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Evening star., 1946-03-10
Service Unit Meetings
American Legion.

Monday-U. S. Jacob Jones, Lin.
coin and Government Printing OF.
| flee Posts, American Legion club.
house; U. S. Treasury Post, New
Colonial Hotel; Woodbridge Post
Odd Fellows Hall.
Tuesday-George E. Killeen Post
1904 M street NV; Department Of
Labor and Capital Transit Posts
American Legion clubhouse.
Wednesday-Kenneth Nash Post
209h Pennsylvania avenue Sc;
Potomac Post, Palisades Fielc
House: Police-Fire and McAlexan.
der Posts, American Legion club.
house.
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Today-Government Printing OF.
fee Post, tbs D street NV.
Monday-Front Line Post, 1919 4
street NV.
Tuesday - Admiral Robert E
Peary Ship, Hamilton Hotel; Po.
tomac Post, 1921 K street NV.
Wednesday-Follow Me-Defense
oc9, 2ooo 1silOQC 1SldllQ dVCllQC IN e.
Washington and Columbia Posts
1921 K street NV.
Friday-All American Post, 13ls
K street NV.
VFW Auxiliaries.
Monday-Treasury Auxiliary, 1872.
K street NV.
Wednesday - Firecrackers' Cootis
Club, 713 D street NV.
Legion Auxiliary.
Monday-Kenna- Main Unit, 1911
Good Hope road Sc; Woodridg,
Unit, 2022 Rhode Island avenu.
NE; George E. Killeen Unit, party
Mount Alto Hospital, 1880 pm.
Tuesday - Lincoln and Capita
Transit Units, Legion clubhouse.
Wednesday-James Reese Europ.
Unit, 1914 Vermont avenue NV.
Government Printing Office Unit
Legion clubhouse; Woodbridge Unit
party, Mount Alto Hospital, 7:3(
D m
Evening star., 1946-03-10
A Wall to Paint On
By lone Robinson. (Dutton, ).
$3.75.)

oS AOHo 1sOOItoOft. tAHtLOft,
$3.75.)
lone Robinson is a young Ameri-
can painter of some distinction. In
1881 she won Guggenheim Fell
lowship and was chosen by Marie
Hartman as one of eight outstand-
ingly talented young artists. She
has exhibits in New York, Los
Angeles and Mexico City. Her book
tells the story of her life from 1927
when, at the age Of 16, she came
East from California to study to
the beginning of World War II. 1t
is reasonably important work be-
cause Miss Robinson followed the
typical paths taken by many young
people Of her generation.
Entranced by the legend of Rivera,
she went to Mexico at the age of
18 to join the procession OF young
artists who were then climbing the
mighty Mexicans' scaffolds. There,
falling in love with Communist,
the writer, Joseph Freeman, she
took up communism, though her
sense of reality rebelled even at the
time. A marriage followed, ccn-
posed of what would be incredible
grotesquerie and bad manners If
one did not recognize the symptoms
as real. A typical episode was
party at her home at which Louis
Fischer, one Of the guests and meet
ing his hostess for the first time,
provided the entertainment by de-
livering a harangue to the other
guests on her lack of human
worth" She divorced the C. P
and Mr.. Freeman.
She then married wealthy young
man, John Dallett, and found his
group no more congenial than the
comrades. Both her husbands, she
says, were frustrated men with
neuroses deriving from their family
backgrounds. One tried to escape
into communism, the other into
the speakeasy life of the period.
She got a second divorce and as
sumed responsibility for her infant
daughter. In 1888 she journeyed
to Barcelona to see for herself the
effects of the war. She worked
among refugee children and was
en- ardent sympathizer with the
republicans.
The book is written in the form
OF letters and a journal. The let
tiers are those which Miss Robinson
wrote to her mother and her
brother. They carry up to 1887.
The journal is a work which she
began to write for her child, to be
read in later years. Though the
writing is thus scattered over many
years and carried on from its au-
thor's adolescence to her maturity.
| it shows great harmony of style.
A reader may reasonably suspect
that it has undergone considerable
editing for its publication in book
| form.
An unsatisfactory thing about her
book is that she has illustrated it
with large number of photo
graphs of herself. She is beautiful.
One would like it better if she did
not bear down on the fact so OBJ
viously. She is a good painter and
there is much feeling and wisdom
in her prose. A single picture, there
fore, would quite adequately convey
to her readers that all the fairies
not just some, stood beside heI
cradle bringing gifts.
Evening star., 1946-03-10
|VFW Posts Admit
New wMembersHere,
Other Activities

Comdr. Ira B. Wetherell presided
over Police and Fire Post, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, when Department
Comdr. Frank Topash and his staff
made an official visitation.
Department Adjt. Clyde w. KERN
gave the obligation to Louis p. Bell,
John I. Bradecamp, George F.. Bu-
chanan, Elmer j. Couture, James D.
Crawford, Joe w. Davis, John H.
Dize, Isadore Fein, Rudolph C. Hard,
David F.. Gould, Joseph I. Looney,
Bradford A. McClendon, Lee Nc
1nteer, Francis r. Marcy, George
T. Moore, Russell r. SHUTTER, Joseph
H. Price, Hans j. Steinmeyer and
John M. Wilson.
Potomac Post was presided over
by Comdr. Leo Dove when Ellis Le-
vine, Joseph w. Gibbs, Bernard P.
Smallwood, Robert Quantz, William
G. Freasel, Roger M. Bayles, Gerald
v. Nail, Arthur M. Beban, Charles M.
Eel, John r. Koran, Joseph Phone,
Randolph Ellis and William L. Weis-
bacher were obligated. Past COM
manders' pins were presented to
Marshall r. Emmert and Harry v.
Krichton. Frank j. Donnelly and
Senior Vice Comdr. Andrew Clerico
were presented gold lapel buttons
for their fine work in recruiting.
This post has taken over the work
OF caring for the needs of the new
Veterans Hospital at Fort Wash
ington.
The post will hold st. Patrick's S
Day dance next Friday at 2400 Six
teenth street NV. from 9 to II pm
Tickets are available at the Gold
Chevron Club. 1919 K street NV.
The post will hold election of off,
GERS on Tuesday.
At the last meeting of Admiral
Robert E. Peary Ship Past Capt
Patrick T. Ryan was appointed ma
tional councilman and Milton
Spearbraker as navigator.
Officials will be elected Tuesday
evening at the Hamilton Hotel.
Comdr. Eugene Orrell presided
over Pentagon Post when Comdr
Topash and his staff made their
Official visitation. The following
were given the obligation: 1t. r.
Engles, Maj. w. w. Beall, Maj. Mil
ton Pitcher, Maj Joseph Peters,
B. F. Mccarthy, B. E. Graham, T. r
Cup, A. j.. Bekhart and Glen C.
Bobo.
Plans are under way at the pres
ent for the formation of a baseball
league among the posts. Comdr
Charles Holmes of Equality Walter
Reed Post is the athletic chairman
and will be assisted in the forma-
ton OF the teams by Earl Eubank
of Front Line Post.
Front Line, Equality-Wal Reed,
Potomac and Naval Gun Factory
Posts are now getting their teams
lined up. Those interested con-
tact Comdr. Holmes or Mr.. Eubank.
The council of administration
approved the appointment of three
members of the department to serve
on the Board of Management of
the Temporary Home for Soldiers,
Sailors and Marines. They are Past
Department Comdr. Jack Holiday,
Past Department Comdr. Leolin H.
Neville-T Thompson and Department
Adj. Clyde w. KERN,
Evening star., 1946-03-10
Brief Reviews

SlOfIIES.
Headlights and Mar, ers, edited by
Frank P. Donovan and Re, art Selpil
Henry. (CrcGtive AgeD Seventeen
railroad tales Good.
VERSE.
Pin-Up Poems, by Pat Bsrham
(CaGton) Would-be, but isn't, funny
stuff.
REPRINTS.
You and Music, by Christian
Darnton; The Birth and Death OF
the Sun, by George Gamow; Public
Opinion, by Walter Lippmann; Pat
terms of Culture, by Ruth Benedict
(Pelican Books)
MYSTERIES.
Slay the Murderer, by Hugh Hol-
man. (Mill) Country Sheriff Mac
ready solves battling case of stab
bing cum poison. Good routine
A Hairs Breadth, by Lee Thayer
(Dodd MeadD Murder In a crowded
stadium. Solved by a red-haired
detective and wise old lady doctor
Love Has No Alibi, by Octavius
Roy Cohen. (Macmillan) Man
haitian night spots again see murder
Beautiful dancers. short talking cops
and so on. Lively.
NATURE.
Begonias and How to Grow Them
by Bessie Raymond Buxton. (Ox-
ford) A textbook on the different
varieties of the plant and the correct
methods of cultivation.
God Made the Country, by Edward
Townsend Booth. (KnopfD A study
of some of the great men of history
in relation to their activities as
workers in the earth. Hesoid te
Melville.
Gardens and Homes of Mexico, by
Cora ID. Oneal. Banks Upshaw.)
Pictures OF some OF the famous
gardens of Mexico with notes on the
historical evolution of the Mexican
gardening scheme.
DIPLOMACY.
Consular Relations Between tn.
United States and the Papal States
Volume III, edited by Leo Francis
Stock. (American Catholic His
torical AssociationD A supplement
to the authors United States Min
listers to the Papal States, Volume I.
All the important documents in
volved in a complete story of tn,
relations between our Government
and the Papal States. A genuine
contribution to history.
INDUSTRY.
Highlights in the History Of Amer
ican Mass Production, by Roy 7
A series of sketches on the initiation
and development of ideas which
have contributed to the growth o
mass production.
Evening star., 1946-03-10
In Local Service ORGANIZATIONS
American Legion
Oratory Contest
Dates Announced

The dates and the names Of thu
local high schools to hold sectiona
contests in the American Legior
National Oratorical Contest have
been announced by Department
Comdr. Herbert J. jacob, through
Russell S. Jeffreys, Legion Ameri.
canism chairman. The amounts ot
the prizes, which have been raised
since last year were also an.
nounced
The District of. Columbia has beer
divided into four sections for the
conducting Of this ninth annual ma.
tional high school oratorical con.
test, which sections comprise the
Garnet-Patterson School on March
%, Mckinley High School on March
26, Woodrow Wilson High Schoo
on March 27 and Roosevelt High
School on March 26. AL are al
8 pm.
The chairman Of these sectiona
contests are George B. Hunt, Capt
Norman L. Queen, U. S. M. S.; vii.
liam r. Brennan and Maj. George
Rohrick, U. S. A.
The sectional prizes are first, SIS
second, $40. Prizes for the flna
contest in Washington this veal
will be, first, $75; second, $50; third
$25; fourth, $40. These finals are
scheduled for March 29 in the De.
= partment of Commerce auditorium
at pm.
Joseph A. Walker, educationa
chairman of the Legion American.
Ism Commission, will off1ciate al
the finals. Department Comdr
Herbert jacob and his staff will
be present.
The winner of the finals will com.
pete in the next phase of the ma.
tional runoff.
The next meeting of the Depart.
ment Convention Committee will bt
March IA at the Legion clubhouse
John Houston, general chairman
reports that the date has been SCI
for August /, 2 and 8.
By vote of the members of the
National Executive Committee tnt
1916 national convention has beer
awarded to San Francisco, Calf
1t will be held September 80 tt
october 4, inclusive.
AS the first full-steam conven.
ton since the close of the war
and with more than a million mem.
bers of the Legion, 1t is expected
all attendance records will be bro.
ken for the sessions.
William P. Kershner, membership
officer Of the Sergt. Jasper Post,
announces this post is the first in
the District of Columbia Depart
ment to attain a membership OF
over 1000 for the year 1916.
The post will celebrate its birth
day anniversary with a dance at
the Legion clubhouse next Friday
evening.
National Executive Committee
man Joseph J. Malloy gave a re-
port at the meeting last Wednesday
evening of the recent Special Ma
tional Executive Committee meeting
of the Legion at Indianapolis, Ind.
Evening star., 1946-03-10

into four calendar years, you'll be
allowed the $500 for tuition and
other fees for each school year, plus
the monthly $65 df single) or 500
df you have dependents) subsis-
tence allowance
You veterans who were going to
school when the war broke out
doubtless remember the speedup
program which went into effect in
almost all our colleges and uni
versltles soon after Pearl Harbor
The American Council on Educa-
ton says this speedup, or accelerated
program, is still in effect-mainly
for the benefit of ex-service people
Thus, if we have the ambition
we can get about six complete school
years of free education, all within
the allowable four years.
The only speedup program ex-
pected to 60 back to the prewar
system of summer vacations is In
the medical field and it's not GER
tain that all medical schools will
do so.
But If you want an engineering
degree Or law degree or a post
graduate degree in the arts or sci
ences you should be able to take
the speedup course and pile uI
credits right through the spring
summer, fall and winter. You may
get to feeling like a rail fence stag
lgering under kneehigh snow drifts
But the fence carries the load and
so can you.
Another interesting thing is the
willingness of most schools and col.
Ileges to give veterans every break
in handling our credits. In fact, ]
know of some ex-Joes who were. ad
mitted conditionally to accredited
colleges without high schoo
diploma
Study on the Side.
They had to study on the side
during their freshman year to pick
up enough credits to get high
school diploma by the end of Their
first college year Most schools anc
colleges are flexible and accommo.
dating when it comes to GI educa
ton.
An eligible ex-serviceman who
wants CT schooling doesn't ever
have to ask the Veterans Admin.
istration, provided he knows the
school he has picked out, is on the
VAS accredited list. Most school.
are.
But today many schools and col.
leges are so crowded they've beer
forced to turn away applicants, both
veterans and nonveterans.
If you pick school that does
have room for you, all you have te
do is fill out the regular application
form every incoming student has tt
complete. The school then gives
you certificate of eligibility which
after you have filled it out, is sent
in to the VA.
Filling out the form takes about
. half an hour. Book larnin' car
) start right away.
P. S. But there may be-in fact
. you can be amazed if there isn't
quite a lapse of time between youl
first day in the schoolroom and the
day you receive your first sub.
sistence allowance check.
i Occasionally I'll glue GnsWers
to queries sent in by ueterans
aDith problems. So it you're
hasy about some right or benefit
] you think is coming to you, send
your letter to me at The Sunday
Star. Inclose a Selt-dddreSsed,
). stamped envelope for personal
reply.
Evening star., 1946-03-10
Local Masonic News

At the annual assembly of the
Grand Council of Royal and Select
Masters of the District of Columbia,
last Saturday evening, Raymond N
Babcock was elected grand master
of Cryptic Masons in this area.
Mr.. Babcock appointed Theodore
c. Lewis, currently the Grand High
Priest of Royal Arch Masonry, to
the foot of the progressive line of
the Grand Council.
The 18th degree will be conferred
by the Scottish Rite Tuesday even
ing. These degrees are scheduled
to continue each Tuesday evening
until May %. Evangelist Chapter
Rose Croix will meet Tuesday even
ing preceding the degree work.
Harvey w. Goddard will give a
talk in Masonry before Woodbridge
Royal Arch Chapter on Tuesday.
Grand Chapter officers of the
Royal Arch will speak in the
subordinate chapters this week as
follows: Monday-Mount Vernon
William B. Mehler, jr.; Anacostia
Marvin E. Fowler. Tuesday-Poto-
mac-Hiram, Harry A. Strong; Wood
ridge, Roy M. Stockman. Thurs
day-Washington, Julius G. Love-
less; Singleton, Roy M. Stockman
Friday-Eureka-Naval, Herbert w
Ludwig; Mount Pleasant, Thomas
r. Wilson.
Evening star., 1946-03-10
Legion Auxiliary
Department Head
Plans VisitatiOns

Mrs. Pearl Heagerty, president OF
the District of Columbia Department
American Legion Auxiliary and her
staff of officers will pay official
visitations to the following units
this week: Monday, Kenna Main
at their clubhouse, Nichols avenue
and Good Hope road Sc; Wednes-
day, Government Printing Office,
American Legion clubhouse. They
will be at 8 pm.
There will be a national defense
meeting at the Legion Club Tuesday
with Mrs. Margaret Greenburg, de-
| partment chairman, presiding. All
unit chairmen are requested to be
present.
The department president has
called a meeting of the Auxiliary
Home Fund Committee at pm.
Thursday at the Legion Club. All
unit presidents, department officers
and past department presidents are
members of this committee and all
are requested to be present.
The past department presidents
will hold a council dinner at the
Ambassador Hotel at $50 pm. Fri
day. Later they will attend the
past presidents parley meeting at
the Legion Club. The parley chair
man is Mrs. Edith Sadler.
Another unit has been organized
in this department, known as Gen.
eral Accounting Office. Election
and installation Of officers will take
place on March 20 at the Legion
Club. Mrs. Mary flanagan is the
temporary president.
There is a call for volunteers to
assist with the mailing of crippled
children's Easter seals. Contact
Mrs. Gertrude Pierce, North 9O26 or
Mrs. Lillian Judd, Lincoln 6610 for
information.
Mrs. Archie Miller, National
Eastern Vice President of the Amer
lean Legion Auxiliary, will pay her
official visit to this department on
April 6 and 7 and plans are
being made for her visit. Units
must have their chairmen's reports
to the department chairmen of each
committee by April /.
The pan-American study chair
man. Mrs. Claire Smithson, is max
ing plans for a pan-American pro-
gram at 5 pm, April IA, at the
American Legion Club. Stand ready
to take part in this program.
Mrs. Ruth Bergman, department
poppy chairman, is getting the ma
terial ready for the making of pop
pies and will notify each unit when
they can secure their material for
their quota. This department has
pledged to make $4,000 poppies.
The membership of the depart
ment at this time is 1909, which is
the highest membership record at
this time of the year in this de-
partment.
Miss Mabel F. Staub, member of
the National Legislative Committee
has been invited by the department
chairman of the Legion on legis-
lation. Ted Luther to attend and
be a member of his Department
Committee.
The auxiliary is planning a spring
dance. The time and place will be
announced within the next few
days.
The Americanism chairman, Mrs
Della Luther, announced she will
hold Americanism meetings the
first Friday of each month at the
Legion club.
Evening star., 1946-03-10
Public Library
LENTEN READING.
by Margaref E. Miller
Readers Adviser in Religion,
Washington Public Library

Lent is season when special en-
phasis is placed upon religious and
inspirational resources for living
1t is an inviting time to make a
spiritual pilgrimage with books
Two lists for distribution have been
prepared at the Public Library as
guides to reading for Catholic and
Protestant faiths. They mention
recent books of spiritual signifi-
cance as well as others which are
among the best in religious ntera-
ture.
God and the Atom" by Ronald
Know and Luigig Sturzo's Spiritual
problems of Or Times" are discus
sions by Catholic authors of very
timely subjects.
Evening star., 1946-03-10
GI Bill Provisions,

Four years is the maximum length
Of time any of us ex-service people
can get education or training under
the CT bill educational provisions
That sounds simple enough. But
let's see now, a school year isn't
really a year. It's only about eight
or nine months. The four years
maximum of free education we ex-
Joes can get under the CT bill are
calendar years.
This indicates an aggressive vet
eran could get about six or more
school years of GI education, all
within the four-year limit. I check
ed on this point and VA official
agree that a maximum of $500
per year is allowed for an ex-GI's
training or education for each school
year. not just each calendar year
So II you want to cram six years
Evening star., 1946-03-10

lean veterans, IN
a flag ceremo-
nial at the De-
pal r t m e n t of
Commerce Audi
torium next Fri
d a y. G ON d +.
Fraser S. Gard
ner will preside.
William Green,
president of the
American Fe d.
Grafton of Labor,
will present an
official chapter
flag. j o h n c.
Keats, who was
associated with
Evening star., 1946-03-10

MI. PyIe, VIII speak.
Joel D. Thacker, past department
commander of the Disabled Ameri-
can Veterans of Washington, will
explain the significance of the colors
which will be massed by the veteran
organizations. Gunnar Back, war
|newscaster, will serve as master OF
ceremonies. The American Legion
National Guard of Honor, COM
manded by Capt. Gail Judd, will
participate.
Evening star., 1946-03-10
Gold Star Mothers

The American Gold Star Mothers
will meet at 8 pm. Wednesday al
the New Colonial Hotel with Mrs
Virginia Burns presiding. Victor
Wickersham, Of Oklahoma, will be
guest Of honor. Mothers who lost
sons in both wars are invited.
Evening star., 1946-03-10
Strait Is the Gate
By Garth Hale. (E. P. Dut-
ton; $2.50.J
Reviewed by
RENA LEVANDER

One of the oldest rules of liter
ary criticism is that writer should
both instruct and please. Strait
Is the Gate" does neither. 1t is
an unconvincing tract distastefully
garnished with sensual images and
crude, unlovely descriptions, often
vivid to the point Of revulsion. Mr..
Hale appears to have found recipe
for writing. Take one loose woman
and dour husband, place in South
ern hill country and truss with
tragic death of their child. He
labors to produce the bleak, barren
background successfully drawn by
Faulkner and Steinbeck, and brings
forth a pseudo-dialect admirably
suited to the funny papers. BE it
you, Curt Moden?" she demanded.
"Ifen it be, it's you I've come hyar
to See."
The characters are all very de-
pressing. Leona Modem, the way
ward wife, Graves extra -cirricular
excitement. Curt Modem, the
wronged husband, is painfully
jealous but frustrated-he can't
prove anything. Barr Modem, the
shy, sensitive child, is scared out
of his wits. since he does know what
his mother is up to.
At the end Of book one Curt
knows all; 165 pages. later, Leona's
lips have lost something of their
business, were not so red Death
and suffering and struggle had made
her thoughtful. Curt would
have to be told about the baby I" =
He waited before he spoke. Then
he said, it hurts, Leona. But there
are other things. . There is
something about it that binds us
fighting through together.
"She dared not lift her head, said
from the covers, 'Can-can't we go
on, Curtis?'"
"Oh, my dear. AS if we could do
anything else!" THE END.
Evening star., 1946-03-10
Ben Hur News

United Court will hold a recep-
ton for its new presiding officer
Carl c. Malone, who has been re-
leased from the Army. The meet
ing will be held at Pythian Temple
at $3.50 pm. Friday.
Evening star., 1946-03-10
Ernie Pyle Will Be
Honored by Veterans

Ernie Pyle, famous war corre-
spondent, who died in the Pacific
war zone, will be honored by the
Ernie Pyle Chapter, Disabled Amer
Evening star., 1946-03-10

Our Inner Conflicts, by Karen
Horney, M. D. IN. w. Norton)
Psychological advice on how to
change your life habits.
Man Against Pain, by Howard
Riley Raper. prentice Hall0 The
history of anesthesia.
Evening star., 1946-03-10

Highlights in the History Of Amer.
ican Mass Production, by Roy T
Bramson. tBramson Publishing Co.
A series of sketches on the initiation
and development of ideas which
have contributed to the growth OF
mass production.
Evening star., 1946-03-10

The Americanism chairman, Mrs
Della Luther, announced she vii.
hold Americanism meetings the
first Friday of each month at the
Legion club.
Evening star., 1946-03-10

The auxiliary is planning a spring
dance. The time and place will b,
announced within the next few
days.
Evening star., 1946-03-10

Occasionally I'll glue ansUers
to queries sent in by ueterans
Uith problems. So if you're
hasy about some right or benefit
you think is coming to you, send
your letter to me at The Sunday
Star. Tnclose a selt-dddressed,
stamped envelope for personal
renIU