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Evening star., 1946-08-25

Dfaas W. warner. nnance Offlcer.
Samuel M. Ulrich, judge advocate;
Robert A. Forsythe, sergeant-at-
arms; Jacob Milwit, quartermaster;
Gladys Henderson, historian; Will
liam H. Courtney, chaplain; and
Frank j. Gioscio, surgeon.
The new Department Commander
Guy G. Nadeau and his staff then
installed the newly elected officers.
During the meeting the post also
considered several changes in the
post constitution and bylaws. Final
action will be taken at later date.
At the meeting Of the Capital
Transit Post, No. 46, held last night
at the Legion Club, the department
commander, Guy C. Nadeau. and his
staff, installed the new officers of
this post.
Those installed were: Commander,
L. Guy jackson; first vice com
mander, Ellsworth P. Blair: second
vice commander. A. w. Andrews:
third vice commander, T. N. Byrd;
adjutant, Edward M. Sullivan:
finance officer, Charles r. Clements;
service officer, S. T. Potts: his
torian, R. O. De Warf: Judge ad-
vocate, Walter Kemepick. and
chaplain, F. H. Jefferson.
A large number of new members
were obligated by the Forty and
Eight ceremonial team and certif-
Gates of merit were presented to Is
members of the post for outstand-
work performed during the past
year. An inspiring address was
then delivered by Leonce LIE Gendre,
assistant national adjutant of the
Legion.
The year just closed also saw
the James Reese Europe Post, No.
5, with total of 2,305 members
lead all others when it enrolled
the greatest number Of members in
its history. The Costello Post, No.
Is, finished in second place with a
membership of 1927, also for the
greatest number of members in the
history of this post, with the Sergt.
Jasper Post, No. 13, closing in third
place with another record member
ship of 1,415. The closest post to
these first three with a member
ship of less than a thousand was
the Department of Agriculture Post,
No. 36, who placed fourth with
805, also a record membership for
this post.
Veterans entitled to bonds I'M
der the new terminal leave law
may obtain assistance in filling out
the required forms from all the
posts in the department or at de-
partment headquarters, where a
notary will be on duty each night
from to 10 pr.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Bar Harbor Beauty
Stirs Student to
Probe History
Prize Contribution
By WiIliom D. Commins, IS
Priory School

When mother and I travel she Is
always interested in people. Hence
we visited the Wells, Atwater-Ken
and Rockefeller estates on the bold
range Of the Mount Desert Noun
tains in Bar Harbor entrance in
Maine. They are very luxurious.
But the history of each locale Is
what I probe Acadia National Park
occupying old French territory on
the coast of Maine, was created by
acts of Congress in 1919 from lands
donated to the Federal Government.
The name commentaries the an
cient French possession of the land.
At the center of this coast, the
most beautiful In Eastern North
America, there stretches an archi-
pelago of islands and at the north
ern end lies Mount Desert Island
where the national park is located.
Mount Desert Island was discov-
cred by Champlain in September,
1904, Is years before the coming of
the Pilgrims to Cape Cod.
LII Aooo piFdGC OWileiSIllp DeSdIl,
the island being given as a feudal
f1ef to the Sieur de la Mothe Cadil-
lac-later the founder of Detroit
and the Governor of Louisiana.
Then, piece by piece, it was sold to
settlers.
During the first half of the 18th
century Mount Desert Island re-
manned remote, but a bridge and
causeway finally connected it with
the mainland. Then people began
to learn of the great natural
beauty of Bar Harbor. Summer
homes were built and all sports were
available in this scenic spot.
1t was from the impulse Of this
summer life that the movement for
public reservations and the national
park arose. Acadia is now sane
tuary for wildlife, plant and animal.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Legion Shapes
Drive for New
Membership
Goal of $4,000
By 1850 Is Set
For Washington
For Washington

Under the able guidance of Ray L.
Zwinglas who was recently ap-
pointed to be department member
ship officer. the Department OF the
District of Columbia, the American
Legion will launch an intensive drive
for new membership during the
coming year to reach a goal of 81, 900
with an expected total of $4,000 be-
fore the year 1850.
To stimulate this substantial in
crease in membership, several
awards have been offered to the SO
posts in the local department of the
Legion and to its more than $4,000
members. These awards will be made
at various times throughout the year
to the post or individual member
who sponsors the greatest number
Of new members within given pc
riod. New application forms requir-
ing only one sponsor instead of the
two previously required have been
received at department headquar-
ters and are ready for distribution.
During the year just closed the
department. OF the DlStr1ct or Co.
lumbia broke all records when it
enrolled its largest total member
ship IN local Legion history. The
department also granted charters to
eight new posts, most of whose
members are composed almost en-
tirely OF younger veterans who are
nov taking an active part in the
work of the Legion One of these.
Joseph Ryan, commander of the
Halloran-Murray Post, No. SIS, was
recently elected to a place on the
department staff.
Election OF officers for the en-
suing year was held at the meeting
OF the General Accounting once
Post, No. 48, at the Legion Club last
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Indian Paintings Feature
Public Library Exhibit

An exhibition which will surely
enchant most visitors, is that of In
dian paintings from the School OF
American Research. Museum OF New
Mexico at Santa Fe, which is now
on view at the Central Public Lii
brary. 1t will close the end of this
month.
More than 200 opaque water COL
ors by Indian artists of Cochiti and
Zuni pueblos, also Navajo and Hopi
tribes, present an ancient art in a
modern medium. Archaeological re-
search has revealed the fact that
prehistoric pueblo Indians painted
on the walls of their caves and
cliff dwellings, murals which SYM
bolized their oneness with nature.
These paintings had a ceremonial
purpose. in the Indians perpetual
prayer for rain. without which their
crops failed and hunger threatened.
In recent years, Indian artists
have adopted the "paleface" me-
diums of oil, fresco and water color,
preferring the last mentioned.
opdQuc WdtEi COioI SCCiiio w NC pdi =
ticularly we'll suited to their fiat,
simple linear style, minus chiaros-
euro, but with details exquisitely
recorded. Curiously enough, the
American Indian painter in these
water colors, speaks a language
wholly ineligible to the American
public, whereas radical painters of
our own race mystify us more often
than not.
The Indian artist seems to have
an intuitive sense of color and de-
sign. Simple balance and geometric
symbols are used, as well as nat
uralistic forms which have a charm
and appeal recalling some Of Walt
Disney's figures in "Bambi" and
other films. Outstanding are the
paintings of Acee Blue Eagle and
Harrison Begay. The former is the
most famous of the group, with an
international reputation. He was
in Washington some years ago for
the opening of an exhibition of his
paintings at the Arts Club, He had
previously exhibited in England and
France and had lectured on Amer
ican-Indian art at oxford Univer-
sity,
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Vim a Cash Prize
Writing, Drawing
For Junior Star

II you are not more than 18, or
have not yet finished high school,
you are eligible to write or draw fer
The Junior Star. AS many as five
cash prizes of 81 are awarded for
the best contributions published
each week. and writer's of stories
which, in the opinion of the editor,
are of sufficient merit are issued
cards Identifying them as Junior
Star reporters. Here are the rules
I. All contributions must be original.
g. Stories. articles. poems. etc, must be
written on one side of paper; II type
written they must be double spaced.
Drawings must be In black ink or crayon
on white paper and must be mailed fiat.
not rolled or folded.
3. Name. age, address, telephone num-
ber and school of the contributor. must be
contributions and on the back of drawings.
4. The editors choice of winners is
any contribution III Whatever form he
thinks best regardless of whether it is
awarded prize. He may also withohold
prizes awarded fors contributions found not
Checks for contributions awarded
prizes today will be mailed this
week. Address your contributions to /:
Junior Star Editor, 727 Star Build
ing, 1l0l Pennsylvania avenue NV,
Washington 4, D. G. a,7< aa.,.~
Evening star., 1946-08-25
News Of Art and Artists
CARRIER Graphic Arts
On View at Corcoran

EtchtngS, drypolnts and drawings
by Daniel CARRIER, now on view al
the Corcoran Gallery of Art, afford
comprehensive idea of an impor-
tant phase of his talent. This emf
nent artist won early recognition for
his landscapes, and later for his
figure paintings. His graphic work
is less well known.
The Corcoran Gallery is fortunate
to own this collection of Is items,
particularly the drawings, number
Of which are large, carefully finished
portrait and figure studies, done
with ease and expertness, which
bring out the individuality of the
respective subjects and are strong
delineations of character. These
people are so alive that one would
like to know them. Not only are
they portrayals of individuals; sew
eral of them could stand as types.
There Is one Of young woman, for
instance, whose long, slender bone
construction, proudly held head and
fine face reveal her as much the
Legendary American girl" as Ben
sons we'll known portrait of his
daughter, also owned by the Cor
coran Gallery.
Some of the etchings and draw
ings appear to be studies for paint
ings, and in one instance here
there is a large drawing of "Erwina," !"
rural panorama, and Gin reversed
an etching of 1t. With regard to
the prints of many of the same
subjects as his paintings, it is diff
ficult to tell whether they were
made independently or as studies.
The etchings and drypoints can
stand alone.
CARRIER Is Indianan
Mr.. CARRIERS feeling for texture
is admirably exemplified in his
"Improvidence." depicting dilap-
idated old building with weathered
stone walls and disintegrating shin
gled roof, and the Heron" standing
in a woodland pool in deep quietude
OF graceful trees, still water and
shimmering light.
He was born 1880 in North
Manchester, Ind: studied at the
Art Academy of Cincinnati and the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia (where he subsequently
became an INSTRUCTOR. After two
years of travel in Europe he settled
in Pennsylvania. He lives in Phila-
delphia in winter and has a summer
home in Lumberville in the Dela-
ware Valley, which part Of the State
inspires most of his paintings and
many of these prints.
A characteristic feature Of Mr.
CARRIERS work, both in paint and
line, is his fondness for painting
from shadow into sunlight. A coun-
try village sleeping in the sun on
the farther bank of a river, seen
through the branches of foreground
trees, is a typical subject.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Kranerite Makes
Good at Anacostia
Prise Contribution
By Dorothy IneIee, IA
Anaeostio High School


Besides being an honor student
and keeping up the "A" average
that made her valedictorian of the
February graduating class at
Kramer Junior High, Marjorie Pet
tit found time to engage in many
extra-curricular activities at Ana
costa High.
While at Kramer. Marjorie was
president of her 8-B section, a
Student Council representative and
section secretary many times.
Then, when she graduated. she was
elected president of her class.
At Anacostia she has added to
her accomplishments by becoming
a Totem Pole representative and
member of the subscription staff
Of that book, and also a private
first class in the Girl Cadet Corps.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Just Between
Ourselves
BY Philip n. Love-

The automobile of lady I know
broke down the other day. and for
the first time in the Is years she has
lived in Washington, she had to ride
streetcar.
If you're accustomed to travelling
on District streetcars, you have no
idea how confusing they can be. Any
one not thoroughly familiar with
them is very likely to try to get on
at the wrong end, and only the most
alert individual catches on at once
to the business of stepping on the
treadle that opens the center exit of
the newer models.
But it was neither the boarding
nor the alighting that bothered my
friend. 1t was the comparatively
simple matter of paying the fare.
She knew about tokens, of course,
having provided her teen-aged
daughter with the price of huge
number Of them down through the
years. But precisely what one did
with tokens after one paid for them
was a question that had never
crossed her mind.
So, after buying her three tokens,
she glanced quickly about for place
to put one of them. A shiny gadget
caught her eye; it contained coins.
The lady carefully deposited her
token in the receptacle and started
toward the rear of the car.
Just moment, ma'am," the
operator called. You've made a
mistake"
All the other passengers stared
or SO it seemed, at any rate-as she
returned to the front of the car.
You'll have to put this in the
farebox," the motorman grinned.
handing back her token. This
other thing is my change-carrier!"
A high school senior of nv ac-
quaintance, having saved what
seemed a vast sum of money from
the proceeds of his vacation Job, de-
cided to take his No. l girl friend
to dinner at the Washington Hotel
and then to a dance at the Willard.
Leaving the Washington, he was
so interested in his companions S
conversation that it didn't occur to
him that the other hotel was Just
around the corner. So, being in a
spending mood anyhow, he stepped
to the curb, hailed a taxi and told
the driver, Willard, please"
The hacker blinked. "Where'd
you say?" he asked.
Willard" the boy insisted.
| The cab turned the corner, trav-
ersed the block and halted. Here
yare, bub." the driver announced
throwing open the door. Forty
cents
My friends spending mood WASH I
quite up to paying 40 cents to ride
a block. He was, in fact, somewhat
indignant. why didn't you tell
me the Willard was just around the
corner from the Washington" he
demanded.
Because" the cabbie retorted
slamming the door and stepping on
the gas, you didn't ask mel"
r X +
A new book deserving OF special
mention is Thomas Jefferson" by
Frank and CorteIle Hutchins, 125 c
street Sc. dongmans, Green: $3.50
It's the most. scholarly and objective
biography OF our third President
written especially for young people
that has come to my attention.
The book covers Jefferson's life
from hpyhood, detailing his aspira.
tions and achievements, successe:
and disappointments, in style thai
makes interesting reading. Every
boy and girl beyond the fourth grade
would do well to have it in theil
| library.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Increasing Interest in Art Is Shown
In Smithsonian's Centenary Exhibits
BY Florence S. Berrymon

The Smithsonian Institution s
Tooth anniversary exhibition is a
rlicro-cosmic display of its far
flung activities. These are in many
fields, In accordance with the wish
Of the founder, that his bequest
should be used for "the increase
and diffusion of knowledge among
men" Art Is but one of the institu-
tion's concerns, and comparatively
recent one. In the past. however
1t has become increasingly impor-
tant.
In view of the fact that the
Smithsonian's centenary has in
spired many articles in the press
during the past fortnight, 1t seems
advisable to confine this review to
the exhibition now occupying the
foyer of the Natural History Build
ing.
A portrait of James Smithson (an
excellent copy by Hattie E. Burdette
of this city, greets the visitor at
the entrance to the exhibition. This
Englishman, who had never visited
the United States, and has no
personal friends here, yet left his
fortune of over half a million
dollars equivalent to much
larger sum today to our Nation, fol
reasons which can only be surmised
would undoubtedly be gratified il
he could become acquainted with
the institutions achievements dur
ing the past century.
Paintings by other Washington
artists, Charles Hoover and Louise
Rocfon Hoover. convey the formers
conception of the early appearance
of the Smithsonian Building and
its surroundings, and Mrs. Hoover's
reconstruction of President Andrew
jackson writing to Congress about
the Smithson bequest. The archi-
tect's original watercolor drawings
of north and south facades of the
institution building in 1848 are also
in this first alcove. dealing with its
early history, along with such docu-
ments as facsimiles of Smithson s
will and the establishing Act OF
Congress.
Early D. G.. Artists Shown
Authentic portraits tsome painted
by Washington artists of earlier
days. of men who guided the institu.
ton or otherwise had important
parts in its development, bring us
face to face with Joseph Henry, frs
secretary, painted by Henry Ulkt
dong resident OF the D. CO; Rich.
ard Rush; William H. Holmes
first director of the National Col.
lection of Fine Arts (painted by
w. S. Bagdatopoulos, who present
ed the portrait to the institution,
and John Wesley Powell, first chic.
of the Bureau of American Eth
nology, painted by Edmund C
Messer, who was principal of the
Corcoran School of Art for more
than quarter century to 1918
These are but a few of the portrait,
In the exhibition.
Photographs record the Smithson-
ian Institutions growth; the origina
building, completed in 1885; the
Arts and Industries Building, 1881
the Natural History Building, 1909
the Freer Gallery, 1921; and the
National Gallery Of Art, 194l
Others will follow, beginning prob.
ably with the Smithsonian GALLERY
Of Art. 1t will be recalled that ir
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Youth 'Squures' Cundy Bill

JOLIET, Ill. {H).--A youth wearing
a discharge button paid for, 100
candy bars he couldn't afford as a
boy. He entered a cigar store and
gave the clerk a IS bill, saying: "As
a kid I used to swipe candy from
your store. This ought to take care
Of It,"
Evening star., 1946-08-25
The Milky Way
Prize Contribution
BY Anne Donovon, IS
s,.,.a h.,,, A-,d.nv

Sacred heort Academy
There is pathway, long and bright,
That hides itself by day.
You have to wait until late at night
To see the Milky Way.
On darkest nights, 1t CLEANS there
still,
Shimmering SO on high:
A tWinkling road up Heavens Hill
A highway through the sky!
Who wanders on the winding way?
Does 1t feel angels tread,
Who, wearied by the work Of day,
Go gliding home to bed?
Evening star., 1946-08-25

habit OF feed
ing the squirrels.
Later, we dis
covered a bur-
row In the back
y ard " h | c h
proved to be a
chipmunk's. One
day, the small
striped rodent
ventured up to
the front yard,
where we held
daily meetings
with the squir-
rels. I tossed
him a nut and
he dashed aWay
Evening star., 1946-08-25

Wednesday eve
nj ng. TIL ose
e ! e C t e d we're:
G ON m a n d er,
Brady w. War
ner; first vice
commander. Ed
ward A. Simp-
son; second vice
commander, Lee
Long, jr., Ward
L a k in, third
vice command
er Leon Hall.
adjutant; Rob-
ert j. Jacobs,
E~o-a1 1885,
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Prize Contribution
By TerriII Schukroft, l3
Swonson Junior h;oh School

AS passed through
scratching looked
picked handful and fed
about four other bold
mother and have been following squirrels chpmun
buejays.
the house in which we live now we
Evening star., 1946-08-25

noticed the abundance of common
wild animals, such as squirrels and
their relatives, plus birds. AS soon
as we were settled, we got into the
Evening star., 1946-08-25

Meetings this week:
Monday-No meeting of Front
Line Post.
Tuesday-Pentagon Post, 1921 K
street NV.
Wednesday-Police-F Fire Post, 7l3
D street NV; Honor Guard, 1919
K street NV.
Evening star., 1946-08-25

The young chief was chosen leader
OF war party. Victory was won,
but during the journey the chief
beheld Z maiden with whom he fell
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-26
Facts of Life

In the unlikely event that the trustees of wealthy foundation endowment fund should ask advice on what do with million dollars should earnestly rec ommend that they present the worthy and deserving group which calls itself the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists.
 There are nine distinguished scientists in the group head ed by Dr. Albert Ense and they looking for just that sum- With they hope to do necessary selling job Their commodity of six statements six fatefu facts of life which have somehow failed far to goad the human family into concerted emergency action The facts these:
 l. Atomic bombs can now be made cheapy and in large numbers and they will become more destructive
 g. There is no military defense against atomic bombs and is to be expected.
 B. Other nations rediscover secret processes by themselves
 A Preparedness against atomic warfare is futile, and if attempted will ruin the structure of social order
 s. If breaks out atomic bombs will be used, and they will surely destroy civilization.
 6. There is solution to this problem except inter- national control of atomic energy and ultimately the em nation of
 That is all But those statements up the problem and unacceptable solution better than all the millions of tech nica emotional controversial beittng words that have been written this subject of almost ncomprehensbe m portance.
 These nine men know what they talking about They are wise serious and astdousy devoted to the sep aration of fact and supposton There is upposton or haf-truth in what they are saying With the sci ensts righteous of rhetoric they have set down he convictions They have determined upon vigorous cam pagn to disseminate those convictions Dr. Ensten has explained through "a feeling of the heavy responsloty which physicists have taken themselves by the creation of the atom bomb"
 The tragedy is that these scientists and many of ther colleagues have said all this before They of all people know and the possibilities of their creation But the public has chosen give them scant attention
 Instead the atomic bombs potential victims have listened to others of infinitely less knowledge and consider ably recence-potcans and soldiers and others who know all the tricks of attracting public attention Or rather the potential victims have listened to them when they have listened all Mostly they have preferred and striven to forget the whole thing.
 That is why these nine scientists seeking million dollars That less than the spectators paid to Joe Louis last fight It is less than average days betting at a big track. But with that much money the sc ensts might be able take passive world by the scruf of the neck and lead place where could read the handwriting the wall without glasses
 Surely a million dollars is a cheap price if all read the six facts of life them believe them do thing about them if the money isn't forthcoming in lump sum- how about 1OOO000O0 Americans pitching in penny apiece?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-26
Views of the Press

dooryard famed a bright red rose on a bush which had dropped all its leaves The rose petals were frost- nipped, but there was the flower, braving it out. And in the same door, yard were a surprising number of calendulas still blooming. Close by was a persistent petunia, its single blossom dwarfed but perfect in color and shape.
 At the roadside were the ragged heads of self-heal. one of the mint family, with purple florets. There were dwarf pinks, wild ones, stand- ing up to the lowering sun. There were a stalk or two of evening prim- rose, which is a hardy plant but scarcely a November bloomer in any normal season. There was. in short, a whole list of blossoms that simply didn't belong to this time of year. Why. here it is practically Thanks giving!