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Evening star., 1952-08-23
Flames Burn Out:
Old Mansion at
Wood!ey Estate
West Wing Of House
Used by a Former
Presidents Is Gutted

A three-alarm fire today de-
stroyed a major part of the in
terror of the historic Woodley
in the 1900 block Of
Cathedral avenue NV.
AS hundreds of spectators
watched, nearly 30 pieces of fire.
fighting apparatus went into ac-
ton. The fire was brought under
control about an hour after the
first telephoned alarm went In at
11:10 am.
The west wing of the Georgian
type structure - former summer
home of Presidents-was de-
stroyed and damage to the porti-
coed main building was almost
as severe.
Building Being Remodeled.
Police reported that the build
ing, owned by the Maret School,
was being remodeled inside for a
September opening. It was be-
lieved the mansion was unoccu-
pied at the time the fire started.
Initial reports were that no one
was injured.
When the. fire trucks arrived,
flames were leaping from all the
windows of the west wing and
many apertures of the main sec
ton. Dense smoke covered the
fashionable neighborhood.
The main building is three sto-
ries high the west and east wings
two stories. Neither the latter
wing nor any of the outbuildings
were reported damaged.
Adjacent to Legation.
The property is adjacent to the
Swiss Legation at 1900 Cathedral
avenue.
Firemen were unable irnme-
diately to ascertain cause of the
fire, which apparently started in
the west wing. No estimate of
damage was available.
Quantities Of school equipment.
such as desks and books, were
ruined.
The 160-year -old structure is
rich in history. Built by Philip
Barton Key, uncle of the composer
Of "The Star Spangled Banner" it
was used as a summer home by
four Presidents of the United
States: Buchanan, Tyler, Van
Buren and Cleveland.
Owned by Stimson.
Before it was bought by the
Maret School. it was the property
Of the late Henry L. Stimson, for
mer Secretary OF State and Sec
retary of War. During Or. Slim
sons occupancy. and many years
before. the mansion was a center
of the city's social whirl.
Situated on one of the highest
points in Washington, Woodley has
a commanding view of the city
and the Potomac River all the way
to Alexandria. Gen. George WASH
ington is supposed to have admired
the view from Woodley.
It has also been a center Of
controversy. 1t was only a year
ago the present owners were al-
lowed by zoning authorities to use
their part of the 17-acre Woodley
tract for school purposes. When
permission finally was granted
over the protests of many nearby
residents and historical groups,
city authorities stipulated that the
facade of the dignified structure.
as well as its tree-sudded front
grounds be preserved as they are.
Apartment Plan Loses.
Later, real estate interests
sought to build apartments on an
other section of the land. This
effort was soundly defeated by an
citizenry and the real es-
tate people agreed finally to build
only expensive detached SINGLE
family homes.
Woodley is one of the last big
owned wooded tracts in
the central part of the city. Broad
lawns, populated by ancient trees.
slope from the front and rear of
the mansion. The lower reaches
Of the estate are heavily wooded.
Evening star., 1952-08-23

TAIPEH, Formosa, Aug. % (H1.
radiotelephone service
was inaugurated today between
this Chinese Nationalist capital
and Switzerland. The rate is about
SIS for a three-minute call.
Evening star., 1952-08-23
7 Dead, /, 81 Hurt
As Quake Rocks
City
Bakersfield Damage
Reported in Millions;
Los Angeles JoIted
By the Associated Press

BAKERSFIELD. Calf. Aug o.
"A major earthquake Jared this
city yesterday. killing two persons,
injuring 80 and shattering build
ings. Another sharp jolt rocked
Los Angeles early today, but was
not felt here.
Yesterdays temblor was the sec
ond big one in 80 days to hit
Evening star., 1952-08-23
Gen. Eisenhower
Balks al Blanket
McCarthy0kay
To Aid All Nominees;
Defends Gen. Marshall
Hits Senator's Tactics
BY the Associoted Press

DENVER, Aug. 23.-Dwight D
Eisenhower says he would support
Senator Joseph R. Mccarthy az
a Republican nominee. But he
said he will withhold blanket in
dorsement from "any man who
does anything I believe to be un-
American"
The Republican presidential
nominees associates said private
Evening star., 1952-08-23

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Evening star., 1952-08-23
Queen Gets New Job

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Chinese-Swiss Phone Opened

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Evening star., 1952-02-07
|Merl Young Appeals
For Dismissal Of Case

=. Merl Young, former familiar
figure at the White House. who is
scheduled for trial with three 9TH
-ers in April on perjury charges
concerning testimony about the
Reconstruction Finance Corp,
has asked District Court to throw
out the indictment against him.
He filed a notion late yesterday
attacking validity Of the indict-
ment because it was backed up
by mo competent evidence" and
because the special grand jury
which indicted him was Illegally
summoned.
Young. his brother Herschel
Young. and Joseph II. Rosen-
baum and Robert w. Dudley,
both Washington lawyers, were
indicted on charges of making
false statements to the grand
jury. AS a result of a Senate sub
committees disclosure Of favorit-
ism and influence affecting RFC,
the jury last summer began an
investigation Of its own.
Rosenbaum and Dudley recent
" fled motions for dismissal of
the indictments against them.
Court officials said this is o Gus
tomary procedure. Herschel Young
has received a time extension for
filing a similar motion. Ez$ ]
Evening star., 1952-02-07
Ex Convict S Found
Dead After Calling Girl!
10 Tell Of Suicide Plan

. A paroled rapist was found shot
Ito death in q Prince Georges
County home today, q 22-caliber
rifle beside him.
Police said a girl friend whom
he had telephoned threatening to
kin himself heard the shot over
the telephone.
The victim was Robert s. Coch-
ran, "a. of the $500 block of Wells
parkway, Riverdale. who was con-
|victed of raping a Washington girl
in Prince Georges County IN 1916.
HE was given q 10-year sentence.
The mans body was found In
the home Of his sister, Mrs. Dor
othy Fly, $500 block of Lafayette
avenue, In Riverdale. Police theo-
rized he went to the house this
morning when his sister and her
husband were away, crawled into
an unlocked bathroom window and
then telephoned the girl, Miss
Marion Wheeler.
After hearing the shot. Miss
Wheeler telephoned another of
Cochran's sisters. who called
Hyattsville police.
1t. Vincent s. Price, chief Of
Prince Georges detectives said q
note was found, giving directions
las to disposition Of the body.
Cochran had been employed as a
farmland near LeonardtoWn, Md.
Evening star., 1952-02-07
Elizabeth 9TH Woman Monarch
OF Britain, Sd Living Queen

King George v, is alert and active
at "a. The Queen Mother Eliza
beth will be So this summer.
Neither has shown signs of fail
ing health.
But the durability on the distaf
side Of Britain's rulers is not un-
blemished. The first British queen
after William the Conqueror was
Lady Jane Grey. who occupied
the throne only nine days in 1858
before she was beheaded for, trea-
son. Mary I was 43 when she
died, Mary II only 80 and Anne 40.
Victoria at 18 was the youngest
Queen to ascend the throne.
Elizabeth I was Is as is her name
sake, the new Queen.
The first Elizabeth inspired her
people with her dauntless spirit.
When England was threatened by
invasion. she told her troops she
would fight by their side If need
be, adding:
II know I have but the body
Of a weak and feeble woman, but
I have the heart Of a king, and
the King Of England, too"
Elizabeth II has given every in
dication that she has this same
regal pride and spirit.
Evening star., 1952-02-07
BY The A.soeia,.d Press

LONDON, Feb. THE Queen
Grandmother. Mary, mourned in
total seclusion today the death
|of a third son. King George vi.
But from the top of Marlborough
House, her official London resi-
|dence, her flag flew at full staff.
A police sergeant on duty near
her home explained, ''It is the
personal flag of Queen Mary. Tt
always has flown as now when
she is in residence-and is not
lowered to half staff" All other
flags throughout the country were.
It was just before $3.50 am.
t4:30 am. EST yesterday when
the Queen Grandmother was pre-
'paring to 60 through the days
letters with her private secretary
that she was told her son had died.
At once the 84-year-old Queen
Withdrew to a first-foor lounge
and stayed there throughout the
day, refusing to see any one.
But last night her daughter,
Princess Mary, was with her for
AN hour.
Evening star., 1952-02-07
Woman CoIIapses and Dies
After Runninq 10 Streefcar

Miss Lois Berger, 20, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Berger,
1924 Ninth street NV, collapsed
and died last night after running
to catch streetcar.
Police said Miss Berger, a recent
graduate Of Coolidge High School,
had a heart condition.
Miss Berger ran to catch a
|streetcar at Georgia and Missouri
avenues NV. witnesses said. In
the 500 block OF Georgia avenue,
she fell from her seat and the
|motorman, Albert D. Edwards,
called for an ambulance. She was
pronounced dead by DR.. Mary
Foley, who answered with a Health
Department ambulance.
The girl was on her way to a
neighborhood movie. Besides her
parents, she is survived by a sister,
Mrs. Sidney Mirror Of New York
City.
Evening star., 1952-02-07
sy she Assoeiuisd Press

LONDON, FEB. Can Blitain's
new Queen Bess" spur her old,
impoverished nation on to an
other Elizabethan golden age?
Al lot Of folk who know their
history think she has the stuff to
turn the difficult trick. They be-
lieve she has the same kind Of
tough-minded determination as
the red-haired Elizabeth who
mounted shaky throne IN 1858
and ruled .'Tny beasts Of English"
with q rod Of iron for AZ years.
Besides having the same name,
the new Elizabeth ascerds the
throne at the same age. IS. as
did the first one.
Some people stress the fact that
Britain has always been on top
of the world when queen occu-
pied the throne. They especially
point to the reignS Of the flrst
Elizabeth and Victoria.
To Britons Elizabeth is magic
name.
It means men like Sir Francis
Drake, who whipped the Spanish
Armada and ravaged Spanish
treasure galleons, and q host OF
others who spread English power
over the globe with explorations
and merchanting IN Asia, Africa
and the New World.
{ It also means . great age OF
letters IAN age that produced
Shakespeare.
Those who think that Britain
with the new Elizabeth can f1nd
tAe path back to unquestioned
greatness emphasize she has q
mind of her own" The Tudor
Bess showed the same wilful mind
to astonished diplomats and in
triguing courtiers.
The new BesS is pretty. too, and
that may 60 q long way even in
these economics minded times.
The other Bess died an unmarried
virgin queene," but she wrapped
the greatest men OF her time
Raleigh, Leicester, Essex and
Cecil-around her little finger.
The hedged authority Of the
new ruler is a far cry from the
almost unlimited royal powers of
the other Elizabeth. But the Brit
ish hope the new Queen Bess''
can strike the vital spark that
Evening star., 1952-02-07
|Britons I Think New Queen Bess'
Will MokeM Most Of Magic Name

may IRE the tagging nation to
new heights.
Whether q boost in morale
would be enough to start old Brit
ain climbing out Of her economic
and political ditch Is much de-
bated by average Britons. quietly
discussing their new sovereigns.
Many observers think 1t may
inspire the British worker to work
harder.
But what he produces still would
have to be sold abroad. Despite
the incentive of a Queen with Q
magic name, Britain still will face
her old problems in the worlds
business and in its diplomatic
chambers. There still is King
Farouk Of Egypt, Premier Mo-
manned Mossadegh Of Iran and
the cold-warring Soviet Union and
tough competition for markets
from America and her two old en-
emieS, Germany and Japan.
Evening star., 1952-02-07
Queen Mary Mourns Death
Of Third Son; Enters SecIusion

Queen Mary has lived to see the
close Of five reigns. the death Of
three Of her five sons and her
only daughter widowed.
AS Duchess Of Cornwall and
York, she saw the death of Queen
Victoria on a bleak January day
in 1901.
Nine years later on May s.
1910, as Princess Of Wales. she
was in the bedroom while Ed
ward VII was dying.
Her husband, George v, died in
January, 1896. and she passed
through the abdication Of her
eldest son. Edward VIII.
Her youngest son, Prince John,
died in 1919, and the Duke Of
Kent was killed in a wartime air.
plane crash in 1912.
Princess Mary was widowed two
years ago when the Earl Of Hare
wood died.
And now the indomitable old
lady the English cockney calls
''the Grand o. I'M" mourns
another son.
Evening star., 1952-02-07
z
BY, The Asseeiaied Press

LONDON, Feb. 7:-Britain's ma
tional anthem automatically be-
came ''God Save the Queen" when
Princess Elizabeth was proclaimed
the new sovereign by the Access
sion Council today.
q Also Britains will speak the
Queens English during the reign
of Elizabeth II. The change from
king to queen as sovereign means
many other twists in familiar
phrases and monograms.
The $50 Kings counsel now are
Queens counsel. For two Of them
this has a familiar ring. They
served under Queen Victoria.
It will be the Queens bench In
law courts. Criminals will turn
Queens evidence. Travellers will
ride on Queens highways. A mill
tary officer will take q queens
commission.
New stamps and new coins will
bear the queens likeness. Outside
postoffices new monograms will go
Evening star., 1952-02-07
Polish DIP. Committed
For Mental Observation

Joseph Markiewicz, SO, Polish
displaced person charged with fe-
lonious assault on his best friend,
has been committed to a Virginia
mental hospital for observation.
Circuit Court Judge Paul E.
Brown issued an order at Manas-
sas for Sheriff Turner Wheeling
to take Markiewicz to Southwest
ern State Hospital at Marion.
Sheriff Wheeling said Markie-
wicz beat Stanley Koziel, 81, also
a Polish displaced person, with a
small ak In their room on, the
Benjamin Muse farm near Ma
nassas January n. Then, Z the
sheriff said, Markiewicz attempted
suicide on q buzz saw, a"'
Mr.. Koziel Is still in critical
condition at Arlington Hospital.
Evening star., 1952-02-07
BY the Assoeiafsd Press

LONDON, Feb. Queen Eliza
beth's accession to the throne
gives Britain its third living
queen and the seventh woman
monarch in the nations history.
Under two previous queens
Elizabeth I and Victoria-the
country achieved its greatest
glories. Both lived to a ripe old
age. Elizabeth I was SO when
she died in 1903 after q 45-year
reign. Victoria died at 81 after
the longest royal life of all British
rulers. She was queen for So
years-from 1887 to 1901.
The new Queens grandmother
Mary, who shared the reign OF
Evening star., 1952-02-07

"a blood clot that reached his
heart. He had an operation three
years ago to relieve a vein disease
which could have led to the form
alton of blood clots, and last
September %. doctors removed a
cancerous lung. -.
The London Daily Express said
he died of heart failure brought
on by an internal hemorrhage.
The doctors who removed his
lung, the Express said. "knew that
he had only a short time to live
and it is almost certain the
King also knew"
Councillors Renew Oaths.
Even before the funeral, official
duties will surround the new
Queen, older by five months than
the first Elizabeth when she came
to the throne.
The privy councillors must re-
new their oaths OF allegiance.
She must stipulate the period OF
court mourning, which in modern
times has tended to grow shorter
and less formal, but which is ex-
pected to last at least nine
months. She must approve scores
of proclamatio1s.
She must take up residence In
Buckingham Palace, moving from
nearby Clarence House.
More duties will crowd on her
later. Some time she must de-
eide when she win confer upon her
3-year-old son, Prince Charles,
the title of Prince Of Wales. He
is heir to the throne and only he
can bear that title, but it does not
come automatically. The sover-
|eign, his mother, confers it when
thought best.
Delay Before Coronation.
BY tradition. q period Of si1
months to year or more elapSes
between the proclamation OF q
new sovereign and her coronation
lin Westminster Abbey in q cere-
lmoay laden with medieval color
BY that time, new coins heara
ing her profile viii be minted,
The highly honored lawyers bear
ling the title Of Kings counsel
which allows them to represent
the state in court. will have taken
new oaths as Queens counsel
Royal servants will be wearing
lnew monograms. e II r." repre-
tsenting Elizabeth II, Regina.
Sharing the Queens burdens to
some extent viii be her husband
who is expected to receive the title
LOT Prince Consort. He may advise
land assist her in the affairs Of
lstate, but Elizabeth alone viii
reign, although both are great
grandchildren Of Queen Victoria,
1.-The last reigning Queen.
Evening star., 1952-02-07
Low Bid on Interchange

BALTIMORE, Feb. 7 (PG.-T,
Edgie Russell, Of Frederick, made
the low bid, $3.50, ,529. .65, Tuesday
for construction of an interchange
between U. S. Routes 240 ana is
south Of Frederick. Other bidders
went as high as $414,036.
Evening star., 1952-02-07
Heart ATTACK
OR
INDIGESTION?

THANK HEAVENS! Most attacks
are Just acid indigestion. When
it strikes, take Bell-ans tablets.
They contain the fastest acting
medicines known to doctors for
the relief of heartburn, gas and
similar distress. 25c at drug
stores everywhere.
Evening star., 1952-02-07
Royal SideEghts
chonss From King to Queen
Twists Many Old Phrases

lup with E. R. elizabeth Regina)
Instead of G. r. George Rex.
LONDON, Feb. Z R.-The will
Iof King George vi will stay secret
for all time. Royal wills are out
side the jurisdiction of all British
courts and legal authorities. The
kings last testament will not be
published.
Bequests will be made to the
kings ministers, staff and serv-
ANTS. But they will be told to keep
silent about them. Distribution OF
the remainder of his estate will
remain family secret.
LONDON, Feb. z R.-At noon
today British warships and army
posts throughout the world start
firing at minute intervals So
rounds-one for each year Of the
life of King George vi.
Mourning commands to the
three British services order half
stated ensigns, draped trumpets,
drums and colors, and black arm
bands for all officers.
LONDON, Feb. Z R.-One OF
the two thrones which have re-
NAMED side by side in the House
of Lords throughout the reign OF
King George VI will be removed
today. A single throne will SYM
bolize the reign Of Queen Eliza
beth II.
The Duke of Edinburgh. who is
expected to be created Prince
Consort when Queen Elizabeth
wills it, will occupy a small gilt
chair on one of the lower steps
at the eopening of a parliament.
LONDON, Feb. Z R.-Queen
Mother Elizabeth, who under an
act of parliament will receive a
life pension of 10000 pounds
| t$196,00 yearly. Is expected to
move into Clarence House when
Queen Elizabeth and her husband
move out to take up residence at
Buckingham Palace.
DEvONPORT, England, Feb.
lR.-Dockyard officials ordered a
stop to the ref1tting Of the battle
ship Vanguard yesterday. The
ship was being prepared to take
King George on spring cruise to
South Africa. ii
CANBERRA, Australia. Feb. Z.
t(P Queen Elizabeth announced
the postponement of her Austral-
ian visit in a simple message from
Nairobi, Kenya, to the governor
general, Sir William Nickel.
Prime Minister Robert G. Mem
lzies read the message to Parlia-
ment. It said:
Owing to the sudden death OF
my father I have had to return
home Immediately. I regret that
for the present my visit to Aus
tralia will have to be postponed. .
Though the Queens reference to
'lpostponement led to speculation
THAT Elizabeth may be the first
lreigning sovereign to visit Aus
Itralia. no early visit was expected
THE elaborate arrangements fol
1.-THE royal tour will be abandoned
/ LONDON. Feb. 2 Rl.-Silent
3crowds stood throughout most Of
llast night outside darkened Buck
lingham Palace. There was moth
lir,r fn GOO hut Than -&nod fnnrn
Evening star., 1952-02-07

LONDON. Feb. z Silent
crowds stood throughout most of
last night outside darkened Buck
ingham Palace. There was moth
ing to see, but they stood there
just the same.
Evening star., 1952-02-07
Burial 70 Be At Windsor.

From Westminster Hall, the
body will be taken to Windsor.
where It win be buried beneath
y the Imply hanging silken ban
ners Of the Knights of the Garter.
Already there also are his father,
George v; his grandfather and
such ancient rulers as fabulous
Henry VIII and beheaded
Charles ].
Correspondents accredited to
the court were told today that.the
TEing died Of coronary thrombosis
Evening star., 1952-02-07

up with E. R. elizabeth Regina,
instead Of G. r. George Rex.
Evening star., 1952-02-07
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Evening star., 1952-11-21

ern Gals tailback, Jimmy Sears
who is exceptionally fast, a strong
runner. and a good passer. Sears
gets considerable assistance from
Fullback Leon Sellers.
But, most Of all. watch the de-
fensive platoons. No team has
scored twice on Southern Cali
fornia this fall and only Stanford
has registered two touchdowns
against UCLA.
Scouting will play a major role
in this game because both teams
are from the same city. and the
coaching stats have had ample
opportunity to study each other,
Our choice is Southern Cal to win
in a thriller.
In the Southwest or Midlands
the Kansas-Mis clash is i'm
portant. A lot will depend on
Charlie Hoag's physical condition.
Assuming Hoag will be in the line
up, we pick Kansas to win.
Down South, the Maryland
Alabama game stands out. Our
feeling is that Maryland will
bounce back exceptionally strong
and beat Alabama.
In the East Yale and Harvard
are two of the years most i'm
proved teams. We pick Yale.
From here it looks like a tie in
Evening star., 1952-11-21

handily defeated, but it also gave
Fort Eustis a lacing. Eustis is
the one team with a victory over
Boiling.
Bolling's assault is built around
AL Dorow, a triple threat from
Michigan State, while Lejeune's
stars are Bill Weeks. formerly OF
Iowa State. as passer and Frank
Nastro of South Carolina as a
runner.
The game at Quantico will be
the last of the season for the
Marine eleven there. but Belvojr
still has a date the following
week end with Boiling. In two
previous postwar games, Quantico
beat Belvoir, but the Engineers
think that this time they have a
team which can take Quantico
so long ruler of the service roost
around here.
Boiling beat Quantico early in
the season for the first time and
Belvolr wants to complete the
Marines downfall. Among ths
Engineer stars are Tackle Bill
Pearman from Tennessee, Guard
Horace Drew from Florida, Center
Jess Lowther from Wayne, End
Glenn Smith from Clemson and
Quarterback Dick Romanski from
ST. NOrbert's.