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TOPS IN POPS
Girl Singer Renamed
5 Times During Career

Things" Troubled Waters"
and three others. Contempt
rary C-3510.)
Georgia Gibbs-"The Great
est Thing" becomes better with
repeated listenings, but the
backing of Rock Right" is
just plain nothing. (Mercury
70811x45.)
Benny Goodman Another
10-inch LIP of reissues, con-
tanning such stellar sides as
ION the Alamo" After You've
Cone" "Honeysuckle Rose"
"You Brought a New Kind of
Love to Me-" Pound Ridge"
and "Perfidia." columbia
CL-2533D
Monica Lewis - Monica's
dulcet tones are heard to
advantage on II Wish You
Love" and "Stay After School,"
(King 45-4896.)
The MOdernaireS-This top
notch vocal group have some
outstanding sides in their lat
est releases. "At My Front
Door" is paired with Alright.
Okay, You VIM" 60 On
With the Wedding" is paired
with "Ain't She Sweet" and
the last disc is a Lets Dance
Medley" six tunes featured in
U-Is The Benny Goodman
Story" The numbers are
Lets Dance" "Stompin' at
the Savoy" Sing, Sing, Sing"
why Don't You Do Right"
"And the Angels Sing" and
Goodbye" Coral 9-61513,
9-61555 and 9-61568.)
Lew Douglas-"Fiddle Dee
Dee" is spritely instru-
mental tastefully performed
by the band. Coupling
of Ten Thousand Years."
sung by Win Stracke and the
chorus, is a catchy novelty
that might click. (Bally 1002)
Joe Newm a n Newman's
Octet has a swinging LIP of
modern music that shows the
influence of the old Basic
band. Among the dozen num-
berS are Its Bad for Me-"
"Top Hat, White Tie and
Tails" "Perfdia," Stats"
Lament for a Lost Love-"
Shameful Roger" and others.
(RCA Victor LPM-l198.)
The Rover BOys-Just aver
age side by this group, as
they sing My Queen" and
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District VFW
Posts Combine

Front Line and Federal Posts
Iof the D. C. Department, Vet
ierans of Foreign Wars. have
combined. Nominations for Off
GERS have been held open. Elec-
Itions and installations will be
held in April.
| Robert E. Peary Ship will hold
a dance at Knights of Columbus
hall on Friday evening.
The auxiliary to Washington
Post will hold a spaghetti dinner
at 1909 R. I. avenue NE. from
til 8 pm. on April 7. Installa-
ton of the officers of the post
and auxiliary will follow the
dinner.
All-American Post and Auxili-
airy will install officers on April
20 at 419 Seventh street NV.
Meetings this week are:
Sunday - G.P.O. Post, $50
Eighth street Sc.
Monday-Potomac Post, 1905
Rhode Island avenue NE.
Tuesday-Robert E. Peary
Ship, 1923 Thirteenth street
NV; Joseph B. Kelliher Post
1904 M street NV; Washington
Post, 933 G street NV.
Wednesday-Lt. Col. John j
He'll Post. 1920 Rhode Island
avenue NE.
/ Thursday - National Capital
Post. Raleigh Hotel.
Friday-Potomac Post, Sol
Idiers Hotel.
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JUST RELEASED
Prince Hall Musons
Ito Hear JUDGE Cobb

James A. Cobb, former judge
of the Municipal Court of the
District of Columbia and men,
Der of the Howard University
Law School faculty, will address
the Forum Of Prince Hall Masons
and Eastern Star at 4 pm. today
at Masonic Temple, Tenth and
u streets NV. presiding will
be Robert H. Campbell, Junior
warden of Felix Lodge. and Past
Matron Rosa B. Murray of
Queen Esther Chapter, OES
The forum will feature a musical
and literary program.
The grand lodge presented
$500 to the Washington Home
for the Blind, 1901 Clifton street
NV, Saturday.
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Stravinsky; Belle Of the Ball. Ander
son; Capriccio Espagnol. Rimsky-Kor


NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Howard Mitchell. conductor; Madison
College Glee Club, Edna T.. Shaeffcr
director. Soloists: Hilda Henderson
s sUnsIO, Rii ss Ms e5na contralto
Nd. $50 pm. Overture to semira.
mide. Rossini; The Blessed Damozel
Debussy; Three Dances from The Bar.
tered Bride. Smetana; Symphony No
2 in D. Brahms.
FRIDAY MORNING MUSIC CLUB: Heller
May, piano; Arianne Hadley Lowell
mezZo-s soprano; Gertrude Dyre Par,
sons. piano; Doris Gazda, violin
Ma MARY celia Lacr J.s, y RonS,, Mildred c Gel
lei CARPENTER, viola; Cosmos Club
Pattison; The time for making song!
has come, Rogers: To One Unknown
Carpenter; Ariette. Vidal; Air de Ia
Refine; Thomas; Quintet in C, Opu.
Lillian MI FUCHS, viola; Jaeaue. d,
$3.50 pm. Sonata No for violir
and piano. Milhaud; Sonatina No.
for piano, Menasce; Sonata for viola
and piano. Menasce; Four movements
from Suite in D minor, Bach; Sonata
NT II m sTiT qeus NV l2S No RANb 5rahWs o
Richard Townsend, conductor, Solo.
lists: Ben Mitchell Morris. tenor; Rich
ard Balm, harmonica. Departmental
Auditorium, $3.50 pm. Procession OF
Mobiles. Rimsky-Korsakoy; In the
Spring. Goldmark; Una Furtiya La
grima. ponizetti;, A John Field Suite,
SefHnsh ior f Rassa6 oSSs sad1s
Dance. Gliere: Sabre Dance. Katcha
turien; Crown Imperial, Walton
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TURNTABLE TALK
Schubert Song Cycle
Sung by q Baritone

for discophiles in his record
ing of the complete "Daphnis
and Chloe" This is the music
that started Stravinsky's fame.
Having had a concert per-
Torrance here recently of
Bartok's Music for Strings,
Percussion and Celesta mainly
points up its rarity on &C.
cesSihle programs. too. Georg
Solti conducts a capable per-
Torrance for London which,
however. for me carried less
stimulus than the live expert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11
.TURNTABLE TALK
BY JAMES G. DEANE

Doubtless it will take a BIZ
centennial Tin this case it
means waiting, unfortunately.
till 199D to bring all of Schu-
bert's 6O0-odd songs to records.
Meanwhile, singers industri-
>ously continue to exert them
selves over the relative talbeit
incomparable) handful known
collectively as DIE Winter
reiSe."
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, a
30-year-old Berlin-born BARI
tone who has been attracting
notice as a recitalist both in
Europe and more recently in
New York, is the latest to at
tempt this perhaps most chal-
longing of all lieder assign
mentS. The attempt comes off
well. Hans Hotter, who re-
corded the cycle recently for
Angel, has a voice richer in the
lower reaches, but Fischer
Dieskau makes up in youthful
fervor what he lacks in vocal
resource. Altogether this is a
stimulating traversal, even If
not the ultimate. Chat, in all
probability, will never come
from a single singer or on a
single recording, but probably
from "a on 24.)
One cannot use the accom-
paniment as an instrument
for easing choice, for in both
Angels issue and this Victor
one it is supplied by the same
Gerald Moore. Victor has ap-
pended some extra inducement
in the form of the second
Schumann "LiederkreiS" cycle,
however. The Victor sound is
unexceptionable except toward
the ends of the four sides,
where it becomes rather grav-
ely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11
FROM BOHEMIA

Rafael Kubelik has evident
1y been designated (by London.
anyway to succeed to the
mantle of Vaclav Talich in
the Dvorak Slavonic Dances.
the second recorded version of
which has arrived (Talich's
having been the first on LIP
and the pre-eminent one pre-
viously).
There is stunning playing by
the Vienna Philharmonic to
recommend the new set. ap-
parently designed consciously
to counter its rival. Kubelik
drives some of the music
harder than he needs to.
though. and the older collec-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11
PROGRAMS OF THE WEEK

UNITED STATES ARMY BAND. Mai
Hugh Curry, conductor Soloist:
Charlene Chapman, soprano. Depart.
mental Auditorium, $40 pm. Shield
Scala di Seta, Rossini; Trauersinfonie,
Wagner; Irish Tune from County
Derry, Granger; The Invincible Eagle,
Sousa; Selections from Porgy and
Bess, Gershwin; All, fors'e lui che
table, Massenet: TIE Quiero dijiste.
Grever: Coronation Scene from Boris
Godunov, Moussorgsky.
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ERICH ITOR KAHN

de mortuiS, nil niSi bonum"
is a sniveling phrase which
must have been devised by
some mean leveler wanting 10
bury all the worlds dead in one
nameless coffin. How can one
say a word about Erich Itor
Kahn. who died this week,
without being troubled by the
suspicion that the obituary will
be discounted by the hoary
Latin tag?
Erich Kahn, perhaps best
known as the pianist OF the
Albeneri Trio and the con-
tinuo player of the Bach Aria
Group, was a great musician
not only admired by his public
but loved by his colleagues.
Quiet, retiring and humorous,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11
Mothers to Meet

Grace Darling Seibold Chap
ter, American Gold Star Moth
ers, Inc, will meet at 8:15 pm
Wednesday at the YWCA, Seven
teenth and K streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11

ence, which may mean, more
than anything else. that some
things should be seen as well as
heard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11
FROM SCOTLAND

Angel, whose roots are firmly
planted in Defeating terri
tory, with offshoots to Milan
and Paris, turns out to have q
slightly more northerly ale
glance, too.
Robert Burns birthday has
gone by. but the spirit of the
occasion can be revived at will
with a collection of Burnsian
poems and songs assembled on
a record made, without doubt.
under its full influence If not
actually at Alloway or the Tam
O'Shanter Inn. In a mere three
years it can serve a bicenten-
NAL, too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11
TOPS IN POPS
BY BOB WILLIAMS

Capitol Records singer, Kay
Carson, has changed her name
five times, and it's becoming
a bit confusing. She was born
Ruth Morrow, but when she
became a singer it was changed
to Liza Morrow. It was under
this name that she sang with
Benny Goodman's band and
on the radio.
When she married she was
known as Mrs. Dale McMickle.
a housewife. After two or three
years Mrs. McMickle, now a
mother, emerged from retire
ment and recorded Band of
Gold" for Capitol under the
name of Kit Carson.
The tune became a hit, and
with it came a claim by an
other entertainment figure to
prior rights to that name.
Having changed her name four
times, she decided to do it
again. Now she is Kay Car
son.
Music Publisher HOWE Rich
mond asked Hubby Dale Nc
Mickle, top trumpeter, do
you have any difficulty remem-
bering her real name?" To
which he replied, mo, I just
call her honey"
Under her new name of Kay
Carson she has just released
another discing that could well
become another hit: Topside is
a beautiful, sentimental bal
lad titled Those Who Have
Loved" Her warm vocal de-
livery is just made for it.
Backing is a rhythmic number
called Don't Get Carried
Away" Capitol F-3366).
X
JUST RELEASED
Lennie Niehaus - This Is
his fourth LIP, and this time
Lennie's mellow alto sax is
complemented with the quin-
tet and strings. He performs
both standards and originals,
giving each one his own indi-
vidual treatment. Among the
tunes are "All the Things You
Are" MY Heart Stood STILL"
Easy Living" eff I Should
Lose YOU" More Than the
Blues" Full House." Star
Eyes" "Just One of Those
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11

ton ISSUED by Urania) holds
up sonically quite well. so no
body need turn it in. One or
the other, though. is practi-
cally indispensable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11
WEDNESDAY

NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
Howard Mitchell, conductor. Consti-
tuition Hall, 200 pm. A mighty
fortress is our God h-Damrosch:
Rock, Howe;' Finlandia. Sibelius;
Adagio for Strings Barber; Sym
phony No. in minor (hnale).
Tchaikovsky.
GLEE CLUBS OF THE NATIONAL
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL. AND ST.
conductor, Assisting artists: Paul
Galloway, organ; Mary de Csepel,
piano; Keith Conrad, piano; members
of the National Symphony Orchestra.
Proctor Hail. National Cathedral
School. $50 pm. TIE Deum Laudamus
in C, K Sob, Mozart; Ave Verum
Corpus. K. 61S. Mozart; Sonata for
Organ, No. Is, X. 1885, Mozart; Offer
tory for the Festival Of st. John the
Baptist. K. ~, Mozart; Liebeslieder
Waltzes, Opus So, Brahms; Cantata
No. 4 Christ lay in bonds Of death,
Parh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11
TODAY

WILHELM BAcKHAUs, piano. constitu-
5i9n Hall so $SS nm 6p1E in Na
sonata RaR fa sh s1's'le Opus e: sonata
| in F minor. Opus 81.
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
Howard Mitchell. conductor: Sweet
BTar G0ess ~ sTss5 gsaT Va Ros sSG
Bach; Daphnis and Chloe suite No. 2,
Ravel; symphony No. 5 in E minor,
TchaikovSky.
MILDRED GELvIN, cello. Bernard Gel
vim. piano. Barker Hall YWCA, 400
pm. VIBRATIONS Symphoniaues' Opus
% Boellmann, Suite No. l, Bach;
Concerto, thompson
ALEXANDRIA CIVIC ORCHESTRA. Wen
dell MaIgrave, c9nquetorS school lor
Minnie Howard School Alexandria,
Va. 400 pm. Prometheus overture,
beethoven; Seven Rumanian Folk
Vaughan Williams; Hansel and Gretel,
Humpsrdinek; Shepherds Dance. Me-
MOTH: The Man Who Invented Music,
ellis.
DAVID BAKER. baritone; Warren Perry
Thew, piano. Toutorsky Studios, 400
elmer WasserIilie. Grieg; Elm Schwann,
Grieg; Die Forelle Schubert; Gacht
und Traume; sehuhert; Liebesbotschaft,
kleine Dinge. Wolf; Fussreise, Wolf:
Anakreons Grab, Wolf; Nun wandre
Maria, Wolf
NATIONAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
cHO1RS; Theodore Sehaefer. organist
Hansel, soprano; Ruth Pitts, contralto;
George Barritt, tenor: Smith Arm
strong, baritone. National ,Presby;
fEsn chq BSRebds Hes Sei Nv ' P Sed
MendelSSohn; Lamentations of Jere-
miah. GinaStera,
RUTH PARKS, organ. Student recital.
81; Georges Episcopal Church Ar
ness, bach; Prelude and fi Fueu us n 6
minor. Bach; The Trophy, Couperin;
TIE TIE F nissf Dan,drieu; All my heart
MARY 'i M2 estS HfFa' eontralto; Norman
Johnson. piano; National Gallery Of
AIS At, 8 pm: Deb! placatevI con me,
tile, Durante; Invocazione di orfeo.
Rose. schumann: voiksliedchen. schu-
Ell Der der s'assff een Won S Sfsn
schumann; Rencontre, Faurei Prison,
Faure; Les Berceaux. Faure; Quatre
s Ghans9ns n,a b9negger Sure on this
pello Joio: Mn Doors Doors Del J Joio;
Look Edwin Wagenaar; Evening,
81 IEClLlA CHORAL SOCIETY,
Lawrence Sears, conductor. Soloists:
Kennedy. soprano: Mary Alyce BEN
nett, contralto Mario Sesreti. tenor;
cSSpeb F% sS Sart S5So s. Petes
Gresorian;l Exsultati Justi. viadana:
Pange Lihgua, Gresorian; Christie
Adoramus TIE, MonteVerdi; Salve Re-
gina, Gregorian; Gloria Palestrina;
Elevation, Frescobaldi; Prelude and
Fueue in G minor, Bach; Eighth
Station. Dupre; Toccata. Graves: Let
all mortal flesh keep silence, Hoist;
Jubilate Dec, Dooner; Panis Angeli-
Gus, Dooner: Missa Choralis, Ref1ce;
GE g a UNIVERSITY aLEE
town University, $50 pm Alma
Mater. Collier; Wealth. Woollen;
Concord Laetitia, Greeorian; mise
rere mel Deus, Alleeris Aria and
Chorale from Cantata No l4O. Bach;
Gaudeamus Igitur. trad, To the
Women. HAYDN: Tarantella, Thomp
son: Battle Hymn Of the Republic.
arr. Rinewald The Magnet and the
Churn. Sullivan. Charlottown, arr,
Scot Scot se Tbs B1 s1H ssT Kodsly Set
NATION CHAMBER CHORUS, .Iule
zabawa director. At the church. 7:.45
pm. Adoramus Te. Christie. Pale
strina; Surely He Hath Borne Our
Griefs. Lott; o, Come and Mourn
With Me. David H Williams; Ger
Death No Man Could Prevail Bach:
Nv Saviour Dear. Bacn; 9 Sons and
Daughters. French. arr. Parker and
Shaw, NV Soul Doth Rest in Thee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11
THURSDAY

NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Howard Mitchell. conductor; Washing
ton Ballet. Lisa Gardner and Mary
Day, directors. Constitution Hall
200 pm. Repeating Tuesday after
moons program.
MUSIC FESTIVAL: orchestrss, ehoruses
burg and Brandon iunioT high schools
Festival March. Weber Roberts. Largo
Hs from s W 8PHs se SS 1sydg
Summer Might. woodbury.: Lassie
o,mine; Walt: Rollin' down down, to Jordan an
messen nsesM endelssohn- Ehres: Tai.
lyho, Harris; Homing, Del Riego: Now
Eyentide, Pfeil-Tkach; Kde su kravy
chorale and overture. Isaac: Legend:
AIRY Air. Erickson: sarsbande and Ga
Vote, Corelli-Gordon; Fl CAPTAIN
Sousa- Buchtel
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Howard Mitchell. conductor. Wheaton
High School, Wheaton, Md. $50 pm
Jude to Khovantchina. Moussorgskyi
phony No, in minor. Tchaikovsky
UNITED STATES MARINE BAND. Cap.
tain Albert Schooner. conductor. So
loists: william Scheneman, eupho'
MUM Thomas Dykton, clarinet. De.
partmentaal Auditorium. sis pm
Old Comrades, Teike: Overture ,.tc
Iolanthe, Sullivan: From the Delta
Still: Fantasia di Concerto, Bocca-
lari Irish Rhapsody: March OF the
Little Leaden Soldiers. Pierne: Rigo.
letto Fantasy. Verdi-Bassi: Excerpts
from Family Album. Gould; Selections
from Carmen. BiZet.
FRIDAY
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Howard Mitchell, conductor. Soloist
William J. McWilllams, narrator
Bates High School, Annapolis. Md,
1890 pm. Water Music finale. Han.
del-Harty; Symphony No. 5 in
minor (waltzl. Tchaikoysky; Dance
Of the Comedians from The Bartered
Bride, Smetans; Peter and the Wolf,
The Abduction from the Seraglio. Mo-
Fart: water Music -tirst and last
movementsl. HandelHartyi Berceuse
and Finale from The Eirehird Suite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11
TOMORROW

Howard Mitchell, conductor soloists
Eva Zodl, soprano: Manfred Camel,
baritone, Constitution Hall. 1920
pm. symphony in c minor, Opus 81
FIRST n, increment y Beethoven; SYN.
mentj, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No, As
in D (minuet. Mozart; Duet from
Pagliacci, Leoncavallo:' Symphony No
:, il D Fourth movement. Brahms.
ARDYTH ALTON, cello Russell Woollen,
piano. Catholic University, $50 pm.
and piano. Brahms; Sonata for cello
and cembalo, Evett: Seven Variations
on theme from the Magic Flute. Bel
Mannern" Beethoven.
TUESDAY
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ton Ballet. Lisa Gardner and Mary
Day. directors. Constitution Hall,
pm. Overture to Semiramide. Ros-
SIM; Air from Suite No. 3 in D, Bach:
Capriccio .Espagnol Rimsky- Korsakov;
sssafHfSt$ t5Sm c Yaf9q5 sa Ms1c
GETTY: Allen Ohmes. violin; Louise c.
Payier, viola; Jerome Jeiinek, cello;
Charlton Never, piano. University OF
Maryland, $50 pm. Prelude and
Fugue, in D minor for string trio.
GEORGE BUTLER, orsan. New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, $50 pm
Suite, Opus 8. Durufle; Pange Lingua
Eddmnndson: Trio Sonata No. 2 in {
sasn BerysIer S PEDAL hR Ftad;
for repeated notes, Demessieux;
Pageant, Sowerby.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-07-20
lPOAU Petitions
To Block Bus Ride
For Private Pupils

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-(NC)
Petitions seeking to prevent
Bernalillo county from provid-
ing bus transportation for non
public school students we're cir
culated in several Protestant
churches here
The petition, circulated by the
Protestants and Other Ameri-
cans United for Separation of
Church and State POAU), are
said to be an answer to a signed
request by some 5000 other Ber-
nalillo county citizens. known as
the Citizens for Private School
Students.
The latter group asked the
county commission to provide
transportation for 1884 private
and parochial school students.
A 1853 New Mexico statute al
lows counties to allocate funds
for non-public school transpor-
tation. This is in line with the
US. Supreme Court decision in
1947, which held that state funds
could be used to provide trans
portation for non-public school
students.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-07-20

The moment that we see
clearly into our past we recog'
nize that it has been filled with
God. - Frederick Faber (1814
1869.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-07-20

was reelected supreme regent.
Margaret ]. Buckley was rejected
vice supreme regent, Mrs. Anna
K. Ballard was reelected national
secretary and Mrs. Anna M. Bax-
ter of Dubuque, Iowa, was elected
national treasurer.
Elected national directors were
Mrs. Rita DeJean of Opelousa,
La, Genevieve Fiory of Canton,
Ohio; Marie Scanlon of Chicago;
Mrs. Irene Haviland of Long
Branch, N. j.; Mrs. Wilma Lewis,
Los Angeles, and Nellie Lynch,
Manchester, N. H.
Mrs. Nellie Franzwa of Eu-
fene, Ore, a member of the CDA
for so years, was named as the
organizations Catholic Mother of
the Year. The mother of five chill
dren, three of whom are living,
and nine grandchildren, Mrs.
Franzwa is the Oldest member of
the CDA in the West.
II was revealed that the CDA
has increased its membership by
$500 in the past two years. The
total membership is 204, 900.
Delegates to the convention
come from As states, Puerto Rico,
Hawaii, Alaska and Cuba.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-07-20

Set Fire To
Italian Church

NAPLES, Italy-Radio, NC
Parishioners of Santa Maria del
Carmine set. fire to their church
here on July 14-but they have
been doing this on the same date
every year for the past 800 years.
The unusual tradition began in
1647 when a fishmonger named
Tomaso Aniello led his fellow
Neopolitans in revolt against the
Spanish captors of the city. In
the course of battles that follow
ed Aniello was killed and the
steeple of the church caught fire.
The fire was suddenly extin-
guished and ever since Neopoli-
tans have looked upon this unex-
planned putting out of the fire
as a miracle. They attribute it to
a picture of the Dark Madonna"
from which the church takes its
name.
The venerated image is said
to have been painted by st. Luke.
1t is called the Dark Madonna
because of the dark robes in
which the Blessed Virgin Mary
is depicted. 1t is believed the
picture was brought to the church
in 1928 by st. Angelus of Jerusa-
lem, who was martyred shortly
afterwards in Sicily.
The fire in the church steeple
is carefully arranged ahead of
time by church attendants and re-
sembles a spectacular display of
fireworks. Despite the precau-
tions, the historic steeple gets
scorched occasionally, and history
is prevented from repeating itself
by a crew of firefighters stand
ing nearby.
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sheltered uniformed status"
1T is up to them," he added,
ito share the fight for justice,
charity, and modesty In speech
and dress"
Archbishop Howard, host to the
convention, reminded the dele
gates that His Holiness Pope Plus
XII has repeatedly urged all
women to assert themselves in
their position today as leaders
and sharers of the worlds bur-
den. The Holy Father wants wom-
en- to develop a consciousness of
their social responsibilities, to
suggest positive remedies for
problems and to urge legislative
recognition of the equality of all
men.
Archbishop Howard's plea was
echoed in the closing session of
the four-day meeting by Bishop
Vincent S. Waters of Raleigh,
CDA national chaplain. He urged
the CDA members to be active in
their organization, not passive,
and to carry out the Pope's call
te modern women to take a dy-
manic approach TO public affairs
under the guidance of the Bish-
ops.
Frances M. Maher of Kane, Pa,
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Mrs. Mary OBren elected president of the Ladies
of Maria for the coming year Also elected Mrs.
Frances DeMers vcepresident Mrs Ruth Bauer reasur
er, and Mrs. Marge Sweeney secretary.
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Must Share The Load
Women No Longer Expected
To Be Sheltered Bishop Says

PORTLAND, Ore. = (NC) = Archbishop Edward D.
Howard of Portland in Oregon advised the Catholic Daugh
ters of America gathered in convention here to develop
their personal talents and to be informed and
of events of the day.
He said women are no longer expected to assume a