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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-02
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SHAPIRO, BESSIE. All friends and rela-
tiyes are invited to the pny sI S,s Of the
be held Sunday, December ., 1851. at l
pm, at Ohev Sholom Cemetery. 1901
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-02

RRIS L. A special communi.
cation Of BENJAMIN Frankiir
Lodge. No. so, r. A. A. M, 1.
called for II am. Sunday
Decembsr 2. 1851, in the Ma.
sonic Temple. 13th st. anc
New York ave. nsw., for thu
purpose Of conducting the lasi
.es Tor our late brother, NOR
}. BY order Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-02

rs, THOMAS X. A special COM
munication Of National Lodge
No. IL. r. A. A. M. Is hereby
called at pm. on Monday
\ December 3, at the Masonic
Temple. for the purpose OF
conducting the funeral serv-
ice of our late brother,
THOMAS X. SAUNDERS.
lie K. BUTTON. Master.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-02

IDA MAY sMALLWoOD, wife OF the late
Lee smaliwood, mother Of Mrs. Raymond
Booker. Mrs. Robert Lyons. Mrs. Beulah
Reid and Nathaniel NJ smallwood, and
sister Of William and Charles Mercer;
Friends may call at the Ives Funeral
Home, 2s47 Wilson blvd. Arlington. Va,
until 8 am on Monday. December 3,
thence to the Bluemont Methodist Church,
Bluemont, Va. where funeral services VIII
be held at II Am. 1nterment Epenezei
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-02

urcKETT. GEORGE M. special com
munication of Joppa Lodge NO
n as, F. A. A. NJ. Is hereps
IN called for the purpose OF az
>NA tending the funeral Of oul
wrN late brother. GEORGE NJ
W% BFCKETT on Monday, De
W cember 8, 1851, at pm
Services at the S. H. Hines Co. Funetal
Home. 2901 14th st. NV.
JOHN BOONE, Master: ,.
HOWARD NJ STACKHOUSE' Secy;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-02

SCOTT, PROF. ROBERT C. Suddenly.
| on Saturday, December l. 1881. at his
1 scoT 9TH he St leaves ne TO PRor
their loss wife. Columbia Scott;
daughter. Elinor Stokes: grandchildren.
Rozier Jones and Alexis v. Stokes and a
host Of other relatives and friends. No
tice Of funeral later. ARRANGEMENTS by
W. Ernest Jarvis Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-02

Legion services will be conducted by the
National e e. Z. S MA a9nSE Commander.
C. B. EATON, Adjutant .
3s7 North Edison ST. ellington in4a IVA. W..
father Of Of James T.. eheryi 5. and Le-
bers, funeral Home. 3072 NJ St; n.ya
ann am. Services at Fort Myer Chapel
Cemetery. Family requests flowers be
MARR E55zAsETH 1 q ThHrs %Spp No Ct
Frank pabney; mother q Joseph ST strudS;
wick, sister Of Mamie Curry; AFTER ~, az Z
cali at. the Carver Memorial Funeral
Home. 1891 H St. NV. where funeral
ss5vss' g Be held &c msas'E esss
vember Sd, 1851, at Mount Alto, Vet
Grams Administration Hospital. SAMUEL
% loved husband ID q Mrs. Charlotte Mar.
shall. He is also survived by sever
sons, three daughters, four grandchil.
ass sh ad ost of frienSs
resting ct Barnes & Matthews Funera
Home, 6l4 4th st. s.w. Notice o.
funeral later.
MELEGH. THE REV. JULIUS. On Friday
November 80, 1861, THE REV. Julius
! MELEGH, beloved husband of Mar!
| Papp Melegh; father Of Margaret M
| va. and four grandchildren. Funera
| from the w. w. Deal Funeral Home
/ 1872 Georgia ave. NV, on Monday
friends invited. Interment Fort Lincoll
i Cemetery Friends may call after i
am. Monday, December 8.
MEREDITH, EDNA T. On THURSDAY
November 20. 1861. EDNA T. MEREDITH
i of 215 r st. NV, beloved daughter Q
i the Rev. and Mrs. Edward Taylor. Sh
also leaves to mourn their loss four sis
j tiers, one brother, other relatives an
Nashville, n c. Local Arrangement
by John T. Rhines & Co. Funeral Home
901 3rd st. s.w.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-02

MERCER, ROBERT. In memory Of our
devoted brother and uncle, ROBERT
MERCER, who passed away six years
ago today, December Q, 1915.
How much We miss you. you must know.
It's the saddest day Of TIE year, .Se
The day death came and took you, dear.
Evening star., 1951-08-01

her opportunities to get into
trouble must be virtually un-
limited and she gives a fair imita-
tion of a girl who is quite uncom-
Portable that life turned out the
way it has.
That test on which she fails,
along with others in the part, is in
the second act. In the course of this
l0-minwe interval, she is asked
to reverse the whole bitter, Sordid
course of her life in a cleansing
Ilove-at-firSt-sight look at the good
young man up from the South.
Miss Corio gives it try, aided by
the prayers of her mother and
the obvious decency of her suitor,
but it all looks like something
that couldn't happen in a play,
much less real life.
x y **
1t is an apparently earnest ef-
fort that the company at Olney
makes to keep the unwilling ecm-
Eedy of Anna Lucasta" from over
IpoWering the essential tragedy. It
lis, as usual however, a conspicu-
Iously wasted effort. Except for
Anna and her honorable young
man, the Lucastas and their as
SociateS are impossible to take Sc
riouSly. The first two, so vastly
outnumbered and outtalked, never
have chance.
Margaret Hamilton, Mary Perry ]
Mary HayneSWorth, Donald Foster,
Arthur O'Connell, and Earl Rowe
are the most useful of Miss CO.
rios associates in giving Anna
LucaSta" its best moments.
Even these are pretty thor
oughly stymied by the fragrant in
conslstencies of Yordan's play.
Evening star., 1951-08-01

To anyone not an absolute ex-
pert on Scranton girls who go
wrong. Miss Corio seems a reason
able representation of one. Ger
tainly there is no question that
Evening star., 1951-08-01

The flaws are always visible
when the play reverts to Philip
Yordan's original and that is what
it has done in the Olney produc-
tion starring Ann Corio.
Naturally, there is a piquancy
in seeing the former first lady of
burleSque in anything, even Anna
Lucasta." She is always an ap-
pealing figure of a girl and as
sincere performer as ever Under
took the task of entertaining the
public. To Yordan's poignant
prostitute who tried to go straight
and found the cards stacked
against her. she gives an ad-
mirably earnest try.
1t fails because Anna LucaSta"
Is not worth so much of effort in
view of the fact that, its author
left far too much for any actress
to redeem of a badly written play.
Vivien Leigh, Margaret Sullavan,
or any other performer one can
think of would find the odds quite
as hopeless as Miss Corio and they
are much more experienced in
harvesting figs from such thistles
as Yordan's.
x
Even the weather is against
Anna LucaSta" in August. In
spite of multitude. of willy-nilly
comedy moments, it is tragedy.
Bad girls who wish they could be
good again are always unhappy
figures and when every circum-
stance combines to thwart their
honorable intentions, there is
nothing for it but that everyone
shall be unhappy with them.
This is no fun for summer
theater audiences unless it in
wolves irreSistibly brilliant writing.
Anna Lucasta" is nothing of the
kind. 1t is rather a pretentiouSI
sort of windmill fitting in which
the playwright keeps getting
knocked back on his pathetic little
ego.
The consequence of this is that
except when Hilda Sims was the
heroine, Anna Lucasta gets far less
sympathy than the actresses who
play her, Paulette Goddard, Miss
Corio or someone else.
*
A minor bit of dramatic interest
attaching to the Lucastas in the
current version is the change in
their genealogy. When Yordan
first created them, they were a
Polish family in Scranton, Pa. In
the days of their Broadway sue
cess, they were Negroes. At Olney,
they are whites, still living in
Scranton. but emigres from Ala
bama where they tired of poor
whitehood and came north to inch
ahead if 1T could be managed.
Whatever their lineage, the Lu-
castaS carry on pretty much the
same way.
The prettiest one of them, and
the most promising, is Anna but
Anna has sinned and become an
outcast. Her emotionally warped
father has screamed that she can't
come home again, but Anna does.
When it seems likely that there is
a chance to marry her off to the
S800-rich son of an old family
friend, the younger Lucastas bring
her back as bait for the $500.
When she and the young man.
a superior young man if there ever
was one, fall sincerely in love, this
applicant is upset. This is minor.
however, as compared with the
upset that follows when this de-
cent, redeeming love is destroyed
and Anna returns to her old life
on the Brooklyn waterfront.
K x
To anyone not an absolute ex-
pert on Scranton girls who go
wrong. Miss Corio seems a reason
able representation of one. Ger
tainly there is no question that
Evening star., 1951-08-01
Right. Answer,
Wrong Number
BY the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
A studio advertising man tele-
lphoned Gregory Peck regarding
some commercial tie-ups for the
actors latest film.
A woman answered.
'Mr. Peck. please" he said.
"Who?"
Gregory Peck. Is Mr.. Peck
there?"
you've got the wrong number
And besides, do you think I'd
waste my time answering the
phone If he were here?"
Evening star., 1951-08-01
Senator Johnson to Speak

The Lutheran Layman's Eel
lowship will hear Senator john
son, Democrat, of Colorado, at its
monthly luncheon tomorrow at
1915 pm. in the Senate Family
Dining Room.
Evening star., 1951-08-01
The Passing Show
The Passing Show
Ann Conio's Anna Lucustu
Is Weeks OIney Heroine
By Joy Cdrmody

The trouble with Oney Theater this
week the old that much of
certain fiscal Broadway being
1diom and given ace coored These
the play above itself minimizing its defects
, 1951-06-19
Notice from the Police

It is hereby brought to the.
notice of the public that Chap
ter 8, Section As, of the Police
Regulations for ST. Croix pro-
vides that 'the owner of a
house is responsible for the
affixing of the street number
of the said house, in a con-
spicuous place"
1t is directed that all pro-
perty owners Immediately
comply with the provisions of
this section. Failure to do so
will be prosecuted as Public
Police suits and offenders
punished as provided by law.
Morrell E. Davis.
Director of Police
Office of the Director Of Police
Christiansted, st. Croix, VI.
June Is, 1851
, 1951-06-19
NOTICE

The addition to the list Of
those qualified to vote at the
SPECIAL ELECTION on June
%, 1851 in the Christiansted
Town & Suburbs and Chris
tiansted Country District has
been posted at the Police Sta
ton and the gallery of the
Public Library.
The Board will meet on
Monday June Is, 1851 at
s p. m. for the purpose of hear
ing challenges and making de-
'cisions on the same
The Registration Board
for ST. Croix.
June II, 1851
D. c.
Chairman
Apartments for Rent
Furnished and unfinished
DR.. H. R. MOORE
la Queen Street
, 1951-06-19

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Evening star., 1951-03-01
Kensingion' S Mayor
Files SANDER Suit

Mayor G. Leonard Daymude OF
Kensington today filed a $4,000
damage suit against a man he
charged slandered him at a public
hearing Monday.
Named as defendant in the suit
filed in Montgomery County Cir
cult Court is William Seidel, 73
Frederick avenue, Kensington.
Mr.. Daymude, who is plumb
ing and electrical contractor, con-
tends in the suit that Mr.. Seidel
accused him by implication of
using my political Office for a
corrupt purpose in securing
the issuance of building permits
by the Town Council in return for
the plumbing and/or electrical
contracts.
The hearing referred to in the
suit was on the construction of an
electronics assembly plant in
Kensington. which the Council
had approved previously. The suit
states that Mr.. Seidel also made
accusations regarding the Mayors
part in Council approval early last
month of a new housing develop
ment to be known as Truden
Homes.
Mr.. Daymude claims he did
not vote on either project since
the Mayor votes only in case of a
tie.
About rs Kensington residents
attended the hearing on the elec-
tronics plant project Monday
night.
Evening star., 1951-03-01
Prince Georges Group
To Ask County Survey
By Firm in Chicago

The Prince Georges County
commissioners will be asked to-
morrow to employ Public Admin
istration Services, Chicago, to
make a survey of the county gov
ernment.
Harry E. Taylor, jr., Republican
member of a three-man commit
tee appointed by the commission
ers some time ago to initiate the
study, said the maximum cost of
the survey would be $4,000 and
it would require about six months.
The recommendation will be
presented to the commissioners
meeting in Hyattsville tomorrow.
. Latiner Heads Committee.
The committee. headed by Com
missioner Thomas E. Latimer and
including Charles F. Parker. jr.,
as the third member, met yester-
day at Upper Marlboro with rep
resentatives of the firm recon-
mended for the survey.
The interview yesterday con-
cluded a series of conferences with
agents of five New York and
Chicago firms, most of whom will
have representatives in Washing
ton.
No local experts were considered,
Mr.. Abbott said, because we want
this probe to be impartial and en-
tirely divorced from politics" He
added that the county's tax rate
would not be advanced on ac-
count of the extra expenditures.
Public Hearing Planned.
When the commissioners have
acted on the recommendation. Mr..
Abbott said. date will be set for
public hearing. After that, the
special committee will disband
and turn the reigns over to the
commissioners.
That the commissioners intend
to maintain a tight hold on this
and all other county affairs was
made clear by Mr.. Abbott. As
serting that he voiced the views of
all five commissioners, Mr.. Abbott
said the board will welcome ad-
vice on any pertinent matters, but
will submit to no dictation from
any civic group or individuals.
THE citizens put us here" Mr..
Abbott declared, "and they expect
us to run the county government
we intend to do exactly that.
IF high-pressure groups or in
dividuals believe they know more
about running the county than we
do then let them get on the ticket
and be elected"
Evening star., 1951-03-01
Talk on SeIective Service
Set at Alexandra Toniqht

Col Daniel o. Omer, general
counsel of the Selective Service,
will speak on "The Current Sc
lective Service Situation" before
the YWCA Public Affairs Forum
at 8 o'clock tonight at the Alexan-
dria YWOA, 126 North st. Asaph
street.
Other speakers at the public
meeting will be William M. Bar
bour. Alexandria civilian defense
director. and Mrs. Gene Beggs, di-
rector of the Servicemen's Lounge.
The YWCA will sponsor a con-
cert by the Bach Choristers of
Maury School at pm. Sunday.
The boys chorus will be accom-
panied by Evelyn Swarthout, con-
cert pianist.
Registration for spring courses
given by the YWCA will be held
today and tomorrow at the "Y"
headquarters. The young womens'
organization has arranged for
child nursery care while courses
are offered in such subjects as
pottery, sewing. rug. hooking,
painting and self improvement.
Evening star., 1951-03-01
SociaIite Pleads Guilty
To Mansiaughter
By the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Mar. John j.
Kerr Caskie, jr., 29-year-old So
cialite prominent in the Maryland
and Virginia hunt set, threw him.
self on the mercy of a court yes
terday for killing a policeman
with his station wagon.
Caskie pleaded guilty to a man.
slaughter charge.
Judge Joseph Sherbow, sitting
in Criminal Court, remanded
Caskie to jail pending a mental
examination and the working out
OF financial settlement with the
policeman's widow. She has sued
for 100000.
Caskie was charged with man
slaughter, drunken driving and
failing to stop after an accident
in which Patrolman Roland Nor
gan was killed at an intersection
on the north edge of Baltimore
the night of January S.
Prosecutors pointed out Caskie
had been arrested four times in
Virginia for drunken driving and
speeding, with Virginia author
tiles revoking his license for one
year in 1916. He formerly lived
at Warrenton, Va. but in recent
years has had country place at
Cockeysville. Md. in Baltimore
County.
Evening star., 1951-03-01
Arlington PTA Groups
Seek Fund for Bond Issue

Every parent-teacher association
member in Arlington will be asked
to contribute at least 10 cents to
a fund for support of a school
construction bond issue.
The School Board is expected
to announce the amount of the
proposed bond issue in the near
future.
Meeting in Stratford Junior
High School last night the Arling-
ton County Council of PTAs urged
it's executive committee to prepare
a publicity plan backing the bond
issue.
The council voted to admit as
associate members Negro PTA
units. Because of regulations of
the State PTA organization, the
Negro units will not be able to cast
votes on State matters, but will
otherwise be full members of the
local council.
Evening star., 1951-03-01
Arlington Facing
Stiff Tax Increase,
Democrats Assert

A "stiff increase" in taxes is
in prospect for Arlington County
property owners, according to
William c. Nemeth, chairman Of
the Democratic Councils revenue
and expenditures committee.
Mr.. Nemeth said that the new
total real estate assessment Of
approximately 5000 million would
provide with a tax rate of $2.17
per $100 of valuation, the same
revenue as the 1888 rate pro-
vided last year, when the total
assessment was approximately
STA million.
Mrs. Florence Cannon, board
chairman, predicted Monday that
the 1888 rate will be reduced "at
least dollar"
Mr.. Nemeth said that any rate
in excess of $2.17 is in reality, an
increase in taxes.
Evening star., 1951-03-01
Battle 10 Talk at Dedication
OF New Arlington School

Gov. Battle of Virginia will be
principal speaker at dedication
ceremonies for the new Stratford
Junior High School, North Mill
tary road and Vacation lane, Ar
lington, at 2 pm. Saturday.
Lee Paschal. president of the
Wise Contracting Co. of Rich
mond, which built the school, will
present the keys to Colin C. Mac
Pherson, chairman of the Arling-
ton School Board.
Other speakers will include:
DR.. Dowell j. Howard, State SUI
perintendent of schools; ROLAND
Stoebe, president of the Stratford
Parent Teacher Association;
Claude M. Richmond, school prin-
cipal, and Bruce Haslam, ~presi-
dent of the Student Council.
The community has been in
vited to attend the affair, which
will be held in the school gym
nasium.
Evening star., 1951-03-01
Bethesda " Cottage Opens
Fund Drive Tomorrow

The Bethesda "Y" Cottage, at
8410 Wisconsin avenue, will open
a $4,000 campaign at pm.
tomorrow to provide new quarters
for the organization. The present
cottage" was condemned last
month.
Tomorrow's open kick off" pro-
gram will be held at the Glen
brook Club, $500 Wisconsin ave-
nue., Bethesda, under the direction
of Brooke Johns. Mrs. Gordon
Seger, president of the Mont
gomery County YWCA. which
sponsors the "Y" Cottage. said
the county Community Chest
and Council has authorized the
drive. R. B. Butts is campaign
chairman.
The opening program will in
clude square dancing to the music
of Dick Stretton's orchestra. The
cottage provides young people in
the Bethesda Chevy Chase area
year-around recreation pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1951-03-01
Virginia Milk Board
.Defers Price Review
By the Associoted Press

RICHMOND, Va, Mar. 1.-The
State Milk Commission has de-
ferred action on a request to re-
consider its order raising milk
prices in the Northern Virginia
market until after a Richmond
court acts on a petition brought
by Arlington County.
The commission considered vari-
GUS requests from a number OF
persons and organizations in the
Virginia Metropolitan Area near
Washington.
1t said it had not reached any
decision yesterday and had agreed
to defer the matter until the
court takes some action on the
petition. 1t took this view, COM
mission spokesman said, since the
petition presented to Richmond
Circuit Court raised questions OF
legal fact and constitutionality in
regard to the commissions recent
order.
The Arlington County Board
contended the commission had ex-
ceeded its authority by fixing
prices of milk and cream which
the petitioners said moved in in
terState commerce.
Evening star., 1951-03-01
.MckeIdin Names Unit
To Help Chart Road
Building Program
By the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. l. - Gov
McKeldin has named three
member council to help chart a
road building program that the
State can afford"
He appointed E. Asbury Davis,
president of United States Fidel-
ity & Guaranty Co.; Charles S.
Garland of Alexander Brown &
Sons, Baltimore investment house.
and DR.. Abel Wolman of the Johns
Hopkins University's engineering
school.
They will constitute an Advis-
ory Council on Highway Program
to consult with the State Roads
Commission.
Maryland already has tied up
$65 million of a $100 million roads
bond issue authorized four years
ago and would need an additional
5000 million to $500 million to
complete highway and bridge con-
struction as now outlined, Gov.
McKeldin said
Funds of such magnitude are
not in sight unless we should
greatly increase the States debt
and the States taxes" the Gov
ernor said. "A review of the pro-
gram in it's engineering. fiscal
and other aspects is therefore I'm
perative."
Maryland needs a program to
fit what has been accomplished
with future program that the
State can afford" he added.
The Governor said the council
and commission would survey the
program now contemplated to
judge whether it is adequate and
can be achieved within our
available financial resources in the
light of other pressing demands
and burdens on our citizens"
Mr.. Garland served on similar
council created by former Cover
nor Lane That group prepared
in large measure the program the
new council will re-examine.
Evening star., 1951-03-01
Alexandra Motorists
Checked for Licenses

The Virginia Division of Motor
Vehicles began check of motor
lists in Alexandria yesterday to
see if they have proper drivers
licenses, automobile registrations
and inspection stickerS.
Assisted by Alexandria police,
". H. Wood of the division is
stopping cars at various locations
to make the check. Motorists are
required to have Virginia license
tags after being in the State so
days, and drivers of cars regis
tered in the State must have Vir-
ginia driving licenses. All cars
with Virginia licenses must have
State inspection stickers.
Evening star., 1951-03-01
Alexundriuns TO Hear
OF Civil Defense Plans

Civil defense officials are to de-
scribe plans under way in Alex
andria and tell how Alexandrians
can help at forum sponsored by
the Public Affairs Committee of
the Alexandria YWCA at 8 o'clock
tonight at 1876 North st. Asaph
street.
William M. Barbour, Alexandria
civil defense co-ordinator; Mrs.
Gene Beggs, director of the serv-
icemen's lounge. and an official
of selective service are included
as speakers on the program. Mrs.
Charles Tomlin is chairman of the
public affairs group.