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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
Cyprus Gun Fight
Leaves Four Dead

NICOSIA, Cyprus, Sept. 1 [P1.
-Four persons were shot dead
yesterday in a gun fight at Nico-
STA General Hospital that covered
the escape of an EOKA Greek
Cypriot extremist. One was q
British police sergeant.
The EOKA man had been TAX
en- to the hospital for treatment.
Three other members of the or
ganization engineered his flight.
EOKA is the fighting arm of
the Greek Cyprus movement to
GUST the British from Cyprus
and unite the island with Greece.
The sergeant was one of the
guards of the prisoner, Poly
karpos Hadjigeorghiu. IS. The
three intruders shot him. In the
fight that followed, two of them
were killed and a Greek Cypriot
hospital attendant was fatally
wounded.
Hadjigeorghiu's escape was his
third. British authorities re-
garded him as one of the most
important members of the
EOKA underground and had put
a price of 5000 pounds t$14,O00)
on his head.
The prisoner fled with the
third EOKA man, who was
bleeding from a head wound
caused when the British sergeant
hit him with his gunbutt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01

fore he starts talking. AnC
invitations for the last two were
sent only to wire service report
ers. That made all other re.
porters angry. even if they
couldn't refute Col. Hatem'.
argument that all their papers
would get the stories from the
wires, anyhow.
Egyptian officials seem nervous
when talking with the press
There seems to be two reasons
First, subordinates hesitate tt
describe official government
views, as the Nasser regime has
concentrated power to talk fol
government in the hands of q
few officials.
Second, Egyptian officials
many of whom are new at theil
jobs, know it is difficult to ex.
plain the complicated Arat
viewpoint to Western newcomers
Add to that the shortage Of
personnel and the excess of re.
|porters, and the result is mutual
Illustration.
The only persons profitine
from all this are the dragomer
who hang around hotels where
reporters are now the principa
guests. More and more drago-
men are selling more and more
one-hour. 81 guided tours of the
Pyramids to newslesS reporters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
Governor Cites
Needs of Negro

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. ! R1.-Gov
Leroy Collins said last night
that improvement Of the well
fare of its Negro citizens is one
of the big things" which must
be accomplished by the State of
Florida.
I'VE must not let our desire TO
our traditions Of seq
regation blind us to our RESPONSE
bilities to aid their improvement
and advancement" the Gov
ernor told the Hialeah-Mi
Springs Chamber Of Commerce.
I'VE must improve the welfare
Of our Negro citizens" he said.
TOO many Of them are still
living in crime and disease-pro-
ducing slums. Too many do not
receive adequate educational op-
portunities."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
Bridge Clearance
Comments Invited

The Army Engineers have in.
vited comments by any in
terested parties on the adequacy
of bridge clearance heights pro-
posed for the new Jones Point
Bridge.
Plans for the span, which re-
quire approval Of the Army En-
lgineers, call for a movable span
over the navigation channel with
a vertical clearance in the closed
position Of 40 fet above mean
high water and 42.8 feet above
mean low water.
Any correspondence on the
adequacy must be submitted by
September "a, when Army En-.
gineers will act on the applica-
ton for approval. Correspondence
should be sent to Office of the
District Engineer, Washington
District, First and Douglas
streets NV, Washington Is.
ID. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
George Urges
Bipartisan Policy

NEW YORK, Sept. d.
Senator Walter F. George, DEM
ocrat of Georgia, dean of the
Senate and retiring chairman Of
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee. said yesterday he did
not think the country's biparti-
san foreign policy is "a political
Question"
Senator George made the
statement as he sailed aboard
the liner United States for Eu-
rope as President Eisenhower's
personal representative to Paris
talks aimed at strengthening the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
Ition.
We've tried very hard to de-
velop a bipartisan foreign poll
ICY" Senator George said. THE
late Senator Arthur vandenberg,
Republican of Michigan, and I
worked years to develop it.
II think it is of utmost i'm
portance that we have a bipar.
tisan foreign policy. It is ire
mendously important for our
friends overseas to know we have
one"
He plans to return October is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
Mrs. Edward Clifford, 80,
Wife of Retired Attorney

Mrs. Edward Clifford, 80, a
Georgetown resident since 1925
and wife of an assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury under Sec
rotary Mellon, died last night
of a heart condition at hel
home. 1904 Forty-fifth street
NV.
Mrs. Clifford was the former
Anne Watson Lambert, a native
of Jacksonville, ILL.,, and daugh-
ter of Edward Christopher and
Belle Short Lambert. She was
educated at Illinois Woman's
College and in 1895 was gradu-
ated from the Jacksonville (Ill.)
Female Academy.
Mrs. Clifford was married JAN
uary l. 1901. She and her hus-
band lived in Evanston, ILL.,, be-
fore they came to Washington
first during World War 1 and
the last time in 1921. 1t was
the latter year that President
Harding appointed Col. Clifford
TO the Treasury post. Col. Cliff
ford resigned in 1923 and prac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
TripIet Boys Weigh
.20H Pounds at Birth

HALIFAX, England, Sept.
R.-Three boys weighing q
total Of 20 pounds Q ounces were
born yesterday to Mrs. Elaine
Dear, "a.
A gynecologist at Halifax Gen.
eral Hospital said he had never
heard Of heavier triplets than
Lyndon, 8 pounds 3 ounces:
Shane. 8 pounds S ounces, and
Stewart, 6 pounds. All are doing
well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
Steuben GROUP
Award Goes
To Macarthur

The Steuben Society Of Amer
lea, meeting at the Hotel Statler
will honor Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur at a dinner tonight.
The Steuben Award, silver
center bowl, is being given the
former general of the Army fol
"his long and unselfish services
to his country. ut will be &C.
Icepted for Gen. Macarthur by
Gen. C. A. Willoughby, a member
of Gen. MacArthur's staff from
1889 to 1851.
At 4:30 pm. today. the So
|ciety will hold exercises at the
Steuben Monument in Lafayette
Park, at which time Representa-
tive Bosch. Republican of New
York, will be the principal
speaker.
The society. fraternal ano
cultural organization of Amer
lean citizens Of Germanic ex-
traction, is holding its 18th ma
Itional convention here. 1t will
last through Monday.
At its opening session yester-
day. convention officers were
elected, and j. H. Meyer, a men,
Der from the national council
from New York, spoke on the
growing powers of the Federal
Government.
Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Lane
greeted the society on behalf
of the District Commissioners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
Hodges Chief Aide
Gets 5-Yeur Term

CHICAGO, Sept. / R.-
Edward A. Epping, former chief
aide of deposed Illinois State
Auditor Orville E. Hodge, was
sentenced yesterday to five years
imprisonment and five years
probation for his part in the SIS
million State Swindle.
United States District Judge
John P. Barnes granted Epping
a stay of sentence until Septem-
Der 10 because of severe family
problems"
A few minutes earlier, Judge
Barnes granted the motion of
Edward A. Hintz, former banker
who admitted participating in
the embezzlement scheme, to
serve l to 3 year State and
Federal prison terms concur
rently.
Epping's prison term was
based on his plea of guilty to l8
counts of a Federal indictment
charging misapplication Of bank
funds. His probation, to como
after the prison term is served,
was based on 10 other counts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
Edwin La Fefra,
|YMCA Official

Edwin S. La Fetra, So, busi-
ness secretary of the YMCA
since 1926, died yesterday al
his home, 2220 Twentieth street
NV.
Mr.. La Fetra was born in
Washington, the son of George
H. and Sarah Doan La Fetra,
who owned and operated the
La Fetra Hotel at Eleventh and
G streets NV.
Mr.. La Fetra went to old Gen.
trial High School and was grad
uated, cum laude. from Prince
ton University in 1895.
He married Lucia Noyes in
1908 and lived in New York
where he was in the importing
business until he returned to
Washington in 1906 as execu-
tive secretary of the Layman's
Missionary Movement.
Mr.. La Fetra was secretary
treasurer of Bliss Electrical
School from 1908 until he be.
came business secretary of thu
YMCA 80 years ago.
Active in church and civic
affairs, Mr.. La Fetra was on tn,
board of trustees of the FRS
Congregational Church and tn,
board of directors of the Wash
ington YMCA. He was a mem
Der of the Kiwanis, the Associa.
ton of Secretaries and thu
YMCA Old Timers Club.
Survivors are his widow; {
daughter, Mrs. Hugh A. Thrift
Kennedy Warren Apartments
and a brother, DR.. Linnius LIZ
Fetra, st. Petersburg, Fla.
Services will be held at II am
Tuesday at Gawler's funera
home, 1756 Pennsylvania avenue
INV. Burial will be private.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
MocKoye, 81, Dies;
Scholar and Writer

CORNISH. N. H.. Sept. / (A)
Percy MacKaye, poet, Shake
spearian scholar and prolific
|dramatist, died yesterday at his
summer home. He was 81.
Mr.. MacKaye continued to
write poetry nightly through the
final weeks of his life. He had
suffered from a heart ailment
for several years. The son OF
Shakespearian Actor Steele Mac
Kaye, he was born in New York
and lived there during the win
ter.
He wrote IS plays that were
produced on Broadway, and more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
.Ames 10 Head
Military JOurna!

The Army Navy Air Force
Journal today has a new pub
Usher in 46-year-old Robert Hyde
Ames, who lives in Virginia
Heights in Fairfax County. Va.
The trustees of the John Cal
Ian O'Laughlin Trust, named in
honor of its late owner who died
in 1949, yesterday announced
Mr.. Ames' appointment.
Mr.. Ames, who assumed his
new duties today, announced nc
personnel changes are contem-
plated at this time. He said Lee
Roy Whitman, editor, continues
in that capacity. The manage
ment has been in his hands in
recent years along with Mrs
D. c. Brown, general manager,
who will also continue in that
post. Both have been with the
publication for more than Is
years, MI. Ames said.
D
The 93-year-old service weekly
was founded August 20, 1868.
Formerly, Mr.. Ames was with
the publishing and consulting
firm of Boyce Morgan Associates
of Washington. He handled the
circulation promotion for the
publishing accounts of the firm.
During World War II. Mr..
Ames served here as a naval
communications officer. Before
the war, he was vice president
of a Cincinnati advertising
agency that handled promotion
for the Cincinnati Times Star.
For a time after the war he was
advertising manager for Capital
AirlineS.
Col. OLaughlin left control
Of the Journal to a board of
trustees. This is composed of
members Of the executive COM
mittee of the Gridiron Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01

than 100 books Of poetry. essays
land biography.
His most monumental work
was a tetralogy called "The Mys-
terry Of Hamlet, King of Dem
mark" 1t consisted of four full
length plays in verse, using
characters from Shakespeare's
Hamlet" Originally the work
was published in a special edi-
ton priced at 500 a copy.
Mr.. MacKaye is survived by
two daughters. also poets, Mrs
Karl Eye and Mrs. Henry Barnes
of New York. and a son. a writer
Robert Keith MacKaye of Caro-
lima. r. I.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
Kinsey's Associates
Will Direct Institute

BLOOMINGTON. Ind. Sept. /
R).-Two associates of the late
DR.. Alfred KinSey will direct the
Institute Of Sex Research at In
diana University.
University trustees yesterday
named DR.. Wardell B. Pomeroy
and DR.. Paul H. Gerhard as CO.
directors Of the institute. found
ed by DR.. Kinsey In 1947. Both
helped DR.. Kinsey compile two
books on the sexual behavior Of
humans. DR.. Kinsey died last
Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01

Of Ohio State University. He
was a member of the National
Presbyterian Church here and
the Masons in Columbus, Ohio
He is survived by his widow
Florence.
Services will be held at 2 pm
Tuesday at the Hines funeral
home, 2901 Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will be in Arlington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
Anne LeddeII Seward,
Banker and Writer

NEW YORK, Sept. l u
Anne Leddell Seward, n, q re-
tired banker and writer on SUBJ
jects ranging from women's sue
cess in banking to bootlegging
died yesterday at her Manhat-
tan home.
She was the daughter Of
George F. Seward. United States
Ambassador TO China from 1876
70 1879. and q grand niece Of
William H. Seward. Secretary Of
state under President Lincoln.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
Gen. Osnobichin, 81

GENEVA. Switzerland. Sept. I
R.-Gen. Dimitri Osnobichin
81. former commander Of the
Russian Imperial Guard cavalry
died Thursday night. He was
granted political asylum in
France after the Bolshevist
revolution and later settled in
Geneva.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
Uarns nf Thunks

oTTENBERG. MELVIN. The family Of
the late MELVIN GUTENBERG wishes
TO thank the friends, relatives and
neighbors. whose cards towers and
expressions Of sympathy helped the fam
lily SO much in its recent sorrow.
THE FAMILY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
Atturtltttn

KAPLAN, JOSEPH. dwelling services
IN memory. Of the late JOSEPH KAP-
Lam Of 1907 18th st. NV. will be
at 1880 pm, at the Taimud Torah
Cemetery, Friends and relatives are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
FFustratlon BE- Mutual

Col. Hatem has tried holding
press conferences. but he sched-
ules them for midnight and an
nounces them i've minutes be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01

. GITEs IN oeorEs waahingtcn Gene
ssa.Ss1 ' essssa. '''''' '''''' y ''A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-04
By CAsPAR NAMES

Relisious News Editor OF The star
Thirteen years ago yesterday
a torpedoed troopship went
down in the cold Atlantic Ocean
, near Greenland, and as it
plunged into the icy waters one
of Americas memorable incl
dents took place.
For on one of its decks four
Army chaplains-two Protes-
tants, a Catholic and a Jew
held hands and prayed as the
ship settled beneath icy waters.
Minutes before each chaplain
had given his lifebelt to a SOL
der who lacked one, literally
following the great teachings
that mo greater love hath any
man than that he lay down his
life for another"
Tomorrow the annual World
Wide Church Attendance Move
ment in Alexandria, sponsored
by the Alexandria Council of
Churches, will open. 1t is dedi-
Gated this year to the men who
lost their lives on the Troopship
Dorchester-Protestant Chap
lains George Fox and Clark Pol
ing. Catholic Chaplain John
Washington, and Jewish Chap
lain Alexander Goode. who lived
many years in Washington.
The Rev. John H. Blakemore,
chairman Of the drives Church
Attendance Committee, reported
that more than 40 churches and
civic clubs will support the
campaign. Citizens of all faiths,
he is convinced, would like to pay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-04
Pastor toOpen
University of
LifeSeries

A new University of Life series
will open tomorrow at Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church
900 Massachusetts, avenue NV
The series. at 7:30 pm. or
Sundays, will offer two courses
The first is How to Read the
Bible" and the second, Com
munications S minar." The
series win run through March 4
The Rev. Haskell r. Deal, pas
tor of Eldbrooke Methodist
Church and author of the re-
Gently published The Kingdom
Of God Is Now" will conduct the
first tomorrow and February IL
DR.. Mildred Fenner. editor Of
the National Education Associa.
ton Journal, win open the Sec
ond tomorrow and February IL
Subsequent speakers will bt
Kenneth Dole. church editor Of
the Washington Post and Times
Herald; Mrs. Ann Blair. of sta.
ton WGMS; the Rev. Chester
Jones, associate minister Of Cal
vary Baptist Church, anc
Kathryn Campbell, secretary Of
the National Religious Publicity
Council.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-04
Area Churches Schedule
ToIks by Guest Speakers

Guest speakers viii occupy the
pulpits of several Washington
area churches tomorrow and dur
ing next week.
DR.. Casper C. Warren OF Char
lotte, N. c.. president Of the
Southern Baptist Convention.
will make his first appearance in
Washington since his election last
year, at 8 pm. Wednesday in
Metropolitan Baptist Church.
Sixth and A streets NE.
DR.. Warren is one of several
visiting speakers to take part In
the church's Mission Emphasis
Week. DR.. Eugene L. Hill Of
Richmond, Va. a member Of the
denominations Foreign Mission
Board. will speak at the II am.
and 1880 pm. services tomorrow
DR.. Edwin A. Briggs Of Chi
Icago. associate secretary Of the
Methodist Board of Lay Activi-
tiles. will be the preacher at the
IL am. service tomorrow in Wes-
ley Methodist Church. Connec-
Iticut avenue and Jocelyn street
NV.
The Right Rev. Lewis Bliss
Whittemore. Episcopal Bishop OF
Western Michigan. retired. will
speak at the II am. service to-
morrow in All Souls Memorial
Episcopal Church. $500 Cathe-
Idral avenue NV.
Visiting speakers at services
tomorrow are as follows:
Reformation Lutheran Church
DIR. Virkkunen of Helsinki
Finland, at 8 pm.
First Baptist Church, Bethesda.
Md.--The Rev. J, Martin Eng
land, of the Ministers and Mis-
Isionaries Benefit Board. Ameri-
can Baptist Convention, at 1880
pm.
Ascension Lutheran Church,
Landoyer Hills. Md.-Air Force
Chaplain Martin C. Pooh at
and IL am.
Trinity Lutheran Church,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-04
New Pastor to Be Installed
BY Silver Spring Church

The Rev. Raymond Shaheen
will be installed as pastor of st.
Luke Evangelical Lutheran
Church. Silver Spring. Md, at
4 pm. tomorrow.
DR.. Shaheen succeeds the Rev.
Robert E. Lee, who resigned re-
Gently to become pastor of a
Lutheran church In Atlanta Ga.
DR.. j. Frank Fife, president
of the Maryland Synod, United
Lutheran Church in America.
will conduct the installation SER
vice. He will be assisted by DR..
Dwight F. Putnam Of Harrisburg,
Pa. president Of the Central
Pennsylvania Synod.
| -Four sons of the congregation,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-04
Missionary to TuIk

Peter Solomon. a Disciple OF
Christ from Damon. India. viii
preach at II am. tomorrow al
the Shepherd Park Christian
Church. Twelfth street and East
ern avenue NV. Mr.. Solomon
"a missionary to India, Is spon-
sored by the United Christian
Missionary Society. Disciples Of
Christ Church,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-04

three of whom are now students
in United Lutheran Church
seL4inaries and one who was re-
Gently ordained as a minister
will take part. They are Richard
Batman. Henry Brown and John
Pane Settler. seminarians, and
the Rev. Raymond Hartzell. jr.
now pastor Of North Bethesda
Lutheran Mission.
A reception for Mr.. and Mrs
Shaheen viii be held at the
church after the installation
service.
Mr.. Shaheen comes here from
a l5-year pastorate at Messiah
Evangelical Lutheran Church
South Williamsport. Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-04
Fother Collins to Speak

The Rev. Thomas A. Collins
professor Of Sacred Scripture OF
the Dominican House of Studies.
will speak on Priesthood in
Christ" at 8 pm. tomorrow at
the School of Theology for Lay
men. The meeting will be held in
the auditorium of Trinity Col
lege, Michigan avenue and
Franklin street NE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-04
Dr.. Docherty Returns

DR.. George M. Docherty, min
lister Of New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church, will return to
his pulpit tomorrow after an
illness Of several weeks. He will
preach on THE Fellowship OF
Believers" at the $50 and IL am.
services,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-04
Marks Bur Mitzvoh

Peter Perez GREENWOOD Of 5000
Eleventh street NE, will be Bar
Mitzvah (confirmed) at 8 am
next Saturday in the Congrega-
ton Shomrai Emunah, Chill
lum. Md. He Is the son Of Paul
GREENWOOD. q printer at The
Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-04
Service for Scouts

The Boy Scouts will be hon.
|ored at an 8 pm. service tomor-
row in the Arlington Methodist
Church. Glebe road and South
Eighth street. Arlington. DR.. w
Kenneth Haddock win speak or
MY Hero"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-04
Duuqhters of the King

The Daughters Of the King,
. Diocess Of Washington. will
present their annual Epiphany
: Offering for their missionary
: in Hawaii at the 4 pm. service
tomorrow in the Washington
Cathedral. Wisconsin and Mas
sachusetts avenue NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-04

Bowie. Md. Chaplain Pooh at
$50 am.
Memorial Evangelical U. B,
Church--Dr. j. Allan Ranck
general director Of the Joint
Commission on Missionary Edu-
cation. National Council Of
Churches, at II am.
Washington Ethical Society
Howard B. Radest. adviser to the
National Ethical Youth Organi-
zation. on THE Other Side OF
the Moon" at II am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-04
Film to Be Shown

The religious film, Martin
Luther" will be shown at 6 pm
tomorrow at the First Christian
Church. 2723 King street. Alex
andria, Va. The public is invited
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-04
Film Scheduled

A film. Dust or Destiny" will
be shown at a meeting Of the
young people Of the Foundry
Methodist Church. Sixteenth and
P streets NV, at $3.50 pm. to-
morrow in the church hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-04

handwrought chalice and paten, made from gifts OF
old silver will be dedicated by the Rev. C. Randolph
Mengers rector Of ST. Coumbas Episcopal Church. at II
in the church. Albemare and Forty -second
streets NV. The chalice and paten fashioned by
Rear Admiral Jack Frank Bowling, USN tretired),
expert sversmth who spent 200 hours making the
articles They being given to the church by Admiral
Bowling and contributors of the old silver in memory of
loved ones,