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Italian Children Gel
Shoes From u. n.
But Supply Is Short
by the Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Mar.
24.-More than 100000 italian
youngsters will wear new shoes to
church Easter as a gift from the
United Nations.
But thousands more will be
barefoot because the U. N. didn't
have enough shoes to go around.
This shortage led to heart break
ing scenes all over Italy, accord
ing to a field report received here
today.
Some communities refused the
shoes altogether, rather than out
fit some children and not others.
One of these was Pollica, in
Salerno, whose mayor wired the
U.N. to send no shoes at all, since
partial distribution would only
cause trouble. There were only
so pairs for 800 shoeless children.
Riots Are Feared.
San Giorgio also refused to let
the UN. send the shoes: officials
said they were afraid desperate
parents would break into the
warehouse and riot for shoes for
their barefoot children.
Distribution at Omaio was post
poned when angry parents
spurned "a pairs for $50 children
At Plistena 600 names were on
the shoeless list, but only $50 pairs
were allocated.
1T is difficult to describe the
state of misery of the children
who came to get their Shoes" the
report said. They were not only
barefoot: they were clad in dirty
WORKOUT rags and their little
bodies had the characteristic
signs of malnutrition. 1t was
pitiful to see the sorrow of the
less-lucky who did not get the
Shoes"
In Rizzicon, on the other hand,
the distribution went smoothly.
IF these 10 children had each
been given diamond ring" the
report said, their faces could not
have expressed more satisfaction
and their smiles could not have
been more genuine"
Lists Prepared.
The shoes were distributed by
the United Nations International
Children's Emergency Fund. Lists
of those to receive them were pre-
pared locally by the mayor. the
president of the local welfare So
ciety, doctor, priest and two
elementary school teachers.
Cost of the project was
$4,000. at about 88 cents pair.
Parents of passed-by youngsters
could not understand why their
children were excluded. To par
tally meet this situation, the
N. U. gave textiles to those who
came too late for the limited
supply of shoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-25
Gown Of Ne|Iis Gusts Day
To Be Shown al WoodIawn

An Easter fashion of Nellie
Gusts day may be seen as q
special exhibit from l to O'Clock
this afternoon at Woodlaw,
mansion, it was announced p5
the Francis Wallis Chapter
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton. Woodlawn, on Route /
ajacent to Fort Belvoir, wa!
the home of Nellie Gusts, George
Washington's adopted daughter
The chapter is sponsoring the
showing of an Empire periot
gown owned by Elizabeth Wash
Iington. George Washington's first
cousin. It will be modelled by
Mrs. Leonard D. Jackson, ST., Of
2601 Davis avenue, Alexandria
"a direct descendant of the first
owner of the dress.
Elizabeth Washington's father
was 1t. Thomas Washington OF
Wakefield, an uncle of George
Washington, with whom he served
during the Revolutionary War.
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|Wor-Feoring Christian World
IProys for Peace on Easter
-AP Wirephoto

are threatened by the blazing sun
In the United States, traditional
Easter services were arranged in
thousands of communities at sun
rise-in outdoor amphitheaters, on
hilltop clearings, on coastal
beaches.
| New York was expected to be
crowded by visitors for the Easter
parade along Fifth Avenue, and
plans were made. weather permit
ting, for coverage by television.
But despite the spring gaiety
there was a note of underlying
solemnity, keynoted by a message
prepared by Francis Cardin
Spellman for people behind the
Iron Curtain. 1t told them they
would conquer Goddess enemies
not with sword, but with a cruel
| fix"
The message. to be broadcast in
recordings by Radio Free Europe
in Czechoslovak. Hungarian and
Polish. promised that the red star
of StaliniSm would not conquer
"the white star of fearless faith.
Your sufferings, dearly beloved,
have been like unto the Lords. as
flendish foes have crucifled your
bodies with famine. disease and
death, the message said. 80 r Sut
even though your hungry tongues
dare not denounce your captCrs
your brave souls dare defy them as
Ivaliantly as you refuse to reject
and revile God as do your Com
munist prosecutors,
Midnight Mass Conducted.
For the first time since ancient
days. midnight Easter masses were
celebrated in Rome. A solemn
Ipontif1cal mass was conducted by
Clemente Cardinal Micara, at tile
Basilica of st. John Lateran. Ir
other parts of the world similar
midnight masses were held on an
experimental basis.
! There was no midnight mass al
st. Peters Basilica. There a SOL
emn pontiflcal mass was to bt
celebrated Easter morning b5
FREDERICK Cardinal Tedeschini ano
broadcast by the Vatican. 1t Wai
to be followed by the Pope's bless
ing. "Urbi ct Orb" to the city ano
the world, bestowed from the cen
trail loggia of the basilica over
looking the great square of ST
Peters.
Yesterday, for the first time
since the end of the 1850 Holy
Year, the Pope received pilgrims il
a general audience at the basilica
addressing 10000 in Italian
French. English. German ane
Spanish.
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Easter
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am. in National Memorial Park
Falls Church.
"Abnormally" heavy traffic in
and out of Washington was re-
ported for last Friday at Union
terminal. Extra sections of trains
were added for the New York run
Yesterday the rush had slack
ened with extra coaches added but
no extra sections.
Events scheduled for tomorrow
follow:
Gallinger Playground, Twenty-second
and F streets NV, II am. paper egg
contest, 10 years and under; 1880 am,
stuffed bunny contest, y years and under;
pm, kite-craft, IL years and under. =
Hearst Playground, Thirty-seventh and
Tilden streets NV. 10 am, Easter egg
hunt, junior and subjunior; l pm, picnic.
all ages.
Montrose Playground, Thirtieth and R
streets n w. 10 am, egg rolling, all ages;
Macomb streets NV, 10 am. egg hunt.
II years and under; . pm, Easter fash
ion parade e., y years and under ,ou-,,
and Volta place NV. 1890 am, picnic,
l. years ana under.
Palisades Playground, Edmunds street
and Sherrier place NV; | pm, egg hunt;
egg contest, all ages; ) pm, games. all
ages.
stoddert Playground, Thirty-ninth and
Calvert streets NV; LA; II Am egg rolling
Janney Playground, wisconsin avenue
and Albemarle street NV. 1880 am,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-25
BY the Associated Press

! A hill called Calvary rises owe,
barbed wire entanglements.
Throughout the Christian world
the tolling of bells signifying tn,
resurrection of the Prince O.
Peace mingled with the howls O.
the dogs of war, straining at thu
leash.
The whine of bullets punctu.
ated solemn Easter Morning serv.
ices in the muddy desolation Of
war; blackened Korea.
| Throughout the free world
Christians prayed that the mos
terrible destruction that mankind
ever has devised will not be Wis.
tied upon them.
| AS it has been now for a dozer
dark years. peace was the univer-
sal theme of Christian prayers.
On bleak battlef1elds in Korea
American soldiers and Marines
side by side with other United
Nations soldiers, gathered bare
headed before affairs crudely con.
Istructed of wooden boxes. Cath
olic and Protestant chaplains con-
Quoted brief services. even as the
war against the Communist in
IvaderS went on.
Holy City Crowded.
The Holy City of Jerusalem was
thronged with pilgrims as the
great bells of the ancient Basilica
of the Holy Sepulchre pealed then
first joyous Easter notes. Arch
bishop Albert Gori, Roman Cath
Ollie patriarch of the Holy Land
was to lead a procession into the
Basilica for the celebration of Eas-
ter mass.
Barbed wire and armed guard:
met pilgrims at the historic Man.
delbaum Gate on their way to the
holy shrines of Christendom's frs
Easter. The peacemakers of the
United Nations served as go-be.
tweenS in making arrangement!
so that pilgrims could travel from
the modern city of Jerusalem, helc
by Israel. to the old walled city
held by forces of the kingdom O.
Jordan.
The pilgrims passed through
the guards and proceeded alons
the ancient road believed to bt
the one where Jesus carried hi
cross to Calvary. They prayed To-
peace at the site where the stone
was rolled away from the sepul'
chre.
All Jerusalem prayed, too, fol
rain to relieve the Holy Land!
long drought. possibly the worst il
80 years. Water supplies hav'
been depleted seriously and crop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-25

present time something new in
atomic research has been de-
|veloped in Argentina which United
States scientists did not know long
ago."
DR.. Otto Hahn, president OF
the Max Planck Association which
carries on theoretical research in
physics, agreed with DR.. Heisen-
berg.
Both said that no German atom
scientists of whom they know have
emigrated to Argentina.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-25
Pastor Asks Members
To Wear OveroHs at
Easter Church Service
By the Assoeiaied Press

GARDEN CITY, Kans., Mar.
24.-The Rev. Wilbert r. Nell
son of the Church of God re-
quested his congregation to
come to Eastern morning
services tomorrow in overallS
and house dresses.
The pastor explained that
too much emphasis is being
put on new Easter clothes and
not enough on the Easter
miracle.
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100000
nesting in cardboard box on 9
bed Of rice straw. They slept
soundly through the hammerine
of machine guns and the thunder
of shelling as they crossed the
Han River, sheltered in the SER
geant's arm.
I'm sure the Reds never woulc
have understood why a tough
Marine carried the rabbits with
him. I'm sure the enemy soldier!
would have laughed in scorn tt
see the big fellow handle the bits
of fur as gently as he did.
But I didn't laugh at the serge
ant. And neither did the mer
who soon were to die. Perhap.
it was because his gentleness
seemed so natural to men who had
learned in boyhood of another
gentle Man. This gentleness was
not strange to them even in the
midst of a harsh and brutal war
Marines Prepared for Battle.
The story of the sergeant and
his rabbits has been told. But
somehow on this day it seems
right to tell it again!
The September night was cold
A pale moon had dipped below
the horizon when the Marine
heavy weapons company began
climbing into the belly of steel
Amtracs for the crossing of the
Han.
Finally, our Amtrac was filled
with tense, silent men. The
heavy steel door clanked shut to
seal us inside. The Amtracs
lurched toward the river as dawn
dissolved the darkness.
The sergeant had been the last
man into the Amtrac. He braced
himself with one arm and with
the other he Graded the card
board box. The men around him
were careful not to crush the box
because they knew what was in
side.
Then the sergeant saw the
curiosity on my face. He opened
the lid for me to peep inside.
There lay the three white rab-
bits, sleeping peacefully through
the grinding racket of a war ma
chine under enemy fire.
Rabbits Carried Into Fight.
The Amtrac crossed the Han,
climbed the embankment on the
Seoul side, and numbered through
rice fields to the base of a small
ridge.
Get ready to go!" The steel
door fell open. The sergeant dashed
out to throw himself on the pro-
tective side of a small embark
ment. Carefully, he placed the
box beside him and then looked
inside to see that the rabbits Wei e
all right.
Behind us a Marine screamed
in sudden pain. He fell beside The
sergeant and blood gushed from
a wound in his side-staining n4s
green fatigues. Another Marine
screamed and fell. And then the
Marines swarmed up the ridge
against the Reds crouching in
their holes above U.S.
Around the ridge came a group
of Korean civilians. terrorized by
the battle raging around them
Several children were sobbing
their eyes were filled with fear.
The sergeant saw the children
Perhaps he had children of his
own safe at home in the United
States. I don't know. But he
slung his hot carbine to his shou4-
der and picked up the box and
walked over to the children.
He knelt down and lifted one
of the rabbitS-a tiny ball OF
white fur in his calloused. ham
like hand. He smiled at the chill
dren.
They stared through their tears
at the rabbit. Slowly the fear
drained from their eyes. One took
Ia step toward the sergeant. Then
another. Then all of them crowded
around the sergeant and they. too
.peeped into the box at the rabbits
One child giggled. And soon the
group was laughing and chatter.
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Egypt to Get New Buses

Egypt has ordered, for use out
of Cairo and Alexandria, 20 Ital.
ian-made Alta Romeo buses,
which are facsimiles of a bus
made in America. with air condi-
tioning, radio, telephone and bar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-25
Easter Revives Story +
OF Marine Who Took
Rabbits Into Battle J
By Don Whitehead
Associated Press Stoff Writer

On this Easter, I keep wonder
ing what happened to the Marine
sergeant and the three little white
rabbits he carried into battle
against the Reds in far-aWay
Korea. 3
They were soft and pink-eyed,
Here is on Foster story from the bottle.
fields Of Koreo-o wartime incident
which is strangely appropriate on this
Holy Doy. ,~.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-25
Army Bath Unit
Set to Clean Up
Troops at Front
By the Associated Press

CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind, Mar.
24.-Climb out of that foxhole,
soldier, your bath is coming up.
The Army Quartermaster Corps
has set up the 513th Bath Com
pany for training here to pro-
vide front-line baths for the
fighting men.
The company has a tWo-wheel
trailer equipped for hot and cold
running water-enough to handle
5000 baths a day.
The outfit will work with a
laundry company to put clean
clothes on clean soldiers.
Most of the men in the new
bath company are draftees from
Georgia and the Carolinas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-25

There are about 10000 moose in
the United States or 1000 more
than in 1914.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-25

BENJAMIN Franklin invented BIZ
focal glasses when he was Is years
old.
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ing and not afraid any more of
the crashing sounds around them.
The sergeant chuckled. He
placed the rabbit back in the box
and walked around the ridge with
the box under his arnl-a big
man with gentleness in his
heart that could never be de-
Istroyed even by an enemy bullet.
(The sergeant in this story was
Master Sergeant Anthony Kent OF
| Salina, KanS.)
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The United States imports about
80 per cent of it's asbestos from
Canada.
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2 Germon Atom Experts
Discount Peron Claim

FRANKFURT. Germany. Mar
"a. (P,-Germany's two top atomic
scientists tonight termed fan
tastic" an Argentine claim to hav-
ing found a new way to produce
atomic energy.
DR.. Werner Heisenberg. Nobel
Prize winner in physics in 1882,
and now director of the Max
Planck Institute at Gottingen,
said:
II do not believe that at the
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LOST

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vic. Chevy Chase Cir; no identification
marks; ;, answers TO-, the name Of
stones; vic. Bank of Silver Spring and
Giant Food Store. JU 7-559S -oR
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PLATTER, Wedgewood. from Mercury Sc
dan. CUfcoran ST. at 10Th. Sunday
night. Reward. Call NO 3652. rs
POCKETBOOK, black with twist knob TO
hold it closed; vic. of 10th St between
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OVERNIGHT BAG, gray with gold initials
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MAROON BILLFOLD; Thursday, March
%. in Wheel Bar BladenSburg I'd. Re-
ward Call HO h244
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-10-26
SWAN QUARTER
P-TA SPONSORS
BIG CARNIVAL
King and Queen from Student
Body to Be Crowned at
Halloween Celebration

Proceeds from Swan Quarter
Halloween carnival, to be held at
the school the night of Oct. 81,
will be used to buy needed supplies
for the school. Song books, flags
and other items are included in
the budget of the Parent Teacher
unit, which will sponsor the carni-
val, and some of them will be Sc
cured with profits from the Halo
ween event.
A king and queen are to be
crowned in connection with the
carnival. Each class has nominated
candidates for these honors. Win
ners will be determined by votes
sold to well wishers of the nomi-
nees.
Among other entertainment fea-
lures will be fortune telling, bingo,
house of horrors and a movie COM
edy.
Members of the school faculty
are in charge of arrangements for
the celebration.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-10-26
BONNER APPEALS
FOR HEAVY VOTE
'Nickels for Know How" Referen-
dunn Will Test Farm In
terest in Research

Final plans are under way for
a "Nickels for Know How" refer
endum, to be held in Hyde county
Nov. 8, simultaneously with every
other county in the state.
In this referendum, farmers,
their wives and anyone who buys
feed or fertilizer will vote on pro-
posal to pay cents a ton on feed
and fertilizer in order to supply
money for agricultural research.
The state legislature already APP
propriates some money for this
purpose, and other funds have been
secured in the past by private do
nation.
Edward Bonner, chairman of the
"Nickels for Know How" setup in
Hyde county, said this week that
he had been notified that the polls
would have to be kept open from
$50 in the morning to $50 at
night to make the vote legal. This
was the gist of a ruling from the
attorney generals office.
PIMA polling places will be used.
In Swan Quarter, the voting will
be at the agriculture building; in
Pioneer at the club house; in Fair
field at Muriel Swindell's store; at
Lake Landing in the library; at
Engelhard in the community build
ing and at Sladesville in Gilbert
Richards store.
Those in charge of the polls will
be ]. Harry Swindell at Swan
Quarter; S. R. Clayton of Leech-
vile; Joe Bishop in Sladesville;
Jimmy Berry in Fairfield; B. B.
Fulford in Engelhard and S. A.
Long at Lake Landing.
Mr.. Bonner, appealing for a
heavy vote, explained that unless
the farmers showed some interest
in supporting agricultural re-
search, the legislature might lose
interest in apropriating funds for
the purpose.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-10-26
HEAVY BLASTS
RATTLE TEETH
IN BELHAVEN
Marines on Bombing Prac-
tice in Sound Get Blame
for Unexpected Ex-
plosions

The Unites States Marine got
the creditor the blame-whether
they deserved it or not, for the Sc
ries of blasts. this week which
made some Belhaven folk think the
Reds had arrived.
At any rate, the Marines are
known to be having some bomb
ing practice out in the sound, may
be 25 miles from here.
For most Belhaven people, %
miles was close enough. When the
first "boom" was heard Monday
night, accompanied by a shock
that seemed to move houses off
their foundations, the surprise
tumbled good share of the popu-
lace out of their beds and into the
streets.
A navy veteran said he judged
the explosions to be heavy enough
to shatter windows at a distance of
five miles.
One boat owner, here on his way
south, heard the blasts, mistook
them for thunder and was about
to move out of port because he
feared heavy squall. Somebody
set him right and he decided Bel
haven port was a safe place to
Stay,
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OcRACoKE
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man submarine activity was TAX
ing place off the Carolina Coast,
the lens was given a red-sector
from 245' to 36O', probably in
hope of confusing the enemy subs.
Though Ocracoke has the honor
of being oldest of the six North
Carolina lighthouses it must bow
to the fact that it is the lowest
tower (75 feet) and can be seen
but fourteen miles shore. Four
of its neighbor structures 1853 feet
in height can be seen for 10 miles;
and Cape Hatteras towering over
all at 1913 feet can be seen for
% miles. Ocracoke is the only tow
er with a steady beam; each of
the others has a flash sequence.
Ocracoke and the octagonal Cape
Fear tower are the only aIl-white
structures on the N. c. Coast. Cape
Hatteras to the north is painted
spirally black and white; Cape
Lookout to the scouth is painted al
ternate black and white diamonds;
Bodie Island, at Oregon Inlet, has
black and white horizontal bands;
and Currituck farther to the north
is, red-brick conical tower.
The Ocracoke lighthouse, and the
keepers residence, part of which
was also built in 1923, are one of
the islands attractions for summer
tourists, especially for painters
and photographers. Unfortunately
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TRAFFIC
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of persons injured for the first
eight months of 1851.
Collisions between motor vehi-
cles, ran-off roadway, and pedes-
TRANS accidents accounted for most
of the increase in accidents, fatal
tiles, and injuries. Of the 3,404 ac-
cidents reported during August, 70
per cent were collisions between
motor vehicles, 16 per cent were
ran-off roadway, and 8 per cent
weer pedestrians accidents.
There were 90 persons killed and
389 injured in the ran-off roadway
accidents. Next in type with more
killed and injured were collisions
of motor vehicles with 81 deaths
and 760 injuries. In collision of
motor vehicles with pedestrians, 10
persons were killed and 95 injured.
Other deaths are posted as follows:
bicycle, four; fixed objects, four;
other non-collisions, four; over
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-10-26
Mt. Olive Christian Church Gets Pastor
From Florida; Will Begin Duties Jan.

PONZER.-Before the Rev. John
Alligood arrives from Florida to
accept the pastorage of Mt. Olive
Christian church, Jan. 1, the con-
gregation plans to have the build
ing painted on the outside. Not
long ago the floors were sanded
and the inside painted.
The Rev. Mr.. Alligood plans to
move here Jan. 1 with his wife and
family. They will live in the Pom
ger neighborhood. He willspreach
two Sundays month at Mt. Olive
and probably will use the other
Sunday to preach elsewhere. =
He will succeed the Mr.. M. L.
Ambrose of Old Ford, near Wash
ington, who has preached once a
month at Mt. Olive since 1945. His
health has not been good for the
last year or two.
On the last Sunday the Rev. Mr.,