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Evening star., 1950-04-17
9 Men From District
Are Among 158 Given
Guqqenheim Awards

DR.. Edwin G. Nourse, former
chairman of the Presidents Coun-
Gil Of Economic Advisers, and
eight others of Washington are
among 1853 recipients of new re-
search fellowships announced to-
day by the Simon Guggenheim
Memorial Foundation.
The awards total $500, 900. They
mark the 25th anniversary of the
establishment of the foundation.
DR.. Nourse will study the pos
sibilities of developing an ap-
proach to dynamic stabilization
of free enterprise within the
structure of free government" +"
the foundation said. He resigned
from the Council of Economic
Advisers last october.
Other Recipients.
Other recipients here and their
projects are:
DR.. Marshall Clagett, assistant
professor of history of science at
the University of Wisconsin, who
will study the early history of
science, particularly physics and
calculus. Dr. Clagett is the son of
Judge Brice Clagett Of the District
Municipal Court of Appeals.
Bray Hammond, economic his
torian and retired assistant secre-
tary Of the Board of Governors
Of the Federal Reserve System,
who will prepare a history of
banking in the United States and
Canada.
DR.. John Hope Franklin, pro-
fessor of history at Howard Uni.
versity. who will study the reac-
tions of southern travellers to
various aspects of northern civili-
zation between 1900 and 1860.
DR.. Kenneth S. Pitzer. director
Of the division of research of the
Atomic Energy Commission. whJ
will prepare a book on chemical
applications Of quantum and sta
tistical mechanics.
To Study Archaeology.
DR.. Edward WHY'S Andrews w,
division chief of the Central In
telligence Agency, who will study
early Mayan archaeology in
northern Yucatan.
DR.. Herbert friedman. curator
of the division of birds at the
National Museum, who will study
parasitic reproductive habits of
African birds.
DR.. Charles M. Wiltse, historian,
who will complete the final VOL
ume Of a three-volume biography
Of John c. Calhoun.
DR.. George w. Stone, jr., pro-
fessor of English at George Wash
ington University, who will pre-
pare calendar of dramatic per-
formances in London from 1860
to 1900.
Evening star., 1950-04-17
Senator Taft 10 Address
Society Of Pilgrims FRIDAY

Senator Taft, Republican. Of
Ohio, will address a luncheon oi
the And general court and annua.
meeting of the National Society OF
Sons and Daughters of the PHI
grims at l pm. Friday at the
Shoreham Hotel.
Senator Taft's talk will close
the meeting, which will open at
9 am. Thursday at the hotel with
a meeting Of the Executive Com
mittee. DR.. Hugh Grant Rowell,
elder general Of the society. will
conduct q memorial service for
deceased members of the group at
2 pm. Thursday. Reports from
the State branches of the society
will be given in the afternoon.
A business session will open at
9 am. Friday. 1t will be followed
by the luncheon at which Senator
Taft will speak.
Mrs. John G. Chappell, presi-
dent of the society. lives in Silver
Spring.
Evening star., 1950-04-17

requirements were met by 278 OF
the boys, who passed Red Cross
and YMCA tests as well as the
course test.
Twenty-nine boys-one from
each group-won free Boys
YMCA memberships for showing
the most progress. They did not
Evening star., 1950-04-17
Yacht Racing Official Dies

CRANSTON. R. l., April II (P),
-Hookon R. Norgaard. Sc. one of
Narragansett Bays best known
yachtsmen and racing officials,
died at his home here yesterday
He was a founder and president
for eight years of the Narragansett
Bay Yachting Association and for
the last 10 years was race COM
mittee chairman of the Rhode
Island Yacht Club.
Evening star., 1950-04-17

necessarily have to pass the test.
Mr.. Carl pointed out.
Officials regard the course as
valuable even for those failing to
pass the test, since the boys have
Evening star., 1950-04-17
ADVERTISEMENT.
NOW DR.. EDWARDS
Helps Folks Who
Need A Laxative
ADVERTISEMENT A

For years DR.. Edwards relieved
patients bothered from constipa-
lion and its bad breath, sallow
skin, lack of pep, with his DR..
Edwards Olive TabletS-now sold
at all drugstores. Olive Tablets
are all vegetable. They act so
gently, giving more natural like
movements-complete satisfac-
tton! 15c, SOC, 60c.
Evening star., 1950-04-17

gained in knowledge of swim
ming. Many try again the next
year.
Certificates will be mailed in
the near future. Mr.. Carl said.
Evening star., 1950-04-17

More than three -f1fths of the
American shrimp catch comes
from Louisiana waters.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-31
Search For Missing
 C-54 And Grew of 6

Continued from Page One) were reported bad in the area.
 Names of the six crewmen were withheld.
 The big plane was last heard from Saturday afternoon.
 At that time it was northbound at an altitude of 5000 feet and gave no indication of trouble.
 It had about IA hours fuel SUD- ply left. It was not listed as miss ing until that time had elapsed.
 The Alaskan Air Command said six search planes secured the Cape Spencer region Saturday.
 Making the hunt were two planes from the 54th Squadron. three from the 10th Air Rescue Suadron working out of Elmen- dorf, and one from the navy base at Kodiak.
 Bad weather curta fled the search yesterday, to one B-17 from the 10th Rescue Squadron, but ad- ditional planes were standing by to take off as soon as conditions permit.
 The air force said names of the crew members probably would not be released for AT to 72 hours.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-31
Taylor And Quartz Creek To Get pcs Fields

Continued from Page One) ARC was to be contacted for a c1oSS runway.
 Authorization was made at Wales for immediate funds to keep the beach clean through the local council road committee, which is composed of Toby Anun- gazak, Andrew Sertoak, Alfred Mazonna and Glen Seradlook. H. Stotts of the U. S. weather bur- eau stationed there will assist with his cat.
 At Shishmaref the summer beach field was found in excellent condition, but equipment is plan ned to be moved there next year to make winter landing field.
 The surveyors have laid out the field at Solomon and are now en- route to Golovin.
 MT. Schwamm leaves today for survey of fields in Candle, Deer ing, Keewalik and Selawik, after which he will go to Kotzebue and coastal pointh north.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-31

WASHINGTON, (P)-The army probably will issue a Korean cam paign ribbon.
 The proposal for such recogni- ton of soldiers who are fighting the United States latest war is un- der study by the personnel branch of the army, a spokesman said Saturday.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-31

JUNEAU, lPJ - The Junior chamber of Commerce, in a reso- lution Saturday, eulogized the late Capt. Austin E. Lathrop, Fair banks capitalist who was killed last week.
 He, was lauded for helping build up the Territory and investing the fruits of his labor in Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-31

WASHINGTON, R-The Sen ate Friday sent to President Tru- man a bill intended to prevent any foreign ship from sneaking an atomic bomb into an American harbor. The measure gives the govednment power to search all foreign vessels in U. s. waters.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-31

TACOMA -(P)-Pfc. Jimmy Me cord of Spokane, the first Wash ington youth injured in the Kore- an fighting, arrived at Madigan General Hospital over the week. end. The 19-year-old Inland En- pire soldier was wounded in the right arm near SuWon on the first day of American fighting.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-31
Bridges Barred From BrOadcasting

Continued from Page One) I was the last one left in the coun- try as far as I know-and this IS my last broadcast here"
 A KGO spokesman said Roger was removed from the air because his views no longer represented any significant group in the com munity.
 "They have lied about Bridges, '" Roger said. Somebody in Wash ington want sto put him away so he can't talk. I, too, have become controversial, though my ideas have not changed"
 Bridges is at liberty on $25,OOO bail pending appeal of his con- viction of perjury.
 Only last week Bridges was re- pudiated by one of his longshore and warehouse locals on the ques- ton of endorsing the United Ma tion's policy. Bridges, rather than endorsing the police action, urged arbitration through the U. N.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-31

JUAREZ, Mexico, (PD - Film star Bette Davis and her new hus- band, Actor Gary Merrill, were honeymooning Saturday after be- ing married Friday in civil cere- mony here.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-31

ANCHORAGE, (P)-An uniden- tofied pilot burned to death yes terday when a small silver-color- ed plane crashed and burned near the site of the new International Airport, five miles south of here.
 Territorial highway officers said the victim appeared to be a man, but no identity was estab- ished. The badly burned body was brought to an Anchorage fu- neral home.
 The plane was demolished.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-31
HARRISON HOT SYRINGE, B.

f1ARn1SON F1Ol SFHlNGE, b. C., P - Three persons were drowned and two others badly burned Saturday whe ma >34-foot cabin cruiser exploded and sank a mile off shore in 40 feet of wa ter.
 Dead are A. l.. Carmichael, 31, his wife, Rose, and a son Marvin, II, all of Harrison. A daughter Rochelle, 5, and Andy Lakberg, 60, were injured.
 A backfire which ignited fumes from the gasoline engine were be- lieved to have caused the explo- sion.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-31

TAIPEI, Formosa, E-Nation- alist press dispatches Saturday said the Chinese communist artil- lery shelled tiny Taitan Island near communicated Annoy, Fri day. Nationalists reported they killed 500 Reds who attempted to invade Taitan Wednesday night and early Thursday.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-31

LAKENHURST, N. J. @ - WAVE Dorothy Erna Petersen made four remarks Friday after her first parachute jump for navy training:
 "It's wonderful.
 ''I wouldn't want to do it again.
 "It's not for me.
 "Once is enough"
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-31

JERSEY CITY, NJ. (P)-Maio's Poultry Market announced Satur- day it would give away a pound of sugar with each food purchase.
 The reason-to prove there's no sugar shortage.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-31
NEWS IN BRIEF

Continued from Page One) 1895 to 1900. The wine was hidden in a cave dug in solid rock.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-31

George Curtax. auditor for the U. s. Smelling Co.,, is on his an nual visit to Nome.
Evening star., 1950-12-27
Robert K. Condit Rites
To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services will be held to-
morrow for Robert K. Condit, 34-
year-old war veteran. who. was
found dead Yesterday morning un-
der Taft Bridge in Rock Greek
Park. He lived at 3518 Quesada
street NV. -..-
The services will be at 3 pm
in Fort Myer Chapel, Va. Burial
will follow in Arlington Cemetery
Coroner A. Magruder MacDon-
aid, issued certificate of suicide
yesterday.
Missing since Christmas eve, Mr.
Condit had plunged more than
100 feet from the Connecticut ave-
nue. span. Two notes, which po-
lice said were found in his pocket
read in substance that he was
"despondent" and had made a
mess Of his life"
Mr.. Condit had left Bethesda
Naval Hospital last June after a
years treatment there. He had
contracted a tropical skin disease
while with the Navy during World
War II. Last January he was sep
arated from his wife, Mrs. Mary
D. Condit of Takoma Park, Md,
whom he married six years ago,
according to police.
Evening star., 1950-12-27
Charles ). Thomas Rites
Held at Lincoln Church

Funeral services for Charles S.
Thomas, Sc, retired War Depart
ment clerk, who died Saturday at
F'reedmen's Hospital, were held
yesterday in the Lincoln Congre-
gational Church, Eleventh and R
| streets NV. Burial was in Lin
coin Memorial Cemetery.
Mr.. Thomas, a lifelong resident
of Washington. lived at POLL Thir-
teenth street NV. He retired
from the Adjutant Generals Of
flee in 1888 after "a years service.
At one time he was a teacher in
Dunbar High School,
For many years Mr.. Thomas was
active in the Lincoln Congrega-
tional Church, where he had been
| financial secretary of the Board
of Trustees, usher board chairman
and choir singer. He was past
master of Prince Hall Masonic
| Lodge.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Leila L.. Thomas; brother. Dr..
Raymond B. Thomas, ST., of 1929
Columbia road NV, a dentist,
and nephew. Dr.. Raymond B.
Thomas, jr., of 1880 Girard street
NE, also a dentist.
Evening star., 1950-12-27
DR.. AIonzo Fortune Dies;
Once Headed Disciples
BY the Associeted Press

LEXINGTON, KY. Dec. 27.-
DR.. Alonzo Willard Fortune, II
minister, educator and former
president of the international
Convention of the Disciples o1
Christ, died Unexpectedly here
yesterday.
DR.. Fortune became i'll at his
home and was removed to a hos
pital where he died several hours
later. the result of a heart at
tack.
In 1914 Dr.. Fortune received
the University of Kentucky's
Algernon Sullivan medallion as
"the States most outstanding
citizen" The Lexington Optimist
Club honored him as the city'S
most outstanding citizen of 1945"
and cited him as "the most loved
man in Lexington -. whose
cumulative efforts :. have added
more to the ultimate happiness
and welfare of the community
than any man we know"
Hiram College in Ohio, from
which he was graduated in 1898,
voted him its alumni award in
l946 and Pennsylvania endowed
a scholarship in his name.
In 1936-37 he headed the Dis
cipleS of Christ and once was a
trustee of the Kentucky Christian
Missionary Society.
Evening star., 1950-12-27
William F. Mafhers Dies;
Retired Letter Carrier

William Fenton Mathers. 70, a
retired City Post Office letter car
mer, died Monday at Suburban
Hospital after several years ILL
ness. He lived at 523 West Mont
gomery avenue. Rockville, Md.
Mr.. Mathers, a lifelong resident
Iof the Washington area, was born
II Montgomery County. He served
Sc years with the Post Office be-
fore his retirement in 1885. Fol
the last 36 years he had lived in
Rockville and was a member OF
the Methodist Church there.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Elsie V. Mathers, four daughters
Mrs. Rowland .Youngerman oi
Silver Spring; Mrs. Arthur w
Farber, Mount Dora, N. Mex, anC
Mrs. T. r. Crawford and Mrs
Helen M. Mccoy, both of Rockville
end two sons. William H. anG
Lawrence d. Mathers, both OF
Rockville. Two brothers, Thomas
and Frank Mathers, both OF
Washington, also survive.
Funeral services will be held at
II am. tomorrow in the Pum-
phrey funeral home, Rockville
Burial will be in Mount Olivet
Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
Evening star., 1950-12-27
|Workmen Finish Sealing
Holy Door Of 81. Peters
BY the Assoeioted Press

VATICAN CITY, Dec. 27.-The
work of sealing up the Holy Door
of st. Peters Basilica, symbolic
ally closed Christmas eve by Pope
Plus to end the 1850 Holy Year
jubilee, was completed today by
Vatican workers known as the San
Pietrini.
Unless a special jubilee is called,
as was done IN 1888 in honor of
the 1,9G0th anniversary of the
death of Christ, the door will not
be opened again until Christmas
eve, 1874, for the 1875 Holy Year
jubilee.
Pope Plus today received some
1000 pilgrims who had come for
the closing of the Holy Year in a
last general audience in the Vati-
can palace.
Evening star., 1950-12-27


eral minstrel shows and played for
various church functions through
out the city. Also he was organ
ist for the Manresa Clubs of both
Nativity and st. Gabriel's Catholic
Churches.
Mr.. Garrity had been with the
VA and its predecessor agencies
since he joined the old War Risk
Insurance Agency here in 1920
He always had been in the VAS
insurance branch and for many
years served as an official. For
the last five years he was senior
legal adviser for the Insurance
Claims Service.
Known as Baseball Player.
Mr.. Garrity also was known
here for bis baseball ability in
earlier years. He received a law
degree from Georgetown Univer-
sity in 1923 and during his years
there PLAYED shortstop on the
school team. He also starred on
the War Risk Insurance team and
played for the Mohawks, a semi
pro team.
Mr.. Garrity was born in New
ton, Mass. and at an early age
moved with his parents to Bristol
R. I. He went to Manhattan Col
lege in New York on a baseball
scholarship and was in his senior
year there when this country en-
tered World War I. He saw ac-
ton as a sergeant in the Coast
Artillery in France.
Was Member of Legion.
Mr.. Garrity belonged to the Phi
Alpha Delta national law frater-
nifty and the American Legion. He
was member of the Holy Name
Society at ST. Gabriel's and organ
lied the first group there that
went to the Manresa Retreat
House on the Severn River, neal
Annapolis.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Anna E, Garl'ity, whom he mar
ried 90 years ago. and three
daughters, Mary c., Martha E
and Ellen L. Garrity, all of the
home address. Six sisters ane
two brothers also survive.
Funeral services will be held a
8 am. Friday at St. Gabriel!
Church, 26 Grant circle. Buria
will be in GlenWood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-12-27
F. K. ReyboId, L.,
Wartime Industrial
Specialist Here, Dies

Frederick K. Reybold, jr., So
died Christmas Day at George
Washington University Hospital
after long illness. He lived at
1854 Second street Sc.
Mr. Reybold was born in Phila-
delphia and received his education
in public schools there and in
Wilmington, Del.
He came to WASHINGTON in 1884
and entered Federal service In
1912. During World War II he
worked as an industrial specialist
for the War Department and in
recognition of his service to the
Army Service Forces he received
the Exceptional Civilian Service
Award in 1945 for establishing
effective procedures to insure pro-
duction and delivery of critically
needed guns, trucks, trailers ano
tanks"
Mr.. Reybold Is survived by his
widow. Mrs. Selma Curtis Rey-
bold, of the Second street address
and two sons. 1t. Philip C. Rey-
bold. of Fort Lesley j. McNair
and Pvt. Roger B. Reybold of Fort
Benning. Ga.
He also leaves his mother, Mrs
Marian Lippincott; a sister, Mar
ian S.. and brother, John B
Reybold, all of Alexandria, and his
father, Frederick K, sr. of Will
mington.
Funeral services will be held at
70 o'clock tonight at Chambers
funeral home, SIT Eleventh street
Sc. Burial will be tomorrow al
Arlington Cemetery, Lansdowne
Pa.
Evening star., 1950-12-27
Miss Alice Y. Bunker,
Retired u. ). Worker
And Poet, Dies at &

Miss Alice v. Bunker, 80. re-
tired Federal Government en-
ploye and one-time feature article
and poetry contributor to news
papers, books and magazines, died
Christmas eve in Ellsworth, Me.
Miss Bunker, who lived at 931
Shepherd street NV. had gone to
her birthplace in Franklin, Me-. to
visit her sister. Miss Katie M.
Bunker, for the holidays. She was
in nearby Ellsworth at the time
of her death.
Miss Bunker moved to WASH
ington in 1900. and was employed
for time at the old Pension Of
flee located between Fourth and
Fifth and F and G streets NV.
Later she worked in the Interior
Department building and with the
Veterans Administration.
She retired from the VA in 1893
after As years service. OF this
period. 80 years were under the
Retirement Act.
Up to her last years Miss Bunker
pursued her writing hobby. Many
Of her poems and feature articles
were published in newspapers,
books and magazines.
Miss Bunker was active in
church work as a member of the
Universalist National Memorial
Church, 1910 Sixteenth street NV.
Her sister is her only survivor.
Her parents, Joseph G. and Susan
A. Trefephen Bunker, died years
ago.
Funeral services will be held
at 2:30 o'clock today at Ellsworth.
Burial will be in Franklin.
Evening star., 1950-12-27
Helen Rowland Brereton,
Noted Writer, Dies at Is
BY the Associoted Press

ASHEVILLE, N. c.. Dec. 81
Mrs. Helen Rowland Brereton
we'll known writer and columnist
died on her 18th birthday yester-
day in an Asheville hotel after a
brief illness.
She had been resident of
Asheville for four years.
She was columnist for the
New York Evening World from
1908 to 1919 She joined the
Wheeler Mcclure Syndicate in
1919, and King Features Syndi-
cate in 1923.
Mrs. Brereton was a member of
the Authors League of America,
New York Newspaper Women s
Club and the Womens National
Press Club.
Her writings include "The Di-
greSsions of Polly" The Widow" "
Reflections of a Bachelor Girl
Sayings of Mrs. Solomon" "Ru-
baiyat of a Bachelor" "A Guide
to Men, This Married Life" and
"If-a Chant for Wives"
She is survived by her husband,
William Hill Brereton.
Evening star., 1950-12-27
Donald MacNeiI Dies;
Was Veteran Printer

Donald c. MacNeil, 65, limo
type operator for as years with
the United States Governor ut
Advertiser and the Army Navy
Air Force Register, died here
yesterday. He lived at 4205 Forty
second avenue. Hyattsville. Md.
Nh MacNeil was born on an
Indian reservation in Oklahoma
where his father. the late Fred
erick Earl MacNeil. Marine
officer, was stationed. He came
here with his parents at the age
of and had lived in Hyattsville
for so years.
Mr.. MacNeil was the oldest
Linotype operator from point o1
service in the Advertiser anc
Register printing plant. He was
"a member of the Columbia
Typographical Union. There are
no immediate survivors.
Funeral services will be held at
i2:30 pm. Friday in the Chambers
| funeral home, 1400 Chaplin street
NV. Burial will be in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-12-27
Mrs. Agnew, Clerk
OF Arlington Board,
Dies Of Auto Injury

Mrs. Elizabeth Agnew, So, clerk
of the Arlington County Board,
died at 1905 am. today from in
iuries sre received in an automo-
bile accident Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Agnew lived at BIS Co.
lumbia pike. Arlington.
Five other persons were injured
in the crash of four vehicles on
the Mount Vernon boulevard near
Reaches Run. Mrs. Agnew was
taken 70 Emergency Hospital,
where she died.
Collided With Car.
An automobile driven by James
r. Greene, 26, of the 700 block
of Twelfth street Sc. collided with
the car n which Mrs. AgneW was
riding with Charles D. Elgin, IS.
of 1920 North Seventeenth street,
Arlington, according to park po-
lice.
Mr.. Greene was taken before
United States Commissioner STAN
ley King at Alexandria and
charged with reckless driving. He
is free on bond pending a hear
inc before Mr.. King January "a.
County Employe Since 1929.
Mrs. AgneW had been county
employe since 1929, acting as sec
retary to three county managers
and clerk to the board.
Born near Leesburg, Va, Mrs.
Agnew had lived in the Washing
ton area most of her life, first
in Falls Church and then after
her marriage in 1920. in Arling-
ton. She had attended Western
High School in Washington,
Mrs Agner' was the widow OF
the late John P. AgneW, a Cen
eral Accounting Office employe,
who died in 1916. She is survived
by a son, Capt. John P. AgneW
of the Army Corps of Engineers,
now stationed at Camp Mccoy
Wis; by her mother, Mrs. Frances
Herndon Smith, who lived with
Mrs. Agnew, and by two half
brothers.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Evening star., 1950-12-27
Sam Minskof Dies;
Noted Builder Was 66
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Sam
Minskoff 66. founder and head
of one of New York City's biggest
construction firms, died yesterday.
His firm, Sam Minskoff & Sons,
planned and built a number Of
apartment buildings in Washing
ton and presently is erecting the
Grant Village housing develop
ment in Syracuse, N. Y.
Born in Russia, Mr.. Minskoff
came he1e about the turn of the
century. He started his career as
plumber.
| In 1903 Mr.. MinSkoff built his
first apartment house in the East
Bronx. After World War I he was
the prime developer of the apart
ment sections along the Grand
concurse IN the Bronx and Queens
boulevard in Queens.
He also erected apartments,
stores ana business buildings on
Central Park South and Fifth,
Madison and Park avenues.
Mr.. Mlnskoff often built hospi-
tails or homes for incurables at
cost and contributed his own
funds for their upkeep, regardless
of race or creed.
His five sons all are connected
with his firm.
He is survived by his widow,
Esther: daughter and four
brothers and two sisters, all Of
New York.
:. Mr.. Minskof and his brother
Leo kept an apartment in WASH
! ington for eight years before CIV
| ing it UP about two months ago.