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Evening star., 1951-02-20
Noel E. EccIeston, II;
Retired Executive
With Patent Office

Noel E. Eccleston. 70, retired
assistant division chief in the
Patent Office. died of a heart at
tack yesterday at his home. 20OC
Sixteenth street NV.
Mr.. Eccleston served At years
with the Patent Office, retiring on
November 80, l948, as assistant
chief of the Docket Division. He
then was associated with a patent
law firm here for several months
Born in. Baltimore, Mr.. Eccles-
ton was a graduate of the Univer-
sity of Maryland Law School. He
came here in 1901 to join the
Patent Offices Application Divi-
sion and was with the Docket Di-
vision from 1922 until his retire
ment.
Mr.. Eccleston was a member of
the District and Maryland Bar
Associations, the University Club
and the Patent Office Society. He
was Mason and Shriner.
A bachelor. he made his home
with a sister, Miss Bessie L. Ec-
Icleston. He also leaves three
brothers, Howard r. Eccleston of
1000 Connecticut avenue NV. a
patent attorney; Wilbur j. Ec-
Icleston, 3426 Sixteenth street
INV, also patent attorney, and
wv. Graham Eccleston of Beverly
Hills, Calf.
Funeral services will be held at
! pm. tomorrow in the Hines flu
neral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in
Druid Ridge Cemetery, Baltimore
Evening star., 1951-02-20
Roland Clayton MuschIitz;
Grayson's S Ex-Chauffeur

Roland Clayton Muschlitz, So.
resident of Hyattsyille. Md. who
was known to his friends as Ro-
land Clayton. died Saturday ir
Washington Sanitarium after ar
illness of two years.
Mr.. Muschlitz, who lived at 3502
Lancer drive. Hyattsville, was en-
ployed by the Christian Heurich
Brewing Co. for nine years until
he became i'll. For % years be-
fore that. he had been a personal
chauffeur for Admiral Cary T
Grayson, former president of the
American Red Cross.
A native of Washington, Mr.
Muschlitz lived at 1916 Twentieth
street NV. before moving TO Hy-
attsville. He attended public
schools in Washington.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Susan johnson Muschlitz:
two sons, Roland j. and Paul E
Muschlitz, both of the Hyattsville
address, and three brothers, Reu-
ben c. MuschlitZ, $50 North Oak
land street. Arlington; Alfred L
Muschlitz, Florida, and George r
MuschlitZ, 104 Franklin avenue
Silver Spring.
Funeral services will be held al
II am. tomorrow at the S. H
Hines funeral home. 2901 -Four.
teenth street NV. Burial will bt
i in the George Washington Memo.
rial Park Cemetery.
Evening star., 1951-02-20
Maj. Archie Willis, 80;
|Ex-Finance Officer

Maj. Archie Henry Willis. 80.
retired Army finance officer and
veteran of two wars, died yester-
day at his home, 122 Colony road.
Silver Spring. He had been Ill for
a month.
Maj. Willis, whose service career
spanned SO years, was a finance
property auditor in the Office Of
the Chief of Finance here when he
retired in 1884.
The major was brought here an
a boy from his birthplace In
Waseca. MINI. He was graduated
from National University Law
School and practiced here for sew
eral years. During the Spanish
American War he served as an
Army pay clerk and was stationed
in Cuba and the Philippines.
Commissioned a second lieuten-
ant in 1916, Maj. Willis served at
several bases in World War I, in
cluding Langley Air Field.
Maj. Willis was active in the
Army Relief Association. His wife.
Mrs. Florence J. Willis, died in
October, 1949.
Surviving are two sons, Lawrie
IS. Willis of st. Louis and John B.
Willis of 127 Kingsley avenue, Be-
thesda. and two grandchildren,
John B. Willis. jr., and Ann B.
Willis, both of the Bethesda adj
dress.
The body is at the Gawler fu-
neral home, 1856 Pennsylvania
avenue NV.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. tomorrow in Fort Myer
Chapel. Burial will be in Arling-
ton Cemetery.
Evening star., 1951-02-20
Directed Br0adcasts.

DhCCkLu DxOduCootSs
Mr.. Mafian for the last 10 years
headed the Full Gospel Taber-
nacle radio broadcast, half hour
program each Sunday evening.
The pastor was born in Ebens-
burg, Pa. and worked for the
United States Steel Corp. in Nc
Keesport, Pa. before entering the
ministry. For II years he was in
charge of the Pentecostal Church
in Jeanette, Pa. Before accept
ing the call here, he served two
years as a pastor in Cleveland.
During his career he had ad-
dressed numerous camp meetings
throughout the country and was
a speaker in the summer of 1949
for the Eastern District Camp
Meeting in Green Lane, Pa.
Leaves Two Grandchildren.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
nellie D. Mahan; two daughters
Mrs. A. Austin Amerine, wife OF
the pastor of the Pentecostal
Church in Dunn. N. c., and Miss
Grace L. Mahan, who lived with
her parents. and two grandchil-
dren, Dorothy and Robert Amer
inc.
He also leaves two brothers,
John Mahan of MadiSonville,
Tenn, and James Mahan of Chi
cago.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday at 2 pm. from the
church. Burial will be in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1951-02-20
Acheson and Sawyer
Appeal for Seaway
By the Associaied Press

Secretary of State Acheson and
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer
asked Congress today to approve
"a quick start on the st. Lawrence
.seaway and power project.
Mr. Acheson said the proposed
development is matter of "urg-
,ency' for the joint defense of the
United States and Canada.
Mr.. Sawyer said that if war
should come, only through the
proposed seaway could the United
States be assured an adequate sup
ply of iron ore. The ore would
come from Labrador.
The two cobinet members testi-
fled before the House Public Works
Committee, pressing the admins
tration's campaign for congress
sional approval of the long debated
|billion-dollar project. 1t would
provide a deep-water route from
the Atlantic Ocean to the Great
Lakes and develop power estimated
lat 1872 billion kilowatts a year..
Evening star., 1951-02-20
Charles W. Guest, 70;
Veteran Choir Leader

Charles w. Guest, 10. choir di-
rector at Eastern Presbyterian
Church here for the last 35 years
died last night at Garfield Hos
pital after a long illness. He livee
at As Hamilton street NV.
Mr.. Guest had been in the avn.
ing business at 1885 H street NE
for Is years.
A native of Philadelphia, he at
tended public schools in George
town, Del, but had lived most O
his life in the District.
Mr.. Guest was active in choi
work until his death. He at
tended choir practice last Friday
He was a member of Harmon,
Masonic Lodge, the Kiwanis an,
tie Washington Building Con
Igress.
He is survived by his widow
Lourena Loughery Guest.
The Rev. A. E. Barrows, paste
emeritus of Eastern, and the Rev
Donald F. Keith. present pastor
will conduct funeral services a
/ pm. tomorrow at Lee funera
home, Fourth street and Massa
chusetts avenue NE. Burial viii
be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1951-02-20
Mrs. Charles A. Stoneham
Part Owner Of Giants Team
BY the Associated Press

SANFORD, Fla, Feb. 20.-Mrs
Charles A. Stoneham. IS, one
third owner of the New York
Giants. died today in her sleep OF
a heart attack.
Mrs. Stoneham, wife of the late
owner of the Giants, died at the
Mayfair Inn, headquarters of the
baseball club which is holding
spring training here.
She is survived by a son, Hor-
ace C. Stoneham. president of the
Giants, and a daughter, Mrs
Charles Aufderhar. Mrs. Stone
ham and her son and daughter
each owned a one-third share OF
the club.
The funeral will be held Friday
Evening star., 1951-02-20
Mrs. Anna B. kinsman
Professors S Widow
Active in Club Work

Mrs. Anna Barnard Kinsman
"a, widow of DR.. D. o. Kinsman
professor emeritus of economic.
at American University, died Sun.
day after a long illness at Alta
Vista Rest and Convalescent
Home. She formerly had lived al
1926 Klingle street NV.
Mrs. Kinsman was born March
10, 1886. in Chicago.
Graduate of Oberlin.
She was a graduate of Oberlir
College, Oberlin, Ohio. and took
graduate work at the University
of Chicago. She taught in the
Oberlin public schools and in
Whitewater Normal College
Whitewater, Wis. At Whitewater
she met DR.. Kinsman, a member
of the faculty. and they were mar
ried in 1904.
After IL years there, DR.. Kins-
man was named head of the eco
nomics department at Lawrence
College, Appleton, Wis, where he
stayed IA years. DR.. Kinsmar
came to American University ir
1926 and retired in 1888.
Mrs. Kinsman was active ir
church, college and civic affairs
She headed the Wisconsin Fedora
tion of Women's Clubs from 1914
to 1916.
Two Daughters Survive.
She was president of the Wom-
ems Guild and of the Faculty
Women's Club at AU and of thu
Oberlin College Women's Club
She served twice on the board oil
directors of the American Associa
ton of University Women here
and was a member of the Metro
Ipolitan emorial Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Kinsman leaves two
daughters. Mrs. Georgia K. Love.
Irud. of Washington, and Mrs
Ellen K. Seamonson, of Grown
Point, Ind: two grandchildren
Allen and Joann Loverud, and &
brother, Herbert F. Barnard, o.
New York.
Funeral services will be held a
I2::30 pm. tomorrow at the sane.
tuary. Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1951-02-20
Andre eide, 81, Noted
French Novelist, Dies;
won Nobel Prize
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, Feb. 20.-Andre Glide.
I81. considered Frances greatest
man of letters, died of pneumonia
last night. He won the Nobel
Prize for literature in 1947.
Glide wrote more than SO books.
His best known novels are 1.-The
ICounterfeiters." 1.-THE Immoralist"
and Pastoral Symphony" Publi-
cation of his Journals" in recent
years greatly widened his world
Eaudience. .........
He shocked and fascinated two
generations with his literary prob
ings of morality and immortality
Recognized as one of the most
brilliant and original philosophical
writer's of the Goth century. his
books at one time or another de-
Tended theft, burder. homosex-
uality and communism. The writ
ings mirrored his twistings and
torture in his quest for an "au-
thentic life"
Began Literary Career In 1891.
Glide began his literary career
| in 1891 and continued writing
until his final days. His daughter
Catherine and her husband, Jean
Lambert, young writer, were at
his beside when he died. For all
his flouting of tradition, he was a
traditional grandfather to their
three children. A recent inter-
viewer wrote: "The first time ]
saw him he was playing with a
yo-yo."
| Glide was born in Paris. No.
vember %. 1869. OF Puritan
Protestant background. his early
works preached a mystical purity.
He later threw orthodoxy out the
window.
| In the '30s he became an ad-
mirer of the Soviet Union but a
visit to Russia in 1886 disil-
lusioned hom. He repudiated the
Soviet system in his "Retour de
I U. S. S. r."
Founded Magazine.
He produced criticism, plays,
translations and newspaper edi-
torials as well as novels. The
literary magazine 'Nouvelle Revue
Francaise," which he founded in
1909, exercised a great influence
on French literature for 80 years
Although not widely read by
the English and American public,
the influence of Gide's crafts
manship and ideas on literary
circles was widespread. His coun-
Itrymen in recent years took pride
in him as national glory. The
Swedish Academy, in awarding
him the Nobel Prize, cited "his
extensive and artistically impor-
tant authorship, in which he ex-
posed the problems and conditions
of mankind with fearless love of
truth and psychological percep-
ltiOn"
Evening star., 1951-02-20
Cyril haude, S8;; Famous
As Actor and Manager
BY the Associaied Press

TORQUAY, England, Feb. 90
Cyril Maude, 88, actor manager
who achieved fame on the
English and American stage, died
of influenza at his home here
today.
Famous for such comedy parts
as the title role in Grumpy
which he played 1900 times, Mr..
Maude formerly managed the
Haymarket and the Playhouse,
two of London's best-known thea
terS.
He made his first stage appear
ance in the United States in 1883
and played alternately in England
and America during a long career.
Evening star., 1951-02-20

a v e n u e NV.
He had been
i'll for a year.
Mr.. M a h a n
succeeded the
late Rev. Harry
L. Collier, who
organized the
church in 1922.
In 1888 the
church bought
and remodeled
the old McKen-
| d r e e M. E.
| Church at 915
Massachuse t t s
avenue NV.
Evening star., 1951-02-20
Dr.. William Jesse Baird

CINCINNATI. Feb. 20 (P.-Dr.
William Jesse Baird, so. president
of Morehead tKentucky) State
College, died last night at Dea-
conesS Hospital here. He was ad-
mitted to the hospital December
IL for treatment of heart
ailment.
Evening star., 1951-02-20
Benjamin Mahan, 81.
tabernacle Pastor
Headed Broadcasts

The Rev. Benjamin E. Mahan,
81, pastor Of the Full Gospel Tab
ernacle since 1884, died last night
at his home, 921 Massachusetts,
Evening star., 1951-02-20
Dratha
z, ELIZABETH.

ELIZABETH. onicers and
members OF Ladies' Auxiliary,
No. IS. knights of ST. John,
are hereby notified Of the death
OF Sister ELIZABETH TANSLEY
Members will meet at the S. H
Hines Co. Funeral Home. 290l
14th ST.. NV. on Wednesday
Il. 1851. at s pm. to recitt
Evening star., 1951-02-20
First U. S. Sugar in l771

NEW ORLEANS. - The first
sugar cane grown in what is now
the United States was produced in
Louisiana in It'll.
Evening star., 1951-02-20
1tt Mrmnrtait,

LuCAS, REESE HORACE. In loving mem
99ry Of my dear husband REESE HORACE
LUCAS. who departed this life seven year!
ago today, February 20, 1914.
God took you first and remain
To walk the road alone
Ill live in memory's garden, dear.
With happy days we've known
The sunshine from my heart is gone.
The. voice I loved is still;
Inc place IS vacant in my heart
1ne world can never flll.
NICHOLSON, ROBERT E. In loving mem
ory OF our devoted son and grandson
ROBERT E. NICHOLSON. who departed
this life two years ago February 20, l949
TWO years have come and gone
since we we're forced to part.
But time and space cannot erase
Your memory from our hearts.
God gave US strength to fight it
And courage to bear the blow,
But what 1t meant to lose you,
No one will ever know,
THOMPSON, WILLIS CALVIN. sacred
and sincere tribute of love to the mem.
ory OF our dear husband and father
WILLIS CALVIN THOMPSON. who de.
ruary 90, 1850.
A happy home we once enjoyed,
How sweet the memory still
But death has left loneliness
That the world can never fill.
II ever a love existed,
- II ever a sweet flower grew:
II ever soul filed its mission on earth
Dear Willie, it was YOU.
Always so true, unselfiSh and kind,
A few in this world his equal you'n find
A breathfui of life that came to an END
He died as he lived, every ones friend.
Just when life was sweetest
- You you could have lived your best,
Inc gates OF Heaven opened
And God took you home to rest.
HIS LOVING WIFE, HELEN A. THOMP.
God know how much we miss you,
He counts the tears we shed,
And whispers, Hush. He only sleeps,
Our father is not dead"
Life isn't the same dear father,
- Since the day God called you home;
We see your kind ard loving face
AS We walk through life alone.
Our family circle has been broken,
A link gone from our chain;
But though we're parted for a while,
We know we will meet again.
YOUR LOVING CHILDREN EVERETT w
THOMPSON, WILLIS CALVIN. In sad bu
CALVIN THOMPSON who departed thi
lie one year ago today, February 20
1850.
In beautiful Cedar Hill,
Not very far away.
/ remember very clearly
Just one year ago today.
How I miss you. you must know
Without these words to tell you so;
But ! cannot let the day go by
without remembering with sigh.
HIS BROTHER. EVERETT A. THOMPSON
Evening star., 1951-02-20

BRYANT GEORGIANA. Mrs Margaret
Jones and family wish to express their
sincere thanks to their friends and neigh
bors for their kindness and expressions of
sympathy beautiful foral tributes and
use OF cars at the passing of their moth
er. GEORGIANA BRYANT.
Evening star., 1951-02-20

KIN HI. A special communica-
ton OF Potomac Lodge No. 5,
F. A. A. NJ. is called for i
pm. Wednesday, February q,
1850, at the Georgetown Ma
sonic Hall for the purpose OF
performing Masonic services at
the funeral Of our late Brother
H. RICE.
Evening star., 1951-02-20

PFC. GEORGE LEE. n
S-> loving memory of our son, Pfc
3 GEORGE LEE TOMLINSON, U
t@ S. NJ. c., who was killed in &C.
Q tion on Two Jima six years age
today, February 20. 1945.
We had two blue stars in our window,
George. Lees was turned to gold:
Part Of our hearts lie buried deep
In Arlington. where our son is asleep.
Somewhere back of the sunset,
Where loveliness never dies
He lives in land of peace and JOY,
With the blue and the gold of the skies
HIS LONELY NOM AND DAD.
TOOMEY, GEORGE AUSTIN. In lovinf
memory of GEORGE AUSTIN TOOMEY
who passed away February 20, 1910.
Thoughts of you are always with us.
WIFE AND SIS.
ANNIE N. AND CHARLES
WHITE. NELLIE {. In loving memory Q
my dear ones mother. ANNIE N. WASH
1NGTON. who died twenty-six years ast
today, February 90, 1925; brother
CHARLES WASHINGTON. who died fort,
years ago. August 3. 1911. and sister
NELLIE E. WHITE. who died Decembe;
/, 1925.
Loved In life. remembered In death.
LILLE COATES.
Evening star., 1951-02-20
Uarn uf Thanka

- washington, D. G.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1851
Evening star., 1951-02-20

HARRISON M. KINNIsoN OF I7s4 sth
st. NV. beloved husband of Thelma S.
Kinnison. father Of Reginald II. Kinni-
son, brother of Mrs Anita K Harrod and
Mildred E. and. John Kinnison. Also
NJ Walker; Mrs. Rose M. Keel. and Mrs.
Laura Barksdale; three uncles, Bassett
Walker Oscar and Harold Mable: other
relatives and many friends. Notice Of
funeral later. Arrangements by Nc
CURE. Inc 81
Evening star., 1951-02-22

periods, ''but must go along and
be quiet" Also one who has lost
his citizenship may not vote OF
be nominated for Office, "let alone
elected" and at an election "can-
not say anything
All is not lost, however. when
one is an alien. Amendment 8 OF
the bill of rights provides that
citizenship may be regained by,
"(D Doing extra work on "A
level; t2) doing a voluntary serv-
ice for your home. school or com.
munity; CD getting two zoos or
your work"
Other Provisions.
Here are some other gems from
the bill of rights:
Amendment 4 (Freedom o.
Speech: At an election, if yo,
are not citizen, you cannot say
anything"
| Amendment Freedom Of
Choice: A citizen may change
desks with another citizen, if thes
both agree"
Amendment 7 (Freedom II
Evening star., 1951-02-22

stitutional Law at Columbia Uni
verSity.
Attend Council Session.
A copy of the document, as set
forth in a mimeographed news
paper, 18th Grade Chit-Chat. I"
which the students started to pub
licize their experiment in de-
mocracy. was forwarded to Prof
Bowling by Frederic P. Lee, for
mer president of the Montgomery
County Council.
The fifth graders experiment
also brought them an invitation
from County Manager Irving G
MeNayr to attend this weeks
meeting of the County Council in
Rockville, which they did, with
dignity and delight.
The students are also busy
working on a script for radio ap-
pearance next Tuesday over Sta
ton WBBC. AS Mrs. Miller put it,
MY. but they're feeling impor-
tant"
The constitution responsible for
all this publicity provides for cleo
ton of five-member council
Evening star., 1951-02-22

law at National University. He
resigned from the force in 1943
after serving II years and became
associated in law practice with the
late former United States Com
missioner Needham c. Turnage
After Mr.. Turnage's death, Mr.
See moved his Office to the Wash
| iington Building. A native OF
Iowa, Mr.. See lived in Minnesota
before moving to the District in
1880. He is member of the
bars of the District, Maryland and
the Supreme Court; the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Chapter of the
Izaak Walton League, and Christ
Lutheran Church, Bethesda. He
and his wife and two children live
at 6001 Wynnwod road, Wood
Acres.
Mr.. Coughlan is a District ma.
tive who has lived in Silver Spring
since he was years old. He at
tended Gonzaga High School ano
was graduated from the George.
town University Law School ir
1928. He worked for the Co
lumbia and District Titles Cos
and was registrar of the George
town Law School before entering
private practice in Montgomery
County about four years ago. He il
a member of st. Michael's Roman
Catholic Church, the knights o1
Columbus and the Silver Spring
Rotary Club. Mr.. and Mrs. Cough
Ian live at 5000 Georgia avenue
They have four daughters.
Evening star., 1951-02-22
Z Face Grand Jury Action
In Plumbing Larceny

Two of four men charged in
connection with the theft of
$4,000 worth of plumbing sup
plies from an Alexandria firm
for use in a Rockville apartment
development waived preliminary
hearing in Rockville police court
yesterday.
John F. Marsh, %, Rockville
town building inspector, and HUI
bert Smelser, "a, of 819 Green
street, Alexandria, were released
on $500 bond each for grand jury
action.
Marsh, who since his arrest,
has resigned as building inspec-
tor, is charged with larceny and
receiving stolen goods. Smelser,
described by police as a fore
man for the James Plumbing &
Heating Co. of Alexandria, is
charged with larceny. q
Preliminary hearings for the
two other men in the case, both
officials of the Berlin Construc-
ton Co. of Rockville, were post
poned to a later date. They are
Joseph G.. Berlin, 80, of 2919
Brandywine street NV. president
of the firm, and Ralph w. Del
Tufo, 81, of 229 Longfellow street
NV, secretary-treasurer.
Evening star., 1951-02-22

use wisely our school supplies)
IF you are careless and waste
paints, you can not use the paints
any more and you lose your citi-
zenship. Accidents don't count,
because sometimes they can not
be avoided
"One fine feature" of the con-
stitution." Mr.. Lee writer, sis that
it lays down not only prohibitions
that the citizen must observe but
also tells him how to conduct him.
self SO as to comply" Most of the
first articles of the document, fol
instance. carry such titles as How
to stop unnecessary talking, ;
How to stop notewriting." and
How to follow instructions with
speed and accuracy"
"Snoopee" Penalty.
Under Article 4B. "How can we
keep our desks and floor tidy?'
section l simply states: Have a
desk inspector to inspect the desks
every morning. If a desk is messy
he will pull everything out ano
tell the owner to clean 1t up"
Evening star., 1951-02-22

Under Article 8. "How can we
learn to respect other people s
property and not go into other
children's desks?" section states:
IF child goes into another
child's desk, he or she should
wear a sign that says 'Snooper' in
the room only" Section 2 adds:
They should also not be a citi-
zen."
The constitution even lays down
the rules for becoming a good
leader. In addition to being truth
full and trustworthy. Article 6 says
IAN officer should be a good sport
because if you are not you viii
lose your friends and then nobody
will want to nominate you"
But like all things, the Consti-
tuition of the United Fifth Grade
seems to have a flaw. Mr.. Lee
noted "a slight authoritarian tone
in Article 8. Mrs. Miller appoint:
the log inspectors" he writes
This smacks of boss rule and il
certainly contrary to the demo-
cratic principle of direct respon-
sibility only to the people
Evening star., 1951-02-22

which also acts as a grand jury
for civil cases: director OF
finance, who will be in charge OF
all money business; judge to
try criminal cases, scribe. and
two team captains, who seem to
be something like sergeants at
arms.
Election Every Two Months.
The council, elected every two
months. then appoints the county
manager. who is 'in charge of all
room duties and appoints people
to do them; State attorney, ano
a desk and floor inspector.
One of the novel elements" ot
the constitution, as Mr.. Lee points
out in his letter to Prof. Bowling
lis the underlying sanction COM
pelling obedience to it. This i.
the man without a country
principle" in that infractions o1
the constitution result in loss Of
citizenship.
Loss of citizenship means
among other things, that the alier
is not entitled to square dance
except during physical education