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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-17
Ash "Wednesday Rites
tomorrow will Mark
Beginning Of Lent

Washington churches will OBJ
serve the opening Of Lent tomor-
row with Ash Wednesday
services.
All Catholic and some Prot
estant churches will observe the
traditional distribution Of palm
ashes as a. symbol Of penance at
Ash Wednesday services.
Catholic priests tomorrow will
sign a cross of ashes on the fore
heads of their parishioners say
ing, Remember man. thou art
dust. and to dust thou shalt re-
turn"
The Most Rev. Patrick A.
O'Boyle, Archbishop Of Wash
ington, announced that the usual
lenten regulations will apply to
Catholics. These regulations re-
mind all Catholics from 81 to
50 years old that they must fast
during Lent unless they are in
i'll health or their work would
suffer.
Rules for Catholics.
Catholics, under these rules,
may take only one full meal a
day, with two other meatless
meals being allowed but to-
gether not equal to a full meal.
Meat may be eaten at the prin-
cipal meal except on Ash
Wednesday. Friday. and Holy
Saturday before noon.
Shrove Tuesday will be OBJ
served in many homes today
with the eating of pancakes. The
custom dates back to the 18th
century in England when it was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-17
AirIiner Crash Cause
Sought as Search
Continues in Gulf
BY the Asseeio.ed Pres.

MOBILE, Ala, Feb. ia
waterspout or a bolt Of lightning
may have knocked q National
Airlines deg out Of the sky into
the Gulf Of Mexico "A miles
southeast Of here Saturday.
These were two Of the theories
being raised as Civil Aeronautics
and airline investigators sought
an explanation today for the
crash that killed possibly all the
planes 46 passengers and crew.
men.
A sea-air search for 20 missing
was resumed at daybreak after
darkness brought a halt last
night.
Identification Is Slow.
Relatives and friends resumed
the grim, slow task of identifying
the mangled bodies Of II dead
brought here by the Coast Guard
cutter Blackthorn yesterday.
Seven Of the dead passengers
were identified by Coroner
Thomas B. Henderson:
j. w. Womer, Wichita, Kan.
Mrs. M. D. Graham. Port
NecheS, Tex.
F. A. Thomas, Dallas, Tex.
r. B. Friedman, Miami.
Mrs. Alfred c. Bergman, st.
Petersburg, Fla.
Mrs. j. w. Womer, Wichita,
Kan. (tentative).
Mrs. F. Solomon, Miami Beach,
Fla. (tentative).
Contrast to Mardi Gras.
The drawn faces Of the fami-
lies Of the dead presented a
sharp contrast to a scene Of
revelry outside the mortuary as
Mobiles Mardi Gras celebration
reached a peak Of excitement.
Mobile weatherman Bill Til
son suggested the possibility the
plane could have hit a water
spout generated by changing
weather conditions in the upper
Gulf.
Coroner Thomas B.. Hender-
son said some of the bodies were
burned without any further evil
dence Of q general fire or ex-
plosion and this suggested the
possibility the craft may have
been struck by lightning.
Tornado Possibility.
Capt. E. j. Kershaw, vice pres
ident in charge Of operations Of
National, suggested the plane
could have encountered localized
tornado conditions" in fight.
The pilot. Capt. Ernest A.
Springer, had reported turbu-
lent weather conditions shortly
after q routine report at 6:12
pm, but nothing of a serious
nature. This was about IS min
utes before the ship was due in
New Orleans on a flight from
Tampa.
Whatever the cause, the plane
apparently struck the water with
terrific impact. Coast Guards
men aboard the Blackthorn said
some Of the bodies were battered
beyond recognition.
One officer, who declined use
Of his name, theorized some Of
the missing bodies may be found
In parts OF the wreckage when
and II it is raised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-17
Dr.. Conant in Berlin
For Calls on Officials
BY the Assoeiased Press

: BERLIN, Feb. 17.-America's
new High Commissioner for
Germany DR.. James Bryant
Conant, arrived here by special
train today for his first visit to
Berlin. 4
The former president Of Har-
ward University was accompanied
by his wife. They will remain
here overnight.
. During his stay. DR.. Conant
will discuss the Berlin situation
with the Allied city comman-
dants and will meet West Ber-
Inns Lord Mayor, Ernst Reuter-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-17

customary to eat pancakes when
strict abstinence from meat was
followed for the 40 days Of Lent.
The forty-day lenten period
this year Exclusive of Sundays)
extend to noon Of Good Friday,
April 3. a%
Numerous churches announced
Ash Wednesday services tomor-
row.
AT National Presbyterian
Church. Eighteenth street and
Connecticut avenue NV, the
first of Wednesday MONDAY
services during Lent under the
auspices Of the Washington Fed
Grafton Of Churches will be held.
DR.. George M. Docherty, min
lister of New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church. will speak.
DR.. Oscar F. Blackwelder,
pastor Of Reformation Lutheran
Church, will open the MONDAY
lenten services at 1910 pm.
each weekday except Saturday
IN the church at 212 East Cap
itol street tomorrow.
Services at Epiphany. !
A. full Ash Wednesday sched-
ule will be observed at Epiphany
Episcopal Church, 1917 G street
NV. Holy communion will be
celebrated at 1880 and 1890 am.
The Rev. Leland Stark, rector.
will preach at the MONDAY
service. with holy communion at
1885 pm. Speaker at the $40
pm. service will be the Rev.
Warren Mace, associate rector
Holy communion will be held at
SPIN.
Holy communion services will
be held at 7:30 and II am. to-
morrow at st. Thomas Episcopal
Church, Eighteenth street be-
tween p and @ streets NV. The
Rev. Harold Bend Sedgwick, rec
tor. will preach at the IL am.
service and also at 8 pm.
st. Adams Church. Wisconsin
and Massachusetts, avenues NV,
will have holy communion serv-
ices at 1880 and 1890 am. The
Rev. Robert S. Trenbach, rector,
will speak at the 8 o'clock eve
ming prayer service.
Holy communion services will
be held at z, 9 and II am. to-
morrow at All Souls Memorial
Episcopal Church, Cathedral
avenue east Of Connecticut ave-
nue. NV. The Rev. Frank Black
welder, rector. will preach on
What Ash Wednesday Begins
at the 8 pm. service.
st. Stephens Catholic Church,
Twenty fifth street and Penn
Sylvania avenue NV, will dis
tribute ashes after the $50 and
1880 am, and the 1910 pm.
masses, and after the q and 7.45
pm. services.
The first of the community
lenten services sponsored by
Protestant churches of the n.y.
attsville (Md.) area will be held
at 8 pm. tomorrow in the Uni
versity Park Church Of the
Brethren. Also cooperating in
the service will be the First
Methodist, Memorial Methodist,
First Baptist, Riverdale Presby-
terrain and Hyattsville Presbyte-
rfan Churches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-17
Dealers Disagree
With OPS on Size o..
Cigarette Price Rise

Cigarettes today appeared
likely to be freed from price
controls in the next few days
but differences Of opinion devel-
oped as to whether this would
bring a retail price increase.
Also reported in the next de-
control package" were cos
metics, coal. lumber and major
household appliances.
Office Of Price Sterilization
officials predicted removal Of
price ceilings on cigarettes would
result in a 1-cent-per-package
retail price increase. They said
this would cost smokers 5000
million q year.
Washington wholesalers look
for a price increase from the
manufacturers. But they doubt
it would be passed on to the
smoker.
They look for a top increase
for popular brands of 50 a case
of so cartons, and said it may
be less than that. This would be
two-fifths of a cent per package.
They said the retailer custom
arily absorbs any price increase
under half q cent.
Cosmetic Price Rise Seen.
OPS officials also estimated
that removing price ceilings from
cosmetics probably will be fol-
lowed by retail price boosts. They
estimated this would cost users
500 million annually.
One official said remaining
foods under curb probably will
be put together in q decontrol
package in the next two or three
weeks.
Main food items still under
ceilings include milk, dairy prod
ucts, oleomargarine, bread and
bakery goods, dry groceries and
cereals, jams, jellies and some
soups.
Firings Continue.
OPS, meanwhile, went ahead
with reduction Of its staff as 80.
day dismissal notices reached
1,700 field Office employees. These
will cut the OPS staff from APP
proximately $500 on February
to about $500 on March Is.
The new slashes in the field
stats will wipe out Al district
Offices and nine branch Offices
the middle of next month, but
leave reduced stats in 10 region
al-district combined offices and
enforcement stats in nine dis
trict Offices. Some enforcement
stats may be shifted to the near
est regional-district Office.
The remaining district Offices
where some enforcement person
mel will be retained beyond March
Is are: Washington. Hartford,
Conn.,, Detroit, indianapolis, Mil
waukee, st. Louis, San Antonio
and Los Angeles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-17
Fly En-, Cowboy;
Wronglers Take to
Planes, CAA Finds

The cowboys horse is giving
way to the airplane.
This was shown yesterday in a
report of the Civil Aeronautics
Administration, showing A uses
of the airplane, in addition to
the usual ones.
Under the heading of live
stock patrol, the CAA points out
that the checking and herding
Of livestock. usually done on a
horse, has been successfully
handled by cowboys in air.
planes +"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-17
Brown u. Club to Meet

DR.. Samuel T. Arnold. provost
Of Brown University. will adj
dress the Brown Club of Wash
ington at it's annual dinner at
6 o'clock tonight in the Army
and Navy Club.
Evening star., 1953-01-27
News Of Music
By Alice Eversmon

If a concert audience in this
city ever heard a noted COM
poser tell how he wrote his
music. how and why he changed
his ideas, together with an abb
breviated story of his life, no
record exists. Alexander Tche-
repnin. famed Russian composer,
followed such a procedure at his
debut in the Phillips Gallery last
night, where he gave what was
listed as a conference-recital.
The son of Nicholas Tcherepnin,
whose renown as composer and
conductor was widespread in
Russia and, after the revolu-
tion, in Europe, he is equally
well known as pianist and for
his operas, piano concertos,
symphonic works and chamber
music.
An efferveScent personality,
the tall, good locking artist cap
tured his audience by his nat
uralness and wit! He told Of
how averse managers were to a
composer-pianist giving a pro-
gram exclusively Of his own
works. He cited the experiences
of Rachmaninoff and Prokofeff
when they first came to this
country and wished to play their
compositions. Tcherepnin, how
ever, held firmly to his idea and
won over his manager by COM
bining an explanation of his art
with his performance.
It was a most entertaining and
revealing story. He is as gifted
a raconteur as composer. He
took his audience into his home
life in Russia where his COM
poser-conductor father wished
him to become a gentleman
farmer and where a long
bearded director Of the conserva-
tory laughed heartily when he
heard some of the young mans
compositions. The playing Of his
''Sonatine Romantique, op. r.,
was preceded by q description
OF his last Easter in Russia
before he had to flee. On the
last four days of Holy Week, he
wrote his 'Sonatine" confined
to his -FooEn with an illness
brought on by hunger. From
his window he watched the cere-
monies IN the cathedral across
the square, and the shooting
spree staged by BolShevik sailors
on Holy Saturday.
His stay in Tif1iS. where the
family took refuge, opened his
eyes to the beauty of the Geor-
gian folk music and resulted
in his Georgian Suite, op ST."
the Dialogue" of which was
programmed last night. The in
terest in folk music which he
called the 'body Of music"
hkening it to the human body,
continued in China where he
Evening star., 1953-01-27
News Of Music
Tcherepnin Wins Audience
BY Wit as Well as Works

wrote the "Concert-Study in E
fiat." It is transference to
the piano of sounds produced
by a Chinese stringed instru-
ment.
He explained also how he de-
veloped from a boy. putting into
his compositions the moods of
the moment, to a composer con-
cerned with evolving q new style.
This in turn gave way to q deeper
search into the heart of music
with his study of folk music. He
spoke in an intimate way with
mixture of naivete and sophis-
tication, and an amusing turn Of
phrase.
His brilliant ana technically
fluent performance of his works
showed further the value Of his
contributions to piano literature.
The "BagatelleS" and "Ara-
Evening star., 1953-01-27
Air Freight Group Plans
Heudduurters Here

The Air Freight Association
has been reorganized under the
new name of Transport Air
Group, and its headquarters is
being moved from Burbank,
Calf, to Washington.
Thomas L. Grace. president Of
Slick AirwayS. has been elected
the first president. L. r. Mike"
Hackney who has been with
LOckheed Aircraft Corp, for II
years. has been chosen execu-
tive vice president. He will leave
soon for Washington to estab-
lish the heaiquarters.
Evening star., 1953-01-27
Mon Held at Inquest
Into Womun's S Stubbinu

A 28-year-old man was being
held for the grand jury today.
after an inquest into the fatal
stabbing of a 24-year-old woman.
He Is Charles E. Garlic, coll
ored. of the 220O block Of Four
teenth street NV.
The victim of the stabbing
was Mary Lou Hill, also colored,
who died in Freedman's Hos
pital two hours after she was
knitted In the chest In her room
at 1926 Florida avenue NV.
Garlic was described as a jealous
suitor by police.
Evening star., 1953-01-27

besques" are better known to
pianists than the rest of his pro-
gram which concluded with
"Chanson pour Ia Cherie." Origi-
nality Of structure, rhythmic
clarity. a gift for tone painting.
great vitality of thought and ex-
preston, are present in all his
compositions, and enthusiastic
cany acclaimed by the audience.
Evening star., 1953-01-27
BRIGHT Alloy

PITTSBURGH.-An alloy Of
tin and copper has the appear
ance Of silver when it is used to
plate metals.
Evening star., 1953-01-27
Business Group to Meet

The Central Business Associa-
ton win meet at $3.50 pm. to-
morrow in the New Athens Res
taurant, 1741 K street NV.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-06-13
THE MIAMI TIMES. MIAMI. FLORIDA
PAGE TEN SATURDAY, JUNE IS, 1858
Vets Warned To Notify
Change Of Address

Veterans in school under the
Korean CT Bill should notify the
Veterans Administration i'm
mediately if they're planning to
change their address at the close
Of the Spring term, so that CT
allowance checks can be deliver
ed without delay, VA said today.
The Post Office is not permit
ed to forward such Government
checks from one address to anoth-
err VA explained. For that heaSon,
II allowance checks mailed to an
address at which a veteran no
longer lives, must go back to the
Treasury where they remain I'M
til VA finds out where to send
them.
Korean CT Bill allowances for
the month of May generally will
not be delivered to veteran
trainees until late in June, after
veterans who have been living on
the campus will have returned
home for the summer.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-06-13
STIRRUP ENROLLS
IN RADIO
ENGINEERING

Ernest J. Stirrup, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph F. Stirrup, and
husband of Mrs. Betty Sands
Stirrup, graduate of George
Washington Carver high school,
has enrolled in Indiana Techni-
cal College, Fl. Wayne, Ind, for
the summer term, in the depart
ment of radio engineering. On
arrival he was given a battery of
aptitude tests, orientation and
guidance lectures by the faculty,
deans and by the president, DR..
Archie T.. Keene.
Degrees given by the college
include the bachelors degree in
q months of accelerated training
in aeronautical, chemical, civil,
electrical, mechanical and radio
and television engineering. The
acceleration is accomplished by
deleting liberal arts courses not
directly contributing to engineer
ing. The value of Indiana Techs
program is demonstrated by the
deferment given our students to
complete their training by the
United States Department of De-
Tense.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-06-13

Those veterans who have mott
fled VA of their change Of adj
dress, should experience no diff
ticulty in getting prompt delivery
of their allowance checks.
No action need be taken, how
ever, in the case Of a veteran
student who continues to live at
the same residence. Only those
who move need notify VA of their
new addresses.
To inform VA of an address
change, all a veteran need do is
write letter to the Veterans Ad-
ministration regional office hand
ling his records. In his letter, he
should give his claim number,
both old and new address and he
should be sure to sign it.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-06-13

other man.
All available evidence points to
the fact that the Negro, like the
farmer, organized labor, the pro-
hibitionist, and other groups, re-
act alike at the polls when they
consider their interests endanger-
ed. But there is no evidence Of an
organized, manipulated bloc vote
cast on racial lines alone.
But, more and more we agree
with Jefferson, that when the
people have the facts they may
be trusted to do the right thing.
By Ralph McGill
Miami Daily News
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-06-13

Negro population.
What has happened has been
hat political candidates, with
known anti-Negro records, and of
Ku Klux, or at least fellow
travelling Ku Klux regulations,
have cried out charges of "bloc
voting" when the Negro vote quite
naturally went heavily against
them. To call this 'Hbloc voting"
is to falsify the facts. There have
been actual instances of candi-
dates actively campaigning against
Negro voting, who hypocritically
protest "bloc voting" when the
colored precincts voted for the
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-06-13
Research In Negro Voting

Voters of the city of Atlanta
some weeks ago made national
news by electing a Negro, Dr.
Rufus Clement, president of At
lanta University. to the school
board in a city-wide election. He
was the first Negro TO be elected
on this basis since Reconstru-
ton Days.
EditorialiStS about the country
found the news good, chiefly be-
cause the new school board men,
Der was not elected by Negro
votes, but did, in fact, receive a
big majority of the White votes
cast, carrying 40 of the 48 pre-
cinctS, and losing none by wide
margin. The voters apparently
thought. it proper a Negro be on
the board since some 80 per cent
of the city'S school children were
from this race.
Since the Negro is but lately
come to the ballot in the South
and because the inevitable cry
of candidates who are defeated is
''bloc VOTE" the nationally. noted
Atlanta election might we'll serve
as an additional bit of laboratory
research into the subject of Ne
gro voting in the South.
VOTERS ARE ALIKE
First out of the laboratory is
one indiSputable fact, supported
by past elections. 1t is that the
colored voter behaves almost
identically as does the white
voter.
In the first place, only slightly
more than 1900 Negroes were
registered in Atlanta where
roughly 80 per cent of the pcpu-
lation is colored, which was GER
tainly less than a third of those
eligible. This was true despite the
fact that well before the regis
tration books closed Negro citi-
zens knew there would be can
didates from their own number.
The candidates were able, quail
flied and Well-known to their own
people. A great effort was made
to get out the Negro vote. Stu
dents at Atlanta University, in
terested in their popular presi-
dent, were out and rang hundreds
of doorbells in support of the pop
ular political axiom that the way
to win votes is to shave a lot of
people with patient feet ring a
lot of doorbellS."
Yet, despite the fact that for the
first time there were Negro can
didates, and all were were-l0nown
and well-liked, the Negro vote
was, according to the best eSti-
mates, about that of the White
vote, percentagewise. Estimates
of the vote run from roughly 5000
to 1900, with the best bet that
it was somewhere around 10000
out of a possible 18,1N. The
White voters, were estimated at
about So percent. and the Negro
vote was certainly no more than
that. But, even if one takes the
highly unlikely percentage esti-
mate of those hostile to Negro
voting, it is no more than 60 per-
cent.
One finds. too, that the Negro
vote, like the White vote, was
heaviest in the precincts where
the economic and educational
levels were highest. 1t was indi-
Gated that Negro business and
professional men were interested
in retaining an administration
which had produced city with
good credit, with improved ser
vices, and with a good, sound
business administration.
NO BLOC VOTING
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-06-13
NO BLOC VOTING

There has never been single
true instance of Negro "bloc
voting" in the South as, I am con-
WINGED, there has been in some
of the Eastern cities with large
Evening star., 1953-03-11
.NYU, One of First in Football,
Is Latest to Abandon Sport

dropping the sport Cd The long
subway trip from the downtown
branch of the university to Ohio
Field CD Complex classroom
schedules which sometimes held
up practice until pm. 90 NYU
followers will support only a
winning team a. Pro football,
becoming more popular, shows up
a minor college outfit and (5)
TeleviSion.
- NYU is the first school to drop
football this year, although Ford
ham, the Violets' traditional
rival. was on shaky legs for a
while several weeks ago before
the Rams decided to continue.
Last year, nine schools dropped
football and in 1851, 40 threw in
the towel. Among the major
schools missing are Georgetown.
st. Bonaventure, st. Mary's of
California and Duquesne.
Evening star., 1953-03-11
Upset Winner CHALLENGES
Doris Hart in Masters
By the Assoeioted Press

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Mar
l1.-DoriS Hart. top = seeded
woman in the Masters Invita-
tional Tennis Tournament, met
with Joan Merciadis of Modesto
Calf, today. Miss Merciadis
scored an upset yesterday.
The 20 year = old brunette
making her first tennis tour,
used a good backhand and stam-
ina to defeat Mrs. Barbara Sco-
field Davidson of Boston, 3-6,
Ga, 6-3.
Miss Hart of Coral Gables won
over Alicia Wright of Guayaquil,
Ecuador, 81, 6-3. Shirley Fry
Of Akron, Ohio, beat Julianna
Copeland Of Ponte Vedra Beach,
e3, 60, and is idle today.
A heavy program was slated to
begin at noon and continue un-
til near midnight, including the
beginning Of doubles play. The
classy mixed duo of Miss Hart
and Vic Seixas OF Philadelphia
faced Mrs. Laura Lou Kunnen of
Clearwater, Fla, and Andrews
Stern Of New York City.
SeiXaS beat Alfredo Millet of
Mexico and Rollins College, 6-1,
60. in yesterdays singles.
Jerry Moss, 16-year-old Jack
sonville student, upset Harry
Faccini, Colombian champion
from Bogota, 6-3, A6. 6N3.
Evening star., 1953-03-11
NCAA
CONTINUED From Page CT

period by Holy Cross and never
was ahead, although the Middies
twice managed to tie the score
at 13-all and 27-all.' Holy Cross
biggest lead was Is points.
1t was the same old story for
the Middies, who in their games
against major opponents have
had little help for Don Lange
and John Clune. Lange scored
28 points to end the season with
a 467 total. while Clune finished
with 20 for a 44O.
Navy won Is and lost five for
the season, but won only one
game away from home.
Holy Cross had the outstand-
ing player of the game in tall
Togo Palazzi, who topped the
scorers with 80 points, and con-
trolled both backboards.
NOtre Dame Has Easy Time.
Capt. Ronnie Feiereisel hit a
Jump shot with three seconds
to go to give De Paul it's two
point victory over Miami, cham
pions of the Mid-American Con-
ference. In contrast, Notre
Dame had an easy time with
Eastern Kentucky in chalking
up its 18th victory in % starts.
Idaho States alright defense
stopped everybody but O'Brien
as Seattle moved into the West
ern regionals. En- route to the
triumph, O'Brien added one
more to his long string of scor-
ing records. The AZ points
boosted his total for the year
to 861 as compared to the old
single season mark of 831 held
by Dick Groat of Duke.
Santa Clara's Broncos never
were threatened after the first
three minutes even though
Coach Bob Feerick substituted
freely. Dick Soares paced the
winners with 81 Y,oiv,fc