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BIZ EDWIN NEWMAN

with the initials of the order following their
names. This is a higher honor
In fact, the membership Of the Garter
sounds like Who's Who" of what is left Of
European royalty. Women have been ad-
mitted from the first they wear the Garter
on the left arm = and the Ladies of the Order
include Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
The Queen herself and her husband. the Duke
of Edinburgh. were brought in Just before
their wedding back in l947. The King Of
Norway is member. So is the King of Den
mark. probably the only tattooed K.C., and
the royal Dukes. Gloucester and Windsor.
the Queens uncles- But Princess Margaret is
still outside the charmed circle and said to be
somewhat put out about it.
Some UnlucSEy KnighAs
RoYALTY apart, the Garter may number only
Is living members. their solitary duty to meet
perhaps once year. Lately it has been used
to reward military heroes. like Field Marshals
Montgomery and Alexander. But as rule,
it draws heavily on Britain's leading families,
like the Norfolks, the Bedfords and the Sails
burys. The Salisbury family IS distinction sur
vived the original garter incident. It also
survived the execution by beheading in l54l
Of less fortunate Countess of Salisbury who
refused to bow to the axennan and made him
chase her around the scaffold.
Not all choices for membership turn
out happily. Thirty-six knights Of the
Order have lost their heads. Henry VIII
alone accounting for six. Others have been
degraded" from membership. ceremony in
which the Grant Knights sword and crest
were hurled down from their place above his
stall. and his banner kicked out Of the chapel
into ditch. The Knight himself was taken to
Westminster Hail in London. where his spurs
were struck of, his sword belt slashed to rib
bons. and his sword broken over his head.
In our own time. the procedure is less dras-
tic. Early in the Second World War. King
Victor Emmanuel of Italy was expelled. This
was terrible blow to the tiny King who had
been Garter Knight since 1891. longer than
any living man. and was proud Of it. His
insignia were stolen when MuSsOlinis govern
ment fell = except one badge. His son, ex-
King Umberto, obtained George Wis permits
sion to keep it as a memento.
St. Georges Chapel houses the remains Of
almost as many kings and as much history as
Westminster Abbey. But Winston Churchill
is living history. He will simply be making
more tomorrow when the Queen. with perhaps
a thought for the Countess of Salisbury,
buckles on his Garter. The End
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Knighthood in Britain is pretty compli-
Gated. Some knights are simply made knights,
period. These are called Sir" The rest are
distributed among nine orders - the Thistle,
the Bath. st. Patrick. Star Of India. St.
Michael and ST. George. Indian Empire. Royal
Victorian. British Empire and - nCblest of
all - the Garter. They are called Sir" but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13

buckle and pendant, II win bear IN golden
letters the words. "H0ni soft qsi NAL > bense"
That act will formally acknowledge the
doughty SIR Winston a. knight Of the Gar
ter. the Oldest and most iIIustriOus order Of
knighthood IN the world.
Il was the Countess Of Salisbury. % the
story goes. vino started the whole thing. Back
IN 1913 at court ball she dropped garter.
and King Edward III Of England picked 1t up.
A lew Of his cOurtiers, suspecting that the
2O-yeaT-old countess dropped it on purpose,
micke5ed. The chivaIrous king. however. put
the band around his own left leg. "H0Di soft
esi nal , beHss, " said he. Translation: Evil
10 he who evil thinks"
No Refused Ie Once
Nov, some 600 years later. comes Winston
Chmchills installation in the famed order.
It's eight years overdue. He was offered the
Garter by King George vi in July. 1916. in
recognition Of his wartime leadership. He was
only the fifth cOmmOner since the 18th cen
try TO be offered the honor. and he was the
first to refuse It. He had just lost Office in
Labor Party landslide. IL can hardly accept
the Garter from the King" he said pEi-
vately, ''aftcr the people have given me
the hOOt."
Six years later, the people turned the boot
the other way, and Churchill returned to
Downing Street. And in April Of last year,
Queen Elizabeth called Churchill and Mrs.
Churchill To Windsor Castle She touched him
with sword on the right shoulder. then on
the left. Mr.. Winston Churchill became. to his
great delight. Sir Winston Churchill, Knight
Companion Of the Garter.
: In order to honor the Prime Minister with
Especial ceremony, his formal installation was
Get for June IA. So, tomorrow. at full-dress
meeting Of the Order at Windsor Castle, the
Queen. 40 its head. viii say, Summon the
knight Elect" Two Of the Orders officers
win bring Churchill before her. Assisted by
two Garter Knights. she will place the Garter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13

around Churchill's left leg. This hardly con-
cludes the ceremony however.
This most noble garter" the Bishop Of
Winchester will tell Sir Winston. is never to
be forgotten or laid aside. that thereby thou
mayest be admonished to be courageous. and
having undertaken just war, thou mayest
stand firm, valiantly fight. courageously and
successfully conquer"
Next the Queen will adorn the 79-year-old
Sir Winston with gold collar, gold and
enameled badge representing St. George.
patron saint Of England. Staying the dragon.
and silver eight-point star. Finally the new
knight will take an oath.
a Place In O. 0eesUe's
WHEN Edward III founded the Garter order,
he had in mind something like King Arthm's
Knights Of the Round Table Instead Of a
scat at table, however. he gave each knight
a place in St. Georges Chapel at Windsor.
Sir Winston also has been given stall in
the Chapel An enameled stallplate has been
fixed to its back, and his banner hung over it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13

IL wOn't hold up his socks,
but it's his greatest honor.
Here's the story Of Britain's
famous order OfknighthOOd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13

nN MONDAY, June IA.
" Queen Elizabeth is
scheduled to fix around Sir
Winston Churchill's left leg
below the knee q garter Of
daTk-blue velvet. Edged
with gold, with golden
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Evening star., 1954-08-08
Air Research Too Slow
In U. S, SYminqton Says
BY the Associated Press

TULLAHOMA, Tenn, Aug. T.
The free world is developing its
air power too slowly to meet the
expanding might of world Com
munism, Senator Stuart Syrhing-
ton, Democrat, of Missouri,
warned here tonight.
In a speech prepared for de-
livery at a banquet highlighting
the opening day. program of
Tullahoma's second annual
Arnold engineering development
center celebration, the former
Air Force secretary said: s
I'VE are living in. a time when
our national ability TO control
the air is even more vital to the
peace of the world than was
Britain's ability. to rule the sur
face oceans of bygone eras."
Nevertheless, the y Missouri
Democrat said, the national re-
search and development budget
sis not keeping peace with our
requirements or with the efforts
which are being made in that
field by the Communists.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Sy the As.eeiossd Press

LONDON Aug. THE shn-
day Pictorial tonight advised IT.
year-old Princess Alexandra to
get rid of her "old-maidish' %
wardrobe before she leaves for
America.
The princess, daughter OF the
Duchess Of Kent and cousin OF
Queen Elizabeth II, flies to
Quebec August 81 with her
mother for a tour of Canada
and will visit New York Sep
tember II.
The tabloid, under the head
line no way to dress q princess.
complained that Alexandra is
appearing in outfits that make
her look almost twice her age.
Furthermore, the paper added,
her skirts are too long for q
tall teen-ager and her beltless
styles emphasize "the coltish
figure faults q 17-year-old
strives to hide"
The Pictorial said: "Her
mother must tell her:
THAT unless q tall girl draws
attention to her waistline i, she
looks all In one piece.
THAT she is Of an age to
wear shoes that are pretty rather
than sensible, and that there are
gay. delicate hats that would
f1atter the twinkle in her eyes,"
Evening star., 1954-08-08
.S3 Men viii Answer
Draft Bid Wednesday

Eighty-three men have been
ordered by the District Selective
Service to report for induction
Wednesday at the Armed Forces
Examining and Induction Sta
ton. 8l4 North st. Asaph street,
Alexandria.
They are:
Thomas g.. Norcio, Frank M. Cohen
Richard 3. Sundt, Harry B. CroSwell
William N. King, IT,; Wayne M. Shansey,
Mark N. Brooks, Willie Knight, jr,;
John T. McMahon.
Kenneth z. Burks. Owen N. Ravnor
Joseph A. Osbourn, Eugene Z. Kirkland,
WALLACE w. Campben. Arthur Lazzari,
?Sssph can Woody : snsiss2s ssnfs
Juliud D. Parker
David =. Tyson, jr.. James D. Brown
James C., Han. Roy Blackburn. Joseph
Washington. Albert N. Grose. James j.
N. Mcoehee. 1'O' A 'a'oD
william q wandsrsee. Harry J. Ho.
ben, Overton j. Gillis, Roland Gwynn,
NJ. .Aibrecht. jr.. William M. Sanders,
asSas Hood Eoyes X shss'eE HARPER s Carl R. Green
Morton Lutzky, David J. Nordquist,
James T. Freshwater, Francis A. Hur-
win. Roy L. Hunt, Thomas Lawrence,
Jones. Joseph e. jackson, Gordon Tins
ley, William r. Miller, Madison ]. King
wood. Ernest Darlington.
Joseph D. Hawkins, Harry J. williams.
Julius r Frederick, Agee Willie, IT..
Frederick M. Reynolds, James z. Bynum,
johnnie Gay Frank N. Barno. Perry D.
Mack, IT,, Charlie Brooks, Raymond C.
White. Gerald Cureton, Wiley B. Mark
ham.
Joseph Mckinley Braxton. Leroy Mar
row. Charlie T. Bittle. Russell Jones,
ton, Parker Sanders.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Riding Hall and $8.5 Million
Will Let West Point Expand

also will be provided by the con-
version of another building at q
cost of SIS million.
West Point has an authorized
cadet strength of $500 but be-
cause of lack of space has never
been able to reach that figure.
This year, for instance, it was
forced to take about two thirds
Of the number 1t normally would
enroll. Only 750 of the 1900
who took entrance examinations
were accepted.
The Air Force is allotted 80
per cent of each graduating
class.
The project is in line with a
1S49 recommendation of a
special Service Academy Board
OF which Gen. Eisenhower was
vice chairman.
That board, which was headed
by DR.. Robert L. Stearns, presi-
dent of the University of Colo
RADIO. recommended that at least
SO per cent of the officers of the
Regular Army be West Pointers
It has never been above 80 per
cent.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
SaItonsiaII Defends
Air BuiIdup Rate

Chairman Saltonstall Of the
Senate Armed Services Commit
tee said yesterday a steady
buildup and Improvement of the
nations air power is being
achieved at q realistic rate"
In a Senate speech Senator Sal
tonstall replied in detail to critics
who have complained that the
administrations new air power
buildup is not paced fast enough
in the face Of Soviet Russia s
growing air strength.
The administration's program
provides for a buildup of the Air
Force to 1877 wings by June 80,
1857. Senator Saltonstall said
this goal is being attained at a
rate Of some 8 to 10 additional
combat wings each year.
This is a rate of buildup which
experience indicates is reason
ably attainable without causing
an imbalance in the Air Force
and without diluting the combat
effectiveness of the existing
force" he said.
This realistic rate Of buildup," +"
he continued. will permit the
Air Force to properly man, train,
equip and base the new wings
as they are activated, and to in
crease its combat effectiveness
concurrently with the increase
in number of wings"
Evening star., 1954-08-08
?. c. Pilot Gets Flying Cross;
Saved Survivors off Hoinon
Cuptoin Led Rescue
Of Nine on Airliner
Shot Down by Reds

Capt. Jack T. woodward, pilot
OF the amphibian Air Force
plane which rescued nine sur
vivorS Of the British airliner
shot down by Chinese Commun-
lists near Red-controlled Hainan
July %. yesterday was awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Air
Force Chief of Staff, announced
award Of the decoration. Air
Medals also were awarded to
five other crew members. The
awards will be presented at Clark
Air Force Base in the Philip
pine Islands.
Capt. Woodyard's mother Mrs.
Ada Virginia Silverman, lives
at BAL Seventeenth street NE.
The captain led a flight of
two planes which responded to
the distress call. Disgarding
the danger of attack, he piloted
his plane Skillfully to a landing
and TAXED the aircraft through
rough seas to the life raft. After
the survivors had been taken
aboard, CAPTAIN woodward was
forced to use rockets to assist
the planes takeoff from the high
seas.
The British government has
expressed appreciation for the
skill and courage shown by the
reScuerS.
The other crew members were:
Capt. Tommy r. Arnold, jr.,
San Antonio, Tex; Capt. Albert
F. Smith, Hudson Falls, N. Y;
Evening star., 1954-08-08

West Points old riding hall,
where President Eisenhower and
many another cadet went for q
canter in bad weather, soon may
be converted into a mammoth
academic building-at a cost of
$8.5 million-to permit the
academy to come near its author
lied strength.
A horse hasn't been seen in
the hall-completed in 1914
since the Army went all out for
mechanization and abolished its
historic cavalry in the early
l94OS. In fact, the big building
has been used as a parking lot
since then.
The Army figures the $8.450 900
to be spent converting the struc-
ture is two-thirds of what a new
building would cost.
The building will provide the
academy with an assembly hall
which will seat half the corps
of some 100 cadets for the first
time. Classrooms and office
space will take up the balance
of the building.
Barracks spacetfor $50 cadets
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Gruenther Says Combat Power
OF Red Army Is Misleading

ratio Of supporting units, Gen.
Gruenther said the Soviets do
not have graves registration per-
Sonnel.
"Their attitude is that a family
will know that a fellow is dead if
he doesn't come back 8 or 4 years
later" said Gen. Gruenther. 80
they just don't bother about
that"
While the general was testify
ing on the Foreign Aid bill, the
discussion turned to the eco
nomic strains of maintaining
adequate mutual defense for the
free nations.
Gen. Gruenther tolo the Sen
ators the Russians also have
their problems in maintaining
the home-front economy. In the
field of agriculture alone, he
said, 1t was announced recently
that the Russians have fewer
head of cattle with a population
of 200 million than they had in
1916.
Gen. Gruenther said the Rus
slams have low standard of liv-
ing, and recalled that on two
occasions Premier Malenkov has
promised the Soviets a better
standard.
when he promises them that
he will produce 38 million tons
of steel next year. there ism
anybody who knows whether he
does it," said the general, "but
when a fellow knows that he
works two weeks for a pair of
shoes, there are 213 million
kibitzers who know whether they
are getting a better standard of
living. These three fellow
who are running the country are
not living in a bed Of roses.
MY feeling is this, that we get
too concerned about their power.
don't want to underestimate
them. but they have got some
problems. too. I feel that this
contest Is going to be won by
the side with the stoutest hearts,
and prefer to believe that we
| have that capability."
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Doctor Slain Beside
Priest; Wife Held
By the Asseeiatad Press

NETCONG, N. j., Aug. t.
A Jersey City physician was shot
to death today in the climax of q
family argument as he stood be-
side a Roman Catholic monsignor
who was a visitor at a summer
home in nearby Washington
township.
State police said DR.. Herbert
Pontery, SO. died of a bullet
wound in the chest 10 minutes
after he was shot in the bungalow
of his estranged wife, Mrs. Ida
Pontery, 60.
Msgr. Ernest Monteleone, pas
tor of Our Lady of Sorrows
Church, Jersey City, said he had
gone to the home in an effort
to patch up the couples marital
difficulties.
A neighbor, Harry Young, who
lived across the road, told police
he saw Mrs. Pontery shooting a
revolver at her daughter Doris,
%, in the driveway of the home
and disarmed her. The daughter
was unhurt when a bullet struck
set Of keys in her pocket, police
said.
Mrs. Pontery was taken to a
hospital for observation.
No charges were placed as
State. county and local police
began an investigation. So
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Doomed Man 10 Appeal
In Gaspe Hunter Murder

QUEBEC, Aug. THE con-
viction Of Wilbert Coffin on q
charge of numbering a young
Pennsylvania bear hunter Twill
certainly be appealed" Defense
Attorney Francois Gravel said
today.
Mr.. Gravel is an assistant de-
tense counsel for the 43-year-old
prospector, sentenced to be
hanged November 26 for the
murder of Richard Lindsey.
The defense has Is days after
the sentence, handed down
Thursday at the end of a 19-day
trial, to file an appeal before
the Quebec Court of Appeals,
whose next hearings will be held
in October.
The body Of Lindsey, II, was
found last summer in the Gaspe
bush with those Of his father,
Eugene, At. and a friend. 20
year-old Albert Claar, all Of
Hollidaysburg, Pa.
Coffin was escorted here last
night and lodged in the Quebec
city Jail.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
New Powers SOUGHT
By Mendes-France
To Rebuild Nation
BY fhe Asseeioted Press

PARIS, Aug. 7. - Premier
Pierre Mendes- France today
promised Frenchmen a rebuilt,
more prosperous nation and
asked the National Assembly to
give him vote of confidence
on his bid for powers to make
the changes he wants.
eff parliament consents" ne
told the country in a recorded
broadcast, "the government will
have broad powers which it will
use in coming months for what
should be it's masterwork, ON
which 1t will be judged in the
future.
Tagging in World Trade.
"The re-establishment of
peace in Indo- China was Of very
great Importance in itself. But
1t was a preliminary task that
had to be accomplished first in
order to put our country in a
position to recover its health
and vigor, and to advance reso-
tslutely once more on the road of
progress"
France. he explained, has fall
en- behind its neighbors in the
competition for world trade, its
industry bound to o.d-fashioned
methods and often staying in
business only with government
help. He wants to modernize it
gradually, expanding production
and traue co raise the income of
the average Frenchman.
The assembly vote is to be
held Tuesday.
Expected to Get Power.
There was little doubt the as
sembly will COVE the premier
the power to set about doing
things in his own way until
March 81. 1855.
II it should refuse, however, he
would have TO resign because he
has made the issue a question of
confidence in his government
AS the recorded speech went
on the air, the premier himself
was spending the week end at
suburban Marty, in a small house
President Rene Coty has placed
at his disposal. His aides said
he was working hard on the
problem of the European De-
fense Community - the next
major one on his list. The parlia-
mentary debate on ratification
is due to start August "a.
Evening star., 1954-08-08

Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, su-
preme NATO commander. told
the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee in testimony made public
yesterday that statistics which
show a much higher percentage
of combat troops in the Russian
than In the American army are
misleading.
The general testified that So
Wet divisions impress civilian
personnel dnto service as sup
porting personneD and they i'm
press them at the point of a gun
and impress tremendous numbers
of them" This practice is not
accounted for in the compari-
sons, he, said.
AS another illustration Of how
the Russians keep down their
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Crew Balls Out Safely
As AT Tanker Crashes
BY the Asseeiatsd Prs.s

SAVANNAH. Ga, Aug. THE
10-man crew of a Hunter Air
Force Base refueling tanker
bailed out to safety early last
evening before the big ship
crashed on a training mission
over French Morocco.
The plane left Hunter AFB,
on the outskirts of Savannah,
only a few days ago for Sidi
Slimane, United States Air Force
Base in French Morocco.
SAC's KC97 crashed about IS
miles north Of Sidi Slimane.
The four-engine plane, the air
refueling version of the Boeing
Stratocruiser, was assigned to
the End Bomb Wing at Hunter.
It was on a routine training mis-
sion as part of the 45-day SAC
mobility deployment to North
Africa when the accident oc-
CURED.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Bennington Heroism
Awards Go to 107
By the As.oeio,ed Pres,

NEW YORK. Aug. More
than a hundred sailors received
awards at the Brooklyn Naval
Shipyard today for their heroic
performance during the disaster
aboard the aircraft carrier Ben
nington last May.
The awards. known as Com
manding Officers Awards and
consisting OF Letters Of Com
mendation or Meritorious Masts.
were personally, given to l07 men.
Another 81 men given similar
awards will receive, their cita-
tions later at new posts.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
LondonPoper Tells Princess
osJunk OId-Moidish Clothes

The paper said Canada and
America turn out the crispest
teen-age fashions and hair
styles and Alexandra will be
watched critically by millions OF
girls her own age" A.
Finally. the Pictorial advised
"she must stop trying to look
like her mothers memory OF how
she looked when she was a girl" :"
The stylish Duchess Of Kent
has appeared on lists OF the
worlds best dressed women and
made the Marina" hat all the
rage when she was q girl.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Stores Report More
Crimes Than Fires

CHICAGO.-During the past
five years reported store and
Office .burglaries increased so per
cent and robberies 80 per cent.
A burglary-insurance specialist
here says the average business
man can now expect to report 4
crime before q fire loss.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Arlington Concert

Arlington Youth Is Singing"
is the theme Of q concert to be
held at $3.50 pm. Thursday by
the Choralaires, choir made up
of Arlington's vacationing college
musicians, in the Stratford Jun
ior High School auditorium, Ar
lington.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Turks Get u. S. Sub

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Aug. Z (P.
The United States submarine
Guitarro, a converted Snorkel-
type ship, was turned over to the
Turkish Navy in ceremonies here
today.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
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Miss Rosenth0I
IsM0rried

The marriage of Miss Sally
Rich RoSenthal, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Dunbar A. Rosenthal.
to Mr.. Samuel Mandell Brody,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E.
Brody of Toledo. Ohio. took place
on June 9 at the home of the
bride.
Miss Rosenthal is a graduate
of Sidwell Friends School and
Smith College. Mr.. Brody is a
graduate of Dartmouth College
and the Harvard Graduate
School Of Design. He is an
ensign in the Naval Reserve.
After a wedding trip, the couple
will live in New York City.