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Ralph W. Emerson,
.Showbout Skipper

CHICAGO, Mar. % (P).-Capt.
Ralph w. Emerson, rs, who ran
a fleet of gaudy showboats on
the Mississippi and Ohio rivers
for more than Is years, died
yesterday.
One of the seven floating
theaters was the Cotton Blossom,
which Edna Ferber used as a
setting for her novel. Show
boat" Her story was translated
into an American classic on the
musical comedy stage.
Capt. Emerson's ornate fleet
piled the Mississippi from Wa
basha, Mimi. to New Orleans
and the Ohio from Pittsburgh
to Carlo, ILL.,. playing melodramas
like Why Girls Leave Home"
at prices from Is to rs cents.
Capt. Emerson retired shortly
after his Cotton Blossom went up
in flames at a Lake Michigan
dock during the 1888 Chicago
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Gen. Lonordi, Successor
To Peron, Is Dead at So

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina.
Mar. % (P.-Argentina prepared
highest military rites today for
Maj. Gen. Eduardo Lonardi.
anti-Peron revolt leader. who
was ousted after serving less
than two months as the fallen
dictator's successor.
Gen. Lonardi. SO. died last
night after a cerebral hemor-
rhage in Central Military Hos
pital. He had been in Ill health
since his custer and was treated
in the United States last De-
cember for high blood pressure.
He had returned home March 2
Ousted by Coup
Gen. Lonardi was sworn in
September % as President Of the
provisional government that sue
ceeded the Peron regime. He
resigned" November 10 in an
other military coup that put
Maj. Gen. Pedro Aramburu in
the presidential post. Gen. Ar
amburu had been Army chief
of staff in Gen. Lonardi's gov
eminent and a leader in the
Army Navy revolt against Peror.
Gen. Lonardi's opponents
charged he would not rid his
regime of reactionary followers
from Gen. Peron's days.
Funeral services will be held
at 8 am. tomorrow at Chacarita
Cemetery in Western Buenos
Aires.
Gen. Aramburu will deliver an
address honoring Gen. Lonardi
tonight and is expected to de-
clare tomorrow a day or national
mourning.
Family UnfOrgiving
Despite the homage the gov
eminent chiefs planned, his fam
lily obviously had not forgiven
his custer any more than he did.
The vice president. Rear Ad-
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miral Isaac Rojas. hurried to
the hospital at word of Gen.
Lonardi's death and proposed
that the body lie in state in the
white salon" of Government
House. Instead the family chose
the quiet French Catholic
Champagnat College.
The regime, after kicking Gen.
Lonardi out, had promoted him
to lieutenant general. He refused
the promotion. saying he could
not take any reward for his
participation in the revolt
against Gen. Peron. The obituary
notice issued by his family today
gave his rank as major general.
Gen. Lonardi entered the hos
pital Wednesday after an attack
of grippe. His wife, three sons
and two brothers-in-law were
with him when his condition
WorSened and he died.
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Alex Hirsch, AZ,
Pilot and Aide to
French Envoy

Alex Hirsch, a., secretary and
pilot to the French Air Attache.
died Tuesday of a heart attack
at Walter Reed Hospital. Mr..
Hirsch came to America to this
post in December, 1858. He held
the rank of chief warrant officer
in the French Air Force.
He had been a flyer with that
service for 81 years. Mr.. Hirsch
had served in Indo- China, where
he escaped enemy firing by
walking nearly 1000 miles to
China.
Born in Sarrebourg. France,
he was educated in Paris.
He lived at 427 Belleview drive,
Falls Church. Surviving are his
widow MARITIME and a daughter.
Christine. 6. Of the home ad-
dress; and a sister, Mrs. Yvonne
Briley of Paris.
Services were to be held today
at the Chambers funeral home,
l400 Chaplin street NV. Burial
will be in Paris.
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ducers' Association and an Exec
utive Committee member. He had
Offices in Washington until he
retired in 1858.
He was a member Of the West
Virginia Mining and Metallurgi-
cal Institute, the Knights of Co
lumbus and the Elks.
Survivors are his widow, the
former Alice Hurst of Beaver.
Utah, whom he married in 1917;
a son, Martin. jr., of North Ar
lington. Va; two daughters, Mrs.
James r. Crook. jr., and Mrs.
Paul r. Connolly, jr., of West
moreland Hills, Md; a brother.
James w. Carney. of Winona,
w. Va, and eight grandchildren.
Requiem mass will be offered
at 1890 am. tomorrow in Blessed
Sacrament Catholic Church,
Western avenue and Quesada
street NV. Burial will be in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery,
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Edwin Thonhouser, go,
Pioneer Film Producer

NEW YORK, Mar. % R.-
Edwin Thanhouser. 80, a pro-
ducer Of motion pictures, died
Wednesday at his Fifth Avenue
home.
Mr. Thanhouser. born in Bal
timore, entered the theater in
the 1905 and soon was produc-
ing stock stage shows. He Or
ganized his own film company
in 1909. 1t was said to have been
the first to be operated by ex-
perienced theatrical people.
For time he was a partner
of the late Carl Laemmle. Films
produced by Mr.. Thanhouser in
cluded "The Million Dollar Mys-
terry" and a two-reel Romeo and
Juliet"
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S. Howard Fleming, u, Star
Linotype Operator 81 Years

S, Howard Fleming. 70. a limo
type operator for The Star for
80 years. died yesterday in
Hahnemann Hospital here.
Mr.. Fleming, who was born in
Baltimore and attended school
there. came to The Star in 1917
and retired in May, 1949. He
had worked on the Baltimore
Sum-, the Baltimore American
and for a New York paper
before coming to The Star. He
also was employed at the Gov
eminent Printing Office for a
time.
At the time of his retirement
from The Star, Mr.. Fleming had
worked on the present site of
The Star Building for 81 years,
having worked for the printing
plant of Judd & Detweiler, Inc,
before the newspaper took over
the site and built an annex.
An inventor. Mr.. Fleming pat
.ented a silent reader" for COM
pairing proof and copy at the
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same time without need Of q
copyholder, who ordinarily
reads aloud to check the ac-
curacy Of copy and proof. He
also developed a puppet theater.
operated by hidden magnets,
which he used to entertain neigh
bors.
Mr.. Fleming was a member Of
the Calvary Methodist Church.
the Masonic Order, Myron Park
er Lodge, No. 81, and the Column
bia Typographical Union.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Mae L. Fleming, 3418
Twenty-fourth street NE; a son.
William w. Fleming, of Hyatts-
vile, Md; a brother, James P.
Fleming, of Baltimore, and two
sisters. Mrs. Anabel Fleming. Of
Washington, and Mrs. Mary Vir-
ginia Smith, of Merton, Pa.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow in the Hines
funeral home. Burial will be in
Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
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Malcolm S. HefIin, 68,
OF Wurrenton Family

Malcolm S. Heflin, So, son of
Mrs. Sarah M. Heflin and the
late James L. Heflin of Warren
ton, Va, died in the Warrenton
Hospital on Wednesday.
He is survived by his mother,
four brothers, Elmo L. of War;
renton, William E.. James D. and
Wade S. Heflin, all of Washing
ton. and two sisters. Mrs. Bernice
NJ. Wilkins and Mrs. Susan P.
Garrison, also of Washington.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 pm. tomorrow in Warren
ton, with burial there.
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HIT Mrn1nriant

CARTER. SARAH =. In loving memor.
Of our dear mother, SARAH E. CAR.
TER, who passed away twenty eieht
years ago today. March 20. 1928.
A wonderful mother, woman and aide
q wonderful worker so loyal and true
One in 9 million that mother was you
YOUR LOVING CHILDREN. ETHEL
ADDIE AND ALFRED.
GRANT. HENRY L. In loving memory
81 d sEN RgS0and shsr and sIsnd
away two years ago. March %. 1854
We do not need this special day
To bring you to our minds,
The days we do not think of you
Are very hard to md.
HARRIS, LIZZIE e. In sad but loving
LIZZIE E. HARRIS Who Who entered ssse; Int into
rest March %. 1850.
You slipped SO quietly away,
Perhaps twas for the best
We pray that God may give you
HEs Iov dfsams SISTER, snf su MRs e't
SINKFIELD.
HARRIS. ELIZABETH. In loving mem:
HARRIS, who passed away six years
ago today, March %. 1850.
Loving memories never die
A As years Il d roll on and days pass byi
forget THE FAMILY.
HARTGROVE, LEVI H. In sacred mem.
DRY OF LEVI H. HARTGROVE. who left
US twenty-three years ago today, March
%. 1888.
strong-but ever tender,
No gentler father could there be:
Thank you. whose well-loved face and
voice
Are but a cherished memory.
LAWRENCE HARTGROVE.
KIRBY, WILLIAM A. A tribute Of love
dear fssher. wiILiAM A. KiRBS e T Saa
today. March 90. 1888.
The rolling stream of life rolls on.
But stu the vacant chair
RECALLS the love; the voice, the smile
HIS HI SRf TA %A ines is' M tas1s
ALBERT AND THEIR FAMILIES.
LYLEs. REBECCA ALICE. Sacred to
and mother, REBEccA ALICE LYLEs,
years ago today, March %, 1886.
The years may wipe out many things,
49, But this they'll wipe, out never,
The memory of those happy days
When we were all together.
We think of her In silence.
Her name we oft recall,
But there's nothing left to answer
But her picture on the wall.
Just when her life was brightest,
just when her hopes were best,
God called her from among US
To a home of eternal rest
LOVING MOTHER AND CHILDREN.
MADISON, JANETTE J.. In loving mem
ory of our dear friend, JANETTE J.
MADISON, who passed away March
%. 1851.
Our lives may change from day to day
But the memory of you will always stay
YOUR DEVOTED FRIENDS. DR.. AMI
MRS: !. MOTEN JOHNSON ANE
FAMILY
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FEEDER. sERGT. JESSE A.. U. S. A.
Ras, husband, sergt. JESSE A.
lM k ksERER b. Y 1ai4ss E. A" who died
Ten sad and lonely years have passed,
In my heart your memory fingers;
Lo oS1 0I WIZ H. 'f RosA o. FEEDER Hf5
sIMMS. CATHERINE (KA1EI. IN lovlng
and aunt g cAf FIJI dsaE RATES SifsI s
who left US two years ago today,
March %. 1854.
We will meet you one bright morning
IN the upper garden there.
LONELY DAUGHTERS AND FAMILY.
oar assE m SAssiE cassE Pe~ %zf Fl
MORE. who left US Ave years ago
e tSSsK Ms 5o9c F. Eliza LIZA AND HELEN
WILLIAMS, MARY 2. Garner, In low;
sister, MARY e. WILLIAMS (Garner)
who passed away one year ago today.
March %. 1855.
Away in the land OF sunrise.
Separated BY heavens gold door.
Not dead, Just gone before.
Every day we miss her more
=. AS we go through life alone:
She was our souls companion.
A life Joined with our own.
HER LOVING DAUGHTER, MAY
TRADER, AND HER BROTHER, w.
B. GARNER.
MARY E. In loving memory
OF our dear wife. mother. grandmother
and sister, Mary e. WILLIAMS. who
departed this life one year ago today.
March %. 1885.
One year has passed. dear Esther.
Since you were called away:
How we'll do We remember
That sad and weary DAY.
Always SO true. unselfish and kind,
Few in this world her equal you'll
find
She died as she lived. everyone S
friend
Deep in our life is a lonely spot
Your bright face used to fill
But nought can take your memory
That shines there and always will
Our hearts stiu ache with sadness,
Our eyes shed many tear.
Only God knows how much We miss you
N the END OF this Ions year
THE FAMILY.
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Worlds Fair. In later years he
was in the real estate business
in Chicago.
Surviving are the widow,
Louise and son, William, 10.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted tomorrow.
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Hnnruind

L ). ssia o4 !E iSs 1t. A JENNIE SRyf n NJ
SON on Sunday, March 25, 1856. at
the Tifereth Israel Cemetery tOldJ.
At ! pm. Relatives and friends IN
vited. Is
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HAWKINS. ELIZA. Members Of the
n InterdenominatIonal Ushers'
~ Union are hereby notified OF
II Fl the death OF our beloved
III member, ELIZA HAWKINS.
n Funeral services on Satur-
Nr7hs!sf11 day March "a 1856. at /
S1lQQRS/ pm. at the John Stewart
Methodist Church It'll ana A SIS ne,
ALMA c. HAWKINS, President.
IRENE SIANCII. Cor SecY
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WHIT, EUGENE MILTON. OF 1345 I
st. Sc , on Mar March y Il 1885, husbsnS
Whit, Mrs Robert Whit. Sterling L.
Morgan D: and William c. Green. 5erv:
ices at Chambers Funeral Home, ~
at 10 am. Interment Cedar Hill
Cemetery. 23
WAGNER, THOMAS SOLOMON. Or
Thursday, March %, 1855. at Lee.
Va, THOMAS SOLOMON WAGNER
14th st. North, Arlington, Va, anc
father of John r. and Harry E. Wagner
Of !Staunton. Va; Mrs. w. D. Fitz.
hugh of Arlington, Va; GRACE RaSnich
Stanton, Va; Mrs. Henry wallace Of
Huntington Park. Calf: MIS-. Roger
Hooper of Hilaleah. Fla, and Miss MARY
asnsF OF 'b By f %o sser MRS He B s
Beverage Of Cocoa, Fla. and Mrs
five brothers, Walter and Morsan Wag.
Pocahontas. Va. and Brown Wagner
Of Blue Grass Va: 16 grandchildren
tWenty-two Ereat;grandehildrsn and oI one
at the Pearson Funeral Home, Az
North Washington st. Falls Church
Va, until II noon Saturday, March
II. tllCIlCC " tilS "CSluNGI ohpIAo9
Church, 1925 North Patrick Henry
dr.: Arlington, Va. where funeral serv-
ices will be held at pm Interment
National Memorial Park Cemetery. Falls
Church. Va.
wINKLER, BERNHARD. On Thursday
March 10. 1855. at Suburban Hospital,
BERNHARD WINKLER Of 913l Jones
Mill I'd. Chevy Chase, Nd. beloved
husband of the late Hermine Winkler
and father Of Mrs. Lawrence P, Winnie
more. Mrs. George Fey, jr: Helen. Bar
bars and Fred B. Winkler. Friends
are invited to call at the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Funeral Home of Robert
Pumphrey. Bethesda. Md, until 10
, pm. Saturday, March "a Memorial
services on Tuesday March ~ at
the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church,
Chevy Chase Circle. at / pm. In
terment private.
YERGAN. EDWIN. Departed this life
on Wednesday, March ~ 1855. at the
Veterans Administration Hospital, New
York City. N. Y, EDWIN YERGAN.
son OF the late James and Sally Yergan
father Of James E. Yergan and brother
Of Mrs Clementine O'Bannion He
also leaves other relatives and friends
Notice OF funeral later ARRANGEMENTS
by Ralph and Isabella Barbour. as
K ST. ne.
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NEWS OF MUSIC
Horvord's GIee Club
Outstanding at Lisner

and the Sanctus (sung as an en-
CORE from mass for mems
voices written in 1850 by Leo
Preger. a little known French
man. This was extremely strik-
ing and skillfully written music
the selections heard made one
wonder about this composers
obscurity.
After the intermission. the
tone of the concert lightened
noticeably. but there was no let
up in the quality of the singing
Outstanding by any standard
was the Glee Clubs magnifi-
Gently dignified presentation OF
two Negro spiritualS in simple
strong arrangements by John
Work.
Mr., Woodwork. who has been
conducting the Club for % years
and is one Of the outstanding
men IN this Held. was IN rare
form Perhaps the secret of his
enormous success with his young
men lies in the fact that he has
never lost his enthusiasm for the
music he is presenting. and he
communicates 1t without fail to
his singers--entirely aside from
his marked skill as a choral con-
ductor.
The evening ended on a jovial
note as the director invited the
10000 Harvard men" in the au-
dience to join the singers on the
stage in a medley of Harvard
songs.
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tertainers put on variety show
Among them were the George
Washington University Chorus
and the Air Force Singing Ser
geants. The show ended with a
colorful display Of dancing. sing
ing and acrobatics.
Motorists Jam Area
Despite the weather. which
finally made good the threat 1t
held over the festival all day,
thousands Of motorists damned
the bridge and highway APP
proaches to the Jefferson Me-
mortal Cars crept at snail pace
over the Memorial and Four
tenth street bridges, around the
Lincoln Memorial and In the
Tidal Basin area.
A band concert scheduled fol
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last night was cancelled because
of the rain.
For visitors who stay past to-
days elimination of the week.
long festival, the central attrac-
ton, the cherry blossoms, will be
in the finest form. Both rain and
warm weather have conspired tc
bring the pink blossoms into
flower aid they should be ever
brighter this week.
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BohIen Due Today
With Moscow Dutu

United States Ambassador
Charles E. Bohlen, envoy to Mos
COW, will arrive here today to
report on developments in Rus
sian foreign and domestic pol
icies.
Secretary Of State Dulles
wants Mr.. Bohlen's firSt-hand
views Of the present Soviet re-
pudiation Of the late Joseph
Stains works, his assessment
Of the future trend of Soviet
relations with the Western worlc
and the Middle East particularly,
and his estimate Of Russia's
economic progress and capacity
TO assist countries Of Asia.
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The venerable Harvard Glee
Club. now in its goth consecu-
tive year Of singing, was heard
last night at the Lisner Audito-
rum in a benefit concert for the
Harvard Club Scholarship Fund
and the st. Johns Building
Fund.
G. Wallace Woodwork. the
Glee Clubs excellent conductor
remarked during the course OF
the evening that his group was
presenting "a typical Harvard
program If this is true. stand
ards at Harvard are exceptions
ally high. The music offered wa,
outstanding from every point OF
view.
The first half OF the concert
was devoted to music OF the
great masters. impeccably per-
formed. 1t was difficult to select
the high point in such wealth
OF excellence. but If this review
er we're pushed to the wall, he
would probably pick the three
madrigals by Gastoldi. These
were done with such a combi-
nation OF vigor, tenderness. ano
beauty that 1t was difficult tc
conceive of any way in which
they could have been bettered
An unusual feature was the
presentation Of the Agnus De
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eraee - all-inclusive-waS mis-
leading.
The Commissioners have ig-
nored the change. sticking with
the old method.
/ The school administration it,
self has not acted on proposal
by DR.. Hansen to set a 30-pupil
ceiling on high school classes, or
a request for 30 teachers to put
it in effect.
Besides urgently needed rene
dial teachers for laggards, the
school administration is con-
sidering another Hansen plan for
revampine high school courses
to give more attention to the
gifted.
Would Take More Teachers
This also would require more
teachers, and probably will be
stymied by any slash
The House committee, by using
only the word secondary" in
cluded Junior and vocational
high schools under the cutback
proposal. Their administrators
are also adamant against it.
Z The District Congress of Par
ents and Teachers, which is OPP
posing the slash vigorously. is
planning to urge the Senate APP
preparations Committee to re-
verse it. The subcommittee which
will consider the matter. headed
by Senator Stennis. Democrat of
Mississippi, is expected to meet
within the next two or three
weeks.
PTA leaders have scheduled a
meeting at 8 pm. tomorrow at
Roosevelt High School to discuss
the situation with school officials
and other leaders.
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the report. will curtail and pos
sibly scuttle new plans for
emergency remedial classes for
tagging students. as well as a
new college-preparatory program
for the gifted,
1t is expected to make still big
ger a city-wide class size average
already exceeding Board of Edu-
cation standards.
The cutback also conflicts d.
rectly with a new prediction by
principals of an enrolment gain
of almost 1000 next fall. More
pupils are expected in all but TWO
of the II high schools, the re-
port revealed.
School principals for some
weeks have been register; 9
alarm at the prospect of the
teacher loss. The cutback plan
ironically. was proposed oricLn-
ally by the school administrative
itself-but on a three-year basis
and as part Of a plan TO reduce
class sizes in the elementary
schools.
How Plan Was Used
The District Commissioners
however, seized on the plan with
the proposal of applying it all
at once, at the same time turn
ing down the elementary teacher
expansion. And the House APP
preparations Committee, in PASS
ing the city's pending appropria-
tons bill, specifically ordered the
full 50-teacher slash.
DR.. Hansen. who heads the
high schools. some months age
warned that the slash woulc
make worse conditions which he
has labeled already unsatisfac.
tory. School officials fear a re-
duction of teaching efficiency
lower results in achievmen. tests
which already have caused pub.
lie concern, and a general i'm
pairment of school standards.
DR.. Corning himself opposed
the cut before the House com
mittee because of achievement
laes~and race integration prob
lens.
In December, the Board OF
Education unanimously opposed
the slash.
DR.. Hansen, in his report IL
DR.. Corning, disclosed the result,
OF a QUESTIONABLE to principals
on exactly how the loss would be
met in each high school.
The Principals Report
Each principal was asked what
he would do if forced to dispense
with one, two. three or -four
teachers.
Principals reported that ever
the loss OF one teacher would
cause serious adjustments. In q
number Of cases, the summary
noted. the adjustments would in.
volve dropping course offerings
entirely.
Principals suggested dropping
these courses at various schools
Driver training - proposed BY
seven principals
Remedial reading
Art
Map making
Law
Economies
Military training
Mechanical drawing
Retailing
Remedial mathematics
Latin
Home nursing
Woodshop
Machine shop
Printing
Advanced mathematics
Journalism
Advanced languages
Some principals also proposed
eurtailing or dropping inter.
scholastic sports. One schoo
proposed dropping the schoo
yearbook and newspaper, as vel
as courses in journalism anc