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Evening star., 1953-02-12
Lincoln Still Very Much Here,
And Millions Come to See

Home. a United States military
establishment.
II saw him this morning about
$3.50 coming to business, riding
on Vermont avenue near L street.
He always has a company of Is
or 80 cavalry, with sabres drawn
and held upright over their
shoulders. They say this guard
was against his personal wish,
but he let his counselors have
their way.
"The party makes no great
show in uniform. or horses. Mr..
Lincoln on the saddle generally
rides a good-Sized, going
gray horse, is dressed in plain
black. somewhat rusty and dusty,
wears black stiff hat, and looks
about as ordinary in attire, ETC..
as the commonest man.
They are generally going at
a slow trot. as that is the pace
set them by the one they wait
upon. The SabreS and accoutre-
ments clank. and the entire un-
ornamental cortege as it trots
toward Lafayette square arouses
no sensation, only some curious
stranger stops and gazes. I see
very plainly Abraham Lincoln's
dark brown face, with the deep
cut lines, the eyes. always to me
with a deep latent sadness in
the expression. We have got so
that we exchange bows. and very
cordial ones"
Evening star., 1953-02-12
You'll Like to Know
Fort Knox Bullion
Is Safe and Sound
BY the Assoeiuted Press

FORT KNOX, KY, Feb. Ia
We've found everything right
on the nose"
That report came out Of the
United States bullion depository
here as Federal officials reached
the halfway mark yesterday in
their spot check of the $l4 bill
lion in gold bars.
George M. Humphrey, new
Secretary Of the Treasury. or.
dered the counting and weigh
ing of 10 per cent Of the $4,000
tons of stored yellow metal.
r. J. Van Horne, chief clerk
in charge Of the Knox vault, said
it is the first time such a check
has been ordered.
Other such partial counts are
under way in Government de-
positories across the Nation to
make sure they contain all the
$23, ,036, 900 900 in gold listed on
the records
Government gold also is stored
at'the Philadelphia. San Fran
cisco and Denver mints and the
assay offices at New York and
Seattle.
Evening star., 1953-02-12
0'Dwyer AnnuIment
Plea Goes 10 Vatican
BY the Assoeiated Press

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 12.-
Mexico's Roman Catholic Arch
bishop Luis Maria Martinez says
the Vatican is being asked to an
null the marriage Of former
United States Ambassador Will
liam O'Dwyer and his wife
Sloan.
They were granted Catholic
separation January IT. At that
time, Mr.. ODwyer, once Mayor
of New York, said the eventual
outcome Of our marriage rests in
the hands of the ecclesiastical
authorities.
The archbishop'S announce
ment yesterday that the annul-
ment petition Continues its
course" through the proper chan
nels was the first official con-
f1rmation that the annulment
process was underway.
Mr.. O'Dwyer refused to COM
ment on the announcement. His
wife's lawyer could not be
reached Immediately for his re-
action.
If an annulment is granted,
both parties could remarry un-
der church law. r.
The former Ambassador and
his attractive 34-year-old wife
have not lived together for sew
eral months. He indicated yes
terday that he has acquired q
permanent resident status in
Mexico since his recent resigna-
tion as United States Ambas-
sador but did not say what busi-
ness he is pursuing here.
Evening star., 1953-02-12
Dr.. Painless Parker's S Son
Fails 10 Upset His Will

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12.-
DR.. Edgar Randolph Parker, jr.,
only son of the late dentist,
Dr.. Painless Parker. failed
yesterday in an attempt to upset
his fathers willard perhaps
disinherited himself completely
from an estate valued at more
than 100000.
The elder Parker'S will, which
split the estate evenly among
his son and two daughters, car
ried q provision an heir who
disputes 1t shall be disinherited.
But his son, q 41-year-old
dentist of Vancouver. British
Columbia, contested it anyway.
saying his father had promised
him half the estate. He charged
his sisters, Mrs. Jane HewSon
of Rolling Hills, Calf, and Mrs.
Helen Korn of Gilroy, Calf. :.
unduly influenced their father
to win bigger shares.
Superior Judge Timothy /.
Fitzpatrick, who ruled the will
valid, will be asked when the
estate is distributed to decide If
Or. Parker's action actually dis
inherits him.
Evening star., 1953-02-12
OnIy7CHiWar Veterans Left
To Mark Birthday of Lincoln

Sailing. 105, who served with the
Virginia Infantry and now re-
sides in Slant, Va.
Wears Rebel Necktie.
Thomas Evans Riddle, 106, put
on his Confederate flag tie for a
Lincoln's Birthday picture. In
the Confederate Home for Men
in Austin. Tex, Mr.. Riddle is
deaf and cannot read-but he
still plays a lot of dominoes.
Harking back to his Civil War
days, Mr.. Riddle said:
Five times I thought my life
was not worth a minute. Snip
ers were shooting at me from
the tops of trees. I didn't know
I was hit.
But my general says to me,
Thomas. you're full Of bullets >
And I looked, and had been shot
five times In my side"
Mr.. Riddle figured in nom
holiday news this week, with re-
ports that several women had
written proposals of marriage
since his suit claiming a share
in the esteate Of the late Samuel
D. Riddle. owner Of the famous
horse, Man O. War. The Con-
federate veteran claims he is
a half-brother Of Samuel D.
Riddle.
One 'UnrecOnstructed.'
William Townsend, who will
be 107 on April IL, was reported
in pretty good" condition by
his wife. whom he married 13
years ago. She is the fourth Mrs.
Townsend. They live at Ola,
La.
The records show that Mr..
Townsend enlisted in Company
B, 9th Louisiana Infantry, on
September 8, 1861. He was
wounded during the siege Of
Vicksburg and was captured
when the Confederate strong
hold fell on July 4, 1868.
Mr.. Townsend spends most Of
his time sitting on the porch.
and likes to listen to hymn!
singing and preaching on the
radio.
Mr.. Townsend still was an
"un-reconstructed rebel in 1888
when he applied for q State
pension. At that time he said !:
81 do not remember whether
I took an oath of allegiance to
the United States Government,
but ! do not think I did. II !
did, it was under duress and
while wounded"
Evening star., 1953-02-12
Sieqfried Section Rebuilt

Sections Of the old Siegfried
Line are being rebuilt to fit into
the new Rhine defenses facing
east. Frankfurt, Germany. re-
ports.
Evening star., 1953-02-12
Springfield Honors Lincoln
In Traditional Ceremonies
BY the Assoeiated Press

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. 12.-
Abraham Lincoln will receive
the traditional homage in this
shrine city today with cere-
monies marking his 144th birth
day anniversary.
The American Legion's annual
pilgrimage to the Lincoln tomb
in Oak Ridge Cemetery will fea-
ture formal obServances. Ma
tional Commander Lewis K.
Cough will give an address.
Springfield lawyers also will
make their annual visit to the
tomb, following the route of the
Lincoln funeral procession.
Representatives of military re-
cruiting services in Springfield
will place wreath on the tomb
in behalf Of President Eisen-
hover.
Programs throughout the day
will recall Lincoln's words and
ideals at scenes stepped with his
memory.
Evening star., 1953-02-12
a BY the Assoeiotsd Press

Seven Civil War veterans, a
few of them "spry" despite their
100-plus years. today proudly
showed their colors-f1ve Con-
federate gray and two Union
blue - on = Abraham Lincoln's
birthday.
Sole soldier survivals of the
Civil War. they still delight kids
and adults alike with their re-
citals of II was there" anecdotes
about epic battles otherwise con-
signed to the history books.
The second oldest of the dwin-
ding group is 110-year-old Wal
ter L. Williams, who lives near
Franklin. Tex, Mr.. Williams was
a forage master with Hoods
Brigade. The Confederate, vet
eran resides with his wife and
one Of his sons on a small farm.
Frail but still quite active, he
collects costume jewelry as a
hobby and yearns to see tele-
vision.
Albert Woolson, 106 years old,
joined the Union Army as a
drummer boy. He still tells the
story of how he became top
drummer Of his battery of vol
unteer Minnesota artillery-back
in 1864-by knocking the block
off" another drummer.
Mr.. Woolson lives with his
son-in-law and daughter. Mr..
and Mrs. John Kobus. in Duluth,
MINI. The daughter says her
father needs no special diet and
rarely is visited by physician
Mr.. Woolson says: "It would
be better for me if I had to
work. I set here too much,
guess"
He's up every morning at $3.50
and shaves himself with a safety
razor.
Hard "Not Feeling Well"
The only other surviving
Union Army veteran is James A,
Hard, Ill, Of Rochester. N. Y.
Mr.. Hard, the oldest Of the sur
vivors. was reported mot feeling
well" today.
But the 105-year-old William
(Uncle Bill) Lundy, Florida's
last surviving Confederate vet
eran. was going out for his usual
daily walk on the holiday.
Mr.. Lundy enjoys good health,
good color and good eyesight.
He resides in Laurel Hill. Fla,
and has this to say about present
relations between the North and
South:
1--WE have fought side by side,
Yankee and Southerners. in war
since that time. and the bravery
Of both has written golden pages
Of gallantry In our history books.
I was glad when the Civil
War ended"
No holiday word was received
from Confederate veteran John
Evening star., 1953-02-12
Cleveland Man Killed,
7 Hurt in Skidding Car
By the Associated Press

WINCHESTER, Va, Feb. 12.-
A 21-year-old Cleveland man
was killed yesterday when the
automobile he was driving skid
ded on a snow-covered noun
tain highway and smashed into
a truck. The victim was James
Joseph Francis McCaffery. @
Two other Ohio men were in
jured in the wreck which oc-
CURED on Route so about 18
miles west of Winchester in
West Virginia. They are Howard
Norman Lerch, 81, of Berea, and
James R. Romaine, 18, of Ohm
stead Falls. Both were brought
to a hospital here.
Evening star., 1953-02-12
City Has japanese Gift

SAN FRANCISCO (P.-This
city received an addition to it's
japanese Tea Garden and an
artistic stone lantern of peace
as a gift Of the japanese gov
ernment recently. Presentation
was made by Yasusuke Katsuno,
Japanese consul general here.
Evening star., 1953-02-12

whole picture with contempo-
rary newspaper accounts. She
is the one who some two months
ago relabeled another photo
graph in the Brady collection
which had long been identified
as a picture of Hanover juno
ton. Va. as really being one of
Hanover Junction, Pa, where.
Lincoln changed trains en- route
to Gettysburg. IS
Evening star., 1953-02-12
Members Of Cabinet
Meet Eisenhower
Prior 10 Lincoln Talks
By Joseph A. Fox

President Eisenhower met
with his Cabinet today. advanc-
ing the weekly session "a hours
because some of the members
are delivering G. o. p. Lincoln
Day eulogies around the country
tonight.
The President also conferred
with railroad leaders on hand,
arranging to discuss the prob
lens of the industry with a
group headed by William T.
Farley, president Of the Associ-
alton of American Railroads.
and including: Fred C. Gurley.
Chicago. president of the Santa
Fe: Walter S. Franklin, Phila-
delphia, president of the Penn
sylvania, and A. L. M. Virgins,
of Hartsville. S. c. chairman Of
the board of the Atlantic Coast
Line and the Southern.
The Cabinet speeches are ex-
pected to follow the usual pat
tern of Lincoln obServanceS,
coupling a eulogy of the Civil
War President with a few kind
words for the Republican Party.
No Policy on Speeches.
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty said the speak
ers had not been required to
clear these oratorical presenta-
tions with the White House.
Ordinarily, he assumed" they
would discuss speech plans at
Cabinet meetings. But there has
been no set policy on this, the
secretary explained.
The Press Secretary disclosed
the Cabinet speaking plans at
his late afternoon press confer
ence yesterday, when the secrecy
that has characterized most
activities of the new admins
tration came into the discussion.
A reporter asked if President
Eisenhower was telling visitors
not to talk to newsmen.
Mr.. Hagerty said "of course
not"
Reticent About Menu.
He was advised that the queS-
ton was raised as the result OF
an incident occurring when a
group of Republican Senators
left a White House luncheon yes
terday.
A reporter asked Senator
Margaret Chase Smith of Maine
what was on the menu and she
said I'D better not say anything
about that"
IT think that's ridiculous" the
press secretary said.
He stressed, however, that
there was to be no public discus
sion about meetings Of the
cabinet and National Security
Council unless some formal an
nouncement was to be made.
Trade Is Discussed.
Top officials of Congress and
cabinet held a late afternoon
conference at the White House
yesterday, but the participants
were mum, except to say that
international trade was discussed.
Senator Millikin of Colorado.
whose Finance Committee will
handle the proposal to extend
the Reciprocal Trade Agreements
Act, said, Eve batted the whole
thing around, but I'm not at lib
erty to go into any details"
Senator Taft of Ohio, major
ity leader, was likewise uncom-
municative, as were other par
ticipants in the session.
The administration is on rec
ord in favor Of extending the
act, so long as American indus
try is protected.
Evening star., 1953-02-12
New Purty in Jumuicu

The Trades Union Congress of
Jamaica has formed a new polit-
ical party, the National Labor
Party, Kingston reports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-01-29
Dulles Names Ex-Aide
As Personal Assistant

One of the first things John
Foster Dulles did when he be-
came Secretary of State last
week was to assign to his Office
as his personal assistant Mrs.
Burnita O'Day, who had served
him in a similar capacity when
he worked as a consultant to
former Secretary of State Ache
son
Mr.. Dulles announced her APP
pointment, along with those of
Roderic L. O'Connor and John
w. Hanes, jr., as PERSONAL assist
ants.
Mrs. O'Day served from 1912
to 1916 as secretary to former
Defense Secretary Robert A.
Lovett, then Assistant Secretary
of War for Air. She worked for
the State Department from 1948
to July, 1852. During that Pc
Rod. she accompanied Mr..
Dulles on two trips to Tokyo
during his negotiations of the
Japanese peace treaty.
Mr.. O'Connor, a World War
II Air Force veteran. served as
a legal assistant to Mr.. Dulles
when the latter was a Senator
from New York. For the last 18
months. he has been working for
the Defense Department in Ger
many.
Mr.. Hanes, a North Carolinian
and veteran of Army service in
Europe, was associated for three
years with the Office of the
United States High Commission
er in Germany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-01-29
Almond 10 Reveal Plans
On Running for Governor
By the Associated Press

ROANOKE, Va, Jan. 90
Before the week is out, Virginians
will know whether Attorney
General j. Lindsay Almond, ir.,
will run for Governor.
Mr.. Almond said here last
night he'll make his intentions
known this week, possibly to-
morrow.
Three have already announced
for the Democratic nomination
for Governor. State Senator
Charles r. Fenwick of Airing
ton, Representative Thomas B.
Stanley of Henry County and
Russell Hatchett, Princess Anne
County insurance executive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-01-29
British Probe Charge
Of Slave Traffic in
African Protectorates
By the As,oeiaNad Praa,

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Jan.
29.-Britain is looking into
charges that her African pro-
tectorates are shipping at least
5000 Negroes each month for
sale in the slave markets Of
Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
The British don't think the
charges are true, but their gov
eminent has begun an investiga-
ton anyway. The inquiry is
complicated by the fact that
slave markets are legal in Saudi
Arabia and Yemen and neither
country so far has revealed its
sources of supply.
Both countries, the United
Nations anti-slavery section said
today, have ignored question
naires sent them on slavery and
forced labor.
Slavery Still Legal.
Britain's United Nations dele
cation also revealed, in answer
to a query from the United Ma
lions, that slavery still is legal
in the oil rich sheikdom of
Kuwait, on the northwest coast
Of the Persian Gulf. but that
actual buying and selling of
slaves now is prohibited there.
Kuwait is under Britain's protec-
ton and the British handle
foreign relations for the sheik.
Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Ku-
wait all are Moslem countries,
and Moslem law permits slavery
and slave trading.
The charges of large-scale
slave traffic originated with
Jacques Alain, who described
himself in a communication to
the United Nations Commission
on Human Rights as a French
explorer living in North Africa.
Both British authorities and
United Nations officials said
they knew nothing about Alain.
The United Nations passed his
charges on to Britain's United
Nations delegation. They were re-
layed also to London, leading to
a question in the House of Com
mons. Prime Minister Churchill's
government is scheduled to an
swer the question on Febru-
airy 10.
Raids on Villages.
Alain said the slave trade
worked like this:
Armed, whip-swinging raiders
Swoop down on native villages
isolated around the fringeS of
the Sahara and in the Central
African jungles. Those captured
are chained together and
marched by secret trails to hid
den slave coves" on the Red
Sea where they are loaded on
rickety ships and taken to Saudi
Arabia.
During the march 10 to 20
per cent Of the enslaved die of |
exhaustion, thirst or starvation. |
The slave caravans avoid set |
tied areas, roads and railways,
thus, evading patrols set up by |
British and SudaneSe authorities
to stamp out. the traffic.
The British have reported to
the United Nations that q vigil
liant watch along the Red Sea
coast has. as far as they know. |
eliminated the trade. But they |
are investigating again to see
If there is anything to Adams |
report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-01-29
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-08
W. Palm Solves
Money Troubles

WEST PALM BEACH R-The
West Palm Beach Indians found
a temporary solution to their fl
nancial troubles and will continue
in the Florida international
League.
League President Phil O'Con-
nell made this announcement Sum-
day after three-hour session of
the board of directors.
West Palm Beach, reported in
serious difficulty when June bills
came due, has eased its financial
strain, 0'Connell said.
O'Connen said the directors vot-
ed against split season, proposed
by second division clubs, and re-
iected proposal for splitting gate
receipts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-08
Little Leaguers
Schedule Tits

Little League Baseball will be
resumed tonight at Bayview Park,
beginning at $50 p. m. when the
Lions and Rotary meet in the first
game of a scheduled doubleheader.
In the, night cap, Jaycees will
cross bats with Shriners. On Tues
day night, Evans Enterprises will
meet the v. F. w. in the first
game at $50 p. m. and Elks viii
meet Kiwanis at Sis p. m.
June 8 Lions VS. Rotary $50 p. m.
Jaycees VS. Shriners S:15 p. m.
June 8 Evans VS. v. F. w.
$3.50 p. m. Elks VS.. Kiwanis S:15
p. m.
June IL Kiwanis VS. Shriners
$3.50 p. m. Lions vs.. Evans SIS
p. m.
June ID Jaycees VS.. Elks $50
p. m. V. F. w.. VS.. Rotary S:15
p. m.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-08
Cocoa Gains End
Place In FSLSun.
BY The Assoeisisd Press

Cocoa's, Indians took exclusive
possession of second place in the
Florida State League Sunday
night on a 1873 victory over last
place Lakeland and Leesburg's
conquest of Jacksonville Beach.
Daytona Beach, which leads the
league by five percentage points,
was rained out at Orlando. Also
rained out was the DeLand-San-
ford fray.
Leesburg wasted no time SUBJ
DUNG Jacksonville Beach, 6-i, TAX
ing the lead in the first inning on
Raul Fundora's two-base hit good
for one run. and cinching the is
sue in the second when sgd Thrift
doubled and came in on Dick
Jacks wild pitch.
Billy Bass flung q four-hitter to
post the victory.
Lakeland's defeat was the Pr
lots ninth straight and their 18th
In 10 starts since taking over the
old Palatka franchise May 20.
Cocoa scored IL runs in the
eighth inning, sending II men to
the plate. Ed Vadinsky's four-run
homer was the big blow.
Sunday results
Lessburg 6 Jacksonville Beach l
Cocoa Is Lakeland 8
DeLand at Sanford ppd rain
Daytona Beach at Orlando ppd
rain
Monday games
Jacksonville Beach at Leesburg
Orlando at Daytona Beach
Sanford at DeLand
Cocoa at Lakeland