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NSOAtshinSa . ASAA Aco ueS'l
all the most popular resorts. One
of the best buys out Of Miami is
the circle trip. which includes
Havana. Kingston, Port Au Prince
and return to Miami for $l10.
Circle Trips Available.
In cooperation with Eastern
and National. Pan American also
offers q "circss trip" out of New
York and through the Caribbean
to Miami and back to New York.
This route includes Puerto Rico,
the Dominican Republic. Haiti.
Jamaica and Cuba, or the trip
can be reversed. One can fly from
Washington to Miami. then
through the Caribbean and back
to New York and Washington for
q total fare Of $l98. Tickets are
good for 80 days.
Steamer service out OF New
York. New Orleans and other
Atlantic and Gulf ports to- most
Of the Caribbean countries is fire.
quent and reasonably inexpensive.
Evening star., 1949-12-11

au-Prince and to Ciudad Trujillo.
These fares, valid for 81 days
will expire May Is. The Miami
Havana Miami special round-trip
fare Of $50, valid for 80 days. is
also in effect.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Shutterbuas Advised

TAMPA, Fla. Dec. 10.-"What
and Where to Photograph In
Tampa" Is the title Of q new pam
phlet produced by the Greater
Tampa Chamber Of Commerce for
free distribution to the city'a
visitors.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Buslines Selling
Tours to Sunny
VaCatiOnlandS

The household statistician in
charge of a budget that just
won't stretch will find trips to
winter vacation resorts will fit
within the vacation allotment this
year, If the travelling is done by
bus.
The two transcontinental bus
lines with terminals in Washing
ton have a variety of planned
tours which include hotel rooms
and sightseeing trips and operate
on definite schedules. For those
who want to be left to their own
devices the companies operate
several express buses daily to the
principal winter Fairgrounds.
The planned tours cater mostly
to those who want to spend a
winter vacation in the surf and
under a warm sun. Devotees OF
winter sports are ION their own"
as far as hotel rooms are con-
cerned-and no ski enthusiast
wants to 60 sightseeing. anyway.
when the hillsides are covered
with tightly packed snow. Both
bus companies promise to accom-
modate all northbound sportsmen
on express buses when the snow
starts to fall.
Havana Included.
Vacationers with limited time
and purse take their choice Of such
tours as these. offered by Grey
hound:
A nine-day tour of Havana.
which provides bus transportation
to Key West, Fla. and plane reser-
vations to Havana. Vacationers
have two days and three nights in
the Cuban capital. The cost Is
about $3.50 per person If a single
room is desired. sl35 per person
for a double room.
An 11-day tour Of Havana pro-
vides transportation from Miami
by boat.
A 13-day tour of Florida. with
stops at Jacksonville. Tampa. st.
Petersburg and Miami, as well as
several sightseeing trips during
the swing through the State. The
rates are $14629 and $129 40. in
cluding tax. Passengers may leave
Washington daily aboard a linn
tted bus. stopping only at key
cities on the way.
Greyhound also offers a 21-day
planned tour to California. fol-
lowing the Southern route out and
coming back by way of Salt Lake
City and Chicago. Sightseeing
trips to Juarez. Mexico, and the
Grand Canyon are included in the
itinerary.
Six-day trips to Niagara Falls:
three. four and five day planned
tours to New York City and a
New Orleans trip also are offered
by the company.
- Greyhound offers three limited
buses leaving daily for Florida. |
Fares for the limited buses
which cut five hours from normal
running time-are 10 per cent
above the regular ticket price.
Trailways Offers Tours.
The railways Bus Co. offers |
planned tours to Mexico City, !
Miami Beach. New Orleans and
Southern California. |
Vacationeers may take a 17-day
tour to Mexico City with Trail
ways at prices starting at $145.
All transportation, hotel rooms
and sightseeing trips are Ina
cluded in the price.
railways cheapest planned tour
to Miami Beach is for eight days
and prices start at $56.95. Tours
Of Southern California range from
Il to 80 days. The coast-to-coast
trip Is aboard express buses. with
two changes en- route.
The company operates four ex-
press buses to Florida each day.
There is no extra fare on these
buses.
Both Greyhound and Trailways
have ordered luxurious. new
double-decker d buses. but neither
line knows when they will be In
service.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
KIM Cuts Fares

MIAMI, Dec. 10.-K. L. M.
Royal Dutch Airlines has intro
duced excursion round-trip fares
out of Miami to Kingston. to Port
Evening star., 1949-12-11

ORMOND REACH, FLA.
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MIAMIAN

Early AsrisL AlPxlim4s Distinguished by regul,
patrons it has and its comprehensive choice Of
dious sleepngar accommodations, which feature dfawn
rooms, compartments and lower and upper berh Loune
space. Diners table de hote and Ia meal
Evening star., 1949-12-11
FLORIDA SPECIAL
EAST COAST CHAMPION
WEST COAST CHAMPION
RESORTS.
ORLANDO, FLA.

~ AkN StreSmlisey ExelSsipely for Central ssd W
lined allprivateroom Pullmans and overnight,
seat coaches with picture windows Finest train exclusive
serving this growing territory Dining and lounge cal
Evening star., 1949-12-11
RESORTS.
ORLANDO, FLA.

DELRAY BEACH. FLA.-Larse from, rm,
9 meals: ur. ocean; settled man or wvman
$3.50 mo. p. o. Boz 1857. Delray Beach
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Lane Will Welcome
Pan-American Envoys
By the Associoted Press

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 21.-Repre-
sentatives of 10 American nations
will meet with Gov. Lane and the
Maryland Legislature tomorrow,
to honor the liberators of the
American republics.
The occasion is the 217th ami
versary of George Washington's S
birth. but the ceremonies also will
honor Simon Bolivar and other
Latin american heroes.
|. Officers of the Pan American
Union and Ambassadors of 19
member nations will be guests of
Maryland.
The group will be led by DR.. Al
berto Lleras. secretary-general OF
the Pan American Union. and will
be greeted by Gov. Lane upon
their arrival here.
They will then take tour of the
Naval Academy and have lunch
at the Academy Officers Club.
Speakers in the afternoon cere-
monies at the State House will in
clude DR.. Enrique v. Corominas,
the Argentine Ambassador and
chairman of the Union; Gov. Lane,
DR.. Lleras, president Byrnes Of the
State Senate and Speaker Sybert
of the House of Delegates.
The resolution of invitation
pointed out that the ''last great
moment of the Colonial era
George Washington's resignation
as commander in chief - took
place in the Maryland State
House.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Star News on WMAL
Three Times q Day

The Stars radio news pro-
grams are presented three
times a day, Monday through
Saturday, over Stations WMAL
and WMAL-FM.
The broadcasts, direct from
The Stars newsroom, may be
heard from IL noon to 1905,
s pm. to 6:05 and II pm. to
11:15. They are prepared by
The, Star, based on informa-
tion supplied by the papers
entire news-gathering organi-
zation. --.
Remember the times: Noon,
6p.m. and II pm. Supplement
your reading Of The Star by
getting up-to-the-minute re-
ports by radio from Washing
tons news authority.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Spencervi||e Truck Victim
Injured Saturday, Dies

A Spencerville CMd.) man died
yesterday in Montgomery County
General Hospital of injuries suf-
fered Saturday night when he was
struck by a truck near his home.
Stewart Hackley, so. colored,
was walking along the Colesville
Pike about a half-mile east of
Browns Corner when struck,
Montgomery County police said.
The driver of the truck, George
c. Wilson, As, of Layhill, Md.
has been charged with man
slaughter. Police quoted Mr.. Will
son as saying he was blinded by
the lights of an oncoming We
hicle. and did not see Mr.. Hack
ley.
Police said Mr.. Hackley was en-
ployed at the White Oak Naval
ordnance plant.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Second Hearing Asked
In Arlington Over
Religious Education

+ A second public hearing before
the Arlington County School Board
Dill the question of religious edu-
cation has been asked by a group
which opposes such teaching in
the public schools.
The group is the Provisional
Committee for the Separation Of
Church and School. The request
was made by the groups attorney.
William c. Levy, in letter to
Board Chairman Barnard Joy.
A hearing was held last month
and the Provisional Committee
was one of four groups which
expressed opposition to the pro-
gram which has been sponsored
in most Arlington elementary
schools since 1929. : The program
is operated by the Arlington
County Council Of Religious Edu-
cation. Glasses are held on re-
leased time.
AS a result of the hearing, the
hoard referred the question to its
attorney. Frank L. Ball. jr., who
10 days ago gave an opinion. that
the program is being operated in
conformity with a ruling Of the
Virginia Attorney General and, as
8 result, is constitutional.
The program was praised yes
serday at a meeting in the Clar-
endon Methodist Church. Sixth
and North Irving streets, Arling.
ton. when more than Io0residents
beard SPEAKERS declare the in
g4ructis exal. 49,
lbsa sanclud MINOR
Miller. executive secretary of the
Virginia Council of Churches, and
Mrs. w. B. Davidson. chief III
structor for the Arlington pro-
gram,
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Miss America Here as Guest
OF Minnesota State Society

That comely 18-year-old who Is
fitting about Washington today
with half a dozen ROTC cadets
in tow is Miss America"-known
in private life as Miss Bebe Shopp
of Hopkins, MINI.
But there's not much private
life for the girl who took the
coveted title at Atlantic City six
months ago.
Her schedule for her first visit
here is typical of the hectic life
she has been leading from New
England to California. while her
father stays home to figure out
her income tax.
Guest of the Minnesota State
Society, Miss Shopp dined with
the groups executive board after
smiling prettily for photographers
yesterday.
Today she planned to have
lunch at the Capitol with Senator
Thye. Republican, of Minnesota,
and other Minnesota members of
Congress.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
sp.eioI pi,poteh to The ssor

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 21-One Of
the sharpest fights Of the current
legislative session may develop to-
night when the Senate takes up
for third reading a bill providing
for construction of a bridge across
the Patuxept River.
The proposal. sponsored by the
five Southern Maryland Senators.
is frowned on by the State Roads
Commission. The State Highway
Advisory Council has issued a
statement asking the Assembly to
defeat it and the Governor to use
his veto power if the measure is
approved.
The $2,500,0Oo span would cross
the river from the Calvert County
shore at Holland Point to Benedict
on the Charles County side. It
would be financed by a State bond
issue to be repaid through toll
collections.
State Roads Commission Off
cials, who have completed test
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Fairfax PTA Presents
School Budget Proposals

The Executive Committee of the
Fairfax County Federation of
Parent Associations has
made a series of recommendations
to the County School Board for
inclusion in the 1949-50 school
budget.
The recommendations include: /:
A $2,400 minimum and $500
maximum for teachers salaries;
a raise in the salaries of principals
and supervisors by $400 year for
beginning personnel. and $500 per
year for experienced personnel: a
20 per cent increase in salaries
of custodians; the employment of
q woman janitor at schools where
more than one janitor is required
and appropriation of an additional
$25, 900 for art, handicraft and
other shop materials.
The recommendations were
taken under consideration at last
weeks School Board meeting.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Arlington Will Broadcast
z Brotherhood Programs

Arlington radio stations will
carry two special programs mark
ing Brotherhood Week, which will
end Sunday.
At 4 pm. Wednesday Station
WEAM will broadcast a discussion
by Rabbi Ira Sud of the Arlington
Jewish Center. the Rev. Thomas
o. Diggs of the A. M. E. Zion
Church, the Rev. Fred c. Williams
of the Clarendon Methodist
Church and Mrs. Walter J. Moore,
representing Roman Catholic laity
Station WARL will broadcast a
program at 4:45 pm. Friday.
Participating will be DR.. Ivan A.
Booker of the Arlington Round
Table. the Rev. j. A. Monroe. Cal
loway Methodist Church; the Rev.
Thomas Scannell. st. Charles
Roman Catholic Church. and Max
Barash Of the B'nai Birth.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Sharp Fight in State Senate
Seen on Putuxent Bridge PIan

borings and a traffic survey, say
the court of vehicular traffic SIS
too small to promise that tile
bridge would be self lf-supporting.
State Senator Louis L. Gold
stein. Democrat. of Calvert County,
in charge Of the bill, challenges
this contention.
''The count reported by the
commission" the Senator said
yesterday. lis far under the aver
age number which could reason
ably be expected to cross the
span"
They said" Senator Goldstein
asserted, when the Potomac River
bridge was built that it would not
pay for itself. I have the data to
show how far that statement was
in error and will bring it out in
detail when the bill comes up."
Gov. Lane has made no public
statement on the matter. but
sources close to the administration
believe he is in favor of the prof.
ect,
Evening star., 1949-02-21

A calendar of George Wash
ington birthday events includes
the following:
Today
8 pm; celebration by Ellen Spencer
Veterans, at 2o15 Massachusetts, avenue
pm: George Washington Birthday
9sRs SffRGn Msnson
Mount Vernon boulevard
9 pm. George Washington University
Medical School students dance, Hangar
Room, National Airport.
dance, Terrace Room. National Airport.
Tomorrow.
10, an Masonic Clubs of the Districts
advisory noard VIII place wreatn ~ Wasn-
10 am. Mass at st. Matthews Ca
10 am. George WASHINGTON Memorial
Association meeting in Memorial Temple
1920 am AnniyersaTy program spanao,sd a.
By Sons Of the Revolution, Sons Of the
American Revolution, Daughters Of the
American Revolution, and children OF the
1880 am. Oldest Inhabitants meeting
st..c9s at old = EnGine W House. Nineteenth and d
Noon. Washington National Monument
Society meets at Metropolitan Club.
1880 p.m.-George washington Post
No. l, American Lesion, will place wreath
at tomb Of George Washington at Mount
2:3O p.m.-Parade sponsored by Russell
Mitchell Post. Veterans of Foreign Wars,
and Alexandria Bicentennial Commission;
starts at Jefferson and Washington streets
$50 p.m.-National League of Masonic
Clubs will place wreath at tomb OF
Washington at Mount Vernon.
7:30 p:m.-Musical prosranh tea and
Episcopal CHURCH; Clay street and Ana
p.m.GHouse Minority Leader Martin
will speak at rally in Fairfax County
5 p.m.wWidows and Orphans Home AS
sociation celebration at 9"1 Pennsylvania
$50 CHARACTERIZATION by sponsors Of
Washington Colony in Holy Land at Ma
tional Press Club auditorium; Representa-:
tive Bloom, Democrat, OF New York, Will
s:45 p.m-women's Division. No. 81,
Hotel Greeters of America. nth annual
ball at Shoreham Hotel.
ssntepRisi & Commission = 9f -. xlsxsaaIls,
Of the American Revolution. Alexandria
chapter Of the Colonial Danes Of America
and the Alexandria Association, at Cam
eron street recreation center.
10 p.m.--Dance for colored citizens
Of Alexandria at Pendelton street recrea-
ton center, sponsored by Alexandria BIZ
Commission
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Monument Group GET!
Harr Resignation at
Meeting Tomorrow
The Washington National Mon

The Washington National Mon
ument Society. which will hold
its 116th annual meeting at noon
tomorrow at the Metropolitan
Club. will have before it resig-
nation request from its veteran
secretary, William r. Harr.
Mr.. Harr, who was rs years old
in July. has requested in writing
that he be relieved Of his duties
due to poor health. He has been
the society's secretary since 1921.
Until recently. he was Commis-
sioner of Veterans Affairs of Dis
trict Court. He practiced law
here for a number of years.
Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant. III.
chairman of the society's Execu-
tive Committee. said report OF
the Washington Monument Gen.
tennial will be laid before the
group. This marked the Tooth an
niversary of the laying of the.
Washington Monuments corner
stone last July 4. The society
aided in raising funds to construct
the monument and has met peri
odically since to receive reports
on its condition and maintenance.
Gen. Grant said Tuesdays
win be uneventful, save
for Mr.. Harris request and the
report. The general
said he has not yet been advised
if Gen. George c. Marshall, for
mer Secretary of State. the So
ciety's first vice president. will be
able to attend. because of his re-
cent operation. President Truman,
the society's president, Is not
expected to attend due to other
In keeping with tradition the
society will lay wreath at the
Monument. The Ma
tional Capital Parks Office will
have the traditional flags flying
at the base of the Monument.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Winners at Art Exhibit
In Kensington Named

Winners at the 5th annual art
exhibit of the Kensington Sketch
Glass were announced today as
follows:
Back Cove" by Miss Alice
Fitzgerald, 5519 Chevy Chase
parkway NV, in the water color
class: Skipper" Mrs. H. s. Haller.
% Everett street. Kensington,
pastel class; The Rabbi" David
Sandow, 5121 Forthwith street
NV, painting class, and Mrs.
Lorenzo" Mrs. Roy Burroughs. 201
Dresden street, Kensington, sculp-
ture class.
The exhibit was held yesterday
and the winners selected by the
votes of about 400 persons who
attended.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
MARYLAND Veteran Hurt
In PIunqe From Window

A 23-year-old Army veteran
escaped with minor injuries when
he plunged from a second-story
window of his home near Laytons-
vile, Md, early yesterday.
Montgomery County police re-
ported that Hall, who lives In a
tenant house on the Warren
Tydings farm, landed on a porch
roof directly below the window,
then fell 80 feet to the ground. He
was taken to Bethesda Naval Hos
pital by the Gaithersburg rescue
squad.
Doctors today described his con-
dition as satisfactory. He suffered
q fractured clavicle and other
minor injuries.
Evening star., 1949-02-21

Then she was going to drive
down to Mount Vernon to be pho
togrnphed in front of George
Washington's home. This has
something to do Miss Shopp
wasn't sure just what - with
George Washington chopping
down the cherry tree and is spon-
sored by the Cherry Blossom Fes-
tival Committee.
She's due to be queen of ball
given tonight by the Minnesota
State Society. There's television
show scheduled for tomorrow.
In between times. she hopes to
do some sightseeing. escorted by
ROTC cadets from Georgetown
University.
Although she has been main
tanning this pace for six months,
she's still the eager farm girl with
the wide smile. She admits,
however, that it isn't always easy
to keep up the Miss America"
routine.
Il never get enough Sleep" she
explained,
Evening star., 1949-02-21
State Highway Glasses
Planned at CuIpeper

The first in a series of on-the-
job training classes for Virginia
Highway Department employees
will be held in Culpeper early
next month.
The Culpeper session will last
one week for administrative and
supervisory personnel of the Cul-
peper highway construction dis
trict. On succeeding weeks, similar
schools will be held in the seven
other construction districts.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
IWoodIawn Estate Sold
To Foundation for Use
As National Shrine

Woodlawn, historic Virginia
estate near Mount Vernon. was
sold today to the Woodlawn
Public Foundation. Inc, which will
operate it as a national shrine.
The sale was made before Fair
fax Circuit Judge Paul E. Brown
with the payment of $4,000 to
representatives of the estate of
the late Senator Oscar w. Under
wood of Alabama. The balance of
the $4,000 purchase price is
represented by 10-year notes
which bear 4 per cent interest.
The foundation will take formal
possession in ceremonies at noon
tomorrow when Gov. Tuck of Vir-
ginia Is scheduled to hand the key
of the mansion to George Maurice
Morris. president of the founda-
ton Board of Trustees.
Clark to Speak Tomorrow.
The ceremony was planned to
coincide with the l50th ami
versary Of the marriage of Nellie
Custis. George Washington's
adopted daughter. who received
the estate as q wedding present
from the first President.
Attorney General Clark is sched-
uled to be the principal speaker
at the ceremonies. g
Woodiawn was to be sold last
fall to the Immaculate Heart of
Mary Mission Society. Inc, which
had planned to use the estate as
it's Amet1can headquarters. The
Belgian Society. howkye4s agreed
to hold up the purchase while the
Woodlawn Foundation. which was
formed at that time, sought funds
to buy the estate.
Aided by Mellon Fund.
A campaign was started and the
Old Dominion Foundation, Paul
Mellon philanthropic organization,
agreed to match funds contributed
by the public. The foundation an
nounced Saturday that approx
mately $95.00 had been raised.
The campaign will continue.
Attorney John Donovan. who
the Mission Society.
said his group has decided to build
a headquarters on property 1t ac-
quired four years ago in Arlington.
That Is the former estate of DR..
Richard Sutton, 1851 North Twen-
ty-fifth street, near Old Dominion
drive.
Donations to the Woodlawn
Foundation may be made to the
headquarters, 51l Tenth street
NV.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
.Anti-RedbiI|Due
For Last READING
|nMary|and
Senate May Take Up
Measure Tonight;
Passage Expected
BY tho Assoeiotsd Press

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 21.-The
Ober bill to control Maryland
Communists and subversives is up
for its third and final reading in
the Senate this week. possibly to-
night. when the 1949 Legislature
reconvenes for its eighth week.
The measure, which would re-
quire loyalty checks Of public en-
ployes and school teachers, is ex-
pected to go through without a
hitch. The real test came last
week on its second reading, when
it was passed unanimously after
the addition of one amendment.
No amendments are permitted
on third readings.
The accepted amendment clari-
fies the right to appeal of a public
employe discharged on suspicion
of disloyalty. It was advocated
by Attorney General Hall Ham,
mond.
Fisheries Bill to Come Up.
The measure, which has not vet
been taken up in the House, also
would imprison and fine persons
who promote overthrow of the
Government by force, and would
order constant grand jury inves-
legations Of Communist activity.
Also expected to come up this
week Is the administration bill to
give Maryland more oysters and
less dissension on its Tidewater
Fisheries Commission.
The measure would reorganize
the commission and encourage
seed planting to build up the
States dwindling supply. The
Senate committee on Chesapeake
Bay and its tributaries and the
equivalent House group plan to
hold joint hearings on the legis-
lation.
To Get Clergymen's Plea.
Delegate Sklar. Democrat, of
Baltimore said he will introduce
a bill in the House tonight to
allow the State or any of its politi-
cal subdivisions to be sued in civil
Judgments would be lin
tied to $4,000.
The House will get a plea today
from 28 Protestant clergymen in
Baltimore urging approval of the
Jim Grow" law repeater. The
clergymen. who acted as individ-
uals. asked the House to follow
the lead OF the Senate and wipe
the law requiring segregation Of
Negroes on intra-State railways
and steamboats, of the statute
books.
The measure now Is in the
House Judiciary Committee. Chair
man Melnicove said it will be
acted on shortly.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Alexandria Bus Route
Changed for Parade

The Alexandria. Bancroft &
Washington Transit Co. will op-
crate on a different route in
Alexandria tomorrow during the
Washington birthday parade there
During the parade hours, ap-
proximately 2 to 4::30 pm, no
buses will operate east of Colum
bus street. A temporary terminal
will be established during these
hours in the 100 block of North
Columbus street. The temporary
terminal will be only one block
from the parade route.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Fire Damages Old House
On Ritchie Highway

A two-alarm fire last night
damaged an old house used to
store hay and straw in the $500
block of Ritchie highway, near
Ritchie. Md.
Firemen confined the blaze to
one section of the house. DAM
age was estimated at 81 900.
Companies that responded in
cluded Capitol Heights, Seat
Pheasant, Forestville. District
Heights and Hillside.