Evening star., 1947-04-13

EVA Lit od1iCAtifC, otJi iCocSAli CltOl
will be cited for accomplishments in
the field of creative art.
President. Truman, who will at
tend the dinnervWith Mrs. Truman,
is to make the presentations in be-
half of the club.
The award to Miss Tighe will be
received by her mother, Mrs. jose
phine Tighe Williams, who is q
member of the club.
One of the. outstanding woman
correspondents, Miss Tighe died in
Tokyo while she was covering
China and Japan for the New
York Post. Daughter of the late
Matt Tighe, one of the Capital S
best known correspondents. she was
a native Wasflingtonian and began
her newspaper work here in the
early 1920s. During World War
II. she was the first woman re-
porter sent into war zone and
she served more than two years in
England and Europe. She was one
of five woman correspondents who
actually worked from a beachhead
In Normandy and was the first
woman to traverse the entire Still
we'll or Lido road.
Cited for UNESCO Work
DR.. Brunauer was with the Amer
lean Association of University
Women before she Joined the State
Department, serving from 1927 to
1914 as international relations sec
retary and associate in interna-
tional education for the AAUW. In
February, 1916, she was appointed
United States representative on the
Preparatory Commission OF
UNESCO and member of its ex-
ecutive committee, with the rank
of minister.
In selecting Mrs. Meyer for an
award, the club pointed out that
she has travelled throughout the
country since the war, describing
important social experiments OF a
constructive nature and publicizing
them as models for other communi-
ties to follow. She also has been
working for the past three years
for a Federal department Of health
education and security. She Is
president of the Social Legislation
information Service and member
of the Presidents Commission on
Higher Education, the Advisory
Committee of the Federal Hospital
Council and the District of Colum-
bia Planning Committee.
Dr.. Taussig's work on heart dis
ease and the blue baby" operation
In particular was responsible for
her selection for the clubs award
Her titles include associate profess
sor of peoiatrics at Johns Hopkins
University. cardiac consultant for
the State of Maryland and cardiac
consultant at Sydenham Hospital
In Baltimore.
In selecting Miss LeGallienne for
an award, the club pointed out that
she was a leader in establishing the
American Repertor Theater which
is Just completing its first season
with it's sixth play. alice in Won
derland.' One of the early advo-
Gates of the repertory theater, the
director also founded the
Civic Repertory in New York which
started many actros to fame. In her
latest venture in this field, she
worked with Margaret Webster
winner of a club award last year
and Cheryl Crawford,
Mrs. Gould and her husband
Bruce Gould, took over the editorial
direction of the Ladies Home Jour-
nal in 1885. Previously they had
written play, Mans Estate,
which was produced in 1929 by the
Theater Guild. During the war she
was a member of the Women's Ad-
visory Committee to the War Man.
power Commission and toured the
battlefields of Europe in 1915.
Circus Stunts Planned
Entertainment at the dinner will
be in the form of stunts ts''-the first
given by the club since before the
war. The skits, which will be pre-
sented by members. will be on the
theme, The National Circus.
Denis Conpell is directing the show
with Bess Davis Schreiner of the
Theater Guild acting as the clubs
chairman of arrangements.
Robert Nicholson, Washington
baritone and protege of Richare
Crooks, will sing and the Marine
Band Orchestra also will provide
music.
Distinpt,ished p,Iests will jnclld,