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Evening star., 1951-02-01

30 1851. at Gallineer Hospital. ANNIE
COLBERT She is survived by two de-
voted daughters. Mrs. Grace McNeal Of
Oakland, Calf. and Mrs, Louise Wilson
of Columbus. Ohio: one son. Mr.. Albert
Mrs. Catherine Brown: one brother. Mr.
Harrison Bowen; five grandchildren, three
great-grandchildren one sister-in-law
one brother-in-law, one daughter-in- law
other relatives and many friends. Re.
mains resting at HoTtons Mortuary, 1925
You st. NV. Thursday. February l. after
8 pm, where services will be held or
Friday. February ,. at > m. Rev. Peters
oflciating. Interment Lincoln Memorial
Evening star., 1951-02-01

ERS, HENRY f. There will be
special communication of My
\ ron NJ. Parker Lodge. No: ~,
\ F. A. A. M, at 1 pm. Friday,
10 February >. 1851, for the pur--
IN pose of attending the funeral
r. of orr late brother, HENRP E.
SHOWERS. All members of
odge please take notice
Tr7r, Irrcr
Evening star., 1951-04-29
The Travellers Notebook

at a pageant there June Is.
Among other events, she will reign
over the annual Baby Parade, set
for August 8.
Once they hear about Oaxaca.
Americans en- route to Mexico
willingly add it to their list OF
places to see. Sprawled in sunny
valley. about 5,10o feet above sea
level and $40 miles southeast OF
Mexico City, the town was founded
lin 1852. Even now it possesses
some of the finest examples OF
Spanish colonial architecture in
Mexico. Most of Oaxaca's hotels
and shops are in the gracefully
aging structures, with wrought
iron window grills and balconiet
of rare beauty. Its Indian market
is a colorful pageant held every
Saturday, and the beautiful handi-
crafts tempt the acquisitive spirit
There are black unglazed pottery
green glazed ware. rugs and blank
cts, baskets and bags, gold jew
elry, fiber hammocks, embroidered
Iblouses, tableware, sandals and
belts.
Evening star., 1951-04-29
By Jacques FutrelIe. Jr.
1ha Sfnr,, Irnxal Editor

The SforS travel EDITOR
Knowing that visitors to the
Military Academy at West Point
like to see the cadets march. the
New York State Department Of
Commerce has listed for tourists
the times the precision marching
spectacles may be viewed. During
May. cadet parades open to the
public are: Regimental parades
4:30 pm, Mondays and Tuesdays;
brigade parades, $50 pm. Thurs
days: brigade reviews, ITO pm.
Saturdays: except on days Of
home football games, when re-
views start at 1880 pm. Fourth
class (plebe) parades are gen.
orally held Mondays, Tuesdays
Thursdays and Fridays at 5:15
Ip.m. from about July 20 to
August Is. In the event of in
clement weather. ceremonies are
Cancelled.
Plans are going ahead for the
first Caribbean Festival, to be held
in San Juan, P. R., from
August 2 through IL. Decision to
hold the festival was reached last
November. when the Caribbean
Interim Tourist Committee voted
to promote a celebration portray
ing the songs. dances, arts and
crafts of the peoples of the area,
Invitations asked member terri
tories to send their outstanding
performers. Nicaglioni. the Puerto
Rican impressario, plans to take a
talent-hunt swing around thu
countries soon to select the best
entertainers. Negotiations still
are going on for interisland par.
ticipation. AS of now. it is almost
certain representative dancers anc
musicians of the Dominican Re-
public, Haiti, Guadeloupe ano
Martinique. the Netherlands West
Indies, Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands will be present.
| \ y X
Smoking Allowed, Now - The
Wayside Inn, which dates back te
1885 and became widely famous
after the poem of Longfellow wa:
published. has launched the 1851
season. Sleeping accommodation
Iand dining rooms will be open tt
guests through October at thi.
historic South Sudbury (Mass.)
tourist attraction. For the frs
time, smoking will be permitted II
the inns dining and banque
rooms. Samuel Howe opened thu
original place as Howe's Tavern
and it was operated by the family
until i760. During the American
Revolution, it was known as the
Red Horse Tavern. In 1897, i
took it's present name from tht
poem, which describes the inn.
More and more hardy souls ar
swimming in the surf at Atlantis
City, N. j. The bathing seasol
"opens officially on Memorial Day
when the first contingent of tn
beach patrol goes on duty.
British European AirwayS vii
start helicopter service on Jun
/ between London's two major air
ports, Heathrow and Northolt, AM
Birmingham. Sikorsky S-51 cop
ters will hop to the British In
dustries Fair city in 70 minutes
Evening star., 1951-04-29

with three flights daily In each
direction.
10000 Trees to Blossom-Mo
than 100000 persons visited the
Valley Forge Military Park on
sDogwood Sunday" in 1850. This
year the Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Commerce Vacation Bu-
reau is urging that as many as
possible view the 10000 trees Of
pink and white blossoms on week
days. The forecast now is that
they will be at the peak Of beauty
from May 6 to IS. On May IL,
the second annual Dogwood Fes-
Itival will be held. Gettysburg
Battlefield is another historic site
where dogwood blooms in pro-
fusion.
At the northern end Of Trond-
helm. once Norway's capital. the
stately, blue-gray cathedral rises.
It isn't finished yet, although 1t
was begun In 1880. It is not un-
usual for visitors to ask when it
will be finished. The natives have
a coy answer for that one. About
the same time New York City is
finished" they say.
Aerovias Nacionales de Colom-
bia, South America. more popu-
larly known as Avianca, has
transferred operations of its four
engine planes from La Guardia
Field to Idlewild. The airline op-
crates three round trips a week
between New York and Bogota
Colombia. One trip week stops
at the resort island of Jamaica.
The fourth annual CraftSman's
Fair of the Southern Highlands
will be held July 1913 at Ashe-
vile, N. c. Meantime, a char
acteristic convention" is sched-
uled. The ramps of Black Camp
Gap area. 5000 feet above sea
level, have served notice that they
will be going strong next month
Officers of the Haywood County
Ramp Convention have set May
I13 to honor the little vegetable
with the big odor. Hundreds of Tar
Heels, and sprinkling Of visitors,
are expected to be on hand to eat
ramps and scrambled eggs. drink
black coffee and join the sing
ing. But some will take their
ramps, which resemble small
spring onions but are far more
potent, without cooking. with per-
haps a chunk of cornbread on the
side.
Il Il y
i New Ferry PromiSed-Norfolk 3
appeal for better ferry service /:
Evening star., 1951-04-29

Igoing to be answered. The Vir-I
|ginia Ferry Corp, says 1t will add
To- So million vessel to its four
ferry fleet. The ferry is barely on
the horizon, however. Bids on the
vessel have not yet been adver-l
ItiSed.
A new handbook to guide visit
Iors motoring in Jamaica has been
issued by the Jamaica (B. w. H.
Automobile Association. Along
with maps and helpful motoring
data. it lists one-way streets. po-
lice stations. garages and petrol
stations. Places Of interest
around Kingston and the names
and addresses Of guesthouses and
hotels are included.
Although a few remain to lend
lpicturesquenesS to the scene.
covered bridges long have been
on the way out in Nova Scotia. A
factor was the farmer, even the
Ilumberman, plotting heavy loads
on sleds over snowy roads. The
bare bridge floors weren't to their
liking. A few decades ago, al
most every stream in Nova Scotia
had one of these reminders Of pre-
auto days. Now there are only
three. Longest still in use is the
Horton covered bridge across the
IGaspereau River, near Wolfville.
in the Annapolis Valley.
Las Vegas, New, will 60 pleas
antly berserk again May 10-13
Helldorado Week will bring to the
desert town Western type mardi
grass, with pistols. On the pro-
gram are beard-growing competi-
Itions, championship rodeos, brass
bands. parades and pageantry.
Shooting up the town is a
recognized activity-and at all
hours.
Waikiki on Wednesdays-Aloha
Wednesday gives a carnival air to
the hotel-shopping center area Of
Waikiki. Honolulu. each week.
Store personnel don vivid Haw;-
ian clothing and keep the shops
open after dark. Strolling musi-
clans and hula troupes provide
sidewalk entertainment.
Miss Ocean City, official hostess
for the vacation season at the
New Jersey resort, will be chosen
Evening star., 1951-04-29
TRAVEL.

New Ferry Promised-Norfolk s
appeal for better ferry service is
Evening star., 1951-05-18
String Of US0 Cottages
Planned in Montgomery

A string of USO cottages in
Montgomery County for area
service personnel is being planned
by the Montgomery County United
Service Organization Committee
Each unit will include cooking
facilities.
Two such units already have
been opened at the "Y" cottages
in Silver Spring and Bethesda,
The Silver Spring unit has played
host to several hundred service
men from the nearby Army Med
ical Center in the three weeks it
has been in operation.
There is still a need for host
esses at the Silver Spring USO,
which is open on Thursday nights.
Applicants may call Mrs. Theo-
dore Repplier.
Evening star., 1951-05-18
New Heir to NKVD Terrorzes All Russians Into Submission

nothing about the MGB and its
leaders.
1t is common practice in the
outside world to confuse the MGE
with the NKVD-the People s
Commissariat of Internal Affairs
which no longer exists, and with
the MVD-the Ministry of In
ternal Affairs-an entirely diff
ferent institution with somewhat
tanner duties.
While Djerzhinsky. Menzhin-
sky. Yagoda and Yezhov were
notorious throughout the world
for their blood-curdling cruelties
virtually nobody outside Russia
has heard of V. N. Merkulov, first
chief of the MGB, or of Victor
Semyonovich Abakumov, who is
now minister of state control.
Completely unknown to out
siders are the five deputy min
listers. all top-ranking terrorists
of long standing: A. S. Blinov,
S. I. Ogoltsov, N. N. Selivanovsky,
M. G.. Svinelupov and P v
Fedatov.
The MGB is a grandiose organ
ization with a table of organization
that would dazzle even Wash
ington bureaucrat.
The central headquarters at
Lubianka, in Moscow, has more
than Is main departments grouped
under Abakumov and his deputies.
Duplicated in Republics.
The same apparatus is dupli-
Gated on a smaller scale in each
of the republics which comprise
the Soviet Union, in each "oblast"
or province and in each region
making hundreds of different
organizations, lust like papa"
The main departments of the
MGB in Moscow include:
/. The registration administra-
ton. which keeps up-to- date
records of tens of millions of
Soviet citizens including everybody
up to Stain himself. "Enemies"
are divided into 80 different cate
gorieS and they are all spot
checked by agents from time to
time. In his Office Stain has a
large map of the Soviet Union
studded with colored thumb tacks
showing where concentrations of
enemies" are located. They don't
remain concentrated very long.
2. The administration of opera
tional technique which handles
such delicate operations as in
stalling dictaphones, tapping tele-
phones and taking foreign pass
ports.
3. The leaders guard which
protects Stain and other bigwigs.
4. The foreign administration or
1NU which does the MGB's dirty
work abroad.
5. Counterespionage or KRU
Evening star., 1951-05-18
BY the Associofed Press

Russian sailors who visited
Philadelphia aboard a Soviet car.
go ship carried home "eyewitnes.
reports" that the American way ot
life is a hectic thing.
Their purported reactions were
published in the Odessa provin.
cial newspaper Bolshevistskoye
Znamya and relayed by radio tc
other parts of the Soviet Union
Moscow radios version of what
the sailors reported, as recorded
today by United States Govern
ment monitors included:
Posters displayed in Philadel-
phia recruiting centers said: Real
Americans should go to Europe
there is money in it."
The Moscow radio commented:
TO dissuade American sailors
from leaving the Navy, they are
being told that after three years
OF extra service and the extensive
travel which the service incurs
they will become rich men"
On another subject:
"A radio station in Philadelphia
broadcast movie adapted fo1
radio titled 'Insidious Enemy The
Evening star., 1951-05-18
Life in Philadelphia Is Hectic,
Moscow Quotes Soviet Sailors

broadcast was so impressive that
instead of going to see the movie
the population began to leave the
town in great panic. Only after
"a hours was it possible to bring
the life of the city back to nor
NAL.
Soviet sailors happened to OBJ
serve so-called American democ-
racy in action. They were in
Philadelphia at the time of the
municipal elections when two local
candidates-one an industrialist
and the other a banker-promised
to eliminate unemployment and
Iprovide a heavenly life in general.
Wooden polling booths were
placed in the streets provided with
automatic doors which would not
open unless the voter pressed the
lever against the name of a candi-
date.
oddly enough, the levers
against the names Of progressive
candidates used to break down
very quickly. The workers who
protested against this were simply
put into cars and taken away by
the police. allegedly for disturbing
public order"
Evening star., 1951-05-18

which works inside the Soviet Un-
ion watching alleged spies. spying
on foreign embassies and failing
foreigners.
Checks Economic Activities.
6. The economic administration
or EKU which checks all economic
activities within the Soviet Union,
watching for wreckers, embezzlers,
idlers and malcontents in factories
and on collective farms.
7. The secret political admins
tration or SPU which spies on all
other kinds of activity. 1t con-
centrates on the ministries watch
ing for political deviation or slack
mess. 1t is considered to be very
dangerous"
8. The special section or o. o.
which spies on the Army, Navy
and Air Force-partly in the open,
partly secretly. During the war
it was known as "Smersh," Rus
sian abbreviation for death to
SPIES and also as Ubornaya-
observation-disclosures it was so
hated.
| 9. The Interrogation depart
ment which gets confessions out
OF alleged enemies, never fail. It
is only a popular myth that this
is accomplished by psychological
means. They even stoop to knock
ing out teeth, sticking burning
matches under your fngernails
and threatening you with hot
pokerS.
10. The mildly named but lethal
personnel department, which as
signs MGB personnel to jobs and
decides when they have outliyed
their usefulness to the organiza-
ton.
Feared Like Death,
In cooperation with the spe-
cial authority-the organ which
spies on MGB personnel them
Selves-it decides which of the
comrades are to be shot, exiled
or otherwise eliminated from the
organization. 1t is feared like
death itself.
Other important sections of
the MGB deal with the militia
(ordinary police. the border
troops, the regular uniformed
MGB blue hat" troops, which
number about 20 divisions. the
transport guard and the opera
ton of GPU prisons.
The special council. which i'm
poses sentences on people who are
denied public trial is a top-rank-
ing body, directly under the
minister. Executions are carried
out by special commands.
The MVD or Ministry of Inter-
NAL Affairs under Col. Gen. Sergei
Kruglov. who visited San Fran
cisco as Molotov's bodyguard, runs
the Soviet Unions vast collection
Evening star., 1951-05-18

of prison camps, with an esti
mated slave population of 10 mil
lion plus, through a subsidiar!
known as Gulag. That makes i
Ia horrid organization. But other
wise it concerns itself principal.
with the f1refighting service, the
vital statistics administration ane
other mundane duties. Accord
ing to Soviet standards it is a pale
sister to the MGB, terrible as it is
fThe second OF this series 1Dil
appear Sunday)
Evening star., 1951-05-18
.Gorrett's Resignation
'Accepted by Truman

George A. Garrett, first United
States Ambassador to Ireland, has
resigned for personal reasons and
President Truman accepted his
resignation yesterday. It is ef-
fective May 81.
No successor has been named as
vet.
Evening star., 1951-05-18

reach of their former colleagues
testify that the MGB or Ministry
of State Control. chief present.
day instrument of Soviet terror
is a worthy heir OF its notoriou!
ancestors, the Cheka, the GPU
and the NKVD which is super.
seded in 1916.
It's aim is the same = To terror.
ize the Soviet citizenry into
silence and submission and tt
make it work to boot.
The methods are the same a.
those practiced ever since the rev.
olution, 33 long years ago: Sur
veillance of everybody except
Stain, death, exile and other forms
of punishment in large and steady
doses to suspected elements, the
constant threat of death, torture
and banishment to all potentia.
enemies of the state.
There are some differences be-
tween the Ministrestoo Gosu-
darstvenny Bezopasnosty and its
notorious predecessors.
The MGB is more efficient than
any of the others. The organiza-
ton has been streamlined and ad-
ministrative methods have beer
improved.
It's personnel is of a much high.
er type-puritanical. disciplined
educated.
The MGB is even more public.
ity-shy than the GPU or the
NKVD. whose bloody purges were
front-paged throughout the world
The MGB shoots and exiles people
in droves, but nobody knows about
1t but the relatives.
Tired of Trying to Explain.
Stain g. Co. obviously have got
tired of trying to explain why
80 years after the revolution, they
still have to bump off the resi-
dents of the Soviet paradise like
flies.
Because of this shyness the out.
side world has heard little o.
Evening star., 1951-05-18
Plants Share Costs

Two big flsh-processing plants
are sharing the expense of dredg-
ing the mouth Of Berg River, St.
Helena Bay, South Africa, so that
fishing boats can go in and out
at all times.
Evening star., 1951-05-18
Whale Oil Increases

A Norwegian fleet had pro-
duced 142,128 tons of whale oil
and sperm oil this season, up to
February 18, more than 10000
tons ahead of the like date last
year.
Evening star., 1951-05-18

This is the first Of three articles on the
MeB, latest version Of the Soviet secret
police Mr.. Stonemon lived and troveled
throughout the Soviet Union os q COR
respondent over q period Of three and
hoIf yeors.
Evening star., 1951-05-18
StreomIined Soviet Police
BY WiIIiom H. Stonemon
Foreign Correspondent Of The Stor and
the Chicago Daily News

MUNICH, Germany, May 18.-
A third of century after the
glorious October revolution. the
Soviet dictatorship still hounds
the Russian people with all the
cruelty and a thousand times the
efficiency shown by Ivan the ter
rible 400 years ago.
Former operatives of the Or
ganization, now happily beyond
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1951-05-10
Miss Edwards Becomes
Bride OF Mr.. Edwards

Miss Grace Edwards, daughter
of Jim Edwards and the late Mrs.
Edwards of Greenville, became
the bride of George Edwards OF
Greenville, son of Mrs. X. B. Ed
wards and the late Mr. Edwards
of Lexington, on Tuesday, May
8 at the Lexington Methodist par
sonage with the Rev. c. T. Floyd
officiating in a single ring cere-
mony.
Miss Norma Edwards lof Green
vile attended her sister as maid
of honor and H. w. Hardwen OF
Greenville served as best man
The vows were pledged before
the immediate families and close
friends.
The bride wore a silk navy blue
suit with navy hat and accessor-
les and white carnation shoulder
corsage. Her sister wore a dusty
pink model with luggage tan ac-
cessories, and corsage of pale yell
low carnations.
After the ceremony, the couple
left on a honeymoon trip. Upon
returning, they will be at home
in Greenville where both are en-
ployed by the Southern Bell Tele'
phone and Telegraph company.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1951-05-10
Lexington BPW Club
Met Tuesday

The Lexington Business and
Professional Women's club met
Tuesday at 6:45 pm. at Tidwelps
cafe with T. A. Lail guest speak
er on "A Yardstick For Citizen
ship" Mrs. Alice Ratcliff, Mrs.
Cecil Mason, Mrs. Inez Roach and
Miss Joyce Williams were in
charge of the program.
Mrs. Mason introduced the
speaker who gave timely point
ers on worthy citizenship.
During the business session, it
was reported by Mrs. j. R. Wat
son, president, that $35 worth of
clothing had been sent to an un-
derprivileged child in the COM
munity as a club project. Officers
elected for 1852 term were:
Mrs. Ratcliff, president; Mrs. Ben
S. Beall, vice president; Mrs.
Wallace r. Johnson, Jr., second
vice president; Mrs. Inez Roach,
third vice president; Mrs. w. l.
Ellis, Jr., treasurer, and Mrs.
Herman Russell, secretary.
The dining room table was de-
corated with red lilies and green
cry, with white tapers. Fifteen
members and one guest, Mr.. Lail
were present.
A committee was appointed te
select a girl from five eligible girls
from the junior class of Lexing-
ton High school to send to Girls
State in July, which is a club
project each year.
Delegates to the state conven.
ton in Meridian during this mon
tn who were appointed at the
meeting were Mrs. Watson, retir.
ing president, Mrs. Ratcliff, new
president, Mrs. Beall. and Mrs
Johnson.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1951-05-10

Intermediate GAS Have
Progressive Supper

A progressive supper for the
intermediate Girls auxiliary was
held Tuesday, beginning at z p.
m. with tomato juice cocktails at
the home of Mrs. James T. East.
A salad course was served by
Mrs. T. S. Craney. Mrs. Paul D.
Bragg served the main course of
chicken pie, at the church. Straw
berry shortcake was served by
Mrs. Vernon Hathcock.
Twenty-Five GAS and their
dates were present together with
the church worker, Mrs. Tom A.
Cothran, and the Rev. MI. Bragg,
who was present for the main
course.
The GAS were eneertained on
Wednesday flowing prayer
meeting 0Mrs. o. A. Cleveland,
who served refreshments at her
home.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1951-05-10
Personals
A. B. Holder
Honored At MSCW

Mrs. A. B. Holder, senior social
advisor at Mississippi State Col
lege for Women, was honored as a
mother away from home," with
the dedication of the 1851 Meh
Lady, yearbook, in presentation
ceremonies in chapel Saturday.
Mrs. Holder, who has served in
her present capacity for the last
five years, received a first copy
of the volume along with DR.. B. L,
Parkinson, MSCW president, and
Miss Alice Hamer, sponsor, from
Miss Sarah Belka of Gulfport,
editor, and Miss Priscilla Gale of
Anchorage, Kentucky, business
manager. Mrs. Holder has been
advisor of more than 1000 girls
who have attended and graduated
from MSCW, two of which were
her own daughters, Pauline and
Virginia.
The dedication read by Miss
Belka in the special chapel pro-
gram follows: ''The senior class
takes this opportunity to recog-
nize one who has displayed end
less patience and sympathy, sin.
cere kindness and understanding
their advisor and friend, Mrs. A
B. Holder"
Formerly dean of women a,
Holmes Junior college, Mrs. Hold.
er came to MSCW in 1916. She
earned the A. B. degree at Bel
haven college.
Mrs. Holders many friends ir
Lexington are happy to learn OF
the honor extended her.