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News Of Art and Artists
Current Exhibitions

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. Con-
stitution avenue and Sixth street
paintinss spd scull,n sculpture r,b,. BY great
digenous Art OF the Americas,
through September Is.
NATIONAL MUSEUM, National Col
lection Of Fine Arts, Constitution
avenue and Tenth street-Ameri-
can paintings from private Sollec-
tions and other gifts and loans.
ARTS AND INDUSTRIES BUILDING.
Jefferson drive and Ninth street
sMfTHsoNIAN BUILDING. Division
of Graphic Arts. Independence ave,
nue.. and Tenth street - Wood
rRhSa LEES GALLERY * ERRs Of 6PFRfan aRT Twelfth
street and Jefferson drive-orien-
tai and Far Eastern arts. Paint.
ings and etchings by whistler and
other, American artists: changing
CoRCoRAN GALLERY OF ART.
Seventeenth street between New
can paintings and sculpture ana
or the w. A. A Clark 1.s,s eolsctlSn Wa,b,nstoa Msts5
and vicinity, Sculpture by Heirz
pHTnhiPs Mithsse' MEMORIAL GALLERY,
1900 T't; Twsnty-tirst street,. stTssSmchansd; amd
prints. Small paintings. drawings
and prints. Arthur Dove retro
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, East capl.
tol and First streets-Division OF
Prints. Fifth annual print exhibit
ton. Recent accessions to Rosen-
ARTS ' CLUE. soi7. I Street NV,
Summer show Of members work.
BARNETT K ssRIemSip5iEN SpEN GALLERY. 127
Randolph place NW-Six Wash
inston painters extended tnroush
WATKINS GALLERY. American Uni;
versity campus-Watkins memorial
collection and student works; Sun
days. > pm. to pm; Weekdays.
10 am to pm pfaWinSs avn oS
PUBLIC LIBRARY, Eighth and e
streets N.W.-Exhibition OF prints
by John Rogers, through Juiy
HOWARD UNIVERSITY GALLEkf
OF ART, Founders Library. sixth
street and Howard place NV
DUMBARTON OAKS COLLECTION,
1903 Thirty-second street NV
Byzantine art, Tuesday through
Saturday, 8 to 4: Sunday, to B.
PAN AMERICAN UNION, Constitution
avenue and Seventeenth street
NW.-Exhibition by Candido Por-
ARTisTs, s1hslF COOPERATIVE, 1920 NJ
street NW.-Changing exhibits by
members through July. q; week
days and Sundays, l to PM
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4dLC VI t4AC <AU4021tAS S(CdAA,
~ paralleling the coasts of
- - North and South America,
Europe and Africa, stretches = mar
row S-shaped chain of undersea
mountains known as the Mid-At-
lantic Ridge. It extends in a nearly
continuous line from Iceland almost
to Antarctica.
The ridge Is one of the prominent
features Of the earth's crust. It's
peaks rise two miles or so from the
ocean door. Some even break the
surface Of the water to form the
Azores, st. Paul Island, Ascension
and Tristan da Canha.
Next Tuesday, q scientific expedi-
ton sponsored jointly by the Ma
tional Geographic Society. Colum-
bia University and the Woods Hole
(Mass.) Oceanographic Institution
puts to sea to determine how and
when the Mid-Atlantic Ridge was
formed.
Some scientists believe it was left
behind when the continents of the
Western Hemisphere broke away
from Europe and Asia. Others have
suggested 1t represents a pushing
together rather than = separation Of
land.
The expedition, which will depart
from Woods Hole on the research
ship Atlantis, will survey $4,000
square-mile area Of the Atlantic
Ocean about halfway between Ber-
muda and the Azores.
One of the expeditions tasks will
be collecting samples of the layers
of sediment on the oceans floor.
Buried in this murkiness are secrets
Of the earth's past and perhaps OF
its future. Just as trees record their
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Feaster, John Berry, George Walker,
John Hoover and others.
With q few of its branches, Slash
Run drained much Of what is now
beauty spot of the metropolis, and
many Of the old men of today feel
young when recalling adventures In
the tangled growth along its banks.
Along the stream, near the city
limits, there was a profusion OF
blackberry bushes, which in season
attracted large numbers of "pickers, :"
and though the water was clear, and
ran over hard bottom, with firm
ground on either side, there was
considerable marsh to be found. In
more than one stretch the bushes
and vines, with other growth, were
almost impenetrable. There was
small game to be found, and the man
with dog and gun often enjoyed a
days hunting in that portion Of the
city. Boys were went to spend hours
in exploring the mysteries Of the
section, fishing for suckers and other
small. fish, catching frogs or "blud-
nouns, or hunting birds and snakes.
''''' 90 Nearby Springs.
As the stream coursed southwark
some little springs added their
waters to the general volume.
Among these were what in the be-
ginning of the last century was
known as Browns spring near Flor
ida avenue and east of 18th street;
one on the south side of Rhode
Island avenue, east OF Connecticut
avenue, and one from what are now
the grounds of the Louise Home, on
Massachusetts avenue between Fiji
teenth and Sixteenth streets.
In writing Of this locality, James
Croggon once said: 1T will readily
be understood how difficult it was
Gin 1856 to obtain q bid at public
auction of a mill per foot on ground
within a stones throw of Dupont
Circle, for with the exception of a
wagon road Or two, and perhaps
half dozen winding tootpaths lead
ing to some isolated dwelling garden
or slaughterhouSe, many places
were nearly inaccessible. Now with
in this territory are located the
British Embassy, the Blaine home
and any number of apartment
houses, some of which are of tow
ering height. Among these are the
Cairo, the Louisiana, the Connecti-
cut, the wyoming, the Mendoza, the
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The Melting Pot

AMERICANS ONE AND ALL
Edited by Harry Shaw and Ruth
Davis. (H1rper; $780,
This is an anthology of short
stories intended to show, or at least
to imply, that Americans are all
pretty much alike in their hopes
and fears, their essential human-
ness, regardless Of the racial strain
they brought to this country. More
than a score of nationalities which
have gone into the melting pot are
represented in the characters OF
these stories.
The authors include Villa Gather,
Sinclair Lewis, Oliver La Fargo, Will
bur Daniel Steele, Stephen Vincent
Benet, William Saroyan, Ruth
Suckow and others. &C. B. j.
sion Of their elders. There are few
subjects more difficult to explain in
easily understood language,
Naturally numerous efforts have
been made, especially In the last two
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NEGATIVES in the Library of Congress.
the archives of the Historic Ameri-
can Buildings Survey, and other
sources. After the exhibition closes.
August 81, this Photographic collec-
tion will be sent on a tour Of institu-
tions in Utah.
The historical portion Of the Utah
centennial show Is located on the
second floor rotunda gallery. Here
art plays a subordinate but I'M
portant role. Portraits. drawings,
engravings and water colors by 10TH
century artists have preserved the
appearances of the Ute and kindred
tribes Of Indians who clashed with
the pioneers and the United States
Army, as we'll as of these American
pathflnders themselves: the areas
beautiful and awe-inspiring scenery,
early settlements and scenes on the
long trail to Salt Lake City sketched
by an artist who made the journey.
A series of water color drawings
from the Index of American Design,
National Gallery Of Art, illustrates
decorative arts, household utensils
and furnishings which the pioneers
took on the trail or fashioned IN
their new homes. Particularly strik-
ing is a woolen pictorial tapestry OF
intricate design, minutely reproduced
In water color, same size as the
original, by Frank J. Mace. Draw
ings reproduced in such magazines
as Harper's Weekly, in the 1S50s
and SOS are regarded as important
historical records.
49, ~
Faculty Show
The watkins Gallery Of the
American University will have an
exhibition OF creative drawings by
its art faculty, beginning next Tues
day, to remain for one month. The
show will include work by Sarah
Baker, William Calfee, Robert F.
Gates, Boris Margo and Leo Step
pat. Peitro Lazzari's one man show
of pen and Ink drawings which
opened July !, will continue through
July 81.
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known to yachtsmen the world over,
tells his experiences in getting these
pictures and spins seafarer's yarn
of famous boat races and ocean
cruises.
Herbert L. Stone, veteran editor of
Yachting magazine and author Of
1.-THE American Cup Races" calls
Morris Resented "the outstanding
marine photographer of our times,
If not of all times and says, In a
foreword to this book: With an
artists eye, the intuition Of . sailor,
and keen dramatic sense, he COM
bines a high degree Of skill with the
camera that gives his pictures an
appeal that few men have achieved"
The book is recommended for
landMbbers and seafarers alike. It
is q valuable collection OF sea
treasure
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Circle
BY John CIoeett Proctor

in the ground all along its course.
At about where Is now the Meridian
Hill Hotel, 1t turned westwardly
along where Is now 'Kalorama road
until 1t intersected with Champlain
avenue, and continued along this
thoroughfare to Florida avenue
where 1t passed to the west Of Nc
Queeney's greenhouses. Little's
slaughterhouse was somewhat to the
north Of this. Also on the upper
part of this stream was once located
the slaughterhouses Of william
Linkins, Frank Linkins, John P.
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The sea lanes are open again but
if, for any reason. you can't follow
them in a ship OF your own this
book will take you on q sea of fancy,
out to open water-"steering with
the helmsman; ducking the boom;
driving before the wind with the
spinnaker set: exulting In the sting
Of the oceans salty spray"-and 1t
will make you feel as rich as a Van
derbilt.
For more than half q century
Morris Rosenfeld, ace marine pho
tographer, followed yachts in SUM-
shine and in storm with a camera,
and now his finest work is brought
to you in this exciting collection Of
s6 full page yachting photographs.
These are accompanied by 4 wealth
of information and anecdotes.
In a running story, Mr.. Rosenfeld,
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Book
For Boat Owners
POWER FOR THE SMALL BOAT
BY w. Melvin Crook. (Dodd,
Mead & Co.: 49,
Reviewed by


Reviewed by
MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.
The newcomer to power boating
could not turn to . better authority
on the care and feeding" of ma
rine engines than w. Melvin Crook.
And equally important, Mr.. Crook
is an excellent writer who Is able to
make readable what could be very
slow going, even for the student
looking for knowledge.
The well-illustrated volume covers
such subjects as picking the right
power plant for your boat, simple
requirements for installing same,
the essentials of owner maintenance
and proper laying up for the win
ter. Mr.. Crook forsakes the usual
trouble shooting list because, as he
puts it, it tends Ito make a man be-
lieve that practically al he needs to
keep his engine in good condition is
knowledge Of how to read English" !"
Mr.. Crook Is q well-known former
speedboat racer, an ofncer in the
American Power Boat Association
and more recently columnist for a
yachting publication. He draws on
about as years experience starting
with q one-cylinder outboard as a
youngster and climaxed by service
as officer in charge Of marine repair
at Manila during World War II.
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(BobbS- Merrill Co.; $2.75J
T. r. HENRY.
years, to explain electronics without
resorting to the language Of physi-
cists and at the same time to give a
reasonably accurate picture. sThis
book, whose authors worked in the
electronics division Of the Naval
Ordnance Laboratory during the
war, appear to have done the job in
an exceptionally conscientious and
interesting manner. They not only
explain the basic principles, enliv-
ened with the history of their de-
velopment, but describe an amazing
array of the end results Of elec-
tronics,
Evening star., 1947-07-13
Plying Americas
Banana Trade
EMPIRE IN GREEN AND GOLD
BY Charles Morrow Wilson.
Henry Holt & Co.; 49,
Reviewed by
FLETCHER ISBELL.

It seems passing strange no one
has thought before Of writing the
story of the American banana trade.
It is a romantic tale, from the sail
ing ships battling to make port be-
fore their cargoes ripened. to the
refrigerator fleets bringing UP from
the Caribbean their loads Of the yel-
low Gros Michel, the variety
synonymous with the name of the
fruit to most OF the United States.
Mr.. Wilson tells the story In read
able fact and anecdote, in a book as
full OF meat as one ct his own
bananas.
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Portner, the Highlands, the Romano,
the Sheridan, the Grafton, the
Portsmouth, the Dupont, the Don
Carlos, the Albemarle and the De-
catur."
SLAUGHTER Houses.
In the early years OF the century
the market was supplied with home
killed beef and pork, and seldom
was it that the consumer was sup
piled by other than those who killed
and dressed their own meat, per-
haps within 4 few hundred yards OF
their homes. The open runs or
streams were often utilized to carry
on the of1al, as well as to furnish
water to the slaughter houses. Slash
Run was at an early day one such
stream, and in the course Of time
there was q number OF slaughter
houses built upon iC.
One Of the earliest butchering es-
tablishments on the run was that Of
George Walker, on Connecticut ave-
nue. between l. and M streets, before
1920. John and Henry Walker in
later years operated here. The first
named resided no. far away on I
street near Eighteenth street.
George w. Emerson followed Henry
Walker at . more recent time.
In an account relating to the ad-
ministration Of Mayor William B.
Magruder of Washington, we are
told that the major, in referring to
this stream, said In ordinary weather
it was of small volume, but in rainy
weather it became a raging torrent,
in some places overflowing its banks
and doing damage, besides causing
inconvenience to those whose path
it crossed.
No doubt the great number of fills
along the course of this stream is
accountable for the occasional set
Ting OF portions of nearby roadways.
First Streetcars.
There were no streetcar lines on
Connecticut avenue until 1874, when
the Connecticut Avenue & Park
Railway Co. laid It's tracks on Seven
teenth street from H to K streets,
thence on Connecticut avenue to
Boundary street tnow Florida ave-
nue.. However, the tracks laid on
Connecticut avenue north Of p
street remained unused for several
years and were In time covered over
with a bituminous roadway.
About 1888. the residents Of the
section on Columbia road between
Florida avenue and Nineteenth
street called the attention Of the
Metropolitan Railroad Co. to the
need of car service in that section,
and the tracks were then cleared OF
the tar and q shuttle service was
provided from Dupont Circle to
Florida avenue.
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Answering the Yochtsmon's Dream

SAIL HO! Great Yachting Pictures by Morris Rosenfeld
United States Camera Book. TT. J. Maloney Co.; So
Reviewed by HUDSON GRUNEWALD.
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WILLIAM COLFAX MARKHAM.
(Ransdell.) Recollections of for
mer Kansas editor, who has had an
important part in the development
Of highways and was 3 pioneer In
the Federal aid roads movement.
The author has lived In Washing
ton for many year,
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GREAT FRENCH ROMANCEs,

GKEAI FNENCh NOHANCES'
edited by Richard Arlington.
Duell, Sloan & Pearce; $3.50
1.-The Princess Of Cleves," by Nine.
de Lafayette; "Manon Lescaut," by
Able Provost; Dangerous Ac-
quaintances, by Choderlos de Lac
los; "The Duchesse Of Langeais, "
by Honore de Balzac.
MEDITATIONS ON THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS, by Herbert v.
Prochnow. (Wilde.) A little volume
of reflections on each of the articles
of the Decalogue.
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= HE report that the Letter
mansion on Dupont Circle
will soon be replaced by .
. modern apartment house
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-26
Former French
 Premier Indicted

PARIS, (P) - Former premier Camille Chautemps, now a resi- dent of the United States, today faced the prospects of a fire-year term in prison should he ever re- turn to his native France.
 Chautemps was convicted in ab- sentia by Versailles purge court last night on charges of commit ting acts harmful to his country'S national dignity during an alleged "Vichy mission" to the United States following the fall of France in 194O. In addition to imposing a prison sentence the court sentenc- ed Chautemps to loss of civil rights and ordered his property confiscated.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-26
AIRLINES
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS

Arriving Monday by Pan Amer jean were Doris Young, Evert Wood, Allen Lee, MT. and Mrs. Norman Proehl, Joe Kroninger, MT and Mrs. Ray Maudlin, Eric Kvevin, MT. and Mrs. Joe Wagner.
 Departing were Mrs. Ruth Par sons, George Bayer and prisoner, Edith Thompson with patty of chil- dren for Juneau, Joe Carter, Peter Toctoo, Margaret Maloney, Percy Otuwater, Minnie Abloogalook, Ed Omouk, Jerry David. Paul Money maker was a passenger to Fair banks.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-26
Asks Industry To Reduce Prices

WASHINGTON, tP)-President Truman expressed concerned today over rising prices generally and said he hopes industry will co-op- crate to reduce them.
 The President told the tooth news conference of his adminis- tration that he hopes other indus tries will follow the line of the in ternational harvester company, Ford and others he said have re- duced prices.
 He said he does not want to see a spiral in prices which might lead to !nflation.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-26
Rebels March Toward AsunciOn

RIO DE JANEIRO, R) - The Brazilian news agency Asapress ouo;ed the Paraguayan rebel radio today as saying the insurgents had started an offensive toward Asun- cion, flaming out southWard from Conception in the direction of the capital.
 "The rebels have started their first movements of a great or rensive toward Asuncion." Asa press quoted the Conception radio as saying. The broadcast called the drive a slow march, adding:
 With weapons and ammunition furnished by the Chaco garrison, ne power of the rebel offensive IS greatly increasing"
 Another rebel broadcast heard in Argentina said the insurgents were under command of Col. Al fredo Ramos and that some units were headed for Port Rosario, key to the defense of the Paraguayan capital. Port Rosario is 5l miles north of Asuncion on the Para quay river.
 The Buenos Aires newspaper La Nacion reported from the Para suayan border that rebel planes had appeared over ASuncion, where food was scarce, terrorizing the capital and causing thousands to flee.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-26

They are stormbound as Deering
 Bessie Delalak left for Solomor with the body of Charles Tootka- yooluk, who died earlier in tnt week.
 Allen Lee was taken to Solomon late yesterday afternoon.
 Arriving from Fairbanks Mon day were Evern Morris, enroute to Norvik, MT. and Mrs. Ted Co., mara, Fritz Wien and MT. Hickok enroute to Kotzebue. Departing passengers were Ray Johnson, Roy Douglas and w. D. Quinllva':
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-26
Democrats Assail COP Tax Slash

WASHINGTON, (P) - Min e Democratic members of the House ways and means committee today assailed the Republican-backed in come tax slashing bill as "a dis criminatory patchwork of political expediency."
 Dissenting from the committees ac..ol last week, in approving the measure, the nine declared in a re- port that the legislation is "neitAe. equitable, timely nor sound"
 The bill would cut taxes by Y" to;4l of $3,84O,O0O,Uu3. Ind vidua cu,S would range from B. pc cen, for small taxpayers to 20 per cen. for most others.
 Republican committeeman g. multaneouSly issued majority re- port saying present high taxes en- danger business prosperity. The majority contended the tax SlaSl can be made and between S2,300,- OOO,OOO and $3,800,000,000 paid on the $26O,OOO, ,OOO,OOO national debt.
 Debate on the bill begins in the House today, with final vote set for Thursday. Republicans are confidently predicting victory for the legislation.
 However, leading Democratic Congressmen believe that Presi- dent Truman will veto the bill if it reaches the White House in its present form.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-26
WIEN ALASK AAIRLINES

Wien Airlines made a trip to Wales yesterday taking MT. and Mrs. Brooks of the Weather Bur eau and George Lennon for the C.AA.
 MT. and Mrs. Ray Maudlin, MT. and Mrs. Proehl, Joe Kroninger, Doris Young left yesterday for Candle to open up the Arctic Ex- ploration CO. for the new owners.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-26
Russia Holds Best Pacific Oilfields

LON ANGELES, (P)-Leo w. Stach, an aide of Gen. Douglas Macarthur, says the "best north ern Pacific oil fields" are in the Sakhalin Islands, former Japanese pos sessions now in the hands of Russia.
 Stach, sent here to attend the an nual conference of the American association of petroleum geologists which opened Monday, made the statement to a reporter when he arrived for the meeting. He is an Australian geologist and heads the petroleum branch of the natural resources section of Gen. MacAr- thurs command in Tokyo.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-26
ALASKA AIRLINES

Arriving on the flight today were Lola Hartley, Margaret Moder Floyd Singyk, Swede Blanchart and Cliff Barnhill.
 Leslie Russell, Francis BonOv- sky, David Bonovsky and Carl Haug were Anchorage passengers on the return flight. Mrs. Crawly was a passenger to McGrath.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-26
AT THE WALLACE HOTEL

Everett Wood, George Lennon, MT. and Mrs. Joe Wagner, MT. and Mrs. N. P. Proehl, MT. and Mrs. Ray Maudlin, Seattle. J. M. Kron- inger, Fullerton, Calf. Doris Young, Allen Lee Fairbanks.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-26

Deaths from automobile acci- dents decreased from 1894 per lOO,0OO,0O0 vehicle miles in 1884 to 12.7 in l94l.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-26

Fujiyama last erupted in l708.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-02-20
| SEE BY The DAILIES THAT

Rep. Beall at Washington reported
the greatest volume Of mail is on
peace-time CONSUMPTION, balancing the
budget and rent control.
A congressional committee recon-
mended the Presidents budget be cut
6 billion, placing ceiling of 81 billion
500 million on U. S. Expenditures.
Britain passed the Palestine prob
lem to United States, admitting COM
promise with Arabs and Jews was a
failure.
LEGISLATION to allow women to serve
on iuries was hung up to dry again in
the Senate pending more study of its
constitutionality.
Senator Vandenberg, Michigan Re
publican, declared Russia has failed
to leciprocate the fair play and good
will extended by the United States in
foreign relations. Moscow failed tc
answer requests for settlement OF
lend-lease accounts.
Russia demanded that U.N. ban pro.
duction Of atom bomb as first ster
toward international atomic contro
system.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-02-20

Attending the session were board
members from Davis. Eglon, King
wood, Brandonville. Terra Alta, W.
Va, and Accident, Friendsvlle, kitz-
miller and Oakland, Md. Also attend
ing were agricultural workers in the
area, who were guests of the COOP
crative, and managers of service
agencies and stores. T. Roy Brookes
of Bel Air a member of the Southern
States Board of Directors, presided at
the session.
The cooperative's net worth on De
cember 81 stood at $13.374,0O0, the
highest mark in history, according to
Mr. Leitze.
Looking ahead for the next year or
Is months, Mr.. Leitze stated that if
history repeats itself in this immedi-
ate postwar period as it has done be-
fore, farm prices may fall faster and
farther than the things farmers have
to buy. He urged his listeners and all
farmers to anticipate and meet such
a decline by lowering costs of pro-
duction, increasing efficiency, and ad-
justng production to the market de
mand. Keeping well informed on farm
supply trends and market prices, get
ting out Of debt as soon as possible,
use Of more labor-saving equipment.
marketing more high quality produce
to obtain higher prices. growing more
food and feeds on their own farms,
were mentioned by Mr.. Leitze as ways
to meet this decline. The probability
is that the country must undergo in
the next II TO "a months an economic
shake down. or readjustment.