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and reported everything that was
unfriendly to this country"
Senator Pepper, Democrat, of
Florida broke in to say that Mr..
Roosevelt was right then In trying
to warn this country that was was
coming"
"Yes and I even went further
than he did in my speeches." Mr.
Johnson said.
At that time, Mr.. Johnson said,
public opinion had not caught up
and even two cabinet officers were
violently opposed" to preparations
for war.
Opposition Is Recalled.
Mr.. johnson said he wanted CCC
camps used for military training
but Secretary of Labor Perkins
violently opposed"
Il think this caused her to op-
pose releasing to the public the
industrial mobilization report" he
added.
Senator Ferguson, Republican, of
Michigan wanted to know who told
Mr.. Johnson 1t would not be re-
leased"
President Roosevelt" he replied.
Mr.. johnson said the other cab
met opponent. Mr. Woodring, was
sincere pacifiSt."
He was not my superior ON in
dustrial mobilization" Mr.. johnson
said. Il mention that because had
been criticized as disloyal to him"
Mr.. Johnson's prediction about
how the next war is likely to start
came after he had expressed fear
that this country is missing the
boat" in its planning for the future,
judging by the testimony he heard
yesterday.
Strong Nation Urged.
When he referred to 80 Hiroshi-
mas" Senator Brewster asked him
IL there would be any Washington,
land the witness replied the Capital
would be one of the first places
marked for attack.
The only way for the world to
have peace Mr.. Johnson declared,
is for us to be so damned strong
no nation will dare attack us"
In his early testimony, Mr.. john
son challenged statements by Mr..
Forrestal yesterday that the 1899
mobilization was:
l, Too general in many ways; 2,
deficient in the development of
systems and procedures of control;
3, that it did not give sufficient en-
phasis to civilian phases of total
war economy; 4. that it was open to
the objection that military minds
had developed controls covering
purely civil matters. and 5. that 1t
made no provision for a preparatory
mobilization period prior to out
break of war.
Comments CHALLENGED.
Mr.. johnson called some of the
Forrestal comments mot alone in
exact but incorrect" Others, he
said, were unfair and inexact."
Mr.. Forrestal summed up yester-
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Mobilization
Continued From First Page. J

hon Somervell, wartime chief of
the Army's supply service.
Mr.. johnson said a detailed in
dustrial mobilization plan was
ditched by brass hats because it did
not suit the program of Gen
Somervell."
At one time, Mr. johnson testi-
fed, Gen. Somervell even planned
to get rid of Gen. Marshall"
He referred to George C. Mar
shall. then Army chief of staff and
now Secretary of State.
Cites Secret Information.
Mr.. Johnson, ClarkSburg (W.
Va lawyer and former American
Legion commander, related that as
Assistant Secretary of War he had
confidential information that war
was inevitable
But, he said conditions were SO
'helter- -skelter" in war preparations
that he went to Mr. Roosevelt to
inform him of what was going on.
He said Mr.. Roosevelt was sur
prised and told me to go to Mr.. x
and have that general transferred" :"
He did not identify either Mr.. x"
or the general involved and, at his
request, the committee did not ques-
tion him on that point
But the members did press him on
how he knew war was inevitable.
Mr.. johnson replied that the infor-
nation came from many sources" +"
including reports of military at
taches in Russia, Germany and other
nations Of Europe.
Plans Discussed.
The witness said he and Presi-
dent Roosevelt discussed these mat
ters and he was urged to revise the
industrial mobilization plan. He
said that eventually all the key
points of the plan were put into
operation and this was the pro-
gram that won the war"
Another source of the impend-
ing war;" Mr.. johnson said, were
American businessmen with facto-
ries and interests abroad.
They were not spies. They were
good American businessmen.
They understood what they saw
Evening star., 1947-10-23

Comments Challenged.
Mr.. johnson called some of the
Forrestal comments mot alone in
exact but incorrect" Others, he
said, were unfair and inexact."
Mr.. Forrestal summed up yester-
Evening star., 1947-12-28
Bo1vlmgg-Cooksey
Ceremony Is Held

The Rev. Joseph F. Denges ofIi-
ciated at the wedding yesterday of
Miss Mary Margaret Cooksey,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Vernon Cooksey of Mount Victoria,
Nd, and Mr.. George w. Bowling,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Bowl
ing of Wicomico, Md. The cere-
mony took place in Holy Ghost
Church and a reception followed in
the parish hall.
The bride wore white satin gown
with yoke and peplum of lace. Her
veil of illusion fell from lace cor
onet trimmed with orange blossoms
and her, bouquet was Of white
orchids and gladioluses. She was
given in marriage by her father
and attended by her sister, Miss
Betty Cooksey, who wore a tur-
quoise MORE gown with matching
gloves and coronet and carried red
poinsettias.
Another sister, Miss Catherine
Anne Cooksey, and Miss Mary
Elizabeth Floyd, wore flame-color
moire gowns with matching gloves
and coronets and carried white poin-
settias with ivy streamers. Little
Miss Lois Murphy, the flower girl,
wore a white MORE dress with gloves
and a coronet.
Mr.. James P. Bowling served as
Evening star., 1947-12-28

Miami. The Rev. Albert j. Taylor
offlciated, assisted by the Rev. John
Conway Henry of Epiphany Epis-
copal Church in Arlington and un-
Gle of the bride.
Mr. Sullivan gave his daughter in
marriage. She wore a candlelight
satin gown with a long train, and
carried a prayerbook with white
orchids and an heirloom lace hand
kerchief. Her sister, Miss Mar
garetta Conway Sullivan. was maid
of honor. wearing hyacinth MORE
dress with feather headdress and
bouquet of shocking pink carna-
tions. The bridesmaids, Miss Betty
Dobyns and Mrs. Michael A. La
Monica. wore gold crepe and dusty
pink crepe, respectively, with match
ing feather headdresses, and the
former carried bronze pompons,
the latter pale pink carnations.
Best man was Mr.. James John
Lawson, jr, brother of the bride
groom, and the ushers were Mr..
George Foard and Mr. La Monica.
A reception followed at the home
of the brides parents, the couple
leaving later for Miami. where they
will honeymoon on the Lawson
yacht. Upon their return they will
make their home in Arlington.
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son of Mr.. Sam Frank of Chicago
and the late Mrs. Frank, is an
nounced by her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Smith.
The bride-elect attended George
Washington University and served
in the Naval Reserve during the
war.
DR.. Frank was graduated from
Northwestern University and is a
member of the faculty of the med
ical school,
No date has been set for the we'd
ding
Evening star., 1947-12-28
Elizabeth Sulliran,
Dapid Larson We'd

A wedding that united two Ar
lingtonians took place yesterday
afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock in st.
David's Episcopal Chapel. Miss Eliz-
abeth Ann Sullivan, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Edwin Sullivan,
became the bride of Mr.. David Evan
Lawson, son of Mr.. and Mrs. James
J. Lawson of Washington and
Evening star., 1947-12-28

best man for his brother and Mr..
Edward Cooksey, brother of the
bride, and Mr.. Walter w. Bowling,
jr., were the ushers.
Following southern wedding
trip, the couple will reside in Balti-
more where the bridegroom is a
student at Maryland University
School of Law.
Engagement
The engagement of Miss Betty
Rose Smith to DR.. William Frank,
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Evening star., 1947-10-26

MY CAREER in the theater began and ended
lv1 all in one night 1t was 20 years ago on
the stage of the Vienna Staatsoper during
performance of Verdi's aida" l was an
enthusiastic opera lover but unfortunately
also an impecunious music student at the
Vienna Conservatory, and opera tickets were
expensive.
abandoned the habit of eating three meals
day as whim of the well-to-d do, but even
at that, found it almost impossible to buy
tickets regularly. So I was delighted when
Ferdl, fellow opera lover from the Con-
servatory, invited me to join him as super
on the stage during the next nights per-
formance of AIDA
Ferdl was a near-sighted, thin, stopped
youth who played the bass tuba, an instru-
ment demanding surplus of wind which Ferdl
evidently did not have. He came from the
Hernals district whose quaint customs and
picturesque language have won it the nick
name of the Viennese Brooklyn. He was
always hungry. He ate five meals day -
breakfast. second breakfast. lunch, jause, and
Evening star., 1947-10-26

stage. The Staatsoper had no permanent
corps of Statisten (supers). They were hired
on nightly basis according to the needs of the
performance. But noone got a job who hadn't
some pull with certain Herr Sterzinger,
chief of the supers. Everything in Vienna was
matter of pull. Ferdl knew Sterzinger.
Suppose our friends and teachers from the
Conservatory recognize us on the stage?"
asked. A super is super and the naughty
Conservatory did not look with favor on any
of its students publicly appearing in such
socially-questionable employment
How can they recognize u.s." cried Ferdl
Evening star., 1947-10-26

dinner He had snack after the opera per-
formance, and in between meals kept body
and soul together with thick pieces of dark
bread covered with slices of raw bacon, which
he carried in his briefcase, wrapped in old
newspapers In spite of all this, he bore a
physical resemblance to Gandhi
A Matter Of Pull
You can listen to the performance right
on the STAGE" Ferdl said. Besides, they'll
pay us five schilling.'
Five schilling would buy three ourth-gallery
tickets. And I'd always wanted to go back
Evening star., 1947-10-26

Well be among King Amonasros defeated
Ethiopian warriors. Our hands and faces u,;,I
be blacked." He added, We'll see the girls of
the ballet from very close The ballet performs
just before we 60 on" That settled it. I wac
19 at the time.
arrived at. the Opera House the next
evening before six, after carefully dodpino
several of my classmates from the Con.
servatory. Ferdl was waiting, wad of bread
and bacon in his hand. He took another bite
put the rest into his briefcase, and led the wav
through the stage door. was as excited az
though l were going to sing the part of
King Amonasro. We climbed up narrow
winding stairway and walked towards door
which bore hand-written sign - 'Statisten"
No Flat Feet
l SAW large, dimly lit room with wooden
benches running along the walls, like county
Jail. The place smelled of shoes, old socks and
sweat. About 80 men were sitting on the
benches, reading newspapers. playing cards or
doing. A few looked fairly respectable, but
most seemed to have been picked up in
police raid In rear corner fat fellow with
bald, egg-shaped head was sitting at table
which had only three legs. Ferdl shook hands
with him and introduced me. It was Herr
Sterzinger.
He looked me over like rancher at cattle
show. Hope you haven't got fiat feet" he
said. According to Meyers Konversa-
tions-L -Lexikon, the Austrian encyclopedia.
Ethiopians never have fiat feet. 1.-THE
Staatsoper manager is meticulous in
matters of authenticity" he said.
Remember" Herr Sterzinger told me, "a
super never intrudes. He is part of the mass
not an individual. He nevers bothers anybody
on the stage. He is only super knoys it,"
A sullen wardrobe man appeared with an
armload of filthy faded pieces of greyish
underwear which proved to be the uniforms
for the Ethiopian prisoners of war. He threw
them down on the floor and departed. We
began to undress. Herr Sterzinger chose the
least soiled costume for himself. He was the
leader of the Ethiopian PWs. 1T took me
four years to make 1t, he said with pardon
able pride Il had to start out as a Geneiuev
(private)"
We got dressed. Ferdl complained that his
sandals were much too big. My Ethiopian PW
uniform was two sizes too small. warned the
wardrobe man that my pants might fall down
while was walking across the stage
IF they do" he sneered, mo one will
notice it.
wThe Victoxs"
+ ERDL offered Herr Sterzinger bacon sand
wich. A sleepy man with large makeup kit
approached and without warning suddenly
plastered black paint all over my face. Keep
STILL" he grunted. Il haven't got all evening
for you"
Not all of the supers, of course, were
Ethiopian prisoners. Some of the card playing
buns were attired in cleaning armor, with
Evening star., 1947-10-26
My Short Life On The Stage

1t was i'm old Vienna, and two poor but
carefree students wanted to see the opera.
They got jobs as Ethiopian warriors, and
''Aida" got it's most hilarious performance
BY JOSEPH WECHSBERG
Milford chronicle., 1947-07-18
CONVERSATIONAL TOPICS
By ]. E. JONES

The st. Lawrence Seaway pro-
iect will cost nearly $500 million,
according to estimates by the De-
partment of Commerce to Con-
gress.
That is more than double what
the Seaway would have cost when
the Seaway plan was proposed fifty
years ago.
Nothing will be done about it.
And then there is more and
more talk in Congress about "giv-
ing" the people of the District OF
Columbia their birth rights under
the Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution of the United
States.
Congress hasn't the least inten-
ton of giving District citizens their
rights of citizenship-the standlng
that we call Democracy"
There is just one thing that Con
gress is talking about" that is
certain-and that is to adjourn
the present session sometime be-
tween the middle and the last OF
July. There are lots of FENCES
to-fix" in every Senatorial anC
Congressional District
Milford chronicle., 1947-07-18

Mrs. Charles Morris and son
Paul of Newark. are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Hoey Gross on Sunday.
Mrs. Emma Marge and son
Wayne are planning to leave for
Alaska where her husband is sta
toned with the U. S. Army.
Bulletins were presented to the
church by Miss Helena Case in
memory of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Speel.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Lank and
daughter Sara Elizabeth and Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Bradley of Fell
ton spent Sunday at Riverview
Beach, N. j.
Mrs. Harry Harrington of Mar
shallton, Mrs. Carroll Norris of
Leipsic, Mrs. Carl Hughes of Can
terbury and Mrs. Thomas Robbins
of near town, were dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Robbins
on Wednesday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1947-07-18
BETHEL

Mrs. Clara Phillips of Middle
town was the weekend guest of
Mrs. Anna 'Insley.
Mrs. Randall Dickerson and chill
dren were Sunday dinner guests
of her mother, Mrs. Laura Will
liams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Phillips,
Mr.. and Mrs. NoOnan of Middle
town were weekend guests of Mrs.
Reuben Quillen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Arbogast
and family, Mrs. Anna Smith were
dinner guests on Sunday of Mr..
and Mrs. Earle Allen in Laurel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Plummer en-
tertained the following guests at
dinner on Sunday on the lawn of
their home, Mrs. Arthur Bryan
and daughter of Laurel, Lee West
of Millsboro, Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin
Matthews and daughter of Sea-
ford, Mr.. and Mrs. Hammond Beale
and son of Wilmington, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Matthews of Harris
burg. Pa.
Mrs. Charles Cordrey, Jr., spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Fletcher in Sharptown.
The Count -On-Me-Club went on
their annual picnic on Wednesday
to Ocean City, Md.
! Mrs. Louis Cain of Wilmington
spent part of last week as the
guest of her mother, Mrs. Laura
i Wheatley. Mrs. Wheatley accom-
panied her back for a few weeks
Mrs. Marian Cubbage is spend
ing some time with Mr.. and Mrs
! Walter Hausey, Jr., near Laurel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Cubbagt
motored to New York City on Sat
urday to meet a girl friend of Mrs
Cubbage, Miss Marie Tebbutt o
Grimsby, England.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Locates
and son and Mrs. Anne Kinnikel
spent Sunday at Ocean City, Md.
Milford chronicle., 1947-07-18

Mrs. Elizabeth Owens spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. William
Marvel of Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Sapp re-
ceived word from their grandson,
Harold Denney, of the U. S. Navy,
that he is on his way to Guam.
Mrs. Edith Sorrell and Miss
Elizabeth Scotton of Hartly spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Willard
Sapp.
William Davis of Dover spent
the weekend with his sister, Mrs.
Sallie Williams.
Mrs. Susan Rogers spent last
week with her niece, Mrs. Edith
B. Phillips at Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Mcqueen en-
tertained Mrs. McQueen's brother
and sister-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Green of Troy, N. Y, last
week
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Nutter Marvel re-
/ turned from a visit to Philadel-
phia and CollingswOOd, N. j..
where they were guests of Mrs
Marvels sisters, Mrs. S. w. Walls
and Mrs. L. Parlette.
Mrs. Mabel Rogers spent the
weekend at Lewes with Mr.. ant
Mrs. L. c. Rogers.
The first quarterly conference
for this year will be held in thu
Sunday school room on the even
ing of July 25. DR.. T. c. Mulligan
the District Superintendent of tn
Dover District, will preside. TIL,
pastor desires a good representa-
ton of our people present at thi
meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1947-07-18
Voice of Turtle
Heard in Germany

MUNICH -(P)- Axel Ambesser
is back in uniform which seems
quite natural to German theatre
gOers.
Tall and handsome, Axel de-
lighted the maidens for years IN
romantic roles. Most of the time
he portrayed German officers,
particularly the Luftwaffe.
Now he is doing the lead in the
American play, 1.-The Voice of the
Turtle" by John w. Van Druten'
produced by the Munich Hammer
spiele.
And Axel is back in uniform,
this time the Cd of an American
sergeant with the pork-and-beans
name of Bill.
A beauteous blonde, Maria Mix
lisch, is the German sally" and
Annemarie Kordes does "Olive."
Milford chronicle., 1947-07-18
FREDERICK

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Robbins
and Mr.. and Mrs. William Eliza
son, near town, spent last week
end in Atlantic City, N. ].
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Morris and
sons, Albert and Lawrence and
Mrs. Harry Minner and daughter
Virgie, near town, spent Sunday
at Ocean City, Md.
Mrs. Rosalie Deitz of PhiladeI-
phia spent a few days last week
at her home here.
Mrs Mae Williams visited Mr.
and Mrs. William Hallett of Re-
hObOth last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Stevenson
of Wilmington spent the weekend
with his mother, Mrs. Ida Steven
son.
Mrs William Brown and son
Billy of College Park, Md, spent
last week with Mrs. Julia Darl-
ing.
Mrs. Alonzo Norris has returned
home from Baltimore, Md. where
she had been the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Garbett.
Millard Benson, a former resi-
dent of this town and now of Phil.
adelphia received his B. S. degree
from Drexel Institute. He is al
engineer.
! Mrs. Emma Taylor returned tt
her home in Philadelphia after
spending last week here with hel
mother, Mrs. Sallie Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Wilson
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Bland ant
Mr.. and Mrs. Neil Bland of viii
mingtOn motored to Radio Parl
on Sunday.
Mrs. James Virden and son ant
daughter of New Castle visited MI
and Mrs. Lawrence Boone las
week
Aaron Hudson, Mrs. Earl HOl
leger, Mrs. Mary Briggs and daugh
ter Sarah Langrell, visited Mrs
Sallie Hudson at Delaware Stat
Hospital last week.
Milford chronicle., 1947-07-18
MAGNOLIA

Mrs. Ferris Wright and son Die
kie and Mrs. James M. Satterfield
of Dover were Sunday guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. John knight.
Miss Doris Smith of Smyrna,
has been spending sometime with
her aunt, Mrs. Florence Kenton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hill and
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Richards spent
Sunday at colchester. The latter's
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Franklin Richards of near
Dover. joined them there.
Mrs. Floyd Quillen and chill
dren, Billy and Bobby, have re-
turned to their home after accom-
panyirg friends on a several days
visit to Cape Charles, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Wilcutts
were Wilmington visitors on Sat-
urday.
Miss Frances Wright and her
mother, Mrs. Beulah Wright spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. A. ].
Coke in their cottage at Kits Hum
mock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mace and
| children were recent visitors OF
her mother, Mrs. ]. B. Wharton.
They were enroute to their home
near Baltimore after spending sew
eral days at RehOboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kratzert OF
Utica, N. Y, and Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Kratzert of Lancaster, Pa.
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. William Hinsley. On Sunday
they visited RehobOth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stout oil
Milton and Mrs. Susie Barratt
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
Howard Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Williams
attended Mrs. Essa Breaker anC
Robert Jenkins of Harrisburg, Pa.
at their marriage which took place
recently at the summer home o
Rev. T. j. burlington in Denton
Md. Mr.. and Mrs. Jenkins spen
sometime with Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liams before returning to Harris
burg.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Reed ant
daughter Rose Ann, spent Sunda!
with relatives in Rock Hall, Md
The formers mother, Mrs. w. j
Reed, accompanied them to Churcl
Hill where she spent the day witt
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Jacquett.
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Dewey Shahan were Mr.. and Mrs
Kenneth Shahan and son Joseph o
Milford, Mr.. and Mrs. Van Van
Sykle of Los Angeles, California
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Walls of Bar
clay. Md. and Mr. and Mrs. Owe
Shahan and family of RichardsO
,, Park. Mr.. and Mrs. Van Sykle az
on "a wedding trip and had spen
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs
Shahan.
Milford chronicle., 1947-07-18

BOSTON BAD BOY: The 15-year
old ct left pulled gun and used
the boy at right as a shield
against police. He was later
captured