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by J. Henry Randall

Send on Cor ..
The 'good-soundS" coming
from the pipes Of Billie Holiday
get the AAA rates this week. It's
always a pleasant experience sit
ting in on u session with Lady
Day, who In this NTH OF her LIP
ventures TIVE have heard three,
gets away in her usually highly
satisfying fashion on an octet OF
wcll-rcmembcred oldics The tunes
ut her like a glove and also boast
that added special flavor that only
Billie can give a tune to make II
something more than just another
ALSO ran"
Her newest platter Is labelled
Billie Holiday Favorttes," and
contains not only her but some OF
our favorites as we'll They range
from the bluest OF blues. LOVrless
Love. by w. c Handy; TO barrCl-
house, Swing brother Swing; 20
sentimcntals. or special interest
Is her version Of Time on My
Hands, an arrangement which we
consider the ''untouChable" best.
Backing her on Hands. TrIl
Me More and Laughing at Life, II
hand-picked group under Teddy
Wilson. Billie and Teddy, II you
must know. make twosome
which Is hard to beat. Add such
luminRries as Lester Young and
Roy EldridGe. each OF whom takes
solo drive, and you get ''bingo."
On Mandy IL Two and ITS a Sln
60 Tell u Lie. Emmett Berry. ex.
Basic trumpeter and Babe RusSin,
tenor sax, put in their appear
anCes Some OF the Basic crew Of
81 back Rlllie on without Your
LOVe--Jimmy Sherman, piano;
Buster Bailey. clarinet; Buck
Clayton. trumpet; and Les Young
Her previous LIP plRttcrS those
which we have reviewed were
Billie Holiday Sings" and Teddy
Wilson and Billie Holiday" In
case you did not see either one.
the former collected The Man ]
Love. All Of Me, ~. Louis blues,
| Me Myself and !. You 60 20 My
Head. I'm Gonna Lock My Heart,
TraN'Iin Al Alone and Let's do u.
In the latter one were Miss Brown
to You, Wished on the Moon,
What Little Moonlight can do,
II You We're Mine, Must Have
That Man, FOOnn' Myself. Easy
Living. When You're Smiling.
(CnlumbiA).
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NEW YORK CITY

Manhattan Colleges kellogg back the army
all eight inches Although member Of the
reentry have bee
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BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
MINNEAPOLIS BIRTHDAYS

March lS-Mrs. Frances Brown,
eos u. iAth ST; Arlene Rooney.
ilo7 Emerson Ave, So: Albert
Jones, 1908 Olson Blvd; Lois Bot
droauN. STSS Fifth Ave, So,
March 20--Mrs, w, A. Lee, 202S
Bloomington Ave; Dorothy John.
son. 1910 Eighth Ave, No.
March 2i-Mrs, Russell Under
wood, SSSS Third Ave, 3; Thomas
Booker. Gal Aldrich Ave. No;
Doris Mills, COS Eighth Ave, No,
MArch % Goldstein Jackson,
t22 Emerson Ave. No, Esther NJ.
Jordan. S0T Dupont Ave. No.
March 22-Mrp. E. l.. Sims.
40tO Fourth Ave. So: John W.
Carter 1905 Clinton Ave, Mrs,
VIM Modem. 5000 Third AVc. So, ,
Mary Johns. ITO Highland Ave,
No: Barbara Mae Green. S0T Du.
pont Ave. No,
March ~ Gerry Hogquist,
1888 Fremont Ave, So. Mrs, Gar.
nett Jones. Carol GundeTsOn, Sis
Fourth 81. No,
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You're assured OF electric power
all you want-for your farm, your
home, or your business.
A$I7I, 600 900 eO"s'rVeiIOn program
is boosting NSP's generating capacity
5O%o above what il was before World
War II. Further plans are being pushed
as always - for building additional
power facilities.
Fssmsss ssa Q IOa Of Nils poWss. NSP
serves 24,OO0 farms directly, 1900
more through REA, ONd has SsSsT
InvHed dOs0H an REA request (OV SsySies.
Here u an lndicatioo q boz NSPS
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d. Boone. 1913 Eighth 81. So.
Saturday. March 10 at s p. m,
Miss Gwcndolyn Miller. STAD
Fourth Ave, So. left the city Sat
urday, March 10 to return to her
home In DeS Moincs Iowa,
The StAr-IIte Usher Board Of
st. Peter AME church viii meet
"Wednesday evening. March u At
the church II In requested that all
members please be present.
The Junior NAACP will meet
Sunday, March Is at the Phyllis
Wheatley house at p. m, An
election Of officers win be held
and they are aAktnE all memberu
to please be present,
The ARG club met at the home
OF Mrs. Grace Judy. S720 Firth
Ave So. Sunday, March II at Q
p, M.
The Missionary Society OF 81,
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ASSURED CITIES AND FARMS 100 THE
NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY AREA
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OUT OF TOWN BIRTHDAYS

March ls-Lco BohRnon, st.
Louis, Mo. Don NJ, Vernon, Wash
ington. d. c: Charles squiuics,
Chicago. III.
March 40 Melvin l., WEIGH.
Gary, Ind; Carolyn SeAbron, De
troit, Mich.
March ~ Thomas Brown. 81.
Louis, Mo; Reginald A, johnson,
New York, N, Y,
March ~ William SeRbron
Detroit, Mich; Chiffon 7. Brown
Philadelphia, Pa,
March ~ Mrs Dorothy But,
Ter. Chicago; Mrs. Leola NJ, MileR
Louisville. Ky,
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SOCIAL & PERSONAL
MINNEAPOLIS

The Twin City Golf Association Sunday, March II at
home Of Mr. Charles Noble 1892 Fourth Ave- So Plans
made for their first dinner dance to be held April at
CaSsut Club Cafe the Bamboo Room LOCATED at POT So
Third St.
The Twilight Social club met tho home Of Mr. and Mrs
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remember was the young Teller who started the
so-called probe" of cage fixing by reporting that
the gamblers had approached him to throw
game There's whispering going on that Junius
just might have ended up stone cold daid in an
alleyNxay so mad are the FIxers at him.
Meanwhile the Army had difficulty finding a
uniform for Junius who was a staff sergeant in
the reserve.
Six foot eight inch recruits are not exactly
welcomed by the armed forces under ordinary
circumstances because they can n num-
her Of headaches the same kind Of headaches
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15

Another new cake at
Safeway, Pineapple Layer
Cake. Two delicious yell
low layers topped with
pineapple icing.
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acquired 16 adjoining acres for
$4,000.
The National Capital Parks and
Planning Commission finally recon-
mended that land should be acquired
for a Woodrow Wilson memorial.
That was in 1881. But the site rec
commended was Radnor Heights, just
above or west of the Nevius tract.
This did not bother Mr.. Nevius. He
knew if the Government built a me-
mortal on the hill behind his property
it would have to take his land too, to
protect the view to Washington.
End of Wilson Boom
But, before very long. the League
Of Nations. thought Of by many as
Wilson's creation. began to fall apart.
The recommendation for a Wilson
memorial was never acted on. The
Radnor Heights property was sub
divided and built up.
When Mr. Nevius started acquiring
the tract there was no Memorial
Bridge, and the Lincoln Memorial
existed only in architectural draw
ingS. The bridge and the memorial
had been proposed in the Mcmillan
Commission Report Of 1901, and Mr..
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ward Mitchell, then embarking on his
profession in Richmond, Va. wrote
an article for the magazine Architec-
ture in January. 1920. proposing a
magnificent memorial with O dome
like the Capitol and long galleries
with double rows of Corinthian coll
umns and heroic sculpture. The gall
lerieS were to be assigned to the
victorious Allies Of the recent struggle.
But the French simply buried an
unknown soldier under the Arc de
Triomphe to represent the 2 million
men they had lost in the struggle,
and that idea caught hold here. The
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier be-
came the memorial of World War I,
and there soon will be the tomb Of an
unknown serviceman Of World War Ii
near it.
Right, after World War I. Avon M.
Nevius. then clerk in the Riggs
Bank. started acquiring the Nevius
tract. He thought the Government
would someday want it for a monu-
ment to Woodrow Wilson, the war
time President. He bought the first
part Of the tract from the Palmer
family Of Georgetown for s cents a
square foot. About is years ago, he
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butes Of sovereignty. Is now being
negotiated In Bonn.
In 1949, seeking to regularize
their relations with the three West
ern zones which they occupy, the
Allies did away with the military
occupation which had existed since
the end Of the war. They substituted
for it civilian control and an occupa-
tion statute, which granted the Ger
mans substantial autonomy over
their own affairs yet reserved for the
occupying powers certain broad areas
Of control.
These included the fields of dis
armament and demilitarization, in
dustrial controls, foreign affairs and
foreign trade. We retained response
bility for the handling of displaced
persons and refugees, the protection
of Allied forces in Germany. the
custody Of German prisoners accused
by Allied courts, and such control
of Germany's internal economy as
is needed to insure that German re-
sources shall be used so as to hold to
a minimum Germanys need for for
eign economic aid.
Some Reforms Made
Since that April. when the occupa-
tion statute was proclaimed, various
small reforms have been made. For
one thing. Western Germany has
been permitted to resume diplomatic
relations with other powers. The
Bonn government has established a
number of embassies and legations.
the exceptions being London. Paris
and Washington. A small German
diplomatic mission has it's offices in
the Raleigh Hotel here.
The Bonn government also has
assumed responsibility for its own
refugees. In addition to the 9.5 mil
lion refugees who settled in Western
Germany after World War II, about
Is 900 more cross the "green border"
that part of the frontier which sep
arates Soviet from non-Soviet Ger
many-each month. The Bonn gov
ernment bears this burden without
complaint, since these people are
Germans, and it tries to integrate
them into the economical and social
life of Western Germany. The meas
ure of its success, thus far, is the
fact that of the so million persons in
Western Germany. only about Ia
million are unemployed.
Foreign trade largely has been
taken Atyer by the West German gov
ernment, although it has not yet
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lad Sharp Eye for Scener-ond It Paid Off

Veterans administration hospital.
The Fine Arts Commission of Nation
al Capital Parks was reluctant to ap-
prove its use for this purpose. 1t
finally went along with the idea, after
receiving assurances that the archi-
lecture Of the hospital would not be
incongruouS.
In the meantime, the matter of
how much Mr.. NeviuS was to be paid
for his property was referred to a
jury In Alexandria Federal Court aft
er much argument over valuation. On
February 27, 1s48. the jury awarded
MIR. Nevius SIG million.
Pretty good for a glorified bank
clerk" said Mr.. NeviuS, who by this
time was retired vice president Of
the bank. The Government fought
that award through all the counts.
but the only result was that it finally
had to pay Mr.. Nevius an additional
$4,000 in interest.
Mr.. Nevius died in March of this
year. The money he realized by his
acumen in selecting the potential
memorial site was inherited by his
widow and his son, John A. Nevius.
When the Veterans Administration
asked Congress to appropriate funds
to build their hospital on the SIG
tract, the House Appropriation Com
mittee told them that the property
was too costly for hospital. This
was the stand taken by Representa-
tive Smith, who has sponsored the
pill to return 1t to private ownership.
The Veterans Administration then
acquired part Of the Soldiers Home
property for its hospital.
Mon With View
The man who has really enjoyed
the Nevius tract Is M/Sergt. William
Merrell, q retired soldier Of 73, who
started t6 live there at a nominal rent
when he was on active duty at Fort
Myer. The second floor Of his modest
house has a view comparable to that
from the porch Of the Lee Mansion
in Arlington Cemetery. He and his
wife used to raise chickens and how-
ers there for the Washington market.
He is continuing his residence as
Government caretaker until use OF the
property is determined.
Sergt. Merrell is considerably wor-
ried by the prospect that the
Government may sell the property.
He probably needn't be. Once the
Government acquires real estate, it
seldom lets it go.
One of the new members Of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, A. P. Greenfelder, con-
struction engineer of st. Louis. has
become strong champion Of Gov
ernment use of the property. He is
responsible for a bill introduced by
Representative Murdock, Democrat.
of Arizona which would create a COM
mission of four citizens to recon-
mend utilization of the Nevius tract.
1T shall be the. function of the
commission" the bill reads, Ito Sc
cure plans and designs for useful
monument to the Nation symbolizing
to the United States and the world.
our liberty, the ideals Of democracy
and the five freedoms: Speech, re-
ligion, press, assembly and petition,
sanctified by the Bill Of Rights"
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glasses. President Taft appointed
him to Annapolis in 1912. He first
broke into the news in 1917, when his
ship captured a German U-boat.
Between wars he played big role
in the Navy's small-boat program.
concentrating on the sub chasers
and PIT boats.
He helped organize air protection
for United States conveys in World
War II-and in his area only six
ships were lost to sub attack-out
of $500. For that he won the
Distinguished Service Medal.
His cruiser, U. S. S. Denver, fought
in the battles of the Solomons.
Decoration followed decoration as
the Pacific war progressed. Then
Admiral William F. Bull" Halsey,
jr., picked Bob Carney as his chief
of staff. He was with HalSey for
the rest of the war, winning Navy
Cross for heroism during the battle
of Leyte Gulf.
Carney arranged with the japanese
for the United States fleet to enter
Tokyo Bay. A proud day in his
life was when he stood ON Halsey's
flagship, the Missouri, and watched
Japan surrender
In 1916. he was promoted to vice
admiral and, until February, 1850.
ne was deputy chief of naval opera
tions Qogistics). Last year ne re-
ceived the four stars of a full adj
miral. He became commander in
chief, United States naval forces.
Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean,
last November. He still holds that
title.
He is president of the United States
Naval Institute and maintains his
legal home in Coronado, Calf. He
and his wife, the former Grace Stone
Graycroft. also maintain homes in
Washington and at Romany House,
Wentworth, Surr&, England.
tAssoeia I'd Press)
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aganda menace in Western Germany
had been licked, and that the West
ern Germans had given themselves
intellectually to the Western cause.
Thus the groundwork is laid for Ger
many'S return to the family Of civil
lied nations.
Some time this fall two major cur
rents Of events will merge: One is
the revival of German sovereignty:
the other is the participation of Ger
many In Western derense, through
the creation Of European army.
Both currents stem from the
Brussels meeting Of the North At
lantic Treaty Organization nations
last December. Following these two
developments to their present stages
we find:
l. Subsequent to the Brussels
meeting. Rene Plevin-then, as now,
the French Prime MiniSter-proposed
the creation of a Western European
army which would provide Gen.
Eisenhower and his lNATO with the
ground forces with which to work.
Conference in Poris
At present the representatives Of
France, Italy. Belgium and Luxem-
bourg are meeting in Paris to ne
gotiate an agreement which will
permit the Germans to contribute, as
equals, to the West European army.
Not participating in these confer
ences-but represented by observers
ARE Great Britain, the United
States ana the Netherlands.
The negotiations have reached no
final conclusion yet. The Germans
want to participate. In fact, the
government of DR.. Konrad Adenauer
while opposing the revival of Ger
man militarism in fear that it may
again dominate the civilian regime
anxiouSly desires that whatever is
done to revive German arms is
carried out within either the NATO
or the European army tPleven plan).
But the Germans set price on
their participation: The restoration
of at least a reasonable measure of
sovereignty to the German state.
That is the second current men,
ton above.
r.. Replacement of the occupa-
ton statute, under which the West
ern allies now control Western Ger
many, by contractual arrangement
which will 4 store to the West Ger
man goyernA Aent most Of the attri-
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Admiral Carney Maps Rght-FIonk Defense

NAPLES. Italy.-Meet ''Mr Medi-
terranean." He's a graying Pacific
war hero-Admiral Robert Bostwick
Carney, United States Navy, with the
official title North Atlantic Treaty
Organization commander in chief,
Southern Europe.
Gen. Eisenhower in June gave him
the task of hammering out defen-
sive shield for Europe's right flank.
It's a tough job-and it went to a
tough man who has flown 10000
miles around the Mediterranean to
learn it f1rst-hand.
His forces consist chiefly of the
poorly equipped Italian Army on the
Evening star., 1951-08-26

Nevius had confidence that some day
they would be realities.
In the 1920s, the admirers and
family Of Theodore Roosevelt were
shopping about for memorial site.
At one time Congress found itself
at the point of authorizing the Tidal
Basin property, now occupied by the
Jefferson Memorial, for the purpose.
But it backed away when it realized
that it would be putting the famous
Rough Rider, still controversial fig
ure. in a triangular position of equal
ity with Washington and Lincoln.
The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial
Association finally purchased Analos-
tan Island, in the Georgetown cham
mel of the Potomac. from the Wash
ington Gas Light Co. On May 81.
1882, this property was accepted by
Congress and its name changed to
Roosevelt Island. After the election
of Franklin D. Roosevelt, another bill
was passed making it Theodore
Roosevelt Island.
Veterans HospitoI Plan
When the Government finally got
around to taking the Nevius tract. it
was not for q memorial, but for
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By Creston B. Mullins

Germany will become sovereign
state this year and a full-fiedged
member of the Western defense al
LANCET the plans of American
policy-makers are realized.
Germany may not recover its
sovereignty in every respect. as SOW
ereignty was understood before World
War II. But it will be relatively
sovereign. with nearly as many
rights and privileges as any Of the
United Nations now enjoy. a
If there is anything missing it will
be in the retention by Western Allies
Of some powers which they feel it
necessary to keep in order to guard
the security of the Vests German
baStion.
Six years ago Americans and their
allied administrators started out with
but one mission in life. 1t was to
make Germany sterile, against both
inward and outward threat. The
defeated Nazi Reich was to become
pastoral state.
Germany was to be thoroughly de-
militarized and disarmed. It was.
in fact. stripped of everything with
which it could either attack its neigh
bors or defend itself.
Now It's Re-re education =
We re-educated the Germans to
the ways of peace We took away even
the toy soldiers from their children.
We taught them that arms were not
the way to peace. Now we ask them
to take up arms again. The Germans
think it is little strange. But
seeing their own future at stake
they are doing it.
They do not do this because they
Evening star., 1951-08-26
By George Kennedy

The Virginia hound m otoriSt
scarcely notices. as he rounds the
Lincoln Memorial, that Memorial
Bridge is at an angle Of about As de-
grees to the left of the direction Of
the Mall-the line of the Capitol
dome and the Washington Monu-
ment.
The bridge was built at that angle
because the channel Of the river was
favorable, and the planners wished
to link the memorial to Lincoln with
the Lee Mansion. (The house Of
George Washington Parke Gusts got
that name because Robert E. Lee.
Custis' son-in-law, occupied it for
few years before the Civil Waro
A straight line across the river
from the Lincoln Memorial hits
spot just north of Arlington Gene
terry known as the Nevius tract,
term that has been constantly in
the headlines.
This 25-acre tract is on the north
ern shoulder Of the Arlington Ridge.
It is bounded by Arlington Gene
terry, the Arlington Ridge road and
the Lee boulevard. It is one Of the
loveliest sites in the Washington
area. Tourists are fond Of parking
in front of 1t to take in the superb
view Of the Lincoln Memorial. the
Washington Monument and the Cap
ital, all in one line.
Disputed Jewel
The Nevius Tract is back in the
headlines today because the Airing
ton County government and Repre-
sentative Smith, Democrat, OF Vlr-
ginia. who represents the counties
across the river, want the Federal
Government to relinquiSh possession
of it and let 1T go back on the tax
rolls. They estimated 1t would bring
the county $150000 a year.
The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission is loath to let
the Nevius tract go. The planners
consider it the finest jewel for the
adornment of Washington that has
come into public possession in this
century. They want to hold it for a
memorial site. The unanswered ques-'
ton is-a memorial to what or to
whom?
They hasten to point out that the
idea that it is being held for a me-
mortal to Franklin D. Roosevelt ema-
mates entirely from opponents OF
Government possession Of the tract.
Planning memorials is not easy.
Politics enters into it. It is not a
coincidence that a site once proposed
for memorial to Theodore Roosevelt
was used instead to honor Thomas
Jefferson-while the Democrats were
in power.
Mitchell Plan
Whereas the Civil War. which cost
more lives than any in our history,
was memorialized by monuments in
almost every courthouse North and
South, the World Wars have not been
so popular in this respect. 1t was
thought after World War that a
great monument would be erected to
this war to end all wars"
A Washington architect. Rossel Ed
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By ston swinton

ground and the big, up-to-date
United States 9Th Fleet at sea.
Greece and Turkey are expected to
join the Atlantic pact soon. That
would bring in the battle-wise Greek
Army and part OF the ard-f1ghting
Turks who have fought so brilliantly
in Korea. The remainder of Turkeys
Army probably will be pledged to a.
separate Middle East command.
Since his flag went up over the
y. S. s. Mount Olympus in Naples
Harbor June 81, Admiral Carney has
gathered top-fiight staff. Chief of
staff is Mai. Gen. James L. Gavin.
young airborne commander who won
fame in the Sicilian campaign. Boss
Of his air forces is Maj. Gen. David
Myron Schlatter, former command
general of the Air Force Develop
ment Command. Italian ground
forces commander is Gen. Maurizio
Lazzaro de CaStiglioni. who was writ
ten up on this page four weeks ago.
Admiral Carney is concentrating
on drawing up strategic plans to COW
er any battle which might come, and
on outlining training programs.
Joint naval maneuvers already have
been held. So have joint exercises III
which American and other naval
vessels support Italian troops operat-.
ing on land. Studies are being made
to see just what equipment is needed
to modernize Italy's Army.
The Southern Europe command
is only skeleton headquarters
crammed into the communications
ship. Admiral Carney has had TO
go slow in bringing in the hundreds
Of officers and men who ultimately
will be the nerve center of Allied
defenses in Southern Europe.
Born in Vallejo, Calf, on March
g. 1895, Admiral Carney IS slightly
built, graying, balding asd wears
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are puppets of the West. They do it
because they are human beings who
have seen the terror Of the East.
They would prefer to die defending
their homes against communism than
to die in Siberian slave labor camp.
John McCloy. the American high
commissioner in Germany, reported
last week that the Communist prop