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Evening star., 1947-03-21
Miss Longbry
Selects Date
For Wedding

Miss Madeleine Loughry and Maj.
John Key Walker, jr., have selected
Tuesday afternoon, April 8, for their
marriage. The wedding will take
place in the chapel at the United
States Soldiers Home, of which the
brides father, Maj. Gen. H. K
Loughry, is governor. The Rev. A.
A. McCallum, chaplain, will offlciate
at 5 o'clock and the reception will
follow in the governors mansion.
Miss Loughry will have as her maid
of honor Miss Carolyn Cooper and
her other attendants will be Mrs
William de Camp of Short Hills
N. j., a classmate of Miss Loughry al
Smith College; Miss Kathleen Bell
Miss Margaret McCallum and Miss
Beverly Harris.
Mai. Walker, who Is son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walker of Bedford, Va.
is military instructor at the Agrt-
cultural and Mechanical College in
Texas where he and his bride will
make their home after their wedding
trip. Mai. Walker will have as his
DeSG man LII. COl. WlllidlH bcChel
and the ushers at the wedding will
include 1t. Col. Lane Timmons, Maj
Warren T. Slaughter, Maj. Frank
Oliver and Comdr. Douglas Gardner
Miss Loughry and Maj. Walker
will be guests of honor at cocktail
party which Brig. Gen. and Mrs
Charles S. Harris will give April S
The cocktail party will be followed
by dinner with dancing which Gen
Loughry will give for his daughter
and her f1ance at the Army Navy
Country Club.
The former Undersecretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. Daniel w. Bel
will give a dinner following the
rehearsal April T. Their guests viii
include the members of the wedding
party and the guests from other
cities.
Miss Loughry also will be enter
tanned at several hncheonS, the
first to be given tomorrow by Miss
Bell, and Tuesday Mrs. John Grad
dock will be hostess at luncheon fol
her, entertaining at Pierre's.
Evening star., 1947-03-21
Sbanisb Tea Set

Mrs. Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa
wife of the Nicaraguan Ambassador
will be hostess at tea this after.
noon when Spanish will be the only
language spoken. Mrs. Sevills
Sacasas guests will be the members
of the Spanish classes held in the
White House, among the wives OF
Senators, and at the Shorehan
Hotel. Prof. Ramon Ramos prob.
ably will be the only masculine
guest nreSent
Evening star., 1947-03-21
Legal Fraternity
Plans Rusb Pmtv

Alpha Lambda Chapter of Phi
Delta Delta International Legal
Fraternity will give its first rush
party for the students of Ma
tional University tomorrow at the
Dodge Hotel. Miss Irene Wright
who has recently returned from
Paris, will be the speaker at the
luncheon.
Among the invited guests are
Catherine Vaux, national president
of Phi Delta Delta; Judge Fay
Bentley, Judge Nadine Gallagher
Miss Mary Agnes Brown, former
WAC colonel; Judge Lucy Howorth
Mrs. Mabel Benton Sakis, Mrs
Grace Knoeller and Miss Helen A
Adair.
Mrs. Winifred Grant, high priest
ess of Alpha Lambda Chapter, will
preside.
Evening star., 1947-03-21
Mrs. MaHrv Here

Mrs. T. B. Maury of Los Angeles
the former Miss Priscilla Bunker
is spending several days with hel
uncle, Rear Admiral Theodore D
Ruddock, and Mrs. Ruddock, at theil
quarters at the Navy Yard.
Mrs. Maury, who will leave Sun.
day for New York, has been house.
hunting here in the hope of return.
ing to the East in June with hel
mother, Mrs. Paul D. Bunker, ane
her four children. She is the widow
of Maj. Maury who was aboard 6
Japanese prison ship torpedoed dur.
ing the war.
Before coming to Washington
Mrs. Maury visited her husband.
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Magrudel
Maury of Washington. who art
spending the winter in Bay st
| Louis, Miss.
Evening star., 1947-03-21
Senate Gets China Treaty
For Friendship and Trade
BY the Associated Press

President Truman has sent to the
Senate for ratification a treaty of
friendship, commerce and naviga-
ton" with China, signed last No
vember at Nanking.
His message of transmittal yes
terday said:
THE inclosed treaty is a compre-
hensive instrument which takes
into account the developments in
international relationships during
the past century and is intended to
meet effectively the needs of the
present day"
The 10,000-word document super
sedes nine previous pacts, including
one drafted In 1874.
Evening star., 1947-03-21
GWUHosbtalFnmd
Aided bv Dance

The fund for the George Wash
ington University Hospital will be
added to by the proceeds from the
annual freshman spring dance this
evening. Dancing will begin at
o'clock in the Annapolis Hotel to
the music of Bill Harward's orches-
ira and the event is semiformal.
The freshman class of the Uni
versity cleared about $500 for its
recent production of Freshman Fol-
lies which also will be added to the
hospital fund.
Evening star., 1947-03-21
Luncheon Meeting

1.-THE World Food Council and It's
Possibilities" was the subject of tt
address given by Miss Florer
Reynolds before luncheon meeting
today of the National Capital Chap
ter of Theta Sigma Phi, honorary
fraternity of women journalists.
Miss Reynolds, who is assistant
director of information of the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations, ~discussed the pro-
posal made by the Food and Agri-
culture Organization for the estab-
lishment of a world food council.
She attended the food conference
held in Copenhagen, Denmark, a
few months ago, and before her
return to this country, visited food
authorities in France, Ireland and
other countries.
Evening star., 1947-03-21
Mrs. Merritt
Guest at Tea

The new Associate Commissioner
of the Public Debt and Mrs. Donald
M. Merritt, who recently came to
live in Washington from their San
Francisco home, have take an apart
ment in the Broadmoor.
Mrs. Merritt was the guest OF
honor at tea yesterday afternoon
given by Mrs. Glen M. Vickrey
who entertained in the Washington
Club.
Mrs. Vickrey was assisted by Mrs
Paul Shorb, Mrs. Wayne Wirgman
Mrs. Watson Eldridge, Mrs Ernest
Hadley, Mrs. Edward Latch, Mrs
William E. Lowell, Mrs. Clement
Parker and Mrs. George Lloyd, who
president at the tea table.
Evening star., 1947-03-21
Mrs. Noodle Hostess
1t Luncheon T0dap

International affairs undoubtedly
figured prominently in the conver-
sation at the luncheon given today
by Mrs. Montfort Noodle in her
apartment at 2401 Calvert street
All of the guests were friends who
have been working together this
year on the United Nations Forum
Those attending were Miss Grace
Frysinger, Mrs. Justin Miller, Mrs
Francis H. Russell, Mrs. Oliver Nc
Kee, Jr., Mrs. Hale T. Shenefleld
Mrs. Donald Hogate, Mrs. Edwin G
Nourse and Mrs. Edward u. Condor
Gardenia plants filled with lovely
blossoms gave spring-like note to
the apartment and the luncheon
table was centered with an arrange
ment of daffodilS.
Evening star., 1947-03-21
Alzl11znae Breakfast

The Washington District of Seton
Hill College Alumnae will attend
communion breakfast on Sunday,
! following mass at am. which will
be celebrated by the Rev. James A.
Caulf1eld of Holy Name Church at
the Capuchin College Chapel, 4121
Harewood road NE.
Mass and communion will be Of
fered for the late DR.. James A. w
Reeves, former president of Seton
Hill College. Breakfast will be
served at 1890 am. at the Water
gate Inn.
Evening star., 1947-03-21
.C0nrt to Hold
.Annual Service

The annual Vesper Service of the
Catholic Daughters of America,
Court 212, will be held at 8 pm.
Sunday in St. Matthews Cathedral.
Mrs. Ruth Mackey has been ap-
pointed chairman Of the service By
Mrs. Ileene Fisher, president Of
Court 212.
Msgr. John K. Cartwright will
celebrate benediction, assisted by
Father John Spence, Father Ger
ard Mcclure and Father John T.
Carvelin.
Miss Betty Conley, freshman at
ST. Cecelia's, will be the soloist and
will be accompanied by the Cathe-
dral's organist, Conrad Bernier.
Junior Catholic Daughters will act
as ushers.
The rattlesnake adds from two
to four rattles every year.
Evening star., 1947-03-21

gathering in her home later in the
afternoon. On Monday Mrs. Harjes
will be the guest of honor at a
luncheon Mrs. Walter Bryte will give
at the Mayfower.
Mr.. Vanderlip, who has been away
for all of six months, has written
that he will be home April 1 and he
doesn't mean April Fool. His pretty,
blond wife hopes he will get here
in time to see the crocuses blooming
from the bulbs he sent her from
Holland last December.
Mrs. Nibiack Hostess
Probably the largest tea party on
yesterdays schedule was that given
by Mrs. Albert Parker Niblack in
honor of Mrs. Clifford A. Swanson,
wife of the surgeon general OF the
Navy. An all-feninine affair, it
was also an all-Navy one. Only
wives and widows of naval officers
dropped by between 5 and 7 o'clock
at her apartment on Florida avenue.
Assisting at the tea table were
Mrs. Randolph Huntington Miner,
Miss Eudora Clover, Mrs. Edgar L.
Woods and Mrs. Richard A. Warner.
There was much conversation over
the teacups in Mrs. Walter Georges
apartment yesterday, too, when she
entertained on the regular Senate
ladies' day to be at home. A visitor
from her home State was the cause
of still more gayety during the day.
Mrs. Elliott DunWody of Macon, Ga,
was the honor guest at a luncheon
given by her daughter, Mrs. Eugene
Cox, wife of Representative Cox OF
Georgia, at the Congressional Club.
Mrs. Fred M. Vinson and Lady
Berendsen were among the guests,
as were Nine. Camille Chautemps,
Mrs. T. Septimus Austin, Miss Mad
cline Austin, Mrs. Eldon Paul King,
Mrs. Karl M. LIE Compile, Sonora de
Munilla, Mrs. Parker West, Mrs.
Milton Lockwood, Mrs Frederick
Nesbit, Mrs. Auguste Boas, Mrs.
Llewellyn Goode, Mrs. James Nc
Callum and Mrs. Laurence F. Arnold.
Family Reunion
Col. and Mrs. Charles r. Bathurst
are packing their bags for the week
end and with their son, Mr.. William
De Ford Bathurst, who is home for
a spring vacation from st. Andrews
School, will leave this evening to
visit Col. Bathurst's brother and
sister-in-law, Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
Robert M Bathurst, in Fort Monroe.
Young Mr.. Bathurst was accom-
panied from st. Andrews by class
mate, Mr.. Wesley Henry de Courson
Martin of Bermuda, who will be
his guest in Washington next week.
On Wednesday Col. and Mrs.
Bathurst were hosts at buffet sup
per in their apartment at Tilden
Gardens, entertaining in honor of
Col Carlyle v. Allen, who will leave
shortly for duty at the United States
Legation in Bern, Switzerland, and
Mrs. Allen. The guests numbered
about 20.
Evening star., 1947-03-21
Miss McC0nkev
Engaged to We'd

Mr.. and Mrs. Francis P. Nc
Conkey announce the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Thelma
Elizabeth McConkey, to Mr. Edgar
H. Dye, son of Mr.. and Mrs Edgar
w. Dye. The wedding will take
place in June.
Miss McConkey was graduated
from Eastern High School and is
connected with the Acacia Mutual
Life Insurance Co.
Mr.. Dye also graduated from
Eastern High School and is student
at BENJAMIN Franklin University,
Evening star., 1947-03-21
Tea Parties and Visitors
Keeb Cabitalites omtbe Go

parties parties and visitors keeping Capital
pleasantly practically time
left in fact for Easter shopping.
Vanderp will have full house 0terally) this
bohernlaw Mr. Sheridan Fahnestock and his
southern Maryland and dashing from
Bewtnd Harjes loads
friends barking Georgetown
VANDERBILT still covering European
will entertain for her guests Saturday She
Mayfower small cocktail
Evening star., 1947-03-21
AnnzlaL Luncheon

The American home and public
welfare departments of the Wom-
ans Club of Lyon Village will hold
their annual covered dish luncheon
at 1:30 pm. Monday at the home
of Mrs. James C. Waters, 3153 North
Nineteenth street. Mrs. A. r. Geiger
will be co-hostess, and all club
members are invited.
Evening star., 1947-03-21
Ge0grabbers'Tea

Mrs. Lydia Van Zandt will speak
on Postwar Air Travel" before the
Society of Women Geographers
which will meet at pm. tomorrow
at the Army and Navy Club. Miss
Phyllis Pulliam Jervey and Miss
Constance D. Lathrop will be host
esses at the tea.
Evening star., 1947-03-21

The rattlesnake adds from two
to four rattles every year.
Evening star., 1947-03-21

)f The hospital
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-06
Department: - WONDER
QUESTIONS
WHAT is AN APTITUDE TEST

An aptitude test is a test of a
persons natural, unframed fitness
to do some special thing, like
learn foreign languages, play the
violin or operate a complicated
machine. Aptitude tests should not
be confused with intelligence tests,
or with tests of skill given to
people who have had training a.
long the lines of the test. Aptitude
tests aim to discover fitness along
certain lines rather than to mea-
sure progress or intelligence.
Suppose you plan to study the
violin but have no idea as to your
fitness to do so. There is one apti-
tude test you can take which may
warn you that you face a handi-
cap. This is a test of musical
pitch. 1t will discover your ability,
Or lack of ability, to tell when a
given musical tone is higher or
lower than some other given tone.
If you do very badly with the test.
it would hardly be.~-Wise for you
to study the violin since your ear
might never permit you to play
in tune, no matter how much you
practiced.
Or suppose you wanted to pre-
pare yourself for an occupation
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-06

requiring a reliable sense ct color.
An aptitude test might show that
you were color-blind, It would
save you from a costly mistake.
If it showed you to have a fine
color sense, you would then have
a solid basis of encouragement.
Most aptitude tests are not so
simple as the two mentioned, be-
cause a persons fitness to do
some n thing often depencs on
more than one ability. This holds
true in the case of. playing the
violin. Violin playingsdoes not de-
pend on pitch sense alone. There
is the players sense of melody,
for which a test exists. Also there
is his sense Of harmony, for which
various tests have been developed.
rhythmic sense is also very i'm
portant. and it can be tested.
Tests are frequently given in
groups, called batteries, and in
that way tell. about a persons
aptitudes more clearly than single
tests could DO.
There is a way to test the tests
themselves. That is to compare
the results of aptitude tests with
the later success or failure of the
people who took them. These com
parsons, known as correlatlons.
are not always favorable to the
accuracy of the tests. People have
done well at things for which the
tests showed them untitled, and
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-06

|insufficiency of human labor to meet
the primal needs of human kind. It is
not 50 now. We live in an age that is
at best about a century and a half
old-the age of machinery and power.
"Never was there a moment in
which there was greater need for sane
and serious thought. If we dc not
mend the machine, there are forces
moving in the world that will break
it. ... +
while admitting all the shortcom-
ings and the injustices of the regime
under which we have lived, I am not
one of those who are able to see a
short and single remedy. Many people
would settle it at once with the word
socialism, Here, they say, is the inn
mediate and natural remedy. I confess
at the outset, that l cannot view it so.
Socialism is a mere beautiful dream,
possible only for the angels. The at
tempt to establish it would hurl us owe
the abyss. Our present lot is sad, but
the frying pan is at least better than
the fire"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-06

running low. If the funds available
>,1ld be stretched out the organization
could function here that long, but no
longer.
AS only some 70 per cent of the
amount fixed as the last national quota
was forthcoming, cne closing date had
to be moved forward 10 hat USO &C
Invites might be continued abroad and
in more strategic localities at ONE.
Hence the order from the regional
HEADQUARTERS in Atlanta to end USO
participation in the operation of the
Second and Orange center this month.
This weekend service to the military
is immensely helpful. If it should be
abandoned completely Wilmington will
pass up one of its major opportunities
to do good. A check of bus service
shows that a thousand to fifteen hum
bred men have visited the center week
ly. Camp Lejeune personnel has en-
joyed it's hospitality so much that many
marines have looked forward to week
end passes for the sole purpose of spend
ing as much of their liberty there as
possible. A group of 20 hostesses have
been giving $500 hours Of volunteer
service a month at the center,
exclusive of their camp activities. They
are giving additional time at Marsden
pavilion and the hospital at Camp Le-
ieune and at the USO hut in Jackson
vile.
Certainly the people of Wilmington
cannot let this service die. 1t is the
hope that the City Recreation Depart
ment will have sufficient public support
to save it and that it's range may in
crease in proportion to the increase in
personnel at the camp. Camp Lejeune
has not reached its maximum person
mel. Indications are that the post will
be manned by a much larger force. The
need for the work that has been so
successfully carried on by the USO
under Recreation Department sponsor
ship is apparent. Let's do our share in
perpetuating it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-06
How Does a Worm Live
When Cut In Two

All animals except the very low
est depend on what we cal.
nervous system, which controls
the power of movement, and sc
forth. Now, when this nervous
system is all heaped together il
the form of the brain, as it is in
man and the higher animals. life
depends upon that brain being IN
injured.
But in lower creatures. like the
worm. the arrangement of the
nervous system is different. It is
scattered over the body, and so.
when a worm is cut in two, there
is enough nerve matter il each
half to enable it to keep on living.
Copyright, 1916, BY The Grolier
Society Inc, based upon The Book
of knowledge
DISTRIBUTED By United Feature
Syndicate. 1nc.)
TOMORROW:-How The Earth Is
Measured.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-06

II could pay the extra $500 out Of
my own pocket. I know | can az.
duct travelling expenses out NJ"
do l go about it in my case!
A. On line 2 OF page / OF te
tax return you report as lfcoI.s
SIS, 900 plus 5000, or S3'6VV, Irc'
Immediately below write: 1Aho''
TRAVELLING EXPENSES. $50
$780," a.
substract $500 from $5.60o II ..'
right-hand column for flsllss
When the smoke clears away
you'll have reported the sun VI
81. 800 as income subject 10 .a1,
Don't forget to attach a oe''n
ed statement of your EXPENSES
your return. Kan
committing from my SuouI T T%.
home to my downtown office las
total is s7S a year. Can os"s s.o
that S78, saving myself ao0I' ''
a year in taxes?
A. No. Commuters eAPS'I., law
are never deductible. Inc ""
says they are merely persona
DenSeS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-06
Your Income Tax

@. I'm a physician specializing
in disorders of the eye. Last sum
mer I spent S2S5.50 on transporta-
ton. hotel bills. meals and tips
attending a convention of eye doc
tors in a city 1.500 miles away.
May I deduct that S285. so IN com
putting my federal income taxi? .
A. Yes. Convention expenses. if
incurred in the conduct of the tax
payers business or profession.
are deductible. You should submit
all details on a separate sheet
which should be mailed to your
collector of internal revenue with
your tax return.
@. My salary Is S., 900 a year.
While travelling away from home
on my company's business l paid
@. Every month l spend $3.50
out $500 yet the company rein-
bursed me only $500, telling me
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-06
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority
vxy~:x&o- Co. MIA Coruioo

I had an interesting experience
a short time ago on the radio
program "Quiz of Two Cities In
Chicago we had the newly crown
ed mems national team : of = four
champions. while in New York we
had four bridge writer's. The Chi
cago team remained champions,
coming out with a perfect score
On the quiz.
I had the pleasure of presenting
over the radio life membership
cards in the American Contract
Bridge League to Chicago's seven
life masters, who are Walter ia
cobs, Arthur Glatt. albert Weiss,
Ralph Kempner, Jules c. Bank,
William McGhee and Maynard D.
adams. I also presented Richard
l.. Frey, a member of the New
York quiz team, with his life mas
ter-life member card.
When four bridge writer's get
together, there is bound to be a
discussion of a hand. Bud Collyer,
the New York quizmaster, was in
lterested in the discussion as to
how today's hand should be bid.
Should South open the bidding?
When West doubles North's four.
spade bid, should South redouble?
We all seemed to agree that
South's redouble was not too
sound. Strangely enough, how
ever, when this hand was played
in a duplicate game, several pairs
did get into four spades doubled
and made the contract when West
refused to go up with his ace en-
the opening diamond lead. North
Won the trick with the king. and
discarded his losing king of clubs
on dummy's king of hearts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-06
Religion
DayByDay

Most of us know persons whose
whole life is simple endurance
of physical pain or limitations, OF
domestic grief, of untoWard social
conditions. The herosim of most
of them is a challenge and an In
spiration.
Then we recall how Jesus lived
a life of endurance, serenely, I'M
complainingly. He bore a CROSS
THROUGHOUT ALL His days, bel
ever the wooden beam was laid
on His shoulders by cruel Rome.
In His bitterest hour, He comfort
ed His uaeomprehending friends
and on the cross He took thought
for others. In all His varied en-
durance, Jesus was heroic.
To all of US at n time or an
other comes the test of endurance.
1t fortifies our souls to knW thai
our Master went to His crown by
way Of a cross.
Whether our lives be apportlon-
ed TO activity OF to endurance, we
would share Thy strength Q
Christ, our Example and our
EComrade. Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-06
The Legislature And The
Port

Noting that North Carolina is the
only Atlantic coastal state without an
adequate port, and also that the state
has a tremendously large surplus, A.
C. Myers, Gastonia textile manufacture
er and member of the State Ports Au-
thority, very properly told a large
group of legislators attending a banquet
meeting at Raleigh that you may find
it not only necessary but desirable to
help the port situation"
The Ports Authority is seeking to
purchase the North Carolina Ship Build
ing Company's property, save such part
as the Maritime Commission requires
as a standby site at a cost of S1,2OO,O0O
with the purpose of erecting needed
terminals. warehouses and other facili-
ties.
President Truman is understood to
view the Authority's program sympa-
thetically, if a way can be found to put
1t into effect, and his personal advisor,
John R. Steelman, has the proposal in
charge. Legislative favor now obvious
ly would speed favorable action in
Washington.
That the port is essential to the
greater development of the states nat
ural resources and industrial production
is undoubted. AS former Governor
Broughton told the diners at Raleigh,
North Carolina has suffered - in
freight rates, transportation and indus
tries, particularly in eastern North
Carolina-because of it's Inadequate
port facilities" The investment of the
desired amount W5uld represent one of
the best OUTLAWS the state has ever
made.
Nor is it to be compared with the
credit Alabama's legislature extended
for the development of Mobiles port.
When it became apparent that the Ala
bama port could not function satisfac-
torlly without a great terminal the legis-
lature voted a credit of $40, 600, 900 for
the purpose. AS a result, Mobile and
the great industrial areas of Alabama
began to move ahead and have now
reached a position definitely compar-
able with cities and states that have
enjoyed a large volume of port COM
merce for many decades.
Mobile port has not only taken care
OF Interest and principal, but paid div
ldends into the Alabama Treasury
out Of its port
Houston, Texas, and Stockton. Cali
tornla, both inland cities, are fair ex-
amples of what could be done when
world commerce beat a path to their
doors. Both had to create channels and
turning basins and harbors, in addition
to docks, warehouses and all that goes
into the building of a port. 1t cost a
pretty penny, but Houston and Stock
ton are garnering more pretty pennies
because they had vision and courage.
Wilmington, Morehead City, South
port and the state of North Carolina
Will have equal opportunity with them
to forge ahead when the legislature
acts favorably on the Ports Authority
plea for aid.