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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20
- HE Eastern Branch of the
Potomac, or the Anacostia
River. which Thomas Jeffer-
=. son Is said to have preferred,

River, which Thomas Jeffer'
- son Is said to have preferred
was certainly one of the mos
attractive business centers for
half century and more after thu
Capital was moved from Philadel
phia to Washington in 1900, al
though this site was not selected
until the matter had been thorough
~ gone into by the Continental
Congress and finally decided by thu
Congress of the United States ther
meeting in New York City.
In 1785, when the Continental
Congress had the matter under dis
cussion, Robert Morris was elected
one of the commissioners to buile
q Federal city. In 1887, a story wa
circulated that the virginians ant
Pennsylvanians had made a bargain
the temporary seat of Govern
ment to be in Philadelphia and thu
permanent seat to be on the Pc
tomac. Then it was proposed tt
locate it on the Susquehanna. Nor
ris worked against this location, ar1e
offered, if the State of Pennsylvania
declined, to raise 100000 himself, i
Germantown was selected. But, al
we know, his offer was not accepted
However, by act of Congress, July
1, 1870. the territory selected fol
the Capital was to be at some place
between the mouth of the Eastern
Branch and Connogocheague, ane
the, amendatory act of March 3
1871, authorized the President tx
take In a part of Virginia. But b
these acts it can be seen that the
Anacostia River was prominent II
the minds of the early legislators II
providing for the Federal territory
Name Is Indian.
The name Anacostia is taker
from the Indian name Nacotchtank
q tribe or band, probably of the
Conoy Indians, formerly living or
the south bank of the Anacostis
Branch of the Potomac River
where is now that part Of South
east Washington known by thi!
name, and here was once the hunt
ing grounds of the great Powhatar
Confederacy.
The plundering of this Indiar
village in 1922 was due to TIT
white men who came up the Pc
tomac in search of "goodly corn
fields" and for this purpose the!
Joined forces with a chief hostil'
to the Nacotchtanks. And sooi
here began the hideous war dance
by the yellow freight showing thu
warriors in yellow and black war
paint, as they filed through tn
woods to the attack after the chic
or neadman. whose moccasins wer'
fringed with the hair of his enc
mics. And then the Nacotchtanl
scout warned his tribe by TIL
screech of the owl, and the battl
was then on. and the Nacotchtank
were quite likely defeated.
Early Trading.
At what is believed to be slight.
earlier date, the pinnace Tiger,
with rs men, was sent from
jamestown, Va. to trade corn will
the Indians near the head Of navi
CATION on the Potomac River. The,
were attacked by the Nacotchtanl
Indians, and all were either kille'
or taken prisoners, and among tn
latter was a young man, Henri.
Fleet, who remained captive TO
about five years.
AS early as 1923 George Thomp'
son and Thomas Gerard acquired
title to parts Of Anacostia. Late
title went to william Marbury. Sub
sequently the farm of $40 acres wa
purchased by Enoch Tucker. a mer
chant tailor, who conducted hi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20

To break the monotony OF weekly
pair games through the summer
season, several organizations have
inaugurated two and three session
mixed pair matches. The Capital
City Chess Club held It's FIRST event
Of this character Monday night at
its headquarters in the Gordon
Hotel. There were IA tables and
DR.. j. v. Waits acted as director.
The movement was what Is called
scrambled Mitchell" which does
not record winners according to the
position in which the players are
originally assigned, but during the
progress of the game switches them
from north and south to east and
west and the winning pair Is the
couple that has the highest score
in the two directions.
Col. H. T. vandersluis and Mrs.
Sybil Newlands won the opening
game with a score Of 236. The next
session, TO be held tomorrow, will be
a twin Howell movement In which
all of the north and south players
of the first session will play against
all of the east and west pairs.
A similar mixed pair match Is also
being played at the Federal League
in Pierce Hall. In the first contest
winners were James G. Stone and
Mrs. Frederick Eberson. The second
session will be held July "a. The
scores made in these games will be
added to the cumulative record for
the season and prizes awarded.
The weekly game Of the Federal
played Tuesday included these win
ners: James Sourelis and Mrs. John
Coffee, MIS- =. Fink and Mdss PATS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20
First Painter of Brazil

Inc 1lTSG oulluhy Hills AlOalO1i
mention was made here of the open
ing of an exhibition Of paintings by
Candida Portinari at the Pan Amer
lean Union. Practically unknown
in the United States until intro
duced" by his murals in the Brazil
ian Pavilion at the New York
Worlds Fair in 1899, the artist be-
came familiar to art circles In De-
troit, New York and elsewhere In
1904 through exhibitions. In 1e4l
he painted the four murals for the
Hispanis Foundation room ut the
Library of Congress, the expense
of which was shared equally by the
governments Of the United States
and Brazil.
The, present show comprises ap-
proximately 20 works Of that period
(the majority Of them having been
shown at the Museum Of Modern
Art, New York, in 1940), along with
six studies for the Library Of Con-
gress murals. Consequently, all these
exhibits belong to the period which
stirred museum people, and many
critics and artists, to rapturous sx-
CARNATIONS. Rockwell Kent, for ex-
ample, said that he believed that all
who were confronted with "the com
polling sensuous loneliness Of Por-
tinari's art" would undergo the
humiliation Of the reasoning and
critical faculties OF the mind
I confess to being Of an appar-
emily small, unfavored minority who
study Portinari's paintings long and
earnestly without experiencing the
slightest acceleration Of pulse or
rising temperature. The murals at
the Library still impress me as over
towering, with their heavy-footed
earth-bound figures. and the fan
tastic kites and scarscrows which
are the subjects Of six Of the paint
ings in the current exhibition,
mostly in heavy dark eolors, seem
thoroughly depressing.
Other gallery visitors may be able
to find the key to enjoyment of
these paintings while the show Is
on view at the Pan American until
August 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20
Bridge Club Activities

Shelton were second. The games
were sponsored by W. Ray Garrett
and directed by DR.. j. v. Waits.
Play will resume in November.
Foursomes are being formed and
registered for the season series OF
the team of -four games Of the Fed
eral which will start on September.
8. A change to Hberalize the rules
with respect to master point players
is being considered and will be acted
upon by the directors.
A correspondent asks If it Is ethi-
cal to trump partners ace. There
Is nothing unethical about 1t and
1t Is sometimes highly advantageous,
as In this case which occurred In
a recent game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20

Gnree members Oh AHlcTlCdIl Jill
versity's art faculty opened in the
north wing of Watkins Memorial
Gallery a few days ago, to remain
through August Is. The show Is
small, comprising about 20 works,
but has considerable variety. The
approaches and techniques Of the
artists, william H. Calfee, Robert
Franklin Gates and Leo Steppat,
differ markedly. although the re-
spective groups by the last two, are
homogeneous.
Mr.. Gates shows 10 figure draw
ings, mostly nude studies. in diff
ferent media: pen and ink. wash.
and black crayon. The majority are
excellent, whether they are carefully
finished transcriptions of arranged
poses, or quick captures OF fluid
gestures.
Mr.. steppat Is represented with a
group of distractions in color, which
to me are strongly reminiscent OF
Northwest Indian designs.
Mr.. Calfee is in no danger OF
being pigeon-holed, even in one ex-
hibition. His half-dozen drawings
differ from each other, not only in
size and medium, but in handling.
His gouache of a bird in grays and
black, contains the very essence OF
the creature. No titles were avail
able, but ornithologists undoubtedly
can recognize the species. Other
good works are his study OF two
young girls in bathing suits, and
large studio interior. Falling far
short of these, is his pen drawing Of
attenuated male nudes with horses,
in a bewildering composition.
k 49,
Third Solo for Season
|Pietro Lazzari must be one of the
most prodigious workers in Wash
ington's artists colony. I recall no
one else who has had three one
man shows here this year, and one
in New York City, and who has also
contributed works to various group
exhibitions. Nor have these shows
been merely repeated displays of the
same works. In February, his large
collection of polychrome cement and
wax encaustic paintings was the
valedictory offering Of Caresse Cros-
by's Gallery Of Modern Art. In
March, the Division of Graphic
Arts, U. s. National Museum,
showed group of his drypoints.
And now the watkins Memorial
Gallery has a display Of his pen
drawings and . few sculptures in
It's south wing. One of the draw
ings, Thirst" has been purchased
for the Watkins Memorial Collec-
ton.
Mr.. Lazzari draws his inspiration
from several sources. His interpre-
tations Of the horse of classic an
tiquity could serve as his trade
mark. Skeletal figures, nude or
clad, suggest struggle, deprivation,
adverse fate, and other aspects OF
the tragedy of the human race.
NudLy VI WIG uA AA16o AS ASAAS V~~AA
intricate thread-like lines which
produce impressive forms in some
instances, but in certain others
strike the layman's eye as doodling
in the grand manner.
That Mr.. Lazzari can draw beau
tifully and with the utmost clarity
when he chooses to do 50, is ap-
parent from such items as the
tender and winning picture. Of a
little boy asleep (actually a portrait
of William Calfee's SOM.
\ i \
Gifts to Corcoran Gallery
Paintings and sculpture recently
given to the Corcoran Gallery of
Art are now on view In the newly
established members room on the
first floor near the southeast corner.
The room is a pleasant retreat. cool
and spacious, with comfortable as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20

South was in q four-spade con-
tract after West had bid four hearts.
Vests opening lead was the king
of hearts and declarer played the
Jack. West followed with the ace
and East trumped, correctly guessing
declarer's holding In hearts. East
then led Q club through declarer's
hing Jack, enabling West 70 make
both the ace and queen Of clubs and
to set the four-srede contract
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20

slavia. She Is represented in leading
museum collections in the United
States. also in Paris (the Luxem-
pourg), London, Stockholm and
Rome. wendell Wilkie" Is her sec
ond portrait bust in the Corcoran
Gallery's collection; 1t has owned
her mask Of Anna Pavlova for some
years.
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A Changing Scene.

There is quite a difference be-
tween the Eastern Branch of today
and what 1t was when Washington
was first settled, and even at a more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20
Gifts to Corcorap Gallery

Paintings and sculpture recently
given to the Corcoran Gallery of
Art are now on view In the newly
established members room on the
first floor near the southeast corner.
The room is a pleasant retreat. cool
and spacious, with comfortable as
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-06-20
The Need Is Urgent

But even when the self-interest of this
state is discounted for the time being and the
whole proposal viewed from a national angle,
we believe that the Pat Harrison Waterway
can be shown to be as urgently needed by the
War Department and the national economy
as any development proposal that is likely to
come up in the next rivers and harbors bill
to be passed by Congress.
The nation needs oil. The Navy needs oil.
The Army needs oil. Vast supplies of our
national reserve were depleted in the recent
wal and our whole foreign policy and our
whole national interest is largely based at
present on our search for new oil supplies.
One reason why American intervention in
the near East is now a critical issue in the
underlying competition of the big powers for
the tremendous Arabian oil fields which re-
main to be developed.
Let us be consistent, and develop our own
native resources in the most efficient and
economical way possible, while searching for
new supplies abroad. 1t is uneconomical and
it is wasteful to continue to ship all but a
small dribble of the oil produced in Missis-
sippi to distant refineries. 1t is inconsistent
that Mississippi oil wells should be capped
for lack of transport at a time when our war
ships are cruising the Mediterranean to guard
over the Arabian fields.
The money spent dredging the Leaf and
Chicasawhay channel will run into what
would seem like a tremendous sum as a pri-
vate fortune but compared to what the Navy
and Army pay during wartime for even one
days supply of oil, it would be a small item.
And the project, viewed from the purely
military angle of the u. S. Engineers, would
assure quick reliable delivery of a vast sup
ply of fuel and would free countless tanks
cars and other equipment from the long and
unnecessary hauls to other refining regions,
and ports of shipment.
In addition to this, such a waterway devel-
opment would strengthen and stimulate the
economy of this whole region and add a
great economic and manufacturing potential
ity to the national resources which would
strengthen and enrich the nation.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-06-20

The proposed Pat Harrison Waterway has
developed at an encouraging pace and has
now reached a critical point where a tre-
mendous boost from the people of this re-
gion can push it a long way toward ~realiza-
ton. We refer to the public hearing which
was authorized in a resolution received this
week by the u. S Engineers office in Mobile
from the public works committee of Con-
qress. If, on the other hand, the people and
the various businss interests of Southeast
Mississippi fail to make an impressive show
ing of sentiment at this hearing in favor of
the waterway, the whole project might be
laid away in the files with little chance of
being revived for years to come.
One point that should be clearly under
stood, is that this project, like every major
waterways project, is going to face ar up
hill fight all the way, and that the people of
this region must be able to show and to
prove that an element of urgent necessity is
contained in the plan. Economy is the great
watchword of the present Congress, which
has made some rather startling cuts in neces-
sary appropriations for such vital functions
as the Interior and State Departments. The
Chief of the u. S. Engineers, aware of the
difficulties of getting appropriations from
this congress, has been pursuing a policy of
authorizing further work only on such water
way projects as can be shown to be of an
urgent nature.
To our minds, the dredging of a barge chan
mel in Leaf and Chicasawhay is an urgent
project. Oil fields of proven capacity and of
tremendous potentially have been develop
ed in the area of Hattiesburg, Laurel, Meri-
dian, and drained by the Pascagoula river
system. Right now many of those oil wells
are being capped because Of a lack of rolling
stock such as tank cars and tank trucks to
transport the crude oil. Almost the entire
output of Mississippi crude is transported
into other states for refining. So far as the
interests of this state are concerned, a clear
and urgent need exists for the development
of cheap water transportation to these oil
fields which in turn will make possible a
refining industry within our borders.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-06-20
Moss Point Progress

been paved and greatly improved and will
also help to relieve the parking congestion.
Weeds and debris along the waterfront in
this area are being cleared away, and it is
the hope of civic groups and the city admin
i~stration to develop this into a recreational
area in the nature of a city park.
The present practice of angular parking on
Main street has long presented a serious traf-
fc hazard in Moss Point and We understand
that this practice is to be replaced by para
llel parking. These are all progressive steps
looking to the future growth of Moss Point.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-06-20

The serious traffic congestion along Moss
Points Main street will be considerably re-
lieved by the development of new parking
areas now under way and we believe Mayor
Bob Cirlot and his board of aldermen are to
be congratulated for having taken this pro-
gressive step.
A one-block parking street wide enough
for perpendicular parking on both sides will
soon be open between Castenara street and
the old car line. The Denny and Morris street
angle enclosing the block containing the
swimming pool and community center has
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-06-20
Inside Washington
Present Setup is Costly
Comptroller General Says

mistake, he has frequently con-
tinued to receive a check for
the same amount for a number
Ct months.
Present setup of the execu-
tive branch of the federal gov
eminent" says United States
Comptroller General Lindsay
c. Warren, "is a hodge-podge
and crazy quilt of Implications,
overlapping and inconsistent
cies, with their attendant ex-
travagance.
The most necessary thing
that know of today along gov
eminent Inns is a thorough
going reorganization of the ex-
ecutive branch of the govern
ment. 1t should be done sci
entifically, but once the decis-
ion IS made, then a bush AK or
a meat cleaver should be used
1t IS recognized that the out
standing reason why the vari-
Gus attempts to reorganize the
executive branch in the past
have failed, is because it has
been asked to reorganize itself.
In the Brown-Lodge Bill, Con-
gress has decided to do this job
itself. with the help of the pub
lie.
This bill provides for the es-
adjustment of a commission to
make a thorough investigation
of the executive branch, whose
expenses account for 90 per-
cent of the cost of running the
federal government, and recon-
mend a reorganization that will
promote economy and efficien-
ey in the transaction of pub
lie business.
The commission will be thor
oughly representative. 1t will
consist of IL members, of which
SIX will be citizens from private
life and six will be public Of
~ficials, all appointed on a BIZ
partisan basis. Four of the
members will be selected by
the president, four by the presi-
dent Of the Senate and four by
the House.
The commission will not
make its report until January,
l949, after the new 81st Con-
gress has been chosen and presi-
dent has been elected.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-06-20

selves, and faith in our ability
as individuals and as a nation
to work out our problems. He
suggested that we try to re-
store within us some of the
faith manifested by our pion-
eer ancestors.
We believe that the above is
sound advice, while we don't
even claim to practice what we
preach. He suggested that we
substitute a concerted effort
and serious thought to our prob
lens rather than spending our
time wringing our hands and
pulling our hair. 1t is sound
advice, we believe.
The portion of his remarks
followed the same general pat
tern and seemed particularly
applicable to us vitizens of
Jackson County: He suggested
that we might be talking our
selves right into a depression.
There are more people with
money in the bank, more jobs,
and more production than at
any time in the history of this
nation or any other nation, he
pointed out.
Yet, everyone says that it
can't last. That a depression is
bound to come. That we had
better curtail, shore-up, cut
down, draw-in, settle down, and
wait for it.
We certainly find that feel
ing in Jackson County gen.
orally and in Pascagoula in
particular.
Ever since we returned from
the service, shortly after the
war was over, we began hear
ing that the boom couldn't last.
That the town was bound to
die. That it happened before
after the last war and that it
would happen again. Business
men were clamping down,
merchants were looking over
their shoulder, workmen eyed
the time card racks to see if
theirs had been pulled this
morning.
While we agree that a lot of
this was justified in cold log
ic, we also believe that such
an attitude breeds depression
and that we could have spent
more of our time looking for
a substitute for the major in
dustry-if it were curtailed-
rather than wailing that the
heyday is gone and that it's
time to head back for the farm.
The heyday is not over in
the South-it is just begin
ming. We not only believe it
but know it with a certainty
that is verified by all of the
major economists in the nation.
But no one can guarantee how
much Jackson County will
benefit from it. That depends
on us.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-06-20
You're Telling Me!

Egyptians played a game faint
ly resembling baseball. His
favorite team groans Zadok
Dumkopf is doing just that
very thing now.
A new device is said to be
able to crease any kind of
weather-just as if we already
didn't have too much of the
same.
On retiring natives of Brit
ish New Guiana cover them
selves with a mud pack. This
must be the origin of that
phrase, beauty sleep"
~
Nothing is so unpopular. the
man at the next desk points
out as last months most pop
uiar hit tune.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-06-20
Fantastic Errors Made
BY Government Bureaus

Special to Central Press
Westinghouse seeking evil
dence to show the necessity of
a reorganization of the execu-
tive branch of government.
congressional committees have
uncovered some fastastic mis-
takes made by various bureaus.
Elimination of overlapping bu-
reaus and stats is the prime
purpose of H. r. IT'S, a bill
which would establish a non
partisan committee to study
the situation and report back to
Congress what governmental
duplication and deadwood has
accumulated since World War
l.
Rep. Clarence Brown (R),
Ohio, is author of the bill. 1t
will be sponsored in the Sen
ate by Henry Cabot Lodge
(R), Massachusetts.
Cited below are a few of the
mistakes and errors Congress
has uncovered in governmental
operation:
For two years the American
Battle Monuments Commission
was regarded by Senator Harry
Byrd Cd, Virginia, as his ia
vorite government bureau, as
it reported that it had only one
employee. Then it discovered it
had 38 unreported employees,
who had been travelling outside
the country.
The prize mistake was made
by Postmaster General Robert
flanagan. After submitting
his report to Congress, he dis
covered $4,000 lost" employees
he had forgotten to report.
1t is said in Washington that
it requires 10 bureaus and 10
stats of experts to draw, APP
prove and countersign a gov
eminent check. Yet the list of
fantastic mistakes which have
been made would fill a good
sized book. Clerks, veterans,
farmers entitled to a bonus.
and who NAV have been enti-
tied to 80 or so dollars, have
received checks ranging from
100000 to IS. GOO. 900.
When the recipient returned
the check and pointed out the
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-06-20
BY WILLIAM RIFT

Violins made of metal may
soon be on the market accord
ing to a trade paper item
Suitable no doubt for the play
ing of Tin Pan Alley tunes.
How long should a honey
moon last?-aSkS a reader. In
definitely if the bride is wise
enough to forego trying to bake
biscuits.
Mosquitoes should be made
obsolete" says a health article.
While we're naming insect can
didates for oblivion-how about
the house fly?
-!
An ancient papvrus scroll
revals that 1000 years ago