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Evening star., 1948-10-12
Mrs. Mabel Ho||ister
Funeral Rites Today

Funeral services were to be held
at pm. today for Mrs. Mabel P
Hollister, SO, widow of the late Ned
Hollister. superintendent of the Zoe
here from 1916 until his death in
1924. Mrs. Hollister died in Doctors
Hospital Sunday. after long illness
The rites were to be in Gawler's
chapel, 1855 Pennsylvania avenue
NV, followed by private burial.
Mrs. Hollister had been a Wash
ington resident for 43 years. She
lived at 1919 Ontario place NV.
A native Of Kentland, Ind, Mrs
Hollister attended Purdue Univer-
sity and came here in 1905 to con-
tinue her studies at George WASH
ington University. She specialized
in modern languages
After the death of Mr.. Hollister,
whom she married here in 1908, she
became associated with the Ma
tional Herbarium, part of the
Smithsonian Institution Mrs. Hol-
lister resigned In 1947 after II years
with the institution.
She is survived by two brothers,
Conrad w. Pfrimmer and Lowell
Pfrimmer of Phoenix, Ariz.. and a
sister. Miss Lillian r. Pfrimmer OF
the Ontario place address.
Evening star., 1948-10-12
Induction Of First s.
DC. 10 Be Spaced
Throughout November

Induction of the first IS District
men into the Army will be spaced
throughout November, and those
examined first probably will be in
Quoted first. 1t. Col. Walter S.
Welsh, manpower division chief, said
today.
Thus, about 10 of the first u men
who have passed their preinduction
examinations will be called the first
week in November and the balance
of the quota will be filled by weekly
calls, he explained.
Meanwhile, the local boards took
over the complete responsibility of
registration of late and current reg
istrants. Heretofore, the District
headquarters have been doing part
of this work. There were 20 late
comers and "a. 18-year-olds who
signed up yesterday.
Names of the first IL men slated
for induction next month follow:
William M. Mumaw, PAST Tun-
law road NV; Jesse S. Bowen
1881 Twenty-second street NV:
Leonard L. Lewis, 1927 Kalorama
road NV; George II. Barnes, 1868
Kalorama road NV; Dan Greene
Bradley, $3.50 Rodman street NV;
Hal H. Rice, 1929 Macomh
street NV.
Also, Daniel M. ODonoghue
1927 Foxhall road NV; Edward
L. Ghormley. 6517 Thirty-second
street NV; Aureillo B. Collado
3ll5 Quesada street NV; William
I. Lee. jr., 1924 S street NV;
Charles A. Reese, 1927 Massachu-
sets avenue NV, and Quintin A.
Hill, 1853 Willard street NV.
Evening star., 1948-10-12
Rites Held for R. {. Dana,
FIGURE in Goat Castle Case
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

NATCHEZ, Miss, Oct, H.
Funeral services were held yesterday
for Richard c. Dana, II, eccentric
master of the Goat Castle" and q
figure in the Jennie Merrill murder
case Of 1892, who died Sunday night
Of pneumonia and other comphca.
tions.
The services were held at Trinity
Episcopal Church here, where Dana s
father, the Rev. Charles BacuS
Dana, had served as rector.
Dana inherited the ante-bellum
mansion near here from his father
IS years ago and since had lived
there with his legal guardian, Miss
Octavia Dockery, and a herd Of
goats.
A legal siege for possession Of the
wierd old house followed the equally
drawn-out case of the Staying Of a
neighbor-MiSs Jennie Merrill, aged
and wealthy daughter of the late
Ayres Merrill. minister to Belgium.
Miss Jennie, it was said, often took
pot shots at straying goats.
Dana and Miss Dockery were in
dicted for the Staying, but neighbor-
hood sympathy was with them and
1t was impossible to obtain jury to
try them. Ballistics evidence was
later produced showing that a Negro
named Pearls was the actual slayer.
He was killed in Pine Bluff, Ark, by
officers attempting to arrest him.
Evening star., 1948-10-12
Graziani Helps Que||
Court Demonstration
BY the Assoeiofed Press

ROME, Oct. 12.-Former Marsha
Rodolf Graziani, on trial for COL
laboration with the Germans, per.
sonally took command in quelline
demonstration in his favor ir
court here today.
Put them out-take them In
charge" he shouted at police ir
the courtroom. do you want te
spoil all my work."
Police ousted the demonstrators
and detained one man.
The demonstration took place the
moment the judge left his seat
after recessing the trial until to-
morrow.
Graziani was still in the dock. He
had spoken five hours, defending
his military and political admin
istration in Africa. He attacked
almost every other high military fig.
ure of his day, concentrating par
ticularly on Italian Marshal Pietre
Badoglio. Badoglio headed the first
Italian surrender government, while
Graziani became head of the armed
forces in Mussolini's last-ditch So
cial republic of the north.
Graziani accused Badoglio OF
bounding him, circulating rumors
Of atrocities under Graziani's ad-
ministration, giving him military
orders impossible to fulfill, depriv-
ing him of equipment and misin-
forming Mussolini about him. He
suggested the court could cal
Badoglio IF he wants information
about the infamies against me-"
Evening star., 1948-10-12
Countess De Ben!que,
Hush Money Case
Figure, Dead al 81

Funeral services were held today
for the Countess Grace Dutar De
Benque, "a, once a well-known
Washington resident who was con-
victed in a hush money" case here
in 1888.
The countess death in st. Eliza
beths Hospital last Friday was
revealed late yesterday.
Funeral services were conducted
by the Rev. Meade Bolton MacBride
in the Saffell funeral home, ATS H
street NV, and burial was in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
Served Three Years.
The Countess De Benque, who also
was known as Grace Simpkins
Dutar, served more than three years
at Lorton Reformatory for black
mailing the late Miss Louise Maret,
co-proprietor of the fashionable
Maret School for Girls. The count
ess and George A. Gormley, who was
convicted last year of war surplus
fraud, were sentenced for obtaining
$1,000 hush money from Miss Maret.
The Countess De Benque was pa
rolled in 1886 and discharged from
parole in 1887.
Terming the countess life a
tragedy" acquaintances here could
throw little light on her background.
Husband Died in 1912.
She was born in Peekskill, N. Y,
the daughter of Cornelius Van
Alstag and Robina Simpkins. Said
to have been married and widowed
one or more times previously, she
was married in 1917 to John Joseph
Felix Dutar De Benque, described
as a French count, who died in 1912.
The Count and Countess De Benque
had a home in the 2400 block of
Wyoming avenue NV. and she was
said to have been a person of means.
She became bankrupt, however,
at the time of her indictment.
She was said to have lived at
the Cairo Hotel and in the 1000
block of Newton street NE. before
entering the hospital more than
year ago.
Evening star., 1948-10-12
West End Citizens Elect
|Wasson for 10Th Year

Walter F. Wasson last night was
elected president of the West End
Citizens Association for the 10th
year, and William r. Brown was
elected for his 45th year as treas
urer.
Other new officers are Lester H.
Steinem, the Rev. William L. Mayo
and Joseph H. Gerone, vice presi-
dents; Mrs William o. Rogers, Sec
retary, and M. Wasson and Mr..
Steinem, delegates to the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations.
After their election, the officers
took an oath that they are not
members of or affiliated with any of
the 28 organizations listed by the
Federation of Citizens Associations
as "subversive."
The group voted to write letter
to the Chief Justice asking why
there is not an American flag in the
Supreme Court chamber. Mr.. Was
son said he had been to the Su-
preme Court more than a dozen
times, and I've never seen a flag on
display there"
The meeting was held in No. 3
police princinct, Twentieth and K
streets NV.
Evening star., 1948-10-12
Miss Mildred Waller, &,
Will Be Buried Today

Funeral services were to be held
at o'clock this afternoon in Aqua
Church, Stafford County, Va, for
Miss Mildred Pickett Waller, 80,
owner of Clifton, historic manor at
Wide Water, Va, that burned two
years ago.
Miss Waller died at the home Of
a niece, Mrs. A. L. Osterman,
Wheeling, w. Va, where she had
moved short time ago.
Miss Waller was one of eight
daughters of Withers and Anne
Stribling Waller of Clifton. friends
and frequent hosts Of President
Cleveland when he came to Clifton
to shoot ducks.
Active in civic and patriotic
groups in Fredericksburg, Miss
Waller was a member of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution,
Colonial Danes and United Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy. She was
a lifelong member Of Aqua Church.
She is survived by two sisters, Mrs.
A. J. Pkye and Mrs. r. A. Moncure
of Stafford County and 81 nieces
and nephews.
Evening star., 1948-10-12
Mrs. Katherine Batson
Rites Set Tomorrow

Requiem mass will be sung at .
am. tomorrow for Mrs. Katherine
E. Batson, SO native Washington
nian and General Accounting Of
flee auditor for more than Is years,
who died Unexpectedly in her home
Sunday after a two-month illness.
She lived at 1921 Thirteenth
street NV.
The rites will be held in Nativity
Catholic Church, 5000 Georgia ave-
nue. NV. Burial will be in Rock
Greek Cemetery.
Mrs. Batson was the widow Of
Charles D. Batson, Potomac Elec-
trio Power Co. employe. who died
80 years ago.
She Is survived by . daughter.
Mrs. Doris B. Hess, 55o8 Roosevelt
street, Bethesda, Md; sister, Mrs.
John C. Roe, Pittsfield, Mass, and
three grandchildren.
Evening star., 1948-10-12
Thomas Armat Bequeaths
$4,000 Estate 10 Widow

Thomas Armat, q pioneer in the
motion picture industry. who dice
at his home, Graystone, on the
edge of Rock Creek Park on Sep.
tember 80, left his entire estate
worth about $l60,000, to this widow
Mrs. Mary B. Armat. Mr.. Ama1
was 81.
A petition for probate of his will
was filed yesterday in District Court
through Attorney Frederick S
Tyler. The will itself had beer
filed earlier?
The petition listed real estate ir
the District, Maryland, Virginia anc
West Virginia at an estimated value
Of $4,000. His personal property
was listed as amounting to about
$4,000.
Mr.. Armat's inventions were
credited with playing an important
part in the development of a prac.
tical film protector. For a time, hi
was associated with the late Thoma.
A. Edison.
Mexico City union workers stagee
a great parade of protest agains
shortages and high living costs.
Evening star., 1948-10-12
Paul Evans Jameson
Rites Set Tomorrow

An honor committee of 10 mem.
bers of the District Bar Association
will represent the organization a
the funeral tomorrow of Paul Evan!
Jameson, 54, lawyer and civic lead.
er, who died in Sibley Hospita
Sunday.
The services will be conducted
with Masonic rites at 2 pm. tomor
row in the Hines funeral home, 200
Fourteenth street. 1t was inadvert.
emily stated in The Star yesterday
that the rites would be held thi!
Afternoon. The Rev. John C. Palmer
grand chaplain. Order of the
Mystic Shrine, will offciate. Buria
will be in Fort Loncoln Cemetery
Mr.. Jameson was general counsel
of the City Fire Fighters Associa.
ton and the Retired Firemen's AS.
sociation. He had been practicine
law here since 1880.
Besides his membership in the
District Bar Association, he was q
member Of the board of managers
Columbia Historical Society; past
president Of the Burroughs Citi-
zens' Association, and belonged to
the Washington Board of Trade and
the East Gate Masonic Lodge. He
lived at Twin Oaks, Ridge road ex-
tended, Hyattsville, Md.
The Bar Association Committee
will comprise the following. Judge
Henry A. Schweinhaut, Walter M
Bastian, Marcus Borchardt, John B
Diamond III, John r. Fletcher
Harry w. Goldberg, Thomas F
Heffelfinger, E. Hilton jackson, Guy
M. Meadows and F. Regis Noel.
Evening star., 1948-10-12
Mrs. Rosetta Post Die,
Soon After Markinq
Her tooth Birthday

Mrs. Rosetta Post, who celebrated
her Tooth birthday June 2. died to-
day in Homeopathic Hospital. She
became i'll Sunday night at her
home, 3457 North Thirteenth street
Arlington.
Mrs. Post had lived in the WASH
ington area since 1908. She was
native of Camillus, Onondaga
County, New York. and often de-
scribed to her Arlington neighbors
how the young men in her town
marched of to the Civil War.
Although she was almost blind
and her hearing was somewhat i'm
paired, Mrs. Post spent much OF
her time listening to the radio. When
she was interviewed by reporters on
her Tooth birthday, she warned
young people to leave cigarettes
and liquor alone"
Mrs. Posts husband, John M
Post, died in 1917 OF her five chill
dren, three are living: Mrs. Edna
M. Council of the Arlington address
Ernest Post, 1409 Foxhall road NV
and Charles Post of California. She
also is survived by a 95-year-old
sister in Syracuse, N. Y, and by II
grandchildren, II great-grandchil-
dren and I great-great-grandchil-
dren.
Evening star., 1948-10-12
Hi|Icrest Citizen Group
Votes Covenant PLEDGE

The Hillcrest Citizens Association
last night approved a covenant
pledge" which would ask property
owners in the area mot to sell, rent
or lease their property except to
members of the Caucasian race
The pledge, "even though not leg
ally enforceable should have an ef.
feet morally Carl, c. Smuck. who
drafted the form, told the group.
George w. Absher, president, said:
1--WE are pledged to each other by
this agreement and this seems the
fairest thing we can do"
The association. in letter to the
Capital Transit Co., expressed sat-
isfaction with the reasonable" fare
increase but asked for better bus
service in the Hillcrest area.
The group also asked for a trafic
light at the intersection Of Branch
and Alabama avenues Sc.
The meeting was held in the East
Washington Heights Baptist Church,
1886 Alabama avenue Sc.
Evening star., 1948-10-12
4n. Mrnturtaitt

LACEY, EDWARD H. In loving mem.
Gry GsceI 81 my beloved husband, EDWARD II
years ago today, October il. 1915. '"o
My heart still aches with sadness,
My eyes shed many tears;
God only knows how much l miss you
IoyISs VIC WIFE. VII % 'Ee EoRETTA sSasr WHITLEY
MAHoNEY. MARGARET A. In lovin.
memory q mayonrH 1l our dear mother. MARGARET
years ago today. October Il. IS45. e
We do not need a special day
The days we do not think Of you
HER 41s EevKsg EsFy GaTDsES. haTa K ng JAMES NJ
AND AMY LUCILLE
MONTGOMERY, MARY A. In lovins
mem9ry OF our dear wife and mother
year ago today, October IL, iS4S. o '"e
But h' ssili the sea@ vacant ot chair che goes on
RECALLS the love; he voice. the smile
of mother, who once sat there.
Her life is q beautiful memory.
She sleeps in qod's % sesutitul garden
HER HUSBAND AND fH5 DAudHTER. Rsais .
our NoAsk' a.sK S..SsRa oscar In SAD memSEy q
NoAcK, who departed this life % thirty
years ago today, october II, 1918.
To have, to love and then to part
Is the greatest sorrow TSr 81 ons,s Tss,pv heart
ROGERS, MARTHA B. II In sadiSi SAD but low
MARTHA \ +. III !. ;; E. RoqERs, Who passed away
A, loving mother. so true. so rare,
The trials she went through. few could
She never complained. she wasn't that
She was one of those mothers hard to
The years may wipe out many things,
su1 sns they'll o tbosi wipe b.nnv 9@t
when HER sefs bESorED 70 iS5staa1i CHILDREN.
6 deaE Who passed aWey Ho
years ago today. October II, 1915.
Vo One 'o " The M worids TSFeesest best, nuS0an0'
And when on earth his work was done
He called him home to rest.
He is gone, but not forgotten,
Oh how hess @iss rSxso you, 30 "d,; dear Richard,
YOUR LoV1Sa Ss Ne wiz WIFE. san MINNIE sLAuoH
voGELsANG. FRED. In loving mem
G my WSo dear hs9ad Ss FREp ivy
ago today, october IL, 1946.
Deep in my heart is a picture
OF my loved one gone to rest;
In memory's frame / shall keep. 1t,
For you, dear, were one Of the best.
You left behind q broken heart
That loved you SO sincere.
That never did and never will
Forget you. husband, d deas Z I,.,
WILDER, MRS. SALLIE C. In loving
memory Of our very dear mother and
grandmother Mrs. SALLIE G. WILDER.
who left us 1--WE years ago today October
Susan " THOMPSON AND SALLY W.
+ THOMPSON.
Evening star., 1948-10-12
Donald Williamson Dies;
Long in Auto Business

Donald Mcbride Williamson, 40
Northern Virginia distributor fol
the Tucker automobile and former
industrial analyst with the Wal
Production Board, died at his home
yesterday of heart ailment. He
had been i'll for a year.
Mr.. Williamson, who lived al
4301 Thirty-sixth street South
darlington. was born in Tonowan-
da, ILL.,. but had spent most of his
life in Richmond and Roanoke
where, he was in the automobile
business. He moved to Harrington
five years ago. He was an infantry
veteran of World War I.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Nan Haynes Williamson, and four
children, all of darlington. They
are William T., Charles D. and Miss
Virginia r. Williamson and Mrs
c. A. Pooler. A brother and two
sisters also survive. They are Col
Williams r. Williamson, Woodville
Va; Miss Frances Williamson, Fair
lington, and Mrs. Mary Hooke, New
York City. He also leaves a grand
son.
Evening star., 1948-10-12
HIT MRttturiatt

BLAKEY. CHARLES W., SR. In loving
father. CHARLES W. BLAKEY, sr., who
departed Ga3ast this lite four years ago today
There is a reaper whose name is death,
And with his sickle keen
He reaps the bearded grain at q breath
Ano the flowers that grow between.
And theueh We gave. in tears and pain,
WI In tie tie ssrden "a SSui oi Iisht Ign above. %
HIS bRRs RsyeTaR aRAeA MIEE AN6 ho5s eAERs AaR GILL M
BRIGHT. JUANITA. In loving memory
JUANITA BRIGHT. who left us two years
ago today, October ~. 1916.
No one knows the. silent heartache,
OF the grief that Is borne in silence
For the one We loved so we'll.
BRIGHT FAMILY.
of saooks MA NAME MAE l sEos REo5k Ts
departed this life seven years ago. october
r., l941.
Loving, thoushts Of one so dear
Often bring s.urn silent IL tear ion. ,..,
LoyIEe WI HUsBAND. CHARLES R.
to se sss; masE a1s.E hAAs srsufs q sys
who passed away seven years ago, October
II. 1941.
Your life was unselfsh
And for others you lived.
HER 9i pEySrEP E1ae ca2IpRES, VIOLA COT
TEN AND BEATRICE JETER
BROWN. MAURICE LEE. A tribute OF
and and brothers MAIRIcE LEE e M Brown. sSo sSo
departed this life eight years ago today,
=. And you could have lived your best,
lns And srsss aod p .ooS S.a yoa S Rome to rest:
Hls k2X5sG 1aBHfR AaB aAEk aaahf
COLEMAN. wrLL1EANNA. A tribut. OF
love and SfYGtlSna e the Of our
departed this life October IL, 1928.
COLEMAN, WILLIE c. HICKS.
DANIELS, Ellie N. In memory Of my
parted this life eight years ago today, oc-
IovINd i9SsT ID DAUGHTER. MARIE wAssMAN
Gross - JOHN s.o1sa sssssd ssssnd to iDnH tes mem
Gross, who departed this life ten years
forced to part, but time and space cannot
erf5s psvoTEp ySHT nSMfas WIFE, MINNIE Z. GROSS.
HORSEMAN, ALBERT w. In memory
of my father, ALBERT w. HORSEMAN,
who passed. on six years ago today, octo-
HI HIS LovINd SON, LEO I. HoRsEMAN.
JACKSON, EMMA p. A tribute of love
to the memory Of my dear grandmother
EMMA P. JACKSON. who passed to the
Great Beyond twelve years ago today, oc-
| tober 12. 1896.
Dear grandmother, you are not forsotten.
! Though on earth you are no more;
Still in memory you are with me
As you always were before. WILLIE.
Evening star., 1948-10-12
Record CropsAssured,
Farmers Lay Plans
For Big Output in AZ
BY the Associoted Press

With record crop volume
practically assured for this year,
farmers already are turning their
attention to planting for an
other big output in 1949.
The Agriculture Department re-
ported this in harvest-time state
ment yesterday estimating this years
total crop production will exceed
the 1916 record by 8 per cent.
Favorable weather in September
virtually nailed down earlier fore
casts that 1948 production will top
all others.
Fall plowing, field preparation and
seeding of such fall-sown grains as
winter wheat, rye and oats is pro-
crossing seasonally, the department
said.
Lack Of Moisture Delays Seeding.
In some areas, however, lack of
soil moisture has held up grain seed
ing. This was the case in parts of
the Southern Great Plains, where
dry weather year ago also hindered
operations.
| This years record corn crop will
be larger than the department had
predicted previously if its latest esti-
mate Is borne out. Yesterdays re-
port put the crop at 1857 ,955 900
bushels-a boost of about $4,000, 900
bushels from the September fore
cast.
Surprising the 1916 record by 10
per cent, the new corn crop opens
the way for big increase in pro-
duction of meats, dairy and poultry
products. Consumers should feel the
benefits in the form of lower prices
by late l949, officials said.
New Price Drop Possible.
With farm prices in general down
about 5 per cent from the January
peak, an Agriculture Department
economist said today further drop
of Is per cent may come by the end
OF 1949-if peace prospects brighten.
O. c. Stine, assistant chief of the
Bureau of Agricultural Economics,
told a conference of several hundred
State agricultural college economists
prices will hold so long as "the pos
sibility Of active warfare hangs in
the balance"
But assuming peace. Mr.. Stine
said. the turn of the tide for agri-
culture has passed.
Price Peak Set in January.
"The peak in real income for
farmers was reached in 1916, in net
dollar volume in 1947 in prices re-
ceived in January, 1948," he said.
The department estimated yester-
day that 1920, 100000 bushels of corn
will be harvested as grain, the bal
ance going into silage and other
feed materials. This would be so
per cent more than was harvested
last year, when the crop was ex-
tremely short, due to dry weather.
Aiding corn in establishing a pro-
duction record this season were rec
ord crops of soybeans, peanuts
pecans and cranberries; near-record
crops of wheat, oats, haxseed, rice
sorghum grain, dry beans and citrus
fruits, and above-average crops OF
cotton, barley, all hay, potatoes, to-
bacco, sugar cane, sugar beets, hops
peaches, cherries and apricots.
The combined crop of food grains
wheat, rye, rice and buckwheat-
was said to be the largest on record
Evening star., 1948-10-12
Bernt BoIchen Recalled
To Duty With Air Force

Col. Bernt Balchen, a specialist
In Air Transport Command opera
tions during World War II, has
been recalled to active duty with
the Air Force, the department an
nounced today.
Since leaving the Air Force in
lS46 ne has been managing direc-
tor OF the Norwegian branch of the
Scandinavian Airline System. The
Air Force said he was being as
signed temporarily to Boiling Air
Force Base pending reassignment.
Evening star., 1948-10-12
Lost Norfolk Veteran
Of Confederucy Dies
BY the Associoted Press

NORFOLK, Va, Oct. 12.-Theo-
dore Norman Mayo, Norfolk's last
Confederate veteran, died yester.
day at the age of 103. His death
leaves only four veterans Of the
Confederacy in Virginia, according
to available records.
Mr.. Mayo was 16 years old when
he joined the Confederate Army.
Another Virginia, veteran Of the
Confederacy, James G. Dickerson Of
Suffolk, died last week. He, too
was 103.