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Evening star., 1948-02-17
By Alice Eyersmon

jeanette MacDonald's song recital
In Constitution Hall last night made
it evident that what the music sea-
son needs is more glamour. 1t was
partly responsible for a house
packed to the limit with the screen
stars admirers. In the official box
with President and Mrs. Truman
sat another singer, Margaret Tru-
man, whose concert on the same
stage less than two months ago,
also provided a feast for the eyes.
Definitely, it is time that all the
sober, earnest music making be
enlivened with the charm, gracious
ness and the plain friendliness that
Miss Macdonald has.
| Dressed in a glittering blue-grey
gown that set off her shining hair,
the singer made a lovely picture. 1t
seemed at the beginning that Miss
Macdonald would preserve the
rather serious mien that character
lied her first concert here, but 1t
was not long before it was discern
ible that in the manner of present.
ing program she has gained in
assurance and style. After a group
of Grieg songs. she seated herself
at the piano to play her own ac-
compartments for the encore
"Springtime," by the same COM
poser, and a song she will sing in
her next picture Later, she had
the audience laughing at her ex-
planation of Ravel's "Nicolette." an
other encore, and acted out the
several characters involved as she
sang it.
1t was this informality that en-
chanted her listeners and brought
furor of applause A recent ILL
ness showed it's effect at the COM
mencement of the recital, when her
tones we're wanting in clarity. but
this disappeared as the program
progressed and several of the later
numbers were unusually well sung
Although its carrying power is not
great, her voice is sweet and well
placed. The high tones, in pianissi-
mo; are of lovely quality, not always
maintained when the volume is in
creased, however, and the upper
middle register has ringing
timbre. But she understands the
art of song singing and how to en-
bellish 1t with finely spun legato
and we'll turned phrases Further
more, she reacts warmly to the
theme of the text and can project
it genuinely and with emotional
restraint.
There was beautiful perform
Evening star., 1948-02-17

were other encores during the pro-
gram, with probably many more at
the conclusion. The singer had the
assistance of Collins Smith at the
piano, whose three soil, Mendels-
sohn's "Scherzo in E minor" Cho-
pins "Nocturne in F sharp minor"
and Revolutionary Etude" brought
him personal acclaim.
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-02
Dead Potato Bug Causes Ship Search

SOUTHAMPTON, Eng.,-tR-A Ministry of Agriculture expert, summoned by radio when the ship was still 800 miles at sea, met the liner .Aquitania when she docked today with a dead potato bug on board.
 Discovery of the Colorado Bee tie on the Acquitania's bridge after she left New York. touched off a 24-hour search of every section of the ship.
 Almost free of the pest, Britain is waging a determined campaign to prevent it's spread.
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-02
JACK LENcER. WATCHMAKER
 MOVING TO NEW LOCATION

Jack Lencer, local Watchmaker, is moving to his new location to- day. He will occupy the east DOT ton of the Arctic Shop building owned by Curtis Jacobs.
 MT. Lencer states that business will not be disrupted but that he will be ready for repair work in the new location Saturday.
 MT Lencer states that along with his repair business he will have in the new shop complete line on jeWelry for all occasions and watches and silverware.
 He was formerly in the Pat erson Hotel building.
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-02
GUST HANSON LEAVES FOR VISIT IN THE STATES

Gust Hanson, well-known old timer, who has been janitor of the US. Smelling Company office building for the past two years, left for his first visit to the States since the "early days" He will be met by relatives in Seattle and go east for a visit with his brother.
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-02
Friday. July 2. lsIs.
MRS. LARRY JOHANSON AND SON co HOME TO CANDLE

Mrs. Larry Johanson and her new son are planning to leave to- day for their home in Candle.
 Mrs. Alpha England, mother of Mrs. Johanson, who has been vis- iting here, will leave today for the States.
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-02
FAIR BOARD TO MEET

A meeting of the Fair Board has been called by President FL mo Miller for next Tuesday. $500 p.m. in the offices of secretary A. Polet. all directors are urged 10 attend.
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-02
INTERN'L NEWS REPORTED BY ASSO. PRESS
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One) ernment and accept a substitute for a peace treaty. The formal offer was made in Frankfurt. The German leaders of the II affected states appeared certain to accept. The Russians and their Eastern allies have talked of establishing an East German government in Dresden.
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-02

German leaders of the II affected states appeared certain to accept. The Russians and their Eastern allies have talked of establishing an East German government in Dresden.
 BELGRADE
 Premier Marshall Tito and Yugoslavia showed they were feel ing their oats in the situation brought on by the Cominform's criticism. Yugoslavs screamed hoarse yesterday hail. ing Tito on his first public appear ance in two weeks. A Yugoslav division Tito led during the war elected him a delegate to the Yugoslav Communist Party Con- gress July 2l, where the country's future may be settled. Some g. 900 Yugoslavs marched in Prague hailing Tito. and some Czecho- slovaks joined the plaudits.
 CAIRO
 An Arab League informant said the League had decided to reject Count Folke Bernadotte's JUN. peace proposal for Palestine.
 AMMAN
 The prime minister of Trans Jordan said the Count proposed to annex the portions of Palestine to Trans-Jordan.
 HELSINKI
 Finland voted for a new par liament The Communist coalition was expected to lose ground de- spite the new Finnish-Soviet treaty.
 Italian Socialists rejected de- ciSively the Party leaders who took them into a popular front with the Communists.
 ISTANBUL
 Another planeload of Bulgar- ians reached Turkey after bloody defeat of Communists in the craft.
 PARIS
 The French foreign ministry said France proposed joint action to break the Berlin blockade.
 ATHENS
 Greek troops fighting Commun- ists near Albania said today they had restored communications the rebels had cut. An earthquake damaged a Greek army supply port.
 SEOUL
 Police in south Korea confis- cated instructions to a new Com ---------------
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-02
NUREMBERG

An American war crimes court in Nuremberg started writing a verdict on the Krupp munitions makers.
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-02

munist group fighting early this month.
Evening star., 1948-12-05

at tbs outset chemists were faced
with q host OF problems which were
successfully solved. as told In tha
volume. Chemistry" edited by
Prof. w. A. Noyes, jr, last years
president OF the American Chem
ical Society.
Electronics, Optics
And Metallurgy
Again its was a physicists war
and the story Of the enormous con-
tributions in the fields Of electronica.
optics and metallurgy Is told in the
volume edited by G. @. Suits, George
r. Harrison and Louis Jordan.
This includes much of the story of
radar and radar countermeasllres,
Of Improvements in weapons and
ammunition and of the work. ON
infrared light which effectively
nullfied the shield of darkness In
military operations.
The general story of the organiza-
ton for high-preSsure research is
told by DR.. Irwin Syewart, president
of the University of West Virginia.
with a philosophic foreword by DR..
Bush himself.
The note of these books, which
doubtless will be continued in vol
umes still to appear, is one of
triumph over seemingly insuperable
obstacles. One may well conclude
that the greatest battle of the war
was fought not on the seas or the
beaches Of Normandy but by masked
men in test-tube-filled laboratories
by two armies of the mind sep
arated by no-man's-land Of thou
sands of miles.
Quite different is the note Of
warning. even Of profound pessi-
mism, in the preachings of the con-
servationists and population experts
who see only disaster of unparal-
leled magnitude ahead for the
human race unless something is
done about the decreasing poten-
tialitieS for new food resources,
waSteful land use and a 1000, 900
a-month increase in the worlds
population. Compared to these
things the atomic bomb seems
little more than q detail in the
forces shaping the eventual catas-
trophe. Notable among these are
Road to Survival" by William
Vogt, and the warnings of DIR.
Henry Fairfield Osborn on waste
Of resources in "Our Plundered
Planet"
Evening star., 1948-12-05
By Thomas R. Henry
Science Editor of The Star

oCteICe EUICOT OF IHS SL0T
tory. Already the living Of prewar
days seems, in many of its material
aspects, medieval. During the period
of fighting it was essential to impose
rather strict secrecy. Now, except
in a few instances, this has been
lifted and war developments are
free for development and exploita-
ton by industry and private enter
prize of any sort.
The complete story of the war ad-
vances is being told in a succession
of volumes, Science in World War
H. now being issued by the Attain
tic Monthly Press which appear to
be the most significant volumes In
the scientific field issued this year.
The stories are told by eminent sci
entiflc workers associated with the
programs in each speciality. The
whole great enterprise was directed
by the Office of Scientific Research
and Development under the leader
ship of DR.. Vannevar Bush, presi-
dent Of the Carnegie Institution Of
Washington, and the volumes can
be considered general history Of
this organization.
Five are now off the press. They
are treasure chests of information.
Naturally there is a wide range of
quality in the different sections, de-
pending upon the authors. Some
constitute lucidly told and dramatic
stories while others hardly rise above
the status of dry-as-dust official re-
ports, of little interest except as ref
erence documents. One of the for
Amer is the volume dealing with the
marvellous war development of rock
Evening star., 1948-12-05
In the Field Of Science

at the annual assembly OF the
American Medical Association.
Among the ways in which this
attitude is reflected is the relative
scarcity and sketchiness of books
seeking to "popularize" science.
There seems quite general impress
sion that it has been too much pop
ularized already, that the populari-
zation of the past decade has
resulted only in an uncritical vul-
garization,
Science remains, and presumably
will remain for some years to come,
In the tidal backwash of the war.
Rapid Advance of Science
During World War III
The outbreak of hostilities found
the United States with a great SCI
entiflc capital-data, ideas, theories.
Ordinarily this capital would have
been invested slowly and conserva-
lively in practical developments, as
needs arose in society and in indus
try. Then it became essential to
utilize it to the utmost without de-
lay. This war, to a far greater ex-
tent than any conflict of the past,
involved nearly every aspect of hui
man living. There was no field OF
science. from astronomy to psychol-
ogy, which had not potentially some
thing to contribute to survival and
eventual victory.
The result for about three years
was an advance along the entire
front of science of a ma agnitude not
remotely approached IN human his
Evening star., 1948-12-05
has been q year of stock
taking and soul-Searching
Ii for American science.

"HIS has been q year of stock
taking and soul-searching
- for American science.
These are the trends of its
current literature. The revolution
ary wartime advances are being re-
corded and co-ordinated. Their
magnitude is stunning. 1t is, per-
haps, major factor in the Hamlet
like neurosis, the period Of disillu-
sion and doubt, with which science
looks to the future-doubt as to the
social effects of its accomplishments
and fear in the face Of q future
whose incoming tide seems too pow
erful to be much effected by any
of mans artifacts.
Social Benefits
From Atomic Energy
High hopes of social benefits to
be derived from atomic energy, pos
sibly sufficient to Offset the terrible
destructive force of uranium fission,
have grown rather dim and op-
timism has given way to cynicism.
At the same time scientists are
preaching at the crossroads a grim
warning Of what may be a far
greater danger-the disorganization
OF mans institutions due to an un-
equal advance of the earth's popu-
lation and its food supply.
The latter note seemed the pre-
dominant theme of the years major
scientific meeting, the centennial
assembly of the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Science
here in Washington. A similar atti-
tude Of bafflement in the face of
medicines problems was apparent
Evening star., 1948-12-05
Seven League Strides
Of Medical Science

A document of outstanding i'm
portance Is the two-volume "Ad-
vances in Military Medicine" pre-
pared by q group sponsored by the
Committee on Medical Research of
the OSRD. The war posed many
new problems in medicine and many
Of these were solved with high
pressure research. The stories of
penicillin production, of the search
for malaria suppressives, Of the
means found for adjusting the hu-
man organism to shock, cold and
altitude constitute essential and i'm
portant parts of contemporary his
tory. The advances have far
reaching effects, for war today
covers every aspect of human living
and war is medicine in general.
The First World War has been
described as a physicists war and
it used to be predicted that the last
one would be chemists war. This
prediction hardly was sustained, but
Evening star., 1948-12-05

cts by John Z. Burchard Of the Mas
sachusetts Institute Of Technology.
Rocket development from the ba-
zooka and panzerfaust, literal sling
shots Of David in the face of the
armored Goliaths of the tanks, to
the V2s with which Germany made
her last desperate bid for victory
was essentially a groundup devel-
opment of the war years. There
existed lot Of basic data. It's prac-
tical application had seemed remote
and visionary before the stress Of
war made it essential. Now its i'm
plication for the future are incalcu-
liable. This Is The story in Rocket
Guns and Targets"
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-10-01

T. TO BRING you MORE OIL we spent in 1947 alone over twice our
net profit for new refinery units, tankers, pipe lines, oil and gas wells
and many other facilities. Total expenditures exceeded the wages and
benefits of our $4,000 employees, who in 1947 averaged over $4,000
each. We spent over 7 times the amount we paid our 81 600 owners,
whose average dividends were 1914 each.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-10-01

4. MANY CANDIDATES COMPETE for your votes. There are many pro
ducing, refining, transporting and marketing firms in the American
petroleum industry They give us strong competition for your business.
The best way to deserve your supports to maintain the kind of service
and quality that win votes in this business democracy. That's what
we're constantly working to do-in all seasons, despite all handicaps.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-10-01

3. EXPENDITURES ARE INSURANCE. For example, our new research
laboratory, pictured above, promises continued progress. Over the
years, Standard Oils research has helped bring about great increases
In the amount and quality of finished products we get from crude oil.
Such progress helps assure our employees jobs, and a fair return to our
owners 1t means more and better petroleum products for you.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-10-01

WE'RE SPENDING $6oo,ooo.ooo. In three years-1946, 1947 and 1948
the expenditures of this company and its subsidiary companies,
aimed at bringing you the petroleum products you need so urgently,
will total that amount. In our effort to meet your tremendous, rapidly
increasing demand, we are breaking the records set last year for out
put of crude oil and finished products.
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Arlington Baby Suffocates
In Carriage Outside Store

A certificate of accidental death
was issued today for an 18-weeks-
old Arlington boy who suffocated
yesterday in his carriage outside a
store in the $500 block of North
Washington boulevard.
The baby was Gordon r. Cowie
III, son of Mr.: and Mrs. Gordon
R. Cowie, jr., 1412 North Patrick
Henry drive.
According to Arlington police, the
baby was being cared for by Mrs.
Evelyn Hopkins, 1414 North Patrick
Henry drive, who left the carriage in
front of the store while she shopped.
When Mrs. Hopkins came out of the
store, she found the baby face down
and gasping for breath, police said.
She ran to nearby drug store for
help and an employe of the store
rushed the baby to Arlington Hos
pital by automobile.
The baby was pronounced dead on
arrival at the hospital. After an
autopsy by DR.. William D. Dolan,
hospital pathologist, DR.. w. C. We'll
burn, county coroner, issued the
certificate stating death was caused
by asphyxiation. Hospital attaches
said Mrs. Hopkins told them the
baby apparently turned over in the
carriage and suffocated In the
covers.
Evening star., 1948-01-09

has read that there are only $50 in
the country.
She became a professional writer
for the A. N. Palmer Co., demon
strating to school boards and
teachers the Palmer Method" the
system in which pupils compete in
making pretty scrolls across a line
page.
She uses a trick pen of very fexi-
BILE steel which spreads for a bold
line on the down stroke and leaves
a mark like steel engraving on the
upward strokes and cross lines. Her
engrossing includes no f1ourishes-
just an approach to perfection in
writing the name.
She uses no ruler to block out the
name She merely puts one di-
ploma over another, estimates the
length of the name to center it,
and writes it in. Sometimes she
spoils diploma then il goes into
the wastepaper basket and she
writes the name over on a fresh
one. She has written 160 in a day,
but that was more than Is hours
work. She is busy from dawn to
dusk now at the drawing board in
her bedroom so that she will not
be caught in any last-minute jam.
Evening star., 1948-01-09
F. A. Hessick Home
Robbed Of $1,000

Police are investigating the re-
ported theft of jewelry and other
personal effects valued at between
$1,000 and $4,000 from the home
OF Frederick A. Hessick, 4543 Klingle
street NV, last night.
Mr.. Hessick, president of the
W. II. Hessick & Son, Inc, coal firm,
said he and his family were out
Tor dinner when the ransacking
occurred, between $50 and 7:45 pm.
Entry apparently was gained by
thieves who broke a library window.
Items taken, in addition to jewelry.
included an ermine coat, 500 in
cash and a priced bottle of cognac.
l. Police also are investigating a
s1,500 robbery last night reported
by the Cramer, Inc, jewelry store,
2150 Wisconsin avenue NV. A case
OF watches and rings was reported
taken. The lock on the door had
been sawed out
Police believed they have solved
series of thefts at Catholic Uni
versity dormitories with the ar
rest yesterday of Roman Rutkowski,
20, OF 1910 Irving street NE, who
told police he was AWOL from the
Army.
Rutkowski was captured by a
group OF students after one was
awakened in his room in Graduate
Hall by some one refling his billfold.
When. the man left, Charles A.
Guerin, a third-year law student,
and some of his colleagues followed.
They caught Rutkowski as he came
out OF another room, police said.
Police said they have at least
seven charges Of larceny and
housebreaking prepared against
the man.
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Wholesale Food Prices
Rise 7 Per Cent in Week

Wholesale food prices went up an
other 2 per cent during last week
according to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
The increase put the bureaus in
dex at 1914 per cent of the 1926
average and only about 2 per cent
below the all-time high of May, 1920
The index rose 9 per cent above the
preceding week, 81 per cent above
the figure of month ago, and 49,
per cent above the level OF a
year ago.
The bureau also announced today
that the cost-of- living index fol-
moderate income families stands at
1649 per cent of the 1885, 1889 aver
age, new record high.
This represents an increase of Z
per cent from mid October to mid
November.
The index for Washington is
under the national figure, standing
at 1917, which represents an in
crease Sc Of IT.. 7s per cent from Novem-
Evening star., 1948-01-09
.Lunchroom Worker Yoked,
Robbed Of $3.50 in Pocket

A 64-year-old lunchroom en-
ploye. Maikos Koumaniles, Ia
Adams street NV, was yoked last
night by four colored men who es-
caped with $3.50. The money was
in an envelope in his inside coat
pocket.
The robbery occurred as Mr.
Koumaniles was arriving home after
leaving his place of employment In
the 1900 block Of @ street NV.
about 10 pm, according to police:
Police said Mr.. Kouman1les had
been carrying the money with him
for about three months.
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Lacy Shaw Plans 10 Marry
VA EmpIoye in ST. Paul

Plans for the marriage early In
April of Lacy Shaw, 81, veteran
Montgomery County Democratic
leader, and Miss Alma Huset, 3d.
Veterans Administration employe,
were revealed today.
Mr.. Shaw previously was mar
ried in 1909 and was divorced in
1881. He is the Montgomery
County member of the Washington
Sanitary Commission and one
time president of the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners. He also is former
park commissioner for the county
After being active in county DEM
ocratic affairs for more than rs
years, Mr.. Shaw resigned last Sep
tembe- as chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee fol
the county.
The two met in Washington about
10 years ago. They plan to be mar
ried in st. Paul, and, after a short
trip, will make their home in Sill
yer Spring.
Evening star., 1948-01-09
Maryland Fare Raise
Hearing Enters Final
Round on tuesday
By John V. Horner
Stor Sfoff CORRESPONDENT

BALTIMORE, Jan. 9.-Opposing
sides in the rate raise case involving
the Capital Transit Co.'S Maryland
lines today prepared for the final
round before the Maryland Public
Service Commission at hearings to
be resumed Tuesday.
The commission cleared the way
for the closing phase of the legal
battle by rejecting motion offered
yesterday to dismiss the proceedings
in so far as they affect Prince
Georges County.
A motion for dismissal was filed
by Gregory Hankin, former chair
man of the District Public Utilities
Commission. The commission &C.
cepted the Capital Transit view, as
expressed by Attorney Daryl Myse,
that the current proceedings are on
a PSC investigation and not on the
company's original petition for rate
increases.
Stay Order in Effect.
To prevent automatic application
of the proposed rates last month,
the PSC entered an order staying
them at least until April II. At the
same time, it launched its own in
Ivestigation into the case, independ-
ent OF the utility and OF protesting
citizens from Montgomery and Prince
Georges County. y
Mr.. Myse pointed out the motion
to dismiss would have the effect Of
making the higher rates applicable,
since the staying order would be
terminated.
Mr.. Myse's comment, coming after
Mr.. Hankin's detailed explanation
of the motion, provided a dramatic
and distinctly surprising effect for
those attending the hearing. Mr..
Myse said the companys advice
against dismissal was Of benefit to
the protesting groups instead of the
utility.
The Public Service Commission re-
opened the rate case yesterday after
noon after taking under considera-
ton arguments on another Capital
Transit petition for abandonment
of the Beltsville -Branchville trolley
line.
Bus Service Offered.
As the abandonment hearing
neared its end, F. Gloyd Await,
transit counsel. said the company
will be willing to provide bus service
from Branchville to Hollywood, if
existing roads are improved and II
the trolley abandonment is ap-
proved.
It was the first formal indication
that the utility has considered al
ternate service for patrons just out
side the District.