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Evening star., 1948-12-12

ing a woman, carrying a baby, who
described herself as Miss Dixie
crat." Gov. Thurmond entered in
PRODUCING Senator Hill of Alabama,
Boss Ed Crump of Memphis and
Gov. Fielding S. Wright, Gov. Thur
mond'S running mate. Gov. Wright
sang of Miss Dixiecrat to the tune,
More to Be Pitied Than Gen.
sured"
A lighting rod salesman entered
to introduce an assortment of po-
litical figures who had opposed Mr.
Truman's nomination at Philadel-
phia or his election in November.
These included Frank Hague of
Jersey City, Mayor O'Dwyer of New
York, Senator elect Hubert Hum
phey, Jake Arvey of Chicago, Jesse
Jones and Jimmy Roosevelt.
Mr.. Arvey sang to the air, open
the Door Richard:
Open the door, Harry,
Open the door and let us in.
Open the door, Harry.
Harry, why don't you open that
door?
Senator Lucas of Illinois, Senate
majority leader designate, was in
troduced to tell of the partys trou-
bles. The orchestra struck up
Buttons and Bows:
Turks and Greeks and Eastern
sheiks
All count on us for a suit O. clothes.
But all We got is worries and woes.
The skit closed with a character
portraying Senator Tydings Of
Maryland singing directly to Mr..
Truman to the strains of 'All the
Things You are"
Truman Matches Dewey HumOr.
President Truman then spoke ex-
temporaneously matching the hu-
NOR and sportsmanship displayed
by the man he defeated last month
An entertainment skit portrayed
Attorney General Clark, Repre-
sentative Mundt of Minnesota and
Representative Nixon of California
fishing in the Red Sea. The first
bite which the fishermen hoped
would bring in red herring or
whale produced a minnow. The
second bite brought a pumpkin
oversize, which contained docu-
ment comforting the Royal and I'M
perial Order of the Pumpkin Head
on the Attorney General.
This satire of the developments
in the Committee on Un-Amer-
lean Activities was followed by a
skit which took cognizance Of the
fact that many committee chair
men in the Democratic Congress
are In their 70s and 80s.
The scene was a schoolroom with
the kindergarten children" wear
ing gray boards and playing their
favorite game-Congress.
The teacher asked Representative
SABBATH. 82-year-old dean of Con-
gress, what Congress said when the
National Association of Manufac-
turerS comes and he answered, after
some hesitation:
my mummy washes out my
mouth with soap when I say those
words"
Evening star., 1948-12-12

craftsmanship which your career
has exemplified: now, therefore,
THE Gridiron Club is pleased to
extend to you this respectful greet
ing, which it has always reserved
for ex-Presidents of the United
States and with our greeting, a
most cordial invitation to join lis
at all our future dinners as long
as We both shall live
Marine Orchestra Plays.
The music program was provided
by the Marine Band Orchestra un-
der the direction of Maj. William
F. Santelmann, musical director OF
the Gridiron Club.
The skits were directed by Mar
shall Mcneil, chairman of the
Music Committee, and William H.
Mylander, chairman of the Enter
tainment Committee.
Vice President-elect Barkley was
present. Speaker Martin was also at
the head table
Military officials were parodied in
skit which poked good-natured
fun at the unif1cation program OF
the armed services. Each officer was
represented as willing to work with
the others on his own terms.
Congress was represented by a
number of Senators and Representa-
tives. Also on hand were a sprin-
king of Senatofs-elect and Repre-
sentatiyes- elect as well as Gov
ernors-elect.
Spring Dinner Song Sung.
In the opening scene the entire
Gridiron Club sang the concluding
song of the organizations spring
dinner, which carried an implied
prediction Of President Truman's
defeat in the election.
The lights were flashed on to re-
veal club members clad in toppers,
tails, white ties-but without their
trousers in recognition of their faulty
election prediction. To the tune
New Is the Hour" the chorus then
sang:
Now is the hour
When we must break the news,
We who predicted
Dewey could not lose.
We saw the crowds,
Heard Harrys every word,
Then voters everywhere gave us
The birdl
Switching to foreign affairs, a mu-
sical skit was staged in Russian
radio station in Berlin, which the
announcer hailed as "NkVD is
on the air, in the air and in your
hair, Is hours a day." The theme
song was given by quartet to the
tune You Call Everybody Darling"
Red Soldier Sings.
A Red soldier was dragged to the
microphone at the point of gun to
sing to the air Underneath the
Arches:
Always on the marches
From Moscow to Berlin.
Oh, my aching arches.
To Moscow once again.
Ev'ry night you'll find me
Tired out and worn
Dizzy when the daylight comes
creeping.
Wish ne'er was born.
The quartet returned to sing to
the tune of a well-known radio COM
mercial:
Communism hits the spot
Uncle Joe likes it a lot
Sickle, sickle, sickle, sickle.
The commissar of cupboards and
closets was brought to the micro
phone to tell about. housing in the
Soviet Union and did so In song to
the air Penthouse in the Sky" as
follows:
Just picture q penthouse on the Red
Square,
With AZ families in residence there.
Evening star., 1948-12-12

awakend to be told by q character
portraying Representative Rayburn,
that he was in Iowa for the victory
corn -husking to thank the States
voters for being so good to Harry.
Senator Barkley sang to Dixie
as follows:
Oh, Dixie land am now forgotten
We raise corn, we don't plant cotton,
Ioway, Ioway, Ioway Democrats.
McGrath Explains Victory.
Senator McGrath, Democratic
chairman, told how Mr.. Truman won
the election in song to the air, "It's
Magic:
He smiles, the voters shout;
He speaks, and there remains no
doubt.
It's magic!
A policeman announced that sew
eral characters were outside includ-
Evening star., 1948-12-12
Griidiron
Continued From First PageD

welcome you tonight in the i'm
mortal spirit of Christmas-the
spirit Of sleigh bells and REIN
deer and good old st. Harry
Throughout our land tonight
little children are writing their an
nual Christmas letters to Santa
Claus at the North Pole. Demo-
Gratis, of course, just write direct to
Washington"
Scroll Given to Dewey.
Gov. Dewey was presented with
a scroll, which extended him a
Evening star., 1948-12-12

Harry A. De Butts, Washington;
Frederic A. Delano II. Waycross,
Ga; Admiral Louis E. Denfeld,
chief of naval operations; Capt.
Robert L. Dennison, naval aide to
Evening star., 1948-12-12

Archibald MacBride, Baltimore,
Nd; William McAndrew, Wash
ington; John j. McCloy, Interna-
tional Bank; Eugene F. Mcdonald,
jr., Chicago, H.; Senator McGrath,
Rhode Island; Benjamin nj. Me-
Kelway, Washington Star; Senator
Mcmahon, Connecticut; Wheeler
McMillen. Farm Journal; Marshall
Mcneil, Houston Press.
Evening star., 1948-02-15
Mss Rita Keller
We'd Yesterday

The wedding of Miss Rita Elaine
Keller, daughter Of Mrs. Harry Ev-
erett Keller and the late Mr.. Keller,
became the bride yesterday of Mr..
Jack Kenneth Alexander, son of Mr..
John L. Alexander and Mrs. William
T. Slant. The ceremony took place
in the rectory of st. Peters Church
at 4 o'clock with the Rev. Charles
w. Nelson of1iciating.
Escorted by her brother, Mr.. Harry
Everett Keller, jr., the bride wore q
gown of ivory faille taffeta, tulle
veil held by a tiara of seed pearls
and she carried a white prayer book
overlaid with white camellias from
which fell a shower of lilies of the
valley.
Mrs. Daniel Thomas Lange was
the matron of honor for her sister
and she wore gown of periwinkle
blue and carried camellias.
Mr.. Daniel Thomas Lange was the
best man.
Following a reception at the Ad-
miral Club, the couple left for q
honeymoon in New York.
Evening star., 1948-02-15
alicia Taylor Wed
To Cleveland Man
The Rev. Dr.. Peter Marshall Off.

The Rev. DR.. Peter Marshall Off.
ciated at the wedding yesterday
afternoon of Miss Alicia Anne Tay.
lor, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
j. Taylor, and Mr.. William Jane,
Wallis II, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Viii.
liam c. Wallis of Cleveland, Ohio
The ceremony took place at 4:3(
in the New York Avenue Presby.
terrain Church. DR.. A. Owen Pen
ney was soloist.
Mr.. Taylor gave his daughter
in marriage. She wore an ivory
slipper satin gown with finger
tip veil of illusion and carried a
white orchid and white gladioluses
Her sister, Mrs. David A. Penney
was matron of honor, wearing q
rust velvet dress with a bouquet
of yellow carnations to match her
headdress. Mrs. Daniel Rebel OF
Cleveland, bridesmaid, was similarly
clad in green velvet.
The bridegroom father was best
man and the ushers were MIR. David
A. Penney, Mrs. Frank j. Taylor
jr., and Mr.. Rebel.
Following a reception at the
Broadmoor, the couple left for a
honeymoon in Philadelphia and the
Poconos. Their future residence will
be at Shaker Heights, Ohio.
The bride attended Washington
School for Secretaries and the
Cleveland School of Art. She
served in the WAVES for three
years, a year of which was spent
in Hawaii. Her husband gradu-
ated from Randolph-M Macon Mill
tary Academy and went to Duke
University.
Evening star., 1948-02-15
Miss Dana Bell
Becomes Bride

Miss Dana Brown Bell, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Lee Bell be-
came the bride of Mr.. Warren Rob-
ert Pittman yesterday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock in the Chevy Chase
Presbyterian Church. The Rev. j
Hillman Hollister officiated.
White gladioluses, snapdragons
and palms were used to decorate
the altar which was agloW with
candlelight.
A reception followed the cere-
mony at the Army and Navy Club
The bride was escorted and given
in marriage by her father. She wore
white satin gown with veil
held in place by rose point lace from
her mothers wedding veil. The
bridal bouquet was of white roses
and white liiacs.
Miss Christine White was the
maid of honor and the other at
tendants were Mrs. John Lamt
Crawford and Mrs. Frank Souther-
land Haak. They wore gowns ot
American Beauty faille and carried
bouquets of white tulips and white
sweetpeas.
Mr.. James Marian Pittman
brother of the bridegroom was the
best man and the ushers were Mr.
James P. Madden, Mr.. John L
Crawford, Mr.. Douglas j. Scruggs
and Mr.. Edward L. Foster.
After trip to Florida and Cuba
the couple will make their home in
Washington. The bride is a grad
uate of Penn Hall Junior College at
Chambersburg, Pa, and the bride
groom attended George Washing
ton University and was graduated
from Columbia Law School. He is
the son of Mrs. Norborn Pittman of
Auburn, Ala.
Evening star., 1948-02-15

the immediate families will be heid
at Avignone Freres.
Miss Marie Vaghi of Bethel,
Conn, sister of the baby's father,
will be the godmother, and the god
father will be Mr.. Barto j. Crivella,
brother Of Mrs. Vaghi, who is the
former Miss Agnes Crivella.
Evening star., 1948-02-15
Christening Today

The Rev. Lawrence Wempe will
oficiate today at the christening in
Sacred Heart Church of Peter
James Vaghi, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph P. Vaghi. A reception for
Evening star., 1948-02-15
Golden An1ziVersar1

Mr.. and Mrs. Leopold Metzger,
who are celebrating their golden
wedding anniversary today, will be
honor guests at reception to be
given at the Sheraton Hotel from 4
until 7 o'clock by their children.
Arizona sun., 1948-09-17
THE FICTION
BACK SEAT SAX
By CATHERINE BARRETT


Honey" / says to her, you're
not going to marry Charley, are
your"
well, I don't know" she says.
II could calm him down a little.
sAnd If he had a wife to see that he
got started to work on time. :"
1t gets me worried, see, and I
begin to think that I want to get
married to Marge so bad that may
be now I could handle a solo spot
end not 60 twitchy and muff it. So
I ask Jake Little to give me a try.
And he does, on one Of the matt
nees.
Do I 60 over big? No. I sit back
there and I don't look at the audi
ence but I know it's out front. All
them eyes. begin to sweat and
my mouth goes to jumping. I sig-
nal Jake and he gets Charley to
take over.
I don't even ask Marge to let me
take her home, I just go on to my
own place. And I think about
Arizona sun., 1948-09-17

Charley probably taking her home
in his roadster. Charley'n laugh
and say, THAT poor Bunny
Then comes the matinee when
Charley don't show. His seats
empty and Jake is gettin' nervous
and the fellows are saying like they
always do, Don't worry, he'll be
here" But he don't come, and the
buzzer sounds and Jake makes
me come up and take Charley's
place. He looks down at me like
he's sore and he says, you'll do
the solo. Get it?"
So I'm stuck with it. And tell
myself, all right, you got to. You
amt going to be a rabbit all your
life. Think of Vingie. And remem-
ber, Marge is out there.
I amt begun to twitch because I
got my lips held so tight they're
moving my teeth back into my
mouth.
7 KNOW the part all right. I al
ways know all the parts. And I
can play 'em like million dollars
at home. ] can even play 'em for
Marge. It's the audience that gets
me. All them eyes.
Okey. I tell myself, you do it this
time, or you're through. And I
mean through.
My time comes and 1 stand up. I
start lifting my sax. I'm not twitch-
ing. But my lips has frozen
solid over my teeth. I try, and get
out Of breath and my chest col
lapses. But my sax is up. The
cue comes.
And the sweetest music I ever
heard comes floating in from the
wings.
look quick sideways. Charley's
Arizona sun., 1948-09-17

Dipping method is favored by
some cattlemen to control grubs
and other infestations.
ture. Spraying them would have
required getting them up and han
ding them.
The following winter, it was
noticeable that the cows which had
been sprayed were not infected
with grubs. The young stuff was
peppered with them. The natural
conclusion was that summer spray
of DDT was effective.
That conclusion is unwarranted
because, as entomologists know,
older cattle seldom if ever have
grubs of the heel fly. The young
animals are the ones that suffer.
The department of agriculture
says: MANY substances have been
applied to cattle to keep away heel
f1ys and to kill the eggs deposited
on the legs of the animals. All have
been found to be either ineffective
or impra ctical The best time for
attacking the pest is when the grubs
are in the backs of CATTLE :
Arizona sun., 1948-09-17

the soil. Yet a farmers earning
power depends largely on whether
his soils fertility level is high or
low
On thousands of farms a soil
fertility inventory would show seri-
Gus shortages. Overcropping has
used up nitrogen, phosphate and
potash. The organic matter supply
is scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Soil structure has been damaged.
Drainage is poor and air circula-
ton is shut off, Crop output is low.
Restocking ~the shelves" of the
soil warehouse involves several es-
5sential steps. Plant food is impor-
tant. But other things also are
needed, particularly organic matter
and good soil structure.
The soil inventory can be inn
proved faster and at lower cost if
''leaks" are halted by conservation
measures that will slow down run
off and save topsoi1 and plant foods.
Among such measures are contour
cultivation, strip cropping and ter
racing where needed.
Arizona sun., 1948-09-17
ks,sks;;
MY~YS YS
by NANCY PEPPER
OBSTACLE RACES

Next time your party shows signs
of malnutrition along about the mid
\ -
Arizona sun., 1948-09-17

Right behind her is Vingie and
she's saying, ST saw you, I saw
you," and dancing around and clap
ping her hands.
Well, if I'm still bird, I'm a
dead one. All that swell feeling is
gone.
One thing I've never done is lie.
I've been told I'm too dumb to lie.
Well, maybe. But still / don't lie.
Only so help me if I didn't want to
then. But I said, "It wasn't me,
Honey. Charley was playing from
the wings"
So I tell her how it all was.
She looks at me and her eyes get
shiny, and I've never seen her
mouth so soft. "And you carried
right on" she said, and her voice
sounded like it does when she talks
to Vingie just before Vingie goes to
sleep. THAT was cute of you, Joe, "
she says.
And she takes hold of my arm
again and says, II promised Vim
gle you'd take us out for bite Of
dinner. Will your"
Just then Charley goes by.
Hello, Charley" Marge says, and
turns her back on him, plain as
day.
I'm beginning to see how much
I owe the guy and I says Thanks,
Charley" and he just shakes his
hands above his head and grins
and keeps going.
And Marge just says, Come on,
Vingie," and holds out her hand.
Vingie frowns a little. Cant
walk on the other side and hold
Joe's hand?"
So she does. l
That night Marge put her hands
on my shoulders and says: "Joe,
think you're going places" Then
she leans against me and puts her
face into my coat. will you take
me with your" she says.
And there's Vingie dancing
around us clapping her hands, and
saying, "Me, too, Joey, me, too!'
Arizona sun., 1948-09-17
Spraying in Summer
Will Not Halt Grubs
Destroying Eggs Fails
TO Stop Winter Attack

Spraying cattle in summer with
benzene hexachloride, rotenone or
other insecticides, new or old, does
not prevent grub infestation in win
ter.
Although there is nothing new in
that statement, the need for repeat
ing it is plainly indicated by an
account of spraying dairy cattle in
one of the corn belt states. The
work was given considerable pub
licity, with erroneous conclusions.
In this case, older animals of the
herd were sprayed with DDT. Heif-
ers and calves were not sprayed
because they were running in pas
Arizona sun., 1948-09-17

out there. Charley's playin' his
piece.
stand there and go through the
motions.
First thing l know find myself
lookin' down at that audience.
You know, it's funny, but that's
the first time / ever saw the peo-
pie in an audience. It amt an octo-
pus any more. It's fellows and
girls, and women that look like
the woman that runs the restau-
rant where I eat, r the one who
sits across the way on the bus.
And what do you think I see.
Why, right there in the front row
is Vingie. With grin all the way
across her little pink face. And
clear in the back is Marge, and
she's watchin' me so hard her eyes
, are round and shiny.
Well, sir, my chest begins work.
ing again and I can breathe. My
lips unfreeze. In a minute I'm
standing there as easy as can be.
Boy, is that a swell feeling!-Like
sprouting wings.
I'm still feeling like bird on the
loose when the shows over and
Marge comes back. She rushes
right over to me, 'Joe," she says
first time she's ever called me
Joe. "Joe. you were wonderful. I
knew you could do it." And she
takes my arm and hugs it to her.
Arizona sun., 1948-09-17
Soil Fumigation Needed
In SUGAR Beet Culture

Joint tests in Utah by sugar in
terests and USDA showed that soil
fumigation for beets which follow
beets made the difference between
big yields and no yield at ALL" The
sugar beet ,nemotode builds up 50
fast in one growing season where
fertile soil has grown a big crop Of
beets that the field is death-bed
for sugar beets the next year with
out soil fumigation. it was indicated
in the tests.
Arizona sun., 1948-09-17

first. Sounds easy, until we tell you
that you put baby bottle nipple
over the top of each bottle first. The
sight of all the Joes and Jills des-
perately pulling on their IMPLIED
bottles is enough to lift any party
out of it's doldrums!
Straight and Narrow-Walking
chalk line sounds easy to do, but moi
when you have to look through the
small end of pair of opera glasses
while you're doing it. It's just an.
other teen-tested gag that's guaran.
teed to be a party picnic.
Arizona sun., 1948-09-17
Soil Inventory Termed
Good MANAGEMENT Basis

Keep an inventory of the soils
fertility, the same as of buildings,
livestock and equipment, advises
Middle West Soil Improvement
committee.
Nearly any farmer knows how
many dairy cows, beef cattle, hogs
and sheep he has. He also keeps
a record of his seed. feed, build
ings, machinery and fences.
Few farmers, however, have an
inventory of their principal asset
Arizona sun., 1948-09-17

MY NAME is Joe, but the fell
AVA lows in the orchestra call me
. Bunny. They're nice fellows all
right and they don't do it to hurt
my feelings, but I'm scared Of audi
ences, see, and every time get
up in front of one my mouth starts
to twitch and it makes my nose
wiggle-like a rabbits. I've seen
myself in a mirror and got to ad-
NIT if I was one of the fellows I'd
be calling me Bunny, too. You get
what mean.
Nine years I've been in Jake
Little's orchestra playing the sax
and the bassoon. First we went all
over the country but now we've
got a neat little spot in Hollywood.
Jake likes me and he thinks l play
the sweetest sax he ever heard, but
long time ago he quit passing me
solo parts because sure as l ever
got up where / faced an audience
I'd get nervous and my darned
mouth would start twitching and
well, there l was.
I've had to sit back and watch
plenty of other fellows come and
go, getting the solos, getting the
hands, getting the raises in pay.
and getting new and bigger con-
tracts some place else. Now it's
Charley Welch.
l play better'n he does-oh, that
amt bragging-even Charley'n tell
you that. Only Charley's got the
personality. And he's good looking.
And Marge likes him. That's the
rub
Marge is head usher here at the
Zenobia. One of those cute little
f1ashy-eyed girls in the satin uni
forms. You've seen 'em. Brass
buttons down the front and swallow
tails over their tight blue satin
pants. You wouldn't think to look
at, Marge that she's like she is.
Practical and hard working.
She's had tough time, see.
She's twenty-five but you'd never
guess it. And she's got kid five
years old. The cutest little trick
you ever saw. Vingie. Vingie likes
me too. why do they call you
Bunny?" she says to me, and she,
looks at my ears like she thinks
maybe they'll grow up out of my
hair
Because I'm a rabbit, see," I
tell her. Only I'm looking at her
mother
Marge frowns and then she says,
"..That's what makes me SO mad at
you Why do you let yourself be
rabbit"
Marge is like that. What she
don't want to be, she won't let her
self be. Marge got married when
she was sixteen to some rich folks
kid. He run out on her before
Vingie was born and ever since
Marge has taken care of herself.
She's got a nice little apartment
and she dresses Vingie up clean
and cute. Oh I tell you, Marge is
smart.
She's too good for me. She ought
to have a fellow that could do a
lot for her. She says to me, IF you
we're only the sort who'd ever get
ahead" And she looks at me
cross. II like you, Bunny" she'll,
say better than any fellow ever
knew, but I don't want to get mar
ried to backseat sax player who'll
never be anything else"
Charley Welch has been making
a play for Marge. I like Charley,
only he's the darnedest guy about
getting to work on time. Always
the last one. Skating across the
stage and freezing into position the
very second the curtain starts up.
We've kept telling him some time
he'll miss it. He laughs and says
he'll commence starting earlier
But he never does.
'Charley's fun," Marge says to
me. "And he'll get ahead too."
Arizona sun., 1948-09-17

u1S VI LllS SVSIllIlS,
nourish it along with
either of these two
gags. They're al
ways good for a
giggle.
Speed Suction -
Give every guest a
bottle of pop and
award a prize to the
one who can drain
it to the last drop
Arizona sun., 1948-09-17
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