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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1949-03-05
PROVIDENCE MISSIONARY
BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. T. Walter Harris. Pastor

HGV. i. WdlIoT EtotAbs EeeASA
SUNDAY was a very successful
dav Al Providence. The pastor
cave 10 the large congregation
fine sermon from Gen. 2A-oS.
And they called Rebekah and
said unto her. Wilt thou so
with this ran' And she said,
wnl 60" The subject for this
text vas Unconditional Surren-
der 70 God
Some Of the many things SAID
w Rev. Nj Harris were Re
hekah vas asked 10 leave home
With a stranger and 20 become
wife 81 man unknown 70
ber and also live IN 4 country
shc Mad never seen 10 leave
neaceful rome where she had
lived all her life give up fsthei
asa ,ro,her also brothers ana
friends all because she be
loved God sen, the man Tor her
"a BECOME a VIE for Cody
man
II any one ever meets Goo 5
app,ovaL ~ must surrender al
~ Ham 7, - Zine 20 leave nome
vou are leaving 70 become .
,,.workc- with God like this
HON child Rebekah. who had
~, knoWn man MANY help
III thoughts we sven to th.s
nnc pcop,e who made up me
r5ne ecst'on a, Providence
4. . =, ,he True Gospel
SINGERS rendered an ENJOYABLE,
p~oersrn unoer the auspices OF
Ne I'sher Board One q ne
( shhchts OF he program Was
r,cu bv Ms Louise Johnson.
sunday VIII - another osS
eveyN body - attend some
4 rch hu, we would like 70
~ al well wShers and mer-
oa~s = me cong, cation % hear
,Ae rastor Rev I Wafer lar
sneak trom the subject The
y ~ Path text. Jeremiah $40.
T.ns saidih TIE Lord >tsn:a
- re WAYS and see and ask
-. ,,,o o'd pa,hs where s the
,os WAY and walk therein ano
ne shall find rest FOR your SOUS
rvery body = some BODY n
r-oy, dence This church IS To-
,ed N front of the new bas-
.y S,hool Ne 3ll four lots
seen Dough, for the puF-
ns,e " building one OF ms
nest churches n the country
+, nsS 10 feet on Bagley anc
las IN Drlon street plenty 81
.nsce 10 pax cas-. TOO. We are
~, troubled with traffic for our
,raftIc are our feet
Il is fine place % meet uo re,
ana hear ms minister spear
prgv6ence IS church that ap'
,rec,s,es rs munster and TINS i
me big rv~son this church Is
NOW operating. This membership
heheves that the Lord put the
minister here 70 lesd them ans
nat for ihetu 70 lead hiin.
Prevalence IS glad 10 say me
Rey :. 3 Reed preached me
ooeninS sermon ~ our grant
opening services and the second
wll As preached oy Rev ;. (
ampoeu Wednesday. March :
s . m. with the Russell Siree'
Bapust Church with him Come
and hear this God sent minister
h YOU will help Us build
church buloins for the Lord
,ust call s-272l or SEND dona'
.ns "a Col Crystal Lake Dr.
Ne sv<nd oney for what d
ss been given Tor, 50 put Your
r,orev n TINS Christian move
er, Rev T Walter Harris IS
nere % render a Christian serv-
,e - this SICK community
Yes among churches whGre
ire -in STE. is he sr'sllest INNS
r.crr the congregation. vet no
church can .ur WITHOUT = leader.
PROV idence hopes 70 sei 81
example here how ne Baptist
Ministers should be respected
/ whea ne has The responsible lily
( 20 leadership saw come Join
/ .Ne cor creation and see = YOU
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1949-03-05

Mr.. Leroy G. White was IN
the city last week. Mr.. White
is a pioneer newspaper man and
is now a Michigan State Repre-
sentative.
The Nifty Modernett Club VIII
have a fish fry on the 18th OF
March Al 83Is Bagiey street. at
6 D. m. Everyone is invited.
Mrs. S l.. Donaldson OF 50
Hubbard Court is improving al
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1949-03-05
Earl Bostic Tabled
GIutton For Fla. Air

ORLANDO. Fla. Maestro
Earl (BosSmanl BoStic is busy eN-
planning 10 friends what happen
ed 20 his weight after ne had
been boosting his latest Eight
day reducing Diet formula.
With the accent on citrus fruit foy
two weeks. Earl came 10 the day
when ne gathered members Of
his band around for the ceremony
az the scales. But something must
have gone wrong. for he had
gained 20 pounds.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1949-03-05

won't ssv this people have been
with God
II YOU are looking tor Robert
Mathews. he IS member at
Providence Missionary Baptist
Church. come and see. Yes i Is
warm in our church.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1949-03-05

hospital
Mrs. Anna Long Of 300 F,,1.
avenue is convalescing a, IL
home after suffering a broL ns
ankle. which resulted from ! ~ -
on the ice. "'
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1949-03-05
CHURCH NEWS

Rev Fora B. Reed returned
from Nashville. Tenn. last week
where he attended the joint ses-
sion OF the National Baptist Con-
vention Incorporation. The COM
vention was held from the 18th
through the 18th OF February.
People from all states attended
the convention.
Rev. Mister Reed has been
called 20 Jackson. Mich, 10
preach a dedication sermon.
Father Rev Wade is pastor.
Rev. Mr.. Reed will return for
services in the New Hope Bap-
fist Church Sunday. March 8.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1949-03-05
Firemen Confab
Set For Florida

The 9th Annual Conference Of
colored locomotive fireman upon
the railroads IN the Southeast
Will be held in Tampa. Fla, tins
month Al the conference a
review ard discussion 81 the
problems OF the coloyed locono-
tive fireman. past and present
will be conducted by A Philip
Randolph Chairman Milton p.
WehSici. VICE chairman Thomas
Patterson Eastern Zone Super
visor 3 + McLaurln. Field Or
cani.er az the Provisional Conn
mitiee
Delegates 20 the Conference
wlll represent colore6 locomotive
ncuen on practically all 81 the
railroads in the Southeast lnclud-
Ng Atlantic Coast Line Sea
hoard ~ Line Louisville ana
Nashville Central az Georgia.
etc
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1949-03-05

re- 30 4 masters degree ~ social
N0gk I; is Up 20 the university.
he SSid 20 decide whether hes
admission Viii be or 4 segregated
ar ron segregated basis
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1949-03-05
The Social Promenade

ter spendIng y weed 10 a Ioea
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1949-03-05
Films Reveal Nations

England and Scotland as back
grounds for literature will be the
theme OF two OF the three films 10
be shown at the Rackham Me
mortal on Tuesday. March 3 IN
the series sponsored by the Uni
versity of Michigan Extension
Service.
Montana labor news., 1949-04-21

In the last elections we. the people of the United States
expressed our will in no uncertain terms.
We went on record in favor of legislation to provide
more adequate housing and tighter rent controls.
We wanted a broader social security program.
We voted to repeal the Taft Hartley Act.
We gave a mandate for federal aid to education so that
our boys and girls wouldn't be taught by underpaid teach
ers in overcrowded schools.
Above all, we expressed ourselves in favor of a civil
rights program that would assure equal opportunity for
jobs, housing and education to all Americans.
This was the will of the people.
Now we are faced with a shameful spectacle. The Sen
ators who oppose these measures have resorted to parlia-
mentary maneuvers to shut off any discussion of the real
issues.
They can still employ this filbuster so that consideration
OF needed legislation may never come to the Senate floor.
The citizens Of the United States must answer these OBJ
shuctionists. We must insist that the power to fiibuster be
broken. The wheels Of democracy must not be damned
by the endless talk of a few Senators.
American labor did not throw out the do-nothine 8Oth
Congress to get a do-nothing 8lst. We wanted action
then, and we want it now. The power to flibu,ter m,st
be ended. 1t stands in the way of progress.
Montana labor news., 1949-04-21
Employer Fined $1,000
For Wage-H Hour Violation

NEW YORk.-The Labor De-
partmcnt announced here that a
New Jersey employer was fined
1920 for violation OF the Fair
Labor Standards Act.
The firm, the Pleasant Coat and
Suit Company Of Passaic, pleaded
guilty to charges Of classifying rec
ords, failing to pay overtime, and
Of shipping goods in interstate COM
merce manufactured under condi-
tons in violation OF the law.
In addition to the fine, the en-
ployer was ordered to pay SO. en-
ployes 1854 due them for. overtime
work
Montana labor news., 1949-04-21

Louise Thompson, fin. sec; Mrs. Helen
Weber. rec. sec. .
Butte Stage Employees 4 Operators Union.
Local 94-Ed Curran. pres; Earl Wiles.
vice president: Carl Fredericks, treas. (;
Denny Sullivan, 1913 N. Excelsior. secy.:
Rene Rouleau. 4i2 W. Park. bus. agent
Union meets I'd Tuesday each month at
Musicians Hall.
Transfers Meets Thursday at III. f.
Park st. Lee Varcammen, pres, Ken
meth Davis, vice pres. w. J. Mcintosh.
cy.-treas.; l.. II. Bradley. rec. secy.;
Frank j. Birmingham. bus. agent, Ar
thur Speraw. Art Rosar and Frank J.
Birmingham, trustees; Frank j. Birm-
ingham. George Brown and Lou Bran
an, delegates to Butte Building Trades
Council.
Observation-Disclosures Sd Sunday OF month
at Carpenters Hall. Walter Harrington,
pres. "a E. Center; G.. F. Aultman, sec,
4o3 W.. Copper.
Women's Observation-Disclosures Shea, Pres. (:
l.. Mattausch. sec. treas; Martha You
chin. bus. agent. Phone 5758. Meets
list and Sd Fridays. l p. m; I'd and last
Fridays, $50 p. m, Carpenters Hall.
Ladies' Auxiliary, Local Z, Internationa
Union OF Mine, Mill and Smelter Work.
ers. ClO. meets 2nd and 4th Tuesday.
Marie Goforth. pres; Janet Mueller,
vice-pres.. Genevieve Henderson, rec. sec,
Ruth Hill. fin. secy.; Frances Kalafa-
itch, warden; Cynthia Lee. cond.; Irene
RODRIGUEZ, Catherine Penney. Mary Sum
ina. trustees. p. o. Box 86.
Montana labor news., 1949-04-21
ROSTER OF BUTTE UNIONS

ousef Bow Trades. 4 Labor Council meets
Tuesday. Z p m, Carpenters' Hail. }.
cnzford. pres. Harry Oates. vice pres
Grant Lindsay, sscy.- box 1917.
Butte Bldg. Trades Council meets Tues
day 1T 73o p. M, Carpenters HAN
Alex Mcdonald. pres; Emmett Edgar.
vice pres; WIN. Honey. secy.; Morri-
son. treas.
Montana State Assn. Plumbers and Fit
ten-Theo. Kline. Great Falls. pres;
Pat c. Sullivan. ITO N. Main, Butte.
secy.: next meeting az the call OF the
President.
Barbers - Paul Rollman, 1883 Harrison.
pres: John Stanton, vice pres; J. r.
Costello. s<s E. Broadway. sec.-treas.;
l. l.. Hancock. rec. secy.; J. p. Balko-
,etx. guide. Meets LIST n Sd Wednes-
days. 3 p. m. Eagles Hall.
Barenders-Neets at 7iis Z. Park ST.. I'd
Monday at . p. m. John Shone, pres.
D. J. O'Connell. rec. sec: D. Holland,
sec.-tness. N. Main.
Boilermakers-Meets LIST and Sd Tuesdays.
80. Good Templsrs Hall, ais N. Main.
W. C.. Hill. pres: Cliff Mitchell. vice
pres: Steve Semaa. fin.-or-sec.; John
Hollahan. treas; Harry Nichols. rec
~. la S6AA
johnson trustees.
Brewery Workers - VIM. Maloney. pres;
John Valid, vice-pres.. John D. O'Brien.
sec-treas.: Joe Keefe, recording sec. (.
John Kelly, sgt.-at-arms. 202l WallSt.
Phone %447. Meets LIST Wednesday. Car
penters' Hall.
workersJoe Capps. pres. 733 w. Park
St.: rec. -secy.. Reg Peters, 16l6 Harvard
Ave; fin. -sec., and q. A.. Hubert Ben
jamin. 3ols Phillips Ave. Meets I'd and
eth Mondays At Carpenters Hall.
Building Service Employees. Local No.
~. Fred 6earle. pres: George AacIn-
tosh. vtce-presa: John H. Driscoll. 622
West Granite. sec. and business agent.
Phone 3-1lS5.
Butcher 33s-Neets I'd Wednesday. Eagles
Hall. Ed Pe8anti. pres: Ed johnson, vice
pres: James Lunney. fin. sec.: Joe
Driscoll, rec. -secy.: Robert etroxxie.
guide; Owen Williams. guard.
Carpenters No. ll2-Neets Thursday. .
p. m. Carpenters Hall. Russell Aorri-
son, pres; r. H. Thomas, vice pres;
wesley Byrnes. rec. -secy.; A. J. Emer-
ton. fin.-secy. Dick Tiddy. treas: Jack
0Affney. conductor: Charles Wolff. war;
den.
Cierks-Aeets Monday at . p. m. except
holidays. at Miners Hall. Z. c. vawter.
prea.; Ars. Eddie Maddox. Vice pres:
Grant Lindsay. Sec: A.. J. 0uenther,
fin.-secy.
Cooks and walters. Local 27-Neets LIST
Friday ct : p. NJ: Sd Friday ct . p. m.
Of each month. Charles White, pres:
John AcNellis. vice pres: Ed NcNabb,
rec. secy.: Percy Lambert, bus. agent
INT fin secy.: Phone s0Si. l07s 8
Gaylord.
Electrical Workers untl. brotherhood OF
Electrical Workers.. Local No. B-es.
Phone oi07. Walter H. erase, pres;
Emmett g. Keyser. vice pres; Joe
Thompson. fin. secy.: r. A. Oribble, rec.
Montana labor news., 1949-04-21
LIBERAL MOVEMENTS
UFFER

Confined From Page II
brick wall by smashing your head
against il.
Where do we go from here3 w,
cannot accept a defeatist's attitude
Let's gather together the loose ends
and see where 10 start. The out
look for the liberal legislative pro
gram : not completely black.
We have the labor bill on the
Senate Calendar and we can start
debating II any time our leader
gives Us a signal.
We gained a tremendously great
windfall in the hearings in the
House last week when it was proved
that the Republican National Com
mittee donated $500 10 hire a
lawyer To help draft the provisions
Of the Hartley bill.
The Republican Party is now
proved 10 have been party to ex-
actiy what Congressman Hartley
said in his book about the Taft
Hartley Law. The Hartley provi-
slons were very much worse thar
the TAFT provisions and the Rcpub-
lican Party is now aligned with the
worst provisions of the whole act.
Hartley announced that the Taft
Hartley Act was passed as a mere
beginning: that it would be fol-
lowed by the repeal of all New Deal
legislation. The people last No
vember made different arrangements
about that, but II watch must con-
tinue to be constant.
We will move forward into 4 new
ge' her Tor the accomplishment oi
the Presidents program. We must
remember hat only in unity there
is strength. We must work to-
eethcr 70 rthe accomplishment of
the Presidents program and not
let those who would destroy that
program have their way bv diyid-
inc It.
Montana labor news., 1949-04-21
Roster of Billings Unions

ieiIowStone County Trades g. Labor As
sembly-Meets Friday, 8 o. M. IN the
Labor Temple. "a South 29th st.. p. O,
BOX 1915. Robert West. pres; Howard
smith, vice pres; Martha W.. Peterson.
rec. secy.; Glenn Hallam. fin. secy.; Ed
klipstein. sgt-at-arms; Frank MAYER.
George Linyille, Hugh Mosier, trustees.
Phone 2535.
Carpenters Local No. ll72-Rov -homn-
SON. pres; f. II. Helte-oran. zee. zee
Meets LIST and Sc TUESDAYS.
Montana labor news., 1949-04-21
Roster of Great falls onions

~ascaet -outlp races l. Labor Assembly
wee, --av. Carpenters Hall. B. I.
Vice Pres; John Evanko, Jr., Rec. Sec.
1899 William Davey. treas; John Du-
SAX. L. L. Price. NJ. r. Webster, John
Wolfe, Martha Lyon. Exec. Board, Wal
ter Davidson, serg-at-arms.
Great Falls Building d Construction
Trades Council-Ben N. Sims, pres; Ed
ward c. Anderson, vice pres; z. r.
britten. ecy .-treas.; Joseph E.. Duncan,
serg-at-arms; Larry Enquist, Howard r..
Nelson. Richard Hamm. trustees.
Montana labor news., 1949-04-21
Roster of Anaconda Unions

Central Labor Council - Meets I'd and
4th Monday. AOH Hall, John Mogus,
pres: Eugene Mcbride. vice pres:
Walter N. Riley, Sec; Ed Kelly, treas. I;
r. @. De La Hunt. sgt-at-arms; Harold
Erickson, Henrietta Schrapps and James
Rice, Trustees.
Plumbers Local Union No. 673 - w. j.
OBrien. pres; J. A. Vanisko. vice pres:
II. E. Schrapps, sec; p. O. Box 1877.
Meets second Tuesday at 7:30 p. M. In
the AOH Hall.
Transfers Meets LIST and 3rd THURSDAYS.
Carpenters Hall. downstairs. Pat
dunno. pres; Tom Vanisko. vice pres:
george Forsman; John Mogus, secy.,
Dus. agent: Ray Sullivan. con. d war;
John Cardinal, George Forsman. James
Donovan. trustees.
Montana labor news., 1949-04-21
Newsprint Production
Shows Rise Over 1913

NEW YORK. = Newsprint pro-
duction in North America during
the first 3 months of this year was
l22,959 tons, or SO per cent greater
than in the corresponding month OF
last year, it was announced by the
N%cwsprint Service Bureau.
OF the total production this year
.70,l43 tons were produced by Cana
dian mills, or an increase of o.
per cent, compared with the sim
liar period Of 1913; 25,075 by the
United States. an increase OF III
per cent and 27,74l in Newfound-
land. an increase Of "a per cent.
Montana labor news., 1949-04-21

Take time out to see the Union
Industries Show, May 18th through
the 22nd, in Cleveland. Ohio.
Montana labor news., 1949-04-21
KOPR PROGRAM SCHEDULE

s:4s-Oalen Drake
0:00-Welcome Travellers
l0:30-It Really Happened
i0:45-Market Basket
i:00-Songs OF Our Times
u:l5-Louise Massey and westerners
II :30-My True Story
II 55-Betty Croker
/: 15-News
IL 30-Pat O'Brien
IL :45-Jesse Crawford
.00-Woman's Page
i:l5-Gamble Show
l:30-Ministerial Association
l:45-Bob Eberley
2:00-Kay Kayser
. 800 Club
2:45-Anna & Eleanor
3;00-Platters with Buck
3:25-News
3.30--Bride l. Groom
4:00-Ladies Be Seated
430-G. E. Houseparty
5:M-Oreen Hornet
530-Jack Armstrong
above %alternates weekly
90 oo-Human Side OF News
6,05-News
6:i5-Elmer Davis
630-Counterspy
7.00-Sleepy Joe
7:i5-Here Comes the Band
7'30-Harmony Highway
7:45-Western Hit Parade
600 for the House
s:oo-Pat Novac for Hire
:30-Famous Jury Trials
&c. 00-News
0:l5-Sweetheart serenade
10 .30-Platter Party
10. Stems Of Thought
~ii:00-News Of Tomorrow
II Harrison Wood
IL 30-ABC Dance DIRK
IL 00-Sign off
FRIDAY
7:0o-Sisn on
7W-Sunrise Serenade
7:l5-Agronsky
7:30-News
7:45-Bing Crosby
800 Breakfast Club
900-Modern Romances
9;30-Ted Malone
9:45-Galen Drake
l0;00-Welcome Travellers
l0:30-Club Calendar
10 45-Market Basket
!: 00-Songs OF Our Times
l~l:l5-Loui.e Massey and wesierners
II My True Story
llt55-Betty Croker
l.; Isl News
l2:30-Pa O'Brien
Il As Montana Roundup
laM-Woman's Page
i.l5-Gamble Show
l30-Ministerial Association
l:45-Eddie Howard
2.00-Kay Kayser
800 Club
2:45-Anna and Eleanor
3;00-Platters with Buck
3:25-News
3.30-Bride & Groom
4:o0-Talk Your Way Out Of 1t
$500. E.. H%ouseparty
5'00-Challenge OF the Yukon
%5;30-Sky King
tAbove a%lternates weekly,
6;00-Human Side OF News
6.05-News
6:l5-Elmer Davis
6;30-Lone Ranger
700-Dick Haynes Show
7.15-Here Comes the Band
7:30-Sports Mirror
~7:45-Sleepy Joe
8;00-Gillette Fights
900-Fat Man
9.30-This Is Your FBI
10: 00-News
l0~.15-Sports
l0;30-Strange Adventures
II; 3S-Platter Party
10 .65-0ems OF Thought
il:W-News OF Tomorrow
1i:l5-We Care
ll:30-ABC Dance Ork
l%2:00-Sign off
SATURDAY
7;00-Sign on
7;00-Sunrise Serenade
7:l5-Agronsky
7:3O-News
~7.45-Farm all
8;0O-Shopper's Special
9.00-Club Calendar
9:l5-Market Basket
Y:30-What's My Name
l0:0O-Hormel Girls Corp.
10 :30-Nayy Hour
ll:00-Old, New. Borrowed, Blue
ll:30-Kiddles Corner
ll:41Little Show
l2.00-Ouest Star
l2:l5-News
Understanding Rhythm
l:00-Treasury Band
2:00-Tom Grazer's Ballad Box
2:l5-Horse Races
2;30-U. N. Program
3:00-Tea 4 Crumpets
4:00-Speaking OF Songs
4:30-Harry Wismer
4:45-Communism
5.00-unior Junction
5:30-Social Security administration
5:45-Lutheran Church
6:O0-News
6.l5-Bert Andrews
6:30-Frontter Town
7;00-Little Herman
7:30-Dial A Tune
8:00-Natl. Barn Dance
8.30-Dial A Tune
9:30-Dial A Tune
l0:00-News
lo:l5-Hank Weaver Sports
l0:30-ABC Dance Ork
ll:00-News OF Tomorrow
ll:l5-ABC Record Show
ll:30-ABC Dance Ork
IL: 00--Sign off
Evening star., 1949-02-27

"Cushionized" springs ndbock for real comfort
Te patterned green, grey blue
Evening star., 1949-02-27

With double Duncan Ph On hidden leaf
Double hinges topockg steodness In mahogany
Floor sH~h W@nuum For& Silver
Evening star., 1949-05-22
Barber Shop NHsie
Stages Comeback in
Entertainment Field
KEEP AMERICA SINGING


BY Deae &C T Martin. De
tFoi!. hy sahscrsp:*os
II should be clear by ncw ihA;
SPEBSQSA Is not . new Govern.
ment agency. but al organization
nurturec from birth 10 !llu growth
for 10 years in various cities By
young men between the ages ol
Is and 7o--tne Society !oT tAs
Preservation and ENCOURAGEMENT
OF Barber shop Quartet S!ngtng
In America. Inc
This Is the interest3ng history
Of the sweet singers who USED q
practice behind the gaShoslse OF
In front OF the drugstore Of q
summer evening. but today hire
halls and draw biz audiences and
hold regional and national quartz,
contests. Washington . one O.
the cities where "swee; Ado line
remains perenn!ally young and
nobody forgets the time you wore
a tulip or fails 10 pay tribute 10
the girl that married dear old dad
Capital ouartets take a lively part
in the program and have finished
near the top IN several national
competitions.
The movement started in Tulsa
Okla. in the spring Of 1888 and
has spread over the whole country
Mr.. Martin reports one, plain,
"' . In its tenth year. the 80
cietys percentage OF tenors 10 run
of-mine membership had not i'm
proved. Washington. d. C. had
tried a Bring q Top Tenor talise
II possible Night" &C, b, J,
Evening star., 1949-05-22
BuseboII Anecdotes
IAbsorbinqIy Related
AND INSIDE

Ao" AMI 1NS1bE
BY Ira L. Smith and H. Allen
Smith. Doubleday So
A new distinction came 70 South
Lee street in Alexandria last week
when It's most leprechaun-liks
resident formally became ary au-
thor. South Lees man is the Ira
L. mentioned above. He Is the
one who ransacked the history oi
baseball for these dramatic vi
gnettes which put a new and
amusing face upon the story oi
Americas fayorite game.
Low and Inside" Is q collection
of anecdotes, some Of them freak
ish, most' of them fascinating
which should delight all baseball
fans. 1t also should be an enor-
nous boon TO baseball writer's who
like the rest OF US. must have
grown tired OF the one about
Merkle's failure to touch second
base. This and the Other great
cliches are scorned in the Smith
boys omnibus.
Their material. instead. deals
with scch tales as dead men who
scored winning runs, OF fungo hit
ters who could conk a sleepy out
fielder on the skull from distance
Of 400 feet, OF famous pitcher
who held out every season until
the club sent him a 2-cent stamp
with which to mail his contract
and a hundred other such oddities
including that OF the fan who bit
of his tongue in the middle Of q
home team cheer.
This rich. long ignored sub
stance of the game was collected
by the Ira L. OF the Smiths. who
by the way. are not related. II
was written by H. Allen. equally q
merry Andrew type. who is IA
nous for the hilarious view he
takes Of life from an aerie atop
Mount Kisco. N. Y.
AS literary golden treasures 20
this one may. lack the cultural
values Of some. as. say. Pal
graves poetry. It.could logically
be read with greater Joy. however
by multitudes who do not even
know what league Palgrave played
in, ~. c.
Evening star., 1949-05-22

dering young impresario got per-
mission to train Megildis for solos
In oratorioS.
Then a wounded oficer shelter
ed at the convent. whom the i'm
presario served as strange sort
of servant. fell In love with the
novice. The young musician. In
behalf of his master. kept urging
her to forsake the cloister and go
into the world, where q dazzling
career In opera awaited her.
Here a mystery comes into the
story. 1t fingers to the last page.
Did Megildis run away with the
off1cer and the musician the night
the statue OF the Blessed Virgin
vanished from the chapel? Did
the little novice become Marcella
Lund, the singer who was the
toast of Europe and America? Or
did the prima donna merely re-
semble Megildis. who. according
to all the nuns. never left the
convent? It was certain that the
two girls were almost identical in
appearance. Ecclesiastical courts
were to puzzle over the mystery
many years later as petition to
canonize Sister Megildis was con-
sidered.
But "The Last Miracle" can no
more be described in terms OF
narrative than a symphony can
be put into words. There Is, in
deed, q symphonic effect in this
700-page novel which never fal-
tiers. Despite its broad canvas, 1t
lis integrated into a cohesive story.
Its characters are tangent; there
are no irrelevant episodes. There
is sharp excitement in the scenes
of the French Revolution; there
are many other dramatic mo-
ments. To say that the whole
fable could be interpreted as a
conflict between the primeval
forces Of good and evil would be
to oversimplify complex. sophis-
ticated study. and yet it would
be true. How else would you
state 1t In a few words?
It is q tribute to Mr.. Vollmoeller
to say he did not write like a
German. There is none of the
heavy wordiness found in most
German writing. Though he was
born in Stuttgart. he considered
the world his home. And long
ago he became an American
citizen.