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Evening star., 1949-09-17
Fights Last Night
" fha Aasoeinfsd Prss,

" The ASSoeiot0d Pf0S1
HOLLYWOOD. Calif.--Art Aragon,
es.y:. ass Il: ss4 A''s s.a :esst'd 9os: out Tony
SAN biEGo, calif.~Miio Savage,
159, Los Angeles, knocked out Ike
Patton, 1888, Los Angeles (S).
NEW LONDON. Conn.--Tony Clio,
1856, New Haven, stopped Frank Kruski,
1bb. Hempstead, n Y. a.
Evening star., 1949-09-17

equipment, cable, wire and other tsisphons
plant. And ws must spend many millions
more in the next few years 10 msst your
telephone needs.
This program viii hslp provide moro hndk
vidual lines for party-hns stdbsoribsrs, ad-
dnional facilities for faster local and lonf
distance sefvios, and n,ors service for more
people in WAslindton
Good service af fair rofos b q
the public lntofosf
We don't IKE 10 ask for higher telsphonS
rates, but there b no other course open 10
us There h no margin In orr earnings to
absorb today's. higher operating oostA
It h our Job to furnish the kind Of service
you want and need. w. ars sslinf for only
snoueh 10 do that }oh-and no moro
Evening star., 1949-09-17
Mrs. Riley, Mrs. Boil
Win Scotch Eoursome

Mrs. Henry Riley and Mrs. D.
E. Ball played an alternate-shot
round Of 102 and deducted 23
handicap strokes for q net 79 to
win the Scotch foursome play Of
the Women'S Golf Committee at
Washington Golf and Country
Club yesterday.
Mrs. Jim Gardner and Mrs. Hal
Nelson finished second with 102-
21-81 and Mrs. Charles Egenroad
and Mrs. Weldon Price third with
96-14-82.
Evening star., 1949-09-17
A-AC Grid Loop

Result Last Night.
Chicago, 35; Baltimore, z.
Games Tomorrow.
Drooklyn-New York at Cleveland.
Los Angeles at San Francisco.
Evening star., 1949-09-17

SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION PLAY0FFs.
BEST of ~
Mobile g.. Birmingham /
New Orleans ii Nashville s
NASHVILLE leads, 2-1.)
Evening star., 1949-09-17

be enough left to pay fair return to in
vestors the people whose money has been
used to build telephone plant. Otherwise,
people will not continue to put their savings
into the telephone business.
Since 1899, our plant investment has In
creased by over s6o,ooo,0oo or more than
doubled. But our earnings for each dollar
invested in thebusiness are 308o lower than
they were in 1899.
Today, this company's earnings are INSULT
cient to attract from investors the additional
capital we need to meet public demand for
more and better service.
More than SIS, 900, 900 spent for!
bsfter telephone service here
To maintain good telephone service, we
have spent since the war more than
$55,OOOOOO for buildings, central Office
Evening star., 1949-09-17
High costs force us
10 ask for an increase
in telephone rates

WHEN rising costs forced us to ask for in
creased telephone rates in 1947, it was our
first request in ~ years. The increase re-
quested was the minimum needed based on
1o47 cost levels
Since then our costs, like those of every
other business, have gone up. Wage in
creases and the higher costs of construc-
ton, materials and supplies have brought
our expenses to the highest level in history.
The rate increase previously granted is
not enough to meet today's costs of operation.
That's why we are forced to ask the Public
Utilities Commission for another increase in
telephone rates.
Our earnings are not enough
TO aftraef investors money
In addition to sufficient income to meet
our day-by-day operating COSTS there must
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-05-19

The office If Tie Department Of
Employment Security will be open on
Thursday and Friday instead Of being
closed rs announced last week, ac-
coidiug 10 Charles L. Bliucr. man
ue.
\iorrd 40 persons attended tbc
,nqe-a. r,3v Lena Rivers pro-
.cn,J Tuesday EVENING" I'm the school
auditorium i. members ,f tine drq-
9s d. c.r5. Tba piay WI. ,apaato5
f.r .na bisb school .fr.7.nt. an Wel-
...l.,. art.,,,o,
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-23
Soft Coal Wages

Wages in the soft coal industry
are from IS to 10 per cent of total
costs.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-23
Power for Northwest

Ten giant electric generators.
with enough capacity to supply
more than two-thirds of the power
requirements OF New York City,
have already been installed by
Westinghouse at the Grand Coulee
dam on the Columbia river IN Wash
ington. Eight more generators will
complete the project.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-23
Halley's Comet

Valleys comet. which nit on
such Ia brilliant show in the
heavens in 1910, will again hc Wis
ible to the naked eve on return
visit in 1885. It had a tail about
eighteen million miles lonn when
1t swept near the earth in 1910.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-23
EstrOEen Pellets

Trials with various commercial
estrogen pellets for poultry have
revealed a wide variation in eff.
cacy, according to q research prog
ress report Of the University Of
California.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-23
Carlsbad Caverns

Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico,
is the home of from three to five
million bats which fly out at SUM-
down except during the winter sea-
son. Blind fish and other creatures,
living in total darkness. have also
been discovered in the caves.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-23
US. Chick Production

Production of chicks in the
United States for the first six
months Of la49 totaled 1.l97.925.-
900, an increase of Is per cent
above last years number for the
same period.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-23
Dat CrOp

The 1919 oat crop for the US.
estimated at 1880 million bushels,
will be a little less than last years
crop Of 1892 million bushels, but
will be II per cent above average.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-23
Tomato Peels

The peeling can be removed
easily from tomatoes by stroking
the skin gently with the back Of
the knife until it loosens.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-23

Lots Of folks complain that the money
they draw every payday rooms away
from them with supersonic speed. II
that's happening to you. here's how to
stop it automatically! Sign up for u. S.
Savings Bonds regularly, under your
firms Payroll Savings Plan. or-H this
method is not available to you-your
banks 2.ld-A-Month Plan. then. that
part II yrur earnings can't get away
from you. In fact. every 50 you Invest
In the safest investment In the world
grows up to be 81 In ten years.
u Treuurs Department
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-23
Big Business

Large corporations usually make
profits at a lower rate than small
ones, but they also lose money at
q lower rate.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-23
Anapla

Cattle which recover from an
aplasmosis usually are resistant to
further attacks, but they continue
to be spreaders of the disease.
Evening star., 1949-04-17

he has written a statement Tor
the daily paper at the request OF
the editor. And yet there are
incidents enough of quieter sort.
and. more important. an emphasis
on tacit attitude that suggest more
forcefully than brutal acts could
what it means to be subcitizen-
a human being who can claim no
rights, but must live on sufferance
and indulgence.
One factor in the complex
problem which Mr.. Moon points
UP is the fact-often ignored
that the Negro race is not solid
front, but composed of elements.
castes and individuals as divergent
as those that divide their white
brethren. Sometimes, as the au-
thor brings out, certain members
of a family go away for an edu-
cation and return alienated froh
the others. unable to take UP their
way of life. Mr.. Moons most
persuasive characters are the col
ored college president who got
along by compromising constantly
with the white persons who held
the purse strings. and the white
editor who had become a profess
Evening star., 1949-04-17

of control. that neither America
nor Russia can really control II,
but only influence the direction 1t
viii go. And he seems 10 believe
the chances are that the influence
OF Russia will predominate unless
there are some radical changes
made In present United States Far
Eastern policy.
In the first place. we are told
that the United States policy
makers must abandon their de-
fusion that we can deal with world
problems in one-two-three order
first Russian. then Europa. where
Russia is TO be halted. and finally
Asia. Mr.. baltimore believes that
all thes problems are interlocking
and that We forget this at Our
peril. At the time of the signing
Of the Atlantic pact, the projected
introduction into Congress OF mill
tary assistance legislation for Eu-
rope and the renewal Of ERP. 1t Is
sobering to read: From the point
OF view of the American interest,
any European country that Is
fighting In Asia instead OF trading
with Asia has a hole in its pocket.
But the author is not wholly
Evening star., 1949-04-17

peSSimaSiic, he does believe IN The
possibility OF third countries
arising in Asia which viii be under
the domination OF neither Russia
nor America and with which a
liberal. progressive America can
work. He believes that nation
alis.n Is the only bedrock on
which O political structure can
be built in China-or anywhere
in ASla-today.
If We are as quick as the Rus
SLAMS and the Communists O. Asia
are TO build on that bedrock. then
the new political structures that
are being built In China and all
over Asia will incorporate many
features Of capitalism. private en-
terprise and political democracy
in their third country architec-
tural design" But If he Russians
and the Asiatic Communists who
baltimore thinks are not entirely
under Russian control1 keep ahead
Of us In accepting Asia on its own
terms" the superstructure OF the
new area will contain much more
socialism II is up 10 US.
The weakest parts of this hard
hitting book are the sections on
Japan and Korea. The author
has apparently accepted almost in
its entirety the Communist line
on American policy in Korea and
to a less extent in Japan. Prof,
baltimore is primarily Chinese
scholar. he Just doesn't know the
Japanese His comments. for ex-
ample, on the japanese feeling for
the Emperor seem grotesque TO one
who has lived many years among
the descendants Of the sun God
desS.
But one can ignore these faults
in reading a book which should
cause considerable soul searching
among the policy makers in
"Foegy Bottom"
Evening star., 1949-04-17

The MELODRhMAl 10 .
BY Howard Nemerov. Random
House; So
Reviewed by
MARGARET BLAIR SHUMAKER
THE Melodramatists" is a flu-
emily written satire and a thor
oughly remarkable first novel.
There is nothing in this book as
unwieldy as its title. Although
the satire is a bit heavy at times.
the general tenor Of the book is
high.
Howard Nemerov has taken the
conventional. staid Boston family
and ridded it early in the game
of the more conventional elements
OF mother and father. leaving two
daughters. Susan and Claire. and
one son, Roger. to fend for them
selves. Both daughters want Ito
find themselves" and while Susan
turns to psychiatry and becomes
her doctors mistress. Claire looks
for respite in the Catholic Church.
under whose auspices she turns
the family mansion into q deten-
ton home for prostitutes. Mean
while. Roger has joined the RCAF'
and nothing is heard from him
until he returns home at the end
to ind his sisters prisoners in
their own home. while his wife
enthusiastically phys her trade in
the family mansion along with all
the other ladies Of the evening
supposedly finding guidance and
new vision there.
1t is somewhat regrettable that
the satire here Is equally trench
ant throughout: when all lines
In q drawing are of the same in
tensity. the effect startles and
arrests attention but seldom sat
isfies as fully as q subtler draw
ing Of more various lines. Mr..
Nemerov. however. has produced
a mature. entertaining novel. de-
spite his relentless monotony Of
approach.
Evening star., 1949-04-17
Quentin Reynolds Polls Little People,
To Learn Europe's Views Of Democracy
LEAVE IT TO THE PEOPLE BY quentin Reynolds Random
House; $780,
Reviewed by cREsToN B. MULLINS
Reviewed by cREsToN B. MULLINS.

Il did not consciously set out
TO build a case for democracy; /
set out to write about people I
found of interest. Gradually.
through the eyes of these people,
I saw democracy as a growing
force in Europe and not as door,
mat for the use of Communists.
Democracy has one great and won
derful secret weapon which, I be-
lieve, will never be duplicated by
any totalitarian state. The secret
weapon? People. That's an-just
people"
First to Palestine. where he
found people carving new state
out Of an ancient land; then to
italy, where he discovered democ-
racy arising from the ashes Of
fascism, and subsequently to
Greece, France. Holland. Germany
and Norway-in ali these countries
Mr.. Reynolds gathered new evi-
dence that the people are justify
ing the Marshall Plan and all the
aid we have given them.
One of his brightest stories Is
about Souverain, the wonder horse,
which came out of the Normandy
battlefield to win the richest races
in Europe and make his owner a
millionaire. He also met Yvonne
of the Folies Bergere chorus, who
pounds a typewriter all day while
dancing at the Folies at night.
Everywhere he went he met the
common people. the people who
count.
Leave It to the People" is more
than a travelogue, or al urvey of
opinion. It is transcription on
paper of the spirit of the people
Of Europe in the third year after
the defeat Of the Axis powers.
Evening star., 1949-04-17
Jeon-PouI Sortre
Holds the Scales
ForLiteroture
WHAT is LITERATURE?


BY Jean-Paul Sartre. fPhiio-
sophical Library, s4.75J
The prolific and versatile Mr..
Sartre. whose translations reached
us with increasing frequency,
here considers the nature OF lit
erary expression. the various sorts
of readers writer's have tried over
the centuries to reach and the
situation of the contemporary
author. The book is not as for
midable as 1t may sound. for the
French existentialist has analysed
his subject with concrete clarity
rather than with the philosophical
distractions that have suffused
some Of his essays.
Discussing the problem which
the writer. particularly the Euro
pean writer, faced in the post
war confusion as recently as 1887.
Mr.. Sartre says: If ! should be
asked whether the writer. In
order to reach the masses. should
offer his services to the Com
munist party. answer no. The
politics OF Stalinist Communism
is incompatible In France with the
honest practice OF the literary
craft"
He need not have qualified that
by specifying lin France"
Later. he says let us imagine
that a revolutionary party "sys-
tematically lies to It's militants in
order to protect them against un-
certainties, crises OF conscience
and adverse propaganda He
adds: "The end pursued is the
abolition OF a reigme OF oppression
with the pretext Of putting an end
TO 1t? It will be said that the
means is transitory Not If 1t
helps create a lied-to and lying
mankind" And the Communist
party politics OF Lying to its own
troops. of calumniating. OF hiding
its defeats and its faults. COM
promises the goal which IL pur-
sues"
Could 1t be the novelist play
wright philosopher is disillu-
&c. b. J.
Evening star., 1949-04-17
Author Fronk K, Kelly
No Innocent 6ystonder

Recea; Haresp Of The Russian
Iranlan border trouble calls 10
mind An EDGE Of I4ghi. an eA-
celleni novel built around Z N
crisis on tha, very same xc:e sub
ieet~ a. Since sls publication. The
author. Frank X keily. has e~-
come . local boy. sffNtag as fv-
search assistant on Tie Senate
majority policy lob which keeps
him al the Etsht- hand of Seaal lor
Scott Lucas. man Nilo needs all
the help he can set these dsss
MIR Kelly 3 Stal~art sandy
haired, aeSpeetaeled youRg man
who used 10 be a newSpa prfman
himself. has Written has xtuss
about g reporter who. hs hopes ~
the coming variety Of The species,
] wanted to show llox the good
new&ps pefmAn canT play the in
nocent nsSlandcr any more He
has 10 realize that he IA com
pieIeiy involved In q story Ike
the L N and that II has a life
and death meaning fnt him
Reversing the usual tradition AZ
the newspaperman who dreams
OF writing u novel, Mr. Kelly.
native Of Kansas City. produced
large quantities OF fie,ien. mostly
scientific, during What he called
his "interplanetAgy teens. before
he entered Journalism After 10
years OF newspaper aud magazine
work. including service
trick and year ss Nieman
Fellow. he did publicity for the
Government housing program ana
quit 10 finish An Eeige OF llght"
Hes working on q second novel
he prefers not TO discuss untll IN
further along.
Evening star., 1949-04-17

planning his private life. his mo-
tives and the extraordinary hold
he had on his followers.
He also might have given much
more background Of the times.
Bishop Cannon's rise from his
first post of principal Of the
Blackstone Female Institute to a
position of immense political au-
thority not only in Virginia but
throughout the Nation. was ac-
complished largely, according to
Mr.. Dabney, through an organiz-
ational genius. an inexhaustible
capacity for work. a "rhinoceros
hide" and a highly developed
talent for long -winded invective.
Blue Nose Era.
The fierceness and ill-concealed
bigotry which marked the Smith
Hoover race for the Presidency in
1928, a fight which gave Bishop
Cannon. his greatest victory. also
provided him with defenses in his
later vicissitudes. After he had
been accused of dealing with q
Wall Street bucketshop. Of -four
boarding during World War I, Of
behaving in a flagrantly unepis-
copal manner with a woman who
was not his WIFE," he successfully
raised the cry that he was the
victim Of "ultra-wet Roman Cath
olic interests" He was equally
high-handed when called before
q Senate investigating committee
which was trying to track down
the disposition of funds given the
bishop The bishop walked out
on them
{ Mr.. Dabney handles the various
scandalous and unsavory aspects
Of the bishops life with great fas-
tidiousness. His excellently docu-
mented study is also q stimulating
history of an era when many
noses were blue.
WHO, ME?
BY e. J. Kahn. ir. fHarper d
Bros: $2.75.j
Young Mr.. Kahn. like many q
New York reporter before him. is
an amiable victim Of circum-
stances. Not so spectacular a
dupe as Thurber,' nor so bemused
a one as Benchley. he still has
that fair for mild dilemmas which
has always distinguished Ross
men. In this pleasant collection
of pieces, he recounts his mishaps
with such varied bewilderments as
beagles. and blondes. amateur
actors and Herbert Bayaro Swope.
In him the light touch has be-
come positively gentle. His best
essay tells Of the night that he
and his wife gave shelter to .
large assortment of blizzard refu-
gees. Another first-rate story
deals with a veterans reunion
where everybody looked peaceful
and adjusted. Mr.. Kahn has
added postscripts - which don't
add much to each piece and
Irwin Shaw has provided a pref
ace. M. MEG.
Evening star., 1949-04-17
THE BORZOI BOOK OF
MODERN DANCE

by margaret LiOyu. thtOPg, SS-/
Margaret Lloyd. noted dance
critic for the Christian Monitor
has written what amounts to
history of modern dance, with the
accent on how it differs from bal
let or any other art form She
points out that it is Q growing
art. and therefore an art THAT is
vital. Through this deflnitive ap-
proach. she weaves the stories OF
the more prominent figures in the
world of modern dance and ex-
plains their major contributions
and influences upon an art that
viii come into its own as a dis
tinctive art. &C. M. r.
Evening star., 1949-04-17

ever. crSpstf mag}S GESAg eg fssrE,
De dens
Should stop eat.ag hef
horSh, just because | don lake
her ideas ASKS Mr., LoaeQ =
dark. round faced, eo.ll!Hni mat
Who has been ie; 10 SeAgs with
The SEC
When se dlSsasee about q
character. explains Grlsr3SA a
radiant young mAtson seemingly
blessed With ali the patience her
name implies We just step writ
sng and 81, down and explore oQg
whole base philosophy
They Fight for Life
Al the moment. they are dead
locked over q woman III their Asc~
ond book. which IS not a mystery
but a novel OF character Mf
LooeA wants her 10 commit Sai-
eide. Mrs. Lobell is hold!ng cut
to keep her alive They haven I
n " IA "a All AttAa
Il see life IN tragic uonu-
mental. seulpturesaue terms NAYS
Mr., Lobell. who, before he took
UP writing. spent his leisure IN
painting, sculpture and playing
the fiddle, Many examples Of hts
art work. which is all in the mod =
Sn manner. decorate their apart
ment al 1909 Valley street Sc,
Griselda answers. Il see life in
common n-sense terms as n Woman
would. since We provide the CON
tinuation Of life II We were TO
think OF II as tragic. then the
race would end
The Lobells have tso children,
John Joyce and Griselds,
For The Shadow and the Blot, -
MIR. Looell wanted Freudian mott
vation. His wife. daughter OF an
old time pulp fiction writer. In
sisted on plenty OF old-tashioned
sure e-fire clues. The book has =
little OF both. II was started. by
the way. in a converted school
house near Philadelphia where
SEC temporarily assigned Mr..
Lobell. Griselda did the plotting,
he did the Characterization.
A Body In the Closet
or an evening. after the dishes
had been done and the children
put To bed. Griselda would curl
up with her notebook and say 10
her husband with an air OF antici-
patton. There's q body in the
closet"
He would take 1t from there.
pacing up and down, debating
perhaps a whole chapter at time
Next day, while the children were
mapping. Griselda would tran
scribe the dictation. then null
over more sequences and dream UP
new characters.
She says that she thinks that
Nat thought up the idea to make
the whole business OF household
,druggery tolerabie 10 me-" and
goes on with a stancnness that
Barrie himself would admire. II
he didn't work all day he could
write q better book by himself :"
-
In contrast TO the casual Lobelis.
Helen Knowland. wife of RepaIb-
Iican Senator William r. Know
land Of California. plotted her first
mystery, Madame Baltimore. .
with all the care OF q lawyer pre-
pairing q brief, She left nothing
TO chance. made elaborate charts
Of clues TO be developed. motives
TO. be emphasized. synopses of
scenes. chronology and points 10
be strengthened.
The appearance OF her lively
tale OF blackmail and sudden death
in the Capital climaxes 20 years
Of literary effort on the part OF
Evening star., 1949-04-17
Prohibitions Bishop James Cannon, Jr.,
Is Anythino But q Hero to Bioqropher
"LET US PRAY"
Y MESSIAH The Life of BiShop James Cannon. Jr.

DRY MESSIAH. The Life of Bishop James Cannon Jr
BY Vrginius Dabney. fATred A. Knopf; 81
who called "the most powerful
ecclesiastic the Methodist Pope
his biogapher vrnius Dabney editor Of
Richmond Tmes-Dpatch.
shewd reless Virginia cleric generally considered the
prohibition fourished NIGHTLY during
Evening star., 1949-04-17

a period when this country showed
"a passionate prediction for
legislated morality" In his halt
century of public life Mr.. Dabney
implies. the political churchman
loved power more than righteous
ness and publicity more than
justice.
Mr.. Dabney's reason for spend
ing so much time in the presence
of such uncongenial company is
given in a fortnight foreword:
"Cannon's story should be warn
ing to the army of Americans who
oppose any return to the lawless-
ness, hypocrisy and fraud that are
synonymous with prohibition. 1t
should put them on guard against
the sharp practices that Cannon
used in the early years OF the
century to usher in the dry dis
pensation and should make them
wary of future dry messiahs who
hull them to sleep with soothing
soporifics and piouS pronounce
ments.".
Despite his dismay with the man
and his methods, Mr.. Dabney, as
befits the excellent newspaper
man he is. makes every effort to
be objective. In the words Of the
Bishops most virulently criticized
political adversary. AL Smith. he
"looks at the record" This i'm
personality. in fact. is the one
drawback in the book. for he does
not make any attempt to inter-
pret the character who was the
very personification Of the Thou
shalt not" school of morality. The
bishop was, in the testimony Of
one observer. cold as a snake" I"
but Mr.. Dabney should have made
the effort to draw q little nearer
to him for sthe purposes of ex-