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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-23
Contract Bridge
By CuIbertson

atcopyright. 1851. by Ely Culbertson.)
Bridge is a game of give and take.
It is all very well for declarer to
keep the enemy from making a
trick in a certain suit-but not
when it costs him two tricks to do
sol Observe this case:
South dealer. Neither side vul-
nerable.
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The bidding:
South. West. North. East
d'mond Pass 1spade Pass
2 clubs Pass 2d'monds Pass
INT Pass 3NT Pass
Pass Pass
At any rate North-South did well
to avoid the four-spade contract
which might have been reached,
and which would have been I'M
makable. The three-no-trump con-
tract also could have been defeated,
but at this contract South was
given a highly advantageous OPEN
Ing lead-something that North
could not have received from East
ut spades.
West, not wanting to lead into
either of South's bid suits, and
feeling that heart lead was equally
dangerous, opened his singleton
spade-the bidding made it likely
that East had length and strength
In that suit. Declarer put in the
jack from dummy, and when East
cagily refused to cover, South led
. low spade from the board. Again
East played low. and South was
pleased to win the trick with his
own nine. 1t was a dubious victory,
however, because now South was
limited to three spade tricks, and
his five tricks in the other suits
left him one short of his goal.
South's handling of the spade
suit was wrong. The markedly cor
rect line was to duck the opening
lead In dummy-not to waste one
Of dummy's honors. If East also
played low, South would win with
the nine: then he could cash the
ace and lead his three to the jack,
thus assuring himself of four tricks
In the suit. II East produced the
spade ten, South would win with
the ace lay down the nine, and. If
East ducked, continue with a third
round of spades-with the same
effect. The gist was that it cost
South trick to shut East out from
making his king.
released by the Register and Tribune
Syndicate, 1881
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-23
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Evening star., 1951-01-21
Tin Pan Alley Is Theme
.0f Board Of Trade Dinner

A Tin Pan Alley" theme ha.
been adopted for the mid-wintel
dinners of the Washington Boare
of Trade on February and ir
the Mayffower Hotel.
Plans for a large lobby display
includes decorated booths pro-
vided with six radio and one tele-
vision stations. Featured will be
in-the-f1esh talent. well-known to
the listening audience. Each will
perform his speciality as part OF
the show which begins at $50 pm
on both nights just before the
dinners.
Station WGMS will offer Miss
Joan Marie Nelson. %. described
by the station as its Singing dis
covery of the year" Miss Nelson
a Government librarian working
for ner masters degree in music
at Catholic University. will sing
tunes from ''Oklahoma!", South
Pacific" Annie Get Your Gun.
and Girl from Utah"
Others from WGMS include
Bill Carmichael and Janet Fleet
who will entertain at the dinners
Evening star., 1951-01-21
Catholics 10 Donate Today
To Negro, Indian Ministry

The annual collection for the
support of Catholic churches
schools and other institutions for
Negroes and Indians in the United
States will be taken up today at
masses in chuches of the Arch
diocese of Washington.
THE spiritual plight of millions
of our Negro and Indian fellow
Americans is a challenge to our
faith" the Most Rev. Patrick A
O'Boyle, Archbishop of Washing
ton, declared in a special message
to Catholics of the archdiocese
Many of the Negroes and In
dians in this country do have the
opportunity to hear Our Redeemel
through the ministry of jealous
priests, supported by you." the
message stated. Last year alone
over 10000 turned to Christ. This
magnificent response should urge
us to stand by and to support the
hundreds of priests and thousands
of nuns engaged in this great
ministry. It should also urge us tc
give generously to support the
836 churches and 374 schools de-
voted to this work"
Evening star., 1951-01-21

a vital force IN the District Bank
ers' Association.
He was one of the promoters of
the idea of holding conventions
outside the city and was the vice
chairman of the first such meet
ing at Deer Park. Md. Later as
association president he intro
duced weekly luncheon meetings
to exchange information on bank
ing problems. These meetings
still continue and have become
one of the most important func-
tions of the D. c. Bankers Asso-
citation.
Mr.. Evans interest in civic af-
fairs and the assistance q young
people has kept pace with his
banking success. He joined the
Board of Trade in 1911 and from
1924 to 1888 was chairman of its
important Municipal Finance
Committee.
| In this capacity he devised the
plan requiring all board commit
! tees to clear through the finance
committee any proposals for con-
gressional legislation involving
expenditures. This policy is still
followed.
Studies by the finance commit
tee resulted in a 10-cent reduction
in the Districts tax rate between
1928 and 1888.
Helped Found Community Chest.
Mr.. Evans was one of the found
ers of the Community Chest here
and presided at the meeting that
was it's forerunner. In 1884, he
made it possible for Group Hospi-
talization, Inc. to get its start by
arranging a loan from the Com
munity Chest.
Recalling the loan, Joseph H.
Hines. president of Group Hospi-
talization. recently wrote Mr..
Evans:
1T is the fellow who gives the
helping hand in the period of un-
certainty and when success is
questionable to whom real credit
belongs and you were the man
who. in my judgment, did that
job at that time. Thank you!"
AS chairman Of the Better Busi-
ness Bureau during seven forma-
tive years, Mr.. Evans helped So
lidify the slogan. Truth in Adver-
Itising and Integrity in Business.
In this connection, an associate
recently said it was due to his
ability and confidence that the
outstanding business and banking
leaders of Washington were
prompted to take such active in
terest in the bureau and to work
to develop a bureau that at once
commanded the respect of the
business interests and the conf
Idence of the public in an impartial
agency which they could turn to
for investigation of business prac-
Itices."
Organized Baseball Team.
Mr.. Evans love for baseball.
acquired as a schoolboy when he
still lived on his father farm near
Cockeysville, Md. was carried
into the banking business.
He originated nearby intercity
baseball games among bank clerks
and became the first manager to
transport his team to and from
Griffith Stadium by electric han
som cabs.
Mr.. Evans was a charter mem
ber, treasurer and member of
the first Executive Committee of
the Washington Committee of 100
on the Federal City, the group
that originated the National Park
and Planning Commission.
Mr.. Evans lives at 3405 Lowell
street NV. with his wife. A son,
Navy 1t. Comdr. Philip Wharton
Evans, is stationed at general
headquarters in Tokyo, and
daughter, Miss Mariana Mears
Evans. is with the Army in
Munich.
Evening star., 1951-01-21
House Unit Critical.
of Defense Figures
ON Small Business
BY the Associated Press

The House Committee on Small
Business yesterday accused the
Defense Department of making a
misleading" statement by saying
that 73 per cent of procurement
transactions were with small
business firms.
This figure is misleading unless
at the same time the dollar value
is emphasized" the committee s
staff said.
The dollar value received by
small business concerns was 24.5
per cent of the total of military
procurement, it said.
Evening star., 1951-01-21
Joshua Evans, Jr. Leader
Ind. c. Banking, to Retire
Was Noted for Work
With Institute During
56-Yeur Career

Joshua Evans, jr., whose bank
ing career in Washington has
spanned nearly 56 years. retires
next Wednesday as vice president
of the Hamilton National Bank
Mr.. Evans will be honored at a
dinner at the Mayflower Hotel
Wednesday night. The speakers
will be Wilmer j. Waller. president
OF the Hamilton, who will speak
on Mr.. Evans as a banker and also
will preside: DR.. Walter A. Bloed-
orn, dean of the George Washing
ton University Medical School, and
a Hamilton director, on Mr.. Evans
as a director: and B. M. Nickel
way, editor of The Star, on MI.
Evans as a citizen.
AS the leader in activiating the
founding of the Hamilton National
Bank. Mr.. Evans was one Of its
organizers in 1888. He served as
vice president and on its board of
directors from the beginning. He
continues as a director and is a
member of its Trust Investment
Committee.
In earlier years he rose from
messenger to vice president of the
Riggs National Bank. vas 9resi-
dent of the District National
Bank and assumed a foremost
position in civic affairs.
Helped Make Banking History.
Mr.. Evans, whose progressive
ideas helped make banking his
tory, recalled the stern words of
his first employer, the late c. C.
Glover. in 1895: You are only
temporary and on trial, Evans. -
But the trial" phase was soon
ended. Mr.. Evans fair for &C
counting brought him a promo
tion as Riggs youngest general
bookkeeper. Those were in the
days when he operated the first
adding machine installed in a
Washington bank.
During his 80 years with Riggs,
Mr.. Evans advanced to assistant
cashier. cashier and vice president
before resigning to become eXecu-
tive vice president and later,
president, of the District National
Bank.
Mr.. Evans influence in banking
circles was recently recognized in
the History of SO years of Bank
ing Education" He is cited as
lone of the original institute men
who helped make the American
Institute of Banking a great in
stitution."
Became National Trustee.
AS charter member and one
time president of the Washington
chapter, he won prominence with
his paper, THE Making of a Bank
Clerk" read before the Washing
ton chapter and reprinted nation
ally.
Later when chapters were given
representation on the institutes S
senior board of bankers for the
first time, Mr.. Evans was one of
the first three trustees chosen
nationally.
The Institutes history credits
his motion at the board meeting
Of 1907 as "the first of three mo-
mentous events" which led to
transfer of the Institutes control
from the board of trustees to the
chapters. Today the institute, a
section of the American Bankers
Association, has 264 chapters with
about 100000 members.
Closer home, Mr.. Evans has been
Evening star., 1951-01-21
Milk
Continued From First Page.

hearing that they required any
increase. The brief also reiterated
its request for continuation of the
present price beyond April /.
Distributors protested that the
suddeness of the order left them
without time to print notices OF
price changes for their customers
The head of one large dairy
said that this is the most fool
ish thing the commission has ever
DONE" He pointed out that his
staff had worked through thc
week on a brief and had mailed
it to the commission before the
time for filing had expired.
Producer and dairy officials SAID
1t was their understanding they
had 10 days from the date OF
the hearing to file briefs. This
would make the deadline tomor-
row.
Several sources in the industry
raised the question whether the
commission had acted in antici-
patton of a Government freeze or
all prices. Such action has beer
anticipated from the Economic
Sterilization Agency for some
time.
At the January IL hearing, pro-
ducers asked the commission tt
allow them from to cents q
hundred pounds increase in the
event the commission made any
changes in prices April /. Under
yesterdays order, the producers
receive IL cents hundred pounds
The commission also ordered
price increases for the Manassas
Fredericksburg. Petersburg Hope.
well. Roanoke and PulaSki-Mont.
gomery-Giles markets.
Evening star., 1951-01-21
40 Flee Leprosorium,
March Toward Bogoto
BY The Associated Press

BOGOTA, Colombia, Jan. 90
A dispatch to the newspaper "El
Espectador" reported today that
40 lepers had escaped from hos
pital 400 miles southwest of Bo-
gotta, and were walking toward
the capital
The lepers complained of small
food rations, the dispatch said. 1t
quoted Health Minister Alfonso
Carvajal Peralta as saying the
ration will be increased.
Evening star., 1951-01-21
PubIicists to Hear Moss

Edward K. Moss. director o1
public information of the Nationa
Production Authority. will speak
on public relations in the NPA al
meeting of the National Capita
Forge of the American Public
Relations Association at 1915
pm. tomorrow at Lee House, FIT
teenth and L streets NV.
Evening star., 1951-01-21
Virginia Milk Commission
Calls Heorinq in Luroy

RICHMOND. Jan. 20 (P).-The
Virginia State Milk Commission
announced today it will conduct
a public hearing on January 80,
at the Mimslyn Hotel in Luray.
Requested by producers. distrib-
utors and local milk board, the
commission said. the hearing will
consider adjustments in the prices
of the sale of milk for the fol-
lowing markets:
Staunton- -Waynesboro, Harri-
sonburg- -BridgeWater, Luray- -Shen-
andoah- -Elkton, Front Royal Mid
demonstrating and Winches-
ter.
Evening star., 1951-02-02
New Type Railroad Box Car
|Desiqned to Cut Damage

were explained this week by
Ben Coleman, president Of the
company, at a press conference
in the Hotel Statler, attended by
transportation experts from the
Defense Department and the
trade press.
Diesel speeds are causing in
creasing damage in the shipment
of manufactured articles, due to
shift of the load at sudden stops"
he said.
The new car has a shock-resist-
ing underframe, the Duryea pat
ent, which almost eliminates the
lengthwise shock in stopping.
The truck, or chassis of the car,
was designed by an old railroad
mechanic, Walter Chrysler, long
after he had become a top auto
mobile manufacturer.
Three hundred and sixty of the
new cars are in use, Mr.. Coleman
said. The company is waiting for
railroads to lease new fleets of
them before building more. The
Evening star., 1951-02-02

A new-model car has made its
appearance in line so conserva-
tive that it is Just about the Sec
ond new model to be produced in
this century.
It is being promoted with an
aggressive sales and publicity
campaign that seeks to acquaint
a large public with its advantages
1t is a new type of box car.
The box car, it seems, has un-
dergone one major change since
around 1900. It used to be made
of wood. Later the steel box car
pretty well replaced the old wood
en- models. But it is still pri-
marily a box on eight wheels.
Nov, you, too, can enjoy the
advantages of shipping goods or
receiving them in this new i'm
proved type of box car" is the
message that the General Amer
ican-Evans Co. is seeking to put
over regarding the car. The new
model is called the "GAEx-DF." d"
The advantages of the new car
Evening star., 1951-02-02
Barter Theafer 10 Present
Folk Play in Arlington

The Barter Theater will present
"Sun Up" a folk play set in
North Carolina, at $3.50 pm. Mon
day in the auditorium of the
Westinghouse High School,
Arlington.
The cast includes Howard
Hunter, Barbara Van Ornam. Rex
Partington and Mary Perry. Tick
cts may be bought at the Willard
Hotel here, and the Sun News
paper and Penny's Department
Store in Arlington. They also will
be available at the box Office the
night of the performance.
The Barter Theater is spon-
sored in Arlington by the County
Civic Federation.
Evening star., 1951-02-02
Army Chemical Center
Commander Transferred

EDGEWOOD, MD, Feb. 2.-(P)
Brig. Gen. E. F. Bullene yes
terday relinquished his command
of the Army Chemical Center
here to become deputy chief
chemical officer in Washington
He held the command for five
years and now will serve as first
assistant to Maj. Gen. A. C. Nc
Auliffe, chief chemical officer
Succeeding him at the Chemical
Center will be Brig. Gen. Charles
E. Loucks.
Evening star., 1951-02-02
Course on Russiu Offered

Russian Expansion: Czarist
and Soviet" will be the subject OF
a course in the International Re-
lations Department of American
University, it was announced to-
day. Samuel L. Sharp, former di-
rector of research for the Founda-
ton of Foreign Affairs, will con-
duct the course.
Evening star., 1951-02-02

Evans company is the builder.
The General American Co. is the
owner.
1.-THE old type Of car still will
be used to ship grain and lumber
and other loads not easily dam
aged" Mr.. Coleman said.
Evening star., 1951-02-02
Lowe to Speak on Israel

Ira M. Lowe, a Washington at
torney, who recently returned
from an extensive trip of Europe
and Israel, will discuss THE New
Israel at Work" at 4:30 pm. Sun
day at the Bahai Center, 1911
Connecticut avenue NV.
Evening star., 1951-02-02
District Business Borometers

Barometers of business activity Washington
and the 1850 all along the line
The Star showed today.
postal electricity
consumption and telephone calls
history clearngs December
from the abnormal number epohnes
the end Of the year the highest record.
Rejecting continued growth the Capital the following
parsons the last four
Evening star., 1951-02-02

Commercial production of arti-
fetal silk, or rayon, began in
France in 1891.
Evening star., 1951-02-02
Better Tractor Tire

An improved tractor tire said
to provide better traction and to
reduce the danger of skidding is
being produced in West Germany
One of every 35 Swiss workers is
In the matchmaking industry.
Evening star., 1951-02-02
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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-08-30
Horse and Buggy Days
BY OLDTIMER

vance hand in hand, having only a
generous rivalry to see which can
best do its allotted work in the
world. / believe that there is a ris-
ing tide in human thought which
tends for righteous international
peace; tide which it behooves us
to guide through rational channels
to sane conclusions; and all of us
here present can well afford to take
to heart st. Paurs counsel: If it be
possible, as much as lieth in you,
live peaceably with all men.
"The history of the pioneers of
jamestown, of the founders of Vir-
ginia," continued the President,
illustrates that the pioneers of our
people who first landed on these
shores on that eventful day three
centuries ago, had before them task
which during the early years was of
heartbreaking danger and difficulty.
The conquest of a new country is
iron work. It is true that the pioneer
life was simple, but it was Ger
tainly not easier. AS a matter of
fact, the first work of a pioneer in
a lonely wilderness is so rough, so
hard, so dangerous, that none but
the strongest spirits survive. The
history of the pioneers of James
town, of the founders of Virginia,
illustrates all this. Famine and
pestilence and war menaced the lit
tie band of daring men.
"Men ever find, whether in the
tiniest frontier community, or in the
Vastest and most highly organized
and complex civilized society, their
worst foes are in their own bosoms.
Dissension, distrust, the inability of
some to work and the unwillingness
of others, jealousy, arrogance and
envy, folly and laziness-in short
all the shortcomings with which we
have to grapple now, were faced by
those pioneers and at moments
threatened their whole enterprise
and absolute ruin"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-08-30

Newspapers all over the land gave
glaring headlines to the opening of
the jamestown Tercentennial Expo
sition in 1907. It was stated that with
President Theodore Roosevelt as the
central figure, the exposition open
ed in triumph when he pressed the
golden key which inaugurated its
activities.
Maryland played a conspicuous
part in the big event. Represented
by Governor Warfield, Mayor I'll
manis and host of others, the State
was everywhere in evidence, and the
delegation reflected great credit
upon the Free State. The only I'M
toward incident of the Marylanders'
trip was fright given Mrs. War
field by a negro thief, who entered
her cabin on the streamer Columbia,
but was frightened off.
An imposing array of fighting
ships of this and other nations lay
at anchor in Hampton Roads, and
was reviewed by the President on
the yacht Mayflower.
But there was slips even in such
a big thing as the jamestown ex-
position, staff correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun declared. Said the
correspondent II am a good Meth
odist, but you can quote me as say
ing that this is a d outrage" This
is the story the correspondent gave:
ITO begin with, the Congressional
visitors were delayed an hour in
landing at Old Point Comfort last
night. They came down the Poto-
mac River on the big steamer
jamestown, but found four steam
ers ahead of them at the Old Point
wharf, including one that was load
ing freight. After lying amid
stream an hour the jamestown sue
ceeded in getting a berth at the
wharf, and the party, after an all
day ride, reached the Chamberlain
Hotel. The gayety there last eve
ming, in manner, compensated for
their difficulties in landing"
Representative James E. Watson, of
Indiana, commented upon the man
ner in which the joint Congressional
Committee, appointed under resolu-
ton of Congress to represent that
body at the exposition, was treated. 4
Other members of the Congressional
party entertained equally strong
feelings upon the subject, although
they were disinclined to discuss the
subject except among themselves.
President Theodore, Roosevelt was
given an ovation. He did not at
tend a banquet given in the eve
ming, but was the guest of Pres
ident Tucker at a dinner at the
residence of Bartor Meyers, Nor !
folk. The dinner was a private af-
fair.
In an address President Roosevelt
welcomed foreign representatives
and urged unity Said he: "Mob
must not rule, neither shall it be
government of the plutocrat." Speak
ing of rising tide of peace, the
President said: ITO all of you here
gathered l express my thanks for
your coming and I extend to you
my earnest wishes for the welfare
of your several nations. The world
has moved so fast that it is no long
er necessary to believe that one ma
ton can rise only by thrusting an
other down.
Cali farsighted statesmen, all true
patriots, now earnestly wish that
the leading nations of mankind, as
in their several ways they struggle
toward higher civiliza-
ton, higher humanity, may ad- 1
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-08-30
Russian FIunks Driving Test

A Russian Embassy official at
Washington set a near-record of 1913
mistakes when he took the District
of Columbia drivers test. He funk
ed. The requirements have been
stiffened in retaliation for almost inn
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-08-30
Farm Income Up II Percent

The nations farm income for the
first seven months of this year was
about 1914 billion dollars-17 per
cent more than in the same period
last year. The Agriculture Depart
ment said, however, this increase
was not entirely net gain for farm
ers because farm cost rates rose an
average of IL percent during the
1851 period.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-08-30
Bible stops Bullet

Pfc. William Lepper, of McCook,
Neb., never dreamed it would hap
pen to me" but a Bible in his pocket
stopped an enemy bullet in Korea.
In letter to his parents, the soldier
reported that he was carrying a pa
per-bound New Testament when he
was struck. The bullet lodged al
most in the center of the book.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-08-30
Struck BY Dead Cow

An 87year-old Waukesha, Wis,
man, Edwin Sherwell, was critically
injured the other day when struck
by dead COW. Here's how it hap
pened. A car hit the COW on high
way. The COW, killed instantly, was
hurled Is feet to the side of the
road, where it struck Sherwell, a