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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-15
VFW Auxiliaries
Ready for Convention

Equality Walter Reed Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold
their annual picnic today at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. George Nc
Leish.
Since the auxiliary president,
Mrs. Allene Larsen, will be in st.
Louis attending the VFW National
Convention, the senior vice presi-
rent, Elizabeth Terpay, will preside
at the next meeting of the auxiliary.
Other Equality members going to
st. Louis are Florence Armstrong,
Ethel Holiday and Martha Rey-
nolds.
Equality Auxiliary, under direc-
ton of Chairman Ruby Lutz, will
hold a party in the women's ward
at Mount Alto next month, the
date to be announced later.
Columbia Auxiliary and Post last
week held an evening Of games at
Forest Glenn, entertaining 152 vet
Grams and presenting many prizes.
Those representing the auxiliary and
post were Frances Ready Katie
Carter, Thelma Trout, Sally Cohen,
Alice McWilliams, Mrs. Hagenstein,
Comdr. McWilliams, Howard Trout,
Michael Ready and Charlie Cohen.
The regular monthly visit was
made to Mount Alto Hospital the
same evening. Cigarettes, candy and
magazines were distributed among
the patients.
Front Line Auxiliary l40l men,
bers planning to attend the national
encampment in St. Louis are Presi-
dent Ella Treynor, Lillian REYNOLDS,
Mary Nichols, Mary Tucker, Una
Dorsey and Florence Picton.
National Capital Auxiliary Junior
Unit met last week at the home of
Ethel Sendlak to set up program
for the year.
Hattie Byram and Leila Lyles
were elected delegates to the Ma
jestic Convention Of Military Order
of Lady Bugs in st. Louis. August
% and September 8, and the alter
mates are Virden Syler and Ella
Grimm.
Meetings this week:
Monday - National Capital Aux
iliary 1877, Naval Lodge Hall; Fed
eral Auxiliary. 1919 K street NV.
Friday-Columbia Auxiliary, 1921
K street NV,
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18th Anniversary
Brings Two Operas
To Sylvan Theater

"Iolanthe," q comic opera In two
acts. will be presented at the Sylvan
Theater by the Columbia Opera Co.,
Friday at $50 pm. This perform
ance and that of The Mikado" on
Saturday, marks the twelfth ami.
versary Of the company,s summer
activities. The Mikado" was staged
at the Sylvan Theater last sum.
mer by the organization which has
been operating until recently under
the name Of Columbia Light Opera
Co.
Maria de Ia Hull will sing the part
OF Phyllis. Connie Kruger that Of
the fairy queen and Amelia Shore.
day will impersonate the title role,
Richard Nessul has been cast for
Strephon, Iolanthe's son, the hum.
BILE shepherd who, with the aid OF
the fairies. rises eventually to mem.
bership in Parliament.
Catherine Emery will sing op.
posite Lewis Rose, the leading role
Of Yum-Yum in THE Mikado,"
Saturday. She has been assigned
also the role OF Celia in "Iolanthe."
Others to be heard Friday are: Ings
Deinzer, as Leila Mary Vagnoni,
as Fleta; Ches Di Maggie, as Earl
Tolloller: Stuart McKinstry, as Earl
Mountarart, and Kenneth Grafton,
as Private Willis. - q,
Supporting roles in The Mikados
will be filled as follows: Miss Shore
day will appear as Pitt Sing; Miss
Vagnoni, as Peep 30; Frances jack
son. as Katisha; Richard Miller will
sing Ko-Ko, Robert Royce, Poo Bah;
Edward Kulda. Ping Tush.
Tickets for chairs in the reserved
section are available at the Columbus
Opera Co.'S headquarters, SO
Thirteenth street NV.
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American L. Concert

Marc Moyens, French pianist
George Kafig. pianist-clarinetist
and Prof. Gordon Smith, viollnist
on the faculty of the music de-
partment of the American UniVer-
sity will present q concert of cham
her music in Mary Graydon Hall on
the Campus at Massachusetts, and
Nebraska avenues NV. on Thurs
day at sis. There will be . choral
ensemble under the direction OF
Donald Leavitt, student at the
university.
The program will include De-
bussy's Petite Suite" for piano,
Bartoks Contrasts" thompson
"Alleluia, Hindemith's Six Chan
sons" Poulenc's "Sonata" for pi-
ana and Milhaud'S Suite"
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question Of perfecting the ensemble
ought to be considered. With more
rehearsals, the playing Of the or
chestra could develop an individ-
uality, but this can only be OBJ
tanned when such is recognized as
desirable goal. While the orches-
ira has grown both as to size and
quality, 1t is time now to, make it
first-class in every respect. People
are outraged that the Nations Cap
ital does not have the best in mu-
sic, but are they willing to assist
In its orchestra's progress by reg
ular attendance and by listening
to repeated performances Of the
same works toward the end Of per-
fecting the ensemble and the inter-
probation.
Study Beyond Music.
There is a clamor all over the
country for more opera. and to
meet the demand companies are
gotten together from here and
there. No cooperative effort is
possible under such conditions.
Young singers. are pushed to the
fore. and rightly SO. but who takes
the time to train them not only in
the superficial acting needs, but in
all the nuances of time, place and
character? Left to themselves, they
use their own version. But opera
deals with such diverse things as
emotional reactions. colored by ma
tionality, period styles in deport-
ment, dress, makeup and stage
setting, as we'll as special angles OF
character, as shown in the special
roles. To be thoroughly convincing
opera must be true in every respect
to the period it represents. Knowl-
edge Of this requires study beyond
the music or the stage movements
The great erudition necessary ts
rise to notable artistic heights can.
not be acquired quickly. Years Of
study must be devoted to plumbing
the depths. While this is Of i'm
portance in every branch Of Amer.
lean musical undertakings. it Il
especially important in Washington
which has been slightingly regarded
by other centers. We have chance
to prove with the National SYM
phony that worth while standards
exist here. That is, providing Of
course, the National Symphony is
willing to concentrate on that end
and the public will agree to assis,
by its appreciation Of the effort
through financial support and I'M
dersanding of the aim. The point
is that study must be evident in
the working out Of details and not
Just the race to establish record
as to the number and variety Of
performances.
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Study Essential to Perfection
In Modern Musical Artistry
By Alice Eversmon

The trouble with the present day
musical situation in this country
is Impotence. The distance from
the lowest step in the ladder OF
musical enterprise to the top must
be made in one spring. Waiting and
growing are two things foreign to
the American temperament. and
especially so since this country woke
up to the fact that it had a great
deal of talent and began developing
a desire for the culture music can
bring. Everywhere new artists have
sprung up full-blown, to Judge from
their publicity, and organizations
have been started with all the fan
fare that belongs to the peak OF
achievement.
The period Of learning to attain
artistic eminence has been short
ened as much as possible. Young
musicians have been put before the
public as soon as they reach the
point of outward brilliancy that
will carry an instantaneous appeal
and all sorts of endeavors have
been started without the proper
preparation for enduring. The mu-
steal public, which at first well
coined these novelties. now is be-
coming puzzled as to what really is
first rate and what is mediocre. Its
own sense of what is high art has
been unbalanced.
While money can accomplish a
great deal in the musical field, the
only way to reach and retain the
highest place is by study. Whatever
tricks of public appeal are used
they seldom outlive the moment OF
the day. The evidence of study Is
always to be recognized and Ii
bound to have the power OF Great
ing lasting fame. Barnum's famous
saying about fooling the public holds
good today as 1t did when he triec
to break down his own proverb.
Willing to Wait.
The citizens Of this city hav'
wanted many things unsteady, but
no more than others, are they will
ing to wait for an enterprise t.
grow. The alternative is to hav'
enormous financial resources a
ones disposal. SO that the price car
be paid for the best continuously
Some generous minded individual
might be willing to do the paying
up to certain point, but a com
munity rarely is able or desirou!
of constantly footing the bills.
The National Symphony Is
case in point. Almost from the be-
ginning, it was supposed to COM
pete with the older and more ex-
perienced orchestras in the quantity
and quality of its musical season
In the number of concerts and In
the types of compositions presented,
it has Wed with the best. And all
of this with musicians not as ex-
perienced in orchestral playing as
those of the Philadelphia, the Bos-
ton or the New York Philharmonic.
The performances have not been
entirely satisfactory for, as regards
new compositions, nothing more
than the orderly reading OF them
took place.
This winter, the National Sym
phony begins new era and the
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Masonic Meetings

Anacostia-Monday, r. G. degree.
Pentalpha-Monday, F. c. degree.
National-Tuesday, special, 6 pm,
r. C. degree; 7::30 pm, initiation.
Theodore Roosevelt--Wednesday.
Fellowcraft Club meets with Glenn
Reese, 1890 North Carolina avenue
NE.
Lebanon-Frfday, N. NJ. degree.
Cciumbta-Eridsy. n. n. dssrsa.
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American Legion
Bowling Entries
Are Due Tonight

Plans for formation of the District
Department American Legion Bowl
ing League are under way, according
to Department Athletic Off1cer
James A. Munro. All entries for
league must be filed with him before
midnight tonight.
A 4S team league is being
contemplated to roll in four
sections of IL teams each on Tues
day evenings at the Chevy Chase
Bowling Alleys.
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Opera Season
Ends Tonight
AT WaterGate

The closing performance OF the
Water Gate Opera Festival viii take
place tonight at Sis o'clock with
the double bill consisting Of Mas
cagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana" and
Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci."
Florence Kirk. leading soprano Of
the Metropolitan Opera, heard here
last week in the title role OF Aida"
viii impersonate Santuzza. She for
sock her career as music teacher
In the public schools Of Philadel-
phia when Toscanini chose her for
several NBC broadcasts. She made
her debut at the Metropolitan Opera
four years ago and sang since then
at the Teatro Colon In Buenos
Aires and in Havana.
Three young singers are sched-
uled to make their local debut to-
night: Alfonso Cancelmo, tenor,
who only recently arrived from
Italy: Frank Palumbo. baritone, and
Helen George. soprano. a native
OF New York. Miss George is q
graduate Of the Juilliard School
OF Music and comes direct from
successful appearances with the
Cincinnati Summer Opera. She will
sing Media opposite Mario Pas
quetto, who was heard here az
Rhadames in Aida" Francesca
Valentino. leading baritone of the
Metropolitan Opera, will imperson.
ate Tonic.
The Lyric Opera Association will
open its winter season in Trenton.
N. j.. at the War Memorial Audi.
torium and will make appearances
in Philadelphia and Baltimore and
elsewhere in the East.
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Let EN- Remember
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

HOLLY WOOD.
Even studio personnel, Injured to
the shapely and scantily clad fem
mime form, stirred perceptibly when
Virginia Mayo donned bathing suit
for The Girl from Jones Beach,"
And now they're putting Miss Mayo
under wraps.
In her next Aim, Somewhere In
the City" she won't have q single
costume revealing her arms above
the elbow or her legs above the calf.
Leah Rhodes, who designed these
as well as Miss Mayo's more pro-
vocative previous attire. isn't dis
turbed about the publics reaction.
THE subconscious," she says. will
carry over.
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Found a Gardener
On Italian Front.
HOLLYWOOD.


Arthur Preacher likes to tell his
guests, II travelled $4,000 miles to
find my gardener"
What he means is this: -Four
years ago. entertaining overseas
with the Andrews Sisters. he visited
the Italian front and met Japan
ese-American soldier, along with
hundreds Of other Yanks.
Not long ago Teacher went into
a market near his home in Sherman
Oaks. At the vegetable stand Q
japanese tapped him on the shoul-
der. 1t was the same chap Teacher
had met in Italy. He reminded
Teacher Of the meeting. A few
days later he went to work for the
actor.
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TODAY.

TO-DAY.
AIR FORCE BAND, Cwo John Yesu-
lsitis and MAJ; George 8 Howard'
sibelius Srinisndis' "Msrdi oras."
LisdoWs Musical snuf1 BOX
Rodgers Hammerstein "Oklahoma"
selections, 'Introduction to At M"
Invitation to the Dance" Moussorg-
sky's Song of the Flea" NJ Serst.
Aorasha Robofsky. baritone soloist:
Letters Three Blind Nice; . 1.,,,s
CWO Samuel Kurtz. director.
LYRIC OPERA ASSOCIATION, water
Gate. s:i5 ON. Mascagnfs ''Caval-
leris Rustieans," Leoneayalios Pa
gliacci," Nicholas Rescigno, condue-
tor.
TOMORROW.
NAVY BAND, cwo Richard Townsend.
conductor :ss. front &c, G.pitSI .scp Pm;
F Msn. I P.nrs .szstiili.n c.priss.
lions from Bizet's Carmen" Pc
Ks,s D'eD n! ruI BB.aus. l.'R s.sa
"M Mss' BELIEVE" asiIoste. Lord:
soloIst: Rodsers-Hart soklshomsF
selections. Bel.teriins's March OF
the Steel Men"
MARINE BAND, Mai. william p San
telmann, leader; Marine Barracks,
pm, Sousas The Thunderer,
Prelude to WagnsF's Die Meister-
singer" Martins Novelette," Dale
Harphsm. trombone soloist; Kern's
THE SOM Il YOU" excerpts from
Msssenet's lie Cid" Douse's
Souvenir de Romance" Kenneth
pouse. saxophons soloist: Ivanovici's
Danube Waves "Piigrims March"
"Saltareilo" from Mendelssohn's
The Italian Symphony"
WADE n. STEPHENS, organ recital:
LID. 3. chspel, 8 pm.
TUESDAY.
soLDIEHg NOME MILITARY BAND,
Franklin ?. Chariss, bapdmaster:
bandstanA. $50 p.m. rue1k.s Chill
dren Of the Resimeut," Mendelg-
sohns Overture Mil!tsiYs." LID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-15
Programs OF the Week

zen's Dixie" excerpts from Frimrs
The Pirefiy.' Ash's "6onna Get .
G ears pF ohio ssor. Blu; xi sl,s
'.Amefiea 10 France"
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Earl's "ohio shor., HadIsy's
America TO France"
WEDNESDAY.
WADE n. sTEPHENs. orsan recital.
LID. 8. Chapel. 8 pm.
MARINE BAsD, Maj william 2. San
tsipann' sae.r gas. o front r.. cs M.
Marriage. - Martin's "Noyei. tte
p srm Harghsm trombone :SlSiss
kows "christmas Night; Douse 8
Souvenir de. Romance" Kenneth
Dsqs: 'fITSphons toslSi' Z a. s.rf HE
THURSDAY.
SOLDIERS HOME MILITARY BAND.
sna:ssna. $50 SS.rl em 0'1 Ssinor;
.esss 'strsdsiis'' Bsnnstts "eyprsss
sllhouet s.,. sslsstIsn from NH, klIr:i.:
Tflzer's "Roll ,Along. .Prairis Moon"
Linekss "Lysistrsta," Ksllsr's Ply
FRIDAY.
COLUMBIA oPERA COMPANY. Sylvan
saiiivsns %iol.nthe." EshyI Man
ming, conductor.
SATURDAY.
SOLDIERS HOME MILITARY BAND,
Franklin B. Charles, bandmaster;
bandstand. $50 Pm. Goettler's
'TrumpeteT Of the Fort" Burke's
II Never Know" Ayers Amt she
Sweet" Tobani's Nautical eilesu's
I'm peu d'amour." Frank Wiplitg-
t ssa:fI s saHshifH afes! ssie s.rs..n
freedoms Awakening"
WADE n. eTEpHENB, ergAn recital,
LID. 0. Chapsi. Q pm.
Theater. $50 Pm. diibert ana
eulliyan's The Mikado." Ethyl
Nsnnins. AtTseter.
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dral Post, American Legion.
Star STAFF Photo.
The season will open on Septem-
Der II, when neWly-elected De-
partment Comdr. David Z. Kisliuk
rolls the first ball down the alleys
The Barry Post will defend its
1918 championship and the right
to retain the Forty and Eight
Trophy awarded annually to the
winning team.
Arrangements for a Maj. Edward
J. Millar Memorial Award in the
form of either an athletic or scho-
lastic trophy to be awarded to a
student at Eastern High School an
nually are now being completed by
the Leslie and Douglas McNair Post
of which Maj. Millar was men,
Der.
Maj Millar, who attended Eastern
High School before joining the
Army, lost his life in an airplane
accident shortly after his release
from a japanese prison camp.
Victory Posts junior baseball team
in the 1ntercity League will meet
McDaniels Motors today at Fair
lawn and will play the Mount Cal
vary nine next Saturday on the
Mount Calvary diamond.
Newly elected officers of the Ma
tional Cathedral Post who will as
sumo ONCE when installation cere-
monies are held in the post at its
September meeting are: Command
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-13
Colonies in Alaska

(Jessen's Weekly
 The withdrawal of 192 900 of land from public entry for proposed colonization schemes by the De- partment of Interior has a bad flavor.
 bill in Congress-not yet passed-would provide for colonization of Alaska at government expense Secretary Krug, apparently assuming the bill will pass has laid the groundwork for colonies on the Kenai Peninsula along the route of the road and at Dunbar, between Fairbanks and Nenana the rail- road
 Alaska has hundreds of homesteaders who have taken up land on their initiative and made good without asking for any help from the government except for the gift of the land itself Others gling and accomplishing their ends but could a Federal loan very ncely-if they could get it. Hun dreds are treking the Alaska Highway, bring ing household goods, livestock and enthusiasm, pre- pared to pioneer in the way of the earlier pioneers who built up the West. All they want is suitable land and chance.
 The withdrawal puts a premium upon helplessness and the inclination to lean upon the government, a trait that has been fostered by the New Deal but which has no place in American tradition. It says to the man who is self reliant. Keep off,, while it invites the shiftless, the eaner the incompetent the man who looks to the government to keep him, to become members of these planned colonies in which Uncle Sam would clear the land, erect the buildings and make loans over 40-year period at 3a per cent interest
 have to meet certain qualifications not yet stated, but when they should be carefully scanned and the proposed new settlements would differ from the Matanuska Valley project according to advance in- formation It also says that while it not intended to colonize displaced persons from Europe that some of the 2O5 GOO displaced persons allowed into the coun- try by Congress might be included in the colonies
 Bureaucratic Washington has tried fosting a lot of schemes upon Alaska without consultation with Alaska residents The notorious Lempke bill which fortunately died in the Senate after Alaskans and friends Outside protested it's passage by the House was example.
 However a public hearing should be conducted within 60 days at which objections of Alaskan may be heard before the withdrawal is effective. Also, the bill that would permit such colonization schemes has not passed Congress yet.
 It is up to Alaskans to decide whether they want Alaska development to follow lines of individual in- itiative with possible Federal loans sociaistic 'utopias" which private incentive is lacking, and which are out of harmony in democracy such as developed America to first rank among nations
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-13
TRAPS AND CONSERVAT

On October l2 the voters of Alaska will be asked to decide among other issues, whether or not they want salmon traps to continue in the Territory
 As in all political issues those on each side of this question will present their arguments. ms IS democracy at work and we have no quarrel With the tactics used There few enough places left on ths earth both proponents and opponents may nave their say before an election
 But if this political argumetn follows the course of others we have watched the voter soon will be wanowing in a confusing mass of charges, counter charges and statistics that could prove almost any thing We will be told that salmon traps are AiasKa only means of survival; that they are vicious macheS designed to rob the Territory of it's wealth and man. hood.
 Actually traps neither The Territory wont fold up and die if traps are abolished Nor ln iact' will the Territory night become region oi wealthy teening metroplises if we get rid of the traps.
 From where we sit on this issue the question boils down to this: Will we best be able to conserve our salmon runs if abolish raps?"
 Nothing else is at stake. Nothing else really can be affected by traps
 Nowhere we find any evidence to prove the loosely hurled charge that traps are despong Alaska greatest natural resource-salmon. To the contrary every expert called to give his opinion on the matter has declared that conservation measures can best be enforced when Sainlon are eausiie ii 1"p' The reasons cited obvious traps being stationary are easier poced the Federal government can regu- late the number of traps but can do nothing to limit the number of seine boats operating in Territorial waters.
 If these experts ever decide that traps are ob- structing conservation they can quickly and easily abolish them Without explanation to anyone the government can shut down every trap ln Alaska tomorrow morning if it decides such an action would conserve salmon
 Although the Fish and Wildlife Service has never felt necessary take such drastic step It many times has closed down individual traps when It feit conservation could best be served by doing so IL VIII continue to follow this policy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-13
U. }. RECOGNIZES NEW GOVERNMENT
 OF SOUTH KOREA

WASHINGTON, Aug. l3. ZR- United States today extended "de facto" recognition to the American sponsored government of South Ko- req.
 De facto recognition means that that the U. s. acknowledges that the government is in fact the ruling re- gime in the country.
 The State Department in state ment said the anti-Communist gov ernment formed in South Korea as result of the May 10th elections lis entitled to be regarded as the government of Korea envisaged by the General Assembly's resolution of November IA, 1947."
 The Department announced John J. Muccio of Rhode Island has been named by President Truman as special representative to Korea with personal rank of ambassador
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-13
20 YEARS AGO TIT {FTE EMPIRE

AUGUST sYs
 williams General Manager in Juneau on the vessel Virginia yesterday.
 Robertson Association ,c in Seattle Robertson Council of organization Dmond o Valdez was reelected Vice President of for the association
 Howard instructor in the Juneau High School was graduated from Pacific Dental College of Portland Capt Billy of Wh Bang and half dozen other neroda was expected Juneau enoute Kodiak to
 Nnpis left on the Princess pected present in Tacoma
 Mrs children Karl and Judith returned Aun after spending several months In the States the Ku Kux Klan was burned last night the knob back be burned in Juneau Weather: High, 50; low, 48 cloudy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-13
REDS PUT DEMANDS TO WEST ENVOYS

But several days later, when the Ambassadors came to grips with Molotov, whose name in Russian means "The Hammer" things were not so smooth. In fact, they've been getting tougher ever since.
 Molotov made several sharp de- mands on the West. They includ- cd the following:
 1. Western acceptance of Soviet currency for all Berlin.
 2. Indefinite delay by the West of the formation of Western Ger man government.
 }. Four Power control of the Ruhr with Russia sharing in the production of that rich industrial area.
 4 A Four-P Power meeting in Paris at which the problems of Germany, Austria and other out standing European questions could be discussed.
 5. A firm agenda for the Big Four meeting to be agreed to by the West in advance
 The three ambassadors cabled these demands back to London Washington and Paris late last week. The response of their gov ernments was unanimous and firm