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Evening star., 1953-05-02

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Sixth in q Series.
aroused suspicious that some
thing was not all it should be in
the state of Denmark.
Close investigation tends to
confirm the suspicion. There is
little evidence here to encourage
optimism about Denmark's con-
tribution to Western security.
Among the peoples that have
been accused of foot-dragging in
the rearmament race, the charge
can most justly be leveled against
the Danes.
On the military side, Denmark
has made painfully slow prog
ress toward a mobilization goal
which calls for field forces of
225, 900 men-four divisions and
an air force of some 800 tactical
aircraft. Her total active forces
today are said to number about
10000. The quality of the active
and reserve divisions, in terms
OF morale and probable perform
Evening star., 1953-05-02
Christianity
vs.. Communism

ANSWERS FROM THE BIBLE-The
first Of O series Of four documentary
comparisons between Christianity and
communism oppeors todoy in The
Stor. Written by Dr.. chorIes W.
Lowry, rector Of All Saints Episcopal
Church, Chevy Chose. they provide
Bible answers to arguments advanced
in behoIf OF communism.
This importont series will oppeor
on successive Saturdays. For the
first instoIIment, turn TO Page At.
Evening star., 1953-05-02
BY the Associated Press

COLUMBIA, Mo-. May 2.-The
University of Missouri yesterday
presented medals of honor for
distinguished service in journal
ism to The Washington Star and
six individuals.
The newspapers citation read !:
I'm recognition of a century of
service to people in Washington
and the Nation; it's rare exam
pie of continued growth without
combinations or merger under
the control of the Noyes and
Kaufman families, and it's long
record of excellence in news
coverage, It's distinguished edi-
torial comment and efficient ad-
vertising service" A
Evening star., 1953-05-02
Shorp Quoke JoIts
California Area
By the Assoeiofed Press

RIVERSIDE, Calf, May a.
A sharp earthquake was felt here
at 1890 o'clock last night. but
apparently there was no damage.
The shock also was felt at San
Bernardino, Corona and other
nearby communities.
The tremor lasted about five
seconds and was strong enough
to rattle dishes and windows.
Evening star., 1953-05-02
Arlington Board Calls
For Resignation Of
All County Planners
81 Vote Comes After
BIisterine Attack on
15-Member Group

Resignation of all IS members
of the Arlington County Plan
ming Commission by May Is was
demanded today by the County
Board.
The board vote was 3 to /, with
Mrs. Leons Buchholz, inde-
pendent, not voting.
DR.. Robert H. Detwiler, inde-
pendent, joined the two Repub-
licans on the board in approving
the motion. Alvin F.. Kimel, in
dependent, dissented, saying he
favors a different approach to
the problem. He said he believes
another body. separate from the
planning commission, should be
set up to handle zoning matters.
Commission Blasted.
The vote followed a blistering
attack on the commission by
George M. Rowzee, jr., a Repub-
lican, who said the commission
was unwilling or unable to make
decisions" He said complaints
had been received from citizens
seeking re-zoning becuase the
commission failed to act on ap-
plications within a reasonable
time.
More than a year ago, Mr..
RoWzee said, the commission was
asked to set up a zoning classi-
flcation for luxury-type apart
ments.. No recommendation on
this subject has been forthcom-
ing, Mr.. Rowzee said, and, as a
result, the county probably has
lost at least one luxury project.
This $25 million development
would have helped the county
government to meet the f1nan-
cial demands on it. he said.
Last Monday night, more than
IS county citizens who at
tended a planning commission
meeting were inconvenienced
because not enough of the IS
commission members were pres
ent to form a quorum, Mr.. Row.
zee said.
Smaller Group Urged.
Mr.. Rowzee said he believes
there are many sound and tall
ented planners on the commits
sion," but he added that, on the
whole, the commissions "rec-
ord of inertia brings about un-
justified criticism of this board. I"
He said the number of COM
mission members was arbitrarily
increased last year from 9 to Is
by the non-partisan group which
held majority on the board at
that time.
THE chaos then forecast is
now a fact" Mr.. RoWzee said.
The commission should be recon-
Stituted with smaller number
of members, he added,
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Communists Suggest
-Four Asia Neutra|s
To Hold Prisoners
Reds Ask for Recess:
U. S. Might Accept
Pokistun or Indiu
By the Assoejoted Press

PANMUNJOM, May 2.-The
Communists asked today for a
one-day recess in the Korean
truce talks after naming four
Asian nations they consider
qualified to take custody of war
prisoners who refuse to 60
home.
The Allies agreed to skip to-
morrow'S session.
North Korean Gen. Nam II
said India. Pakistan, Burma and
1ndoneSia might be considered
neutral nations to serve as care
taker for $4,000 prisoners who
balk at returning to their Com
munist homeland.
1t. Gen. William K. Harrison
reiterated the Allied position
that the neutral take custody
of the prisoners in Korea until
their future is decided.
Asked whether any Of the
four Asian nations named by
the Reds would be acceptable,
the senior Allied delegate said {:
That is a matter to be set
tied on levels far above mine. "
Washington officials were
quoted as saying it was possible
the United States would accept
either Pakistan or India as the
neutral to take custody of the
prisoners in Korea.
Repatriation Near End.
However, informed sources
said the United States had no
firm policy other than that Swe-
den and Switzerland were &C
ceptable. The Reds already have
rejected Switzerland. The United
Nations suggested Sweden yes
terday, but the Communists did
not reply.
The Communists asked the
ne-day recess without explana-
ton after a bitter 65-minute
meeting.
Meanwhile, the U. N. COM
mand prepared to wind up de-
livery of disabled North Korean
and Chinese prisoners tomor-
row.
A total of 185 Reds, including
81 women. will be returned, max
ing the final total 6,67O. That's
roughly 800 more than originally
promised.
Gen. Nam repeated at the
opening of today's session the
Red demand that the U. N. first
agree to send balky prisoners out
of Korea before the neutral Gus
todian is named.
Opposed to Shipping.
He insisted, however, that at
is obviously impractical' to ship
captiveS to far-away Europe.
There are many neutral ma
tions in Asia such as India,
Burma. Indonesia and Pakistan.
Can you possibly say that these
(See TRUCE, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1953-05-02
Head-0n Crash Of Cars
On Bridge Kills Seven
BY the Assoeioted Press

KANSAS CITY, May "A
head-on collision of two cars on
a bridge over the Missouri River
early today claimed the lives of
seven persons.
The victims were tentatively
identified by police as Leo NJ.
Bannister, Odessa, Mo-; Patricia
Ann Mullin, John Edward Mef-
ford. Willie Munson, Donna
June Munson, Mabel Grider and
Bedford Grider, all of Kansas
City.
Six of the victims were killed
instantly and the seventh, Donna
June Munson, about 18. died in
a hospital several hours after the
accident.
Evening star., 1953-05-02
Ugh, Thot Rice, Says POW

TOKYO, May 2. P)-Marine
Sergt. Donald A. Rose of Red
lands. Calf, said today treat
ment was "passable" in the
Communist prison camp where
he spent six and one-half
months, but not the food! BE
fore left the States I thought
rice was only for weddings-and
I still believe iti"
Evening star., 1953-05-02
journalism Medals Awarded
To The Star and Six individuals

Individuals honored with the
annual awards are j. j. Kilpat-
rick, editor of the Richmond
(Va) News Leader; Doris Flee
son, columnist for The Washing
ton Star and other papers; Hugh
Baillie, president of United Press
Associations; Sol Taishoff of
Washington, editor and pub
Usher of Broadcasting- -Telecast-
ing Magazine; E. L. Dale, vet
eran editor of the Carthage
(MoD Press. and Paul ]. Thomp-
son, director of the University Of
Texas School of Journalism.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick was cited for
his excellent ability as q re-
(Continued On Pare A.2- Oh AZ
Evening star., 1953-05-02
Trade Policy
Board Urged
Group Would Study
All Phases Of Foreign
Economic Setup
By james Y. Newton

President Eisenhower today
formally proposed to Congress
the establishment of an 11-mem-
ber commission for a thorough
examination of the Nations
whole foreign trade policies, and
particularly of reciprocal trade
agreements.
Gen. Eisenhower month ago
asked Congress for a one-year
extension of the present Recipro-
cal Trade Agreements Act. At
that time he referred to the need
for study of the whole foreign
economic policy.
Legislation will be required to
set up the commission which, the
President said, should lay the
groundwork for further action
on foreign trade policy in the
next session of Congress. The
commission would be made up
of three members each from the
Senate and House, and five per-
sons to be appointed by the
President.
The President made his pro-
posal today in a letter to Vice
President Nixon and House
Speaker Martin. He stressed
that the congressional members
of the commission should be rep
resentative of both major parties.
improvements Sought.
"The commission should study
all existing legislation" Gen.
Eisenhower wrote, "and the reg
ulationS and administrative pro-
cedures stemming from it which
bear directly on our foreign eco
nomic relations. This review
should seek to determine how
these laws can be modified or
improved so as to achieve the
highest possible levels of inter-
national trade without subject
ing parts of our economy to
sudden or serious strains"
IAN inquiry of this nature Is
imperative" the President con-
tinued. "The economic policy of
this Nation exercises such a pro-
found influence on the entire
free world that we must con-
slider carefully each step we take.
Changes in foreign economic
policy, even those which at first
have relatively slight conse-
quences in this country, may
either strengthen our allies or
plunge them into downward
spiral of trade and payment re-
strictions, lower production and
declining living standards"
Close LiaisOn Urged.
Gen. Eisenhower said the new
commission should maintain close
liasion with the group set up
under the auspices of the State
Department to follow up the eco
nomic, and financial talks held
earlier this spring between the
United States and various Euro
pean countries.
The President pointed out that
in his message asking, Congress
for a years extension of the
reciprocal trade agreements he
had said that the achievement
of strong and Self-Supporting
economic system in the free
world, capable of providing ade-
quate defense against aggression
and of achieving rising stand
ards of living, must be a CO.
operative effort"
He said in his letter that this
Nation and the free world gen.
orally can be strengthened
through increasing two-way in
ternational trade and Stimulat-
ing in every practical way the
flow of private investment
abroad"
Evening star., 1953-05-02
Red Pincers
Tightening on
Laos Capital
An-Out Drive Seen
Tomorrow; City
Counts on U. S. Guns
BY the Associoted Press

HANOI, Indo-China. May O.
Wet Mini invaders steadily
closed two-column pincers on
the tiny Laotian royal seat of
Luangprabang today with every
indication they would open an
all-out assault tomorrow.
A northern column of the Com
munist-led forces was pushing
within less than a days march
of the town, down the Namhou
River, a tributary to the Mekong
River, which skirts Luangpra-
bang. Another from the east
was reported II miles away.
French union forces poured
in reinforcements and supplies
to bolster the troops of this little
mountain kingdom of Laos, one
of the three states making up
the associated states of Indo-
China.
Digging in with the help of
Luangprabang'S 5000 inhabitants
the French command hopes the
defenders will be able to hold
off the outnumbering hordes of
rebels with superior firepower
from United States-supplied guns
and the cover of American fur
nished fighters and bombers.
Foe Has 10000 Troops.
Moscow-trained Ho Chi Mimi,
the Wet Mimi leader, is believed
to have thrown up to 10000
troopS-roughly four divisions
into the Laos invasion, which
the French say is being supplied
from Red China and is part of
the Kremlin's overall plan for
conquest of Southeast Asia.
A large part of these are NOV
ing into the 1000 to 5000 foot
mountains ringing Luangprabang
around the Mekong Valley. From
the east they are whacking
through banana and coconut
groves; from the north over
jungle trails and in canoes down
the Namhou.
French planes, dropping jel-
lied gas fire bombs and strafing,
make up the main element hold
ing up the Wet Mimi drive. The
French and Laotians have pulled
back from strong posts along the
invasion routes after fighting de-
fensive showdown battles.
But the threatened attack on
Luangprabang cannot be put off
much longer. Of little strategic
value. capture of the residence
town of Laotian King Sisavang
Wong nevertheless would give the
rebels tremendous prestige and
open the way for an invasion of
the sister kingdom of Cambodia.
Effort to Overpower City.
The French believe the Wet
Mimi may attempt to overwhelm
the defenders of the town by
sheer force of numbers, since
their equipment is considerably
inferior.
But the guerrillas have third
invasion column holding up
thousands of French-Laotian
troops on the broad Plaine des
Jarres. 200 miles southwest of
the royal town. These forces
we'll could be used for the defense
of Luangprabang.
The French command believes
the rebels may try to open an
assault on the town Sunday
their favorite day for attacks.
The people of Luangprabang
have pitched in to help dig
trenches, string barbed wire and
build Notifications against the
expected onslaught.
One French army officer here
said the movement of planes
from Hanoi to Luangprabang
has often exceeded the daily
traffic at the worlds major air.
ports,
Evening star., 1953-05-02
By the Associoted Press

PHOEN1XVILLE, Pa, May 2.
Twenty tired American GIs
recently released by the Com
munists in Korea arrived by
plane at Valley Forge Military
Hospital early today after a long
secrecy-shrouded journey from
Tokyo.
The men, four OF them
stretcher cases, were brought to
Evening star., 1953-05-02
Envoy Host to MoIik

MOSCOW. May 2 (P.-Jacob
Malik, the new Soviet ambassa-
dor to Britain. was entertained
at luncheon today by British
Ambassador Sir Alvary Cas-
coigne. Malik is expected to
leave for his London post soon.
Evening star., 1953-05-02
Eisenhower GoIfino Aooin

President Eisenhower had his
usual Saturday round of golf to-
day. The President left the
White House for Burning Tree
Country Club at 1926 am.
Evening star., 1953-05-02
Is NATO Worth 1t?
Is NATO Worth 1t?
Denmark: The Weakest Link
In a Chain of Military Hopes
Nothing Exactly Rotten in Thot State,
But Army Morale Is Bit Stoenunt
By Crosby S. Noyes
Stor Sfoff Corvespondent

COPENHAGEN-Denmark key to the control of the
and vital to the Europes flank NATO
latest problem m-chld
The world glimpse of the problem this spring. when
Danish troops staged demonstration against extension
compulsory military service from IL to 18 months
they uncorn-
Evening star., 1953-05-02
Stocks in the Spotlight

NEW YORK R,.-FollowinE are the
sales (add 00D, high, low. closing price
and net change of the 20 most active
stocks for the week:
Sales High LOW Close Chpa
Evening star., 1953-05-02

the hospital in ambulances from
Willow Grove Naval Air Station
in suburban Philadelphia. They
were given steak dinners. al
lowed to call relatives from
Evening star., 1953-05-02

Bitter Cold Soved D. c. Mon Held
Prisoner 70 Months. Poqe ALI
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Walk Right In

Today's Real Estate Section of The Star
figuratively lets you walk right into an
architects home and studio. Read this
section regularly to keep in touch with
significant housing news. See Page B-1.
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ably close to open mutiny,
Sixth in q Series.
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(See TRUCE, Page A-2D
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(See VA, Page A-2)
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(See POWS, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1953-01-13
John H. HeitmuIIer III,
Market Operator

John H. Heitmuller, II, q ma
tive Of the District and we'll
known market operator, died
yesterday in Sibley Hospital.
Mr.. Heitmuller, who lived at
2510 Third street NE. operated
a horseradish and fresh coconut
stand at the Center Market
Fifth and K streets NV.
Starting as boy, Mr.. Heit-
muller worked with his father in
the old Center Market, then 10
Gated at Ninth and B streets
NV, the present site of the
Justice Department.
He took over operation of the
concession upon his fathers
death over SO years ago. He was
considered one of the Oldest mar
ketmen in the city and was noted
for his own recipe for mixing
horseradish.
He was a member Of the Grace
Lutheran Church.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Elizabeth Heitmuller, three
sisters. Mrs. John Lederer, of
725 Longfellow street NV, Mrs.
Ida Payne. Of Pennington, Del,
and Mrs. George Carder, Of Arl-
ington, and two brothers, Walter
and Arthur, both Of Pennington.
Funeral survices will be held
at l pm. tomorrow in the Hines
Funeral Home, 29O1 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in
the Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-01-13

Mr.. Crippen promptly sold them
things.
Grandson Was Aide.
He passed on this auctioneer-
ing zest to his grandson, Mack
Crippen, jr., 81, who has worked
with him in recent years.
About two years ago. on doc
tors orders, Mr.. Crippen gave up
his weekly sales at Leesburg and
Manassas. But he couldn't
stand to be away fro mthe auc-
ton block, so he took up a live
stock sale in Catlett. In the
words of Mack, jr.:
II might go over to pick him
up to go to a sale. He'd be real
sick. Then we'd go to the sale.
AS he worked, he'd just get to
feeling good. He'd feel good two
or three days after a sale. It
was just like medicine"
Mr.. Crippen kept an auction
crowd in a good humor by a
stream Of wisecracks, but never
let hecklers break up a sale.
He was in the habit of carry
ing large sums Of money-$5, 900
or $6,000-at all times.
No Hold-up Needed.
"WaS he ever held up' a re-
porter asked.
There wasn't any need to-"
said Mack. jr. IF you walked up
to him and asked him for it he'd
give it to you.
MIR. Crippen is survived by his
widow. and two children: Mrs.
Stanley B. Hanes of Herndon
and Mack S. Crippen of nearby
Browns Chapel. Five grand
children and two great-grand-
children also survive.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 pm. Thursday in the Hern-
don Presbyterian Church. Burial
will be in the Herndon Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-01-13
William 5. Reyes, IS,
Retired Virginia Farmer

William Stafford Keyes, IS, q
retired Virginia farmer, died
Sunday In George Washington
Hospital.
Born in Fauquier County, Va,
Mr.. KeyeS owned and operated q
farm in Loudoun County, be-
tween Sterling and Arcola. Va.
He lived in Floris, Va.
He retired from farming in
1924.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Lessie Smith Keyes, Of
Herndon. Va; two sons, Oliver
w. Keyes, GIG Constitution ave-
nue. NE, and Paul S. Keyes Of
Ashland, Va; a brother, Kermon
K. Keyes, of Herndon; five
grandsons and seven stepchil-
dren.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow in the Meth
odist Church. Floris. Burial will
be in the Herndon Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-01-13
Mrs. Frank A. Gunther,
D. {. Officials Widow

Mrs. Frank A. Gunther, II,
widow of the former assistant
District assessor for personal
property taxes, died suddenly in
her home, 3915 Seventeenth
street NE.
A native Of Chicago, Mrs. Gun
ther came here in 1901. Her
husband wrote the Districts per-
sonal property tax law. Mr..
Gunther died in 1888.
A charter member of the Aca-
cia Chapter. Order of the Eastern
Star, Mrs. Gunther also was ac-
tive in the Keller Memorial
Luthern Church, Ninth street
and Maryland avenue NE, and
a pioneer in parent-teacher work
in the Woodbridge area.
She leaves three sons, Frank
A. Gunther, 834 Gist avenue, Sill
yer Spring; Lawrence w. Gum
ther of the home address, and
Paul E. Gunther, 800 Langley
drive, Silver Spring.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 pm. Thursday in the Keller
Memorial Church, with burial in
Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-01-13
Mrs. Mary Anna Todd,
Longtime Area Resident

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Anna Todd, 80, long time resi-
dent Of the Washington area,
who died on Sunday, will be
held at / pm. tomorrow in Lee
funeral home. Burial will be
at Congressional Cemetery.
She was the widow of Edward
L. Todd, an employe of Kann's
department store, who died three
years ago. Since his death, she
has been living with daughter,
Mrs. Alden Keeting of 3401
Belleview avenue, Cheverly, Md.
Other survivors are three sons,
Charles H. Todd of Arlington,
Va; Edward L. Todd, ir., of
Hartford, Conn, and Walter H.
Todd of Waterbury, Md: three
others daughters. Mrs. Caroline
v. Reuter- Of Herald Harbor, Nd:
Mrs. Ruby L. Mallon Of Arling-
ton, and Mrs. Ethel j. Breslin
Of Hollywood Park. Md; two
brothers, Charles Potterton and
Walter Potterton, and a sister,
Mrs. Ida Birch harrington. There
also are 18 grandchildren and
IL great-grandchildren.
Evening star., 1953-01-13
Mrs. Maria B. Smith,
Native Of Utah and
Mormon Genea|ogist.

Mrs. Maria E. Bushman
Smith, 83. a Washington resi-
dent from 1924 to 1948, died
Friday in Twin Falls, Idaho, at
the home of a daughter.
Long interested in the study
Of genealogy, Mrs. Smith for
merly lived for many years in
Salt Lake City, Utah. where she
assisted in organizing the Index
Bureau Of the Genealogical Lii
brary Of Utah, a Mormon church
institution.
She was an active member of
the National Genealogical So
ciety. the D. A. r. and the
Daughters of Utah Pioneers.
Born in Lehi, Utah, Mrs.
Smith went as girl with her
family to the new Mormon set
Elements in Northern Arizona.
Later she worked for the States
women's suffrage movement.
She was lifetime member of
the Mormon church.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Silas D. Smith, Mesa,
Ariz.; three sons, Col. D. N.
Smith, an Air Force officer at
the Pentagon; S. Preston Smith.
Los Angeles, Calf, and Gar
land F. Smith. Hollywood, Calf.
Six daughters, Mrs. Clinton c.
Luke, Twin Falls; Mrs. Lois s.
Meldrum, Flushing, N. Y; Miss
Daphne Smith, Paris, France;
Mrs. Harold Stage, Dallas, Tex;
Mrs. Ralph Stewart. San Diego,
Calf, and Mrs. Alvon Merrill.
Winter Park, Fla; % grandchil-
dren and REORGANIZATION
also survive.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow in Salt Lake City.
Evening star., 1953-01-13
Mrs. de Koven, 92, Author
And Widow Of COMPOSER
BY the Assoeiuted Press

NORTHEAST HARBOR, Me-,
Jan. 13.-MrS. Anna Farwell de
Koven, 90, author and widow of
Composer Reginald de Koven,
died yesterday.
Her works included life and
letters Of John Paul Jones (1913) /;
the Counts Of Gruyere (1916);
A Musician and His Wife (1926)
and Horace Walpole and Nine.
Du Sliffard: An 18th Century
Friendship 1920.
A native Of Chicago, she was
a graduate Of Lake Forest Uni
versity and married Mr.. de Kov-
en- in 1884. Her father, Charles
B. Farwell, served as an Illinois
Congressman for 80 years.
Evening star., 1953-01-13

Force, last serving as chief of
the program control division of
the air communications Office.
In 1872 he also served in a
liaison capacity between the
United States and Canada for a
Joint radar warning system.
Installed Radio System.
In the early days Of radio, Mr.
Foss, a native of Portland, Me-,
directed the engineering and op-
irrational work for a chain of
seven New England radio sta
tions. Then. from 1923 to 1941,
as a consulting engineer here, he
was active in the design. build
ing and placing in operation of
broadcast, police and other elec.
tronicS facilities.
Educated in the public schools
Of Lewiston, Me-, he studied law
in addition to engineering and
held a legal degree from Ameri-
can University.
Member of Technical Groups.
Mr.. Foss was a member of
Radio Pioneers, the Society of Mo-
ton Picture and Television En-
gineers and the Engineers Club
Of Washington. He held an as
sociate membership in the Insti-
tute of Radio Engineers.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Lita S. Foss Of 1888 Kenyon
street NV, and two children by
a previous marriage, Charles
Foss and Mrs. Geneva McCallum,
both Of Portland, Me.
Funeral services will be held at
$3.50 pm. tomorrow in the S. H.
Hines funeral home, 2901 Four
teenth street NV. Burial will
be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.