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Evening star., 1947-06-18

Club Federation
Unit Heads Named

ChairTnen Of departments OF the
District Federation OF Women's
Clubs were appointed yesterday at
3 special meeting called by Mrs
Edward G. Madgeburger, newly
elected president.
The new cfairmen are: Mrs. Otto
Hammeriund OF the Petworth
Woman,s Club, American home;
Mrs. Frank J. Mulkern OF the Sun
shine and Community Club, club
extension: Mrs. Charles Bilisoly OF
the Town Club, education; Mrs
Harry De.Long, Marietta Park Club
international relations: Mrs. Harvey
w. Wiley, Woman's City Club, legis-
lation; Mrs. Ernest w. Howard
Ladies Auxiliary of the District
Fire Department, publicity; Mrs
Leslie B. Wright, Forest Hills Gar
den Club, public welfare, and Mrs
Stuart E. Womeldorph, Political
Study Club, American citizenship
The chairman of the Fine Arts
Department viii be appointed
Evening star., 1947-06-18
Two Debut Parties Given Same Day
The Misses Alexander R01U
AtHOme Tea and club Dance
BY Betty Reale

included Miss Carolyn Bradley, Miss
Beatrice Blair and Miss Sherley
Smith, all debutantes Of this month:
and Miss Nora Martins, Miss Mar
jorie Rhett, a debutante OF last
winter; Miss Margaret Durant, a
future debutante, and Miss Jean
Biggers Of Lancaster. Pa, and Miss
Grace Fletcher of Alpha, Mich.
Taking turns pouring tea were
Mrs. Harry Mcbride, Mrs. William
B. Sims, Mrs. Stephen Nealon, Mrs.
Leo Brison Norris, Mrs Arthur Hall,
Mrs. John Hicks II, Mrs. William
Burdick, Mrs. Hans Stamm, Mrs.
Royal Reynolds, Mrs. Joseph Casey
and Mrs. Robert Moran.
When the last tea guests had
gone, guests for supper began to
arrive. Forty of the debutantes'
friends, including the assistants and
their escorts, were entertained in
the Alexanders' home. Supper was
served at small tables in the cool
of the garden.
The dance at the Chevy Chase
Club was a lovely affair on the
terrace which was gayly decorated
WITH colored balloons. Jack Nor
tons Orchestra, champagne fiow-
ing all evening and midnight
supper served outdoors added to
this memorable occasion.
Miss Suzanne Alexander is leav-
ing today with Miss Sherley Smith
for q visit at Linden House, Jerico,
Long Island, the home of the lat
ter's mother, Mrs. William Deering
Howe. She will have a solid week
of parties there, then join her sis
ter and parents at the Alexanders'
summer home at Lake Sunapee. Sne
graduated from Madeira this month
and plans to go to Switzerland in
the fall to continue her schooling
Miss Mary Pearl Alexander is a
graduate OF Dana Hall and has
been student at Mount Vernon
Seminary for the past two years.
Evening star., 1947-06-18

Yesterday was Alexander day"
The Misses Mary Pearl and Suzanne
Alexander were the center Of debut
interest from 5 In the afternoon
until 3 o'clock this morning. The
comely daughters Of Or. and Mrs.
Samuel Allen Alexander were pre-
sented to their parents friends at
q tea and then introduced to three
or four hundred members of the
young set at dance at the Chevy
Chase Club last night.
Despite the rigors OF such fun
day, both debutantes retained a
fresh and attractive appearance In
their twin dresses of white organdy
The gowns were lovely, with full
skirts trimmed in lace ruff1es and
with yokes of lace ruf1es forming
cap sleeves and collars in back. Each
carried an old-fashioned nosegay
with a white orchid center.
The tea was at the Alexander
home on Indian lane. DR.. and
Mrs. Alexander received with their
daughters in the drawing room be-
fore a bank of flowers. Mrs. Alex
ander wore a simply styled, full
length dress of coral crepe, which
she changed before the dance for a
lovely evening gown of black and
white lace topped by a corsage OF
red orchids.
Most of the party, however, was
In their beautiful garden, bordered
entirely by woods, abloom yesterday
with rhododendron. A buffet was
set up under marquee, while in
side tea and another buffet were
served in the dining room. The
soft music OF string instruments
provided a charming musical back
ground.
Assisting the young girls were a
group Of their mutual friends and
a few out-of-town guests. These
Evening star., 1947-06-18
AHne Murphy w ed

Mr.. and Mrs Francis French Lin
coin of Washington and Mount Car
mel, Conn, have announced the
marriage OF their daughter, Mrs,
Anne Lincoln Murphy, to Mr.. Joe
Nye Welch. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph N. Welch of Walpole. Mass.
Only the immediate families were
present at the ceremony. which took
place May 81 in Cheshire, Conn.
Evening star., 1947-06-18
Officers Named

Mrs. Elwyn j. Rowell has been
elected president of the Mount
Holyoke Alumnae Club Of Wash
ington, succeeding Miss Jean E. Ben
ton, who served for two years.
Others elected at the June meet
Ing were Mrs. Stanley Phraner, first
vice president; Mrs. Arthur E
Spence, second vice president; Mrs
Winthrop Southwortf, recording
secretary; Mrs. George H. Soule
corresponding secretary. and Miss
Edith Clark, treasurer. Mrs. Arthur
F. Beal was continued as alumnae
councillor.
Evening star., 1947-06-18
Ancbeson-Odom
Ceremony Held

Mrs. Margaret Carlson Odom and
Mr.. John Kenneth Aitcheson, jr-
were married at 8 o'clock last eve
ming In st. Mary's Episcopal Church
in Arlington by the Rev. George
Tittman. Following the ceremony,
a reception was held at the Wash
ington Golf and Country Club.
The bride, who Is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Carlson of Arling-
Evening star., 1947-06-18
Engagement Told

Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Hen
shall announce the engagement OF
their daughter, Mrs. Mary Henshall
Newbold, to Mr.. Walter Owen
Kurtz, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Lapp Kurtz of Kalamazoo
and Flint, Mich.
Mrs. Newbold is the widow OF 1t
William Charles Newbold. She at
tended George Washington Uni
versity and her fiance now Is
attending the University of Oregon.
Evening star., 1947-06-18
DR.. Shoemaker TO Speak

ANNAPOLIS. June 18 up. ~ DR.
Mark Shoemaker. University of
Maryland horticulturist. will speak
at meeting of the Anne Arundel
County Dirt Gardeners Club today
at ween1s Greek Community House.
Evening star., 1947-06-18

The Req. John B. Argdut
of1ciated at the ceremony in
st. Matthew's Cathedral Sat
urday morning that united
In marriage Miss Norma Ger
trude Donovan and Mr.. Philip
S. Koki. The bride is the
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold H. Donouan OF this city
and Mr.. Koki is the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Softer Kokt OF
Worcester, Mass. After q
ioedding trip in Virginia the
couple 1UiH hpe in Washington.
-Stuckey Photo.
Evening star., 1947-04-13
News Broudcusts Today
Audience Shows

The following broadcasts admit the
general public. For tickets phone
the station or, in the case OF WTOPr
write.
ican Fossum of the Air" e:30 pm.
Tuesday; Meet the Press" 10 pm.
IWRsc-Republic 1000. "Tyner
Time" 6:15 pm. Thursday Match
less Service Time pm. Saturday;
Tin Pan Ballet" 1880 pm. Mon
WWDc-National 1908. Teen
Time Revue" gao am, Saturday;
open House" 9:45 am. Monday
Friday.
Flame" 7:3o pm. Tuesday: "As tsis
Wheels Turn" s:15 pm "wednesday
down" 10 am. Saturday; Top
Talent" $40 pm: Saturday; Stump
u.s." 4:30 pm. Tuesday. and Thurs
day; You're the Top" 2:3o Pm.
W1Nx-"rt seems TO U.s." TAO
pm. Monday at Raleigh Hotel. NO
tickets necessary.
Evening star., 1947-04-13
For Radio Listeners
By Harry Macarthur

the phonograph. Jack Benny is far
ahead of his competition. The only
thing that gets the radio reviewer
this one, at any rate-away from
Edgar Bergen and Fred Allen is a
singing debut by Margaret Truman.
And it would take something cat
aclysmic to turn him away from the
Theater Guild on the Air. It's the
same through the rest of the week.
The Boston Symphony, Arthur God
frey, "Duffy's Tavern" Bing Cros-
by, Information, Please" Jimmy
Durante, Meet the Press" and sew
eral other programs aren't passed
up without good reason.
The radio listener turned profess
sional does find himself devoting
much more of his time to listening
than he used to. He has to do it in
fairness to his readers They can
learn in a very short time which
shows he finds thoroughly enjoy
able and which ones he hates pas
sionately. Something new is always
liable to turn up, however, and he
hopes, believe us Milton Berle, that
he will come across something to
recommend highly.
4 y II n
There really Is no change in his
attitude toward what he hears on
the part of a man whose time at
the radio becomes part Of 40-hour
week. The critical standards which
have guided his attitude toward
other forms of entertainment apply
to his public as well as his formerly
private radio listening. He expects
of radio at least as much as he ex-
poets of the more elderly of the
lively arts. If he feels that the
movies attain their goal when they
achieve light-hearted diversion from
more serious phases of life, he will
apply the same yardstick to radio.
If, on the other hand, he feels
that there is responsibility for en-
lightenment as well as entertain
ment imposed upon all forms of
communication, he will still feel
that way about radio when called
upon to consider it as something
more than background noise in his
living room.
r y X \
Criticism-of books, the theater,
the movies, music, the dance, or
of radio-is always a personal mat
ter. 1t can be, and probably should
be, cleanly objective, but it still is
personal because it represents the
reaction of one man to perform
ance. The reaction of any man,
objective as it may be, still is colored
by personal likes and dislikes, by
prejudice.
There are, however, valid and in
valid prejudices. Prejudice against
Frank Sinatra on the part of a radio
reviewer because little girls swoon
at the mention of his name, for
example, would be highly invalid.
Prejudice against him because he
permitted his bobbysoxers to disrupt
his program with their squeals would
be, on the other hand, completely
valid. 1t is what comes out of the
loudspeaker that counts and the glee
of Frankie's fans at the sight and
sound of him can't hurt you at all
when kept out Of microphone range.
Perhaps it is predjudice against
work that best serves the radio re-
viewer. If, while he listens, he is
being entertained, informed or oc-
casionally, even, excited, it doesn
feel like work at all. Then, he knows,
1t is good.
Evening star., 1947-04-13

NISfufu VUIUoWVfIHs
WT0P, 1000 Joan 6isisud.
Jimmy Duranie tries Phil Bakers comedy quiz
M0p. fo:30-Basebalfs Clint Hariung and
Bob FeIler appear.
Evening star., 1947-04-13

One thing man who writes for
living never is able to prove to
people who do not is that he is work.
ing when he is sitting staring out
the window at the pigeons. In nom
writing circles, staring out the win
dow Is considered q pleasant pas
time, not to be confused with labor,
If the writer spends a large part
of his time going to the theater,
movies or night clubs professionally
the confusion as to what Is and Is
not work increases. All the other
people there are at play and they
don't see why you should call 1t
work.
This attitude, we have discovered
since taking it up late last summer,
attends professional radio listening,
too. Emily Post finally has come
along with some help, in the advice
that it is okay to tell chance guests
to keep their traps shut. you're
listening to the radio. Miss Post,
however, does not seem to have any
advice on how to turn from hap
hazard to "a professional listener
without disrupting the household.
It is rather a shock to a wife to
find something new and strange
coming from the radio at time
when she has grown accustomed to
hearing Fred Alien. She can turn
q cold eye on the whole affair, too,
when she discovers her favorite nlys-
terry is being passed up because a
new comedy show must be in
spected.
The dinfmest view of all, though,
is the one taken by young daugh-
ter when she Is told to make less
noise, daddy's working.
"Aw, he is not she is likely to
say with some scorn. Hes just
sitting there asleep listening to the
radio"
Fortunately for peace and quiet,
the man who takes up serious con-
temptation of all that radio has to
offer soon finds that his listening
habits are not changed too much.
At first he turns to shows he hasn't
heard in years, to sample them con-
scientiously. Maybe they've i'm
proved, even if the odds are against
It. He gives new shows trial, too,
as they come along. Occasionally,
but not too often, one of them wins
him as a. regular listener. 4
1t is not long before the profess
sional listener finds himself back at
a number of old, familiar stands.
The New York Philharmonic and
Toscanini are there every Sunday
Afternoon to save wear and tear on
Evening star., 1947-04-13

bsssadof 10 Tie unitet
siaies. distusses IN,
Role Of The Britid
Empire In ihs Post.
war World. 4
MMA. loo "A
speeial brosdtast Ia
behalf Of the Ameri.
tsa taaeer Sotish.
Jessiea Drseoneite.
Jsn Pserle and French
ehanieuse l.ueienae
Boyer entertain.
WRt, 100 e
Communism a Men.
ses 10 ihe United
STATES"
inlAe A ~ ktR.
Evening star., 1947-04-13

HgHI dgdiHSl IHIdnHte
paralysis revealed.
WT0P, 9:30-Burns
and Allen visit the
Tony Martin show.
WMAl, 1000 -.
Oscar Wilde's The
importance Of Beinr
Earnest is presenie.
with the cast no.
appeariQg on Broad
way. John 6ieIgu.
stars and the features
players include Mar
garet Rutherford.
Pamela Brow n and
Richard Wordsworth.
Evening star., 1947-04-13

for The World" Speakers are Sir John Boyd
Or, 1irecior general Of the U. n. Food and
Agriculture Organization; Representative Clifford
Hope and theodore sshuli1.
WT0p. f:30 Robert D. Leigh Of the Com.
mission on the Freedom Of the Press uises his
yisw on whether radio gives free flow Of
information to the public.
WMAL, 300" "Mounialneers on Skis" iresis
with the Army ski troops.
Mop. -shostakoyiths SIKH Sym.
phony," MouHorgskys a Night on Bald
Mountain" and TahaikowskY's Solitude" played
by the New York Philharmonic.
MBct, 300 Gan We Sell America BY
shori-Wass Radio!' Answering are Leonard
Mail Of the BBc, 0yerseas Correspondents
Pierre Loving and Robert Hiekok and Else
StTom Of the Swedish press
WARl, 3:00-A debate on What Is ihe
Meaning Of Democracy"
WPlK, 4:30-senator Homer capehari dis.
cusses Communism vs. Free Government"
W6Ay, 4;30-A new series on which Jim
Simpson describes how he learned 10 fly. lesson
Dy ieSSoh.
WRc. 5;00-6uesi Conductor Hans Lanae
directs the orchestra in Rameau's "Dardanus"
suite. Raydn's symphony No. i04" and
DYoraks "slayonit Dame No. g."
VOL, 100 What Have the Republicans
Done With Their Congressional Majority dis.
tussed.
WMAL, 7:30-Ths story Of i man whose
wealth lost him the love Of his family, "Nito.
demus-1hs Man. Who Came by Night"
MAL, S:00-1he Detroit Symphony Or.
ehsstra offers Brahms Tragic" overture and
Besihossn's symphony No. T."
WRc, 8:00-charIis Mccarthy meets Lion
Tamer Clyde Beatty.
W. S:30-comsdisnns Marjorie Main get!
a look at Aliens Alley.
VOL, 9:00-Ths latest discoveries in ihe
Evening star., 1947-04-13
FEA TURES ON THE
AIR TO-DAY

MTop. 1880 The English hisioTisa. Arnold
Ioynbee; hax Lsrner and Theodore Spsncsf
participate IN dixusdoa of Piuisrtks Lives.
WPc. i7:30-Lord Inyerehspsl, British Am.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
Role in U. 5. Econom,
Rests on Action Of
People, Session Told

How the citizen and his dollar
fare in theg future economy of the
country depends ON the constructive
action Of the people themselves,
speakers at the sixth annual school
of the Voteless District League OF
Women Voters declared yesterday.
The all-day session at the Hotel
Statler was attended by an esti-
mated 1000 persons.
while much Of the rest Of the
world fingers in a period of uneer-
tainty after the war, our production
has rebounded Immediately" said
Dr.. Ernest w. Swanson of the Eco
nomic Research Department, United
States Chamber of Commerce. As
serting that 1s47 is '1the year Of de-
cision," he said that what we do
now, depends on all of us-not upon
labor and management alone"
No Fundamental" Conflict.
There is no fundamental conflict
between labor and management, DR..
Swanson said.
"If there is, it exists in the minds
of individuals who seek to overcome
the traditions of our form Of free
society and to substitute for those
traditions social and economic con-
cepts of their own creation and of
such a nature that they would bene-
fit the few and not the many" he
said.
Leon H. Keyserling, vice chair
man of the Council of Economic
Advisers to the President, stressed
the need for unity, the first step
toward which, he said, lies in the
definition of goals. There was
agreement about methods, during
the war, he said, because. every one
was in accord about the goal
the speediest possible victory.
Miss Anna Lord Strauss, president
Of the IAague of Women Voters
of the United States, brought out
that economic decisions formerly
considered of domestic Importance
only now take on international i'm
plications. Other nations, she said
"are so dependent on our economy
that their standard of living will
be changed according to decisions
made in this country"
Evening star., 1947-01-30
DR.. Cannon Presides
All Eliot Junior High

Graduation exercises were held at
the Eliot Junior High School to-
day for 80 members of the senior
class, DR.. James A. Cannon, mem
ber of the Board of Education, pre-
sided.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
Federal Recreation Purty

Members OF the Council Of Per-
sonnel Administration of the Fed
eral Government will. be guests Of
honor at a party to be given tomor-
row night by the Federal Recrea-
ton Committee in Walsh Center.
Purpose Of the event is to promote
better understanding between the
two groups in respect to recreation
for Federal employees.
Evening star., 1947-01-30

re Chiffon makes dishes shine and
glassware slisien! Dishes, glasses come
clean fast in Chifon's instant suds. They
shine with lots less Polishing-so naturally
you're out of the kitchen much quicker. See
for yourself today!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-11-20
Plebe System
Washington Post

During the war and immediately afterward the Army the object of most of the criticism of need lessly authoritarian practices and the socalled caste system This not because of any lily pure policy in the other services but because the Army contained the great bulk of the That the Navy, too has it's share of rritants is indicated pointedly in an article Why I Resigned From Annapolis" by Ralph Lee Smith in the current Atlantic. MT. Smiths demnaton of the plebe system at the Naval Academy as frustrating the very discipline under which it is justified presents challenge which should like to see taken up by the Navy,
 The usual rejoined that criticism stems from sore heads hardly can apply to Mir Smiths case. He re signed from Annapolis on his own voliton after l9
 onths-long after he had weathered the trbulations of pebe year Moreover, his remarks, he reports, have had the approval of many of his classmates. Furthermore his barbs not directed solely at the plebe system-the method under which upperclassmen allegedly ndoctrnate and maintain discipline among newcomers through hazing and humiliation. What MT Smith has to say about the restrictions which limit use of the Naval Academy library to mere handful of students will interesting reading not only for the Navy brass also for the taxpayers who pay the bills Also his remarks abou: the compartmentazed" teaching and assignment system do no good to the academy's standing a scholastic institution.
 The vicious thing about the plebe system, MT. Smith emphasizes it, is that it condones hazing not as mere horseplay, but with the noblest pre- tensions and uncer the loftiest banners" Sadsm is of course confined to few instances but in this case the baG apples spoil the barrel, and the disturbing is that plebng is justified teaching respect What is more actual physical injurious practices seem to have the tact assent of those in command despite academy regulations against hazing.
 Undoubtedly many crusty captain will arise to spirited defense of the pleb system Perhaps some sort of strictly discpnarian system is necessary to test the mettle of newcomers. We seriously doubt however. that many academy graduates, in honestly apprasing the plebe system as now practiced can think of any real justification of it other than they themselves subjected to it. We do not think it can be demonstrated, for example, that deliberate humiliation makes good officers And while unques tonably there is need for discipline, real discipline the product of understanding and respect rather than brute force. In this connection the Naval Academy could take leaf from the colleges, most which have banned hazing detrimental to morale and adjustment If the Navy is to continue to attract it's share of best young men, it must expect to to increasingly critical audience for some of it's seemingly ndeensible traditions and will be needed to justify them than merely the explana ton that things have always been done that way.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-11-20

Members of the Filipino Community of Juneau an orpanization with 100 per cent record for worK- .ng for the of all Juneau charity ana lenei drives are asking the people of Juneau to give them a hand now.
 The Juneau Filipinos will open a drive Novemner 5 to secure money and clothing for the relief of the ccuntrymen the Islands. It is hoped that Juneau service clubs and all other organizations will support e campaign
 The new Philippine Republic has pressing prop- ms 10 meet which it cannot meet without aid from iendly neigbbors. Unemployment IS up' war oe- tasted the homes and farm lands. War lost the p,ilippine people almost 50 per cent of their farm aimals and 30 per cent of their implements seriously crtalling crops This has resulted in malnutrition md disease Imitation is a problem The cost oi lying has risen 500 per cent since l941
 Without the aid of the United States In the words of Philippine President Manuel Roxas, T do ret believe we can survive" With the granting o1 ,dependence the United States government has gwen .d by passage of legislation giving the Philippines rotected place in the American market for 20 years
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-11-20
Color Variety Show Next Thursday 10 Be
 Outstanding Event

The Alaskan Color Variety Show sponsored by the Juneau P-TA on Nov 26 at 7:30 pm. in the High School, premises to be one of the most outstanding events of early winter. According to the commit tee in charge plans for the l947 show are shaping up satisfactorily and the program outlined is to be entirely new but comparable in color variety and quality to the highly successful show of last year,
 The show will be a sparkling pam orama Of Alaska life and customs from Ketchikan to Barrow. Com m.ttee members feel that they have teen exceptionally fortunate in se- curing pictures from five of Ju- neau's most versatile photograph CTS and speakers, Mrs. Ernest Gruening. Harry Sperling, Estelle Wolf, Jack O'Connor, and William Paul Jr.
 Particularly interesting on the shows agenda will be the pictures presented by Mrs. Ernest Gruening, These pictures. taken by the Gov ernor on his tours through the Ter ritory, offer a most comprehensive , crcss section of Alaska from the far north, through the chain, down the west coast and panhandle. A series of life on unique King Island add a note of great interest to this collection The variety of subjects is also noteworthy, including not
 only people but native flowers and animals. ~ Of exceptional interest will be
 the pictures shown by Miss Estelle Wolf. She has a wide collection of color slides on northern Alaska and the Yukon Her pictures are con centrated on Arctic views of Eskimo life, villages and ice scenes in the Arctic Ocean taken over a period of years during which Miss Wolf has made her home in Alaska. Proceeds from the Color Variety Show will go to the P-TA scholar ship fund, an annual project of the organization. Tickets are now avail able at any drug store, the Alaska Music Supply and from the class rot i teachers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-11-20
Daily Lessons in English v L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MISUSED He would starve than work" Say He than work
 OFTEN MIsPRONOUNCED Pronounce goo-lash co as A as in first syllable
 OFTEN NISSPEILED: Traffic two F's
 SYNONYMS verb) enlarge expand extend augment multiply
 WORD times and is yours Let us Todays CONFIDANT mascune) fna to whom secrets frequently make vanity talking and to make an exchange of secrets"-La