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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10

Miss Ruth Marsh Holman and
Mr.. Willard Wood Witham were
married at 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon in the Universalist National
Memorial Church by DR.. Seth r.
Brooks. A reception at the home Of
the brides parents followed the
ceremony.
The bride, who is the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Shaw Hol-
man of Washington, was given In
marriage by her father. She wore
her mothers wedding gown Of prin-
cess lace and q fingertip veil Of illu-
sion held by a coronet Of heirloom
rose point lace. She carried an old
fashioned bouquet.
Mrs. George 8. Holman, IT,, was
matron Of honor for her sister-in-
law and the maid Of honor was Miss
Helena Holman, sister Of the bride
They wore marquisette gowns Mrs
Holman In aqua and Miss Holman
In yellow-and both carried Colonial
bouquets Of violets and roses.
Mr.. George 8. Holman, IT,, wa
best man for the bridegroom, who i.
the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lester F
Whitman Of Dixf1eld, Me-, and ths
ushers were Mr.. Arthur G. Wiley and
Mr.. Asa M. Mccain.
After q two weeks motor trip, thu
couple will make their home In Dix
field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
University Women
Seek Teacher Aid

A legislative policy designed to
strengthen the economic and social
status of the teaching profession will
be sought by the National Board OF
the American Association of Univer-
sity Women at the biennial conven-
ton April 1919 in Dallas, Tex.
The convention also will be asked
to support a policy Of Federal aid
to education under conditions safe
guarding State control" and "includ-
ing provision for the developmental
needs OF children, youth and adults.
Although proposals to be brought
before the convention include inter-
national and domestic policies In q
number of fields, the educational
program will receive first considera-
ton.
The board also will seek convention
action in support of Federal legis-
Iation which would guarantee that
channels of communication, such
as radio, teIevision and motion pic
lures, be made available to educa-
tional agencies "in order that thei,
educational use may be extended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
Convention Slated
Bv Della Gaa,,,anua

Province II Of Delta Gamma In.
ternational Collegiate Fraternity
will hold its first province conven-
ton since the war on April IS, Is
and 20.
The active chapter at the Uni
versity Of Maryland will act as host
ess for the conference, assisted by
1.-THE washington Alumnae Chapter
LOT which Mrs. Theodore Ives Mes
senger is president.
Province II includes the Delta
Gamma collegiate chapters from the
University of Pennsylvania, Gouchel
College, George Washington Uni
versity, American University and
the University of Maryland.
Highlight Of the opening day OF
the convention will be "a Preside
at the Delta Gamma house. at which
Mrs. Messenger will be the principal
speaker. She will discuss the fra
ternity's new project of promoting
international good will. The Delta
Gamma group at each university
chapter house invites a foreign stu
dent to live In the house as its guest
so that when she returns home she
may carry back her impressions Of
the American college students and
their democratic way Of life.
Saturdays schedule will feature
aH-day panel discussions and 9
formal party in the evening to be
Igiven by the Washington Alumnae
Chapter in honor of the visiting
delegates.
The convention will close Sunday
April 20, with church services and
a dinner at the University Of Mary.
land Delta Gamma house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
Second Art Sboav
Opens Z m0ryOsD
lAt Clubhouse

Today Is the deadline for entries
in the second Annual Art Show 70
be given at the Congressional Club
tomorrow and Sunday afternoons
from 3 to 8 o'clock.
Everyone on the Hill has been IN
vited to exhibit In the show and TO
attend, Senator'S, Representatives,
their families, secretaries, clerks and
all members OF the Congressional
Club. Exhibitors and members Of the
club may bring guests for q slight
admission fee. Tea will be served ana
musical program will be given.
Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone, Mrs.
Chester w. Ninlitz and Mrs. Dean
G. Acheson viii exhibit their work
and those from the congressional set
are Mrs. Sheridan Downey, wife OF
the Senator from California: Repre-
sentative and Mrs. L. Brooks Hays
of Arkansas, Representative Dewey
Short of Missouri, Representative
Everett Scrivener OF Kansas, Rep
resentative Walt Koran Of Oregon,
Mrs. Christian L. Herter, wife Of the
Representative from Massachusetts,;
Mrs. Frank L. Sundstron1, wife OF
the Representative from New Jersey:
Mrs. Robert Hale, wife Of the Rep
resentative from Maine; Mrs. Estes
Kefauver, wife of the Representative
from Tennessee: Miss Gloria Draper,
secretary to Senator Ebert D.
Thomas OF Utah; Miss lone Conway.
secretary to Senator Tom Connally
of Texas; Miss Juanita Ward, sec
rotary to Representative Frank Eel
lows Of Maine; Miss Florence =.
Strong and Mr.. Raymond Roubi-
deaux, secretary to Representative
Francis II. Case OF South Dakota.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
Goodwill Guild
To Hear Pianist

Miss Marie Kopulos, young WASH
ington concert pianist, will present
q musical program tomorrow at the
tea to be- given for members OF the
Goodwill Guild by Mrs. Thomas r.
Rees at her home In Spring Valley
Miss Kopulos will come from New
York for the occasion.
The tea program will include q
fashion show featuring antique
gowns and hats borrowed from the
Goodwill Industries. Plans also viii
be discussed for the embassy tour
April as.
Mrs. william O. Douglas, wife OF
the associate justice Of the Supreme
Court, will be one Of the models,
and Mrs. Wiley Rutledge, wife OF
Justice Rutledge, viii assist In pour
ing. Mrs. Rutledge is vice president
Of the guild, which is headed by
Mrs. Henry de Forest Ralph.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
Date Selected

OF interest to Washington is the
news that Miss LUZ Maria Silverio
Of Havana has selected April 10 as
the date of her marriage to Mr. Rob-
ert Winthrop Kean. jr., son of Rep
resentative and Mrs. Robert w.
Kean of New Jersey. The ceremony
will take place in the Chapel Of
Santo Tomas de Villanueva In
Havana ana following their honey
moon in Bermuda, the couple will
reside In Livingston, N. j.
The bride-elect is the daughter
of DR.. and Mrs. Nicasio Silperio Of
Havana and a cousin of Sonora de
Belt, wife of the Cuban Ambassa-
dor. Her flance is a grandson Of
the late Senator and Mrs. Hamil-
ton Fish Kean and of Mrs. Thomas
H. Howard of New York and the late
Mr.. Howard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
Italians Hosts
1T Embassy
Reception
Party Follows
Unusual Concert
By Betty Milliken

Washington music lovers had q
real treat last night when they
heard the young italian tenor, Fer
rucio Tagliavini, and his wife sing
together in q concert at Constitution
Hall. And a much smaller company
had the pleasure of hearing the
artists at closer range later, when
they sang In the handsome drawing
room Of the italian Embassy where
the Ambassador and Signora Tarchi-
ami were hosts at a small reception.
Before the concert the Ambassa-
dor and Signora Tarchiani, the
Portuguese Ambassador and Nine.
Bianchi and Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Snow were the guests Of the Jouett
Shouses at dinner. Mime. Bianchi
told Of her daughter, Sibilla Skidel-
sky's engagement to George Simeon
ides, a United Nations official who
Is q native of Greece. Miss Skidelsky
will fly to Geneva on April 81 and
be married a few days after her
arrival. Later, she and her husband
will visit England, France and italy,
as well as Greece.
The Honduran Ambassador, who
was attending his first party after q
long illness, was there with Sonora
de Caceras, and the Cuban Anbas-
sador accompanied Sonora de Belt
who was making one of her first ap-
pearances after an illness. Col. and
Mrs. Curt Schiffeler, who had enter
tanned the artists at dinner the eve
ming before, escorted them to the
reception last night. Mrs. Schifeler
said her son-in-law and daughter
the Kenneth Heuninks, who live in
Cincinnati and are studying at the
Conservatory of Music, will be here
for a visit in June.
The diplomatic corps was repre-
sented by the Brazilian Ambassador
and Nine. Martins, the Norwegian
Ambassador and Nine. Munthe de
Morgenstierne, the Guatemalan Am
bassador, Senior Jorge Garcia Ora
nados; the Peruvian Ambassador
Senior Jorge Prado; the Costa Rican
Ambassador, Senior Don Francisco
de P. Gutierrez, and his son, Senior
Gutierrez; the Yugoslav Am
bassador, Mr.. Sava N. Kosanovic,
the Swedish Minister and Nine
Ericsson, the Luxembourg Minis
ter and Nine. LIE Calais, the Roma
MAN Minister and Nine. Ralea, with
their pretty daughter, Miss Catinca
Ralea, and the Afganistan Minister,
Mr.. Abdol Hosayn Aziz.
Mr.. Caesar Sacerdoti, builder of
the italian ships, Rex and Cont de
Savoia, and Mrs. Sacerdoti chatted
with Mrs. j. E. Saugstad, who came
without her husband; Mrs. John
Davis Lodge, whose husband is Rep
resentative from Connecticut, said
she was playing hockey; the Naval
Attache of the Swedish Legation
and Nine. Angelin brought along
their attractive daughters, Made
leine and Elisabeth; Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis BiddIe were making one of
their rare appearances; the Leslie
Douglases later gave Miss Beatrice
Moore ride home, and still others
who enjoyed the party and the gra-
cious performance of the singers
were Mrs. Randolph Huntington
Miner, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Burke,
Miss Elerita Dyer, Senator Ebert
D. Thomas, Mr.. Walter Bowling of
the State Department and Mrs.
Bowling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
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|Gipen Y est erd1y
|By Higb Military

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ses u yeIIoW ana white tulips
,~esented ! snrtnQlike nicture ia
fhe center IL the buffet table and
shsorv yellow OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ana laurel leaves filed several vases
a tha living room and reception
han -
~ HSar,berx ~ the Diplomatic Corus
IL t5e nartv were the Brazilian
A 4, and Nine. Martins. the
rs,Eon An,hassadnr and Sonora de
nsi+ +,e .- cranisl, naval Attache
srd senora d R1stamante the
s.a, Naval Attache Cant. M g.
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11sueI h Attache cant. Saip Gamer.
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~ &c. +hs A,,straI,an Counselor
NJ Ios,n nldham. and the Military
49, 49, III Az Attacha ~ czechnsIavakia
s s .1-,. Sc,sisa1
''-1 I1, 49,. naval of,cerx and
.,,.sr r,;v r,as. 81 the marty included
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80 " M;ca ad,n;raI and Mrs n W
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
DOualdLanz1,1s Here

The United States Consul and
Mrs. Donald Lamm are guests OF
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lynne Lamm during their stay In
Washington. The foreign service
officer and his wife are making their
first visit home In four years during
which they have been in Pernan1-
buco, Brazil, where the former has
been on duty. They viii leave later
in the spring for Mr.. Lamna's new
post in Australia.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Lamm
are natives Of Washington, the lat
ter formerly was Miss Frederick
Billiard, daughter Of Mrs. Charles l..
Billiard of Washington, and the late
DR.. Billiard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
club Observes
4n1g5D sl51
At Luncheon
Old Time Gowns
Worn at Fete
BY Ruth Dear

Members OF the Warrington Club
donned their mothers silks and
brocades and sang I After the Ball
Is Over" and aDaisybelle" to cele-
brate the Seth anniversary Of their
club yesterday.
The Observance took place at :
luncheon meeting Ia the historic
clubhouse at 170l 4 street NV,
which has housed the club since
1918. The club was founded on
April 8, 1891.
AT the head table ct the end Of
the high-ceilinged auditorium.
where the luncheon was held, were
seated the costumed members Of
the club, who later participated IN
q varied program Of song and ren1i-
niscence.
Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin. the
clubs vivacious president, looked IS
though she had stepped out Of the
last century, and presented q pretty
picture In the pink and lavender
brocade. once worn BY the wife Of
Canon James Townsend Russell Of
washington Cathedral. The dress
was given to her by Mrs. Robert
Bolwell, wife OF the dean Of the
Graduate Council OF George WASH
ington University, Of which Mrs.
Marvin's husband is president. Mrs.
Bolwell Is the sister Of the late
Canon Russell.
Another attractive gown was worn
by Mrs. Leroy Ealkin, mother OF
Mrs. Milton Eisenhower, sister-tn-
law Of Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hover. Mrs. Eakin said the beautiful
diagonal corded satin gown was
worn by Mrs. Charles 2. Wheeler
when she attended q ball given In
London at. the time OF Queen Vic
toria,s diamond jubilee.
One Of Mrs. Wheeler's daughters,
Miss Mary Wheeler. was present at
the table. She wore becoming
1905 style Florentine linen dress
with inlaid embroidered lace and
with 1t hat OF horsehair straw,
trimmed with violets, which her
mother wore to the breakfast given
in honor Of the late Bishop James
e. Freeman In 1922.
One Of the Ioveliest gowns was
worn by Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, .
purple velvet 1900 Liberty style
which belonged to her mother, Mrs.
Alexander Graham Bell. Mrs. Gros-
venor later recalled In the enter
tanning program which followed the
luncheon, some Of her vivid memo
ries Of the Washington Clubs early
days. She recalled her mother was
a member Of the club in the days
when 1t was known as 1.-THE Ladies
Club"
A history Of the club reveals that
the Ladies Club even had Q prede-
cessor, q small group known as the
Cobweb Club, which met weekly at
the home of member.
Other highlights on the program
included songs Of the gay eos,
led by Mrs. Marvin and accompanied
by Mrs. James s. Montgomery.
Mrs. Marvin's Interpretation OF
"She Was Only q Bird In a Gilded
Cage" and my Mother Was Lady"
brought forth an enthusiastic audi
ence response.
The melodramatic spirit of the
'90s period was also cleverly por-
trayed In recitation by Mrs. VIII
liam Henry White and In monologue
parody by Mrs. r. Winston Holt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
To Install Officers

Newly elected officers of the
Washington Alumnae Chapter Of
Beta Sigma Omicron will be in
stalled at 8 pm. tomorrow at the
home of Mrs. James N. Heaney,
4005 Davis place NV Assisting
Mrs. Heaney will be Miss Pauline
Roehn1.
The new officers are: Mrs. Philip
Groggins, president: Mrs. Henry
Lipscomb, vice president; Miss
Pauline Berrum, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. w. E. Strope, correspond
ing secretary; Mrs. Frank Lawrence,
treasurer; Mrs. ]. M. Stark, editor;
Miss veryl Schult. Panhellenic
delegate; Mrs. r. M. de Shazo, alter
nate; Mrs. A. Y. Willis, warden;
Mrs. Charles Barton, historian, and
Miss Matte Richards Tyler. poet
laureate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
VIRGINIA Society

The Jefferson Birthday Ball Of
the Society of Virginia will be given
this evening in the Shoreham Ho-
tel. An interesting motion picture
In colors Of the Life Of Thomas
jefferson will be shown at $50
o'clock and dancing will be from 10
to o'clock. The Washington Male
Quartet will sing during the inter-
mission their songs to include those
of Maryland and Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
Engaged to Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence s. Jones OF
washington announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Anna
M. Jones, to Mr.. Raymond L. Fan
ming, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
J. Tanning, also of Washington. No
date has been set for the wedding.
The bride-elect is graduate OF
st. Patrick's Academy and Mr.. Fan
ming was graduated from Gonzaga
High School before entering the
Navy, in which he served "a months.
He now is attending Benjamin
Franklin University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
Forum

Mrs. J. Borden Hartman and Mrs.
Robert Low Bacon are co-sponsor-
ing luncheon forum on Saturday,
April 10, to be held at 1890 o'clock
In the Sapphire room of the May
flower Hotel. 1t Is for the Wash
ington Chapter Of United World
Federalists and the Federation Of
American Scientists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
Cbabter to Elect

Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Gam
ma will elect officers at q business
meeting and tea at 3 pm. Sunday
at the home Of Miss Clarita Claus
sen, 2644 Tenth street NE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10

CHECK FOR CHILDRERS HOSPITAL.
Mrs John r Davenport president OF the Business and
Professional Wonens the District presents check
for $500 to Rear Admiral c. Russell Train campaign director
for the Chdrens Hospital Building Fund Dr. Carolyn Pincoc
soo shop at right OF the clubs Health and
Safety Committee ch sponsored efforts to raise the money
for the hospital
the amount to be raised IN the hospital dDe stu totals
xo77r822 Star STAT Photo
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Youth, ,17,HurtasAuto
Strikes Sfreetcar

Raymond Joseph Shoemaker, IT,
of Ats Asbury place NV, was in
serious condition in Emergency Hos
pital today from injuries suffered
in an automobile-strsetcar collision.
His automobile struck north
bound streetcar at Wisconsin avenue
and o street NV. with such force
late Saturday that the streetcar was
knocked backward and struck an
other automobile driven by Jack
Person, 80, of 5006 First street NV.
Young Shoemaker suffered pos
sible skull and neck fractures, severe
scalp lacerations and multiple cuts
on the face and body. The street.
car was operated by Charles ".
Taylor, IS, of 1912 M street NV.
A pickup truck driven by Cecil
Hager, "a, of Ashford, Va, over
turned on Route 211 near Bull Run,
Va, yesterday, injuring Mr.. Hager's
wife, Elaine, %, and his father,
Samuel, So.
Mr.. Hager's wife suffered a broken
left arm, fractured ribs and cuts,
while his father was severely cut on
the neck and bruised about the body
and legs. Both were released from
Arlington Hospital.
Another accident victim, William
o. Holloway, II, of Route l, Fairfax,
Va, was slightly injured when he
stepped against the side of a pass
ing automobile while walking with
the traffic on Route 211, near Fairfax
The right-hand ventilator window
struck him and he was treated at
Arlington Hospital for bruises and
released.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Police Guard Mosques
ID Avert New Attacks
On Jews in Palestine
By III. As,osiotsd pr..,

JERUSALEM, Aug. 18.-Police
reported off1cially today to be sta
tioning themselves around most OF
Palestine's mosque areas for fear
that Meslem Arabs, their month
long religious festival over, might
intensity attacks on Jews.
The feast month of Ramadan IN
the Moslem calendar, during which
Mohammedans take food only at
night, ended yesterday. Stimuli
taneously the weeks toll OF violent
deaths grew to IS, and of these "a
were Arabs.
Yesterdays only reported killing
was that of an Arab stabbed in the
Yemenite Jewish quarter of Tel
Aviv. But several persons were
listed as wounded, most of the Jews.
In the twilight zone between
Jewish Tel Aviv and Arab Jaffa. a
Jew was beaten badly by Arabs and
a Jewess was shot In the face in
an attack upon two Jewish buses
and military truck.
In Arab LYDIA, two persons In a
Jewish taxicab were wounded by
stones.
In their precautions against post
Ramadan violence, the police were
getting unofficial help from two
communal military fOrces-the Jew
ish Hagana and the Arab Nejada.
The Arab higher executive sent
a group to Jaffa to look into things
yesterday, and Gen. Sir Alan Cor
don Cunningham, British high
commissioner for Palestine, con-
ferred with Mrs. Golda Myerson Of
the Jewish Agency on security as
poets of the current situation"
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Man Who Shot at Bricker
Adjudqed Of Unsound Mind

William l.. Kaiser, 40, former
Capitol policeman, indicted recently
on charges of firing two shots at
Senator Bricker, Republican, of
Ohio, was adjudged of unsound mind
by jury at a lunacy hearing in Dis
trict Court today. Justice Richmond
B. Keech, who presided at the hear
ing, ordered Kaiser committed to
st. Elizabeths Hospital.
Kaiser, who fired the shots in the
Capitol subway on July II, was ac-
cused in the indictment of assault
with intent to kill and assault with
a dangerous weapon. Both shots
missed.
DR.. Winfred Overholser, superin-
tendent of st. Elizabeths Hospital,
and DR.. Amino Perretty, senior psy-
chiatrist at Gallinger Hospital, testi-
fed that Kaiser is suffering from a
serious mental disorder and an or
ganic brain disease. DR.. Perretty
testified Kaiser may need an opera
ton.
The hearing was ordered recently
by Justice Edward M. Curran of
District Court, who acted on a petit
ton for the hearing by United States
Attorney George Morris Fay and
Assistant United States Attorney
Sylvan Schwartz Mr.. Schwartz
said the hearing was in the nature
of an emergency because it was
urgent that Kaiser be committed
for proper disqualification.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Mrs. Lena WhaIey Dies;
Howard Officials Mother

Funeral services for Mrs. Lena
A. Whaley, 81, mother of Lawrence
L. Whaley, purchasing agent for
Howard University, will be held TO-
morrow in Cambridge. Mass, ac-
cording to information received here
today.
Mrs. Whaley died Saturday in
Combridge. Despite her age her
eyesight and hearing were not i'm
paired, her family said. She had
lived in Washington as young girl,
but moved to Cambridge II years
ago. She was born In Fairfax
County, Va.
Mrs. Whaley could recall events
which took place during the Civil
War, the Battle of Bull Run and
the administrations of Presidents
Lincoln and Grant. She saw the
Lincoln inauguration and went to
the White House to see the Presi-
dent, her family said. Her husband,
Charles Whaley, died IL years ago.
Besides her son, Mr.. Whaley, who
lives at 1921 Kenyon street NV,
she is survived by two daughters in
Cambridge and another son in
Onset, Mass. Eight grandchildren
and seven great-grandchildren also
survive.