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Critic Finds Winners Unrepresentative
OF Work i'm Water Color Club Show
By Florence 5. Bsrryman

The Washington Water Color
Clubs SD annual exhibition
which will open this afternoon ir
the foyer Of the Natural History
Building. National Museum. to re.
main through May 30. Is an at.
tractive and generally well-bal-
anced show. It was an open
exhibition in fact as well as name
The 1875 watercolors, pastels and
prints were selected from between
900 and TOO works submitted from
many States and the District OF
Columbia. The jury of admission
was composed Of the clubs officers
and Board of Managers.
Three Washington artists not
affiliated with the club. made the
awards: Sarah Baker, Alexander
Clayton and Pietro Lazzari, all OF
whom are sympathetic with ex-
perimentation. Consequently, the
four prizes and seven honorable
mentions were bestowed upon
works which did not seem to me
representative Of the exhibition as
q whole. The time consuming and
thankless task of juries makes any
one who has served on them hesi-
tate before quarreling with other
juries' choices: but general dds
agreement seems to be the rule
rather than the exception. The
majority of the clubs present
winners impressed me as q drah
collection, calculated TO inspire
little enthusiasm in the public.
First prize OF 500 wentto DANES
M. Boyle for Mountain View,
looking more like a peasant tapes
try than a landscape; second prize
of $50 was given to William Stipe
for Boston Doorway" a tilted
l1ouse-front in dull grays, ane
third prize of $25 was won BY
Prentiss Taylor for his diffused
sketchy Park Photographer, Mon.
terey." Mentions went to first
Henry Olson for his ineligible
STRAIGHTFORWARD Landscape" q
Swiss mountain scene for which he
made sketches while there during
his war service; second. to Theo-
dora Kane for her misty Late
Afternoon, Central Park; third
to Frances Reisrnan for labored-
looking "Still Life With Fruit.
and fourth, to Peter Blanc's amor
phous Woman With Cat"
"Old Kingston Tugs" lithograph
by Mel Brenner. fetched the print
prize of $25. Mentions went to
first, Christine Engler's dainty
linear Circus; second. to Jacob
Kainen's aquatint and drypoint
'The Night Obscure. and third,
to Irvine Lehman's wood engrav-
ing Mandolin and Fruit"
The annual actually has more
beautiful. sparkling and varied
works than can be mentioned
Some which especially appealed to
me are Carl Nyquist's panoramic
view Of Georgetown from the river:
Henry Gasser's superb inlet
Road; Eliot O'Hara's lively cap
Evening star., 1949-05-08

and requirements may be secured
from the school art teacher or the
Abbott Art School. 20i3 ! street
NV. All work must be at the
school on or before 3 pm. May %
q
Cincinnati Art Museum
The rare engraving OF an
astrologer by Campagnola. repro
duced on this page April "a. was
one of five loans from the Gin
cinnati Art Museum TO the COM
prehensive exhibition Of early
italian engrayings &C the Ma
tional Gallery Of Art. The name
of the museum was Inadvertently
omitted IN tho revtsw.
Evening star., 1949-05-08

BY Richard Harrison fYts-
Darts Publishing Co. NeA York.
ssTs
Reviewed By
REX COLLIER.
The average American knc~l-
edge Of Scotland Yard has bern
derived from books ot fiction II
is refreshing. therefore. 10 read .
book about THE YARD tha, IL
factual. Mr. HArrison = Hriuslser
who has written murh detective
story fiction himself. takes hA
readers behind the grim walls o.
LondonS $ fabulous police agency
and reveals II as 1t really lA. And
he demonstrates that Scotland
Yard Is deServedly famous on the
basis Of It's own record without
benefit Of literary standardization.
Because the factional Yard In.
spector seems 10 pop up IN ths
middle OF every major crime in
England. many perSons have the
idea that the bureau Is national
organization similar 10 our own
FBI Actually. Il Ia more COM
parable TO the Washington or New
York City Police Departments, for
II Ia the Metropolitan Police De
psrtment Of London. BY lpnE
custom. however. II responds 20
appeals OF rural English authogt-
ties for help In solving particularly
difiicult crime eaSes, some OF itA
More interesting cases have been
those outside the City Of London.
When these have To do with an
cient castles and their titled oc-
cupants~~aS they occasionally do
the atmosphere lends Itself 10
exploitation by detective story
teilerk.
Mr.. Harrison has written an abb
sorbinR case history Of Scotland
Yard. past and present. Hs has
chosen a Samplins Of eases With
q view not only 10 showing the va.
riety OF crimes with which tsts
well-tralned policemen and detee-
tives of the organization must
deal. but 10 revealing the scisn.
tifie. methodieal way In which
they go about their work A. IL
the case with the FBi. the Yard
stresses hcicntife detection proc
eases. from the lifting and identi-
ncation OF fnRerprin4 At tina
scene OF q crime TO laboratory
analysis OF earth. powder stsina.
handwriting. blood and other evil
denee.
All Of these technia,sss and more
are illustrated IN the osses dis
euased by Mr. Harrison For
those who like their ds,sctivs
stories straight and authentic.
this book viii afford both infos-
nation and pleasure
Evening star., 1949-05-08

the design 4cent commemorative to be issued
By postal authorities Canada June 2 to mark the
20oh anniversary OF the founding OF Haar 1t is based on
painting BY C. w. Je6erys C. A. LID and portrays
assembling original structures the present site OF the CITY,
Meanwhile June fue smaller stamps bearing portraits OF
George VI pu be issued In connection ith the ceebra
ton of birthday Values to cents incusiue Frstday
coper available at post Offices throughout the
Dominion ouerchdge each envelope handled
Evening star., 1949-05-08
TomIinson
Continued From Page CID

for such enterprises but that they
also have the technical experts
and facilities for handling them.
Seeks Loan Here
At the moment there are indica-
tions that other departments OF
the administration would like to
see large amounts of capital made
available for expansion and pro-
duction in Mexico. provided "a
more favorable climate" Is created
In fact, ever since the Wolverton
Committees report on the situa-
ton following committee visit
to Mexico last falD there has
been continual discussion between
Mexican officials and our own. The
committee itself reported that the
Mexicans wanted to borrow, some
$470, ,000.000 for the expansion oi
the oil industry.
Senator Antonio ]. Bermudez
director general Of Pemex. oil
Petroleos Mexicanos. the Mexican
government oil corporation. OF
monopoly. has just spent several
weeks In Washington. New York
and other cities pressing his case
for q large loan. The word ir
Washington Is that the discus
sions are continuing and that
nothing has been definitely de-
cided one way or the other. One
thing Is certain: II the Export
Import Bank. or any other Gov
ernment lending agency, should
put up large sums for the expa1-
sion Of the oil industry in Mexico
it would be expected to do the
same thing for Brazil. Chile. Co.
lombia and all the others, and
there Just are not enough dollars
to 60 around for such purposes.
Senator Bermudez has made II
plain that no foreigners will be
permitted % own concessions OF
to operate fields or refineries on
Mexican territory. The national
ization Of the oil industry remains
a fixed policy Of the government
Private companies will be per-
mitted to explore and drill at their
own expense. for and under the
strict supervision Of Pemex. But,
as soon as a well has been brought
in, 1t must be turned over to the
government corporation for ex-
ploitation. The companies will be
paid only for wells that actually
produce.
One contract has recently been
let under these terms to a group
of companies headed by Edwin w.
Pauley Of California. The contract
provides that ."the proceeds of the
sale Of so per cent Of the output
from any productive wells drilled
Is to pay for the expenses OF drill
ing, and Pemex viii pay the group
Is per cent Of the value of the
production obtained from these
wells. as their profit and COM
pensation for the risks assumed" /"
So far. such an arrangement does
not seem to appeal very strongly
to the big companies such as
Standard and others.
In recent months I have heard
our oil men In Venezuela and
Brazil. In Peru and Colombia
point to Canada as the next area
Of great oil activity. Some OF
the highest officials IN Washing
ton say that Canada may be the
salvation of North America and
of Western Europe In case of an
other war.
Evening star., 1949-05-08

Of Columbia presiding and assist e
fng In IT,
Al the time no osae seemed 10
know what cause<. the FIRE. and
for awhile not even o SUGGESTION
was offered The testimony COW
ering the efforts 10 extsnEulsn the
blaze Was quite interesting and
shows us TODAY the d!syscu!ises en-
countered years aeo oy the vo.un-
teer fire companies slth a few'
FIRE engines. a limited amount ot
hose without universal coanee =
tions and n very meagef water
supply.
when the FIRST persons arrived
upon the scene they hunted for
the Treasury engine. which Was
found locked up IN a little build =
ing close by. but too small 10 be
OF service In such o big Are
Charles Pryse then ran 10 the
headquarters OF the Franklin en-
gtne. at the southeast corner OF
Fourteenth street and rennsyl-
vania avenue. where he found the
door locked, Indeed. his story ss
embodied In his deposition Is suf
ficiently interesting 10 Tive al
least q part Of It. which follows:
Witness, without entering thu
building. Immediately got over the
fence and ran TO set the Franklin
engine, distant about q square
near the corner OF Fourteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
found several persons at the en-.
gine house. but the key not there
went 10 MIR. Fulier's. where ht
knew there was a key. procured
the key and pair OF horses
which were Immediately put Il
the engine. and driven 10 tho
/ fire by Mr.. Fuller; thinks II Wal
about 20 minutes after he firS'
got to the fire before the ensins
got there. and this was the hrs'
on the ground"
Trial for Arson
Subsequently. Richard White
and his brother. Harry White
were suspected of having set fire
TO the building for the purpose
Of destroying certain papers on
file In the Treasury Department
The former was tried four times
and finally acquitted because OF
the statute OF limitation. The
case was prosecuted by J. r. Key.
son of Francis Scott Key. author
of The Star-Spanrled Banner. -
and defended by n. J, Brent The
first trial took place In Decem-
Der. 1895, and q local newspaper
carried the following reference 10
the case:
Trial OF Richard n. White for
arson. in setting FIRE to the Treas
ury Department In Washington
City. on the 3oth OF March. 1883,
The district attorney opened
the case and SAID It would be
proved that the prisoner. who was
a man Of education. had made use
OF chemical preparations fof the
firing OF the building and It's on
tents. II would be proved that
| he took q house In this city and
brought on his furniture and
other goods from New York. some
time before the burning OF the
Treasury Department"
Harry White vas convicted Of
the crime of arson on January Is,
1897. and Q new trial Was asked
for. but denied. and the prisoner
sentenced TO 10 years imprison-
ment. but whether he actually
served his sentence 10 doubtful
Among the jurymsn who sat In
the third trial OF Richard White,
which began April 20, 1887, and
which resulted In q hung Jury
was Michael LArner. member OF
a well-known local family OF
that name.
Immediately after the destrue.
! ton Of the Treasury Building. ths
Evening star., 1949-05-08

The Whyte Gallery. constitute q
handsome show. Most Of the 18
works on view are paintings. in
rich, glowing color. large size. and
superb execution. Persons who
know and love Cape Cod, stoning-
ton. Maine. Boston and other
spots In that section Of the coun-
try, will covet these interpreta-
tions Of them by an exceptionally
gifted artist Of the Washington
area. A large number Of the
paintings were sold a few hours
after they had been hung last
Monday.
Chequire Benefit
In connection with the annual
tour Of Alexandria homes and
gardens yesterday and today,
Chequire House Gallery, 202 King
street. offers an exhibition Of Alex
andria portraits and heirlooms,
sponsored by the Alexandria AS
sociation. Proceeds from O mod
est admission fee will go toward
the restoration of the Ramsay
House. oldest In Alexandria.
The show is O cross section of
arts and handicrafts in the city's
two centuries Of history. Silver
viii be emphasized, In the showing
of work by Benjamin Barton.
George Duffey tearly portraits of
whom will also be on view), Coen.
Lynn. the Adams and Burnett.
Pottery from the Milburn Kilns,
the dumb waiter used by Thomas
Jefferson in the White House. and
other exhibits will be included.
OF particular interest Is q group
Of portraits Of noted Alexandrians.
Hours today are Q to 6, and to-
morrow through Saturday. 10
to 6.
O'Hara in Silver Spring
An exhibition Of water colors by
Eliot O'Hara and pottery by Helen
O'Brien and vally Possony opened
at the Silver Spring Art Gallery.
April a. with an informal studio
talk by Mr.. o'Hara before q hun
dred guests. The exhibition will
remain through May 23.
$50
Abbott Scholarship Contest
The Abbott Art School has an
nounced a scholarship contest
open to all high schools In Di-
vision l-9 In Washington and
nearby Maryland and Virginia.
First prize is one years full time
tuition. equal to $3.50 for out
standing student from high
schools: second prize. one years
tuition In night school. equal to
sI26. Scholarships for junior
high school students are first, one
fun time, summer school scholar
ship equal to $50: second. scholar
ship for half day eight-week sum
|mer session equal TO $46. Applica-
|tion blanks eoutaining regulahona
Evening star., 1949-05-08

French Crawford Smith will be
guest Of honor and principal
speaker at a meeting of the Col
lectors Club Of Washington, 1912
Ninth street NV. Tuesday eve
ming at 8. Public invited.
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New Ensland Glinpses

The scratchboard paintings and
pen and wash drawings Of New
England, made by Mitchell jamie
son for Fortune Magazine, on view
only through next Saturday at
Evening star., 1949-05-08

Lithuania. Netherlands. New Zea-
land, Philippines. Romania. Siam
and Turkey. None as yet for the
United States.
Copies of the official book list OF
st. Johns College may be OBJ
tanned by sending 25c In wrapped
coin to the manager Of the col
lege book store at Annapolis. The
list contains material Of value to
collectors of stamps OF q literary
and historic character.
Thomas Lewis OF the Australian
Embassy advises that his country
will issue a 2-1/2d stamp in tribute
to Henry Lawson d867-1922). He
was a poet and prose writer whose
first important work was published
in 1895. Children Of the Bush, u
1902. perhaps Is his best known
production.
The British Empire stamp col
lection Of Adolphe Menjou. motion
picture star. brought ss.480 at
auction.
| Switzerland on May Is will re-
lease q series Of six modernistic
stamps for the 18th anniversary
Of the Universal Postal Union.
Philip II. Ward. jr.. O native OF
Washington but for many years
resident Of Philadelphia. will re-
turn home on "Wednesday. May
IS, to appear before q meeting OF
the Washington Philatelic Society
at the Cosmos Club. He will ex-
hibit "aristocrats" from his classic
collection Of United States and
foreign countries. Visitors are tn
vited to attend the display.
The Capital Precancel Club will
meet at the home of Rolston Lyon,
2l7 Rittenhouse street NV. to-
morrow evening at 8. Strangers
attending are asked to introduce
themselves to C. c. Fisher, secre-
tary, at the door.
French Crawford Smith will be
guest Of honor and principal
speaker at a meeting of the Col
Evening star., 1949-05-08
A Mystery Writer
okes Fiction Out
Of Scotland Yord
SCOTLAND YARD

BY Richard Harrison fYt@-
Darts Publishing Co. Ness York,
s2Tsy
Evening star., 1949-05-08
Reviewed hy
REX COLLIER
By Dick Mansfield

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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-09-08
BLUE COMB DANGER
SEEN IN VIRGINIA

Watch out for blue conb
Blue comb may appear sudden
ly in flock of healthy birds and
can be recognized by a depressed,
listlesS condition, lack of appetite
and whitish or waterish diarrhea.
Uusually the red part of the
comb will darken, eyes may be
shrul1en and legs shriveled.
The disease generally affects
hens ready to lay.
If the disease hits your birds,
cut down on feed during hot
weather, and provide plenty OF
shade and fresh drinking water.
Additional green feed will help.
For treatment, use a tablespoon
full of muriate of potash in every
gallon of drinking water for three
or four days. Then leave it out
of the water, and put a pound
and a half of the muriate of pot
ash in every 100 pounds of mash.
Feed the medicated mash for
three or four days.
Molasses in the drinking water
is another treatment. A half pint
of molasses to each gallon of
drinking water is needed. Then
for few days feed molasses-
mash mixture made up of 40
pounds of bran, 40 pounds of
ground oats and 20 pounds of
molasses.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-09-08
Freezing On The Pound

Mr.. and Mrs. Alden Carico
now living in Detroit, along with
Mrs. T. c. Swindall of Norland
visited relatives here briefly on
Saturday.
Andy T. Hall, employed for
some time in Detroit, visited his
family and his parents here Sat-
urday and Sunday Mrs. Hall ex-
poets to leave Friday to join her
husband in Detroit for several
months.
Smith Beverly reports that he
killed rattlesnake on Upper
Pine Creek this week that meas
ured four feet long.
'Old Man" Ebert Reed sets
an example in the way Of indus
try and get-up that might we'll
be emulated by the younger gen
Grafton. He arises at 8 a. m. ev-
cry morning and leaves for his
work at Clintwood, returning to
his home late in the evening.
All of Us in this section who
have had official contact with
Fred Noel Fletcher, County Farm
agent, admire his courtesy and
his efficiency. He is particularly
efficient in attending to ailing
livestock. There is a natural
friendllness about Fletcher that
makes you admire him and sets
him apart from so many others
who are ever ready to offer fer
vent prayers at religious gather
ings and then deliberately and
maliciously offer every affront
to their fellow beings the next
day.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-09-08
NORLAND NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Orval Perry and
Mr.. and, Mrs. Lester Branham
were visitors at the home of Ell
mer Perry Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Fleming
attended the memorial service al
Lockhart Flats Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Davis spent
Saturday night~with Homer Per
ry and family.
Sunday visitors at the home OF
Obey Fleming Sunday were Mr..
and Mrs. Verlin Fleming, Mrs.
Ross Greear and children and
and Mrs. Leathy Willis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hurley Perry and
Mr.. and Mrs Elmer Perry went
to movie at Hall Bottom Satur
day night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Perry
spent Sunday night at the home
of Bill Davis.
Miss Anna Carol Davis spent
Monday night with Miss Evelyn
Sue Fleming.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-09-08
Junior Order

Holly Greek Council No. 30 3.
Meets End Saturday and 4th
Friday Of each month at lodge
hall in c. c. Camp.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-09-08

Beverly is up and around again
Reuben Mullins and Luther
Beverly are cutting their tobacco
this week. Looks like they will
both have fine crops.
Charles Lee and Oliver Ken
drick, Jr., were home from De-
troit over the weekend. They
are getting along good up there,
they say.
Mrs. Ruby Swindall and chill
dren are visiting Floyd Cox and
family this week.
The twin girls of Mr.. and Mrs.
Andy Beverly are growing fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Davis have
moved to the home of James
McMeans.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-09-08
BADEN BRIEFS

James L. McMeans and family
have moved to Manassas, Va. to
work. They have rented their
home here.
James O'Quinn and family are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Null
Inns.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Mullins
and two children have been Wis
iting relatives around Baden.
They are from Sweet Springs,
Mo-, where Mr.. Mullins parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Weddington Null
ms, moved some thirty years ago.
Mrs. Ira Kendrick and some
of her family, of Ohio, were see.
ing relatives here over the week
end.
We are glad to see that Walton
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-09-08
S called the Low Gap.

is called the Low Gap.
Several people of the Ridge
attended the Hopson memorial at
Skeetrock Sunday.
We read in the Bible of people
fasting and praying and going
without water for number of
days. The children of Mt. View
School went without water for 9
months during the last school
year, and have gone one month
this year in the same condition.
How they can do it is the $4,000
question on the Ridge right now.
A delicious dinner was served
at the home of Charley Sluss on
Saturday. Whether it was we'd
ding, a birthday, an anniversary
or what, we don't know. Could
there have been a wedding and
no one knew about it?
The annual love feast, or COM
munion, will be held at the Pound
River Church Oct. 8, beginning at
five o'clock. Everyone is invited
to attend, and especially, the
members.
A good number of people from
the Ridge plan to attend the fair
this week. We wish them a good
time.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-09-08

printing presses to roll out the
long green, and neither does it
have knowledge of secret places
where the money grows on trees.
If we are to have proper school
buildings, there is only one way
to get them; and that is for us to
pay more taxes.
We are not by any means say
ing that school houses are not
needed. They are needed, and
desperately. Our buildings are
bursting at the seams, and unless
we do something about it, the
whole educational structure will
come tumbling down. But we, our
selves, will pay the bills. Whether
we do so through state or local
taxes is not material. New taxes
may be segregated to the locali-
ties, as well as to the state. 1t Is
really not a curious fact that as
a rule the better school systems
in the United States receive a
higher percentage of their sup
port from the localities and that
the poorer systems as rule get
most of their money from the
state governments.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-09-08

ry of Haysi.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burl Musick of
Elkhorn City are spending a few
days with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Estus Musick.
Everette Delaney called on Lou
ella Newberry Saturday night.
Mrs. Evans Musick visited Mr..
and Mrs. Lonnie Musick Satur-
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will MCGOWAN
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ferd MCGOWAN
attended church on Backbone
Ridge Sunday.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-09-08

Rebekah Lodge
Meets every End and 18th Tues
day night at 2 o'clock in lodge
hall in the CCC Camp.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-09-08

ance during the illness and death
of our son and brother, Columbus
Killen. We especially want to
thank the doctors and nurses at
the Miners hospital at Norton
for their kindness during his ILL
ness. Also the ministers for their
comforting words.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Killen
and Children.