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Evening star., 1955-07-05
Boiling Band
Judged Best

The Air Force Ceremonial
Band, Boiling Air Force Base,
was selected by the judges as
the best in the parade yesterday
at the Takoma Park Independ-
ence Day Celebration.
In the military, veterans and
patriotic organizations division
the American Legion National
Guard of Honor Drum and Bugle
Corps and Majorettes from the
District, was first award winner,
with the National Honor Guard
Veterans Of Foreign Wars, run
ner-up. The best band award
in this division went to Columbia
Elks Band No. IS.
The Tall Cedars of Lebanon.
Montgomery Forest No. 1874. took
first award in the civic and frat
ernal organizations division, Sec
ond honors going to the Forest
Park Recreation Council.
In the youth organizations,
Montgomery Blair High School
was judged the best marching
unit. Cub Scout Pack No. 38,
of Trinity Episcopal Church. Ia
koma Park, won second honors,
with Boy Scout Troop No. 296,
of Grace Methodist Church, also
of Takoma Park, in third place.
The Indian Y Guides had the
best float in this division, enter
ing from Glenmont, Md.
The top award in the next
division of non-commercial floats
went to the Republican Clubs OF
Prince Georges County, Izaak
Walton League was second, with
third prize going to Sligo chapter
of the American Temperance So
ciety of Sligo Church.
Palmer Ford, Inc, of Hyatts-
vile. displayed the best exhibit
lin the commercial division. The
Sickler Service of Takoma Park
won second prize. Honorable
mention went to the Washington
Missionary College Mill.
The College Park Fire Depart
ment Majorettes won the title
of best group of majorettes. The
best individual majorette was
Ann Gillenbender. with honor
able mention to Ore Ceely.
The Chillum- -Adelphi Fire De-
Ipartment had the best pumper
lin the parade: College Park, the
Ibest-appearing aerial ladder
truck; Bladensburg, best-appear-
ling ambulance, and Kensington
the disappearing ladies aux
Hilary. The Naval Powder Fac
tory equipment, Indian Head,
received an award for the COM
Ipany coming the longest dis
ltance.
The parade judges were War
rem Lawson, Judge H. Earle Rus
Isell, Mai. E. S. Cribs, Chester
j. Petranek and Mrs. Gratia
Woods. Fire division judges
were M. e. Mcbride and w. l..
Chandler.
Evening star., 1955-07-05
Arlington Porents Find
Infunt Daughter Dead

A l0-week-old Arlington girl
was found dead yesterday by her
parents, police said.
Police said the child, Susan
Lynn Becker of 1900 North Scott
street apparently became nause-
ated and choked to death. Her
parents are Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
ham w. Becker.
Evening star., 1955-07-05

1853 record production and
nearly ia billion higher than
electronic production last year
Production of black and white
TV sets continues high and
sweeping price reductions are
expected to stimulate sales of
color TV receivers in the last
half of the year.
Farm Machinery Sales Up
Agriculture Machinery - In
creased tractor sales led the way
in a 20 per cent rise in produc-
ton during the first six months
of this year of agricultural ma
chinery. A further 10 per cent
gain is in prospect for the last
half of the year.
Oil Wells-More oil wells will
be drilled this year than ever
before in the Nations history
About $1,000 new wells are ex-
pected to be drilled this year
compared with the previous rec
ord of $3.50 in 1854.
Newspapers - Circulation /.
expected to exceed the 1856
record level. Total adyertisinf
revenues for all media except
radio and television is estimated
at $7.4 billion for this year, 9
gain of 9 per cent over 1854
Nevertheless, overall profits ol
the printing and publishing in.
dustry continue unsatisfactory
and little or no increase is ex.
pected" over the 1854 level o1
3.4 per cent.
Phone Industry BoOms
Communications-"The com.
munications industry Is In, 9
period OF its greatest expansion.
Telephone installations are run.
ming SO per cent higher thar
1854 and long distance calling il
IL to Is per cent higher thar
last year.
Consumer Durable Goods
Sales of consumer durables-bie
items like washing wachines
refrigerators and furniture-ex-
ceeded all expectations in the
first half of the year and seem
likely to continue "at an equally
high rate" in the last six months
of 1855.
Textiles - the textile market
has been Slowly gathering
strength" in the first half of the
year. The last half should see
a good volume of production
Textile mills should wind up the
year in better financial condition
than in 1854. !.
Evening star., 1955-07-05
Conspiracy Charged
To Paint Group
BY the Associated Press

The Federal Trade Commits
sion has announced it has issued
a complaint charging the Paint
Dealers Institute of New York
with a conspiracy in restraint Of
interstate trade.
The complaint alleges the
groups have conspired since
March, 1852, to force paint man.
ufacturers to sell only to recog-
nized dealers.
Boycotts have been urged
against manufacturers who sell
to unrecognized dealers, the COM
plant stated.
Evening star., 1955-07-05
Crowd Of 100000 Sees
Fireworks CIinnoxinq 4th

An estimated 100000 persons
on the Washington Monument
Grounds, plus additional thou
sands on rooftops and other
vantage points, last night wit
messed nearly an hour of high
flying fireworks which climaxed
the city's Independence Day
celebration.
Amid the many pyrotechnical
thrills, the crowd received an
unexpected one toward the end
of the show. A rocket
changed its course in the air and
landed at Sixteenth and Con-
stitution avenue NV. People
in the area lodged a bit and the
Park Police called an ambulance,
but no one was injured.
Although the temperature was
near 80 degrees during the eve
ming and the humidity had
climbed to go per cent. the crowd
rolled into the area, determined
to see the big show.
Bursts Light Sky
There were innumerable bomb
bursts" in what was termed the
biggest display of fireworks in
modern times here. The sky
rockets and roman candles ex-
ploded at a thousand feet to
light up the sky for miles. Re-
verberations ratified windows of
Government buildings and shook
the ground.
The crowd appiauded. espe-
|cially. the giant sparkler pic
lures of President Eisenhower,
George Washin gton, and of the
Flag, etched In red, white and
blue. They took cognizance also
of sparkler slogans to Buy U. S.
Evening star., 1955-07-05

estimated 100000 persons Savings Bonds"
on the Washington Monument Blood To Save lives"
Evening star., 1955-07-05
See
IS as Top Year
In Output, Sales
Auto Production
Due to Surposs
Record Of 1850.
BY the Associated Press

Many of the Nations major
industries should set new pro-
Iduction and sales records this
year. Secretary Of Commerce
Weeks predicted last night.
A survey of more than 400
manufacturing industries at
lmid-year, he said. indicated that
l"steel, automobile, construction,
aluminium. chemicals, rubber and
Others have far exceeded" esti-
mates at the start of the year.
"All indications are that the
1855 total production of auto
mobiles will exceed the 1850 all
time record of 6,665.863," Mr.
Weeks said. "First-half produc-
Ition, estimated at 4,270. 900 units
will be the largest six months in
history. Truck production +.
will be close to the 1850 rec
ord
Big Construction Gain
He said indications now are
that construction outlays this
year will total about Salts bill
year will total about si,750, ,000,-
900 billion higher than in 1854
the previous peak year.
Mr.. Weeks said iron and steel
production should continue at
high levels in the second half
of the year, although down
somewhat from the first half
because of curtailed auto pro-
duction when model changeovers
are made. Steel output for the
first six months was said to be
near record.
Production of civil aircraft
was said to be increasing, but
no boost was sighted for ocean
going ship construction. Small
boat output was reported at a
record rate.
Consumer durable goods,
chemicals. rubber, paper and
newspaper businesses were pic
tured as being at record or near
record levels.
Machine Tool Output Of
The machine tool industry, on
1.-THE othei hand, was said to be
|off sharply from 1854. A Com
lmerce Department spokesman
said this was not alarming, that
the industry is noted for its ups
and downs.
Other highlights of the report
were: < W.
Automobiles and Trucks-"All
indications are that the 1855
total production of automobiles
will exceed the 1850 all-time rec
ord of 6,665,863." First half pro-
duction, estimated at 4,270. 900
units, will be the largest six
months in history. Truck pro-
duction will be close to the
1850 record of 1,337,193 :"
Power Equipment electric
utilities are expected to install
labout 13 million kilowatts of new
power capacity this year. bring
ling the total to 116 million. The
Industry is expected to maintain
about this pace in the next three
years, shooting for installed
capacity of $50 million kilowatts
by the end of 1858.
i Aluminium Record
i Aluminum-The prospects re-
ported for the last half of the
year indicate aluminium ship
ments in 1855 will total about
1877 billion pounds, a new record
half billion pounds higher than
the industry expected at the first
Iof the year. Shipments this year
will run about TOO million pounds
higher than last year, although
military purchases win be little
lif any higher.
4 Electrical Equipment The
outlook during the next six
months for this industry" is bet
ter than at any time in the last
I18 months" Production Of elec-
Itronic products is now expected
to total about GA billion dollars
in 1855, virtually the same as
Evening star., 1955-07-05
Alumni to Meet

Indiana and Purdue Univer-
sity alumni will meet jointly Fri
day at z pm. at Allison's Little
Tea House, 1901 South Arling-
ton Ridge road, Arlington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
ART BOOK REVIEW
The Art of WutercoIor
In a 'Do-It-YourseIf'

and a conservative modernism
in color handling. Olsen's re-
produced watercolors. which
fill many pages. need no long
winded, large-worded expla-
nations as to the "subconscious
soul" Of the subject depicted.
He has painted "the face of
America" The reader can
tell at q glance that Con
necticut Farm" Is just that!
An absorbing and unusual
set Of color plates Is entitled
"Four Seasons the same
New England scene painted
from four different positions
on the calendar.
British Tinge
There seems to be q tinge
Of the British school of water
color thought in Herb Olsen's
pictures never a raucous
color always slightly
srayed down, yet without any
sacrifice of relative values.
(Olsen admits he frequently
wears polaroid sunglasses while
working In glazing lightD
The novice watercolorist or
the seasoned hrush-wielder
should be aided by this differ
ent book. It Ia . compars-
lively inexpensive art course
40 well o. . collectors item"
jim BERGMAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
"WATERCOLOR MADE EASY"

'WATERCOLON MADE EASY.'
BY Herb Olsen. tReinhold
Publishing Corp; $500
A recent addition to the
many volumes in the popular
"do-it-yourself" field is Herb
Olsen's "Watercolor Made
Easy"
It is q carefully thought-out
and beautifully printed semi
text book by a former COM
inercial artist, who answered
the call to the fine arts field.
In eight years. he has collected
an impressive number Of
awards for his paintings of the
American Scene. Unlike many
ponderous and highly techni-
cal approaches to art instruc-
ton, Olsen reduces the elusive
qualities Of watercolor render
ing to their least common de-
nominator. His palette is sim
plified. His suggested mate
rails, and their use, should not
leave the hopeful artists bank
account. or his brain. in a state
of confusion.
Although the author makes
a two-page curtsy to abstrac-
ton -. (and herein his only
double TALK =. his style is
. delightfully."- pleasing one,
embodyins good drawing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
vedder Gift Made
To Corcoron

Paintings and pastels by
Enhu Vedder, noted American
artist Of the 18th century, have
been presented recently to the
Corcoran Gallery OF Art as q
gift from the American Aca-
denny Of Arts and Letters. We'd
der's mural decorations In the
Library Of Congress, Bowdoin
College. the Carnegie Institute.
Pittsburgh. and many. other
public buildings are well
known. as are also his illus
trations for Fitzgerald's trans
lation Of "The Rubaiyat Of
Omar Khayam." The pictures
he left at his death were re-
Gently bequeathed to the
American Academy to which
he was elected In 1908, by his
daughter. Anita Vedder.
Like the academy's annual
distribution Of contemporary
American paintings purchased
under the Hassam Fund for
presentation to museums, the
distribution of the Vedder
pictures is part Of q continue
ing program to further the
interests Of the fine arts in
the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
Legion Units
Plan Session
The American Legion Auxiliary

The American Legion Auxiliary
viii hold an all-day conference.
lat the Legion Club. 433 Third
street NV, on September "a
from Gao am. to 4:30 pm. it
was announced by Mrs. Pearl
IHeagerty. general chairman.
1t is an instruction course for
new unit officers in the planning
and operation of the auxiliary's
program for the coming year. A
meeting at 1880 pm. will be held
for secretaries and treasurers.
Reservations for the luncheon
must be made by September 49,
with Mrs. Mabel Pugliese. Oliver
2-5829; Mrs. Rose Perkins. Wood
ley 6-8032; Mrs. Francis Nor
ton, Dupont 1881; Mrs. J.
Florence Dietsche, Tuckerinan
2-l376, or Mrs. Pearl Heagerty.
johnson 2-e106.
All color bearers are asked tol
report ct 0 Am. to Mrs. Evelyn
Cornick ct the club. Mat. John
H. LeFoe and the National Guard
OF Honor win advance the colors.
Officers Elected
Department Of Agriculture
Unit So elected the following Of
Ulcers: May c. Vagnerini. pfesi-
dent; Emily J. Carey, Lucie Da-
Wis. Dorothy Amory, vice presi-
dents; Mary L. Cooper, chaplain;
Claudia Hall, historian; Mae A.
Thompson. property custodian:
Edith Wood. sergeant at arms:
|Antonette Barricelli, Anna Nc
Daniel. color bearers; Theresa
Ivagnerini. Patricia Reyes, alter
mate color bearers: Pearl Hea-
gerty. corresponding secretary;
!Edythe Telma. recording secre-
Itary: M. Patti Flynn. assistant
secretary. and Goldie Mirabello.
treasurer.
The Department Executive
Committee meeting viii be held
tomorrow at the Legion Club.
Telescopes Of the 1866 Back
Ito God" simulcast are available
for auxiliary showings. For in
formation. contact Irene p.
lO'Connor. the American Legion,
1908 K street NV. Executive
3-48l1.
Scheduled meetings: Potomac
Unit, Palisades Field House, Sep
TENDER 20: Bunker Hill, 433
Third street NV. September
20; D. c. Salon, willard Hotel.
September al.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS
California Artists
At .Whyte Gallery
By FLORENCE S. BERGMAN

most of his life in California,
and Dorothy Bowman tMrs.
Bradford) is a native Califor-
MAN. Their interests and ca
reers have been close, although
each retains a strong individ-
uality. Mr.. Bradford studied at
the Chouinard Institute in Los
Angeles and at the Jepson Art
Institute. where he later became
an instructor. From the outset
he was attracted to the medium
of silk-screen printing. and held
his first one-man show In this
medium in 1850 under auspices
Of the Western Serigraph So
ciety. He is best known for this
work, and examples have been
purchased by many important
American print collections,
among them the Library of
Congress. Miss Bowman Is CO.
ually well known for her seri-
graphs. and also well repre-
sented in permanent collections.
The Bradfords now reside at
San Luis Obispo on the Pacific
Coast. surrounded by their ia
vorite subjects-ocean. pier,
harbor and seagulls. Mr.. Brad
ford's large oils at the Whyte
Gallery depict over-lifesize sea
birds. simplified in form and
painted in grayed colors. He is
also showing Coastal Hills"
and other mountain landscapes,
stark and bare in effect.
Miss Bowman's paintings are
more abstract. dealing largely
with architectural themes q
number Of them are entitled
'.Pavilion) overlaid with q
thread-like application Of pig
ment. Although presumably
inspired by California subjtct
some Of these paintinss recall
French architecture.
In addition TO the paintings,
the Whyte Gallery is also show
ing serigraphs by the Brad.
fordS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
French WutercoIorist
At Funtusy Gallery

French. feminine. charming
and light are the watercolors
by Marcelle Stoianovich at the
Fantasy Gallery through Oc-
tober 4. They have the super
fetal elegance Of drawings in
fashionable magazines. Most
Of them are small. In zen or
pencil and wash. done partly
on wet paper 50 that the soft
colors fiow into each other.
These dainty fantasies are
concerned with young girls
with long golden hair. birds.
flowers and still life and q few
landscapes. One city view,
Parma" Is harmoniously
painted wholly In violet. The
most characterize capture is q
profile Of q child. "Ophclia."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
AROUND THE BRIDGE TABLE
Club Championships
Featured During Fall

,Women's Auxiliary annual
open pair charity fete. set for
the last Sunday Of October.
Details Of these and others
viii be announced shortly.
WBL Winners Contest
Top scores we're worth
double master points awards
last Wednesday at the Wash
ington Bridge League when
the local ACBL unit featured
its special monthly winners
contest. Leaders In Section
A were Mrs. Freda Bentley-Lew
Levenson, 1t. Raymond J..
Fetzner-J. Kenneth Conover;
in Section B. Mrs. Marianne
Bosctan-Mrs. j. A. Weber
Mrs. Edna Evans-James G.
Stone.
Runnersup. netting a point
apiece. were Mrs. Edward p.
Cotter-Mrs. Margaret L.
Fisher, Mrs. Roy Hackett-
Frieda Kenyon who tied with
James Keegan-Conrad Per-
son; Mrs. Harold s. Klein
Mrs. C. r. Tessmer. Opal Van
Horn-D. r. Anderson.
Leading In the two Mitchell
sections for nonwinners were
1t. Col. jeanette Blech-Lt.
Col. Ruth G. Anderson. DR..
Leroy Robinson. D. Gold
stein, Mrs. Ralph Turoff-
Mrs. George Hertz. Charles
Boteler-James Tapley.
Other Bridge News
More about the Mid-Atlantic
Regionals: The Washington
Bridge League is presumably
once again the winner Of the
MABC plaque, awarded an
nually to the conference unit
whose members score the high
est master point total during
the regionals. The local
league has won the plaque i've
times since 1850, when 1t was
first put in play.
Also, Henry Rau has been
added to the WBL roster Of
life masters, completing his
"red" point requirement in the
team event Of the recent
MABC regionals.
Omitted from last weeks
listing of localities who took
section honors in the cham
pionship series were Mrs.
James A. bearing -Frieda Ken
yon and Don Beardon.
Vance Chadwick took top
honors Monday In the Mont
gomery County Duplicate
Bridge Clubs individual cham
pionship. He led 50 players
with a score of 169 match
points out Of q possible 264.
Second honors went to s. r.
Green with 1877. while Mrs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
Job Daughters

Meetings scheduled by Jobs
Daughters are:
Bethel No. 2. Friday, Line
Night. past honored queens. ma
jority members.
Bethel No. 8, Thursday. choir
might. initiation.
I Bethel No. 4. Saturday, choir,
mons and dads. initiation.
Bethel No. 6, Saturday, MONS
and dads night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18

sented In the Virginia Museum
(Richmond) and the Corcoran
Gallery area shows and BIZ
ennials. has had group shows
In Virginia and Maryland. and
last autumn Vinton Pickens
had q solo exhibition at Wat
kins Gallery. American UNI
versity. The clubs goal each
year is the all-member exhibit.
In view of the fact that each
of a number of the exhibitors
shows one or more meritorious
works, 1t would be advan-
tageous to winnow the show
more carefully. Number Of
exhibits Is less impressive than
quality, and an Indifferent or
poor painting detracts from
the overall appearance Of .
group.
Esther Thomas impressed
me as the member who. has
made the most progress during
the last year. OF her seven
paintings. ! like best &C ood
Friday" The paintings are
primitives but better in design
and less crowded than her
earlier groups. This Is par
ticularly apparent In her
glimpse Of Baltimore's red
houses with white steps.
A Valuable Addition
A new member, Ella O'Don-
oyan. is obviously q valuable
addition to the club. Her
BLUE Flowers and Figurine," a
portrait. Of an elderly woman,
and a glimpse Sof ss7arper's
Ferry are among the shows
best works. Jane rohi's por-
trait Of q sullen boy Is another
outstanding painting.
Vinton Pickens' best work
this year Is graphic. Her ink
and-wash drawing OF an old
woman is full Of character.
and her sheep" Is executed
with an economy of expressive
line. Evelyn Marshall, too. LIS
ut her best in drawings
Sleeping Litter" and Harp
ers Ferry" Some Of Mrs. Pick
ems paintings are fruits Of a
trip to Mexico last year. She
will leave next month on an
other visit to Ceylon. which In
spired some of her best paint
iags in last years show.
Frances Allen and Libba
White show groups Of water
colors, illustrative In type. The
best of them, ! thought. are
the formers Lee Mansion"
and Mrs. Whites "Grey Mood"
Katherine Slappey shows
paintings done during a visit
to Hawaii, her Surf" being
particularly effective. Robert
Pickins has a nice transcript
ton Of . snow-capped noun
tain range in his jackson
Lake" Elizabeth Beer faith
fully mirrors a small-town
street in one Of her paintings.
while Ruth Chisolm's Red
Chimneys" is painted in a
more modern idiom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
BY MARGARET L. FISHER

For the next several weeks
club championships will dot
the local bridge calender.
Some, like the Federal Bridge
Leagues mixed pair cham
pionship, will be one-session
events. while other title con-
tests such as the Washington
Bridge Leagues and Federal's
team series will be spread out
over an eight-months' period.
Play for Federal's mixed
pair crown gets under way
tomorrow promptly at 7:45
pm. at the Sheraton-Park
Hotel. open to all Federal
members and their guests.
Miss Kathleen McNutt and
Henry Rau are the defenders.
John q. Fletcher win direct
the game.
On Tuesday night, Airing
ton Bridge Clubbers begin
competition for another mixed
pair title. This is a two-ses-
sion match, finals slated for
September q. Reservations
are required-call Director
Lewis q. Tubbs at jackson s.
9Ol5.
Saturday at noon, also at
Sheraton-Park, the WBL
Women's Auxiliary opens it
fall season with the traditional
individual contest for the
Campbell Trophy. The title
match, restricted to members,
viii be preceded by q business
meeting. Deadline for reser-
vations which are required.
is Thursday. Call Mrs. Lester
Gibson adams 4-482T or
Mrs. Roy Hackett (Woodley
6-0995), hostesses. Mrs.
Breckenridge Long is the de-
fender.
Washington Bridge Leagues
team of -four series Is set to
begin September %. Eight
sessions at board-a-match
play. on the fourth and/or
nth Wednesday of each month
through next February, will be
followed by two sessions Of
total-point knockout play for
the championship. Qualified
for the knockout finals will
be the top four teams. on the
basis Of their percentage in
their best six out Of eight
board-a snatch sessions. Six
players are permitted to a
team and all teams must regis
ter with Charles c. Loven-
! berg, oh airman Jackson
5-5787.
More club championships
are set for next month. in
GLIDING the Federal and Mont
gomery team series which be-
gin october 8; Chess and
Walsh Clubs open pairs on
two successive Saturdays mid
way the month. and WBL