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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26

afraid to come to Chinatown
now"
Narcotics squad detectives
say Chinatown today is rela-
lively free Of dope.
after the raids the people
down there woke up to what
was going on and they started
to clean the place out them
selves" one detective said.
Clarence Talley, a retired
Metropolitan police inspector
and a longtime friend of the
Chinese, said Chinatown has
always had to overcome the
public's fear that the place is
unsafe.
THE Chinese are probably
the most law-abiding people in
the community" he said.
When one of them starts
getting out of hand, they
straighten him out themselves.
You seldom see a Chinese in
criminal court"
One thing still remains-the
card playing.
He works all day, comes
home to four walls with no.
body there" explains George
Moy. referring to the China
town bachelor. 80 he has a
friendly card game with the
other men. 1t is their recrea-
ton"
But even this is changing.
Walk along the Block-as they
call the 600 block of H street
and on a quiet night the old
men can be seen in a back room
watching the fights on tele-
visitn. The card games are not
what they used to be.
THE young folks are all
Americanized," Mr.. Moy said,
smiling. They go to Laurel
and Bowie"
Restaurants Move
Other reasons are given fol
the uecline Of Chinatown
Modern Chinese restaurants
are now found in the suburbs
or uptown Washing ION, says
Gee Sim, part owner of the
Marking at 901 New York
avenue NV. It's no Longer
necessary to come to China
town for Chinese food.
Irene Yee, who operates the
China Inn at 631 H street, is
the only woman heading 9
restaurant operation in China.
town and is admired as one OF
the most progressive proprietorS
in business there.
1.-THE trouble with China.
towns business" she says, sis
the fact that we never act to-
gether on anything. We neec
leadership. I don't think We
are doing enough for our
selves"
One Of the biggest oppor.
tunities for Chinatown is being
allowed to pass by. she said
"All these tourists who come
to Washington just flow by us
There's not enough hele te
attract them"
More shops-specializing irl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
Hal Groyson, 81
Ex-Bund Leader

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 81 (AP)
Hal Grayson. whose once
famous dance band featured
such performers as Betty Gra-
BILE and Stan Kenton, is dead.
His body was found yester-
day in his room at a Hollywood
hotel.
Mr.. Grayson, 81, toured the
country with his band from the
early sos to the mid-'40s and
appeared in several movies. In
addition to Miss Cradle and
Mr.. Kenton, members of his
troupe included Martha Tilton,
Shirley Ross and Garwood Van.
Mr.. Grayson had a severe
drinking problem in recent
years. He was arrested repeat
edly for drunkenness and spent
some time in State hospitals.
At one time he was earning his
living washing cars.
Mr.. Grayson, who once earned
$4,000 a week, had been out of
the band business since soon
after World War II.
His body was discovered by a
hotel maintenance man who
was bringing him cigarettes. A
coroner'S deputy attributed
death to natural causes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
Earl Eisenhort, II, Retired
Monetary Fund Official

Earl E. Eisenhart, II, of 4907
Earlston drive, Yorktown VIII
lage, Md, retired procurement
officer and assistant director of
administration for the Inter-
national Monetary Fund, died
yesterday in Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital following a
heart attack.
Mr.. Eisenhart had been in
Government service for more
than so years.
He started his Government
work with the Indian service
and arrived at his first post, an
Indian reservation in Wyoming,
by stage coach in time to help
prevent an uprising.
Mr.. Eisenhart later served as
director of purchasing for the
Public Works Administration
and then in the same capacity
for the Interior Department.
He retired from Interior in
1947 and received the depart
ment'S honor award for dis
tinguished service.
Mr.. Eisenhart then took the
International Monetary Fund
post from which he retired in
1855.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
Mrs. Walker,
Wife Of Judge

Mrs. Harry L. Walker, Al,
wife of Municipal Court Judge
Walker, died today az George
town University Hospital fol-
lowing a long illness.
Mrs. Walker, who lived with
her husband at 5404 Cromwell
drive, Bethesda, was active in
Girl Scout work, the Commu-
nifty Chest and the YWCA. She
was a member Of the Commits
sioners Youth Council and the
Sixth Presbyterian Church.
Her husband was appointed
to the Municipal Court bench
in July of 1855 for a 10-year
term.
Mrs. Walker leaves one
d a ug h ter. Miss June Lee
Walker, a student at the Uni
versity Of Munich, Germany;
TWO protnerS, Robert E. Little
of Williamsburg, Va, and Will
liam j. Little of Washington;
two sisters, Mrs. Mary Naecher
and Miss Sue Little, both of
Washington, and her father,
Edward j. Little of 924 Long
fellow street NV.
Private services will be at
the S. H. Hines Funeral Home,
2901 Fourteenth street NV,
at noon Monday. Burial will be
in Glenwood Cemetery. The
family requests that contribu-
tons be sent to the D. C. Chap
ter of the American Cancer
Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
Mrs. Carl Warren,
Woshingtonion,
Wife of Colonel

Mrs. Helen c. Warren, 80, a
fourth-generation Washington
native and daughter of the late
Brig. Gen. Henry C. Coburn, jr.,
a former Walter Reed medical
chief. died october % in
Hawaii.
Mrs. Warren, the former
Helen Coburn, was the wife of
Army Col. Carl K. Warren, sta
toned at Schofleld Barracks on
Oahu.
Mrs. Warren was a graduate
of Holton Arms School here and
later attended Duke University.
She had lived in Hawaii nearly
two years. Before moving to
Hawaii, she had been a resident
of Arlington for more than five
years.
Her father was Chief of the
Medical Service at Walter Reed
from 1885 to 1899.
Besides her husband, she
leaves her mother, Mrs. Henry
C. Coburn of Haddonfield, N. j.,
and a sister, Mrs. N. D. Cole of
Pittsburgh.
Services will be held at 3
pm. Monday in the Fort Myer
Chapel. Burial will be in Airing
ton Cemetery.
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He also served as a consult
ant to the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition and received a certifi-
cate of award from this insti-
tuition for outstanding service.
Mr.. EiSenhart had formerly
been a member of the national
Committee on the Purchase of
Blind-Made Products, an APP
pointment he received from the
late President Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
He was a past president Of
the Purchasing Agents Assoc
citation of Washington.
A native of Tripoli, Iowa, he
served as a teacher in Iowa be-
fore entering Government serv-
ice.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Amy
Kearns Eisenhart of the home
address, a son, Earl E., jr.. Of
5000 Earlston drive, Westgate,
Md, and two grandchildren.
Services will be held at II
am. Monday at Joseph Gawl-
er's Sons, Inc. funeral home.
1855 Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
Bermuda Murder
Arrest Is Made

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Oct.
81 (AP) Wendell Willis Light
bourn, 10, colored bermudian,
was charged today with the
murder of Barbara Dorothy
Rawlinson, 29-year-old Eng
lishwoman whose body was
found on a lonely Bermuda
beach last month.
Lightbourn also was charg-
ed with attempted murder in
a case involving another
woman.
The body of Miss Rawlinson.
partly devoured by sharks, was
discovered Sept. 81 at South
lands Beach at the southern
end of Bermuda. A blood
stained rock was found nearby,
leading police to suspect
murder.
Authorities in the British
colony asked for help from
Scotland Yard in Investigating
Miss Rawlinsons death. Two
detectives came from London
to work on the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
John Heckendorn
Corps Employe

John L. Heckendorn, an en-
ploye of the Corps of Engin-
GERS, died Wednesday at Airing
ton Hospital.
Mr.. Heckendorn was born in
Cedar Point, Kans. He came to
Washington in 1910 as an en-
ploye of the Army Quarter
master General.
In 1912 he was transferred
to the Office of the Chief of
Army Engineers. After a term
Of service with the Navy during
World War II, he returned to
his old post, and was a super
visory supply officer at the time
of his death.
He leaves his wife, Lois M,
daughters, Joyce Ann and
Karen Lee, all of home address,
RID /, Fairfax. Va, and an
other daughter, Mrs. Gladys
Compton of Clifton, Va.
Services will be at Everly
Funeral Home, 214 West Main
street, Fairfax. on Monday at
II am. Burial will be in the
Arlington cemetery.
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IttuEiltnu

BERNSTEIN, LILLIAN. There viii be
LILLIAN sRRkNs i ne At RRs inS David
Va. on sunday, November l.. 1853,
, N Pm M EfioAEiS ssccaaRii IlsH''
HOFFMAN, SARAH. Thera will be
an unwilling OF a monumenVin mem
DRY OF SARAH HOFFMAN on Sum
day, November 1, 1869, at am,
a. the King David Memorial Gene
MARCUS. DEBRA ROSE. There win
pEs sR uP RosE M "A iS az Mount
Section, on Sunday. November /,
1889. at pm, Relatives and
friends Invited. Family leaving from
1l22 Linden ave-, Takoma Park, Nd.
MANsKER, ESTHER. There will be
ESTHER MANsKER, on Sunday, NO
yember /, 1859, at / pm, at King
David Memorial Cemetery, Falls
Church, Va. Friends invited
GREENLAND, ANNA r. There will be
an unwilling Of monument 70
LAND, beloved mother OF Sol and
Alvin Greenland, on Sunday, No
yember /, 1853, at l pm, at the
National Capital Hebrew Cemetery
lWorkmen's circle Section),. SD and
M SITS, Sc. Relatives and friends
invited. 25,3l,1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
r. A. McMuIIin Dies:
White House Official

Russell A. McMullin. 81. as
sistant White House trans
portation and communications
officer, died last night in st.
Joseph's Hospital in Au-
gusta, Ga.
Mr.. McMullin suffered a
stroke while in Georgia with
President Eisenhower last Sum-
day and remained in the hos
pital when the President re-
turned to Washington.
Mr.. McMullin first came to
the White House in 1896 as a
telegrapher. In later years he
became responsible for CO.
ordinating press transporta-
ton and arranging the COM
munications for the Presidents
trips.
White House Press Secre-
tary James c. Hagerty said
I'VE feel the White House has
lost a very fine man."
Mr.. McMullin was born and
educated in Bedford, Pa. Be-
fore working at the White
House he was a telegrapher for
the Associated Press and West
ern Union.
He leaves his wife, Mary, of
the home address, 1902 Pearl
street, Bethesda: a son, Russell
A. McMullin, jr.. 27l1 Emmit
road, Silver Spring; two daugh-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
Dr.. Jack W. Witten, Former
State Luwmuker, Aided Bows

TAZEWELL, Va, Oct. 81
(AP) DIR. Jack w. Witten, 70,
a former Democratic member
of the Virginia State Senate
and House of Delegates, died
yesterday at Tazewell.
A colorful Southwest Virginia
legislator, he served "a years as
a member of the House and
from 1886 to 1888 in the Senate.
DR.. Witten, a bachelor, was
widely known for his work with
homeless boys, hundreds of
whom he had raised at his resi-
dence here.
During his tenure in the Legis-
ture DR.. Witten was a familiar
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to England and was made head
of the Foreign Offices newly
established Conference Depart
ment.
In the latter capacity she
organized the arrangements
for British representation at
the San Francisco conference
and later at the PotSdam con-
ference. She also was RESPONSE
BILE in part for the success of
the first United Nations con-
ference in London.
In 1916 she married Viscount
Harcourt and returned with
her husband to America, where
he had just been appointed
head of the British treasury
delegation to discuss postwar
financial problems with the
United States.
Memorial services will be held
at st. James Episcopal Church,
855 Madison avenue, New York,
at 8 pm. Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
George S. West
Of New England

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica,
Oct. 81 (SpeciaD George Sal
tonstall West died here Thurs
day might after a long illness.
Mr.. West was born June 26,
1887. in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
His parents were George Webb
West and Rose Saltonstall West.
He attended Groton School and
was graduated from Harvard
College in 1910.
Mr.. West was for many years
a partner in the firm of Tucker
Anthony Co. of Boston and New
York and made his home in
Chestnut Hill, Mass. Recently
he had lived at Holder
ness. N. H.
His sporting interests ex-
tended from varsity football at
Harvard College to trotting
horses and raising and showing
dogs. His Affiliations in the
sporting world were extensive
Harvard Varsity Club, Met
ropolitan Driving Club, CO.
founder and first president of
the Eastern Dog Club, past
president of the Airedale Ter
rier Club of New England, past
president of the Greyhound
Club of America, Westminster
Kennel Club and a former dele
gate to the American Kennel
Club.
Mr.. West is survived by his
widow, Dorothy Fowler West;
two daughters, Mrs. T. Des-
mond Butler of Jamaica and
Mrs. William S. Barnes of Cam
bridge, Mass, and two sons,
Eric F. West of Far Hills, N. j.,
and Richard S. West of Boston.
Funeral services are being held
in Jamaica with memorial
service later in Boston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31

figure around the capital with
the four youngsters he tradi-
tionally took to Richmond to
serve as pages for the two
chambers.
He was defeated in his final
bid for reelection in 1857 by
Delegate Grady w. Dalton of
Richmond.
DR.. Witten received recogni-
ton from the Lane Byrant
Awards Committee in 1856 for
his work with homeless boys.
In 1949 he was named alumnus
of the year by the Medical Col
lege of Virginia, where he re-
ceived his medical degree in
1905.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
Smuggling Count
Thrown Out on
Chessmon Book

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 81
(AP) The State District Court
of Appeals has thrown out the
States smuggling conspiracy
charges against Caryl Chess
mans attorney and an Eastern
publishing firm.
In a sharply worded opinion
yesterday the appeals court
said that the States action
against Attorney George T.
Davis, literary agent Joseph
Longstreth and Prentice-Hall
Publishers had IAN odor of
totalitarianiSm."
They were accused of con-
spring to smuggle out of San
Quentin the death row authors
"The Face of Justice" in 1857.
Just how the manuscript was
taken out of prison never has
been made public.
Mr.. Davis, Mr.. Longstreth
and the publishing firm were
indicted by a Martin County
grand jury last December. The
charge was baSesd on a San
Quentin Prison ruling that
everything written by a pris-
overwhelming letters and
manuscripts-must go through
the warden'S Office. Chessman' S
script didn't.
The court ordered a halt
to any further action in the
case.
Chessman, 38, was convicted
in Los Angeles in 1913 on IL
counts, including two of kid
mapping with bodily harm which
can carry the death penalty in
California.
In more than II years on
death row, he has won seven
reprieves, the latest on Octo-
Der 81, when the United States
Supreme Court decided to re-
view his case. He had been
scheduled to die October %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
West Point Rites
For Mrs. BundeI

Funeral services will be held
for Mrs. Charles M. Bundel at
the West Point IN. " Post
Cemetery at the Academy at
10 am. Monday.
Mrs. Bundel was the wife of
the late Brig. Gen. Charles
Bundel. She died in San Fran
cisco on october 26, following
a long illness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
Judge O'Dunne, 80,
MARYLAND Jurist

BALTIMORE, oct. 81 (AP)
= Former Judge Eugen e
O'Dunne, SO, died yesterday in
Ogunquit, Maine, where he had
been living for about a year.
The Maryland jurist had
served on the bench for nearly
20 years. He received his law
degree in 1900 from the Uni
versity of Maryland and was
active until his retirement in
June, 1945, at age 10, the con-
stitutional age limit for Mary
land judges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
Mathew L. Rue,
Lumber Dealer

Mathew L. Rue, So, retired
lumber industrialist, died to-day
at his home in Sea Island, Ga,
after a long heart illness.
Mr.. Rue lived in Washington
until eight years ago, when he
and his wife retired and moved
to Georgia.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Irma
Rue, he leaves two sons,
Mathew L. Rue, jr., of Cross
wickS, N. j., and Allen Rue of
Sea Island, and a brother,
Charles Rue of Culpeper, Va.
Services and burial will be
Monday at Sea Island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
Viscountess Horcourt, First
British Woman DipIomut

The first woman to be given
diplomatic status in conserva-
tive and tradition conscious
England is dead.
Viscountess Harcourt, the
wife Of Viscount Harcourt, died
yesterday Of cerebral hemor-
rhage in a New York hospital.
Viscount and Viscountess
Harcourt had been visiting in
the United States following the
formers attendance at a meet
ing of the World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund
in Washington early in Octo-
Der.
Viscountess Elizabeth Sonia
Harcourt was the second
daughter Of the late Sir Harold
Snagge, knight of the British
Empire.
She was first married to
Capt. Lionel Gibbs, who died in
1910. Her two children had
previously been sent to Amer
lea to escape German Luftwaffe
attacks, and she later Joined
them in Southboro, Mass,
where they were attending
school.
She toured the United States
and Canada lecturing on behalf
of the British Red Cross. Later
she Joined the British diplo-
matte service, and Foreign Min
lister Anthony Eden made her
an attache in the British En-
bassy here.
She was subsequently made a
second secretary, and thus be-
came the first woman in British
history to be given diplomatic
status in her own right.
In 1914 she helped draft the
Dumbarton Oaks proposals as a
member of the British delega-
ton to the famed conference
which discussed the then nebu-
lous proposals for a permanent
United Nations Organization.
At the wars end she returned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
Robert Morgan

PELHAM, N. Y, Oct. 81
(AP) Robert McIlwaine Nor
gan, 80, a New York City in
vestment broker for many
years, died Thursday night. A
native of Petersburg, Va, he
had a long career in the to-
bacco, produce and investment
fields. He was president of Rob-
ert M. Morgan, Inc, of New
York from 1882 until his death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
Louis S. Gates

NEW YORK, Oct. 81 (AP)
Louis Shattuck Gates, n,
chairman of the Phelps Dodge
Corp, died yesterday. Mr.. Gates,
a native of Boston. was presi-
dent of the firm from 1880
until 1947 when he became
chairman. During those years,
Phelps Dodge expanded into
one of the worlds largest cop
per producing companies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
Hill McAIister

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 81
(AP).-Former Gov. Hill Nc
Alister. "a, died last night at
his suburban home after an
illness of a month. He served
two terms as Governor from
1888 to 1887. He was Federal
referee in bankruptcy here at
the time of his death.
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tiers, Mrs. Winifred Sullivan of
Ewing drive, Bethesda, and Mrs.
Dorothy DeGast, 1906 Daw-
son avenue, Wheaton, and five
grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
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Hazel AppIequte

CHICAGO, Oct. 81 (AP).-'
Hazel Apologize, one of the
stars of the one and two reel
films turned out in movie in
fancy, died yesterday of a heart
ailment. She was the leading
lady of Bronco Billie" one of
the first Western films. She
was 10, crippled by arthritis,
penniless and alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
Leon S. Barnes

MASON CITY, Iowa, Oct
81 (AP). - Leon S. Barnes,
IS, newspaper published, died
Thursday night after a heart
attack. He owned the North
wood Anchor and had news
paper interests in Iowa Falls,
Monticello and Independence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
Dr.. O. F. Hume

LOUISVILLE. KY, Oct. 81
(AP).-Dr. o. F. Hume, 81, a
former Republican national
committeeman, died yesterday.
DR.. Hume also was a former
State Senator, regent of East
ern Kentucky State College and
chairman of Kentucky Tuber-
culosis Sanatoria Commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
InstuIIment Credit
Up to SASS Million
BY the Associated Press


Outstanding installm en- t
credit increased by $485 mil
lion last month to a record
$37 .495, 100000.
The Federal Reserve Board
said yesterday extensions of
new credit were virtually I'M
changed at $4,105, 100000 while
repayments increased slightly
to $3,620.000, 900.
The September increase in
installment debt was not quite
as large as in August.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31

TEBB, FRENCH L. In loving mem
L. WEBB. who departed this life
five years ago today. October 81,
1854.
1t was a sad day when God took
the one / loved away to His heavenly
home. He sleeps in Gods beautiful
garden in sunshine OF perpect peace
He was kind and humble and had
i heart sO- s as COCO as gold dill, and
be forotten by me, who loved you
best. l am living so I can meet
you again in that city called Heaven.
YOUR LOVING WIFE, H1LDA. !.
WEBB.
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John c. Treen

DETROIT, Oct. 81 (AP).-
John C. Treen, So, a writer on
the staff of the Detroit News
since 1881, died today in Bons
Secours Hospital.
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CEMETERY LOTS
FORT LINCOLN

FORT LINCOLN
Garden Of the. Apostles crypt for Q.
bronze family memorial and vault
included; will sell for 5000. JU.
9-073S. ewes.
FORT LINCOLN-5 sites, block IA:
overlooking lake; $500 cash. WI
$500.
FORT LINCOLN-Desirable 8 burial
lots, will sacrifice Call LA. 6-S4I2.
GARDEN OF APOSTLES. 2 crypts. rea-
sonable. UN. 4-0131. all day Sat
and Sun.
NAUSOLEUM, National Memorial Park
Elderly couple must sell, sacrifice
for less than "a price. tn. 2-257s.
NATL. MEM. PARK. Falls Church, Va.
$500, will sell for S700: sites, /
lot MRS. BACON, JE. 4-1636. /
NATL. MEMORIAL PARK, Falls
Church, Va.-Choice lot, with 4
sites, $695, Elk. 3-O9O7. KE. s-5714
OUT.OF-TOWN OWNER wishes to sell
4 lots in National Memorial Park,
Falls Church, and lots in Wash
ington Memorial Park, Hyattsville
sell Individually or together, Write
MRS R.. @. DUNN, 23lO Walter
St. Huntington Park, Calf. l