OPA structure" they
reply, "but people want sanity and
efficiency in its operation"
So Joe drops over to Fall River
and asks around. Everywhere he
gets the same answer. No excite
ment. People are going about theil
business, but they take time to say
to him, Our sentiment is for re-
tention of the OPA structure, but We
want sanity and efficiency in its
operation"
Laconic Replies.
The folks in that section have
always been pictured as little or
the taciturn side, given to laconie
replies when asked questions. But
they loosen up for Joe. In Taunton
and Rehoboth and even in See.
konk they unburden themselve:
without reserve. Our sentiment,
they say, sis for retention of oul
sanity and structure" No, that's
wrong. "Our structure" they say
"is for sentiment and sanity
No, wrong again. Well, anyhow
they say just the same thing that
the people in North Attleboro ano
Fall River have said. Joe's report
makes that clear.
And Joe can come back and re-
port, "My people amt mad at no.
body on account of what we done
to OPA," or, as he actually expressed
it, Sentiment is for sanity, ETC."
The facts concerning what the
two statesmen learned at home are
probably quite different from then
reports. 1t is doubtful, indeed, il
either really learned anything
Joes people may have accepted
Joes cautious explanation of his
efforts to wreck OPA. Johns people
may have sympathized with John.
bitter protest against this wreckins
operation.
But there isn't any revolution II
Evening star., 1946-05-04
DR.. Tubb's Wife Churqes
Cruelty in Divorce Suit

Mrs. Lee S. Tabb, 5420 Kansas
avenue NV, yesterday filed suit in
District Court asking a limited di-
vorce from DR.. Samuel L. Tabb,
physician, of the same address, on
charge of cruelty.
The suit says the couple was mar
ried in Baltimore in 1929. and that
they have two sons, one IA and the
other l3. The suit, filed in Mrs.
Tabb's behalf by Attorney Lewis H.
Shapiro, asks for custody of the two
children and maintenance.
Evening star., 1946-05-04

Boston or elsewhere-yet. That
won't come unless the enemies of
price control are finally successful.
1t won't come until imitation has
begun to make the peoples money
worthless. Then the people of both
districts really will be heard from
and in language that can be under
stood.
Evening star., 1946-05-04

curiosity under
a ny circum-
stances. He went
on to make the
occasion mem
orable by ad-
mitting to a
hush-hush cabi-
net m e e t in g
about which he
refused all in
formation. Sc
cret c a b | n e t
m e e t ! n 6 S are
rare, even In
wartime.
he corr E.
cranndeYafS bad