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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-06-21

their property for sale to colored
persons, and are now having their
property inspected by colored per-
sons for the purpose of consum-
mating a sale in violation of the
agreement, she alleges.
John H. Connaughton, an attor-
ney, is representing Mrs. Simpson
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-06-21
John Adams Started custom

John Adams probably started the
eustom Of observing the Fourth Of
fully az q national holiday. Whep
the Declaration Of Independence
was signed. July 4. 1776. he said the
day Ought to be solemnized wit
comp and parade. with guns bel
md bonAya-"
Evening star., 1947-11-27

Any mans choice for q welcome
Christmas gift. All fine quality
and mode of genuine leather.
All handsomely fitted with
comb, brush, lotion bottle,
soop, razor ond tooth brush
boxes, mirror and shoe horn.
Leather Goods
Evening star., 1947-03-16
Federation Will Hold Banquet

Senator Cain of Washington and
Representative Dirksen of Illinois
Republicans, will be guest speaker;
at the Federation of Citizens As
sociations annual banquet Wednes-
day evening.
| A new citizens association in the
Southeast area will meet Tuesday
night and adopt name and elect
officers.
The Chevy Chase Citizens Asso-
ciation. on Thursday night, Will dis
cuss raising the age limit for drlv-
ing permits from 16 to 18 years OF
| age.
| So as not to coincide with the
| federation banquet, several assocla-
tions which ordinarily would meet
on Wednesday have canceied or
changed their meeting date.
The weeks schedule follows:
Monday.
Chillum Heights-Luther Rice
Memorial Baptist Church, 1913
North Capitol street, 8 pm.
Fort Davis-Ryland Methodist
Church, Branch avenue and S street
Sc, 8 pm.
Interfederation Conference.-The
ming Star Building, Board Of Traoe
room, pm.
Lincoln Park-Epworth M. E,
Church, Thirteenth street and NORTH
Carolina avenue NE, 8 pm.
Tuesday.
Cathedral Heights Cleveland Park
st. Adams Guild Hall, Wisconsin
and Massachusetts, avenues NV, 8
pm.
New Southeast Association-Ry-
land Methodist Church, Branch ave-
nue. and S street Sc, 8 pm.
Citizens Forum of Columbia
Heights-Powell Junior High School,
Evening star., 1947-03-16

Submitted to a group at the
Bridge Studio of Washington, 1914
Rhode Island avenue to get a con-
census, it was decided that par chest
possible contract would be fou1
spades. This would yield a score
of 100 above line for honors, 120 fol
game, plus the game bonus, instead
of a game of 100 or 100 points plus
game bonus if played at no trump
Bidding plans included one
spade call by North and two-heart
response by South until a four spade
contract was reached.
This was then the recommended
play: The queen of clubs, lead by
East, is taken by the ace in the
South, North discarding the two OF
diamonds. A small heart lead would
be won by East's king when the
queen was flnessed. East must ther
return another club since any other
lead would be into tenace and
give declarer an extra trick. North
would ruff with the spade deuce ano
lead the ace and king of trumps
When the queen of spades failed to
fall he would lay down the ace OF
hearts and then the ten of hearts
which East would win with the jack
and lead the queen Of spades. Wher
a diamond is led by East, declare,
would take with dummy's ace ano
upon dummy's nine of hearts dis
card his losing diamond.
The success of this scheme of play
depends entirely upon the position
of the king of diamonds. Had West
held it the contract of four spades
would be set with East holding the
king, jack and six of hearts and
the queen of spades.
The players will meet in person in
Chicago shortly for the play-of fol
the collegiate championship title.
Evening star., 1947-03-16
Business Groups
Three Associations
Meet This Week

The Federation of Businessmen's
Associations will meet Thursday
night instead of Wednesday so as
not to coincide with the Federation
of Citizens Associations annual
banquet.
Three business groups scheduled
to hold meetings this week are as
follows:
Tuesday.
Electrical Contractors Association
Board of Directors-Home of F. j.
Hoff, 2316 Second street NE, $3.50
pm.
Wednesday. f.
Washington Retail Liquor Dealers
tion-Ambassador Hotel, 9
pm.
Thursday.
Federation of Businessmen As
sociation - American Security &
Trust Co. Building, Fifteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV,
8:15 pm.
Evening star., 1947-03-16
Legion Auxiliary
To Sponsor Girls
Nation in August

The American Legion Auxiliary
will sponsor Girls Nation here in
August to afford picked Girls State
graduates an opportunity to study
the mechanics Of the United States
Government.
At the last Department Executive
Committee meeting Mrs. Pearl
Heagerty, national executive COM
mitteewoman, was indorsed for ma
tional vice president of the Eastern
Division of the auxiliary.
A meeting of the Department
Legislative Committee will be held
at the American Legion Club at 3
pm. tomorrow under the chairman
ship of Mrs. Olea French.
Maritime Unit, on Tuesday at BIS
pm. at the American Legion Club,
will make final plans for a bipgo
party for the patients at Mount
Alto Hospital, to be held in April.
Mrs Mary Spence will receive a
membership award for the unit.
Mrs. Virginia De Force, president,
will preside.
The Past Presidents Farley will
meet at PM. Friday at the Amer
lean Legion Club.
Those who participated in the
drive for funds for furnishing a
room in the Nurses National Memo
rial Building, to be erected here, are
requested to send their funds to
Mrs. Sarah Deery, 2431 Newton
street NE, with their names and
addresses, in order that an engraved
certificate may be sent to them.
AS national representative of the
Volunteer Hospital Workers School
for the District of Columbia, Mrs
Pearl Heagerty is anxious to start
classes in this work at an early date.
Some of these classes will be held
at Mount Alto Hospital. Members
interested in this work are requested
to send in their names to the aux
iliary headquarters at the Legion
Club or contact Mrs. Heagerty, RA.
6645, stating their preference for
either day or evening classes.
Mrs. Lillian M. Judd, department
president, and members of her staff
will meet at the Legion Clubhouse
next Thursday to assist in the or
ganization of Fort Stevens Unit.
Temporary officers will be elected.
Evening star., 1947-03-16
VFW Units Elect
New Officers Here

officers were elected in Veterans
of Foreign Wars Auxiliaries last
week as follows:
Potomac Unit: President, Doris
Emmert: senior vice president, Mar
garet Winnie; Junior vice president
Loretta Sherwood; treasurer, Ida
Emmert; chaplain, Frances Dove
conductress, Katherine Wiener
guard, Mary Hargraves; three-yeal
trustee, Mabel Jones; secretary, Ruth
Keene.
Government Printing Office Unit
President, Mae Herman senior vict
president, Myrtle Eckman; junior
vice president, Patricia Hendricks
treasurer, Edna G. Rose; chaplain
Henrietta Norton; conductress, Cleo
France; guard, Annette Norton
three-year trustee, Mae Sine; two.
year trustee, Sarah Otis; secretary
Dolores Herman; patriotic instruc-
tress, Mae Sine flag bearer, Sarah
Otis; color bearers, Sue Whltner
Josephine Cogbill, Evelyn Nelson
Frances Palumbo. Plans are being
made for a Joint installation with
the post. Agnes Lampe was given
the obligation.
Myrtle Eckman, hospital chair
man, announced visit to Mount
Alto Hospital on March Is.
Equality Walter Reed Auxiliary is
sponsoring dinner tomorrow eve
ming at the Fairfax Hotel, 2100 Mas
sachusetts avenue NV.
All American Auxiliary will have
election of officers at meetings this
week: Monday, Federal Unit, 1915
K street NV; Friday, All American
Unit, Northeast Masonic Temple.
Evening star., 1947-03-16

Sixteenth street and Hiatt place
NV, 8 pm.
Takoma Park ID. C.-Mdo-Ta-
koma Park Library, Fifth and Cedar
streets NV.
Petworth - Petworth Library,
Georgia avenue and Upshur street
NV, 8 pm.
Wednesday.
Federation of Citizens ASsocia-
lions banquet-Statler Hotel. 6:45
pm.
Friendship-Janney School, Wis
consin avenue and Albemarle street
NV, 3 pm.
Thursday.
Chevy Chase-Lafayette School,
Northampton street and Broad
Branch road NV, 8 pm.
Wheatley School, Mon
tello avenue and Neal street NE,
g pm.
Friday.
Washingtonians - H g h n
Apartments, Connecticut avenue
and California street NV.
Evening star., 1947-03-16
Owning anI IslandNotSo Simple
No Shortage of Private Empires,
But the Responsibilities Pile Up
By Hal Boyle
Press SfoH Writer

coconuts and grapefruit with fellow
Robinson Crusoes.
But If you have some financial re-
sources and are hardy. there are
compensations. The swimming, fish
ing and sunsets are unexcelled-and
the hurricane season lasts only a
few, months each year.
Best known American island
dweller here is John T. McCutcheon.
Chicago Tribune cartoonist, whose
dream came true on Treasure
Island" where he has a winter
home. But his island is only few
miles by motor boat from the social
life at Nassau, if he wearies Of his
paradise.
The British Crown owns many
Bahamian islands, but declines to
sell them for real estate speculation.
They are available only to serious
colonizers and the title reverts to
purchaser only after he has COM
pleted specified developments. - The
Crown would like the islands set
tied by people who will make homes
there and till the soil. One induce
ment: There are no income taxes.
Another lure is the scant posi-
bility of finding long-buried plumber
left by Bluebeard and other pirates
who once made the Bahamas their
rendezvous.
You probably will get to retain
any loot you find provided you
promptly report it to the proper
ofhcial-the district coroner.
Such "treasure-troves" legally be-
long to the Crown, but the Crown
has agreed III such cases to let the
finder keep it or-if the Crown
wants to turn it over to a museum
to pay the finder the full market
value.
He can then afford to move back
to the city.
Evening star., 1947-03-16

NASSAU, Bahamas-Man's old
est dream to own a quiet island
of his owns something Of night
mare to people who have islands
to sell. The postwar escapists who
yearn to get away from it all' and
build a far-away. sea-ringed king
dom where they can live in private
world have no idea what RESPONSE
bility that requires.
No one knows this better than
real estate dealers and the Crown
lands officer of this British colony
who get hundreds of letters from
dreamy minded would be island
owners.
There never has been so many
people who wanted to escape" said
one real estate dealer.
But most prospective purchasers
hurriedly back away when they find
that developing an island is a much
more difficult task than buying a
bungalow in the suburbs.
X 4 X X
There is no shortage of islands
for sale in this coral and blue
archipelago in the Gulf Stream of
Florida. You can buy them from
$4,000 to $50,O00--yes, the price OF
islands has gone up, too. But buy
ing an island is only the first step
and only well-heeled. determined
man ought to put his foot that far
Owning an island is a dream
hard to accomplish" said Howell
Rees of the Bahamas Information
Bureau, land most inquiries come
to nothing when the prospective
buyers find the problems they face
You've got the problems Of
building a home, arranging for
transportation, and setting up water
and power supplies and a sanitation
system. E
"A good boat is essential. On an
island you can't go down to a corner
drug store and order matted milk
and a sandwich. You have to i'm
port most of your food"
1t is also a lonely life, unless you
are willing to settle on a-populatec
larger island t$5 to 5000 or more
an acre. on which you can trade
Evening star., 1947-03-16
Guide for
eterans
Rx Maj Ihomas "A. Mol

A letter, addressed to the Vet
erans' Administration, went some
thing like this: Dear Sir: Enclosed
is postal note for $3.25."
It consisted of just the sender's
first name. That's all the letter said.
The postal note for $3.25 was Ger
tainly premium for National Serv-
ice Life Insurance. But whose in
surance? And what policy?
Nobody knew. except the sender.
Certainly the VA will never find out.
And yet that's exactly how thou
sands of ex-service people are send
ing in premiums to cover their
NSLI. No wonder their insurance
lapses, and no wonder the VA peo-
pie are behind the eight-ball. They
spend half their time trying, often
vainly, to dig up information which
will enable them to apply the pre-
MUM to the proper account.
Always give your full name, your
full address and the number or
numbers of your NSLI policies when
sending in premiums. Always. If
you don't it'll just be so sad, too
bad
Questions.
Query from T. G., Oakland: "You
told j. S., Green Bay, that he rates
subsistence allowance for part-time
schooling even though he's working
full time.
But last April, while working full
time, I started going to night school
10 hours a week, and the VA told
me was not entitled to any allow
ance. What's J. s. got that I
havent?'
Nothing, except possibly timing.
Before the passage of Public Law
679 last August, the law imposing
ceilings of SITS and 5000 for job
trainees, no veteran who had a full
time job could get allowance either
for part or full time schooling. But
P. L. 679 changed the deal and made
it possible for the VA to pay sub
sistence to veterans holding full
time jobs-just so long as the total
of wages plus allowance didn't ex-
ceed the ceilings.
From D. c., Charleston, S. c.:
I'm at the end of a four-year en-
listment. If I re-enlist for four
more years, how soon must I get
started on my CT bill education
after discharge, to insure my get
ting the full four years?"
The VA says you'll have four
years from the end of your last
wartime enlistment in which to
start education or training, and you
don't have to finish it until nine
years after discharge. A wartime
enlistment is any enlistment entered
into before the official end OF the
war, which hasn't come yet.
From H. B., Laconia, N. H.: 81
quit my training on the job, but
after quitting I got three more sub
sistence allowance checks from the
VA. I was told these checks could
be deducted from any future train
ing might take, so didn't refund
the money. Now, though, the VA
writes me that I was overpaid and
wants me to send the overpayment
back. I haven't got it. What can
T do?"
Write to the VA regional office
and explain your situation. The
VA has been more than lenient
in the past with so-called hard
ship cases. They'll make large
effort to arrange terms for payment
which won't be inconvenient for you
to handle. ..-
Mai. Mai and his staff are
equipped to ansaoer any questions
from World War II peteran.
Send your questions to him IN
care OF this newspaper and in
close self addressed. stamped
o,,s,oJp,,1
Evening star., 1947-03-16
In Local Service Organizations
American Legion
d. c. Department
Enrolls l6,O23

The membership DRIVE OF the DlS-
trict of Columbia department, the
American Legion, closed last week
with an enrolment of 16,023, it was
announced by Ray L. Zwinglas,
membership officer.
War Bonds of $50 and $25 each
were awarded Glass l, posts with a
membership of 100 to 399: First, Lin
coin; second, General Accounting
Office. Glass 2, 400 to 999: First, Cap
ital Transit; second, Department Of
Agriculture; Glass 3, posts over 1000:
First, Sergt. Jasper; second, Costello.
Comdr. Stanley Fisher of Ma
tional Cathedral Post 81 announced
last week the post will again sponsor
a Junior American Legion baseball
team. 1t is also active in obtaining
overnight lodging for servicemen
at the Gales School and through the
efforts of it's two delegates to the
Chevy Chase Community Council
was instrumental in obtaining
library and recreation center at the
e. v. Brown School.
Proposed changes in the constitu-
ton and bylaws of the General
Accounting Office Post to conform
to those of the national and de-
partmental constitutions will come
up for final vote next Wednesday
evening at the Legion Club with
Comdr. Bardy Warner presiding.
The post will hold dance at
the Arcade ballroom on Aprn 10.
Members of Voiture 174, Forty
and Eight, entitled to five-year gold
stars and those entitled to stars for
1943 and 1914, should make applica-
ton to Grand Correspondent Gail
r. Judd, while those entitled to stars
for 1945 should apply to Grand
Publicist John Ager and for 1916 to
Grand Lampiste Horace Hoctor.
Maritime Post orchestra, formed
by Edward j. Kohlbrenner, Al
Argoe, James Island and E. O. Henry
will play during the meeting on
Thursday.
Comdr. S. D. Ashford OF Bunker
Hill Post announced the post Will
sponsor an American Legion Junior
American Legion baseball team
Paul Schaefer, last years pitching
star, has been signed by Clark Crit
fifth and sent to the Charlotte IN. c.
team for seasoning.
Chairman Ralph I. Graves, de-
partment oratorical contest chair
man, requests each post commander
to assign one member to assist the
committee when the finals OF the
contest are held April !.
Washington Gas Light Post will
celebrate it's eighth anniversary at
the Stansbury Hall, Georgia and
Missouri avenues NV, at 8 pm.
Wednesday.
War Department Post will hold
a dance in cabaret style at 419 Sew
enth street NV. next Friday from
8 to / o'clock.
Meetings this week:
Monday - National Guard OF
Honor, Department of Justice Post,
Legion Club; Quentin Roosevelt
Post, Potomac Boat Club.
Tuesday-Cooley Mccullough and
Maritime Posts, Legion Club; Ma
tional Press Club Post, National
Press Club; I'd Division Post, New
Colonial Hotel; Pepco Post, Tenth
and E streets NV; Bunker Hill
Post, 3736 Tenth street NE.
Wednesday - General Accounting
Office and Leslie and Douglas Nc
Nair Posts, Legion Club; Washing
ton Gas Light Post, Stansbury Hall.
Thursday-Stanley Church Depue
Post, Legion Club; Internal Revenue
Post, Stansbury Hall.
Friday-Kenna-Main Post, 1210
Good Hope road Sc.
Evening star., 1947-03-16

The Public Buildings Administra-
ton Bridge League held It's SEMI
monthly session March a with a
nine table Mitchell movement. Win
ners were: N-S-Mr. and Mrs. H. <.
Chapman, first; Mrs. Ida S. Nc
Dormand and Roy L. SWenson, sec
ond: C. B. Overman and H. j. Pavel,
third: E-W-Mr. and Mrs. Baker
Wingield, first; Mrs. Josephine
Libby and Mrs. Cora Peters, second;
w. F. Bedell and S. A. Rosinski,
third.
The Contract Bridge Club has
been organized with headquarters
in the Voice Recording Studios at
1906 Twentieth street NV. Miss
Mauriel Brewster is manager and
Miss Helen Mitchell is instructor
The club meets Thursday evenings
and plays progressive bridge. 1t is
open to all players. The winners In
the last event were Miss Ethel Cline,
first, with $3.50, and Mrs. Margaret
Dettor. second, with 4279r-
Results at the Stephan Studio in
Euclid street March 5 were James
G.. Stone and Mrs. Frederic Eber-
son, first; Mrs. E. r. Shepard and
Mrs. j. B. Gregg Gusts. second,
and Mrs. r. E. Turner and Mrs.
N. A. Olmstead, third. On Friday,
DR.. and Mrs. A. j. Steinberg. first:
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Itkin. second,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Salvatorel,
third.
The Women's Auxiliary OF the
Washington Bridge League will hold
its March master point game at the
Stephan Studio on Saturday. March
20 the auxiliary will play for the
Bennett Cup, presented by Mrs. Jack
Bennett, former president OF the
Auxiliary and now in Germany.
Mrs. William Cheeks will continue
the bridge club which Mr.. Cheeks
organized and conducted at 2010 r
street. She will be assisted by
Charles johnson. Mrs. Cheeks also
Evening star., 1947-03-16
SWV Auxiliaries

Special notices:
| Dewey Auxiliary = Monday eve
ming. Northeast Masonic Temple
official visitation by Department
President Beulah M. Cope.
| Urell Auxiliary-Wednesday, eve
ming of games, 1912 Ninth street
INV.
Lawton Auxiliary-Friday, 8 pm.
92l Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
The department viii visit the Sol
dierS' Home today.
Evening star., 1947-03-16
Third Of Lecture Series
lon Peace Scheduled April

The third of a lecture series on
how to attain foundations for a
Just and lasting peace, sponsored by
a group of educational organizations
in the District, will be held at 8 pm.
April / in the Departmental Audito-
rum. Constitution avenue between
Twelfth and Fourteenth streets NV
The panel will include DR.. Luther
H. Evans, librarian of Congress; DR..
Evening star., 1947-03-16
News About Bridge
By Fronk B. Lord

The Mixed Party foursome, which
last week was tied with the Victory
team in the team-of- series OF
the Federal Bridge League, won
first place as a result of play at
Pierce Hall Tuesday. The Gaps,
last in Section A, made the larg-
est score of the evening, winning
131a of "a boards. In Section B,
the Cosmos team won 151a out OF
"a and in Section G, the Gremlins
won IA out of 81.
The standing at present:
Evening star., 1947-03-16
DAUGHTERS of America

State Councillor Floy M. Carson
and her staff will officially visit Stal
Spangled Banner Council on Tues
day at Capitol Heights, Md. or
Wednesday, Mizpah Council viii
have a fried oyster dinner at 320(
M street NV, from 80 to 7:30 pm
Evening star., 1947-03-16
Local Ben Hur News

In Pythian Temple, Potomac Court
will have a session tomorrow. On
Tuesday, Mckinley Court will meet.
Congressional Court will have a
session at the home OF Elmer
Johnson
Evening star., 1947-03-16
Royal Neiehbors

Fidelis Camp will meet at 92l
Pennsylvania avenue Sc. at pm
Thursday to celebrate the SD ami
versary Of the society.
Evening star., 1947-03-16

will manage the four regional
tournaments-the Potomac tourna-
ment at Alexandria, the Northern
Virginia meeting at the same place
and the Annapolis and Frederick.
Md, tournaments-whi her hus-
band for several years supervised
under the auspices of the American
Contract Bridge League. Col. Rus
sell j. Baldwin will act as director
of each event.
This is one of 1S par hands played
by mail in the semifinals of the ma
tional intercollegiate team-of -four
olo oy,,rioy,chin
Evening star., 1947-03-16

Bernard Drsewieski, director of the
reconstruction and rehabilitation
section of the United Nations Edu-
cational, Scientific and Cultural Or
ganization, and Dr.. George F. Zook,
member of the United States Ma
tional Commission for UNESCO.
DR.. Eugene A. Clark, president OF
Miner Teachers College, and DR..
Walter E. Hager, president of Wilson
Teachers College, will act as chair
men of the meeting.
Ancient Egyptians made many art
Evening star., 1947-03-16
Legion Auxiliary

Prizes are being offered to the
units bringing In the most new
members and renewals between now
and April %. All names are to be
sent to the department secretary
at auxiliary headquarters as soon
as possible and checks should be
made out to Mrs Sarah Deery, de-
partment treasurer.
A check for $75, the proceeds of a
spaghetti dinner held by Depart
ment of Agriculture Unit, was pre-
sented to the department president
by Unit President Mrs. Grace S.
Conway for the auxiliary's building
fund.
Mrs. Helen Goldberg and Mrs.
Mildred Felber were accepted to
membership.
Mrs. Alberta Lacy, department
publicity and radio chairman, has
returned to Washington from Mas
sachusettS and requests unit pub
licity chairmen and department Off
GERS to send their news items to her
not later than Monday Of each week
to 1905 Potomac street NV. Tele-
phone Michigan 1924.
The department president and
members of her staff will make an
official visitation to George Killeen
Unit next Tuesday night at 1904 M
street NV. On the same night,
the units rehabilitation chairman,
Mrs. Marie Knott, will be in charge
of a party for the patients at Mount
Alto Hospital.
Mrs. M. Laura Lipscomb, La
Chapeau, District of Columbia Salon
IA of the Eight and Forty, will pre-
side at the meeting Wednesday at
the Lee Sheraton Hotel at 8 pm.
Plans for the salons Easter party
for the children at Glendale SAM
L. .s1r -
Evening star., 1947-03-16

Ancient Egyptians made many art
objects from volcanic glass.
Evening star., 1947-03-16

Mai. Mai and his staff are
equipped to ansaoer any questions
from a World War II Deteran.
Send your questions to him IN
care OF this newspaper and in
close a sell addressed. stamped
enneIOne.
Evening star., 1947-03-16

Mrs. William Cheeks will continue
the bridge club which Mr.. Cheeks
organized and conducted at 2010 r
street. She will be assisted by
Charles johnson. Mrs. Cheeks also