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Evening star., 1949-04-23
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tSQltlluCo KAoLA ~ cS as
purely humanitarian mission" up
the Yanktze to take provisions to
the British Embassy at Nanking.
He had 20 comment on q Com
munist claim that Britain should
be held fully responsible for
losses" inflicted by British gunfire,
Several London papers have de-
that Britain call on the
Chinese Reds to pay heavy repara-
tions for damaging the ships and
killing A British seamen.
Evacuation Order Waits.
British authorities have ar
ranged to evacuae about 1000
Britons from ShanAhai, but there
has been no decision to carry out
the plan. the Foreign Once
spokesman said. '-... -
No suggestions 10 leave have
been made to British subjects. he
added. .
"Our policy has been to leave
such decisions to the authorities
on the spot. 'n the spokesman said.
a He added that It VIII be the
practice to keep British consular
ofncials at their posts In China
even II Communists overrun re-
gions in which they are stationed.
Some Now Behind Lines.
Several such consular ofIicials
now behind the lines" are In
communication with London
through Peking. They have been
instructed to get in touch with
competent Communist authorities
and try to arrange for British
war vessels on the Yangtze river
to carry out their mission. but all
consular officials have reported
that up to now they have been
unable to establish contact with
Communist leaders.
The Foreign Once denied pub
lished reports that American
forces might cooperate in the
efford to rescue the sloop Anne
thyst. trapped on the Yangtze. or
that Foreign Secretary Bevin
might request American aid.
Amethyst ut Anchor.
An Admiralty communique an
nounced the Amethyst "is now
at anchor close to the south bank
Of the river at Tan Tu village"
The report was the first on the
sloop's position the Admiralty has
in several hours. Previ-
ously the Amethyst was anchored
on the south side of Ta-Shah
where it took refuge from
fire yesterday.
The new anchorage. the Ad-
said, Is less than . mile
from the Amethyst's last reported
position.
Evening star., 1949-04-23

provost sergeant at the camp
where the Germans were ques-
toned, denied that Army inter-
rogators abused the German sus-
poets.
John M. Raymond. a retired
colonial who headed a board
named by Gen. Lucius D. Clay to
review convictions. said there was
very. very little evidence behind
German claims of mistreatment.
Evening star., 1949-04-23
Chinese Nationalist Army
FIees Nonking: Port Fired

south coast metropolis tron Nan.
ktnE
Acting President Il T1xns- go
also was reported 20 have %<s
Sanktnx. scene es his :Hltals ms =
neuver1rxs 'os peAes, Ms eesss
nation Vas rct kncsn- ,Msna~fs
ot hts family In Hons Koes ssae
Il had arrived IN Canton
Il and vvsirsd PT~saaens
Chang kAi-ssek ns-, YESTERDAY at
Hansehow. lse miles southeast al
Sankins They issued . decaars-
tien that thes would fxhI tie the
end But where And ~ith what :
Highway In CaI
The situation was ceteFscrasanE
rapidly. Communist troops ~sTe
raesns out from . vast ertegeneae
90 miles southwest Of Nanklng
They easily could drive straight
across the line os the Nanksnx
garrison retreat
Other Red veterans Aasheo
across the highway and railway
connectins Ssnking with Shan &.
hal. These forces can apply
frontal pressure On the dlsririiec
Nankinr garrison In Its htsht-
Or they could head for hang
chow, where Chang last was re
ported. Red Leader Mao TEe-
tung has ordered chianss cap
ture as chinas No, l war -Itm
inal." Capture would b. difseult
Chang has . redouhs on Formosa
and the planes 10 take him there
NankinR was without water OF
power. MODS looted shops and
homea. Among the homes looted
were those OF many sosernnsen,
ofiicials. including those Of Act
ms President Il and Premier he
Evening star., 1949-04-23
Mystery Of Mayans
Deepened by Finding
OF HeadIess Chieitain
Ax fhs AssaxiatsA Hss.s

GUATEMALA CITY. Guate-
mala. April 23.-The place Of the
dead now has produced the
mystery OF the headless ehieftain.
For years areheologists have
been digging In and studying some
200 mounds. really tombs. on the
site which 500 or 1900 years ago
was the Mayan city OF Kaminal-
juyu. From fragments OF bones.
pottery and other items found
they were attempting to chart
some Of the history Of mans exist
ence In the Western Hemisphere.
But Kaminaljuyu gave up little
OF importance until last year
diggers found . 2o0-pound slab
Of jade. A segment which prob
ably weighed 100 pounds had been
cut from the original block. That
produced q hrst-class mystery for
Jade Is not native to the country
and the Mayans never discovered
the principle Of the wheel. How
and whence could the block OF
Jade have been transported?
Then. this year, another tomb
was discovered In the jade block
mound. This tomb contained the
headless skeleton Of the chieftain.
II was fianked BY the dusty re-
mains Of two children who OBJ
viously had been sacrifced to ac-
company him on his journey.
vessels within the tomb ap-
parently had contained food for
them.
Gustemalan odicials called IN
DR.. A. v. Kidder and Edwin Shook
OF the Carnegie Institute when
native workmen uncovered the
tomb. Besides turning up . mys-
terry, the archeologists found .
jade-ornamented mask headdress
which they said was unique among
finds. It was shaped like . long
beaked bird.
From the assembled evidence
the two American aTcheolosfsts
believe now that In ancient days
the tomb was robbed and the
chieftain's body decapitated. prob
ably to obtain ornamental ear
plugs. The usual necklaces were
missing. too. and the usual jade
mask was found to one side Of the
body. All this hacked up the
ghoul theory.
Carnegie Institutes Guatemala
ofYice now b making efforts to
bring In top-fiisht mineralosists
from the United States to examine
the Jade and to try to learn It's
origin. Apparently no expert has
ever studied stones found In the
nations archaeological digginss,
The institute II hopeful . study
will reveal the origins and travels
Of the Mayans In the entire area.
Thus far. experts have decided
that Mayans living around 100
AID. and q couple Of hundred
years later not only had . pretty
complex civilization. but . sophis-
ticated one. Workmanship on
vases and ef1igies' indicates that.
This in turn indicates. they say.
that the Mayan civilization goes
back further into the past than
they have hitherto believed.
Evening star., 1949-04-23
Continued From First Page

along the south hank Of the r:vss
/ sax some platneloshs<snen carry
ing rines-prooae,y Red gusTrtllas
Foreign military quarters re-
ported the Communists had taken
the railway stations Of three towns
near Eanking-Chtnkianw. Tan
yanE and Chansehow- These three
points, ranging from IS 10 IS railes
away. make an arc on Sankings .
ssank from ncrtheas, 20 southeast
Mr.. Topping dispatch Was
filed by radio to San Francisco
after he had been cut OF from
telephone communication with
Shanghai. The telephone break
had set q nood OF rumors
around Shanghai that the Reds
had entered Nankins
J Troops Demcsaiised-
Whether government troops will
could make q stand was q aues-
ton. Generalization had Set in
among many units. Many quit
fighting and sat down to await
their conouerors Others Joined
looters in Nankins Many went
into civilian clothes.
Premier Ho Yins -chin took over
the nefenSe ASnfxfrv and prestlYn 60
ably new to the uncertain haven
Of Shanghai.
With Red troops In overvhelm-
Ing force across the Yanstxe be-
tween Marking and Shanghai. the
latter city WAS In an untenaole
position.
Canton seemed likely to become
the refugee capital. ,Chinas For
eisn Ministry in Canton asked
foreign emba SSies To move TO that
Evening star., 1949-04-23
Nearly 250. 900 Degree,
Conferred During 'A
lr fhs Asses s.stel 1fsss

Nearly . third Of . million
degrees were conferred by colleges
and universities In the United
States during the year ending
June 30. iS4s. according TO the
United States Once Of Education.
The largest number Of bache-
iors' degrees was Granted By the
University Of California t7.io1l !;
masters degrees by Columbia
University t4.stsl and doctors
degrees BY Harvard Universtty
s3l0p.
The number Of bachelors and
first professional degrees con-
ferred totaled 777.i<4. an increase
OF more than - per cent over
ie3s-4o.
Evening star., 1949-04-23
PeuceConqress
Continued From First Page.

Pablo Picasso has been the meet
ing's trademark.
II rejoice to see 50 many Com
munists here advocating peace. 7"
Mr.. Moore said. 'Tt Is q great step
forward. If you are sincere you
cannot want war. Do you want
war to continue in China until the
triumph of the democratic forces?"
There was q chorus of ''Yes."
"Or do you want peace now"
There was q chorus of mo-"
Evening star., 1949-04-23
Catholic Librory Group
To Heur Lecture on Art

Miss Elizabeth Medinger will
lecture on "The History OF Art" at
the Study Guild Catholic Library,
1725 Rhode Island avenue NV.
at 3 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon.
At the weekly Tuesday evening
forum the library guild will pre-
sent the Rev. John L. Madden In
an illustrated lecture on THE
Landmarks Of Shakespeare's His
tory Plays" The lecture viii be
at $50 pm. Father Madden. .
Shakespearean scholar. Is profess
sor OF English at Catholic Uni-
versity.
Evening star., 1949-04-23
cxschs Moy Meve Doctors

PRAGUE R. -- C1echoaiosak
doctors have been warned thai
they can expect 70 get moved
around tke country. Aboas Ptcthsr
minister of health. sid thsre u
oue doctor 70 every So innaett-
ants IN sosne parts of Prague. tne
eountry's capital. But some eoun-
Try areas have oniy o0e doctor for
every s.0oe inhabitants. % doc-
tors. who are c1ntroiled ~ ths
nasscnAlized health service. can
expect redepioymknt orders. he
sd.
Evening star., 1949-04-23
Peron Frees 5 Held in Plot

BUENOS AIRES. April q tP1.-
Five persons arrested late last year
on a charge Of plotting to kill
Argentine President Juan D. Peron
and his wife we're given condi-
tional release from jail today.
They were the last of 20 persons
who had been held. The other Is
were released three days ago.
Evening star., 1949-04-23
Third Body Is Recovered
In cIsytor lake Drowning,
D. ssss AssssssssS rssss

PULASKI. Va. April 13>--The
body OF Bentiy D. Morris WAS re-
covered from C1aytor Lake today.
bringing 70 three the nusnoer Of
known dead In . fishing accident.
The bodies of Phillip Z. Mar
shall and Marvel Owens. both ef
Pulaski. were brought up from thu
lake b. rescsie crews yestHrday.
Ott1i misstns is Leon Rockwell. an
other PuiAskt man.
All four were aboard . boat
which capsiaad IN the lake while
they were On . hahtnx trip. Police
said ths boat apparently turned
over when it struck . los.
Evening star., 1949-04-23
MoImedy
Continued From First Page.0

ture. Practically my entire COM
pany was lined UP there. A lot Of
the boys had been hurt by she'll
fire and gunfire. Aid men were
running around tying up an arm
or q leg to stop the pain.
I'VE stood there not knowing
what would happen. 1t was close
to Christmas and I was thinking
I would spend Christmas in some
prison camp in Germany.
I'VE stood there about q half
hour. At the same time. they lined
UP two or three tanks on the edge
of the field. There were five or six
troopers on each tank. They were
about is or 40 feet away from us.
a" About this time. one man stood
up and pulled out = pistol. He
waved the gun around a bit and
then he aimed it at our group and
fired once. One man dropped. He
fired again and another dropped.
q, Then all hell broke loose. They
opened up with machine guns and
sprayed us. I turned around and
fell nat on my face. I was hit
with the first two bursts.
"The shooting went on quite q
while. I figured they had killed all
the fellows. I didn't dare look
around. Fear. I guess. I was hit
twice.
Sprayed Gunfire.
AFTER that don't know how
long they fred. They sprayed
back and forth.
IT could hear them walking
among the boys. A lot of them
were moaning and groaning.
Some Of them weren't dead. I
heard a stray shot here and there.
And I figured they were shooting
the wounded. They'd hear a man
moan and shoot him. ="
1.-The boy beside me was moan
ing. They shot him. This went
on it seemed like years.
Every once in a while q tank
would turn Its guns on US. They
were laughing and having q good
time. It was that way all after
noon.
Then I heard a whisper. I
knew some one else was alive. I
could hear them talking.
Then somebody said let's go!'
I got up and started running. They
opened up on us again with ma
chine guns, and started to cut us
down again.
Somehow I got up into the
woods"
Another former soldier. Dominic
Scalisi of Warren, Pa, who was q
Evening star., 1949-04-23
Weather Report

eioudiness with chance of . shos-
or this afternoon and highest
temperature In upper 7es. Pair
tonisft with iowess In lower sos.
Tomorrow mostly sunny and nai1d.
Maryland and virEinia--vsir
and continued miid tonight ara
tomogrow.
wind velocity % miles pr hour:
direction. south.
n..s, .sss' .sss'.,.s.ss,
peearkas Nks&g clear 81 WsFess FtSsT
ssa fleaev ai efsst PAST &hs@a@&*sM
clear ss HsfTsrs tsFFS.
Evening star., 1949-04-23
| |BaIIistic Expert Fails
Ito Link paroIee's Gun
with Tenor Staying
o, -As A.ssxse.ss Press

o. -As Asss<sesss Press
ATLANTA, April 23-Hours Of
testing by q oallistie expert today
failed 10 connect bullet that
killed Opera Tenor John Garris
with @ gun taken from q murder
parolee.
George cornett. teehnician for
the FULTON County crime laoors-
tory. spent five hours testing bull
let's fired from q gun found in the
possession OF O man arrested IN
Clinton. s. c. Then Mr.. Cornett
halted the laboratory tests and
went home for some sleep.
DR.. Herman Jones. Fulton
County criminologist. identified
the man caught In Clinton as
Grover TOTO Pulley. "A. He said
Pulley told ofrcers he was paroied
two years ago after serving II
years OF a sentence for murder In
North Carolina.
No Charges Placed.
Atlanta authorities placed no
charges against Pulley. DR.. Jones
said he was being held by Clinton
police on charges of unlawful pos
session of q sawed of shotgun and
burglar tools.
DR.. Jones and Detective J. M
Pack went to Clinton last night.
and returned to Atlanta today.
DR.. Jones said they didn't talk to
Pulley. but fired bullets from his
gun TO bring back for tests.
Police continued TO search for
a green Buick automobile. re-
portedly occupied by a small.
sallow- faced man and a hand
some woman.
Night Watchman Dewey wrenn
told police he saw II three times
about the warehouse district alley
where the tenor's bullet pierced
body was found early Thursday.
Mr.. Wrenn said he remem-
bered 1t we'll because 1t bore no
license plate. He also said he
heard a pistol shot in the direc-
ton of the rain -sodden alley
about the time Mr.. Garris was
killed by Q steel-jacketed pistol
bullet.
The officers said they found an
other night watchman and a cab
bic who also saw the automobile.
Another clue was q restaurant
keepers report that q man an
swering Mr.. Garris' description.
accompanied by other men. briefly
visited his place the night Of the
Staying.
Perversion Il Possibility"
Mr.. Garris met death about the
time others Of the 350-member
Metropolitan Opera Company left
by train for Memphis. Tenn. after
three nights in Atlanta. He him
self took his luggage to the station
but left before the special train
pulled out at I am. Thursday.
The body of the handsome, g.
foot singer lay in the city morsue
while the police tried to break the
mystery Of his death. Plans were
made to cremate the body and
send the ashes to Mr. Garris' na-
tive Frankfurt, Germany.
An erotic note entered the death
investigation when the police said
yesterday they were studying q
possibility" that sexual perversion
might be involved. shGs
Homicide 1t. NJ. NJ. Coppenger
said the police had many reports
Of unnatural sex activities and
were probing this angle. DR.. Jones
went q step further and said sex
abnormality might have been
the whole thing behind it."
New York Mid Manhattan Court
records showed q man listed rs
John Garris. So. was convicted In
1947 Of lettering In q subway sta
ton mems room. The address
given was the same one found In
papers on the body here.
Evening star., 1949-04-23
.AMG Employs Dies
In Lueerne Plunge
sy ne Asssslssss e'sss

LuCERNE. switaeriand. April
73.--Max Packer. ID. IN American
civilian employed By ths United
States military government In
Germany, plunged from the Aftn
floor OF q hotel hers early today
and died In o hospital.
Mr.. Packers home was IN CHI
easo. Hospital olseiais said 10
had been In L<aesrns for nearly
q month.
Ofscials OF the American miii-
tary attaches ofyses In Bern ssid
they believed Mr.. Packer had re-
Gently left his post with the miii-
tary government In Frankfurt. but
said they had no further insosrna-
ton about him.
Evening star., 1949-04-23

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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-15
Social Events
Choose May Wedding Date

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Ganther are
announcing the engagement of
their daughter, Virginia, to Car
roll Sartor, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Carroll ID. Sartor, Sandusky. The
young couple will be married in
Immaculate Conception church on
Saturday morning, May 7, at $3.50.
Miss Ganther was graduated
from Davis Business College in
Toledo and is employed as payroll
clerk for the Matthews Company.
Mr.. Sartor was graduated from
iSandusky high school, attended
Ohio State University, where he
was affiliated with Phi Kappa AL
pha fraternity. During his three
years in service he saw overseas
duty with the u. S. Navy. He is
now with the advertising depart
ment Of the Sandusky Register
Star News.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-15
OVER THllE
BACK FENCE
sy MARGUERITE tINEtkOCK

Hiya Neighbour someone in
your family hasn't had them, isn't
just coming down with them or
isn't just getting over the measles
then you can consider yourself
lucky because for the past few
weeks it would seem that almost
every home where there are child
rem has had at least one, or may
be two of them passing through
some stage of the spotty disease.
But cheer up, school officials say
the situation is improving, absenc-
es are growing less and less this
week and everything should be un-
der control before too many days
have passed And that should be
good news to parents who have
been waiting with fingers crossed
lest their youngster be next on the
list.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-15
Junior Women Elect

The Junior Women's club met
Wednesday evening at the Erie
Gardens community house with
32 members present. Mrs. Thad
Cassidy and Mrs. Dudley Singer
were the hostesses.
Report of the Federation con-
vention held in Toledo last week
was given by Mrs. Burt Alexander.
The club won a wooden plaque for
having the largest representation
at the convention.
Election of officers was held,
with the following results: Presi-
dent, Mrs. A. J. Davids, Jr.; vice
president, Mrs. Eugene Bolte; sec
retary, Mrs. Jack Smith; treasur-
er, Mrs. Charles Williamson; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. Robert
Holzhauer; historian, Mrs. Glenn
Dieringer; press reporter, Mrs.
James Wolf. Mrs. Gordon Ley
presided over the business meet
inG.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-15
Pastor Speaks At
Kiwanis Meeting

Rev. Ralph Strobel, pastor OF
the Sandusky Methodist church
described the biblical story Of Je-
sus and his apostles at the Wed
nesday noon meeting Of the XII
wants Club in the E. U. B. church
President Ray Boiler announced
that the Berlin Heights club will
bring the Travelling Gavel to Port
Clinton soon. Carl Heckler was
named club director to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation
of Harold J. Worst.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-15
Rotary Donates
For Seal Campaign

AS the Rotary Club sponsors
aid to crippled children, a special
collection, totaling $3O.O6 was
made at the Tuesday meeting for
the Easter Seal campaign which
is drawing to a close.
Warren G. Weller, Columbus,
executive secretary of the Ohio
Future Farmers Of America Assn.
and Lee Cleveland, Green Springs
high school senior, who is section
al vice-president of the Ohio FLA,
were speakers at the meeting.
Weller and Cleveland discussed
the vocational agriculture educa-
tion sponsored by the CT Bill of
Rights and vocational agriculture
training in Ohio high schools.
They were introduced by William
Rofkar.
Franklin Heiserman announced
the following nominations for the
election to be held next week {:
JOllu Alutl Soll dliu oSOiSc olduS1l-
ter, president; William Rofkar,
and Curtis Kuhnle, vice-president;
Tom Leavy,. secretary; Harvey
Snider, treasurer; Roland Schap-
er, Dwight Fox, George Garsh,
David Mackey, John Tettau, Rich
ard Garmhausen, directors.
Robert Petersen, Junior Rotar-
ian, made a stirring speech when
he thanked Rotarians for being
a club. guest during the past
month. An infantile polio victim
last fall, Bob effectively compli-
mented Rotarians for their sup
port of crippled children aid.
Other Junior Rotarians complet-
ing their month were Ronald Tew-
ers, Richard Winke and Steve Ro-
star.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-15
Afternoon Church Wedding

Mrs. Ben Ribble, 122 East Per-
ry street, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. HI. A. Hawking, and James
f. Riemenschneider, son of Mr.
and Mrs. p. r. Riemenschneider,
Woodsfield, Ohio, were united in
marriage Sunday afternoon with
a double ring ceremony at 4:30 in
Trinity Methodist church, perfor-
med by the pastor, Rev. William
G. Miller. Miss Carmen Carlos
was maid of honor for her aunt
and Carmen Victoria and Benita
Sue Ribble were their mothers
flower girls. Charles Nissen was
best man.
The bride wore navy jacket
dress, milan hat with navy blue
trimming and carried prayer
book and an orchid, and the dress
of the maid of honor was black
and aqua taffeta and she carried
carnations and sweet peas. The
brides mother was in black and
her corsage was of roses
A reception was held at 7 o'clock
in the evening in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Hawking.
Mr.. and Mrs. Riemenschneider,
who are both employed at the MIS-
sen shoe store, will live in the
upper Pulschen apartment at 602l2
East Third street.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-15
Literary and Social Club

The April meeting of the Liter
ary and Social club will meet at
the Methodist church Wednesday
afternoon with Mrs. Louis f.
Smith as the hostess. Roll call,
leaders in industry. Mrs. Ralph
Roose will review "The Last Bill
lionaire," by Richards.
Officers elected at the last meet
ing and which will take over in
the fall are, President, Mrs. Beryl
Welty; vice president, Mrs. Wayne
Friderici; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Ralph Roose; treasurer, Mrs.
Frederick Zeis; recording secre-
tary, Mrs. Francis Mekus.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-15
A Small black and white dog ap-

A Small black and white dog ap-
parently followed it's young owner
to school the other morning and
when we passed that way he was
sitting on the step of one of the
portable buildings bowling mourn
fully. He'd lift his head to let out
dismal howl, then look at the
door waiting to see if anything
was going to happen. Nothing
did, no one came to the door to let
him in or sympathize with his
plight. SO after while he gave
up in disgust, lay down on the step
with his nose between his paws
evidently resigned to wait patient
ly until recess.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-15
Evening Duplicate Party

When DR.. and Mrs. Gordon II.
Ley were hosts to their duplicate
bridge club Sunday evening, DR..
Richard Semon and Miss Nancy
Lou Keller were substitute play
ers for Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Lay.
DR.. Semon took the north-south
honors for the men and Mrs. Har-
vey Snider for the ladies, and the
oast-west honors went to DR.. Ley
and Mrs. James Rhiel. Lunch was
enjoyed after cards.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-04-15

And if you value your fishing
tackle equipment while fishing
from a boat, keep your tackle
box closed, except when you need
something, and tie a short piece
of cord to the handle and attach
it to the boat. This is a good
idea for other pieces of equip
ment which might be lost if you
should take a spill.