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Evening star., 1947-11-09

SO SORRY. Rejection slips, though
painful, are always polite. All editors
do their best to spare a writer's feel
ings. But, according to Vincent Star.
rett in his new book called Books
and Bipeds," Chinese editors really
60 all-out in their efforts to save face
A sample rejection slip reads: I'VE
read your manuscript with boundless
delight. BY the sacred ashes of our
ancestors, we swear that we have
never dipped into book of such over
whelming mastery. If we were to
publish this book it would be impos-
sible in the future to issue any book
of a lower standard. As it is unthink-
able that within the next 10000 years
we shall find its equal, we are, to our
great regret, compelled to return this
divine work, and beg you a thousand
times to forgive our action"
Evening star., 1947-11-09

Names and descriptions Of all charaeters N
fiction stories and semi-neton articles In thas
magazine are wholly imaginary. Any name
which happens to be tho same as that Ct snY
person, living OF dead. 10 entirely eoinesdsntai.
Evening star., 1947-11-09
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Evening star., 1947-11-09

BEST SELLER. We didn't know
till recently that Mark Twain once
invented a ready-glued scrapbook
which was quite a success in its day.
Ironically, the volume of blank pages
made more money for him than some
of his novels did.
Evening star., 1947-11-09
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HIGH PRESSURE. For honest
salesmanship you can't beat a co,,n.
try general store. One small emno.
rum in Wisconsin town has a dis
play of bottled dye. designed to touch
up gray hair. Near by there's a paint
ed sign stating:
The Best Thing We Have for
Gray Hair Is Lot of Respect"
Evening star., 1947-11-09

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Evening star., 1947-02-22

Richmond Cleric to Speak J
The Rev. e. E. Smith of the Eb-
enezer Baptist Church, Richmond,
will address the Union University
Club of Washington at IL am. to-
morrow in the Shiloh Baptist
Church, Ninth and P streets NV.
Evening star., 1947-02-22

that In order to bring wages Of civil
servants up to the level received by
other workers. Such additional
grant would require a budget in
crease of 2,Oo0, 900 600 francs ($16,-
800, ,0O0).
Paper Strike Peace Outlook Gains.
Meanwhile, somewhat brighter
prospects appeared for termination
of the 10-day-old newspaper strike.
The publishers have agreed to the
Is per cent increase in salaries
demanded by the Linotype opera
tors, If they would agree to reduce
the number of their ranks. Nine
hundred Linotype operators are on
strike and the publishers want to
get rid of some 200, as most Paris
papers have been employing more
than they need.
The once powerful Messageries
Hachette, which practically had had
a monopoly in newspaper distribu-
tion throughout the country is the
strikes first casualty. Its financial
situation had been strained for a
long time and it has announced that
it would file a bankruptcy petition.
The filling station strike, which
mas reduced Paris traffic to almost
nothing, continues.
(Copyright, 1947)
Evening star., 1947-02-22
French Minimum Paw
Standard Spurs Hope
To CurtaiI Strikes
By Paul Gholi
Foreign Correspondent Of The stor and
the Chicago Daily News

| the Chicago Dolly News
PARIS, Feb. 22.-With the pro-
mitigation of the 7,000-franc (s58)
monthly minimum wage standard
for all workers and government EN-.
| ployes, demanded by the Commu.
nist-controlled General Confedera.
ton of Labor, the French govern
ment yesterday took a forward ster
toward solving its most formidable
dilemma.
The whole economy of this ma
| tion is affected by the nationwide
demands for salary increases and
this move is hopefully viewed as
holding the possible key to even
tually freeing France of its current
strike plague.
Another government decision, also
announced by Premier Paul Rama
dier yesterday, which may succeed
in limiting walkouts, is expected to
raise loud opposition, however, from
both Communist and Socialist ranks
when submitted to Parliament in
the next few days. This is the
drafting of a law whereby the right
to strike would be denied to state
employees who hold government au-
thority. 1t was prompted by last
Fridays strike of Paris policemen
and ministry officials, who left their
posts to stage street demonstrations.
Hard Won Victory.
The right of all state employees to
strike was a hard won victory
against successive governments and
took years to achieve. Frances Ia
boring classes will see the measure
as the more reactionary, It is an
ticipated, in light of the fact that
one of the first moves of the British
labor government was to abrogate
the 1927 law denying British state
employees the right to strike.
The headquarters of the Civil
Servants Union admitted yesterday
that 72,OOO of their members would
be benefited by the establishment of
the $58 minimum wage. Whether
State employees will be content with
that is viewed as doubtful in some
quarters, however, as the union had
demanded IS per cent more than
Evening star., 1947-02-22
Red Cross Fund Campaign
Unit Plans Kickoff Rally

Key workers in the Government
unit of the Red Cross 1947 fund
drive which begins March /, will
hold their Kickoff" rally in the
Departmental Auditorium at noon
Wednesday, it was announced to-
day.
Oscar L. Chapman. Undersecre-
tary of the Interior, will preside.
Principal speakers will include
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal,
Kenneth G. Royal, Undersecretary
of War. and Joseph C. Grew, chair
man of the Metropolitan Area drive
Among the guests will be Fleet
Admiral William D. Leahy and Gen.
Alexander A. Vandegrift, COM
mandant of the Marine Corps.
The Government units quota is
1869 900 of the area goal of $751;, $50.
Evening star., 1947-02-22

being pushed into the background.
Long floor-length drapes make
the ceiling look higher; short drapes
and undraped windows make the
ceiling seem lower. Valances and
heavy crowns above the windows
lend substantial appearance and
hide rods or hangers. They usually
will be found in professional jobs.
The Venetian blind, which appears
to go well with most decorating
schemes and which offers any de-
gree of privacy desired without in
terfering with ventilation, is much
in vogue.
(Released by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
Evening star., 1947-02-22
Two American Flyers
Rescued in Labrador
By sbe Assoe;oted press

/ OTTAWA, Feb. 22.-RCAF head
quarters here reported last night
that two United States Army flyers
who crashed in the Labrador hinter-
land Tuesday had been rescued by a
dog team party sent out from Cape
Harrison. Later they were picked
up by an RCAF rescue plane and
brought back to Goose Bay airport.
The rescue party Travelled close to
100 miles to rescue the two airmen,
Evening star., 1947-02-22

in a modern room. It is a bit severe,
and there is no attempt to make a
feature of the opening. The straight
hanging drapes should blend with
the wall covering.
In a third case, where a room is
more luxuriously furnished, the win
dows may be definitely played up as
an essential part of an ambitious
decorating scheme. In such case
the drapes may contrast with the
wall covering and the window thus
be brought to attention instead of
Evening star., 1947-02-22
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. C.
FEBRUARY "a, 19z.

whose plane became lost Tuesday on
a test fight from Goose Bay.
United States ferrying base, to Cape
Harrison, 125 miles northwest. The
plane, C-64. apparently made
forced landing after running out
of gas.
Evening star., 1947-04-06

ors for the use of their private
cars on public business.
Also before the committee viii
be the antivivisection bill, tabled
by the Miller subcommittee follow
ing hearings,
Evening star., 1947-04-06
Veteran on Probation
After Conviction in
JobIess Pay Fraud

Eldridge Turner Wade, first vet
eran to Be prosecuted here for filing
false benefit claims under the Serv-
icemen's Readjustment Act. was
placed on . years probation yes
terday by Judge John p. Mcmahon
In Municipal Court.
Probation for the 39-year-oid col
ored man was ordered with the
warning he will have to serve a
total of 1So days in jail, to which
he was sentenced on six charges,
should he violate the terms OF his
release.
Wade, who lives in the 1400 block
of Swami street NV, pleaded guilty
March 21 after withdrawing a re-
quest for jury trial.
It was charged that Wade falsely
claimed he had no earnings over
a six-week period between Febru-
ary 20 and April 8, 1915, and re-
ceived $l20 from the District OF
Columbia Unemployment Compen-
sation Board. Investigation showed
he earned more than $50 while en-
ployed part-time at the National
Press Club. Defense Counsel Lewis
E. Barnes told the court full resti.
tuition has been made to the Gov
ernment.
Pointing out that the maximum
sentence for the violation is $1.00t
or a year in jail or both. Judge Nc.
Mahon declared this practice Of
fraudulent1y. drawing compensation
until caught at, it has got to stop
He said, however, he would take
into account the defendants pre-.
viously clear record and the fac
that he repaid the money.
Evening star., 1947-04-06

An outstanding board of art ex-
perts has been selected to judge
pictures submitted in The Evening
Star. Student Calendar Art Contest
which closed last Tuesday with ap-
proximately 400 entries.
The panel is composed of Will
liam H. Calfee, head of the Art De-
partment of American University,
Prof. James v. Herring, head of the
Art Department of Howard Univer-
sity, and Richard Lahey. principal
of the corcoran School of Art.
The judges will meet tomorrow to
begin their consideration of the
pictures which were submitted by
senior and junior high school stu
dents in Washington and the nearby
areas of Montgomery and Arlington
Counties and from Alexandria.
The task of selecting the six win
ners. WHO will each receive a 500
United States Savings Bond, will
not be easy. as many outstanding
works were turned in by the young
art students.
Further complicating their task
will be the fact that the contest
was a calendar art contest and
many pictures of real worth may
be considered by the judges as not
suitable for use In a calendar. How
ever. by far the greater part of the
Evening star., 1947-04-06
| Pressing Shops
Have Busy Day
| In Easter Rush

Owners of most valet and cleaning
shops closed their doors last night
with sigh Of relief and the opinion
that the Easter parade today should
present a neat appearance.
At Z o'clock last night, men and
women carrying suits and dresses
under arm still was lined up for a
block and half, waiting for the
press while you wait" service at
the Golden Star Valet Service at
1912 New York avenue. 1t had been
like that most of the day.
Things were not much slower at
Central Valet, 1405 H street NV,
where business Was reported to be
the second largest In the stx-year
history Of the establishment.
At the Ambassador valet Shop,
916 Fourteenth street NV the
cleaning business vas double that
of last pear, aeeoeding 10 the owner.
Evening star., 1947-04-06
Experts Selected to Judge
4OOCuIendur Art Entries

pictures submitted will fit into the
calendar category.
The pictures included landscapes,
still life and scenes within the city
and it is probably that pictures suit
able to the various seasons will be
among the winners.
The judging probably will be COM
pleted tomorrow, but the names OF
the winners will not be disclosed
until May / when the exhibition
will open In suitable downtown
location where the public viii have
ready access to the display.
The general high quality of the
pictures may come as somewhat of
"a surprise as none Of the contest
ants has passed his eighteenth
birthday.
Following the close of the exhihi-
ton. which will last two weeks, the
pictures will be returned to the
schools attended by the young art
lists. The six winning pictures, how
ever. will be held for use by the
printers who publish the l948 cal
endar to be distributed by Evening
Star carriers at Christmas time. The
winning pictures will be returned to
the students after reproduction.
Announcement of the place OF
exhibition and the program for
presentation of the prizes win be
announced later.
Evening star., 1947-04-06
Mason 7 threatens Board Change
I'm Fiuht for ProcticuINurses
ways an associations approved
,fninee who gets the Job"

always an ASSOclaLfOn-6ppf0Y
nominee who gets the job"
Asks Health Unit Control.
He said he thought the Health
Department and not the Graduate
Nurses Association should control
the licensing and standards Of
practical nurses here,
Mr.. Mason's statements drew
prompt reply from representatives
Of both groups criticized. Charles
D. Drayton, attorney for the Grad
uate Nurses Association, declared
the Commissioner has showed him
self to be "dogmatic as well as
ignorant" OF nursing problems.
This law has worked sattsfac-
torily for 40 years." he said. There
were no complaints until Guy
Mason came along"
Miss Alice Stone, president OF the
examining board, said the space
factor was important IN the Gar
field Hospital decision. She said
Gallinger Hospital had enough ward
space to take care OF practical nurse
training, but that Garfield does not.
Provides Clinical Training.
She also pointed out that CAL
linger provides only clinical train
ing for practical nurses, who get
academic training at the city's yoca-
tional schools.
Long at odds with the association
over nurses training policy, Mr.
Mason recently rejected bill pro-
posed by the association. The meas
ure would have brought practical
nurses under the law requiring the
licensing of graduate nurses here
Mr.. Mason turned thumbs down
on the bill because it would give
too much power to the graduate
organization. He also argued that
the associations opposition to side
by-side training Of practical and
undergraduate nurses in the same
hospitals has contributed TO the
shortage of .semiskilled nurses.
Evening star., 1947-04-06
Children Down
Polish Nails in
Home Mishops

A child who was reported 10 have
fallen through skylight and then
rolled down three flights Of stairs
with no apparent injury was among
numerous home accidents reported
here last week by the District Red
Cross.
Other children, however. did not
fare as well, according to the weekly
home accident survey announced
yesterday.
One child was treated for swal-
lowing several cigarette stubs. an
other swallowed sleeping tablets and
third drank shoe polish. Two
others ate a tack and a small nail.
Two persons died Of burns and 30
were given hospital care because Of
home accidents, the Red Cross said.
One woman suffered fracture
when she dropped q soft drink bot
tie on her big toe, and another
woman was given surgical treat
ment when she bit her tongue on
stumbling over q rocking chair.
The Red Gross said home injuries
thus far this year total l,0A ~
against ,433 year ago this time.
Evening star., 1947-04-06
Court Backs Pistol Charge
OF 'Co-operating' Police

Because police were working to-
gether" in the arrest Of man seen
to be carrying pistol, Judge Ellen
Raedy yesterday overruled a motion
to quash the arrest and accepted
the defendants guilty plea which
was entered Immediately.
The man, George I. Eighmie, %,
1700 block Of Kalorama road NV,
awaits sentencing April 10 after
probation Office report. He was
charged with carrying a deadly
weapon and bond was set at $500.
Defense Counsel E. w. La Rochelle
tried to quash the arrest, after
Park Policeman Robert Glenn testi-
fed he did not see the .32-caliber
gun in the defendants possession
before he made the arrest. The
officer testified he was told by
Policewoman Gertrude S. Wilson
that she saw the weapon in
Eighmie's pocket as he was taking
pictures of statues in Meridian Hill
Park FRIDAY afternoon.
Evening star., 1947-04-06
CLARK Will Crown
Miss Anderson as
Cherry Fete Queen

Attorney General Clark has been
selected to crown Miss Nancy An
derson, daughter OF the Secretary
Of Agriculture, as queen OF the Cher
ry Blossom Festival Saturday at
the Tidal Basin, festival oficials
announced yesterday.
After a motorcade escorts Miss
Anderson to her throne, Mr.. Clark
will place q crown of blossoms on
her head at 2:15 pm. Saturday.
Oficials expect about 100, 900 per-
sons to attend both days Of this first
postwar festival.
Irving c. Root, superintendent Of
the National Capital Parks, who
has been keeping close tab on the
cherry trees, reported yesterday that
they would be in full bloom by the
coming week end. He based his
prediction on the present condition
Of the buds and an anticipation Of
warm weather between now and
Saturday.
Seats Available.
For the first time in the history
OF the event. seats will be available
for the ceremonies at the basin.
Tickets will sell for IS cents each,
including tax, and officials are ar
ranging for 5000 seats. Tickets will
go on sale Tuesday at the District
information Center in the lobby OF
The Star Building and the Ameri-
can Automobile Association, Seven
teenth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV.
After the coronation Mr.. Clark
will make brief address OF vel
come to the spectators.
An opening concert at 2 pm. by
the United States Army Band, inter-
spersed with selections by q male
chorus, will inaugurate the two
days OF pageantry.
After Mr.. Clark's address, q large
colorful pageant, Peace Among the
Cherry Blossoms. will be staged,
with the principal musical and
dance portions Of the program being
furnished by the Columbia Light
Opera Company under direction OF
Miss Ethyl Manning, and the Evelyn
Davis Dance Playhouse Group.
Nations to Participate.
In addition, the pageant will be
participated In by representatives OF
countries comprising the United
Nations. Each nation Is being asked
to send one or more representatives
who will contribute q native song
or dance to the program. These
delegations also will appear In the
coIorful costumes Of their native
lands.
A backdrop for this presentation,
and fianking the queen and her
court, viii be tableau formed by
young women representing the "a
Evening star., 1947-04-06
Motorist Held for Old Tags
Freed After BIuminq Bureau

Protest that he had tried per-
sistently, but with belated success,
to get his 1947 license tags yester-
day won freedom in Traffic Court
for Norris McCotter. who blamed
everything on the Bureau Of Motor
Vehicles.
Mr.. McCotter, "a, Of the 100 block
of Thirty-fifth street Sc, told
Judge Thomas Dewey Quinn he was
ticketed last Wednesday for having
old tags on his car,
But I had been trying since
March 10 to get my new tags de-
clared McCotter. They didn't
come until today
Hs related he teiepiaoned tie
Evening star., 1947-04-06

bureau on the 10th because ne
hadn't received the application.
They assured me the form would
be sent right out, but another week
went by without action. When !
called them again, they told me the
same thing application would
be right out" McCotter declared.
He added that on March IS he
finally went in person to the bureau
and after waiting two hours" got
the necessary paper. He said he
mailed his check four days later
but before the tags arrived the po-
lice had given him q ticket.
Mitigating circumstances said
Judge Quinn, suspending impose
tion a o - 0na.
Evening star., 1947-04-06
Bids to Be Advertised
For Receiving Home

Bids for the construction of the
new $685., 900 Receiving Home for
Children viii be advertised tomor-
row, Porter M. Lumpkins, chief clerk
of the District Engineering Depart
ment, announced yesterday. The
building viii be built on the north
size of Mount Olivet road, west OF
Corcoran street NE.
The home Is now temporarily 10
Gated In one of the buildings on the
grounds of the National Training
School for Girls on Loughboro road
NV. Funds for the building were
appropriated seTeral years ago. but
the bids were too high and plans had
10 be redrafted.
Evening star., 1947-04-06
Prompt Unit Approval
OF Hebelt Pistol Bill
Expected by Dirksen

Chairman Dirksen Of the House
District Committee last night pre-
dicted prompt committee approval
of the Hebert bill giving police the
power to arrest and search persons
they have good reason to believe
are carrying concealed weapons.
Mr.. Dirksen said he hoped to get
the bill on the House calendar for
action April IA.
Pointing out the bill had been ap-
proved unanimously by House Dis
trict subcommittee Mr.. Dirksen said
he believed there was no occasion to
hold further hearings on the meas
ure.
He said the measure will be con-
sidered tomorrow when the COM
mittee meets to discuss 7 or 8 Dis
trict bills.
The Herbert bill was studied by
the judiciary subcommittee headed
by Representative O'Hara, Repub-
lican, of Minnesota, soon after
Frank c. Kelly was killed and
Policeman Raymond D. Padgett
critically wounded in street shoot
ings.
The bill is aimed at hating
promiscuous pistol carrying on the
streets of Washington. At the
present time, criminals and would
be criminals cannot be arrested
legally and searched for weapons
without a warrant unless police
man actually sees them committing
crime or arrests them for some
other offense.
Under the pending bill. police
would be permitted to arrest and
search without a warrant on prob
able cause" that a person is carry
ing a concealed weapon.
Representative Dirksen said he
was aware that the measure was
one which should receive prompt
attention from Congress.
Evening star., 1947-04-06
By Henry A. Muslin

Commissioner Guy Mason declared
yesterday he would take legal steps
to change the makeup Of the Dis
trict Nurses Examining Board un-
less a Graduate Nurses Association
monopoly" of the panel Is broken
to permit extension Of practical
nurse training to more city hospi-
tails.
His threat capped a blunt criticism
OF the boards recent refusal to al
low Garfield Hospital to train prac-
tical nurses, an act he described as
"a threat to every hospital in town. .
Such actions Of the board, Mr..
Mason asserted, "only aggravate the
acute shortage OF nurses here
The Commissioner told reporters
the examining board recently had
tried to block a program of practical
nurse training at Gallinger Hospital.
He said he had checked the move
by threatening to close the munich
pally owned institutions graduate
school Of nursing.
Wants Law Changed.
Mr.. Mason said he thought the
law setting UP the Nurses Board of
Examiners, should be rewritten to
provide for public representation.
One way of insuring such represen-
tation, he added. would be to have
a Health Department representative
on the board
The law setting up the board was
written into the District Code In
1907. Under 1t, the Graduate Nurses
Association submits membership
nominations to the Commissioners.
Mr.. Mason described this policy
as "insuring the association a
monopoly over board membership.
we can turn down one nomina-
tion," he pointed out. 'fbut the
nurses can always come back at
us with another. And no matter
what the Commissioners do It's
Evening star., 1947-04-06

States, dressed In o costume most
nearly identifying each State. The
Army band, under direction Of Capt.
Hugh J. Curry, will provide musical
accompaniment for the entire pro-
gram.
Another activity In connection
with the festival is 3 cherry blossom
ball to be held Saturday night at
the Central YMCA, 1875 q street
NV. Lowell Quimby Is chairman
Of the committee making arrange
merts for the affair.