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and veteran: IF universal military
training is too far away, I'm in
favor of a temporary draft"
=. Delay Is Favored.
Fritz Kahn, 81, of 39O7 Fifty
eighth street, Hyattsville, George
Washington University student:
I'm not in favor Of it now, but If
things continue in Europe as in the
past few weeks, we'll need it."
Charles E. Sagner, rs, OF 215 Oak
wood street Sc, Potomac Electric
Power Co. sales representative and
veteran: Eyes, indeed, I'm in favor.
I think there's possibility of
achieving peace If we show Russia
that we mean to back up our prin-
ciples and ideas with force If nee
essary."
R. c. Robey, 81. Of 1918 Queen
street NE, photographic apprentice
and veteran: I'm against any kind
of a draft unless we have a war"
James De Mar, 81, of AIT Ingra-
ham street NV, cameraman and
veteran: IF they're going to take
any one. they ought to take ALL"
Calls President Right
John Lowry, 81, of 1914 Connecti-
cut avenue NV, restaurant worker
and veteran: THE Presidents right.
We don't want to get caught unpre-
pared"
Oliver c. Brooks, Is, of 4442 Suit
land road, Suitland, musician: I'm
In favor Of it. Any day, now, we
may find ourselves in the middle of
q war"
Walter Hamilton, 40, Of COL
Avenue E, District Heights, artist:
"It's a wise move"
William B. White, "a, colored,
1924 Twentieth street NE, electri-
clan and veteran: If you gotta go
you gotta go. We must be prepared, !"
E. r. Brewer, jr., %, 2221 N. Bu-
Evening star., 1948-03-18
Eskimos' Food Aids
Teeth, but Right DIET Is
As Good, Dentists Told

A Washington physician today
recommended a diet of seal livers,
horse meat and whale blubber as
being good for the teeth-but he
added that a well-rounded diet of
dairy products, fish, eggs and whole
wheat bread will accomplish the
same purpose.
Speaking at a medical-dental
symposium at the Shoreham Hotel,
DR.. Roy L. Sexton said the whale
meat and blubber menu of the Es-
kimos helped keep their teeth
strong and free from decay. He
said the alternate diet would do for
people of this country.
DR.. Fred D. Miller, Altoona (Pa.)
dentist, agreed with DR.. Sexton that
proper diet was prime requisite"
for good teeth.
5000 Attend Sessions.
Nearly 5000 dentists and techni-
clans have been attending the post
graduate clinic of the District Den
tai Society. Representative Short,
Republican, of Missouri was to speak
at a luncheon following the sympo-
stun.
Four trophies were to be presented
at the luncheon-one to the out
standing member of the Dental
Assistants Society and three to
dental assistants who prepared and
presented demonstrations during the
meetings.
The outstanding achievement
award was to go to Mrs. Ann w.
Wildman, 70 Bates street NV, who
also won the award last year. The
other three awards were to be pre-
sented to Miss Dorothy Heatwole,
6645 Georgia avenue NV; Miss
Margaret Hibble, 726 Upshur street
NV, and Mrs. Stella Sunde, 2025
I street NV.
d. c. Dentists to Speak.
Disease of the mouth was to be
the topic Of two Washington physi-
clans, Drs. William L. Howell and
Harold L. Hirsch, and two dentists.
DR.. Miller and DR. Harold Cotton of
Baltimore during the afternoon.
DR.. Leroy Ennis of Philadelphia was
to be moderator.
At the past presidents luncheon
yesterday, two veteran Washington
dentists with a total of 1914 years
of practice were honored.
They are DR.. A. D. Weakley, IS,
who started practice here in 1894,
and DR., Howard P. Cobey, 72, who
started three years later. Both are
still practicing.
1t was DR.. Weakley who promoted
the first clinic meeting in 1882.
DR.. Cobey founded clinics in public
schools and Children's Hospital.
Italian Delivers Talk.
At clinic sessions yesterday, DR..
A. K. Ovadia of Rome, secretary
for foreign relations of the italian
Dental Association. deplored the
lack of dentists in his country. This,
he said, is because of the tradi-
tional requirement in Italy that
registered dentists be doctors of
medicine. With the shortage of
physicians, dentistry has become a
poor relation" he pointed out.
DR.. M. H. Burton is general chair
man OF the clinic.
Evening star., 1948-03-18
Fact-Finders 10 Meet
With Meat Strikers
And Packers Today
BY the Assoeiotsd Pres,

CHICAGO, Mar. 18.-Meat sup
plies dwindled and price increases
in the retail markets appeared in
prospect today as President Tru-
mans new board of inquiry pushed
its investigation of the Nationwide
meat strike.
The Governments fact-finding
board, after preliminary meeting
yesterday, called a joint session of
major packers and CIO union rep
resentatives today.
Nathan P. Feinsinger, one OF the
three college professors named to
the board and appointed chairman,
said they will attempt to expedite
the report on the wage dispute to
Mr.. Truman. The report on the
strike by 100000 CIO meat-packing
workers Is due April i.
Meanwhile, as the strike against
about 140 packing plants across the
country entered its third day, ship
ment of animals to markets were
about one third as many as a week
ago.
wholesale Prices Rise.
Prices In the wholesale markets
continued to rise as the work stop
page cut in half the Nations meat
production.
In Chicago, the center of the
packing industry and where more
than 10000 workers are on strike,
retail meat prices have increased
from to S cents pound since last
week end.
A packing industry spokesman in
Boston said meat prices would rise
Is cents a pound If the strike in
four New England plants is not
settled Immediately.
The National Association of Retail
Grocers said meat sales had in
creased from 20 to so per cent over
a week ago in markets In many parts
OF the country.
Mrs. R. M. Keifer, secretary-man
ager of the Association, said Eve
can say with certainty that there is
no reason at present for any panic
buying about meat supplies"
Supply Sufficient for 3 Weeks.
Earlier, the supply of meat in
the Nations warehouses was report
ed sufficient to meet the country's
average need for three weeks. There
are about 10000 AFL and indie
pendent union members who are
not on strike. They accepted a
wage increase Of 9 cents an hour.
However, the members of the
C1O United Packing House Workers
OF America struck in a dispute
over demands for a wage increase
OF 20 cents an hour.
In response to question, Prof.
Feinsinger said: "At this stage
we don't know II we will ask the
union to go back to work"
He said the boards functions are
very limited" The board, named
under a provision of the Taft-Hart-
ley Act, has no authority to settle
the strike and cannot make recon-
mendations.
If President Truman concludes,
after receiving the boards report,
that the strike is impairing the f1a-
tional health and safety, he may ask
the Attorney General to seek an in
junction to end the strike. If
graned, the walkout would be halted
for so days. During that period
other steps under the Taft-Hartley
Act would be taken to settle the
dispute.
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Regular Friday Lecture
Scheduled at Corcoron

1.-TWO Renaissance Madonnas" will
be the topic of a regular Friday
Gallery Talk at 1890 pm. tomorrow
in the Corcoran Gallery OF Art by
Miss Amy Briggs, staff lecturer.
The talk is the fourth in series
of five which ends with a discussion
on Good Friday Of Andrea Vannis
"Crucif1xion. A new series on Old
Master drawings will follow.
Mrs. Josephine M. Brewer will tell
Bible stories for children to Is
years old in Childrens Story Hour
at 1880 am. Saturday. An Easter
program Is scheduled the following
SATURDAY.,
Evening star., 1948-03-18
Many Veterans Back Draft Now
If Necessary to Stop Russia

President Truman's proposal that
Selective Service be revived received
almost unanimous approval of a
number OF young men interviewed
at random by The Star.
Those interviewed included many
veterans who might be called back
in event of war. Their answers,
after President Truman's talk on
the tense world situation, follow:
G. David Burrus, g. of 5O08 Sew
enth street NV, student at Ben
jamin Franklin University: Some
kind of draft is necessary now 1t
is time to assert ourselves. We must
make show of might"
Edward Marotta, "a, of New York,
veteran and student: "It seems we
can stop Russia no other way. We
must be prepared. The draft is nee
essary. Although a veteran, I would
be willing to go back in if it meant
saving the peace"
Draft Seen Necessary.
John Young, 81, of Csc Xenia
street Sc, veteran and student at
Veterans High School: IF there's
going to be a war it would be best
to have it now. The draft seems to
be necessary, but I am not too will
ing to go back in"
William Cox, 18, of 31O8 o street
NV, a student at St. Albans
School: The draft seems to be nee
essary. think it is the only way to
stop Russian aggression"
Earl Sweikhart. 20, of 524 Sixty
eighth street NE. a serviceman on
furlough: my enlistment will be up
in November, 1850. This war scare
may keep me in a while longer, but
I think the draft Is a good idea,
because it might slow Russia down.
I think there's pretty good chance
we will have war"
John E. Preston, 81, Cheverly,
Md, Catholic University student
Evening star., 1948-03-18
Parade Set at Armory

The first in series Of monthly
practice ceremonial parades will be
held at $3.50 O'Clock tonight in the
National Guard Armory by the 260th
Antiaircraft Group, commanded by
Col. Leroy S. Mann. The Armory.
S001 East Capitol street, will be
cpen to visitors.
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the club gym. The award symbol
,izes leadership. sportsmanship and
attendance.
Several hundred boys were pres
ent at the ceremony. Among those
who spoke were Police Capt. Will
liam j. Cunningham, 1t. Forrest
Binswanger, director of the Police
Boys Clubs and Adjt. ]. M. Murphy
of Anvets.
Evening star., 1948-03-18

nlauc OF MS Sc
lection as the
o u is t a n d | n e
member of the
M e op olitan
Police Boys Club
No. 10, at Fiji
teenth and Har-
ward sire e t S
NV.
The trop by,
given by the Co.
lumbia Heights
Post No. 6 of
Amvets, was pre-
sented by Rick
K e e + er, post
commander, a t
Evening star., 1948-03-18
Gen. Sir Froncis Davies Dies

LONDON, Mar. 1S lPJ.-The death
OF Gen. Sir Francis John Davies, SO,
at his home in Elmley Castle, Per-
shore, Worcestershire, was an
Evening star., 1948-03-18
Fire Sturts Recruiting Drive

To increase the strength of the
various branches of the Defense
Forces, Fire Army authorities have
started new recruiting drive.
Evening star., 1948-03-18
Boys Club Member Wins
Amvet Leadership Trophy

Eighteen-year-old Johnny Sacks,
l47s Harvard street NV, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Max Sacks, has re-
ceived Citizenship Trophy emble-
Evening star., 1948-03-18

The eggplant, probably a native
Iof Southern Asia, Is closely related
to the potato as q member of the
lnightshade family.
Evening star., 1948-03-18

nounced today. Sir Francis was one
OF the two generals responsible for
the withdrawal of British troops in
the Inflated Gallipoi campaign Of
World War I.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Here's. Newest Way
To Test Show Gags
BY the Asseeiated Press

NEW YORK.
John Morris Chanin, who pro-
duced one Of last years nops, "The
Magic Touch" has started plans
to present q revue and has signed
Sketch Writer Charlie Sherman to
dash of some blackouts. Having
experienced = bitter absence Of
profit in touring his last turkey,
Chanin says he Is not taking any
such chances this time, however. In
stead of touring his new revue,
which he has called, Same to You,"
he says he will tour the writer!
Instead of spending 100000 on
tryout on the road before coming
to New York." Chanin said, "I'm
sending Charlie Sherman on q lee
ture tour SO that the author may
preview his material before audi
ences." Colleges, clubs and organ
izations of all sorts will have a
listen before Chanin tosses the fin
ished product at Broadway, he says,
adding that the National Laugh
Foundation" an organization Of gag
writer's, Is joining him in sponsor
ing Sherman's tour.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
A Turning Point in the Theater's Affairs
ANITA Stages Mammoth Show Launch Raising Of Funds
for Campaign of Decentralization of the Drama
By Jeon Meeeon

throughout the country their herit-
age Of the great drama Of the past
and the best Of the present, which
has been too frequently unavailable
to them under existing conditions. "
Won Howard Award.
For years ANITA lay fallow but
recently mas tackled several real
istic projects in fulfillment Of its
purpose. The Experimental Theater
founded in New York City was
awarded the Sidney Howard Memo
rial as the outstanding new develop
ment in the theater In the 1946-47
season.
ANITA Joined with the State of
Utah in sponsoring dramatic fes-
tival in q successful demonstration
Of how the theater can be decen-
tralized. In association with ANITA,
the Utah Drama Festical presented
Katharine Cornell in "The Barretts
of Wimpole Street." Judith Evelyn
in Joan Of Lorraine" and Orson
Welles in Macbeth" Students
acted with the stars in the latter
two, an important phase in de-
veloping q decentralized theater.
ANITA assisted Margo Jones In
forming Dallas Iheater At" in
Texas, another important decen-
tralization step. ANITA and "Dal-
las Theater Al" sponsored . South
west drama festival during which
Evening star., 1948-01-18
By the Assoeiofsd Press


On a slow day last summer Ar
thur Godfrey spiced his radio pro-
gram by singing novelty number,
"The Too Fat Polka" a blowsy,
brash piece of music which tickled
Godfrey, the ear-weary boys IN the
band and the studio audience.
It has since become a phenon1-
enon of the music business. Colum-
bia records have sold 1,000,O 900 discs
with Godfrey doing the vocal. At
least two other companies have
cut platters with their own stars.
ordinarily top songs rate 100000
discs among all the companies re-
cording. This one Is expected to 60
2, 900, 900.
"As soon as I did 1t that morning
on the air" Godfrey claims, i
knew we had something. Around
the trade they began to ask, What
the hell did you do on the show to-
day?'"
Nanny Sachs, who had him make
lit for Columbia, says, "It's the way
he does it-and the title"
Godfrey thinks 1t has something
to do with the crazy novelty climate.
There's craze" he rumbles.
Were living in an era for novel;
ties. Nobody knows what he's doing
any more. The only things that
are selling are novelties"
"I think it's the derision in It,
too," he says. Actually I don't
know exactly what 1t is. 7 wish I
knew. People who listen don't know
why they like 1t. They say It's
cute"
Godfrey Is no Morton Downey.
His rise in radio has been due to
his half avuncular and half impu-
Evening star., 1948-01-18

NEW YORK.
Noel Coward has been one-man
suit In behalf OF Michael Clayton
Hutton, q young British playwright
whose murder melodrama, Power
without Glory" finally got TO
Droadway last week after running
almost two years In London. It
should be Of considerable satisfac-
ton for Coward to learn that Amer
ican audiences, If the premiere
crowd is any indication, admire
Hutton's "whodunit" as well as
British fans.
The first nighters greeted the final
curtain with uninhibited applause
and even a few cheers. They had
Just seen a play, set in a single
room, provide three gripping acts
of intense interest. They also wit
messed a grade of acting not often
equaled here, and particularly In
. murder melodrama The players
went about their business as If they
indeed were the characters por-
trayed, and not, as too frequently
ID the case In similar homicidal
excursions, as If they were card
board cutouts of London actors
hemming, having and bumbling
through generally ridiculous dia-
logue.
Well Written Play
Huttons play is sincerely drawn,
the characters neatly and deeply
constructed, the writing good and
believably simple and the murder
is not too fantastic. A young girl,
apparently bordering on the wanton,
Is done in. One member Of a
household is suspected, and later on
In the play, so is his brother. But
the suspicious, the reactions, the
feelings displayed and the horror
caused are all shown as they affect
the family itself, the only outsider
involved being the sweetheart Of
oeas of the suspects.
The action covers less than two
hours and in 1t Hutton has con-
trived o believable set Of circum-
stances, some highly reasonable
action and motivations, and these
have had the sterling help Of good
acting, both stngly and ensemble.
The cast includes Joan Newell,
Marjorie Rhodes, Helen Misner
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Today's Schedules
A M B AS ABORT Walk

A M B A S S Ado RI Walk
Alone" 1:05, $40, Sis, 7:25
and 9:35 pm.
intrigue" 1:35,
4:20, 7:05 and $50; stage
shows, $3.50, 6:15 and 9 pm.
COLUMBIA killer Mccoy"
1:20, $40, 5:25, 7:30 and s:35
pm.
HIPPoDRoME-"I Know
Where I'm Going" 2::15, 4:05,
5:55, 7:45 and $50 pm.
KEITH'S-"The Wistful Widow
of Wagon Gap" 1:40, $40,
$40, TAO and $40 pm.
LITTLE-"The Great Mr.. Han
del" 1:15, 3:15, $40, 7::30 and
9:40 pm.
METROPOLITA N-"The
Flame" 1:20. 3:25, $50, TAO
and 9:45 pm.
PALACE-"Unconquered," Ills,
4, $40 and $50 pm.
PIX-"The Best Years of Our
Lives" /, 4, 7 and 10 pm.
TRANS-LUx-News and shorts,
continuous from / pm.
WARNER II Walk Alone"
1:15, 3:25, $50, TAO and $50
pm. ...
Evening star., 1948-01-18
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
A turning point in the entertain
ment affairs of the country may be
reached tonight, when 40 stage stars,
|re-enacting their most memorable
roles, launch q financial campaign to
decentralize the theater.
Instead of q professional theater
radiating from half dozen blocks
on Broadway, the stars, under the
auspices Of the American National
Theater and Academy, want ITO ex-
tend the living theater beyond its
present limitations by bringing the
best In the theater to every State
in the Union"
The initial fund raising event for
establishing this National Theater
Foundation is being staged by Oscar
Serlin, producer Of Life With
Father" with a powerhouse Of talent.
Katharine Cornell and Maurice
Evans will do a f1ve-minute scene
from "St. JOAN; Judith Anderson
will have, q .seven-minute spot in
Come OF Age; Jane 'Cowl will do
q scene. from, "Smilin' Through;
John Gielgud, soliloquy from
Hamlet; Dorothy Stickney, q scene
from 'The Front Page; Florence
Reed, q speech from The Shanghai
Gesture: Helen Hayes, q scene from
Victoria Regina; Tilly Losch,
Libby Holman, Willie Howard will
sing.
Free From Taxes.
There will b approximately 500
entertainers on the stage Of the
Ziegfeld Theater. Patrons are pay
ing from g to 800 q ticket and the
expected profit is $4,000. That cap
ital will be used ':to encourage pri-
vate initiative, emphasize decentral-
ization Of the theater and provide a
means Of assisting great variety of
theatrical enterprises"
The American National Theater
and Academy was granted q char
ter by Congress in 1885, putting 1t
in the same category with the
Smithsonian Institution and the
American Red Cross. 1t permits a
Nationwide, tax-exempt institution
which shall be:
"A peoples project organised and
conducted In their interests. free
from commercialism, but with the
firm intent Of being as far as pos
sible self supporting. A national
theater should bring to the people
Evening star., 1948-01-18
HOLLYWOOD.

I believe that Aida valn, the 1tal-
ian actress, and Louis Jourdan, the
French star-you can see them both
in "The Paradine Case"-are the
two big new stars in Hollywood for
1e4s. I also believe that 1948 will
mean acclaim and fame for little
Wanda Hendrix. Ann Blyth, Rhonda
Fleming. Jim Davis and Montgorn-
cry Cliff.
It isn't easy to make the grade
In q big way in Hollywood. Usually
you have to be lucky. and usually
1t doesn't matter If you're not such
@ good actor or actress as long as
you have personality. But every
one of. the above owes his or her
opportunities in Hollywood to hard
work rather than to luck-and to
ability rs well as personality.
valli, for instance, was the top
italian star when Star-Maker David
Selznick struck gold and signed her
for q 1ong-term contract. I'm told
that she learned most Of her very
long role in THE Paradine Case"
without understanding q word she
was saying. And that makes her
q genius because she's fantasticaly
good as the sultry charmer on trial
for numbering her blind husband.
She Is defended by Gregory Peck,
who falls for her with bang that
rocks his own marriage to Ann Todd.
valli is young, something like "a.
Shes married to an italian news
paperman who writes Hollywood
movie column for italian news
papers. II suppose he writes about
you all the time" recently kidded
his wife. mot at ALL" she told me.
That's one subject We never dis
esass at home-me or my career" I"
x4aat really makes her unique.
Louis Likes II Here.
The second movie for Valli Is
Miracle OF the Bells" with Fred
MacMurray and Frank sinatra.
valli's part isn't too long-she's the
girl that MacMurray makes movie
star. But this picture should zoom
valli to the top In the way that
'To Have and Have Not" made a
star overnight Of Lauren Bacall.
Louis Jourdan likes the United
States so much that he and his
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Nominated for Photoplay Fame in 1913
Aida Vali and Louis Jourdan Head Coumnist's List
Which Also Includes Wanda Hendrix and Others
RvS hEshnm

she's worked with ever since, has
positively raved about her. Charles
Boyer, after getting married to her
in "A Womar's Vengeance" wanted
to repeat the performance In an
other movie. So he bought French
play "La Tendresse," just for him
self and Ann.
Fredric March, who doesn't US
ually go overheard for the young
and unsophisticated, told me, "She's
a great actress" when he was doing
Another Part of the Forest" with
Ann. Fred demanded and got the
gal for his Judges Wife" But not
before William Powell snagged her
for ''Mr. Beabody and the Mer-
maid"
Rhonda Fleming made her first
impression on Hollywood and the
rest Of you in "Spellbound," starring
Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck.
Rhonda had bit part as q crazy
girl in sanitarium. Now she LIS
Bing Crosby's leading lady in Con
necticut Yankee" That's quite a
Jump. But Bing chose her from all
the girls In Hollywood who were
breaking their necks and their
agents to get them the role.
Taking Hawks Word.
Cecil B. de Mile, too, is after
Rhonda to play Delilah in his man.
moth production Of Samson and
Delila11." You can bet that by the
time c. B. has finished with the
lady, she'll be almost as well known
to movie-goers as Delilah has been
through the generations.
I haven't yet seen Montgomery
Cliff In a movie. But I'm taking
the word of Howard Hawks, who dis
covered him on the stage and
brought him TO Hollywood to be the
star of Red River" Every pro-
ducer in town who has seen him
wants to borrow and star him." says
Howard. He'll be q sensation when
Red River Is released"
His next movie also is for Howard
he pays him, by the way, $4,000
q picture and that's high for new
conner. I'm going to star Mont
gomery in The Sun Also Rises"
says Mr.. Hawks, who has advised
his find to limit his roles to two
year.
Big Jim Davis still can't believe
it's true-that Bette Davis-no rela-
tive-picked him to be her leading
man in winter Meeting" Jim was
around Metro for years, where he
usually was cast as the villain in
Van Johnson's movies. Metro finally
let him 60. Jim was on the verge
Of signing for series Of Westerns
at Republic when Miss Davis saw,
signed and delivered him to War
ners and herself.
That's Hollywood for you-one
year you're unknown or q bit
player. The next-stardom
Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance.)
Evening star., 1948-01-18

four new plays and one revival were
presented In repertory.
Joins Catholic q.
ANITA and the Catholic unaver-
sity in Washington, D. c.. are apon-
soring q playwriting festival de-
voted to new plays by new writers.
ANITA Is sponsoring two regional
repertory companies and Q national
touring company Of the Virginia
State Theater Barter Theater)
They'll play cities under 1900 pop
ulation in States west Of the Allie
ghanies.
ANITA also has co-operatsd In the
plans and promotion Of the San
Francisco Theater Association, the
jamestown (va.) festival, the De-
troit Drama Guild, and other thea
ter projects In practically ever
State.
IF ANITA is to live up to the ides
and responsibilities of its charter
the official brochure says, at mi;
increase its activities hundre'
fold to create a truly national d
Capitalization theater In the Unite
States Of America"