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Evening star., 1954-08-08
Herbert Hoover S
urntoRapidan

HERBERT HOOVER turned
HI back the clock 20 years
as the shiny black limousine
climbed the dusty mountain
road to his old retreat, Camp
Rapidan. Not since the fall
of 1892, a few months before
he left the Presidency, had he
returned to the 2OO-acre site
in the heart of Shenandoah
National Park.
Although made only re-
Gently, his return trip was
planned last February at the
Lincoln Day box supper here.
He and an old friend, william
Armstrong, a District AAU
official who is active in Boy
Scout work, were reminiscing.
Bill, I wonder if the trout are
still biting down at Rapidan?"
Mr.. Hoover remarked. Told
that trout fishing was banned
in the park this year so the
fiShed-out streams could be
restocked, the former PreSi-
dent turned the talk to noun
tain laurel. "I'll find out when
it's in bloom at Rapidan and
let you know" Mr.. Armstrong
promised.
And, indeed, as the auto
mobile crossed the bridge at
Criglersville and started up
the winding smile road to
camp, the laurel's pinkish
blossoms were everywhere.
Mr.. Hoover recalled how in
1929 he and his secretary, Law
renee Richey (now special as
sistant to the chairman of the
Hoover CommiSSion), scanned
maps for a suitable retreat.
On horseback, they had picked
their way up the mountain
side to the site which fulfilled
Mr.. Hoover's dream-a fishing
camp at a $500 foot elevation
Evening star., 1954-08-08

bered that the sky is like a blue
patch-quilt above the tightly
encircling mountains. It is now
the Herbert Hoover Boy Scout
Camp.
"Look-over there is where
Ramsay Macdonald and I sat
on a log and talked" MIR.
Hoover exclaimed as the car
approached camp. He pointed
to a spot nearly covered by a
wall Of foliage, which fringeS
both sides of the road, blot
ting out the scenic views he
remembered so well. In 1929,
Mr. Macdonald, then Great
= ~Britain's Prime Minister, and
his daughter IShbel, had Wis
tied him there.
MIR. Hoover, still referred to
affectionately as "the Chief"
by his old time associates, was
the guest of officials of the
National Capital Area, Boy
Scouts of America. With him
were Delmer II. (Skipper) viii
son, Scout executive, and Ex-
ecutive Board Members M. A.
Morrison and Howard Blanch-
ard, as well as Mr.. Richey and
Miss Bernice Miller, the former
Presidents personal secretary.
They left his suite in a Wash
ington hotel at 0 am, and
during a leiSurely 1OO-mile
drive travelled the same route
he always had taken-through
Centreville, Warrenton, Cul-
peper, Madison and Criglers-
Vile. His conversation varied
from recalling incidents dur
ing the 1927 Mississippi River
flood, when, as Secretary Of
Commerce, he took charge of
the relief of 100000 victims,
to anecdotes about the friendly
Virginia mountain people, for
whom he built a school.
At the camp, he went to his
old lodge, at the point of a
triangle where the Mill and
Laurel prongs meet to form
the headwaterS of the Rap
idan. From the porch he gazed
out over the burbling waters,
pointing out the location of
former trout pools, where his
grandchildren had watched
the fish rise to bits of food.
He visited some of the other
buildings, joked with the
Scouts and posed for pictures.
Ian Rule, 13-year-old Fair
fax Eagle Scout, will always
remember posing for a hand
shake photo with the distin-
guished guest. Nov. the point
is to look at me and at the
camera at the same time"
Mr.. Hoover quipped. Ian re-
sponded by rolling his eyes
back and forth like a spec
tator at a ping-pong match.
Tables were set lin in front
Evening star., 1954-10-10
Four SIS Prize Winners
In SNAPSHOT Contest Chosen

the Photographic Round Table
of the Graduate School Of the
Agriculture Department. hadn't
won a nickel in The Stars Con-
test for three years until he hit
the jackpot with his grand prize
winner. entitled 1.-THE Star Span
gled Banner" in Glass B (Activ-
itieS).
Second place in Glass B went
to Charles Eliot Perkins, 1921
Sixteenth street NV, and third
to Mrs. William M. Myers, 1898
Sixteenth street NV.
Uses "Paid" Model.
Mrs. Tenney uses her son
Stephen, z, as q model for her
pictures. He poses strictly on a
business basis. she says, q nickel
each time.
Her winning photo in Class b
(Children) shows his leaning out
Of q shower and yelling. the pic
ture being aptly titled. mo
Soap" a
Reuben Scolnik, 1875 Somer-
set place NV. and Everett C.
johnson. 5307 North Twenty
sixth street, Arlington. won Sec
ond and third places in this
class. 81
Second Big Victory.
This Is the second time Mr..
Colpe has won q grand prize In
The Stars contest. In 1912, his
head shot Of q cat, entitled
"Whiskers." took 4 $50 prize in
the national finals.
This years prize winner Is an
unusual picture Of the Jefferson
Memorials columns casting long
shadows. with the Washington
Monument in the distance.
Second and third places In
this class went to Paul Ehrlich,
2616 North Pocomoke street, Ar
lington, and DR.. Bernard Ber-
man Of the Shoreham Hotel.
Mr.. Jones and his wife Vir-
ginia and their two sons, Will
liam, jr. 4. and Robert, 2, were
strolling by the bear cages in the
Zoo one day. They stopped when
they saw a woman throwing
bread to a hybrid bear. He then
took his prize-winning picture,
Bored Bear" in Class D (ani-
malS).
Rodney E. Grantham. 542:
Northfield road, Bethesda, and
Edward o. Sudler, 1925 Lowell
street NV, won second anc
third places in this class.
Evening star., 1954-10-10
Atlantic Union Meeting

The Washington chapter OF
the Atlantic Union Committee
will meet at IL pm. Wednesday
in the Sheherazade Restaurant.
TOO Eighteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1954-10-10

on the other governments In.
volved.
It adds up to q new example
of the present governments
main political fetish; the refusal
to make commitments which 1t
cannot keep.
Refreshing as it may be to the
outsider. Mr.. Mendes-France's
performance is not expected to
increase his popularity in the
National Assembly. In the vote
Tuesday. the prospect is that
many deputies will refuse to vote
either way and that the govern
ment majority viii be small. But
at least in this first trial the
Premier has shown himself
loyal to the obligations which he
undertook in London. The AS
sembly has been bluntly con-
fronted with its responsibility in
the negotiations that are under
way and the chances of eventual
success are not rated better than
before by many observers here.
Evening star., 1954-10-10
Bor Association MEETING

The District Bar Association
viii meet at 8 pm. Tuesday in
the Williamsburg room of the
Mayfower Hotel. !.
Evening star., 1954-10-10
Hall and Michel Dsbaie
Issues On Radio-N Today

The national chairmen of the
Republican and Democratic
parties will meet here today for
an election campaign debate To
be carried over the television and
radio networks Of the Columbia
BroadcaSting System.
In q program to be held at the
National Press Club auditorium
before q selected audience, q. O
p. Chairman Leonard Hall and
Democratic Chairman Stephen
Mitchell will discuss the ques-
ton, "Haye the Republicans done
a Good Job?"
The live TV program Is sched-
uled at 2:30 pm. and will be
carried here on Channel 8
WTOP-TV. The radio rebroad-
cast at 1880 pm. w4ll be or
Station WTOP.
The political debate will be
continued on three successive
Sundays. with opposing party
leaders of the Senate and HOUSE
appearing October II and "a
and Mr.. Hall and Mr.. Mitchell
returning for a face-to-face en-
gagement October 81.
Evening star., 1954-10-10

Stricter controls which he had
argued to the point of risking
the success Of the London confer
ence. In the coming negotiations
he undertook to push for the
principle Of military integration
and to do his best to convince
other members Of the community
to the asSembly's point of view,
In more general terms the
premier tried to persuade his
audience that the new commit
ment Of British power to the
proposed organization more than
counterbalanced the loss Of GER
tain safeguards contained In
edo and that the new organiza-
tion actually promised more Sc
curity in the face of a rearmed
Germany than the earlier pact
had done.
In the end his appeal to the
moderates failed. II the premier
had been willing to strike a COM
promise with his critics-if he
had accepted a conditional vote
of approval and made formal
commitment to change some oi
the features Of the London agree
ment, there is no doubt what
ever that he could have wor
the backing of a very large ma
jority Of the assembly.
That he should have held out
for a Stringless vote of conf.
dence and staked the life of his
government on the result comes
perhaps, as a surprise to those
who consider Mr.. Mendes-Franct
an advocate of compromise al
any price," To those who know
the Premier largely as a specia
pleader for the French viewpoint
his performance in defending tht
London agreement and facing
down the opposition in his owr
Assembly was enlightening. Tht
reason is simple enough: AL.
though the Premier personally
supports many of the changes
which critics propose, he is un-
der no illusions about the chances
of imposing them at this poin
Evening star., 1954-10-10

Bringing into focus q Ma
tion's strength and patriotism
as recorded for a fleeting
moment through q small hoy's
eyes helped Martin H. Miller to
enter the select circle of four in
The Stars 1854 Amateur Snap
shot Contest.
Mr.. Miller, who lives at 1920
Gainesville street Sc. is one
of four $25 grand prize winners
in the contest. The winning
photos are reproduced on page
2 Of today's Star Pictorial Mag
azine, More than $500 pictures
were entered in the 15-week
contest. The other winners are:
Mrs. Henry M. Tenney, a
housewife, 2001 North Madison
street, Arlington.
Harvey r. Colpe., q plate
printer at the Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing, 402 East
Custis avenue. Alexandria.
William P. Jones. an elecSri-
cal engineer at the Naval Re-
search Laboratory, 2404 Cole
brooke drive Sc.
Reach National Competition.
Tomorrow at 10 an, pictures
by The Stars four prize win
ners will be in competition with
entries from 95 other newspa-
pers In the United States and
Canada in the 18th annual
Newspaper National Snapshot
Awards.
= The finals will be held in Ex-
plorers' Hall Of the National
Geographic Society, Sixteenth
and M streets NV.
The four grand winners In
the national awards will receive
$1,000 apiece. There will be
276 other prizes ranging from
$25 to $500 total Of $4,000.
Mr.. Miller. q national sales
representative for the Treasury
Departments Savings Bonds Di-
vision, was armed with his cam
era and four rolls of film last
Armed Forces Day.
Down to Last Films.
All day he worked to frame q
picture depicting Americas
greatness. He had two exposures
left on his last roll when, during
a f1ag-lowering ceremony al
Boiling Air Force Base, he spot
ted 7-year-old George T
(Speedy) Lillich, jr., salutins
with his hand over his heart
standing proudly next to his
father, a naval officer.
He edged within 8 feet o1
father and son and made the
most of his seth and last ex.
poSure.
eve never knew he had taker
a picture until he asked for oul
Names" Comdr. Lillich recalls
Mr.. Miller, a past president o1
Evening star., 1954-10-10
Turkish Premier Ends
8-Duy German Visit
By the A:sociofed Press

BONN, Germany, Oct. 9. -
Turkish Premier Adnan Men
deres today welcomed West Ger
many's prospective membership
in the Western defense alliance
as devised at the London confer
ence.
Mr.. Menderes made this point
in a farewell news conference
and communique on his eight
day state visit to West Germany.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
and members of his cabinet were
at the airport to bid farewell.
Evening star., 1954-10-10
Howe Is First Canadian
To Get Guggenheim Medal
BY The Assoeicfed Press

LOS ANGELES, Oct. o.
The first Canadian to win avia-
tion's Guggenheim Medal is
Clarence Decatur Howe. Can
ada's Minister of Trade and
Commerce.
The medal, given for out
standing contributions to prog
ress in aviation, was presented
to Mr.. Howe last night for his
work in helping to build Can
ada's airlines and aviation in
dustry. j. Carlton Ward. jr.
chairman of the Daniel Guggen-
helm Board of Award, made the
presentation at a national meet
ing of the Society of Automo-
tive Engineers.
Evening star., 1954-10-10
seanf Margin Seen
In French Vote on
Nine-Power Pact
BY m. A,.eeia..d Pres.

PARIS, Oct. 9.-Prem1er Pierre
Mendes-France today ended his
first Assembly battle for the nine
power London pact with promise
Of victory. but with so narrow
. margin he may have TO seek
more help ultimately from Brit
ain and America.
Nearly Q third Of the Assembly
last night and early this morning
threatened to walk out and re-
fuse to vote on the troublesome
question Of rearming Germany
rs called for In the agreement
reS9hed last week In London.
Under this agreement, Ger
many win be authorized to arm
IL divisions with tanks and ar
tillery and take q seat in the
NATO council.
Vote Of Confidence Asked.
Rather than permit such q
vosS abstention without at least
a little political risk to the nom
voters. the premier made the is
sue formal matter Of confidence
in his government. The risk to
the non-voters was small. Only
If the government is defeated by
q numerical majority of the
whole house will the members
have to face new election. But
the impact of such a gesture Is
expected TO have two effects:
/. It is expected to increase the
majority for support of the Gov
ernment in continuing negotiat-
ing on the pact.
2 1t demonstrates to other
Western powers the premier's
determination to live up to his
promise to fight for the treaty.
So tough is the Assembly op-
position that observers believed
the French premier would be in
q strong position to demand
more concessions from the Brit
ish and Americans to insure final
ratification of the nine-power
agreement when 1t Is formally
completed.
Much Negotiation Remains.
In the debate opening yester-
day. Mr.. Mendes-France asked
only for approval Of the prin-
ciple Of the agreement, which,
In addition to letting Germany
into NATO, Incorporates her as
Q friendly power in the Brussels
treaty which originally was di-
rected against her.
The new accord worked out in
London has yet to be put into
concrete language and much ne
gotiation remains to be COM
pleted.
The premier outlined the terms
Of the treaty but found he was
likely to get only a small major
tty vote of approval for the work
he had already done and what
he intended to do In future
negotiations.
He told New Jersey State Sem
ator Malcomb Forbes this morn
ing:
IF q vote had been taken yes
terday In the Assembly I think
there would have been about 240
for it. 220 against it, and 1870
abstaining. The debate was very
difficult for us. The substance
was not attacked. but many
deputies don't like me and they
hit at the lesser points of the
agreements which are not all to
Frances liking"
At the same time. the premier
expressed confidence he would
have the final treaty ratified
within 90 days.
Evening star., 1954-10-10
Bollerinu Files Suit

SANTA MONICA. Calf, Oct.
D R.-Ballerina Tamara Tou-
manova yesterday filed a sepa-
rate maintenance suit against
her husband, Casey Robinson,
movie writer and producer. She
charged mental cruelty and said
they separated last August 2 af-
ter 10 years Of marriage.
Evening star., 1954-10-10
kindergarten Teacher

The Kaloranla Day School.
1910 Kalorama road NV. has
announced appointment of Miss
Julie Meyer, 3546 Brandywine
street NV, to the kindergarten
primary department of the
school.
Evening star., 1954-10-17
MYSTERY BY
CAADLELICHT

Experts have battled over this
masterpiece. Even T-men got into
the great Van Cogh whodunit. Now
a letter by the artist two years
before he shot himself is new clue
by Emily Genauer
Evening star., 1954-10-17

picture right here reproduced for the first time in color
in newspaper magazine Of general circulation is the
subject of one of the biggest art detective stories of all time
mystery many people have believed fully solved and
in which fascinating piece Of evidence has just turned up
The painting brought to America few years ago self
portrait done by the great Dutch 9centy artist Vincent
Gogh just year before he shot himself Hollywood movie
magnate William Goez bought for $50O0O only to have its
authenticity sharply questioned by other than the artists
nephew v. W. Gogh, Dutch engineer bitter battle
Immediately developed, involving experts in Europe and
America New YoGks Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the
U. S. Treasury Department.
The Teasrys customs officers forced to investigate the
painting because original works Of art admissible to this
try dutye while copies and reproductions not They
cuded after weeks of investigation by experts art,
handwriting, pigment japanese language etc., that the
picture genuine, il admitted duty-free.
But jury appointed by the Metropolitan Museum brought in
different verdict With full recognition of its aiblity
and despite the fact that since time limited certain posb
ties examination exhausted the Metropotans jury
declared itself unwilling to accept as an original work by
Vincent van Gogh"
The authenticity of painting is like ladys virtue
questioned quite the again. For all the thorough
of the Treasury report and authorization by Dr. Jacob
de la Fae recognized the foremost living Van Gogh expert
this picture has continued to hang the Goetz library unvted
by tmd to their exhibits of l9hoentuy art in which
Van Gogh sfporrait would normally have an honored place
The New Lssssss
Bur new fact has come light not conclusive per-
haps the that courtroom evidence would have to be- but
extremely interesting Skeptcs have argued that very odd
that Van Gogh prolific correspondent who filed his letters
to family and friends with references to pictures on which he was
working, had mentioned this particular eorrat
volume of Van Goghs letters has just been published in
Amsterdam however prior publication here this fall accom-
panied introduction by Van Goghs nephew, the engineer
who first questioned the alleged selfportrat
Among these published letters written by
the artist his sister Wleien from Aries in the south OF
France September 1885, the year the picture dated Init
he wrote, French apopros his experiments with painting at
night "a simple candle gives the richest yeows and oranges
have also made portrait of myself study which have
the air of Japanese"
The title Of the Van Gogh portrait written across the canvas in
what the easy handwriting experts stated was the painters
own hand and close the drawing of japanese head Ede
d Ia bOngis." or Study by Candeight." The End
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County Bans COD.
HyatisyilIe Liquor

c. o. D. deliveries Of all alco-
holic beverages except beer and
light wine are illegal within the
municipal boundaries OF Hyatts-
vile. the Prince Georges County
Liquor Board ruled today.
The vote ofiicially banning de-
liveries in the nearby Maryland
town was unanimous on q mo-
ton offered by Board Member
Brooke Kirby.
County law enforcement Of
ficials said the ban will be en-
forced.
I'VE will abide by the liquor
boards ruling" said Police Chief
Vincent s. Free. land will make
arrests whenever such violations
are found"
Chief Deputy Sheriff Ellis G.
Duley said I'VE will enforce the
liquor board ruling"
Sale Of alcoholic beverages
except beer and light wine Is
banned by statute in Hyattsville.
the liquor board attorney. Ernest
Loveless, said. The courts have
ruled, he said, that the place of
C. o. D. delivery Is the place Of
sale. and therefore c. o. D. de-
livery is illegal.
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Ferryboot in Crush

NEW YORK. JAM 81 R.-
The verrazzano. one of the city's
largest modern ferryboats, yes
terday struck an anchor chain
OF a freighter of Bedloe's Is
land, site Of the Statue of Lib
erty. injuring eight passengers.
Five Of the injured were taken
to Staten Island Hospital. but
all were later released after
treatment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-21

Rothenburger, SO, Of 1858 South
Buchanan street. Arlington.
Names of dead and missing
have not been disclosed.
Maj. Rothenburger'S wife and
three sons Roger, IL; William,
4, and Craig. 2, have lived here
since the officer was assigned
to the Navy Annex four years
ago. Later he was stationed in
Quantico. Va. He has been a
Marine II years. During World
War II he served in the Pacific
as ground man in Marine avia-
ton. He left the United States
last July for the Far East.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-21
Dewey and Eisenhower
Disagree on Voting Age
BY the Associated Press

ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 21.-Gov
Thomas E. Dewey disagrees with
President Eisenhower's proposal
that the voting age be reduced
to ID.
Gov. Dewey said at a news
conference late yesterday that he
was doubtful" New York State
would lower the minimum voting
age from 81 to 10. :
We've always had voting at
81" the Governor said. 1T has
always been the accepted date of
maturity"
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Fire Destroys Church

CARLISLE. Pa, Jan. 81 R.-
Fire destroyed the 64-year-old
Allison Memorial Methodist
Church here today at an esti-
mated loss of 100000. Fire
Chief Ray Kelley. who set the
damage estimate, said the IRE
probably started In the furnace
room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-21
% Marines Killed
As pow Ship and
Guard Craft Collide
Sy the A.soelossd Press

INCHON. Korea, Jan. 2l.-
enty-eight United States Ma
rines were dead or missing today
after q troopship loaded with
Chinese war prisoners collided
with and capsized a small land
ing craft.
The toll was surpassed by that
of only one other naval disaster
In the Korean theater. Thirty
were killed in a turret explosion
on the cruiser st. Paul, of east
ern Korea in April, 1852.
Maj. Gen. William S. Lawton,
commanding general of the Ko-
rean communication zone, said
% SurvivorS-3d Division Ma
rines and crewmen - were
rescued from the chill waters of
Inchon harbor minutes after the
collision between a big Formosa-
bound LIST Qanding ship, tank
and an Lem Qanding craft, me-
dunn. They were not seriously
|. hurt. The Marines were weight.
ed down with heavy equipment.
Six Bodies Recovered.
Six bodies were recovered and
20 others were presumed dead
when the search was called of
at dusk. The small ship had
carried so men, Gen. Lawton
said.
The Marine helmsman of the
rLCM. Pfc. John D. Gates, jr., %,
Pensacola, Fla. said he was ap-
preaching the LIST to put a Ma
rine guard aboard before the
ship sailed for Formosa. The
LIST carried 1000 Chinese POWs
returned to United Nations Gus
tody by Indian custodian troops
in the Korean neutral zone.
Pvt. Gates. formerly a COM
mercial fisherman, added:
THE current was against my
boat. It forced me against the
LIST. 1t was so strong it cap
sized my boat before could
move"
Pvt. Gates said he thought the
LIST was standing at anchor.
The log of the nearby Army
transport Pope recorded the LIST
as being underway.
Picked Up by Sampan.
Pfc. Thomas H. Malone, Brook
lyn, a survivor. said the Marines
all were from the Sd Battalion,
4th Regiment. of the Sd Division.
He told of hs,.ig picked up by
Q Korean Sampan with four
other Marines. He said two of
the five were dead when they
reached the hospital ship Con-
ISOLATION.
The Navy ordered an immedi-
ate inquiry.
Marine officers said the Ma
rine group had been brought
from Japan for the operation,
but had been held in three ships
in the harbor because of armi-
Stice provisions prohibiting
transfer of extra troops to Korea.
Arlington Marine Major
Survives Collision
One Of the % survivors of
The Korean ship collision was
listed In Inchon dispatches to-
Han L. III
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Arlington Marine Major
Survives Collision

One of the 90 survivors of
the Korean ship collision was
listed In Inchon dispatches to-
day as Marine Mai. Elmer w.