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Evening star., 1954-12-08
$4,000 Masterpiece
By BoiiiceIIi Uncovered
BY the Associased Press

CINCINNATI, Dec. s. - The
Cincinnati Art Museum says it
has uncovered an $4,000 mas
terpiece of Botticelli, an Italian
painter of the Renaissance pc
riod.
Philip r.. Adams, museum di-
rector, announced three layers
Of old paint had been removed
to get to the basic work Judith
With the Head of Holofernes."
Mr.. Adams said he and a Gin
cinnati industrialist saw the
picture two years ago in Flor
ence, Italy. The museum took
an option on the work ION a
gamble" Mr.. Adams said, and
closed the deal last month.
Harry Gothard, the museums S
restorer, said the original handi-
work of the Florentine master
was in perfect condition. It
was painted on a walnut panel.
Evening star., 1954-12-08

this Christmas is going to be
very hard for all OF us. The two
girls are heart broken" she
added. The two girls are Rich
ards young half-sisters. The
eldest is Mamie Moore, named
for Mrs. Eisenhower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
Inspector Beach
Faces Special Board
For Trial March II

Suspended Metropolitan Police
Inspector Beverly C. Beach will
face a special trial board COM
posed of three District govern
ment officials on March II.
District Budget Officer Walter
L. Fowler, an attorney and one
time municipal prosecutor, was
designated chairman. Also
named to the board were Public
Librarian Harry N. Peterson and
1t. Col. Thaddeus M. Nosek, AS
sistant Engineer Commissioner.
It is the second such board to
be appointed in a polio. trial case
in the last year. The last one
was formed of Robert F. Cogs-
well, former Rent Control ADJ
ministrator; Donald Clemmer,
director of corrections. and Col.
Harry F. Hansen. another As
siStant Engineer Commissioner.
That board found Police In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
Government Issues
MAGAZINE on Children

The first issue of Children,
a new magazine for professional
workers concerned with services
for children, was released yes
terday by the Children's Bureau
Of the Department of Health.
Education and Welfare.
It replaces a bureau publica-
ton called The Child, which
had appeared 10 times a year.
Children will be published six
times a year.
DR.. Martha M. Eliot. chief OF
the Children's Bureau. said in
a foreword to the magazine that
it is designed to be "a medium
of exchange of ideas between
and among professional people. "
Children will offer its read
ers a balanced fare of technical
articles on health. welfare and
child development" the fore
word continued. ut will relate
what needs doing and why;
who's doing what, and how"
The magazine can be pur-
chased through the Superin-
tendent of Documents. Govern
ment Printing Office. Washing
ton Is, D. c., for IS cents a
copy. The annual subscription
price is SIPS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19

the District Of Columbia, also
found both guilty Of simple as
sault. They had been charged
in the indictment with assault
with intent to kill a night watch
man, when one of them fired a
shot during the housebreaking
The shot did not hit any one.
The jury deliberated for longer
than AZ hours before reach
ing it's verdict. The two face
possible maximum penalties OF
up to 26 years for the three
offenses. Judge Burnita Shelton
Matthews ordered the pair back
to Jail pending sentence, for
which no date was set. Mean
while, the courts probation Of
f1cer will prepare a report on
the two men.
A third defendant also awaits
sentence. He is Nicholas M,
Napoli. 38. also of Brooklyn. who
pleaded guilty on Tuesday-the
second day of the trial-to the
housebreaking and theft charges,
The assault charge against him
was dropped after he had pleaded
guilty to the other two counts
Napoli faces possible maximum
penalties of up to Is years.
The trial testimony took three
days. The men were prosecuted
by Assistant United States At
torney John F. Doyle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
7 Await Sentencing
After Conviction in
Go|denberg Theft

A jury late yesterday convicted
two men Of breaking into the
Goldenberg Department Store
last October IA and stealing
81 .230 in cash.
They are Abraham Levine, SO,
Of the $500 block of Quebec street
NV. and Joseph Gowasky. 81,
Of Brooklyn. N. Y. The jury.
in the U. S. District Court for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19

spector Albert I. Bullock guilty
of conduct unbecoming an officer
Its dismissal recommendation
was approved by the District
commissioners. The decision is
now before the courts.
Both police officials were
brought to trial-board action as
a result of testimony before the
Senate District Crime Investiga-
ton Committee.
Inspector Beach is charged
specifically with accepting f1nan-
cial gifts. conduct unbecoming
an officer and lying to the
Senate group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
MANY NEVER
SUSPECT CAUSE
OF BACkACHES

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Don't neglect your kidneys if these condi.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Gen. BuIIene,
Gen. Greasy
Entertained

Maj Gen. and Mrs. E. F.
Bullene and Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
William Greasy, were honored at
a dinner party give nat Nor
mandy Farms last Saturday by
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Charles E.
Loucks. Gen. Bullene is the re-
firing chief of the Chemical
Corps and Gen. Greasy is his
successor.
Others at the party included
Col. and Mrs. Albert Evans. Capt.
Robert Supplee and Miss Lois
Loucks, daughter of the hosts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
To Entertain

Mrs. Hollis Lamar lines will
entertain members of the Puerto
Rican-American Womens League
at her summer home in Sher-
wood Forest, Md, on July 5.
Honored guest will be Mrs. Ed
ward Campbell Shields and Miss
Laurita Heriot.
Mrs. lines is the newly elected
second vice-preSident Of the
league.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Miss SeidIer
WedinN.J J.

Miss Judith o. Seidler, daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Paul r.
Seidler of Washington, was mar
ried on June II in Princeton, N.
j., to Mr.. jeremiah Ford, III, son
of Mrs. Mary H. Ford and Mr..
jeremiah Ford, II. of Philadel-
phia. A reception followed at the
Princeton Inn.
The Rev. H. M. P. Davidson
officiated at the ceremony, which
was held in Trinity Church in
Princeton.
Mrs. Ford is graduate of Miss
Fines School and attended Colby
Junior College.
Mr.. Ford is a graduate OF st.
Georges School and Princeton
!. University where he was a mem
: Der of the Colonial Club. He is a
.lnember of the Princeton Club
of New York and the st. An
drew's Society of Philadelphia.
Mr.. Ford was commissioned
this month as a second lieuten-
ant in the United States Marine
Corps. After a wedding trip to
New England Mr.. and Mrs. Ford
will reside in Quantica, Va,
where 1t. Ford will report for
duty in July.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Anniversary
Celebrated

DR.. and Mrs. L. c. Mitman Of
Arlington celebrated their 25th
wedding anniversary at an at
home" yesterday. from 3 to 8
o'clock.
On Saturday evening they had
a dinner party at HogateS
Arlington House for members of
the original wedding party, their
wives and husbands.
DR.. and Mrs. Mitman were
married in the Third Street
Methodist Church, WilliamSport,
Pa. Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. HERMAN.
parents of Mrs. Mitman were
among the out-of-town guests
who attended the celebration.
Other out-of-town guests in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. w. D.
Mayer, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Muff-
ley. Mr. and Mrs. La Rue Zerbe,
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Barnhart.
and Mrs. Edna mccarthy, all of
Williamsport.
Also present were Miss Mary
Jane HERMAN of New York
City, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Wagucknect of York, Pa, Mr..
and Mrs. B. D. Eldridge Of Gale
ton, Pa, Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood
Barner, Carlisle, Pa, and Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Bloomer of
Kinston, Pa.
DR.. and Mrs. Mitman have
lived in Arlington for the past
nine years. They have three chill
dren. Mrs. William Reckert, Of
Washington. Miss Joyce Mitman,
who is a third year student at
Lycoming College, WilliamSport.
Pa, and John Mitman, a student
at Stratford Junior High.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
| Marriage


Announcement is made Of the
recent marriage Of Miss Patricia
Lere Mckenzie, daughter Of Mrs.
Lorraine Lere Mckenzie of Silver
Spring, to DR.. Stephen William
Dieter, son of DR.. Elizabeth
Winiarz, of Cambridge, Md4 in
Grace Lutheran Church.
The bride, daughter of the late
Mr.. Cedrick Francis Mckenzie, is
a graduate of the University OF
Minnesota. DR.. Dieter was gradu-
ated from Western Maryland
College and the George Wash
ington University School of Med
icine.
The couple will make their
home in Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Mrs. Bacon
sHeud Of
Korean Drive

A number of prominent Wash
ington ladies are working on the
current drive for funds to re-
habilitate Korea. according to
Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, chair
man of the American-Kore
Foundations National Capital
Committee.
The ladies, 20 in all. have
formed a special advance gifts
committee to seek contributions
for rebuilding the orphanages.
hospitals and schools Of Korea.
Thus far they have secured over
$4,000 in the Washington area.
Working on this project are
Mrs. John B. Alderman, Mrs.
Ralph E. Becker, Mrs. Robert
Woods Bliss, Mrs. Edward Bur-
ling, jr., Mrs. William Culbert-
son, Miss Mary de Limur, Mrs.
Ralph H. Demmler. Mrs. Harry
S. Dunn, Mrs. Edward Foley,
Mrs. William c. Foster, Mrs.
Henry Frelinghuysen, Mrs. Rob-
ert Hale, Mrs. Thomas c. Kin
kaid and Mrs. John Oliver La
Gorce. ,,..,4 .--
Others are Mrs. Gerard B.
Lambert. Mrs. Robert LeBaron,
Mrs. s. K. LeGare. Mrs. Cecil
Burton Lyon, Mrs. William Nc
CheSney Martin, jr.. Mrs. Arthur
Radford, Mrs. H. Chapman Rose.
Mrs. Charles Stone, Mrs. Harold
E. Talbot, Mrs. Sigourney
Thayer, Mrs. Nathan F. Twin
ing, Mrs. Stuyvesant Vain
wright, Mrs. Thomas White and
Mrs. John Wiley.
The local drive is part Of the
national campaign to collect $40
million in cash and 600 carloads
of goods to assist the Korean
people in rebuilding their devas-
tated country.
Mrs. Bacon returned recently
from q trip to Korea and has
personal knowledge of the needs
there. She headed the British
War Relief during World War II
and was awarded the Order OF
the British Empire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Miss TrenbIey
Married Here

Miss Helen Louise Trembley,
daughter of Mrs. Mary Trembley
and the late Mr.. M. M. Trembley
of Washington, was married on
June Is to Mr.. Kenneth M.
Durkee, also of Washington.
The Rev. G. Earl Daniels Of
ficiated at the 8 o'clock double
ring ceremony which was held in
All Saints Episcopal Church, in
Chevy Chase. A reception fol-
lowed at the home of the brides
mother.
Mrs. Durkee is a medical ento-
mologist in the Laboratory of
Tropical Diseases at the National
Institutes of Health. in Bethesda.
Mr.. Durkee is graduate of the
University of Washington and
was associated for a number of
years with the staff of Station
WMAL.
Following the reception, the
couple left for the West Coast
where Mr.. Durkee accepted a
position in Oakland, Calf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
1t. Short Wed
At West Point

The Cadet Chapel, United
States military Academy. West
Point, N. Y. was the scene Of
the recent marriage Of Miss Bar
bara Micielo Muncaster, daugh-
ter of Mrs. John Harold Muncas-
ter Of Washington. and 1t. Au-
drey j. w. Short. son of Mr..
Clyde Short Of Hueytown, Ala,
and the late Mrs. Short.
Chaplain Alan GRIPPE officiated
at the ceremony, and the brides
uncle, 1t. Cmdr. Ere erick
Wacker of Arlington. Va, gave
the bride in marriage.
Mrs. Short, daughter of the
late Maj John Harold Muncaster,
attended the University of South
Carolina.
1t. and Mrs. Short will make
their home in Fort Sill, Okla,
after an extended honeymoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
SocietyNews
Envoy Will Honor
Churchill Tonight
Black Tie Dinner at British Embassy
At BIS Will be q Men Only Affair

tons, Appropriations and Armed
Services Committee.
Presidents Dinner
President Eisenhower also en-
tertained at dinner on Saturday
in honor of his two distinguished
guests. Dinner guests included
Lord Cherwell. Sir WinSton's
personal scientific advisor; Lord
Moran, the Prime Minister'S per-
sonal physician; the Australian
Foreign Minister. Mr.. Robert
Casey: the Pakistani Foreign
Minister. Mr.. Zafrullah Kahn:
Secretary Of State Dulles, POST
master General Summerfleld,
Undersecretary Of State Walter
Bedell Smith. Admiral Arthur
Radford, Chairman. Joint Chiefs
of Staff; MIR. Lewis Strauss.
Chairman, Atomic Energy COM
mission; Mr.. Bernard Baruch.
DR.. Milton Eisenhower, and the
United States Permanent Dele
gate to the U. N. Mr.. Henry
Cabot Lodge.
The Australian Foreign Min
lister, who is here to attend a
meeting of the ANUS council,
will be guest of honor at a
luncheon at the Australian En-
baSSy tomorrow. The Australian
Ambassador, Sir Percy Spender,
will play host to Mr.. Eden, Sec
rotary of State Dulles, and all
diplomatic chiefs of the British
Commonwealth countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Mr.. Jensen
To Be Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence Kemper
Of Houston, Tex, announce the
engagement of Mrs. Kemper's
daughter. Miss Catherine Tim
Harrington, to Mr.. Robert Jensen
of Minneapolis. Miss Harrington,
daughter of the late Representa-
tive Vincent F. Harrington of
Sioux City, Iowa, was graduated
from Trinity College in WASH
ington. Mr.. Jensen is a graduate
of the University of Minnesota.
Both are members of the edi-
torial staff of The Washington
Post and Times Herald.
The wedding will take place
in August.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

A black tie stag dinner at the
British Embassy tonight will end
the festivities in honor Of the
British Prime Minister, Sir VIM
ston Churchill, and Foreign
Minister Anthony Eden. who will
depart Washington for Ottawa
tomorrow afternoon.
Since neither Mrs. CHI rchill
nor Mrs. Eden accompanied their
husbands, the luncheons and
dinners in their honor have all
been for men guests only. with
the exception of the luncheon in
Sir Winston's honor at noon to-
day at the Hotel StatlerI The
luncheon is being given by the
joint committee of Press, Radio.
TeleviSion Correspondents. and
the News Photographers.
Large Luncheon
A large luncheon at the White
House Saturday was given in
honor Of the Prime Minister ard
Mr.. Eden by President EiSen-
hover. Attending the luncheon
were Sir Harold Caccia. deputy
undersecretary Of state in the
British Foreign Office, Chief
Justice Earl Warren; Speaker OF
the House Joseph W. Martin,
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles, Attorney General Her.
bert Brownell, Secretary Of Agri-
culture Ezra T. Benson, Secre-
tary of Commerce Sinclair
Weeks, Secretary of Labor James
P. Mitchell, Secretary Of the
Army Robert T. Stevens. Secre-
tary of the Air Force Harold E.
Talbot, Deputy Secretary Of De-
tense Robert B. Anderson. Presi-
Dental Assistant Sherman
Adams, Director Of Defense Mo-
bilization Arthur S. Fleming and
Director of the Budget Rowland
r. Hughes.
Twenty-Five members OF Con-
gress were also at the luncheon,
including Republican and Demo
cratic leaders of both houses and
the ranking members Of the
Foreign Affairs, Foreign Rela-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Geddes' SonChristened

Savarese, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Beatty. 1t. and Mrs. Martin
Coonan. Mrs. Neville Vest, Mr..
and Mrs. Laird Dunlop III, Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Hammond, Mr..
and Mrs. James Fallon. Judge
and Mrs. Matthew MCGUIRE.
Judge and Mrs. Thomas Quinn,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cassidy and
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Albert Vol.
Also at the party were the
Misses Mary-Stuart Price, Nancy
Sullivan, Laura Alvord, Martha
Kraft. Connie Bingham and Miss
Phyllis Vol, who is a subdeb
sister of Mrs. GeddeS.
Some others were the MeSsrS.
HalStead Christ, Jack McDon-
aid. David Price, Frank Boyle,
jr.. Austin Garfield, DR.. Albert
Marland, William Bailey. Thomas
Donohoe and David Vol.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

Master Donald Grant Geddes
w, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Grant Geddes III, was chris
tened at the Shrine Of the Most
Blessed Sacrament yesterday by
Msgr. Thomas Kilfoil of Bloom
ington. Ind. who came here just
to perform the ceremony.
Following the christening Mr..
and Mrs. Geddes entertained at
a reception from 5 to z o'clock
at their home.
Mrs. Geddes, the former Miss
Mary Cynthia Vol, was pre-
sented to Washington society at
a tea dance in 1850. Her par
entS are Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Albert Vol of this city.
Among those invited to the
Edgemoor home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geddes were Mr.. and Mrs. DON
aid Young, DR.. and Mrs. Mel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Exclusively Yours
White House Staff Turns Out for First
Meetinq Here of the FSoDotFoMoMFF
BY Betty BeoIe

normal, relaxed, posthearings
gathering in Washington. Tom
Stephens was telling how the
President gets to his Office so
early in the morning. it's fire.
quently before 1880 when the
Office goes into gear.
Sherman Adams, who is not
the cold New Highlander as
sometimes described but a man
of considerable charm with
eyes as blue as a cloudless sum-
mer sky, was explaining the
smoky quartz ring he wears.
A gift of New Hampshire jew
elers, its gold setting is like
the roots Of a tree clinging
to the rock as New Hampshire
clings to her sons.
Fred "Naugatuck Valley"
Seaton was clarifying this title
that appeared on the invita-
ton. All during the campaign,
he said, some fellow kept call
ing to say that if Ike didn't
come to Naugatuck Valley in
CONNECTICUT, he would. lose
the election. Dewey hadn't gone
and he lost. "Whereupon, said
Public Relations Adviser Sea-
ton, I'VE were determined not
to go to Naugatuck Valley to
prove we could win anyhow"
At the end of a delicious
supper of fried shrimp, turkey
with dressing, ham, salad, ETC..
Walter Swami passed out
copies of "An Ode to the
Road" which is a song COM
posed and sung only by the
Friendly Sons and Daughters
of the Friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Franklin Pierce.
Rachel Adams took a whistle
out of her purse and blew it.
Mr.. Lafond put his hands over
his mouth and made a noise
exactly like a trains toot, Steve
Benedict took over at the piano
and we were of to the tune
of -Four Leaf Clover" back
in the campaign train Of
october, 1852:
"How Ike'S train keeps rolling
With so many men controlling
Will always be a mystery;
Seaton makes the schedules,
So does Summerfield.
Adams settles most scraps,
But Cutler never yields. :"
And from the second verse:
"a. Without a BATH or
shower, it would take atomic
power, to Scrape off the SCOT
each night"
Whenever you hear that
ditty you can be sure that Mr..
Pierce. who by the way was a
Democrat, had friends whose
sons and daughters are meet
ing and you can rest easy. For
this zany Republican organi-
cation was founded for the
purpose of keeping sane those
people who have a perfect
right to go nuts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Lorraine Parker
Is Married

Mrs. Lorraine J. Parker,
daughter of Mrs. Oliver w. jack
son of East Orange, N. j., was
married June % to Mr.. George
Ehrnstrom, jr., of Sewickley. Pa.
Pa.
The Rev. Felix holman, dean
of the Virginia Episcopal Semi
nary in Alexandria performed
the ceremony in st. Adams
Church.
The couple will make their
home in Osborne, Sewickley, Pa,
Evening star., 1954-11-29

process. It might require sew
eral thousand years or. accord
ing to recent warnings. possibly
q much shorter time.
Even now, DR.. Muller says, the
average human being carries in
the germ plasm at least go de-
leterious genes, received from one
parent. Each one is individually
Of small consequence. but 1t
hampers in some unobservahie
way the total efficiency of the
organism. The so are. for the
most part, different for each in
dividual. It requires the Deet-
ing of two likes for the dissd-
vantageous control TO exert its
full effect. Theoretical calcula-
tions show that each deleterious
gene is distributed through the
germ plasm of at least 100 in
dlviduals before 1t is eliminated
through the process Of survival
of the fittest.
Nobody actually can locate or
count these deleterious genes in
man. The calculation is based
on extrapolation for the probable
greater frequency of mutations
in human beings. The geneti-
cist constantly has raised his
estimates, as the probability of
this greater mutational frequency
has been shown to be greater
than previously supposed
TOMORROW: THE SCOPE OF
T. THE PROBLEM.
Evening star., 1954-11-29
GIossuryof Genetic 7 ernns
cells to constitute q new indi-

cells to constitute q new indi-
vidual.
Homozyg0te-An individual who
receives identical genes from
both parents.
Heterozygote An individual with
parental chromosomes which
do not completely match.
Mutati0n--A change In the gene
structure of protoplasm which
results in changed hereditary
characters.
Half -life-The interval during
which half Of any radioactive
originally present win disinte-
CRATE. Uranium has a half-life
Of several billion years. Radio
active iodine used in thyroid
treatments has a half life Of
eight days. After six half lives.
it is calculated, only infinites-
imal traces Of the original
substance will remain.
Roentgen-The accepted unit Of
radiation defined as "the
quantity Of gamma or x-rays
that win produce a certain
electrical conductivity in a
cubic centimeter Of air under
constant pressure and tenn
perature.
Gamma Rays-Exceptionally po-
tent X-rays, the principal
radiation causing genetic dam
age.