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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Two Scale Shed 10 Save
Baby in BURNING House

A 14month-old baby, trapped in
q burning room, was rescued yes
terday when two neighbors scaled an
adjoining shed to carry the infant
d, to safety.
Firemen and police said Warren
, Virgins, Is, colored, of 210 F street
, S.W and Ruben Johnson, %, col
ored, of Sc I street S.W., attempted
. to rush into burning house at 222
F street s.W. after they were told a
baby was there.
Unable to DO So, because of the
flames, they climbed the shed and
entered the room through window
{ Police said the baby, Gloria Jean
Tanner, colored, received severe
burns on her face and body Her
condition was described as serious at
!Children's Hospital last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Leonard I. Johnson,
Professor Emeritus
AT Howard u, Dies

Leonard Zachariah Johnson. IS,
professor emeritus Of English at
Howard University, died yesterday
at his home, 1919 Tenth street NE,
after an illness of several months.
The retired colored Presbyterian
pastor had been professor at How
ard from 1918 until about 10 years
ago. He was recalled to teach for
three years during the war.
Prof. johnson was born in Harris
burg, Pa, and was graduate of
Lincoln University and Lincoln
Seminary. From 1889 until 1895 he
taught in Virginia. Maryland and
Pennsylvania public schools and
then entered the Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary. He , also took
graduate courses at Princeton Uni
verSity and was awarded a master
Of arts degree there in 1904.
After a short period as a pastor in
Princeton, Prof. Johnson went to
Baltimore to be pastor of the Madi-
son Street Presbyterian Church
Wnefe ne renamed untll ne came
to Howard.
The clergyman taught Bible
classes here at the Phyllis Wheatley
YWCA and at the Fifteenth Street
Presbyterian Church. He was a
member Of the national church S
general Presbytery.
Prof. johnson is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Louise J. Lovett, 627
Seventh street NE, and a son, DR.
Leonard z. Johnson, jr., a Harris
burg physician.
Funeral services will be held at
II am. tomorrow in the Andrew
Rankin Memorial Chapel. Howard
University. Burial will be in Lin
coin Memorial Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16

whole agenda has been completed
1t was likely, however, that call
for a formal session of the confer
ence would signal agreement on
some item.
\ DR.. Bunche's proposals were sub
mitted today at separate meetings
with each of the delegation leaders
and their selected aides. This was
the same pattern as yesterday, when
DR.. Bunche saw them separately and
obtained their agreement to the
first article of the agenda, pledge
for each to refrain from new Of
fensives while negotiations are in
progress and to respect the national
security of the other side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Cuban Recognition Raises
IsroeI's Hone for u. N, Seat

LAKE SUCCESS, Jan. Is P).-
Israel's chances of gaining edmis-
sion to the United Nations ap-
peared brighter today alter Cuba
recognized the Tel Aviv regime.
Israel Spokesman would not CON-
ment officially on the unexpected
development but they made it plain
they were enthusiastic about it.
The Cuban government announced
last night in Havana that it had
recognized Israel. TWENTY-FIVE
countries now have recognized the
new state CANADA extended recoe
milton December "a and the Do
:ninican Republic December 20.
The Cuban move may be the first
break in the solid block of Is votes
in the U. N. for the Arabs. Cuba
voted with the Arabs against the
U. N. partition plan November 20,
l947, and voted consistently with
the Arabs in all ballots of the long
Palestine debate in the Paris Gem
eral Assembly last fall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16

head trustee For a number of
years he was in partnership with
the late Noel w. Barksdale He
had also been a lecturer at several
law schools here
Mr. Wilson was for years presi-
dent of the Anti-Saloon Leagues
District unit and at ore tine vas
vice president of the national or
ganlzation.
Born on Indiana Farm.
He was born on farm in Indiana
and began teaching school at the
age of IT, After graduation from
Kansas State Normal School ne
taught in Kansas public schools for
a number Of years before an ap-
polntment to War Department sert-
ice in 1883. In 1891, after receiving
a degree from Georgetown Univer-
slty Law School, Mr.. Wilson left
Government service to study at the
Yale University Law School from
which he received a Doctor of Civil
Law degree in 1888.
Mr.. Wilson was member of
the Columbia Heights Christian
Church, American and District Bar
Associations, Cosmos Club. Yale
Club of Washington, National Tenn
perance Council Washington Cily
Bible Society and was past master
OF B. B. French Masonic Lodge.
Funeral Tomorrow.
The attorney is survived by his
widow. Mrs. Margaret. De Van
Wilson, wnom he married in 1851.
Funeral services will be held at 3
pm. tomorrow in his home, with
DR.. Harry L. Bell, pastor of the
Columbia Heights Christian Church,
officiating Burial will be in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
The following will represent the
District Bar Association at the serv-
ices: Charles M. Bates, John w.
Gulled9e, David A. Hart, E. Hilton
Jackson, G. Clinton James, Tracy L.
Jefords, Wharton E. Lester and
Thomas H. Patterson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
By the Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan. IS
A 2OO-pound blond woman held
revolver against Police Officer Eddie
Vela's head for four hours today
but he persuaded her not to shoot,
Vela finally captured the woman,
a mental hospital escape, with
flying tackle after she leaped from
a police car.
officers Bill MCGEE and Vela ar
rested the woman in residential
section. She made no objection
when told they were taking her to
the police station. But when the
police dispatcher ordered her re-
turned to the San Antonio State
Hospital, she seized Vela's revolver
and forced MCGEE out of the car.
Vela and the 25-year-old woman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
in Tokyo Rait
With DooIitt|e Due
For Arlington Burial

Remains of three Army flyers who
took part in the Doolittle raid on
Tokyo April 18, 1942-AmericaS first
strike at Japan-Will be reburied at
IL am. tomorrow in Arlington
Cemetery with full military honors
The flyers are 1t. William Glover
Farrow, %, whose mother is a resi-
dent of Arlington: 1t. Dean Edward
Hallmark, q, of Dallas. Tex. and
Lit. Robert j. Meder, "a, of Lake
wood, Ohio.
1t. FarroW and 1t. Hallmark were
executed by the japanese on Octo-
Der IS, 1913. near Shanghai. 1t
Meder, whose sentence had been
committed to life imprisonment on
the day before the executions, died
DECEMBER |, 1913. in a Marking
prison. All had landed, out of gas,
in occupied China and been cap
tured by the japanese
Mrs. Jessie S. FarroW. mother of
Ii. Farrow, who is living at the
home OF niece, Mrs. Robert Phelps,
ia North EdgeWood street, Airing
ton. said last night that the remains
of the three. cremated by the Jap
anese. would be buried together.
She said that Mr.. and Mrs. c. D.
Hallmark of Dallas, parents of 1t.
Hallmark, and Mr.. and Mrs. John
J. Meder of Lakewood, Ohio, parents
Of 1t. Meder, and Miss Doris Mae
Meder, his sister, would be here for
the ceremony
She said that 1t. Col. Robert G..
Emmens and Maj, Harold F. Watson,
two of the Tokyo flyers. also will
attend. Gen. James Doolittle. who
led the famed flight, she said. had
sent word from California that he
had heard about the reburial too
late to attend If
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Israel Sends Delegation
To Talk With Lebonese

TEL AVN, Jan. Is (P.-Israel
sent official delegates north tonight
for a frontier armistice meeting with
the representatives of Lebanon, it
was reported reliably here.
The Arab front against negoti-
ating with Israel, already cracked by
Egypt's delegation at Rhodes, ap-
peared to be breaking
If a substantial accord is reached
at the meeting somewhere on the
Lebanese border, it is expected here
that Lebanon will be invited by DR..
Ralph ]. Bunche, acting U. N. me-
diatcr, to join broader armistice
Negotiations at Rhodes.
Lebanon long has been regarded
here as eager to settle the quarrel.
Her forces have not been active
from the first,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Ca|vinist Leaders OK.
Arrest OF Cardinal
BY the Associated Press

BUDAPEST. Hungary, Jan. IS
Calvinist church leaders approved
today the governments action in
arresting Joseph Cardinal Minds
zenty of Hungary. The cardinal is
charged with treason. black mar
keting and other crimes against. the
state. 49,
Similar approving statements
were issued BY several ether church
groups. The CalVinist church is the
second largest in Hungary after the
Roman Catholic Church of which
Cardinal Mindszently is the head.
Leaders of the Baptist church,
which has about 1000 members, and
of the even smaller Methodist, Ada
ventist and Hungarian Free
Churches added their signatures
and additional statements to the
Calvinist document.
The third largest church group,
the Evangelical church, was not
among the signers.- There was no
comment one way or the other from
its leaders.
The Calvinist sta element said
CagdiEcl r. ,-ze.,y did not fight
for religious freedom, fight that
would be unnecessary here, but for
political aims The church cannot
oe silent on clerical questions
raised by the Mindszenty case. We
request the good will of everyone
to separate the church case from
political experiments. This means
reconciliation with the Hungarian
republic"
The Calvinist churches last sum-
mer joined the movement to recog-
nize the prominence OF the Hun
garian state.
Cardinal Mindszenty was ar
rested December 81, and is being
held in jail. Correspondents have
not been able to see him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Buachle. Presents. Plan
In Bold Attempt at
|srae|-Egypt Peace
BY the Associoted Press

RHODES, Jan. 15.-The Israeli
Egyptian armistice conference to-
day moved into the rough ground
where it may come to wreck or sue
cess.
Dr. Ralph j. Bunche. acting U. N.
mediator, was said by reliable
source to have attempted a bold
stroke by submitting a draft pro-
posal to each delegation covering
all military and boundary phases
of the Negeb dispute.
If he succeeded in having it
adopted the conference, for all prac-
tical purposes, would be over. All
that would remain would be the
actual drafting and initiating of a
permanent armistice agreement
which probably would end the eight
months war over the Holy Land.
Points and Stumbling Blocks.
But the points on which DR..
Bunche sought agreement were
those on which all cease-fires and
temporary truces since October have
been wrecked.
Included were the questions of
Israel's lifting the siege of the
Egyptian garrison OF about 5000 men
at Faluja, the delineation of armis-
tice lines to which the opposing
forces would withdraw and the re-
duction of forces by both sides.
At stake were the probable future
frontiers of Israel in the coveted
Negeb desert, which she seeks to
make fertile and populous with set
tiers. Until now, at least, the Jews
and Egyptians have held widely
differing ideas on this subject.
The Jews were expected to accept
after much argument the proposal
TO lift their three month siege of
Faluja, 80 miles southeast of Tel
Aviv, to the extent of letting the
Egyptians march aWay-but only
on the condition that such an agree
ment would not be supplemented I'M
til decisions have been reached on
the other points.
Complex Negotiations Seen.
Negotiations on each of the sue
ceeding points promised to become
progressively more difficult and
complex.
Spokesman for DR.. Bunche said it
was unlikely any announcement
would be made of agreement on
any one item until work on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Policeman Drives Auto 4 Hours
As Woman Holds Gun at Head

cruised for four hours conveyed by
II police cars, which were afraid to
close in.
IF they try to block our way, I
think she'll kill me-" Vela told the
police dispatcher over his radio.
In front of a downtown theater,
she finally jumped from the car.
She dispersed people on the side
walk by brandishing her weapon.
then walked backward into the
theater lobby.
Vela hit her with a flying tackle,
and took away her gun. She was
returned to the State hospital.
An attendant said, During her
nervous spells, she has always been
difficult 10 handle
Vela went home, feeling nervous,
too
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Resolution Urges Teachers
To Combat Subversion

The American Association of
School Administrators yesterday
urged the teaching profession to
expose and combat the activities
Of all groups which have as their
objective the undermining of the
Constitution of the United States
and the civil rights guaranteed
therein"
The association. department of
the National Education Association,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Madrid Would Cut Fees

MADRID, Jan. Is (P.-The For
elgn Ministry announced today it
has proposed elimination of visa
fees between Spain and the United
States. 1t said the step was in
tended to Increase tourist traffic
and better understanding between
the peoples of the two countries. "
The present visa fee for American
tourists is 50 50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16

I a + ! o apart
mentS, Eight
zenith street and
Ontario road
NV, after a
long illness.
A practicing
lawyer here from
1893 until his
death, Mr.. Will
son was attor-
ney for the Cen
trail Union Mis-
sion, Washing
ton City Bible
Society and the
Disciples Home,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
GaI|inger Hospital Rating
Appiauded by Rutland

Health Officer George C. Rutland
yesterday sent letter to DR.. A. R.
Sweeney. superintendent of GAL
linger Hospital, complimenting him
on the good rating the hospital
received from the American College
of Surgeons.
My compliments to you and the
staff of Gallinger Hospital on the
fine rating Gallinger Hospital serv-
ice has received at the hands of
the American College of Surgeons"
DR.. Rutland wrote. For years Gal
linger Hospital has been the target
OF thoIghtless and unfair attacks.
1t is doubly gratifying in the cir
cumstances, that judgment by
competent forum rates the service
at Gallinger so high.
I'VE have been, and are, fully
aware of the needs of Gallinger
Hospital as to the facilities and per-
sonnet and I sincerely hope that
these will finally be supplied SO
that Gallinger Hospital can be what
it should bean outstanding ex-
ample of American hospital prac-
tice."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
THE SUNDAY STAR Washington, D. c. ass
l6

adopted the resolution through a
mail ballot.
Teachers also were asked to help
citizens recognize propaganda de-
vices and to prevent the use of
public schools as instruments of any
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
BruziI to Be Discussed

The Wheel of Progress. civic Or
ganization. will hear a talk on Bra
I'll at pm. tomorrow in the Fourth
Presbyterian Church, Fourteenth
md Fairmont streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16

factional propaganda agency. The
resolution is part of a program for
the extension of democracy through
a constantly improved free public
school system" which the associa-
ton is pushing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Andrew Wilson Dies;
Attorney and Leader
In Temperance Work

Andrew Wilson, "a, Washinton
attorney prominent for many years
in Anti-Saloon League affairs, died
yesterday at his home in the On
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16

midas Bombay province will have
500 cooperative societies shortly to
help reha bilitate refugees through
cottage industries.
Evening star., 1949-07-31
More Polaroid Film

Manufacturers of Polaroid Land
camera have announced the elimi-
nation OF some of the bottlenecks
IN production of the special film
Tor the cameras. so that the $500
dealers are now receiving enough
f1lm to satisfy demands.
The company still continues to
reserve a monthly supply of six
rolls for each camera owner in
order to assure equal distribution
Demands of heavy industrial users
may be fully met shortly unde,
improved production methods, the
company reports.
Evening star., 1949-07-31
Society Members
Rate Well in Various
Print, Slide Contests

National Photographic Society
members have been hitting the
jackpot in Photographic contests,
both national and local. In the
PISA color slide circuit, Lancelot
Sukert received the third ribbon
award for slide entitled Lincoln
Memorial Interior" and Mrs.
Sandra ThaW was an individual
winner with Navajo Pastoral"
Club entrants in the 1949 Star
Amateur Snapshot Contest have
done exceptionally we'll. c. H.
Severance had a print "Justice
and Beauty" (class c. published
in The Sunday Star magazine of
June 10. Three other winners
whose prints were published in the
June 26 issue were: William
Keogh-"Forgotten" (Class c.:
Henry Gichner-"One to Grow
On" '(Class Al. and Reuben Scol-
nik-"Co-o-ld" (Class b.
In the May issue of the Camera
Magazine "A Portfolio of Bird
Pictures" by Ralph Lawrence, was
featured. In the same issue.
print by Miss Marlys Edman of
water lilies was reproduced.
Justin N. Locke's appalachian
Valley Pilgrimage" series made
IN the Shenandoah Valley, was
published in the July issue of the
National Geographic Magazine
Evening star., 1949-07-31
Geodetic Survey Print
Judging Tomorrow

The personnel of the United
States Coast g. Geodetic Survey is
exhibiting a collection of SO prints
which will be hung tomorrow in
the lobby Of the Commerce De-
partment building at the Four
teenth street entrance.
The prints will be judged to-
morrow night and a cup will go to
the first place winner, with rib
bons for second, third and honor
able mentions.
Judges are Jim Bergman, Star
cartoonist; Miss Gladys Hamlin
president of the National Photo
graphic Society. and P. F.. Lam
bert, a past president of the
society.
The prints will remain on dis
play through August Is.
Evening star., 1949-07-31
French Lens Master
Recognized in Show

An exhibition of 155 photo
graphs by Eugene Atget 1857-
1920 is currently being shown at
the Library of Congress. being
lent by Berenice Abbott. In a
series of % panels. the early work
of one Of the great French mas
tiers of the camera is presented
according to simple category.
Atget, whose equipment consist
ed of heavy 8-by-10 glass plate
camera, had only a slow, rectili-
near lens and none of the modern
accessories. He used kerosene
lamps, made his own albums and
never retouched a negative OF
changed the appearance of the re-
suit on his chloride printing out
paper.
Born near Bordeaux, he was a
sailor, part-time actor and paint
er He came to Paris. acquired q
camera and thoroughly photo
graphed his neighborhood and the
city at large. The result spans ar
interesting period and is arranged
IN commanding sequence.
Evening star., 1949-07-31
Camera Angles
Attention to Detail Makes Prize Winners
By Alexander J. Wedderburn
Cvrotor Of Photography
The Smithsonian Institution

Attention to detail may help
you win prize in the Stars snap
shot contest. After several weeks
OF judging hundreds of entries
that pour in weekly. we have come
to several conclusions. First, we
are well satisfied that the Wash
ington amateur photographers as
a group are way above average
after seeing some of the winning
pictures in local contests in other
cities. But our greatest criticism
is that many a potential winner
has to be turned down because OF
some small oversight on the part
Of the photographer-lack of at
tention to detail.
It's easy to take q good picture
ii you go about it in the right way
But in a contest. where every one
is shooting for the national
awards. you will have to put out
that extra bit Of effort that will
take your entries out of the good
class and make them stand out.
Again we should like to say that
many pictures Of otherwise win
ming caliber have been reluctantly
rejected simply because of some
faulty detail-in almost every case
due only to an easy-to-correct
! oversight.
Let's examine some of these
minor flaws and see what can be
done to Danish them. Lack of
emphasis on the center of inter-
est seemed to be the most COM
mon fault observed so far. There
were any number of top-notch
pictures that failed to meet this
requirement.
Too Much in One Picture.
In most instances this was
caused by the photographer in
cluding too many things or per,
sons in the picture. But in other
cases a different approach to the
exposure problem would have
made the difference. AS an ex-
ample Of the former mistake there
was an entry that showed a num-
Der of people in the vicinity of a
plane that formed the background
The composition. from a stand
point of balance, was good: the
lighting and exposure were excel
lent and the idea behind the pic
ture was sound. 1t showed a bal
loon man looking back over his
shoulder as young child tried
frantically to attract the attention
of the parents before the vendor
was beyond call. But unfortu-
nately there were numerous other
people in the picture, none of
whom seemed aware of this little
drama and each seemingly occu-
pied in some individual task of the
moment. This picture failed in
its purpose because the viewer
must scan the entire scene before
ne can discover just what the pur-
pose OF the picture is. There were
far too many "centers of inter-.
Evening star., 1949-07-31
raveIerHs II otebook

formances. The stage is dark now
only on Monday nights. The
number Of rooms available in the
Roanoke Island-Dare Beach area
for Lost Colony" visitors and
other tourists has been increased
to 1900.
Miami Beach will take on the
trimmings and activities Of a
Latin American fiesta when it
observes Cuba day. A three-day
program has been arranged for
August 10 through 81. In addi-
ton to solemn ceremonies. there
will be a ball game between the
Miami Beach and Havana teams
of the Florida International
League. a party and reception at
the Versailles Hotel and rumba
contests in Flamingo Park.
How long is Long Beach? The
All-Year Club of Southern Cali
fornia answers: Seven miles of
seaside parks and bathing
DeaCneS.
The U. 8. Geological Survey Is
authority for the statement that
~ different shades of color are
visible in the rocks Of Cedar
Breaks National Monument.
In the appropriate month OF
June, Niagara Falls, Ontario. be-
gan presenting blue and gold
honeymoon certificates to visiting
|newlyweds. All they have to do
is to register with the Chamber
of Commerce.
Highlight of the Brevard IN. c.
Music Festival to be held the
second and third week ends of
August will be the presentation
of Beethovens Might Symphony
on August 81.
Evening star., 1949-07-31

Anastigmat means q lens which
will convey picture as clear at
the edges as 1t is in the center.
In other words. without astig-
matiSm.