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Evening star., 1948-09-26
.Newhall to Head
Eastman House

Beaumont NeWhall. former cura-
tor of the department of photogra-
ply, Museum of Modern Art, In
New York City, has been named
curator of George Eastman House
Inc.
His appointment was announced
by DR.. c. E. Kenneth Mees, presi-
dent OF the Photographic institute
which will occupy the 10-acre
estate of the late George Eastman
Mr.. Newhall is now actively en-
gagged in preparing the institutes
collection of photographs and
Photographic apparatus and max
ing it ready for installation.
The new curator is nationally
known as a Photographic expert
lecturer and author. Before found
ing the department of photography
at the Museum of Art he was lee
turer at the Philadelphia Museum
of Art, assistant at the department
of decorative arts of the Metro
politan Museum of Art, and
librarian of the museum of modern
art.
Eastman House, Inc, is an educa-
tional corporation set up by the
University of Rochester, University
of the State Of New York and
Eastman Kodak Co. in June, 1947,
to serve as a demonstration center
covering photography from its be-
ginning to its latest development.
The project will utilize the 37-room
house built in 1905 by Mr.. Eastman
Evening star., 1948-09-26
By Alexander J.
Curator of Photography
The Smithsonian Institution


speed of Photographic emulsions hao
increased to the point where II
was possible to stop" the motion
of a horse. But he still had diff
Guilty in getting series OF pictures
that depicted continuous motion
Muybridge even attempted to set
up q row of cameras whose shut
ters were actuated by strings which
crossed the race track. The run
ming horse was supposed to trip
each shutter as the corresponding
string was touched. But. as might
have been expected, the strings
either pulled the cameras out OF
position or failed to function be-
cause of shrinkage or expansion.
Electricity Solved 1t.
When this scheme failed, an en-
gineer, John D. Isaacs was en-
ployed to solve the problem. 1saacs
employed his knowledge of cleo
tricity and came up with an idea
whereby wires crossing the track
operated the shutter mechanisms
by an electrical circuit which was
closed by contact of the wheels of
a horse drawn sulky. 1t worked but
required a vehicle to be drawn by
the horse.
Since it was necessary to photo
graph running horse which the
vehicle made impossible, Isaacs
finally devised a chronograph ar
rangement with metal cylinder
carrying projecting pins like the
cyclinder of Swiss music box. u
This was set in operation when the
horse reached the cameras. the pins
Evening star., 1948-09-26
News About Stamps
By Jones WoIdo Fawcett

Speculation in recent stamps in
creases daily. Many collectors are
buying multiple panes of the COM
memoratives ordered by Congress
during its last session. Noncollectors
also are purchasing quantities Of the
same productions with the intention
of selling them when the market has
risen sufficiently to allow them a
considerable profit.
The logic of what is happening is
this: The Bureau of Engraving and
Printing with its present staff and
machinery cannot manufacture nor
NAL quantities of more than approx
imately "a extra stamps-that is,
commemorative or other novelty
issueSin a calendar year. Most of
its personnel and facilities are con-
stantly engaged in running off the
millions of ordinary stamps needed
by the general public. When addi-
tional issues are demanded by con-
gressional resolutions, it becomes in
evitable that the quantities ordered
should be cut. To illustrate the
reduction in numbers of copies re-
Questioned, only 50,000,000 of the
Clara Barton commemorative were
specified whereas 100, 0,000, GOO OF the
DIR. George w. Carver commemora-
tive were stipulated.
This means that the Clara Barton
stamp is more than twice as scarce
as the DR.. Carver stamp. 1t fol-
lows that 1t Is twice as much an
object of speculation as the adhesive
released nine months earlier. Other
commemorative of which only 50,-
Evening star., 1948-09-26
Camera Angles
The History of Motion Pictures
n-pcture By Alexander J. Wedderbum setting o

setting off the shutters in rapid
succession-and the mission was ac-
complished. Muybridge continued
to use the Isaacs machine, taking
pictures of many different animals
in motion and Isaacs. having other
interests, was forgotten.
Later Muybridge made positive
transparencies from his photo
graphs and projected them from a
machine which he designated as
the zoopraxoscope. His machine
unlike any OF today's movie pro-
jectors, was an adaptation OF the
work of others who had been con-
tent with the step-by-step method
photographing subjects in one posed
shot after another. However, ii
served the purpose of Muybridge
who went on to claim for himself
credit for the entire process. But
regardless of the merits of his case
Muybridge did put the process into
practical use and through his ef-
forts the first real step toward
motion pictures was accomplished
Evening star., 1948-09-26
Sound Coupling

A demonstration Of dual turn
table sound equipment for repro
ducing music, sound effects and re.
corded commentary with 8-mm
motion pictures will be given by
John H. Kelly, jr, of University
Park, Md, tomorrow night at &
meeting of the Department o.
Agriculture amateur movie makers
The group will meet at 8 O'Clock
in the home of H. D. Bateman
1881 North Wakefield street, Airing.
ton. Va,
Evening star., 1948-09-26

900 900 in each case were authorized
are: &c Oregon Territory; SC Harlan
Fiske Stone; Sc Palomar Mountain
Observatory; SC Poultry Industry;
Sc Fort Kearny; Sc Volunteer Fire
men.
Still another issue already scram-
bled for is the Sc Gold Star Mothers
stamp, of which only 100000
copies were manufactured. This
label, on account of its memorial
nature, is in heavy demand among
all classes of people. For that very
reason the spectators are concen-
trating on it. They coincidentally
are buying sheets of the SC William
Allen White and the Sc Salute to
Youth stamps, of each of which only
100000 were printed.
The greatest money maker" Of
all recent issues, however, probably
will be the SC New York Boroughs
airmail. A mere $4,000, 900 copies of
it were produced as compared with
IS 900, 900 of the SC Swedish Pho
neers commemorative.
But spectators likewise are stock
ing supposedly common" stamps
of recent vintage. For example,
125, 100000 copies Of the SC Cali
fornia Gold Rush sticker were au-
thorized-the largest printing of
any commemorative this year. It
is being gambled in because it was
pushed into ordinary use as far back
as January "a and therefore is be-
lieved to be in short supply" now.
The SC Four Chaplains stamp, in
the same category as the Gold Star
Mothers, is being laid away" in
quantities largely due to the fact
that it is popular with all groups
of citizens.
Reasonable speculation, of course,
Is defensible. Every stamp collector
hopes to profit from his hobby as
an investor What Is questioned Is
the expectation of outsiders" that
they can exploit the philatelic pub
lie by arbitrarily withholding
stamps from the market in guam
titles large enough to affect prices.
Probably the best guide to au-
thentic stamp values now available
to collectors is Price Predictions
on United States Stamps a two
volume work by Joseph E. Gran
vile, recently published by Harry
l.. Lindquist, New York. 1t deals in |
part with the initial scarcity" of
hundreds of different issues based !
on official reports of editions
printed. Thus the 81 Columbian of
1893 (Scott's No. 244) is the rarest
United States stamp in terms of
quantities circulated. Only 26,350
copies were issued. The commonest
commemorative. Mr.. Granville finds,
is the &c George Washington BIZ
centennial of 1882, of which 4.222,-
1873 300 were manufactured.
A Babe Ruth stamp may be an
nounced shortly. Many letters ask
ing for such a tribute to the famous
baseball player are being received
by the Post Office Department.
A two-color printed cachet will
be available for standard size (6$4)
stamped envelopes at
the Naval Supply Center, Oakland
4. Calf, on Navy Day, October 27.
Evening star., 1948-09-26

Mark packages "Cachet" and for
ward prior to october Is.
Covers Cancelled at Palomar
Mountain Observatory, Calf, Aug
ust 80, numbered 4O1, 1855. Stamps
sold, 744,520.
A special Navy Day slogan can
collation. will be available from
October 1 to October q at Corpus
Christi, Tex; Vallejo, Calf; Bos-
ton, Mass; Portsmouth, N. H;
Jacksonville, Fla; Oakland, Calf;
Memphis, Tenn. Waukegan., Ill:
Annapolis, Md; Quonset, r. l.; San
Francisco, Calf; Philadelphia, Pa:
Pensacola. Fla; Norfolk, Va; also
on board u s. S. Mississippi (AG-
128) Care F. P. O., New York City.
When airmail service is started at
Green Bay, Wis, october /. a
special cachet will be applied to mail
sent to the postmaster at that place
for such treatment.
Mrs. Catherine L. Manning, phil
atelic curator of the Smithsonian
Institution, is great-grandmother
Her grand-granddaughter, Linda Lee
Robertson. was born in Arlington
Va, August 18.
The design of the Juliette Low
Girl Scouts stamp was released last
week. 1t shows a portrait of Mrs
Low, the emblem of the Girl Scouts
and the inscription: Founder of the
Girl Scouts of the U. S. A Ar
edition of so 900, 900 has been ordered
The new label will go on sale al
Savannah, Ga, October %.
A special cachet will be applied K
letters at Poughkeepsie. N. Y, wher
airmail service on route ANTI i!
| initiated there, on or about Octo'
/ Der |.
Evening star., 1948-09-26
Perkins Show
lat Smithsonian
For October

The Photographic show for the
month Of October at the Smithso-
nian Institution will be an exhibit OF
68 pictorial color photographs by
Charles Eliot Perkins of Washing
ton. Mr.. Perkins, who has had
many years of experience in pho
tomicrography work. has exhibited
extensively both in this country and
abroad. He is member of the Ma
Itional Press Club, the Photographic
Society of America, the Royal Pho
tographic Society of Great Britain
the Pictorial Photographers OF
America and the National Photo
graphic Society at Washington.
The show consists of wide vari-
ETY. of subjects in color ranging from
still-life photographs of flowers and
insects, landscapes, seascapes, snow
scapes, and a thorough sprinkling
of pretty girls.
From technical aspect, color
rendition in a number of the prints
lis exceptionally good, in few the
narrow latitude of color film is ap-
parent when comparing the result
ing prints with the photo data sup
piled by the photographer Since
express data in color photography
is of great value to the observer, a
catalogue listing this information
regarding each of the prints will
enlighten the visitor of this exhibit
A number of these catalogues, pre-.
pared by Mr.. Perkins. will be avail.
able to the general public.
This one-man show will be ex'
hibited Sundays and weekdays from
9 am. to 4:30 pm. in the north
west gallery of the Arts and Indus
tries Building, Ninth Street at JET
ferson drive SW.
Box-type cameras have a len
opening corresponding to f:l5 ant
a shutter speed of approximate,
1870 of a second
Evening star., 1948-09-26
Classes in L. of Md.

Glasses in photography will bt
held again this year at University
of Maryland. The course is designed
to teach the fundamentals OF
photography and to enable the stu
dent to use it in his chosen profes-
sion. The instructor is Fremont
Davis, Photographic illustrator and
staff photographer of Science Serv-
ice. 1t is under the Practical Arts
Department of the College of Home
Economics.
Evening star., 1948-09-26
Fotocraft Club
Resumes Meetings

The Fotocraft Club of the Twelfth
Street YMCA will meet Thursday
at 8 pm. to conduct the final print
competition of the season. All
prints previously entered in monthly
print contests will be eligible. The
group will convene in the Bowen
room of the Y, 1916 Twelfth street
NV.
Programs for the season viii in
Iclude an intensive training course
for beginners. a series Of illustrated
lectures, guest speakers and demon
strations, constructive criticisms,
special projects and the monthly
print competitive exhibits. More
emphasis will be placed on color
photography and movie making.
Evening star., 1948-09-26
Engineers to Hear
RAYMOND Davis

The first fall meeting of the
Society of Photographic Engineers
win be held at o'clock tomorrow
night in the Natural History Build.
| ing of the Smithsonian Institution
Tenth street and Constitution ave.
nue.. Raymond Davis, head of the
Photographic department of the Blu.
reau of Standards, will give hi:
paper on Bar Gamma Method ot
Interpreting Sensitometric Data.
The film, Naval Photography ir
Science" will be shown during the
nropram
Evening star., 1948-09-26
Club Starts

The opening meeting of the Be-
thesda- Chevy Chase Camera Club
will be held Tuesday at 8 pm. at
the Masonic Lodge rooms, Bank of
Bethesda Building on Wisconsin
avenue. Capt Louis Werner, chief
color photographer of the Army pic
torial division, will speak on color
photography miscellany.
Evening star., 1948-11-05
EXCHANGE of Letters Indicates Truman Decision
ToWoqe a Fiqht to theEinish Came Last March

said: I care not what my personal
, fortunes may be, I want the verdict
of mankind So, too, will you at this
moment.
"You have shown great courage.
You have taken the hard road when
you could have taken the easiest
road. At all times we must bear in
mind that the American people bow
before courage. An underlying sense
of fairness pervades our national
spirit.
The people will recognize that
you are President of the whole
people. 1t is easy to be a President
of part of the people. 1t is easy to
be a President of prejudice. 1t Is
harder to maintain that all men are
created equal. It is easy to be 9
President of promise. 1t is harde,
Ito be President who believes thai
a promise once made is a sacree
obligation"
The letter concluded with a pledge
tby Mr.. Hildreth on behalf of thu
District Central Committee of "oul
whole-hearted and continued sup
port"
On March IL President Truman
replied:
l, Dear Mr.. Hildreth:
There is a ring of loyalty, gen
Evening star., 1948-11-05
Bv ChoImers M. Roberts

When the last second-guesser has
had his say on how the man who
couldn't win actually swept the Ma
tion, the conclusion is likely to be
that Harry S. Truman got his
dander up when the criticism was
heaviest and decided to fight it out
to the finish.
This conclusion is substantiated by
an exchange of letters between
Mr.. Truman and District Demo-
cratic leader last March, writ
ten at what now appears to have
been the moment the President de-
cided to do it his own way.
In the Presidents letter, he said
he then was ready to adopt" as
his own position the Wilsonian
principle of It care not what my
personal fortunes may be, I want
the verdict of mankind"
To the President wrote Melvin D
Hildreth, then acting chairman
now chairman, of the District Dem
ocratic Central Committee. He was
writing at time when the civil
rights issue, raised by the report OF
October, 1947, of the President.
Committee on Civil Rights, had be.
Evening star., 1948-11-05

uine sincerity and devotion to warm
principle in your letter of March 8.
It has warmed my heart, and I ap-
preciate it more than I can say.
Il have not seen a more forceful
statement of the issues before the
American people than yours. The
quotation from Woodrow Wilson
states a position am ready to
adopt as my own.
Gratefully and sincerely,
HARRY s. TRUMAN"
The letters now have become an
illuminating footnote In American
political history, and they are
printed with the permission of the
writer's.
Evening star., 1948-11-05
Feoron, Cortoonist, Dies

LONDON, Nov. 5 (P).-Percy Hut
ton Fearon, IA, famed London car
toonist, died today. His pen name
was "Poy." He was born in Shang-
hal and studied art in New York
City. He retired as London Evening
News cartoonist in 1898 after pro-
ducing 10000 cartoons in "a years.
Evening star., 1948-11-05

come white-hot within the ranks
of the Democratic Party.
Mr.. Hildreth wrote:
Prior to the election in 1916
when Woodrow Wilson was facing
intense and hostile criticism, he
Evening star., 1948-09-26

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cash register and the open safe.
She offered him also several rolls
of pennies which he threw back OF
the five people In the small store at
the time, only one other sales girl
knew that holdup was in progress,
Mrs. Stone said. She said the man
seemed nervous, and that his hand
shook violently as he reached for
the money.
AS he turned to leave, Mrs. Stone
said the man told her, Don't stick
your head out of the door, or I'll
blow your brains out. Don't think
won't, the police are after me any
way" The man darted from the
store and was lost in the crowd on
Twelfth street.
Mrs. Stone described the man as
about 81, slender, with unruly brown
hair and wearing a brown camel's
hair coat.
Police said the description fits
that of the young holdup man who
is believed to have attempted four
other downtown robberies in recent
weeks. He is sought in the robbery
of the Miss America Candy Store,
the American Airlines ticket office,
the Annapolis Hotel beauty salon
and an unsuccessful attempt to rob
the Pix Theater.
Evening star., 1948-03-16
COP. Ready 10 Push
Local Option Rent Bill
Through House Today
BY ths Assoeiatsd Press

Republicans lined up to ram
through the House today a "local
option" rent control bill.
Assailed by Democratic opponents
as a control measure "in name
only" the bill would take the power
to raise rents or lift ceilings away
from Washington and give it to local
boards nominated by the Governors
Republicans contended local prob
lens are better understood by peo-
pie in the various localities, and
they can best handle tenant-land-
lord problems.
Foes of the bill claimed some
boards are stacked" with real estate
operators.
Representative Monroney, Demo-
crat, of Oklahoma called for a vote
on a move to strike out the local
option" provision and retain some
form of veto power in the hands of
the Federal rent administrator.
However, Mr.. Monroney said he
had little hope that his maneuver
would succeed.
The House expects to pass the bill
before nightfall.
1t would extend modified rent con-
trols to April /, 1949. The Senate
has voted to continue controls to
May l, 1a49. 1t rejected the local
option" idea.
Evening star., 1948-03-16
Cincinnati Man Accused
OF 1ofuring Girl, II
By the Assoeioted Press

CINCINNATI, Mar. 16.-A %
year-old girl lay in General Hospital
today recovering from a beating po-
lice described as the most brutal
and savage" they had ever encoun-
tered.
Harold E. Bohem, 80, faced charges
of criminal assault and manning
filed by Mrs. Wanda Sarver, the
girls sister.
Mrs. Sarver said her sister, Bar
bara Sevedge. had failed to come
home for two weeks and she believed
Boehm had held the girl prisoner
She trailed the man to his room
and then called police.
Police said the girl was nearly
nude and in a semiconscious condi-
ton when found. Her face was
battered, her lips swollen and her
eyes closed. There were cuts and
bruises on her body and burns, ap-
parently from cigarettes, on hel
feet, Capt. Keith Scott said.
The initials B. S. and H. B. were
carved into her left arm near the
shoulder, apparently with a pen
knife.
The girl said she had been beater
with the buckle end of a belt. A
bloody belt and buckle were foune
| in the room.
Evening star., 1948-03-16
Greek Police Smash
Major Guerrilla. Depot
BY the Assoeiofed Press

sALoNIKA. Greece, Mar. 10
Police said today they have smashed
a guerrilla underground recruiting
station and quartermaster depot
worth nearly 100000.
They said At persons were ar
rested, including eight women.
They said the organization was
equipped with buses, trucks, motor
driven caiques (smal boats. ma
chine shops and small shoe factories
which operated throughout North
ern Greece. ,..,.....,.......
Records seized .sdssclnsed more
than 16O, 100000 drachmas f$32 ,O00)
had been collected recently from
Communists in the Phlorina, Edessa,
Verria, Kavalla, Kilkis, Serai and
Salonika areas.
Police said assets listed included
500 gold sovereigns $4,000 from
the sale of silk srnuggled in from
Albania.
Police estimated property and
business holdings of the depot at
nearly 5000 gold sovereigns (s100,-
0O0),
Evening star., 1948-03-16
New Concer Diagnosis
Microscope Developed
By The Asseeioisd Press

WILMINGTON, Del, Mar 16--
The secretary of the American Can
Ger Society's Research Committee
said yesterday an extremely i'm
portant tool in cancer research and
diagnosis has been developed.
John H. letter told members Of
the Delaware branch Of cancer So
ciety that a new microscope pro-
vides a simplified system for get
ting "a color definition of the chem
lcal components of living cancer
cells"
Mr.. letter said ut is expected
that hospital technicians and doc.
tors will be able to make positive
diagnosis of cancer much more
easily through use of the new in
strument."
The microscope, using ultra viole
light, takes a photograph Of livint
tissues and changes the picture int
colors visible to the naked eye, MI
letter said.
Evening star., 1948-03-16
Young Bandit Sought
In Fourth Successful
Daylight -Ho|dup Here

A young bandit who apparently
specializes in holding up downtown
stores at the evening rush hour, was
being sought today for his fourth
successful robbery in a month, the
s133 holdup yesterday of hosiery
store.
Police said he walked into the
Emerald Toe Hose Shop, 1117 G.
street NV, at 5:25 pm. yesterday
under pretext of buying some stock
ings. Only four clerks were in the
store, but throngs of homebound
people were passing the shop at the
time.
The customer" approached Mrs.
Rosa Lee Stone, 81, of 1904 Abingdon
drive, Alexandria, and asked to be
shown pair of light hose, size 91a."