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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-22
Dug ZOO Years Ago

EPPS. La.-Indians 2,700 years
ago formed what is one Of the
largest and most complex geo.
metrical earthworks. 1t is known
as Poverty Point and is at Epps.
on Bayou Macon. 1t was settled
by ancestors of present-day
Indians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-22
I oIbott Calls on Business
To Foster Foreign 7 rode

Philip NJ Talbot president Of the United States Chamber
Of Commerce urged last night that businessmen should do all
they to foster growth Of foreign trade
He described healthy expansion Of such trade vital to
national well being"
chamber president who
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MEXICO AND
SOUTH AMERICA

South of the equator. winter
lis on the way. In the hot coun-
tries, the coolest weather Of the
year will prevail. In the temper
ate zones. figure on sweaters and
|topcoats. Entry requirements
customs and currency vary from
country to country. Much high
way improvement. but check
AAA before planning long trips
to avoid unpaved routes, snow In
the Andes. Tourist trade less
developed than in Europe but
rapidly improving under gov
ernment auspices.
Currency-Internal conditions
create wide fluctuation in cur
rency rates. Most recent tourist
quotations: One dollar buys 80
Argentine pesos: $3.50 Brazilian
cruzeiros; SAT Chilean pesos: GAS
Colombian pesos; 1910 Ecudor-
ian sucres:- 1850 Mexican pesos;
10 Peruvian soles: ia Paraguay
an guaranis: 3.77 Uruguayan
pesos: 1888 Venezuelan boliyars.
No import limit.
Latest entry requirements for
tourists: No passport or visa
needed to enter Colombia. Ec-
uador, Mexico and Venezuela,
but all require tourist cards.
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Passport but no visa needed for
Argentina. Bolivia, Brazil, Chile.
Peru, Uruguay. Most want
tourist cards. Paraguay requires
passport and visa.
shopping: Alligator bags and
belts, Swiss watches, ponchos and
rugs Of vicuna and guanaco fur
in Argentina: precious and semi
precious unset stones. leather
goods, French perfume, wood
carvings and antique silver In
Brazil; silver articles and Indian
products in Peru; copper trays
and candlesticks. pottery jars,
wine and Choapino rugs In
Chile: emeralds in Colombia +;
Panama hats, antique silver
textiles. embroideries and carved
chests in Ecuador: pearls
mother-of-pearl articles and
shawls in Venezuela; silver. pot
terry. handmade textiles and per-
fume in Mexico: lace in Para
quay.
Major events: Corpus Christi
feast day with professions and
morality plays about Adam and
Eve, June 20, in Latin countries
with large Indian populations:
Day Of Saints Peter and Paul,
patron saints of fishermen, A.
estas with religious pageants,
June 20. In ports and coastal vii
lagos: fair at Huari. attracting
large crowds for fur and hide
sales, May 3-6. Bolivia: national
holiday and fiesta. May S. Mexi-
co; Chile's famous rodeos begin
in July; Pinchincha Day. COM
memorating Bolivar's battle to
liberate Quito. May "a. Ecuador:
Fiesta Of Amancaes, preserving
music and folklore from the
Incas, June 24-30, near Lima,
Peru; Bogota's Municipal Holi-
day. street celebrations. June 8,
Colombia; Bolivar's Birthday,
ceremonies and parades, July "a,
Caracas, Venezuela.
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CANADA

Spring comes to Canada in
mid-May. opening the season for
blossom festivals, fishing, rodeos,
tours to our northern neighbor's
% national parks. Emphasis on
tourism has prompted more hotel
and motel building, more high
way construction. expande d
transportation facilities for an
expected boom summer. No pass
ports required, but carry identi-
fication papers to speed border
crossing.
Currency-One dollar buys 95I5
cents Canadian.
Customs-Duty-free import Of
200 cigarettes. so cigars and 2
pounds Of tobacco. 40 ounces OF
alcoholic beverages. Declare
sporting outfits at entry. Rifles.
shotguns, so rounds Of ammuni-
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leatherware. diamonds. cigars,
cheese. gin, old etchings and
prints. feather hats in volen-
dam.
Major events - Spring flower
show at Lisse and tulip season In
area between The Hague and
Harlem, to mid-May: Holland
Festival Of Music and Drama.
June l5-July is. Amsterdam, The
Hague, Schevingen. Delft
Norway
currency - One dollar buys
Li2 kroner. Import limit Of 90
kroner.
Gustoms-Duty-free import of
400 cigarettes, 80 cigars or 500
grams OF tobacco. two bottles OF
liquor.
Temperature-May high and
low: 59-43: July: 7l-56. Oslo.
Hotels-About 500 more beds
available, including new 300-bed
hotel In Bergen. Student village
In Oslo. available to all motorists,
can now house 1000 guests,
freeing more first-class hotel
space.
Transportation - Good train
and air service. Several new
short tours scheduled.
ShOpping-Norwegia enamel-
ware. silver, skis. native crafts
and furs.
Major events-Annual debut"
Of the Midnight Sun with years
first "a hours Of continuous sun
shine at North Cape, May IA;
Constitution Day celebration,
May II, nationwide: Bergen In
ternAtional Festival Of Music.
Drama and Folklore, May "a
June 7, Bergen: Fjord blossom
time, end Of May. Hardanger
and Sogn; Oslo Day carnival,
June 8, Oslo; "Jonsok," Midsum-
mer Night Festival celebrating
years shortest night. June %
countrywide with International
Midsummer Night Slalom COM
petition at Trollstegen; July 4th
celebrations.
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elstoke. Alberta: Dominion
Drama Festival, May 2o-2s. Ed
monton: Calgary Stampede.
July 8-1s. Calgary. Ontario:
Ottawa Tulip Festival, May
1890, Ottawa: Niagara PEN
ninsula Blossom Week. May
20-27, Niagara Peninsula; City OF
Waterloo Centennial Celebra-
tions. June 26-July /, Waterloo;
Stratford Shakespearean Festi-
val. July 1-Sept. Z, Stratford; /;
Miss Canada Pageant, July 1-6;
Hamilton: Canadian Open Coli
Tournament, July 1913, Water
loo. Quebec: Montreal Interna-
tional Trade Fair. May 1925.
Montreal; st. Jean Baptiste Day.
June "a, province-wide: Feast Of
Ste. Anne de Beaupre. July 26.
st. Anne de Beaupre. Nova
Scotia: Annapolis Valley Apple
Blossom Festival. May 3l-June 2,
Kentville. Grand Pre-, Wolfville
area: Gathering Of the Clans and
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PACIFIC AREA
Jupun

Curfency-One dollar buys 800
yen. AL payments must be in
yen. Foreign Exchange Rec
ord Book" supplied at port of
entry to record all exchanges to
yen currency. Import of yen
forbidden.
Customs-Duty free import of
200 cigarettes. so cigars or $50
grams Of pipe tobacco; I'D to
six bottles of liquor.
Entry requirements-Passport
and visa. Special permit but
no visa required for stay Of 70
hours ashore on shore excursion
while a ship is in port or as a
member Of an overland tour be-
tween two ports of call.
Temperature-May high and
low: 1854: July: $3.50, Tokyo.
Rainy season during first three
weeks Of June.
Hotels and inns-Nearly 100
member hotels Of Japan Hotel
Association. about 80 govern
ment registered Japanese-style
inns for foreign visitors.
Transportation ac-
curate schedules. Four limited
express trains now operating.
Rapid interurban electric train
service. NOTORIOUS routes con-
Meeting cities and tourist resorts.
Three domestic airlines. Regular
coastal steamship services. Most
popular steamship route for
tourists: Through Inland Sea
National Park.
Shopping-Silk, pearls, china
ware. bamboo works. dolls. DANA
scene. cloisonne. lacquer ware,
color prints. cameras. binoculars.
Major events - Boys Festival,
May S; International Trade Fair
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ton per person and fishing tackle
can be imported for personal use
without permit, but revolvers
pistols and fully automatic fire-
arms are barred.
Hotels = Nearly 5000 year.
around, 1000 seasonal hotels
Most summer resorts open JUNE
IS or earlier. Fast development
|of motels and auto courts.
Transportation-Increaset
plane and train service with
added accommodations and rout.
|ings. Some provinces report
substantial addition to highways
American tourists can use owr
cars in Canada for up to siS
months without paying duty OF
license fee.
Sh0pping-British ports
cheaper in Canada. particularly
woolen articles and chinaware.
British Columbia:
Major Events-British Colum.
bia: Victoria Springtime Festi.
wal. April 28-May IL, Victoria
British Columbia Music Festival
May 9-15, Vancouver: Golden
Spike Days. June 30-July l. Rev.
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international Guide
I ellis About Pocific

eight-day Sunlit Nights Land
Cruises to depart Stockholm on
June II and 90. July 8, 10 and
80, and August 8.
Shopping Glass. crystal, pot
terry. silverware. steel cutlery,
native handicrafts. modern fur
niture.
Major events-Stockholm Fes-
tival of Music, Ballet and
Drama, June 2-l4: Swedish Flag
Day and National Commemora-
ton Day. June 8. nationwide;
Midsummer Celebration with
folk festivals. June 21-22; Got
land Runt" international Bal
tic Regatta). July S. starting at
visby: "Petrus de Dacia," mir
acle play with music staged in
ruins Of medieval church, July
15-August Is, Visby.
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Spuiin

Currency-One dollar buys
1895 pesetas. Import limit Of
10000 pesetas.
Cust0ms-Duty-free import Of
200 cigarettes or two pounds of
tobacco, two bottles Of liquor.
Temperature-May high and
low. 1880: July. S6-6l. Madrid.
Hotels-About IS new hostel
ries, including four Government
operated inns. Another 100 ho-
tells being built. Just announced
rate increase of IS per cent
from previous low rates.
Transportation Comprehen-
sive bus tours. Just announced
rate increase Of IS per cent on
rail travel.
Shopping-Mantillas. shawls,
leather goods. gloves. handwoven
fabrics. handsome shoes. lace.
Toledo ware, jewelry. Talavera
porcelain. WON MS fashions,
pottery. perfume, glassware,
sherry and brandy.
Major events international
Samples Fair. May 1-20, valen-
cia, and June lao. Barcelona: /:
Feast and Festival of st. Isidre
with celebration and bullfights,
May l0-l7. Madrid: Spring Fair
and Festival. May 1913. Cadiz;
international Music and. Dance
Festival. June 1890. Granada:
Corpus Christi religious festival,
June 20. all Spain but especially
Seville, Cadiz and Toledo; st.
James Fair with battle Of fiow-
ers and bullnghts. July 2o-31.
Sweden
y-One dollar buys
SIG kronor. Import limit Of 300
kronor in denominations no
larger than 100 kronor.
eCustoms-Duty-free limit Of
500 cigarettes. 100 cigars or rs
ounces Of pipe tobacco, two
opened quart bottles of liquor.
Temperature-May high and
low, $40: July, 7l-54. Stock
holm.
Hotels-New hotels provide 400
more rooms in Stockholm. Boats
In Stockholm's Lake Malaren
house tourists during peak sea-
oDn.
Transportation I'm proved
train schedules on main tourist
routes. Enough gas for tourists.
State railways have scheduled
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SUMMER CAMPS
CAMP ROTHERWO0D

in Caroline County, viz.
ginia. Beautiful pool. private pond. boat.
ing and fishing on Mattaponi River. Or
ganiZed sports and riding UnexceIlec
Frederick Hardy, Owner = Director,
University Of
Riehmond, virRinia
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Hawaii

Temperature - May high and
low; 80-69; July. 83-73.N Homo
lulu. Frequent but short show
ers. Cotton dresses for women.
sports shirts and slacks for men
Sweaters and topcoats needed
for higher attitudes of Kauai and
Hawaii (the big" island).
notwithstanding accommo-
dations on Honolulu's Waikiki
Beach. More hotel units near
ing completion on outer islands.
Transportation - Inter-island
planes provide daily service.
Inter-island tours. including
plane fares. hotels and sightsee-
ing, range from one-day tours to
a single island to six and seven
day tours Of Kauai. Maui and
Hawaii.
Shopping-Hawaiian perfumes,
native jams, hand-blocked tex
tiles. coral jewelry. ceramics,
jade. and Oriental goods.
Major events-Lei Day, May
/; Japanese Boys Day. May 5:
Hibiscus Show. June /; Kane
hameha Day. June IL; 49th
State Fair. June %: start of
biennial trans-Pacific yacht race
from San Pedro. Calf. to Dia-
mond Head, Hawaii, July 4.
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|Fishermen's Regatta. July /,
|Pugwash. New Brunswick:
|Rothesay Highland Gathering,
July 26-27, Rothesay. Summer
side Lobster Carnival, July Is
10. Summerside. Newfoundland: /:
Arrival Of Portuguese fishing
fleets. late May, st. Johns.
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Switzerland

Currency-one dollar buys
4.28 francs. No limit on import.
Customs-Duty-fr import of
two cartons of cigarettes, two
bottles Of wine. one pint of per-
fume in unSealed bottles.
Temperature-May high and
low: 6l-50: July: 1890. Geneva.
Hotels--New ones in Zurich.
Lucerne. Lugano and other re-
sorts.
Transportation-Rail sched-
ules being increased. Special
holiday tickets save up to so per
cent on rail fares.
Shopping-Watches at savings
OF 40 per cent or more, music
boxes. blouses. linen and lace,
chocolates. cameras, binoculars
and opera glasses.
Major events-75th anniver-
sary Of the Gotthard Tunnel
with great jubilee. May, Cos
chenen and Airolo; June Festi-
val Of Music and Drama. June.
Zurich and Lausanne: Geneva
Festival OF Roses, June 1929;
nocturnal fete on the lake, June
29. Lucerne;; 10th International
Film Festival. mid-July. Lo-
carno: Summer Ski Race, mid
July, Jungfraujoch.
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Festival of Kamo Shrines. May
May 5-l9. Toyko: Hollyhock
Is. Kyoto: Grand Festival Of
Foshogu Shrine, May II, l8, Mix
ko; cormorant fishing season
opens on Niagara River, May IL,
Gifu; summer sumo" (wrestling)
tournament. mid-May. Toyko;
Dragon Boat Festival. June l6.
Nagasaki; Bamboo Cutting Fes-
tival at Kurama Temple. June
20. Kyoto; Festival Of the Wild
Horse Chase. July 11-13. Soma: :
Gion Festival at Yasaka Shrine.
July 1924. Kyoto: River Carni-
val. July IS, Osaka.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-05
DR.. Eisenhower
To Visit Mexico

MEXICO CITY, April S Dr.
The Foreign Ministry said yes
terday DR.. Milton Eisenhower
brother of President Eisenhower,
will visit Mexico in June at the
special invitation of President
Ruiz Confines.
The Ministry said the invita-
ton had been extended during
the White Sulphur Springs
meeting of Presidents Eisen-
hover and Ruiz Confines and
Canadian officials.
The Ministry said Milton
Eisenhower--president of Johns
Hopkins University - has ac-
cepted the invitation and will
make a visit of about Is days.
He will be accompanied by his
daughter, Ruth Eisenhower; the
Assistant Secretary of State for
Latin America. Roy Richard
Rubottom. and Mrs. Rubottom,
and Col. Robert l.. Schulz, Dr.,
Eisenhower's aide.
Foreign Minister Luis Padilla
Nervo told reporters the visit
was not in any way connected
with any concrete problems ex-
listing between the two nations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-05
DR.. Howard Church, 81,
Bethesda Dentist Since 1914

DR.. Howard Church. 81. a dem
fist of zoos Glenbrook road, Be-
thesda. died at George Wash
ington Hospital yesterday after
a long illness.
A native of Hundred, w. Va,
DR.. Church served in the infan-
try during World War l and
later attended Emerson Institute
here. He graduated from the
University of Louisville Dental
School in 1924.
DR.. Church did postgraduate
work in oral surgery at North
western University. the Univer-
sity of Chicago and st. Louis
University.
He practiced dentistry in
Moundsville. w. Va. until 1914.
when he moved to Bethesda. His
office was at 1918 Wisconsin
avenue.
DR.. Church was a member of
the Bethesda Kiwanis Club. A
32d degree Mason, he was a
member of the Marshall Union
Lodge No. 8. at Moundsville. He
was a Shriner and a member
Iof the Eastern Star, associate
guardian Of the international
Order of Jobs Daughters and
a past patron of the Order of
Amaranth.
He was member of the Pierre
Fauchard Academy. the Mary
land State Dental Association
and the American Dental Asso-
citation. DR.. Church was the den
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-05
Klein Denies
Lobby Charge

Maj. Gen. Julius Klein (ret.
today denied testimony py Sem
ator Smathers. Democrat OF
Florida. to the effect that the
Klein public relations firm is
engaged in pressuring Congress
to return alien property seized
during World War II.
Neither my firm nor I as an
individual have a monetary in
tereSt in the return of vested
property said Gen. Klein.
Senator Smathers was in.
correct in his testimony in re.
lation to Julius Klein Public Re.
lationS being engaged in anc
registered for the return OF
vested properties.
Senator Smathers testified
yesterday before a Senate Judi,
ciary subcommittee. He urged
Congress to keep about $500 mil.
lion in German and japanese
assets seized during the war. Hi,
idea is to invest as much of tn,
money as can be obtained il
order to provide scholarships fol
the children of American vet.
Grams.
In the course of his remarks
Senator Smathers charged tina
two Washington law firms anc
the Klein public relations firm
were conducting a "ceaseless'
lobby for legislation TO return
the money.
Gen. Klein said today hi.
company represents the "Societ.
for the Protection of Private
Property" which seeks 'magns
charta" for new investment.
after World War II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-05
6. P. Forror, 20, Type Expert
And Newspaper Designer

Gilbert Powderly Farrar. 10
nationally known topographic
consultant and newspaper de-
signer. died yesterday in Hoag
Hospital. Newport Beach, Calf.
the Associated Press reported.
A resident of nearby Laguna
Beach. he was admitted March
Is after suffering a heart at
tack.
Mr.. Farrar redesigned more
than so daily newspapers. includ-
ing The Star. where he worked
for several months beginning in
April, 1855. He was known in
newspaper circles as Mr.. Type. =
Among the papers whose ty-
biography he restyled were the
New York Herald Tribune. the
Los Angeles Times. the San Fran
cisco Call Bulletin. the Atlanta
Journal. the Houston Post, the
Dallas Morning News and the
Brooklyn Eagle He also did work
for Editor and Publisher.
A general consulting typog-
rapher since 1916. Mr.. Farrar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-05
Middies to Join
In Naval Review

NORFOLK. Va. April S (P.-
Approximately 1890 midship.
men aboard warships will par.
ticipate in an international nava
review here in June.
The Atlantic Fleet announced
| .808 United States Naval Acad.
envy midshipmen will board war;
ships for their summer cruise al
Annapolis June Z and sail tc
Norfolk where $40 Naval Re.
serve Officer Training Corps
midshipmen will join them.
The ships will participate II
the review. then sail June l3 fol-
South America to visit Rio d.
Janeiro and Sanota, Brazil
Trinidad, st. Thomas and Sar
Juan. Puerto Rico. AS part o.
the training the ships will oper.
ate off Culebra and then tax,
two days in Guantanamo Bay
Cuba.
The ships will leave Cuba All.
gust l and return TO Annapolis
August S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-05

Armin Roman. So, a specialist
in concrete-slab design, dice
Wednesday at George Washing.
ton University Hospital.
At the time of his death. Mr.
Roman was supervisory struc.
tural engineer in the Genera
Services Administration. A Ii.
licensed professional engineer II
the District, he performed in
dependent research in Theoretical
structural engineering, and hac
been preparing a book on thai
subject.
Mr.. Roman was born in Hun.
gary, and received degree ir
civil engineering from the Uni.
Iversity of Hungary in 1918. H,
came to America three year,
later. He had lived in the Wash
ington area since 1881, when HI
began his Government career il
the Office of the supervising
architect, located in the Treasur,
Department.
Mr.. Roman lived at 726 Nortl
Buchanan street. Arlington, ant
was a member of the Arlington,
Fairfax Jewish Center. He als'
was an active gardener. with ;
special interest in roses. and al
enthusiastic fisherman.
Surviving are his widow. Julia
and son and daughter. Rober
Roman and Mrs. Martha Mach
lin.
/ Services were held at Dan
zansky's funeral home today
with burial N King David Me
mortal Garden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-05
Ara W. Smith, "a,
ICuIpeper Banker
And Churchmun
Special 10 The star

CULPEPER, Va, April Sara
Wyche Smith. "a. a we'll knowr
local banker. died Tuesday ir
the University Of Virginia Hos
pital in Charlottesville. follow
ing a heart attack.
Mr.. Smith had been III for sew.
eral days.
A native of Florence. S. c.. HI
had been in the banking bust
ness for longer than 40 years
most Of IL spent in Culpeper
Before retirement. he served al
vice president and trust Officer
here OF the Second Nationa
Bank. At the time of his death
he was one Of the banks direc'
tors.
He was an active member o.
the Culpeper Baptist Church
and its senior deacon. At ont
time he served as superintendent
of the Sunday school. He alst
taught classes.
Mr.. Smith was a past master
of Fairfax Masonic Lodge 40.
He is survived by his widow
Mrs. Hattie Douglas Brown
Smith of Culpeper. two daugh'
tiers. Mrs. William Durrer o
Charlottesville. and Mrs. Louis
Chaplin Of Elsan, Ill. and {
brother, James Smith OF Fern,
andina. Fla.
Services were to be held at Il
am. today in the church. Buria
will be In the Masonic Gene
tpfV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-05
Luuru Trozzore, 80.
Native of District,
Church Worker

Miss Laura o. Trazzare, 80. a
lifelong resident of Washington,
died Wednesday at her home,
1865 Harvard street NV. Miss
Traz2are suffered a stroke last
Friday.
The eldest daughter OF the
late Thomas +. and Sarah Ellen
Tra2zare, she was an ardent
worker in the Methodist Church
She belonged TO Calvary Meth
odist Church at the time of her
death. and earlier was a MEM
Der Of the old Fourth Street
Methodist Church.
Miss Traz2are is survived by
three brothers and three sis
tiers. Charles W.. OF the home
address. j. Frank. OF Charlotte,
N. c.; Edwin E.. 1865 Park road
NV: Mrs. II. 5. France. of the
home address: Mrs. Frank A,
Jones, OF the Kenesaw Apart
mentS. and Mrs. William N.
Heinline. 1915 Kenyon street
NV.
Services will be held at IL
am. tomorrow at the Lee funeral
home. Fourth street and Massa :
lchusettS avenue NE. Burial will
be IN Congressional Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-05
Maria Keller, 70,
Ex-U. S. EmpIoye

Miss Maria Keeler, 70, a Wash
ington resident for "a years, died
yesterday in her native New
Straitsville. Ohio.
Miss Keeler was employed here
from 1918 to 1851 in the Adju-
tant Generals Office. She had
been in Ill health since suffering
a stroke in 1852. after which she
returned to New Straitsville. Her
home here was at 2l24 / street
NV.
Surviving are four brothers
and three sisters. James and
Tom, of New StraitSville; Fred
of Lomita. Calf. Alfred. of Bar
herton. Ohio. and Mrs. Hannah
IShuttleworth and Miss Rachel
and Miss Phoebe Keeler, all OF
New Straitsville.
Also surviving are two nieces
and a nephew here, Mrs. Carrie
Stacey, $40 Wheeler road Sc:
j. hn Shuttleworth, Forest
Heights, Md, and Miss Jane
Shuttleworth. Takoma Park, Md
Services will be held Sunday
afternoon in New Straitsville
with burial there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-05
District Still Threatened
With MoiI-Service Cuts

Threatened cuts in mail serv-
ice for economy's sake were
hanging over the Washington
Post Office today despite some
hope of relief.
The first of such projected
cuts, elimination of. Saturday
deliveries. was originally slated
for tomorrow, but this was OBJ
Waited when House Appro-
priations Subcommittee infor-
mally approved granting the
Post Office Department SIT mil
lion of the supplementary $47
million it had asked.
$50 Million Undecided
When the postal economies
issue came up this week. Post
master General Summerfeld saic
SAT million was needed. This
leaves the fate of $50 million still
uncertain. Presumably until this
sum is approved, at least some Of
Mr.. Summerf1eld's projected
economies are still threatened.
There are now two Saturday
deliveries in the downtown area
and one in residential areas. The