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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13

Napoleon, who recognized what
they contributed to army life.
Berlioz, whose Requiem" was
given here for the first time re-
Gently at the Watergate, was an
other great musician who had
faith in band music. His gigantic
Funeral" Symphony for military
band was performed for the third
time 10 years ago tomorrow. He
was a supporter of Adolphe Sax.
the inventor of instruments, who
with w. F. Wieprecht, did more to
enlarge the scope of the band than
any other men. Wieprecht was
the first to mass bands for a gil
gantic performance. He was Or
dered to prepare such musical
spectacle by the King of Prussia
in honor Of the visit Of EN-
peror Nicholas of Russia.
Music in the Rain.
One of the most interesting in
cidentS of the Air Force Band
tour occurred in Berlin. The
concert was scheduled for the
Funkturm Gardens which had.
nearby, an auditorium in case of
rain. 1t was more than a rain
that developed at concert time
it was a downpour. The musi-
clans assembled in the auditorium
and began playing for the 5000
people able to gain admission.
When intermission came and
the musicians were relaxing. a
very bedraggled old man pushed
his way toward Col. Howard and
said, why aren't you playing
outside?" The director called at
tention to the state of the weather.
but the man insisted that the
concert was advertised to be held
in the garden and, right then.
$4,000 people were waiting in the
rain to hear it.
The diSbelieving colonel could
hardly credit his eyes when the
man led him out of doors and
there, under a roof of umbrellas.
sat the patient audience, fully
as large as told.
The musicians were promptly
brought out by Col. Howard to
play an additional two-hour pro-
gram for them.
The peak of the tour was
reached on July 20 in England
when the band played at the
royal garden party in Bucking-
ham Palace gardens. The King
and Queen talked with the mu-
sicians and thanked them for
the concert, the first to be given
there by an American organiza-
ton. In Edinburgh and in Dub
| lin the same success attended
them, the President of Ireland.
Sean O'Kelly, telling them.
America has no idea how much
your music has done in creating
better understanding between
our countries"
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The Army Band, Capt. Hugh
Curry, leader, will present Vivian
Barrett. soprano, as soloist at the
east front steps Of the Capitol
Friday night at 8.
Miss Barrett is a native of
Canada. She first came here to
work with the British Embassy but
stayed to make the city her home.
She studied with the late Rudolphe
Plamondon and her close associa-
ton with the French element in
Canada, together with her train
ing, enabled her to specialize in
the French repertoire.
Other features on the program
are the Army Band Chorus, direct
ed by 1t. Samuel Loboda, and the
Army Band Dance Orchestra.
Continuing it's recorded pro-
grams, the. Jewish Community
Center will give a concert Tuesday
on the roof of the center at $3.50
pm. Admission is free.
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News of Music
Air Force Band Given High Praise
On 6O-Doy Tour of European Cities
By Alice Eversmon


When the Air Force Band plays
it's first concert since returning
from Europe tonight at 8 o'clock
on the Capitol steps, it will be sur
rounded by an aura of success and
the accolades heaped upon it by
several foreign cities. 1t was
triumphant tour the band made
under the leadership of 1t. Col.
George S. Howard, meriting the
remark made by Mayor Redlham-
mer of Wiesbaden; 1.-THE U. S. All
Force Band is the best ambaSSa-
dor that America has ever sent
to Germany The originally
planned 35-day tour in six Euro
pean countries was extended to
so days, concluding with a concert
in Trieste attended by $4,000
people.
The success of this State De-
partment venture was OF the
greatest Importance at this time.
That our service bands have won
acclaim abroad is all the more
gratifying since it was accorded
by countries where the military
band first found existence and,
later, phenomenal growth. Now
the youngest service band OF this
comparatively young country has
cemented the impression OF excel
lence former groups laid. After
the program in Trieste was given
the remark was heard on all sides:
I'VE had no idea that Americans
played like that"
First Pipers at Vienna.
Military bands have been an
important part of the life in for
eign lands from time immemorial
Even in the era when they were
supported by, and belonged ex-
clusively to, some regiment where
the officers could afford to main
tain such an organization, they
played also for the enjoyment OF
the townspeople. When municipal
governments took them over. g
concert in the public square was
a regular thing. The real birth
of the band as something more
than a group Of rowing minstrel!
took place in 1400 when the first
guild of town pipers was estao'
lished in Vienna.
When the Air Force musicians
played in Vienna, Mayor Theo'
dore Koerner told the audience
during intermission: For centur'
les Vienna has been known as
center of world culture. 1t is
great privilege for me to welcome
this magnificent organization tt
Vienna, but I am glad it will stay
for only three days. If it were tt
stay for a longer period, In
afraid that Vienna's reputation
might suffer" This was said be-
fore an assembly of 10000 people
who arrived two hours before con-
cert time and stood, for there were
no seats, for that period and fol
the two hours required for the
program.
Threatened AS PrOpagandists.
The band reached Vienna jus
at the outbreak of the Korean
war and reports had it that Com
munists from the Russian Secto
of the city would demonstrat
against the band as a propagand;
agent of the United States. TIL
musicians were confined to thei
quarters until time for the con
cert but nothing happened excep
that quite number of Russian
soldiers came to hear them. Tht
public lined the road as the mu-
sicianS returned to their billetS
and cried Thank you, gentlemen
for bringing us this marvellous
music"
In the history of bands, several
names stand out Importantly.
There is Louis XIV who entrusted
to Lully the organization of regi-
mental bands for the army and
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nual summer nationals in Co.
lumbus was not as productive of
honors for the Washington dele
CATION as the earlier sessions.
Minor successes. however, did
boost the red point totals for sew
eral local fans.
In the master open pair
championship. won after four
sessions of play by Manuel Sher-
win and DR.. C. w. Yorke, both of
Flint, Mich, only two local play
ers gained entry to the finals.
They were Kathleen McNutt, who
competed with Hal Raymond of
Orlando. Fla. and William Pois-
SAINT, whose partner. Mrs. Frederic
Eberson of Memphis, Tenn. won
her life master title two years ago
while residing in Washington.
Neither pair finished in the mas
ter point division.
j. D. Boyd and Charles Loven-
berg scored section top in the
second qualifying round of the
opens: David Murray and DR.. A. J..
Steinberg entering the third ses-
sion fourth in the field of 1872
pairs. Both pairs withered in the
third quarter. failing to reach the
championship fight. Another
former Washington luminary,
John Parish, now an Illinois State
Senator living in Centralia. dis
tinguished himself by winning
show honors overall in this meet,
paired with Ed Melchier of St.
Louis.
The siX-SeSsion master team-of-
four event, which outclassed the
opens in the number of entries
was won by Oswald Jacoby of
Dallas, Tex, John Crawford of
Philadelphia, George Rapee, Sam
Stayman and Howard Schenken,
all of New York City. Having won
the Vanderbilt Cup match last
March, the Columbus victory
doubly qualities them to partici-
pate in a six-team playoff to de-
eide who will represent the United
States in the formation "a
matches November 1918 in Ber-
muda.
In master team play, best show
ing among local entries was made
by David Murray, Charles Loven-
berg, ST Katz and Michael Mich
aels who survived the quarter
finals. They scored their biggest
triumph by knocking out the all
star foursome of Mrs. R. C. Young
of Philadelphia, Richard Kahn of
New York, A. M. Barnes of New
York and David Clarren of Min
neapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter O'Loughlin
merited red-point awards by fin
ishing fourth overall among Sc
duos competing for the Presidents
cup. Charles Johnson, Vic Zeve,
DR.. and Mrs. A. J. Steinberg
topped Washington entrants to
finish eighth among the So teams
competing for the Faber cup.
Mrs. Stanley Beasley-Laura
Hunter received section second
awards in the Capital City pair
match last Sunday. This was Mrs.
Beasley's second runnerup honor,
E. T. Worden of Claymont, Del,
sharing this award with her the
preceding night in the Fuller Cup
pairs. William PoisSant and
James c. Stone picked up sec
ton top in the Colder Master
pairs, as did Drs. w. H. Gorton
and N. j. McHugh in the Neil
House pairs. Mrs. George Kathan,
paired with Mrs. Charles Sher-
wood of Columbus, placed in their
section of the latter match.
This week end no nearby tour
neys are scheduled. but next Fri
day fans will attend the sixth
annual Piedmont Championships
at Natural Bridge. Va. Three local
names are among the defending
lineup: Wallace Ashby, co-holder
of the mixed-pair title; and Will
liam Poissant and James G. Stone,
open-pair champions.
y,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13
PhiIoteIic Who's Who

Albert F. Kunze, chief of the
Philatelic Division of the Pan
American Union, has brought out
a revised edition of who's Who
on the Postage Stamps of Ar
gentina"-an imperative reference
brochure for specialists in the
Argentine branch of philately.
Copies are available at cost of
production, IS cents copy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13
TUESDAY.
SOLDIERS HOME MILITARY BAN

HOME MILITARY BAND.
Franklin B.. Charles, bandmaster,
Purple Carnival; Bergenholtz' "Bo-
hemian Life" overture; Jones 1T
Z Had to Be You; De Sylva's IF You
Knew Susie; Operate Master
"Marche rAiglon"; Kings En-
chanted Night"; Kaufman's Listen
to This
MUSIC UNDER THE STARS" Jewish
Community Center Roof, $50 pm.
Kleine Nachtmusik"; Bruch's Violin
Concerto in. G Minor; Strauss It'll
Eulenspiegel.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13
/ IIsIE73s 81 m :s 20 G.

Postmaster General Jesse NJ Tuesday author
lied the release of design for the Scent California State
hood slated sale at sacramento Sep
TENDER The composition includes covered Nth
pioneer pioneer Ooan miner the steamship oregon
group UeS and lunches OF grapes and citrus fruits
Victor S. McCloskey is the artist responsible and Matthew
D. Fenton and Arel w. Christensen the engraDerS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13

Ernest A. Kehr, writing in the
New York Herald Tribune, says:
"As a whole, all Universal Postal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13
Proqrunns of the Week
TODAY.
AIR FORCE Rand. 1t.

AIR FORCE BAND, 1t. Col. George
S. Howard, conductor, M/Sergt.
Glenn Darwin, baritone; T/Sergt.
John Osiecki, accordionist, soloists,
east front Capitol. 6 pm. Compo-
sitions by Wagner, Gershwin. Rim
yKorsakoff, Strauss, Porter. Men
delssohn and Lehar.
MARINE BAND. Mai. William F. San
telmann. leader, Jefferson Memorial,
$50 pm. Schubert'S March Mill
taire, No. T.; Overture to Ros--
the Daggers'' from Meyerbeer's THE
Huguenots"; Benefits Tournament
of the Trumpets," Charles Erwin,
William Smith, Guy Mcintosh, John
lections from Romberg's The Stu
dent Prince" SouSa's stars and
Stripes Forever; BaZzinfs La
Ronde. des Lutins," Charles owen,
marimba soloist; Tschaikowsky's
THE 1917 Overture"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13

The Bastogne stamp of July 4.
1916. was overprinted by the postal
authorities of Belgium when a
memorial was dedicated at Bas-
togne on July 16 this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13

New printingS of four current
stamps have been completed. This
means that new varities of those
issues may be available. The new
editions may be discernibly diff
ferent from the original prodnc-
lions. Readers are dviSed to
check all copies of the following
stamps passing through theil
hands: 10-cent and 25-cent
U. P. U. airmails: Scent Samue
Gompers; Scent American Bank
erS.
Nothing has been done about
the proposed stamp to dramatic
the American defense of freedom
and democracy in South Korea
but there is hope that the matter
may receive official attention
shortly.
Carl P. Rueth, writer on U. S
stamps for Linn's Weekly Stamp
News, Sidney, Ohio, would like to
hear from readers who favor
commemorative for John Chap
man, the horticultural missionary
better known as Johnny Apple
seed Q774-1845.
Senator Robert A. Taft has
sponsored a bill calling for a stamp
1 for the 250th anniversary of the
founding of Yale University.
Philip H. Ward, jr., writing in
Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News
says: I'VE are told that the Treas
ury has ruled that it is illegal to
have the 1947 issues of San Ma
rino because they illustrate our s.
cent 1847 in color Indeed some
what childish ruling three years
after the stamps appeared. How
about the Liberia issue of the
same year, showing both our 184T
scent and 10-cent in color?"
Counterfeits of the famous "a
airmail invert of 1918 are said tc
exist-and they may get some
body into very serious trouble.
Marcus Adams, Ltd, of London
made the photograph of Princess
Elizabeth and Prince Charles used
for the 1850 health stamps of New
Zealand.
The Bastogne stamp of July 4,
1916. was overprinted by the postal
authorities of Belgium when a
memorial was dedicated at Bas-
togne on July 16 this year.
Ernest A. Kehr, writing in the
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WARREN r. JOHNSON, ORGANISE
CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMS
22nd g. p SITS. NV. 7:30 O'CLOCK
Promenade, Air and Toccata
Edmund Haines
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13

Col. Hans Lagerloef, Swedish
American philatelist, recently cele-
brated his 10th birthday anniver-
sary by sending greetings to many
stamp collecting friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13
By james Waldo Fowcett

Union stamps were printed in Suf-
ficient quantities and kept avail
able at post offices to enable col
lectors to obtain them without
difficulty in the usual manner. A
few nations at the behest of spec
ulators and philatelic racketeers,
seized upon the occasion to manip-
ulate issues at the expense of the
ardent lobbyist"
The Soviet zone of Germany
has brought out a hideouS series
of stickers allegedly meant to
honor long departed members of
the Academy of Science in Berlin,
including: Leonard Euler, Alex
ander and Wilhelm Won Humboldt.
Theodor Mommsen, Max K. E. L.
Planck, Jacob Grimm, Walther
Hermann Nernst, Gottfried Won
Leibnitz, Alex Won Harnack and
Herman L. F. HelmholtZ-all ma
terialists, more or less, but none
of them real radicals.
Vatican City is planning a
stamp to call attention to the
centenary of the Palatine Guard.
The 900th anniversary of the
death of Guido d'Arezzo. 18th
century father of modern music.
has been marked by Italy in a
20-lire, dark green, stamp, show
ing his statue. He was a Bene-
dictine monk in monasteries near
Paris, Ferrara and finally Avel-
lano and is the reputed inventor of
the medieval great scale" or
gamut. Tradition says he named
the first six notes of the scale
after the first syllables of six
lines of a hymn addressed to St.
John the Baptist. Some historians
call him Guido Aretino, some Fra
Guitone. He was born about 995
and died in 1850.
A lap, carmine lake and black,
provisional is being printed in
Wellington to supply a lack of the
George VI type of the Lap Of
New Zealand. Fresh supplies can
not be imported from London
quickly enough.
New members of the Pentagon
Philatelic Society are: 1st. 1t.
H. w. C. Furman. Maj. Alfred H.
Parthum, jr.; Cpl. Robert Kelly,
Col. Cecil J. Gridley, Capt. Engel-
bert J. Berger, Comdr. Erik A.
Johnson, Joseph E. Fitzpatrick,
Vito @. Bautista. B. A. Mayor,
William M. Gochenour. William E.
Lutz and Ford U. Ross. Ats.
U. S. N.
Readers interested in collecting
naval covers are invited to write
to: Miss Miriam v. Moses, 678
N. w. Sind street. Miami 81,
Florida
Scott Publications, Inc, and the
Scott Stamp & Coin Co.. Inc, have
separated. The former will con-
tinue to occupy offices at l West
47th street, New York 10, and the
later will move to 172 Fulton
street, New York 7.
Col. Hans Lagerloef, Swedish
American philatelist, recently cele-
brated his 10th birthday anniver-
sary by sending greetings to many
stamp collecting friends.
The Capital City Post Card Club
will meet at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Endes, 821 Crittenden
street, NV, tomorrow evening
at 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13
TOMORROW.

NAVY BAND, Cwo Richard E. Towns
end, conducting, east front, Capitol,
8 pm. "Grande Marche" from Yer
dis Aida; Overture" to .Nicolai's
Merry Wives of Windsor; Cho-
pins "Tarantelle"; Affords The
Hunt" for cornet and post horn,
Frank. Scimonelli, soloist; BENEFITS
"Rhythms Of Rio: Strauss Tales
Come to the Fair" Ben Mitchell
Morris, tenor soloist; Selections
from the Wright-Forrest Song Of
Norway: Gershwin's Rhapsody in
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WEDNE SDAY.

MARINE BAND. Mai. William F. San
lehman, leader, east front Capitol.
s pm. Massenets Parade Mill
taire"; Overture" to Comes I'll
Dance No. u; Benefits trumpet
quartet, Tournament of Trumpets,"
Charles Erwin, William Smith, Guy
Mcintosh, John Costing, soloists;
selections from FrimlS THE Fire
fly; BaZzini's La Ronde des
Lutins," Charles Owen, marimba
soloist; Branson's BENJAMIN Frank
lin University March; Strauss
Voices of Spring; Finale from
Franck'S Symphony, D Minor"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13

Scott Publications, Inc, and the
Scott Stamp & Coin Co.. Inc. have
separated. The former will con-
tinue to occupy offices at l West
filth street, New York 10, and the
later will move to 172 Fulton
street, New York 7.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13

The Capital City Post Card Club
will meet at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Endes, 821 Crittenden
street, NV, tomorrow evening
LOT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13
SATURDAY.
lVERS' HOME MILITARY RA

HOME MILITARY BAND,
Franklin B. Charles, bandmaster,
bandstand,. =, pm. Bidgood's
Pirate overture; De Sylvas Be
hind the Clouds; Arlen's STORMY
Weather; Scarmolin's Lithuanian
Rhapsody; Calloway's THE Whit
fenpoof Song; Bowman's Twelfth
Street Rag: Safranek's La
Tagala'' Breitenfeld'S The Last
Long Milc "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13

Marcus Adams, Ltd, of London
made the photograph of Princess
Elizabeth and Prince Charles used
for the 1850 health stamps of New
! Zealand,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13

Readers interested in collecting
naval covers are invited to write
to: Miss Miriam v. Moses, 678
N. w. 32nd street. Miami 81,
Florida
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13

Counterfeits of the famous "a
airmail invert of 1918 are said to
exist-and they may get some
body into very serious trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13

A lap, carmine lake and black,
provisional is being printed in
Wellington to supply a lack of the
George VI type of the Lap Of
New Zealand. Fresh supplies can
not be imported from London
quickly enough.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13
FRIDAY.

ARMY BAND, Capt. Hugh Curry, con-
ductor; Vivian Barrett, soprano.
soloist; east front, Capitol, s pm.
Sousa's THE Liberty Bell: Over
ture" to Rossini'S William Tell;
Raveps- Pavane for a dead prin-
Massenet's "Herodiade"; Romance
from Romberg's The Desert SONG, F"
Miss Barrett; Herson's Heads Up;
music from Delibes' "Coppelia Bal
let; Browns Temptation" dance
orchestra; MorriSsey'S Caribbean
Fantasy; Battle Hymn of the Re
public" arr. Wilhousky, band
chorus, 1t. Samuel Loboda conduct
ing; Polka, Fugue" from Vein
berg's "Schwanda'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13
THURSDAY.

SOLDIERS HOME MILITARY BAND,
Franklin B. Charles, bandmaster,
pm, Cannes LORRAINE: over
ture" to MendelSsohn'S ''Ruy Bias;
Parnells "Espanola Jazz; selection
from Verdfs La Traviata"; Guent-
zel's Turtle Waddle," Robert J.
Pallansch, tuba Soloist; PENIS
"Carissima"; Powell's Pack Up Your
Troubles"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13

Senator Robert A. Taft has
sponsored a bill calling for stamp
for the 250th anniversary of the
founding of Yale University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13

CENTRE FoirIInsten. Va. re. 1000
FATHER OF THE BRIDE" sPEN-
/ GER TRACY. ELIZABETH TAYLOR.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-07-25
MISS ESTHER Sell HAS
BUSY THREE WEEKS AS
GUEST OF BLA(kWEll5

Her first trip to Juneau in thir-
teen years has kept Miss Esther
Sell and Mr.. and Mrs. Vance Black
well, whom she is visiting. busy for
the last three weeks.
Miss Sell was first in Juneau
when her young nephew, Mike
Blackwell was three months old.
Her trip to Juneau has included
much informal entertaining and
seeing young Mike assist at early
mass at Trinity Episcopal Church
On Sunday.
Sister of Mrs. Blackwell, who was
Henrietta Sell before her marriage,
Miss Sell is an X-ray technician and
her home is in Chicago.
While she has been in Juneau she
has been guest Of honor at lunch
cons, cocktail and dinner parties
such busy visitor that she and her
sister have had little time for the
family visiting they had expected
to do. She will leave Friday for her
nome in the east . and hopes she
will be back in Juneau before an
other Is years.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-07-25

so the former Lions Club secretary
told of speaking at conventions in
Los Angeles, Pasadena, Chicago and
Ocean Grove. before going to Iowa
and Wisconsin,
HE flew from Chicago to Knox
vile, Tenn, on his first visit to the
deep south, but declared that his
first transcontinental flight home
ward bound was the best of all.
From Chicago to Seattle by Strato-
liner, thence to Juneau by Pan
American clipper, Soboleff made the
Chicago Juneau trip in. IA hours.
His young cub" Sascha, was a
guest at the weekly luncheon meet
ing in the Baranof Gold Room.
visiting Lions included DR.. Kenneth
Marshall, a Longview, Wash, den
fist, and Max Penrod, former Ju-
neauite recently of Mt. Edgecumbe
and now transferred back here
Other guests we're Jacob Hanson Of
Hammond, Ind, and Salvation Army
1t. Norman Steinig.
William Matheny presented at
tendance awards to several Lions
who had been unable to attend the
recent installation banquet at which
a number of presentations were
made.