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Price Controls
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has a keener eye for value. He
chooses among the services COM
peting for his dollar. and he
avoids what he considers unnec-
essary expenses"
He advised of a new policy
adopted by the National Touring
Board regarding the AAA's Of
fetal appointment service.
"Under the new policy, all
rates listed for official appoint
ments in our accommodations
directories will be guaranteed
by the AAA. and adherence to
the published rates will be a
condition of appointment" he
said. eff a member should hap
pen to be charged a rate higher
than the one listed, the AAA
will obtain an adjustment, or, If
necessary, make a refund.
"The budget-minded member
will welcome the assurance that
the rates listed in his directory
are authentic"
Forecast Of a boom in inter-
national motor travel was de-
livered to the convention by
Edmond S. Matheson. Of De-
troit, chairman of the AAA's
All-Inclusive Travel Committee.
~ He said the signs pointing in
!. this direction have been in
creasingly manifest since the
war. European car shipment,
car hire and sales abroad have
shown increases each year, he
pointed out, and in the post
war years car shipment has
totaled nearly $4,000 and issu-
ance of international driving
licenses more than $4,000.
But the number Of Amer
leans travelling by car in for
eign lands. as well as Of for
eigners motoring in this coun-
try, appears due to soar In the
next few years to an extent
that would be hard to imagine
today" he added. =.
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pilgrims plodding toward the
holy place - barefoot Indians,
packs on their backs and chill
dren clinging to their parents
skirts. At the shrine, they pitch
camp and begin singing and
offering prayers. Every hour of
the day and night visitors may
see Indians performing their
typical dances.
Mexico's Christmas celebra-
ton begins on December 16, with
the colorful "posadas." Posada
means inn, or resting place, and
the festivities commemorate the
difficulties Of the Holy Family
in finding shelter. Throughout
the country, until Christmas Eve,
Mexicans form candlelit process
sions and go singing from house
to house, asking shelter and f.
nally stopping at one that has
previously been chosen to admit
the travellers.
Evening star., 1954-11-07
Mexico 5 Pilgrims
To Crowd Roads
MEXICO CITY.

Most solemn religious feast day
Of the Mexican year comes on
December IL, day of the Virgin
Of Guadalupe, the country's pa
tron saint. According to 400
year-old tradition. the saint
caused her image to appear on
the mantle. or tilma, of poor
Indian, Juan Diego.
The blanket is displayed on
the saints day to tens Of thou
sands who make q pilgrimage to
the shrine erected on the spot
four miles north of Mexico City,
where the vision is said to have
occurred.
For days before December IL,
roads throughout Mexico are
filled with q steady stream Of
Evening star., 1954-11-07
indians Lend
Flying Thrills
To Moy Pole
Ell, PASO TIE.

G1A = 1A00, 4C4s
Down in Southern Mexico
there's tribe of Indians called
'"The Bird Men of Papantla.
They specialize in performing q
q precarious ritualistic dance on
q two-foot platform perched atop
q 90-foot pole.
Following their dances, the
Indians tie ropes about their
waists and hurl themselves into
space, ,unwinding around the pole
In great, graceful arcs.
"The Bird Men Of Papantla"
were flying for centuries before
the Wright Brothers got of the
ground.
Food for Pole
The Indians begin their rituals
by digging a four-meter hole in
which they place a turkey, tobac-
CO, and other offerings. The
offerings are supposed to nourish
the pole once it is set in the
ground.
A hollowed-out wooden Thin
BILE is then placed on the top of
the pole. It is heavily soaped on
the inside so that it will revolve
like a bearing.
Below the thimble, a square
or hexagonal pole platform is
hung with ropes. Lines for each
one of the dancers are then
wound carefully around the pole
just below the thimble.
r. Four to six brightly clad dan
GERS sit on the wooden platform,
each performing in turn. Then
the central figure, the NAL
inche," the Man. Woman, takes
Its turn. With skirts whipping,
the dancer stoops, twists and
leans dangerously over the others
on the platform below.
Leap Into Space
Finally the men rise and tie
ropes about their waists. With
piercing cries they leap into
space, hanging head downwards,
bodies arched, legs gripping the
rope. Only the Malinche swings
head up.
The ropes unwind May-Pole
fashion and the men swing
wider and wider. faster and
faster around the pole. They
swoop around 13 times and are
then clearing the ground only
by inches.
Then they straighten up and
land their feet in a running
fashion.
Although the flying men sell
dom perform in public, they re-
Gently appeared at an exposition
In nearby Juarez.
Evening star., 1954-11-07
HoIIund-Americu Plans
81 SuiIinqs for 1855

The Holland-America Line has
scheduled So regular sailings for
1855 from New York to South
ampton, lie Havre and Rotter-
dam. Lines making these sailings
will be the flagship Nieuw AM
sterdam. carrying first, cabin and
tourist class passengers; the
Maasdam and Ryndam, with first
and tourist classes, and the one
class liners Noordam and West
erdam.
Evening star., 1954-11-07
Sugar Islands
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sidewalk cafes, plush nightclubs
and forbidding fortresses may be
getting some competition this
winter from her country cou-
SINS" such as Santiago, some 600
miles east of Havana, a citadel
of old Spain in architecture, Gus
toms and cuisine.
Nassau, just a 55-minute fight
from Miami, has a new hotel to
help take care of this winters
visitors-the 300-room Eemerald
Beach, five-story air condi-
toned hostelry with 1000 feet of
beach fronting on the Bahamas
wildly -hued water.
With travel this year running
about 13 per cent ahead of last,
Nassau expects to play host to
100. 900 vacationers by the end
of this year. That is triple the
number who came five years ago.
The Dominican Republic, once
the royal capital Of the Spanish
empire in the New World, has
ready for this winters visitors
two new notes.-the Neuva Suiza,
a 56-room resort in pine forest
at Constanza, 1000 feet above
sea level, and the 40-room Ma
tun, at Santiago, about 80 road
miles from Ciudad Trujillo. The
new hotels complete the repub-
lies tourist-luring SIS million
program of new hotels.
Jomoico Gets Motel
Jamaica Is expecting more
tourists as it observes the islands
tercentenary. com m emorating
British acquisition of the island
from Spain in 1855.
The island, which has 81 ho-
tells and II guest houses, is now
featuring its first motel, a 20
room layout with a swimming
pool and private beach h near
Montego Bay. e.rs
8 Haiti, which counted some 34,-
500 visitors in 1858, also has new
hotels and sightseeing lures for
winter vacationers.a In Port-au-
Prince, the 47-room Beau Rivage
and the 30-room Simbi will serve
as new bases of operation for
visitors who want to tour the
city's famed Iron Market Of ma
tive handicrafts. sample the re-
public's French Creole cuisine
and dance the meringue.
Nearing completion is the 1872
mile road from Port-au-Prince
to Cap Haitien, jumping of point
for visits to the Citadelle, the
18th century, mountain-top for
treSs.
Puerto Rico, the American
island commonwealth which in
half a dozen years has built it's
tourist trade from 10000 visitors
to 130, 900, is offering visitors the
new 150-room Isle Verde hotel,
about five miles east of San Juan.
Barranquitas, a Swank mountain
resort, is getting an improved
road that puts it within easier
reach of San Juan.
More Virgin Isle Hotels
The nearby Virgin Islands,
Uncle Sans playground, will
have some 35 places offering
Evening star., 1954-11-07
Catalina Withdrawn
WILMINGTON,

WILMINGTON, Calf.
The s. S. Catalina has been
withdrawn from service between
Wilmington and Avalon, Catalina
Island, for annual overhaul.
Evening star., 1954-11-07
this is The
kind Of fun
you have

Sun bathing off by The pool. :. to the
murmur of waves and soft music -. f..
afternoon tea on deck or drink
with friends in the breeze-swept YER
andah bar. Later maybe you'll drop
into the lounge for cards or to see a
movie about the next port Of call. On
q 3S-day Mooremack cruise you'll
meet the kind ofpeople, have the kind
of fun that's just cut out for you.
Evening star., 1954-08-24
Dan 0'ConneII Named
Health Unit ConsuIfanf

Dan E. O'Connell, veteran
Washington newspaperman who
retired recently from The Star,
today was appointed a part time
public relations consultant to the
District Public Health Depart
ment.
The Commissioners made the
appointment on recommends
tion of Health Director Daniel
L. Seckinger who reported he
would need Mr.. O'Connell's "ex-
tensive and intimate knowledge
of community groups" for advice
in disseminating information on
the department.
''Mr. O'Connell is especially
well qualified to serve in this
advisory capacity" DR.. Seek
linger said. because of his life
time association with various
Washington newspapers. par
ticularly his service for the past
Is years with The Star"
The 67-year-old newspaper
man will be paid $25 per day
for an unspecif1ed number of
days per year to be determined
by the Health Director.
Evening star., 1954-08-24
Wounded Wife Of Senate
Aide Still on Serious LIST
By james 6. Deone

The condition of Mrs. Joseph
C.. Ellis, shot by her husband
before he killed himself at their
home Sunday, remained serious
today at Emergency Hospital.
Mrs. Ellis was shot in the face
with a rs caliber automatic
which MIR. Ellis. finance clerk of
the Senate, then turned on him
self. Yesterday the coroner's
Office issued a certificate Of
suicide.
Relatives and friends said Mr..
Ellis appeared to have been
suffering from overworks oc-
casioned by long hours toward
the end of the congressional ses-
sion. He and Mrs. Ellis had
argued and he had packed his
bag; threatening to leave their
home at 1900 Upshur street NV.
Evening star., 1954-08-24
Transit Control Board
Veto Plea Drafted

The District corporation coun-
sells office today was applying the
finishing touches to the Commits
sioners' report requesting that
President Eisenhower veto the
recently passed legislation es-
tabling a control commission for
Metropolitan Washington transit
matters.
Actual drafting of the letter
is in the hands of Assistant Cor
poration Counsel Lloyd B. Har-
rison, who is regularly assigned
to the District Public Utilities
Commission.
The document is expected to
be ready for transmission to the
Budget Bureau late this after
noon. It will probably run to
more than three pages, part of
which will be a listing of objec-
tions to the bill in such manner
that the President, if he chooses
to veto, will be able to adopt the
language of the letter as his own
veto message.
In addition to this section,
the Commissioners will be listing
other objections to the measure.
Chief among these is the provi-
sion that would give Maryland
and the District representation
on the three-member commits
sion but would have a sort Of
"at-large" third member instead
Of a representative from the
state of Virginia.
Neither the Commissioners nor
the p. U. C. members object to
the second major portion of the
bill to establish a study COM
mission. The latter body would
take a close look at transit
needs in the Metropolitan Area
and make recommendations to
Congress.
Evening star., 1954-08-24
Hiring Of Negro Operators
By Transit Co. Discussed

A possibility that the Capital
Transit Co. will hire Negro bus
and streetcar operators was dis
cussed briefly yesterday in ex-
ploratory talks between Chair
man Robert E. Mclaughlin Of
the Public Utilities Commission
and E. Cleveland Giddings, COM
pany vice president.
Another session was scheduled
for 2:30 pm. September 8, with
representatives of the transit
workers union invited. The talks
grew out Of q recent "memoran-
dunn of understanding" between
Capital Transit and the commits
sion. IN which the company
agreed to cooperate with several
aims of the commission, includ-
ing a study Of the possibility of
employing Negro operators.
Evening star., 1954-08-24
American AirIines
To Resume Service
In Truce With Pilots

American Airlines will resume
fight operations at midnight to-
night, ending a forced grounding
of Is days as a result of a pilots
strike.
Officials of the company and
the AFL union representing the
pilots reached agreement last
night on terms of a truce that
provides for return to work
while an arbitrator studies the
dispute.
An airlines spokesman said
the first plane out of Washing
ton in the resumption of service
will be flight 565, leaving here
for Chicago at 9:25 am. to-
morrow. The same fight will be
the first arrival here, at 9:07
am. from New York.
Arbiter Selected.
David L. Cole, of Paterson,
N. j., veteran labor dispute ar
bitter, was chosen by agreement
of the company and union off,
cials.
Under the agreement reached
through bargaining sessions ar
ranged by the National Media
ton Board, the pilots agreed to
resume all flights including the
disputed three flights daily from
New York to Los Angeles, which
require more than 8 hours con-
tinuous flight time nonstop.
1t was these three flights which
sparked the work-stoppage that
grounded the country's biggest
air carrier. The pilots argued
that flights in excess of eight
hours violate the contract be-
tween the company and union
and add to hazards by inducing
pilot fatigue.
CAA Approval Granted.
The company had the ap-
proval of the Civil Aeronautics
Board for the flights. Safety was
not sacrificed by the nonstop
flights. the company said, since
the flights required only SO
minutes more than eight hours.
Both sides agreed to a 60-day
postponement of any action on a
$1.25 million mage suit
brought against the union by the
company. The suit charges the
union violated its contract.
Evening star., 1954-08-24

sion quickly Gin order that Fed
eral workers may not have to
undergo a period of uncertainty
as to my action"
President Eisenhower had been
strongly urged by Postmaster
General Summerfield to veto the
bill. 1t also was reported, that
Civil Service Commission Chair
man Philip Young recommended
q veto.
Cool to Classified Raise.
The administration had never
been. too keen Non a classified
employe pay raise. preferring in
stead an average reclassification
increase of 31a per cent which
would have provided no increases
for employees in the first two
grades and $50 for those in
grade 3.
After a bitter pay fight, fea-
tured mainly by a continual war
fare between Postmaster Gem
eral Summerfield and the postal
employe unions, with classified
employees mainly in the role of
interested bystanders, Congress
in its final hours last Friday ap-
proved a 5 per cent classified
and postal pay raise measure.
The bill would have cost $ll2
million q year in added postal
cots and about 5000 million In
classified pay boosts, for a total
cost Of more than $500 million.
More than Is million Federal
workers are deprived Of pay
raises as a result Of President
Eisenhower's veto. About 100000
Of the employees are in the
Washington area.
Evening star., 1954-08-24
Police HeckIino
Hurts Bottle
Club Business
Six Arrests Made
In Prince Georges
Hurussment Drive

Police heckling is hurting busi-
ness at Prince Georges County
after-hours "bottle clubs" which
are technically able to run wide
open until September 8, when
a new ordinance curbing them
is expected to be adopted.
County police made six ar
rests at two clubs early Sunday
as part Of a campaign of har-
rassment launched by direction
of States Attorney Carlisle j.
Lancaster.
The States attorney yesterday
said the campaign SO far has
been very effective" 1--WE hope
they all close up" Mr.. Lancas-
ter declared.
License Numbers Taken.
Police details have been as
signed from 2 to s am. outside
the clubs to take down license
numbers and make arrests for
even slight offenses.
The county's newest after
hours spot, the Meadowview
Club at 1901 Baltimore boule-
ward, College Park, which opened
Thursday. closed down Sunday
night after only 72 hours of op-
GRAFTON. It reopened early Tues
day for a few hours.
Two other clubs, the Lyre Club
IN the 5000 block of Marlboro
pike, Hillside, and the testers
Club in the $500 block of Tuxedo
road, Tuxedo, would not openly
admit a decline in business or
else refused to comment.
But John F. Lillard, .jr., at
torney for the Lyre Club, said
after four arrests were made
near the club Sunday morning:
"We don't like It,"
Public Hearing Sept. 3.
The county has been without
a bottle club law since August
8, when Circuit Judge Charles
c. Marbury ruled the old law
invalid on constitutional grounds
because it failed to set up stand
ards for the county commits
sioners to follow in issuing or
denying licenses to after hours
clubs.
A public hearing on a new
ordinance, according to County
Attorney c. Calvert Lancaster.
corrects the defects of the old
law. as scheduled for IL am,
September 8. before the COM
miSsioners in Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1954-08-24
Two-AIarnn Fire Damages
Eiuhih Street Structure

A two-alarm fire caused con-
siderable damage last night to
the attic and a front room of
a three-story vacant structure
at. 1875 Eighth street NV.
No cause was given for the
blaze. The second alarm was
turned in as a precautionary
measure when the flames shot
out of front windows.
The blaze. which started at
1888 pm, brought a total of 18
pieces Of fire apparatus to the
scene.
Evening star., 1954-08-24
Porents to Pay

A conference is planned in
Montgomery County to seek a
way to hold parents financially
responsible for damage to school
property by their children.
The County School Board de-
'cided at Rockville last night to
discuss the matter with County
Juvenile Court Judge Alfred
Noyes. 1t did so after School
Supt. Forbes H. Norris said a
new system of keeping monthly
damage records show vandalism
and accidental breakage Of
school wir< tws has cost S2,316
in the first two months of school
vacation this year.
Evening star., 1954-08-24
MonhoIe Tompering Barred

Tampering with manhole COW
ers and storm drains in Takoma
Park may cost the perpetrators
SIS or five days in Jail.
These are the provisions of an
ordinance approved last night by
the Takoma Park City Council.
The action is intended to prevent
children from entering the storm
drains or from lifting manhole
covers. thus averting possible
tragedy.
Evening star., 1954-08-24
Arson Is. Seen
In 5 BIazes in
Recent Weeks
Fire Causes Small
Damage at Tavern
In Prince Georges

Fire broke out early today in
Hillside (Md.) tavern and
Prince Georges County police
believe it may be the fifth case
of arson in the immediate vicin-
ity within recent weeks.
The fire. at the Campus Club
on Benning road just OF Marl-
boro pike. caused little damage,
according to ,flremen, but it was
directly across the street from
another tavern swept by fire just
a month ago today.
Arson also was suspected in
that fire. which caused an esti-
mated $4,000 damage to Mike
Young's Cafe July "a.
Both fires were discovered
about $50 am, while both
places were closed.
Another fire within the past
month in the same end Of the
county, also believed to be the
work Of a f1rebug, likewise oc-
Cured during the early morning
hours. This was the fire-in
two parts-which destroyed two
buildings August 13 at the Carry
housing development in Suitland.
Was Quickly Controlled.
In this mornings fire, the
blaze was quickly controlled, al
though the rear wall of the build
ing was a sheet of flames when
f1remen arrived.
Two county policemen, Pvts.
Frank Andersen and Ralph
Thompson, who were cruising
nearby, got there before the fire
equipment and credited efficiency
of the volunteer f1remen with
bringing it under control within
Is minutes.
The fire. they said, appeared
to have started on the outside
at the rear corner of the frame
building. Later, probers found
two beer bottles, stuffed with
rags. underneath the building
and were seeking to determine if
they had any connection with
the fire.. /
Firemen from Hillside, Boule-
ward Heights, District Heights
and Capitol Heights responded.
Chief John Hoile of the Hillside
unit estimated that damage was
less than $1,000.
Concurs in Arson Theory.
Chief Hoile noted the pattern
OF fires starting about the same
time and concurred in the belief
1t was arson. ~
PvtS. Andersen and Thompson
SAID Cleanup man was inside
when the fire broke out. The
alarm was turned in by two men.
who were in the vicinity of the
building.
They said they would turn
over their report to the county
detective bureau for further in
vestigation. The detective bu-
reau still is probing the fire at
Mike Young's and at the Garry
Homes, but so far there have
been no arrests.
The fire at Mike Young's also
was the second one there within
q month. It broke out about 5
am. At Suitland, one fire began
in an unoccupied building at
4317-23 Spring street about II
pm. and was quickly extin-
guished. Another alarm was
sounded at 5:07 am, and this is
the one that did most of the
destruction.
Evening star., 1954-08-24
By Harry Bocos

The American Legion's giant
parade next Tuesday-billed as
perhaps the biggest ever staged"
will have to go some to equal
the Grand Review of the Union
Armies on May % and "a, 1865.
The Legion spectacle will last
at least 10 hours, officials say.
The Grand Review took two
days.
Washington police expect
$4,000 marchers on Legion day.
In the Grand Review, the
parade route down Pennsylvania
avenue from the Capitol to the
White House was traversed by
more than 100000 armed troops.
It was scarcely a month after
Lees surrender at Appomattox
and the assassination of Lincoln.
On the porticos of the Capitol,
Washingtonians cheered the VIC
torious armies, while above the
flags flew at half staff for the
dead President.
Waiting at Sunrise.
People lined the streets at
sunrise. Pennsylvania avenue
had been swept and cleaned the
night before and. at daylight,
was watered down by the fire
department to lay the dust of
the marchers. Patrols of cavalry
took station at all intersections
along the route by 8 am. to
control the eager spectators.
The afternoon before. the 9th
Corps had marched across the
Long Bridge from Virginia to
the vacant ground east of the
Capitol, where it bivouacked for
the night. At. 6 am, it formed
-on East Capitol street. with the
head of the column at First
street. It was due to follow the
cavalry at 9 am.
Meanwhile, the Engineer Bri-
gade and the Provost Marshal
Generals Brigade broke up their
bivouac on the Virginia side and
crossed the Long Bridge at 8
am. AS they took up position
on A street NE. the 5th and I'd
Corps crossed the bridge and
lined up on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. Sc. facing the Capitol, and
in the side streets of the Fifth
Ward. south of the Avenue.
The Cavalry came from camps
north of the city and formed it's
elements on Maryland avenue
NE.
Stands Set Up.
At the far end of the route,
stands were set up in Lafayette
Park and in front Of the White
House. The White House stand
was reserved for President John
son, his cabinet. diplomats,
heads Of departments and re-
viewing officers, headed by Gen.
Grant and Gen. Sherman. It
was adorned with flowers, ever
greens. flags and banners which
carried the names of battles
Gettysburg, Donelson, Bentons-
vile, Petersburg, r ic h m o n d,
Vicksburg, Shiloh, South Noun
tain, South River and Wilder
ness.
Across the street sat Congress
men, Governors and Federal
judges. Military bands in the
two stands played alternately.
Private citizens were charged
a dollar head to sit in a stand
Evening star., 1954-08-24
Bond Hearings Set

Falls Church's City Council
has agreed to hold a public
hearing September 27 on a pro-
posed 81 million school construc.
ton bond issue.
1t was ordered advertised for
public hearing, by 5-to-2 vote,
with two councilmen arguing
for an ordinance that would
break down the 81 million into
specific building or land acquisi-
ton proposals on the ballot. On
September n also, the council
will hold a hearing on a 1885. 900
bond issue for water works i'm
provements. Both ordinances
call for a special referendum
November 2.