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Many People Needed To Run
Modern Coronation OF Queen

LONDON, Ri - You can't run a
modern coronation without an army
of people behind the scenes.
The Darkroom boy No. / - the
man at Queen Elizabeth's elbow
to help her decide all the knotty
little points of protocols Sir Alan
Lascelles, her personal private
secretary who has been right hand
man to four British monarehs.
Lascelles is a member of the
36-man Coronation Committee but
he's strictly behind the scenes.
The procession, the guests, the or
der of service, the decorations are
in the hands of Ear Marshal, the
Duke of Norfolk; DR.. Godfrey
Fisher, the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, and Minister of Public WAS
:. O?David Eccles.
Sir Alan is the go-between for
the Committee and Queen Eliza.
beth-the man who advises her or
any of her personal problems con.
nected with the ceremony. Las.
celleS has the answer to every
thing the Queen should know. He
is an expert who can give snap
advice on anything 10 do with Brit,
aims elastic, unwritten constitu,
ton. All the unwritten sections d
British history of the last Is years
Fisher, the Archbishop Of CanteF,
bury, and Minister OF Public Works
David Eccles.
King George vi appointed Las.
celles his private secretary in 1913
One of Queen Elizabeth's first acts
was to ask him to carry on. Pre-,
viously he had been assistant pri
vate secretary to King George v,
King Edward VIII and King
George VI.
Most people meeting Lascelles
Ia sparsely built six-footer who
looks like a retired guards officer
would pass him by on the street
without a second glance. Darkroom
boys don't often make headlines
or picture pages.
But good private secretaries car
make or mar a monarch. The
Duke of Windsor acknowledged
this is his memoirs.
AS the Queens political adviser
Ibis own politics are his own Sc
cret-Lascelles gets a summar,
from his good friend Prime Min
lister Churchill Of each cabinef
meeting and interprets the coun
try's political scene to the Queen
II the Queen wants to know
what to say in a major speech
Lascelles--credited with ''ghos
writing some Of King Georges
best wartime speeches-helps hei
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-28

form, for aIlergic and infectious
conditions of the hose.
The five partners are q germ
killer. thonzonium bromide, two
antibiotics. gramicidin and neomy-
Gin; an antihistamine. thonsyla-
mine hydrochloride, and a decon.
gestant, phenylephrine. The drug.
biomydrin. was developed by a
pharmaceutical firm here. Nepera
chemical company.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-28

Murder in italy has decreased
sharply in recent years 10 about
an average of three a day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-28
SCIENCE


NEW YORK IA main cause
of insomnia is fear of insomnia,
DR.. Gudmund Magnusse. Danish
psychiatrist, writes in Mental Hy-
giene, a publication of the Nation.
al Assn. fer Mental Health.
Some accidental or unusual
cause may lead to a couple Of
sleepless nights, and these ap,
pear to the person to be so dread.
full that he looks to the coming
nights wit hthe greatest concern
and anxiety" Fear of not beine
able to sleep sets up a chain re,
action of sleeplessness.
Some tips for ordinary insomnia
he says, are to have a quiet. darR
room; taking a light late supper
Just before bedtime or a glass Of
beer or wine, and practicing and
following a simple ceremonial rit
ual every night before going tC
bed.
NEW YORK R-By foliowine
doctors instructions, most youne
women with heart disease can bear
children safely, says a new book
let, ''heart disease and pregnan,
cy," published by the American
Heart Assn. Four dangers fol
pregnant women with heart all.
ments, it adds, are overfatigue
overweight, infection and tight
clothing.
NEW YORK u Larger fami.
lies are becoming more popular,
Metropolitan Life Insurance CO.,
statisticians report.
The trend is shown by increas.
ing rates at which third, fourth
and fifth children are being born
into the family. From 1940-5o, the
birth rate for third children rose
by n per cent, that for fourth
children by so per cent, and fol
fifth children by 81 per cent.
NEW YORK R-Too high doses
OF X-rays may retard growth Of
children'S bones, Drs. E. B. d
Neuhauser, NJ. H. Wittenborg. c
2. Berman and ]. Cohen of Chill
dren's Medical Center, Boston, re
port in the journal RadioIogy.
In follow-up study of children
who had received X-ray treat
ments, they found some viii
changes in the spine, few witt
some curvature of the spine. From
their study, the physicians recon
mended the amount of radiation
young children may receive with
out risk Of bone changes. Theil
report applies to X-ray treatments
not x-rays for diagnosis. Their
studies we're aided by grants from
the Atomic Energy Commission
and the Playtex Park Researcl
Institute.
| Y0NKERS, N. Y. IL Fivt
drugs In one is foe formula TO
. new medicine. used in spra.
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Evening star., 1953-01-01
Miss Marie F. Milford, IS
Former Secretary at Bank

Miss Marie Frances Milford, IS
secretary at the Second Nationa
Bank here for % years, died yes.
terday in Providence Hospital
She lived at 1919 Park road NV
A long illness forced Miss Mil
ford to leave her work about 9
year ago. She had been for many
years private secretary to the
banks senior vice president
Stuart S. Ogilvie.
A lifelong resident of Washing
ton, Miss Milford was a graduate
of Georgetown Visitation Con-
vent. She was an enthusiastic
traveller and on vacations had
visited many Western States.
She is survived by two sis
tiers, Mrs. James T. Norven, 56O6
Thirty-f1rst avenue, Queens Chapel
Manor, Md. and Mrs. Charles
Saul, 8713 Braddock road, Silver
Spring.
A requiem mass will be said at
9 am. tomorrow in the Shrine OF
the Sacred Heart, Sixteenth street
and Park road NV. Burial will
be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-01-01
Bus From D. {. in Crash;
.13 Are Slightly Injured
BY the Assoeiuted Press

YORK, Pa, Jan. IA Grey.
hound bus en- route from Wash.
ington, D. c., to Scranton, Pa.
figured in a collision with a jack.
knitting tractor-trailer 8 mile.
south of here yesterday. Thirteer
persons were treated for minol
injuries.
Pvt. James E. Eberharter of the
York subStation said the trailer
skidded when the driver tried tt
apply brakes on Route Ill a mile
south of Loganville.
The cab smashed into a tree
he said. and the tanker part o1
the vehicle jackknifed across the
road, striking the bus.
Pvt. Eberharter identified the
truck driver as Adam P. Janis
zewski, jr.. of Baltimore. York
hospital officials said he was not
admitted.
The bus driver was identified as
Charles Calvin Smith of % Far
ragut place NV. Washington. He
was admitted to the York hos
pital with a fractured left facial
bone.
Evening star., 1953-01-01
j. Groves Mcdonald,
Husband Of Opera StaI
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. il. Groves
Mcdonald, 40, of Memphis, Tenn.
husband of Marguerite Piazza,
opera. television and radio So
Iprano, died unexpectedly yester-
day in his hotel room.
Mr.. Mcdonald, who married the
singer in 1850. went to the Bilt-
more Hotel Tuesday night. He
and his wife occupied an apart
Iment in East Sixty-third street
When he complained of feeling
badly, his physician advised him
to go to the hotel so that both he
and his wife, who appears on both
television and radio, could rest.
Early yesterday Mr.. Mcdonald
called his physician, who attended
him. Later, a maid found him or
the floor of the bathroom and
called a priest and the hotel
physician. Mr.. Mcdonald died q
short time after they reached his
side. The body was taken tc
Bellevue Hospital for an autopsy
The cause of death was not an
nounced.
Mr.. Mcdonald and the singer
first met in 1850 when Miss Piazza
was star of an operetta staged at
the Memphis Summer Theater. He
retired some years ago as presi-
dent of an electric appliance dis
|tributing company in Memphis
Since their marriage he had de-
voted his time to managing his
wife's personal career.
Evening star., 1953-01-01
Mrs. Willard |. Hart,
Wife Of Court Clerk

Mrs. Willard L. Hart, 81, wife OF
the clerk of the United States
Court of Claims. died of a cere-
bral hemorrhage last night in her
home, 1912 Thirty-first street NV
Born in the District, Mrs. Hart
was the former Miss Ellen Little
page, daughter of Washington
'attorney, Thomas P. Littlepage
who died in 1912. Her three
brothers are lawyers here also.
Mrs. Hart was graduated from
Central High School and George
Washington University, where she
took liberal arts course and was
Ia member of Pi Beta Phi sorority
Her husband has been with the
claims court for longer than 20
years.
Mrs. Hart was a member of the
Colonial Danes of America and
the Dorothy Hancock chapter
Daughters of the American Rev.
olution.
Besides her husband and three
brothers. John NJ, Thomas P. and
James H. Littlepage, she is sur
vived by sister, Mrs. William
B. Fletcher jr., 3540 Davis street
N. w..
Services will be held at 9:30
am. Saturday in Gawler's Funeral
Home, 1855 Pennsylvania avenue
N. w. Burial will be in Rock
Greek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-01-01
BY the Associated Press

LEESBURG. Va, Jan. 1.-The
short life Of Cynthia Jerry came
to an end yesterday. claimed by
a mistake of nature that even the
hearts and pocketbooks of Lou
doun Countians could not remedy.
Three-month-old Cynthia was
born with a mixed-up trans
position of arteries leading to the
heart.
When she bacame sick early
this month, physician recon-
mended a delicate operation. But
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam P. Jerry of nearby Aldie,
didn't have the money to under
take the expensive medical treat
ment.
When word got around, Jim
Bryan. editor of a county weekly
here, printed an appeal in his
paper.
More than 81 ZOO poured in and
Mr.. Jerry, a farm laborer, was
able to take his baby to Johns
Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for
examination by surgeons.
But tests showed an operation
could not help Cynthia. There
Evening star., 1953-01-01
Rome Decides 10 Bar
Ita|y-Born Rackefeers
BY the Associoted Press

ROME, Jan. IA Foreign Office
spokesman said today that Italy
will bar the entry of Italian born
racketeers who may be deporteo
after decentralization proceedings
by the United States. ,oa,...
The decision may affect such
persons as Frank Costello, Joe
Adonis and Thomas (Three-
Finger) Brown if the United
States takes away their American
citizenship.
1--WE do not want another Lucky
Luciano" the spokesman said.
He lived in Italy short time
and then spent most of his time
in the United States. Now we
have to pay for him. It's not
blood that makes man delin-
quent; it's society,""
Luciano was deported to Italy
in February, 1916, after serving
10 years of a 30-year sentence for
white slavery. Luciano never took
OUT american citizenship papers.
The spokesman said the govern
ment did not want to accept "a
man who Is born in Italy and
spends a day or two here and the
rest of his life in another country
until he is no longer considered
useful"
They can't send them back
like a postal parcel" he said. Its
too easy that way.
IF they send these people back
to us, they won't be permitted to
land
The spokesman said the deci-
sion, which has not yet been COM
municated to Washington, does
not affect Italians who were never
naturalized.
Evening star., 1953-01-01
Paul {. Wilson, IT,,
Dies; Husband Of
Frances. Perkins

Paul Caldwell Wilson, n, retired
sociologist and public administra-
tion consultant, died yesterday at
his home here after long illness.
He was the husband of Frances
Perkins. Civil Service Commits
lsioner and former Secretary of
Labor in the Roosevelt administra-
ltion. I
During a long career as a
municipal government officer, he
was once with the Bureau of
Municipal Research in New York.
ia graduate of Dartmouth College
and the University of Chicago, he
Joined the bureau in 1905. His
associates in that reform organi-
cation were William H. Allen,
Frederick Cleveland and Henry
Bruere.
Later, during World War I, he
was executive assistant to New
York's reform Mayor. John Pur-
roy Mitchell. During that period
he took part in the work to end
police corruption and the subse-
quent reforms instituted in law
enforcement systems. He was an
officer of the Equitable Life As
surance Society.
Illness caused his retirement in
1881.
A native of Chicago, he was
also, before his retirement, a
consulting expert on budgetary
analysis, financial controls and
public administration. He and
Miss Perkins were married in 1918.
Besides his widow, he is sur
vived by a daughter, Mrs. S. w.
Hare of Washington and a
brother, Harlow Wilson, Upland,
Calf.
Although plans for the funeral
were not complete, the family
said services will be held tomor-
row or Saturday in ST. Andrews
Church, Newcastle. Me. Burial
will be in Newcastle.
Evening star., 1953-01-01
L. F. Voris, Sc, Retired
Internal Revenue Aide

Edward F. Voris, 66, retired
corporation tax expert for Bureau
of Internal Revenue. died Sunday
in st. Petersburg. Fla. where he
had lived since 1850.
Mr.. Voris began his long career
with the tax bureau in 1915 as a
gauger at Kentucky distilleries
He came to the bureaus Wash
ington Office in the early 1920s
In 1888, he was named a special
assistant on the technical staff OF
the bureau in Chicago, where he
remained until returning here in
l949.
Born in Danville, KY, he was
graduated from Danville College
and received his law degree in
1909 at the University of Ken
lucky. When he retired he was
la special assistant to the head
Iof the technical staff in Wash
lin ngton.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Patti Voris. of st. Petersburg
Burial will be in Danville to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1953-01-01
DR.. Howard |. Smith;
Prominent Surgeon
Was District Native

DR.. Howard Lee Smith, promi-
nent Washington surgeon, dice
yesterday after a brief illness al
Suburban Hospital, Bethesda. He
lived at 3605 Chevy Chase Lake
drive, Chevy Chase, Md.
DR.. Smith, native of the Dis
trict, was graduated by George
Washington University Medical
School in 1926.
He was a fellow in the Ameri-
can College of Surgeons and 9
member of the American Medical
Association, the International
Medical Club. the Washington
Academy of Surgery, George
Washington University Medical
Society and the District Medical
Society.
An active golfer, he was golf
champion of the Congressional
Country Club in 1887 and 1912
He was also a former member of
the KiWanis and Touchdown
Clubs here.
DR.. Smith, 32d degree Mason,
belonged to the Scottish Rite
Consistory. was a past master of
Cathedral Lodge, No. 4 (FAANd)
and was a member of the Shrine
and the Columbia Country Club.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Jean
Goss Smith. he is survived by two
children, Howard Lee, jr., II, and
Diana, 10; his mother. Mrs. Ollie
Via Smith of Takoma Park, and
two brothers, Harry E. and Walter
C. Smith, both of Washington.
The family has made tentative
plans for the funeral services Sat-
urday morning at Gawler's fu-
neral home. 1756 Pennsylvania
avenue NV. Burial will be in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-01-01
Hunt for Foster Fatke
Started in Staying Of
Arkansas Girl, 5
BY the Assoeicted Press

DES ARC, Ark, Jan. 1.-Sherifi
E. O. Hamilton said last night
that a 5-year-old girl, whose body
was found stuffed in a home
made rain barrel at her home
was murdered.
The sheriff issued an out-of-
State pickup order for the foster
father Of the child, James w
Head, who disappeared from his
farm home near here Monday
Mrs. Linda Head, foster mother
Iof the dead child, is being held
in jail here without charge for
questioning.
Sheriff Hamilton identified the
child as Mary Head. He said her
body, wrapped in bailing wire and
curtain cloth, was found Tuesday
by a posseman during a search
for the girl. The rain barrel was
fashioned from an old airplane
wing tank.
In Little Rock, DR.. Anderson
Nettleship, State medical exam
iner, said the child died from
drowning and that the body had
been in the water for four or five
days.
Body Weighted With Sledge.
II know the little girl was muir
dered and that the goings on at
their home were not normal, .
Sheriff Hamilton said. I'm par
ticularly anxious to catch the man
(Head). and then, perhaps, we will
be able to determine just what
happened"
The body was weighted down
with 10-pound sledge hammer
and some old scales. Sheriff Ham,
ilton said there were burns on
the child's back and head, and d
bruise on her chin. He said Mrs,
Head told, him the child was
burned in grass fire and was
bruised when she fell on a plow,
Mrs. Head told the sheriff the
child died from natural causes,
but her husband refused to allow
funeral services because che was
afraid he would be recognized and
returned to Ohio, where he is
wanted for something"
Child Given To Couple.
Sheriff Hamilton said Mrs.
Head told him she dressed the
body and turned it over to her
husband and that Il never knew
what he did with her. When /
asked him he refused to tell me-"
Mrs. Head said Mary was given
to her and her husband two years
ago in Ohio. She told Sheriff
Hamilton the child's father was
Everett Wolfe of Lorain.
Sheriff Hamilton said L. L. Pro-
vance. a farmer who, lived near
the Heads, last saw the child
December %. He returned to the
Heads home the next day to give
Mary some Christmas presents,
and when she couldn't be found
he notified police.
Evening star., 1953-01-01
Judge Robert Nevin, IT.
Potent Law Authority
BY the Associated Press

DAYTON. Ohio, Jan. Robert
R. Nevin. II, Federal Judge and
nationally known authority on
patent law, died yesterday at his
home in Dayton. He had been i'll
since Friday.
Judge Nevin was senior judge
Iof the Western Division, Southern
District of Ohio. A Republican,
he was appointed in March, 1929,
by President Coolidge.
Evening star., 1953-01-01
Railway in Manchuria
Reported Transferred
To China by Russia
BY the Associated Press

MOSCOW. Jan. 1.-The Soviet
press today announced that Rus.
sia has turned over the vita.
lChangchun Railway in Man.
Ichuria to Communist China. The
transfer had been scheduled under
treaties signed between the two
nations.
The press announcements said
the formal ceremony SIGNALLING
the turnover was held Wednes-
day at Harbin, Manchuria, with
"A. S. Panyushkin, Soviet Ambas.
lSador to China, and Red Chinas
Premier Chou En-lai participat-
ing.
The Chinese Changchun Rail-
way crosses Manchuria from east
to west connecting with Soviet
Siberia. 1t also runs southwark ia
Yellow Sea ports. The Soviet
Chinese communique as reported
in the Moscow press and radio
said the transfer conformed with
the Soviet Chinese agreement OF
February Ia, 1850, and a COM
Imunique issued by the two Com
Imunist governments September
is, 1852.
Includes Older Lines.
Under the 1850 pact, Russia
promised to transfer all ownership
in the railway and all rights in its
joint administration to the Peiping
government latter the conclusion
Iof the pc ace treaty with Japan,
not later. however, than the end
Iof 1882"
The railway is a grouping of
older lines. 1t was organized un-
der a treaty signed between
Russia and Nationalist China in
1945 near the close of World War
II. Under this pact, the Chinese
Eastern Railway running east
ward from Manchuli, Manchuria,
to Suifenho, the last station in
Chinese territory, and southerly
from Harbin to Changchun, was
cd dmbined with the South Man.
Ichurian Railway. This latter line
ext tended from Changchun to
Dairen. port on the Yellow Sea.
The treaty provided that the
combined line would be under
joint Chinese-Russian ownership
and operation for 30 years. after
which it would revert to China.
Port Arthur Lease Extended.
The 1850 agreements, drawn up
after the conquest of China by the
Red regime, replaced the previous
pact the Soviets had signed with
the Nationalists.
During extended negotiations in
Moscow earlier this year, Moscow
and Peiping agreed to prolong
Russia's lease on the strategic
Manchurian naval base of Port
Arthur, but they announced Sep
tember Is they definitely would
transfer the Changchun Railway
on schedule.
The joint communique issued
today said the transfer included
not only the actual railway lines
but railway buildings, rolling
stock, engines, passenger and goods
cars, diesel trains, engine and car
repair shops. power stations, tele-
phone and telegraph stations,
means and lines of communica-
ton, auxiliary and other enter
prises and Offices connected with
the railway, as well as the prop
erty purchased. reconstructed. or
newly built during the period of
joint Soviet-Chinese administra-
ton"
Evening star., 1953-01-01
Baby With Mixed-Up Arteries
Dies After 3-Month StruqqIe

was nothing to do but wait. Sc
Cynthia was brought back to a
Leesburg hospital, where she died
at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
What's left of the $1,000 fund
will be used for hospital expenses
and a funeral. She will be buried
near the Jerrys' farm home IL
miles south of LeeSburg.
Evening star., 1953-01-01

T..
ETHEL L. TOWNER. Secretary.
WALKER. ARTHUR e. On Wednesday
December 81, 1859. at his residence
ARTHUR E. WALKER, beloved HUSBAND
Gutshaii and Miss Nora v. walker
Friends may cali al the Ives Funera
Home. 2S47 Wilson blvd. Arlington. Va
Notice OF funeral later 2
WALSH. ROBERT JOSEPH. On Monday
1s sosESr IL 1881 J6sEPa q MSa Gg Hos
Spring pl. NV. the beloved son of thu
late Michael and Elizabeth Walsh tne,
sullivan, brother OF James and Marion
Walsh, Mrs. Margaret Mead, and Mrs
Hanlon Funeral Home, 1881 Georgia ave
NV, on Friday January 2, 1858. a.
9:15 am. High requiem mass at st
Matthews. Cathedral at 10 am. Rela'
Mount Olivet Cemetery
WARD. EMMA L. On Monday, Decem
Der 70. 1852. at her residence, 262s
Washington blvd, Arlington. Va. EMML
L. WARD. beloved wife of Clarence w
Ward ans Sri Ma mORfr Rss Of sGb Clarence w. .sa Mard
survived by one grandson. Bobby Ward
Friends may call at the Ives Funera
Home. 2S47 Wilson blvd. Arlington, Va.
where funeral SERVICES win be held Fri
ment Glenwood Cemetery. l
WILLENBUCHER, AGNES. On Tuesday
December 80, 1852. at her residence. 42s
New Jersey ave. s.e.. AGNES WILLEN
BUCHER,. beloved wife of William C
Willenbucher, sister Of Carl Rakeman
Miss Amelia Rakeman and Mrs. Marie
Antoinette Cross. Services at the S. H
Hines Co. Funeral Home, 2901 14th st
NV, on Saturday, January 3. 1853. at IL
am. Interment Rock Greek Cemetery. :
WINTER. S. BELLE. On Thursday morn.
ing. January ], 1853. at her residence
htes daushtef Of TIE Tie late a.: T + 5. and N Mar, a
Catherine Winter and sister of Miss Fan.
nis B. Winter. Winter and ana. Frank H. Winter
pm. at the, Middleburg MethodisI
Sharon Cemetery, Middleburg, va.
zoos. HARRIET. OF 3373 Runnymede
pl. NV, on December 80. 1859. sister
of Mrs. Mary Y. DettmerS and Harry
Yoos Of Pottstown. Pa. Services al
Chambers Funeral Home, 1400 Chaplin st
pm. interment Pottstown. Pa.
YIKRA. MARY A. On Wednesday, De-
iya 4d Mary AT a. YfR
loved wife Of the late Frank Albert Yirka
mother of Mrs. James j. Novak. Mrs. F.
Hynes. Mrs. c. G.. Rider. Mrs. Walter
o MCQUEEN. Mrs. E. Reaser, Mrs.
Yirka. Remains resting at the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Funeral Home of Robert A.
Pumphrey Bethesda. Md. Services Sat-
urday. January 3. 1858, at ST. Martins
Catholic Church, Gaithersburg. Md,
where requiem mass will be offered at
Park Cemetery. Falls Church. Va. Please
omit flowers. 2
Evening star., 1953-01-01
fn Mritsurtaiit

d. JEANETTE. In memor,
of our loving wife and mother, D. JEAN.
NETTE WILLIAMS. who passed away
fifteen years ago today January /, 1898
She was a wonderful mother.
With q heart as pure as gold;
A mother so dear to her family.
That her memory will never grow old
Dear God We thank Thee for mother,
Who now from care is free;
Thank You for q wonderful mother
Just let her rest with Thee
HER LOVING FAMILY.