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Evening star., 1949-07-05
Record Drunk Docket
Of 1900 Cases Set
Here Last Month

! With yesterdays heavy haul OF
191 drunk cases, Municipal Court
recorded a total of nearly 2,30C
entries In It's June drunk docket
the largest monthly figure since
before the war.
Two judges were required to
handle yesterdays holiday "visi-
tors" charged with intoxication
since Saturday. Both Judges Ma
dine L. Gallagher and Walter j
Casey spent nearly four hours
clearing the >climactic rush OF
June business in two separate
courtrooms.
On a day when court normally
operates on a half-holiday basis
the two drunk court" jurists hac
to stay 80 minutes overtime, with
out declaring even a lunch recess
Fl Face Federal Charges.
In the only other Municipal
Court branch open yesterday
Judge Thomas D. Quinn likewise
remained until pm. clearing 6
heavy docket of Al locked up de-
PENDANTS facing Federal charges.
Explanations for the heavy
traffic in drunk court" were
many and as various as those
usually offered in the face Of any
increase or decline in the activi-
ties of the city's drinking popu-
lace.
During one break in the process
sion before him Judge Casey OBJ
served to a reporter that "the
police must have been very vigi-
liant over the week end"
Sees Money "Short."
Discussing the jump in the
monthly figure from the Gus
tomary 1.400-1 500 average totals
of previous months, one long time
clerk suggested that defendants
may be having hard time get
ting collateral to post at police
precincts.
This spokesman recalled that
back in the depression days in the
l930s daily drunk court lists usu-
ally passed the 200 mark. Money
was short, so they had to come
to court instead Of posting and
then forfeiting IS or $40 col
lateral" this observer said.
Another court attache sub
mitted that he has found when-
ever a lenient judge presides over
drunk court a single defendant
may get arrested two or three
times q month. necessitating a
court appearance each time.
"Stricter judges put a man away
for 80 to 60 days. and that man
stays out of circulation at least
that long" the attache observed.
Penalties Are Average.
Judge Frank H. Myers. on a
two-day July 4 vacation. has been
experimenting with a policy OF
giving another chance to all de-
PENDANTS he has seen for the first
time. This policy has been in
effect since June 6. and the jail
population has decreased accord
ingly, jail authorities have re-
ported.
Yesterdays penalties were about
the average imposed by most OF
the Municipal Court judges. Fines
ranged from IS to $50. with cor
responding alternative Jail terms
while some of the harder peren-
niels were given 80 days straight
time. Suspended sentences were
few.
And as the population in the
Evening star., 1949-07-05
District Man Faces Charge
|0f Murder in Street Fiqht

A 39-year- old colored man to-
day was in jail without bond
charged with murder, pending
a coroner's inquest into the stab
bing of a second colored man.
William Cornelius Jones of the
1900 block of Fourth street NV.
was held on the charge on his
Municipal Court appearance be-
fore Judge Thomas D. Quinn. The
judge postponed a hearing for two
weeks pending coroners action.
Slain in a street dispute Satur-
day night was Nathaniel Nutting-
ham, 35, of the same address as
the defendant. Mr.. Nottingham
died at Freedmens Hospital five
hours after he was stabbed in the
abdomen a block away from his
home.
Evening star., 1949-07-05

second annual Institute Of the
Theater of William and Mary Col
lege here.
Miss Althea Hunt, associate pro-
fessor of fine arts at the college
and director Of the institute, will
speak next week.
On July 10 and 20, the speaker
will be John Reich, head of the
television department of the New
School for Social Research, New
York. The lectures are held at 2
pm. in the Wren Building.
Evening star., 1949-07-05
ADVERTISEMENT,

in, insert the holders before
cooking, then lift them out with
a fork. They will get hot in
the water, naturally, but bless
them, they are cool before the
corn reaches the table.
Personally, we'd like to pre-
sent the man who invented
cornholders with a special GER
tificate of merit. Anyone who
has been the innocent victim
Of an apparently harmless ear
of buttered corn probably
shares our feelings.
ANOTHER HANDY little
gadget is the potato clipper.
You can use it for lattice po-
tatoes, for French fries, for
carrots, beets and cabbage. The
things you can do with this
little gadget are limitless, and
it's a very good investment for
15c.
There's also = little bottle
stopper with pourer that you
might investigate. 1t has a
plastic jigger cover that is use
full, too.
IF you're planning \ picnic
after the "FOurth"-just to be
different - this stand has
sandwich bags, paper cups,
plates and all the other neces-
stiles for lunch out of doors.
AGAIN we are in LIFE mag
azine. The latest issue shows
Mrs. Estes Kefauver with her
prize winning portrait of her
daughter, receiving her prize
down at Center Market City.
Mrs. Kefauver was a prize
winner in our Second Annual
Art Show.
FOR household gadgets, and
the food and drink to use them
with, visit us down at
CENTER MARKET CITY .
9Th end K NV.
Evening star., 1949-07-05

cellblock swelled. so did the num-
ber of policemen required to bring
the cases into court. The court
liaison Office reported 100 officers
from all precincts showed up,
some individual policemen pre-
sented up to Is cases alone.
Evening star., 1949-07-05
Author Of The Lost Colony
To Lecture in WILLIAMSBURG
Speeiol Dispofeh TO The sior

WILLIAMSBURG. Va, July
5.-Paul Green. author of THE
Lost Colony" and The Common
Glory" will deliver the first of two
lectures today on The Playwright
and His Art"
His talk Is sponsored by the
Evening star., 1949-07-05

HOW MANY times have you
been intrigued by those little
ice cubes they serve in hotels
with holes through the center?
Now you can have them in
your own home. Augustus, the
stand that has such fascinat-
ing household gadgets, has a
new plastic ice cube freezer
with a plastic center that
presses down for easy removal
of the cubes. 1t also leaves
that center hole through which
you can thrust straws, mud
dlers and slippers. A pleasing
new idea for adding zip to cool
summer drinks.
THERE'S NOTHING more
delectable than corn on the
cob. Also, there's nothing
messier. Corn on the-cob can
play havoc with a pretty sum-
mer dress or best suit unless
you have some corn holders on
hand. There are dozens on the
market, but we especially liked
those at Augustus stand.
They're inexpensive-only 10c
for a card of fOur-but they're
made of stainless steel, that
durable metal. They won't
twist, turn or get hot from the
c0rn's steam, either.
If you want an easy way of
removing your corn from the
hot water it has been cooked
Evening star., 1949-02-14
By Alice Eversmon

Isaac Stern'S appearance as vio-
lin soloist with the National SYM
phony yesterday in Constitution
Hall, might be considered his
Washington debut although he
played five years ago at the Water
Gate. During his performance
of the Bruch Concerto in G
minor" at that time. lightning and
thunder accompanied him and the
storm broke as he reached his
last movement. Even under such
trying circumstances, he left the
impression of virtuoso Of diStinc-
tive calibre which was confirmed
and strengthened on his return
appearance.
The Brahms Concerto on yes
terady's program presented him
with many more demands tech
nically and interpretively than
did the Bruch. 1t is work re-
Quiring an all-around maturity
and this Mr.. Stern has together
with brilliant finger deXterity, dis
played in a flashing account OF the
bravura passages, and a beautl-
fully expressive tone. His playing
of the three movements was in
fused with telling effects in tonal
tinting exceptionally communica-
tive in the lovely "Adagio.' Mr..
Stern gave it, and the repeated
song-like theme of the first move
ment, and intimate character
which to some degree became al
most too personal.
There is a loftiness Of idea in
this concerto that carries its
message unaided except by. the
quality of the artists tone and
his musical comprehension. MI.
Stern's efforts at pointing up the
emotional elements, while beautl-
full in themselves, restrained the
music from soaring in the ethereal
atmosphere intended. Yet he made
evident warm musical nature.
capable of fire and fervor, and
a remarkable understanding OF
how to express it in technical
manner. He can sing on his in
strument, both softly and with
volume, in potently moving FASH
ion shading every phrase with the
utmost skill. The technical pit
falls of the first and last move
nient held no terrors for him and
his dashlng delivery of them was
accurate in intonation and bril-
liant in dispatch.
He used the traditional cadenza
by Joachim which is something
of a novelty these days when
many artists. try their hands at
writing new ones. Mr.. Stern's sue
cess was of ovational character,
the audience calling him out again
and again-with heart-warming
applause. Howard Mitchell, who
conducted the program and gave
the artist splendid support in the
concerto, had also to take bow.
The coductor gave the orchestra
a taxing assignment in selecting
Milhaud's Suite Provencale" and
Borodin's symphony No. g."
STEPPED in nationalism. the two
works are rooted in the folk music
that each composer knew and
Evening star., 1949-02-14

Ibis own transcription, the initial
performance taking place in 1912.
"The Faithful Shepherd" was
Handel's second operate venture
written in the form of a pastoral
drama. But the music, which
seems so delightful today, did not
find the same response in Lon
don, where it was Originally heard
in 1712. AS regards presentation,
the suite was the most pleasing
number on yesterdays program.
With the arrangement providing
short interludes for solo or con-
certed ensemble, where three or
more instruments are engaged at
a time, it abounds in variety. The
flute plays quite an important
part throughout, especially in the
"Pastorale" where the silky tones
of James Arcaro'S instrument
dominated the ensemble.
The other novelty on last
nights program was Prokofieff's
Evening star., 1949-02-14
Faithful Shepherd
Well-ReCeived at
National Gallery
By Elena de ,Soyn

Sir Thomas Beecham's arrange
ment of Handel's ''The Faithful
Shepherd" received an enthusi-
astic reception in the National
Gallery of Art last night, played
under Richard Bales, by the Ma
tional Gallery Orchestra. This
was the third version of Handels s
opera made by Sir Thomas for Or
chestra, the first two having been
scored for dancers who performed
it under different titles in 1928
and 1882.
Although Beecham's arrange
ment had its first Washington
performance yesterday. the work
is not entirely new to Washing
ton. 1t was introduced here sew
eral times by DR.. Hans Kinder. in
Evening star., 1949-02-14
Isaac Stern Is Violin SOlOist
In National Symphony Concert

loved so we'll. Borodin's Sym
phony" conceded with his writing
of Prince Igor" so that much of
the gorgeous coloring used in the
opera has been transported to the
symphony. The ancient Slavic
magnificence is brought to life
with almost barbaric splendor as
also the songs and dances of the
people. The composer. student
of early Russian history, has writ
ten powerfully under its inspira-
ton and with vividneSs. The Sym
phony has its weak moments in
structure, but the juXaposition OF
thematic material, the clever ad-
justment of riotous color through
the orchestral sections and its vi
tality more than make up for it.
If the orchestra wash a shade
backward in attaining swiftness
of tempt and clashing climaxes,
the performance was nevertheless
| highly colored and excellent in the
clearneSS of outline. Milhaud'S de-
lightful Suite" portraying the
very heart of his native soil re-
ceived still finer treatment and
each of its several sections was
notable for grasp of mood. The
quality of tonal sorority of the Or
chestra and the contrast achieved
in shadings were of the highest
order Mr.. Mitchell's own clear
mental picture is felt in his di-
recting and the orchestra members
show their understanding of his
aims by their responsiveness. The
young conductor was heartily
welcomed on his entrance, the only
applause he acknowledged alone.
For that following the performance
of the two orchestral works. the
men were called to their feet to
share it with him.
Evening star., 1949-02-14

"a Summer Day" consisting Of
seven pieces in the form Of a
"Children's Suite" It was COM
posed originally for the piano, re-
vised later and scored. with
changes, for orchestra.
The composer made point of
distributing the lead between
various sections of the orchestra.
Thus he gives the melody to the
woodwind in Morning" to the
strings in 'Tag." played pizzicato.
to the cellos and the clarinet in
Regrets" and Evening" adding
the cymbals and the drum to the
Evening star., 1949-02-14

latter. It would be difficult to
give a preference to any Of these
choice sketches. the last OF which,
THE Moon Is Over the Meadows" :"
was inspired by the country view,
where the composer spent the
summer of 1885.
More preparation would have
ironed out the rough spots in Pro-
kofieff's suite while Haydn's
symphony No. 81 in c Major"
although robust and lively in exc
cution, would have gained in that
finesse of shading, so essential to
the classical style. There is more
Evening star., 1949-02-14

the tempo Of the four movements,
However, the ensemble was good,
as usual, and the notes were &C.
curate and played with gusto.
Evening star., 1949-02-14
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, .. c
MONDAY FEBRUARY H.

art in playing piano" than in
playing forte" Without 1t VOL
ume contributes to monotony. Nor
was there much differentiation in
Evening star., 1949-02-14
ADVERTISEMENT.
IF YOU CAN'T
GAIN WEIGHT
Reed These Eoefs

OF you are skinny, thin. underweight,
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should know.
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It's DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis.
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food -. helps turn it into pounds of
added flesh. So if you are underweight
this way, get Dr.tPierce's Golden Medical
Discovery at your drugstore today. Handy
tablets only sos, Liquid $500.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-04-14
AIusko Steom Tours to Come To Palmer

Tourist cruises of the Alaska Steamship Company will be routed direct from Seward to Palmer this summer, it was an nounced this week by Mir. and Mrs. John L. Sullivan, managers of the Matanuska Hotel.
 The first cruise is scheduled to arrive on June 2, and every two weeks thereafter an estimated 50 tourists will spend at least one night in Palmer. The exact length of their stay in the Val ley is not known at this time. The visitors will arrive by spe- cial boat train from Seward.
 The Sullivans will make more extended plans for their guests when further details are known.
 Management of the Matanus- ka Hotel has just been assumed by MT. and Mrs. Sullivan, for merly of Anchorage. Mrs. Sulli- van operated a fur shop there, and plans to open a similar business in Palmer. She will make parkas and fur garments to order, and do repairs and al terations.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-04-14
ARA BIDDERS ARE
 STILL NOT KNOWN

The bid amounts approved for construction of the planned Agricultural Research Admins tration building were wired from Washington, D. C., this week, director Don Irwin announced. However names of the success full bidders still are unknown here.
 Bids were approved in the fol- lowing amounts:
 Building and equipment, S282,377.
 Architectural service, ST. 900.
 Inspection and supervi- sion until June 30, S1,600.
 Reserve for plan changes, S6,6O3.
 MT. Irwin said he expected announcement of bidders names to be released within the next few days.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-04-14
IS CALIFORNIA-BOUND

Miss Myrtis Gill, secretary in the Rural Identification Ad- ministration office, is planning a California vacation. She ex- poets to leave the Valley next week for a Six-weekS' visit in the sunny south. She may continue her vacation trip to the east coast before returning to Alaska. Miss Viola Daniels is on tempo rary assignment in the REA of flee during Miss Gill's absence.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-04-14
Payne to Talk" to Board

Donald Payne, a former en- ploye of the Valley Hospital now living at Hood River, Ore, will make a trip to Alaska soon to discuss with members of the board of directors the possibility of assuming the managership of the local institution. No definite offer has been made or accepted, it was emphasized. MT. Payne merely is coming north ito look over the situation"
Valley frontiersman., 1949-04-14
Visits Sister

Glen Kiehl, brother of Mrs. Victor Alfsen of Palmer, drove to Alaska last week. Mir. Kiehl, who is employed by the Alaska Fire Control Service this summer, is now taking his guard training in Anchorage. He will be stationed at GakOna.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-04-14
Is Hospitalized

Mrs. John Witt, proprietor of the Valley Cleaners, entered the Providence Hospital in Anchor age this week. She will undergo toe amputation there.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-04-14
Tobacco Tox To Be Effective Apri! First

according to a press and radio announcement of the Territorial Department of Taxation. Tax Commissioner M. P. Mullaney to- day outlined major requirements of the law, in brief, as follows:
 The act levies an excise tax on all tobaccos and tobacco products sold or offered for sale in the Territory on and after April l, including stock then on hand. The levy is upon sellers of cigars, cigarettes, tobaccos and snuff, etc. The sellers must collect the tax from the buyers and the tax is payable quarterly to the De- partment of Taxation and shall be due not later than one month after expiration of the quarter immediately preceding, beyond which time it shall be delinquent.
 The excise tax upon tobaccos and tobacco products is as fol- lows:
 Cigarettes, 2 cents per pack of 10; 3 cents per pack of 20; 8 cents per pack of 50.
 Cigars, retailing at 10 cents or under-1 cent.
 Cigars retailing at II cents to 15 cents-2 cents.
 Cigars, retailing at Is cents to 25 cents-3 cents.
 Cigars, retailing at 26 cents to 35 cents-4 cents.
 Cigars, retailing at 35 cents or Over-5 cents.
 Snuff and tobacco in contain CTS will be taxed at the rate of 2 cents per ounce regardless of the size of the container.
 Every person in Alaska who sells any of the articles taxed under the act in the usual course of trade or business or by any vending machine of any kind or character, punch boards, etc., is required to register with the De- partment of Taxation on or be- fore April 1, 1949, giving his name and place of business before en- gazing in the sale in Alaska of the articles taxed under the act. A registration number will be aS- signed to each person when the required fee of S5, accompanied by an inventory of tobacco, cig- arette, etc. stock on hand as of April l, has been received by the department. The original regis tration of any such person shall suffice as long as he is in the business of selling tobacco and tobacco products or until other wise provided by law. Extensions of time in which to register will be granted in particular cases where necessary. Any violation of the provisions of the act is deemed to be miSdemeanor and is punishable by a fine not ex- ceeding $1,000.
Laurel outlook., 1949-05-18
SPENDING:
Slash Urqed

Suggestions that US. spending
might be curtailed somewhat were
coming from several quarters. Lat
est source was President Truman's
economic advisers who held the
idea that some existing tax burdens
might be lightened and that the
administration might scale down
its call for four billion dollars in
new levies.
THE COUNCIL of economic ad-
visers, whose function is to counsel
with the President on fiscal matters
as they affect finance and econom-
les, was reported to feel that cur
rent business trends justify an
early check on federal spending
that is, if the budget is to be
brought anywhere near to a bal
ance.
1t was the councils opinion that
such levieS as taxes on the trans
portation of goods add to the bust
ness costs and consumer prices and
impede an orderly withdrawal from
the postwar business boom.
The council was more than cool
to any extended public works pro-
gram-indicating its opinion by re-
framing from making any such
recommendations in its report. The
advisers have consistently urged
that local governments prepare
shelves" Of public-works blue
prints for use when needed to boil
ster employment and public pur-
chasing power.
BUT THE PRESENT trend of the
national economy-which council
chairman Edwin G.. Nourse called
a healthy Observation-Disclosures not
warrant large-scale works spending
now, the council said. Such OUTLAWS
would make it harder to reach the
goal of lower government costs.
After a White House visit, Nourse
informed newsmen that the council
expects some further easing Of
costs" Prices, he said, are
continuing downward, but mot on
a demoralizing basis and there is
no need to dig into the storm
cellars"
Laurel outlook., 1949-05-18
hucIear Scientist Gives
Definition of His Kind

In Baltimore, nuclear scien-
fist Robert ID. Fowler, of Johns
Hopkins University, gave this
definition of a nuclear scientist
to a group of government Off
Gals at a symposium:
A man standing in a field in
absolute darkness with thou
sands of baseballs on the ground
around him. Somewhere in the
field, invisible to him, is a barn
with but one window and some
kind of animal inside.
The man picks up a ball and
throws it in any direction. If, by
some chance, it goes through the
barn window and hits the ami
NAL, then bOunces out again so
that the man can catch it in the
darkness-he attempts to iden-
tify the animal by smelling the
ball.
That is something like a
le scientist pr~acticing
nuclear science.
Laurel outlook., 1949-05-18
Man Begins Third Year
OF "Life Like Death"

BIRMINGHAM, MASS.-For
3~2-year-old Ralph c. Abbott the
third year of life like death. He
has been unconscious in a hos
pital bed since February II,
1S47.
On that morning his car hit a
tree and he was flung headlong
against a stone wall.
The darkness mas never lifted
once. 1t has touched, too, his wife
and mother and father. Isaac
Abbott, 81.
Every day for two full years
now the elderly father has come
to sit beside his sons bed.
Surgeons have said that Ralph
will never awake. Past repair,
they said, is that part of the
brain which could stir his mind
or open his eyes.
Every hour the sleeping man
is fed concentrated liquid food
through a nose tube. Every two
hours attendants at Gushing Vet
Grams Administration hospital
turn him in his bed.
Every day his father sits be-
side him. A nurse said That's
all he can do. Sit beside him and
hope"
Laurel outlook., 1949-05-18
WHEAT YIELD:
Near Record Crop

With wheat surplus already
straining grower and governmental
ingenuity in housing it, word vas
that the United States may ap-
proach a new crop record during
the new season. Farmers, already
off to a good start, were not sur
prised at a us. department Of
agriculture estimate of more than
a billion, 81 million bushels from
the winter-wheat crop. That esti-
mate was nearly two million
bushels more than was forecast
several weeks ago.
No official forecast was given on
spring wheat, but the department
said prospects point to around 300
million bushels for that type of
wheat.
OFFICIALS indicated the tre-
mendous wheat yield will create
further surplus and might lead to
government controls designed to
cut the acreage in 1850 between Is
and 25 per cent. Controls would in
clude planting restrictions a
possibly marketing quotas for in
dividual farmers.
No forecasts were given on other
crops except rye, hay and southern
peaches. But the department said
reports from various parts of the
country indicated progress of 1949
crops is encouraging. Rye produc-
ton was estimated at % million
bushels, second smallest acreage
in rs years. The hay crop was put
at 101 million tons, a more than
average yield. The peach crop in
10 southeastern states was fore
cast at approximately Is million
bushels. about the same as last
year.