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Evening star., 1948-04-11
Winners Announced
In National Society," S
Print Competition

Winners in the monthly mono
chrome competition of the National
Photographic Society have been an
nounced by Miss Ann-Katrine Shaw,
secretary. First award in the miscel-
laneous group went to Ralph E.
Lawrence with Mrs. E. l.. Schleif in
second place. Comdr A. L. Schoeni
took both top awards in the pictorial
class as did Mr. Lawrence in the
special activity section. The only
award in the portrait division went
to L. S. Penland.
This months monochrome meeting
is scheduled for Wednesday at 8:15
pm; in the Natural History Build
ing Of the Smithsonian Institution,
Tenth street and Constitution ave-
nue.. In addition to the print COM
petition, Charles Baptie, jr., and P. F.
Lambert will present the program
for the coming year, with brief
description of the point system, a
new method of awarding honors.
Mr.. Baptie will comment on the
competition prints, and Mr.. Lambert
will lead a discussion of the salient
features Of the prints as they are
shown.
Club members met yesterday at
the Pan American Union, under the
guidance of Miss Frances Adelhart,
who assisted the group in making
photographs OF costumed model
who was present for the occasion.
Recently inducted members in the
society are: Miss Esther C. Wy,
Howard A. Smith, Obie Newcomb,
jr.; Emil E. Honsberg, Miss Eileen
M. Greene, Hugh Everett, III; Nor
timer Friedman and Mr.. Baptie.
Evening star., 1948-04-11
By Alexander J. Wedderburn
curoser Of Photography
The Smifhoniun Institution

The smishonian Institution
expose for one side of the room
close the shutter, change the posi-
ton Of the lights and expose again
for the other side. Experience is
the best guide for operations like
this.
Flash photography is becoming
increasingly popular and even
cameras in the low-priced field are
now equipped with flash attach
ments. With ordinary flash bulbs.
you can do about anything that can
be accomplished with fioodlights.
Portrait photography with fash
lighting calls for lots Of practice
before top quality shots may be
made. The basic problem Of bal
anced lighting remains the same
The difference lies in the skill re-
quired in placing flash refiectors
so that results equal that of food
lighting. With floodlights you can
observe the effect of light on the
features of the subject but with
the flash, it is q matter Of expert
judgment. Lots Of practice will
bring satisfactory results.
With interior shots, the lighting
problem is similar to that Of flood
lighting. Placing reflectors to as
sure even illumination of the scene
is essential. Be careful to avoid a
bounce" Of reflected light back into
the camera lens. To secure the
Evening star., 1948-04-11
Veteran Lends a Hand
Joseph Leahy, 79, Mixes Chemicals
For Red Cross Shop at Forest Glen

The task of mixing so to rs, gallons
of chemicals per week at the photo
shop of the District Of Columbia Red
Cross Arts and Skills Service at
Forest Glen, Md, falls to Joseph
Leahy, 70. of 1854 Lanier place NV,
the oldest volunteer in this branch
of Red Cross service. Forest Glen
is a section of Walter Reed Military
Hospital, where convalescent vet
erans pick up new skills by practice.
Mr.. Leahy, a high-class amateur
photographer himself, having start
ed In 1896 when camera fans used
to sensitize their own plates, gives
his time twice week to assist the
photo shop. He used to work there
daily until he fractured a leg.
He is also an intermittent Army
man and has worked with the Red
Cross since World War I. Born in
Canada, he first served with the
Canadian Army, then in the Span
Evening star., 1948-04-11
Camera Angles
Methods of Artificial Lighting

illusion Of depth or perspective, not
all the fash units should be back OF
the camera. Place them so as to
produce side-lighting and make OBJ
jects in the room stand out in relief
In out-of doors photography. the
fash can be used effectively both in
deep shadow and in brilliant sun
light. If the subject is in an area
too dark for a straight shot, the
fash gun will solve the problem.
The flash enables you to chase the
shadows that often give the eyes
ia burned hole in a blanket effect"
when shooting pictures Of people
in harsh sunlight.
Whatever use you make of your
flash gun, be certain that you get
the most out of 1t. The important
factor Is synchronization. If the
shutter and flash synchronize per-
fectly, you get the benefit Of the
fash at its peak. This may be test
ed by the amateur by taking shots
with the flash gun and comparing
them with a negative made by
firing the flash separately with an
open shutter. The point at which
the synchronized picture is made
in comparison with the peak
flash illumination will then be
apparent. An easy method Is to
take a picture Of the bulb as it fires
by holding 1t off in front Of the
camera while shooting with the
+synchronizer. If the result shows a
weak flare. you are not getting the
benefit of perfect synchronization
and peak lighting.
Evening star., 1948-04-11

ish- American War and then In
World War I. He was In many
military establishments and used his
experience as motion picture projec-
zionist to help in entertainment
functions
He says hundreds who never have
had an idea of the chemical proc
esses Of photo finishing are aston
ished when he explains and demon
strates at the shop. 1t is not only a
pastime for them. but many make
up their minds to become photo
finishers when they leave the hos
pital, and utilize their training
gained at the shop.
Mrs. Bruce Roberts, chairmar> OF
the arts and skills service, has issued
a plea for photographers, both anna
teur and professional, who will vol
unteer one day a week to instruct
service men and women in the tech
nique Of photography.
Evening star., 1948-04-11
bears up with fortitude and oc

bears up with fortitude and oc-
casionally becomes quite jaunty.
Some of the early cartoons show
him propagandizing for a safe
and sane Fourth of July" and for
safety of children playing in the
streets; Mortified over youngsters
going to nickel movies as late as 10
pm. obviously long time ago.
Later he is depicted suffering from
the starlings; strutting with pride
over the prowess of the local ball
teams; struggling to fill the Com
munity Chest in different drives.
Some of this characters early his
tory is seen in cartoon Of 30-odd
years ago, showing early aeroplanes
which appear fantastic to contem-
porary eyes; in one symbolizing the
visit of Mrs. Pankhurst, militant
English suffragette, the fruits OF
whose struggles We now take for
granted; in two on Washington
boys in the National Guard which
spent some months on the Mexican
border 80 years ago: in one showing
preparations to welcome home the
Districts heroes of Chateau Thierry
and Belleau Wood (place names
just as significant to the older gen.
Grafton as are Two Jima and Oki-
nawa now and relating to the last
war, in two doing his duty In
bearing arms but denied the right
to vote.
The last mentioned right is the
theme of a quarter of the cartoons
in the group. One Of the best is
appropriate now, as the OAR con-
vention week draws near: Paul
Revere" galloping past Constitution
Hall to rally the Daughters to join
the fight here against taxation with
cut representation. Mr.. Bergman
has rung numerous changes on this
theme, as The Star for many years
has urged votes for the District.
Poor old D. C. is seen in one cartoon
as a water boy carrying drinks for
a hippopotamus Capital City Ex-
Evening star., 1948-04-11

penses) whose keeper is Congress;
In another, he Is watching newly
naturalized aliens receiving the vote
denied to him; In a third, he looks
across the Potomac to Virginians
flocking to the polls on election
day.
Born in Kentucky. Mr.. Bergman
came here at the age Of II, con-
sequently has never voted, and
knows all the limitations Of voteless
Washington. But having lived here
81 years, he prefers 1t to other cities
with full franchise.
| n Il n
Cuban Modernist
At the Pan American Union
through April is the first one-man
show in the United States of paint
ings by Cundo~ Bermudez, Cuban
modernist. More than 20 paintings
are divided about evenly between
oils and gouaches. They constitute
somewhat violent group done in
uninhibited color, with distorted
figures slashed in boldly, and heavily
outlined in black. For many people,
it will doubtless be indigestible,
esthetic fare.
Born in Havanajn 1914, the artist
is largely self-taught. About a dec
ade ago he studied in Mexico for
three months, and visited the United
States in 1856, spending most of
of his time here in New York City
and Baltimore. A year ago he was
invited to the Centre dart in Port
au-Prince, Haiti, to exhibit and
lecture. He has shown his work
extensively in a number of Latin
American countries, as we'll as in
New York City.
Stained glass windows and Co.
lonial Cuban interiors are said to
be the inspiration of many of Senior
Bermudezs forms and colors. There
is no denying the rich effect of his
profound blues, green's and purples.
But while stained glass colors are
wonderful, when viewed some so feet
and more from the floor, they are
apt to be binding to most Northern
Hemisphere eyes, translated into pig
ment and seen at average room dis
tance. The artist is considered re-
markably successful at capturing
the atmosphere Of the tropics.
| n n y
Georgetown Artists Show
Washingtonians have a final OPP
portunity this afternoon from 2 to
to see an exhibition of paint
ings and sculpture opened at st.
Johns parish house on o street at
Potomac, in connection with the
tour of old Georgetown houses last
week end. 1t was organized by
Alice Decker (Mrs. Davidson SOM
merS and comprises work mostly
by artists who, like herself, live In
or near Georgetown.
Nearly 10 artists are represented,
including many of the city's best
known and most active. Some are
showing Georgetown subjects, such
as Antique Shop" by Alice Ache
son, "35th Street Hill" by Philip
Bell, "Old Worthington House" by
Marcella Comes, Reconstruction
Work, 37th Street" by Lois M.
Jones, and "35th Street" by Celins
| Tabary.
Evening star., 1948-04-11
SNAPSHOT Contest Rules

these requirements, another winner
will be chosen. VS.
7. Each week, The Star will award
a prize of $5 for the picture judged
best and additional prizes of 50
each for pictures of special merit
published in the Pictorial Maga-
zine. Final local prizes of SIS
will be awarded in each of the clas-
sifications and the winning pic
lures will be published in the Pic
torial Magazine. These four win
ners will be entered in the National
Awards, in which they will COM
pete with the same number of en-
tries from other newspapers in the
United States and Canada for prizes
totaling $4,000.
| 8. The name and address OF the
entrant should be lettered clearly
in ink on the back of each print,
together with the title of the pic
ture, if any, and the class in which
| it is to be entered. Pictures should
be addressed to the Snapshot Con-
test Editor, The Sunday Star,
Eleventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV, Washington 4. D. C.
| 9. Pictures will be judged in both
| the local contest and in the Ma
tional Awards on general interest
and/or appeal. Photographic ex-
cellence or technique, while i'm
portant, will not be the deciding
factor in determining prize-winners.
The decision of the judges will be
accepted as final.
10. The classifications in which
prizes will be awarded are:
A. Babies and Children-One or
more youngsters, to be judged for
cuteness, expression of character or
mood. Subjects may be engaged
in appropriate activities or interest.
Adults may appear If they are not
the principal interest.
B. Young People and Adults
One or more grownups (high school
age or older engaged in any activ-
ity; in sports. games, hobbies or
occupations; at home, at work or on
holiday; indoors or out.
C. Scenes and Still-Life-Land-
scapes, seascapes, street scenes,
buildings, historical spots. or un-
usual stiil-life subjects, including
table top" or miniature arrange
ments. To be judged for scenic or
pictorial appeal.
d. Animal Life-Household pets,
farm animals, wild life, zoo animals,
etc
IMPORTANTLY you snap q pic
ture which you erpect to enter in
the contest and in Which person or
persons appear, be sure to get their
names and addresses. This is neces-
sary because, before your picture can
become eligible for entry in the Ma
tional ADdrds, the ,Dritten consent OF
such person or persons to the use 5of
the picture for advertising purposes
must b. obtained.
Evening star., 1948-04-11
DR.. Adams to Talk
On Color Photos

Color photography will be the
theme Of this weeks meeting of the
Foto-Craft Club Of the Twelfth
Street Y. M. c. A. DR.. George
Adams will talk on the subject OF
color films now on the market, their
use and different methods Of taking
color pictures.
Alvin Wilburn, Army Air Force
laboratory technician will give the
second of q series of lectures and
demonstrations on the dye transfer
method Of color printing. Mr.. VIII
burn will process print during the
meeting scheduled for Thursday al
$3.50 pm. in the main lounge of the
Y, 1916 Twelfth street NV. A class
for beginners and juniors in photog.
raphy will be held at 7:30.
Evening star., 1948-04-11
Pictorial Artists
To Hear Speaker

The Pictorial Photographers and
Associated Artists of the Arts Club
will hold a monthly meeting tomor-
row evening at 7:30 in the gallery
Of the Arts Club, 2017 Eye street
NV.
Principal speaker Of the evening
will be Miss Dorothy Nickerson, sec
retary of the Intersociety Color
Council and color technologist of
the United States Department of
Agriculture. Miss Nickerson will de-
scribe the Munsell color system and
its application in the field OF art.
Capt. Charles Bittinger and other
members of the club will participate
in q discussion of the application of
color systems to art.
Evening star., 1948-04-11
Current Exhibitions

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. Con-
stttution avenue and Sixth street
PAINTINGS snd and. .scullpsturss ls. ,,E,ss BY great
By italian and and German masters.
through next Sunday.
NATIONAL MUSEUM, National Col
lection Of Fine Arts, Constitution
avenue and Tenth street-Amer-
lean paintings from private collec-
Society Of washington Artists An
nuai, through April %.
ARTS AND INDUSTRIES BUILDING.
Jefferson drive and Ninth street
Decorative arts collection. Section
of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS photo
graphs.
SMITHSONIAN BUILDING, Division
of Graphic Arts, Independence ave-
nut and Tenth street-Prints BY
James L. Wells. through April 25.
FREER GALLERY OF ART, Twelfth
street and jefferson drive-Ori-
entail and Far Eastern arts. Paint:
ings and etchings by whistler and
exhibits.
CoRCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Sew
enteenth street between New York
avenue and E street-American
A. Clark collection. New exhibit
tons Of rates eOUFs HsDv By artists Of
pean master drawings, through to-
day. Washington, virginia and
Maryland sculptors exhibition,
through April 20.
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY,
1900 Twenty-f1rst street-Paint-
time timor. emu artists Dt Annual. e, opening
next Sunday.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, East Cap
itol and First streetS-Division OF
Prints, Georgia Anniversary Exhi-
bitfon, through May IL.
ARTS CLUB, 2Ol7 I street NV
The Machen Collection Of Washing
tom Prints, through Friday.
UNITED NATIONS CLUB. 17o1 Nine
teenth street N.W.-Old master
drawings.
WATKINS GALLERY. American uni
versity campus-Annual exhibition,
opening Friday. ..A .-.s
PUBLIC LIBRARY-Eishth and K
streets N.W.-Cartoons of D. c., BY
Clifford K. Berryman. through
April.
DUMBARToN OAKS COLLECTION,
l7os Thirtssecond ,ossG street MorS.v, MM
Open daily, 8 am. to 4 pm; Sun
days, to pm.
RUSH q WEEKS GALLERY, 2010 Q
street N.W.-Exhibition by Emit
Kaufman, opening today.
PAN AMERICAN UNION. Constitution
avenue and Seventeenth street
N.W-Paintings by Cundo Ber-
mudez, through April.
CONNOISSEURs' CORNER, zoos @
street N.W.-Graphic art.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY. sixth street
and Howard place N.W.-Japanese
prints, through April.
WHYTE GALLERY, 1918 Connecti-
cut avenue N.W.-Exhibition by
Lois Mailou Jones, through April.
ARTISTS COOPERATIVE, 1903 X
street N.W.-Exhibition by George
Cress, Jane Love and Hazel Van
Natter.
BARNETT ADEN GALLERY, 127
Randolph place N.W-Paintinss by
BENJAMIN Abramowitz. April and
May.
Evening star., 1948-04-11

1. The Sunday Star Snapshot
Contest is strictly for amateur pho
tographers. Any resident of the
Washington retail trading area is
eligible, excepting employees of The
Star and members of their families
and individuals and members o1
families engaged in the manufac-
ture, sale, commercial finishing OF
professional use of Photographic
goods. The Washington retail trad.
ing area includes the District oi
Columbia; Montgomery, Prince
Georges and Charles Counties ir
Maryland, and Arlington, Fairfax
Loudoun and Prince William Coun.
ties, and the City of Alexandria in
Virginia.
.. An entrant may submit as
many pictures as he pleases at as
many different times as. he pleases
between now and the close of the
contest, Saturday, August IA, al
noon. No one, however, shall enter
pictures in the contest of more
than one newspaper participating
in the National Snapshot Awards
and closely similar pictures of the
same subject or situation shall not
be entered in any other contest.
3. Pictures must have been made
after January / of this year.
4. Only black-and-white prints
made from original black white
negatives may be entered. No re-
touching or other art work may be
done on either negatives or prints
Any make of camera and any brand
of film, chemicals or paper may be
used, but plate negatives, composite
pictures, multiple printing and
montages are barred. Prints larger
than 10 inches in their longer di-
mension or smaller than 4 inches in
their shorter dimension will not be
considered.
5. No prints WI be returned
Negatives are not to be submitted
with prints, but are to be kept until
requested by the Snapshot Contest
Editor. The Star assumes no re-
sponsibility for either prints OF
negatives.
6. Before receiving final prize in
any of the four picture classifi-
cations listed below, the entrant
must submit the original mega
tive and an additional print, and
sign a statement that his picture, or
Closely similar picture of the same
subject or situation, has not been
and will not be entered in any con-
test, exhibition or salon other than
the one conducted by The Star, and
has not been and will not be offered
for publication elsewhere. If the
picture contains the likeness of any
person, the entrant also must obtain
the written consent of that person
to the use Of the picture for purposes
Of Illustration. advertising or publ
cation ip any manner. In the event
the sntfant fails to comply with
Evening star., 1948-04-11

d. G.. Cartoons
Clifford K. Bergman, Evening
Star cartoonist for more than four
decades, has given to the Public
Library during the past year, more
than 100 cartoons on the District Of
Columbia. This month, selec-
ton of 80 of them, made by Firman
Wilson, head of the fine arts -di-
vision, is on view In the Central
Library.
Half century is covered by the
series exhibited. The earliest car
toon is of the Spanish-American
War period, and is the only one
showing Washington as q young
and attractive woman, a sort OF
Gibson girl. Soon afterward, Mr..
Bergman originated and there
after used exclusively the familiar
continental. in f1aring coat and
knickerbockers. as the embodiment
of the District. The old chap is
often shabby and downtrodden, but
Evening star., 1948-04-11
SWV Auxiliaries
Order of Odd Fellows
Special announcements

OpCCIdI Observation-Disclosures.
The grand master will visit Metro
polls Lodge at I. o. o. F. Temple
Friday evening.
Grand Instructor w. F. thinner
man will hold a class Of instruc-
ton in the initiatory degree at
BIS pm. tomorrow at the temple.
Evening star., 1948-04-28

Banana boats are again loading
at the port of Santa Maria, reviv-
ing postwar trade in Colombia's
second most important export crop.
Evening star., 1948-04-28
Minister Who Married
Lana Turner Criticized
BY the Associated Press

!
HOLLYWOOD, April 28-Criti-
cism of the minister who married
Lana Turner and Henry ]. Topping,
jr., tying the knot for each for the
fourth time, will be aired at the May
II meeting Of the Los Angeles
Presbytery.
At that time the church group will
consider resolution passed by the
Buffalo-Niagara IN. " Presbytery,
expressing surprise and regret" that
the Rev. Stewart P. McLennan, re-
tired pastor of the Hollywood Pres
byterian Church, performed the
ceremony.
The Rev. Thomas Holden, clerk
of the Los Angeles Presbytery, said
the group also would take up sew
eral protests from California clergy
men. The lavish wedding was per-
formed three days after Mr.. Topping
was divorced by Airline Judge.
The New York resolution asked
the Los Angeles Presbytery to "ad-
minister such reprimand or disci-
pline as the situation in this judg-
ment deserves"
NEW YORK, April % R.-Four
days after her divorce from husband
No. S, Airline Judge got a license
yesterday for her sixth trip to the
altar.
She and George Ross, jr., 31-year-
old well-to-do insurance man, plan
to. be married soon.
Her most recent lex" is Henry ].
(Bob) Topping, who married Screen
Star Lana Turner Monday.
Evening star., 1948-04-28

about all Of Palestine, propartition-
lists continued their fight against
discussion OF the American trustee
ship proposal. Russia was voted
down overwhelmingly yesterday in
a move to block the trusteeship de-
bate. Guatemala promptly stepped
In with another plan to toss the
whole issue to a subcommittee for
study.
Those backing partition contend
the u. N. cannot begin talking about
trusteeship until a vote is taken to
decide whether to uphold or scrap
the assembly's 1947 decision to split
Palestine into independent Jewish
and Arab nations
Shy Away From Test Ballot.
The United States and many of
the other nations have shied away
from such test ballot at this stage.
The American position continues to
be that trusteeship can be consid-
cred without prejudice to the future
Of partition.
Russia's Andrei A. Gromyko in
sisted yesterday that the political
Evening star., 1948-04-28
Parking Bans Aiding
Traffic, Trade Board
QUESTIONABLE Shows

The extent to which parking bans
are used on Washington streets and
Improvements in mass transporta-
ton service here are viewed favor
ably by the Board of Trade Traffic
Committee in the latest report on
its traffic QUESTIONABLE, made pub
lie today.
Asked whether parking prohibi-
tions had been adopted at those To-
cations where the street was needed
to move large volume of traffic,
79 per cent Of the committees re-
plies were yes" per cent were
no" and 13 per cent were par
TALLY" according to Col. Alvin B.
Barber, chairman.
Indicates Good job"
This vote indicates a good job
has been done of selective parking
control through application of all
day or rush-hour bans" he COM
mented. Chief cause of traffic
congestion criticized is double
parking of trucks, even where load
ing zones are available nearby"
Sixty-seven per cent of the an
swers were yes. to a query as to
whether the Capital Transit Co.
had made Improvements in routings.
stop locations and equipment. Fiji
teen per cent of those polled voted
mo-" and 18 per cent replied par
tally"
Comparison of the public transit
service now with that existing S,
10 or Is years ago high lights the
improved condition in the face of
enormous rider demand and greater
street traffic congestion" said Col.
Barber.
Breakdown on Queries.
The voting breakdown on other
queries reported on in today's COM
mittee statement follow:
Setbacks in curbs at intersections
having heavy right-turn traffic-2e
per cent, yes" IS per cent, mo-"
SO per cent, partially"
Adjustment of street alignment
where streets "jog" at intersections