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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
Young Republicans
Elect Fitzgerald

Henry st. John Fitzgerald, a
Georgetown University law stu
dent, last night was elected
president of the Arlington Alex
andria Young Republican Club.
Other officers elected are:
Peter Wright Of Alexandria, vice
president, and James P. Foley,
second vice president: Mrs. Mar
garet Aitcheson, recording Sec
rotary, and Mrs. Dorothy Miller,
treasurer, all of Arlington.
The election was held at the
Veterans of Foreign Wars hall
in Arlington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
Road Gang Eseopee
Sought in Arlington

A prisoner who escaped from
a road gang near Shirley high
way and South Glebe road in
Arlington yesterday was still at
large today after eluding cor
don of police.
For several hours yesterday
police believed they had the
escapee. James E. Morton. 90,
surrounded in a wooded area
around Four Mile Run.
Morton, who was serving a
two-year term at State prison
camp No. 80 for a burglary con-
viction in Norfolk, escaped about
1.45 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
3 Virginia Counties
Get Disaster Relief

The Agriculture Department
has designated three Virginia
counties-Patrick, Carroll and
Albemarle-as disaster relief
areas because of recent fruit
damage caused by freezes.
Designation of such areas
permits growers to obtain Fed
eral relief loans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
VMI Club to Sinq

LEXINGTON, Va, May 4 (P).
Virginia Military Institutes
75-man glee club begins its
spring concert series Friday eve
ming at Mary Washington Col
lege in Fredericksburg. The next
day the club will sing at LOU
doun County High School in
LeeSburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
24-Hour Prayer
Viqil to Beoin

A 24-hour prayer vigil will be
held in the Marvin Memorial
Methodist Church. Four Corners,
Silver Spring. Md, beginning at
6 pm. tomorrow.
The vigil is belng held in con-
nection with the National Prayer
Chain Of the Methodist Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
.CountyPe rfects
Codefor Roads

Prince Georges County COM
missioners yesterday set May 20
for passage of a proposed ordi-
nance to standardize construction
of roads in subdivisions.
The decision followed a public
hearing on the measure in Upper
Marlboro. attended by about 81
builders, real estate men and
engineers. who offered only few
changes in the regulations de-
signed to end the county's prob
lens in having to take over
inadequately constructed roads
for maintenance.
Harry Boswell. jr., president of
the Home Builders Association
of Metropolitan Washington,
suggested that the ordinance pro-
vide for a board of review of
seven experts in the construction
field. This board would advise
the county commissioners on
their rulings on appeals from
decisions in administration of
the regulations.
Suggests Members
He suggested the board be
composed of a member of the
county Department of Public
Works, an engineer, a real estate
man, a home-builder and repre-
sentatives from the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Capital Park
and Planning Commission and
the county commissioners.
The suggestion drew support
from Gushing Daniel of the
Suburban Maryland Builders
Association.
Although expressing no oppo-
sition to the proposed code, Mr..
Boswell said 1t has many fea-
lures which add unnecessarily to.
the cost of a house"
Commissioner Herbert w.
Reichelt posed the problem of
how the regulations would be
administered when builders wish
to construct additional homes in
old subdivisions which were not
built under standards compar-
able to those of the proposed
ordinance.
He assured the builders the
county would take a liberal in
depreciation of the regulations
in such situations.
Flexibility Urged
Commissioners Lansdale G.
Clagett said the code should be
flexible enough to permit lower
road construction standards in
rural areas where dead-end
streets frequently serve only a
small number of houses. Gravel
roads should be sufficient in
these cases, he said.
Administration of the new
code would be the responsibility
OF Arthur w. Tayman, head of
the county'S Department of
Public Works.
Under the code, permits would
have to be obtained for road
improvements. and builders
would be required to post both
performance and maintenance
bonds pending satisfactory COM
pletion of the projects.
Violations of the ordinance
will be punished by a fine not
exceeding $500 or Imprisonment
for not more than 80 days for
each offense.
Jesse S. Baggett, president of
the Board of Commissioners.
said suggestions made yesterday
will be considered for adoption
before the revised measure is
voted on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-13

Club Coupe with grey
finish. Has radio and
heater. Very good con-
dition. good tires. No.
aA1Q.A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-13
Red Farm Team
Winds Up Tour

NEW YORK. Sept. IS R.-
Leaders Of the Russian agricul-
tural mission predict their $Wo-
month tour of the United States
and Canada will be followed by
more and more United States
Russia exchanges.
Eleven members Of the group
held a final news conference at
Idelwild Airport last night before
leaving for home.
Their leader, Vladimir v. Mats
kevich, said:
"It is difficult to make out
what was the most interesting
part Of the United States. The
most memorable impression was
that Of the hospitality Of the
American farmers. They tried
to show us everything on the
farms and all their methods
Alexander v. Tulupnikoy. di-
rector of the Soviet's ALI Union
Scientific Research Institute Of
Agricultural Economics. told res
pcrters before the news confer
ence the visit Of the 12-man mis-
sion to the United States win
be ''of great benefit to our two
countries"
This sentiment was echoed at
the conference by Mr.. MatSke-
vich. the Soviet Unions first
deputy minister of agriculture,
and Arkady Sobolev, head Of the
Soviet Unions permanent dele
CATION to the United Nations.
Mr.. Matskevich said the
groups most valuable souvenier
of the trip is the so head Of
Santa Gertrudis cattle and three
Herefords they are having
shipped to Russia.
As Mr.. Matskevich and 10
other members Of the delega-
ton left for Paris on the first
leg Of the journey home, Yuri F.
Golubach, Soviet deputy minis
ter Of state farms, remained be-
hind to complete arrangements
for purchase Of the Santa Ger
trudis cattle in Texas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-13
sec chuirmon Named
To WEN Bourd

RICHMOND. Sept. Is B.--
Gov. Stanley yesterday named
H. Lester Hooker. State Corpora
ton Commission chairman, to
the William and Mary Board Of
Visitors.
He will fill the unexpire d
term Of Walter s. Robertson,
Assistant Secretary Of State for
Far Eastern Affairs. who resigned
last week. The term ends March
Is. 1856.
T Mr.. Hooker. q Richmond
resident and William and Mary
alumnus. has been a member
Iof the sec for 81 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-13
YMCA Conference

The Veterans Memorial Branch
of the YMCA in Arlington will
conduct a day-long program
planning conference September
"a at Storer College, Harpers
Ferry, w. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-13
ElENulLI' AVE- NE

Champion two-doof Sc
dan. Gray. With fa-
do and heater. Would
make fine second car
for family. No. Se60iA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-13

See "Tbe ADVENTURES of Sherlock
Holmes" on WRC-TV Cbannel4
;. Mondays at 7 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-13
$40 STREET.-THE
,52 PLYM.

Two-door sedan. Grey
finish, radio and heat.
er. Economical trans
portation ut Q small
price. No. o7i4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-13
,52 LINCOLN

A real car With DUAL
r ange Hydramatic
transmission, continent
tai wheel kit, radio,
heater. white sidewalks.
Black.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-13
'53 PONTIAC

Convertible. Has orig.
|inal grey finish anc
new black top. EQUIP
with radio and heater
plenty Of extras. No
PSI eHEY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-13
'53 FORD

Custom tudor sedan.
With radio and heat
er. Nice looking green
finish. Spotless. No.
$3.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-13
AS-IS SPECIALS

'4S CHEVROLET AERO SITS
Blue. n. a. H. No. p107-A.
Four-Dr. H. q d. No. 9416-A.
~ KAISER ----------$95
Four-Dr. Green. No. 9127-A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-13

|Styleline four-door Sc
dan; with ORIGINAL Jet
black iinish; equipped,
recon ditioned and
ready to 60. No. 975S.
Evening star., 1955-01-11
AUToMoBiLEs 4 ron SALE

MASH 1858 Statesman ~: I. and h.;
overdr.. with beds. Company ufactai
cars. No trades, $995. Cali,-I 81
$500. Ext. 20. between . and $50.
NASH "a statesman Super 4-dr.
sedan; excellent cond. Reclining
seats, Weether-xye; l.70b. JU.
Easa ASH '5s Rambler country club. /. /
ish; excellent mechanical condition;
S795. HoYLR MOTOR SALES. 1717
r. II ave. NE. pu. T-S30n. II
NASH so Huuer Statesman H-door. p
tone, Tadios heater, reclining seats;
new motor, $4,000 mi, very GOOD
con- conditio dSt eEPsr ssS isssins 81 q Be Svs5
1911, AK for MRS. scHoENBERd.
NASH RAAaBLER 1858 convertible;
SI,30b: radio, Weather Eye. real red
leather upholstery. AUTOMATIC TOD;
sfsc, rers sisan ons-ownteT st eSrii eTiiYagsMs ayidas
q BAKER, the Areas Oldest Mash
Nash ie1S ~ a6oos ss1S 2-dr. f sedan: S29s;
oyerdfiye, radio and Weather Eye;
good tires and good finish; Sniy SO
down at WILLIAMS ~ BAKER. S9eh
OEnssioSiIE f1S n iii e's 10 Rocket .9s. model
thing Ike new; Hydra-Matic, radio.
heater; Burbank custom top. S4e5,
terms; ROPER" 18th and r.. /.
oaIlnSsMSsBarLE alS 1910: with hydra
4 new tires. new battery: car in
excellent mechanical condition.
$5gb cash: Can 10. 2-90o. ext.
oLIsmoBILE is47 4-dr. sedan: I e. ssz-
cellent condition. reasonable AD,
oEDsaoBiLs issSg sIIsI 1858 : S% Super, .ss" Holi-
day coupe; Hydra, radio and heater,
power steering, view. tirest owner,
immaculate condition.; safety-tested
written gtiarantees $1.995. PAUL
BROS. (oLDSh wis. ave. and Ellis
cott 81, NV. kE. 7-l506 open
onDsSobfiE IDS ri iii 1881 4-dr. super .sss.:
excellent condition throughout. one
owner; radio, heater; Sl.095. Deal
ers need not apply. Ma. S-Sl20.
oESs;,;SeIIn rs; sSpa daysi "a series aos. de
Hydfa-Gatic, radio and heater, also
power steering; outstanding: $2, 075.
AKERS. OLpSMOBILE CADILLAC
ca. Fairlington shopping center
oESs aTs,. a oyS.r zS a;dE. sdsd, Ms enc cAh. Z;
OLDs ,SS super Esq, convert; al
s.sIss sssssTss LII sllse; $500 E EIs. Jul HUI s
HORNETS BUICK. ss2s Minn. ne.
OLSs Lbs i5s aSSis. de luxe 4-dr. sedan;
attractive surge-blue finish with har-
monizing tailor made seat covers. SCI
on BY Wv, tires, radio. heater,
super-ranee Hydra, and q. host Of
other accessories. This car has been
thofouRhly inspected and safety
tested In our shop and Is outstalad-
ing In every respect; orig. price,
$I;595, r@sducedd @ II f9T arsnnn imnss- ssn1s ssls q
Co. N. virainia's Largest oldsn1o-
bile Dealer. 1000 Wilson blvd, Arl-.
Obs 81 Classic "as''; excellent
conditipns fully. equipped; discount
price. 81 .S86. low down payment.
1913 others at special discounts.
AUTO WHOLESALERS DISCOUNT
SALES CORP, 1871 BladensburE Rd.
Evening star., 1955-01-11
AUToMoBlLEs ron sALG

WEYMOUTH 40 4-dr.; nice run.
nirs condition: S75. Gail Wa =
PLYMOUTH cranbrook sedan: ny
Drive: excellent condition: equipped,
S995. IA. 2-9244. s. !
PLYMOUTH 1919 srper de luxe; like
brand new; S4B5, terms. SSE down.
$4,000 miles, runs looks and drives
like . million dollars; Why worry.
and r. I ave. ne.
H. sedan: f4iiy iii sesSaiS esaippsd. a oTaisinaj a
black dnish:. Diplomatic car. lust
traded. sell before cleanup. S38S;
terms. KIRK MOTOR Co. 1000
|PLTEiMaOS6ITH III MaOS6ITH 'ss cranbrook Club:
orlRinal medium green, immaculate,
one owner. worthwhile guarantee,
\ S1,0Sg. WHEELER. INC, Chfyslef
Dealer. 1900 wisconsin r.Ws In.
SSsI3 R,ds.S.lIs /; 's.' .ssa. sss,nd:s s,.s 4
radio, heater: exceptionally nice
arcade PoNffLAlct, q i4S7 Irvins st.
NV, AD. 4-S500; also 3460 18th
,.ss s ~ ny 7 i "a EA 5000: b ..,,.li Ill
s!Sht iid blue; = exceptionaily ) nice: S7o5.
aRCADE PONTIAC, 1887 Irving 81.
NV. AD. 4-Sb0O; also 3400 l4th
al. NV. RA. 3-9tj70. Ill
PONTIAC 81 station wagon de luxe;
appears never to have been rained
on; immaculate: 81 .099; FLOOD
PONTIAC. 1921 Connecticut. Wo.
PONTIAC ,5I convertible 8 cylinder
Hydra-Matic: black with black top;I
all leather interior: fully equipped;
$gD6. ARCADE PONTIAC. 1897 lrg-
tng st. n.Ws AD. z-S500; also $3.50
14th st. NV. RAs s-9670. I'll
Evening star., 1955-01-11
AuToAAoBlLEs RoR sAua'

|f0HTIk0 - e lixa catelina 9 ~
ARCADE roNI1fc. izs5 trylnl 81
nv Ap. e-e5oQi Also $3.50 81
|FohtiSC 81 cssssn sar chisf q
ssss. Sss sgsssssst IRez6s s,sas fcfac isase
l457 IEling 8. nv. Ap. A-etqes
|roHTi1c III a Ibz7 \ super 81 q as Il; inss: nsf 81
isTas: :Sof7a. isih ! + ! sss..
|PoNIIAc 81 cnisftain .s''s I. h.;
mlleeee: sSfets- tested yEitten Er4x-
Antee; 9 real buy at S60b. PAUL
cott I'll; n.w-s KK. 7-l50e. Open
|roNfrsc reas: ~ isss chi.fsain - ds k.x. &
convcr{ible coupe; HYDRA, radio and
heater, power steering. N.yu. tires,
brlnd-neU tpps extra eieeus tefrlllc
value. $1s096s fafetyeteHted Ngitlen
Rnarnntee. FAuL BROS. tOLIa-l,
Eis scs ave snd xilisots 1',s 81; = ! NV 3
|k0NTIAC 1884 star chieftain de
luxe AZ extras tmaeinaele:
trads. cR a-2bll y cR. S-lx7t.
|PcNrIAc 20 convsrtibls; blue: ~
sAcTY. 10. s-ao5s. q Tuss. and we'd,
|roNfIxc q 30 ! Ichistssln -s,.; IEsara. |:
1isrounf nrfee 81 2e5 Iow Siorn
nasment iSS oihers II snscisi dis. !.
DISCOUNT SAILS CORP. i7si
|P6oiS4ffii |PoNTfac rs 81; qf;:h;sfiais -. .eisn:
Hydra-. fully so,ii5 a reaf fnniiv
car: disco1sr,t nrfce. spe5. LeN
down payment. i23 cthers at spe-
Evening star., 1955-01-11

M SOTO 1881 custom 4-door; ldto-
matte transmission, radio and heat
ers 1 onnefs extra clean: safety
! tested: written euarnntee; &846.
d PAUL BROS. tDID4y, Wis. ave. and
Ellicott st; nv. KH. 7-1300.4 Open
De soTo ie4s cius coupe: sos:
=. and h. and seat covers; IN ufl-
usually fina condition: 896 down At
WILLIAMS a BAKER, 2o and ~
Evening star., 1955-01-11

RoN1zaC "a e5st chlSz eeazst.lbl1.
elaIt5sd viii f1fin. heater. HyfI6-
MEtle DoNsy ele<rlnE. power tf.ke9l
Uas1@ET0 oiasss and exeflieEt tiEt9.
q Wln1ellul ear for - 4l5I &c
guar, CAPITOL CApil1.AE-o -oHl2-
MQ1u& Co. l2e1 Sand ~ ~
tEUpKHAEE1 80 commnnasr; I:
Snis;; & ssoS Is. tifss: Ssf5 y. ',: ciean. Al Sl65
HoxkB MOTOR eALk8 l1i7 n =
ave. nless DU. 9-820Q --l4
STUDEBAKER 1858 Champion hard
top. z. and h o.4 2-tene cream
ever blue. loW MILEAGE owner
81 1885. BOWMAN o1pDEBAKEa
1600 0eofgiA ave. IA 6-1122. ---16
sFUDRnAKRR l9As Champ. conyer-
tihle. :. and n o-d-. fun le1tlnr
tnteEioE: dark grssns $SgS. Bows
ave. RA. 6-fl22 --16
sTgDEsAKEE 1850 s.!.I., chsmpiogs z I, ana I!
cas-; ST. isom psss ssss ~ RoWsl2R WAN sTupEe Sh5se
pAKkR 1900 oeoreia ave- "a;
sTUnEsAkKR isss fana Cruiser
4-dodfs !. and h. At Ns-N, tires,
( 16.0oo actual miles 1 owner; 81 s495.
Sow II AN 8xBDA6AkEN, 1900
0eofgiA ave. IA. 0-t122. ---le
|sEUDRBAKEn 81 vs. Commander
sedols 1-tone l1ish. HgdEn-L1tic
and eguippedi very eleeii; special
\ $599. La 6-220Q, PENNY MQTQFa
1890 n, !. ava. ne. --3k
|STUnEBAKER ss3 ReSai 1tarlinef
hard top; IKE new cond. throuehout
with excel. a-tone ebony black and
cream finish; fully equip. with auto.
transmission. 4, h. and Wv. tires.
most discriminating h1Tef. Priced
below selling market ak only 81. ADS.
LOGAN MOTOR CO, 2011 virHinia
ave, NV. ME-. e-20fs.
sTUnEBAKER 81 Champion 4-dr.s
has automatic transmission. radio
and heater, also Wv. tires; shines
ike newt win make eolneone good
buy; S6a6. AEEN9 oLuSMOBtLE+
CADILLAC CO, Fairitngton ehop+
ping Center. oT. 3-03bQ. III
gTUDEnAKER s5a Cumdr, sport
coupe. red With er. tons fmInae.;
Sj-day ruar,. new snow tires, undef-
coAtins. fihSrglass lined: owner
81,6o5. Call ewes. OIL a-1104. l6s
STUDEBAKER '5a Champ. de luxe q
dr.: black; fully equipped; sos. LEE
d. BQTLER NC 4gaA Wis. ave-
sn.I. EM. 3-4u41.
Evening star., 1955-01-11

AUtUMo1tLt< toA AA9
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and out; ssps. SEA $ss down. down ''lssI 7Rf.
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sttEsctiys new blue nnish: radio,
psadaEls T transp @ q sf Feai ia ssysns 81
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1Ts5se, 1iH5 ssss ~ S9insm9oi,e geeied. 1VO0
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80 ~ hardtop. JACK PRY. 14th
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Top s win I'LL royal red bottom. sst 20
~ Cont,nsntat wheel end tube,
Is. power sfeerinx. ~. snd hr1k,esIl- h, 6 sisel alla
s,iIsks windows and a5Nsy seat. rear ssat
snsy wsth ttSs LIE ~ ~ asH-s.i g !.
soa,F ehsnea sI ~ eomgeny emSiad ca,
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7fAc. III 1aei connecticut Va III a
$500. =
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ROYAL. red with recent biack I'm
FUZZY equipped, +. aud h., tlibeless
SrsEss ss sise DInsa Hindoas ssssl,ns ans xsy 0Sss
quar-, VIII This enrnuany com "A ofiisiai
car: your chaIlce ~ save hui1drT I
81 dollars, S3,6D5. MAYFLOWER
MOTORS. NC wash. 8 Oldest Lir-
eoln-M Mercury Dealer 1l26 18th st.
NV. co. b-036S.. I'll
sedan heantiful light gray with
contragting black top. !. and a.,
power brakes, Wv. tires, rear seat
speaker ana the many Lincoln ex-
Evening star., 1955-02-17
Golfer Eisenhower Strikes Bowling Alleys

into the basement Of the Execu-
tive Offices (Old State) Building.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty explained that
there they can be.used by many
executive Office employees who do
not have access to the White
House itself.
Space that has been taken
UP by the bowling alleys is being
turned into q central file room
and communications room.
Moving the communications
and files to the basement gives
room for Offices on the upper
floors, close to the PRESENTS Of
fee, for administrative assistant
Gerald D. Morgan and I. Jack
Martin, who have had Offices q
block away in the White House
East Wing, and Stephen Bene-
dict. assistant staff secretary.
who has been quartered In the
Executive Ofices Building.
Other sports facilities of the
Evening star., 1955-02-17

White House are not being dis
turbed. The newest of these is
the putting green golfer Eisen-
hover recently had built on the
South lawn.
A swimming pool which the
late President Franklin D. Roose-
velt had built in the area be-
tween the Executive Mansion
and the West ONCE Wing still
is there for use of White House
staff members and Eisenhower
guests. although the President
does not use 1t himself. And ad-
jacent to it is the small gymna-
sium where former President
Hoover used to toss medicine
balls.
Also still there is a tennis
court on the South Lawn which.
so far as Eisenhower aides know.
hasn't been used since woodrow
Wilson occupied the White
House.
Evening star., 1955-02-17
By Gornett D. Horner

President Eisenhower, a golfer
himself, is having moved out Of
the White House q pair of bowl
ing alleys installed during the
Truman administration.
White House aides explained
today that the move Is designed
to make room for needed office
space and to make the bowling
alleys available for use by more
people.
A gift to the White House
from the Bowling Equipment
Industry. the alleys were in
stalled six or seven years ago
In the basement Of the White
House office wing near the mime-
ograph and mail rooms. There
they were used by White House
employees and guards-but never
by Mr.. Eisenhower.
The alleys are being moved
across West Executive avenue
Evening star., 1955-02-17
Blast in Texas Town
Blamed on Gas Pocket
BY the Associated Press

SEQUIN. Tex. Feb. 17.-What
was believed to be an explosion
of natural gas that collected in
a basement rocked two blocks
Of this South Texas town last
night.
Big chunks Of concrete were
torn from the floor of the Office
building in which the blast oc-
CURED, the adjoining Sequin
Bank g. Trust Co. building was
heavily damaged and three per-
sons were injured.
Police said windows were shat
tered in stores and homes in a
two-block radius of the explosion.
The injured included E. A.
Tapp, owner of the building
where the blast occurred, in a
critical condition: Ed Brawner,
who suffered a broken leg. and
Edgar Engelke. chairman of the
Guadalupe-B -Blanco River Author
ity.
Evening star., 1955-02-17
Enjoys Widow Who Assisted
On Nine. Butterfly Diesin Fire

The world premiere Of Madame
Butterfly" was 81 years ago to-
day at Milan's La Scala.
Before World War II Mrs.
Oyama told in a magazine arti-
Gle of her connection with the
opera, the story of q Geisha
girl, Cho Cho San, and her love
for an American naval officer
and her suicide when he deserts
her.
Puccini needed Japanese mu-
sical themes and melodies that
he could elaborate to give the
opera an authentic Japanese
atmosphere.
He was introduced to Mrs.
Oyama, an amateur musician
who sang to him the songs Of
her native land. Mrs. Oyama
wrote that she was startled TO
find that Puccini, not too fa-
miliar with Japanese music, had
used an old drinking song Is his
inspiration for the. suicide music.
Evening star., 1955-02-17
II Die in Montreal
In Apartment Fire
BY the Assoeiossd Press

MONTREAL. Feb. 17.-Fire
whipped through the top floors
Of a 75-year-old brick apartment
house in the heart Of snow
covered Montreal last night, kill
ing II persons and injuring a
dozen others.
Firemen combing the ruins of
the once luxurious Salaberry
Apartments early today said
there was "only q very slim pos
sibility" more bodies remained
to be found. An estimated 200
persons lived in the building at
Sherbrooke East and st. Denis
streets, but many were out.
AS a heavy snow fell, flremen
scrambled up ladders to rescue a
score Of frenzied men and wom-
en- from wooden balconies and
window ledges.
Two women who Jumped from
the fourth floor were in a Sc
rious condition with fractured
Spines.
It was Montreaps worst fire
disaster since 1851, when 81 pen
sioners died In Q blaze at an old
folks home.
Evening star., 1955-02-17
NaVProbes Sighting
OF Sub Off Florida
BY the Assoeiased Pres.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. II.
The Navy plans an investiga-
ton to give proper evaluation"
to the reported sighting Of an
unidentified submarine near Fort
Pierce. Fla. yesterday.
Two coast guardsmen, sent
out to investigate an orange
glow" at sea, reported they ap-
preached within "a quarter Of a
mile or less" Of the object about
IL miles southeast of Fort Pierce
before they lost sight Of it in the
early darkness.
At New London, Conn, 1t.
Comdr. Jack Parry, public in
formation officer for Atlantic
Submarine Fleet headquarters.
said TITS not ours. We have
no submarines operating in that
area"