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Evening star., 1949-03-22
Tennis Glamour Girl
Rated Title Threat
In Indoor Meet
~ the Assoeiatsd Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 22.-This is
the year in which Georgeous
Gussie expects to convince the
tennis world she can be useful as
well as ornamental on the courts.
GeorgeouS GuSsie, as she is
known on the tennis circuit. is
Gertrude Moran, a 25-year-old
suntanned beauty from Santa
Monica, Calf.
Long the unchallenged queen OF
glamour among the feminine net
brigade. Gussie jumped from ninth
to fourth in the national rankings
in the past year. and is seeded
first among the women in the
National Indoor championships
now under way here.
IT haven't rested since the
Nationals last summer" said
Gussie, who surprised a lot of
people when she beat Doris Fart
at Forest Hills in September and
then scared the daylights out of
Margaret du Pont before bowling
in the semifinals.
Never Figured Game Before.
"I've practiced at least two
hours every day for the past six
months under Dick Skeen. who
used to be Louise Brough's coach.
He's done wonders for my game.
"It isn't so much what he's done
for my ground play. It's the advice
he's poured into my head. never
figured this game out before.
Now that she's serious about
the game, Gussie is determined to
make a bid for the United States
and Wimbledon championships II
she wraps up the indoor crown.
She turned in her second
straight-set triumph of the tour
nament yesterday when she beat
Helen Germaine of New York,
GO, 6-1, to enter the quarter
finals.
Four mems singles matches were
scheduled today, with the winners
advancing to the quarter-finals.
Gonzales Drops First Set.
Defending Champion Billy Tai
bert of New York. seeded second.
meets Leslie Devoe Of Princeton,
N. j., Jean Borotra. 55-year-old
French veteran who has won the
title four times. takes on seventh
seeded Fred Kovaleski Of Detroit
Earl Cochell Of San Francisco.
seeded third, meets Gus Ganzen-
muller of Sea Cliff, N. Y, and Ed
McGrath of Brooklyn, rated
eighth. plays Dick Seeler of Belle
rose, N. Y.
The women's quarter-f1nal tests
on the days schedule send Mrs.
Helen Rihbany of Boston, seeded
second, against Nina Irwin Of New
York and Nancy Chaffee Of Ven-
tura, Calf, seeded fourth, against
Althea Gibson of New York.
Richard (Pancho) Gonzales, the
outdoor champion seeded No. l
dropped his first set yesterday as
he ousted DR.. Reginald Weir OF
New York, former National Negro
champion, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
Others who progressed to the
mems quarter finals yesterday
were former champion Don Nc
Neill, Irwin Dorfman and Lester
Hirschheld Of New York.
Evening star., 1949-03-22
|Sound-PunchingPetrt
Makes Oliver Fourth
10 Victim in Row

Come to Turner's Arena and
see. Danny Petro fight. But come
early. The hard-hitting District
featherweight socked out his
fourth straight knockout victory
last night, his fastest yet. Three
previous kayoes were in the second
round, but last night it all was
over in the first.
Victim was De Witt Oliver OF
Texas. who lasted only 2 minutes,
seconds. Oliver started wading
right into Petro's punches as
though he was going to make a
good fight of it. He was giving
as good as he was taking until a
left hook to the middle put him
on the floor for a nine-count. He
got up from that and went down
again from another left to the
body. Up and down again, and
this time Referee Charley Reyn-
olds counted 10.
In another scheduled eight
rounder on the all-star card that
didn't 60 the route, Art Llanos,
Puerto Rican featherweight, got
technical knockout over Lou
Yonkers, District bantam. in the
fifth. Yonkers had a badly cut
eye and was on the floor before
Referee Ray Bowen stopped 1t.
Going all the way, but losing,
was Johnny Arduini. another
Washington bantam. He was
decked several times while losing
to Jerry Kortright, classy New
Yorker. The fourth eight was
taken by Red Gaddis on a split
verdict over Burt Wicks. The
four-round opener went to Jesse
Hagan over AL Harris. A slim
crowd of 647 was on hand.
Evening star., 1949-03-22
Draft Choices

Proyidence-Howard Shannon, Kansas
state; Paul Courty, Oklahoma.
Indianapolis-Groza and Leo Barnhorst
Notre Dame.
A. &, M; John Oldham, Western Kentucky
Boston-George Kaftan, Holy Cross;
Tony ,Lavelli, Yale. ,.. H.,
KnoWiand tiand. deorsia Tech.
Washing ton-Wah Wah Jones. Ken
lucky; Jim Owens, Baylor.
Chicago-Beard and Jack Kerris, 10y
ola {Chicago).
Minneapolis-Vern Mikkelsen, Hamline;
Bob Harrison. Michigan.,
Coleman, Louisville University.
Baltimore-Ron Livingston, Wyoming
Roger Wiley, oregon.
St; Loris--Macauley ana John OFT
New York-Dick Mcclure, St. Johns
(Brooklyn); Harry Gsllatin, Eastern Mis-.
souri, state Teachers.
Evening star., 1949-03-22
feerick, Sco|ari Hope
To Get Into P|ayoffs
Opening Tomorrow
By Bill Fuchs

6OD cGeIlCk dIlO rISO SIoId1 y
injured Cap stars, will be back in
uniform Thursday night when
Basket Ball Association Of Amer
ica play-of action switches from
Philadelphia to Uline Arena, but
how much help they'll be is still
conjectural.
Cap hopes for going all the way
through the postseason series
were brighter today, however. as
Feerick removed the cast from his
ailing knee and Scolari unwrapped
his fractured middle finger. Al
though resigned to seeing all OF
the initial series with Philadelphia
from a .sideline seat, both think
they have a chance of sneaking
into action.
Removal of the casts is regard
ed as significant, even though
Feerick doesn't know how his knee
will respond to light action and
Scolari can't handle the ball prop
erly. They might be the spark
needed by the Caps in a tight
pinch to get 'em over the hump,
however, and both hope to be
ready to respond.
Mounting interest in the series
opener at Philadelphia tomorrow
was reflected today in subscrip-
tions for the special excursion that
will take a sizable delegation OF
WaShingtonians to the game.
Reservations may still be made by
telephoning Franklin $500 before
6 pm. for a package deal, includ-
ing transportation and a seat at
the game, for $10.10.
The Caps apparently are in hot
water in this series. They have
won 13 and lost only five games
to the Warriors in three years OF
BAA competition but never have
met them in q postseason game.
Philadelphia. great money team,
won the playof crown two years
ago and last year was runner
up to Baltimore.
With Feerick and Scolari still
on the doubtful list. Rochester,
paced by Arnie Risen and Bob
Davies, rules a favorite to pick up
all the marbles. In nosing out
Minneapolis by one game for the
Western division title the Royals
marked up winning streaks OF l3.
10 and S games.
The Caps ran up the longest
streak when they won is straight
at the beginning Of the season.
Last-place indianapolis halted the
Caps splurge on December 7.
Providence lost the most games
in a row-l2, while the Caps
longest losing streak was 4. as
compared to 8 for Philadelphia.
Minneapolis never lost more than
two games in a row and Roches-
ter's longest plunge was three.
Chicago dominated the century,
mark scoring parade, soaring to
100 points or more In nine games.
two of them against the Caps. Ro-
chester registered 100 or more
points in eight games and Min
neapolis turned the trick five times
The Caps did it twice, both times
against Providence, with scores
of 102 and 100.
Minneapolis and Baltimore
staged the biggest scoring spree,
throwing in 229 points in a dou-
BILE contest. won by the
Lakers, 115-114. There were Is
other games in which more than
200 points were tailed. The Caps
figured in one of them. q 106-95
loss to Chicago.
Biggest individual output in a
single game was made by Joe
Fulks of the Warriors when he
bucketed So points against India
napolis.
The second game of the Wash
ington-Philadelphia series will be
played at Uline Arena Thursday
night and a third, if necessary. will
be staged at Uline Saturday night.
Evening star., 1949-03-22
Arlington Rec League
IChomps Get Awards

Awards for winning basket ball
teams in the league sponsored by
the Arlington Recreation Athletic
Association will be presented at 8
pm. tomorrow in ceremonies at
the Recreation Center, 3700 Lee
highway.
Cups for championship teams in
each of six weight groups have
been donated by the Arlington
Democratic Club and medals for
members of the winning teams by
the Arlington Republican Club.
Evening star., 1949-03-22

ing distance of the all-time col
lege scoring record of 1000 points
owned by Brooms Abramovich OF
Salem (Va.) College.
Haithcock earned all-Southern
Conference recognition by his
brilliant work in the recent tour
nament, and is regarded as a po-
tential top-fight pro timber. The
bespectacled Clark appeared here
several times during the last two
years and impressed with his keen
scoring eye and aggressive floor
play.
Evening star., 1949-03-22

the opening OF
informal Mon
day sweepstakes
tourn a m e n t S
strictly among
the Washington
area golfers.
T he District
pros will pa
troni iZe the
Middle Atlantic
PGA events, but
they would like
to get together
among them
selves occasion
Evening star., 1949-03-22

profit organiza-
ton, to make
Americans con-
eervation con-
scious. This is
it's 18th annual
observance and
this year it CO.
incides with the
Department OF
he Interiors
centennial an
niversary which
marks the end
of the first CEN
tury of con-
servation in the
Evening star., 1949-03-22
By MerreII WhittIesey

George Diffenbaugh was host to
more than Is pro and amateur
golfers at Kenwood Country Club
Yesterday in what may have been
Evening star., 1949-03-22
OUTDOORS
With Bill eetch

This is National Wildlife Res
toration Week. 1t is sponsored
each year by the National Wildlife
Federation, an educational. nom
Evening star., 1949-03-22

Three years ago - Tippy
Larkin outpointed Nick Moran
in 10 rounds at Madison Square
Garden
Evening star., 1949-03-22
Wants Games

The Manassas Red Sox are
looking for baseball games with
strong unlimited teams. Call
Dallas Posey at Manassas l6l-F32.
Evening star., 1949-03-22

BRAND NEW PHILCO auto radios in
factory sealed cartons. 90-day guar
antee! Amazing power and sensitivity
with the Philco miniature tube circuit.
Custom-styled to match your car; sep
arate speaker.
Evening star., 1949-05-20

Before summer
heat strikes
this May clear-
ance value A
yours Seldom
ls SUCH q spien
did performer
priced 10 iowl
Evening star., 1949-05-20

Right down 10 the
bottom Yes. IN
price and In clean
ing ability this
vac uum cleaner
will mean saw
E0S ali tlss way
for you.
Evening star., 1949-05-20

Dramatic low price for
sought after teleVlSlOn
set Don't wish for tcle-
vision in your home any
longer. Not at this low
price for Teletone televi-
sionl Limited quantity.
Evening star., 1949-02-03
Monilo Marks 4th Yeur
OF Liberation From Jups

MANILA, Feb. 3.-Mapila OBJ
served today the anniversary of its
thunderous and flaming liberation
from the Japanese four years ago.
Evening star., 1949-02-03
Fowler Sees Tax Boost
In Realty Unless U. 5.
Raises D. {. Payment

An increased Federal payment to
the District, not further increases
in the city real estate tax, is the
answer to Washington's anticipated
deficit in fiscal 1850, Budget Officer
Walter L. Fowler declared last night.
But if Congress fails to increase
the Federal contribution in con-
junction with passing the all-im-
portant sales tax bill, Mr.. Fowler
said, the Commissioners will have
no choice but to boost the real es-
tate levy.
Addressing the American Business
Association in the Sheraton Hotel,
Mr.. Fowler declared real estate al
ready is bearing a full tax burden.
He pointed out that $32, 100000 of
the city's revenue-52.7 per cent Of
the direct taxes-comes from real
estate" while the Federal payment
this year was $1200o,0O0.
1--WE don't want to chase business
men to Maryland and Virginia by
increasing the tax on their real
property" he declared.
He urged the businessmen to Or
ganize to say mo" to projects that
call for ill-advised spending of pub
lie funds. Mr.. Fowler said many
Of the resolutions passed by citi-
zens' groups, indorsing building and
spending projects, cannot be consid-
cred at the District Building, be-
cause they "are not thought out"
almost any one can come along
with new idea for spending money
and gain immediate support" Mr..
Fowler asserted. But nobody has
any ideas about how to pay for this
spending"
Part Of Washington's financial
plight, he said, results from the
fact that the city cannot expand
to take advantage of adjoining
and taxable-areas. In fact, he
added. the Nations Capital is con-
stantly shrinking, taxwise.
only 48 per cent of Washing
tons land area Is now taxable" Mr..
Fowler said.
He cited the National Geological
Park and the Fort Drive projects
as prime examples of vast areas that
are tax exempt but that should not
be a charge against the District.
The budget officer said the huge
Zoo is much larger than any ZOO
the city would support of its own
volition. AS Federal property, the
Zoo is tax exempt,
Evening star., 1949-02-03
Capacity Audience
Cheers Program
of Martha Graham

Miss Martha Graham, the high
priestess of the dance that is mod
ern, gathered together a capacity
audience of her cult last night at
Lsner: Auditorium. Miss Graham
is a great artist. So many people
who should know stress this that it
must be accepted as fact and this
is not set down in any sense Of
sarcasm. Miss Graham, as a mat
ter of fact, probably is a full
f1edged, qualified genius, though,
unfortunately, not in the field of
universal communication.
There are those who are moved,
or profess to be moved, by every
facet of Miss Graham's choreo-
graphic art. They set up great
cheers for her and her associates
last night. But there also are those
of us to whom nobody's inner be-
ing is revealed by these leaps and
bounds and who find no mans hid
den passions revealed in these
anguished poses. A man who Is
only amused and amazed by ex-
ploSive entrances and outlandish
garb can only report what he saw,
or thought he saw.
Miss Graham'S new work pre-
sented last night was Lear" the
action Of which is described in a
handy program note as "a. phan-
tasy of madness based on the myth
of Lear, wherein a King of ancient
Britain errs by attempting to
measure the love of his three
daughters This Lear really Erick
Hawkins in a wild wig and a pur-
pie skirt was athletic, even if
dotty old party, roaring around the
stage like a tornado. A couple of
girls were running around, too,
chasing a fellow who sometimes
chased them. Another girl alter
nately trolicked up and down Lear's
madness and lay in state on his
throne. Finally it was over, an un-
doubtedly penetrating study of a
purgatorlal journey through mad
ness.
Miss Graham, herself, appeared
in Cave of the Heart" along with
Mr.. Hawkins, a prettily rounded
girl named Helen McGehee and
Natanya Neumann. Miss Graham
made lot of fuss with a red rope
and girl got in a tree made out
of copper wire and walked.
The program opened with "Di-
versions of the Angels" but these
did not resemble any angels di-
versions we ever heard of. 1t closed
with Miss Graham's well-known
comic piece, Every Soul Is a Cir
GUS" which once led a critic to
describe her as the Beatrice Lille
of the dance" which leaves us with
nothing to add. The dance groups
Evening star., 1949-02-03

Ever dlcTI 1UT SlSlLS VI OACkAo,
this department tries its best to
keep up with the terpsichorean &C.
centricities of the populace. There
was a time back there, for instance,
when it became our astonished duty
to report that the young of the town
had taken to dancing with their
shoes off. Most of the young who
did this felt called upon, for some
reason, to do so at the late Pete
Macias' esteemed old supper club,
the Heigh-Ho. There for awhile
anyone wearing shoes was taken for
musician or a refugee from the
Ozarks who had just been roped
and forced to put them on.
Well, it may be only an isolated
case rather than the start of a
trend, but one of the happier dam
GERS at the Shoreham's Palladian
Room the other night was young
woman wearing rubber boots. We
don't want to seem old-fashioned or
reactionary or anything, but 1t does
look better with your shoes of.
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For some time now a pretty re-
constructed school teacher named
Kay Dewitt has been delighting
Capitol Theater audiences with the
songs she sings during overtures.
She now has added Shoreham Blue
Room audiences to her admirers by
way of nightly appearances this
week at the supper shows there.
Miss Dewitt is a contralto who also
sings soprano with equal ease Cor a
soprano who sings contralto with
equal ease) and her voice has rich,
warm timbre that is good to hear.
+ TT is one of the idiosyncracies of
lthe Blue Room-as all such rooms
have their private characteristics
that male singers usually can expect
success there while vocal young
women are greeted only politely,
at best. Miss Dewitt has put a
stop to this tradition, though. The
combination of her personality, that
voice of excellent quality and her
knowledge of how to use it to shade,
color and phrase a song Is notable
success. On at least one recent
night, the audience didn't think her
prepared repertoire enough and
wouldn't be quiet until she had
added something unrehearsed, partly
capella and partly with Barnee'S
ad libbed accompaniment.
The rest of the Blue Rooms pre-
sent entertainment is devoted prin-
cipally to dancing. The more grace
full of it is performed by Germaine
and Roger, who depart from the
usual ballroom business for adagio
in the ballet manner. They're good
at it, too. She's an able ballerina
and he, as a male dancer should in
the performance of this sort of
thing, contents himself with re-
in the background and
making her look good. The other
dancing is done by Hal Raywin, who
also plays a violin. He is what
might be called passable at each
chore, but when he gets around to
doing both at the same time he
is, at least, different.
X r X u
The Mayfower Lounge, as Is its
monthly custom, gets new entertain
ment on Monday afternoon in the
person of Eric Thorson, a young
baritone Mr.. Thorson seems to
have been responsible for a certain
amount of polite swooning in such
Evening star., 1949-02-03
After Dark
If This Is Dancing Trends Start,
It's Not the Most Attractive One
By Harry Macarthur

quarters as the Cotillion Room of
the Hotel Pierre in New York, the
Latin Quarter and varied Canadian
resorts, among other places.
Mr.. Thorson, Minneapolis corn
young man of Norwegian descent, is
another whose career was inter-
rupted by the war. He got his vo-
cal training as a singer in choirs
and with the st. Paul Civic Opera,
then went to New York and snagged
leading role in a production of
THE Chocolate Soldier" Then
came the war and MIR. Thorson
spent nearly five years without a
song as an Army combat engineer.
The repertoire he will bring to
the Mayf1ower Lounge was written
especially for him by Bobby Kroll
and displays a considerable range
and versatility. Mr.. Thorson takes
in everything from torchy business
like Golden Earrings" to the Largo
al Factotum."
*
Speaking of singers and the songs
they sing, this is as good time as
any to let you know that you're not
the only one who can't escape from
Buttons and Bows" We give you
John Carpenter, columnist of the
London Evening News, who re-
ported recently:
'The Junior members of the Royal
Family spent today very quietly al
Sandringham. There were intro
auctions and renewals of old friend
ships among the staff and employees
Of the estate and after dinner there
was a Royal sing-song around the
piano. The Duke of Edinburgh, who
has good voice, was heard singing
snatches of opera. He was joined
by Princess Margaret. Then Prin-
cess Elizabeth in a firm but charm
ing voice Clipped in with the tune
full Buttons and Bows There was
laughter at the sudden switch from
solemnity, but Princess Elizabeth
continued undaunted to the end of
her song"
Princess Elizabeth and so many
other singers.
Evening star., 1949-02-03

It was on this day that q picked
column Of tanks clanked into the
city. They broke through the gates
of Santo Tomas University to res
cue 3,7O0 haggard American and
Allied nationals.
Later the Japanese wantonly
burned residential sections,
Evening star., 1949-02-03

sold-out performance was q benefit
for the scholarship fund of the
Institute of Contemporary Arts.
H, McA.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-31
Swimming Pool
Segregation in
West Coast Town

MONROVIA, Calf. -(ANP) -
Racial segregation in the Monro-
via swimming pool, the Municipal
at Recreation park, was ended here
last week as a result of special
work by the NAACP.
Mayor Reuel R. Brown an
nounced the new policy following
a meeting of the City council held
after the NAACP had protested the
policy of limiting the use of the
pool to Negro children to Mon
day and Thursdays only. i.
The anti-racial policy of the
swimming spot was brought to
focus recently when a group of
coLred children were denied en-
trance into the pool and told
they could come there only on a
Monday or a thrusdoy.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-31

toned to be on the lookout for the
appearance Of Feeling All Right"
in Dayton. It should be vigorously
opposed by them, for it will not
sweeten race relations in this COM
munity.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-31
Radio Aid -

tee included from page ~
worked since 1912, she had been
complaining during recent months
but did not appear seriously i'll.
She tainted in the subway two
months ago and had to be assisted
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-31
Cop ~Blackjacks
Cop

CINCINNATI, Ohio. -(ATLAS)
In quite a bizarre mix up, Patrol
man Malaci Bryant 80, Negro on
the Cincinnati Police force
suffer scalp wounds at the hands
of his fellow Patrolman, William
Powell, 81.
Bryant off duty, and in plain
clothes, was passing a cafe when
an intoxicated patron had become
boisterous and refused to leave
when asked by the proprietor.
Taking a hand in the situation, the
Officer was forced to draw his gun
when the evicted patron proved
too tough a proposition.
Powell, also off duty, was pass
ing in his car, when he saw Bryant
with his gun in his hand, and be-
leiving him to be one of the
combatants, jumped from his car
and struck Bryant with his black
jack,
When he recognized him as an
officer, he took him to the hos
pital, where he was treated for his
wounds.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-31

home.
Thompson said she had been in
excellent spirits when he left
home.
Among her duties as secretary,
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-31

Mrsh Thompson was often re-
quired to write the, commentators
radio script. Only last week, they
discussed a new series which was
to begin in September.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-31

Concluded from page y
tributors, education on venereal
disease is greatly desired, but in
a film with an all-Negro cast is
not the manner it should be done.
Dayton Negro leaders are eau
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-31
Methodist Youth -

svNSuu100uSA OOuU
concluded from page ~
Youth Leadership conference at
the Methodist Epworth Forest
camp.
One of the highlights of the
meeting came when James Lawson
was elected chairman of the North
Central Regional Methodist Youth
fellowship "a. ,
At a meeting of the NAACP led
by the Rev. G. G. Bailey, pastor
of the Second Baptist church, and
Thomas L. Griffith Jr., attorney,
members decided to protest to the
mayor. He told them the council
had to act. Rev. Bates and Griffith
along with Harold Gates of the
Bahati faith and Louis R. Friedman
ofthe Progressive party testified
in behalf of a change in policy, and
the council approved.
Evening star., 1949-09-18
Sister Celeste Appointed
Providence Administrator

The Sisters of Charity, who are
in charge of Providence Hospital,
announced last night that Sister
Celeste has assumed her duties
as administrator of the institution.
Sister Celeste was director of the
hospitals School of Nursing before
taking over her new assignment.
She succeeds Sister Marie, ad-
ministrator since April, 1914, who
Evening star., 1949-09-18
PIoy Center Workshop
To Open This Week

The Play Center Workshop, a
training course for mothers, will
open this week at Central Gen.
ter, Thirteenth and Clifton streets
NV.
The courses in child education