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Evening star., 1952-02-15

SYDNEY. Australia. Feb. is up.
Australians halted in silence for
two minutes at noon here today in
memory Of King George vi. AL
transport stopped and business
ceased.
Evening star., 1952-02-15
Far-FIung Countries Join
In Tribute 10 George VI
BY the AssoeIated Press

NEW DELHI, India. Feb. 49,
Prime Minister Jawahaylal Nehru
today knelt in prayer alongside his
sister. Mime. Vijayalakshmi Pand-
1t. and his daughter, Mrs. Indira
Gandhi. in the cathedral of the
Church of Redemption at a
requiem mass for King George vi,
Those present included many for
eign ambassadors. The govern
ment declared q half holiday this
afternoon.
SINGAPORE, Feb. is (R.-The
varied races of Singapore and Ma
laya joined the rest of the COM
monwealth today to pray at me-
mortal services for King George
VI IN cathedrals. Moslem mosques.
Jewish synagegues, Buddhist
monasteries and Hindu temples.
Evening star., 1952-02-03
Evelyn KEN,
John Knapp
Are Married

Members Of Washington off,
.cial society flocked to the we'd
ding yesterday Of Miss Evelyn
KEN. daughter of Senator and
Mrs. James Preston KEN Of
Washington and Kansas City,
Mo-, to Mr.. John Everett Knapp,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Knapp Of Kankakee. I'll.
The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. C. Leslie Glenn In
st. Johns Episcopal Church at
Lafayette Square and was fol-
lowed by a reception at the
Sulgrave Club.
Given In marriage by her
father, the bride wore o lovely
dress of candlelight duchess
satin and q train length veil
banded in heirloom lace. She
carried q white prayerbook.
The brides sister, Mrs. vir-
ginius Randolph Shackelford, jr.
Of Orange, Va. was matron of
honor. and other attendants
were Miss Marion Knapp of
Chicago, ILL.,, sister of the BRIDE
groom; Miss Mary Bonney VIII
liams of Columbus, Ohio; Mrs.
Thomas j. Nolan Of Alpine, N. J.;
Mrs. George Cooke III of Tow
son, Md and Mrs. Walter Fl.
Hart, jr. of Ferrysburg. Ohio.
The attendants all wore
emerald green satin ballerina-
length dresses. matching ban-
deau hats. long white gloves and
carried Gala lilies.
Mr.. Robert Nevius Of New
York was best man for the
bridegroom and ushers were Mr..
Shackelford, Mrs. Thomas
Charles Carroll Of Louisville.
KY, cousin Of the bride: Mrs.
Charles Zoelle OF Dallas, Tex,
cousin Of the bridegroom; and
the Messrs. Paul Fitzpatrick Of
Lancaster, Pa, Leighton John
son, Franklin Pierce and Charles
Lefferts, all Of New York.
After q wedding trip to the ]
Virgin Islands. the Knapps WIN
make their home In New YORK.
Picture on Page D-3.l
Evening star., 1952-02-03
ExcluSiUely Yours
Ambassadors Change Seating PROTOCOL Couple Growing opuuy

Former Brazilian Counselor
here Hugo Gouthier Is slated FOR
one Of the worlds hot spots,
Teheran. Presiden Vargas has
appointed the popular. eligible
Hugo. chief Of the Brazilian
mission in Iran which should
add considerable pep to that all
ready tingling scene.
John and Dee Hammond en-
tertained the other day IN their
beautiful Georgetown house that
is full OF museum pieces. They
are now living In the O street
residence that the late Mrs. Jo-
seph Letter bought from the
Misses Howry and completely
reEnodeled for her daughter
Nancy at the time Of her mar
riage to- Tom Clagett. Mrs.
Letter bought q house In South
Carolina just to get the mar
vel0lis pine paneling out Of it
and put It in the library and
den of 1904 O street.
The Hammonds have made
further changes including cut
ting . door hi the wan between
the kitchen and the terrace so
they can dine outdoors with
ease about six months OF the
year and installing d nexiphone
system. 80 that they can speak
10 the front or back door from
any room In the house. Every
English basement abode should
have one Of these.
The partyWas for Kelvin YAM
derlip and bis wife. tho foEmer
Evening star., 1952-02-03

Washington forever has little
protocol problems popping up. A
new one recently come to q head
is the gradual attempt here to
adopt a new table Of precedence
for the diplomatic corps to fol-
low. In practically all the large
capitals in Europe there are two
protocols, one that the country
goes by and one that the corps
has agreed upon. In the last
year or two in Washington, lead
ing ambassadors have decided
that the same should be true
here. But not all the ENJOYS are
in agreement. hence some EN-
barraSsing situations.
The reason for two protocols
is simple. Ambassadors are sent
here to get to know Americans
better, vet every time they
dine in an embassy, even their
own. they md themselves sit
ting next to another ambassa-
dor or another ambassadors
wife. In our own country q
foreign ambassador ranks fourth
from the top OF the list. pre-
ceded only by the President, Vice
president and Chief Justice. By
following our order Of things,
the foreign chiefs had to put
any one Of their colleagues. no
matter how small . country he
represented, ahead Of the Amer
lean Secretary Of State. It just
didn't make sense. Besides TO
an envoy. another aEnbasSs lor
Evening star., 1952-02-03

is simply a colleague and not the
man accredited to his country.
So now some Of the chiefs of
foreign missions have agreed to
seat all top-ranking American
officials above each other. A
couple Of ambassadors have OBJ
iected so win probably not be
invited to dine at embassies
with American officials until
they are willing to sit below any
justice on our Supreme Court
and any member Of cur Cabinet.
Such are the things that add a.
little pep to official society.
Speaking Of ENJOYS, the Dutch
Ambassador and Nine, van
Rotten are already very popB-
lar but they are likely TO be be-
Seiged with extra charm and
friendliness till April 2, the day
Queen Juliana oE the Neither
lands arrives here for q state
visit. They got q good chuckle
out Of the following rhyme that
was offered as q toast st q re-
cent dinner party:
No foreign couple are liked quite
as much
As the Diplomatic pair knoaDn
as the Dutch,
And no doubt then are BIZ nOtD
GfUGre
That all those people sglso for
them care
Are gOiisg to hint, smile and be
sure they're seen
From this day on, 80 as 10 nret
the Queenl
Evening star., 1952-02-03
Noyes-Vetoult
Marriage IS
Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Phil
lips Ransom Ross of Washing
ton today announced the mar
riage of their daughter, Mrs.
Elizabeth Ross Vetault of New
York, to MIR. Thomas Ewing
Noyes, son of Mrs. Thomas
Stone, wife of the Canadian
Minister to Sweden. and the
late Mr.. Newbold NoyeS.
The ceremony took place be-
fore members Of the family at
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon in
Chevy Chase Methodist Church,
the Rev. Clifford Homer Rich
nond officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newbold Noyes,
jr., were the couples only at
tendants. After the ceremony
they held q reception for mem
bers Of the family at their home
In Potomac.
The bride attended Catholic
University and Mr.. Noyes is a
graduate Of st. Paul's School
and Yale University.
After o wedding trip 10
Florida. the couple viii make
their home In New York. |
Evening star., 1952-02-03
BIZ BETTY BE4LE

Elm Brekke 81 Washington, who
came here for q visit from Palos
Verdes, the aVanderlip estates In
California. Frank Vanderlip,
5 who used to live In Washingt6 ton.
IS now managing the estates,
and his brother Kel has joined
the engineering and architec-
tiifal firm Of Welton!, Beckett and
Associates. John Is opening a
branch Office here and Dee has
known the Vanderlip family for
I years.
Dropping BY TO see the visitors
were Ned Purvis and his wife,
Ed and Terry Page, Assistant
Secretary Of State and Mrs,
Jack Neral, Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Jim Foskett, the Edward
Russells, Laura and Adrian
Fisher and Larry and. Jeanie
Houston. The latter is one Of
the Capital feminine coterie
who have been working hard for
that heart-warming cause.-The
Children's Convalescent Home.
Every one Of the guests tooka
tour aof the house; admired the
marvellous Dutch marine oil
PAINTINGS that win be In the
Privately Owned exhibit at
the Corcoran Art Gallery to
open on the 9Th: examined the
original framed letters IN the
DEN from Robert z. Lee. Aaron
Burr. Alexander Hamilton,
Thomas Jefferson and Patrick
Henry; and praised the fine
antique furniture. TheA hosts
& j 1 4 Vi n y
Evening star., 1952-02-03

Presidents
Sun0nnered
Estate Controversy
Spurs Recollections
OF Its Bright Post
By Katherine IA. Brooks

The glory and the beauty that
was old Washington now can
only be seen in the few re-
manning estates and handsome.
historic houses. These are left
only because the descendants of
the first owners still retain them
or groups Of neighbors have
fought for them or for their
restoration. Woodley is one Of
those which long since passed
out of the family Of the original
owners and in the more recent
years was purchased by real
estate developers. Now there
is a Committee of One Hundred
for the Federal City that is try
ing to buy the house and ad-
jacent acres for a shrine.
It is a brilliant history that
Woodley has. Situated at what
now is listed as 5000 Cathedral
avenue, it has been the summer
home of more than one Presi-
dent of this country and the
scene of brilliant entertaining
of the leading citizens of this
and other countries.
The house probably was built
some $50 years ago and was
part of the original grant to
Henry DarnelI, Keeper of the
Great Seal of Maryland" The
tract first was a part Of what
was known as the Rock of Dunn
barton about 1903. It was sold
to Col. Ninian Beall some time
after that, at the time Of the
dividing of the tract into two
other smaller estates known as
Pretty Prospect and Kalorama.
Gorbo- Type President
The most recent President to
use Woodley as his summer
home was Grover Cleveland. He
first occupied RoSemont, now
the home Of Mrs. Avery Coonley,
listed as 3501 Newark street. In
his effort to escape the press
or newspaper men as the mem-
bers Of the Fourth Estate then
were known-he refused to tell
where he would be- through the
summer. But newsmen were
(Cont'd on Page D-13. Col. A.
Evening star., 1952-02-03
Kerrs Would
Like Senator
Home More
Presidency Would
Help Family Life,
Wife Points Out
By IsobeIIe Shelton

Mrs. Robert Kerr can think Of
at least one good reason why she
would like to see her husband
elected President Of the United
States-"he would have more
time to spend with his family. "
The Oklahoma Senator, who is
expected to Jump into the Demo-
cratic sweepstakes In the near
future, couldn't possibly be any
buster as President than he has
been as a Senator" his wife
thinks. I'm fact, we might even
be q little ahead on time" she
suggests, because he would save
the time he spends travelling
between the Capitol and their
home in suburban Kenwood.
I'm the White House he'd just
have to walk down a corridor to
come home to dinner" she says.
Present Fomily. Small
Right now, the Kerr family
circle is somewhat depleted any
how. The two oldest boys have
married and both are In the
service. Robert, jr., IS, is a
second lieutanant at Camp Polk,
La. scheduled to leave for
Japan the end Of March. Breene,
%, got his commission last June,
at the same time he graduated
from Massachusetts, Institute Of
Technology. He is stationed at
Fort Devens. Mass.
Kay, 20, is a junior at Welles-
ley. She started majoring in
geology, switched to political
science, and her mother thinks
she has now switched to Bible
history.
Still at home is the Kerr's
youngest child, Bill, IA, a fresh
man at Sidwell Friends School,
and Mrs. Kerr hopes that Bob
jr.as wife, LeMoyne, and their
15-month-old son, Robert III,
will join them when Bob jr.
goes overseas. Completing the
household are Candy. a cocker
spaniel. and Magnolia, a toy
Spitz.
II the Kerrs reach. the White
House the executive budget may
have to allow for extra large
beds. Shortest member of the
tribe is statuesque Mrs. Kerr,
who measures q mere 5 feet 10
inches. Kay is S feet liz inches,
and all three Of his sons are
;aller than the ot-3-inch
Senator. Breene is 6 feet 8
inches and Bob, jr.. and IL
1eaf-old Bill are each s feet 4
inches.
i've IN Kenwood
The wealthy Gilman and his
amily live In a comfortable
our bedroom, three-bathroom
VhiteWashed brick house in
lenwood, with a handsome
hrub-inclosed backyard which
erves as an outdoor living and
lining room in the summer
lme. It Is fairly cramped"
(cont'd on Page Dill. CD. a.
Evening star., 1952-02-03
Invitations
t o Benefit
Are Out
Mrs. Robert w. Shoekleton

Hundreds Of Washington fam
lilies this week win receive invi-
tations from the Ladies Board
Of the House of Mercy to their
annual Phantom Dinner and
this is one invitation that
doesn't require an R.S.VP.
As matter of fact it doesn't
even require looking in your
date book to, see If the evenings
free because the dinner never
actually takes place. It only
becomes a reality in the minds
Of the generous people in Wash
ington who are reminded by the
invitations to send their checks
to the House Of Mercy.
These checks are the R.S.VP.
the Ladies of the Board need to
let them know that the home
for unwed mothers can continue
its work for another year.
The House of Mercy, although
sponsored by the Episcopal Dio-
cese of Washington, bases its
services on need rather than
creed.
Mrs. JeansL. Caillouet. jr.. is
chairman of this years dinner.
Mrs. BENJAMIN Colby is presi-
dent Of the Ladies Board and
tn Right Rev. Angus Dun heads
the Board Of Trustees.
Members of the Board of
Trustees include Mrs. Donald c.
Bingham, Mrs. Wayne Wirg-
man. Mrs. 7. Perry Lippitt, jr.,
Mrs. Albert Cushing Read, Mrs.
Roderick III Cox, Mrs. John
Ward Cutler. Mrs. Colby. Mrs.
Norman 1. Munster and Mrs. !.
William Hill.
Others Of the trustees are
Mrs. Halbert Sl0at, Mrs. VIII
liam Dwight Chandler, Mrs.
Henry z. Michel. DR.. Walter
Willard Boyd, Mr.. Paul r. Cher
ney. Mr. q. BoWdoi1 Craighill,
jr. Mr.. Thomas K. Taylor. Mr.. !
Howard Carter Westwood, the
Rev. Charles Martin. Mr.. John
NJ. Kaufman, Canon Richard
Williams, Mr.. William Blum, jr.,
Mr.. B. Lowndes jackson and
Mr.. Richard Lee O'Brien, II
Evening star., 1952-02-03

Picture on Page D-s.l
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tcont'd on Page Dill. CO. a.
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your badge Meggat will call Max and then
where is that long awaited captaincy of yours?"
you have neat and orderly mind, Mayo
said admiringly. But it just so happens |
thought of that, too" He crowded cab mar
rowly missed soft-drink truck and beamed.
The matter is all arranged called Max and
told him my old friend Doctor Breene, the
medical examiner for the department, was
nut about old furniture and such and wanted
to see Foxehill before its furnishings went
under the hammer Max was delighted to
oblige. He said he would call this Meggat
right away. Nary suspicion"
30 THAT'S it" l muttered savagely and
thought of my warm, dry bed. you didn't
want an antique expert - did you, Art? You
you wanted protective coloration. I'll get
out at the next corner"
Nov listen, Doctor" he pleaded earnestly.
Il know you think fancy myself as slick
operator. And maybe am little devious
now and then. But, as God is my judge, am
not hiding behind your hobby. merely killed
two birds with one stone - getting an expert
and an excuse at the same time"
He slid his eyes around to see my reaction.
Apparently the appraisal did not satisfy him.
Maybe l had another reason" he said,
staring ahead through the windshield. Il
mean for wanting to keep the matter within
the department. But the fact is. like every
honest cop, hate ScovilIes CUTS. And the
CUTS of all his kind.
Before your time there was young fellow
on Homicide named Curry. His people came
from Sligo, too. He had fine wife and two
swell kids. Well, he was witness in a murder
case involving one of Max's clients. The only
way Max could win the case was to discredit
Curry's testimony. Well, he did. I'll tell you
the whole story some day. 1t isn't pleasant.
Curry shot himself a month later. I'll never
forget the look on his wife's face her name
was Emma - when they started to close the
casket. -
"Okay," growled finally.
FoxEHnL looked like the Ideal House of
Mystery For Incomes of Fifty Thousand Dol
lars Year and Up as Mayo wheeled the sedan
toward the front door. A long. dark, expensive
wrath half buried in dripping shroud of elm,
oak, blue spruce and tangled ivy. Mayo stared
at it curiously as he pulled up before the ornate
entrance.
l stared at it, too. Il suppose you realize"
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That's SWELL" Mayo heartiness was as
insincere as bartender's smile. II knew
could depend on you. III pick you up in front
of your apartment in fifteen minutes
WAITING under the canopy, tried to recall
all had read about Cassie Gentry's life and
works She had been born, of good family,
in San Francisco about 1876 At seventeen
she eloped with her violin teacher "a char
acter named Gambetti.
She shot him to death in Chicago three
years later. The jury acquitted her on plea
of self-defense.
In 1913 she turned up in Denver under the
name of Birmingham. In 1922, giving her
marital status as widow, she married Colonel
Jack Gentry. When he died six years later.
he left Cassie the sole owner of two of the
country's largest gambling casinos, a racing
stable and major interest in Oklahoma oil.
Cassie promptly got rid of them all. In 1890
she came to town and bought Foxehill, filling
it with all the art treasures Gentry had pur-
chased to decorate his casinos Despite her
lWid background the woman must have loved
and appreciated fine things Using what
amounted to unlimited capital she continued
to fill Foxehill with what Mayo called ojay
DART
Unfortunately, as Cassie obviously hoped,
Foxehill did not become Mecca for the Best
People. The gentry would have none of her.
And Cassie, apparently, would not settle for
anything less than the best Thereafter,
according to the accounts, she sat in the midst
of her grandeur, wearing the towering yellow
wig she had affected ever since an attack of
flu had robbed her of her hair in 1927, drink
ing herself into first class legend Undoubt-
eddy on the best brandy.
1T WAS quite picture. l was still thinking
about it when Mayo slid his 1913 sedan to the
curb and stretched out an apelike arm to open
the door for me.
How do we get into this eleven-bath
museum" inquired sourly as he jerked the
heap out into traffic.
THE butler is still living there" Mayo
explained benignly. Acting as a sort of care
taker until the place is sold. His name is
Meggat. His wife who died in 1882 was maid
to the old lady. Apparently he was the only
person that could handle the old harridan."
IF there was any hanky-panky about the
ojay dart, - pointed out tartly, this Meggat
must have been in it. The minute you fash
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bathrooms and private lake. Well, we Just
got an anonymous tip that we ought to look
it over before the stuff in it is sold.''
Why"
"Hanky-panky, Mayo said briefly. 1t was
one of his favorite expressions.
You're tangled up with a psyche Art"
assured him shortly. Now hang I'D and let
me go back to bed. remember the case per-
fectly. As recall the old lady died under an
oxygen tent surrounded by five of the States
leading medioos. She suffered from high-blood
pressure, hardening of the arteries, memic
poisoning and touch of pneumonia. No
obscure South American poisons No devilish
injections of insulin in the gums Just eighty
years or so of high living"
Laughed unpleasantly.
Nobody said the old lady was murdered
Doc" Mayo protested plaintively
What hanky-panky is there left?"
demanded querulously MAX Scoville was
her lawyer. But that is no crime The will
made him executor of her estate which, as you
point out, was about the same as owning a
private mint. But, as recall the newspaper
accounts, the will was made way back in 1890
and disposed of an estate of over five million
dollars. After the old lady died, Max filed a
preliminary report, as executor, indicating that
the net worth of the estate had increased to
nearly seven million dollars.
30, IF there was any financial monkey bust
ness my dear Art, it was all in the old lady's
favor. But more important, every penny of
the money was left to old, well-known chart
ties, she apparently being without kth or kim
So, if she wasn't murdered or her estate high
lacked, where is your hanky -panky?"
''Out at Foxehill Mayo was not disturbed
by my waspish logic. This ojay dart stuff l
understand the old lady had lot of it around.
Maybe quarter of a million dollars worth
Not hay either, huh?" =
you mean the place has been looted?"
"And lot of junk moved in to take the
place of the ojay dart stuff. Right"
l sneezed. 1t reminded me that was rum
ming slight temperature But chance to
see this fabulous Lair made me hesitate for a
moment before said no firmly and finally.
Mayo caught it. He is smart that way
Actually liked the man for what he was A
good. honest cop 1t was his own SNUG con-
ception of himself as master mind, adept at
using the talents of lesser men for his advan-
tage, which found tedious and irritating.
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FICTION
II HAD no idea when my
l. telephone rang at two

minutes OF ten, that Fate
had selected me to put the finger on one of the
most audacious criminal oonspiracies to hit
our town in decades Lieutenant Arthur Mayo,
in charge of the Fraud Squad, was on the line
you called him Art if you wanted to be
irritating.
wanted to be irritating.
What's on your mind -Art?"
Something's come up. Mayo said mildly.
He is big man with an infamed face, glacial
blue eyes and the gentlest voice this side of
nunnery. Something that smells big Doc"
The Doc repaid me for the Art
Something big is always coming up"
reminded him tartly. I'm medical examiner
not an expert on forged instruments. 1t is
raining, and have cold. If you have forged
corpse on your hands call Melloy. He"
Il wasn't thinking of your profession when
I called you" Mayo protested. This thing
is right down your other alley. Your hobby is
old furniture, amt it? Antique stuff What
the French call Ojay Dart"
Listen, Lieutenant, snapped and sneezed
violently. IF all you want is an expert on
antiques can give you the telephone number
of dozen -"
Il don't want any telephone numbers, Doc
tor, Mayo cut in swiftly but not so fast that
he neglected to repay my use of his title.
This thing is too delicate to go outside the
department If it blew up Scoville would have
my badge before could turn around"
Max Scoville. the lawyer"
mo less"
For moment l forgot my blocked nasal
passages. Max was the biggest criminal law
yer in town. He guided the big gambling syn
dicates. He was big wheel in politics. He
was popularity supposed to be worth two or
three million dollars. But had never heard
of him as patron of the arts. said 50.
mot Max" Mayo explained patiently.
"One of his clients - Cassie Gentry She died
few months ago. 1t was all over the papers.
Besides leaving private mint she left this
place of hers - Foxehill. The newspapers
called it Metropolitan Museum with eleven
Evening star., 1952-10-05
BY the Associafed Press

ATHENS, Ga, Oct. 4. - The
University Of Georgia poured it
on North Carolina State here to-
day with smashing 49-to-0 vic
tory. The Bulldogs scored three
times n the first quarter, twice
in the second and once each in
the third and fourth.
A crowd of $4,000 watched
Georgia belt State with all the
offensive weapons a good football
team should have "a stable of
runners, fine passing. speed, a
good charging line and plenty of
spirit.
Only on defense. and then just
for brief flashes, did Georgia
look mediocre. Georgia's running
game was directed by Quarterback
Zeke Bratkowski who called on
Charley Madison, Bobby Dellin-
ger, Charles Earnest. Fred Bilyeu
and Bob Clemens for the largest
gains. Bratkowski and 17-year-
old sub Quarterback Jimmy Har-
per did the passing. Art Decarlo,
Gene White and all the backs did
the catching.
State never came close to a
touchdown in this game which
the University of North Carolina