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Evening star., 1952-08-03
Grondsons Of Wagner
Stage World Convention
Woenerites Gather in Boyreuth to DeIve
Into Fomous Composers World Of ldeos

mained faithful to Wagner. The
production of his works was not
banned during the war. It would
seem however, that the ranks OF
the devoted has Slimmed and
that Wieland Wagner realizes
that an effort must be made to
educate the youth of all coun-
tries in the Wagnerian ideals.
Some of this may be the result
of consciousness that the audi
ences of the festival must be re-
plenished if it is to continue and
prosper. It will be interesting
to see if there is a full revival of
the Wagner cult in the young
generation following its in
docrination by Wieland during
the Bayreuth Festival.
The second Blue Ridge Fes-
tival at Avon Mills, Washington.
Va, will be inaugurated today
with a pre-festival concert at
4 pm. The program will be
given by Irene Hammerstrom,
soprano, and Leroy Mathwig.
violinist, Of Sioux City, Iowa.
Joan Ewers, accompaniSt. will
be heard also in a group Of
piano solos. Miss Hammer
strom sang at the Williamsburg
Summer Concerts in Mozart's
Don Giovanni" Mr.. Mathwig
is a former student of Louis
Persinger and Naoum Binder.
Festival programs will open
next Sunday with a piano recital
by William Haaker, conductor
of the Virginia Symphony Or
chestra. TiviS Wicker, baritone.
will be soloist with the Virginia
Symphony on August II and the
remaining two concerts of the
Sunday festival, August "a and
81, will be orchestral programs
under Mr.. Haaker's direction.
Avon Mills is on u. s. Route
211. IS miles from Washington.
Tickets may be obtained at the
Statler Hotel or at the mill en-
trance.
The concert Of the Mary
Washington College Of the Uni
versity of Virginia Summer
School of Music, originally
scheduled last Thursday, will be
given Tuesday. The event was
postponed because Of the three
day Virginia Education Associa-
ton conference which opened
on that day.
The Tuesday festival concert
features the orchestra which
worked on the program since
the middle of June. A 40-voice
chorus will join in the presen-
tation of Schubert's Mass in
G" under the baton of Edgar
Schenkman. The final concert
is August z.
Washington composers, Alber-
ia M. O'Connell and Annie M.
O'Sullivan, co-operated in writ
ing q new march, '"The Nations
Capital" which will be included
in tomorrow's program given by
the Navy Band at the east
front steps Of the Capitol at 8
pm.
The Air Force Symphony will
present S/Sergt. Charles r.
Adams as violin soloist at the
Watergate Friday at $3.50 pm.
A graduate of the Juilliard
School Of Music. he made his
professional debut with the
Minneapolis Symphony at the
age of 8. At 20 he was offered
the position Of concert-master
with the Dallas Symphony Or
chestra but declined because he
entered service.
Evening star., 1952-08-03

G major concerts. This one lacks
the fire of the Emperor" but
many consider it finer. Schnabel
did-he pioneered it in this coun-
try. Gieseking evidently does,
too-he evokes all its poetry.
Won Karajan collaborates again
in what is a genuinely beauti-
full performance, beautifully re-
corded.
In three Brahms intermezzi
(Op. IT'D and Schumann's
"Kinderscenen" (Scenes of
Childhood), on the next disc.
Gieseking does some evocative
solo playing. Wilhelm Bachaus
used to put a little more vitality
into the Brahms, and Horowitz
uses a brighter palette for the
Schumann, to cite one recent
example. Still, there Is much to
be said for Gieseking's gentle,
contemplative approach. and the
recording again is excellent.
Debussy in "a Ports
The last three discs have one
pole star-Debussy. Columbia
recently distinguished itself by
issuing the complete piano music
Of Ravel, played by Casadesus.
Here are all "a of the Debussy
preludes, plus the "Children's
Corner Suite" and the "Suite
Bergamasque." Gieseking plays
with marvellous finesse; the ef-
feet is ravishing. So is the re-
0ording. You can take the
whole at a sitting or in bits and
pieces. since the individual num-
berS are cut separately. "Suite
Bergamasque." incidentally, is
the parent Of "Clair de Lune."
Any one who heard Tosca-
minis broacast of Verdi's
Requiem" last year Cor. as we
did,. the actual Carnegie Hall
perfornance) realizes what
magnificent music it is. No re-
cording sessions were held, and
there's no sign of a Toscanini
repeat Zone still would be well
Gomez, but Victor has reissued
on two LIPS the fine perform
ance made at the Rome Opera
some years ago. Maria Caniglia.
Ebe Stignani, Beniamino Gigli
and EZio PIMA are the soloists,
Tullia Serafln the conductor,
and the effect is splendid, albeit
not up to modern recording
standards.
Another, and quite different,
Requiem" has been revived on
a single LIP by Columbia-the
one by Gabriel Faure. OF smaller
size than Verdi's, it is subdued
and contemplative in mood,
with many hauntingly beautiful
passages. Singers and an or
chestra at Lyon are the capable
performers. with Suzanne Du-
pont and M. Didier as soloists,
Edouard Commette as organist
and E. Bourmauck as conductor.
Oceanic has issued more re-
cent performance by the Paris
Philharmonic under Rene Leib-
owitz, in which more sorority
is achieved, but the chorus is
distant and the words often are
indistinct. For sheer sound,
however, it has the edge. Prob
ably it would be best to try both.
4 X X 4
Speaking of Toscanini, his
ninth" really is on the way.
The other day we heard a test
pressing of the promised Victor
release, and it made impress
sively understandable why ToS-
canini was, as Victor reported,
nearly satisfied" Look for it
in October.
Won Karajan draws rich sonor-
ity from the Philharmonic Or
chestra in both works. Record
ing is splendid, except for some
shrillness in the final grooves OF
the Mozart
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Turntoble Talk:
SchnobeI Plays Mozart;
Gieseking Gets Tribute
TurntobIe Talk:
By jones 6. Deone

Oy SoUlSS
The death Of Artur Schnabel
last year left a gap Of no small
dimensions in the music world.
Fortunately, the record makers
in London had been making
good use Of their time prior to
that loss. Now some evidence
of their endeavors has been
made available here, very ap-
propriately as one of the first
long-play issues with the HMV
label.
The release is a single LIP
containing two Mozart con-
certos-the goth, in D minor.
and the oath, in c minor. About
the music. little need be said.
These are two of Mozart's finest
works, which means they are
among the worthiest. AS to the
performances, they live up to
the subject matter. Schnabel
was q great Mozartian; his play
ing here is a model of subtle
phrasing, controlled dynamics
and overall, Olympian sweep.
The performances, with Walter
Susskind and the Philharmonic
Orchestra, are unmatched or
records: they make q fitting
monument.
Schnabel once told me peo-
pie always expected him to
compose in the classic style, be-
cause he played the classic
repertoire. Since as a composer
he was an atonalist, this an
noyed him considerably. The c.
minor performance is interest
ing in this connection, for. the
cadenzas are Schnabel's own.
On first hearing they are a bit
startling; they become less so
with repetition.
More SchnobeI Available
Schnabel recorded the 9th,
21st and 10th Mozart concertoS
a few years ago. as well as the
two-piano one, K. 365, with his
son, Karl Ulrich. It's to be hoped
these will be revived on LIP.
Meanwhile, Victor is promising
LIPS Of several of his Beethoven
Sonata Society sets for next
winter. and there's q good
chance some recent Schubert
also will be available on LIP soon.
The new Mozart disc appar-
emily is a transfer from IS
rpm. masters. The masters
were made in England, the LIPS
in this country. On the whole
the engineering is superior.
HMV's homage to Schnabel
comedies with an even more
expansive tribute by Columbia
to a pianist still living, Walter
Gieseking. GieSeking and Selma
bel long were photographic
rivals; much Of their recorded
repertoire comedies. Their in
terests, however. were not en-
tirely parallel. Neither were
their keyboard styles.
Six Giesekine Records
Columbia's tribute consists Of
six discs. One contains another
Mozart concerto-the wonderful
23d. in A major. There hasn't t
been a first-rate recording of
thiS-it's therefore the more
welcome. Gieseking plays with
less zest than Schnabel; one
suspects his feeling for Mozart
is not so vivid. But it is a flu
ent rendition, nonthelesS, and.
now that Schnabel is gone, not
likely soon to be surpassed. On
the oversize Gieseking replays
the Franck Symphonic Varia-
tions" which he did so notably
on TBS. The old one had more
impetus, but modern recording
reveals much more of the de-
hcious Franck score. Herbert
Gieseking is solidly in his ele-
ment with Beethoven's superb
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Claire Moves Up
BY the Asseeiuted Press

HOLLYWOOD.
Claire Trevor, unquestion-
ably the movies most success
full portrayer of gang molls,
claims she is promoted In her
current stop, You're Killing
Me-"
II am now," she enthuses,
ian ex-gangster's wife"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28

MRS. JOHN K. WOODWARD
The former
Miss Jessie A. Powell
Bethlehem Chapel Of the Wash
Iington Cathedral Of st. Peter and
'St. Paul was the scene December
~ of the wedding Of Miss Jessie
Alice Powell and Mr.. John Kelly
Woodward. The Rev. William A.
Powell, uncle of the bride, off1ci-
ated and the reception was hello
at the Shoreham Hotel.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel F. Powell,
jr., Of Chevy Chase. She was
given in marriage by her father
and her sisters, Miss Ann Powe
and Mrs. Frank E. Cotter OF
Hartsdale, N. Y, were her maid
and matron Of honor. The brides
other attendantsSwere Mrs. Sam
uel F. Powell III, Miss Joan Wood.
ward, sister of the bridegroom,
and his cousin, Miss Susanne
Woodward, and Miss Robbilee
McCallister.
Mr.. Woodward is the son of
Mrs. Jane MacFarlane Of Sante
Fee, N. Mex, and Mr.. Talmadge
Woodward Of Palm Beach, Fla.
He had as his best man Mr.. Craig
Perkins of Rochester, N. Y, and
the ushers included Navy 1t. q. g.
Samuel F. Powell III and the
Messrs. Frank E. Cotter, Franklin
Davis, r. Wayne Elliott and John
L .Haggerty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodward will be
at home after their wedding trir
to Sea Island, Ca, at 81 Mellen
street in Cambridge, Mass, where
the former is studying at Harvard
University
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
Miss Lucyann Liddy

At the Takoma Park Baptist
Church on December q, Miss
Lucyann Liddy, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Leslie William Liddy,
was married to Mr.. Frederick
Happel Billups. He is the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Billups of Sill
yer Spring. The Rev. Herbert w
Baucom performed the ceremony
after which a reception was held
In the church parlor.
The couple will reside in Louis
vile where both are attending the
Southern Baptist Seminary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28

The engagement of Miss Eileen
Margaret Mahoney to Mr.. Leonard
Francis Mathey has been an
nounced. Miss Mahoney is the
daughter of Mrs. Elliott B. Ma
honey of San Jose, Calf. and the
late Mr.. Mahoney. Mr.. Mathey is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Matejczyk Of Barnsboro, Pa.
Miss Mahoney is a graduate Of
Marygrove College in Detroit and
is now associated with the Civilian
Personnel Division in the Depart
mept Of the Navy. Her flance is
an alumnus Of Indiana State
Teachers College and Pennsyl-
vania State College. At present,
Mr.. Mathey is employed with the
Electronics Division in the Bureau
of Ships.
The marriage will take place on
May 30.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28

GA6dSCu "
MIR. Charles D. Beaumont.
The engagement of Miss Audrey
Irene Greenleaf to Mr.. Charles
David Beaumont was announced
at a tea given on December 81 by
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
James Greenleaf. Mr.. Beaumont
is the son of Capt. and Mrs
Charles D. Beaumont of Annap-
oils.
Miss Greenleaf was graduated
from the University Of Wisconsin
last spring where she was a men,
Der Of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Her
f1ance will be graduated from the
same university in June and is
affiliated with Kappa Sigma.
The wedding will take place in
June.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28

MIR. Gene Petit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lee Irwin
Of Iynchburg. Va, announce the
engagement of their daughter
Virginia Lee, to Mr.. Gene Petit
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs
Virgil c. Petit of Washington.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
The Nome nugget., 1952-07-03
Shipowners Ask NLRR Prosecute Striking Sailors

SAN FRANCISCO, (P)-Pacific Coast ship owners today asked the NLRB to prosecute the strik- ing AF'L Sailors Union of the Pacific and the non-striking In- ternational LongShoremen's and Warehousemen's Union on char ges of conducting an illegal juris- dictional strike.
 The appeals said PIMA is ''pow- erless to end this strike with any assurance that it will not be re- peated or that work stoppages will not result over the same is sues.
 eve feel that the unions mini mum demands are excessive and that to grant them would add un- necessary millions to the al- ready excessive payrolls of ship operators on the West Coast"
 The loading of ships stores was the dispute the PIMA asked the NLRB to settle. The shipoWners accused both unions of taking strike action on various occasions in an effort to compel the PIMA to assign work to their unions.
The Nome nugget., 1952-07-03
Congress Aims At Saturday Adjournment

WASHINGTON, R- Congress Thursday resumed it's pell mell rush toward adjournment with hundreds of bills yet to be acted on but with leaders confident the windup can come by Saturday.
 The Senate meets at it's earliest hour of the 1852 session, 8:30 a.m., to start grinding through a calendar of more than 300 mea- sures.> Most of them are minor private relief bills. Less than a dozen major measures remain to be cleaned up.
 There was talk among House members that the 1852 session could be closed out in last burst of speed with an all-night meet ing extending over into the holi- day hours tomorrow.
 But the Senate jam appeared to preclude this.
The Nome nugget., 1952-07-03
'52 Budget Deficit
 Held to S4 Billion

WASHINGTON, (P)-A $2, ,4OO,- 100000 lag in foreign aid outlays helped hold the US. budget de- ficit for fiscal 1852 to $4,O16,640,- 378.1O-less than half of Presi- dent Truman's January forecast.
 Analysis of year-end figures an nounced by the Treasury Tues day showed spending on military and economic aid for other coun- tries in the Mutual Security Pro- gram came to only 412 billion ot a budgeted $6,9OO,OOO,OOO.
 Outlays for the U. s. military services ran almost 900 million short of the budgeted 39 billion making the second biggest contri- button toward holding total spending $4,7OO,OOO,0OO below the Presidents estimate of last Jan- uary.
 There were scattered other fac tors in the governments improv- ed financial picture: veterans benefits cost 300 million less than the budget $5,2OO,OOO,O0O; interest payments on the federal debt ran 100 million less than the six bil- lion budgeted.
 Government costs in all came to $66, 100, 100000 for the 12 months ended June 30. Although federal spending did not reach the heights predicted by Truman, it jumped 50 per cent above fiscal 1851 and topped all previous years in which there was no full scale war.
The Nome nugget., 1952-07-03
Eisenhower Calls For Clean Party at Convention

DENVER, (P)-Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said Thursday he is going to the COP national con vention in Chicago to make a fight "to keep our party clean and fit to lead our nation"
 In a farewell talk off the rear platform of his special train, the general said:
 "I'm going to Chicago-as sol dier in the ranks-to have hand in that fight I'm going to say that our party cannot go be- fore the public and ask for its votes until it comes into court with clean hands"
 Eisenhower declared he will have an "open door" to delegates at his Blackstone Hotel head quarters and no appointments will be necessary for delegates to see him.
 He added: "I'm going to ask every delegate to help in this fight for fair proceedings at the convention"
The Nome nugget., 1952-07-03
No Trace Found Of Missing Arkansas Plane

ANCHORAGE, (P) Tenth Rescue Squadron officers said to- day the 12-day search for a miss ing Arkansas plane with three men aboard is being curtailed, in the absence of clues.
 The Air Force said maximum efforts have been made to locate the missing Arkansas plane since it's June 20 disappearance on a 30O-mile flight from Northway to Anchorage-a route with some of Alaska's most rugged terrain.
The Nome nugget., 1952-07-03
Defense Materials May Be Unloaded From Alaska Boat

ANCHORAGE, (P) = An ex- change of telegrams over the pos sibility of having the cargo aboard the strike-bound S.S. Prentiss at Seattle transferred to another shipping line was disclosed today.
 The Prentiss is tied up at Seat tie with defense construction ma terials which are reported to be needed vitally in the Anchorage area.
 The exchange of telegrams was between a local union official and Harry Lundeberg, leader of the striking Sailors Union.
 Robert Mcfarland, executive secretary of the building trades section of the Alaska Territorial Federation of Labor, requested the action, on behalf of the con- struction unions.
 Lundeberg replied that his union had no objection.
 A company spokesman said the ship has about 3,200 tons of cargo aboard, with the construction ma terials at the bottom of it.
 He said a rough estimate of the cost of removing the cargo from the holds and shifting it to an- other ship was around $30,000.
 He said that if any transfer of the cargo were to be approved there would have to be- pro- vision for someone to foot the bill.
The Nome nugget., 1952-07-03
Go 1t Alone Policy Would Invite World War HI

WASHINGTON, (P)-President Truman told Congress Thursday the United Nations made it pos sible to stop Russia. He said Am erican Ego it alone" advocates would invite World War III.
 The Kremlin policy of conquest might have been irresistible, he said, "if it had not been clearly and decisively brought to the bar of world opinion in the U.N."
 "We can win the peace, but we cannot win it alone," the Presi- dent said. "And above all, we cannot win it by force alone. We can win the peace only by con- tinuing to work for international justice and morality through the United Nations"
 Submitting an annual report which detailed United States re- lations with the international or ganization, Truman said in an ac- companying letter that although these relations have been carried on mostly On a non-partisan basis, there have been partisan attacks!
 He did not identify any of the Ego it alone" advocates.
The Nome nugget., 1952-07-03
Hollywood First in Pacific Coast League Tenant Race
(BY THE ASSoCIATEr

(BY THE ASSOCIATED PREss)
 The halfway mark has been reached in the 1852 Pacific Coast League pennant chase. The pre- season favorite, Hollywood, is right where the experts picked it - in first place, two games ahead of the surprise team of the year = San Diego. Oakland is making a real battle of it, and is only four games out of the top.
 Los Angeles, so far a disap- point, is nine games behind Holly wood, and Seattle, another bitter disappointment, is in the fifth spot, 10 games out.
 For all practical purposes, these are the teams that have a chance to win the flag, any any one, of them could do it with sustained late-season spurt..
The Nome nugget., 1952-07-03
Reserves Split Into 2 Groups: "Ready" And Standby"

r WASHINGTON, (P)-Congress has passed and sent to President Truman a compromise bill limit ing his power to call reservists to active military duty.
 It splits reservists into two general groups, ready" and standby"
 The "ready" reserves, composed of service veterans and number ing 1,5OO,O0O, could be called to active duty during an emergency declared by the President, but Congress itself would decide how many should be called.
 The standby reserves. com posed of veterans with long ser vice and more active reserve time, could be put on active duty only in wartime or during an emer- gency declared by Congress. These men would be called only when there are no more available ready" reServists.
 Drafted men r leased after serving two years fl active duty now go into the r.ady reserves for six years.
The Nome nugget., 1952-07-03
Alexander Tells Commons Of Need for More Reserves By The Allies In Korea

SEOUL, (P) - Allied raiding columns knifed into Communist lines at two points near the truce talks village of Panmunjom Thursday, while a third group of raiders drove Communist troops off a hill in central Korea.
 Allied warplanes, virtually grounded for five days, poked their noses through holes in the overcast to pound Communist supply lines behind the front.
 In London, there was an up- roar in the House of Commons after reports that Lord Alexander defense secretary, had told pri- vate meeting details of his visit to Korea he thought too secret to tell parliament.
 ''I should be very much happier if General Van Fleet GUS. Eighth Army commander had a little more reserves in his own hands" '" Alexander said.
 Prime Minister Churchill told angry LaboriteS that Alexander statement had done no harm to the security of United Nations troops in the field.
The Nome nugget., 1952-07-03
COLD SPELL IN AUSTRALIA HOT SPELL IN EUROPE & US.

v SYDNEY, Australia, (P = Southeastern Australia is suffer ing it's coldest spell in three years while much of Europe and North America swelters under unsea- sonal heat.
 Frost in the Sydney area Tues day night was the heaviest for several years. Wednesday mor- ming the Sydney weather bureau registered 4O.6 degrees.
 There are snOwdrifts in the Australian Alps, near Melbourne.
The Nome nugget., 1952-07-03
Plane With A Passengers Due From Anchorage

' The Nome Visitors Association has received word that a C-46 with A passengers is arriving from Anchorage tomorrow to celebrate the 4th.
 They plan to arrive about 10 o'clock in the morning and re- main until the middle of the afternoon, to see the native sports.
 It is reported that other flights of military personnel are also ex- pected tomorrow.
Evening star., 1952-09-08
Pope Tells Scientists
Man Can Never Solve
Mystery Of Universe
BY the Assoeioisd Press

CAsTEL GANDoLFo. Italy
Sept. 8.-Pope Plus told the
worlds leading astronomers yester.
day it is completely improbable
that man will ever solve the great
mysteries of the universe.
The Papal audience was boy
cotted by Soviet Russia's astrono-
mers and the satellite scientists OF
Romania and Czechoslovakia, but
they visited the Vatican observa-
tories afterward.
\ Four hundred star scientists
from 80 other countries. including
Communist Yugoslavia and Po-
band, heard the Pope praise their
f'conquest of cosmic space" and
predict immeasurable further
progress.
Notes Great Progress.
He told the scientists, here for
the Eighth World Astronomical
Congress. that they have been
|able to thrust aside the barriers
|of distance" and carry mans
knowledge a thousand million
Light years "out into the i'm
|mensity of intergalactic space"
'Will this path begun by the
|spirit of man with undisputed
honor to himself be open in
definitely to him in the future,
and will it be trod until he is able
to read the very last mystery of
the universe?
"Or, on the contrary, is the
mystery of nature so stupendous
and so hidden that the human
spirit, through its own intrinsic
limitations and inadequacies. will
never succeed in fathoming it
completely?
Sees No Final Success.
"The answer of vigorous minds
who have penetrated most deeply
into the secrets Of the cosmos Is
quite modest and reserved:
1--WE are, they think, at the very
beginning; there is q long way
still to go and the path will be
tirelessly followed. However, it is
completely improbable that even
the most gifted investigator will
ever succeed in recognizing and
much less in solving the mysteries
locked up in the physical uni
verse;"
"Such mysteries" the Pope said,
therefore postulate and point to
the existence Of one Spirit who is
infinitely superior, the devine Gre
ative Spirit who creates everything
that exists, conserves it in being
and governs it, and meanwhile
with supreme insight knows and
scrutinizes His handiwork now
just as He did at the dawn of the
first day of creation"