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Evening star., 1947-04-24
Thomas Crompfon Dies;
Was NAVY Yard EmpIoye

Thomas Crompton, IS, British
born retired Navy Yard worker of
816 E street NE, died yesterday at
Emergency Hospital after a long
illness.
Mr.. Crompton came to this coun-
try from Manchester, England, in
1907 and settled in New York. He
came to Washington in 1917 and
worked as machinist at the Wash
ington Navy Yard until his retire.
ment in 1893. He was a Mason.
Mr.. Crompton is survived by his
widow, the former Miss Catherine
C. Smith of Brooklyn, N. Y; one
sister. Mrs. Joseph Lee. Manchester,
England, and two brothers, James
Crompton and Elias Crompton, also
Of Manchester.
Funeral services will be held at
l pm. Monday at the Lee funeral
home. Burial will be at the Airing
ton National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
Frederick A. CoIdweII, II,
Dies in s.. PETERSBURG

Frederick A. Coldwell, II, resi-
dent of Washington for 80 years.
died of heart ailment in st. Peters
burg, Fla, Sunday, according to
word received here today.
For many years Mr.. Coldwell was
employed in the War Department,
retiring three years ago. His Wash
ington home was in the Iowa Apart
ments, 1925 Thirteenth street NV.
He was born in Wolfville, Nova
Scotia, and educated at Acadia Col
lege, where his father was a pro-
fessor. His first wife was native
of st. Louis and after her death he
married Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman,
who survives him. A son by his first
marriage, Albert Coldwell, lives in
Tulsa, Okla, and a daughter, Mabel,
lives in Nova Scotia.
Mr.. ColdWell was a member of the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church and the Canadian Club of
Washington.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
Mrs. Stephen B. Lyddane,
Life Resident Here, Dies

Mrs. Edna H. Lyddane, SO. a life
long Washington resident, died yes
terday at her home, 3100 Connect
cut avenue NV, after a four-year
illness.
Mrs. Lyddane was educated at the
Visitation Convent. She was born in
Washington, September II, 1877.
She is survived by her husband,
Stephen B. Lyddane; daughter,
Mrs. Elizabeth j. Weitzel, and a
son, William c. O'Neale, both of
Arlington and both children of a
previous marriage, and a brother,
Joseph Marceron of Washington.
Requiem mass will be said at 10
a m. tomorrow at st. Thomas the
Apostle Church. Burial will be in
Oak Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
Lizords 7 hot Run
On Water Among
Zoo Acquisitions

Poison arrow frogs and lizards
that can run on top OF water have
Just been received by the Zoo. DR..
William M Mann, Zoo director. an
nounced yesterday. They are gifts
of James Zetek, an ennploye of the
Department of Agriculture.
The poison arrow" frogs. about
100 in number, are green and black.
They get their name from the fact
the Indians used to rub their arrow
heads with the poisonous excretion
of the frogs skin. They arrived
from Panama Tuesday.
Also on exhibition are a number
of gaudy yellow and black Zetek
frogs-named for Mr.. Zetek-and
some basilisk lizards. The male
lizards have sail fins on their backs
and can run on top of water for
considerable distances, according to
Zoo officials
Evening star., 1947-04-24
James R. Ly|es, IA, Dies;
Native Of Alexandra

James r. Lyles, IA, a lifelong
resident of Alexandria, died Tues
day at Alexandria Hospital after an
illness of two weeks.
A descendant of one of Alexan-
dria's Oldest families, Mr.. Lyles had
been an employe Of the Texas Oil
Co. there for 30 years. About five
years ago he went into business for
himself as gasoline and oil dis
tributor.
He was a 32d degree Mason, a
Shriner. and belonged to the Scot
tish Rite. Mr.. Lyles lived at 110
South Henry street, Alexandria.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Roberta j. Lyles; two daughters,
Mrs. Ef1ie Turner and Miss Dorothy
Lyles, and a foster son, Samuel
Owen, jr., all of Alexandria, and
three sisters, Mrs Mamie Money,
Washington; Mrs. Laura Miller, Los
and Miss Eff1e Lyles, Alex
andria.
Funeral services will be held at
3 pm. tomorrow at his late home.
Burial will be in Ivy Hill Cemetery,
Alexandria.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
j. Milton Collins, II,
Dies; Retired Patent
Office Attorney

]. Milton Collins, II, retired
Patent Once attorney, died yester-
day at his home, 8l6 Philadelphia
avenue, Silver Spring, after an ILL
ness of five days.
Mr.. Collins had retired as an ex-
aniner Of trade marks in the Patent
Office about two years ago. after
nearly 20 years of service with the
Government. Before entering the
Patent Office he had been an en-
ploye Of the War Department for
eight years.
A native of Washington County,
Evening star., 1947-04-24

Kars., Mr.. Collins practiced law
for 10 years In Spokane, Wash. He
was a graduate Of the University Of
Kansas. where he took both his ur1-
dergraduate and legal training.
Under the pen name of Mortimer
Graves, he published several poems
and satirical works. He was menu
ber of the Masonic order and of the
State bar.
During most of his Government
service he had lived in washington,
and served term as president of
the Randle Heights Citizens Asso-
citation. He had lived in Silver
Spring since August, l945.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Nellie A. Collins; daughter, Mrs.
Ruth c. Premier, 1928 D street Sc,
three sons, Hugh r. Collins, Berwyn,
Md; j. Milton Collins, jr., Cocoa,
Fla. and Robert T. Collins, 1904
Naylor road Sc: two brothers, Ar
thur E. Collins, Washington County,
Kans., and Horace r. Collins.
Leavenworth, Kans.; five grandsons
and two granddaughters.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Evening star., 1947-04-24

Alexander Graham Bell and Charles
P. Steinmetz.
He did pioneer service for the
Bell Telephone Co. in Boston from
1884 to 1886, working principally on
the development of the switchboard
He was operating the board through
which passed the first long distance
telephone call from New York to
Boston in about 1885, his daughter
recalled. In 1894, while working
with the st. Paul Gaslight Co. Mr..
Brooks developed one of the first
automatic telephone systems which
was installed at Northfield, MINI.
Graduated From Brown.
Mr.. Brooks was born in Boston.
He graduated from Brown Univer-
sity in 1881 and received his degree
as master of engineering from
Stevens Institute of Technology in
Hoboken, N. j. Between 1898 and
1901 he was professor of electrical
engineering at the University of
Nebraska. going to the University
of Illinois in 1901.
Mr.. Brooks was a member of
Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity and
of the American Society of Mechan-
ical Engineers. He was one OF the
oldest members of the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers.
On April "a, 1888, he married Miss
Frona Marie Brooks of Boston.
Leaves Eight Children.
In addition to his wife and daugh-
ter here, Mr.. Brooks leaves three
other daughters: Mrs. Lincoln Col
cord. Searsport, Me-; Miss Frona B.
Hughes, Lee, Mass, and Mrs. Joseph
M. Thomas, Chappaqua. N. Y; four
sons. Capt. Roger Brooks, U. S. N.
(retiredD. 1924 Livingston street
NV; Henry M. Brooks, Greenwich,
Conn; Charles F. Brooks, profess
sor of meteorology at Harvard Uni
versity and director of the Blue Hill
Institute of Milton, Mass, and Fred
erick A. Brooks of the University of
California. He also leaves 81 grand
children and five great-grandchil-
dren.
Funeral services are expected to
be held Saturday at Gawlers funeral
home. conducted by the Rev. A.
Powell Davies of All Souls Unitarian
Church. Burial will be in Groton,
Mass.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
1t. Comdr. H. F. Emerson
VIII Be Buried Here

Burial services will be held at
2:3o pm. tomorrow in Rock Greek
Cemetery for 1t. Comdr, Herbert
F. Emerson, U. S. N. (retired), So,
who died Monday at his home in
Sioux Falls, S. D., after q long ILL
ness.
Comdr. Emerson saw active serv-
ice in World War I, retiring from
the Navy in 1919. From 1920 to
1888 he lived in Washington, his
home being in Cathedral Mansions,
5000 Connecticut avenue NV.
In 1925, Comdr. Emerson married
Miss Lotta Walsh of Washington.
He is survived by his widow and a
daughter, Frances Marion Emerson.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
Robert Logon, "a, Dies;
Former Rail Executive
By the Assoeioted Press

BY the Assoeioted Press
MONTREAL, April 24.-Robert S.
Logan, "a, former vice president of
the Grand Trunk Railway, died
Monday at his home in suburban
Westmont. He was to be buried
here today.
Mr.. Logan was native of St.
Louis, Mo. He first worked for the
Wabash, ST. Louis g. Pacific Rail
way, later joining the Grand Trunk,
from which he retired in 1922.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Anne Ranken of st. Louis; three
sons and three daughters.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
Woman, IS, Killed by Cor
While Doing Good Deed
By III. Associated Press

BLOOMSBURY, Pa, April 24.-A
65-year-old woman died of injuries
she suffered while attempting to be
highway Samaritan, Coroner John
M. Evans reports.
Mrs. Iva Duttinger of Shamokin
Township stopped Tuesday night to
remove rough lumber which ap-
parently had dropped from a truck
to the highway. As she was throw
ing the last piece OF the highway,
she was struck by another car. the
coroner said. He issued a certificate
OF accidental death last night.
Evening star., 1947-04-24

nome TOT the
last four years
with his daugh-
ter, Miss Edith
B r 0 o ks, 2311
Connecticut ave-
nue., was for %
years professor
of electrical en-
gineering at the
University of Ill
nois, retiring in
1929 as head of
the department.
Mr.. Brooks was
a friend and
a S soci at e of
Thomas Edison,
Evening star., 1947-04-24
Grou Nonconfidence
Move Mode in Huxono
D. he Assoxlated Prsss

Z HAVANA, Cuba. April 24.cppo-
sition Senator Emilio Nunez Port-
uondo introduced into the Cuban
Senate last night a motion OF non
confidence in the entire cabinet Of
President Grau San Martin.
The motion bore the signatures OF
20 Senator'S equal to the number
Of votes necessary for its approval.
The date for debate has not been
set.
The government has been under
fire recently for its handling Of
domestic economic problems, par
ticularly price imitation.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
Kentucky Representative
To Speok on Veterans

Representative Meade, Republi-
can, of Kentucky will speak on vet
erans' education at meeting at
the Department of Interior Audi
torium ct BIS pm. tomorrow, spon-
Isored by Chapter 34l of the Aneri-
can Veterans Committee.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
Goroqe Manager Robbed

Edward S. Hudson, 64, of 72o
Ninth street NE, night manager Of
the Cathedral Garage, in the rear OF
the Cathedral Mansions at 5000
Connecticut avenue NV, reported
to police he was assaulted shortly
after am. today and robbed OF
s85. He was treated at Emergency
Hospital for decorations of the face
and head.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
Maryland U. Mon Honored

Harry NJ Elliott of Baltimore, So
phomore in the College of Business
and Public Administration, Univer-
sity of Maryland, has been awarded
the scholarship medal given each
year by the alumni of Epsilon
Gamma chapter, Alpha Tau Omega
fraternity.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
Morgan Brooks Dies;
Pioneer in Telephone
Knew Edison and Bell

Morgan Brooks. 86, telephone
pioneer and professor emeritus of
the University of Illinois, died yes
terday at Homeopathic Hospital.
Mr.. Brooks, who had made his
Evening star., 1947-04-24
BrathH
wuJIAM poRrRT

MoFFETT, WILLIAM ROBERT. The
N Lodge, No. %. +. x. 4. N. are
IN requested to attend the funeral
MGNot our late brother and psSt
Funeral from the 8. H; Hines
Co. Funeral Home. .2901 14th St
NV, on Friday. April 70, Ia47. at 2 pm.
MERLE BUCK, Worshipful Master.
Attest, VIM. v. BENEFITS, p. M,
Evening star., 1947-04-24

parted thus life Tuesday, April 22 1917,
a,, 2, hsr r> BONG in Baltimore. Md, Mrs
to mourn their loss a husband, Mr.. Floyd
Martin: a sister, Mrs Berthe b. Gilmore;
2 nephew. Mr. James D. Gilmore: a niece,
MRS Arlene G: Leak a brother-in-l law,
2. C. and other relatives and friends
Funeral services will be held in Baltimore,
No. Friday. April IS. at Il noon Inter-
ment Harmony Cemetery. Washington,
D. C
Evening star., 1947-04-24
LYppANE. EDNA HARRIET On Wed

nesday, April %, 1877, EDNA HARRIETT
LYDDANE Of 3100 Conn. ave. NV, be-
loved wife OF Stephen B. Lyddane. mother
OF William G. ONeale and Mrs. Elizabeth
j., Weitzel. both OF Arlington, va; sister
ot joseph Marceron. Funeral services at
14th St NV, on Friday. April IS, at $40
m; thence to St. Thomas Apostle Church.
9Th st. and Woodley I'd. NV. where the
holy sacrifice of the mass will be offered
at 10 am. for the repose Of her soul,
Interment Oak Hill Cemetery
Evening star., 1947-04-24

MAYER. ANNA On Wednesday April
%. 194s. at her residence, 627 Gist ave.
SILVER Spring; Nd. ANNA MAYER, the be-
loyed wife Of Julius T: Mayer. mother Of
Lula Eisunhit of Connersville, Ind; Ed
WARD WARD Haueh Of San Francisco. Calf. and
ices at Chambers Funeral Home, 400
Chapin ST. nv, on Saturday. April 26. at
| pm. 1nterment at Cedar Hill Gene
teEE' 26
Evening star., 1947-04-24

gay; April s3. iel4 his res.sens@ee e @ednes aass
%fIIAM MoftEfSTh fSThsEs SsloSaa Saris; sasbsad ma
,or OF Liess e Gr,so s MoFetts hroths- Of Mrs. EIea
WAYNE VA aIlsT HAT % q so,,es sSnast Hil J.. Mrs.
BENJAMIN Moffett Of paytona Beach. Fla
nephew OF Miss M. L. Johnson OF Fred.
erlck, Nd. Services at the S ri Hines
Go. Funeral Home, e9al i4th st. NV
on friday, April %, at pm Inter
'Eent Arlington National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1947-04-24

MITCHELL, HENRIETTA On Wednes-
Gay, April %. 1947. HENRIETTA MITCH
ELL, wife of the late Richard Mitchell and
motner OF Henrietta Williams, Dorothy
Roetnson, George and Robert Mitchell
SEe also leaves two sisters, Mr. Sarah
Ilppett and Mrs. Elizabeth johnson: eleven
kIanochildren, one great-graadchiid ard
many other relatives and friends. Remains
may may be viewed Friday after 9 pm. at her
Ate residenee, 624 Morton pl ne. Fu-
sssreI saturday. April 26. at 9 an: from
81: Cyprians Church, 18th and sts. Sc,
interment Mount Oliset Cemetery. Sery
ices by Alexander S. Pope. *
Evening star., 1947-04-24

VIZ EFT, WILLIAM R0BERT Mem
MSnsyz bers Of the Seret. Jasper Post,
AA9ESA No, l3. American Legion, are
M2S9 lereby notinea of the death Of
Com Iade WILLIAM ROBERT
EHWy MOFFETT Funeral services at
H$2a.2Y the s. H. Hines Funeral Home.
2AOl 18th ST. NV, on Friday.
April -, la47. at . pm. Inserment
Arlington National Cemetery.
HAROLD J. MCLAUGHLIN,
Commander.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
CRoMPToN, THOMAS. On Wednesd

April 81, I947. at Emergency Hospital
THOMAS CROMPTON, the beloved hus-
band Of Catherine c. Crompton. Friends
may call at the Lee Funeral Home, 4th St.
and Mass. ave. ne, where services will be
held on Monday. April 2s, at pm. Rela-
tives and friends invited, 1nterment Ar
lingtnn Natinnal CemeterY. u
Evening star., 1947-08-21

Atop one of Oahu's mountains
there Is a rsdar station which op-
crates ID hours a day keeping track
of planes coming and going from
Oahu. both eastward and westward.
The positions of the planes are
relayed to an underground control
center near Fort Shafter where
they are plotted OH charts until the
planes land or pass out Of the
radar'S view.
This central radar station picked
up the Atcheson plane on the
screen when it came over the hori-
zon Saturday night. Capt. Mayer
said, but there was no indication it
was in trouble.
Not until the pilot asked for a
position Ak and said he was run
ming out of gasoline did the radar
Evening star., 1947-08-21
Official Casualty LIST
Shows $50 Dead, 80
Missing in Cadiz Blast
BY the Associated Press

CADIz, Spain, Aug. 21.- The
Provincial Board of Health, giving
the first official casualty figures for
Monday nights arms blast in Cadiz
said today $50 persons were known
to have perished and about 80
bodies remained beneath the wreck
age.
The board said the number Of in
jured totaled approximately 5000,
including $50 seriously hurt. Sew
eral thousand persons, the board
added. suffered cuts and bruises
from flying glass and debris.
Mayor Francisco Sanchez CoSsio
estimated earlier that the death
toll from the shattering explosion at
the nearby naval torpedo and mine
factory would reach approximately
200.
Mayor Sanchez appealed to Gen
eraHssimo Franco today to remove
armament and munition stores re-
naming within the city limits, say
ing they were liable to cause fur
ther disaster.
In note handed to Rear Ad-
miral Francisco Delgado, the navy
minister, to be relayed to Gen.
Franco, the mayor also outlined the
urgent reconstruction problems fac
ing the city.
He stressed problems of housing,
employment and business resulting
from the blast damage, which early
estimates said would pass 100000
900. He requested early considera-
ton for repairs to business buildings
and to the city's main streets in
the heart of Cadiz, practically all
of which suffered some damage.
Mayor Sanchez also asked the
generalissimo to rebuild the old-age
home, hospitals, maternity home
and other public institutions de-
stroyed by the blast. He empha-
sized industrial problems such as
those at the ravaged Echevarrieta
and Labrinaga shipyards, which are
especially important to the economy
of Cadiz.
He appealed especially for gov
ernment moratorium for commerce
and industry in Cadiz.
Most of Cuba's avocado crop will
come to the United States by air
Evening star., 1947-08-21
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. ~ A
ThuRsoAY. AUGUST

station send out an elert and the
Army's radar network went into
action.
With the alert, all units of the
Hawaiian Sea Frontier got busy
and, In less than 20 minutes while
rescue ships sped toward the scene,
four radar stations had a fix" on
the Atcheson plane.
These mechanical eyes followed
the big converted Flying Fortress as
it dropped lower and lower. until it
passed from view Of the radar
screens, carrying Ambassador
George Atcheson. jr.. and nine
others to their deaths about 100
miles west of Honolulu.
Evening star., 1947-08-21
BY the Associated Press

HONOLULU, Aug. 21-The far
seeing eyes of the Hawaiian Sea
Frontiers radar watched the Atche-
son plane crash disaStrously in the
stormy Pacific Saturday night, an
expert revealed yesterday.
Had the pilot sent an earlier warn
ing that he was in trouble these
same eyes could have expedited
rescue efforts, the expert observed
Naval Capt. Walter S. Mayer, jr.,
of Staten Island. N. Y, who heirs
direct the frontiers Air-Sea Rescue
Evening star., 1947-08-21
Oahu Rodor Eyes WotchedB-77
Garry Atcheson to Death at Sea

Center, said, however, that the
warning did not come until the
plane was 80 minutes from disaster.
With a two-hour warning. he ex-
planned, a rescue plane could have
been guided by radar to the i'm
perilled ships to pinpoint the crash
position and direct rescue vessels to
the exact spot.
Even so, the Army's radar network
played an important role in the
rescue efforts before and after the
plane plunged into the sea, carrying
! 10 men to death, Capt. Mayer sale
Evening star., 1947-08-21

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by advertising in The Star.
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am. to 9 pm.
Evening star., 1947-08-21

Most of Cuba's avocado crop will
come to the United States by air
this year.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-06-13
Soil District Proposal
Continued from page one)

by the farm and ranch owners
and operators. No district can be
formed unless they register this
want; first, by petition, and later
by a favorable vote of at least 65
per cent of the qualified voters.
A district does not have authority
to levy taxes"
All owners or operators of land
in Glacier county are eligible to
vote, Flesch explained, and hus-
band and wife who own land as
joint tenants may both vote. In
dams owning fee title to lands or
who are leasing lands for farm
or ranch purposes are also ell
gible to vote.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-06-13
Card of Thanks

We wish to express our deep
gratitude to our many k n d
friends for their sympathy and
devotion to US during the illness
and death of our beloved daugh-
ter, wife, sister and mother, the
late Mrs. Stella Vielle Sharp.
VIM. Sharp and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Vielle
and family.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-06-13
Babies Live

One out Of every four babies born
IN 1890 died before its first birth
day. Now only one out of 20 infants
dies during its first year, making
up for the decline in the American
birth rate from 40 per 1000 inhabi-
tants in 1890 to 1877 births per 1000
Inhabitants today.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-06-13

Canada's progress in mineral dis.
covery with the aid of the airplane
Is stated to be five to ten times as
great as before. Air prospecting for
evidences of uranium has been re-
Gently carried on over vast regions
where ground travel is at snail's
pace. -
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-06-13
For Sale

Dodge 4-wheel drive Command
Car; in fine mechanical condition.
Inquire E at Yegen Hotel
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-06-13

Blindness Prevented
More than half of all blindness Is
preventable by proper eye care, in
dustrial safeguards and other pre-
cautionary measures.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-06-13
Lions Lean

After a short running start, a lion
can leap as far as rs feet, but he
can hardly jump half that far with
out the preliminary run.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-26
One Mans Opinion By WALTER HERMAN

British women asking spinster pensions at 55 They don't ask to be natonalzed but they would ap- precate being subsidized. - It is not expected that American girls will pick up the crusade First of all
 it admitting to age 55 instead of lover 21" = knew woman who gave her age lover 21" at the last election The clerk looked her and said, Second time around lady?" - Anyway spinster pen sions would have disastrous effect marriage It will be sad day when girl says q like you ot but
 have my pension to think of" = On the other hand it would give lot of maiden ladies reasonable explana- tion for staying single ... What do you mean can't get man?" she says 'Pm working for my pension!'
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-26
foreign policy of this country, which based on our faith to avoid war, is to build 8 strong America.

faith to avoid war, is to build strong America
 Mr. Street went on to say that economic teracy is needed by both business and labor strong home front is to be maintained.
 What we do as individual business men affects the economy as whOe," he observed. What labor does in its interest also affects the economy whole.
 W this is true then the interests of business and la boz not opposite ends but together to the goal Our joint aim is strong economy high standard of living for a freedom of opportunity in which the Individual rise to his highest talent and his highest reward.
 What we need in America is unity of purpose Arrangements victory labor labors victory management may empty of reward for the victor those victories contribute to the undermining of system and help to nullfy the highest ambiton of government-an ambition to prevent the spread of toalitariansm and to keep it from putting its unAmer ican tenacles upon country"
 He summed up his whole address in that last para graph.
 Every American has interest in the preservation of the free enterprise system, unhampered by monopo lstic practices by.government, by labor, by business or by agriculture.
 If we fall short of that goal, any victory of manage ment labor of labor oyer management will n- deed prove empty of reward.