Evening star., 1950-12-02
Truman Leads
Crowd Of 10000
To Philadelphia
Presidents Train
Guarded Heavily
AS 1t Leaves Here

That biggest of all football Sat-
urday caravans streamed out Of
Union Station today and at the
head of the line was President
Truman and his party.
The destination, of course. was
Philadelphia and the stirring an
nual battle between the gridiron
forces of Army and Navy.
The special train carrying Pres
1dent and Mrs. Truman and top
Government officials. pulled out at
$40 am. and arrived at Munich
pal Stadium at 1928 am.
More than 10000 others, mostly
identified as plain fans, joined the
professional which moved out the
station with split-second precision
one of the most intricate rail-
road movements imaginable.
The concourse was an animated
scene, as well-bundled fans made
their way to the trains. Most of
them already had their tickets,
thus eliminating some confusion.
Almost every one had O. blanket,
wore boots or carried luggage for
accessories.
Truman Guarded Closely.
Most of the women adorned
themselves with huge yellow
chrysanthemums, none the less
colorful for their artif1ciality.
The frightened security guard
around President Truman was
evident by the loading of his
special train at a lower level track
and the requirement of identifica-
tion from all members of the
party, even those well-known to
the Secret Service.
In addition to the presidential
train, 13 specials were sent to
Philadelphia by the Pennsylvania
Railroad, starting at sos am.
and leaving at 5-minute intervals.
The trains went direct to the
stadium and were to start back
after the game.
The Pennsy figured that 1000
fans loaded on these trains. The
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad made
up four specials, one leaving from
Silver Spring, and carrying about
1900 persons.
Other hundreds went by auto
mobile, bus and airplane, assuring
Washington its usual big represen-
tation at the field.
Miss America in Party.
Not the least noticed of the pas
sengers was Miss Yolando Betbeze,
Miss America of 1850, who had a
bevy of equally attractive WASH
ington girls in her party.
One unexpected turn of events
was a public address announce
ment that game tickets were avail
able the station masters Office. It |
seemed that half a dozen intended
spectators backed out.
One of the sadder cases was an
Army wife, who refused to be
identified. She couldn't get to
the game Reason: No baby sitter.
Two couples weren't as happy
as they might be, either. Navy
supporters, they were obliged to
sit on the Army side because
those were the only available
tickets. They were Communica-
tions Technician Richard Backus
and his wife of 2709 Kirkwood
place, Hyattsville, and Photog-
rapher &c Harold Sprague of
Patuxent Naval Air Station and
Miss Indie Fowler of 3737 Van
Ness street NV.
But that won't stop us from
yelling" said Mrs. Rackus.
Bannerman's Girl Friend Along.
Four girls, two of them dating
midshipmen and two dating
cadets, went to the game together
but agreed to break up at Phila-
delphia.
Miss Mickey Markham. 10, of
2024 Florida avenue NV. and
Miss Eleanor Gookin. 1S, of l113
Sixteenth street NV. will sit on
the Army side. Miss Gookin's
sister, Miss Carol .Gookin, 81, and
Miss Louise CHM, 10, of 1906 N
street NV, will sit on the Navy
side.
Carol Gookin, who dates Navy
Fullback Dave Bannerman, was
confident of Navy victory.
Among those in President Tru-
mans party in addition to Mrs.
Truman were Chief Justice and
Mrs. Vinson, Associate Justice and
Mrs. Clark, Treasury Secretary
Snyder and Mrs. Snyder, Presi-
dental Secretary and Mrs. Charles
G. Ross, Presidential Secretary
Matthew j. Connolly, Maj. Gen.
Harry H. Vaughan, Army aide:
Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham,
White House physician; Brig. Gen.
Robert Landry, air aide, and Mrs.
Landry; w. Averell Hartman,
foreign affairs adviser, and Mrs.
Hartman; Security Consultant
Sidney w. Souers and Mrs. Souers,
Legislative Assistant j. G. Feeney
and Mrs. Feeney, Brig. Gen.
Charles Maylon, Col. c. j. Mara,
assistant Army aide; Capt. D. j.
Macdonald, commanding the
yacht Williamsburg; 1t. Comdr.
William Rigdon, assistant naval
aide; Interior Secretary Chapman
and Mrs. Chapman, w. Stuart
Symington, National Security Re-
sources Board chairman, and
Mrs. Symington; James Syming-
ton and Senator Lyndon Johnson,
Democrat, of Texas. and Mrs.
johnson.