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Evening star., 1953-06-19
By John w. Stepp

So long as the African Maui
Maus prefer harvesting white
persons to farming Calabar Bass
trees, Washington'S streets are
apt to get grimier and grimier.
This unsupported tie between
the Nations Capital and the
murderous Mau-Maus was re-
vealed yesterday by District Pro-
cufement Officer Roland M.
Brennan.
Calabar Bass trees, it seems.
are the source of the finest broom
fibers that ever swept trash of
a city street. The best stands Of
Calabar Bass are found In Maui
Mau territory in Africa. But the
Mau-Maus have been preoccu-
pied with another kind OF BUSH
whacking lately.
May Use Horsefeathers.
Mr.. Brennan, finding him.
self in need Of Calabar Bass
fiber. came face-to-face with this
hard economic fact when he
recently wrote q Calabar Bass
fiber purveyor, one A. Steiert.
Of NorriStown, Pa.
"Of all times. Mr.. Brennan" !"
responded Mr.. Steiert q bit des-
perately, "this is most inoppor-
tune to ask for bids on Calabar
Bass fiber.
"We don't even have enough
fiber for OUR push broomS. And
if the situation doesn't soon ad-
Just itself, we'll have to use
horsefeathers instead Of fiber"
Mr.. Steiert then proceeded to
lay all the grim background be-
fore Mr.. Brennan:
This fiber grows in the track
less, tangled. uninhabited wilder
ness of the African jungleS and IL
gathered by barbaric tribes who
are difncult to control and whose
habits and methods conflict with
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Mrs. John Sewer, 95,
Lived SO Years in
Historic Old Home

Mrs. John Sewer, 95, who lived
in one Of Georgetown's historic
homes for more than go years,
died yesterday at the home, 3124
@ street NV.
Born and reared in Louisville,
KY, she was the former Ella
Bull, daughter of the late DR..
John Bull, manufacturer Of
pharmaceutical medicines.
She was only 10 when she
married Mr.. Sewer, who was a
grandson of Gen. John Sewer,
first Governor of Tennessee and
a hero of the Revolutionary bat
tie Of Kings Mountain.
The couple lived abroad many
years. and came to Washington
in 1890. The same year they
purchased and restored the @
street home which is reputed to
have been built by Washington
Bowie, a godson of George WASH
ington, in 1900.
Mrs. Sewer took an active in
terest in charitable organiza-
tions here and particularly in
Georgetown. She served. many
years on the Board of Cover
nors Of the Episcopal Church
Home and was active until re-
Gently in the Georgetown Gar
den Club and the Evermay Club.
Mr.. Sewer died in 1885. Mrs.
Sewer is survived by seven nieces
and nephewS.
Funeral services will be held
at the residence at pm. to-
morrow. Burial will be in Oak
Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Pentuqon
CONTINUED From First Page.)

some $4,000 Chinese Commu-
nists who have signifled they do
not wish to return to their
homeland.
IF they (the Communists
want the truce to go through,
it will" this source commented.
If they want an excuse to call
it of, they have it,"
The action of President Rhee
in releasing POWs did not come
as a too great surprise to top
military men but the precipitate
manner in which he went about
it did. It is felt that he could
have at least notified Gen. Clark
or 1t. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor,
9Th Army commander In Korea,
of his plans a few hours in ad-
vance. @
Contrary to some reports, It
was stated flatly here that no
advance warning came from Gen.
Clark about the prisoner release.
Meanwhile, some Senator'S
called for investigation of the
part played by American officers
in the prisoner release.
Senator Hendrlckson, Republi-
can. of New Jersey introduced q
resolution asking a hearing to
determine the extent of Ameri-
can culpability." And Chairman
Saltonstall of the Senate Armed
Services Committee asked the
Pentagon to explain all circum-
stances surrounding the incident.
In a statement accompanying
his resolution, Senator Hendrick-
son said that in view Of Presi-
dent Rhee's known bitter oppo-
sition to the truce agreement, 1T
would have been incredible for
the American military command
to permit lax prisoner safe
guards with the truce issue deli
cately balanced on the prisoner
repatriation issue"
While the political effect of
the release of the prisoners is
yet to be, determined, Of much
greater concern to military men
is the possible effect on the mill
tary situation.
If melted by further orders
Evening star., 1953-06-19
ID. |. Maxwell Dies,
Pharmacist and
Drug Firm Partner

David Lander Maxwell, 81,
partner in the drug firm Of Max
well & Tennyson. died early to-
day in Doctors Hospital after q
long illness.
Mr.. Maxwell had been afflicted
number of years with a heart
ailment. His wife, Mrs. Lena S.
Maxwell. had an operation last
Thursday and on Sunday Mr..
Maxwell became a patient at the
same hospital.
Since 1926 he had been asso-
ciated with Irving Alexander
Tennyson in the firm which be-
gan in the basement Of the
Washington Medical Building at
1901 I street NV. The firm now
has three stores in the Medical
Center area.
Met in 1900.
The pharmacists met in the
1900s when they were clerks at
different drugstores. In 1910
both decided to enter George
Washington University School of
Pharmacy and after receiving
their degrees. continued in their
separate ways as pharmacists.
When the Washington Medi-
cal Building was going up. the
two men decided to strike out
together.
Mr.. Tennyson recalled today
the venture was started on
$2.5O0 capital. But by 1929 they
were able to open a new store
at the Columbia Medical Build
ing at 1885 I street NV. and
in another three years the third
medical center store went in at
1925 I street NV.
The partners continued until
the time of Mr.. Maxwell's first
illness in 1914 to compound
prescriptions and wait on Gus
toners. They specialized in
prescriptions and hospital and
doctors Office supplies.
Move to First Floor.
They moved their original
store from the basement to the
first floor and used the basement
as a warehouse.
The partners worked "side-by-
side" the first three years, but
when the second store was
opened, Mr.. Tennyson took over
its management.
Mr.. Maxwell was director of
the Lincoln National Bank and
the Jefferson Federal Savings g.
Loan.
KiwaniS Member.
AS a Kiwanian, he was devoted
to crippled children's welfare
work. He was a member of the
Columbia Country Club and the
University Club. He also be-
longed to the American and Dis
trict Pharmaceutical Associations
and was an associate member of
the District Medical Society.
Besides his widow Mr.. Max
we'll is survived by a son, Dallas
S. Maxwell, 1904 Ridge road,
Bethesda; a sister, Mrs. Ellen
McGonagle. sic East Nelson ave-
nue., Alexandria; a brother,
Richard B. Maxwell, Harrisburg,
Pa, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at II am. Monday at the Gawler
funeral home. Burial will be in
Fort Lincoln Cemetery. The
family has requested that, in lieu
of flowers. contributions be made
to the Crippled Children's So
ciety Of the District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1953-06-19

high above the enemy, then
swoop toward the helpless prey.
Among his victims were the
German aces, Won Baer and
Wisseman. the latter having
earlier killed the Frenchman,
Guynemer.
His record credits Col. Fonck
with shooting down three Ger
mans within q period Of 10
seconds.
Involved In 1925 Crash.
BY wars end, he had accu-
mulated 28 citations. Then, in
1925. he again figured promi-
nently in the news when he
took OF from Roosevelt Field,
l.. l., with three others in a
giant Sikorsky plane. The OBJ
jective was Paris and the $40
600 offered by Raymond Orteig,
millionaire hotel owner, for the
first such nonstop flight.
A few feet into the air, the
plane crashed and burned. Two
Of the men, Jacob Islamoff, the
mechanic. and Charles Clavier.
radio operator. were killed.
When Col. Fonck was charged
with overlooking the plane. the
other surviving member of the
flight, 1t. Lawrence w. Curtin,
the navigator. praised the pilots
thoroughness. Col. Fonck was
exonerated by the coroner.
The following May, Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh made his
epoch-making flight to Paris to
pick up the prize money.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Truce
Continued From First Page.)

sion approached. there were
these other developments:
/. The Reds called off Fridays
meeting of interpreters believed
working on the armistice draft
at Panmunjom.
2. The official Red Peiping
radio accused Mr.. Rhee of re-
leasing the prisoners in order to
impress them into the South
Korean Army and added the
Americans deliberately con-
nived" by taking no measures
to prevent the breakouts. 1t
also said the sincerity of the
United States is indeed put to
an acid test"
PanmunjOm Building Halted.
3. Communist army engineers
abruptly stopped construction Of
a building at Panmunjom which
some observers thought might be
used for the truce signing cere-
mony. There was no explana-
tion.
4. Allied troops continued
preparations for prisoner ex-
change, and top allied officers
who will serve on a joint Red
allied military commission after
the armiStice arrived in Munsan.
A rehearsal was held at Free
dom Village, near Munsan, where
sick and wounded prisoners were
welcomed last April.
Should the Reds make an issue
Of the prisoner release. a truce
might be threatened seriously.
The actual prisoner agreement
makes no mention of numbers.
but says all prisoners opposing
return to their homeland will be
turned over to a repatriation
commission within 60 days.
The U. N. command has told
the Reds about $1,000 anti-Red
prisoners would go to the COM
mission.
Could withhold Prisoners.
II the allied command fails to
meet this number, the Commu-
nistS possibly could hold out on
allied prisoners.
The Reds have been aware Of
the friction between the u. N. c.
and the South Korean govern
ment as the Rhee government
repeatedly has threatened to
fight on alone.
However, both sides have gone
along steadily toward o truce
agreement. apparently in the be-
lief it is up to the allies to make
South Korea fall in line.
Evening star., 1953-06-19

from Mr.. Rhee, would any great
number Of Republic Of Korea
divisions take orders from him
rather than their military COM
manders-that is, Gems. Taylor
and Clark?
May Not Obey Rhee.
The impression at the Penta-
gon is that they would not-at
least immediately-for two rea-
sons:
/. The ROK soldiers have q
sharper sense of discipline than
do Occidental troops and nor
mally obey their immediate COM
manders without q question or
delay. The guards at the prison
camps were under the Korean
provost marshal general, a Rhee
political office holder.
2. Only the most chauvinistic
Of ROK officers can have any
delusion about the wisdom Of 60
ing it alone against such power
full opposition. The ROKs, how
ever competent with small arms.
remain entirely dependent on
United States forces for air and
artillery support. transport. sup
plies of every kind. training and
medicine.
These considerations. how
ever. are those Of reason and
not Of impulse. There is the cer-
tain possibility that some Of the
ROK troops may be induced to
follow any reckless orders Of
Mr.. Rhee.
However, Mr.. Rhee cannot
shift the command from the
9th Army without repudiating
his commitments made at the
beginning Of the hostihties and
without completely disassociat-
ing himself with the q. N. allies
who came to his aid in his
greatest hour Of need.
# Mr.. Rhee should make that
move, it would be extremely
serious, for the ROK forces
occupy a large part Of the long,
extended front across the
peninsula and a gap at any point
could be fatal to the 9Th Army
planning.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
In Mrt1tnrtattt

EDELEN, ROSIE. A tribute Of love
and remembrance to my dear mother,
ROSIE EDELEN, who died thirty-four
years ago today, June 10. 1919.
In my heart your memory hnEers'
There is not a day, dear mother,
youR bEXoTED D1udHTER. B!R-
HENRY. San SAMUEL T. In loving remsm-
orange Of a devoted father. SAMUEL IE.
year ago today, June 10, 1852.
So swiftly through deaths door you
So silently your soul passed by
That we, who wept and mourned Its
Heard no moan. nor faintest sigh.
Through days Of silent suffering
You refused to bow to pain.
And in my turn I'll try to learn
Patience till we meet again.
Strong-but ever tender,
No gentler father could there be
Than you, whose well-loved face and
Are but . cherished memory; On.
MARY H. JENKINS.
HERBERT. WILLIAM F: In memory OF
my dear husband. WILLIAM T. HER
BERT who departed this lie June
Cod took you home. it was His will,
But in my heart I love you stil.
DEVOTED WIFE, LUVENIA.
NORTON, CLARENCE M. In sad but
loving remembrance OF our father.
CLARENCE NJ. NORTON, who entered
eternal rest ten years ago today, june
10. 1943.
Gone is the face we loved so dear.
silent is the voice we loved to hear
Too far away for sight or speech.
But not too far for thought to reach.
Sweet to remember him who once was
here.
And who. though absent, is just as
HENRY AND GEORGE.
PYLES, PHILIP ALAN. In loving men,
ory of PHILIP ALAN PYLES. who de-
parted this life one year ago today
June 10. 1852.
They say time heals all sorrow
And will help US to forget.
But time so far has only proved
How much We miss YOU yet.
God gave US strength TO fight
And courage to bear the blow;
What it meant to lose you.
No one will ever know.
Sadly missed BY
MOTHER AND DAD. JOSEPH, MAR.
oARET. LAWRENCE, YvoNNE AM
AY,pERT
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Col. T. J. Chrismun,
Headed Officer School
By sho Associoted Press

BRADENTON, Fla, June 49,
Funeral services were scheduled
here today for Col. Thomas
James Chrisman. 81, who COM
manded the Quartermaster Off,
Ger Candidate School at Fort
Lee, Va, from 1943 to 1947. He
died Wednesday after long ILL
ness.
He also served in World War
I and the Mexican border cam
paign. He retired from the
Regular Army in 1947. Burial
will be at Northwood Cemetery,
Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
John Alden FinckeI,
District CeIIist and
Music Composer

John Alden Finckel, so, promi-
nent in Washington music cir
cles for many years. died
yesterday in a local hospital of
q heart attack. He had been
sick about five years.
Mr.. Finckel was born in WASH
ington, the son of late Joseph
Finckel, a cellist, and Mrs. Agnes
Alden Finckel. a piano teacher.
He attended Damrosch Con-
servatory in New York, winning
the Morris Loeb prize for the
highest average in all subjects
during his senior year.
After graduation in 1925, he
returned to Washington, where
he was active in the National
String Quartet, and gave solo
concerts.
With National Symphony.
He was first cellist with the
National Symphony when it was
organized by Hans Kinder. MIR.
Finckel also taught cello, har-
mony, counterpoint and compo-
sition at the Washington College
of Music.
A composer in his own right,
Mr.. Finckel wrote for the cello,
duo pianos. string quartet, band,
and full symphony. His works
were performed by the National
Symphony and the Navy Band.
During World War II he served
as a warrant officer, leading the
Army band in Palm Beach, Fla.
He formerly lived at 1900
Monroe street NV.
Three Sisters Also Survive.
Besides his mother, he is sur
vived by three sisters, Mrs. Jo-
sephine Danforth of $500 @
street NV, Mrs. Helen Lydia
Claxon of 4617 Langdrum lane,
Chevy Chase, Md, and Mrs. Elsa
Rogers Hobson of Sarasota, Fla.
A daughter, Mrs. Mary Alice Bove
Of Denver, Colo, also survive.
Services will be held at 10 a m.
Monday in the S. H. Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in
GlenWood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Uarn uf Chunks

MamhyLf family Of the Hs late Lo Mrs. FLoRENcE B. B.
MADELLA of 716 Wolfe ST., Alexandria,
Va, wishes to thank their many friends
for their kind expressions of sympathy.
floral tributes and the use Of cars
during their bereavement.
MOORE, CHARLES HERBERT. Dear
friends, many thanks for your kind
deeds and expressions Of sympathy
Ct the death Of the late CHARLES
MRS. HATTIE MOORE, MRS. GENEVA
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Nurses Association
Has $4,000 Members

NEW YORK.-The American
Nurses Association, the largest
organization of professional reg
iStered nurses in the world. Is
made up of So State and terri
torial associations.
1t has 177,000 members in the
48 States, the District, Hawaii,
Puerto Rico. Alaska and the
Canal Zone.
Evening star., 1953-06-19

Veterans Hos
pital in Los
Angeles, Calf.
Mr.. Bjish-
khan, W h o S e
] a S t address
was 1875 Mint
wood plac e
NV, was born
in Tabriz, Per-
Sla. he came
to this. coun-
try in 1885
and We d a
short time in
New York be-
Evening star., 1953-06-19
George K. Weeks, IS,
New York Broker
RY tha As,ociofad Prasa

NEW YORK, June l9.-George
K. Weeks, IS, senior partner in
the firm of Baker. Weeks & Co.,
one of the city's leading stock
brokerage firms, died yesterday
in his Office at l Wall street.
Police said he apparently was
seized with heart attack as he
stepped out of an elevator. He
was assisted into his ofiice and
died in q short time.
Mr.. Weeks was o 1901 grad
uate Of New York University.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
In MpnnrtanI

CHARLES L. In low
ing memory Of my devoted husband.
CHARLES L. SHACKELFORD, who
passed away three years ago today,
June 19. 1880.
I miss the clasp Of your gentle hands,
The warmth of your loving smiles;
But I know we will be together again
After Q little while.
Let every tomorrow be vision Of hope.
DEVOTED WIFE. LOTTIE MAY
or dear mother and grandmother.
IDA NJ TEEPLE. who passed away
nine years ago today, June 10. 1874.
Gone. but not torgotten:
THE KIDS.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Makar {. Bjishkian,
Oriental Rug Expert

Makar E. Bjishkian, At, who
repaired oriental rugs and tapes
tries for Nazarian Bros, 1913 p
street NV, died Sunday in the
Evening star., 1953-06-19
AnurililtB

HAHeHSSN Hunv.oE On MHns gHn. a. hsSs Ss S T Ii ,: ann
at the Ohev Sholom Cemetery in the
memory Of MYER HARRISON. Friends
and relatives are invited TO attend
EARCISENFELD, CALVIN. The unveil-
ing Of monument in memory OF the
husband. loving son and brother. will
take place Sunday. June 2S. 1858. At
11:45 am. at the Adas Israel Gene
terry. Friends and relatives invited.
RUTH NARCISENFELD AND FAMILY.
ZEIG, NORMAN. A memorial to the
memory Of our beloved son. NORMAN
zEIG, will be unveiled Sunday. June
ton Cemetery. Mount Lebanon Section
(RiRgs rd extended Friends and
relatives are invited to attend.
HIS PARENTS 2l
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Col. Rene Fonck, French Ace
OF World WdrI Air Bottles
Flyer Wcs Credited
With IS Victories,
Including s in Hour
BY the A.seeiossd Press

PARIS. June 19.-Col. Rene
Fonck, World War I French air
ace, died yesterday at his home
here. He was 50 years old.
Col Fonck was credited with
Is air victories during World War
I. In one Of his greatest ex-
ploits, he knocked down six Ger
man planes in one hour.
In 1926, he tried to become the
first man to fly the Atlantic nom
stop but his plane crashed and
burned on the takeon. Il
The holder Of several govern
ment posts since World War I.
Col. Fonck took q leading part
in setting up passenger airlines
in the French North African pro-
tectorates Of Morocco and AL
geria.
Hailed rs Foremost Ace.
Col. Fonck, called by many the
foremost ace Of the war, ofi-
cially was credited with IS planes
knocked down, but .unofficially
he probably accounted for at
least SO others.
He was Frances counterpart
of American ace Eddie Ricken-
hacker and the German. hero,
Manfred Won Richhofen.
He twice shot down six Ger
man planes in one day. and on
four different occasions bagged
three planes. On an even dozen
days he had twin killings.
Col. Fonck lived up perfectly
to the four rules he gave for
aces: flying ability. shooting ac-
curacy. automatic swiftness Of
decision and coolness.
Flew With Les CigOgnes.
The war was only q month
old when young Fonck joined
the equally young French Air
Corps in August, 1914. He be-
came a member of Les Cigognes
(the Storks), a famous group to
which Georges Guynemer and
Roland Garross, other French
aces, also belonged.
Flying a Spad biplanie. he
scored 80 victories before an
improved plane was introduced.
With this he registered about 80
more conquests, both ofi1cial and
unofficial.
His favorite trick was to soar
Evening star., 1953-06-19

5an. b. TsAM Yg5s AMi2R 2R sEsFS MsaHsidas
3218 Central ave. ne, beloved huR-
band Of Nellie p. Scatter. He also is
survived by his family. Laura and
Brown. Friends may call on Thurs
day June 1S. after B pm, ct the
Nalley Funeral Home. 5000 Rhode
Island ave-, at Eastern ave. ne, where
90, ct 2 pm. Relatives and friends
invited. Interment Fort Lincoln Gene
Evening star., 1953-06-19

MacLennan. No. 220,
Order of Scottish
Clans, are requested
to attend funeral
services for our late
brother, WILL I A M
SEATER, on Saturday,
June 20, 1858. at
2 PM. at the Nalley
Funeral Parlors. 5000
Rhode Island ave. ne.
Evening star., 1953-06-19

LAWRENCE L. The OmCer0
and members of Union Chap
ter, No. 2, H. r. A. M, p.
H. p, are ordered to assemble
at the Shiloh Baptist Church,
9th and p SITS. NV. on Satur-
day. June 90. 1853. at l pm,
to attend the funeral of our
tary, P. H. P. LAWRENCE
Evening star., 1953-06-19

June II. 1853, CATHER1NE KLEIN
of 1901. Michigan ave. ne, beloved
sister. Of Henry j.. William j. and
Joseph B. Klein. Funeral from the
Geier Funeral Home. 1905 18th ST..
NV, on Saturday, June 20, at 9:3O
am. Requiem mass at st. Anthony's S
CHURCH at 10 am. Relatives and
friends invited. Interment Mount
OlVet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-06-19

~ = W1AElnM On WtuntSuHy, June
II. 1853, WILLIAM LACEY of 2l09
Mrs, Margaret Lacey, father of Mrs
Edith Wells. Mrs. Evelyn Hayes and
Earl Lacey. He also is survived by
oht,draS one sister two brothers. brothers. two grand
friends. After pm. Friday. June
-. friends are invited to call at the
W. Ernest Jarvis Funeral Church. 1882
You st. NV, where funeral services
will be held at l l am. Saturday, June
20. 1nterment Lincoln Memorial Gene
terry. 10
Evening star., 1953-09-08

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