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Evening star., 1953-12-20
ynes
Is Married
ToCuptuin

The marriage of Miss Anne
Taliaferro Tynes, daughter of
Col. and Mrs. A. L. Tynes of
Fort Knox, KY, to Capt. John
Bellinger Bellinger. jr., son of
Col. and Mrs. Bellinger of
Bethesda, took place yesterday
at the Fort Knox post chapel
with Episcopal Chaplain William
P. Barrett officiating. A reception
followed at the Brick Club at
Fort Knox.
The bride wore long bouffant
ivory satin dress with a court
train. The bodice and sleeves
were embroidered in seed pearls,
and the tulle veil fell from a
pearl-embroidered tiara.
Miss Catharine Clemens of
LeeSburg. Va. was maid of hon
or and Mrs. Edward Parry Sykes,
jr., matron of honor. Bridesmaids
were the Misses Patricia Meyer
Anita Greeley, Mary Naples and
Elizabeth Erdman.
Mr.. Edgar Thomson Bellinger
was his brothers best man. Ush-
ers were West Point classmates
of the bridegroom, Capt. Edward
Parry Sykes. jr.. Capt. Thomas
B. Cormack, Capt. Dom A.
Starry, Capt. Frederick E. Tib-
belts, Capt. Kenneth E. Webber,
jr., and Capt. Thomas A. Ware,
jr. Other ushers were 1t. Col.
Layton c. Tyner, Mr.. Oscar D.
NonoWel, Mr.. Lewis T. Breun-
niger, jr., and Mr.. Allen w.
Phelps, jr.
The bride was graduated from
Stephens College, while Mr.. Bel
llnger is a graduate of st. Al
bans and the United States Mill
tary Academy.
Evening star., 1953-12-20
Washington Opera
Guild to Be Eeted

Miss Dorothy Remington will
entertain members of the Wash
lngton Opera Guild this after
noon at tea. The party will take
place in the hostess apartment
and members will enjoy old
fashioned Christmas caroling.
Among those pouring will be
Mrs. Carl Ellingson, Nine. Ca
mile Chautemps, Mrs. Gardiner
Luce and others.
Evening star., 1953-12-20
farewell Portv

Mrs. L. Leroy Tuerke enter
tanned recently at a cocktail
and dinner party at the Colum-
bla Country Club in honor of
Mrs. Ray Adrian. Mrs. Adrian,
a buyer at Becker's Leather
Goods Company. is resigning
a1ter 19 years service to make
her home in Miami, Fla.
Evening star., 1953-12-20
Harris Ewing Photo.

Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond B.
Proctor of Falls Church an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Joyce Ann to Mr..
George Thomas Weiser of Ar
lington, son of the Rev. and Mrs.
George C. Weiser.
The wedding will take place in
the early spring at st. Michael's
Episcopal Church in Arlington.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-12-05
. Record Number of Patients
Treated in VA Hospitals


Treated in VA Hospitals
The largest patient load in the
history OF Veterans Administration
hospital operation was registered in
Sept, 1858 VA reported today.
There was an average daily patient
load of 101 ,4O3 in hospitals, and for
the third straight month, the total
was more than 101 900
VA now is operating 166 hospitals
Il of which are for tuberculous pa
ITEMS. 81 for neuropsychiatric vet
Grams and the remainder general
medical and surgical institutions
In nearing completion of its con-
struction program, VA has added
5000 beds since June. 1858, and add
ed $500 full and part-time person.
mel to the hospital program
With the high daily average pa
tient load the number of eligible
veterans awaiting hospital care by
VA reached a new low for the last
five years There are 117,113 on
waiting lists. all non-service-con
nected cases with the exception of
seven individuals who had request
ed care in specific hospital where
beds were not Immediately availa-
BILE. VAS figures show that the
number OF veterans who required
medical or surgical care was the
lowest it has been in several years
There were only $50 medical cases
on the waiting list and about l 500
surgical cases awaiting admission.
VA also reported that it furnished
proSthetic and sensory aids TO
101 600 veterans IN the year ending
June 30, 1858 VA furnished $3.7
million worth OF appliances during
fiscal year 1858 to veterans in need
of such items as canes, spectacles
wheel chairs. Braille equipment,
and artificial limbs VA also spent
$814,000 on repairs to some $4,000
articles in this category previously
purchased and supplied to veterans
VA also reported that for the first
time since the postwar expansion
of VA began the total number of
employees in the administrative pro-
grams of the agency fell below
40 600 The September 80 report in
dicated 80 677 employees were on
duty in those programs In Febru-
airy. l947, when the peak employ
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-12-05
o BY ROGER SPLINTER

No fiction ever approaches truth
in dramatic values and implausibi-
lily Take Yamaguchi's recent eX-
perience He is a wiser man now.
The gentleman has five sons and
three daughters all grown, all spoil
ed and all very aware of their IA
theirs financial position They knew
their father had amassed a goodly
sum. and valuable properties
and as the amount grew.
they evidenced an increasing aver
sion to toll l saw all this
through the years but knowing my
place, l never mentioned it to va
magnetism After all he's an as
tute business man a keen minded
man. If he couldn't see that his
children were indolent and selfish,
l certainly couldn't convince him
About five months ago Yamagu-
chi suffered a mild heart attack Il
wasn't serious really but it indieat-
ed one thing for certain: he was
getting old and that meant that he'd
need to slow up a bit Until then
he'd spent his days working just as
hard as he'd worked all his life Yet
it never occurred to him to require
his children to work at all
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-12-05
DACkFIRE: a short story

the man who had his sons compete
by racing one another'S horses I
decided I'd tell Yamaguchi Istart-
ed and he hardly listened at first.
which I expected but then an
intent look crept over his face Re
pet that he demanded
did. This man. I said is sup
posed to have told his two sons that
he'd give his money I think
it vas his money to the son
whose horse arrived at a certain
spot last
"Last?"
Yes, las. Instead of riding their
horses slowly the sons grabbed one
anothers horses and rode furiouSly
They hoped to have their own horse
finish last"
oh Interesting
I started 10 rise remembering
things l had to do when ne inter
rupted my movement That's very
un-Japanese, that stunt, but I'm go
ing to do il My SONS all have au-
tomobiles. I'll tell them the same
thing as the man told his sons.
only the automobile that arrives
first will earn the largest sum ="
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-12-05

ment was reached VA had 10000
employees in these programs
AS contrasted to the decline in
the administrative programs. the
medical programs reported 14l SAB
employees on Sept 30 which is the
high point for these programs. and
an increase of about % 900 from the
Feb. 1947, overall peak About
eight out of ten employees VA
pointed out, are now in the medical
programs.
Q Question of the Week
@ l applied for disability comp
ensation from VA. and 1 feel that
the VAS rating should be higher
than it is. CanI appeal?
A Yes, you may appeal within one
year from the date an official de-
termination was made in your case
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-12-05

A few weeks ago Yamaguchi sur
mood one evening and his usually
preoccupied face had a new look
His preoccupied look usually sent
Wave-like wrinkles high up his re-
coded hair-line. This new look was
sort of philosophical introspection
and his habitually furowed brow
was smooth
You know" ne said abruptly as
l came into the little room he liked
to call his den" after the Western
mode I should transfer money to
my children just in case l
He tapped his chest. Then
hey won't need to wait for that
complicated will of mine to be pro-
bated He didn't want for any
observation from me; this was es-
sentially a soliloquy L don't want
to make gift. I'd like the
children to do something
oh" 1 thought. they must go
through the mock motion of earn
ing the money l said nothing va
maguchi didn't want any comments
yet
He rubbed his sparse. gray poll
meditatively They certainly
haven't had to do anything to get
money from me and l suppose you
might even say that I've been a lit
tie indulgent."
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-12-05

I was dumbfounded will you re
ally do it,"
Certainly Call my lawyer and
the moys, will you? I'll make it le-
gal right in their presence They'll
see that I don't automatically hand
over money
He noticed my stupefaction Al
right alright so I'm not fol-
lowing japanese customs You must
remember that these boys of mine
graduated from English or Ameri-
can universities that I spent
Is years in England So
WIRE un-Japanese :" Then
defensively IT'S my money.
Its my money I earned it
and I'll do what I want with it
There was nothing I could say
really After all l had implanted
the ridiculous idea I went to the
telephone. bordering the strange
ways of japanese people who absorb
the more radical modes of the West
I doubted, md I still doubt that ma
ny American fathers would have
done this In a way. it reminded
me of the japanese who so compile
telv adopted some Western ideas
that they finally looked as they re-
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-12-05

There it is. Yamaguchi broke ia
panese tradition by arranging the
Drained race and he had to
stick with his legal arrangements.
saw to that. was given the
money grudgingly For the
first time since l married the man
l have independence. And Yama-
guchi my suspicious husband, still
thinks planned the whole thing to
get the mony Actually. l don't
care what he thinks
From Nippon Times.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-12-05

PUYALLUP-Mrs. Arthur Yamaas
P. o. Box III, Milton Wash.
poRTIAND-TOm Okazaki
7404 N. Denver Portland, Ores
TACOMA-Yasuko Hashimoto
1915 Fawcett Ave. Tacoma, Wash.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-12-05

Ueda-San the lawyer was appal-
led as I expected him to be. He lost
his dry. precise manner enough to
tell Yamaguchi-san sternly that
the whole idea was an improperly
and would shock japan va
maguchi was adamant. III extend
it even " he said, defiantly. If the
girls want to enter, they can. Write
it up to state that any member of
he family is eligible
1 began to suspect that Yamagu-
chi was enjoying this startling de-
vice. He evidently had a hidden
liking for the spectacular touch
Well anyway the children were
called in and the arrangement eX-
planned The race time was set at
midnight on the Saturday follow
ing; the finish line was a little vii
lage far to the north and I
knew the roads were poor The
first one to reach the village would
be rendered a large sum. so
large that the assembled children
gulped in unison There was but
one proviso. airplanes were
taboo
The day of the start arrived and
Yamaguchi requested a business as
Sociate to be the official starter
while he, Yamaguchi, travelled to
the finish the little village. i
solated by the terrible roads.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-12-05

IF 1 could only think of some
way to make them compete for the
largest sum. " he unused aloud, I'D
feel a little more comfortable about
transferring the money"
Now that's when
for no valid reason. 1 thought OF
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-12-05
PAGE THREE

ally were Japanese with over done
Western clothes and manners.
This would indeed cause d minor
fWore in Tokyo if it ever leaked
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-12-05

Mailbag

Editors Note As Nsei
west the Northwest Times is Publishing this weekly
briefs from .he Veterans
terans should contact their VA office
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-12-05

l chose to watch the start 1t was
uneventful enough: the girls didn't
enter the contest and the boys
knowing the distance and the state
of the roads, didn't relish a roaring
tense start In fact they drove up
at few minute intervals. waved and
started off They were driving their
own cars, stocked With tools tires,
food and l suspect sake
I waited until they had all gone
and then called a taxi and caught
the next train TO the village It's
long way SO I had time to mentally
chastise Yamaguchi and commiser-
ate with myself and the poor
people of Tokyo who certainly would
be aghast at the way this good ia
panese citizen was parcelling his
money Then, many hours later.
after two train changes l arrived.
wondering who'd won l was me-
lancholy
Ueda-san was sitting in the hotel
lobby when I arrived He turned,
saw me and dropped his teacup
with a tiny crash There goes an
important client" he said
What's that?' | replied, puzzled
My dear lady, you have won the
money and Yamaguchi-san will eX-
plode The agreement says ALL OF
the family You see, the boys have
telephoned many times they
have had flat tires, motor trouble
and accidents. You're the first to
arrive" He grinned an unaccus-
toned thing
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-12-05

YAKIMA--hrs Kara Kcnd-
500 Lynn Place, Yakima, Wash
SPOKANE-Martha Tsuji
61S South Grant ST
Spokane 3, Wash.
ONTARIO-Shig Hironaka
Box TAI, Ontario Ores
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-07-31
Sumner Field
Rents May Not
10 Affected

In n rslsaRs Issued today by
Fred A HAdlsy. housing mana
ger ~ Sumner Field Homes, ten
nantA ~ the projects were mott
fed effective August ! 1888. that
changes In tenant family incomes
would not affect rents being paid
uniens the Increased or lowered
income was substantial A sub
stantiaI change was defined ~ an
amount In excess Of t275 per year
Heretofore. said Hadlsy all
changes In family income In mul'
tiplea ~ $50 caused tenants to
pay ~ more rent per month, 0r
81 less rent depending upon
WHISTLER income went up or dOTn.
HAdisy said the new regulations
will provide more stability In
monthly rents paid by tenants and
sIiminats Considerably paper work
caused by frequent income
changes al the $50 level
All tsnants are required 10 con
tinBs 10 report changes in family
incomes OT family o1npOsltlOns
but interim redstsrninations be-.
tween annual rsaEinAti0ns shall
not affect tsnan,S' eligibility un.
al . finding At the next annual
rs-sEamlnati0n Of all project &C.
cupants HadIsy stated that an.
nBaI rs-sKaminati0ns 81 tenants
start shortly after the first Of
each year.
A. the present time the project
10 100 per cent occupied. but
there IL only = small backlog 81
applicants for 0ns bedroom units,
FAMILIES ~ veterans and service
msB win b. given preferences In
assigning families 10 occupancy
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-07-31
Chest x-RGy Survey
Continues This Week
On Olson HiWuy AFeo

The free chest X-ray survey Of
Lafayette school and Olson high
way districts continues this week
at the following locations, Mrs.
A. l. Barnes, 900 ". LyndaIs, q
co-chairman for the survey, an.
nounced.
Friday, July 81. the Christmas
Seal Mobile Unit will be at the
corner Of GlenWood and LyndaIe.
Monday. Fourth Ave. ~. and L5n-
dale. Tuesday. Ontario and Lyn-
dale, and wednesday. Hawthorne
and AIdrich.
Hours for all days are from
p. m. To 9 p. m and 7 p. m. TO 9
p. m. The Mobile Unit IL open 10
everybody who Is IS years Of age
or over.
Mrs. Barnes urged all adults %
take advantage Of this chance for
q free x-ray. IT only takes q Sec
ond." she said There's no wait.
Ing In line and you don't have %
remove any clothing. You win Be
notified promptly and confIdsn-
tally Of the results Of the x-ray."
The Unit 10 moving from block
20 block In the districts 20 that
everybody may have . chance for
q free x-ray.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-07-31

ate Ia part OF a citizenship text
book and Cornell University on
citizenship and industrial rela-
tons.
He also has been invited to be
q member Of the Utica College In
dustrtal Relations Commission, q
consulting group to service in
dustry in the Mohawk Valley.
General Gable 10 demonstrate
ing that persons OF all races can
work together" Mr.. Black declar-
ed.
IF their policy could be spread
turnout the United States. Ameri-
co could give greater dignity and
authority to it's foreign policy.
Il am not speaking for the Ne
gro alone. but for all minority
groups when l say democracies
must give more than lip service
to the ideas. II this were done,
Russia would soon lose its oppor-
tunity to say we preach one thing
and practice another"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-07-31
HOSPITAL GETS FIRST
WOMAN SURGERY CHIEF

Nashville. Tenn. - (ANP) DIR.
Dorothy l. Brown has become the
first woman surgeon in MshaTTy's
history to be appointed chief resi-
dent in general surgery Of Hub
bard hospital. and possibly the
first Negro woman surgeon 20
hold a chief residency In general
surgery in the nation
A graduate Of Meharry Medical
college. DR.. Brown served her In
ternship at Harlem hospital She
will alternate with DIT. Philip
LAvizzo. chief resident Of the
Taborian hospital in Mound Bayou
Miss. who will serve a. chief resi-
dent at Meharry during q sig
month period while DR.. Brown
serves at Tabortan hospital In q
similar capacity
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-07-31

The result was In doubt until
the 18th and final hole 81 the play
between tho top three men,
Libby Mallory, Kansas city, Mo,
wun tho women's championship
OF Central states when the assn"
citation management gave In to
protests against participation Of
national champion Alyce l"
Stewart who had entered the
tournament
Other women players contend
ed that Mrs. Stewart should not
be allowed 90 play for the trophy
after she shot an ~ In q prae.
tice round before the tournament
got under way, because she was
too good for the field"
As a compromiSe the aSAocla.
ton officials arranged 10 present
the national champion = guest
trophy" II was easy 10 see what
the women entrants who protested
had In mind when Mrs Stewart
shot an NJ for the ~ holes which
the women played, Her score was
10 below that uf the winner.
Dick Travis Jr. OF ~. Paul out
olasscd the Junior field by shoot.
ing In 10 holes for a 1871.
Minnesota Open
Leroy TyuS ~ g. Louis won
the Minnesota Open champion.
ship with score Of its for 30
holes Alycs l., Stewart retained
her Minnesota crown by shooting
an Nj for tho ~ halas play made
nsos.S"ry by no @w rain on
Sunday
Franklin seabrook Jr. of De-
truit won the junior title In the
Minnesota tournament which IL
promoted yearly by James w.
Glcmm0nH ~ Minneapolis and
Theodore y. Alien 81 b. Paul,
Hundreds ~ people thrnBgpd
the course on both days ~ the
tournament The heavy rain on
the second day did not keep Twin
Citians from making tho t1urna.
msnt an opportunity for SOCIALLY
ing and meeting the guests WIN
had participated In the Central
states and remained over for tho
Minnesota tourney.
A new trophy altered In the
women'A division 10 the champion
II the Calvert Cup donated by the
Calvert Distlllrra Joe Makei. 81
~ v, national representative Of
tho firm came 10 Minnesota %
make the presentation personally
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-07-31

Peters was employed by the Great
Northern Railway Co. and lived
with his family at ga sherburne
Ave. st. Paul
The Archie Peters family moved
To st. Paul from Mendoza when
the deceased was an infant Andl
he lived there until 1923, when he
moved TO Minneapolis, where he
had resided until his death. BE-
fore his illness. he had been en-
ployed a. a second cook for the
500 Line Railroad and as a door
man at the Nicollet Hotel lie
was the last surviving member Of
the Peters family.
Mr. Peters was a member OF st.
Peters AME church where fun
eral services were held at 2 p. IN.
on Monday. July a. with Rev.
NJ, l.. Simmons officiating. assist
ed by Rev. II. w Bolts, pastor Of
Zion Baptist church. Mr., Worthy
Turner sang. The Lords Prayer"
and Mrs. Mabel Henderson sang
Take My Hand, Precious Lord"
Survivors are his wife, Beulah;
stcpsOn, James Butler: niece,
Mrs. Louis White sr.. Of st. Paul:
cousins Mines. Gertrude Vinegar.
LaBelle Davis and Marguerite
Gonzales and other relatives.
Burial was in Crystal Lake
Cemetery with Woodland Funeral
Home in charge Of arrangements.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-07-31
Citizen Of the Week:
Citizen Of the Week:
Negro Holds Top Position
In Rome Plant, Lectures
At Utica College, Cornell

Editors Note; A Minnesota reared and educated
Albert Black. holds the jobs by
NegroAmercan In the u. ~ A. Because. believe,
readers should know about the Job
printing story almost old from the Syracuse
York POST STANDARD which gives excellent pic
ture Of the and the
IL ought also give the lie 20 those who h
opportunity for Americans OF color who
encouragement to those people, who good
70 themselves OppoFtuniea a
the call Of those who ready for them.
From The POstSandArd Syracuse. Sunday 1883
Rome n. Y-Beleved to be the only person a minorit
in this country to hold top administrative post in an
large concern employing mostly whites Albert Black tn
Post Standards citizen of the week.
Mr.. Black in of three Negroes at the General Cab
Corps Rome plant which employs 600 persons
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-07-31
NAAcP freedom
E0SeiVul

BlK NAACP FSesdSm Festival
August = q q Friday anA Hat1T.
day patio 81 AddIe q. Few rssi-
asnos s4s IEI-haSt. RarbseBs din
neV. ~ sEsam ami watermelon
PaVemsst aaBeiaE for younEstsra
DlnasV bMStSecSed ehlskes 90 Mrs
SiyOe. 8 .. m until Everybody
wslc0sns. Ppooseas 70 70 NAACP
YruadSm Fund,--aAVL.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-07-31
John 9. Simmons
TO Visit Minnesota

The Rev. John G. Simmons &C.
tive in the religious. civic and
political life Of Minneapolis and
Minnesota before accepting a
charge in California, will arrive
in the city Friday or Saturday
for a five day visit,
Rev. Simmons Is pastor Of ST
Mathews Lutheran church In
North Hollywood, Calf. He is
former pastor Of St Marks Luth
eran church here and former
president Of the Minneapolis Uri
ban League.
Rev Simmons will be guest At
luncheon planned by Percy VII
Ia on Monday, August 3.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-07-31
Heavenly Twins IL just another
word for Minneapolis and ~ Paul
90 st Paul ami ATInBsaPolisi
INToLERANCE BoRN M moAaEs

prejudice are
homes When attitudes daily
Christian example begin living their
Their Maker equal 20 the other In all chill
before they day
will mark the beginning day Young people
scott and hate and live the spirit intoIsrancs
tudos Sunday
alleys they marbles They usually
their homes -EIsnBspla County Review.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-07-31
MRS. W. l.. SIMMONS
IN FAIRVIEw HOSPITAL

Mrs. NJ l. Simmons, 1856 Fifth
Ave So, wife Of Rev. Martin l..
Simmons, pastor Of 81. Peters
AME church. IL In Fairvew hos.
pital.
Mrs Simmons entered the hos
pitaI Tuesday for a physical
check-up.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-07-31
George n. Peters
Dies: Hold Been
90 IS Years

George Henry Peters, 996 Bry.
ant Ave, N, died suddenly In his
home on Wednesday, July ~. He
had been in IN health for the past
fifteen years,
He was born in Mendoza, MINI,
on March IS, 1892, the son Of Ar
chic and Angela Peters HIS
grandparents, Anderson and Mary
Moffett Peters. were one OF the
pioneer families Of 81. Paul and
were among the founders OF Pill
grim Baptist church. Anderson
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-07-31
GRIFFIN ON TV.

Jimmie Griffin. police officer
and sports writer, was one Of ths
three 81 Paul police officers WIN
were selected 70 appear On the Re-
hgious Town Han on wcco ~
Wednesday. July 70. at II q m.