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Evening star., 1946-08-28
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
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AufIeht iheotef ATTRACTIONS
u and Time Of Showing
Stage. +
National THE Show of 1901
Wonders: 2:30 and $50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"Boys' Ranch: II am.
/ so, 4:35. 7:2o and 1905 pm. Stage
shows: 1:05, $50, 6:35 and 9:20 pm.
CoIumbia-"O. S. s.: II am,
LOS, 3;@5. $50, 7:30 and $40 pm.
Earle3"Night and Day: 10 am.
l2:15, 2:35, 4:50, 7:10 and 9:35 pm.
Hippodrome THE 80 Steps:
2:35, 4:20, S, 7:45 and $50 pm.
Keith's-"Canyon Passage: 11:40
am, 1:4o, $40, $40, TAO and s:4o
pm.
Little-'East Side of Heaven:
1l:25 am, 1:25, 3:25, $50, 7:35 and
$40 pm.
Metropolitan Stella Dallas":
11:25 am, 1880, $3.50, 5::35, TAO and
|9:45 pm.
Palace-"Caesar and Cleopatra.
11:15 am, 1:50, 4:25, 7 and 9:35 pm.
Pix-"Girls in Chains: sos, $50.
10 and 1923 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts.
Continuous from 1915 am.
Evening star., 1946-08-28
Exhibition of Paintings
BY Figori Opens Tuesday

Paintings by the Uruguayan art
LIST, Pedro Figari, will be exhibited
for three weeks, starting next Tues
day, at the Pan American Union.
DR.. Jose A. Mora, Uruguayan
Charge d'Affaires, and Senior Don
Mateo Marques Castro, Uruguayan
representative on the Governing
Board OF the union, will be hosts
for the formal opening at S pm.
Tuesday.
A post -impressionist painter, Figa-
ri died in 1888 after winning critical
acclaim in his own country as well
as in the United States. There will
be 18 of his works on display.
Evening star., 1946-08-28
Veterans Instructed
In Rodio Entertainment

An Institutional program on radio
entertainment was presented last
night before hospitalized veterans
at Walter Reed Hospital by the Ma
tional Academy of Broadcasting.
Inc, local school.
The first of projected series for
veterans, the program included
satires on various types of radio
shows, in which common mistake
in broadcasting were pointed out.
Miss Jan Wiman. in charge of the
production, said the series is de-
signed to interest veterans in radit
broadcasting and engineering.
Evening star., 1946-08-28
Boating Champ

Bron Clifford, Baptist minister
who was recently signed as an actor
by M-G-M. has made arrangements
to have his racing boats shipped
to California and plans to take
part in West Coast regattas. Cliff
ford won the Maine motor boat
championship in 1885 and the New
England championship In 1897.
Evening star., 1946-08-28
Boyer 'Draped'

Charles Boyer will literally be
draped into the lone pair of pa
iamas he wears in Arch of
Triumph" as result of the Enter
prise wardrobe departments decision
to appropriate set of costly window
draped for alteration into noe
Evening star., 1946-08-28

turnal garment Reason for the
drapery reconversion is the studios
inability to locate in the open mar
ket material with the texture, de-
sign and color scheme called for by
script requirements.
Evening star., 1946-10-12
Woman Reports Abduction
And Beating by 4 Men

Maryland State police are inves-
tigating a report by 33-year-old
Washington woman that she was
beaten and robbed of $500 by four
colored men near Laurel last night.
Trooper C. o. Critchley said the
woman, Mrs. Alma Schrieves, gave
the following account of what hap
pened:
She had just finished watching
the last race at Laurel when four
Icolored men said her husband want
ed her to come to a Laurel tavern.
She accepted their offer of lift"
In their car. They drove instead to
lonely spot about a mile from the
town where they took her pocket
book containing $3.50.
Three of the men then got out.
| The fourth drove her about mile
further, where he beat her with
blackjack until she pretended she
was unconscious.
| He threw her from the car, set
fire to her dress and drove away.
She managed to extinguish the
flames and walked to a nearby
house to call police. She was taken
to Emergency Hospital, where she
was treated for burns on the legs
and released.
Evening star., 1946-10-12
Dr.. PuIIen Outlines
Program for Schools

A program for improving the
schools of Maryland was outlined
by Dr.. Thomas G. Pullen, jr., State
superintendent of schools, in a talk
before the Montgomery County Ed
ucation Association at Leland Jun
Tor High School.
Discussing the 1947 educational
program Thursday night, DR.. Pullen
said the proposals are being worked
out with the Legislative Council.
One of the objectiyes calls for
smaller classes for elementary
schools. At present, DR.. Pullen said,
the law provides for a maximum OF
IS pupils Under proposed legisia-
ton this number would be reduced
to about 80.
A second proposal urges that
teachers salaries be adjusted to
meet the rising cost of living. DIR.
Pullen pointed out that counties
can 60. beyond the State minimum.
Establishment of more Junior col
leges will be sought, the State sup
erintendent said.
Establishment of the supervisor
system in all the counties also is
recommended.
The program also calls for estab-
1ishment of countrywide library sys-
TENS and increased resources LOT
education of thet handicapped.
The association voted to raise the
annual dues from 81 to So.
Evening star., 1946-10-12
Many Servicemen Arrested
In DRINKING House Raid

Police reported today they had
raided an after-hour drinking estab-
lishment in the basement OF 1922
Ninth street NV. last night and
arrested a large number OF service
men, including several officers.
Shore police and military forces as
sisted in the raid.
Three patrol wagon loads of GUS
toners, made up mostly of Army,
Navy and Marine Corps personnel
and their women companions, were
taken to the second precinct for
questioning.
An earlier raid by Detective Sergt.
Howard Ogle, of the gambling squad
resulted in the arrest of Albert j.
Martinez, 81, 1347 v street NV, on
charges of operating lottery, pos
session of lottery slips and setting
,lp a gaming table.
Sergt. Ogle reported he found
gambling activities in a house on
the 14Op block of v street NV
Martinez. released on $500 bond
was scheduled to be arraigned Mon
day before United States Commis-
sioner Needham C. Turnage.
Evening star., 1946-10-12
Food for Big Banquet
AT MayfIower Is Sent
To Hospital, Charity

Food intended for a banquet Of
900 Shriners last night at the May
flower Hotel was turned over to a
hospital and charitable organiza-
tions rather than let it spoil after
the kitchen help had gone on strike.
Hotel officials said word could not
Fbe sent to the guests in time to head
them off and, consequently, most OF
them arrived and had to be sent
away. The food was ready, but could
not be served. It included 1000
oysters rolled in crumbs and ready
for frying, cold cuts and salads.
Arrangements were made to send
the food to Providence Hospital, the
Salvation Army, the Little Sisters
of the Poor, st. Vincent's Home and
the Dominican Sisters by Night
Steward Andrew j. O'Connor. Union
chiefs ordered pickets at the May
flower to permit truck driver and
hel:)er, both union men themselves,
to cross the picket line to load the
food.
At Providence Hospital Sister Luz
cille, assistant superintendent, said
the food was unexpected and appre-
ciated and should be enough for
lunch today for part of the patients
and staff. She pointed out, how
ever, that the hospital was not suf-
fering from any food shortage, as
dealers in the District had been more
than kind to them. Ss
Oficiais at the other organizations
said the delicacies would be served
to supplement today's menu.
Evening star., 1946-10-12
D. {. Man Gets IS Months
lin MARYLAND Traffic Death

Frederick Jordan, 80, colored, Of
2512 Ontario road NV. was SEN
fenced to 18 months in the Maryland
House of Correction yesterday in
Upper Marlboro Police Court on
charges of manslaughter and op-
Grating a vehicle without consent
of the owner.
He also was fined $50 for reckless
driving and $40 for operating with
out permit. The first fine was sus-
Ipended, however, by Trial Magistrate
Alan Bowie. Jordan elected to serve
10 additional days on his jail SEN
tence in default of payment OF the
second fine.
Jordan was charged by Prince
Georges County police with driving
an automobile which collided with
another on the Washington-Indian
Head road on September Is. Earl
Ward, a passenger in the second
car, was killed.
Sylvester Boston, %, colored, Of
Pisgah, Md, driver of the second
car, was found not guilty on charges
of manslaughter and reckless driv-
| ing.
Evening star., 1946-10-12
Rucker Kin Granted Appeal
lin $1,000, Will Case
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 1.-THE
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
granted an appeal yesterday in a
million dollar will case involving the
University of Virginia, two other in
stitutions, and relatives of the late
William j. Rucker of Charlottesville.
BY this action, the court agreed to
review a Lewiston of the Charlottes-
vile Corporation Court which held
last May II that the university, the
Martha Jefferson Hospital and
Sanitarium of Charlottesville, and
st. Luke's Hospital of st. Louis
should share equally in residuary
estate of $1,o28, 900 left by Mr..
Rucker.
Counsel for IA Of Mr.. Rucker's
relatives appealed to the high court
on the contention that the sum in
controversy should go to the dis
tributes and next of kin Of Mr..
Rucker.
Evening star., 1946-10-12
National Safety Council
Elects Eiqhf From D. {.

Eight Washingtonians have beer
chosen as officials Of the National
Safety Council, it was announced
yesterday at the Chicago head
quarters.
Named to the board of directors
James B. Carey, secretary-treas-
urer of the CIO; Mrs. La Fell Dick
inson, president, General Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs; A. E. Lyon
executive secretary, Railway Labor
Executives Association, and Robert
j. Watt, international representa-
tive of the AFL.
Chosen for the executive board:
Commissioner Thomas H. Mac
Donald, Public Roads Administra-
ton; Theodore S. Repplier, presi-
dent, the Advertising Council, Inc.
and De Witt Smith, vice-chairman
in charge of domestic services, the
American Red Cross.
L. A. Blanchard, chief of the
Safety and Accident Prevention Di-
vision, Corps of Engineers, was
elected a representative Of the coun-
ellis conference of sections.
Evening star., 1946-10-12
MAN Dies Of Gun Wound;
Daughter, Is, Is Held

Carl Gunnell, SO. of the 900 block
of Eighth street NE, died last night
in Gallinger Hospital after he was
shot in the abdomen Thursday at
the Hillside Md home OF his es-
tranged wife, Anna.
His 16-year-old daughter, Rita,
who lives with he's mother, is free
under $500 bond on a charge OF as
sault with a dangerous weapon.
Prince Georges County police, said
no further charges have beer placed
against the girl pending completion
of their investigation.
Police said the shooting occurred
during an argument between Mr..
Gunnell and his wife. They added
he was shot with .22-caliber rifle.
Evening star., 1946-10-12
Business Unit Gets
Material for Early
Start on Chest Drive.

Campaign material which volun-
teer workers in the Business unit
will use in soliciting funds for the
Community Chest Federation drive
was to be delivered to section chair
men today.
Folders describing the work of
federation agencies, Red Feather
stickers and lapel pins to give to
contributors were among the items
the volunteers were to receive.
r The Business unit, which has a
quota Of $1,450,413 to raise toward
the overall goal of $4,000, 900, will
begin its drive Thursday, five days
before the formal opening of the
campaign.
Yesterday, 81 Girl Scouts and
their leaders who have helped to
package campaign material for de-
livery to volunteer workers were
presented with letters Of commen-
dation from the federation. Clyde B.
Stovall, vice chairman of the interim
executive committee of the fedora
tion, made the presentation at Taft
Junior High School.
The letter given to each girl read
In part ITO make possible the ef1ec-
tive work of the campaign army,
you have worked hard and willingly
to put necessary materials in their
hands. You have contributed, to-
gether with your troop and your
Girl Scout District, your own time
and effort to complete the task OF
packaging the Red Feather lapel
pins for half-a-million contributors
to our drive.
I'm this volunteer task you have
shown your own spirit OF helpful
ness, and you and your Girl Scout
troop members have demonstrated
one of the cardinal principles of
the Girl Scouts-that of serving
your community whenever possible. /"
Fred Othman, United Press fea-
ture writer, spoke at a meeting of
the Business unit yesterday at the
Mayflower Hotel. He told of expert
ences in London, where he had been
approached from many quarters
with requests to contribute to a
number of needy causes.
after such an experience" he
said, ''I can really enjoy giving to
the Chest Drive" Funds given to
the Chest Federation this year go
toward the support of 125 welfare
agencies.
Herbert L. Willett, jr., executive
secretary of the federation, urged
the workers to give everybody an
opportunity to contribute.
Dan Holland, chairman of the
Business Unit, presided at the
luncheon meeting.
Evening star., 1946-10-12
Mrs. Paul Mellon Dies Suddenly
OF Heart Attack at Estate
SocioIite Stricken Soon
After Riding With
Piedmont Hunt -
back and forth.
spseiet pispeieh 10 IN. sies

UPPERvILLE, Va, Oct. 12.-Mrs,
Mary Conover Brown Mellon. Al,
wife Of Paul Mellon and daugh-
ter-in-law Of the late Secretary
Of the Treasury. died unexpectedly
yesterday.
She suffered heart attack at
Oak Springs. the Mellon home
on their estate, Rockeby Farms,
soon after returning from ride
with the Piedmont Hunt.
Members of the household said
her husband was at her side at the
time OF her death.
She is survived also by her par
ents, DR.. and Mrs. Charles C..
Conover of Kansas City, Mo-; two
children, Catherine G. Mellon, 8,
and Timothy, 4, and a sister, Mrs,
CLARK s. p. Bunting, also OF Kansas
City.
Private funeral services will be
held at Oak Spring Monday.
Born In Kansas City, Mrs. Mellon
was graduate Of Vassar College In
1926. She also attended the Sor-
bonnie IN Paris and Columbia Uni
versity.
She was one of the founders of
the Pantheon Press in New York
City, which publishes artistic, liter
ary and philosophical books not
ordinarily published.
She was the divorced wife Of Karl
|S. Brown.
In February, 1885, she was married
to Paul Mellon in q surprise wedding
In New York.
Paul Mellon. with his cousin Rich
ard K. Mellon, has for many years
been carrying on the family indus
trial, scientific, philanthropic and
banking enterprises.
"Rokeby Farn,sA originally was a
4O0-acre estate purchased by An
drew Mellon from the late Rear Ad-
miral Cary T. Grayson. Mr.. Mellon
now owns 5000 acres In Fauquier
County.
Last August he donated $4,500, ,O0o
/ for new liberal arts college under
the guidance OF DR.. StringfelloW
Barr, president of st. Johns COL
lege, Annapolis, Md.
Evening star., 1946-10-12
VA 10 Lose Hospital
Al Fort Washington;
New Base 10 Open

The 437-bed veterans domiciliar,
home and hospital at Fort Wash.
ington, Md. soon will be closed
coincident with the opening Of 6
l,0O0-bed hospital at Martinsburg
w. Va, the Veterans Administra'
ton announced today.
Fort washington. taken over by
the agency from the Army in Oc-
tober, 1914. is the only veterans
facility in the immediate Washing
ton area except Mount Alto.
In spite Of heavy overcrowdine
at Mount Alto, few patients have
been transferred to Fort washing
toms small hospital, which has beer
used nearly entirely for emergency
disqualification of the stations per.
mai1ently disabled domiciliary vet
eranS.
To ease the critical Hospital
shortage here. Mount Alto has beer
allocated beds in nearby armed
forces hospitals. At present, vet
Eerans are occupying about $50 beds
.at Bethesda Naval Hospital. 10t
beds at Fort George G. Meades
regional hospital in Maryland ano
some Is beds at Walter Reed.
While q number of local veterans
are expected to be routed to the
Martinsburg hospital, officials LOOK
to construction of the proposed 750-
bed hospital here to completely
solve washington problems. The
hospitals expected site on the
Neyius tract near Arlington National
Cemetery now is awaiting presi-
Dental approval.
The Martinsburg hospital was op-
Grated during the war by the Army
as Newton D. Baker General Hos
pital-and will retain that name
It was acquired by the Veterans
administration on October ].
A Veterans Administration
spokesman said medical personnel
shortages would hinder the Baker
units opening If the Fort Washing
ton station remained in operation.
The agency said the forts CLOSING
date viii depend on how quickly
the Martinsburg hospital can bt
equipped, but estimated 1t Woule
be "a matter Of weeks" !.
Fort washington, meanwhile, VII
Be retained under Veterans Admin
istration control, pending studies Q,
cts future use for other purposes.
Evening star., 1946-10-12
|6aIIinger Breakdown
I'm Infant Deliveries
Feared by Rutland

Health Officer George G. Rutland
yesterday warned there is grave
danger of "a serious breakdown" in
the infant delivery service at CAL
linger Municipal Hospital.
He said the temporary closing Of
infant wards at Freedmen's Hospi-
tai had thrown a double load on
Gallinger which 1t cannot carry.
The Freedmen's wards were closed
several weeks ago following an epi-
demic of diarrhea. They may not
reopen until changes are made.
Hopes to Shift Cases.
DR.. Ruhland said he hopes to
shift some of the cases to Garfield
and Columbia Hospitals. He also
has appealed to the stats of
Georgetown, George Washington
and Howard University Medical
Schools and the two District medi-
cal societies to aid in home de-
liveries of babies.
To obtain nurses for home de-
livery cases, the health officer said
he has been in contact with the
Red Cross Home Nursing Service.
Reminding that 'for many gen.
erations home deliveries were the
practice" DR.. Ruhland said, during
the present crisis, hospital services
at Gallinger will have to be limited
to complicated" cases.
430 Cases In Month.
Gallinger is equipped to handle up
to 2,400 cases of infant delivery q
year, he added. Freedmen's for
merly carried about 2,100 a year.
Effect of the overload is shown, he
explained, in the 430 cases handled
last month at Gallinger.
Under his plan, DR.. Rutland said,
all maternity cases brought to Gal
linger will be carefully screened"
If the cases are normal, he will try
to arrange to have the child born
at home.
Evening star., 1946-10-12
Area Polio Cases Total t04,
Less Than Half 1945 Rate

Infantile paralysis victims in the
washington area now total 104 for
the year. compared with 210 cases
at this time in 1945, the District
Health Department reported today
Latest case reported is that Of .
4-year-old Arlington girl. She Is IN
Children's Hospital, where her con-
dition is said to be good.
OF the 1916 list 23 cases are within
the District and the remaining 81 In
Maryland and Virginia suburbs. In
1945 there were 1l2 District cases
and 90 from nearby suburbs.
Evening star., 1946-10-12

I stayed last night in the strike
bound Washington Hotel. .
It all started yesterday when tht
city editor told me go check in anc
tell me how it goes" My experiences
in staying at a hotel with all hote
service suspended probably woulc
have been about the same in any
of the other 18 hotels hit by the
strike.
Climbing out of my cab at the
Fifteenth street entrance OF the
hotel, I found pickets already were
parading with signs. AS I passed
one of the mattresses on strike she
said to a friend:
This is monotonous. When de
we sing?"
In the lobby the atmosphere wa:
slightly gloomy. A few small group.
Of patrons were standing about bu
apparently were unable to mustel
courage to speak above whisper.
The usually crowded tap room wa
dark and silent.
Identifying myself to the execu.
tive assistant manager, Joel E
Baugh, and Everett Harding, assist
ant manager, 1 registered after ex'
planning my assignment.
The hotel was accepting guest!
with reservations for last night al.
though it had officially closed. The.
were not accepting guests who l1at
not made prior reservations.
To-day we are accepting no new
guests" Frank Swadley, manager
said. Were not asking anybody tx
leave if they want to put up with
the inconvenience"
One elevator was in operation
run by F. E. Powell, superintendent
OF service, alternating with his two
assistants, e. c. Reilly and A. Pug
lisie. Although the service was slow
no one was climbing the stairs. Tha'
was good because I had drawn room
801.
took my bag to the room. Every
thing was in order and I returned
to the lobby.
Just how the hotel was closet
down by the strike of $50 servic'
employees, bartenders. cooks ant
walters was explained by Mr.. Baugh
Less than so persons, all from
Office and engine room employees
were on duty, he said. Most of thes'
had obtained elevator operator
permits recently In anticipation o
the strike and that enabled the hote
to keep at least one elevator going
There was no room service, nj
food being served, no drinks, NJ
bellhop service, no check room, NJ
laundry service and only partia
telephone service.
There was heat, light and no
water. But that was all.
One telephone operator, q super
visor, was struggling with the line
at the switchboard behind the desk
The magazine stand was open.
A mild-mannered little man Will
q large suitcase interrupted to ask
May I check my bag"
Mr.. Baugh explained that every
thing was closed and suggested h
check 1t at Union Station. Th'
guest was leaving Washington any
way.
"You ought to be glad to get ou
of this mess" Mr.. Baugh said.
The mild-mannered man turned
bright purple and spluttered:
what do you mean? I'm from
pittsburgh. We've got transit strikes
power strikes, hotel strikes an,
everything out there
Mr.. Harding came by strugglinl
with . heavy suitcase while othe
Evening star., 1946-10-12
Father Smith Wants Reds
Labeled Enemy Aliens

Communists should be classed a.
enemy aliens, the Very Rev. Igna.
titus Smith, o. p, dean Of the Cath.
olic University School Of Philoso.
ply, yesterday told members of thu
Friday Alnas Temple Luncheon
Club.
Father Smith made this assertion
after indorsing the recent report
Of the United States Chamber o.
Commerce, which called for oust.
ing Of Communists from position.
Of influence in the Government.
An outspoken foe of communism
for 20 years, Father Smith said
"If we keep our powder dry ane
develop the maximum protection
possible during times Of peace, WI
will not have war with Russia. /
we are supine suckers, we can ex'
pect to be nibbled at"
Evening star., 1946-10-12
NewsmonS nSpends Night at Hotel,
Finds Guests in Good Spirits
By Colt HendIey

assistant managers heckled him by
calling:
Front, boy"
AS a whole the guests were treat
ing the matter as a joke and were
making the best of things. A num-
Der offered to help.
In the dining room on the top
floor found three girls eating a
solitary dinner where normally more
than hundred persons dine at a
time.
They were Miss Alice Gilmore, the
telephone supervisor, and two
friends, Mr.. Baugh explained.
In one corner a man in shirt
sleeves was stacking dirty dishes
left over from the last meals served
yesterday before the help dropped
everything and left.
That's John Blake, an assistant
to the manager who is In charge OF
food" Mr.. Baugh said.
In the hotels huge kitchen, Chez
Anthony Dolls was puttering around
He had prepared supper for the
handful of employees who had beer
too busy to leave the hotel. This
morning he repeated the perform
ance for those that stayed all night
He. was the only man left from .
normal kitchen staff of about 81
employees. AS department heac
he was not on strike.
About 800 of the Washington.
400 rooms were occupied when the
walk-out came, but check-outs last
night were slightly higher than
normal. BY midnight the lobby was
deserted and the pickets had dis.
appeared from the street to attenc
midnight meeting. Picketing wa.
resumed this morning.
incidentally, I was not able te
sleep late as planned.
One of the assistant managers
remembering that I was supposed
to go to work, saw to it that I was
called in plenty of time.