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Evening star., 1951-02-05
By Dr.. PouI Popenoe

Ellen is a young widow. To be
exact. she is 16 years old. She
lived with her husband three days
Does that make sense?
She wept continually as she
told me her story. II had been
going with Ben for a year. He
moved to a town 100 miles away
where he had job. Suddenly he
was called to active duty-he was
a reserve in the Marines. He came
back home and had just week
there. We decided to get married
right away"
Had you been planning on that
before?" I interrupted.
"No. We had talked about
getting married some day, but
since he was going away. we
thought we ought to get married
right away"
who thought SOP" I asked.
"Was that his idea, something on
which he began to insist. as soon
as he struck town? Or was it
your idea?"
'It was mostly mine" she
admitted reluctantly.
What did your mother and
father think of it?"
II haven't any father; that Is
I never see him, because mother
is divorced. She wasn't in favor
of my getting married"
But she didn't forbid it "
"She did, but when I told her
I'd run away, she finally gave in"
You had to move pretty rapid
ly," suggested.
Eyes. We had to wait three
days for a marriage license Then
we had three days honeymoon in
Evening star., 1951-02-05

0IOSS-AOIIO IONSf
Mr.. and Mrs. Enrique C. Canova
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Shirley Louise, to Mr..
Bobbie Gross, son of the late Mr..
and Mrs. Henry T. Gross Of
Dunedin, Fla. The wedding took
place January % in st. Marks
Episcopal Church in Palatka, Fla,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Canova will
return to their Washington home
today.
The bride was born in Wash
ington and after graduating from
Roosevelt High School attended
the Temple Secretarial School.
She is chief clerk in the Office of
the Production Marketing Admin
istration in Palatka, where she
has made her home with her
aunt. She is president of the
Alpha Kappa Chapter in Palatka
of Beta Sigma Phi.
Mr.. Gross spent more than four
years in the Navy during World
War II, most of that time in the
Pacific. He attended the Uni
versity of Florida, specializing in
forestry. He is employed by a
pulp and paper corporation in
Palatka.
Evening star., 1951-02-05
By Betty BeoIe

For the first time in his life
handsome. able Alan Valentine is
job hunting. The former Eco
nomic Stabilizer who resigned last
June after Is years as president
of Rochester University and who
Joined the Office of Defense Mobil-
ization here in october is in an
unfamiliar situation. After teach
ing at the University of Pennsyl-
vania and Swarthmore, he was
snatched up by Yale to become a
professor of history. arts and let
tiers and from there the Univer-
sity of Rochester grabbed him for
their president. He planned to
spend only 10 years in that field
but the war intervened and he
stayed on though he notified the
university two years ago that he
wanted to resign.
Hence Alan Valentine doesn't
know now what turn his career
will next take. E. c. A. head for a
year in Holland, he is also a di-
rector of numerous industrial COM
panies. He may now become 9
businessman, but whatever he does
it's possible that he might like te
make Washington his home. Il
for no other reason than he!s
bought a house here. One of the
new ones on Reservoir road in the
Friendship" block. it won't be
ready for occupancy till May. Ir
the meantime he and his wife
who's an example of how good
looking and delightful a Smith
College trustee can be. are living
in Myron Hofer's house across
from the 1925 F Street Club.
Bachelor Myron, who used to be
in the Foreign Service and is a
ong-standing friend of Jefferson
Caffery, United States Ambassa-
dor to Egypt. is currently visiting
the Cafferys in Cairo. He left
here just before Christmas plan
ming to spend two months as theil
guests and another two months
touring Europe. He'll return tt
his Capital domicile the 1st oi
May.
Getting set to take off for Eu-
rope and a gorgeous two months
of visiting the most interesting
places abroad are Nancy and Tom
Clagett. They will leave by plane
on Friday for Lisbon and from
there will branch out to Madrid
dip down even into Africa and
take in Tangiers, and cover among
other points Rome, Switzerland
Paris and London. Nancy has
Evening star., 1951-02-05
Eta AIunnue Talk

Miss Marie Berger, state De-
partment foreign service officer
attached to the United Nations,
will speak at a meeting of Eta
Alumnae Chapter of Kappa Beta
Pi Legal Sorority, to be held
at $3.50 pm. tomorrow at 1904
Twentieth street NV.
Miss Berger is a former assist
ant solicitor at the Department
of the Interior She served with
UNRRA in Greece and in the
Balkans and was wounded in the
guerrilla warfare.
Mrs. Katharine P. Crowley, dean
of the chapter, will introduce the
speaker.
Evening star., 1951-02-05
| Hamilton Fish, Jr., Wed

Miss Julia Mackenzie. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ellice A. Macken-
zie, of Montreal, and Mr.. Hamilton
Fish, jr., son of former Rep
resentative Hamilton Fish and
Mrs. Fish, of Washington and
New York, were married Saturday
afternoon in the chapel of Christ
Church Cathedral. Montreal, the
Very Rev. Kenneth Evans. D. D.,
dean of Montreal, officiating.
The bride. who was given away
by her father, was in a frock of
pink MORE with a bandeau Of
matching feathers in her hair
and carried a bouquet of, white
lilac and sweetheart roses.
Evening star., 1951-02-05
Anniversary


Emil E. Schnellbacker, Director
of Intelligence and Service Divi-
sion of the Office of international
Trade, and Mrs. Schnellbacker
entertained yesterday in celebra-
ton of their silver wedding ami
versary. More than 400 friends
were received at their home on
Warren street during the 3-to-9
o'clock reception.
Mrs. Schnellbacker wore a pale
green satin floor length gown
which set off her large white Or
child to perfection. Receiving
with their parents were Margaret
Emil, and Charles Schnellbacker
Guests arrived from out of toWr
for the occasion and among them
were Mrs. j. A. Holt, ST.. Mr.. ano
Mrs. Holt, jr., and Mrs. Eugene
Holt. of Burlington. N. c.: MIR
and Mrs. John Coble, of Columbia
S. c., and Mr.. and Mrs. William
Naylor of Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1951-02-05

Mr. Hamilton Fish acted as best
man for his son and the ushers
were Mr.. Robert Paterson of
Montreal, Mr.. Insley B. Pyne and
Mr.. Robert w. Locke II of Prince
ton, N. j.; Mr.. A. Chaplin Rogers
of Chester Springs. Pa; Mr.. David
w. Read of Purchase, N. Y; Mr.
William L. Breese and Mr..
Richard c. Taylor of Washington.
Following a reception at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Macken-
zie, Mr. and Mrs. Fish left by
plane for Bermuda. and on their
return will reside in Washington
where Mr.. Fish is preparing for
the State Department diplomatic
examinations.
Evening star., 1951-02-05

Miss Bernice Elizabeth Cohen
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice
H. Cohen and Mr.. Howard Owen
Goldberg, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Maurice Goldberg of Capital
Heights, Md, were married Satur-
day at the B'nai Israel Synagogue
Rabbi Harry Silverstone and
Rabbi Henry Segal offciated at
the ceremony, and a reception
followed at the home Of the bride
Mr.. and Mrs. Goldberg will live
at Mt. Rainier, Md.
Evening star., 1951-02-05
Miss Mertz to Give
Arts Club Lecture

Miss Henrietta Mertz of the
Legal Division of the Library of
Congress will present a lecture
before the Arts Club of Wash
ington at 8 pm. Thursday at its
clubhouse, 2017 I street NV.
Miss Mertz will describe a trek
by foot and balsa raft which
she took across South America
in 1910. She will illustrate her
lecture with a color film of the
trip, entitled "Over the Andes
and Down the Amazon"
Evening star., 1951-02-05
Miss Gregory
Weds NAVY Man

Miss Mary Elizabeth Gregory
became the bride February 3 of
Ensign Edward F. Stacy, U. S. NJ,
at st. GabrieTs Church, the Rev.
Joseph B. Coyne officiating.
The bride is the daughter of
Mrs. John j. Gregory. Ensign
Stacy is the son of Mr.. and Mrs
Dewey D.. Stacy of Marietta,
Ohio.
A reception was held at the
Hotel 2400 after which the couple
left for a wedding trip in the
South.
Evening star., 1951-02-05
IWCA Meat Lecture

Kenneth F. Warner, meat spe-
cialist with the Department of
Agriculture, will talk on Select
ing Meat for Home Use" at the
annual recipe luncheon of the
Young Married Women's Club OF
the YWCA on Wednesday at Y
headquarters.
The luncheon will feature
dishes prepared by the members
from their favorite recipes. Copies
of the recipes also will be pro-
vided.
Evening star., 1951-02-05
Readers to Dine

Mrs. Eva Hurd Willis will pre-
sent Colonial program at the
annual dinner of the Washington
Readers Club to be held at $50
pm. tomorrow at the Fairfax Ho-
tel. Members of the club, dressed
in Colonial costume, will par
ticipate.
Evening star., 1951-02-05
Marjorie Lamar
Bride of Mr.. Poore

Mr.. and Mrs. Lucius @. c. La
mar announce the marriage of
their daughter, Marjorie Ayers, to
Mr.. Marion Way Poore. son of
Mrs. Marion w. Poore and the late
Mr.. Poore, on Friday in Salisbury.
N. c.
A reception at the home of the
bride followed the ceremony.
Evening star., 1951-02-05
BIechnun-GoIdschein

The marriage of Miss Barbara
Edith Goldschein, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Max H. Goldschein OF
Washington and Nashville. Tenn,
to Mr.. Bertram Blechman, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Blech-
man of Brooklyn, took place yes
terday at the Westover Hotel in
New York City. DR.. Julius Mark
of Temple Emanuel officiated.
The bride, whose father is a
special assistant to the Attorney
General, is a senior at Syracuse
University. Her husband was
graduated from Syracuse and now
is attending the Philadelphia
Textile Institute. The couple will
live in Philadelphia after a trip
to Bermuda.
Evening star., 1951-02-05
Buffet Supper

Representative and Mrs. Will
liam Henry Harrison were the
guests in whose honor the for
mer's sister, Mrs. Marthena Har-
tison Williams, entertained last
evening. The informal buffet
supper was given in the home Of
the hostess on S street and the
guests numbered about so.
Evening star., 1951-02-05
DoIIoIoqy Meetinq

Mrs. James Waldo Fawcett will
show slides of her antique dolls
at a meeting of the District Dollol-
ogy Club to be held at 2 pm.
Saturday at All Souls Unitarian
Church. Mrs. Henry P. Hutchin-
son will show pictures of club
members taken at a recent
meeting,
Evening star., 1951-02-05
Firkser-Lowy

Firkser-L -Lowy
Mrs. Evelyn Lowy of this city
and Mr.. Sidney Firkser of Balti-
more, Md, were married yester-
day at the Washington Hebrew
Congregation.
Evening star., 1951-02-05

-Hessler Photo.
MRS. DONALD E. BROUILLETTE
st. AIMS Church was the
scene yesterday of the wedding
of Miss Nellie Mary Coco and
MIR. Donald Edward Brouillette,
U5N. The Rev. Henry D. Collins
officiated. The bride Is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Coco; the bridegroom, the son
of Mrs. Mildred Brouillette of
Murphysboro, ILL.,. and the late
Mr.. William Lawrence Brouil-
lette.
Evening star., 1951-05-14
This and That

One Of the most interesting traits Of
the house cat is its stubbornness.
Here it meshes sQuarely with human
ity: that is one reason why so many
persons are interested in cats.
M. S. j. of Park avenue (Brookdale)
writes of the family's Tiger:
''How do you tell a cat he is not
man?
''That's what Tiger, year-old men,
ber of our family. thinks he is.
"Tiger has many fine qualities-for
man He wipes his claws carefully on
the doormat before entering the house.
''He washes his hands, mean paws
and face often.
"He is solicitous about my sons diet.
Evidently Tiger feels do not supply
enough fresh meat. SO he brings moles
and mice to the child.
n
"He sleeps on the bed and eats of
the table.
IF no one sees him in time to knock
him off. that is.
'One evening a special delivery pack
age arrived at suppertime.
The family, except Tiger, rushed to
open it.
when the rest of us returned to the
table. there was Tiger eating corn on
the cob. He held 1t down with one paw
and nibbled the kernels OF in neat rows.
1--WE put the corn on the floor, where
Tiger refused to touch it.
But. after supper. when We put the
Evening star., 1951-05-14
Natural Calamity in the Desert

Many of Earths tragedies are man-made,
but there are some that are the result of Nature
itself making mistakes The Colorado desert Of
California illustrates the principle involved. Not
since 1946 has it had any rain worth mentioning.
That means that the plants and animals which
ordinarily live in that area are perishing. Some
varieties already have disappeared completely.
Whole sectors are denuded of vegetation. In
others only few parched and stunted weeds
survive
Two scientists-Dr. Raymond Cowles and
Lewis Beall Of u. G. L. A.--are studying the
problem close up. They are living in the desert
and trapping specimens of It's fauna for sys-
tematic examination. Always in the past, they
say, the dwellers in the Colorado depression
have managed to come through cycles Of drought
without too great decimation, but the current
era Of dryness is particularly hard one. Moth
ing but rain can solve the problem.
So the natural cataclysm proceeds. Similar
disasters also may be developing elsewhere in
both hernispheres. A vast change in the surface
OF the globe is. occurring. The world Is getting
warmer It follows that the seas are becoming
deeper and heavier. Their weight is forcing land
levels higher. The gradual elevation spells
drought chuckwalla in the Colorado basin
will not understand what is happening. He
merely suffers and dies under his rock pile.
Science records his passing as a relatively in
consequential parallel Of human disasters which
could be avoided, yet are not.
Evening star., 1951-05-14

single out this body for o thumbs-down attitudep
The conflict interests laws were neces-
sary ones, designed to put an end to abuses by
public servants Of the knowledge that had come
to them by reason Of their access to Federal
information and procedures. The laws prohibit
civil servants from engaging in business deals
with the Government during their term of serv-
ice or within two years after resignation. But
to insist on invoking such laws against every
temporary advisory committee which the Presi-
dent may appoint would be to make 1t almost
impossible for the executive establishment to
obtain the services Of such advisers.
President Truman is justified, therefore in
urging the Senate committee to reverse itself on
the Nimitz commission bill, which already has
received approval of the House. II the COM,
mittee will not heed this reasonable request, the
Senate should take the matter out Of the hands
Of the committee and see to 1t that the Commis-
sion on Internal Security and Individual Rights
is permitted to 60 ahead with its job.
Evening star., 1951-05-14
Let the Nimitz Group Do Its Job

Congress should not allow the Ninitz Com
mission to die before it even has had a chance
to begin its important work. This work is a
thorough review of Government loyalty pro-
cedures, with view to striking proper balance
between the task of protecting the Government
against subversive nf1ltration and the need for
safeguarding constitutional rights of the in
dvidual There have been charges that both
types of protection are faulty under existing
policies and procedures. An overall study by
an impartial citizens group would be helpful in
evaluating the criticisms and improving the pro-
gram where needed.
Loss Of the services Of such an outstanding
group Of citizens as Admiral Nimitz and his
associates would be severe blow to plans for
such a study. Yet the refusal Of the Senate
Judiciary Committee to approve exemption Of
this temporary group from the confiict-of-in-
terests laws threatens to kill the whole study
project at the very outset. Certainly Admiral
Nntz and the other members of the commits
sion cannot Justly be criticized for reSigning in
a body. It would be most unfair to demand of
these citizens that they forfeit their rights to
have business relations with the Government
now or for two years after their loyalty job is
done No such demand was made of the members
of the Hoover Commission or Of number Of
other temporary advisory groups. II these other
sroups were entitled to exemption from the re-
striction, SO is the Nirnitz Commission. Why
Evening star., 1951-05-14
Veteran Speaks His Piece

Several days ago heard brief radio
announcement concerning a bill to be
introduced by Representative Van Zandt
asking for a cost-of- Living pay increase
for service personnel.
As member of the Armed Forces I'd
like to speak my piece on this subject.
Personally, I have saved some of my
pay and have invested. it over the years
in Savings Bonds. War Bonds and Vic
tory Bonds. also insurance. The bonds
bought In 1910 and 1941 have and are
maturing, and when ! cash them I
begin to wonder about the axioms I
learned in school. In case don't make
myself clear, search through the files
and read the ads for 1940-41 and COM
pare prices with 1950-51.
The $3.50 paid for the bond in
1910 then would buy lot more Of the
material things than the $50 I get for
the bond today. And what of my insur-
ance? Suppose carry it for another
20 years. Will my benefciaries be able
to buy headstone for my grave with
the cash value of the policies at that
time? I doubt it-that is, If this inf1a-
tionary spiral we're. currently climbing
on keeps going.
Mr.. Van Zandt. as veteran your
self, know you think you're doing the
right thing for service personnel. hope
Evening star., 1951-05-14

Miami. the pilot adjusted the automatic
pilot Of the shuddering plane so it was
headed directly into the Atlantic Ocean.
The crew then lost no time in para
chuting to safety.
The pilot reported the incident to
the proper Air Force authorities with
out delay and everyone agreed that the
right thing had been done in an emer-
gency. It was too bad about losing
such an expensive piece Of machinery,
but this was war. Planes were expend-
able. And nobody ever expected to hear
OF this one again. The Atlantic was
gigantic and the C-87 likely would 20
down in some desolate patch of ocean,
its plunge unwitnessed by human eyes.
The following day came report from
Mexico that a plane had crashed into
the mountains there. It was just para
graph in the papers. There was no de-
scription Of the plane, no indication of
how many crewmen or passengers. A
search and rescue party was dispatched.
ArlineS and military air bases ran q
fast check on their flights and accounted
Tor all Of their planes operating in the
southwest. It was quite a mystery.
Another day went by before the fol-
iow-up came in. Searchers had located
Evening star., 1951-05-14

corn back on the table to keep from
stepping on it, Tiger jumped up and
finished his meal
h
"Tiger also refuses to drink water
from little dish with little kittens
painted on it.
This dish is kept on the floor under
the sink.
Tiger prefers to drink out Of the
turtles bowl, flower pots. and even the
dishpan.
when I speak to him. Tiger stares
at something going on behind me or over
my head.
Surely his attitude says, You are not
speaking to me. No lady ever speaks to
a gentleman in that tone Of voice
"Is there a way to teach pet good
table manners?"
The only way to teach any kind Of
pet is in its childhood.
After cat gets to IL months old,
its character. in a sense, is formed for
good and all.
That is why some cats do not know
how to come down out of trees.
They were not taught how by their
mothers.
When these untaught cats get aloft.
which they do easily enough, they can
not come down because they try to
come down head first.
They should back down.
In trying to come down head first,
Evening star., 1951-05-14
BY Charles E. TroceweH

the round Of the claws slides off the
bark.
Coming down backward, the points of
the claws catch. just as they do in
going up.
AL good cat mothers teach their kit
tens this trick. Then 1t is theirs, for
lifetime.
Lovable, interesting kittens should be
"told" what to do-and then made to
do it.
II they are reproved the very first time
they hop up on the dining room table.
they will thereafter stay of. (Maybe.)
Their stubbornness is only equaled
by their contrariness, which is a form
Of stubbornness.
If you hold the door open for them,
they do not want to go out; the moment
you close it, they are right there meow
ing for exit
II you provide fish, they want beef;
If at the next meal you hand out beef.
they say NO" in effect; they want
salmon
So it goes, and it is all very delicious,
because so-human, shall we say2
Though cats and humans do not belong
to the same animal family. there are
enough traits they share between them
to make them beguiling.
AL you have to do is watch cat
wash its face to realize that here is
'one Of the folks"
Evening star., 1951-05-14
Success Story in Reverse

While going over the pros and cons
OF the Korea argument, it might be well
to ask about the effects of certain events
on young men who might consider the
military life as . career.
There Is no doubt that we have need
for the professional military man. But
the future for an officer and q gentle
man" is not SO encouraging.
From Billy Mitchell, who advocated
preparedness In air power. to MacAr-
thur. who says the purchase Of time
with the blood Of $4,000 Americans in
nine months is poor bargain-the
story Is the same. When your knowl-
edge and experience might count for
most you are right at the point where
you are most likely to be dishonored.
There was Admiral Taussig, who had
certain forebodings about Japan and
a feeling that the Asiatic feet should
be stronger. Then Admiral Richardson
whose common sense and patriotism
would not allow him to concur in keep
ing our Pacific fleet in a spot so
easily bombed as Pearl Harbor-and
which was bombed in just the way Billy
Mitchell pictured. We have seen Ad-
miral Denfeld removed because he had
the honesty to tell Congressman who
inquired his views that flat-tops were
needed in active service and not in
mothballs-and how right he was.
In nearly similar category are Gen.
Short and Admiral Kimmel They took
the rap for Pearl Harbor but the in
quiry brought out, where all could see,
that they had been kept in ignorance
Of the true state of affairs by their
Washington Superiors.
This is dismal picture for the young
men who might be aspiring to West
Point or Annapolis.
There has been so much of this sort OF
thing in recent time that think we
should seriously consider once more
whether the amending provision of the
Constitution should not be invoked
to take from the President the powers
Of Commander in Chief Of the armed
forces. Perhaps there is better solu-
ton Of the problem Of where to place
the supreme military power. The Ro-
mans did 1t differently. The Roman
Senate kept this power until an emer-
gency arose and then picked COM
mander in chief. sometimes from among
its own members. But it strove to avoid
amateurs. What superior military judg-
ment would you say we have seen
demonstrated by our recent Presidents?
Cato.
Evening star., 1951-05-14

the plane. It was bomber with Air
Force markings. The number of the
plane went over the wires. Neither VIC
Tins nor survivors could be found.
Picture the amazement Of all con-
cerned when it was determined beyond
shadow of doubt that this plane which
crashed in Mexico was the same one
that was supposed to fly to its doom in
the far-off Atlantic-in the exact op-
posite direction.
No one knows yet just what hap
pened. The theory is that the C-87
maintained altitude all right, but that
it slowly changed course on the way
doubling back across the continent or
swinging to the right over the Gulf of
Mexico until its big tanks were ex-
hausted.
Maybe it even got over the shudders
when the crew jumped. Charlie" is
good flyer, but he makes mistakes,
too
The same thing could have occurred
had the B-26 In the Morningside trag-
edy been equipped with q robot pilot.
There is no telling where the fight
might have ended, perhaps with an even
greater toll.