davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-26
negro Home in White Area
Stirs Chicago Demonstration
Ry the Assoeioted Press

CHICAGO, July 26.-Fifty po-
licemen dispersed a crowd of 1000
and arrested one white man last
night after a Negro family moved
into its newly purchased house
in a neighborhood dominated by
white families. Rocks and flares
were thrown during the disturb
ance.
The crowd began gathering
after the family moved in at S
pm. at 1853 st. Lawrence avenue.
on the South Side. Several
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-26
It. EIizobeths Dance Set

The Hospital Services Commit
tee of the National Jewish Welfare
Board, q United Service Organiza-
ton member, will sponsor a dance
for the patients of st. Elizabeths
Hospital at 1880 o'clock tonight
in the Red Cross Auditorium of
the hospital. Mrs. Ann Tarshis
will be in charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-26

For the past 10 years. the Bel
gian Congo has been the largest
diamond producer in the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-26

clines were recorded In June for
makers Of all durable goods except
automobiles and airplanes.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Threats Increasing
That Hawaii Strike
Will Spread 10 U. 5.
~ the Assoeiotsd Press

HONOLULU, Aug. 4.-The threat
to spread Hawaii's 96-day dock
tieup to the mainland ballooned
today. A union spokesman said
CIO Pacific Coast longshoremen
can walk out to support the
strikers.
The reason, said Robert w. Nc
Elrath, Is that the West Coast con-
tract never has been ratified by
the rank and file of the Interna-
tional Longshoremen's and Ware
housemen's Union. He is the ILWU
press spokesman here.
ILWU headquarters in San Fran
cisco has advised that the Pacific
Coast contract will not be ratified
"if Hawaii employers and their
agents in the territorial govern
ment continue with their strike
breaking program" Mr.. McElrath
said.
Statement Due Today.
Coast longshoremen, he said in
a radio address last night, have
worked under a back to work
memorandum since December 6,
1948. That was the date of sign
ing a contract ending a 95-day
West Coast dock strike.
This memorandum, Mr.. Nc
Elrath asserted, was to be effec-
tive until the ILWU membership
approved or rejected the general
contract.
In San Francisco, ILWU head
quarters said only that formal
statement relative to the matter"
will be issued later today. Coast
employers likewise refused i'm
mediate comment.
Meanwhile, all negotiations to
end the Hawaii tieup were at a
standstill.
legislature Recesses.
The Hawaii legislature. in the
midst of efforts to pass a bill
aimed at ending the strike by
putting the Government in the
stevedoring business, recessed
until Friday.
Both House and Senate yester-
day bowed to Gov. Ingram M
Stainback's last-minute plea to
modify a House-approved bill
banning the use of strikers OF
management employees. They
passed resolutions to give the Gov
ernor a free hand In hiring
workers.
Before recessing House and Sen
ate set up committees to draft an
amendment to the House bill. The
committees have to iron out two
issues: Whether profits from Gov
ernment dock operation should GO
to industry or to the territory,
and whether stevedores should be
paid the $1.40 hourly pre-strike
wage or less.
The 1000 ILWU stevedores
struck Hawaii's seven dock firms
May for an hourly raise Of 80
cents.
Working Under "ReceSs."
ILWU President Harry Bridges
Is due here tomorrow from San
Francisco. His Office said only
that his trip is in connection
with the strike. Some observers
Evening star., 1949-08-04

The small amount Of steel made
in United States colonial days was
used mainly in bayonets, swords
and cutting tools.
Evening star., 1949-08-04

were inclined to think, however
that his coming might signal re-
sumption of negotiations.
Mr.. McElrath asserted Pacific
Coast longshoremen have been
working since December under a
recess" of last years strike. They
have complied with all Taft-Hart-
ley Act cooling-of requirements,
he said, and could end the re
cess" Immediately.
Mr.. McElrath said an immedi-
ate referendum on the contract
will be asked August % at a
longshore caucus Of all Pacific
Coast ILWU locals. If the con-
tract is voted down, he declared,
coast longshoremen will be on
strike.
"One of their demands will be
that the strike in Hawaii be set
tied before they return to work. "
Mr.. McElrath said.
Evening star., 1949-12-15

Enrique Luzuriaga was sitting
in Constitution Hall the other
night playing the piano when a
most surprising phrase came out
of it. It did not surprise Sr.
Luzuriaga, who, being a tony
pianist for Spanish dancer
named Mariemma, might better
be surprised at turning up in
these low night life precincts. 1t
was the music De Falla wrote, all
right, but it must have seemed
funny to more than one to hear
the pianist start to play "Bessame
Mucho" every now and then. 1t
was just that opening phrase
bessame, beSsame mucho-but it
sounded strange in Constitution
Hall.
It is different with TschaikoW-
ski. It is we'll known that Tschai-
kowski borrowed all those mel
odies from Tin Pan Alley hit
tunes. 1t does not surprise you
to hear a symphony orchestra
sweep into what purports to be a
Tschaikowski symphony. then
turn out to be merely playing a
Goth Century romantic ballad
called "Our Love-" But "Bessame
Mucho" in Constitution Hall is
something else.
It is almost as unnerving as the
experience we had one time in
Gadsby's Tavern in Alexandria.
The occasion was one OF those
reconstructions of an early Colo
nial evening in the theater, with
the attendants garbed in the dress
of the period lurking about in
candlelight. A string quartet on
a balcony, playing tunes of George
Washington's day, veered sudden
ly into what everyone in the room
recognized as "Pepsi-Cola hits
the spot, ETC., etc." And no ghost
singer stepped up, either, to fit it
to the time and the tavern by
singing, "Old madeira hits the
spot"
"Bessame mucho" in Constitu-
ton Hall!
Il X X X
Barnee, the Shoreham Blue
Room maestro, who has been alb
sent from there for a couple OF
weeks, will be back at work by the
end of this week, according to as
surances from his boss, Max Lowe.
The operation which took him of
the bandstand for awhile was
more painful than serious, MIR.
Lowe reports-just sort OF re-
Gaping job to conclude an oper-
alton done year ago.
In Barnee'S absence, though this
Evening star., 1949-12-15
.FSAAnnounces Grants
For Heart Research

Award of four Public Health
Service grants for heart research
were announced today by Acting
Federal Security Administrator
John L. Thurston.
The grants, to Duke University
School of Medicine, Harvard Med
ical School, the University of
Louisville and the Cleveland Clinic
Foundation, are for heart research
projects investigating hardening
of the arteries, high blood pres
sure, and the effect of chemical
and electrical sustances on the
heart.
The funds were given through
the National Heart Institute,
which is in charge of the Public
Health Services heart program.
The awards, totaling $60,961, are
among 369 such grants approved
since July. The Public Health
Services grants to non-Federal
institutions for heart research, i'm
provement and expanding teach
ing, and for construction of labor
atory facilities have reached over
$40, 100000 since that time.
Evening star., 1949-12-15
After
Dark
Music Out of Place, Sounds 1t, Too;
Bornee Returns to Blue Room Soon
BY Harry Macarthur

is a non sequitur, the Blue Room
has a well-balanced entertainment
program. The headliner is an ac-
complished young man named
Truzzi, who juggled Indian clubs,
knives and, for a spectacular cll-
max to his turn, a set OF f1amlng
batons. The knives, he juggles
while bouncing ball on his fore
head, or the hard way. All in all,
he's an entertaining fellow.
Others on the bill at the Blue
Room are the SpauldingS and the
Balladeers. The Balladeers are
quartet Max Lowe has joined to-
gether and for whom he has high
hopes which seem justified. They
are local singers, employed in one
way or another at various radio
stations, and their voices blend
exceptionally well. When they re-
lax a little more and accustom
themselves to the job. they should
go around making people think
Mr.. Lowe is, at least, the Ben Yost
of Washington. Right now the
Balladeers do we'll enough that
the customers don't like to let
them off the floor.
The Spauldings are a dance
team in which the man dances
with two girls who look like twins
instead of one girl who looks like
half dance team. This, of course,
lets them toss in some tricks that
have a look of individuality and
it's a pleasant turn.
Tribute to Sande Williams Over
heard at the Shoreham Palladian
Room:
when you go anyplace else
after you've been here 1t seems
subdued, doesn't it? Here, every
thing is jumping around. You
look at that band and you have
to Jump around"
Anyplace else seems subdued,
huh? Wonder of he's been down
to Bill Kavakos' place to hear
Louis Jordan lately.
X
The late news from the hoe
down front is that Hank Williams
and number of people from the
Grand Ole Opry" troupe will
make a one-night-only appear
ance at the Victory Room Of the
Roosevelt Hotel tomorrow night.
Mr.. Williams, according to those
who purport to know. which is
more than we purport in his field,
is the hottest thing on records
right now in the way of a cowboy
singer. His version Of "Lovesick
Blues" is supposed to have sold
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Home-RuIe Lunch Set
By Suffrage Conference

The Central Suffrage Confer
ence will hold a home-rule
luncheon meeting at 1915 pm.
tomorrow at the American Vet
erans' Committee Clubhouse, 1715
New Hampshire avenue NV.
Representatives Auchincloss,
Republican, of New Jersey and
Kennedy, Democrat, of Massachu-
sets will be guests of honor.
Evening star., 1949-12-15

2 100000 copies in eight months.
If this seems fabulous, remember
anything can happen. Look at the
popularity of Mule Train"
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Ad Club Porty Tuesday

The annual Christmas party of
the Washington Advertising Club
will be held at noon Tuesday at
the StatIer Hotel.
Evening star., 1949-04-10
By the A,soeioted Press

NEW YORK, April 9.-Milton
Berle collected more than $500. .000
for the Damon Runyon Memorial
Cancer Fund tonight in 10 hours
of a 16-hour "telethon."
The comedians program over
the National Broadcasting Com
pany's television network brought
one contribution Of $150,000.
1t was pledged by Samuel Pin
Gus, a Philadelphia cancer victim
Telephone calls taken by beau
ties from the Latin Quarter Night
Club in New York studios alone
brought $117,839 by 10 pm.
Contributions came in so fast
that tabulators were unable to
keep UP with them.
Telephone lines of stations in
Boston, Washington, Baltimore,
Chicago, Philadelphia, Cleveland,
Toledo, st. Louis, New Haven.
Schenectady and Buffalo also
were flooded with calls.
Jack Dempsey. Jackie Coogan
and scores of other entertainers
and celebrities were showing up
to help out Berle. =
Tired but holding UP well, :"
Berle was changing his shirt every
two hours and promising to keep
going until the 4 am. finish line.
Evening star., 1949-04-10
Douglas Injured Left Eye
Shows Slight Improvement
By the As.oeio,sd Press

SOUTHAMPTON, Eng, April o
The injured left eye which
American Ambassador Lewis
Douglas snagged with a flshhook
Is showing signs Of slight i'm
provement." his physicians re-
ported today.
There was no statement whether
the sight of the eye would be i'm
paired. Another examination IL
to be made Wednesday.
Sir Stewart Duke Elder. King
George WIS surgeon-oculist. flew
to Southampton in United
States Air Force plane today to
make the examination.
He was assisted by Maurice II
Whiting, noted London specialist
DR.. Daniel Davies, Mr.. Douglas
personal physician. and E. c.
Zorab, Southampton opthalmic
surgeon.
Mr.. Douglas snagged the hook
in his eye while fishing in the
River Test near here Monday. He
will remain in the hospital for the
time being. the physicians said.
Evening star., 1949-04-10
.5cutt|ing Of Treaty
Denied by Hungary
By the Associoisd Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary. April 8
The Hungarian government to.
day emphatically rejected British
and American accusations that 1,
is scuttling its peace treaty pledge
to protect human rights.
The British and American gov
ernments charged in notes a week
ago to Hungary. Bulgaria and Ro-
mania that the three nations were
disregarding their peace treaty
obligations to give their people
basic freedoms, such as freedom
Of the press, religion and speech
The note to Hungary specifically
mentioned the trial Of Joseph
Cardinal Mindszenty and his sen.
tence to life imprisonment or
charges of plotting against the
government.
Hungary's reply said Britain anC
the United States we're attempt
ing to interfere in Hungary's in
ternal affairs. 1t charged them
with trying to protect medieval
big estates and capitalist monop.
olies which we're most faithful
satellites Of Hitler"
Washington dispatches said the
next step probably would be to
invoke the Hungarian treaty
clause providing fer reference
of q complaint. OF violation to a
commission OF the, Russian, British
and American diplomatic repre-
sentatives in Budapest. The mat
ter eventually might be appealed
to the United Nations.
Evening star., 1949-04-10
BerIe's 16-Hour 'TeIethon' Gets
Half Million to Fight Cancer

I'VE will top all expectations,
he added.
Walter Winchell. instiSator OF
the Damon Runyon fund, tele-
phoned the program from Miami
tonight to tell Berle that Mrs.
Winchell was contributing SIS. 1000.
In Baltimore. station WBAL was
so swamped with incoming calls
that officials had to use pay phones
to call outside.
And as contributions mounted,
NBC said Gov. Lane. of Maryland,
and Mayor Thomas dAlesandro,
of Baltimore, took up stations at
WBAL telephones to help answer
the calls.
The telecast is being routed to
many East Coast and Midwest
cities by coaxial cable.
Lanny Ross, singing star, was
the first entertainment celebrity
to be introduced by Berle. He
sang Yale's famous "Whiffenpoof
Song" as q special performance
for a listener who had just phoned
in the first $500 contribution.
One of the highlights Of the
evening schedule Is the auction
of Golden Sarah II. prize Ayrshire
calf from the herd Of Charles Z.
Wilson. president Of General
Motors.
Evening star., 1949-04-10

by workers making visits to the
homes of families with whom they
were working.
Cases Handled Confidentially.
The Information and Referral
Service receives people sent by
policemen. bus station employees.
employment counselors and others.
as well as those who come on their
own initiative.
Mrs. Willis, who has a calm and
friendly air, points out that people
who call in about troubles Of
others always are asked to put the
person involved in touch with her
office. This is not only to avoid
a possible intrusion where help OF
the service Is not wanted, but to
Evening star., 1949-04-10
De Casper threatens Thu at Force
AGAINST Communist Coup
Nv ,hs Assoe;o,sd Press

ROME, April 9.-Premier de
Gasperi asserted tonight that his
government was ready to use
force against any attempts by
Communists or other groups to
overthrow our free institutions. "
In a speech to the Chamber OF
Deputies, he defended the action
of national police in recent clashes
with strike rioters he said were
led by Communists.
"A notable quantity Of lubri-
Gated arms are being discovered
these days." he said, "and violence
against the liberty Of work which
has accumulated in these past
months are enough to demon
strate that these dangers (of an
uprising against the government
are not imaginary"
Evening star., 1949-04-10
Buck, Shooting Victim.
Is Able to Leuve Hospital
RY tho Assesiotsd Pfssx

NEW YORK. April 9.-Former
Congressman Ellsworth B. Buck.
was released today from Staten
Island Hospital to convalesce at
home.
Mr.. Buck was shot three times
In the leg and groin Tuesday.
Charles Van Newkirk, 81. of
Amherst, NH. is being held on
a charge Of felonious assault in
connection with the case. which
police called a revenge shooting.
Mr.. Buck headed COMPRESSION
al committee which upheld dis
missal of Newkirk as q ships
engineer.
Evening star., 1949-04-10
Reds Offer CIemency
II Nanking Regime
Surenders Quickly
o. re Assess sss FTsas

NANk1NG. April She Com
muniSts tonight offered the reel
ing Chinese government Glenn
ency" in return for quick sur
render.
Red armies put pressure on the
invitation by smashing with new
intensity at the government 8
slender bridgeheads along $50
miles OF the Yangtze river
Nationalist leaders confronted
the alternatives Of throwing them
selves on the Communists mercy
or trying TO block a major mill
tary drive into South China.
The deadline for q decision al
ready has been set by the Reds
as next Tuesday. April u.
The clemency offer was con-
tanned in a message from Mao
Tze-tung. Communist chairman,
to Ii Tsung- ien. acting president
Answers Dramatic Offer.
It was broadcast by the Peiping
radio in reply TO Las statement
Thursday that he was willing 70
be burned in oil or dismembered
| If that would bring peace 10 SUI
fering China.
Moa repeated his frequent de-
mand that the government speed
/ ily accept the eight Red terms
proclaimed last January IA. These
eight points amount TO uncondi-
| tional surrender OF the govern
ment. The first and thorniest oil
them calls for punishment of the
scores of Nationalist leaders whom
the Reds have called war Grim
inalS."
Since you agree to the eight
point terms as the basis for ne
eotiations," Mao stated. then by
concretely realizing them on the
basis of these eight principles. II
will not be difficult to reach q
correct SeltlemenL.
This applies also to the ques-
ton of war criminals. The Cri-
terion for all these are whether
the advancement Of the cause OF
the Chinese people and the set
tlement of the domestic question
through peaceful means are ex-
pedited.
Under such a criterion. we are
prepared to adopt q policy OF
clemency."
Loss Of Icheng Admitted.
The Communist armies. mean
while were rapidly setting the
stage for crossings to the south
bank Of the Yangtze. For more
than four months that broad
stream has been an informal
boundary between Communist and
Nationalist China.
Today the government admit
ted loss of Icheng. north bank
ferry port II miles northeast OF
Marking. (The Reds said they
captured 1t Thursday.
The commander Of the Nank-
| ing Shanghai sector. Gen. Tang
En-po. was reported directing the
defense of another vital north
bank point opposite Chinkiang. IS
miles east Of Nanking. 4''t7f
New Red attacks also were re-
ported opposite Wuhu. upstream.
SO miles southwest of Nanking.
Neutral military observers said
Wuhu might well be the chosen
spot for the first Communist
crossing. 1t Is the end of a south
bank railroad leading to Nanking.
Evening star., 1949-04-10
Welfare Bureau Knows the Answers

A cautious young prospective
bridegroom wants statistics on the
success Of marriages where the
wife is older than the husband.
A 22-year-old mechanics wife
with a 6-month -old baby is des-
perate because her husband has
left her after a quarrel over money
matters.
A kindly woman wants to give
eight good automobile tires TO
some one who needs them.
These people represent some Of
the hundreds who each month
turn to guidance to Mrs. Ruth
Willis, in charge Of the Informa-
ton and Referral Service OF
United Community Services.
Knows Where to Get Answers.
Mrs. Willis does not deal with
the problems themselves. But she
puts the callers in touch with the
community agency most likely to
be of help to them.
For instance, the matrimony-
minded young man was directed
to the Social Hygiene Society, a
Community Chest agency which
includes in its program marriage
counseling service aimed toward
better marriages. home building
and family life.
The unhappy wife was referred
to a Community Chest family
agency. which could investigate
her trouble and perhaps direct her
to the Public Assistance Depart
ment, tax-supported agency
which could provide maintenance
until she was able to work and
care for her child, or her husband
returned.
The tires, 1t was found. could
be used by one of the Community
Chest family agencies whose sta
+{n,o xryo ,,en to y,
Evening star., 1949-04-10
Rev. John D. Lee
To Speak in Arlington

The Rev. DR.. John D. Lee, who
will become canon in Grace Epis-
copal Cathedral, San Francisco
this summer. will deliver the first
Of five Holy Week messages at the
II ana. service today in Walker
Chapel Methodist Church. 4102
N. Glebe road, Arlington.
DR.. Lee also will speak at the
8 pm. services tomorrow through
Thursday next week. The serv-
ices will be conducted by the Rev.
j. William Hough, pastor of
Walker Chapel.
Evening star., 1949-04-10

'promote efficiency in dealing with
a problem.
Mrs. Willis stresses that all cases
are handled confidentially. and
that the scope of problems for
which there are agencies ready 70
help far exceeds that OF direct
charity. These include private.
public and Chest-supported ones.
Financial need may be just the
problem a person recognizes. she
says. We feel that II people know
where they can get get help. some
times these other problems that
are breaking down our family life
can be corrected. So many peo-
pie just don't realize there are
resources in the community 10 i'm
prove community life"
! Housing Is Knotty Problem.
The UCS clearing house does
not claim TO be a panacea for all
troubles. Housing is an especially
knotty problem. But If there is
a source Of assistance the Infor-
nation and Referral Service Is
| likely to know about it.
| Persons who need its guidance
may call at the UCS office. ll0l
M street NV, or telephone Met
ropolitan 1884 weekdays between
$50 IN. and 5 pm. In cases OF
emergency after these hours, and
on holidays and week ends. they
may call the Travellers Aid So
ciety at Union Station, or the
Salvation Army.
| United Community Services is
a voluntary association Of public
and private health. welfare and
recreation agencies. community
organizations and members Of the
general public for the purpose OF
assuring that the health. welfare
and recreation needs Of the COM
Ynurity are met