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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23

new swimming pool In the shape
Of an old midwestern creek. Don
and his attractive Marion will
hold open house, as usual. New
Years eve.
Dorothy cambridge bought
herself an expensive white
sheared-beayer jacket a couple
of months ago. Then Liberace
showed UP with one. Dorothy is
putting hers in moth balls until
all the hullabaloo about Lees
fur splehdor is over.
Vera Miles. starring in "23
PAGES to Baker Street" in Lon
don, writes of a wild taxi ride
down Oxford street. Then the
taxi driver turned around and
said, I guess you're nervous
driving on the left-hand side
of the street." THE thing that
makes me nervous" said Vera,
between gasps, "is that you don't
do it more often"
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NeWspaDer Alliancel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23

Veronique Picks the House
BY SHEiLAH GRAHAM

week from London for his star
ring role with Robert Taylor in
The Sixth of June" Mrs. Todd.
expecting their baby in May,
stays in England. Jack Ben
ny saw full-page ad for cheap
Christmas ornaments, and the
next thing he was at the store
and bought $139 worth.
Humphrey Bogart is planning
the biggest brannigan Of the
year. come Christmas-for his
birthday (he'll be $50, for Noel,
and for that other Noel-Cow-
ard, who will be rehearsing soon
with Mrs. Bogart Lauren Ba-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23

Gregory Peck is wisely allow
ing flancee Veronique Passani to
shop for the house they, will oc-
Icupy after they marry. Owners
have a bad habit of raising the
tante for movie-star buyers. and
they don't recognize the attrac-
tive Veronique.
Mrs. Clark Gable is Citing
Clark with $1,000 sporting gun,
plus a dozen plaid shirts for
hunting. Sight of the week:
Marlene Dietrich in long,
Ichauffeur-driven car, wearing
what she calls her black profile
hat-you see her from the left
only. And, while we're being
chic, British Actress Joan Col
Inns. has been advised to get out
of her Stacks and dress more
smartly.
The burning holiday question
is: Will English Actress Dana
Wynter succeed with Greg Baut-
ger, where so many other glamor
gals failed in the past? The
roster includes Joan Crawford.
Ginger Rogers and Jane Wyman.
This romance looks serious, but
SO did the others. :. Enrol Flynn
paid off the less-than-$2, 900 at
Itachment. and his $780, 900 man
sion here has reverted to him.
| Y X X
Liberace will appear at the
London Palladium in the spring
with a ready-made audience.
They Just love his television
show. Marion Brando senior
is carried on the Paramount
Ipayroll-for his sons Penny
baker production. which Para
mount is financing.
Richard Todd arrives this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23

abuse. Sometime take your car
and just stick behind bus for
two or three hours. Then re-
member we do it daily for eight
hours. I got a bartender friend
who tried to run bus. I asked
him which job was the toughest.
Yours he said finally. "A bar
tender has all these screwballs
facing him. You guys got to ex-
pose your back to them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23

YYCCC Open Sun. Mon, Dec. 20, 70
JhsSS& Matinee Sunday Pm. Mon
PM. THE SEA CHASE"
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wAYuYAY Foirfox. Va. OR. 3-2'se
! AAAnk sAA Free Purkins
THE BLACK DAKOTAS," Also NEW
ORR Fans UNCENSORED."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23
Hospital Gets $500

A check for $700 has been pre-
scented to Arlington Hospital by
the Greater Washington Auto
motive Distributors, Inc. The
firms members. instead of ex-
changing Christmas gifts, pooled
their funds and divided the col
lection among FIVE area hospitals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23
Louis Rernheimey's Theatres

TuY VyIIACr NJ. 1888.
] u6 V1LLAuL RORY CALHOUN,
TREASURE OF PANCHo VILLA" 6:l2
g:24, KENNETH TOBEY. THE THING
FROM ANOTHER WORLD" 7:4S,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23

LA. 6-4iIi. JOHN PAYNE
NV wv "TENNESSEE'S PART
NER." $50, Q:29; LEX BARKER. TAR
ZAN'S SAVAGE FURY" 1850,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23

VERNON Nj; s;H,.'' .r RoB sId + !
OF THE HUNTER" 800. TAI 1884.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-08-19

hatred of civilized" Mexicans en-
croaching on their domains.
Father Martinez Ramos predict
ed that the tribes face extinction
il nothing is done to change their
way of life. The Indians practice
pagan rites, with a mixture of
some traces of Christianity, her
itage from the days of the conquer
ing Spaniards.
For these Mexiesns there is
neither civilization nor sn aware
ness of Christ" Father Martinez
Ramos said. I'VE must give them
a helping hand, for not only does
our Christian spirit demand this,
but also our love OF country"
About three years ago, pioneer
band of five missionaries received
the authorization and blessing of
Archbishop Luis Maria MARTINEZ of
Mexico City, to try to establish a
mission deep in the Chiapas jun
gle. This small group has been the
only force working toward educa-
tion and Christianization of the ma
tiyes.
In these three years The mission.
aries, experiencing untold hard.
ships, have been able to penetrate
only six Indian communities.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-08-19

declaration had been prepared late
in May, nearly two months before
Potsdam, according to well-in.
formed source. The text was then
intended as statement to be made
Immediately by the President of
the United States, calling on the
Japanese to surrender and promis-
ing them that they might choose
any form of democratic govern
ment. In the first draft this phrase,
of great potential value, appeared:
including constitutional govern.
ment from the present ruling dyn-
asty." The chief author of the
draft was man who had first.hsnd
knowledge of Japan.
That phrase was struck out. for
fear that it would offend extrem-
lists and left-wingers.
The proposed presidential state
ment was not made. In July the
text was resurrected. An American
official brought it to Potsdam. II
was shown to Mr. Churchill and
again to Mr. Truman. President
Chang Kai-shek was consulted
about il by radio. 1t was accepted
by all three and issued as joint
declaration
The Russians, not yet at war
with Japan, were also consulted
about the declaration. according to
James F. Byrnes, then Secretary of
State They did not object to it
though they wanted to delay IFS
issuance.
The final hesitations OF the
Japanese were on the subject OF
the Emperor. II the clause about
the present ruling dynasty" in
eIuded in the first draft OF what
became the Potsdsm Declaration
had been kept, il would certain
ly have qUiekened the Japanese
response.
If the declaration had been
made, as originally proposed, about
the first of June, with that clause
included, the war might we'll have
ended on July Is or even June Is.
Ten years later we can guess
how great gain that would have
meant for mankind
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-08-19

TOKYO - The war that ended
with Japan's capltulation on Au.
gust IA ten years ago could prob.
ably have been stopped weeks
earlier.
More than two months before
the end, Japan wanted to negotiate
a peace settlement.
If peace had come earlier than
it did, no atomic bombs would have
been dropped on Hiroshima (Au.
gust 81 or Nagasaki august 81.
There would have been no excuse
for Russia to enter the Pacific war
august 81. Moscow's plans for a
fest eleventh-hour grab in Man
churia and North Korea would have
been upset
Most probably the Russians
would have forced their way into
the final scene anyhow, but their
position would have been less ia.
vorable than it ultimately was.
What delayed the end of the
war until August IA?
The answer is: u The lament
able allied demand for "uneondi
tional surrender; n Japan's mis-.
calculation in trying 70 play Rus
sia against the United States and
81 Russis'S cynical schemes TO
further her ambitions in the Far
East.
According to Japanese Foreign
Office records. the question oi
peace was seriously discussed in
Tokyo in the spring and early sum
mer Of 1945. The great stumbling
block was the humiliating, menac
ing formula of unconditional sur,
render.
Japanese leaders looked for 2
neutral government to act as in,
termedisry and obtain acceptable
terms. Switzerland and Sweden
were mentioned as well as the Holy
See. They were rashly dismissed as
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-08-19
Priest Correspondent Traces
Decisions Leading to VJ-Day

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Society oumhan
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-08-19
1888 of 2,420
Refugees Aided
By C.R.S. Agency

NEW YORK. N.Y.-CNC) The
extent of Catholic participation in
the current Refugee Relief Pro
gram has been reflected graphical.
~ with the arrival here Of the
first two shiplosds Of refugees 10
arrive from Europe under the pro.
gram.
The Navy transport Gen " G.
Langfltt has nov made two cross.
ings, arriving first on July II With
l,2l5 refugees aboard and again
on August s with l,205 refugees.
In the first shipload, some so per
cent - 7l2 Of them = we're assist
ed IN coming to this country by
Catholic Relief Services-National
Catholic Welfare Conference. the
worldwide relief agency of the
Archblsnops and Bishops Of the
United States.
In the second shipload. more
than half Of the refugees-676 of
them = had CRS-N.C.W.C. assist.
ance
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-08-19

I1CdI u
The priest spoke at meeting Of
the Association Fray Bartolome de
las Casas. (Friar Bartholomew, af-
ter whom the organization is nam
ed, was known as the Apostle of
the Indians.)
Chiapan Indians live in make
shift hutS in 172 settlements under
sub-human standards, Father Mar
tinez Ramos said They know no
Spanish, dress like savages and
feed poorly on game and fish
which become scarce during the
torrential tropical rains.
Missionaries are received with
hostility and distrust. Many of the
Indians still raid isolated white vii
lagos, killing ferociously Their at
tacks are spurred by hunger and
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-08-19

READ THE TIMES cLAssIFIEps.
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not having enough influence TO
obtain mitigation of the uncondi.
tional surrender formula.
The Japanese decided to ap,
proach Moscow, apparently think
ing that the Russians might vel,
come a chance to advance their
own interests by acting as power,
full middlemen. Russia had treaty
with Japan. The Japanese did not
know that, in violation of the treaty
Russia had already lin February
1945) agreed at Yalta to enter the
war against Japan,
Beginning on June !, Tokyo sent
code messages TO Japanese Am
bassador Sato in Moscow telling
him to inform Foreign Minister
Molotov that the Emporer wished
to make peace and to request
Soviet mediation. These radio mes
sages were intercepted and decod
ed by the United States prior to
the Potsdam Conference July Is
August p.
Stain and Molotov kept putting
off Ambassador Sato until August
3. When Molotov finally agreed tc
see the Japanese envoy, it was tC
tell him that Russia was declaring
war on Japan as Of the morrow
At Potsdsm Stain told Presi-
dent Truman that the Japanese
had been trying TO reach him
with requests 10 make peace. Mr.
Truman, according 10 trustwor-
thy reports, asked him what he
was going to do about it. Stain
reportedIy laughed, threw up his
hands and answered Nothing"
When the Japanese did surren
der, it was on the basis of the
Potsdam Declaration ISSUED July
26). which gave them certain as
suranceS.
Actually the first draft Of this
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-08-19
Ry Father Patrick o'cennsr

Society OF St COLUMBIAN
Correspondent. NC,W. c. News Servlce)
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-08-19

CELEEN. Netherlands-fNG =
Miners struck when the state iii.
rectors Of a coal mine here order
ed the removal Of a cross from 4
first-aid room The Catholic mem.
bers nj the staff asked that crosses
be put in all the firSt-aid rooms.
for often. they said, people are
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-08-19
X OF C. Notes

Father James McEwan chaplain
of Newman Club, Ohio State Uni
versity, will conduct the Day of
Recollection Sunday, August 81, at
Pontifical College Josephinum for
X of c members and their wives.
The program. sponsored by As
sumption Council 1927, will begin
with Mass and Communion at a.
m. in the Chapel. The day will
close with Benediction at $50 p. m.
Late reservations can be made with
Bob McCauley of Assumption Coun-
Gil.
Next regular council meeting
will be on Wednesday, Aug. %, in
st. Michael's Hall at $50 p. m.
NEWARK - Mike Massaro,
grand knight of Newark Council
721, has announced the chair
mel who will serve during the
coming year
The list includes Francis 1'y-
Ter, 'lr.. program; Ernest Young,
Catholic activity; Joseph Apple
aniz. fraternal activity; Donald
Finkle, council activity; Paul
Walker, youth activity; and A. ].
Campanelli, membership.
The councils annual family
picnic will be held Sunday, Aug.
%, at Fiberglass Field. Don Fin
kle and Jack Deardurff are co
chairmen.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-08-19
French Parliament Forbids
Indecent Theater Posters

PARIS-tNCl-Both houses oi
the French Parliament have ap.
proved law forbidding immoral
theater, movie. and music hall
posters.
Legal penalties can be exacted oi
theater owners or managers who
display these posters, according to
the law. The offending posters are
to be destroyed either by those
who put them up or by the police
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-08-19
THE CATHOLIC TGMEs--a
Friday, Aug 1q, 1855

taken there whn are seriously IN
jured
The directors gave IN and The
miners went back to work when
they learned the cross could be dis.
played
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-08-19
Missioners Try to Bring Christ
To Indians In MexicO's ,JungIes

backwardness among than 100000 Indians living in
the ngles of Chapas has been painted here by Father
Teodoso Martinez Ramos of the Missionaries of the Sacred
Evening star., 1955-06-24
Descendant Finds Cornerstone
Monroe Set at Church in 1921

era nor smallpox has been re-
ported today" and that the In
terror Department beat the War
Department, 23-l0, in a baseball
game.
Other articles recovered in
cluded coins, a five-cent note ne
gotiable at the Farmers and
Merchants Bank of Georgetown
and a census of the towns OF
Washington and Georgetown
which showed the populations to
be l3,474 and 1919, respectively
Present at the ceremonies were
members of families belonging to
the original church. They were
Miss Virginia Leetch, daughter
of Bill Leetch, The Stars out
doors editor, and great-grand-
daughter of w. H. Dougal, an
officer of the church in 1873:
Susan Margretta Stroup, 6,
daughter of DR.. Russell C.
Stroup, pastor of the church;
Mallory Dunlop Walker, sixth
generation descendant of both
the Laird and Dunlop families,
who have been in the church
since about 1870, and David
Auld, clerk of the session.
Evening star., 1955-06-24

A cornerstone that was placed
in 1921 by President Monroe
yesterday was uncovered by
Lawrence Gouverneur Hoes, his
|great-great-grandson.
The stone was uncovered dur
ing restoration of the George
town Presbyterian Church, in
the 3100 block of P street NV.
President Monroe laid the stone
at dedication ceremonies when
the church was located at Wis
Iconsin avenue and M street NV.
The church was founded in 1871
on the same site but had been
rebuilt. No trace of the original
stone can be found.
The cornerstone uncovered
yesterday was the same one ded-
Iicated by President Monroe and
then moved to its present loca-
ton in 1873. At that time, docu-
Iments and other articles were
placed in the stone.
The first article removed from
the box by DR.. Russell Cartwright
Stroup, pastor Of the church, was
Ia copy of The Star, dated July
/, 1873. In the local news of that
day were such facts as "No chol-
Evening star., 1955-06-24
Bondit Coptors Named
Policemen of Month

Two Fifth Precinct policemen
who captured three bandits
minutes after they had robbed 6
gas station, were named yester'
day as Policemen of the Month
for March.
At a Lions Club luncheon al
the Continental Hotel, Deputy
Police Chief Howard Covell pre-
sented the award to Pvts. Will
liam c. Ekeland, 80. and Lewis
c. Hines, members of a scout cal
crew.
Pvts. Ekelund and Hines were
on patrol in their cruiser in the
early morning hours of March sc
when they became suspicious o1
three men sitting in parked
auto near Thirteenth street S.E.
near the Bryant School. They
stopped to investigate. AS one
of the trio got out of the car
on orders from Pvts. Hines and
Ekelund, a .38 pistol fell to the
ground. A radio check with
headquarters while the police
men held them at gunpoint dis
closed the three had stopped to
argue over division Of 5000 loot
Evening star., 1955-06-24
2 Buildings Ruzed
By Fire in Laurel

A two-alarm blaze destroyed .
lunchroom and a nearby dwell
ling last night on Whiskey Bot
tom road near the Laurel (MdJ
race track.
Seven firemen suffered minor
cuts and burns during the three
hours and 20 minutes that six
nearby fire companies battled the
fire.
Maryland State police esti-
mated damage to the two struc-
lures at between $1,000 and $6.-
900. Cause of the blaze was not
officially determined but firemen
said a lightning bolt may have
started the fire around l0:30
pm.
Evening star., 1955-06-24
Starlight Movies
Playground Film
Program for Tonight

Programs sponsored by The
Evening Star, in cooperation
with the Film Center of WASH
|ington and the recreation de-
partments of the District and
Alexandria and Prince Georges,
Montgomery and Arlington
Counties.
WASHINGTON. at Dusk
Murch, Thirty-sixth and Ellicott
.oI BrisshsEoodi ists..o Thirteenth and Nichol-
:, Moves. Tenth and Franklin streets
arisss-Montsomery, Twenty seventh
J. L. Young, Tenth and n streets NV
Rosedale. Seventeenth and Gales
R.ghs Watts str.I,. Branch: N sixts-sscond and
virsinia avenue. Ninth and virsinis
Turner. stanton road and Aiabams
Bald Eagle. Nichols avenue and
Joliet street S.w.
ArIinEton, $50 PM.
:, n. TSsEahOs. $3.50 North Twsnty-sixth
Prince Georges County, $50
Bradbury Heights Elementary School
1901 Fifty-third avenue. Bradbury
Biadsnsburg Elementary School De.
tense Highwsy. Bladenshura.
Evening star., 1955-06-24
IS Priests Flee
Baltimore Fire

BALTIMORE, June "a (Spe.
lciaD Fifteen priests in a fac.
Iulty house at Loyola College were
forced to flee today when a fire
broke out. The six-alarm blaze
was believed to be under control
about / pm, but the three-story
frame and stone building was
virtually destroyed.
Two f1remen required medical
aid when they were overcome
by smoke.
The building, about 60 years
old, is at North Charles street
and Coldspring lane.
Cause of the blaze was unde-
termined. Firemen said the
priests reported they had smelled
smoke for about half an hour
before the blaze broke out, but
were unable to find the source.
Evening star., 1955-06-24
Fire Lieutenant Held
On Morals Churqe

A veteran District Fire De-
partment lieutenant. charged
with carnal knowledge in a case
involving a 16-year-old girl, was
Iordered held in jail without bono
today by Municipal Judge Mil
Idred E. Reeves.
Charged with the offense
which carries a possible death
!penalty. is 1t. Claison King, As
of the 4400 block of Alton place
NV, a fireman here for 81
years.
1t. John L. Sullivan, head of
the sex squad, said King ad-
mitted under questioning having
relations with the girl for the
past four years.
The charge was brought after
the girl went to police with the
story. King was arrested at his
home and later given notice Of
suspension from the Fire De-
partment pending disposition of
the case.
Kings attorney, Charles E.
Ford, waived his right to a pre-
liminary hearing. King will face
grand jury action.
Evening star., 1955-06-24

from a filling station robbery a
few minutes before.
One of the men was later
found to be an escapee from a
Virginia road. gang where he
was serving a 26-year sentence
for armed robbery.
"The commentator presented
the two policemen said, 1.-THE
alertness and observation of Pvts,
Hines and Ekeland was respon-
sible for the apprehension of
three dangerous men"
Pvt. Ekelund, a native of New
York, Joined the force on June
13. 1949.
He had won two previous COM
mendations for his work.
Pv. Hines. holder of five COM
mendations. joined the depart
ment on October 16, 1947. He
is a native of Front Royal, Va.
Evening star., 1955-06-24
Ferde Grofe Gives
Score to Library

Ferde Grofe, whose new COM
position, Hudson River Suite"
will be premiered tomorrow at
the Carter Barron Amphitheater.
presented the original manuscript
of the work to the Library of
Congress this morning.
The manuscript was accepted
by L. Quincy Mumford, librarian
|of Congress.
Those at the presentation in.
cluded Mrs. Grofe and Andre
Kostelanetz, who will be guest
conductor of the National Sym
Iphony Orchestra tomorrow night
during the premier performance.
Mr.. Grofe's home is in Santa
Monica, Calf.
Evening star., 1955-06-24
SEND A KID TO CAMP
240 Shouting Children
Stort Camping Session

Washington kids, $40 strong
today left this hot, humid city
for two weeks of camping in COO
Prince William Forest Park, Va.
thanks to you.
They are the first of about
200 who this summer will enjoy
many things they have had nc
contact with before - nature
handicraft, good air and, fol
many, even good food. You made
lit possible through contributions
to The Evening Star Summer
Camp Fund.
In shouting good spirits, carry
ing their gear in every sort Of
container, they took off from
the Thomson and Garnet-Patter-
son Schools.
To "Feed EN- Up First"
BY lunchtime the program was
under way in Camps Goodwill
and Pleasant, near Quantico
First we'll feed 'em up good"
said Charles Proctor, Goodwill
director. Then We'll divide 'em
UP into four groups for indoc-
trination into swimming, crafts,
nature and a height and weight
check"
The weight check, repeated at
the end of the session, will show
an average gain of at least 2
pounds, despite the heavy sched-
ule of activities.
This year for the first time, a
camping program for children
with heart conditions will be
worked into the regular camp.
In the past the cardiac cases
have gone to special session
after the other children.
Miss Lucy Morse, of the Heart
Association of Maryland, was on
hand to see the 80 afflicted chill
dren leave. They will partici-
pate as much as possible in the
normal camp activities, al