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Evening star., 1949-08-15
National AirIines Plans
Coach Service for D. {.

Washington will get an addir
tional air. coach service october !
under plans announced by MAJ
tional Airlines today to transport
passengers to New York or Miami
and intermediate cities at rates
only a little higher than coach
rail accommodations.
If approved by the Civil Aero
nautics Board. the service will be
inaugurated with round . trips
daily in 4s-passenger DC-4fs. The
company announced plans Tor
placing 7o-passenger DC-4's on
coach runs by January l and In
creasing the flights in accordance
with public demand.
The company said that the
coach fare to New York from
Washington will be So as compared
with the present rate Of $13.40;
Washington to Miami, $3.50
compared to $62.30 and Washing
ton-to-Jacksonville, $3.50 as COM
pared to $40.40. These figures do
not include the Is per cent trans
portation tax.
Capital Airlines. with headquar-
ters in Washington, is operating
night flights out of Washington at
coach rates to Chicago and points
West,
Evening star., 1949-08-15

switch even be- NUN NICHOLS.
fore the plane started to ground
loop averted a fire. To attendants
who ran to her aid. she said
Nothing can hurt such an old
hand at this game as 1 am"
Miss Nichols began flying in
1922 and studied aeronautics in
the United States and abroad. She
Is a graduate of Wellesley College
and speaks several languages flu
emily.
She was not so fortunate in
October, 1885. when her plane
crashed at Troy. N. Y. She was
hospitalized with serious injuries.
Once before she leaped from a
burning plane as she warmed it
up at the Louisville Airport. In
1881 her transatlantic flight at
tempt ended in a takeoff crash
at st. Johns, Newfoundland. Her
speed record of 210.685 miles an
hour was set in 1881, bettering
Amelia Earhart's 181 miles an
hour.
Evening star., 1949-08-15
; D. {. Newspaperwomen
Chosen for Finnish Visit

Three Washington newspaper
women and three magazine writ
ers will fly to Helsinki, Finland,
August % to begin a months
visit as guests OF the Finnish
Newspaper Women's Club.
Selected by the Women's Ma
tional Press Club for the trip are
Esther Van Wagner Tufty of
the Tufty News Bureau; Martha
Strayer, Washington Daily News;
Sarah McClendon of the Nc
Clendon News Bureau; Vera Clay,
Newsweek; Hope Rulings Miller.
magazine writer, and Mary Lee
Page Of the Ladies Home Journal.
The writer's, who will visit
schools. hospitals. industrial CEN
ters, and evacuee farms In Fin
land, also will spend a week in
Rovaniemi, Lapland.
Evening star., 1949-08-15
Plane
lContinued From First Page

Stewardess Genevieve F. Crow
ley, address not given.
Miss Luigina Cerabona, seconc
StewardeSs, address not given.
Miss Cerabona was taken to {
hospital with severe chest injuries
An italian woman passenger wa!
reported to be among the dead
She was not Immediately identi'
fed.
Pilot Veteran of 19 Years.
The pilot, Capt. BeSsey, is 9
veteran of 19 years flying expert
ence.
Il had fuel for 11Ea hours
f1ight-a reserve of more than
three hours-but it was all gone.
Capt. Bessey said on his arrival
here. $50 I sent word back to
prepare for ditching."
There was no panic among the
passengers. They buckled their
life belts calmly and strapped
themselves into their seats for an
expected crash.
Capt. Bessey, his way lighted by
flares dropped from tho ~""~ -
airliner. a Trans World plane.
above him, plopped the disabled
plane gently into the s. D..
The. stewardesses did a swell
job Of keeping the people calm, u
said one survivor.
The passengers helped initiate
the four life RATS. = AS the plane
settled into the water they sour
ried out in an orderly manner.
Capt. Bessey said he ordered
the American crewmen to leave
the floundering craft last. They
obeyed.
II saw Asbel standing on the
fuselage," the pilot said. Either
a piece of the tail which broke
of or some other wreckage struck
him and he was knocked of and
drowned"
No Panic Aboard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard H. Derr
of San Lorenzo. Calf, were the
two non revenue passengers. Mr.
Derr is South American sales
manager for Transocean. Both
were rescued uninjured. They
emphasized there was no panic.
Everybody took the news
calmly-surprisingly so," said
MRS. Derr.
Her only anxiety she said, was
that her two sons at home would
know of their safety.
She said American Stewardess
Luigina Cerabona-who spoke
Italian-"was wonderful to the
passengers.
Crewmen of the trawler Stall
berg watched the plane drop
toward the water.
1--WE saw it with all its landing
lights on" said First Mate Dudley
Davis. 1T glided across our bow
and skidded into the water. All
the lights went out" He said il
was too dark to attempt immedi-
ate rescue and the trawler stood
by until dawn.
On Life Rats Four Hours.
Most of the survivors were or
life RATS about four hours before
they were picked up. Four raft!
were inflated after the plane hit
But when the trawler reached
them, three were jamed with
people and the fourth was empty
One of the bodies landed herr
by the trawler was that of Asbel
The other was that of an Italiar
woman.
Mr., Nelson, who chanced to bl
Evening star., 1949-08-15
| Orgonist Plays
At Services, Then
Returns to Jail
By the Associofed Press

CENTRAL CITY, Colo, Aug. Is
The doors on the Central City
Jail are still swinging to and fro
for Mrs. Alice c. Ramstetter, 68,
the star boarder.
She played the organ in church
yesterday. After a leisurely din
ner with the Rev. Francis Po-
Evening star., 1949-08-15

tempa, pastor, she returned te
her well-furnished cell.
Mrs. Ramstetter went to jai.
Thursday when she and 38 Other
business people in this summer
resort were charged with gambling
operating slot machines. JUS
tice of the Peace Lowell Griffith
swore out the complaints in a
ore-man crusade.
Every one signed a personal
recognizance bond. But not the
determined Mrs. Ramstetter. She
insisted on going to jail until a
hearing August Is. 1t was in
protest against the anti-gambling
campaign.
Sheriff Kenneth Mckenzie is
Evening star., 1949-08-15
Salvation Army Chief
Due Here From japan

Commissioner Masuzo Uyemura
commander of the Salvation Army
in Japan, was to arrive here to-
day for conferences with Salvation
Army officials.
The Salvation Army establish
ments under Mr.. Uyemura includ-
ing hospitals, tubercular sanitar-
iums and educational facilities
we're ordered liquidated in 1874
Evening star., 1949-08-15

and headed the chapters activities
relating to prisoners of war.
The new volunteer director will
lead a campaign for new spare
time workers. including typists
chauffeurs, receptionists and per-
sons experienced in social case
work. The workers will assist in
the work Of the private welfare
agencies comprising the UCS Or
ganization.
Evening star., 1949-08-15
Wife Killed, Bow|ingC Champ
Injured in Auto Crash
BY the Assoeiotsd Press


KENOSHA, Wis, Aug. 15.-Mrs
Joe Wilman was killed and hel
husband, the national match game
bowling champion, was injured
last night in an automobile COLI.
sion near here.
Mr.. Wilman. suffering head in
juries and cuts. was brought to st
GATHERINGS Hospital along with
eight occupants of the other car
The Wilmans are from Berwyn
nj.
Sheriff L. j. Jansen's Office sale
the cars collided at the intersec.
ton Of two secondary roads. Mrs
Wilman was thrown from the cal
snd struck utility pole. She wa
killed instantly.
Evening star., 1949-08-15

the women'S speed record, is no
novice in escapes from crashed
Evening star., 1949-08-15
) Held in Louisville
After One Policeman
Is Slain, Another Hurt
BY the Assoeioted Press

LOUISVILLE. KY. Aug. 49,
Three persons were being held
here today as the aftermath of a
wild shooting affray last night in
which one policeman was wounded
fatally and another critically
wounded.
A man tabled by the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation as mo-
torious public enemy" was dis
armed and seized by a veteran
Marine Corps campaigner. Police
Chief Carl Heustis identified the
man as Earl D. Bircham, As. He
was charged with murder and ma
licious shooting. FBI officials said
he also was charged in a warrant
issued August 10 with the $25, ,498
robbery on August i, 1949, of the
Centennial Park branch of the
American National Bank at Nash
vile, Tenn.
A women identified by Chief
Heustis as Bircham's wife-Mrs.
June Bircham, 26,-was also
charged with the Centennial Bank
robbery.
. Later last night. the FBI and
Louisville policemen seized an
other man identified as William
Curtis Pierce, 26. at his apart
ment here. FB1 Agent Fred Hall
ford said Pierce was charged with
the Centennial Bank robbery.
Pierce is being held in jail here
and is scheduled to be arraigned
this afternoon.
Police today said Bircham had
admitted an $4,000 robbery at
Birmingham. Ala, on July IA.
An FBI circular said Bircham
was wanted for fleeing Kansas to
avoid confinement for robbery and
had been charged with bank rob-
berry in Tennessee.
Bircham was captured Is min
utes after the police were fired on
rs they approached an automobile
they had chased as speeder.
Patrolman John H. Tennyson,
80. died shortly after being taken
to General Hospital. Patrolman
John A. Ross. 20. was reported in
q critical condition at the hospital
today. He was shot twice under
the heart.
The policemen were shot in a
backyard when they exchanged
shots with the gunman. The gum
man was not hurt in the shooting.
He fed his car, late model Pack
ard with a Kenton County KyD
license. after it struck a tree.
Chief Heustis said Mrs. Bircham
remained in the car throughout
the shooting and was captured by
another resident who held her for
police. She was listed as wanted
by the FBI on a charge of har-
boring. ~ =
Police said Bircham was cap
tured and disarmed by Luther
Williams, 81, the ex-Marine, in
his back yard near the scene of
$La ~hoo%in~
Evening star., 1949-08-15

Y y III III u II ! Y y
Services, it was
announced last
night.
Miss Collins
has been assist
ant director of
h o m e service
and supervisor
of intake of the
D S t ic t Red
Cross chapter
for the last six
years. During
the , war she
was supervisor
e 1.,-H - .,
Evening star., 1949-08-15

g Although whale oil candles went
gut Of fashion 100 years ago,
killed American glassworkers are
tDday making glass candleholders
hg hand by virtually the same
Methods they used a century ago
Evening star., 1949-08-15

AsAASSs
In November,
1882, the plane
she was flying
out Of Floyd
Bennett Field
in New York
crashed as she
took of on a
transcontinent-
al flight for
Herbert Hoov-
er's presidential
c a m p a l 6 n
Quick action in
shutting off the
Evening star., 1949-08-15
Red Cross Staff Officer
Is Named 10 UCS Post

Miss Marjorie Collins, staff Of
hcer of the District Chapter of the
Red Cross, has been named direc-
tor of volunteer services for United
Evening star., 1949-11-15
By Alice Eversmon

Nelson Eddy's song recital in
Constitution Hall last night can
be counted as one of the. most
successful from the point Of view
of audience enjoyment. BY the
time the program was finished.
everyone had succumbed to the
baritone's informal manner. the
fun he injected into his remarks
about the numbers. and the &C
ton he used to further the effect
Of the texts. 1t took little effort
on Mr.. Eddy's part to arrive at
that state, for the first songs
elected only moderate applause.
At the end, however, time was
hardly allowed him to rest be-
tween groups. so insistently was
he recalled.
On his appearance, the singer
announced that he would sub
stitute some American folk songs
for the classics that, from the
time immemorial. have started
every artists program. There
upon, he sang the sea song.
"Shenandoah," the North Caro-
lima Mountain Song. Hes Coin
Away" the Middle West folk
song, bid Your Love" and
another sea song. BLOW Ye
Winds"
It was not a particularly happy
choice, for they lacked variety.
The folk literature, as recently
discovered, is vast and many more
effective selections could have
been found more suitable to open
q program. AS doctored up in
the piano accompaniments, mostly
by the accompanist of the evening,
Theodore Paxson, they had an
art song flavor and to some ex-
tent, could compete with the
standard classics. The singing of
these simple songs in English was
the only innovation in Mr.. Eddy's
program, which, in musical value,
did not come up to previous ones
he has given here.
Perhaps the most outstanding
element of the baritone'S pre-
sentation was his excellent die
ton in his native language and
later. in German and French. 1t
may be that concentration on clar-
ity of enunciation takes away
from the vibrancy Of his voice, for
the quality was decidedly dull last
night. Only occasionally. as In
Mittler's "Ueber den Bergen" :"
Massenet's "Elegie," Charles
when I Have Sung My Songs"
and Guion's Nam 'selle Marie. ?"
did it come alive with the ring
that belongs to 1t.
These are old and familiar songs
of Mr.. Eddy's and that may ac-
count for the added tonal bril-
liancy. It should have colored
Debussy's lovely Romance" and
Schubert's "Staendchen" as well,
but instead the tones were pressed,
attacks were slurred and the
music did not flow freely. There
is much more conviction in Mr..
Eddy's Interpretation than for
merly and where real sentiment
was required, he rose to the need
with fine effect. He held his lis
teners breathless in "Mam'selle
Marie" in Mittler's song and in
Charles, for he touched an emo
tional chord that has not been
his always to- command.
Outside of. these points, his re-
Evening star., 1949-11-15

zens' association that "all civic
matters are of interest to the busi-
ness association
One of the purposes Of the busi-
ness group is to serve the needs
of the residents as fully as pos
sible, he said, and added that
civic betterment works for bust
ness betterment.
Mr.. Wilson was a member of q
panel discussing improvement of
the Mount Pleasant area. Other
members of the panel were
Thomas A. Buckley, a past presi-
dent of the business association:
j. David Britt. editor of the North
Evening star., 1949-11-15
News of Music
Nelson Eddy's Song Recital Most.
Successful in Audience Enjoyment

cital might be considered as en-
tertainment. His desire to IA
miliarize the audience with the
meaning of a song in a foreign
language leads him to give an
outline of 1t. This was funny
enough to make people laugh at
The right time. aided by the sing
er's facial expression. He clowned
in some of the French and Ger
man numbers and approval of this
approach depends on what one
wants from a recital. Seldom,
however, has Brahms Verge
bliches Staendchen" been given a
version like unto Mr.. Eddy's. This,
with Frog Went a Courtin',
"Shortnin' Bread" and eau Pays
served as encores during the pro-
gram. More were given at the
Evening star., 1949-11-15

lend to please the highly enthu-
siastic audience. The Eddy voice
is as fine as it ever was and is
capable of much greater artistic
demands than the artist puts
upon it.
Mr.. Paxson. appeared on the
program in three other roles: that
of arranger, soloist and composer
Rachmaninoff's prelude in A
Flat" "Elegie" and "Etude- Tab
leau in E Flat" were his solo offer
ings which were warmly received
His Laughing Song" last on Mr.
Eddy's list, is an excellent num-
ber and rated one of the best
performances by the baritone. AS
encore, Mr.. Paxson played the
Chopin waltz in E fiat"
Evening star., 1949-11-15

west Shopper, the business asso-
citation paper: Capt. Basil F. Meal
lister, No. 10 police precinct: DR..
Samuel Luber, chairman of the
citizens association s Public Health
Committee, and Edward E. Will
cox, a delegate to the Federation
of Citizens Associations.
w. Elwood Baker, president of
Evening star., 1949-11-15
MI. Pleasant Businessmen
Stress Civic Interest

The Mount Pleasant Citizens
Association last night learned it
has an ally in the Mount Pleasant
Business Association.
Thomas A. Wilson. president of
the business group, told the citi-
Evening star., 1949-11-15

the citizens association, conducted
the meeting in the Mount Pleasant
Branch Library, Sixteenth and
Lamont streets NV.
Evening star., 1949-11-15

Britain's first double decker
train is in service. taking 1000
London Office workers to and from
the suburbs to their jobs.
Evening star., 1949-11-15

There was q big crowd ut
the market this morning. On
top of that, two Of the reg
ular checking girls were at
home, i'll.
When the manager saw how
many people were standing in
line waiting, he asked the girls
who were packing groceries to
take over as cashiers at the two
vacant counters. That Hay, q
lot more people we're taken care
Of, sooner.
It reminded me of something
Cy Stubbs Zone Of the local
telephone men) was saying
the other day about the i'm
portance Of sharing our tele-
phone party lines.
He said that in spite Of al the
headway being made on the job
Of expanding the local tele-
phone system, = lot of folks
are still waiting for telephones.
And party lines mean more
service for more people, sooner.
The Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Company.
Evening star., 1949-11-15
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will be maintained, even though
there should be a mixture in the
schools of Washington"
He claimed that pressure groups
had constantly presumed key po-
liticians behind the scenes to force
anti-segregation upon the states,
but have failed. The FEPC bill
was defeated in the great state of
California. Having failed in the
states, a program has now been
adopted to use the District of Co.
lumbia as a guinea pig, to force
the issue on the district, because
the people here do not have suf-
frage, they do not have power TO
defend and protect Themselves.
Senator Estes Kefauver Cd
Tenn.), contended that this bill
did not go into the matter of seq
regation or non-segregation. The
issue is to give to the people Of
the District of Columbia suffrage
under the home rule bill, it is not
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-06-10

a civil rights measure. The status,
quo on segregation in the district
would not be affected by this bill.
The bill as it passed the senate
gives qualified District residents
a vote in choosing members Of the
city council and an elected school
board. Nine councilmen will be
elected and two appointed by the
Continued on Page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-06-10
Eastland-John Segregation
Amendment to Washing Home
Rule Bill Defeated


WASHINGTON, June 10, (ANP)
Proof that the Republican-Dixie
crat coalition can be broken was
exemplified in the senate last
Tuesday when the Eastland-John-
ston segregation amendment to the
District Home Rule bill was defeat
ed by a vote of 49-to-27.
The bill itself passed the senate
by voice vote minus the anticipated
filibuster. The only debate on the
measure lasted about two hours
and was on the amendment offer
ed On the floor by Sen. James 0.
Eastland 3D., Miss.) for himself
and Sen. DIN D. Johnston d.,
SCI. The amendment provided
for a referendum on any changes
in the segregatory policy in the
District of Columbia.
The Eastland amendment spe-
officially stated that no ordinance
of law designed to change any law
policy, custom, rule or regulation
relating to racial segregation in
the District of Columbia can be-
come effective until it has been
submitted by the Board of Elect
ions to the qualified electors for
a referendum at the first election
to be held not less than 80 days
after date such ordinance is pass
ed of such law is enacted.
This did not include nonsegre-
cation in the public schools or
school Fairgrounds of the District,
in recreational areas under the ad-
m~inistration of the director of the
department of recreation or in
restaurants, hotels, places of
amusement and other public places
in the district.
In presenting his amendment
the Mississippi senator declared
that a great deal of synthetic ar
gument has been going on through
out the country about conditions
within the District of Columbia; a
synthetic clamor has arisen that
the segregation rules of the district
should be changed.
He charged the big politicians
with advocating the abolition of
segregation while at the same time
they practice segregation them
selves. They ask for non-segre-
gated schools while they send their
children to private schools which
practices the "white only" racial
policy.
"They give statements to the
press that they desire to see seq
regation abolished and insist that
we must adopt a progressive
course" continued Eastland, while
their own children, nevertheless
beyond the reach of racial mix
ture, are placed in private schools
where it is known the color line
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-06-10
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Evening star., 1949-10-02

erty or deoth" speech.
which were planted by the
lawyer who was once Ambas-
sador to France.
Monticello. which means
Little Mountain" was de-
signed and built under the
supervision of Jefferson. Here
he lived. here both he and
his wife died and are buried.
Their house is one of the
most popular shrines for
motor tourists in all North
America.
Seventeen miles away Is
Ruckersville, at the junction
Of U. S. 20 and 80, and 30
miles more, to the northeast,
lies Culpeper, birthplace of
Confederate Gen. A. p. Hill,
who was killed April 2, 1865,
in the defense of Petersburg.
Two battles of the Civil War
were fought here.
We continue on U. S. 20,
and just after we pass War
renton. but before we get to
Centreville. we come to the
site Of the two Battles of Bull
Run and the Manassas Ma
tional Battlefield Park.
Twenty-four miles east of
Centreville, via U. S. so, and
we are back In the District of
Columbia after having driven
over one of the most historic
groupings of highways to be
found in the United States.
Evening star., 1949-10-02
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