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Evening star., 1946-11-14
Westminster Choir Concert
Received Enthusiastically
By EIsno q Ssyn

The anticipation which preceded
the concert by the Westminster
Choir In Constitution Hall last night
was fully realized In the perform-
ance Of the distinguished group,
which Is celebrating its 25th anni-s
versary Of public work. Led by DR..
John Finley Williamson, the veteran
founder. the group presented IN i'm
pressive picture Of extraordinary
discipline intended for the eye as
well as for the ear. The admirable
carriage and the posture Of hts 40
young singers, while standing Or get
ting on and on the stage, COM
manded admiration and inspired
confidence from the outset, serving
as an illustration, ut the same time,
of the ny-sidedness Of the train
ing to which they had been sub
jected.
The opening group, consisting Of
Palestrinas "Exaltabo Te, Domino, |"
Crotchs "Methinks Hear the Full
Celestial Choir" Durantes ''Miseri-
cordias Domini" and Bach's "All
Breathing Life, Sing and Praise Ye
the Lord" followed by Brahms'
Psalm ST.. Motet Op. 20, No. g."
spoke Of excellent schooling and
technical facility. The first impress
sion was confirmed later in the
variety Of styles attempted and cf-
fects attained.
Incidental soil, given to different
voices within the group, allowed q
closer scrutiny Of DR.. Williamson's
material. He can be duly proud Of
a few Of his singers, outstanding
for the natural quality Of their voice.
As the program did not give names
of the soloists, It Is dinicult TO estab-
lish the identity OF all, but on one
occasion two Of his best exponents
participated In the same selection,
possibly in Loesser's song "Rodger
Young" dedicated to the men Of the
United States Infantry.
As the gift Of I beautiful voice
Is something quite different from
the discipline and musicianship de-
veloped and attained In an ensem-
BILE the samA} standards cannot be
applied to all. Yet, with the many
excellent points In its favor. such
Evening star., 1946-11-14
Cold, Is, Holds Posi-
As G. Engineering Editor

a le-yeAr-old blond coed Il the
new sditor Of .Mecheleciv,. monthly
publication of the George washing
ton University School Of Engineer-
ing.
She y Marjorie Rhodes, 53l2 Me-
braska avenue NV, one Of ! dozen
girls studying engineering along
with about ] 200 men. A sophomore,
Miss Rhodes Is specializing in com<
munications and hopes to enter
radio after graduation.
The petite sorority lass she wears
tho Sigma Kappa pin chose engi-
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- elasticity, 4 clear enunciation and
IL variety Of shadines,. judging BY
Yesterdays performance the group
lacks one essential = positive pitch.
Al the ma jority Of voices are un-
stable and, when presumably sing
ing one note, oscilate between two or
three, this defect, mAgnified many
times by the number Of participants,
lends Z. peculiar sound to the whole
resembling . monotone. Thomp-
sons "Alleluia" and Bantocka love-
" 1Cn Himalay," sung mexxa-yoce,
were outstanding because Of the
greater perfection Of the music
proper.
Drawing from IL extensive roper
toire, the Westminster Choir pre-
scented such interesting American
folk melodies Is Farwell's Indian
Scene" Powells ainusing Deaf
Woman's Courtship" American
Street Cries. and Birds "Oourting
Song" arranged by Siegneister;
Wilson's ''Cindy,s Farwells Navajo
War Dance No. 2" and several Negro
spirittlals. The iudience was en-
thusiastic In it, appreciation.
Evening star., 1946-11-14

asering sbecause I'm interested IN
IL and bscause my father Il one
She Ii ths daughter of Lewis b.
Rhodes, who works for tho Vapcr
Oar Heating co. here.
Besides editing the six-pare erlri-
Evening star., 1946-11-14

neering paper, Miss Rhodes is sec-I /
retary-treaslirer of the university
branch Of the American Institute or |
Electrical Engineers and Is ! mem-
her Of Canterbury Club, I campus
Episcopalian group.
Evening star., 1946-11-14

o. 3. Savinss Bends ars gosd row
efnment securities. What q mcre,
they have the way for geed ildivid-
ual security for the future.
Evening star., 1946-11-14

THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.xs As
Other STAN mc1nners Of echee NV John
civ shcrt mechanical
and cvW Bernadne Dunfee, lSE,
editor. 4o0 Georgia avenue
Evening star., 1946-03-20
City Heads Delay Report
On Wafer System Bill

Final action on the Commissioners
substitute for the McCarran waite,
systems reorganization bill has beer
postponed pending the return Of
Engineer Commissioner Gordon r
Young, who was out Of the city yes
terday.
The other two Commissioners dis.
eussed details Of their proposed bill
Yesterday with several city officials
but decided to withhold formaI
action until Gen. Young returns
Assistant Engineer Commissioner
Joseph D. Arthur, jr., also was un.
able to attend the conference be.
cause Of illness.
The pending McCarran bill would
consolidate the water supply, now
under the Army Engineers, and the
distribution system, now operated by
the Commissioners, under q water
administration headed by the En-
gineer Commissioner. The admin
istration would have authority to fix
rates and issue bonds for capital
improvements. The free water now
provided the Federal Government
installations would be terminated.
The proposed substitute will call
Tor q continuation Of the status quo
administratively but ask authority
ior long-term Federal loans to
nnance improvements instead OF the
right to issue bonds. It will also stop
Tree water except to churches and
charitable institutions.
Evening star., 1946-03-20
Two Safety Patrol
Boys 10 Get Medals

Two safety patrol schoolboys will
be decorated tomorrow with the
American Automobile Association
medal for heroism for saving lives
Of their schoolmates from possible
traffic deaths.
John w. Barnhard of 1909 War
rem street NV, 12-year-old fifth
grader at Janney School, will be
honored at ceremony broadcast by
radio Station WMAL at 2:15 pm.
He gets the medal for his quick work
in pulling Ernest Rhodes, second
grade pupil. from beneath a bus,
where he had fallen after being
pushed out of the bus. The accident
occurred at Forty-second and Yuma
streets NV. on February IL.
Participating in the ceremony will
be c. c. Brown, police co-ordinator
at the eighth precinct; George Ham
mond, director Of safety and educa-
ton Of the AAA, and the school
principal, Mrs. Nell r. Hiscox.
Maj. Harvey Callhan, superin-
tendent Of police, will present the
AAA medal to Alphonso Cephas,
colored, Of Ill Browns court S.W. at
10 am. Thursday at the Janney
School, where he is a pupil. He is
to be honored for saving the lives
Of some kindergarten children
threatened by speeding automobile
at Second street and Virginia ave-
nue. NV. on February 5.
Evening star., 1946-03-20
Cherry Blossom Forecast
Holds Good for Week End

Predictions that the Tidal Basin
cherry trees will be in full bloom
over the coming week end went
unchanged today as bright sunlight
modified by cool weather allowed
slow progress Of the buds.
High temperature today would be
about SIS degrees, the weather fore
caster said, followed by a low of
"a degrees tonight. There may be
frost in some suburban areas, he
said.
But he predicted continued fair
weather for tomorrow with
rise in temperature to about 60
degrees and said prospects for
continued fair weather are good.
Wind, which is expected to diminish
today and tonight, prevented tenn
peratures falling below 36 degrees
in most sections last night, he said.
A possible frost tonight, 1t was
said today, probably would not
affect the cherry trees, which grow
in one Of the warmer sections of
town.
Evening star., 1946-03-20
Eisenhower for President
Suggested 10 Kansas Club

Gen. Eisenhower was suggested al
the Republican presidential nominee
for 1948 at dinner of the Kansas
State Society last night at the Hotel
Statler, but the Army chief of staff
present with his wife, smiled and
made no comment.
The suggestion came from Sena-
tor Capper, Republican, of Kansas
who once before made the same pro-
posa1.
The 200 Kansans attending the
dinner and dance chose William j.
Scott, Abilene and Junction City at
torney here with the National Labor
Relations Board, for society presi-
dent. Others elected were Repre-
sentative Scrivner, Kansas City, and
Omar B. Ketchum, Topeka, vice
presidents; Comdr. Charles Helsfore.
Topeka, secretary, and Russell Jones,
Topeka. treasurer.
Evening star., 1946-03-20
New York Doctor Named
Mount Alto Surgery Chief

DR.. Vincent M. Iovine of New
York City has been appointed chief
of the surgical service Of Mount Alto
Veterans Hospital, it was an
nounced today. DR.. Iovine, who is
IS, is a veteran of four years Army
service. He is graduate Of Man
haitian College and received his
M. D. at Columbia.
He will supervise a staff that will
be expanded to four full-time sur
geons, six resident surgeons and
three attending surgeons.
The Veterans Administration also
announced 1t has signed q contract
whereby its 100 hospitals viii be-
come members Of the American Hos
pital Association.
"By joining the AHA the 100 VA
hospitals will join with other ci-
william institutions in exchanging In
formation which win be mutually
beneficial" DR.. Paul A. Hawley.
chief medical director, said,
Evening star., 1946-03-20
'6winn Tells ChapIains
Curb on State Needed

The discipline revealed in self
government is the place to start in
spreading the example of freedom
to men everywhere, Representative
Gwinn, Republican, of New York,
said yesterday at the March meet
ing OF the Washington Chapter of
the Chaplains' Association of the
Army and Navy. Army Chaplain
John K. Borneman, president of the
local group, presided at the meeting
which was held in the Hotel CONT
mental.
The New Yorker warned against
allowing government to order all
concerns Of life, asserting such stems
lead to dictatorship. He said eve
must put our faith in God and His
laws and do His commandments"
and declared "if we as individuals
help our brothers, then there would
be no need for the State to take
over"
Navy Chaplain John Moore. su-
pervlslng chaplain of the Potomac
River Naval Command, introduced
representative Gwinn to the gath
ering.
Chaplain Borneman announced a
snapter OF the organization had been
formed recently in the Tokyo -Yoko-
mama area at Japan, with ARMY
chaplain Leonard E. Sweet as sec
retary-treasurer. He also said the
washington chapter will visit Ar
iington Cemetery in May and the
Naval Academy In June.
Evening star., 1946-03-20
D. {. Red Cross Fund
.639b Pledged, With
j. ). Drive al 5OH

The Washington Red Cross cam.
paign has hit So per cent of its goal
slightly ahead Of the national cam
paign, which so far has reached
only about SO per cent. The drive
ends March 80.
More than 100000 in contribu-
tions reported yesterday brought the
Washington total to 81 .000,087 The
goal for the Metropolitan Area is
81 ,573 400. In the national drive
$50 1865 ,683 has been contributed
with about $50, 900 900 more to 60.
The report meeting in the United
States Chamber of Commerce yes
terday marked the church Army
day" Maj. Gen. Luther D. Miller
chief of Army chaplains and vice
chairman Of the War Department
drive, announced gifts of $66 ,000-51
per cent Of the departments quota
About % generals attended to hear
Gen. Miller's report. Assistant Sec
retary Of War Howard Peterson
stressed the intense interest" the
Army has in the success Of the
campaign.
1t. Gen. ]. Lawton Collins, chief
of staff Of the Army Ground Forces,
praised Red Gross overseas girls who
were quartered in the "line of shell
fire" and served doughnuts and
coffee when nearly all other food
supplies had failed.
Red Cross home services help the
Army man to pick up the threads
of his domestic life after discharge
Maj. Gen. w. S. Paul, assistant chief
Of staff, said.
Another report luncheon will be
held for all solicitors at 1890 pm
tomorrow in the Chamber of Com
merce
Evening star., 1946-03-20
Two Area Men Convicted
In Antique Shop Thefts

Two men were convicted yester.
day in District Court of housebreak.
ing and grand larceny in the thief
OF antiques, which included an ole
pistol, two Chinese fans, a lette,
opener and about 200 spoons.
The men convicted are Donald F.
Hasson, "a, of the $500 block Blv.
thsville avenue, Kensington, Nd
and Matthew P. Walker, Al, of tho
l7O0 block Eleventh street NV
They were found guilty by a jur,
IN Justice Jennings Bailey's court.
Prosecutor Sylvan Schwartz saie
the theft occurred after the mer
broke into Grandma's Antique Shop
1900 block M street NV, on Jan.
uary 20. The antiques were valued
at about $3.50 wholesale, it was said
ALSO among the items stolen were
So forks. comb, a six-piece tea
service. three silver pots and sugar
bowl, Mr.. Schwartz said.
Evening star., 1946-03-20
Police Ordered
To GYe Routine
More Attention .

Metropolitan police officers walk
ing on beats were told today to
change their ways and pay more
attention to routine matters by Mai
Harvey G. Callahan, superintendent
Of police. In an order to all police
officers, Maj. Callahan pointed out
that in many precincts dogs run at
large without leashes, holes and de-
pressions in the roadways and side
walks remain undiscovered and un-
reported for weeks and traffic and
police regulations are constantly vio-
lated.
He asked each member of the
force to be alert and carry on a
steady consistent program of action
to correct these conditions.
THE Police Department has a big
job to do in addition to solving
major crimes. The sustained atten-
ton and effort of every member of
the force is necessary to produce a
satisfactory result. BY doing the
little things persistently and well
each man contributes something to
the overall productivity of the de-
partment," Maj. Callahan said.
The order went to all precincts
and departments of the force.
Evening star., 1946-03-20
Man Seriously Burned
As Fire Destroys Home

A Chantilly CVa.) man was sc.
verely burned and his rented house
destroyed when the coal stove hi
tried to start early today exploded
The victim, William N. Beach
about SIS, who rents two-story
frame house on a farm at Chantilly
about four miles northwest of Fair
fax, told a neighbor, Ned Sutphen
he tried to start a fire in his coal
stove about 80 I'm. today by pour
ing kerosene in it. The stove ex-
ploded, burning the clothes off Mr.
Beach's body.
Mrs. Mary Louise Beach, wife of
the victim, only other occupant OF
the house, escaped injury. Mr..
Beach was taken to Arlington Hos
pital, where his condition was de-
scribed as fair. The House was
owned by George l.. Sanders, q
Washington policeman. Damage
was estimated at $1,000.
Evening star., 1946-03-20
Two Display Window:
Smashed as Driver
Loses Control Of Taxi

A taxicab, out of control on Four.
teenth street NV. at Irving street
early today, crashed through show
windows of two stores with damage
estimated at between $1,000 and
$4,000, police said.
Driver of the cab, according to
police, was Stanley M. Segal, "a, OF
ll33 Twenty fourth street NV. Po-
lice charged him with falling to give
full time and attention to his driv-
ing after hearing his and witnesses
accounts of the accident.
Police investigators said Segal's
cab, without passengers, apparently
oVerran a streetcar loading plat
form in the 3l00 block of Fourteenth
street NV. at 4:40 am. They said
Segal lost control of the vehicle
after the car careened off the traffic
stanchion. The cab bounced over the
sidewalk and crashed through the
side Of show window in the The
bee-Jay Millinery Co., 31o4 Four
teenth street NV.
AAAS Sho titCu CUIlLu1QeO on INTO
the show window of the Hazard
Shoe Co. store next door at 3101
Fourteenth street NV, shatterine
the window glass and strewing mer-
chandiSe in the street. Buress
Moore, the shoe store manager, esti-
mated damage at between 5000 anc
$4,000.
No one was injured in the crash
A loaded furniture trailer truck
was stuck on an abutment at High.
way Bridge for more than an hou,
early today, police reported. Ths
truckpSwned by the Stone Transfer
Co., Martinsville, Va, was operated
by Malcolm E. Galliher, %, O,
Roanoke, police said. He was charged
with failing to give full time anc
attention to driving, according tt
police. The accident happened wher
the van overran the abutment neal
the Fourteenth street and Maine
avenue S.W. end of the bridce
Evening star., 1946-03-20
New D. Clos Angeles
Flight Sturts Tomorrow

One-stop service with the first o1
q new fleet Of four-motored trans
ports will be inaugurated between
washington and Los Angeles tomor-
row by the American Airlines Sys-
tenn, 1t was announced today BY
9. w. Hawes, jr, District sales
manager.
The new flight will leave WASH
ington daily at 10:15 pm, proceed
ing nonstop to Dallas and reducing
the scheduled time from 8 hours
to 6 hours and S minutes. East
bound flights will leave Los Angeles
at 4:45 pm, arriving in Washington
at 7:20 am.
Evening star., 1946-03-20
War Fund Gives
$4,000 for
Day Nurseries
Opening Depends on
0. K. by School Bourd
And Commissioners

The Districts day nursery situa-
ton had frightened today with
grant Of $4,000 by the Community
War Fund to permit mothers to
operate the IA closed day care CEN
ters in the schools through June 80.
After that, the mothers hope Con-
gress will take over.
But the District Commissioners
and the Board Of Education have yet
to approve the corporation the
mothers have formed to operate the
nurseries. Harry s. Wender, coun-
sci, said he would tell the Commits
sioners today that Mothers Day
Care, Inc, has enough money to
keep going through June. The
Commissioners have indicated they
would approve no plans till SUFFICIENT
funds were actually in hand.
Before Board for Week.
Meanwhile, the Board of Educa-
tion has shown no sign OF action
on the mothers plan, now before it
about a week. The IA centers in
school buildings were closed Febru-
ary % after Federal Works Agency
funds were withdrawn. The mothers
were permitted to operate two CEN
ters on District property and six
In housing developments controlled
by the National Capital Housing
Authority.
The War Fund has stressed, how
ever, that it will grant no funds
beyond June 80. This appropria-
ton was made by the Budget Com
mittee, Herbert L. Willett, jr., ex-
ecutive director, said, mainly to give
the city heads and the school boards
time to act.
The War Fund gave considerable
money to the day care centers in
1884, before FWA began allocat-
ing Lanham Act funds for their
support. At that time, the Budget
Committee said it hoped it never
again would have to support day
care facilities, because several
organizations already within the
fund give the same service.
Others to Be Operated.
Operation Of about four church
centers and two centers in homes
since the IA school nurseries closed
will be financed by $4,000 in public
contributions and about $500 in
mothers fees, Mrs. Mary Hunt, ex-
ecutive vice president Of Mothers
Day Care, Inc, said yesterday.
The mothers group was seeking
SAC, 900 in public contributions before
the War Fund gift was announced.
Mrs. Hunt said the campaign still
would continue to help those
mothers unable to pay the higher
fees necessitated by the parents
attempt to take over the centers,
Evening star., 1946-03-20
Bill Asks Tox Exemption
For DAV Heudouurters

The national headquarters of the
Disabled American Veterans, 1701
Eighteenth street, would be ex-
empted from all District taxes as
long as it Is held for its present
purpose and not used for CONNER
cial purposes, under a bill intro
duced yesterday by Senator john
son, Democrat, Of South Carolina
Senator Johnston brought out
that the headquarters Of the Amer
lean Legion is tax free and that 4
similar treatment should be ac-
corded the DAV. The bill was re-
ferred to the Senate District Conn
mittee Tor consideration.
Evening star., 1946-03-20
Man HospitaIized After Bite
BY RAT in Basement

William A. Walsh, Sc, of 941 New
Hampshire avenue NV, was In
Gallnger Hospital today SUFFERING
infection from q rat bite received
Saturday.
Mr.. Walsh, who was bitten while
IN a basement in the 2100 block OF
Pennsylvania avenue NV, was ad.
mitted to Emergency Hospital yes
terday and later transferred to Gal
linger.
Meanwhile, Col. William H. Cary
jr., head of the Health Departments
Sanitation Bureau, and John G.
Jones, rodent control expert of the
United States Fish and Wild Life
Service. have been conferring on a
Joint Federal and District rodent
control program.
Mr.. Jones today said his organ
ization will make a complete survey
OF the District and not confine ac-
tivities to Federal property. The
coordination Of all rodent control
groups In the District Is intended,
he said. Following the survey, the
Fish and Wild Life Service will make
recommendations for types Of rodent
control suited to the District
Evening star., 1946-03-20
Gill Defense Prepare!
To Answer Charges
|At Hearing 1tlay

Howard B. Gill, suspended super
intendent of penal institutions, today
prepared to answer IA charges OF
inefnciency and INSTRUMENTATION filed
against him by the Board of Public
Welfare, after brief statement from
Defense Attorney John j. Wilson be-
fore q Board OF Inquiry hearing the
case for removal Of Mr.. Gin. ..
Walter M. Bastian, chairman OF
the Inquiry Board, called a session
for 1880 pm. today to hear the de-
tense side Of the story of strife be-
tween Mr.. Gill and the Welfare
Board, presented during three weeks
Of testimony by Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel Chester H. Gray. Mr..
Gray dropped two Of the original
charges Monday for lack of evidence.
Testimony Reversed.
Although he would not discuss his
statement before the session. Mr.
Wilson was expected to charge that
even the five members of the We'll
fare Board, who have testified, can
not agree on what Mr.. Gill did that
constituted insubordination.
Edgar Morris, chairman of the
Welfare Board, testified Mr.. Gill
disobeyed the instructions of the
Welfare Boards Institutions Com
m1ttee to stay away from meetings
OF q committee he had appointed to
investigate the escape Of five prison-
ers from the District Jail on No
vember "a.
Asked by Mr.. Wilson If he had
read the minutes Of the Institutions
Committee, Mr.. Morris said he had
But Assistant Corporation Counsel
Chester H. Gray disclosed that no
minutes were taken.
Kogod Made Request.
Fred S. Kogod, member of the
Institutions Committee, said he
thought it was my personal re-
quest" that Mr. Gill stay away from
the meetings. A. j. Driscoll and DR..
Ethel Nixon, other members of the
committee, recalled only that the
advisability of Mr.. Gill's stayinp
away "was discussed"
Claude o. Botkin, resident SUPER
intendent of the jail, who attended
the meeting OF the Institutions Com
mittee and later attended meetings
OF the Investigating Committee
said the Institutions Committee did
not tell him to stay away.
In his written reply to the charge
MIR. Gill said it was his own idea
not to attend the meetings of his
investigating Committee, and the
institutions Committee agreed. Then
when the Commissioners sent a DO
liceman to attend, he also decided
to sit IN but did not think the mat
ter important enough to report his
change OF mind to the Welfare
Board.
Evening star., 1946-03-20
Erskine to Aid Study
Of Red Cross Structure

Basil O'Connor, national chair
man Of the American Red Gross
today announced that Mai. Gen,
Graves 3. Erskine. U. S. M. c., head
OF the Rationing and Re-employ-
'ment Administration, Labor De-
partment. has accepted membership
on q national committee Of n that
will study the organizational struc-
ture Of the Red Cross and
make recommendations Of desirable
changeG
Evening star., 1946-03-20
Plant Officials Trial
In Bribe Cuse beloved

Hearing for Bernard T. Sweet,
"a, vice president OF a Chicago
manufacturing company charged
with Offering $4,000 bribe to a
Civilian Production Administration
official. was postponed today until
April 8 by United States Commits
sianer Needham G. Turnage.
Sweet has been free In IS 900 bond
since his arrest early this month by
FBI agents after he allegedly hand
ed the money to James K. Har-
wood, chief Of the battery section
OF the CPAs Tin, Lead and, Zinc
Division, In hope Of getting an ad-
ditional quota Of lead for his frm.