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Evening star., 1953-01-04

MANI ~ i n Ok AS1AAb AdBueo"S'
WELLS. FRANK NEWTON. On Friday,
1S5s q FSFt %s SeloR.d
Walton G. wells. He is also survived
by q brother. George N. Wells, and a
grandson. James H. Wells of Brisbane;
Australia. Services at Gasch Funeral
Home, Hyattsville, Md. on wednesday;
January Z. at II am. Relatives and
friends invited Interment Chestnut
Grove Cemetery, Herndon. Va. Please
omit flowers.
WEST. INFANT LAWRENCE GAIL. On
Friday, January p, 1858, at Prince
Georges County Hospital, INFANT
LAWRENCE GAIL WEST, beloved son
of Ruth l.. and William l., West of 5403
5f,th pl.. East Riverdale. Md. Remains
resting at the Bethesda Chevy Chase
Funeral Home of Robert A. Pumphrey.
Bethesda. Md. Graveside services Tues
day January 9, at $3.50 pm. at Airing
ton National Cemetery.
YEOMANS. IT. COL. CHARLES SHER-
MAN. U s. ARMY. On Tuesday. De-
cember 80. 1852, at Hillcrest Nursing
Home, Winchester. Va. 1t. Col. CHARLES
Services Monday, January 5. 1853. at 9
am. at Fort Myer Chapel, Arlington.
Va. Interment Arlington National Gem
etery.
Evening star., 1953-01-04

BECKETT. HYLAND L. On Friday, jan
LAND L. BECKETT. beloved brother of
Miss Irene r. Beckett. Friends may call
at the Lee Funeral Home, 4th st. and
Massachusetts ave. ne, where services
will be held on Monday. January 5. at
2:15 pm. Interment Congressional
Cemetery
Evening star., 1953-01-04

BETSCH, JOHN T. On Saturday. Janu-
airy 3. 1858, after a brief illness. JOHN
T. BETSCH of 1909 Otis pl. NV, beloved
son Of Mrs Matte Betsch, devoted father
OF Marvyne. Johnnetta and John Thomas
Betsch, jr.; also surviving are a foster
daughter. Miss Mildred Tucker; an
adopted sister. Mrs. Cleo BetSch Gill;
other relatives and many friends. Funeral
and interment at jacksonville. Fla.
Local arrangements by MCGUIRE, Inc. 5
Evening star., 1953-08-16
Founder of Barber Shop
Singing Society Dies
By the Assoeioted Press

" TITS TNsSuCTuTeU FTBSB
TULSA, Okla, Aug. $50. C.
Cash. founder of the Society for
the Preservation and Encourage
ment of Barber Shop Quartet
Singing in America, died in a
hospital here today.
Mr.. Cash, 81 tax consultant
with Tulsa oil company, formed
the society in 1898.
Many notables belong to the
organization, including Bing
Crosby, John Charles Thomas
and former President Truman.
Evening star., 1953-08-16
Ex-P0Ws FIy.Here
On Way 10 Hospitals

Eight former prisoners of the
Communist in Korea, all suffer-
Ing from tuberculosis, were
flown to hospitals in the East
Coast area yesterday after
spending several hours at nearby
Andrews Air Force Base.
They included Pfc. Alfred P.
Graham. jr,, 1705 North Calvert
street. Arlington, whose father
is Post Office official. He and
three others were flown to
Mitchell Air Force Base, Long
Island, whence they were to be
taken to st. Adams IN. "
Naval Hospital.
Army Pvt. Willie B. Hatcher
Of Farmville, Va, was flown to
Camp Pickett. Va. The other
three were taken to hospitals in
the Philadelphia area.
Also on the incoming plane
was Marine 1t. William T. Ter
rell. 25. of 1857 Prospect avenue
NV. Part of his left leg was
amputated and his right arm
was injured. His wife, Mrs. Sally
Terrell. and his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Phillip A. Terrill, 2480
Sixteenth street NV. met him.
He was taken to Bethesda Naval
Hospital.
He was one of 81 wounded and
sick servicemen-not former
prisoners-arriving on the same
plane as the other eight.
Evening star., 1953-08-16
Services 10 Induct
81 Men Wednesday

Eighty-one men have been or
dered by the Selective Service
System to report for induction
into the service Wednesday at
the Armed Forces Examining
and Induction station, 8l4 North
st. Asaph street. Alexandria,
Va.
They are:
Guy P. Glossbrenner. jr:. John, J
chipnoyras; Hugh valentino, jr, William
+ Hedrick. John W Folk, Herbert &
Also Michael straus. Kenneth L. Fer.
nandez. Edward b. Means. jr., george
Murdoch, Conrad I. Redmond. Solomon
4. Danzig James ?; McMahon, jr;. Gar;
E. Also sosiR; Bernard N. Klenka, Roscoe C.
n e. Teds5ss EdSsrd s. j.
Egan. Clarence Davis, jr.. Ernest 9
Byrnes, Norman s: Jones Frank ARTIST
McacSSda AfG oT1nfS Rona R s. sYs5 Robnson Wi% nnhei
B. Brown, James L. Gauthier. James G
GSiuice,. Robert f.: Baldsrson,, Allen E
Ts1nt. TWriEht: James ., Adams Don M. Adams
Burka, Theodore Britton. ir.. Billy W
Dunno, Willie T; Martin, Kenneth r
Bartlett. Leon Washington.
Also Cleo ]. Wright. Charles Powell
Albert Henderson, William P. Fleshman
ton. III. Robert p Murray. jr., Carl r
Cornwen, Wilbur L. sumlar, tr, Stan
Also John w And.r.or James asn.
Ismin. Vanderbilt Blocker. ir.. Gerald T
Cargo. Peter B Dunckel Robert s. Du.
vail. Charles Hampton. Robert L. Hard.
esty. Larry /. silverman, Walter T
Smith.
Also Jimmie Randall. Frances A. Ford
A. c. Lewis, Elijah H. Williams. JOSEPH
H. Kennedy, Guy r. Hawkins, Thurma ar
F. Murphy, Elwood Startling.
Evening star., 1953-08-16
Erskine Ramsay, 88,
Coal Machine Inventor
By the Associated Pres,

BIRMINGHAM, Aug. Is
Erskine Ramsay, 88, whose num-
erous inventions advanced Amer
ican coal mining to new levels
of efficiency, died in a Birming-
ham clinic tonight.
The wealthy industrialist and
investment expert vas noted for
his philanthropieS,
The son of a Scottish immi-
grant, Mr.. Ramsay spent most
Of his life in mills and mines. He
came to Birmingham in 1887 as
young engineer He was chief
engineer and assistant general
manager of the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad Co., now U. S.
Steel's TCI division, when he
left the company after Is years
as one of it's executives.
Among his most important in
ventlons was the rotary dump,
which now is used in most large
operations of the country. An
other was the sampler, which
tests coal for dirt without un-
loading it.
Evening star., 1953-08-16
Three Chest Leaders Named:
Ranks Complete for '53 Drive
John w. KoOns.

Appointment of unit leaders
for three nearby counties was an
nounced last night, completing
the ranks of top leaders in the
1854 Community Chest Fedora
ton United Defense Fund CUSO)
Campaign.
The new appointees are Ed
ward o. Poole, attorney. as
chairman for Arlington County;
John w. Koons, real estate and
insurance man of Falls Church,
chairman for Fairfax County
and Philip Lustine, president OF
LuStine Nicholson auto firm in
Hyattsville. chairman for Prince
Georges County for the second
consecutive campaign.
Will Meet Thursday.
They will join other leaders in
progress reports at the next
meeting of the campaign COM
mitee at $3.50 pm. Thursday at
Red Feather headquarters, 1101
M street NV.
Aaron Goldman, general cam
paign chairman, said the three
appointees have been active in
Community Chest programs in
their areas and bring helpful
experience to the campaign COM
mlttee.
Appointment of Mrs. Theodore
j. DoWney of Bethesda as chair
man for Montgomery County
and John A. Velke of the o. B.
Hopkins Furniture Co. as chair
man for Alexandria already have
been announced
General solicitation will begin
October II and the first general
report luncheon will be held Oc-
Evening star., 1953-08-16
Veterans Of Intrepid
Hold Celebration Here

More than $50 men who
served during World War II
aboard the carrier Intrepid, last
night closed a celebration here,
marking the 10th anniversary of
the vessels commissioning
Wives of a number of the par
ticipants accompanied them.
A reception and dinner were
held at the officers Club at the
Naval Gun Factory. The group
honored the ships first COM
manding officer, Admiral Thomas
L. Sprague, former Chief OF
Naval Personnel, now retired
who few here from Oakland
Calf, for the occasion.
Washingtonians on the well
coming committee includ q
Comdr. James T. Clark, an at
torney here who served on the
Intrepid during the entire war;
Capt. Charles Lanman, Comdr
Arthur Giesser, j. Fred Doleb
Edward La Cost and Joseph L
Carr.
Evening star., 1953-08-16
'Romsey's Little Lombsies'
Swear by Their Skipper

into Pearl Harbor a few days
back with the ships band decked
out in japanese kimonos.
Or as when, after a hard tour
of duty off the Korean coast,
with everybody aboard utterly
exhausted from duty which
sometimes extended almos
around the clock, the crew would
be awakened with this announce
ment:
Good morning, this is your
friendly boatSwain's mate. It's
time to turn out. If you are
hungry from your long sleep,
there are coffee and sweet rolls
awaiting you in the gallery. And
now what you've been waiting
tor-reveille by the Dixieland
Band"
Could Be Firm, Too.
The time, more than likely,
around 10 a.m.-about five hours
later than the men would have
had to turn out ordinarily.
Officers said that Capt. Ram
sey. who is a native of Spring.
field, Ohio. has done much for
ships morale by cutting the men
in on every bit of information
he could give them.
Again, when it came to keep
ing the ship taut, he would sound
off firmly: This is our ship and
we are going to keep it clean and
trim"
There was no question about
his demanding and getting top
performance from every man
aboard. And. as one officer ex-
planned it, the Philippine Sea
crew was no different from any
other.
Capt. Ramsey was rather nom
commital about it all, preferring
to attribute the ships fine show
ing to the men themselves.
THE willingness to work and
esprit de corps of this crew is
something I've never seen be-
FORE" he commented. I'VE
haven't had any disciplinary
problems, even in port"
Evening star., 1953-08-16
Skunk Beats Bethesda Family
But Loses to Rescue Squad

The Kinks family of Bethesda
fought a losing battle with a
Skunk yesterday, but the skunk
lost to the men of the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Rescue Squad.
The Kinks moved out soon
after the rescue squad moved in.
The trouble started about 9
am. when Mrs. j. B. Kinks, .jr.,
62O9 Valley road, Bethesda,
noticed the animals odor spread
ing through her house.
Investigating, she discovered a
small mound of freshly turned
earth in a basement window
well. The animal was in a hole
under the side of the well, she
decided.
OdOr Gets Worse.
So she attacked. Armed with
broomstick, she peeked around
the corner of the window and
began to prod. With each prod
ding the odor got worse.
Even with the help of her
sister-in-l law. Mrs. j. Stuart Rich,
the odds still favored the skunk.
Mr.. Kinks was not available.
He was at work in the Washing
ton real estate Office bearing his
name.
Mrs. Kinks then tried all the
official sources of help for citizens
in distress.
"It's out of our field" the
Animal Welfare League replied
with a sigh of relief.
The Bethesda Fire Department
arrived promptly. surveyed the
situation, and left quickly.
Montgomery County police
suggested setting a trap.
Then photographer from The
Star, hearing of Mrs. Kinks
problem. suggested she call the
Bethesda Chevy Chase Rescue
Squad.
In less time than it takes to
say 'phew" the three-man res
cue team arrived. ..
The leader, 1t. Robert Aggers,
shrugged his shoulders and
grabbed his nose.
We'll attack from the rear"
he told his men, Stanley Mills
and Mickey Irwin.
Skunk Is Killed.
This time the skunk was hit.
not by broomstick, but by two
blasts from a carbon -dioxide ex-
tinguiSher that has freezing
Evening star., 1953-08-16
Biq ; Plan New Note
To Russia on Farley
To Unity Germany
By John M. Hiehtower
Associofed Press Stoff Writer


The Unied States, Britain and
France will begin drafting this
week new note to Russia pro-
posing that the Big Four agree
promptly on arrangements, time
and place for meeting on Ger
many and Austria.
Diplomats of the three West
ern powers will meet at Paris
early in the week to work out
details of the note replying to a
Soviet message of August 5.
Meanwhile the Western powers
have reached a preliminary un-
derstanding to treat the Russian
August S message as an accept
ance of their proposal for Big
-Four meeting which they made
July Is
American officials privately
hold out little or no hope that
such meeting will be able to
make any real progress on uni
flying Germany. They find no
evidence of changes in Soviet
policy which would make agree
ment possible on terms accept
able to the West.
2 Reasons for Farley.
These officials appear con-
vinced that a meeting should be
held, however. for two reasons:
l. To demonstration the
benefit of European public opin-
ion-that the West is interested
in doing something about ending
the German occupation and uni
flying the country and similarly
to show up Russia's presumed
designs on Germany.
2. To exploit Russia's rela-
lively weak position in Germany
as shown by the East German
uprlsings.
With respect to the European
public opinion problem, Ameri-
can officials say that as a re-
suit of changes in the Rus
sian government this year and
MoScow's subsequent peace Of
fensiye there has grown up some
feeling. particularly in France,
that the European Defense Com
munity is no longer so impor-
tant as Western governments
still consider it. Under the EDO
plan Germany would arm and
her forces would become part
of European army.
Attitude Is Illusion.
The three Western govern
ments repeatedly feel they have
to dispel an attitude they con-
slider to be an illusion by DEM
onstrating there has been no
basic change in Russia's posi-
ton.
1t is now expected that the
drafting work at Paris will pro-
ceed in what informants here
described as slow and orderly
manner so that the new note
to the Russians will go out in
about two weeks. just a few days
before the September 6 West
German elections.
While Germany is the major
problem, the Western powers are
expected to stand firm on their
position that if and when the
Big Four actually do meet they
should make every effort to con-
clude a treaty on Austria.
Evening star., 1953-08-16

qualities welcome on such occa-
sions.
Then the squad began q
frontal charge with shovels and
mattock. uncovered the animal
and killed it.
"They certainly we're brave
men," Mrs. Kinks said as she
lunched at the home of her sis
ter in law.
Evening star., 1953-08-16
Philip LuStine.

tober 20 in the Washington
Hotel. The 1854 campaign goal
will be announced soon, after
completion of a study by Mr.
Goldman and his associates on
the minimum needs confronting
the more than 100 Red Feather
agencies. disqualification funds
and USO facilities.
Went Over Goal Last Year.
In the campaign last autumn,
55,432 donors gave $685. $50
through the Alexandria and four
county units-or about one
tenth of the total 1884, ,222
raised. Prince Georges reached
lis per cent of its quota and
Montgomery County 101 per cent.
Mr.. Poole. who practices law in
Arlington. is president of the
Arlington KiwaniS Foundation
He was chairman of the Red
Cross campaign last year and
has served on the executive COM
mittee of the Chest Federation's s
Board of Directors.
Mr.. Koons has served as a local
Community Chest trustee for
two years and is former men,
Der of the budget committee. He
is past president of the Falls
Church Chamber of Commerce
and a director of the Falls
Church Bank.
Mr.. Lustine has been in the
automobile business for 30 years
and has widespread interests in
real estate. Last year, he led
Prince Georges over the top as
a pace setter in the Red Feather
Campaign.
Evening star., 1953-08-16
Cupt. N. c. Loveerove,
Commanded Troopships
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 15.-Capt
Norman c. Lovegrove. Sc, who
commanded troop transports
during World War II, died to-
day of a heart ailment at the
United States Marine Hospital
Staten Island.
Capt. Lovegrove, a resident
Of the Bronx, commanded the
hospital ship Aleda E. Lutz and
such transports as the General
Ballou, General Rose and the
Marine Carp. He was a Navy
lieutenant (junior grade) ir
World War I.
He leaves his wife and his
mother, Mrs. Josephine E. Hans
com of Miami. Fla.
Evening star., 1953-08-16
W. R. Van Auken,
Retired Captain in
Navy, Dies al II

Capt. Wilbur r. Van Auken,
o. S. N. Ret, former Naval
ordnance expert and investment
broker here, died Unexpectedly
last night at his summer home
in Fairfield, NY.
Capt. Van Auken. who was II
years old. lived at Quebec House
at 2800 Quebec street NV.
A-graduate of the Naval Acad-
emy in 1903, Capt. Van Auken
served for more than 40 years
before retiring for the last time
in 1945.
Pioneer in Aviation.
He was the author of several
books on naval training and gun
merry and was a pioneer in naval
aviation. He helped plan the
first, but Inflated. flight from
San Francisco to Hawaii in 1925.
then led the efforts resulting in
rescue of the downed pilots nine
days s.fter they crashed in the
Pacific.
He was also a former president
OF the Washington Philatelic
Society and for years traded
stamps with President Franklin
D. Roosevelt.
In 1889. Capt. Van Auken re-
tired from active service to be-
come an investment banker with
the Washington brokerage Of
flee Of Merrill. Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner and Beane.
Served in World War III.
He took a sabbatical leave in
1851 to return to active duty dur
ing World War II, finally re-
tiring in 1945 to return to the
brokerage firm.
A native of Utica, N. Y, he
Is survived by his widow, the
former Pauline Thompson. of
Louisville, KY; a daughter, Mrs.
Frances Bloun of Honolulu, and
a brother. Clarence Van Auken
of Middleville. N. Y.
Funeral services will be held
here tomorrow and burial. at
time to be announced later, will
be in Arlington National Gene
terry. s.-
Evening star., 1953-08-16
By the Associcted Press

ALAMEDA. Calf, Aug. Is
Out of the grim business of war
there occasionally emerges a
leader of such dynamic per-
Sonality that his men are will
ing to follow him anywhere,
any time"
Such a skipper. apparently, is
Capt. Paul H. Ramsey, whose
mighty carrier, the Philippine
Sea, slid through the Golden
Gate yesterday after eight
gruelling months in the Korean
war zone.
Somewhere, in their often
dangerous prowling the Sea of
Japan, her air group working in
close support of front-line troops,
the Philippine Seas $500 crew
members and airmen picked up
the unlikely name Of "Ramsey's
Little Lambsies."
A more improbable name
rarely has been hung on a car
rier crew and behind it lies just
one thing an extraordinary
Shippers personality and capac-
ity for leadership.
Outlandish Franks.
The Philippine Sea was nei-
ther a sternly disciplined nor
sloppily run ship where the Of
f1cers and enlisted men went
around slapping each other on
the backs and making a hazard
Gus farce of a serious job that
has to be done perfectly.
There is a seemingly incom-
prehensible contrast between the
Philippine Seas record as a
ship with practically no disci-
plinary problems and Capt. Ram
sey as a skipper with sense Of
humor, often given to unortho-
dox decisions and even outland-
ish pranks.
AS when the carrier pulled
Evening star., 1953-08-16
Curriculum Includes Opera

VIENNA (P.- This city,
guarding its reputation as q
world music center, has made it
virtually obligatory for students
to attend concerts and operas.
The city fathers have allotted a
considerable sum for special per-
formances which, students are
to attend as part of their general
education and to provide re-
duced-price tickets for other per-
formanceS.
Evening star., 1953-08-16

This time the skunk was hit,
not by broomstick, but by two
blasts from a carbon -dioxide ex-
tinguiSher that has freezing
Evening star., 1953-08-16

SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS can be achieved throus
PERSONALITY ANALYSIS and DEVELOPMENT
provement and English. 10Th Successful Year. Cat
further infOrma ti0n. Air Conditioned
Evening star., 1953-03-20

An American Embassy cost
ing close to 50 million is being
built in Moscow. The plans
were drawn by an American
architect: the site was pur-
chased by the United States
Government, but the contrac-
tor is the U. s. S. R. We pay
the Russian government in
dollars and it does all the work.
So far, there seems to be
nothing out Of the ordinary
for construction in a dictator
ship. There is, however. an
important gimmick in the af-
fair. Although the new En-
basSy. which will provide not
only offices for the Ambassa-
dor and his staff but also nv-
ing quarters for most of them,
is nearing completion, the
American owners have not
been permitted to inspect the
work more than twice since
the cornerstone was laid. And
during these short visits our
representatives were accom-
panied and guided by the ON
nipresent special MVD agents.
There Is more than q sus-
picion that the secret police
have built into the walls, CELL
ings and floors of the Embassy
the most advanced and care
fully concealed microphones
and listening devices to en-
able them to record everything
said in every corner of the
building.
The Russians have become
the worlds experts in crea-
tion Of such electronic devices.
Only last summer an expert
enced American security of
f1cer in our old Embassy in
Moscow suspected the existence. i.
of microphones in the Am
bassador's room. After an ex-
haustive search he discovered
one concealed in the center of
the Great Seal of the United
Evening star., 1953-03-20
Reproduction Rishts Reserved.)

think the public can under
stand a tax reduction a lot
faster than budget balancing.
House Republicans are not
made any happier by the OBJ
vlous enjoyment with which
the Honorable Sam Rayburn
OF Bonham, Texas, is taking
advantage Of his forced retire.
ment as Speaker and their
troubles 10 play some politics
with them. Mr.. Rayburn is
a past master of this trade,
they all know, but their nor
NAL enjoyment of watching an
artist at work is fatally marred
by their inability to score
points of their own.
Mr.. Rayburn recently, for
example, forced two roll-call
votes on rural electrification
items which the Republicans
would gladly have ignored.
The result was to put q num-
ber of Republicans on the spot
in districts where that New
Deal legislation is popular.
The House, in short. is
learning the hard way the
path of majority responsible
ity. Public support will un-
questionably go to the Presi-
dent on the tax issue, but it
still cannot prove profitable to
him to appear to be snubbing
his own people, especially
those proud prima donnas, the
chairmen of standing commit
tees of the Congress, whose
power is very real.
Evening star., 1953-03-20
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

Republican Representative Eisenhower leaders
for getting ONCE under false pretenses because they won't
cut taxes It's lucky the Republicans have the voice of the
peope-theyre losing their shouting at other.
Ike again offers to meet Malenkov halfway in the
OF peace 1kes eutenants propose fair swap # the
Russians will yield Korea-they have Congress
Adai Stevenson borrows cutaway coat to call the
Emperor Of Japan Adlai is living to the highest traditions
OF Democratic leaderShp-Stn borrowing.
Two lawyers tell House investigators
Ridings Miller former Washington society
who wanted tax fixed Some girl reporters write like
anges-ohers get the angels to do the work.
Republicans to clip the powers the lonewolf
investigator Senator Williams Republicans those
investigatons-the kind big enough to their SINS
Civil defense ocials test proved that you
can survive atomic blast in homemade bomb shelter
We're an alert people First drive the Communists under
ground-then dive in after them.
Harry Truman packs to follow Adai Stevenson
Pacific Poor Adlai Every time looks that
little in the bow tie is shadowng him..