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Arthur Markell, Operator
OF JeweIry Store rs Years

his membership in the CONNER
cial Telegraphers Union. He was
a member of the executive board
for many years, resigning in
1914 because of the demands OF
his business.
A member of the Board of
Trade, Mr.. Markell also belonged
to American Legion Victory Post
No. l here. and to the German
Pilgrim Masonic Lodge in New
York.
His widow, the former Rose
Clark, plans to continue opera
tion of the jewelry store at $40
F street NV, in which they
worked together for many years
Other survivors are a sister,
Mrs. Philip Franks, of 9504 Car
oline avenue, Silver Spring, and
a brother, A. Edward Markell, OF
New York.
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DEATHS REPORTED
From D. c. Health DEPARTMENT.

Charlotte Terryberry. 90, 800 Con-
nectlcut ave. INV.
Hurbert Huribut, 80. virginia.
Lydia Griffith. 81, 1S46 ontario rd. n W
Mile Herman, 81, 800 Connecticut
ave. NV.
Roy Lewis, 81. 1895 Columbia I'd. NV.
William orndorfi. rs, sSos i7th st. NV
sessie Pallao "A. 550s Henderson rd
Frank Owen 72, Cabin John. Md.
Harry Smith. so, 1900 H st. NV
Zula Wood 65, 1898 Nebraska ave, NV
Charles Morssn, SO. 1908 Florida ave.
NV.
Harry Piyer, 81. 1423 Meridian ri. NV
Irene Jolliffe 55. 4301 Massachusetts,
Richard oirdmervine, SIS, no address
Alice Christmas. So, 1915 4bth ct. NV
Florence Judd, A. 47lO Hunt ave. Nd
George Cooper, 40. Arlington, Va
Carl Wilson. 3S. 1899 Foxhall rd. NV
Robert Brown. 30. Harmony. N c.
Howard Slider, o, Arlington, Va.
Moira Reams, infant, 0ambrills, Nd.
Emily Carter. as, 22O H st. ne.
Bessie Watkins, IS, 1880 c st. s.e.
Joseph Lee, 73. Soldiers Home.
Russell Qarnette, 45. 1880 Bladensburg
Ruth Williams, SO. 1910 p st. NV.
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Frank J. Settle, Defense Aide
And Farm School Dean, Dies

department considerably. II
includes courses in technology
engineering and photografn-
metry.
He had hoped to teach in
Florida, friends said. but IL
health made this impossible. Be-
fore entering Government serv-
ice with the Public Works Ad.
Iministration in Richmond, Va.
in 1888, he taught at Norwich
University, Vermont; the Uni.
versity of Puerto Rico, and Vir-
fginia Polytechnic Institute. An
cient history was his hobby.
Native of Connecticut
A native of New Haven, Conn.
Mr.. Sette was educated at Yale
and received his Phi. B. degree
from Shefield Scientific Schoo
in 1920. After work at both the
Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology and Harvard. he received
his M. s. degree from Harvard
in 1928.
He volunteered as a private ir
the coast artillery in World Wal
I, was commissioned in 1919, anc
served in the reserve until 1884.
Mr.. Sette served as a consult
ant to the United Nations il
1947. In 1889, he was Unitec
States delegate to the Interna.
tional Congress of Photogram,
metry and Surveying, in Italy.
He is survived by his wife, tn,
former Lois Justice; three broth.
Iers, William j. Sette, of Wash
Iington; John j. Sette, of Lake
wood. N. j., and Edward j. Sette
lof Naples. Italy: and two sisters
Anna Milano. of West Haven
Conn, and Marie Anson, of Bay
side, N. Y.
Funeral services will be hell
lin Gainesville tomorrow.
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stars. He was a graduate of the
command and general staff
school, Fort Leavenworth. Kans
He served in World War I with
the 9Th Engineers, Sd Division
Col. Hughes was elected re-
Gently to the board of directors
of the American Ordnance AS
ISOLATION. He was also a mem
ber Of the Army and Navy Club
Congressional Country Club
Armed Forces Communication
and Electronics Association, Ma
tional Security Industrial Asso.
citation and Disabled Officers AS.
sociation.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs
Arthur j. Poschen of Portchester
N. Y; a son. Robert F. Hughe!
of Mt. Clemens, Mich, and sever
granddaughters.
His wife, the former Lilliar
Corcoran. died in 1855.
Funeral services will be helc
Monday at the Blessed Sacra.
ment Church, Chevy Chase. with
burial in Arlington Cemetery
The body will be at Gawler's Fu-
neral Home, 1756 Pennsylvania
avenue.
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7. F. X. Leckie, 81,
Gonzuou Teacher

Thomas F. X. Lechie, 81. the
teacher at Gonzaga High School
to whom this years senior class
dedicated its yearbook, collapsed
and died of a heart attack on
Wednesday in the street near his
home at 1928 Tenth street NE.
OF Mr.. Leckie, who had taught
at Gonzaga for 20 years, the
students said, :. it is custom
airy to say that the one to whom
we dedicate the yearbook is more
than a teacher, but we prefer
to say that Mr.. Leckie has been
a teacher in the best sense of
the word. ="
Mr.. Leckie taught English,
Latin and religion at the school.
Since burial will be in Phila-
delphia. neighbors have request
ed an opportunity to participate
in a memorial service here. A
memorial mass will be said at
10 am. tomorrow in st. Aloysius
Church. North Capitol and Eye
streets, simultaneously with the
funeral mass at the Church of
the Gesu in Philadelphia. The
Mothers Club of the school is
planning to attend the service
here.
Mr.. Leckie, who was a bache-
lor, is survived by four brothers.,
Joseph, Francis, James and John
Leckie, all of Philadelphia.
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Bulk of GuIbenkiun Fortune
Left to Foundation in Lisbon

Kevork Esayan. a son-in-law
who worked in the Gulbenkian
Organization for many years.
There has been much specu-
lation about the size of MIR.
Gulbenkian's fortunt and who
would get it.
The attorney said there was
"ample provision" for Mr. Gull
benkian's son, Nubar; Mrs.
Esayan and their son, Michael.
the only grandchild. Nubar and
his sister were told of the terms
of the will this morning in the
Aviz Hotel, where Mr.. Gulben-
khan lived for many years. Mrs.
Esayan was at her fathers bed
side when he died.
Mr.. Gulbenkian's art objection,
one of the worlds finest, will 60
to the foundation. The attorney
said all questions regarding the
foundation will be subject to
Portuguese law, but that the
inheritance will be administrated
under British law, since Mr.. Gull
benkian was a British subject.
Mr.. Perdigao said the will was
signed in Lisbon on June %,
1858. Mr.. Gulgenkian became
seriously Ill with a kidney all
ment in January.
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told last nights meeting IN
packed Congress Plaza that only
Christianity can assure social
freedom for men.
After the meeting ended with
the singing Of anthems, many
Of the crowd went to a midnight
mass for the Dutch delegation.
The altar in the plaza was
blanketed with flowers sent by
air from Catholics in the Neither
lands.
The sky was overcast and the
temperature was cooler than
during the last few days.
The eucharistic congress
opened Tuesday. 1t is designed
to emphasize the Importance of
the eucharist-the sacrament
of the Lords supper-in the
daily lives of men.
Francis Cardinal Spellman,
archbishop of New York, will
officiate at mass communion
for men tonight.
More than 900 women took
communion yesterday after a
special mass.
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H. v. Fuirfox
OfWurrenton

Hamilton Van Rensselaer, Fair
fax Of warrenton. Va, died
Wednesday after a short illness
in Emergency Hospital.
A native Of New York. he was
the son Of the late Hamilton
n. and Eleanor Van Rensselaer,
Fairfax of New York. He was
a nephew of the late Henry
Fairfax of Oak Hill. Va. and
Mrs. Henry Fairfax Of Aldie, Va.
He was directly descended from
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer,. the first
patron of the Dutch colony of
Albany. for whom Rensselaer,
wyck was named.
For the past IA years Mr..
Fairfax had lived at Carter
Hall, Warrenton. During World
War II he served on the Fau-
lquier County Ration board. He
was a member Of the church
club. 7th Regiment and Colonial
Lords Of the Manor of New York
and of the Fauquier Club in
Warrenton. Survivors are his
sister. Mrs. H. Schuyler Cam
mann of Cold Spring Harbor,
L. l.; a nephew, DR.. Schuyler
w. r. Cammann of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania; a niece,
Mrs. Howard s. Lipson of Hunt
ington, L. I. and nine great
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be to-
morrow in the chapel at Green
wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. N. Y,
with interment in the family
pilot. Memorial services will be
held at II am. tomorrow in St
james Church, Warrenton.
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H. Brown,
Christiun Scientist

William Herbert Brown, 70,
who died on July Is while visit
ing in Muncie, Ind, was buried
this week in Fort Lincoln Gene
terry.
A retired Government Printing
Office employe, Mr.. Brown lived
at 5000 Connecticut avenue NV.
He fought in the Army during
the Spanish american. War and
spent IL years in the Navy, dur
ing which time he served in
World War I.
He was an usher for eight
years at the First Church of
Christ, Scientist. and was a
member of Columbia Masonic
Lodge, Richard J. Harden Camp
Of the Spanish War Veterans and
Typographical Union 101.
Survivors are his widow. Mrs.
Ophe Gay Brown: a brother,
Henry F.. 1888 Thirty seventh
street NV, and a sister. Mrs.
Faye Key. Princeton. Ind
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LISBON, July % (P1.-A foun-
dation to aid charity. arts. edu-
cation and science" will dispose
of most of the estate of CAL
ouste SarkiS Gulbenkian, his at
torney said today. Mr.. Gulben-
khan, long a mystery figure OF
the international oil world and
reputed to have been a billion
aire, died Wednesday at the
age of 86.
DR.. Azerdo Perdigao, the at
torney, told a news conference
the headquarters of the Calouste
Gulbenkian Foundation will be
in Lisbon, but its activity will
extend to "all civilized coun-
tries"
He is a trustee. To others
were named--Baron Radcliffe of
Werneth, a long time British
friend of Mr.. Gulbenkian; and
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Family Gets $50 900 in Crash
Involving Yemen Legation Car

chael was chaining his bicycle
to the fence outside the Police
Boys Club, Fifteenth and Har-
ward streets NV.
A truck. driven by Clarence
1ansill. 40, 6007 Fourth street
NV. travelling east on Harvard
street. ran through a red light
and collided with the legation
car, travelling south on Fifteenth
street NV. The legation car
was knocked to the left side of
the street where it struck a third
vehicle. It then rebounded to
the right side of the street,
knocking down a street sign,
mounting the curb and striking
the boy.
Defendants in the suit were
the Kingdom of Yemen, Richard
A Packet, owner of the vehicle
driven by Mr.. Tansill, who was
also made a party, and Hagop
Keshishian, driver of the lega-
tion car.
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Frank ]. Sette, 81, an ofhcial
Of the Defense Department who
retired last year after 10 years
Of Government service here, died
in Gainesville. Fla, on Wednes-
day.
Mr.. Sette also was dean Of the
technology department Of the
Graduate School Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture when he re-
tired. He had held the post for
many years.
He went to Gainesville with
his wife after his retirement in
June, 1854, because of i'll health.
He was deputy director of the
Reserves Division of the Office
of the Assistant Secretary OF
Defense for Research and De-
velopment of the Defense De-
partment.
Cited for Service
Secretary of Defense Wilson
gave hi ma certificate Of meri-
torious service early in 1855.
The Defense Department post
eliminated a Government career
that began in 1885 when Mr.
Settee, an engineer, came to
Washington with the Resettle-
ment Administration, which later
was absorbed into the Depart
ment of Agriculture. He served
as Deputy Administrator Of the
Rura l Electrification Admins
tration from October, 1910, to
January, 1912.
Before going to the Depart
ment of Defense he was deputy
director of construction and field
operation Of the Civilian Pro-
duction Administration.
In 1941, while with REA, Mr.
Sette became dean, or chairman
of the committee on technology
|of USDA's Graduate School. He
is credited with building up the
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DR.. M. P. Clements,
Dentist 80 Years =

DR.. Matthew P. Clements. a
dentist on the staff of st. Eliza
beth's Hospital for 80 years. died
in Providence Hospital yesterday
after a brief illness.
Born in Jersey City. N. j., DR..
Clements was educated in the
public schools of Meriden Conn,
and attended Georgetown and
George Washington Universities.
He is survived by his widow.
the former Mary Kiniry: twin
daughters. Mrs. Ellen McLaugh-
lin and Mrs. Catherine Brewer,
and two grandchildren. He also
is survived by two brothers,
Thomas A. Clements and John
T. Clements of Meriden, Conn,
and four sisters, Mrs. Mary v.
Beller. Mrs. Julian BARLEY, Mrs.
Agnes Failla of Hartford. Conn,
and Mrs. r. H. Woollen of Meri-
den.
Friends may call at the Lee
Funeral Home, Fourth street and
Mass. avenue NE. Funeral ar
are incomplete.
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A $4,000 consent Judgment
was entered yesterday in the
U S. District Court for the Dis
|trict of Columbia in the case of
Michael Branca, IA, of 833 Alli-
son street NV, who received
two broken legs in a traffic acci-
dent. involving a car owned by
the Yemen Legation.
The boy himself will get
$4,000 of this. His parents were
awarded $4,000. for loss of the
boys services and for medical
expenses, according to his law
yer. Cornelius j. McCool. The
parents are Mr.. and Mrs. P. j. L.
Branca. He is a taxi driver.
The proceedings were before
Judge Edward A. Tamm, who
signed the order ending the case.
Mr. McCool said Yemen waived
diplomatic immunity to permit
filing of the friendly suit.
The lawyer recounted these
events leading UP to the personal
injury case: On July 2, 1854, Mi
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Church Throne in Rio
Cheers Expelled PreIote

RIO DE JANEIRo. July ~ tR.
"A vast crowd attending the
36th international Eucharistic
Congress last night cheered q
Roman Catholic prelate who was
expelled from Argentina last
month.
The churchman, Msgr. Man.
uel Tato. presided at the con-
gress' second solemn session.
Msgr. Tato. auxiliary Bishop
of Buenos Aires, and his as
sistant. Msgr. Roman Pablo No
voa, were ousted from Argentina
by President Juan Peron's gov
ernment June Is. The action
climaxed a long government
campaign against the church
and resulted in excommunication
of government officials involved
in the expulsion.
Msgr. Tato said on his arrival
here last week that he hoped tc
return to Argentina some time
next month.
Bento Munoz da Rocha. Bra.
lillian Minister of Agriculture
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Arthur Markell. 81, of 1905
Thirtieth street NV. a jeweler
here for Is years, died Wednes-
day after brief illness in George
Washington Hospital. Funeral
services were scheduled for 12:45
pm. today in Gawler's funeral
chapel. 1855 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV, with burial in Arling-
ton National Cemetery.
A native of Hamburg, Ger
many. Mr.. Markell came to this
country as a child. He worked
as a telegrapher before World
War I, then served year in
the Army and after the war re-
turned to telegraphy. He worked
here as a Western Union oper-
ator with Universal News Service
before it merged with Interna-
tional News Service in the 1930s.
MIR. Markell continued to keep
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Mrs. MucfurIun,
Mother of Writer

Funeral services for Mrs
Robert Macfarlan, 80. who died
in Darlington, S. c.. Wednesday
were held there Thursday. She
was the mother of a Washington
reporter.
A native of Chatham. Va.
Mrs. Macfarlan was the former
Miss Eliza Littleton Joynes.
Her son. w. Joynes Macfarlan
on the Associated Press staff
here, survives, as do four other
children, all of Darlington, six
grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
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james H. Furoy, IS,
Retired UP Official

MANCHESTER. VT. July %
(R.-James H. Furay, rs, re-
tired vice president and foreign
manager of the United Press As
sociation, died here Wednesday
night.
Mr.. Furay became manager OF
the United Press Central Divi-
sion, Chicago, in 1908. He later
managed the Rocky Mountain
and Pacific Divisions. He went
to the New York bureau as for
eign editor in 1915. becoming q
vice president in 1924 and a di-
rector in 1926.
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Or. Howard c. Shoub, /,
Teacher at w & J.

NEWARK, Ohio, July % (Pl
DIR. Howard Conway Shaub, 62,
head of the mathematics depart
Iment of Washington and Jeffer-
son College, Washington, Pa,
died Wednesday in the home of a
nephew in nearby Johnstown.
DR.. Shaub, who also had
taught mathematics at Harvard
and Cornell. had been staying
with his nephew, Mark L. Emer-
son, for the last seven weeks,
DR.. Shaub had been suffering
from heart ailment for the
last year.
He had been head of the
mathematics department at W8cJ
for IA years.
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Cosh-to-DisobIed
Plan Hit by ANA

CHICAGO. July % (P.-
Trustees of the American Medi-
cal Association said today a bill
before Congress to provide social
security payments to the totally
disabled is the keystnoe of a
"piecemeal approach to the So
cialization of medicine"
The trustees said IN a special
message that "the present dan
GER to the freedom of the medi-
cal profession "is greater" than
during the AMA's campaign in
1949-1950 against the Truman
sponsored health insurance bills
The trustees said they were
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'Moi. Gen. A. VentseI
Red BulIistics Exnert

MOSCOW, July % CR.-Ths
death Of Mai. Gen. Dmitry Al
Iexandrovich Ventsel. a ballistics
expert credited with numerous
developments in Soviet artillery
and aviation, was announced to-
day in Red Star, the Soviet
army newspaper.
Gen. ventsel, a Stain prize
winner, headed the faculty at
zhukovsky Air Forces and En-
|gineering Academy. He was the
author of numerous textbooks.
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0rara nf Thanks

BURTe, HENRY L The family Of the
press its deep appreciation and sincere
thanks to the many friends and neigh
bors for their many acts Of kindness
MESSAGES Of sympathy and beautiful
cent bereavement
MRS HENRY I. BuRTs AND HENRY
L. BuRTs. Jr.
GRYlIEs. REV. RICHARD D. The FAM
yRY%nxssh ~ & the vsa lsts slss seV MI RICHARD ak9 r
wishes TO express its sincere thanks
and deep appreciation 70 the oflcers
and members Of the Salem Baptist
Church, the WASHINGTON Baptist Min
tsterial Conference. relatives. neigh
bors and friends for their many kind
nesses and expressions Of sympathy
extended during our recent hereave-
nRs. R. D. oRYMEs AND CHILDREN
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CEMETERY LOTS

CHOICE LOTS IN Natl, Memorial PARK,
X p GoOD1NG 1905 North Stafford
ct. Arlington. Va Jk 2-s7T2. Us
FORT LINCOLN-Extra choice lots. :
value: eacrifice for quick sale: viii
divide. EN-. 3-o371. ga
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members Of Bricklayers'
Union, No. l, Of Washing
ned Of the death OF
THOMAS MeHALE. Sr., q
life member. Remains rest
ing at Chambers Funeral
Home, 517 11th st: s.e..
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1rlenoS invited TO attend Services at
ias i4sh u HINES Co. OF manssa s.auTss1 Hone ss9 @
g: :. = . pm. Inssrmsnsf fuf Rock csssSe.lI reel
Az. July Il. 1855. CLARENCE Eur z
s0sINsoS o0sa SSsS.Sd Of dg@g e.5h 5sh st. ng be
Bentram. Fade S. Robinson and Beuiaf
Weaver. He also Is survived BY thir.
teen grandchildren. seventeen great.
friends. Notice Of G funeral ieiss' Ister 1ns AZ:
rangements by Malvan q schey. Inc. !
ROCHE. CATHERINE C. On Thursday
cArHERINE &: RocTE Of s4is pIxor
Kathleen Anne Roche. Mrs. Roch;
neral Home. s434 oeorgia ave. siiyel
Spring sST nds Ma Mass will be offered fol
ySis July ~; -, :. 10 al am ~ = 81 q ss. Mishssify,
Silver sprinE, Md. 1nterment Druit
Ridss Cemetery, Baltimors. Nd tBaI
RSfEiNs. e'fiii soPs,NA PEsbNA ALICE. On Thursday al
July 81, 1855, at the home Of he
and sister. Of Mrs, W. A. Hail Of thI
ElIery 8. Rollins OF Johnstown, Pa.
and Thomas r Smith Of Cumberland
Md. Funeral services and intermen
on Saturday, July 23. at Cumber
scnGER sahfl R0 0NEyA M. On THURSDAY, Jul,
81, 1855. at her residence. sos Ran
SoISs.a SSoIigh s.; .,,in NV " M ,NEvA IVA "; scHEER
sister Of Amos L. and Fred Jane
Norton. Services ct the Timothy Han
lon Funeral Home. 1881 Georgia ave
NV, on Saturday, July %, at 1 p.m
Interment Rock Greek Cemetery.
SEINE. ARTHUR. on Thursday. Jul,
2l, 1855. ARTHUR SEINE of 1871
WyeminE ave; NV. Apt, %. husband
OF Henrietta Seine. Notice OF funera
later. ARRANGEMENTS BY Malvsn
SSss s =. o. ,,1., Mss8:,dsy. s !. ss
Lenhart dr., Chevy Chase, Md. beloved
husband OF Agnes Luckett shields
Sister Mary Aouinas, Mary a. Shields
Mrs. Clarence ketchann. Francis AM
Edward Shields. Funeral from tn
Collins Funeral Home, 1891 14th 81
NV, on Monday, July IS. Al am
REQUIEM mass a. the Shrine Of I'M
Most Blessed Sacrament at p:3O am
| interment Cedar Hill Cemetery. "a
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Pentogon Is First
To Exceed Goal in
Red Cross Drive

The Defense Department is the
first division in the Red Cross
fund campaign to meet and ex-
coed its quota, 1t was announced
today.
General Campaign Chairman
Martin T. Wiegand said the De-
Tense Department has reported
a total Of $203, 900 or 104 per cent
of its goal Of $195, 900. He added
that the amount collected
through the Army, Navy and Air
Force and the, department itself
was $14.381 better than in the
1854 campaign.
Each Of the major depart
ments in the Defense Depart
ment reached respective quotas,
Mr.. Wiegand said. including the
Military District of Washington.
The general chairman said the
drive Is still short of the goal Of
81. 424. 900 by s22l.000. The final
report meeting win be held
Tuesday.
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Man to Face
Jury on Note

A baking corporation shipping
clerk, arrested by postal authori-
ties on suspicion of sending an
obscene letter to an 11-year-old
Silver Spring girl, waived a hear
ing today before United States
Commissioner Cyril s. Lawrence
Lawrence D. Rhodes, 80, told
Mr.. Lawrence he wished to plead
guilty. His case, however, was
referred to the grand jury. He
was placed on $500 bond.
In a statement to the Commits
sioner. Rhodes said he had beer
an inmate of st. Elizabeths Hos
pital. He said he felt he had
not overcome his difficulties and
hoped he would be sent back to
that institution for further treat
ment.
In another case. Windell Mac
Intosh. "a, colored, arrested last
night on charges of sale and
possession of marijuana was
granted continuance of his pre-
hminary hearing until April IL
to obtain counsel. Bond was set
at $500.
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Nixon Offer to Shake Hands
With All Corners Ends SweetIy

Vice President Nixon's offer to
shake hands with all corners at
his Capitol Hill Office turned out
today to be a nightly sweet cx-
perience. He wound up with the
gift of a gallon of maple sirup.
1t was presented to him by
Raymond Babcock. II, in behalf
of a group Of visiting students
from the Nashville w. K. KEEL
logg Rural Agricultural School,
Nashville. Mich. 1t, was made
from trees growing on the cam
pus.
The affable President of the
Senate probably got more than
he bargained for in declaring
"open house" Those wishing
to shake his hand lined the cor
ridor six deep from his office to
the rotunda.
Among them was Norma Far
rar, 26. who is blind. Mr.. Nixon
took Miss Farrar and her Ger
man sheppard seeing eye dog,
Patty, on a tour of his Office.
He outlined verbally for her
the history of its furnishings,
beginning with the huge mahog-
any desk dominating the floor.
Other visitors were handed a
mimeoghaphed sheet containing
the same information.
Mr.. Nixon shook hands with
Miss Farrar, a New Hampshire
University graduate here as a
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co-ordinator of religious activi-
ties. Then he leaned over to
accept Patty's pam at her mis-
tress' command to shake
hands"
The Vice President told Miss
Farrar the big desk was first
used by President Mckinley. Fol-
lowing his assassination. it was
stored in the basement as "un-
lucky"
President Wilson discovered it
there and had it placed in the
spot it now occupies.
Installed by Jefferson
Referring to the beautiful
crystal chandelier overhead. Mr..
Nixon said it was first installed
in the White House by Thomas
Jefferson. It was taken out by
President Teddy Roosevelt.
The tinkling of the prisms IL
the breeze made the Bull
Mooser nervous. He ordered it
removed, suggesting it be sent
up to the Vice President with the
quip:
HE never has anything to do,
maybe the noise viii keep him
awake"
Honors of being first today
to shake hands went to Gary
Wistrand, a sightseer who was
accompanied by his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. L. r. Wistrand of
Colorado Springs, Colo.