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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29
A3 Dead in Nation
In Wake Of Storm;
Crop Losses Mount
BY the Associated Press

Skies were clear and there was
warming trend over most of
tie mid-contInent today. but it
was little chilly in parts of the
East and South.
Snow f1urries were reported in
New York State and Northern
New England. areas hit by
storms over the week end.
Temperatures were S to Is de-
grees above yesterday-morning
readings from Texas northward
to theyNorthern Plains and Great
Lakes region. Freezing weather
was confined to the area east of
the Mississippi Valley and north
of the Ohio Valley. 1t was near
zero at Grand Marais, Mich.
Readings in the Gulf region
ranged between the middle 30s
north to the 40s or low SOS in
Florida and along the coast. 1t
was near freezing early today in
Mobile. Ala, and Raleigh, N. C.
Crop Loss in Millions
Estimates of crop damage
mounted in three States. Mis-
sissippi's loss was estimated at
50 million. Previously the esti-
mate had been SO million. In
Louisiana the damage count
went from 81 to 81 million and
in Alabama from $13 to SIS mil
lion.
For other Southern States:
Georgia. $40 million: South Caro-
lima. ST to $40 million; North
Carolina. S. million; Arkansas,
81 to SIS million, and Virginia. 50
million. In Kentucky the multi
million dollar peach and apple
crops were reported hard hit.
The loss of the peach crop and
most of the apple crop in Illinois
was estimated at So million.
Death Toll at 43
The death toll attributed to
the storm climbed to 40, with
traffic accidents the biggest con-
tributor. Indiana registered 10
deaths directly attributable to
the storms, followed by Illinois,
4; North Carolina, 4; Michigan,
3; New York, 8; Florida, 2: Ohio,
Q; Virginia, 2; Missouri, l.; Ala
bama, /; Tennessee, i, and West
Virginia, /.
In Canada, Quebec province
counted seven dead in the wake
of a weekend blizzard that
stalled trains and buried auto
mobiles beneath snowdrifts.
The victims of the roaring
March blizzard included a hus-
band and wife acrobatic team
from Alabama and their 5-year-
old daughter.
Police identified them as John
Robert Wallace, IS; his wife
Edna, "a, and their daughter
Gayle of Mobile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24

ing back to pre- Hazel standards
and beyond.
Hotel Family Plan
At least one of the luxury ho-
tells in Miami Beach will intro.
duce the tariff device which has
broadened the chance the child
will go along with his parents on
a vacation. The gimmick is the
family plan" which began
spreading in hotels of Canada
and the United States about a
year ago; the hotel is one of
Miami Beach's newest, the Col
den Gate. which has, among
other things, in its 20-acre
spread, three swimming pools,
yacht club docks, free parking
for 800 cars and a children's SUI
pervised Playtown. The family
plan varies somewhat among ho-
tells, but the general idea is that
at least one child gets his room
free. The Golden Gates plan
starts May l and continues
through June Is.
Il Il 4
Bordeau, the sprawling French
seaport, will run out the red car
pet for businessmen of the world
See NOTEBOOK, Page CO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
TRAVELLERS NOTEBOOK
Jottings on Vocation
Places and Events

Steamship Lines between Mon
treal and Quebec.
Better Bus Service
Effective today. railways
buses will operate two express
trips daily between Washington
and Allentown. Pa. via Balti-
more, Bel Air. Lancaster and
Reading Increased service also
begins between Washington and
New York via the New Jersey
Turnpike. This will raise the
number of trips on this route
to eight daily.
The famous Rhine steamers
are back in service for the sea-
son, with a new ticketing ar
rangement that promises to win
more passengers. The Cologne
Dusseldorf Rhine River Steam
ship Co.. the only passenger
steamer service on the German
portion of the Rhine this year,
has worked out a system with
the German National Railroads
for optional use of rail or boat
on the same ticket. The priv
ilege is open only on tickets
purchased outside of Germany,
according to the German Tour
ist Information Office. Travel
ers may change from boat to
train or vice versa at any point
between Cologne and Wiesbaden.
without paying additional fare,
if transfers are spoken for on
board. Regular passe niger
service will be operated this sum-
mer on both the Upper Weser
River and the Danube, starting
May Is.
More Las Vegas Glitter
Another hotel, costing SIS mil
lion to build and equip, is adding
its glitter to the Las Vegas
strip" along o. S. Highway 81.
1t is the Royal Nevada Hotel
of $50 rooms and all sorts of
luxurious facilities, which opened
last week. The theater salon
seats $50 for the dinner show;
the pool exceeds the usual Olym-
pic size; there is parking for
1000 cars and the baths have
circulating ice water. That gives
you an idea.
X \ \ \
South Cardinals Crescent
Beach, painfully tossed about by
last years Hurricane Hazel, is
building up at such a pace that
by June there will be as many
housing units for vacationers as
were available last year. Nearby
Ocean Drive Beach and its
newly incorporated section of
Tilghman Beach also are build
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, j

The Stars Travel Editor
The New Jersey beach resort
Of Ocean City has designated
June % to 80 as "children's
week" Norman Sargent, of the
city's press bureau, reports that
children under IL will be guests
of the Hotel and Restaurant
Association during that interval.
Parents thus will be relieved Of
the childS bill for room. meals
and entertainment. Special en-
tertainment features will be on
tap for the small fry.
4 & X
Memorial Day will contribute
to a long holiday week end. and
It is not too early to make trans
portation reservations now. In
fact. 1t may be too late for some
of the most convenient airline
flights. If you are going away
that week end. better gear up
your transportation tomorrow.
Smart Males to Compete
@Mr. Fashion of 1856" will be
chosen at the fifth National
Mems Fashion Pageant on May
0rat ASbury Park, N. ]. Judges,
riding along the resorts board
walk in rolling chairs, will tap
a number of smartly groomed
males for participation in the
finals, to be held in the conven-
ton hall. First prize will be a
complete. year-around ensemble
OF mems wear valued. according
to Director George zuckerman,
at more than $1,000. Later on
In the season the grand finals
Of the National College Queen
Contest will be held in the re-
sorts convention hall. Judging
will be based on so per cent for
beauty, charm, personal appear
ance and stage presence, and so
per cent for scholastic attain
ments, extracurricular accom-
pliShments and general aptitude.
An old-fashioned Western ro-
dec will open a guest ranch in
New York State on May IA.
Hidden Valley dude ranch at
Lake Luzerne, N. Y, one of the
Easts more prominent Western
dude outfits, will import profess
sional cowboys for the event.
The management announces
that a new string of horses,
broken in by the resorts corral
boss in Montana, will bring the
mounts UP to IS. When the sea-
sons activities get under way,
guests have a schedule of moon
light hayrides, barbecues, boat
ing, square dancing, swimming,
tennis and. of course, riding
the winding trails over the coun-
tryside.
New Caribbean Plane
The fast-developing tourist in
dustry of the Caribbean has
brought about another new
service-direct flights between
Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Re-
public, and Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, by the Dominican Airline.
The fight takes so minutes and
will be operated three times
weekly. Round-trip fare is $27.
X X X
The Manor Richelieu. the inn
posing, UNCOVERED hotel that
ranks among Canada's finest,
will open for the season on June
Q. Situated on a hill at Murray
Bay and overlooking the st. Law
renee River, the hotel Is a high
point of cruises of Canada
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24

days Of that same period in IT'S
when the Declaration Of indie
pendence was in the making.
Special celebrations viii mark
the anniversary on May Is of
the Virginia Resolution for In
dependence unanimously adopt
ed in the Williamsburg Capitol
building and directly resulting
in the Declaration of Independ-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24

ence. During the six weeks Of the
Prelude to Independence" the
Continental Flag win be dis
played daily on standards along
Duke Of Gloucester Street and
other events and historic COM
memorations win be scheduled
as a reminder Of that fateful
period in early American his
tory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
YOU co. OUT BACK
TO DEEP AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE.

When you go deep into the
interior Of Australia, you go
"out back"
Alice Springs is a town
right in the middle Of the
interior and is reached by a
train whose. front part is
called Chan" and whose
rear part is called "the
Chaser" The former is, a
short form Of Afghanistan
and stems from the time
when camel drivers from that
country provided the only
transportation to the interior.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
Check on siestos

Check your business appoint
ments when in Italy and Greece.
The Greeks have a summer siesta
from 2 to 5 each afternoon dur
ing the warm months while the
Italians close their Offices at /
pm, reopen at 4, and lock up
for the night at Z pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
An Anestinq View

Guests entering the lobby or
the Hotel Tamanaco In Caracas.
Venezuela, Immediately arez
struck by the breath-taking VISTA
Of Mount Avila, the high peak Of
the Eastern Andes. Veteran visi-.
tors like to station themselves In
the lobby to watch the amazed
expressions of the guests. Z
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
WILLIAMSBURG
To Celebrate
WILLIAMSBURG, VA

A six weeks celebration start
ing here May Is and known as
the Prelude to Independence"
is the top activity of the Spring
season in this historic city.
The Prelude to Independ-
ence" continues until July 4
and commentaries the tense
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24

The Manor Richelieu, the inn
posing, UNCOVERED hotel that
ranks among Canada's finest,
will open for the season on June
9. Situated on a hill at Murray
Bay and overlooking the st. Law
renee River, the hotel is a high
point of cruises of Canada
Evening star., 1955-03-03

With the frogs croaking in
the lower meadow, the mud a
foot deep. suckers running in
the streams. and the first
point-to-point being run on
Saturday. spring is here.
The Rappahannock races,
which are being run off at the
Leon Greenaway's Leeway
Farm, between Washington
and Sperryville. Va, should
prove worth the long haul
down there and back. Riders,
owners and owner-riders from
Virginia, Delaware. Maryland,
the District and from as far
north as Connecticut, have
sent in their entries and al
though there are some "cross
entries" owners who enter
their names in several races,
picking the one on race day
-. the open Mount Marshall
race for light-weights and the
Leeway should draw top
horses.
The Leeway. according to
Joyce DeBergh, secretary of
the Rappahannock Hunt, will
be wide OPEN" The Smith
wick lads from Maryland, Bill
Rochester from Warrenton,
Chuck Ackerman, Tommy
Jones and assorted owners who
are priming their horses for
the Middleburg races on April
16 and %, are ready to send
their mounts around the up
hill-and-down-dale course at
Leeway Farm.
Porty at Meodowbrook
The party following the
races is going to be at Mead
owbrook Hall. Mrs. w. P.
Slaughter's home at Huntly.
Meadowbrook Hall, for those
urbanites who get lost between
county sign posts. is on the
west side of U. s. 522, three
miles north of Flint Hill.
Spring notes from all
over. John Logan has
taken off from Middleburg for
a three months trip through
Europe. Rutledge, where John
has been living for the past
few years, is being redecorated
for the Morton (Cappy)
Smiths who have sold their
place near Charlottesville and
are ready to return to Middle
burg. which is Cappy's home.
The John Lawsons, who
have been spending the harsh
winter months at Stray Shot,
Mrs. Van Winkle Newton's
home in Middleburg, are going
back to their farm near Uni
son for a few weeks until they
leave for Florida to visit the
Thomas DeLashmutts. DR..
Hugh Darby, president of the
Loudoun Community College
in Leesburg, was the guest
speaker at Hill Schools parent
and teachers meeting last
Evening star., 1955-03-03

OrJuniors
BeingHeId

The Congressional Club has
organized a junior cotillion for
the teen-age sons and daugh-
ters Of members of the club.
The younger group will meet
every other Tuesday. the sec
ond session having taken place
this week, and Saturdays have
been chosen for those in the
older class. They will meet for
the second time this Saturday.
Sessions will continue through
May q in the attractive club
house at 2001 New Hampshire
avenue.
The idea and plan for these
Junior Cotillions was started
by Mrs. Paul Traynham at
Rehoboth Beach where she has
been living for the past few
years. Her daughter, Mary
Marthena. who is just enter
ing her teens, is a member Of
the cotillion at Rehoboth.
Mrs. Traynham is the great
granddaughter of two Sena-
tors, Alvin Saunders of Ne
braska and Benjamin Harrison
Of Indiana, later President.
Her uncle, William Henry Har-
rison Of Wyoming has just
completed his second term in
the lower house of Congress.
Mr.. Joshua T. Cockey of
Baltimore is the instructor.
Evening star., 1955-03-03
Miss Mein0u
Is Married

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Chester
q Meima of Chevy Chase announce
the marriage Of their daughter
Jonquil Allegro to Mr.. William
Warren McMaster, jr., son of
Mr.. McMaster of Springfield,
Ill.,, on February IL in the West
moreland CONGREGATION a |
Church.
The bride is a graduate Of
Sidwell Friends School and
Mount Holyoke College, class of
1858. Mr.. McMaSter is a gradu-
ate Of the Illinois Institute of
Technology and is now employed
as an architect with the Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare.
Evening star., 1955-03-03
O.P.WomenHonor
Mr.. Martin at Party
By Mary [. Vouohon

House Minority Leader Mar
tin met hundreds Of high-level
q. o. P. women leaders last
night at q reception in his
honor.
The occasion was q party in
terlude in the three-day Ma
tional Federation Of Repub-
lican Women's board meeting
here.
Mrs. Carroll D. Kearns,
national federation president,
and her husband. Representa-
tive Kearns Of Pennsylvania.
received with the guest of
honor in the second floor ball.
room Of the Congressional
Club.
C. o. P. women from
throughout the United States
attended the party to meet
leading Republican legislators
who were unable to attend the
board meetings as either
speakers or spectators.
TypieoI Guest
Mrs. Beatrice Mullaney, vice
chairman Of the Republican
State Committee Of Massachu-
sets, was a typical board
member present at the party.
Earlier, she had visited her Re-
preventative, Mr.. Martin, in his
Capitol Hill Office. after at
tending the all-day g. o. p.
Evening star., 1955-03-03
CircIing the Countryside
The Roppohonnock Races
Should Be Crowd PIeuser
By Dolores Phillips

night after dining with the
John Mitchells at Stone
haven.
Show PIons Mode
Other guests were Mrs.
Richard Kelso, Mrs. Archie
Smith and the Russell Ander-
sons. Plans were laid for the
schools spring horse show
which was a sell-out last year
(also a wash-out as it rained
the whole day.. The Rev.
E. A. deBordenave has opened
the rectory of the Episcopal
church in Middleburg on We'd
nesday nights, through lent,
for informal gatherings.
The Rev. Larry Williams
has done, the same thing at
his church at Wildwood on
Thursday nights, with dinner
IN the ofing for a dollar. :.
The Trinity Fashion Show,
a yearly extravaganza with
models from Garf1nckel's, is
slated for Foxcroft School this
year. The Trinity parish hall
in Upperville is being used for
a church while the old church
is being torn down so the Mary
Neville Guild can't have it
there. and the Middleburg
Community Center proceeded
to eat into the proceeds too
much. Miss Charlotte, gra-
ciously, has offered the school
grounds for the fashion show.
Evening star., 1955-03-03
KeIIernuns Fete
Press Chief
Star stan Photo.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry j. Kel-
lerman entertained at cocktails
in their home in Bethesda last
night to honor Berlin's press
chief, DR.. Hans Herschfeld,
and the city of Berlin itself.
Mr.. Kellerman is the public af-
fairs advisor to the Office of
German affairs of the State
Department.
DR.. Heinz Krekeler, German
Ambassador, was among the
guests, as well as other mem
bers of the German mission
and their wives. Among the
guests from the State Depart
ment were the Acting Assist
ant Secretary for Public AZ
fairs and Mrs. Robinson Nc
Ilvaine, the Director of Ger
man Affairs and Mrs. Cecil
Lyon, and Mrs. Eleanor Dulles,
special assistant for Berlin af-
fairs.
DR.. Herschfeld left WASH
ington later in the evening on
the first lap Of a speaking tour
in various cities.
Evening star., 1955-03-03
Entertained
Last Nqht

The Israel Minister and Mrs.
Shiloah entertained at a buffet
supper last evening at their
home.
Among those at the party
were Ambassador of Burma
and Mrs. Darlington, Ambas-
sador and Mrs. Eban, the As
sistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. George v. Allen. the As
sistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. william j. Sebold, the
Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State and Mrs. John D. Jerne-
gana chairman Of the Presi-
dents Economic Council and
Mrs. Arthur Burns, Vice Ad-
miral and Mrs. A. C. Davis,
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Paul,
Mr.. and Mrs. Maxwell Rabb.
the British Minister and Lady
Scott, the French Minister and
Mime. Pierre Millet and Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore Tannen-
wald.
Other guests were DR.. Avra-
ham Biron. newly-appointed
Israel Consul General in Los
Angeles. and Mrs. Biron.
The Netherlands Ambassa-
dor and Nine. Van Roijen gave
a dinner last night for the
head of their permanent dele
CATION to the United Nations.
Mr.. Daniel j. Won Balluseck
and his wife.
The honor guests are leaving
soon for Holland and then go
on to Moscow where he is to
be the new Dutch Ambassador.
Tomorrow night the Van
Roijens will give a dinner for
1t. Gen. A. Baretta, Chief Of
Staff of the Dutch Air Force,
who has been visiting in this
country as a guest of the
United States Government.
Evening star., 1955-03-03
Champagne Party
For Ambassador

The American Newspaper
Women's Club will give a
champagne party in honor of
the French Ambassador and
Nine. Couve de Murville on
Friday, March IL.
Other guests from the
French Embassy including
Counselor and Nine. Robert
Valeur and Counselor and Nine.
Jean Baube have been invited
to the 6 to 8 o'clock affair.
The Stars Eleni Sakes is
chairman of the party. She
will be assisted by Helene
Williams, Ann Hagen, Nine.
DeVosjoli, Lillian Say and
Althea O'Hanlon.
Evening star., 1955-03-03

board session in the Sheraton
Park Hotel.
Senator Leverett Saltonstall,
whom the women referred to
last night in friendly fashion
as "Old Salty" gave Mrs. Null
laney "a lift to the Capitol" in
his car with Mrs. Saltonstall.
She and Representative
Martin went over the Massa-
chusetts county setups. discus
sing primarily women's place
in planning the campaign for
the coming elections.
Among those present last
night were Representative
Edith Nourse Rogers, Mrs.
Mary Jane McCaffree. secre-
tary to Mrs. Eisenhower; MIR.
and Mrs. Bernard Stanley Che
is secretary to President Eli
senhower), Mrs. Herbert Brow
nell. wife Of the Attorney Gen.
eral. and Mrs. Alice Roosevelt
Longworth.
Lost Corsoge
Miss Bertha Adkins, assist
ant to the chairman of the
Republican National Commit
tee. was looking unbelievably
rested after a long day Of Of
flcial business.
Miss Adkins, in passing
through the receiving line, lost
her corsage just as she reached
Mr.. Martin. AS they both
reached to retrieve the pretty
flower. she spotted Mr.. Mar
tins handkerchief embroidered
with two pink elephants. Gal
liant Mr.. Martin not only re-
turned the flower, but pre-
sented her with the handker-
chief.
Mrs. Alice leopold, director
Of the Women's Bureau of the
Department of Labor, also
came by.
Among others present were
District Commissioner and
Mrs. Samuel Spencer, Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy st. Lewis. Mrs,
Eleanor Smith, wife Of the
Representative from Wiscon-
sin; Senator and Mrs. Salton-
stall Of Massachusetts,, Judge
Joseph c. McGarraghy, Rep
resentative and Mrs. Richard
Simpson Of Pennsylvania, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Insinger (she
is the niece of the Kearns),
Hawaiian Delegate Elizabeth
harrington. Mrs. Everett Dirk
sen and Mr.. Leonard Hall, Re-
publican National Committee
chairman. /
Lunch With the President !
Two q. o. p. newcomers to
Congress were present with
their wives. Representatives
Bruce Alger Of Texas and
William c. Cramer Of Florida,
both of whom are the party's
only Representatives from
those States, were excitedly
discussing their appointment
today for lunch with President
Eisenhower.
Also there were Mrs. Sher-
man Adams, wearing a striking
red knitted stole: Mrs. Louis
Strauss, wife of the Atomic
Energy Commission chairman;
Mrs. Parker West, Represen-
tative and Mrs. Charles B.
Brownson of Indiana, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Keith
Thomson of Wyoming, Mrs.
William S. Burdick, chairman
of the federation meeting and
the Treasurer of the United
States, Mrs. Ivy Baker Priest.
Evening star., 1955-03-03
Wedding Announced

Miss Anna Dellenoci. daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. M. Del
lenoci, was married February
20 to Mr.. Julius M. Gallo, son
of Mrs. Dora Gallo of Con-
nellsville, Pa. The Rev. D.
Joseph Corbett performed the
ceremony in st. Gabriel's
Church. A reception was held
following the ceremony at the
home of the brides aunt at
5248 Colorado avenue NV,
Evening star., 1955-03-03
Diplomatic
Parties Set

The British Ambassador and
Lady Makins will entertain at
a dinner party this evening in
honor of the new French Am
bassador and Nine. Couve de
Murville. Among the guests
will be the new Swiss Minister
and Nine. de Torrente.
On Friday, March II, the
Canadian Ambassador and
Mrs. Heeney will be hosts at a
black tie dinner, with the
Secretary of State and Mrs.
Dulles as guests Of honor.
Evening star., 1955-03-03
First Family
Dimes Out
By the Assoeioted Press.

President and Mrs. Eisen-
hover were honored guests
last night at a dinner given
by Secretary of the Interior
and Mrs. Douglas Mckay.
The dinner, to which Nc
Kay also invited fellow cab
met members and their
wives, was at the exclusive
1925 F Street Club.
Evening star., 1955-03-03
Miss Ahlers Wed

Announcement is made Of
the marriage February IL Of
Miss Helena Anna Martha
Ahlers to Mr.. Alban K. Young.
The Rev. Walter B. Freed
performed the ceremony in
the Luther Place Memorial
Church Chapel.
Evening star., 1955-10-19
Harbor Carved Wool Broadloom

luxurious pile Of this 1902 3ph oo6 bodoo and you'll
Cloud No rubbenzed
Floral Beige widths
LuelWa
The Nome nugget., 1955-04-04
Marilyn Monroe
On Pink Elephant
AT Circus Opening

NEW YORK, R-The band
stopped playing at Madison
Square Garden Wednesday night
and $4,000 circus fans held their
breath. Then they exploded into
tumultuous applause.
1t was not tight-rope artist or
a smart equestrienne that stole
the show in the 1855 circus open
ing.
Movie Queen Marilyn Monroe
rode into the sawdust arena on
top of a huge elephant which was
painted bright red for the occa-
sion. She wore specially. de-
signed black and white leotard
Cform-fitting circus costume) and
black net stockings, and she blew
kisses left and right.
The cavernous Garden, with its
maze Of ropes and guy wires sus-
pended from the rafters, nearly
shook from the ovation.
Then the band picked up again
and the Ringing Bros. and Bar
mum & Bailey Greatest Show on
Earth" went on.
The opening night attraction
this year was the dream circus"
produced by Snowman Mike Todd
for the benefit of the Arthritis
and Rheumatism Foundation.
Ii featured Comedian Milton
Berle as the ringmaster and a
number Of other television and
film greats, led by blonde Miss
Monroe on her pink elephant