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efforts to persuade her to
resume her career because of
the nervous strain that went with
it. The great Caruso, with whom
she made her operate debut, suf-
fered excruciatingly. she says,
from stage fright, or note fright
If you prefer. They used to bolster
each others courage right on the
Met stage while singing duets.
While one was singing the other
would be whispering words Of en-
couragement.
Caruso never got over his fright;
he was frequently i'll offstage be-
cause Of it. He suffered more
than most singers because he had
such a tremendous reputation to
live up to. Rosa went through
agonies over every performance,
too. and swore as she walked onto
the stage each night that it would
be her last appearance. Strange
to say, she went through her try
out and all the rehearsals for
her debut without a qualm. She
never knew what fright was till
the morning of the big day when
she read what the critics had
written about the Metropolitan
performers of the evening before
Such is the power of the pen.
The party the other evening
was for Miss Ida Cook, English
Iauthoress and member of the
Ponselle fan club in London
that puts in a transatlantic call
to Rosa annually to hear her sing
Ifavorite arias over the telephone.
The King of England's nephew,
the Earl of Hardwood, is also q
member of the club.
Fortunately for the other guests,
Miss Cook stopped at Villa Pace
for the week end en- route from
Australia to England. A con-
noisSeur of opera, it was she who
Wheedled the music from the
talent present. Rosa sang Vidor's
Contemplation" None But the
Lonely Heart" Strauss Morgan
and Beethoven's In Ouesta
Tomba." Then she and Paul
Kelly, who sang the part of the
magician in the Consul" all last
winter, did every duet from the
second and last acts Of Carmen. !"
They put so much realism into
their singing for the % present
that they even embraced at the
proper moment. Then a young
house guest. Elena Giordano of
Philadelphia. who's studying with
Romani, sang "Un Bel Die" from
Madame Butterfly" and the
prison duet from Faust" Will,
Paul Kelly. A Russian D. P. and
pianist. Chichagoff, played Cho-
pins PolonnaiSe in e Flat, and
his wife. whose stage name is
Baclanova. sang gypsy songs and
the card song from Carmen"
which Rosa also sang. It was a
gorgeous evening Of music.
Present among the listeners
were distinguished looking George
Carey, one Of c. I. AS top officials. !.
and his lovely wife: Mrs. RedmanI
tsee BEALE. Pare D-is.)
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Top ranking military men in
vited included Gen. Goes Mon
teiro. Chief of STAFF of Brazil's
Armed. Forces; Gen. Charles
Bolte. chairman of the Inter.
American Defense Board: Brig.
Gen. Edwin Seibert, board di.
rector; Gen. Robert L. Walsh.
chairman of the United States
delegation to the board; Gen. j.
Lawton Collins, Army, Chief of
Staff; Rear Admiral Milton Miles:
Maj. Gen. Alexander Boiling:
Gen. Thomas Larkin; Gen. Max
well Taylor.
The Brazilian party was q 1880
to $3.50 affair. Scheduled a little
earlier-because many of the
guests went to both receptions
was the celebration Of Independ-
ence Day Of Uruguay.
About 20 members of the Uru-
ruguay Embassy staff and their
families and other Uruguayans
living in Washington toasted the
holiday in champagne. A buffet
supper was served in the dining
room Of the Mora home. but
guests took advantage of the
balmy evening and carried their
plates out into the garden.
Sonora Mora chose q simple
black cocktail dress in which to
receive her guest.
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|Nr. Southgote
Married at
Princeton

Wearing her maternal great
grandmother's wedding dress Of
heirloom lace over ivory satin,
Miss Anna Fisher Hart yesterday
afternoon became the bride of Mr.
Richard Wright Southgate in
Trinity Church in Princeton, N. j.
The Rev. William F. a. Stride
of st. Mary's Church, Rockport,
Mass, performed the ceremony
which was followed by reception
at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Carlton Hart
lof Princeton.
The groom is the son of Mrs.
Richard Southgate of this city and
Gloucester, Mass, and the late
Mr.. Southgate. who for many
years was Chief of Protocol at the
State Department. .
The brides veil of delicate heir
loom lace belonged to her pater-
nal grandmother and her bouquet
was of frangipangi and stephano-
tbs. She was given in marriage by
her father.
Miss Sarah L. Hart, sister of the
bride, was maid. of honor, and
bridesmaids were Miss Virginia
Robbins of Amber. Pa; Miss
Sarita Southgate of Gloucester,
sister of the groom: Miss A. Mark
lell Meyers, Miss Barbara Quick,
Miss Janet Elderkin and Miss
Mary Lee, all of Princeton; Mrs.
Nathaniel Ober of Brunswick, Me-.
and Mrs. Alan Peter Carter of
Hartford, Conn.
Mr.. Henry L. McVickar, jr.. of
Tuxedo Park, N. Y, was best man
for Mr.. Southgate and ushers
were the Messrs. Edward G.>Spar-
row of New York, Nathaniel Ober;
Samuel M. Allen and Louis L.
Allen. both of Glendale, Ohio;
Edward E. Hale w of New York.
Everett Morse. jr., of Manchester,
Mass, William F. A. Stride, jr..
of Gloucester and David and
Brandon Hart, both brothers of
the bride Of Princeton.
The couple will make their home
in Cambridge. Mass.
picture on Page D-2.)
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Miss Grafton
Fall Bride

Mr.. and Mrs. Cary Marcellus
Grafton Of Orange. Va. announce
the engagement of their daughter
Cornelia Dorothea, to Mr.. Archi-
bald Conway Halsall Of New
Orleans. La. son of Mrs. William
Lester Halsall Of Toronto, Canada
and Jamaica. B. w. I. Mr.. Halsall
is the grandson of the late Duke
Of Bath OF Christ Church, Eng
land.
Miss Grafton attended Mary
Washington College of the Uni
versity Of Virginia. Tulane Uni
versity, and the Escuela UNIVERSE
taria De Bellas Artes at San
Miguel de Allende. Mexico.
Mr.. Halsall attended the Uni
versity Of Southern California and
served In the Army Air Corps dur
ing World War II. The wedding
win take place In the early fall.
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six who works for a majority
member. not only oversees the
work in Senator McCarran's Of
fee, but Is trouble shooter for so
employees Of the Judiciary Com
mittee Of which her boss is chair
man.
Chief responsibility of i've Of the
feminine assistant Senators" is
to keep things operating smooth
ly." The exception Is Miss Haller.
who is an attorney, and Senator
Dirksen's adviser on legislative
matters.
Miss Haller Tin private life she
is Mrs. Harry Best) also is an ex-
|ception In that she did not come
with her boss from his home State,
with the useful background Of
knowing names and faces. But
she has had a long association
with Senator Dirksen, having been
since 1899 counsel and onetims
clerk of the House District Com
mittee, on which the Illinois Sem
ator served when he was a mem
ber Of the House. When he moved
to the Senate in January he took
Miss Haller along.
Incidentally, Miss Adams is an
attorney. too. A former college
professor of English, she studied
law at night after coming to the
Capital 10 years ago, "in order to
keep up with the Senator"
Slim, brown-haired Miss Wher-
ry, called Betty" by everybody
including Senator Smith, gives an
exact description of her work and
that OF the other administrative
assistants when she says: There's
nothing routine here" For many
yearS-"I won't tell how many
Miss Wherry worked in Trenton
bank. where it was the same rou-
tine. day in and day out"
She went to work as a secretary
for the New Jersey Senator in
l942 in Princeton, and came to
washington with him two years
later. Here, she handles every
thing from the Senator's press re.
leases and luncheon dates to New
Jersey politicians wanting favors
and New Jersey businessmen
wanting Government contracts.
AS Senator Tobey's administra-
tive assistant. Mrs. Ramsdell is
her husbands boss. Mrs. Ramsdell
went to work for the Senator Is
years ago. Her husband, Harold
Evening star., 1951-08-26
Exclusively Yours
Private Operotic Performance Thrills
Maryland Hunt Country Dinner Guests
By Betty Beole

High on a hill in the Green
Spring Valley of Maryland the
other night there was private
operate concert that would make
any absent music-lover green with
envy. 1t was the sort of thing
that's not apt to occur in Wash
ington. Here, governmental brains
are the lions Of parties; political
talk, the meat.
The magnificent singing took
place at Villa Pace where Rosa
Ponselle prefers to live In relaxed
comfort and beauty rather than
return to concert or opera stage.
The dramatic soprano reSists all
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Although the setting for the gallo party given by
Dean Rothbun and Mr. and Mrs. John C. Walker Ill was
antique barn, there nothing ancient about the
hubos and fotrots which the guests INDUCED by bene
fit of uke box The party given at Boxwood Rock
vile estote of Mr. and Mrs Dean Rothbn parents of the
cohos About so young people attended the froc which
featured soft boil and buffet supper we'll the rural
atmosphere.
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tsee WILKINSON. Page D-s.)
Arizona sun., 1951-01-11
What Is Expected Of Our
Legislative Representatives?

Our two freshman representatives are getting their
first taste of law making aren't y behind the ears ye
and of course they like lost babes in the woods They
are in strange land among strangers and too much
not be expected of them until they get their feet
solid ground in other words learn the They need
all the encouragement give Them Harsh criticism
at this point may be the undong of all that hoped for
in them.
It must be admitted that the diplomacy used by our
two representatives selecting their speaker of the house
was far asray of sound political ethics However mis-
take be what make it. It be stepping stone
to success, the beginning to utter failure. is
fortunate that they did not know didn't heed to funda
mental principal of successful politics. which is to do the
wishes of their constituents first, last and always
It may be (and hope) our boys, by voting for
Langham at the risk of their necks, have made friend
out of of the most powerful political figures in Arizona
thereby may golden harvest for the voters who elect
ed them-Who knows
Quite obvious, Mr.. Langham, being the wide-awake,
aggressive young he has ambition for his political
future He may welcome the opportunity to to the
Negro voters of Arizona that he is regular "guy.'
He will have his big chance to prove this by showing
to Sims and Daniels that their for him greatly
appreciated and he will not let them down-Mr Langham
there is gold in "them thar hills"
Arizona sun., 1951-01-11

if one of the readers would come
up with solution which would
pay off. It's certainty that, un-
less things get better in hurry,
there will be no colored baseball
leagues. The guys just can't af-
ford it.
Harry Simpson has been called
up by the Cleveland Indians, a
move which was predicted here
just after a talk with General
Manager Hank Greenberg of the
Indians who was here for the World
Series.
And Bill Cash, who is at pres
ent in Mexico, may get his chance
with a major league team not too
far from Philly this year.
On the Football Front
The National Football league
Arizona sun., 1951-01-11
lCarver Host 10 Peoria,
Phoenix Union

The Carver Monarchs, hoping to
get back into the winning column
at least in one of this weeks
games, will entertain Peoria Pan
theirs on the Monarch Court to-
night, and will serve as the home
team in a battle Saturday night
to determine first place in the
city league race against the Phoe-
nix Union Coyotes in the Phoe-
nix Union High School gym.
Carver is expected to take the
Panthers, but face giant-killing
task in attempting to beat the
Coyotes who are now in first
place in the State Class A bas-
ketball league. Carver has never
defeated a Coyote quintet, losing
in their first meeting 1923 back
in 1945, but gradually closing the
gap to a 55-51 loss two years ago
and dropping a 52-51 battle last
year. Phoenix Unions club is in
tact from last year and gained
prestige last week by handing the
undefeated Tucson Badgers their
first and only loss of the season.
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has shut up shop for the year, and
the Cleveland Browns "dood" it
again. With Big Bill Willis, Mar
ion Motley, Horace Gillon, Emer-
son Cole, Len Ford and the others
doing yoeman duty, the Browns
squeezed out thrilling win over
the Los Angeles Rams for the title.
And Motley took the ground gain
ing honors.
The best play of the year for
my dough, however, was that punt
Gillon got off during the play-off
game with the New York Giants.
Agreed
! Docally, the Philadelphia Eagles
are said to have their eyes on
couple of colored gridders Bernie
Custus and Sylvester Polk.
And, of course, Penn'S noble ex-
pertinent turned out to be a
pretty good one, too.
Arizona sun., 1951-01-11
MORE ABOUT
SPORTS
BY George Lyle, JrJ.
TOr the NNPA News Service


PHILADELPHIA = So, here it
is 1851 and, to those of you who
read, very Happy New Year,
and many of them.
AS usual, my concern is with
the well-being and betterment of
conditions for our athletes, and
the first item on the agenda is
the colored player in baseball.
Last season was very poor
one for the owners of teams oper-
ating in the Negro leagues. The
blame has been put variously on
TV, the advent of colored players
into the major leagues, and the
war.
What the real reason is I can
not say, and I'm willing to bet
that the moguls would be pleased
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5000 Troops 10 Aid
In AurioI Welcome

More than 5000 troops, includ-
ing four bands and contingents
from the Military Academy at
West Point and the Naval Acad-
envy at Annapolis, will be on hand
to welcome French President VIM
cent Auriol on a state visit here
next Wednesday.
President Auriol will be met at
4::25 pm. at Union Station by
President Truman and State De-
partment and French Embassy
officials. Mr.. Auriol will come in
from New York.
A joint service honor guard will
precede the official party along
Delaware avenue to Constitution
avenue. west to Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and then to the Distrit Build
ing. the Military District of Wash
ington announced.
The roads will be lined on both
sides by single files of cadets, mid
shipmen, soldiers, sailors and Ma
lrines, who will pass in review along
Pennsylvania avenue after the
District Commissioners welcome
the visiting President.
Both Presidents are expected tc
make short talks at the ceremonies
at the reviewing stand at the Dis
trict Building.
A contingent of METROPOLITAN
Police and the honor guard will
lead the official party from the
District Building to the Blai,
House.
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Senate Unit Reports Progress,
But Fails to Act on Dispersal Bill

pass congested Washington in
travel between the city and the
dispersal sites.
One scheme called for the loca :
ton of such a belt highway eight
miles out from the Zero Milestone
on the Ellipse and the others 10
or IL miles out. Senator Chavez
said there was preference for one
of the latter routes since the cost
of land acquisition would be less.
AS now contemplated the belt
highway could run from Shirley
highway in Virginia around to the
Washington : Baltimore parkway
near Cottage City. This would
entail construction of another
bridge over the Potomac River.
Road Cost Placed at $28 Million.
The roadway plan was discussed
at length by Thomas H. MacDon-
aid. commissioner of public roads,
and w. E. Reynolds. commissioner
of public buildings.
Senator Chavez said present dis
cussion on the form of the bill
calls for six dispersal areas where
one permanent building at present
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now in the armed forces deployed?
About 100000 are engaged in
the Korean war. That includes
all services, with the greater part
of them representing Army
strength in the Far East op-
Grafton.
In Europe are approximately
$4,000 men. of which $1,000 are
Army, about 10000 Air Force and
the remainder crews aboard Navy
ships in European waters or at
shore installations.
Except for a few thousand in
Alaska. Hawaii and the Caribbean,
the remaining 2.5 million men are
in the United States or aboard
ships at sea.
Some Units Ready for Any Crisis.
OF that total, a part (but prob
ably not the larger part) are in
units which could go into action
quickly if new emergencies arise
elsewhere in the world. They are
in four Army combat divisions,
in Air Force groups, in the Ma
rines and in the Navy. The rest
are non-combat personnel-main-
uenance and service forces.
In another development, White
House Press Secretary Joseph
Short said he now thought it
improbable" that Donald Dawson,
White House aide whose name
has figured in the RFC inquiry.
would get down there, inasmuch
as the President is scheduled to
go home tomorrow.
White House sources have been
saying for the past couple Of
weeks that Mr.. Dawson would
join the party.
After the President had ended
his meeting with Mr.. Johnston
yesterday, he went down on the
docks and inspected the Marine
guard which handles protection
on the base. The guard is COM
by Maj. Charles Barrett
of Alexandria, who was warmly
commended by Mr.. Truman.
Another ceremonial event was
the Presidents appearance at the
of the Secretary of
the Nays award for safety which
went to a representative group of
base workmen for their record last
year when the accident rate was
less than 3.5 injuries for every
million man-hours worked.
The citation was read by Rear
Admiral Robert L. Dennison. pres
idential naval aide, and Capt. C. c.
Adell, base commander, accepted.
Speaking briefly at the windup,
the President spoke of his interest
in the safety movement, both in
traffic and in industry.
Pointing to billion dollars a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-21
Senate Votes Extension
OF District Rent Control

The Senate, without a dissent
yesterday passed and sent to the
White House a bill to extend Dis
trict rent controls to June 80.
1t is in keeping with continual
ton of Federal rent control laws
for three months after March 81,
already approved by both House
and Senate. The purpose is to
carry on present laws while al
lowing more time to draft new
ones in tune with the defense
program.
The Washington measure,
called up by District Committee
Chairman Nicely. was approved
after brief explanations requested
by Minority Leader Wherry and
Senator Case. Republican. OF
South Dakota. .e
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Trun1un
Continued From First Page. }

at old Fort Jefferson, now a ma
tlonal monument, and famed as
the place Of Imprisonment of Dr..
Samuel Mudd, the Marylander
who was jailed for treating John
Wilkes Booth after the asassina-
ton of President Lincoln. MIR.
Truman made the trip on the de-
stroyer Sarsfield, which was &C.
companied by the destroyer es-
court Coolbaugh. The press was
barred from this trip.
Speed of Buildup Emphasized.
The message from Secretary
Marshall, dated yesterday, said:
"As of tomorrow, 81 March, 1851
the strength of our armed forces
will be exactly double what il
was on Is June, 1850. This dou-
bling of our strength has been &C
complished less than nine months
after the Communist aggression
against the Republic of Korea. For
your information. the strength we
have already attained-a total
strength in excess of 20 million
was not attained in World War
II until more than 81 months after
our build-up started in June, 1910,
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U. 5. Interests Oppose
Reich Labor Demand
To Share in Operation
BY the Associated Press

FRANKFURT. Mar. 21.-Amer-
lean business interests today
opened a campaign against Ger
man labor's demand for an equal
share in the management of West
German industrial plants.
This proposed law would
frighten many Americans and
other foreigners from investing in
Germany the capital which Ger
many needs for economic recov-
cry" said Gordon H. Michler.
Mrs. Michler, a New York ex-
eeutive of the Standard Oil Co. of
New Jersey, came here as a rep
resentative of the National For
eign Trade Council, an association
of big American firms doing bust
ness abroad.
- He said his aim is to make
the German people aware of the
risks they run of soaring off for
elgn capital by such a law"
Manufacturers Send Group.
Mr.. Micheler said a delegation
from the American National As
ISOLATION of Manufacturers is also
en- route to Germany on a similar
mission, and that business asso-
Citations from European countries
are planning a similar campaign.
The measure they oppose is
sponsored by West German trade
unions. 1t is called Mitbesttim-
mungsrecht (the right of eco
nomic co-determination).
1t would give labor equal rep
'resentation with the owners on
the Boards of Directors of in
dustrial firms.
A bill to- grant this power to-
labor in the Big Ruhr coal and
steel companies is pending before
the West German Parliament
with the backing of the controlling
political parties.
= 1t was introduced after 100000
Ruhr workers threatened to strike
unless they got such a law.
Trade Unions Ask Law.
But the trade unions are de-
manding similar law for all West
German industry. Their demands
are backed at least in principle by
some of the strongest political
parties.
Condemnation is the main
plank in the West German labor
platform
MIR. Michler said his foreign
trade council sis not trying to
block German labor from obtain
ing its fair share of industrial
profits. But we doubt the wis
dom of this method.
1T is certain that many in
veSGors are not going to invest
their money in a German plant
If they have to turn over the
management to other people"
Adoption Of the Schuman plan
for pooling West Europe's coal
and steel resources would increase
the danger that such a system
might spread to other European
countries If it were adopted in
Germany, Mr.. N1tchler added.
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The Senate Public Works Com
mittee today 'made progress" but
failed to act on a bill providing
for the dispersal Of key Govern
|ment agencies to scattered loca-
lions in suburban Maryland and
Virginia.
Committee Chairman Chavez
said he was confident a bill would
be reported probably next week,
although he did not outline ex-
actly what provisions it would
contain.
Senator Chavez said there ap-
|peared to be substantial agree
ment on plans for construction
lof a semicircular, limited access,
Ihigh-speed belt highway around
metropolitan Washington to serve
connecting highways to the dis
Ipersal area.
Highway Plans Considered.
The committee today considered
three different suggested outlines
flor such a belt highway, a major
purpose of which would be to by
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LARGE TIGER CAT, black and gray;
strayed from 1914 Trenton pl Sc. Re-
ward JO 2-5979
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Weapons
Continued From First Page.)

certain long, thin ones designed
for dropping from planes.
Admiral Schoeffel also reported
that a new rocket launcher which
rapidly discharges rockets having
improved range and underwater
performance" had been designed.
This suggested a device for fir
ing guided missiles from subma-
rines while they are still sub
merged. The Navy has been cx-
perimenting for several years with
launching vi type missiles from
the deck of surfaced sub.
Contracts Being Awarded.
The admiral also said:
Contracts are being let for air
to-alr weapons for use by the
Navy and Air Force against high
speed planes; streamlined bombs
designed for jet aircraft; new ma
chine guns and ammunition for
modern aircraft, and the anti
aircraft guns with increased rates
OF fire and automatic radar fire
control systems"
The admiral said the Navy was
widening the source from which
its production comes for three rea-
sons:
/. To establish production ia
cilities on a one-shift basis which
can be expanded to two or three
shifts quickly if full mobilization
is necessary. A .-..
2. To spread production over
larger geographical areas.
3. To spread contracts among
as many small and large industrial
concerns as practicable"
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