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Evening star., 1954-06-03
By Kenneth Likes

Associated Press ForeiSn stan Writer
The French-held delta of the
Red River in north Indo- China
is the most precarious outpost
in the frontline against commu-
nism.
The strategic territory, about
the size of New Jersey, is a pie
shaped wedge of fiat land inter-
laced by muddy river tributaries.
It fans out to the Tonkin Gulf
of the South China Sea on the
east. Behind it, to the north
and west, are vast reaches of
mountainous country which
Communicated Wet Mimi in
surgents have made their main
stronghold in Indo- China.
The Red River delta blocks
the rebel outlet to the sea. But
the Chinese Communists supply
them over ancient trade routes
through the mountains.
When the Wet Mimi captured
Diem Bien Phu in early May,
they drove the French from their
last fortress in the hills. Spurred
on by the spectacular victory,
the rebels turned with new fury
against the delta.
One Of Worlds Crowded REGIONS.
The lowland is a sweeping ex-
panSe of fertile rice fields. It
is one of the most densely popu-
lated regions of the world, how
ever, and some rice must be
imported to feed its eight mil
lion people.
The delta has been under
nominal French control during
seven years of warfare. The
French maintain their uneasy
grip by holding the large towns
and 1900 concrete defense posts
throughout the area. The num-
Der OF French Union soldiers in
North 1ndo-China is a military
secret but it may be as high
as 100000.
Forty-f1ve battalions of Wet
Mini troops and tens of thou
sands OF guerillas rule half of the
oelta's 5,406 villages and terror
ize another 1000 At night the
rebels sweep everywhere. seizing
Evening star., 1954-06-03

trical power. must be shipped
over it.
Almost nightly for several
months, the Wet Mini have dug
trenches and planted mines in
the Hanoi-Haiphong road and
blown up sections of the track.
Each morning French army
engineers have moved out behind
armored patrols to put the sup
ply line back in shape for the
days traffic.
Haiphong is a bustling COM
mercial city about half as big
as Hanoi. Chinese merchants
dominate its business. Once 1t
was the sea terminus of a rail-
way from Running, China,
making it the main outlet for
Yunnan Province. Today the
Indo-C China section of the rail-
way is completely destroyed.
There is Scant industry in
North Wet Nam, but all is under
French control in the Red River
Delta.
Evening star., 1954-06-03
Costello Officially Named
Prime Minister Of Ireland
BY NE Assoeiaied Press

DUBLIN, Ireland. June s.
John A. Costello. whose four
party coalition defeated veteran
Eamon de Valera's party May
18. was officially named Prime
Minister last night by Parliament.
The four parties in the new
first chamber (Dail Eireann)
cast 70 votes to 66 by De Valera's
Fianna Fail (Men Of Destiny
Party.
Mr.. Costello promptly an
nounced a new cabinet picked
from his own Fine Gael Omitted
Ireland, Labor, and Farmers,
parties. The small Republican
Party, part of the coalition, got
no cabinet post.
Evening star., 1954-06-03
Red River Delta Now Forms
FrontIine of IdeoIoqicoI War

rice to feed their army and
rounding up youths to reinforce
it.
The peasants are an unsmiling
lot. Mostly illiterate, they know
and care little about politics.
They fall in with whichever side
is making the best show of force
at the moment in the Seesaw
battle.
Villages Are Mud HutS.
Small and dark skinned, the
North Wet Namese are closely
related to the people of South
China. Most are Buddhists~ but
many around Phat Dien in the
south corner of the delta are
Roman Catholics. Their villages
are drab clusters of thatched
mud huts. Their clothes are
tatters of brown and black
cloth. In the fields, they wear
broad conical straw hats. The
women wear pajama- like trou-
SerS.
Endlessly these farmers plant
and harvest rice and trudge be-
hind water buffalo to cultivate
their Soggy paddles. If the cycle
is broken by war or other dis
aster, they face starvation.
Monsoon rains that pelt down
in the summer turn the delta
into a steaming, half-submerged
lake for three months. In the
winter, cold winds sweep south
from the China highlands caus-
ing severe hardship.
Hanoi, a shabby, war-weary
city of about 100000, dominates
the region. 1t is the headquar-
terS for French military forces
IN 1ndo-China and provincial
capital of North Wet Nam.
State of Seige Maintained.
To hold the city, the French
have placed it under a virtual
state of siege, with a midnight
to-dawn curfew, heavy street
patrols and barbed-wire barri-
cades around all key points.
Since Hanoi is honeycombed
by the enemy and within ear
shot OF battle, tense, jittery
atmosphere prevails. The French
admit the Wet Mini have at
Evening star., 1954-06-03

or larger size of Sauer's Pure Vanilla Extract to
The House of Sauer. Box 7181. Richmond 21 Va.
before midnight, June S, 1854. Entries will be
judged on basis of sincerity, originality and apt
ness of thought No special consideration given
to fancy entries. Enter as often as you wish. Get
your grocer to help you he has full details
and official entry blanks Or use blank piece of
paper. Look for the big, special display in his
store today
Evening star., 1954-06-03

Here's your last chance to compete for cash prizes
in a limited contest This is not national con-
test, but for folks in Dukes-Sauer's distribution
area ONLY. Your chances to win are excellent.
Enter today, you may win S5,000OO or one of the
many other big cash prizes.
It's easy Just tell US why you like Dukes Home
Made Mayonnaise or Sauer's Pure Vanilla Extract
in 25 words or less and mail with the label from
a pint of Dukes or the box top from ~ ounce
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the table silver alone, are now
being used as archives for the
seminary. One vault was used
by Widener only for his horse
and dog racing trophies.
Some Of the safes are hidden
in a manner that suggests mys-
terry moving pictures. Several
are behind what seem to be
merely decorative mirrors that
disappear into the wall when a
hidden button is pressed. Others
are behind innocuous-look ing
wooden panels. and still others in
equally unlikely settings.
Underneath the mansion there
winds a half mile of tunnels,
with the entrances and exists
difficult to find unless the exact
places are known.
First visitor to the famous
Widener Art Gallery was the
evangelist Billy Sunday.
Many Parties In Tent.
In their palmy days the Wild
eners gave many parties in q
huge tent ON the spacious
groundsanear the main mansion.
A similar arrangement was
made for the sessions Of the In
ternational Council of Christian
Churches. On either side of the
interior, a long blue banner
bearing words in gold, "For the
Word of God and for the Testi-
monY Of Jesus Christ" was
hung.
Attending an evening meet
ing was particularly pleasant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14
The Human Side Of Religion
World Church Leaders Meet
In So Million Mansion

Americas great financial titans
into a theological seminary. The
ballroom, scene of so many bril-
liant social affairs, has been con-
verted into a chapel. The Ii
brary now houses theological
books. and the family and guest
rooms have been remodeled to
house students and to serve as
classrooms. The dining room,
the walls Of which are lined with
Italian marble, is now used by
serious seminarians rather than
gay social party groups.
/ Was German Immigrant.
p. A. B. Widener was q Ger
man immigrant who came to
Philadelphia during the 10Th
century and made his first money
selling meat to the soldiers dur
ing the Civil War.
He then invested in Philadel-
phia transportation and sky
rocketed financially.
Hidden Vaults and Tunnels.
There are numerous fascinat-
ing side details in connection
with the mansion.
Within its confines are so full
sized vaults; IA which were fol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14
BY Casper Nonnes

FSb NSHsSS
Religious News Editor Of The S.ar
The glory that tDGs Greece,
And the grandeur that tDGs
Rome.
These thought-provoking lines
by Poe leaped to mind as I swung
my car into the former Widener
estate at Elkins Park, Philadel-
phia.
The palatial 90-roorn mansion.
built in 1907 alta cost of, So mil
lion, and its Versailles like
grounds are now the property Of
Faith Theological Seminary. It
was here that the international
Council of Christian Churches
held its recent Sd Plenary Con-
gress.
Before the main building,
Lynnewood Hall, are the inn
pressive formal gardens, with
water spouting from numerous
fountains.
Within the structure there is
a ballroom where once formal
parties were held.
The room. accommodating 600
people, has polished parQuet
floors, several mirrors extending
from the floor almost to the high
ceiling, and a large fireplace over
which hangs the brooding pic
ture of an early dignitary.
Nearby is what was once the
Widener stables.
It has long since been remod-
elled into q 40-room building.
Today the mansion and ad-
joining building have been
turned from the home of one OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14
Bishop 0'BoyIe Lays
Chapel Cornerstone
AT Rites tomorrow

The Most Rev. Patrick A.
OBoyle. Catholic Archbishop OF
Washington. will.lay the corner
stone Of the Chapel Of Our Lady
Of Mount Carmel. Port Tobacco,
Nd. at 3 pm. tomorrow.
The chapel win be built on the
site Of the first convent In the
original Is American colonies.
Six miles south Of Waldorf, Nd,
on Route SOL. It is known as
Mount Carmel because Carmelite
nuns founded . convent there
In 1890.
The convent was abandoned
In 1881 when the nuns moved
to Baltimore.
Archbishop O'Boyle win offer
prayers for the efforts Of the
Restorers Of Mount Carmel to
complete the chapel. Assisting
him win be the Very Rev. Law
renee J. Kelly, chaplain Of the
Restorers. and the Rev. william
A. Horigan. pastor Of Sacred
Heart Catholic Church, La
Plata, Md.
Philip Hubert Frohman,
Washington architect who de-
signed the chapel to at the orig
inal foundations. win also take
part.
The Restorers, founded in
1894, have restored the only two
buildings which remained of
the original eight. Mrs. j.
Garesche Ord is president Of
the society.
The 1lrst section of the chapel,
the nave, Is due to be finished
In October. It win seat 1875 per-
sons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14

EVANGELICAL AND REFoRMED
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14

lotted time, told the gathering.
''We are all going to heaven
where time will be no more, so
that you might as well get Used
to it down here"
DR.. Carl McIntire, council
president. slipped at one point
and said, :'while the Offering is
being sung, we will take up the
snI0 -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14

Sitting at the edge Of the tent.
which seated 1900 persons. the
visitor could see full-leaved trees
in the gathering darkness, hear
the crickets chirp and smell the
fresh air of a cool countryside.
Remarks of the Week.
One Of the speakers, conscious
after looking at his watch that
he had spoken well over his all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14
Epiphany Church Sermon

The Rev. Warren z. Mace win
preach on "The Demands Of
Christian Forgiveness" at II
Am. tomorrow at the Episcopal
Church Of the Epiphany, 1917
q street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14

CHURCH Of 1AE HOLY spIRlr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03
Nebraskan Nominated
For Acc Liaison Post
BY the Assoeiussd Press

President Eisenhower ha s
nominated Herbert b. Lopez Of
Oxford, Neb., to be chairman Of
the Military Liaison Committee
to the Atomic Energy Commits
sion.
The White House announced
yesterday the President had ac-
cepted the resignation Of the
present chairman, Robert Le-
Baron Of Washington. effective
August /.
Mr.. LeBaron has been chair
man since October 20, 1949. He
informed the President he ex-
poets to continue, in private life,
in the field of atomic energy.
The President replied he ap-
preciates Mr.. LeBaron's many
contributions" in this field.
Mr.. Lopez was born in Nor
catur, Kan, October %, 1896
He was graduated in 1918 from
the U. S. Military Academy and
retired as a major general in
June, 1858. He is now q con-
spltant for the Acc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03
Storms Delay Docking
OF 81 Ships at Bombuy
By the Assoeiu,ed Pres,

BOMBAY, July 3.-Thirty-
one ships are lined up in Bonn
bay Harbor awaiting dock space
as a result of incessant rain
storms which have slowed cargo
handling almost to q standstill
at the piers.
In the queue are nine Rus
sian vessels towing a big dry
dock from the Baltic to Vladi-
vostok. Gales in the Indian
Ocean forced them to put in
here for shelter and repairs.
Two thousand mailbags des-
tined for India and Pakistan
were carried on to Colombo.
Ceylon, by the British liner
Stratheden when it was found
impossible to unload them here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03
Forrineton's Widow
To Seek House Seat
BY the Assoeiaied Press

HONOLULU, July 3.--A Re-
publican request to be q candi-
date In the special July 81
election to choose a successor to
the late Delegate Joseph r. Far
rington has been accepted by his
widow, Elizabeth.
Mrs. Farringtonis decision to
run for the House of Representa-
tives was announced by Chair
man Samuel p. King of the Re-
publican Territorial Central
Committee. She is former presi-
dent Of the National Federation
of Republican Women.
Democrats have yet to an
nounce whether they will have
a candidate in the race.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03

committee elected at the quar-
terly meeting In June. Allen M.
Laster, chairman: Marshall r..
Baker, Kenneth G. Buker, Ralph
Cole and Eona B. Gatchell, will
present q slate of officers for
1886. This meeting is a part
Of the $50 annual conference of
the organization. DR.. Ralph w.
Sockman will be the guest
speaker Of the three-day meet
ing. September 4. 5 and 6. Reser-
vations are available by address
ing the registrar. John A. Pat4
terson, jr.. Room $40. Washing
ton Building, Washington 5,
D. C.
The combined classes Of the
adult department of Hamline
Methodist Church will meet in
the chapel at GAS am. tomor-
row. Mrs. William L. Bales,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03
Joint Vacation School
Planned for tuesday

The Friends Meeting of Wash
angton and All Souls Unitarian
Church will sponsor jointly a Va
cation School Tuesday through
July II from 8 am. to noon.
The school, open to children
who have completed kindergar-
ten or UP to the sixth grade, will
be held at All Souls, Sixteenth
and Harvard streets NV. The
school announcement says chill
dren "of all races. faiths and
nations" are welcome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03
Organized Bible Classes

teacher Of the Harriet T. Lipp
Class. will present the lesson. Dr..
T. David Gates. superintendent
Of the adult department.. will
preside.
The Timothy Bible Glass for
Men Of the Ninth Street Chris
tian Church has elected Mason
Cohill. president; Vernon Clat-
terbuck. vice president: Richard
Kemp. treasurer; Robert Clark.
assistant treasurer: Jack May
hugh. secretary: Carol LaPlace.
assistant secretary. and Charles
Dalrymple. teacher.
Jesus. Our Example and
Lord" Luke 2:4O-52, win be Ar
thur L. Hayford's subject as he
presents the lesson to the Trim
ity Mems Bible Glass Of Trinity
Methodist Church tomorrow at
$3.50 am.
The Vaughn Bible Glass of
Calvary Baptist Church will
hold their annual picnic at the
country estate of Jesse Ward,
ST.. past president Of the class
and vice president of the OBCA,
next Saturday. Go south on Lee
highway (U. S. 211) 81 miles,
just one mile this. side of Cen
treville, Va. The latch string will
be out and Jesse will be on the
receiving end. The Burial Glass
will meet tomorrow at 10 am,
with Mrs. Brooks Hays present.
ing the lesson. Mrs. U. S. Lyons
will be the guest teacher of the
Florence M. Brown Glass at
10 am.
The Goodwill Bible Glass of
the Eastern Presbyterian Church
will conduct religious services at
the District Village tomorrow at
9 am. Miss Edna Allwine will
begin the first in a series of les
sons on 1.-THE Presbyterian
Church in America"
Mr.. and Mrs. William c. Brooks,
3041 Chestnut street NV, will
be the hosts to the johnson
Bible Class of National Baptist
M e morial Church for their
monthly class meeting Monday
at 5 pm. Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan
and Mr.. and Mrs. Beckett will
serve as assistant hosts.
The Templemen's Bible Glass
Of Temple Baptist Church will
meet at 10 am. tomorrow with
George w. Bell as their guest
teacher.
The All States Glass Of Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church
will meet tomorrow at 10 am,
to hear Paul L. Selby begin a
new series of lessons on Growth
in Christian Living" His subject
for the first lesson will be "Our
Growth" Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Pitman of the Rustin Couples
Glass will give a report to their
class at 10 am. on the recent
Adult Assembly at Westminster,
Md. Norman cambridge will be
the guest teacher of the Fellow
Workers Class tomorrow at 10
am. Rev. Herbert E. Eberhardt,
head of the Central Union Mis-
sion and director of. the Hour
Of Power" radio program heard
Sundays at 10 pm. over WMAL
will be the guest speaker of the
A, B. Pugh Class at 10 am. to-
morrow. N ..ys +
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03

NATIONAL CHAIRMAN
Miss Louise A. Davidson, long
a leader in Presbyterian work
in Washington, has been
elected chairman Of the
Board of Women's Work Of
the Presbyterian Church,
United States. Miss Davidson,
who lives at 1893 FOxhall
road, Bethesda, is a member
Of the Church Of the Pill
grims, Twenty-second and r
streets NV. She has been
president Of the wOmen's
groups Of the church, the
Washington Presbytery and
the Virginia Synod, as well as
a board member Of the
national group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03
Wholesale Prices
Increase SLIGHTLY
BY the Associated Press

Wholesale prices as reported
by the bureau of labor statistics
increased one-tenth of ! per cent
during the week ended June 20.
The bureaus index rose to
HOO per cent of the 1947-49
average, due to fractional in
creases in average prices for
farm products and processed
foods.cr s,f
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03
DistIer Takes Over
AAU DirectorshiD

DR.. Guy E. Snavely retired this
week after II years as executive
director Of the Association Of
American Colleges here.
The associations new director
is DR.. Theodore A. Distler, presi-
dent of Franklin and Marshall
College, in Lancaster, Pa. DR..
Snavely is a former president of
Birmingham Southern College.
He plans now to serve as an edu-
cational consultant for the Gov
eminent and private schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03

A. "A. E. ZION
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03

HEAD TEACHER The Rev.
Charles e. Book Is the new
minister of education ut
Trinity Presbyterian Church,
Sixteenth and North Ingle-
wood streets, Arlington. Some
700 community children are
enrolled i'm the program. Mr..
Book served in similar posi-
tions in Richmond and New
York. He and Mrs. Book will
live at 234 North Thomas
street, Buckingham. Mr..
Book will preach at $3.50 and
IL am. tomorrow,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03
U.s.. Protests 10 Paris
And Saigon in Troop
Withdrawal in Delta
By John N. Hiehtower
Associcfsd Press Diplomatic Writer

The United States has In.
structed its diplomats at Paris.
Geneva and Saigon to express
grave concern to French and
Wet Namese government leaders
over the apparent abandonment
to Communist forces Of anti
Communist populations In the
Red River Delta Of Indo-C China.
The American action was
taken, officials said. on humani-
tartan grounds. An Associated
Press dispatch from Singapore
yesterday reported that French
troop withdrawal south Of
Hanoi had put an additional
4 million Wet Namese under Red
rule.
The French command at
Hanoi announced that their
troops have evacuated five forth
fed cities and 1000 square miles
of rich, heavily-populated rice
land in the southern part Of the
Red River Delta.
Ask Paris to Explain.
The State Department spokes-
man said Wednesday that the
United States had not been in
formed by the French govern.
ment of the withdrawal opera.
ton. Yesterday the spokesman.
Press Oficer Henry Suydam, dis
closed that the United States was
asking Paris for information
about its operation in Indo-
China.
However, French diplomats
here said information about the
proposed troop withdrawal was
given top American, British. Aus
tralian and New Zealand military
officers during confidential talks
nearly a month ago. No one at
the meeting, the French said,
made any move to offer REIN
forcements.
Mr.. Suydam said the United
States had a direct interest since
1t is a member of the Geneva
conference where French repre-.
sentativse are negotiating with
Communist representatives for
an do-China settlement.
Disapprove Of Course.
The new American diplomatic
moves and the public disclosure
Of them here represented ex-
pressions Of United States Gov
eminent disapproval of the
course being taken by the
Mendes- France government Of
France. Premier Mendes-France
took Office two weeks ago withS
a promise to get an Indo- China
peace or resign by July 20.
Shortly afterward he conferred
in Switzerland with Red Chinese
Foreign Minister Chou En-lai.
Behind the American activities
is a strong suspicion that Mr..
Mendes-France has made some
kind Of a deal with Chou and
that the shortening of lines in
the Delta is a result of that deal.
This suspicion holds true in
the State Department despite
the French claim that q read
justment OF defensive positions
around Hanoi was essential I'M
less they got three more divi-
sions which they themselves
were unable to. provide.
U. s. Feels Left Out.
It was understood today that
the Mendes-France administra-
ton has reduced international
contacts with the American gov
eminent to a minimum and that
even high officials here feel
themselves to be in ignorance
of the French governments poll
icy and intention.
The delta area which the
French abandoned is strongly
Roman Catholic and had been
a main center of local resistance
to the Communists. A French
spokesman at Hanoi said the
region was hard to defend be-
cause of swarnpy ground and
large numbers Of Red guerrillas.
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September 5,
at 1880 am.
George E.
n arris. adj
N in is trative
vice president.
and Gordon
w. CroZie r,
treasurer. will
present their
reports. Mr..
Crozier W i'll.
5 ubmit t h
nrn a a a q d
b u dget for
1886. TIL e
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Retired Pastor Heads
Confederate Sons Comp
Special Dispatch TO The stor

SHEPHERDSTOWN. w. Va.
July 3.-The Rev. John Link, re-
tired Lutheran pastor, has been
named commandment Of the
Henry Kyd Douglas Camp. Sons
of Confederate Veterans - the
only such camp now functioning
in the State.
Other new officers are Laird
M airs hall, vice commandant;
Robert Merchant, adjutant, and
Lester Staley. treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03
ShipbuiIdina Needs

NEW YORK. Every State in
the Nation supplies materials or
equipment used In shipbuilding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03
BY Howard IA. Stockhouse

The annual meeting OF the
Organized Bible Class Associa-
ton win be held at Western
Maryland College on Sunday,