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that if they don't show up by
nightfall they might need help.
Some technicians have to be
honest to goodness mountain
climbers. The man who goes up
Starvation Peak on the Ell Paso-
Pueblo Airway must go hand-over-
hand up a 150-foot line dangling
down the face of sheer cliff. To
reach the beacon on Zuni Noun
tain on the Los Angeles-Amarillo
Airway, a man must climb ladders
wedged in a deep crevice.
Boniixss and HeadNghts
BEAcoNs 60 back to the begin
nings of airnail. At first mail flew
by daylight. was loaded on trains
at night. Around 1923, night flying
was tried. Bonfires built by farm
ers on hilltops and auto head
lights pointing skyward were the
first beacons.
Mail planes often flew just
above roads and rail lines for guild
ance. For airfield landing lights, a
postal clerk often tossed a match
into a pile of gasoline-soaked rail
ties.
Times have changed and so
have beacons - but the big air
ways lighthouses are still essen
tial to safe flying.
And the next time you sit back
snug and warm in an airliner, and
watch the revolving beams of light
sweeping the land below, give at
least a fleeting thought to the
men who work through summer
heat and winter storms to keep
them burning. The End
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HIGH DANGER
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fondly the whole way, the fog was
50 heavy couldn't see the ground.
Carter said only the radio-beam
towers made him nervous. These
aren't really in his department,
but he has to change the red warn
ing lights at the top twice a year.
These antenna towers taper up
to about ID inches square at
about rs feet from the ground.
''Not much to hang on to-" he
said. "And they sway couple of
feet in a wind. But the real trouble
is they're hot, carry about fifteen
thousand volts.
II usually get one of the con-
troll men to turn off the beam for a
few seconds while l hop aboard.
Once you're clear of the ground,
you're okay."
Watch the Iciclss
his present assignment in Penn
sylvania is fine, but Carter still
bankers for Vermont where they
really have weather. Up there he
averaged 81 miles a month on
snowshoes.
He uses special snowshoes which
weigh only half as much as regular
ones and can be fitted with spikes
for use on crusty snow. For hard
ice he uses ice creepers - spikes
which strap onto regular boots.
The worst time he ever had was
on Black Mountain in New York
State. 1t took him and his helper
Evening star., 1949-02-20
Beatrice Blair, Harper Sbley T.
Wed in Washington Cathedral

and Mrs. Harper Sibley of
Rochester, N. Y. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sibley made their home in Wash
ington some years back when he
was president of the United
States Chamber of Commerce.
The Rev. H. Brevoort Cannon
Of Princeton. N. j.. brother-in-law
of the bridegroom, assisted at the
ceremony which took place in the
Great Choir of the cathedral at
4 o'clock.
A brilliant reception followed at
the Sulgrave Club where the
senior Mr.. and Mrs. Sibley were
present to greet the guests with
DR.. and Mrs. Blair and members
Of the wedding party. Mrs. Can
non was also there and another
sister of the groom, Mrs. Gordon
Auchincloss, and her husband
from Wilton, Conn.
, Among the IS guests who came
from out of town were several
members of the brides family!
Princess Margaret Boncompagni
of New York, her great aunt; her
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Hollyday of New York,
and another aunt, Mrs. Blair
Brooke of Philadelphia.
Members of the Blair family in
Washington attending the we'd
ding included Mrs. Blair's grand
mother, Mrs. Frank Mitchell. her
aunt, the Countess de Beughem,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Draper
Blair, Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Adolphus Station and Mr.. and Mrs.
Lowndes Jackson. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jackson were hosts at two parties
last evening following the recep-
ton, one for the wedding party
at the Chevy Chase Club and one
for the older group at the Sui
grave Club.
DR.. Blair gave his daughter in
marriage. She wore a simply
styled white satin dress with an
exquisite heirloom lace veil held
by a circlet of orange blossoms.
She carried spray bouquet Of
Zee CATHEDRAL. Page D-3.)
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Diplomatic Corps
Continues Steady
Entertaining Pace

The Dean of the Diplomatic
Corps, the Norwegian Ambassa-
dor, and Nine Munthe de Morgen-
stierne entertained at one Of
a series of dinner parties last
evening. Their ranking guests
were the Soviet Ambassador. Mr..
Alexander Panyushkin, and the
Egyptian Ambassador and Nine
Abdul Rahim.
The whirl Of parties arranged
as farewell fetes for the Honduran
Ambassador and Sonora de Ca
ceres continues. This evening they
will be guests Of honor at dinner
of the Guatemalan Ambassador
and Sonora de Gonzalez-Arevalo
and yesterday the Ell Salvador
Ambassador and Sonora de Castro
we're hosts at luncheon for them
at the Carlton.
Other guests at the luncheon
were the Nicaraguan Ambassador.
DR.. Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa; the
Dominican Ambassador and
Sonora de Thomen, the Guata-
malan Ambassador and Sonora
de Gonzalez-Arevalo, the Costa
Rican Ambassador and Sonora de
Esquivel. the chief of the Central
American Affairs Division of the
State Department and Mrs. Will
lard Foster Barber, the chief of
the Ell Salvador desk. Mr.. Juan
A. de Zengotita; DR.. and Mrs.
Walter T. O'Donnell, DR.. and Mrs.
Tomas Cajigas. DR.. and Mrs.
(See DIPLOMATS, D-1OD
Evening star., 1949-02-20
Exclusively Yours,
Life Is Balmy in the Palmy Area;
Anis Aver to Join Nebraska Navy
Betty Beah

The Augusta Rossos are just
back from a two weeks visit with
/ the Joe Davies in Palm Beach and
Frances says visiting at Nara
Lago may be the closest to heaven
she'll ever get.
Most colossal compliment of the
week came from Latin from
Colombia, suave diplomat Jose
Camacho, who made this fiat, fiat
tering statement to pretty
woman at a reception. I'm so
glad you exist" She's been look
! ing in the mirror with new interest
ever since. >.
| And a letter from Paris says
that Barbara and Bill Lowe, with
little Loves, Bunny and Billy, will
sail April "a on the Noordam for
home! They'll be in Washington
for a vacation of month or so,
have to return to Paris and the
New York Herald Tribune there
sometime in June.
Erwin Laszlo, the brilliant young
Hungarian pianist who's beneath
college age, will play for Smith
College graduates on March "a at
Constitution Hall. Capital So
ciety will turn out in droves
for the Smith College Club benefit
starring the 16-year- artist who
enthralled his Town Hall audience
in New York Thursday night. But
being under 18, he'll have to get
a District permit to work before he
can play.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Paul Stack,
hoarders Of historical horseless
carriages, are due in town tomor-
row from New York. They will
visit Col. and Mrs. Charles r.
Bathurst for a week, see their
numerous friends that they see on
their numerous visits and un-
doubtedly get cozy with all addicts
to the antique car craze in the
vicinity.
They are the proud possessors
of an ancient Bentley. vintage
around 1900; a curved-dash Olds-
mobile of about 1903 and a 1908
Packard that has won races with
other antique automobiles-all in
shiney. apple-pie order. 1t seems
that this is q fad throughout the
country that has ancient-car clubs
blossoming all over the place and
is particularly rampant in the
Connecticut area. The owners 60
on tours in their, old relics, have
meetings in James Melton's house
in Connecticut. where he has just
opened an old-car museum, and in
general pepper this modern life
with old-fashioned experiences in
transportation.
The Stacks have already sent
out invitations to a clam bake
at the Carlton" on Friday and the
Bathursts will give q party for
them Saturday night.
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MRS. ROBERT M. McCLINTOCK'

MRS. ROBERT NJ. McCLINTOCK
AND SONS.
The Uite of the Special As
sistant to the Office of United
Nations Affairs OF the State
Department Is pictured 1oith
their t,Do sons, S-year-old
John Martin, left, and Robert
DaDid, 1Dho is fue. The Nc
CHntocks haze been in Wash
ington three years, having
come from Stockholm, Mr..
McClntock's last post.
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Many Parties for Broavn@;;
Other SNWCe ACtiUitieS
By Betty Murphy

Judging by the parties that are
being planned for the Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy for Air and
Mrs. John Nicholas Brown before
they leave Washington, they won't
be spending much time at home
in the next few weeks.
The Secretary's resignation be-
comes effective on March 8, ex-
actly one month after he asked
the President to release him. But
personal as we'll as business mat
ters will keep the Browns in
Washington for another month
or two probably.
Next Sunday Mrs. Chauncey
Parker will give a luncheon in
their honor. the following evening
they will attend the dinner Mrs.
Edward B. Meigs is giving for the
Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs.
Charles Brannan; on March 6 Ad-
miral and Mrs. Louis E. Denfeld
will fete the Browns at cocktails,
on the 7th, Senator and Mrs. j.
Howard McGrath will entertain
them at dinner; on the 9th, Vice
Admiral and Mrs. Arthur w. Rad
ford will be their dinner hosts;
on the 9th, the Undersecretary of
the Navy and Mrs. w. John Ken
ney; and on the 18th, the Com
mandant of the Marine Corps and
Mrs. Clifton B. Gates.
Admiral and Mrs. Radford had
as guests for a few days during
the week Admiral and Mrs. Rich
ard Connolly who flew back to
London yesterday.
Dinner at Embassy
Gen. and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisen-
hover who have a gay whirl every
time they come to Washington
are here for a longer stay this
time and being PARTED just as
much as ever. Entertaining at
dinner last night in their honor
was Baron Robert Silvercruys, the
popular Belgian Ambassador.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. j. j.
Clark will have visitors this week
from Norfolk. Mrs. j. w. Pearson.
jr., who will arrive Tuesday, and
Capt. Pearson who will join her
for the week end. The Pearsons
will spend part of their time of
course. with their daughter, Bev-
erly. who's at Mt. Vernon Semi
nary, and their son, Johnny,
student at Episcopal High School.
Col. and Mrs. Frederick Boye
have weekend guests who are
staying over for Washington's
Birthday. Brig. Gen. and Mrs. AL
fred G. Tuckerman are down from
New York and Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Albert H. Stackpole are here
from Harrisburg.
Last night the Boyes entertained
their guests at a cocktail supper.
this evening Col. and Mrs. Pearl
L. Thomas will give similar
party, and tomorrow Col. and Mrs.
Cornelius Jadwin will entertain
them at dinner at the Army and
Navy Club.
Col. and Mrs. Harris T. Scherer
who are up from Camp Lee for a
short visit with the formers
brother and sister-in-law. the
Louis C.. Scherers, were enter
Evening star., 1949-02-20

Washington's most prominent
residential society flocked to the
Washington Cathedral yesterday
for the wedding of Miss Virginia
Beatrice Blair and Mr.. Harper
Sibley, jr.
Bishop Angus Dun officiated at
the marriage which united the
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Mont
gomery Blair and the son of Mr..
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tanned at dinner by their hosts
Friday night and by Col. and Mrs.
Samuel P. Walker, jr.. at a small
cocktail party Thursday.
The Scherers' other guests were
Col. and Mrs. Walker, Col. and
Mrs. Robert Howe. Col. and Mrs.
Herbert Jones and Mrs. Henry r.
Westphalinger.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Edwin K.
Wright who leave on March 10
for the West Coast en- route to
Tokyo will give a farewell cock
tail party on March 2 at the Army
and Navy Club.
Gen. Wright has a few months
leave due him. so he and Mrs.
Wright will take leisurely trip
across the continent before sail
ing from San Francisco.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. J. j. O'Hare
left Thursday night aboard the
Orange Blossom Special for Miami.
then enplaned for Havana, arriv-
ing in time for dinner party FRI
day night. The O'Hares will
spend a fortnight in the city where
Gen. O'Hare was Military Attache
at our embassy and where they
have numerous friends. .
Before going south Mrs. O'Hare
spent two weeks in New York.
stopping at the Vassar Club in ths
Hotel New Weston. She went up
to shop and to attend the Vassar
College benefit.
Second Party in Series
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. E. c. B.
Danforth, jr., entertained at cock
tails yesterday in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hamilton Neill, jr. It
was the second in a series of par
ties they're giving and the third
will be next Friday.
Capt. and Mrs. E. G. Hakansson
who have lived in Washington for
the past seven years are giving up
their apartment at the West
chester and leaving for the West
Coast. They'll start out Friday.
only as far as Richmond
where they'll visit Mrs. Hakans-
sons family. From there they'll
go to Florida, then on to New Or r.
leans for a visit with her aunt,
Mrs. Harry A. Thompson, who in
has a lovely old house
in the French quarter. Texas
will be their next stop and after
a visit there they'll wind up in
California.
Capt. and Mrs. HakansSon were
at dinner last night by
DR.. and Mrs. William Tobin, whose
other guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
Otis Williams; at at a buffet sup
per Thursday night by DR.. and
Mrs. Charles Ordman. The Ord
mans other guests were DR.. and
Mrs. Tobin, Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
Liams, Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Brubaker
and DR.. and Mrs. Paul Dickens, jr.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Clarence
J. Brown will fete the Hakanssons
1T a small dinner Wednesday.
The Fort Myer Woman's Club
will hold its February luncheon
at the Officers Club.
Mrs. Lawrence Kuter who gives
such interesting play reviews viii
,e the guest speaker.
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The beautiful Spanish style villa
IS it's own golf course on the
AXE Worth side, it's own beach
and private cabanas on the ocean
side, and its own entrance to the
Bath and Tennis Club property
next door for any one who pre-
fers pool splashing to surf riding
Terraces, patios and gardens
abound In that marvellous lush
tropical foliage that make Palm
Beach showplace something out
of q dream. A full moon in that
kind of q setting and snuff
said.
Rahei Davies Fitch is down there
drinking In that beauty and sun
shine to recoup from virus pneu-
monia and a string of guests while
the Rossos were there included
British court portrait painter, Os-
valid Birley, and his fabulously
beautiful wife, and the Paul Nc
Nuts. Birley painted Paul Nc
Nuts portrait at Mar-A-Lago and
the Davies gave a big tea to exhibit
it. He is going back to London to
paint Princess Margaret Rose.
Also on the Palm Beach pam
Drama are the Sylvanus Stokes,
who sold their place in Annapolis
and now live in the sun year
around, and Lady Bailey, the for
mer Mildred Bromwell Of Wash
ington, who is a cousin Of Illinois
Governor, Adlai Stevenson. =. At
Belleair on the West Coast, where
Frances and her ex-Ambassador
husband visited her parents, the
George Wilkinsons of Evanston,
they saw Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend. Just as interested in
everything and everybody as
always, they are permanently
ensconced in a villa on the Cult
near BeIleair.
The popular, wise-looking Egyp-
tian Minister Anis Aver is about
to join the Navy. It won't, how
ever, interfere with his diplomatic
career, which will probably take
him to Athens in the spring as
head Of the diplomatic mission
there.
Whether it's because he's such
O nice fellow or simply that he's
sirnpatico with affairs Nebraskan
hasn't been brought out yet, but
Gov. Ralph Peterson has made
him an admiral, no less, in the
Nebraska Navy. On Thursday eve.
ming Representative Karl Stefan
will present Anis with the certifl-
cate certifying thereto. All this
will take place at a black-tie din
ner to be given by George Vournas
who's a Kentucky colonel, and his
charming wife Helen. Anything
can happen now, from Minister
Aver and Gov. Peterson navigating
tugboats down the Nile to the ap-
pearing of q pyramid near Omaha
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About Your Home
BY FRANCES DELL

WASHINGTON. - Something
can be done about your kitchen,
even if the family budget can't
stand a big remodeling project.
All you really need is d good
screwdriVer and a wealth of ell
bow grease.
II your pantry is not large
enough, and whose is, why not
install a set of revolving Lazy
Daisy shelves? You can order a
set ready-made, and it's very in
expensive considering the amount
of shelf space it affords.
Or, if the idea of a merry-go-
round in your kitchen is a bit too
glddy-perhaps you'd prefer a
set of the very new and practical
metal strip shelves. The metal
strips are screwed into the sides
OF your cupboard. There are small
metal teeth that enable you to fit
IN wooden shelves as close to-
gether or as far apart as you
choose.
There is an excellent disap-
pearing towel rack on the mar
ket that works like an extension
curtain rod. You could put one
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under your sink or in your pan
try. When your towels are dry,
push it out of sight. The rack will
hold three towels.
There is utility cabinet being
made which holds the vacuum
cleaner and all its attachments.
The cabinet also has place for
your long handled mops; racks
for the small things that always
seem to get lost. If you don't have
the required space in your
kitchen for this wonderful cab
met ga" wide x 241a" deep "a"
high, perhaps you could put it
in your hall or on your back
porch.
Rotating shelves are just what
you need for very deep closets
and cabinets. Just give the shelf
a whirl and everything within
is in view.
Why not hang some of your
most frequently used pots and
pans on large steel hooks over
the range? You will find this will
save you many unnecessary steps.
For the finishing touch. how
about painting your kitchen with
a good washable paint in bright,
cheerful color? Hang curtains
made of oil plastic material at
the windows-then sit back and
admire your handiwork.
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l2O TEACHERS
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A(QlllllluCu I'll yin 1bN OliCJ
days of the year. The public
schools of the county would not
receive state funds if the teach
ers were not employed to teach
for $50 days.
Under an amended state law,
the teachers are paid on the basis
of one-tenth of their annual sal
airy for 10 months of the year.
There was some trouble about a
year ago when the state law read
that they were to be paid for II
months work.
Some of the school boards
throughout the state took the
position taht they would be call
ed upon to pay the teachers for
more than their contracts called
for. So the state laws were chang
ed to read that they should be
paid for ten months.
Monroe County'S teachers will
draw their first one-tenth OF
/ their annual salaries on Septem-
Der IA, or one month after they
have been at work.
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Or
Mexico? Is
Beef Question

MEXICO CITY In occu-
~ Germany and this ancient
Axtec capital are in a tug-of-war
ever fresh meat Mexico doesn't
haee wear round supply of fat
.attie iur bath herself and for
~isners Allied authorities bought
.eah meat here 90 be added TO
snr ration Of Germany coal min
efs. and thus persuade them to
keep on being miners.
Mexico City has long relied on
thf rich Huasteca plain for its
hfNf The Huastcca doesn't have
enuugh o. go round. Mexico City
butehcfs said the cattle were be-
ms sold sn TampicO. The govern
nlenI then banned export of
iiuasteca cattle
ms brought a protest from the
Allied occupation authorities in
Germany They said the Interrupt
tiun ln meat shipments endanper-
~ their program Ia Germany.
TIE situation IS further compli-
gatei by Mcxico's need for dol
lars Aeai shipments are paid for
ln dollars.
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Bank Clad ToLOse
Postal Business

GUNNISON, Colo.--lH1.-There
is no profit in re-selliug stamps
so the First National Bank Is glad
it's out Of the POSSIBILITIES" bust
ness.
Tellers were puzzled by flood
of tourists asking for stamps.
mailing schedules and such until
one visitor finally noticed Ihat an
arrow sign. intended 20 point e.
the posto!fice around corner.
had been moved BY the wind
Until it pointed directly az the
bank.
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THE wREcKAcE OF THE NAVY FIGHTER PLANE that col
lded in the air with commercial ainer Fort Dix NJ
Saturday. is buried field miles
where the arner crashed and burned The body of the Navy
pilot found 800 feet from his wrecked Fteen
and members died in the airlne witness said
the Navy plane buzzed the airner before the collision
in which the tail and left wing ripped
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ERP or the Marshall Plan and
the North Atlantic Pact
He went into detail to demon
strate the timeliness Of the re-
arming act. With the nations IN
Western Europe properly armed,
no aggressor nation would chance
a war with the pact nations. be-
cause the aggressOrs w0ulc realize
that they would eventually lose.
Finally, he declared that the
appropriation the President has
asked for in rearmi1g Europe IS
essential to strengthening mem
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u. S. Government
Conducts Effective
Lobbying Tactics
BY EDWARD r. SIMS
The Citizens Washington
Correspondent

Correspondent
WASHINGTON.-A lot OF talk
has been heard rcccntlv of the
terrible lobbis,s in Washington.
and even President Truman is
appalled, over some Of the Hobbies
here. Some of them are Ger
tainly questionable, but the lit
tie talked-of other side Of the is
sue is also. very questionable.
In other words the govern
n1ent is also in the lobbying bust
ness and some of the agencies
are engaged in such. outright
lobbying, financed by the tax
payers money, that it should be
made known. Some government
agencies here in Washington are
In close cooperation with priv
ately financed Hobbies. Often
these agencies will refer people
to the hobbies.
government agencies and de-
partments lobby for various
things. There are agencies, or
bureaus. here which should be
abolished. Some are merely. du-
plicating others. They were set
up IN the war emergency, but
many still thrive because gov
eminent LOBBY. has kept them
alive.
On questions such as public
housing, medical health bills and
labor laws, the governments lob
bies are very active. They spend
much money pumping out propa-
ganda to the people. They say
they are informing the public,
Often they are misinforming the
public. This is not to take
stand opposite that of the Tru-
man administration in these
fields nor is it to support the
administration position. 1t is to
say this government is conduct
ing unethical lobbying opera
lions.
In some cases, government de-
partments supply research and
information and all aid possible
to congressman who are with
them. They have said this work
was out of their field when OPP
ponentS asked fog information.
Some departments have even
been influential in getting secre-
taries placed in certain congress
sional offices. There these secre-
taries pump out the propaganda.
And SO while lobbying is going
on, it is being used by both gov
eminent and private business,
and the government lobbying
seems to be more effective. Few
people have heard much about it,
though ther're footing the bill.
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promissory notes each for $1,000
to cover the final cost of the prop
erty.
By getting the warranty deed
the city avoids payment of county
taxes for the property. County
taxes now amount to about $500
annually.
An ordinance amending a pre-
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vious ordinance requiring that
lights on an automobile shall be
visible for at least 200 feet and
that it shall have two lights in
front and one in the rear.
A resolution settling the claim
of James Del Pine, formerly an
employee of the city, for $875. Del
Pine fell of a scaveneger truck
and injured his shoulder.
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to bureau salaries, which have
been getting along on stop-gap
funds.
Chairman Clarence Cannon of
the House Appropriations Com
mittee stated that final action
soon will be taken on many of the
bills.