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Evening star., 1946-12-26
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After Dark
Ted Owes His Musical Career
to His Fondness for Football
BY HARRY MaeARTHUR.

talent than legal tender, he followed
this system all through high school
and college. Having been born in
Brooklyn, Mr.. Black has since trans
fferred his affection from football to
the Brooklyn Dodgers of Lee
Durocher, who play a game closer
to baseball than football. He also
has transferred from the clarinet
to the saxophone, for what reason
we know not, unless it was that
he some day wanted Guy Lombardo
to say that he (Ted) is the only
man who can fill in for Carmen L.
on the off tone sax. Anyhow, that's
what Guy did say once.
MIR. Black, though he has been
Victor recording artist and -NBC
radio feature for a long time, just
bot. back into the band business
recently, now playing his saxophone
(on-tone) in front of handful OF
war veterans. He tried to. get into
the Army himself at the outset OF
the war, but the Army told him
1t had no immediate need for elderly
bandleaders of SO. Then the Army
proceeded to draft his band right
out from under him, so Mr.. Black
took to staging shows at the Club
Charles in Baltimore, until his
musicians returned one by one.
AS you might expect Of a man
whose saxophone has been admired
Iby Guy Lombardo, Mr.. Black leans
Evening star., 1946-12-26
Sarnof Sees TeIevision
As Factor in '48 Campaiqn
By the A,.ocjotsd Press

BY the Associofsd Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 2e.-David
Sarnoff, president Of the Radio
Corp. Of America, says televisior
will be ready to play its first big
role" In the 1913 presidential elec-
tions and may change political
campaign technique.
Although the television Gamers
already has scanned national polit-
ical conventions and presidential
candidates" he said yesterday In
a statement, "it will be ready te
play its first big role in the 194s
campaign"
THAT year will be to television, n
he continued, what 1924 was tt
broadcasting, when Coolidge, Davis
Dawes, Cox, Bryan and other
orators picked up the microphone
for the first time and marveled al
it, ability to reach the people. .,
Political techniques were vastly
changed in that era of the head
phone and gooseneck loud-speaker
horns. Similarly, in 1947, television
will be studied as q new factor In
politics as plans are laid for the
4S campaign Of radio sound and
sight"
Evening star., 1946-12-26

| toward . less-than- -torrid musical
style. The trend from swing music
back to sweet has met the Black
music just about now. It Is melo-
dious without being saccharin and
rhythmic without being tempestuous.
In addition to playing saxophone
! like Carmen Lombardo when he
wants to, Mr.. Black sings on oc-
casion, too, though not exactly like
Carmen Lombardo. He does all
right as a matter OF. fact, though
| he Is not as pretty as Bernice Healey,
the mellow toned young lady Yho
divides the singing assignment With
him.
Another Of the towns visiting
bandleaders who had q sad expert
ence with the Army Is Dick la
Sale, who now is playing excep-
tionally listenable, subdued dance
music at the Congo Room Of the
Carlton. Dick, who took over the
orchestra OF the late Neil Bondshu
two years ago, thought 1t would be
fine thing II he were trained
airplane mechanic when the Army
got ready for him. He invested
his money, went to school during
the day and made music at night,
until finally he was ready to pass
the CAA exam. Then he went
cheerfully to the Army. Ths doctors
examined him, regarded his feet,
which had a certain degree OF hat
ness, muttered something about
waiting until the invasion and told
Mr.. La Sale to go on home, they
didn't need him. Mr.. La Sale was
so discouraged by it all that he
has since employed his mechanical
dexterity only on the playing Of
the piano and has not fixed one
airplane.
4 4 4 4
The Congo Room seems to be full
Of air-minded people. There is, for
example, q waiter there named
Ralph Smith, who used to be a
headwaiter at the Club Habana and
other places and who now is man
who owns two airplanes. Why two,
we don't know, because he does not
seem to be the type who would ride
them, tandem. Anyhow, he came
up to us the other night and asked:
do you know how to determine
your latitude. and longitude from q
single meridian altitude shot?" Be-
fore we could tell him we were not
fool enough to go around remem-
bering things like THAT in Decem-
Evening star., 1946-12-26

Ted Black, whose orchestra ar
rived at TIE Wardman Park Metro.
nome Room last Monday night
owes his musical career to a liking
for football In his early years, Mr.
Black discovered that clarinet and
q band uniform were the equal OF
legal tender in the matter Of getting
in to see football games. Since, in
those days, he had more musical
Evening star., 1946-12-26

Der. 1916, Ralph went on. "Ya don t
know" he jeered. "Oh, well, 1t
wouldn't be much use to you any
way, unless you were in q lifeboat
and wanted to know what track you
were making good. Or, If you knew
the exact location, you could set
your watch" We assured him we
would keep out Of lifeboats and II
we ever wanted to set our watch
(which seems unlikely since 1t has
refused to run for the last six
months, we wouId call District
2525. Then we went away from
there.
The ShoWbill: Tonight Jackie
Heller, the small-size singer with
the full-size personality, arrives to
headline the new entertainment at
Delmonico's. Others on the bill with
him will be Lou Nelson, a new CO.
median just out Of military service,
and Wilma Sherry, dancer. =. /.
Tomorrow night Jerry Wayne, the
singing star of "Hit Parade" renown,
comes to the Club Cairo as the
stellar attraction In the holiday
season show. Others will be Tito
and Corrinne Valdez, a French pair
with an unusual dance routine;
George Kaye, a new cafe comic
now making quite a reputation in
Boston, and Ted Taft and the Deb
utantes. Next Sunday night the
Cairo stages the first Of series
Of "WTOP Top Talent Nights" a
stage show version of the WTOP
radio show on which talented local
performers will have their chance at
fame.
The festivities of the forthcoming
New Year eve are expected to be
on the elaborate side, even though
the night clubs have been in the
doldrums. Or maybe that should
read hoped" rather than "ex-
pected." At any rate, plans are being
made. after q short period during
which all night club proprietors
tried to find out what others were
going to charge before setting their
own special rates for the evening.
The Club Cairo has set upon $3.50
per plate as a proper fee, Del
monico's will charge $3.50 and the
Shoreham Blue Room has priced
tickets at $12 per person, including
tax. The Cartons Congo Room
and the Wardman Parks Metro
nome Room are going along with
Sherman Billingsley and his Stork
Club in New York: No extra charge
Evening star., 1946-12-26

II . man earns $1O0 . month and
decides to save $40 4 month, he car
save much more regularly and pain
Iessly II the $40 gets directly into
his savings without first getting
into his pocket. That's the idea be-
hind the payroll savings plan fol
buying United States Savings Bonds.
Evening star., 1946-12-26
Father, Son Charged
With KILLING Former
Ry fha Asxociofed Rre.s

MILLSVILLE, Va, Dec. 26.--Rob.
ert Bullion, about 80, and his son
Jesse Bullion, about ~, have been
charged with the murder of Emmett
Winfield Delp, 63, Carroll County
farmer on whose place they lived
Sheriff George e. Edwards said last
night.
Mr.. Delp's body was found not far
from his home in the Woodlawn
section a week ago. Sheriff Ed
wards said Mr.. ,Delp had been
beaten on the head with . large
wine bottle. He said Mr.. Delp had
gone to the Bullion home to talk
to the men about working for him
Evening star., 1946-08-08
Missing Persons Chief BIomes
Working Wives for Runuwuys

Unstable homes, in many cases
neglected by mothers and wives who
work, are responsible for many of
the 3,000-odd cases which the Po-
lice Department Missing Persons
Bureau handles annually, 1t. Harry
c. Blackman, bureau chief, disclosed
in releasing figures for the last
fiscal year.
When a woman with family re-
sponsibilities has a good job or one
better than her husbands she often
feels she could have entered into a
better marriage, and rather than
"squirm" in such a situation, the
husband leaves home, the officer ex-
planned.
children Of working mothers also
seek the open spaces when they miss
the attention normal girls and boys
expect, the officer said he learned
during ~ years experience in his
field.
Another factor which leads to
disappearances is the quick mar
riage in which the man or woman
hardly know each other and find
their interests completely opposite.
At this point one or the other just
takes of, 1t. Blackman declared.
Disappearance arising from love
"triangles" and those due to ord
Evening star., 1946-08-08
Burglars Take 500,
$3.50 Is Overlooked

Thieves who stole $3.50 from a
cash register in Alfonso's Restau-
rant, 1403 L street NV, during the
night, overlooked an envelope con-
tanning 81 $50 which also was in the
register, police were told today by
the manager, Alfonso Grubhofer.
Police said entry was made
through window on the second
floor and that the thieves escaped
by cutting through lock on rear
door.
Two holdup men yesterday en-
tered Vogue Cleaners, 500 Twelfth
street NE. and took SIS from
Israel Finkelstein, the manager, at
gunpoint.
In other thefts reported yester-
day, 5000 in cash and checks was
taken from the cash register in the
Safeway Store at 6101 Georgia ave-
nue. NV, and two rings, valued at
1915, and SIS in cash were taken
/ from the residence of Miss Ladora
Robertson, 40, of 5610 Colorado ave-
nue. NV.
Police are still investigating the
Tuesday night theft of $1,000 from
safe in the Office of the Bianchi
Travel Service, $50 Tenth street NV
'The Office, police said, had ap-
parently been entered with a dupli-
cate key.
Evening star., 1946-08-08
Union Studies Tieup
OF Press Messages
~ the hssoeiofed Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 8.-The Amer
lean Communications Association
(CIO) said today it was contemplat-
ing a general shutdown on all in
coming press traffic from outside
the United States in sympathy with
300 striking employees of Press Wire
less, Inc.
Laurence Kammet, AGA publicity
director, said RCA communications
Inc; Mackay Radio and Telegraph
Co, Inc; Commercial Gable Co. and
western Unions cable department
would be affected by such move.
The AGA claims 1000 members.
Three hundred radio operators,
engineers and teleprinter operators
walked out at Press Wireless Offices
yesterday protesting proposed
wage cut
Press Wireless said supervisory
personnel were manning all circuits
today and no backlog of messages
had developed in any of its offices
in New York City. washington
D. c.. San Francisco and Hicksville
and Baldwin, N. Y.
Government traffic and other
commercial messages would not be
affected if the general shutdown is
ordered, Mr.. Kammet said.
THE leading newspapers are the
owners of Press Wireless" he said
and that may be the only way te
get at them"
He said the AGA was polling Its
members, seeking authority for a
general S per cent wage assessment
to raise a $4,000 fund for the Press
Wireless strikes.
Evening star., 1946-08-08
Family Trouble Blamed
In Death Threat 10 Wife
Rx the As.ocinfsd Prs,s

ATLANTA, Aug. 8.-"We'd been
having some family trouble" was
the comment of William Lee CAN'T,
jr., to charges of his pretty, 49,
year-old estranged wife that he
hurled her into a crudely dug grave
and gave her a choice of death
"by stabbing or shooting"
Blond jamie Venable CAN'T
mother Of 3-year-old boy, testi-
field yesterday in Fulton Civil Court
that her husband waylaid her as she
was returning to work from lunch
brandished an open knife and drove
her to a wooded section behind
city park.
There, she said. he forced her
into bramble-surrounded grave he
had dug. She said she escaped by
persuading her husband to go to get
her something to eat.
Judge J. Wilson Parker put CAN'T
under $1,000 bonds and bound him
over to the grand jury on a peace
warrant.
Evening star., 1946-08-08
Detective Story Reading Helps
Robbery Victims to Free Selves

knowledge cleaned from reading
detective stories was credited today
by retired Coast and Geodetic
Survey captain with facilitating the
quick escape of himself and a friend
after they were bound and gagged
by two colored thieves they had
surprised.
Capt. Gilbert T. Rude, "a, of 5000
Military road NV, who was an
engineer in service, told police he
and 1t. Col. Alan M. Warf1eld, 36,
of East Blackthorn street, Chevy
Chase, suddenly came on the
thieves late yesterday ransacking
the home of Capt. Rude's son, DR..
Gilbert B. Rude, 7200 Glendale
road, Chevy Chase
Acting quickly, the thieves started
to tie up the two officers. While
this was being done, Capt. Rude
said he remembered how detective
story characters clasped their hands
Evening star., 1946-08-08
Radio Signals
May Increase
| Driving Safety
BY the As,oeiosed Press

Radio signals flashed from one
automobile to another some day
may increase the safety factor in
driving.
The Federal Communications
yesterday authorized Brooks II
Short of Anderson, Ind, to ex-
pertinent with such a system.
The commission authorized Mr.
Short to install Glass l mobile
radios in tow automobiles to develop
Signalling devices for use as an
adjunct to the automobile horn
involving the transmission of warn
ing signals by radio from one auto
mobile to another"
The announcement said "a simple
device of universal application may
be developed which could provide
an additional means for increasing
the safety factor in automobile
driving" 1t did not elaborate.
The Delco- -Remy division of Gen.
eral Motors Corp. is financing thu
experiment, the commission said.
Evening star., 1946-08-08
Gen. Holland Smith
Retired; Mother Dies
By tbs A.soeiofed Press

CAMP PENDLETON, Calf, Aug
8.-"Howlin' Mad" Smith, who
fought on many shores with his
Marines, stepped down as a fight
ing man yesterday with all the
honors the Marine Corps could
accord.
At a ceremony at the Marine
base here, 1t. Gen. Holland M
Smith was retired with the rank o.
full general-only the third time 6
Marine has been so honored.
Meanwhile, in Montgomery, Ala.
Gen. Smiths 83-year-old mother
Mrs. Corrie E. Smith, died of 8
heart attack at her home as she
was preparing to leave for Bir.
mingham to attend the funeral oI
her brother.
After Gen. Smiths retirement
orders were read, the fourth star OF
his new rank was pinned on by 1t
Gen. Harry Schmidt to climax more
than 40 years service in the corps.
Gen. Smith, "a, a native Of Mont
gomery. Ala, became known in
World War II as "the father of am
phibious warfare" He led COM
bined forces across the Central Pa
cific, and overall commander o1
four island campaigns.
Among his many decorations, he
holds the Distinguished Service
Medal with three gold stars.
In World War I, he was in com
mand Of the 9th Company, 5tf
Regiment, in France, then joined tht
Fourth Marine Brigade as adjutant
Evening star., 1946-08-08
Truman Hits Special
Coins, but OK. s Bills

President Truman will look with
disfavor" on any more congressional
proposals to mint special coins in
honor of famous men and events.
He made this clear yesterday in
announcing his signature of bills
for minting 100000 special 50-cent
pieces in recognition of Iowa Cen
tennial and another 100000 half
dollars to be sold for 81 each to
help establish birthplace memorial
for Booker T. Washington, Negro
educator, at Rocky Mount, Va.
Mr.. Truman said he thoroughly
approved of the commemorative aim
Of such legislation but would have
much preferred provision for spe-
cial medals rather than coins. He
said such coins tend to create con-
fusion and increase the risk of
counterfeiting.
Among scores of other bills
signed by the President yesterday
were:
One giving former owners of rea.
property taken over by the Gov.
ernment during the war the statu.
OF preferred bidder when the prop.
erty is declared surplus.
A measure making retroactive tt
January l, 1912, or the date o.
capture, increased Government pay.
ments in lieu of wages to certain
civilian workers killed or captured
by the japanese on Guam, Wake
and in the Philippines.
A bill returning to the Philippine,
collateral valued at $6,269,750 which
was pledged in 1888 to secure tn,
United States against loss of mill
tary supplies and equipment mad'
available to the Philippines.
Evening star., 1946-08-08

in such way when they were being
tied that they could be quickly
loosened by contracting them when
the coast was clear.
Lying in closet where they had
been thrown by the thieves, Capt
Rude applied his lore successfully
removed his own bonds and gag
united his companion and notified
police.
The thieves took $78 from the
officers and fed in Capt. Rude s
car, which was recovered nearby
The colored men, for whom a search
is being made, were described as
being feet tall and between IS
and 40 years old. Capt. Rude said
one weighed $50 pounds and the
other about ITO pounds.
Capt. Rude said his son is va
cationing in Pennsylvania and it
was usual custom to visit the house
daily to make sure everything was
all right.
Evening star., 1946-08-08
Two Dead, -Four Missing
In Rescue Plane Crash
BY the Associoted Press

POINT ARENA, Calf, Aug. ga
Coast Guard twin-engined seaplane
on search for a missing fishing
boat crashed into the ocean a mile
north of here yesterday. Two crew.
men were killed and four others are
missing.
A search which yielded the two
bodies yesterday was continued with
boats and Army and Navy planes
today at the scene of the crash
about 300 yards off shore.
The Catalina flying boat had
taken off from the South San
Francisco air base on a search for
the 56-foot Pacific Belle, then
overdue for two days on a trip from
Port San Luis, Calf, to Bandon
Greg. Coast Guard officials with
held names of the crewmen.
The Coast Guard announced the
fishing craft. which left Port San
Luis with five persons aboard, was
still missing.
Evening star., 1946-08-08
Resolution 10 Extend RFC
To July, 1947, Is Siqned

The lending powers Of the Recon
struction Finance Corporation are
extended from next January % tc
next June 80 under the terms Of q
joint resolution signed yesterday by
President Truman.
The Senate had proposed exten-
sion of the lending powers to June
30, 1949. but the shorter term finally
was approved by Congress after
congressional committees had re-
ceived complaints from the General
Accounting Office as to accounting
methods followed by the RFC. Con-
gressional committees are expected
to hold extensive hearings early
next year on these questions.
The measure includes authority
for the RFC to extend a loan of
$75 900, 900, at an interest rate of
not less than per cent, to the
Philippine Republic.
In addition. the measure author
ICES the RFC to purchase directly
or through subsidiary, veterans
loans guaranteed or insured under
the Servicemen,s Readjustnsent Act
Evening star., 1946-08-08
I0fficiaIs Mark POSTING
OF Held for Veterans
Signs on New Housing

Housing Administrator Wilson w.
Wyatt, at ceremony attended by
veterans representatives, yesterday
put In place the first of several hun
dred thousand Held for Veterans"
posters to go up all over the country
on houses now under construction.
Placement of the posters is re-
quired Of builders under the Vet
Grams Emergency Housing program
to show that the dwellings are to
be offered to veterans for so days
after completion, If for sale, and for
80 days after completion, If for rent.
The ceremony was held at a con-
struction project of Standard Prop
critics under way at East Pines, near
East Riverdale, Md.
Among those present, in addition
to Mr.. Wyatt, we're Raymond M.
Foley, commissioner of the Federal
Housing Administration; Leonce r.
Legendre. assistant national adju-
tant Of the American Legion; Jack
w. Hardy, national commander of
the American Veterans of World War
II: Wesley D. Pearce, national hous-
ing officer of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars; w. L. Bait, jr, regional vice
chairman, American Veterans Com
mittee, and Clarke Daniel, builder
| The red-white-and blue poster
/ includes space for a sales or rental
price, which is subject to change
due tn conditions heyor,d tho cnr
troll of the builder" The posted
price thus merely represents the
authorized ceiling and not neces-
sarily the appraisal value for loan
purposes.
Purpose of the signs, the National
Housing Agency said, was to call
attention of veterans to houses
which will become available to them
and to prevent unauthorized build
ing or black market activities in
building materials.
Evening star., 1946-08-08
Truman, Wage Boafd
| Approve Contracts
For Mine Foremen

John L. Lewis miners today
had a work contract covering
mine supervisory personnel with
full approval Of President Tru-
man and Government stabiliza-
ton agencies.
Mr.. Truman and the Wage Sta
bilization Board last night indorsed
the unionizafion of 1856 foremen at
the Western Pennsylvania mines of
the Jones g. Laughlin Steel Corp.
The contract had been negotiated
by Admiral Ben Moreell, Federal
coal mines administrator, and the
United Mine Workers. It was re-
suit of the agreement reached by
Secretary Of Interior Krug and Mr.
Lewis In late May, ending the
lengthy soft coal strike.
Opening Wedge for Drive.
The new contract for the period
Of Government operation of the
mines only, covers only handful OF
the estimated $4,000 supervisory and
clerical employees of the bituminous
mines, but it gives the union a
wedge to open a drive to sign up
most of the foremen.
Jones &, Laughlin has pending in
the District Court of Appeals pc
t1tion for an order restraining the
Government from entering into
agreement with the foremen. A de-
cision is expected within a few days.
The Wage Sterilization Board de-
clared itself legally bound to accept
the certification of the National La
Dor Relations Board as to a union s
bargaining status until that certi-
f1cation was reversed by competent
authorities.
Jones & Laughlin's four Western
Pennsylvania mines were the first in
which the NLRB had certified the
Lewis union as the bargaining agent.
Elections are being held this week
in some other steel companies cap
tive" mines in Pennsylvania and
Ohio.
Under provisions Of the agree
ment between Mr. Lewis and Secre-
tary of Interior Krug on May 20, d
week after the Government took
over the Nations strikebound soft
coal mines, the controversial issue
of unionization of mine foremen was
to be resolved by following proceed
ures and decisions of the NLRB.
AS soon as the NLRB certified the
UNIV unit as bargaining agent for
the Jones & Laughlin supervisors,
Admiral Moreell negotiated a con-
tract to cover wages and working
conditions. The agreement was
signed for the supervisors July II.
Evening star., 1946-08-08
Truman Approves Loon
OF Nuvy's War Relics

The District Government is made
eligible. along with other municipal
tiles, States, veterans and other
nonprofit organizations, for gifts or
loans OF war relics from the Navy,
under a measure signed by President
Truman yesterday.
The items which may be decided
or loaned to governmental or pri-
vate groups include obsolete, con-
demned or captured vessels, ord
nance, guns, projectiles, books,
manuscripts, works of art, drawings,
models, trophies, flags and other
material of historic interest not
needed by the Navy Department.