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Evening star., 1949-02-17
B-16ssTHE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
command Decision Becomes
Powerful Screen Document
By Joy Cormody

Mayer has made corkng movie in command
Decision which opened with gala premiere at the paace last
Washington at the Capitol
Theater today.
With johnson and Walter Pdgeon heading
William Wister Haines cction
, 1949-09-07
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

It is hereby brought to pub
lie notice that Bill No. 13, Law
to Provide a Uniform Sanitary
Code for the Virgin Islands,
passed by the Fourteenth Leg
islative Assembly of the Vir-
gin Islands became effective
on August %, 1949.
Section 8, of the Code pro-
vides: in addition to a license
to do business, all persons who
operate restaurants, or time
rant restaurants, who serve OF
manufacture frozen desserts,
soft drinks, or ice, who intro
duce for sale, offer for sale,
sell or have in storage meat
and meat products, or who OPP
crate meat or poultry packing
or canning establishments
shall obtain from the Commits
sloner of Health a health per-
nit in order to carry on such
business. 1t shall be unlawful
to operate any business or dis
pense any of the services in
this section at any time with
out possessing a bona fide
health permit"
Persons operating or desir-
ing to operate businesses to
which the above section ap-
plies should make application
for a health permit in writing
TO the Commissioner of Health
Such application should state
the location of the establish
ment, the address of the owner
or authorized agent, the ma
ture of the business and the
kind of license required.
John S. Moorhead. M. D..
Commissioner of Health
, 1949-09-07
LOOK and LEARN
by A. C. Gordon

|. Do fingerprints change after
maturity?
2. Who was the first U. S. Presi
dent to wear long trousers?
8. Which is the oldest form of
gambling in the world?
.. Which letter is omitted from
the standard telephone dial?.
5. How is SO written. in Roman
numerals?
ANSWERS on back pagel
, 1949-09-07

responsibility, and further,
that two birds could be killed
with one stone.
1T should not be necessary
to advance any further argu-
ments for a community cen
ter, for such a need has long
been apparent, what is needed
now is organized, concerted
effort, crystalizing into real
action from which results are
assured. Being a community
need, everyone should realize
that he has a share, and a stake
in the entire project. The time
to act is notD.
, 1949-09-07
VIZ NEED A COMMUNITY CENTER

t
EAoH PASSING day shows the need for a community
CENTER and each day the need becomes more acute. In a COM
munlty OF this size, & with the many activities being carried on
Oy groups there can be no question any longer that this need
IS such that attention should be given it immediately. Present
y, there are the St. Croix Chamber of Commerce, the Parents
Health Organization, the St. Croix Women's League the
Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts, the Women's Hospital Auxiliary
Just to mention a few, and as time passes other groups will be
formed, and they, too, should have a central meeting place, or
headquarters.
IN ADDITION to meetings and programs by grouns.
there should be a center large enough to facilitate commence
ment exercises of the several schools, public programs. and
other large gatherings. 1t was the dream of manv that when
the great public works program was announced that 4 hiob
school building would have been included, and that an audi
forum IN connection with such a building would have solved
the problem. And in such a case a combination auditorium
and gymnasium would have been the answer. But the school
program, apparently, has been shelved, for the present at
least In countless towns throughout the United States, and
the world, TOR that matter, the civil and educational center Of
ue community IS the high school. Many of these towns can
10 aI1oro q separate center, and therefore the high school
Dunune y mdoe TIE center OF much of the activity of the
community. Such would and should have been the case bore
Al HE PRESENT time we do not have an adequate
high school plant. The classes are housed in several hIldinos
winch were once barracks, and offer many problems and in
conveniences. 1t is not too much to expect that a HIGH school
building, with modern classrooms, laboratories. extra rooms
Tor meetings, and an auditorium seating at least 1900 could
be built. Keeping in mind the fact that such a plant would
not only be a school building, but a community center > : we'll
it is easy to see how it would and could function. And the rea-
son we center this theme around the high school IS because
private capital is either unable or unwilling to shoulder the
Evening star., 1949-09-13

e.


Resident Washington society
turned out in large numbers at
the Chevy Chase Club yesterday
afternoon for the reception which
followed the wedding Of Miss
Suzanne Elizabeth Alexander and
Mr.. Willmott Lewis, jr. Many OF
those at the reception also had
been present for the ceremony.
which took place in the WASH
ington Cathedral Of st. Peter and
st. Paul with the Rev. c. Leslie
Glenn officiating.
The daughter Of DR.. and Mrs.
Samuel Allen Alexander, the bride
was given in marriage by her
father, and with her pearl
trimmed satin gown she wore an
heirloom veil of Brussels lace. She
carried a white prayer book COW
cred with two white orchids and
showered with lilies of the valley.
Mrs. William Pendleton Nc
CMre, sister Of the bride, was the
matron of honor and another
sister, Miss Sally Alexander, was
the maid of honor. The brides
maids were the Misses Mary Jane
Pawley, Mary Durant, Florence
Holleman, Elizabeth Burbank,
Sherley Smith, Emily Fuller, Ellen
Owens. Nancy Burdick and Eliza
beth Beach. Their costumes were
in shades of from light to deep
peacock blue, and they carried
white roses and clematis.
Mr.. Lewis is the son Of Sir
Willmott Lewis and the late Mrs.
Noyes Lewis and a grandson OF
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Brett
Noyes. His father was his best
man and the ushers were the
Messrs. John Ross Caswell, Alan
Phelps, Edwin Chamberlain,
Sayles Nicholson, John and David
Sterling, Rodney Landreth, Seth
Mccormick and William E. Rol-
low and Mr.. Mcclure.
After a honeymoon in Bermuda
the couple will reside in George
town.
Evening star., 1949-09-13
.Bride:E|ect
BeingFeted

Comdr. and Mrs. George Edgar
Brandt will give supper party
tomorrow evening at the Army
Navy Country Club for the latter's
niece, Miss Laura Powell Mac
Carteney and her fiance, Mr.. Os-
car EmmettsWilliams whose mar
riage will take place Thursday at
noon at the Shrine of the Most
Blessed Sacrament.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Seton
MacCarteney. parents of the
bride elect will be hosts at cock
tails before the supper in their
home on Idaho avenue for Miss
MacCarteney and Mr.. Williams.
Mr.. Williams, who is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Williams of
Newport News, Va, and his bride
will live in Paris where he will
study at the Sorbonne.
Evening star., 1949-09-13
Society News
Yesterdays Party Calendar Crowded
With Events for Visiting Officials

meritorious work in connection
with excavating the Indian ruins
in Peru, particularly those at
Machu Picchu; and upon Mr..
Harold ]. Roig, of w. R. Grace
and Company; Mr.. Douglas Camp
bell of Pan American Grace Air
ways; and Mr.. Harold Harris of
American Overseas Airlines.
Nine. Berckemeyer also gave a
luncheon today at the embassy
for Mrs. Bevin. Her other guests
were Lady Franks, Nine. Koo,
Nine. van Kleffens. Mrs. Andre de
Limur, Mrs: William Randolph
Hearst. jr., Mrs. Frazier Bailey,
Mrs. James Freeborn, Mrs. Clark
McIlwaine, Mrs. Drew Pearson,
and Sonora de Aramburu, wife of
the Minister Counselor of the EN-
bassy.
Mrs. Bevin and Envoy Feted
Luncheon time yesterday found
Mrs. Hume Wrong. wife of the
Canadian Ambassador. entertain
ing in honor of Mrs. Bevin; and
the Council of the Organization
of American States giving a fare
we'll luncheon for it's retiring
member, the Guatemalan Ambas-
sador, DR.. Ismael Gonzalez-Are-
valo, who is returning home to be-
come Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Three large plaques of fall flowers
made a very effective table deco
ration for the stag party, which
was given in the Hall of Flags at
the Pan American Union.
The company included the other
Ambassadors to the OAS, the
Latin American Ambassadors to
the United States. and the As
sistant Secretary of State for
Latin America. Mr.. Edward G..
Miller, jr. A special session pre-
ceded the luncheon.
The Governors of the Federal
Reserve Board gave a stag dinner
last night in the Pan American
Room of the Statler Hotel, with
Mr.. Thomas B. McCabe, chair
man of the board, acting as host.
In the company of 10 men
were the staff members of the
Board of Governors of the Fed
eral Reserve System and the Of
flcers of foreign central banks
who are in this country attending
the fourth annual meeting of the
International Monetary Fund
and the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development.
Evening star., 1949-09-13
Emily Post

. A bride sends this question: 1T
is not unusual in this town for
people to come into the church %
witness a wedding, even though
not invited. No one minds as the
town is not large and most every
one has rather personal interest
in it's brides. However. we do
mind the way many of them hur-
riedly leave after the ceremony be-
fore the families do. Wish you'd
write about it."
This is the reason for running
ribbons in front of the pews. AS
soon as the professional is ready
to start, the ushers run ribbons"
up the length of the pews and tie
them securely to keep the peoplS
from going out into the aisle aS
you described. If no barrier il
indicated the result is likely to be
what you describe.
Who Writes First &
Dear Mrs. Post: I've always
believed that boy should write to
a girl first. But think there could
be an exception in my case. I'm
here in big city, studying, and
plenty lonesome. There's a boy
down home I'd like to keep as d
friend, and If I don't let him know
where I've settled, how can he
write? My sister answers that he
can get the address from them at
home.
Answer: Under the circum-
stances I think it would be proper
as well as natural to write him. If
he doesn't answer that is another
story!
Both Names Correct
Dear Mrs. Post: I've just had
visiting cards made up and there
has been a mistake. The engraver
left out my first name 'and they
read simply Mrs. Van Doren. He
thought, however, that I could
use them anyway as I am the
Oldest member of the family by
this name. Is this true?
Answer: He is right as to the
names correctness. On the other
hand, this does not cancel his
obligation to give you the cards
you ordered.
Hospitality to Friends Friend
Dear Mrs. Post: When invited
to a party in honor of a house
guest, are we expected to invite
the house guest and her hosts in
return?
Answer: There is no obligation,
but it is a very pleasing thing to
do if you can, especially If tho
guest is staying with one of your
own best friends.
Good taste in letter Uriting
includes the selection OF proper
stationery. Mrs. Posts book
let, No. 502, "Letter Writing"
giUes suggestions for the types
of paper to use. To obtain q
copy send 10 cents (coin pre-
terreO and a Scent stamp to
her. care The Euening Star.
P. o. Boz So, Station G, Netp
York 10, N. Y. Mrs. Post is
sorry she cannot ansDer per-
sonal mail.
Evening star., 1949-09-13
Is Engaged

DR.. and Mrs. Olof Nordeman of
Stockholm, Sweden, announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Miss Birgitta Nordeman of Wash
ington to Mr.. Lloyd E. Wigren.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur c.
Wigren of Ossining, N. Y.
Miss Nordeman received her
education in Stockholm and Mr.
Wigren is a graduate of Columbia
College of Columbia University.
Evening star., 1949-09-13

HOST AND HONOR GUEST AT RECEPTION
Left to right-Admal Louis E. Denfeh, Chief OF NaOdt
Operaions Mrs. Dened and the Peruvian Aoassaao Seno
Berckeey at the reception last evening tc
tooved presentation of aads from the Peruvian govern
ment to group OF United States nauat o1cer ana c1oaHS
Admiral Denteld ranking officer receiue the order
no In cru7 nj Merito NaDal Harris G. E1Ding Photo.
Evening star., 1949-09-13
Bride Saturday

The Memorial Chapel at the
Army Medical Center was the
scene of the wedding Saturday
of Miss Virginia Colquhoun
Walker and Mr.. Joseph William
Pfeifer.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Craighead
Walker of Washington, formerly
of Scarsdale and BronXville, N. Y.
and the groom is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Pfeifer of KeanS-
burg, N. j. The Rev. John j. Null
laney officiated at the ceremony
which was followed by a recep-
Evening star., 1949-09-13
Officers Named

Mrs. Sarah L. Kollar has been
elected president of the Virginia
Province Board of Tau Beta Phi.
Other new officers are Miss Vir-
ginia Humm, vice president; Miss
Mary Doherty, chaplain; Miss
Jean Duvall, recording secretary;
Miss Marion Brett, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Dorothy R. Smith
It ey, treasurer, and Miss Eleanor
Borsody, sergeant-at-arms.
Evening star., 1949-09-13
By Betty Murphy

Luncheons. dinners and recep-
tions kept Capital society very
much on the go yesterday. Prob
ably the largest gathering was at
the British Embassy where the
Ambassador and Lady Franks en-
tertained at a reception in honor
of the Secretary for Foreign Al
fairs of Great Britain and Mrs.
Ernest Bevin and the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford
Cripps. The other guests were dip
lomatic representatives OF COM
monwealth countries.
The embassy was attractlvely
decorated with flowers from its
own garden-white hydrangeas
and scarlet sage interspersed with
multi-colored zinnias and dahlias.
Lady Franks wore black taf1eta
afternoon dress and Mrs. Bevin
was in pale blue crepe.
Later in the evening the honor
guests dined with Mr.. Camille
Quit, managing director of the In
ternational Monetary Fund, in his
apartment at Wardman Park Ho-
tel. The Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. John w. Snyder also
were guests, as were the Minister
of Finance of Belgium and Mrs.
Henri Liebaert, the Director of the
National Bank of Belgium and
Mrs. Hubert Ansiaux, Mrs. Geor-
gette Pisart, official hostess for
Mr.. Quit, and Mr.. Paul Hoffman.
Economic Cooperation Admins
traitor.
Parties at Peruvian Embassy
Another reception yesterday was
at the Peruvian Embassy where
the Ambassador and Sonora de
Berckemeyer entertained in honor
of nine United States naval Of
hcers and civilians to whom they
presented decorations on behalf
of their government. About a
hundred guests. mostly families
and friends of the honor guests,
witnessed the ceremonies and re-
NAMED for cocktails.
The four naval officers who re-
ceived the Orden de la Cruz al
Merito Naval were Admiral Louis
Denfeld, Vice Admiral John Dale
Price, Rear Admiral Edmund 7.
Woodbridge and Rear Admiral
Thomas B. Inglis.
The Orden Ell Sol del Peru was
bestowed upon the Spanish Am
bassador -at-Large. Senor Don Jose
de Lequerica, for his work in fur
thering relations between Spain
and Peru; former Senator Hiram
Bingham of Connecticut, for his
Evening star., 1949-09-13
Miss Walker Guest

Miss Florence Wetherill Walker,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Wilson Walker, will be the guest
in whose honor DR.. and Mrs.
Maurice Arthur Selinger will en-
tertain Saturday from S to 7
o'clock in their home on Thirty
sixth street. DR.. and Mrs. Selin-
ger had planned a similar fete for
Miss Walker to be given last
Christmas when she was a debut
ante but the illness of the hostess
its postponement.
Evening star., 1949-09-13
To Wed in June

Announcement is made by Mr..
and Mrs. Max Zoref of the en-
gagement of their daughter. Miss
Marion Frances Zoref, to Mr.. Will
son Hume Eastman, jr.. son of
Mrs. Eleanor Eastman of Atlanta
and Mr.. Eastman of Greensboro,
N. c.
Miss Zoref attended the Ma
tional School of Art and Mr.. East
man is with the United States
Naval Communications Station.
The wedding will take place in
June.
Evening star., 1949-09-13

Miss Mary Nell Shaffer, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Bern @. Shaf-
fer of Philippi, w. Va, was mar
ried recently to Mr.. Francis E.
Holiday, jr., son Of Mr.. Holiday
of Delaware City. Del, and the
late Mrs. Holiday. The ceremony
took place in st. Matthew's Cathe-
draI, the Rev. Lyons officiating.
Evening star., 1949-09-13
Back From Europe

Vice Admiral Attila Ache. Naval
Attache of the Brazilian Embassy,
with Nine. Ache and their daugh-
ter, Miss Yvonne Ache, have re-
turned from an extended vacation
in Europe, where they toured sew
eral countries. The attache has
just been promoted from rear
admiral to his present rank.
Evening star., 1949-09-13
Church Wedding

Miss Dorothy Frances Stewart,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
w. Stewart. was a recent bride,
her marriage to Mr.. Thomas Fred
erick Horton. son of Mrs. Harry
Mack Horton and the late Maj.
Horton, taking place in Mount
Evening star., 1949-09-13

Announcement is made of the
marriage of Miss Joan Wattles,
daughter of Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Thomas Lippitt Wattles of
Williamsburg to Mr.. Roy Fillmore
Ash, jr., the wedding taking place
in Bruton Parish Church. The Rt.
Rev. st. George Tucker of1iciated
at the ceremony, assisted by the
Rev. Stiles B. Lines.
The bride Is q great grand
daughter of the late Snowden
Ashford and is the sixth genera
| tion Of her family to be born in
Washington.
Evening star., 1949-09-13

ton at the Bethesda Country
Club. $%
The bride wore her maternal
grandmother's wedding gown of
flowered silk brocade trimmed
with heirloom lace and a veil of
imported maline which fell from
a Juliet cap Of similar lace. She
carried her mothers white bridal
prayer book which was covered
with gardenias and lilies Of the
valley,
Evening star., 1949-09-13
Weds Mr.. WilperS

Miss Marian Elizabeth Meyer,
daughter of Mr.. William F. Meyer
and the late Mrs. Lucille Richards
Meyer, became the bride Saturday
of Mr.. John Joseph Wilpers. jr.,
Evening star., 1949-07-22

Up to now, the other studios in
Hollywood have accepted M-G-M's
monopoly on bathing suit stars in
the form of Esther Williams,
Since monopolies never before
achieved such acceptable form in
their long history. why not?
However, even this sort OF free
enterprise must run into COM
petition. several reels of which
turned up yesterday in the Warner
theater's The Girl From Jones
Beach," In this semisane fiction,
which certainly cannot do any
one any harm. Virginia Mayo
enters the lists against Miss Will
liamS.
That means there are now two
of them and Heaven Cor Holly
wood alone knows where 1t all
will end.
The Girl From Jones Beach"
is as skimpy in all other respects
as it is In the dimensions OF Miss
Mayo's white swim suit. Since
this was the ferocious intention of
Warner Bros, there is nothing
for the reviewer to do but report
that it has been fully realized.
The story, or whatever it is that
fills the place of story, Is about
an artist who draws calendar girls
and about a beautiful school
teacher who fancies this SOFT of
painting as mad trivia.
The artists reason for fixing
upon the school teacher is that
she is his ideal model, the very
girl to replace the IL he has been
using to make his composite beau
ties. The action of the film Is
concerned with his effort to talk
her out of higher education into
a self-effacing bathing suit. and
ultimately into marriage.
/. There is virtually no material
for the actors. director ard camera
to work on in The Girl From
Jones Beach" but that is exactly
what is called for in a bathing
suit picture. Watching it,, there
fore, is like thumbing quickly a
bunch of lively postcard views of
a busy beach.
Warmers have seen to it that
the people involved are far more
attractive than those on any
beach you are familiar with. In
addition to Miss Mayo, these in
clude Donna Drake. Helen West
colt, Myrna Bell, a whole covey
of nameless models, Ronald Rea-
gan, Eddie Bracken. etc.
At the Warner, naturally. you
won't need your dark glasses as
protection against the sun or
against getting slapped for staring.
y q
Evening star., 1949-07-22
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage.
Meridian Hill Park -" Three
Men on a Horse; $50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"Calamity Jane and
Sam Bass; IL am. las, 4:3O,
tbs and 10 pm. Stage Show
1880, 3:35, $40 and 9:05 pm
Columbia-"Neptune's Daugh-
ter; 1890 am, 1880, $40. :35,
7:55 and 1920 pm.
Dupont-"Operetta";; 1:20, 3:2O,
5:25. 7:30 and 9::35 pm.
Keith's-"White Savage: 1925
am, 2, 4:40. 7:20 and 9:55. pm.
Hippodrome IS Shanghai Dra-
ma; 2:15. $50 and 8:25 pm.
The Bakers Wife; II
am. 2::25, 6 and 9:40 pm.
Metropolitan Not Wanted;
1885 am, 1885. 3:35, 5:35, 1885
and 9:35 pm.
National City Across the
River; 1870, 1:10, 2:55, 4:35, 6:15,
1855 and 9:40 pm.
Palace ANY Number Can
Play; 1l:00, los. BIS, $40. 1870,
and 9:40 pm.
Pix-"The Sea Of Grass; 2
$40 and $50 pm.
PlayhOuse-"The Fan; II am,
12:45, 2:30, AIS, 6, 7:50 and $40
pm.
Trans-Lu Lux-"Forbidden STREE"
II am, 1855. $50, 4:40, 6:35
$50 and 1925 pm.
Warner-"The Girl From Jones
Beach; 11:25 am, 1:30, 3:35,
$40. 7:45 and 9:55 pm.
Evening star., 1949-07-22
By Harry Macarthur

Sam Bass really never intended
to be an outlaw at all. He just
wanted to earn enough money to
buy ranch and settle down with
a sheriff's pretty sister, and talk to
horses. 1t was only afterCalam-
ity Jane sprung him to save h m
from being railroaded to the GAL
lows that he turned to sticking up
trains and knocking off banks.
All this currently is being set fort
in some detail at the Capitol in a
Technicolor adventure entitled
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass"
This may not be the most in
triguing movie title you have come
across lately, but it is the most
straightforward one in years. The
picture is about Calamity Jane
and Sam Bass. There is a certain
straightforward quality about the
playing, too, since the title roles
are occupied by Yvonne De Carlo
and Howard Duff. Mr.. Duff is q
good strong, silent type for
western hero and he has rot been
around so long that he. like Ran
dolph Scott, resembles the sur
rounding landscape.
1t is doubtful if the original
Calamity Jane bore any resemb-
lance to Yvonne De Carlo or the
west might have been wilder than
it was. Miss De Carlo can't act
even more notably than most
movie girls who can't act. but
don't. be expecting any complaints
in this corner. She makes a fine,
robust, Mae Westian Calamity
Jane. She reads lines in a cheer
full sing song, with all the enthu-
siasm of man reading last
months gas bill to his wife, but
she gets an insinuating quality
into them that makes everything
she says sound like "C'm up N
see me sometimes, big boy"
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
has the merit of being slightly off
the western track. Sam Bass lives
short, full life in it. He is in
love with a horse named Kathy
and with girl named Kathy
dorothy Har), both handsome
representatives of their species.
and Calamity Jane is in love with
him. All of this romance is DOOM
ed, of course, since the outlaw
never lived who couldn't be
plugged at 400 yards in the dark
by a cinematic sheriff. Director
George Sherman, an old hand at
this sort of thing, has seen to it
that there is plenty of action,
however, before the final moment
Of Sam Bass doom arrives.
The Capitol has gathered
lively stage show to accompany
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass"
1t is headlined by Nip Nelson.
talented young comic who i'm
personates everything from Clyde
McCoy's trumpet to radio horror
programs. most of the time fun
nily. Before and after Mr.. Nelson
there are musical specialties by
such local favorites as Mini Baker,
Ralph Hawkins and Clint Hobbies;
songs by the Smoothies and
dances by Christine and Moll.