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Evening star., 1949-10-03

what Does the Citizen Need
TO Know to Be a Responsible
Voter?" will be the theme of a two
day conference to be held by the
League Of Women Voters of the
United States beginning tomor-
row at Pierce Hall, Sixteenth and
Harvard streets NV.
The conference will be the first
of series of II regional meetings
throughout the country arranged
to arouse citizens to become active
in political life. Leaders of local
leagues from Pennsylvania. Mary
land, West Virginia, Virginia and
the District will attend the con-
ference here.
During the coming year the
league will carry on an intensive
campaign to arouse voters to the
Importance Of political parties in
representative government and
the need for citizens not only to
vote but to help in party activi-
ties.
The II scheduled conferences
will train leaders to work in their
own communities.
Mrs. John c. cClintock, presi-
dent of the District League of
Women Voters, will welcome the
delegates at 10 am. tomorrow.
The national president, Miss Anna
Lord Strauss, will preside at a
luncheon at noon.
The morning program will fea-
ture a discussion on "A Com
plete Voters Service Program" by
Mrs. John G. Lee, national vice
president; Mrs. Donald Bishop of
Philadelphia, Mrs. Clarence E.
Fisher of WASHINGTON. Mrs. Jo-
Evening star., 1949-10-03

Mrs. John r. Murdock, wife of
the Representative from Arizona,
will be guest speaker at the Chi
Omega Fall Eleusinian dinner at
$3.50 p. m. Wednesday at The An
chorage, Alexandria.
Mrs. William Blake Thompson
is chairman for the dinner and
Mrs. Howard E. Tolley will be
toastmistress. Mrs. Newton Mont
gomery is. in charge of reserva-
tions.
Members of the Richmond (Va.)
Alumnae Chapter of Delta Gamma
Fraternity will be the guests of
the Washington alumnae group at
a dinner meeting at $50 p. m.
tomorrow at the home of Mrs.
Richard Mayo. 401 Rosemary
street, Chevy Chase, Md.
Mrs. George Blanchard and
Miss Dorothy Foster are in charge
of reservations.
Members of Phi Mu Sorority
who are newcomers to the Wash
Evening star., 1949-10-03

in most instances, not so much by
the death as by the attitude Of
adults toward it. Give them extra
love and attention.
@. What percentage of babies
born In this country are illegiti-
mate.
A. Eight per cent is the figure
generally accepted.
Dr.. Popenoe will answer queries about
marriage relationships without eharge
Address all letters to DR.. Paul Popenoe in
care Of The Star. inclosing self-addressed
strictly confidential)
Evening star., 1949-10-03
Club Will Give Tea
For Peter N1illerS

Mr.. and Mrs. M. Peter Miller,
jr., will be the honor guests at a
tea to be given by the American
Newspaper Women's Club from S
to 7 pm. next Monday at the
Raleigh Hotel.
Mrs. Miller, the new publisher
of the Washington Times-Herald,
recently was elected to member
ship in the club.
Reservations for the tea. which
close Friday, may be made with
Mrs. Margaret Hart Candy.
Evening star., 1949-10-03
Harry Behn toSpeak

Harry Behn, author and illus
traitor of children's verse, will be
guest speaker at a meeting of the
Washington Chapter, National
Society of Arts and Letters, to be
held at 2 pm. tomorrow at the
home of Mrs. James E. Douglass
in Rockville.
Mr.. Behn will be introduced by
Evening star., 1949-10-03
Membership Dance

The Business and Professional
Chapter of B'nai Birth Women
will open its membership drive
with a cocktail dance to be held
at $50 pm. Saturday at the Am
baSSador Hotel.
Evening star., 1949-10-03

Mrs. w. Ridgley Chapline, pro-
gram chairman. Mrs. William H.
Hessick will preside at the bust
ness session.
Evening star., 1949-10-03
Membership Tea

The annual membership tea Of
the Young Married Womens Club
Of the YWCA will be held from
2 to 4 pm. Wednesday at the
YWCA headquarters.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-24

Spirit OF Christmas and managed
to retain II for S65 days a year.
Taking old man Border as an
illustration. Walter. Hays points
out in his editorial that a lot of us
put on our best Christmas man
ners for Christmas Day and then
forget them for the rest of the
year. He says we go down the
street and out Of our way to greet
folks on Christmas and then
ignore them the rest of the year.
We smile and do little things to
please others at this particular
period. but when Christmas is
over We slump back into the old
rat.
lie urges that we take a page
from I'd Borders happy expert
ence and live every day as
though IL were Christmas. This
practice made Ed Border of In
diana a happy man and it did
even more for his family and
neighbors
Its amazing" Walter says,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-24

''the power and influence OF the
happiness of one mar" Gong
further he points out that your
Happiness Power" too, is far
reaching. He urges all of us to not
only recognize the true spirit Of
Christmas, but to realize that the
same things that bring happiness
at this season can maintain hap
pinesS throughout the year.
1t was not Gods intent that
Christmas should exist for only a
day. It was intended to ignite a
flame in human hearts that would
make all mankind brothers and
cause us TO share our joys and
sorrows with our fellowmen,
striving together to make a bet
ter world.
When we learn that the Spirit
of Christmas was intended to
serve mankind in his daily life
1865 days a year, we will then
know the real happiness and joy
that was given us in Bethlehem
two thousand years ago,
Evening star., 1949-06-05

VOCAL: BY singing everything ballads, swing,
hill-billy tunes - and by singing them often.
10 Stafford has become living-room favorite.
You might try her teamwork with Gordon MacRae
on My One and Only Highland Fling and
Thank You" (CapitoD.
DRAMA: Columbia comes up with new idea:
recordings of Producer Director Bob Shayon's
You Are There" programs. First subjects are
The Battle of Gettysburg" and The Signing of
the Magma Charta" - both treated as if the re-
porters you hear were on the scene. Reporters Ken
Roberts and John Daily do particularly good job.
jazz: For blue-rbbon combination of voice
and orchestra, get Martha Raye and Phil Moore
on After You've Gone" discovery. also Pianist
Mary Lou Williamss knowledge" (King).
CHILDREN: Wonderful stuff for the juveniles is
Vox's Music Master Series. Latest one is Men
delssohn - His Story and His Music" It's a
fine wedding Of good drama and good music
CLASSICAL: For those who want musical
splurge Victor has produced a complete, two
volume version of Gounod's Faust" Brilliantly
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, it stars the
Paris Opera voices Very impressive. J. NJ.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-13
Lawrence Brown,
Impresurio ofSpirituu|s

NEW YORK (ANP)- Lawrence
Brown, 45-year-old accompanist of
Paul Robson, noted baritone art
list, has realized in % years an
ambition which had it's beginning
when he was a 19-year-old youth
in Jacksonville, Fla. Determined to
be more than a field hand, Brown
began the long hard climb up the
ladder of achievement to reach his
present heights as "impresario of
the spirituals."
The son of a former slave,
Brown left his home in Jackson
vile and. started North. He landed
in North Carolina and spent three
months there until he could earn
enough money to 60 still further
North.
Finally he reached Boston and
got a job as an elevator operator.
From his earnings, he paid for
lessons in music, attended the ba-
llet and opera, and listened to
the music Of the masters. His in
itial start as accompanist was with
Marian Anderson and Roland
Hayes, during a period when these
great artists could only be heard
in Negro churches because of Am
erica's system of Jim crowism.
Roland Hayes secured a book
ing in L o n d , England and
carried Brown with him. The two
we're in England for IA years. In
1922, Brown met Robson, who
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-13
Atlanta RealtOr
Made Local MA.
CP Exec. Sec'y

ATLANTA CAMP John H.
Calhoun, prominent realtor and
civic figure, became the first full
time paid executive secretary of
the local NAACP branch when he
was selected for the post here
last month by a personne | and
nominating committee of the local
branch Calhoun, whose license to
sell real estate was evoked last
spring by a Observation-Disclosures
state real estate board, led the
Atlanta Negro Voters league par
ticipation in the recent city pri-
mary election.
A graduate of Morehouse col
lege, he is an accountant and for
moerly served as business man
ager at Tuskegee institute. For
several years, he was chairman of
the Atlanta Pan Hellenic council.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-13

In the 4-city traffic safety con-
test our city which has been fight
ing for the bottom finally reach
ed there last week. With 35 traf-
fic deaths this year up to Friday
noon. Dayton moved below Toll
edo which up to that time had "a
deaths. Omaha the only non!Ohio
city in the contest is far in the
lead with FL deaths while Akron
is in second place with 80.
What is most interesting about
the figures compiled is that Day
ton shows the. smallest improve
ment by far over last years rate.
Up to the same date last year
Dayton had SO traffic deaths.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-13
Xmas Revue at
Classic Gardens

The Classic Garden bar at Ger
mantown and Euclid Streets is
featuring it's gala Christmas show
starting this week. The popular
mite spot has exceeded all past
performances in bringing to Day
ton some of the finest in enter
tainment in this area.
From Columbus, Ohio, comes
one of the newest discoveries in
show business, miss Glad Rogs."
This, of course, is her stage name.
Her real name is Miss Gladys
Patrick. She has been singing the
blues for the past year. We don't
mean she has been gripping, we
NEAR she is a blues singer who
can really make you rock and roll.
Those who have been attending
the shows at the Classic have pro-
badly seen "Sarasparilla Mae" the
female impersonator and will pro-
badly want to see her again. Well
he will be there at each show. His
name is Billy Cheers and he is a
veteran performer. Billy's home
town is the Quaker City, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
Providing the music will be the
Continued on Page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-13
Death Rate
Dayton

This is just a difference of 8.
Omaha has improved by 9 fewer
deaths to take next to last place.
In short drivers here are just
as reckless as they were last year.
Between reckless drivers and haz-
ardous grade crossings which cut
the town in an unbelievably great
number of places a persons life
is hardly worth. the proverbial
plugged nickel.
How many more Daytonians
will hear the tolling ofthe bell be-
fore the year 1949 has passed
out Of existence? This is a ques-
ton which only Dayton motorists
can answer. Will you help to make
the answer None?
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-13
From Police BIotter
By Jimmie N. Jones'
By Jimmie N. Jones

Kermit A. Knott, Of 21O Lin
coin St., no doubt will have to
learn to drive an automobile all
oyer in 1875 for that's when he
will be allowed to take the drivers
seat according to the sentence
handed down in Municiple Court
Monday morning by Judge Paul
Sherer, when he ruled him of the
road for a period Of twenty five
years, along with a fine of $50
and cost and 90 days in the work
house with the latter being sus-
pended on condition of good. be-
havior.
According to the Court record.
Knott is nearly so years old now
and has four previous arrests for
driving while under the influence
Of liquor for which he was sent
enced Monday morning.
William E. Chaplin, of 81 Pull
aski st. was the victim Of a strong
arm robbery Sunday morning
about 1880, when he was slugged
by two men near the corner Of
Washington and Ludlow SITS.
According to- the story Of Cha
pin, the two bandits pounced on
him and after beating him in the
face took 81 from his billfold and
after returning it left him on the
ground.
Just to prove the theExPRESS
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-13

was playing a part in the show
with Mrs. Patrick Campbell, fore
most English actress of her time.
1t was then Brown heard Robeson's
voice for the first time, and COM
mented "you have a great voice."
In 1928, the two men met again
in New York and got together to
begin a combination of singing and
playing that was to become world
famous. The teams first concert
was an informal n before a
party Of friends, including the
late Haywood Broun, most widely
read newspaper columinist in New
York at that time. The concert
was a success and their first public
concert was arranged a little later
at which seats were sold at $50
a piece.
Since then, the two men have
performed together in concerts
al lover the world, rendering
spirituals and classical music with
an equally delicate Interpretation.
Brown not only acts as accom-
PIANIST, but is a composer of note
and a singer in his own right.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-13

strong enough for sabotage.
The power of the condition Of
reactionary Republicans and Dix
iecrats inthe Senate was tragical-
ly evident during the debate on
the anti-filibuster resolutions last
March. It OVERRIDE the statesman
like anti-filibuster ruling of the
Vice President Of the United
States; it had sufficient votes to
block the Senate Majority Leader
from carrying a normally routine
motion to recess it then proceeded
to defeat filibusters.
The 81st Cingress saw also the
emergence to power o f another
group of civil rights foes. Com
ing out ofthe southwest, Senators
like Carl Hayden d., Ariz.) and
Pat McCarran d., New RI front
men and chief maneuverers for
Continued on Page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-13
Produces Brilliant
Pianist and
Talented Poet
NEW (ANP)

NEW ORLEANS (ANP) -
Ample proof that talent "runs
inthe family" is furnished by the
two daughters of a prominent
Methodist minister of this city.
One daughter, Margaret Walker,
whose remarkable book of poetry,
"For My People," won nationwide
acclaim, is the author of a forth
coming second publication.
Her sister, Mercedes, who be-
CONTINUED on Page AZ
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-13
8lst Congress Half
Way Mark
By Leslie S. Perry, Washi'

By Leslie S. Perry, Washington
Bureau, NAACP
On October 20 came the adjourn
ment of the longest peacetime
session of Congress in more than
rs years. The 81st Congress-the
brave new Fair Deal Congress
began last January with high
hopes. Many persons, both in and
out of Congress, firmly believed
that the 81st Congress would be
like the first New Deal Congress
Of 1888. They expected it to pass
the greater part ofthe Presidents
program including the entire civil
rights program during the first A
months. But what those well-wish-
ers failed totake into account was
that the voters had not done a
thorough housekeeping: the new
Congress still had a Republican
Dixiecrat core-large, hard and
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-13

was right in it's warning against
careless Christmas shoppers, with
respect to leaving their purses
opent and to the advantage of
Up ick-pocke cts" and" petty
thieves, Mrs. Freda Gerlaagh, OF
16 Burkhardt ave., was the victim
of a SIG loss in a downtown
store Monday.
According tothe victim, she was
purchasing some items in the
store and forgot her purse lyin,
on the counter at the time. Later
when she was leaving discovered
that her Bill Fold was missing
after finding her purse was open.
This was one of the items men
toned in the warning of this writ
er in Item 8, in the Monday edi-
ton titled "Simple Rules During
Christmas Shopping" Remebrs? ?
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-13
"Christmas In Our
Homes" To Be
Teleyised

A Christmas Everywhere show
will be presented to Daytonians
next Tuesday, December 20, from
TOO to 7:15 pm. over WHO
TV. The show is entitled, Christ
mas in Our Homes" It will be
sponserode by the weekday church
CONTINUED on Page y
Evening star., 1949-05-01
Circus Days in Washington

ns nsvE scae AHy. scwvver. Tor
sn taking over et.vas matters wgin
Sim BE sAic hs though. I, woaae
- . scoc satnx and rsaks n&-r~,.
a money circus p~orle aaways
talk cs money BY tns barrett D
winter ct-vns vAa cr~n~d Up tr
Washtnxton T1se vas sZled lhe
city with soldiers and thsy sg~nt
noney freely Ccyie further ssas .
gested that ~ Tire ctrcsa he hse
been with Was cosng nothing ne
thought II eos.le De brought nsse
but that 70 make !; as attractive
as possible there should ee sesne
animals secured
Up 20 thai time Rarnam bad
been before the rAnlK esl.y a.
the proprietor q hA!l Sracws an6
museums. II vas known that be
had about = dos~n old hears In
New York which the people therw
had tired Of. and ne thought they
might Be secured Correspondence
was entered into with the owners
Of the circus. Adam FoE~pau rs h
James r. Cooper ard John
O'Brten. all Of whom have gons
to their reward since The upxno;
Of the matter was that BAfn4m
agreed to contribute his hears
handled by Grizzly Adams the
father Of Grtrnsldi Adams. famous
since as u clown FoTepauge
Cooper and OBsisn 10 furnish
their circus and Sim 10 furnish
tie lot. pay for advertising bill
Evening star., 1949-05-01

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Evening star., 1949-05-01
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Evening star., 1949-05-01

The United States Possesses the
atom bomb-hy far the most
devastating weapon ever con-
ceiyed by the human mind.
Eventually. and quite likely
within the next decade. potential
enemies also will have . stock pile
Of these bombs.
Thus arises the grim prospect Of
half the world hurting them
against the other half. and setting
them hurled back. II is . fear
some prospect. There has been q
lot OF hysterical and ill-intormed
thinking.
DR.. Iapp. for some years . War
Department expert. puts some
hard common sense into the pic
ture. He has done q good Job In
dispelling some Of the terror tn
spired by such books Is Or. Brad
ley's mo Place to Hide"
II is useless to deny the terribly
destructive effects OF the new
weapon or that. up TO now. there
Ia really no adequate defense
against II. Neither Is there any
adequate defense against q rife
bullet. or q SNOWFALL, II one hap
pens to be In It's path.
Use Of the bomb by any country
viii be attended by enormous dif-
flculties and enormous expense
There is no guarantee that IL Will
be a definitive weapon. that II
will mean quick victory. or ma
terially shorten future war. Such
war will be more terrible and
more expensive than any struggle
in the past, beyond doubt. and II
will bring numerous new prob
lens
The bomb will be OF little value
against troops In the field. II will
kin a lot Of civilians and destroy
their homes. but the net effect
probably will be to make peoples
Evening star., 1949-05-01
ey Joha C1eests Pmescs

The oldest fnhahssans sAn rscan
no greatAy os,,ghs than stsandins
the etrcsa and feeding peanuts 70
ths elephant ana vhsn Ia lss2
Barnum brought Jumbo and the
baby elephant b scwn ths kids
went almost erAU.
The circus came 70 Washington
that year On April 20 and the next
day occurred the usual spectacsalar
parade led By ths mounted police
men Of the city a. the pageant left
the circus grounds then On the
lot between 8 and T streeta and
Ninth and Tenth. then also known
a. Athletic Park. where the writer
also saw his frss circus. known as
O-Briens.
Death of Jumbo
To the circus-minded public. =
show Of this kind Was quite .
curiosity and 1t came 20 Wash
ington several times aftsrward
and then. finally. On September
IS, 1885. Jumbo vas run down by
freight train In Canada and
fatally injured. A dispatch from
St. Thomas, Ontario. said;
Jumbo. the $500. 900 elephant,
was killed on the Grand Trunk
airline track half q mile east Of
here last night, His keeper was
leading him along the track when
freight train came up behind
unnoticed and ran him down, He
was injured so badly that he died
in 30 minutes, The trick elephant.
Tom Thumb. also was injured, his
leg being broken"
Hannibal Was Bigger
But as big as Jumbo was, the
writer doubts II he was the big
gest elephant brought to this
country. and in his conclusions he
is fortified by an account In the
National 1ntelligencer OF May 20.
1855, which tells OF the death Of
Hannibal. At Centreville. Pa, as
follows:
The world-renowned perform
ing animal. Old Hannibal. which
for almost half q century has been
the greatest wonder Of the animal
kingdom. died In Centreville. In
this county. on last Sunday the
'7th instant. at 7:5l o'clock am.
Hannibal was the largest ant
NAL ever exhibited on this CONT
nent, His height was IL feet 8
inches. and his weight was ascer-
tanned to be $4,000 pounds. or ia
tons. He consumed 800 pounds of
hay. 3 bushels Of oats and IS gal
Ions of water per day. He was
supposed to be In his 60th year
at the time of his death. For SO
years he traversed this continent
at an average Of 5000 miles per
year. the greatest curiosity ever
to the wondering mil
lions"
Barnum in Washington
Even In the days before the Civil
War. the public streets were often
given over to the circus COM
panies. and 1t was on Louisiana
avenue nov a thing Of the past)
between Ninth and Tenth streets
that Barnum Is said to have made
his first appearance as circus
owner. AS the story goes. 1t hap
pened this way:
In the fall OF 1883. Hugh coyIe.
who had been employed during
the previous summer as a drum
mer in the band connected with
Gardner. Hemmine ds Co.'S Circus.
returned TO Washington. having
finished his engagement, the CIR
Gus going into winter quarters.
w. Z. Sim was then running
Canterbury Hall. on Louisiana
avenue. as q variety theater. and
he gave Coyle q Job selling tickets
Evening star., 1949-05-01

Neat machine cancellations may
be obtained from the postmaster
at Southboro. Mass. Send
stamped. self-addressed envelopes
with clipping of this notice.
Evening star., 1949-05-01

mAddeF st each ether rather than
10 COW them. The great advantAss
viii be in the possiele eestTGciien
os enemy industry and military tn
stalls,ions. This will require &C.
seniially complete control al the
air. which wili be bitterly con.
tested II 10 quite unlikely that
another Hiroshima ever wia es
possible
Altogether. Df Lapp's eonf 10
an excellent Aniidots for worTy
over things that quite likely never
atll happen.