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Evening star., 1949-08-07

bassador Augusta Dillon said 10
per cent of Ambato's buildings
we're laid waste. Not only were
500 killed. Mr.. Dillon said, but
probably more than 1000 were in
jured and 10000 people probably
will be out of work in Ambato.
The earthquake struck first at
2 pm. (EDT) Friday and con-
tinued until 2:45 pm. in a series
of six violent shocks. During the
longest shock-which lasted 40
seconds-most of Ambato'S biggest
buildings crashed to the ground.
Railway officials said the Quito
Guayaquil line was blocked by SO
many landslides 1t will take a
week to reopen it. Twenty seven
slides were reported on one Smile
stretch of track. This line. prin-
cipal freight carrier between Qui-
to and the Pacific coast passes
through the entire earthquake
zone.
Floods Add to Distress.
Floods added to the distress in
the quake area. Landslides
blocked streams which then
changed their courses and inun-
dated farmlands. The first con-
tingents of troops helped calm
panicky Ambato residents when
they arrived there yesterday
morning.
The earthquake struck a wide
mountainous area of the Andes
range surrounding Ambato. which
lies 55 miles due south of Quito.
Ambato was a scene of desola-
ton. When the first shock rocked
the city, many residents dashed
into strets and parks for safety
Hundreds took refuge in churches
and prayed.
The cathedral was destroyed
while so children were inside TAX
ing catechism lesson. The mill
tary barracks crashed to the
ground killing $50 soldiers and
injuring 60 others. The palace
of the provincial government was
heap of ruins. Four other
churches also were demolished
Santo Domingo, San Francisco
La Merced and the Church OF
the Josephine Fathers.
Carlos Gomez Mancheno. man.
ager of National Airlines-Ateca
Evening star., 1949-08-07
By Alice Eversmon

x Verdis La Traviata" was given
a fine production as the San Carlo
Opera Company presented it last
night at the Watergate. Its stag
ing was great improvement over
that of Aida" and there were
no incongruities to dispel the IL
lusion. The we'll thought out and
colorful setting was the mileu in
which an excellent cast set forth
the tragic story.
1t was headed by Lucia Evange-
liSta, whose performance as
Violetta, can be counted as mem
orable. Few singers of this role
have captured so completely the
charm, graciousness and dignity
of the character and the change
from frivolity and light-hearted-
ness to seriousness and sacrifice.
The psychological development, as
we'll as the personality of Violetta,
were brought out with great fl
nesse in Miss Evangelista acting.
She is lovely to look at, poised and
graceful.
Her voice is not a great one,
but it has marked sweetness. Her
singing of the famous f1rst-act
aria was not spectacular as neither
her passage work nor high tones
are strikingly brilliant, but many
artists could we'll emulate the
artistry of her presentation. She
made no bid for favor with flashy
effects but created a more pro-
found impression by beauty of
phrasing and by skilled use of
mezzo voice. This characterized
her delivery throughout the opera
and one listened with keenest
enjoyment of the fine vocal fash
Joining, the restrain and the emo
tional significance of her singing.
Equally notable was the singing
of Richard Tucker as Alfredo. A
m mber of the Metropolitan
Evening star., 1949-08-07
San Carlo Company Gives
'Troviotu' Fine Production

Opera, Mr.. Tucker came as guest
artist for this performance. His
fine tenor voice is smoothly
emitted and he sings with the
broad, spun line and without ef-
fort. There is polish in his acting
as we'll, and the two artists gave
delineations of the roles that bore
the mark of experience as we'll
as intellectual study. Miss Evan
gelista has the musical security
that permitted her to turn her
back, when singing. on the con-
ductor, one of the few artists who
will venture such q natural act
in opera.
Stefan Ballarini gave a digni-
fed account of the father, Gior-
gio Germont, being heartily ap-
plauded for his singing of the "Di
Provenza" aria. The characters
surrounding Violetta and i'm
portant in the story we're taken
by singers with excellent voices
and with acting ability. These be-
gan with Clelia Venditti as Flora,
and included Adrien La Chance
as Gastone; Fausto Bozza as the
Baron Dauphol; Gildo Morelato,
the Marquis D'Obigny; John Law
Ter as Doctor Grenvil, and Deanna
De Sanctos as Annina.
The many fine musical points of
the performance fall to the credit
Of Carlo Moresco who conducted
without a musical score. He led
both singers and orchestra in a
delivery full of nuance in which
appreciation for the elegance and
fervor of the music was apparent
constantly. The artists, the we'll
trained chorus and the instru-
mentalists were never allowed to
Evening star., 1949-08-07

a pUCLpuI ~ HOe-pef-
center" inquiry shoUn, at the
office of his attorney, Myron
Ehrlich.
Associated Press Photo.
he will require a period Of con-
valescence.
In the statement issued through
his lawyer. Mr.. Hunt said the
large corporations can afford to
maintain Washington staffs COM
petent to assure steady flow of
Government contracts.
THE small businessman, the
kind I represent. cannot afford
even one full time Washington
man" he went on. I originally
thought Grindle was such busi-
nessman. not stooge for a paper
out to get a Pulitzer Prize by the
most vicious kind of innuendo."
Distortion" Charged.
He protested that the Herald
Tribune ran a 23-column story
about him June 81 without max
ing any attempt to check the
facts with him first and has
continued the same tactics ever
since. The newspaper said it re-
peatedly invited him to tell his
story after his first statement
issued June 26.
Mr.. Hunt said it was signifl-
cant that no other newspaper
had followed the Herald Tribune's
practice of malicious distor-
ton"
The Senate group, he said, has
had two attorneys and 16 in
vestigators going over his affairs
for more than six weeks and
they have not even suggested
that anything has been found
which would warrant any charge
against me-"
Mr.. Hunts attorney. Mr.. White.
said he would file the libel suit
as soon as the committee COM
pletes testimony relating to Mr..
Hunt. He said he wanted to at
tend the hearings during that
period.
Agency Inquiry Asked.
Meanwhile, New York man
called on the Senate investigators
to inquire into another 5 per cent
practice-the charging of a fee
for obtaining employment for a
man on a Government project
abroad.
James H. Dillon. president of
Evening star., 1949-08-07

said on his return last night
from Ambato that the city was
in ruins.
Buildings not destroyed are
cracked and in danger of falling. p"
he said. mountains of debris are
in every street and the entire
scene is one of anguish and pain.
only one wall remains of the
Matriz church where scores of
young girls taking their first COM
munion were reported killed. Amid
clouds of dust I saw the great
altar still standing. The Santo
Domingo church is completely de-
stroyed. Only fragments of the
walls and a part of one tower re-
main.
THE recently built hospital is
now only four walls"
Relief Planes Turned Back.
President Plaza, big scale
farmer. ordered all milk produced
on his lands sent to Ambato.
Then he set out for the disaster
area to direct relief workers.
Military relief planes sent to
Ambato from Quito were forced
to turn back yesterday morning
when fog shrouded the stricken
city. Others took off later carry
ing blood plasma and vaccines
distributed by the Red Cross.
Relief trains were standing
ready to move toward the scene
as soon as test locomotives deter
mined whether the line was safe
for travel. A train was derailed
in one area. and refugees from
Santa Rosa arriving in Quito
reported their town was almost
wiped out. ,.
;le s,y,g =
An Army medical survey team
and American Red Cross repre-
sentatixes will leave Panama by
air today to map aid for victims
OF the disaster in Ecuador, the
Army announced last night.
A spokesman said the medical
personnel. travelling in CATS,
would carry blood plasma and
tetanus and typhoid serum. The
emergency flight was arranged by
the Army, although there has been
no official call for help.
Red Cross officials said person.
mel here are ready to make the
trip if there is a request for aid
from the Red Cross in Ecl1ador
Evening star., 1949-08-07
Man S Body Found in River
Near Missing Rowboat

The body Of a man about so
years old was recovered from the
Potomac River near Fletcher's s
Boathouse yesterday not far from
a rowboat which had been taken
from the boathouse and anchored
in the river.
Police tentatively identified the
man from card in his pocket as
Mitchell Holmes. colored. whose
address is unknown. The card
indicated he was a members of
the Bricklayers, Masons and Plast-
erers Union Local 4.
Clarence Filter. an employe of
the boathouse. told police the
man attempted to rent rowboat
about $50 pm. Friday. Mr..
Filter said he refused because
the man had been drinking.
Yesterday, Julius Fletcher, own
er of the boathouse, missed one
of his rowboats and later dis
covered it anchored in midstream.
He called police. After dragging
for short time, police recovered
the body.
Evening star., 1949-08-07
Probers Reossured
Reading of Hearing
Won't Harm Hunt

Before going ahead with
the "five-percenter" hearings,
Committee Counsel William
P. Rogers asked for and got
written assurance from James
v. Hunts physicians that
reading newspaper accounts
Of the hearings probably
would not do him any harm,
it was learned last night.
Mr.. Hunt, now hospitalized
after a les operation, is a
key figure in the Senate Ex-
endit IRE subcommittee
five percenter" inquiry.
Mr.. Hunts physicians said
they thought Mr.. Rogers &C
ton was very generous"
Evening star., 1949-08-07
Woman HospitaIized
After Fai|ingto Realize
Seriousness Of Burns

Miss Margaret Lafferty, 30, an
smploye of the United States Pub
Ne Health Service, was in critical
condition at Emergency Hospital
last night from body burns which
she didn't realize were serious
enough to call for a doctors treat
ment.
=, Miss Lafferty fell asleep on the
living room sofa in her apartment
at $500 Fourteenth street NV.
about midnight Friday. A burning
cigarette set the sofa on fire.
1t was not until IL hours later,
however, that she was taken to
the hospital after she failed to
keep a luncheon appointment.
Shock Dulls Pains.
PHYSICIANS said the shock pro-
duced by the burns apparently
dulled Miss 1afferty's mental pro.
'cesses as well as the pain so that
she didn't realize she was badly
burned.
She was admitted to the hospital
for second degree burns to hel
entire body. A second-degree
burn is deep enough to cause bis
tering.
After falling asleep on the sofa
Miss Lafferty awoke to find hei
dress on fire and the sofa burning
she told police.
After extinguishing the flames
on her dress, she called the desE
clerk at the apartment building te
report the fire. Harold Bucey, the
night engineer, and George Lip
ascomb, elevator man. went to hel
fifth-foor apartment and put ou
the blaze on the sofa with hano
sxtinguishers.
They said Miss Lafferty ap-
peared to be all right and wa:
wearing a dressing gown.
Called by Co-Worker.
r. L. Hagerman, the apartment
manager, said he called Miss Lat'
ferty yesterday morning to ash
about the fire. He said she tole
him she was all right and woule
talk to him about it later.
.HAt noon yesterday, when Mis-
Lafferty failed to keep lunch
con appointment with a GO
worker, Mrs. Helen B. MCGUIRE
x5l8 Maple avenue, Bethesda, Mrs
Mcclure teIephoned her.
=. Mrs. Mcclure said Miss Laffert,
told her of the fire. said she WASH
feeling we'll and that she was "sor
81. faint" Mrs. Mcguire called
Dr.. G. H. Hunt, 8517 Rosewood
dive, Bethesda.
They went to Miss Lafferty'
apartment. DR.. Hunt called al
ambulance and she was taken t.
Emergency Hospital.
Police said that q year ag'
Miss Lafferty vas burned in (
similar accident in the sam
apartments sofa caught on fir
from a burning cigarette. Sh
also was hospitalized for burn
at that time
Evening star., 1949-08-07
Ecuador Quake Toll Put at 200
Continued From First PageD

was believed heavy at Pujili, Ba-
nos, Pansaleo, Mocha, Guano, Gu
jibies, Squisili. Cevallos. Riobamba,
Guaranda, San Andres, Cochi-
mabma, Guamote, and Santa
Rosa.
The governor Of Chimboranzo
province reported many dead and
injured in his capital city, Rio
bamba.
President Plaza and Interior
Minister Salazar Gomez were IN
Ambato directing rescue work.
All other cabinet members were IN
Quito on 24-hour duty co-ordinat-
ing relief operations.
An airlift was started between
Quito and Ambato to transport
victims to Quito and send relief
supplies to the stricken area.
About 200 injured had been taken
to Quito up to 4;45 pm. yesterday
in army transports and CONNER
cial planes.
President Plaza described
tour through the hardest hit
places. He said damage at Palate
was enormous and Il deeply regret
to say the death toll is over 1000"
President Plaza said not one
habitable building is left in
Guano, a town of 10000 popula-
ton. Guano is noted for its
Indian rugs.
The President spoke over the
Shell Oil Co.'S radio facilities at
Ambato.
Despite the heavy damage,
Guano listed only 10 dead and
scores injured. the President said.
He added that Riobamba, an
other town only two miles from
Guano, escaped serious damage.
Appeals for Tents.
The President appealed for
tents to house the homeless at
Ambato. He asked Shell Oil to
furnish equipment for demolish-
ing damaged buildings threaten
ing to fall.
The chief executive said the
situation at Ambato is under con-
troll. He praised the spirit OF
co-operation among the towns
people in maintaining order.
Some 1000 persons were being
sheltered within the walls Of a
partly destroyed market.
The president said rescue and
relief teams will leave today for
the small districts, including Pa
tate, but that they will have to
march long distances on foot be-
cause of the poor conditions of
the roads in the earthquake area.
He said the dead in the small
towns will be buried Immediately
to avoid the outbreak of disease
He predicted the death toll will
mount as rescue and relief work
progresses.
Pillaro Is Levelled.
An eyewitness said the town of
Pillaro was levelled "as though
gigantic harrow had passed over
it," according to a dispatch from
Quito.
Not single building remained
upright, he said. and at least
! 20 bodies were in the ruins.
Among those killed were Luis
Darquea, a political leader, and
the village priest.
The eyewitness said Pillaro must
have been the epicenter of the
quake. He added that much of
the highway which links Ambato
with Banos. gateway to Eastern
Ecuador, is destroyed and impass-
able.
The earthquake destroyed the
San Francisco and La Merced
churches, the government house
and about so dwellings at Lata-
cunga. There were II known
dead and 80 injured.
In Washington, Ecuadorean Am
Evening star., 1949-08-07

sully a fine performance with
over-emphasis or too much striv-
ing for volume. Another highlight
was the dancing of the San Carlo
Ballet. headed by Lucien Prideaux,
in the third act. A record audience
was in attendance. applauding vo-
ciferously and calling the artists
before the curtain several times.
Evening star., 1949-08-07
.33 Dangerous Criminals
Flee German Penal Camp
By the Associated Press

HAMBURG, Germany. Aug. g.
Thirty-three dangerous criminals
escaped from a penal camp last
night in a mass break during q
riot involving almost 400 convicts.
Eight have been recaptured,
officials said tonight Hundreds
of German police are searching
the lonely bogs of Emsland for
the remaining 25.
All the men were serving life or
long term sentences.
Evening star., 1949-08-07
Heights BefuddIe Broin

CLEVELAND simulated al
titudes of $4,000 feet without the
use Of oxygen men fail at simple
problems although they believe
they are solving them correctly.
Evening star., 1949-08-07
Slightly Deafened?
Thousands Now Helped
by Small Hearing Aid

People who hear ordinary
conversation, but who have
difficulty hearing in church, at
meetings. in the movies and
other public places, do not
want to be burdened with
bulky, cumbersome hearing
aids. Thousands of such peo-
pie are now being helped by a
small, compact hearing aid
manufactured by estern
Electric.
Called the Model IS. this all
in-one instrument is the small
est ever made by Western
Electric. 1t weighs only six
ounces, including batteries,
yet is amazingly efficient. 1t
can be worn all the time Or
only when needed. Its small
size makes it easy to slip into
a handbag or pocket when
not in use. Those interested
in getting more details on
Model 65 should write for a
free booklet to
Evening star., 1949-08-07

When ice is frozen without being
agitated, it usually is cloudy or
white.
Evening star., 1949-08-07

QUAKES MOUNTAIN AREA IN ECUADOR-Symbol To-
destruction In the series of earthquakes IN
the 60 miles south OF Quito
cities and towns reported heavy damage and
rising toll Ambato appeared of the hardest ht
with reporting that third of the city was
destroyed where late reports told Of 1900
dead shown They lie about 20 miles from Ambato
Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1949-08-07

ADVERTISEMENT.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

There h little occasion for excitement
ever the so-ealled cultural and scientific
tonwrea far world peace which was re-
ssuily held in New York City. with dele
Rates from . number Of countries. includ-
ian aame behind the iron curtain.
The chances are that few Americans
uuald have paid any attention to the
ralater bul Coz the exaggerated mpor-
innes Riven Il BY newspapers and radio
.tatinna. Usually. such gathering would
natF@vs infW ~ no attention, Even the
tfstf Department added 10 the spotlight
4 labelling he meeting pro-Communist.
n tbs charge II correct, why did the
Ai.ae Department permit the foreigners
" eame lnto the United States for the
Narma~ af attending the gathering?
wK<evrF the charge cannot be made
Aalnai AZ ~ the Americans who partici-
4 g in ths speech-making.
b rather dangerous for the people
~ - enuntFy 10 accept the c0ndemna-
iislhsf any pFoup of people simply on
NJ ground that a committee or a depart
ulsHs terms the purpose of the organiza-
l.ns-pfo-rummunlst After all, the Ameri-
- have a right to express their views
sas.i.@ heiheF they are PROF. Communist or
- : q matter 0f opinion.
h would advance the cause of free
6Amn the citizens Of this country use their
Intelligence and make up their own
minds. without swallowing too readily
afllelal diaapproval Of anybody or any
thing
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05
EvERYBODY'S GOT AFLAG

The Vice-Presdent of the United
States now has flag, a fifteen-by-twenty-
foot design, with a white field on which is
conferred the Great Seal of the United
States in gold and red, white and blue,
encircled by thirteen blue stars, represent
ing the Thirteen Original Colonies.
While the Vice President may be en-
titled to flag, we see nothing to be gain
ed by displaying it when the official
travels within the United States. If the
process goes much further, it won't be
long before Cabinet members will like
wise have special flag and, in time,
some emblem will belong to every official
in the land.
Gradually, it seems, the people of the
United States and their officials are ac-
curing fancy for the pomp and display
which mark less democratic govern
ments. Throughout the United States there
are individuals who are extremely anxious
for some little tinse decoration or the
gift of some little worthless award. In
fact, if the custom spreads much further,
| it will be rare to find registered voter
without some claim to fame ana dis-
tinction," if things are to be measured by
| flags, awards, degrees and citations.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05
COULDN'T HAPPEN HERE!

-. 4
In attempting to understand the de-
velopments that occur in the United States,
it is necessary to comprehend the differ
ence between the heavily populated cities
and the smaller towns and villages which
make up the rest of the nation.
From Boston comes story OF a thir-
teen-year-old boy who was kept prisoner
in a closet for more than ten years by his
mother, who was anxious to conceal his
illegitimate birth. Sob-story writers are
going into raptures over the incident, but
it might be worthwhile to point out that
no such incident could take place in a
small town or village, where the people
know each other and much Of each others
affairs.
The application of this observation to
political, economic and religious ques-
tons that confront the people of this
cauntry is obvious. In a metropolitan
center, where hardly anybody knows much
about anybody else, there does not exist
the human relationship of small COM
munity life. Consequently, there is not
developed the human touch between in
dividuals.
In it's place, one finds something of
profession of humanities, in words and
in print, but the individual making the
fine declaration does. not, very often,
have the opportunity to put them into
effect by everyday living.
Unfortunately for the nation as
whole, much of it's news, most of it's RAJ
dio programs, the bulk of its drama, the
majority of it's magazines and books orig
mate in mass-population centers. They
must express the mass-nlind of the con-
gregated population that is not at all
homogeneous and which, despite its vast
ness i'm numbers, represents a minimum of
neighbOrliness expressed in life itself.
The propaganda campaigns which
bowl over the emotional forces of the
mass populations represent, very proba-
bly,, the sole outlet for the expression of
some of the better emotions that stir the
human heart. Nevertheless, it is. not
substitute for the elbow-rubbing, hard
and self-giving enjoyed on a
joint basis by much of the population that
has the good fortune to live in the smaller
places of the nation. a
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Chapter "a

Chapter "a
nN THE face Of it. It seemed
~ wildly improbable that cam
non could be mounted here TO
threaten the ships. On the other
hand. one had already spoken
with the voice Of authority. II
there was one. there might be
more. Il
Don rernando's was not an easy
choice. Whether totry escape with
the loot he had. or to make such
terms as he must with the owners,
ana % escape complete destruc-
zion. Ii might all hinge on whether
or not he had CHANGED to notice
the wrecked long boat n the hrsf
place
Rivers was not disposed to give
him time to consider. At his sig
nal, Ruden stepped boldly out
into the open.
.srhat,s by.way D. warning, Don
Fernando, he called. Move an
other foot toward the river, and
we'll sink you with a broadside!
or are you ready TO hold 70 your
bargain"
ut Is the Joke you play upon
me. Ell. Senior Huden?" Don Fer
nando demanded. One to llrlsettle
the breakfast Of d man
IF you think it's joke, just
try running" Ruben suggested.
did YOU think, Don Fernando,
that we did not know OF your
reputation? Or that we would
allow you to move so easily with
out a schilhng in payment? We
gave you every chance to show
yourself an honest man, but we
were not such fools as not to- take
precautions. We can sink you
though that would be Improbable
to both you and to u.s..
Don Fernando fingered his chin.
It would be best to parley, to make
the best bargain he could. Mean
while to discover by stealth just
what force might really be OPP
posed to him. He shrugged.
Il regret the misunderstanding,
Senior ! assure you it is that, no
more. Let US talk this over. as
ser sible men,"
That's what we want" Ruben
agreed. Meanwhile. furl those
sails-just to remove temptation
which might sink you"