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Evening star., 1948-03-09
AHxiliarv to Meet

The Ladies Auxiliary of the Dis
trict Fire Department will hold its
monthly meeting at pm, Friday,
in the boardroom Of the District
Building.
An extensive membership drive
has been launched by the auxiliary
in order that 1t may expand its
services to Children's Hospital and
increase its philanthropic activities.
Mrs. Helen Fowler, membership
chairman, is directing the drive.
Evening star., 1948-03-09
Enlarges
SPORTS Program

Lessons in tennis and golf will be
included in the program of spring
activities for men and women which
the Health Education Department
of the Young Women's Christian
Association will begin on April S,
according to Miss Sara Bruce, head
of the department.
Beginners, advanced beginners
and intermediates may enroll in the
tennis classes which will be given
both day and evening. Golf classes
will be held in the evening for men
and women who are either beginners
or advanced.
Glasses in badminton, gymnastics,
rhythmic exercise, swimming, and
folk, square and ballroom dancing
are also included in the program.
Evening star., 1948-03-09
IDAR on Record
In Opposition
TO estbo0k
By Frances Lide

The District Society, Daughters
OF the American Revolution, was
on record today as opposed to the
controversial textbook, Building
Citizenship" by r. o. Hughes.
A resolution urging that the Dis.
trict Board Of Education "immedi-
ately withdraw" the volume as q
textbook In the District School
was approved without debate late
yesterday at the society's three-day
annual conference.
The District Daughters also ap-
proved resolution "commending'
the work Of the Committee on Un-
American Activities and favorins
Sufficient funds" for its operation
In another action, the society
voted to support pending legislation
for universal military training.
In the resolution on the Hughes
volume, the Daughters charged that
the textbook "is in many of its
passages, negative, questioning, ir-
religious and un-American."
In companion resolution, the
society called on its membership to
"be alert to keep schools and libra
ries free from false and insidious
doctrines and interpretations, and
to do all in our power to encourage
high standards in the teaching pro-
fesSion."
The conference at Memorial Con-
tinental Hall will be concluded with
election of officers this afternoon
and banquet tonight at the May
flower Hotel honoring the retiring
State regent, Ms. Wilfred ]. Clear
man.
Mrs. David L. Wells is unopposed
for the Office or regent, but there
are contests for all of the other
positions.
The work of the Webster Ameri-
canization School was featured dur
ing the program this morning, with
James T. Gallahorn, administrative
principal, as guest speaker. Be-
tween IS and 40 students from the
school participated.
Reports from regents of the 60
local chapters featured the meeting
last night, which also was marked
by the formal nomination of officers
to serve for the next two years. The
program was opened with a concert
by the Marine Band Orchestra and
musical selections were presented by
the Central High School Chorus.
Other guest artists were Nordica
Bost, mezzo-contralto, and Fleuerette
Jofrie, coloratura soprano.
Evening star., 1948-03-09
announcement

MIR. and Mrs. H. G. Myers an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Helen Gertrude
Myers, to Mr.. Maurice Roland Wells,
son of Mrs. James A. Wells of Seat
Pleasant and the late Mr.. Wells.
The wedding took place recently
in st. Mary's Church in Upper
Marlboro, the bride being escorted
by her father and attended by Miss
Rita Wells, sister Of the bridegroom.
/ Mr.. Leo Wells was best man for
his brother and the Rev. Francis j.
Loughran> officiated at the ceremony.
Evening star., 1948-03-09
AHnznae Ball

The Washington Chapter of
Trinity College Alumnae will hold
its starlight ball on April % on the
Washington Hotel roof. Mrs. Frank
x. Brown is general chairman for
the ball and Mrs. Hubert Treacy is
in charge Of arrangements. Com
mittee chairmen are Mrs. Felix
Holden, patrons; Miss Mary Dono-
hoe, tickets and programs; Miss Ann
Forbes, decorations, and Miss Pa
G4ota Hayden, music.
Evening star., 1948-03-09
Weddings Forecast
'Bv announcements
Made T0dav

Mrs. Douglas Griesemer of Chevy
Chase announces the engagement
OF her daughter, Miss Eleanor Mead
Griesemer, to Mr.. William H. Bald
win, jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Bald
win of New Canaan, Conn.
Miss Griesemer was graduated
from Wellesley College in 1915. Her
father had been with the Brooklyn
Times and was director of public
relations Of the American National
Red Cross at the time of his death
in 1941.
/ Mr.. Baldwin, who is descendant
of Samuel Bowles of the Springfield
(Mass.) Republican, was graduated
from Harvard College in 1899. Both
he and his fiance are on the staff
of the Associated Press in Balti-
more.
Dickinson-Bailey
Announcement is made by Mr..
and Mrs. S. w. Dickinson of Park
land, Md, of the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Meridel v.
Dickinson, to Mr. Paul David
Bailey, son of MIR. and Mrs. c. j.
Bailey Of Blountstown, Fla.
The wedding will take place
March 20 at Plymouth Congrega-
tional Church in Cocoanut Grove,
Fla, and the couple will make their
home in Tallahassee.
The bride ELECT attended Ohio
State University and received her
degree in English and journalism
from American University, where
she was member of Phi Mu Soror-
ity, Pi Delta Epsilon Honorary Jour-
nalism Fraternity and Alpha Delta
Scholastic Honorary.
Mr.. Bailey attended American
University and now is a prelaw STU
dent at Tallahassee. He is a mem
ber of Alpha Tau Omega Frater-
nifty and Is president of the Alpha
Tau Omega Colony Chapter, Alpha
Theta Phi, in Tallahassee. He served
with the Coast Guard for four years
during the war.
Whifeley-Harber
April 10 has been selected by Miss
Bette Geraldine Whiteley as the
date for her marriage to Mr.. Will
liam Bedwen Harper. Her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert E. Whiteley of
Selinsgrove, Pa, are announcing
her engagement to the son of Mr..
and Mrs. John A. Harper of Silver
Spring. The wedding will take
place in the First Evangelical Lu-
theran Church in Selinsgrove.
Miss Whiteley was graduated
from Selinsgrove High School in
1941 and Mr.. Harper was graduated
from Woodrow Wilson High School
the same year. Both are employed
by Lewis & Thos. Saltz, Inc.
Webster.Parkhurst
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Russell
Webster have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Mary Elizabeth Webster, to Mr..
Raymond Parkhurst, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Benson M. Parkhurst of
Miami, Fla. The wedding will take
place in the spring.
Miss Webster Is a member of
Delta Alpha Sorority and presently
is employed by the National Geo.
graphic Society. Mr.. Parkhurst
served for three years in the Air
Forces and now is with Eastern
Airlines based in Miami.
Rodman.Paber
The engagement of Miss Pearl
Annette Rodman to Mr.. Lawrence
Paper is announced by her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Rodman. Mr.. Pa
per is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
uel Paper.
The wedding will take place in
June.
Evening star., 1948-03-09
Tea POSTPONED

Mrs. Parker w. West has been
obliged to postpone her tea in honor
of the Chief of Staff and Mrs. Omar
Bradley from Saturday afternoon to
Saturday afternoon, March 20. Gen.
Bradley has been called out Of town
on official business and will be back
in time for the party March 20 at
the same hour in the apartment of
Mrs. West at 2101 Connecticut
avenue.
Evening star., 1948-03-09
Dinner

Supreme Court Justice Felix
Frankfurter will speak at the first
annual dinner of the Washington
Chapter of the New York City Col
lege Alumni Association which will
be held on April 2 at the Hamilton
Hotel.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-23
Nut>Bowl Filled
From Many Lands

Nuts from all over the world go
into your nut-bowl at Christmas.
Like Christmas traditions, the nuts
so popular at this time of year are
a mixture of many varieties and diff
ferent histories.
The English walnut, for instance,
is not English at all. It originated
in Asia centuries ago and was
called 1.-The food of the gods"
The round little filbert and the
almond came from the Old World.
Other nuts, so familiar at Christ
mas, the hickory nut, the black wal
nut and the chestnut, to say nothing
of the pecan, are strictly American.
The pecan is native to America and
is found nowhere else. Two other
American nuts worthy of mention
are the chestnut and the butternut.
Although many nuts originated in
other parts of the world, almost ev-
cry variety known is now grown on
American soil and experts are con-
stantly searching for more kinds of
nuts to transplant to this country.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-23

FOR TRAVELLERS - luggage,
compact mending or cleaning kit,
a camera, film, portable radio,
travel iron, fashlight-tipped pencil
or key holder, compact shaving kit.
THE OUTDOOR TYPE-hand-
tied flies, tennis balls in tins, golf
balls, nylon fish lines, ski wax,
wool socks, new set of mittens for
the golf clubs, bright caps and
jackets.
THE GARDENER-garden gloves,
shears, picking basket, a set of
stakes, a new book about garden
ing, hand sprayer, a peaked cap.
THE YOUNGER SET-her first
permanent, watches, crazy sports
shirts, his first shaving kit, dancing
lessons, their first piece of luggage
with their names on it, start her on a
set of silver, books about his hobby
or some equipment for it.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-23
Cannon Fire Halls
Christmas in Rome

A cannon fired from the historic
Castle of San Angelo at sunset on
Christmas Eve proclaims the be-
ginning Of the Holy Season in Rome.
By nine o'clock everyone is in
church to witness the colorful and
solemn professions of ecclesiastic
dignitaries which precede the elab-
crate midnight Mass.
Since everyone has tasted for
twenty-four hours, festive banquets
are in order after the religious
solemnities. It is a gala after-mid-
night in Rome: hotels and res
taurants remain open, families and
friends gather around sumptuous
tables in gaily decorated homes;
and in anticipation of the festivities,
many people attend church dressed
in formal attire.
Between Christmas and Epiphany,
the Calabrian shepherds-Pifferani
revisit the homes where they were
most cordially welcomed during Ad-
vent when they came down from the
hills to play their Italian bagpipes
before the shrines of the Virgin.
The Pifferani play for their Advent
hosts during the post-Christmas hol-
idays and receive gifts of wine, dried
figs, and small sums of money from
their hosts.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-23
Santa Claus School
Trains Jolly Gents

In a colonial farmhouse at Albion,
N. Y, there's Santa Claus school
and it's the only educational insti-
tuition of it's kind in the world.
Graduates wear white wig and
whiskers, red suit trimmed in white
fur, wide white belt, and black
leather boots.
A course at the school prepares
the prospective Santa Claus to prop
erly shake when he laughs like a
bowl full of jelly, remain calm when
a child glares and yells there amt
no Santa Claus" and maintain prop
er diplomatic relations with a parent
who thinks Santa has given her tot
the brushoff.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-23

Angeles.
Frank McCoron was in town from
Dunkirk interviewing business men
in regards to starting a cigar
factory.
Mt. Cory citizens are talking
about new electric lights. Power will
be furnished by the Western Ohio
Trolley line.
Dave Niswander purchased the
Cleophas Niswander farm for SI57
per acre.
A large crowd Of young folks
gathered at Eli Burkholder's to re-
mind Miss Bessie Of her 21st birth
day anniversary.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-23

Christmas always brings the prob
lem of what to give him or her.
The best way to solve this problem
is to first think of the things he or
she likes to do. Then, buy a gift
that will be suitable for the per-
sons activities.
Here are some suggestions. Even
If the person has one of these items
he'll not mind having another one.
FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE
GAMES-cards, chess or checkers,
ash trays, score pads and pencils,
a card table cover, a book about
favorite game.
IF SHE LIKES TO SEW-em-
broidery package of stamped ma
terial complete with threads and
directions, pinking shears, sweat
er stretcher, press cloth and tailor's
cushions, workbag, dress or blouse
material, wool and needles.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-23
News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue OF November 80, 1911

The Rev. W. S. Gottshall, pastor
of the Mennonite church, has COM
pleted % years of active service in
the ministry.
The large farm house of Lester
Henry in Orange twp. was complete
~ destroyed by fire. The home was
a new one and about completed. A
defective fue caused the blaze.
Homer and Eldon Hilty and Elmer
Lehman have returned from a trip
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-23

into Canada.
Hiram Suffer and Miss Mary FL
lerbrook will be married on Thanks
giving day.
Miss Minnie Benroth spent last
week visiting at Battle Greek, Mich.
Miss Edna Kimmel is elerking at
Noah's Ark over the holidays. Isaac
Steiner, clerk at the Economy store,
has resigned and will 60 to Los
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-11-15
pRIBlL0F ISLANDS
 HAS POST OFFICE

WASHINGTON, Nov. l5- R- The Pribilof Islands, summer home of North Americas 100000 fur seals have acquired a post office with ti-weekly airmail service.
 The islands are inhabited by 329 native-born Aleuts, 12 white em- ployes of the Fish and Wildlife Service, nine coast Guardsmen, three weather bureau employees and a Russian-born Orthodox priest and his wife-in addition to the seals.
 Seton H. Thompson, chief of the Fish and Wildlife Services Alaskan Fisheries. said the post office of St. Paul Island, Alaska, was set up November 1, with Mrs. Ruth L. Anderson. teacher, as postmistress.
 The first mail delivery contained parcel post and airmail letters post marked october 27, 28 and 29 from St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Chicago
 Previously all mail for the Pribilof Islands was addressed either to Dutch Harbor or Unalaska, in the Aleutians, or to Seattle. There were five deliveries a year-all by sea.
 Now an airplane will take mail every two weeks from Dutch Har- bor or Anchorage, Alaska-weather permitting
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-11-15

Common table salt types of salt form about four-fifths of ocean brine.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-11-15
DIVERTED SHIPS NOT DI5CHARGING,
 CANADIAN PORTS
Stevedores in Halifax Re. fuse 10 Handle Cdrgoes
 from U. 5. Ports

HALIFAX. N. s., Nov. l5.-tR- J. J. Campbell, president of the Halifax Longshoremen's Association tAF), said today this ports 2,0o0 stevedores do not feel inclined to work on ships diverted here from strike-bound U. s. ports. and have ceased to do so."
 The longshoremen will, however, continue to work ships whose orig inal destination was Halifax, he said.
 There was no elaboration on Campbell's statement. It was not learned whether his original desti- nation" statement covered ships such as the Queen Elizabeth. which announced her destination as Hali- fax, before sailing from Southamp- ton. The Queen Elizabeth ordinarily sails between Southampton and New York.
 Complying with the order, sev- eral gangs of stevedores walked off three big ships diverted to this port after having sailed from Eu- rope for New York The ships are the Mauretania. Britannic and the Veendam.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-11-15
NEW FACES; OLD PLACES ]. ]. MEHERIN FINDS ON
 TRIP THROUGH NORTH

While it is like old times to be making selling trip through the Territory, it's not quite the same as it used to be, according to J J. Meherin, partner in Meherin- Mertell Distributors, back in busi- ness in Alaska just 37 years after he first came north. Meherin re- turned to Juneau Saturday by PAA after trip to Anchorage and Fairbanks.
 Meherin---if we called him dean of the travelling men in Alaska he would probably sock us-re t ir d about year ago, from all of his AL aska interests except the Presi- dency of the Baranof hotel.
 A year of retirement was enough and he is back again in Alaska. With his partner, Miss Elizabeth Mertell, he is distributor for the complete Schenley line, has exclu- sive distribution of Hudson's Bay products, Garrett's Virginia Dar e wines, and Embassy eastern beer. Other well-known lines will be an- nounced by the firm later.
 Not quite the same as it used to be-" Meherin commented. Why, in both Anchorage and Fairbanks there were some dealers to whom I had to introduce myself. Lots ot new faces and fewer of the old timers. At one time I thought I knew everyone in the territory
 Fred Dolphin, wellknown south east Alaska salesman will be in charge of the Westward and Inter for districts for Meherin and Mer- tell, and a representative for the southeast area will be selected be- fore Meherin leaves for Seattle in about ten days.
 Mrs. Meherin is in Juneau with her hushand and both plan to- re- turn north shortly after the first of the year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-11-15
New Airport Site Is Proposed. Fairbanks

FAIRBANKS, Nov. 15.-tR-- Abandonment of the Cinema Ridge site for Fairbanks new municipal airport was announced this week end by Frank Gray, local CAA manager
 At the same time he announced the selection of new site near the end of Fairbanks present Weeks Field, the location originally con- sidered by CAA officials and the City Council two years ago.
 The Cinema Ridge site was pick ed by the CAA after the closing sessions of the 80th Congress voted S12,5O0,000 for construction of air. ports at Fairbanks and Anchor age.
 Building field there would mean bridging the Cinema River, but the new site" lies on the same side of the river as Fairbanks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-11-15

won a smashing victory in the polit- ically important state of Illinois and Frank J. Lausche, who takes over again in Ohio after two year lapse while the Republicans were in control Lausche had to buck the regular Democratic State organization to get the nomina- ton.
 Two other new Democratic gov- ernors may be heard from around party convention time four years from now-Chester Bowles of Con- necticut and Paul Dever of Massa- chusets. But they aren't as vel placed geographically as Stevenson and Lausche.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-11-15
NELSON EDDY i5.
 SINGING STAR IN
 BILL AT CAPITOL

Limned against one of the most colorful and unique periods in Am erican history, Republics outdoor musical epic, Northwest Outpost" " which opened yesterday at the Capi- tol Theatre, rings the tell on all counts-stars, story and song.
 Nelson Eddy and Iona Massey Ire the romantic figures of this
 ara of pre-Gold Rush California days when the United States was a struggling federation of states ,lowty edglng it's way westward paced by doughty adventure seekers and self-reliant pioneers.
 Eddy is dashing in the role Of a buck-skin clad bravo who faces dan ger for his lady fair with song on his lips and flintlock pistol in either hand. Miss Massey is an eye-tilling adventures whose heart is torn between love and duty.
 Seeing these two together again the last time was in the tunefully nostalgia "Balalaika" makes the reviewer wish that Hollywood had seen fit to make more pictures fea- turing them as co-stars. There was no way of taking count in the dark of the Capitol theatre last night, but it is certain the number of handholders increased tenfold as the audience watched Eddy TO- nance Ilona with Nearer and Dearer,' , Tell Me With Your Eyes" and Love Is The Tine" These three ballads were especially writ ten for the film by the famed com- poser Rudolf Friml.
 Any review would be incomplete if some mention were not given to the fine performances of such able actors as Else Lanchester, Hugo Haas and Joseph Schildkraut.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-11-15

See how gay and cheerful your new laundry can be-how well it can be combined with the all- electric kitchen to make . beauti- full. livable room! Here electricity is the servant, and you're the ''boss"! Attractive G-E electric appliances do the work while you relax. The all-electric laundry- planned about basic work cent efs"-has . G-E One-Cohtrol Wringer Washer,s | G-E Tum- bier Dryer, and the wonderful new G-E Flatplate Ironer!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-11-15

The all-electric kitchen is planned about basic work centers", too . with . GrE Range, G-E Dish washer, G-E Disposall, and G-E Refrigerator!
 Whether you're planning to build, buy or remodel, it's easy to own an all-electric kitchen and laundry. You can build the
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-11-15
RONALD C0IMAN STARRED EM BILL
 AT 10TH CENTURY

Twentieth Century-Fox, whose film excursions into the field of best sellers have netted many memorable evening for moviegoers. has taken The Late George Apley," John P. Marquand's delightful Pull tiger Prize novel, and made it the sauciest entertainment of the year. F1ttingly enough, the film. now playing at the 20th Century Thea tre, has lured Ronald Colman back from his self-imposed sabbatical to play the title role. It also serves as superbly effective springboard for the launching of pert young Peg gy Cummins on a sensational movie career.
 As all who have read the prize winning book or who have seen the successful Broadway stage adapta- ton must know, The Late George Apley" tells the story of a staid Boston family for whom the spot ting of the years first robin in the Commons is an event of unsurpass- able excitement. But even in the town where the Cabots speak only to the Lodges, romance cannot be stifled. And when the impetuous daughter of the almost profession ally conservative MT. Apley falls in love with so-called radical profess sor (practically foreigner" since he wasn't born in Boston,, orni- thology is forgotten while the family enjoys its crisis
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-11-15
DEMOS TO GROOM CANDIDATE FOR
 1852 ELECTION

WASHINGTON. Nov. l5.-- R - President Truman's post-election hint he isn't going to run again has plowed the field for a new crop of Democratic Presidential con- tenders.
 With four years in which to make a record. two new Democratic mid western governors may give veteran party leaders hot race for the 1852 nomination.
 They are Adlai E. Stevenson, who
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-11-15
NEW THREAT MADE,
 FISHING INDUSTRY

SEATTLE, Nov. 15-tREA union spokesman said today that Bel lingham and Seattle machinists employed in the Alaska salmon canning industry will vote Nov. 27 on whether to reopen their contract with employers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-11-15
WHY PLANS CHANGED

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-tR-- The Civil Aeronautics Administra- ton said today $5,O00,000 munich pal airfield for Fairbanks. Alaska will be built closer to the city than had been planned.
 It said the change in plans will eliminate the need of bridging the Cinema slough to reach the former proposed site on Cinema Ridge.
 CAA authorities said new site now being considered is on the Fairbanks side of the slough and approximately 6l2 miles from the Army's Ladd Field.
 Congress at the last session ap- priated $12,500,000 for construc- tion of an international airport at Anchorage and the Fairbanks municipal field.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-11-15
FROZEN FISH BOUND
 FOR PRINCE RUPERT

Five car loads of frozen fish went aboard the Robert Eugene this morning from Juneau Cold Storage bound for Prince Rupert.