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Evening star., 1952-02-15
|BeriraIl / !! Guile, r, Adviser
OF Rockefeller Family
" ihs Assosiaisd Press

GREEN VILLAGE, N. j.. FEB.
Il5.-Bertram Cutler, II, invest
ment counselor to the Rockefeller
family for many years, died last
night Of a heart ailment.
He entered the employ Of the
elder John D. Rockefeller as q
bookkeeper and secretary in 1901.
His financial acumen was rec
ognized while he was serving In
the investment department Of the
Rockefeller Offices and he was
made personal investment adviser
to the Rockefeller family.
At the time Of his death, Mr..
Cutler was q director Of Rockefel-
Ter Center In New York, where his
Offices were located.
He served as q director Of the
Chase National Bank and Of the
Equitable Trust Co. for many
years before the two institutions
merged. Until recently, he was q
trustee Of the Equitable Life In
surance Co.
Evening star., 1952-02-15
Mrs. BeriIlaG G. Woods,
Writer and Widow oI
College EXP President

Bertha Gerneaux Woods, 78,
verse and short story writer and
widow Of DR.. Alebrt e. Woods,
former president OF the Uniyer-
|sity Of Maryland died yesterday
|at her Hyattsville home after d
long illness.
Mrs. Woods. who lived at 40Ol
|Quintana street. was the former
Bertha Davis. born In Penn yam,
N. r, but q Washington area iesi-
dent since girlhood. Her husband.
whom she married in 1898 and
who died two years ago, was presi-
dent OF Maryland from 1918 to
1925. and it was under his regime
that the present university was
chartered.
He was later director Of scien-
|tiflc work for the Agriculture De-
|partment and Of the departments
graduate school.
Mrs. Woods was long q writer
for periodicals and had published
several volumes OF poetry. Among
them are 'Verses by Three Gen.
erations,'i, 1921: "The Guest and
Other Verses" 1926: 1.-THE Patient
Scientist and Other Verses" 1928;
"The Little Gate" 1885, and
World Communion and Other
Verses" 1913.
|. Active in the Berwyn Presby-
terian Church. Mrs. Woods was q
member Of the National League Of
American Penwomen, the Audu-
bon Society and the Progress Club.
Surviving are two sons, Winton
deRuyter Woods Of st. Louis, Mo-,
and Mark Winton Woods, Of
Hyattsyille, q biologist for the Ma
tional Institutes Of Health here.
Six grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow in the Berwyn
Presbyterian Church. Burial will
he In Rock Creek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-02-15
Plan 10 Coordinate
Buying Of Uniforms
Studied by Loyef
By John a. Giles

Defense Secretary Lovett today
studied q plan for the co-ordi-
mated purchase Of military cloth.
ing as Chairman Hebert said the
House Armed Services Subcom-
mittee was determined to md out
why the services did not make q
purchase.
Chairman John D. Small Of
the Munitions Board announced
at q news conference yesterday
that the Army. Navy and Air
Force had agreed on the CO.
ordinated purchase Of clothing.
shoes and similar equipment and
forwarded it to Mr.. Lovett.
Mr.. Small refused to describe
how the plan would work but
said that it was q step toward"
and expressed belief 1t would save
money. It was clear. however.
that the plan does not 60 all the
way toward establishing q single
purchasing agency, which has
been sought in some military
quarters and on Capitol Hill.
Single Office Provided.
The congressional committee
was told yesterday the plan pro-
vided for all clothing purchases to
be made by q single ONCE, not for
all the services to draw their
clothing from q single pool. The
Evening star., 1952-02-15
Irwin Convicted Again;
Returns 10 Death Row
By IN. A,,oeio,.d Pres.

OCALA. Fla. Feb. 15.-Walter
Lee Irwin Is back in the Florida
State prison death house today
after his second conviction for
raping a young white woman.
His lawyers plan a new fight to
save him from the electric chair.
A jury Of IL white men late yes
terday convicted the 24-year-old
Negro Of helping three others
seize the 17-year-old girl from
her farmer husband July 16, 1949,
and raping her.
There was no recommendation
for mercy. which made the death
sentence mandatory. Circuit
Judge Truman G. Futch immedi-
|ately pronunced the sentence, and
Irwin was taken at once to the
State prison.
Twins lawyers said they win
file q motion for q new trial Mon
day. and II 1t is denied they again
will appeal to, have the verdict
set aside.
Irwin was the last Of the four
Negroes accused of the crime
which set OF a series Of mob DEM
|onstrations, shootings, and burn
|ings Of Negro homes In Central
Florida, and brought about bitter
exchanges between Florida ON
|cials and the National Association
for the Advancement Of Colored
People.
Two others Of the accused have
been shot to death by law en-
forcement officers. A third Is
serving an uncontested life SEN
|tence.
Evening star., 1952-02-15
Mrs. Esther Gwynn, 90,
Lived in Mount Rainier

Funeral services for Mrs. Esther
Elizabeth Gwynn. 90. who died
Wednesday at her Mount Rainier
MIDI home, will be held at II
am. tomorrow at Gawler's funeral
home.
Mrs. Gwynn, who was born in
st. Francisville, La, leaves two
sons, Frederick Dashiell Gwynn,
OF 3112 Northampton street NV,
and Albert Prescott Gwynn OF
Richmond, and q sister, Mrs.
Frederick NJ. Kirn. Mansfield. La.
Services will be conducted by
DR.. Charles w. Lowry. Burial will
be private.
Evening star., 1952-02-15
Trial Of ~ Spy Suspects
Gets Under Way in Athens
BY ihs Asseeioisd Press

ATHENS. Greece, Feb. 15-A
trial by court martial opened to-
day for 20 persons charged with
serving In q Communist spy ring.
The Observation-Disclosures five
women and several prominent Red
leaders-are accused of espionage
and treason, which can be punish.
ed by death.
Authorities say that raids last
November near Athens turned up
evidence Of wireless messages that
Greek Communist bosses In Rus
sian satellite countries were re-
ceiving military information and
sending orders to a Red under.
ground inside Greece.
Fifty-two prosecution witnesses
will be called. They include Is
senior army and police officers
OF the counter espionage service
and bureau OF the general staff.
Another IL persons will be tried
later In abSentia.
Evening star., 1952-02-15
Woman With Broken Hip
Lies 7 Days in Rain, Snow
BY ihs Asso',eiotsd Press

PARKERSBURG, w. Va, FEB.
15.--A 53-year-old woman told
today how she lay outdoors in
rain and snow for two days and
two nights after breaking her hip.
From q bed In a Parkersburg
hospital, Mrs. Mary Morehead, q
oodcutter's wife, said she left
her rural home In Central West
Virginia Saturday morning for q
5-mile walk to the home Of q sis
ter. where she planned to spend
the week end.
En- route, she opened q heavy
metal fence gate. It fell on her
and broke her hip. She lay there.
clad In q heavy coat until Mon
day morning.
Il kept trying to move, but ]
couldn't even crawl" Mrs. More
head said. II hollered for q long
time, but nobody heard me" !"
An oil well worker, on his way
to work Monday morning, found
her. Her husband Thomas and
her son at home assumed she had
reached her sisters house safely.
Her sister was not expecting her.
50 no one was sent to search for
her.
Evening star., 1952-02-15
Esther N. Chapman,
Skilled Portrait and
Floral Painter

Mrs. Esther Mccord Chapman
81, well-known painter, died yes.
terday at Garfield Hospital.
Mrs. Chapman. who lived al
1900 Q street NV. was noted 70,
her portrait and floral paintings
She was born in Nebraska and
came to Washington in 1876. How.
ever, it wasn't until she was Al
that she began studying painting
Her career began when she was
awarded first prize in water colo
exhibition at the Corcoran Callery
Of Art in 1908.
Since then she has won many
prizes in the District and in other
cities. Mrs. Chapman's HUSBAND
Charles died in 1924.
She is survived by two nieces
Mrs. Giles Waite, 1927 @ street
NV. and Mrs. Catherine McCord
Cattaui of Fort Lauderdale, Fla,
Funeral services will be held oil
9 pm. tomorrow at Hines funera
home. Burial will be in Rocl
Greek Cemetery
Evening star., 1952-02-15
Deacon Hobbs Is Dead at 81,
Dance Musician at Shorehom
Benefit Concert
For 3 Entertainers
Set February "a

The Deacon" died this morning,
But his hundreds Of friends viii
keep the show moving the way
he'd want II at the big parade Of
bands February "a at the shore-
ham Hotel.
"The Deacon" was Clinton Il,
Hobbs. "a. who played the clarinet
and the sax with Barnee's orches-
ira at the shorehar1 Hotel, and
who swept the town q few years
ago with his rendition Of a musi-
cal sermon.
Nearly q year ago one Of "The
Deacon's" friends. AL Oddone,
bass player and vocalist at the
Casino Royal. was stricken with
q severe nervous disorder. His
earning power was cut and he
went to Mount Alto.
A few months later another top
musician around town, Lee Elden,
had to be sent to q Colorado sani-
torium for a lung operation.
Friends Plan Benefit.
Only last month, "The Dea-
con" was stricken with an unde-
termined brain disease.
Hundreds Of friends banded to-
gether early this month and de-
sided to hold q benefit dance for
the three friends. struck down
within the same year.
The District Federation Of Mu-
sicians is still going to push the
benefit dance and the money will
still be divided three ways-Mr.
Hobbs third to go to his wife,
Marjorie Ruth, and his 10-year-
old son. Clinton. jr.
]. Martin Emerson, secretary
Of the federation, says the 10 area
bands, including over 100 instru-
mentalists, will play right on.
Evening star., 1952-02-15

There will be no mention Of ''The
Deacon'S" death.
HE wouldn' t want it that way,
MIR. Emerson said. He'd want
the show to go right on without
interruption. X
Once Had Own Band.
Mr.. Hobbs lived at 210 East
Del Ray avenue In Alexandria.
He's been around Washington
since 1910 and since then he's
played In several leading local
bands and even had his own be-
fore he went to the Shoreham.
He was q musician all Of his
life." Mr.. Emerson declared,
"even UP to the last. And his
benefit party will be just like he
would have wanted it."
Mr.. Hobbs Is also survived by
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. j.. M,
Hobbs. 2004 Fort Davis street
Sc; and two sisters, Mrs. Dolores
Silas. 1900 Quarles street NE,
and Mrs. Evelyn Huvar, Victoria,
Texas.
Funeral services win be held
at ! pm. Monday at Lees Fu-
neral Home. Burial win be at
the Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-02-15
Dr.. Niemoeller Pluns
u. S. Lecture Tour
DY fhe Associaiad Rraaa

WIESBADEN. Germany. Feb.
15.-Dr. Martin Niemoeller, Ger
man church leader and foe Of
West German rearmament, said
last night he win leave by plane
Monday for New York to begin
3 United States lecture tour.
He expects to be in the United
States until March 28. His itin-
erary includes Florida. California,
Washington, Colorado and Illinois.
The lean churchman. who was
q U-boat commander In World
War ] and later fought Hitler bit
terly, is now head Of the German
Evangelical Gutheran) Church In
the state Of Hesse. In recent
weeks he has visited Russia and
Britain.
Evening star., 1952-02-15
4 Face Charges Today
OF Title Racket on
Stolen Used Cars

Four members or a gang that
specialized in buying wrecked au-
tomobiles and using the titles on
stolen used cars were to appear
today before United States Com
missioner Cyril S. Lawrence.
Charged with grand larceny
are:
Billie E. Warner. a, Of the 900
block Of Virginia avenue S.W.;
Francis Leroy Cooper, 10. of
Brooklyn. N. Y: Wade Carson
Skipper, 26. Of the 1400 block Of
Euclid street NV. and David
Carlton Potter. 81, OF the 400
block of Fairmont street NV.
Warner also has a false pretense
charge against him that win be
heard before the Commissioner on
Wednesday.
Got Lead In New York.
Detective Sergts. John j. VIII
liams and Charles I. Smith Of the
auto squad got a lead on the gang.
they said, after New York police
picked up Cooper on February 8
for improper auto tags. The car
he was driving turned out to be
one stolen on January II from
Carmellio Antoniello from In front
Of his home in the 1400 block of
Harvard street NV, Sergt. VIII
liams said.
Questioning Cooper led police
to the other three men, it was
said. Police said Cooper. Skipper
land Potter would steal the used
cars and turn them over to War
ner, who was then in partnership
with a used-car dealer. Titles
to wrecked cars the gang bought
for about $75 were put on cars
they would steal to match the
wrecked car in model and make,
police said. The men would then
sell the stolen car for about $3.50.
Stolen Car Traced.
One of the cars that was stolen
IC0AAA0AJ 40 4AOkA . OoOAsCdI 4Ot
in the 2100 block of K street
NV. was traced to Wilmington,
~. G. A third one stolen from
in front of q Mount Rainier (Md.)
home was found in front Of War
lner's house when he was ar
rested Wednesday, police. said.
Warner was previously arrested
on February . III q false pretense
lease. ~
In that case. Warner is accused
Eof making up q false New York
bill Of sale for a car under q fic-
titious name and getting q Mary
Hand title using a false serial num-
ber. On February z he Is al
legged to have gone to the Reliable
Finance Co. and borrowed" ST.
100 for a fictitious buyer. War
ner. at time. pretended he was
still with his former used-car
business, it was said.
Evening star., 1952-02-15
Military Purchasing
Doesn't Level OFF,
1t Just PIuteous Out

A new term has been added
to the ever-growing Cover
mentese. It's ''plateautng out. I"
Chairman John d. Small Of
the Munitions Board used the
phrase frequently at q Penta-
gon news conference yester-
day to describe the plan for
leveling on Of military pur-
chasing during the 1853 fiscal
year.
Evening star., 1952-02-15
.Mox Alteloss, Retired
'Metropolitun Tenor
! By the Associuied Press

NEW YORK. FEB. 15.-Max
Altglass. 66, retired Metropolitan
Opera tenor who made his New
York debut In 1924. as Missail In
Boris Godunoff, died Wednes-
day at his home here.
Mr.. Altglass recently had been
q vocal teacher, with Metropolitan
Opera singers among his pupils.
He retired from the Met In 1910.
Evening star., 1952-02-15
Ralph D. Mershor,
Electrical Engineer
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

MIAMI. Fla. Feb. 15.-Ralph
Davenport Mershon, 50. widely
known electrical engineer, died at
his home here last night.
Mr.. Mershon served with the
Army engineers during World
War I and drafted the legisla-
ton for setting up the Reserve
oficers' Training Corps.
He was employed by the West
inghouse Electric Co. in the 1905.
He designed the transformers for
which Westinghouse received an
award at the Chicago Exposition
In 1898.
Evening star., 1952-02-15

aim is to prevent situations
where the Army pays $24 for .
pair Of combat boots while the
Marine Corps pays SIC for the
same thing.
Military officials said the three
services had been collaborating on
some Of their clothing and textile
buying since 1945 but that the new
plan would tie them together
more closely. MIR. Small called the
new plan q Charter" and adj
mitted that the purchasers In New
York had been working together
for some time. What the
charter" would accomplish, he
would not say.
Mr.. Hebert continued to call
for a package purchase Of the
estimated 50 billion worth Of
clothing the armed forces buy an
nually.
Tremendous savings could bs
made, and we're going to find out
why they haven't been" he said
as the group prepared to hear
testimony by Undersecretary of
the Army Archibald Alexander.
Pace Replies to Critics.
In a speech in New York last
night. Army Secretary Pace called
charges Of waste by the Army
sensational. unexplained and un-
corroborated. He said criticism
should not "distort the facts asto
the militant attack on waste be-
ing conducted within" the Army
itself. ~ 4.
Mr.. PAGES speech appeared to
mark the first Of the Defense De.
partment's answers to the. con.
gressional criticism. =
It is no secret that Pentagon
officials are worried over the
charges and are looking for ways
to answer them. Mr.. Lovett is re-
ported to have told his subordi-
mates to fight back and show that
every effort is being made to make
savings and eliminate waste.
The House committee, gratified
ny the clothing purchase plan, is
still looking for what Mr.. Hebert
has dubbed the phantom" Of the
Pentagon-the person or persons
who held up the plan from the
time 1t was approved in the "field''
last August until now.
Evening star., 1952-02-15
Relief
CONTINUED From First Page.)

EEL
Committee. Senator Butler, Re-
publican. Of Maryland indicated
today he would favor making the
relief rosters open to responsible
organizations. 3 s
In another move on Capitol
Hill, Representative Rhodes, DEM
ocrat, of Pennsylvania yesterday
submitted q bill to repeal the
Jenner amendment.
The Jenner rider provides that
States can continue to receive
Federal social security funds
whether or not State Legislatures
order relief rolls open to public
inspection.
Fought Indiana Publicity.
The Public Assistance Division
of the Federal Security Agency
has steadfastly opposed lifting the
secrecy veil from the rolls, and
in the case Of Indiana tried to cut
of Federal payments when that
State, before the Jenner amend
ment, permitted making relief
rolls public.
Mr.. Schiff made his first ap-
pearance at the regular Thursday
morning session Of the Board of
Commissioners, attended by Gen.
Robinson and Commissioner Don-
ohue. At that time he protested
the boards vote Of last Tuesday.
Calls Move "Inhumane."
Mr.. Schif repeated his protest
that publicizing the names Of
those on relief would be 'inhu-
NAME" He said that, if the provi-
so is aimed at eliminating "chisel-
ers" from the rolls, 1t will not
succeed in soaring them off,"
IF there are any chiselers on
relief here, they are few" he told
Gen. Robinson. ''This amendment
win only succeed in making the
needy stay away from relief"
Arthur Kruse, of United Com
Imunity Services, added that, If the
Commissioners are unsure of the
administration Of relief In the Dis
trict. they should appoint q COM
mtttee, representing a cross-section
of the public, to study local meth
DDS. !.
Gen. Robinson assured the del
egation he has confidence In the
District Board of Public Welfare.
TITS not necessarily that 7 am
suspicious that there may be chis-
elers or that I am not in sympathy
with the welfare programs" Gen.
Robinson said.
Public Entitled to Know"
@But ] am in favor Of the broad
principle that the public has a
right to know where its money
goes. The public is entitled to-
the full light Of day on all public
expenditures, except possibly
where the national safety Is con-
cerned."
Mrs. George Tobias. Of the Dis
trict League Of Women Voters.
took q different tack. She said
she was sure the general did not
favor publicizing the names Of
free medical patients here. $50
why single out public assistance
cases?"
4 Others who met with the gem
eral yesterday were:
r. j. Mccarthy, vice president
of the District Industrial Union
Council: Mrs. Samuel Brown,
president. and Mrs. Jack Gottse-|
gen, Of the washington Section
of the National Council Of jew
isll Women: Mrs. Rose Mae
Catchings. Of the social welfare
department of the washington
Federation Of Churches, and Mrs
Sue Pettiss, assistant executive1
secretary Of the American Associ-
alton Of Social workers.
Evening star., 1952-02-15
iii Alrlllnriatlt

TAYLOR. LEWIS a. In loving reanem-
brance Of our dear husband and father.
LEWIS A. TAYLOR, who entered into
ruary 16s 1947.
Loving and kind in an his Ways.
Upright and Just. to the end of his days;
Sincere and kind In heart and mind,
HIS DEVOTED WIFE AND FAMILY.
TRAVERS, ROBERT A. A tribute uf love
to the memory Of our dear husband
and loving father, ROBERT A. TRAVERS,
who left rs TWENTY-FIVE years ago today.
i February 16. 1890,
Loved In lifa and remembered IN death.
HIS DEVOTED FAMILY
TKfMDLE. RELTE y: In lnemnry Of our
dear mother and grandmother, RIFLE e
$50 today. February It's. iS4S. 4
Thoughts return to scenes LONG pest,
Time rolls On, but memories last,
HELEN. MILTON And WARREN.
Evening star., 1952-02-15
Firenien Do Many Things

TIMMINS, Ont. tR,T1mmins
|firemen do q lot more than put out
fires. Their report for last month
includes thawing frozen water
pipes, clearing plugged sewers,
helping housewives light OH bur-
|ners and opening doors for peo-
pie who locked themselves out.
Evening star., 1952-02-15
South African Water

PRAETORIA. South Africa.In
the past four years South Africa
has been spending the equivalent
|of nearly So million q year on
water conservation. That Is nearly
three times the annual outlay for
this purpose In the previous SO
years.
Evening star., 1952-02-15
Mrs. Ida Benfey Judd

OSSINING. N. Y. Feb. Is R.-
Mrs. Ida Bentley Judd, 80, founder
and president for many years Of
the Mark Twain Association. died
yesterday. She was a inonologist
who had appeared many times at
the Little Theater In New York.
Evening star., 1952-02-15

saSKsi sofaE e sopaG In szs sss!ns s T
held on Sunday. February n. 1862. ct
2:30 pm, ct Old Talmud Torah Gene
oficiafing. Relatives and friends are
invited. Cars and family leaving from
the home Of Mrs. Katz. S1S Emerson
st. NV. at pm. sharp. 16
Evening star., 1952-02-15
lin mpt1turiattt

WILLIAM WLFORD. In sad
but loving remembrance OF our dear hus-
band and father, WILLIAM MILFORD
BERIING, who departed this life four
years ago today, February 10. l948.
HIS WIFE. LEvIENNA, AND DAUGHTER,
VIRGINIA MAE I
Evening star., 1952-04-27

MOMEMS MEDICAL SPECIALIST CORPS Deta physical
the WMSC Contact
United States Army, Washington u.s. D. c.
Evening star., 1952-04-27
A Fine Future Is Yours in the
Army Nurse Corps
NURSE

Unlimited opportunities for a
stimulating personal life, high
lighted by interesting expert
ences and satisfying ngprofessional
growth, await the nurse who
enters the Army Nurse Corps.
You will work in some of the
finest hospitals in the world,
with a tremendous variety of
clinical material. You may con-
tinue your specialized training
under the guidance of medical
officers of the very highest skill.
As an Army Nurse, your
travels may take you to many
fascinating and faraway places
both inside the United States
and in foreign countries. But
wherever you are stationed,
you will have the opportunity
to live an exciting and satisfy
Evening star., 1952-04-27

ing life in the company of splen-
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While you increase your pro-
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This is a real opportunity for
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For more information, mail the
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Evening star., 1952-01-05
Religious Emphasis
Services at Howard u.

Thirty clergymen and religion!
lay leaders will take part in the
annual Religious Emphasis Week
services at Howard University be.
ginning in Andrew Rankin Memo.
rial Chapel.
DR.. Mordecai w. Johnson, presi-
dent Of the university, will oper
the series Of talks with a sermon
at II am. The theme of the meet.
tngs will be "Christ's Kingdom
Mans Hope"
DR.. George D. Kelsey, associate
executive director of the National
Council of Churches of Christ in
the q. s. A., will speak at II am
Thursday.
The Right Rev. Angus Dun
Bishop Of Washington, will close
the series at II am. January 13.
Others who will participate are:
the Rev. Kenneth Daugherty of
Catholic University. William Stu
art Nelson, dean of Howard Uni
versity; the Rev. T. Ewell Hopkins,
minister of First Baptist Church,
Dumbarton avenue and Twenty
seventh street NV, and DR.
Frank T. Wilson, dean of Howard
University's School of Religion.
Evening star., 1952-01-05
Presbyterian Leader Us.
Will Preach Twice Sunday

DR.. Harrison Ray Anderson
moderator of the General Assem-
bly, of the Presbyterian Church in
the U. S.'A., will preach tomorrow
at two Washington churches.
DR.. Anderson, who for % years
has been pastor of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church, Chicago. will
speak at II am. on "a Country
Man in >the Capital" at National
Presbyterian Church. Connecticut
avenue at N street NV.
At 8 pm, DR.. Anderson will
preach at New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church, Thirteenth street
and New York avenue NV, on
The Problems and Promises of
ChriSt's Flock"