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Evening star., 1961-12-26
Virgil 1. Adams, ,
Editor Of Paper
In Strosburq

STRASBURG, Va, Dec. 26
(AP).-Virgil L. Adams, editor
of the Northern Virginia Daily
and a veteran newspaperman
who had worked in many parts
of the South, died yesterday in
a Winchester hospital. He had
been Ill for several months.
He had been editor of the
Northern Virginia Daily since
January 10, 1859. Mr.. Adams
came to Strasburg from Green
wood, Miss. where he had been
editor and publisher of the
Greenwood Morning Star.
A native of Harrisville,
w. Va, he began his newspaper
career in Parkersburg, w. Va,
on the News and Sentinel. For
a number of years he was editor
and publisher of the Lenoir
City (TennO News, a weekly
publication. During that time
he was president of the Ten
neSsee Press Association, a
member of the State Industrial
Board and a colonel on the
staff of Gov. j. P. Coleman.
He leaves his wife Mrs IiSSie
Kate Adams; two children,
Virgil. jr., and Emily Ann, all
of Strasburg, and a brother,
Herbert Adams, Parkersburg,
w. Va.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
John V. Murphy,
Helped FBI Kill
John DiIIinqer

HOUSTON, Dec. 26 (AP).-
John Vincent Murphy, one Of
the FBI agents in the group
which shot and killed despera-
do John Dillinger, is dead.
He died in a Houston rest
home Saturday at the age Of
Sc.
Mr.. Murphy was waiting out
side the Biograph Theater in
Chicago with seven other FBI
agents in July, 1884, when Dill
linger left the movie. AS the
agents moved in, Dillinger
pulled his gun and died in a
hail Of bullets.
Mr.. Murphy retired last year
after 36 years with the FBI.
He had been in Houston since
1914.
His survivors include the
widow and a daughter, Mrs.
Mary Kay Pace, of Houston.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
R. c. Richardson,
Virginia Judge

RICHMOND, Dec. 26 (AP)
Judge Richard Cunningham
Richardson, SO, of New Kent
and Charles City courts, died
yesterday in a Richmond hos
pital.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 pm. tomorrow at Saint
Peters Episcopal Church in
TalleySville, with burial there.
Before he was appointed to
the court in 1859, Judge Rich
ardson served as Common
wealth's attorney for New Kent
County.
He also was president of the
Cavalier Distributing Co., and
secretary-treasurer of the r. E.
Richardson Lumber Co., both
of Richmond.
Judge Richardson, a native
Of TalleySville, graduated from
the University of Virginia law
school in 1925.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mar
jorie Mullins Richardson; a
sister, Mrs. James M. Bow
cock, and a brother, Julian
Leigh Richardson.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Frank Richards,
British Author

KINGSGATE, England, Dec.
26 (AP).-Frank Richards, Sc,
an author who delighted Brit
ish children with his stories
about a fat schoolboy named
Billy Bunter, died Sunday.
Mr.. Richards real name was
Charles Hamilton. A bachelor,
he died in his country. home
near the English Channel.
For more than a half century
Mr.. Richards poured out a
flood of school stories, $4,000
words weekly at his peak.
Il never wait until I'm in
the mood for writing" he once
said. "If you go to the bank for
some money you don't expect
to be told that the manager
isn't in the mood for banking" +"
Billy Bunter, his greatest
creation, was the "beastly rot
ter" and the "fat owl" of Grey
friars School. His gluttony al
ways landed him in trouble.
Some of the Bunter books were
turned into stage plays, others
became a popular televisfon Sc
ries.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Mrs. HeIIbuch,
Bethesda Resident

Mrs. Rudolph Hellbach,
whose late husband was a sci
entific instrument maker with
the Department of Agriculture,
died Saturday at Suburban
Hospital in Bethesda. She was
78.
Mrs. Hellbach, who had lived
in Bethesda since 1850, was a
native of Baltimore.
She leaves a daughter, Mrs.
Charles A. Fowler of 1916
Sleaford road, Bethesda, a son,
Carl A. Hellbach of 108l1
Meadowhill road, Silver Spring
and two grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
today at St. Luke Evangelical
Lutheran Church, ColeSville
road and Highland drive, Sill
yer Spring. with burial at Park
Lawn Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-12-26

A member of the National
Council of Jewish Women, she
was active in affairs at the
Washington Hebrew Congrega-
tion. There she did volunteer
work with the Golden Age Club
which she refused to join. Mrs
Bensinger also sold merchan-
disc each week at the Congre-
cations Economy Shop. She
lived at the Woodley Park
Towers, 2737 DevonShire place
NV.
Mrs. Bensinger leaves two
sons, Mark, of 1904 Kirkside
drive, Chevy Chase, Md, and
Samuel, of 3632 Appleton street
NV, and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at II am. tomorrow in the
Gawler Chapel, 1855 PennSyl-
vania avenue NV. Burial will
be in the Washington Hebrew
Congregation Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-12-26

lege, worked as a reporter for
the Washington Post from 1947
until 1850 when she became an
editorial assistant on the
American Mercury Magazine.
Mrs. Frost. who had been
teaching school in New York
since 1859, Travelled with her
husband to European posts in
Belgrade. Salzburg and Bonn.
At Belgrade she taught ele-
mentary subjects in the In
ternational School and in New
York had been teaching at the
Dalton School. She also had
been working towards a grad
uate degree in education at the
Banks Street School in New
York.
Besides her parents, who live
here at the Sheraton Park
Hotel, and her husband, of
Manhattan, Mrs. Frost leaves
two daughters, Hannah and
Rebecca. She also leaves a
brother. Jonathan, Washington
correspondent for the Wall
Street Journal, Of 3103 Oliver
street NV.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Louis Dovidoff;;73,
Shoe Designer,
Manufacturer

Louis A. Davidoff, 70, shoe
manufacturer and designer,
died yesterday at Washington
Sanitarium after suffering a
heart attack.
Mr.. Davidoff was born in
Boston, Mass, where he de-
signed shoes for the Algy Shoe
Co. for 20 years.
A member of the New Eng
land Shoe Association. Mr..
Davidoff retired in 1857 and
came here to be near relatives.
He lived at 86l0 Garland ave-
nue., Takoma Park, Md.
He leaves his wife, Bessie
Davidoff of the home address;
three daughters, Mrs. N. E.
Promisel of 9505 st. Andrews
way, Silver Spring; Mrs. David
Golob Of Long Island, N. Y,
and Miss Pauline Davidoff OF
the home address; a son, DR.
Mel D. Davidoff of Elkin drive
Silver Spring; two brothers, DR.
Leo M. Davidoff of New Ca
naan, Conn, and Sidney David
off of Roxbury, Mass, and two
sisters, Mrs. E. Phillip Freed
man of Northampton. Mass.
and Mrs. Bessie Brin of Boston
He also leaves five grandchil-
dren and one great-grandchild
Services will be at 10 am
tomorrow at Goldberg Funeral
Home. 4217 Ninth street NV
Burial will be in Mount Leba-
non Memorial Park.
Memorial week will be OBJ
served at 9505 st. Andrews way
Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
General Murries
WAC Colonel
In Korea Rites

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec.
26 (AP). - 1t. Gen. Hugh P.
H Harris, commander of the
United States lst Army Corps,
married WAC 1t. Col. Kathleen
Gurns today in the main chap
Iel Of the United Nations COM
mand here.
Gen. Harris, So. of Law
renceburg, Tenn, heads the
United States force responsible
for the defense of the western
part of the demilitarized zone
which separates North and
South Korea.
1t was the colonels first
marriage and the generals Sec
'ond. His first wife died in 1858.
The bride, who is A, COM
mands a WAC training battal-
ion at Fort Mcclellan, Ala,
and came here on leave for
the wedding. She is from Will
Jamestown, Mass, and has
served in the Women's Army
Corps l9 years.
Col. Kenneth M. Sewers, the
base chaplain, officiated al
the ceremony and Gen. G. s
Meloy, jr., communicating
chief Of U. N. forces in Korea
gave away the bride, who wore
a two-piece gray suit.
The couple will spend their
honeymoon in Korea. Mrs. Har-
riS will return to Fort McClel-
Ian to resume her duties in
January. She expects to be re-
united with the general when
he completes his Korean tour
next fall.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Mrs. Or|indo Morseq|io, 50,
Wife of Redeemer Pastor

Mrs. Olindo Marseglia, wife
of the pastor of the Redeemer
Italian Baptist Church, died
Saturday at Sibley Memorial
Hospital. She was SO.
Mrs. MarSeglia, the former
Virginia Campanile, was ma
tive of Teano, Italy, and the
daughter of a brigadier in the
Royal Palace guard under the
reign of Umbert I of Italy. Her
father also was in charge of the
bodyguard of the infant Crown
Prince Victor Emanuel III.
Raffelle Campanile emigrated
to Philadelphia in 1902, and
was Joined a year later by his
family. Speaking little English,
he worked four months of the
year organizing other Italians
to harvest crops on New Jersey
farms.
Mrs. Marseglia married her
husband. the son of an italian
pastor in Providence, R. l., in
1908. Their fathers were second
cousins. The couple came here
in 1916.
Mrs. Marseglia was a mems
clothes tailor at Lansburg's de-
partment store for IS years,
and a member of Bethlehem
Chapter No. 7, Order of the
Eastern Star.
Besides her husband, who
lives at 1851 Farragut place
NE, Mrs. Marseglia leaves
three sons. Everard A., of 610
Twenty-first street South, Ar
lington, Va; Orlando, of 1904
Windham lane, Silver Spring,
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Raymond Euston,
PEPCO Veteran

Raymond G. Easton, II, an
employe of Potomac Electric
Power Co. for 46 years, died
Saturday at his home in Miami
Beach, Fla.
Mr.. Easton worked as a field
meter tester for PEPCO until
retiring in 1855. He had lived
in Miami Beach since 1858.
He was a 32d degree mason
and a member of Washington
Centennial Masonic Lodge. He
also was a life member of the
Light Club of PEPCO.
He leaves his wife, Mrs.
Myrtle Saston of the home
address, and a step-daughter,
Juanita G. Wattenbarger of
Miami Beach.
He also leaves two brothers.
Ernest Easton Of Cottage City,
Md, and William Easton of
Cumberland, Md.
Services will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow in the Deal
funeral home, 1912 Georgia
avenue NV. Burial will be
in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-12-26

her husband unconscious in
the tub.
Homicide Squad Detective
Harry A. Pixton said Mr.. Pay
son was bleeding from the left
wrist and there was a razor
blade on the edge of the tub.
A member of a well-to-do
Maine family, Mr.. PaySon was
a flying officer in the Army
Signal Corps during World
War I. For many years he
was in the investment business
in his native city of Portland,
He came to the International
Bank here in 1851 and retired
as vice president in 1855, ac-
cording to the family.
In addition to his wife, Mr.
Payson leaves two brothers
Charles Shipman Payson OF
New York; Herbert Payson OF
Portland and sister, Mrs
Benjamin Holt of Portland
Charles Payson's wife is the
sister of John Hay Whitney
and heads the syndicate that
owns the new New York Nets
baseball team and is co-owneI
of the world-famous Green
tree racing stable.
He was a member of the
Metropolitan Club and the
Georgetown Citizens Associa-
tion.
Friends may call at Gawler's
Funeral Home, 1856 Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV, this after
noon. There will be no serv-
ices here and burial will be
in Portland.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Paul N. Clayton,
Former EmpIoye
Of Printing Office

Paul N. Clayton, 68, a for
mer monotype operator for the
Government Printing Office,
died Sunday at Sibley Memo
rial Hospital after suffering a
heart attack.
A native of Colorado, Mr..
Clayton came to Washington
in 1880 when he began work
with the Government Printing
Office. After retiring in 1857,
he worked three years as a
printer for Judd & Detweiler,
Inc.
Mr.. Clayton was a member
OF the Association of Veteran
Union Printers and a member
Of the Columbia Typographical
Union, No. 101.
he lived at 2Sl6 Thirtieth
street NE.
He leaves his wife, Neva
Clayton of the home address:
a son, Forest Clayton of Fort
Lauderdale, Fla; two daugh-
ters. Mrs. Evelyn Barco of
Gulfport, Fla, and Mrs. Nancy
Smallerbroeck of Honolulu,
Hawaii, and his mother, Mrs.
Dora Clayton of the Methodist
Home, Ellicott and Connecticut
avenue NV.
Services will be at 2 pm. to-
morrow at Nalley's Funeral
Home, 5000 Rhode Island ave-
nue. NE. Burial will be in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
son said she went up to give
him some Christmas presents
about 1920 am. and found
Evening star., 1961-12-26
OIney Hospital
Is Accredited

Approval of the Montgomery
General Hospital. Olney, Md,
by the Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Hospitals was
announced today by Charles D.
Jenkins, administrator.
Accreditation is the result of
an inspection on November 13
by DR.. Peter Ward, a repre-
sentative of the commission.
Commission Director Ken
meth B. Babcock, commented:
"The Commission wishes TO
commend you for maintaining
standards of accreditation and
for your constant effort to i'm
prove the quality of patient
care"
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Louis A. Buchner,
In Area Since '38

Louis A. Buchner. A, a
serviceman for the Washing
ton Gas Light Co. died Sunday
at the George Washington Hos
pital.
Mr.. Buchner was born on
Long Island, N. Y, and in
1888 came to the Washington
area. He had worked for the
company for Is years. He
served several years in Europe
during World War II.
He lived at Is Armand ave-
nue., Camp Springs, Md.
He leaves his wife, Regina,
and a daughter, Lynn Buchner
of the home address; his
mother and father, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ludwig Buchner, and q
brother, Robert Buchner, OF
Long Island. N. Y.
Services will be at 2 pm
tomorrow at Lees funeral home
Fourth street and MasSachu-
sets avenue NE. Burial will
be in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Mrs. Helen l. Bensinger, 78,
Widow of Auto Dealer

Mrs. Helen L. Bensinger, 78,
who early this year made a
trip around the world, died
yesterday in George Washing
ton Hospital after a brief ILL
ness.
A native of the District, she
was a frequent traveller and, in
recent years, had made several
trips to Europe.
Last January Mrs. Gensinger
boarded the Norwegian liner
Bergensfjord in New York with
a friend. The ship, in its 30
day voyage, stopped in Hong
Kong, India, Israel, Greece,
Italy and many other coun-
tries.
Mrs. Bensinger was the wild
ow of Sylvan Bensinger, a
Washington auto and truck
dealer, who died about Is years
ago.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Mrs. William l. Frost, IS,
Daughter of N Producer

Funeral services were held
in New York City Sunday for
Mrs. Judith Spivak Frost, IS,
who died at her Manhattan
home last Saturday of cancer.
Mrs. Frost was the daughter
Of Lawrence E. Spivak Of
Washington. producer and per-
manent panel member Of the
television program Meet the
Press"
Born in Boston, she was the
wife of William Lee Frost, a
former Foreign Service officer.
Mr.. Frost is now secretary and
general counsel for the Holtzer-
Cabot Corp, electric motor
manufacturers, Of Boston.
Mrs. Frost, a 1947 cum laude
granduate of Radcliffe COL
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Mrs. Lydia Norbeck,
Widow of Senator

PIERRE, S. D., Dec. 26 (AP)
Mrs. Lydia Norbeck, widow
of United States Senator Peter
Norbeck of South Dakota, died
in her sleep early today. She
was 88.
Mrs. Norbeck, a native of
Stoughton, Wis, worked with
her husband through 80 years
of political battles. He served
as Governor, Lieutenant Gov
enor and State Senator.
Senator Norbeck died in 1886
during his third term in the
United States Senate. Three
daughters are among the
survivors.
Evening star., 1961-12-26

add about 2,70O people to the
nearly l million living in Hous-
ton and will pay them about
SIT million a year. Many Of
the employees will be highly
skilled technical workers or SCI
entists.
The laboratory's four multi
story buildings will go up on
the shore of Clear Lake. mis-
named body of salt water on
the ship channel % miles from
downtown Houston.
No definite starting date for
construction has been picked,
a NASA spokesman says. 1t
will take at least 18 months to
two years to complete.
The 800 families expected to
make up the nucleus of the
laboratory's staff are now at
Langley Air Force Base in
Hampton, Va, working on Prof.
ect Mercury. It is scheduled to
culminate late this year or next
when one of the seven astro-
nauts orbits earth.
Then attention will shift to
Project Apollo, the name for
the effort to send three space
men on a 50-hour ride to the
moon. The laborato"v's imme-
diate task will be to get that
cabin ready.
The space center's activity
is expected to mean more col
lege science students in Texas,
more science facilities and ac-
celerated research programs at
the colleges.
Placing such talent and
equipment here can only have
a beneficial effect" says DR..
Philip Hoffman, president Of
the University of Houston.
Rice U. Owns Site
Rice University, a small, Sc
lect, highly credentialed school
in Houston, already is directly
connected with NASA work on
two projects. DR.. Kenneth
Pitzer, the university's presi-
dent and a former. research di-
rector for the Atomic Energy
Commission, plans to expand
the graduate program slowly to
about 800 graduate students
from the present 400.
Rice owns the land the lab
will be built on and will keep
title. The site was donated to
Rice by the Humble Oil & Re-
filming Co.
Look at it this way" DR..
F w. Brotzen, a Rice metal
lurgist, said in discussing ef-
fects of the space lab on the
university. Our professional
groups now seem kind of stag
nant because we see the same
faces all the time.
But you bring in a bunch
of top scientists and those
meetings are going to get in
teresting."
Evening star., 1961-12-26
SpeIImon Ends
Visit to Berlin

BERLIN, Dec. 26 (AP).-
Francis Cardinal Spellman
completed his Christmas visit
to Berlin today, voicing pride
over United States troops in
the outpost city and sorrow
over the Communist wall.
The 72-year-old Rom a n
Catholic archbishop of New
York-who is Catholic vicar
general of the United States
armed forces-said it was a
moving but sad experience to
see the separation of people
who want to be united"
THE people of East Berlin
I personally saw waving their
handkerchiefs to the west were
very much in my thoughts this
Christmas" the cardinal said
as he departed for Munich.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Charles J. Arbon Dies;
RoiIrooder 43 Years

American Association of Bag
gage Traffic Managers and the
Washington Passenger Agents
Association. Mr.. Arban, a men,
ber of the knights of Colum-
bus since 1917, was a past pres
ident of the Holy Name Socie-
ty of Atlanta.
He leaves his wife, Gertrude,
and a son, Paul, of the home
address; another son, Charles
j. Arban, jr., Of Tampa, Fla,
and a daughter, Mrs. R. j.
Martin, jr., of Atlanta.
The rosary will be recited al
$50 pm. today at the Murphy
Funeral Home, 1924 Columbia
pike, Arlington.
Services and burial will be
Friday in Atlanta.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Mrs. james Moss, 49,
Sister of Johnson

FREDERICKSBURG, Tex,
Dec. 26 (AP) Mrs. James
Moss, youngest sister of Vice
President Lyndon B. Johnson,
died yesterday after Christmas
festivities at Mr.. Johnson's
ranch.
Mrs. Moss, 40, died of a
cerebral hemorrhage. She was
stricken shortly after she re-
turned to Fredericksburg from
the LBJ Ranch.
Services are to be conducted
today at the Crost Funeral
Home in johnson City.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Important Medical Discovery
Science Shrinks Piles
New Way Without Surgery
stops Itch Relieves Pain
Preparation H0-The Only Hemorrhodal Remedy In World
Preparation H0-The Only Hemorrhoda Remedy In World
That Contains New Healing Substance.
Every Claim Verified By Doctors
and Proved BY 4 Leading Clinics.

For the first time science has
found new healing substance with
the astonishing ability to shrink
hemorrhoids, stop burning rectal
itch and relieve pain - without sur
gerry or painful injections.
In one hemorrhoid case after
another prompt relief was reported
also striking improvement in
from 2 to a days. These reports were
verified by doctors observations
and proved by four leading clinics.
Pain and itching were promptly
relieved. And while gently relieving
this distress = actual reduction
(shrinking) of hemorrhoids took
place. Most amazing of all - this
improvement was maintained in
cases where a doctors observations
were continued over a period of
many months!
In fact, results were so thorough
that sufferers were able to make
such astounding statements as
~Piles have ceased to be problem!"
And among these sufferers were a
wide variety of hemorrhoid condi-
tions some of 10to2 o20years' standing.
All this was accomplished at home
without surgery, injections, mar
cotics or astringents of any kind.
The secret is new healing SUBJ
stance (Bio-Dynes) the discovery
Of a world famous research insti-
Evening star., 1961-12-26
John B. Poyson, Retired
International Bank Aide

John B. Payson, 81, former
vice president of the Interna-
tional Bank of Washington, was
found dead in the bathtub OF
his Georgetown home early to-
day by his wife Elizabeth.
An attorney for the promi-
nent family said Mr.. Payson
had slipped and fallen in the
tub. He said the retired banker
and investor had undergone a
back operation last August in
Portland, Me-, and had been in
i'll health for some time.
Mrs. Payson told police the
couple had entertained two
friends for Christmas dinner.
She said her husband had gone
upstairs about 9 pm. Mrs. Pay
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Southern California
Aouin Hit by Foq

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26 (AP)
Patchy fog plagued some air
and auto travel today for the
sixth day since December 20.
Lockheed Air Terminal in
suburban Burbank was socked
in. Plane passengers were taken
to Los Angeles international
Airport, where operations con-
tinued-a switch in the two
airports' recent roles.
The morning sun was melting
the fog away, and this after
noon was expected to be sunny
The forecast is for more morn.
ing fog and afternoon sun to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1961-12-26

Charles Joseph Arban, ST.,
retired assistant general pas
senger agent for the Southern
Railway, died Sunday at his
home, 418 North George Ma
son drive, Arlington. He was Ga.
Born in Lebanon, Mr.. Ar
ban came to the United States
in 1900. He began his 43 years
of service with Southern Rail
way as a call-boy in Selma, Ala.
Mr.. Arban, who retired last
month, was assistant general
passenger agent for eight years.
During his career he also
worked at Southern offices in
Atlanta, New York City, jack
sonville, Fla, and Washington.
He was a member of the
Evening star., 1961-12-26

Md, and Eugene, a student at
John Hopkins University, Balti-
more; a daughter, Mrs. Lester
Scott, of 5000 Jeffry street,
Wheaton. Md, and four broth
ers, George, Armand, James
and Albert Campanile, all OF
Philadelphia.
Services, conducted by Mr.,
Marseglia, will be at 10 am
tomorrow at the Redeemer
Italian Baptist Church, 1900
Kirby street NV. Burial will
be in the Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Old Capitol Restored

JACKSON. Miss. - Missis-
sippi's 120-year-old Old Capt.
tol at Jackson has been COM
pletely restored and is the
states newest museum. There
on Januaty 9, 1861, Mississippi
became the second state to Sc
cede from the Union.